NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal - 2024 Week 1 Recap

Episode Date: September 9, 2024

Gregg Rosenthal is joined by Patrick Claybon and Nick Shook for a full recap of the first Sunday of action in the 2024 season. The show starts with a look into the Texans beating the Colts (1:30), the Cowboys making a statement against the Browns (10:04), and the Bills finding their footing against the Cardinals (21:36). After the break, the show runs through Jaguars at Dolphins (27:46), Steelers at Falcons (38:12), Patriots at Bengals (43:20), Titans at Bears (50:09), Raiders at Chargers (56:44), Vikings at Giants (1:05:10), Commanders at Buccaneers (1:11:41), Panthers at Saints (1:17:05), Broncos at Seahawks (1:24:32) and finally Rams at Lions (1:33:08). Note: time codes approximate. NFL Daily YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nflpodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We won't mention what happened in Cleveland, at least not for a game. Because we want to keep the spirits high. What is happening, Patrick? Greg, I'm so juiced. I'm juice because it's week one and nothing's hit me yet. We just wrapped up three hours of football and I'm going to talk some more football

because I'm walking in the newsroom. Chris Rose is fired up on game day highlights. And now I feel like I've got to match his freak. I got to match his energy. No one can match Chris Rose's freak or the volume, the just incredible amount of voice that comes out of him is ridiculous. I don't want you to do that either, Shook. But I am happy you're going to be here every Sunday night

through the Sunday night football game with us. And you're wearing your madden shirt proudly. but this is better than madness, the real thing. Yes, this is the real thing. And hopefully you guys can send that energy in my direction about 2,000 miles east where everybody around here right now, feeling pretty down, not getting me down.

I'm going to drive it up for the show. Yes, the Browns, you know, they were in a highlight game, but let's face it, America's Game of the Week, was not the Game of the Week. I'm choosing Texans Colts as the game of the week where C.J. Stroud reminded us just what a special young quarterback he is.

3rd and 11. Stroud fires and it is broken up by Jones, but on the sideline Collins may have caught it. Unbelievable! This is an unreal catch by Nico Collins. Jones was all over him and Collins somehow still brought it in. It looked like Jones undercut this ball and had a chance to intercept it,

but as we get into this replay, Nico Collins corrals it and in his left knee, hits in bounds, catch. catch for Houston Texans and a first down. Not often we start a highlight with a 12-yard pass, but Cedray Stroud is so good at the little things. Nico Collins is so good at the little things. Of course, that was the CBS coverage there.

Tiki Barber on the call will also hear the local Houston call in just a little bit on some throws. And look, I thought the Colts were getting the ball back. this was a back and forth game. These two second year players just delivering highlight after highlight in this one and it's hard not to compare

him and Anthony Richardson's great and had a great game overall and delivered some great highlights, but I do think they're different and C.J. Stroud is the one to me, Patrick, more likely to go through his progressions and hit a throw that just didn't look like it was possible to hit

to put the game away. What a mature second year player. I mean, we're in the 20s of quarterbacks that don't even attempt that throw to Nico Collins. It was an exceedingly dangerous attempt with draped in coverage. Nico comes up with a catch. He had six for 117 on the day. You saw the emphasis on getting this talent around him. Joe Mixing comes over.

I don't think they're going to load Joe Mixing up with carries. He has 30 attempts for 159 yards. Oh, they had to do it because it was so effective. Like back and forth, both of these guys went. Anthony Richardson was like the bizarrely. bow knicks on the day just taking deep shot after deep shot he hit a couple hit that we'll get a chance to see the other one uh to alec pierce but just a fun game with two of the best in the game but but right now it's not just anthony richardson that's looking up to catch c j stroud i think it's a lot of

quarterbacks in the league they're going to have to continue with this guy just being so good so early right i wanted to talk stroud first because you mentioned the running game it's why they were in this game mixin gets those 30 carries He finishes with 159 yards. I realize, Nick, that the running game was so different than it was a year ago immediately. First of all, the Colts, I think they have a good front. Maybe they're better rushing the passer than they are stopping the run. But I knew it was different when Damien Pierce is getting five yards per carry

because that's just like, that's like an AB test. That was not happening last year. So they're blowing open holes, and they did not protect CJ Stroud all day. This is the game I watched the closest all day. and he goes 24 for 32 for 234 and two touchdowns. And you think like, okay, good solid C.J. Stroud game. But that last play was typical of a day where he was under duress. The Colts actually had more pressures.

Like they had five different defensive linemen with over three pressures, like four of the defensive linemen with four or more pressures. And he still made it happen. If it was any other quarterback, maybe not any other quarterback, but just about any other quarterback. Like they wouldn't have been able to deal with all the pressure that the very good Colts defensive line sent at him and he kept them on schedule enough and had some big third and longs that Nico Collins won was not the only one.

Yeah, and this is precisely why I put C.J. Stroud at number four in the first QB index of 2024 because I got a lot of pushback on this this week, totally fine. Oh, he had one season, but I'm telling you this guy is a special kid in plays like that are why he is a top five quarterback. 75 to 85% of the league is not making those type of plays under that type of rest. If you need examples, I could give you a ton just from today. Usually guys get frazzled. They break down. Their brain short circuits when they get that much pressure all day.

And in a tight game on the road, C.J. Stroud and his second season delivers in the clutch to put a game away. That's the type of special player he is. So I'm overdosing on the next gen stats this year that for some reason I didn't think to have access to. He goes

seven for nine against pressure today. 12.1 yards per attempt plus 32% completion percentage over expected. So that says it all. So to me, it was a really good sign that they were able to run the ball. That was so different than last year. You would think that the pass protection gets cleaned up. I didn't think it was going to be this close of a game.

They were up 15 to 7 early in the third quarter. They got up 28 to 20. But the Colts kept grinding. And Anthony Richardson, you mentioned, Patrick, was a big playmate. He kept going deep. Alec Pierce had a 60-yarder and a 57-yarder in this game. And the throw that Anthony Richardson made in the first quarter, I submit at the end of the year, let's just start making a list.

Put this down, the throws of the year. This is my submission. Maybe it won't be the only one, but it's definitely one for this week. I submit this throw from Anthony Richardson in the very first quarter of the year will be on our end of the year top 10 throws of the year. five and a half minutes to go first quarter inapolis trails three to nothing but they've got it now first in ten on their own 40 Richardson on play action backs to throw he slips on the turf gets up heaves it downfield looking for alec pierce he's got it touchdown a bomb 60 yards Anthony Richardson to alec pierce that's what you're talking about in the deep game touchdown i ind die why That is absolutely preposterous.

He slips on the play. It goes 65 yards in the air. That is the third longest completion in the next gen's next gen stats era. So I immediately got a pushback because I had tweeted this out. It's like, that's going to be one of the best throws. They're like, really Greg, overreact much in the first quarter?

It's like, no, I've seen a lot of throws. I've very rarely seen a ball go 65 yards in the air to that in perfect stride. And that's kind of what you get with Richardson, Nick, that nine for 19 on the day, but he gets 212 yards. He missed some throws. His interception in his defense came on a play where his receiver slipped, but he also missed some other third downs that were just not on target. So he makes those sort of big plays.

And then when they're trailing late, down a couple scores, fourth and goal on the goal line, and he gets stopped as a runner a couple yards before the end zone. And he just carries the defenders like Cam, Newton in his prime into the end. And like, I thought they had a good chance to win. If they had just stopped that third and 11, they were going to get the ball back. He ends up being their leading rusher with 56 yards as well.

Yeah. And so we know he's going to miss some throws because his mechanics aren't the cleanest. And that's been the case for him since he came out of Florida where he didn't really play that much. But I think it's really fitting. And this is also because of where he got drafted, that in the same stadium in which he wowed everyone with these rainbow passes that were just seemingly effortless, flick of the wrist, he slips.

He's under duress. And he just does the same thing he did in his work out of the combine a couple of years ago, blicks it down the field, majestic touchdown pass. Like, that's the type of stuff that you expect from a guy that you draft in the top five. That's why you ignore the inconsistencies from here to there because of the big play potential, both in the passing game and the running game. And you were right. I saw that highlight of him scoring that touchdown and running through that defender because

I'm watching him approach the goal. I'm like, I know he scores here, but how does he get in? Oh, wait, he's built like Cam Newton. And we haven't seen a guy like that since Cam Newton. So I think he's here to stay as long as he stays healthy. and you're just going to have to deal with some of the inconsistencies because the big plays are so worth it. Yeah, it was a really fun game.

I would recommend it highly if you're into hitting some game pass during the week. You'll see, yeah, you know, he missed 80 Mitchell a couple times deep, one on a play where they created. But I think both teams come out with some positives, but a huge road win in the division to start the season for the Texans, really where they left off last year when they won the division in Lucas Oil Stadium. All right, let's go to America's

quote-unquote game of the week. I do think this is the second most interesting game of the week just because of, why are you laughing, Patrick? Well, it was the look on Shook's face. And I'm not, you know, laughing at Shook's misery, but it was just appropriate. Okay, there were better games this week,

but there was just a lot going on between Tom Brady and Dak, and then two teams going into the week that we were like, what are these two teams going to be like? One of them gave us a pretty, good answer. That was the Dallas Cowboys. The York is standing in the middle of his own end zone.

The kick actually comes from the goal line. A little end-over-end wobbler taken at the 40 by Turpin. Trying to get up the middle, 50, 45, get a block. Right side line, 30, he's pointing. 20 to the 15, to the 10. There's your return. Cavante Turpin with a 60-yard punt return.

That was Cavante Turpin. Of course, that was Brad Sham from KRLD, former round of the NFL guest, Brad Sham. Getting it done there. Dallas 33, Brown 17. I could have picked some nice Dak Prescott throws, had a 21-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Cook's under pressure, thought he handled the Brown's defense. I could have picked one of the six sacks that the Dallas Cowboys had of Deshawn Watson, who looked lost and harried and this was a game that was ugly for the Browns,

but it was beautiful for the Cowboys, Shucky. Yeah, first off, all those pieces that we read in the offseason about Mike Zimmer's going to make this defense into a monster kind of came true today. And it was really because he didn't give a damn what the Browns were going to do. They had no fear. He just dialed up blitz after blitz after blitz. Oh, both of your starting tackles are out. Guess who's going to capitalize on that all day?

I am, Mike Zimmer, the defensive coordinator, who's here to ruin your dreams in one Sunday afternoon. And that's exactly what he did. Deshawn Watson was pressured 44.6% of his dropbacks. They were after him all day. This offense had no chance to go anywhere. And it was all because of that Dallas defense. And some of the final stats you see like Trevon Diggs's interception, that was just icing on the cake because they had already dominated and had this game in hand. Really an impressive performance from them. And on the offensive side, honestly, Greg, I know we are all worried about the Cowboys. Could this be the year they collapsed? Well, they get the contract done with Dak right before the game, right? And then Mike McCarthy goes

out there and he just runs circles around the Brown staff. Like, just operating an offense that's taking what they're giving them, just piece by piece, third and three, we're going to pick up five, second and ten, we're going to pick up six, all the way down the field. Oh, you're going to blitz us on third down Jim Schwartz because that's what you like to do.

