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EP 31: Over/Under Single Season Records, NFL QB Comparisons & Biggest Surprises Of The NFL Season So Far · 3 Guys, 6 Balls NFL Podcast

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3 lifelong friends, 6 trusty balls and endless NFL takes.
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Welcome to three guys 6 balls NFL podcast.
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Welcome to episode 31 of three guys 6 balls NFL podcast.
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Avery, how we feeling? I'm feeling pretty good.
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I'm, I'm feeling pretty excited. I didn't realize we chose the
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team with that dog in them. Dude Baker is a dog.
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Baker, Mayfield. Baker Baker.
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Touchdown Maker. Baker friggin Mayfield.
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Wasn't that Rich Eisen? He's like, yeah.
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Baker. And then they're like, I think
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his middle name is Regan Reagan and like Baker friggin Mayfield.
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But I mean, if you cut through it, right, they've won two games
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in a row now on the very last second play.
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So like you feel good about that, but be nice to win more
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comfortably. Yeah, I feel great about the
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offense. The defense scares me a little
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bit, but they came through when they needed to.
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Absolutely. To win in Seattle's a big deal.
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Yeah, you're right, You're right.
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I was talking with my cousin. That was kind of one of the
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factors for choosing this team. He's a big Smith and Jigba fan
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and huge Seahawks fan. But yeah, I was, I was surprised
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after the Eagles game. I didn't know how this would go
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because I just know that it just doesn't go great when you go to
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Seattle, especially from Florida.
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So big win. Yeah, and I do have to say,
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Will, I was genuinely rooting for the Rams.
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I was. Right.
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And I was rooting for the buffs. I was.
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I'm happy day one, yeah. I'm going to be, I think I'm
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going to be rooting for the Rams, unless they play the
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Bucks, then I'll root for the Rams.
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Just because you're a Rams fan now, I will root for the Rams.
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Same. I feel kind of the same.
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Yeah. Like you're my step favorite
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team. Yeah, my team, but you're my
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friend's team. Yeah.
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All right, well, let's go. Go ahead and get started.
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So just so everybody knows, Will decided that he didn't want
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Internet anymore, and so he's joining us from his phone today.
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And so we'll see how it goes with his video and audio
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quality, But we're going to give it a shot.
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We've been through worse. Avery's house has been on fire
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during one of these episodes. So we'll see how this goes.
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Do I look like I'm recording in a 1970s potato?
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More like a 2003 Motorola Razor. Nice SO.
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Classic BBA camera. I'm actually not worried about
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it because my feet here my my picture of myself looks really
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good and you guys look looks a bit below normal, but like my
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seed looks really good over here for me.
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So I. Think I think it records it
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locally, so you should be good. It should.
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Everything should come out. By the time.
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Everyone's looking at it should be fine.
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Like your cousin Garrett, he was heated it from his phone and
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some paint out fine. That's the only they're asking
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this out loud. The only episode I see drawn
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back to look at because I'm going to see how the quality of
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his phone turned out so I'm I'm less worried about it.
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I remember watching a clip of that and I'm like, I don't
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remember it looking like this and I'm like, oh 'cause like we
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couldn't see him. He was like 4 pixel blobs and
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like oh this actually doesn't look that.
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Bad. All right, Well, Will, why don't
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you get us started with your Week 5 recap?
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Here we go, we've got Rams Niners Thursday night.
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Both teams forgot how to play past defense.
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Also as a Rams fan, true bleed Blue Ranch fan that for a whole
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week now, I agree with Sean Mcvay's choice to go for it.
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That 4th down in overtime there because if he kicked that field
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goal, that game to end in a tie. And tying is for losers, losing
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is for trying. It's like you tried to win but
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tying is for losers. So I agree with Sean McVay going
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for it. It's one of those decisions
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players. Where exactly you you make the
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first down and you're the best country in the world.
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You don't get it. And then the worst country ever.
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Get this guy out here. But as a new fan, here I am.
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I like it. I like the aggressiveness.
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Anyway, that's enough with that game.
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Vikings, Browns, oh, Carl Wentz out here showing us he can still
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play football out here, showing us that every snap can be the
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greatest play in NFL history. And Dylan Gabriel looked really
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good, good enough to where the Browns are shipping Joe Flack
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around the building. Jets, Cowboys.
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Let's remember, Cowboys fans, The Jets haven't beaten anybody
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this year. Let's not get over it.
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He's you are not winning the Super Bowl because you beat The
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Jets. Let's just that should pump the
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brakes. Giants, Saints.
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The Giants used up all their ability to win last week and had
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elected all behind. It's also very hard to win any
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game from any team when you lose a turnover battle 5 to 0.
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That's real ref. That's three fumble 2 packs.
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That's just real ref. Raiders, Colts.
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The Colts only scored in the second and third quarter and
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still put up 40 points. They did not score in the 1st or
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4th. So two quarters of football and
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they put up 40 points. I do feel sorry for the Raiders.
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Here you go. The Colts lost last week Ted to
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the Rams first last season and they absolutely took it out in
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the Raiders here Dolphins, Panthers and go ahead and check
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on your Dolphins fans in your life because they are they are
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feeling this week. You go up 17 zero against the
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Panthers and then lose that game.
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If you've seen the clip of Mike McDaniel walking through the
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tunnel at the very end of that game, he looks like the most
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beaten sad puppy I've ever seen in my life.
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His the tag in his shoes and flopping around his heads down.
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He's rough. Yeah, Broncos, Eagles, you won't
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find me saying this a lot, but some question of reference calls
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in this one either reference decisions either no calls or
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actual calls. But when you bought a 17 to 0 or
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17 to 3 lead in the fourth quarter, Eagles, you kind of
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deserve to lose that game. Ravens, Texans, I've heard this
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that the Ravens had seven of their top seven highest paid
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players out that game. And so when you when you are
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missing your top money has to be real hard to win.
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But that does not explain the roofing if attention is put on
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it. Yeah, 44 to 10 or something like
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that. That's read.
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I mean, if there's nothing, you can't excuse that.
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They're all athletes, Titans, Cardinals.
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And I mean this when I say it. How hard is it to hold on to the
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damn football across the N1? How many weeks now are we going
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to see this? Chad Bowers.
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Yeah, Seriously. And we have another Sky Powers
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promo. Thank you.
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I want to pause. Real.
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Quick, just real quick and point out that the the thing that
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happened with Chad Powers 'cause I watched that is ironic that
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he's wearing an Oregon uniform. Cause the first time I had ever
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seen that happen was in person in Salt Lake at the Oregon Utah
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game where the Utah player did that.
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And since then, dude, I think I've seen that like 5 times.
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And I'm like, what has to be a, like if you're a skill position
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player, if you're a running back or a quarterback or a wide
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receiver and you see that you'd be, you would probably be like,
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dude, I'm it's kind of like holding your phone outside of a
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moving car where you just feel like, oh, I got to like hold it
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tight. Like I don't ever want to drop
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the ball because I don't want to be that guy.
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And the fact that it's happened that often, I'm like, dude, the
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kids aren't learning anyway. The thing that they should take
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the the high school and lower levels, I'm sure even even the
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the NFL levels all the way down. They should be and are telling
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their players, run the ball all the way to the referee and just
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hand us the referee to back to the end zone.
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Take the ball all the way to it. Don't drop it early.
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Don't just just carry it all the way in.
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One scope run, run out the stadium with it.
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Exactly this also had the most talked about play of the weekend
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where Cam Ward threw the pick and then the guy fumble and it
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got hit into the end zone. So on that plays.
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Just a real quick decoration here for stat wise.
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Ham Ward through an interception.
