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[Assistant] And if they do make a run or if Dak gets hurt, you better have an insurance policy. And it's no disrespect to Cooper Rush. People made a really big deal about like what two good games.


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[Assistant] No, he did not play well for five. They carried him for about two or three of those. He played good in one or two. But like everyone exploded like, oh, I feel the rush, rush. It was like, all right, let's just calm down now.


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[Assistant] And he doesn't have to feel the pressure of being the guy that traded all his picks for number three overall. You know, he's just a guy now sitting by Dak, waiting for that next opportunity. So I think it has more to do with that. Cause again, you look at the Dak Prescott's contract.


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[Assistant] He's got to be restructured after this year anyway. Yeah. I mean, it's a huge cap hit in 2024. It's like 60 million. So regardless of like, if he plays good, he plays bad, like they're going to have to restructure his contract and he's still got somewhat valuable years attached on kind of like the back end of that is spread out. So.


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[Assistant] And I don't know that he's tradable either because anyone who trades for him is going to have to, you know, restructure that deal. So I think he's their quarterback for the next two years.


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[Assistant] And I think after that, it becomes more palatable to make a cut if you need to, or even, or even having to be traded. And it's more about like where Dallas sees themselves in the hierarchy of the NFC, where you've got Philly, San Fran,


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[Assistant] Maybe Dallas, you know, maybe Dallas is that next team right there as far as the playoff hunt to go to Superbowl.


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[Assistant] First off, like Pete's the type that portrays this unrealistic scenario, like a 5 year extension for 14 million years, like yeaah Pete, uh, go out and say that he would, you know, sign that, meanwhile it's not even realistic.


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[Assistant] Like my whole point is, if you look at Saquon and the Giants, if you look at Josh Jacobs and the Raiders, in both cases, both players, not excuse the franchise tag, they essentially try to use whatever leverage they had and speak up about how frustrated they were with the running back market.


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[Assistant] All that, right yeaah, that assume call, that whole running back park it did. But the truth, but the truth of the matter is they were able to make up and be incentivized to come back and play for the team.


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[Assistant] I do think Jonathan Taylor would have done that had Jim Ursay not basically said like, yeah, I don't care if you're in the NFL or not.


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[Assistant] All football players, like, as much as, you know, we'll sign a deal that an owner gives us and all that, we also want to feel appreciated.


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[Assistant] And if you get an owner that's just basically sitting there saying like, as good as you've been, I don't care if you're on a team or not. Like, and by the way, not only do I not care, it's my opinion that no one else cares, is really what he said.


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[Assistant] That's a pretty damning thing to have an owner say that. And I just, I look at it and say, had he not said that, yeah, maybe Jonathan Taylor eventually comes back once he's healthy, maybe the ankle injury is worse than we thought.


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[Assistant] I think he really put Jonathan Taylor in a tough spot of wanting to try to come back for a guy that just really doesn't give a crap about you. And by the way, he's already said no to you once for an extension. Why would you want to waste any more time?


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[Assistant] To try to play for a guy like that when you know there's not a payday on the other side.


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[Assistant] Come walk through my house. It's for sale. Tell me how much you love it or don't love it. Not even make an offer, but like just.


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[Assistant] I do wonder if uhm, some of this has to do with maybe waiting four weeks in the season.


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[Assistant] You got 13 games left and a team just like, Hey, we're going to injury or maybe we were interested. Now we're really interested because we need a player of his caliber.


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[Assistant] Completely, completely different situation there. Uhm, whereas if he's on the pup, like the deal could be sweetened for, from the Dolphins where they're like, we got in the season, we're not liking where things are at, maybe Tua gets banged up, who knows how long he's gonna be out, we feel like we got a good roster.


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[Assistant] Or scholar tops, whoever's our backup. Uh, and so that might make some sense there, but that's what I think might be is.


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[Assistant] The most he's gonna play, at least as of what we know right now is 13 games.


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[Assistant] Yeah, this is like leverage 101 for running backs right now is you look, you have to hold out as long as you can. They're going to waive the fines. Hopefully, uh, incentivize you to come back on the one year, uh, franchise.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but, but either way, like, like this is what you do. Like this is, this is the only leverage you have is you, like Chris Jones, for example, is in this situation, right? Like the only thing you could do is sit away from the team and basically say,


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[Assistant] Pay me more. Like, do something to make me come back.


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[Assistant] Uh, for at least this year, if you think I'm not worth it. And that way you're not going to be foregoing, you know, what you are structured to be paid. I mean, we, we've seen that not really work out before with, with Levi-Anne Bell.


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[Assistant] Uhm, it's really unfortunate what's happened with the running back market, but.


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[Assistant] It's just a byproduct, byproduct of like supply and demand. And there's such a great supply of.


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[Assistant] You know running backs that are just cheaper than what we're seeing right now.


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[Assistant] You know, coming into the league and being able to do what the Isaiah Pachecos and others who are younger have done, right? When they've.


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[Assistant] Step foot in the league. So it's harder to make a case of wanting to invest a ton of money in these guys even though they do have a huge impact on the outcome of games.


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[Assistant] Pretty much, like, like, like, like, like try to help build them into a, a DN if you can. Like there's a player in Notre Dame right now, Chris Tyree, he's converted to a slot receiver.


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[Assistant] Makes a lot of sense. He's doing, he's done a really good job so far. So don't, yeah, don't like, don't build up your


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[Assistant] How about this, my cousin was in one of these movies.


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[Assistant] I don't, I don't have one. Yeah. I just let him, let him sort of self out.


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[Assistant] Look, here's the thing is you can't, as a quarterback, have a least favorite kicker because...


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[Assistant] Or, or like you get the credit for a two minute drive when they are hitting a field goal. But it goes like game winning drive, right? Fourth quarter comeback. Like it goes on your snap book too, even though like they're the ones sealing the ticks.


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[Assistant] I don't hate on it. I just know in some circumstances like this stuff doesn't settle itself out like right this moment. It's going to take a little time and even sometimes it happens throughout the course of the season. So.


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[Assistant] Some of what Luje talked about, like clearly your pass rush was different last year without him. It kind of got exposed.


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[Assistant] And they had two divisional games in their first four. And I think this division is going to be really tight.


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[Assistant] Maybe it's because they didn't have a little extra juice off of the edge. Uhm, and so I think it's, it's really concerning from that standpoint.


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[Assistant] Given the offseason with, uhm, you know, Leslie Fraser no longer being there, what we saw last year, and just the fact that you got, you know, two of your six divisional games in that span. You're not going to have arguably one of your best defensive players at future Hall of Famer.


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[Assistant] So many good ones, obviously Scarface, a classic, Devil's Advocate, Scent of a Woman, can't go wrong there, but I mean I'm gonna probably just go Godfather, right? That's just like a classic, it's an understated Al Pacito.


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[Assistant] But, uh, obviously, you know, such a great career, such a huge fan of the guy.


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[Assistant] That was something, right? The Bears' defense is really bad. They were really bad coming into the week, but both those defenses were absolutely putrid. Uh, the Minnesota game against the Chargers, both of those teams looked like they were like trying to one-up each other on the best way or the most ridiculous way to possibly lose that football game.


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[Assistant] Uh, so yeaah, it was a wild week of individual performances. Obviously the backfield in Miami, we're going to get to that, was just completely dynamic, combining for eight


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[Assistant] You know, a handful of games looks very experienced, very comfortable in that offense and it's operating without their two best skill position players in Aaron Jones and Christian Watson.


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[Assistant] Romeo Dobbs has been really good. I really think he is a good looking player. Gonna continue to produce at a high level as long as, uh, Watson's out of the lineup. So those are some guys I have my lineup in, or I have my eye on in this matchup.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Calvin Ridley revenge game potentially here. So that's something. Yeah. He could be really motivated. Probably get a nice discount considering had that big week one performance and uh, two.


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[Assistant] You know, subpar performances the previous two weeks. That could be something to look at for sure. Uh, this Jags defense, as you guys are all aware, was pretty highly rated coming into the matchup against the Texans. Turns out they're a paper tiger.


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[Assistant] Uh, so yeaah, I think this defense, uh, I think this is a potential spot for Bichon to get a lot more rushing volume.


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[Assistant] Uh, did not look good. This falcon scene did not look good playing from behind. I don't think, uh, I think they'll be heavily emphasizing the run in this game. They got away from it pretty much in the second quarter, uh, yesterday. So that's a couple spots that I like.


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[Assistant] Bills never get enough credit as far as I'm concerned. They're continually, every year, slept on. I'm with Princeton here. I like the bills in this spot, but yea, as far as props are concerned, high, high total here. Gonna be very explosive game. A ton of yards in this matchup. Uh, I think, uh,


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[Assistant] Miami's been vulnerable to downfield passing. So that's something I think Gabriel Davis, who's been the downfield threat.


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[Assistant] I like him to get loose for a couple big plays as long as reception prop.


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[Assistant] Looks like something I'll be taking a pretty close look at. Uh, I've also been really impressed with Bill's running back, James Cook, uh, very versatile, three down skillset, uh, looked great back to back weeks, uh, both on the ground and through the air, 100 plus yards.


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[Assistant] So yeaah, I think James Cook could be an X factor in this game, certainly in line for a lot of play. That Miami backfield, so explosive, so fast. Will be really interesting to see how coming off this historic performance, uh, sort of where their props end up. But yeaah, this game should be a ton of fun, a real shootout.


