The Herd with Colin Cowherd - The Richard Sherman Podcast - 49ers-Jets: Jordan Mason's HUGE game spoils Aaron Rodgers return

Episode Date: September 10, 2024

Richard Sherman reacts to the San Francisco 49ers opening the 2024 NFL season with a strong Week 1 victory over Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets. The Niners were down Christian McCaffrey, but his replacement Jordan Mason went off for 147 rushing yards from the backfield behind Brock Purdy. How did Trent Williams and Brandon Aiyuk look in their first game since their turbulent offseasons? Also, Richard reacts to the Detroit Lions' dramatic Sunday Night Football victory over the Los Angeles Rams, previews the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins Thursday Night Football matchup on Prime Video, and gives out his NFL power rankings now that Week 1 is in the books. #volume #herdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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You know, Super Bowl. Championship. That should always be the expectation. All right, man. That you go on here. Welcome to the Richard Sherman podcast, brought to you by our friends and partners over at Brightly. Mitchell, I heard you got some new ice with that Honolulu blue in it. Please show it off because I need to get those.

Man, I'm waiting for mine to come in the mail with my Seattle Seahawks and my San Francisco 49ers, but I know you're loving that Honolulu. Richard, you are going to be beyond fired up. For those of you guys that don't know, Brightling has partnered with the NFL. They're releasing 100 team custom watches. For each team, I got mine in that Honolulu Blue and Silver to the Detroit Lions. Richard, so thankful for these guys.

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I know you're pumped up. I know you're pumped up after San Francisco lays down the hammer tonight on Monday night football going in, you know, hey, what else could go wrong for this team this offseason? Brandon I, you holds out, Trent Williams holds out, then a game time decision no-go from Christian McCaffrey and all of a sudden we see Jordan Mason starting week one. Richard, what's going through your mind as we're entering this game and UCMC is not playing? I'm very confident, Mitchell, very poised. I understood what was going on.

This is a smart decision. and this is a long-term decision, San Francisco fans. It's not a momentary knee jerk. Ah, we got us still playing. We need to get this win. Hey, the staff knows we need to get this win, but they're not pet it. They know this is an incredibly talented team. This is why they paid Debo Samuels like a wide bag.

This is why they kept Jordan Mason. They have answers. They have things that they feel comfortable with and to allow Christian McCaffrey to rest. You want him for the Super Bowl, not the first week of the season, if you can keep him. So that was a smart decision by the staff. And what a freaking game by Jordan Mason. It's something about just getting your opportunity and making the most of it is really cool. People saying he looked like Marshawn Lynch out there.

My goodness, he does run with a very heavy hat. He runs downhill, Mitchell. He was punishing people all day. You can see as the game went on, he's starting to wear the defense down, wear the defense down. People turning down hits. People turning down tackles. Hey, sometimes they run it into blocks. Like, hey, keep me over here.

I don't, I don't want what's over there. That dude looked like he, like the rent's due. He running like the rent is due, Mitchell. And that was freaking great for the San Francisco 49ers. Great for him. You could hear how happy and how proud Cal Shanahan was of just him getting his opportunity. They knew what he could do. But he went out there and showed the world in a prime time game what he's capable of.

That was really cool. the team was rallying behind him. Also a really, really solid game from Brock Purdy, 19 at 29 for 231, no touchdowns, no interceptions. He did drop a dime to Brandon Iuk. Unfortunately, was unable to come down with it, or else that would have been our play at a week, Mitchell, because he put it on him.

And unfortunately, they didn't get it done. They settled for a field goal. Joanne Jennings also had a really, really good game. Third and Juan is still lithe and well. got paid and he's still getting open. Debo Samuels had a solid game, carried it eight times for 23 yards, five catches 54 yards,

and a touchdown. Our guy, friend of the program, Di Amador Lenore, the hyena, he called his shot. He said, I got something for A-Rod this Monday night. He got targeted a couple times

on a slot fade to Gary Wilson, heck of a play. by Gary Wilson, but they went to the well too many times. He ran a Colorado route, which is like a slant corner or slanting back out, and Diomador was all over it, covered it really well, got his hand in there. I think he should have went for the pick, but I'm not here nor there. It still ended up leading to a pick by Demetrius, Flanagan, fouls. Great play by him.

