NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal - 49ers-Giants Week 3 TNF Recap

Episode Date: September 22, 2023

In a room with two heroes -  Dan Hanzus and Marc Sessler recap the Week 3 Thursday night football clash between the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants . We break down the stellar offensive performance by the 49ers, take a look at what went wrong for the Giants and touch on some news at the end.NFL Daily YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nflpodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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For the moment, Ronnie Bell gets into the end zone. First out and goal now from the eight-yard line. And a big hole and fooling his way is Matt Breedah for a touchdown. Pressure. Deep. Caught, Samuel, touchdown. there it is the big horn at the big bell bottom as the san francisco 49ers take care of business on thursday night football let the giants hang around a little bit but ultimately never a game in doubt 30 to 12 the final

san francisco improves to three and oh on the season the giants fall to one and two dan hans is here along with the great Mark Sessler. And Mark, we knew this was a big challenge for the Giants. Best of circumstances. It's not the best of circumstances. Saquan Barkley has a high ankle sprain. I thought it was an ordinary sprain, Mark. It's a high ankle sprain.

He confirmed it today on Amazon and an interview. So he's out this week and beyond that. And he takes Seekwan out of the mix. And this was just a mismatch, really, from the start. Yeah. It's, it's, it kind of is set apart. for me a little bit with some of these Thursday night games where you kind of think you know what's going to happen and then because it's Thursday night and they talked even tonight about the

fact that like you can't even really teach your scout team quickly enough what the other team might do it's like it's just you it's such a compacted practice time and a lot of teams don't even have a physical practice but still so that creates this weirdness in Thursday nights where like games go awry, they go a little strange. But what the more realistic scenario is, it's like you kind of lean on who you are. And I think we just saw these two teams for who they were tonight.

And one of them is stripped of their best player. It's a running back. And so your backup, Matt Rita, comes in and rushes only four times for 17 yards. The Giants, who I think, if anything, they needed to create disturbance and problems out of the gate,

you don't get Darren Waller a catch until I think a minute to go for the half. And the Niners, you know, just did what they did. If anything went, I thought the plan was with Wink Bartendale was to come out and throw everything at Brock Purdy and try to create chaos and mistakes. And they did, like God, there's an interesting stat. Let me bring this up here.

It's, I saw this from PFF, that they blitzed the 49ers on 83% of their snaps in the first half, which is the fourth highest rate. of any game of the past five years. So there was a plan there. There was a concept of like, we can still maybe take this young quarterback and throw him off his game.

And Purdy wasn't perfect, but it's like there's too much happening with this Niners' offense. Brandon Iyuk is not in there, but it's like they found a way just to make enough big plays where I found it to be sort of a prosaic, not very memorable game.

And to be honest, we do. This happens to us when you're going to cover every one of these. And the Niners sort of performed exactly to the standards that I would have expected on a lower octane night out at the ballpark. Yeah, they, they were obviously the better team. We knew that. And, but they, it was almost like they didn't put the foot on the accelerator, uh, throughout the game, because they knew they didn't need to for the most part. And, and Brock Purdy, like you said,

he wasn't as accurate. Um, and, uh, he kind of warmed up as the game went along. Um, um, So he had no Brandon Iuke. The connection with Debo is off early on. And yet they were able to, you know, when the passing game is not right, you have Christian McCaffrey there. And McCaffrey in, and otherwise, I guess you could call it Ho Hum game, another 100 yards from scrimmage, 85 rushing yards, yet another TD, which is pretty remarkable.

I think he has a touchdown now in 12 consecutive games, which is just amazing. I mean, to have that level of consistency. It feels like we've, I don't want to jinx them in. It feels like we're a long way away now from that, that cursed period of his career where, you know, he couldn't stay on the field. He's really become everything San Francisco could have wanted. And so when you have McCaffrey there and you have Debo there who eventually warmed up and he had another great classic Debo game, Debo's one of my favorite players in the league.

He's so fun to watch. He had 77 yards after catch in this game, and that was before he caught the long touchdown. That kind of was the exclamation point on this game. It was also one of my favorite Debo things, Mark, I talked about it during our fantasy extravaganza. There's one bit of a devil's bargain with Devo Samuel in fantasy. There will be a handful of moments. I don't mean just one or two. There's going to be six or seven moments where you're watching a Niners game, and Debo goes down on the field.

and all of a sudden they cut to commercial with the entire medical staff around him and you're thinking to yourself well that's I got to go to the waiver wire this is crushing my team's ever going to be the same he misses three plays and then he comes back and scores a touchdown he's been doing this his whole career it's

one of my favorite things that I about him is he he's a showman when it comes to injuries he really is I thought of you tonight because you're one of the first people that brought that up and kind of encapsulated it in a perfect way. He's been doing this, like, for years.

