The Fumblerooski Podcast - Riding the High -Ep 295 The Fumblerooski Podcast

Episode Date: September 24, 2024

The Jets get the MNF win over the Patriots, Aaron Rodgers has a big day and Drake Maye makes his NFL debut... in garbage time. What is the outlook for the Jets moving forward? Chris Costich and CJ Medeiros make their Week 3 picks and more!

And this Friday edition of the Fumble Rooski podcast, two Pats fans debate on whether they should still be Pats fans, along with our Friday picks. You're listening to the Fumble Rooski podcast. 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. You're listening to the Fumble Rooski podcast by Power 88 Dean Radio and Secret Weapon Consulting. Chris Kostic and with me, a fantasy football injury victim. Honestly,

I should probably put mine as a tagline for that as well because I'm getting devastated by some injuries. But the injury victim himself, should probably put mine as a tagline for that as well because i'm getting devastated by some injuries but the injury victim himself cj medeiros um yeah thursday night football happened the jets ran amok on the path uh drake may i mean the i guess the bright side is that we got to see drake may making his debut in garbage time um but the main thing i mean the pats all line couldn't stop a nosebleed um if you're a mondray fancy owner then you probably wanted to kill yourself uh six carries yards, 0.3 fantasy points. He also lost a fumble. Antonio Gibson was the leading rusher for the Patriots. Five carries, 29 yards.

And we actually saw Demario Douglas actually get targets. Seven catches in this one for 69 yards. And probably a third of them came on that last drive with Drake Met. But offense couldn't stop a nosebleed defense for some reason, forgot how to tackle. And they're there. The Pat's defense is supposed to be one of the sneakier, good defenses in the league. And of course,

if you were watching towards the end last night, they Amazon prime put up a next gen stack graphic of the Patriots' defense. 13 missed tackles, 100 yards lost, 14.8% missed tackle rate. That is devastating. Devastating. But for the people that are wondering why Drake May isn't starting for the Pats right now, this is a pretty good understanding as to why drake may is not starting because he would die he would die behind that whole line yeah what the hell was that i mean

just like as a fan huh huh literally and i mean the defense like i said what what you mentioned was supposed to be better than what you would expect just decided no like an ungodly amount of missed tackles an almost 15 percent missed tackle rate what and i mean i remember like i was freaking out because they were hitting these jets guys behind the line and they were still just ripping off like first down after first down like they're making contact with them and they wouldn't go down and like i said i've never really been scared of garrett wilson and i'm still really not even with that amazing touchdown which you know like i said what's the old adage you can't defend the perfect pass even though it was a bad read it was still the perfect pass and i just i i don't know i don't know man it's it is what it is but for me the score is deceiving because you might think oh you know, New England just couldn't move the ball. That much is true. But it's the offensive line.

Oh, my God. They just forgot how to literally breathe at this point. Here's the thing, right? Because if you go back and you actually, like, crunch the numbers, they gave up, like up six sacks, I think, or some other weird number like that, like six or seven sacks. And I just...

And then there's Drake May. I saw Twitter. It's like, oh, Drake May sucks. He's going to be a boss. Drake May in his first ever drive, four for eight, 22 yards, and they're saying stuff like oh he doesn't look good that was his first ever drive and he got sacked twice and it's not even him holding onto the ball for too long like they have no time to throw and i will give new england a tiny bit, just a tiny benefit of the doubt,

because an already questionable O-line has been ravaged by injuries. Both of their starting guards in Cole Strange and Siddy So are out. In fact, neither of them have played this season. And even still left tackle. Caden Wallace has the dubious honor of performing worse than the human turnstile himself, the Darian Lowe. What? That's all I got. that's my only answer what and meanwhile for the jets now the jets are an interesting team and i think yeah we could talk about how bad the pats were but we gotta talk about the jets you know how the jets started the year you know a a nice thumping from the 49ers right that didn't look good, but they beat the Titans.

And this is another game where I think the Jets just, I mean, the Titans lost more than the Jets won. Rodgers was okay, just that Will Levis might not be able to play football, it would seem. And either way, you barely beat the Titans in a long-score game. You beat up on the Patriots, who, you can tell that was like two decades worth of frustration pouring out after New England literally having partial ownership of the Jets for years. So there's that.

But for me, I'm not convinced. You know what I mean? Congrats. You beat the Pats. You know what I mean? Like, congrats. You beat the Pats. You barely beat the Titans. And the only contender you play in the 49ers whooped you live on, what was it, Monday Night Football. Now, the rest of their schedule is interesting. Because up next, you have the Broncos.

