The Fumblerooski Podcast - Coming Up Short -Ep 386 The Fumblerooski Podcast

Episode Date: September 26, 2025

On today’s episode, the Seahawks improve to 3-1 on a buzzer beating FG to take down the Cardinals. Can Marvin Harrison Jr. and Kyler Murray ever be able to find a consistent connection? The Rooski Game of the Week features two unbeatens: Eagles vs Buccaneers. Will Baker carry the Bucs to another wild victory? Are the Cowboys screwed against Micah Parsons and the Packers? Chris Costich and CJ Medeiros talk all this along with game picks for the rest of the Week 4 slate!

On today's episode of the Fumble Ruski podcast, Seahawks get the win on Thursday night football in a last second field goal. Sam Darnell looked really good. J.S.N. looked really good. We saw a resurgence of Marvin Harrison Jr. in the fourth quarter with a late comeback from the Cardinals, but they come up just a little bit short. No pun intended. Then we have a Ruski game of the week. Battle of Undefeated's 3-0 Eagles versus the 3-0 bucks. And we get to talk about NFL Dublin, Vikings Steelers,

along with the rest of the Sunday's slate, including Sunday night football Packers, Cowboys. We got two Monday night football games this week. Got to get a good episode for you today. This is the Fulmerichke podcast. It may not have always shown. in the staff sheet, but you can see him making throws when he needs to make the throws, back-to-back games where he has three touchdowns.

Someone's got to get that six or seven spot. He's an elite wide receiver as a rookie. Truly a lose-lose scenario for both sides. Welcome to the Fulmaruski podcast by Power 88 Dean Radio and Secret Weapon Consulting. I'm Chris Kostitch. He's C.J. Medeiros. C.J. how you feel tight well i'm a little tired but always ready to talk some football you know how it is

what about you same way you know i i was pleased with the finish of the thursday night game to say the least yeah weirdly down to the wire thursday night game hey maybe amazon cooked with this one yeah kind of um i mean this was kind of all seahawks up until about the last five minutes of this game and then the Cardinals kind of just scurried their way back into it, tied the game up with like 28 seconds left. Before we get into Chad Highland, C.J., what did you think of the Cardinals' uniforms? No. No?

You know what? All right. I know I'm in the minority here. And then I'm with that. I am. But consider this. I am so done with the NFL making new jerseys. Do you remember back when we were a children when they created those color rush abominations?

Some were cool. Most weren't. You know? And now they're like, oh, NFL rivalry. Some are good, but some of them. Well, this wasn't even an NFL rivalry jersey, I'm pretty sure. Huh? Yeah.

This is just their alternate jersey. This is an NFL rivalry. No, this is the rivalry jersey. Was it? I googled it. No, this is the rivalry jersey. I know why it looks like that, because they have these little dirt flex on it to make you look like, ha-ha, the desert, but you look dusty.

And I know that's the point, but, but you look like the guy who's in charge of cleaning your uniforms should be fired. It's just, it looks like something I'd find in the USFL or the UFO or whatever that other minor league they got. USFL, yeah. USFL like that's what it looks like it looks like something we'd find there and it's unsurious and a lot of them too like this look weird like look I'm a pets fan and the new England jerseys are fine I guess but I am not crazy about them personally I'm not going to buy one uh the Miami ones look I'm definitely the minority here but they look hideous I mean buffaloes look fine uh there was another one that I saw where I was just like right

audibly gag. I don't remember which one that was, but come on, NFL. Stop. Stop. It gets help in the words of the immortal Michael Jordan. But I just... I'm going to at least disagree with you on the Cardinals uniforms

on this time around. I enjoyed the spackle, like the red spackle on the jersey. I loved the helmet, the off-white mat. No, no. I like the jersey itself, I just don't like the fact that it looks dirty. And yes, I know that's the intent.

Counterpoint, I do not care. And if you want to see something terrible, oh my God, wait until the Seahawks jerseys come out. I'm looking at it right now, and this looks like a knockoff Oregon ducks thing you buy at that Chinese site, dhgate.com. I mean, Oregon is next eight o'clock. over? Yes, many, yes, I agree. But still, that doesn't change anything. I don't know. I'd have to see it. Wait, do you have it up on your phone right now?

Yeah, I have all the jerseys. The Rams one, it looks like knockoff Steelers. I'm not crazy about the jets. The dark green and the black just don't go together. And the Niners one looks like, yeah, I just, I don't like these at all. Seahawks. All right. Well, not that our viewers are going to be able to see it, but this is for my friends. The listeners at least. Yeah, the listeners. Look at this garbage. You can't see the, yeah, Chris. What the hell is that?

That is a knockoff Oregon Ducks jersey. And it's like, oh, well, they're close. Yeah, but one's college, once the pros is a college jersey. I see what they're trying to do with the sleeves there. I see what they're trying to do, but yeah, they didn't. That doesn't look right.

trying is the word here it's the key word in fact yeah i think they could have definitely done a better job of doing wings on the sleeves if they were if they really tried and here's the thing the whole thing with rivalries right is that uh they're going to do it with two divisions i think every year this year it's the afc east and the nfc west which means kids if they go on this trajectory where it's two divisions every year we got this for three more years oh joyous day. Oh, well. And that is our

Seahawks Cardinals Thursday Night Football Recap. Thank you for joining us. We're going to take a quick break. But not. So Cardinals come back. They tie the game. About 28 seconds left. Chad Rylan doesn't kick it in the landing zone.