Yeah, Dak, throw it up on the slot fade, wide open Brandon Cook's touchdown. They were one step ahead all afternoon. Okay, so they end up with 265 yards. When Tom Brady and we'll get to Brady in a minute, said when he did the on-camera shot late in the game, and they're talking about how the Cowboys should feel. And he's like, he thinks they should feel great. And he talked about how

on point the offense was and how the operation was really good. And I didn't watch this game as closely. You know, they only have 265 yards in this game. They don't really run the ball too well. Dak finishes with 179 and 1. Was Brady overselling it there? Or like, how did you feel about how their

offense held up? Or was it like a game management situation where they really didn't need to do more? That's what it was. It was a game management situation because the Browns turned it over on downs multiple times. They couldn't mount an effective drive that really sustained very long, save for one touchdown drive. That was it. So like every time they got the ball, in the Brown's defense played fairly well. It's just they were on the field for a long time early in the game. And then by the time the game was out of hand, they were getting stops against the Cowboys offense that was just trying to

avoid making massive errors with a multi-score lead. That's essentially what it was because when they had to actually move the ball, they had a couple of really nice drives where I was like, there's Dak, mid-season form. Zeke looks spry. Looks like he's like three years younger than he actually is. Everything else is. Seedy Lamb looks awesome. Glad they got that deal done, you know, everything was fine, just they didn't need to push it. I will defend the Zeke Patriot season for all time as underrated, by the way. Yeah, it was underrated. Zeke played well today.

It was a balanced game because I think it's easier to look back, and I know the game was frustrating for Shook, but the game was in question for a little bit here because Tyler Geithen, starting his first NFL game, looking over and seeing Miles Garrett, and that was a real problem. Like, Dak had a backwards throw early in the game. It could have been a fumble. Miles got to him, Dalvin Tomlinson got to him early. but the way that Mike McCarthy utilized the run game

to keep the pass rush away from deck it was kind of like this veteran offensive leadership guys who had played together for a long time we'd seen the way that they operate they knew what they were doing and then on the other side Brown's missing tackles like Michael Parsons is getting through

he's coming around on twist and stunts and Deshawn's bouncing like we're watching the game Pep Hamilton is on Game Day Live with me and he's like why is Deshawn back there of course Pep closely worked with Deshawn during his time in Houston He's bouncing up and down, not necessarily at the top of his drop, stepping back. And so it was an offense that knew what it wanted to do versus an offense that clearly is just trying to figure things out.

So are you saying Patrick Claibon that I may have overreacted to the Cowboys offseason? I see you giggling over there. It's because we've had a few times to chat. I felt like this was a total thing because for some reason, Mr. Jones is long playing these contract things, ultimately to pay everybody anyway at detriment to his own pocketbook, which is, you know, fine by me. But there's this attention that goes to them getting run over in the playoffs and everybody's like, oh, the Cowboys are bad. No, they're still a good team.

They've just lost these games in the playoffs, but so did the Browns. Why did I fall for this? You know how much it hurts me that I picked the Browns in this game? It doesn't, you know, what does it really matter? Which team you pick? No, it wasn't the game picked, Greg. It was the tiny table that you really hurt yourself on. That too.

Well, the Cowboys could still disappoint over the course of the season, but picking the Browns, another team I'm very down on in this game, hurts me because I haven't hit the fact that I've enjoyed Deshaun Watson in his trade being the worst move in NFL history. I thought it was at the time even if you took away his play, and his play is an absolute disaster. And I don't need to focus on that, but from a Cowboys perspective,

one thing I do want to mention just is DeMarvion, Overshawn, and Marshawn Neeland, two names. I know not a lot of people. people know about overshan second year player neelan more of an edge they both look like dudes and this defense really needs some young players to step up overshan was more of a edge outside linebacker type looked really good in this game from from what i saw and that that's really important all right you mentioned slow playing the contract let's talk about that here first uh before we get to brady 231 million dollars guaranteed what what a day to do it and

On the day you're playing Deshawn Watson, a guy that never deserved that contract because of the legal situation that he was in at the time before the suspension, he gets $230 million guaranteed. And Dak is saying, I'm not signing that deal until you give me one more million than Deshawn. And it's a four-year deal. So it's kind of, it's not short, but it's on the shorter end of these huge ones. And it's so much guaranteed money. eight, you know, record-setting signing bonus.

And for the chaos and the fun of it all, I liked the idea of Dak Prescott going to free agency. It's not going to happen. And it shouldn't happen because the Cowboys would have been in huge problems in terms of the salary cap. They would have had so much dead cap if Dak ever left. So it doesn't surprise me that Dak Prescott got such a great contract. On the other hand, I don't know what the Browns are going to do here, Shook.

I think there will be a question. This is not the week for it. It's only week one. But like if he continues like this over and over, we don't have to have this discussion every week. But I do think it'll happen at some point this season if he doesn't improve, like that they would go to another quarterback. Yeah, well, the most concerning thing about Deshaun's performance today alone,

yeah, he was pressured a lot and he rarely had time to throw. But when he had time to throw, he had no idea where the ball was going. Sometimes it was on target. It was a great throw. Touchdown pass to Jerry Judy, great throw. There were other times where he'd step up in the pocket and try to take a shot deep and miss his guy by 10 yards out of bounds. Like three or four times he did that.

He overthrew, I think it was Judy or Elijah Moore on a drag route, gets tipped and picked off. Like, there's no consistency here. I think they're going to be in the market for a new quarterback. It might sound like an overreaction, but if this is the way that it goes throughout most of the season, there's no way that they go to year four of that contract. Right.

And I think, look, we have two on their roster, James Winston and DTR. I think they're higher on DTR internally than people probably think. It's too early for all that, but you're right. He just doesn't look comfortable. Finally, in this game, speaking and not looking comfortable.

What do we think about Tom Brady? I did have the sound not. So what I did in this game, this wasn't my game, a little behind the scenes. So I was really not watching it as closely because I'm watching my game as closely. But I did keep the sound in my ear and ear,

airbud, just to kind of get the feel of Brady. I thought he was like tight. He was kind of silent early. Like he used a lot of pauses. And I thought he warmed up as it went. And even the warming up only got him to just like, okay, you know, he's definitely better than Jason Witten. I have my doubts whether he'll ever get to Greg Olson level.

Because I feel like there is part of it that either you got it or you don't. But he was like in the end, I thought he was fine, but just not adding a ton. Well, it was funny because we were talking. It was like, see if you have anything clippable. And I'm sitting there listening. I was like, there's nothing good for it. Right. We wanted a sound clip to play, but yeah, it wasn't there.

But at the same time, here's how I described Tom Brady's debut on broadcast television as a color commentator. At times, he seemed very nervous. At times, there was a big opening for him to jump in and give some analysis and it just went dead air, which I was like, talk, Tom, talk. But what I think he could be, he has the knowledge of a Tony Romo without the presence of a Tony Romo. He, you could tell the times he wanted to nerd out. There was a couple times where he's getting on the telestrator and he's going, oh, look, man coverage on Amari Cooper here. And then he would stop himself right in his

tracks as if he doesn't know his place and he doesn't want to step on Kevin Burckhardt's toes. Kevin's going to give you all the space in the world. You're Tom freaking Brady. Let that knowledge flow, baby. And so I think over time he'll get better, but like a C-minus performance today in I have a theory. Okay. Do you guys, anybody listening if you're watching on YouTube, hear how seamlessly shook, weaved freaking in there? That's what Tom Brady, Tom Brady is a noted sayer or swear words. And I feel that Tom, being on TV for the first time for an extended amount of time, was constantly checking himself out of F bombs. That is my theory.

Did not get to hear a single part of the game, because, you know, we're on. Yeah. But that would be my game. Oh, that's a good one. I like that. There were some stops, like in the middle of sentences, there were some moments where he, just stopped abruptly, so maybe it was. That's my theory. That's a great one, because I want more agro, Tom.

I was listening in the second half for him to be a little more critical of Deshaun Watson, didn't get that. They didn't really meet the moment when Brandon Aubrey was lining up for an NFL tying 66-yard field goal, and he nailed it, and the Cowboys didn't take a time out, and it was a delay a game. They snapped it just after, and they sort of missed that whole thing that it was even happening as it was happening. kudos to you, Brandon Aubrey. I believe you are going to set this record at some point this year. I mean, yeah, they were thinking about going for a 71-yarder,

and he hit the 66-yarder. I saw it with my own eyes. It just didn't count. Let's move on to our next game. Josh Allen, all four of his touchdowns did count. Allen in the shotgun, Kincaid and Cook in the backfield on either side of him. Two receivers to the left. Cook in late motion.

Here's the snap. looks to the right flat to cook now steps up in the pocket throws now he's going to run and the beast has once again been released josh allen with a six-yard touchdown romp his second rushing touchdown of the day four total touchdowns from the bill's qb shout out to chris brown who got the full-time job over there at w gr as the bill's radio voice nice coming I remember Chris Brown as the website guy when I was starting 20 years ago I would go on. So good job by Chris Brown. Great call there.

And yeah, The Beast, Josh Allen with a very Josh Allen stat line, 18 for 23, over 10 yards per attempt, 232 yards, two touchdowns. Two more on the ground. And look, the Cardinals made the bills work. They made everyone who took them in survivor pools like me, sweat. 17 to 3 lead in this game but Josh Allen brought them all the way back they put up 34 and they got it done

Patrick really well and they did and it was a nice start by the Arizona Cardinals and I had taken the Cardinals to win this game strictly based on the defense of the Buffalo Bills having to adjust they did cover but they didn't they didn't get the W which is what I not necessarily wanted but is what I predicted

and late they did have an opportunity before the fourth down pass to Greg Dorch who, you know, the Cardinals fans will tell you he was interfered with. It certainly appeared on the field. The referees didn't make the call. But the play before that on third down, Marvin Harrison, Jr., was all by himself behind the Buffalo Bills for what would have been a game tying touchdown. They could have won it with the extra point.

But Kyler did not get his eyes up there in time, wound up being an incomplete pass. But the Cardinals fall. A solid start. James Connor played well in this game. He had 16 carries, 50 yards. It was big in the receiving game as well. had three catches. Greg Dorch was the team's leading receiver. Kyler played well, ran for 57 yards on the ground, but ultimately, Arizona couldn't deal

with Josh Allen being a giant mechanized destroyer of worlds. To his own detriment, because he did hurt his left hand. He told Tiffany Blackman after the game, it's not necessarily a problem. They did have it wrapped up. But just too much Josh around the goal line. And if the team does anything, it's going to be because 17 does it. And right now he's doing all of it. James Cook played well, but it's all Josh Allen.

Right. Like, Josh Allen running the ball is the most successful play in football. I'm not exaggerating, like literally by the numbers. It's by far the most successful running play. And it, like, again, today, nine rushes, 39 yards doesn't sound crazy, but a success rate of like 78% on those runs. Like, per run, he is the most effective runner in the NFL, partly because he knows when to do it.

and he does it so often in the red zone, and it ends up in seven points. Marvin Harrison, three targets, four yards. What's going on here? One catch, four yards? What's going on? Hello, you have, like, the best receiver in the class, and Joel Klatchman saying it's going to be a top five NFL receiver for three years.

Throw him the football. Trey McBride took a lot of those targets. He had nine of them. Greg Dorch had eight. There was a play early on in the game where Kyler and Marvin weren't necessarily on the same page on a back-shoulder thing. I don't know if it's a trust thing

that it needs to develop. But Kyler definitely, Adam, if you guys get a chance to see that play, Marvin Harrison is doing jumping jacks in the end zone, just a brutal whiff. And a closing game situation could have gone totally different for Arizona. Right. And they were in that situation, the Cardinals, because of a very exciting play. Just to set this up, the bills had just taken a 31 to 20 lead. So for as exciting as the first half was of this game, really, most of the first two quarters,

17-3 until late in the first half. The bills then put it on him and go out a 28 to 3 run there to take a lead 31 to 20. The game seemed all but over until the dynamic kickoff got really freaking dynamic. Bass will be kicking into the wind. Again, he's got to get it past the 20, and the wind is whipping as we look to our left at the flags on the top of each upright. This one hangs in the air. It'll make it past the 20, but it's taken on my side. the five-yard line by Dallas.

