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Season 3 - Episode 10
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The trio is again missing its 3rd member but we continue to trudge through. On this episode, we talk bye week and the revenge game with the Washington Commanders. Do I sense a hint of positivity??? That is usually short lived with this group but tune in to find out why.
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Transcript
Podcast Introduction and Missing Co-host
00:00:11
Trio of Positivity
Hello, hello, hello. Welcome back to the Trio of Positivity podcast. My name is Krish and I am joined by Miller. We are missing one of our trios today.
00:00:23
Trio of Positivity
Boopin is not here. I think we see him next week, question mark?
00:00:30
Mike
Question mark.
00:00:32
Trio of Positivity
Okay. um We are a Chicago Bears podcast and we hope to try to bring some positivity into your lives. It's very difficult, as you might be aware, um but we still give it a will for some people.
00:00:42
Mike
For some people.
00:00:44
Trio of Positivity
Miller, how are you doing? How is how was your weekend?
00:00:45
Mike
I am doing fabulous.
00:00:47
Trio of Positivity
Yeah. What you do this weekend?
00:00:48
Mike
Fabulous. How are you? um I just hung out with the kids. Went to do a birthday party. As you know, the funness always never stops.
00:00:55
Trio of Positivity
h
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Mike
Yeah.
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Trio of Positivity
um'm I'm very happy I got to teach him a Spanish word, so that's exciting.
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Mike
Nothing much.
00:01:00
Mike
Well, we are we don't appreciate it, but it's a fine.
00:01:01
Trio of Positivity
um much
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Trio of Positivity
My weekend was good. ah ah Just school's been busy, but we're keeping up with where it we're keeping up with it so
00:01:13
Mike
That's all that matters. get those Get those A's and B's because C's don't get degrees.
00:01:18
Trio of Positivity
Well, I was told C's do get degrees and now I'm assuming that's a lie, but whatever. all right.
Social Media and Website Jokes
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Trio of Positivity
Social plug time. You can find us on their Facebook trio positivity podcast on X at trio positivity, YouTube trio positivity podcast and possibly tick tock.
00:01:37
Mike
We don't even know if that's a real entity at this point.
00:01:38
Trio of Positivity
We don't. Yeah.
00:01:39
Mike
think Oracle is about to buy it. So who knows?
00:01:41
Trio of Positivity
Oh, well, um we have a website. It's not working, but we have one. So props to us.
NFL Week 5 Plans and Bears vs. Commanders Preview
00:01:47
Trio of Positivity
um Today, we're going to talk about our thoughts on week five of the NFL.
00:01:53
Trio of Positivity
We're also going to preview Bears and Commanders on Monday Night Football. And we're going to end it with our fantasy recap, as well as our predictions for the game. So, Miller, let's get started.
00:02:05
Trio of Positivity
What are your thoughts on week five of the NFL?
Bears Bye Week and Cubs Playoff Celebration
00:02:09
Mike
Week five of the NFL, we all know the Bears didn't play this weekend.
00:02:14
Trio of Positivity
Yeah.
00:02:15
Mike
And the Cubbies are in the playoffs, baby. Week five barely existed in my world. Whoop, whoop.
00:02:20
Trio of Positivity
Yeah. Yeah.
00:02:22
Mike
Going to celebrate the Cubs as long as I can because time is running out. But the Cubs played this weekend in the playoffs. was It was good.
00:02:32
Mike
It was happy. Well, they were in the playoffs. That's all I can say at this point.
00:02:36
Trio of Positivity
We got a series. that's not much That's not much that other teams can talk about.
00:02:38
Mike
We got a series.
00:02:41
Trio of Positivity
We're currently 2-0 at the time of this recording. We're losing 2-0, I should say, in series. The series is coming back to Chicago. um We used to talk about the Cubs way back when we first started this podcast. We used to have a regular weekly discussion during the summer.
00:02:57
Trio of Positivity
I kind of miss it. I don't know how you feel about it.
00:03:01
Mike
I don't miss it because it was just us yelling how about how the White Sox suck and the Cubs are awesome and there is no substance to it. So no, I don't miss it at all.
00:03:10
Trio of Positivity
I just...
00:03:10
Mike
162 games is a long season to talk about.
00:03:13
Trio of Positivity
It is... I remember just a guy to kind of give you guys a ah peek into the yeah inner workings of the Trio of Positivity podcast. We would have discussions before we would record or at the time go live. And someone in the group, I'm not going to point them out, would say, do we have to talk about baseball?
00:03:31
Trio of Positivity
And... I would say, well, yeah, there's not much else to do in the summer. We have to talk about something. um And that was during a time where I think both teams were not great.
00:03:43
Mike
Yeah, that sounds right.
00:03:44
Trio of Positivity
um um
00:03:47
Mike
Thus we went to the NFL format because this is actually something that we can care about.
00:03:47
Trio of Positivity
Well.
00:03:51
Trio of Positivity
And someone enjoys a long break in between, which I hate.
00:03:58
Mike
Love
Unexpected NFL Game Outcomes
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Mike
it.
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Trio of Positivity
um For me, week five was upsets galore. um The Pats came out with a win against the beautifully worn jerseys of the Buffalo Bills. I love their jerseys.
00:04:13
Mike
Did you?
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Trio of Positivity
Yeah, it's basic. I get it. It's one color. I get it. But when it matches with the fans and the in the field or like surrounding the fields and stuff and and everyone's wearing the same color.
00:04:25
Trio of Positivity
loved it. Obviously, obviously now the jerseys jinxed. No one cares because they because they lost.
00:04:29
Mike
Obviously, because they lost.
00:04:32
Trio of Positivity
I think that's not even the most surprising. I think the most surprising is the Jags one in the weirdest fashion ever.
00:04:38
Mike
Hmm.
00:04:40
Trio of Positivity
I think I've ever seen. Yeah. There was a trip. ah Quarterback trips. Manages to get up.
00:04:52
Trio of Positivity
Looks like he's going to throw. Decides not to throw and does a head first dive into the end zone. That last play was insane. um And would you say Washington winning is an upset?
00:05:06
Mike
Well, unfortunately, Washington. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know.
00:05:11
Trio of Positivity
I have him as a yes, but um'm I can be convinced otherwise.
00:05:15
Mike
I wouldn't. OK, I'm going to be real with you here. I think the Buffalo Bills are probably by far the biggest upset of the weekend. um You have, although the Jaguars, they beat the Chiefs, you have to keep keep into consideration. One, the Jaguars were at home and two, they were actually three and one.
00:05:32
Mike
So they're actually a pretty decent team. um New England was not of the sorts. They were still hovering around 500, not as good per se. So for them to go into Buffalo and win was quite the upset.
00:05:47
Mike
um Washington, I thought that was kind of like a 50-50 game personally.
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Trio of Positivity
OK, that's fair.
00:05:52
Mike
um But the other big one that you didn't even mention yet was the catastrophic explosion that was the Arizona Cardinals and blowing
00:06:03
Trio of Positivity
Oh, yeah.
00:06:04
Mike
that game down in Arizona in which we had a um how do i even call this? ah An interception down, an interception touchdown that we've never seen before in the history
Bizarre Interception Touchdown Play
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Mike
of the guy.
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Trio of Positivity
So can you can you try explaining it?
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Mike
don't even know if it's before.
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Trio of Positivity
I want to hear your your like.
00:06:23
Mike
Of course I can explain it.
00:06:25
Trio of Positivity
OK, go for it.
00:06:25
Mike
It's not that, yeah, I don't know what it's called, but I can explain it.
00:06:25
Trio of Positivity
I want. OK, explain it and we can probably come up with a name together.
00:06:28
Mike
So, the So Cam Ward threw a horrible pass to one of the receivers that was intercepted because it wasn't on target. The ah defensive back proceeded to fumble the ball.
00:06:44
Mike
It was then kicked by multiple Arizona people and Tennessee Titans people, in which case it eventually ended up in the end zone, recovered by the Tennessee Titans, and thus a touchdown.
00:07:00
Mike
It was very comical.
00:07:01
Trio of Positivity
Yeah. I don't know what to call it. um Another upset, which has been, I feel like it hasn't been talked about, but it's definitely an upset just because they rallied was the Broncos over the Eagles.
