Mike Giardi and Will Parkinson preview Week 9 of the NFL season, which already kicked off with a Jets victory over the Texans. Was this enough to restore their playoff hopes? The guys look ahead to the Patriots, who will look to build off of last week's win in their trip to Nashville. Plus, they discuss the Colts' decision to bench Anthony Richardson for Joe Flacco.
0:00 - Intro
2:11 - Key plays analyzed
4:37 - Upcoming schedule preview
7:24 - Jets' defensive strategy
9:40 - Rogers' impact discussed
12:01 - Titans' poor performance
14:56 - Patriots' big game
18:01 - Tennessee's struggles
20:21 - Gonzalez vs. Ridley
22:01 - Player Responsibility
23:39 - Denver's Defense Test
27:04 - Baltimore's Defense Concerns
29:30 - Quarterback Reactions
31:02 - Deontay Johnson Trade
34:01 - Best NFC Teams
36:53 - Lions vs. Packers
39:01 - Gibbs' Impact
40:47 - Colts' Quarterback Change
44:16 - Jets' Quarterback Struggles
46:01 - Flacco's Impact
49:14 - Colts' Playoff Aspirations
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0:00 - Intro
2:11 - Key plays analyzed
4:37 - Upcoming schedule preview
7:24 - Jets' defensive strategy
9:40 - Rogers' impact discussed
12:01 - Titans' poor performance
14:56 - Patriots' big game
18:01 - Tennessee's struggles
20:21 - Gonzalez vs. Ridley
22:01 - Player Responsibility
23:39 - Denver's Defense Test
27:04 - Baltimore's Defense Concerns
29:30 - Quarterback Reactions
31:02 - Deontay Johnson Trade
34:01 - Best NFC Teams
36:53 - Lions vs. Packers
39:01 - Gibbs' Impact
40:47 - Colts' Quarterback Change
44:16 - Jets' Quarterback Struggles
46:01 - Flacco's Impact
49:14 - Colts' Playoff Aspirations
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00:00It is caught! Touchdown!
00:04The New England Patriots select Drake May.
00:08He's got the ball! And that's the ball game!
00:12Welcome in to the All 32 pod. Mike Ciardi, a fatigued but excited Will Parkinson.
00:18We're going to call this the, uh, so you're telling me there's a chance pod
00:21after what happened on Thursday night.
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00:36I believe young Will was at the Game 5 Yankees-Dodgers game.
00:41But you're also at the Jets game. Let's start right there.
00:46What an awful, awful, awful first half of football from both teams.
00:50I tweeted that I was ready to poke my eye out.
00:55But the Jets showed something that they haven't shown too often, Will.
00:58And it was important. They get the 21-13 win to improve to 3-6.
01:02And those slim, I believe it's what, 17% right now, playoff chances.
01:07But had they lost, those playoff chances were pretty much erased.
01:10Yeah, Rodgers kind of talked about it, I thought, post-game, which was very honest.
01:15Devontae had a similar comment.
01:18There was a good chance to just throw the towel in.
01:20Hey, you know, we have the ridiculous Deshaun Jackson drop in the end zone.
01:26The defense is playing well, and all of a sudden, they give up the 98-yard drive.
01:30Thomas Morstead, punt of the year, 75-yard head line. It was unbelievable.
01:34And you just thought, hey, this is the adversity.
01:38I talked about it on our show on Monday, I believe.
01:41Every week it feels like there's one play.
01:44And they just cannot figure it out after that one play.
01:48It's the first and goal from the one against Denver.
01:54It's the first and goal from the one against Buffalo.
01:56It's the missed kick against New England.
01:58It's the punt return and Drake may go.
01:59There's always maybe one or, I guess, a couple of plays that happen they can't recover from.
02:04And the Corley plays a big play in that game, right?
02:06They are playing really good football. Aaron looks horrible.
02:08But they finally get moving the ball.
02:11They are beating Stroud up. They get the fumble.
02:13Everything's going kind of, not going their way, but like, it's a go.
02:17Okay, they're going to win this game. I feel it.
02:20And they score. It's Corley's first relevant touch into his NFL career.
02:24He's a guy who people are really excited about coming out of college.
02:26And it's a dumb play. And then you're like, oh, boy.
02:31They go down and score.
02:33It's very, you know, you hate this, but.
02:36It's very Jet-Z.
02:37Yes, very much so.
02:40And then they go into the half.
02:42And everyone kind of has a weird energy in the crowd.
02:45There's the sell the team chance.
02:47Not to be a dick here.
02:49There's 80,000 people there.
02:51This game's on national television.
02:53Woody's cashing the checks, buddy.
02:55I appreciate the enthusiasm, but that's not going to make, if anything.
03:00A lot of money was in his pocket last night.
03:03Contrary to him selling the team.
03:05So not to defend Woody.
03:07It's just, it's the reality of the situation.
03:09They come out and they score that first drive.
03:11Gary makes the one-handed touchdown.
03:13Rogers was a really nice throw.
03:15And here we go.
03:17First time all year where they started a half well.
03:20They showed some fight, some energy.
03:24Houston couldn't block anybody.
03:26Excuse me.
03:27And, you know, Will McDonald, nine pressures.
03:30It's on Reddit, eight pressures.
03:31Quinn Williams, I believe, had seven.
03:32All guys had sacks.
03:36It felt like they started to heat Stroud up even more.
03:38And the Texans, Bobby Sloat, I don't think, had a great game last night.
03:42CJ was, you know, the one thing the Jets don't do well on defense is
03:46they cannot defend the run consistently.
03:48They do at times.
03:49New England didn't run the ball great last week.
03:51But they just consistently, they don't do a good job.
03:53And Stroud dropped back a lot.
03:56I think he got hit 18 plus times last night, including eight sacks.
04:00The Texans game plan mixed with Aaron looked like Aaron Rodgers last night
04:06in the second half.
04:07Devontae Adams looked like Devontae Adams in the second half.
04:09Garrett Wilson had his coming out party on a national stage.
04:12We've seen Garrett's had good numbers through two years,
04:15and he's had moments.
04:17But last night it was like, I am taking this game over,
04:21and I am going to win us this football game.
04:23And that's what he did.
04:24And I was really impressed.
04:26I think this is a huge win.
04:28I know maybe the Jets might go lose the next two, and it's a moot talking point.
04:32This is what happens in a week-to-week league.
04:34But their schedule is really favorable.
04:37And if Aaron's going to look anything like the Aaron Rodgers,
04:42the Jets just played nine games in 59 days,
04:44including a cross-country trip and two Thursday night games.
04:47The schedule makers did them no favors, and I'm sure people are like,
04:50I don't want to watch the Jets on prime time anymore.
