Green Light with Chris Long - NFL Week 3 Recap! Dolphins Beat Bills, Ryan Bests Mahomes. Nicole Auerbach’s CFB WK4 Review.

Episode Date: September 26, 2022

(2:24) - America’s Team: Chris, Kyle and Macon Update Their Selections for This Week’s Installment of America’s Team. (27:55) - House Keeping: Eagles vs Commanders, Bears vs Texans, Broncos vs 49ers and The Best Football Fans in the World - Diane and Howie Long. (36:25) - Bills vs Dolphins. (55:19) - Colts vs Chiefs. (1:13:47) - Packers vs Buccaneers.  (1:20:29) - Best of the Rest from the NFL Week 3 Slate. (1:35:09) - Miller Lite Mentions: Best and Worst Plane Ride, Hollow Man, Viewing Party and Game Ball. (1:53:01) - Nicole Auerbach Recaps College Football’s Week 4: Narrow Victories for Georgia, USC and Michigan, Oklahoma and Miami Lose and Issues with the Top 25. Green Light Spotify Music: https://open.spotify.com/user/951jyryv2nu6l4iqz9p81him9?si=17c560d10ff04a9b Spotify Layup Line: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1olmCMKGMEyWwOKaT1Aah3?si=675d445ddb824c42 Green Light Tube YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/GreenLightTube1 Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you. https://www.greenlightpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the Greenlight podcast. NFL week three recap Chris Kyle Macon. We're going to talk a whole bunch of NFL football. And as per usual, we've got the athletics and Nicole Auerbach to recap the college football slate from week four. But first, the big NFL games, Chris Kyle and Macon go in depth on the bills, dolphins, Colts Chiefs, and Packers' Bucks. Each of these guys know there's something different from each one of these games. We go in depth there. And then we recap the rest of the NFL week's slacks.

and jump into Miller Light mentions. We go through best plane ride, worst plane ride, Hollow Man viewing party, Gameball, all of it, you know it by now. And then Nicole Auerbach, she talks about some narrow victories and her gripe with the most recent top 25 list.

Lay up blind today, Kyle. The CBS college football jingle. Iconic, but doesn't get my juices flowing like the NFL. What a hot take that is. I can't even hear the, No offense to your, by the way, you're very good at your job. You're great. I watched you yesterday.

He's up at the Telestrade. He's like John Madden in the flesh. Thank you guys. I have fun doing it. It's fun. I can tell. Thomas Davis. I'm out of my comfort.

I'm out of my comfort zone. Yeah, all those guys. Shout out to CBS Sports. Check us out on Sunday morning 9 a.m. CBS Sports, that other pregame show. Watch your back, Stray, Hand. We have a lot of fun. Yeah, I don't know. He's pretty good at his job.

Jimmy Johnson. Where's your six? you are good though i was sitting there watching the kids wanted to watch you and all that stuff so yeah you're you're good but uh but you're wrong about that jingle that jingle is elite and when you hear gary danielsen and fucking uh nessler and yeah we were reminiscing about burn i like the old baba sparks ESPN college game day intro where he would mix it up and tailor it for each week right they travel somewhere and we're coming but you like that better than the cbs i do probably because when it was in my life. I remember that a lot of the guys in this room were part of an NCAA

college football league that took place at our house as kids. And you were the commission. You two were probably the commishes. And yeah, I remember hearing that music and watching college football, watching you play. It would always be watching college game day. So that played in the Bubba Sparks era. That music. ACCC football. RACOM. Say it with the pilot, Chris, Chris held back from being, uh, from being disrespectful there, but I'm with him with what he was about to say. I can't hear the CBS or Fox or NBC for that matter, any of those pregame jingles.

But CBS college football? Oh man, when those horns roll out on a Saturday afternoon, see 90,000 fine southerness waving pom-poms and shit, drunk people. That gets me going. That gets my juices flowing, dude. I like the tweet we see every. every Saturday morning from Kirkkirk Street where latee court so says morning sweetheart I love that every

every Saturday that's what I do like yeah shout out to Lee Corso layup line well we did CBS song but I would do the house of the rising sun because I feel like I just stumbled out in the street and the lights hurting my eyes and I'm a little lighter in the pockets after this weekend and you know like New Orleans is part of the problem I yeah I'm not bent New Orleans anymore I'm about ready. There's a lot that I'm about ready to say like I'm just wrong about, you know, this season already. There's a lot I'm ready to say I'm right about, but the stuff that you're wrong

about really makes you feel like an idiot at your job. You know what I'm saying? It's healthy. We had to apologize for some of our takes on our show this past weekend. What was your worst take? I had to apologize because I was so sold on Justin Fields after watching him playing a celebrity softball game this off season. I made a tweet declaring my, my independence from the Jay Cutler fandom and Mr. Biskke. I said, I'm a Justin Fields guy now. He's handcuffed. Stuff like that.

I'm just dead wrong about. Ready for a stat here? Probably not. I wrote this bad boy down. The Bears have 23 past completions through three games. Dude, it's bad. They were running like draws on third and long. You know, it's not raining anymore.

It was windy. And I'm a little bit, hey, the wind. Really disappointing this weekend. Windy City. Well, I mean, it was the gusty city. We had Gus in the 20s. I bet the under in that game and, you know, Davis mill,

well, really the running backs. We'll talk about that game. Fuck it, we'll do it live. Let's talk about that game right now. More like O'Hara Wing descent International Airport with all the wind. You know, it's actually about the politicians.

You keep, how many times have you told that one? I think that's the second time. Don't tell me I'm not listening. No, I mean, like, that was a fucking Campbell's Chunky Soup game, man. It was like early for a chunky soup. game, man. It was 20, 25 mile per hour wins. It was two really good backs. Yeah, I was going to ask you, the first thing I was going to ask you today is we off the Justin Fields bandwagon. I'm not off the Justin Fields bandwagon because I have excessive pride. It's called hubris. Some they call it. And it's

going to end up killing me one day. But I will say this, Justin Fields, just let it fly. I mean, everybody, he's letting it fly. No, like I need to just see more and more fuck it throws. Yeah. Because you're in that, you're two and one. You shouldn't be two and one, but you are. first place. Go throw some fuck-it-throws out there. There's a lot of Bears fans who are saying, what's going on with our quarterback? We thought this was the franchise guy,

and then seemingly he can't hit the broadside of a barn. Well, the Bears fans have practice at this. But I will say this, the offensive line issues that they were making, there was much ado about this off season, and, you know, one of the names Sam Mustifer was one of the names that people hated to see in the starting lineup. He's been a great part of this line. He can play any of the interior three spots.

They had 185, I think it was 150 and two tuds from Khalil Herbert. after David Montgomery went down. That's the big part. David Montgomery is a huge part of that offense. Kansas Jayhawk, Khalil Herbert. Catches the ball. Not ranked Kansas Jayhawks. Catches the ball, runs the ball.

So, I mean, they're not throwing the ball, but they can run the ball. So my panic meter isn't very high on the bears, but they need to find... Why would you panic about a team that's not making the playoffs, they need to find out how to get Justin Fields more confident because he's regressing right now? I do want to say this.

And spoiler, alert, my St. Louis Memorial Award is going to Roquan Smith. He almost didn't play. He recorded 16 tackles. Okay, that can be a meaningless stat, but it is a volume stat, especially if you were a game time decision.

He was a guy that was almost traded, right? Or asked to be traded. He was unhappy. But he really personifies that Bears defense more than anybody. Steps in front of a Davis Mills pass at the end of the ball game to set up the win. And I don't know. That was a bad pass.

You know, I feel like Rex Burkhead could probably give a little body position there. Which one are you talking about? The pick six. The death now one or the one before? The one that set up the game winning kick. Okay, that was tipped. It was tipped. It was tipped.

Yeah. It was tipped at the line. But either way, Burkhead, he's just standing there and Smith makes a great play. Smith makes a great play. Like some things are like really bad throws, but some things are like, Roquan Smith was over there when the ball was thrown. And he got here in a hurry. He's so straight line speed

He's so instinctive He sees so well And when he's right Like you're saying He is the archetypical Chicago Bears Middle of the field linebacker Because he can get downhill

Like Erlacker And make plays Sideline to sideline He's got ball skills And then I'm gonna go With my STL memorial For Eddie Jackson A guy that I called him out

From him on a milk cart And he had What do you have The game winning pick Off of a tip And he's making plays, he's getting his hand on the football. He made a name for himself getting the hand on the football. He's doing it again. Well, yeah, that's the thing. When you see Eddie Jackson who made a big play in San Francisco,

big pick in that game, he had a pick in the end zone, Vildor on the tip, and then also forced to fumble on Damien Pierce, like, you know, that didn't end up killing him. But these are, you know, these are plays that if you make them in volume, you're going to end up with the football more often than not. And Eddie Jackson playing well, Roquant Smith playing well. I don't know. Pretty, pretty long segment about the Chicago Bears. Now that we've led with the marquee game from Sunday.

Yeah, pretty much. Bears Texans, let me tell you about my America's team. Yeah. Well, can I go first? I'd hate for you to tell me I copied you.

Mine, one of mine is the Chicago Bears. That was just a segue, but, but, nah, you hit them. You hit them. You hit them.

No, we'll go one in one. Okay. Chicago Bears, two and one, first place, bad. They're bad. They're not good.

Yeah. And, And there's a lot to say about, you know, results. You hear a lot about the process. You know, don't focus on the result. Focus on the journey. Focus on the process. We're building something here.

Yeah. Bears are more like, nah, look at us. We're going to get to two and one in first place. And we'll see you at 5 and 12 later in the season. But for now, look at us. Give us our flowers. Here's what I forgot, Damien Pierce real quick. Two fumbles yesterday.

Got to watch out for that. My rookie of the year picked Damian Pierce. Well, yeah. It was outshined by Khalil Herbert yesterday. 80 yards in a tug. I mean, he looked good, but he can't put the ball on the ground. Okay, you're number one. They're going to be my number five.

I'm going to go five to one. Okay, got it. My number five, Roger Federer and Raphael Nadal. Yep. Yep. Once rivals now crying while holding hands together. Neither of them American. That's true.

But I just wanted to claim them. Love Fest. Rafa and Fed lost in the third set breaker. They lost in that doubles match. Boy, they buried the fuck out of the league on the lead on SportsCenter. And they were just like, look at this. And they were both crying. Hence the tearful goodbye.

Because they lost. Do you think they would have not cried had they won? I just thought they were emotion. They wouldn't have done the ceremony. It's okay to cry as a man. But when you sit next to another guy and you're both crying, it really, it looks, it's a tough scene. Here's some inside baseball. Yeah.

Doubles is a lot different than singles, and those cats don't play doubles. So not a major surprise. Why go out with doubles? They went down. Well, because Fed can't move around. That's the whole point of the retirement. The elephant in the room. Yep.

Yep. His knee doesn't work anymore. But he made it out. He made it out healthy. Okay. And, hey, if you can laugh, think, and cry, that's a full day. That's one hell of a day. America's teams.

Yeah. Okay. I was just crying. I was just fucking crying. I was just fucking crying. I think this is kind of low-hanging fruit with the President's Cup. Max Homa again, two weeks in a row making the show. He's becoming a recurring guest on Greenlight.

Thanks for joining us. Max Homa, America's team. Everybody loves him. Did we win? Did we win the President's Cup? We always win. We're kind of undefeated in everything. Alabama, again, absolutely dominant.

That's how we should be doing it. Absolutely dominant performance. 55 to 3 against an in-conference opponent. Vanderbilt, they're supposed to be smarter than us, but guess what? We got bigger weaponry at Alabama. USA. Yeah.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Okay. So moving on. Take your-out-of-control. Take your brains and shove them. Notre Dame, they prayed more before this game. They beat UNC.

Okay, back on it. We sucked last week, but Notre Dame, by God, we're back this week. By God. They beat the tar heels. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Okay. Moving on.

I'm going to let Reed do this one. The James Madison University. They're my top five, too. Are you Dukes fan? Are you not? Go Dukes. What a win, too. So it is.

Playing the clock at the end. We were sweating a little bit, but we got a ton. Credit where credits do. They unseed America's team from last week. Yeah, unranked as they should be. Wow. And my winner for America's team this week is the Kent State Golden Flashes because there's nothing more American than going up against superior firepower

and giving it everything you've got. And I'll tell you what, those Kent State Golden Flashes, they showed up to play against George Bulldogs. When do we go up against superior firepower? You guys ever heard about the Revolutionary War? You ever hear about it? We had to get here on the fucking foundation set by those guys. Mel Gibson did that for us, and we're here now to be Alabama.

But Mel Gibson was fighting a bunch of other Mel Gibson's, bro. They all had little round bullets. Artists interpretation, okay? I want to show you a present-day bar charge about military-spending. I feel like that was a problem. Pretty good America's team. Yeah, no. What was it?

That was dope. I think you went with Kent State, covering 45. Yeah. It's actually fairly close. There's definitely a Notre Dame in there. Okay. Max Homa, I think, made the cut. President's Cup.

America versus the world. Okay. Okay. Do you want to go four through one or I'll go four through one? I just feel like we're going to have some overlapping. In Alabama, we're not. Okay, good. Go four.