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So he gets a stat for interception but does not also
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get the stat for the touchdown on that.
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So they had an offensive touchdown not thrown by anybody,
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not ran in by anybody. It was a 0 yard fumble recovery
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touchdown. I think that is no, hey, I think
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that's that's sucks for for Cam Ward, truly, but don't throw the
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pick. Then we've got Lions Bengals.
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The Bengals were so bad they decided to trade a divismo rival
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for the second oldest man in the NFL also welcomed the NFL this
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season. Jamar's face.
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You finally decided to still open play.
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I'm glad you're here now after I traded.
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A.J. Brown, we're still waiting.
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Yeah, yeah, Commander Chargers feels a bit early in the season
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to be saying this, but Chargers are going to charge you right?
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Here we are. They lost one of a new two in a
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row. They usually crumble later in
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the season. This year, they figured a fast
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track hit. You're going to crumble early.
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We have patch bills. This is probably the best raking
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draft episode we've ever seen. Stephon Diggs took it personally
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that he's no longer with the bills.
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And then they show Chief Jags probably the most exciting
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Monday night game we'll get all year.
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Somehow Trevor Lawrence was lucky if he's still young
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because if you get any of these guys, Aaron Rodgers, Joe Flacco,
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any of these older guys, they trip and fall.
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They're not getting backed up play.
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So it's done Instead of Trevor Lawrence gets up, scores game
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when he touchdown gets up twice. Twice.
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Yeah, yeah. Gets up.
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Twice. Yeah, it looks like a baby deer
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back there. Sell down, sell down again.
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I'm going to talk about that. That plenty for a second here.
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Sorry. That's that's our week 5 wrap
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up. Pretty entertaining week overall
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in football so. Chris out of the womb like a
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baby. Deer learning to learning to
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walk and score a touchdown at the same time.
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Have you guys seen the the watch Chris Jones angle of that play
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where Chris Jones yes, does nothing?
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Yes, I'm I want to talk about that and I have AI have a fairly
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strong take on this. There are 32 starting
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quarterbacks. I think Trevor Lawrence may be
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the only one who falls down on that play.
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And actually they stands back up.
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I think 10910 the referees are blowing that play dead.
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It's just, oh, quarterbacks fell down protecting plays over.
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But Trevor Lawrence immediately tries to stand back up, which is
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something that defenses are not used to.
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Usually when the quarterback falls down at any point, the
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plays over. And so if he tries to stand back
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up, doesn't work, stands back up again, and then you see
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Christians start to make a move for it.
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At that point, he's on the on the opposite side of the field
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and whoever has an angle to go into the to the end zone.
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So, so Chris Jones that you're getting a lot of hate for this.
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But in reality, his, he is so trained and these defenses are
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so trained to not get a penalty on it that when a quarterback
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goes to the ground, the play is done.
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Stop by whether there's a whistle or anything.
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It's over if even if a quarterback tries to go to the
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ground. Sorry if you heard my child
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yelling. That sounded like a ghost.
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What I do believe that was my daughter, if even the
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quarterback starts to go to the ground, the plays were it's when
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they start the slide, you can no longer hit them.
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And so I think that is why that's why he's able to squish
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that at all, is if the chief defense stops playing because
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the quarterback kicked the ground not once but twice at the
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same point. Do you think that's something
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because I can't remember if it was in college or the NFLI Think
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it was last season when a quarterback did like a little
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fake slide and then pops right back up.
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OK, Now that's one of the things that to me is a little bit like
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that Mahomes play as well where he goes out of bounds but then
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trucks the guy and it's like, OK, OK, you can't get it both
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ways now. Like we have these rules to
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protect you, but don't take advantage of it like it's for
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your protection. And so I wonder with this kind
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of in the same vein, I watched that Chris Jones play that
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didn't look like anyone who was invested in that play.
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That was my problem with it was like, dude, you looked
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uninterested. You looked like the ref out
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there just standing watching what was happening where it was
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like, look, if I mean, they wow, I don't want, I'm not going to
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say that. I just think you should have put
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more effort in there. But I do agree that, yeah, when
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you see the quarterback fall down twice, like and the ball
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hasn't left, it's like, OK, yeah, but the play should be
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dead. But when you see him just
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peeling out, I mean, at the very least, it's kind of like a
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receiver or a cornerback following the receiver into the
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end zone. I at least want to see you
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sprinting until he hits the the the end zone.
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Like, I don't want to see you stop.
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The play's not over yet. And now everyone's dropping
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balls at the end zone, like get up there.
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So like the same thing. It's it's more of an effort
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thing. And this is my kind of general
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gripe with professional sports over college is that with
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college, everything is an audition all the time.
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Whereas in the NFL, once you get paid, like you got paid, you
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know, so it's like, I mean, you still want to keep getting paid,
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but I don't know. So that's my kind of take on it.
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But that is an interesting perspective of like, yeah, that
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quarterback did hit the ground twice, so.
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Yeah, that's wild. All right, well, let's let's go
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ahead and get started here. We we're, we were going to do a
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couple different games today, but again, Will decided to
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cancel his Internet right before the show and so.
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I should be good actually. I've got all my stuff.
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Oh, you have all your notes and everything?
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I should be good. I hot spotted in for long enough
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to get it into a spreadsheet and we should be good.
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OK, well in that case, we're going to do 2 games today.
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So we're going to go ahead and start with my game, which is a
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game of over or under. And so as you guys know, I am a
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big fan of stats and so I spend a lot of time throughout the
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week just kind of looking at just random stats throughout the
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NFL. And this week I was looking at
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stats and I came across some stats from players that and I
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noticed that these players are on track to break some single
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season NFL records. And So what I want to do is I'm
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going to give you guys the name of a player who's on track to
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break a single season record. I'll tell you what they're on
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track for. Then I'll tell you what the
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single season record is. And I want you guys to tell me
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if this player will finish over or under what the NFL single
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season record is. So I've got five players here.
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So the first one is Bucs wide receiver and Mecca E Bucca.
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He is on pace for 1513 receiving yards, which would break the
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single season record by a rookie receiver for receiving yards.
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With 1486 receiving yards set by Puka Nakua.
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Will Ebuka finish over or under? That record I'm going to go
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ahead and say under, not by a line.
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Yeah, I just, to me, I, I, I don't see it being as
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sustainable. And, and I mean that more from
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like a team perspective, meaning like the same way that your
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receiver is not going to get a lot of fantasy points if your
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team's already up by 20. You know, it's like, we don't
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need to be throwing the ball. I, I, I see it more as like,
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look, if Mecca gets a lot more attention on him, then we'll
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throw to other guys. Kind of like A.J.
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Brown is not getting a lot of touches, but their team is
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winning, you know, for the most part.
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So like, it's one of those things where it's like, hey,
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like if, if, if all we need to do is take two corners to put on
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you and then we can run our game, you know, kind of
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unbothered, then I'm all for that.
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But I would love to see him do it.
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I think he's more than capable of it.
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But I think eventually defenses start realizing this guy's on a
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historic run. At the very least we can shut
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that down and force him to go somewhere else.
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So I see it more as like respect to opposing defenses that
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they're going to play that like, you're not going to just let
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this rookie just run all over you so.
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I actually disagree. I think he beats it so far.
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We are five years into the season and I think four of the
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five or five of the five have come down to a last second drive
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or last the final drive for the Bucks.
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Win or lose, right? You lost the Eagles, so
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everything has come down to the wire.
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Where did the Bucks had to play a full 16 minutes every single
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week? And so with that, Abuka is not
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the number one currently, whether it's Mike Evans or Chris
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Godwin, he's the rookie, He's not the veteran.