Oh, boy. You get to face off against Bo Picks. Ooh, shiver me timbers. Then you're in Minnesota. That's going to be a darn old revenge game. Then you're hosting Buffalo. Now that's going to be interesting. For me, the true test of the Jets is going to be how they fare against Buffalo and actual contenders. Because then you've got the Steelers, then you're in New England, and then you're hosting Houston, you're at Arizona, you're hosting the Colts, and then you've got just the rest of the way,

the Rams, maybe they're good later in the year if they get Nakua or Cutback. Then I guess you're at Jacksonville, you're at Buffalo. Now I guess you got Miami in there. So let's be real. The Jets have a Charmin soft schedule. I mean, you got the Bills, but that's pretty much it. And I feel like

Jets have an easy schedule. And honestly, do I think they're better than the Bills? No. Do I think they'll beat the Bills? The best they're doing is split. They're not going to beat Buffalo. You heard it here first. But I'm going to need to see more convincing wins against these bad teams. Because, yeah, you beat the Pats.

Congrats. Good for you. You won a medal. But you only beat the Titans by a score. That is bad. That's just horrific. I think that the Titans defense is still a good defense. So, I mean, I feel like that's going to be a tougher game regardless.

And Pat's defense last night started to really start to get riddled with injuries towards the latter half as well. And I was on the drive home last night from my buddies and just listening to, to associate and, uh, what's his face and Zolak. It was probably the,

probably the most depressing radio broadcast I've ever listened to in my life. Just, I, the whole ride, I actually, the whole ride, I didn't even hear zo say a word

so c sounded like that he'd rather be doing like 10 million other things at that moment um anyways back to the jets i mean aaron rogers at first game back at met life since tearing his achilles showed out 27 for 35 281 and two touchdowns. And receiving-wise, no one really stood out. Tyler Conklin, 93 yards. And Garrett Wilson kind of got shut down a little bit. And like you said, CJ, current really took a perfect ball from Rodgers to get that touchdown. But Christian Gonzalez did a pretty good job of shutting him down

for the majority of the night. But, yeah, it's going to really depend on how they play the rest of the way. And you mentioned the Bills game, and that's going to be a Monday night game as well. So that's obviously going to be a lot of storylines around that. But I think the Jets, they're definitely going to be contenders. And like you said, it's really just going to depend on how they end up faring against a team like Buffalo. It's an AFC division opponent, so obviously that's going to be like that. And really looking at the rest of the schedule, the only other tough game they really have coming up is going to be the Texans.

And that's kind of it. All these other games are pretty winnable games. Like I said, the Jets have a charming soft schedule. And I will go as far as to say this. As you know, I have some reservations about Robert Sala as a head coach. Last night didn't change that. Yeah. But if the Jets somehow miss the missed the playoffs right then i'm sorry then

that's got to be sol's job like yeah you have aaron rogers and he's looking good and you have a soft schedule there is no reason for you to miss the playoffs and for the jets like good win that's a good win for you guys but once once again, can you make the playoffs finally? Because if you don't, like I said, then there's no reason solid should be a coach because there are any other coach would make you a playoff team. Yeah.

And that's the other thing is that I, in the past couple of years, solid has kind of just gone the past because he's had Zach Wilson as his quarterback and who's who at quarterback besides Aaron Rogers. So he's kind of gone in the past, but I think this is the year like, yeah, if they have some sort of playoff collapse like the 08 Brett Favre Jets, then forget about it. But yeah, we're going to take a quick break.

When we come back, we'll get into our Friday picks for week three of the NFL season. You're listening to the Fulmer Ruski 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.

You're listening to the Fulmer Rus podcast by parody dean radio and secret weapon consulting chris kostich cj medeiros we go into our 1 p.m slate for this one and a good one as gotta retract here on my page but starting out the giants versus the Browns in Cleveland. Uh, I mean the giants, I feel like you're going to have to win a game at some point. I don't know if it's going to be this one. Um, but Cleveland, their offense production has been terrible.

I mean, the defense, the defense at the defense, Cleveland's defense is always going to be pretty good or for the most part going to be pretty good. So I'm going to go Cleveland on this, but I was seeing something where, you know, Alex Van Pelt was the offensive coordinator the last couple of years in Cleveland. And now looking at how they are on

offense, it's night and day right now. Um, and look at him right now. He's the OC for the paths and granted the paths offense really is just terrible. And there's nothing much that man Pelican really do about that. But,

um, I just wanted to throw that out there just for shits and gigs. But yeah, Cleveland on this one. Maybe they cover, maybe they don't. I don't really care about that, to be honest. Oh my God, the Browns. That is all. You got the Browns, and guess what?

And the Giants. And the Giants. You got the Browns. I mean, you picked something. And and guess what? And the Giants. And the Giants. You got the Browns. I mean, you picked something. And I'm going with Cleveland too because I'm not going to lie. Cleveland has just been stuck in a downward spiral ever since Diddy Watson was brought onto the team. And you gave him that stupid contract. You sold your future for him for all intents and

purposes and look where that got you now now what and also like you said their offensive coordinator alex van pelt leaving for new england is definitely hurting them but i just i don't even though i do not think cle Cleveland's a very good team, they at least have a pulse, a weak pulse, but I can tell they're alive. Last week, the New York Giants lost to a team that kicked seven field goals. That is my argument. Give me Cleveland. Word.