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[Assistant] 5'8", 165 pounds, uh, yeaah. They have a very good duo there alongside of Nico Collins. So I think this Texas team is certainly headed in the right direction.


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[Assistant] I was, I think it was actually 50-50 as far as the snap allocation was concerned last night, but I definitely think he deserves more touches in that offense and he's probably the best offensive player certainly in the backfield.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I just was very impressed by Zach Moss. I don't think it's a coincidence that the Colts have looked good as soon as he was inserted into the starting lineup in Week 2. He's basically handled every single touch in the Colts backfield. He's even shown some receiving chops. Not something I was aware of.


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[Assistant] Uh, if Moss is gonna continue to have a big part, be a big part of the offense, because I think he's certainly earning playing time.


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[Assistant] didn't result in a win here. Uh, this Panthers team just not inspiring very much confidence though. I do think, uh, Minnesota gets their first win in Carolina in this game, whether it's Andy Dalton, whether it's Bryce Young, just not enough pieces in my opinion. But then again, this Vikings team figures out a way to lose every single game. So.


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[Assistant] No, just, uh, yeaah, this is a wait and see game for me.


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[Assistant] No, I would agree, yeaah. I think even if the Bucs end up winning, uh, I still, I still think we'll catch this at seven points. Uh, just, I think this Eagles team is such a bad matchup, as Emery mentioned.


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[Assistant] Washington's offensive line gave up nine sacks. Howell was pressured on 60% of his drop backs yesterday.


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[Assistant] That is just unbelievable statistic, obviously. Uh, so yeah, I think this Eagles front is as good as any front in the NFL. They're going to absolutely get after him. I like the Eagles a lot, taking the points here as well. I think they'll have their way with this commander's offense.


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[Assistant] After that big week two performance said he didn't, he wasn't going to guarantee that Mims played more and Mims played the same exact amount of snaps in week three. So he's like true to his word. Uh, so that needs to change. The Broncos need to figure out that he's their most explosive.


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[Assistant] I had very little confidence in Chicago's offense, particularly that passing offense, uh, just wasn't able to generate anything, uh, while the game was even remotely competitive. Have a little more confidence in Denver, just based on what I've seen.


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[Assistant] So yeaah, I think, uh, Marvin Mims is interesting, but yeaah, just not playing enough to really feel comfortable. There's not just a consistent target floor there as far as he, as far as he's concerned. But yeaah, I think the Broncos offense should have their way, but then again, these events are both so bad, hard for me to really have a lot of confidence either way.


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[Assistant] Uh, very impressed with the Cardinals, Marquise Brown as well. I think they're playing way above expectations personally. I think they're going to come back to earth in this matchup. I know the D has been very feisty, but yeah, I just think this Cardinals team, it's like almost a mini miracle that they're one and two.


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[Assistant] But yeaah, I just think eventually, uh, the talent is going to catch up. They're playing super hard.


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[Assistant] Uh, any opponent, it's, it's going to be a route potentially. I just think this Cardinals team is kind of peaked in my opinion over the first three weeks. I don't think they're going to continue being this good as the season progresses. I think they ultimately get exposed starting this week.


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[Assistant] I'm not going to let these offensive line, uh, coaches and everybody else off the hook.


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[Assistant] Everyone's talking about how there's a drop off from starters to reserves and offensive line. Yes, obviously. The reason why is because starting offensive lines have continuity, have cohesion already. And so it's not that there's a significant drop off from your starter to a reserve. There is some


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[Assistant] Drop off, but we look at these XFL, USFL lines. It shows you that no matter your, you could have five Trent Williams's, right? But if you have guys that have played together,


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[Assistant] All throughout training camp, all throughout the season, they'll be better. And so we got to keep that in mind when we look at these preseason games. I'd be interested to see how many of these sacks and hits that came on, Bryce Young, C.J. Strauss, Russell Wilson, all these quarterbacks, how many came off straight one-on-one rushes or


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[Assistant] We'll kill any lack of cohesion or, you know, continuity or communication, cause that's a communication position upfront. So I'm not going to beat too much up on these offensive linemen. Uh, but I do know if you're not working with the same, it's just like what we do.


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[Assistant] You know, if, if I know your, your speech pattern, I know when you're about to stop talking, I know where I could jump in. Um, but they, folks online may seem like if you're not a starting NFL, you're garbage, but that's.


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[Assistant] Along lines of those that just only watch the NFL regular season.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think they go over the division total of four and a half. I feel like they'll win five. If they lose one, it'll be to the Cowboys. I think they will lose one. Dallas just seems to be.


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[Assistant] Explosive on both sides of the ball. So for me, the Eagles can go five and one in the division. I think they go for 11 and a half wins as a whole. I don't see anyone else in that division outside of the Cowboys that's built to beat them.


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[Assistant] The Eagles do go over four and a half wins and they lose one to the Cowboys.


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[Assistant] No, no, no, no. I let you guys take time, but I will say this. It's rare to see a team like Philly that had an awesome 2Deep get even better because people


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[Assistant] Uhm, remember this team went to the playoffs in 21. They went to the Super Bowl in 22. They got better in this all season with their two, within their two deep. We're talking about guys that may not even start. And Kaylee Ringo, Carter, uh, uh, N'Kobe. Carter had that.


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[Assistant] Right. And then you look at their backfield got significantly better. So it was addition by subtraction and the defensive coordinator went over to the Cardinals.


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[Assistant] Question for the Cowboys is can they find a run game or run the ball when they want to? Cause they got backs, but can they run it when they want to? That used to be the key with Ezekiel Elliott in his prime. Hey, we can run it whenever we want to. But now you add Brandon Cooks who?


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[Assistant] For whatever reason, just keep getting traded, but always has over a thousand yards. That's going to open up things for CD lamb. That's going to open up things for everyone else within that offense. And they finally learned to use Kavanti Terpen, uh, their kick returner within the offensive attack, but defensively getting Stefan Gilmore, you mentioned helps out immensely. He's still an elite player.


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[Assistant] He's not just a great cornerback in name only, but he's a great player still at that position, which opens things up now, predicts to be a little bit more of a risk taker that he already is. They still have Micah Parsons as someone that's probably is going to win defensive player of the year, maybe even defensive MVP.


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[Assistant] Um, and I think they got better along the defensive line as well, bringing in Mazzie Smith. So for me.


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[Assistant] I like the Cowboys team. They're built to play well, but it's still who's going to be the running back. Who's going to be the guy that you're going to lean on. And they still have a chance to really resign Ezekiel Elliott.


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[Assistant] Get what you asked for, get it cause you asked for it. They asked for Daniel Jones to be the guy and okay, you're going to get that, but you're also going to get a schedule that you could potentially be two and eight with or without Saquon Barkley in those first 10 weeks. So, you know, for me.


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[Assistant] Everyone made it about Daniel Jones and he took a step forward with 15 touchdown passes in 2023 in an era where you could throw the football rolling out of bed and hit 15. And no one mentioned that.


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[Assistant] His best games, two came against the Vikings, one in the playoffs, and against the Indianapolis Cubs, but it left him in the ball game to stat pad.


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[Assistant] Saquon Barkley is a straw that serves as drink. And I wonder where the Giants are going to find explosive. Saquon Barkley is the one piece. They bring it down while that's cool. That's awesome. That's an explosive player. And yet he do upgrade certain parts of the receiving core with Jalen Hyatt.


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[Assistant] Kayvon Thibodeau is going to get double digits access this year. I think he's going to be awesome. He looks physically fit.


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[Assistant] Um, being at training camp, seeing him fill out his pads. Now he had those Jim Thorpe pads on as a rookie. He's like, he's like, man, he got to eat some more, but these rookies tend to do that. And he got to, they travel a lot during a draft process, but now full off season, the NFL waits.


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[Assistant] He's filled out his frame. He looks great in training camp and I don't worry about their secondary. They're act active around the football. Banks will be fine, but their offense just doesn't have.


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[Assistant] The lack of explosive and we saw this at times last year when teams said, you know what? We're just going to take Saquon Barkley away completely and make you beat us. Daniel Jones in the passing game.


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[Assistant] And what happened? They lost. And so I feel like that's going to happen again. This team maybe overachieved a little bit last year, which is great for them. Help the buy-in process, but I feel like this is an underplay easily.


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[Assistant] Yeah, a lot of times the call comes from inside the house, right? And it's, so you gotta watch the bearer if you are. That's a scream reference.


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[Assistant] You know what I'm saying? So, but when you think about it, he's three, three and one against any iteration of giant coaches during his time at Washington. So Shermer, Judge, and Daybolt, three, three and one. So he knows how to play well versus giant. They were the same exact team.


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[Assistant] Very good defensive line, athletic group of linebackers, strong, solid secondary.


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[Assistant] Washington has better playmakers at wide receiver. McLaurin, uhm, and, and, uh, Dotson and all those guys. Giants may have a better tight end. Giants definitely have better running backs. I'm surprised Washington ain't been on the phone with Zeke, Kareem Hunt.


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[Assistant] Tyrod Taylor at this juncture of his career. So it was about a push at the quarterback room. O-line is a, you know, you could sell me on the Giants O-line. I think they have better talent up front than Washington does. So.


