The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1413 - FIRST 15: NFL Week 3 Recap

Episode Date: September 22, 2025

Pat, Darius Butler, and the boys recap everything from week 3 of the NFL season including the super special teams play, home teams' dominance yesterday, Baker Mayfield with another game winning drive, backup QB's coming up big, and the Colts continuing their stake on the claim that they're the best team in the NFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Put 15 on the clock, please welcome first 15. These are the things that we think you need to hear about. Now, it might be 15 minutes on the clock, but this is off of the first 15 plays, you know, that are kind of scripted in there. So that clock is there, but it certainly has not worked in the past couple weeks as we have debuted this. Let's dive right into the five big headlines that we saint from the weekend of ball for the NFL. Number five, how about some super duper? How hell is it?

All over the place. Now, not great for punters in a lot of situations. Not great for kickers in a lot of situations. But everybody talks about the offense. Hey, this quarterback can lead them. Defense, they've got championship defense. Nobody's talking about the third phase. I think we try to bring it up, obviously, because I was a punter.

So I have massive respect for the guys playing on special teams, which is back half of the roster. That's a rotating bunch, too. So the special teams coordinator is the only one that addresses the entire team, offense, defense. And then obviously the guys that are just there for special teams. Because at any moment, you can pull from in any play could win the game. Any play could sway playoff hopes.

Super Bowl dreams. That's what special teams is. Let's dive into some highlights. Torrey Horton from the Seahawks. I'm sorry. Jalen Lane from the commanders, 90-yard return versus the Raiders.

Then Torrey Horton, Seahawks, 95-yard punt return. They also happened to block a punt earlier in a day. They blocked a punt. Go ahead and give you that. Seattle Seahawks not only return a punt, they also block a punt. Should have scooped.

Scored that one, put another seven on, but they beat the living dog shite out of the saints feels like a lot of people are doing that but you got to be able to hold up in special teams down there you got to be able to hold up we used to call it the fourth down army we were in the indian that look complimentary football that third phase doesn't get talked about enough but uh I mean unbelievable you got to be an athlete there in scoop and scored it though got to get seven have to okay let's go to Cameron dicker of the chargers he's had the greatest start in NFL history first hundred kicks now he has won to win it Fourth quarter, five seconds left, game on the line against division rival, and Cameron Dicker does what Cameron Dicker do. Knox it right down in the middle. Justin Herber is a real deal. Cameron Dicker might be the best kicker in the history of football debuts. It might be, and you knew as soon as they got him in field goal range now.

Up until this point, we have seen some big time blocks and big time moments, so that would have been the only thing that got in the way of Cameron Dicker, but he is Dicker the kicker, the best in the business. Big time kick took 3-0 against three-devil opponents to start the season. Unbelievable start. That's a great way to start for the Chargers. Let's go to the Bucks, Chase McLaughlin. He has a 36-yarder to win it.

How did we get here? You might ask? Well, let's do some more special teams. Earlier, two minutes left. Will McDonald, off the edge, block, and then what? Scoop. Then what? Score.

Cut to Tyron Taylor in the middle of a play fox. Why are we doing that? Touchdown, New York Jets, special teams. Block a Chase Mlockland kick right up over the center. No leverage was used. No call was made. Game winning, blocked kicks, scoop, score, right? Yeah.

We did it. We did it. We did it. Yes, we did. What a moment. 149 left in the game. That might be too much for Baker Mayfield. Yeah, right.

All Baker does is have comebacks. Chase McLaughlin would then nail this 36-yarder. Oh, 29, 27. The bucks remain undefeated. unbelievable stuff from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now let's go to the 49ers. They're starting Mack Jones as their quarterback. They were in a dog fight with the Arizona Cardinals.

An absolute dog fight. Eddie Piniero knocks one through, wins the game. You know, Moody, who had been kicking for the Niners, lost his confidence, and maybe the op wasn't great. He had been missing a lot of kicks and extra points. Piniero coming out and making that saying, this is my shit. Yeah. This is my shit.