Okay. Joining the Chicago Bears, Middle Tennessee. They go down. God damn it. You son of a bitch. Are you kidding me? Okay. They're my four.

You want to go ahead. Here, we'll tag team it. Here, same time. Three, two, one. Beat Miami. And that's fucking awesome. I mean, I get the naps in the group chat. You're not in the group chat.

Ah, nah. Because of Naps. Because of Naps. We got a Miami guy who left the group chat because of the monarchy. And now he's back to call me. He's complaining what's going on down in Miami. Miami fans respectfully are awful. The worst.

And so now that they're two and two and they take it on the chin to middle Tennessee at home, that's a beautiful thing to me. Nothing more American than the middle of the state of Tennessee. And we've been to Murphy'sboro. Well, yeah, I mean like I barely escaped Murphy'sboro. We was 17, 16. I think we beat them. That's them hanging on to college football. But those fucking guys are tough.

They're really tough there. They don't usually travel as well. So Miami, this is a bad look for you. 5,000 people in the stands. This is a bad look for you. And FSU's 4 and O. You know the state of Florida, you know, they're freaking out a little bit.

It's a perfect time for Miami fans, the U to be like, we like pro football more here. Right. The perfect time for a pivot. You know what I mean? Just wait until we build our spaceship in Coral Gables. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, three, shout out to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

Now, I know you escaped, speaking of escaping with the Clemson Tigers, money line among other things. I felt bad for the Deeks. This had the potential to be a really special season still could be. Sam Hartman's plan. They looked good. They had every right winning that ballgame and didn't in the end. Clemson, for me, has become really freaking annoying.

That coach annoys the hell out of me. Running down the hill first. Oh, my God. He's sprinting to midfield. He's running down the hill before. forest player. My kids have to run. They're at the age where they have to do every fucking thing first, dude. They're running down the stairs first. They're, they're, they're tripping each other. They're falling down the stairs. They're hurting each other. And then he turns to give his guys

low fives and oh, wait, they're 20 yards away because I sprinted this far. Well, in his defense, he does get the paid, he does get paid the most on the team. That's true. Wow. That's true. This money should be down the hill first. Yeah. That hill looks like, that hill looks treacherous. to me. Agreed. Like there's something worse than Scott Stadium's Hill? Well, we don't have to run down it. But if a hypothetical path. It is steeper and longer. Yeah, I mean

Howard's rock. Yeah, you got it. Frank Howard. They rub his rock. They rub his rock. They rub that rock every week. They rub that thing. My kids are acting like dabbo. Yeah. We got the dabbo rule. Davos acting like you don't have to run. You don't have to run. You don't have to be first

to everything. Be first at the shit that matters. Whaling a loaf around. on the soccer field and then beat his brother to the kitchen. I said that to him yesterday. I was like, why don't you run on the soccer field? What did he say? He just looked at me. So what's up, Deeks?

I'm sorry for your loss. The Toronto Blue Jays are one of my America's teams. Yes. We looked up. 86 and 67, they're about two and a half games clear of missing the playoffs, which is a weird way to say that.

They're number one in the wild card with about 10 games to play. You know the usual suspects, Vlad Jr. Boba Chet. They're my guys. We're only a year removed from my keeping their record in my Twitter thing. What happened to that? Nobody cared. So I let it go, but I did make it the entire year.

We are going to be back in the playoffs and making noise. We're going to bounce those New York Yankees in their stupid rut. Oh, Roger Maris, cool, man. You know who my home run king is? His name is Barry Bonds. Yeah, I'm in agreement with you. I'm in agreement with you. Golly.

The greatest hitter by, the greatest hitter by a wide margin in MLB history. Well, okay. Can I say this about Aaron Judge? Get the fuck off my TV when I'm trying to sweat Clemson. For sure. I love it. I love the Aaron Judge Chase. He's hovering.

He's like, he's like Jason. I'm going to throw my pen down right now for this. Because I'm disappointed in you guys. We grew up in the era of the home run chase. We grew up in the era of Barry. Don's and Sammy Zosa. I'm working in New York City. Every cab that I'm in, everybody on the street corner is talking about Aaron Judge.

Every newspaper, Aaron Judge, the race to whatever the fuck. I think it's the coolest thing ever, honestly. And I don't follow baseball like I used to. And I'm a baseball guy. But this has made me tune. I live in Charlottesville and I'm tired of it. But this is tuned me into baseball. I think it's great.

People always say we need to grow the game of baseball. Like you shrink the time, you increase the pop culture. This is it. We're looking at it. Remember like a month ago? We were like, we were like, let's talk about Aaron Judge today. And everybody was like, why are we talking about Aaron Judge?

That's perfect example, though. Now that Poo-Holtz guy, I can get behind that guy. I love that too. And here's the Poo-Holls thing, because that was magical, man. Like two dongs in the first couple of innings there, we're still on America's team here, so you don't lose your place. But this guy's, you know, parking dongs. He's got $6.99.

And before I know it, it's $700. And I'm thinking of my... myself like my viewing party might be being a St. Louis resident and being in one of those bars. You know, Kingston, you spent time in St. Louis bars. They're a fun place. Imagine being in a bar, like O.B. Clark, shout out to O.B. Clarks, and watching that with a bunch of St. Louisans. The problem was, and I don't know, you guys tell me, the game was on Apple TV. Do bars get Apple TV? If you're in St. Louis, you can watch that game locally, yeah? It's a big enough deal in St. Louis that they would get Apple TV just to get that game, yeah.

You can go to the best buy and buy an Apple TV and pop it on. It's so complicated to me. It is. It is. But a lot of people at home probably missed out. Shout out to my wife for setting that up for me. And then no doubter. You don't want to, like Mark McGuire hit that ball like I hit the softball home run the other day.

It just kind of like graze the top of the fence. Vintage poo holes. Oh, you didn't hear about that? I hit a dong. It's awesome. Yeah, it wasn't that great. But great point, Aaron Judge, that's a short porch. Well, yeah.

I can get to 61. I'm talking about poo holes. I know. I know. In a fucking hurry. Yes. So you did, do you done with your America's team? And my final America's team, the Arkansas Razorbacks, Wu Pig.

Great call. They lost the game. But they're going to win this week. Don't care. America is all about diversity, inclusion, representation, and Wu Pig, we got a white cornerback. Nice. Number 17.

This name is Hudson Clark. Just very white. Hudson, dude. Hudson Clark, Hudson. Yeah, it's a good name. Name of the O'DU pup. Yeah. Jason Seahorn, like, I can't remember the last one.

That's really it. And it's, it's eerily quiet in here. Adam Archelaide. You guys are. Welcome to my world. Uncomfortable. Adam fucking sucks. I know.

Hearing about a white quarterback is uncomfortable. I understand that. People in home are probably uncomfortable, but this cat was out there quick twitch in and flipping his hips and defying the odds yes i played with two white safeties chris conti and i played against arched but those don't count little different those don't not count yeah white safety it happens you know they're out there and it's like hey look at that i was hanging out with harrison smith's cousin this week yeah who by the way wettel was in my wedding like stuff like that shout out to harrison

smith's cousin i'm not going to docks him but eric weddell was in your wedding well that was a lot of coverage eric weddell had as a white safety with Harrison Smith's cousin and I actually did I wanted to mention this was at a dinner party with the guy he's a great guy tall guy I don't want to docks him and give you his name but the guy hates overtime college overtime says there should be ties oh worst take I've heard of the dinner party I told him that to his face and they just met him I do get a little nostalgic when you see like the the early 90s records oh that team was seven three and two wow no I don't like that I want to wait let's let's let's let's but I think we have. Let's do it live, dude. Yeah, we move the game forward. So you got Arkansas number one, Wu Pig, I got, I got five, I've got Federer and Dahl, big tennis fan here. And then four, Middle Tennessee State. We'll go three, J.MU, the Dukes, because it makes me happy when dudes on set are happy. And they're one of the best teams of Virginia. I'm not saying

they're the best team of Virginia. They're one of them. I'll say it. You think? JMU is the best team in the state of Virginia. This weekend. they were. They're almost top 25. They had a couple of votes. Possibly ranked Syracuse. And Syracuse, respectfully, isn't good. Okay. So, they are just, my top two. This is setting up for a big weekend.

The tailgate event, the, the, the Legends tailgate in Philly this weekend, get your ticket if you haven't, the Chris Long Foundation website. Bo Allen's going to be there. If the hurricane doesn't keep them in Florida. called me this week. He's like,

he's like, I don't know if I'm able to make your thing, there's a hurricane coming. I'm like, what, like, in a week? Like, you're gonna, you're gonna, you're gonna blow off the charity for a hurricane? Your car doesn't work? Start driving, Bo. I got Jags two, and I got Eagles one,

and they play each other this weekend, the America Bowl in Philadelphia. Good call. The second most important football game in Philadelphia. Jags and Eagles were receiving votes for me. Yeah, they got to receive votes. I mean, these teams are, fucking exciting as hell.

And they're like, and you know, you get the Doug Peterson storyline this weekend. So Doug Peterson revenge game. I feel like Doug Peterson got revenge just by watching

the Eagles beat up Carson Wentz this weekend. I mean, let's talk about that one real quick. Yep. More sacks than pass attempts in the first quarter for Carson Wentz.

Yeah, and the thing that was so clear to me, we were watching these sacks this morning again, and it's a case of defensive linemen winning one-on-ones. In a case of a defensive coordinator, having the confidence to say, I don't have to dial up pressure. I know that when given the opportunity, my rushers will get home. You saw BG win. You saw sweat win. After getting engaged by Leno, one of the league's

better technicians, Leno had both hands on him. He got double-hand swipe and got home. Fletcher Cox had a hump inside bull rush on the inside shoulder on the right guard. Carson stepped right into it. These are a combination of great rushers and a quarterback holding the ball too long. I think it's not going to be enough with Carson in there right now. Unfortunately, I have zero faith in Wentz. The commanders aren't contenders. That would have been a good name. The contenders.

Washington contenders. Yeah, if only they did. Like on every graphic in December, in the hunt, the contenders. That's pretty good. They could be too intense. That's pretty good. Is it too late? Can we change the name?

Yeah, the contenders. Damn. But you saw the sacks last week with the commanders backed up in the shadow of their own goalpost. Right. This week, they're in the middle of the field. Their drive starts aren't in terrible spots. Yeah. And the Eagles are like pinning their ears back, pulling on the slot machine and seeing 7-7-7 every time. And, you know, it was a big day for a guy like Casson Reddick to get one and a half, to get on the board.

Now you're right back on track. You're three games into the season. You've got one and a half a week ago. when you have no sacks like two games into the season as a as a rusher that people are looking at like that can weigh on you and this cat's playing in a big media market there were people were starting to whisper about like is he going to get home just be patient and you know trust that the entire group's going to rush and crush the pocket together I think another thing is you know watching carson for the guys that play with carson there's always one thing that was going to frustrate you about carson even if you were carson fan was that Carson holds the ball ball all too long. And you're sitting there watching other guys get sacks on the other team on the opposite sideline. I can remember watching us play Carolina in 2018. It was one of those games we dropped early in the season. And Carson gave up a bunch of coverage sacks at the end of the game and dudes just looking around like, fuck, you know, not only has this hurt our team, but must be nice

to rush a guy like Carson Wentz. You get to do that. Carson, lots of hugs. He was classy this week. I mean, like, you know, what choice do you have? But, you know, he said some things to the effective. I could have been better there. You know, so I'm going to give him credit for that, but not for the play on the field. The birds got it done. Hey, housekeeping,

because we're still early in the show. I want to shout out Kishon Davis of Norfolk, Virginia, who we met in Vegas, the businessman, big win. Friday night, you know, after that Virginia lost to Syracuse,

I turned on, you know, I was like, let me see if some boxes, oh, yes, that guy we met, and he's just pummeling this cat. And I think this kid's pretty good. We got to have them on the show sometime. Bad gambling again, five and six in the plays that I gave out on the weekend. The juice just killed me. And then, you know, Sunday night, this is one of those situations for me where you have to take it to the locker room. You know, I know we're going to talk about my homes and Eric B. enemy. I wish I had an Eric B. enemy Sunday night.

You know, like you're down. I'm chasing a little bit. I feel real good about the Niners. Did you have to throw in the over? Your friend Stephen Macon told you about the Denver Broncos. No, but did you tell me Trent Williams is going to get hurt? It was totally the wrong side. Yeah, it was.

It was. You know, there are game breakers in this game, like a Micah Parsons, T.J. Watt, like, damn, like one dude can wreck the game. Is Trent Williams like a game maker? Offensively, yes, yes. I mean, as soon as he was out, I was like, fuck, man. The backup was getting whooped. They couldn't get going.

I mean, Jimmy, the only consolation I'll give Niners fans is that Jimmy, you know, didn't have preseason. He didn't have preseason. He just got going last week against the Seahawks. Seahawks, this is a different ballgame on the road. Like, hello Denver, you know, big crowd, good defense, Bradley Chub, those guys, Randy Gregory. He's just not going to be quite ready yet.