04:52And I get it.
04:53But they now play two games, Mike, in the next 30-plus days.
04:58They play this upcoming Sunday, they play the following Sunday,
05:02and they don't play again until December 1st.
05:06That is, for Rodgers, who's banged up, the rest of his team,
05:11they kind of need two wins, take a break.
05:16So Rodgers definitely, he scrambled a couple times yesterday.
05:23He still is not looking spry by any stretch of the imagination.
05:26The cayenne water, if you haven't Googled it,
05:29Thomas Morstead gave him a little tip.
05:32He says it's helping keep him healthy.
05:35But that's a great point about the amount of rest,
05:39but they still have to take care of business in those two games.
05:42But to my point at the beginning, so you're telling me there's a chance,
05:46did they reel you back in?
05:48Go ahead and tell the people at home, if they win the next two,
05:51what has to happen for them to be, theoretically,
05:54at the end of those two games in the postseason?
05:58Yeah, look, the Jets are in a spot right now where, again,
06:00it all takes care of them.
06:02The Jets take care of business, they'll be fine.
06:04They're favorite in seven of the next eight games.
06:06There's a lot that can go right for them.
06:09There's a lot that can go wrong, obviously.
06:11But we saw, obviously, some of that talent last night.
06:14If the Jets want to be in the actual playoff picture,
06:16if the playoffs started in week 12,
06:19they have to take care of business, right?
06:21At Arizona, 425 slot, and then Sunday Night Football,
06:23home against Joe Flacco and the Colts,
06:26because Anthony Richardson's a little tired.
06:28That's what gets you later in the show.
06:30The Chargers would have to go one and three in the next four.
06:33That's probably the most unrealistic of the ones we're talking about.
06:37The other ones that are far more realistic,
06:40the Bengals would have to lose one game over the next.
06:42Right, and they got to play at Baltimore, correct?
06:45At Baltimore, right.
06:46The Colts would have to lose either on Sunday night against Minnesota
06:50or against Buffalo the following week.
06:52I'd say if Indy splits those,
06:54they feel probably pretty good about themselves.
06:56And then the Dolphins would have to lose against the Bills.
06:59And they always lose against the Bills and Buffalo.
07:02So the whole point of this Jets conversation is,
07:05look, they're three and six,
07:06and Kyle Brandt did a really good job this morning.
07:08Yeah, they're three and six right now.
07:10They're not relevant.
07:12And I agree, they're not until they are.
07:14They're relevant to the quarterback and the market and everything.
07:17But last night,
07:19and I guess we'll kind of finish on the Jets on this side of things,
07:22is the reason you have confidence leaving this game is, again,
07:25you beat a good team.
07:26The Texans were banged up.
07:27The Jets were very banged up.
07:28I mean, at one point yesterday,
07:30they were missing seven defensive starters.
07:31Like both teams were not at full strength on offense or defense.
07:36Brees Hall, Gary Wilson, Devante Adams, Aaron Rodgers,
07:40the reason you won that football game in offense,
07:43that's a good recipe for success.
07:46On defense, it was limit big plays.
07:49The linebackers are really good.
07:51And Hassan Redick and Will McDonald and Quinn Williams combined for 25
07:55crushers and four and a half sacks and a forced fumble.
07:58Kind of, that seems good.
08:00That seems like it's a good strategy going forward.
08:03So again, the point being the talent's there.
08:05There's questions about Rodgers, the coaching, the three and six.
08:09They're in a hole.
08:10There's no question, but there is a chance.
08:12And I don't think it's unreasonable to assume if they win the next two,
08:16they become a much more relevant talking point on this show,
08:18on an individual show.
08:20Like the season's not over.
08:22And the fact that they didn't mail it in last night and actually showed up
08:26is a good sign, at least for the next 10 days or so.
08:29They need two for me.
08:31And I'm sure you feel the same way.
08:33Now the consistency part of it, right?
08:36They've turned in some good games this year.
08:39You know, obviously again, the week three against the Patriots,
08:41they absolutely pants them and sent the Patriots on a really nasty
08:45downward spiral there that they just pulled out of last weekend
08:49against the same Jets.
08:50So they've got to find that level of consistency.
08:53Maybe this does take a little, I mean, the pressure's still on
08:56because they have to keep winning to, as you said, be relevant.
08:59And I do want to add, I liked your point about the defense
09:03because I've been banging on Slowick since we started this pod.
09:07Like I thought he ended last year poorly.
09:09And I think you're seeing it this year.
09:11The only defense for him is the interior of their offensive line
09:16is playing bad, bad football.
09:19And of course, now no Stephon Diggs done for a year with a torn ACL
09:22suffered two weeks ago, or whatever, five days ago at this point,
09:25but two games ago.
09:27And of course, Nico Collins is still on the IR.
09:29They'll get Nico back next week, right?
09:31Yeah, and then we'll see.
09:33Now I don't even want to really talk much about Houston,
09:35but I just wanted to point that out.
09:37And I think we'll have a better idea of what Houston's all about
09:40when Nico comes back.
09:42Next week's no joke for them.
09:43And we'll get into that game next week.
09:45Absolutely.
09:46Detroit on Sunday Night Football, they're going to come in there
09:50and they are going to be extremely physical.
09:53Do we touch on the D'Amico not dapping up Rodgers after the game?
09:59Interesting, right?
10:02I don't know how to feel about it.
10:06Sometimes I don't understand why you would allow anything like that to happen,
10:16because then if it gives another guy a little bit of motivation,
10:22I'd never want to do that.
10:24I don't want to give guys bullets on board.
10:26These guys look for any little sliver of being –
10:33felt like they weren't being respected properly, and we'll use that.
10:36And if it gives them 2% extra juice for the next time you see them,
10:40I don't want to provide that.
10:42I never want to provide that.
10:43Just give them a little bit and go.
10:45Yeah, no.
10:46One of the funny jets that – and before we move on, obviously.
10:50If I told you before the year that the Jets would be –
10:54they get nine games out of Rodgers to start the year.
10:58They'd get Devontae Adams and Hassan Radek back or trade for them.
11:02As of November 1st, obviously, the Jets have played an extra game.
11:07Rodgers would be third in touchdowns, fourth in yards.
11:09Garrett would be first in catches, second in yards, and top five in touchdowns.
11:15And they would – you'd assume they're probably seven and two.
11:20That's why it's like – it's just – it's one of the weirdest –
11:23one of the weirder football years in general, but the Jets season,
11:26it just makes absolutely no sense.
11:28It's like Thursday in football, Rodgers six touchdowns, no picks.
11:31Otherwise, they're one and six.
11:33There's just a lot of weird stuff, and it's why they're intriguing.