Huge for them going forward. might be inevitable, by the way. They've got a lot of people hurt. A lot of people. And they're still winning. Christian McCaffrey, I got a stat from Hembo. He's on pace to have the most touches in the history of ball. Like how much they're using him right now.

He's on pace to have more touches. If he can stay healthy and the Niners can continue to do what they do, and Mac Jones doesn't turn the ball over. Nope. What's he doing? I mean, look, Mac's going to do that sometimes. You know how Mac is, but also, you know, that's just classic Mac Jones. Ha, ha, ha.

What he's referring to is Mac Jones, whenever he was asked about to turn over, basically said, I threw the ball right to the guy. Oh, way to go. He's a professional athlete. He caught the ball. That's real. That's actually true story. We appreciate Mac having the personality in the boxing and also being undefeated.

Congratulations to Matt Jones. He might get paid $100 million. Now, let's go to that Packers-Browns game, shall we? Two seconds left, 55-yarder for Andre Smith. How did we get here, though? Well, let's go back. 27 seconds left in the game. Unbelievable, really.

To steal the win against the Browns. No, blocked kick. The Cleveland Brown special team. Bunch of dogs in the dog pound. Come around the edge, got to get a handle on him, talk. We got to get a body on him. We got to get a better shove on the edge. He comes around, gets a huge block.

They scoop it. Only need a few more yards now for you to be in game-winning field goal range. And they certainly did. Andre Smith out of Sarat. right on broadway what a kick flag was not on the kicking team and that's how the cleveland browns beat the green bay packers block kick into a long kick and that's called stealing that shit from the green bay packers tie what a heartbreaker for you in a dog pond yeah absolutely heartbreaker you just saw it there 27 seconds the browns have no timeouts they block a kick and

flacco completes one pass they get down spike it apparently didn't think they'd have any It is a cool story for this Andre Schmidt guy, though, because last week he did, or week one, he did not play well. They were calling for his job. I think he lost his mom, and then for him to respond, you know, this way and absolutely dagger the Packers' playoff hopes. You know, I mean, that's a lot of people are saying, hey, this team can't do anything. You can't beat the Browns, so we'll see. Daggering the playoffs. Holy hell.

Okay, so you've got to say we might win some games. This would be fun. But when we got to go on the road and win a big one, we lost the car. Cleveland, I don't know if you're respecting Cleveland and Cleveland in those jerseys? Those jerseys are sick. But how many road games you got to play a year? Same amount as home games. Less than half of them.

Yeah, exactly. You're worried. I mean, we'll see, you know. I wasn't. What if the Cleveland Browns are good? The Brown D-Line is going to be amazing. I mean, we talked about the Giants, I think, they're D-Line for a while, and then all of a sudden you think, okay, never mind, Mason, Grandma's Gary and the kid from Ohio State they got.

Yeah, all three of them just were collapsing pocket. gets lost yesterday. And we can't talk about super duper special teams without bringing out a super duper play. A man who's over 330 pounds was clocked going the fastest that he man, 330 pounds has ever been clocked going. Ladies and gentlemen, this man, Jordan Davis

should not be able to do what he did as easily and as smoothly as he did it. Now granted, obviously you can fall over and win that game but one, no problem. Instead, clean scoop, not easy. Balls Oblong, obviously. Right after he demoralizes a guard snags a kick out of

midair. Clean scoop. Give me that. And let me just go ahead and beat everybody to the end zone. Tight end right there realizes, I'm not going to be able to catch this guy's 330 pounds. He was striding out earlier in the game. It wasn't just Jordan. It wasn't just Jordan. Jalen Carter

blocks a kick on this guy too. I mean, you're talking about Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis, getting a block this early. Obviously, that's going to make other teams think to themselves like, okay, we got to be stout against these guys. But Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis, now that they got one, almost like taking a lid off. Like, okay, if we do drive just a strain a little bit,

then we get our hands up. We can actually block these kicks. It's like a confidence builder, I think, for people. And Jalen Hertz during football night in America, came in during Maria Taylor and Jordan Davis's conversation and basically said, yeah, I saw you two Georgia boys out there. It's like, this is what we got these guys for. And they did just that. I don't know how one guard is going to stop them. Genuinely, I have no idea how one guard is going to stop. On the offensive side, Everybody's talking about the tush push for the Philadelphia Eagles. They just chaden, that's just chained.

