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Speaker 1: big show previewing Week two with Dan Hansis and Mark
Speaker 1: Sessler in just a few minutes. But west let's talk
Speaker 1: about these Jets. Ryan Fitzpatrick played so well that he
Speaker 1: inspired a headline on ESPN that says he had a
Speaker 1: Nameth esque performance. Are you impressed? Absolutely impressed? You referenced
Speaker 1: heat check to me. He was like a three point
Speaker 1: shooter with a spit spot in basketball. You keep going
Speaker 1: right back to that spot, keep chucking it up until
Speaker 1: you cool down. He's throwing downfield to Deck or Marshall
Speaker 1: and your boy Quincy and noon while and these guys
Speaker 1: are killing Ronald Darby and Stefan Gilmore allegedly one of
Speaker 1: the better cornerback tandems in the NFL. And Noah has
Speaker 1: been a revelation through the preseason and now into the
Speaker 1: regular season. He's built like a tight end. They kind
Speaker 1: of cover him like a tight end and you can't
Speaker 1: cover him, and he looks legit and suddenly you have
Speaker 1: three receivers now that are physical. You're in fact Forte
Speaker 1: who's essentially a receiver. That's four that that's a great point.
Speaker 1: And Fitzpatrick, I didn't. I'd have to go back and look.
Speaker 1: I gotta think this was his best game as a jet. Well,
Speaker 1: I'll give you a stet Okay. He had ten completions
Speaker 1: of at least fifteen yards, which is the third most
Speaker 1: of any quarterback in the last ten years. That doesn't
Speaker 1: surprise me. You do not see quarterbacks go down the
Speaker 1: field over and over and over again. Well, he's got
Speaker 1: a weak arm relative to other franchise quarterbacks. But they
Speaker 1: saw they set a stat on the game cast tonight
Speaker 1: that he threw the second mass the second most deep
Speaker 1: passes in the NFL last year, and he was accurate.
Speaker 1: And this was partly about coaching and game planning and
Speaker 1: him recognizing what the Bills were doing, not really giving
Speaker 1: their cornerback safety help and taking advantage. But the Jets
Speaker 1: offense to me, has looked good through two weeks. Overall.
Speaker 1: They racked up almost five yards in this game. They
Speaker 1: moved the ball on the Bengals. They dominated up front
Speaker 1: in the running game against Cincinnati. This time they gave
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick great pass protection. If you're Dan Hansas and you're
Speaker 1: a Jets fan, I mean, you gotta feel great after
Speaker 1: this performance. You go from the second quarter where you're
Speaker 1: feeling like this could be a season ending injury to
Speaker 1: Brandon Marshall. And I saw Dan replied to somebody on
Speaker 1: Twitter who asked, are the playoffs hopes dead if Brandon
Speaker 1: Marshall was out for the year. Dan had no qualification,
Speaker 1: no hesitation, just yes, playoff hopes are dead, and Brandon
Speaker 1: Marshall thanked the football gods. If you're a Jets fan,
Speaker 1: he misses only a handful of plays, comes jogging back
Speaker 1: from the locker room and immediately right out onto the
Speaker 1: field when everyone assumes his knee is blown up, and
Speaker 1: and he came back, he made some catches. You know,
Speaker 1: their defense was better than the final score indicated. The
Speaker 1: game should not have been this close. It was flukey
Speaker 1: that it was so close. And I think Rex Ryan
Speaker 1: after the game knew it. And Rex gets particularly depressed
Speaker 1: when his defense is the reason that they lose, and
Speaker 1: he was really lead down after the game. He just
Speaker 1: kind of said, you know, we I thought we could
Speaker 1: cover him. I thought our guys could cover him. He
Speaker 1: told the CBS halftime reporter on the sideline, Tracy Wilson,
Speaker 1: that he has, you know, the best cornerback duo in
Speaker 1: the league. And it's one of those things. He said
Speaker 1: it so much that he just believes it that it
Speaker 1: can't not be true, and he doesn't help these guys out.
Speaker 1: He doesn't adjust and it's like he had no other
Speaker 1: move that's supposed to be the strength of his defense.
Speaker 1: With Marcel Darius uh suspended, Mario Williams in Miami, and
Speaker 1: Kyle Williams not what he was a few years ago,
Speaker 1: and they got I think Fitzpatrick was thirteen of nineteen
Speaker 1: for two and a touchdown against those two cornerbacks. I mean,
Speaker 1: they have Jerry Hughes, he looks good. They have Kyle Williams,
Speaker 1: but otherwise they have too many replacement level guys on
Speaker 1: this defense. Zack Brown, Lorenzo Alexander, who's played well at times,
Speaker 1: and Rex after the game, maybe knowing that Arizona in
Speaker 1: New England was ahead, he just seems so down. And
Speaker 1: this quote really got me. He said I was afraid
Speaker 1: to pressure because we weren't holding up. And hearing Rex
Speaker 1: Ryan say he was afraid to do anything defensively tells
Speaker 1: you this is not a normal oh and two team.
Speaker 1: To me, this is an Owen two team with major
Speaker 1: injury problems. Sammy Watkins not on the field, the defense
Speaker 1: is incomplete, and there's the whole specter of his job
Speaker 1: and in the general manager's job. We said throughout August
Speaker 1: that this team had a chance of cratering because they
Speaker 1: have no depth. And if you have if you have
Speaker 1: an injury to Sammy Watkins. This could be a lingering,
Speaker 1: season long injury. He told Tracy Wolfson before the game tonight,
Speaker 1: it's a pain management issue to catches for twenty yards.
Speaker 1: He's not on the field for the last two Bills drives,
Speaker 1: and this offense is done without him. He's their franchise player.
Speaker 1: They have no existent wide receiver depth at all. This
Speaker 1: offense is in a world of hurt without Yeah, Tyred
Speaker 1: Taylor to me has looked shaky in both weeks. I
Speaker 1: know he had a couple of big plays, but he
Speaker 1: hasn't been making quick decisions. I don't I don't think
Speaker 1: you can survive the way they did tonight week after week.
Speaker 1: So that's a big problem. And they know they know
Speaker 1: they're not as good. I mean, the Jets were a
Speaker 1: much much better team. They're in a division with the Patriots.
Speaker 1: If you see the box score tomorrow morning, it's incredibly
Speaker 1: misleading for the Bill's offense. Tyrod Taylor, like you said,
Speaker 1: took too long, did not make great decisions in the pocket,
Speaker 1: and his stats are padded by a seventy one yard
Speaker 1: played to Greg South on Greg Salas when he left
Speaker 1: the pocket. Excuse me and the long touchdown to Markee's
Speaker 1: good when the Durrell Rebas got burned on Yeah not
Speaker 1: that was probably the one downside for the Jets was
Speaker 1: Reus giving up that touchdown. But on a night where uh,
Speaker 1: you know, the I know we don't bring baseball and
Speaker 1: on the night where the Yankees lost a game with
Speaker 1: a couple outs in the nine nine and that hurt
Speaker 1: Dan handss Uh. He texted me after this Jets win
Speaker 1: for once, and we don't have Keith handsas on this week,
Speaker 1: We're we're gonna have him back. But in the absence
Speaker 1: of Keith, I'm gonna read dance text for once, it
Speaker 1: is the Jets that save my sanity. I love them
Speaker 1: and want to hold them forever. Good for that. Great
Speaker 1: news for the Jets, and uh, great news for Dan
Speaker 1: because he's going to host the rest of this show.
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Speaker 1: Welcome back to another edition to the Around the NFL Podcast.
Speaker 1: My name is Dan Hansas, and I am joined by
Speaker 1: a room filled with heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling, and
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Speaker 1: look at this podcast, guys, is this is the last
Speaker 1: week of purity UH entering Sunday because after this Sunday
Speaker 1: there's gonna be some teams that are owing too and
Speaker 1: most of those fan bases know what that means. You
Speaker 1: probably stink or you're not very good. But if you
Speaker 1: get out of week two with a win, and even
Speaker 1: after a loss in week one, you're one in one,
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Speaker 1: everybody's flying high. Nothing could go wrong right now, we're okay.
Speaker 1: Is the fork committee meeting this year? Mm hmm, that's
Speaker 1: another segment that got forked for we used to fork. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think we could. We could talk to some Yeah, Greg,
Speaker 1: are we allowed to have that segment? It's not up
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Speaker 1: let's not do this anymore. He is cleaning the show
Speaker 1: up big time, to the point where all we do is,
Speaker 1: you know, preview offensive line first defensive line tendencies. By
Speaker 1: the way, that the Rams did not make it out
Speaker 1: of week one with any purity, there's ended after one week.
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Speaker 1: as a better podcast than ours. Really, that is a theory?
Speaker 1: What what is our j VP? I don't know, see
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Speaker 1: the first I've heard of it. It sounds pretty ridiculous.
Speaker 1: Uh So, yes, this is a time of hope in
Speaker 1: the NFL. Not for much longer though, but for now.
Speaker 1: All the teams believe in themselves and that's something to
Speaker 1: be excited about. So we're gonna go through all the games.
Speaker 1: So the Thursday night game is in the rear view mirrors.
Speaker 1: So that means there are fifteen games. Teams. You think
Speaker 1: you have that part memorize by now that one is
Speaker 1: the tough one. It's fifteen. Sometimes I think, do I
Speaker 1: divide the fifteen by two? And then I'm at seven
Speaker 1: and a half and I'm like, WHOA, that's not right.
Speaker 1: I think you've given us a window into just how
Speaker 1: awful you are at Matt Well. I don't know if
Speaker 1: I've mentioned this. I got a thirty nine once at
Speaker 1: a statement dated that Taste New York. Anyway, So if
Speaker 1: we got fifteen games to talk about, and I'm excited
Speaker 1: to do it, so let's get into it, guys, we'll
Speaker 1: start in the order in which they're played, will start
Speaker 1: with the one pm games, And why don't we start
Speaker 1: in the NFC East, Gentleman, A game between the Dallas
Speaker 1: Cowboys and Washington Redskins. Uh. The two two teams coming
Speaker 1: off different types of losses. In Week one, the Cowboys
Speaker 1: played a very tight game with the Giants that they
Speaker 1: kind of lets slip away a terrible clock management mistake
Speaker 1: at the end by Terrence Williams, But there was no
Speaker 1: given that they were gonna pull that game out anyway.
Speaker 1: It was a very tight game, UH that went against
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. The Redskins, on the other hand, are on
Speaker 1: a short week after a really embarrassing loss I thought
Speaker 1: almost at that level UH to the Steelers at home,
Speaker 1: where Kirk Cousins did not look good. So I guess
Speaker 1: that's what I'm looking This is a quarterback matchup for me.
Speaker 1: I want to see if the Cowboys um with Dak
Speaker 1: Prescott can actually score some points, get des Brian involved,
Speaker 1: do some things, see if Ezekiel Ellie can get going.
Speaker 1: So I'm looking at their whole offense and then west
Speaker 1: on the Redskins side of it, Kirk Cousins is he
Speaker 1: going to be in that scary ugly zone that he
Speaker 1: in Week one or is it just a bad game
Speaker 1: that he had. What do you think? Well, I think
Speaker 1: you can get right against the Dallas defense, which in
Speaker 1: a in a matchup against the Giants offensive line that
Speaker 1: everybody assumed would be a major week spot. Guys like
Speaker 1: Marshall Newhouse, who has been the worst right tackle in
Speaker 1: the NFL the past couple of years, were absolutely pitching
Speaker 1: shutouts against Dallas's defensive line. So Kirk Cousins should have
Speaker 1: plenty of time to find Jordan Reed de Sean Jackson,
Speaker 1: who looks as explosive as ever, Pierre Garson, maybe even
Speaker 1: Jock Stockson. I agree all the concerns about the Cowboys
Speaker 1: defense going into this season. I think showed up against
Speaker 1: the Giants. I know it's only twenty points, but you
Speaker 1: looked around the field and you thought, where are the
Speaker 1: plays coming from for this Cowboys defense? Where is the
Speaker 1: pass rush? They got pushed around in the running game
Speaker 1: against the Giants? As you mentioned, not a great offensive
Speaker 1: line there, and I just thought like, is this Cowboys
Speaker 1: team really set up to win with offense with Dak
Speaker 1: Prescott as their order back? Like are they really going
Speaker 1: to be ready to win some shootouts. So I think
Speaker 1: that's the type of games they're gonna get into. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean their best defense right now is their offense.
