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The Goal Line: Week 1 NFL Picks + Coach Prime's D1 Debut
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We briefly discuss the stunning TCU-Colorado game from Saturday before moving on to Week 1 of the NFL. We pick every game, lay down our first round of Million Dollar Bets, and answer Listener Mail!
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NFL Opening Week & College Football Recap
00:00:15
Speaker
What is up? We are back with the first official episode of the goal line football podcast. Jordan, what is happening? Man, I am, uh, I am beyond jacked. It is, is opening week of NFL. We're recording this on Tuesday night. Um, yesterday was late. We're day. So just got too hectic for both of us. Um, so you guys will be hearing this Wednesday. So tomorrow is football, baby.
00:00:39
Speaker
Yeah, it's gonna be awesome. So good. Have you obviously we mentioned last week, this is a NFL centric podcast. It was nice to get that little full slate of college games we had last week, you know, just to wet the appetite a little bit. And it's pretty interesting stuff going on as well. Yeah, man, college. Like I said last week, I love college football just as much as I love NFL. So yeah, college season starting is always
00:01:02
Speaker
And it always makes your labor day. And Seth even got a little caught up in college football this weekend, which normally doesn't text me a whole lot during college football. It's usually just about when Nebraska is losing and how big of an Illinois fan he is or Minnesota. I'll pick out whatever, like Illinois is like slot wide receivers going off. I'll be like, man, I've been following this guy since high school and just start dropping some fun facts about whatever player is causing Jordan.
00:01:27
Speaker
Agony at that moment, but surprisingly dude, I didn't get any like real Jerk texts from you during the Nebraska Minnesota game. It was more like damn man. I can't believe they lost that game like there was no There was nothing bad that night
00:01:43
Speaker
Yeah so most of the time we really are conversations are like ninety five percent wrestling with slow football spring within but this year it's gonna be a lot more football talks like i said you're good graces man i can't burn up all my goodwill in week one i will say i was left my ass off you know we were watching the colorado tcu instant classic from saturday you know just watching this electrified performance by beyond in the buffaloes
00:02:07
Speaker
And Jordan texts me right afterwards, man, I can't wait to watch them play Nebraska this week.
Game Previews & Player Performance Concerns
00:02:12
Speaker
After Nebraska just gave, I would say it was lifeless. I mean, they did play tough, but it was just like the most boring midwestern like meat potatoes, brain of football you've ever seen. I mean, dude, that's what big 10 football generally is outside of like Ohio state and Michigan.
00:02:27
Speaker
Um, it's just that they want you, if they want to slow the game down and make it as boring as possible. Like we're not out there to have a 55 to 53 game. Like if it's a 2117, that's right in the wheelhouse for us. So it's going to be interesting, man. What is your read on a Colorado, Nebraska for this weekend? I mean, I feel like everybody's going to overreact to the Colorado thing and I get it, man. Like everybody was doubting Dion and stuff like that.
00:02:56
Speaker
But dude, TCU did not have a good defense last year and they lost half of it. They're not a good defense this year. I don't even think they're a very good team, period.
00:03:06
Speaker
Nothing in that game made me think, man, TZU is going to have a good season. Colorado's defense isn't good either. So I don't know. It's going to be interesting. The fact that it's only a three point spread. I think if Vegas was that confident in Colorado, it'd be like 10. But I just don't think there's going to be a ton of point scored in that game. And I just.
00:03:26
Speaker
Nebraska keeps everything in front of them. They don't do the dumb TCU stuff where they watch a receiver run right past their safety and just, oh well, we'll just try to score again next time. It's just not that brand of football they play. So I think they're just going to try to slow the game down, run it up the gut. I mean, Colorado's defensive and offensive lines didn't look superior in that game. So
00:03:49
Speaker
Yeah, they played decent, but they were, they were small, man. Like watching the game, I was wondering why TCU didn't just keep handing into that big running back over and over. Like it seemed like he seemed like he was the biggest guy in the field when he was out there and Colorado just could not slow him down. Um, yeah, I think there was just, uh, it was awesome. Tip of the cap to the Buffalo man. That was a really cool performance. But like you said, I think that said, I think that was more about TCU than it was about Colorado.
00:04:13
Speaker
And I'm not taking anything from Colorado away like Colorado was impressive like dude to put up 50 points in your debut like that's impressive. His kid played incredible for Sanders looks super poised very comfortable back there like yeah he made some big time throws to down the stretch there's a couple of couple of third longs there man where you know they came up with it.
00:04:33
Speaker
Yeah, it was a fun game man. Great way to really, really properly kick off the football season. I know we had a handful of games that first week, but that was mostly junk games. Yeah, it was a, I just, I don't think Colorado can sustain what they did on Saturday all season. Like if Travis Hunter really plays a hundred plus
00:04:51
Speaker
Plays every game man that kids unreal. I just there's there's no way that's sustainable like dude. You can't ask a kid I mean 12 football games can't ask a kid to play 12 to 1300 plays in a season. That's just not gonna work. I mean Nobody's
Injuries, Trades & Market Trends in the NFL
00:05:07
Speaker
ever done that like it's just not sustainable at all. So I guess we'll see man Maybe they can do it, but I just I have my doubts they can play that well all season
00:05:17
Speaker
It was a crazy performance. Um, you know, that was, that was kind of our, our lead story for the week. Uh, we were so excited to talk football, man. We didn't even get our housekeeping out of the way first, not a lot. Want to thank everybody for tuning into the opening episodes. All the numbers that was very encouraging.
00:05:32
Speaker
Appreciate all the Chick Foley Show fans that came over to give us a listen in addition to the new folks just discovering us for the first time. I want to remind you, if you are listening on the Chick Foley Show feed, please get in the show notes and subscribe over on the goal line exclusive feed as well. That'll really help us out with the old algorithm to just kind of increase the platform and help us get discovered by some new listeners. But yeah, appreciate all the feedback.
00:05:59
Speaker
And let's get into some pro football talk. So again, the big thing for this week, this is another slightly truncated episode like last week's, but we're going to be predicting all the week one games, laying down our first round of million dollar bets. And we got some listener mail, but we do got a couple of player stories we want to talk about first. Obviously the big one that the news broke midday today.
00:06:21
Speaker
I, you know, I drafted him with the first round in both of my fantasy league. So of course, Travis Kelsey, for the first time in a long time, hyper extends his knee and is now questionable for at least week one. Yeah. If, if I was putting money down on this, I would say he sits week one just because dude, they're 17 games. Now there is no reason for him to play if he's even a remotely injured and I get it, dude, NFL players have to play through being hurt all the time.
00:06:49
Speaker
But a knee is nothing to mess with when you're a tight end and you're running downfield and people are targeting that. I mean, I just know spring chicken either. No, dude. He's not a young dude anymore. That's the thing that I think people just keep talking about. I'm like, he's in his like mid twenties. I'm like, dude, this dude is 30. Like he's not on the right side of 30,000. This is his 11th, his 11th season in the league. Yeah. Like he hasn't lost that, you know, a half a step from when he first came in and
00:07:16
Speaker
I think that, and you know, my home's coming in kind of halfway through his run there in KC. I think it makes it seem like, you know, it feels like he came in the same time at Homestead, right? He was pretty good with Alex Smith, but went to a different level with Patrick Mahomes. But yeah, dude's in his 11th year. God willing, it's just a little flute thing and it's back to business as usual, but you never know, man. The red flag's up a little bit. Maybe this is the
00:07:37
Speaker
That was the first step in the eventual decline. He turns 34 years old, October 5th of this year. Like that's not young for football terms. Like that's, I mean, dude, for a lot of players, that's the end of the road, man. Like you hit 30, that's it. So, I mean, he's already kind of defying the odds on, on playing as long as he is.
00:07:59
Speaker
I don't know. I still think he's going to be fine as far as the season. We're not trying to throw up the panic meter on everybody right now. I still think he's going to be fine. Even if he ends up missing two games, dude, we're not going to suggest that this is going to somehow be a down year. Cause he's going to miss two games. The dude's going to come back whenever he comes back and they're just going to give him the ball 20 times a game. Like it's just what they do. They force feed Kelsey the ball. Everybody knows it's coming and you still can't stop it. So.
00:08:27
Speaker
Yeah, I I'm with you, man. I'm sure he'll be fine. I'm going to be bold man. I think he plays Thursday night. I think he ends up being a game time decision. And we see him at least at least a little bit on Thursday. They said the MRI didn't reveal any tears or anything, but he had some pretty significant swelling and everything will just come down to how much that goes down tomorrow.
00:08:46
Speaker
Um, yeah, I just, I don't think they're going to play or mess with a knee, but never know the dude never misses games. So, I mean, it wouldn't surprise me if you played, maybe he just plays like a, uh, a shortened snap count. Maybe not like every play or anything like that. I don't know, dude, it's Andy to read. He can wheel him out there in a wheelchair and price him a drop of play for him.
00:09:08
Speaker
No lie, man. All right, so the other big story came out last couple days. Mike Evans, awesome, awesome wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, quietly putting together a little bit of a Hall of Fame resume down there. Contract negotiations have broke down. He's apparently demanded a trade and he's looking to go to the Giants.
00:09:27
Speaker
Um, he hasn't quietly, he is a Hall of Famer already. I'll say that right now he's one of the only like three receivers that I've ever done. What he's done in his first nine years or 10 years, whatever it is, he's going to the Hall of Fame and he's got a ring. Yeah, he's going.
00:09:44
Speaker
The Giants dude, like, did he not watch them play last year? Like they don't go down field with the ball at all. Like I just, that one I don't get. I mean, I get him wanting to be traded. I wouldn't want to be on the bucks now. Anyway, like they're, they're, they're a sinking ship. Uh, it's going to go downhill pretty quick for them, I think.
00:10:05
Speaker
Yeah. Uh, this, this be the first step and just straight up tanking this year for the books, man. I, I, uh, so I don't blame her for wanting to get out of there. Yeah. Giants is an interesting decision. Maybe he's just wanting to get up to New York. Dude, I just, I never understand these days wanting to go play. So he's going to go from Florida with no state tax to New York with one of the highest state taxes. Like I don't understand these dudes. Like, dude, isn't that like goal of playing an NFL is to leave it?