00:07:15
Trio of Positivity
um Miller, if i told if I told you that week five, it is, let's say we before it's let's say it's summertime. It's pre-people going into the buildings to do their workouts and all of that stuff.
00:07:30
Trio of Positivity
If I told you that by week five, the following teams would be under 500, would you believe me? We have the Texans at two and three, the Ravens at one and four.
00:07:40
Trio of Positivity
We have, I'm scrolling because I have to find their record here. ah The Bengals two and three. And there was one more team I wanted to mention.
00:07:50
Mike
Kansas City
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Trio of Positivity
Kansas city. Thank you. ah
00:07:53
Mike
at two and three, two.
00:07:54
Trio of Positivity
Two and three. and And flip side, the Jaguars would be four and one. And the Colts would also be in that same boat at four and one.
00:08:05
Mike
Four and one. Yeah. No, I probably wouldn't believe you.
00:08:08
Trio of Positivity
demolishing the Raiders.
00:08:09
Mike
I wouldn't believe you. I mean, it's just kind of inconceivable. And it's just like you look at the Bengals and they have injuries. The Ravens have injuries. But like the Chiefs being two and three, that i mean, given they've had a pretty tough goal of it, a pretty tough so schedule and with some injuries to the wide receivers. But it's just.
00:08:28
Mike
I was scrolling my favorite website today, Twitter, and I saw something that really hit me and I was like, shit, this is going to suck for pick them. But it's like the parody in the NFL. I don't think we've seen this in quite a few years.
00:08:43
Trio of Positivity
Yeah. um So before we get into the preview of Bears and Commanders, um how do you feel about the Bears having their bye week at week five? do you Do you like it? Do you feel like it came at a perfect time?
00:09:03
Trio of Positivity
what What are your thoughts on that?
Bears' Bye Week Timing Discussion
00:09:05
Mike
Well, I think originally when I saw that we were going to have a bye week at week five, I always hope that it's towards the middle of the season. So you can kind of have the team can kind of have a break, right? Like, okay, we've made it so far. Let's have a break. Let's regroup. And then let's finish the rest of the season. So kind of that middle tier, just like with my fantasy drafts, i like to be in the middle.
00:09:27
Mike
But when I saw it was week five, I was like, shit, this is early. Is this going to be good? Is it too early? Is it going to be bad? But I think personally, upon reviewing the team, I think it really came at a good spot.
00:09:41
Mike
Now, I could just be saying that because we did go two and two. If we were like, maybe if it was a different record, maybe I would have different feelings. But because they were at where they were with the injuries, with the um the issues with the O-line, there's many things that they still needed to figure out that they didn't take care of at training camp.
00:10:03
Mike
So I think that week four allowed everybody to regroup and allowed Ben Johnson to really dive into the tape, see what we've done well, what we've not done well, and really hopefully build on that moving forward.
00:10:17
Mike
So but think it did turn out to be pretty good for the Bears. Hopefully we'll see what happens after. bye
00:10:24
Trio of Positivity
I think looking at the beginning before the season started, i think the bye week would have been tough. because of the following games that were coming after.
00:10:35
Trio of Positivity
But I think because of how the season has been going and the injuries that the other teams have been having, as well as their performance, it's almost like, Hey, we actually have a chance to, to run some games and get some wins.
00:10:48
Trio of Positivity
So I, I agree with you, even though I, I'm not particularly a fan, although I did get to enjoy red zone more than usual. um, I agree with you, but also in the sense, I think if those teams that we're going to be facing in the next five weeks,
00:11:05
Trio of Positivity
had a different record or where they were performing better, I would have said, give me three more games or maybe even two more games before we hit the buy. So I, I'm, I, I understand the point.
00:11:13
Mike
No.
00:11:16
Trio of Positivity
I get it. They got to fix this. I don't know if it's maybe doing what like the NBA and MLB do where it's like, Hey, you know what? Everyone just take a break for a week and then just kind of move on. And then they have like their all-star break, but don't have a game. We don't want an all-star in the NFL. Yeah.
00:11:35
Mike
no
00:11:35
Trio of Positivity
um maybe that could be a way to fix it. And so that teams don't have to work like, cause the bears will not have to play how many games in a row.
00:11:43
Mike
13, I think
00:11:43
Trio of Positivity
Yeah. So like, I find that to be a disadvantage for some, but
00:11:46
Mike
i was going to say, so you really think it's advantageous and and not advantageous, huh?
00:11:52
Trio of Positivity
yeah, um I hate to be that middle, like flip flopper, but like for this particular season and how those other teams are performing, I think it came in a great time, but I think we both know that the schedule that the bears have,
00:12:07
Trio of Positivity
you know, ah given the different circumstances, you would have hated to go. i mean, we're two and two now. We lose two of those games and we get a break. That break could be very much needed.
00:12:18
Mike
Yeah, that's fair. I don't know. I don't think they'll do anything with it. think eventually the NFL will add another buy to kind of work things out. Because as we know, Super Bowl will be on President's Day sooner rather than later.
00:12:33
Trio of Positivity
Yeah.
00:12:33
Mike
And by the time it is on President's Day, it may be called Trump's Day. So who the fuck knows?
00:12:36
Trio of Positivity
Oh, God. all right. Well, that's All
00:12:38
Mike
But I think it will. at all I think they might add another buy, which might make it a little fair.
00:12:45
Trio of Positivity
all right, well, that is an awkward transition to go into the preview. The Chicago Bears will be facing the Washington Commanders on Monday Night Football. According to ESPN Sportsbook, ah
Influence of Past Bears vs. Commanders Game
00:12:59
Trio of Positivity
they opened at the four and a half point favorite for the Washington Commanders. That part has stayed the same.
00:13:07
Trio of Positivity
However, the over under has gone up by an additional point. It opened at 49 and a half. It is now at 50 and a half. So we have to talk about it. We managed to avoid it for quite some time.
00:13:19
Trio of Positivity
Miller, you remember what happened last year?
00:13:21
Mike
you
00:13:24
Trio of Positivity
Knowing what happened and we kind of don't want to touch on it, but we remember I think this was the game that caused a lot of changes to happen for the Chicago Bears.
00:13:33
Mike
no what This was the game that started the snowball, didn't it?
00:13:39
Trio of Positivity
Okay, that's a better way of saying it. You're absolutely right. um The last play, the last Hail Mary ah gets them the win. Miller, what effect would you say that that last game, that game last year with the Commanders had on the Bears?
00:13:56
Mike
Yeah, just, ah it's so hard to reminisce about this. and and unfortunately, it's going to be shoved down our throat for like fucking all weekend.
00:14:05
Trio of Positivity
The whole week.
00:14:07
Mike
ah Getting to listen to this game and then the whole pregame talking about it. But like, if you really dive into what happened after we lost this game and we might remember where we were at that time, you're talking about Caleb versus, versus,
00:14:24
Mike
Jayden, Kayla versus Jayden Daniels and one versus two.
00:14:26
Trio of Positivity
Yeah.
00:14:29
Mike
And what's going to happen is Caleb going to live up to the number one pick, blah, blah, blah, blah. blah And he did, he's fine. He stepped up. He led the team down the field scoring drive, put us with the lead with like 30 seconds left.
00:14:44
Mike
And then Jayden, the, the, the script flipped in a matter of two plays and it was the long past play. get them into Hail Mary range. And then the Hail Mary where our team wasn't focused, Tyreek Stevenson wasn't focused and would resulted in Washington winning in the script, like completely flipped on everything.
00:15:04
Mike
Jaden then goes on to become the rookie of the year, ah believe.
00:15:07
Trio of Positivity
Mm-hmm.
00:15:08
Mike
Right. And then Caleb becomes the talk about, is he a bust just because of how the bears spiraled out of control. And if it can all be brought back to this game and,
00:15:20
Mike
Because that's where it started. And on top of all everything that happened with the Jaden versus Caleb, you also talk about the Bears as a whole basically crumbling from inside leads to the offensive coordinator being fired a few weeks later, leads to the coach being fired a few weeks after that.
00:15:37
Mike
And it's just... I mean, you could...
00:15:38
Trio of Positivity
not getting a win during that change too.
00:15:40
Mike
You could, yeah, tend to game losing streak, I believe. And you could honestly, you could sit here and you could trace it all back to this game because after this game, it it sort of all fell apart.