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And so he's going to take a bad seat to those guys.
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And if by chance they both happen to be in the same week,
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doesn't seem like that it's going to be the case right now.
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If they both happen to be in and Abuka slips to the slot like he
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played in college, I think he's going to be even more open as
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foodie. You got do you guard Mike Evans?
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Do you guard Chris Gowen or do you guard MSK Vuca?
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You've got three wonderful ride distributors there and Baker, as
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we said already, this show is an absolute dog.
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And it doesn't matter if there's five people trying to tackle
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him. He's going to be a full Tony
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Romo spin out and throw it anyway.
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And so it it's good to watch And and then they've got Bucky and
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Rashad White back there who make he respects the run game.
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And so the play action works incredibly effectively.
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They have a really, really good offense.
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As you said earlier, their defense, he hasn't been suspect
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right now, but that's when you keep their offense cooking all
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the way through. And he's currently sitting at
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445 yards, right, 35 games. He said, as you make sure I've
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got enough. Yeah, 25 receptions, 17 and 17.8
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yards per reception. That's huge.
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And so he's not just getting and he may just be getting short
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stuff as well, but like he's getting when he's getting the
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ball, he's making a play at every time, right?
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I, I would like to see him do it.
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The Bucks are, are a fun thing to watch because of this.
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So I think he does do it. Just like we saw with the Bucks
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with the Mike Evans thing, 1000 yard season last year.
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If they get close to a record, if they go for it, they want to
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keep things going. And so I wouldn't be surprised
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if we get to week 16, they've got two games left and he's
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sitting at, I don't know, 1200 yard.
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He's like, I mean, we could probably do it.
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We could probably break that record.
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Let's go for it. And so, so I would not be
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surprised if we get close and he is close and then he is to start
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feeding in the bowl. So I I could see it happening,
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yeah. I'm going to go with Avery on
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this one and I'm going to go with under and.
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Who Will's the Bucs fan here? Yeah, well the reason why is you
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look at his game log. So he started off with 67 yards,
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then the next game he had 29 yards.
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Then the next game he had 85, then one O 1, then 163.
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It's not every week that you're getting 163 yards.
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You're not going to do that every week, as great as that
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was. And I I would love to see that
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every week. It's just not going to happen
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every single week. There are going to be weeks
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where he does have 29 yards, but he can still be effective as a
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weapon even though he's only getting 29 yards.
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So I think he can get close to it.
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I think he can get within range, but I don't think he's going to
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quite get there just because I feel like other teams, like
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Avery said, are going to key in on him.
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And I think that, you know, there will be games when Mike
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Evans and Chris Godwin are on the field with him where he does
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get a lot of of catches and yards because those two other
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guys are on the field as well. But I feel like there's going to
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be games where he's kind of the center of attention because of
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defense. You know, they look at what he's
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done so far and they say we need to stop him.
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And so I feel like he can do it, but I feel like he's just going
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to finish maybe a little bit underneath that record.
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All right, so the second one is Rams wide receiver Pukunakua.
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He is on pace for 1999 receiving yards, which would break the
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record of 1964 receiving yard set by Calvin Johnson.
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Will Pukunakua finish over or under that record?
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Under. Why do you say under?
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Because I don't think he's beating Calvin Johnson Also, I I
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think that right now, I mean, kind of the same thing you just
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said. I mean, but before Emeka's last
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game, I mean, would we have been talking about him getting to
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1500 yards? I mean, I feel like this is such
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a brief stint, although I will say that he's getting more
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catches than anybody. I mean if you look here, give me
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one. 2nd. Yeah, he's, I mean, as far as
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just, I mean, consistency in a, in a clear cut like ever present
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weapon, I mean, he's there. But I mean, when you beat out
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the next best player in yards per game by 11 and then what is
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it by 30 yards for the next best receiver, Justin Jefferson, it's
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like that's pretty impressive. And so I the same thing with a
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Mecca. I'm trying to stay consistent
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here. I just don't think you can keep
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that up for long enough. I think, again, defense is like
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I I like Nakua BYU boy puka, by the way, that just that's a
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Polynesian term just means fat and chubby because he was a big
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baby. But I just don't think he's
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going to be able to sustain it for long enough.
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It's the same thing. Like, you know, what was it last
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week, 2 weeks ago when I was like, oh, Josh Allen's the clear
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cut, you know, MVP front runner at the moment, you know, because
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he had some sweet games. Now we're not talking about it
22:08
as much. Not that he's like doing any
22:09
worse, just that OK, reality kind of set in.
22:12
He's not on top of the world. He's not a world beater right
22:15
now at the moment because we always talk, you know, on a week
22:17
to week basis. But no, I don't.
22:19
I don't think he'll be able to keep this up for another, what,
22:22
11-12 games? What do you think Will?
22:24
I unfortunately have to agree. I don't think he breaks the
22:27
record. I I mean, 117 yards a game,
22:31
that's really, really good. 52 receptions for the season that
22:34
were five games, just over 10 receptions a game.
22:36
That's really, really good. I, I actually think that he
22:41
could do it. I don't think he's going to be
22:43
the problem. I worry more about Matt
22:45
Stafford's Lonzie over the season because he's up there at
22:48
age and he is he is incredibly tough, right.
22:51
He plays through a lot of stuff plays with a injury.
22:54
But as the season winds on, if you're ever going to start
22:58
violating that back, all right, so long as they even play on
23:00
spot secure, they're going to start violating that back and
23:03
running more to keep Matt Stafford semi fresh for the
23:08
playoffs. So I, I think that there's going
23:10
to be a a drop off as the season moves on begin assuming that
23:14
they have their playoff spots here.
23:16
So I'm actually going to go with over and the reason why is
23:22
because he's just getting an insane amount of targets.
23:26
And typically when you get more targets and you get more
23:29
catches, you have more yards. Unless you have a game where
23:33
you're like Devon HN and you get 20 catches for 30 yards, you're
23:37
probably going to have more yards when you have more
23:39
catches. And so if you look at Calvin
23:42
Johnson and Cooper Cup, who are the two highest guys on this
23:45
list, Calvin Johnson averaged 7.6 catches a game when he did
23:49
it and Cooper Cup averaged 8.5 catches a game when he did it.
23:54
Kukunakua has like an average of like 10.4 catches a game right
23:58
now. So he's averaging about two more
24:02
catches, two or three more catches than those two guys in
24:05
the five game so far. And Matthew Stafford is just
24:09
feeding him the ball. He's he doesn't seem like he's
24:13
he's not the biggest guy, He's not the fastest guy.
24:15
He's just somehow always open. And when you're always open,
24:19
you're going to get the ball a butt load of times every single
24:22
game. So that's why I think he's going
24:24
to break the record. All right, the third one.
24:29
This is also Rams wide receiver Puku Nakua.
24:32
He is on pace for 177 catches, which would break the record of
24:38
149 catches set by Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas.
24:42
Will Pukunakua finish over or under this record?
24:46
I would say out of the last two over unders you've given us, I
24:52
think this is the most likely just because, I mean, I guess
24:56
barring an injury, he just seems like a consistently good option
25:01
for Stafford to go to. I mean, the receptions he's
25:04
already been getting, I mean, compared to the other receivers
25:07
is ridiculous. It's clearly an outlier.
25:10
So I mean, I could see it especially, and I want to note
25:13
something here. He has one of the well, I don't
25:18
I don't know how to say this. He doesn't have his longest
25:22
catch is 31 yards. Most every other receiver has a
25:26
longer catch than that already. He goes for a lot of these short
25:30
routes because he's not averaging a lot of yards, I
25:34
mean, per catch, I guess. And a lot of those slants, I
25:37
mean, they're harder to they're harder to to defend, you know,
25:41
the Abuka, Abuka also, I'm pretty sure it's Abuka.
