NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal - Travis Hunter Out For Season, Describing Every Team in 5 Words or Less and Jets-Patriots TNF Preview

Episode Date: November 12, 2025

Gregg Rosenthal is joined by Jourdan Rodrigue and Colleen Wolfe to preview the Thursday Night Football matchup between the Jets and Patriots. First, the crew gets you caught up on the news including J...aguars CB/WR Travis Hunter undergoing season-ending knee surgery (01:30), Matt LaFleur's job security with the Packers (05:30), Joe Schoen remaining Giants GM (12:10) and more. Up next, every team in the NFL is described with five words or less, starting with the NFC West (17:20) followed by the NFC East (21:20), NFC North (26:10), NFC South (29:35), AFC North (35:20), AFC East (38:00), AFC West (41:45), and AFC South (45:10). Finally, the show is wrapped up with a preview of the Jets and Patriots facing off on Thursday Night Football (48:15). NFL Daily YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nflpodcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:02:09 or wherever you get your podcast. Welcome to NFL Daily, where Kaliana Grande is back in the house. He's always here. We're here in the Chris Wesleyan podcast studio. This is NFL Daily. Colleen Wolf, Jordan Rodriguez. We've seen each other. Tuesday. Yeah. It's here. It's true. And for those of you who don't know who Caliana Grande is,
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Starting point is 00:03:12 You're like, yeah, extension. So today, we have taken the three most succinct people in sports media. Oh, wow, yes. And we've given them a hard assignment. We're going to describe every team in the end of. NFL in five words, or less. If you could get it under five, bully it to you. And we're going to do it in an efficient, entertaining manner that makes our producers
Starting point is 00:03:40 proud because they're afraid that this is going to go super long. It's not. It's going to be fun. And we'll talk a little T and F preview on the back end. But first, let's do a little bit of news. And unfortunately, we'll start with a bummer. Travis Hunter is not going to be back this season. We found out on Tuesday afternoon that he is getting surgery.
Starting point is 00:03:59 on his knee. It was hoped that it was going to be a short-term injury, that he was going to be ready right when short-term injured reserve, like came up in a few weeks, and then a change of pace here from Ian Rappaport, and yeah, they lose their dude, Travis Hunter, for the rest of the season. Such a bummer for a guy that we kind of thought
Starting point is 00:04:19 was going to be a main character of this season. It just hasn't worked out that way. I know. And I think we were all right and fair to be as excited as we were about him. I think the Jaguars still, I don't bemoan them or criticize them for being as excited as they were to draft this guy. I know it, you know, incites groans in hindsight and all of that because this totally turned out completely different than I think the highest of expectations on Travis Hunter were and maybe some expectations even unfairly placed on him by the organization when they were so excited to bring him in and, you know, he's changing football and all of these things. but I think he still can.
Starting point is 00:04:57 I just think it's a really tough start to his season. Greg looks really grumpy right now. Well, yeah, this makes me grumpy. I was so excited for it. Well, I couldn't tell if it was what I was saying or you're watching something. That's a common thing that people feel. I'm already feeling great. I'm going to look at Colleen.
Starting point is 00:05:11 Resting Greg face is something Colleen's brought up many times on this show. It's a face at the people that would have any sort of impatience with Travis Center. I'm not great at all. This was always going to take time to figure out what his actual life was going to be in the NFL, what is jobs, plural, and I still think it will be jobs, plural. In the NFL, I also don't think if we were going to read the tea leaves backwards, not as surprising, maybe just hidden really well, because for all the optimism in the start,
Starting point is 00:05:38 they did still go out and trade for Jacobi Myers. So I, you know, I still feel like that maybe telegraphed a little bit of what the situation was, even though I do think they have a plan for him long term as well. And it's just such a bummer, too, because he had his best game before he was injured. So we finally started to see him kind of blossom and bloom and his confidence come out a little bit more. And he was supposed to be the focal point, or at least that's what they were saying after the bye week. And now we don't get to see that. And also, Greg's resting face, yes, it is, it's something that plagues everyone who does the show with him.
Starting point is 00:06:16 Because you don't know if he is reacting to what you're saying, to what he's thinking, to something that he's seeing on his computer, something that Eric is saying to him. And a lot of times... It's such a pleasant face, though. It's so pleasant. It will sidetrack you sometimes, right? I'm like, I'm going to wrap this up. I don't...
Starting point is 00:06:34 Was this wrong? Did I miss something? Should we stop down? I get mocked for it at home sometimes. Today, I actually think... Can you imagine living with me? What a great drop. I love that drop.
Starting point is 00:06:48 And it is a lot for my family to bear. But yeah, Emicka was making fun of me this morning because I was making some face to something responding to what I imagine myself saying in this segment that's coming up later on the show because it was just, you know, why not? Wow. Travis Hunter's got to be fine.
Starting point is 00:07:08 Give me all your Travis Hunter's stock. Okay. I know. I'm still so excited about him. It's a five-year rookie contract, right? And I think to make that sort of trade, and I still believe it what I thought when they made the trade. Like the idea is for him to be in the Jacksonville Jagger
Starting point is 00:07:23 in a hall ring of honor whatever it is that they do and uh it's a long-term process but i think he showed immediately he is absolutely an NFL cornerback the movement skills are there for him to be an NFL receiver but it definitely was obvious that that took longer to pick up let's talk a little bit about uh matt lafleur coming off that rough Monday night game um I thought it was really interesting right after the game your colleague Matt Schneidman of the asked him how he felt in terms of whether he was coaching for his job now in this season. I'll leave that for everybody else to decide. I'll just focus on the day-to-day and trying to do.
