The Herd with Colin Cowherd - What's Wright - NFL Week 3 Reaction: Ravens FUMBLE AWAY MNF vs. Lions, Chiefs & Eagles BREAKOUT games | Nick Wright

Episode Date: September 24, 2025

Get a 7-Day Free Trial + 50% Off your first month with code WRIGHT Just download the HOF app on iOS or Android, enter code WRIGHT, and you’re all set. Nick Wright reacts to Week 3 of the NFL season, starting with Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens losing on MNF after a costly Derrick Henry fumble vs. Jared Goff, Dan Campbell, and the Detroit Lions. Then, Nick debates whether or not Patrick Mahomes and his Kansas City Chiefs are over their Super Bowl hangover and why it took the Philadelphia Eagles so long to unleash Jalen Hurts vs. Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams. After, Nick discusses if the Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers, and Dallas Cowboys hype trains are fully derailed. Later, Nick and Damonza quickly hit on every game around the league and answer your questions. #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Detroit came back on the next drive, converted on fourth, got a touchdown. So we did it for your team. we should do it for my team too should i be worried about my ravens with how everything's going at the moment so i'm glad you listen i'm glad you put it in that context we did it for the chiefs for being oh and two and now one and two should we do it for baltimore and it is a very interesting test of sports media today and who has and has not earned benefits of the doubt because I, silly me, Chiefs Homer, lifelong Kansas City and got a tattoo about the team, silly me. I would have thought that a team that has been to seven consecutive conference championship games,

been to five of the last six Super Bowls, won three of the last six Super Bowls, and been to three straight, that if any team would have earned, a benefit of the doubt for sputtering out of the gates, it would be the Chiefs. But I was wrong. It was a lot of talk about how systemically the team may be broken, about Patrick not being as good as he once was, Andy's play design not being as creative as it once was, and about how this team just isn't scary anymore.

and, you know, an ad that we'll get to in a minute when over the New York Giants didn't exactly quiet that for most people. We'll get to my thoughts on it in a second and the tackle that turned the tide trademark, as Kevin Wilde would say. I wonder how folks are going to discuss the Baltimore Ravens. Now that they are one and two with the one victory. being an uninspiring one over the Cleveland Browns. Now that they, the Baltimore Ravens, who the benefit of doubt that they have earned, is being to zero consecutive Super Bowls,

zero in the last decade, one conference championship game appearance. If we are going to look at the Baltimore Ravens defense, with the same critical eye that we have looked at the Kansas City Chiefs offense. A Baltimore Ravens defense that ultimately last year was not good enough, that up to this point this year has been downright awful. A Baltimore Ravens team that on top of that seems to situationally not be the most buttoned up in football,

and a Baltimore Ravens team that all of a sudden, second best player, seems to have an odd fumbling problem. Now, I don't know if you agree with me or not on this, DeMonsei. I do not think that game was lost on the Derek Henry fumble. I think that that game was lost on the Ravens' entire inability to get us to stop Detroit from doing whatever they wanted on the ground. Yeah, that's fair.

And the two 95 plus yard drives of Detroit just running it down their throat, to me, was a flashing red light of concern. And it is, you know, it's kind of perfect that, you know, the Chiefs and the Ravens now play each other on Sunday. because one of these teams is going to be 0 and 3 with three losses to the three legitimate teams they faced. And the other team is going to be 2 and 2 and have steadied the ship. And we'll talk obviously more about that game on Thursday and Friday show.

Do you think that you could... Oh, yeah, go ahead. We'll talk about it more. I was going to say, what do you think with Kansas City winning in Baltimore coming off this loss, that it's a bad scenario for the Chiefs could be a potential trap game?

Well, no. Again, this is, I blame Wilds for this, not you. Nobody seems to understand what trap game means anymore. Trap game, you're talking about maybe a letdown spot or something. Trap game is, you, what, so let's say the Chiefs had been 2 and O going into the Giants game with the Ravens coming up the following week. Then the Giants are a trap game. Trap game is team flying high facing a bad opponent with a good opponent coming up. Trap game, perfect example.

Trap game is what the Packers just dealt with. Yeah, the Browns. Looking great. Have the Cowboys, you know, kind of not revenge, but a big Mika game coming up. And then the Browns beat them. That's a trap game. The Chiefs playing the Ravens, like not a trap game. It is a, what you're talking about is the,

Ravens all of a sudden potentially more desperate coming off the loss, but desperation is, you know, accounts for something. Whether or not this team is quite as good as everyone assigned them as being is something else. And so let's talk about the actual game itself. So the Ravens' defense was disastrous start to finish. Now, they didn't have Namdi Madabuki, but I don't know when they're getting him back. They didn't have Kyle Van Noy, but I don't know when they're getting him back. And Roquan Smith was not good.

Historically, he's been excellent. Last year was a little shaky. Last night he was not good. Obviously, folks are going to focus on the Derek Henry Fumble. I want to talk about Lamar for a second. And again, I texted this to Greg Rosenthal this morning about alleged, you know, because Greg said he didn't want to be lumped in with the quote, Lamar haters.

And I texted Greg, I was like, the Lamar haters group is just Bill Polian from a decade ago in a draft evaluation. And I guess me. Because everyone else in the media is in pretty much lockstep that this guy is simply unimpeachably great. and one of the greatest players we've ever seen. And while I do think he's one of the greatest players we've ever seen, I think last night, he was not quite as good as the numbers suggest, and let me tell you why.