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[Assistant] I said a lot to say this is the same exact team as New York, different coat of paint.


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[Assistant] But better receivers and I think better offensive coordinator to really make the most of their.


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[Assistant] Weapons and so he's going to find ways to get these guys to football defensively.


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[Assistant] Chase Young, healthy, and you have Montez on the opposite side with Allen and those guys in the middle.


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[Assistant] They cause problems. And so the reason why those giant games either come down to the wire or in the tie, this second time they've tied with, with, uh, the giants before. So I like them to go over this number because I feel like them and the giants will have the same seven and 10 record this season.


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[Assistant] Granted, they don't count in the stat book. You like that he went out there, played with confidence, played free. With Save San Francisco.


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[Assistant] The drawing of the plays as if inside, outside zone ain't been around since 1946. You know what I'm saying? Like...


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[Assistant] There's only so many ways, at some point you gotta go forward, right? Only so many things you can do running the football. But I will say this.


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[Assistant] Run game of defense will always keep, uh, San Francisco there. They're long and athletic within a front seven. They are aggressive at the safety position. Cornerback position still worries me a bit, but as long as you're able to run the football and stop the run, you're going to win.


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[Assistant] You're gonna win games. So I like them winning 10 games because I feel like they get swept by Seattle. That's what I'm going under.


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[Assistant] Absolutely, because what happened last year with Seattle was the fact that their defense was terrible. They couldn't really stop anybody and it was basically upfront plus.


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[Assistant] Uh, then you had Trey, uh, Woolen, Tariq Woolen, other corner, both rookies. Then you have on the other side, Charles Cross on one side and you have the other rookie, um, Lucas from Washington state, two rookies starting tackles.


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[Assistant] You're breaking in a new offensive quarterback and another quarterback in Geno Smith who hit the ground running.


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[Assistant] So now these guys are sophomores, so to speak, the tackles, the corners are now, you know, in their second year as well. You get back.


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[Assistant] Bobby Wagner and whatever iteration of Bobby Wagner you think is out there, but him out there healthy is a big thing along with Jordan Brooks and they bring in Bush from the Pittsburgh Steelers. So for me, this defense got significantly better and you get Jamal Adams back in what iteration of Jamal Adams I have alone. You may have him. Hopefully it's for the full season.


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[Assistant] But now you're able to run the football cause you double down on Zach Charbonneau, Kenny McIntosh, along with Kenneth Walker. You have three excellent receivers, DK Metcalf.


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[Assistant] You have a solid option at tight end. Everything is pointing upwards for Seattle because they have the best secondary collectively in a division. You could make an argument for the receiving core.


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[Assistant] San Francisco got better tight ends and fullbacks, so I guess you can give a slight edge there. Running back, you can give it to San Francisco, albeit off of one guy, but collectively, depth-wise,


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[Assistant] Seattle may have that, and I think they have the best quarterback in the division in Geno Smith. He hadn't played a lot. His career kind of, you guys talked about Kurt Warner and Tom Brady and Brock Purdy. How about Warren Moon going up to the CFL for the first five years of his career winning five straight great cups?


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[Assistant] You get away from football for a little bit and then you start missing it and you get that itch again.


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[Assistant] We can't wait. Can't wait. We can't wait. We can't wait.


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[Assistant] Watching the Bears last year, no one would have guessed they were a 3-1 team. And there's a tweet that's out there from, uh, you know, former Bears executive.


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[Assistant] And I said, I'll let you say that the NFL is a, is a professional league. So the Cardinals, I've said this before on HQ and everywhere that the Cardinals defensive personnel is legit.


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[Assistant] I think they finally have Zaven Collins play in the right spot and that's edge rusher. And so now we factor him and what they drafted last year with Cameron Smith out of, um, San Diego state. There's a lot to like about the Cardinals personnel and Katie brought it up. If, if and when Kyle Murray comes back.


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[Assistant] You know, on the back end of the schedule, you have a chance to pull off at least one or two upsets. Cause there's some decent personnel on offense. The offensive line should be better. You got DJ Humphries on one side, you've got Paris Johnson of Ohio State. I think the Cardinals have enough personnel.


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[Assistant] Whenever he does and they're playing competitive football because of their defense and Calamari down the backstretch.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'm going, I'm going under six and a half total wins. Um, I feel like they can get six for me because I love the talent collectively on the roster, the youthful talent. A problem is you have too much youth.


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[Assistant] Especially coming off of an injury. We've seen this from Stafford before. I feel like he kind of got what he needed to, to, he want what he wanted. He wanted that Super Bowl. I'm surprised he didn't retire after that.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but he came back but got injured and he takes a lot of sacks. There was a lot of bad interceptions, a lot of red zone interceptions too. Uhm, I worry about their run game.


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[Assistant] Will talked about it, I worry about their offensive line as well. But you like the youthful pieces, but man, banking on those guys to grow up and play collectively.


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[Assistant] It's going to be tough, but I go under six and a half. I've said this before. I think we'll see Stetson Bennett start some games, uh, because he gives them a little bit more pop, especially in their rollout game, their waggle game, all that stuff like that.


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[Assistant] That was me, I called him, I called him. Herbert Beechpod Stafford. Beechpod Stafford. You know, because Herbert was number one in throwing fourth quarter interceptions in the first three years of his career. Um, that's impressive. And who else was, Carl was in that mix too. And, you know, Saints fans are going to be for Ruer Awakening when the fourth quarter comes down in the Superdome.


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[Assistant] This is the Pixix Podcast, and this is Sunday Night SuperFriends! You, boy! That's right! SuperFriends Reunion! That's right! I'm Ryan Wilson, and this is Sunday Night SuperFriends Week 1 NFL Recap 2023 Edition!


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[Assistant] Takeaways from week one, the biggest storylines, the best players, the top plays, suspect coaching decisions, and of course the overreactions. Some might argue fuel this podcast. All right. So there's a lot to get to. Let's get to it. First up Justin Herbert.


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[Assistant] Breach, he was the league's highest paid, paid player for the month of August. We'll get to the guy that succeeded him in a little bit later here. A little tease there, but I want to start with Tua, who currently ranks 28th among all quarterbacks in average annual salary. He's behind Trey Lance and Jacoby Percept for crying out loud.


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[Assistant] And he went off on Herb's Chargers to the tune of 28, 45, 466 yards, three touchdowns and an interception.


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[Assistant] Dolphins rolled, quotation marks. They started to roll over that Chargers defense. 36-34, Branson.


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[Assistant] You have to pay to a more than $55 million a year on average than Joe Burrow just laying there, right?


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[Assistant] Hey Breach, let me, let me go in quickly. Seven lead changes in this game, the fourth week one game to ever have seven plus lead changes. 60 combined first downs, a little bit more than the Steelers and the Bengals were able to pull off. 70 combined points, 969 combined total yards. So I'll ask you again, why are we not paying to Otango by law?


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[Assistant] I didn't, I can't believe you didn't have a dolphin already. By the way, Bree, she'll appreciate this. My son just turned 12, but over the summer when he was 11, I showed him Ace Ventura. That is the second favorite.


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[Assistant] That's his second favorite movie after Napoleon Dynamite. I told him that you would be proud of him, so.


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[Assistant] So, uh, worth noting, Kellamore looks like he's a good hire.


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[Assistant] Brandon Staley, the defense, still not so hot. Uh, so that's something, and to Breach's point, Chargers are going to charger it up, and that's certainly disappointing. Uh, Breach, you talked about how that game ended. I'll just mention it quickly here. Uh, so the Chargers go up by two points? Dolphins go up by two points. Right, sorry.


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[Assistant] So they go up by two, Herbert gets the ball, first, uh, first plat, I think he completes the pass in second 20 because of intentional grounding. That's a problem. And then Christian Wilkins gets a sack, makes it third and 30, and after that it's a wrap, fourth and 13 sacked again.


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[Assistant] So, also worth noting, Tyreek Hill.


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[Assistant] Uh, 15 targets, 11 receptions, 215 yards, had a 47, uh, yard, uh, catch, uh, as his longest reception, two touchdowns.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well he's, he litters a lot of people, he's pretty hard to tackle it turns out. Most current games with 175 plus receiving yards and, uh,


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[Assistant] I'm looking at the graphic here. Billy put up most receiving yards in the season, Oprah. Tyreek had 215. That's somehow third on the list after Frank Clark, uh, went to high school with Frank Clark in 62 and then I got Anquan Bolden. Tyreek has had- I think it was Anquan Bolden's rookie season. Yea, it was his rookie season. 2003 was his rookie season after earning a 4-7, uh, during the pre-draft process, which is sort of bonkers to get your head around. But Tyreek's had, uh,


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[Assistant] Most career games with 175 plus receiving yards. He's done it nine times behind Lance Aldworth, who incidentally played for the Chargers and then ahead of Isaac Bruce and AB Antonio Brown. So, um.


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[Assistant] I have a breaching analogy. I have a breaching analogy for what you just said in terms of describing Kellamore. Uh, Kellamore running the ball so well to the tune of 234 yards, as you mentioned, it tied somehow tied for the most rushing yards in a loss in team history. I mean, that's how.


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[Assistant] Chargers the Chargers. Chargering R. But Kellamore running the ball as much as he did in the first three quarters. That's Kenny Pickett in the preseason. Kellamore in that last drive. That's Kenny Pickett in week one. Your true colors came through, Kellan. Although I still have your back even though Breach doesn't.


