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NFL Week 3 Recap + CFL Rule Changes
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The Goal Post is back after an INSANE Week 3 in the NFL!
Damien and Patrick start off the show by talking about a Monday Night Football heavyweight match between the Lions and Ravens — safe to say the Lions are going to be just fine.
After that, they go game-by-game throughout the Week 3 slate, including crazy last-second finishes and some bad betting beats. They finish with another edition of the NFL 3 Stars of the Week - plus some honourable mentions.
After that, the Boys give out their Week 4 picks for the NFL picks battle, before discussing the huge breaking news from the CFL on Monday about upcoming rule changes. They finish the podcast with Week 17 picks for the CFL — They are 30-18 on the season.
Enjoy!
INTRO: 0:00 - 3:55
LIONS-RAVENS: 3:56 - 13:48
CHIEFS-GIANTS: 13:49 - 21:24
EAGLES-RAMS: 21:25 - 28:21
BUCCANEERS-JETS: 28:22 - 35:19
STEELERS-PATRIOTS: 35:20 - 41:51
CHARGERS-BRONCOS: 41:52 - 47:18
BEARS-COWBOYS: 47:19 - 53:01
QUICK HITS: 53:02 - 1:21:15
3 STARS OF THE WEEK: 1:21:16 - 1:25:01
NFL WEEK 4 PICKS: 1:25:02 - 1:31:22
CFL RULE CHANGES: 1:31:23 - 1:43:01
CFL WEEK 17 PICKS: 1:43:02 - 1:48:20
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Transcript
Thrilling NFL Week 3 Highlights
00:00:27
Speaker
All right, welcome back to another episode of The Goalpost, coming at you after an electric week three in the NFL, an electric Monday night football game, Patrick.
00:00:42
Speaker
Games like that are what you do it for in watching the NFL. Huge difference from the past couple primetime games we've seen. ah This one finally had us, you know, glued to the television from the opening kickoff all the way until the end. It was a nice change, man, it because, you know, even Sunday night, we're coming off the Chiefs-Giants.
00:01:05
Speaker
You know, you're hoping maybe the Giants could hang in that one and keep it entertaining, but no, we've... We've the whole week, really, you know, the Dolphins credit to them, tip of the cap. they They did as best as they could in that Thursday nighter, but we were due for a nice ah primetime game. And it was a perfect way to end week week three. And I mean, a lot of people were on the Ravens in this game. I was watching the the ESPN before.
00:01:29
Speaker
Clean sweep, all five of the analysts picking the Ravens. So the writing was on the wall for the Lions to pull this
Lions' Dominance Over Ravens
00:01:35
Speaker
one out. And that's exactly what they did. Yeah, all I could think about was the end of last episode and me being like, I looked at the Lions plus five and a half. Like, I really gave it a look. And then, of course, I didn't take it.
00:01:46
Speaker
This was the week of bad beats across the NFL, the week of special teams and defense. I would say nine special teams or defensive TDs on Sunday.
00:01:58
Speaker
I think it was something like first day in NFL history with two blocked field goals in the end of the fourth quarter. Some crazy, crazy things happened in this week, which was shaping up to be an awful week by all measures.
00:02:12
Speaker
I would say three hours into that Sunday, 1 p.m. slate, like it was looking like our quick hit section was going to be 10 games from this week. Yeah, at halftime, it felt like you know, three quarters of the games we're were done.
Unexpected NFL Week 3 Chaos
00:02:29
Speaker
The writing was on the wall. You know, it was, you knew what was going to happen. There was a couple games, you know, still within a score where you're thinking, okay, things can change here. We might have a nice finish, but in the games that we had the craziest finishes in, they kind of looked over at halftime, or at least the teams that were we're leading seemed to be in control of their own destiny.
00:02:49
Speaker
And then the second half happened in a lot of these games and it just, It flipped the week on its head. Like you said, the week of bad beats, the week of special teams, the week of just absolute chaos. It was that first, you know,
00:03:02
Speaker
I'm hoping you're up to stamina now, Damien, because if you're not by week three, this was the first week of the real chaos. The witching hour was in full swing in this one. And yeah, it was, there were some shocking results. There were some upsets. And then just overall, like, like you said, the, the bad beats, which, you know we'll eventually get to, I was on the wrong side of one.
00:03:21
Speaker
Um, yeah I think you were too. Yeah. We both were. So, you know, when we get to the pick segment, um there's going to asterisks on both of our records. I'll tell you that much. Definitely. This felt like a a sprinting workout for me to get back up at to speed. I think this was the week that did it.
Lions' Strategic Victory
00:03:38
Speaker
Again, still don't love. I hated how many games were going on in that 1 p.m. slate because it felt like chaos. And then The 4 p.m. slate was kind of a snoozer in comparison. Like it just felt like an adrenaline high that then you were coming down from and weren't quite ready to get back up to pace. But we will start out with that Monday night football game. Lions 38, Ravens 30.
00:04:01
Speaker
This was, hate to use the cliche, a heavyweight boxing match for the majority of this game. And this performance from the Lions was essentially everything we've come to know and love from the Dan Campbell Lions.
00:04:16
Speaker
You got Gibbs and Montgomery running for two touchdowns apiece. The Lions outrushed the Ravens 224 yards to 85 yards, and they sacked Lamar Jackson seven times, went three for three on fourth down.
00:04:31
Speaker
Like that is if you can paint a perfect Lions game. that's what it looks like. And going for it to seal the game. ah that Like you said, it was just perfect Lions. It was them at their best. It's it's what we've come to know from them.
00:04:44
Speaker
And yeah, I was sitting there when they when they're about to go for it. And I
Ravens' Defensive Struggles
00:04:50
Speaker
just, I wasn't surprised at all. And I was just like, this feels right. Like this is what they are. This is what they're going to do. And I guess their thought process, it makes sense if they don't get it You know, Baltimore's got midfield three timeouts, but they still need a touchdown, right? So it's the only way you lose the game is if they get the touchdown, convert a two pointer.
00:05:09
Speaker
and And I guess they just said, you know, we'll have enough time on the clock, even if they do go down and get that touchdown that we can go kick a game winning field goal. Didn't matter. They got the, the conversion that they needed on fourth and two, two and a half.
00:05:23
Speaker
um And it was just a professional game. And, you know, the Ben Johnson, Aaron Glenn, a lot of people were harping on that in the off season. Week one was a rough showing for the Lions against the Packers. They really didn't look ready to go on either side of the ball.
00:05:39
Speaker
You know, they smashed the Bears in week two. And we're thinking, all right, what is this team? Because at their best, they look amazing. And at their worst, they look not so good. I think the Lions are going to be okay because even the play calling that Alman Ra pitch out Jameer Gibbs touchdown, just some beautiful play calling offensively. The defense looked better. They look healthy right now.
00:06:00
Speaker
And it was like, it was a tight game, 38-30. But to me, it felt like the Lions were just slightly ahead this entire game. I don't know if you had that same feeling.
00:06:11
Speaker
Yeah. Well, even even when it looked like the Ravens were going to get momentum back, like you look at that, sequence right towards the end of the first half where the Ravens go for it right at the goal line. Henry gets stuffed twice. Then they strip Lamar on fourth down.
00:06:30
Speaker
It rolls back like 20 yards and then the Lions get the ball back. Ravens still come down with like a minute left and score a touchdown. So it seemed like it didn't matter. But that momentum swing just did nothing like it did not phase the Lions whatsoever.
00:06:45
Speaker
It feels like they've almost Pavlov themselves into fourth downs. Like when you see a fourth down on the clock, they know that they're going to get the fourth down and they know that they're going to go for it.
00:06:55
Speaker
They talked about that a bit on the broadcast last night, that confidence that they have in
Giants' Offensive Woes
00:06:59
Speaker
going for fourth downs. They just feel like they're going to get it every time. And you're right. It felt like the Lions were never out of control in this game, even when the Ravens came back in garbage time and scored that Mark Andrews touchdown. I personally wasn't really thinking that they were going to be able to come back.
00:07:15
Speaker
and And you look at that play. Aikman goes, well, Detroit's got big onions. And then and then Goff throws a perfect pass on fourth and two. probably his best pass of the night to Amon Ra to convert that down. And they just, they always looked in control of this game.
00:07:33
Speaker
And that is one of the best qualities of the Lions is that swag that they play with when they are humming on both offense and defense is infectious. And it feels like the whole team feels it top to bottom.
00:07:45
Speaker
Yeah, it was nice. And it was, you know, Amon Ra seals the deal with that catch on on a perfect throw from Goff. And it is just like and but it it just it was perfect for the Lions to pull that off. And then I also like flipping the switch.
00:08:00
Speaker
It's just this Baltimore defense so far this year has looked unrecognizable. You know, you've come to realize like Roquan Smith as ah top three, maybe maybe the best any given year, ah like off ball linebacker.
00:08:14
Speaker
making plays when he wants to rush the quarterback in coverage. He does it all. And he hasn't really been noticeable. And like the defensive line, like they did. Okay. Stopping the run in the first half. You were mentioning like, why is Detroit? Like Detroit was very set on. We are going to run the ball, even if it wasn't really working.
00:08:31
Speaker
And I guess it paid off because they grinded them down. David Montgomery broke that one massive rush. And it was just, you know, you're just jabbing. ji Like you said, ah the going back to reference of the boxing matches, you're jabbing, jabbing, jabbing. Then all you need is one shot to land, and it landed for the Lions. Like, not the most efficient game for Gibbs with 22 rushes for 67 yards, but it didn't matter because, you know, the complimentary piece in Montgomery finished with 12 for 151. And that's a pretty good rushing day.
00:09:00
Speaker
So, yeah, it was just the defense for Baltimore has been... shaky to start the year. And it's pretty surprising because Baltimore, while they do have these elite offensive you know pieces, has been built on defense, especially under Harbaugh as their head coach.
00:09:15
Speaker
So it's very surprising to see when they get into these massive games, like you know they played Buffalo, They get in a shootout and they are they're on the wrong end of a shootout. A little get-right game against the Browns.
00:09:26
Speaker
Back to another massive game against the Lions. You get into a shootout and you're once again on the wrong side of the shootout. And then you know they they got Baltimore's schedule. I don't know who did it. There's a couple like Kansas city has a really brutal one to start the year too, but you know, Kansas city and Baltimore, one of them is staring one and three in the face going into next week.
00:09:46
Speaker
That is going to be an electric game. Yeah. I think the stat is five out of the six teams that they play in the first six weeks made the playoffs last year. So it is, it is such an uphill grind for Baltimore.
00:09:58
Speaker
Marlon Humphreys was fighting for his life out
Chiefs' Unexciting Win Over Giants
00:10:01
Speaker
there. Like guys like Kyle Hamilton, you you didn't notice a lot unless he was doing something wrong. And you're right. It's those big pieces of this Ravens defense just don't seem to be hitting the same like they did last year.
00:10:14
Speaker
Derek Henry with another brutal fumble in a big moment. That is twice this year now. And it's just weird. There's something off about this Ravens team where i don't you can't quite put your finger on it, but they managed to find themselves on the wrong side of these games.
00:10:32
Speaker
Even dating back to last year, Mark Andrews with that drop, which God can the media not let him forget about that. They bring it up every Ravens game. Like every Ravens game I've watched, there has been a segment about Mark Andrews dropping that ball.
00:10:46
Speaker
And they brought it up after he caught a touchdown pass in this one. It's like, Hey, can we finally just put this to bed? Not only is it last season, but it's just, it's a new year for Baltimore. They want to forget about it. He's still making plays.
00:10:57
Speaker
Like he still looks good. You know, you've barely you like, it's just been him all year making plays, especially with the touchdown pass. You know, you barely hear about Isaiah likely this year. um And yeah, like the offense is weird. Derek Henry, you know,
00:11:12
Speaker
We've come to know him as the non, he just doesn't give up the ball, you know, two already this season in crucial games, you know, Zay Flowers with two receptions for 13 yards. He would, you just couldn't see him out there. He was like, he is their number one receiver by a wide margin, in my opinion.
00:11:28
Speaker
And he did nothing. He had no impact on this game. You mentioned it before Lamar getting sacked seven times is just something you don't see happen very often to him.
00:11:39
Speaker
And then, Yeah, it was just a very surprising game. And I mean, little side note here. That was a sketchy field goal. Yeah. Tyler Loop, I don't know how...
00:11:50
Speaker
even on the replays, like they're bringing in Russell York and he's like, yeah, guys, you know, it's got to catch the, it's got to be the whole ball has to be over the inside edge of the goalpost and they're showing the replay and it is just like, I don't know how they're so confident in calling that a field goal because all of all the angles I saw, there was none one where I left going.