I'm not selling the 49ers. They'll get Mitchell back. They play strong defense. They're kind of like the Bucks in the, you know, out west. They're like the Bucks West. If they can lean on the run game, they'll hang around. And they got better weapons than the Bucks. They have a better offensive system than the Bucks.

And they play defense the same way. I want to segue off of what you said about their offense. I mean, obviously much has been made about the mind there in control, but when you talk about the chess pieces he has in front of him, you ask about Trent Williams, is he a game wrecker in the same light as Micah Parsons or an Aaron Donald? For an offense, you have to get the play started, and there's nobody better at getting the play started than Trent Williams. You can put him in so many different positions after the snap because of his athletic ability. He can go trap the right end, or the left end, rather,

from the left side to the right side. He can pin and pull with the tight end blocks down. He goes around, he can lead block. He's out on receiver screens on the edge. He's outside the numbers sometimes. So Kyle Shanahan can use a guy like Trent Williams as a weapon, not with the ball in his hand, but protecting the guys with the ball in their hand. No question.

You open the playbook up because of that guy. And you know, you open the playbook up in the past game because of that guy. And so you know, like that's a big loss and it sounds like what is it with him? He's going to be out a little bit. Was it a high ankle or something? Which takes a long time. And I'm

I mean, they make, they make their hay with the backside of a lot of their zone schemes. With, you know, we'd call it 38. 38 means we're running to the eight hole to the right-hand side. The eight-hole, huh? Yeah, the eight-hole. Sounds like a shitty play. So the left tackle, often the running back ends up sneaking behind the running back and up the middle of the field. Behind the backside blocks.

Yeah, the B-hole. There's nobody, the B-gap. Oh, my bad. There's nobody better at sealing off the backside and going to get. that backside linebacker because of that athletic skill set. That guy like Lane Johnson does it too because they can run like deer. Yeah. And Reed, how are you feeling?

You feeling like riding or hiding? What's your ride or hide meter this morning look like? Hey, man, we got a win. Sully care about. We've had a couple bad years of not getting wins. I think what I texted Macon last night after the game ended was, what a stupid game. Yeah.

And it was a stupid game. but next week. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm glad I was able to watch every second of this ball game because I'm a little bit addicted to betting the Broncos in part because Cowboys so just lovely and charismatic. And my god, are they really bad? Yeah.

Daniel's got his no business winning that game. His Madden coach in the booth, which is great. His play pal. They have many more problems than Daniel Hackett. It's Russ and Jerry Judy. are not on the same page. Russ and Cortland Sutton are on the same page. And behind and tons of checkdowns.

And first down in 10 is Giovante Williams at the middle. And I love Giovante Williams, but you're really predictable. And being on the Broncos last night, it was probably a more frustrating watch than being on the Niners. You think? I mean,

well, at least I was happy for 40 minutes of that football game. I thought, I thought like this is going swimmingly, dude. So there were 17 combined punts. 17. Well, the puns were electric. Yeah. In the first quarter, there were five, six possessions. I was like, oh, we're going to hit the over.

Eventually, some of these possessions are going to turn into points. Not even close. The Broncos had 44 possessions in the first half because they just kept going three and out. It was insane. And yeah, I got the 877 cash now hat on because I need cash now. Like, what am I going to do tonight? I'm probably going to bet the Cowboys, no offense. That's fine.

And I wasn't seeing the board yesterday. I was like, Kyle, your guy, Michael Irvin. I wasn't seeing the board. Yeah, shout out to Michael Irvin, who forgot his glasses and his hotel. And when I was refreshing my Twitter feed on the way to the airport, I saw him standing there like this in the studio with a suit on. And somebody tweeted to him, hey, Playmaker, I liked your glasses. What's up with the new look?

And he replied, I forgot him in the hotel. I couldn't see anything. That sucks. That sucks. That reminds me of freshman year. they just re-shared this game at the Carrier Dome I forgot my contact lenses to play the

Syracuse Orange was at that game I couldn't see fucking anything dude I couldn't see anything luckily mom was coming up in the morning and she grabbed a couple of my contact lenses so I was like Michael Irvin out there yesterday not seeing the board but could have been worse so retroactive STL Memorial Award Diane Long

yeah for real dude for all the red eyes shout out shout out mom used to go she She used to go to your games at Oregon. Thanks for picking Oregon, Kyle. You know, make Mom go all the way across the country. America's team, not Kyle Long. Chip picked me.

Get a map. Okay? Chip picked you. And then she'd have to take the red eye to St. Louis to the Edward Jones Dome. And so she'd be like sleepwalking out there watching the Rams, which is kind of how you are anyway. And she's no Sierra sitting on her. Is it Sierra or Sierra?

Whatever her name is. She's not sitting on her hands. in the booth at Invesco. Diane Long is one of the greatest football fans I've ever watched. Watch a game. If they put fans in the Hall of Fame, Diane Long will be a first ballot.

I mean, mother slash, high energy, loud. She's got that son call that she. Primal. That she, she has a call and then dad has a call. Oh, God, Dad. Hey, I hear you. I hear you through 80,000 people.

I hear you. Yeah, I know. It's you. And I'm going to make a play. Shout out to our parents. If you're here in Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, or right here in Virginia, and you haven't tried the WinBet app yet, I have great news for you. WinBet is now offering $200 in free bets for new users.

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Sorry. But at least we don't have to talk about the fucking bears or the, Who else that we talk about anymore? Don't worry about it. Bears, Texans, Broncos. We knocked a few of these. We knocked a few of these teams out.

But the good teams, too. I just want to say this. The good teams are also struggling to find their rhythm. You know, there's quarterbacks. There's a few good quarterbacks in the league right now who are going through it. Like whether there's Aaron Rogers, Tom Brady, like they're dealing with a lack of weapons. And then guys who have weapons are thriving. like, you know, Tua, Jalen Hertz, the guys that you hear.

Gino Smith. Gino, Smith, your guy, Marietta, shootout up there in Seattle. We'll talk about that. Fun. Let me give you Reed's notes on that game real quick so we just get that out of the way. And I'm with you, Reed. Atlanta, battling hard through three quarters. Gino Smith continued to show that he's the real deal.

Cordero Patterson, over 100 yards and three quarters. Dron delay. Those were, we were in, we were out on that game, dude. Which is beautiful because I am not interested. talking about that game. Unidentified drones started flying over the stadium. I'm surprised that doesn't

happen more. You know, all these kids are calling in bomb threats. We hear about the snipers on the roof. Why don't you shoot the drone down? You know, kids, kids are, you know, we had a kid this weekend threatened something because he had money on a game. You know, just fly a drone over the game for a while. Last week, a gal from a college, what was it?

Utah. Utah threatened a nuclear blowing up a nuclear reactor if the Utah youths didn't win the football game. Did the young lady have action on the youths? Now, I just think that's great. She sounds like a real football fan. She's just supporting the team.

Yeah, just supporting the team. She did get arrested. Well, get the nuclear reactor off your campus. That's called martyr. What the hell is that? That's your first problem. Yeah, I'm not sleeping well at night. Yeah.

Cam rising more like nuclear reactor on our campus I'll workshop it Buffalo Miami Oh I love this one That was actually pretty good I get it out Yeah

All right so the bills man They ran 90 plays compared to Miami's 39 I'll gain them 497 to 212 Highest time of possession Of a non overtime loss since week 7 2014 So I'm just cautioning you And this isn't me

hating on the dolphins, I've given them their due. They're going to the playoffs. They're a good football team. But they have won two games out of their three in really unorthodox ways the past. And that's part of being a really good team, is finding ways to win. But, you know, this

is not sustainable. You know, the bills being really banged up is not sustainable. Having said that, Tua made the throws he had to make in the red zone, although Milano got, you got away with one with Milano. If Milano picks that ball off, it's pick six. That ball completely different. He made the throws in the red zone he had to make. That turnover was big.

They essentially had to score 14 points offensively. Out of the red zone, the third and 22 to Waddle. Oh, big, big, big, and a deep ball. And Waddle, the deep ball was beautiful. The deep ball was beautiful. That's the one thing he's doing. You know what? Like, what a difference Mike McDaniel does for not only the scheme in scheming people up? The players make a big difference, having players that can actually run, but then also to his confidence. You know, like maybe he can throw the deep ball. Maybe he can. Maybe I'm wrong about that.

I don't think he's one of the best deep ball throws in the league. I'm not going to sit here and, you know, concede that he's a fucking Josh Allen or Justin Herbert or, but maybe he's just fine throwing the deep ball. We'll see. This is three games. I want to see them kind of win conventionally for a little bit here. In phase.

In phase, dude. You talked about Mike McDaniels making two of them more confident. and seemingly more dynamic. One thing, Reed pointed out to me, and I'm going back and watching the big explosives, there's a lot of pre-snap motion. Mike McDaniel's implementation of window dressing, as they call it, an offensive coordinator rooms, is great.

It's going to show on the back end what the defense is trying to do to you. You see a lot of these players moving, and guys have to be honest on the back end, and when you have two guys out for the bills, it forces the hand of young players or less experienced players. They can't disguise coverage as much. So you're going to get the honest hand from the defense. You're going to see if it's manner, if it's zone.

You're going to occupy people's eyes. Those are the things before the play that can help you. Eyes are a big deal. Like, you know, if you play defense in the NFL, you're always hearing about your eyes. Your eyes, your eyes on the right thing. Pre-snap, post-snap, and, you know, motion, one of the reasons that it's so, it's so sketchy for people is even if you don't get a man's own kind of tip-off, there are people, there are NFL coordinators that make a living off of motioning

and occupying people's eyes in the run game. And it's a chain of communication too before the play. If you see a motion and all week you say, okay, if that receiver goes from Y to Z, then you have to tell what's his face to communicate to him on the back end. And the minute I turn my head to talk about a reset or a shift or, you know, the ball snap. And my eyes are wrong upon the snap of the ball. So like I talked about this with Jacksonville. They were top five at least last week through two weeks in pre-snap motion.

It showed watching Indy. Now I got to dig into the Jags game. a little bit deeper, but Doug's going to do some of that window dressing. You know, good offensive coordinators are going to use everything they have. You could tell right away that this game felt like it was going to be

40 to 40 kind of thing. With Josh Allen and them going for it on the first drive against Singletary, you got guys playing really fast as 120 degrees on the fucking field, which is insanity. They got the dudes holding the shades on the sideline. Insanity. Just build a shade thing

instead of hiring people to hold it. Build an igloo, bro. Build an igloo. It's not soft. It's 120 degrees. People are going to die out there, dude. But it was, it quickly turned into a game that the defense showed up in a bigger way than we thought they would. Like Buffalo being down, what was it, read like three, four guys in the secondary.

They still, they still played pretty well. I mean, they found a way to bottle that Dolphins offense up. I mean, like some people say, well, they've lost the game. You know, the Dolphins again, after that Holland turnover backed up, the Bills gave them the ball inside the five. Like the Dolphins had to score 14 points. You know, the Bill's defense did fine. You know, Milano was all over the field.

Only four targets for Tyreek. Four targets for Tyreek. They only are 39. Well, freaking plays. But the main thing is it's amazing how good the Dolphins defense played yesterday and how much they're getting out of Ingram, who we talk about a lot. The ball finds Ingram. It's good to have a vet like.

that you know what I mean like guys not what he once was but the guy can still fucking play dude and the guy's probably a tone setter and the guy and the guy knows when to win rushes like that's an innate quality of somebody who's been around a while and you know he he won rushes in big spots yesterday I'm really impressed with this dolphin's defense 20 pressures 10 hits four sacks Ogba with four of those hits and a great compliment to that defense Chris the the ability to get down the field with explosive plays and then when you get in that bunched up region in the red area

It's so much harder to score because that field gets shrunk down. Quarterbacks, reads are quicker. The defense is all closer to you, but you know what they do? They run the ball with Edmonds, and they pound it in, like a knife through butter. So you look at the polarity of that offense. You got on one end, you got heavy play action, deep bombs down the field, and then you got, well, you got to respect our play action because we can knife this thing. Yeah.

Yeah, and they did in that two-minute drive against Baltimore. You can't go to sleep on their run game, even when they're hurrying up, because they can they can hurry up to the to the line and and make an adjustment and and and gash you but the bills had chances here and we haven't even talked about toa and his concussion we'll talk about that in the second for people that are wondering or back his back the bills had chances here okay the bills had a chance to kick before the half you remember that and they go with that fake spike thing which is kind of inexplicable to me it's it seemed like a Josh Allen call what was the explanation that he didn't be

Real talk, you got to go through coach press conference after because I can't get to him. And I know they tell us all the fucking answers. It's a good idea. What did they say? He didn't get the snap cleanly. So he was trying to spike it, but then he was bobbling it and then just decided to throw up because it's a snap thing. It was a snap thing.

Yeah, because they showed the replay. At first you're like, Josh, what are you doing? And then he's fucking fumbling around with this thing. But you can't spike it after that. You could have, but he just, he just wasn't sure he had enough time. Yeah. He aborted. He'd all the bold.

He threw it to. So that's three points right there, right? That's three points right there. That probably that's the difference in the ball game alone. And then in third quarter, they settle for a field goal in the low red. You drop the pick six. And then, you know, Moss has that long run that sets up a miss field goal. So there's, you know, three points here, three points there.