Starting point is 00:08:09 I feel like you're always coaching for everything in this league. You know, that's just my mindset. It's always been that way. You know, you can't ever exhale. You've got to always be pushing. That's just my mindset, so, and that will be my mindset until they tell me not to coach them anymore. Usually we don't, you know, just do a press conference as an item of news, but it does get
Starting point is 00:08:35 to something we started to talk about on the show yesterday that the Green Bay residents, the Packers fans, they're not happy. And then in this article by Schneidman kind of alludes to the fact that, hey, there is a new team president there, Ed Policy. They did not give the contract extension to Matt Lafleur or Brian Gutikunz. GM before the season. So next year they would be entering a contract year, which in coaching GM circles usually means this year is really the contract year. It's fascinating. It feels a little bit overreactionary, but I get it. They're a team that has really high expectations. Well, incredibly
Starting point is 00:09:11 high expectations. And with Ed Policy coming over, I think we have to remember, like, some of the moves that they made immediately, they've made it clear they're not going to be the same old Green Bay Packers. They're not going to be a team that is very, very good, but stays very, very good without transcending into great to Super Bowl for quite some time at this point. And so that's where when you see someone who, you know, at league circles they talk about at policy having sort of an aggressive mindset of what he wants to do.
Starting point is 00:09:41 And that actually really fits Matt LaFleur. That in a way because of some of the way that Gutikins has doubled down, tripled down on certain talent traits and really been able to identify certain players, also could define him too. And it certainly defines the moves that they made, whether it was drafting Matthew Golden, but then also going out and trading for Michael Parsons, really pushing their chips in under this new team present.
Starting point is 00:10:04 And obviously, they have no ownership overhead. So this person becomes extremely, extremely important within the organization. At the same time, there is really a lot of frustration with this offense. There also is extreme praise. and a name starting to circulate about the defense, and that is Jeff Hathley, who is going to be a head coaching candidate in this cycle, and started out a little bit shaky,
Starting point is 00:10:34 adding new personnel, losing personnel in terms of the defense, brought this defense along to improve over the last couple of weeks in an extraordinary amount adjustments being made, getting the most out of certain players. And I think that that's also something that complicates this, is all of the noise of praise on one side of the ball, well, you have an offensive head coach and his offense does not look good.
Starting point is 00:10:57 And I think that that just adds to this tightness and the amount of pressure that is coming out of Green Bay right now. And Ed Policy has also mentioned that he doesn't want a coach in a lame duck situation. So that would mean that this decision needs to be made sooner rather than later. And the slow starts on offense are just becoming a trend. I know against the Eagles,
Starting point is 00:11:18 that was a defensive battle. and we haven't seen a shutout in the first half in years and years. But before that, against the Panthers, they had only scored seven points in the first half. And it seems like that is sort of an issue now that is trending. And I think too, and I know Matt LaFleur a little bit. I worked on a massive project with him a couple of years ago. And he's brilliant, right?
Starting point is 00:11:40 He's absolutely brilliant. He is a coach who, if he were not going to be with that organization anymore, other teams are running, not walking, to go bring him into their ability. building and try to lock him in long term. And his resume is incredible with the Packers in terms of the double digit win seasons. Everything becomes different, though, when you have made a statement as an organization, which they did with the Micah Parsons trade, that they believe that they are a Super Bowl contending team. Your offense cannot look like this. If you're a Super Bowl contending team,
Starting point is 00:12:10 and here lies the double-edged sword of getting into that level of contention. If all the sudden something does not look right, it becomes the finger that's sticking out of the fist when you're punching, right? That's the one that gets broken. Right. That's something to keep an eye on here. But it's also, I think, people just overacting to the moment. Like, their 10th in offense is here, their eighth in defense. Defense has actually been, like, a little bit disappointing, like overall. Like, we're coming off this last week where you're watching that game and that was an incredible performance. Like, the week before, they could not get off the field against the Carolina freaking Panthers. Like, watching that game back,
Starting point is 00:12:44 Like, it was just as much the defense, if not more, against Carolina. And so I just think it's overreacting, considering he's one of the best coaches in terms of just win percentage in the history of the NFL. And Jordan Loving him make a lot of sense together. But I don't doubt any of the reporting. They haven't been as good this year. And if for whatever reason, it really went south the rest of the way, yeah, he would be really attractive.
Starting point is 00:13:08 And if you look at him on paper, if you look at it from afar and you look at him on paper, this conversation is asinine, right? But at the same time, like, the dynamics of the conversation are what we're trying to explain here, not necessarily his record, his percentage, which are unarguable and undebatable, in my opinion. Right.
Starting point is 00:13:28 But the dynamics of that, of that organization right now and the pressure, that's the thing that I don't think people are capturing enough. The enormous amount of pressure week over week over week that is condensing and condensing the atmosphere there.
Starting point is 00:13:42 He's showing it. He's showing it the way he's acting and the way that he looks. And look, Goudicunds, I wouldn't be shocking either if they both got sent away if Lafleur did because Aaron Banks, like, that was their huge move this offseason. You know, before Michael Parsons, Aaron Banks, who's kind of been a disaster for their offensive line. They're pushing their chips in. I just look at it as like, yeah, the context does matter that at one point in that game, it's like you don't have Tucker Craft, you don't have Romeo Dobbs,
Starting point is 00:14:09 you don't have Jaden Reed, you don't have Elton Jenkins. like those are the guys you would make at like a top the list of the most important players on their offense. All right, we talked about Joe Shane and Brian Dable on Monday. So everyone check out that breaking news episode we had. I did just want to close the circle because
Starting point is 00:14:26 at the time that we taped, we weren't entirely sure that Joe Shane was going to stay. Although Ian Rappaport as he does, pretty much knew and said on the show that he fully expected Joe Shane to stay. And yes, the GM just 30 minutes like after we taped that.
Starting point is 00:14:42 hate when that happens. It was announced in a press release, but I thought this was very funny calling and very telling. When they sent the tweets out announcing that Day Bowl is gone, they take a big section of the press release and they put it out on Twitter. And I noticed that they stopped the section of the press release that went out on Twitter right at the point where they announced how much they believe in Joe Shane and that Joe Shane is going to help them pick the next coach and that Joe Shane has done a good job building a young nucleus because they're not stupid. They know that Giants fans are going to think this is a half measure and Joe Shane hasn't really done much of a good job. It was Joe Shane's pick to hire Brian Dable and more than anything.