Now, not just because I don't really care about the final 80 yards and touchdown when they were down 14 with less than two minutes left. That's not what I'm talking about. Even before that, like you started the game 9 of 10, his pass rating was crazy. he was making some really good passes. There are two things last night that I feel are not one-offs that if I were a Raven fan would be concerning.

One is Lamar's refusal to throw the ball away and his hesitation to just take off and run, and those two things combining to him being sacked seven times is just a killer. Like, he was great when he threw the ball. But he needed to throw the ball a little more or a little quicker or take off and run. Those sacks were drive killers time and time again. So that's the kind of me. it being that crazy and it be in seven sacks, that's something that'll get corrected pretty

fast. Yes, I would think so, but it was, the concern there is it wasn't corrected during the game. It was five sacks, you know, when they were still in the game and still on that last drive before the drive when they punted with like six minutes left. You know, he took, he got sacked once there and then another one he ran, but. that was essentially a sack. Right, he gained like two yards. But they stopped it.

Yeah. Exactly. And here's the other one. And I'm just curious if other people noticed it. Man, he seemed to be wound tight from the opening snap. He was pissed off the whole game. Yeah, he was tilted the entire time. I saw it.

I don't know what it was. It was like very simple stuff in the beginning. So weird. that the first drive of the game that they didn't score. I don't know which drive it was, but the first time they went three and out, his like body language and emotions are really, he just seemed wound tight.

Yeah. And so, and that is, we have seen that Lamar a handful of times before. It, unfortunately for him, more often than not, is in the playoffs. where like early in the game, you're like, oh, he is anxious about this spot. But they were coming off a win. Like that, I didn't really get it. Why?

The last time they played Detroit, they annihilated him. He has a hilarious record in his career against NFC teams. I'm going to pull it up real quick because it now obvious, I think it was like 23 and one. Say it again. Okay, I thought at this point he has like four losses told. from the NFC. It might be less than that, apparently. I think it's less, bro. So Lamar, no, you were right.

You nailed it. So going into last night, he was 24 and 4 against the NFC with 48 touchdowns, nine picks and like a 108 rating. I think maybe he had at some point won like 20 straight or something. Whatever it was, he had had a ridiculous record against the NFC. He had beaten, they annihilated the lines last time they played him. He, they had just come off a win and the offense had been great in both games. Or they scored 40 points in both games.

It was just a weird spot for him to be wound tight immediately. And those things concern me, man. So here is, here is the. I think, Fair Reid, given everything I've said about the chiefs being fine, about where the Ravens are, as they now both sit at one and two. It is hard. Like, either the Chiefs or the Ravens are going to be one and three, Sunday night. It will still be so hard to find seven AFC playoff teams without including both of the Chiefs and the Ravens.

And here's why. The bills are 3 and 0, they're excellent. The Chargers are 3 and 0, they're excellent. Okay? Here is the entire list of teams other than bills and chargers in the AFC that currently have a better record than the Ravens and Chiefs at 1 and 2. We're at two teams. The call 2 or 3 and 0 who look excellent,

but I think there is still a little bit of waiting for the bottom to fall out. And then there are only three other teams, and they all feel totally fraudulent. The Cincinnati Bengals, the Cincinnati Bengals who don't have their quarterback, the Steelers who are not good, flatly not good, and I worry, you know, preview to Nick's picks. I cannot wait to be on the Vikings this weekend as they play a London or an Ireland game and that defense going after Aaron Rogers. And then the Jags, who, man, I can't, I have not been pleased with how the Jags have played through three weeks.

That's it. Right. And I know it's the playoffs, obviously, don't start today. If the playoffs started today, the AFC would have a, one and two playoff team. Like one of the one and two teams would make it. So I will not say that the Ravens at one and two or even at one and three should panic as far as making the playoffs. What I will say is one of the reasons I have this confidence about the chiefs is for nearly a decade now every single year.

they play their best ball in the postseason. Home or road, they play their best ball on the postseason, particularly the AFC side of the bracket. Haven't obviously always played their best ball in the Super Bowl, but in the postseason they have, or in the AFC side of the bracket they have. The Ravens are the opposite. And I think that the defense last year looked hugely problematic and then turned it around at midseason.

I don't know if they're going to be able to do that again. And so they are still. They're very poignant. Like, this is a good offensive. I don't want to call them offensive juggernaut, but damn near. Like, this is a pretty good team. No. They're going to do some stuff to you.

But, like, obviously, you're one of the better teams. You got to be able to beat the good team. Correct. Right. It's the, the Ravens are trying to win a Super Bowl. They're going to have to go through the bills, Kansas City, the Chargers, just to get to whomever is in the other side of the bracket. And if you were to tell me right now, honestly, if you have an all-time legend at quarterback, like the Chiefs and the Ravens both do, what would you rather if you're going to have to have one part of your team really be struggling early in the season, what would you rather it be? Me personally, I'd rather it be the side of the ball that my all-time legend can help correct. So like if you're Kansas City, you, the offense has not looked good, but Patrick is directly involved in that. and has months to figure it out.

If you're Baltimore, the defense has looked awful. Lamar's on the sidelines for that. And so that to me is legitimate reason for concern. All right, let's talk the lion's side real quick, DeMazze. They struggled in week one versus Green Bay, but they've been humming ever since. They are fifth in Super Bowl odds. Do you think that's too high, too low, or just right?

I don't mind it. Listen, I've been really impressed by how they've responded to that week one performance. And last week putting 50 on the Bears and this week, I mean, they've scored what? 90 points in their last two games after having six points going in late, you know, late in week one. Really impressive. And Dan Campbell's game management is excellent. that going for that fourth down was objectively the right call and a call a lot of teams up seven wouldn't have done and it you know he is doing a lot to push towards will be fine without um

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yeah yeah so Vegas is Vegas isn't buying into their hype though they've got them as home dogs to our ravens this Sunday at minus three so what are you seeing different about the chiefs that Vegas is not well listen I I'm not gonna act like the chiefs looked great Sunday night against the Giants. They obviously didn't. And that first half was horrifying. The first half was really, truly awful.

