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00:00Welcome to our number two live right here on this Tuesday following Labor Day
00:05weekend on the early line on SportsGrid. He is Donny Rightside, I am Ben Stevens.
00:10It is game week once again in the National Football League. We welcome in a
00:15new 2024 NFL season in game week number one. We are only two days away from the
00:24season debut in Kansas City inside Arrowhead Stadium at the home of the
00:29two-time reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs as KC gets ready to
00:34host Baltimore in a rematch of the AFC championship game from a year ago. We
00:40will get you set with everything you need to know now entering game week and
00:44week number one. It is no longer the offseason. It is no longer preseason. Camp
00:50has come to a conclusion as well. It's game week in the National Football League,
00:55DRS. It's fantastic and also like you sort of turn the page right so yesterday
01:00I had a little bit of time to say you know what let me preview the week one
01:03game just go over a couple rosters here and also just getting back into the flow
01:06of you know I'm gonna be checking those practice reports on a day-to-day basis.
01:09It's that routine that you love to get into which manages through your week and
01:13then you look at like the college football season the way it opens up
01:15trying to cover 30 and a half point spreads 40 point spreads and you look at
01:19the NFL like just on my odds board Thursday night's football game minus
01:23three Friday night's football game minus three first game on Sunday on the
01:27odds board minus three second game on the odds board Ben minus three like
01:31these games are so razor-thin that technically we don't really know what's
01:36going to take place but just trying to analyze and see how these teams are
01:39gonna come out right out of the gate and it's not like what's the highest line on
01:42the board the eight and a half to nine and a half that you'll get from
01:45Cincinnati New England outside of that everybody feels like it's around three
01:49points it's awesome to talk NFL football right out of the gate yes it
01:54certainly is the final game of week number one is only a three and a half
01:59point spread in favor of the 49ers on Monday night football as they host gang
02:04green the New York Jets and Aaron Rodgers total for that game 43 and a
02:10half and just a reminder we brought you the breaking news just a few minutes ago
02:14but here to start our two in our NFL deep dive Trent Williams and Sam
02:19Francisco finalizing a reward contract extension or deal at the very least
02:24we're not entirely sure the facts figures or numbers at this moment but it
02:29is going to end the holdout for Trent Williams he will report to practice more
02:34than likely we'll be ready to go week number one Monday night to end out the
02:39weekend against the New York Jets that's big big news and by the way I always
02:44like to see this too because if you take a look at the numbers was anybody after
02:48like I'm not going to bet the 49ers at three and a half because I'm not sure
02:52that Brandon Iuke and or Trent Williams is going to show up so I'm gonna hold
02:55off and then you bet into a four or four and a half if it goes up higher like
02:59understand like sometimes yes I always talk about get the crystal ball out but
03:03you didn't need a crystal ball to understand that those two players would
03:06be playing for the 49ers over the past two and a half to three weeks when it
03:10looked like I use trade options really weren't there and he wanted to be a
03:1349er and nobody thought well Trent Williams he could hold out weeks five
03:16week six I know he's done that in the past with horrendous football teams like
03:20the Washington Commanders but they're lined up for a Super Bowl he's not 28
03:23anymore he's 36 he just wanted a little bit more money they gave him a little
03:27bit more money and they're under center now so I guess you could say yeah you
03:30better grab that three and a half because it's probably gonna turn in the
03:33four late in the week we'll find out but if anybody bet those scenarios you're
03:36doing it backwards at this point here understand what you think is gonna
03:39happen and make those bets based upon that Donnie when the week one lines came
03:44out earlier this summer it was a five and a half point spread in favor of the
03:48Niners there's been a lot of market movement on gang green and Aaron Rodgers
03:53and an optimistic perspective since training camp got started it will be the
03:58Jets not the bills that enter 2024 as the favorites in the AFC East for what
04:04that is worth now here is the week one watch list and your schedule for the
04:10opening game week of the year in the NFL Thursday night the season debuts at
04:14Arrowhead it's the Chiefs and the Ravens Friday night in Sao Paulo Brazil it's
04:21the Eagles and the Packers and what should be a great game 13 games on