Starting point is 00:15:26 It was Joe Shane going into this offseason that was like, no, we need to keep Dable and Shane Bowen one more year. It was Dable's decision to keep Shane Bowen, but he really pushed to keep Dable one way. So they knew the fans would not be happy with that. So it's like you cut that part off. It's a little social media strategy. Well, yeah, and that was very strategic on their part. So good job by them. But I just thought it was so interesting because for up until like even just a few weeks ago,
Starting point is 00:15:51 it seemed like the two of them, Joe Shane and Brian Dayball, were like a package deal. And that they were both in this together and that no matter what happened, it would either be both like all or nothing. And then one week, you all of a sudden heard, ooh, Brian Dayball, not sure about him. And it was just like then the following week he was gone. So it escalated quickly, the fracture. Chaos is a ladder.
Starting point is 00:16:18 So is like the workplace. And I think one of the, as you get older, you realize like, oh, one of the biggest skills to succeeding in life for a large swath of people are people that can attach themselves to positions of power. Yes. That's what I did to you, Greg. Yeah. No.
Starting point is 00:16:36 It does not explain everything. There's a good coat tail around here. Hold on. Doesn't explain everything. Doesn't even necessarily explain most things. Like talent matters, there's a lot that goes into it, you know. But in the NFL, and I think in probably a lot of workplaces, there are a lot of people that are good to attaching themselves to power. And so Joe Shane is John Mera's guy, the owner, and he's going to stay.
Starting point is 00:16:58 Little size medium coat tail. He's going to stay. Yeah. The small. The small. If I'm not a small. But I do love his shirt today. Who's a small.
Starting point is 00:17:06 I know. That's a really good shirt. Greg. It's a good color, good texture. It's a poppin. I'm waiting for sweater weather, and it's just like not arriving. If I see it's over 70. We're trying to make it happen.
Starting point is 00:17:16 I'm like, if it's still over 70, I'm going to be dressing like it's the summer. That's the beauty of Los Angeles. Come join us. Paid for it by the Los Angeles City Council. Last item of news, last couple, Dan Quinn is taking over as defensive coordinator in Washington. So like Dan Campbell. It's a week of Dan's. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:17:36 In Detroit. who's not taking over as offensive coordinator exactly, but is taking over as the play caller. He's trying to do something. Also, Duran Payne, we didn't mention this on Sunday. That's my fault, was thrown out of Sunday's game for punching Amon Rae St. Brown with an empty fist. Maybe we did talk about that now that I think,
Starting point is 00:17:55 well, just like, I mean, hitting a helmet, hitting a helmet with a closed fist is just the dumbest thing you can possibly do because it's only going to hurt yourself and it's going to cost you a weak salary, which for Duran Payne, who makes a lot of money, is like close to a million dollars. I mean, that's a preposterous thing to lose for hurting your own hand.
Starting point is 00:18:14 But he has been suspended, and that is upheld. So he is not going over to Madrid. Neither is Jane Daniels. Neither is Trey Amos, who has a fractured ankle. So the vibes are down horrendous in Washington. And the Steelers' vibes, they're confusing. We'll get to them in a second. But I do like the fact that they signed Asante Samuel, Jr.,
Starting point is 00:18:35 to their practice. the squad. I'm surprised Asante Sammy Jr. couldn't get a better contract than that, but he's coming off of a spinal fusion surgery. I really thought he was a good player for the Chargers when he was at his best, so good luck to him. He kind of fits what they're going to do. Let's get to the second. I've noticed
Starting point is 00:18:50 you're composing your face very carefully since the opening. I definitely am not composing my face any differently. I promise there's not a lot going on in this head right now, but that's not one of them. We're in your psyche, though.
Starting point is 00:19:06 You always are in. We live there. And in the coat tail. I live here, you know. That's where I'm at. In some world, I'm always in the Chris Wesleyan podcast. I mean, we keep going. We might as well take a break at this point.
Starting point is 00:19:19 What are we doing here? There we're back. There he is. He wins. This is the love language that I love that I'm used to. Thank you. Throwing in Colleen voice. So this was a great idea by Eric.
Starting point is 00:19:34 Shout out to executive producer. Eric Roberts. If this segment doesn't work, yeah, it's not all on you, Eric. We bear some responsibility, but you're like the coach. You're like Matt Lafleur right now. And someone out there is Ed Policy watching this
Starting point is 00:19:49 and hoping that it all works. And we got to make it work. We're the players. We're going to describe each team in five words or less. I think it's that simple. And we're going to go through. We assign division by division. But I wanted to be equal.
Starting point is 00:20:00 So at the end, we're just going team by team. So that no one felt like they had an extra division or anything like that. And look at you. And you actually went. back and like fixed it too. I did. I messed it up at first. I don't know what happened with the first one, but you know, in your science, it was, it was, a quality was right there in the forefront. Okay. So should I get us going? Yes. Do it.
Starting point is 00:20:21 Let's do it. All right. Let's start with the NFC West. Okay. We'll go there. For the Arizona Cardinals, and this, yes, is describing each team in five words or less. it's marvison that's it that's it all right guys thanks for coming by today we're done for the day it's a wrap on gregg fire matt lafleur sorry ed so great eric you know the guy you chose to be in charge ultimately couldn't handle it and your segment's going to fail the arizona cardinals Marvin harrison senior in charge that's my five I love that that that's great i don't know if you noticed a couple of weeks ago how he just said uh yes i can't watch
Starting point is 00:21:07 this offense this is not this is not at all what i'm used to and immediately they're like okay we're going to change our franchise quarterback and change the entire director i mentioned it on our pregame show but like i got nothing from it so i don't know how many people actually was listening to what his dad was saying and it wasn't like it wasn't some random podcast he was like no i'm just going to tell esPN dot com okay um the rams personnel so heavy Jordan Leakey. Oh my God. Okay, cool.
Starting point is 00:21:37 I love this. I love it. Great job, Eric. We've a nice recovery here, Greg. Yeah, we have a whole social video about it that really explains that, you know, it just gets you going in the morning when you see that 13 personnel and that, those tight ends and fullbacks and. Oh, man. Wide receivers blocking.
Starting point is 00:21:56 Oh, man. The 49ers. Ouch! Oof! Why us? That's five words. Five, exactly. Five words.