Green Bay and Tennessee. Tennessee's got the spread at three and we're gonna have back-to-back weeks of malik willis in at quarterback for the packers uh titan's got a good defense a lot better than what the colts have uh i think the only way the packers really i mean i feel like the game plan for the Packers here Is going to be very similar to last week Green Bay is going to Make Will Levis

Make all the mistakes And they're going to limit the way Malik Willis Plays so he doesn't make a ton of mistakes So I'm going to go Green Bay This Is a Weird game so I'm going to go Green Bay this is a weird game

that's all I can say to that it's a very weird game because obviously if this were any and I do mean any other year for Green bass even with jordan love and i would say that

the titans would get walloped right but them having malik willis is gonna help immensely but what scares me is that the tit Titans actually have a really good defense. They do. They hurt Rodgers quite a bit. And you saw what they did to Caleb Williams. And Malik Willis is easily the worst quarterback they've gone up against. However, so long as Willis doesn't make many mistakes, I think that it will be fine, but make no mistake.

This game's going to be ugly. It's going to be a defensive slugfest. However, Chris, you took the Packers, correct? Yes, I did. Yeah. However, when it comes to moving the ball more and strength of defense, I trust the Titans to air it out more than I trust Malik Willis to. And solely due to the fact that the Titans have a better defense, I am leaning towards the Titans.

Give me the Titans, in fact. Yeah, I mean, I can see as to why you would do that, especially when you're looking at the Green Bay game last week, they were going up against a Colts team that is terrible in the run, whereas the Titans defense is a lot better than the Colts defense. It's just, like I said, how is Green Bay going to do in making Will Levis make all the mistakes? And seeing that Will Levis has been playing, it's really not that hard to make all the mistakes and seeing that will levis has been playing like

it's really not that hard to make them mistakes yeah pretty much uh moving on uh bears versus colts uh here's one for you so the total age between anthony richards Williams is younger than the Utah versus Oklahoma State quarterback matchup. Cam Rising and Alan Bowman by like four years. Well, yeah, because Rising's been there for like, what, seven years and Bowman's been there for five or six. Yeah. We got some youngins here chicago and indy i'm so glad that the covid that the covid year this is the last year for it i'm so glad amen i'm so sick of the whole oh look at this 27 year old quarterback yeah because he took it to the red, an injury year, and the COVID year. Like, frick off. Fuck off.

You know, I'm right there with you. I am. Because, look, these old quarterbacks, I didn't like it when it was Brandon Whedon. And he was the first-round pick. So you think I'm going to sit here and tolerate Cam Rising? You're incorrect. Yeah. Hey, you know what?

Cheers to them. They're racking up the nil money um this is really a toss-up uh spread kind of shows that it's minus one towards the colts right now um it's really just take a coin flip and i'm kind of on the verge of doing that right now uh kill williams kind of needs to step it up. I mean, never mind killing Williams, but the whole line needs to really step it up. But I could see, I mean, this is kind of going back on to what I was saying about Green Bay and Tennessee. Indianapolis does not have a good running game. I could see Chicago really amping it up in the run game this week.

I'm going to go with the Bears. Go with the Bears, yeah. What the hell is this game? This is, because see, here's the thing. I think this game will solely depend on how anthony richardson performs because caleb williams showed that against you know um tennessee that even if he is basically going to stand there like a traffic cone the bears defense is still going to perform but anthony richardson this man is big and he's fast.

So either he's going to run all over you, he's just going to do the old, you know, just sling the ball 70 yards trick. But that works in college, doesn't work in the pros. Because like I said, Anthony Richardson will show these amazing flashes. But then every other time he's shitting the bed. So when you toss that all together, I'm not going to lie. I'm leaning Indy just because I think Keenan Allen's going to be hurt for Chicago. Keenan Allen got ruled out before we started this.

Oh, really? Well, then, yeah, no, I'm going Indy. Chris, who'd you take again? You said bears bears all right cj's writing this all down so we can post it on instagram later yeah folks when it comes out go like the pick them this is a request but i mean at this michael pitman is also questionable working through back and calf injuries could be available for some I mean obviously it's more than likely to be available on Sunday than Keenan Allen you're right but the thing is

I also think it's going to be an ugly game and when it comes to the ground game I trust Jonathan Taylor infinitely more than I trust no brother DeAndre Swift but the Colts run defense is terrible they're so terrible that is true whereas the bears deep actually has have a defense

but that's it's our cake uh houston minnesota uh vegas has this being a pretty close game. I don't know if it will be a close game because are the Vikings even going to have Jettis? Vikings are going to have Jettis, right? I don't know. He's listed as questionable and he's been limited in practice, but I'm not sure. We'll double check it right now. But I mean, off the rip, I'm thinking Texans.