Up the middle, 10, 20, 30, 35, Dallas to the 40. Breaks the tackle. Bar-side at midfield, 45-40. Dallas 35-30, 25-30, 25-20. Dallas to the 10 to the 5. Dives into the end zone. It's a touchdown for the Cardinals, a kickoff return for a score, and Arizona's right back in the game.

Let's go. We got the first kickoff return in the dynamic touchdown world. You got to feel it. It works. It's dynamic. K-MVP that was Dave Pash. I'm taking that as a victory. You know, everyone's disappointed that there's so many touchbacks.

There were a lot of touchbacks before. I'll have to look at the numbers to see if it's changed much. Here's what I think it did is it helped field position and scoring was pretty solid throughout the league. Although the passing numbers were crazy low. I saw that from the AP that more starting quarterbacks had less than 200 yards in this week one than any in a really long time. That includes Kyler, who has got 162 yards.

But one kickoff return in one week, that sounds like a victory for me. And yeah, shout out to the Bills. That's what good teams do. They were in a tough spot. I think they're going to be an offense first type of team. They put up 34 points in this game to make the comeback and the Bills get the victory. Let's take a quick break, and we will be back right after this, one of the Bills' division rivals. What's up, everybody?

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presented by the all-new hybrid Toyota King. And we're going to take that drive down to Miami. I just want to set up this play for you and the moment of the game. 17-7, Jaguars are leading. 227

left in the third quarter. It looks like the Jaguars are going to pull off the upset in Miami. Give it to ATN. He breaks the tackle up. He falls out. It's pulling into the end zone. The Dolphins recovered with Cater Cahoo

on top of the football. That's exactly what Miami needed. It looked like he might score. What a crazy play. I really know the field is a fumble in the field of play. Oh, what a play. Devon Holland knocked up free. Peter Cahoo fell on it in the end zone.

Gavon Holland just made a big time play in safety. That was what. one of the best peanut punches I've ever seen in my life. If you're watching our show on YouTube, we've got our highlights. We've got the sound trying to be unlike any show out there. And that play absolutely turned the game. Remind me so much of Antoine Winfield's punch on the Panthers, which actually got them into the playoffs last year on a touchdown that was going in.

And it felt even bigger. Eric, let's throw it to another play right away because the next play in the game was this one. I actually take two about to throw one's a deep one down field he's got Tyreek Tarreek in the 40

35 30 down the sideline he goes Touchdown Miami Oh my gosh Speed killed once again Tyree kill to the house 80 yards

Why do they have to do the shot to Travis ETN sat on the sideline right after the touchdown it's like it let me know because I looked up because I wasn't watching that particular game at that time but I saw the touchdown and then I saw Travis CTN and you instantly make the connection oh it must have been his fault

yeah it was and it was just such a moment because to that point in the game they had done such a good job holding Tyreek Hill and check it was actually like hey how come Tyreek and Tua aren't getting going down the field then he finishes with seven for 130 and touchdown that to me was the biggest play anyone made all day was Javon Holland and that punch out, and then after the Tyree Kill, the very next play, I just want to play this for the joy of having Kevin Harlan back in our life.

Let's listen. When you consider how it began, this baby will be line drive and it will be taken. Washington will grab it. Oh, he's off of the ball. Miami's got it. Miami's got it. Calamity! I got to say, I know I've been saying football is back all day and all week and all year.

But that I really felt like football was back when Kevin Harland just yells out, Calamity! And actually, the Dolphins somehow got it back at the, I mean, the Jaguars got it back at the bottom of the pilot. It wasn't quite as bad calamity, but it kind of was in this game. Patrick, Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguar's offense was great, really efficient in the first half. He was nine for 14 for 125 yards in a touchdown. first half, didn't have the ball much in the second half. He ends up only throwing seven throws after halftime.

Three of seven for 37 yards, and their offense just didn't get anything going, and the dolphins ended up getting the win. And Trevor, taking some of the blame there, said there were a couple of throws that he had that he wishes he could have. There was an incompletion to Christian Kirk as well that was a drop in that second half. Yes, a big drop by Kirk in the first half, too, so it was not the best game for Christian Kirk. It's just those six or seven plays, which.

Again, it feels like a lot, but this could have easily been shook at Jags blowout, but ultimately the dolphins make the plays that they need to do to win the game. So it's raining down the drive chart, 23 total plays, I think it was 23, 24 total plays in the second half. They had one drive of more than four plays, and it was the drive that ended in the ETN fumble, which I know, Greg, you said, hey, Shades of Antoine Winfield, for me as soon as I saw it, I thought, oh, man, for the love of Ernest Biner, why would you do that to the Jaguars in week one like that? It feels like a game that the Jaguars had right there. And yet, when you play teams like this, you can have it right there.

And unless you close, more often than not, it slips through your fingers and you're left walking away thinking, ah, what could have been? We could have came in here and stole a win. And that's probably how they're feeling. There's a lot to feel good about. And yet you walk away, oh and one and got to figure out how to clean up those little things. Bummer for them. But again, nice little feather in the cap for the dolphins fans who had quite an adventurous day anyway. Yes.

Let's talk about their adventure. Tyreek Hill was detained by police before the game. It turns out that he's not going to be charged with anything. Let's actually listen to Tyreek Hill with Melanie Collins of CBS asked about what happened before the game. What did it mean to you for your teammates to join you this morning and show support? I love that. I was fired up, dog, to see Joe knew, to see Klaas, you know, right there. in the heat of the battle with me, man.

That goes to show that, man. It's more than about football, dog. Like, the brotherhood that we got outside of just football is amazing, though. Free my dog. Hey, Free Cheetah, baby. So he's saying Free Cheetah. They're having fun with it. It was strange.

Yeah, he mentioned Callias Campbell went down there. Clayus Campbell talked with our Cam Wolf and talked about that it never happened to him. The internal affairs, there was an internal affairs. investigation that Miami-Dade PD announced, and they're putting one officer on administrative duties right now because of it saying basically there was a dispute between Tyreek Hill after some sort of traffic incident, and now the officer is actually getting put on administrative leave. And ultimately, my assault, and again, not being there, all we have is the video from the bystanders. And it's my perception, right, that Callais Campbell and Tyreek Hill might not have gotten to play that game, if not for the bystanders taking the video, because ultimately Callas Campbell got handcuffed, showing up to support his teammate, try to figure out what was going on.

And there was a video of an officer striking Tyreek Hill while he was cuffed as well. And so, you know, the assumption would be that that particular officer might be the one that's going on administrative leave. But this is, we saw it, right? Jeff Darlington there again, we saw it with Scottie Shephler making his way to the open in Kentucky, goes around some cones. We're not sure exactly what happened with Tyreek Hill. But ultimately, he and Callais are able to get to the game, but it was a dicey situation. And we're just going to have to figure out what exactly happened.

Yeah, what a strange way for them to start their season. Yeah, Tyree Kill was not on the field for, like, his normal warm-up. So it really was a delay and just craziness. We'll continue to update everything around this story if more happens. Just one last thing on the Jaguars. I think they're going to get what they wanted out of Brian Thomas Jr. Four for 47 and a touchdown in this game. But also had a 50-yard pass interference where he beat Jalen Ramsey pretty clean.

The touchdown was on a play where he beat zone coverage with Jalen Ramsey and a safety and he makes a nice toe tap for the touchdown. Then the one catch that Christian Kirk did not drop, was a 30-yarder where all the coverage went deep down the field to Thomas as he's burning through them and then opens up the middle for Kirk. So there were some good things in this game. Trayvon Walker had a couple sacks. For the most part, I thought Miami's offensive line, all the concerns that they had were warranted.

They could not run the ball. Tua was under some pressure early, but as the game went on, actually, Tua was able to hold the ball a little more. And Mike McDaniel said Tua did a really good job on his big plays, getting further in the progression than he's used to. So, you know, you talk about how two always gets rid of the ball so quickly. He actually held onto the ball longer than usual in this game and hit two big plays because of it. So that all set up.

What we hadn't even mentioned happened in this game, Jason Sanders, one of the most reliable kickers in the game. He hit the kick to tie it with four minutes left when a Dolphins drive bogged down. And then he was set up for a 52-yarder. I mean, this is no gimmie to try. to win the game. Let's listen before we go to Joe Cephalo and Joe Rose on WBGG, our first walkoff. Now they're set, Ferguson the long snapper, Bailey the holder, Sanders will swing

that right leg. Hold is down, kick his up. And the Miami Dolphins have won this football game 20 to 17 over the Jaguars. What a comeback. What a comeback for the Miami Dolphins. That's what winning teams do right there, man. Normally, I would say the weather had a big factor. It was like 95 degrees there, but they were playing against the Jaguar, so I don't know if the weather. Because it really felt like the dolphins had so much heat

in the second half, and the Jaguars kind of ran out of energy. It was a big kick from Jason Sanders, considering he absolutely power-hooked one earlier. One of the worst kicks you'll ever see. I might have made it to the side of the stands and not necessarily making it out of the back of the end zone, but a nice kick to finish things. off. Tua hanging in there

late. You mentioned what Coach Mike Mack said about getting late in his progressions. There was that one ball to Jalen Waddle down the side. Yes, that was the other one he was talking about. It was just a great completion, a good connection between those guys. Waddle left the game for a little bit, came back in, but just a gutty win.

That was the Sunday Drive presented by the all-new hybrid Toyota Camry. Whatever your vibe, it's a Camry learn more at Toyota.com slash Camry. Guddy win by, yeah, two teams in the AFCs today, Miami Dolphins. Buffalo Bills, maybe there'll be one more in a little bit, but that's not the game we're talking about next. We're going down where it got grimy in the dirty south. It was the

Steelers and the Falcons. Here we go, Steelers chant coming up as Cousins gets the snap. Looking, T.J. Watt gets there and T.J. Watt slings them down, and the play that will end this game, T.J. Watt bows to the crowd, kicks up the leg, and finishes off this victory for the Steelers. Oh, yeah, the Steelers fans in Atlanta. It sounded like there was a lot of them. I know they sold out their season tickets, but Pittsburgh travels. Well, Shooky. Yeah, 18 to 10.

The Steelers win the game. A very Steelers score, Nick. Did it look as Steelersy as the score indicates? Oh, yeah. I mean, shades of the steel curtain. Maybe not in terms of total defensive, like, ability or potential. But the way they played, my God. First off, Cam Hayward, still a menace inside.

T.J. Watt, still a nightmare off the edge. T.J. Watt had two strip sacks that didn't count because one he was offside for, which understandably. And then the other one, there was a defensive hold in the secondary. Like, he could have been even better than he was. And he completely changed this game by himself. Kirk Cousins was completely off rhythm. He was uncomfortable the entire game.

I don't care if there's rust off the injury or not. It was because the guys like T.J. Watt, that pass rush, Larry Ogon Jobie, some of the guys in the interior causing problems, destroying this Falcons line, which is supposedly supposed to be pretty good, wasn't very good today. And all the Steelers needed was field goals. They didn't even need to get in the end zone because that's how good their defense played. Oh, the rare 18 by way of six field goals. Yeah, I did see the Steelers go for it on fourth down,

trying to put the game away late. It was a fourthed goal with Fields, and they didn't get it. And yeah, the Falcons stayed in this game forever, what it felt like maybe they were going to get the knockout punch, but the Steelers couldn't do it. Cousins was under pressure, almost 40% of his throws, which is a high number. Both of his interceptions came on plays where he was pressured. And yeah, pretty disappointing start there for Kirk O'Chane, 16 for 26, 155 yards that touched out in two picks.