04:26Sunday welcome back Scott Hanson and red zone and then again Monday night in Santa
04:32Clara it's the 49ers and the Jets let's go to that Friday game in Brazil
04:37Donnie right sides Eagles playing host to the Green Bay Packers Philly a three
04:43point favorite in this neutral site game internationally to start off a season
04:49forty-eight and a half is the total Donnie from the number perspective what
04:53do you think the odds are telling us about the season opening game in Sao
04:57Paulo they're telling us that this is an Eagles line now because if you remember
05:01Ben this line coming out one and a half one point across the board now we're
05:04looking at threes just about everywhere you can find which includes the fan
05:08blue sports book we'll see what the betting public has by Friday night but
05:11if I'm looking at it there's a lot of unknowns with the Eagles but a lot of
05:14good on those it's not as if you're taking what's in wool wonder how the
05:17quarterbacks gonna do with that offense a very good offensive line a very good
05:21tight end the best wide receiving core in the NFL and say Quan Barkley that we
05:25haven't seen anything out of here in the preseason as I say that we haven't seen
05:29the offense in the preseason which more people are saying like oh I don't know
05:33if that's a good thing to wait till this team cooks against the Packers here
05:37on Friday night now let's see what happens we understand it gets a little
05:40crazy on opening night but I do believe the Eagles overall are the better
05:43football team let me ask you this Ben to X in Brazil you there is no X so the
05:50reason I bring this up is usually the NFL loves to do promotion that's why you
05:55go internationally it'll be very interesting is it Facebook promotions is
05:58it call-ins now to radio stations and also so many people watch during the
06:03game and say let me get those beat writers which there are by the dozens to
06:07say okay here's who's hurt here's who in the blue tent that's no longer going to
06:11be the case at this point the reason I bring this up is the boys on pro football
06:15today we're gonna be live and we can use X here in the United States to keep you
06:18updated on everything you need to know but it's interesting to see how this
06:22plays out because I like so many people like I usually watch the games at home
06:26by myself but Twitter is open which means I'm watching it with millions of
06:30people for real in time reaction and most of those reactions are oh no Jalen
06:35hurts twisted ankle he's in the blue tender he just left the field here or
06:38concussion comes in those teams and those beat writers can no longer get
06:43that information out in real time that's interesting for an NFL game now Ben I
06:47did not even realize Donnie until you just said that that the Brazilian courts
06:52yesterday held the ban on X in Brazil for a company that live streams on X we
07:01still call it Twitter here stateside does that hurt our numbers for PFT we
07:06shall see I hope not RS but when you look at hurt are not now we're in the
07:11United States we can use that the beat right now in Brazil can't what it is the
07:15why would it hurt us but I was just saying what if there's optimism
07:19internationally for a football game and many Brazilian fans now welcoming
07:23football into their lives a good point content they can find now limits I or
07:30distribution yeah I think the fine though be double s is like $9,000 a day
07:35so can we absorb that as a company just to get the good people Brazil to watch
07:39our show maybe that's something we could do maybe we go fund me account for the
07:42people out there that you know build it up I like it I like where you go where's
07:45Mark is Mark no Mark I think is it I don't know anyway so as we keep it going
07:50here mark up for this game just what the Packers last year great as an underdog
07:59in rallied late of course winning six of their final eight games to earn that
08:03playoff spot Jordan love was great in those final eight games of the year and
08:07of course the upset on the road in the star that super wild-card weekend the
08:11Packers eight and four ATS as a dog last year six of those eight covers an
08:17outright win the Packers covering by an average margin of nearly seven points
08:21per game as an underdog a couple of rematches to start week number one the
08:27AFC championship game rematch on Thursday night Sunday night football a
08:31rematch of the super wild-card game and the Lions first playoff win in 32 years
08:37as Detroit will welcome in Matthew Stafford and the Rams again the Lions a
08:42three and a half point favorite total 51 and a half I mean the NFL not nail this
08:46Thursday football game awesome Friday night football game Brazil awesome
08:50Sunday football game Matthew Stafford goes back to Detroit two teams you think
08:54you're gonna play into the playoff race here and then the Monday night football