Starting point is 00:22:09 Not the over, so good job. I think that was pretty self-explanatory. You wouldn't think that they were six and four based on that, but I do think that kind of explains their entire season. And then the Seahawks, Dom Sam, DVOA Darlene's. This one's like a little,
Starting point is 00:22:32 trick or tricky um but it's not like the normal sam that we've seen before it's like dom sam yeah no i know what you're saying i'd love for you to not explain this no i don't need to i think everyone everyone knows yep who doesn't like a dom sam um you're up next oh god nfc east cool all right gang here we go so i'm going to start um are we going in alphabetical order I yeah do it do it by the city name that that'll help out because all right look do it by whatever's in you know I'll give you time I'll give you know everyone behind the scenes time we're putting up graphics it's on the NFL channel the words Dom Sam and me just saying ouchy or whatever is is making it on to the NFL channel and then you can also watch us on YouTube and I've been
Starting point is 00:23:21 noticing the subscribers they've been they've been picking up a little bit so so just like subscribe support the show and support what Colleen is okay Here we go. The NFC East. Dallas Cowboys, first up here. Five words are filing a missing Parsons report. Oh. Hey!
Starting point is 00:23:41 I love a pun. Thank you. I feel like that really doesn't need any type of explanation. No, I think it explains everything. Yeah, they are very disappointing this year, and the defense is a massive reason why. Mm-hmm. Okay, so next one is the New York. Giants. I can do alphabetical order straight off of my head. Okay. You can't sit with us and that is from
Starting point is 00:24:06 Mean Girls and we all it's it's a couple different reasons why you can sit with us because there are so many players that are injured that there's just not room. Also Brian Dayball you can't sit with us. Yeah. So you're out. Um, so that's the Giants. So normally I would I would hear that and think like they're the cool kids. You know what I mean? Like, but. No, like literally you can't sit with us. Yeah. You have to go home. You've been dismissed.
Starting point is 00:24:33 They don't seem that cool right now. Like, that's not a table. But they were cool. You would want to sit at. I, like, I actually was liking the Giants for a second, and I hated the fact that I was liking the Giants for a second because Jackson Dart and Cam Scadaboo were super fun. And they were exciting and they were ridiculous and they were such bros. And I hate it that I was like into it.
Starting point is 00:24:56 So I'm going to have a problem going forward, I think, with this team, but for now, yeah, you can't sit with it. Did you see that the animation that Malik neighbors happened to post on his Instagram story overnight? I wouldn't have seen this either, but now it's getting passed around. We'll see if we can get permission to it, but it just was about the difference of like what Jackson Dart is like, you know, at home, and then maybe when he's out with the boys. Oh, fun.
Starting point is 00:25:24 We'll see. We'll tease it for later. All right. I love that. Okay. I recommend everyone go check that out. Perfect. The Eagles, Philadelphia Eagles, torn like Natalie and Bruglia. The great Natalie and Bruglia had such a banger of a song. I'm torn because I love the defense right now and I really like all of the moves that Howie Roseman made.
Starting point is 00:25:49 And Jalen Phillips adding him back into the fold with Vic Fangio. He played so well against the Packers. I'm really into the defense right now. The offense, though, is so inconsistent. I don't really know what to think. So I am literally torn on this team. Yes, they have the record and they're getting the wins, but I'm trying to protect myself from myself. Don't they feel like, though, this is a team and organization that they almost need it like this.
Starting point is 00:26:21 They need the chaos. Their love language is like an ugly regular season where everyone's starting to doubt them. And then suddenly, like, at the end, it just ends up being perfect. I hate when you're right. You're right. That's my love language, too. Chaos.
Starting point is 00:26:36 It's the only way I can thrive. You need deadlines. Yes. Chaos. You need everything falling apart. And then you're just like, okay, we figure it out right now while everyone is at their wits end. And you're right. Maybe that is their secret sauce.
Starting point is 00:26:50 Can I, like, bring you back to last season around this time and like how they were thinking. And then can I bring you back to the final three weeks of the season? in 2017 when they won the Super Bowl and everyone just assumed not only is the season over but the most beautiful Eagle season of all time is completely ruined and there was zero hope left and then they just
Starting point is 00:27:09 won the Super Bowl. It was like, okay, yeah, how in the world is Nick Foles and this Eagles offense going to play against the Minnesota Vikings defense? And then, yeah, they did it. Yeah. But that's also not counting the year in between all of that. The Eagles just collapsed and the chaos just closed
Starting point is 00:27:26 in on them. That happens. Okay, and the last one in the division, the Washington Commanders, Fix You by Cold War. And I just, you know, it's a song about helping someone through a hard time when they're feeling very low and sort of crashed out. And I was looking up the lyrics, and it's kind of like right on the nose when you try your best but you don't succeed, when you get what you want, but not what you need.
Starting point is 00:27:55 When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep, you're stuck in reverse. man. I mean, I don't know if they're getting what they want, unless that's like a trip to Madrid, which is cool. Well, so in my mind, what they got what they want when they finally signed Terry McLaurin to the deal, but it was like maybe too late. Still so annoyed by that personally. Right? And they got it last year to what they wanted and this, but not what they needed. At what cost. Right. Yeah. It hurts. All right, Jordan. You're up with the NFC North. Okay. So NFC North. We're going to start with Chicago. Chicago Bears, their good is getting better. You guys, a reference to Ben Johnson's thing that he chants with all of his players in the locker room, scrum, after every win, good, better, best, never let it rest until your good gets better and your better gets best.
Starting point is 00:28:47 The Chicago Bears. Wait, that's up in his locker room? He chants it every time. That's right. Is this a Dr. Seuss situation? It's Shel Silverstein, I believe. and he says never let it rest until your good gets better and your better gets best.
Starting point is 00:29:00 Chicago Bears, their good is getting better. You guys, Hope is here. Oh, I do like Hope. It just goes to show. You can say whatever like you want with these motivational slogans.
Starting point is 00:29:11 As long as they can call a play, you'll get by with it. If it's catchy and you can scream it with veins popping out of your neck, it works. Well, Peyton Manning has showed us that Motivate and Manning, you can really make anything,
Starting point is 00:29:22 turn anything into a slogan. This ad sponsored by whatever commercials that. If they, uh, definitely not progressive. Is it progressive? Maybe it is. Maybe it is. I like the backup.