And, like, tonight, I was, I was watching this with a couple of people. I was, like, with a friend or two and he was just like, wait, Debo does this all the time. He's, like, down on the ground, like, arm spread, like, he's got medical staff. Like, you're literally wondering, I mean, is he dead? Like, will we ever see him again in this capacity or will they be wheeled out to old age events? And then, like, two plays later, he's, like, walking around like this with his, like, shoulder pads bouncing around. It's like, he knows what he's doing.

He's, uh, I love him for this. Like, he's enjoyable. And it's like, you know, I look at this team. It's like, I think we both can say, like, we've seen the Niners when they're operating at a feverish pace and they're just like hand around the neck of the opponent. And the opponent is dying slowly. Like, this was not that game. And it said they still had 14 first downs to New York's five and had the half, 244 yards by the break,

41 plays to 24, 20 minutes of his. possession um seven of 10 for third down which is like a third down is a weird stat but like when you're seven for 10 um you're about as efficient as you can possibly be and the giants had 12 yards rushing and you're then you're then you're asking Daniel Jones who we don't totally believe in to save the day with a bunch of wide receivers we don't totally believe in and Darren waller's not involved early and it's like you can just see it on Brian dayball's face man he like I love dayball but like he was so frustrated and it's like their their schedule's been tough they've been in a tough spot to begin with um and this just exacerbated it but the niners i thought played like a

a gentleman sea game and dominated statistically in the first half against another NFL team i think he tells you a lot about both teams and even with sayquan the giants are um a tier or even two uh beneath the san francisco who they're so good mark that like When you see that they drafted Jake Moody, which was a total, the type of draft pick a team makes when they are so full of themselves about their roster, we'll go take on day two. We'll go grab a kicker because that's the only real glaring hole we have left, even though the previous kicker, Robbie Gould, was one of the best veterans in the league. And now that guy has started nine for nine, Moody, as a rookie. So he's no Roberto Oguayo. And, you know, it's almost like they have a big time player in almost every position, certainly the glamour position.

And I understand Purdy, we're not ready to put him in the Hall of Fame, but he's a very, very good fit for this offense. But they have a superstar left tackle. They have at least one superstar wide receiver and maybe two. They have the best all-around running back in the league. They have one of the best edge rushers in the league. They have one of the best linebackers in the league and Fred Warner. They have big, they have depth in the secondary. They have everything that you could want on a team.

and anything short of a Super Bowl this season is considered failure for this organization, which there's pressure there. So I think games like this, when they don't even seem to be playing that well and they still take care of business, that's what really good teams do and kind of swing it back to the Giants. Because you've mentioned his name twice, Mark. I am not into this Darren Waller situation with the Giants. I like that Kirk Herb Street was kind of calling Waller out. I don't think Waller's effort level.

was where it needed to be near the end of his Raiders time, really maybe coincidentally when he got a huge contract. And Herb Street, all but called the guy out for not trying hard in this game. And it is a bad sign when Darren Waller is not coming down with contested catches. When the Giants, one of their biggest glaring deficiency is they don't have a true number one wide receiver.

And that's something I think you're going to see them address aggressively in the upcoming offseason, whether it's going after a guy like T. Higgins or, through the draft because they that is a big hole in this roster ostensibly taren waller mark was supposed to be this guy that filled that hole and was a red zone monster i'm just not seeing it through three weeks and i don't know like herb street if this guy is really giving everything he can to this offense when they need him so badly yeah i felt that criticism um i kind of like that from an announcer to begin with we a lot of these guys shy away from that um you're you're

down your number one running back, your best player on offense. Like you said, you don't, you've got some, you got Jalen Hyatt, you got some young, interesting guys at Whiteout. But this should have been the Darren Waller game. Now, I don't think that would have made the entire difference had he even played one of his better games against this team. But like, it's a combination of like the giants not finding a way to get in the ball early. And that could be a Daniel Jones thing. Like I said, you didn't have a catch till right before half. You can question the effort. It's hard for me to gauge that, like, as a viewer necessarily.