Speaker 1: The way they played in the first half, when they
Speaker 1: controlled the clock for twenty two plus minutes, that's the
Speaker 1: formula in Dallas until you get some of these suspended
Speaker 1: players back. But they only had one play at a
Speaker 1: seventy five that win for twenty plus yards, which goes
Speaker 1: against a little bit what we saw in the preseason
Speaker 1: where Prescott showed great chemistry with Dez Bryant. We all
Speaker 1: know what happened there. I think a big part of
Speaker 1: it is Dez Bryant is the best player on the field.
Speaker 1: You gotta get him involved at Jason Witten seems to
Speaker 1: be the security blanket for debt for Dak Prescott right now.
Speaker 1: I like what I saw that Dak Prescott, but everyone
Speaker 1: needs to back off about how good he looked. They
Speaker 1: averaged five yards per attempt in the fourth quarter. He
Speaker 1: went six for seventeen for sixty six yards. So they
Speaker 1: had a disastrous fourth quarter, and the offense reminded me
Speaker 1: a little bit of what it looked like with Brandon Weedon,
Speaker 1: which is a whole lot of six and seven yard passes,
Speaker 1: fourteen throws to Jason Witten for sixty four yards. So
Speaker 1: that is inefficient or that is not what Cowboys fans
Speaker 1: want to year, because if you remember now, it seems
Speaker 1: like forever ago, but three weeks ago, the Cowboys thought
Speaker 1: they had the greatest of all luxuries, which was a
Speaker 1: veteran star quarterback and then this young hot shot that
Speaker 1: could take over at any time. Now we need to
Speaker 1: see him actually play like a hot It's still his
Speaker 1: first NFL game against I think a Giants defense that
Speaker 1: a number of people probably thought all the Giants are
Speaker 1: just gonna be last year's Giants and their defense is
Speaker 1: much improved now again everyone now the thing is in Washington.
Speaker 1: You know Breland and Josh Norman coming off a pretty
Speaker 1: awful game as a defense. You know, Breland is still
Speaker 1: a very good cornerback, and this is gonna be a
Speaker 1: bigger test I think through the air than that than
Speaker 1: for Dallas, and it was even last week. They need
Speaker 1: to take the reins off of Dak Prescott against the
Speaker 1: Redskins defensive line that got worse over the offseason, right,
Speaker 1: I don't like this Redskins defense either could be a
Speaker 1: lot of points here. Let's move on, gentlemen, Let's move
Speaker 1: to the a f C North A game at First
Speaker 1: Energy Field, Mark, I thought it was Cleveland brown Stadium.
Speaker 1: What happened with that? Well, you know you're you're the
Speaker 1: one that likes to throw out the stadium naming quizzes. Thought, yeah,
Speaker 1: it's been First Energy for a number of years. I
Speaker 1: will acknowledge nothing has happened there to grab your attention, alright,
Speaker 1: So anyway, it is the home opener for the Browns
Speaker 1: and they face yes, the hated Ravens uh, a team
Speaker 1: that comes in at one and oh after UH shutting
Speaker 1: down Rex Ryan's bills UH in Week one in Baltimore.
Speaker 1: So now we have a game uh for the Browns
Speaker 1: where Josh McCown will be a quarterback. Do you think
Speaker 1: Mark McCown will make this a better offense? I think
Speaker 1: he does. I think that we've talked since the beginning
Speaker 1: of training camp that you know, we had we suspected
Speaker 1: the McCown was the better court all around quarterback than
Speaker 1: r G three, and I think that he is. You know,
Speaker 1: this is a different team than last year's Browns team.
Speaker 1: But he threw for four hundred and fifty seven yards
Speaker 1: against the Ravens last season earlier in the year and
Speaker 1: had a productive game late in the year before he
Speaker 1: got injured. McCown knows how to run an NFL offense
Speaker 1: and he's shown that on multiple teams. For me, though,
Speaker 1: I look at Baltimore and what they can do against
Speaker 1: Cleveland's defense. The Eagles controlled the ball for almost forty
Speaker 1: yards forty minutes of the game last week, and that
Speaker 1: was not a fluke. That is how things are gonna
Speaker 1: play for this defense if the offense of Cleveland's offense
Speaker 1: can't stay on the field. I think Baltimore has some
Speaker 1: of the better weapons for Joe Flacco and he's had
Speaker 1: in years going back to the Super Bowl year. Throughout
Speaker 1: the offseason and and even in the preseason, we said
Speaker 1: that the Ravens probably have a wide range of outcome
Speaker 1: as any team in the league, and they have more
Speaker 1: questions that need to be answered than any team. In
Speaker 1: Week one, they answered almost all of those questions. They
Speaker 1: had a pass us, They were in Tyrod Taylor's face
Speaker 1: all game. They had a plan for Tyrod Taylor. You
Speaker 1: would have thought Shariss right is the best tackling cornerback
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Insane game. Zach Or looks like an
Speaker 1: upgrade on Darryl Smith at inside linebacker. Breshad Perriman and
Speaker 1: Mike Wallace are making plays down the field. Terrence West
Speaker 1: got more than what was blocked in the backfield. Justin
Speaker 1: Porcette looked good. And I think their offensive line, which
Speaker 1: is starting two rookies on the left side, had a
Speaker 1: pretty good game. I think the Ravens look like a
Speaker 1: much better team than we expected. I agree, but I
Speaker 1: want to see them against the real offense. Don't know
Speaker 1: if that's really gonna happen. This week, they showed that
Speaker 1: they can dominate a guy that they know about, Tyrod Taylor.
Speaker 1: He didn't know where the pressure was coming from. They
Speaker 1: just kept sending and sending. Thurrell Sucks didn't look good
Speaker 1: in that game. Steve Smith didn't look good in that game.
Speaker 1: So that's two key guys they want to come around
Speaker 1: and look healthy coming off of uh there in Steve
Speaker 1: Smith didn't look like a liar bill No, No, it's
Speaker 1: really just running shorter routes than he usually admitted. Make
Speaker 1: one nice catch that went out about and it's like
Speaker 1: they're still figuring their team out. They're splitting their wide
Speaker 1: receiver reps five ways pretty evenly. Chris Moore played a
Speaker 1: lot in that game. They're splitting their running back reps.
Speaker 1: They're splitting their tight end reps. It's like they're they're
Speaker 1: just gonna find enough players as they go. I think
Speaker 1: they're going to figure it out this week because you
Speaker 1: know Wentz last week in his first NFL game, a
Speaker 1: perfect passer rating on any pass that was ten plus
Speaker 1: yards through the air, and you saw it. You saw
Speaker 1: it on two touchdown passes and in play after play.
Speaker 1: This is a good set up for Joe Fla. I
Speaker 1: have I have a question for a guy who was
Speaker 1: honking last week. A guy by the name of Gary
Speaker 1: Barnege was I in this very studio after the game
Speaker 1: about his life twice and maybe catch the ball. It's
Speaker 1: his fault. We pointed that out rops for Gary. Everybody
Speaker 1: raise your hand in this room. If you're perfect, raise
Speaker 1: your hand. I thought, oh, we'll have a greg What
Speaker 1: accent was that? Ever? What you don't understandished like we
Speaker 1: got bonsh. The pressure I face did a lot of
Speaker 1: pressure being Jagger arounds player on a team that's gonna
Speaker 1: be on one PM for the rest of the time.
Speaker 1: I never know where that accident is going to go.
Speaker 1: That went, it went, Mick Jagger. There did anyone watch
Speaker 1: the Ravens and think I didn't realize how much I
Speaker 1: missed Joe Flacco. It's good to see I didn't. That's
Speaker 1: your own personal feelings making some throws. Moving on, the
Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans, one of the nominees as the team of
Speaker 1: a t L very important game for them as they
Speaker 1: now travel to Detroit. A disappointing Week one loss as
Speaker 1: we know and we've talked about, and now they get
Speaker 1: a Detroit team that looked positively frisky uh in their
Speaker 1: season opening when Chris Westling a Detroit team that when
Speaker 1: you look at what they've done, um under Jim Bob Cooter.
Speaker 1: Then I'll tell you something, guys. I'll I like this
Speaker 1: Cooter cos I like Cooter head coach candidate noted mab
Speaker 1: If this keeps going, that coach Jim Bob Cooter, why not?
Speaker 1: I mean, if they keep going, if it was anyone else,
Speaker 1: get some buzz. Let me finish my point. I like
Speaker 1: this Cooter. But is Matthew Stafford finally coming into his
Speaker 1: own and isn't that very bad news of the Titans
Speaker 1: if he is big question this offense. Kurt Warner named
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford his top quarterback of wheat one on total
Speaker 1: access and theoretic, and Amir Abdullah looked like the most
Speaker 1: dynamic backfield tandem in the league against the Colts defense
Speaker 1: that can't tackle. I think the question is if you
Speaker 1: believe the Lions offense is better without Calvin Johnson, well
Speaker 1: that show up against the Titans defense in which led
Speaker 1: by Darrell Casey, dominated the line of scrimmage against the Vikings.
Speaker 1: I think if you're excited about watching the Titans each week,
Speaker 1: like you are Christopher West, absolutely you have to be
Speaker 1: excited to see this matchup on the schedule in a
Speaker 1: week two. Now. The Lions are probably excited to see
Speaker 1: Tennessee as well, But if you wanted a defense to
Speaker 1: get right against after what was ultimately a melt down
Speaker 1: in the second half for Tennessee last week, this is
Speaker 1: the right matchup for Tennessee to do their things and
Speaker 1: really control the line of scrimmage themselves. Yeah, I agree,
Speaker 1: they gave up. I mean they could not stop the
Speaker 1: Colts at at all in the second half of the game.
Speaker 1: It's one thing to stop a thirty three year old
Speaker 1: Frank Gore behind a run blocking offense like the Colts,
Speaker 1: and it's another to stop you know, you can make
Speaker 1: fun of exotic smash mouth, but I think you're gonna
Speaker 1: see a lot more Derrick Henry in this game. DeMarco
Speaker 1: Murray to me, looked every bit as good as he
Speaker 1: did in two thousand fourteen. Last week. I think it's
Speaker 1: fair to look at the Titans and say, you're both
Speaker 1: your running backs to Marco Murray, Henry and Taj Sharp
Speaker 1: a big part of your passing game, and your quarterback
Speaker 1: have barely played together. It's going to take a little
Speaker 1: bit of time for this to jail. Greg you pointed
Speaker 1: out on Sunday night, and I think this was, you know,
Speaker 1: watching the game closely. This was correct. When they got down,
Speaker 1: the Titans had no way to climb out of that.
Speaker 1: And it wasn't just that when the mistakes started to happen,
Speaker 1: they steamed to completely implode. You know, Mariota through a
Speaker 1: third pick that was called back by penalty. Mental melt
Speaker 1: that it really was. And I again, I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: judge fully on the Titans on that. But but this
Speaker 1: is a team that is going to need to come
Speaker 1: from behind in certain games. Jeral Casey looked awesome, but
Speaker 1: their defense is not a top five defense. You're not
Speaker 1: gonna win games by with keeping the lead the whole time. Yea,
Speaker 1: the exactic stuff didn't work. The Vikings were ready for it,
Speaker 1: and they're great athletic defense that maybe we're ready for it.
Speaker 1: But every time they went to one of the crazy formations,
Speaker 1: they were fun to watch, but a lot of times
Speaker 1: they were drive killers. Even I thought it worked in
Speaker 1: the I thought I thought they have caught up to
Speaker 1: it quick. They have a third and one with a
Speaker 1: fake you know, jump uh, you know into the line
Speaker 1: by Mariota and he pitched it back and there's four
Speaker 1: Vikings waiting there for for Derrick Henry. That kills the first.