00:15:51
Trio of Positivity
Not only that, um Commanders made the playoffs and they actually made a run. And i don't I don't know if some people will tie it to this game as like their real deal.
00:16:03
Trio of Positivity
I wouldn't necessarily say that might have been the game. But if I recall correctly, the Bears had a decent record going into that game, right?
00:16:11
Mike
I think we...
00:16:11
Trio of Positivity
Were they over 500 at that time?
00:16:14
Mike
it was i think it was week five again. so we might have been three and one. We might have been. Or we were two and...
00:16:19
Trio of Positivity
And then going into the bye, right?
00:16:20
Mike
We might have also been two and two. Something like that.
00:16:23
Trio of Positivity
Something like that.
00:16:23
Mike
Yeah.
00:16:24
Trio of Positivity
um Yeah, i Pretty much this is being labeled as the revenge game. um i
00:16:35
Trio of Positivity
I just remember having that conversation in the group chat just like exploding because it shouldn't have happened. And then you start seeing on X or Twitter. um The ah defensive player talking to the fans and celebrating, and then he's the one that has to try to jump up and ends up being the one that touches it.
00:16:54
Trio of Positivity
It was just a whole thing. I think it's fast. And i think, you know what, as bear fans, it's our job and our obligation to just move forward. Let's not even bring this last game up anymore. So Miller, it is 2025. The bears are two and two.
00:17:10
Trio of Positivity
What do they need to do to get this, to get this win?
Keys to Bears' Victory Against Commanders
00:17:15
Mike
Oh, gosh. It'll be interesting to see what happens with the Bears because... um Obviously, we're coming off of bye. This is something this is so the first for Ben Johnson, right?
00:17:28
Mike
You always hear about the the good coaches, how they perform after the byes.
00:17:31
Trio of Positivity
Thank you.
00:17:33
Mike
The Andy Reeds that has a really good record after a bye. They really get their team coached up, get them ready to play. It'll be interesting to see what happens with Ben Johnson. He's had an extra week. He's supposed to be a good coach. Is he able to do that?
00:17:47
Mike
We have a lot of questions. We have... we have stuff going on with our o-line we have stuff going on with our defense that we'll get to in a few minutes what do what do we need to do i think we need to play turnover free penalty free football and i don't know that we're going to be able to do that but
00:18:02
Trio of Positivity
Penalty free. I never thought we would hear that the Bears are going to try to have a penalty free. The day the Bears have a penalty free day, i will give them.
00:18:12
Mike
i'm not saying penalty free whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa just low penalties
00:18:15
Trio of Positivity
Listen, every everyone can dream, but if the day that they have a penalty free game, I will celebrate. We could lose 70 to zero. If they have a penalty free game, I will celebrate.
00:18:29
Trio of Positivity
It's the smallest victory possible that one can come up with. um we We talked about concerns a little bit. um I think the Bears, we have to try to run the ball. we We have to try. like that's As much as our running game is awful right now, I think if we establish the run, you know what If it's DJ Moore, if it's Swift, I don't care at this point.
00:18:50
Trio of Positivity
If you can establish the run and you get that passing game going with it, I think we have a shot. But you talked a little bit about the concerns. um One of the main concerns that I have is just that inconsistency that we we we I was just explaining with the with the run game.
00:19:07
Mike
me
00:19:08
Trio of Positivity
um They had a bye week. Is it enough to kind of get them to settle down and and and get a good game plan going? I don't know. i don't know what your thoughts are on that.
00:19:19
Trio of Positivity
I mean, we we we we seem to talk about the running game now on a weekly basis, and it's like, I just, I'm just hopeful.
00:19:24
Mike
the Nothing changes. Nothing fucking changes.
00:19:27
Trio of Positivity
Yeah.
00:19:29
Mike
That's the problem. Like we keep talking about the running game and hopeful and you see all these PFF grades coming out for our offensive linemen that are very high with ah as far as run blocking is concerned, but nothing ever fucking changes.
00:19:42
Mike
It's still the same people that are running through the fucking line and they're falling flat on their face with DeAndre Swift. So it's curious to me if they do incorporate Kyle Monungay just because he's another face player.
00:19:55
Mike
Travis Homer, he a perennial special teamer, but he's also a running back. It'll be interesting to see if he gets in the mix. we stood The whole fan base asks what happened to Roshon Johnson. I don't know if this guy did some dirty deeds with someone's sister or something, but like, I just don't understand how he goes from being this. I think he was called like the steel of the draft two years ago when B. John came out to basically a special team or only on this team.
00:20:27
Mike
ah But hey, I'll just keep pete preaching to the choir over here.
00:20:31
Trio of Positivity
Yeah.
00:20:31
Mike
But I don't know if anything will change. I don't think so because DeAndre Swift just isn't a very good running back when it comes to get breaking tackles going through the the line.
00:20:44
Mike
um So we'll see if anything, if Ben calls something up to maybe change the the flow of things as far as inside runs.
00:20:54
Trio of Positivity
So Miller, you touched on a little bit. um What are, what is your main concern? I know you mentioned it before, but if you want to give a little bit more info on that.
00:21:03
Mike
Yeah, I think the offensive line, as it always has to be, um watching the game. Now, obviously, when it comes to the the L.A. Chargers, I had to think about a little bit. I still want to call them San Diego.
00:21:17
Mike
When it comes to the L.A. Chargers, Their offensive line is deteriorated. They lost their, I think, their left tackle before the season started.
00:21:28
Mike
They lost the right tackle who moved over to the left side this year. And then they proceeded to lose another tackle, I believe, this last game against Washington.
00:21:40
Mike
But watching that game, the defensive line for Washington was getting after the quarterback. So if if they continue to do that, build on that performance, and continue to get after our quarterback, we're going to be in trouble.
00:21:55
Mike
Now, Caleb has shown moments of being able to evade the rush, but we need the O-line to step up and be solidified. Now, the big changes came this week.
00:22:07
Mike
Darnell Wright... is still on the right side, but we don't know his status for this game. It hasn't been decided yet. The injury report isn't out yet. We'll see what happens there.
00:22:17
Mike
But on the left side, last game, if you remember, we talked about it. Braxton Jones got benched at halftime. We thought it was there was speculation that it was an injury, but we've heard nothing about an injury. It seems like he got flat out benched.
00:22:33
Mike
So thus, Theo Benedict, is going to be our starting left tackle. Remember, he came on late in training camp ah as ah as a left tackle possibility.
00:22:44
Mike
So that means he's going to be anchoring the left side and we could have have Ozzy Trapilo, our rookie right tackle, on the right side if Darnell Wright can't play.
00:22:55
Mike
Obviously, the interior has done well and stabilized the position for the most part, but we are going to be dealing with that. So we basically almost got two rookies playing because Theo Benedict does not have very many starts under his belt.
00:23:12
Mike
So they're going to playing left tackle and right tackle, but they did do pretty well against the Raiders, at least stabilize it a little bit um before we enabling us to come back and win that game. But offensive line, I think has to be the key.
00:23:26
Mike
And then I'll just give a small shout out to the defensive line because We'll see. Austin Booker is potentially coming back, who is our defensive lineman. That was a game wrecker in the preseason. Obviously, it's preseason, but we need some sort of pressure on this quarterback. And if the defensive line can't do it, who the fuck can?
00:23:44
Mike
We'll see.
00:23:45
Trio of Positivity
Well,
Caleb Williams' Potential Impact
00:23:46
Trio of Positivity
that's a good point. And now ah we're going to turn it over to a segment that got absolutely no feedback last week, but we still want to do it again.
00:23:59
Trio of Positivity
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you for the second week in a row, Miller's Glazing Minute. And if this is your first time listening, Miller gets a whole minute uninterrupted talk about anything you want for Caleb Williams.
00:24:13
Trio of Positivity
Miller?
00:24:13
Mike
for Before you start the timer, I just want to say that I did receive feedback from individuals.
00:24:14
Trio of Positivity
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:24:19
Trio of Positivity
Oh, did you?
00:24:20
Mike
Yes.
00:24:20
Trio of Positivity
What did you get? oh I'm intrigued now. Hold on. What did you get?
00:24:22
Mike
I'm not going to divulge because it was a private conversation between two individuals. But yes.