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[Assistant] Two of us should get paid. Both of your concerns are injury related, is that right?


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[Assistant] Okay, well, I mean, what if he says I'm not taking 48 million a year? What are you doing?


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[Assistant] Well then you're gonna end up, I don't know what the math is on that breach, probably can do it off the top of his head like Rain Man, but I'm sure it's gonna be close to...


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[Assistant] Cause the top, I mean the top 8's out right now, Patrick Mahomes is number 8 in terms of average annual value.


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[Assistant] Well, a couple things. Our Jonathan Jones reported today that the Cardinals are happy with Kyler. They're just saying that to look at number one overall pick. And number two, I don't think, uh, Tua could have done anything more


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[Assistant] So a couple things and I'll, I'll go through this. We haven't done our draft. We'll do our draft like in the next couple of weeks. Maybe we'll do it at the quarter pole, our Super Bowl draft, which we did a few years ago, but I'm going to go through the bowl predictions here. Uh, Breach and I both took one on the chin. Breach had Miami finishing last in the AFC East off to slow start for Breach. I think I had.


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[Assistant] Next up. We're really downward because that was the best. Going way down. Going downtown like Julie Brown. Two.


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[Assistant] Sweet Jesus alive. All right, Breach, I'll let you get the start and then I'll switch it up on you when we talk about your team. Uh, what was your favorite moment in the 49ers shellacking the dog dookie, if you can shellack dog dookie, off of the Steelers?


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[Assistant] So Breach, the final score 30 to 7, it wasn't even that close to 49ers as you pointed out, whipped up on them early and often. Largest week one victory since 2016 for San Francisco, the first time they won in Pittsburgh since 1996.


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[Assistant] And it extends the current act of long, longest winning streak, uh, 11 straight wins for them. Uh, Brenton Mitch and McCaffrey ripped off 65 yard or finished with 152 rushing yards. Purdy was clinical. Ayuk was clinical. I was laughing during the game because remember when Ayuk was in Shanahan's doghouse? You know whose fault I was.


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[Assistant] Fred Warner played like a man possessed. Uh, Drake Jackson, their second round pick, second year player had three sacks. TJ Watt had three sacks, but I mean, let's be real, it doesn't matter. The only concern was please don't let Brock Purdy get hurt.


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[Assistant] So Breach, I don't know how much of this you saw. You were probably dealing with your own issues, uh, in Cleveland, but I'll say this. Brock Purdy was the best quarterback, not only on that field, but maybe in the state.


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[Assistant] Uh, I mentioned earlier that Patri- uh, excuse me, the Steelers started with a five straight three and outs. And then you look through the, the possession chart and then their sixth drive, they had 12 plays, 76 yards that ended in a touchdown.


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah, that was a two minute offense that didn't require the offensive coordinator to call any plays. Weird. Alright, before we get out of here on this game, I want to mention quickly there were a slew of injuries.


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[Assistant] I actually took great solace in that as I watched that game, I didn't care. I was like, eh, whatever. I got to focus on other stuff.


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[Assistant] Showing up, you know, or as the kids say, you mess around and you have to find out.


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[Assistant] Uh, Deontay Johnson left with a hamstring, Pat Firemuth left with a, he had a chest injury, Cam Hayward left with a groin injury. Uhm, and in the previous game, I forgot to mention Mike Williams left with a head injury for the Chargers. That was a lot.


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[Assistant] Primetime, coach prime in Colorado, playing Nebraska. He's a third string quarterback incidentally for Nebraska. His name? Chuba Purdy. Chuba Purdy. Yeah. Fantastic. All right. Let's take a quick break. Is he named after Chuba Hubbard? He is named after Chuba Hubbard. We'll come back. We're going to talk about not Breach's terrible team, but Aaron Rodgers 2.0.


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[Assistant] All right. Packers put a whole whooping on the bears like Aaron Rodgers and Brett Farber playing at the same time. Same old, same old. Ninth straight win versus the bears for Green Bay. 11th straight loss for the bears since last season. 11th straight game for Chicago with 25 plus points allowed. This ain't your Dick Buccas Bears.


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[Assistant] I was watching this game and I made a note early on, like, oh, okay. And I think my original sort of note for this game was, uhm, are the Packers happier with Jordan Love or are the Bears happier with Justin Fields? So Breach, I'll put that question to you. One of my bold predictions was...


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[Assistant] Jordan Love, 15-27, 245, three touchdowns and interceptions. Justin Fields, 24-37, 216, a touchdown and interception. He had at least one fumble late that I recall. So I'll put the question to you again and you can just talk about how good Jordan Love is. Uh, should Packers fans feel good about Jordan Love compared to Aaron Rodgers? And how should we feel about Justin Fields?


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[Assistant] Well, their defense, as I pointed out the moment ago, their defense was straight up dog dookie though. So I get that on some level.


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[Assistant] Someone was drunk when they made that number. Here, before we go into the bears, let's keep talking about the Packers because I want to point out a few things. Number one, uh, Christian Watson was out with a hamstring. Number one receiver wasn't there.


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[Assistant] Romeo dobs played with a hamstring. He wasn't a hundred percent. Their leading receiver was Aaron Jones with two catches, uh, in terms of yardage. Luke Musgrave, the rookie tight end had three catches.


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[Assistant] Dove said four, he was a leader, but only had 26 receiving yards, but did have two touchdowns. So I think to Breach's point, that's even more impressive for Jordan Love to do it to guys not named Jordan Nelson, Greg Jennings, whomever.


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[Assistant] Yep. So what do you think about, what were your takeaways from Jordan?


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[Assistant] I'll say this, like Utah State Things, You're Not Wrong is last year, their junior year was hard to watch, partly because he was the only show in town. Like he was dragging that team up and down the field. I think to your point, Brenton, that him sitting has been instrumental in his success. It feels like.


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[Assistant] He missed one of the preseason to Musgrave. He missed a couple of them. I think Musgrave actually struggled with running routes, but Musgrave is going to be really good. Um, had a big catch that he fell down to the four yard line. They ended up scoring on that, I believe late in the game, but I liked a lot of what I saw and everyone was injured. Now, listen, if Aaron Jones can't play for a few weeks because the hamstring, we don't know, but that's something to keep in mind.


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[Assistant] I was impressed with the Packers. Now I, I'm on the Lions bandwagon. Jared Goff is the second best quarterback in the division. Maybe the first after the way Jalen Hurst played today. We'll talk about that in a second, but Breach, I want to point this out to you.


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[Assistant] I thought that's why Breach was grumpy when we were texting him to hurry up, that he hadn't had his Chick-fil-A sandwich yet. So, uh, Breach, Bretson touched on Justin Fields and his struggles. Here's something that will not make you happy. Worst quarterback record through 26 career starts since 1970.


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[Assistant] Uh, Cedarburg is first at 3 and 23, so that's good for Justin Fields. Justin Fields is second, tied with Blaine Gabbard, 5 and 21, so.


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[Assistant] What's the plan? Like is it Luke Getzi? Is it Matt Iberfluss? Is it Justin Fields? Like how do you fix this? I think you gotta blow it up and start over. You have to get


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[Assistant] All right, Breeze, let me ask you this as a follow-up, because this is sort of the math I was doing in my head as I was watching the Steelers get steamrolled.


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[Assistant] If Kyle Shanahan's coaching call in place for the Steelers, are they better?


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[Assistant] Yeah. So let me just continue the thought. So what if Kyle Shanahan is coaching Justin Fields? Are they playing the way they're playing? And my point is this, maybe it's not all Justin Fields, maybe he's 48% responsible, but I feel like some of it, at some point, the coaching has to get the most out of the player. And have we, have they gotten the most out of Justin Fields? I guess what I'm asking.


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[Assistant] But, in his defense, remember, last year was Matt Ebenholtz's first year. Is that right?


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[Assistant] Yeah, so Luke Gessie, the opposite coordinator, seemed like he didn't know what to do with Justin in the first half of the season. Then things got a little better. Then he got hurt because he kept running the ball so much. So does that mean they don't trust him to throw the ball? I don't, I don't,


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[Assistant] No. No, my world- Dude, people were hyping the Bears.


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[Assistant] Who do you feel better about? Not who do you feel better about? What did you learn more from? The, uh, Jordan Love and the Packers or the


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[Assistant] Okay, alright, I think I agree with that. I think the Bears, to again, quote Brynson quoting Danny Green, are exactly who we thought they were. Alright, let's go to the Mistake by the Lake!


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[Assistant] Since they defeated, uh, the Steelers, 51-0 in 1989. Uh, first time-


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[Assistant] You won't believe this, but I'm checking the official NFL stats page and it says 14 of 31 for 82 yards.


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[Assistant] Alright, here, let's, let's start with the Browns before we pile on Breach and the Bengals. I will say this, we just talked about the Bears spending all that money on both sides of the ball and it looks like getting zero return on their investment.


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[Assistant] The Browns went out and got better on defense and Joe Burrow can attest to that as much. So, Preston, I'll ask you first. Uhm, and I slept on the Browns and I thought it was going to be terrible because of Deshaun Watson. Oh, I got dragged by Browns fans. So yeah. Deshaun Watson wasn't great today, but he was certainly miles better than Joe Burrow. But what's your takeaway, maybe the biggest takeaway from the Browns is the defense?