11:37It's why we talk about them.
11:38Yep, for sure.
11:39Let's move on to the next one.
11:40I don't know if I'd call this game intriguing.
11:43The 2-6 Patriots, who just snapped, as I mentioned, a six-game losing streak
11:46with the win over the Jets last weekend, visit the 1-6 Titans.
11:52Aside from the Carolina Panthers, I would say the Tennessee Titans
11:55are the worst team in football and playing absolutely just awful football,
12:02offensively, special teams, and they have a defense.
12:06It's crazy.
12:08Number nine overall in DVOA, number one in total defense stats,
12:13but 29th in points allowed.
12:16The Lions, who are on the plus side of the 50 for the entirety of the game
12:20because of special teams and turnovers, still got in the red zone five times
12:24and scored five touchdowns, so their defense is good but not great.
12:29The Patriots, of course, could be challenged this week,
12:32and we're taping this.
12:34Right now I'm talking it's 12-27 on Friday afternoon.
12:38We don't know if Drake May will be clear from concussion protocol.
12:42He has been progressing, and I would lean to thinking he's going to be,
12:47but again, with the concussions, you never know.
12:49I make no predictions on that, and we don't know if Will Levis
12:52is going to play for the Texans.
12:54He's been out since week six with the bruised shoulder.
12:58If he can't go, it'll be Mason Rudolph.
13:00Levis has been cranking it up this week in practice.
13:03I suspect that he too will be playing in this game, but again, as of right now,
13:07that's still the unanswered question.
13:10If May is in there, I think this is an intriguing matchup from this vantage
13:14point because I think what Denard Wilson, the first-year defensive coordinator
13:18for Tennessee, does, the way he spins the dial schematically will be as much
13:26as any team has challenged Drake since he's become the starter.
13:29Again, we're talking about a very small resume here where the Texans basically
13:33were like, we're not even going to really blitz you because our guys are better
13:37than yours.
13:38I was expecting him to be put in a blender in that game.
13:40They didn't bother, and they won by 20 points.
13:42D'Amico was right to just not waste his time with that.
13:45The following week, Jacksonville, nothing spectacular in that game.
13:50Patriots went a long period of time really without the football and the defense
13:54couldn't get off the field, so he didn't get challenged in that one.
13:57And then the Jets game obviously is just one quarter before he goes out
14:00with the injury.
14:01He'll see stuff if he's in this game that he hasn't seen before, especially
14:05with the simulated pressures, and I'm anxious.
14:08I want to see that.
14:09Again, you're going through the checklist of things that he has to experience,
14:14and this would be a good test for him because this is a good defense.
14:17Whereas I gave you the numbers and the disparity, this is a good defense,
14:20and I think this is also a defense that can make the Patriots one-dimensional.
14:25Patriots struggled to run the ball the last couple weeks with Jeffrey Simmons
14:29and Devandre Sweat in the middle.
14:31It's not going to be easy to do that again.
14:33So if he's playing, I would suspect there'll be a lot on him,
14:37and I want to see how he responds to the pressures and how he adjusts protection
14:41and do all those sorts of things that he's going to need to do in this league.
14:44So from that vantage point, I think everybody who is going to be watching
14:49that game on Sunday is hoping that it's Drake May and not Jacoby Brissett.
14:55Of course, they're hoping it's Drake May because it's far more exciting
14:58than Jacoby Brissett, but for me, it's more about the X's and O's,
15:01the scheme stuff, and to see, again, we continue to measure his growth.
15:04Can he handle the challenge that he faced on Sunday?
15:07Yeah, a couple things.
15:08I think this is a really big game for New England,
15:11and I don't want to overstate this.
15:13They're not going to be a playoff team.
15:15Look, the Jets are getting better, and we just talked about that being a playoff team.
15:18It's a very different thing.
15:20This is very big for me because a couple different things.
15:27I want to see how they respond from success.
15:30I thought they responded really well in Week 2 from the success of Week 1.
15:34I did. I know they ended up losing.
15:36Yeah, there were some game management things,
15:39and then their defense started to fall into the hole that carried them
15:43for the next four or five weeks.
15:45But listen, for them to be losing overtime and whatever, that is what it is.
15:50Tennessee's a bad football team.
15:52I think they're actually weirdly, really badly coached, and I don't know,
15:57which is kind of shocking.
15:59I like the Callahan hire.
16:01He brings his dad over.
16:02His dad's arguably the best offensive line coach ever.
16:05It's a little weird.
16:06They take Latham, which I never had.
16:09It's a topic for another day.
16:12But the Patriots did some good things last week in the second half.
16:17Guys that I don't know that are going to be even here long term,
16:21and they were doing some nice things.
16:23If Drake May is playing, getting him another win,
16:27getting another win under his belt, being able to stack a couple of wins here
16:31and show signs of progress for Jarrod Mayo to kind of, ooh, like Jarrod Mayo,
16:39the way he handled the end of the first half against the Jets was embarrassing,
16:42but he got them ready to play in the second half, and they came out
16:45and they won the football game like they did.
16:47And as a young coach, you want to see these, you know,
16:53them just stack some good performances, obviously some wins,
16:57but more importantly, quality performances, and I've said it a million times,
17:02quarterback and a young corner that's going to be here.
17:05Hey, how do you handle success now?
17:07You had an opportunity earlier in the year.
17:09Yeah, I thought you handled it decently.
17:11Can you do it again?
17:12Can you go out now and say win against a division rival?
17:15We didn't probably expect to win that game.
17:17Ooh, we're feeling ourselves a little bit.
17:19Noise isn't so loud anymore.
17:21We played a bad team.
17:23We just talked about the Jets handling expectations.
17:25There's been some expectation, I think, from the Patriots fan base of
17:28Tennessee's a bad team.
17:30I want to go win this game.
17:31I think that, you know, there's obviously tempered expectation
17:35with the New England fan base right now, but don't make me think about it.
17:39I don't think anyone is a Patriots fan going into this game going,
17:42ooh, I don't know.
17:43No, let's go win a football game.
17:45If you're Tennessee, you got to stop the bleeding, man.
17:47It is.
17:48It's been really bad.
17:50Tennessee is in many ways in the same position the Patriots were last weekend, right?
17:55You've been getting your doors blown off.
17:58I think Brian Callahan had a quote, I think, on Monday.
18:01It was basically like, other than the offense not being able to move the ball,
18:05committing turnovers, unable to stop teams in the red zone,
18:08and our special teams being a disaster.
18:10You know, everything was like, everything is fine.
18:12And he was pissed off.
18:14I'm sort of paraphrasing him there, but just like, well, I mean,
18:18we didn't do this, this, and this.
