The Fumblerooski Podcast - So It Begins -Ep 114 The Fumblerooski Podcast

Episode Date: September 6, 2022

Who's winning Super Bowl 57? What are the best traditions for NFL Sundays? Adam Wright and CJ Medieros discuss these topics as well as share their best and worst football-watching experiences.

the nfl regular season opening day is finally upon us guys thursday night rams bills wow i can't believe it you are listening to the fumble ruski podcast by power 88 and fans only sports network i'm adam right with cj medeiros, we have a great episode planned for you guys. So we're going to get into a lot of, so we're going to focus kind of a little bit more on this episode on game day traditions for NFL fans. But we do have some announcements for our show. So we are going to be starting fantasy football leagues, and we've already drafted and won, for our listeners. So essentially, you guys will have a chance to win $100. No buy-in required. Our next draft is Wednesday at 9, so you guys just DM, and we'll send you

the invite. I believe it'll be about somewhere around 18 teams, but chance to win $100, and you guys don't have to commit anything at all. So scores every week will be mentioned on our show, so you guys will get basically built-in shout-outs every week through Fantasy Football. We get to tell everybody if your team just completely destroyed somebody. We'll also be doing our own Fantasy Football, we get to tell everybody if your team just completely destroyed somebody.

We'll also be doing our own Fantasy Football segment where we're going to give you stardom sit-ums, sleepers, streamers, all of that. We're going to give you injury news, all that stuff. So we did tell you guys that we would hook you up with Fantasy Football, and that is what we're doing this season. We want to tap into the fantasy football world you guys want to know about you guys want to hear some fantasy stuff so we'll give you some fantasy advice and you get to play football you get to play you get to play fantasy football along with having the chance to get some money out of it so great deal for you guys and other announcements th Thursday episodes are now going to be on Fridays. So we did have Tuesdays and Thursdays, and we kind of had that throughout the summer.

But the problem with that is it's too close together. Tuesday, and then there's one day between, then there's Thursday. Not much happens between them. So we'll have that. We still have our guest segments. So it's going to be a great season, you guys, and I'm excited to get started. But CJ, let's jump right into our content. So starting off with talking about our game day traditions, what is your ideal nfl sunday experience well adam uh you see usually well more often than not i like to watch games uh with my dad you see uh well you know when i'm not in college you know

i'm at home and my dad and my stepmom and i we go all out we have like this whole man cave like wall to wall with boston sports memorabilia we play music and have like cool lights and like sound effects and stuff that we play and like we have like wings and cheeses and meats and vegetables and chips and stuff it's great and adam let me just say that is my favorite tradition and it sucks that you can't be with us because you would love it i am not kidding and seriously next time you find yourselves uh you know where i am uh just just come on down we're gonna it's it's awesome like you you gotta trust me on this so basically like i said you know just have food so my dad he plays music and stuff it's awesome hey adam you're muted. Whoops.

You know, I love a good hangout around the house, have a bunch of people over, enjoy some good game day food. But you know what my favorite game day tradition is? So my ideal NFL Sunday, and I used to do this a lot. I love just going into a sports bar. A lot of the times it ends up being Buffalo Wild Wings. But it works out. It's a convenient spot. Good deals on Tuesdays and Thursdays for wings.

But, yeah, just going, like, my ideal Sunday, definitely just being at a sports bar and being there all day, just being there all day and just enjoying having some wings and watching all the football. So just starting the one o'clock games, 430 games, even primetime. I just want to watch all of it, sit down, enjoy with my friends, of course. I know I'm not going to, I'm not going here alone um but just enjoying that with my friends and just being out having a few beers having some wings that's like that is that's what I enjoy on uh that's what I want to do on NFL Sundays of course it never it doesn't always work out that way family get togethers apple picking all that stuff stuff, obligations work sometimes. It doesn't always work that way, but if I have the time and I have the option and I have the money, that's typically what I like to do.

