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What's going on everybody, guys and girls, welcome back to another edition of the Football Function podcast, available on all your podcast platforms, also available on Patreon if you prefer an ad-free listening experience. As always, I am one of the hosts of this show, Michael Rittery. You can find me on X and Michael Five Rittery. You can also find me on Instagram and Michael Ritter Five, as well as the show on Instagram at Football Function 2.0. Go ahead and follow us over there if you want. Join me on this episode per usual, my humble co-host student of the game. Young Terence Minifil, how are we doing? I am doing great. I would do much better if the Funkeys would take a gander over at that Patreon, put down a dollar a month for your boys and that would really help us out over here at the Football Function. We would love nothing more for you to be a certified Funky over here at the Football Function. Like Mike said, I am Terry Minifil, and I would love to invite you into this, what are we calling this? It's a quick rapid fire. Who's going to win and why? We're going through this week for slate. We're just wrapping this thing up. We are going to do our thing to make this a not short form audio, but we're going to try to give you the week for preview show in a little bit of a slim down version. Yeah, not only because of time, I mean, it's fucking nine o'clock right now. It's almost damp. We're in a little, I mean, time necessarily isn't even real. Yeah, it is a figment of our imagination, but we have a guest that will be joining us. Yes, so just to be, you know, by the simple logic of we're not doing a draft. So the episode is going to go by just slightly quicker because we're just going to run through the games. Yes. Frankie Graham is going to be joining us. No, Frankie. Detroit Lions fan. Obviously, we talked about him joining us last week as we were hyping up the mega episode was we are going to have one of those soon. We can't just let that fall through the cracks because of circumstance. I really think we got to make that one happen. Oh, that one is going to be, I was so pumped for that episode. It's definitely got to be happening. Yeah, it's got to happen sometime. I want to add more to that group too. So if you want to join us in that conversation, go ahead and hit us up. We're free to add anybody to that one, take anybody out or, you know, have you come on a different episode where you're featured, just like Frank here by yourself with the boys here at the football function, talking about your favorite team, man, don't be scared. We'd love to have you on. We would very much so. But because we're having Frankie on, we're ready to get to it. We're going to rapidly get to these games and save a lot of our input and a lot of our opinions on the teams themselves for our conversation with Frankie, just so we can get his opinions as well. Very much so looking forward to that. But as far as tonight goes, let's go ahead and rock through this bad boy. So we're going to start in the noon slot where there are eight games and there's four games in the three o'clock slot. One Sunday night, then obviously the two games on Monday. So let's start at noon, bangles at Panthers, battle of the cats. This one is strange. Who would have thought that the Panthers or the team in this matchup that isn't 0 and 3? Yeah, that is big. And the bangles are the 0 and 3 team and they look like they can be somewhat, I guess, had. Yeah. They can be got. Yeah. Yeah. You started 0 and 3. You've been getting. This is still in a little bit like get right weekend. Starts off with the Cowboys and Giants. Now I feel the same, you know, kind of the same way about the bangles and Panthers. I think the bangles do get their first win here. Oh, you think the bangles are getting right on this one? The bangles are getting right on this one. With Andy Dalton coming to town for a render game? I don't think so, my god. I don't think so. I think the game is in Carolina. Same difference. The team that drafted him. Yes, it is going to be very much, but hey, man, you think that Andy Dalton is going to have that on his mind. What about Joe Burrell? Hey, Joe Burrell in on a defense. This is the guy that is the greatest quarterback to play in, you know, modern, you know, modern memory? Yeah. Recent history? Yeah, Joey B. All the fans that have lived to see bangles seasons for the most part. If it ain't Carson Palmer, it's Andy Dalton. That's the quarterback that was, you know, under center for them. And now they have Joe Burrell and, you know, I mean, they were winning a lot of games with Andy Dalton. I know they didn't go to the Super Bowl under him, which is what they did very quickly under Joe Burrell. And back. But Andy Dalton consistently had this team, you know, winning games and playing great football. So it is an interesting, you know, point you make there, but I still think that just team for team. Yeah. The bangles are going to get it done. Nah, man. Joey B playing on defense and their defense is what causing them to look this bad and causing them to look 0 and 3 and I think Andy Dalton is going to be a pissed off motherfucker about them, you know, going in a different direction. Andy, I know