Speaker 1: The Vikings did a great job under Zimmer of adjusting
Speaker 1: a halftime. They really did. From the avenue of common sense,
Speaker 1: when you spend your off season talking about how you're exotic,
Speaker 1: doesn't that give defenses tip them off that you're gonna
Speaker 1: be doing some exotic things and defense he mentioned exotic
Speaker 1: smash mouth is what the Steelers ran in two thousand one.
Speaker 1: He didn't say the Titans are gonna be exotic smash mouth.
Speaker 1: He said they're gonna be smash mouth. So why because
Speaker 1: like everything got up and they followed up with him.
Speaker 1: He's explained it a lot of times. I mean he's
Speaker 1: explained it well. And he said, I was talking about
Speaker 1: the Steelers, not the Titans. So the Titans don't run
Speaker 1: an exotic smash mounth. No, they run a smash mouth.
Speaker 1: But you can call it exotic if you think that
Speaker 1: all these trick plays are what makes it exactly there.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of format, not a lot, but a
Speaker 1: lot of formations with Derrick Henry and Marco marian the
Speaker 1: field at the same time, once with MARKA Mariota not
Speaker 1: even on the field. I mean they were essentially what
Speaker 1: they are almost over and over was six seven guys
Speaker 1: up at the line. One thing to watch in this game.
Speaker 1: The Titans have made it clear they want Delaney Walker
Speaker 1: a lot more involved than he was last week, and
Speaker 1: the Lions struggled a little bit with Dwayne Allen and
Speaker 1: Jack Doyle I believe scored two touchdown. He was getting
Speaker 1: doubled last week. How many people put in a lot
Speaker 1: of money in auction leagues for Jack Doyle. Will it
Speaker 1: pay off? We don't know, probably not. History tells me
Speaker 1: the Jack Doyle types usually burn you on your I
Speaker 1: hope no one put on any money. That's a rookie move. Alright,
Speaker 1: Moving on, this will be our first game of the
Speaker 1: week between two undefeated teams. The Kansas City Chiefs off
Speaker 1: a thrilling comeback, by the way, not just any comeback.
Speaker 1: That was the greatest comeback in the history of the
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs, coming down down three scores to beat
Speaker 1: the Chargers, ripped the Charger's hearts out. Uh. And now
Speaker 1: they travel to Houston to face the Texans, who, um,
Speaker 1: you know, almost as if they're they want to will
Speaker 1: me to some sandwiches. They turned Lamar Miller into a
Speaker 1: workhorse that he's never been and he mostly responded and
Speaker 1: the offense looked, okay, Greg. Now they get the Chiefs
Speaker 1: in their building, are they gonna get to know you think?
Speaker 1: I do think that they'll win this game, and I
Speaker 1: do wonder how tough a matchup this is. We think
Speaker 1: of the Chiefs defense, we think they're great. They did
Speaker 1: not play great in week one overall, I would say,
Speaker 1: and they are missing some of their best players, so
Speaker 1: I want to see. It's a team that's respond But
Speaker 1: I'm excited to watch it because the Texans, more than
Speaker 1: any team, are more fun to watch this year than
Speaker 1: they were a year ago. Talk about your team of
Speaker 1: atl sleepers right here. They've got Lamar Miller for dam,
Speaker 1: They've got Will Fuller for Mark, They've got Devi and
Speaker 1: Clowney And it was like Bill O'Brien, it was a
Speaker 1: strong week for Jdevan Clowney nation. I mean, he was
Speaker 1: looking good last week, and they're aggressive. I want to
Speaker 1: see what Oswilder does when he's so aggressive against a
Speaker 1: better defense, because I think the Bears ultimately have a question.
Speaker 1: How did J. J. Watt look when you guys look
Speaker 1: to take it? Didn't look like a non factor. I
Speaker 1: think he needs another week he I mean, which is
Speaker 1: never the case, right, He's not himself. Clearly he's never
Speaker 1: come off this many surgeries in the off season too.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's well. The fact that he was
Speaker 1: out there at all was pretty remarking. It's something to watch.
Speaker 1: Is this gonna last a month? Is it gonna last?
Speaker 1: No more? Time at all. Is it gonna last half season?
Speaker 1: But he's still going to cause you know, offenses to
Speaker 1: have to pay attention to him and think about him.
Speaker 1: So that's an asset with J J. Wat way less
Speaker 1: than peak form. The Texans were in J Cutler's mug
Speaker 1: the entire second half. A little pop quiz who is
Speaker 1: the defensive player of the week in the a f
Speaker 1: C this week? Whitney Merciless, Whitney Mercills. And when you
Speaker 1: have guys like Whitney Merciless and Bernard Rick McKenney showing
Speaker 1: up as your two best defensive players, then suddenly start thinking, Man,
Speaker 1: this Texans defense is deep in a in a major upset.
Speaker 1: When I went to watch game pass, the Texans were
Speaker 1: the most fun team to watch. Wow. They left a
Speaker 1: lot of yards and points on the field in this game.
Speaker 1: This should have been a blowout. Will full Or missed
Speaker 1: to pass over the middle. That was a perfect throw
Speaker 1: from brock Oswilder. DeAndre Hopkins dropped a touchdown in tight coverage.
Speaker 1: This could have been a thirty five to fourteen game
Speaker 1: or something. I think that's another example of you're talking
Speaker 1: about a quarterback and receivers that have never been in
Speaker 1: a real game together. It's gonna take time. Will Fuller,
Speaker 1: He's gonna give you those drops. We knew that about him,
Speaker 1: but he made up for it too. I think he
Speaker 1: is a fascinating player. And you want to talk about
Speaker 1: one game from last year where you take the game
Speaker 1: tape and just burn it and throw it out a window.
Speaker 1: It's the wild Card game. This is a completely different
Speaker 1: operation and the Chiefs are gonna have a lot more
Speaker 1: to deal with. You know, you're not gonna Brian Hoyer
Speaker 1: throwing to you know, New Copkins and nobody else. This
Speaker 1: is a much more interesting offense, starting with weapons. Come
Speaker 1: around a little bit on Brock Coswilder I am. I
Speaker 1: want to see him against other other teams. I think
Speaker 1: if you own DeAndre Hopkins or Fuller, you gotta like
Speaker 1: that he's not afraid to just let them make him
Speaker 1: play like they can be covered. And he throws it
Speaker 1: to him, which is a really good sign. He's gonna
Speaker 1: try to make throws in tight windows. He does have
Speaker 1: a long delivery which could come back to haunt him.
Speaker 1: But I think if you're a Texans fan, you have
Speaker 1: to love what you saw to us and and everything
Speaker 1: we said about Alex Smith and the Chiefs offense. Took
Speaker 1: them some time to get going, but the ultimate the
Speaker 1: reality as they made the biggest comeback in team history.
Speaker 1: So all the good things we thought about the Chiefs
Speaker 1: offense in Spencer where they came through, this is a
Speaker 1: much much tougher test for the Texans. When did they
Speaker 1: trade Jamal Charles? I'm not kidding because it's like you
Speaker 1: could get a lot for Jamal Charles and your offense
Speaker 1: statistically has been much better without him. Well, I would
Speaker 1: be a little if we were honestly talking about a trade.
Speaker 1: I'd be a little bit nervous. Why he's not playing
Speaker 1: right now coming off a second knee injury and he's
Speaker 1: almost thirty years old. The other team would have to
Speaker 1: probably be you know, snowed under with some you know,
Speaker 1: pills and alcohol up. Uh, Let's see if the Chiefs
Speaker 1: pass rush shows up this week they didn't show up
Speaker 1: last week. I'm now making an eternal list of the
Speaker 1: gms and owners to be most likely to be under
Speaker 1: with a listen. I wouldn't verbalize I thought of one immediately,
Speaker 1: but I'm just gonna keep it to myself. Very smart.
Speaker 1: Let's move on gentlemen and talk about um, hey, let's
Speaker 1: head to the throne as Slee's, let's just do it.
Speaker 1: Where the New England Patriots are in their home opener, uh,
Speaker 1: they the friendly confines of the Mall in New England, um,
Speaker 1: where they meet the Miami Dolphins coming off Let's face
Speaker 1: it a crushing week one lost, because it's one thing
Speaker 1: to get beat by a team that's better than you,
Speaker 1: and the Seahawks are better than you. But when you
Speaker 1: have a chance to steal a game on the road
Speaker 1: like that and you let it get away, and then
Speaker 1: on top of you gotta get on a plane and
Speaker 1: fly back to your headquarters and then trained to go
Speaker 1: up to the mall uh in Foxboro. And it's just like,
Speaker 1: now you're kicking yourself because there's a good chance this game.
Speaker 1: You're oh and two greg after this, and you should
Speaker 1: should at least have one win? Is that too pessimistic
Speaker 1: about the doll? You should? I mean you've you've declared
Speaker 1: your vengeance against the Patriots. I found it interesting that
Speaker 1: you requested to watch this game even though you said
Speaker 1: you don't want them to be involved. That's called scouting
Speaker 1: the enemy. I have declared vengeance against the England Patriots.
Speaker 1: You're still intrigued. I ain't afraid of you, big brother. Well,
Speaker 1: you know who shouldn't be afraid of them? The Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins defense. This team has split with the Patriots three
Speaker 1: streight years. No team, it's mystical, but no team gives
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick more problems than the Dolphins. Other than Denver,
Speaker 1: I guess would be the one other team, and this defense,
Speaker 1: if you want to spin a positive for Miami, had great,
Speaker 1: great signs in Week one. Cameron Wake came back and
Speaker 1: looked like Cameron Wake as a situational pass dressler. Kiko
Speaker 1: Alonso looked like his two thousand and fourteen self. Uh.
Speaker 1: They signed abdual Caduce as their safety, and Rashad Jones
Speaker 1: and Abdul Caduce were easily the best safety combination in
Speaker 1: that game. They were better than Earl Thomas and Camp Chancellor.
Speaker 1: So their defense on on paper and on the field
Speaker 1: last week looks like it could go from about twenty
Speaker 1: five in the league to a top ten type of group.
Speaker 1: That's why you Adam, That's why you hire Adam Gaze,
Speaker 1: so that your defense shoots and advanced. Joseph who the
Speaker 1: Broncos and Gary Ubiack wanted to hire away from the
Speaker 1: Bengals last year and the Bengals wouldn't let him go.
Speaker 1: Dolphins got him this year, and Kiko Alonso was a revelation.
Speaker 1: Right that makes their defense different because you think of
Speaker 1: him as a weakness last year and now if he's
Speaker 1: a strength, that what's a pretty pretty bad line group.
Speaker 1: Then suddenly that trade everyone killed all the mikey t
Speaker 1: for mikey T's feeling pretty good all his They killed
Speaker 1: it because Alonso had he was not healthy and he
Speaker 1: had not shown anything to do with the way he
Speaker 1: was as a rookie and Buffalo if he can be
Speaker 1: that kind of a player, it is not just a
Speaker 1: good trade, it's a great trade. I think Jimmy Garoppolo
Speaker 1: is going to struggle more this week. I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a closer, tough game, that's gonna be a
Speaker 1: one score game in the fourth quarter. I think this
Speaker 1: sort of Patriots team is built to try to win
Speaker 1: these close games, kind of like they used toge Today.
Speaker 1: By the way, is September the first day, oddly because
Speaker 1: it starts in the middle of the month. Latino Heritage Month.
Speaker 1: Picture of Kiko Alonso on our huddle Cafe. A hero
Speaker 1: to the community. It's the odds of September, Dan of
Speaker 1: perfect time for your game of throne style attack on
Speaker 1: the throne of sleeves. Very good, very good. Other thoughts
Speaker 1: about this game, gentlemen, um, Jimmy Garoppolo? Who? How good
Speaker 1: was Jimmy Garoppolo really? In week one? Was he legitimately woe?
Speaker 1: This guy? Is the answer? Good? Or do you need
Speaker 1: to see more from him? He's better than I expected,
Speaker 1: and I think he controlled that short passing game well.
Speaker 1: I still think just some question on how he deals
Speaker 1: with pressure. When he had time to throw, he was money.