But I would say that, like, the plan for him seems not, not totally on point on any level. And, like, the Giants just looks so different than the guy, the guy in the Raiders three or four years ago now. Yeah. And the guy we've seen, remember, to get, you knew that the one thing, it was a good trade at the time. But the one thing that smelled funny was, why did, how do the Raiders? make him, I think he might have been the highest paid tight end in the league when they gave him the contractor close to it. And then one year later, dump him for a day two pick. And like, you just wonder if there's more to it. And they did. There was a shot to Brian Dable after the, um, the, the ball that caromed off his hands for the interception that kind of was the end end of the game where you could tell Dable's face is like, come on, bro. Yeah. You got to help me out here. Like, and so it's this, they didn't lose because of Darren Waller tonight, but I think they have an issue like it. Daniel Jones is not maybe a star, but I don't know if he has, especially without Barkley, there, a lot at his disposal to really put together consistent production week after week.

Not let him off the hook, but unless, you know, people are higher on Waller, I get it, then it's there when Barkley comes back. But I think there are a couple guys away on that offense. I'm with you. And I think, like, you have your graybeards roster that you create, the final, like, elderly. unsigned previously star free agents. And I think there should be another roster where it's like, Kenny Pickett would be the quarterback, Darren Waller would be the tight end, where it's like, we spend a month plus or two or three months hearing about how glowing,

you know, it was Michael, it was Robinson, Alan Robinson a year ago. Like these guys that get the five or six weeks of like insane beat writer praise in print and ink. And then the season happens. And it's like, wait, Kenny Pickett doesn't look good. And Darren Waller is not fitting in so well in this offense. And it's like- Mark, are you pitching a really good Wednesday podcast segment right now? I think I am.

Maybe stick a pin in it. I know what you're saying, though. Got hype bunnies from the summer who now we're getting, you know, we're heading into week three. We've got to start to see some of that. Anything else kind of jump out to you? I'll throw a couple things out there. You mentioned third down efficiency.

I love that stat because it tells you a lot, I think, about both the offense and the opposing defense. Jones could not get off the field on this game. Maybe it's a different game if they do get off the field a couple times in this game. I mentioned that I think a lack of a wide receiver one is glaring. They have a bright spot on that defense and Micah McFadden, who was all over the field in this game and had a great, in addition to every time they needed a, you know, a big hit. He seemed to be there. He knocked away a touchdown to Christian McCaffrey, which means, you know, he's in coverage, downfield swatting a ball out of McCaffrey's hands. Nobody does that. So they have a player in McFadden.

So it wasn't all bad for the Johnson. And in general, Mark, like based on when you look at their first three weeks, it's been a little topsy-turvy, but they hung in this game for about three quarters. And you can give them a little bit of credit for that, even if the Niners maybe didn't perform at their typical levels. Yeah, I mean, so, like, compared to the last two games where the Giants did this, like, multiple personality scenario situation last week against Arizona, they're outscored 63 to six in the first half this season through tonight. That's messy.

And like, but they were not a disaster out of the gate. I think we're seeing a more stabilized version, but the stabilized version is going to win about six or seven games, the team that I'm seeing right now. So I think if you're a Giants fan, you're disappointed because, like, you'd like to build off of what happened last year. And you'd like to have all the people that giggle to you saying, like, well, we were wrong. Like, they actually were that team and they can consistently build off of that. I don't love the idea that someone like Adoria Jackson gets hurt tonight. It's like they're losing their best players.

And the player that's paid the most, Daniel Jones, is half baked. It's like I want to ask you this because I went and looked at Nick Shook is doing QB Index Doing a great job I read the whole thing two weeks in a row And like he's a great writer And like he's got a good eye for this

But like he has Purdy At number eight in his list That's a that's before tonight But like that is intriguing to me I think that's like I kept trying to inflate him last year And it was like people are killing me But it was like I just liked I like what I see from Purdy

But like Daniel Jones down at number 21 And like I don't have a problem with that either like it's like that's who he is like they they paid the guy they had and there was no other options but like daniel jones outside of two quarters against the cardinals is not getting it done this year and it's like he's not their answer next year um i like you're stuck with him financially but like wow you're down on him huh well so like i know so i think number one his floor is high because he can run really well and like when you win everything around him like last year it seemed for the first time in his career

and why I do I do like the idea of him like everything around him kind of works Sequin was healthy like how many injuries did they deal with in the years before

was Seaquin and all the wide outs it's like finally they got it Daniel Jones put it together he had a couple games where it's like I mean I don't like I like his arm talent and all the other business but it's like

this is just a guy that's going to be here until the next New York Giants quarterback like two seasons from now or a year from now it's like what evidence do we have right now that he's their dude beyond like this year or next. I would say, uh, we disagree on this.