00:12:12
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. That's that. I definitely got in, but I mean, it didn't have an impact on the game, thankfully, but I think we need, you know, they got the automat automated first down system now. Yeah. You got to have something like that with field goals here because the technology has got to be very similar.
00:12:26
Speaker
Yeah. The balls I think are already chipped. Like there's got to be a way to figure that out. Russell York is useless. Like out of, out of all the rules analysts, when I hear him talk, I just tune it out.
00:12:37
Speaker
Like he is, he brings nothing to a broadcast. Yeah. cause You know, at least you can laugh at guys like Dean Blandino. He, I find Dean doesn't take himself too seriously, which I really appreciate for the job he has. Um, what are the, uh, there's a couple other guys, the, um,
00:12:53
Speaker
Can't remember glass. It's okay. But yeah, Russell York on the Monday nighters, I feel like, because you got a nice, you know, dynamic between Buck and Aikman. And then whenever they have to bring in good old Russell over there, it's always just like,
00:13:05
Speaker
And I like how Troy kind of gives it back to him. I don't know, Russell. like I see it. And then Russell's like, yeah, but these are the rules. So yeah, the yeah. Last thing from this game. You know what I always notice is Troy Aikman has hands the size of 18 wheelers.
00:13:21
Speaker
Like they look like like Hulk hands when they cut to him on the broadcast. It's insane. It's the the size comparisons between the play-by-play and the color ah analysts this year have been amazing. JJ Watt, Ian Eagle, you know Buck and Aikman have always kind of been funny in that sense. So yeah, they we're getting a lot of like visual memes coming from the booth this year. Torrico and Collinsworth too. Sneaky, sneaky size difference there, um which they called the Sunday night game between the Chiefs and the Giants. Chiefs 22, Giants 9.
00:13:54
Speaker
Chiefs avoid 0-3. This game stunk. There's no other way to put it. um yeah It's just, Chiefs games are not fun to watch anymore, which is something that we're so not used to with watching the Chiefs. They're just not entertaining, which...
00:14:12
Speaker
They have all the signs of a banged up ah offense. Like the offense is just so odd to watch. He got, you know, Bouchard Smith got involved. Nico Remigio got involved.
00:14:22
Speaker
there They have to get these rookies involved. I think Mahomes, it was like he completed passes to seven different teammates. Taequann Thornton's good, but just something is so odd about watching this, this offense go to work.
00:14:36
Speaker
Mahomes is rushing all the time. I know that'll change when they get healthier, but for right now, these are brutal games. Like even a look ahead, like I love the Ravens in that spot against the chiefs.
00:14:49
Speaker
Yeah, no, the, the chiefs, you know, love them or hate them. Probably the most polarizing team over the past five years or so. Even at their heyday, if you hated them, they at least gave you very entertaining games to watch.
00:15:02
Speaker
And the the visual product was amazing. When they were always in prime time, it felt like they always delivered. And you're just not getting that now. And maybe, maybe it was because they were playing the Giants in this one.
00:15:14
Speaker
And, you know, the Giants just couldn't fight back. But to me, it was just... the The Chiefs were just kind of lethargic out there. you know They had a couple big plays, but you know they get like a 50-yard-plus pass interference that results in a touchdown. Taequann Thornton had a couple nice plays as well.
00:15:31
Speaker
But other than that, they they just lack explosion. They lack just fun plays. Remember when they used to be doing like Ring Around the Rosie in the huddles and stuff against the Raiders? Like there's none of that. The creativity seems to be evaporated out of this team.
00:15:46
Speaker
You know, we get that. I feel like we get it every single year, sometimes twice a year. The fact that it had happened in week three, I think is very concerning for the Chiefs. The the Kelsey, Andy Reid, little physical altercation that happens every year.
00:16:00
Speaker
If that's coming in week three against the New York Giants, you might have some problems. But like you said, there the Chiefs have the trump card in the sense that there's a light at the end of the tunnel, right? x Xavier Worthy will eventually come back. Rasheed Rice, you know, after week six, will be back as well.
00:16:15
Speaker
Two explosive players to help their offense. So if they can kind of weather the storm, you know, it's tough though, because i I already mentioned like they're staring one and three in the face going up against the Ravens next week.
00:16:28
Speaker
yeah and And you got two teams in your division. I mean, the Broncos are one and two, but they still look ah like a good football team. And then that you got the Chargers at three and oh, so that division, it's not going to get away from them quickly.
00:16:41
Speaker
But if, you know, they just keep continue to lack offense and aren't, you know, willing to just This is a weird game, 22 to nine, but it felt like yeah like the Giants kind of had some late chances to to get some points on the board and it just never happened. But the Chiefs are lacking that explosiveness that we've come to know from them.
00:17:00
Speaker
Yeah, like the big the big change in this game was Mahomes protection in the first half. He literally could not breathe. This Giants D line is so good and they were pressuring him.
00:17:12
Speaker
No joke. Every single snap, like every snap, he was having a quarter of a second to look down the field before three guys were on him. And he took two sacks for 23 yards. Second half, he didn't get sacked at all. That was like the big switch in this game was that they adjusted to what this defense was bringing them off the line.
00:17:31
Speaker
But for the Giants, like that is quite literally all they have right now is that defensive line because... The secondary got exposed in this game like even on that 50 yard pass interference you pulling his shoulder like they gave the the refs the chance to give them that call you didn't have to do that the ball was way over his head.
00:17:52
Speaker
and And it just kind of broke apart because when your defense can only do that for so long. And when the offense looks like this, they're eventually going to run out of gas. And the heat is only going to build on Brian Dable and Russell Wilson. We got the rusty booze.
00:18:08
Speaker
It was raining booze down. you You called your shot that this that the game against the Cowboys was the rusty one-off game. They have to play the chargers next week, and then they get the saints and then they get the Eagles. So they could be staring at one in five very, very quickly.
00:18:25
Speaker
And ah fans are already chanting. We want dart. All the attention is going to be on Dable and Wilson. The more that they lose Malik neighbors had no receptions through three quarters. Like this team's a bit of a mess.
00:18:42
Speaker
what the Giants are. It's what we've come to know them to be. And i personally, i think, you know, Jackson Dart, you traded up to get him.
00:18:53
Speaker
And I just don't think there's going to be a reward in letting him just get crushed this season. Because I don't see how Jackson Dart is going to change this Giants team into being some sort of, you know, playoff threat or a team that can, you know, I don't know. I just don't see the useless. I think he can learn better ah sitting, watching.
00:19:15
Speaker
To me, the move is to put Jamison. And, you know, there's a quick little fun jolt of energy. Maybe you put them in against the Saints. Like you said, yeah you have one more to Russ, a little farewell tour for him.
00:19:26
Speaker
And then it's just Jameis and let Jameis throw Malik neighbors will stay happy with Jameis at quarterback. ah You know, Wandale Robinson will probably get a lot more looks and, you know, they probably won't be good, but they might be able to.
00:19:38
Speaker
put up points and be fun and get more of the team that you saw against the Cowboys. But to me, Jackson Dart, like I get it. The fans, you know, you trade up, you got this guy first round pick for your starter, actually, too, in college.
00:19:51
Speaker
I just don't see it. And i the worst thing to happen for a quarterback is to lose that confidence and you start getting the yips and you start you know overthinking the game. Well, as suppose you know you just stay on the sideline, you watch, you learn. You have two veteran quarterbacks. like Russell Wilson is over the hill in his playing, but he's a very smart quarterback. He's won a Super Bowl in this league. You can learn a lot from a guy like that.
00:20:14
Speaker
So as long as Russ is willing to know help and you know guide a rookie along, I think Dart can learn a lot on the sidelines as opposed to just getting thrown into the fire, into what has already been described as a mess by many. And I just don't see what good is going to come from that.
00:20:30
Speaker
Well, I think you you know you can... save Russell a bit and take some heat off of him and just let Jameis, you know, have some fun. You get some good quotes, you know, you're going to put on more points, more passing yards, more interceptions as well. And you'll probably still win and lose the same amount of games you would with Russell Wilson at quarterback.
00:20:47
Speaker
Yeah. I don't hate that. I think that that it's too much of the fan sentiment jumping in there. You obviously want to start the guy that you drafted and got, went up to get, but yeah, you're right. I don't see that really, really changing this team. Like,
00:21:02
Speaker
You could point to Jane Daniels, but I just think that's a different situation. um And yeah, it's it's no good. Neighbors had never finished with less than four receptions in a game in his entire NFL career, and he had two in that game. So tough sledding for the Giants.
00:21:19
Speaker
We'll move to the Sunday, the earlier Sunday slate now. um With our first bad beat of the day, Eagles 33, Rams 26. RIP Rams plus three and a half bettors. Patrick being one of them.
00:21:33
Speaker
You've got to start from the back to the front in this game. insane field goal block and return by Jordan Davis. This was obviously the story of the game. There was no need for him to run that ball back, man. Like there was, there was absolutely no need. In fact, you probably shouldn't in case you get stripped and the Rams get the ball back.
00:21:55
Speaker
How did no one catch a 300-pound-plus man? How did nobody catch it? Well, actually, I got beef with Josh Carty first. He was on that ball. He was on it, and he just literally he just let Jalen Carter take it from him.
00:22:08
Speaker
I wanted a review down by contact. He had possession of the football. It was disgusting. and you know To me, the worst part was I wasn't confident that he was going to hit it. He had missed a field goal prior in the fourth quarter, so I knew that he was...
00:22:22
Speaker
yeah know I was not confident that he was going to hit the kick. Never in a million years was it in the back of my mind that this is going to get blocked and taken to the house by Jordan Davis of all people on that team.
00:22:35
Speaker
And the worst part about this one was you know the Eagles go up 7-0. And then after that, The Rams plus three and a half was never a sweat. It was never in doubt. You were just in a comfortable spot the whole game.
00:22:48
Speaker
Never used the lock. Never said guarantee. Never never even said like was like, yeah, this one's in the bank. But I'm just watching. I go, I'm comfortable this whole game. Rams have a kick to go win outright.
00:23:00
Speaker
And, uh, yeah. And then disaster happens. And I, I was stunned, you know, loss of words. It was just so frustrating to watch it happen. It felt like he ran really fast, probably as fast as a man that size can run.
00:23:14
Speaker
But to me, that that unfolded so slowly, and it was kind of just disgusting. And we talk about the Steelers' Black Magic last year a lot. Saw a little bit of that from them you know this week.
00:23:27
Speaker
The Eagles got to be number one Black Magic team. Go on right now. Yeah, 19-1 over their last 20 games, including the playoffs. That's the best 20-game stretch in franchise history.
00:23:40
Speaker
Something's going on with the Eagles. Again, this is the same thing we talked about last week. You can point to all you want about the Eagles. They're still three and oh, felt like the the first half was a low point for this Eagles team. They they had 33 yards, including minus one yards passing.
00:23:58
Speaker
And then something happened going into the second half. Hertz threw for 204 yards and three touchdowns in the second half alone. A.J. Brown was electric, finished with six catches for 109 yards and a touchdown.
00:24:11
Speaker
Devontae Smith woke up eight catches, 60 yards, the go ahead touchdown. ah right in the last like two minutes. And I think that what was interesting about this game is that the field goal block is obviously the story of the game, but an equally important story is that after the Rams went up 26 to seven early in the third quarter, they never scored again.
00:24:34
Speaker
LA was right there. They had the game in their hands. But then did these kind of games show that they are not quite in the conversation for best in the NFC yet because that can't happen. It's similar to the Broncos against the Colts, their offense just withering away and doing nothing in the second half last week.
00:24:52
Speaker
You can't not score any points for basically the second half against an Eagles team and expect to win. Yeah, I was going to bring up the Broncos-Colts game as well. like Everyone's going to look to one thing at the end of the game.
00:25:05
Speaker
Last week, it was you know the 15-yard penalty after missed field goal. This week, it's the blocked field goal return for a kick. Look back to the, like I mentioned before, there was an earlier missed kick from Cardi.
00:25:16
Speaker
You didn't score any points being up 26-7 like you just mentioned. And then it's like, yeah, of course, a team like the Eagles who have won a Super Bowl know what it takes to win games and are not going to roll over.
00:25:28
Speaker
Of course, they're going to come back and show fight like that. They don't, they will not quit. I think, you know, Kevin Petulo finally realized that man, maybe I should use the weapons on the outside. Because Jalen Hurts, like he was taking heat. He was taking a lot of heat.
00:25:43
Speaker
I think Jalen Hurts is a fine throwing quarterback. And, you know, credit to him. He's a selfless guy. Will do whatever it takes to win a football game, even if that means hand it off 20, 30 times.
00:25:54
Speaker
Credit to him. He had to go out there and throw the ball in the second half, and he did. And he found his guys, and he got it going. and ah you know Eagles fans are being like, oh, he was screaming at Petulo.