Similar. Oh, go ahead. The pressure throws real quick, Patrick. This is what it was with Kirk. I think he came from a system in Minnesota where he was like, you know what? I trust a guy's going to be there and I'm going to throw it under pressure because he was pretty good at that in Minnesota. that is not how it panned out today. I mean, he was throwing into traffic

without even seeing the traffic because he was anticipating the pressure, especially in the second half. Both of his interceptions in the second half feels a guy bearing down on him and he just throws it. And you can see him almost wincing as he's throwing it. Like, I know I'm going to get blasted.

And I got to get rid of this directly into the stomach of a defender under throws a ball down the sideline that's easily intercepted. It just felt like this was not the Kirk that we knew from before because he was harassed so much that he just never got comfortable

and that's what produced the turnovers. From the start to the finish because there was a play by Dante Jackson earlier in the game. game where Kirk hit him in the face mask. It was, the Steelers were all over the Falcons pass game for the duration. And not just due to the pressure, they were actually clamping them up in the secondary as well. Drake London and Kyle Pitts having some difficulty separating at some points.

Kyle Pitts did get loose on a busted coverage and Kirk was able to find him. If not for that, the Falcons offense really had nothing to speak of other than some solid Bijan runs. Right. Bejohn gets 111. yards from scrimmage, had five catches for 43 yards as part of that. The rest of the team only had 115. So, you know, the main guys are on the field now. We've solved that problem, Drake London, John Robinson, but it wasn't nearly enough.

They end up with only 226 yards. I mean, that is meager, and it's why I picked this upset on game-day view. I don't care. Got me. You know, because the Steelers defense was the only group in this game that I trusted. And, yeah, the Steelers' offense didn't do that much, but Justin Fields did not turn the ball over. We have a picture of Russell Wilson, who was inactive for this game.

He tweaked his calf during the week. We had told you about that. He was not on the field, but he did wear his shoulder pads and showed off a new shaved haircut. Maybe that's been the case. All camp, I hadn't seen it yet. But, yes, shoulder pads, despite being inactive, Justin Fields spoke after the game,

just talking about, you know, what he, is thinking about as the starting quarterback, at least for week one of this team. You know, I just came in wanting a win, and I'm glad that we're leaving here with the win. So in terms of who's starting, who's not, all I want to do is win at the end of the day. So, yeah, I'm really not even going to get into all of that,

you know, who I want to start. At the end of the day, I came here to win, no matter if I was going to throw for 300 yards, 100 yards, no yards, like I came in to win. So that's the only focus I had. 137 yards on the ground for the Steelers. 57 of those were from Justin Fields, 70 from Najee Harris. Only 133 passing yards net.

So they were much more effective on the ground. They forced three turnovers. A very Steelers win. Nice win for them. A very similar score line happened in Cincinnati. But the result was pretty darn surprising. Stevenson has fumbled once today. He got it back himself.

He's behind Bersetti's under's center. Cooper, one of two tight ends, right, Henry to the left. He starts right, cuts it back to the inside, and he's going to nearly slip away from a defender, but he picks up a first down nonetheless. He gets to the Cincinnati 44. He was in the grasp of a defensive back. Cam Taylor, Britt, a cornerback, and Ramandre, although he couldn't slip away all together for a touchdown run, he nonetheless has a first down run.

Put that man in a bubble wrap. That's right. That was Scott Zolak on WB. Bob Sochi on the call. You know, I can't decide if I'm completely embarrassed and, oh, just not enjoying Scott Zolex calls at all. Or appreciative of that, he's such a perfect representative of the region in which I grew up.

I mean, he is the count that Patriots announcer that we deserve. Ramandre Stevenson, gets it done. What a win! 1610, I'm back. He's back in? I'm back in. When Drake May starts, I'm even more back in. But you get an opening win.

You put the Gatorade bath on Gerard Mayo, one of my favorite Patriots when he was a player. Robert Kraft gives him the game ball afterwards. You win as the biggest underdog of the week. You knock Patrick Claibon out of our Survivor picks in week one. It's over. And yeah, then I'm back in. Tell me something about this game show,

because I actually didn't see any of it. Well, you didn't miss much from the Bengals, who essentially sleptwalk through the first three-ish quarters of the game. They basically found every reason they could to make a mistake and give the Patriots more opportunities. But what this really was, Greg, and I'm speaking to your Patriots heart right now, this was 2022 Jacoby Brissette leading the Browns.

And Nick Chubbs in the backfield, except the names are different because it's Ramandre Stevenson now. The Patriots, despite all the concerns we had about their offensive line, the preseason dominated at the point of attack. And Stevenson was the hammer through that point. picking up extra yards, breaking tackles. I mean, the stats don't lie on this guy. He ran hard and he powered this offense and Jacoby did exactly what you wanted him to,

which was managed the game, find a way to keep drives going, pick up first downs occasionally with his legs and just don't make mistakes. And they left the door crack for the Bengals in the fourth quarter. In fact, I had a buddy at the game, and I'm texting going, you know, I know your team's struggling right now, but they're going to win 14 to 13, and then they didn't because the Patriots put it away. They refused to give them the ball back and they got to stop on defense deep in the Bengals' own territory late.

and Zach Taylor punted and I thought he's punting he's got all three timeouts but you really think you're going to get a stop here with the running game involved and they didn't so hats off to the Patriots and Gerard Mayo yeah not stopping Romandre today averaging 4.8 yards per carry the key moments in the game

Mike Gassicki has a touchdown in the corner turns out the ball pops out of his hands as he hits the ground then he slides out of bounds so it's incomplete the very next play Joe Burrow hits Tanner Hudson up the middle of the scene but Kyle Dugger punches the ball out

right at the one yard line the Patriots recover from then on it was the Bengals just kept having key errors at key moments to kind of waste a solid Joe Burrell game he was 29 21 to 29 but nothing much else

to speak out right they didn't have the ball that much so this is Patriots formula nine possessions only for each team you're not as good you shorten the game if you can get one or two long drives stay on the field.

They had a 14-85-yard touchdown play drive. They also had two other 12-play long field goal drives. I'm shocked that they were able to move the Bengals. But if you look at the Bengals up front, that's their biggest team weakness, is they're not very heavy. You should be able to run on them. You were able to run on them last year.

I'm just surprised that the Patriots were able to execute it. We did have a correspondent at this game. Nick Wesselin was at the game, texting me, talk. First of all, he said, multiple Mac Jones jerseys at the game, which is like, why? Come on. I know you bought it, but come on.

And then he said there are certain things in life that you can count on death taxes and the Bengals losing in week one. They have been bad under Zach Taylor early in the season. Two bad lost fumbles. I think they only had two lost all of last year, which is crazy. He didn't see the identity on the offense. Jamar Chase had a decent game, but nothing crazy.

He made a comparison that really spoke to me, Nick, that Jacoby Brissette is the new Dalton. And, of course, Nick Wesleyan's brother, Chris Wesleyan, of whom this studio is named after, came up with the Dalton scale, the guy who rises and falls based on the talent around him and doesn't take anything off the table. If you have someone better than him,

you have a franchise quarterback. If you don't, you know, you need to look for one. He's right at that line now. And maybe that's enough for the Patriots to at least scrape out more wins than four and a half like everyone was expecting going into the year. Yeah, and knowing this about Jacoby from his previous stops, that's why I completely understood why they chose him as their starter going to the start of the season. Because the thing is, it's like you can get Drake May out there at any point.

There's no need to rush him out there when you have a veteran who can do this in games like this and sneak out a couple wins that maybe most people didn't expect you to get. So it makes a ton of sense. And it's exactly how he played on Sunday in Cincinnati. I mean, he handled the game really well. I was very proud of him as he operated that offense. Because let's face it, like, Ramandre had a great game, but like the passing game still leaves a little bit to be desired.

But the beauty of it, Greg, I still think on the defensive side of the ball of the Patriots is the fact that the Bengals got never got out of first gear. I mean, there were multiple possessions where Joe Burroughs running for his life. And like the gains are small and it's all checkdowns and it's everything short. And I'm thinking, man, this is way better than I thought they would be in week one from a defensive perspective. Well, I mean, it's the same coaches. they're still even a Belichick on the staff. Gerard Mayo was there. He did a great job last year.

And when they kept pain everyone this offseason, and unfortunately, their best player on defense in my mind is Christian Barmore, who's out with blood clots. But they were all good players. Like it was like, people like, why are they bringing back all these players? I was like, because those are their best players. You want to keep them.

Like Kyle Dugger, who had that force fumble. So that part of it doesn't shock me. It's also week one and week one can lie. I get that. But I do think it's a big deal, no matter how this season goes, even if they only end up with five or six wins

to have that moment, that first sort of buy-in where you get a tough road victory. This is not the type of victory they were getting the last couple of years and they got one in week one. I'm excited about it.

You should be. Also excited about Caleb Williams and what he's going to bring to my life as a person who enjoys watching Bears games and yet he wasn't really at the center of a bear's victory on Sunday.

Bears stacked the line of scrimmage. Are they blitzing? They are. Gordon coming to Levis swallow it up, gets rid of it at the last second, and it is intercepted down the sidelines to the 20 to the 10 to the 5 to the end zone. Tyreek Stevenson for the lead in the fourth quarter. Will Levis under, he just flipped it in the air. The easiest pick six you're going to find for Tyreek Stevenson.

Oh, Will Levis. Like, what are you doing, Will Levis? Givesney takes away. What are you doing, Will Levis? You had a lead. You had a chance. That was one of two touchdowns scored by the Bears

that were not scored by the Bears' offense. We also got a punt return touchdown by Jonathan Owens. Yes, the star of Hard Knocks because he's Simone Biles' wife will hear that call in a little bit. Patrick, I don't know where to go in this game

because Caleb Williams goes 14 for 29. for 93 yards. So I don't want to go there first. Give me something else first. Okay, well, here it was. A game of big plays by the Bears that overshadowed a solid ground game

by the Tennessee Titans. Both Tony Pollard and Tajay Spears averaging over five yards to carry. The problem is they only had two attempts between the two of them. There were the two interceptions by Will Levis, but there was just a period there in the second half of the game,

third quarter, early fourth quarter, where the Bears just hit the Titans with giant play after giant play. You saw that pick six coming off of Will Levis just kind of floating the ball out there trying to flip it, flip it away. Pick six, there was a 50-yard field goal from Cairo Santos after Will Levis got strip-sacked by Daryl Taylor. T.J. Edwards recovered that. The block punt. There was just so much, but Caleb had an opportunity to hit Keenan Allen early in the first half.

He overthrew him for a touchdown. down, then right at the end of the first half, Keenan Allen is running it out on the goal line from the slot. Caleb puts in the perfect position. He drops that. I think Bears fans feel a little bit different, but they're going to be over the moon regardless with a win in Caleb's first game. He says he only cares about the win, not stats.

Well, let's hear him say that. Caleb Williams, after the game. You said you don't care about stats as long as you will. Yeah, don't care about stats. I feel great. I'd be honest with you. I feel great. I understand that obviously the stats were, you know, where I wanted to be and things like that, because I want to go out there and perform to the best of my ability. And, you know, didn't do that today. And so, you know, we're going to get better tomorrow. We got this little period, you know, these next 15 hours or so. And then, you know, you reset, you get ready for Houston next week. And so, you know, we're going to enjoy this win. I'm going to go dinner with my family, hang out with them. And then from there, get back into it and get ready to go. We're going to be better next week.