I think he really did take a big step forward last season. And this year has been, I mean, it's, it's, it's really hard that the Cowboys game in week one was what it was. It was, it was grim. They got blown out by a much better team, bad weather game. Uh, he was phenomenal, uh, in that comeback win over the Cardinals last week. And you could say it's the Cardinals, but whatever, he was a big time in that game. And this game, like, I'm pointing to it.

I'm pointing to he's missing his best player. The offensive line didn't keep him clean. He didn't have a running game. Darren Waller can't do a damn thing. And they don't have like enough weapons for him to go to. So I just don't think he's the problem right now for the Giants. I think the schedule is a big problem for the Giants. I think starting with the Cowboys in week one and then getting the Niners on a short week on the road in week three is their biggest problem.

because they're not an elite team and they're going to be exposed in these type of situations. That's where I know. No, I hear you. And I'm not trying to be too, like, down on Daniel Jones. But I just think there's, like, if we've watched, you and I have probably watched probably like 400 quarterbacks in our lives, right? And like, there's these tiers. And, like, Daniel Jones, to me, is in the tier of, like, great athlete, maybe not great quarterback. But I see it as an athlete.

I see like the physical specimen and what it can do. Everything needs to be right around them. I think we've watched quarterbacks where it's like you're watching like four apocalyps occur around them and they're somehow still surviving the storm. Like I just don't see him that way. Like it's not that I'm down on him. It's just like they got to manage him and deal with what they have. And like the pieces around them are not living up.

They're hurt or they're not living up to the billing. And it's like that'll put any quarterback in a tough situation. But like Daniel Jones isn't the first guy I trust. us to like save them like I mean he'll go he's the spurts he spurts like the second half against Arizona which is the game I tracked last week in the office was like you see this is the last year's Giants team but then you lose Sequin and then suddenly everything else falls around apart around you and the Giants are going to win six or seven games and it's not Brian Dable's fault it's like he's not doing a lesser coaching job I don't like the Dallas game but like it's not a lesser

coaching job it's just like a lot of stuff a lot of crap is happening a lot of nonsense and BS is unfolding around you left and right fog of war and you got to fight through it um i'll just say different types of players but a lot of people felt that way about his predecessor as well and now well it's right then i would say fame with two rings so yeah but i'm high he's not what i guess what i'm saying mark is like there are quarterbacks that are high level um big times you know star quarterbacks that can lift a team up and take them higher if you just give him a nice setup. Then there are quarterbacks that are solid guys that like a Kirk Cousin tier, Kirk Cousins tier. And I think Daniel Jones is in that tier where

if you surround him with the right team, watch out. Like that team can make some noise, especially if you get to the playoffs a la like a Joe Flacco, who's that type of guy too. You put him with the right team. You get to January and some magical things happen. Eli Manning, another example. He could actually end up going on to run and look elite for a month. And and you know flags fly forever so i think that's where the giants probably see jones i don't think they see him as patrick mohomes but they see him as a guy that like we could put him in here and if we surround him with talent he's going to thrive but that's where i'm at on him i know i'm with you and like i don't want to like i don't want to exit this uh and i'm or not

like i don't want to exit the conversation with me as like suddenly i'm i'm anti eli manning until like i like i love eli and like uh you know like i'm a pro giant i'm prone to be pro giants in general. That's why I'm a little surprised by how down you are on Mr. Dimes right now. I just, I don't, I just, I feel like we've got a large enough sample size. How tough spot tonight, Markey? That's a tough spot for Danny.

You know what I like it? Whatever, it's fine. Well, we'll see. I'm not, I'm not deter, like, I don't determine his fate. He will determine his fate. So will fate. Fate will determine his fate. Well put. You know who doesn't care about anything, including fate? This is another reoccurring theme that I forgot about. Al Michaels is in the Golden Years and Al is now on Amazon and he's like, I don't even know if Al knows what Amazon is, but Al's on Amazon and he's getting paid a lot of money to be the voice of Amazon. But Al at this stage, and God bless him, and I hope I'm the same way, he suffers no fools and he does not care to tow any company line. So with that said, I want to show my favorite moment from the broadcast where they came back from

