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Flipping the Script -Ep 292 The Fumblerooski Podcast
the field of the Eagles winning in Brazil in a tight one against the Packers and unfortunately for Packers fans they're going to be without Jordan Love for multiple games due to a spring MCL are risky game of the week lions winning in OT against the Rams in another injury as well as the Rams having to put Puke and Nakuza on IR 49ers winning convincingly on Monday night football over the Jets last night. And our week one top three bottom three along with the Cowboys extending Dak Prescott before their beat down over the Browns. You're listening to the Vumbrooski podcast. It may not have always showed it in the staff sheet but you can see him making throws when he needs to make the throws back to back games where he has three touchdowns. Someone's got to get that six or seven spots. He's an elite wide receiver as a rookie. Truly a loose, loose scenario for both sides. You're listening to the Vumbrooski podcast powered by secret weapon consulting and power 88 Dean radio. I'm not even reading the script right now. I don't even know if I got that one right. But week one of the NFL season has come to an end. Thank God football is officially back. And we had a lot of really good games to really talk about in this one Chris Gossett C.J. Medeiros in Isaiah likely's biggest hater Justin Tucker. Why is he your biggest. Who put that. Who put that? I need to start reading these things. I need to start reading these things. Who fixed that. Oh, man, that's pretty great. That's pretty great. You can tell you had an amazing game besides his toe being on the line. I don't hate it for that either. I wouldn't be in position without him. That's crazy. We've got a good one lined up for you. We'll start with Friday night's game. Philadelphia Eagles winning in Brazil over the Packers in a pretty tight contest throughout the game. And a very good one winning 34 to 29. And this one was kind of a shaky start for the Eagles. As Jill and Hertz had two interceptions in the first half along with a fumble or he actually had two fumbles total one of them being lost. And kind of a shaky start, but he was able to get back into rhythm again. Ended up going 24 34 to touchdowns 278 yards with the two interceptions. But the real story though, Saquon Barkley in his Billy Dave U 24 carries 109 yards, two rushing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown. And if you're a Saquon fancy owner on Friday night like myself, you were chomping at the bits. That's for sure. But we'll start with the Eagle side fellas. What do we think in on the Eagle side? There's definitely a great week one win. There's definitely a little bit of shaky stuff going on still. But in terms of going in the right direction, especially with how Philadelphia wanted Nick Sirionis Nick Sirionis head on a stick is definitely going in the right direction. After looking at the game, of course, there's some things that they need to work on more specifically the turnovers. But overall, they went through some adversity, which is what you want to see in them coming out on top of it all shows to you the type of teams that they had. And overall, this is the type of stuff that they were struggling with last year. So now that they've gotten over this hump towards the rest of the season. I think they're going to be pretty big contenders, Jalen hurts, didn't look shaky, but he was able to get it going late in the second half, Saquon Barkley looked like the New York Giants, Saquon Barkley of his rookie season. I wish I got him in fantasy. Overall, I like this team. I think they're going to fix some of their issues. And I think they're going to be a playoff team. I think they will win the NFC. If they look better than what they did. If they continue to get better. CJ, what say you? The Eagles. I'm just, you got a marvel at the way they were able to talk mentioned over come adversity. And in a lot of these games, it's not necessarily how you start. It's how you finish. And yeah, there were some struggles early on the Packers got theirs. But when the time came to put the clamps on Billy was able to, you know, start locking things up in the fourth quarter, you know, Jalen hurts, lost a fumble through two picks. But he also had 278 yards through the air and two touchdowns as well. And for me, it's the Eagles defense that made the difference because I don't know if you saw. But there's one player that I'm particularly impressed with. Zack Bond, the linebacker. That man was everywhere last night. Eleven tackles and two sacks. You had safety, Reed Blankenship with a pick. And Queenie on Mitchell, the rookie out of Toledo, locked up literally everybody. He was on like none of the Packers receivers. You could get any separation when he was there. So that, if your Eagles fans, incredibly good sign showing that that your personnel on defense wasn't the problem. It was your old defensive coordinator. And especially late in the game when they really clutched up. I could tell you that really made a world of difference. And of course, Sequam Barkley getting over a buck on the ground and receiving touchdown as well, getting that three touchdown hat trick. Oh, man. Oh, man. That is great for Philly, especially since you're going to be in a tough competition with the Dallas Cowboys for divisional supremacy here. Yeah, they're definitely going to be in it with Cowboys at this point, especially seeing the way that they played today. And they got the Falcons on Monday night at home. So that's going to be another good one. Another good test as the Falcons have a pretty good defense. Their offense is a little shaky right now. So we'll see how the Eagles end up playing against the Falcons. Looking at the Packers side, though. They played a very good game. And CJ, you mentioned at best, the Eagles were really swarming around the Green Bay receivers. And that showed in Jordan loves passing total. Ended up going 17 for 34 with the interception. Two touchdown passes as well. One to Jaden Reed and one to Christian Watson. Jaden Reed had a pretty good game. Four catches, 138 yards and that one touchdown. Josh Jacobs, his Green Bay debut. Pretty solid day for him on the ground. 