It's just hard to say that this is a team that you're really going to slow down vikings are still without tj hawkinson jordan addison still wait chris chris we have an update what's the update vikings this per nfl's tom palacero uh vikings wireseer justin jefferson quad is off the injury report and good to go sunday versus houston and jordan addison is out i was just about to say jordan addison is currently ruled out on espn and i didn't see jet is on there to begin with so that was that was probably gonna be the next thing i was gonna say if you didn't say anything about that but uh well there you have it uh dude sub out a wide receiver too for the best wide receiver in the league oh yeah uh dude you don't get it i i have

justin jefferson fantasy and i just made that change right now oh man so it i mean minnesota is on a great run right now sam donald's playing of his mind, one of the top passers in the league. And you got to – I kind of see this the way that the Fitzmagic phase in Tampa Bay went. It's got to end at some point. And I'm wondering if this is the week it's going to end. So I'm going to go with the Texans. I have to go with the Texans because, you know,

Vikings defense doesn't exactly wow me. You know what I mean? Yeah. And just as a result, it's that plus, like you said, the Sam Darnold runs got to end. But don't get me wrong. I still think the Vikings are going to get theirs, right? You know, Jenna's going to have a much downer.

That's the thing. But when Jenna's on the other side side it's just a fact of life and just as a whole i like i said i gotta lean towards the texans because at the end of the day it's gonna come down to defense and i think that the texans have a much better defense than the vikings do and trust C.J. Stroud and his boys to get it done. There you have it. Philly versus New Orleans in the Superdome. Philly coming off of a very bad Monday night loss to the Falcons, and the Saints with the highest scoring offense in the league right now. They have the spread in favor of the Saints at 2.5.

Hammer, hammer, hammer. in the league right now. They have the spread in favor of the Saints at 2.5. Which is... Hammer, hammer, hammer! Oh, geez. That's the thing. I feel like this is another one of those coin flips when it really shouldn't be. And it's all because of Clint Kubiak. I just don't like the way Philly's looking right now.

You get a bad loss against Atlanta Monday night. Nick Sirianni didn't even address the team after the game either. Yeah, no. Well, I wouldn't show my face in the locker room either if I out-Falconed the Falcons. Yeah. So with that being said, I'm going to the Falcons. Yeah. So, uh,

with that being said, I'm going to go with the saints. I mean, obviously Vegas has this as the saints being the favorite, but I see this more as, I mean, obviously from recent years, but I mean,

theoretically this could be more of say an upset in that sense in the saints favor but regardless of how you want to look at it i'm going the saints they're just playing too well offensively and philly just still has way too many questions than answers and i know we've said before that you know for the saints when derrick your quarterback, you have a ceiling. But I think this game is more about Philly than it is about New Orleans. Because you saw what happened Monday night. Yeah. We all did.

It was laid bare for these United States to see. And I just, Philly's an incredibly frustrating team, because you look at that roster, right? That is a team that, for all intents and purposes, should contend and should be in a Super Bowl, but they are horrendously playing down to competition, and you know what? I've had my reservations before, but no longer. It's in the bayou. It's in the swamp. So you give me the Saints and mark my words. If they lose, I can theoretically see Sirianni getting fired, which would be embarrassing for me because I said, think the eagles can make a deep playoff run but i think that if they're gonna fire sirianni it's gonna be at the bye week and their bye week's week five all right oh yeah well then but all i'm gonna say is if they lose then sirianni is officially on borrowed time yeah i mean just i mean i don't know what it was like he's been before he showed that he can be a good coach, but at the same time, they lost Steichen and Gannon, their coordinators, and maybe, just maybe,

losing those coordinators would be more important than we thought. Yeah. No, 100%. 100%. I mean, this Eagles team just, I mean, they're sometimes good, but there's just more bad than good right now. And AJ Brown just got ruled out again.

Oh yeah. Now Philly is cooked. Yeah. And seeing the way that they threw the ball with AJ Brown, not even on the field, Jahan Dotson's a bomb. And if you have to throw that Britain guy as your number two, the entire time,

good fricking luck. Cause Marshawn Lattimore is strapping up Devante Smith. Please throw it to Dallas Goddard for fantasy purposes. Yeah. For fantasy purposes. Can't ever forget about Dallas, man. He's a dog.

Yeah. It's like, I don't know why Philly acts like they've never heard of them. It's like, it's, it's like asking your average American to name their representative. They'll just be like, huh? When you ask Jalen Hurts about Dallas Goddard. Yeah.

Speaking of dogs, Chargers versus Pittsburgh in the Steel City. They got the Steelers as the favorite, and this is kind of a tough one. I'm leaning Chargers, but this is kind of a toss-up between how the Chargers will fare against the Steelers' defense. It's one of those games where it's going to be one offense versus one defense, and the other side of the two just don't really matter. And that's how I kind of see it with this game. It's the Chargers offense versus the Pittsburgh defense.

J.K. Dobbins has been running out of his mind, leading the league in rushing yards right now, and good for him. Ever since coming into the league, he's been just injury riddled here and there. And now he's got himself a new start in L.A. with Jim Harbaugh, who takes probably the most pride out of anyone in football history and running the football. And now he leads the league in rushing yards. Justin Herbert doesn't have to do a whole lot. And when he does, he's still a dog. Quentin Johnston can actually catch the football.