break and as they'd been doing all night and mark we've we've talked about this when we cover the super bowl 50 how long is that bus ride from the downtown san francisco hotel we were at to get up to the big bell bottom i don't know what i mean i feel like i like i um we celebrated a number of birthdays on the ride so i think we changed time zones anyway it's long it's like an hour they're by San Jose and Al is sick of seeing the Golden Gate Bridge. He's sick of showing the seals

on the what you would call it, the pier. Let's listen to Al, keep it real, because he doesn't care if Amazon is happy about this or not. I mean, San Francisco it's beautiful. We've got so many scenic. Now we'd like to bring in aerials from nearby here, but what are we supposed to

do? The salt evaporator flats? San Jose Airport. Now, where was the stick? I'll hear from that. I know you. Yeah, right. How far was candlestick from here? 40 miles.

He's in San Francisco. Yeah. Right. The producers in his ear like, Al, come on, man. Oh, my God. What did he say? What did he say was up there? What are we supposed to get aerial shots of?

What did he say? Like the salt flats or something like? Yeah. A little world weary. I love Uncle Al. Yeah. And he also. He doesn't have the red, uh, the red hair anymore.

I like he's just, he's going all the way in. And this is who I am. This is where I'm at. And God bless him. Uh, anything else from the game. We have a couple NFL news things to hit before we say goodbye, but anything else from the game, Mark? No, I think we can, I think we're, I think we've said as much as it's needed to be said about

that contest that I quickly forget. It evaporates from the mental mind. And the Giants, uh, host Seattle next week. And then their schedule, uh, is, uh, really brutal after that. So they need to find a way to get past Seattle and get back to two and two. And if they get to two and two, they're in good position. The Niners have a layup next week. Everybody thinks they have a layup against the Cardinal. So so far it's been more like backing down in the paint and then, you know, muscling it up and getting it to go down eventually,

but it's not a layup. But they get the cards next week. And then Mark, Cowboys, Niners on Sunday night football. Everybody stay healthy. Well, we're already past that point. I'm really surprised they put that in prime time. I don't know what they were, what they were thinking. Because the Cowboys aren't going to be healthy when that game comes. They won't have everyone because star cornerback, Trayvon Diggs, suffered a torn ACL in his left knee during Thursday's practice. He suffered the injury during a one-on-one period in practice, briefly spotted inside the team facility. this is according to ESPN's Todd Archer on crutches before undergoing an MRI which quickly revealed the the tear just a huge loss for the Cowboys mark they threw two weeks they

put it on both New York teams the Giants and Jets had no answers for that defense and Michael Parsons gets obviously much of the pub as the new LT but but digs is a reason he got a massive contract extension he is kind of the heartbeat of that secondary and the playmaker that secondary and moving on without him will not be easy it's a terrible loss like i feel like if you're the cowboys you're in this arms race with teams like the niners and the eagles where it's like you can't be the next team losing these star players and it's like but i don't this happens left and right um i think the one thing about him is like i think we understand he's not one of the greatest coverage guys of all time he's hot and cold on his rankings for that

but ball hawk wise and what he does to infuse the defense and generate turnovers is wild. And they also lost Tyler Bedaz, their center, I believe I'm saying this last time. He had a hamstring injury. I think he'll be okay, though. That doesn't seem like a serious issue. I hope so. I mean, like that's like you just, it feels almost like you're taking a silent bullet to the head when you're losing guys in practice.

If you lose them in a big game and we all understand why, you know, he's in the heat of battle, but like you're losing them in practice. It's just like. Oh, it's brutal. And you're happy that digs from a person standpoint, he got that payday before this injury happened. And that included $42 million and guaranteed money. Good for him that he got paid before this terrible setback. And he'll come back strong, I'm sure, next year.

But he had gotten off to a great start. According to next gen stats, he had allowed just three catches for 31 yards on eight targets, as the nearest defender in coverage this year. Quarterbacks had a pass rating less than 10 on throws coming his way. He also forced the fumble, intercepted a pass, three pass breakups, six tackles. These are all, that's a playmaker at cornerback, and you take him out of the mix. They are not going to be the same back there. They have Duran Bland, who had a pick six, I believe, in week one.