they had to make choices or whatever, but he's going to make them prove that they made the wrong choice and not keeping him around. Give me the Panthers winning this one. Let's go see him. Okay. So, you know, the sense they go to Atlanta this week and say he's been stadium, I do expect Falcons to win this game. But I think that, you know, when you're talking about a get right game, both of these teams are coming into that with that mindset. Like these two teams hate each other with a passion. They know we can beat this team. We just had a little bit of a, you know, a loss that we feel like we possibly could have win, maybe should have win, however you want to look at it. I firmly believe that the Saints think that the Falcons can be a get right team for them. Oh, yeah. They do that. They do that. Now we have our backup right tackle came through. They were missed. Probably not even sleeping at all at night because he's so excited to get to the stadium. But I still think that, you know, the Falcons, we can be one in nine, nine in one, didn't really matter what the team's records are playing your part out. You kind of throw it out with these divisional matchups and no matter what you expect to happen, it's going to be a hard fought, very close game where a turnover here, a turnover there ends up being the deciding factor and the better team should come out on top. And I think that it's going to be the Atlanta Falcons. Yeah. They're going to be tested by the Saints defense that are pretty, that's pretty stingy. They, even though the offense came down to reality last week, I still think the defense of play was pretty elite and stuff. So I do believe it's going to be a low scoring game. And I'm giving it to you guys as well, being the home team advantage and just how well battle tested you guys were last week. So I'm definitely giving the Falcons a chance this week and don't get me wrong. I think the Saints are real deal. I feel like the reality check last week is going to be a good kick in the ass and their best foot to be put forward this week. I feel like you guys can handle that with ease or not with ease, but you know what I'm saying? But yeah, give me the Falcons in a 20 to 17, you know, in my opinion. Young way, two coming in clutch at the NBA. Let's go. Young way. Could definitely happen. The Falcons are entering a very easy portion of the schedule and you say easy division opponents are never easy quote unquote, but we started off. It's first dealers, Arthur Smith, you know, I was going to be kind of a weird game and then we had two primetime games and it's Eagles and the Chiefs. So we knew damn coming out of the gate. You're in trouble. Now we're one and two. It's not necessarily your out of the woods night and day difference, but you're at least in a situation where hey, coming out, you thought you could possibly be one and two and you expected maybe to, you know, get a little brother on national television. If that ain't what happened, you showed that you can compete and you were trading punches with some of the best teams that can win games and you know, it makes you feel good going into the stretch where five of our next seven games are divisional opponents. We have the Saints, Bucks, Panthers. And then I'm not really sure who after that and then there might be one more non-divisional game and then we have the Bucks and the Saints again. So it's like we have a lot of divisional games kind of crammed in. This is arguably or undoubtedly our most important stretch of the season. We have to get wins here. We can't fall into a hole. This is a very important part of the year and I think, you know, it starts right here with the win and you know, it's going to be very important. Let's go. Both got a glen on that one. Back where is that Texans? Jags have lost their last eight Texans coming off of a loss. They're going to be at home. You expect the Texans to be a really good team. That was kind of an upset. I don't know where a loss that they had to the Minnesota Vikings last week. Our buddy Kevin was there. I feel sorry for him. It was his first show in the game and they got dismantled. I've been there. It's happened to my team several times. More times than I care to admit, but I think that, you know, the Texans don't have much to worry about here. I think they can comfortably get a nice win. Yeah, I have to embarrassment last week or on Monday night. I think the Jaguars will be eager to get back out on the field, but this is going to be, I mean, that was a horrible loss and to turn around to come on a short week, I just don't see the scenario where they pull this out, especially with CJ and company playing. Under par last week, I feel like they're ready. They're itching to get back out there and perform a whole lot better and who better than a team that is up against the fence right now, they can't seem to look influid or look in sync at any parts of the game. The coaching looks bad, the quarterback play looks bad. The defense where you were hanging your hat on last year is not looking anything, any shape or form of how a defense should look. They were just getting ran on and the secondary is just getting torched. Every game it seems like we're making more and more excuses