You know, obviously we're not even going to talk about, you know, being behind the play clock because it's so fucking loud there because people left, you know, UM games to head to Joe Robbie Stadium or the hard rock. cafe stadium and it's loud and the play clock's winding down is fucking hot and you're you're changing the protection and Javon Holland comes in and and and wrecks the game really yeah I'm not even talking about that I mean but we're talking about missing that field goal after that moss long run and then immediately what happens after that the big deep ball so there's a sequence of opportunities for the bills that they didn't take advantage of and they were down a couple

offensive linemen I mean they were falling apart at the end of the game both teams where Waddle had a thing, Diggs had a thing. And then what follows is the drive where they get to the Miami 2 at first and goal and can't punch it in. Now here's where it gets interesting for me. I don't hate that possession. You know, they were slowing down

and I was screaming at the TV, slow down, run the ball, first and second down. I don't care how uninspiring looks, but what you can't do is score and give the dolphins the ball back with two minutes to go. You know, like I just don't, like maybe you trust your defense more than I do,

with four guys down in a two-minute situation, I just don't. So, like, I love them kind of stalling. I loved them stalling, stalling. First and goal from the two, they go Singletary for a yard. That gets them to the two-minute warning. Then Josh Allen minus one yard. Here's where the problem starts, because now you're running some clock.

Let's score. Now it's minute 55, incomplete to Diggs, then incomplete to McKinsey on fourth and goal from the two, and then that leads to eventually. The butt punt. The butt punt. Which, I mean, like, that guy's glute has backed up. Sherfield, I think.

Worst spot to be. Yeah, I did. Like literally backed up. Yeah. Yeah, you got a ball in your butt. Mike Golick Jr. had a good tweet. He said, I'm going to tell my kids,

this is how footballs are made. That was really funny. That was a still of the ball stuck in the player's ass. That was just stuck there in the sphincter. Sphinxed. So, so like they had their opportunities. They sure had their opportunity there,

but if you had told me that they were going to bet, the point is, even if you don't get it down there, just take some time. have enough time left on the clock so you get the ball back they had well over a minute short field short-ish field right after the safety it was a good kick morested banged that they started the drive of the 23 yeah so so not not great actually after the safety and and they end up you know with a couple drops on that final possession so they had a lot of chances to win this game if i'm the bills i'm not worried about this like when we

see them again, I feel really good about it, especially in Buffalo. If you're the dolphins, you're excited, you know, like, it's real. You feel real, dude. You're fucking real. Yeah. But as far as like the, hey, you know, are the dolphins the best team in the league? Like, I can't make that fucking jump right now. Dude, I know R. Jeterre made that jump, but they're contenders. They're contenders in a tough, tough conference. I mean, like, they can win a playoff game in that conference. There are teams that can't win a playoff game and teams that can. Like, that's all I know right now. They can win a playoff game. Look ahead. At, Cincinnati

Thursday night for the dolphins. That's a, that's, to be so much fun. It's sexy, and it's a tough spot. Heating up Joe Burrow, try to blitz Joe Burrow.

That's going to be interesting. I'll ask you two cats, any, any problem with going from Monday night to Sunday early and maybe, maybe Hot Miami is worse than the Monday to Sunday turn around.

I have a problem anytime you go short weeks. Even Monday Sunday? Even eight hours shorter. Yeah. If we play Sunday night and you go to, or Monday night and then you go to Sunday at noon.

That's all, I mean, it's tough. Your body gets so in tune to doing the same thing every week. Like Chris and I could tell you where we are on Wednesday at 8 a.m. Because we're creatures of habit in the NFL. And so can the other 52 guys on the team. That shit sucks. Your body doesn't have time to recover. Thank God it's early in the season.

And they have that extra juice in their tank. But it wears on you, man. Well, listen, the Bengals just played the fucking the Jets. Not saying it wasn't a physical football game. much different than that playoff game atmosphere football game that was just played in 120 degrees down there on the field, like in Miami. I do think it's going to,

you feel that on Thursday, but to your point, cutting hairs here, like even a 12, 24 hour difference in your, in your recovery, like I can remember late in my career, I wouldn't feel better until I woke up on Sunday morning. Yes.

Like Saturday night, I'm still sore and I'm working my balls off. You're trying to imagine yourself playing a football game. Saturday night you're walking around in the hotel, and some guys are great. I don't know why. Genetically, some guys are great. But then you're trying to convince yourself

that your ankle doesn't feel the way it does and that your elbow isn't doing what it's doing. For me, it was inflammation. It was every night's sleep, you wake up feeling 10% better. And then it gets to Saturday, and you're like, man, there's still a little bit left. I've got to work out.

So I'm going to need four hours of body work after this meeting. I'm going to need to be like in my, you know, I'd be up in the watching film in the Norma Tech boots. Like every second you're trying to get your body back. So if you have a short week like that, I don't care if it's one day. I don't care if it's 24 hours.

You know, I said that two ways. I don't care if it's fucking 16 hours. I'm going to feel the difference. Well, and the bills played that proper late night, Monday night game. Even though it wasn't stressful, you're still losing. And now obviously it's been indicated that Tua didn't have a concussion. He went down hard. His head snapped into the ground.

Clearly to me, it looked like a head injury. Now people are saying back injury. So when you go to short week, I think about the carryover from that situation. Well, conspiracy theorist here, whether or not. Could it be a late onset? It's not a tough leap to imagine that they were like, yeah, what can we say it is? Like, it's the NFL. I'm not, but you got to go off of what they say.

It could have been a back. I look at the video and the offensive line, the offensive line, it seems like they ask him, are you good? And then like they kind of relax. I don't know if they realized at that point that maybe it was a back I thought it was a classic like the back of your head hits the ground

he's wobbling I don't know how they took their word for it Teddy Bridgewater went in and went three and out and you're like okay the bill's gonna win this football to at least left the field and was checked out but to tell me it's a back

I'd love can I make my Miller light mention you're going to a liar yeah you're going to a tagavilo a fucking liar he doesn't know what he is right now. Tua's peeing on my hand right now and telling me it's raining. The hand, huh?

So, Chris, that's my fly on the wall. My Miller, I mentioned. I'd love to be in that training room. I'd love to hear the conversation because they go and talk to Tua. Somebody looks at him and then they walk in the back room with another guy in a blazer and they come up with a decision. So did your back hurt this week at all? Good.

Yep. All right. So we believe in the dolphins, right? They're a playoff team. Stop me when I'm wrong. They're a contender. They're the best team in the league? No.

Stop. Red light. I just feel like we're going to look back at this and say, hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we might have been a little bit overreactive. And that's not me. I mean, like, I've already conceded that, hey, Tua, I did not realize how much of an infusion Mike was going to put in this fucking offense. I mean, they look great.

My Miller Light viewing party, I'd love to be in that booth with Ken Dorsey. I've been in a booth or two. Yeah. And more importantly, next to booths of coordinators who are banging on glass and nearly breaking it. You got to play it cool. You got to, it's kind of like when you see yourself on the TV and just look down at the field. Don't look back up at the TV. There's one cat, two guys over from Dorsey, who's looking over like, oh.

Oh, shit. I'm in the background of this. losing. And he didn't get the memo about the tablet. Breaking it. Breaking everything. They literally were like, hey, Ken Dorsey and Tom Brady and everybody that works for the NFL, stop breaking our shit. Just like stop going office space on our equipment. You know, and Ken Dorsey, we almost made it. But I get it. Like, the time was after that fake spike in the first half, after that, you know, after that whole deal, like, you got to be. I was on the sideline coaching against.

North Cross their football team last week. Yeah, we can get into that. I'm going to give myself the hollow man for not preparing. I was going to give you the hollow man. For not preparing my offensive line and my defensive line for a North Cross team that was clearly better coached. And I fall on that sword and that's my fault. Did we lose? We're a real Dan Campbell. We lost.

We lost. We lost the game. We lost the game. And I got to be honest, the technique that I was. technique that I was teaching to our tackles hindered their success on Friday night and I really was I was really mad about it

and I could see myself going Ken Dorsey if I wasn't on the sideline with the other guys because I want to set a good example. Do you wear a headset? I do wear a headset. The throwing the headset's a good move. I like that move. I don't throw the headset. You're going to get it tangled on you. I don't wear a hat on the sideline

so that's my accessory. I'm not going to lose my accessory. Or heaven forbid break it. So Indie Kansas City. I want to say this first. I don't get the clock thing. Are you on the clock thing here at the end of this game? No. Yeah, I'm on it. Okay. So

1713, a minute 55 to go, right? You're the Chiefs. The Colts have the ball in plus territory. You get a big, big Taylor run on first and 20 at 155. That's when that play starts. Okay. The next play you run,

Pierce, who had a big day, and we'll talk about all that in a second for the Colts, catch the ball comes down in bounds. You can call a timeout at 105 here. You got three timeouts, right? This team might go in and score. They might not, but if they do, you want some time, right? So Andy's just letting the clock run, letting the clock run,

and the next play that snapped after that Pierce reception on first down, I believe it was, is all the way down at 24 seconds. So from 105 to 24, you have an opportunity to call it. timeouts. So you give Patrick Mahomes the ball back with 24 seconds and you end up rushing and throwing a pick to my guy Rodney McLeod who had a big day, right? So you're at damn near midfield. What is Patrick Mahomes going to do with 35 seconds extra? So we've seen it, we've seen it time and time again actually. That's 35 seconds extra. You're absolutely right. The difference between a minute five and two timeouts and two timeouts. I always want to take my timeouts when I don't

have control. The offense is dictating the tempo down here. You know, what if the Colts started running the ball, you know, and running their offense at the minute and five? They stayed aggressive and went to our guy, Jolani Woods. Shout out to Jolani Woods. Two touchdowns. The last one on one, one Thorn Hill, another UVA guy. That was painful. Virginia everywhere. The Jolani everywhere. That's the lead. Yep. There's just so many Virginia guys out there. Yeah. But like, you know, they're hurting it linebacker. Willie Gay's out. Willie Gaye's He's out for off-the-field issues. You know, the first touchdown to Jolani Woods,

that was on the replacement. You know, play action pass. They were a little susceptible to, as you say, on CBS, that other pregame show, you say they get sucked up. Sucked up. The suck. It's all about the suck, and the suck only happens with a good offensive line push,

really make the D-line feel rough. Bad eyes, though. Again, it's the eyes thing. And guys that don't have a lot of reps, you know, Willie Gay's out. But my point is, I just didn't understand that. I'm wondering if there was some, I don't know, explanation on Twitter, in the media for what happened with the clock management at the end of the game.

And it's something they practice even with, you know, we practice on Friday, okay, there's 20 seconds left. We're at the minus 30. We need a field goal to win. Or one situation will be we need a touchdown to win. 38 seconds left, no timeouts. Whatever situation Pat's in, whatever situation Coach Reed and the offense finds themselves in, they're confident in it.

They're confident in wherever they're at. Now, obviously, the way you laid it out right there is, I would love that. Yeah. And so would Pat, and so with the receivers, and so would the line. But that's not the hand they were dealt. And obviously, the beginning of the – They dealt themselves that hand. Yeah, well, you're right.

And they dealt themselves at hand in the first possession of the game. Defensively, they go three and out against the Colts. I turned to the guy I'm watching the first quarter with, I said, this is going to be a long game for Indy. The punt happens, muffed punt. Vegas always knows.

So you mentioned it. The first fucking possession, third and seven, they've got that guy Skymore, I believe. Was it Skymore? And he overthrows him. And I know he muffed the kick and we'll talk about the special teams because they were a fucking train wreck.

And by the way, victory lap on this, although I was just under 500 for the weekend. One game I didn't bet was this game, and we talked about this, like this stunk like road kill. It worried me. I mean, that line stunk like roadkill. So, you know, sorry if you bet the chiefs, but that first possession, you've got Skymore, and Patrick would tell you he wants his throwback.

He overthrows him. And remember a few weeks ago, you play a tough game on the road that you know could be a slugfest or you could pick the tempo up. And a lot of times in offense, if they get that big play on the first possession, or a 60-yard touchdown, you feel like you're in rhythm. You're playing with a little bit of house money. It's like a rush you're getting a sack. It's like you got off the bus hot. Yeah.

Well, when fucking Christian Watson dropped that ball for Aaron Rogers, that changed the entire, you know, tone of that game. And I'm not saying they would have beat the Vikings down there, but that was the start that they needed to get off to on the road that they didn't. You only get a couple of those plays a game. You know, you always say that. like when offensive coordinators are up there scheming things up, they're like, we got to hit this play. They call them shot plays and they call them, you know, opportunity plays. Yeah.