So something like that. But have anything else you want to add to that? Yeah, yeah, actually, you see, Adam, you are a much better person than me for letting prior obligations get in the way of football, you know, it's like, there are sometimes a friend calls, they want to hang out, like, sorry, no, no, no, no, no, in fact, there was a time I was in high school, and I had, like, this friend group, they're like, hey, we're all going to meet up on Sunday, I'm like, can't, can't football no and that's the thing i'm not kidding it's like oh but we're going it's like no no no no no i'm sorry you know my office hours on sunday like no not available and if you text me during the game i will not ever be your

friend i have literally cut ties with and never spoken to people again for far less i'm i'm i'm joking though like don't worry but but seriously though if you text me during game day i'm not going to respond for like a while listen but like so if your friends are like they don't want to i like hanging out with my friends on game day i find that to be enjoyable but if they want if they want to do something other than watching football on that day i'm like get your priorities straight man yes exactly and i want to point out that group i was referring to like they didn't like watch football so it's like well that's gonna be fun for me it's like yeah i don't think those guys are your real friends man well i

don't talk to them anymore, so. Well, they're probably out enjoying, like, soccer or something. No, they're not even, like, sports people. Damn, how'd you become friends with these people? That's a story for another time. Dang, I wouldn't even, I mean, I'm obviously joking, so. But definitely, like, on Sundays, if I have the option to do, to go out or even like, even like, I like your idea too, just to like sit in and like, enjoy like time with friends

and family and have, and have some food at home. That's fun. In fact, I kind of prefer it on Superbowl Sunday, just sitting around with friends. You remember, I had, I had you over with a few of my friends. Ah, yes. Fun times. Yeah. We had had some we had some wings it snowed it snowed a lot and yeah we all leave early but yeah because you live on a hill and if you're going down that you know in the ice and snow you're basically taking your life into your own hands yeah that is correct so it was unfortunately it only lasted a half but you know But Super Bowl Sundays are kind of a different animal. But typical NFL Sundays, I just love watching a sports bar. I just CJ, what is your best NFL Sunday experience? Like, just individual experiences.

We're going into anecdotal. Wow. Oh, my best Sunday experience. Is this like regular games, Super Bowl? Anything. Just any, like, Sunday, Super Bowl Sundays are always the best. experience like is this like regular game super bowl anything just any like i'm sunday super bowl sundays are always the best but yeah yeah it's true like just best experience okay so it was the 2019 season right and uh i went to the patriots cowCowboys game. And fun fact, our college that we go to, you know, for, like, first-year students, they do, like, these, like, discovery days and stuff.

They actually won a raffle that gave us tickets and, like, tailgate passes to that game. And we got to go to the Patriots, like, Empower Fieldhouse, where they, like, were all, like, the, you know, VIPs, where, you know, they're, like, former players and stuff you could talk to. And it was a lot of fun that you got to the game the Patriots won. It was, like, the only good game Nikhil Harry ever had, and, you know, that, that was, like, a lot of fun. It really, truly was. I was, like, so just happy there, and, you know, just getting to go to a game live and go to the Fieldhouse because you won the tickets, that was just wonderful. Yeah, and didn't you meet some players you won the tickets. That was just wonderful.

Yeah. And didn't you meet some players as well? Yeah. I think you mentioned you. Did you meet? Did you meet? Did you? Did you meet Matt Slater? No, no.

Somebody else. Oh, no. I met our old. Whatever old tackles Chris Sullivan. I got to try on a Super Bowl ring, too. And one of our safeties from the 90s, Terry Ray. Okay. There you go. Met some players.

Should have gotten their digits. Get them on the Fumble Rooski show. Well, I didn't even know you back then, man. I know. Of course. All right. So my best best experience and this is kind of over a stretch of time so there were a few times we were able to do this but me and my buddy we were we were in the same fantasy football league and this kind of this is going to drip in to to

bleed into uh into my ideal sunday but what we did was we would always go to Buffalo Wild Wings every Sunday because we were in the same fantasy league. And the one that was close to me, they always had all these different games on different screens. So like we went there and we just watched football all day. And so I also, so I worked, so I work at a local YMCA as a lifeguard and we'd be done. I'd be done around like 1230, which gave me time to get to the spot where I wanted to go, um, to watch games. And we would just meet up and I just watched football all day and we'd enjoy some wings. and it was a great time. I wasn't, I wasn't legal to drink yet, so I couldn't do that, but it was just a great experience.