00:24:29
Trio of Positivity
Wait, two separate individuals told you or you and the other person are two individuals?
00:24:32
Mike
Some individual told me feedback.
00:24:35
Trio of Positivity
Also just one. Okay.
00:24:36
Mike
Yeah, it was just one individual. He's too high profile to talk about. But yes, I received some feedback there.
00:24:41
Trio of Positivity
So do we have a, uh, or, uh,
00:24:45
Mike
we if you If you knew him, you would know he loves his ego rubbed. So, yeah.
00:24:51
Trio of Positivity
All right, Miller, you get it one whole minute uninterrupted. Enjoy the glazing. This is Miller's Glazing Minute.
00:25:01
Mike
All right, ladies and gentlemen, we have Caleb Williams going back into the his hometown of Washington. He's going to be invoking in a ah revenge game of sorts here to take a win away from the Washington Commanders, and he will do so on the back of his studly arm where he's going to throw for two touchdown passes over 250 yards, leading the Chicago Bears to victory against Washington.
00:25:31
Mike
He's a stud, and we're going to see it on Monday. Hoorah! ra
00:25:40
Trio of Positivity
That's it. That
00:25:41
Mike
Yeah. and oh I don't fucking know, man.
00:25:45
Mike
Where did I even go? Was it 50 minutes? 50 seconds?
00:25:48
Trio of Positivity
was barely 36 seconds.
00:25:51
Mike
Oh, it sounds about right.
00:25:53
Trio of Positivity
Oh, good Lord. All right. ah That was Miller's glazing minute ah brought to you by absolutely nobody. um Sometimes we just got to finish early, I guess. All right.
00:26:06
Mike
look
00:26:07
Trio of Positivity
um We talked about
Commanders' Performance and Key Players
00:26:10
Trio of Positivity
the offense. I love that we both talk about two things that have to work together, which is the offensive line and the rushing game. You gave some props on the defense.
00:26:17
Trio of Positivity
Do you have any concerns for the defense for this game in particular?
00:26:21
Mike
I don't have concerns, if I'm going to be honest with you. I'm i'm kind of living on the edge of hopeful. Now, we've talked a lot about the injuries that we've had to the defensive side of the ball, specifically with TJ Edwards being out all year, which was our really our probably our best linebacker, if you will. He's the guy that's always around the field.
00:26:40
Mike
And then Kyler Gordon, a solid nickel cornerback. So they're going to be coming back. i already briefly mentioned Austin Booker, but it's I'm hopeful that they'll be able to take this defense to a level that they haven't been at all. see So Kyler out of the backfield, obviously, or ah as a DB, nickel DB, will obviously be able to help watch the watch the wide receivers. But one thing that he doesn't get enough credit from, especially from other people that listen to the podcast who hate him is his blitzing technique. So um Dennis Allen should be able to use him to put a little more pressure on the quarterback, get, maybe get a few sacks.
00:27:21
Mike
And then like I talked about with TJ, hopefully he can help solidify some of the tackling that we've obviously had miscues on throughout the year.
00:27:31
Trio of Positivity
um I want to see more pressure on the quarterback compared to the last game. I think if we pressure them more, we can get more mistakes and get more interceptions.
00:27:42
Trio of Positivity
I honestly think that the Bears are their takeaway numbers can increase with not just this game, but the following games that are going to come up. I think the defense is going to play a big key. And if we get a little bit more pressure I and't I don't want to say help the offense with positioning, but kind of get close to it.
00:28:01
Trio of Positivity
I was trying to find the numbers and maybe you might be able to help me if you, if you can't, that's, that's fine. Do you recall what the grades were for pressure from the defense on the quarterback?
00:28:13
Mike
Not very good.
00:28:15
Trio of Positivity
Okay. So you and I are in the same boat that it wasn't good, but we still had a good defensive game, right?
00:28:17
Mike
Yeah, it's not very good. No, we just had turnovers. I don't think we had a lot of pressures.
00:28:22
Trio of Positivity
But that's why i'm saying. like From a turnover standpoint, it was a good game, but not not the sense... We didn't have a Crosby-type game, is kind of what I was trying to say.
00:28:29
Mike
No. No.
00:28:30
Trio of Positivity
So...
00:28:31
Mike
No, absolutely not.
00:28:32
Trio of Positivity
So, from...
00:28:32
Mike
don't even remember if we got a sack.
00:28:36
Mike
Do you remember if we got a sack?
00:28:39
Trio of Positivity
I think we did. Jesus.
00:28:42
Mike
Mm-hmm.
00:28:42
Trio of Positivity
This bye week cannot... No, this is too early of a bye week.
00:28:44
Mike
No, we didn't. We didn't get one sack, bro.
00:28:45
Trio of Positivity
Oh, shit. All right. Well...
00:28:47
Mike
We just had two interceptions and a fumble recovery. No sacks.
00:28:50
Trio of Positivity
Yeah. I would love to see some pressure on the quarterback. I think that's going to be helpful. And also, um, we're going to talk a little bit about the commanders here. Um, unless if there was, i don't think there was anything else I missed here. we're going to go into the commanders now.
00:29:06
Trio of Positivity
Um,
00:29:09
Trio of Positivity
Their record is three and two. Sorry, i was trying to pull that up right now. The record is history three and two. Daniels, it looks like, is going to play. um where What are your thoughts right now on the commanders as a team?
00:29:26
Mike
um For me as a team, it seems like seems like we don't know who they are yet. It's kind of tough. um Obviously, last year, like you briefly mentioned earlier, they went on a run.
00:29:38
Mike
they um They almost made it to the NFC Championship game, or did they? Did they make it to the NFC?
00:29:42
Trio of Positivity
They did.
00:29:44
Mike
Okay.
00:29:44
Trio of Positivity
Yeah.
00:29:45
Mike
They made it to the NFC.
00:29:45
Trio of Positivity
Against the Eagles.
00:29:46
Mike
That's right, because they won their first game, and then they beat the Lions with a bye, so that made it ah pushed them to the NFC.
00:29:51
Trio of Positivity
Yep.
00:29:52
Mike
So they made it to the NFC Championship game. I personally expected a little bit of a step back this year. Don't know if you've seen it yet. The main thing going on with the Washington Commanders is injury-related.
00:30:05
Mike
Um, we've talked about the fact that, um, the bears have had their share of injuries, but the commanders as well. Jaden Daniels had an injury, I think two weeks ago or three weeks ago, three weeks ago, he missed a game.
00:30:19
Mike
had an injury to his knee, nothing too bad, but he did wear a brace against the the chargers this past game. And also McLaren. I've preached, I've preached, and I've preached.
00:30:33
Mike
These people that sit out, that don't get their asses ready for these these NFL seasons, it never goes well, man. And yet again, Terry McLaurin, who would sit here, he wanted to get paid. i get it.
00:30:47
Mike
He wants to get paid. i wish i support the players 100% in that aspect.
00:30:52
Trio of Positivity
Except the running backs.
00:30:54
Mike
Except the running backs. never They should never get paid. Yeah. But Terry McLaurin went all training camp. He didn't really practice a lick. He then finally gets paid.
00:31:04
Mike
i think he practices for a week and he's immediately injured. He doesn't look good. He's just been a complete disappointment for this team. So they've been facing a lot of injuries on their team.
00:31:17
Mike
So who knows where that's going to go. But really, as far as the team's concerned, one thing that I see for the commanders is they've been very inconsistent as far as when they when they show up or when they don't show up.
00:31:30
Mike
So who knows what's going to happen on Sunday or Monday, I should say. If Jaden can keep stay healthy, keep that knee okay, if he's still running, he's he's definitely a dual threat.
00:31:43
Trio of Positivity
Yeah, i I think it's... I'm trying to kind of touch back on a lot of the points you you touched on. I think top priority is Daniels. um Do you think he'll be on like a limited kind of playbook this game, or will it be open?
00:32:01
Trio of Positivity
Because I feel like after any any quarterback that has injuries to the feet, the legs, the knees, anything below the waist... It's not a good thing, obviously.
00:32:12
Trio of Positivity
No shit. But like especially in the quarterback position, ah turf toe can knock someone out for months ah with Burrow that we've seen. Do you think that this injury that he has, is it going to limit his play?