16 carries 84 yards. But the big thing here for the Packers, Jordan Love now being out, not going to be placed on IR. And it's seeming right now, he will end up missing next week with the knee injury that he has. It was pretty sure they were saying it was a sprained NCL, which was great to see, especially with the way it kind of got twisted up on the third to last play of the game, I should say, before Malik Willis came in to try to end up winning for the Packers, but couldn't even get the Hail Mary off. So we'll see how Malik Willis does next week. But I don't know, if you're Green Bay, are you panicking right now, especially when early in the season, you got your star quarterback, Jordan Love going down with an injury. If I'm Green Bay, I'm worried, but I'm not, I'm concerned to a certain degree because their next few games they have Tennessee, first they have Indianapolis, then they have Tennessee and then they have the Vikings. I could see them going one in three, potentially two and two. If they go one in three, yes, it would be cause for concern, because you don't want to start your quarterback off in a really bad spot in a hole. But if they're able to maintain if they're able to overcome some of these other teams like, I'm not sure if Minnesota is what they've shown me, and I do think they can beat Tennessee and we'll just have to see about Indianapolis. If they're able to maintain, I don't see this too much as a problem. I think Green Bay is good enough to win these games, but without Jordan Love, they're going to have to rely more on Josh Jacobs and I'm not sure they can get away with that with some of these teams. Yeah, especially when you look at Tennessee and the way they played the Bears, that's a very stifling defense to say the least. Minnesota, I mean, they play the Giants, so that could go either way in terms of how you see the running game and a divisional match up to. And the Colts could also kind of go either way. Colts do have a pretty solid defense in general, but to your point, Tuck, it's probably going to end up being 5050 on how they end up playing with Malik Welles. And if they can rely on Josh Jacobs, assuming that Jordan Love is out for the rest of the month of September, because if he was on IR, he'd be out at least four weeks, and he did not get placed on IR. You know, CJ, your thoughts. Yes, the Titans should be panicking. And look, I'm not going to, I mean, the Packers. Yeah, that's fine. You know, and the other reason I said Titans is because, you know, Malik Willis, former Titan, and they're also talking to former Titans quarterback Ryan Tanahill as well. So, actually, so yeah, sorry for misspeaking, but the Packers should be panicking. They should be. Your backup quarterback is Will Levis. He's not, I mean, he's not even one of those backups that can start in a pinch. He should not be starting. He shouldn't. I mean, there's a reason that Green Bay is talking to Ryan Tanahill. And here's something with all the respect that you guys neglected to mention. He has a sprained MCL, which is at minimum, four weeks injury, possibly six. So forget the Colts, which that's going to be a game. Titans could go either way, especially with Levis. And, you know what, you know, you got Levis and Willis having a tickle fight. And then Vikings Packers, which a paper should be the Packers, but we all know how these divisional games go. So let's just say it's a bare minimum for what comes after that Vikings game. The Rams. That does not inspire confidence. So I'm hearing a four week minimum, but what if it's the max? Well, if it's worst case scenario. If he's out six weeks, then he got the Cardinals who they don't, they're not terrifying, but they are when you have Malik Willis as your starting quarterback. And they took Buffalo down to the wire, and then what's week, what's game number six, Houston. So let's just say they're worst nightmares realize nightmare scenario, and he's out for six weeks. There's a very real chance you only win one game. Because with Malik Willis as their starting quarterback, I would favor, I would outright favor Indy, I would outright favor LA, and I would outright favor Houston. The Titans, like I said, that's a toss up because will Levis is something Vikings, I would lean towards the Packers once again divisional, and I might even be leaning toward the Cardinals too. But if it's four weeks, even still, they better sign Tana Hill or someone else in free agency, because of week, if Malik Willis is suiting up to be your guy week one. It, you know, I don't even have a funny clip for that you're screwed. I wouldn't outright say the Rams beat the Packers more because which we'll get into later, cooking the cool is injured. So I wouldn't say they just outright smoke them. Okay, yeah, no, who can look who was injured, but you want to know who's injured, but do you want to know who's not injured Matt Stafford, Kyron Williams, Cooper Cup. You know, literally everybody else and you know who's injured for Green Bay, the starting quarterback, I, I rest my case. And furthermore, just just for kicks and giggles, I went in and I looked at Malik Willis's career stats. He's never thrown a touchdown pass. I rest my case. I will say, I'm looking at the article ESPN put out from yesterday. According to Matt LaFloor, they're not, there is no plans to sign a veteran quarterback from the outside right now. So it looks like it's either going to be Malik Willis or Sean Clifford, who was the backup quarterback last year, and currently on the practice squad. So they might end up pulling him up. If need be, or they will end up pulling him up. But LaFloor also didn't technically rule love out for this week. Love definitely won't be ready to go. So it sounds like that signs are saying that this brain MCL is more on the lower end, it sounds like. At least that's what Matt LaFloor is kind of intending for this to be right now. So we might end up seeing George Love come in beginning of October for, I'm looking at the wrong schedule now. For the beginning of October against the, I lost it. Wow. The Rams? Yeah, the Rams. So I think that if they can at least get through the rest of September, they should be fine, but like CJ said, if anything, they come away with one win, and I could see that one win being against the Vikings because it's an NFC North rivalry. Anything can happen. I could see them against the Titans. The Titans didn't look that good on offense against the Bears. No. Any other thoughts? No, you're fine. Any other thoughts before we move on? No. No. All right. When we come back, we'll go through the Ruski game of the week. The Lions and the Rams. It may not have always showed it in the stat sheet, but you can see him making throws when he needs to make the throws back to back games where he has three touchdowns. Someone's got to get that six or seven spots. He's an elite wide receiver as a rookie. Truly a loose, loose scenario for both sides. You're listening to the Fall Maruski podcast. Sponsored by power 18 radio in secret weapon consulting, Chris Coste at CJ Medeiros, Justin Tucker. The Ruski game of the week. Lions and the Rams in. We picked a good one for game of the week, to say the least, compared to America's game of the week, which was the Cowboys and the Browns. They said, Nope, that's not our game of the week. That's not ours. This is our game of the week and this sucker went to OT. Lions beating the Rams in OT. Rams losing Puka Nakua as Tuck had mentioned in our prior segment when talking about the Packers and the Eagles. And this was a real back and forth slug it out type of game between both sides. And boy, the Rams really took it to the Lions in this one. This was pretty much a very tight game the entire way. I think everyone knew this was going to be a really good one. David Montgomery stole the show, surprisingly over Jameer Gibbs. 