08:56game with the Jets in the San Francisco 49ers and by the way I love that there's
09:00a Friday night football game and probably will continue to be on opening
09:04weekend you're supposed to have a bonanza and we are getting that and I'm
09:07so excited to watch it play out video bless let's go total for the Rams and
09:12the Lions the highest of week number one running more football now day by day has
09:18been the theme in Cincinnati and it's not just coach speak saying hey we're
09:22hoping to improve every percent each and every day as we get ready for a season
09:29it's been the status of Jamar chase either showing up for practice or now
09:33in-game week for the Bengals showing up for Sunday's opener in Cincy against the
09:39New England Patriots Jamar chase missing practice to start this week once again
09:44Zack Taylor who has been confident his star wide receiver is going to be there
09:49all offseason long has said a couple of things only for chase not to show up or
09:53show up late to make Zack Taylor look a little bit fraudulent if you will so
09:59Taylor now measuring his words quote will just take it day by day Donnie
10:06right side has been your Cincinnati Bengals beat reporter all offseason long
10:10when it comes to wide receiver contracts what say you you know what the best part
10:15about this is like actually feel bad for Zack Taylor and the reason I say this
10:18you can go for any coach out there like your job is the coach the players that
10:22you have on the team and imagine going to like general manager meetings or the
10:25owner like hey we're going to get my best player on the field so we can
10:29actually have a good season like our expectations are high we're expected
10:32maybe to win this division and make a deep playoff run which includes maybe a
10:36Super Bowl boy would've been really nice if I had my superstar wide receiver in
10:40training camp maybe the most important part of the season but you can still
10:43rest by getting him in line but also it comes down to the point is a lot of
10:47people like the pocket watch and mainly times Ben we do this what in the NBA
10:51like how did that guy make that much money that's ridiculous let me tell you
10:54something right now if Jamar chase today signed the richest wide receiver
10:59con contract in the history of the NFL would anybody bat an eye and say I can't
11:04believe that happened that's such a terrible move he is a sensational wide
11:08receiver with a great quarterback that will do big things together as long as
11:12they're happy healthy and on the field together and I can't understand what
11:16we're waiting on now having said that to Ben I do think there's optimism because
11:20if this was a case of these two sides aren't talking Ben Jamar chase wouldn't
11:25be showing up to practice and put on a good face he would be out of there
11:28quickly and absolutely going nuts on Twitter on X and on Facebook wherever
11:32saying that he's getting done wrong and he just wants to be traded from the
11:35Bengals so I do have optimism but also what actually gives me optimism this is
11:40the worst run football team in the NFL from the players perspective just go
11:43back to where they're grading out ownership groups and what they think of
11:46them bad food don't serve food don't care about our kids here terrible
11:50practice facility and a cheap owner it's been widely known at this point
11:53but there does come a point where you say as a fan base this shouldn't be
11:57happening in today's NFL because it's not as if like oh there's no precedent
12:00for this when every single player gets paid but your top guy because you're
12:06trying to pinch pennies and tell him to hold off you can't do that and I'm
12:10telling you now if Jamar chase does get signed to a big contract Ben I'm back in
12:15on the Bengals it's that simple but if we're gonna play this charade in this
12:18game where I told you we only negotiate in the offseason when you let the entire
12:23offseason go and you can even lay it out from Mike Brown's perspective Ben and
12:27say well look these top nine wide receivers didn't get paid this year and
12:31you're not gonna get paid either okay then maybe has to sit it up when every
12:35single player is signed sealed and delivered with monster money except
12:40your top guy and oh by the way see Higgins had to settle for the franchise
12:44tag this organization has run so poorly I can't take it anymore and I'm here for
12:48the fans like I want the Bengals to be good with no issue so I can bet you
12:51March 8 anytime touchdown market week number one get on I mean sign this guy
12:56what are we waiting for it is a really interesting thing because in the
13:01National Football League yes there are small market clubs but it's not the same
13:05distribution deals that you see in MLB there is the league wide billions and
13:11billions of dollars that are distributed so there really shouldn't be that much of
13:17a precedent to be cheap except if you are an ownership group that relies on