00:32:28
Mike
I mean, all honestly, I mean, I thought this last game, it would have limited him a little bit. He still ran the ball eight time, only 38 yards, but you're still talking about a guy that's still running. And and that is a huge part of his game.
00:32:43
Mike
He gets his fucking ass beat when he's on this field, man. He doesn't slide as well as Caleb does. He usually takes a lot of punishment.
00:32:50
Trio of Positivity
Well, you can't bring click. You can't bring up, Caleb. You had your minute. OK, you could have said that during your minute. So we're going to strike that from the record.
00:32:57
Mike
You said I was only 36 seconds. I figured I still had another 24 seconds to sprinkle throughout the episode.
00:32:59
Trio of Positivity
No, you don't. There's you don't. but where This is not chess. No, this is not chess.
00:33:04
Mike
As
00:33:04
Trio of Positivity
This is not chess where you hit the clock and then when the other player hits it, then your timer start. No, you you you used up whatever minutes you had.
00:33:13
Mike
oh um as my as my son would say.
00:33:15
Trio of Positivity
ah
00:33:18
Mike
Okay. um But I think that, um yeah, we'll see. We'll see. He doesn't slide very well.
00:33:23
Trio of Positivity
Thank you.
00:33:24
Mike
He usually takes a lot of punishment. So it'll be interesting to see how this knee responded from this last week. If it continues, will he run a little bit more? You don't know. But um I'm expecting him to be close to, not close to 100%, obviously, but I'm expecting him to be and ah in a good enough place to be a solid QB this game.
00:33:48
Trio of Positivity
I think this game is going to let us know just how much this injury is going to linger on him. I think he's going to be limited on the runs. I think instead of him running, he might throw the ball away or he might try to hit it to someone that's nearby and throw it at their feet. I don't think he's going to want to risk getting hurt and, and take on unnecessary sacks or unnecessary hits.
Exploiting Bears' Defensive Weaknesses
00:34:08
Trio of Positivity
So I do believe the playbook will be adjusted to protect him a little bit more, which is why I want the bears to have a little bit more pressure. um However, they do still have some threats. ah Debo Samuel is doing great for my fantasy league. And I mean, they seem to be working out on something there. But ah Miller, if we were to play devil's advocate, since we're avid Bears fans here, what do you think the commanders can do to win the game?
00:34:41
Mike
I think they need to take advantage of our weak defense. We've seen teams be able to score on this defense. Obviously, the Raiders put up 24 points along with three interceptions.
00:34:53
Mike
So, like, they were able to move the ball. They were able to run the ball specifically. And one thing that this Commanders has shown they can do, they can run the ball. Bill Krooski!
00:35:04
Mike
is a is a rookie for them that he had his breakout game last week so if anybody y'all have him on your fazzy team like i do put him in the lineup against the chicago bears because if there's one thing that we know opposing offenses can get to is they can run the fucking ball on us so if
00:35:19
Trio of Positivity
Hold on. Let's not. All right, let's not get ahead of our fantasy segment, but that is obviously a key player to look at for this game.
00:35:27
Mike
and
00:35:30
Trio of Positivity
Honestly, If I'm the commanders, I hit them hard early. I would... if we get If the commanders get the ball early, it's you you show no mercy. You go against that defense, but also...
00:35:46
Mike
What does that fucking mean?
00:35:48
Trio of Positivity
You know what it means? It means you run the ball down their throats. That's what you do.
00:35:52
Mike
okay.
00:35:53
Trio of Positivity
Because i don't know if you know this. Every time I see a player go on a run, it's because we can't tackle. I say this like I'm a broken record. And you know what's funny? Sometimes you mention it like, you know what? Sometimes Chris is right.
00:36:06
Trio of Positivity
We can't tackle. I say it almost every other week. Every time.
00:36:10
Mike
No, you say it every week. Every week. Every week.
00:36:12
Trio of Positivity
i i couldn't have...
00:36:13
Mike
You see one missed tackle, and you blow it out of proportion.
00:36:16
Trio of Positivity
I do. I do. well, I wouldn't necessarily say i blow it out of proportion, but there are times where even you agree and you're like, yeah, we just can't tackle sometimes.
00:36:18
Mike
But...
00:36:21
Mike
Yes, the Raiders game was the one I agreed with. Yeah, yeah,
00:36:24
Trio of Positivity
Yeah.
00:36:25
Mike
supported that one.
00:36:25
Trio of Positivity
And there was multiple on that. Uh, but because of that, um, I think the commanders have a great opportunity to just run the ball at us. And do you think our defense kind of going back into it? And we, we talked about seeing the new defense.
00:36:40
Trio of Positivity
Do you think this defense will be able to put pressure on the commanders?
00:36:44
Mike
No, why would I ever think that? I do not. Until this team shows me that they can actually put pressure on a quarterback, I am not going to think that anybody can put pressure on a quarterback.
00:36:55
Mike
Sorry.
00:36:55
Trio of Positivity
I just, I just find it weird because like we have the turnover numbers and usually when we have, what was the thing? If we have two takeaways, we usually win the game. Is it, was it two or three?
00:37:05
Mike
I don't fucking know.
00:37:06
Trio of Positivity
I remember some, I gotta find it, but there was something where like if the bears have two takeaways, they usually win the game.
00:37:12
Mike
mean, usually if you win the turnover margin, you usually win the game.
00:37:13
Trio of Positivity
We're,
00:37:17
Trio of Positivity
I mean, that's a little bit different. we and I'm not 100% sold on winning it. I think if you have a certain number, sure. But i don't know.
00:37:26
Mike
I mean, if you have a certain number and your team throws one more than theirs, like it's a relevant number, bro.
00:37:26
Trio of Positivity
I think...
00:37:32
Trio of Positivity
I guess you're right. I don't know. i i Not that I'm trying to be all Aristotle about the Bears and whatnot, but like I just feel like they've We can nitpick and we've been known to nitpick myself included. I'll point myself out there, especially with the not tackling stuff and and saying that we don't use our tight ends and all of this.
00:37:53
Trio of Positivity
Some of that just doesn't become a nitpick anymore. And it's just a consistency that you happen to see every time. And the more that I see it, the more that I am falling into that mindset of like,
00:38:06
Trio of Positivity
we're one, it's always like we're one big play away from winning the game. We're one big play from losing, which is obvious from last year. And it's like, I still see that consistency of we can't seem to tackle when we absolutely need to tackle.
00:38:19
Trio of Positivity
Or sometimes the player, the bears players just look like, not that we can't tackle, but the other players just strong and we can't wrap our arms around. I don't know. It's just something that I,
00:38:29
Mike
and And i I think that's where this last game really kind of broke the mold, and you hope that we build off of it because it was a game we weren't supposed to win. We pulled it out, and before we move on or forget about this segment, one thing that you have to focus on is you talk about pressure leading to interceptions. Well, realistically, we pride ourselves on we've spent a lot of money on our defensive backs.
00:38:56
Trio of Positivity
Yeah.
00:38:57
Mike
We're getting Kyler Gordon back this game. Tyreek Stevenson, who was the the joker of last year, if you will, with the fact the fact that he was that evil empire that caused us to go into this snowball by having this Hail Mary that we refuse to talk about.
00:39:14
Mike
But he was the reason for it. And the last two games, he's really talked stepped up. And. Gino Smith last game had clean pockets. And the reason we got these interceptions are bad decisions and great plays.
00:39:28
Mike
We had great plays by our defensive backs to get these picks. So if that continues, anything can happen. We don't need pressure to get turnovers.
00:39:40
Mike
Does it help?
00:39:41
Trio of Positivity
Yes.
00:39:41
Mike
Absolutely. But do I trust this team to create pressure? I do not. So hopefully, maybe they had a kumbaya moment and maybe they can start getting to the quarterback a little bit more.
00:39:54
Mike
But the problem is, if you start to break the mold as far as a defensive end, you start collapsing that pocket, start pulling in from the sides, Jaden's going to go right around you and then a run for 10 yards.
00:40:07
Trio of Positivity
Well, we don't even know if Jaden's... Well, we don't even know if he's going to be able to do that because of the injury.
00:40:11
Mike
just told you he went eight for 38. So he's he's running. He is running.
00:40:15
Trio of Positivity
I don't know.