25:46
I've been hearing everyone say that and not pronouncing the G,
25:49
but that might be a conversation for another time.
25:51
But I just. I'm going to go off from
25:53
Markashi's pronunciation. Hey, Big Bo, Big Bo.
26:01
I just think with with some of these shorter routes, quicker
26:05
passes, I think the reception thing can get there.
26:08
I think you can write that record.
26:10
I'm still going to go under though.
26:11
Even even with that, I'm still saying under.
26:13
I don't think he'll do it, but I think he could.
26:17
OK, I'm going to say over actually he so we're a whole of
26:22
the race of the season and he's got 52 receptions.
26:25
The number that really speaks out to me is that his catching
26:27
percentage is 83.9. You're a very high catch
26:31
percentage. You've been targeted 6262 times,
26:35
52 of them he's caught. Now.
26:36
I don't know about drops. I'm sure drops, just that I have
26:40
here. I don't know where it's at, but
26:43
doesn't necessarily matter. 62 or 52 for 62 is incredibly good
26:48
through five games. That's a very high number
26:50
through five games. And so if this continues on at
26:55
the same pace, he's like, like he said, he's going to cross
26:58
that record. There is no reason why it's
27:01
going to stop. It is obvious.
27:04
It's obvious. It was obvious before the season
27:06
started that Puka was the number one.
27:08
He is there right receiver one. No question that Cooper cut, he
27:12
moved on. He's in Seattle now.
27:14
There's no who's the ball going to who we have to cover.
27:17
The answer is Buku Nukua. So it's not like they're hiding
27:21
and you just like with the I mean, any, any team at the Vengo
27:25
to mark space, that's the guy we have to cover.
27:28
And so he is a true 1. He he is their true number one
27:31
for a reason. And like Avery said, his longest
27:34
reception is only 31 yards. 30, right, 31.
27:40
Yep, 31. This year, yes, doesn't matter.
27:44
31, So his his longest reception, 31 yards.
27:47
And so he's not doing, he's not putting himself out there, say
27:51
get hurt, right? Like most of these big injuries
27:53
come from these long pass plays where somebody pulls the
27:56
hamstring or there's a big collision over the middle
27:59
because the safety was sitting on it and whatnot.
28:01
And so he's he's doing the right things and sitting in his zones
28:04
and he's just making play after play after play.
28:06
So what I think probably receptions over yards, it's like
28:11
Avery, again, like Avery said, there's a record that you get
28:13
broken. I'm going to say over again.
28:18
I'm going to agree with you on this one, Will.
28:19
I also said over and the reason is he's on pace.
28:22
Just just smash this record like he's on pace to for it to not
28:26
even be close to the record. So exactly what you said.
28:31
I had the the 52 catches on 62 targets thing down.
28:35
I also wrote down Devante Adams targets and catches which so
28:40
he's been targeted 46 times and he has 22 catches which is 30
28:44
less than Puku Nakua on only 16 less targets.
28:49
So his receptions is at 47.8%. When Matthew Stafford throws to
28:55
Devante Adams. If you're Matthew Stafford,
28:57
would you rather throw to puke and Akua where you're completing
29:00
it 84% of the time or would you rather throw it to Devante Adams
29:03
where you're only completing it 48% of the time?
29:07
You throw to puke and Akua, right?
29:10
I think over the year and especially next year, I needed
29:14
Devante Adams numbers to go up this first year in the system.
29:17
And this is Buca's second year and and this is a sophomore
29:20
year. So, so third, Yep, third.
29:24
But either way, second or third doesn't really matter truly
29:28
because Fuca grew up under Mass Stafford.
29:31
Devante Adams has had a bunch of different quarterbacks, Aaron
29:35
Rodgers and and so he's had there's been more than that.
29:38
I know don't at me please. But there's there's there's
29:44
similar style, but it's it's, it's, it is fully different.
29:47
And so who could knows how to speak Matt Stafford where Adams
29:51
is still learning how to speak Matt Stafford.
29:53
So, so I think as the year goes on and even in the next year is
29:56
Adams on a 2 year contract? I I think we see those those
30:00
percentages go up all. Right.
30:02
Cool. So the 4th 1 Broncos linebacker
30:05
and Nick Benito has seven sacks in five games and he is on pace
30:10
for 24 sacks this year, which would break the record of 22 1/2
30:15
sacks in a single season. Will he finish over or under
30:18
that record? I'm going to give the obvious
30:22
answer after you guys go. Well. 1st That's fine.
30:27
I don't have the Broncos schedule pulled up in front of
30:31
me, but I'm going to go under because getting a sack is
30:34
incredibly hard. Just in general, it's just a
30:36
very hard thing. Union, FL.
30:38
The only reason to me, the only reason he has seven this year
30:41
and got 13 1/2 last year because that Broncos secondary is doing
30:46
good things. And so you're going to like
30:48
coverage sets, quarterbacks aren't able to turn down the
30:50
field. But OK, so who's in the
30:54
division? The Raiders, the Raiders,
30:56
Chargers, Chiefs and then Broncos.
31:00
I mean, two of those three have really bad offensive lines and
31:05
their quarter matches take sets all the time.
31:08
So that that is in his favor. But I still don't think it's
31:11
going to happen. I think it slows down as the
31:14
season goes on. They will start double teaming
31:16
him more and they just feel like he ever said with with Nikola
31:20
and and and and Buca or and Buca, whatever we're trying to
31:23
call him now. And mecha will go that way.
31:26
Yeah, I think they're just they just suggested and say, hey,
31:28
this guy's the record. Let's stop that guy from
31:30
wrecking us. So sorry, Sander.
31:34
I'm going to agree. I also think he will finish
31:36
under that record. But I will say this is that the
31:39
Broncos lead the league with 21 sacks right now as a team, he
31:43
has seven of those. The rest of the team has 14
31:46
sacks, which is either tied with or more than 28 other NFL teams.
31:51
So the Broncos have 10 players on defense who have had at least
31:55
one sack this year, and they have four guys on defense who
31:58
have had at least multiple sacks.
32:00
And so I feel like with all the guys that they have who can be a
32:04
threat to get a sack or to rush the passer, there's a
32:08
possibility that he could get at least in that range because they
32:12
have so many guys who can get to the quarterback.
32:16
So it takes more attention away from him instead of having a
32:20
bunch of double or triple teams on him all the time because
32:23
there's so many other guys on that team who can get to the
32:25
quarterback as well. So it forces the offense to not
32:28
be able to focus on him as much. So I think he's going to finish
32:32
under, but I think he can get close.
32:34
Yeah, he's under. I just, I what Will said at the
32:39
beginning. Like it's hard to get a sack.
32:41
We watch Michael Parsons not be able to sack Dak all but one
32:45
time. For 0 yards.
32:47
Yeah, I, I just, I don't see him going off that much.
32:52
I think he's, it's kind of the same thing with Abuka.
32:54
And this is, I mean, maybe I sound pessimistic.
32:57
I feel like it's more realistic where it's like, yeah, he had
33:00
160 yards this past game. So like now he's on pace to hit
33:05
this 1500, you know, yard mark. I mean, if you just take, you
33:10
know, 160 * 17, you know, I mean, yeah, he this last game,
33:19
after that, just that game, he's on pace for 2700 yards.
33:22
It's like it's not, it's not going to happen that way.
33:24
I can. Decide on the.
33:25
Same thing. And, and I would say that it
33:28
would be nuts. I I would say that Ibuka and
33:31
Nikua have yeah, they should be on the same team.