00:26:05
Speaker
Jalen Hurts kind of became like the offensive coordinator. it's like I don't know if it was that or just the game called for them to throw the ball more, and that's exactly what they did. But the Rams, God, this got be demoralizing.
00:26:18
Speaker
Yeah. You almost had them in the playoffs last year. You had them in this game. Like there's no world where the Rams probably should not have been on the winning side of this game yet. They found ways to lose.
00:26:29
Speaker
And it's just, like you said, like if you want to become the best team in the NFC, you're going to have to beat the Eagles. You're going to have to find a way to win these tight games and not be the team that makes mistakes down the stretch.
00:26:40
Speaker
And I mean, i wouldn't say they really made mistakes in the playoff game last year, but you let Saquon run for over 200 yards and a couple touchdowns. And this one, you know, special teams kind of fails you at the end.
00:26:51
Speaker
Your ah offense goes silent in the fourth quarter and you're looking at yourself being like, Like you can convince yourself that you're in in the same tier, but at the same time, until you beat them, I still feel like you're like half a tier below kind of with the Lions. Like the Eagles, like you said, what, 19 and one. i think they're seventeen they've won 17 of the last games Jalen Hurts has started and finished.
00:27:13
Speaker
Like they are the best team in the NFC and probably the best team in the NFL until proven otherwise, in my opinion. yeah Yeah, this is like the power rankings argument. It's like you start the year at first if you win the Super Bowl. And until proven otherwise, you are still that best team. This Rams ah offense, like, don't know, we talked about it not being balanced last week. This felt similar where they finally get the run game going.
00:27:37
Speaker
Kyron Williams had 94 yards on 20 carries, two receptions for 18 yards and a touchdown. Blake Corum gets 53 yards on eight carries. And then they have 196 passing yards. Puka Nakua, 11 catches for 112 yards. he's He's likely going to lead the league in probably both receptions and yards.
00:27:58
Speaker
But they they got to find an even ground for this team to really win. And I don't know. It just seems like one thing or another for this Rams offense. You're right. It's got to be demoralizing for them. And look, they'll be in the mix. This isn't writing out the Rams in any sense of the word, but,
00:28:16
Speaker
When it comes to playoff time, that's going to linger in the back of your mind, especially if you face this Eagles team again. um We'll move to the second bad beat. They both happened essentially right at the same time.
00:28:28
Speaker
Buccaneers 29, Jets 27, RIP Bucs 6.5 bettors, which was myself. six and a half better which was myself They led this game 23 to six entering the fourth quarter.
00:28:40
Speaker
The defense was humming. Jamal Dean gets a pick six. Antoine Winfield forces a fumble. They had four sacks. The offense was humming like it. This was a game where this should not have even been close.
00:28:54
Speaker
And the Jets managed to completely erase a 17 point deficit and go up on a blocked field goal. Will McDonald jumps over the center blocks a 43 yard attempt and then returns it 50 yards for a touchdown.
00:29:11
Speaker
They go up by a point with a minute 49 remaining. And it was just the classic cliche. You left Baker too much time on the clock. I had no doubt that the Bucks were going to win that game, but I almost wanted them to lose it with how bad that cover be or how bad that beat was.
00:29:30
Speaker
Yeah. If you're not going to cover, you might as well lose. Yeah. I, I, I share that same sentiment and in a lot of, a lot of, uh, situations. Yeah. 21, uh, fourth quarter points for the jets in this one, just something that, you know, the box who I guess like you're, you're three and Oh, like you now have super bowl aspirations. You're, you're a team. You're your, you know everyone's in their prime. Like this is your core.
00:29:53
Speaker
And, you're giving up 21 fourth quarter points to the jets. Like you said, you found a way to win. So don't apologize for it. But like this team is just so banged up.
00:30:04
Speaker
And like, I think it was all five of their, um, starting offensive linemen in this game. We're not playing their natural positions. Like, They're banged up team, so it is kind of, in a way, a nice win to have.
00:30:16
Speaker
But I mean, you were in control of this game from the start. It was one of those games where we mentioned at the start, you see it at halftime, you go, okay, this one's in the bag. Similar to the Rams-Eagles, though, I thought that one was over at half. And then starts happening slowly. It's like one touchdown.
00:30:31
Speaker
Okay. Then the box punt again. And then it's like, okay, the jets just get another touchdown. And it just so slowly starts happening where it's always because the offense disappears in these games and you know, the defense, maybe they get too comfortable, whatever it is, the play calling gets conservative.
00:30:46
Speaker
And it's just the, the lead just slowly evaporates until it's like, Oh my God, we have to go out and we're losing. Now we have to go find a way to win this game. And thankfully Baker, who is, Quickly becoming one of the more clutch quarterbacks we have in the NFL. Couple couple fourth quarter comebacks. Winning drives already this season.
00:31:04
Speaker
ah He does it again in this one. Chase McLaughlin makes the game winning 36 yarder. And I mean the Aaron Glenn celebration there. God, that age too well. You can't do it. There was over, what, like a minute 30, I think, would it happen? If there was 36 seconds, I would have no problem with it. To me, it felt very college-esque. That's something you see a college coach do, and I get it. Aaron Glenn, was you know he's a player's coach. He was excited. He was thinking, I'm on the brink of my first career head coaching win.
00:31:35
Speaker
And yeah, it just kind of fell on his face. thanks for the Thanks for the laughs though. I will enjoy that video. It will live on for a while. But yeah, this is one where... Fourth quarter, especially you burn the game tape if you're the box and just say, hey, we're a banged up team and we will not apologize for finding a way to win this game.
00:31:54
Speaker
Yeah, the offensive line it breaking down. it was very apparent in this game. The box had eight penalties with three and a half minutes left in the first quarter. They finished with 14 penalties. This was flags everywhere throughout this game.
00:32:11
Speaker
And I think the Bucks are another black magic team like to have. three comeback wins. They became the first team in the Super Bowl era. That's since 1966 to win in the final minute of the fourth quarter in each of its first three games. They're now off to their best start in 20 years.
00:32:31
Speaker
There's something in the air in Tampa. A lot of that has to do with Baker Mayfield and a lot of that has to do with the Mecca Buka. He is on his way to winning an offensive rookie of the year.
00:32:43
Speaker
Shout out me for making that pick in our preseason preview. um But he he was incredible in this game. That should have been a catch on that last drive, I thought. And another thing i I found in this game, Sterling Shepard is a wonderful addition to this receiving core.
00:32:58
Speaker
Yeah, and it's going to be a shame when like Godwin and McMillan come back. I don't know. You almost have too many receivers on this team. lot of couple, maybe some trade candidates down the stretch here. But yeah, it is a deep, deep receiving room, man, because you know Mike Evans goes out of this game with you know only four catches, 33 yards, has the touchdown, which is nice. But Agbuka has been their focal point this season. Sterling Shepard, that's his second you know big game, we'll call it.
00:33:23
Speaker
And it's it's nice to see these guys step up for the Bucs. The one like critique for me ah offensively for the Bucs is you got to know when Bucky doesn't have it kind of thing. like they were really you know i That's why going back to that Detroit game, I think they did a really good job of that. They realized Montgomery was just having a little bit more success on the ground. They changed it up in the second half and it paid off for them.
00:33:45
Speaker
25 rushes for 66 yards and... and He doesn't like Rashad White. I'm not saying he's a better running back, but he's a, he's a change of pace. It's something different. And one thing that I certainly know Rashad White is better at than Bucky Irving is run blocking or, and pass blocking. Like just protection ah is the name of the game for Rashad White. And when your offensive line is so banged up, you think you might want to get your, your pass blocking running back in there, especially on like the third and the obvious passing now is third and medium third and long.
00:34:16
Speaker
they kind of weren't really doing that. and And it was kind of surprised me. Bucky Irving's kind of getting run over a bit. Baker Mayfield, you know, is almost like finished with 44 rushing yards on four attempts. It's the lead rusher.
00:34:30
Speaker
Well, no, no. Bucky had like 66, but he was averaging two and a half yards per carry. It was just the efficiency was not there for the bucks offensively. And I think maybe that was because they get the, this big lead, they go into the fourth quarter and,
00:34:46
Speaker
whoever's calling the plays is just going, yeah, we'll just run it. We'll just find a way to run this clock out, but you're only running it like you're just three and out, three and out, three and out. And you're just giving the Jets time to get back in this game. And they did.
00:34:57
Speaker
And shout out Tyrod Taylor, pretty solid game as a backup. But to me, this one, the Bucs kind of, You have two running backs and I think you got to use a buck. You should be getting more carries. I'm not saying, you know, it's like an even split, but use the two running backs that you have, especially in situations that maybe call for someone else to be in that spot.
00:35:17
Speaker
Yeah, I totally agree. um Moving to an interesting, interesting game for yourself. Steelers 21, Patriots This felt like a classic Steelers game, especially one of the last few years where as soon as the defense finally figures it out, the offense has an incredibly weird day. 14 points scored off of five takeaways. The Steelers defense forced six turnovers, including a fumble on back to back third quarter drives, a sack fumble,
00:35:52
Speaker
Turnover on downs on two Patriots fourth quarter drives. They intercepted May. The Patriots had four lost fumbles. And still, the Steelers scored 21 points. this This one was odd, Patrick.
00:36:07
Speaker
this This is the black magic, man. This this was a game where... it it started off actually like, you know, okay. Like Steelers kind of go down. They get an early touchdown shadow. Kenneth gain. Well, a lot of boy.
00:36:20
Speaker
and then they go up and then, In the second quarter, they get an early touchdown. DK Metcalf gets a touch. And it's like, okay, 14-0. Maybe the offense and defense are going to click. you know Maybe they'll just have an easy, nice watch. like that That'd be nice because that never happens for the Steelers. And it did not happen in this one either.
00:36:38
Speaker
ah The Patriots kind of chip away with the late ah touchdown at the end of the second quarter. and Sorry, like about halfway through and then near the end of the second quarter. This is where the game just kind of flipped on its head.
00:36:50
Speaker
ah the The possible Drake made concussion. Not going to throw out any. That was sketchy. Don't get me revved up right now, Patrick. i will i'll do i'll I'll do it for you. He smacks his head on the ground.
00:37:03
Speaker
Smacked it on the ground. Grabs his head after it. He grabs his head. Gets up there. The first pass he throws, it was like, whoa. but that That was not good. And then the next one, I know it was tipped, but that play was never there.
00:37:17
Speaker
And it probably wouldn't have resulted in an interception if it wasn't tipped, but it was a horrible throw. It should have never been passed there. Ends up getting intercepted. They lose out on points. And it's just like, imagine if yeah I'll do it for you. Imagine if that was Tua.
00:37:31
Speaker
Imagine the reaction by the NFL of all these people being like, they they would have to, they would make him leave the game on a stretcher if that was Tua. They didn't. Drake May goes in there and it was just a fumble fest. And I was texting our good friend, Jake Schultz.
00:37:47
Speaker
big Patriots fan. I'm texting him in the second half. You're being like, neither of these teams want to win this game. And he's, and he's saying, I'm crazy. Patriots are dominating. They're so much better. They want to win this game. I go, Jake, at this time it was only four turnovers.
00:38:02
Speaker
Go, Jake, you're turning the ball over four times. You want to win this game less than the Steelers do. And then something at some point I just go, the Steelers are going to win this game. Like they always find a way to win these stupid games and they're always getting the turnover luck.
00:38:15
Speaker
They're always winning the defensive battle. And should they have won this game? Probably not. Were they outplayed? Probably. i oh I'll grab the total yards here for you, but it couldn't have been pretty. Yeah, it was 369 to 203. So, ah I mean, hey, total yards. Don't don't tell the whole story. Nice of the defense to actually like show up.
00:38:36
Speaker
It's just what they have been, been but don't break kind of thing. That's what they've been the past couple of years. ah But yeah, it was nice to see the defense click a little bit. And ah just find a ways to get touchdowns when when needed in this one. and And don't apologize for this win because looking at that division now, you know you're you're you're in it. You're in the fight. And I just would like the offensive line to just figure it out a little bit more. And then we can start talking bigger plans. But the offensive line is a bad, bad situation.
00:39:09
Speaker
bad spot right now it's not good yeah yeah he's getting pressured a lot rogers getting pressured a ton they had 31 yards in the second and third quarter after 102 in the first quarter kind of like squandered three takeaways um Back to the Drake May thing. I found that was even more insane because Drake May has a history of concussions. He got concussed last season. and So it's not like this guy's never been through that.
00:39:33
Speaker
and know where the spotters are on that play. Again, where are the think pieces about Drake May? And yeah, this was a game where like Stevenson gets fumble or gets benched after his second fumble.