for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Well, this week, the Texans are pissed off and I hope you don't come with your excuse back because I don't know. I think that CJ Strout and company are going to bounce back and they're going to bounce back pretty hard against the Jacksonville Jaguars here. I agree with you. I think this is going to be a wrong time to catch the Houston Texans, but let's go to move on to another noon game here. We've already gotten three talked about to get to our four Broncos at the Jets. This one's going to be interesting because of all the shit talking that went on. But the packet, yeah, obviously Sean Paton, so this is kind of the game that we've been waiting on here. Let's go. And the Jets look pretty good last week. Yeah, they did. I mean, that's fortunate to come off a little bit of press. They're at home against the Broncos. Broncos got a nice win against the Bucks. Shout out to him. I appreciate that. Do they have another win? Do they have another road win in them? I'm not so sure about that. Yeah. Jets at home. Yeah, I mean, either not. The way the Jets moved the ball around the field last week, Aaron Rodgers was amazing. And in the spirits of the MLB, I feel like they pitched a perfect game last week, running the ball, throwing the ball, special teams, coaching was extravagant. And I don't see it slowing down against the Broncos at home. Give me the Jets to win the big here, probably two score, three score game. Divisional matchup, Vikings at the Packers, Aaron Jones returning. The Vikings are looking damn good, probably going up against the backup quarterback in Malik Willis. Do you think this is the time? And I've been picking the Packers successfully the past couple of weeks, and I think I'm going to go off that ride here. It's nice. I rode the mouse trap three times in a row. Now it's time for me to say, you know what, that Ferris wheel line looks kind of short over them. I'm going to go hop on that. I'm going to try to get off this ship. It's time for me to do that. And it's actually, I use the wrong, I mean, the perfect opportunity for me to say that pirate ship. But obviously planning it's going to go through the Vikings, so drop the ball for me, I'll hold that out. I don't think that the Vikings will be holding any L's as we give me the Vikings on the road, Aaron Jones, two touchdown game. Ooh, that'd be dope to see. Do you have one fantasy or anything? I do. Oh, yeah. Let's go with, man, who would expect the Vikings would come into this game three and know right and high and looking to make it four and know going into a divisional rival here. And one that they have been little brother to for a long time and what better, better way to take command of that division than having your MVP candidate quarterback come in the thon and just completely dismantle this Packers team or Aaron Rogers to just be smacking he'd done for all those years, it's time for Sammy D to come in this time holstered up, ready for anybody at high noon just to draw, quick draw, and he's going to fucking fire away. He don't care about Jair Alexander in the secondary, none of that stuff. JJ, it's going to have about 153 on him. That's an interesting one right here. I'm just kidding. I really do feel like the Vikings are just playing well, they're complementary, they're not putting too much pressure on Samuel and they're not putting too much pressure on you know, JJ does to just go off. They have a established running game. They have a offensive line that gives you know, plenty of time for Sammy D to just stand there, if it's the plays breaking down, he could step up in the pocket and still be still look clean, still be fresh up and then have enough willpower to pound and ground and it just be a thing of beauty. The Vikings are the provincial team right now and it's kind of weird to say and I don't see them slowing down against the Packers, it gets a team that has their backup quarterback for the second game in a row, I second game on the road, yeah, I just don't see them winning here. I have Vikings defense as well, I think they're outstanding, I feel like they're going to cause a lot of troubles for the Packers offense and Blake's not going to have enough time to do a lot of what he did last week, which was a lot of running, I feel like they're going to make them throw a lot of this game and they're going to confuse them. So give me the Vikings pretty steadily in this one. Crossover to new possibilities with the first ever Buick Invista, now a short line Buick Refined, versatile, intuitive, tech friendly, cargo loving and best of all, Invista is fun to drive. The flowing exterior of the Invista is easy on the eyes and inside you will experience a quiet ride thanks to quiet tuning with active noise cancellation, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and wireless charging will keep you connected, visit Shortline Buick today and experience all Buick has to offer in its new lineup of vehicles. And Shortline, you do the drive in, we'll do the rest. Ok, let's go ahead and move on to another game, Steelers at Colts reminds me always the Steelers on the road at the Colts reminds me that division around matchup 2005 on the way to Super Bowl 40 when Mike Vannerjack just shanked that cake, just completely