33:34
It's just Ibuka and Nikua sounds like a star band name.
33:39
As long as it's on the Bucks, I'm cool with that.
33:42
As long as it's on the Bucks. I'm cool.
33:43
Yeah. I, I just, I guess unlike
33:48
receiving yards and touchdowns, I feel like sacks are way more
33:52
out of your control. As someone who has played a
33:55
linebacker on college football, Martha Glory, I can tell you
34:00
personally, it's very hard. It's very hard to get sacks.
34:04
It's much harder than it is to get touchdowns.
34:07
So that's your answer. That's true.
34:10
It's very it's much further out of your control.
34:13
So for that reason alone, I'm like, I just don't see him going
34:16
off like that every game. So all right, great player
34:21
though. Cool.
34:22
So I got one more here and this is Titans wide receiver Chim DK
34:28
who is on pace for 2264 kick return yards which would break
34:34
the record of 2186 kick return yards.
34:38
Will he finish over or under that number?
34:41
I'm going to say over because the Titans suck.
34:43
And so they're receiving a lot of kickoff returns.
34:47
So that's that's really what we're saying here is is he going
34:50
to return enough kickoffs to get that many yards?
34:53
Is their defense bad enough? Now, the other part of this is
34:58
that this gets an asterisk to me.
35:01
And a lot of these records do, right, because, oh, was that
35:04
record were set back when they were playing 14 games?
35:06
Of course they're playing 17 now.
35:09
Sure. The NFL kick off rules.
35:11
We talked about this a couple of times when we still are as sets
35:14
where you almost have to let the returner get the ball and return
35:18
it. He gets too short, you get on
35:20
the 4035 or 40 yard line here it's it's 3035.
35:25
He added bounds. They get on the 40, kick it too
35:27
short here on the 35 because he ends on the year on the 30.
35:30
So you might as well just take it to him and hope for the best.
35:34
But subsequently at the same, that's the wrong word.
35:38
Doesn't matter where we're going, your kickoff team is
35:41
starting so much closer and so you have less of a running
35:44
start. And so the return guys are are
35:48
getting a full head of steam and they are full running by the
35:51
time they get the ball already. And no one's allowed to start
35:55
running often or on the kicker or kickoff team until the ball
35:59
is caught. And so you you can't start
36:03
moving until he catches the ball, except for the guy who's
36:05
about to catch the ball, who's going to be running at almost a
36:08
full out of steam or have had his momentum moving in that
36:11
direction already. This is set up for a returner's
36:15
dream. If Devin Hester was returning
36:18
kicks right now in the NFL, people would just be giving the
36:21
Bears the ball at the 40 yard line.
36:22
It would just kick it straight ahead of bounds.
36:24
Where I'm not. I would rather than try to move
36:26
the ball 60 yards then put the ball in that guy's hands.
36:29
There's just no way. I, I think this record is
36:33
destined to be broken. It may not beat him.
36:35
I I think it probably will be. He's got it set up.
36:38
He's having a team with a terrible defense and so he's
36:41
getting a lot of opportunities. Let's see, he's got 25 returns
36:44
already this season. You're five games.
36:46
That's 5A game that's in court. That's too much.
36:49
That is too many times. I mean, minimum is 1A game,
36:53
right? Because you have to kick off
36:55
either at the start of the game or to add halftime.
36:58
So minimum has won a game and he's got 25 through 5 games.
37:03
That's not great. Not the point.
37:06
I know I like as long as the 71 yards.
37:09
I would think as the season goes on, it's going to both get
37:12
harder and easier because people are going to want to not play on
37:15
special teams rights. These guys only job the special
37:18
teams overall. That's that's what they do.
37:20
They they've got physicians in the team, but you are a special
37:23
teams player because as injuries happens now you're now your
37:27
kickoff guy has to go in his linebacker, but he's still on
37:31
kickoff. So he's got less energy on
37:32
kickoff and so your your energy to stop it is it goes down
37:40
there. The same thing with tickers are
37:41
you're filling in an actual positions not to special changes
37:44
in the natural position. I don't know.
37:46
I think it's, I think it's set up to get broken, whether my
37:49
chin or somebody else. But why not this year?
37:52
And why not head right? I agree with Will completely.
37:54
I feel like it's kind of a bit of an asterisk.
37:57
In fact, I feel like that's kind of the same for a lot of these
38:00
records, just because now they're 17 games, there's a
38:02
whole extra game that a lot of these other players didn't have.
38:06
And it's kind of the same thing with, like, career points.
38:10
Like this is, I guess basketball, but in college is my
38:15
basketball moment. But, you know, they added, you
38:18
know, you can stay an extra year in college.
38:21
So we had a guy named Armando Bacot who broke this, the career
38:25
record of rebounds at Carolina. And it's like, OK, I mean, you
38:29
had an extra year to do it, like give you 20% more games than
38:34
anyone else. It's like, well, yeah, you got
38:36
it. Like, I hope you got it.
38:38
So it's like kind of a bummer. Like for when the way statistics
38:42
are viewed, it's like, well, it's kind of skews everything.
38:44
And no one's really going to take into consideration unless
38:47
you just blew the record out of the water, in which case, OK,
38:50
the other game doesn't really matter.
38:51
Like, you were going to do it anyways.
38:53
This is still, like, great. But I, I feel like, yeah, it is
38:58
kind of a bit of an asterisk. And I do think he will break it.
39:01
And at this point in the NFLI, feel like all you really need is
39:05
a excellent returner and Brandon Aubrey.
39:09
And at that point it's like, hey, we either score or they
39:13
give it to us at the 40. We get one first down and then
39:16
we kick a field goal, you know? So it's like no matter what, we
39:20
win. And then if it's the Eagles that
39:22
have it all that it's like, and then if we get close, I mean,
39:24
we'll just we'll touch each other's butts to get this first.
39:27
So, yeah, I don't know. I'm, I'm, I'm actually really
39:31
excited in a weird way to see all the changes that happened
39:36
this next offseason. You like a lot of these players
39:40
are going to are bringing up issues that have to be decided
39:43
again. I feel like the Tosh push will
39:45
be revisited. I think you'll get it.
39:48
Cool. Yeah, I agree.
39:49
I think he's going to finish over the record because of the
39:51
new kickoff format. And the reason that I actually
39:55
found this stat is because I was looking just, I don't know why I
40:00
was looking at kick return stats and I saw that he has 261 more
40:05
return yards than any other player in the NFL right now.
40:09
And so I was like that kind of like is like a lot.
40:13
And so I was kind of looking at that.
40:15
And I just happened to look up the the kick return record and I
40:20
was like, dude, he, he's going to break the record for sure.
40:24
I don't have the capability to do this.
40:26
Can you check real quick how many more returns the next guys?
40:30
You have 9. So yeah, OK, right there it is
40:33
that you've had nine more opportunities because your team
40:36
sucks. I mean, that's just what it is,
40:38
is that your team is bad and so you're getting more returns.
40:41
But hey, you know what? That's how records are broken
40:44
and that's that's the way it goes.
40:48
So. It's the same thing with
40:49
receiving titles. It's like, oh, your team was bad
40:53
enough that you guys had to throw the ball a lot during the
40:56
season and into the late games. You know, if your team was
40:58
better, if your defense did better, we would have just ran
41:01
it because we didn't want to risk the interception.
41:03
But because your team was just bad enough, we had enough of a
41:06
reason to keep throwing the ball all.
41:10
Right. Well, how long is your game
41:12
going to take, you think? We can make it as fast, as slow
41:16
as we want. 10 seconds. All right, well, let's let's do
41:20
it. Let's do it.