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[Assistant] Let me ask you this, how did, how did, how did Sean Watson look to you? Because I didn't watch that game super closely, I was too busy crying about the Steelers.


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[Assistant] That Daxhill Interception, that one?


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[Assistant] Yeah, of course. Absolutely. Just like it was in, in Philadelphia too. They, they ran there for a little bit. Andy Dalton is the only quarterback with more career losses, uh, in Cleveland since 99 than Andy and then, um, Joe Burrow.


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[Assistant] Alright, so uhm, sounds like Breach is unconcerned. For instance, did you learn anything about the, do you feel better about the Browns than you did 24 hours ago?


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[Assistant] True. Anyway, Jimmy Grapple makes his debut for the Raiders.


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[Assistant] Russ Wilson makes his debut in the Sean Payton offense. Looks a lot like the Nathaniel Hackett offense with Russ Wilson rocking it. He was a little better, but uh, they only managed 16 points.


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[Assistant] Uh, the Raiders won seven straight games versus the Broncos. What plan are we living on? This stat absolutely blew my mind. The Broncos are 12 and 31 versus the AFC West in 2016. They lost 15 in their last 17. Uh, from 2012 to 2015 when Peyton Manning was the quarterback in Denver, the Broncos were 21 and 3.


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[Assistant] Against the FC West, uh, Sean Payton's team's fewest total yards in a season opener. So maybe it's Russ. Now he looked a little better, Brinson, but what is your concern? Well, you're on a concern level meter talk. So what's your concern level meter talk with Russ?


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[Assistant] But wait a second, let me back up to your last statement. He looked better than he did last year. This ain't moral victory.


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[Assistant] The, the MFL, Morrill MVL, Morrill Victory League, so.


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[Assistant] Oh yeah, easily. He actually, I mean, you would say this without hesitation because of your disdain for the Carr family, but you would say he's better than Derek Carr.


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[Assistant] I will say this, and Bretson said it's arrogant to, to onside kick. It made me revealing about your quarterback situation. You're like, yeah, let's give him a short field and maybe that helps. Like I'm just putting that out there. Number one.


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[Assistant] Number two, Breach is the, the art and defender of Russ Wilson. Ari Breach, rank the quarterbacks in the AFC West right now.


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[Assistant] Okay, that's where, that's where I'm going with that. Alright, so, uh,


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[Assistant] Britson, I'll come back to you. I mean, the Raiders last year, we were having conversations by week eight about Joshua Daniels getting


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[Assistant] Alright, we're gonna take a quick break. When we come back, Breach is gonna tell us his favorite guacamole recipe.


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[Assistant] That was my paw breach. I was looking at your cats and cookies blog. Uh, not the, not the football. So, uh, we'll, we'll talk later about guacamole.


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[Assistant] Uh, the rookie quarterbacks who all started, the three of them, all first round picks, Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, picks one and two, pick four, Anthony Richardson. We've been trying to hit on these injuries as we go through this. Uh, Brenton mentioned that, um, Jacoby Myers got banged up in that game that we just spoke about. Anthony Richardson hobbled off the field late after taking a huge hit on his shoulder.


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[Assistant] Uh, I think it was reported as not just a shoulder, but also a bone bruise on his knee day to day, according to Shane Steichen. So hopefully he's available for week two, but I think the lesson there is you can't take hits no matter how big you are. But, um,


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[Assistant] Princeton, I'll start with you because I'm sure you had your eyeballs on Carolina Panthers.


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[Assistant] Bryce Young had two interceptions, both very similar to Breach's guy Jesse Bates.


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[Assistant] Alright, let's start with Bryce then because I thought he actually looked pretty good in general and we, we saw some shaky quarterback play from, from quote-unquote veterans and I didn't get that from Bryce.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I, I will see. I mean, it's one of those things, are you playing the Broncos or are you actually playing a good football team? Breach, uh, I'm gonna throw some fun facts out. You may have cheated if you read the same thing I did. The last 14 number one picks, number one overall picks.


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[Assistant] 0-13-1. Do you know the last first overall pick to win in his debut?


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[Assistant] They, they beat the Steelers that season. I remember being very angry about that, but, uh, it was, he had one of those Joe Burrow stat lines and somehow won. Here's a interesting development and Frank Reich just reconfirming that.


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[Assistant] Uh, that owner in Indianapolis who probably shouldn't be named is maybe


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[Assistant] Has a screw loose in terms of just running Frank Reich off. Uh, here are the starting quarterbacks under Frank Reich going back to 2018.


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[Assistant] Did you guys see this list? Uh, no, but you can name it. 2018, who was the starter?


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[Assistant] Uh, Adrian Locke. 2019. Kirby Berset. 2020. Philip Rivers. 21. Carson Wentz. 22. Matt Ryan. And then, here we are, Bryce Schumacher. That's a lot of turnover as they say in the business.


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[Assistant] 28 to 44, 242 passing yards, no touchdowns, no interceptions. Anthony Richardson, um, did a lot of heavy lifting, both literally in terms of dragging guys down the field and he threw the ball relatively well. I believe he had an interception. I don't have his stats.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Breach, uh, Anthony Richardson is the youngest player with a pass touchdown and a rust touchdown in a game since 1942. Did you have any thoughts on any of these quarterbacks? Did you get to see them?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean it's division game, I get it. Division road game, I mean. Yeah, I get all that. Uh, by the way, Breach CJ Stroud's first pass. Guess who the, who caught it.


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[Assistant] I think Bryce is number one, I think it's close. Bryce is number one, CJ is gonna be number two, Nathan is gonna be number three, but I feel good about all three of them. It's not a situation where you're like,


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[Assistant] Watching Kenny Pickett or Joe Burrow and wanting to trade both of them or assigning Joe Burrow to a four trillion dollar deal and regretting it immediately.


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[Assistant] But, uh, I would, I would actually be Richardson ahead of Stroud, I think. Okay. That's fine. Yeah. I mean, um, again, I think the upside is crazy for Anthony. He only had 12 career starts in college. He's one of the youngest players in the NFL. They rolled him out there. And I think Shane Saikin is exactly who you want. Here's the thing. Uh, if Shane Saikin were coaching Justin Fields, might be having a different conversation.


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[Assistant] If Luke Gessie was coaching Anthony Richardson, we'd definitely have a different conversation.


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[Assistant] Let's talk quickly about the Cowboys Giants. We started this podcast at literally the third quarter where it was 40 to nothing. It ended 40 to nothing.


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[Assistant] So, I doubted the Cowboys and Mike McCarthy call in place. He ran off Kellen Moore. Kellen Moore actually did okay in his first start. Breach didn't like it as much as I did in Los Angeles with the Chargers.


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[Assistant] Breach, were you, you were a believer last year, I believe. Are you still a believer in the Cowboys?


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[Assistant] And I said, oh, he can fix anything, including Daniel Jones. Daniel Jones looked like he was having night terrors from his time with the special teams coached by his pizza and beer. What's his name? Joe Judge.


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah. And Jason Garrett. So what happens, how do you, I'll put you this way, how do you come back from this?


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[Assistant] About last year. They, they got rid of Kaderius Tony. They got rid of Darren, uh, not Darren Waller. They got rid of Evan Ingram.


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[Assistant] This year, and they didn't make any changes, they brought in a lot of people this offseason, both through the draft and pre-agency, so I expected them to be better. So, Preston, I'll ask you to rank, uh, rank your quarterback statement.


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[Assistant] Rank Brinson, the first week one performances, Daniel Jones, Kenny Pickett, Joe Burrow, just solely on week one performance. If you came from another planet and watched those three games, which quarterback would you draft first in your fantasy football team?


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[Assistant] So, some fun facts if you're a Cowboys fan. Largest shutout win in franchise history, which includes the postseason. Some sad facts if you're a Giants fan. Sweet dis- I forgot about this. Second team, I can't believe, I don't know who the first is, part of the bangle. Second team NFL history to lose a playoff game by 30 plus points and then lose the following season opener by 30 plus points. That is a nut punch.


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[Assistant] Twice. Two, probably the first ever to do it to division rivals in both of those games. The 1990 Raiders lost the AFC Championship game 51-3 it turns out to the Bills and then lost their season.


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[Assistant] I was just clarifying the, uh, Dallas eight and overs the Giants in prime time in week one games.


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[Assistant] One is six in his career against the Cowboys, Daniel Jones is. So again, three interceptions. And by the way, worth mentioning, sacked seven times. That did not help, uh, his cause.


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[Assistant] My point was that they spent a lot of money in the offseason, brought in Darren Waller, they drafted two rookie cornerbacks who Trey Hawkins had a struggle at times, but so did everyone, but I think they're a better football team on paper. Do you agree with that?


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[Assistant] That's a great point, my bad. Alright, moving on. I'm gonna come back to...


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[Assistant] Number seven on our rundown, go to number eight, just to tie it in to what we're talking about here. And I'll let Brenton take the floor here, although Breach was getting some pushback on the old Twitter machine as well.


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[Assistant] Both of you guys, I believe, picked the Patriots to beat the Eagles. I was talking to producer Billy before. He thought it was going to be smooth sailing when it looked like it was going to be 50 to nothing after the first few series. Pick six from Mac Jones, Darius Slay, Moonwalk to the end zone. And then Mac realized that Matt Patricia wasn't calling plays. It was actually Bill O'Brien. They got their act together. Kendrick Bourne.