Question is, is can this be another game where Justin Fields doesn't do a whole lot to hurt the team and they just ride the defense again? Now, Chargers are definitely going to have a tougher time running the ball on this defense that is for certain and this is going to be i'm seeing this regardless of how this plays out it is going to be an ugly ugly game and mike tomlin and jim arbaugh are going to freaking love it so all in all give me the chargers. This, once again, weird game. You know what this reminds me of? When you said one team's offense versus one team's defense? Yes. This is like Super Bowl XLIX, Pat Seahawks,

where it's Pat's offense versus Seahawks' defense on the other side. I mean, you know they're good, but eh. Well, to rephrase that it's like super bowl 49 if i bought it off timu yeah this is this is the wish super bowl 49 let me tell you because you wish it was super bowl 49 and but you get the reference right perhaps it's a bit heavy-handed but that is my thing this is like what these are two nose to the grindstone physical coaches that are not afraid of an ugly game. And you said you're going Chargers. Yeah.

I'm probably also going to have to go with the Chargers because. Oh, actually, there is one thing that concerns me about this game. And correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not entirely sure that you've mentioned this. And if you did mention it, say, ah, CJ, shut up and curse me out. Because we got a big update here. Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is dealing with a high ankle sprain and his status for Sunday is up in the air. So without Jay Herbo, they're going to have to lean on Dobbin. Dobbin's probably going to have a good day. This game, without Justin Herbert,

well, this is an election year. It has become Pennsylvania. You can flip a coin to figure out which way it's going. And the thing is, if Herbert's playing, I would say that I trust the Chargers offense to get it done more than I trust Pittsburgh's offense with one touchdown, Justin Fields. But without Jay Herbo, this becomes an entirely different game. And let me tell you something folks these high ankle sprains for your quarterback you don't screw with them they are dead serious and with justin herbert not playing so big like i said this game basically depends solely on if justin herbert's playing right, he's questionable. High ankle sprain.

He, quote, described the pain as not great, but he still says it's TBD. So at the end of the day, like I said, all hinges on Herbert. But since it's a high ankle sprain, I'm leaning towards no, that he won't, and the fact that it's in Pittsburgh, you know what? Give me the Black and Gold Brigade in an ugly, ugly, ugly game. Yeah, at that point, it's either you go to Easton Stick or Taylor Heineke.

And I don't know why. You probably go to Heineke because not Easton Stick. That's why. Well, for some reason, ES because not Easton Stick. That's why. Well, for some reason, ESPN has Easton Stick as the number two and Taylor Heineke is the number three, which I don't really get. All right. I'll kind of match you. If Herbert plays, I'm still going Chargers.

If he doesn't play, give him the Steelers. But on the graphic, just put Chargers. Oh, yeah, because I personally don't think he's going to play. Because of the high ankle sprain, those are nasty businesses. Just put a nice little disclaimer in the caption saying, this was made prior to certain injury reports. Yep. You were receiving those from me.

No, I'm kidding. Last game in the 1 p.m. slate, Denver versus Tampa Bay. Easy money. Come on. Easy. What does that mean? Please.

This is an audio thing. It means Tampa Bay. That's right. Hoist the flag, my friends. It means Tampa Bay. That's right. Hoist the flag, my friends. It's Tampa Bay time. And also, if you have their defensive fantasy, start them, because those boys are going to feast against Bo Picks. Yeah.

The only thing that I would really have on the blocks is they are facing some injuries on the defensive side of the football. They're also against Bo Picks. I'm not a Bo lever. I am a Baker, and I say let Baker bake. Yeah. Antoine Winfield is out. Kalijah Cansey is out.

Vita Vea did not participate in Wednesday's practice. He's currently questionable. Logan Hall questionable. Yeah. Yep. Wednesday's practice. He's currently questionable. Logan Hall questionable. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Yeah. Yep. Either way. So I think we're both in lockstep here. Either way, it's still going to be Tampa.

Yeah. 4 p.m. slate coming up next. You're listening to the Fumble Rooski 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. This is the Fumble Whiskey Podcast. Chris Kostich, CJ Medeiros. Time for the 4 p.m. slate. And first one on the list, Carolina and Vegas. The Raiders. The Raiders. And that's my pick.

The Raiders. Sam Darnold, now the starting quarterback for this week. For the Panthers and... Wait, did I say Sam Darnold? I meant Andy Dalton. I meant any Dalton. I meant any Dalton, please. Correct.

Excuse me. Um, both very pale quarterbacks. Sorry. Um, as someone that is pale himself. So I, I mean,

if you really think that the vibe is going to change with Andy Dahl and your quarterback, then sure. But I'm going to change with Andy Dahl and our quarterback, then sure. But I'm going to go Vegas. And Vegas is also riding a huge high off of a upset win against the Ravens last week.