More often than not, they call them shot plays. And they have them dialed up in what we call the first 15. And for those of you at home who don't know what the first 15 is, every Saturday night when we're at the hotel, we're not just, you know, dicking around. We're in there in meeting rooms and the coach is presenting, the head coach is presenting. Oh, we're dicking around in D-Liner. the head coach is presenting to his offense the best laid plans in his mind for the first 15 plays of the game and oftentimes there's a handful of runs that they can choose from there's a handful of play

actions there's a handful of rollouts and then you get your two or three shot plays and the shot plays they have three of them for a reason because each situation calls for a different shot and when you have guys like the chiefs do you need to be able to capitalize on your shots you have a guy like the chiefs do and patrick behalms well kelsey too no i mean he's Yeah, you're right. No, you're right. Travis Kelsey showed up hot. Yeah, well, bottom line is you got to hit that.

Yeah. I mean, like, and he knows that. You got to hit that. If you hit that and they would tell you it's a totally different game, special teams were terrible. 14 points on special teams. I know it doesn't just, you know, some people are like, well, do your math again.

But no, you have the muff, okay? Colts are weaponizing the sun. Not catching the ball. Those shadows. They're weaponizing the sun. Third quarter, you're either, you're either in total darkness or it looks like the fountain. I don't know you've seen the fountain,

sad movie, but no. Hugh Jackman's just looking up into he's fucking blinded. There's a jiff, you might know it, but that's what Sky Moore was like. Have you seen the lobster? No.

I ain't Colin Farrell's in it. I'm out. I got a question. I didn't like that in Brue, what's that movie? In Bruges. In Bruges? Oh, every line's a joke.

I don't want to tell another man what to do it as a roof. And I want roofs to be open. generally speaking. But those shadows were intense. Jim knows that, dude. Erse's like an evil villain

and X-Men movie, bro. Like, he's like, I'm gonna open the roof. Roof and window open. And it worked. It fucking worked. For all that quirky shit he does, I know that had Jim Ursay

written all over it, and it worked, bro. They oriented that, that bad boy of a stadium incorrectly. So you have the muff, son.

And then you have the, and then you have the not fielding of the punt. So that, That's a big one. Is that bad luck or is it a bad decision? Well, I got to know where their ledge is. On special teams, they always talk about a ledge.

You know, like, where's the ledge? At what point do we no longer feel this punt? At what point do we absolutely have to catch this point? That was over the ledge, I would say. So the ball ends up on the one. So that's not points, but, you know, that's big. Missed extra point leads to having to go for two. So, like, you got one point there, and then you go for two, you get it.

But even taking the wrist to go for two sucks, you miss the field goal. You fake a field goal up 17, 13. Tommy Townsend. You have no confidence in Amandola. And then even to cap it off, you have a bad return, you know, on the 18-yard line with 24 seconds to go. Like, so you take the kick out,

you know, to end the game, you run seconds off the clock. Like all these little mistakes, I'm sure I'm forgetting some, just add up to a really bad game on special teams. Fans were calling to see Justin Reed kick a field goal because they said if anybody's ready to do it, it's not, ah, man, Dola.

it's Justin Reed. Well, Amandola, he was in the Matrix and so they just I'm not saying that Kansas City doesn't have the firepower cow but like we, you know, that first week we really kind of jumped back on the bandwagon a little bit quick

and I was talking about this last week, man. You know, I got to see them do this. I got to see them do what they did to the Cardinals against somebody besides the Cardinals. You know, this offense over a couple weeks now has just looked a little like whether it was the half and Patrick Mahomes

you know he's frustrated with BNamy which we said was blown out of proportion right yeah I mean you watched him walking out the field all it takes is taking a look at Patrick and I'm watching Patrick and he's just receiving coaching do we love every bit of coaching that we get do we love every opinion we hear on the sideline fuck no we disagree but one thing that I know about Patrick and E.B is they're going to work together to try to figure out a solution and they know they can't be losing games in in Indy regardless of what the special teams is doing. And I want to touch on that special teams one more time before we go to this.

Dave Tob, legendary special teams coach. He was in Chicago with Hester and those units that would be 10 guys out front blocking for Devin Hester. I don't know why this Harrison Bucker injury feels like it was the keystone in a house of cards for the special teams unit. it, but it seems as if the attention of details not there, the moment might have been too big for Sky Moore, whatever it was, and I don't think that's it. I have a lot of faith in Sky Moore, but

you know how it goes on team. Sometimes one thing happens, creates a dozen issues. That's what I'm saying. You miss that ball, you miss the third and seven, you muff the punt. Like, these are one play things, but they're things that lead to a totally different ballgame. 60 minutes of different football. I'm not panicking. No, I'm not panicking either, because they can play defense,

because they can play defense. But what I am panicking about a little bit is their offensive production. That Tyree-Hill guy... Yeah, he's big. He makes a difference, man. And Kelsey, you know, like, if I was putting on my, like, guy at the mall hat, like, talking football, I'd be like, I literally was so frustrated for the Chiefs watching them last night.

I was saying to myself, they've got to run with Mahomes more. You know? And he's healthy enough to run now, right, Chris? I sound like a basic fan, but it's true. You got to figure out wrinkles now. Like, you had the luxury of not running a speed option, of not tucking it and running it before but now it's like how many option routes with Travis Kelsey can we run because you know like I just don't see a lot of other stuff working for them listen they had their opportunities

they should have won this game not who's there how we how we how long are we gonna how are y'all not brought up Chris Jones yet yeah well that's what we're getting there the defense that's what makes you feel good about that's what makes you feel good about this and carloff this looks strong I saw him you know kind of like bending Quentin Nelson back yesterday. He's strong. Sneed played great. They heated up Matt Ryan. Matt Ryan, nobody, the Blitz doesn't, doesn't, like the blitz comes so fast on Matt Ryan, dude. Like the, there's, it feels like the blitz is fast for everybody, but it's even faster for Matt Ryan. Especially coming from that cat blitz, Legerius Sneed is a guy that's flown under the radar.

He has been bawling in obscurity. I guess you could say the last few years, obviously all these Hall of Famers are the number. All these Hall of Famers on the Chiefs. And then you look on the edge. We talk about Willie Gat. not being in there who loves to heat up the passer in the A gap and the B gap he's a great blitzer. Spags brings Legerius Sneed off the edge and to your point the blitz closes fast on Matt Ryan. Nobody's faster than Ligeria's need. I thought, and I thought he looked great. And Nick Bolton too had a sack.

Nick Bolton's awesome. They threw the A gap like I thought Spaggs called a pretty good game. You know, they were heating this cat up. The only problem was, you know, Indy was out in front of the sticks like the whole game. The longest third down they faced, I think. through three quarters was like third and eight so like indy was ahead of the sticks they got big receivers they got the they got pierce kids big um pitman's big woods and alleycox woods is huge twenty twenty four i mean like those guys so many dumb midwesterners asked them if they play for the

pacers man right think about they lead the league as NFL players and like just two dudes at at you know at ruth chris uh or yeah what's the steakhouse there they go to ruth's chris St. Elmo. They're in St. Elmo's. The old white guys are asking if they play for the Pacers. But they're tight ends. They love their big, tall trees. Colts receivers are big. But Chris Jones, you want to talk about Chris Jones? Also big.

I was going to talk about the missed opportunities that the Chiefs had. I mean, not only third and seven, you know, Kelsey dropping the ball in the end zone, which was he would tell you he wants that back, right? He told us he wants that back. He said he's got to be better. you also have the Chris Jones penalty and my viewing party or fly on the wall rather my fly on the wall is what the hell Chris Jones said to Matt Ryan

because because that is so Chris Jones is one of those guys that's so much bigger when you see him in person right he's all of six foot seven so big they just threw the flag all of six seven all of 285 and he's loud and boisterous he's got a laugh you can hear from across the locker I love Chris Jones. He was a great teammate. He also broke my leg on accident. But he is a great teammate.

And yeah, he's laying on Matt Ryan. He's getting a little extra in terms of the time spent on top of him. When he gets up, it's not what he says. It's not how he says it. It's the proximity to the face. He moves closer with his face. That is an act of aggression

in the eyes of referees, I believe. If you get up, start close to somebody so you don't have to get closer to him. Back up. Create more distance. I think he said something juicy. Sticks and stones can break the bones, but words can cost me a week three, one against the Colts. He's so big and his voice doesn't match his body.

So I can only imagine being like, fuck you, Matt Ryan. I'm coming out of your ass all day, Matt Ryan. Well, listen, I just, what's going on here? I threw a flag, but I ripped my headphones out on the press. You did exactly what I said you should do. You get tangled in your fucking headphones. Yeah, I did. You could coach college football.

Yep. So I just... Call me Ken Dorsey. I just want to say this. Colts defense, real good, man. They're solid. They didn't have to get a bunch of sacks. They got pressure.

And I don't think that the Chiefs' line was as bad as some people want to say they would have been, but this is a good group up front. I mean, Gilmore played great. Gilmore, that tackle on Kelsey was championship effort, championship football, man. It's a crosser on third down early in the game. And he actually beats Kelsey the spot

and gets his head across, makes that tackle. Grover Stewart playing well. I'll shout him out. Number 90 for the Colts. He's been there a couple years, but I feel like this could be his best year. Albany State.

And the name Grover, I think, is a good name. That is a good name. Give a shout out to Andrew Wiley, the right tackle for the Chiefs. He was dinged and came back, right? But he's a guy that they've been seemingly upstairs has been like trying to find a replacement for, you know, and fans love to bitch about Andrew Wiley

because they don't know what they're talking about. Andrew Wiley has been getting better and better since Lucas Nying went down last year in Cincinnati for the Chiefs, Andrew Wiley back at right tackle, and he's been playing better and better and better. He competed all game. I just hate to see the Chiefs lose because I feel like I'm still on him. Yeah.

And we could have won that game. Yeah. Okay, Colts, real quick. Yeah. Matt Reiner, Matt Reinerd. Matt Ryan had some like App State beating Michigan energy running off that field it felt like we did it. We upset the big dog.

But they're one-one, Shaq Lennar will come back eventually playoff team or not for the Indianapolis Colts I don't I have to get through those Jacksonville Jaguars Can I do a thing that we That's not a can I do a like something

That's frowned upon in sports media Can I wait a week or two? Yeah Because their defense Is solid enough That they can keep them in games And maybe the Pierce kid Maybe they missed him a lot week too

Home Tennessee at Denver Home Jacksonville at Tennessee the next four. I mean, I'll tell you all you need to know. I need to be trendy, but Jags seem like the team to beat in that fucking division right now. I mean, they're winning big boy football games. So the indie defense is good.

I just mentioned that 30% on third down, two and a half rushing yards. And the eighth time Mahomes has ever been under an 80 passer rating. That was against them. But again, if they're more aggressive, if they're the chiefs of old, if they're not getting an eye formation with nine minutes to go out 14 to 10,

low red, going run, run, and then a pass. Like if they're the old chiefs, they score and put that game away. It's 2110. You want to be able to lean on your guys. You went and acquired all these offensive linemen last year. You don't have to get too.

You kept the same, you retain the same five this year. They got better. Andy Hex, one of the best outlying coaches in the league. He says great teams are able to run the ball into the end zone or run the ball for a first down when everybody in the world knows

you're going to run it. That's cool, Kyle. You have a Ford Raptor, right? Yeah. Okay, so like that Ford Raptor is mostly for decoration. Like, yeah, you can't go off road, but you like just driving the Ford Raptor around town. You got Patrick Mahomes, man.

Like, you don't need, like, those are like the, those are like the big tires on my tundra. You know, Andrew Wiley and those guys, like, yeah, we can do that, but we got Patrick Mahomes. We need to be aggressive when it's time to go put the game away, in my opinion. That's why you work at V6 Raptor because it's faster, more fuel efficient. It's like getting the Z71 over the high country or the LT. You know, you're in Z71. What are we doing? And Matt Ryan, seven fumbles so far this year.

That's a big cause for concern. A lot of fumbles. I mean, like, he's just not holding on to the football. But again, like a bunch of comebacks, gamewind drives. You can read those stats somewhere else. Hey, what's up with these conference pride hats? Like, I know if you're in the NFC or the FC.

Oh, I don't even. All the coaches have AFC or NFC under a little banner under the logo on their hats this year. Yeah. It's a big deal. Stupid hats. Bucks Packers, man. Let's hit this one before we move on to Superlitz. and the rest of it, but boring.

Really boring. Just a boring, like, a boring game. And if you like defense, it wasn't. You know, Rishon Gary coming on, Vita Vaya, dropping in coverage, you know, spot dropping and blowing up a ball, forcing turnover, that sort of thing. But it was a sloppy game.

Spot, drop. Shut them down, open up, shop. Two things that stand out to me about Green Bay on offense outside of the fact that Aaron Rogers is all. He really blows. He finished it. The running game for the Packers is good enough to win them football games. And I think as a byproduct of their running game being legit,

and Aaron Jones being a stud, AJ Dillon, all these guys, you can use a smash-mouth style of play action protection. You're seeing a lot of left tackle, left guard pulling, a lot of counter pass, power pass. People have to respect the running game. Aaron Rogers is going to have more and more opportunities as the season goes on to get the ball down the field, Alan Lazzard, who showed up in a huge way.

What he does back in the lineup? Showed up in such a huge way, Dobbs. I mean, I don't think Aaron Rogers has ever thrown a rookie receiver or a tight end of touchdown, but he loves Romeo Dobbs. Big Romeo, eight catches on eight targets. Looks like a veteran. Oh, Hollow Man, me, sitting Romeo Dobbs on my fantasy. I literally made it a huge deal that I drafted him and sat him yesterday.