And they jumped off sides again. Yeah, which it is. And it didn't get called. This is it. We are a supporter of the play. It's a football play. You got to do what you got to do. You got to stop them.

They did jump off sides again. It didn't get called. But the tush push, you know, still involves pushing and shit like that. For blocking of kicks, they used to let linebackers, like multiple linebackers, go put their hands directly on the cheeks of these D tacklers. And they would push them, and then they would be the ones that would be up there jumping. They got rid of that because they said it was on. safe. Now on the offensive side, they still got it going on, but they got rid of it on

defensive side. Now you've got Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis. That's basically similar to what it used to be with four people pushing. I think they're going to use this as an advantage. I think there's a real chance that because they get two this early, they get confident, and they're only going to get more deep. I mean, it's a lot of power, a lot of explosiveness right in the middle of that deep. And they've been playing great on defense as well. But when you get a guy that big, that tall, and I don't know if we all remember, he blew everybody away at the combine because of how big. he was and how explosive he was, I believe, around like a 4-8 or somewhere around at that weight.

So to see him scoop and score, we talked about the Seattle one, it should have been a scoop and score. To see him be an athlete like that scoop and score and take that thing all the way to the crib for a walk-off. I mean, a terrible beat for a lot of betters out there who had Rams plus three and a half. But a great way to finish the game for the Eagles. Yeah, it was terrible beat. It was a great win. Sirion is losing his shit out there. Jalen hurts like this while watching Jordan Davis run down there, super casual, no facial expression.

Sirianni's watching it happen, looking for flags, taking his headset off, and he said, we're meeting at the end zone. He's running how fast? I'm going to try to run about half of that. Yeah, we got it. There's a thought, get down. Somebody's thinking, no, you know what? Actually, go.

No, go. Score. Go, look for flags. There's no flags. Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy. Yes.

Yes. Yes. Yes, we did. Yes. And right behind him there, the guy with the sunglasses, the mayor, Randy Brown, who's a special team's coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens or special teams, whatever. He's got a really big title. He's been there for a long time. That's his boy.

Okay. Yeah, he's special teams for the Philadelphia Eagles. They both won a Super Bowl. Obviously, they've done a lot for special teams. I respect that and appreciate that. But boy, Jalen and Jordan getting that much confidence this early is not good for anybody. Okay, that is not good for any kicker out there, but it is good special teams. Number four, how about we must protect this house? And they did 12 and 3 yesterday, all the home teams.

Now, there were a few that were on a road. There was obviously not a zero in that. second column. It's just three. Why do you think this is happening? Do you think we got a home field advantage? You think it was just a match-ups, D-Buh? Maybe just a match-ups. I don't think home-field advantage is that big of an issue, especially at this point in the season. I don't know. 12 and 3, Dibus. Division game. I mean, it is division game. Let's see what do we have here? What is the most surprising when here, the Browns? The Browns, respect. The Panthers 30-0. That was a pretty out. Huge.

Shout-out. Texans going on. Who might be in trouble? Michael Pennix. That was a bad, bad. Good news. Got $180 million at backup. Is that good news?

And he looked good. Tony, home field advantage normally counts, what, three, four points with the sports book? Yeah, it does. And two D-Buts points, 53% of home teams won last year in 20, in 20-4. 53% in time, the home team won. How can we didn't put up the teams that won on the road? Because that's more impressive than the home teams. Who was it?