It's in Vegas. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. So I have a feeling that any Carolina pride that might be left that tiny sliver I got news for you it's staying in Vegas I'm not ironically I do think that the Panthers odds might increase with Dalton because you know good veteran guy he's also not a lawn gnome playing football like bryce is yeah and but yeah that's easy give me the raiders and here's a pro tip kids whoever the panthers play this season pick the opposite

speaking of quarterbacks that we wish weren't playing uh Miami and Seattle, the first installment of Miami without Tua for this season. Jeez. We got some really interesting Week 3 games, to say the least. Jesus Christ. Oh, man. I haven't really looked at what Week 4 has in store, but for the love of God, give me some better games in week four. I mean, at least our Ruski game of the week is going to be good,

but we'll get to that soon. I don't know. Actually, there are a couple good ones in the 4 p.m. slate, though. Miami and Seattle, though. Seattle coming off an OT win. I just saw something about kenneth walker too and now i can't freaking find it uh i think kenneth walker got ruled doubtful i'm gonna have that in a second but regardless zach sharp and i was still a really good running back to have as number two uh give me the seahawks. Oh, boy.

You saw what happened to Miami against the Bills, right? And that was with Tua for most of the game. He still threw three picks. And I like what Seattle's been able to do on the defensive side of the game he's still through three picks and i like what seattle's been able to do on the defensive side of the ball with mcdonald as their head coach it's mike mcdonald right that's his name so yeah so for the coaching thing we got a battle of mics mike mix isn't where mike mcdonald and mike mcdaniel but look i know we like to joke about how loaded miami's offense is you know and say oh you know you can put anyone there but but skyler thompson i don't think qualifies as anyone now does he so if i had to make an educated guess i would have to say that

the seattle defense which is already showing that it's a vicious unit i mean it's only you know two weeks in but come on i gotta give the seahawks here were tua i might be tilting towards miami but you know you've decided to kill tua again thank you steven ross but like i said just because two is not's not there, I got to go Seattle. If Tua was in there, I'd go Miami. And the only way I'd pick Miami is if Tyler Huntley was playing. And he's currently the second string guy on the depth chart after originally being signed to the practice squad and just got moved up earlier this week.

You mean Pro Bowler Tyler Huntley, that guy? Yes, Pro Bowler Tyler Huntley. Tyler Snoop Huntley. Give me that. Pro Bowler doesn Huntley, that guy? Yes, Pro Bowler Tyler Huntley. Tyler Snoop Huntley. Give me that. That doesn't mean Jack. Speaking of Tyler Huntley, Baltimore versus Dallas. Tyler Huntley's former team is playing against the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas.

And Baltimore is the favorite in this one. And this is, I was saying a couple of seconds ago, how there are actually a couple of good games in the 4. PM slate. Here's one of them. Um, is the coin flip in all honesty.

Oh yeah. I honestly don't really know if I can make a pick. It's it's. Can I go first? Yeah, you can go first. I don't even know. Cause I, first? Yeah, you can go first. I don't even know.

Because I got some thoughts on this. Because both teams, their vibes are... Both teams are coming off an embarrassing loss. Yeah. This is what you call a get-right game. Well, a get-right game is more you pounce on a really bad team, whereas now you got to go up against... Well, see, my definition is a little different. For me, a get right game is, and I know that's the definition,

but let me introduce you to the CJ definition. And I am objectively correct. No, I'm kidding. If this isn't your definition. What I've always viewed a get right game is it's a do or die game. You know what I mean? Because Baltimore, oh, and two, that is not very good, is it's a do or die game you know what i mean because baltimore oh and two that is not very good is it no it's not and then you got the boys you're one and one but that one win was against cleveland

so you know what maybe it's not a get right game like i said my definition has always just been a game where your back's against the wall and it's literally do or die you have to perform so one of these teams is going to be looking to right the ship and the other one of these teams is going to spiral further into depression and it's in dallas and I would have to favor the Cowboys here because I know you just lost the Saints but the Saints have been 40 piecing everybody in their path thus far the Dolphins everyone since they've only played two games yes hence thus far but then of course there's the ravens who did you lose to the raiders yeah yeah i'm sorry give me give me dallas just because of that you don't just lose to the raiders like that dallas is really good at home but i don't see the Ravens going to 0-3. It just doesn't feel right.

I approve this message. This one's for you, Tuck. I'm going to go Ravens. Hold up, hold up. Chris, Chris, there's one thing, though, that I would prefer you to consider before saying anything. Okay, okay, okay. Please, please enlighten me.

I need more. The Ravens have allowed 257 passing yards per game thus far, which is dead last in the NFL. Okay. That is all. So the Ravens defense, which should be good, it hasn't been so far. So unless you're predicting them to fix that, which it seems like you are, then sure. I just want to say, for those making your picks at home,

keep those stats in mind. Stats are meaningful, unless you're Adam Wright, who dismisses them when he's back into a corner. Yeah. All right. Damn. Taking a shot at Adam, and he's not even here. That's crazy.

Oh, come on. It's all in good fun. Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, man. Well, I mean, good fun. Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, man. Well, I mean, at the same time, on Dallas's case, they faced against the Saints defense that I feel is not as superior as the Ravens defense, or at least that they should be.