It was, I mean, I liked everything about it. Nicholas John Bosa put a lot of pressure on him at times. He looked like he was out there in a wrestling match. Tyron Smith is still one of the best tackles in National Football League, a big mammoth of a man. And there were a couple times where I thought maybe there could be something thrown. But the refs never do when there's Nicholas John Bosa out there, so they didn't. I don't think this was a slight against the Jets, Mitchell.

I really don't. I think the Jets are still a really good team. I think Aaron showed flashes of what he could be. Remember, this is first game back in almost two years. I think he showed flashes of exactly the dynamic, incredible arm talent that we've seen for the last 20 years. And he's going to have an incredible connection with Gary Wilson. Alan Lazard was able to get two touchdowns in the game, really showed some flashes of the things that he was able to do in Green Bay. I did not think he was going to return to the Jets after the conversations at the end of last year.

but obviously Aaron Rogers had some conversations with the staff says, hey, this is my guy. I got him, and he showed a lot of confidence in him today. Breeze Hall looked solid. But the Jets are going to be a good team, but you're going against the San Francisco 49ers, one of the best teams in the National Football League. I told you guys, Aaron hugely struggles against the San Francisco 49ers. But shout out to my guy, Nick Sorensen, defensive coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers, His first game calling the shots caught a really phenomenal game.

They looked incredibly sound against the run. Malik Collins looked like a guy early on, especially against the run in this game. Javon Hargrave had some flash plays that were really exciting against the run, a few pressures. Leonard Floyd got the sack. He and Nick Posa put a lot of pressure on the quarterback. And then in a secondary, I mean, you didn't hear Charverius Ward's name called very, often because Jarverius Ward was out there strapping. Did I forget Pony?

Pony at guard, at right guard for the San Francisco 49ers? Looks like they got one. It looks like they got one. Thank goodness because San Francisco fans have nightmares about what the guard did on the final play, or one of the final plays in the Super Bowl in overtime, where it could have been a touchdown. and they just let Chris Jones run unblocked to the quarterback. Chris Jones.

Mitchell, I'm not an offensive lineman. I didn't know the scheme. I didn't know what the slides were. But I'm going to tell you one thing I'm not going to do. I'm not going to let Chris Jones run Scott Free. And it doesn't look like Dominic Hooney is going to be a guy that lets Chris Jones run Scott free. And I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but he looks like a guy.

the San Francisco 49ers fans have to feel good about this game and how it went. It wasn't as close as the final score says they look like a dominant team. I look forward to seeing how they look next week. TD, Tuddy, taking it to the house, in for six. Whatever you want to call a touchdown, one thing's for sure. Touchdowns matter more at Drafking Sportsbook, an official sports betting partner of the NFL. on the ground, in the air from special teams or defense. We don't care how they score them.

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And you playing for so many high-level teams, especially in your Legion of Boom days in Seattle. And then the latter part was San Francisco, you know the importance when you're competing for that number one seat and home field advantage. Getting every win matters. And taking a loss week one is just not acceptable when you're competing against the likes of the cowboys, the lions, you know, et cetera, for that number one seed. This is a huge win for the 49ers. Let's not undersell this. And going back to CMC, I mean, we saw it last year in L.A. I mean, Cam Acres goes out in the preseason.

Kairn Williams comes out of nowhere and just takes over that backfield. And has become, you know, a bona fide superstar in this league now. It looks like the 49ers have somebody in Jordan Mason. We saw flashes last year with them. But now that he's got the opportunity to take this job by storm, this number one, RB role this week in a highly competitive game against a great defense. Richard, they got a one-two combo now. Now you can spell CMC a little bit.

The weight of the world is not on CMC anymore. If you need a drive from Jordan Mason, there's not going to be that falloff. And like you said, he is that hammer. He is the Detroit Lions, David Montgomery. You need somebody like that that's going to come in late in games and give your team a drive or two. And that's what you got in Jordan Mason. Richard, this is A1 football. for the San Francisco 49ers right out the gates.