So you're going to, he's probably going to maybe slide over and be that guy, but you're going to miss him they're just they're not as good now uh without digs and that's the brutal part of the sport yep and like i think the thing you believe in them like even like no matter what like their offense is spicy but like it's their defense that's like truly special and somehow carried over from last year to this year is like a top three top four defense and like you start taking these guys away and they can't do the same thing like when you lose your secondary it's like your pass rush is affected. Everything's affected. So the Cowboys, like, if they stay healthy, it's like we talked about it all day today. It's like they could be that team that we're talking

about for two weeks prior to the Super Bowl. You lose four or five guys and it's like someone else creeps in there. Tough one, tough one. All right. Circling back to the game, by the way, Mark, I know our friend Kavon Tivito. He has another tackle. He got a sack. It was a coverage sack early in the game. He did the robot after he got the coverage sack. That was it for Kvon in the game. So we're still waiting for Kavana to make a big impact for the Giants, the former first round pick. Now, I'm not saying I or we are rooting against Kavon, but the men spoke a pretty large game this summer and a little bit quiet tonight. I in general don't know why anyone, I think if you're on the Giants and you're a professional football player and you can get an

idea of how the game is shaping up, the idea, the concept. that you would spend a number of seconds or minutes doing the robot feels atypical with like the actual situation like let's get an idea of where we are this isn't all about you we're not in a narcissistic landscape like the team is struggling you've had a tough early start to the year like the over celebratory robot thing uh i don't know i don't need it i don't need it did you what'd you say a narcissistic landscape yeah it's like well no i mean look at look at like I think that's exactly where we are. Yeah, I would aim to, like, repair our relationship with him if that's even needed.

I don't think he even remembers that he was with us. But it's like, I'm not looking to inflame it or exacerbate it, but I would just say, like, hey, work with my sensibilities a little bit as an observer of the game. Like, you're walking around doing robotic things, like, because the giants are down, like, you know, you're going to get flame. We know you're going to give up 30 points. You got to tackle. Is this all about you? that's the narcissistic that's the landscape i'm discussing finally the game that we watch today mark is a certain type of football game um it's it's the swingers game it's it's uh remember in swingers

uh when nicky played by uh john farv uh he uh he didn't have confidence um he's and he's a a bear but he just didn't know how to use the clause and he needed his buddies sue and double down Trent to help show him the ways. I thought about that today. Let's, let's, uh, listen it. Don't you want you like a big thing with, with, with claws and with fangs, big, fucking teeth, man. Fucking teeth on you. She's just like this little bunny who's just kind of countering in the corner. Shivering. Yeah, man, just kind of, you know, you got these claws and you're staring at these claws, man. You're thinking to yourself with these claws. You're thinking,

about how am I supposed to kill this bunny? And you're poking at, man. You're not hurting it. You're just kind of gently batting the bunny around. You know what I mean? And the bunny's scared, Mike. The bunny's scared of you. And you got the fucking claws and these fangs, man. And you're looking at your claws and you're looking at your fangs. And you're thinking to yourself, I don't know what to do, man. I don't know how to kill the bunny.

With this, you don't know how to kill the bunny. Do you know what I mean? You're like a big bear, man. You're like a big bear, 49ers. Take the claws out and your big fangs and you just sink into that little bunny, which eventually they did. But that was the classic swingers game. The big angry bear, for some reason, just.

just batting around the bunny like what are we doing here let's just just kill the bunny and let's all move on with our lives the swingers game no and at the end of that film when they're in the diner and you know he's just shouting i would never eat here and like uh like the you know there's an incredible diatribe against many backpacks that were um a big problem for us you and i back in the day but girls walking around with a bit mini backpacks we don't have to deal with that now so much that's good i don't really know what you're talking about with the little oh well no like like they are you know like in the beginning of the film and he's going on his insane like you know he's on the phone in his apartment that any like i would say in the late 90s early 2000

window there was a period where like a lot of like city girls or girls in general were like walking around with like bedazzled like backpacks that were about like six inches by six inches and i don't know what i don't know what they were keeping in these backpacks i don't know nobody knows but like but it's like but they were wearing them and they're wearing them with dresses and it's like why are it's like 11 at night you're walking around with a backpack and so it's mentioned in the film and it um i agreed with the point i love the film for many reasons so all right the film is swingers uh 1996 a breakthrough uh in the indie movement of the 90s so please check it out if you have that's our film recommendation for

the night uh coming up on uh in the around the nfl universe we have a thursday uh around the NFL NFL plus joint with Colleen Wolves serving as the psychiatrist to tortured fans of around the NFL uh that's fun and then Sunday night of course uh you have the preview the week three previews out there already and then Sunday it will be back with the flagship show and I think that's everything mark nineers rolling anything short of the Super Bowl in Vegas failure this team is Locked and loaded. Let's see how far they can go.

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