17 carries 91 yards and the walk off touchdown. Jared Goff wasn't his greatest game 18 for 28 touchdown interception 217 yards on that side. Jameson Williams, before the season, he said he wanted to lead the league in receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. And so far he's kind of on that track, 121 yards receiving with one touchdown. And the Lions in OT game plan run through a mother figure's face. That's for sure. That was the whole game plan. I don't think they threw the ball once in overtime and it worked. And kind of just we kind of figured that the Lions are going to continue the momentum from last season. And so far so good. I think that one thing though is that the defense still a little bit shaky at some points. Tuck, what are you thoughts? I thought the game was very good. Sorry, Jared Goff, not his best game, but not bad considering the rest of the NFL. I thought he played pretty average, not bad, not good, just kind of in the middle. David Montgomery showed up to play, scored that game when he touched down in overtime. Overall, I like the Lions going forward. Sucks that Putin Nakua got injured for the Rams, but I think the Lions are still a threat in the NFC overall. CJ. This was an interesting game. I mean, when you look at the team stats, you could say they were evenly matched. Rams, 307 total yards, Lions, 363. Not even a yard apart, separating them with yards per play. First downs, pretty close, third downs, pretty close. Total plays, Rams have a few more. I mean, both had an equal mass tax allowed, both teams threw a pick. But at the end of the day, this just came down to, I think, the better team won. And we all knew the better team was the Lions. In fact, I picked the Lions to win. Chris did you and did Adam. I picked the Rams to win, actually. Oh, believe me, we forgive you. But for the Lions, there's a lot to like. So the committee with Montgomery gives us a live and well. And Jameson Williams finally bursting onto the scene. It's nice that you know, Williams can take some of the burden off him and sample poor dad for catches as well. And Gibson for catches out of the backfield. You love to see it. But for the Rams. Oh, losing Kuka's going to hurt. On the bright side. Cooper Cup is still there. Tyler Johnson looks solid. Kobe Parkinson looks solid. DeMarcus Robinson shifting as well. So you can't hate it. Also buyer also Jared verse looked good. You know, buyer and young picked up where he left off. So losing Puka sucks, but not all is lost. And you should be able to compete within the division. I mean, obviously the Niners are clear favorites in the NFC West. But for the Rams, I would just say. You just got to take it week by week. I mean, I know, duh. But you got the Cardinals next. You should be favored in that. You know, it's not a gimme. But we're going to find out what kind of team the Rams are in these next few games. Because after the part of the game, then they got the Niners. But then they get the bet. And then the Packers who married out of Jordan law, then the Raiders. So you should try to aim for at least three wins in the next five. And it's very doable. But like I said, we're going to find out in the coming weeks, what kind of team we're dealing with. Because if they can only scrape out one or two wins in the next five. And our opinion on my change. No, I'd agree with that. You know, and it's funny that we mentioned all these guys standing up, stepping up by texting my friends. Right after Pookie got hurt and it was like the third quarter and Cup already had like seven or eight receptions. I was like, at this rate, Cup's going to end up getting probably 15 catches because they're just trying to force feed him the ball. And he ended up having 21 targets. 14 catches 110 yards. And last night definitely was an indicator that this Rams team should be fine without Puka. And especially with guys like Tyler Johnson, Colby Parkinson and Demarcus Robinson stepping up in the way that they did. All of them ended up with at least four catches and hauling in the majority of the targets that were thrown to them as well. So I think that they should be in a pretty good spot in the coming weeks. I think the problem is that how long can you go with just trying to hammer away at Cooper Cup before it kind of dies out. They might have to start really hammering down on the running game, maybe get Karen Williams at least 20 carries a game. He ended up having 18 carries on Sunday night. But the run game wasn't as much there as you would probably hope it would be. Granted, they wasn't a big focus. They threw the ball 49 times, but just kind of goes to show that maybe maybe need to kind of switch it up a little bit. However, they did end up taking the ramps to OT or lines to OT. My problem is going to be their defense at this rate and how long they can go because you look at that overtime game. That defense was gassed and Sean McVay had to call time out to kind of save his defense and it didn't really help because he called the time out when they were already on the one yard line. So I think that the problem with the Rams going forward is how well they can go deep into games. That's fair, but at the same time, it is the first week of the season and they did hold them to 20 points until it got it until overtime. So it's not like they were just getting blown off the field. Well, they played good enough to win that game in my eyes. You told me you held the lines to 20 points. I'm like, that's a wonderful game. That is a very wonderful game. It's just that both teams got held to 20 and one until OT. And it just so happens. Someone got a sec to put the game into OT. Why am I forgetting his name? I was thinking of, was it verse or young? It wasn't young that nothing might have been versed. I'm pretty sure the lines were the one that sent it into overtime. No, the Rams tied it. I'm pretty sure to bite it. Yeah. I know they tied it, but I thought the Rams had the ball to try to score, but then they got. Oh, yeah, it was. Yeah, no, you're right. The Rams scored a touchdown in the fourth. And they got a touchdown in the fourth and then a couple possessions. A couple of points went by. Why it's went down to score. So yeah, you're right. It was. Eight in Hutchinson made this act to send the game no overtime. That's right. So, oh no, I think it was a very good game, even though it kind of just stalled out after 20 points and then it took a herculean effort effort on the line side to finally get the victory. Yeah, I beguase to if I had to play the entire overtime setting and hold the team within 20, but it's week one. I think they're going to progress better. And if they start off like so, say if they start up two and four, I'm not too worried about the Rams because we have seen them come back and still make the playoffs with that type of record. Like last year, they didn't start off so hot, but they got hot as the season progressed. So I'm not too worried about the Rams. I am concerned, but I'm not too worried about them as far as like. Record wise, because I can see them coming back and still being a threat to the NFC. I talk. I think you do make a good point, especially in that. The end of the game because you look at because the Lions had the ball lay in the