18:20What do you expect is going to happen?
18:21What do our guys expect is going to happen?
18:23I think he's really got to lay it into them this week.
18:25Like, we're not good enough to think there are many wins on the schedule.
18:30We got to start playing better.
18:32This is a team that's not very good either.
18:34We're at home.
18:35Like, defend your home turf and do something here.
18:38I was just going to say, if you're a Tennessee fan,
18:41next four after the Patriots, add Chargers.
18:48That's going to be a real physical football game.
18:50It's going to be probably one of the worst watchable games of the year.
18:52Yes.
18:53But you'd like the Chargers in that game.
18:56Vikings, Texans, Commanders.
19:00You're staring at, at best, one in three in that stretch.
19:04And, again, I'm not saying that, again, it's not about stacking wins.
19:06Like, they're going to pick in the top five and take a quarterback.
19:09Like, we all get it.
19:10I'm not saying that.
19:11But, again, if you're Brian Callahan, like, you're not in a spot where you're,
19:16like, safe of a – the one and dones, like, might be on the table.
19:19And, although it would be kind of weird to hire a quarterback guy to not let him
19:23take a quarterback, but, I don't know, just something about Tennessee
19:26that doesn't feel right.
19:27And we talked about it last week, and we'll talk about it every week
19:31until Mike Frabel gets hired.
19:33The way they look this year, if you don't think that makes teams
19:38around the league – you know, I'm wearing the hat of one of the teams
19:40that should be all over Mike Frabel, you know, come February.
19:44But, like, he did a lot with a little.
19:47And it feels like right now the Titans roster does have some names.
19:51They've already traded D-hop, obviously.
19:53I don't know.
19:54If you're a Jeffrey Simmons, like, you don't want to start losing –
19:56you know, he's gotten paid now.
19:58He's going to start to be at that point in his career where he's like,
20:00man, like, this sucks.
20:02You know?
20:03Or it's like you're looking at Calvin Ridley.
20:05It's like he just gave him a whole bunch of money, and he doesn't get –
20:07you know, no catches on eight targets a couple weeks ago.
20:10There's just some weird signs right now with Tennessee where you're like,
20:15this could get really ugly.
20:17Whereas, the Patriots have the quarterback, and there's some optimism.
20:21I feel like Tennessee is like – they're the Patriots last year where it's like,
20:25what is this roster?
20:27What are we doing?
20:28Like, what's going on here?
20:29I don't know.
20:30It's not great.
20:31Hey, we got – again, I'll get – pat ourselves on the back here
20:35because I think we talked about them back in the summer, and I was like,
20:38this is one of the most oddly constructed rosters.
20:41The timeline for their best players, the absence of younger players.
20:45Like, the roster makes absolutely zero sense.
20:48We're in car-a-thon, like throwing a ton of money.
20:50Not the GM 101.
20:51Yeah, throwing a ton of money at it.
20:53He had a really awful quote this week too,
20:55talking about like how the bounces haven't gone their way.
20:58Like, when you're losing by 38 points, dude, like,
21:02just sit there and take your medicine.
21:04That's a bit of a loser's lament to me.
21:07One thing I am interested to see in this game,
21:09aside from what I was talking about with May and whether or not the Patriots
21:12can actually enforce their will a little bit in the run game,
21:16which they haven't been able to do, is what's likely to be the matchup outside,
21:20which would be Christian Gonzalez against Calvin Ridley.
21:23Ridley, after complaining and being targeted and not making –
21:26had 10 catches, had over 100 yards in the first half last week.
21:30Gonzalez, from a size perspective, that's – the Patriots won't tell you that,
21:35but that's going to be the matchup, and he's going to follow him around.
21:38And, you know, he's – Gonzalez has had a solid year.
21:42There's been moments where it's looked great.
21:43There's been some moments that it hasn't looked so great.
21:45You know, he was coming off bad back-to-back weeks
21:48against Stephon Diggs, who chewed him up pretty good.
21:50And then Brian Thomas, and look, Thomas is that long catch.
21:53Like, Gonzalez is there. He can test the catch point.
21:56He just makes play.
21:57He's a damn good player. He's –
21:58Yeah.
21:59He's a good player.
22:00But you just want to keep – I like these matchups.
22:02And he talked about it yesterday when we spoke to him in the locker room,
22:05just about, like, I love these things.
22:07I love the responsibility they're giving me,
22:10and I love the opportunity to go against the best,
22:12like he did Devontae the week prior,
22:14because it's like that's how you measure yourself, right?
22:17And that's how you get better.
22:18These guys can do things. I can do things.
22:20Now let's go see how it works.
22:22But the Patriots challenged him.
22:23Gerard Mayo challenged him after that two-game performance
22:26going into the Jets week and said, like, dude, you have to be better.
22:29Like, if we're going to be the defense that we need to be
22:32and you're going to be the player we think you can be,
22:34and you want to be, then you have to go out there and do it.
22:37And as we talked after the game,
22:39the Jets missed some opportunities to get Devontae the ball,
22:42but end of the day, two catches with Devontae,
22:45with him on Devontae, and he's looking to build on that.
22:48So that'll be a fun little sidebar to the game.
22:51And, of course, who knows if the Titans quarterback
22:53can even get the ball over there.
22:55Mason Rudolph has been – actually, they're averaging, I think,
22:58six points less per game with Rudolph at quarterback
23:00than they were with Levis.
23:03Yeah, I figured at the very least Rudolph would go in there
23:06and they would get a professional level of play.
23:09He's not a great player by any stretch of the imagination,
23:11but Levis is turning the ball over, making bad decisions,
23:14doing all those sorts of things.
23:16But Rudolph is doing the same and doing it less productively.
23:20So, yeah, that's that one.
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24:37Let's move on to our next game, our first non-AFC East game,
24:43and that's Ravens and the Broncos.
24:46I wasn't sure I felt about the Broncos all season long going into the year.
24:50Didn't love the roster.
24:51Wasn't sure about the marriage of Peyton and Bo Nix.
24:55I'm still, quite frankly, even though the numbers look great this last month,
24:58still not really sure how I feel about Bo Nix.
25:01But their defense is real, man.
25:04And they're facing an offense that's real.
25:07And so this is, to me, a massive test for Denver to show us are they,
25:12or show me, are they better than I thought they were?
25:16And can that defense, which has been, I think, miles away,
25:20probably the best defense in football this year,
25:22can they take a Ravens offense that even last week,
25:27with some of the things that went on in that game,
25:30still moved the ball up and down the field that has been incredibly prolific
25:35from week one of the season on?
25:37Can they shut them down?
25:39And if they can, then I have to reconsider what I think.