13:22your franchise for your wealth Jamar chase is deserving of obviously one of
13:28the biggest contracts in NFL history at the wide receiver spot we have spoken at
13:33length about what those figures should look like why the deal should have been
13:37done this offseason to average out over the final two years of its rookie
13:41contract and that's the difference for chase as compared to Brandon Iuke or
13:45CeeDee Lamb or even Justin Jefferson who got paid earlier in June he is
13:50entering year four two more years left on his deal
13:53JJ Lamb Iuke will all were all entering the final year of their rookie contract
13:59but you do want to pay him now because you do not want to have this play your
14:04season and carry over into next offseason as well
14:09Jamar chase DRS does have season-long props out there which I think would be
14:14an indication the FanDuel sportsbook the oddsmakers unless there is something
14:18unforeseen about to go down in the next four days expect chase to be there from
14:22the very start against New England ninety four and a half receptions 1250
14:27and a hook in terms of his season-long receiving yards prop Jamar chase came
14:33into the league as the fifth overall pick out of LSU to reunite with Joe
14:37Burrow his rookie season 1455 receiving yards one offensive rookie of the year
14:43for Cincinnati had 13 receiving touchdowns he has had more than a
14:47thousand yards in all three of his NFL seasons has been a pro bowler in all
14:52three of these seasons in his NFL career has been under that season-long prop
14:57each of the previous two but only played 12 games in 2022 his second year in the
15:03league 16 last year but of course Joe Burrow not his quarterback distributing
15:08him the football for most of them yeah you know what and it's funny Ben because
15:12you take a look at he should be able to eclipse those and I do believe he plays
15:15week number one but how many times have we seen it before unless you're in
15:19practice on a day-to-day basis it's not about him knowing the playbook you know
15:22he knows that you know he's a great football player I mean heck what the guy
15:25do sit out one year at LSU came back like yeah I'm still a dominant player
15:28like you can this time but it's just the fact that if he does sign this week if
15:32they're not getting all of those reps sometimes you know that works out it's
15:35not that you're rusty week one or week two Ben it's the ability to be injured
15:39and when I talk about always gonna blow his knee up cuz he didn't play those
15:41soft tissue injuries tend to creep up because you didn't like those we say
15:45build up those calluses throughout that month and a half of training camp and
15:49the OTAs in the offseason you might be running as many routes as you want but
15:52it's not the same thing as those contesting catches that you're getting
15:55in practice and the constant pressure that you have in the 101 drills and the
15:59seven on and the seven and sevens or seven on sevens excuse me so that's what
16:02I worry about most I'm not worried about two more chase I'm just worried about
16:05how ready he is to play football right out of the gate now it's good that they
16:09play the New England Patriots so you can ease him back into it but this
16:11shouldn't take that long and also another point again 32 NFL owners the
16:15least that one owner that doesn't have at least a billion dollar net worth
16:18which is so a crazy amount of money Mike Brown if you want to make money sell the
16:22franchise put three or four billion in your pocket and go away and let a
16:25conglomerate come in that goes hey we'll pay everybody just like any other
16:29franchise why not do that not in yeah spread in favor of the Bangles the
16:35largest of week one we'll talk Thursday next the opening night of the 2024 NFL
16:41season is now just over 48 hours away a Thursday night inside Arrowhead Stadium
16:47at the home of the two-time reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs
16:52Casey opens up the year in what was their second to last game of a season ago
16:57a victory in Baltimore against the Ravens in the AFC championship game it's
17:03an AFC title rematch to start 2024 where the Chiefs were a four and a half
17:08point dog in the Charm City they will start this year at home as a three point
17:13favorite forty six and a half is that total DRS what is your early thought in
17:19terms of the numbers for Thursday night I think they're perfect I think they
17:24make a lot of sense particularly from a side perspective it just sounds right
17:27here at that minus three for Kansas City I do think Kansas City overall is the
17:31better football team because they have Patrick Mahomes but I'm also interested
17:34to see because you knew me last year like I was a Ravens guy all the way
17:37through I thought four and four in a way it may be a little bit different but I
17:40thought they were for the majority of the season the best team overall and