game. They go down. They tie it up with 17 seconds left. And then all of a sudden the Lions are back on the field. So you're essentially looking at 17 straight plays that the Rams defense had to be out on the field at the end of the game without. I mean, the only break they really got was the 17 seconds that the Rams offense was on the field plus the five minutes in between the fourth quarter and overtime. And that's really it. And then obviously the Lions just shoving the ball down their throat. Yeah, for the Rams. I remember I was talking to a friend and he said. You know, there's just food for thought, not my thoughts, but especially when the Lions are running the ball down your throat, maybe having a certain name and Donald would have helped. But yeah, he's retired. Yes. Yes. That's kind of the point. But the thing is, you got to wonder what the defense is going to look like in the post Aaron Donald days. I mean, it looked good, but then when it became a war of attrition, then they folded. And it's just something you got to adjust for next week and you better hope that someone like Braden Fisk developed sooner rather than later. I agree. Any final thoughts on our risky game of the week? No, it's more or less of how we predicted now. All right, maybe not Chris. Yeah, I did predict the Rams. I mean, you never know. Sometimes we get that. Well, revenge game. Staffer comes back to Detroit after losing in Detroit and gets the win. And I was almost right. You got to give me that credit. I was almost right. Almost. They had to lead in. Yeah, I mean, you were almost right. And if Isaiah likely was one shoe size. So, we're going to get it to our Monday night game. The 49ers and the Jets, Niners with a pretty convincing win on Monday night football beat the breaks off the Jets to say the least it wasn't that close of a game until the final score came out 32 to 19. The final wasn't a big Brock pretty game. The star of the show, Jordan Mason 28 carries 147 yards in a touchdown in a in a sub effort for Christian McCaffrey, who is a very, very late inactive when he got ruled in active at like five o'clock last night. And that that screwed over a lot of people in fantasy to say at least I had a buddy that was I was with him right before the game. And he was like, yeah, you know, I McCaffrey is going to have a good night, probably about 18 points. I'll end up getting the win. Leave his place, gets my girlfriends. McCaffrey's out. Tough. That's, that's the way life goes sometimes. But hey, Jordan Mason stepped up though Brock Curry didn't have to do too much 19 for 29 231 yards, no touchdowns, no interceptions. Wasn't a big game in the air. No one exactly on the receiving end kind of stood out. Jawaan Jennings, the Niners number three guide. Five catches 64 yards though. Pretty solid day for him. Debo with a rushing touchdown. But in terms of the jets, this is kind of what we were expecting that the 49ers were going to end up winning this game but I didn't think it would be as dominating as the way that it made it seem. Looking back at the game when starting off in the first quarter, I thought, okay, this could be a potential back and forth game. I saw that the first drive, the Packers were kind of driving and then Aaron was up. Was our drop that pass, then the 49ers get the ball, then they look, then they score field goal, Jets fumble 49ers score again and then the Jets scored a touchdown. I'm like, okay, this could be something. And then the problem started on the defense, they couldn't stop the run. And if you can't stop the run, you're not going to be able to beat the 49ers. And I think that was the major difference between the games yesterday. The 49ers just could run the ball on the Jets and they could not, and the Jets could not stop it. Jordan Mason had a day yesterday running between those tackles and for the life of them, the Jets could not stop it which I found surprising considering how good that defense was. So I don't know, 49ers still look like the 49ers, the Jets still have some work to do. The offense, I feel, it needs a little bit tweaking, but there's still some potential there. It's just that that defense needs to learn how to stop the run a bit more. And I thought Sauce Gardener was injured. Thankfully he wasn't. Thankfully CJ Moseley obviously isn't either but I need that defense to step up a little bit more if the Jets are going to make the playoffs. CJ, first and foremost, I'd like to say you might be entitled to financial compensation. If, you know, you got screwed over like I did with Christian McCaffery, because in, you know, in leagues it's too late to pick anyone up and there's nothing left to do but sit there and take it. So that sucked. But for the Jets, first and foremost, what the hell happened to Sauce Gardener? No, seriously, what was that? And Tuck mentions not a medical thing and that's all well and good, but that does beg a serious question. Huh? What, what, what happened? They benched him essentially. I mean, he was there for like the final two plays. And according to Sauce, he said, and I quote, I had the wind knocked at him. But it looks like he was benched and I just, I don't understand. I mean, do they win if he's in the game? Probably not. But still, I just, it was just very head scratching. You know what I mean? And I just, I don't know. I mean, the Jets didn't wow me for all the hype and hullabaloo that we were subjected to this offseason about Aaron Rodgers coming back. They opened with a thud. You know, Breece Hall, averaging 3.4 yards a game. You know, touchdown, Alan Lazard being their best receiver where Garrett Wilson was forced to head the ball and still only got 60 yards. I just, I don't know. I was just very underwhelmed and obviously I think they can change that. You know, the Niners are just obviously the better team. But on the flip side, these are the teams you have to beat, right? Because the Jets fancy themselves contenders and the 49ers were just in the Super Bowl and they're looking to get back. And, you know, for like I said, for all the hype you were subjected to just feels like kind of a letdown. And the ironic thing is that when we put out our takes on our Instagram page, some Jets fans voiced their discontent with the fact that we picked the 49ers to win. And to you Jets fans, I say, this is why. This is why I said I'm not particularly scared of them. Someone even asked if I was smoking crack. Uh, no. No, I am not smoking crack, but after benching sauce gardener, Robert Saul might be. We don't know why he did that. No, seriously, that is the million dollar question, isn't it? Why? Like, that's my big takeaway is just, huh? Why'd you do that? Robert, an explanation would be nice. But alas, we will not get any such explanation. Unfortunately not. And saw I said that he got the wind knocked out of him, got back in the game for a little bit. And then I think this is a culminate. This game was a culmination of all the drama that was built around this team with Rogers. I think the problem is that you have so much drama in one organization going into a season, and especially for a team that is