25:43Look, not that I'm predicting Denver's going to get a deep run in the playoffs,
25:46but I think if they can do that, I'm thinking Denver's a playoff team.
25:50Yeah, the Denver thing's interesting because –
25:56I'm trying to think of how I want to phrase this.
25:58They're in that spot where they're probably a year early from being good
26:04and eating all the rough money over last year or over this year
26:09and things of that nature.
26:13Payton, was he still good?
26:15You couldn't really tell.
26:17There was just a lot of weird, no more Justin Simmons.
26:21I don't know.
26:22There's just something that felt like,
26:24this is probably going to be a spunky 6-11 team, 7-10.
26:30Man, they still might be 7-10.
26:33I don't know, but at least you kind of feel decent now.
26:37The stretch they have coming up with the next three
26:39is going to determine their season, in my opinion.
26:42They've won a couple games they probably shouldn't have.
26:44They beat the Jets 10-9 on that crazy game.
26:48They beat New Orleans handily based on the way things have gone.
26:51They probably chalked those up as losses early on in the year.
26:54But now you've got Baltimore, KC, Atlanta.
26:57Can they steal one of these and keep yourself at 6-5
27:01and right in the thick of these things?
27:04I'd like to see this Baltimore defense.
27:05You talked about the Denver defense versus Baltimore.
27:07There's been the weird Lamar stuff.
27:09Reading my mind here, yep.
27:11What's going on here?
27:14We talked a lot about the talent erosion in week 1 and 2
27:17where they lost a lot of guys.
27:19Gino Stone led the leagues in picks last year.
27:22He's no longer there.
27:23Marcus Williams, no idea what's going on there.
27:25They've got the injuries at corner.
27:27They lose Clowney.
27:29Matabuke is not the same player this year.
27:31They lose their defensive court.
27:32There's a lot of reasons.
27:33Patrick Queen, although conversation for another day.
27:37I just don't think he's as good as whatever.
27:40He looked better next to Roquan Smith.
27:43I think I was pretty good against next to Roquan Smith.
27:46Point being is that this Denver offense is not good in my opinion.
27:51They've done some nice things,
27:53but I don't think they don't scare you by any means.
27:57This should be a week at home.
28:00You need to take care of business.
28:02You need to look like a competent defense.
28:04If you're going to look like you did last week against Cleveland.
28:08Also, the Ravens can't really afford to lose too many games.
28:12I know we all think they're the best team in the division,
28:14and they are, but as much as the Steelers might be fraudulent,
28:19if they keep stacking wins, it doesn't matter if they're fraudulent or not.
28:24I'm just kind of in the mindset with this game of show me something, Denver,
28:30from win one you're not supposed to,
28:32or be really competitive in a tough loss,
28:34or from a Baltimore perspective,
28:37you can't keep losing these weird crappy games.
28:41It's every year they lose two or three of these.
28:44I know Denver's got a good record,
28:46but I'd like to see show me something a little bit on defense,
28:49especially with defense.
28:51We know what the offense is going to look like.
28:53It's only going to get better and better.
28:54Now, obviously, Deontay Johnson and stuff,
28:56and I think that it's a move around the margins, but it does help.
29:02Kyle Hamilton, I pick you as a defensive player of the year, buddy.
29:05Come on.
29:06Give me something, dude.
29:07Give me a little something.
29:08Yeah, so they are 32nd in past defense this year,
29:11which even with the erosion of talent and some of the injuries,
29:16it should not be.
29:18I think one of the things in talking to people down in Baltimore is
29:26they did a great job last year under McDonald of showing different looks.
29:33Quarterbacks were late to react to it.
29:35They kept spaces very tight between the receivers.
29:38The communication was awesome in the secondary.
29:40Guys were passed off as cleanly as possible,
29:43and now you're watching them, and you're plopping the tape,
29:45and it's like, that guy's open by four yards.
29:48Why is that guy running completely free?
29:50There are busts that weren't there.
29:52The communication has been poor.
29:54You mentioned the Marcus Williams thing.
29:55Now, Harbaugh went on to say it was a personnel decision,
29:59and it's an in-house.
30:00He went full, like, I don't share all my family business with you.
30:05We're not going to share that here, and then went on to say,
30:08we think Marcus is a great player, and we think Marcus is going to be
30:11a great player for us.
30:13They benched him.
30:14He was one of two players that dressed for Baltimore in the game
30:16who didn't even set foot on the field and play a snap.
30:19Your secondary is porous in that game.
30:21Eddie Jackson dropped three picks, got burned for two touchdowns,
30:24including the game winner, and they never turned to Marcus Williams
30:27and said, I know you've been crappy this year,
30:29but we're paying you $18 million.
30:31We sat you.
30:32It's time for you to go in.
30:33They didn't do it.
30:34So it's bizarre to me, absolutely bizarre,
30:38and they've got to figure that out because, again,
30:40I still feel like there's enough talent there,
30:42and assuming they get Humphrey and Wiggins back and playing,
30:47it should make somewhat of a difference,
30:49but they just have not played good as a unit,
30:51and I think there's more and more pressure on first-year defensive
30:53coordinator Zach Horwitz, one of those guys.
30:55It feels like we're mentioning him week in and week out.
30:58You've got to show me something, and he hasn't shown you enough
31:00to this point.
31:02The other thing I wanted to touch on, you mentioned Deontay Johnson.
31:06When they made the trade, when I saw it come across my phone,
31:09I'm like, oh, they traded for – I was thinking, oh,
31:11they traded for secondary help or a pass rusher so they can help the
31:14secondary by getting the passer quicker, and to see it was Deontay Johnson.
31:18They gave up nothing.
31:19A pick swap, which right now I think as people have done the math on it,
31:22is basically would be a difference right now if the season were to end
31:25of 19 picks.
31:27Carolina's paying the full freight on what's remaining of his deal.
31:30I think Baltimore only owes him $675,000.
31:33Carolina's paying him millions more to go play for Baltimore.
31:36However, Denver is heavy, heavy man team.
31:40One of the things that Baltimore has struggled with in the past has been
31:44beating man, so I just wonder.
31:46It's quick, and he's probably only going to have a small package of plays,
31:50but it could be a Deontay Johnson-type game saying, well,
31:53this is why we did this.
31:56Zay might be better against zone, and Rashad hasn't always been
31:59a great man beater.
32:02Isaiah's pretty good against man, I think, but Andrews has slowed down some.
32:06Could this be a game where Deontay maybe gets five or six balls thrown his way,
32:10even though he's been there for five days, and it helps them
32:14and then going forward gives other teams something to think about now,
32:18like, okay, that receiver room, again, to your point,
32:23it's more about a marginal play than it is, like, oh,
32:26he's pushed them over the top, but it should help their offense
32:30if he is what he's capable of being.