Yeah, the passing stats in this game are crazy. Will Levis and Caleb Williams combined shook for about 50% completions and somewhere between three and four yards per attempt. They were actually pretty similar numbers. The difference was Levis made two big mistakes with the two interceptions. At least Caleb Williams was clean. But the bear's offense only had 148 yards total. in this game, which if you put that into last season,

would have been a, I can just say this without even check it, would have been a bottom 10 offensive game that any team had all season, maybe bottom five. Yeah, it's not often that you look at an NFL game and you see that both offenses failed to combine for 400 yards of total offense. Just mental math off the top of the head. They flirted with it, but they didn't quite get past that. So you kind of know what you're dealing with here,

but at the same time, this is the beauty of the NFL, and not just speaking from a Bears or Titans perspective, a game like that, if you just find ways to hang around, You keep chipping away. You hit a couple of field goals. You take it from 1710 to 17, 13 to 17, 16, boom, breaks your way. And you get a pick six. That's the beauty of being able to watch these games in this league.

And for the Bears, it paid off. Let's listen to the call on the return that Jonathan Owens had. Stonehouse back deep to our left, DeAndre Carter. Pressure, clocked on the ground, picked up to the 10, to the five, to the end zone for the touchdown. on the black punt by the Bears. Jonathan Owens, welcome to Chicago. That's WMVP, Jeff Joniak, and Tom Thayer. And yet, it was 17 to 3 at that point, Patrick.

And I guess the defense did the rest of the job. Because if you look at the pressure numbers in this game, the Bears especially, even without having a big performance from Montes-Swet, whether it was sweat, Gervon Dexter, Andrew Billings, to Marcus Walker, guys that we don't really know that much about, but they were pressuring Will Levis quite a bit. Yeah, and under pressure in this game, Will Levis was five of 13, one touchdown, two interceptions, with a 38% completion percentage. The Bears' defense was all over him, but those plays kind of tell the story of the game.

First of all, what better way for Jonathan Owens, the former Packer, to ingratiate himself to people in Chicago than having this return touchdown in Caleb Williams' first game. but just play after play that they made in Tennessee after playing so well like Shook said the margins are just so thin Week one is ugly like a lot of these games just you even saw it with the best teams on Thursday and Friday night those are good teams

that played on both those days it's just it's sloppy it's different you just try to escape with a win our producer Eric Roberts says we have a funny still of our guy Will Levis so if you're watching this show I want to see this still I haven't seen it it's him kneeling after the interception with his hands clasped behind his head.

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Toyota, the official automotive partner of the NFL. Visit Toyota.com slash NFL now to learn more. Back on NFL Daily, and for the first time all season, let's go across the sidewalk where it was 100 degrees today. It was the hottest game. In the history of Dodger Stadium, not too far away today. It was a recipe for emotions to be lost, to get a little out of control. And that happened over at SoFi Stadium in a Chargers victory over the Raiders.

Matlock and Edwards get a breather. Dobbins checks back in on this third and six. And the right pocket of Herbert. Herbert to throw. And has him on the crosser. It's McCawkey. Shuffle, shuffle. Touchdown.

Oh, lad. Ten yard touchdown toss, and he broke two sets of ankles on that touchdown grab. What a play for the rookie. He hit the brakes and watched the plane fly right by, and then another plane flew by, and he skipped into the end zone. Oh, what a call. That's my first nominee for Call of the Year. What a way to start our Chargers season.

That, of course, was Matt Money-Smith, our friend. And guest on NFL Daily, our friend Daniel Jeremiah, who does do a pretty good job at this football broadcasting thing. They were on KYSR. Ladd-Maconke with some moves there, gets the score from Justin Herbert to extend the lead to 22 to 10, and the Chargers come from behind in a game that I don't think, shook, Jim Harbaugh, could have scripted any better.

They had two first downs in the first half. I don't think he wanted any more of first downs because he wanted a game where he could talk about where manly men who grind them down and run the ball down their throats by the end of the game and that's what happened. Yeah, I mean, he's lost the ability to use the Michigan man term for himself so he's got to find something else, right?

I'm just glad, first off, I have two questions. One, when it's that hot out in the greater Los Angeles area, does Money's voice, excuse me, get deeper than it already is? And secondly, a big tip of the half. to him for saying, oh, lad, because I tweeted, oh, my lad, as soon as he made that play. So I was like, all right, same wavelength. But yeah, this does fit the Harbaugh, you know, approach. You know, Jim Harbaugh and the Chargers, they are embodying his approach, primarily because

they were just offensively bad in the first half. It's a good Raiders defense, and they went three and out a few times, and there wasn't a lot to talk about, and yet they stayed in the game. And that was the key there, was staying in the game and then pulling away. I need to point out real quick, one big moment. And I thought it was a big moment in this player's trajectory over his career. J.K. Dobbins, the guy has been through the ringer health-wise in the last couple of years. He rips off a long run to set them up for that touchdown pass to Ladd-McConkie.

And as he's taking off and breaking away into the clear, I'm thinking there's no way he's getting there. He's definitely getting caught. But what a moment for J.K. Dobbins, for everything he's gone through over the last few years, to be here now, playing for the coach that used to coach at his rival college. They're putting it all together and getting a win. And doing it with 13 yards per carry. You look at the, and you think, well, Greg Roman, Jim Harbaugh, they're just going to grind and run it out. And that's what they did in the second half.

But J.K. Dobbins did all this damage with just 10 carries. He hit those two big plays. I think the first one was for 46 yards. And then he hit the 61-yarder in the second half. And it was just, they did nothing. The only reason they got three in the first half was because Gardner Minshu tried to check up on a pass that he was throwing to the flat, ends up throwing it behind

himself in this one of these comical type hilarity things that has caused me to wonder how long Gardner Minchu may be starting for the Las Vegas writers, another performance like this, and I think we're going back to... Yikes.

He finished his 25 for 33. That wasn't the fourth down play that you're talking about on Minchu, right? Because there was a few weird ones. There was a fourth down where the Chargers zero blitzed. They had the lead, I believe, at that point. And he just kind of held onto the ball. Actually, it might have been when it was 9-7. He holds onto the ball. They're trying to be aggressive. They were maybe in field goal range. And that's been his bugaboo of just not making

quick decisions, holding on to the ball. And then his day wasn't over until late in the game where we had one of the more enjoyable interceptions, I believe, of the day. Khalil and Bud out there is your edge. Minchu has time, pump fakes, swatted in the air, intercepted. Puna Ford, the biggest man on the field. And as well as he had played the run all day today, give it to the 320 pound 5 foot 11 refrigerator. Mack got his hand on it. Ford intercepts it.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what you call salt in the wound. Awesome. Puna Ford, Joey Bosa had a monster day. And, yeah, again, not a lot of offense, not a lot of passing. Justin Herbert with 144 yards in this game. And let's just talk quickly about Antonio Pierce. He had a fourth and one situation at the Chargers 43-yard line,

down one. So at this point, it's only down one score, rather, late in the game, and he decides to punt it at the 43-yard line on fourth and one with seven minutes to go. What year is this? That is something they would even be going for in like 1995, 2005. Like, you had to go back to the 70s to pass up that fourth and one. Let's listen to Pierce try to defend it after the game. Yeah, no, we was considered going for it as a long one.

I mean, got stopped earlier in the game, the momentum. Punter had done a good job, you know, pinning those guys back. I think we had two or three-four, I think. Three punts inside the 20. Again, defense was the strength for the most part of the game. Keep them back to them with three timeouts. Like five plays later, the game was over. The 61-yard, I mean, J.K. Dobbins' run was just a couple plays later.

So they punt it. It's seven minutes left. You have to get a stop to even have another chance. It's a fourth and one, Patrick Layman. Yeah, and this feels like a fourth in one that Antonio Pierce in the way that the Raiders were built in the mindset they seemed to have last year after he got the job would have gone for 100% of the time. I think the head coach might have been influenced again by the fact

the charges had two first downs in the entire first half. And the only reasons that they had the points that they did was because a quarterback threw the ball backwards. Maybe that played in into believing that they could get the ball back and get a stop versus the way his offense was operating. In fairness, though, they had given up a long field goal drive and a six-play 61-yard touchdown drive earlier in the half. So the defense had, you know, that's a defensive coach.

It's why I'm always a little afraid of a defensive coach. Yeah, but at the same time, man, you cannot justify that to me as it was a long one. Like, yeah, I understand leaning on your defense, but for the love of God, it's 2024. Maybe he was in the house that, you know, the former Chargers regime, they love to go for it in really unorthodox situation. So maybe he said, I'm going to go in the opposite direction and not go for it in a situation when every analytical mind is screaming at the TV, pounding the table, go for it. Yeah, and I mentioned how, you know, some emotions got cranked up in the heat. David Ely in our newsroom was watching to see if there were any

fan fights because there was just with the heat we were looking outside we didn't see anything but the players did fight there was a pretty real deal fight towards the end of this game Jack Jones

was one of the players ejected which goes against my NFL daily bump theory that JK Dobbins got because both of them were guests on NFL daily but Jack Jones I thought had a good game other than that I think Josh Palmer also got ejected so we'll see

if there's any suspension and anything like that. Also, I thought it was weird. Tony Romo and Jim Nance were on this game, like a 405 game on CBS between two teams. It was almost like they saw Tom Brady there at 425 and they didn't want to compete. Oh, you think they're ducking?

I'm just going to say it. They're just like, hey, we don't want that heat this week. We're going to let Tom. Maybe they should get it next time. You know who got it? The Minnesota Vikings. They got it good. The Vikings went to.

the meta lands, and they put one on the Giants. First and 10 for the Vikings from the Giants 21. Darnold, shotgun, puts Justin Jefferson in halo motion to the right. J.J. started in the backfield, Darnold. He's going to throw to the end zone. Man wide open caught touchdown Vikings. Jalen Naylor with his second career touchdown. Sam has thrown two today, and the Vikings lead 20 to three.

that's Paul Allen of K-F-A-N the great Paul Allen who once owned a horse with Mike Zimmer we found out last week and Mike Zimmer's feelings were so hurt when Paul Allen dared to like mention that he pushed Kirk Cousins that Mike Zimmer then made Paul Allen sell his share of the horse he kept the horse what a story and they haven't spoken since Mike Zimmer Mike Silver stole his horse.

I mean, why hold so many grudges, Mike Simmer? Who doesn't love Paul Allen? Who doesn't love Sam Darnold? I mean, I don't. I'm not going to love this season if Sam Darnold keeps playing like this. Shook, he finished his 19 to 24 for 208 yards and two touchdowns. Just because all the Darnel Hives are going to make me eat my words. Because it sounds like he played pretty well today.