This fan base's team should be very, very happy. As a Detroit Lion fan, hoping for a little bit of fallout for the Niners. Richard, they're legit and make no mistake about it. It was funny to me because this game felt like practice to me because all the days in training camp of Kyle Shanahan versus Robert Sala, the adjustments, the arguments, the frustration. You could tell it meant just a little bit more. to Kyle today and that he was having a little bit more fun than he usually has because he's

going against one of his good friends, one of his, one of his colleagues, a guy he has a tremendous amount of respect for, and obviously a guy ripping Brackling and Robert Sala. He's a guy that does a great job defensively, but when we were in training camp, Kyle would draw up some nonsense, Mitchell, some just beaters for our plays. Like, hey, these are the answers. Of course, if you know the coverage we're in and you draw, the perfect play. Kyle would draw up some plays where you're like, Kyle, that just, like, what do you expect that? That breaks every one of our rules on defense. And of course, he's wide

open. I mean, what do you expect? We got to break the rules to cover him. Or I'd bastardize the defense and cover him. And Kyle would be mad, be like, do your job on the play. I'm doing my job. He's not supposed to be open. You know, you want him to be open because you want me to, no, heck no, take the check down. Take the check down. You're not getting me with that. And I know there was some gamesmanship between he and Robert Sala. Obviously, Brick has a de-coordinated for the Jets and not Robert Sala called in the plays. But, you know, philosophically, he was having impact on those play calls. And I'm sure it was a great conversation after the game. Obviously, Sala's not happy. They got the loss. They go to Tennessee next week

to play Will Levis and the Tennessee Titans. I really feel good. I feel like that's a good game for them. I feel like that's a chance for Aaron. They'll get a lot of man coverage from Tennessee Titans. That's a game. Aaron Rogers and Gary Wilson can really have their coming out party. You don't want to have, it's tough to have a coming out party versus one of the best teams in the National Football League. You know, you, you, if they would have started with Tennessee Titans, I'm sure their fans would have a lot better about how this game went and about how their team looks. I think Aaron Rogers is going to have an incredible season. I just know for a fact how he plays against San Francisco 49ers and he does not play well.

This is not going to be an indicator of how he's going to play all season, just fans. He will be fine. This defense will be fine. Sauce Gardner and DJ Reed will be fine. I think the secondary will be fine. I think the linebackers, I think everybody's going to be fine. It's just a really tough opponent. And the San Francisco

49ers going to Minnesota, where they have not had a ton of success. Even last year, remember the all-out blitz late in the second half, that led to a huge play for the Minnesota Vikings, which led to them winning that game. And

And it's Sam Darnold. Sam Darno getting his chance to get his Kyle Shanahan, a guy who gave him an opportunity, kind of helped resurrect his career a little bit. And he had a really good game, a really impressive game last week against the New York Giants. And I looked for him to have a really solid game. Kevin O'Connell has been drawing it up like nobody's business. Obviously, they have one of the best receivers in the league and Justin Jefferson. So they're going to have to do everything they can to stop him.

but this isn't a mobile quarterback. This isn't a guy who's going to be all over the place. So Nicholas John Bosa and Leonard Floyd in this defensive line will get a chance to pin their ears back a little bit more next week and see if they can get some shots at the quarterback. And let's see if this offensive line can open up the gaps and open up the holes like they did this week. Maybe Christian McCaffrey goes,

but I've got a sense that if he's sitting out this week, then maybe they give him two weeks to just really make sure we put this to bed so that he's healthy and feeling good. and this isn't a nagging, reoccurring thing going forward. So that's how I'm feeling about that. But Mitchell, I know, I know you want to talk about your boys, Mitchell. I know that's why you're quiet because you got so much to say about those Honolulu blue wearing Detroit Lions because it was rocking out there at Ford Field.

Mitchell, tell me about it. Richard, I was there fired up as could be. and I tell you what, you go into that stadium, Sunday night football, a lot of fun, right? I mean, the city's lively. We saw it with the draft. Detroit knows how to show up. That stadium was a buzz, Richard, from the moment you get in there an hour before the game. And let's not forget the story here.

Jericho, the castoff from the L.A. Rams sent to Detroit, the lowly Detroit Lions for Matthew Stafford. And this is Matthew Stafford's second homecoming, if you will. And he was met with some cheers, Rich. I mean, the fans gave him some love as he ran out. But as soon as that game started, it was just like the playoffs. And Richard, you look at this team. They battled all game.

It wasn't pretty. You know, I think the Lions probably played C-plus football on the day. They had their mistakes, you know, golfed through an interception. The defense had a couple breakdowns. They gave up a 17-3 lead. But what showed me about this team is when I thought they were down and out, they came back. And there's a, there's a stigma here in Detroit called the same old lions. The same old lions would always find a way to lose a game they should have won.