Starting point is 00:29:32 I probably is. If that's one of those things that if they were two and seven, everyone would be mocking them for it. But since they're winning, then it's awesome. Detroit Lions. Dan Campbell versus offensive regression, which to me is the physical embodiment of Dan Campbell as the Spider-Man who's like holding the two trains as the trains are crashing. And it's Dan Campbell. Like for real.
Starting point is 00:29:55 Offensive aggression. His little glasses are on his face and all. He's straining to try to pull this offense back into what he knows it could be. We'll see if it works. That was more than five words, though. Well, I'm explaining it. Oh, okay. Did you miss my, did you miss my favorite?
Starting point is 00:30:10 Greg, the word. I just met it there was no stopping. I just kept going. Well, I'm trying to keep the pace. You know, we were told to keep this quick. Oh, we were told it's nationwide, by the way. Nationwide. Oh, got it.
Starting point is 00:30:22 It's on your side. I got it. All right. Green Bay Packers. Too much. talent for this doesn't need explanation um Minnesota Vikings one personality with multiple moods hmm that does need explanation I want I want some one personality with multiple mood so is that I would interpret that as Kevin O'Connell who seems like a complex man maybe
Starting point is 00:30:47 there's lots of sides to Kevin O'Connell or as a team so but I think as a team we know what this team is supposed to be. We know what they came into the year projecting themselves as. And all of a sudden, you're getting this extreme whiplash depending on which version of himself the quarterback is every single week. And so you do have a purported team identity, right? Yeah. But you never know actually what mood you're going to be in that day or what mood the quarterback is in or what version of the quarterback you get. So one personality with multiple mids. It's like bipolar and being yeah dealing with someone who's bipolar. Kevin O'Connell who always presents very like under control and good guy in public you've started to see like the cracks
Starting point is 00:31:34 a little bit. Like he's starting to get like just a little bit annoyed Lafleur like the pressure there in Minnesota. All right. NFC South. That was it for that division right. Yes. Okay. Okay. First up we have I'm doing the cities here. The Carolina. Nope, the Atlanta Falcons, gotcha, everybody. I do like that it's doubling as a test for, can you alphabetize quickly. See, this is why I was stressed two minutes before we started. Yeah, exactly. I, yeah, okay.
Starting point is 00:32:05 Atlanta Falcons, starting with the A's here. Southern hospitality. Why? Because of their inability to sustain drives, they are really showing their opponents. Southern hospitality. You did it in two words. Yeah. That's going to be tough to top.
Starting point is 00:32:26 Oh, don't worry. There's some ones that are coming up that are just one word. There's only one way to do that. Oh, are you not having a stop watch out for the pauses, Greg? Are you... She gave a good pause. I'll accept that pause. I'll accept that pause.
Starting point is 00:32:37 Okay. Next up, we have the Carolina Panthers. Cats out of the bag. Oh. Because, you know, they're coming off of the three-game winning streak and that... I feel like if cats out of the bag, it's like, they're not coming back in. It's going to stay bad. It's almost like a prediction.
Starting point is 00:32:56 I kind of hope that that's not true, but I felt like the cat was in the bag. They had it in the bag when they were winning. Maybe it's Schrodinger's cat. You don't know if they're alive or dead. Oh, God. Keep pounding. All right, yeah. Okay.
Starting point is 00:33:12 Then we have the New Orleans Saints. All shucks. Oh. I love a pun. Yeah, he's shown some promise, and they got their first road win in week 10, so I'm happy for it. I want that to be almost more. Yeah, it's like, that was like a nice little pat on the head for them. Oh, shucks.
Starting point is 00:33:37 Yeah. All right. And then we have the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who, this one for me, it's a little piraty, like an armady type deal. Okay. Are you coming up with it right now? No. Okay. Not at all.
Starting point is 00:33:55 But they are about to go into the toughest part of their schedule. So I was thinking along the terms of a pirate and a stormy sea and they have to weather the storm, but they still have a favorable situation. So it's almost like they're an annoyed pirate. Okay. But it is Armeati, right? Isn't that? That's the phrase is Armeati. Yes.
Starting point is 00:34:18 Okay. So I've just never spelled it out before. so I wasn't sure. I'm curious how you did spell it. I would I would spell it. I would spell A, R, but like six R's. Right.
Starting point is 00:34:30 Ar, matey. Yeah. And how does that describe the team again? Describes them because, you know, they had the recent loss, obviously. But, and all of the, they've weathered the storm of all of the injuries that they've dealt with. And now they're about to go into a tough part of their. their schedule, but they've gotten through this so far. Okay.
Starting point is 00:34:55 That now arm 80, wait and see what happens next. We might workshop that one during the break. That one, yeah. A lot of mine need help, guys. No, mine as well. I'm enjoying this segment so much. Eric, we're halfway through. Yeah, is this going as fast as you're in charge?
Starting point is 00:35:17 No, I think it's going at a good pace. Um, can you, um, just give us like your halftime speech slash evaluation of how we're doing before we do it. I'm involved in this way too much. You guys are doing great. Okay. Especially the alphabetizing live. That's my favorite part, actually. Thank you. A, Eric. I don't like this. At all. Everyone has their own. Oh, aren't we hooked on phonics. Uh, let's take a quick break and we're going to do the rest of the league. And yes, we'll talk a little TNF at the end of the show. Great. In the heat of battle, your squad relies on you.
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Starting point is 00:39:44 Edge with Cam Jordan podcast. I'm back. It's on. Let's go. Oh! Who is this, man? Okay, I've calmed down now. But I'm super hyped about this upcoming season. Not just for what the Saints are going to do, but for what we got cooking on the pod. Each week, I'll talk with your favorite stars from the NFL, the sports world in general, and entertainment about everything and anything from teams and players making waves to pop culture. And you know, my music takes, stay hot. I just don't... You know, respect for Tupac?
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Starting point is 00:40:28 With Cam Jordan podcast Catch new episodes every Wednesday On the IHeart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever we get your podcast We have some breaking news here On NFL Daily Whoa, what is it? Colleen Wolf was making up the Buccaneers slogan as she went, which is totally fine.