Has he seen the field yet? He hasn't seen the field yet. I wanted him to show me that. I think the cucks are going to go to two and one though yeah cucks are two and one no surprise defending champs yeah all good what are you I'll be three and oh okay

Randall Cobb looks awesome I like seeing Randall Cobb in the Packers uniform again Randall Cobb yeah Randall Cobb Cobb Cobb Cobb and Dobbs Cobb and Dobbs but to Kyle's point I mean they weren't great yesterday

Aaron Jones 12 for 36 AJ Dylan 12 for 32 but the past past performance is somebody finish it? Is current expectation? Is indeed indicative of future success or something to that?

No, well, no. So even when they're not effective, you still have to respect it. You have to respect it. They can run the ball. This is not a team you're going to make a living running the ball on. You have to be able to make just enough plays and then I think we get right down to the end of it. No Evans,

no Godwin. No Evans, no Godwin. And I've said this all offseason. and I was sitting here yesterday I was like when they were trying to score you know kind of reminded me with the chiefs were trying to score in the low red like last year that's gronk you know it's a big fade to Evans or whatever like

they're getting in the end zone it looks pedestrian how easy it's just easy and it was a struggle and of course beautiful ball to gauge who fumbled earlier in the game big deal for him to make up not like Tom has a choice to go to anybody else they just signed like Cole Beasley off the fucking practice squad

but Tom puts the ball in a perfect spot to gauge. I mean, behind him, that was a beautiful throw because he's going to get killed. You know, Andrew is going to be a pick. If Brady doesn't put that behind him. But then they can't get the two-point conversion, and that's the ball game. And of course,

Rogers afterwards is like, hey, the Jumbotron guy fucked this up. I saw it. You know, I, they were like, hey, Rogers, what did you think at the end of the game when, you know, there was a delay game? He was like, well, I did, that is, I did that. Essentially what he said.

I don't get, can you, okay, because I watched the end of the game. I know what happened. I also thought there was two DOGs and one was called, but what was he talking about? He was saying that the first leg game, which happens a lot, you know, like the ball won't get, the snap won't, I'm sure Rogers has gotten the benefit of the doubt there before, but the snap comes, it's zero, they score, right? C zero, way to beat, throw the flag. Yeah, and then they go, they go two point conversion, the same thing.

happens. So what Rogers is saying is that between those two plays, he let them know that he saw what he saw the down before, which is, you know, it's like, hey, watch the tackle, watch the, you know, like... Watch holding on 75. I don't know if they would have called it if Rogers didn't, you know, open

his third eye there. He really looked smug about the whole deal. Like, he was happy. It's like super like, that was me. Sometimes there's guys on the Jumbotron show you things are not supposed to show you. That was so funny to me. It's like Jumbotron got up there and ran an ad for moneyless society or something.

Hard cut. Joe Rogan. Ayahuasca. Ayahuasca. All right. So Four Nett was huge again in the two-minute drive. The one thing that was teach tape was the end of the game onside kick. Alan Lazzard attacking the football, going to get it and getting in the feudal position.

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The Duval Wall. You know what helps the Duval Wall when you get the ball out two point whatever the fuck, 2.39 seconds. Lawrence coming to that game. They had a game plan. You know, he's two edge rushers. I was worried they were going to wreck the game. Joey Bosa leaves, right?

And that's kind of all she, well, really, when it was all she wrote is when they come out of the half and James Robinson breaks that big fourth and won. You know, as you know, a lot of the biggest runs come on short yardage. I mean, one broken tackle, you're gone. So I think more than anything, the Chargers had a chance to win this, or keep in this game early. they had a drop on third and six

they dropped the ball in the end zone I believe it was and that was just you know from then Jacksonville had dictated the terms of this game and I personally we were talking about this Herbert shouldn't have been in the game probably that long no absolutely not and one point about James and I'm gonna go back to Herbert

but one point about James Robinson in the first quarter he had an explosive run that sets the tone that's one of those first 15 plays we talked about if we get this thing blocked up you could hit your head on the goalpost he damn near did I think he got like 30 45, 40 yards on that first explosive read. It sends a message and sets the tone immediately to the front seven of that defense. They're going to be playing on their heels all day.

And that sets up that quick passing game, that sets up to play action. But when we talk about Justin Herbert, I was pissed. I was really pissed. And I played on a team with Brandon Staley as a staff member. He coached Khalil Mack and the outside linebackers. I loved Brandon Staley. I love the way he interacted with his players. I think that he would know better than to keep a guy in down 30.

10 taking shots deep shots down the field and taking shots to the ribs yeah um Justin Herbert is the reason for the season if you're the LA Chargers Brandon Staley's a real literal guy isn't he he just like everything's real literal with him we're trying to win I would be I would be leaving the charge on you know like getting him out bro like abandon abandon your plan it's like you pay chase Daniel however however much that he's earned as the backup quarterback and and I've also played with Chase Daniel. He's ready to play. I thought they were going to roll with him.

Apparently on the pregame warm-up, they were practicing the intros. Chase Daniel intro happened, so people were writing. He's going to start. Justin Herbert obviously comes out. You're down 3810. I would be in my coach's year on the sideline saying get that guy out. And you know what? Unfortunately, most coaches are going to say, well, why don't you get them blocked?

I think laying, I think tying a football game that can send you to the playoff, or you know, like not going for the tie was bad, right? It was like a strategy deal. Like I thought this was bad in its own way. Like the risk of the risk of losing Justin Herbert or worsening the injury. And the thing is you don't know, you don't know how he's going to feel today until today. And that's a lot of the thing is like these guys are drugged up. Like we are, we are zooted on Sunday.

If you got a rib injury, you know, I'm pretty sure they gave him that, you know, like, He got a shot. He got a shot just like Tyrod Taylor. From Terrod's doctor. Same doctor. Miller, like mention fly on the wall of that room. Like, is there a joke? Like, hey, have you figured this out yet?

Or, I mean, probably. Or is the doc like, hey, I know where to go with this one? You got to tell a joke. Really? The doc did good. The first third down, Justin Herbert had to zip on the football. The guy's actually, there's a lawsuit pending right now. I know.

So maybe it's not a joke time. But, but yeah, you take the shot. You go out there. you go down big and he's still taking shots in a ballgame that's well out of hand. That's he took a lot of shots. That's exactly what the doctor said. He said, I have a lawsuit pending, so I'm not going to make a joke. I can't make a joke.

I can't make a joke. This is not joke time. The lawsuit's done. I'll come back. We can joke. Herbert becomes a character witness against the doctor at that point. It's a mess. Now you got your all pro left tackle, Rishon Slater, in the training room next to your all pro.

Major bicef injury. Just reported. So you've got, you've got a, quarterback that's gun-shy because of the nature of his injury, and then you go take a look at that film, and he's taking shots from everywhere all over the field, even late in the game. He didn't look gun-shy on that shot to Guyton. I know what you mean, but he can still rip that ball. Now that his left tackles out, the week of preparation, they're going to have their backup in. So then against the scout team, Scout D.N. might win a couple times. Then you get Justin Herbert's

second-guessing protection. I'm just saying, if you take him out of this football game, it might lead to better things down the road. And to your point about the risk of keeping them in there not only tonight but tomorrow in the following weeks. Well, they got the Texans this week. Significant bicep for Slater. Now, it's significant? Oh, yeah. People had this team in the Super Bowl.

I'm sorry. No, Bueno. It's going to be tough. I have this. So, so, oh, you did? Against the Vikings. Yeah. Hey, just chill, all right?

Yeah, I wasn't going to do that. Relax. They're two and one, the Vikings. Yeah, they're still two and one. They feel very two and one to me. So are the bears. Hey, by the way, Dan, man.

I love Dan. I love our guy, Dan, but, you know, and he owned it, which I think was awesome. And I believe him. It's not just lip service. Like, he's like, man, I regret that. And I'm sorry to my players. But, you know, the fourth and short, you know, you got a chance to ice this ball game. It goes against everything you stand for as the Detroit Lions now to not, to not take that game into your own hands.

Dude, or or or punt it. Or punt. But I would have gone. The conservative move is to punt. The killer move is to go for it. The field goal try from 54 is not the move to go up six. And he was really aggressive early. He's winning all these these analytics people over.

He's the one meathead that these stat heads are like coming around on. And then you know, you go and do that. But he took, he took accountability for it. But at the end of day, that's a loss. And it's not like, you know, the lions lose close games in years past. And you're like, well, this is part of them trying to learn how to win and that sort of thing. and it is, but this is a team whose playoff window is open right now.

It's the NFC. Even with Vikes to the Super Bowl, we were on Detroit. I think we were willing to accept after this week that Detroit might be the better team than Minnesota in that division moving forward and maybe they still will be,

but that's a tough. They had a chance, man. They had a chance and with teams like the Saints looking shitty, you know, there are spots opening up for you. They're usually the shoe in to be in that last spot.

Yeah. even if they're not good. We're going to play the Saints in New Orleans. And the NFC West looks wounded. So, you know, these are opportunities for you if you're Detroit. And maybe an Eagles hangover for Cousins and for Jefferson. Okuda had a really good day. I want to shout out of Okuda.

Great day by the numbers. Three catch of 14 yards against Jefferson. And his past coverage has been pretty good this year. I mean, Devonte Smith didn't have a day against him. Zero catches week one. McLaren two catches 22 yards. A guy played 10 games in two years, but Who does Justin Jefferson have next week?

He went from Slay to Akuta. He had a rough couple weeks. I don't know, but... They're in for it. Saints. Another tough week. That's going to be a great matchup. I'm taking the under.

Okay, and then another, we were talking about the Chargers earlier. You know who they have in two weeks? Who? I won my baby, back, baby, back, baby, back, baby, back, baby, back. We got the Chili's? The Chargers. They have the Browns, dude. They got clowny, and they got, they're going to, they're going to get some,

it's going to be ribs. They're going to be on the menu for Miles Garrett and barbecue sauce and Khalil Mac, barbecue sauce, which is the best part of that jingle. Babacue sauce. Luke loves saying barbecue sauce. Chili's baby back ribs. Yeah, the dude is in there. Do you see the video of these guys recording that track?

No. Oh, yeah. Tremendous. You see what everybody looks like. They're like real musicians. A mini. So two weeks from now, we're going to see how those ribs hold up because it's going to be, that's the cartilage, it's the cartilage, right? Let's hope he's healthy for crying out loud.

Carolina New Orleans, I don't even want to talk about that. You know, they got everybody's out for them, the saints already. You got a transverse fracture in James Winston's back. He needs a backiotomy. I broke my back. Spinal. No. Lave went for 400 yards, which was neat.

That somebody had a good day. Baltimore, New England, I think it's all about, it's all about what the hell did the Patriots do next. If Mack Jones is out for a while, which it looks like he will be. And before he was out for a while, there's a few things that are on the, you know, on the take chopping, chopping block here,

like, is Mac Jones the guy? You know, Joe Judge and Matt Patricia, like, what the hell are they doing? You know, and then he gets hurt. So it just, it was a terrible day for them. Three turnovers in the fourth quarter. They were big turnovers. The Baltimore defense is still bad, dude.

Like Baltimore's back end is still bad. They were giving up chunks in the passing game. But they came up and made some plays when they had to. I don't want to say bad. I don't want to be disrespectful. But they're a little disjointed right now. They're disjointed, Kyle. Thank you.

Quite literally. They're coming back from some ACL work. I want to say this about the gritty. Isn't that like a ligament? Yeah If you're a white guy And you do Which holds things in their joints

Got you Okay If you Nice for specifying If you're a white guy doing the gritty Yeah Like be careful Mac Jones

Practice I love Adam Schaefter Mac Jones dancing You see when Adam Shefford did the gritty Got hurt same night Mac Jones did the gritty

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Mac Jones is going to be out for a while. You look at their schedule. It's actually kind of soft the next four to six. 31, 26, Ravens fumble at the 39. So then the Pats get a third and goal from the 10. He had the Humphrey pick. And then the killer was Aguilar, my guy, the fumble. Hamilton forces, so that's big.

You know, he had a really rough week last week. But they had, Mac Jones threw a pick again late. So three turnovers in the fourth. That's tough for them. Yikes. Bodies. LeMarvellous. Five touchdowns.

I know, but we know. Like, you know, like, we know. Everybody's making a big deal about two of. Everybody's making a big deal about all these guys. Like, Lamar is just quietly going out and, and preparing to have a brink's truck backed up. You know what? To his house, dude. Like, Lamar Jackson is my retroactive.

We haven't done superlative. No, no. We did America's team to start the show. And I'm going to add Lamar Jackson into mine because he's one of those guys you can't say anything about. Not that there's anything bad to say about Lamar Jackson. He's a person, not a team. I know, but he is the team. Ah.

I like it. Okay. Lamar Jackson, that's good. Allow. If you say anything about Lamar Jackson, you are going to be, it's like if you say something about Beyonce. Yeah, seriously, but even more serious, in my opinion. Like, Lamar Jackson is out there, just like you said, you can set your watch to it.