Just about to say the Vikings. Gives the Seahawks field position at their own 40-yard line, and all Sam Darnold has to do at that point is get himself a 20-yard pass, finds JSN at the sideline to get out of bounds, and they get themselves a little bit closer and being a field goal to win it. So, all now ended up being a good finish, good win for the Seahawks. That secondary was locked down the entire game up until those last five minutes, and then

Kyler Murray started to turn it up a little bit. I don't think he had a terrible game. Like, the first pick was... Now, both picks you could argue weren't necessarily his fault. Either way, like... The second one, absolutely not, but the first one, I'll get to it later. Just keep going.

Yeah. Marvin Harrison, yeah, speaking of one of the picks not being his fault, Marvin Harrison was looking terrible in the first half. then he just kind of started to get out of his own head in the third quarter, fourth quarter he ramped it up, got six, and that's what cut the lead down to a one-score game. Kenneth Walker, I thought, looked good. JSN was another one that was very quiet in the first half,

or really up until the fourth quarter and started to make a lot of really big plays. He had a very quiet day, though. But all in all, Seahawks, I thought they looked great. Cardinals, a lot left to be desired. But, you know, those two drives to end the game were very hopeful. But I don't know. What? Why can you make those last five minutes the full 60?

That's the problem here. Yeah, I know that, like, the Seahawks have played a really good game in the past, and past defense, but like, if you're able to finally get that done in the last five minutes, like something's going on. Also,

Jonathan Gannon is a fucking idiot. Need to just, I almost went this entire, like, take without saying that, and I entered my mind and I just needed to say it before I ended that.

Yeah. So, So Marvin Harrison Jr. is an enigma. Can we all admit that? He really is. He's just, I don't know what to make of him. Like I said, a pure enigma. And just, he was dormant completely for the first, like, two and a half quarters of the game. Then all of a sudden, surprise the player you thought you were getting his back. And, you know, we did have that sweet touchdown grab. That was cool. But there were two picks that happened thrown by Kyler Murray, where you could argue both weren't his fault. Maybe one kind of was, but one definitely wasn't. So the first pick, it was it looked like a deep crossing pattern where he was going to hit Marvin Harrison.

But look, I'll play devil's advocate here. Murray, that was a little high. but Harrison still in a fighting shot at the ball and he stopped that man stopped and gave up mid-rout let the ball sail right by him didn't even attempt to go up for it and the safety literally could have fair caught that interception the second one now that's pretty ticky tack right the second one oh no he hit Harrison right in the numbers and he ran like you took three steps while juggling the ball, and the defender, I think it's linebacker, Ernest Jones, just ripped it right out, just right from him.

That's not Murray's fault. And I texted the Fumble Ruski fellows during the game. And I think it vocalized this before on the show, but good God, the NFL needs to make it a rule where when you hit the receiver for like an easy catch and they juggle it right to the defense, that should not count against the quarterback. You did nothing wrong, and it sucks. You know, kind of like when the center snaps the ball over the quarterback's head and it's count as a fumble against the quarterback, what's that about?

What's that puckery? I wouldn't know. But, yeah, it is. But back to the game. Oh, this is a game where the Cardinals should have won. No ifs ands are buts. They should have won. Seattle completely dropped the ball at the end of the game.

and much like a true Jonathan Gannon-led team, they couldn't get out of their own way. And what happened? You sucked all the momentum away, right? You've got the Seahawks dead to rights. You did go for the extra point instead of going for the win, which I personally didn't agree with. Like, when you had all the momentum on your side,

I think you should have gone for it. And Chris, I believe you feel the same way. Yeah, I thought. so too i i was like you know what you got them on their heels like this the hottest your offense has been all day like do you really want to go to overtime for it at that point and risk the coin flip when you have it in your hands like obviously like at the end of day like going for the extra point will never ever be a bad decision um but i feel like you just have to go with your gut at that point of what you think should go and i mean if gannon felt

that that was the best way to win and that's what he feels like and obviously he wasn't expecting his kicker to not kick it into the landing zone so yeah that's the thing that's what I remember they couldn't get out of their own way so even if you do decide to you know just go for we go for overtime essentially and the one thing you can't do is get a kicking penalty either free kick out of bounds or a short kick, you kicked it outside the landing zone.

And that sets Seattle up at the 40, which basically guarantees you a loss. Just you had wrestled the game back. You had all the momentum in your favor, and you shot themselves into the foot. Or in your, you shot yourself in the foot, essentially. I'm tired. But just why would you do that?

I mean, obviously it's not intentional. I know it wants to do that. But of all the moments to slip up, you sure chose a hell of a moment. Like, you single-handedly destroyed all your momentum when you did that. It all Donald had to do was a complete, quick pass, field goal game. Yeah. Yep. And that's pretty much what it came down to.

I mean, it really is. I thought I added something else to, but I guess I didn't. CJ, you got anything else you want to touch on from this game? No, no, not really. I mean, I said my piece. Yeah. To explain to Jonathan Gannon is an idiot thing. It just, like, the end of the first half was just, like, what are we doing, guys?

Like, Cala Murray, like, slides for, like, a gain of two, and then they just run the clock down from, like, 12 seconds, and then Gannon calls a timeout with two seconds left. It's like, why? Why even call the timeout at that point? But yeah, we're going to take a quick break when we come back. We're going to get into our game picks, starting with the Ruski game of the week. This is the Funlerushki podcast.

It may not have always showed it in the stat sheet, but you can see him making throws when he needs to make the throws. Back-to-back games where he has three touchdowns. Someone's got to get that six or seven spot. He's an elite wide receiver as a rookie. Truly a lose-lose scenario for both sides. Welcome back to the Fulmore Ruski podcast, DCM, Chris. Time for our game picks. Ruski Game of the Week.