00:39:46
Speaker
A lot of Patriots fans are pointing to the guy. i forget the exact number that Travion Henderson didn't fumble in like 700 touches at Ohio State. Like if you want a guy who is consistently holding on to the football, I think it's time to probably turn to Travion Henderson.
00:40:03
Speaker
Gibson had a fumble in this one too. Like, This Patriots ah offense is just so topsy-turvy where one week they seem to look great. The next week they look horrible.
00:40:14
Speaker
that They just shot themselves in the foot a million times in this game. And against a team and against a coach like Mike Tomlin, you're probably going to lose if that happens. Yeah, the Patriots lost this game. Steelers didn't really win it. ah They just found a way to outlast them.
00:40:29
Speaker
It's tough though, man, because based on preseason, like Travion looked very, very good. He looked like he was going to take the starting job pretty quickly. Regular season starts. He hasn't looked that great and he kind of hasn't, you know, made that.
00:40:45
Speaker
He hasn't taken the job, and he's had many opportunities too. i think that's why you saw a lot more of like Antonio Gibson in this game and Vrabel's kind of defending Ramondre Stevenson bit, which I'm kind of surprised by because going back to last year, he had fumble issues.
00:41:00
Speaker
This game, fumble, especially like where he fumbled the ball to. The one was on like the six-inch line, fumbles it. They did two on the Patriots two-yard line, two fumbles. Yeah, it it was it was just the timing of some of these fumbles was terrible by them.
00:41:15
Speaker
So it's it's going to be an interesting dynamic going forward, but Travion did lead the team in touches in this one. 11 carries for 28 yards. That's not... On a Steelers defense that...
00:41:28
Speaker
has been vulnerable to getting the ball ran against them this year. And it it was just not great. And I just don't know, but Ramondre only finished with four carries in this game. So they kind of clearly sent a message in this one, but it's going to be, I think it's just an open job race. I think all three of them are going to opportunity kind of take it down the stretch here.
00:41:49
Speaker
Open tryouts for the Patriots running back position. um We'll move to the AFC West where the Chargers find a way to move to three and oh, The Broncos have now given up back-to-back blown leads.
00:42:02
Speaker
l LA remains undefeated. This could be taken either way, but I think l LA winning this game when Justin Herbert was pressured 29 times and sacked five times is insanely impressive and a good sign about this team. The line will get better, and if your offense can still manufacture a win against a defense like the Broncos, your team's in a good spot.
00:42:28
Speaker
Najee Harris going out for the season with a torn Achilles sucks. Omari and Hampton was great in this game. 19 carries for 70 yards, touchdown, six receptions for 59 yards. He had a huge 23 yard run on that game tying TD drive for Keenan Allen.
00:42:44
Speaker
I just think this was one of those games where good teams find a way to win games like this. And that to me proves that this Chargers team is legitimately good. This Chargers team is, is certainly good.
00:42:56
Speaker
It's a, to me, it's, To me, though, they should I haven't i don't haven't looked at the lines. They should absolutely be the favorite to win this division right now. And like they seem to just not be able to do any wrong.
00:43:08
Speaker
Even when the game's not really going for them, they find a way to so keep it in but well within distance. Herbert gets it going when he needs to. Omari and Hampton, nice to see a rookie running back in this league step up this season.
00:43:20
Speaker
ah he He had a huge performance. Moment of silence for my boy Najee. Sad. Very sad. Herbert acted like he... That play was pretty funny. It was Najee goes down.
00:43:33
Speaker
It definitely wasn't supposed to be play action, I think. age just The little hop, skip, and a jump over Najee just dead on the field makes the first down pass to Quinton Johnson. Herbert has entered another level where it feels like Bo Nix has stayed stagnant or maybe taken a little bit of a...
00:43:51
Speaker
a step back in his career progression. That'll happen. Like he's still a young quarterback in this league and hes he's not horrible, but it was clear that these two quarterbacks in this game, like that's what I took away from it.
00:44:01
Speaker
It was the better quarterback of the better team won this game, mainly because of his play down the stretch, fourth quarter. ah Bo Nix is just, He's got to find that next level to his game still early in the season, still can. And I think Sean Payton will kind of tap into it a bit.
00:44:17
Speaker
But to me, this was a ah really good football game decided by the better quarterback. Yeah, totally agree. And I think that part of that might be that ah penalties, I think, are becoming a bad pattern for the Broncos here. Ten penalties for 90 yards in this one. They managed just nine first downs, two of 13 on third down conversions.
00:44:38
Speaker
The offense looked like they figured it out until they didn't like they had three scoring plays in three minutes or or just under four minutes to end the second quarter and start the third quarter to go up 1710. Like they had 52 yard touchdown pass to Cortland Sutton at the end of the first half.
00:44:55
Speaker
They drive and get a Dobbins touchdown at the start of the third quarter, recover a fumble and kick a field goal. And then similar to last week, the offense just disappeared to end the game. And then the the better offense just found a way to win this. The the turning point was Broncos are up 20 to 13.
00:45:13
Speaker
It's third and 10 at the l LA 24 yard line. Herbert gets an 11 yarder to Keenan Allen for the first down. Hufuanga body slams Keenan Allen to the turf, gets a personal foul, goes to the 50-yard line after that.
00:45:29
Speaker
Chargers tied the game four plays later. Then the Chargers drive down the field for the winning field goal on their next possession. You get that crazy scramble from Justin Herbert to hit Keenan Allen in the end zone. like That was the turning point in this game. You had them pinned. You had a good offense, seeming like they had nothing left in this game.
00:45:48
Speaker
You let them back in, and they win. Who could have expected a Sean Payton led team to be undisciplined? that's That's just who could have imagined that, but it's clearly taken apart and they've been on the wrong side of two close games.
00:46:01
Speaker
And a lot of it is like you said, because of penalties and just stupid decisions where, you know, you want to you want to slam a guy on the ground. You want to try and be a hero and jump over the center and block the kick.
00:46:12
Speaker
You know, you can't do either of those and you do it in bad spots and it comes back to kick you. Um, it, Going back to Chargers, like 3-0, great start.
00:46:23
Speaker
There are three divisional wins. Like that's yeah quick. they They can't finish worse than 500 in a tight division. That is a nice start to the year. I don't know how schedule makers allow three straight division games to start a year. That seems crazy to me, but credit to the Chargers.
00:46:39
Speaker
They were up for the the battle and they finally ah found a way to win three huge games and like power rankings kind of stuff. They are top three in the AFC. No problem for me right now. They look like a very strong football team.
00:46:53
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. There's no other way to put it. And you're right. Winning three divisional games. It's like the the inverse of the 49ers last year where all they could do was lose divisional games and they get the Giants next week.
00:47:06
Speaker
Then they go commanders dolphins. So it's like they they are in the driver's seat to be leading the AFC after six weeks, seven weeks. um We'll move to the last game before the quick hit section here.
00:47:19
Speaker
And it is Bears 31 Cowboys 14. I would like to go on record and say I'm an idiot. um I loudly proclaimed I was taking the cheese on a clear rat line and got burned.
00:47:32
Speaker
think that that Dolphins rat line the week before scared me off, but this was stupid. Turns out Caleb Williams just needed a taste of playing against a Matt Eberflus defense. 19 for 28, just under 300 yards passing, four touchdowns.
00:47:48
Speaker
The Bears offense just had this game plan figured out down to a T. Caleb threw for 250 yards in the first half alone. The fact that they manufactured that Cole Komet touchdown drive in an under a two minute drill to finish the first half, I think really put the writing on the wall that they were going to win this game.
00:48:08
Speaker
And then they opened the third quarter with a 19 play drive that eats up 10 minutes of clock and scores another touchdown. They, they were all over this Cowboys defense, which is stinky.
00:48:21
Speaker
This Cowboys defense sucks. Okay. You and I might be able to get in there and throw for 150 yards. just Just never played football. you know never like Well, you know except for the grade eight flag football team at St. Brendan's. But i think we could get in there and just throw for 150, hand the ball off a couple times and give our team a chance to win against the Cowboys defense. I really do. They made Russell Wilson look like he was 10 years ago, Russ.
00:48:48
Speaker
Caleb Williams, get right game. yeah This is... It's a serious problem. And it some a lot of people are going to look at Micah Parsons not being there and be like, that is the reason.
00:49:00
Speaker
It doesn't help, but I mean, that is not the sole reason. There is many, many problems on this team. You know, Trayvon Diggs is getting cooked on the outside. And like they aren't getting pressure on the quarterback either. You know, Micah Parsons, whatever. I don't think one guy would have saved them this game, but it was just really bad on the defensive side of the ball. And then on the offensive side, you have CeeDee Lamb go out early. He's going to miss a couple of weeks.
00:49:26
Speaker
And it just felt like they were, well, Dak specifically was looking at a guy like George Pickens, like, Hey, can you step up for me and be that guy? he He had the touchdown catch, which is nice. Classic, the one-handed catch.
00:49:38
Speaker
and But he's also throwing tantrums on the sideline early in this game, throwing his helmet around. So it ended up being Jake Ferguson to be the guy for them. But it was just not a pretty effort on either side of the ball for the Cowboys. And it just leaves you wondering, like,
00:49:52
Speaker
You know, you you found a way to win a greasy one against the Giants and you looked okay in week one against the the Eagles. I thought that that was a decent effort, but it it just looks like they're slowly getting worse after week, especially on the defense side of the ball.
00:50:06
Speaker
And it feels like they are going to be in a shootout every single week. And Dak is going to have to be perfect for this team to win football games. Yeah. And I got some stats to back that up in the season opening loss to the Eagles. They gave up one pass play for 25 yards or more.
00:50:22
Speaker
In their past two games, they have given up 12, seven last week, five against Chicago, and they have five touchdown passes allowed of 25 yards or more. That leads the NFL.
00:50:36
Speaker
Now they got to go play the Packers on Sunday night football and The Packers are looking for a bounce back game. Everything about this Dallas season super quickly looks like it's heading in a huge downhill trajectory.
00:50:51
Speaker
You're right. They can't pressure the quarterback, that but that's not the only thing. They always give up the big play. They can't get a stop when it matters. it It is they they took the crown from the Dolphins for the worst defense in the NFL this week, I think. And that is saying a lot like you're getting you're getting flea flicker plays ran on you.
00:51:11
Speaker
Caleb Williams is launching fucking 90 yard passes down the field. Luther Burden first 100 yard game. Yeah, like everything about this game was just the Cowboys defense being awful and the Bears getting a get right game. Who would have seen that coming?
00:51:26
Speaker
Shocking. Like I could see the Bears winning this game yeah before, but I would have said it would have been like twenty four twenty three Like a game that comes down to the end. You know, caleb but is fine, but not great. Like he's got an interception, maybe two touchdown passes, 250.
00:51:42
Speaker
But he was amazing in this game. Maybe this will give him the confidence going forward. That was also maybe the worst flea flick. Like when the pass back to the quarterback, I don't know if that's the, that's gotta be the flick.
00:51:53
Speaker
ah Actually, the pass... I don't know the the dynamics behind the flea flicker, but the pass back to the quarterback, that thing was just was just tossed in the air. it was It was in the air for way too long. Caleb, rocket arm, still got it, was able to get it down there.
00:52:09
Speaker
And yeah, this is... Cowboys, Ravens. I would have had the Steelers in this category before last week. And yeah, maybe the Dolphins. like These three teams serious, serious defensive problems.
00:52:23
Speaker
And you know one of them specifically is Super Bowl aspirations. And I think if you ask Jerry Jones, the Cowboys have at least... uh, playoff expectations. And I think there is zero chance that this team is making the playoffs based on three weeks. Did you see him come out and say they aren't doing a, uh, a like tribute for Mika Parsons because it wouldn't be appropriate.
00:52:44
Speaker
That yeah would not be appropriate, Jerry. I don't know. He's such a... It's just such a funny way to put that. Would not be appropriate. Micah Parsons was a massive problem to this team. It's just be, you know, read the room, guys. Read the room. This is not cool.
00:53:00
Speaker
ah We'll move to the quick hits section now, starting with what was one of the crazy games um from the one o'clock slate. Browns 13, Packers 10, RIP...
00:53:14
Speaker
Survivor leagues everywhere. Patrick got out on this one too. What an upset this one. Part of it was that the Browns found a run game in this one, but the big part of it was that this Browns defense is good.
00:53:27
Speaker
Like it is, it is maybe a top two, maybe not two defensive unit in this entire league, especially against the run. Like they, they just stopped the run. No team has actually been able to run successfully against them this season.
00:53:40
Speaker
And yeah, it's, it's a team that has had a great defense for a while now, especially since miles Garrett has been there. Denzel Ward, like Grant Delpit, they have like a nice core group of guys out there that can stop games and help win games. The issue is their offense has just been a horrible when the entire time that their defense has been good.