41:21
OK, so I've got three different quarterbacks here, all starting
41:26
quarterbacks in the NFL. I'm going to list some key stats
41:29
I've got. I've got all the stats, not all
41:33
of them. I've got all of their passing
41:34
stats. So if you have additional
41:36
questions, let me know. We're going to call them
41:38
quarterback one, quarterback 2, Quarterbacks 3 out of
41:40
originality and I want you to tell me which one you want
41:44
leading your team. OK, so quarterback one, we have
41:51
a 67% completion percentage. We have 990 total yards, 6
41:56
touchdowns, 1 interception on the season.
41:59
Quarterback two, we have a 62.3% completion percentage, We have
42:06
927 yards, so we are 70 yards less, well 63 yards less.
42:12
We have 8 touchdowns and two picks, and in quarterback #3 we
42:19
have a 66.9 completion percentage.
42:22
We have 889 yards, 7 touchdowns, 0 pits.
42:28
Is there anything else you'd like to know?
42:31
I think I might know who these. People are.
42:36
I know the last one for sure. QBR for number 1 is 57.5.
42:42
QBR for number 2 is 57.5, QBR for #3 is 71.6.
42:51
OK. So will I if, if Avery and I get
42:54
if Avery and I get these right, who they are don't tell us.
42:56
OK, OK. So, So I think the third one is
43:00
Jalen Hertz. Yeah, yeah.
43:03
OK, who do you think the other two are?
43:06
I'm pretty sure the other two, 'cause I real I, I kind of
43:09
picked up on what which direction he was going with as
43:12
it wasn't 'cause I know the yards of the top guys.
43:14
So I know it's not the top guys. I think it's Mac Jones and Kayla
43:21
Williams. Oh, that's right, he's not going
43:23
to tell us. I forgot.
43:26
I'm really good. I'm also really good at seeing
43:29
here stone face. So you're not going to, you're
43:32
not going to Get Me Out of that one.
43:34
OK. Was there?
43:35
So was there a question? Did I?
43:38
So, so the question is, is, is who would you want leading your
43:42
team? What?
43:44
Were the interceptions again for each quarterback?
43:47
So Quarterback one has thrown 1 intersection this season,
43:49
Quarterback 2 has thrown 2 intersections in the season, and
43:52
quarterback 3 has thrown 0. Quick quick digress here.
43:56
Yards per game number one has 198 yards per game.
44:01
Number 2 has 231 yards per game and #3 has 100 and 77177 yards
44:09
per game. Number one has taken 9 stacks
44:12
this season #2 has taken 7 stacks this season and #3 has
44:17
taken 15 stacks this season. I would say whoever whichever
44:23
number Mac Jones is after I named him.
44:28
Now I'm like having trouble remembering which number
44:30
everyone was. Matt Jones not on the list?
44:35
Really. Matt Jones is more one of these
44:38
three quarterbacks. Oh damn.
44:41
OK, let's see. So, so quick quick overview one
44:46
more time here. Quarterback number one, 990
44:49
yards. This touchdown 1 intersection.
44:52
Quarterback number two 927 yards, 8 touchdowns, 2
44:57
interceptions. Quarterback number three. 889
45:00
yards, 7 touchdowns, 0 interceptions.
45:06
I think I know who number one is.
45:08
I think I know who number 1 is. Is it Rattler?
45:12
It is Rattler. It's it is.
45:14
Rattler. It's Spencer Rattler.
45:15
Oh, I was off. OK, well, that makes this a lot
45:21
more interesting now because I was like Mac Jones, though.
45:24
And now I'm like, oh, shoot, because here's this is my brief
45:31
thinking right now. And then I'll let her over.
45:33
I'll let Joel speak more on it. I feel like Jalen Hurts is just
45:38
the is doing what is needed to win games in Philadelphia.
45:42
I don't think he's necessarily out there trying to create, you
45:45
know, some hype for him for the next team he plays for.
45:47
He does not throw in a whole lot.
45:48
Doesn't feel like it feels like he's doing what is necessary to
45:52
win. He is an Eagles player, Rattler.
45:55
He plays on the Saints. So even though I mean he's not
46:00
doing great, I'm sure he's at no further up than middle of the
46:05
league in stats. But I'm sure that it would be a
46:09
lot better if he was on a better team.
46:14
I'd probably say Joel, you go first, you go first.
46:22
No, but so First off, I want to say, Avery, I'm going to post
46:25
that thing that you said about Jalen Hurts on social media and
46:27
Eagles fans are going to absolutely RIP you apart because
46:30
they're going to be so butthurt at you that you said something
46:33
bad about their team. Well, then let me do it again
46:35
and I'll like hit a little harder next time like.
46:42
Now, Eagles fans, Eagles fans are I We already know that the
46:46
Eagles fans are the worst, but on social media, if you say
46:49
anything bad about their team, they are mean.
46:52
They are so. What are you going to do?
46:53
What are you going to do? Trash your own streets, idiots.
46:59
So, OK, so really there's three not great options here, right?
47:05
I was going to say, I was going to say #3 just simply because of
47:10
the no turnovers. Because when you have no
47:13
turnovers, that's a big factor in the game.
47:16
Even 1 turnover can make a difference.
47:18
And I know it's over the course of five games, but still, if you
47:22
look at the Buccaneers, in the one game that the Buccaneers
47:26
turned over the football, they lost in the one game that they
47:30
turned it over. So I feel like I would say #3
47:35
just because there's no turnovers there.
47:37
It's 3/3 was Hertz. I'm probably straying from the
47:44
game here, but I'm trying to see it as Kayla Williams versus
47:47
Hurts. Hurts.
47:48
And I feel like they're just playing different games.
47:55
I don't want to say Kayla Williams because I wouldn't want
47:58
to build a team around him. Probably take Hurts.
48:04
So #3. With Hurts wasn't one of the
48:06
three quarterbacks, but if you're just wrong.
48:11
That's I had not considered that.
48:17
Well, I'm almost positive that other one that I got wrong that
48:21
wasn't Matt Jones is Spencer Rattler and I would not choose
48:24
him. Dude, that guy's been passed
48:26
around because he wasn't good in college his whole career.
48:29
It's like like you're going to GoPro and then you're going, oh,
48:32
we never realized how good you were.
48:36
Spencer Rattlers never played for one NFL team.
48:38
Matt Jones has played to life for them.
48:41
No, but like in college didn't he play for, I mean he ended
48:45
with is it South Carolina? He was at Oklahoma and.
48:51
He was also at USCI. Think.
48:54
Oh see he was. No, I think it was just the 2
48:55
wasn't it? Was just maybe.
48:58
All I know is like. Anyway, I don't want to.
49:01
Oh, I'm seeing Caleb Williams went from Oklahoma, USC or vice
49:05
versa, One or two. Yeah, first one, yeah, yeah, I
49:11
would take, I would take Hertz. And then assuming it's the other
49:14
guy is shoot, who were we saying Caleb is Rattler, Caleb
49:19
Williams. I'd take Caleb Williams a
49:20
second. I just, there's something about
49:24
him that's throwing me off. I don't, I don't know what it
49:28
is, but that guy is a little bit of an enigma and a little bit
49:33
not of an enigma enough. I just, I don't know, right?
49:43
I want to say this other thing. Yeah, it's it's.
49:46
Cornerback Quarterback number one is Spencer Rattler.
49:49
You were correct. He is 119 of 177 this season,
49:54
67% complete percentage. So 990 yards, 6 touchdowns, one
49:59
pick. He honestly is not having
50:01
statistically a bad season. The Saints are just bad and he
50:05
looks bad doing. That's the problem is that he
50:07
looks bad doing quarterback. Number 2 is Caleb Williams.