Well, I mean, I'm already drawn some flack from Vikings fans for saying that he wasn't perfect. early in this game, even though he went 15 first, first 17 attempts. He ended up being really great. The only reason I was talking about him not being perfect is there was a few moments of hesitation early in the game that took me back to his jet stays and seeing ghosts. And I was like, no, Sam, you've grown beyond that. Get beyond that. Be the better player that you can be. And he was. He was dialed in. He was pretty composed. He extended to play with his legs a little bit. He was on target. He didn't look like he was overwhelmed. And his touchdown pass first, the one on fourth and goal from the two, I thought was almost more

impressive than to nail her because he sees Justin Jefferson lined up in single coverage with Deontay Banks in the outside, knows he's throwing the slant, and just puts it right in his stomach and fired it in there. I was like, oh, there's that arm strength that I remember from USC. And that's kind of the way he played this entire game, hits Jefferson down the sideline with a really nice completion for 44. He hits a tight end over the middle down the scene. That was probably the most impressive throw outside of that touchdown pass that I've seen. I mean, I was like, whoa, look at the confidence. He stepped up and let it rip. So it was a beautiful start to the season for Sam Darnold. But again, it also came against the Giants who have an improved defense. Dexter Lawrence

is an absolute menace and was a problem all day. And actually, credit to Sam again, on that touchdown pass to Naylor, he stood there and took a hit from Dexter Lawrence. He knew it was coming and still put it on him. But again, it is week one. It does lie. But I was very happy for Sam in his first game as a start of the Vikings. Yeah, and a beautifully called game by Kevin O'Connell as well. Sam makes that nice throw to Justin Jefferson. Then on the touchdown to Naylor, it's a fake bubble to Justin Jefferson where every giant, and probably every giant fan in MetLife is locked on to 18 and Darnold comes off of him and comes back for the touchdown. Aaron Jones had a score as well, but it's hard to look at this game and not get the visual

of Phil Sims and Eli and LT in the pregame and the Giants and the throwbacks of MetLife going nuts. And then Dimes comes out and is absolutely putrid. And Giants fans are going to have to remember that. Yeah, Nick, after the game, Dable was, Brian Dable, their coach was already asked if he's thinking about benching Daniel Jones, which he said, no, that is not entering my mind. But, yeah, two interceptions, 186 yards. And Patrick mentioned it. They're celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Giants being a team.

And this is a tough way to celebrate. You kind of had a feeling as soon as they, I mean, you can't just like skip the year. It's the 100th anniversary and you're going to go through with everything. But yeah, you kind of knew they were going to set themselves up for this type of day at some point, considering the state of their team. Daniel Jones, when he had time and was comfortable, put some passes on target. It's just that for the majority of the day, he looked frazzled. He looks like the Daniel Jones that we all know. And he'll make the boneheaded mistake.

And it was a great play by Andrew Van Ginkle to pick him off Jack Jones style for the fastest interception, fastest pick six in the last year or two, according to next gen stats. Let's listen to that one. That was one of the more fun plays of the day. listen. All right. Go Titans. Go Will Levis. And here comes Daniel Jones, 12 of 22 for 111 yards.

Vikes Lee 216. Jones. Oh, he threw it to Van Ginkle. Touchdown! That's the fourth touchdown in Andrew Van Ginkle's career. And he read Daniel Jones like a book. And that book had a happy ending. 276, Minnesota.

And that's not the first. time he's done that that is awesome and just for a little context there yeah they were coming back from a score break on the radio so that's fun here in paul allen enjoy uh will levis and uh wow what a what a play van ginkle was with flores in miami and yeah this is just a team these are two teams that you're like i don't know about these teams this year and yet today shook they didn't seem like they were in the same area code really of like their potential yeah yeah and that's the thing i think the giant's defense will carry them to be competitive in some games is just as long as Daniel Jones doesn't bury them.

But I do want to just point out one thing. Paul Allen's 0 to 100 is among the most enjoyable things I've experienced, you know, audio speaking. Like, it just, in there, here, it's first and 10. No, no touchdown. Like, that's just great. That is awesome. Malik Neighbors gets 5 for 66 in his first NFL game.

So he was their leading receiver, solid. He's a guy. He's a guy, Greg. He's definitely a guy. Justin, of course, back from the injury, 4 for 59 with a touchdown. on Jordan Addison had an ankle injury in this game. Our guy Ian Rappaport, his initial reports indicate it's not believed to be anything major, but there's gradations of this.

So we'll have to see what it is after he gets more tests. But a great opening week win for the Vikings, and their schedule gets really hard after this. So I thought this was an important game for them. And as you mentioned, Patrick Aaron Jones, getting it done, 14 for 94 on the ground. touchdown. That is a sight for sore eyes for Vikings fans who have not seen an effective running game for a couple of seasons. Let's go down to a game that I feel like wasn't really on the radar for most people, even though it featured the number two overall pick in the NFL draft making his first start, but he was not the star on Sunday. See if we could punch in points

with a touchdown leading six to nothing. White shifts into the backfield, dropping vacant throws a sideline route. It is caught ball, caught ball. Mike Evans, with a guy draped all over him. Touchdown Tampa Bay. Fire the cannons. Get up going. Love Gene. That was Gene Deckerhoff for the first time this season on WFU.S. And yet, Mike Evans is a special player.

I mean, that was an incredible catch. Nice throw by Baker Mayfield, who finishes with four touchdowns on the day, 289 yards. And, yeah, I got a text during the day from our friend Jordan Rodriguez, who was lucky enough to watch the early games as she's waiting for this Rams games to start in Detroit. And she's just like, Mike Evans makes me feel things. He is just like an extraordinary football player. Yeah, I was thinking of watching the game, death taxes, Mike Evans.

Benjamin St. Juice was fighting for his life on that touchdown if you're watching on YouTube. And Mike Evans comes through with the catch. He gets St. Juice later on in the game, and it overshadows Baker. Mayfield's performance 24 of 30 289 four touchdowns a really good first game from jaden daniels but our concerns about the commanders come through because the defense could not get off the field they could not stop tampa bay through the air but jaden daniels has two touchdowns on the ground 17 to 24 through the air for 184 yards complete 70% of his passes okay but it's like it's like it didn't even happen because baker and coming were just melting

through the commanders all game his fantasy owners got to be happy i mean that's that's that's Lamar Jackson numbers, 88 and 2 on the ground with, you know, with the passing. But just looking at the box score, Patrick, you watch this one a little more closely to me. It just, it does point out, well, first of all, I don't think they're very talented on defense. And you're going up against really talented receivers and Chris Godwin and Evans and Jalen McMillan, who I've been excited about, had a long touchdown in this game, too. It could have had two. Also, there was one that just went out of his reach that was one of Baker's few months.

misses in this game. And then you look at the wide receivers for who Jaden's throw into. Luke McCaffrey leads the way with three catches for 18 yards. Terry McLaurin gets 17. Diami Brown, who I think was, maybe he got hurt, but he, you know, he's not even in the mix. Alamedia, Zakias, like just not getting anyone involved. When Austin Echler and Brian Robinson and Zach Ertz are your leading receivers, that's not a recipe. But we should talk positive because I like this Bucks team

a lot. Your guy Baker Shuck and what I say a lot, I think there could potentially be a 9 to 10 win team. They were my pick to win this division and I'm not going to crown them after one week. But one of the reasons is just like they have pretty deep top tier talent and they have pretty good continuity. Like that's a nice combination. Yeah. So like going to the season, I was just concerned because I didn't know what this offense would look like without Dave Canales at play caller because I just thought he was a big reason why Baker had the career year he had last year. And there's only one week and week one lies and everything else.

but this is really encouraging to see you from Baker. And I do think you're exactly right. It's a product of a quarterback with a rapport with very talented receivers, just going to work and making it happen against a defense that lacks talent. Because Dan Quinn is the head coach, and he should lead some sort of defensive turnaround eventually. But if you don't have the players, you don't have the players. And when you're facing receivers like this, like you just said,

there's going to be a difference. It's just good. It's good to see Baker pick up where he left off. You know, he's gotten paid now. And week one at least, he picked up right where he left off. Yeah. And a lot of it was, you know, the short stuff. That's what he does.

very often is 19 for 23 for 184 yards on the short stuff for two touchdowns but it was very effective and when he needs to throw the ball deep he could yeah I'm concerned about this Washington team but yeah I don't want to overreact after one of you slight concerns for the buck's run game

Bucky Irving led the team but there were a couple of long runs that kind of skewed those numbers they really had difficulty getting things going Rashad White had 15 carries for 31 yards he was involved in the past game as well but it's tough to nitpick problems for a buck's team that took their feet off the game they could have scored 40 plus in

this game that that is um fascinating to me because rashadway i don't know what what he did to the next gen people but like whenever you look at rush yards over expected it's uh rashad white's always got that biggest negative on the board and today he was minus 32 somehow but i don't feel like he's that that bad but whatever whatever that metric measures it doesn't work out for them and they have not been a good run blocking team uh in years and they haven't been a good running team in years. I do have to ask the NGS team about that because there were a couple of plays

where Rashad White's getting the ball on like a deep handoff and there are two defenders in his face and he loses five yards. That can't be the ones that go down. I'm just wondering like what was the expected yard Rashad White was supposed to get on that play. Yeah. So the commanders will need to go back

to the drying board, need a little more juice. Bucks get off to a great start. They're at one game ahead of the Falcons, but they're not in first place by their lonesome in the NFC South because there was another team that put up a crooked score. It was down in New Orleans

where everything is great again. Third and four for the Saints while sitting at their own 41, moving right to left towards Poitris. Out of a shotgun is car. Panthers bring four. Car stands. Now fires it deep.

Middle of the field. Rashid Shaheed. See you later by. Touchdown. Wallens. Rashid Shaheed. Middle of the field. Post pattern, 64 yards.

And a perfect pass from Carr as he gets it outpassed J.C. Horn to Rashid Shaheed. That's how you start. That was Mike Haas of WW. Derek Carr going deep. Derek Carr making plays. like all the things that you kill Derek Carr for it which is like oh he doesn't go deep enough

he just dinks and dinks and dinks like that was beautiful he doesn't really make anything happen on his own I mean there was a no no no no no no no yes touchdown to Foster Moreau a little later in that half and like everything that has been wrong about the Saints' offense

looked right in this game now they did play against a defense that's under man but I don't care last year's Saints team Patrick weren't putting up 47 points in any game and they weren't looking like this at any point in the last couple of years so every time I tweeted out something positive

about the students look oh yeah look who they're playing it's like yeah they played them last year a couple times too they didn't put up many points on the board this was different they scored on nine straight possessions to start the game that's preposterous Clint Kubiak could levitate around the streets of New Orleans at any point over the next week

people could carry them It was that explosive, and you mentioned that, no, no, no, yes. Like, I'm looking at the TV, and Derek Carr had an option to run. Yes. But then he pops up, throws the ball to Foster Moreau, who mosses Carolina Panther. Rashid beat J.C. Horn on that long touchdown. Olave had a great block that sprung Alvin Camaro, who had a nice game as well. They were just going up and down the field to contrast with the Panthers struggling yet again,

where it's the Canales era starting to feel very simple. Well, okay, it's one game. It's one game. It's one game. Let's stay positive, Shook, and talk a little Alvin Kamara. Alvin Kamara hasn't seen holes like this to run through since that five touchdown game on Christmas. Was that six touchdowns or five touches? I don't know. Six. It should have been seven, but for some reason. That's right. Sean gave Tayson one. That's fine. Tassum Hill, by the way, very involved in this game. I was hoping that he would be. five rushes. I think he's more of a running back. He's listed at tight end, played a little tight end, a little fullback, but only had two targets for one yard as a pass catcher. Five runs for 35 yards, but Kubiak is having fun with him in the way that you could see Kyle Shanahan and Kubiak using Kyle Usecheck last year. And I'm thinking about a very specific

play where the motion before the play with Taysam Hill in the backfield, I think it might have been Jamal Williams on that play too in the backfield, totally scrambled the Panthers and it frees up Joanne Johnson for a touchdown. So I think Kubiak had an extraordinary game. I know it was against the Panthers, but it just everything made sense for the first time in a while for the Saints offense. Well, yeah, window dressing. And hey, look, the fullback or the H-back is back.

If you don't know that, you know now with the way that they're using Tazam Hill. It's just, I think to me, it's refreshing because we slogged through last year with these saints. I mean, it was a trudge every week. I'm just stuck in the mud watching Derek Carr refused to throw it to Chris Olavé and not look down the field unless it's out of desperation. And then they put 47 on the board today. You're right.