Speaker 1: I mean, let's not forget that Rob Gronkowski was not
Speaker 1: in the lineup, and that would change everything for this offense.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think if you put Jimmy G into
Speaker 1: another team, Jimmy G calling him, yeah, well, that type
Speaker 1: of iconic athlete's who he is. It's not a fun
Speaker 1: name to say. It's it's it's winding. It's a bit
Speaker 1: tedious on the mouth. So you say, Jimmy G. That's
Speaker 1: where I'm going with that. But I mean, honestly, like
Speaker 1: I I if he were in another team starting where
Speaker 1: he was. I don't think he would have gotten that
Speaker 1: kind of to start in New England. They do this
Speaker 1: over and over. It doesn't matter what position, group and
Speaker 1: what's happening in New England, who's injured, they seem to perform.
Speaker 1: I don't know if we're gonna see Gronk. By the way,
Speaker 1: the Providence Journal reported today Thursday that he did not
Speaker 1: look close to on the practice field. Uh. And you
Speaker 1: get the feeling especially, and that's why again, why it
Speaker 1: was so bummed out that they stole that week one win.
Speaker 1: That they have a little like it has some room
Speaker 1: to play with here now even if they lost this game,
Speaker 1: and if you give if that means Gronk, it's another
Speaker 1: week to get healthy. I gotta feel and they might play.
Speaker 1: Patriots are careful with their players. They don't let players
Speaker 1: go back a week early in general that they're gonna
Speaker 1: keep them out in an extra week. And the reason
Speaker 1: they should feel that they can still win this game
Speaker 1: is the Dolphins offense, for all the excitement that Adam
Speaker 1: Gates brought, look look like it did last year. It
Speaker 1: looked like a team where Ryan Tannehill is not gonna elevate.
Speaker 1: What's what's around him? And the Patriots have a defensive
Speaker 1: star and Chris Long all over the front seven. He
Speaker 1: played some inside linebacker, some outside linebacker, some defensive tackle,
Speaker 1: some defensive end. I had him with two sacks. I
Speaker 1: think you only have one. Officially, he looked like, outside
Speaker 1: of Jamie Collins, their best defensive player. What's going on
Speaker 1: with their other star? Barkivas Mingo special teams Mark was thrilled.
Speaker 1: I was not thrilled. I am just tired of the
Speaker 1: hot take machine. There's a lot of sweat on your
Speaker 1: upper breads. Well, you came out the vapor. You came
Speaker 1: to me on Monday confirming what happened to Mingo because
Speaker 1: he didn't play at all. Special didn't get a snap
Speaker 1: on defense and bully to Chris Long and the Patriots
Speaker 1: on their great acquisition. Let's move on the New Orleans Saints,
Speaker 1: oh and one tough loss in Week one. Now they
Speaker 1: travel to the Meadowlands to face the New York Giants,
Speaker 1: who are one to know after win over Big D,
Speaker 1: and here is we're just talking about him. Maybe the
Speaker 1: Giants aren't such a pushover on D. Maybe the free
Speaker 1: agency makeover has made a difference at least in Week
Speaker 1: one it looked good, but again you're facing uh rookie
Speaker 1: quarterback with how to have jitters, and the Dallas offense
Speaker 1: wasn't quite right. But now you get a New Orleans
Speaker 1: offense that look great in Week one. So this will
Speaker 1: be a real testamy on how much the Giants have
Speaker 1: improved on the defensive side of the ball. Chris Wesley.
Speaker 1: I think it should be. Yeah. I think they looked
Speaker 1: fantastic in Week one, a lot better than I expected.
Speaker 1: The defensive line, Olivier Vernon and Snacks Harrison Jason Pierrepol.
Speaker 1: I think Pro Football Focus had Pierre Poul and Olivier
Speaker 1: Vernon with five hurries apiece, which is a pretty big
Speaker 1: game for any tackles. For JPP, he had a few.
Speaker 1: It doesn't have the big club. He's like, I mean,
Speaker 1: Snacks made a difference. When you're when you're winning your
Speaker 1: Sharah battles against the Cowboys offensive line, you're doing something right. Snacks.
Speaker 1: It's a painful Loosopher the Jets, I think really, because
Speaker 1: my defensive line really floundered without him in Week one.
Speaker 1: Next point, every team that plays the Saints until they
Speaker 1: prove otherwise is going to be hoisted up as the
Speaker 1: offensive fantasy, you know, Hodge Podge for the week. Just
Speaker 1: take anyone on this team. And honestly, after what we
Speaker 1: saw against Dallas, even New York's ground game, which I
Speaker 1: thought was pretty good down the stretch against the Cowboys late,
Speaker 1: they kind of hammered that game and ended it. What
Speaker 1: can you not do against the Saints at this point,
Speaker 1: they're starting three corners or p J. Williams, Davante Harris,
Speaker 1: Ken Crawley. Well, the the scary part is that they're
Speaker 1: signing guys off the street that might be put right
Speaker 1: into the lineup. I mean, Bleedy Ray Wilson might be
Speaker 1: playing for this team. What other what other replacements of
Speaker 1: a cornerback did they start? Did they signed this week?
Speaker 1: I forget that. Never trust a man named Bleedy, Definitely.
Speaker 1: That's a life model right there, Dad? Have you can
Speaker 1: I call a time out here? Have you seen this
Speaker 1: notebook from Mark over here? Can you hold it up
Speaker 1: for the camera? Mark? A little bit of note. I
Speaker 1: don't know where the cameras over This was my Tennessee Titans.
Speaker 1: What they are doing on offense? Before? What are those
Speaker 1: what are those that called that's called a football diagram.
Speaker 1: What are you doing with that? Yeah, I had Wednesday
Speaker 1: off I spent some time doing a little as offense
Speaker 1: I think is a fascinating offense in the first half,
Speaker 1: and we've already discussed that team. I immediately what are
Speaker 1: they going on? Oud? Well, we have been given three
Speaker 1: minutes to discuss the Saints and Giants, so I will
Speaker 1: take that for another time. Maybe they'll allow me on
Speaker 1: NFL Now to do that for two minutes. Probably not
Speaker 1: NFL Now, maybe NFL Network never definitely not. Um, we're
Speaker 1: all impressed. All right, it wasn't going for that, but
Speaker 1: thank you. Uh. Josh Norman, by the way, got called
Speaker 1: out now that Victor Cruz caught a ball. Uh he's
Speaker 1: able to talk. I guess he made a point to
Speaker 1: say that, Josh Norman, if you're uh such a high
Speaker 1: paid stud, why aren't you covering the number one? After
Speaker 1: he didn't cover Antonio Brown? Will we see Josh Norman?
Speaker 1: Uh against Well, no, we're not this game. That wouldn't
Speaker 1: make any sense. But will we know where I'm going
Speaker 1: with this? Will we see? Will Victor Cruz continue to
Speaker 1: yet the most two most tedious players in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Victor Cruz, who hasn't done days, Josh Norman, who's in
Speaker 1: the middle of every tedious discussion in the NFL, talking
Speaker 1: about the most tedious topic in the NFL. Will a
Speaker 1: cornerback travel with number one receivers? Give me a break,
Speaker 1: By the way, I got set up by the news cycle,
Speaker 1: because why are we talking about Victor Cruz ripping Josh
Speaker 1: Norman when when the Redskins are coming to town? What
Speaker 1: are we even doing? Society? It doesn't matter. That was
Speaker 1: a high wattage set up, the news industry, set up
Speaker 1: taking things that don't matter. Bleedi Ray Wilson didn't even
Speaker 1: sign with It was b W Webb and Sterling more.
Speaker 1: This is a disaster, this this Saints. Well, it's something
Speaker 1: nice about the Saints and save this segment. Victor Cruz
Speaker 1: come back to us. Willie Sneed? Who does Willie Sneed
Speaker 1: remind you, guys? Have? I don't know who Willie Sneed
Speaker 1: reminds me of. He's a unique player. He reminds me
Speaker 1: of the really Sneed that got cut by the Browns
Speaker 1: two preseasons. This could be the best Saints offense since
Speaker 1: at least two thousand and eleven. And they're gonna have
Speaker 1: to score since Darren Sprowls and Jimmy Graham were. I
Speaker 1: think there's no doubt it's better than it's it's it's
Speaker 1: going to be better than it's been. It's gonna need
Speaker 1: to because it could be the worst defense in the league.
Speaker 1: Big test for both teams, a litmus test, even test
Speaker 1: test test. Moving on, Sorry Saints and Giants, Sorry Bleedy
Speaker 1: Ray two more are apologies to all those fans. We
Speaker 1: did our best that didn't work out. The Cincinnati Bengals
Speaker 1: now one to oh after a great win over the
Speaker 1: Jets in which they were outplayed for most of the
Speaker 1: game but made the plays they needed to make and
Speaker 1: they stole win at the Meadow Ends, and now they
Speaker 1: head to Hines Field. Here's one of the best games
Speaker 1: of the week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who looked great
Speaker 1: in UH in Week one, almost great enough to be
Speaker 1: a team of a TL nominee. They didn't get nominated,
Speaker 1: but they are still exciting to watch. Mark. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: set you up right now, what are your thoughts about
Speaker 1: Marvin Lewis. Well, Marvin Lewis is an idiot, all right.
Speaker 1: That was many years ago that I said that I'm
Speaker 1: not sure what the context was. Uh he may have
Speaker 1: been at the time, I don't think he is now.
Speaker 1: I think that the Bengals, uh, you know the kind
Speaker 1: of game they won last week. Watching that game, they
Speaker 1: just got man handled and the old Andy Dalton by
Speaker 1: the third quarter years ago would have just been an
Speaker 1: interception throwing disaster. I think he showed incredible poise as
Speaker 1: a quarterback and the Bengals when you when you win
Speaker 1: games like that, when you're not the better team, but
Speaker 1: you find a way to get out there with a
Speaker 1: w Sorry to say the stand, but that to me
Speaker 1: shows that it's a it's a write of passage for
Speaker 1: a team like the Bengals in the regular season. I'm
Speaker 1: not I know, Chris, They're not a January ship of heroes,
Speaker 1: but they seem to do this now. Year after year
Speaker 1: they win these regular season games. Pittsburgh has always been
Speaker 1: the team they cannot go on the road and beat,
Speaker 1: and I don't know who can beat Pittsburgh right now.
Speaker 1: I want to see some team show me that it
Speaker 1: can slow down what we just saw on Monday night
Speaker 1: that was insanity, untapped entirely. Antonio Brown, to me, looks
Speaker 1: completely unstoppable and it doesn't even matter right now. If
Speaker 1: Levi on Bell is in there, the Bengals might be
Speaker 1: that team. Their secondary is always a little underrated, and
Speaker 1: they have held and they held Antonio Brown sixty yards
Speaker 1: below his average and three matchups last year. That's pretty
Speaker 1: impressive when you can do that with they They've got
Speaker 1: a couple of guys stripped out of their secondary, but
Speaker 1: they keeping guys. Hasn't been in the news this much
Speaker 1: since Uh the Old jumped out of the pool incidents.
Speaker 1: Everyone that he was the one that said he saved
Speaker 1: the drowning cousin Right now, that was Bleedy Ray Wilson
Speaker 1: was Victor Cruz. I you you hit a great point
Speaker 1: mark about Dalton and in the way this Bengals team
Speaker 1: is now in terms of like just being a veteran
Speaker 1: team that knows how to win, they also know how
Speaker 1: to change their scheme and their game plan depending on
Speaker 1: the week, which you only do if you have some continuity.
Speaker 1: I know they have a new off fensive coordinator this year,
Speaker 1: but it's ultimately the same system with with Ken's MPs.
Speaker 1: They even had some of the crazy Hue formations when
Speaker 1: you can just drop C J. Uzama into your uh
Speaker 1: starting lineup as your tight end. Who is your third
Speaker 1: string tight end? And he's making plays for you. He's
Speaker 1: blocking well. I thought he looked good. He looked really good.
Speaker 1: One big open. You know, you throw Brandon LaFell in
Speaker 1: kind of a Patriots type move. I'll just let's just
Speaker 1: drop him in the offense. Okay, he's gonna get ninety yards.