50:11
You were correct. He is 81 of 130 this season.
50:14
They have only played four games.
50:16
They're by week already and he is at 927 yards, 8 touchdowns, 2
50:21
picks. He's having statistically a
50:24
pretty good season. He heard he has a bye and the
50:27
number 3 is Jalen Hurts. You were right there as well.
50:30
Who's 93 of 139, which is a 66.9% completion, 7 touchdown, 0
50:36
picks and, and they're obviously four and one.
50:39
And so I, I think what I'm getting at here with this game
50:42
is that if you put Jalen Hurts on the Saints or the Bears and,
50:48
and if you were to just swap Jalen Williams, Jalen Hurts and
50:52
Kayla Williams teams, I think those teams are in the exact
50:56
same spot. I think the Eagles are still
50:58
four and one. I think the Bears are still two
50:59
and two. I, I think that those two are
51:03
interchangeable. I think Spencer Rattler is a big
51:05
of a misnomer here. I I do think it's funny that
51:08
rattlers having a better season kind of than Kelly Williams,
51:12
because everybody talks about all the bears fans talk about
51:14
how good Kelly Williams is. He's not, but he's also new
51:18
playing four games. So I I just wanted to point out
51:21
the fact that that nobody's following Jalen Hurts a good
51:24
quarterback. No one's following him.
51:26
He's the best quarterback in the league.
51:28
He's not often considered even top five, but any time you you
51:33
talk about the Eagles or you talk about Jalen Hurts, it's
51:37
Super Bowl champion Jalen Hurts. Well, sure, but he didn't read.
51:42
I mean, yes, the the Chiefs stopped the run and Jalen Hurts
51:47
had to throw the football in the Super Bowl.
51:50
He did win it with his arm pretty well in the Super Bowl,
51:54
but that is not that came any. I think you were you started
51:57
Avery where he's doing he's best enough to win and he doesn't
52:00
he's not doing more. He doesn't have to sure, but
52:03
still on seasons like that, the quarterback is going to be the
52:06
one that takes the hit for it. And when it comes down to it and
52:10
he gets further in the season and they're people are committed
52:13
to stop the run, but yet their cornerback play hasn't been
52:18
there. I I am worried, not like I'm
52:21
worried the Eagles because I don't like those guys, but I
52:24
wouldn't be. I was suspect that the Eagles
52:27
have a rough time pulling those back.
52:30
When he starts slow, it's hard to pick up later in the season.
52:35
I would say I mean, well, let me clarify with Jalen Hurts, I
52:39
don't mean he's like not doing any more than he needs to.
52:43
I would just say that I mean he's doing what the team has
52:49
required of him. Like he's going above and beyond
52:51
for the team at I guessed at like while sacrificing some
52:58
quarterback stats that you would like to show off.
53:01
You know, if if down the road he's looking at his stats and
53:04
his kids are asking like, what about this season?
53:06
You this whole stretch, you didn't have many passing yards.
53:08
Like, well, it's you know, because we have Barclay and
53:11
we're trying to run it more and, you know, we wanted to be able
53:13
to, you know, trick them and conserve plays this way and that
53:16
way. And they're like, yeah, I just
53:18
don't think you were that great at throwing, you know, where
53:20
it's one of those things where it's like, hey, you're not going
53:22
to have a statistically great year.
53:24
I mean, year, not wide receiver is already like complaining
53:28
online. So I'm like, I mean, you guys
53:31
are winning though. And I mean, you're kind of
53:34
looking like the Chiefs this year.
53:37
You're looking like that team that everyone wants to beat.
53:40
I mean, you won the Super Bowl. The Chiefs aren't great by the
53:43
way, I did have them not making the Super the playoffs and it's
53:47
looking good for me so far. But.
53:48
It's still early. But just saying like, hey, dude,
53:51
you're the quarterback on the best team.
53:53
All you got to make make sure is that the team keeps winning.
53:56
Like if you're winning, you're good.
53:58
So I like it's hard to tell what he's really capable of, what
54:03
he's capable of because he's in a system that requires him to do
54:08
his job that he needs to do rather than like, hey, let's see
54:11
what you got. You know, hey, we're kind of at
54:13
a loss here. You know, Baker Mayfield going
54:15
in Tampa's, Hey, just be you, let's see what you got.
54:18
And then like, we'll build some pieces around it.
54:20
This is more like, we need you to do this.
54:23
We need guys to to to push your butt.
54:26
They are going to pack your fudge, you know, to get you over
54:30
that line. You know, it's like it's not
54:32
going to be comfortable. It's not going to be pretty.
54:34
It's not going to be fun, but you're going to win and everyone
54:36
knows you're going to do it and everyone's going to see you
54:38
getting your, you know, you know, pushed on national
54:41
television. You're not going to be throwing
54:43
it as much. Your receiver, your top receiver
54:45
is going to be upset, but you're going to be winning games.
54:47
So I think, oh, let's say I think he's a good player.
54:53
My main point was that I wasn't sure if you were comparing these
54:56
quarterbacks to, to make a point that they're all about the same
55:00
level or that the teams don't change much.
55:04
Like if you swap the quarterbacks around, the teams
55:06
are going to do the like just as well.
55:09
Because I would say that that is true.
55:12
I feel like most of those quarterbacks could be just
55:14
swapped around. But I think that's less about
55:17
the quarterbacks being the same and more about it having more to
55:22
do with the teams. Like swapping a quarterback
55:25
isn't going to make the team a whole lot better.
55:28
You know, bringing in Flacco to the Browns of the Bengals isn't
55:33
going to stop him from getting his leg snapped.
55:34
Like it's just not like that's it's already happened to two
55:37
quarterbacks. It's like, dude, you're being
55:41
thrown into the meat grinder right now.
55:43
Like this is the fastest way to retirement possible Anyway.
55:49
Yeah. Yeah, I don't know.
55:51
I actually don't know what my actual point was here.
55:55
Just just to point out stats. Truly, it was just to point out
55:57
stats like we we give both Spencer Rattler and we mean me
56:03
specifically against Spencer Rattler and Carrie Williams, so
56:07
much crap. These guys are bad.
56:09
You can't do anything. Then draft the Tyler Shark.
56:11
Tyler Shark can't even play. Kid wins the terrible
56:14
quarterback there. You just can't do anything.
56:16
But yet statistically minus the win loss column, statistically
56:21
those guys are having better seasons than Super Bowl champion
56:25
Jalen Hurts. But in the same vein, we talked
56:30
about how Pat Mahomes, Patrick Mahomes has not had as good as
56:34
statistically regular seasons over the past few years because
56:39
he doesn't have to. So it's just kind of one of
56:42
those, like, what is it like a gluttonous thing?
56:45
Like your team is so good that you know what, I don't have to
56:49
be good. They can be good.
56:51
I don't have to. So I don't know.
56:53
I didn't really have a point. I was just pointing out
56:56
statistically where he ranked Jalen Hurts, his 23rd on the
57:01
quarterback ranking list right now for like yards and stuff
57:05
like that. 23rd in the NFL. Yep, but for the Eagles, doesn't
57:09
really matter because they're four and one doesn't matter.
57:12
So Yep. All right, so so we got probably
57:16
about like 10 minutes left in the show.
57:18
And so we're going to have we're going to do one more topic here
57:20
real quick, which is who or what has been the biggest surprise of
57:25
the NFL season so far. So I'm going to start on this
57:28
one and the player that I think is the most surprising to me
57:32
through five weeks of the season is Geno Smith.
57:37
Geno Smith. Geno Smith looks like he thinks
57:41
that he plays for The Jets again.