So let me talk. What I do think, though, and I told this story on the TV show, I'm going to tell it again here, because having an encyclopedic memory about the Patrick Mahomes era for the Kansas City Chiefs can pay dividends. And so let me tell you guys,

a quick story. In 2020, the Chiefs with the defending champions went back to the Super Bowl and got blasted by Tampa Bay. The next year, not only did they start out three and four, but Mahomes had the first real slump of his career. This is with Kelsey, this is with Tyreek. They get blown out by Buffalo. They get blown out by Tennessee.

They then play the Giants. and need a field goal with a minute left to be a four and eventually four and four win Joe Judge Giants team to get to three and four. The very next week, they play the Packers in the game Aaron Rogers can't play in because of, that's how we found out he didn't have the COVID vaccine because he was on the COVID list. and Jordan Love and his first career start comes to town, and it's one of the ugliest games ever. And with two minutes left, it is 13 to 7, Kansas City, and Mahomes has played terribly.

Okay? And it is third in 10, and a first down wins the game, and they don't get a first down, and they could lose outright, and fall to three and five. And Patrick, play breaks down, Patrick scrambles to his right, off one leg, zips in a laser down the sideline to ice the game.

And I went on TV the next day and said, I believe that's the moment Patrick snapped out of his funk. I believe that is the moment that the Chiefs will be the Chiefs again. And the rest of the season, they lost one time and made it to the AFC. championship game where they did lose to the Cincinnati Bengals. But the rest of it, from that moment forward, they were as good as any team in football. This year, they get blown out in the Super Bowl. They look terrible through two weeks.

They are playing the New York Giants. It is a tie game approaching halftime. Patrick attempts to swing past Isaiah Pacheco who runs in the wrong direction. The ball is lined. it is about to be Giants 13 to 6 and the Chiefs are going to be in dire straits. And Patrick Mahomes runs down the Giants player who's about to scoop and score, takes the ball back from him, steadies the team, and from that moment forward in that game was Patrick Mahomes again.

I do think we are going to look at. back on that moment as the moment the chiefs steadied themselves. Now, are they going to be prolific, dynamic, dominant off the bat? No, I don't think so. I think it's going to, you know, Xavier will be back this week. Rice will be back in three. Yeah. For sure?

Oh, okay. I'm the, I'm telling everybody, Xavier is going to be back this week. My bad. No, you don't have to, no, not your bad. You are correct in that it has not been reported. But I will throw on the same fake news hat. The hat is fake. The news is real that I told you guys he definitively was not playing in week two.

And I was not sure if he was playing in week three. I'm now telling you, barring something unforeseen happening, he's playing in week four. So I don't think they're fixed to be clear. But I do think after week one, I was terrified about the past defense. That has slowly but surely improved. I was frustrated that Patrick still wasn't throwing the ball downfield. That has improved.

it does appear that Taekwon Thornton might be an interesting piece. That is positive. Xavier coming back. That is positive. Rice. Excuse me. Rice will be back. That will open things up for Travis.

And then this is the part of, this is the part of, of the team that right now is the shakiest and the least inspiring is the running back room. And this is where I wonder if Brett Veach is going to look at a few teams that are going nowhere. Those teams being the New York Jets with Breece Hall, the Miami Dolphins, with Devon A. Chan, or, and this would be the dream, the New Orleans Saints with Alvin Kamara, and say, hey, would you guys like a draft pick for your running back?

And if that happens, I think the Chiefs' offense can be remade mid-season. I like, I love, actually, how the rookie left tackle is played. the right tackle Joanne Taylor has been good when he's not being penalized and there are real building blocks here and now they also have an opportunity to put the Ravens in a bit of a tailspin

and to where they're not the team everyone's panicked about now if they lose to the Ravens which is certainly on the board they are staring at being two and four when Rishi comes back. He's lose to the Ravens. It's very hard to then say you expect them to beat the Lions, but they do have the Jags in between then,

and I have not been impressed by the Jags thus far this year. But I think this could have gone left on Kansas City. And I think it was going left, when that ball was bouncing around the MetLife turf, and it looked like it was about to be 13 to 6 giants. And then Patrick made what I believe, and we can come back and check on this, what will go down as one of the most important

regular season plays of his career, and I think that they've at least been steady. Before we get to the other follow-ups to Monza, go to the chat question, if you would. Bryce asked, Nick, let's say the chiefs are a lesser version of last year, not flashy, but get into the playoffs at the five spot out in round two. They still get the benefit of the doubt next year with this same start. No. Listen, if the chiefs go 10 and 7 and lose in the divisional round and then start next year poorly, then we say, okay, like they're in a transition phase.

like the but when they are literally still in the midst of the most successful seven year period any team has had in the history of the sport it's to me two games was too quick of a trigger

and it is not even having like their full strength of roster correct and now to be fair like Danny said this on the yesterday and he's right some of the problems for the chiefs are not solved by getting receivers back like the running back problem is not solved by that the pass rush problem is not solved by that so it's not all that but that's part of it but here's another i think fun or interesting fact

so the chiefs have made seven straight a fc championship games the only team in league history to make more than seven consecutive conference championship games is the New England Patriots from 2011 to 2018. They made eight straight, okay? And it's kind of perfect because the Patriots made every championship game in the AFC from 2011 until 2018. In 2018, they played the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game. And from that moment, the Chiefs have made every AFC championship game.