32:32It should give you a boost.
32:33It should give you at least 4%, 5% better on offense, which is huge.
32:38And you never know with injuries, too, so that gives them
32:40a little bit more depth there.
32:41I would say the other part about this, though, is two teams in six months,
32:46seven months, the Steelers couldn't have gotten rid of him quicker.
32:50Remember, they traded him for Jackson, who had a gross contract
32:53and was playing terrible football for Carolina, but they were like,
32:56you take our bad, we'll take your bad, and things are working out
33:00for Pittsburgh right now.
33:01Carolina, he was unhappy.
33:03It was clear even hearing some of the quotes this week from guys,
33:07like, oh, I guess it wasn't that great behind the scenes with him.
33:11Yeah, you think?
33:12I think that's just kind of who he is, and yeah,
33:16and he's going to be a free agent at the end of this thing.
33:18So I have the sneaky suspicion that he probably won't be back
33:21in Baltimore after this run.
33:23Use him and lose him.
33:25Let's go to the next one, which is probably the best game of,
33:28which I kind of think is a, meh, it's not the greatest week slate-wise,
33:32but that's Lions and Packers, and I'm just going to hit you
33:34with a general question right out of the top.
33:36Are these the two best teams in the NFC?
33:42Think on it.
33:43Think about the NFC West right now, where four and four,
33:47even though we like the 49ers.
33:50Think about the NFC East, Washington right now,
33:54sitting atop that division.
33:55So I will say probably yes,
34:02but the Jordan Love injury thing continues to be a story this season.
34:07It's now we're on injury number two.
34:11A little worried because it feels like he came back a little early
34:15from the knee, and now you've got the groin,
34:17and he's a couple games not finished, or he's, you know,
34:20it's like there's been just a little bit of that.
34:22I think they're the two best, two of the best coach teams,
34:25especially offensively, you know, in the league, let alone in the NFC.
34:29Both quarterbacks are playing really good football.
34:32The defense for Green Bay is starting to play much better,
34:35which is huge, obviously.
34:37Still think the defensive coordinator,
34:39however, probably Rob Salas is going to help me in that job.
34:42Before you know it, Detroit is a, Green Bay needs this game.
34:50I just, they had the Minnesota loss, which felt like, you know,
34:56at the time I was like, oh, whatever.
34:58I just want to get this first game back.
35:00But you don't want to drop another one in the division,
35:03and it just feels like Detroit is like an absolute buzzsaw right now.
35:09Well, this is where, you just mentioned Sal's name, Jeff Halfley,
35:13the first-year defensive coordinator.
35:15They're, by pretty much any metric, their defense has done very well this year.
35:20I think this is a massive test for him.
35:22This is the biggest one yet, right?
35:24And there'll be other checkmarks over the course of the season,
35:26but you're playing an offense that, as you said,
35:29is absolutely rolling right now.
35:32Goff is playing great football, making great decisions with the football.
35:36But in the last couple weeks, even beyond that, actually,
35:41and he's put up some ridiculous numbers, like, what was he, 26 of 28 one game?
35:45He's done some of this.
35:47But after that game where they lost and he threw 53 passes
35:51or whatever it was, there was a clear edict from Dan Campbell.
35:55Hey, we have David Montgomery and Jameer Gibbs.
35:58And not Janus and Williams.
36:00Yes, do that.
36:02Let's build it off of that.
36:04And they have been, those two guys,
36:06I know Montgomery had the fumble a couple weeks ago,
36:09didn't end up hurting them.
36:12Those two guys are awesome.
36:14And behind that offensive line that we talked about being aged,
36:17well, those guys, they might be drinking their cayenne pepper water too
36:21because they're playing extremely well.
36:23They are moving people off the ball.
36:24So that's the challenge, right?
36:26You want to commit enough bodies.
36:28If you're half lead, you stop the run.
36:30However, they have some playmakers on the outside who can beat you.
36:34Although to your point, it would help if Jameson Williams,
36:37who's just continuing to do stupid things.
36:42I was going to say shoot himself in the foot, but there was a gun thing.
36:44And I don't, that was a bad, bad pun on my part or whatever.
36:48Yeah.
36:49I just think it's a, I think it's a huge challenge.
36:51And I think if, if, if the Packers can answer that challenge
36:54and I don't expect them to hold, you know,
36:56the lines to 17 points or something like that,
36:58but if it's low twenties and maybe you force them to kick a couple
37:01field goals instead of score touchdowns,
37:05if love comes through this and is able to play at the level that you kind
37:09of expect them to, then they can win the football game.
37:11And then I think we're, you know,
37:13that sort of reinforces the conversation that the question I asked you at the
37:17top, are these the two best teams?
37:18Because I think we would think, yes,
37:20the lines are definitely one of them, but maybe it's San Francisco.
37:23Maybe, you know, like, okay, no,
37:25this is a chance for green Bay to put their foot down and say, no,
37:29we are that team that you thought we could be with all the talent that we
37:32have and we're putting it together now.
37:34Yeah.
37:35Plus we agree in Bay.
37:36And you know, who knows what happens with Minnesota?
37:38You want to distance yourself there.
37:39You want to set yourself up to be in a really good position and nothing.
37:43They win here.
37:44It's at home.
37:45You're the one seat in the NFC.
37:47Yeah.
37:48Or I guess not tech.
37:49Oh yeah.
37:50They'd be the one seat in the NFC.
37:51I guess if Philly wins, maybe not,
37:52but the whole point being is just like they, you know,
37:57they've kind of escaped danger with the love injuries and stuff.
38:00This is going to be a really fun football game.
38:02And it's again,
38:03if you told me if this is the NFC title game, wouldn't be shocked.
38:07Like these teams are very good.
38:09They're very well coached.
38:10They're very talented.
38:12They're very tough minded teams and green Bay.
38:15Traditionally you go in there and run the football on them.
38:17Uh,
38:18Detroit's going to try.
38:21It's a matter of what kind of big boy pants does,
38:24uh,
38:25does that green Bay defense have on and let's just,
38:27uh,
38:28let's just bring it up again.
38:29I had someone tell me,
38:30and I remember tweeting it and talking about it before the draft two years
38:33ago,
38:34that Jameer Gibbs was the best running back in the class and he's on
38:36Robinson.
38:37Obviously got picked before him and be John's a terrific player.
38:40Yeah.
38:41Jameer is nasty.
38:42Like he's,
38:43he is a really,
38:45there is some dog in there.
38:46Yeah.
38:47He's a really good football player.