00:10:33
Speaker
in the best health with the most money as you can. The most money he can leave with is staying in Florida. I get not one to stay in Tampa, but dude, request a trade to a better team than the Giants. That's not a dig on the Giants. I'm just saying, their offense isn't built around long bombs and stuff like that. I just don't think that's Daniel Jones' game, but
00:10:54
Speaker
Oh man. Mike Evans is incredible. And I think he gets, I think he's like one of the more underrated players in the NFL. I just always think about it when I'm doing fantasy drafts, like it's like sixth round and Mike Evans is still sitting there. It's like, dude, this dude's a thousand yard machine. He gets a thousand yards every season.
00:11:11
Speaker
And when, you know, he's, he's been there with Jamis Winston, uh, you know, Mike Glenn in there for a little bit. Like he's, you know, his run with Brady was very, very small on things considered. Uh, he's dealt with some, some very poor quarterback play during his time there in Tampa. Yeah. I mean,
00:11:27
Speaker
But is Daniel Jones really that much of an upgrade for him? I mean, I think maybe it's Brian day ball offense and don't just look at the QB. Look at the QB plus the, you know, the offensive system. Yeah, that's true. I just, I mean, I get it. They need a receiver bad. There's no, there's absolutely no denying the giants need to start a receiver and he definitely fits that bill. The only one that's scary man is
00:11:52
Speaker
trading for or giving a contract to a receiver. That's 30 or older is just, it's usually doesn't end well. Like we saw how quick Julio went downhill. It's just, I don't know, man, Mike Evans sees the, you know, he's a similar, you know, making model to Julio, man, big physical wide receiver. And it's from the sounds of it. And this could just be something they're putting out there just to kind of put some, put some like feelers out there. But the rumor is he has a quad injury right now. And
00:12:22
Speaker
Dude, quad injuries with a receiver. That ain't good, man. That's what started happening to Julio after the foot is he started getting quad injuries and stuff. And dude, once that starts, there's no stopping it as a receiver.
NFL Season Predictions & Team Strategies
00:12:35
Speaker
I mean, you're literally planting off your leg every time you run a route. Like, I don't know, man. I just, I don't feel good about it for him.
00:12:51
Speaker
Still working out the production kinks. We should have hit that before we got into the stories of the week. But I'm not going to miss an opportunity to hear the tech mobile kick off sound effect, man. All right, the other player we want to talk about, Jonathan Taylor. So I didn't touch on this last week because we were really just trying to give you guys an overview of what the show is going to be all about. But this is a guy earlier this summer.
00:13:14
Speaker
negotiations broke down between him and the colas, you know, he met directly with Jim Erce. Jim Erce had some, you know, pretty interesting comical quotes out in the media. This seems like, you know, I could totally see Mike Evans patching up his relationship with the Bucks, man. Like it could happen. Throw a little bit of money on it, you know.
00:13:30
Speaker
but by going to be by going to water under the bridge. This situation has gotten ugly up in Indy. Johnson Taylor ended up being kind of the poster boy for, you know, the unappreciated running backs. And it turns out he's, you know, the kind of the last guy sitting out in musical chairs. I don't see this one going anywhere, man. I think the Colts got their heels dug in. I think he ends up, you know, doing a levy on bail and setting up the season. How do you see this playing out with with JT there in Indianapolis? Man, the scary thing is every time this has happened that
00:13:59
Speaker
A player has sat out for an entire year. It just, it never comes back. They never come back the same. You know, it just, I don't know, dude, just not getting hit for an entire year. And dude, Jonathan Taylor barely played last year too. Like it's going to end up being damn near two years. If he sits out this entire year, the Colts are not budging though. There, there's just no way your owner cannot come out and say the shit that he said. And just somehow men fences.
00:14:26
Speaker
The fact that they were asking what they were asking the dolphins for is borderline ridiculous, though. Like what was the what was the offer they were trying to get for they wanted waddle.
00:14:36
Speaker
Yeah, not happening. I mean, I think Jonathan Taylor's good. Like, dude, as crass as the quote was, I don't think there was any reason the NFL owner should have said something like that. I don't really think he was wrong, where he was like, you know, basically said the effect of, you know, if my, and he included himself in it, and also he said, if myself or Jonathan Taylor are just gone tomorrow, the league's going to move on just fine. I think he's good. I don't think he's a super special kind of player, dude. I think he's kind of just a really, really good workhorse back. I mean, where are you, what do you think of Jonathan Taylor just as a player?
00:15:06
Speaker
Dude, I think if in the right system, I still think he's a top five running back in the NFL. I mean, dude, that season two seasons ago was, I mean, it was like mind boggling how good he looked that year. It's just the Colts fell apart, dude, their, their offensive line sucked. They had Matt Ryan just sitting back there getting drilled every play. It was just, I don't know, dude, it was a comedy errors for that team. And I just, I still feel like Jonathan Taylor has a lot to offer a team.
00:15:34
Speaker
Now granted, and this running back market is just, dude, it's brutal. Can you imagine playing like what used to be the most important position outside of quarterback in the NFL? Like dude, running backs were paid almost like quarterbacks until about five years ago. Like they were getting just as much as they were getting more than receivers and
00:15:55
Speaker
A lot of times just as much as some of the quarterbacks and now they just completely devalued it. And dude, I think the thing that the Falcons just did with drafting B John in the first round, they're going to pay him for five years. And if they decide after five years, they don't want to pay him again. They just got to start running back for five years on a rookie deal. I think, unfortunately, I think that's going to happen a lot more moving forward.
00:16:18
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, the only running back that we've really seen cash out last years was Derek Henry. And you've seen what he's had to do. He had to basically put a team on his back.
00:16:26
Speaker
carry them all the way to the AFC championship, man. Um, unless you're just a freak, like somebody that's absolutely irreplaceable like that, I don't see, I just think those days are gone for the, you know, the running backs being, being considered a marquee player as far as, um, you know, the value that teams put into them. I'm not going to lie to one of the biggest things for running backs right now is dude looks Zeke got paid and then immediately reported to camp and he looked like a fat ass, like
00:16:51
Speaker
I don't think that helped the running back market either. Like he got paid, what was that? Three years ago, four years ago and just immediately showed up and looked like he'd gained 25 pounds. Like I don't think that was helping the situation either. Cause dude, Jerry Jones was pissed, man. They weren't getting anything out of him. They had somebody who's his backup. That was better than him, but they still had to play Z cause he was getting paid $20 million a year. I mean, I feel bad for running backs, man. Cause they do get put through it, but
00:17:20
Speaker
I mean, yeah, I mean, dude, it's just, it's, it's sad, but I feel like a lot of times, unless you are somebody who's got just, you know, a really, really special skillset or, or, you know, some physical traits, I just feel like there's not that big of a difference between the best running backs and the mid grade running backs. I feel like that's a pretty small gap. And a lot of times if I'm a GM, if there's a guy where I can get, you know, 75% of the production for, you know, a fifth of the price, why, why not do it?
00:17:48
Speaker
Yeah, I think the eye opening one to me is that Eckler didn't get paid because I thought he was one of the dudes that really earned it. I mean, dude, they just put the ball in his his hands every two downs, whether it was a pass or a run and just just told him to run man. And that dude was getting beat up a lot. And I was pretty surprised that the Chargers didn't budge on his and then he just went back like nothing happened.
00:18:11
Speaker
I don't know, man, these guys are not setting a good example moving forward. And then Josh Jacobs just ends his holdout and goes back to the team.
00:18:20
Speaker
I don't know, man. When he talks, man. You do Zeke out there. You know who else hurt? Todd Gurley, man. Todd Gurley. He was freaking awesome. And then he had the arthritic knees, man. He fell off a cliff big time after he got his big deal. Dude, his knees just deteriorated in one season. It was like he was all pro. And then two days later, he was just done. I mean, when he went to the Falcons, that was pretty much when you could tell.
00:18:47
Speaker
That dude's going back home to maybe play two seasons and that's it. Like, dude, you don't go back home off of a Rams team that was almost a competitor already. And then they, he just leaves. Like that to me was the writing on the wall for him.
00:19:02
Speaker
Yeah. Uh, but yeah, so, so what's your overall call? I'd say Jonathan Taylor does not step on NFL field this year. I think they trade him at the deadline. Honestly, I, I don't think that the Colts can just, I just don't think they're just going to leave him there for no reason. Cause dude, the, the older he gets the less they can ask for him. Like people aren't just going to cave and give them what they want. I think them asking for jail and waddle was asinine. There was no way the dolphins in their right minds could have ever done that.
00:19:31
Speaker
You don't train a star wide receiver for a running back, no matter how good they are. So I think he gets the dolphins. They seem to get by just piecemeal in the running back position last year. Anyways, I think somebody panics at the deadline. I think it'll be an AFC team that panics at the deadline because I think the AFC is that good. Um, then again, it could be an NFC team. Like dude, if there's only two really good teams, you're maybe one player away from competing. So I guess it could be an NFC team too, but I think it gets traded at the deadline.
00:20:02
Speaker
All right, before we get into our week one predictions, man, what are you drinking tonight? I am currently sipping on a Steve Austin broken school double IPA. Nice, good choice. I'm doing IPA also. So this is by Brewdog Brewing out of Columbus, Ohio. They teamed up with Iron Maiden of all people to launch a, you know, a sponsored beer. This is the Hellcat cold IPA. So if you listen to the Chick-Foli show where we did some investigating, found out the cold IPA had to do with the
00:20:32
Speaker
The temperature that the hops are grown at, I guess if they're grown above a certain altitude, it changes something in them. Who knows, man? Probably just marketing. That's a good beer. I actually had one of those last week. That's a really good beer. Yeah, it's pretty damn tasty, man. Really citrusy, man. But it's not like one of those ones where it's straight up like a couple of grapefruit juice. Like, yeah, really good beer. So if you find some of this, and it's got a bitch in can, so if you find some of this out and about, definitely pick it up. Have you ever done the brew dog advent calendar around Christmas?
00:21:00
Speaker
have not. This is the first thing I've ever had. Oh, definitely try to pick that up because they put some interesting beers in it. It's pretty cool every year. Nice. All right. You ready to get into predictions? Yeah, let's do it. Yeah. Yeah.
00:21:27
Speaker
All right. It is time to start picking some games. So we're going to go, you know, week by week. So you only get one point whether I get every game wrong this week and Jordan is everyone, right? It'll still just count one point in the column. And we're going to see who who is the best NFL prognosticator as the season goes on. So we'll start running through the games. Jordan, do you have something to write in? I do. I'm ready when you are, buddy. What did you end up grabbing? I'm actually going to use the notepad on my phone instead of actually writing because my handwriting sucks.