It was the Chiefs, which they're a dynasty. Oh, great win last night. Yeah, that was. I was trying to watch them be back. Now, Andy Reed and Travis Kelsey do it a little way. I didn't seem like that. No, not getting at each other's grill. Yeah, but they love ball.

They do. Are they back? Are they back? They win by three scores. Yeah, I think any NFL team, I think they're definitely back. Certainly some moments where you go, they don't look like a good team right now. But win by a bunch, that's what chiefs are. They go on the road.

They're not in time. So you expect them to win on the road. You'd expect the best team of the NFL to win on the road. That'd be the Indianapolis Colts right now probably. So they did that go for it. Tennessee and we blew them out. And then the other one, you'd expect, you know, the six-time Super Bowl champs, the greatest franchise in NFL history to go on the way the road.

And the Pittsburgh Steelers, they did that. Yeah, you're right. I guess only the dynastic teams are able to win on a road right now in the NFL, the Chiefs, the Steelers, and the Indianapolis squad. That's what we're talking about tonight, because that change, we shall see. That's number four. Number three, Baker, Baker, comeback maker, becomes the second guy since 1950, basically to lead, yep, three, fourth quarter.

quarter comebacks for the first three games of the season. Last week, Baker obviously came off Monday, and he said, we don't take no shit. Now, he beats the Jets in the fourth quarter as well. We saw the blocked kick. The Jets definitely thought they were going to win that game. What they didn't realize is you gave this man way too much time. Baker Mayfield, give me that. Big time throws in big time moments.

Feels like the guy's cut of his jib is perfect for this situation. And I'll tell you, football gods bless some teams with some teams of destiny-type field. three fourth quarter comebacks this early with the mentality that they have, D. But I like what the bucks are cooking this year. Yeah, you always hear it in the locker room, hey, 60 minutes, whatever it takes to get it done. And now three games in a row where Baker has played his

best ball down the stretch to get his team over that finish line. And look, three weeks in a row, this is the first time. They've been three and oh since 2005, I believe, as a franchise, which is crazy. And big day for Tampa Bay. I believe they were celebrating 50 years. So Coach

B.A. will be here. We saw Coach Grun, Derek Brooks, a bunch of legends out. Steve Spurrier, who was the first quarterbacking franchise. I had no clue about that. Ibuka was a superstar again yesterday. So a big, big day for the Tampa Bay Bucks. And once again, they are believing. The Bucs game winning drives thus far.

Against the Falcons, it was five plays, 63 yards, and a minute 18. Against the Texans, it was 11 plays, 80 yards in two minutes and four seconds. And against the Jets, it was seven plays, 48 yards, in a minute, 49. They go ahead and just drain that thing. Just take it over. Is Baker in their conversation now? Hey, too much time. Yeah.

Too much time for Baker now. And by the way, backwards hat one time. Next time looking cool. Baker said, I don't care what I look like. I'm letting you know. We ball and we don't take no shit. Respect to Baker.

Number two story of the weekend. Backup quarterbacks, back that thing up all over, folks. Okay, Mac Jones, we talked about him. How about Marcus Marriota? He scores a touchdown. We assume that was going to happen. Marcus Marriota football.

Congrats to them getting a big win. And then Carson Wentz. Oh, yeah. In the Minnesota, like, we didn't see much of Carson Wentz experience. What we saw was the best of Carson Wentz. Yeah. And they demolished the Bengals. I mean, the Bengals, I'm not saying it.

No, no, you might have to say it. We spent all the last year. We spent the whole Outsis and talking about. Say it. They paid the wide receivers. They made a quarterback. They spent 50% of their money on six positions. I don't know if that's winning football.

Then you get Joe Burton. I'm not saying it. It's over. Do you want us to see it? No, no. Keep going. It's bullshit. They can't block.

They can't tackle, they can't punt, they can't kick, they can't cover. The only thing they can do is hope Joe Burrow can bail him out. And guess what? Joe Burroughs' big toe is around the neck of Eric Armstead because he ripped it off. We too. All right. So I'm done with the whole Bengals thing, Cincinnati, eat poop, all right? That's it.