Starting point is 00:40:54 Listen, here is the situation. I'm a terrible liar, but I also am such a preparer. And when I looked at my notes, I realized that was the only team that I just did not have one for. And I had all of the reasoning, but not the actual phrase. So can I submit like shiver me timbers or something instead in place of that? I think you did well with it in the end, but it was on, yeah. I think everyone knew that I was lying, and I would just like to say, that is a characteristic of a good person. I'm a bad liar, and I have come around to admit this, and I apologize to the listeners for what a save.
Starting point is 00:41:30 That's like someone who's in a job interview. Like, what's your biggest weakness? I work too hard. You know, I'm just, uh, perfectionist. I don't have a bad work, like balance. That was incredible. Glad to get that off. See, the same thing happened to me, too, are our, our.
Starting point is 00:41:44 producer on the NFL channel side quab asked me what my Steelers one was on the way and I was like oh wait that's the one I forgot thank you so much it happens to the best of us and by saying that I was saying the best of us is me yeah another interview trick by the way he was a little subtle trick of phrase there all right let's do a NFC North it's my turn and I'm going to go with the Baltimore Ravens to start and the phrase would be feel Feeling alive closer to death. Wait. Well, because every Colleen show that we do together. That is five words. It seems longer. I mean, don't you, you know, you hear that with people, whether it's something that happens in their life
Starting point is 00:42:28 or something they go through, like, getting a little closer to death. Every Tuesday. It's going to make you feel alive. A lot of death talk. And for John Harbaugh and this Ravens team, you know, falling to one in five. At this point, like, they've done the regular season thing. They've won MVP's. They've won a lot of games.
Starting point is 00:42:47 It's like to just feel a little more alive. You had to fall to one in five. Yeah, you've been to the brink and back. You've, you have seen the worst. You know what it's like. And now it's like, ah, almost like a near death experience. Yeah, yeah. That's where I was doing.
Starting point is 00:43:00 You could have just said a near death experience, but I guess you went your way. Well, I like my way better. You know what? We should make this a collaborative effort, maybe. Go back to the bucks real quick. And the Cincinnati Bengals, the words are calamitous, wretched, ruinous, pathetic defense. Wow, pathetic seems personal. I don't know why.
Starting point is 00:43:30 Ruinous is an amazing word. Ruinous. It has ruined. It's ruined so many things. It's ruined Sundays for those fans. It's like ruined the excitement over Joe Burrow possibly returning. It's just. It's just horrible.
Starting point is 00:43:42 I know. The Cleveland Browns. The curse of Deshawn Watson. Don't think much explanation really needs, but that really explains the last four years. And then the Steelers, which I did come up with after Quab reminded me, which is same shit, different year.
Starting point is 00:44:01 Just like. So not only did you come up with one, you also gave Quab extra work. Sure, that's true. But I said it to him, and he said, yeah, that's perfect. And that's only four words. It's like, oh, Mike Tomlin, your team is getting outscored overall, but you have a winning record and you seem like just targeted for losing
Starting point is 00:44:21 that first weekend of the wildcard round once again. West of us. Same stuff. They weirdly have they're too interesting to be put into the West of a spot. They usually get, I feel like now that Saturday night NBC spot where it's like good ratings, but they probably won't give you a good game. Jordan, you're up, AFC East. AFC East. Dream with me here, people. Okay, I'm going to start with the Bills. And imagine this to the popular lit song, their own worst enemy.
Starting point is 00:44:57 What's the popular lit song? Is that lit? Lits the artist. Yeah, but what's the actual song? That's the song. It's no surprise to me. I am my own worst enemy. See, there you go.
Starting point is 00:45:07 Because every now and then I kick the living shit out. of me. See, I tried to help. Sorry. I tried to help. I don't know if we can even keep that. Now I got it. No, actually, we can't.
Starting point is 00:45:19 We're going to have to play a song that sounds. Because it was so closely in tune to the original. But, yeah. Watch out. We're going to, Jordan and I are going to go off and start our own band. Right to the top of the charts. We don't play any instruments, but it's fine. Play like anyone that was on the warp tour.
Starting point is 00:45:39 You're going to be covering. I love the War of Taurus. Yeah, I mean, this is pretty self-explanatory. They truly are. They have been their own, it's not even the chiefs anymore. They are their own worst enemy. Okay, the Patriots, I'm fully aware. I'm about to lose any cool points I may have ever garnered with either of you, too,
Starting point is 00:45:59 including everybody in the booth as well. What a setup. I'm so excited about this. Let me put on my Galadriel voice. whispers of a nameless fear okay you won't get it you're doing the face Lord of the Rings reference listeners
Starting point is 00:46:16 listeners not only will get this I will get messages about it and I will get love from them I don't need it from you guys I'm very intrigued and how does that apply to the Patriots yes a shadow rises in the east what the old
Starting point is 00:46:34 evil has returned I hate the old evil But it's like It's like the old evil With like some new paint though It's like that little sheen Yeah when Dave Portnoy is in the owner's box I think we can call it evil
Starting point is 00:46:49 The old evil I was like I can't enjoy my touchdown From Drake May You gotta immediately go to Portnoy It's like It makes it tough More movie references on the way The Miami Dolphins
Starting point is 00:47:04 How You Like Them App Because when I saw the photo of Mike McDaniel in his car with his giant watch hanging out the window driving past the Bills bar, I immediately thought of that scene in Goodwill Hunting when Will slaps the number on the glass and says, how you like them apples? Oh, that's good. I got a number. How you like them apples? It's so good too. And then they asked them about it on Monday and he did the Mike McDaniel thing where he just gave a total non, like a non-answer that did confirm it. But did it in such a confusing way that you couldn't even totally laugh at, that you couldn't quite use it as like a sound bite on shows like this,
Starting point is 00:47:42 where he said something like, AI is real, so that could have happened. And it was like, who are you? But I do love that he did that. More coaches and players just like stunting on their opposition. Even when they're losing bad, like enjoy the wins when you're losing it. Jets super earnestly want to say this, just learn how to win. They're loaded already on draft picks. I don't want them to worry about draft order at this point.