Speaker 1: It's like that. That's a sign of a good Lafel
Speaker 1: is a tough player. One thing that happened with Revis
Speaker 1: last week watching that game was that a couple of
Speaker 1: the bubble screens to a J. Green, LaFell got right
Speaker 1: in Revis His face and tied him up. And that's
Speaker 1: set Green free. I mean that they're gonna do that
Speaker 1: to to lesser cornerbacks without a problem. This is a game.
Speaker 1: We don't do it for every game, but I would
Speaker 1: love to know the picks for this game. So let's
Speaker 1: go around the room right here, and well that's what
Speaker 1: we're doing. Okay, yeah, I'm just thinking out loud. That's
Speaker 1: what this show is. Dan is petting me right now.
Speaker 1: I can we cannot get enough Dan petting his former
Speaker 1: boss Mark. Who's your pick? Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers at Hinesfield.
Speaker 1: Let me prerempt it real fast. I picked the Bengals,
Speaker 1: is my team of a t L, but not because
Speaker 1: they're gonna go fourteen and two. I think they're an
Speaker 1: interesting ten and six type team. They want to know
Speaker 1: they're gonna lose this game. This is Pittsburgh, Okay West.
Speaker 1: This is now the NFL's most intense rivalry. It reminds
Speaker 1: me a little bit of the Jim Harbor forty nine
Speaker 1: against the Pete Carroll Seahawks. Physical physical football. Steelers have
Speaker 1: always been better at physical football than the Bengals, going
Speaker 1: back to the creation of the Bengals. Wow, that's the Bengals,
Speaker 1: I mean the Steelers. I'm gonna make it three in
Speaker 1: a row. I think the I liked Cincinnati's gumption last week,
Speaker 1: but I wouldn't say they played a perfect game. And
Speaker 1: I think Pittsburgh looks so good in Week one. Who
Speaker 1: am I to pick against them in their home opener?
Speaker 1: So even though Cincinnati is a team of a t
Speaker 1: L nominee, that is three picks for the Steelers. Greg, Yes,
Speaker 1: I'd take the Steeler. I would take whichever team was
Speaker 1: at home. Yeah, it kind of type of rivalry. That's
Speaker 1: what they say. Nor business is all about. Shout out
Speaker 1: to Hard Knocks star Marcus Hunt four years in and
Speaker 1: now he's finally getting some run playing starters. Finally it's blocked.
Speaker 1: Extra point. Was the difference in the game, Yes, bigger man.
Speaker 1: I think he's six seven or sixty eight. Uh, moving
Speaker 1: on block right, the eastern block. Yeah, he was a
Speaker 1: nom Estonia Hard Knocks m VP candidate once upon a time.
Speaker 1: Moving on to the NFC West, this is the final
Speaker 1: one PM Gentleman game. San Francisco forty Niners off a
Speaker 1: dominant well I would it called dominant, but the final
Speaker 1: score was that was dominant. Nothings dominated its dominant probably
Speaker 1: their best moment of the year. So give it to probably.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying because there were stretches where they were
Speaker 1: putrid as well, the third quarter specifically, But anyway, good job. Guys.
Speaker 1: Want to know Chip Kelly flying high and now they
Speaker 1: got to go to Carolina And I'll tell you what, guys. Uh,
Speaker 1: this is a game that I have to say is
Speaker 1: not gonna be easy for San Francisco. It feels like
Speaker 1: a buzz saw situation, so much so that I'm going
Speaker 1: to name it my lock of the week. Gentlemen, lock
Speaker 1: it up. Why did you change your lock of the week.
Speaker 1: I think I just put the arrow on the wrong spot.
Speaker 1: I think that Carolina is not going to fall to
Speaker 1: own two, especially against the Niners. That is a tearing prediction.
Speaker 1: If nothing else, well, you just gotta sometimes, you just
Speaker 1: gotta lock it up. They they are the biggest favorites
Speaker 1: this week by far, which which makes sense. I'm curious
Speaker 1: to see this forty Niners defense in a in a
Speaker 1: game where maybe they just don't have the game plan
Speaker 1: figured out, because, if nothing else, they were flying around
Speaker 1: and they played a lot of people. I mean, they
Speaker 1: had an idea that they're gonna play sixteen seventeen guys
Speaker 1: plus snaps, rotating everyone in and out Armstead and Buckner.
Speaker 1: At least, at least it's something to watch. I want
Speaker 1: to see how they do against Well, this time, you've
Speaker 1: got Kelvin Benjamin to deal with, You've got Devin Funches
Speaker 1: to deal with, and not a team that says we're
Speaker 1: gonna essentially run the ball, and that's the only play
Speaker 1: we have in our one play playbook. Those Twins Skyscrapers,
Speaker 1: Eric Armstead and and Devorce Buckner were impressive. But you're
Speaker 1: going from the worst quarterback in the NFL in case Keenum,
Speaker 1: to the m v P, the reigning m v P
Speaker 1: and the best offense in the NFL points wise thirty
Speaker 1: one points per game last year at home, licking their
Speaker 1: wounds a little bit from the season opening loss which
Speaker 1: they could have won. I think the forty Niners are
Speaker 1: in for a world or hurt and that's why the
Speaker 1: Panthers are my lock of the week. Yeah, bra, yeah, Bro,
Speaker 1: you guys ain't got it. Well, what a celebration you
Speaker 1: two are now ensconced on together, certainly ensconced in celebration.
Speaker 1: Cam Newton versus Gabbert lack of the week. They can
Speaker 1: Cam Newton that what a lock is? I guess so?
Speaker 1: I thought so, I don't know. I thought we need
Speaker 1: to pick games that there could be some similar approach
Speaker 1: and we'll probably suffer for Cam Newton in that. In
Speaker 1: that Broncos game, too, was even better I think than
Speaker 1: I could have imagined when I when I I thought
Speaker 1: he he almost overcame a great defensive effort by Denver
Speaker 1: all by himself. So even if I could see the
Speaker 1: forty Niners defense giving them a little trouble, but it's
Speaker 1: not gonna matter because Blaine Gabbert's not gonna score any points.
Speaker 1: Poor Greg Olsen and Trey Turner and Kevin Benjamin are like,
Speaker 1: what do you mean all by himself? Yeah, I The
Speaker 1: problem with for me with the forty Niners starts here.
Speaker 1: Blayne Gabbert was still making the same mistakes in Week
Speaker 1: one that he was all preseason. Just as you said, Dan,
Speaker 1: there stretches of play that were absolutely horrible. So last
Speaker 1: week is an absolute mirage. This is gonna be a
Speaker 1: huge test. It's interesting because Chip Kelly, let's see what
Speaker 1: he can do. I'm not taking I'm not taking that
Speaker 1: back West. Every every offense in the league is built on, well,
Speaker 1: you can't expose your quarterback to too many hits. Their
Speaker 1: offense is built on exposing him to hit. Everything that
Speaker 1: they do I think is around him more even than
Speaker 1: any quarterback in the league. You better take advantage of
Speaker 1: him now because I know he's a beast and powerful
Speaker 1: and all that. But if that's your offense exposed, it
Speaker 1: will catch up. People say college offenses won't won't work
Speaker 1: in the NFL. The Panthers are a college offense, so
Speaker 1: it's it's worked so far. Let's move on, guys. The
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers are one and oh Jamis Winston four touchdowns,
Speaker 1: uh in the first game of the season, getting greg
Speaker 1: all hyped up like forty seven sandwiches on the man.
Speaker 1: So you need that type of performance. And now they
Speaker 1: hit the road. They have a tough task ahead of
Speaker 1: them as well, because they go to Arizona to face
Speaker 1: a Cardinals team that is kicking themselves. Uh from a
Speaker 1: Sunday night loss where they they somehow were able to
Speaker 1: duck both Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski and then the
Speaker 1: kicker goes and blows the game. Uh, in a game
Speaker 1: really they shouldn't have. Should never have been that close anyway,
Speaker 1: with the amount of tools that the Patriots are missing.
Speaker 1: So now you gotta expect west. This is gonna be
Speaker 1: a pissed Cardinals team that's gonna blow the doors off
Speaker 1: the bus. Right. I don't know about that. Let's see
Speaker 1: who the Cardinals are, because they weren't themselves in Week one.
Speaker 1: I want to I think what's intriguing about this matchup
Speaker 1: is the backfields. If you read my top ten uh
Speaker 1: pass catching backs article this week, Hammer Drop, Hammer Drop.
Speaker 1: You'll know that Doug Martin and Charles Simms were easily
Speaker 1: the best backfield tandem in the NFL last year, and
Speaker 1: they looked good again in the opener. Charles Sims one
Speaker 1: of the most underappreciated passing backs in the game. Doug
Speaker 1: Martin ran better than his numbers. Showed who's got the
Speaker 1: better backfield because David Johnson was the most one of
Speaker 1: the most impressive players in the NFL this year, and
Speaker 1: I feel about him the way Jim Schwartz does when
Speaker 1: he watches Jovid best highlights. Put a sock on the
Speaker 1: David Best crack. I love it. Charles Simms last week
Speaker 1: had one of the best catch and run for a
Speaker 1: touchdown that I've seen in a long time. He is
Speaker 1: just run into each other with one move. You guys,
Speaker 1: You guys, Mark and West were in on Sim's corner
Speaker 1: early and I think he's even better now in terms
Speaker 1: of he's a little tougher. Both of these guys the tackles.
Speaker 1: Both of these guys can can break tackles. And I
Speaker 1: agree that the Cardinals weren't themselves last week. And here's why.
Speaker 1: Honey Badger was not himself and the defense was not aggressive.
Speaker 1: They were I don't know if they were afraid of
Speaker 1: exposing Tyvon Branch who's playing cornerback and Brandon Williams in
Speaker 1: in single coverage because they did not really go after Garoppolo.
Speaker 1: Remember I was all worried they're gonna get crazy, They're
Speaker 1: gonna do all these Cardinal things. They kind of sat
Speaker 1: back there and let Garoppolo, you know, go to who's open.
Speaker 1: And that's not the Cardinals defense that were used to seeing.
Speaker 1: It would be interesting to see how quickly Thorold Simon
Speaker 1: starts playing. They claimed him off waivers from the Seahawks,
Speaker 1: and Richard Sherman's on record is saying several times, this
Speaker 1: guy's gonna end up better than me at some point.
Speaker 1: I don't know. Brandon Williams was a liability justin Bethel
Speaker 1: hasn't been ready to play. You might have to throw
Speaker 1: Tharold Simon right into the starting line. And and the
Speaker 1: Bucks offense, I think is getting to the point where
Speaker 1: they can spread you out that they have enough depth.
Speaker 1: Austin s Harrin Jenkins made two key plays last week.
Speaker 1: Cameron brad They like going to him, especially in the
Speaker 1: two minutes Joe Adam Humphries might be turned into that
Speaker 1: slot receiver that I don't think he played. He played
Speaker 1: fine for a third receiver. So now now you kind
Speaker 1: of have enough people where you can where you can
Speaker 1: do that and let you are you concerned? Did you
Speaker 1: see this when they were playing in Atlanta? And I
Speaker 1: understand I never hear this, but apparently it's loud in
Speaker 1: that dome that it seemed like the Bucks offense was
Speaker 1: a little discombobulated early on. There was a play where
Speaker 1: there's illegal illegal formations. There's like they almost ran out
Speaker 1: the clock three times. Winston is not on the same
Speaker 1: page with Vincent Jackson on one play really costs turnover.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's gonna get ironed out. But they when
Speaker 1: they do things well, I see what you see. They're
Speaker 1: fascinating offense, but they're still growing. Yeah, they're gonna be
Speaker 1: fun to watch. They're gonna make mistake. I think the
Speaker 1: Falcons were really determined that the Bucks don't go deep
Speaker 1: early and Winston to me, showed me something that he
Speaker 1: realized that and started taking the short passes before before
Speaker 1: it got loosened up. I thought Doug Martin two looked
Speaker 1: for stretches like himself from last year. Wasn't the stat
Speaker 1: line you'd think this scores? This gonna be a one
Speaker 1: score game at the end. I think the Bucks, you
Speaker 1: know you are all in. Man, We're not going to
Speaker 1: get your lock of the week off of this. Though
Speaker 1: in the road univer I wouldn't an awfully hard watch.