Eagles and Buccaneers, both teams coming in at 3 and 0. Can almost only expect this to be an absolute bar burner. This is in Philly. Philly currently has the, is currently favored in this game by three and a half points, or part of me, game is in Tampa Bay, but Philly's still favored by three and a half points. I mixed it up on the banner here. That's, sorry, guys. Big story here, of course, is Tampa. Their line is pre-depleted right now.

A couple of guys on IR. Actually, speaking of, let's check their injury report right now because I just want to make sure that I'm getting everything right. All right. So Tristan Wirth is questionable. Baker Mayfield, weird questionable, right biceps. Chris Godwin, he was taken off of IR, did not practice Thursday. Mike Evans, he's out for a couple weeks with a hamstring issue. Charlie Heck, questionable.

another offense tackle. Luke got a key, of course, on IR, another tackle along with Cody Motch. So there's a chance that you get Tristan Werf's back was a full participant on Thursday. So at least you'll get one of them back, but you're still missing three. So it is tough pick, especially against this Philly D-line. maybe there is a chance that you do see Chris Godwin. I think that they're seeing best case scenario is supposed to be week five. But the way that Baker Mayfield has been playing this year has been nothing short of unbelievable.

Tampa Bay's defense has been solid. Of course, it's going to be a tough task to go up against such a dangerous Philadelphia offense where we've seen can throw the ball at a very elite level when needed to. Basically just look at last week and John Hertz throwing over 210 yards in the second half alone. But I think Baker is playing at such an elite level right now that with the help, if the defense is able to make enough stops, I think Baker is going to be able to have himself a solid day potentially against the secondary. I feel like I have doubts about Philly's secondary right now.

I don't know what it is. Maybe it's that Dallas game, that first half of the Dallas game. But I have my doubts right now. Of course, it's hard to say that with Chris Godwin and Mike Evan, or maybe Chris Godwin, definitely not Mike Evans playing. But I just got that feeling. Give me the bucks. At least a cover.

But give me them to win. Sorry, I keep jumping in right as you're about to talk. It happens. Oh. This is definitely going to be a game. That much I can say. So it's in Tampa. You know, Homefield Advantage is always important.

But... I'm going to cut to the chase. I'm leaning Philly here, and I will not make any bones about it. Tampa Bay's offensive line is hurt. You mentioned Gotticke, Mock, Worf's, all hurt. And when you go up against Jordan Davis and Jalen Carter and Aziz O'Jolari and who's that other one they got there, Nolan Smith as well. Uh, yeah, that's not a recipe for success.

And Mike Evans now has a groin injury. I mean, God! You're kind of hobbling into this game. That's... Or hamstring, that's that I thought it was a groin. Wait, did... Is that... Ben-Dwee, who had the groin?

Was that, uh, Igbuka? Yeah, it was Igbuka. Okay, but yeah. Oh, hamstring for Evans, which, no, that's actually worse. my god i did not see agbuka on the injury report okay that's okay that's good but but still if you don't have evans on top already not having to win well that's going to be a little uh concerning isn't it but for me what it also comes down to is just not only are they not healthy let's take look at some of their games look is baker playing like an MVP candidate oh absolutely he is

but for all these Tampa Bay victories, I haven't seen any convincing wins. These are fourth quarter down to the wire nail biters. That makes it feel like they're escaping teams rather than outright beating them. Hell, even let the Jets come back. Why? Why did you do that? That's not the Jets really.

Come on, guys. and Philly we just saw them come back from like what was it like 26 to 7 or something to that effect down from almost 20 points or something once again like when you saw that comeback that and Tampa Bay you know always I mean granted they're winning but always resign themselves to close games The magic's got to run out at some point, and that's why I'm going with Philly here. Because with Philly, you don't let it get closed. You have to keep your foot on the gas. You can not let them come back.

And if you're at Tampa, you might not have a choice. I'm going with the Eagles. Respectable. Respectable. This could really go either way at that point. I consider this coin flip. Yeah. That's our Ruski game of the week.

Heading to the rest of the NFL slate and it's kind of end up being pretty solid, you know, the scheduling because kind of mixed in nice with the Dublin, this NFL Dublin game with the Vikings and the Steelers, but ended up taking away one, 1 p.m. game. Then there's double Money Night Football and you decide, you know what, let's not take away a 4 o'clock game. Let's take away another 1 o'clock game. So everything feels nice and evenly distributed. Scheduling-wise, it's nice. I like it. Vikings Steelers in Dublin. I got a buddy right now in Dublin right now.

Declan, shout out to you, brother. He actually sent us a picture of him walking by the team buses today. It was either today or yesterday. but CJ opening thoughts about this game um yeah

just give me your opening thoughts about this game god I don't like foreign games I really don't I'm sorry I don't like them for the sole real well yeah yeah sure

seeing other places is cool and all counterpoint uh look I really really don't want to be up at 9.30 to watch football. I just, I don't. I mean, if I'm going to a game and I got to get up at 9.30, that is something I'll gladly do. But, man, on a Sunday, I'm not even awake. Or at least not awake fully, you know, I'll throw on my robe, you know, with my little

coffee cup and fuzzy slippers shuffle over to the TV. You know, me, granted, the game's probably going to wake you up but okay but for real though i wouldn't actually be watching this game to like the second half that is correct so viking stealers the steelers the steelers are a very bad team but you know how it is it's uh they beat new england last week we're actually no they just kind of outlasted new England. They won, but it wasn't convincing. They almost lost to the Jets. They got the brakes beat off them by Seattle. This is an O and three team masquerading as two and one.