And just being able, I, that's like I said, that is my, that is my thing to do. Just be, be, just be in a sport, in a sporty, uh, sport fan, like atmosphere, if you will, and just watch all the games and just enjoy it. in a sport fan-like atmosphere, if you will, and just watch all the games and just enjoy it. Pay attention to your fantasy team. Have some wings. And now I can have drinks because I'm 22 years old. But, you know, that was definitely my favorite.

I think we did that for like a four-week stretch where just every week we would just go and watch and watch football. And that was that was a great time. But CJ, I want to move on. Give me your worst NFL Sunday experience. So we talked about our ideal Sundays, you know, best NFL experience. What is, what's your worst? What, what, what is one time where just everything went wrong? Oh boy. If there's a certain someone who is there that's listening to it, I'm sorry in advance. I really am. So it was my freshman year of high school, which was the 2016 season. The Patriots ended up winning the Super Bowl over Atlanta that year. And as you know, Tom Brady was serving a four-game suspension, and he was going to come back. We were playing, like, the Browns.

It was, like, the perfect team, you know, just to wail on. And then I was against my will taken. They're like taking a family trip to like Canada, I think, or somewhere like that where they don't watch football. They drink syrup and legalize euthanasia and other things that I don't agree with. But and and I, you know, like the reception there is terrible because, you know, it's Canada. And I just, I don't know what's going on. But thankfully, my dad was, you know, back home and, like, texting me updates. And I saw a final stat line and how, like, Brady coming back just, like, pile drove the Browns. Like, it wasn't close.

And I know, like, Martellus and Bennett had, like, three touchdowns or something like that. was it was just wonderful and i didn't get to see his comeback and it still hurts me to this day at least you got to watch the cfl oh no no no no no no no no hey man football's football they uh they measure in i believe they measure in meters don't they i don't know well well the only the the only country that does yards is uh is the u.s so it must they must be that i don't know too much about the uh cfl but it's uh it's a different world out there and of course they're not i mean i'm sure there's nfl i'm sure there's nfl fans out there but they're probably they probably don't always get the luxury of turning on the tv to uh patriots dolphins or rams bills like what we're getting to uh

what we're getting tomorrow or i yeah so the episode so this episode is going to be published today which is tuesday and then so we got two days until uh until the nfl season is starting yeah and also adam i just want to say i have nothing against the country of canada i joke i kid i know i know i know we won't cancel you. We're fine. We just like it here. We just like it here. There's nothing wrong with Canada. A lot of wilderness out there. That's, yeah.

But, all right. So, worst NFL Sunday experience. So, as I said before, you know, things don't always work out the way you want it to on a Sunday. You don't always get to watch football. A lot of times you get family obligations. And a lot of the time – like most of the time when you have those, you can at least check on your phone. You'll have service. You could watch it somewhere in the background.

You'll still be able to watch football. With this, it was not the case. So we were at my aunt and uncle's house, and they were celebrating my little cousin's first birthday. And this was during the 2014 NFL season. It was Patriots Vikings it was Patriots Vikings and they apparently destroyed them, but I couldn't find out until after the party. So I could not watch football because not number one, they're hockey fans. They live in New Hampshire. Hockey is a hockey's pretty big around there up North. Um, and like nobody, like I wasn't able to use my phone because they knew I was going to, I was going to look. So it wasn't on a TV anywhere. So I could not watch football and I had to watch,

I had to watch my little cousin tear apart this tiny cake and not even eat it, just smear it all over his face. I'm like, come on, man. I could be watching Tom Brady just rip apart the Vikings. I could at least look. I mean, I understand. I have some family obligations. I have a heart, but I couldn't at least track what was happening. I couldn't do anything like that. It was bad, man. That was an NFL Sunday to forget, and I could not watch any football that day. But, yeah, that was definitely my worst. So one of us was in Canada. The other had a family obligation.