not proven. And it showed, it showed here last night. And I think this is going to be kind of a theme throughout the season for the Jets is just this ongoing drama that's going to be overshadowing the team all season long. I mean, if they can get the song ready stuff figured out, then maybe they'll be fine, but it even goes back with even last year with Aaron Rodgers, you know, the whole thing with him tearing his Achilles, he might be back, he might not be back. And then you come to this year, he's missing OTAs Robert Salas saying it's not an excused absence. And then this whole thing with the work with upper management not paying a son retic. And the broadcast last night was all over the son retic thing as well. You could tell, like, they would have loved to have a son retic, not let Jordan Asen run 147 yards on them last night. They gave up almost 200 yards rushing in total. It's, I think this was kind of a theme for a lot of teams in the league on week one. And one of them is going to be on our bottom three. I can tell you that much. I think this, it's just a culmination of everything that this summer has brought us in terms of from the Jets standpoint. And Monday night was showcased in a lot and it's going to be showcased the rest of the year. Yeah, and they need to hurry up and pay a song ready because why would you perform and not pay him. You know what he's looking for and you know he's on the last deal of his car. His last year of his contract, just pay the man and hurry this up because you saw what happens if you don't pay him. Yep. Yep. Any final thoughts before we go to break? No. Brian and I, you've needs to step it up, but that's about it. Yeah, that's, that's about it. When we come back week one, top three, bottom three. You're listening to the Fumblerski podcast. It may not have always showed it in the stat sheet, but you can see him making throws when he needs to make the throws. Back to back games where he has three touchdowns. Someone's got to get that six or seven spots. He's an elite wide receiver as a rookie. Truly a loose, loose scenario for both sides. This is the Fumblerski podcast sponsored by power eight Dean radio and secret weapon consulting. Chris Costich, Justin Tucker, C.J. Madeeros. It's time for the week one. Top three, bottom three. We'll start with our top three. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a very, very nice win against the Washington commanders and Baker Mayfield, four touchdowns in the game. Chris Godwin with a receiving touchdown. Mike Evans with two receiving touchdowns. This was an all around very good win for the Buccaneers. They're able to shut down Jaden Daniels, at least for the most part through the air. They did allow two touchdowns to him, but on that, I think this was a good, good win for the Bucks. A good building stone for them and it's what they need. It's what they need, especially building off of what was of last year losing to the Lions and the divisional round in last year being a season where no one really thought they were going to make a big playoff run and they kind of did, obviously not making the NFC Championship. And this is a good building stone to that. Number two. How about this? Well, let's get everyone's thoughts and then we'll move on to the next team. As far as the Bucks are concerned, I expected them to win based upon what they did last year. They should be able to win games like this because they were a playoff team and they did win in the playoffs against a fumbling Eagles team, but they still won regardless. So these are the type of games I expect them to win going forward with Baker as their quarterback. Agreed. Yeah, I agree with Justin. So for those who don't know, their next game is the Lions and obviously most people favored the Lions and rightfully so. But if you can keep it within a score, maybe not win, but lose respectively, they might be able to make some noise again in the postseason. But if it's a blowout, yeah, it might be a little concerning. Yeah, I'm kind of just hoping in terms of for the Bucks, my thing with the Bucks, the rest of the season going is that their season last year was so up and down. Like they would blow the breaks off of one team and then just look dead in another like the next week. So I'm kind of hoping that it's more consistent for the Bucks. And I think the Detroit game is going to be a kind of a telltale sign of what to expect from the Bucks this year. So we've gone to our next team in our top three, the Houston Texans. C.J. Stroud with two touchdowns, 234 yards, 24 for 32 passing, which is extremely good. But Joe Nixon, he's still good, folks. He is still good. 30 carries, 159 yards, one touchdown, five yards per carry. Nico Collins, six catches, 117 yards. And if you can get a good division, a really good win against the divisional opponent, especially against a Colts team that's going to really be competitive this year. And especially with the way with Anthony Richardson played, making the throws he was making. I think that the Texans are going to be in a good spot. And we all know that they're going to be in a good spot. Majority of people are going to have them in their AFC Championship game. I know I do, and they got another tough game against the Chicago Bears next Sunday night. So that's going to be a fun game to watch right there. Our third and our thoughts from the peanut gallery. I thought it was a great game from the Houston Texans, considering that this is a divisional game and Colts came and played better than what I was expecting. Anthony Richardson, if he continues to play like this, the Colts are a playoff team. I don't care what anybody tells me. That's a playoff team if Anthony Richardson can keep it together. So all in all, that was a great victory for them. And I want to see them continue this momentum going forward. Yeah, now the thing with Houston is that, well, the scoreboard was close. You really have to commend how they conducted themselves. It was a tight game, a divisional game, but Houston still pulled it out. They had over a hundred more total yards on the day, but they averaged less yards of play. They had the same third down efficiency as Indy did. They allowed more sacks. They gave up more penalty yards. But what impressed me was just the precision and maturity. They dominated time of possession and they were able to keep mistakes to a minute. And if you can do that in a divisional game, that's actually the limit for. Yeah, and I think the play of the game for the Texans going for it on fourth and goal from the Indianapolis too. And a lot of people would usually just kick the field goal, get yourself up by five and go from there. But they want to really give it to the Colts. And they got that touchdown to extend the lead to nine. Very ballsy play from Demico Ryan's, especially from a defensive head coach. And seeing that one other defensive head coach went the conservative route in a different game. And it ended up kicking him back in the face. I'd say that's a pretty damn stand up job. Our final team in the top three, the Dallas Cowboys, an absolute whoomping of the Cleveland