Speaker 1: If if the Cardinals do get back on track here,
Speaker 1: they're in good position as they for the next few
Speaker 1: weeks because after the Bucks game at Buffalo, which no,
Speaker 1: nobody's in love with the Bills, uh, home to the
Speaker 1: Rams at forty niners, so they should be in good
Speaker 1: Then it tightens up a little bit home to the Jets,
Speaker 1: but a home game, and then you have a back
Speaker 1: to back home to Seahawks at Panthers into your bye week.
Speaker 1: So do you even gather for practice for those three weeks?
Speaker 1: Do you just say, guys, let's let's get healthy. If
Speaker 1: the Bucks went and beat last year's team of around
Speaker 1: the league round the NFL in Arizona, would you at
Speaker 1: least have an open mind enough to consider them Wes,
Speaker 1: you said that there was a hard No. I I
Speaker 1: have proposed a deal to Dan Hans's don't drag me
Speaker 1: into this. Well, you act like the uniforms are no
Speaker 1: big deal because you don't really watch the games. But
Speaker 1: if you start watching the games every week, if you
Speaker 1: if you watch the Bucks every week, do you know
Speaker 1: how crazy you sound? By the way you sound like
Speaker 1: a crazy person. You're telling me that because I'm not
Speaker 1: watching the games, I am not seeing their uniforms. And
Speaker 1: that's why that I would I do not see what
Speaker 1: you see about. We can't support this team. That's crazy.
Speaker 1: Talk of a t L means a different thing to
Speaker 1: you than it means to me. To me, it's all
Speaker 1: about watching the game and watch that's the part that
Speaker 1: you know you're gonna watch it. I think their offense
Speaker 1: is fun. If that happened, much bigger takeaway would be
Speaker 1: what is happening to the Cardinals? Yeah that's true. Let's well,
Speaker 1: did did you answer that question? Is it still? Is
Speaker 1: it a hard? Are the Bucks out? There's a sliver
Speaker 1: of opening? Okay, hey you're that core. That's called I
Speaker 1: can ask for. I'll take it. I have a chance.
Speaker 1: Let's move on. The Seattle Seahawks at one and oh
Speaker 1: an underwhelming win over the Dolphins in week one. Uh.
Speaker 1: Now they travel down the coast to face an l A.
Speaker 1: Rams team that embarrassed itself, embarrassed, the entire organization, embarrassed
Speaker 1: the city of l A sport of football, sport of football.
Speaker 1: Humans were embarrassed by that game. At twenty eight, nothing lost.
Speaker 1: But Mark, as we look ahead to this game, isn't this,
Speaker 1: as we're saying on our last show, kind of the
Speaker 1: Jeff Fisher way, that they would all of a sudden
Speaker 1: play an inspired game against the Seahawks. They always seem
Speaker 1: to play the Seahawks tough, they do. I think that
Speaker 1: narrative is going to come to a crashing halt. Uh
Speaker 1: And if I'm wrong, that's on me. But this feels
Speaker 1: to me like the recipe for baking a disaster cake.
Speaker 1: Let me read this big disaster cake. Let me read
Speaker 1: all Mark's eating, by the way, let me read that
Speaker 1: only does master cake diet. No, I'm still in my
Speaker 1: rough foods diet. To Cleveland Winds, that sounds like a
Speaker 1: disaster cake. I did see you um drinking some green
Speaker 1: sludge earlier today, so it is you are keeping up
Speaker 1: the diet for sure. Feel great? Let me have it
Speaker 1: always been like this? Let me. Let me read something
Speaker 1: of you. Seahawks have not allowed a hundred yard rusher
Speaker 1: since week eleven. Okay, that's basically the l a rams
Speaker 1: entire chance right there. The Rams average the fewest yards
Speaker 1: per game, while the Seahawks allow the fewest passing yards allowed.
Speaker 1: So if you put it all together, this is a
Speaker 1: big giant robot landing in Los Angeles from Seattle. That's
Speaker 1: just gonna destroy that. They lost twenty eight nothing to
Speaker 1: the Niners. What is going to happen here? In our
Speaker 1: pre production meeting today, I guess you could call it that.
Speaker 1: We met in a conference room for like six minutes
Speaker 1: production meeting. Mark referred to the Rams as a blooming
Speaker 1: bag of so well, all right, I would like this
Speaker 1: is my my city. I would like to see them
Speaker 1: do well. But it was it was a very uninspiring.
Speaker 1: Look at a Rick Dickerson, who should be the guy
Speaker 1: who's providing all this hope in this connection of the past,
Speaker 1: called the game an embarrassment, and that's what it was.
Speaker 1: It's on the Rams to come out and produce something different.
Speaker 1: It was embarrassing. Eric Diggerson is a Monday Night football
Speaker 1: sideline correspondent. You have strong feelings on this, but it's
Speaker 1: got hot. Take television analysis from like fourteen years ago.
Speaker 1: Is there the worst sideline analysis historically battling? There are
Speaker 1: some reasons to believe the Rams defense could give the
Speaker 1: Seahawks offense some fits. Both Seahawks guards were an abomination
Speaker 1: in Week one. They got pushed around. Russell Wilson isn't
Speaker 1: the same quarterback when he can't use his feet, and
Speaker 1: he couldn't use his feet from the third quarter on
Speaker 1: last week. Although they were in in fairness to the Dolphins,
Speaker 1: I mean they were worse even before he got The
Speaker 1: Seahawks offense had troubles, big time troubles ever before he
Speaker 1: got hurt. So I'm saying the Rams defense could give
Speaker 1: the Seahawks offense and fits. My thing would be, though,
Speaker 1: I listen, the Rams did did nice work to Seahawks
Speaker 1: last year, and they've done it and before that well
Speaker 1: under Jeff Fisher. So it's things are. Things are in place,
Speaker 1: but you have Case Keeno at your cornerback at quarterback
Speaker 1: and you need to score points to beat the Seahawks.
Speaker 1: It's not going to be the same thing as last
Speaker 1: week where Seattle is going to come out and be
Speaker 1: held to the kind of offensive showing they were points wise.
Speaker 1: I just don't see it happening. What about a defensive turnover?
Speaker 1: I mean, this is this is all Ram's offense has
Speaker 1: got issues. It's never a good sign when your quarterback
Speaker 1: has to come out and tell you whether he's seen
Speaker 1: ghosts or not. Yeah. Yeah, that is not a good sign.
Speaker 1: By the way, when the quarterbacks saying that, usually people
Speaker 1: say that about a quarterback when he's saying I've seen
Speaker 1: ghost preemptive ghost denial. Get that guy out of there. Uh.
Speaker 1: The Seahawks defense, if you remember, last year, started off
Speaker 1: the season so slowly, didn't look like the Seahawks defense
Speaker 1: for half the year. This year they come out and
Speaker 1: they look like they're they're sick of all that. They
Speaker 1: look ready to go. Michael Bennett somehow gets better each
Speaker 1: and every year. If Jeff Fisher gets a contract extension.
Speaker 1: By the way, we have to have an emergency podcast
Speaker 1: whenever it goes down. If it leads on a Saturday
Speaker 1: at three pm and we're playing corn hole at my house,
Speaker 1: we need all race to the office to talk about
Speaker 1: Does that feel like necessary? I'm all in for that.
Speaker 1: I think that's a good show running by you. I
Speaker 1: don't know if Sydney, our producer, would really appreciate she
Speaker 1: understands that good point though. All right, let's move on, gentlemen,
Speaker 1: and talk about the Indianapolis Colts oh and one traveling
Speaker 1: UH to Denver to face the Broncos, who have a
Speaker 1: nice had a nice little ten day break after their
Speaker 1: kickoff Thursday win and historic game. As I consult UH
Speaker 1: the UH two thousand sixteen season Week two research notes,
Speaker 1: we don't have any music to play were you know,
Speaker 1: we don't have anything to play there. I'm working on that,
Speaker 1: but people listen to what's that? What's the song? We
Speaker 1: used to play? Well, I used to mix it up
Speaker 1: a lot of different post to old podcast to hear music,
Speaker 1: which was a feature of old shows. Absolutely anyway. But
Speaker 1: from the research guide, UH, this will be the first
Speaker 1: Colts Broncos game without Peyton Manning involved since Week five
Speaker 1: ninete UH and that was October third, nineteen and I
Speaker 1: just thought maybe a little trip down memory lane. I
Speaker 1: wrote about this on the end a round. I thought
Speaker 1: you guys might be interested in it. We were all
Speaker 1: alive at that time. Greg maybe not. Greg was born
Speaker 1: in like two thousand seven at thirty two years old.
Speaker 1: That's a theory that's out there. And so I was
Speaker 1: living my life at fourteen more than y'all. I was
Speaker 1: out there where I can tell you what I was doing,
Speaker 1: all right. So the number one single on October third,
Speaker 1: uh nine was dream Lover by Mariah Carey. Remember this banger?
Speaker 1: Oh yes, at the height of Mariah Carry's powers, I
Speaker 1: would say, also the height of her the good girl, um,
Speaker 1: good girl face before she turned into a bad girl,
Speaker 1: before came into the mix, before TV came been changed. Uh.
Speaker 1: The number one movie on that weekend, the last game
Speaker 1: between the Broncos and Cults without Peyton Manning involved, was
Speaker 1: and this is a bit fo twits, go ahead, you'll
Speaker 1: never get it. Um the Good Son. No that wait,
Speaker 1: how would you even be close to that? That was
Speaker 1: the number two movie because I went to a movie
Speaker 1: with my dad that week in November. And remember what
Speaker 1: movie was? Whoa It was the number two movie in America.
Speaker 1: But the number one movie in America was a tap
Speaker 1: a tepid um medical thriller starring Alec Baldwin and uh
Speaker 1: Nicole Kidman called Malice, which has been forgotten completely by society,
Speaker 1: but does include some peak Baldwin that we've known on
Speaker 1: the show. You ask me if I have a God complex,
Speaker 1: let me tell you something. I am God. It's a
Speaker 1: great movie. Actually wasn't like every movie in the nineties
Speaker 1: malice in the title or something. Yeah, it had to be,
Speaker 1: had to be a role was usually two words in
Speaker 1: Alice in there somewhere, And the number one sitcom of
Speaker 1: in October nine was Seinfeld Simpsons, No and no, Wes,
Speaker 1: you've already answered, sorry, Mark Cheers was already gone. Right,
Speaker 1: I know what it is. Uh, friends, No, I'm going Frasier,
Speaker 1: all wrong. This is the answer Home improven. Oh my god,
Speaker 1: here it again, Wasteland, let's hear that again, said, let's go.
Speaker 1: It's good to know America is not dumber. Now. That
Speaker 1: was then our presidential candidate always been dumb. Gregg's secret
Speaker 1: j TT fan. Have you ever been to Gregg's house albums?
Speaker 1: Committed that poster of him on the back of your door. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm thinking about sin. I was thinking about maybe bringing
Speaker 1: back No, no, why not? No? What does it even mean?
Speaker 1: It means it's a little it's a little too and
Speaker 1: you just needs your space and you want to get
Speaker 1: in the garage, want that wife to get off your back.
Speaker 1: Every once in a while, you just want to go Sidney,
Speaker 1: what are you doing back there? People up Tim Allen?
Speaker 1: They actually haven't. Yeah, they've been running the Tom improvement
Speaker 1: to that Tim Allen Show for like five years. Doesn't
Speaker 1: have that title, but it's essentially anyway, let's talk the game. So, yeah,
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning not involved in this game, as we know,
Speaker 1: but you know who is Andrew Luck and you know
Speaker 1: who else is Trevor Simeon, a guy that maybe got
Speaker 1: a little overhyped about his play in that game, but
Speaker 1: he made some plays in that football game that opener. Uh, Mark,
Speaker 1: what were your takeaways? Um? You know, clear eyed, concise takeaways,
Speaker 1: throw out you know all the hyperbole. How did you
Speaker 1: think Trevor Simeon played better than last year's Broncos quarterbacks?