However, they have the Vikings now. The Vikings with a horrible O-line, and is Carson Wentz going to be starting again? It's looking likely. And they just, it's so weird. the Steelers' defensive backfield is so awful and the Vikings had Justin Jefferson and Adam Thielen and T.J. Hawkinson.

And now Jordan Addison. And Madison's coming back off suspension. However, will Carson Wentz have time to throw the ball? Because he's shown he at least has something left in the tank. You know, when he walloped the Bengals, who were also down Joe Burrow. But Joe Burrow is to play defense,

And so it was very much a real wens game. But, you know, yeah, the offensive turn on the ball a lot. So maybe that's, so it's obviously not going to be a blowout. But for me, it's all come down on the Vikings' offensive line. On paper, they're good. But football games aren't won on paper. You know what I mean? Like the name value itself is fine, but when rubber meets the road,

they're probably the worst unit in the league. And frankly, I don't think it's close. Then the Pittsburgh offense has zero running game to speak from. Their entire game plan is force feed, D.K. Metcalfe and hope for the best. And that Vikings defense, any Brian Flores-led defense should be at least at minimum middle of the pack. so that being said give me the Steelers because i think they're going to be able to get to wence just enough to throw him off his game and i think i think it's going to be a low-scoring game i mean i know rogers has been looking semi-decent they got dk and you know even with wence

he's still thrown on justin jefferson jordan addison and all them but i think it's going to be a defensive slug fest because the Pittsburgh offense isn't that great by itself and the Vikings O-line is going to basically be feasted on by T.J. Watt and Cam Hayward and all them. So games are one of the lost in the trenches. Give me Pittsburgh. I'm going to have to disagree with you extremely heavily on this one. I'm going to go with the Vikings. I think that Kevin O'Connell has seen enough of Mike Tomlin's defense to know how to beat it at this point. And they're probably going to, if it comes to it, they're probably going to use a lot of quick passing.

They also got a good running game with Jordan Mason. But obviously, it's going to be tough to try to establish that with, you know, as you mentioned, the battle line. So I think they're going to have to utilize a lot of quick passing, which with all the targets you mentioned is going to be very easy to do. I've not been convinced by the Steelers once this season to come back against the Jets, great. Good for you.

Congratulations. You beat the Jets. The Patriots, you should have never won that game. The Patriots outgained you by over like 120 yards. And they shot themselves in the foot. You didn't do anything. You were just gift-wrapped turnovers. They had no business winning that game.

With that being said, this defense is going to absolutely muck up this offense. Give me the Vikings because I think Kevin O'Connell is that guy in terms of a coach. Yeah. Do you want to respond to that or are you good? All I'll tell you is Tuck agrees with your pick, but Adam agrees with mine. So we've got a split, it would seem. Yeah, it is kind of, I guess you could say it's more of a coin toss type of game.

I don't know, I just feel like the, like, seeing the way they just demolish the bangles, it's like, I feel like they could do the same thing to the Steelers here. Early slate, Sunday, start out with Atlanta and Washington. Give me Washington by a billion. Did you see what Rahim Morris said? in terms of his quarterback situation earlier. Yes, but I think you should tell our listeners. Yes. So he's asked a question in regards to potentially benching Michael Pennex, right, since he already did it last week against Carolina.

And he said, no, that is not even remotely close to being an option right now. and just like basically saying that Kirk has no shot of playing the rest of the year unless it ends up being another Michael Pennock's like bad game this coming week, which I feel like is extremely possible. Jay and Daniels seems like he's bound to play as well. The Atlanta defenses look good in some portions. But like, Jay and Daniels coming back. Now, you do have to hope, as Washington fan, that he's not coming back too early.

You do, in fact, have to hope that. But I think even if it's Marriota, if it's Jaden Daniels, I think this is going to be a locked up win for Washington. I'm looking at the recent news for Jane Daniels right now. Limited participant in Thursday's practice. CJ Who you got? Even if Jane Daniels doesn't play

I'm still going with the commanders Mario to show he could handle business Granted it was against the Raiders but are the Falcons

really that much better? No. Exactly. Atlanta all the more panic struggles you know GM Terry Fontonot's seed

is getting a little toasty so I got I just, I got to go to Washington. They have Atlanta outclassed in nearly every facet. Yeah. I don't know. The vibes just feel weird right now.

And, you know, they also fire their receivers coach. It's, I don't know, Atlanta just feels weird right now. That's a team I just wouldn't really want to touch with a six-foot pole at the moment. Don't bet on me either. Listeners, don't do it. Yeah. Speaking of teams, I don't want to touch with a six-foot pole. the Saints going to Buffalo.

Would you like to guess the line for this game? I actually don't know it off the top of my head. Give me, wait, the points or the spread? The spread, like how many points are going to be Buffalo like what, 13 and a half? You're close, 15 and a half. But as far as my prediction, bills. And if you need me to explain why, no.

yeah like maybe this ends up being like a sneaky like saints end up coming out hot type of game bills sometimes tend to have those games especially at home uh i wouldn't be surprised uh you know games like this could definitely lead to something like that uh so don't be afraid to hit the saints covering 15 and a half but either way it's going to be a two score game yeah yeah no i i uh yeah I agree. It's just, this is the quintessential definition of a trap game, but the Saints are just so rudderless, so hopeless. I don't see Buffalo losing. I just don't.