00:21:57
Speaker
Risky. Okay. All right. Smart. I, I tried to get Jordan to get either a full size, big yellow legal pad, or maybe one of those nice composition notebooks with the bitchin, uh, black and white cover, man, for it to make this thing more special. I'm going to screenshot it too, just so you know, I'm not cheating it. So once we get through it, I'm going to screenshot it and I'll send it to you. There you go. Uh, all right. Let's start off first game of the season. Lions.
00:22:22
Speaker
I'm not picking against the chiefs at home on ring night. I just, I would love to see Detroit win this game just cause I love that team and Dan Campbell's awesome. They have a fun young team. It just seems like they want to have fun, but dude going into Kansas city on ring night, I just can't even imagine not being terrified to play that game. Like dude, my homes is just going to show out in that game.
00:22:47
Speaker
I, uh, yeah, with or without Kelsey, I don't think it's going to matter. I actually, I love Dan Campbell as well. I think the lions are due for a huge letdown this year, man. They're, they're my overhyped team of the year. I think Jared Goff comes crashing back down to earth. Uh, you know, I thought that they were really, really kind of just flipped into about getting rid of those two good running backs that they had. Uh, I know they, I know they spent a high draft pick on a rookie, but you got proven production there, uh, last season. Um, yeah, I don't know, man. I feel like the lines are really due for a letdown. I think chiefs roll.
00:23:17
Speaker
All right. Sunday, we get the battle of Ohio, the Bengals and the Browns in Cleveland. I mean, bro is going to play. So I'm going Cincinnati. Yeah, I think since he rolls, I think I rooting. We talked about this a little bit last week, man. I cannot stand. I mean, I actually kind of generally root for the Browns because I respect their fan base. They got some of the most loyal fans despite their team giving them absolutely nothing to root for really over the last 20 years. But I was just really disgusted by their just.
00:23:45
Speaker
you know, how much they were just drooling all over themselves to go and, uh, and get to Sean Watson. I hope this year is just a dumpster fire. And, uh, you know, this, it just turns into just, uh, you know, it already looks like a bad call. I hope it gets even worse by the end of the season. Okay. This is not me defending to Sean Watson at all. This is me defending Cleveland fans. Cause I'm a Cavs fan and Cleveland fans go through.
00:24:07
Speaker
the worst of the worst. Dude, when you've had like 25 quarterbacks in 16 years, if you get even somebody close that would even possibly be considered an all-pro quarterback, you should be excited. Granted, Deshaun Watts is a piece of crap, but outside of that, I mean, I get why they were excited.
00:24:25
Speaker
What was so bad about Baker though, dude? Well, I understand that, you know, his performance since he left there has, you know, it's it's it's kind of made their decision play out. But at the time, what was the thought process behind chasing him out of town to go and get, you know, this dude that's about to be suspended for over half a season? Dude, I think something happened there, whether it was a locker room thing or whatever it may be, because, yeah, dude, that season that they went to the playoffs with him, I just
00:24:55
Speaker
I mean i thought they found it and he was good next year he was hurt man. I still think i don't think he's ever gonna bounce back from that that shoulder i think that's still bothering him to this day so i mean maybe that was the reasoning but yeah either way dude it's just.
00:25:12
Speaker
sad situation, man. It seems like they kind of got that. He's kind of got, I think he should just like bail and just go do freaking ESPN, you know, college game day or something like that. I'm sure he'd be great on there. I feel like he's going to have got that, that curse where he's like, he's too notable to be a backup. You know, he's always going to have too much attention on him and team just won't really even want to fucking mess with him if he's not going to be starting for him. Dude, I don't know what it is, but like the, like the quarterbacks that come off as like,
00:25:41
Speaker
I don't know. Like the bad boys of college football, basically like Baker was always one that was causing controversy. Manzell just so happens the Browns drafted both of them. I mean, I don't know, dude. I think Brian Lee. Yeah. I think that shit doesn't play in the NFL. NFL. You just got to get in and be a pro. I just, yeah. I just think there's something to that man. Like you walk into a locker room with
00:26:01
Speaker
53 other dudes that are, I mean, they're getting paid to play football too. And that shit just doesn't, it doesn't fly the same way it did in college. Like in college, you're like a God, like NFL, you act like that and you start fucking up, dude, the fans are going to turn against you day one. They don't care about that. Like, dude, this is a business. Like this is a full on business and they're only there to win. That's the only thing that matters to them. Yeah, for sure. All right. We got the Texans and Ravens in Baltimore. I think this one's going to be ugly Ravens role. Yeah, agreed.
00:26:31
Speaker
Bucks and Vikings in Minnesota. Vikings. I think they, I do think that the Vikings definitely regress a little bit this year. I don't think it's going to be a ton, but I don't know, man. There's just no way they can keep playing the way that they're playing the last year with the close games and the comebacks and stuff like, dude, eventually that's just going to catch up to you and you just can't keep doing it.
00:26:54
Speaker
I agree. I don't see him going 13 and four, but I think the the height for Vikings regression this season has got a little bit out of control. I still think there's a ton of talent there. Kirk Cousins is I think he's greatly underrated, dude. Now, he's got the Tony Romo thing going where he has had some major, major epic mistakes in big moments. And that's what the people remember. But I think he's pretty good week in and week out, man. He gives you a chance to win every single game you play. And I think they're going to be firmly in the playoff race once again.
00:27:23
Speaker
I think the biggest thing about Kirk cousins, and this is just outside of prime time games. Cause we obviously all know the stats for that. That dude just does not lose you a game. Like that's the one thing I'll say about him is when it's not like a prime time game, like you can count on cousins to, to do some things. And what he's not going to do is just flat out lose you the game. So yeah, dude, he's good. When, when he's on, he's really good. He gets, he's streaky as fuck, dude. When he gets, when he gets hot and he, dude, he's freaking dealing. He's, there's anybody in the league, but
00:27:53
Speaker
You know, it comes and goes with him, but I think the Bucks have a really ugly season and it gets started week one up in Minnesota. The craziest thing to me still is Washington drafted RG3 and Kirk Cousins in the same draft.
00:28:06
Speaker
Yeah, that's a hell of a draft, dude. That one season for RG3 is one of the two or three best rookie QB seasons we've ever seen, man. Like, he was incredible that year. I lived up in Northern Virginia during that time and did Redskins fever was crazy, man. Like, that was the time we go grocery shopping on Sunday afternoons, because when the Redskins were playing, the streets were absolutely empty, man. Like, people were tuned in, watching RG3 do his thing, and it's just a shame. One of the true all-time shooting stars of the NFL. Speaking of deteriorating news,
00:28:36
Speaker
Yeah. The, uh, all right. We, yeah, he, they say everything to you. Like he must've had like some, I know he had a torn ACL in college too, but it must've been like, you know, more, worse than a regular torn ACL. Cause we see guys come back from ACLs all the time. Like it's nothing, but he was never even close to the same after that injury in the playoffs that year. All right. Interesting game here, man. The Panthers coming to Atlanta to play the Falcons.
00:29:00
Speaker
I'm not picking against the Falcons week one against the Panthers dude, rookie quarterback rolling into Atlanta. I think the Falcons defense is going to be really improved from last year. They brought in a lot of good people, um, bringing in a guy like Kalais Campbell can only help you. Like, dude, that dude's going to be such a good mentor playing next to Grady Jarrett. I just, they're not losing to the Panthers week one.
00:29:24
Speaker
Now I say that and they probably will go out and lose, but I don't know, dude, I just, I can't pick against them against the Panthers with a rookie quarterback. And after watching their offensive line, those preseason games, like dude, if the Falcons can't get pressure on this team, then I don't know what they're going to do this season. Dude, I think I'm very, very trepidatiously I'm picking the Falcons on this man.
00:29:47
Speaker
I got a bad feeling though that, you know, they've had a lot of kind of under the radar buzz this off season with, with Arthur Miller kind of having all the, uh, the, the, you know, the pieces in place, Arthur Smith, my bad. Yeah. Having all the, uh, I think Arthur Miller was a play writer, uh, Arthur Smith, having all the, uh, the, the pieces in place to kind of get this, you know, run heavy unconventional by modern NFL standards, offense going, um,
00:30:15
Speaker
I've seen the Falcons let their fans down so many times. Nothing would be a bigger let down than letting Bryce Young come in and get a win in his version if they'll start on the road in Atlanta. I'm going to go Falcons, but I am very, very shaky on that pick.
00:30:30
Speaker
dude, I get it. I just I look at that Panthers roster. And I'm like, if the Falcons are even gonna remotely have a chance to win the division, they have to win this game. Like, there's there's no maybe when this game like that they have to win this game. I just I mean, dude, the Panthers number one receiver is Adam Thielen. Like, if you lose to that, I don't know, man, I just
00:30:56
Speaker
Adam Dealing can low key ball though, dude. Yeah. When he's got Justin Jefferson on the other side of him, who does he have on the other side of him now? DJ. He was a good wide receiver for a long time. Five years ago. I'm just saying, dude, I think I would, I wouldn't mind if I'm a quarterback, I wouldn't mind being in the huddle. If it's a two minute drill, we're driving to win and I got Adam Dealing out there with me. Cause I know he's going to catch, you know, he's not going to drop a pass. He's going to run a good route, do the right thing.
00:31:23
Speaker
I just, I got to push back on the Adam Thiel and slander a little bit. All I know is the Falcons better light into Bryce Young because that offensive line is miserable.
00:31:33
Speaker
I mean the Falcons shooting windy, Bryce Young can't even see over the line. If the defensive line, they don't even need to rush, just stick your hands up in the air and they're not going to be able to pass the ball. So yeah, the more I'm thinking about it, maybe I shouldn't be as sketched out about this one, but as we talked about last episode, yeah, I've been burnt by this team too many times. Cardinals and commanders in DC, I think the commanders just smoke them, dude. I think until Kyler Murray comes back, Cardinals are by far the worst team in the league, in my opinion.