00:54:01
Speaker
And somehow, some way the defense willed this team to a win today. It was the turning point was that interception by Jordan love. um Well, I mean, they They weren't getting points the entire game.
00:54:14
Speaker
The Browns were just staying in it. And then Jordan Love was the one who made the mistake in this game. And then after that, it was just all over. Another late block field goal. ah And Joe Flacco did enough to get them into field goal territory.
00:54:26
Speaker
I thought it would have been the most Browns thing ever to just miss that field goal. And then they lose in overtime. Or not get the spike off. and Exactly. yeah Yeah. They fumble it and it goes back the other way and they lose on a touchdown.
00:54:38
Speaker
but they found a way they won this game. Quinch on Judkins, you know, maybe they have a running back there. He was great in this one, but yeah, it was, uh, kind of just like, uh, unexplainable loss for the Packers. Like, I don't know really what you say. You burn the tape and you kind of get back. And like you said, you go against the Cowboys in a get right game, maybe, but, um, just, just a shocking result in this one.
00:55:00
Speaker
Well, the deep, like the offense first, you don't score a touchdown until three 23 left in the third quarter. that' That's one thing. Then you turn the ball over late in the fourth quarter with a terrible interception by Jordan Love.
00:55:14
Speaker
And then even on the drive that put them in position to score a go ahead field goal that was blocked with 20 with 27 seconds left, their best play in that drive was a 20 yard pass interference penalty like that was not great signs for the offense.
00:55:31
Speaker
Plus, the Packers lost two starting offensive linemen, Zach, Tom, goes out after one play. And then Aaron Banks was out after the first half. So, I mean, the Packers is classic NFL. After two weeks, you're like, all right, Packers are winning the Super Bowl. And then all of a sudden you realize, wow, there's actually some pretty good players in this league. And even the worst teams can win on any given Sunday.
00:55:54
Speaker
And all of a sudden the Packers look human and they look like a team that can just be beat. Yeah, it's, ah you know, I'm not going to, take anything away from the Packers. I think these games happen in the NFL. Like you said, if this becomes a trend going forward, that's when I'll start being worried. But as of right now, I still have the Packers as one of the best teams in the NFC and a serious Super Bowl threat.
00:56:15
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Understandably so. um Next game, 49 or 16 Cardinals, 15. This was part of that sleepy, sleepy four o'clock slate in on Sunday.
00:56:27
Speaker
Quiet is three, know, in the league for San Fran. they, Lost another star. It seems like it's been five years in a row now. Now Nick Bosa out with an ACL for the year.
00:56:39
Speaker
They had given up the lead on a fourth quarter safety. They're now relying on Mac Jones in a new kicker to maintain a perfect start to the season. And that's what they did. Mac Jones and Eddie Pinero.
00:56:52
Speaker
delivered. john Mac Jones had 146 left to play and completed five passes for 60 yards to get them in position for that winning kick. Pinero scores the winning kick after a a whole game of trading just a pair of field goals in the first three quarters.
00:57:09
Speaker
Then they each got quick touchdowns. This game was very sleepy and the and the biggest thing to take from it was one, Nick Bosa is now out. Two, the 49ers are somehow still undefeated and three,
00:57:21
Speaker
Arizona now is without James Connor and finds a way to lose these games, I think. And for Marvin Harrison Jr. might stink. Oh, um man. Yeah.
00:57:31
Speaker
Not a good drop by Marv. ah He's just had a rough start to his career. still young, might have a chance, but I mean, the the tape and everything has not been pretty for him. Yeah, this was an absolute field goal fest, especially in the first three quarters.
00:57:45
Speaker
I feel like whoever won this game was going to be the sneakiest, you know, three and oh, and this one, like even if the Cardinals found a way to win it, it'd been like, oh, wow, Cardinals three and oh, they did not. I think this is a better team found a way to win this game.
00:57:58
Speaker
The 49ers are a team that just does win that do win these games. And I mean, Mac Jones is Mac Jones is going to earn himself a job from these couple of starts. Like i can name five teams in the league, at least right now, that would be a better, that would be better off of Mac Jones or this addition of Mac Jones as their quarterback than what they have as their current option. But,
00:58:21
Speaker
Yeah, I think they're just kind of... They're doing more than treading water, though, without Brock Purdy. And I think we said after week one when he did have that injury, it was like, okay, you guys just have to find a way to 500, keep the team in the mix, and then go from there when Brock comes back.
00:58:36
Speaker
Well, they're going to be in a more than fine spot when Brock Purdy comes back. It's kind of weird because think the initial timeline was like two to five weeks, two to six weeks for Brock, and...
00:58:49
Speaker
You know, the 49ers, maybe it's all strategy and, you know, they're just trying to get some mind games, but they were not like they were. They were threatening that Brock was going to play in this game pretty much right up until Sunday. Teams can't like fall for that stuff, right? Like maybe next week we can start about him coming back. But there was no way that Brock Purdy was playing in this game.
00:59:08
Speaker
No, yeah that's a classic fucking head fake by the 49ers. And yeah, you're right. yeah We said they had to to tread water. They're going to do more than that. I still think that this could, I don't know. To me, it's just, I still have Mac Jones PTSD where like this could flip in an instant, but I think Mac Jones is so primed to be one of those guys who ends up having like a 16 year NFL career and, and is a backup on 20 different teams and,
00:59:35
Speaker
ends up making you look at his career earnings and it's like 120 million dollars so yeah no that he he he fits the billing for that like a jacoby brissette he's just like a guy who's like oh he's still in the league like and then it's like week 10 it's like oh yep mac jones takes over the team and he and he leads them to a a four and three record down the stretch and they sneak into the seven spot in the afc wow yeah it's like mac jones is on the texans now whoa um, ja which is where we'll go next. Jaguars 17 Texans, 10 hand up trust tree.
01:00:05
Speaker
I did not watch this game a ton. I caught probably in total, maybe one quarter of it. Brian Thomas jr. i I am going to go out on a limb and say that this will be the game where he gets his groove back because despite having a disaster, 55 minutes of this game where he had three drops, including one on third down in the fourth quarter,
01:00:28
Speaker
He gets the huge 46-yard catch and run to set up what would be Travis Etienne's game-winning touchdown. He goes to the sideline. He's like whipping his helmet off. like It just felt like he kind of burned a demon there in that one play.
01:00:44
Speaker
He had one catch for nine yards until that play. And it feels like that actually might be the straw that breaks the camel's back and gets him back on track. And then this Jags defense is low-key...
01:00:56
Speaker
Very nice. Nine takeaways in three games. It's kind of becoming like their MO. I think it matched their total takeaways for all of last season. They're intercepting teams like this might be the MO of the Jags moving forward is that their defense is sneaky, sneaky good.
01:01:14
Speaker
Yeah. And I think on the other side of the ball, Texans have to move into our not fun category. This team is the most boring team in the league. They are now averaging 12.7 points per game through three weeks in the NFL.
01:01:29
Speaker
ah This game was horrible. Every time you thought the Texans were going to go down there and get a touchdown and and or even just get a field goal and put some points on the board, Stroud would turn it over.
01:01:39
Speaker
and And it would just be a bad, bad plays. It was just bad from the Texans. You're right, though. Maybe I should be giving more credit to the Jags and their defense. But to me, the sample size is starting to become big enough to look at the Texans and just say, I know the offensive line is bad, but you can only use that excuse for long enough, man, because teams find a way to patch things up.
01:02:01
Speaker
You know, they find a way to get the protection better and, so you know, game plan around a bad offensive line. They have been ah unable to do that. Like I said before, 12.7 points ah per game through three weeks. And it just seems like it's not going to get fixed. I mean, k Christian Kirk kind of returned in this game. He only finished with 25 receptions.
01:02:21
Speaker
Nico Collins had a good day. Like he's going to be good. I'm not worried about him, but just the offense as a whole feels like they kind of got a running back committee going to it's a weird situation in Houston. And now they're all in three.
01:02:32
Speaker
Yeah, it's they're a mess. Actually, we should. Maybe we'll do it after the quick hits. We'll update the fun and not fun chart for everybody um because it is is becoming increasingly clear that the Texans might be the least fun team in the entire league.
01:02:46
Speaker
um But moving to another three and o team, this one not sneaky at all. The Colts beat the Titans forty one to twenty And this the only way is nasty like that is that is the only way to describe it They're one of four teams to not commit a turnover yet.
01:03:08
Speaker
Danny Dimes is spreading the ball around like Jonathan Taylor is so nasty. Like he he could be on our three stars probably every week. We'll get to that later.
01:03:19
Speaker
um ninth career rushing yard of 40 plus yards. He has five explosive runs this year, which is 12 yards or longer. Finishes with 17 carries, 102 rushing yards, three rushing touchdowns.
01:03:33
Speaker
This team is just good. Like it is, they they top to bottom. The roster is good. Remember in our NFL preview when we were talking about like, man, like the Colts made a lot of roster but moves, especially on defense where they brought in really good guys. Like this roster seems good, but we were all hinging it on whether the quarterback play could be good, and it is.
01:03:54
Speaker
They're a good team. They're going to be in the driver's seat to win a weak division, so you can already start thinking about playoffs with this team. I don't know what their like full ceiling is. I would like to see them play. like I guess they play the Broncos, who I believe are a playoff-caliber team as well. They found a way to win that game.
01:04:10
Speaker
ah But yeah, this is a game where... I thought about taking the Titans, you know, plus the points. It's one of those games where it's like, okay, can, can, you know, you're not as good as you look at your best. And you, one of those ones where it's like, is this going to be, they come back and they kind of meet in the middle a little bit and know that the Colts beat a team and destroyed them, a team that they should be destroying. If the Colts want to be where they, you know, where they look to be right now at three O.
01:04:35
Speaker
Titans are going to be a bit of a bottom feeder all year. Rough game. First, like, bad game for Cam Ward, getting sacked four times. i You know, Callahan probably wants to protect him a little bit more.
01:04:45
Speaker
Pick six in the first drive. Yeah, it was just not a good game for Cam Ward. ah But no, that the Colts are... a very strong team right now. they They have the confidence. They're playing nice, you know, we'll call it ethical football. Like they're not turning it over. Like you said, they're making the right plays.
01:05:01
Speaker
And then they kind of have their first real test of the year ah going on the road next week to l LA. That's going to be like, a i guess both teams, like where, where are we at here? Like the Rams come out and kind of,
01:05:14
Speaker
just beat them. out I think this spread is three and a half, maybe four. And it's like, if they come out and they win this game, I'll be, you know, a lot higher on the Rams after a loss like that. And then the Colts find a way to win this game.
01:05:26
Speaker
I will be very, very impressed. And it's going to be one of those, like put put some respect on their name going forward. I'm not disrespecting them, but it's also just like, you've handled your schedule right now. I want to see a real test and see if you can handle that.
01:05:38
Speaker
Yeah, totally agree. And we now move to our Brian Callahan segment of the week. It feels like, The end of the first half sequence, they have a third and two run that gets stopped short.
01:05:50
Speaker
The Colts call a timeout. So Brian Callahan seems to be wildly unsure of whether he should go for it or kick a field goal. Finally settles on a 57 yard field goal, delay a game penalty because they took so long to make the decision, gets pushed back to 62 yards, kick misses, Colts get the ball, kick a field goal for three before half.
01:06:12
Speaker
Like it is... There was fire Callahan chance. It is a mess, dude. Yeah. I think I said last week he has a free pass. Yeah. that he's He is squandering. He is squandering a free pass. And that's really impressive. Like that's hard to do.
01:06:27
Speaker
And yeah he yeah, he is joining McDaniel quickly, really quickly. Yeah, 23 penalties were the most entering week three. They had eight more this week. That is just the MO of this Titans team is that they commit a ton of penalties.
01:06:45
Speaker
It's just becoming like the second you start hearing fire Callahan chants is like, OK, that leash just got shortened by an insane amount. Yeah. cause like you're, you're not a good team. No one's expecting the Titans to be a good team, but then you're making it worse, right? If you're a bad team and then you're also making these mistakes that are super controllable, you're making bad coaching decisions.
01:07:04
Speaker
Like that's the recipe for it's early. Don't say it. Don't say it. It's the recipe for just having to getting the first overall pick, but possibly in, in really bad fashion.
01:07:16
Speaker
Yep, absolutely. We'll move to another blowout. This one stunning Panthers 30 Falcons zero. This should be an absolute wake up call for the Falcons.
01:07:27
Speaker
And I think we need to have a players only meeting as Falcons fifth as a Falcons podcast, because this was a mess. Like they got kicking problems.
01:07:39
Speaker
Parker Romo misses two field goals. They've scored just one touchdown in the last two games. Penix has his worst outing yet in the NFL receivers are dropping passes.