Although I do think maybe the Saints scored the first touchdown, and then Buffalo wallops them. Kind of like, remember that game against the Broncos and the playoffs where Denver punches them in the mouth and, like, scores the first touchdown, and everyone's like, oh, this is a game. And then Buffalo said, no, and then drop like 40 on them. Yeah. That's more or less I'm expecting for this game. I think the Saints are going to come out firing, and then Buffalo just says, okay, my turn, and bary's them.

Agreed. Detroit, Cleveland, in Detroit. Lions are nine and a half point favorites. It's Brown's defense isn't anything to really scoff at, But, I mean, this lion's offense, ever since that lost, the Packers have been on an absolute tear the last two weeks. And I don't see them slowing down. So give me the lines. It's in Detroit.

So that's going to help. Because, I mean, a lot of people are like, oh, well, you know, the Browns beat Green Bay. Why can't they beat Detroit? Well, you're very unlikely to catch lightning in a bottle twice. The Detroit offense, at least as of now, is a little bit better than the Green Bay offense. And Cleveland's offense is still nonexistent. Quinn-Shon-Junkins looks solid, but that's as far as I dare venture. Give me Detroit.

All right. Let's bring the heart. Let's get that heart rate down or try to, at least. Patriots Panthers. As a Pats fan, this game gives me such a bad feeling. And look, I know New England doesn't look like it, but they're in that weird kind of doldrum where I said this to Chris off camera. I'm not comparing them, but Drake May statistically is having a great start to the year.

I think he's like top 10 in every category. He's top five in passing yards. Yep. He's top five in passing yards. he's, like, tied for sixth or seventh and touchdowns. I think he's either, I think he's second in, like, completion percentage. And I think he's got, like, the most third downs of any quarterback. So, you know, he's top 10 or even top five in a lot of categories.

But it's one of those things where it's kind of like when Justin Herbert first started out. And I'm not saying he's going to be, don't jump down my throat, I'm just saying, where the stats are good, like he's playing at a high level, but it's just, not translating to wins. The Panthers, though, don't let that 30-0-0 score against Atlanta fool you. Bryce Young was back. Pedestrian at best, but still not looking good. That fell more at the Falcons imploding.

I am going with New England. I just, New England is very weird at home because as of late, they've ironically been better on the road than at home, which I don't know how that works. but I am honestly going to have to go with the pats on this because there's nothing I like with the Panthers. And there's a real shot. They don't have Tedaro McMillan or Xavier Leggett for that game. And it looks like McMillan might play, but he's really banged up. I mean, to be honest, Xavier Leggett's been an absolute bum to start the season.

Like, he's actually one of the worst, saybermetically, like, one of the worst. receiver's at the moment. He's bad. And he was a scratch last week. I wouldn't be surprised at the Panthers. Just scratched him this week.

Just give him a couple weeks off. Ted, I would expect him to play. Chuba. But the thing is, you get the sense that with McMillan, they're going to force him to play. Like he,

after last week and like how he's been banged up and how they just now had him do limited participation and practice. It seems like one of those things where they're putting him back in before he's ready. Yeah, I mean, we'll see what happens, but give me the Patriots. This is... Also, if Gonzalez plays, then New England should win.

Yeah. This is such a frustrating team to watch right now to start. As you mentioned, like, Drake Mays having a very good start to the season. It's just like, there's just so many dumb mistakes. And, like, this offense, like, the whole team is performing a lot better than it did last year. the only difference is that there's more turnovers and there's more penalties that's the only difference

and that's a massive problem so let's I'm hoping for a much cleaner game I'm hoping for more trivia on Henderson I want Stefan Diggs to get the fucking football I just I just need many things right now I need trivia on Henderson to do more than just

run to the fucking left when he does get the ball well then ask McDaniel That's not a Henderson thing, dude. No, I know. I know. That's why I'm asking Josh McDaniels to do. That's, I know that's, I get like the whole, like, one of the big reasons why he's not getting a lot of reps is because it's past blocking.

But please. But he's not a pass blocking back. That's the thing. And I mentioned this before. McDaniels is notorious for red shirting rookies. Even if they're like second, even first round picks, he always wants to take a back seat. No, this is 2025. The only position you can get away with that is quarterback.

So, more Henderson touches because Stevenson has no hands. Yeah. Giants Chargers. Jackson Bart. Jackson, right like that. I mean. They're throwing to the wolves immediately. And look, I know, you know, it's good to get his feet wet and stuff, but he's running.

Running into a buzzsaw, like his first five games, right, will be against the Broncos, the Saints, the Chargers, and the Eagles twice. Outside of the Saints, those are some really strong defenses. Like, he's going to run right into a buzzsaw, and I'm worried that he's going to struggle, and the Giants fans will be eating their chicken parm or whatever it is they eat. and say what why or whatever i can't do a giant's fan accent it's a hey what's going on you know i don't know like soprano type thing hey and by the way before i get canceled i'm part italian right here if you try it uh i'm just saying like just give him time and if he sucks at the gate we'll look at what the team's doing to him and i mentioned people being on the hot seat earlier. Joe Shane and Brian Dable's seats are scorching right now.

