Grant and Danny
Biggest Surprises & Disappointments In The NFL
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Joe Whit, Dan Quinn, have a great pedigree in terms of being around great sectors. Look at what's happened in Dallas last couple seasons. Interception leader has emerged from relative anonymity. Go back to the Legion of Boom, etc. So people have pointed to somebody and they will, this guy might benefit a lot. That's not the right answer. Juan Martin will have an outstanding season, a little bit of nickel, a little bit of free safety, a little bit of everything in between. He'll cover. He's the guy that's going to thrive in this game because he's versatile. He's smart. We think of him improperly because he was so bad at the start of last year, really came on strong towards the end. He's going to start. He's going to play a lot. Juan Martin is going to be the pleasant surprise. Sen Ron Rivera, his ring. You really shot. Okay. I picked him. I know it. Okay. I'm going to ring my Rivera era draft pick home run bell. They see when you got a garbage offense. Okay. You should go corner back, corner back and consecutive rounds. That's what you do. Okay. That's what we were missing. Does Sam cause me get a Rivera era draft pick home run bell? Hit that bill. He was drafted as a tackle. It really was. They told you he was a right tack. More so than anything else. Now he's a really good guard. That's what he is. Okay. I'm going to give it to him. When you don't eat very often, you don't turn food back. Because it's not cooked just the way that you like. You know what I mean? Guard. Speaking of the Rivera era and the draft pick home run bell. Here we go. Keep it close, boys and girls. Now this is not a home run. Home run sounds like this. This is more of a single like this. Something like that. Did he even ring? It did. It rang. It rang. Gotta listen really closely. My surprise. Okay. Jamon Davis comes on like gangbusters. Second half the season. Finishes with seven sacks. Seven. Jamon Davis. Seven. Seven sacks. I thought we'd do a surprise, not bold predictions. The biggest surprise. This is a surprise bold. Yeah. The biggest surprise that you're going to have seven is that Jamon Davis becomes a decent situationally used pass rusher. Seven sacks. Seven sacks. Seven. I don't want to say it anymore. Seven sacks. I'm giving so many chances to lower that total. Okay. Six. There it is. There you go. Jamon Davis. Well, pass rusher. Second half the season. He's making some plays. That'll be the biggest surprise this season for the commanders. How about the biggest disappointment? So I like the dude. I don't, I feel bad saying this sort of thing. I just don't see it happening for Zach Hertz. I would love for Zach Hertz to be the same target he was a couple years ago. The guy that went for a million catches against Washington when they played who's dynamic. I don't see him staying healthy. I don't see him having a lot left in the tank. I don't see him being a positive on the field. I think he's a great dude to have in locker room. He's a translator for Cliff Kingsbury's offense and system. He's a good dude to have on your roster. I don't congratulate because it wasn't like one of their huge marquee free agent signings that cost him a whole bunch of money against salary cap and a number of years. You're not tied to it. You've got replacements waiting in the wings, but I just don't see him having a huge impact this year. We'd love to be wrong about that, by the way. For me, biggest disappointment, I'll say that commanders get swept by the Cowboys, which is not surprising. Like that's not bold or anything. But the biggest disappointment this season, I think, is that when Dallas comes to Washington, that's hard, are there Washington on November 24th. And when the Cowboys are hosting the commanders January 5th, I believe that the commanders are going to get beaten both of those games handily by Dallas. Don't love it. Not happy about it, but that'll be the biggest disappointment of the season for your boy. Let's go NFL abroad now. Give me your biggest surprise. Could be a player, could be a team. The biggest surprise is that the Tennessee Titans are going to be frisky. They're going to be decent. They're not going to be good. They're not going to win the division. But people have written them off. They think we'll love us stinks. They think the Tennessee season also ran after a couple of bad seasons where they were upset by injuries. Frankly, they're never a good personnel. They have whisper or whisper quietly upgraded an awful lot. They'll be in it until they kind of fall apart at the end of the season. And the Colts win that division, according to my predictions. But I got Tennessee improving by at least a couple of games. I got three NFC North teams making the playoffs as a surprise. Packers bears after the lions win the division. I think Detroit, as I said, is like a 13 win team. I'm going to say Green Bay goes 11 and six. And then Chicago goes 10 and seven and gets in as a wild card. And I think three teams from the North bound make the postseason. I also think the Vikings, by the way, are going to be friskier than people think they still got a lot of talent. They're frisky. Kevin O'Connell is a good