01:07:50
Speaker
B. John Robinson couldn't get the run game going because they were behind so early that the stat was that they, he's never won a game. Penix has never won a game where his defense gives up more than seven points. Like they got some problems.
01:08:04
Speaker
Uh, this is really bad, really bad from the Falcons. I I'm, I'm speechless. Like the, these are our guys, And they just let us down, you know, whoever we pick, it feels like they let us down.
01:08:16
Speaker
Um, I don't even have like, to me, I don't have much to say about the Panthers. Like, congrats. You guys went out there. um Tep McMillan is going to be a threat for Agbuka for rookie of the year. I think it's ah quickly early in the season becoming a two horse race.
01:08:31
Speaker
ah So we'll see what happens there. ah But yeah, to me, the Falcons, this is all about them. They had no passing game in this one at all whatsoever.
Panthers' Defensive Improvement
01:08:39
Speaker
Some of it. Yes. Some drop passes as well. You know, you bring in Kirk Cousins late just, just to throw the cherry on top and get that quarterback controversy going again.
01:08:49
Speaker
It's, it's a mess, man. i don't know what to do. It's, The only bright side is you you tell yourself it's early in the season. If you're going to problems, it might as well be early. You got plenty of time to fix it.
01:09:01
Speaker
But these are that was really most shocking result in a very shocking day of football. Yes, which is really saying something like yeah this game should have never been up there for that.
01:09:12
Speaker
30 to nothing. so nothing When do you see scores like that in the NFL? Make it 30 to 10. You know what I Just throw some windows, like to do something, get a late touchdown, show some fight. 30 to nothing is disgusting and it shouldn't happen to an NFL team.
01:09:29
Speaker
It really shouldn't. I think the the takeaway for the Panthers, one is, is you're right, Tett McMillan for Offensive Rookie of the Year, and they no longer have the worst defense in the league. It's not even close to that. Like,
01:09:40
Speaker
Smith Wade has the pick six. Mike Jackson had pick. Christian Roseboom was everywhere. Like they, they have a defense here, which I think will go a long way to helping Bryce Young play efficient football. Like he, he wasn't blowing the doors off you in this game, but he just played good.
01:09:58
Speaker
Like, and that will win the Panthers some games this year. Like you compare the Titans and the Panthers. These two teams seem miles apart. Yeah, Panthers are, you know, they only have one win, but eye test wise, they seem to be taking the steps forward that you want. You know, Bryce Young is looking more comfortable every game. It feels like there's ah there's just encouraging signs going on in Carolina.
01:10:23
Speaker
Might not always show up on the wins wins and losses sheet, but like you you weren't expecting to make the playoffs this year. I don't think you really even want to. think it's just take a couple more steps, maybe get like the 9th or 10th overall pick in the draft this year, and then maybe next year we can kind of get ahead of ourselves and start thinking maybe you sneak into a wildcard
Commanders' Depth Shines
01:10:42
Speaker
spot.
01:10:42
Speaker
Yeah, um we'll move to Commanders 41, Raiders 24. No Daniels, no Eckler, no problem. 174 yards on the ground in the first half alone. This was like a by committee backfield. Jeremy McNichols looked great. Mariota was running everywhere. Rodriguez, Jr. Krosky Merritt.
01:11:01
Speaker
Deebo Samuel was running. Mariota had the most cartoonish fumble in this game running up the field, which was really good. But yeah, like Washington just made it happen. Like McNichols, 60 yard touchdown run.
01:11:17
Speaker
56 yard pass McLaurin, which should have been a touchdown that sets up the Krosky Merritt touchdown, 90 yard punt return by Jalen Lane. Dan Quinn gets smoked in the face before halftime. He should have been in concussion protocol.
01:11:31
Speaker
This game was just funny. This game was funny and it kind of had the writing on the wall, right? Like Mariota game. You don't need, nobody knows that we're getting from Mariota. He's actually been a solid backup option when he has been called upon in this league.
01:11:44
Speaker
and credit to him for always being ready. But yeah, it once like the Dan Quinn's just bleeding out of his face, run absolutely destroyed. that's that's a i was encouraged by the reaction of the Commanders players on the sideline.
01:11:59
Speaker
That's a very good sign for them going forward. But yeah, nice a nice game for the Commanders to win with the backup quarterback. Other side of the ball, this was the Raiders team that I faded in week one.
01:12:10
Speaker
this This is the Raiders team where I'm thinking... Yeah, maybe, maybe Gino's done. ja ge Old Gino's so back. And then it's got me thinking, you know, oh, is Pete Carroll over the hill too? Is he getting a little older? Maybe these moves weren't the best for this team going forward.
01:12:27
Speaker
um But I don't know. that It was just another Gino running around. No one takes a sack in the league better than Gino Smith. Sacked five times in this one. Trey Tucker had a really great game. He's going to be like the the sexy fantasy option this week. Everyone's going to get their waiver claims in for him.
01:12:43
Speaker
ah Three touchdowns, 145 yards, eight receptions. Just a great game for him. and But the Raiders
Trey Tucker's Breakout Performance
01:12:51
Speaker
stink. That's what I think. I think the Raiders are a bad football team.
01:12:54
Speaker
Yeah, it's Trey Tucker, first of all, is he's now tied for first in the NFL in touchdowns. He got four touchdowns. He had five career touchdowns before this year. in 2023 2024 combined, he is sneaky going to be one of those guys that just breaks out. And then by next year, he's like a household name for being a top receiver or one of the top receivers in the league.
01:13:19
Speaker
He's awesome. um Ashton Gentry, 63 yards on 17 carries. I got to find the stat here. He has 144 rushing yards in the season. He rushing yards after contact.
01:13:33
Speaker
He's at 101% of his yards are after contact. Yeah, and that's why that's why i'm actually like I'm not against Ashton Jensie. I just don't didn't think he was going into the right fit, the right system. It was just nothing about the Raiders seemed to be like, oh, this is going to be a huge running team going forward.
01:13:50
Speaker
Your offensive line kind of stinks, just as my boy Geno there getting sacked five times every single week. It's so bad. And yeah, they can't really run the ball. And then they have to just kind of rely on like you know a guy like Trey Tucker stepping up and getting these touchdowns.
01:14:06
Speaker
It's, it's an an ugly, it's an ugly week for the Raiders. And I just think like, where was this team in week one? I should have, I should have another win in my, in my picks, but yeah, they've kind of come back to life rather quickly after that win against the Patriots.
01:14:19
Speaker
That they have the last two games here were the biggest blowouts of the entire
Vikings' Major Victory
01:14:24
Speaker
day. Vikings 48, Bengals 10, Vikings crush the Bengals. Their most lopsided victory since 1998. Highest score since 2015.
01:14:35
Speaker
Isaiah Rogers being the story in this one. A Derek Sluka-esque game. Pick six for 87 yards. Fumble recovery touchdown for 66 yards.
01:14:47
Speaker
He had two forced fumbles. He earned the greatest score from PFF in their history with 99.9 grade from this game.
01:14:57
Speaker
Also had two passes defended, three tackles. like This is one of the better defensive performances I've ever seen, I think. Yeah, Isaiah Rogers stole the show from ah Carson Wentz, but deservedly so. It was... it was like him alone would have won this game.
01:15:14
Speaker
Isaiah Rogers could have beat the Bengals in this game based off points scored. ah But yeah, Carson Wentz was also really good, really efficient, ah smart football, didn't turn it over, ah found a way to get two touchdowns in the air.
01:15:27
Speaker
And then, you know Jordan Mason is, it feels like, you know, without Aaron Jones, this running game isn't really going to skip a beat. You know, like Jordan Mason is still a good enough option. We saw that last year in San Francisco.
01:15:38
Speaker
He's picked up where he left off. And then on the other side of the ball for running, Chase Brown is maybe this is his sophomore slump. Like this has not been a good not been a good start to the year.
01:15:50
Speaker
ah And, you know, everyone's going to be quick to point to the offensive line issues for the Bengals. But I mean, you know, Samarja Piran gets in there, four carries for 21 yards. ah Brooks gets in there, five carries, 17 yards.
01:16:02
Speaker
Chase Brown, 10 carries for three yards. Not good. know, it's just not good when your're your bat your second and third string running back are having more success on the ground than then you. And like, I don't know.
01:16:17
Speaker
Needs some Advil. Yes, yes, he does need some Advil. And he just, he hasn't looked anywhere close to the guy that we saw last year. And maybe that was, maybe there was the game, like you're just down and it was just, it is what it is. And it was a lost game.
01:16:29
Speaker
But yeah, this was a really, really bad game for the Bengals all al together. Yeah, they had 53 yards on 21 rushes, giving them 147 yards on 61 attempts through three games.
01:16:42
Speaker
They lost three of their five fumbles. The Bengals did four first half turnovers. Vikings scored 24 points off those turnovers. Brian Flores, man, he continues to just do diabolical stuff every week. I saw a video on Twitter where he They go from having an all out blitz look to then switching to a man coverage look to then dropping back to a Tampa two to then switching it one more time before the snap of the ball.
01:17:12
Speaker
And Jake Browning gets sacked so badly on the play. That just seems to be every week with this Vikings defense is Brian Flores playing with professional athletes for fun.
01:17:23
Speaker
And it's this Vikings defense is so awesome. Yeah. And yeah I mean, he must've been licking his lips going against Jake Browning. He probably had that like game plan set for Joe Burrow.
01:17:35
Speaker
And he just goes, I ain't changing any of it. You're yeah Jake Brandon. Welcome to the league. Well, no, welcome to the league. Welcome to like my defense. Like you're going to get a full, I'm not taking it easy on you.
01:17:45
Speaker
You're going to have to suffer this week. And that's exactly what happened. This game was over so quickly. And, um, just rough. Don't really know what, what, what Cincinnati is right now going forward with Browning for at least, you know, three months going forward. It could be a rough, uh, could be a rough couple months for them.
01:18:04
Speaker
They just based on this one. Like I know the Vikings are a half decent team, but backup quarterback in there and you are out there losing by 38 points. That that's just something that can't happen.
01:18:15
Speaker
Should it never cut me. He's still coming back with that. Um, last game, Seahawks 44, Saints 13. This is what I like to call the look back at it and wonder why the hell i did I not take the Seahawks by six and a half points in this game?
01:18:32
Speaker
One of those 20-20 vision in hindsight spreads. This one was over before it pretty much even started. The Seahawks went up 21-0 in the first quarter alone.
01:18:43
Speaker
Torrey Horton returns a punt 95 yards. to go up 28 to three blocked punt also set up the first of two touchdowns by Kenneth Walker.
Seahawks' True Capabilities?
01:18:54
Speaker
JSN has like a flu game. They said he was questionable with an illness before the game had five catches for 96 yards and a touchdown.
01:19:02
Speaker
He's now second in the NFL for yards right behind Puka Nakua, 29 catches 323 yards. twenty nine catches for three hundred and twenty three yards yeah the I still can't get a read on the Seahawks. That's my problem with this game is that that was what we were talking about last week is like, I don't know if this team is actually good or not.
01:19:19
Speaker
Seems like their special teams are good, but it's the Saints. You can't get a read about anything. Yeah, Saints. And then they kind of beat a really bad Steelers defense as well. ah But like they're. They're going to be, I think they're going be there. I think they're going to be in contention. I think a possible division winner possible. I think that the, ah the NFC West is possibly the most up for grabs division we have going right now.
01:19:43
Speaker
Uh, you know, like the Seahawks are two in one and are last in the division. So I think that's going to be the division to watch doubt going forward because every team seems to be solid and no team is going to be, is also running away with it on paper. Maybe the 49ers, you know, continue to rip off wins and I'm looking like an idiot in a couple of weeks. But to me, this is going to be a wide open division. Seattle just handling business here. Sam Darnold seems to look kind of more comfortable after that sketchy week one appearance. But yeah, this is a nice game for the Seahawks.
01:20:14
Speaker
And then the Saints is just, I don't want to watch you. i don't want to watch the Saints ever again. They're... there it It feels like there's a lot of bad teams this year. And I know it's early and teams can figure it out, but it feels like there's just a lot of bad teams in the NFL this year. And it's just going to be, ah to me, it's a race to the bottom between the Saints, the Titans, and I guess I'll throw the Giants in there. I'll give the Jets a little bit of credit. Like they're 0-3, but they don't look horrible.
01:20:41
Speaker
0-3. To me, it's those three teams that it's just like, you guys are no, like you might all go winless.
Saints' Continued Struggles
01:20:49
Speaker
Yeah, it's it's very possible because they play Saints play the Bills next week. So, I mean, we've seen the spread.
01:20:56
Speaker
Yes. unbelievable unbelievable for an nfl football game and we'll get to it in our fix later but i was thinking about it um but yeah it seems like it's almost a guaranteed own for a start for the saints there are going to be a couple absolute bottom feeders in this league this year and that'll finish it for our week three recap we'll now get to our three stars of the week shout out to all of our new followers on twitter The three stars got a lot of love last week. If you're listening to this now from that, we appreciate you.
01:21:29
Speaker
And we'll give you some more this week because there was a lot of standout performances in this one. There is two, Patrick, that I know should be here for sure. And I think the third is a toss up.
01:21:41
Speaker
I think Isaiah Rogers is absolutely cemented as a number one. Yeah, like I said, he alone could have beat the Bengals in that game based on points put up, and he had other stats to back it up defensively. So yes, to me, that's to me it's not even a question.
01:21:57
Speaker
Isaiah Rogers, first star. ah I think you've already kind of hinted at the other one that you were looking at. think you had a hat trick in the end zone. it like It's between two for me in this. ah Because Trey Tucker, I think, deserves to be on this list.
01:22:11
Speaker
He eight catches, 145 yards, three touchdowns. This is a bit like the Malik neighbors last week where he lost. So it's tougher to give it to him. But I also think David Montgomery, 12 carries 151 yards and two touchdowns in prime time really sticks in your mind.
01:22:28
Speaker
Yeah. And I was even talking about, uh, Jonathan Taylor, hat trick in the end zone. Jesus. Yeah. You can put out more yeah honorable mentions still count. I think you're right. Like, you know, Trey Tucker in a loss, it doesn't stick out to you. Jonathan Taylor felt like, uh, like the Titans were kind of hanging around in that game. And then late in the second quarter, uh, early in the third, in the third quarter, Jonathan Taylor kind of just broke off a couple big runs kind of was like the, the catalyst in them getting that win.
01:22:58
Speaker
Um, I don't know which ones you put like second, third, who gets honorable mentions. I, I think something about a receiver getting three touchdowns to me, like I'm on raw last week always sticks out to me more than ah a running back doing it.
01:23:12
Speaker
Yeah, no, I got, yeah, yeah, we'll do. So you're thinking Taylor honorable mention you're thinking Tucker or Montgomery for second or third. 12 carries, 151 yards.
01:23:26
Speaker
it to me is a second place no Yeah, and and in a big win. Yes. so then that would And two touchdowns. And two touchdowns, dude. Yeah. Okay, Montgomery two, yeah Pucker three and a loss.
01:23:39
Speaker
Honorable mention goes to Jonathan Taylor. yeah ah Did anyone else stand out to you for the week? If McCaffrey got in the end zone, I would definitely put him in here. like He finished with 52 yards on the ground and then 10 catches for 88 yards receiving.
01:23:55
Speaker
If he just found a way to get in the end zone, he definitely would have on here. Torrey Horton, 95 yard punt return and then three catches for 32 yards and a touchdown. Yeah. And then AJ Brown as well had his like first breakout game of the year. So yeah there's a couple honorable mentions, maybe keep an eye out for those. But yeah, i agree I'm definitely solidified on our three stars this week.
01:24:15
Speaker
Loki, Caleb Williams, 19 for 28 to 98 for touchdowns. we We put get right game, Cale Williams, and put up the stats. Played Cowboys defense, asterisk, Cale Williams. tre it Tremaine Edmonds, too, for the Bears. Two interceptions, 15 total tackles, six solo tackles. like He yeah had a game, too.
01:24:36
Speaker
Yeah, you got to give the defense some love as well. Yeah, there there was a lot of good performances this week. ah It feels like guys like, you know, Smith and Jigba and Puka Nakua are going to be yeah putting up these stat lines every single week.
01:24:48
Speaker
But until they get like the two touchdowns or or something to just push them over the edge, they're just going to be like, this is what we've come to expect out of you, you know? Yeah, no, I fully agree. And without further ado, those are
NFL Week 3 Recap and Week 4 Expectations
01:25:02
Speaker
our three stars. Without further ado, we will get to our week four picks.
01:25:08
Speaker
I went one and two I'm now four and five. Patrick went one and two, now three and six. And this felt like ah I felt like I was going three and oh, Patrick.
01:25:18
Speaker
Like when when I saw i knew that commander's pick ended up being really smart because it it was kind of a flip of what it should have been with Mariota in. And then the Bucks were up big. So I was like, okay, there's two wins. I felt positive going into that Cowboys game. I i was daydreaming of three and oh, and I'm sure you kind of were too.
01:25:38
Speaker
Yeah. When the Packers were up 10, nothing, I'm thinking, okay, you know, when they got that late touchdown, I go, okay, they're going to get at least a field goal or like another touchdown. Like they can cover eight and a half in this game.
01:25:50
Speaker
They lost outright. And then it happened fast. yeah I went from like, I quickly realized it was going to be, i was like, okay, three and O's out of the picture. Two and one's nice. You know, get back to one game below 500 here, start building some winning, winning weeks.
01:26:05
Speaker
And then, you know, Jordan Davis decides to be a hero and, uh, just, just destroy me. And now I'm looking, I'm looking lost, but I,
01:26:15
Speaker
Packers aside, that obviously wasn't the greatest pick in the world. I was okay. I was fine with my picks this week. And it was just very frustrating ending to go one and two after, like you said, I was in, I was in the third quarter thinking three and zero was a possibility.
01:26:27
Speaker
yeah Yeah. And I don't blame you at all for that. Um, we both went one and two. So that means I hold the ball. First pick of this week
01:26:39
Speaker
it is a tough one. This is an, uh, an interesting board. I would say uh, Some big numbers. Some big numbers everywhere and and some very unsure numbers, especially ones that like you'd love a hook on.
01:26:53
Speaker
I think I'm going to start out with a divisional game here. I'm going to take the Seahawks plus one and a half on the road in Arizona. I think that...
01:27:05
Speaker
I want to know what the Seahawks are this year. And this game, I want some stake in it to really get to the bottom of it. I think if the Seahawks are what they looked like against the Saints, they go and win this game on the road.
01:27:18
Speaker
And I like the number. I'll take the Seahawks here. Yeah. start Start your week off right. Or could be a bad start to the week. But yeah, yeah that's the Thursday nighter. That's always fun getting your week started off early in the picks. I don't mind it at all.
01:27:32
Speaker
um I'm going to go one where... I just, I, the, the lock's got to run out eventually. And I'm not even hating on this team. I just think going out to the West coast after a couple of big wins, the Rams are coming off a devastating loss.
01:27:47
Speaker
I think they're going to be, you know, looking for some revenge here. And unfortunately the Colts are just going to be on the wrong side. Now this is, I don't, that this could age terribly, but I'm taking the Rams minus three and a half at home against the Indianapolis c Colts.
01:28:01
Speaker
The Rams three and a half number. Now they're favored instead of being underdogs. But yeah, that could be a haunting one if it goes two weeks in a row without winning. Second pick here. I said it was a rat line last week and I went against it.
01:28:14
Speaker
I'm going with what the The books don't want me to go with here, Patrick. It's the Buffalo Bills minus 16 and a half. I think buried in a one o'clock slate at home in Buffalo.
01:28:27
Speaker
This is a game where you look up at four o'clock and it is 40 to seven for the Bills. I thought you were going in a different direction. I think there's another rat line out there, but yeah, I mean, that is a massive spread.
01:28:39
Speaker
ah Credit to you for, you know, having having the guts to go out there and take it. And yeah, I mean, I can see the bills. This could be 40-0. This game might be, just like this might be a relegation game where you go, how are the Saints in the same league as these teams? Yeah.
01:28:54
Speaker
um man, I kind of want to just have a spite pick, just a spite pick, a good old fashioned, just you did me wrong. You're going to lose a game. Eventually I'm going with the box plus three and a half at home against the Eagles.
01:29:09
Speaker
Something's got to give, please tell me this offensive line can hold up for one more week for Tampa Bay. and just cover three and a half points and maybe beat the Eagles. Just give me some, I need to, I need to get avenged. You know, that was disgusting. What i happened to me last week, going back to the well box plus three and a half.
01:29:26
Speaker
Yeah. It's, uh, and the bucks have a good history against the Eagles. So you got that going for you on your side there. This, this final pick here, I'm going to go with,
01:29:38
Speaker
An interesting one here. It's not a sexy pick. It's not a fun game. we take the Panthers plus five and a half against the Patriots here. Panthers are on the road, but yeah given what we talked about with this Panthers defense actually looking pretty good in that game or or in the past few games, but especially in that game against the Falcons, I'm going to take the Panthers against a New England team that seems kind of shaky on offense.
01:30:03
Speaker
And I don't know, I guess decent on on defense. I'm going to go the Panthers plus five and a half here. I looked at it. ah This one, I think you kind of talked about it earlier. kind of i thought you going to take it. I thought about Just going to do it with the Ravens. Ravens minus two and a half. Looks like it's ready to move to three at minus 120. So going to get in early.
01:30:24
Speaker
and just I think the Ravens are just a better team than the Chiefs. I know they're on the road, but ah they got to eventually win one of these big games against the big teams this season. I think this is the one where they get it done.
01:30:35
Speaker
Yeah, this is going to be just like the Lions last week where I'm like, oh, I looked at it and then the Ravens will win by 15 in that game. I thought, ah sorry, quickly, just I thought the rat line, I thought you're take the Raiders money line against the Bears. Dude, and that that is ratty.
01:30:50
Speaker
I almost did it. i was between the Ravens and the Raiders and I go. I had to get a spite pick in there. I just ran out of picks, but I wanted the Raiders this week. There's no reason they should be favored in that game.
01:31:00
Speaker
There's absolutely no reason. No, the only reason is like they're ah at home, but it's just, you know, bears are coming off a massive win. Raiders just kind of got handled against the backup quarterback and their favorite. It's just like, what what's happening? But yeah, that's one to keep your eye on all over the place, but that'll do it for our NFL picks and for our NFL recap from week three.
01:31:23
Speaker
We will now move into a contentious subject.
CFL's Controversial Rule Changes
01:31:27
Speaker
going to little CFL update and a little CFL picks here, Patrick. A bomb dropped by the commissioner of the CFL yesterday for the upcoming rule changes to the CFL starting in 2026 and then in 2027. I'm going to lay them out for you here and then we'll we'll chop it up.
01:31:46
Speaker
First being the Rouge modification. A single point will no longer be awarded when a missed field goal attempt goes wide of the goalposts or a punt or kickoff goes through the back of the end zone without being touched by a returner.
01:31:58
Speaker
The Rouge is still there for Turner takes a knee in the end zone on any of those things. um I, I really feel like that Argos win over the Elks last year, or maybe was the, the Rough Riders really cemented that it went mega viral.
01:32:11
Speaker
um Also in 2026, all stadiums have to have benches on opposite sides of the field. The clock system will also be changed to a 35 second play clock that begins automatically when the previous play is whistled dead.
01:32:24
Speaker
Currently, it's a 20 second play clock that doesn't start until it's whistled in by an official. Then in 2027, these are like the big ones, I would say. The field will be shortened to 100 yards with 15 yard end zones. That's going from 110 and 20 yard end width of the field remains the same.
01:32:42
Speaker
think that's a sacred cow in the CFL. um And then the goalpost will be moved to the back of the end zones for obstruction from play, improved sight lines and enhancing player safety.
01:32:55
Speaker
This dropped like an atomic bomb on CFL Twitter yesterday. It was a take quake on both sides of the aisle. And ah what's your initial read here?
01:33:07
Speaker
in In a weird way, ah they date you're right. This announcement came and they were saying how important it is. you know Stuart Johnson's getting up there, doing live hits, the interview.
01:33:18
Speaker
And I'm thinking we might be getting expansion. We might be moving to four downs. like i don I don't know what's going happen. Is this just going to become the NFL like Farm League here? I didn't know where it was going to go.
01:33:31
Speaker
And then it kind of came away. being like, you know what? A lot of the changes they made make sense. And I do think overall, they kept the integrity of the Canadian game intact.
01:33:42
Speaker
like I'm very happy they didn't go to four downs. I'm very happy they didn't you know um shorten the width of the field. But I think they probably could have gone without shortening the length of the field. I don't mind the end zones being shortened slightly to 15 yards where it's still like, you know, it's not 10 yards. Like it's still not Americanized, just a little bit shorter.
01:34:03
Speaker
um I'm a big, big fan of the goalposts being moved to the back of the end zone. I know it kind of screws the kickers a little bit. I feel like the kickers in the CFL got screwed the most out of all these rule changes, especially with the Rouges being taken away.
01:34:19
Speaker
But I think the Rouge one makes sense, right? Like how, you know, we love the game. CFL has been great this year and and it's very entertaining. ah It is dumb that you get rewarded for missing kicks.
01:34:33
Speaker
Yeah, it is. It is dumb rule. And I think with... the post being moved to the back of the end zone, it's just not going to be in play as much anyway. So I think the kickers have a little bit of a right to be upset.
01:34:44
Speaker
ah Nathan Rook getting up there calling these garbage is surprising to me. I don't really see how it's going to impact him that much. Maybe he has a little bit less room to throw, but he also has less distance to go to get to the end zone going forward. And the width of the field has not been touched.
01:34:59
Speaker
I think the play clock That's not something I had on my radar going into it, but I think it will give them more plays. I think you're going to see more action, I guess, is their goal. ah But to me, I come away from all these rule changes being like, okay, it's going to be a different game, especially once 2027 hits.
01:35:18
Speaker
But I think they did a good job keeping the integrity of Canadian football intact. Yeah, i that was essentially what I took away from it. I'm fine with the Rouge adjustment, especially with that. It still exists for the kneel downs like that's really when you notice Rouges and that's really when it's like, OK, you shouldn't have given up the yard position then.
01:35:35
Speaker
um I think that the bench is on the opposite side fully fine with. I got no problem with that. The clock system and I'm very interested in because sometimes it takes forever to those for those refs to whistle in those plays. So I think you I agree with you there where you actually might get more plays out of it.
01:35:52
Speaker
um And i the only thing I worry about that is in like the last three minutes where it's like we might not get as many crazy endings because teams might be able to kneel it out sooner because of this rule. um But yeah.
01:36:06
Speaker
that i i agree i don't even like the the staunch supporters the luke wilson's of the world even they were like i don't get shortening the field to 100 yards like i didn't i didn't see the need for that if you're already shortening the end zone um and and the goalposts i really have no problem with so yeah i was bracing for the worst with this and i came out being like actually don't really mind them i i credit the commissioner for going out and being bold and getting active because that's something that the last commissioner didn't do.
01:36:35
Speaker
And it's something where it's like, okay, he's taking a stake in this. He's got, you know, some stake in how this league is going to progress and grow. i don't know if this is really going to result in more asses and seats and more fans. Like, i I don't know how that connection ends up being made maybe from more offense because you're starting closer to the end zone.
01:36:55
Speaker
But yeah, it's, I credit Nathan Rourke for like speaking his mind about this and not caring about what, you know, any blowback might be, but I i thought it was a bit overreactive. And I think that, Again, hate to credit Luke Wilson. I think that the CFL diehards showed themselves in a in a bad way yesterday. like it was You're getting tweets like, I'm canceling my season's tickets. like Fuck off, man. like Come on.
01:37:17
Speaker
Seven out of nine teams lost money last year. something You have to try something to spice this league up. It it was something that, you know like like you said, I don't exactly know if this is going to do it.
01:37:28
Speaker
I don't know if it's going to be the reason why the CFL is going to grow. i don't know if it's going to help save some teams and make some more money. But I don't mind a commissioner, like said, going out there saying, I'm a fan of this league. I've been watching it for a long time. Like he used to, what was it? President of TSN before that.
01:37:45
Speaker
So he's been involved with the league. He knows the league well. And he seems to see, he seems to think that these changes are going to be necessary to help grow the game and just make it a better, ah better league and a better sport.
01:37:58
Speaker
And, you know, until proven otherwise, we're I got faith in him for now. And i I like that he put his face out there. I like that he kind of said, like he stood up for himself the same way Nathan Rourke stood up for him. Like, I like it, you know, no one's hiding here. And like you said, I think, you know, the, the legacy CFL fans, give it a chance.
01:38:17
Speaker
Just give it a chance. Like you said, that nothing is the craziest change to me is the length of the field. And I think that's going to be the gameplay where you see the biggest change as well. ah ah But I don't think that it's going to be,
01:38:29
Speaker
like I don't think it's going to ruin the game. I don't think it's going to ruin the sport. And I think at the end of the day, it's something had to change. Something needs to grow in this league. And I don't mind a commissioner that cares. He shows that he has cared early on in his tenure.
01:38:45
Speaker
And yeah, we'll see how these changes go. I'll um ah harp on the same point. They kept the integrity of the game intact. And yeah, well and to me, it's just that we'll see what we what happens.
01:38:57
Speaker
But yeah, um I don't know. Big news, though, of the CFL, man. Yeah. Kind of crazy. Like the timing of it feels like an offseason thing that you do or and end of the season before the playoffs, maybe.
01:39:09
Speaker
Strange timing on the announcement. Very strange. And speaking of Nathan Rourke, I'd like to say in peace to my Vernon Adams MOP bet. I eddie a very decent cash out.
01:39:22
Speaker
I would say it was half the value of the winning. And my cash out is back to the original bet I placed it on. Nathan Rourke is now plus 130. Bo Levi Mitchell is now minus 150.
01:39:37
Speaker
Vernon Adams is now plus 1900, Patrick. this is I'm so sad about that. Like I am, I was never going to cash it out. would Like i I had to stay true to that pick all the way through the season, but to not even have the option anymore, i i am so fucking upset about that.
01:39:57
Speaker
It looked good for so long too. Oh, You look good for so long and it just kind of happened quickly too. It was like a slow burn. We're like, Hey, maybe I can get out ahead of this and can' catch something. It was just the last two, three weeks or VA a have kind of been horrible. And then, you know, works come onto the scene. The lines are starting to put up points. And then Bo Levi has been just stayed consistent the whole year.
01:40:21
Speaker
then, yeah, that's, that is devastating. But I do think that preseason, that's still a good pick to give out. So I got you back on that one. Not a lot of people were on it. You gave it out preseason and hey, if people rode with you and took it, they would have had a nice juicy cash out. I could have taken it. Yeah, still could have made people money.
01:40:38
Speaker
Yeah, Rourke has a real option, though. They got they got four games left. He's got a real chance to go out and go get it here for Rourke and and the Lions are rolling. Their offense is rolling um that overpick. We had like that game.
01:40:52
Speaker
they might've got gotten themselves, even if the lines or even if the stamps didn't score any points, they almost hit the over themselves. Argo season is on the brink of being done for good. I was there on Friday night. That was not fun. Uh, Jared Daigie, not a fun experience.
01:41:08
Speaker
Uh, didn't witty going for the field goal there, uh, with about three minutes left instead of going forward on fourth or on third down. That was tough. Uh, I worked that Winnipeg-Ottawa game on the Saturday.
01:41:22
Speaker
Winnipeg needs Kolaros back ASAP if they're going to do anything moving forward here. Strebler had one pass completion ah going into midway through the third quarter.
01:41:34
Speaker
That hit, though, from Adarius Pickett on Carrick Wheatfall, that was the biggest hit I've seen all season. So much so that in the background of the play, you can hear Paul Lappellis say, Jesus Christ.
01:41:47
Speaker
Yeah, and you know what? A clean hit too. ah You know, Carrick Weefall is our boy, supporter of the pod. So, you know, we hope he he gets right and he's he's good to go. But man, that was just, you know, Strattler puts him in ah in a weird spot. Pickett's such a good, you know, he he just reads the play so well. He knew where to be on that spot. And credit to him, man. A lot of guys would have like...
01:42:09
Speaker
kind of headhunted in that spot and just be like, oh, you put him in a bad situation. Like I just kind of took advantage of it. Clean hit shoulder, like right to his shoulder. um And yeah, it was it was a great play. Great hit.
01:42:21
Speaker
ah Just unfortunately, the Red Blacks are the worst team in the CFL and probably had no business losing that game. And they just do it. Like the the Red Blacks is fine ways to lose games. And like you said, Strebler was horrible in that game and it was just like i saw i don't know who tweeted it may have been like a milt stegall someone it's just like who says you need to throw in this league to win games it was like they didn't like they basically didn't have an offense and found a way to beat the red blacks it was stupid like the ottawa did everything they could to lose that game that is why you take the blue bombers plus one and a half in games like those against the red blacks that is why that's a system play
01:43:02
Speaker
Speaking of, we will finish out the pod with our
Betting Challenges and Shifts
01:43:05
Speaker
picks for week 17. Week 17 picks. for week seventeen um week seventeen picks We and We went three and one in week We are now thirty and eighteen patrick up twelve units on the year That feels like a real good number. We are now, I want to hit 40.
01:43:27
Speaker
We got four weeks left. I want to hit 40. Hell yeah. i'm I'm with you. I want it. The board's interesting. Like you got three pretty close games and then one massive spread.
01:43:38
Speaker
um i'm I was just trying to look it up there, but I said that the Argos line spread being 10 and a half right now has to mean we're getting another Jared Deggie game. Yes. So Chad Kelly's not playing this year. Don't think so.
01:43:50
Speaker
That just what, what are they doing? i Kelly down to Aiden Hutchinson's doctor because Aiden Hutchinson snapped his fucking leg in half. And he was on Monday night football saying his leg has never felt better.
01:44:01
Speaker
And he's getting strips. Yep. Again, sacks, making plays out there. Chad Kelly, you know, in the street clothes on the sideline. Uh, just a frustrating season for the Argos.
01:44:12
Speaker
Um, I don't know where you want to go. I don't have one that sticks out. So if you have one that like you really want, go, go ahead and take it. I think I know where I want to go, but you can lead the way. I think I'm going to start out with a, the opposite of another Strebler game here. I'm taking the Ticats one and a half on the road in Winnipeg.
01:44:30
Speaker
Uh, it hasn't been fully, fully confirmed. I don't think that Kalaros is playing in this game though. And if it's anything like last week, this tie cats offense will beat up on Winnipeg.
01:44:41
Speaker
This tie cats defense will intercept Chris Strebler taking tie cats one and a half. Yeah. I like that a lot. I mean, he might play, but I'm just, I still like the number, honestly.
01:44:53
Speaker
Yeah. i know you Absolutely. And I just don't think Kalaros should play football. I just don't. Um, There's two that are jumping out me. One's a total, one's a side.
01:45:04
Speaker
I guess I'm going to have to do some more. like I can't tell if this is a bit of a rat line. I know Calgary's been struggling, but we're getting McLeod at quarterback, right? yeah Yeah. Okay. I'll take the stamps plus one and a half on the road against the Alouettes.
01:45:17
Speaker
Uh, McLeod Bethel Thompson did not look good against the Argos. Jared Degg, he just happened to be worse and he's a third-train quarterback. This is like, uh, you know, Calgary's here in footsteps for second place in the West here. They want home field advantage in the playoffs for that. You know, the, the first game, uh, this is a ah good opportunity for the stamps kind of get back on the right foot and win this football game.
01:45:37
Speaker
I want to say maybe I wrote it down wrong. I want to say this opened at Calgary minus one and a half. I could have just wrote it down wrong, but I swear it was. Yeah. Well, that's not encouraging, but yeah, I'm looking at it now. It's plus one and a half plus one Oh two on the money line.
01:45:52
Speaker
um You could get Hamilton on the money line. It's a pick them. It's a minus one 10. So you're more than welcome to take that one just in case you get screwed. You we'll stick with one and a half here. i but Confident.
01:46:04
Speaker
I like a total in this next game here. I'm going to take over 54 and a half in Riders Elks. It's Riders secondary again in that game against Montreal two weeks ago. They are banged up. They do not look good.
01:46:18
Speaker
The Elks prove that they can score points over these last few weeks. Like we said, Fajardo always keeps you within a game. They really should have won that game against ah Hamilton.
01:46:29
Speaker
And yeah, I just think that this game will hit that over. I think I'm going to take another total, and I think we're getting another
01:46:40
Speaker
pick for every game. Jared Daggy, please garbage time points over 56.5 in the Argos Lions. The Lions might, like you texted me when we had the over in that game last week, the Lions might hit it again by themselves in this game too.
01:46:53
Speaker
ah the I need the Argos to get about 14 points. yeah so like That points should do it, and my opinion yeah Yeah, no, i I don't disagree there ah at all. I also think this could be similar to that Red Blacks game where like I looked at Lions 10 and a half.
01:47:09
Speaker
I definitely didn't even consider taking the Argos. How's that? How's that? Yeah. And we also had our one loss of the week last last week was a nightmare situation where the Owls didn't cover and the Argos lost, which is, of course, that happens the one time we go against the Argos on the spread.
01:47:27
Speaker
I know we've been so cautious of it. And then I go, you know what? We're fading the third string quarterback. This isn't disrespect to the team and they fail me or well. No, the, ah the owls failed me. The Argos came through because they wanted to spite me because they knew I was gone.
01:47:42
Speaker
The one time I pick against them, may unfortunate. I've been on an unfortunate little streak of betting this past week. Wait, we have some bad beats, but I'm feeling still confident about the next week. That'll do it for us this week at the goalposts.
01:47:54
Speaker
Again, shout out all those new followers. we Really appreciate you. And, yeah, we'll be back here next week to do it all over again. Until then, Patrick, I'll see you. See you, Damien. I'll see you next week.