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Did the Eagles and Chiefs get exposed ? Plus Week 14 reaction & Top 5 teams in the NFL and more! · The So-Called Sports Analysts

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Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, welcome, Welcome back to another episode of the
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so called Sports Analysts, Episode number twenty five. Josh, how you doing?
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Feeling pretty terrible considering the circumstances that happened this weekend. So I guess
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we'll just take it how it is and get into these games and get really
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digged deep into why I'm upset. Yeah, and not even mentioning we're having
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to start our second second recording because it crashed on the first one. So
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yeah, yeah, hopefully doesn't crash this time. Yeah, I know.
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NFL, like we normally do, we're gonna just do a quick recap of
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as far as in college football, it was big news. It's kind of
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like the MVP of the college football Jada and Daniels, he won the Heisman.
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Did you have any thoughts he wanted to take away from this? Josh,
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I think it's much deserved from Jade and Daniels out of all the four
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candidates. I believe he probably maybe deserved it a little bit more than the
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others, But everyone else, like had a really good claim And I don't
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think you could have went wrong either way with Marvin Harrison, Junior bo Nicks,
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or Michael Pennicks. But Jendon daniels year was just too much to overlook.
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It was a lot like Lamar Jackson's. Yeah, Jen and Daniels finished
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with thre and twelve yards, forty touchdowns passing through the air, and then
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on the ground one one hundred and thirty four rushing yards and ten touchdowns.
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That's just something you can't ignore when it comes to winning the Heisman. Yeah,
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he had a remarkable season. And if we want to give credit to
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Caleb Williams for what he did last year, we have to give the same
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credit for Jada and Daniels and just props to him because we that was kind
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of debate about it on Twitters who had the better Heisman season Joe Burrow Jaden
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Daniels. But Jaden Daniels he had nowhere near the weapons that that Joe Burrow
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had and he put up almost a similar stats. Obviously, no championship,
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no nothing, but as far as if you're just looking at pure stats here,
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yeah, he definitely deserved it. But yeah, he's going to be
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a first round pick after this. He's definitely going to be a first round
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pick. So just just props to him. And did you have anything else
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you want to take away from this, Josh, No, that's pretty much
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sums it all up for the Jade and Daniels situation. He's he's worked his
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way up into the conversation of being a first round pick. As compared Joe
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Burrow's season was just hosts so historic, like on an nostalogia standpoint, as
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like a fan standpoint of like what he was able to do, the swagger
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he brought and that's what really elevated his game and including the major weapons he
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had with Jamar Chase, Justin Jefferson, Terris mart Junior, k Clyideward Dlaire
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that he is Moss like that. You can just go on and on with
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what he had alone on offense who and that's without naming what he had on
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defense. Yeah, So this Jend and Daniel situation is more of like him
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just bawling, not having quite the same weapons, even though he has the
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elite neighbors who will go in the first round, possibly top fifteen. It
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just boils down to him just having a great year. Yeah, I know,
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just just shout out to him and all right, well we'll go ahead
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and get into the NFL. NFL Week fourteen. It happened, and like
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we always do, we always go from Monday night to Thursday night, and
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the first game that we're going to get into is the Green Bay Packers at
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the New York Giants, in which the Giants say won twenty four to twenty
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two, in which the Italian Stallion, the fan favorite off of this channel
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right here, Tommy DeVito, led a game winning drive and yeah, he
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did what he had to do. Josh, did you have anything you want
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to take away from this game? I think Tommy DeVito showed up, showed
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out, and proved who he is, the Italian Stallion, better than Daniel
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Jones, the savior of New York Giants football. Okay, I'm not gonna
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go that far, but he he he really balled out in this game.
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One touchdown on the ground. He had ten rushers for seventy one yards,
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he really put his team in positions to win. He has this team excited
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again. He has these these guys looking like they want to win, like
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they want to be there. So Saquon Barkley is looking happier than what I
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felt. He's looking a couple of years and that even includes the playoffs last
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year when they made it. So I think this team is pretty excited.
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They're only one game out from making a playoff run. So that's something that
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this team has to look forward to. Not necessarily like that they may make
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it, but they they're I'm pretty sure they're looking forward to games now knowing
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that they have a slim chance. Yeah, and they kind of control their
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own destiny because they have the Saints and I know they have the Eagles,
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which are two tough games. But then after that you have the Rams,
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So you face teams that could potentially make the wild cards. So he could
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knock them out and you could go back in and not necessarily that they'll make
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a deep run in the playoffs, but it'll build momentum for next year.
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So whenever you do get because you're gonna get a good draft pick this year,
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it'll build momentum for next year. And like, all right, well
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we had a bad start to the season. We built up late. So
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yeah, it's something you could build off of. In Brian day Ball,
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he's doing one heck of a coaching job. That's why he won Coach of
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the Year last year. And from the Packers side, they've been on a
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run, but they lost to the Giants. Obviously, Jordan Love, he
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didn't have the best game here. Was there anything you took away from this
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Packer's side after this disappointing loss? I think, okay, Jordan Love came
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back down to earth a little quite a bit in this game, But I
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don't think it's all on his shoulders entirely. I think the loss of Christian
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Watson is a lot more than people want to admit. Just that when you
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have that that person that can stretch the field in his vertical speed ability is
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a lot like the the MV as role that he that MVS does carry.
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But Christian Watson, I think is a way better player, a better all
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around receiver than Christian Watson. Just that when you have that deep thret ability
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on the outside or even in the slot, when he where he lines up
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inside and out, that it allows the defense to really pay attention to over
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the top coverage and but when you take that away, you're it really condenses
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your offense to where they can shut down the run game, especially without an
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Aaron Jones, and you're we're having to rely on an AJ Dillon to make
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plays who is not really known for that in his career. He has been
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really severely overrated throughout his entire career and we're starting to see this year him
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really not get the love he's used to. And as far as this receiving
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group, without having Christian Watson, there are a lot of their plays were
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very low receiving plays. There wasn't much that they could do out as much
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in terms of making big plays. So that I think that that loss hurt
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them because he is top five in the NFL in red zone targets and that's
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a big That's also another thing when you take your biggest red zone weapon away,
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Yeah, it hurts the team in general. Yeah, No, it
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definitely does. And at the end of the day, this is kind of
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his rookie season right here, because even though it's your four, it is
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it is his first year actually start in a full season. And where Jordan
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Love, He's not gonna get any credit because he did have a bad game,
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but when it was got to have it. When Saquon fumbled off of
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I don't know, I don't know how Saquon fumbled. He tripped over his
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own feet right there, But yeah, when they got the ball out the
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fifty, you need Jordan Love to score. Even after a bad game,
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he came up clutch. And let's be real, nobody expected the Giants to
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drive down the field and get a game win a field goal. You thought,
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oh, well this where the Packers. They win the game right here.
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So yeah, yeah, he's not gonna get credit there. But Tommy
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DeVito, he just keeps showing that he is a legit quarterback. And I
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think the highlight of the game was when he scrolled right and he threw on
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the run to Isaiah Hodgens for a touchdown. That just showed that's the NFL
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caliber throw. And this dude may be better than what we actually think.
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And he may not be top I'm not I'm not even trying to put him
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in the top ten level, but he may be like that average, that
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stable quarterback where potentially you could win some games right there. But we're gonna
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go ahead and get on into this next game. The other Monday night football
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game here, and what's the Tennessee tight ends. They upset the Miami Dolphins
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where the Miami Dolphins were undefeated at home. They won twenty eight to twenty
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seven after being up thirteen with three minutes left to go. Josh, what
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did you take away from this one? Right here? I take away that
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Will Lewis has a I think a bright future in this league. Sure,
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in this game, he was putting a lot of balls into really slim windows.
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In this game, it looked like a lot of them should have been
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intercepted. He only had one interception, but they were hitting people in the
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chest. They're hitting people in the hands. There's just one play where he
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threw it up to de Hop. De Hop was falling and he threw it
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over there to dB and it hit d Hop on the way to the ground
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in the chest. De Hop was able to make a play and it was
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a big game. And then we had later on where he was kind of
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scrambling, squared up his shoulders in the red zone, hit NIKII Nick westbrookikini
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in the hands. He don't think he was expecting it to be that good.
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Of a ball, so he kind of fumbled bobbled it all the way
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to the ground was incomplete. But there was plays that will Lewis was making
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in this game that you don't see a lot of veterans in the NFL make,
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And I think that's something to monitor because it really gives a Tennessee Titans
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team life going into their future because they are in rebuild mode, they are
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going to get rid of some of these veterans in the offseason. So will
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Levis having this type of game and doing it against this type of team,
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the Miami Dolphins, is really big for their confidence. Yeah, no,
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it definitely is. But as far as from the Miami Dolphins side, the
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stat that we always mentioned Tyreek Hill, if he has over one hundred yards,
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they win the game, but if not, they don't win the game.
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And him going out in between that it was late first quarter I think
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when he got hurt, so that late first quarter all the way to like
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the third quarter ish where he was out, it really showed dividends right there
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and showed that Tyreek Hill he is the MVP of this team right here,
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and Tua off the stats you could be like, all right, well we
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had a solid game, but he was running for his life this entire time.
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The Tennessee Titans defense, they're a solid defense. You have Mike Rabel.
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He's a defensive, hard nose head coach and that's exactly what he brought
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today. And they were able to actually run the football thirty one carries hundred
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and fifty eight yard of fifty eight yards five point one yards per carry.
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So running the ball wasn't the problem. It's just whenever you needed to pass
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the ball, they couldn't because there was so much pressure. And the biggest
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slack has been with the Miami Dolphins is can they beat the good teams?
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But now the Tennessee Titans are not a good team. And Will Levisey does
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have a bright future, like you were mentioning, Josh, but can you
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even beat the bad teams now? Because you're about to go on a tougher
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part of your schedule. I know you have the Jets next, but then
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you have the Cowboys, Ravens, and Bills for your last three. So
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you could go from if we won this game, we could be at the
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top of the AFC now to are you gonna even be the leader in your
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division? Because the Bills. I know they have a tough game coming up,
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but if they win that last week seventeen game, that could be a
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winner takeoll game for the division. Is there anything else you wanted to take
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away from this game, Josh, Yeah, as far as this Miami Dolphins
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running game, there's something that the Tennessee Titans does really well. They're really
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one of the only few bright spots on this team is stopping the run,
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and I think they put a lot more focus against the pass versus the Dolphins,
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and that's what opened up the running game. But it's really they really
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shut it down for the most part as compared to what the Dolphins are used
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to doing. Without having Tyreek kill. You can tell the Dolphins team was
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kind of lacka days ago. They were they were getting stopped on certain plays
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that that that that X factor in Tyreek Hill wasn't on the field, so
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that kind of hurt them. And even when he came back, it was
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just kind of like, oh, he made a couple of big plays,
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but he wasn't the same guy that that he usually is. Yeah, yeah,
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no, And maybe that maybe that kind of helps his MVP case right
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there, because he kind of is in the MVP talks right now. But
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all right, we're gonna go ahead and get onto this next game. It
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was a Sunday night football game in which you already know, the Dallas Cowboys
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whooped the hell out one of the Philadelphia Eagles thirty three to thirteen. Josh,
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what did you take away from this game? Right here? Because I
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took away some things from this game. I think the Eagles are in a
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part that they're not in a The Eagles are in a situation they're not used
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to. They're not used to being the team with their backs against the wall,
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and that's what they are right now. They are getting worked by pretty
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much the past four teams they have played. It starts with the Kansas City
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Chiefs. I think the Chiefs really dominate them, dominated their offense. They
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the Chiefs defense really shut down what the offense was able to do outside of
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a couple big plays where the Chiefs weren't capitalizing and allowed the Eagles to kind
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of get back into the game and win that game. But for the most
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part, they were getting dominated that whole game. Then versus the Buffalo Bills,
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the defense couldn't stop nothing. It was a shootout. Overtime thriller came
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down to the end, and then versus four nine Ers they get the break,
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get they get their asses kicked, and now versu Dallas Cowboys, they
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get their asses kicked. And I think it's just something that they're gonna have
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to deal with because this is four straight games where in reality you shouldn't have
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one any You should be on four in my opinion, in these last four
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games, but they are still ten and three. I think this team has
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the people to really bounce back, but it's gonna take a collective. They
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can't make excuses for each other. They have to really come together and rEFInd
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their identity. As far as the Dallas Cowboys, Dak Prescott is playing like
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the MVP of the NFL, because as of right now, I think he
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is the MVP of the NFL. He had an off game, he said
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it in his press conference, but he had two seventy one two touchdowns.
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Nothing crazy, but that gets the job done. He looked good in the
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game, I felt for the most part, and this this Dallas Cowboys defense
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dominated this Eagles offense from start to finish. They only only really allowed six
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points because at seven came off a Jalen Carter scoop fumble for a touchdown.
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Yeah, as far as that, the Cowboys defense had forced had three sacks,
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forced three fumbles, and had nine passes defended in this game. And
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all three of those fumbles came off big plays pretty much where the Eagles really
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got downfield, but the Dbs made big plays, force the fumble and got
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the ball back for their offense, allowing the Eagles to really do nothing.
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So that's just that's just something that I really take. Those are most of
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the things that take away from this game. It was a It was a
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good game for Dallas Cowboys, who I think are the second best team in
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the NFL behind who will get to a little bit later on in the set
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Fran score forty nine ers, and I think that's a good spot for them
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at this very moment. Yeah, No, it definitely is. And they
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had to prove themselves because as far as I didn't hope, I didn't buy
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into the whole narrative as far as can the Cowboys beat the good teams because
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you only play the teams that are in front of you. You can't control
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the schedule. This is in college football, where oh we're gonna play this
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team, that team, and this team. No, you just take care
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of who's in front of you. But as what I noticed from this game
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is that the Dallas Cowboys, what I haven't seen in a while is a
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against the good teams. They brought a physicality that we usually don't see.
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The physicality that they brought from the like Josh always says, from the trenches
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from start to finish, they kick the Eagles ass the entire time. And
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as far as from the Eagles offense, I don't want to hear no excuses
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as far as Jenna hurts potentially being hurt, because if you're playing, obviously
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you're not that hurt to sit out. So this offense, they they're just
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not clicking. And even though they are ten and three, it most people
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they just look at the record, Oh, ten and three, they must
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be one of the best teams in the league. But if you're actually watching
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the games here, you're seeing that they're getting outplayed every single game and now
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it's finally catching up to them. And they have a point differential of twenty
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four, So that's combining your wins losses. How much of the point differential
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is kind of self explanatory. Compared to the Niners and Cowboys, they're up
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plus one hundred and forty one hundred and eighty point different and the Eagles they
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have a plus twenty four point differential. That's just say it all right there.
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They're in a lower class than the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco forty
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nine ers and the Dallas Cowboys defense. Like you were saying, Josh,
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so I'm gonna just list the Eagles drives right here. Fumble, field goal,
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field goal end, a half fumble, punt, turnover on downs,
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fumble, end of game. The Cowboys defense they just dominated entirely. Hear,
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and just shout out to Stefan Gilmour because he took on the challenge of
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falling around Aj Brown. I know Aj Brown. If you look at the
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box score, nine catches, ninety four yards. Oh, he had a
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good game. But if you look at that, it was really it was
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really like an empty stats That's what it really looked like right there. So
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this Cowboys defense they bounced back after going up against Seattle. Everybody thought,
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oh, well, maybe this Cowboys defense is exposed. No, they weren't
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exposed. It's just three games, twelve days hard to play great defense consistently.
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After after that many games in a row, you got a bunch of
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rests, ten days off. So yeah, and they proved it right here.
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But as far as the offense, like you said, Dak Prescott,
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he said, he struggled, And I'm dead serious. They could have scored
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fifty points right here. They could have. But one thing that I really
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do take away obviously Ceedee Lamb, Jake Fergus and Brennan Cooks. They've been
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going off the entire time. But what I really want to hone in on
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is Tony Pollard and ric o'dowdell. They're finally starting to get more involved.
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It's kind of become a split backfield. Tony Pollard sixteen carries, Rico dowdle
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twelve carries total of thirty two total carries one hundred and thirty eight yards four
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point three yards per carry. So they're able to run the ball effectively.
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Now. Now it's not like it's this fantastic run game like the Niners or
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Ravens, but it's just good enough where you have to respect it because this
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is a passing first offense right here. So if you're gonna just have everybody
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play back. Then we're gonna run the ball down your throat because we have
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that physicality now, and now what are you gonna do? So yeah,
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no, I agree with you. We're gonna get into top five teams.
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Later. We have a segment coming up later. Excited to talk about that.
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But no, the Cowboys what they did they they just flex their muscles
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here. They just showed that we are we are one of the best teams
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in the league. And it's it could potentially be different that this year.
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I'm not gonna get my hopes up. Hi, I've been heartbroken too many
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times. But they they're saying, well, maybe maybe this is a different
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year. And now if the Eagles lose one game, if the Cowboys went
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out, then they have the division. So yeah, anything else you want
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to take away, Josh, No, that some something are brought up.
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I just want to get past this next game. Well, all right,
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since you since you brought it up. Uh, so it was the three
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o'clock games. Now the Buffalo bill they went into Arrowhead and beat the Kansas
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City Cheese twenty to seventeen. Josh, what did you take away from this
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game? Right here? Okay, so let's let's address the elephant in the
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room. The Cadarius Tony calls an it's an off side. I guess sure
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we can go with that. It clearly looks like it on the film.
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But today I saw Jaylen Wadall line up the same exact way every single play
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versus the Miami Dolphins. I saw George Pickens on Thursday night line up the
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same exact way versus the New England Patriots. And you can see it in
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every single NFL game you watch every Sunday. It's an off sides. I
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get it if you look at it at that and from that standpoint, from
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the refs standpoint. As far as the frustration from Mahomes and Andy Reid,
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it's really understandable. Rex, Ryan dani Rolowski, Ryan Clark, Davante Butler,
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and Ajhawk all said today on ESPN that that should not have been called.
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You see that. It's a It's something that happens every single every single
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Sunday that these players line up in the same position. I there's even video
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evidence of Kadarius Tony checking with the with the line judge before the play,
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and then Daniel Lofsky really broke it down. Kadarius Tony was doing it the
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entire game, lining up in the same position on like six possessions in that
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in that game and not once got warned. So I understand the frustration.
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It's an off sides, but I understand the frustration from where they're showing.
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But I think a lot of it, A lot of the frustration that Mahomes
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showed in this in this game where he was going off at the end of
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the game that a lot of people saw and are and are questioning him about
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it is because I think it's just a lot of built up frustration from the
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whole, from the whole receiving corps, from the right tackle, from the
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left tackle, well not Ronnie Moore, Kawania Moore has played this game,
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but from the right tackle standpoint of just a built up frustration in the group
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that he has that they failed to put around him in his prime and the
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greatest quarterback I've ever seen with my own eyes prime, that they're wasting a
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season of his career because you put out receivers who can't continue to do the
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little things that they're supposed to do right as receivers when it comes to an
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off side, when it comes to catching the football when it comes to create
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a separation when it comes to running routes. I can harp on this all
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season like I have for the past thirteen weeks, but until it changes,
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that's something that I'm gonna bring up every single week. Until these receivers somehow
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get out of their ass outside of Rashi Rice and make plays and make the
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right decisions, then this Kansas City Chiefs team will be stuck in no man's
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land. Now let's get to the Buffalo Bills. The Buffalo Bills got off
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to a really hot start in this game. They started fourteen to zero,
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but outside of that, they were non existent. This is not the same
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Buffalo's Buffalo Bills team that we're used to as like the Kansas City Chiefs,
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they are not the same explosive offenses. This Chiefs defense really shut them down
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when it came to late second in the second half. Until the Bills,
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to me, start getting the same explosive plays like the Chiefs used to get
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and as they used to get, then this is not the same contender that
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I'm used to. Because I used to feel the fear of the Buffalo Bills
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a little bit, I did not fear the Buffalo Bills after this game,
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I really do think this game could have gone either way the entire game,
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and I really do think Chiefs have opportunities to win this game. The Chiefs
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limited these Buffalo Bills receiving corps to really nothing. Their their highest the receiver
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that had the most from the receiving group the wide receiver group was Deontay Hardy
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with one catch for twenty five yards. The leading receiver was James Cook on
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a five yards for five receptions for eighty three yards, which really came off
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one big play to score for a touchdown, which was early in the game.
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So I need to see more from both these teams for me to put
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them up there with the For the Chiefs, it's a little different because they
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still control their destiny. They still have an easier schedule coming up. As
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for the Bills, they have a really tough schedule coming up. So I
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just need to see more from both this teams before I can really be certain
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if they're easy, if they even if Chiefs a make it back to Super
24:00
Bowl, or for the Bills be have the chance to make it to the
24:03
Super Bowl. So the biggest thing that I'm taking away from this game is
24:11
I see two teams that are two quarterback reliant and it's showing. So I'll
24:17
start off with the Chiefs side. So obviously, Josh and I we've been
24:21
saying as far as the Chiefs offense, it needs to get going because it's
24:23
been struggling all year. This is the same Chiefs team. I think the
24:27
biggest thing is that Patrick Mahomes has to play perfect every single game or else
24:33
they don't win. And even if he does play perfect, they may not
24:37
even win the game because Travis Kelsey is older, he is injury or he
24:41
does have injuries. Now, Patrick Mahomes does not trust his tackles. As
24:45
soon as he gets the ball, maybe he's not running right away, but
24:48
he's already looking to his side or already trying to just move around because they're
24:55
getting there quick. And so yeah, it's just been the biggest Mahomes has
25:00
to play perfect, and Eric b enemy it is looking like a bigger loss
25:03
than what people wanted to say in the offseason. So yeah, there's nothing
25:08
else I could take away from the Chiefs side because that's what we've seen all
25:11
year. So it's kind of just I'll be repeating the same thing here,
25:15
but as far as from the Buffalo Bills, they need to get into a
25:21
more or actually even the Chiefs too. I know Isaba pacheck O heels out
25:25
in this game. It needs to become a more run dominant football teams where
25:30
your quarterback makes very not that they're bad quarterbacks, but almost a game manager
25:36
escrole because the receivers are not helping these quarterbacks out right here. So you're
25:41
better off becoming a physical team, trying to run the football and playing into
25:45
your defense. The Chiefs they can do that because they have one of the
25:48
best defense of the defenses in the league. Buffalo Bills maybe not as much,
25:53
but you shorten the possessions. Josh Allen, maybe he can make a
25:57
play here too change the game. And that's exactly what happened. Josh Allen
26:02
just made a couple more plays than Patrick Mahomes in this game. Not that
26:06
Patrick Mahomes isn't the best quarterback in the league, just he just got I
26:11
wouldn't say outclassed, but outdueled in this game. And yeah, even though
26:18
that big off sides like you talked about it, Josh, it shouldn't have
26:21
came down to it right there. It shouldn't have Chiefs. If they don't
26:25
start off or start slow fourteen to zero, then they're probably winning this game
26:30
here. But now you're gonna have to rely on some losses for the or
26:36
for the Chiefs to get the number one seed in the AFC, which we're
26:40
all used to. And not that Patrick Mahomes would be bad on the road
26:44
in the playoffs, but we've never seen it before, so we don't know
26:47
what to expect. And this isn't a thirty point per game offense here.
26:52
So yeah, as far as from the Chiefs side here, Josh, do
27:00
you think that it's time to panic? No, I don't think so.
27:07
I still think the Chiefs have a top three unit in the defense. And
27:11
this is without Drew Trinkle, this is without Brian Cook. They still played
27:15
great yesterday and held his Buffalo Bills team, who still does score points.
27:18
They just can't stop team from scoring points most of the time, so this
27:22
is a there's still a good defense. And then they were creating pressure on
27:26
Josh Allen. It's just Josh Allen being a super athletic freak being able to
27:30
get out of situations that most quarterbacks won't be able to get out of So
27:33
this game could go different ways if they didn't have that guy on the other
27:37
side of the field, and then we won this football game if it wasn't
27:41
for an offside penalty. In my opinion, they scored a touchdown literally on
27:45
that same play. They call it offsides offside, So it's not time for
27:48
me to panic. I think we're seeing a lot of improvement because they are
27:51
moving the ball, just a matter of them getting a penalty, getting a
27:55
drop, getting getting a costly turnover in a wrong situation. It's all minute
28:00
details that the Chiefs are biting themselves in the ass for. It's not these
28:03
teams beating the Chiefs, it's the Chiefs beating the Chiefs. The only team
28:07
that I thought beat the Chiefs this year, in reality, was the Denver
28:11
Broncos in the game that we played. Outside of that, every single game
28:15
we've lost, I felt like the Chiefs won those games, but they threw
28:18
it all away when it came when it mattered most. And so I think
28:22
it's just the minute details. When you have Patrick Mahomes, when you have
28:23
an Andy Reid and the Travis Kelce, you usually can't afford to make these
28:27
mistakes. But with this receiving group. You can't afford to make these mistakes.
28:30
Everybody has to cross their teas and dot their eyes if we for this
28:36
Chiefs team to win, and until they do that, I don't think it's
28:37
coming to panic. But I think it's just just something that the Chiefs are
28:41
gonna have to monitor going forward because they're still gonna make the playoffs. They're
28:44
still gonna have a strong chance because they're playing a bunch. This AFC has
28:48
gone down slot of backup quarterbacks. They've beaten the Jaguars and they be in
28:52
the Dolphins. The only real threat I think to the Kansas Chiefs is the
28:55
Chiefs themselves and the Baltimore Ravens. Yeah all right, my bad. I
29:02
didn't have my mic up for a second. But that's a reason why I
29:07
think there is some panic because years prior, you didn't have to worry about
29:11
the Chiefs beating themselves. Now you're having to worry or that she's going to
29:15
beat themselves. And I think that's more because they are a younger team and
29:22
that did pay off last year with the defense, and now it's not even
29:25
the defense that's the problem. It's the offense, which nobody expected, Annie
29:29
Reid, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, somebody has to step up. Rashid
29:33
Rice it looks like he has improving into that role, and like you said,
29:37
there is baby baby steps improven. But they're gonna have to take some
29:41
big jumps here. They're gonna have to. It's already it's already week fifteen,
29:45
that's about to come up, So there's no more time for small jumps.
29:48
You got to make some big jumps or else you're gonna up sitting on
29:52
the couch early on in the playoffs. But let's talk about another team from
29:56
your division, a team that that you give me slack for because I have
30:03
more faith in them than I probably should. But the Denver Broncos are seven
30:07
and six and are looking to make the playoffs, in which they beat the
30:11
Los Angeles Chargers twenty four to seven. Josh, what did you take away
30:17
from this one? The Broncos won those games and how they've been winning games.
30:22
It's slow, conservative football and it works for them, it really does.
30:27
Russell Wilson didn't line up the scoreboard, didn't He had some pretty big
30:32
plays in this one, some okay, and the running game really dictated slow
30:34
down the pace. It's just a it's just how they win football game slow,
30:41
conservative, their defense is playing better. They did shut down the Chargers
30:44
two weeks in a row. Have not showed up on offense at all,
30:47
and that's something we're not used to seeing. And Justin Herbert goes down in
30:51
this game. Justin Herbert didn't finish this game. He's probably gonna undergo season
30:55
ending right index figure surgery. We're gonna find out probably in the in the
30:57
next couple of days what his status is going to be. But the Dinner
31:02
Broncos are playing their way into a playoff spot and it's pretty good. Just
31:06
it's pretty cool to see. After the start they have, even and after
31:08
getting there they're getting embarrassed by the Miami Dolphins allowing seventy points in the NFL
31:15
football game, they really have rallied together and show the signs of life and
31:21
it could probably continue for them. So that's just something to monitor for the
31:25
Denver Broncos. Yeah, nothing to take away from the Chargers because you mentioned
31:30
it. Brandon Staley Kellen Moore two coaches that have been pretty terrible this year,
31:34
So not much to get into, hopefully, Justin Herbert getswell soon,
31:37
probably going to be out the rest of the season because there's not many games
31:41
left. No need to risk him because you have no real playoffs shot.
31:45
But what Sean Payton is doing here, like you said, one in five
31:48
able to turn this team around. It's it's great what they're doing. And
31:56
Russell Wilson these past seven games, they're just not beating themselves. That's the
32:00
biggest thing. They're just not beating themselves and slow, conservative football. Their
32:07
defenses has been almost damn near lights out since that seventy point game. I
32:13
just feel like that was anomaly. And the Dolphins, they were just on
32:16
fire at the beginning of the season. So I feel like that's a game
32:20
you just wash away because that's not really what they are. Because just look
32:24
at this the Denver Broncos in this game, six sacks, seven tackle for
32:28
losses, eight passes deflected. So this is a normal Denver Broncos defense were
32:32
used to seeing. And let's see if they can make the playoffs because they
32:37
got the Detroit Lions next, then the Patriots, Chargers and Raiders, so
32:43
I feel like the Lions, that's gonna be the only tough one right there.
32:45
But if you could find a way to pull off an upset, then
32:49
hey, maybe you'll end up what is that six wins, so you can
32:52
end up being eleven and six, and don't let the Teas fall one more
32:57
game because or who win? Who would win the division? If the Broncos
33:01
went out and the Chiefs lose one. I think if they had the same
33:05
record today, the Broncos would be number one in the division. M dang
33:12
man, that would be funny. I'm not gonna lie up to starting off
33:15
one and five, but yeah, but the Chiefs also have a pretty fairly
33:20
easy schedule to end the season right now. So they still play the Patriots,
33:25
Raiders, Chargers, and who's the other team that I'm forgetting, Bengals.
33:30
They play the Bengals and all backup quarterbacks. So hey, Jake Browning,
33:35
he's been cooking or let's not get into that one yet. But yeah,
33:39
but all right. The other three o'clock game that we had it was
33:43
a Seattle Seahawks versus the San Francisco forty nine ers, in which the Niners,
33:47
once again they flexed their muscles. They beat the Seahawks twenty eight to
33:52
sixteen. Did you have any takeaways you wanted to take away from this the
33:58
San Francisco forty nine ers. I feel like I'm giving away too much of
34:01
later on, but the San Francisco for a Nineers are the best team in
34:04
the NFL. When they are clicking, they are clicking. They are on
34:07
shooting on all senders. To open the game, Christian McCaffrey had a seventy
34:12
seven yard run for a touchdown. That's just Christian McCaffrey being Christian McCaffrey.
34:16
Sixteen for one five and then a touchdown, and then he bawled Deebo,
34:23
Samuel bald Brandon and ayuk Ball, George Kittle, bald Brock pretty ball.
34:27
This team is just an all around team that can get the job done.
34:30
Their defense is all around team that can get the job all that can get
34:32
the job done. It's very scary to see because once the Cowboys start hitting
34:37
their stride Simmer Sigo four Niners are like, hold up, let me cook.
34:39
So they're hitting their stride all at the same time. So when it
34:45
came down to those three losses that they had in a row, we were
34:46
kind of panicking a little bit. Can they get this done? Can they
34:49
do this? I'm not necessarily saying brock perty is the MVP, because I
34:52
don't really don't think he's even in my opinion, in the top five v
34:55
candidate. But the way he's winning, the way they're winning, the way
34:59
he playing getting the stats up, he could make an argument for why he
35:02
should be the MVP. I just don't see it personally when I watched the
35:06
football games. So that's just something to monitor. They're they're a really great
35:09
football team. They're number one, and in my opinion, the whole NFL.
35:14
I think it's their super Bowl at this very moment. As far as
35:17
the cl Seahawks side, no Geno Smith, he got ruled out before the
35:22
game. Drew Locke played pretty good in this game. In my opinion.
35:24
I don't know how he felt about it, but I thought he played pretty
35:27
good for what he stepped into, especially who he was playing against. He
35:30
puts some pretty good balls in pretty good places. He has really nothing to
35:32
lose. He's a backup, yeah to a backup pretty much, so he
35:38
he made some pretty big plays in this game. He gave them a fighters
35:42
chance. I really love to see the effort in this one. I think
35:46
if they have a healthy Kenneth Walker, a healthier Kenneth Walker. This game
35:50
is a little bit different in my opinion, but all in all, the
35:52
Seahawks they need to find their winning stride again. They have dropped many games
35:58
back to back to back already and they're out of the playoffs at this very
36:01
moment, so they need to find back to who we thought they were at
36:04
the beginning of the season and find their way back to that. Yeah,
36:07
the Seattle Seahawks, they went from they went from being in a six and
36:12
three to now you're six and seven. So four games in a row,
36:15
you just need to find a way to bounce back. And I feel like
36:19
even if Gino Smith he was in this game, it would have kind of
36:21
been a similar outcome right here, because, like you said, Drew Locke,
36:24
he did play good and they were up. They were up ten to
36:29
seven, I think midway through the second quarter, so the game was still
36:32
in balance. But just the forty nine ers, all the talent and just
36:37
the physicality that they bring on a game to game basis is it's just ridiculous
36:43
and it just it just showed up in the second half, just all these
36:46
weapons they have, just no matter who it is. Kyle Shanahun always finds
36:51
a way to get them involved. And yeah, the Niners, if they
36:57
play any team, any neutral side or going to their field or being away,
37:04
they'll win. They'll win, if it came down to it, they
37:07
will, no question. The biggest thing that I have with them, it's
37:10
since they're such a physical team, how healthy can they stay? Because you're
37:15
demanding so much from your star players, So we can't ignore the health factor
37:21
because that is a part of it. It's not an excuse, but it
37:24
is a part of the game because health is key and there has been issues
37:30
previous years for them not making the Super Bowl, winning the Super Bowl,
37:34
just health being a big thing, and I just think that's the only thing
37:38
stopping them right now. Anything else you want to take away from this one.
37:45
For the Seattle Seahawks side, their upcoming schedule is the Eagles, Titans,
37:49
Steelers cards, So they could really lose. They could. I think
37:54
they'll lose this next game, but they could end the season three and one,
37:58
and they'll put them at nine and eight. Maybe that's them in maybe
38:00
it doesn't. That's just something with a lot of teams that are also six
38:02
and seven that could probably get them into the playoffs, so hopefully they can
38:07
get their stuff together and make a run for it. Mm hmm. Yeah,
38:13
hopefully they do because they have too much talent. But all right,
38:17
we're gonna go in and get into this next game right here, in which
38:21
it was a snooze fest. I'm not gonna lie to you. It was
38:23
the Minnesota Vikings at the Las Vegas Raiders, in which the Vikings won three
38:30
to zero. Josh, I'll let you break down this game right here.
38:36
I had one client come into the barbershop talking about this game specifically today.
38:39
He was like, I hope they finished zero zero because it would been the
38:43
first time since nineteen forty eight that both teams finished regulations zero to zero.
38:46
And I was like, that would have been pretty cool to see you.
38:49
He was like, yeah, that's why I wanted to happen. And my
38:51
friends were like, why are you rooting against them? I'm like, he's
38:52
like, because I want to see zero to zero game. But both teams
38:59
play strong defense. Let's just put it out there. They both played really
39:01
strong defense. They both combined for nine sacks, thirteen tackles for lost,
39:06
sixteen quarterback hits, and three toneovers. There was eleven QB hits by the
39:09
Raiders alone, So in reality, this is an ugly game. Josh Doobbs
39:15
gets bitched. I don't think we'll see anymore Josh Dobbs for the rest of
39:17
the season. There'll be a Nick Mullen show unless he shits the bet.
39:20
Then they'll put in Jaron Hall. So that's just something to monitor there.
39:25
Justin Jefferson goes down with the chess injury. They saying that these day to
39:30
day, at this very moment, they don't know if he'll play on Saturday.
39:31
I think they play the Packers on Saturday. I don't don't quote me
39:36
on that, but I think they might be. So that's something to monitor
39:43
right now. Yeah, ugly, ugliest news best game three zero Vikings win,
39:47
still in the playoffs, so they play the Bengals actually beingles Bengals.
39:52
I don't know why. I thought the Packers for some reason that isn't We
39:57
kept saying at the beginning, whenever they were what like six and three something
40:00
like that, that they had an easy schedule. Man, this schedule don't
40:04
look so easy anymore. Yeah, because they're dropping like flies right now.
40:07
Yeah, I no, but of course, as soon as justin Jefferson gets
40:12
back, he gets hurt. But they are seven and six. It could
40:15
go that way. Yeah, that's true. But all right, we'll get
40:19
into this next game right here in which is the Carolina Panthers at the New
40:22
Orleans Saints. The Saints they won this game like they should, dominated twenty
40:28
eight to six. Did you want to break this down or did you want
40:30
me to do it? Oh, you can break this one down, all
40:35
right. So this one right here is the New Orleans Saints. They took
40:37
care of business. Bryce Young running for his life. Not many weapons around
40:45
him, so not much he can do. Adam Thielen five catch, seventy
40:49
four yards, but again him being a number one receiver, that's not going
40:52
to cut it, especially for a young quarterback. You were able to run
40:55
the ball thirty nine carries two hundred four yards five yard to carry, So
41:00
you definitely did that. Maybe start that at the beginning of the game where
41:05
you kind of play into your defense because your defense isn't bad. They're just
41:07
on the field so much. And as far as from the Saint side,
41:12
Derek Carr didn't impress me at all. Eighteen for twenty six, one hundred
41:15
and nineteen yards, two touchdowns and a pick. It's kind of like what
41:19
It's kind of what you're gonna expect every single week from Derek Carr. You
41:22
have some great plays, but he'll also have some bad plays. Honestly,
41:25
I just think he's a white Jamis Winston at this point throws the deep ball
41:30
and just makes terrible plays. Honestly, Alvin Kamara being Alvin Kamara, Chris
41:37
o'lave, please get him more involved. Maybe if you've got him more involved,
41:42
you could end up getting thirty points or having a better record, because
41:45
Chris o'lave, he is one of the best receivers in the league. So
41:50
again, Saints, they can't control their own destiny. They got Giants,
41:52
Rams, Buccaneers, Falcons up next, so yeah, they could make it
41:58
into the playoffs if they win these last four. So we'll see what they
42:01
can do. But anything else or anything you want to take away from this
42:07
one or no, I think Jamis is at least gonna get three hundred three
42:12
touchdowns, four interceptions. That's just my opinion. I'm just kidding. We
42:15
can move on, all right, Well, this next one, we're gonna
42:20
talk about your dark horse team, who's been falling. It's the Detroit Lions
42:24
who are at the Chicago Bears and which shockingly the Bears they won twenty eight
42:30
to thirteen. Josh, what did you take away from this one? Right
42:32
here? Ah man, this let's first of all, let's give our our
42:43
our flowers to Justin Fields a little bit. He balled in this game.
42:45
He had a really big day. Two hundred and twenty three yards, one
42:49
touchdown. He on the ground twelve rushes, fifty eight yards, one touchdown.
42:52
I think he keeps playing like this, he's gonna get dealt to a
42:55
team or they're gonna probably keep him and draft Marvin Harrison's you're in trade a
43:00
pick. So that's something to monitor there. It's it's tough to really tell
43:08
with the Bears, like where they're heading, what directions there, what decisions
43:12
they're gonna make, Because there's points where Justin Fields has really great signs that
43:17
shows, oh, he was worth the pick that he was picked at.
43:21
He is worth like all the hype that he that they given him. But
43:23
then there's also times where they're like, oh, man, like is he
43:28
that guy? Is he our future? So I think they're stuck in if
43:30
he continues the ball like this the rest of the season, he's gonna be
43:32
a pretty good trade asset or they're gonna really ride with him. I think
43:36
it's depending on who's the coach in my opinion, at the end of the
43:38
season at when before the draft starts. As far as the Detroit Lions side,
43:45
this defense, this defense can't stop nothing right now. They start the
43:50
season off pretty good, getting a little bit of pressure. You know,
43:52
you don't need great defense for this Lions offense, but this defense is letting
43:57
anyone score at this moment. At this moment, win a time in the
44:00
team in this season and then to figure out their identity. If Aiden hutchs
44:02
and ain't getting nothing done and then nothing's getting good on defense. As far
44:07
as the Troit Lions offense, I don't know, Like you target Almon Ross
44:12
Saint Brown nine times, but he only comes away with three catches, so
44:15
you're trying to get your playmakers the ball. I just think it just the
44:19
the ball wasn't falling in the hoop, I'd say for this Lions team.
44:23
So it's just I think this is off. This is another off game for
44:27
the offense because their offense is legit no one's questioning their offense. I think
44:30
it's just a matter of coming into this game to lack a day's a goal.
44:34
This is twice we've seen the Bears play the Lions pretty hard, So
44:37
maybe it's just the Bears knowing. Yeah, so it's just something that the
44:40
Bears, the Bears knowing knowing something. Maybe others don't know about this Lion's
44:46
offense and how to stop it. So it just it's just a tough game
44:51
for the Lions that they drop, because if they win this game, they're
44:54
right up there with the Eagles, right up there with the Cowboys and the
44:58
Niners for fighting for that number one and they still are in a good position
45:01
for it. In my opinion, some teams could drop a few games.
45:05
Cowboys do have a tough schedule coming up. I haven't looked too much as
45:07
the Niner schedule, but I think it's fairly easier. And as far as
45:12
the Eagles, the Eagles need to rEFInd their identity. So I think if
45:15
they still have a chance to fight for a pretty top number one spot in
45:19
the NFC, which is highly unlikely right now in my opinion, but they're
45:22
still in a good position. They just need to rEFInd their identity also,
45:27
Yeah, and I think that identity needs to be because yes, they have
45:31
weapons on the outside. You have Laporta, I'm and Ross Saint Brown,
45:35
Donovan, People's Jones and James and Williams. There nice little additions right there.
45:39
But you're running football team Jamier Gibbs and David Montgomery. That's gonna win
45:44
you football games right there? This defense is not good at all. Let's
45:47
not even try to hide that fact. We just said or everybody expected them
45:52
to be way better because they were terrible last year. They have moments,
45:57
yes, but Jared Goff, he turn into the old Yared golf where he's
46:00
been turning over the football at a very high rate. And that was the
46:05
biggest thing that concerned me, because yes, he did have that stretch late
46:08
last year and at the beginning of the year where he was great, but
46:12
now seems like he's starting to revert back to the median And with the Bears.
46:19
If you're struggling with the Bears, what do you think they're gonna do
46:22
against the Cowboys or the San Francisco forty nine ers. I kind of think
46:28
that the Eagles. I kind of think that the Eagles and the Lions are
46:30
both on the same playing field right now. Like you said, both need
46:35
to find an identity. Both would be better if they're running the ball.
46:37
Bad defenses quarterbacks who are turning the ball over. So they just need to
46:43
both get back to the fundamentals. Just run the football and just limit the
46:49
time that your defense is on the field and potentially you get stops turnovers.
46:53
But yeah, no, the Bears. Justin Fields, he's doing whatever he
46:58
can to keep his job because in the middle of the week last week they
47:02
were saying the Bears they're gonna draft a quarterback, They're gonna draft Kaile Williams,
47:07
and Justin Fields, he's saying, the hell with that. If you're
47:12
gonna trade me, then I'm going to demand a first round Pickworth and he
47:16
had a pretty good game, and I think the biggest thing that stood out
47:20
to me was it was a fourth and nine, fourth and ten where the
47:24
game was still in balance, and he threw a bomb to DJ Moore.
47:28
I think it was like a thirty yard bomb, pressure in his face,
47:31
nice throw, only where DJ Moore could catch it. So he is definitely
47:35
showing flashes, so it is putting him in a tough spot. And I'm
47:39
not saying that the Bears are going to win out, but it looks like
47:45
it can happen because you have the Browns, the Cardinals, the Falcons and
47:49
Packers next. So maybe you could finish nine to eight and the next thing
47:52
you know, you're saying, oh, well, Justin Fields he is the
47:54
future, and we have a top draft pick from Carolina. We could trade
47:59
that, get some more assets and build around Justin Fields even more. So.
48:04
Yeah, it's definitely gonna be interesting. And Justin Fields he could prove
48:07
his worth to the Bears with these next four games, even if they don't
48:10
win them all, maybe get into that seven to eight win mark. He
48:14
could prove that he is a quarterback for the future. But let's go ahead
48:19
and get into this next game, in which it was definitely a fun game.
48:22
This game it was between the Los Angeles Rams and the Baltimore Ravens,
48:28
in which it went into overtime a game winning punt return by Tylan Wallace in
48:35
which it walked it off. The Ravens won thirty seven thirty one. Josh,
48:39
what did you take away from this one? Both teams played great in
48:44
this game. Let's not get it twisted. There's nothing to really pick on
48:46
from these offenses. They both played amazing. It was an lecture game all
48:52
around. We can we can nitpick, I guess, but it was just
48:54
a good game to watch, just a good football games. It came down
48:57
to the wire. Both teams answered each other's every single time, and it
49:01
made for great TV, made for great entertainment, made for great football.
49:06
Lamar Jackson had a big day three sixteen, three touchdowns, one interception,
49:08
but on the ground he had eleven carries for seventy yards. On the other
49:12
side, Matthew Stafford had two ninety four passing and three touchdowns. Karen Williams
49:15
showed up in a big way twenty five carries, one to fourteen. Cooper
49:19
Cup did Cooper Cup things that we're used to seeing. He finally showed up.
49:22
He finally showed out. Odell Beckham Junior turned back the clock a little
49:25
bit for for ninety seven and Zay Flowers had a pretty important touchdown in the
49:29
game with that crazy Lamar Jackson third and like seventeen throw on that put them
49:35
in in the opportunity to take the lead and force the Rams to drive down
49:39
the field and get a game tying field goal to put it into overtime.
49:43
It was a great game all around. I have nothing to complain about.
49:45
I think this is both two good teams going at each other. Because the
49:47
Rams have caught heat. I think they will make the playoffs because I think
49:51
they deserve to make the playoffs. I think this team really found who they
49:53
are. They have been on a road. They just ran into a really
49:57
good number one seed in the Baltimore Ravens and the AFC, who have a
49:59
great defense and the defensive it looked like that great the other day, but
50:06
the other day, but the Rams they showed up. I think they can
50:08
make a run for it. And the Ravens they solidified themselves I think as
50:13
probably as the best team in the AFC, sitting pretty at ten and three.
50:17
Yeah, I think this proves out the Ravens they can be battle tested
50:22
and they can show up in the big spots. Because when the Rams they
50:25
went up twenty eight twenty three, I think that's when they got a touchdown.
50:29
It's like, all right, Lamar Jackson, answer the bell when we
50:32
need you to throw the ball, when we're relying on you to win us
50:37
the game. Can you do that even without Mark Andrews, when the other
50:40
team is scoring points in, your defense isn't holding up. And he proved
50:45
exactly that right there. And I know in overtime he struggled with the front
50:49
return. I felt real confident that they would have been able to drive in
50:52
for field goal range because you have the best kicker, second best kicker.
50:55
Brandon Aubrey is the best, but Iryson Booker has just all season just saying
51:00
neither is Brandon Aubrey. Oh well, Buskers won two super Bowls with that
51:06
leg. So hey, it's Brandon Aubery's first year, chill out, he'll
51:12
go He'll go back to back these next two years. But but no,
51:16
uh yeah, Ravens, they they answered the bell right here. Defense,
51:21
it was just a letdown game. When your defense plays so good, like
51:23
we talked about last week, there's a pattern your defense is eventually gonna have
51:28
a letdown game. And it's kind of it's kind of hard to be great
51:32
against his Rams offense, especially with Karen Williams, Kiren Williams. When Kyen
51:37
Williams is there, this offense looks very dynamic. It looks almost as dynamic
51:43
as that Super Bowl. That Super Bowl winning offense that they had with Oldell
51:46
Beckham, Robert Woods, Cooper Cup. That that offense right there because Pooka,
51:52
it's nice. And like you mentioned last week, these backup receivers right
51:57
here were not the backups, but DeMarcus Robinson, I know, yeah,
52:04
to to out Will and then Davis Allen. He actually popped up on on
52:08
here. So they're having the Marquie or not the marquee guys step up.
52:15
Cooper Cup, he had a good game. Matthew Stafford, it looks like
52:17
he looks like the old Matthew Stafford that we saw a couple of years ago.
52:22
So Sean McVay, he's cooking it up. He I feel like he
52:25
is having one of his best coaching years of his career because the defense isn't
52:31
as good. And yeah, this Rams offense is a force to be reckoned
52:36
with. And maybe they won't make the playoffs. I think that they will,
52:39
but if they don't, they'll definitely be a tough tough out for anybody
52:44
that they're gonna play. But is there anything else you want to take away
52:46
from this one? No, this pretty sums it all up for this great
52:52
game that we saw. Yeah, definitely was a good one. Oh no,
52:57
okay, one thing, one thing, one thing way for Isaiah likely
53:00
to step up into the role that Mark Andrews has a they likely had a
53:04
big game five for eighty three in a touchdown. So that's just that's just
53:07
something good. Also from the game that he stepped up into that tight end
53:10
role that I think that's really really helped his offense, because, yeah,
53:14
they're missing that Mark Andrews element. And if Isaiah Likely you can play like
53:16
that, I don't think this team misses a beat. Yeah, and you
53:21
actually reminded me Odell Beckham. It looks like he's getting healthier and healthier and
53:24
he's he's proven that this team. If Odell he could do what he did
53:30
yesterday or the day before, then it could become a real aired out offense
53:37
instead of with Mark Andrews. It's like a different, different element. But
53:43
all right, we're gonna get into this next game, which it shocked the
53:45
hell out of everybody. It was the Houston Texans at the New York Jets.
53:51
And if you would have told me before this that CJ. Stroud and
53:53
Zach Wilson were playing, Zach Wilson was a better quarterback. I would have
53:59
thought, yeah, no, this is an alternate universe or something, but
54:02
no, that actually happened the Jets, say one thirty to six. Josh,
54:07
what did you take away from this one? The Jets absolutely dominated this
54:12
football game from start to finish. There was only the third quarter where they
54:19
got a touchdown with Devin Singletary. But well, really, this whole first
54:24
half was ugly. They both scored zero points. But when that second half
54:27
came around, Zach Wilson turned it on as soon basically as soon as they
54:30
came out of the break, they scored a touchdown I think to Randall Cobb.
54:35
I think Randall Cobb caught a touchdown coming out the half. Then after
54:37
that they just started cooking from there. Zach Wilson had the best game I
54:42
think of probably his career. In this game, he had three to zero,
54:45
one for two touchdowns. He really got Garren Wilson involved, which is
54:50
something you need to do. You need to get your best receiver. You
54:52
need to get one of the best receivers in football involved, and he's gonna
54:53
make some plays. He had nine for one aweight in this game. That's
54:57
probably the best game he's had all season and that's crazy to say because he
55:00
is Garrett Wilson. He is one of the best receivers in NFL. We
55:02
just don't hear a lot about it because he is on the Jets and they
55:05
don't have a competent quarterback. I'm pretty sure they're missing Joe Flacco right about
55:08
now, which we'll get into in a minute. But Breese Hall had eight.
55:14
He didn't look too hot on the ground, but receiving, he had
55:16
eight for eighty six and a touchdown. That's what Hall brings. Element.
55:20
Sure, you may shut him down one way, but he's gonna get his
55:22
the other way. So that's goods and monitor. But as far as his
55:24
defense, c J. Shroud had missed the rest of this game with a
55:28
concussion. But it's not because it was some like, oh, like he
55:31
got hit random. No, they were hitting him this entire game. They
55:35
were on his ass this entire game, something CJ. Stroud has not been
55:37
used to up to this point. I'm sure. I know he has some
55:40
games where they was a little rocky versus Steelers, but versus he hasn't been
55:45
tested like this Jets team tested him, and they are one of the best
55:47
defense in the NFL. They would look a lot better if they had a
55:51
great offense on the other side, but they held the Jets. They held
55:55
the Texans offense to underneath the one hundred yards passing and underneath the hundre yards
56:00
rushing, which is less than two hundred yards on the day. Plus they
56:02
had five sacks, six tackles for lost, ten passes defended, and six
56:06
quarterback hits. That's insane from this Jets defense. They showed up, shut
56:09
down this high power Texas offense and made a statement that no matter if we
56:14
are out of this and we're not probably not gonna make playoffs, we are
56:16
still one of the better units in the NFL. Yeah. No, the
56:20
Jets. The Jets defense it as much as c J. Stroud, he
56:24
has been on a tear for what he's doing. It's not surprising that the
56:28
Jets defense they were able to do this when your offense is finally able to
56:31
put up points. And I feel like CJ. Stroud, it was bound
56:36
for this to happen. You can't be playing great your whole rookie season.
56:39
Eventually there's gonna be some tape on you. And that's just exactly what happened.
56:44
And he was getting rocked. I don't think that necessarily all they figured
56:49
out CJ. Stroud. It's just no, he's a rookie. They're throwing
56:52
different looks at you, and and yeah, he just got tested and he'll
56:57
bounce back. Maybe not maybe not these next two games because he's going to
57:00
have to take a while to discover or to figure out how to solve these
57:05
problems that the Jets presented. But also Jets, they are one of the
57:08
best defenses in the league, but also you are without Tank Dell and Tank
57:13
Dell. I not necessarily that it would have won them this game, but
57:16
it could. It could have potentially been a different game because it was zero
57:20
zerod half. So yeah, it's a big piece that they're missing, and
57:25
they could have taken advantage right here. They still should have won because with
57:29
the Jaguars losing, which we'll get into in a second, and then the
57:32
Coats losing another game we'll get into, they could have had or they could
57:37
add a chance to be in the division in the division lead. So yeah,
57:43
but Zak Wilson, man, I know they said Aaron Rodgers is coming
57:46
back Christmas Eve, but I think he came back a little bit earlier just
57:51
to disguise as Zach Wilson. So yeah, no, he had a good
57:55
game, and they're still not able to run the ball. I don't know
58:00
if you could replicate this right here because the Texans offense was so bad,
58:07
so the defense was constantly on the field for for the Texans. So yeah,
58:15
hopefully you can find a way to replicate it. You have the Dolphins,
58:19
Commanders, Browns, and Patriots up next. I don't think that you
58:22
could win these next or win these next two games right here, but who
58:27
knows. It's football any given Sunday, Josh, did you want to take
58:30
anything else away before we move on? Mmm? No, not. I
58:37
just think the Texans, I'm I don't think anyone would be mad if they
58:42
missed the playoffs. But I don't I really have my doubts that they will.
58:45
I just think there's still a young football team that make that needs to
58:50
really like still find some to some contusion with each other, find some some
58:54
some like team sometimes because in these moments, I think they do need rally
59:00
together. But there is still two teams ahead of them in their division.
59:02
There is a lot of teams that are seven and six AFC. I don't
59:06
think no one will be mad if they missed, because this is a success
59:08
in my opinion already what they did up to this point in this season.
59:13
I agree. But all right, let's get into one of the other teams
59:16
from their division, the team that's leading in the division in the AFC South.
59:22
It was a Jacksonville Jaguars at the Cleveland Browns in which Trevor Lawrence he
59:25
did play, but it still was not enough, in which the Browns they
59:29
won thirty one to twenty seven. Josh, what did you take away from
59:34
this one? Right here? Joe Flacco is a savior of Cleveland Browns football.
59:39
That's what I'm taking away from this game. He has looked great in
59:45
the last two games. In my opinion, even last week, I think
59:50
he showed flashes of what he can bring to this team in big playability.
59:55
That's something they didn't have. Deshaun Watson is a show of himself. Adrian
1:00:00
Thompson Robinson is just still learning the NFL. He was still learning. PJ.
1:00:04
Walker is a backup. He's nothing more. Joe Flacco has This is
1:00:07
a Super Bowl champion, a Super Bowl MVP. He is a veteran.
1:00:10
He did get a big contract at one point in this in his NFL career
1:00:15
for a reason, because he can do some things that other people cannot do,
1:00:17
and that's pushed the ball down the field. And he did that in
1:00:22
Spurts in his game three eleven, three touchdowns, one interception. That's gonna
1:00:27
come when you have Joe Flacco. But he he has really brought this offense
1:00:30
to another level that we haven't seen this season. He brought out David and
1:00:34
Joku. In the first half, he was bawling and then and then they
1:00:37
just kept cooking throughout the entire game. They outside of the out they scored
1:00:42
at least a touchdown in every single quarter. That is good for the Cleveland
1:00:45
Browns team who have this Cleveland Browns defense, because if your offense is cook
1:00:49
is given giving you help, then your defense can make plays. And they
1:00:53
sure they had they got had a little bit in this game, but they
1:00:55
still forced a lot of turnovers on this on this Jacksonville Jaguars team, forcing
1:01:00
Trevor Lawrence to throw three interceptions. So that's something good. When you force
1:01:05
the turnovers and your offense can capitalize on those mistakes, then that's something great.
1:01:08
And that Cleveland Browns team should be feared because of that. Joe Flacco
1:01:13
has brought a really good element to this team. As far as the Jacksonville
1:01:15
Jaguars side, the run game has really fallen off a cliff. I feel
1:01:20
like in the last couple of weeks with Travis dt and not being able to
1:01:22
be as productive. I think it comes I don't know what it comes down
1:01:27
to, in my opinion, because the Bengals were getting ran on all season
1:01:30
and then they set down Travis et in last week, and this week Travis
1:01:32
teen gets set down again. It's the Cleveland Browns, I get it.
1:01:35
But he was so dynamic to start the season, and then Trevor Lawrence just
1:01:39
can't turn over the ball three times like he did. That's just not gonna
1:01:44
get you wins, and especially right now when it's crunch time, when it's
1:01:46
playoff time. Now with the Chiefs losing, you could have been nine to
1:01:51
four and you could have been third place, second place in this conference.
1:01:53
You could have been comfortably there. But now you're probably fighting for the division
1:01:59
at this very much, trying to keep that one game lead that you have.
1:02:02
Yeah, I know, the Jacksonville Jaguars, they put themselves in a
1:02:06
very tough spot right here, because you're playing the Baltimore Ravens Sunday night,
1:02:10
so it's gonna look very scary for him. And yeah, they were able
1:02:16
to control their own destiny as far as getting one of the top seeds and
1:02:20
getting home field. But now you're gonna have to depend on other teams.
1:02:23
You're on the same level as the Chiefs, in which the Chiefs they have
1:02:27
the head to head over you. And unless something drastic happens between between the
1:02:32
Dolphins and I know you play the Ravens, but something would still have to
1:02:36
happen drastically for you to even get one of those top two seeds right there.
1:02:39
And yeah, that's just so crazy to me, Like you were mentioning
1:02:43
Travis etn it just fell off. But I think Doug Peterson Hugh was trying
1:02:49
to get Trevor Lawrence in a rhythm so much that the running game it just
1:02:53
fell off. Because at the end of the day, offensive line, even
1:02:58
though it doesn't seem like it, it's about rhythm, it's about timing,
1:03:00
it's about getting like working as a unit together, especially with the run game,
1:03:06
because the run game is so unique. So they just got away from
1:03:09
that completely, and that's that's what was winning them those games early on in
1:03:15
the season. That's why they were five and one or six and two.
1:03:19
I don't remember their exact record, but yeah, I know from the Browns.
1:03:22
Like you said, Joe Flacco, he's not afraid to throw the ball
1:03:27
down the field. And I just want to say, Kevin Stefanski, he
1:03:31
should be in the Coach of the Year conversations for what he's had to do
1:03:35
this entire year. You lost Nick Chubb. I know, Deshaun Watson,
1:03:38
he hasn't been playing great, but you lost your starting quarterback, you lost
1:03:42
your right tackle. Now you lost your left tackle for the year after this
1:03:45
game. So all these different injuries you had to deal with, and you're
1:03:51
still eight and five and you're still technically fighting for your division. And I
1:03:55
think you're gonna make the playoffs here because that defense, it is great.
1:04:00
And I'd still would like to see them run the ball more effectively. Two
1:04:04
point nine yards per carry against a Jaguars defense, which is solid, but
1:04:11
against these teams that you're going to be playing in the playoffs, you're gonna
1:04:14
need to be able to run the ball because this defense, it hasn't.
1:04:18
It is good, but it's been but it's been had these past few weeks.
1:04:25
So I don't know if it's been more Miles Garrett being injured as far
1:04:28
as with the shoulder, I don't know how bad it is, but yeah,
1:04:31
run the ball a little bit more because that's when Joe Flacco he is
1:04:35
at his best, because that's when they did win the Super Bowl. Anything
1:04:45
else you want to take away, Josh, Nope. I just think that
1:04:49
it's that Joe Flacco has brought this team to life, this offense to life,
1:04:54
and it's just a little it's something among it's something to see because it's
1:04:58
in a in a position where the Chiefs offense isn't clicking. The Jacksonville Jaguars
1:05:02
offense kind of fell at a standing still in this game at one point.
1:05:10
If their offense can click like this with this defense, they're they're they're a
1:05:13
team to really watch for when it comes to playoff time. Mm hmm.
1:05:16
Yeah. And speaking of a quarterback that has an offense clicking, let's talk
1:05:20
about Jake Browning. This dude has been a dog these past few weeks,
1:05:26
in which they beat the Colts thirty four to fourteen. Jake Browning. I
1:05:30
guess it wasn't a fluke that he brought brought last Monday night. Josh,
1:05:34
what did you take away from this one? I want to hit you with
1:05:39
some quick trivia, real quick. I just like digging into Jake Jake Browning
1:05:44
after last week's game. Yeah, just see find out who the kid really
1:05:46
is. You know how many passing touchdowns he had his senior season in high
1:05:51
school? Uh? Is it okay? Uh give me some op, give
1:05:59
me some option? Is it like in between the tens, twenties, thirties,
1:06:03
Just figher than that higher? Oh shoot, put a rounding number out
1:06:10
there, fifty five. He had ninety one passing touchdowns his senior year in
1:06:15
high school, bothly Jesus ninety one dude, So he knows how to slang
1:06:20
that thing, let me tell you. And he was Gator he I think
1:06:24
he was a two time Gatorade National Player of the Year or something like that.
1:06:28
So he's no slouch. He's no slouch. That was I did some
1:06:31
digging. He's no slouch. He knows how to win football games. So
1:06:35
let's get into this football game. He he has his offense clicking. I
1:06:41
would love to see him get his weapons of allved a little bit more,
1:06:44
just a little bit. He only completed eighteen passing this game. He really
1:06:47
spread the ball out amongst all the receivers they have. Jamar Chase only had
1:06:54
three catches too, Higgins two catches, Joe Mixon three catches, Chase Brown
1:06:57
three catches, Tyler Boy two catches, Tenor Hudson two catch Just do sample
1:07:00
two catches. But if you're if that's the way you win football games,
1:07:02
as Jake Browning, do it. Get everyone involved, because this Bingles team
1:07:06
needs it. Actually, please don't do it, because I would love to
1:07:10
not see the Bengals have success. But that's just me. But keep it
1:07:14
if you as for if I'm a Bengals fan, keep doing it. Because
1:07:17
he did that last week where he was giving Drew sample involved. That's somebody
1:07:20
we're seeing kind of Elevator's seen Santa Hudson get elevated. Chase Brown, I
1:07:26
said last week, is someone to monitor because in that game he showed explosiveness.
1:07:30
In this game, he showed even more explosive. I three for eighty,
1:07:33
receiving in a touchdown. His rushing game was eight for twenty five.
1:07:38
Joe Mason had a had a Joe Mason day twenty one for seventy nine to
1:07:41
touchdown three for forty six a receiving. So this offense is clicking. They're
1:07:45
fine. They look like they're starting to hit a rhythm even without Joe Burrow
1:07:50
because Jake Browning is playing great football. Let's look at the other side of
1:07:55
this. The Bengals shut down this cult run game, which is something you
1:08:00
do to the Colts. So when you shut down the Colts run game,
1:08:01
this coach team loses their how do I put this like, they're they're right,
1:08:09
huh? Identity? Yeah, their identity. But I feel like I've
1:08:12
used that word too much in this podcast so far, so I was trying
1:08:15
to find a different word. But let's go with that. Their identity.
1:08:16
They lose their identity because they are run first football team. No Jonathan Taylor,
1:08:20
So it all falls upon the Souldiers with Zach Moss, who at the
1:08:24
beginning of the season was the second leading rusher in the NFL when he was
1:08:27
the main guy, but over the last couple weeks he's been shut down pretty
1:08:30
good. Last week he only had fifty one carry fifty one yards. This
1:08:33
week he only has twenty eight yards. So yeah, if they're not running
1:08:36
the football, I think it comes It really may come down to a Pennant
1:08:42
situation because Gardner Minshew, I think, is someone who kind of relies on
1:08:45
a consistent run game to really be great. And he's a good quarterback,
1:08:47
don't get me wrong. I think he can start on some teams, and
1:08:49
like he is starting right now for the Colts, sitting them at seven and
1:08:53
six. But without a run game, this offense kind of derails. And
1:08:57
we saw that and they only score fourteen points and all came in the second
1:09:00
quarter. Other than that, they were shut out for three quarters. And
1:09:03
they are still second in their division. And I think, but I believe,
1:09:08
let me check. No, they're right outside the playoffs, I think,
1:09:14
But yeah, they're They're still fighting. But if this run game,
1:09:18
this run game needs to be re established for them, I think to really
1:09:23
make some noise. Yeah, no, as far, Yeah, I agree
1:09:27
with you with the Colts, and I think now only Shane Styken, he
1:09:30
can only do so much. Anthony Richardson, he would have brought a different
1:09:34
element to to here. It would add a different or more to the run
1:09:39
game. Also missing Jonathan Taylor, I don't know, if it's going to
1:09:43
be a week or two when he comes back, that's a big loss right
1:09:45
there. And even though Michael Pittman had a good game, like you said,
1:09:50
Gardner, Minshew, he can only be good for so long. You're
1:09:55
a backup quarterback for a reason. Kind of like a Josh Stobbs kind of
1:09:59
like that situation right there. But yeah, with the Bengals, every time
1:10:04
I think that they're dead in the water, they find a way, they
1:10:09
find a way to just say nope, not yet. And that just props
1:10:13
to them being a veteran team and just for them not giving up on the
1:10:17
season after Joe Burrow went out. Jake Browning, he is playing Joe Burrow
1:10:23
esque because Joe Burrow, I know he targets Jamar Chase a lot, but
1:10:28
he does spread the ball around. And the good thing about him being a
1:10:31
backup quarterback is that he's not going to favor anybody. He's gonna take the
1:10:35
reads that he has to take, take the checkdowns if he needs to take
1:10:39
him. And they are attempting to run the ball here, and I think
1:10:44
this run game it is gonna get going. It got going last week against
1:10:46
Jacksonville, So I think it's gonna get going even more. Joe Mixon twenty
1:10:50
one carry, seventy nine yards, that's the right thing. You're feeding one
1:10:54
of your stars, Chase brown Like you said, he's becoming a young star
1:11:00
right before our eyes. And maybe that could be a one to two point
1:11:02
right there. T Higgins, he had one big play. But again,
1:11:09
this offense, it still has all the weapons right there or around Jake Browning,
1:11:14
So it is a force to be reckoned with. And maybe the Bengals
1:11:17
they could sneak into the playoffs because you have the Vikings, you have the
1:11:20
Steelers, and then we'll see how they do against the Chiefs. I know,
1:11:25
psychologically the Bengals players, they think they own the Chiefs, so I
1:11:30
don't know if that plays a part into it. So I realistically think that
1:11:35
they could win these next two games and be sitting at nine to eight and
1:11:42
make the playoffs. I don't know as far as their conference wins or how
1:11:45
that would sit with everybody else, but yeah, they could find a way
1:11:49
to make the playoffs, and with them beating the Colts, this could potentially
1:11:54
be a typebreaker right here where it could get them into the playoffs and keep
1:11:57
the Colts out of the playoffs. Is there anything else you wanted to take
1:12:00
away from this one? Josh, No, Let's see who makes a run.
1:12:06
Yeah, that's that's how we could do. Just wait, it's that
1:12:10
time. But let's get into the last twelve o'clock game, in which another
1:12:15
favorite on this show, Baker Mayfield, had a game winning drive against Atlanta
1:12:20
Falcons, in which they won twenty nine to twenty five. I know he's
1:12:25
one of your favorite players. So what'd you see from this Buccaneers team?
1:12:29
Is this what I get for doubting my guys? The Italian Stallion and Baker
1:12:34
Mayfield, Like, come on, like I pick against them this week's and
1:12:40
they both win. Like I'm sorry. They were. They were just telling
1:12:44
me like, really you doubt us, You really doubt us. So Baker
1:12:47
Mayfield had a he didn't have a great day in my opinion. He had
1:12:51
two touchdowns passing, which is great. One hundred and forty four passing yards
1:12:57
is all right. But I think the real story of this game is is
1:13:00
Rashad White. Rashad White had a big day, two for thirty three in
1:13:03
a touchdown receiving, and then he had twenty five carries for one hundred and
1:13:06
two yards. I think this might be one of his best games of the
1:13:09
season, if not his best, and that he really showed up for this
1:13:12
team. That's the that's pretty much my biggest taway for the Tampway Buccaneers.
1:13:15
And now, yeah, they're sitting I believe, on top of the whole
1:13:19
division at this very moment. No, yes, they they are sitting there
1:13:23
number one in the division at this very moment. Yeah, so knocking there's
1:13:27
three, there's a three way tie basically, but if this playoffs are today,
1:13:30
they're the team in. And But as far as the other side,
1:13:32
the Atlanta Falcons, Desmond Ritter played good in this game, I felt like
1:13:36
better than usual, three hundred and forty seven passing yards and a touchdown.
1:13:40
He still had his usual turnover, but Drake Lindon got involved ten for one
1:13:44
to seventy two. Jon The thing I didn't like to see is that he
1:13:47
had ten carries compared to Tyler Our's years nine. What's going on, Arthur
1:13:50
Smith's what is going on? Did you not learn your lesson over the last
1:13:54
couple of weeks that when you get Bijon involved, shit happens. No,
1:13:58
So maybe if that happened. But I think the main thing is Young Hoku
1:14:01
the kicker. We don't talk much about kickers on this podcast, but Hill
1:14:05
going for one for three in his field goals. Hill being the most accurate
1:14:09
kicker of all time. I don't know about after this week, but at
1:14:12
that moment, he was missing two field goals and if you make two of
1:14:15
them, make you win this football game. So it's just it just it
1:14:20
was a game that could have gone either way. Much like a lot of
1:14:23
these close games there were, this week just really came down to who wanted
1:14:27
it more, I felt like and if the tenth big Buccaneers got the job
1:14:30
done. Kind of hurt me that Mike Evans only had one catch for eight
1:14:34
yards in fantasy, but I guess I guess they helped them in real life.
1:14:40
Hey he's saving he's saving it for the fantasy football playoffs. Yeah,
1:14:43
you're right. He just needs to rest, that's all it is. Yeah,
1:14:45
he just he just needed to take a break off for a quick second.
1:14:48
But yeah, no, uh, Baker got it done. This is
1:14:53
this is a veteran team right here. I feel like this is a lesser
1:14:56
version of the Bengals. Buccaneers they to the playoffs these past years, so
1:15:01
veteran team, they're still trying to compete for or compete to be in the
1:15:06
playoffs. Maybe they won't get anywhere, but they're not trying to lose.
1:15:10
Have plenty of weapons. So yeah, Mike Evans, Mike Evans, Chris
1:15:15
Godwin, and then again Rashad White, like you said, he had a
1:15:18
damn good day. So Baker Mayfield did what he had to do, even
1:15:24
though it wasn't statistically a good game at this point. Desmond Ritter, like
1:15:29
you said, usual turnover eventually ends up costing them, but Kyle pitts nowhere
1:15:35
to be found again. I can't harp on this Atlanta offense because we already
1:15:41
know what we're gonna get from this offense on a week to week basis.
1:15:46
A few Bejon carries, maybe Drake London breaks out every other week, but
1:15:51
yeah, it's it's rinse and repeat with this Atlanta, with this Atlanta Falcons
1:15:57
offense. So yeah, uh, NFC South, it's a dumpster fire.
1:16:03
It's a dumpster fire. Like you said, there's three teams that are six
1:16:08
and seven, So yeah, nothing else to really take away from this one.
1:16:13
Did you have anything you want to take away, I just think real
1:16:16
quick, I think Jesse Bates is playing at a pro Bowl level and I
1:16:20
think he should get some consideration for that. So I just want to put
1:16:24
that out there. That's That's a nice way to in this game off.
1:16:30
But all right, then we're going to go to the last game of the
1:16:33
week, which was a first game. It was the Thursday night football game.
1:16:39
It was the New England Patriots versus the Pittsburgh Steelers, in which the
1:16:44
Steelers lost twenty one to eighteen, in which this is there or that was
1:16:50
their second time in four days losing to a two to ten team. Josh,
1:16:57
what did you take away from this game? Zeke? That's what I
1:17:01
took away from this game. Zeke had a day twenty two carry sixty eight
1:17:05
yards and receiving seven catches for seventy two yards and a touchdown. And then
1:17:11
we can't forget about Hunter Henry and Bailey Zappi's connection in the red zone completing
1:17:15
two touchdowns. And honestly, there were some pretty good balls from Bailey's Bailey
1:17:18
Zach. When I was watching this game, I was like, damn,
1:17:20
this is a nice throw and you gotta put in the Chiefs legend Juju Smith
1:17:25
Schuster in there for for ninety He had his biggest game of the season by
1:17:28
far. So they were just they were just really clicking in that in that
1:17:34
first half. They came back down to earth in the second half, which
1:17:36
is kind of expected with the adjustments from a Mike Tomlin defense. They're gonna
1:17:41
adjust, They're gonna make some plays. It just a matter of this offense
1:17:44
being so incompetent to put up points and get anything going on any type of
1:17:48
level that they just can't seem to win football games. And that just sucks
1:17:51
because you're wasting some talents that they have over there when it comes to this
1:17:56
quarterback play, when it comes to some of the decision making that they do
1:17:59
make. And I don't know this Pittsburgh Stillers team, This isn't isn't the
1:18:02
same team that I think they were at the beginning of the season. Yeah,
1:18:05
no, I agree with you on that they're not able to run the
1:18:09
ball effectively like they were and play into their defense. And this is a
1:18:14
bad game for their defense right here, because the defense you usually expect them
1:18:17
to play better. But what they gave up in the first half, I
1:18:20
think that just changed the whole outcome. Even though the defense played good,
1:18:25
they were able to just slow down the game the Patriots were and just lean
1:18:29
into their defense, which which they've leaned into their defense all year, and
1:18:33
that's what's kept them in the games. And I think I mentioned it last
1:18:38
week. The Patriots they've only given up twenty six points to pass three games
1:18:45
and they were owing three, so they were bound to finally win a game
1:18:48
just based off of defense solely. Mitch Trubisky definitely not the answer. Even
1:18:55
Kenny Pickett if he would have been in, not the answer either. They
1:18:59
need a draft, a quoter. Just just realize that you made a mistake.
1:19:04
Drafted quarterback draft Jaden Daniels, Michael Pennick's Bo Nicks. Go get somebody
1:19:09
else. Please, you're wasting so much talent you're having George Pickens frustrated on
1:19:14
the sideline, Deontay Johnson, even Naji he is having a better year,
1:19:18
not this game, but Jalen Warren you have pieces there, so just please
1:19:24
get a quarterback. And Patriots, like you were saying, kind of made
1:19:28
me tear up when I saw Ezekiel Elliott still killing the Steelers to this day,
1:19:32
no matter what it is. So yeah, that's the only thing I
1:19:38
take away from that, Bailey Zappi, I feel like we're gonna get this
1:19:43
once a year. Mac Jones. He had one good game the one time
1:19:45
Josh called him out, but after that he did terrible. Bailey Zappi,
1:19:50
this is his one good game. But other than that, I don't expect
1:19:54
much from him. Anything else you want to take away from this before we
1:19:57
get onto this next topic. Nah, that pretty sums up this game.
1:20:00
There was there really wasn't much of a topic in this game. Yeah,
1:20:04
no, there wasn't. But all right, now that we're done with with
1:20:09
the Week fourteen games, we're gonna get into something something interesting. What we
1:20:15
usually do is is NFC and AFC top five teams. But now we're gonna
1:20:20
go since later in the season we're looking at these super Bowl teams right here,
1:20:26
who's really super Bowl threats? Who's the top five teams in the NFL?
1:20:30
And Josh, I don't know if you want to go first, you
1:20:34
could do one, I could do one, or vice versa. We can
1:20:38
do one in one, all right, So okay, I think I think
1:20:44
we should consistent or consensuously have the same number one team. Yeah, the
1:20:53
Giants, Yeah, duh, Italian's stallion, Yeah, exactly. All right,
1:20:57
all right, thank you for what No. But one stat that I
1:21:04
want to bring up really quick before I bring up my number one team,
1:21:08
So super Bowl champs. The past few years, they've had at least seven
1:21:13
to eight blowout wins. So, for example, the Chiefs last year,
1:21:17
or blowout wins are wins that you've had more than plus ten points against an
1:21:21
opponent in a single season. The Chiefs last year. Last year had seven
1:21:26
Rams, seven Bucks, eight Chiefs, seven Pats, eight Eagles, seven
1:21:30
Patriots ten. I'm going to bring up that stat when I talk about these
1:21:33
teams, so just so you know, Josh and the people listening, they're
1:21:39
not surprised with that. But all right, who's your number one team,
1:21:42
Josh? The San Francisco forty nine ers, who I alluded to earlier in
1:21:46
this podcast are the best team in football. And I don't think anyone can
1:21:48
disagree with me because his defensive clicking also on also, and there's ever since
1:21:54
they traded for Chase Young, they are getting to the quarterback every single game.
1:21:58
They are averaging above I believe, ever since that Chase young trade of
1:22:00
but around four sacks per game and around like seven QB hits and that's that's
1:22:06
great for that defense because they were struggling with that. And I'm sure the
1:22:12
loss of Telefuna Hufunga telenoah hu Funga is big, but they really haven't skipped
1:22:16
a b ever since he's gone down. But on the other side, when
1:22:20
they lost those three games in a row, we panicked a little bit,
1:22:24
but it was all a matter of their team getting healthy, about Devo coming
1:22:26
back, about Trent Williams coming back, about getting George Kittle and bred and
1:22:30
you getting a little bit more involved, and they have done that in spurts.
1:22:33
In this game, Christian McCaffrey, I believe, is leading the charge.
1:22:35
He is the MVP of this entire team. He is. He is
1:22:40
their main focal point, the main thing that team's game planed for. And
1:22:43
Rock Purty is getting the weapons involved. That's all that he needs to do
1:22:45
and they are doing that and that's why I think they are the best team
1:22:48
in football. Yeah, no, it's hard for me to disagree with that.
1:22:53
And already on the season, they already have nine blowout wins, so
1:22:57
which it's crazy so if the Patriots they had ten and twenty sixteen, other
1:23:02
than that in NFL history history, nobody is close to that. So they're
1:23:06
kind of on an unprecedented level right now what they're doing. And they had
1:23:11
a three game skid, but that was more their players weren't healthy. And
1:23:15
let's be real, if everybody's healthy on this team, nobody's beating them.
1:23:19
And I don't think it's nowhere close. I think they're they're the closest team
1:23:26
or they're the closest to being a team that's perfect all the way around,
1:23:30
Like there's no there's no real weaknesses. You could say Brock Purdy, he
1:23:34
is a weakness, but he's in the MVP race whether we like it or
1:23:39
not. So yeah, but nothing I could really take away from that.
1:23:44
They've just been dominant these past five weeks defensively, and they have some of
1:23:49
the best or the best one of the best coaching staffs in the league.
1:23:54
So yeah, So who's your second best team in the NFL. I don't
1:24:00
know if this is going to be consensus too. I have the Dallas Cowboys
1:24:03
as the second best team in the NFL. I think it's really hard to
1:24:06
to deny what they've been doing over the last two months. Dak Prescott is
1:24:11
the MVP of the NFL City Lamb has come into his own and really established
1:24:15
himself as one of the top receivers in the NFL, and his defense continues
1:24:18
to make plays. Outside of the Seahawks game, they are really stepping up
1:24:24
in a big way for c turnovers, getting their team their offense good field
1:24:27
position to make plays, and that is where the Cowboys are scary. I
1:24:30
believe they are not right underneath the San Francisco forty nine ers in terms of
1:24:35
who's better, but I really do think they could make a run if the
1:24:39
chips fall the right way in the playoffs. Yeah, no, I definitely
1:24:44
think they could. They could make a run if anything falls or if it
1:24:47
falls the right way. So ten and three tied with the Niners, obviously
1:24:51
had to head. They did lose to the Niners, so that's why I
1:24:55
do have the Niners above. But the Dallas Cowboys are seven seven to zero
1:25:00
at home. They are the most dominant team at home I've seen in a
1:25:04
while these past few years, because not only are they blowing teams out of
1:25:09
the water water, but they're scoring, scoring like crazy. They're and this
1:25:13
defense is just different, different at home. So they have eight blowout wins,
1:25:18
just one behind the Niners. So it's it's pretty similar to what I'm
1:25:24
seeing between the Niners and Cowboys here and Dak Prescott rock Purdy. I think
1:25:29
Dak's better, but the overall team, Niners, they are better. And
1:25:33
like I mentioned when we were talking about the Cowboys and Eagles earlier, they've
1:25:36
been able to run the football a little bit more or better. So these
1:25:41
past five games, they've been averaging four point five yards per carry, So
1:25:45
that means the online they're just getting stronger. They're actually pushing the people back.
1:25:49
Tony Pollard, he is getting healthier. So maybe you are going to
1:25:53
see a different dynamic to this run game because Tony Pollard, we haven't seen
1:25:58
them rip off a big run and yet, and I feel like that's to
1:26:01
come. So yeah, I kind of disagree with you right here. And
1:26:06
let's go ahead and get into our third best team in the NFL. And
1:26:11
the third best team, oh, the third best team I have in the
1:26:14
NFL is the Baltimore Ravens. They are consistency, they are winning football games.
1:26:18
They are a class above I think everyone else right now in the AFC
1:26:23
as it stands, they they're getting their weapons involved. Lamar is playing at
1:26:28
an MVP level also as sure. I know we throw that word around to
1:26:33
a lot of players, but it's true when it comes to Lamar Jackson.
1:26:35
He had a big game this last week. He's had He's pulled his offense
1:26:39
out of some spots that they shouldn't be in and he's really made it work.
1:26:43
But plus, this defense is the defense is their driving force, is
1:26:46
the main component of their whole team, and their defense shutdowns shuchdowns teams.
1:26:51
They have shut down some really good offenses in a couple of weeks. Outside
1:26:57
of this Rams game, much like the Cowboy, outside the Seahawks game,
1:27:00
they have really been dominant all season and I don't see that changing going forward.
1:27:04
They have a pretty tough task and the Dolphins in a couple of weeks,
1:27:08
and I believe they play that. They do play the Jags this week,
1:27:11
so that's that'll be another good test. But I really do think they're
1:27:14
the best team in the AFC, which puts some third on my list.
1:27:17
Yeah, once again, I agree with you. We always like alis textan
1:27:20
you early. We always find a way to agree without even trying to.
1:27:25
But I feel like it's the Niners. There are notch above. Cowboys are
1:27:29
a little a little bit below, and I feel like the Ravens are a
1:27:32
little bit below the Cowboys, if that makes sense. But the Ravens they
1:27:35
have a chance to prove themselves as the best team in the NFL because they
1:27:40
kind of have a gauntlet here because you have the Jaguars. You have the
1:27:44
Jaguars, then you have the Steelers, who are always tough, and then
1:27:46
you have the or and I don't know how it goes exactly, but you
1:27:49
do have the San Francisco forty nine ers coming up, so you can prove
1:27:55
how the Dolphins was. Oh yeah, and the thing so yeah, these
1:27:58
last four games, it is tough, so they're gonna be able to prove
1:28:01
how good they actually are. And they have six blow out wins. The
1:28:05
only thing that sucks for them they'd be running away with this number one seed
1:28:09
right now, but they're six and three in the conference, losing to losing
1:28:14
to the Browns, losing to the Steelers that did end up becoming big.
1:28:16
They could be twelve and one right now, or actually all of the games
1:28:20
that they that they lost, they were leading in so they could potentially right
1:28:26
now be undefeated if it wasn't for certain things. But obviously that's not the
1:28:30
way it goes. The wide receivers they are, they are starting to click.
1:28:34
Run game has been the run game Simmons. It was last year almost
1:28:38
five yards to carry. So I think the biggest X factor here is for
1:28:42
them, if Obj he could be that number one wide receiver. I don't
1:28:45
think Zay Flowers he's ready to be that number one wide receiver. If OBJ
1:28:49
can be that number one wide receiver, you could see this team really take
1:28:53
off. So now that we agreed on these first three teams, let's see
1:29:00
if we get some disagreements here on this next one. So who's the fourth
1:29:03
best team in the NFL? Do you, Josh? Despite them dropping some
1:29:09
big games and having a rough a rough last month, I believe the Philadelphia
1:29:13
Eagles remain in the number four spot. For me, they I still think
1:29:17
they're better than the rest. I cannot stay here and deny it because they've
1:29:21
bet in some of the teams that I have underneath them, They've they've they've
1:29:27
had really great moments in this year. I just think they need to figure
1:29:30
out what's wrong with this defense. They need to put them all on there.
1:29:32
They have all the they had all the names that they have, all
1:29:35
the names on defense, they really do. Darius Slay, James Bradbury,
1:29:39
Fletcher Cox, Jayalen Carter, Jordan Davis, Nolan Smith, it goes on
1:29:45
and on. They just signed Darius Leonard. They have all the names.
1:29:48
It doesn't matter of putting it all together. This offense needs to find a
1:29:50
way to score against good teams and keep up with them because they do have
1:29:56
still have Jalen Hurts, they still have DeAndre Swift, they have that offensive
1:29:59
line who in my opinion, the best in the NFL. And they still
1:30:02
have Davon Te Smith, Balls Daughter and AJ Brown. They have everything they
1:30:10
need. It's just I don't know what's going on with them. Maybe they're
1:30:13
in a little slump, maybe they're a little banged up. We don't know
1:30:15
what's going on internally. But I still think they're the fourth best team.
1:30:18
They have too many weapons to not be the fourth best team and they could
1:30:21
still make a run for it. So for our fourth team right here,
1:30:28
so we always plan ahead and we always prep so for our fourth best team
1:30:32
in the league before, this is my fourth best team right now. I
1:30:36
had the Miami Dolphins written down, but after the way they played today,
1:30:42
it kind of shook my whole rankings, and so I kind of had a
1:30:45
scramble. So for the fourth best team in the league, I think this
1:30:53
is more based off of just me trusting this team will get better and they
1:30:58
do have that championship pedigree and that experience. I have the Kansas City Chiefs
1:31:02
number four. What the hell, I was not expecting this, So the
1:31:06
Kansas City Chiefs, I think that's more just based off of trust and as
1:31:11
far as believing that they will be able to find a way to get this
1:31:15
offense clicking a little bit better. So again, so I have the Niners,
1:31:23
and then I have the Cowboys a notch up below, Ravens a notch
1:31:26
below, and then after those three teams, I feel like the rest of
1:31:29
them they're on the same playing field. Because you could have argued, you
1:31:32
could argue if MVS catches that ball or MVS like you like to call them,
1:31:38
if he catches that ball, then the Chiefs they beat the Eagles,
1:31:42
and you'd probably have the Chiefs ahead of the Eagles because they had to head
1:31:45
matchup. But I don't feel like necessarily, oh, the Eagles won,
1:31:49
they're better than the Chiefs. No, I don't think that's how it is.
1:31:51
If they played today, I think the Chiefs would win. This defense
1:31:56
is a top three unit in the league. So it's just more mean believing
1:32:00
that Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid will find something in this offense, just get
1:32:05
it clicking where it could be just twenty four points something like that. You
1:32:11
have a chance. You have a softer schedule coming up, so you can't
1:32:15
build that confidence up before the playoffs. So who is your fifth best team
1:32:18
in the league right now? Josh, I was moving through a whole lot
1:32:23
of different teams. I had the Dolphins, I had the Jaguars, I
1:32:26
had the Packers, I even had the uh I had why am I going
1:32:32
Blake the I had the Giants in there, I had no Okay, I
1:32:36
had the Lions. I had the Jaguars, I had the Browns. I
1:32:40
had all that in there. I had the Dolphins. But the one thing
1:32:44
that separates all of them, that this team has that from that, that
1:32:48
this team separates from all of them is what you said, that experience that
1:32:51
trust they getting, they know how to get it done. I can't lean
1:32:57
towards the Jaguars because the Chiefs beat the break off the Jaguars when they played
1:33:00
them. If we really think about it, there they shut down that offense,
1:33:04
They shut down that Dolphins offense. The Lions I think I don't think
1:33:09
the Lions win that game of Kadarius Tony doesn't play like play like how he's
1:33:13
played all season. That's a he basically gave him the game. I've said
1:33:16
it every week. He dropped two important a pick six and then into another
1:33:20
guy's hands, and then he dropped a game winning field goal which would have
1:33:24
put them in field goal raine from Harrison Bucker hasn't missed all seasons. So
1:33:29
and then the Cleveland Browns, I think they were the closest team for me.
1:33:32
I will put that out there. They were the closest team that I
1:33:34
was gonna put over the Chiefs, and that is because they are balling.
1:33:39
But the thing is, do I trust Joe Flacco more than I trust Patrick
1:33:42
Mahomes And that will never be the case. You do what that will never
1:33:48
be the case. So they still have Mahomes, they have the top three
1:33:53
unit, they have Travis Kelce they have rashe rice E Merging, who I
1:33:57
feel like we will make a big impact going forward. They have the easiest
1:34:00
schedule I feel like of any team remaining in the NFL that is out in
1:34:04
contention for a Super Bowl. So that's why I have them. They could
1:34:09
finish the season twelve and five, and they could very well finish with the
1:34:12
number one seed in the AFC if we really sit down and look about it.
1:34:15
With the Ravens, if they drop two games and the Chiefs went out,
1:34:17
the Chiefs are number one. If they Dolphins dropped one more game,
1:34:20
they're done because the Chiefs beat them. If the Jaguars drop any war games,
1:34:25
they're done. So the Chiefs are sitting still in a good position.
1:34:29
It's just a matter of them cleaning up the penalties and cleaning up little minute
1:34:33
mistakes that cost them football games. Because much like you say, the who
1:34:40
could who did you say? Could be twelve and one nine, much like
1:34:45
the Ravens Ravens could be twelve and one, the Chiefs could very well much
1:34:47
as well be twelve and one if it wasn't for little minute mistakes. So
1:34:51
for me, there's still number five. The Browns are close six to them
1:34:56
for me, so this one and I had a very tough time going for
1:35:01
number five, so I had I had the Chiefs number four obviously, but
1:35:05
after that Dolphins, after the way they lost to the Titans, especially at
1:35:10
home, they're out of the picture. Now. It's between It's between the
1:35:17
Eagles and Lines for me, and I just feel like as of right now,
1:35:21
if they would play each other, both of these teams, like I
1:35:24
said, they are similar. They both are struggling. I trust the Detroit
1:35:29
Lions more than I trust the Philadelphia Eagles right now. And the experience,
1:35:33
man, Okay, there's a difference between a Super Bowl winning head coach and
1:35:42
Andy Reid. He's been there multiple times, to the Championship, to the
1:35:45
AFC Championship. He's been through ups and downs. This is Nick Sirianni's first
1:35:48
time really struggling. This is Jalen Hurts first time struggling under Nick Sirianni.
1:35:54
He's having a turnover problem. It's not like it's not like Patrick Mahomes He's
1:35:59
having this major turnover problem here. It's just as far as the receivers,
1:36:04
the receivers catching the ball or getting separation, That's what it really is.
1:36:09
You've seen some signs of improvement from this Chiefs offense. They're at least moving
1:36:13
the ball. The Eagles, they're going down. And if I had to
1:36:17
rely on one run game, because that's what I feel like, these defenses
1:36:21
are both the wash right here. Both these defenses are terrible. But if
1:36:26
I had to rely on a run game, I trust the Detroit Lions run
1:36:30
game more than I trust the Philadelphia Eagles run game. So that's why I
1:36:33
have them number five. And not to mention five blowout wins, I'm telling
1:36:40
you that's a key stat for me because it shows you have that superpower,
1:36:45
or you have that superpower you could flex on different opponents where you could show
1:36:48
I'm better than you in general, like you could just you could just prove
1:36:53
that because you have the talent, you have the skill. And then Dan
1:36:56
Campbell, Nick Sirianni, they're both kind of on the same coaching level to
1:36:59
me, at least I don't know about anybody else. So that's why I
1:37:02
have the Lions number five, and I would have the Eagles number six.
1:37:10
So yeah, I don't know if you in the list your top five top
1:37:14
five teams through just so you could get or in case anybody forgot So number
1:37:19
one I had the Niners, number two Cowboys, number three Ravens, number
1:37:23
four Eagles, and the number five I had the Ketga City Chiefs. So
1:37:28
number one Niners, two Cowboys, three Ravens both the same. The number
1:37:31
four I had the Chiefs and number five I had the Lions. So again
1:37:36
it's kind of hard to disagree. I don't know. I just feel like
1:37:42
the Eagles, I can't, I can't. I can't put them up there.
1:37:45
They're they're just going down so much right now. And it's not like,
1:37:53
at least with the Lions you saw, you saw there was improvement throughout
1:37:58
the season, like they were winning these games very convincingly. The Philadelphia Eagles,
1:38:02
I don't feel like they've won a single game very convincingly where you're like,
1:38:06
Okay, that's the team that we saw last year. And the thing
1:38:12
is with the Lions, I feel like both their losses have come Two of
1:38:15
their losses have come in the division, to the Packers and to the Bears.
1:38:18
So it's just your teams that know you the best that are beating you.
1:38:20
It's not teams that you just run into that are actually killing you versus
1:38:25
the Seahawks. They were in a shootout, thirty eight thirty seven? What
1:38:28
more do you want? What more do you want from this offense? You
1:38:30
know? And then and I forgot who they lost to. Also, why
1:38:33
am I forgetting? Because I wanted to forget? Oh, they got killed
1:38:38
by the Ravens. So the Ravens are the number three team in the in
1:38:41
the whole list. So they lost to the best team, one of the
1:38:43
top three teams in the NFL. They lost to two division rivals, and
1:38:46
they lost in a shootout to the Seahawks. So it's not like they're losing
1:38:50
games. They're supposed to be the Packers and Bears, but they're they know
1:38:54
those teams. They know the Lions better than anyone else. Of course they
1:38:58
have a better chance the most people. So I think I think that's why
1:39:01
I I see why you put the Lions up there. Yeah, I'm I
1:39:06
don't know why you put the Eagles up there. The Eagles suck. Just
1:39:11
I just trust them the people more mm hmm. Well, okay, I
1:39:16
saw something like this earlier on TV. I feel like the Eagles, they're
1:39:23
they're a knockoff version of last year of the Philadelphia Eagles. Because Jalen Hurts
1:39:30
not having the same season. He was arguably the second best quarterback in the
1:39:34
league last year. Then you have then you have the running back room,
1:39:40
DeAndre Swift, Miles Sanders. I feel like there's a downgrade there or at
1:39:45
least from season, not as far as player to player, as far as
1:39:48
the seasons they were having. Okay, I'm gonna say I say I'd rather
1:39:50
have Deandres Swift of Miles Sanders, but yeah, no, I'm not comparing
1:39:55
as far as players player as far as the season they were having. And
1:39:58
then defensively, there's a big gap right there. The defense last year they
1:40:02
were top ten in every single category. They were getting to the quarterback the
1:40:06
Philadelphia Johnson's gone, yeah, TJ. Edwards cuz youre why linebackers they're just
1:40:13
completely like the linebacker room is terrible. You there's a reason that Darius Lennard
1:40:17
was signed on this team with multiple back injuries, who who did not look
1:40:23
good for the Colts. So at least with the at least with the Lions,
1:40:29
you have Aiden Hutchinson, CJ. Gardner, Johnson, he will get
1:40:31
back, and there was signs of the Lions defense being not necessarily good,
1:40:39
but being decent like them showing signs that they can they can at Spurts shut
1:40:45
down an offense. H. So yeah, I don't know. So now
1:40:54
that we got done with that, I don't know if you want to introduce
1:40:57
this introduce this next topic, Josh. So I'll let you go out and
1:41:00
get straight into it. So at this at this point in time, we
1:41:04
have a pretty good understanding who we might see in the playoffs, and I
1:41:09
put together who will play each other, and I think we could go over
1:41:12
like who we maybe think is gonna win these get matchups in the divisional rounds,
1:41:16
and maybe what we see what we can expect going forward if this is
1:41:21
how the season does end up. Of course, the Ravens and Niners get
1:41:25
to buy they're both first placed, so I think we could start with this
1:41:29
game. I guess we could just go both kind of pick and give a
1:41:30
quick little like ten second like, yo, this is probably why they're gonna
1:41:34
win, you know, Yeah, okay, yeah, yeah. We got
1:41:38
Dolphins versus Colts in this matchup. I think I would lean towards the Dolphins
1:41:43
versus the Colts only because they're highly dynamic offense. I think if if this
1:41:45
Colts run game isn't clicking, and the Dolphins are surprisingly a good team at
1:41:50
stopping the run, So I think the Dolphins would walk away with that one.
1:41:55
Yeah. No, I think that the Dolphins. They would definitely walk
1:41:58
away with that because there's just a talent mismatch here and there's nobody that could
1:42:02
guard Jalen Waddle or Tyreek Hill in this one. I agree with you.
1:42:06
Next matchup in the AFC, we have the number two, the number three
1:42:11
Chiefs versus the number six Pittsburgh Steelers, and we already know who I'm gonna
1:42:15
pick in this one. It is the Kansastity Chiefs, and not just because
1:42:16
I'm a fan, but I really do think they'd beat this Steelers team,
1:42:19
especially this defense or the Chiefs defense versus dat Steelers offense. I just I
1:42:24
would rather take Mahomes just putting up at least seventeen and winning this football game.
1:42:30
Can you pick it? Or Patrick Mahomes? Do I need to answer
1:42:34
that question, Patrick Mahomes exactly? Next game, we have the number four
1:42:43
Jacksonville Jaguars versus the number five Cleveland Browns, and we just saw the Browns
1:42:47
beat the Jaguars and I think if they met up again, it'd be the
1:42:51
exact same result. So I'm gonna go with the Cleveland Browns against the Jacksonville
1:42:57
Jaguars. As of right now, I think that the Jaguars they win this
1:43:00
one if it's in Jacksonville. Call me crazy, call me crazy or not.
1:43:04
I think that the Jags zell, They'll just find a way to win.
1:43:08
And I know Joe Flacco, he does have that playoff experience there,
1:43:12
but I just feel like if you compare a firepower to firepower, Jaguars have
1:43:16
a little bit more true true all right, and then and then let's say
1:43:21
I'll give the teams in the hunt right now, like the first four for
1:43:25
the AFC, Texans, Broncos, Bengals, Bills. I really do think
1:43:29
the Bills have the best shot at making the playoffs because they are the most
1:43:31
experienced and they have the higher I think they still have Josh. They still
1:43:35
they're the only team there that's probably will still have like a playoff caliber quarterback
1:43:41
and Josh Allen at because see they Drowds banged up Bengals with Jake Browning and
1:43:45
then Broncos. I don't trust Russ enough, so I think that the Bills
1:43:49
would make a run for that that went a final spot there. Yeah,
1:43:55
I see the Texans and the Bills because obviously they have the best quar quarterbacks
1:44:00
and they would be the biggest threat because it would be scary if the Bills
1:44:03
they got in as a seventh seed. I know the Bills are so up
1:44:06
and down, but just just play Devil's Advocate with me here. But if
1:44:13
you put the Bills in at the seventh seed and they go against the Dolphins,
1:44:16
I think the Bills are winning that one. Yeah, they already destroyed
1:44:18
They already destroyed the Bills. They already destroyed the Dolphins before and there,
1:44:23
and then I think we'll really see it when they match up beginning in a
1:44:26
Is it this week or in a couple of weeks. I always see last
1:44:29
week of the season. Thought, I thought the Ravens and Dolphins played last
1:44:31
week of this season. No, no, that's Week seventeen. They played.
1:44:36
Okay, So if the Bills, that could be decided for them,
1:44:42
if they even make the playoffs, in that very game, and if they
1:44:45
win that game, I don't see them beating the Dolphins. I don't see
1:44:46
the Dolphins beating them. Two games in a row if it ends up that
1:44:49
way. But either looks of it, they probably played the Chiefs in the
1:44:51
first round. Yeah, yeah, I know, oh Chiefs some Bills rematch.
1:44:59
Yeah, I don't. I think Patrick Mahomes. Let's that it won't
1:45:00
get away two times this year. Yeah, I don't know. It's just
1:45:05
the offense. They're not the same. It's not the Tyreek Hill Travis Kelcey.
1:45:11
Yeah. But even then, even though this week I still feel like
1:45:14
the Chiefs removing the ball pretty good, it just came down to turnovers and
1:45:16
stupid ass penalties. Mvs will line up off side this time probably. All
1:45:23
right, let's jump, let's jump to the NFC. All right, we
1:45:26
have the forty nine ers of course, with thereby then we have Cowboys number
1:45:30
two versus the number the number seven Green Bay Packers. As much as I
1:45:35
love the Jordan love story that them getting a little hot and they lost to
1:45:40
the second best quarterback of the NFL this week, I feel like the Dallas
1:45:44
Cowboys would win this one. In lan Slide. I have so much trauma
1:45:47
from seeing the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs. I don't know, No,
1:45:51
I'm just kidding. Give me the Dallas Cowboys right here. They're at
1:45:55
home. Crazy. This is just Aaron Rodgers reincarnated. Man. If we
1:46:02
lose to the Packers, man, it would be Aaron Rodgers two point zero.
1:46:06
I don't want to get into that. I don't want to. Yeah,
1:46:10
let's move on to the next. It would be the number three Detroit
1:46:13
Lions versus the number six Minnesota Vikings. I would have said this would have
1:46:17
been a better matchup maybe a couple of weeks ago, but based off how
1:46:24
the Vikings that played the last two weeks, I don't know. And if
1:46:27
I don't know if Justin Jefferson's return makes much of an impact because he is
1:46:30
pretty banged up. Who knows if he even finishes the season at this point,
1:46:34
Maybe might just arrest him, considering that he's on a contract year.
1:46:38
So I think the Detroit Lions win this one. I don't think it's I
1:46:43
don't think they've win it like very like convincingly, but I think they win
1:46:46
it by a touchdown at least. I think I think that the Detroit Lions
1:46:51
would run away with this game right here, because especially with you saying Justin
1:46:56
Jefferson he is banged up. This Minnesota offense or the only reason you have
1:47:01
a chance against it against the Lions is because you could move out will against
1:47:06
their defense. But this offense last week struggled against the Raiders, let alone
1:47:11
go ahead. I just think because the Vikings would be their third matchup against
1:47:15
the Lions, so it'd be like they'd be more better prepared to stop.
1:47:19
Yeah that's true. Yeah, that's true. Because late in the season they
1:47:23
do play week week sixteen and week eighteen, so it almost is back to
1:47:28
back mm hmm. And then so we'd get into this final one would be
1:47:34
the number five, number four Tampa Bay Buccaneers facing off against this field discussing
1:47:40
to say, the number five Philadelphia Eagles. So in this game, I
1:47:46
have the Eagles beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But if Baker Mayfield starts hitting
1:47:51
Mike Evans deep been hitting these big players with ra Sewd White, I don't
1:47:56
know that they could escape with this one. With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by
1:47:58
like a three point win. I think is a very close game though,
1:48:00
but I think the Eagles come away with it. Give me the Heisman winner
1:48:05
right here, like I'm telling this. Oh shoot, I wasn't. I
1:48:12
was a specific give me the Heisman winner we always talk about on this podcast.
1:48:18
I think I think that the Buccaneers they win right here, because this
1:48:23
defense is falling down, and if anything, the strong suit of the Buccaneers
1:48:28
is the run defense, which would be the Eagles' best chance in winning the
1:48:31
ballgame. So and Jalen Hurts would turn over the ball. And then let's
1:48:38
go over the teams that the top four that are fighting right now, Rams,
1:48:42
Seahawks, Falcons, Saints. I think out of this group, who's
1:48:45
gonna make the run. I'm gonna have to go lean towards the Los Angeles
1:48:48
Rams. I think the Rams have showed that they are on dynamic offense.
1:48:53
They still have Aaron Donald on the other side, who who at any given
1:48:56
moment, could take over a football game, one of the greatest, if
1:48:59
not the greatest, in some people's opinion, defittive player of all time.
1:49:02
So I think they have the best shot at making a run. And I
1:49:06
think the honestly the Falcons have the next best chance, only because they're six
1:49:10
and seven and they're still type for first place in that division. Yeah,
1:49:15
I'd have to agree with you right here as far as the Rams' offense,
1:49:18
They're one of the best offenses in the league, especially with Matt Stafford.
1:49:23
But as far as the Falcons being another team, call me crazy or not,
1:49:30
but I think that the Bears. I'm not trying to get into predictions
1:49:33
here, but I feel like the Bears they have a real good shot as
1:49:38
far as sneaking the way potentially into the playoffs if the Rams slip up a
1:49:42
couple of times, because other than the Bears versus Browns, they kind of
1:49:45
have a schedule where they could knock out other people trying to get into the
1:49:48
wild card. If we're doing that, the Italian Stallion is going to be
1:49:54
getting Darren Waller back here anytime soon. Just saying, yeah, that is
1:49:58
true. I we keep down in the Italian Stallion and he keeps performing,
1:50:01
So you know what, you're right, I agree with you. So if
1:50:06
you had to pick, if you had to pick a Super Bowl matchup,
1:50:10
who would it be, Ravens versus Niners. I think it's pretty clear cut
1:50:15
at this very moment. I think I really do believe the Chiefs will meet
1:50:17
up with the Ravens in that conference championship. But until I see what the
1:50:23
Chiefs look like moving forward into this season. I think the Ravens would win
1:50:27
that game. I don't think they'd win it like by a lot. I
1:50:29
think it'd be like a twenty thirteen, twenty seventeen maybe type of wins,
1:50:33
just because these defenses are so good. But I think it would come down
1:50:38
to just like a field goal by Justin Tucker to send it to the Super
1:50:41
Bowl, and then it'd be Ravens versus Niners for me. Well, so,
1:50:46
since you gave basically your AFC side, I think again it's Cowboys Niners
1:50:51
in the NFC. Oh good, in the NFC Championship game. I feel
1:50:58
like nobody presents a problem to the Cowboys other than the Niners in the entire
1:51:02
NFL, and that's just their kryptonite. So I'm not gonna go too crazy
1:51:06
here. I'd say the Niners they would win, but yeah, give me
1:51:12
the Ravens too, because the Ravens they could run the ball more effectively than
1:51:16
anybody else in the AFC. But I do think as far as if a
1:51:20
team would get to the AFC Championship, I would not pick the Chiefs to
1:51:25
get there. I'd probably say I'm I'm sorry, I'm looking at it right
1:51:30
now, man, this it's just I don't trust the Chiefs, but there's
1:51:36
nobody else out there, you know what I mean, make sure bisky or
1:51:43
can you pick it? Joe Flacco, Garner Minshew and Trevor Lawrence, who
1:51:47
they've beaten already, and the Dolphins, who they've beaten already. That's I'm
1:51:51
looking at it like, I think the team that has the best shot of
1:51:55
knocking the Chiefs off. Yeah, yeah, I think Cleveland. But they
1:52:00
wouldn't face them because hypothetically you'd say, oh, but they would face them,
1:52:08
because they would yeah, because let's say they would either play yeah,
1:52:12
yeah, the four or five and then or they let's say, yeah,
1:52:16
they would they would play them, or they would play Stellers or they know
1:52:20
they play Steelers first round, so they would play pretty much the winner of
1:52:25
the Jacksonville Cleveland game. Yeah so, or the Dolphins the Dolphins. I
1:52:30
think they played the Dolphins next and then then the Ravens play the lowest seed
1:52:34
after that. Yeah. Yeah, No, I think that the Chiefs could
1:52:38
beat the Dolphins because you already beat them in dominant fashion. Even though it
1:52:44
wasn't like a big score differential, they beat him in dominant fashion. I
1:52:47
guess it would be Chiefs. I thought I thought there would be somebody else
1:52:50
out there, but no, yeah, no, there's not. So who
1:52:54
would be in your NFC championship game Cowboys versus Niners. But I just think
1:52:58
that the Niners have that mental edge over the Cowboys. I just that's just
1:53:02
I just I just feel like that's the team the Cowboys fear. I think
1:53:05
that's the team every team fears. In my opinion, I think they're a
1:53:09
Super Bowl champion this year. If this is the year, this is the
1:53:12
year, you know. I just think the Cowboys they're gonna go into this
1:53:16
game. I think they're gonna get a little hot, but I think the
1:53:19
Niners at the end will pull through. I think I think the biggest thing,
1:53:24
like if the Cowboys they have a chance is Dak playing the way he
1:53:28
has and I'm not saying he he can't in the playoffs, but that would
1:53:31
be their best chance. And then Michael Parsons needs to step up against Trent
1:53:35
Williams. I think that's the biggest thing. He needs to eliminate that Trent
1:53:39
Williams factor. Let them battle it out and let everyone else battle it out.
1:53:43
You know what, I'm saying because I feel like Michael Parson's kind of
1:53:45
roams too much in that game where he's facing other guys and he has his
1:53:49
guys that should be getting his second hands, you know what I'm saying.
1:53:53
Kind of like how like Chris Jones creates things for other people like Michael Parsons
1:53:57
does for the Cowboys. I think him lining up above and William should be
1:54:00
the move. If he doesn't do that, then I feel like the Niners
1:54:03
kind of run away with this because sure you have Duran Bland, you have
1:54:06
Steph Fon Gilmore, but with Leyton vendor Esh going down, I feel like
1:54:14
George Kittle and Brandon Ayuk and like Devo, like what they bring to the
1:54:16
table is much more than just being receivers, you know what I'm saying,
1:54:20
Like Deebo can run the football also, and then George Kittle it's still one
1:54:24
of the best tight ends in the NFL. And then you still have to
1:54:26
count for Devo and it's just too many weapons on one side of the ball,
1:54:30
and we're forgetting about the most important one of them all. Christian McCaffrey
1:54:32
exactly. Yeah, yeah, I know, they just present all different kinds
1:54:36
of threats, but yeah, I can't argue. I can't argue as far
1:54:42
as that. My the only hope for the Cowboys is the revenge factor.
1:54:47
That's that's that's literally the only thing. You've been zero and three against them
1:54:51
the past the past two years, so that's that's the only thing that they
1:54:56
have cooking for them. Man History says, as far as two great teams,
1:55:01
it's kind of hard for a team to win for in a row against
1:55:04
them, and they've all been I know it was a regular season game earlier
1:55:09
this year, but they've been playoff type games quotation marks, I know the
1:55:14
other two word, but this one was. But all right, since we
1:55:18
talked about that, we're gonna go in and get into predictions. So last
1:55:25
week, in a must win situation, I'm kind of like, I'm kind
1:55:29
of in like a Buffalo Bill situation. My backs against the wall. I
1:55:32
have nothing due. I just have to win now because if I don't,
1:55:38
Josh, he wins the overall season series. So yeah, I just gotta
1:55:42
I just gotta win. So now it goes to five to three, Josh
1:55:45
to still up to In order for me to win, I need to win
1:55:48
out. So let's go and get it straight into it with these predictions.
1:55:53
So the Thursday night football game, it is the Los Angeles Chargers versus the
1:55:59
versus the wait yeah, versus the Las Vegas Raiders. I don't think Justin
1:56:06
Herbert plays in this game for sure, but the other side has no Josh
1:56:11
Jacobs. I feel like a man. This is an ugly game. It
1:56:18
is. There's that football game. Ah. I trust Max Crosby a little
1:56:26
bit more than I trust everyone else. I'm gonna go with the Raiders in
1:56:28
this one. Yeah. No, give me the Raiders in this one.
1:56:31
Even if Justin Herbert plays, Give me the Raiders in this one. So
1:56:35
with the start of the twelve o'clock games, it is Minnesota against the Cincinnati
1:56:41
Bengals in Cincinnati. Who do you have? I have Minnesota. Give me
1:56:49
Minnesota in this one. Dang. After after just saying Minnesota, they may
1:56:56
not they may not be the same. I gotta I gotta double down on
1:57:00
it. Give me Cincinnati Jake Browning, He's gonna cook him up. I
1:57:03
respect it, But who cares about the Bengals? You know? Next game
1:57:11
we have is the Chicago Bears at the Cleveland Browns. Gimme Cleveland. Joe
1:57:15
flack Omania. This is where my upset. This is where my upset is.
1:57:21
I kind of mentioned it earlier with the Bears. Give me Chicago over
1:57:26
the over the Cleveland Browns. I just have a weird feeling that it's gonna
1:57:30
happen Chicago. They've been playing good. I think it's three wins in a
1:57:33
row that they've had. I think it's gonna be momento for him. Next
1:57:38
game, we have the Denver Broncos at the Detroit Lions. Ooh, I'm
1:57:43
tempted right here. I know you are, but I'm going Lions. Ooh.
1:57:49
Nobody loves picking Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos more than me. Man,
1:57:59
Detroit, Denver. No, give me the Detroit Lions. I feel
1:58:03
like they'll find it, make it interesting. Man, Just kidding. Hey,
1:58:08
already picked Chicago. I picked Chicago. If we agree on everything else,
1:58:12
that's the difference right there. When I win and then all right.
1:58:15
Next one we have is the Pittsburgh Sailors at the Indianapolis Colts, where Jonathan
1:58:20
Taylor. Taylor may return, it's not for sure yet. Steelers that Indianapolis
1:58:26
Colts. I'll take the Colts. In this one. Still, yeah,
1:58:30
no, give me give me the Colts in this one. Next one,
1:58:32
we have the Atlanta Falcons at the Carolina Panthers. Give me the Falcons.
1:58:40
Oh, I thought you're gonna say the Panthers for a second. Give me
1:58:43
the Falcons in this one too. Next one, Oh, it's a tough
1:58:46
It's a tough one. Right here. It's the Heisman winner himself, Baker
1:58:50
Mayfield versus the Green Bay Packers in Lambeau. I'm not going against them twice.
1:58:56
Give me Baker and the Boys. Give me Baker or too. I
1:59:00
think Baker's gonna continue cooking. Next one we have is a Houston Tech Texans
1:59:05
potentially without c. J. Stroud versus the Tennessee Titans in Tennessee. I
1:59:12
don't know. Will Levis looked a little excited in that one. I'll take
1:59:15
the Titans in this one. Oh, so okay, if CJ. Stroud
1:59:20
plays, I'll take the Texans. But if not, I'll just by default
1:59:26
to take it to the Titans because I don't trust Davis Mills at all.
1:59:29
You don't trust long neck Mills. No, he led the league in interceptions
1:59:33
last year. No, wasn't that? Uh, never mind, oh,
1:59:40
okay, funny, funny, funny. No, that guy, he's in
1:59:43
the MVP conversation right now. So all right. Next one, we have
1:59:48
the New York Jets at the Miami Dolphins. Ooh, actually, I'll go
1:59:57
to Dolphins in this one. Yeah. No, give me the Dolphins in
2:00:00
this one. Uh. There's a reason why they want so many games at
2:00:04
home, and they're gonna win again. Next one, we have the fan
2:00:09
favorite on here, the Italian Stallion versus Derek Carr in the New Orleans Saints
2:00:15
in New Orleans, give me the Italian Stallion, baby exactly. I know
2:00:20
you can't see this, but I'm doing the the Italian Stallion celebration here.
2:00:27
Giants are gonna win this one and keep themselves alive for the playoffs or for
2:00:30
the last playoff spot. Next one we have is the Washington Commanders versus the
2:00:38
Los Angeles Rams. Give me the Rams in this one. I feel like
2:00:43
somehow they've kind of like fallen off a little bit or a lot, man,
2:00:47
But the Commanders are coming off of a bye right here. Yeah,
2:00:50
they're getting I'm still gonna go with the Rams. The Rams. The Rams,
2:00:57
I feel like, are our playoff team. Yeah. The Rams.
2:01:00
I feel like even if the Commanders they score the Rams offenses two dynamic.
2:01:05
Give me the Rams here. Next one we have the San Francisco forty nine
2:01:11
Ers versus the Arizona Cardinals in Arizona. Gimme Kyler Murray. I'm just kidding.
2:01:18
San Francisco forty nine Ers, man, I hope that happens, so
2:01:21
the Cowboys could find a way to get a one seed. But give me
2:01:25
the Niners two. Next one we have is potentially the game of the week,
2:01:30
the Dallas Cowboys versus the Buffalo Bills in Buffalo. M Dallas Cowboys,
2:01:42
man, I'm tempted to pick up psych Give me the Cowboys here, quip
2:01:45
play. Next one we have is the last three o'clock game. It's the
2:01:51
Kansas City Chiefs versus the New England Patriots. Give me the Kansas City Chiefs.
2:02:00
If we lose this game, season's over. No give me the Cheeves
2:02:04
in this one too. But honestly, I think this game is gonna be
2:02:09
close, closer than you think because the Patriots the mm hmm and the Patriots
2:02:15
they kind of had a mini buy here, so so Bill Belichick not that
2:02:20
he he could shut down Patrick Mahomes, but he's played him more than often,
2:02:25
so it's not gonna be unfamiliar. Yeah. So, yeah, I
2:02:28
still puts forty eight on that boy every single time they play. I was
2:02:33
about to say, I don't know if you'll put forty eight on them right
2:02:36
now. But all right, Sunday night football game, it's a Baltimore Ravens
2:02:41
at the Jacksonville Jaguars. As much as I want them to lose, I'm
2:02:45
gonna take the Ravens in this one. Yeah. No, give me the
2:02:47
Ravens in this one too. And all right, the Monday night football game
2:02:51
win. Yeah, no, that's not gonna happen. Next one we have
2:02:58
or the last one. It's a Monday night football game. It's the Philadelphia
2:03:01
Eagles at the Seattle Seahawks. Oh man, give me the Eagles. You
2:03:12
got the Eagles in this one. Mm hmm, give me the Seattle.
2:03:16
Yeah, give me the Seattle Seahawks. Right here, I'm telling you,
2:03:20
I'm just not buying it. I just think that they're just I don't think
2:03:25
they win. They lose the Seahawks. Yeah, I don't think they win
2:03:28
either. Thank you Josh for agreed with me, But no, do you
2:03:31
know he's gonna play this week. He he's going to be healthier. So
2:03:35
all right, if you guys want to win, just make sure you guys
2:03:38
just just follow my my picks word for word and you know you can end
2:03:44
up winning some money. So but all right, now that we got done
2:03:48
with predictions, uh, we're gonna go ahead and list our so called m
2:03:54
vps of the week. Josh, did you want to go first? Yeah,
2:03:58
I'll go with Man. It's between two guys right now, let's go
2:04:04
any mini miny Moe catcha tiger buys to if all are them know any mini
2:04:09
miney mo. Well, it looks like Joe Flacco is my so called MVP
2:04:12
of the week. He had three hundred and eleven yards, three touchdowns,
2:04:15
and an interception, but the interception didn't matter. They still came in with
2:04:18
the win. He got this Cleveland Browns offense going. He's gone David a
2:04:21
Joku and Amari Cooper. He's brought them back to life, so that's good
2:04:27
for them. Joe Flacco is my so called MVP of the week. Well,
2:04:30
that's great analysis on how you picked your MVP right there. Yeah,
2:04:34
that's between then and Zach Wilson. That's a one. But as much as
2:04:40
I did want to pick Zach Wilson, it was between two for me.
2:04:45
And as much as I wanted to pick the Cowboys player right here, just
2:04:47
honorable mention. He went four to four from field goals, Brandon Aubrey.
2:04:50
We never had a kick or become MVP. And today's not the week it's
2:04:56
gonna be. Lamar Jackson for me, wasn't efficient. Three hundred and sixteen
2:05:00
yards, three touchdowns, eleven carries, seventy yards, carried this Ravens team
2:05:06
to a victory versus the red hot Rams, and yeah, he just deserved
2:05:11
it. And he was just balling the entire time and belled out the Ravens
2:05:15
time in and time again. But all right, now that we did our
2:05:18
so called MVPs, we're gonna answer a few questions. I know last week
2:05:23
we didn't well we were going to, but you know, we kind of
2:05:27
got into a big old debate as far as nineties athletes but overrated. But
2:05:36
all right, the first question we have right here is who are your top
2:05:42
five wide receivers right now? Okay? Number one? Justin Jefferson, Like
2:05:49
oh right now, like is this like right in general? Like in general
2:05:55
or like this no, like right now, like season season right, oh
2:05:58
season, Okay, never mind, that's changes everything. Number one, Tyreek
2:06:00
Hill, number two, CD Lamb number three, I got Amanae Saint Brown.
2:06:05
Number four, I have crap, so number one I had Tyreek two,
2:06:15
City three, Monroe four. I'm gonna go with A. J.
2:06:19
Brown. I feel like he's had a really strong season. He had a
2:06:21
pretty bad couple of weeks, but he's still number four for me. Number
2:06:26
five, I'm gonna go with mm hmm. Someone that comes to my mind
2:06:30
first. I'm trying to think this is this is like skimming through divisions in
2:06:38
my head right now. Yeah, no, oh my god, I feel
2:06:51
like I'm gonna go with actually Keenan Allen. Yeah, I'm gonna go Keen
2:06:57
Allen. Number five. Keen Allen has had a really big year this year.
2:07:00
Is that? Oh No, Mike Evans, No, Mike Evans.
2:07:03
Mike Evans is number five for me. I'm gonna go with Mike Evans is
2:07:05
my fifth best, that's my fifth best. No, I'm gonna go Keenan
2:07:11
Allen and Mike Evans A J. Brown number six. So so let me
2:07:15
break it down for you Tyreek CD, Amraw. Then I'm gonna go with
2:07:20
uh, Keenan Allen and Mike Evans. Mm hmm. But that's right now
2:07:26
this year, that's not my top five, that's not my top five,
2:07:28
but that's that's gonna be your top five. Like, if it's not this
2:07:30
season, Justin Jefferson, Tyreek Hill, I'm gonna go with Stefan Diggs,
2:07:40
Davante Adams. Then I'm gonna put in uh number five, c Lamb,
2:07:50
I think he's around. Let me think real quick, all right, well,
2:07:55
al list Alice, my she Rice or MVL. I'm going to Travis
2:08:01
Kelkie number five for real, God take it. Well, all right,
2:08:09
for my top five, it would have to be Tyreek CD. Then I'd
2:08:16
have to put a J. Brown in a'm Monroe, and then I put
2:08:20
DJ More number five. If it's this season, what he's got to deal
2:08:24
with? H with no quarterback because Justin Fields was out for a while.
2:08:28
But in general, i'd have to say Tyreek, Justin Jefferson, M Justin
2:08:41
Jefferson, Davonte. Then I'd say c D and Jamar. Oh, no,
2:08:48
Jamar's number five. There we go. No Jamar. Okay, this
2:08:50
changes everything. I don't know why I went blank. So I got Okay,
2:08:54
Tyre, Justin Jefferson, Tyreek, Jamar Chase, Stefan Diggs, and
2:08:58
Devonte Adams. That's my top five. I like it. I like it.
2:09:03
I like it, But I feel like, I don't know. I
2:09:07
don't know why I couldn't think of him. That's just that's just me being
2:09:11
biased, right there, Cede Lamb, But I don't care. He's gonna
2:09:13
hit the big goals, that's why. Yeah, that's probably what it is.
2:09:18
But all right, this question seems like it's a little bit more specific
2:09:22
to you. Do you think the way the Chiefs have been playing can they
2:09:26
make it back to the Super Bowl. I'm sorry you cut out when you
2:09:31
ask the question. I know you're good the way that the way that the
2:09:37
Chiefs have been playing this year, do you think that they can make it
2:09:39
back to the super Bowl? Yes, I do think they can make this
2:09:43
well. I think we went over a little bit in the in the in
2:09:48
the what's it called playoff predictions or whatever. Yeah, but I feel like
2:09:54
outside of the Ravens, there's no other real threat to them. I feel
2:09:58
like they have the talent to beat the raven it's just if they make the
2:10:01
mistakes, then they will make it. But if they can clean it up
2:10:03
in that game, I think they make the super Bowl again. Can they
2:10:07
make it to the super Bowl? Yes? Can they win the Super Bowl?
2:10:11
That's a whole different conversation right there. I'm just real confident I'm gonna
2:10:16
win. But I think they can make it. Yeah, yeah, no,
2:10:18
So I I do think that they can because at the end of the
2:10:22
day, the best quarterback in the league is Dak Prescott. Then you have
2:10:26
Tommy and then you have then you have Patrick Mahomes. So yeah, top
2:10:31
three quarterback in the league right now. So I can't believe this. So
2:10:41
so yeah, he is the best quarterback in the AFC. So yes,
2:10:46
they can make it back to the super Bowl. But the offense needs to
2:10:50
be cleaned up because the defense is perfectly fine. The next one we have
2:10:56
is who is the best player coming into the draft? Besides it's Cato Williams.
2:11:01
I think this is easy for you right here. Yeah, this is
2:11:03
okay, okay, without without Marvin Harrison, without without two of those guys.
2:11:09
Yeah, I think I'm gonna go with m I'm going to say best
2:11:18
player. I would say Rock Bowers, I would say in my opinion,
2:11:24
but I was leaning towards Romo duns a little bit. I just think Brock
2:11:28
Bowers as a tight end is such a separator. When if you have like
2:11:31
a great tight end on your team and he can bring the blocking and the
2:11:35
receiving threat. I think that's what That's where Brock Bauers separates himself as the
2:11:39
best player in the draft. But after those guys, So you answered my
2:11:46
question for me, So I think Romeo Dunze he is the best player besides
2:11:50
those two. I feel like he would have a Jamar Chase Justin Jefferson type
2:11:56
impact first year. As soon as he steps onto them, he's He's a
2:11:58
great a round receiver. I just feel like sometimes tight ends may impact the
2:12:01
game a little bit more if they're dominant. Yeah, no, I could
2:12:05
see that all right. The next question we have, did the Eagles get
2:12:11
exposed after back to back blowout losses? I feel like the Eagles have been
2:12:16
getting exposed for the last four weeks, so yes, or five weeks if
2:12:22
you really look at it, So yes, yes. I do also think
2:12:26
that the that the Eagles they have been getting exposed because just it's been very
2:12:33
unsustainable how they have been winning games. So it's just finally caught up to
2:12:37
them. It sometimes it takes a little bit longer to catch up to different
2:12:41
teams, and it's just finally caught up to them. All right. And
2:12:46
next question, if you had one player you could add to your NFL team,
2:12:52
who would it be? And why? Justin Jefferson or Tyreek Hill?
2:12:56
Should I got to explain more. That's just really about that one of those
2:13:01
two guys on my team, a Monroe Saint Brown, just because he's my
2:13:03
favorite player, one of those three really any compensate receiver, Juju smith Schuster,
2:13:11
I would add Juju Smithsuster to this team. So that's my answer.
2:13:13
Juju smith Suster is my answer. Okay, okay, man, Yeah no,
2:13:20
we don't even have to ask why right here? Okay, but if
2:13:22
we're if we're not saying okay, if we're not, if I if I
2:13:26
don't say receiver, I'll give another answer just because like that's just the whole
2:13:30
see thing I've been crying about. I would honestly take I was gonna say
2:13:37
Trent Williams for a second, or like a young Jordan Mayatta or something like
2:13:41
that. But I'm a yeah, I would take one of those guys.
2:13:46
I'm not gonna lie for the just move them to the right tackle and then
2:13:48
so we can have a good young, old line. But I think I'm
2:13:50
gonna lean towards adding like a Quentin Williams, so we get younger at defensive
2:13:58
tackle and we can continue the continue the defensive tackle dominance because christ John is
2:14:03
only getting older. Yeah, so y'all could win ten to seven ball games.
2:14:07
I get it, I get it. Yeah, it's just all about
2:14:11
the impact exactly. So one player that if I could add it would be
2:14:18
Fred Warner from the Niners. We really don't have weaknesses. Wide receiver,
2:14:24
not the best group, but you have one of the best receivers right now.
2:14:28
Offensive line it's up there. Defensive line again, you could add to
2:14:35
it. But our biggest weakness, you I would say it's linebacker. Fred
2:14:39
Warner. He's just a do it all type of guy. And yeah,
2:14:43
no, he he's just the best best there is out there, all right.
2:14:50
What I would add to the Cowboys is ezek Elliott, prime Ezekiel Elliott.
2:14:56
I would add Elliott now because he's better than Tony Paul. Oh my
2:15:01
goodness, all right, all right, that's another debate for a day.
2:15:05
That's that's our thumb nail. That's our thumb nail for all right. Next
2:15:13
one, do you like the College Football Playoff expanding the twelve teams next year?
2:15:22
Yes? And no. I feel like six teams would be enough.
2:15:28
So why more specifically six teams instead of twelve, dude, because like this
2:15:33
year there were six teams that should have made it in my opinion, but
2:15:37
like you could even like, okay, so you get your top four for
2:15:43
sure that you usually haven't, but then those two teams are really where the
2:15:46
real debate happens, you know what I'm saying, Like that's a Florida State
2:15:48
and Georgia would have made it, or you could even steak Ohio State in
2:15:52
there, like that's that's and then only one team you would really feel like,
2:15:54
gets left off instead of three or four, you know, or two.
2:15:58
Yeah, it'd be more like twelve is a little excessive because at one
2:16:01
point, I think at some point we're gonna end up getting a let's say
2:16:07
who won a division, like let's say the year Kansas State one, and
2:16:11
they would play Georgia or TCU in the first round or they would play University
2:16:16
of Central Florida. You know, it'd be like, yeah, it just
2:16:20
wouldn't be I'd like sometimes at some point the twelve team playoffs is gonna end
2:16:24
up with Ohio State, Alabama, and Georgia at the end every single time.
2:16:28
Yeah, yeah, it's true. But it all it's all gonna come
2:16:33
down to as far as just the market teams, Big ten SEC. I
2:16:37
think. I think it's not gonna everybody thinks it's gonna expand more like,
2:16:41
oh, it's gonna get an AAC team in. It's gonna get an ACC
2:16:46
team in. Still kind of mad about that, but anyways, it's gonna
2:16:48
get the big twelve team in. But no, it's just gonna be more
2:16:52
reason to get in three or four SEC teams, three or four Big ten
2:16:58
teams. And I know the PAC twelve is gone, so maybe even more
2:17:01
because USC is moving to the Big ten Washington, Oregon. So that's already
2:17:07
three, not even including Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State. That's six.
2:17:13
Then SEC Texas, Georgia, Bama. Am I missing anybody from SEC
2:17:20
NO, And then the rest of the three say Florida State, Texas Tech.
2:17:26
Okay, we're talking about real teams here, Okay, fun the Red
2:17:31
Raiders, maybe Colorado next year maybe maybe. But see, but I feel
2:17:39
like that's where six teams top two good a first round by the four played
2:17:43
out, then they play the two, then they play the two best teams
2:17:46
of those, you know, So I feel like six would be perfect.
2:17:48
Do you think an eight team that would be good? I think that would
2:17:54
be better. So what would we get we would get let me go to
2:18:01
I feel like that would be have to be. It would uh, let
2:18:03
me go to the rent they would be So it would be Missie versus Oregon
2:18:09
for the first one, then two versus seven. It would be Washington Ohio
2:18:13
State, then Texas versus Georgia, then Bama versus Florida State. So basically
2:18:20
nobody gets a buy and you just yeah from there, See, six or
2:18:24
eight would be cool. I can get behind that. So if the twelve
2:18:30
is gonna come down to the top twelve, because there's gonna be some random
2:18:31
Central Florida team doing the riot, you know, so it'd be like they
2:18:35
did that one. Hey, enough, Florida team's going undefeated. Okay,
2:18:41
it would be some Florida State guy preferably and Odessa, arguing, you know
2:18:50
what, fuck this or I'm just kidding. No, So this year,
2:18:56
if the twelve team playoffs started this year, it would be so the first
2:19:00
four teams they get a bye. It would be Florida State versus I almost
2:19:03
guarantee you the top twelve. Would it make it? I think they sneak
2:19:05
somebody in there that won some random division, like you know what I'm saying.
2:19:11
Yeah, I just want to wait until I see it. I want
2:19:13
to see the layout. But I feel like top six would have been perfectly
2:19:16
fine. Top eight is cool, but I'd like top six. It's a
2:19:20
little sweet spot. M Yeah, yeah it is, and you kind of
2:19:24
get incentive for being one of the best two teams in the country. So
2:19:28
so you're still fighting for something. Mm hmm. Well, no, in
2:19:33
the twelve team you'll have a bye, so you'll technically have a bye week,
2:19:37
so it would be if by Yeah, so if it started this year,
2:19:43
would be Florida State versus Oklahoma, Georgia versus Ole, miss Ohio State
2:19:48
versus Penn State, and then Oregon versus Missouri. That's how it would be.
2:19:54
Oh, those would be those sound like some good matchups. Yeah,
2:20:00
but like you said, they'll they'll try to find a way to sneak in
2:20:03
a powerhouse team like an LSU or or maybe a Clemson who's been up there
2:20:09
Oklahoma and Order Dame somebody like that, and then up because number Dames not
2:20:15
in a conference. So it'd be like, if they're undefeated, they sneak
2:20:18
them in there. Yeah, yeah, I know they would, But all
2:20:22
right, the last question is oh no, two more questions. Are the
2:20:28
Dallas Cowboys for real? Yes? They are for real the only barriers of
2:20:33
s Francisco forty nine ers. Yes, the Dallas Cowboys they are for real.
2:20:39
Am I gonna get my hopes up? No? Like I mentioned throughout
2:20:43
this even different podcasts, am I scarred? Yes? So the San Francisco
2:20:48
forty nine ers until I see it, until I see us beat the Niners.
2:20:52
I feel like that's the only thing. Even if we make it to
2:20:56
the super Bowl, or if we make it to the super Bowl, I
2:21:01
feel like we'd be fine. It's just the Niners whenever we do play them
2:21:03
or somebody else knocks them out. That's what it's gonna be. And all
2:21:07
right, the last one, I don't know why, Oh there it goes.
2:21:15
Do you think the Rams are the scariest team in the wild Card in
2:21:18
the NFC. Mmm, let me go re look at this quick. I
2:21:26
don't know why I went blank on who's in there, even though I just
2:21:28
went over it. No, the Philadelphia Eagles, the phil Dop Eagles are
2:21:35
the scariest team in the wild card right now. Honestly, No, I
2:21:41
say the Rams. I could get behind that, but the Rams are still
2:21:45
in the hunt. But the Rams just because they have they have the Super
2:21:48
Bowl experience, they have good young weapons with Kyle Williams and Puka Nakua,
2:21:52
and plus they're supported their their they're cast around them is also playing really good.
2:21:58
So and they have the best head coach. I feel like out of
2:22:01
all these groups, So yeah, Eagles and Rams, i'd probably lean towards
2:22:07
the Rams in my opinion. Yeah, it's it's definitely to get in first.
2:22:13
But if we're going off the three right now, Eagles, Vikings,
2:22:16
Packers, it's definitely the Philadelphia Eagles. Yeah, No, it would definitely
2:22:18
be the Eagles right now. But I'm just taking this as far as if
2:22:22
the Rams they do make it in, Like you're saying, uh, Stafford,
2:22:26
he is playing better than herts. This offense is clicking and defense are
2:22:31
about the same. But I feel like somehow this sounds crazy. I trust
2:22:35
a six and seven team more than I trust a ten and three team.
2:22:39
But if you're really looking at rams, they play. They play every team
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hard compared to the Eagles, where they get out gained and everything. So
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yeah, but all right, that was the last question of it, or
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last question of the Q and A before we end this episode. Is there
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anything else you wanted to say? Nope, pre cover pretty much just covered
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everything in this podcast. Just know that the Uh yeah, that's about it.
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I just need this Spurs. Okay, if the Spurs are listening to
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this, can you help please snap this losing streak? I would pretty I
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would love it. Winn Be, thank you for being you, but we
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need to we need to snap this losing streak. Man. No, well
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you could have snapped it, but you lost to the Chicago Bulls, which
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are team we just can't close out games. Many are trying to get rid
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of everybody. Don't even start. Hey Kobe White, he's been he's been
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different since Zach Lavigne has been out. So but all right, before we
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before we get off topic and end up talking for another damn hour, so
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uh, thank you guys for listening and again once again. You guys could
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