shanked it out of nowhere, and then another one when drum bed is fumbled and who it was was running down the field trying to score and Ben Rossberger made that tackle that led to that shanked field goal. Crazy scenario, and I can tell you right now the Steelers are winning this game on the road and they're going to 4-0. Steelers, tough atmosphere, you expect at some point, hey they're going to run into a team that's just going to catch them in the NFL all the time, I don't think this is going to be one of those weeks, I think Anthony Richardson is going to struggle against this defense and I think they're going to make enough plays followed by the defense making enough plays and then the offense is going to do what they've been able to do thus far, which is just enough. Chris Baudwell is pretty much automatic, Boswell, automatic, yeah I think the Steelers are going to go to 4-0 here. I'm right there with you but it's so weird to say that the whole Justin Fields Steelers project is actually working, they're 3-0 looking to go 4-0 and I feel like their style of play travels really well, their run offense and letting Justin Fields just be a playmaker, I feel like that does translate into pressure off of a lot of other things. I feel like the defense of the Steelers as well is going to put a lot of pressure on Anthony Richardson, he does a lot of things well but the bad things that he does do, he does those extremely well and it's kind of bad, the overthrows of the drag routes and the comebacks that are being miles, miles we throw and overthrown. Once those are dialed down I have a lot more faith in the Colts but having TJ Watt breathing down your neck is not going to be good for Anthony Richardson, give me the Steelers to win this one, we're going to see a lot of runnings in both sides of the ball. Rams at Bears here did the Bears win last week or did the Colts pull out the victory? The Bears won, the Bears did end up beating. See I am going to double check on the Bears lost, I can tell you right now the Bears lost to the Colts because I am looking at the pick sheet. So I picked the Bears to win last week and I thought it was going to be in it and the Colts proved me wrong. Oh yeah, 21-16 that's right, that's right. So who knows, are the Bears just a little bit, maybe a little too hyped up because of the fact that they haven't really done much? I'll tell you one of the reasons why they did lose last week, Caleb Williams, do the ball 52 times last week. Yeah, they had to recipe for this one. They completely abandoned their run game. I want to say yeah, Roshan Johnson, their second year player out of Texas, ran the ball eight times and was their leading rusher with 30 yards. Well, give me the Rams, I know that the Bears have the weapons but until they put out like you know, a very positive, just extremely monster day, I'm not going to give them the benefit of the doubt that they can beat another NFL team, especially an NFL team that's going to be as well coached as Sean McVeigh is going to have these guys ready to go. So yeah, I'll pick the Rams to get the road victory here. Yeah, they came from behind last week to beat the 49ers, which we all know the 49ers, who they are, what they are and to come from behind with the weapons that they've lost already. I have complete faith in Matthew Stafford and this Rams team to get over, you know, the woes and the lows that the Chicago Bears are going in, are going through right now. And you know, I say that was like a grain of salt literally because Caleb Williams had 360 plus yards last week, you know, I mean, he's throwing the ball extremely well. The pressure that they are putting on him right now, I feel like he's maintaining it and he is, you know, taking it on the chin better than any rookie we've ever seen. The hate that has brought upon this kid, I don't think is gratified, I think he's playing very well. It's just, you know, it's just the rookie woes that you go through. You got to ride them, everybody does it. Last year we saw CJ and I feel like that was a once in a lot of chance and I know that all the pieces are right for CJ right here. I mean, Caleb, it's just, you know, things don't fall into fucking pieces. You know, the puzzle doesn't always be put together all fine and shit. You know, sometimes you're missing a piece. Sometimes your dog comes and chews on that piece a little bit and you still got to fucking jam it in there, but it's going to go in there. It's going to fit. It just takes a little glue, a little extra love and to get that motherfucker in there. No doubt. But I'm still picking the Rams to win this. The Eagles go to Tampa Bay to continue their NSC South Revenge Tour. They're so pissed off at us for getting that win. They're going to go beat the shit out of the Saints, they're going to go beat the shit out of the bucks. I appreciate it. Give you the Eagles to continue their success along the road. Ooh, although, I don't know. Let me hold on for a sec. Now that I'm thinking about this, the Bucks have what it takes to really punch this team in the mouth. I kind of got upset last night. They were all in the first week. I wasn't done talking yet, so that doesn't necessarily count as I go back. So I will, you know, I'll sit with it. I'll sit with it. Yeah. The Bucks are also banged up on defense too. And I'm going to pick the Bucks. Oh, I am. You're going to pick the Bucks, okay? Mmm. Man, this was a tough one. I think, I think Philly takes it, man. I, I think, you know, they're too bad. The Buccaneers are banged up. I think, uh, what's his name? Chris Godwin? Yeah. Yes. I think he might be out. So, you know, cross over to new possibilities with the first ever Buick Envista. Now with short line Buick, refined, versatile, intuitive, tech friendly, cargo loving, and best of all, Envista is fun to drive. The flowing exterior of the Envista is easy on the eyes and inside you will experience a quiet ride. 