So we've had some rough experiences on NFL Sundays. The Fumble Brewski podcast can't always be covering the Sunday football. We'll do our best. You know what I just realized? This is what we consider a rough Sunday. I think we're pretty lucky, like everything considered, you know? Well, through an NFL perspective. Okay, yeah, through an NFL perspective. Whether or not we're able to watch our football and enjoy, you know,

have our favorite experiences like that. I mean, people have had worse days. If they can't watch their football, like, then there's other things to be worried about. I'm just talking about through football, a couple of NFL fans, people who are looking for something in a career path, covering this, covering them, and it becomes a problem when you can't cover them and when you're not able to watch. So that's all I'm saying. Obviously obviously people have experienced worse things but i want to transition over to some more like towards the field now since we've kind of just

talked about ourselves and our own experiences with just watching football but super bowl predictions so what we originally planned was during while we did our player rankings and division previews and all that stuff, that we would finish that off with Super Bowl predictions. But that also finishes with – those finish right before preseason. And preseason injuries are a real thing. So I thought, okay, how about we save this for right before opening day so this is that episode super bowl predictions so cj who's your matchup who's your winner go okay real quick uh it's gotta be you know when you think about matchups i mean it i mean correct me if i'm wrong it's got to be Falcons-Texans.

No, no, no, no. I'm joking. I'm joking. In all fairness, it's probably Bills-Rams, in my opinion. And I'm leaning just like a little bit toward Buffalo. Okay. Yeah, so Rams. Yeah. And I might have to go rams too to represent but uh the buffalo bills that is a sleeper team

to win the super bowl yet another time where an afc east team wins usually it's a team that's wearing different colors or at least a different color scheme they kind of have similar colors to the patriots red white and blue kind of red white and blue a little bit but i mean the patriots are the patriots we are all patriots yeah that was cheesy but um so my super bowl prediction so i think i'm going to pick the broncos another team uh that recent that had a newly or excuse me a newly acquired quarterback to go to a super bowl in their first year with them so last year it was matthew stafford with the rams the year before it was tom brady with the buccaneers the broncos recently acquired russell wilson to join a roster

that was that already was good and young and had plenty of potential and was a quarterback away. Now they have him. And Russell Wilson is a guy who not only competes his ass off, but he has a Super Bowl ring. So I really like the Broncos. I think they're growing on me. I think I'm going to pick them to go to the Super Bowl. And I have to pick the Rams to represent the NFC. And I think between those two teams, I think there's a reason why it's been a while since a team has won back-to-back.

Teams have gone to back-to-back Super Bowls, which is what you and I are predicting. But something is going to go wrong. Something. And I'm going to take the Denver Broncos to win the Super Bowl. Book it. Book it. All right. So there we go. That is CJ picked Bills-Rams, Bills over the Rams, and I got Broncos over Rams. So Rams are our unanimous MVP pick. We'll have to ask Tuck. Tuck has been busy with football. So we'll ask him next time he's on the show.

We'll say, hey, what's your Super Bowl prediction? But all right. I want to move on to our Fumble Rooski fan box where we asked you guys who your Super Bowl picks are. So what we do is we post a question filter on our Instagram every Monday, and you can respond with hot takes, questions, and more. And we will discuss it and give you a shout-out on our podcast. Respond to next week's fan box question to be featured on our show so our question of the week was who is winning super bowl 57 all right so going into these going into these predictions i'm going to start off with it is hang, just pulling them up. All right, Grayson Mortimer said Buffalo. So another one where the Bills win.

Bills are a good pick. I like them. Sleeper pick, Chargers goes Cash Withers. So yeah, I only hesitate because their coach is so stupid. Like, he can't, he just, it just doesn't work out. And, like, they're loaded to the gills with talent. And if they had better coaching, I would say, yeah, that team's slam dunk. But they just, I just don't think they will.