Starting point is 00:48:08 I just want them as an organization to understand what it actually means and takes to win football games and get into that habit before they go about this full-on rebuild. And we'll be talking about them shortly. A little TNF last time and prime time for the Jets this year. And is that the end of the AFC East? It is. Losing track. All right.
Starting point is 00:48:30 Now we're going to go team by team here. Okay. We've divided up Broncos. You have Colleen. Okay. That John Denver is full of... And that's five words because I didn't say the last one. But it's because, well, first of all, I don't know if anyone thought that the Broncos would go on the run that they're on, just looking at their record.
Starting point is 00:48:56 However, it's kind of like, when I look at the wins and you watch the games and you see the way that, the offense is so inconsistent. Are they full of shit? We don't know. We're really... A win's a win, though. But I... We're really using that button.
Starting point is 00:49:13 I know. Yeah, it's true. But yeah, so I just feel like they obviously rely on their defense so much, and we don't know if the offense can sustain playing at this level, but they are 8 and 2 now, so... Big week. Chiefs Broncos, we'll talk about it. On Wednesday, you have the Chiefs. Mahomes' last one.
Starting point is 00:49:33 Wild card, 2021. Oh. And I know it's confusing because it's only five words, right? So I'm only working five words. He's only not had a first round by twice. So he played in the wild card round in 2021. Yeah, so we're technically thinking about the chiefs possibly being a wild card, the wild card team because of the way the AFC is set up right now,
Starting point is 00:49:56 it would be really weird for him to not have a first round buy. It feels like forever because it has been forever. I am bringing this up I would not be able to have remembered this off the top of my head but yes they played the the Steelers in the wildcard round and then they beat the bills
Starting point is 00:50:13 and they got to have it at home because I think there were multiple upsets in the divisional round so they still got to have maybe it wasn't even multiple upsets but they basically just didn't get the buy and they beat the bills and then yeah they lose to the bank
Starting point is 00:50:26 That feels like so many lifetimes and you know what? It will be a tougher road Mental gymnastics that I put myself into so I didn't have to Google Taylor Swift lyrics guys to try to make a Taylor Swift pun. I felt like that was going to be the obvious thing. Instead, I went overly complicated. Oh, what's the Taylor Swift pun? That's on me. I don't have any. I didn't want to do that. She's really great with her puns and these things. And I feel like that would have, I wanted to challenge myself. And then I just set us all through mental gymnastics here. Sorry, Greg. The Raiders. I thought it was great. I thought it was great. I think it's a good point. It's salient about the different path that Chiefs are on right now. The Raiders. familiar path forlorn melancholy hopeless pete that's it just like what do we need with like a sad pete carroll oh nobody wants it nobody likes it nobody needs it like if i could have fit like i don't
Starting point is 00:51:14 belong here anymore uh that was what i was thinking of he doesn't even go here just it's just sad uh chargers colleen okay chargers thunderstruck that's one word wow oh uh and i feel thunder Unders struck by the Chargers this year. And I knew that they would be good. And I knew that they would figure things out. But I just like every time Jim Harbaal has a microphone near him, it's, it's fun and shocking and amazing. And I'm just, I like the vibes of this team. And they've had every reason to not be seven and three right now.
Starting point is 00:51:50 Right. You know what? All these engines that they've dealt with. And still look at them. I love it. Texans, Jordan. Davis Mills to the rescue? Oh my God, what?
Starting point is 00:52:03 I hope not. We got any CJ Stroud news? That was great last week. It was great. I tried to really stretch that one out. That was good. The tones. It was like Dan Campbell with his tones talking about the play calling.
Starting point is 00:52:20 I'm not calling the play. I mean, I'll do it. I'll stick my neck out. I think they're going to make the playoffs. Look at you. So let's do the Jaguars. Oh, I came up with two with the Jaguars and then never decided, which I wanted. We'll tell you which one's better.
Starting point is 00:52:37 Oh, I can do both. Yeah. How about that? I was like, I'll decide in the moment. We will judge them. Actually, you know the second one's just boring. The Jags, messy fun, no longer fun. Oh.
Starting point is 00:52:48 I mean, right? They've just kind of been a bummer to watch. We named them our messy fun team of the year. And then they went out the next week and just had this totally bizarre win over the Chiefs. Yeah. That was so far the peak of the Jaguar season. But you know what? They've got time.
Starting point is 00:53:03 They're literally still in the playoffs as of today over the Kansas City Chiefs. It sounds like a college relationship. Yeah. Messy fun and not fun anymore. Yeah, like when you see his bathroom for the first time. Oh, my God. What has happened in here? What?
Starting point is 00:53:17 How old is this? How long has that been sitting there? Speaking of young men. disappointing you. My other one was Trevor leaves us... How's you heard of bleach? All right, I'm done.
Starting point is 00:53:32 My other one was Trevor leaves us wanting more. That's more sad. All right, Colts. Colts. The limit does not exist. Two mean girls references in one show. I know.
Starting point is 00:53:46 I know. I love it. The limit does not exist for this Colts team because they're going all of the way. Been some warning signs the last few weeks, but I do like that they went
Starting point is 00:53:54 into the, it's always big, get into the buy with the win. That was big. And finally, Jordan, wrapping up with the Titans. Are you guys ready for this? I've never been more ready. The Titans are still playing. Oh. That's right.
Starting point is 00:54:12 Five words exactly. At least they're in Nashville. They have like a cool number one overall pick playing quarterback. And yes, they might be the most forgettable team right now. in the NFL, but they might have the number one pick. Again, two straight years. Good for them. Not a great sign.
Starting point is 00:54:30 Jets also in the mix for the number one overall pick. And I'm going to say it, I think that was a success. Describe your teams in five words or less. I thought it was fun. I want my chiefs one back. Okay. Yeah, there's always changes. I'll take the bucks one back.
Starting point is 00:54:46 After the fact, I hope. Eric, are you happy with it? We're getting the thumbs up. It was good. Good job, guys. They felt like a little hesitation. It felt like... It was good.
