First Things First - Who Has the BEST and WORST NFL Vibes? | Wildes’ Week 5 Vibe Check

Episode Date: October 10, 2026

The NFL vibes are changing, and the locals have plenty to say.The Patriots are BIG risers after taking down the Bills, and the Jaguars are back on top. Meanwhile, the 49ers-Seahawks showdown is shaping up to be one of the biggest vibe games of the week.Wildes also gets personal with his thoughts on the Bears and Ben Johnson, before breaking down all 32 NFL teams heading into Week 5.Because the national media tells you what happened. The locals tell you how it actually feels.Note: This episode was filmed before Thursday Night Football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I use Brian's giant scissors every time I need to cut a ceremonial ribbon, and I'm always glad I did. Okay, vibe check time coming in at number 32, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A little bit of a format flaw with the Kevin Wilde's podcast network. Vibe check. Is it because you're sponsored by a ceremonial scissor? No. It's because we tape this before Thursday night football. If the bucks beat the Cowboys, the vibes are going to go through the roof. If they lose, they're going to stay dead last. So we're just going to move on to number 31. The vibes are terrible. And seeing the lowest score on

the poll named Chargers-esque, somehow dug Rock Bottom even lower. Can't say it's not fair, though. Elias, the sad Chargers fan. Sorry, Elias. I did label the poll from 10 to 1, number one being Chargers-esque. There's just nothing going on. Interesting subplot for Broncos Chargers. Sean Payton said, you know what? Davis Webb Offensive Coordinator? Not good enough. You're out of here. I'm going to call the plays. I think it's

interesting that Harbaugh can look at Mike McDaniel's like, huh, you can get rid of your O-C. I like Mike McDaniel. A Mike McDaniel guy, but it's not going well. You guys are 31st in vibes. Number 30. Gosh darn it. I like this team, too. Gianna convinced me to like them. The U.

Cam, Are the Texans and the Chargers' O'N4 records hiding how bad the Titans' own four record is? Great question. Great question. We view those teams as being good in their O'N4. We view you as being pretty bad in your O'N4. It's like, I don't know if you've ever missed a flight and you feel like the biggest jerk in the world. Not because no one misses it anymore when you're just rushing to the gate and it closes.

it's always when the flight's delayed for 90 minutes. You're like, oh, sure, I'll go to the Applebee's, get myself a blooming onion and a margarita. And then you go 90 minutes later. They're like, oh, no, we left 20 minutes ago. And the door's closed. Like, can you please open the door? Like, no, impossible.

Do you know what I hear you, O'Dini? I can't open the door. It's shut. Plains sitting there. And you feel like a total, just ninkum poop. And then you see two other people roll up. You're like, can you believe it? We're all in the same boat.

It makes you feel a little bit better. I think it's just, that's a long way to say misery loves company. Number 28, the New York Jets. Three word comment. I mean, come on. That was the only comment. I mean, come on. Just end the season.

We cannot compete with the bills or the pats. We may beat Miami, but then draft position is worse. One point for finally getting an interception. It's the small things. You got an interception. I thought you guys were frisky, but that, man, that loss really hurt you feelings. Having the ball for about five minutes certainly doesn't help. Number 27, this is shocking. And this fan base is very fickle, very fickle. This team is always a roller

coaster, but as long as we're in form, soccer lingo wilds, come playoff time, we can have our biannual Super Bowl run. Just a rainy day. Fly Eagles fly. It's the Eagles. Hey, there's actually some optimism. A silent tank is some pessimism. Nick did a big thing on the salary cap. I guess it's not good. I stopped paying attention halfway through. Not that it wasn't good. But it turns out you guys can't pay 10 superstars while every other team just has two.

The bill is coming due. Number 26. Oh, no. The score of 3.32 on the vibe meter. Our secondary is an absolute joke. I've been through 0 and 16, but this is bad. Worst defense than the O. and 16 Lions.

Yes, it's the Detroit Lions 3.32. So I looked up, I'm like, you've got to be kidding me. You're not worse than the O'N 16 Lions. Right now, the Lions defense is giving up 304 yards a game here in the last place. There are only three quarterbacks averaging over 300 yards. It's Shuck, it's Bryce, who both played you guys,

and it's golf who is you guys, who has to throw for 300. Now, the Owen 16 Lions had the 27th worst pass defense, only 232 yards a game. So you are actually worse than the Owen 16 Lions. I apologize for that. Vibes are bad in Detroit. More terrible vibes. Green Bay Packers, 3.50 coming at 25th.