Browns. And this is coming 33-17 and final score. And this is coming off of a Dak Prescott contract extension, which we'll get to in a moment. And it wasn't even like Dak had the greatest game in the world. It's a touchdown, it was the defense that really stepped up to the plate. Six sacks total for this Dallas defense, along with two interceptions on to Sean Watson. And we can have a conversation about the Sean Watson after this as well later on when we go into our honorable mentions of the bottom three. But Cowboys stepped up and we can talk about it a little bit about the extension. I think Cowboys extending Dak Prescott right before the game. And I think this is a fun little kind of jab at the Browns too at the same time. Because Cowboys extending their quarterback who isn't on rape charges. And obviously it's debatable if Dak Prescott is worthy of being one of the high of earning 60 mil a year. But looking at what the Browns are paying them, I think it's a pretty good fair price to pay Dak Prescott. And it's kind of just like shoving the knife right in the Browns, twisting a little bit, and then twisting it even more with this win. First and foremost, congratulations to the Dallas Cowboys. They showed up to play yesterday, especially on the defensive side of the ball. As it pertains to Dak Prescott in that contract being paid more than the Sean Watson. I don't want to hear any more excuses about the weapons around you, about your team success. I don't want to hear it because when you're getting paid that type of money, you're that guy. And if you believe Dak Prescott is that guy, then he needs to perform like that every Sunday. Because if you lose, they're not going to look at everyone else. They're going to look at that franchise changing quarterback because he's making franchise changing money. So when he pertains to that contract, I'm not going to say he's not deserving of it. But if you're going to get paid that money, you better deliver because they need a Super Bowl now. There's no offense or buts about it. Yeah. The Cowboys weren't flashy, but they still got it done. And Cremi from Romba Cleveland had one of the better defenses. I think the number one scoring defense last year. And the fact that even though Dak didn't wow anyone, but they still put up 33 points on the Browns, that's good. And this also says a lot about the Browns. They also fancy themselves contenders, you know, they got Jerry Judy, they, you know, they've been drafting pretty well as of late. You know, they gave a big contract to Diddy Watson. But unfortunately, you know, you went two of 15 on third down. You gave up six sacks and you threw two picks. I just once again, you could make either case that Dallas won and that Cleveland lost. But overall, this is the type of game that you've got to win if you're Dallas. And I think rightfully so. All eyes are going to be on them as they are going to be in a tough divisional battle with the Eagles. And up next, they got the Saints. And hopefully they won't be put on upset alert because we just saw the Saints did to the Panthers began to ask the Panthers, but more on that in a bit. All right, we'll move on to our bottom three segment here. First team on the list, the Giants, and never mind the way that they ended up losing to the Vikings on Sunday. But you also look at the way that Saquon performed. You also look at the way Saquon performed on Friday night. And it makes you wonder why Daniel Jones was giving all this money and they didn't give anything to Saquon. It's pretty insane. Daniel Jones with two interceptions and after the game getting ridiculed by fans outside. Fans literally waiting outside the stadium hours after the game ended just to give it to Daniel Jones. And on top of that, you also have the heart, the offseason hard knocks that came out right before training camp. And the owner of the Giants saying if they lose Saquon, he's going to lose sleep over it, this and that. It makes you wonder why the Giants even had the hard knocks to begin with during the offseason because everything's kind of just culminating together and they look terrible. They make Sam Darnell look like a confident starter. They make him look like a polo learner the way he was performing. Yeah. That's bad. The Giants need to fix it because obviously they have a supreme wide receiver talent in the league neighbors who wasn't getting the ball as much as he should have. But more on that for another day. I think Dan Jones and Brian Davel need to fix this. Otherwise this is just going to get worse and I can't be completely relying on the Giants defense. That just can't happen in the days of modern day. They just can't. Yeah, every day Giants fans have to wake up in question why they paid Daniel Jones instead of Saquon Barkley. And I know how the market is. I know you don't pay a running backs. But would you rather pay a running back or would you rather pay Danny Derms there? No. Why would you do that? No, by the way, the name Danny Dimes is going into retirement effective immediately. Like no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. That made us and throw Dimes. He throws ducks. Furthermore, I will give them credit for one thing. Milly neighbors look solid. You know, five catches 66 yards. But then again, Daniel Jones is literally a handicap to this team. And my favorite Daniel Jones stat is that since signing his extension, he has thrown more as it sits right now here on September 10 of 2024. He has thrown more touchdowns to the opposing team rather than his own. Just why? What are they thinking? Here's the thing I think Brian Dable is a good coach. I think they have some good pieces, just Danny ducks is just a bit small. And, but then again, forget the good pieces on defense because Sam Darnold looked reasonable against you. Just, I don't know what the answer is, but I know where it starts. And that is taking Daniel Jones and just chucking him by the seat of his pants out of MetLife. I'll never forget the Vikings to lose into Danny Dimes in the playoffs. I'll never forget that. That brings also want to mention Vikings are our honorable mention for the top three for this week. But another stat throughout there, Daniel Jones sacked five times. So you could say it's not all on day. Most, I would say 90% of it is on Daniel Jones and obviously kind of the offensive line picking up where they left off from last year. And allowing the most sacks in the league and Daniel Jones, the only reason why the Giants aren't leading the league and sacks allowed through week one. They're actually number two behind Deshawn Watson and the Browns offensive line. And to the Browns offensive line, they were also missing two or three of their starters. So that's whatever. Moving on to our next team on the bottom three, the Carolina Panthers. Two plays that or three plays that I would point out that kind of sums up this game. Never mind them losing 47 to 10 against the Saints and making their car look like a pro bowler again. Bryce Young throwing an interception on his first play or on the first pass. Also getting sacked by his own lineman. Yeah, it