38:48I,
38:49I would,
38:50uh,
38:51I don't know if I'm Ben Johnson,
38:52like I'd want to get the ball in his hands 18 to 20 times a game.
38:55You know what,
38:56however I do it,
38:57whether it's in the,
38:58in the passing game run game,
38:59like I I'm making sure that that dude is,
39:01is touching the football.
39:02Cause he's that,
39:03he's that kind of player.
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40:34Let's get to our last game.
40:36Um,
40:38and I'm more interested about this game because of what happened during the
40:41course of the week.
40:42Then I probably,
40:43Oh,
40:44well,
40:45we'll see about what happens during the game,
40:46but that's Colts and Vikings Colts of four and four have decided to bench
40:51the number four overall pick in last year's draft quarterback,
40:54Anthony Richardson.
40:55They've turned the ball over to Joe Flacco and he is their quarterback
40:58right now.
40:59It's not even a,
41:00um,
41:01they're,
41:02they're moving forward with him,
41:03I believe was the quote.
41:04So it's not even like a,
41:05it's a right now thing.
41:06So it's,
41:07he's the quarterback and Anthony is not the quarterback and we'll see how
41:09long that lasts.
41:10Flacco has played much better than Richardson in his two starts.
41:14And he,
41:15he basically played the majority of the third game after Richardson went
41:18down a few weeks ago with a hip injury,
41:20seven touchdowns,
41:21one interception,
41:22uh,
41:23the offense passing offense looks incredibly different with him at the
41:28helm than what it's looked at Richardson.
41:30But I want to get into the discussion with you will about Richardson.
41:33Now look,
41:3444% completion percentage.
41:35It's awful.
41:36We knew he was never going to be,
41:38or at least not at this stage of his career,
41:40be a high percentage passer.
41:42But like,
41:43as you saw on the opener when he went from nine for 19,
41:46but through for like 260 yards and there were three 50 plus yard
41:49completions and a couple of touchdowns,
41:51like they want to push the ball.
41:53They want to take those chances as a.
41:55Is that was the highest in the league.
41:57Like that's sort of how they're building this passing offense to be
42:00explosive.
42:02But the last few weeks in particular,
42:06uh,
42:07not good against the Texans.
42:08He was awful against the Packers.
42:09He was awful against Miami,
42:11especially in the second half.
42:13And then of course you have what happened against the Texans,
42:15which I know they're saying him asking out of the game for a play because
42:20he was an admitted afterwards and should have never,
42:22we want guys to be honest,
42:23but he never should have said it,
42:24that he was tired.
42:26I can't help but think that that's still the driving force in this
42:29whole decision that guys around,
42:32look at it and go.
42:34Ryan Kelly was pretty outspoken about their center.
42:36Like, Hey, it's a,
42:37it's gotta be a teaching moment for him,
42:38right?
42:39You,
42:40you expect more.
42:41There's a standard that you have to play to 52.
42:43Other guys are,
42:44are,
42:45are killing themselves to be on the field.
42:46You can't ask out cause you're quote unquote tired.
42:51But I look at this now and say,
42:53what exactly did Indianapolis expect?
42:56He made 12 or 13 starts.
42:58I always forget the number,
43:00but it was 12 or 13 starts at the university of Florida.
43:04Incredibly raw.
43:05He was incredibly raw there.
43:07He's just a phenomenal,
43:08phenomenal athlete has every tool that you want.
43:11Like because of his physical power,
43:15I mean,
43:16it's 200 and whatever,
43:1740 pounds.
43:18Like we talk about Lamar being a great runner.
43:20This guy's a great runner with power.
43:22Like he's a more explosive Josh Allen.
43:24Who's a damn good runner.
43:25And then has the arm to make the throws that very few guys in the
43:28league can make.
43:29He just hasn't made them consistently.
43:31And he's missing the layups consistently,
43:35but because of the injuries last year,
43:36when he played four games,
43:38I think,
43:39and now this,
43:41he's got 10 games midway through his second year and you're benching
43:45him.
43:47This doesn't feel like it ends well for Anthony Richardson in
43:49Indianapolis.
43:50And maybe it doesn't feel like it ends well for Shane Steichen.
43:52And why am I drawing a blank on the general manager?
43:55Chris Ballard,
43:56Chris Ballard.
43:58It doesn't feel like it ends well for them either.
44:00Yeah.
44:01A couple of things here.
44:02I'll keep my kind of stuff short on Richardson just because
44:07this feels a little Zach Wilson post Patriots game being like,
44:12just saying the wrong thing.
44:14And it's like,
44:15you don't want to lose the locker room and a team that's trying to win
44:17that jets team was really good everywhere else.
44:20Other than the quarterback play was so bad and the team was spiraling.
44:24And it was like,
44:25we cannot let this get out of control.
44:27We have to send a message,
44:29do something to figure this season out.
44:31And it feels like the Colts are like,
44:34this is a really tough stretch.
44:35Flacco is clearly better right now.
44:36And Anthony,
44:38the problem with Richardson and is he always needed to play to get more
44:43reps,
44:45the team is not built to like deal with the,
44:50such high variance of what they have to deal with.
44:52And I don't know.
44:54I don't know that it it's over or anything.
44:57And, you know,
44:58I don't think this is a Bryce young thing or anything of that nature,
45:00but there's really big warning signs from like a Richardson perspective
45:05that he would have to have this like generational outlier that he's going
45:08to become this like accurate passer,
45:10which I guess theoretically doesn't matter.
45:14He doesn't need to be overly accurate,
45:15but the durability stuff's concern.
45:18The accuracy is a huge concern.
45:23The saying the wrong thing is obviously not great,
45:26but the Colts are in a situation where maybe this is just a couple of
45:33weeks. This is
45:35soda jets and,
45:37and the Buffalo three really good defenses,
45:40three really challenging defenses to prepare for.
45:43Let's let Flacco get through these.
45:45If we start spiraling,
45:47we bring Anthony back and the season's all about him.
45:49And if he wins a couple of years and we're rolling,
45:52like it is what it is.
45:54I don't know if it's the smart move,
45:56but it's probably the necessary moves to save the locker room at this
46:00point, because if guys are starting to get chirpy,
46:02it's a, it's only a matter of time.
46:04Yeah.
46:05This is one of those things now where it's,
46:07we talk about timelines a lot,
46:09right?
46:10But there are a bunch of guys in that locker room,
46:12DeForest Buckner type,
46:14like, dude,
46:15I'm not,
46:16I'm not playing for the future.
46:18I'm playing for now.
46:19Like I want to win now.
46:20I'm, you know,
46:21I don't know how many more years I have left in this league.
46:23You know what I mean?