He's, he's going to, he's going to ball. But what about Bill taking away, like, the one thing you can do? Throw a spy out there or not. We just don't have the gyms and the Joe's? Well, they're not real talented defensively. I mean, they have some good players, but they're not as talented in years past. They're going through a transition.

This is a transition year for the Patriots, man. You can call it whatever you want to call it, but this is not a year they're supposed to compete. Well, if this is, if this is 6 and 11, is Bill saying, nah, I'm out, or is he going out last Brady to matter what? He's drafted a quarterback. That's the MO.

He's drafting a quarterback. Okay. Six and 11. I mean, that might be Keaton Slovis. Maybe it's the Keaton Slovis. Brennan Armstrong. Might be Brennan Armstrong. I'd be Brennan Armstrong.

Never know. And then, you know, the Rams down a bunch of corners and Kyler still wasn't great. So like, you know, like I said, last week, we run for 80 yards on two point conversion, stage of comeback, but that's not sustainable. They got to figure things out there. Same thing with Vegas, like, nice comeback towards the end.

But we're getting into the like, hey, we're not going to talk about the Raiders much zone on this podcast. Matt Collins, shout out. Yep. Former Special Teams guy in Philly. Great dude. Love Matt Collins.

He's getting a lot of touches that would be going to Vante, if not for taking him away. Respectfully, Cowboy, I might feel better about Vegas than I do about Denver. O'N3 versus 2 and 1. I just...

Fair. I feel better about Denver. It's just better weather. I do like the Raiders in that head-to-head. And I think that's next week, right? Denver and Vegas. I like the Raiders in that head-to-head.

Get right week for Vegas. What do you think the line's going to be there? Where's the game? Four and a half, six and a half. I will need to know where the game is. They would love to play an overreaction on the Broncos into this thing, but they won 1110. So how does Vegas do that? No, they will do that.

It's in Vegas. It's in Vegas. It's in Vegas. Okay, Denver's 2 and 1. Vegas is 0 and 3. I will say that the Denver Broncos are favored by one and a half. We're going to be 2.5. It's going to be minus 1.5. Vegas is favored by two.

Holy swig. That's what I was thinking. Vegas minus one and a half too, right? You know what? Vegas is, no, the establishment of Las Vegas is really, they know we're all going to say that, right? The odds makers are.

The odds makers know that we're not going to bet that. Yeah. That's the right, that's a good line. That's the right line and I'm going to take the Raiders. Yep. In fact, like book it right now. I will too.

Because everybody's going to jump on Denver right now. Yeah. That's my first win. the other night? No, I didn't. I had to go to back because I had work in the morning, but I heard they won. Jump on videos. 11.10. You heard it here first on the green light pod. We're all taking the Las Vegas Raiders. They might be America's team next week.

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Even when the game stink, they're electric. Yeah, everybody. I'm not watching the NFL anymore. Okay. I was glued to the Tampa Green Bay game. Hey, is Swifty really going to be the halftime show? No, Rihanna is, and you can also bet that I'll be there. Damn.

With binoculars. What happened to the Swifty rumor? Desperado. You're going to be like Bill Belichick up there? Yeah, just scouting. Uh-huh. Why don't you come to your senses? You've been out climbing fences.

Name them the band, making. Of Desperado? Yeah. Eagles. Rihanna. Okay. Miller Light mentions. Beville Conway, man, this was a Bevel Conway thick week.

Two Cs. Okay. I'm giving it out to UNC Notre Dame. Ah! I got sniped. Sorry. But, you know, I could take any number. these i thought you might go florida tennessee all right leave me something on the bone but i don't like

florida tennessee oh talk to me it's better it's better at the swamp um maybe maybe maybe i really do like that orange lid the white jersey the blue pant which you're not going to get at the swamp and it's a lot of tennessee orange but i i think it's beautiful nielin's so gorgeous yes yes i i want to make out with niland yeah i i'd make out with the swamp as well yeah yeah b yu yu yu ys Wyoming deserves a fucking... Holy shit, dude. Did I leave my computer open? We just have good taste.

BYU, Wyoming. Okay? Yeah. Kansas City Indies should be in the conversation. Red team, blue team. Okay. If we got a red team on the field, we need a blue team on the field. We can't have these two red team games, Falcons Chiefs.

I love. Vomit all over my T-shirt. Like my Bevel Conway was roof open, window open, blue and white versus red and white. Chiefs, Coles. It's like the Senior Bowl, you know. It's like an old video. game. When like in the MLB game in the 90s, the Reds would play

the Blue Jays, it was simple. One team had a red helmet, one had a Blue. Yankees Red Sox. Okay. What sucks about that is the turf itself in India, and we've talked about it. But I don't know if there's too many rubber pellets in there or what. Because when I saw Carolina

and Notre Dame, I had to look up to remind myself that they have turf down in Keenan Stadium now. They've had it for three years. Imagine if they had the fucking grass. I know. And so I looked up the brand. The brand is called AstroTurf trademark. Real fucking. And it looks as close to grass as I've ever seen fake grass looking. In Carolina. At UNC. Now at at in Indianapolis it just it doesn't in the shadows

bothered me. It's that Midwest grass. And I and I understand you guys and your colors and it's a fine call. Okay. Okay. Okay. Let me try this one on for size and then we'll move on. But K-state Oklahoma under those dude. I mean, okay. No, well we, bro, they're the right picks. Wyoming, BYU, Oklahoma, K-State, Florida,

Tennessee, Notre Dame, Carolina. It's pretty clear, it's pretty clear. Do we know uniforms or do we know uniforms? And I've got one more

that I won't say so I can have a Beville Conway this week. Okay. UCLA at Colorado. That was gold, white gold, at gold,

black gold at Folsom. Oh, it's beautiful. UCLA 1.4517. So K-State, Oklahoma, I feel like the lights at that stadium

are a little bit, or a little bit dim. They are. Right? And with those unies, it could be 1993. Yeah, I love it. I love it. I love it.

Okay, Hollow Man, me, Dobbs on the bench. Go ahead. Hollow Man, chalky, butt punt, trencher. Oh, yeah, for sure. You got a ball. But who feels bad about that? Is it the upback? Yeah.

Morrsted was saying, dog, I got a punt. Yeah, you're right. Hollow Man will be Sky Moore in particular, but the special teams of the chief. No question. Okay. Also, Brady, I almost want to give him an award just for breaking his knee brace for like absolutely nothing. Did you see that when, um, he's been ornery? And during that game, he took off and ran like further than he's run in three years and then slid like hard as fuck into the ground. And everybody was like, oh, is he okay? He's tripping. He's stumbling.

That is Don Joy got mangled. And anybody who's ever had a Don Joy. Oh, it's so frustrating. When it comes undone, you're just like, can I get some help? And then it's not getting on. you're like fuck it and you take it off you chuck it and you feel great because in new england they used to make the d lineman wear their knee braces in practice and we used to game the fuck out of the system there sorry bill you all remember chopat straps we just put fake knee braces on chopat straps they'd go right right on your no teletendon you remember copper

fit yeah yeah yeah that company's funded a hundred percent with welfare money yeah yeah hey we've talked about bret farf twice now I just don't know what else to say anybody's keeping It's fucking disappointing. That's how our government works. Our government's fucked up too. E-May be going to jail, Breffarv. That's true. I'm glad you, I'm glad you talked about Brett Farb first, though.

And I'm a little concerned that the Celtics the Celtics might be part of the problem because they suspended E-May Udoca, but not Brett Farv. That's right. Double standard. Why didn't they suspend Brett Farb? Okay. Best flight. I'm going to give Doug Peterson the Jags, man.

That's a long flight. Yeah, Kyle, you made a good point off camera, off mic. But that's a fucking big win for them. And I've been on a Doug Peterson flight. It's awesome. You're back there. Might be sipping a little crown, you know, and then all of a sudden you look up and Doug's leaning on your chair. He's, how we doing guys? He's a big how we doing guys guy. You know, he comes back with the smile on his face. He's not back there. Big old head. Just fucking, you're happy to see Doug, man. When Doug comes back to, he doesn't abuse the right to come to the back of the plane. Well, he should have us in the front of the plane, Doug.

We should fly those guys first class. That was one thing I wasn't a big fan of. But Doug is a great guy to fly with, man. He comes to the back and checks in on guys. So I'll give him best plane ride. You spoke about the crown, Chris? Yeah. The Minnesota Vikings are going to London Town, right?

Oh, yeah, yeah. They're going to face the Saints. London Town was the sixth studio album by the British American rock group, Wings. It was released in March 1978. London Town charted in the top five positions in the UK and the U.S. It failed to repeat the success of Wings three previous

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which until 1984 was the best selling single in UK chart history. So the Vikings get the win over the lions and then they get to go to the greatest place on earth London, England. And New Orleans is a band on the run right now. They feel like a ban on the run. Worst plane ride.

Minnesota. Three off there that I have a New Orleans Saints. Hey, hey, ban on the run is a fucking jam, dude. That is a jam, dude. Purple Hayes, yeah. So the Saints have to also fly to London, but they went from,

They went directly from Charlotte, North Carolina to London Inside Info. K2, shout out. And James is flying with broken backs. I mean, he's got multiple broken backs. Transverse. They go over a little turbulence over the Atlantic Ocean. You go over a little turbulence there. It's problematic.

Klo, best and worse. I hate flying across the ocean. It's sketchy. As if you wouldn't die in a plane crash over America, like sometimes, especially if it's at night over the ocean. I'm like, we're going to crash. If by chance I fucking survive, I'm going to be in the dark dealing with sharks. Bro, have you ever seen Sully?

Yeah, it doesn't work like that. Best plane ride. You ever seen Casteaway? Castaway was like those Clemson corners Saturday. They were like Tom Hankson Castaway, just on an island, no help. My best playing ride was the Cincinnati football Bengals. They win by two plus possessions hard to do in this national football league, especially if you're a winless team.

Trey Hendrickson. Shout out to Trey Hendricks. Two sacks. Force fumbles. The guy showing up. He wasn't in the stat column earlier, but you and I talked about this. You don't have to be in the stat com

to affect the game. But shout out to Trey. He got on the stack com. And when the defensive linemen are happy on the flight home after a win, we set the tone. It's a party. You know what I mean?

We set the tone. Worst. Worst flight, Raiders. Man, that's just... That New England in Josh McGreg. Daniels would come out right about now. We're going to be hitting a lot in

practice. They left Cashville, a town with a lot of character and charm to go to Vegas. Another town with a lot of character. Well, you want the day to end. A lot of bachelor's parties in both places. You want the day to end after a loss. Bachelorette Bowl. That was the Bachelet Bowl.

You know what they say after a loss? Like, you're going to wake up tomorrow. The sun's going to come up. Well, they just extended their fucking day by going west. Tennessee celebrated the Bachelorette Bowl by almost giving it up. I don't know. I imagine that a lot of those chicks are like,

we're just here for a good time. Yeah. We don't want to close any deals. I don't know about any. Were there any fumbles that weren't lost? Striptease. Jeez. That was good.

Hey. Nice. Up here. Thanks. All right. So worst plane ride, easily the bills, dude.

Easily the bills. Talk about there's nothing worse than getting more dehydrated after you play in a sauna and losing. And just the way the injuries hurt after a hot game and just the way that stadium was so loud, they could probably hear it on the bus. You know, like when you lose a game on the road and it gets

really loud at the end, like that, you know, when you get Bob Seeger, you know, the echo from the amplifier ringing in his head. He's got, he's got fucking Josh Allen has, you know, he's got the dulcet tones of Tua, tongue of Iloa in his ear,

comforting him after the game, which had to be emasculating as fuck for a guy like Josh Allen. And the crowd noise, that was just ringing. That's a tough loss and a tough ride back. So yeah, I'll give the worst to the Buffalo Bills. Have you all mentioned to Frank Gore? Who fell out of the America's team rating?

America, Big, what have you done for me lately? That's for sure. You know? STL Memorial slash Frank Gore Award. I talked about Eddie Jackson earlier, but I'm going to talk again about Khalil Herbert. He had six explosive runs, eight first downs.

Excelling in obscurity. You're given to St. Louis Memorial Awards? We're picking one? I'm picked one. The Khalil Herbert. I saw Montgomery go down and I saw, I said the only part of our offense that I really truly believe in right now is on the sideline and Herbert comes in again. He's done it time and time again and he balls.

Tyler Lockett. 18 receptions, nearly 200 yards last two weeks. 11 first downs he's gotten in three games. Okay. That's an underrated stat, 11 first. downs. I'm not done. Tyler Lockett turns 30 years old on Wednesday. Happy birthday, Tyler. Go Tyler

Lockett. It's the best you'll ever feel. He went to K State. Shout out K State. They beat Oklahoma in Norman. And Tyler... I hear in that Seattle game, Gino continued to prove that he's the guy and Cordial Patterson had 100 yards through three quarters. That's right. That's right. And there was a drone.