So from 2011 to 2024, the chiefs in the Pats have played in every single conference championship game. Exactly right. In that eight-year stretch, DeMonsei, where the Patriots made five Super Bowls, won three, and made eight straight conference championship games, they started two and two. Half of those seasons. Four of the eight years, they started two and two. Now, didn't start one and three. And so Kansas City, you know what I mean? This is a big game on Sunday.

But two and two is not a problem. And two and two, if it comes with a win over the Ravens, will make you feel very good. All right, let's get to the follow-ups here. Kelsey had another sideline outburst with Andy Reid. Are you nervous about this? Is this becoming a thing? So, listen,

Andy at half time said that the team needed some juice. Here's what Andy said after the game. So here's the deal. Do I understand the frustration that, listen, this is what's right. We're honest about this stuff. That there is a level of passion that white athletes are, you know, get to get away with and not be, you know,

painted with a broad brush that black athletes are not. I totally get that. Do I think that there is, that we, you know, whether it be Tom Brady screaming at Bill O'Brien or Travis Kelsey literally bumping Andy Reed during a Super Bowl that plays differently if a lot of things aren't true. It's not just that they're white, but that helps, but also that they're all-time legends and they're great. And you know what I mean? That they've won all of that is in the stew of what we're going to freak out about or not versus George Pickens throwing his helmet. I get that piece of it. And I understand that people think that's unfair.

I get that. The distinction that I am going to draw, and this is not an excuse. or even an explanation. It's just a reality. Is when people are trying to use this as evidence, something is wrong with the chief, something is off. The point that I will make is when it comes to Travis, he's always been this way. This is a guy who in his second year in the league had a ref throw a flasker.

flag at him and he picked up the flag and threw it back at him. This is a guy that in the first padded training camp practice after the chiefs won a Super Bowl three years ago, punched a teammate in the helmet. I rewatch that video last night. That dude didn't even do nothing. I know. That was right. You're talking about the training camp punch.

Yeah. It was insane. The guy just like literally poked the ball. The guy did nothing. It's a team. It's a teammate at training camp coming off a Super Bowl. And then Travis went on his pod, said he's got to be better. And if I remember correctly, the next week did it again.

Hit another teammate. This is a guy who during the Super Bowl almost knocked Andy Reed to the ground. In early in the Super Bowl, they won. and in this instance he in week one head budded joan taylor yeah

and in this instance and he hits him right like i'm just going to be i i this was not Travis hitting andy again this was not elder abuse this was andy bumping Travis yeah and and and so like in buddy right for real

and so I'm not excusing it. I'm simply saying he's been he's been this intense for a decade. And to me it is, listen,

is there extra frustration for the chiefs right now about the offense? No doubt about it. Do I think that led to Mahomes having two lateral backward passes in that, game like a little a on edge i do think that like i do it has that maybe led to mohomes missing some passes sure but it just is what it is and i think that because of andy's disposition and

he it's very weird weird's the wrong word interesting what bothers and doesn't bother and And he is so much more bothered by someone getting an illegal formation penalty for lack of attention to detail pre-snap than he is by Kelsey losing his shit on the sideline. And that just, you know, so that's where I stand on it. I don't think I'm, if people think it's a double standard I have or whatever, like people can think whatever they want. I'm just being honest about what I think about it and how I think it impacts or doesn't impact the Chiefs.

And so that's where, you know, that's where I stand on that. And as far as Chris Jones, if people didn't see it, he evidently has been trying to get Russell Wilson's jersey for years. Russ has never given it to him. and then he was asked after the game if he tried again and Chris said I don't want it anymore. I would love to know the real story behind that. Why Russ wouldn't give it to him? Oh, why Russ wouldn't give it to him?

Yeah, no, listen, no, all-time great players want, you know, other all-time great. Yeah. And it's weird because Chris is an all-time great. And so I don't know why Russ wouldn't give it to him. Russell Wilson isn't necessarily a player's player. Yeah, but does he not jersey swap with anybody? I don't know. Because there's a really, have you seen the video of Miles Garrett talking to Roger Rosengarde

of the Ravens when Rosengarden was a young player? He's still relatively young, but I think it's his rookie year. It's one of the coolest Miles Garrett videos ever. It's so awesome. After a Ravens-Browns game, oh, Russ, changed jerseys with Mahomes, evidently. or Mahomes looks like his rookie or his second year. All right, so Roger Rosengarde, who's a tackle for the Ravens, goes up to Miles Garrett after a game and says,

like they're doing the handchecks or whatever. He's like, hey, man, I know I'm a nobody. But is there any way I could get that jersey from you? And Miles Garrett said, hey, it was like sincerely. He was like, hey, man, you're in the league. your team's winning games, you're doing your thing, you're not a nobody. And he's like, yeah, I got you. And it was like, he was, Rosengarten was legit, thrilled about it.

And it was so cool of Miles Garrett after a game undoubtedly that his team had lost. And the, but also recognize kind of his standing in the league. Like, I'm a standard bearer. I'm an all time great. this kid wants my jersey and I'm going to lift him up. I thought it was a really cool Miles Garrett moment. The producers are putting a bunch of pictures in the chat of or in the dock of Russ doing jersey exchanges.