Well, this is a brand new lion. And this is what we've been talking about since last year. This team is now finding ways to win a game they should have otherwise lost. I mean, Richard, they were down and out. Let's face reality. And all of a sudden, they got a three and out from Matthew Stafford. They went down the field. They got a rookie kicker in Jake Bates. that delivers a clutch kick, albeit short, still clutch kick for him. And then they go and pound the rock seven consecutive plays. I think they have one passing play on that overtime possession, Richard. That is when a team shows you, hey, this is our strength, our O-lines number one in football.

And we got an absolute workhorse behind them in David Montgomery. We're just going to give you the football and show you that our team is stronger than yours. And Richard, that's what they did. I'm really excited to hear your thoughts on the Lions because while it wasn't a pretty win, it was a gritty win and that's the way Detroit plays football. Mitchell, it was a gritty win. It seemed like it was almost symbolic

of the city of Detroit. Hey, people think a certain way of you. You got beat up a little bit early, got, you know, down and out. But the Detroit City, Mitchell, the music city, Mitchell, they're going to make it happen. And they did. This is a beautiful team. They have a beautiful culture.

You got the young guys, homegrown talent that are making it happen. Aidan Hutchinson with a sack, four quarterback hits, Brian Branch, who's the second-year player, had three past defenses. That secondary looked much better, even though Matthew Stafford had 317 yards. He's a big yardage quarterback. He's going to get his yards, no matter what. But Jameson Williams, who you called? Mitchell, you called that.

Jamison Williams. They have a lot of belief in this kid, and you keep hearing all his praises. Oh, he's going to do this. He's going to do this. He's doing it. Five catches, 121 yards and a touchdown. He looked incredible out there. And then you get to the last drive.

Hey, overtime. We're taking the ball. We're going to march it down. Really old school style, right behind our right side of our old line. You know, we'll get some to the left. But right behind Penae's soul and that right side of the old line, hate him. This is our guy. We believe in him and we're going to trust him. And David Montgomery continued to just punish the defense, punish the defense, punishing run after punishing

run. They gave him a slight break in there to get Jamir Gibbs a touch. But at the end of the day, he wasn't coming up very often. He wanted this drive on his shoulders and he took it and he led this team down. It looked like such a confident and strong. That's why they're contenders, Metro. That's why they deserve the respect because they walk the ball down versus a very competitive Rams team, a Rams team that was in the playoffs playing this team last year. So this isn't just some slouch of a team. This team is a team that expects to compete again for playoff contention. And they really just said, hey, we're going to impose our wheel and let you guys know you're at our stadium in our house and we're not having it. We're walking away with a dub. Get back on

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I mean, that's demoralizing, right? Richard, what I get fired up about the Lions is their offense was supposed to be spectacular. You add another piece in Jamison Williams. You get the development of Sam Laporteur. You get the maturity of Jemir Gibbs. Then you just keep this molding and meshing of this offensive line. I didn't see so many offensive linemen jerseys in the crowd. I mean, there was like a Penae Sewell every fifth jersey.

I saw it's insane how much the city loves this O line. But what they need to help with is what you pointed out, the secondary. And they also just needed to add a little bit more depth on that D line. They went out this offseason and they've got DJ Reeder who did not play. But one of the biggest names that I think a lot of folks should be aware of coming out is number 91, Levi Ouzerike, the defensive tackle out of Udub, Richard. He's been injured for three years. and he came back and Dan Campbell says this guy is going to be a bona fide star here this year.

Richard, he had a sack against Matthew Stafford. If the Detroit Lions can add DJ Reader in another piece on that D-line, I mean, now of a sudden we got a defense that could be, again, what I called top 10 in this league, Richard, I'm excited. I think this team can go on a run right away. I know you like the Buccaneers and they are a tough team, but I just love the Lions at home next week. I can't see a situation that they lose that game.

Vegas has got him as a touchdown favorite already. Richard, taking a week one dub feels a hell of a lot better than taking an L. I will leave you with that. No question, no question. And this is without a great game from your star receiver, Amun Ra State Brown, not because he wasn't great, but because it was James' Williams' day. And now people are going to have to game plan for James and Williams. They're game planning for Amman Ra doing everything they're.

can stop to do to stop Amman Rae St. Brown in the tight end, but you're not accounting for Jamison Williams. Now you're going to look at the film and say, man, we got to make sure we know where number nine is at all times, and that's going to open things up for Amman Rae St. Brown to have more success. But I guarantee Mitchell, I know you feel very confident about this game against Tampa, but they looked really good. Baker looks like he found his home. That Todd Bowles' defense is very hectic. They create a lot of chaos. Levante David. Looked like he had a really good game. Joe Tryon, Shawinka, had a really good game.