Speaker 1: And with the way this team is set up, you know,
Speaker 1: I think at some point they're going to transition to
Speaker 1: Paxton Lynch. But Trevor Simeon throws the ball better than
Speaker 1: Mark Sanchez did. And I would say that in the
Speaker 1: end that John Ellie will be viewed favorably for not
Speaker 1: over paying Brock Osweiler. As we discussed a few weeks ago,
Speaker 1: I think Trevor Simeon is a good bridge to Paxiston Lynch.
Speaker 1: I think he'll be fine. The Broncos are going to
Speaker 1: be better than the cold set what twenty one out
Speaker 1: of the twenty two positions on the field in this game.
Speaker 1: They should blow the Colts out early. And if they
Speaker 1: don't and they let it come down to Andrew Luck
Speaker 1: versus Trevor Simon with the game on the line, they
Speaker 1: could be in trouble. But the Broncos, it's hard to
Speaker 1: see the Broncos defensive personnel not taking advantage of the
Speaker 1: Colts offensive line, or the Broncos offensive personnel and C. J.
Speaker 1: Anderson not taking advantage of a wretched Colts defense. I
Speaker 1: don't think you can overstate how dominant Denver's offensive line
Speaker 1: was in the running game last week when I when
Speaker 1: I watched that, they destroyed Carolina, who we think of
Speaker 1: as a front seven, so as a good front seven,
Speaker 1: they absolutely dominated them. And so if you've got that
Speaker 1: kind of dominance in the running game, now that it's
Speaker 1: really the Carrie Gary Kubiak offense and they're doing that
Speaker 1: in Week one, that's scary and and also scary is
Speaker 1: that they got Shack Barrett and Shane Ray coming off
Speaker 1: the bench and you're practically not losing anything at this point.
Speaker 1: Shane Ray and Jack Barrett are getting better and better.
Speaker 1: I think this is one of, you know, a string
Speaker 1: of games where the Cults, we're gonna get at their offense.
Speaker 1: They can score points, but they are just an incomplete roster.
Speaker 1: What concerns me about Denver obviously with Damarus Thomas said
Speaker 1: this week that he is concerns about coming out of
Speaker 1: his cuts and getting hit with the hip injury. Has
Speaker 1: He's obviously not, but the way that they ran the ball,
Speaker 1: it's c J. Anderson is set up for a huge
Speaker 1: season in this in this offense, and I don't see
Speaker 1: it slowing Dan. He's gonna have a huge week against Indianapolis.
Speaker 1: Barring a stunner. You gotta lock it up now. As
Speaker 1: we are talking about this, I was thinking this would
Speaker 1: be a logical lock because they're probably they're they're big
Speaker 1: time favor I like my locks to have a little
Speaker 1: bit of flavor. This is a little a little bit
Speaker 1: too block and tackle for me. It's I like them
Speaker 1: to be wrong quite a bit. So that's where I'm going. Alright,
Speaker 1: good moving on the Atlanta Falcons, UH coming off a
Speaker 1: dreary season opening loss, head to Oakland to face the Raiders,
Speaker 1: and uh, here's a game Chris Westling featuring another team
Speaker 1: of a t N nominee. And again, if I want,
Speaker 1: if I think the Raiders, I don't need the Raiders
Speaker 1: to go twelve and four this season, but I need
Speaker 1: things to happen like this when Atlanta, UH middling team
Speaker 1: comes into your building in your home opener, I want
Speaker 1: you to double down on the momentum for week one
Speaker 1: and spank the Falcons and send Matt Ryan home quivering
Speaker 1: in a corner. Whoa sitting in the plane? Where's Matt?
Speaker 1: Why is it in his seat? Oh? He's over in
Speaker 1: the cargo area. He doesn't want to be around anyone
Speaker 1: right now. That's what I want. If you are a
Speaker 1: fan of the Oakland Raiders, the team of at L,
Speaker 1: and you liked that they took advantage of the Saints
Speaker 1: UH subpart defense last week, you can feel pretty good
Speaker 1: about Falcon's defense coming in that still has no pass
Speaker 1: rush and their linebackers got absolutely worked in coverage. Sean
Speaker 1: Weatherspoon devanre Campbell especially, We're absolutely torched in coverage. They
Speaker 1: were a little better rushing the passer, and I don't
Speaker 1: think you're gonna be happy, Dan, if you're looking for
Speaker 1: a blot to me until proven otherwise. I think these
Speaker 1: are two teams are in the middle class of the NFL,
Speaker 1: and those types of teams play close games. I'd give
Speaker 1: the slight edge a quarterback to Atlanta in this game.
Speaker 1: I thought Matt Ryan looked good last week. Uh So,
Speaker 1: I don't see any reason to believe this is gonna
Speaker 1: be some blow. I think I'll be close to that
Speaker 1: Eric car have to do to get some love in
Speaker 1: this roam. Derek Carr was great last week. I love that.
Speaker 1: I mean, if you talk about a team the other
Speaker 1: guys rising like talk about a team of a t
Speaker 1: L moment he jumps over a defender for the first down.
Speaker 1: He's on the opposed sideline, Derek Carr, and he's making
Speaker 1: the first down sign as people are yelling at him
Speaker 1: around him. He doesn't carries Derek Carr. I don't think
Speaker 1: anyone like you know what. I'm not gonna even talk
Speaker 1: in this second. I will say one thing. I mean,
Speaker 1: the reason there's not gonna be a blowout because, yeah,
Speaker 1: the Falcons lost last week, but you've got Julio Jones
Speaker 1: and Mohammed Sanu. Is a massive upgrade over last year's
Speaker 1: Roddy White and what we saw happen in Oakland last
Speaker 1: week with their rebuilt secondary did not live up to
Speaker 1: the promise. They've got Seawan Smith coming back into the
Speaker 1: lineup after being benched. A lot of pretty words this
Speaker 1: week about how coach believes in him. He believes in himself.
Speaker 1: Everyone believes in everyone. But you know, now you gotta
Speaker 1: you gotta deal with Julio Jones and Mohammed Sanu. That's
Speaker 1: a matchup issue for Oakland. Ay wait, Jalen was started.
Speaker 1: I gotta go see if he's available. And so Mohammed,
Speaker 1: I think there might be some stain power there. Take
Speaker 1: it offline. Mohammed Sanu is now making the leap from
Speaker 1: a guy that's just the nice target monster to a
Speaker 1: guy that teams need to be terrified. I think you
Speaker 1: gotta see what he did last week. I mean he
Speaker 1: really he made a difference in that game. And I
Speaker 1: think the things you're gonna get a number one cornerback
Speaker 1: or two cornerbacks or two coverage people on on who
Speaker 1: Jones every week, leaving Sanu open. Then he just most
Speaker 1: of his yards came on a blown coverage. Right. It
Speaker 1: was a nice job by him. Too excited about most
Speaker 1: of new not just yet. I'm not asking you to
Speaker 1: get excited. Get excited four weeks from now when he's
Speaker 1: continuing to do the same thing. Can we revisit Greg's
Speaker 1: Jalen Richard Love seventy f yard touchdown run in in
Speaker 1: which Collecchi assembly pancake the defensive tackle to spring Jalon Richard.
Speaker 1: I just love hist DeAndre Washington outtouched Jalen Richard. H
Speaker 1: how do you pronounce this? Got the goal line? Love?
Speaker 1: And Taiwan Jones is involved too. That is a four
Speaker 1: man backups Taiwan Jones Eventually in a PPR league, I
Speaker 1: think I think he might be a fact. Just the
Speaker 1: movement on the punt returns. I mean he moves in
Speaker 1: a in a special way. I'm just saying, not a
Speaker 1: lot of people move like that. What is up with
Speaker 1: Atlanta's shovel passes? Enough with this nonsense four or five
Speaker 1: times last No, I'm just saying, no, it is a
Speaker 1: weird running game that they have this year. It's very
Speaker 1: strange and it surprises me. From Kyle Shanahan, Uh, let's
Speaker 1: move on, gentlemen and talk about the Jacksonville Jaguars, who
Speaker 1: are unable to knock off the Packers at home in
Speaker 1: Week one, So now they travel to San Diego to
Speaker 1: face Chargers team that still has to be gutted. They
Speaker 1: blew a huge lead in Kansas City and also lost
Speaker 1: their best offensive player, uh, at least their best offensive
Speaker 1: skill player in Keenan Allen, who did indeed suffer torn
Speaker 1: a c L. So they got a home hold court here, Mark,
Speaker 1: and if they don't, you start to get the feeling
Speaker 1: could be a bad season in San Diego. I don't
Speaker 1: like this matchup for San Diego. I don't think that
Speaker 1: there's a whole lot separating these two teams. But there's
Speaker 1: a lot to like about the Jaguars right now, and
Speaker 1: for me, it starts with Jalen Ramsey on defense. This
Speaker 1: guy is going to be an absolute star. He is nasty.
Speaker 1: Go watch this guy's game from last week. He has
Speaker 1: got an attitude and it happens whether it's on special
Speaker 1: teams or on defense. I think the Jaguars. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure it's gonna happen all this season, which
Speaker 1: will you know? Upset the caravan that's writing that thinks
Speaker 1: it's riding towards January play. But they have a lot
Speaker 1: of productive young players. Put up four hundred and thirteen
Speaker 1: yards something like that last week, did a very good job,
Speaker 1: and I think that you know that. Sorry the Chargers
Speaker 1: gave up four hundred and thirteen yards. It's a good matchup.
Speaker 1: I think for the Jaguars to come in Allen Robinson,
Speaker 1: Alan Hearns, and I don't I want to know what's
Speaker 1: happening with Chris Ivory. That's my concern. I think there
Speaker 1: are much different run game when he's been in the
Speaker 1: lineup in the preseason. I think the Chargers offense worries
Speaker 1: me without Keenan Allen. They got shut down when he left,
Speaker 1: and I think he's that good. I know that Philip
Speaker 1: Rivers is talking up Tyrelle Williams, who's athletic, who has potential.
Speaker 1: But it's a lot different from going going from a
Speaker 1: guy like Keenan Allen who was giving a high quality quarter.
Speaker 1: Cornerback like Marcus Peters fits in that game, right, when
Speaker 1: you're suddenly county on Tyra Williams to be your co
Speaker 1: number one receiver, You're in trouble because Travis Benderman is
Speaker 1: not a number one is he is sort of not
Speaker 1: a one trick You're gonna Travis Benjamin does one thing
Speaker 1: really right, You're gonna You're gonna spread it around. Antonio
Speaker 1: Gates didn't have a good week the Jaguars. This is
Speaker 1: a game if they are going to take the next step,
Speaker 1: This is the type of game you sneak out. It's
Speaker 1: not the toughest road place to play, uh in the world.
Speaker 1: You know, I think the Jaguars showed something in that
Speaker 1: game that they were aggressive going for it on fourth downs.
Speaker 1: That's the right sort of attitude. I'll tell you what.
Speaker 1: They are there my lock of the week. And I
Speaker 1: get it. Why would you take an O in one
Speaker 1: team that's been historically a disaster of late on the road.
Speaker 1: But I believe it, and I think they're gonna win.
Speaker 1: This Jacksonville team is going to be frisky. I it
Speaker 1: had they gotten the you know, they got a bomb
Speaker 1: dropped on them against Green Bay last week, I'd be
Speaker 1: all out. But I think that they showed up. They
Speaker 1: did exactly what we asked them to do in this
Speaker 1: studio last Thursday, which is they played up. They did
Speaker 1: not at all, and there's a lot of wine. They
Speaker 1: did not win. They played a great team. This is
Speaker 1: not the Green Bay Packers. They're gonna win this. Good
Speaker 1: matchups of good cornerbacks against great receivers. In terms of Jackson,
Speaker 1: I mean, ever, there is a secondary, some cornerbacks who
Speaker 1: could slow them down. They would be this San Diego
Speaker 1: one Sin it's not gonna slow Yeah. Again, I also
Speaker 1: like to lose these locks, I said, Greg, So your
Speaker 1: point is taken. When does the Joey Bosa holdout end?