And there was a drone, dude. That's all we need to know about that fucking game. We'll just leave it there. And Tyler was the 69th overall pick in the 2015. NFL dress they find wide receivers dude they really do I mean they got a little Steelers you know vibe up there the way they've had good you know un-heralded Doug Doug Baldwin I'm talking about like more contemporary Joey Galloway Decaf yeah decaf Matt Cap I'll go yeah Roquan Smith dude that's a just a gutty

I really I really come put on my serious hat here and you've been there Kyle bad teams chips are down bad two and one team teams, like, you know, the illusion that maybe we're good, but you need those guys to, to play like that, to breathe, like, belief in life into the rest of the team. And for a guy like that to show up to stadium, not sure he's going to play and to play with that kind of heart, he really, he really fits the city. So fly on the wall, I want Chris Jones. I want to know what the fuck he said. Asshole of the week. I'm going to give this out. I know it's kind of a new one. You guys might not have seen this. I think it's in the dock. There was a high school football

game read. This kid at the high school football game makes it on the field, which is not hard in high school football, right? He's kind of like he's rushing the field in the middle of the game. He's not streaking. He's got a fucking flag. It says, I eat ass. He's running across the field,

right? And this hero's headed to this 10 foot wall. He throws the flag over the wall. He jumps up. He's scaling the wall. So he eats ass and he's like a fucking American Ninja warrior. But this high school coach who's doing like a he's booking it like a four eight behind this guy hawking him down and slams him

into the ground like head first into the track that runs around the field and i'm just saying man oh we got it right here on the thing yeah this guy's the asshole the week the coach is the all the guy's saying is he eats ass oh wow angle of pursuit and this coach is just he watch him but watch how hard he slams him on the ground oh that's unnecessary oh my goodness going to be gonna be eating ass through a straw now buddy and the sideline goes absolutely fucking crazy when this coach finally makes it he dropped his playbook he said my plan is out the window and I'm making an angle of attack here I love the punctuation on that flag why are the kids excited they don't eat ass because they're like not ass eaters not once I eat ass I eat ass period was the was

the was the fact a lie so that's that's a good way to end the show unless you guys got any other Miller light mentions. I mean, I have several, but I'm not going to... Asshole of the week is the guy that won't let the... Okay, I'll give it to Trent Sherfields. Kyle, once again, really good on CBS. Really good on CBS.

Great on Greenlight. Game ball. I'm giving the game ball to Kyle Long. Thank you. Oh, Cam Robinson and Joanne Taylor to sound smart. Okay. You guys happy to see the Pro Bowl go? Yes. Yeah, I mean, skills competition would be infinitely more entertaining. I can at least do some content out of that.

I can't even do content out of the game they play now. I want to go on record and say that I would really enjoy to see the superstars of our game do an American, not American Ninja Warrior, American glad. I would love to see the superstars of our game do an American gladiator of years past type of event. I'm talking Patrick Mahomes at the tennis ball, tennis ball shooter thing, and receivers trying to get across, and then maybe Aaron Donald on a tower, having some kind of fight with, you know what I'm saying? saying like ores with pads on the end.

I think it would be awesome. I agree. I think the NFL might hire you. They already have, really. Take care. We'll be back Wednesday with maybe one of the best pass rushers in the game, but who also might have lost this week, and maybe he doesn't want to come on,

so I don't want to say who it is. Nicole Auerbach is joining us. We're going to do college football every week. If you're ready to talk about Jamie's football win over the former America's team App State. You've come to the right place. So as promised every week, Nicole, our back, we got her right back with us.

She's going to talk to us about college football. I feel like the season's almost, I mean, what are we over a third of the way home now, or we're just approaching a third of the way home now. So it's freaking flying by. Scott Van Pelt said it the other day. He said, cherish it because it really does move fast. How are you?

How was Saturday? I'm good. I am also getting sad about that. It's like, oh, great. Finally, conference play. And then you realize that you are already a third of the way through. I feel like there was a little bit of a hangover for some of these teams. I mean, like coming off from big ones last week and there were smuggling games, stayed up late trying to find USC Oregon State. That was how the night ended because I do not have packed all network. So it was an interesting one. I think we learned some stuff about some of these teams and are still waiting on others. But we We are thriving. I've become an energy drink person to get through these Saturdays. I know you do marathons on Sundays, so you know. What's the energy drink of choice? Okay. So I, Chris Button, who's Sideline reporter, ESPN, got me on Celsius, which is this, I think

it's like a natural drink. It's kind of like a tea. It's pretty good. And then I'll alternate between that. And then there's Alani New. They have these energy drinks that have a bunch of different flavors. So, yeah, unfortunately. definitely way worse for my health, but I have become one of these energy drink people.

As a guy who can't drink coffee, admittedly, and I hate to say this, I've started on those little Zen things you've seen a bunch of dudes tweeting about, you know, the little nicotine vessels. That's my coffee. That's my energy drink. So I'll have to try those, though. That sounds healthier. Okay, Nicole, like, who's affected the most when it comes to your confidence in them based on yesterday's close win. Oh, that is a good question. Okay, I was not that concerned about Georgia. I feel like they have shown us enough that they're allowed to have a clunker. Let's say, Michigan, I don't, I don't really feel like it was that close, but I see where people were, you know, JJ McCarthy at his moments where he looked young. He looked an experience. He looked new. But, you know,

I think that game went ultimately about how I said. I think next week when they play Iowa, that's where we could have some cause for concern. I'm definitely concerned about Oklahoma because they lost. I think they were like a team that I had in my top 10. Overall, I'm definitely concerned about USC. That's probably the team I'm most concerned about coming out of this because this feels like such a Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma team where they had this high-powered offense

and then they ran into someone in a weird place. It's kind of their Iowa state. Like they're every conference stealing a line from my editor. every conference has an Iowa state and Oregon State is that team in the Pact 12. But like the offense really struggled. Obviously it came through right at the very end to save the game. But it was the defense that kept them in the game. They forced the turnover.

It's like I believe more in the defense. But where is that toughness? Where is that like some of those Oklahoma teams were soft. And it feels like having a performance like that nearly losing. It just wasn't what I was. hoping to see out of USC. Maybe they turn it around. Maybe this is what they needed. But I just was very concerned about just how kind of quickly that offense turned off and that it took so long for them to really fight and get the win at the end. Listen, Wake Forest poses a very unique challenge,

but I watched that Clemson game closely. And I kind of wonder what you make of that. I mean, it felt like those corners, they just couldn't get them help because of the way they hold that mesh. And that was one of the most striking things about the Claussen and that group. They just pose such a unique challenge. Do you worry about Clemson playing them close? Or you just chalk it up to that's a really tough top 25 team. And Sam Hartman's real good. He was gutsy yesterday.

What do you think about Clemson coming off that game? Well, my first question is for you as someone who played. Like when you watch that offense in particular, is it cool and interesting? Is it frustrating? like what is that slow mesh like to watch? It's frustrating when you have Clemson, you know? You bet on Clemson and you're like, get this corner some help,

but then you realize that they physically can't because if you're going to help him, they're going to run the ball down your throat. And it's a numbers game. And, you know, I think the one thing that Clemson could have done maybe at times a little bit better was when they're one-on-ones. And eventually they did at the end of the game.

But like that would have been what you had to do. And that was what you could bank on for Clemson in the past to be able to pull away from that team was like that's the X factor. If you can beat guys one-on-one up front, then you're okay. But they're a fun team. I don't know what their ceiling is, but if the QB plays like he played yesterday and we know the guy,

it feels like he's been around a while, they're fun and they can play with almost anybody. It's a weird game because it flipped all the ways that we've seen them win games with DJ for the most part, except for that Notre Dame game. I mean, if you had's giving me his sat line, shown me some of those deep balls,

I would have thought they would have blown out Wake Forest, but like the defense was so suspect. And they've had some injuries, but it was such a weird way to see Clemson win a game that that was pretty jarring, especially because of the way they really owned Wake Forest over Davos's whole tenure. And even like last year's team, when we thought Wake was really good. So it killed me for Sam Hartman. I mean, he played so, so well. And the good part was I did see a lot of the draft guys talking about just how many scouts and people front office foot folks will be watching that tape of Sam Hartman. But yeah, I feel like you did learn something about Clemson's offense that it can exist,

that it can be explosive, that DJ can throw those balls, which we hadn't seen. But yeah, now I'm concerned about the defense. I don't really know what to make of them. You know, they got NC State next week. These two games, if they win them both, they're in the driver's seat for the Atlantic again. So like after all this and all this hand ringing over them, we may just be back on the same place for the ACC. So who knows. But I think between this week and next week, we'll have a much better idea. Somebody texted me. They were like, you didn't know you were betting against Andrew

luck, did you? Because like Hartman, I feel like, is going to surprise some people as we approach, you know, April and people talking about, you know, draft heavy quarterback class, quarterback heavy draft class, rather. And he's one that people kind of just forget about. I think a lot of people chalk it up to the system, but he makes a lot of throws. So, and a great beard. The guy's got a great beard. We love Hartman, dude, on this podcast. I hated rooting against him. How about, you know,

what's the best quarterback redemption story so far this year? Because I feel like a few of them, we were talking offline and you mentioned there's a bunch of guys that have been written off by their fan bases, and now they're kind of they're back in the mix and they're having success. Yeah, it's a great example of

the bit of the transfer portal when everyone was all fear mongering before it came in. I mean, you see guys, a Michael Pennox Jr. has hurt a lot of Indiana, frustrated that fan base with a lot of picks and inopportune times. He's having a great season. Washington is undefeated. He's playing better than he ever did actually, even when he was healthy at Indiana. Adrian Martinez, though, might be the best story because he was blamed for so much at Nebraska, and some of it was on him. He did have a lot of turnovers that cost some games sometimes. But what a life upgrade to get to

leave Nebraska, which obviously already fired Scott Frost, already still dysfunctional. Go to Kansas State. They lost a week ago, but you just saw Oklahoma totally destroyed Nebraska, your old school, that fan base that was frustrated with you. You have the game of your life. I love the bow as a celebration.

That was just an incredible one at the end when he knew the game was wrapped up. But just an incredible individual performance, Hendon Hooker going from Virginia Tech to Tennessee, also a great one. a great story. He's also playing. These guys are playing better than they ever did at their old place. And it's such a great story. Love Hooker having success in Tennessee

and not in Blacksburg. I mean, just love that. And so, yeah, like I'm happy for all these guys. And I'm happy for college football because it feels like you were watching Tennessee, Florida yesterday. And although Tennessee kind of had the game at arms length, like Florida wouldn't go away. It's a fun game again.

Like it's been a fun game, but these are two pretty good teams. They're talented teams. and Tennessee's ceiling were yet to find out what that is. So how about Kansas not being ranked? Okay, this is what I'm very, very upset about. For weeks, we're like making it a meme, right? But it's like ranked cowards, right? Ranked Kansas cowards, like do it.

And it just feels like this is such a brand name issue, the fact that they're not ranked yet, based on what we've actually seen them do. Duke is a good team this year. That was a good win. But they also resoundingly beat Houston, the win at West Virginia. Like these are wins. If any other team have them but had a bigger name, they would already have been ranked.

I mean, Miami was still ranked last weekend. And it's part of the reason like the middle upset was like a ranked upset. But it's so frustrating because, again, anyone else, they would already be ranked. And they are one of the more exciting and fun offenses. Like Jalen Daniels is great. we're having a lot of fun watching him. But what a great story. And it just feels like it takes these teams so much longer to get their respect.

And I was frustrated the coaches didn't rank them. And then the AP voters didn't rank them. And like, are people not watching? There's not that many teams that have been fairly consistent over the first month of the season. And Kansas actually is one. And what is it? What's the harm? Like, what if they were in the 20s?

It means a lot. This stuff just bothers me so much because like they've actually earned it if you watch them play. And people just aren't picking them. But if they were, if they were Miami, if they were Florida State, I mean, we would be talking about them so differently because they would have already been ranked. It's the truth. And, you know, we've got some JMU folks in the house that work for Greenlight. There was like, hey, why the hell aren't we ranked? Is that a fair question?

All of this is. And JMU, I mean, like, they're not bull eligible because the first year in FBS. There's so many dumb pieces. to some of this stuff. But it's like peel behind the curtain, like AP voters. It's a lot of people who cover different teams. So they're probably at a game and then they're just looking at box scores. And then certain team names don't jump out to them or they just kind of move people up and down.

But it sucks. That seems ridiculous. It's not accurately. That's how it works though. They should, they should let guys and gals sitting there Saturday on their couch rank these teams. I feel like people on Twitter watch more college football than the people you're describing couch pole.

And they'll tell you that too because it's so hard to watch everything or catch up on everything when you're at a game. But that's just how it's always worked. And so, but again, you would think that like the Kansas story would have like crossed over would have been something that we all would have seen. But, you know, it's just, it's frustrating. And again, like, it's sort of like Clemson started the season probably way higher than they should have.

And again, they haven't lost. They look good at times. but it's brand name stuff. I mean, that's why they were top five or top ten or wherever they began. So it's frustrating. And I really hope that Kansas just keeps winning. And then everyone will have to rank them. I'm frustrated for Lawrence.

I'm frustrated for Harrisonburg. And maybe next week for those two programs. Nicole, thank you so much for joining us. Yep. Anytime. Looking forward to chatting next week. Yep. See you next week.