coach. They're going to run the ball a lot better. They made an upgrade. They brought over Aaron Jones from Green Bay last year. It was like Alex Madison and the ghosts of running back past for them. So I actually think there'll be a quarterback away, which is funny after cousins walks, but they'll have, you know, a lot there offensively. But I just they're not going to be able to keep up in the division. They're probably going to be like a seven and 10 type team. But that's going to be a sneaky, really good division. Biggest disappointment. I've already kind of covered it. I'll give you a bonus one too, just to make up for it. I think the Texans will be viewed as a disappointment on paper. They're really, really good. But teams usually have to go through some stuff before they really jump up into the elite levels of football. They have a tough schedule as well. So they'll be fine. They'll be just outside of the playoffs with a winning record. So they'll be viewed as a disappointment because everyone's got huge expectations. And my little bonus for the first time in his career, Mike Tomlin's team will finish with a losing record. That's my second little bonus disappointment. Yeah. Biggest disappointment NFCLC Rams disappoint. That could be a Stafford injury situation. I also just think the loss of Aaron Donald locker room up front in general, just a key cog for years and years is going to register in Loom pretty large. They've got two Florida State defensive linemen that they drafted that they're counting on in verse and fist. But I think they're going to take a step back after having a really good year last year. And I would throw one more out there from the AFC. I said it earlier. Jets missed the playoffs. I just don't think the Jets put it all together like everybody is assuming they will. They'll be my disappointment. All right. Let's tag in the producers room here. Let's go surprise. Darris. What do you got? So my biggest surprise will be that the Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love is going to finish top three in MVP voting by the end of the season. Thank you for a huge, huge season out there in Green Bay. Got the bag. He did get the bag. Put up all the numbers last year. He's on his way, man. He's a really, really good player. I'm just happy for Green Bay, honestly, finally worked out for him because seriously, like the quarterbacks for them, it's been so they've been in the desert just looking for water. They had that far of guy for like 20 years when MVP's hold on. I'm being told. I'm being told they went from one great quarterback to the next to the next. That's what I'm being just passing it like it's a relay race. It's not fair. It's not. They need to miss and miss and miss for 100 years to be like the rest of us. Rhino who was sweet enough to give us chocolate chip cookies today. That was nice. Unless and learned it sounds like at the clary household. It was, it was, but my biggest surprise is that Will Levis will establish himself as an NFL franchise quarterback in his second season. I think Will Levis will actually carry the Tennessee Titans around a nine, 10 win season. I think man, I think the Titans are a sleeper team this year. I think they've got a very good squad and I think Will Levis kind of sling the rock. I'm kind of buying that Tennessee Titans right now. So he's going not only surprised, but like I was doing bold as well. I mean, he's out on the limb there. That would be a surprise. That's what, can you even see the edge of that limb? He's on. You can't, you can't touch the main trunk of the tree where you're at mayonnaise and coffee will levis mayo and coffee biggest disappointment for you, Ryan, this football season. My biggest disappointment for 2024. I was going to say the LA Rams because people are really buying into them, but I'm actually going to the opposite way. I think it's the Green Bay Packers. I'm not buying the Packers weapons this year. They had a relatively easier schedule this last season compared to what people thought they would. I think Jordan Love is good. I really believe in him. I think he's going to be the guy, but I'm not sold in the weapons surrounding them. They still have not done enough just yet. So I think they're going to be the most disappointing team in 2024. They got all those young receivers that have another year experience. Christian Watson, Romeo Dobbs, Jayden Reed, Dontavion Wicks, all kind of growing with love. They don't have a true number one to be clear. I'm with you there. Daris biggest disappointment. We got a little sprinkles of how good and effective he could be last year, but of course he got injured in the season ended a little early. There's big expectations for Anthony Richardson this year. I got a bad feeling that's not going to happen. I think our biggest disappointment is Anthony Richardson is not going to be the guy this year. So meaning so you got hurt last year after I think four games. So basically the year ends and it looks like the Colts need a quarterback. I think so. I think we're for the Colts are going to be back in the quarterback train again. Oh, if that's the case then Chris Ballard will be a GM somewhere else probably. Have the answer to phone calls on draft day from someone else.