57:47
He has been truly terrible this year.
57:50
You know, he was in Seattle as a starter for three years as the
57:53
starter and he he wasn't great, but he was a good quarterback.
57:59
He was a good quarterback for Seattle in the three years that
58:01
he was a starter there. And then as soon as he goes to
58:03
the Raiders, everybody thinks it's going to be a great
58:05
situation because Pete Carroll went and got him.
58:09
He's worked with him before. He knows what Pete Carroll wants
58:11
to do. And then he has just truly been
58:15
terrible. The last time that Geno Smith
58:19
threw more interceptions in a season than he did touchdowns
58:21
was when he was with The Jets, and this year he has thrown 6
58:26
touchdowns and 9 interceptions in five games, and he's on pace
58:30
to throw 30 interceptions this year.
58:34
If you take away Geno Smith's interceptions, the Raiders are
58:37
in a significantly better situation than they are right
58:41
now. They they don't go, they don't
58:44
take it down to the very last play of the game against the
58:47
Bears. They probably win that game
58:49
because Geno Smith is not throwing interceptions.
58:51
Against the Chargers. They had multiple chances to win
58:53
that game and he just kept throwing interceptions.
58:56
Geno Smith has truly been terrible this year.
58:59
And so I thought he was going to be a lot better.
59:01
I thought he was going to help the Raiders to actually compete
59:05
and be a better team than they were last year.
59:07
But he is on par with the quarterbacks that they had last
59:10
year and that's not good. So that's the biggest surprise
59:13
of the season for me is Geno Smith.
59:15
Yeah, I was, I was pretty hyped for the Raiders this season, as
59:19
in 10 teams, you know, Smith P Carroll.
59:21
I mean, I I said on this show, I was pretty hyped for the
59:24
Raiders. I actually early on was
59:26
considering them as like, maybe I'll just be a Raiders fan.
59:29
Vegas is easy enough to get to. We're going to a game here in a
59:32
month like that. Maybe I was be a Raiders fan and
59:35
then and then I didn't do that like that.
59:38
They're just not. That's just not it.
59:40
But but still that I I'm a bit sad about it.
59:45
I understand. It has been pretty surprising.
59:46
I had to look at that. Yeah, but you made a good choice
59:49
not going with them. Yeah.
59:51
All right, Avery, who or what has been the biggest surprise of
59:56
the season for you so far? I'm going to have to say the
1:00:03
number six best receiver in the league right now, Christian
1:00:10
McCaffrey. The fact that he's standing on 2
1:00:14
feet to me is a surprise. Yeah.
1:00:18
He's not particularly doing great rushing.
1:00:21
I mean, he's not doing bad necessarily, but he's not, you
1:00:25
know, popping off. But receiving, yeah, man's a
1:00:29
receiver now he's already got, he's averaging 77 yards a game.
1:00:36
He's got 3 touchdowns. I just, I mean, he's got more
1:00:40
receptions than most receivers now.
1:00:43
It's probably just like, you've got to do everything, dude.
1:00:45
We don't have any more weapons. So like, the fact that the 49ers
1:00:51
are not only having to like, scramble and put some pieces
1:00:57
together to cover for Cat McCaffrey being out, it's the
1:01:00
opposite. It's now he is the only one
1:01:02
around and they are having to just put everything on his
1:01:06
shoulders and somehow that is not breaking him.
1:01:08
And I'm still just, every time I see him, I just look at him like
1:01:11
a glass cannon, a glass nuke. I'm like, this guy could go off
1:01:15
and then just shatter. But so far he is not.
1:01:18
And that is surprising to me. Yeah, that's pretty crazy.
1:01:23
He's actually third in receptions in the whole league
1:01:25
right now. That's pretty.
1:01:27
Crazy with no IU, no Devo, no I mean Jennings, no pearsall from
1:01:34
week to week. They literally have no kennel.
1:01:38
They have no one else. He's like you said, Ebury.
1:01:40
He's doing, you know, he is the Niners, him and Matt Jones or
1:01:44
Brock Furry or whatever average working white guy they put back
1:01:47
there. Yeah.
1:01:50
All right, Will, what's the biggest surprise of the season
1:01:53
for you so far? I'd like to start with some
1:01:55
honorable mentions here. The Dolphins get an honorable
1:01:58
mention as how surprisingly bad they are.
1:02:01
The Ravens get like like they like I've got my team here and
1:02:06
then like the next team below them is the Ravens.
1:02:08
They are incredibly surprising. I I mean, I picked them to no
1:02:13
win the Super Bowl one or two. I don't know, something way up
1:02:16
there and they are just bad. And Cooper Rush is bad and
1:02:20
Derrick Henry, I thought he would have a 3000 yard season.
1:02:23
We'll be lucky if we had 1000 yards out of him this season.
1:02:26
That team is just bad. But I'm going to go with Indiana
1:02:30
Jones and the Indianapolis Colts.
1:02:33
They had that truly surprising in the most positive way.
1:02:37
And I'm known in this show as a bit of a hater.
1:02:40
So I'm trying to change my image just this much.
1:02:44
And so I, I think, and I'm not a Colts fan, but I, I do like to
1:02:49
see bad teams be successful. Oh, also on this list, the
1:02:52
Jaguars, They are doing very well this year.
1:02:55
Arnold, a solid honor of interview Jaguars.
1:02:57
But the Colts, no one, like literally no one expected them
1:03:03
when when the quarterback battle was between Anthony Richardson
1:03:09
and Daniel Jones. Everyone's like, oh, you have
1:03:13
two of these statistically worst quarterbacks in the the NFL from
1:03:18
last year battling for your starting job.
1:03:21
And then Daniel Jones comes out and plays like he's Peyton
1:03:23
Manning. And it's like, what is this?
1:03:26
And it's been fun to watch Peyton, you're right, You're
1:03:32
right. Daniel Jones can run.
1:03:34
Peyton Manning can never run. OK, Yeah.
1:03:37
OK. That that's exactly what I was
1:03:38
getting at. Yeah, yeah.
1:03:41
Anyway, no, I think it's been fun to watch.
1:03:44
Also on this list, AFC S being good is so shocking.
1:03:50
Like like they've got three teams.
1:03:52
They could generally have two teams in the playoffs, which
1:03:56
just hasn't happened in a long time.
1:03:58
So I, I, I'm going to go with the Indianapolis Colts, the
1:04:01
Indiana Jones specifically. Yeah, Yeah, that is I agree.
1:04:05
That's very surprising. I actually think just
1:04:07
personally, I think the Jaguars is more surprising to me than
1:04:09
the Colts because the Colts have actually been like kind of right
1:04:13
on the edge of of a playoff team like and they they haven't had a
1:04:18
quarterback. And so the fact that they have a
1:04:20
decent quarterback playing right now is is not as surprising to
1:04:26
me as the Jaguars not just being total crap because the Jaguars
1:04:31
have just been terrible. And the Colts have actually been
1:04:35
like a mediocre team. Like they're like what the
1:04:37
Dallas Cowboys were with like Jason Garrett, like the last
1:04:40
couple years. They've just been mediocre and
1:04:43
the Jaguars have just been terrible.
1:04:45
So I would say the Jaguars are a little bit more surprising to me
1:04:47
than the Colts, but I think the Colts are definitely a surprise
1:04:50
as well. All right, well, that's all we
1:04:54
got time for today, guys. We will be back next week with
1:04:57
some more stuff. Again, I have no idea what we're
1:04:59
talking about next week, but as always, don't forget to keep
1:05:02
your balls played with. We'll see you next time.
1:05:05
Bye now y'all. Also, Mark Davis and Sarah Kyle
1:05:07
still sucks.