So, in Dallas's offense, only what? They put up 17 points last week? 19, but it doesn't really matter now, does it? No. I'm going to stick with the Ravens. I'm going to stick with the Ravens. Well, once again, it's another toss-up game. So we got some good games, just hard to predict.

Yeah. This one could potentially be one that's hard to predict. Honestly, uh, Niners and Rams now on the surface, seeing the way that the Rams are beat to shit, the Niners are kind of all also beat to shit as well, but you wouldn't really think that just because of the amount of talent that the Niners have. And like, this is what I mean by a get-right game. If the Niners weren't dealing with their own injuries, then they would beat the living shit out of the Rams, and that's your get-right game.

But the Niners are dealing with their own injuries right now, so you can't consider this a get-right game either. I mean, George Kittle, hamstring, not practicing today. So that's that you can't consider this a get right game either. I mean, George Kittle, hamstring, not practicing today. Ricky Pierce, Ricky Pierce all got shot. So Nick Bosa limited during Thursday's practice. Travarius Ward did not participate in Thursday's practice. Debo won't practice Thursday. Obviously, CMC out for another five to six weeks i mean

yeah yeah chris so the thing is this is a report from a good old adam schefter how long ago is that report a day ago oh oh i saw that report too but please read it out for the list for our for our listening audience the rams are gonna probably be without wide receiver one cooper cup wide receiver two or their 1a 1b don't put my head off cooper cup and puka nakua and up and coming guard steve avila niners are going to be without rb1 christian mccaffrey wide receiver 1a there debo samuel probably tight end george kittle and guard jonah jackson it's week three so this is week three it's week this is the school play that goes wrong and all the understudies are out there. What in the hell is this?

I mean, at least for the Rams case, at least they had Demarcus Robinson and whatnot. But that's not saying too much. And Jawan Jennings, I guess. But either way, in case you're wondering, folks, give me the Niners. I'm taking the Niners. I don't know if the Niners are going to cover the spread, but I know that the Niners are going to win. Week three.

It's week three. Detroit and Arizona, the final game in our 4 p.m. slate. Speaking of putting a whooping on,rizona put the whipping on la last week detroit looking to bounce back after losing to the bucks at home arizona's looking really good right now detroit is the favorite in arizona as well it's an interesting one because Arizona's looking really good. They're looking like a really fun team. Kyler Murray is looking really good. They're actually getting Marvin Harris in the ball

and getting him involved in the offense. I could very easily see the Lions losing this one. You know what? That's what I'm going to go with. That is what I'm going to go with. I'm going with arizona yeah the cardinals have been on a hot start you know healthy kyler murray they're getting mhj involved and even still they they dueled the buffalo bills to the end and they curb stomped the Rams. And the Lions, you know, were coming off a brutal loss against Detroit. But for those of you who don't know, do you hear what happened to Dan Campbell?

Oh, yeah. You got people like bothering him at his house. Leave the man alone. He's the best coach y'all have had since literally ever. And you're treating him this way. Don't. You've got to leave Dan Campbell be. And just for that, you know he's got a fire lit under him.

He's already a big rah-rah guy. And I think he and the thus far underperforming Amon Ross St. Brown, they're mad. They're mad as all hell. So I think they're going to go down to the desert and handle their business. Give me the Lions. Yeah, I feel bad for Dan Campbell. I mean, he is the best thing to come around to Detroit since Stafford and Calvin Johnson

and actually got the Lions to an NFC championship game. And after that, it's the first ever NFC championship game, too. No, it's their first NFC championship since 1993. I could be very wrong on the year. I know. I thought. Yeah, actually, no, no. No, it's their first playoff win since 93

excuse me yeah they've been in the afc championship since like george hw bush was president or something like that yeah but and then lions fans just heckling him at his home like dude why why would you do like i said he's turned this team around, and here you are. Well, you know what they say, can't have shit in Detroit. Nope. Yeah. Unfortunately, we got to go to break on a pretty sour note. But on a good note, when we come back,

Ruski game of the week and our Monday night football doubleheader coming up next on the Full Maruski 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 you're listening to the Fuluski Podcast, powered by Parody Neen Radio and Secret Weapon Consulting. Chris Kostic, CJ Medeiros. The Ruski Game of the Week, Chiefs versus the Falcons.

The Falcons coming off of a big, big Monday night comeback win against the Eagles when they were as dead in the water as dead could be. And then just found a way. I mean, it's not hard to find a way to a win when the other teams playing prevent defense, um,

chiefs to know, and it's chiefs being to know it's kind of expected. Uh, Casey's got the line at minus trace. Oh, man. This one's in Atlanta as well. Part of me kind of wants to go

Atlanta. Atlanta is looking a lot better now. And honestly, if you can at the very least get Travis Kelsey to not be a factor at all, which shouldn't be too hard. Now it is shouldn't be too hard right now. Then they'd be looking fine. fine um falcons just need to play all 60 minutes and not show up for the last two minutes of the game like they did last week um i i think that's really all it comes down to falcons play 60 minutes of football and they get the win

yeah so are you going chiefs or falcons i think i made my answer clear you did not how you said if they know you said if they do i don't do ifs i do predictions here all right so that's what i'm saying falcons are going to play 60 minutes of football okay thank you they're going to play all 60 minutes finally and they're going to win i mean i'm saying like you said if i'm like garrett but you know that's the thing is like the all this stuff is a big if at the end of the day it's not a that's why we're making projections because we know but i but i appreciate i'm sorry this is just for my own peace of mind it's okay you got to put it on the graphic anyways. I do, yes. That's why I ask. So then there's Kansas City. That's, by the way, who I'm going with.