We can't run the ball. We barely beat the Jets and Jalen Daniels led already 0.3 bucks. Lost to Carson Wentz and Michael Pennix. Yannis is gone. So you can't do that in the vibe check. I actually appreciate it, but it's not really the spirit. But it does give me a little bit of insight to your mentals. When you're so upset, you just start to have other sports failures come into your Packers' brain.

At first I thought was I mentioned about Giannis. Positively, comment, Bears Week. We own them. So maybe, it's like, hey, just beat the Bears. It's a little Ohio State, Michigan. You're having a bad season. They're having it. But if you get that one win, maybe you'll feel a little bit better, at least vibe-wise.

Number 24, the Pittsburgh Steelers. This has been the same story for years. Football, purgatory. Don't get excited for a win. Don't get disappointed for a loss, brutal. It's almost better to be a bad team. That's why the vibes are worse here than the dolphins. Number 23, 3.58, Arizona Cardinals, better vibes than the Steelers.

The only reason it isn't Chargers-esque is because we beat them week one. Time to make the switch to Carson Beck. Again, the U, Gianna. If we're going to lose, let's find out if Beck is the guy. He might be. He looked good in that preseason game. Number 22, New Orleans Saints 3.90, just a bad showing all around. We can't lose that bad in prime time game to our biggest rival.

Chuck and the wide receivers can be really good, but the protections have to be better from Jesse. You can't get embarrassed, guys. It was supposed to be a big night for you and just got stomped. Not great. Number 21, 4.38. If we lose to the Giants, our season is over. Also, Jaden Daniels must be healthy this week or the season is over. And I don't feel great about rushing our QB back, our franchise QB back, 4.38.

Commanders, I kind of like it. It's weird. Like, maybe he's giving it as all. I don't think it's reckless. It feels like a bit of a warrior mentality. So hopefully he's back and hopefully can just stay off the elbow and play great. Maybe you guys can make a little bit of run. Number 20, 4.8.4.4.

Khan. The fact that we ended last week's game with two healthy wide receivers on the entire roster was a bit of a bummer. Pro, we're playing the dolphins next. Con, we could lose to the dolphins. Pro, no one loses to the dolphins, right? Number 20, Cincinnati Bengals. Here's the thing. The dolphins are not going 0.17. So I know everyone thinks they're going to beat the dolphins, but the dolphins are going to win a game. The Chargers are going to win a game, maybe against the Broncos. The Texans are going to win this week against the Titans. You can't be the team that's going to lose to the dolphins, but they will win a game. Number 19, the Indianapolis Colts, we beat two bad teams, lost to the good teams. What is it even for?

We're never going to win the Super Bowl. Oh, we turn negative. Gee whiz. We're never going to win a Super Bowl with Daniel Jones. Kevin Wilds doesn't even care about this Colts team either. What's that kind of do with anything? I like Jonathan Taylor, but you can't base it off of me. But you're right.

I don't care. You guys are two and two. You're playing the two and two Steelers. I root for Jonathan Taylor, but you do seem kind of mid. like the only thing people write about is the owner walking on the sidelines like literally guess what I would do if I was owning a team I would suit up and I would call plays for myself and like well you couldn't do that you'd get killed no because I'd call five guys to be it wouldn't make any sense but I would be getting yards number 18 the biggest fallers of the entire vibe check the Buffalo Bills 5.31 it's understandable that we lost as we were down our best wide receiver cornerback defensive tackle and our QB had a bum shoulder. Oh, wait, that was the other team. Thank you. I love the entire offense. I love the coaches. I love the D-line, but the past defense was the worst

of any team on Sunday. That includes the Panthers and Lions. I mean, not really. Help won, and we lost all our DBs who mysteriously vanished into their own zip code during the game. Look, yeah, the defense is bad. You guys have one way to win. It's Josh Allen. Good teams have two ways to win.

Patriots have, I think, two ways to win. Defense and Drake May. We also have one way to lose Drake May. Number 17, the Denver Broncos. We look so good than bad after weeks. But the teams we've played so far have a combined 13 and 3 record. So I think we'll be fine down the road. Connor.