That's Boston Connor saying that. Your team sucks. And guess what? We're going to have to see Jake Browning in prom time. And that's shite, okay? There's a lot of stuff going on with the Bengals. that's going to piss everybody off and I think that we can foresee it happening.

Okay, well, there was a lot of conversation about that in the offseason. We said, can they win that way? They were able to. Now they don't. Carson Wentz might have been a problem for anybody with Kevin O'Connell on the call, though. Yeah, and he really only got to get through like the first couple pages of the playbook, you know, because they were beating the hell out of them. So they really did.

Kevin O'Connell didn't even get to unleash Carson once. So I think it makes sense, hey, let's unleash this guy in Ireland. Let's introduce them to a brand of football and we'll get the entire country to maybe even flip. I know they're a Steelers country. Maybe they're going to be fans of the Vikings and Carson Wentz after next Sunday.

I assume McQuayette is getting a one-on-one with Carson West. Without a doubt. And what Carson Wentz is going to tell McQuay, don't put this out until, you know, at least kickoff or so we don't want the Steelers to hear about this. But they're going to unleash me. They're going to unleash me next week for the Irish people to understand what a shamrock could potentially look like out there

as it's running on the field. Yeah, exactly. The Irish people are going to see pale skin and red hair and be like, okay, this is our football play. And then they're going to see this guy. potentially tough and reckless. Yeah, exactly. They're saying this is our guy.

We're talking about Ireland being a Steelers country. It's going to stay that way, but I think there's a chance that Carson Wentz becomes like the LeBron of Ireland. Dude, think about the Irish people too. They would love. Yeah. Oh, what are we doing?

Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop. They're going to love that. Uh-huh. Carson do it. Now, I know the Steelers have had representation over there. Rooney has served as a diplomatic belief to Ireland. And there's so many Irish people in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. And I couldn't even fathom the amount of

Irish Steelers fans. So that's going to make for a great game. But if they see Carson wants too much, they're not going to turn the game. Steelers fans are going to hope that he keeps that helmet on. Yeah. Because if he takes that thing off. Time for a crap. Who is that? His shame is playing quarterback for the Vikings. Is he from County

Cork? Now, where is he? They're not going to turn on their greatest ambassador of all time, but I'll tell you this. There it is. Ambassador. I'm a diplomat. Carson ain't given that job back. That's certainly a conversation. to be had. Another day, we hope JJ gets healthy. Congrats to the Vikings and the number one story

at a weekend. You guessed it. Best team in ball is right here in Indianapolis, Indiana. Danny Dimes only got to do everything that he's done and not have a turnover. The Colts, the only team to ever do what they've done and not have a turnover. The percentage of scoring drives higher than anybody that's ever played ball. Only having one punt through three full games of NFL action

is better than everybody that's ever done it before. defense is all over the place. Brought in the right guys. Luana Rumo, D. Coordinator being one of the right guys being brought in, let alone Cam Bynum and Moni, the energy on the defense's side, different than it's ever felt. And on offense, Tyler Warren is the one.

And Danny Dimes is so fucking good. I don't know if he was always this good. I don't know if the Giants ruined it, because you see Sequan, he leaves, he wins the Super Bowl. Danny Dimes right now, on pace to win an MVP after getting an opportunity that isn't in the New York Giants uniform organization. What

he's doing is awesome. Pitman's awesome. The offense is awesome. The offense aligned is awesome. Jonathan Taylor scored three touchdowns. We like that. Yep. We like that a lot. Okay, let's get some tackles, 244. We like that a lot. It's got an up value of entire team here.

Tuning up the band as the boys. We're rolling down. Broadway. You see that? That's Broadway down there in Nashville. Oh, that is. I've been down there. Yeah, great play. I would say Nashville, the city itself, maybe favor in the country. It's top five without a doubt.