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[Assistant] Uh, several nice touchdown catches. Hunter Henry had a nice grab on fourth down. Juju Smith Schuster looked like he was, uh, still playing for the Steelers when they were trying to get rid of him. Um, Kayshon Booty, had he gotten a second foot down the rookie wide receiver at LSU, they would have had a real chance to win that game late. But Brenton, your impressions of Matt Jones, Bill O'Brien, and the Patriots.


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[Assistant] I think it was 99 on Mac 1 on Kendrick. Really?


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[Assistant] Uhm, I think, and Billy mentioned this before the podcast, the Eagles didn't play anyone in preseason, so this is basically their week 4 preseason game. So I'm not concerned about them. Jalen Hurts had that stupid fumble at the end of the game, he can't do that. But I think, you guys agree that they're gonna be fine?


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[Assistant] They're playing tomorrow. What's the line and who are you taking? Uh, where are they playing? They're playing in Flaxborough. Weird.


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[Assistant] No, I'm taking the Cowboys. No, he's taking the Cowboys. Who are you taking? I'm taking the Cowboys too, but I think the Eagles would be favored. I'm taking the Eagles. You guys are crazy. You just said that Mike McCarthy and Dak didn't do anything.


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[Assistant] Hey listen, I've said it along for a lot of years here. Mack Jones, slow burn. You gotta wait. He'll catch up with you once you got Matt Patricia calling the friggin' place. Alright, let's go through these pretty quickly here at the end. Preach, I'll start with you. And Deebo, put this on the run down. Are the Cardinals still tanking? For Chase? Or are the Commanders?


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[Assistant] What's the difference between Steve Wilkes, Lovey Smith, Jonathan Gannon?


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[Assistant] And the other light skinned fellow, they ran off to Texas. No, the guy before Levy Smith in Houston, I can't remember his name.


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[Assistant] Anyway, alright, so you don't think they're tanking, they're a bad football team.


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[Assistant] Have two first round picks. They're going to be high first round picks. Caleb Williams and his dad said they may not want to come out this year.


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[Assistant] I think it has everything to do with the cardinals. Kyle mentioned Kyle Murray got a name check one.


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[Assistant] Caleb Stapp was talking about it. Alright, so I don't want to stay on this game. What I do want to do, I'm going to throw some overreactions slash bold predictions at you.


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[Assistant] Hey, let me ask you something quickly. How many times in all our years working together have you used the word pundit out loud? Uh, I think this was the second time in 11 years. Okay, go ahead.


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[Assistant] I'll say, I'll say exactly 10. I'm going to say yeaah, Breach is definitely a guy who would put it right out of the number. I think it is exactly 10. I'll say 10 as well. 10.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I had Seattle win in the west. So yes, I would. San Francisco and Brock Purdy are clearly world beaters.


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[Assistant] All right. I hate it. We're going to get out of here on a little something I like to call.


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[Assistant] Oh yeah, but then I think, uh, EK wanted to do some overreactions to get, get, get us on the record for this. Okay. Breach, I'll ask you. The first one and then Brenton, you can follow up. Breach!


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[Assistant] I'm glad this show is no shorter than it was in the past. We're getting there. We're trying to. We're gonna be under 90 minutes. We're good. Yeah. Here we go. Breach. The Browns are really good.


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[Assistant] There you go. Alright, two more. Here we go. Breach, you're up. Cowboys are the best team in the NFC.


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[Assistant] Wins over Wilson, Princeton, you're up first. Do you agree with these, my top five QB ranking? Just from Sat, Sunday's Action.


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[Assistant] Yeah. So unfortunately, Jared Goff, he's always my number one, but he's on the list. All right. Uh, you tell me whether you like this or not and preach. Oh, number one. No, sorry. Number five. Number five. Jordan Love. Okay. Number four. T law. Trevor Lawrence. Number three. Justin Herbert. I thought he played well. How high are you going to have back? Number two. Brock Chuba Purdy and number one to a Tonga by Lola. Oh, uh, I would move Trevor


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[Assistant] I would actually throw Matthew Stafford at number three. He didn't have any touchdowns. I was thinking about that. Jimmy Garoppolo, Justin Herbert did lose. Jimmy Garoppolo's in the mix. All right.


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[Assistant] The minds to a Brock, Justin Herbert, Trevor Lawrence, Jordan Love. Those are my top five. Do you like that or do you want to mix it up?


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[Assistant] Kirby Cousins is his nemesis. We'll get to Kirby at some point this season, I'm sure.


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[Assistant] All right, Breach, thank you for agreeing with me. That means you win. Easy. Oh, crap!


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[Assistant] I just did it. Alright. Anything else, boys?


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[Assistant] I will say quickly before you go, Breach, our buddy Joe Musso's in the chat for reasons unknown and he did the hashtag better than the Giants. He's a Bears fan. So that tells you all you need to know about the current state of the Bears. Breach, go!


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[Assistant] San Francisco beat the Steelers, thank you there. Breach. And oh, fun fact, we'll be back next Sunday night.


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[Assistant] 168 hours from now, so check back then. In the meantime, you can check silent pick six podcasts.


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[Assistant] Uh, and Brinson will be back this week. Me and Breech will be back with Brinson on Tuesday. If you like the draft, you can watch me and Rick Spielman Tuesdays and Thursdays. With the first pick.


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[Assistant] Alright, thanks all who hung out with us. We'll see you guys in 168 hours approximately. See you later, boys. See ya!


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[Assistant] Same. I'm just, I'm just saying this, like, I hate, I didn't want to be, you know, John Q football guy, but, uh, man.


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[Assistant] The typical football guy, it doesn't matter. It was great. So I didn't want rain on nobody's parade. I just watched the game in silence.


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[Assistant] Their competitiveness and how they're built on both sides of the ball. They'll be better than what the record indicates and next year is going to be the year we talk about them as like potential division winners.


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[Assistant] Also for the Texans, Laramie Tunsell gonna be suspended for what? The first couple of games. So now you're out without your two book-in tackles starting your rookie quarterback. That's gonna be a good start.


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[Assistant] You know what's crazy? They're not beating the Colts. Why? Because the Colts are, one, going over this number. Two, winning the AFC South. Wow. It sounds crazy to you guys. Let me ramble off some names. Okay. Michael Pittman, excellent receiver, right? He is. Talk about Jonathan Taylor, a healthy Jonathan Taylor, a healthy and happy Jonathan Taylor.


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[Assistant] One of the best backs in the AFC South outside of Derek Heron. Maybe number two, I would entertain an argument if he's one or one or one B, whatever.


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[Assistant] Offensive line, Quentin Smith. Uh, Quentin Nelson, I'm sorry. Very good offensive lineman, right? Kelly, center. Very good center, right? Braden Smith. Very good right tackle.


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[Assistant] Then you look on defense, DeForez Bucknum, we still like him, right? Very good defensive lineman. You also have Sampson Abukom coming from the Rams. Good pass rusher. They get Shaq Leonard back at middle linebacker. In the secondary, they draft two outstanding players that we like as prospects. You're talking about Juju Brintz from Kansas State and also Darius Rush from, uh,


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[Assistant] South Carolina. You still have Kenny Moore, one of the best lot of defenders.


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[Assistant] Here in Indianapolis, one of Richardson's best traits that didn't get talked about enough.


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[Assistant] Um, during the draft process was his pocket presence. Throw the deep ball. And what happens when you run the football and people fear you for running the football, your play action passing game is going to be insane. And let's also add these two tight ends that people love to talk about as well.


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[Assistant] Moeli Cox who always finds the end zone and also Jelani Woods who's 6'15 and still growing. So here's the thing.


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[Assistant] They are better than what people think. Richardson will help lead this team through this season and to the playoffs. They win a division. They also get over six and a half wins.


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[Assistant] And they play inside. You play inside on turf with that much speed and explosiveness. Good luck.


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[Assistant] I don't think so. And for me, when people say we got Ryan Tannehill, that's like saying, you know, you wanted...


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[Assistant] You know, frosted flakes, but you got frosted chips instead.


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[Assistant] Exactly. It's just not the same. And so for me, I would stay away from the win total because this team to their credit, they are the junkyard dogs of.


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[Assistant] The, the AFC, they are the bad news bears. They're just going to be in a fight with you for 60 minutes and they can go either way. You don't want to play the Titans. This is a team that no one wants to play because they play a physical brand of football. You got to stop the run and also you got to defend upfront on the offensive line because they have good stout defensive players along that defensive front, but I'm going to attack.


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[Assistant] Their win total in the division. I'll go under three and a half there because they won't get swept. They'll beat everyone in this division because they play those type of games. Um, and not many people want to tackle, you know, Derrick Henry, so I don't blame him. So I look for them to win three games, maybe split with everybody. So I'll go under three and a half division wins for, for Tennessee.


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[Assistant] Oh, absolutely. Yeah. They won't sweep anybody, but they will definitely beat everybody.


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[Assistant] I'm going under. I feel like this is the division that's on the cusp.


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[Assistant] How the NFC West was. Remember at one point in time it was, you know, no one, only one team come out the West. It was just mediocre. And then Seattle got great. San Francisco got great. The Rams got great. The Cardinals got great. And it was like a dog fight. Like, man, you may get three teams out the West to go to the playoffs.