00:40:17
Mike
He is running.
00:40:17
Trio of Positivity
All right. Well, Miller, is there anything that I may have missed or something that you may want to bring up before we jump into our next couple segments here? I'm not giving you another glaze minute, but I just want to make sure that...
00:40:31
Mike
No, I don't think so.
00:40:32
Trio of Positivity
no
00:40:32
Mike
I think we covered everything.
00:40:34
Trio of Positivity
All right. Before we get to our predictions, we're going to bring up the positivity score because it was a bi-week.
Positivity Scores and Boopin's Anticipated Return
00:40:40
Trio of Positivity
I'm pretty sure some of us forgot. i wasn't I was definitely one of those people. Also, I do want to give a pointer to our listening audience.
00:40:50
Trio of Positivity
I created the agenda today. I don't know how it's working.
00:40:55
Mike
why this has been so boring. No arguing.
00:40:57
Trio of Positivity
Well... and See, the thing is, like we don't have to argue, but we can. Is a hot dog a sandwich? Yes. Yes, it is. But we're trying something new.
00:41:10
Trio of Positivity
Let us know your thoughts. I'm actually having fun with it. I hope Miller's having fun with it, too. if I think if we have Boop in here, I think we would also have... Someone to argue with, but we miss you booping.
00:41:21
Trio of Positivity
So our positivity score, i was at a six Miller had to do the scientific method to come up with four and a half for whatever fucking reason.
00:41:27
Mike
I was not at four and a half. was not That's not correct.
00:41:29
Trio of Positivity
That's that's the one I got from the last agenda.
00:41:31
Mike
That is not right. It's because we didn't enter it.
00:41:33
Trio of Positivity
So.
00:41:35
Mike
We haven't entered that number in a while. I believe I was higher than you.
00:41:37
Trio of Positivity
So what.
00:41:38
Mike
I think I was six and a half. I think me and Ben were both higher than you at six and a half.
00:41:42
Trio of Positivity
You might be right. Yeah, because now the math is not making sense.
00:41:44
Mike
Yeah.
00:41:46
Trio of Positivity
What was your number on the bears?
00:41:48
Mike
i'm the I'm thinking maybe it was a seven and a six. I don't fucking know.
00:41:53
Trio of Positivity
Oh, I don't remember. Yeah, that doesn't sound like you at all. All right.
00:41:56
Mike
but
00:41:57
Trio of Positivity
Let's go right into the predictions. Just to give a quick recap of the season.
Revisiting Game Predictions
00:42:02
Trio of Positivity
um i am three and one Miller is at a solid two and two and Boopin is at a solid three and one ah using the same prediction.
00:42:13
Trio of Positivity
um calendar that we used at the beginning of the season for this particular game. We have Miller with a W.
00:42:20
Mike
Mm-hmm.
00:42:22
Trio of Positivity
I also predicted a W and Boop and predicted a loss. Will this stay the same? We'll find out. I'm actually going to go first. Because, again, ah agenda creator, I feel like people will want to know my position more than yours. Giggity.
00:42:39
Trio of Positivity
um I think, given everything that we talked about, I'm actually feeling positive about this Bears team. I think the Bears have a chance to do something that I don't think I'll ever mention ever again.
00:42:52
Trio of Positivity
There's a chance we might go on a win streak. We might go streaking.
00:42:55
Mike
Mm.
00:42:56
Trio of Positivity
And this is the game that's going to This is the game that I think can do it.
00:42:57
Mike
String it.
00:43:01
Trio of Positivity
I believe Caleb has a breakout game. I think he's going to do more than what you predicted. I'm going to go thirty four twenty four Bears.
00:43:09
Mike
Ooh, that's a sexy number. That's a sexy number.
00:43:15
Mike
I.
00:43:18
Mike
this This game, the the Commanders are coming off a win in San Diego. And if I'm being honest, whatever.
00:43:27
Trio of Positivity
los angeles
00:43:29
Mike
I made it pretty far before San Diego, so I get credit.
00:43:32
Trio of Positivity
You kind of did, yeah.
00:43:34
Mike
um
00:43:37
Mike
I think that game might have meant more than this game does. And to us...
00:43:42
Trio of Positivity
Really?
00:43:44
Mike
I mean, that's a winning team. I mean, L.A., they were pro playing strong. People were predicting them as probably one of the best in the league, and they beat them.
00:43:55
Mike
to ah To me, I think this game just means more to the Bears because of last year. I don't think that the commanders feel the same way. I think it's just in another game on their schedule where I think for us, you have people like Tyreek Stevenson that I'm probably going to put some dollars on that he gets at interception.
00:44:12
Trio of Positivity
Wow. Okay.
00:44:14
Mike
You have Caleb playing in his hometown. I just feel like we're going to have a lot more emotion going into this game. And if Ben Johnson can take that emotion and have this team get together and show it on the field, I think we could win.
00:44:34
Mike
I don't think it's going to be a blowout like you do, but I think we'll get it done. I'm going to say...
00:44:46
Trio of Positivity
Wow. Okay.
00:44:49
Mike
so stupid. Why would I do that? I don't know.
00:44:52
Trio of Positivity
So we're both saying over.
00:44:52
Mike
It's okay.
00:44:54
Trio of Positivity
Interesting.
00:44:57
Mike
I think Caleb's going to play fired up.
00:44:59
Trio of Positivity
i think he's going to have three touchdowns this game. three hundred Three touchdowns, 300 yards. if i was to If I was a betting man. Miller, do you think this game being on primetime means anything?
00:45:10
Trio of Positivity
I have an answer to this. I just want to hear your opinion.
00:45:14
Mike
I mean, it means something, obviously, just because it's a primetime game and things change. It's not like some Sunday to Sunday, but what do you mean by, like, it's different.
00:45:25
Mike
I think it means something to the Bears. Again, I think it means something to Bears.
00:45:28
Trio of Positivity
No.
00:45:28
Mike
I don't think it means something.
00:45:29
Trio of Positivity
I think the NFL wants the exact same fucking thing to happen that happened last year. I think they think this is going to be one of those games where it's like, can the Bears embarrass themselves? And we're going to put them in the same scenario, same situation that they were in.
00:45:40
Mike
I don't think that's true, to be honest.
00:45:41
Trio of Positivity
Listen, the NFL, the script's already out there. The script is, the NFL scripted. Have you not known this? The NFL is scripted.
00:45:48
Mike
Oh, I have. I've seen the colors of that of the Super Bowl.
00:45:51
Trio of Positivity
Yeah. Yeah, exactly. So I think the NFL was like, hey, listen, There's a chance the Bears might fuck this up again. Let's put it on ESPN.
00:46:01
Trio of Positivity
That's all I'm saying.
00:46:02
Mike
It's not on ESPN.
00:46:04
Trio of Positivity
Or ABC. Well, if you have ESPN. It is also. No, it's dual broadcast. What do you mean? It's on both. It's ESPN and NBC.
00:46:11
Mike
Oh, is it the Eli bullshit?
00:46:13
Trio of Positivity
Yeah, that too. I actually would be intrigued to see that. All right. So we don't know what Boopin's score is. We're going to assume he has this. but I'm assuming.
00:46:22
Mike
I'm losing.
00:46:23
Trio of Positivity
Do you think he still thinks the Bears are losing? I don't know.
00:46:27
Mike
I think he does.
00:46:28
Trio of Positivity
Oh, wow. All right. Well, you heard it here first. We think if he comes into the episode next week and he says, um yeah yeah, I was going to pick the Bears to win. We're not going to buy that. um All right.
00:46:40
Trio of Positivity
We're going to move into the fantasy recap of the
Fantasy League Challenges and Successes
00:46:42
Trio of Positivity
show. Miller, I have to, before we get into any of the special details, I have to tell you the story that happened to me.
00:46:48
Mike
Okay.
00:46:49
Trio of Positivity
So I'm a studious boy now. I care about my schoolwork. i did not pay ah I did not pay attention to my fantasy team until Saturday.
00:46:54
Mike
Obviously.
00:46:59
Trio of Positivity
Guess what I found out on Saturday?
00:47:02
Mike
That someone played on Thursday.
00:47:04
Trio of Positivity
No. The Steelers are on by.
00:47:08
Mike
Okay.