But listen, in Russell Wilson's defense, maybe he only does quarterbacks. Yeah, it's just quarterbacks. Yeah, I mean, he's doing it with Josh Allen, Mahomes, and Kyler Murray. So I don't know. And he also did one with D.K. Metcalfield. but dk was a former teammate i don't know i got to tell you i can't figure this one out all right before we get to the other stuff let me remind you guys seat geek helping us out and seek geek helping me out

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We created our own podcast called, Hey Jonas. We invented a podcast. Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts throughout there. But this one's extra special. So how did we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys?

I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. Oh, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band. Before Jonas Brothers was... This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast,

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Cream a chicken suit. This is Help from a Hypocrat, the worst advice from the dumbest people you know. Listen to Help from Hypocrat as part of the Mike Cultura podcast network available on the IHart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Will Ferrell's Big Money Players and IHart Podcasts presents Soccer moms. So I'm Leanne. Yeah. This is my best friend, Janet. Hey.

And we have been joined at the Hips since high school. Absolutely. Now a redacted amount of years later. We're still joined at the hip. Just a little bit bigger hips, wider. This is a podcast. We're recording it as we tailgate our youth soccer games in the back of my Honda Odyssey. With all the snacks and drink.

Sidebar. Why did you get hard seltzer instead of beer? Oh, they had a bogo. Well, then you got it. Do you want a white collar or something here? Just hit it. What are y'all doing? Microphones?

Are you making a rap album? Oh, I would. Come on. Can you put it? Cut through the defense like a hot knife through sponge cake. That sounds delicious. Oh, you're lucky. I'm not a drug addict.

You're lucky I'm not an alcoholic. You're lucky I'm not a killer. I love this team and I'm really trying to be a figure in their lives that they can rely on. Oh. Listen to soccer moms on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, fam? This Isaiah Thomas. And I'm CJ Toledon.

in our podcast point game is about defining the odds. Like LeBron heading into the playoffs without Luca and Austin Reed. And finding ways to win no matter what. He's the smartest player to ever play the game. His IQ is at a level that we've never seen before. And he knows without Luca and Austin Reeves, I got to manipulate the game. We get a player's perspective on the challenges of the playoffs.

I think Joker's going to be exhausted this series because when they don't have Rudy in the lineup, he has to really guard guys like Nasree. the guard Julius Randall. And then he has to give us everything he gives us on the night-to-night basis on offense. And when IT's friends stop by, like Quentin Richardson, we dive into some playoff history too. Steve Nass would get that thing. That man, hell get the flying.

He run up the court, licking his fingers why he got the ball. Like, after you go through a training camp with that, Isaiah, you figure it out real quick. Get your ass up and down the court, and you're going to get the ball. So listen to Point Game on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. All right, Damanzi, let's do Eagles Rams. Yeah, so what the heck is going on over there in Philly? Hertz was four for eight and through for 18 yards at halftime, and then finish the game with 226 yards and three touchdowns. So what's going on over there? Why is Siriani and the

offensive coordinator kind of putting shackles on the office? It's so weird. Because Sunday's game was Really bizarre. And if not for Sean McVeigh, as great of a coach as he is, being so conservative, so consistently,

when it comes to fourth down stuff, the Rams might have simply put the game away early on. And obviously, the Eagles needed two blocked field goals. in the fourth quarter to come away with what really is a one-point victory, but we'll go in the books as a seven-point victory, which will go down as an all-time bad beat for Rams plus three and a half,

just an all-timer. But this is not just something to watch, but something that's pretty fascinating. which is the new offensive coordinator, Kevin Petulow and or Nick Siriani, simply don't want to let Jalen throw the ball and only did it when they had no other choice. I think they're trying to say mistake-free, like limit all mistakes. But Sequin's not having a good year. Now, it's early, but of sake, the five least product.

games of Sequin's career with the Eagles. Three of the five have been weeks one, two, and three, right? Week one, they're in a dog fight, can lose. Week two, they're in a dog fight can lose. Week three, they're down huge. So it's not like last year where Sequant's crushing everyone, they're blowing people out, why change what we're doing? it hasn't been that.

And they still are treating Jalen Hertz passing as if it's break glass in case of emergency. It's really odd. And while I don't, I mean, Jalen had more passes of 10 plus yards down the field in the second half yesterday or Sunday than he had in the previous, the first 10 quarters of the season. And so AJ Brown wants them to throw the ball more. I think Jalen wants them to throw the ball more. His posts on the field interview seemed, yeah, and it seemed to imply like we can do this if you'll let me. And so it is just something to watch and something interesting because you're not used to seeing a team.

In fact, it's almost unprecedented for a team. that has a great quarterback, which Jalen Hertz is supposed to be, to look at passing like they call the games like the Ryan Tannihill, Derek Henry Raven, or Titans, where it's like I get, and that team, by the way, also at AJ Brown, but where it's like, I guess if we have to. And so that is, that is unique to me, I guess, and something to watch. and I wonder how it changes this weekend against the Buccaneers. All right, what else you got here?

Oh, yeah, you called this year's Eagles last year's Chiefs. Do you care to explain that? Yes, I will explain it. Let me, hold on. One of my AirPods just died. Let me see if I can get it back going again. Talk to me real quick, DeMai. Let me see.

Yeah, Chiefs. Yeah, I've got it. Okay, good. Yeah. I mean, to me, it's pretty obvious. they are undefeated in the standings, but winless in hypothetical scenarios. If C.D. Lam could catch. If Travis Kelsey doesn't bobble the ball, if the field goal doesn't get blocked,

they are now to a place where opposing fans are Zapruder filming their games to be like, missed call, what about this? Here's a foul. A little different with that team, with that stupid play. What do you mean? Well, it's just like, I think that people are going to be like, where's the flag at when they've got that unstoppable tush push? Like, people are watching that closely and they want. Like, I think with his team, it's a little different.