There you go. The Denver Broncos. Thanks, Connor. That's a good attitude. Weird move with Sean Payton taking the play calls from Davis Webb, who does what now? He was calling the plays. He gets demoted. Davis Webb should really just leave?

You can't, I think you should just leave Davis Webb. Number 16. The U. Again, the Miami Dolphins. At this point, calling us the break. Dancers would be a compliment, Rose, from England. Well, thanks, Rose. We, a little behind the scenes, first things first, lore.

We thought the break dancers, who are fan favorites, but we weren't ready to break up with the break dancers since the dolphins were an irrelevant team, and that's how we decided to do bruise breakdancers of the week. Sorry, you guys have to do something, or you have an editorial death on the show. we might just not talk about you to the draft. It's not good. Number 15, one ahead of the Miami Dolphins, the Baltimore Ravens. See, this is why I like vibe check.

We feel like, oh, Lamar will be back. Not with the vibe check, a 6.10. Winning is great, but Lamar being hurt, even if it is only a minor injury, is scary. We saw last year the difference between 100% healthy Lamar and 80% to 90% healthy Lamar. It's massive. Now it doesn't look like he'll play this week, but the Ravens can play the well over the next two weeks against the Falcons and Browns,

with or without Lamar, I'll feel much better about our chances of making a serious run. I thought this was really interesting where Bruce's take is, don't rush him back. Like wait till he's 100%. And I didn't get a name on this.

You got to sign your comments, please, so I can shout you out because I think this is smart. I compared it to a car that's 80% fixed and 90% fixed in a boat that's 90% fixed. Your car, oh, it's 90% fixed. It's like, oh, okay, I'll get, I'll put a donut on it.

I'll, I can drive, I'll drive a few days with a donut on it, be honest with you. Versus a boat, like, you know, mostly fixed still has the hole. Like, it just doesn't really work at all. That might be more like Lamar. Number 14, the Dallas Cowboys. C.D. Lamb is an absolute dog. I kind of just have faith. The defense will be right around 20th best by the end of the season.

season. Also, your hair looks amazing. Everybody wins. Wow, thank you. It's my fall, toupee pumpkin spice flavored. Number 13, the New York Giants. The fact that we lost Dart and Burns and we're still one and three. I feel like Harbaugh's our guy 100%. Our future's bright. And we might be able to win the division too. Yeah, it's good for the Giants. I think you guys are going to fall off a cliff here, but ride the vibes. Number 12, the Los Angeles Rams. Number 11, the Minnesota Vikings. Everyone knows we're frauds. Our fans are booing our offense. We're up two scores at home. This is why local vibe check

is great. P.S. from Ryan. Real Ryan. We're rooting against the Bengals because we want Skoll Borough to reunite with Justin Jefferson. That's a thing? Burrow going to the Vikings. I googled it and there are some room. Yeah, there's a rumor. It's like a little virus. There's like

one person puts it and then all of a sudden it starts to spread. Maybe. I didn't know that was a thing that is not being talked about in studio, whatever we call studio in New York City. Number 10, the Seahawks, 7.21. We're still the Super Bowl champions, 3-1 record. Defense looks great, slightly worried about the running back position. True. Slightly concerned with the rising 49ers. If we beat them this week, I will be back to 10.

Cheers, Florian. Thanks, Florian. Number nine, the biggest risers of vibe check, the New England Patriots. We just beat a consensus Super Bowl team with three quarters of our top players out. I felt good enough to wear my Drake jersey around campus in the New England Patriots. in Chicago signed Nick J. Well, thank you, Nick. I don't have a lot of gear. I have a few Patriot shirts. I have a few Patriots hats that I wear to the game.

But overall, I don't wear a ton of stuff. But sometimes I do. And the Patriots are playing so bad. I too, Nick. It's like, I'm not going to wear my Patriot shirt. Not that I'm not willing to support them. But I just don't want to have any conversations that are at all. I don't even want to have positive conversations

when I go to Home Depot, to be honest with you. And I certainly don't want any negative conversations as I'm trying to buy a flavor. What is it called? A flavor trying. What is it called? I put it in my grill. A flavor bar, I think it's called.

It gets all rusted out. It's impossible to clean. My grill's been catching on fire. My grill looks like Hades. It looks like the... It looks like the gates of hell. I don't want to beat around the bush. I open it up and the thing is like shooting out.