Aaron Wiseman said, Nework jets okay yeah right up and coming team they have some young talent and if zach wilson can play maybe they're a year or two off maybe a couple more than that but they're they're going they're trending in the right direction. Jack Briel said Cowboys. So I think you responded to this on the social media page. You said it's their year. And then in parentheses again. You know how they are.

This is our year. Yeah, you've been saying that since like 2000. And yet, here we are. And they have talent on their team. Just the issue is they have less of it than they did last year. And last year, it wasn't enough for even a playoff victory in the wildcard round of the playoffs. Against a team that they probably should have beaten. So, best case scenario is they stay the same. Connor Fallon said Rams.ams so yeah they they could

again it's tough to win back-to-back super bowls and we're seeing that each and every year i mean we see a team that looks good the next year after they win the super bowl and we think they're going to do it again and then they don't and what was the last team to go to back to back i think it was the pay it was the patriots correct no no no no it was the chiefs yeah i think chiefs and they had a team to possibly do it that team was loaded problem is they ran into some injury troubles on the offensive line and the buccaneers exploited it so uh after that it was the patriots in 2017 and 2017 so this was an interest this one is this one's an outlier but the new england patriots they went in 2016 they won then they went in 2017 and they lost because their secondary got weaker

mainly because of bill belichick's poor decision I can't say stupidity because he's probably, he's probably smarter than me and, uh, and probably like about 75% of the population, but you know, um, and then after that, but then they went back again and they won it. So yeah, I mean, they, that, that's another example, notto-back. We can talk about the Seahawks, but they didn't run the ball on that one play. They came close, but they couldn't do it. No cigar. But yeah, it's tough for the Rams, and I just – I don't know. Steven Parker said Bengals.

So I love what the Bengals did, but here's another stat that really just doesn't help on the Bengals part. Like young quarterbacks who lose Super Bowls, number one, most of them never go back for some reason. And on top of that, teams who lose the Super Bowl typically don't go back, let alone win. All right, Nathan Merwitz said, Los Angeles Chargers. So we kind of touched on this already. Team that has all the talent in the world, they could do it, but they won't

because their coach is going to get in the way. So their best chance might be, fire your coach midseason. Perhaps. Isaac Zanana. Zanana. I'm not sure how you pronounce it, but he said Finns with like five S's. It's all going to depend on Tua.

It's all going to depend on him. And I wonder how this new coach is going to do for him. JZ8 Hockey said Bills. That's a good team, good coaching, good talent, just about everywhere. Their secondary got slightly weaker. But I can see them going. I can see them doing it. Luke Banning said, hope I'm wrong, but Bucs, you probably will be. Coming from a guy who's really rooting for Tom Brady to win a Super Bowl in his last,

potentially his last season, age 45 year. That offensive line is just so banged up. I just can't see it with them. And maybe they make some moves, maybe some practice squad or backup guy steps up and they actually pull something off. But if, I mean, Tom Brady can pick apart any, any defense, but he can't do it when he has a defender in his face, every single play. Uh, Jack Robb said Browns and you can make the argument if Deshaun Watson was going to start a full year. He's going to be out for 11 games.

So it depends on how confident you are in Jacoby Brissett and on whether or not when Deshaun Watson comes back, he can just hit the ground running. So we'll see on that part. Landon Weber said Chargers. Again, I'm going to keep hammering this point. Their coaching is a big-time Achilles heel for them, and they continuously get in the way. They've had a lot of talent over the past couple of years, but they haven't even mustered a playoff spot,

despite having one of the better quarter better young quarterbacks in the game um all right tyson tate said biased minnesota unbiased minnesota can you tell he's a vikings fan my unbiased opinion of kirk cousins won't win you a Super Bowl. Ayas won't win you a Super Bowl. But just kidding, Tyson. Well, I'm not kidding. But all love. Robert Canedo said Rams go back-to-back. So, again, it's going to be tough for them to win back-to-back.