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I feel like they'll feel the impact of those players that they're going to lose, and I think Philly takes it. I feel not necessarily a low scoring game, but give me like, I don't know, 32, 19. I just think that the Bucks defense is going to be good enough to limit what the Eagles are going to try to do, and then the Tampa Bay Bucks are just going to have what it takes enough. They're going to do enough to make the Eagles really pay. And I think their weapons are just, I don't know, I would love for the Eagles to win this. Don't get me wrong. There's a reason why I picked them at first, and I want this revenge toward to continue. Like, nothing like getting your chains snatched on national television, and you go take out the one who snatched your chains ups, like, appreciate that. That's real. That's real. That's how you jump. I jumped you into the game. But it's not here with us now, you know, but we have a big, I would appreciate the Eagles win here, but I don't necessarily think that my luck, obviously, we just talked about, you know, all how terrible my luck has been, this could be a prime example of that. Yeah, let me tell you, he's going to need a lot of luck this next game, and that's going to be a New England Patriots versus 49ers. You want to talk about a team that's going to be pissed off looking for some fucking get back at somebody. I feel like we're prime itching for this fucking 49ers team just to, you know, get the gnawing on the bone. You ever seen a dog that's been, that's been itching, itching for a dog bone, and you've kept that thing on the counter and it's just sitting there, that Kyle will just sit there and look at her little tree bone that my daughter will just sit there and she'll dangle it right over her face and then she'll put it on the counter and Kyle will just sit there and look at it just to be, give me that motherfucker. I feel like that's what the 49ers are right now. They're like, "Hey, we're ready to be some meat dangling." Hell yeah, the alligator's just sitting right there. The pit bull is just ready for that T-bone steak. Just drop it to me, mother, I'm ready to gnaw at it. Yeah, that's what the 49ers are right now, they're on track to do something right now to the Patriots that I don't even want to watch but hopefully our offensive line could play at least, you know, decent NFL, "Oh, I just lost my soccer ball." Oh, not my soccer ball. I was actually looking to that soccer ball wondering what the hell it was at first but yeah, it's dropped. Damn it. Anyways, that's not good, old man. Throw him back to me. Thanks, Doug. Yeah, long story short, I don't have faith in our offensive line this game. This is, man, this is going to be a tough one but these are the ones that I have, like, I've always counted us out of these type of games and come next week to come to the preview or the review show, God damn, come to the review show, I'm always ecstatic about these games and how we performed and then hopefully, you know, the Jets asked kicking last week, lit a little fire underneath us and expose what we lack in the offensive line and what we lack in the offensive power department. So, you know, I'm just looking for a clean game. I really don't want Drake May to enter in this game. I really hope we adjust the offensive line before we do any sort of putting our franchise player back there. So, yeah, I'm going to take the smart road and take the 49ers at home. It's just a long trip for the Patriots who aren't playing well right now, who are, we do have a lot of injuries and a lot of injuries that aren't going to be healed come this Sunday. So give me the 49ers. Commanders at Cardinals. Commanders coming off of a huge win, huge win on the road. Shout out to my cousin, Thomas, maybe he was here. He was hearing it for hours, I'm sure, and the tailgates leading up to that game and his team just fired out. Command was there too. No punts. Yeah, they were together. Yeah. Best friends. Yeah, man. I know that's a once in a last time experience for him. It really gets that addiction going while you love traveling to NFL games and, you know, hopefully, Thomas is able to watch his teams get more wins or watch his team get more wins as the years roll on, especially under Jaden Daniels, who's really coming out a lot. Had a pretty good performance. You know, we don't need him to be Superman yet. Just take it easy, play safe, you had a nice slide. This was an interesting game, kind of, you know, came down a little bit late in the game and thought the Bengals might have had a chance, but the