It's against the Panthers. You know, take it with a grain of salt and everything else. But it's just so encouraging because then this means the saints might be watchable. This means the Saints might be able to compete for the division, even if it's only one game, if they have this offense. Right. Look, they tied for the division win last year. It gets a little lost. The Bucks won it on the tiebreaker.

It's not like there was some huge gap between them. I do want to hear the call just because I'm curious of Jamal Williams' first official touchdown as a saint that didn't involve an insurrection against this coach. First and 10, ball sitting. at the 14 knocking on the door for more toss outside left side Jamal Williams inside the 10 five Jamal Williams week 18 touchdown last year not this time baby week one he had 17 touchdowns when he came to New Orleans but it took all of last year we know how he scored it don't matter now but that was a big run for Jamal Williams 14 yards as he gets on the board

week once that is awesome uh i don't know if jub ball williams looked that spry in this game i did watch that 11 carries 38 yards but that you saw some nice holes for both running backs and that was big uh we should mention yeah Bryce young struggled 13 for 30 161 yards two interceptions really disappointing for those of us Patrick i think i think basically anyone with a with a heart and who just likes football that wanted to see a better start out of him certainly under a ton of pressure in this game. The offensive line could not pick up the blitzes. It was a great game plan by Dennis Allen.

Alante Taylor, very active, getting sacks as a slot corner and also in coverage. Then again, you know, the interceptions weren't great. One was just a poor overthrow and the other one was a bad decision. So back to the drying boy. And I think I think we could say like the one to Deontay Johnson, the very first pass, the season. I don't know if Deontay felt that pass coming. Look like he could have got his hands up around and on it before it got into the secondary. But in terms of, it's hard to get a lot of talent at the corner position.

The Saints have it. Oh, yeah. This is a very good defense. Going up against a familiar opponent in week one on the road, it's very easy to have these over. You know, you look at your Twitter timeline. It's over for Bryce. His career is finished. It's in the tank. I don't necessarily buy into that. But there's clear places that. this offense needs to improve, and we're going to get another crack at it next one. Yeah, and this playmaking Saints defense, we'll see against different competition,

but I think it has a chance here. Tyron Matthew talked a big game coming into the season, gets a force fumble early in this game. Marchand Latimore was a little banged up and left. It's not believed to be anything serious initially, so Koolaid McKinistry came in for a few extra snaps there. We're going to take one final break before we wrap up the show with the Broncos and the Seahawks. This was a fun one, and then Sunday night football.

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where a honk about Gino Smith in the incredible season this Seattle Seahawks team is going to have. And this was a wild one, but they got the win in one of the most Gino ways possible, making a throw where there really wasn't a window there. Here comes Tyler Lockett. on the left side Charbonnet is wide to the left almost to the sidelines be a great place to just throw a little pass to Tyler and Tyler oh he won hands it holy catfish Tyler lock did you make me look like a profit buddy just a little crossing route the ball was too far out in front and yet he reaches out with one hand and makes the catch a nine-yard gain holy smoke

That was Gino Smith to Tyler Lockett. And yeah, that only shows up in the box score as a short right pass for nine yards. And yet, it was incredible because Lockett needed such strong hands to catch a pass that had about a one inch window to get through. And if they didn't complete it, they were punting back to Bo Nix and the Broncos. And I didn't have much faith that the Broncos and Bo Nix were going to go on a touchdown drive to win the game. But I was pretty surprised that Bo Nix and the Broncos had a

touchdown drive just previously to make it even competitive because the Seahawks defense was absolutely dominant in this game. The Broncos defense was pretty dominant in the first half too, but then Gino and the running game got it going. 26 to 20. Seahawks

get the victory. Survive a scare Nick that included two safeties by the Broncos in the first half. This was the first game in seven years where one defense had two safeties. Usually that would happen in a win,

but this one happened in a loss for the Broncos. Usually that also requires some strange field position management where you have to pin them deep enough to have that opportunity. They had two drives start at the one yard line. And it was a theme to the first half. The Seahawks offensive line is going to be a problem and was an extremely big problem in the first half of this game. very typically for how this first half went.

They got stuff for a loss on a running play for the second safety and had a holding penalty. They had penalties. Gino was just getting absolutely manhandled, and the field position was outrageous in this game. The Broncos were averaging starting at midfield, and the Seahawks kept being at the one and everything, and that's how you get a very weird 10-9 lead early for the Broncos,

but the Seahawks end up finally getting it back. And Seahawks fans, they will relate with. me. In fact, I'm relating with you, who better for it to happen to than the Seahawks, the team that is always in the most unusual games in the NFL? And yet they find a way to come back and win against the Broncos team that, you know, was scrappy. And if it wasn't for a really bad Bonnix interception that also produced one of the best, you know, natural reaction calls on air, on network television, then maybe it would have been even closer. But look, it's a good way for them to rekindle this weird week one thing that they have in the schedule makes.

They did it a couple years ago. They're doing it again, totally different fashion, and they come away with the win. It's good for them. And, you know, for somebody who's ready to get rid of Tyler Lockett, Greg, you were really pound the table there for that play. I'm not getting rid of. That is twisting my words in a million different ways.

Tyler Lockett leads them in receiving six for 77. What I said was I think this is going to be the last time this group is together. And that's just looking at the economics of the NFL and that Tyler Lockett's getting older. Maybe not. Maybe he'll be one of those guys who signs, slightly below market deal and stays there forever like Doug Baldwin did. And I hope that happens because they really needed him today.

D.K. Metcalf had a tough day. A couple near catches. Patrick Sertan did a good job against him. Let's actually listen to that call you mentioned about Bo Nix because I want to get into a little bit of a Bo Nix discussion before we move on. Denver playing with all three timeouts. 535 left. They're down 13. Nix. Oh, no.

Has that. But it's intercepted. Picked off by Woolen. Second interception thrown by the rookie Knicks. See, take lessons from former Rams safety Adam Archiletta there on the call, Tom Brady. Just react.

Just be you and be real. That ball is in midair crossing the line of scrimmage. And Adam Archeletta sees Tariq Woolen screaming across the field. Oh, no. As he comes underneath and undercuts for that interception, where bow knicks was if you were going to describe quarterbacks only through the memes attributed to him this was a very bo mix bo necks game well his yard his yards per completion exceedingly low he throws

the ball 42 times for 138 yards nevertheless i mean he didn't have many games like though that's like uh what was it auburn bo necks what was his first school yeah he started that was auburn bo necks that was not oregon bo necks right oh yeah no Oregon bo necks is lightning up up but still a lot of attempts keeping it very close very efficient around the line of scrimmage but you wanted him to attempt balls you know 10 15 yards down the field but whenever he did the seahawks defenders would get a handle oh it was a disaster this was the worst performance any quarterback had uh two for 12 on throws over 10 yards you're making a face shook i watched every snap of this game on throws over 10 yards two of 12 for 42 yards and two interceptions

The crazy thing is, if you look at all of his different splits, they all add up to numbers like that. There's no split that doesn't have him averaging under three yards per attempt. He had 1.5 yards per attempt on his first 15 attempts. And the reason why it was tough to watch, and the reason why I believe Archiletta says, oh, no. And it was Spiro Detus on the call there as the play-by-play guy. Former NFL Network Total Access House.

Maybe the first one. I could be wrong. Maybe that was rich. He was in the mix. I think he was saying no, no, because he saw so many throws like that during the game. Yes, Knicks only had two interceptions. When I used to chart for QB Index, I used to have an NP category near picks. He had at least four to five picks that were dropped or that were touched by the Seahawks.

So it could have been an even more disastrous day. It was pretty tough to watch, pretty disappointing, I think, for Broncos fans that were pretty over their skis in the preseason, let's be real. Yeah, and un-understandably so, because he kind of, you know, he very much won that job in the preseason with his performance. Also, I'm going to have to open your mind on this QBNX charting, because NPs is a good idea.

It's like, uh, unearned interceptions is like the flip side of near picks, you know, as we kind of expand. I counted picks in the NPs. It was just sort of, it was basically turnover worthy place, I guess. PFF copy of me is how I look at it. Uh, yeah, and then you also have, you know, big throws, you know,

you know, throws other guys couldn't make, Knicks does not put many of those on tape, I have to admit. And Gino, yeah, who was under duress and struggling in the first, had a really nice half in the second half. But it was more about the run blocking. Ken Walker is just a great running back who looks to me like he's running with even more confidence and burst than ever, 20 for 103. Zach Charbonnet had a 30-yard reception.

So thanks, Pete Carroll. You drafted running backs in the second round. Maybe it was John Schneider, but it's a great backfield. And Gino Smith actually got them going on offense with a 34-yard Longest of his career. Yeah, I'm not surprised. He looks spry. He says he told the broadcast crew that he's faster than he's ever been in terms of his training.

He's been timing it out, that he's more in shape. I believe it all. I'm glad he said it after the big run. He said it before. No, he said it before. Oh, we'll never mind. In like the broadcast meetings and whatnot. I hate it.

I hate it when you say something in a production meeting and then it comes true. Yeah, not as fun. Seahawks get the win. They go to 1 and 0 would. Their rival team in the NFC West, the L.A. Rams, join them there. To Sunday night football, we go. Here come the Lions, out of the huddle and to the line. First and goal from the one.

The end zone will end it. Golf up under center. Single back Montgomery. Gall takes the snap. Turns, gives the Montgomery, right side. Her end zones, touch the on to Court Lions. This game is over. Pack it up, boys.

We're going home. They don't be a night victory for the Lions. That was Dan Miller and Lomis Brown on WXYT. The Lions get it done in overtime. 26 to 20, an outstanding Sunday night football game to kick off the season and to wrap a beautiful slate of games on Sunday. Nick Shook, still with me. Patrick Claibon has headed off.

He's hosted a show in the morning on NFL Network. I'm going to read you, Shook, the plays that occurred in overtime in this game. And just tell me if you think this defines what Dan Campbell wants the Lions to be. Khalif Raymond, left end, 12 yards. Creative, great play. David Montgomery, right end, 21 yards. David Montgomery, left tackle, nine yards. Jared Gough passed.

to Jemir Gibbs, 10 yards. Jemir Gibbs left tackle, three yards. David Montgomery, up the middle, six yards. David Montgomery, up the middle, eight yards. David Montgomery, right tackle. One yard touchdown. They do not give the ball back to the Los Angeles Rams. They run it down the Rams' throats on a night in which previously they couldn't really run the ball.

But when it came down to it on a long game, these players are tired. the lions counted on that offensive line, which is really the bedrock of their team. Yeah, it was a beautiful thing to see as just a football traditionalist. And you know, Greg, as a former offensive lineman, because we don't want to kick slide and pass drop. We want to line up man on man and run block our tails off all the way to Peter. That's exactly what he said.

You know what I'm done? I'm done with all this nonsense. We let the Rams back in this game. We almost threw a pick here. We threw a pick there. We're running the football. our horses. And David Montgomery was the horse that would not quit. He was fresh. He ran people over. He ran through tackles. He refused to go down. So it was only fitting that when they were

on the doorstep of the end zone, which by the way, fresh take on the meaning of end zone because it did end the game. And that kind of blew my mind for a half second there during that call. They went to David Montgomery for the game ceiling touchdown, a beautiful vision and just a beautiful side to see. Yeah, Rams fans have to be having flashbacks. If you're listening to this, It was just last year at the end of last season when you're hearing Dan Miller so excited with the call of the year when they win that playoff game against the Rams and it was such a similar game.