Like there's a demon in it and he loves it. I'm like, oh, I got to clean out the grease, I guess. Number seven, Carolina Panthers. Bryce Young MVP discussion talks have arrived. Yours truly, Robert. Leads the league in passing. Shout out to Bryce. A lot of Carolina Reaper stuff, which I am still for.

Number six, the Kansas City Chiefs, Wiles. They're using their old linemen to run on fourth and one, doing fake puns from their own territory. pulling plays from five stock market crashes ago. The fund chiefs have never been more back, and it's glorious. Now, that's a very positive one. But here's one that I kind of believe in. There is such a thing as too much Kenneth Walker,

the rest of the team needs to raise their floor. But I just think this is something. So Kenneth Walker's attempts in his career, 228, 219, 153, 221, 87 already this year, which means he's on track for, multiplied by 4.25 for the 17 game season. 370 attempts. His previous high was 228.

The record is 416. So it's just a lot of usage for Kenneth Walker. It just feels like they're very excited about Kenneth Walker. And maybe he's not getting hit on some of these, but to go from 228 to 370 estimated and an early buy. So now you've got 14, 13 more games. and the playoffs, I just think it's a lot. Number five, the Atlanta Falcons.

Total Saints humiliation. Sorry about the previous Saints letter. Also, the Falcons look this good with 100 million in cap space next off season. If we beat the Panthers, the South is ours. I did go and did a little salary cap. I was like, you don't have $100 million in cap space. Turns out you do. Salary cap next year.

You only have 30 guys signed. 108 millions, Falcons, followed by Cardinals, Dolphins, Jets. Hey, maybe. Number four, playing the Patriots this weekend, the Las Vegas Raiders. I just like succinct comments. And this captures, I think, where Raiders fans thought they were going to be and where they are now. After going three and O and beating up on some tomato cans, but then having a moral victory, which is a loss against the chiefs. The comment, two words, not garbage.

I think that's fair. been a rough go for a while. We didn't win on Sunday, but I loved how we looked. If we keep playing like this and we lost every game the rest of the year, I'd still be happy. Go Raiders. Look, you're not even starting your real franchise quarterback yet. San Francisco 49ers 8.89, a fresh comment from Rowan. There I was, Wilde's at the theater last night after Monday night football.

Raisin Nets. No, we're not doing this Raisinets thing again. Is this the same guy? No, we're not. Give it another shot, but it's too long. What are you talking about? We're not doing... This metaphor doesn't work.

I just read it off quietly. It still doesn't make sense. Number two, the Chicago Bears. My good friend recently had a child. That's nice. Congratulations. Vives already high, but I'm fairly confident if he played quarterback for the Bears

that Ben Johnson could scheme us to a win. A baby winning the game. That's how confident we are. Ben Johnson could scheme a win with a ham and cheese sandwich chat quarterback. Now, how would that work? The baby or the ham and cheese sandwich? Just a piece of bread sitting there. This is just eviscerating me for not liking Ben Johnson. Wow, I really need you to get off whatever it is that has you hating on Ben Johnson. Our culture has stunk forever with the bland,

I think milk toast coaches that roll over and bend the knee to Green Bay and the rest of the NFL. You more than anyone on the show, I feel like would appreciate a coach who, embraces what the fan base wants. He holds people accountable. They play tough. They play hard. They don't apologize for being aggressive. It's more than just cute. Which of all things over the past year,

you have said about this team was probably the most disrespectful thing. It's arrogant. It's rude. It's mean. Me or the style of play. They dominate the run game and bully people. That's a far cry from being cute. Watch them finish their runs and wide receivers completing the ball. It's still going.

I just didn't like that. Ben Johnson said he was going to do all of these things. Set the consecutive wins record, have the highest scoring offense of all time, and also as an added bonus, have shutouts. I think he's very good. We felt like he got a little bit over his skis. And final number one, it's the Jacksonville Jaguar. You are the number one vibe.

The vibes are so good. You left and went to the bar for vibe check. Congratulations to the Jacksonville Jaguars and Trevor Lawrence. You guys are really good. and that is, I will give you another one with slightly more enthusiasm I did last time. Duval, I don't even like the Jags, but gosh darn it, they are pretty good. That's vibe check. Hey, check out those giant scissors if you get a chance.

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