Hold on more on that in a second. But no, people were doing it on like, they're like, AJ Brown pushed off on his touchdown. They're giving them the full, not the full conspiracy treatment, but the full pouring over it with a fine tooth comb treat. man um their fans feel like the team is constantly disrespected even though they're high in the super bowl odds and everybody talks about them as a great team and they literally won a game

with a blocked kick like this like the chiefs did against the broncos like so there's a lot of similarities in that regard now when it comes to the tush push or as i have coined it. Did you see this? This is one of my... What have you coined it? Well, it's not the tush push anymore. It's the tush push when other teams do it. Because did you see the Saints try to do it and they got called for a false start? Oh, they did. The Saints did it early in their game, got called for a false start. The Eagles did it early in their game, did false start and didn't get called for it.

and on the broadcast, Mike Pereira pointed out, yeah, that same right guard, he's false starting again, which is why it's no longer the Tushbush, Bush de Monse, when Philly doesn't. It's the early bird. Go on. It's the early bird. That's a good one. The early bird. That's a good one. It's the early bird.

They can do it, only they can do it. And so years ago, they tried to get brotherly shove going. So it was like Philly related. It didn't take on. The early bird's going to take on. All right. Let's get to some of these other games. My God, there's so many games.

We're going to have to do these fast, buddy. So the Chargers, first three and oh starts since 2022. And Herbert has third. Since 2002. Hold on since 2000. Oh, holy crap. Yeah, it's a long time. Yeah, 2002, guys.

So he's got the third best odds. to win MVP right now. Denver, on the other hand, they have not started off great. You've already taken your victory out there. He said you didn't like that preseason debate on them. Yeah. Bigger story is the Broncos early struggles or the Chargers hot start. Well, for most it's the Chargers hot start. And listen, Chargers look great.

Defense looks amazing. Herbert made, Herbert didn't really play great this weekend, but he made the play. to win the game. And this was Herbert's least productive game, but it also had his most iconic play. And that play up to this point is, I think, the offensive play of the NFL season,

is that Herbert throw after the Chargers had blown the lead to get them back. You know, I think that tied the game, and then obviously they win it on the field goal. Chargers are going to be someone to deal with. Now, the injuries are starting to mount a bit, and you always worry about that with the Chargers. But there's obviously someone to watch.

The Denver thing, though, for me is the story. Because I took so much shit from annoying Denver media and fans. About being scared of them, about not respecting them, about all of this. When through three games, they are the exact team I told you they would be. a very good defense whose offensive quarterback cannot cut it against good teams. And up to this point in the season, they beat the Titans, lost to a 3 and O Colts team, and lost to a 3 and 0 Chargers team.

And Bo Nix has been shaky the entire season. made a few really nice plays and missed a bunch of wide open guys. And this wouldn't be something to harp on except for two facts. One is, if you remember De Manzay, when I said that I thought the Broncos were going to finish last in this division and the Broncos weren't going to make the playoffs, I baked into it that I thought they might get off to an excellent start. that I was like, oh, people are going to be throwing stuff in my face early and then late in the year when the schedule goes, chiefs commanders, raiders, Packers, Jags, Chiefs, Chargers, that's when the fall off's going to happen. Fall off, they might not get there before the fall off happens.

So that's one reason. The other one is Sean Payton said this was one of seven teams he ever coached that he thought actually could win the Super Bowl. For the record here, guys, Sean Payton coached the New Orleans Saints for 15 years. So he told us this is better than nearly a dozen of his Saints teams with Drew Brees. Okay, let's see it. And I think the Broncos have a great defense,

a coach who bit off a little more than he could choose expectation-wise and a limited quarterback. That's what I thought going into the year. By the way, I also had to hear all off-season, he's like, oh, what about the additions of Hufanga and Greenlaw? And I said, listen, those are two excellent players who have had trouble staying healthy. Thus far, Hufanga's been really good.

Greenlaw hasn't played a game for them. All right, let's get two Browns Packers, please. All right, everybody was drunk on Green Bay. That hit a little smack with that Brown's loss this weekend. They allowed 13 straight fourth quarter points. After the game, Parsons said, undefeated seasons. They're hard in the NFL.

And sometimes, just like today, you s the bed, even the best Super Bowl champs make mistakes. Clearly, the team's expectations have not changed. Have yours at all after seeing that game? No, listen, no. And in fact, this was a game that kind of confirmed to me, my take when they traded for Micah, which is that Jordan loves the most intriguing player in the NFL this year.

Because they have the pieces to be a true A-list contender. Jordan just can't screw it up. And in that Browns game, he screwed it up. That Brown's defense is excellent. I'm not even going to kill the Packers for not being very productive on offense. I'm not going to kill Jordan Love for not being productive on offense. Because they didn't need. need to be. What he needed to do was not make a mistake.

And when you're up 10-3 with a few minutes left, and the Browns have done nothing on offense the entire game, all you can't do is throw a pick in your own territory. And that's what he did. And like, people are going to get on Micah about getting ahead of themselves. The Packers' defense was excellent in that game. The Packers' defense allowed, yes, they out a touchdown at the end, but that drive started at the four, thanks to the pick. All you have to do is not turn the ball over. Now, to Jordan's credit, he did drive them then back down the field for what should have been the game winning field goal, but that got blocked in the weekend of blocked kicks.

If Jordan Love can just be steady, the Packers can beat anybody. but when he turned there in his career they're 4 and 14 or sorry 14 and 4 when he doesn't turn the ball over and have a I don't remember exactly what it is but a really bad record losing record when he does just don't turn the ball over bro and if you have to get in a shootout I think he has the talent to win some shootouts but that wasn't one of those games hey you ever sign it for a phone plan thinking Wow, amazing price.