00:47:08
Trio of Positivity
I still have Caleb on my team. He's on by. And I have DJ Moore, and he's on by.
00:47:16
Trio of Positivity
This is not looking good. Do you remember who I said was my backup defense that I actually drafted? Do you remember?
00:47:27
Mike
The fact that you drafted a backup defense. No, I wouldn't remember.
00:47:30
Trio of Positivity
I had drafted the Patriots. So I start trying to figure out, can I actually do something? But do I really want to drop the Steelers?
00:47:43
Trio of Positivity
No, I don't. So I actually played. ah This is my thought process. I played the Patriots defense thinking whatever points they give me, even if it's one, it's better if I had played the Steelers at zero.
00:47:59
Trio of Positivity
That was my thought process. Brother, they got me six points on defense. So that's.
00:48:03
Mike
We're celebrating six points, everybody.
00:48:05
Trio of Positivity
We're celebrating six points, brother.
00:48:06
Mike
so
00:48:08
Trio of Positivity
Now.
00:48:09
Mike
Why did you just drop New England's defense?
00:48:11
Trio of Positivity
Listen, I told you at the very beginning that I felt that this New England defense was going to be something. I said that. Okay.
00:48:17
Mike
No, they weren't.
00:48:18
Trio of Positivity
Now they got me six points against the bills because I was playing against Josh Allen.
00:48:18
Mike
They got you six points. That's not good.
00:48:24
Trio of Positivity
That's another thing. Okay. Also,
00:48:29
Trio of Positivity
Um, Sam Darnold is a dog. I had him on my bench.
00:48:33
Mike
Yeah.
00:48:34
Trio of Positivity
I played him in the brother through four touchdowns. That's also another great save, but Miller, it gets a little bit worse because Bowers was out.
00:48:47
Trio of Positivity
So and now with Bowers being out and still having zero points, I end up winning the game 141 to 103.
00:48:57
Mike
it wasn't even close.
00:48:58
Trio of Positivity
It wasn't even close. Even Hunter got me nine points. ah Samuel got me 23. ah Patriots, I said, got me six.
00:49:06
Mike
Yeah, Debo. Debo's having a good year.
00:49:08
Trio of Positivity
Yeah. ah Williams from the Cowboys got me 26. So I'm looking good, but now I'm running into the situation of I need a tight end. Tell me if I did the right thing. I picked up Loveland.
00:49:21
Mike
No, it's not the right thing. So there's two hot tight ends out there. They were hot last week, if you would have asked. um The New York Giants tight end and the New York Jets tight end.
00:49:34
Trio of Positivity
Hold on, I'm looking.
00:49:35
Mike
Um, take a look on your tight end. Uh, Jets guy, I believe is Mason Taylor or some shit like that.
00:49:43
Trio of Positivity
It looks like he might be available.
00:49:43
Mike
Um,
00:49:45
Mike
um Those are both hot tight ends. The Jets tight end is getting a lot of love lately. He had 12 targets. Obviously, a lot of that was junk time with Justin Fields, but he did get a lot of targets. and When you're talking about a tight end, that is something that you want to look for.
00:50:06
Mike
so Mason Taylor of the Jets is a key pickup. um He could be out there. i don't know who else is on your waiver wire but the Giants tight end had two
00:50:15
Trio of Positivity
ah Love Johnson and Johnson and other gentlemen you just mentioned were both so I put claimers put in claims for both and I'm dropping Loveland
00:50:23
Mike
yeah putting claims for both get rid of Loveland we don't know what who he is yet but either of those are probably solid ah Taylor had the targets the Giants guy had the touchdowns so we'll see what happens with those two but those are two solid tight end pickups that might still be on the waiver
00:50:39
Trio of Positivity
But
00:50:43
Trio of Positivity
Okay, and I'm listening to you I'm not ignoring you. I just want to point out I am now 2-3 in the league. um Our buddy John is still dominating ah in a good fashion. He's 4-1.
00:50:57
Trio of Positivity
um He's one of three teams that are currently 4-1 in my league. Miller, how's your fantasy looking so far?
Impact of Injuries Across NFL Teams
00:51:03
Mike
I'm okay. think I'm three and two across the board.
00:51:08
Trio of Positivity
Okay.
00:51:08
Mike
So it was a good week for me.
00:51:09
Trio of Positivity
All right, let's get into it.
00:51:11
Mike
It was a good week for me. I won all my leagues. So that was fun.
00:51:13
Trio of Positivity
W.
00:51:14
Mike
But um I have concerns.
00:51:14
Trio of Positivity
W.
00:51:16
Mike
One of my teams is just complete dog shit still. Still three and two, but I'd be pooping. Hell yeah. That's always a Beating his ass.
00:51:25
Trio of Positivity
um i might My team is just dealing with injuries, and that's actually a topic of conversation we're going to get into.
00:51:27
Mike
But.
00:51:31
Trio of Positivity
um Miller.
00:51:33
Mike
Many teams are dealing with injuries this year because injuries, despite it being not very impactful last year, very minimal for the most part.
00:51:35
Trio of Positivity
Yeah.
00:51:42
Mike
i mean, we had a few wide receivers, but running back injuries were pretty, pretty low. This year, it seems like every week we're coming and getting hit by a huge name being taken off, either going to IR, don't know the status or even being season ending. And this week,
00:52:02
Mike
Again, we get it with Omari and Hampton. He was that running back for, again, the Chargers. He went down with an injury. He was put on IR.
00:52:14
Mike
So that's a pretty big loss for them. Remember, they brought in Najee Harris. And he, and believe, tore his ACL. I think he was out for the year. So Omari and Hampton was the bell cow. He was a rookie. He was a stud. He was probably in the top.
00:52:30
Mike
um of rushing yards, doing really good on this team, and he is now out. So obviously a lot of issues figuring out what's going on there, but take a look at any running backs. It could be on the waiver wire for them. You might be able to get a steal there.
00:52:46
Mike
Antonio Gibson, another guy of the Patriots that we we just spoke about. That's an interesting quarter or running back room. I should say you have Ramondre Stevenson, you have Antonio given Gibson, and then you have Henderson from Ohio state that was brought in in the second round. Well, Henderson hasn't really got very many touches.
00:53:08
Mike
But because of the fumble issues with Ramondre, Antonio took a very big um a big presence presence in that backfield. So now with him going down, we don't know what's going to happen.
00:53:20
Mike
Ramondre did end up with two touchdowns this game, but he did also have fumbled the ball early in that game. So Who knows? And then Brandon Strange, a tight end for Jacksonville, went down with a hip.
00:53:31
Mike
um I think he's going to be placed on IR, so he'll be out for a little while as well. So injuries are definitely at the top of every storyline each week. And this week, again, we have another big name going down.
00:53:43
Trio of Positivity
um Also adding, I talked a little bit about it with Brock Bowers being out. He is considered week to week, which Miller, I think I saw a report that he was dealing with PCL. Yeah.
00:53:58
Mike
There was a lot of reports. I remember last week they wouldn't divulge what his injury was and that he was playing with it.
00:54:03
Trio of Positivity
Yeah.
00:54:05
Mike
And then he was he was ruled out late last week. Originally, the report came out that said he was expected to play. And then, like... Sunday morning or Saturday night, it came out that he's not expected to play anymore.
00:54:18
Mike
He's an interesting cat for sure, because he's been dealing this with this injury since game one. Really, with you having him on your team, I don't have any stock with him, but I know Boopin does as well.
00:54:29
Mike
I feel like at this point, it might be better for everyone if he just goes on IR and gets this knee taken care of, because he has been basically irrelevant for this Raiders team.
00:54:40
Mike
Correct me if I'm wrong. I haven't really been following him that closely, but he has not been the expectation of what you drafted him at. And he's been very, he's almost hurting your team more than he's helping at this point.
00:54:49
Trio of Positivity
um
00:54:52
Trio of Positivity
So I think it was the first game he went up. He went ah five receptions 103 yards and then the following two or I'm sorry the following three weeks. It's 38 yards 38 yards and 46 yards. He did not score a touchdown as of yet.
00:55:09
Mike
Yeah, so he's been pretty mediocre, if you ask me.
00:55:13
Trio of Positivity
Mediocre, I think, is a good word. I think in a PPR league, though, this is what? Almost nine points, maybe.