That's a hell of a state. You just came from Miami. Without a body of water, it's... Okay, yeah, without body of water. Yeah. Miami doesn't have body of water either, really, Coral Gables. I didn't see that. You get the one of the way.

Flew over it. Yeah, I could feel it. Miami Coral Gables, beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. I wasn't in Miami, was in Coral Gables the entire time. Absolutely glorious. Actually thought about Bona House dinner. Was Zillow.

Okay. All weekend. Oh, that was down there. Property's cheap down there. Nashville. Great time. Yes. Yeah.

When it comes to strictly inside city limits, it is top three. Yeah, I don't even know how to do the numbering system because I haven't been to every city and every city. I've had a good time. You've been to the major ones. You're not putting one of those shitty ones. Nashville is awesome. So we hope that their team becomes good. We hope they become great.

I don't know about coach, Donner. Oh, yeah. I don't know. Coach is going to get fired in the next few weeks here, I think. It looks like it might be good for him. He is an angry man. He's wound tight. Real sawed off prick, yeah.

What's that? You said he saw it off a little bit. It does sound like he is that way. Yeah, yeah, just a little bit. And it's not his fault that the Colts are putting in a living hell. I think Pittman said is the smartest team I've ever been around. But, I mean, has there ever been a greater start for new ownership? I guess we can say commanders, but they didn't even start 3 in 0 last year.

Like when it comes to the big three, this is unbelievable. I don't know if there's ever been when it comes to just same players. for the most part same coaching staff well there's one pretty big difference you and i got a lot of heat from a lot of people that don't know ball on the internet last season there is one pretty big difference and i'll tell you what might be the greatest quarterback that's ever played in the NFL yeah might be the best play of all the time so smart so i was talking to uh name drop boom coming peter berg okay makes movies Peter Berg Giants fan

I think in that area knew Danny Dimes the entire time and whenever Danny Dimes got drafted obviously all Giants people like who's it no remember the reaction

Oh yeah they went crazy So Peter Berg started doing research on this guy He's like oh my happiness is going to depend upon this guy like blah bye his dad I think Giants fan the whole thing like he gets in there and then I guess people ought to do

like his guy to throw the ball like 80 yards if he has like he can run faster than literally everybody he's got a Duke brain so like from day one Peter Berg's like run throw far super genius this should be a guy and then in the giants it doesn't work out then it goes to minnesota and they're like minnesota's thinking about off from they

they really like what they're seeing but nobody really knows what's going to look like and then when Shane stuyken's offense feels like he is just fully in control understands it entirely Shane has empowered him and we got weapons yes we got guys for him chest it's like he's getting a chance i think to finally be the quarterback that he is but did he need to go through all the shit to get here, is the question, I guess. Probably. And look, it takes time. We talk about all the time. Like, it's hard to play a national football league, and you need the people around you, not only people on the field,

but the coaches from the top down, the ownership level. You mentioned the big three. But that tweet from Conti is the biggest thing, because the biggest issue with Daniel Jones throughout his career was turning the ball over, not only the interceptions, but fumbling the ball. So to go through three complete games without turning the ball over, only punting, you know, what, one time is crazy.

So him playing well on the offense is huge. You know, starting it off, Kenny Moore to pick six. So going on the road and the division rival, they talked about kind of even with the intros. They were like, ah, these guys don't have their energy. They're not ready to play today. So when you kind of put that fork in them early and kind of suck the energy out of that building on the road,

one of those games, I would assume the coach said, hey, we're going to have to bring our own juice boys down here in the music city. And they did. Kenny Moe did. He left for the injury. We signed Mike Hilton this week. But a big start on both sides of the ball. But Daniel Jones, he has been.

playing phenomenal. Jonathan Taylor, you mentioned them earlier. Like that long touchdown run, that's the type of shit that he'd get the whole team on the sideline juxting going, man. So when you see your guy doing shit like this, you're like, okay, yeah, we're going.

So, I mean, it's all on the table right now. Three and O played, you know, the combined record of the three opponents we played a little ugly, but, you know, I like where we're at. I like his celebration, too. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It is great.