00:32:01
Speaker
Oh dude, I don't think the commanders win a game if, or not the commanders, the Cardinals won a game if Kyler Murray doesn't come back. Like they're running Josh Dobbs out there this Sunday, dude, that they are in full tank mode. And the thing is, is somebody brought this up yesterday and I kind of forgot it a little bit. So they'll probably go on full tank. So that means they'll have a chance to pick Kayla Williams. They also have Houston's number one pick. So dude, they could easily have one and two in this draft.
00:32:30
Speaker
That's insane, man. And yeah, you have to really make a decision on Kyler Murray at that point. Like, do we invest in the Kyler Murray experience, or do we pull chocks, see what we can get for him, and start over? Somebody would trade for Kyler Murray. Dude, there's only like 10 really good starting quarterbacks in the NFL. Somebody would trade for Kyler Murray.
00:32:48
Speaker
Yeah, I think Kyler Murray, I still have hope for him. Ended up being a, you know, a really good NFL quarterback, which he's been pretty decent, decent to, to good at moments, but I still think he could put it together and end up being, you know, a top 10 QB in the league. He's in a horrible situation. First of all, like Arizona is terrible even with him on the field. Like it's not like that's a good team even with him on the field. So yeah.
00:33:11
Speaker
All right. Jaguars and Colts in India. I think, I think Jags rolled now. I think, I think the Jaguars got a chance to be the number one seed in the AFC. I think they got all the pieces clicking. I think they're going to be, you know, fired up hungry. I don't think they're the best team in the AFC. I probably didn't put them in the top four, but I, you know, with the weak division, everything that I go on, I could see them putting together, you know, 13, 14 wins this season.
00:33:32
Speaker
I mean, dude, they probably have six guaranteed wins in the division. They're not losing to any of those teams. Like I just, I don't see it. And that that's not a slant on any of those teams. I just think that, I mean, dude, the, the older Derek Henry gets, the more of the Titans are going to slow down.
00:33:48
Speaker
The last 10 weeks of the season last year was an absolute dumpster fire for that team. And they didn't change a whole lot. Like, no, they're running it back big. They're running it back. They got the Andre Hopkins, who's also, you know, basically father time as far as NFL wide receivers go at this point. Um, yeah, I just, I think the Jags, they're kind of at that, that perfect moment where like everybody on their roster is kind of going to be hitting their stride at the same time, getting Calvin Ridley, um, back on the field.
00:34:16
Speaker
I just think they're going to kick ass and pile up a lot of wins this year. I see them, you know, maybe making a run to the AFC championship. I don't think they make to the Superbowl, but I think they kind of take the next step and then next season they're, they're on the short list for Superbowl favorites. I think Trevor Lawrence has a really good chance of finishing in the top three for quarterbacks this year. Honestly, as far as all the stats are concerned, like
00:34:37
Speaker
Dude, I just remember two seasons ago, where he's like, this dude's going to be a bus. And dude, I just never saw any of that in this dude. Like he can not. It was Urban Meyer, dude. That was all Urban Meyer. As soon as Urban Meyer got out of there, dude started balling. Yeah, dude. That dude can ball.
00:34:53
Speaker
He's again, if you watch the games that rookie year, like the numbers were ugly, but he was doing everything he could. It wasn't, it was kind of like, you know, Peyton Manning, if you go back and look at the stats for Peyton Manning's rookie year, they're horrible too, but he was still playing really, really good. Just the numbers didn't show it. Yeah. All right. We got another interesting game in the early window, the Niners and the Steelers in Pittsburgh.
00:35:18
Speaker
Dude, this Bosa situation is not gonna get solved, I don't think. I think they're just too far apart. That considerably weakens the 49ers defense not having him. He is a huge part of what they do defensively. I'm still not picking the Steelers, but I think the 49ers have a little bit of problems going on right now. We gotta see a full season of Brock Purdy still.
00:35:43
Speaker
not having both on defense is going to be a huge problem for them. Like he just opens up so much for everybody else on that defense. And I don't know what they're doing, dude. You pay the guys that can get at the quarterback the way he can. Like we argue about who you shouldn't, should not pay the guy that can get to the quarterback while getting double teamed is the guy you pay. Like I don't care who else is on the team. You pay him.
00:36:08
Speaker
Yeah, and the thing about it, dude, I feel like GMs have gotten so creative at manipulating the cap. You hardly ever hear about teams being in salary cap hell like you did in the early 2000s. I mean, you can always find a way to get out of these contracts or restructuring to do what you need to do. So I mean, if it's just straight up like dollars and cents, they don't think he's worth the money. I don't know where the hell they're coming from because he's a true game changer. Yeah.
00:36:30
Speaker
I'm going Steelers man. I think the Steelers finished sneaky strong last season. They're gonna be super fired up You know Pittsburgh is still a place where you have a strong home field advantage and it's a it's a noon game man on the for a West Coast team They traditionally struggle remember last year a badass 49ers team rolled into Atlanta and got spanked by the Falcons Same situation starting at 12 o'clock East Coast. They also were missing 14 players in that game But yeah, let's not let that get in the way of this story because yeah, I'm all
00:37:00
Speaker
Yeah, they you know, they still These teams still tend to struggle with these things I think I think Pittsburgh comes out fired up and week one's wonky. Anyways, we're the Niners lost week one last year To the freaking Bears. So yeah for all those reasons I think the Steelers pull off the the slight upset and walk out week one I do I think the Niners are the far superior team, but I think on Sunday the Steelers are gonna roll fair enough All right, then we got the Titans and Saints down in New Orleans. I
00:37:31
Speaker
I hate picking the Saints so much, but dude, I just, I don't know what the Titans are doing, man. Like how do you just run back the same team after they finished the way they did? I don't get it, man. I just, I just don't understand how you can look at that roster and think, Oh yeah, man. This one's still good enough to compete. We'll just run it back again, but we'll add Hopkins like, and didn't they lose a couple of guys on defense too?
00:37:58
Speaker
Yeah, they did. But I would say this man that they were seven and three last season with they almost beat the Chiefs with Malik Willis. And then everybody just started getting hurt. You know, everybody got hurt down the stretch. They lost their last seven games. And Vrabel is a coach. Mike Vrabel is a coach that he absolutely has his team ready to go and has a game plan cooked up where they're competitive.
00:38:18
Speaker
in every game you really see them get blown out right they may have some ugly boring ass losses where it's like thirteen to ten sixteen to thirteen scores like that but they really go out you know it's outside of the eagles game they were competitive pretty much every game down the stretch last season even when they were you know on that that monumental collapse down the stretch
00:38:36
Speaker
I think they go out and win, man. I think Derek Carr was low key a little bit cooked last year. I don't see enough talent down there in New Orleans to be able to help lift him back up. I don't love the coaching in New Orleans. I think the Titans go down and get a week one road win. This would be the happiest I've ever been if you were right and I was wrong on a game because I absolutely hate the Saints and for them to start out on one would be just glorious for me.
00:38:58
Speaker
Alright, we got some AFC West action. We're down moving into the late window So these will be the the four o'clock start times on the East Coast three o'clock central time We got the Raiders and the new look Denver Broncos in Denver God
00:39:15
Speaker
Garoppolo versus Russell Wilson. I think the Broncos rolled in. I told you, look at the numbers, man. Russell Wilson was, he wasn't Seattle Russ, but he was productive. He was pretty solid. Those three games after Hackett got fired last season, they went two and one. I think Russ had a combined five touchdowns and one interception over those last three games. So, you know, everything we've heard is Sean Payton is coaching him really hard.
00:39:42
Speaker
I think the Broncos are due for a little bit of a bounce back, man. I think they kicked the Raiders ass on Sunday. I mean, they do as much as I hate the guy. He can game plan the shit out of a, out of a week. I hate him too, but he's a good ass coach. Yeah. And I just think the Broncos have more talent. I think the Raiders defense is going to be miserably bad. I think the Raiders defense might be all time bad this season. So you're going Denver as well.
00:40:08
Speaker
All right. The Eagles and Patriots in New England. I think this is I think this is an ugly loss. And maybe we start here a little bit of, you know, birds chirping. Maybe it should be Belichick's last season. Maybe it's, you know, maybe the old guy isn't going to get it turned around post Brady. I think this one could get ugly. Who did they pick up as their backup quarterback? Because they signed someone to the active roster. So who's the backup now for Mac Jones?
00:40:33
Speaker
One second. Talk about a, what you think the Eagles are going to look like this season while I fire up the Google machine. Yeah, I think this game gets ugly. I agree with you. I, I just think dude, the Eagles are built for, for winning games and any weather and any scenario. I just, I love the way they built this team. They brought back almost the entire offensive line, like
00:40:57
Speaker
Yeah, dude, it's just, this is a, still a special team. I don't think they're as good as last year just cause their defense lost a bit, but dude, again, talked about it last week. This team just knows how to draft man. They, they picked up that Jordan Davis kid or not Jordan Davis. What's his name? Jordan.
00:41:14
Speaker
I don't remember what his name is, but whatever. Yeah. Jordan Davis last year, then they picked up a Carter this year from Georgia. Just dropped into the jail. Carter probably could have been the number one pick, but he had some, some off-field issues. Their defensive line is just going to be nasty again. They still got Fletcher Cox and all those guys. So yeah, good luck, man. Best of luck playing against that defensive line.
00:41:36
Speaker
So the Patriots re-signed Bailey Zappi, who should be the starter, let's be real, on the practice squad. And currently, he's listed as practice squad. And then they got Matt Coral from the Panthers. That's who it was. Yeah, he was a pretty good quarterback at Ole Miss. And then he had an injuries last year that really kind of crushed his NFL prospects. So it's still a mystery as to who's actually going to be the active backup on Sunday. You've got to imagine, probably Zappi. I mean, he was there all training camp. But we'll see. You never know with the Patriots. They'll make some funky personnel moves on you. Yeah.
00:42:08
Speaker
All right, yeah, and I agree. Like I said, Eagles are gonna, Eagles are gonna roll in that one. One second, let me get back to our slate. All right, so the next up, the Rams and the Seahawks in Seattle. Seahawks, I just, dude, the Rams literally bought that title and they're gonna suffer for it for quite a while.
00:42:35
Speaker
Yeah, Seahawks should win, dude. I don't know, man. Rams are kind of sneaky. I'm picking Seahawks, but I wouldn't be shocked if the Rams put off. I'm a big believer in Sean McVey. Um, yeah, I got, last season I was fortunate in my work situation or anything else I went on. I watched more football than I have in probably the last five years. Um, and one thing that stuck out to me was down the stretch when the ramp season was already cooked, they were still playing hard weekend and week out. Sean McVey was down to, you know, he had guys we've never even heard of before in NFL or college coming out there because they were so decimated with injuries.