Yeah, with what, especially with what Daniel Jones is doing in Indianapolis, like, those are some hot seats at the moment. He literally left the Giants and is playing like a actual starting caliber quarterback. Like, their seats are on fire. Yeah. Like, this whole, like, let's start jack. and dart move is definitely a move to try to save your job at this point because especially after Russell Wilson like threw it away and got called for intentional

grounding on on fourth and goal like that was the last draw with Russell like there you cannot play him anymore there's no way you could play him after that game against Kansas City uh so yeah in a way this is the right move but it is a move to save your job at the same time. So see what happens. He does have, yeah, he's playing one of the better defenses in the league, but he's also got the fact that he's playing at home for him. So you can make the argument that this is a pretty not great time for him to get his first career start. I guess the only positive you could really spin on this is that Andrew Thomas is healthy. Their left tackle. So that's probably the only

real good thing you can talk about it but yeah give me the chargers uh justin herbert is another one i i would say that there are like five guys like five guys through the first three weeks that have solidified themselves into the MVP conversation so far and that's justin herbert baker mayfield lamar josh allen jonathan taylor we'll talk more about jonathan Taylor, but, and, well, what more can you say about Josh now? Well, it's probably talk a little bit more about the others, but you get my job? Yeah. Yeah.

I hear you. Uh, Houston, Tennessee. Would you like to guess what the over-under is for this game? As far as points? Yes, total points. Oh, it's probably like 32 and a half or something weird, like that. some low. You had the right idea of it being low.

I'll give you one more try. Higher or lower? Higher. Oh, 35 and a half? No, still too low. 38 and a half. Still. Yeah, that's still, that's like the week one Jets Steelers game,

which ended up being the high-scoring game of the early slate. So you really, truly never know. Am I telling you bet the overt? No, I am not. because these are two struggling offenses. The only real thing about this is that the Titans defense isn't that great. The Texas defense is fairly solid. That's a pretty good defense.

Their offense is slow. It's terrible. Cammore doesn't have an offensive line either. Both, yeah, I mean, both fucking quarterbacks don't even have an offensive line. Can't even say one doesn't without mentioning the other at that point. but if you're the Texans, this is a game you need to have. So give me the Texans in this one. But it's not going to be a very pretty game, to say the least.

I would see this a lot as their game against Jacksonville, kind of sluggish. Yeah. Yeah. I think the Texans are going to win this game, but it won't be a satisfying win. And come mid-season, we are, we might need to have a whole episode just to talk about C.J. Stroud.

Yeah, for real. Because it's looking more and more like his rookie year was a tease. He might be a one-year wonder. And if that's the case that you got bigger problems as a Texas fan, but you're against the Titans. the one team with maybe in the AFC with maybe less of an offensive line than you It should be the Texans At least with that defense alone

That defense keeps them in games God if they lose though Then we might have to push up talking about C.J. Stroud earlier But no, it's the Texans. It should very well be. Yeah. Texans, it looks like they were going to be contending for a division title and now it doesn't even look like they're going to make the playoffs

and teams that start 0 and 2 this is a texan team that's 0 and 3 now teams that start 0 and 2 have a less than 10% chance of making the playoffs so that's where you're at right now with houston we're going to take a quick break when we come back we're going to get into the late afternoon slate sunday night football and our two monday night football games It may not have always showed it in the staff sheet, but you can see him making throws when he needs to make the throws. Back-to-back games where he has three touchdowns. Someone's got to get that six or seven spot. He's an elite wide receiver as a rookie.

Truly a lose-lose scenario for both sides. Welcome back to the Fulmarisky podcast, T.C.J. I'm Chris. Late afternoon slate for week four. starting off with the Colts and the Rams who would have thought this would be potential for honestly you could have thrown this up for a game of the week that's how

that's how good this game I feel like it's going to be Colts defense has surprised a lot of people Rams defense has surprised a lot of people Obviously, the Colts offense has been immaculate. Daniel Jones has been playing out of his mind. And what? They've all punted like once through three weeks? Yep, only once, which don't even understand it.

Jonathan Taylor's playing at an MVP level right now. And every week, I just ask myself, when is the buck going to stop? And sometimes I just think that it's never going to stop. But this is going to be a real coaching test for Shane Steichen. Is he going to be able to outsmart, outcoach Sean McVeigh? I say no. This is the type of game where the Rams should win. We were talking about this on Tuesday, where after,

the Rams had blown their lead to the Colts, or to the Colts, to the Eagles. And, you know, that's the difference between the Rams and all of the teams that are going to be Super Bowl contenders. The Rams just cannot get it done. The Colts, I feel like, are still a big question mark on if they're actually going to be Super Bowl contenders. I've kind of just waiting for this Daniel Jones thing to end. But there is the question of, you know what, maybe. this is never going to end. So I'm going to take the Rams,

but give me the Colts to cover. Forget Shane Steichen. This is Daniel Jones's test as well. You know, like you mentioned, we're waiting for the other shoe to drop for the Colts, right? I mean, Stuyken was literally on the hot seat going into this year. Daniel Jones was a stopgap. Anthony Richardson looked terrible.

Like the future looked really dim. And then, oh my goodness, you rattle off three straight wins to start the season? Well, if you want to be taken seriously, now's the time. If you want to be, I know it's early, but if you want to solidify yourself to at least be, considered even a top five team, perhaps a contender in the near future, then it all starts here. That being said in a battle of wits, I got Sean McVeigh over Shane Steichen. This isn't even more, this isn't even a Daniel Jones thing because he showed that he can't

at least be starting caliber. This is more of a Steichen thing. And that Rams front seven is ferocious, but. It's up to Jones to take advantage of the back four. Give me the Rams. Rams it is, baby. But yeah, this is the best start that the Colts have had since their Super Bowl run, no-9.

Indian Apple Sports is kind of on fire right now. Colts are hot. Obviously, the Pacers are. had that huge finals run, Indiana Fever currently in the WNBA playoffs. There's this graph I wanted to talk to you about, and it kind of leads into our next game, the 49ers and the Jaguars. It's a graph of wide receiver expected versus actual catch rate.