Don't love what he did, but he's certainly a good football player and seemingly got a lot of years left too. A lot of years left. Very fresh, very fast. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, is a man who knows all the things that maybe we weren't able to cover there.

Senior NFL insider for ESPN, ladies and gentlemen, Adam Schafter. Let's wrap it up here on the Colts. Danny Dimes. Is this what he was supposed to be? Is this what he always was? It was just a Giants uniform and organization or what is kind of what you're hearing

about Danny Dimes on a Renaissance-type year? Look, I remember I said this past off season, when there were some teams that were going to be in the market for a quarterback, I was surprised at the level of people that had the level of interest that they did in Daniel Jones. Now, not all the situations materialized, and the Colts were the team that made the most sense and pursued him the most aggressively. But there were some very smart football people that really liked Daniel Jones that had an interest in making a move on him that didn't need to.

So he winds up at Indianapolis. And again, let's remember this, Pat. I would have to look, but was it two years ago? Two years ago, roughly, that the Giants signed into a contract for about $40 million a year. Three, three, three, three, three, three, three, three, three, three, three, ago, they gave him a contract befitting of a franchise quarterback. And that was a year in which what he did was magic. And, in fact, it was so impressive that they opted to re-sign him.

over Saquan Berkeley because they couldn't do both. So they chose for Saquan Berkeley. We don't need to do that. Right? Hey, we don't need you to be doing that right there. We don't need you to be doing that. We're having a good time with Danny Dombs right now.

Could have paid both. Okay, could have paid both. There are places that have certainly made it possible in that type of situation. But we love them here in Indy. It feels like he fits the town perfectly. Not scared to go have a couple beers with the boys now, which we love and we respect.

Okay, let's move some other news out of the weekend that maybe people need to be caught up with. Shephti, what did we miss maybe in there that's in your department? I saw some Achilles, I think, some other injuries. Obviously, that's going to happen with football. What should we be paying attention to? Well, we've got a bunch of injuries going on right now. Mike Evans looks like he has got a low-grade hamstring strain.

We'll see how long he's sideline. He's missed a few weeks last year with a hamstring injury. So I'm going to guess he misses a little bit of time here. C.D. Lamb, the thought is a high ankle, but he believes that he can try to play next week. We'll see whether he could do that. Colston Loveland at a hip injury. injury doesn't appear to be serious at all. And obviously the two big injuries of the day yesterday were at the running back position, Najee Harris, you saw as Achilles on the replay pop, awful injury.

The charges confirmed after the game into the Achilles injury. They were waiting to get the MRI for the official word, but I think everybody knows what's coming there with Najee Harris. And of course, we have the situation with James Connor, the Cardinals running back, who now suffered a awful ankle injury that's going to end. he's in and requires surgery um i don't even know exactly whether it was what it was like whether it was an ankle dislocation whether there was also ligament damage i just know i was told it was severe and it's going to end this season and that's an enormous blow for a guy who not only is a great running back but also a leader on that team and incredibly popular in the locker

room so it's it's a bad scene and the crowd when they replayed the play on the scoreboard yesterday they gas when they saw his ankle bend. They didn't even play the replay on TV. And there's just one of those injuries he knew right away. And of course, Nick Bowes is about to get his MRI right now, as we're talking for his knee injury. We don't know the full extent of it. He obviously was spotted walking off the field gave a thumbs down sign to some fans in the stands. Exactly.

Kyle Shanahan said he didn't think it was an ACL. That was the initial test. What that showed, it was intact initially, but they have to go send them out for further testing. And sometimes things show up on a second test that didn't on a first, or sometimes it's not as bad or worse. We'll see. But I know he's about to go into the MRI as I was coming on the air here. Okay, so hopefully he's good. Obviously, walking off means something, but doesn't.

He might just be a completely different species of human, especially if you look at him, you think maybe life is a little different for his body than for ours.