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We just contributed to it. First people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts. We're starting a trend. But this one's extra special. So how do we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it.

Well, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band. Before Jonas Brothers was... This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast. We could call in and say, Hey Jonas, and then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that, guys.

Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it. Hey, I'm Joe Rodano. You might know me as that loud guy who yells out, help on the internet. Help! Somebody! Please! But there's so much more to me than me. I'm an actor. I'm a comedian. And recently, I've done. become quite the helper myself. And on my new podcast, hope from a hypocrite, I'll be changing lives, helping people in need with my sage advice and thoughtful solutions.

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This is Help from a Hypocrite, the worst advice from the dumbest people you know. Listen to Help from Hypocrite as part of the Mike Coutura Podcast Network available on the IHart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, fam? It's Isaiah Thomas. And I'm C.J. Toledano, and our podcast Point Game is about defying the odds. Like LeBron heading into the playoffs without Luca and Austin Reed.

And finding ways to win no matter what. He's the smartest player to ever play the game. His IQ is at a level that we've never seen before. And he knows without Luca and Austin Reeves, I got to manipulate the game. We get a player's perspective on the challenges of the playoffs. I think Joker's going to be exhausted this series because when they don't have Rudy in the lineup,

he has to really guard guys like Nas Reed. He has to guard Julius Randall. And then he has to give us everything he gives us on the night-to-night basis on offense. And when IT's friends stop by, like Quentin Richardson, we dive into some playoff history too. Steve Nash will get that thing. That man, hell get the flying.

He running up the court, licking his fingers why he got the ball, like, after you go through a training camp with that, I said, you figure it out real quick. Get your ass up and down the court, and you're going to get the ball. So listen to Point Game on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Will Ferrell's Big Money Players and IHeart Podcast presents soccer moms. So I'm Leanne. This is my best friend, Janet. Hey. And we have been joined at the hips since high school. Absolutely. Now a redacted amount of years later, we're still joined at the hip.

Just a little bit bigger hips, wider. This is a podcast. We're recording it as we tailgate our youth soccer games in the back of my Honda Odyssey. With all the snacks and drinks. Sidebar. Why did you get hard seltzer instead of beer? Well, they had a bogo. Well, then you got it.

Do you want a white collar or something here? Just hit it. What are y'all doing? Microphones? Are you making a rap album? Oh, I would. Oh, come on. Could you imagine?

I would buy it. Cutts through the defense like a hot knife through sponge cake. That sounds delicious. Oh, you're lucky I'm not a drug addict. You're lucky I'm not an alcoholic. You're lucky I'm not a killer. I love this team and I'm really trying to be a figure in their lives that they can rely on. Oh.

Listen to soccer moms on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, DeMontzay, let's get to Cowboys. bears before we get to our quick hitters. Yeah, so my guy, Caleb Williams, threw for nearly 300 yards and four touchdowns. He's my guy now. I'm taking them from you. It's no longer your guy.

Wow. But it was against that lowly Cowboys defense. Do you think that we learned anything new about Caleb Williams in this game? Listen, I don't, I think, yeah, it was obviously a super positive game. Obviously, the Cowboys defense

is going to give a lot of guys great games, but Caleb took advantage of it. And we've seen steady progression. And now the Bears have a chance. They play the Raiders on Sunday. Then they have the buy. Beat the Raiders. Get your buy.

And then you know who they play week six to Monzae? The team that ended their year last year, Jaden and the commanders, on the Hail Mary. You know what I mean? So it's a good flip the narrative opportunity for them. Will Jaden be there? And say it again? Will Jaden be in that game?

I would imagine because Jaden missed week three. That game is week six. I don't think Jaden's going to miss four weeks with his knee sprain. And so I would imagine he'll be there. That's a good chance for Caleb. Demandzee, is Jaden your guy? Oh, yeah, Jaden's my guy too. Like, you can't have two from the same draft class.

Everybody knows. All right, so I'll take take. You like Caleb originally. Yeah, and so that Caleb, as CJ Stroud's teaching everybody, life can come at you fast in this league, and narratives can flip fast. And so, like, this is a really good opportunity for Caleb. Now, you don't want to get over your skis about it,

but he was excellent in that game. And the Cowboys are just a mess. and now CD Lamb, by the way, the Nick Wright injury inflation calculator stays undefeated. C.D. Lamb, initial reporting, high ankle sprain, but escaped major injury.

Latest reporting. He's going to miss at least two weeks. Maybe four. So the Cowboys, this can get away from them in a hurry. They are a 64-yard field goal against the giants away from being O and 3. And without C.D.

Lamb, this offense isn't going to be able to keep up. And the defense is awful. And so Trayvon Diggs is not right. Bland is hurt. They don't have a pass rush. Cowboys might be cooked here. And so they're going to put it all

on deck's shoulders and Javante Williams has been decent. But I don't know how much I trust the Cowboys' ability to get to six wins, much less be a real playoff contender. All right, before we get to, you know, 60 seconds-ish on every other game, let me remind you guys about my friends at HOF, who helped me write my own ending to this weekend's football.

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Enter code right and you're all set. All right, Namonte, we're going to quickly go through these games, you and me. Bill's Dolphins Thursday night, it was very odd to me that after that game was the day people, you know, greenie and other. came out with the Josh Allen's greatest player I've ever seen take. Like, I thought Josh Allen was fine in that game. They, you know, they were, that story to me was about the running backs, and it was about Tua just not having the juice.