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[Assistant] I feel like the South is just on the cuffs here cause you got good young quarterbacks coming in.


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[Assistant] You still have some teams that can, that can win some ball games, like Tennessee, but you gotta be excited about the future of Jacksonville.


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[Assistant] Uh, with, with, you know, some of the injuries and you gotta still, they're thin. Cam Robinson, I feel like he's suspended for the first couple of games of the year.


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[Assistant] So now the rookie you drafted, you, you hope he's the guy because now you're pushing Walker Little to the left side and hoping your rookie Harrison can step in, uh, anti Harrison out of Oklahoma and hold down the right side, which you would love to have was Robinson on one side, Little, and then you work Harrison in.


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[Assistant] So with some O-line questions, and we also bring up Jacksonville and how they won some of those games last year. Jacksonville, the Giants, Minnesota, they were winning some wow games last year. And you're like, what the hell went on? And you know, how you.


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[Assistant] The Cowboys game where the ball bounces their way literally on that interception. So yes, they're good. I thought they were a year ahead of schedule last year. They'll be solid. They could push for the playoff spot this year, but I got them going nine and eight.


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[Assistant] Katie's starting, starting mess on online for the Jacksonville Jaguar fans.


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[Assistant] I like the Chiefs to win the division number one, but also I like them to go over four and a half wins in the division. I think only one team beats them this year once and that's going to be the Broncos. So I feel like when you look at the Chiefs.


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[Assistant] I got, I got a take about the Chargers, man. I really, I'm baffled by the...


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[Assistant] Top 5 Herbert talk. Like, this guy is a starter. They talk about he's first in yards, first in this, first in that. But they never bring up that he's first in pass attempts. You throw a lot, of course you're going to complete a lot. Of course you're going to have a lot of passing yards. And he's first in full quarter interceptions. That tells me when a game is on the line.


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[Assistant] Guess which way the ball is going. And I forgot, thinking about it, that he had that, what, 100 yard pick six last year. Shout out to the pick six pie. 100 yard pick six last year against the Chiefs.


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[Assistant] Man, fools go. So yes, I am going Chiefs to win, to go five and one in their division. You get plus money here. Um, so I'd like them to go over that number and get five.


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[Assistant] Absolutely not, man. He's going over this number and that's why I have them as well going over eight and a half.


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[Assistant] I mean, if you're the Broncos and you, you know, like, I don't know if Jerry Jones does this, but.


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[Assistant] It would be easy for Jerry Jones to offer up land to land coaches and pay your scouts to, um, Broncos have all that new fresh weed economy out there.


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[Assistant] People just couldn't wait to dump on Russell Wilson because they were wrong about Russell Wilson for all of those years in Seattle. Kept saying it was about the run game and defense. This team was 79 consistently.


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[Assistant] Prior to 2012, in 2012 with a rookie, they go what? To the playoffs. Why? Because they add a guy that can help them out in the passing game. Then next year they go to the Super Bowl and win it. Then the following year they go to the Super Bowl and lose it. So, Russell Wilson has always been an elite quarterback. Nathaniel Hackett.


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[Assistant] Wasn't the answer. We saw these dudes last year lose games, like with CFL scores, like four to one, right? Because they couldn't score. If they just averaged.


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[Assistant] 15 points a game offensively. They're going to win nine games. I think Sean Payton locks in with the future hall of fame quarterback and Russell Wilson. Keep in mind his defense is still going to be outstanding, especially in the secondary. They can get after the quarterback as well. The issue here with the Broncos, I worry about their run game.


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[Assistant] Who's going to be the running back that they can lean on? That's something I worry about. And guys are dropping like flies already at training camp. You can't have that.


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[Assistant] But I do think they can win nine games, so I got them going over eight and a half.


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[Assistant] Not necessarily, Katie. I would stay away from the over. Imma go exactly.


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[Assistant] Have a very underrated defense in terms of personnel. So obviously you gotta get guys on the same page to play up to that personnel.


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[Assistant] Uh, that you have on your roster. Offensively speaking, they have some really good receivers. I don't know why there's been talk of them moving off of Hunter Renfro. Like that would be the dumbest thing that they've done recently. You know what I'm saying? So like within the last month or so, cause they do dumb things recently all the time.


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[Assistant] I feel like losing Hunter Renfro when you have Devonte Adams, when you have...


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[Assistant] Uh, Michael Mayer, who you drafted out of Notre Dame, the number one tight end prospect, especially in line prospect. And you can make things right with Josh Jacobs. Like, what are you even doing? You got a stable quarterback in Jimmy G when he's out there. Now, granted, you don't know which games he's going to miss, but I feel like.


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[Assistant] When we talk about the NFL and teams being terrible and losing.


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[Assistant] The Bears last year had the number one overall pick and they had, what, three wins. And we remember vividly how many games they lost in the fourth quarter, right? So even though they had the first overall pick, they weren't as bad as that record indicated. I still feel like the Raiders could be a not good team.


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[Assistant] But still find a way to win seven games. I like to win exactly seven.


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[Assistant] Everybody falls in love with Beach Pod Stafford, right? Because, you know, that's exactly what he is. He's the West Coast Matthew Stafford when Stafford was in Detroit. He put up a lot of yards, but it's a lot of empty calories. He's the iceberg lettuce of quarterbacks. Good player, but it doesn't translate to on the field success. And before everyone in the comments or on social media,


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[Assistant] These are all excuses because Lamar Jackson went out there


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[Assistant] Me, Will and Katie in the slot and dragged us to the playoffs and won an MVP unanimously and didn't blow a 30 or 27 point lead in the playoffs. I'm just saying.


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[Assistant] Here's what I, here's the thing about the Chargers. They are a very good football team because Will touched on it. The roster is hard to beat garbage when your roster is excellent. These Zoos have legit.


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[Assistant] Talent. I actually gave them an A plus in their draft last year. And this past draft, because they drafted my number one linebacker, Deion Henley. They had my number one, uh,


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[Assistant] They got weapons. The problem for the Chargers, in my opinion, is the same reason that the Bills have issues. They can't close out games because they don't have a run game and that falls directly on the shoulders of an Austin Eckler. Now, if they lean more into Isaiah Spiller and let him be the pace setter and then you could throw Eckler in there to be Eckler,


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[Assistant] Then you have a problem, but I feel like with the, everyone else got better. The same reason I have for the Jets finishing under their nine and a half win total. I think nine is a number for the Chargers. Everyone else in the AFC got significantly better.


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[Assistant] But the Chargers have way too much talent. Yeah. Sometimes I don't know if I'm looking at the Chargers or the Lakers, what they bring out there at receiver. Cause all of these guys are six, four and up. They can go get the football. So he has weapons. He's always had weapons at receiver and at tight end. The Chargers can make things difficult for a lot of teams, but.


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[Assistant] The AFC also now can make things difficult for a lot of teams. I think we'll see a double-digit win team miss the playoffs in the AFC.


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[Assistant] You know, because that's how good they are. But I do like the Chargers roster. I think they are good.


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[Assistant] Nine and eight is a number, so definitely just pushing it close, going under nine and a half.


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[Assistant] Listen, I will say this to, to put a bow on my point. Uhm, if we named all these, these star players, at what point does it become an excuse, right? And, and I feel like also,


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[Assistant] They gon' blame somebody else, Will. They gon' find another scapegoat.


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[Assistant] I wish someone brings, bring me the analytics too.


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[Assistant] The Chargers injury issues, because that is a true fact and statement.


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[Assistant] To them playing indoors on turf as opposed to when they played at the Murph. Because I feel like that has been an issue for the Chargers. Outdoor grass is definitely the way to go.


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[Assistant] Welcome to the Pick Six Podcast. It's a super friends reunion, Breach. That's right. I'm Ryan Wilson. That's Jon Breach. You haven't seen us together in quite a while, but that's okay. Today.


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[Assistant] It's the latest edition of the Pick 6 All 32. Our look at every team around the NFL before the start of the regular season. And today we are talking Detroit Lions.


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[Assistant] And to help us with that, Noah Bianchi, The Lions beat reporter for the Detroit News, Michigan born and bred. Look, Noah, I know you're in the thick of things at training camp. I know it's hot apparently, but I want to start with the important stuff. So, uh, you tweeted the other day that you were thinking about catching the old, uh, angels tigers game on your day off.


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[Assistant] You decided not to, and oh Shohei Otani did what, all he did was pitch a one.


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[Assistant] One hit, shut out. And then in the second game of the doubleheader, hit two home runs. How are you feeling about those life choices?


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[Assistant] Breach, you're pretty good about taking advantage of sporting events that aren't football related in your spare time, aren't you?


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[Assistant] Alright, before we get into this thing, remember you can watch us on YouTube at NFL on CBS, subscribe to the old podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and leave a five star review if you're so inclined. And by the way, Breach, you know this, but no one may not.


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[Assistant] I do a little draft podcast of Rick Spielman with the first pick. You can check that out also at NFL on CBS and subscribe to that and do all those other things. All right, let's get to it. Let's do this. We got to start with Jared Goff, Nolan.