So remember how I was talking about Xavier Leggett being a statistically really bad receiver this year? This is kind of where I got it from, right? So there's this fine line exponential graph, right? And, you know, it's the usual to hire the higher expected catch rate is the higher actual catch rate is supposed to be, right? Yes, that is the rule. That's how it tends to be at least. Xavier Legate's expected catch rate is 60%. Is active catch rate?

is closer to 20%. Oh, God. Oh, God. Since we're on the Jaguars on the 49ers, it's only fun to, you know, talk about the Jaguars receivers a little bit more. Guess where Brian Thomas is on this graph. I would not know.

Right next to Xavier Leggett. I thought you meant like a number of it. Yeah, I, I think that word was going, but I thought he wanted the number. Xavier Leggett is, like, basically right on the line. I would say Brian Thomas is about 28% actual catch rate compared to a 62% expected catch rate. That's still very, very bad. Like, Parker Washington is closer to the consistent line than Brian Thomas is. And Brenton Strange is outscoring him in fantasy.

Yes. Khalil Shakur is closer to this line than Brian Thomas. Crazy times we live in. That's all I got. Do you want to hear some more names? Not really. We kind of got to keep it rolling. But I do have a reason why it's happening.

Two words. Shane Waldron. Yes. You know, we need to talk about, like on the show, we got to talk about Shane Waldron. You know, he was a part of the Rams offense, right? He was the past game coordinator. Yeah, passing coordinator.

And the instant he leaves, Cooper Cup gets the triple crown. He's O.C. in Seattle. And when he leaves, Jackson Smith and Jigba breaks out. He was then last season, the O.C. in Chicago. He leaves, and Roma Dunzee is playing like a top 10 receiver in the league. Now he's in Jacksonville. Brian Thomas Jr. went from looking like one of the most promising rookie receivers to having a complete and utter regression.

That's not a fluke. That's a trend. I know Liam Cohen's an offensive wizard, but for the love of God, get rid of Shane Waldron. That being said, hot take, I like the Jags in this game. Really? Do you know why? because the Niners are just too injured. Brandon Ayuk continues to be out.

Kittle is playing, but just with the eye test, he is banged up. Nick Bosa. Kittles playing? I thought he was. He passed a week. Rock Purdy's playing.

Oh, Purdy. That's what I meant. Or Purdy's banged up. Kittles not playing is what I meant. God, you know, it's, yeah, he's still an I are. Yeah. And Nick Bosa,

the best player on your defense is gone for the year, torn ACL. So for the Jags, you know, they just beat the Texans. They've been playing a bunch of teams. You know, they play the Bengals close. This is kind of my upset of the week here. The Niners are just so injured. They are the least intimidating 3-0 team, probably in the NFL, if I had to guess.

So if I'm the Jags, I'm ready to exploit. this. Give me Jacksonville. I think this 49ers defense is still extremely good, regardless of these injuries. And this Niners offense, yeah, it's been slow with Mack Jones, but he's done enough to get the job done. And the fact that their 3-0 is an absolute miracle. And now you're at least getting your quarterback back in Brock Purdy.

I think I'm going to have to stick with the 49ers here. Um Yeah I'm lone Not this week by the way viewers that that's my upset Yeah I don't really have a good like I looked at the slate

I didn't really like a lot of potential upsets I guess like the game Like this right Even though like Let me pull up to schedule again real quick Like spread for this game The spread for this game is actually three and a half. So, I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if Jacksonville were to cover it and lose by three or less.

But moving on, Baltimore and Kansas City in Arrowhead, Baltimore is favored by two and a half. Man, there's just been nothing about this Chiefs team that I like. And I just don't really see it. getting much better for the Chiefs, especially with the fact that you've got to go up against the Ravens. This is one of those games where the regular season dominators of Baltimore come out to play and thrive in these types of games. I want to see a big Lamar and Derek Henry game

because I just feel like that's what's kind of due at this point. It's due. they need to like obviously they had a big game against Detroit they did but you know the the fumble obviously is a is a big stink eye on that one so I'd expect to see a big Derek Henry game give me the Ravens I'm gonna have to go with the Ravens as well because yes both teams are one and three yes I know historically the chiefs own the Ravens, but the Ravens, even when they lost to the bills and the lions and even that game they won, they're still racking up points. These are close games. And they're still just dropping

30 nightly. Kansas City, that offense is anemic. They look old and the defense has lost a lot of their VIM and VIGER. So I don't even care that it's an arrowhead. I think this is a team that, you know, the confidence of their fans, I think, is starting to crack. And don't get me wrong. I'm expecting a full return to form later in the year. But right now, give me the Ravens here.

I'm feeling good. Yeah. Last game on the late afternoon slate, Bears and Raiders. I haven't been a big fan of how the Raiders defense has been playing. The offense has kind of been slow as well ever since the Pat's game. And I think they got majorly exposed defensively against the commanders. The Bears are picking up some steam right at the right moment right now. Huge win against Dallas.

And, you know, that was one of those wins that could definitely catapult you into something bigger. I mean, yeah, you got a Monday night game against Washington next week. That's definitely going to be a tougher game. But then you got the Saints. Another tough one against Baltimore, but Bengals, Giants right afterwards. So it's an opportunity to rack up a few more wins before you get yourself into middle of November just before Thanksgiving. So I think this offense is in a good spot right now. So give me the Bears.