00:43:05
Speaker
And they were still playing hard, putting together good game plans. Um, but yeah, see, Seahawks should get this one. I, I worry about Gino Smith, man. I worry about that. You know, that, that stagecoach turning back into a pumpkin. I mean, it's definitely possible. I just, it doesn't sound like cups playing this week for sure. I just, I don't know, man. And all this shit you've heard about Stafford and this training camp, him not connecting with the younger players and stuff like,
00:43:31
Speaker
Bad vibes out of LA right now. Stafford is definitely not meant to be on a rebuilding team. And that's exactly what he's on right now. So I don't have a whole lot of hopes for the Rams this year. I'll go Seahawks again with a little bit of trepidation there. All right, this is a tough one to pick, man. I'm going to let you go first. I think I need to hear what you say before I make my call on it. The Dolphins at the Chargers.
00:43:56
Speaker
Yeah, this is going to be a good game. Charging are so loaded with talent. It feels like they consistently underachieve. And the Dolphins, they were inconsistent as hell. Obviously, we don't know where Tua is at health wise. But when the Dolphins were rolling last year, they seem like a dark horse Super Bowl contender. Yeah.
00:44:16
Speaker
dude, it's really hard to begin against the dolphins. If, if, if you know two is a hundred percent healthy, that team is dangerous. He's a perfect fit for Mike McDaniel's office. The biggest problem about that dude is he's one hit away from being not healthy at all. Like, yeah, I just, I think the chargers are going to be better this year than they were last year. I think getting Kellen more
00:44:40
Speaker
as their offensive coordinator, who's definitely less conservative than whoever they had last year. I can't remember who it is at this point. Dude, I just... Yeah, I'll go Chargers. I think you're right, man. It's in LA also. Yeah, I'm going to go Chargers. I don't feel great about it because I think both these teams are really good.
00:45:01
Speaker
But I don't know, dude, I think Mac is going to get some pressure on Tua, and Tua under pressure is not good. Like, I mean, I'd be panicking too if I had whatever, you had three concessions last year. Like, I wouldn't want to get hit either. But they, yeah, I could see either, I could see this game in a blowout in either direction. I could see either team getting hot and running off like four touchdowns in a row and just running away with this one. But it should be a pretty intriguing game. That's definitely a good one for a week one in the late window. Yeah.
00:45:33
Speaker
All right, we got the Packers at the Bears. Oh, God. I think Packers win, man. Jordan Lowe's been getting some hype this preseason also, you know, for whatever reason, when Aaron Rodgers was there, he sucked. But now I've been hearing a lot of, you know, pardon the pun, but love for for Jordan Love coming out with the football media. And I'm with you, man. I think the Bears are just dysfunctional. I think Packers win. With Aaron Rodgers gone, but the Packers still own the Bears.
00:46:00
Speaker
Well, I think the biggest problem for the Bears this season is going to be their defense. And I mean, dude, they still got Aaron Jones. They still got that good offensive line. They got AJ Dylan. So got playmakers on the offensive side of the ball. They, dude, they have a good head coach. I mean, I just think they're going to be able to out scheme the bears. I just,
00:46:21
Speaker
I think there's too many limitations on the bears offense too. I'm not saying Justin Fields is not good. He's good, but I just, I think there's going to be limitations. And I think any game that they're going to need to score 30 points to win, I just don't think they can do it. So I'm going to go Packers as well.
00:46:38
Speaker
All right, we have the Sunday night game, you know, NBC loves the NFC East man between the Eagles Cowboys and Giants. It's pretty much how they make their their prime time schedule for the season. We got the Cowboys and the Giants classic rivalry kicking off the Sunday night football season slate. I think Giants win, man. I think Cowboys are right there with the Falcons as far as letting down their fans.
00:47:00
Speaker
I think they'll the Cowboys will end up being the better team over the course of the season But I think Brian day ball is a way better coach than Mike McCarthy And I think they cook something up special game plan wise and hand the Cowboys a big L on prime time with the whole nation watching I feel like this is the game we get on Open Sunday night football like every other year. Yeah, it does numbers man Yeah, it's like seeing punk and wrestling day like we're gonna if even if the team sucked dude Just throw the Giants of Cowboys on and 20 million people are gonna tune in to watch I think that
00:47:30
Speaker
Dax balls are to the bandsaw. I think McCarthy's balls are to the bandsaw. Dude. I think the Cowboys respond. I don't, I'm not saying they're a Superbowl contender or anything, but I think they're going to play a lot better this season. I just, I feel like all those guys are under so much pressure and they finally got rid of Z. Tony Pollard's their lead back, which makes them way better with having him. They still got that off season and a half ago.
00:47:54
Speaker
still got that offensive line. They have the best player in football, possibly just period on defense with, uh, Micah, I just think that he's just, he just causes so much havoc and he just ruins everything you do on offense. I think it's picked up Stefan Gilmore too. And the defensive back, which he quietly had a really, really good year for the Colts last season. He was kind of back at Pete Gilmore.
00:48:15
Speaker
Yeah. So they got Gilmore and digs at corners. Yeah. I mean, I just, I think they're loaded talent wise. I think they're a better team. I just think Brian day ball has enough as a big enough edge over Mike McCarthy that he pulls out the win for the G-men. Yeah. It's going to be a good game. It's in New York too. Yeah. It's going to be a good game. But you're picking Cowboys. I'm going Cowboys.
00:48:36
Speaker
All right. And the last game of the week. This is going to be another fun one, man. The Bills and the Jets in in New York City or in New Jersey is the case. Maybe Aaron Rodgers debut for the the Jets. I'm going to let you go first on this one, because it's kind of a coin flip for me.
00:48:56
Speaker
I'm glad we're getting a good Monday night football game. First of all, I have said for the last, I don't know, four years or whatever, dude, they got to bring Monday night football back to glory. Monday night football is still a really big deal. And for some reason they treat it like it's not like, dude, they, the dogs say games, man.
00:49:12
Speaker
they picked up the announced crew last year. They picked up Aikman and Buck. Like so, I mean, you've got probably the two best announcers, you know, I don't like either one of them, but I mean, you've probably got two best announcers. Now they do the Manning cast, which is a hit with everybody. I love that. Dude. I think that's
00:49:29
Speaker
that might honestly be the best broadcast for football, like period sense, like Madden and some are all like, it has that kind of feel to it to me, like, cause Madden and some are all used to like give each other shit during the game. And you get that with, I mean, obviously the Manning's are a lot more goofy than those two, but it kind of gives me the same feel. I'm going bills, dude. I picked him to go to the Superbowl. I picked him to win the Superbowl this year.
00:49:53
Speaker
I think the jets are going to be good, but I think it's going to be a little bit of a feeling out period. And another offensive line that did not look good as the jets. Aaron Rogers is today. I'm old to be running for his life, man. I just, I think they're going to do a good job game planning for it, but I just think the bills are a more talented team overall. All right. So that is the pick brother. Oh, I didn't pick that one yet. I say bills.
00:50:22
Speaker
I think I'm still calling it right now. Opening day, 2024 season, Aaron Rodgers is going to complete the the whole he's going to finish the story. Cody Rhodes style, the start of the Vikings, man. I think it's either going to be I mean, the Jets are loaded, so it wouldn't stun me if they did go on a run. But, you know, even that your farm was there, the Jets weren't bad, dude. They were in the playoff run to the last game of the season. Farve got hurt.
00:50:49
Speaker
and ended up, you know, it ended up in disappointment, but they were in the mix till week 17. But I think between either injuries or just weird personality fit, I think he burns out of New York this year. I think the Vikings have another year where, you know, they get some just, you know, Kirk gets into second base, but can't bring them home.
00:51:08
Speaker
And they did, you know, Aaron Rodgers is a spiteful son of a bitch. He would love nothing more than to stick it to the Packers for his kind of final chapter. It just I just feel like the stars are aligning to make this happen. And, you know, obviously wrestling is not football, but if you were booking it like it was WWE, that would be the move. And Aaron Rodgers shows up for the Vikings for, you know, one or two final seasons. So that's what I want to see. We'll see if it actually happens. But yeah, I
00:51:36
Speaker
I'm going to go bills, man. I think the bills roll. They're my Super Bowl pick, and I think they get started on a high note for week one. Yeah. All right, let's get to million dollar bets.
00:51:59
Speaker
All right, for those need a refresher, me and Jordan are each starting with an imaginary million dollars for the season. We're going to be placing bets throughout the year and see who ends up on top by the end of the year. So I'll go first. I picked one game for the early window, one game for the late window, putting out 50,000 on both of them. And I'm going spread, not going money line. So I think in the early window, I think the Steelers cover, they're getting two and a half points. I'm taking the Steelers and the points against the Niners with 50,000 on there.
00:52:27
Speaker
And in the late window, I'm taking the Broncos to cover the spread. They got a four there. They're giving four points up against the Raiders, but I think they cover and roll big time. So I'm putting 50,000 down on the Broncos and the Steelers this week. You can definitely tell you're not a normal better because a normal betters don't go 50,000 week one. We, we, we got to hedge our bets a little bit.
00:52:50
Speaker
I got a million to play with. I can, I can, I can make it back if I lose, right? A hundred grand goes pretty quick though, bud. You lose both down to 900,000 pretty quick there, Bill Gates. So I'm going to do $25,000 bets. I'm going to go, I wrote this all year last year. I'm going to try it again this year. Uh, first half Eagles over 22 and a half points. So that's combined points.
00:53:15
Speaker
between the Patriots and Eagles 22 and a half for the first half. I'm going to keep betting that as long as they keep putting the line out low enough. And then the bet that I love this weekend that it's probably going to cost me in the end. I love the Vikings minus six. I just, I think the bucks are an absolute dumpster fire. And I think this is a game where the Vikings could easily win by three scores.
00:53:40
Speaker
We know Justin Jefferson's going. His goal is to get 2,000 yards this year. And you're not going to do that unless you get up to a big start. So yeah, I can see him dropping two touchdowns, 180 yards, something like that. Yeah, so you got those tallied, Jordan? I got it tallied.