Speaker 1: Is my question. That's a big loss for San Diego.
Speaker 1: I think that we don't even know they need exactly
Speaker 1: that what he was supposed to bring. They need right now,
Speaker 1: not eight nine weeks from now or a year from now. Maybe.
Speaker 1: I mean, I didn't want to talk about it, but
Speaker 1: he's hurt because hamstrings hurt, because he spent the entire
Speaker 1: summer in a protracted standoff that no one was happy about. Whatever.
Speaker 1: Moving on, the Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings Sunday Night
Speaker 1: football in front al Chris and the world. What a
Speaker 1: game this is a game I'll be very excited to watch.
Speaker 1: And Uh, Greg, from your standpoint, Uh, what what did
Speaker 1: you come away from in terms of your thoughts about
Speaker 1: the Vikings now that the shock of the losing ted
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater has some side. I did, and they won
Speaker 1: a game in Week one where the defense played very
Speaker 1: very well. Are you feeling good? And now maybe Sam
Speaker 1: Bradford enters the picture. I am feeling good about the Vikings.
Speaker 1: The things that Mark talked about all preseason in terms
Speaker 1: of Minnesota's defense, none of that's changed. I think Mike
Speaker 1: Zimmer is gonna convince this team that no no one,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know he's doing this. He's a Bill
Speaker 1: Parcels guy. No one's giving you a chance now that
Speaker 1: Teddy has gone for the season, you know, putting everyone's
Speaker 1: picks up there. No one's picking them to the playoffs.
Speaker 1: And let's face it, they beat the Packers with the
Speaker 1: division on the line with yards out of their quarterback.
Speaker 1: So they've shown the formula to win with defense. And
Speaker 1: if you're starting a basketball team full of defenders, I
Speaker 1: think the Minnesota Vikings defense would be who you want?
Speaker 1: Danil Hunter, I love him, Everson Griffin, Anthony Barr. Harrison
Speaker 1: Smith at this point is almost accepted as the best
Speaker 1: safety in football. It's just very deep or one one
Speaker 1: of them he's getting. He's getting to that point with
Speaker 1: Earl Timerson. Smith is great. But stop, you're treating Earl
Speaker 1: Thomas like you treat all right. Eric Thomas had a
Speaker 1: bad year and then he had a bad game, so
Speaker 1: you're right, maybe I'm getting carried away. They don't have
Speaker 1: a point of their defense where you say this is
Speaker 1: where you obviously go a town and they're adding players
Speaker 1: that matter. Eric Kendricks is now a player that matters.
Speaker 1: They've just got depth everywhere enough I think to slow
Speaker 1: down the Packers and win this game. Hunter was awesome.
Speaker 1: I like this Vikings team to win this game. You know,
Speaker 1: if I had a team of football players playing basketball.
Speaker 1: My first pick Jimmy Graham, he played ball. You don't
Speaker 1: know that that findings down the lab at the college
Speaker 1: level or at many levels, high school, junior, high, college,
Speaker 1: I would throw last year's game that you referenced out
Speaker 1: the window compairtly. Sam Bradford is taking over from Teddy
Speaker 1: Bridgewater this week, according to reports, and sam Bradford and
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz now have exactly the same number of games
Speaker 1: with two d seventy eight yards and two TVs and
Speaker 1: no one options in their entire careers. My point is
Speaker 1: the Vikings were a good defense last year. They weren't
Speaker 1: at the level of the Broncos and the Seahawks and
Speaker 1: the Pain and maybe they can get to that. I
Speaker 1: think that's fine, But the Packers offense was at a
Speaker 1: dysfunctional stage when these these two teams met last year.
Speaker 1: Any concerned that Aaron Rodgers had great protection last week
Speaker 1: in the average five point nine yards pretend? I think.
Speaker 1: I think a lot of this goes back to Jordy Nelson,
Speaker 1: who said basically what he had dead legs, that he's
Speaker 1: still he's still getting back into it. He looked slow,
Speaker 1: He did not look himself. He's running shorter routes. He's
Speaker 1: not running vertical routes right now, and I think that's
Speaker 1: a problem. But yes, there's a concern because Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: you can't repeat these spectacular tight window throws on a
Speaker 1: on a weekly basis. And that was the case with
Speaker 1: him last September when we were calling him to Michael
Speaker 1: Jordan a football and he was playing better than any
Speaker 1: quarterback ever had, and it just it dwindled once defense
Speaker 1: is realized that you didn't have to play down the
Speaker 1: field at all. Let's pick this game, guys, Mark, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go Vikings. This was my this is gonna be
Speaker 1: my team of a t L and I they're still
Speaker 1: in the mix if they win this one, Packers. I
Speaker 1: got the Vikings as well. You know why because the
Speaker 1: new stadium, new stadium, that place is gonna be going nuts.
Speaker 1: How how serious of the Vikings taking this. They successfully
Speaker 1: petitioned the league to have the halftime lengthened for a
Speaker 1: major display that they're putting out with an orchestra, a
Speaker 1: Prince tribute, a Game of Thrones. Guy is gonna be there.
Speaker 1: I was on the fence until the Game of Thrones, guy,
Speaker 1: But I'm taking the Vikings now. The Vikings skull chant.
Speaker 1: Do you guys know about this? Yeah, it's always in
Speaker 1: tweets that you know Vikings fans send at you school.
Speaker 1: If they could pull this up, this is a new
Speaker 1: thing they're taking from the Icelandic team. If the Vikings
Speaker 1: can incorporate this into their home home games, that would
Speaker 1: be cool. The Super Bowl is finally coming to Mini. Well,
Speaker 1: it is a couple of years every sports bar you
Speaker 1: don't ye not hosting every sports bar you ever go
Speaker 1: to on a Sunday, which we never get to do anymore.
Speaker 1: But even just on a random night, there's always one
Speaker 1: or two or more people in the Vikings, Jersey that
Speaker 1: that fan base is legitimate. They care about that team,
Speaker 1: and they're gonna have a good season. All right, So
Speaker 1: what were the fun you took the Vikings as well? Yes,
Speaker 1: I would feel good if I were you, because I
Speaker 1: don't think Aaron Rodgers versus Sam Branford. I got hero
Speaker 1: pick favorite uh favorite hero pick? Alright, time to take
Speaker 1: us to Monday night football the Philadelphia Eagles with Carson
Speaker 1: wentz uh you know, nice little training wheels game against
Speaker 1: the Browns and now they head to Chicago and I
Speaker 1: start to the season for Philly. You get the Browns
Speaker 1: at home, and then you go to Chicago, a team
Speaker 1: that doesn't have their act together perhaps, but unless Greg,
Speaker 1: did you see some things when you watch the Bears
Speaker 1: that made you think they were the better than people
Speaker 1: might think? Well, I've waited this long to drop my
Speaker 1: lock of the week. You guys don't even know which
Speaker 1: team I'm taking you do knock of the week. The
Speaker 1: Bears are one of the worst teams in the NFL
Speaker 1: and the Philadelphia Eagles got a perfect landing spot to
Speaker 1: start this season. As you mentioned, I think this is
Speaker 1: a great defense. I don't think the Bears offense is
Speaker 1: gonna have enough answers for this defense. And I really
Speaker 1: think Chicago's defense without Pernell McPhee, they're gonna play hard,
Speaker 1: but they are undermanned in the secondary. I think there
Speaker 1: is a pretty sizable difference in talent between these two teams,
Speaker 1: and that the Eagles are going to get off to
Speaker 1: a hot start to and oh you're locking it up.
Speaker 1: Locking it up as an underdog, I think the Bears
Speaker 1: win by more than one score. Good whoa al Sean
Speaker 1: Jeffrey was spectacular in the opener, and if Jay Cutler
Speaker 1: had more time to throw in the second half, he
Speaker 1: might have gone for two yards. Jay Cutler played great
Speaker 1: last week. Most of that game. I thought he he
Speaker 1: played a perfect first half despite some bad protection around him,
Speaker 1: but you can't ask him to play that well. He
Speaker 1: had a really nice thirty second drive going into halftime,
Speaker 1: but didn't do much in the second half. I mean
Speaker 1: I guess you could say you could certainly if the
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns can make plays on Philly's secondary and they
Speaker 1: picked on Nolan Carroll here and there, that I could
Speaker 1: see that happening with the Bears as well. I mean
Speaker 1: with al Sean Jeffrey there's that's he he was great
Speaker 1: and I I'm gonna go Eagles though, because I just
Speaker 1: think there's something going on with his Eagles team. Uh,
Speaker 1: are you locking it up already? Locked it up? Locked
Speaker 1: it up? Ready? You can't lock it up already? Locked word? Okay, right,
Speaker 1: Mark is absolutely right. You can only lock up on
Speaker 1: Kevin White at this point is an albatross for that team.
Speaker 1: They feel the reason need to put him on the
Speaker 1: field every single down. His catches last week, we're not
Speaker 1: getting to the first down sticks, uh, causing an interception,
Speaker 1: dropping the pass. He is hurting them and they can't
Speaker 1: mention him. Used the a word. Could Carson Wentz hand
Speaker 1: pick two secondaries to start his season better than the
Speaker 1: Browns and Bears. That's what I'm saying. They're probably gonna
Speaker 1: be without Zach Ertz, which is a big loss on
Speaker 1: a team that doesn't have enough pass catchers to begin with.
Speaker 1: So that's a problem. And let's you know, throw Howie
Speaker 1: Howie a bone here, because he saw that what we're
Speaker 1: seeing now. He studied the schedule and he said, well,
Speaker 1: if I want this rookie to play, I could wait
Speaker 1: three or four weeks until I feel like Chase Daniel
Speaker 1: needs to be replaced. Or I could throw him in
Speaker 1: there against too, you know, bottom bottom five teams in
Speaker 1: the league, and get his feet wet in a positive
Speaker 1: way as smart and in the process, we are city
Speaker 1: is hosting the draft Philadelphia. I can get a first
Speaker 1: round pick back just to ship Sam Bradford a few
Speaker 1: miles west. Not a big problem there. One thing about
Speaker 1: one thing about Carson Wentz is it's one thing to
Speaker 1: go out and have that kind of game when you've
Speaker 1: been preparing for it for months. It's another to do
Speaker 1: it when you've got a couple of days to prepare.
Speaker 1: That's true. That is fair that This is what I'll
Speaker 1: say about Carson Wentz, though there are a couple of
Speaker 1: throws he made, which is I don't care how what
Speaker 1: happens to him from here on out. The guy can.
Speaker 1: The guy has some stuff going on at quarterback, and
Speaker 1: the teams without a quarterback. I think they would Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz would be very quickly. He's got the heater touch pass,
Speaker 1: which is nice to see right off the bat that
Speaker 1: he's not always throwing it a hundred miles an hour,
Speaker 1: but he can when he needs. Cleveland and they're not
Speaker 1: that they have a great ability to do this. Tried
Speaker 1: very hard to confuse him and throw weird stuff at
Speaker 1: him early and just nothing seemed to phase him. Two.
Speaker 1: I think that you know, neck up, he's They talk
Speaker 1: about him as like this a type personality that's sort
Speaker 1: of Peyton Manning esque and his obsessiveness with football. That's
Speaker 1: uh opposite from what we've heard about. The other quarterback
Speaker 1: that was drafted in the top two, a little underrated.
Speaker 1: Another rookie in this game, Leondard Floyd to top ten pick,
Speaker 1: a head of schedule, playing every down. They thought he'd
Speaker 1: be a situational guy, kind of looking like he belongs.
Speaker 1: As good news for the Bears. All right, there you go.
Speaker 1: There is our Week two preview. Well, next time you
Speaker 1: hear from us, it will be late Sunday night where
Speaker 1: we will have our full recap of all the games,
Speaker 1: including Sunday Night football between the Green Bay Packers and
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings. So thank you everybody for listening. Uh and
Speaker 1: until then, this is Dan Hanson signing off for the
Speaker 1: Quiet Storm. M. The Mailman, the Boss, and last said
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