was over one one interception. No yards going into the second quarter. Third play that I would like to point out is Alva Camara's rush second and third quarter. I'm not going to try to guess it off the top of my head, but run to the outside and three Carolina Panthers players tripped over their own feet. They tripped over their teammates feet to try to tackle Camara wasn't even like Camara juked him out of their shoes. They tripped over their own feet trying to tackle them and it was three Panthers players falling simultaneously as Camara kind of easily made his way to the goal line. That's all I really have there. Panthers don't look any better than they might look worse than last year. At least last year they get the Packers a run for their money this year. I don't even think they would give the Browns a run for their money. I don't know what's up with them. Bryce Young doesn't look like he's progressed from what he did last year and I'm not sure if it's him or the coaching that's surrounding him because he's not supposed to look this bad. They need to get him some help and I thought Xavier Leggett was going to be that help, but they need to do more for him. They need to actually come up with the scheme to actually help him get some easy rhythm passes to help him get out of some trouble and it doesn't feel like they're doing that right now. Yeah, I mean, at least on offense on paper, they got better. I mean, they drafted well. They got an offensive minded head coach. They drafted Xavier Leggett. They drafted Sanders at Texas. I think they also drafted the other Texas running back down from Brooks. And, you know, they grab and they trade for Deontay Johnson. Like on paper, they got better. It's just, is it Jordan love? I mean, not. Bryce Young weird, but yeah, is it a, is it a Bryce young thing? Like, what's it going to take? No, literally what's it going to take for the Panthers to turn it around. And let's just say there is an answer, right? Let's just say there's a clear cut answer for the Panthers to turn it around. My question to you, the viewer is do even if there was, and there was an obvious answer that was staring us in the face. Do you trust David Tepper to do it? No, no. Yeah, and at least like in my eyes, I would have expected Bryce Young to do better. Or at least look better because, I mean, the way that they were playing with him in the preseason, he was, they were actually using him the way that he should be used. But seems that even if you try to work some play call work, the play calling around Bryce Young's strengths, it's still not really enough. And it just seems like that they're going to have to go back to last year, where you kind of hope that Bryce Young flashes a little bit. I mean, he threw under 50%, like, holy hell. And they're going to have to start just force feeding Adam, feeling like they did last year and just get him 15 targets and just hope for the best. That's all it is. The final team on the bottom three, the bangles. Oh, man, the bangles. The bungles really bungled this one up, to say the least. Jacobi Percette on the Patriots side did enough to get his team to win. Trent Brown looked like a turn style against Keon White. Joe Burrow threw ball pretty well, 21 for 29, didn't go over 200 yards. The run game wasn't necessarily there. The run defense for Cincy led up 170 yards. Mondray, 25 carries, 120 yards. The run game for the bangles was just non-existent. Jamar Chase ended up with six catches, 62 yards, but Christian Gonzalez just shut him down for the majority. And this is a team that also just could not hold on to the football. Three fumbles, two lost. Date, Joe Burrow fumbled the ball on the second play of the game. And you also have Jamar Chase contract hold in, even though he has two years left on his contract, suck it up. Play this year and act like a bitch next year. He's not going to do that. He's not going to do that. You know, in this whole week, we thought that it was going to be T Higgins that was going to play and not Jamar Chase. And then all of a sudden, flip the switch, T Higgins is out and Jamar Chase is in. And this is kind of going back to what I was saying about the Jets. Too much drama, this entire offseason, this entire week, in and over shadows, this week one game. And a game that they should have won eight point, eight and a half point favorites against the Patriots. And they lose by six in a defensive slug fest. Not even to say that the Pats offense looked amazing or anything like that, but boy, they looked a hell of a lot better than what the bangles looked like. That's just me. I don't know what y'all talking about. They look fantastic to me. They look amazing to me. Hey, keep playing like that. Joey Burrow, keep throwing the ball like that. That's what I like to see. Jamar Chase, keep running those routes like that. Hey, bangles defense, keep playing defense like that. That run game. Oh, please keep having that run game. This is fantastic for me as a Raiders. I like it. They can keep playing like that all season. And you won't hear any complaints out of me. Let's go. That's fantastic right there. Put on a serious note. On a serious note. I don't know what's going on with Jamar Chase and Joey Burrow. I thought he would get more targets and more catches because he's the number one and he's looking to get paid so I expected more out of him. But they just couldn't get anything going all again. Joe Burrow surprisingly under 200 yards shouldn't happen. But then again, he didn't have much of a running game. So it's kind of hard to get anything home without any running game. That bangles defense couldn't stop the Patriots running attack. Couldn't stop it save their lives. They were in that game throughout the entire game. They just couldn't stop the run to save their life. Remondry Stevenson getting over 100 plus yards like that. I was like there. He is moving the ball at well against them. And they can't stop him. There were times when he was running to the right and people were there. They just come back and take him down. And he just kept going forward and forward and kept getting first down. It's like they didn't come to play. And then before our tuck, where are you still going? No, you can go. Oh. Before CJ has his take real quick, kind of based off of what Tuck was saying with the bangles just not being able to tackle. I think he's going to be two of the rushing yards that Remondry had. So he had 120 yards. 118 of them were after contact. 