They have the talent. And they've kind of gotten better in some spots, got a little weaker in others. So we'll see how things go for them. Patrick Williver said, We dem boys, in other words, cowboys. Look, I love... I don't hate the cowboys as much as a lot of people do.

I don't. I think their fans can be delusional sometimes but the team doesn't really most of the time does not bring it upon themselves it's the fans who kind of put the spotlight on them but still they're best the best they can do is stay the same as they are they've lost too much uh so br. So Brady Kudo said, my Las Vegas Raiders with eight S's. The Raiders are a team that, yeah, they have talent. They've gotten a lot better and they're coming off a playoff spot, which is crazy to think because they are projected by many to be the last place team. They look the weakest out of that division.

But that's the team that's coming off a playoff berth. So the problem is their offensive line is still spotty, and their secondary is also just, also i just want to say this speaking as a pats fan i don't know about mcdaniels i really don't enjoy your screen passes on third and ten yeah all right so bryant johnson said buffalo again, we covered that one. The Bills are a team that top to bottom, that's a solid contender. I like it. I like that one.

So I don't know. Who's Slata G? I really don't know. All right. Well, that's what it says. S-L-A-T-U-H underscore G. He said Saints. And didn't they just lose their – they just lost their first round tackle who was supposed to replace Taron Armstead. I believe he's going huh i said trevor

penning you mean yeah i think they just lost him to an injury did they not i don't know i think he's going on ir too like he got hurt so that's gonna be tough he needs foot surgery so i don't know tore a ligament in his foot i they said he could return eventually so I don't know. Tore a ligament in his foot. They said he could return eventually, but we don't know. Eventually? That doesn't sound very optimistic. They have revamped their team, and I'm surprised because they had a lot of work to do, and they did address everything. But I'm also not sure about about james winston like we haven't seen him play at his best and i want to see how he is at his best and yeah i guess he did last season

but we didn't get a good sample size of it and plus they didn't have the best targets for him so i kind of want to see how he does when he's at his best and if he will ever be at his best because he may not he may be without his left tackle. Ian Mulhern said Rams go back to back. So there's another Rams team. So yeah, they could. They could. They've improved. What I really like is that they upgraded the wide receiver two position for them. And they added a guy who on many teams would be a wide receiver one in Allen Robinson. To add on to Cooper Kopp, who is the wide receiver one in all of football. So it's a possibility.

I question their running back core though. That is one thing I also look at, because Cam Akers, if you look at the history of running backs who have torn their Achilles, I don't think anyone ever has been able to be the same guy right after. They're usually either out of the league or they just kind of bounce around and they become journeymen. So Cash Drassens said Rams. So we got a lot of Rams picks. And like I said, they could. They could. They have the talent. They're probably top to bottom the best looking team in the league.

Just I feel like something's going to go wrong there. Because it's hard to win back to back. Injuries, something. Something happens. just i feel like something's gonna go wrong there because it's hard to win back to back injuries something something happens uh bennett graff said red sox obviously no contest it has to be the best team out there right best nfl team yeah yeah yeah i i agree i agree nfl the national frisbee league everyone loves you know Sox. Best Frisbee team ever. No, I'm joking. Do you think that outfielders could make good wide receivers since they have to track down those baseballs when they're hit out in the outfield? It depends on their route running, I suppose. I mean, speed, you know, we've seen slow receivers be decent,

but I feel like a lot of it's route running. Yeah, you've got to get open. All right. And Daniel Blaziak said,ak said bills overrated they missing playoffs so didn't really answer our question but i don't think they're overrated how are they missing the perfectly rated the only way buffalo misses the playoffs is if they're like the ravens last year and they have their team like is on season-ending IR. That's a hot take.