Starting point is 00:54:55 It felt like we can be better. Let's see if we can line the ship here, guys. That was Dan Campbell denying he's calling plays. It was good. It was good. The New York Jets are playing the New England Patriots this week. And before the season, if you had told me that it would be a 12.5 point spread. How crazy.
Starting point is 00:55:13 I wouldn't have believed it. But the Patriots have won seven straight games. They're coming off. I think their best win of the season against the bucks. the Jets will not have Garrett Wilson in this game. They will not have starting cornerback Azare Thomas in this game who has a concussion. And I was thinking actually this could be a tricky spot for the Patriots
Starting point is 00:55:38 because the Jets have played better over the last month. They've been a competitive team. They've also won the last couple of games. And defensively, especially they have turned it around and have been mostly respectable. But losing Garrett Wilson, especially, is a big bummer for this team. Yeah, because they're going to have to lean on the run.
Starting point is 00:55:58 And Brise Hall is going to have to go up against this really good Patriots run defense. So I'm not sure how they're going to score points because obviously the Patriots are going to know that they're going to run the ball, so they're going to stack the box. So what do you even do? How do you get creative in those situations? And Drake May has been playing so well now going up against a secondary without Sauce Gardner. Will McDonald is also, I knew I was forgetting someone else that is absolutely crucial to what they do. And I think Will McDonald and Jermaine Johnson, it's only been a couple games together.
Starting point is 00:56:32 Like, that's a really good edge duo. I think they should be happy that they didn't trade those guys away. And Will McDonald's been playing well, but they don't have a chance, like, to often play with the lead and then let those pass rushers go. And this is a game where, yeah, they might not be playing with the lead. Yeah, and the Patriots might be. and the Patriots might be running the ball a lot, which means I would like to see more trivia on Henderson. We saw really his explosive playability on full display last week.
Starting point is 00:57:00 And I think there's high potential for that to happen again. I am so impressed, way more impressed than I thought I would be with this Patriots defense. I know it was a place they invested heavily into. And Mike Vrable said about sort of pruning all of the former Belichick draft picks and removing them from the roster and then playing his guys. some of the guys that they went out and spent money on in free agency. From the front to the coverage, they are so solid. Even if the Jets had multiple threats in the passing game, it would be so hard.
Starting point is 00:57:34 Christian Gonzalez is playing well. This front is defending the run extremely well, but they also are looking dynamic against the past, too. It's just they are an entire handful, and it is why I'm saying they're back. I mean, they're back, unfortunately, for the rest of the East, a new dark is rising. But it was the same dark the whole time, the same evil, Craig. It's such a... Our May team.
Starting point is 00:58:00 It's such a strange season, and that game was typical of it. Like, the running game was terrible for every run, except for two, essentially. And even, like, their passing game was pretty inconsistent in that game. But you have Drake May, who, as a second-year player, just seems beyond his years. And he is the one who changes the play at the line of scrimmage to set up Kyle Williams for that insane touchdown. And that was just like, it wasn't even bad defense.
Starting point is 00:58:29 It was just a perfect call against man coverage and a really incredible throw and some explosive ability from Drake May and Kyle Williams. And same thing with that fourth down play. But like their players are just good. But then you peek behind like the curtain a little bit. And some of the numbers don't totally support what the eye test.
Starting point is 00:58:48 tells you, like, they're somehow still 29th in DVOA on defense because, you know, they're giving up drives and they do tend to give up some big plays. But I think, to your point, Jordan, that they are improving, that they're a lot better. That's including the entire season of stats. In the last month or so, they've been much better. I think the offensive line's getting better, too. That would have been the area where I'd be concerned, because Jermaine Johnson and Will McDonald have have nine quick pressures last week in that Jets game. Like, they were awesome. They were the best edge duo in the league last week but without Will McDonald like that
Starting point is 00:59:21 then they can send help to the other side and there's like less of a route for them to win and yet there's something about like the Jets I'm always worried even though that they've handled the Jets over the years I'm always worried about the Jets that's their rival look at what we just saw with the bills and dolphins it's almost like a team of pesky
Starting point is 00:59:38 optimistic upstarts could upset Dynastic Evil you know I want to like I want you to make a movie about that yeah it's a good idea they might start Justin Fields in this game but they might start Tyraud Taylor. They would not take any questions. And by they, I mean Aaron Glenn.
Starting point is 00:59:54 I'm on the edge of my seat. I know, but he was like, he was just like, you know, stop with the quarterback questions. I don't want any quarterback. It's like, it's got to be a question. Kind of a big deal. Especially when, like, you had zero dropback game.
Starting point is 01:00:08 Like, Fields is, I think the best way to beat the Patriots, though, is actually have Justin Fields play quarterback and just run hit. Like, they have not unlocked him as a runner has been like a little. a little surprising to me. I guess that's all we got on Jet's Patriots.
Starting point is 01:00:23 It'll be fun. Either way. Sad state of affairs. But I do like to see, like, the Patriots in primetime with this version of the Patriots feels new. It does. It's like a totally different team. I wonder how much waxing crescent talk we get from Al, you know?
Starting point is 01:00:40 It's depending on how the game action's going. Yeah. That's always my favorite moment. They were the first team, by the way, one of only three teams in 25 years last week to have four 50-yard-plus plays. So that was just like a really weird. Wow, really?
Starting point is 01:00:56 Like explosive. Yeah, it's hard to get a 50-yard game in the NFL, much less four. Wasn't it the first Patriots team since 2000, early 2000s have two rookies have recorded explosive play at 50-plus yards in the same game? Insane. And you have Will Campbell, who's getting better at left tackle.
Starting point is 01:01:14 like they are led by their young guys. But it's just a, he's getting better. He's been good. He's been solid. His favorite. I mean, I wanted Armand Membu, and I would still want Armand Membue, who's on the other side. The Jets offensive line is playing really well.
Starting point is 01:01:26 There actually are pieces here, I think, for the Jets fans to get excited about. He's going to fight and dive. You never know. Quarterback. Because I'm a homer, I think actually I would take the Jets to cover that 12 and a half, if nothing else. That's it for today's show. We described the entire NFL in five words.
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