commanders put it away with the late touchdown to Terry McLaurin. More of that. That's what you need if you're a Washington fan, and I think they're going to give it to you, but it's going to be tough here because the Cardinals are kind of in the same boat as you. They're a young phenomenal player, very, I guess, electric quarterback that can cause a lot of havoc to your defense. You think about Cliff Kingsbury and the familiarity that he has with this personnel group, like with this team, this roster. Yeah. He's a OCA commander, I mean, yes, I know Dan Quinn. So this is going to be one of the more interesting games. Yeah, this is. I'll probably pick the Cardinals though, just because they've really showed me a little bit more this season. Yeah, this is also the second straight road game for the commanders, short week for the commanders, and that's super tough, especially against, like you said, the Cardinals who are, I mean, they are gritty dog. They are the toughest team that I feel like in this league that defensively you do not want to go against, and offensively they're going to punish you, dog. They are going to run, and then their finesse game through the air is it can hang with the best of them. I feel like the Cardinals are going to take this one to shoot out between Kyle Murray and Jayden Daniels is going to be, is going to be a must watch TV. Kyle would you watch Acedid to that defense, so I mean, they still won. Marvin. You imagine Marvin's going to probably have a pretty big stat line. It's going to be fun to watch. This is prime time TV right here, and for it to be these franchises is amazing because obviously in years prior, you know, we weren't getting much televised visions of these teams and, you know, good play, you know, from these two teams, but now that that's behind us, I'm excited to see where this game lands. I hopefully in my favor of the Cardinals here taking this one. Well, that takes us to another game here, Cleveland Browns going to Las Vegas. To play the Las Vegas Raiders, we'll talk about that one real quick, Browns had a tough loss last week, both of them, really, Raiders two, obviously, they didn't look like they had any life against the winless team, a team that looked like they were prime destined for the number one overall pick, the Raiders saying, yeah, we're still going to be the Raiders and cough one up every now and then. And it just seems like the Browns should be, you know, on a different level. Yeah, they should. Should be. Should be. Will than this team. They have a lot more pieces. Great day, both these teams playing at their best, the Browns could really easily or easily win this game. Yeah. They have a lot of similar pieces. When you look at Max Crosby and Miles Garrett on the other side, and then obviously factor in Amari Cooper going back to play against the team that drafted him. Although it was Oakland, he finally gets a step foot on that Las Vegas field in that stadium as a member of that or, you know, a former member of that organization. So you know, it's going to be pretty special for him. Maybe a big day. Give me the Browns on the road. Yeah. I'm going to keep it 100 with you. Brown is not playing well. I mean, obviously we can all see that, but he's playing better. It's getting better. And I feel like this game, he'll pick it up even more and play better for the second straight game. Listen, I have the most faith in the Browns. I am one of the most advocate player persons for the Browns. This is a, this is the week though. This is a week that you will have to show, especially not, you know, somebody who's on the outside looking in, but the fan base to see that spark from the Browns. You know, ones that, that need that push to see you guys to, to, you know, I don't know where I'm taking this, but I feel like they want to know, you know, your team could make it to the playoffs, you know, that, that, that game that's going to give them that sigh of relief that, Hey, all right. My Browns are back. I feel like this is that game that they need to, to present that to the fans. No doubt. So now we'll talk about the Chiefs at the Chargers. I just think that the Chiefs are going to handle this one. No offense against the Chargers whatsoever. Chargers have played well. They're just a little bit not there yet. No. And now they're going to get there pretty soon, but the Chiefs and the Chiefs haven't played perfect either. They could very easily have lost a few of these games like the plate three and every single one has been a kind of tight game down to the end. They haven't had one decisive victory yet. They're on the road, but this just isn't a divisional opponent that I feel like is going to threaten them right now in this moment. Maybe down the road, you could see this team, you know, being a threat to the Chiefs, but I just think right now the Chiefs are kind of having a sigh of relief. Like, okay, a familiar opponent, the team we beat up time and time again, we beat up better versions during James is out of this game because suspended. So yeah, the Chiefs, they have a recipe for a victory, right? Just lined up for them. They do have the recipe going for him, but I guess the question is how long is that recipe going to be in their favor? It's fucking four