00:53:54
Speaker
Awesome. Yeah, this is going to be fun, man. I'm looking forward to it. You know, I didn't want to be boring, but you know how like analytical and strategic I am. I was sitting there at work today when I should have been paying attention in a meeting. I was looking at this stuff. I gave some serious thought and to just say and screw it and say, no matter what, I'm going to bet on the Chiefs and bet against the Browns all season long, like 50,000 bucks each game and just see how it how it shakes out. I mean, it's not a terrible bet. You had the Broncos minus four, correct?
00:54:20
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Yep. Okay. I got Broncos minus four and I got Steelers plus two and a half. And for those that know we're using the sports book odds and draft Kings, we decided for consistency. We needed to have one site. So draft Kings, that's, that's the odds that we're going off of for, you know, prop bets and everything. And if you guys want to, if you guys want to throw out some stipulations on us, go for it, man. We can, we could open up, make that part of listener mail. If you guys want to say, Hey, you know, you guys got to do a prop bed or
00:54:45
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Or you know a first touchdown scored bet anything you guys want you guys you guys do it And we will let you guys kind of drive some of the direction on a million dollar bet you cool with that Jordan Yeah, I'm good with that. I mean we can do whatever me and Seth could do like Yeah, we can both do a prop bet every week. That's fine, too. I'm good with that. Yeah, well
00:55:04
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We'll figure it out. I had an article up earlier, man, for interesting bets. You could put money on no game this season. We'll have two safeties. And it's just running the entire season long. I thought that'd be a pretty fun one to lay some money down on, because that is pretty rare to see two safeties in one game.
00:55:20
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Yeah, those are always fun to look at. I always look at the full season odds before the season starts. So I'm going to start, I'm going to do that tomorrow. Um, cause yeah, there's always like a bunch of draft King specials and stuff like that. So yeah. Oh, here's the top one. A lot of people are betting this Dak Prescott 15 plus regular season interceptions thrown. That's like one of the biggest bets that's put in on draft Kings.
00:55:46
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Yeah, that's, he definitely knows how to throw some picks, man, which is crazy because I feel like when his first couple of years, he was really just lauded for, you know, for how well he was protecting the ball. Yeah, that's well gone. All right, you ready to get in the listener mail? Hey, should we throw, I'm dead serious, me and you should throw 100 bucks on this. Total regular season points, 12,495.5.
00:56:13
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I'm taking the over, dude. Oh yeah. I'll take that. Yeah. A hundred percent. No, I'm talking about real money. I'm not talking about this fake million dollar money. Are you taking the under? No, I'm taking the over. Oh, so you say we just like team up. Yeah. We'll just put a hundred bucks on it. If it hits, we'll win a hundred bucks. Yeah. Let's do it. I say over, dude. I think that's going to continue to go up every season.
00:56:35
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All right, I'll put it in. All right, sweet. I will shoot you 50 bucks, man, too. So so we can we can collect on these winnings and we'll celebrate, man, after after the season's over. We have to come down here and we'll get some some serious wing action or something, get some domino swings and celebrate in style. All right. So you guys showed out in the the listener mail for this week. So I'm going to start hitting them. So Jordan, first up, our boy Zach Hertzler says, what current football player do you think could end up being a wrestler?
00:57:07
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Dude, I think the Bosa brothers would be like the greatest tag team ever in wrestling. Like those two dudes are just gigantic. I just, and they both have larger than life personalities. I could easily see that. The other one I thought of the other day was, uh, was JJ Watt. Now that he's retired, he just seems like he would be like perfect for that kind of stuff. I mean, he's always good in front of people. He's always good at talking and stuff like that. And he's a big dude. So I'd be all for watching him wrestle.
00:57:36
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I'm going Derek Henry, man. Dude's so freaking huge. If you go to NFL game and see him on the field, all these guys in the NFL are just world-class athletes, crazy physiques. And he still sticks out even amongst them, man. Just the size and the speed. I think it's probably between him and Cam Newton as the two most physically impressive NFL players I've ever seen in person. So I'll go Derek Henry. And he's got the charisma, man. He's super funny. He's got a unique look with the dreads and everything. So I think Derek Henry would
00:58:04
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be able to translate really well to the world of wrestling. It is wild going to an NFL game. This has not to do with the wrestling topic, but just last year I went to that Falcons bangles game and the Falcons were warming up in front of us. Just seeing like how much bigger Kyle Pitts was than everybody else was freaking wild. Like he's just, I mean, he's just gigantic.
00:58:24
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Yeah. And just like the speed and like the, the grace of even like the backup players, dude, it just really stands out. What incredible athletes these guys are, man. It makes it so fun to watch on Sunday. Like I just, when you were talking about that, like the, like how much the players just like stand out, seeing them in person. I was thinking about.
00:58:41
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in Hawaii on base, there was like an intramural flag football league and the quarterback we had on our team like wasn't the greatest. And I just played safety on defense and we were kind of talking shit on the sidelines. And, you know, I was like, dude, he's out there. He looks like Matt Ryan out there running around because the dude was not very fast at all. It was trying to scramble. And then one of the guys on the team made the good point. He's like, you know, if Matt Ryan was out here, he'd probably be like the fastest person on the field, go out, run all of us. You guys all into the ground.
00:59:08
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Yeah. All right. The fig wife, man, the lovely Ari hits us with a question. This is Jordan's better half. She says, is Dion Sanders a good coach, in your opinion? I think he's a good college coach, man, from
00:59:24
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From what we see from the outside looking in, I don't think he's a big X's and O's guy, but I think he is an absolute world-class recruiter. And I think he is awesome at just setting the tone and the culture and motivating those guys to go out. I don't think Dion Shtick would work in the NFL. Now I say that Dion's been a winner everywhere he's ever been from high school to college to the NFL to coaching.
00:59:45
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Deon has always been a winner, so I would never bet against him, but I'm not sure if it would work out if he went to the NFL, but I think he's an awesome college coach, and I don't think he's going to be there long in Colorado, man. I see him being there maybe two, three years tops and going to one of the really A1 power schools in college football.
01:00:07
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I think Dion is a good coach for exactly what you said college level. You just hear about how much the players hate that hard knock shit and how much they hate doing it and just cause how much access they have. Dion literally has cameras on him at all times and they're recording everything. I just think that would wear thin on NFL players. I just, I don't think that that stuff would be accepted at that level. I just,
01:00:33
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I think NFL players to a point are very private. They don't want their entire life out there. College kids are different, man. You're 18 to 21 years old. You really don't care about much. You're there to play football, go to parties, get chicks. That's what you're in college for. I don't think that would work in the NFL. So he is a good coach. It would not work in the NFL, though.
01:00:59
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Yeah, and in college, the coach is the king, right? Like, you know, look at Nick Saban in Alabama, look at Dabo and Clemson, even as much as they've struggled the last two seasons. Like, the coach is the star of the show. The coach is the king in college. And that's just not the case in the NFL. And the NFL is all about the players. Unless you're Bill Belichick or Andy Reid, man, you know, the players are almost always going to win out in power struggle against the head coach. Exactly. It's a player's league, not a coach's league. And in college, it's a coach's league.
01:01:27
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All right, my buddy James Zushi, this is one of my good friends from the Navy. He says, which top 10 QB is going to have an off year? I think Jalen Hurts takes a step down this year, man. I'm a believer in him. I think he's a good player. But I think defensive coordinators are going to have another season of seeing that Nick Sirianni offense, another season full of tape of seeing Jalen Hurts and that Nick Sirianni offense. And I think the...
01:01:55
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I think the Super Bowl hangover is real. I still think he's probably gonna end up being a top 10 QB, but I don't think he's necessarily gonna be an MVP candidate this season. So I think Jalen Hurts has a slight regression, even if he's actually overall a better player than he was last year, but I still think he's gonna put up the numbers like he did last season.
01:02:14
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I picked the Bills to win the Super Bowl and I still fully believe that. But I think they need to take the ball out of Josh Allen's hands a little bit more and I think they're going to do that with James Cook. So as far as like numbers wise and things like that, I think Josh Allen takes a bit of a step back.
01:02:30
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Um, just because I think that they've kind of learned that him throwing the ball 40 to 50 times a game is not the ideal formula. You got to mix in some type of running game. I mean, dude, the chiefs don't like lean on their running game, but there is times where they'll, they'll run eight, the ball eight times on a drive. And then Patrick Mahomes will just get them in the end zone.
01:02:50
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dude, at some point you got to be able to lean on the run, like, especially when it's snowing out or it's windy, like, it just seems like the bills are determined, even if it's a 60 mile hour windstorm, like, oh, you're throwing the ball 50 times into this. Like, I think it cost him last year, man. I really do. I just think they relied on him so much to do everything and it cost him. So I'll say he takes a step back stats wise. I still think he's going to be a great quarterback.
01:03:14
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And I don't think you were making a dig at Jalen hurts. Like he wasn't going to be a great quarterback. It's more stats related and things like that. So I think we're both kind of on the same page here. Yeah, I agree. You know, I said that in my Super Bowl pick last year, I think the bills are probably going to have, you know, out of their last three seasons, I think it'll probably be their worst regular season this year. But I think they're like I said, they're battle tested. They know how to pace themselves. I think they're going to peak come January and make that run all the way to the championship. All right. Zach Hertzler says favorite football coach.
01:03:45
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I'm assuming we're going, we're going all time here. Like my personal favorite or the one that I think is like the best ever. And that's favorite. Like his personal sentimental favorite. Who's your favorite football coach? Uh, for me, it's Tom Osborne, man. It's just like, dude, he's an absolute weirdo now. I mean, he just, he wants to hold this state back, but dude, having Tom Osborne of the coach of your favorite team in the nineties was
01:04:10
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It was special, man. He could go into anybody's living room, get any player he wanted. There was nobody that was going to beat him out for a recruit if he wanted them. So I'll go to you.
01:04:19
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I'm going to go old school college also. I love Lou Holtz, man. I was never really a huge Notre Dame fan, but I just always loved, you know, seeing the old clips. Yeah. Lou Holtz got out
College Football Coaches & Motivational Styles
01:04:32
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there. You know, he was just he was so folksy, man. Damn good coach. And he could talk some shit to you, man. I saw tapes, you know, Notre Dame in Miami was huge rivalry back in the 80s, early 90s. Where's the convicts?