118 goes to show this bingles team could not tackle. They literally had Remondry Stevenson in the backfield for a loss of three. And he would turn into a game of three afterwards. It was insane. They left their arms in Cincinnati. I don't know what to tell you. Yeah. It was a close game. I'll give the bangles that. And you know, Tuck mentioned that they were always in the game. But for those of us who watched it, I posed you a question. At any point, would, would you say that the bangles were in control of the game? No, they weren't. And literally from the word go, they were playing ball New England's way. New England literally twisted them into doing what they wanted. And Joe Burrow, you know, 21 and 29, that's good. But if you're a box score watcher, that's fine. However, if you watch the game, you'll notice something. New England starved the bangles of explosive plays. Jamar Chase got locked up by Gonzales. They could not take the top off the field. The bangles were forced into dinks and dunks. And as soon as they dumped off the ball, like it happened on fourth and two, they got to Andre Josevas and immediately tackled. See, New England actually, you know, knew how to tackle. And for the Pats defense, no judon, no problem. Tion White with two and a half sacks. And it's just the bangles. What happened? Literally. And I know he didn't have T Higgins, but Chase still just did nothing. And I think also another reason for that is he's a hole then. And I think there's a debate to be had. Is he in actual starting football shape? Like obviously he can go out and play. I think he can go out and play a Vaches guy given talent. But is the conditioning there? Because, you know, he was on a snap count. And who could forget what happened to the tight end? Mike Kosicki forgot how to catch Tanner Hudson. The other tight end forgot how to hold on to the ball. And let's not pretend that New England was great. I mean, their offensive line had Bursette running around, but Bursette, you know, kept escaping. And like I said, the bangles just forgot how to tackle four for 11 on the ball. You know what? I mean, I don't know. Let New England dominate time of possession losing two fumbles. I don't know. Just like I said, and I know the bangles are notorious for struggling early. But you had the largest spread of week one and you lost. Yeah. Yeah. I don't care what history shows alarm bells are ringing right now. That's all I have on the bangles. I do want to touch on our honorable mention for the bottom three. And that's going to be the Atlanta Falcons. Yeah. You lost to a team who didn't score a touchdown. Shame. I want to touch on one point about the way that this Falcons offense being run as well. Kirk Cousins did not look very good at all. He did not look very comfortable. And I saw a good take this morning, or maybe it was yesterday, I forget. But it was about Kirk Cousins' footwork. And it was very alarming. So 50% of the plays that were run by the Falcons were in the pistol. And the way that you run the pistol, you're more of an even aligning to not give away where you're going to go with the football. So it's more of an even alignment. That's one thing. It's the way that Kirk Cousins was driving off his back foot, the foot that he tore his Achilles on. Kind of driving the football. You look at last season with the Vikings prior to the Achilles tear. Not as very flat-footed. He was very active with that back foot. And he was able to get a lot of power off the back foot. Whereas on Sunday, this past week, very much flat-footed on the back foot. Wasn't getting a lot of power on that. Maybe the Achilles isn't as fully shield as one would think. Maybe he came back a little too soon. Maybe. It's possible. I mean, Achilles' injuries are probably the toughest to come back from. It is. And especially with Rogers, he took the whole... Usually they're a one-year recovery time. Obviously, it's debatable if Rogers was even ready to go at the end of last season. But you look at guys in the NBA that tore their Achilles. Clay Thompson, Kevin Durant, missed the whole year of basketball. Kirk Cousins towards Achilles, like week six or something like that. Or week five. So, technically speaking, we probably shouldn't even be seeing Kirk Cousins till week five. So, there's the possibility that maybe he came back a little too early. I mean, it's possible. And would it even be a problem if they'd benched him? I mean, you drafted the quarterback in the first round for a reason. Yes. They just signed into that contract. It would be a problem. Why did we sign you? And it's also a problem if they, you know, put him in while he wasn't healthy. Yeah. Yep. And I feel like that we kind of have to talk about this as well. The Cleveland Browns talk. You mentioned it in our group chat the other day that we kind of need to have a conversation about this. So, let's have a conversation. Sean Watson. Last four years. Or last few years that he's been on the Browns. Very underwhelming. He's basically stealing 160 million from the Browns. At this point, you're better off with James Winston, which is, which is crazy to say. And I saw another take from a part of my take had a great clip that they came out with and was, uh, is to Sean Watson a now a better person than he is a quarterback. And this is after that's insane. And this is after the fact that another rape allegations just came out against him. Enough first off, another one. Yeah. Yeah. First, I think first things first. I think I was being a little too hard on the Sean Watson at the time and considering, I don't know if this is true or not. I think he just lost his father. If that is the case, I think I was being a little too harsh on it. And you were right. We have to give him a few more games before I'm ready to call him. Just a flat out disappointment in Cleveland. I'm willing to give him a few more games in Cleveland to give him the benefit of the bill. With that being said, if he continues to play like this, that's a problem. And we're going to look back at this contract. Like this is one of the worst contracts in NFL history because they gave up on Baker Mayfield, who then took the bucket nears to the to the playoffs. And his first year there, he was a veteran. And he's looking better than ever. And they gave up on him for just Sean Watson. Yep. Oh, yeah. There's no bones about it. They did this to themselves. Yep. So you got to forgive me. If I don't have any sympathy for them. Because you sold your soul for this guy. You moved heaven and earth to get him. And now that you're saddled with Groper Cleveland there, who by the way has more assault allegations against him than total touchdowns thrown in a Cleveland Browns uniform. No, you did this to yourself and you just saw what Baker did. You think to Sean's doing that? No. Absolutely not. It is just awful what you did to Baker Mayfield. And frankly, Cleveland deserves it. That's really what it comes down to. And look, his 2020 season in Houston was good. His stint in Houston was actually really, really impressive. But you know, the allegations against him are really impressive. But you know, the allegations against him should be a major red flag. Allegations, by the way, so severe. It's the first time in recent memory, if not ever, that the NFL rescinded a punishment just to give a harsher one. Just Cleveland, I need you to love yourselves in the mirror. You asked for this. This is your fault. It's a good way to cap it right there. Any final thoughts before we end the show? No, I'm good. No. That'll do it for us tonight. Thanks for listening, of course. And we have a new episode coming out on Friday at five. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel. 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