weeks into this and the chief conspiracies are running rampant right now. There's obviously the refs are always on their side. Conspiracy. I mean, I just, I hate all that shit, but yeah, that's already flowing through my timeline and all my social business. The ref, I mean, obviously it's bullshit, the Chiefs don't have the rest on their payroll. I've always thought that those were kind of exaggerated. I could tell you right now the Falcons probably got like three very important calls on that last drive that moved them down the field. Yeah, the one that they didn't get was atrocious. It always sucks when you come on the opposite end of that, but I promise you, telling you right now, if the Falcons would have gotten away with that pass interference, you would not hear me complaining. So I'm not complaining about that. It gets missed from time to time. I get it's not as blatant as I've seen, you know, there's been times where Julio Jones got passed an offense and I thought it was extremely more blatant than that. And I'm not going to be wrong. It was passed an offense. Sure. It was. Obviously. There was two pass an offense on that. Yeah. Big point in the game, but that's not why we lost. The Falcons still had a chance to win after that. They didn't get it. So it is what it is. I don't necessarily agree with the whole, you know, referee in their payroll. Well, as a ref, what do you think whenever you hear stuff like that? Well, first of all, if we hear it, we're supposed to, you know, and it varies on referee. You're supposed to give them a counter and if they, what that means, they, you get another personal foul. You're out of the game and that's, that's it of that. And some reps will hear it once and they'll throw you out of the game. That was what is bolded in the rule books. They hear, if you hear somebody saying that, Hey, how much did they pay you or are they paying you or, Hey, I'll slip you this. If you give us this, you're supposed to walk them out or you're supposed to seek the 80 or whatever and walk them out of the premises. 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Yeah. They lost to the Raiders and finally got a nice win against the Dallas Cowboys. I just think the Bills are going to go into the buff, or go into Baltimore. I apologize and pretty much I say, look, you're guys an MVP winner. We're trying to make our guy an MVP winner. This is one way to do it. Hold this L. Bills get the road win. I know you don't want to hear that. Yeah, that's the first time. But I think the Bills get it done. Yes. I'm obviously going with the Ravens here. This is a big game for the AFC Superiority right here. The Bills are playing as well as anybody and I will give respect where respect is due. Josh Allen is playing like the best quarterback in the league right now. With the supporting cast that he has, it is amazing what he's doing over there. The offensive line is giving him so much time to do whatever he wants and it's a thing to watch. He's playing outstanding and I love to see it, but the way that the Baltimore Ravens ran the ball last week, I feel like that's going to be their Kryptonite, keeping Josh Allen off the field. What people try to do and are kind of picking up this year of how to beat the Chiefs. I feel like that's the approach that they had to take against the Bills here. Josh Allen has to not be the guy who has the ball at the last seconds. They have to be the team that you have to convert third downs. Get those the first downs. If you get a fourth in one, you have to go for those just in sake of keeping the momentum on your side. If Bills and Josh Allen get any sort of momentum, kiss a goodbye because those guys are three and no for a reason. He has that Superman cape that the capability to do all that shit. The game playing here, I feel like feed Derrick Henry to his motherfucking ankles pop until that Keeley's tendon is not there anymore. Let's tote that man until the fucking Bills fall off literally and then you have the luxury of having Lamar Jackson with the RPOs and stuff right there. I think the Ravens run the victory here. Hopefully, it's a fucking blowout, but realistically, I'm going to give it to the kicking game to the special teams in a three-point affair here, maybe 24 to 21. Another prime-time game. Let's go ahead and move into it the Monday night. There's a double-headed Titan's at Dolphin. Do you like that double-header on Mondays? Not necessarily. Yeah, I don't think so. I like the Island game. Yeah, that's how I do. It does take one off of our Sunday slides. Yeah, in more football is always good, you know, but I don't know. Maybe all eyes on one game just for so long. It does take a little bit out of the Monday night or the juiciness of the Saturday Monday night game. Yeah. But this one, we got Titan's at Dolphins. They're going to be one of the more entertaining games, I feel like. Dolphins have a major issue at quarterback. I think Skyler Thompson went out the last year. You did, yeah. They're going to be scraping the barrel at the quarterback position. Mike McDaniel's really going to have to prove that running game coordinator. He's really going to have to prove that that title wasn't just given to him and that he's one of the best run game coordinators in