I'm also going with the Bears. The Raiders is such a weird team. Gino Smith is slinging it all over the field, but he's also racking up interceptions. The defense started out strong, but it looked like that was a typical week one mirage, as they have been completely trampled ever since. And the Bears, I want to see if they can form a bit of a hot streak after this. they torched the Cowboys. And if they can put some of these performances together,

maybe later in the year, they could pull off some of those games not supposed to win if they get a full head of steam behind them. Because you're not playing for now, you're playing for later. It's important to bank these wins, especially if you want to go from off-season champs to having a positive record.

Yeah. So give me the Bears. All right. Football, Packers, Cowboys, Micah Parsons, Returns to Dallas. C.D. Lamb ruled out with a high ankle sprain for the next few weeks. I think it's three or four weeks, I think, was the official timetable given on this. So you're without your number one target. You got George Pickens.

But, boy, is Dallas Def. I think Dallas's defense got extremely exposed. Talk about defenses that got exposed. You know, I mentioned the Raiders. Dallas got exposed against Chicago. I think the one thing that Green Bay is going to go and attack and can attack is the deep ball. Expect Jordan love to be loving that this week against Dallas. Give me Green Bay.

I'll also go on Green Bay. Michael Parsons is at least going to get a. get one sack, you know he's ready to cause havoc in Jerry Jones' own stadium. Got to go up to Dak and say, hey, buddy, nothing personal, but I got a message to send a Jerry boy. It's probably what he's saying. I don't know this is certain, but I am fairly certain. And like you said, Cowboys defense getting sliced and dice by the Bears is a huge concern.

and I am certainly expecting the packers to follow suit. And without C.D. Lamb, you're down to old George Pickens. Mr. We'll make an amazing one-handed catch. And then the next play, he's throwing his helmet down in anger and crashing out in the stands. Yeah. All right. Time for our two Monday Night Football games. Ah, we're doing this again.

Good Lord. Hey, man. This is great. I enjoy this. We got one at 715, and then the next one, Broncos Bengals, kicking off just about half time of the Dolphins Jets. This is exactly how I envision a double-header Monday night football game or double-header Monday Night Football Day. All right, Dolphins Jets. God.

Oh, God. You know what this is? Can I just pick a tie? I say this is going to be a tie? Now, just pick a meteor to hit the stadium. You know what this reminds me of, Chris? What?

There's a scene in South Park where one of the characters, Cartman, is running down the streets, even going, and letting the townsfolk know something, even runs into a church. And the whole time he's screaming, cripple fight! Kripple fight! Enter the New York

Jets at Miami Dolphins. to quote Eric Cartman, cripple fight! That's literally what it is. Yeah, it's like, I could see the dolphins winning this. I could see the Jets winning this with Therod Taylor. I mean, they almost beat the damn buccaneers last week.

Dolphins just have not been very impressive at all this season by any stretch of the means. You know, they had a, they gave the bill. a good fight last week on Thursday night football, but ultimately, Tua is still such a big question mark at quarterback, and I think he's proven he's just not going to be the guy. With that being said, I think that this is a home primetime game. Dolphins need to have this.

Give me Miami, but I would not be surprised if the Jets pull something out. out of their ass this week. Well, I'm glad you're not surprised about that because I got the Jets in this one. You see, the Jets are losing close games, right? And I feel like Aaron Glenn more or less, I don't say likes where his team is, but at least acknowledges that it could be worse. And especially with Tyrod Taylor, he looked pretty good against Tampa. You know, like going back to his 2015, 2016 vintage.

But the vibes in Miami are at an all-time low. They've already had a player's only meeting. You know this. That happened after week one. Yeah. And McDaniel just contains the short circuit in front of the media. Tua Tugavailoa is going from the $55 million man, or a year man, to Tua turned a ball over. You know, that unfortunate moniker is rearing its ugly head.

And the Dolphins are a team that just looks like they're giving up. Yeah. And so just give me the Jets because McDaniel and Greer, their seats have got to be the hottest in the league. And desperation is taking over. And I think it's a matter of when this season, not if they get canned. Yeah. And honestly, if you lose to the Jets in Miami on Monday night, Greer and McDaniel probably get fired.

That's kind of what I was trying to tell you last week. I don't think, like, regardless of how they lost against the bills, if they lose either this game or next week to, damn, I just had Miami schedule up too. If they lose this game or next week to the Panthers, then they're both gone. I could see it easily being this week if they lose to the Jets, though. Bengals, Broncos. goes at mile high I mean

look at the way that the Vikings played against this Bengals team last week once the Bengals committed all those turnovers and had all those mistakes at the end of the first half they never

recovered and I think that's the type of Bengals team we're going to be looking at here unfortunately so seeing how this Broncos defense is, I wouldn't expect anything less. I could expect this to be a much closer game, of course, than that Vikings Bengals game because this offense with Bo Necks has not been pretty.

Bo Nex has been having a bit of a sophomore slump. So I'd have to go with the Broncos on this one. Yeah, I'm also going with Denver. that defense by itself is good, but I don't trust Jake Browning anymore. I just don't. Yeah. I'm looking at a graph right now, how quarterbacks perform and expected passing situations through week three.

Jake Browning is the second worst in terms of EPA per play. And Bonex is kind of middle of the pitch. pack he's got like a like a 0.01 EPA per play but you want to know who's at the bottom through we sure sure who j jay mccarthy yeah yeah it's unfortunate unfortunate but you know only two games in his own his career and it's apparently certain so all right that is all the schedule content that we have for you today uh cj Anything else on your mind before we wrap up this show? No, not at all.

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