They're putting a lot of pressure on quarterbacks. They're doing a lot of great things defensively. Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, those guys are putting on a show as they always have. But you're right. You're Honolulu Blue Boys look like a dominant force and look like they can win these games in whatever way they need to. It can be a big, high-scoring pretty game. It can be an ugly, grind-out, gritty game.

It can be a defensive matchup. It could be a shootout, whatever they want to do. It seems like they're going to have to do it in the Honolulu blue. If they want to get a clue, Mitchell, I'm going to make a rhyme out of that at some point. I need that. I need that. Before you come to Detroit for that Green Bay Packers, Thursday Night Football game, I'm going to need a wrap on this, Richard.

Speaking of Thursday Night Football, I know you got to be fired up. This is your guy's first Thursday night football game of the year with Amazon. Richard, give me, how excited. I know you got to be pumped, man. I know this is something like what goes through your mind pregame when you're about to go on the field, on set? Like, are you studying? Are you jacking yourself up? Are you listening to music? Tell me about it. Well, Mitchell, it's exciting. At the first game we ever did for Thursday night football, it was, it was surreal for me. I think it was Kansas City versus the Chargers in Kansas City. And I found myself in my room, like, going through my game day routine, headphones in, got my game day playlist going.

and I can feel my body like turning on and my mind turning into, like going into the place and he needs to go to, then I was like, wait, you're not playing. If you don't sit your behind down, like, if you don't turn this off and put your suit on, you're not putting pads on today. You got to talk the game.

And so it just took a second to adjust my mentality because you're going to these games so hype, so excited, it feels good, you get into the atmosphere, you smell the grass, you hear the crowd, you see the referees that you've been dealing with for 10, 11 years. You see the players getting to interact with them, and it just feels like football,

and you hear that national anthem, and then it's like chills up your spine, and then your body turns into something, and then you've got to turn it off. And then you've got to say, oh, you're not playing, turn it off. Not you. They're talking to them.

They're going. But I'm super excited for this one. This is a fantastic divisional matchup. Both teams won last week in different ways. Buffalo has dominated this series. winning 11 out of 12, but I think the dolphins have a great shot this week. Obviously, they had all the turmoil and adversity before the game last week with Tyree Kiel, Kaleas Campbell, Jonu, all dealing with, I mean, we all saw the body cam footage,

some issues with the Dade County Police Department. But this week, it's going to be hopefully locked in, a short week for both teams in Miami. The weather's going to be great. It's going to be hot. I'm going to have a linen suit on Mitchell. I think Josh Allen is going to go out there and want to put on a show, but I think he gets outplayed by your guy, Tuatanga Vailoa, Tyreek Hill, Jalen Wado.

I hope our guy Rahim Moster can have some success. Jalen Ramsey seems motivated. He's on Twitter. He know he didn't have the best game last week. He's going to come in trying to make a statement, trying to make a play on prime time to show everybody he's still there. He's still a guy. But Buffalo, Buffalo has a bunch of young guys.

Kean Coleman, is he going to make a statement? Is he going to have a big game? Who's going to be the guy that steps up and separates for the Buffalo Bills? And that's what I'm excited to see. We all know the superstars that the Miami Dolphins have. But now that Stefan Diggs is gone, now that Gabe Davis is going, who's going to be the go-to guy consistently for the Buffalo Bills? That's what we're waiting to find out.

And we're going to get another chance to get a, a peek at that, Mitchell, if you want. Thursday night, 7 p.m. Eastern on Prime Video, download it. I don't think I'd know anybody without Prime, without Amazon right now. So if you're looking for where our game is, you're looking for the coolest, funnest Thursday night show on television, then check us out.

Richard, I'll definitely check you out. That's this week's TNF preview presented by Prime Video. Be sure to watch the Bills take on the Dolphins. this Thursday with Richard wearing his linen suit. And something tells me you're going to be rocking the brightling too, Richard. I better see that. No question. I better see that.

If you just see me do random yons, oh, oh, Mitchell, it's because I'm feeling myself. My boys got me right. But you know what thing? When you're in town for the Detroit Lions Thursday Night Game, I'll let you wear this. And that's what I'll allow you to wear. This Honolulu blue and silver one here, Rich. I like that one. We got to talk a little bit more in depth here because this is my favorite part of the show every week because I get to hear you position the Detroit Lions somewhere into your Richard Sherman Power ranks. Richard, we got to talk about it. Now that week one is concluded. Do you have an idea? Do you have a sense of your top five in this week's ranks?