17:44then on Christmas absolutely hammered the 49ers and just sent me in the
17:47overdrive like that was the team I bet before the preseason started last year
17:50to be my Super Bowl contender and then right up through the end the NFL
17:53playoffs like this is perfect you don't have to go to Arrowhead you're in your
17:56home building here you're a better team than the Chiefs here just play the same
18:00way you played the entirety of the regular season and you're gonna find
18:02yourself in a Super Bowl and they did some of the most inexplicable things I
18:06can't even explain to this day by completely changing the MO their
18:09football team just in order to get beat by Kansas City so I say to myself Ben
18:13entering into this ballgame did we learn anything from the Ravens backers did we
18:18say to ourselves Lamar Jackson is electric let him operate out of the
18:21pocket but he doesn't have to drop back 40 times in this game we just signed
18:25Derek Henry one of the ultimate smash running backs in the NFL let's use him a
18:29lot in this game let's control the line of scrimmage which I do think they can
18:33do and let's not get past happy because the one thing we do know Steve Spagnola
18:36is a wonderful defensive coordinator on a week-to-week basis maybe none better
18:40than the NFL at devising schemes up because it's not as if they gave him the
18:43best overall talent in the NFL on a year-to-year basis we understand that
18:48offense cost a lot of money and the defense has to sometimes say okay we got
18:51one great defensive lineman a couple athletic linebackers and some corners
18:55that can play and we'll see if we can make that happen if you see any sort of
18:59game plan like the Chiefs had been last year in the AFC championship game
19:03they're going to get beat in this one I do think this game has the tendency and
19:06it's crazy to sound with these two offenses to stay under the total because
19:10I just think it's not keeping the football away from Kansas City it's just
19:13having a balanced attack which is what's going to work for the Ravens your
19:16opening night having said that I still do think the Chiefs will win this game
19:20and also as I said a slight lean to the under at the 46 and a half but an
19:24awesome matchup right out of the red of the gate I just hope if the Ravens want
19:28to be competitive in this game which I think they will be it's going to be
19:31Lamar Jackson running for upwards of 65 to 70 yards himself and the same thing
19:35with Derrick Henry just don't get past happy and you can win this game if you're
19:38Baltimore it is something they failed to do in that AFC championship game exposed
19:43Kansas City on the ground the Chiefs last year of course we're not the
19:47prolific offense that we had come to expect in the first five years of
19:51Patrick Mahomes his tenure as the starter in KC they were defense led but
19:57the one weakness for the Chiefs defensively giving up more than a
20:00hundred and thirteen yards per game in the regular season bottom half of
20:04rushing defensive units in the National Football League for whatever reason Todd
20:08Munkin took his NFL MVP and took him out of his game that being Lamar Jackson
20:16Donnie of course we have the two reigning NFL MVPs who have each won the
20:20award twice in their career Mahomes in 2022 for the second time Jackson last
20:25year for his second time in 2023 facing off on Thursday night just from the
20:30spread perspective the Chiefs under Patrick Mahomes who has been the starter
20:34since 2018 that's six seasons now of course they have made the AFC
20:39championship game all six years they have played in the Super Bowl in that
20:43span four different times they have won three or five different times they've
20:46won three of those five all of that we know at this point but Donnie they've
20:52only been an underdog 16 times since 2018 with Mahomes four of them happening
20:59last year including the AFC championship game in which the Chiefs won outright so
21:04being a home favorite is what KC is used to John Harbaugh starts year number 17
21:10at the helm for Baltimore the Ravens since 08 the second best cover team as a
21:16dog it's the Baltimore Ravens the Pittsburgh Steelers the only two teams
21:20that have covered in more than 60% of their games as an underdog since 08 and
21:26again here are the props for Thursday night early put a pin in them now we'll
21:31refresh throughout the week and Donnie if you're optimistic about KC this year
21:35you look at the offensive numbers and expect them to improve I do and also
21:40you Brown is not going to play in this football game when he gets back that
21:44adds even another dimension where they got some speed that can get downfield
21:48which is something they lacked outside of losing Tyreek Hill but if I'm being
21:51honest Lamar Jacks and 46 and a half rushing yards on the Fandul sportsbook
21:55he's gonna get that very good book PRS