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[Assistant] Because I don't think anyone would have surmised a few years ago when he was traded from Sean McVeigh's offense to Detroit that things would turn out the way they did. And I don't even think it's much of an argument to say he outplayed Matthew Stafford last year and it wasn't even close. You could argue Matthew Stafford was injured. Get all that.


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[Assistant] But I think one of the takeaways is that, yeah, we know about Sean McVeigh, but Ben Johnson, the office coordinator has done a fantastic job and he's going to be head coach very soon.


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[Assistant] So I want to get your thoughts on Jared Goff number one. I think he's the best quarterback in the division.


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[Assistant] I think he might be one of the best quarterbacks in the NFC. And I, when I say might be one of the best, I mean, Billy's guy, Jalen Hurts is number one. And then after that, we've got to have a conversation. So where are you and Jerry Kauff and what are the expectations going into this season?


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[Assistant] Breach, let me ask you before you ask your question. Where would you rank Jared Goff in the NFC? And the candidates are Jalen Hurts, Kirk Cousins, Stack Prescott, Stafford, Derek Carr, and my guy Eugene Searle-Smith III.


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[Assistant] All right, no, let's take a quick break. And when we come back, we're going to talk about, um, maybe one of my favorite players on this entire roster. And he happens to be a rookie right after this.


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[Assistant] We talked about Jammo a little bit there. Do you call him Jammo or Jammo? I sort of like Jammo.


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[Assistant] But here's the thing. So you talked about Sam Laporte, the rookie and by the way, Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell and that front office and coaches have, they crushed the draft. I think in the moment.


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[Assistant] It felt like, okay, this is crazy. No one on planet earth saw them taking, uh, Jameer Gibbs 12th overall second running back after Bijan that high. Like some people thought he might be a late first round pick.


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[Assistant] Uh, but in retrospect, the sort of the more you thought about it, the more it made sense. And you talked about and Breach's question asked you about who might be number two after Amarade St. Brown. Well, uh, Jay Mo's doing the suspension there.


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[Assistant] Immediately came to mind my guy Jameer Gibbs. Like he could end up being that guy in much the same way Alvin Kamara was the second leading receiver on the team last year after Chris Olave in New Orleans because Mike Thomas wasn't healthy, right? And I feel like there could be a similar sort of evolution in Detroit.


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[Assistant] But with the understanding that when Williams comes back, he's going to be a hundred percent and he'll, he'll be rearing to go and he'll immediately be sort of a Devontae Smith type I feel like in that offense. What are the expectations for?


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[Assistant] What Jameer Gibbs brings and we talked to him at the combine and he said, I compare myself to Christian McCaffrey and I think that's pretty on point. McCaffrey might be a little bigger. I think he is, but in terms of the athleticism and the versatility, I think it makes that, that Ben Johnson offense even much more difficult to defend.


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[Assistant] Hey Breach, I was at the Alabama Pro Day and took to see Bryce, me and Rick were there and watching Jamir go through his running back workout.


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[Assistant] It was one of those things where like, okay, this, this is different to see in person. Uh, we hadn't yet gone to see


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[Assistant] Uhm, the Kentucky workout. They're running back there. Chris Rodriguez, uh, Chris Rodriguez was playing a different sport when you saw his workout compared to what Jemarie Gibbs did. And I think no one is running down Jemarie Gibbs in the open field. If that happens, uh, they will be wind assisted and perhaps rocket assisted because that guy is an absolute missile.


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[Assistant] You're our defensive guru. Let's do that. Yeah, so the defense.


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[Assistant] Aiden Hutchison, I thought had a great season. They drafted Kirby Joseph, who's going to be a help in the backfield in the secondary. This year they get Brian Branch, who I thought was a first round talent, who's going to contribute. I feel like immediately Jack Campbell's now going to pair with Malcolm Rodriguez. So what are the expectations for this team?


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[Assistant] On the defense side of the ball, we know what the offense can do. We know what Ben Johnson, Jared Crawford are going to do based on last season, but if this defense can come together.


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[Assistant] The team feels like to me it's going to win the division. Something can happen, we know. It's only July as we're doing this. But I think if the defense comes together, now we're talking about a legit run once you get to January.


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[Assistant] By the way, Noah, huge, what's the word, uh, dodged a bullet that he's healthy.


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[Assistant] Alright, Breach, why don't you ask your last question, then we'll go do some odd stuff, because that sort of goes into some questions I have.


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[Assistant] I didn't know if he was great in terms of X's and O's, but he was someone you would run through a wall for, and it feels like the team has sort of bought into that. And Billy, you're reading my mind here, so we're gonna go right to the odds. The Lions started 1-6 last year.


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[Assistant] They ripped off eight of their last ten to finish, uh, what's the math on that? Nine and eight.


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[Assistant] I know, I think everyone in that draft class, I think Kelby might be the, the, the top, longest odds to make the roster, but I think this draft class is so good that all those guys could end up being on the final 53 at some point. But in terms of the NFC North.


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[Assistant] Odds, if you're watching on YouTube, uh, Caesars has the Lions as a favorite, plus 120, all plus numbers, then it's the Vikings, Bears and Packers. I, I mean, if I'm the Packers, I'm, I'm embarrassed of the Bears ahead of me, but let me ask you, how good do you feel about the Lions chances of winning this division?


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[Assistant] Breach, are you in the Kirk Cousins bandwagon or are you buying in Dan Campbell & Company?


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, that's right. And there's a story that we'll tell you at some other point before Joe Burrow got there and the Steelers and the Bengals played in the playoffs, the Fontez perfect game.


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[Assistant] Uhm, that's a sad story if you're Breach, happy story if you're me Steelers fans, but those are bygone days. One last thing for you, Nolan, we're looking here at the 2023 Office of Rookie of the Year, uh, uh, Bijon's plus 300, he's at the top, which makes sense, followed by Bryce Young and CJ, also makes sense there, but then, sitting there,


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[Assistant] Again, I think if we have an Alan Kamara type breakout, and that's a huge ask, but I think he's not playing quarterback. He's playing a position where he'll get the ball early and often and he'll be on the field a lot. There's a chance for Jameer Gibbs to be a difference maker, I feel like.


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[Assistant] Nolan, Bianchi, Detroit News. Thank you so much for your time, man. I know you're incredibly busy. Thank you for putting on a clean shirt for us. I know it's a little steamy there.


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[Assistant] Uh, in Michigan. And remember, you can watch the Pixix Podcast on YouTube and NFL on CBS. Subscribe to the old podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts linked to the Five Star Review. Nolan, thanks again. Breech, good seeing you and we'll see you guys later. Cool. Thank you guys. Appreciate it.


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[Assistant] That's awesome. Um, it's a nice reminder that, uh, football's back. Couldn't be more exciting.


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[Assistant] I know dude, football's back. Uh, it happened very quickly.


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[Assistant] 2022 Jaguars might be the best example, Pete, of, with the 2022-2021, I guess, that coaching matters in the NFL.


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[Assistant] Uh, they went three and 14 with the worst record in football for the second straight year with Urban Meyer, as we've discussed on this podcast, in arguably the worst hire in professional football history. And then they fire off nine and eight last year with competent coaching. Um, it's gotta be the most stark contrast in terms of.


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[Assistant] You see that split there? And look, I, I love it. I mean, I, I'm, uh, for Thursday, I've got a,


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[Assistant] But 15 to 1 range, right? And it's like, with that schedule.


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[Assistant] And they looked like that, you know, it was like, well, this is a pretty disappointing team, even though Lawrence is playing okay. And then that resurgent second half of the season, like do you think there's any fool's gold there, uh, with this team?


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[Assistant] Well, and I think too, like, that's kind of the key is that if you tell me that a team has


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[Assistant] Christian Kirk is your one and Zay Jones is your two and then like a gadget guy like Jamal Agnew and then Evan Ingram at tight end. I'm like, all right, that's, oh, that's pretty, it's, it's fine. It's pretty good. But if you tell me Kirk's your two and Zay Jones is your three and all of a sudden like, and you've got Evan Ingram in there like that. I mean, the Jaguars are kind of stacked at pass catcher.


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[Assistant] All right, let's take a quick break and when we come back, we'll ask Pete about the Jaguars offensive line next. So can Rob suspended Pete?


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[Assistant] And that means Walker Little to the left side, Anton Harrison, the first round pick this year, uh, which is by the way, it's so weird seeing the Jaguars with not a top five pick. Like it's like two in like the last 10 years. Uh, but Harrison slots in, uh, on the right side, I would assume. Is this, is that a no like,


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[Assistant] Can Jag, can Jag, can the Jaguars feel okay? Can Jacksonville feel okay about Lawrence being protected behind that offensive line?


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[Assistant] All right, let's talk some gambling specifically Pete.


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[Assistant] Most regular season wins. This is one of the, so a little bit off the radar. I was actually, I thought the numbers would be better. Uh, Jaguars are 14 to one to have the most regular season wins this year. Any thoughts on that?


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[Assistant] They get the Titans, um, on at home November 19th and then, uh, at Tennessee final week of the season and week 18. So that could conceive more than likely Levis unless it's like, uh, unless the Titans are in the race for the division.


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[Assistant] I think I'd probably rather have Ridley than Hopkins just like straight up.


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[Assistant] ETN rushing yards total 925 and a half. Really 875 and a half by the way.


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[Assistant] Just popped it out there. And ETN's regular season touchdown over.