00:55:20
Mike
Yeah, but you drafted him, what, second?
00:55:20
Trio of Positivity
Depending.
00:55:23
Trio of Positivity
I believe he's my second pick.
00:55:23
Mike
like you Like, you don't want a nine-point player for your second pick.
00:55:25
Trio of Positivity
Yeah. amendment third
00:55:29
Trio of Positivity
Yeah, I think um and I'm going to check my teams again because I know I talked to you about it a little bit.
00:55:29
Mike
Well.
00:55:35
Trio of Positivity
But right now, my IR is Connor Burrow. ah Bowers is now in there.
00:55:42
Mike
You can have that many players in your i r
00:55:45
Trio of Positivity
Usually it's two.
00:55:46
Mike
You know, usually it's one.
00:55:48
Trio of Positivity
Oh, I think we have it too.
00:55:48
Mike
You should dump Connors. I don't know why you would keep Connors.
00:55:51
Trio of Positivity
No, he's basically done for the whole year. So
00:55:54
Mike
Yeah, he's Torrey. He's done. But you should, now that you mentioned your full PPR, you should put the Jets guy ahead of the Giants guy.
00:56:01
Trio of Positivity
yeah, I picked, I did that one first.
00:56:03
Mike
Yeah.
00:56:03
Trio of Positivity
um All right. And as we're trying to talk about it, you, you gave me the ah waiver info right away. That thing. That's a great transition.
Waiver Wire Advice
00:56:11
Trio of Positivity
Miller, what are some good waivers that you would recommend this week?
00:56:14
Mike
There isn't too many wide receivers. The only guy is maybe the guy out of San Francisco. The name is evading me at this time, but because of the and injuries to Jennings and also Ricky Pearsall, Kendrick Bourne was a wide receiver for the Niners who had a really big game.
00:56:33
Mike
Keep that on your radar for wide receivers, but really not too much there. and The big pickups for the week are in the running back room. Michael Carter out of Arizona.
00:56:44
Mike
He really made a splash with Arizona with, obviously I just said Arizona.
00:56:47
Trio of Positivity
Arizona.
00:56:48
Mike
He really made a splash this week. Obviously we talked about the Demarcato horrible fumble at the goal line. So who knows what's going to happen there. It's actually a funny situation since we have a little more time. We're not too long today.
00:57:02
Mike
The, if if, you've seen it or if you haven't, there's a video. Jonathan Gannon, I believe is their kent their head coach, went off on Demarcato during the game.
00:57:14
Mike
He punched him a few times, like hit his pads. So he hit him, not necessarily punched him, just screaming at him. Obviously, he fumbled at the goal line. And it what if you saw the video, it wasn't just like a fumble, fumble where someone knocked it out.
00:57:29
Mike
It was one of those shit fumbles where they're celebrating too early and you drop the ball. Well, he did that. And the coach just recently got fined.
00:57:42
Mike
So who knows what's going to come of that situation?
00:57:44
Trio of Positivity
Well, not only that, the coach also apologized directly, which the fact that they announced that he apologized, I don't know if they did it to save face or to save the fine.
00:57:47
Mike
He did apologize.
00:57:55
Trio of Positivity
But i mean, in a situation like that, I think the quote that he was, I think the quote that he gave was like the following morning I saw it and I felt, I think like, like it wasn't him or discussed. I don't remember the verbatim what he said.
00:58:11
Trio of Positivity
My thing is though, If you're a coach and something like that happens, do you react the same way every time or do you want to just kind of let it go and deal with it?
00:58:25
Trio of Positivity
Should he have done that where he knew the cameras were going is basically what I'm what i'm asking. Because my here's here's my take.
00:58:31
Mike
Let's – okay, so –
00:58:33
Trio of Positivity
before Before you give your answer, here's my take. I think those kind of plays happen very rarely, but whenever they happen, we always seem to think that they happen all the time, which it doesn't. Also, in those situations, yeah, you're going to let the excitement kind of take over and you're already there. So like, what's the worst that can happen mentality?
00:58:53
Trio of Positivity
So I can see both points. But my thing is, and and we talked about it with like the Ben Johnson stuff, is like, you know, the cameras are on in certain scenarios. If you're going to blow up, don't do it in where everyone can see it.
00:59:07
Trio of Positivity
That's my personal opinion. I think this could have been handled a little bit easier, but What are your thoughts?
00:59:14
Mike
So for me, i just thinking about it right now, i think as a head coach, you have to be at a different level, man. You can't let something like that affect your demeanor in the middle of a game.
00:59:27
Mike
Now, I'm going to be honest, I don't know when that occurred. i would have to imagine it occurred shortly after the fumble. But, like, if it happened that shortly after that fumble, you can't be there.
00:59:39
Mike
You have to be focused on the game. You have to get right back into it. Now, with that being said, the running back coach, I wouldn't be against the running back coach doing what that head coach did.
00:59:50
Mike
Like...
00:59:51
Trio of Positivity
That could be, yeah.
00:59:51
Mike
he doesn' and that His job is running back coaches and managing these running backs.
00:59:51
Trio of Positivity
Okay.
00:59:55
Mike
So the fact that his running back did that, I could see him getting in his face. But as a head coach, you have to be at a different level level. You can't let something like that affect your demeanor during a game because it's going to affect...
01:00:09
Mike
Your perception, you're going to have players. They're always looking at you, not only the cameras, but your own team. Look at that. Look at what happened. The whole team collapsed after that fumble. And it's just like if that happened shortly thereafter, like that whole it could have been that from that scenario.
01:00:26
Mike
So you just don't know.
01:00:26
Trio of Positivity
Miller.
01:00:26
Mike
But as a head coach, you need to be higher than that one situation. You can't react like that.
01:00:30
Trio of Positivity
So Miller, I just wanted to let you know, and I don't know if you mentioned it, if you did, I apologize, but that was, that would have been a 72 yard touchdown run.
01:00:38
Mike
Yeah, and and Boopin might have beaten me if that took her because he had him.
01:00:40
Trio of Positivity
the yeah oh Also another thing I want to point out, do you want to take a guess at by how many, come if you combine the total difference in points of the last three games that the Cardinals lost, what would you think that number is?
Cardinals' Series of Narrow Losses
01:00:55
Mike
I would say it's probably like five.
01:00:57
Trio of Positivity
It is five.
01:00:59
Mike
Because they are the first team in NFL history to lose three straight games on a field a last second field goal kick.
01:00:59
Trio of Positivity
So.
01:01:05
Trio of Positivity
Yeah, so I can understand it. They're on a three game losing streak. They play the Colts. Sorry, brother. It's going to be a four game losing streak like that that, that, that, and they started off hot, but now they, they did play the Saints and the Panthers and the Panthers just got their second win.
01:01:19
Trio of Positivity
So, you know, it, that, that team is also something to look at. Miller, was there any, Oh, go ahead.
01:01:24
Mike
But speaking of the Panthers, Rico Dowdle, late this past week, there is an injury to Trevor Hubbard, which I don't think I mentioned above. So Rico Dowdle came into the game as a running back.
01:01:39
Mike
Lit the league on fire. He had 200 plus rushing yards. Wow. What a performance by him. And this week he gets to play his old team.
01:01:50
Mike
The Cowboys. He's already sent out a tweet about it. Saying get ready. So we'll see what happens if he can back up that message.
01:01:59
Trio of Positivity
Nope.
Rico Dowdle's Recent Performance
01:02:00
Mike
if If Rico can can perform.
01:02:02
Trio of Positivity
Listen, sorry, he made a mistake already. You don't you don't do that before the game.
01:02:06
Mike
You don't put up bulletin board material before the game.
01:02:08
Trio of Positivity
You do not. You do not. You do not. So Miller, I see that we have one more person that we want to discuss.
01:02:16
Mike
Yeah, the rapper, if everybody remembers, Darren Waller, who retired from the Giants, I believe, and he went down to Miami and he started a rap career and then proceeded to come back from retirement. Well, he's made an impact these first these last two games for Miami.
01:02:32
Mike
Keep an eye on him and the tight end situation as well.
01:02:36
Trio of Positivity
And ladies and gentlemen, that is going to be the end of our episode. So just to recap ah for Bears commanders on Monday night, we both have the Bears winning. