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NFL Week 3 Preview: Is There Any Hope For Cowboys Defense Vs. Lamar Jackson? · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hello everyone, welcome to the NFL Weekly Preview on Inside
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  Speaker 1: the Birds. I'm Jeff Mosher and away we go into
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  Speaker 1: week three of NFL action. I feel like the early
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  Speaker 1: theme so far is injuries. I mean, so many injuries.
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  Speaker 1: Jackson Dart now out for a long time, if not
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  Speaker 1: the year. Jaden Daniels out. Nick Bosa comes up with
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  Speaker 1: a calf injury in the middle of the week in
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  Speaker 1: practice and keys out there's just so many big time
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  Speaker 1: injuries that are impacting these teams and i feel like
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  Speaker 1: it's just more through two weeks or i guess through
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  Speaker 1: two and a half going into week three than i
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  Speaker 1: can ever remember uh this early in the season i
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  Speaker 1: mean i mean especially at the quarterback position really stinks
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  Speaker 1: when you have so much anticipation and hope whether you're
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  Speaker 1: the giants whether the the Commanders or anybody else who's,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the Falcons obviously just finally got their quarterback back.
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk about that. But, you know, you go into
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  Speaker 1: a season and you're hoping to start off on a
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  Speaker 1: good foot and bam, you get a quarterback injury. And
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  Speaker 1: obviously that'll impact most likely the Eagles game Monday night
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  Speaker 1: against the Bears who saw Caleb Williams go down. And
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  Speaker 1: it's just tough. And I think for most NFL viewers
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  Speaker 1: who like to watch games outside of the team that
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  Speaker 1: they root for, you want to watch games other games
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  Speaker 1: and see other quarterbacks healthy and see these teams at
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  Speaker 1: their best. So it's, it's really tough when major injuries
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  Speaker 1: impact both teams. And that really brings us to the
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  Speaker 1: Thursday night game. The Falcons have, listen, give them a
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  Speaker 1: lot of credit. It is very difficult and we'll get
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  Speaker 1: to green Bay's issues in a second. Very, very difficult
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  Speaker 1: to go in to Green Bay and win. And not
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  Speaker 1: only that, for the Falcons, who had started off 0-2,
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  Speaker 1: having to start their third-string quarterback, Cooper Rush, they get
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  Speaker 1: Penix back, and he gets intercepted really early in the game.
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  Speaker 1: And you're thinking it's the same old Falcons, but obviously
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  Speaker 1: things turn around. They get an unbelievable... Run game, rushing
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  Speaker 1: effort out of Bijan Robinson. He gets almost 200 yards
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  Speaker 1: on the ground. He scores twice, catches a couple of balls.
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  Speaker 1: And that was really enough for Penix to get settled.
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  Speaker 1: He had a really good running game. You know Kevin
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  Speaker 1: Stefanski's going to do that. He's been playing a lot
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  Speaker 1: of 12 and 13 personnel this year, two tight ends,
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  Speaker 1: three tight ends. Really got that run game established. And
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  Speaker 1: then it wasn't much for Penix. It was really just
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  Speaker 1: the Penix and Drake London show because Drake– London had
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  Speaker 1: nine catches and Pennix only had 18 completions. So when
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  Speaker 1: you get a 50%, not target rate, but pass catch
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  Speaker 1: rate off your quarterback's attempts, you know you're pretty important.
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  Speaker 1: And London had a bad first two weeks. Really wasn't
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  Speaker 1: his fault. It was Cooper Rush. Some of it was
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  Speaker 1: opponent driven. But for the Falcons to go up into
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  Speaker 1: Green Bay, where it is always tough to get a win,
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  Speaker 1: always tough. and come out not just with a win,
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  Speaker 1: but a 25-point trouncing, 21-point trouncing, that can help save
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  Speaker 1: a season. And so they get their first win, one
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  Speaker 1: and two, and they're probably feeling a lot better about
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  Speaker 1: themselves because they get their quarterback healthy. And that's going
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  Speaker 1: to be the key for every team. And they've got
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  Speaker 1: a lot to find out here about Michael Penix, who
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  Speaker 1: obviously had the injury last year. It wasn't like he
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  Speaker 1: was lighting up the scoreboard. And this is just one game,
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  Speaker 1: but obviously a very good first game for Michael Pennington
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  Speaker 1: to get the Falcons right. Meanwhile, the Packers. So I
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  Speaker 1: say it every week about the Packers. I trust them
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  Speaker 1: as an organization to still be there at the end,
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  Speaker 1: still contend for the postseason. I believe in their coaches.
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  Speaker 1: I believe in Matt LaFleur as a play caller, as
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  Speaker 1: a head coach. I believe in their organization as a
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  Speaker 1: talent development organization. They have good players. But you cannot
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  Speaker 1: deny right now that they are in a rut. They
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  Speaker 1: should be 0-3. They were gifted that game against the
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  Speaker 1: Jets where they were down 10 in the fourth quarter
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  Speaker 1: because of some bad Aaron Glenn decisions that helped their comeback.
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  Speaker 1: Or else they'd be 0-3. And they have some real problems.
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  Speaker 1: They have an identity issue. We know Matt LaFleur loves
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  Speaker 1: to run the football. He wants to keep a run-pass
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  Speaker 1: ratio right in that 55-45 range, but he doesn't have
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  Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs. Don't know when Josh Jacobs will be ready.
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  Speaker 1: And his running backs right now are Marshawn Lloyd, who
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  Speaker 1: had a third-round pick, but he's been hurt for most
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  Speaker 1: of his career. He can't pass protect. And Caleb Johnson,
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  Speaker 1: who the Steelers gave up on after one year. That's it.
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  Speaker 1: That is their running game. right now. And on top
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  Speaker 1: of that, they've got an average offensive line that has
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  Speaker 1: already lost players. I just talked about injuries. All right.
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  Speaker 1: Their best offensive lineman, his name is Zach Baco Buali.
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  Speaker 1: If that doesn't sound familiar, it used to be Zach Tom.
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  Speaker 1: Changed his name. He is their best offensive lineman. He's
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  Speaker 1: out for a long time. So you won't be seeing
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  Speaker 1: him for probably the year. He's out. Their guard, Aaron Brooks,
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  Speaker 1: is out, who is just an okay guard to begin with.
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  Speaker 1: Good for their scheme. but they are really hurting on
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  Speaker 1: the offensive line. So when you're hurting on the offensive
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  Speaker 1: line and you're below average there, you have a below
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  Speaker 1: average running game, you see that you have to get
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  Speaker 1: out of your identity. Jordan Love passed the ball 53
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  Speaker 1: times against the Falcons. Part of that was because they
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  Speaker 1: were down quite a bit. I mean, it was still
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  Speaker 1: 17-7 at halftime, though. It wasn't like they were getting
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  Speaker 1: the doors blown off them, and that game got ugly later.
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  Speaker 1: But Jordan Love attempted 53 passes. Meanwhile, the Packers ran
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  Speaker 1: the ball nine times. There is no way that Matt LaFleur,
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  Speaker 1: in his wildest dreams, ever goes into a game thinking
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  Speaker 1: he's going to throw the ball 53 times and only
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  Speaker 1: run the ball nine times. That is the antithesis of
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  Speaker 1: what Matt LaFleur wants to do. I mean, very few
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  Speaker 1: teams have run the ball with the frequency and the
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  Speaker 1: consistency and the efficiency of the Packers during the Matt
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  Speaker 1: LaFleur era. So to see Jordan Love throw the ball
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  Speaker 1: 53 times and the Packers run the ball nine times,
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  Speaker 1: and by the way, they only get 17 yards on
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  Speaker 1: those nine runs. You don't even have to you could
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  Speaker 1: have just showed me that you don't have to show
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  Speaker 1: me results. Just show me that the Packers ran the
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  Speaker 1: ball nine times and threw the football 53 times. And
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  Speaker 1: what I'll tell you is I don't care who they're playing.
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  Speaker 1: They probably got their ass kicked and they did. And
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how any of this gets better for them.
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  Speaker 1: I don't believe there's a big fix for their offensive
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  Speaker 1: line coming. And I, unless Josh Jacobs comes back and
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  Speaker 1: really transforms that running game. And that's not going to
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  Speaker 1: be anytime soon. I don't see a pathway for them
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  Speaker 1: to get their identity back. They are going to have
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  Speaker 1: to lean on Jordan Love and the pass game. And
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  Speaker 1: Love's a good quarterback, but any quarterback with no run
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  Speaker 1: game and no offensive line is going to struggle. So
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  Speaker 1: you're going to see Matthew Golden and Christian Watson and
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  Speaker 1: Tucker Craft catch a lot of passes, and they'll be
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  Speaker 1: fantastic for your fantasy football league. But in real life,
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  Speaker 1: when it counts... This is no good for the Packers.
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  Speaker 1: They're in a lot of trouble. And remember, they still
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  Speaker 1: don't have Micah Parsons. You saw how bad they were
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  Speaker 1: on defense. They had no answer for the run game.
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  Speaker 1: And then every time Pennix dropped back and threw to
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  Speaker 1: Drake London, who was his only target in the game,
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  Speaker 1: the Packers still couldn't stop it. They knew London was
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  Speaker 1: the only guy who could do damage, and they still
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  Speaker 1: could not stop it. So without Parsons, with all the
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  Speaker 1: struggles on the offense, it's going to be pretty tough
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  Speaker 1: sledding here for the Packers. And even though I always
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  Speaker 1: say I expect them to get their act together by
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  Speaker 1: the end of the year, they are going to struggle.
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  Speaker 1: They've got some time to rest before they play a
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  Speaker 1: Bucs team that could be 0-3 in Tampa in week four.
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  Speaker 1: Then they'll have to play the Bears. We'll see if
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  Speaker 1: the Bears have their quarterback back. Then the Cowboys, then
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  Speaker 1: the Lions, Panthers, Patriots. I'm looking at their schedule today.
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  Speaker 1: And they're going to have to get right quickly. They
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  Speaker 1: are going to have to figure it out or their
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  Speaker 1: season will slip away quickly. And that would be unfortunate
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  Speaker 1: for them because they had a lot of belief in
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  Speaker 1: themselves going into this year. And they should. They're in
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  Speaker 1: the playoffs every year. But their personnel issues are bigger
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  Speaker 1: than even I anticipated. All right, let's go to the
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  Speaker 1: 1 o'clock games. And there's some interesting games on the slate,
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  Speaker 1: especially because you have some teams right now and you're
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  Speaker 1: trying to figure out who they are. You know, you
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  Speaker 1: got a lot of one-on-one teams that you just don't
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  Speaker 1: know yet. You have a few 2-0 teams that you're
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  Speaker 1: really not sure if they should be 2-0. You have
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  Speaker 1: some teams that have a losing record that you think
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  Speaker 1: should be better. Okay, Chargers-Bills. 1 o'clock game in Buffalo.
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  Speaker 1: Could be a great example. Bills 2-0 on fire. Josh
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  Speaker 1: Allen playing every bit like the MVP that he could
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  Speaker 1: be this year. Chargers, completely opposite. 0-2. And I wish
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  Speaker 1: I could tell you the why. I cannot. But for
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  Speaker 1: whatever reason, Mike McDaniel's impact. as offensive coordinator has been
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  Speaker 1: the exact opposite of what I thought it would be.
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  Speaker 1: The Chargers right now are one of the worst offensive
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  Speaker 1: teams in the league. And they can't run the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody knows that Mike McDaniel is a brilliant run game
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  Speaker 1: designer and O'Marion Hampton is in year two. The thinking
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  Speaker 1: was with Joe Alt back and Rashawn Slater back and
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  Speaker 1: their offensive line being more healthy than last year and
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  Speaker 1: with McDaniel's impact on it that they would hit the
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  Speaker 1: ground running. Well, they have not. They've hit the ground
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  Speaker 1: running into walls. They average less than four yards a
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  Speaker 1: carry so far through two weeks. And the passing game,
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  Speaker 1: not much better as well. Justin Herbert has thrown a
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  Speaker 1: lot of interceptions. This offense right now is a mess
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  Speaker 1: and it's not supposed to be the kind of offense
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  Speaker 1: that makes adaptation difficult. I mean, it's supposed to be
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  Speaker 1: an offense that foundationally creates mismatches in the run game.
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  Speaker 1: And you saw in Miami, I mean, when they were healthy,
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  Speaker 1: when Tua was healthy, when Tyreek Hill was healthy, and
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  Speaker 1: then they got Devon A. Chaney. I mean, they could
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  Speaker 1: run the ball on anybody. And even when things were bad,
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  Speaker 1: they would throw the ball to the running back. They
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  Speaker 1: would be able to move the ball in a variety
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  Speaker 1: of ways with the running back, the running game. The
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  Speaker 1: fullback gets involved, but the Chargers are banged up. Their
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  Speaker 1: offensive line has not played well. Their tight ends are hurt.
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  Speaker 1: Kolar's hurt. Njoku's hurt. I think they're down to Aranda
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  Speaker 1: Gadsen now, and he's really just a pass-catching tight end.
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  Speaker 1: So they are a mess, but they are the Chargers.
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  Speaker 1: They're well-coached. They have good players, and they go and
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  Speaker 1: play a team in Buffalo that has absolutely started the
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  Speaker 1: year on fire. You know the Bills had their big
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  Speaker 1: win over the Texans in Week 1, and now they're 2-0.
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  Speaker 1: They look good. They look very, very good. So is
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  Speaker 1: this– Who they are, you know, they beat the Lions
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  Speaker 1: 41-31 from the Thursday night game. So you look at
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  Speaker 1: this game right now and you say the Bills are
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  Speaker 1: smooth sailing to go to 3-0 and the Chargers might really,
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  Speaker 1: really be in trouble if they fall to 0-3, especially,
• 12:19
  Speaker 1: you know, the Chiefs. We'll get to them in a minute.
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  Speaker 1: The Chiefs have rebounded and looked pretty good. You know
• 12:25
  Speaker 1: the Broncos are going to be okay, and the Raiders
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  Speaker 1: are off to a nice start. You can't fall too
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  Speaker 1: far behind in their division. I mean, this is a
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  Speaker 1: team that came in with some sky-high expectations and have
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  Speaker 1: just fallen flat on their backs. Panthers at Browns. I'm sorry,
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  Speaker 1: I never mentioned that the Bills, by the way, are
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  Speaker 1: seven-point favorites over the Chargers. Panthers at Browns. The Browns
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  Speaker 1: coming off their show everybody and stick it to the
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  Speaker 1: world win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a game that
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  Speaker 1: got delayed by storms. The Bucs were driving there at
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  Speaker 1: the end, but the Browns did hold on to win
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  Speaker 1: the game. They get their first win. I can't lie
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  Speaker 1: to show him Watson played fairly well in the game.
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  Speaker 1: He's obviously going to be able to start at home.
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  Speaker 1: where in week three, when everybody thought that the Browns
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  Speaker 1: and Todd Munkin would be on to Shador Sanders by now,
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  Speaker 1: but they do face a team in the Panthers who,
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  Speaker 1: you know, rebounded from a horrific opening game loss to
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  Speaker 1: the Bears. Everybody remembers they give up 59 points, and
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  Speaker 1: then they beat the Falcons 34-3 last week. So... you
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  Speaker 1: could see the difference, right? You play the bears, you
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  Speaker 1: get your teeth kicked in, you come back, go to
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  Speaker 1: the Falcons and you get a big win 34, three,
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  Speaker 1: because you take advantage of them being on Cooper rush. So,
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  Speaker 1: so that makes the Panthers. One of those teams that
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  Speaker 1: I spoke about at one and one, you're still trying
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  Speaker 1: to figure out their identity, but know this, they have
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  Speaker 1: a new play caller. Brad Idzik, Idzik is their offensive
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  Speaker 1: play caller. Dave Canales decided he was going to have
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  Speaker 1: somebody else call the plays. And right now, Bryce Young,
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  Speaker 1: is among the leaders in almost all of the passing categories.
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  Speaker 1: He's got 648 yards through two weeks, six touchdowns, one interception.
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  Speaker 1: They're letting him throw the ball. He's thrown the ball
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  Speaker 1: well to McMillan. He's thrown the ball well to Jalen Coker.
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  Speaker 1: And this is despite the fact that the Panthers have
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  Speaker 1: had a beat-up offensive line. So, again, they gave up
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  Speaker 1: a ton of points in week one to the Bears.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe that was an anomaly. Their defense should be better
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  Speaker 1: than that. They stomped on a Falcons team that you
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  Speaker 1: really just don't know much about because Cooper Rush was
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  Speaker 1: their starting quarterback. But the one constant has been they
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  Speaker 1: can throw the ball. Now they're banged up at running back.
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  Speaker 1: Chuba Hubbard is their starter. They had hopes for Jonathan Brooks.
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  Speaker 1: He's hurt. It's going to be the Chuba Hubbard show.
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  Speaker 1: But really for the Panthers, this is such an important
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  Speaker 1: year for them to figure out if Bryce Young is
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  Speaker 1: going to be their guy going forward. This is his
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  Speaker 1: fourth year. Is he going to get an extension or not?
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  Speaker 1: This is an enormous year and so far off to
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  Speaker 1: a very good start. And I do like the fact
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  Speaker 1: that Dave Canales gave the play who I like as
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  Speaker 1: a coach, who I think he's done a pretty good
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  Speaker 1: job with the Panthers. I like the fact that he
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  Speaker 1: wasn't afraid to give play calling to somebody else. And
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  Speaker 1: so far after two weeks, the returns under the new
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  Speaker 1: play caller have been very good. All right. Jets, Lions,
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  Speaker 1: another one o'clock game. The Lions are six and a
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  Speaker 1: half point favorites. So, The Lions are six and a
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  Speaker 1: half point favorites at home against a Jets team that
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  Speaker 1: should be 2-0. The Jets gave away a victory last
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  Speaker 1: week at home against the Packers because Aaron Glenn made
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  Speaker 1: a couple of bad decisions at the end of the game.
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  Speaker 1: He made a bad decision to not be aggressive offensively
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  Speaker 1: and it bit him in the rear end when the
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  Speaker 1: Packers were able to tie the game late in the
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  Speaker 1: fourth quarter. And then in overtime, listen, I won't kill
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  Speaker 1: him too much for overtime. Most teams want to give
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  Speaker 1: the ball away first and have the ball second because
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  Speaker 1: of the newer rule that gives each team a possession.
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  Speaker 1: Most teams want to know what they've got to do.
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  Speaker 1: So if the other team goes down and scores a
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  Speaker 1: field goal, hey, all we need is at least a
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  Speaker 1: field goal to keep it going or we can score
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  Speaker 1: a touchdown and win the game. Or if the other
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  Speaker 1: team scores a touchdown, then we know we've got to
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  Speaker 1: score a touchdown to match it. I get that. I
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  Speaker 1: understand that. Aaron Glenn– decided to take it first, okay?
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  Speaker 1: And then the Jets offense, which is still not very good,
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  Speaker 1: didn't do anything with the ball. And then, of course,
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  Speaker 1: they lose when the Packers do. And so part of me,
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  Speaker 1: all right, you want to take the ball first. You
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  Speaker 1: want to be a tone setter. Maybe you want to
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  Speaker 1: see if you can make a struggling Packers team match you.
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  Speaker 1: I just don't think the Jets are there yet. They
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  Speaker 1: haven't established themselves as good enough to be a tone setter. Um,
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  Speaker 1: so it bit them in the rear end or else
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  Speaker 1: they probably would have won the game. I was more,
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  Speaker 1: more surprised by their lack of aggression at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the fourth quarter when they had the ball and
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  Speaker 1: then punted it away. Um, and Aaron Glenn said they
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  Speaker 1: were playing for overtime. You know, I like coaches who
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  Speaker 1: want to inspire a little confidence in their team, especially
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  Speaker 1: when they're at home, especially when they had the lead. Um,
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  Speaker 1: but what's done is done. They lost the game. Uh,
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: the jets have played fairly decently. You know, that, that
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  Speaker 1: was a, a game where a lot of people probably
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  Speaker 1: felt the Packers were going to roll them. Packers were favorite,
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  Speaker 1: but they had a chance to win. Of course they'd
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  Speaker 1: be Tennessee in Tennessee in the opener. So they're going
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: to go to Detroit and look, we'll see how Aaron
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  Speaker 1: Glenn does here in year two with his ability to
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: get his team to respond. They are a little banged
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  Speaker 1: up at the tight end position. They don't have a
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  Speaker 1: very good back end of their defense and the Lions
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  Speaker 1: are They can get on you really quickly. The Lions
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  Speaker 1: are dealing with offensive line injuries. They have two starting
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  Speaker 1: offensive linemen out. So that's a problem for them. But
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  Speaker 1: when they're home and when they get that offense revved
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  Speaker 1: up with Jameer Gibbs and St. Brown, Laporta, they can
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  Speaker 1: be very hard to stop. And so that's the big
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  Speaker 1: thing for Aaron Glenn, who comes back to Detroit where
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  Speaker 1: he was their defensive coordinator for a few years. The
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  Speaker 1: big thing for them is to figure out a way
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: to play defensively him and Frank Reich, right? They have
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: to play ball control offense. They've got to run the ball. Well,
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: they got to move the chains on third down. They
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: cannot give, turn the ball over. You can't give extra
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: possessions to the lions. And when lions have the ball,
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: you have to take advantage of the fact that they're
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: beat up on the old line. The Lions are also
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: beat up still in the secondary. I said last week
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: the Lions are going to have to outscore most of
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: the teams they play because they're bad on defense and
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: they have injuries there. The Jets, not so much because
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: the Jets really aren't capable of, in my mind, of
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: scoring a whole lot of points. So it's really, to me,
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: incumbent on the Jets in this game to ugly up
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: the game, to turn it, to get at Jared Goff,
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: to not let Gibbs and St. Brown have a bunch
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: of explosive plays, to... Just try to make the Lions uncomfortable,
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: which is very tough to do in Detroit on their turf.
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: So if the Lions can get a few explosive plays,
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: I think they'll have a real chance. They have a
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: chance to roll on the Jets in this game. You're
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: looking for the Jets to keep this thing close and
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: try to ugly it up and see if they can
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: hang in there. All right, Texans at Colts. This is
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: a fantastic game in what you thought these might teams
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: might be before the season, but maybe not so much now.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: as both of these teams are O and two, the
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: game is in Indianapolis. The Texans are one and a
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: half point favorites. The Colts have a lot of problems
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: on defense. All right. First of all, they've been starting
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: a lot of young kids. They got some rookies, got
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: some second year players that they're relying on. And you
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: can tell, I mean, they've, They've given up a ton
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: of points. They got shredded by the Ravens in week one.
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: They got shredded even more by the Chiefs in week two.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: They can score, but their issue right now is on
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: the defensive side and the ball. And every game that
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: they lose, as far as they fall under. 500, remember
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: they ended last year on a long losing streak. It's
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: been a long time since they've won a game. And
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: with every loss that piles up for the Colts, The
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: newer owner, she's going to get more and more disappointed.
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: And it wouldn't surprise me if things continue to go south.
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: I think you'd have to look at maybe Shane Steichen
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: and even the GM, Chris Ballard, probably more so him
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: than anything, as the first domino to fall this year
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: when the firings eventually start happening. Because it's been a
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: long time since the Colts have won a game. they've
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: made a lot of moves that have tried to position
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: themselves to win. They made the big trade for Gardner
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: last year. You know, they got Daniel Jones back from
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: his Achilles to start the season. A lot of people
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: didn't think that was going to happen, and they're still 0-2.
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: And now they're playing a Texans team who is– they've
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: been just disappointing. You know, they had a tough loss
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: in the season opener against the Bills, and I made
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: a point of saying– that if you looked and saw
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: the Dave Montgomery touchdowns, that their running game was going
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: to be essential to what they do. That was going
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: to be responsible for them being a better offense this year.
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: But they lost Jaden Higgins in the preseason for the year.
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: That was their number two wide receiver. And Nico Collins
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: did not play and may not play in this game
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: because of a hamstring. When Nico Collins doesn't play for
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: the Texans, they might as well just shut it down.
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: because he is their passing offense. I know that their
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: tight end Schultz had a bunch of catches against the
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: Bengals last week, but they didn't score any points. That
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: was a bunch of checkdowns. And if Collins doesn't play again,
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: that's a major advantage for the Colts. The Texans really
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: don't have anything. Nico Collins made his MVP case last
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: week by not playing because you see how bad the
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: Texans offense is without him. So if he doesn't play again,
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: and the Texans go to Colts without them and somehow
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: figure out a way to win without their top number one,
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: number two receiver, then again, the Colts, there's going to
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: be trouble in Indianapolis. The Colts almost have to win
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: this game. All right. That that's how much pressure there
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: is going to be on them to turn their season
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: around against the Texans team that, you know, the defense
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: just hasn't been great yet. And I can't figure out
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: why we got, You know, shredded, obviously, in the season
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: opener by the Bills. You could just cough that up
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: to Josh Allen. But, obviously, they did not perform to
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: expectation last week against the Bengals. They didn't get killed.
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: You know, they allowed 20 points. But, to me, that's
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: more of the offense not holding up its end of
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: the bargain. All right, Chiefs, Dolphins. I mean, the Dolphins are,
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: you know, home, and they're 10.5-point underdogs. Listen, say this
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: for the Chiefs, okay? Everybody, including myself, didn't have them
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: in the playoffs, counted them out, felt that the Broncos
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: and the Chargers were going to be the better teams
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: in the AFC West, that the Chiefs have no passing game,
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: which they still don't, and a young defense that really
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: is in transition. All of that is true, but you
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: can't discount the fact that Mahomes has played really, really
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: well coming back from the ACL. Five touchdowns, one interception,
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: amazingly good. He and Travis Kelsey continue to connect at big,
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: big moments. You saw it happen against the Colts last week.
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: They continue to move the chains on third down, even
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: though the Chiefs are not getting a whole lot out
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: of their other wide receivers. But I told you in
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: the preseason, when I did the show going into week one,
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: that the Chiefs are in transition themselves and that they
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: will run the ball with Kenneth Walker quite a bit.
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: I didn't say that Andy Reid was all of a
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: sudden going to become like Jim Harbaugh or Greg Roman
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: and start running the ball 45, 50 times a game.
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: Of course not. He's still Andy Reid. He's still going
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: to throw the ball. But through two weeks, Walker has
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: 47 carries. He looks great behind a much better offensive line.
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: Seattle was a better team. The Chiefs have a better
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: offensive line. So he's already got almost 300 total rushing yards.
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: He's catching the ball, had a huge– catch on a
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: beautifully executed screen that set up the game winner for
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: them against the Colts. And the Chiefs are 2-0. They're
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: playing a schedule because they were, I think, third place
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: in their division last year. They're playing a schedule that
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: lines up well for them. They're 2-0 with a road
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: trip to Miami. Okay, they should be 3-0. They'll have
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: the Raiders after that, 4-0. It gets a little rougher, Chargers, Seahawks, Broncos,
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: but then Jets, Falcons, Cardinals after that. I mean, the Chiefs,
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: it's lined up well for them to have a nice
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: comeback season if they can keep this thing rolling. And
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: they should be able to do it against Miami. The
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: only thing, sometimes these teams go to South Florida in September,
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: and it's just disgustingly hot. But it was pretty hot
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: in Kansas City week one. They were talking about all
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: the humidity there as well. So, I mean, the Dolphins
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: have– they're just talent deficient right now. They're basically trying
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: to get the number one pick. Titans and Giants– I
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: told you I thought the Titans were going to bounce
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: back after getting embarrassed by the Jets in week one.
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: They did. Had a chance to win that game against
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: the Eagles last week. But they showed you. They can
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: do some really good things up front on defense with
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: Jeffrey Simmons, with Johnson, their pass rusher they brought in
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: from the Jets. They have some other guys that can
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: rush the passer. They can do some things up front.
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: They are very, very weak at the linebacker and cornerback
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: and safety level. They were down a corner against the Eagles.
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: It was very obvious they could not stop the Eagles
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: in obvious past situations in the fourth quarter. Now they'll
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: face a Giants team that doesn't have what the Eagles
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: have and, of course, just lost Jackson Dart. The Giants
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: will be one of those teams that from week to
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: week now is going to be very difficult to figure
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: out because for as long as Jameis Winston is their quarterback,
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: they will have games where Winston goes out there and
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: throws for 350 yards and three touchdowns and moves the
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: chains and looks good. And then they will have weeks
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: where Jameis Winston gets intercepted three to four times and
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: gives short fields and the giants can't manage. They are
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: not good enough to handle that. And so there'll be
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: very volatile. You will not know which team you're going
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: to get from week to week basis. They're two and
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: a half point favorites because they're home. Um, But if
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: the Titans can play defense like they did against the
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: Eagles last week and not have a complete implosion, and
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: this time they're facing Winston, not Jalen Hurts, and this
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: time they're facing Giants pass catchers, not Devontae Smith. So
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: the Giants are two and a half point favorites, but
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: I would not be surprised if the Titans came out
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: of there with the win. Bengals, Steelers. The Steelers are
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: one and one, but let's be honest, their offenses look horrific.
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is looking every bit like a mid-40-year-old trying
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: to play. Their defense is very good. But, again, you know,
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: you get an opening week win over the Falcons that
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: was kind of meh, considering you were playing Cooper Rush
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: and the Falcons. You would have thought they would have
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: won more than 20-13. And then they get pretty much
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: embarrassed by a Patriots team in week two that still
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: isn't playing great, still having trouble on offense. But that's
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: the state of things right now for the Steelers. They're
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: really having some problems. And the Bengals are an improved defense.
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: They're 2-0. They beat the Bucs. They beat the Texans.
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: Their defense has forced some turnovers. Higgins and Chase have
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: been really good. They were excellent in the last game.
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: Chase just makes unbelievable catches. I mean, he is truly...
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: truly a special wide receiver. It's almost a shame that
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: the Bengals, because they haven't been good the last few
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: years because of injuries, they don't get on primetime very much,
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: but they've got some really good players. Obviously Burrow is
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: a great quarterback when he's healthy, but Chase is somebody
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: that I just wish the country had a chance to
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: see on primetime more because he's really good. And he
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: just makes some special catches. He had a beautiful twisting
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: kind of toe tap catch in the end zone. last
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: week that very few receivers can make um they should
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: beat the Steelers they are three and a half point
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: favorites but remember this is an AFC North game and
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: the Steelers have this weird this goes back to last
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: year too they have a weird habit of looking like
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: crap and then all of a sudden the game means
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: something it matters and bam they pull it out so
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: I actually would be scared by the fact that the
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: Bengals are three and a half point favorites in Pittsburgh,
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: but because you just never know the Steelers will turn it.
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: They look like they're in rock bottom and then they
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: go on a winning streak. So this is an AFC
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  Speaker 1: pinned all your hopes on your young quarterback. And the
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  Speaker 1: Commanders went through this last year losing Jaden Daniels. Now
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  Speaker 1: maybe they've got a little bit more firepower with Stephon Diggs,
• 32:47
  Speaker 1: who already has three touchdowns, and maybe they're a little
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: bit more– I mean, their defense has not played well,
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: but they've got guys like Stiles who are fun to watch,
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: Owe in the pass rush. But I can't imagine Commanders
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: fans just having any hope at this point until Daniels
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: can play and play effectively for, I don't know, three,
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: four games in a row. And the timing always seems
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: to suck for them. You know, now they have to
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: play the defending champs. You lose your quarterback, then you're 0-2,
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: and then the defending champs come to town. And the
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: Seahawks are 2-0. They might get Darnold back, which would
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: be good for them. Their defense has been very good again.
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: I know a lot of people were sort of impressed
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: with the Cardinals after– the Cardinals pulled out that win
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: over the Chargers in the opener. Well, if you thought
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: the Cardinals were going to be maybe that surprise team,
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: they came back to earth because the Seahawks absolutely humiliated
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: them in every form or fashion. So Seahawks will go
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: into Washington and it's going to take a Herculean effort
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: for the commanders to even stay in this game. Seahawks
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: are seven and a half point favorites on the road. Folks,
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: if you've been watching football for a long time, If
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: you've been listening to me, because I used to talk
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: about this quite a bit, it was once a given
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: that a West Coast team traveling to the East Coast
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: for a 1 o'clock game was going to lose. I mean,
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: the numbers used to be around 65% to 70% of
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: the time the East Coast team would win. That's changed
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: a lot over the last four years, I guess, as
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: more sports science, as more preparation. I don't know. Sometimes
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: teams fly earlier, but it's not nearly what it used
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: to be. In terms of these West Coast teams playing
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: one o'clock games on the East Coast. So I think
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: the Seahawks should win and be fine. Seven and a
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: half is a little high for me. I still am
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: old school with that West Coast, East Coast thing. But
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: I would, you know, the commanders are facing an uphill
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: battle here. Patriots and Jaguars. Now, going into the year,
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: this seemed like a really fun game. Patriots, Jaguars, two
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: double-digit win teams from last year, playoff teams. Jaguars looked
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: good in week one, got a big win, and then
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: it was the Browns, but then they lost to the Broncos.
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: They couldn't keep it going in week two as the
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: Broncos got their mojo back. The Patriots got just humiliated
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: in week one, well, They lost badly, obviously, in week
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: one to Drew Locke and the Seahawks in the season opener.
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: They responded with a 20-3 win over the Steelers, who
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: I said are going through it right now. Drake May
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: still doesn't look right. Still having some issues there. This
• 35:30
  Speaker 1: won't be a get-right game for him because Jacksonville has
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: a very good defense. The guy who's got to come
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: through for the Jaguars is Parker Washington. I mean, he's
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: really become... an excellent wide receiver in this league. Not
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: just saying that because I'm wearing the Penn State colors.
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: I'm an alum. He has become a very good wide
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: receiver to the point where the fact that Brian Thomas Jr.
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: is not any longer a very good wide receiver since
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: his rookie year has not hurt the Jags as much.
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: You would like to see him have a little bit
• 36:02
  Speaker 1: more firepower, especially when they're going to play a team
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: like the Patriots who have a very good defense, but
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: Lawrence has played well. Washington gives them some big play
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: ability down the field. He gives them some middle downplay.
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: He can do a lot for them. Washington's been very good.
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: They've been running the ball with Tootin fairly well. I
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: know that he's an explosive player that they try to
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: get on the field as much as possible. Now, you
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: saw the Patriots got Henderson back healthy. He had an
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: explosive play. Touchdown run. I would love to know what
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: the issue is. They have not liked him as much
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: for what he did last year, whether it's his vision,
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: his pass blocking. But, you know, they clearly want to
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: give Ramondre Stevenson a lot of carries. Ramondre had a fumble,
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: which he will do against in their last game. He
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: had a fumble and then they went to Henderson and
• 36:56
  Speaker 1: he gave him a big play. He's capable of doing that.
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: Whatever team here between the Jaguars and Patriots, whoever makes
• 37:05
  Speaker 1: the bigger play is going to win. This will be
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: a tight game. Whoever just gets more explosive out of
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: it will win. This could go either way. It could
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: be a coin flip. Jags are three-point favorites. Good game, though.
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: Really good matchup. All right, the 4 o'clock games. You've
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: got the Cardinals are headed to the 49ers. The 49ers
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: are eight-and-a-half-point favorites. These teams know each other. not only
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: because they're NFC West opponents, but Mike LaFleur is now
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: the head coach of the Cardinals. He has been on
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: Sean McVay's staff. He's been on Kyle Shanahan's staff. He
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: comes from that tree, and everything he's trying to do
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: with the Cardinals will be similar to what McVay do,
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: to what Shanahan do with their respective teams. So these
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: coaches know each other very well, but the Cardinals have
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: some major issues right now with their receiving core. If
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: you watch just a little bit of Marvin Harrison playing, Clips,
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: you wonder where his head is. He looks like he
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: is completely uninvested from the game plan. Maybe he's not
• 38:05
  Speaker 1: seeing enough targets. Maybe he's not that good, which is
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: hard to believe. I mean, this guy was basically considered
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: the top wide receiver coming out of college football by
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: his freshman year. He couldn't come out as a freshman,
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: but he was just seen as a can't miss prospect
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: for several years at Ohio State. Well, he has been
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: a miss so far. He has not been a difference maker.
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: The only difference maker they have is their tight end,
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: Trey McBride, is very good. They were absolutely annihilated last
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: week by the Seahawks. Now they will have to face
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: a 49ers team that continues to lose players. Now they've
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: lost Nick Bosa, who suffers a freak calf injury, and
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: who knows how long he's going to be out. Not good.
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: They're beat up at wide receiver. They've lost Stribling for
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: a while, their rookie. Demarcus Robinson, who was doing a
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: nice job, is out. So they're going to have to
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: continue to rely on McCaffrey and Kittle, who are older
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: guys who are going to have to take on the work.
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: And Mike Evans, another guy who's kind of banged up
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: always throughout the week but manages to play. But the
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: 49ers have so many old players, and it just feels
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: like at any time, They can lose any of them
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: to injuries, not to mention their left tackle is in
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: his 40s. He's great, but he's in his 40s. But 2-0.
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: they continue to score a lot of points. They continue
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: to win games. They had the big win over the Rams.
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: Then they had a big win over the Dolphins because
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: everybody's going to crush the Dolphins. And now they've got
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: another game that they should win easily over the 49ers.
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: But you just wonder how long they can continue to
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: ride McCaffrey and and Kittle, older guys like that, Mike Evans,
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: without the roof falling in because of all their injuries.
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: Vikings at Bucks. This is an interesting game. The Vikings
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: are one and a half point road favorites. They're going
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: down to South Florida. I continue to say that teams
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: struggle to win when they have to go play in
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: South Florida in September. It's tough. The humidity, it can
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: get to you. However, The Browns seemingly didn't have an
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: issue with it against the Buccaneers last week, although I
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: will say there was a rainstorm. I don't know if
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: that cooled things down because the game was delayed a
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: little bit there by lightning and all, but the Bucs
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: need a win. They are very banged up on defense.
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: Their rookie Bane, pass rusher, not going to play. Their
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: rookie linebacker Trotter hurt. That's no excuse. They shouldn't be 0-2.
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: Mayfield has turned the ball over left and right. You know,
• 40:44
  Speaker 1: he talked a big game in the preseason, decided not
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: to sign the contract offer, said he was going to
• 40:49
  Speaker 1: bet on himself. The Bucs then appreciate that about him
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: and give him the big money. And then he turns
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: around and he has a bunch of fumbles and an interception.
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: So through two weeks, he's been turnover prone. And now
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: that has hurt them. And losing to the Browns, I mean,
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: especially for Mayfield, where he started off his career, an
• 41:10
  Speaker 1: Ohio guy, had to be a big smack in the face.
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: Now they welcome the Vikings in. The Vikings are 2-0.
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: The Vikings have had– listen, everybody thought the Bears were
• 41:22
  Speaker 1: going to come in and roll a bunch of points
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: up on the Vikings, and the Vikings said, no, no, no.
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: Brian Flores had none of it. They win the game 9-3.
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: That was another game in a driving rainstorm. They had
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: already beaten the Packers convincingly in week one behind Carson Wentz.
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: So do they score a lot of points in Carson
• 41:40
  Speaker 1: Wentz's second start? No. Am I surprised? No, not at all.
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: You know, it's easier for them to get good production
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: out of Wentz coming off the bench as opposed to
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: when a team has a week to prepare for Carson
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: Wentz and then also the game being played in a
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: driving rainstorm. Murray will be back, Kyler Murray for the Vikings.
• 42:00
  Speaker 1: So there will be some pressure on him to maintain
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: the level of play, but at least it's the guy
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: that Kevin O'Connell wanted to start at quarterback. I understand
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: why they're one and a half point favorites. I think
• 42:12
  Speaker 1: they're a better team by a little bit. I thought
• 42:15
  Speaker 1: the Buccaneers would be better than 0-2 to start the season.
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: I mean, they had a tough loss to the Bengals,
• 42:20
  Speaker 1: but they were in it. But that was a really
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: bad loss to the Browns. It makes you really wonder
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: what's going on with Todd Bowles right now. He has
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: got to get that defense situated if they want to
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: win this game against the Vikings and get their season
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: back on track. The 425, another one is the Ravens.
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Ravens at Cowboys, but the game is being
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: played in Brazil. Now, there's all sorts of field issues
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: and concerns. Apparently, Brazil has been just inundated with epic
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: biblical levels of flooding there that they have not seen before.
• 42:55
  Speaker 1: It has impacted the field conditions. I know the Players
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: Association for the NFL is worried about it. The NFL,
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: of course, is going to act like everything's fine, but
• 43:05
  Speaker 1: this could be one of those games where you see
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: guys slip in. sliding, losing their footing. You think a
• 43:10
  Speaker 1: guy's going to break a big run, then he falls.
• 43:13
  Speaker 1: So obviously, you know, the Ravens, they need to run
• 43:15
  Speaker 1: the ball. They rely on Derrick Henry, who's off to
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: an unbelievable start. Already has four touchdowns. All right. They
• 43:23
  Speaker 1: had a nice win, the Ravens did, in week one
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: over the Colts. And then they went to New Orleans. Well,
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: they played New Orleans and didn't have a good game.
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: They lost 24-17. The offense did not look as good.
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: Lamar wasn't able to run. He threw a pick. against
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: a Saints defense that has sort of sneaky been good,
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: even though I don't love the personnel. Well, now they're
• 43:44
  Speaker 1: playing a Cowboys team that is bad on defense, has
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: injuries at linebacker, has injuries in the secondary, has still
• 43:52
  Speaker 1: not figured out who they are defensively under Christian Parker
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: and his scheme. So this is a good spot for
• 43:59
  Speaker 1: the Ravens to go on. Well, I want to say
• 44:01
  Speaker 1: go on. To go to Brazil, to get better, to
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: continue to learn their own new offensive coordinator, Declan Doyle.
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: and to get back on track. Now, Flowers might be hurt.
• 44:11
  Speaker 1: We'll see if he plays. He's been dealing with a
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: hamstring injury. And if he doesn't play, then the Ravens
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: are really limited at wide receiver because they lost their rookie,
• 44:20
  Speaker 1: Jacoby Lane, earlier in week one. So if they don't
• 44:24
  Speaker 1: have Flowers, they're really well, they're top two, their main wideouts.
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: Now you saw Bateman, he stepped up for them last week,
• 44:32
  Speaker 1: had a nice game. They didn't win though. Bateman would
• 44:35
  Speaker 1: be their number one wide receiver. And then they're going
• 44:37
  Speaker 1: to rely on you know, their tight ends and Andrews
• 44:40
  Speaker 1: and try to throw the ball a little bit to Henry.
• 44:42
  Speaker 1: They've been trying to do that more in this offense.
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: But honestly, it shouldn't have to be that kind of
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: tough sledding for the Ravens. The Cowboys, they just have
• 44:51
  Speaker 1: not played good defense yet. Maybe they will at some
• 44:54
  Speaker 1: point as they learn the system. But right now they
• 44:56
  Speaker 1: have to outscore teams to win. They were obviously able
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: to get C.D. Lamb going against the Commanders. They rung
• 45:05
  Speaker 1: up a lot of points. The commanders only scored 20
• 45:06
  Speaker 1: because they lost Daniels. So it's really hard to evaluate
• 45:09
  Speaker 1: if the Cowboys defense is back or did well, or
• 45:12
  Speaker 1: if that was just because the commanders and Daniels weren't good.
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: And then Daniels went out of the game. We'll know
• 45:19
  Speaker 1: a lot more about both of these teams after this game.
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: It's a good matchup being that the Cowboys have a
• 45:25
  Speaker 1: lot of offensive firepower. but the Ravens have some excellent
• 45:29
  Speaker 1: players on defense, right? The Ravens have some excellent players
• 45:32
  Speaker 1: on offense, but if they're slipping and sliding all over
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: the place because Jackson and Henry can't get their footing,
• 45:37
  Speaker 1: then we're going to have to revisit this whole idea
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: of playing games in Brazil and some of these international games.
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: I don't think the NFL is going to revisit the idea.
• 45:46
  Speaker 1: Too much of a moneymaker for them. The last 4
• 45:49
  Speaker 1: o'clock game is Raiders at Saints. I said last week
• 45:54
  Speaker 1: that if you're the Saints– It was a nice job
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: week one of getting yourself back into the game against
• 46:00
  Speaker 1: the Lions, forcing overtime, I believe it was, before eventually
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: falling short. But if you want to be taken seriously,
• 46:09
  Speaker 1: and I think the Saints can win the NFC South,
• 46:12
  Speaker 1: especially now that the Bucs are 0-2, I think there's
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: room for the Saints to win the NFC South. But
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: I said I can't take them as seriously as I
• 46:22
  Speaker 1: want to if they can't go into Baltimore and come
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: out with a win. Because I like Baltimore, but I
• 46:28
  Speaker 1: felt like the Saints really needed to make their mark.
• 46:30
  Speaker 1: I wasn't trying to disrespect Baltimore. This was more about
• 46:34
  Speaker 1: the Saints and whether or not they had really turned
• 46:36
  Speaker 1: a corner since they turned over to Tyler Shuck last
• 46:40
  Speaker 1: year and had that nice second half of their season. Well,
• 46:43
  Speaker 1: what did the Saints do? They went into Baltimore and
• 46:46
  Speaker 1: came out with a win. Tyler Shuck has played some
• 46:50
  Speaker 1: really good football. He can move around the pocket, too.
• 46:52
  Speaker 1: He throws the ball nicely, but he can move around
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: the pocket as well. He has a nice rapport already
• 46:58
  Speaker 1: with Olave. That is one of the league's better kind
• 47:02
  Speaker 1: of quarterback wide receiver connections. Olave already has almost 300
• 47:06
  Speaker 1: yards receiving. I don't know what the Saints are doing
• 47:10
  Speaker 1: with their running game. They paid a lot of money
• 47:13
  Speaker 1: in the offseason. First day of free agency. Let's go
• 47:15
  Speaker 1: sign Etienne. Bring him home. All right, let's go sign
• 47:18
  Speaker 1: Travis Etienne. Give him a lot of money. They gave
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: him a lot of money. And then in week one,
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: they basically split his time with Kendrick Miller. And then
• 47:26
  Speaker 1: in week two, Kendrick Miller is inactive. So you think, oh, okay,
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: now they're going to go get this game, running game
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: going with ETN. And they wind up giving a bunch
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: of carries to Alvin Kamara, who, I mean, you basically
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: have to dust the cobwebs off. So I'm not sure
• 47:44
  Speaker 1: why they paid all this money for Travis Etienne not
• 47:47
  Speaker 1: to give him the ball. I thought he'd be perfect
• 47:49
  Speaker 1: on that track, in that offense, when you've got guys
• 47:52
  Speaker 1: like Olave and Jawan Johnson to stretch the field a
• 47:55
  Speaker 1: little bit. It hasn't manifested that way. But nonetheless, the
• 48:02
  Speaker 1: Saints pulled out a win. They are 1-1. They're facing
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: a Raiders team. Hey, give Clint Kubiak credit. He is
• 48:08
  Speaker 1: doing what he does. He is compensating. We saw him
• 48:12
  Speaker 1: do this. as the offensive coordinator for the Seahawks last year.
• 48:15
  Speaker 1: He doesn't need much. If you give him a bad
• 48:18
  Speaker 1: offensive line and the Raiders offensive line, it's not as
• 48:22
  Speaker 1: terrible as it was last year. They signed Linderbaum at
• 48:25
  Speaker 1: center for a lot of money. They have a very
• 48:26
  Speaker 1: good left tackle when healthy and Colton Miller. It's not
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: a great offensive line. It's a better one. But that's
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: basically all Kubiak needs. He's going to play heavy fronts.
• 48:37
  Speaker 1: He's going to go under center. He's going to run
• 48:39
  Speaker 1: play action. And you give him one receiver, like Jackson
• 48:43
  Speaker 1: Smith and Jibga last year, and he'll make the most
• 48:46
  Speaker 1: of it. Trey Tucker had a big game for them
• 48:49
  Speaker 1: against the Chargers, and now they're getting Bowers back. And
• 48:52
  Speaker 1: Bowers is probably the best tight end in the league.
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: I don't even think there's a probably. When he is healthy,
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: he can make plays unlike no other. So now you're
• 49:03
  Speaker 1: looking at a Raiders team that is already 2-0, riding
• 49:07
  Speaker 1: Ashton Gentry, who's off to a nice start, getting what
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: it can out of its wide receiver group, and now
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: you add transformational talent at tight end like Brock Bowers.
• 49:17
  Speaker 1: So am I taking the Raiders more seriously? Yes. Okay.
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: Do I think they've taken some teams by surprise here
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: by beating the Chargers and then beating the Dolphins? Again,
• 49:28
  Speaker 1: everybody's going to be the Dolphins. But, you know, to
• 49:30
  Speaker 1: manhandle the Chargers by two touchdowns or 12 points is
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: pretty good. All right. I think the Saints need to
• 49:37
  Speaker 1: win this game still. But I've got my eyes on
• 49:40
  Speaker 1: the Raiders. They're an improving team. Clint Kubiak, if you
• 49:44
  Speaker 1: guys remember, was the offensive coordinator of the Saints a
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: few years ago. They got off to a great start
• 49:48
  Speaker 1: where they were scoring 40 points a game for the
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: first two weeks, and then everybody got hurt. The one
• 49:53
  Speaker 1: thing to pay attention to in this game, the Saints
• 49:56
  Speaker 1: lost their left tackle. He's out for this game. He
• 49:59
  Speaker 1: has an ankle injury. I think he's going to be
• 50:01
  Speaker 1: out a couple weeks. Kelvin Banks, he's a second-year player,
• 50:04
  Speaker 1: had a really good year as a rookie last year,
• 50:06
  Speaker 1: and is a big part of the Saints' overall improvement
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: on the offensive line. So they are going to have
• 50:12
  Speaker 1: to play a backup at left tackle. That could cause
• 50:15
  Speaker 1: some issues for blocking Max Crosby. So they will have
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: to have a plan for that, and Crosby can certainly
• 50:21
  Speaker 1: single-handedly disrupt the game if that's what it comes down to.
• 50:26
  Speaker 1: But this will be an interesting game. Very, very interesting game,
• 50:30
  Speaker 1: whereas when the Raiders were involved in games last year,
• 50:33
  Speaker 1: you didn't say they were interesting. But two teams who
• 50:35
  Speaker 1: are really trying to establish themselves early in this season.
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: The 8 o'clock game, Sunday night, you have the Rams
• 50:45
  Speaker 1: against the Broncos. So the Rams, look, the coach admitted,
• 50:50
  Speaker 1: McVay admitted he screwed up with the travel against the
• 50:53
  Speaker 1: 49ers in Australia. He said it at the podium, stupid decision. Obviously,
• 50:58
  Speaker 1: the Rams had plenty of rest and then came back
• 51:01
  Speaker 1: and smoked the Giants. I don't think that was all
• 51:05
  Speaker 1: that surprising, especially when you injure Dart and get him
• 51:08
  Speaker 1: out of the game. Then Winston has to come in.
• 51:11
  Speaker 1: But the Rams are better. Now, the Rams are dealing
• 51:13
  Speaker 1: with their own injuries. Puka Nakua hasn't been playing. Probably
• 51:16
  Speaker 1: is not going to play this week. And the Rams
• 51:18
  Speaker 1: have no depth at wide receiver. So they're basically playing
• 51:21
  Speaker 1: Devontae Adams and a million tight ends. I mean, they
• 51:25
  Speaker 1: have– last year, the Rams– played the most 13 personnel,
• 51:31
  Speaker 1: which is three tight end formations that the league gets
• 51:34
  Speaker 1: seen in forever. Okay. It was around 30%. They're higher
• 51:38
  Speaker 1: than that this year. They're on, they're over 40% this year.
• 51:42
  Speaker 1: They are just going to throw tight ends out there
• 51:44
  Speaker 1: on the field. And they've got guys like Ferguson and, um,
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: some other tight ends, Parkinson, who can run decent routes
• 51:54
  Speaker 1: and catch the ball too. So they compensate for having
• 51:57
  Speaker 1: no number two or number three receiver by sticking a
• 51:59
  Speaker 1: bunch of tight ends who can run on the field.
• 52:01
  Speaker 1: And these guys can block a little bit too, and
• 52:04
  Speaker 1: that gets their run game going. You can get away
• 52:06
  Speaker 1: with that against the Giants. I don't know that you
• 52:09
  Speaker 1: can get away with that against the Broncos. The Broncos...
• 52:13
  Speaker 1: are working out their offensive issues. They definitely got the
• 52:16
  Speaker 1: ball to Jalen Waddell against the Jaguars after amazingly not
• 52:21
  Speaker 1: being able to get him the ball against the Chiefs.
• 52:23
  Speaker 1: Then he had a bad drop. But their defense will
• 52:28
  Speaker 1: have a beat on what Sean McVay and the Rams
• 52:31
  Speaker 1: want to do. I think missing Nakua got covered up
• 52:35
  Speaker 1: early on, especially by the way they stopped the Giants.
• 52:37
  Speaker 1: I think it's going to be very difficult to go
• 52:40
  Speaker 1: into Denver and beat the Broncos without Nakua. I mean,
• 52:44
  Speaker 1: he is so important to what they do in both
• 52:48
  Speaker 1: their run game as a condensed blocker, in their passing game,
• 52:52
  Speaker 1: as a guy who just functions so well in space,
• 52:54
  Speaker 1: makes contested catches. This Broncos defense is really good. You
• 52:58
  Speaker 1: need weapons to beat it, okay? I mean, obviously, it
• 53:02
  Speaker 1: didn't play very well in the season opener. Not quite
• 53:06
  Speaker 1: sure what happened there against the Chiefs. They just weren't prepared.
• 53:08
  Speaker 1: It was a bad overall game. But they came back
• 53:11
  Speaker 1: and had a very good game against the Jaguars. And
• 53:14
  Speaker 1: I am sure the Broncos have heard a lot about
• 53:18
  Speaker 1: how great the Rams are. And the Broncos believe they're
• 53:20
  Speaker 1: every bit as good. So it was nice to see
• 53:23
  Speaker 1: them work out a few kinks against the Jaguars. They
• 53:26
  Speaker 1: pulled out a big win against a good team. They
• 53:30
  Speaker 1: are underdogs at home by two and a half points
• 53:33
  Speaker 1: against the Rams. I guarantee you Sean Payton will be
• 53:35
  Speaker 1: pointing that out. All right. I do not think this
• 53:37
  Speaker 1: will be an easy game for the Rams. Until the
• 53:41
  Speaker 1: Rams get Nakua back, it's going to be difficult for
• 53:44
  Speaker 1: them when they play against really good defenses. All right,
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to get, obviously, the Monday night game
• 53:51
  Speaker 1: is the Eagles-Bears. We'll have that all wrapped up and
• 53:55
  Speaker 1: covered from every angle on the pregame show, inside the
• 53:58
  Speaker 1: Birds pregame show. So I don't want to get into
• 54:00
  Speaker 1: it too much here. The Bears are four and a
• 54:02
  Speaker 1: half point underdogs. I will just say that the bears,
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  Speaker 1: we'll talk about this. The bears are leaning in and,
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  Speaker 1: and Ben Johnson are leaning into the three tight end
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  Speaker 1: craze as well, just like the Rams are. And they
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  Speaker 1: put three tight ends on the field. They actually haven't
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  Speaker 1: been very efficient with it. They have not run the
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  Speaker 1: ball well, but they've gotten some big pass plays because
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  Speaker 1: like the Rams, the bears have some tight ends who
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  Speaker 1: can both block and catch. They have not yet unlocked
• 54:30
  Speaker 1: Colston Loveland. I have to think that that is coming.
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  Speaker 1: sometime soon the eagles will have to tackle better in
• 54:36
  Speaker 1: this game than they did against the titans all right
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  Speaker 1: so that's a look at the week one's games uh
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  Speaker 1: as we always do at the end of the show
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  Speaker 1: i give you my three picks and i gotta be
• 54:48
  Speaker 1: honest with you i've been terrible to start the year
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  Speaker 1: i was one and two uh in week one and
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  Speaker 1: oh and three last week i mean i was just
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  Speaker 1: a mess last week so i'm gonna have to do
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  Speaker 1: a better job maybe i got too cute you know
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  Speaker 1: i picked the bucks to cover against the the Browns
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  Speaker 1: last week, and they just lost outright. I picked Green
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  Speaker 1: Bay to cover against the Jets. They didn't cover. They won,
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  Speaker 1: but they didn't cover. And, of course, I picked the
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  Speaker 1: Chargers to beat the cover against the Raiders, and they
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  Speaker 1: just outright lost. So not only am I losing, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm picking teams that are favored to win. They're outright losing.
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  Speaker 1: Forget covering. They're just losing. All right, here are my
• 55:27
  Speaker 1: picks this week. I like the Chiefs. It's a big number.
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  Speaker 1: It is in Miami. The number is 10.5. I think
• 55:35
  Speaker 1: Miami is just that bad, and I think the Chiefs
• 55:38
  Speaker 1: are good enough to be able to beat the Dolphins
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  Speaker 1: by at least two touchdowns. I'm going to go with
• 55:46
  Speaker 1: the Broncos. I think I just told you they're getting
• 55:49
  Speaker 1: points at home against the Rams. I don't like the
• 55:51
  Speaker 1: Rams without Nakua in this game. I just think offensively
• 55:56
  Speaker 1: it's going to be tough sledding in Denver against those
• 55:59
  Speaker 1: Broncos defense. So the Broncos are home, and they're getting points. So...
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  Speaker 1: I'll go with the Broncos on that one. And I
• 56:06
  Speaker 1: know the lions have injuries, so I'm a little reluctant
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  Speaker 1: with this one because they're banged up on the offensive
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  Speaker 1: line and the jets have played pretty well, but the
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  Speaker 1: lions are home six and a half point favorites over
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  Speaker 1: the jets. I think the lions are going to roll
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  Speaker 1: in this game. I do think that it'll probably start
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  Speaker 1: slow and then, you know, maybe they'll only be up
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  Speaker 1: by six going into the fourth. Then they'll get a
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  Speaker 1: pull away touchdown that gives them a double digit lead
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  Speaker 1: and That's what I expect them to do. So I
• 56:34
  Speaker 1: expect them to cover the six and a half that
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  Speaker 1: they are favored over the Jets at home at. And
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  Speaker 1: that's it. That's a look at this week's games, and
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  Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. As always, as I tell you
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  Speaker 1: every week, enjoy your football watching. This is Jeff Mosher
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  Speaker 1: for the NFL Weekly Preview on Inside the Birds.