46:24Nothing is guaranteed for any of these guys,
46:25but like,
46:26as you get older,
46:27yeah,
46:28the clock's ticking.
46:29So they look at Joe Flacco and say,
46:32Joe gives us the best chance to win.
46:34Joe's a pro,
46:35Joe's nose,
46:36nose on ale.
46:37He's not a perfect quarterback by any stretch of the imagination.
46:39He got hot a little bit last year,
46:40you know,
46:41um,
46:42help push Cleveland to,
46:43uh,
46:44to the post season before he did what he tends to do,
46:47you know,
46:48sort of the,
46:49the magic ran out.
46:50Uh,
46:51and I wonder if the magical run out here,
46:52because one of the things about the Colts is for Richardson's issues,
46:56throwing the ball.
46:57He's made them pretty dynamic as a running team.
47:00It's not,
47:01and not just because he can run,
47:02but what it's done for Jonathan Taylor.
47:04And when Taylor's got Flacco,
47:06the running game looks completely different and it hasn't been nearly as
47:09effective.
47:10So you're going to see that.
47:11I also think this is interesting too,
47:13because I don't know the Flacco is the,
47:15like,
47:16I don't know that.
47:17I don't know the Flacco is the best guy to face a Brian Flores defense,
47:21because they're going to try to make you move.
47:23And if,
47:24if they're on their game,
47:26he can't move.
47:27So,
47:28you know,
47:29who knows?
47:30This could be,
47:31and this could simply be a one end up being not because that's what they're
47:34intending to do,
47:35but he could look so bad in this game that they might just be like,
47:38okay,
47:39we got to.
47:40Yeah.
47:41So one,
47:42it was a one game quarterback and Joe Flacco is a,
47:45is your backup.
47:46Watch out.
47:47Not.
47:48Yeah.
47:49I'm not,
47:50I'm not psyched about that at all.
47:51Yeah.
47:52It's a,
47:53that's a scary place to be.
47:55And look like,
47:56you know,
47:57I wonder how much ownership is involved in this or say is obviously
48:00incredibly involved in all that stuff that goes on there.
48:03If he got watched the game and saw a 10 for 32 and there's some film
48:08people that have broken it down.
48:09I watched some of the,
48:10some of the some of the stuff and he wasn't helped by his receivers in
48:14that game.
48:15Probably should have been 16 for 32.
48:16But again,
48:17what are we,
48:18what are we talking about?
48:19But at first,
48:22you're needing six like drops to change you up to 50%.
48:26Right.
48:27Exactly.
48:28Yeah.
48:29Yeah.
48:30And there,
48:31and there,
48:32and again,
48:33there are wild misses.
48:34I think the bigger point to me that I took out of the rewatch of the
48:37last game.
48:38And then hearing from some different people who study quarterbacks
48:41intently is like,
48:42he's not,
48:43he's the big problem for him right now.
48:45Nevermind the accuracy issues is his progressions.
48:47It's going too fast.
48:50He gets off stuff that he's not supposed to get off of,
48:52you know,
48:53that guy's there or,
48:54you know,
48:55it's like he makes a split second decision.
48:57That's not the right decision.
48:58And he's just,
48:59but that's part of playing right.
49:01He's that's where you're in that situation where the timelines are right.
49:05The kid needs to play to figure out if he's going to be able to make the
49:09leap with the athleticism to become a real quarterback.
49:12And they're on four and four thinking we got a chance to make the
49:16playoffs.
49:17Like that's.
49:18Yeah.
49:19Yeah.
49:20They felt like they choked it away.
49:21So.
49:22Yep.
49:23Therefore,
49:24all right,
49:25let's get to our,
49:26before we sign off,
49:27let's get to our picks.
49:28I got some prize picks.
49:29I got some,
49:30I got,
49:31I have four for you.
49:32I feel,
49:33I feel quite good about it.
49:34And I don't,
49:35you know,
49:36I'm not the big,
49:37the more or less I'm,
49:38I like more.
49:39I just want to go.
49:40I want to see like,
49:41yeah,
49:42I want to see exciting.
49:43So I've got AJ Brown more than 78.5 receiving yards.
49:45He has been,
49:46he's been on one lately.
49:47I think he stays on them.
49:48Speaking of the Colts,
49:49Josh Downs,
49:50more than 56.5 yards receiving Josh Downs.
49:53When Anthony Richardson's,
49:54the quarterback does not see the football.
49:56When Joe Flacco is the quarterback,
49:57he gets fed the football.
49:59So I,
50:00I would think even against a,
50:01you know,
50:02a feisty Vikings defense,
50:04he's going to see the football quite a bit.
50:05They flowers more than 52.5 yards receiving.
50:10And yo,
50:12that's it.
50:13I just had three,
50:14those three.
50:15I'll roll here.
50:16Hunter Henry Moore,
50:1738 and a half receiving yards.
50:19Drake may play as Hunter Henry is basically Travis Kelsey.
50:22Tell me I'm wrong.
50:25You know,
50:26Daniel Jones,
50:28more yards when he plays the commanders,
50:32he is how it's true.
50:34That is his team.
50:35They're the one team.
50:36Is he the next,
50:37is he the next quarterback of the Carolina Panthers?
50:39Probably get pretty good odds there,
50:44huh?
50:46Lastly,
50:49I debated this one back and forth.
50:53I'm going to roll with had to.
50:56I just don't know if I want to roll.
50:58I'll roll with it.
50:59I'll roll with it.
51:00I'm going to go another more,
51:01which will probably is dangerous,
51:03but Dijon Robinson,
51:05we talked about him earlier,
51:06Dallas,
51:0873 and a half rushing yards.
51:09I will go more.
51:12It was like for Atlanta to,
51:14when Dallas has gotten cooked this year,
51:15it's,
51:16you know,
51:17it's,
51:18they get down early and they start to get pummeled.
51:20There,
51:21you know,
51:22can see that happening again on Sunday afternoon.
51:24All right.
51:25There are prize picks.
51:27He is Will Parkinson.
51:28I am my charity.
51:29We will see you again on Monday when Will's voice will have returned.
51:32Yeah,
51:33now you have to kind of have a college game.
51:36Any,
51:37any college games this weekend?
51:38No golf course,
51:39baby.
51:40Oh,
51:41there you go.
51:42The golf course.
51:43I will be,
51:44uh,
51:45locked in to,
51:46uh,
51:47give you all the wonderful stuff from Patriots and Titans.
51:50Again,
51:51please.
51:52Drake may play in the game.
51:53That's just,
51:54just,
51:55just give me that.
51:56That's all.
51:57That's,
51:58that's all I ask.
51:59All right.
52:00That's going to do it for us.
52:01You guys have a great weekend.
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