Because, like, I mean, even if you don't play a second of football, Kansas City's going to make you pay for it. And I'm not going to lie. Part of me does want to pick Atlanta. This is the quintessential definition of a trap game and and look kansas city you lost you only won by a toe against baltimore you were debatably saved by the officials and and yeah i'm not gonna lie they do take it easy on kansas city this is like a well-established fact i mean mah, Mahomes, I think since he started playing,

has had the most interceptions wiped away on penalties, which I think is like 17 since 2018. And yet, I know. Yes, Chris, I know, buddy. I'm just saying. He has the most pass attempts since like 2016. Oh, boy. But my point is, it's just that you gotta play spotless because the nfl does tend

to baby its favorites and that doesn't go with kansas city as a pats fan we've gotten away with some pretty interesting things but but you know uh i think kansas city should win just because i'm not completely sold on raheem Morris as a coach quite yet. I think it's going to come down to coaching, and I trust Andy Reid. So, gimme KC. I mean, Isaiah Pacheco is also on IR. Does that change anything for you? No, I like Carson Steele.

I do. And they got Kareem Hunt back. He's not playing this week though okay i still like carson steel okay yeah but if no one had seen the news uh andy reed did come out and say uh he's gonna obviously be involved in practice he's gonna be more practice squad right now uh but he's just not playing this week just because of, you know, he's not ready. He's not ready yet. So it's pretty simple enough.

Uh, Monday night football, double header, Jaguars and bills and Bengals versus commanders. We'll hit on the Jaguars and bills first, since that is the seven 30 start time. Um, so real quick,

uh, the two Monday night football games. So Jaguars and bills are at 7 30 commanders and bangles are at the usual monday night time of 8 15 uh right off the bat i'm going bills this jaguars team is just so dead in the water it's just everything it's just everything at this point you know i want to say Trevor Lord In a bad situation but How many years can you go From with being in a bad

Situation Until you have to start being like well You kind of have to start Stepping up at some point You kind of have to step up at some point And Trevor Lord Has done great job doing that And that's kind of been shown in their own to stint.

Hot take. I don't know. I think Doug Peterson's on borrowed time right now, which honestly, now that I'm saying it out loud, doesn't really sound that much of a hot take. But it's not some of people talk about their people more should talk about Dable and sirianni but peterson's a very legitimate name to throw on the hot seat as well i i would argue peterson more so than dable i i wouldn't if dable gets fired i would hear something about dable but yeah yeah but you you have a you have a point is what i'm saying either way bills but yeah I'm also going Buffalo. No need to beat around the bush here.

Jacksonville, I just don't understand. They're such an enigma. I mean, on paper, they should be good. But paper doesn't win games, unfortunately. You're on the field. You're not on paper. And like I said, I don't have to think too hard.

Give me the bills. Uh, probably won't have to think too hard on this one either. Bengals commanders. Daniels is really good at handing the football off right now. Um, but I mean, Brian Robinson's been running the ball really well as someone that's a fancy owner of Brian Robinson.

Um, that's really the only bright spot. I mean, Washington's defense is still not good at all. Uh, but Brian Robinson, Brian Robinson, that's a,

that's a name to keep an eye on. And Jaden Daniels, uh, one of the four now that Drake may has played one of the four rookie quarterbacks drafted in the first round. Excuse me. Sorry. I had a, I had some leftover wings earlier and starting to starting to feel a little gassy right now. Not, not through that, more the mouth end.

Hey, I didn't say anything, man. Where was I going with this? I don't remember. But Joe Burrow looked a hell of a lot better last week against the Chiefs than he did against the Patriots. I see this as a game that jamar is going to go off because washington sucks on defense their corners are bombs oh yeah um i could see this being a two-score game that the bangles win so yeah give me that maybe a three

score game yeah i this is you know what this is the more traditional definition of a get right game because yeah i will grant you that washington is a better record but when all you do is kick field goals i don't see that working too well against cincy so i'm hammering that bangles pick yeah that's that's pretty easy I mean, unless by some miracle the commies get something done. But those are our Friday picks. We tried to get through as much of the new breaking news that we could get through in the last hour. Started recording at about 345-ish. Well, that doesn't sound right.

But we started recording around then. So all of our information being said right now is between the hours of three 45 to four 45. But any last thoughts, CJ, before we end the show? Nope. Cool.

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