This was 24, 23. That was last season. This year it's 2020 going into overtime. The difference was the Rams made a furious comeback, as you mentioned, in this game. 17 to 3 late in the third quarter, the Lions are winning this game. And then the Rams get all the way back to, a 20 to 17 lead off of a cup touchdown late in the fourth quarter.

They had a chance. They got the ball back to seal the game. They couldn't get enough first downs to bleed the clock. The Lions get Jake Bates a field goal to wrap up regulation. And then, yeah, they steamroll. There's something about Montgomery that just completes this team. As good as Jemir Gibbs is, I was so wrong about this Montgomery signing. I thought it was too much and he just wasn't a special.

and that he was getting taken too early in fantasy leagues. And he was quiet in this game, as I mentioned. And then when it comes to closing it, he gets it done. Sometimes your takes, you just got to give up on them when they're not going well. But some takes you hold on to forever, if you believe in them. Because eventually they might be right. My friend Adam Levittan over at Establish the Run, he says never wrong, just early. And I've been just early on Jamison, William.

I've been waiting for him to pop. He was my wide receiver one in that class, which had Garrett Wilson and a lobby and everything. And, okay, it's year three, though. That's when the receivers used to break out before this new NFL where everyone's good right away at wide receiver. And Jameson Williams, they say it's been a maturity issue and figuring out how you've got to be a pro and everything like that.

But he goes five for 121 and a touchdown. And he was the reason they had this big lead, a 52-yard pass from Jared Gough, where he burns Tredavius White in the third quarter, but also made some other nice plays throughout the course of the game. And they really need him to be not a number one, because you have him on Ryan at St. Brown, although he only had 13 yards tonight.

That was weird for three catches. But you need him to be a high-quality receiver starter, and he showed he can step into that role. Yeah, and he did so while exiting briefly with an injury, too. I was able to come back and continue to contribute and made a nice catch in the second half that helped them, you know, get within field goal range, which is a crucial drive because before they knew it, suddenly they were trailing after seemingly dominating this game with a two touchdown lead.

So having players like that is obviously huge for you. I mean, this kid was such a talent that he spent one year at Alabama and became their best receiver. And the only reason that he didn't, you know, break out prior in college is because he was at Ohio State with Olavann Wilson and Harrison. Like, that was an incredible receiving score. So now he finally gets the opportunity in year three. He's with Jared Goff, who didn't have like a great night, but had a good enough night.

You know, 18 to 28, 217 yards in a touchdown. The Rams took away the middle of the field a lot, but good for James and Williams. He can operate on the outside, which is what he did at a high level. And, you know, it's the combination of everything is the beauty of the lions, I think, because they are, we look at them as a team that relies on their identity. So it's like, all right, let's throw the ball around the yard. Let's get James and Williams hot. We don't even have to lean on a Mount Ross, St. Brown.

Maybe they're taking him away. We can go somewhere else now, which is a strength of them. And then they get to overtime and they pound the ball on the ground. They get a big defensive stop right before the end of regulation too. That's a complete team. And Jake Bates hitting the field goal. That's a complete team with the third phase of the game coming in there. And that's why they're favored to win this division and make a deep run.

And yet, I think Dan Campbell, when he watches this film, will be disappointed overall. They were lucky to escape with a win. The Rams had 13 more plays than the Lions. They dominated time of possession. And that's even including that great long overtime drive, which the Rams did not have a chance to match. despite having so many injuries. Let's go through them. Our friend Jordan Rodriguez sent some texts

that I'm going to use during this portion of the show. She mentioned they were on their second center, third technically, because who they started at center today had to move over to fill in one of the guard spot, their second right tackle and their third left tackle. Rob Havenstein, their swing tackles, ends up starting this game. leaving early with an injury.

Alric Jackson's out with a suspension. So you got a guy, A.J. R. Curry left tackle, and he's getting smoked play after play by Aiden Hutchinson. Aiden Hutchinson, all these draft picks for the Lions coming through in a big spot, a sack-to-end regulation, getting all over Stafford on a third downplay, which could have potentially iced the game. He had a chance to throw it to cup to really burn the clock late in regulation. That didn't happen.

And so that's going up against the third string left tackle. We got our second string right tackle who's given up a lot of pressures. And then the center. And Puka Nakua also leaves this game with a knee injury, which is very worrisome. It seems like he struggled to get fully back to 100%. They use him a lot early in this game. I mean, he had a bunch of catches, four catches, 35 yards. And then he leaves with an injury.

And that leaves everything to Cooper Cup and Matthew Stafford. and you know what, they almost got it done. 21 targets for Cooper Cup. That's outrageous. 14 catches. That's the most of his career, and it's the most, anyone I think has had, I need to check this in,

I think more than anyone had all of last year at least. 14 catches, 110 yards, and just a gutty performance. He was in motion, according to next-gen stats, more in this game than any player that they've recorded. He touched the ball while in motion 12 times, which is more than any player they've ever recorded,

which says to me, like the whole game plan, the whole offense is built around Cooper Cup and using these motions, and they made it work, especially with Pukunakua, out to the point where Cooper Cup, yes, catches a go-ahead touchdown with four minutes left, in the fourth quarter, and it looks like the Rams are going to pull off an improbable comeback. First and goal from the nine.

Rams back in the red zone under center. A chance to take the lead deep on Sunday night football. Play action. Forward the flat. Cup of the six. Cups to the pylon. Touchdown. Cooper Cup.

Touchdown. Alley. Nine and dime with a clutch. Direct deposits. A 1917 lead with four and a half to go. Oh, J.B. Long, our great friend from KSBN. I mean, that is a game-winning call, shook. The Rams offensive defense just couldn't quite finish the deal after that to make it a game-winning call.

Yeah, get Bank of America on the line with the direct deposit call. That was fantastic out of J-B. You know, this was the culmination of what I think a lot of teams wish they had, which is a coach with plenty of experience. already know he's an offensive genius in Sean McVeigh, but also a veteran quarterback who has worked with this coach long enough to be on the same page because when you lose a guy like Pooka Nakua, that could destroy some teams. Instead, McVeigh says, screw it, we're just going to motion Cooper Cup back and forth the ID coverages and just pick them apart. And even with our backs

against the wall, we're going to continue to stick to that. And yeah, we're going to feed him a lot, but it doesn't necessarily mean that we just have to go to him. It's just that he ends up being open. And it speaks to the rapport that they've established in their years together with the Rams. And the product was a furious comeback, capped by something. like that. And also a terrible series of events for Carlton Davis. I had a buddy, Buccaneers fan. He's like, is Carlton Davis even on the field for the Lions? And I was like, yes, he is. And he got caught in motion there and fell over twice, which left Cooper Cup open to score. And then he again, he drops an interception that would have been at the end of regulation.

But man, it's a beautiful thing. Again, to watch McVeigh, Stafford, and Cup all work in tandem because they are on the same page and they are dangerous enough to wipe out your lead if you just give them a few possessions in the second half of a relatively close game. Missed opportunity, though, because for this Rams team, these injuries aren't necessarily going away next week, and it's going to be a challenge, and this would have been a tough road win to get. And yeah, you mentioned Carlton Davis dropped that ball from Stafford,

which went right into his gut right at the end of regulation. That was a play where Cup didn't seem like he knew the ball was coming, like he never looked around, and as great as they played, it just shows how tough the NFL is. As great as Stafford and Cup play, I think they'll have a couple of regrets. As I mentioned, there was a third down play with about a couple, two and a half minutes to go where Stafford had to step forward,

and there was a lot of pressure on the play, so you don't fault them for missing the throw. But if he just had a little more time and he's such a good quarterback, I bet he wishes he just put a little more touch on it because he had cup streaking open. And if he had hit him, they almost certainly win that game. But yeah, that sequence to set up the cup touchdown was awesome. Again, Jordan points out how they sub two-two apps.

well in the play before kind of signaling that they were going to do a deep shot and then the defense ended up rotating to protect against that. Tutu runs the deep concept, but Stafford ends up hitting Cup on the opposite side. So this is play sequencing. I get on stat, you know, McVeigh for not using timeouts at the right time or burning them at the wrong time. And yet you mentioned Shook, they were kind of in a timeout stare down at the end of the game, which was interesting. I didn't fault McVeigh, although it was weird. He still had three timeouts at the end of that second half, but it was understandable why that all happened. But just these two teams are two of the most fun teams in the league.

It was a little bit of everything. And as great as the quarterbacks were, like Stafford through a groaner of an interception at the end of the second quarter. And Goff, who inspired kind of a very tepid, like the Lions fans were a little tight at the end of this game. When they were trying to come back, there was a very quiet, Jared Goff. But it really was just like, it was just like, it was just like, only a few people because people were kind of worried because Jared Goff,

Jared Goff had just thrown an interception on the previous possession. And then he almost threw another one to Kobe Durant, who leaped for it and couldn't quite come down with it. And Dan Campbell, who has such a great feel of the moment, decided not to go for fourth in five, I believe it was, in his own end. When he wasn't guaranteed to get the ball back, he decided to punt it, just feeling how his offense was playing. And you know what?

they did get the ball back and just everything Dan Campbell throws out there just seems to turn into gold these days. Yeah, they're making corn mazes out of him. He's in commercials now at restaurants about covering your mouth when you order. And then he goes out there and he feels it out properly and he relies on his team and trust them and they produce for him. And that's why people love the Rams because they can get behind a guy like Dan Campbell. They can get behind a player with a story like Jared Goff. And even in those moments where it's like, he's looking a little shaky, his comfort zone. It's not really where the Rams are allowing him to operate.

Like the pick he threw to John Johnson. I mean, that's cover one robber. Like, he's sitting there. I don't know how Jared didn't see him because he threw it right in that path. Because he was coming back. Yeah, he got a little pressure. It was kind of typical goff that he panicked a little bit. That was with eight minutes left in the game when they had a lead and we're trying to ice it.

And it was really bad situational football by God, Gough. And yet the fans, a little bit of a Jared Gough chant like we still believe. You're still our guy. Like Dan said in the locker room after that playoff win, you're good enough for Detroit. Show us again. did. Well, David Montgomery did. But Jared got them down in range enough to kick the field goal to send it to overtime, which is a great outcome for the lion. Yes, Goff did bounce back and as you mentioned, had a good drive to get it to overtime. What a game. Happy for the Lions fans,

because I think that would have crushed them a little more than was really necessary. They're going to be a good team. It's only week one. And yet, I think losing the Stafford in that way, such a big lead, they actually would have been like, oh no, are we going to turn back into a team We're the lions again. We're turning into a pumpkin again. Not that, but like, can we not handle it? It would have been a devastating loss for the lions. So they get it done.

It's a tough one for the Rams, but a tough spot on the road against the lions with all of those injuries. They can't hang their head too much. Neither can you. Nick Shook, appreciate you. We're going to do this every Sunday, shall we? Every Sunday. Every Sunday. So everybody who's listening right now, saddle up, get comfortable, pour yourself your favorite beverage,

because we're doing this every week. We'll recap all the games for you, right? Yeah, don't get too comfortable. We're going to do Monday night football, too, tomorrow night. Well, yeah, of course. I wanted to keep a surprise. I mean, come on. Yes, we'll do some news.

And we'll talk about the Jordan Love injury since we last taped. He's now out three to six weeks. We'll dive into that a little more. Figure out what other injuries happened on Sunday, all the analysis. And obviously recap that great Monday night football game, 49ers and Jets. your guy, David and Joku, fear there's a high ankle sprain there, so that won't be good before your rounds.

But we'll save that for money. This has been a beautiful Sunday. Truly thank you all for joining us on NFL Daily being part of the journey. I think now that we have a football Sunday under our back, we can finally say it. I mean, football is back. Hey, everybody, Daniel Jeremiah here.

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