01:04:43
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Yeah. And Miami had, you know, Jimmy Johnson was like just the antithesis of Lou Holtz. He was this younger, like super flashy coach. We're going to win a couple of Super Bowls with the Cowboys. And there's a, there's a video of Lou Holtz giving Notre Dame a free game speech. He said, he said, boys, today I have no doubt y'all are going to go out there and take care of the hurricanes. All I ask, you leave Jimmy Johnson's ass for me.
01:05:08
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dude. And I mean, dude, if you're not, I mean, there's no way you're not ready to just run through a freaking brick wall after you hear your head coach say something like that. I loved Lou Holtz when he was on ESPN. Cause I mean, half the time he had no idea what he was talking about. Like he just like going, going off to cash it. It was always great too.
01:05:27
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And like him and Mark May played really well off each other, but when they pulled each other, like when they were apart from each other, it just didn't work. Like Mark May's stick did not work when Lou Woltz was in there and kind of vice versa. So I love Lou Woltz. Yeah, that kind of ties in with, you know, what we were talking about with Dion, man, college, they coaches in college just have a full on like, you know, just cult of personality around the man, like to throw some CM Punk terminology out there, dude, like they just they become these larger than life, legendary figures.
01:05:57
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Yeah. All right.
NFL Week One Predictions & Quarterback Debates
01:06:00
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David Brooks says, uh, biggest upset a week one in the NFL. Um, I'd have to go back to look at the point spreads, but I think, I think the Steelers beaten the Niners is going to be a pretty big upset just with all the hype the Niners have after their last couple of years. Uh, so yeah, that's kind of my upset pick for week one. God, I really didn't have any, um, I guess if I had to pick one,
01:06:22
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Yeah, I got no crazy upset. I mean, I guess all like the games, I guess like I could see the bears beating the Packers. I mean, I don't know how much an upset that is, but I mean, I could definitely see it happening. I mean, I guess it's a pickup game. So that's really not an upset. Okay. I'll go dolphins over chargers could be the possible upset because they're a dog.
01:06:42
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Yeah, there's not there's none that really stand out man. There's no there's no like sneaky underdogs for week one where it's like gonna be a massive upset So we'll see all right. He also says Kenny pick it next elite QB or nah thoughts on him going into your two I think he saw it. I don't think he's ever gonna be an elite QB I think you could win with Kenny pick it I don't know if I see him being I don't know if I can see him win the Super Bowl man Even with the awesome supporting cast I see he can win playoff games man, like you could definitely be competitive with him But I'm not sure even at his best
01:07:12
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If I see him winning a Superbowl man, I think he's kind of just, you know, I think he's kind of in that Derek Carr zone. I'm going to say one thing about him that Derek Carr never had. He has Mike Tomlin who loved him or hate him, dude. Mike Tomlin gets the most out of every player on that damn roster every year.
01:07:32
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And I think pickets going to be good. I think he'll be in the top half of quarterbacks as far as like, I think he could be a top 12 quarterback. He's not winning MVP or anything like that. I could see him winning a Superbowl just because of having Tom when the only issue is they're in the same division as the bangles and the Ravens. That's not a good division to be in right now.
01:07:53
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He's a gamer, though. I like him. I am a fan, dude. I think he plays hard. His teammates definitely respond to him. Like I said, I think he's a good dude. I just think he's got some physical limitations. It's going to keep him from being the straight, tippy top. And even more than that, just the arm, dude. I don't think he's got a special arm, dude. I think he's just a good quarterback, which is fine, man.
Football Culture: Food, Weather & Traditions
01:08:16
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Says, what's in your cup and on your plate on a perfect Sunday? Ice cold beer and chicken wings, dude.
01:08:22
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Yeah. Bush light and chicken wings every Sunday. Like doesn't get any better than that. Like pizzas right in there too. Like dude, it really honestly, it just comes down to like finger foods, appetizers, things like that, like cheese dip, all that kind of stuff. Like that stuff's perfect for football, especially when you get into cooler weather, which sounds like it's coming up for me and Seth here in the next week or so it's going to cool off a bit. So.
01:08:46
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dude, I love when it gets cool and you sit out back and watch football, nothing better. When it gets, when it gets cool, man, when it starts to get cold and you're watching outside football, I love some little bit more hardy do like a good bowl of chili, something like that. Yeah, dude, with some still with the cold beer. So ice cold beer and some little bit of spicy chili, man, dude, I had a food moment that was absolutely transcendent back in 2021. Same situation. We had an outdoor theater set up. It's in Norfolk, Virginia. So it's
01:09:13
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It's crisp, dude. It's like, you know, it was kind of like just cold enough to where it was still worth it to sit outside and watch football just for the ambiance. Me and Bretman had to fire pick one and Sheena took our leftover turkey from Thanksgiving and made a homemade turkey pot pie. Fucking chef's kiss, dude. She brought it out to us. Like, so it's nice. It's cold outside, but we got this hot, warm, gravy filled freaking turkey pot pie. Like it was like one of my absolute favorite like food moments of my life.
01:09:40
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Dude. Um, remember when I came out there during it, it was for your birthday for survivor series and your birthday. And we went to Wawa and I was like, dude, everybody keeps talking about this Turkey sandwich, the gobbler, the gobbler. And I got it. And I, it was like,
01:09:57
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That was the exact moment I had when I ate it. I'm just like, dude, it doesn't get better than this. The Wawa Gobbler is the best for those who don't know. So it's a sandwich that Wawa, which is a chain of like kind of like fancy gas stations in Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Primarily, there's a couple that are down in Florida, but.
01:10:16
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really kind of right there in the mid Atlantic is the the heart and soul of Wawa but they got this sandwich called the Gobbler that they roll out every November so it's like thick um like thick sliced like roasted turkey they put gravy on top of it dressing cranberry sauce it's basically like a Thanksgiving plate on a sandwich and super sloppy super messy but it's it's freaking primo dude it's it's so good man so to the point where even though we don't have Wawa here we still make our
01:10:41
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our homemade gobbler sandwiches every fall. So yeah, if you got close to a wah-wah this fall, definitely get the gobbler. I wonder if Boosie's does like a gobbler sandwich.
01:10:52
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I don't know, man. It's you know, it's more Texas barbecue based. They do have a pretty mean barbecue turkey sandwich. So I wouldn't be surprised, but I have not. I've not heard of it. I do. I do like their turkey sandwich, though. All right. David Brooks got a question just for you, Jordan. He says, Am I hallucinating or does the does the Falcons have excuse
Future of Football: Defense, Conferences & Draft Strategies
01:11:10
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me? I'll correct his grammar a bit. Do the Falcons have top 10 potential this year, especially considering their weak division? Top 10 potential for for defense or overall?
01:11:22
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the, the defense, the Falcons defense have top 10 potential this year. I think top 10 is probably a little rich. I think top 15 possibly. Um, but yeah, that division's garbage and the Falcons have the easiest schedule in the NFL. So
01:11:38
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Definitely possible. I can see them having a strong season, man. I could see, you know, in all the multiverses of the NFL this season, there's some that end with the Falcons going like 11 and six and getting a home playoff game. They may get their ass tore out the frame in that playoff game, but I could totally see them. Yeah, I could totally see them cruising to that division and and hosting a playoff game this year. Dude, I think Arthur Smith is a good enough coach. Now, granted, he did play Marcus Mariota way too long last year.
01:12:05
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I think he's a good enough coach to know the limitations for his team. Ritter can be good, but they just got to be careful with how they use him. Um, and did you have a three headed monster at running back? Like, I mean, dude, how much more fitting can this get for this dude? They're going to run a lot of weapons, man, Drake, London, cow pit, and they're going to run the ball, slow the game down, hopefully keep their defense fresh. The division's not good. Yeah. I could easily see top 15 defense for the Falcons.
01:12:35
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Yeah, I'm a big believer in Arthur Smith, even though I jacked his name up earlier. Dude is a very good coach. He single-handedly got Ryan Tannehill a big money contract when everybody thought his NFL career was on its last leg. So dude can ball.
01:12:48
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David says thoughts on super conferences in the NCAA. I'm all about it, man I think they should do the top like I'm thinking the top 40 schools in division 1a combined into just a super conference and invited up into some divisions and basically run it like that run it like a giant league like the NFL just have that be the
01:13:05
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That's kind of your pool for make the playoffs with you I know it sucks because you're gonna cut out some of those mid majors who every once in a while might make a run But with only a 14 playoff man, like but this is the last it's not the same as this is the last year for 14 nobody next year But what's it going to 12 12?
01:13:23
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Yeah. So may, may, maybe open it up, but the college is a big gap between the mid majors and the powerhouses. Like I just don't see a Cinderella run. No, it's going to change because the pack 12 is dying after this season. So you're just going to have the four major conferences. You're going to have ACC big 12, big 10 and SEC. That's all you're going to have.
01:13:41
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mid majors are done that they're not getting the big 12 and ACC really going to be major. You know what I mean? They're going to have like 16 teams. So I mean, you got to consider big 10 and SEC got the, the creme de la creme. Oh, they definitely did. The big 10 and SEC took all the schools that everybody wanted and wish they could get. And then the big 12 and ACC took whatever was left over.
01:14:03
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I'm not saying either one of those conferences are super. I'm just saying like in the grand scheme of things like 16 to 20 teams is considered a super conference. So yeah.
01:14:14
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I'd be in favor of just one, like I said, one one conference to rule them all and then divide those up into some divisions. I think that'd be the most entertaining waiter on it. And then what would be really cool is if that was the only teams that those teams played, man, get rid of the fucking Southwest Alcorn State going up against Alabama and shit like that. Like imagine if you got nothing but bangers, dude. And the other cool thing is, dude, you could go straight standards. You could get rid of the fucking polls, man. Like if you if you did that,
01:14:42
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I think if we didn't have to worry about stupid polls in college football anymore, it was just straight up, you know, play the games out and the standings are what they are. So the hope is that you have the four super conferences and the top three teams from all four of those are the teams that get in the playoffs. So then you have 12 team playoff with three teams from each of those conferences.
01:15:02
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Hopefully they do it right in the top four teams are the the one seeds from all those conferences because dude, I think it could be cool. And the first round of the playoffs is at the home team site. So they're playing these games on campus in round one.
01:15:18
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Yeah. So it's gonna be cool, man. NCAA is doing the right thing, finally, because, dude, division two gets it right every year. They've been doing a playoff for 20 years, and it works. I love it. That's one of my favorite, my one of my all time favorite sports memories, dude, in 2002, Western Kentucky University, so they're out of out of Bowling Green, Kentucky, the hilltoppers, they're, they're 1A now, but they used to be 1AA.