the league. Because if he can really, you know, I guess, manufacture a scheme that can beat the Titans, then I feel like he's going to be off to pretty good conversation when you talk about maybe not coach of the year award, but proving that he's a legitimate coach in the league because he's down several quarterbacks. Yeah. It's what we talked about how Mike Fable was in that conversation. Yes, but he has weapons, so the Titans, man, that's why I think that it could be tough. This could be one of the games that they come out on top. But I'm probably going to pick the home team here. I'll pick the Dolphins. Okay. Okay. I have a feeling that the Titans are going to turn this one around. I feel like with the injuries, QB, I feel like that's just going to be too detrimental for this team, and they've solemnly proven to that two of it has been the straw to that team. Without him at the helm, they have looked complete night, day difference. And I feel like this game right here is going to be one of those games that we're going to see that. We're going to see that they have missed two, and they paid him for a reason. He is the driver of this fucking Ferrari. The defense of the Titans is going to put a hurting on whoever is playing quarterback. That team could get after the quarterback. That team could stop your run game and put pressure on your quarterback to make him change his first read, second read, third read, and go all the way down to his fourth read. Second read is that good, and the defense of the line could put pressure. So I think it ultimately comes down to Ken Littlelevus, get the fuck out of his head and end place him down ball, because when he's just following script, that offense is an oil fucking machine dog. I think Calvin really went out last week, but there was a couple of stretch of plays where he was getting open at will, and then D-Hop was finding his territory towards the end of the game. They were getting beat, but it was trash can hours, but they look good in those. That carries over to the next game, and I feel like in this game with all the injuries and all the outside stuff happening to the Dolphins, I feel like it's going to be too much. It's the time they're going to come in the Thon and take this one. So now we have the Lions and Seahawks. This has a potential to be uniform match-up of the league, not just that, but also possibly game of the league. You talk about the Ravens and Bills going at it. This one's a nice juicy matchup too. Seahawks are a very quiet three and oh, don't look now, and the Lions are a very good roster too, that makes, has the makings for a really good game. I do just, I mean, kind of similar to the other games, except for picking the Bills that went on the road, because I'm a big believer in Josh Allen, but the other Monday night game, picking the Dolphins at home, picking the Lions at home as well, the one in their black uniforms. Oh, that's going to look fire. Yeah, this is a big proof of game, I think, for the Seahawks, even though they're coming in 3-0, I don't think they've faced anybody defensively that's going to smack them around like the Lions will here. And yeah, I feel the Lions haven't been playing well too well on offense, but I feel that'll get changed on this one. I feel like they'll get going and then the Lions will take this one. This is going to be a firepower kind of game where if you blink, you may miss a touchdown because DK Matt Cap could get open at any will in a Monroe on the Lions, I could definitely take that helm as well. Look I look for these offensive two to nip at each other, you know, the bite each other is in the kneecap, so to speak, and I'm going to look forward to some smashed mouth football in this game, and it's going to be fun to watch. Give me the Lions to take this one though in some time, time, affairs. Well, that does it for us here. Looking forward to Frankie Graham being on the show, unfortunately, he won't get to talk about his Lions because they play on Monday night, he's going to be handling that, but he'll get to give his thoughts, obviously, he can't talk about the Lions, just not for spitting, just not this specific game. But other than that, I'm excited for him coming on, unfortunately, the other guys couldn't come, but they'll be back. Oh, most definitely. Definitely no worry. We can take on that one. The ladies understand, they're all good, don't worry, it'll be even better the next time I promise you. Well, thank you guys so much for tuning in, a juicy week here ahead of us, we are kind of getting into the phase where we know what these teams are, we kind of know who to pick every week, we know what to expect from the players, and it's always going to be a couple of upsets, always going to be some surprises. That's football, baby. But you have an idea as to what's going on for the most part, so thank you guys so much. Have a damn good weekend, walk passionately in the direction of your dreams, and I'll talk to you soon. The first ever Buick Encore GX Avernier is now in stock at Shortline Buick. It's been said luxury is in the details, and Avernier's exclusive embroidered leather seating with a quilted stitching pattern welcomes you to this luxury SUV. 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