Like, they did everything they could in that game to be competitive. And then the roughing the punter is just a killer. But despite that, they had a chance, and Tua just threw an inexplicable pick, and now everyone in Miami's got to be like, man, why is this the guy? Focus a little bit. Right. By looking at McDaniel.

Yeah, but McDaniel, here's the deal. I think McDaniel signed off on giving two of that money, but they're just, they're in brutal shape. Bucks escape again against the, you know, this was a weird one because the bucks were kicking a field goal to ice the game up 2620. it gets blocked and returned for a touchdown. All of a sudden, they're down 27, 26. The Bucks and Baker then do what the Bucks and Baker do. Drive down the field. I did not get the Baker live bet in, shamefully.

There's too much going on in that moment. The Bucks win, but it was a costly win. They are now down to Monsei currently three offensive linemen, one of their best pass rushers. Mike Evans, you know, tweet that. hamstring. Right. And now they play Philly. But the Bucks have to feel amazing that despite all these injuries, they're 3 and O with three final minute wins. And now they've given themselves a little margin of error. The Colts blasted the Titans. This is one of the worst. I had three of the worst bets I've ever had on this show. This was one of them. I picked the Titans plus points said they could win outright. The game starts with the pick six. And it is just unbelievable.

The Colts look really, really good. What do you think about Danny? I mean, he's been awesome. Hey, there's something there. And there is something he said about his calmness in the pocket. Like, the dude really will just sit there and get rid of it. He doesn't panic. Yeah, I like this.

So, I mean, listen, I don't believe that this Colts thing is sustainable, but I have to be fair. They've been unbelievable. Now, part of it is playing the Titans and the Dolphins. But still, like, 3 and 0 is 3 and O, and they look great. The Jags beat the Texans. The Jags did not look good. They do not yet know how to use Travis Hunter, which is so disappointing.

And the Texans, bro, the Texans de Montese have allowed 51. total points. They've allowed 51 points and their own three. The defense has, they're the first team in 20 years to allow fewer than 55 points through three weeks and not have a win. And CJ's just a shell of himself. And that all this is at top three quarterbacks in the league after his first year in the league. He was after a lot after that first year. Did that world tour with Micah was given, you know, was coaching up K. as a young fella after week two, and it's just, he's got to be better. That offense has to be better.

And I'm ready to say the Texans are done. Like, O and three, I just think they're done. The Steelers beat the Patriots in one of the worst football games ever played. The Patriots turned the ball over five times. The Aaron Rogers did not play very well in that game, but it didn't matter. The Patriots moved the ball. That's Steelers defense. Good for them for forcing turnovers.

But I do not believe in that team. And I think they're going to go overseas. Yes. I mean, the forcing the turnovers is good. But the Pats don't know how to win. And I think the Steelers have looked incredibly shaky to be two and one. Commanders beat the Raiders in a game hand up that I didn't watch much of because Jaden wasn't playing.

And the Raiders right now just can't block. Credit to Gino for making, you know, moving the ball somewhat. Ashton Genty still now has more yards after contact than he has total yards and the commanders get a nice one with the backup quarterback. This is another one of my worst bets ever. I had the Falcons laying five on the road. They get beat 30 to nothing. Um, it, Bryce didn't even really play well. Bryce had like 140 yards. This was Michael Pennix was awful. Just awful. and that's a concerning one. That's a horrible, horrible loss for the Atlanta Falcons.

The Vikings defense makes Jake Browning look just horrific. That defense looked amazing. The Vikings also oddly ruled out J.J. McCarthy for week four right after that game. That was curious to me, but they're rolling with Wince for this overseas game against Pittsburgh. The Seahawks beat the Saints by a minute. I didn't watch that game. I know the Saints are a mess. They're probably, I thought the Panthers were the worst team in football.

It looks like it's the Saints. And the 49ers and Mack Jones, despite a late Mac interception, get the stop they need against the Cardinals and then drive down for a field goal. They're 3 and O, but they lose Nikki Bosa for the year. That's the whole rest of the league we didn't talk about. Also, Ben Simmons, I got to tell you, they went fishing. The people that listen to this show a lot. No, I love fishing.

I'm a little jealous. That fish in the bottom right, I have caught one of those. The other three fish that he caught, I have not. And the one in the top right looks amazing. That's not the one that I, yeah, that's me a long time ago. But that fish in the top right looks sick. The fish in the bottom right, I've caught, I think I've caught one of those, at least from where it looks like here.

All right. Trey asked me, DeMonsei, I'm going to do these real quick. Is my writer-cup pick USA or Europe? It's USA, obviously, because I'm going to it. Benjamin asked, do I have any recommendations for raising a child to be a sports fan? I'm from Minnesota, but living in Chicago. Don't, would love him to root for my teams when we want to push him.

You got to, he's your kid. One of the things in life you get to decide is what teams your kid roots for as a kid. Make them root for your teams. Like that and then if as an adult, if they want to change, they can change. And Daniel says he's a loyal Cardinals fan. What does Arizona need to succeed in win their division? Listen, I don't, I like the head coach and I like what they're building defensively. Most important thing right now is, is Marvin Harrison Jr.'s got to get back to being Marvin Harrison Jr.

Speaking of that, Chris says, did Jim Harbaugh body swap, Quentin Johnson, Marvin Harrison Jr. It's unbelievable. The Marvin Harrison Jr. falloff, I did not see coming. All right. I've got to go. So like, rate, subscribe review to the pod that we are organically growing. No bots here. We're not buying pages. Also, I'll be on with Colin in about 90 minutes.

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