01:15:41
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In 2002, they they made it to the National Championship, which was always played in Chattanooga, Tennessee every year. So it was only about a about a four and a half hour drive from our house in Kentucky. And me and my dad and little brother went there. We watched we watched Western Kentucky with the National Championship in person. That was just a ton of fun, man. So I always I always look back on that fondly. All right, the another question just went for you. This was just for you, Jordan. Will Nebraska ever be good again?
01:16:09
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Good. Yes. Nineties. Great. Absolutely not. The problem is, is kids have finally figured out that you can go to California and now you can make money off an NIL. You can go to Alabama. You can go to Georgia. The only thing that I think could like sway the balance of power is if they put some more control on the transfer portal, because I do, I do think that is college football's biggest problem right now.
01:16:37
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is a kid can commit to Georgia and not play his first year and then just decide, eh, I'm not going to work at this anymore. I'm just going to transfer somewhere where I know I'm going to play right away. Dude, you knew there was probably a greater than zero chance that you weren't going to play at Georgia your first year. Anyway, why would you go there? Like it's just, it's stupid. I get there just going there because they're going to get a national champ, a chance at a national championship and you can't
01:17:02
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take that back, but I just don't get it, dude. Like some of these kids are going to have to learn. Like if you want to play immediately and have a shot at the NFL, dude, shining on a shitty team is still more shine than you're going to get on a great team. So I don't know, man. I hope these kids learn and that they kind of, they kind of figure out the transfer portal a little bit. Cause I do think it's ruining college football a little bit, but to answer your question, they will get good again. Great. Absolutely not.
01:17:31
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I think just the way the overall game of football offensively has changed has kind of hurt Nebraska too because back in the day run the triple option they could get all the big cornbread you know strong as an ox lineman there locally and then for recruiting you just need to go out and find you a quarterback and a running back to run that offense man and
01:17:49
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they'd be good to go. But with the, with the way, you know, the explosion of like the aerate offense and stuff, man, it's just so much more competitive trying to go find three or four wide receivers and, you know, no offense to the great state of Nebraska. I just don't think you guys are producing those guys out of high school. I mean, you'd be surprised, dude. They have a five star tight end that plays in a small town in Nebraska right now that got recruited by every college in the country. And they had another one last year. Like they're producing some good kids out of Nebraska. It's not that.
01:18:17
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Where did that tight end go? He's going to Nebraska. Nice. So they have, I don't know, man. I think the biggest problem for Nebraska is they were in the big 12. They ran the offense that they ran. It was more run heavy than it was pass heavy.
01:18:34
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Then the big 12 went to basically air raid offense about three years before they left. So then they went to that and then they went to the big 10 that was still half and half. And it still kind of is half and half run heavy to pass heavy for the teams. I just think they're just stuck in the middle right now, man.
01:18:52
Speaker
Like they don't have a real identity on the offensive side of the ball. And that's what kills them more than anything. Like they can't, can't commit to either being a passing or a running team. And I think that's their biggest flaw. They've been through three coaches in six years too. So that's not helping either. Scott Frost was supposed to be the savior. Scott Frost's biggest problem is all he wanted to do is drink the entire time he was there. It was missing practices to do golf simulators and drink margaritas. Like just, it just didn't work. I mean, whatever, man.
01:19:23
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All right. He also says, which team is tank the most for number one pick this year? I got the Bucks. Number one on my my tank watch. Oh, I think it's the Cardinals. I don't think the Cardinals are going to win a game. Yeah, I think I think the Bucks, the Cardinals are definitely the front runners. I don't think Sean McVeigh would allow the Rams to tank the Rams should tank, but I just don't think he's got it in his DNA to go into tank. Do they even have a first round pick yet, though? Like how many more years of first round picks do they got to give up? I think they still got like two more years to leave and have a first rounder.
01:19:54
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Yeah, they did kind of workers their entire future for the, for that Superbowl, right? But hey, they worked off. If the Falcons want to trade off their next 21st round picks and they want a Superbowl in the next three years, I'll take it right now. If you get the ring, it's worth it, dude. The ring makes it all the pain worth it. You're never going to say that Superbowl win was not worth it, just because it's so damn hard to just make it through everything and get to that mountain top, man. Sam Rosenthal says, why do you think kickers are struggling so much the last few years? The amount of extra points missed lately
01:20:22
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is remarkable because they took it from 10 yards to 30 and these college kickers come into the NFL still used to the 10 yard extra point then they have to back it up to 30. I don't care what you say there is some mental gymnastics that go into kicking a field goal and none of us will ever know like what it's like to have the ball on your foot to kick a game-winning field goal
01:20:46
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I can't, I mean, it's gotta be a lot of pressure. I just, I don't know, man. I think that's the biggest thing is them moving the extra points back. And I do think it's helped the game because I feel like extra points, all that stuff was just, I don't know. It was just there. Like it wasn't even really part of the game anymore. And now they've brought it back. Cause dude, there's been a lot of times where kickers miss an extra point and that team lost because of it.
01:21:11
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I wish they'd get rid of taking the extra points, dude. How much better would it be if it was you go for one from the two yard line or you can go for two from the five yard line? Or go for three from the 10, dude. Give us fucking XFL style. The NFL, and I really hope that the XFL continues because dude, the XFL has some really cool stuff. I mean, the NFL stole the sky cam from the XFL. They need to steal the extra point from the XFL too, because that is way better.
01:21:39
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the XFL thing where, um, if you're down in the fourth quarter, after you score a touchdown, you can get a fourth and whatever it is 15 from your own. I love that. And so the onside kick is such a better way, dude. That is so, yeah, I don't know. I don't know how that hasn't come up. I mean, I could, I get it from like a football purist standpoint. It's kind of gimmicky, but that's so much more fun than stupid onside kicks, man. Onside kicks are
01:22:03
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It's the fucking lamest play, dude. Like, I don't care how well you practice it, man, unless you do, like, a surprise in the middle of the game. Getting an onside kick when the other team's expecting it. It's always just some unorthodox, fluky shit, and you gotta hope you get fucking lucky, dude. Or the other team makes some kind of boneheaded play, dude. Yeah, I'm a big fan of the 4th and 15 being the way for, uh...
01:22:21
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being the way to do the kickoffs, man. I think that should be the whole game, dude. I think it should all start with a fourth and 15. And if you want, you can just punt it, dude. Punts are way safer than fucking kickoff returns anyways, man. If they're trying to, if they're worried about player safety as much as they say they are, it would be a little bit of a bummer to just permanently get rid of kickoffs because a kickoff return for a touchdown is so cool. But I think if you want to, I wouldn't be opposed to doing the fourth and 15 thing from the start of the game. And it's just up to the team that they want to punt or go for it. Yeah.
01:22:51
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I still, you still gotta have kickoff. So man, kickoffs are, dude, I mean, Cordell Patterson and Devin Hester made a living off of that. Like, yeah. Yeah. Desmond Howard. It's been, it's just, it's, it's so exciting to see a kickoff, get run back for touchdown, even, even more so than a punt. It just hits different, man. Yep. All right. Uh, last question, Sam Rose, the also says, what's your favorite position to play and watch? And he knows us well. Cause he says, and I mean football players before you make it an R rated podcast.
01:23:20
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Well done, sir. Well done. I'll go free safety, man. In high school, I played both ways. I played quarterback and free safety. And playing quarterback was cool, right? Just because it's awesome, right? Playing quarterback, it's like the stereotypical thing. But I love playing safety, man. Just being back there, center field, covering the whole field, roaming around, making interceptions, getting teed up for big hits, man. And I always appreciate some good safety play in the NFL, man. So I'll go safety.
01:23:50
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I always played offensive and defensive tackle, so I'm going to go left tackle. There is nothing sweeter than realizing at the end of the season that your quarterback didn't get hit and it's all because of you. It's not the most rewarding position and they definitely don't get their names put in the stats.
01:24:09
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Dude, when you have a good left tackle in the NFL, you are pretty much set on the offensive line. I mean, dude, a left tackle can make an entire offensive line better. A good left tackle makes an average offensive line elite. Like, I mean, it happened with the Browns when they had Joe Thomas, their offensive line was average. They got him. It was elite immediately. Well, then they started drafting like Alex Mack and all that stuff, but
01:24:33
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Um, yeah, I, I just love playing left tackle, man. It was, it was always fun for me, opening up the holes for the running backs and stuff like that. I love doing that.
01:24:43
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Yeah, man, so thank you guys for all of the questions. You guys definitely freaking showed out in the mailbag. We're planning on this being about an hour long this week, a little bit of a short episode, but we're pushing an hour and a half as we wrap it up. Again, thanks for all the support. Week one, we will be back with a full episode next week. Stories, Uniform Watch, we'll give you the wrap up on our first round of million dollar bets and who won the picks. Looking forward to it. Jordan, hit us with some closing thoughts. Hold on, we got to tell them
01:25:10
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social media accounts. Follow us at the goal line football show on Instagram and on Twitter, X, whatever you want to call it. It's goal underscore line underscore pod. Uh, follow us up, dude, in all, in all the crazy slang that has come out in the last like 10 years, how have we not come up with something better than saying underscore? Yeah, I don't know either. Like undisco.
01:25:35
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I mean, we, we need some sort of one word or like one syllable phrase to replace the underscore. Cause it's always such a pain in the ass breaking that down for people. Yeah. But seriously, follow, follow the, um, the social media accounts and give us some more questions. Cause like, we don't want to just limit this to, to the Facebook group for the wrestling pod. We want to hear from everybody on this and.
01:25:57
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Next slide, the DMS drop a comment. I mean, even if it's just something to like, say like, Hey, I think you guys could do this better. There, there's no bad criticism when you're doing a podcast, especially when we're starting a new one. Um, in any comments help, honestly. Um, as far as closing thoughts, get ready to generate its football week.
01:26:27
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heading out to San Francisco for the Labor Day weekend show. I got my hush puppies on. I guess I never was meant for glitter rock and roll. And honey, I didn't know that I'd be missing your soul. Come Monday, it'll be all right.
01:26:57
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Come Monday I'll be holy and you're tired I spent poor lonely days in the ground in the haze And I just want you back by my side