Mitchell, I got a, I got a inkling. I got to because sometimes you get a little hot. Johns, you get a little bob. Mitchell, sometimes you get a little hot and bother. Mitchell, this week was a lot of heat. in the kitchen for my power rankings. But still, staying at number one, Kansas City Chiefs, they're still, nothing led me to believe they're not the best team in football except the San Francisco 49ers. They're close.

If I could do 1A, 1B, Mitchell, I would. But we're going to go, 1, 2, 3. I'm going to give your boys, 3, Mitchell. I'm going to leave your Honolulu Blue. Detroit Lions, they're going to be three. Okay, I love it. I had a lot of confidence in the Houston Texans. I wanted to put them in there.

I didn't feel great about their showing. I felt like C.J. Straub was a little bit hesitant. Through a few passes, a little more errant than I'm used to. He's much better with keeping the football safe. There were a few passes that I thought should have been picked that weren't, but they still came out and won the game. that defense played well. But they're going to drop a little bit for me.

I'm going to keep the Baltimore Ravens in there at four. No, no, no, no. I'm going to keep them at five. I'm going to keep them at five. That fourth spot, make sure that fourth spot. I have to give me a second. Can I have to give me a second? I think I know where you're going,

and I think it's probably going to end up hurting you. Because I don't think you really want to do it truly, rich. Do you like the Dallas Cowboys? No, I don't. Mitchell, but they played so well. That's what I'm saying. I know you're inevitably going to have to settle somewhere around them, Rich. They played so well.

They played so well. And I have a lot of respect for what that Cleveland Brown's defense did last year and the players and the talent that they have. Miles Garrett, the cornerbacks that they have, Ward. than Mitchell, the Dallas. The Seattle, because I don't want to push Baltimore. I might push Baltimore out. Do I push Baltimore out?

Miami had a dog fight of a game. I put them in it. It was a dog fight. They were in it. I'm not sure. I'm not really sold on Jacksonville's defense. I don't know if that should have been as hard as it was. I know Saints fans are like, put us in.

Look, not for. Not for what you did against Carolina, guys. Not quite yet. Wait a minute. Hold on. You're on third street. Let's see it against somebody else. Hmm.

I can't be all NFC, Mitchell. I can't. I can't just go all NFC. It'll just be one AFC and four NFC. You got the chief, Rich. I know, but the rest would be NFC. The obvious one, man. The New England Patriots,

huge join against the bangles. You know, I mean, you can slide them in there. Mitchell, I, I, nothing about my, nothing in my person or soul wants to put them anywhere near my top five right now, Mitchell. They, they have a lot to show me before. I'm not saying they stunk offensively, but it didn't smell great. Either side. So Cincinnati, we got to have a real uncomfortable conversation if they score 10 points again,

Mitchell. I have a really uncomfortable conversation where people are going to be sitting there calling me a hater. We're probably going to go viral. We start that conversation. But that's, we need to see more. You know, we're going to give them a break. Everybody has a, has a snaffle and a rough game. All right. Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens. It was tough. I can live with it. I knew you were going to settle up there. We could have saved like a good two, three minutes of deliberation there. Richard. I told you it was going to hurt your soul.

And it probably did. But we got in conclusion, the Chiefs, the San Francisco 49ers, my hometown Detroit Lions, the Dallas Cowboys, and the Baltimore Ravens, Richard, that's a week one power ranks. Sir, we've been hard at it. I know you've been really hard at it. We've given you guys three podcasts this week. Look forward to bring you more and more.

I know, Rich, you're fired up for this. I will allow you to sign us off as we conclude week one. Well, before we sign off, I want to make sure I give some much deserved love to Jake Moody, who went six for six for the San Francisco 49ers. The second year kicker out of Michigan had a heck of a day. And if we had a player at a game, it would likely have to be him. He had an incredible day, a big reason why the San Francisco 49ers won this game. He was accurate and they weren't just chip shots.

There were a couple 50-yarders in there. He nailed them through, even hit the crossbar, just to keep things interesting. And I know that San Francisco fans and Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch have to feel great about his performance. Such a young kid played so well tonight, deserves a ton of credit. But I appreciate you guys joining me. Thank you, everybody who's hit that sub button.

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