That's a very hot take. Yeah. I just would love an explanation as to why they're overrated, because they have talent everywhere on the field. Cindy Medeiros said, Patriots, all caps caps two exclamation points i wish i like this i like the spirit for our our favorite team but yeah i don't know about that maybe in a few years once they get a get their offensive coordinator

uh situation shored up they get their offensive line worked on well their offensive line's fine right now their their defense needs work uh particularly in the linebacking core front seven and and in the cornerback core so essentially essentially everywhere but safety everywhere but safety their safety position is actually pretty good also our defensive tackles aren't that bad with bar more and Gottschall. Yeah, I guess you're right. So their run defense looks all right. And kind of, we don't need to break down the whole Patriots roster, but they're going to need a few years. Ben Farina said Chiefs. So if Patrick Mahomes could win a Super Bowl with the team he has now, then I think his success in the past few years has been validated.

That's kind of been the one knock on Patrick Mahomes is that he's working with a great offense around him, working with a lot of weapons. So if he's able to do it with kind of a lack of weapons, I wouldn't even say a lack, less than it's not loaded. I'll say it's not loaded. Juju will be all right. Valdez Scantling will help in the deep, uh, with deep balls. They still have Travis Kelsey. So yeah, but I just don't see him winning the Superbowl, let alone maybe even their division because that division is stacked. tayo boyd said me all right dude all right place your

bets now folks tayo boyd on the parlay got a sleeper pick going absolutely all right landon webber said colts matt ryan is going to have a good year listen he might have a good year but i think in order for them to be a super bowl team he has to have a great year as in like mvp level remember yeah and this this the pass catching core may not even be better than what he had last year because last year at least he had he had calvin ridley he had russell gage he had kyle Kyle Pitts. He had pieces to throw to. Now he just has Michael Pittman and a couple other decent pieces. Derek Houle said, Denver Broncos, let's ride.

I like that. That's become a trend and it's kind of funny. Denver Broncos, that's my Super Bowl pick. And I think that's a team that looks like they could really do a lot yeah like they they could go far um leo koi koi vu i'll find his i'll find his pronunciation soon but he said raiders soiders. So that seems to be a sleeper pick for a lot of people, a team that everyone thinks like they could do a lot and they could be very good. Their offensive line is not good enough. And I don't think their safety, excuse me, I don't think their secondary

in general is good enough. So I'm not a big fan of the Raiders. They could make the playoffs, but I don't know about Super Bowl. Jad Noamon, I'm not sure how the pronunciation works with that, said Ravens. That's an interesting one. Perhaps. He's probably already made a friend in Justin Tucker.

Probably. Tuck's watching this and just, he's jumping for joy right now. And I like, the Ravens have a lot of question marks on their team. Their defense looks like it's going to be as good as it's ever been. And they, Lamarson's healthy ish it's just i wonder how they're how healthy their running back core is that's a big question mark and i also wonder how rashad bateman will fare as their new wide receiver one that's a question mark and plus they don't have they also i don't believe they don't they have very much depth at the wide receiver position past rashad rashad bateman i mean they do have they can throw it to mark andrews but uh i don't know so zach my oaks my something like that said Bengals or Saints so we've covered a couple of those

on the fan box questions but I just don't see the Bengals I don't see the Saints just because of the offensive line issue and I also question whether or not jamis winston can lead a team to a super bowl yet we haven't seen him at his best at all throughout his entire career he's been in the league since 2015 still has not is still a massive question mark which says something about jamis winston bengals they've improved a lot in the spots where they needed to improve this offseason. Just unfortunately for them, history does not see it that way. Star Wars quote there. Oh, yeah.

Where the team that loses a Super Bowl goes back and wins it, especially with a young quarterback. Somehow there's just some sort of mental thing with it. Nothing analytical about it, but I mean, if they didn't lose a Superbowl last year, I would have them. I would have them. I think I would have them. Very good quarterback. Awesome, awesome weapons on the, on the, uh, the, uh, in the pass catching corpse, corpse. Good running back. Very much improved offensive line. Improved defense.

Much more balanced defense, too. That defensive backfield had a lot of questions. Now I think they've worked on it a little bit. So, yeah. Yeah. The Bengals, they could be contenders. I don't know about them winning the Super Bowl. But that is all of our responses.

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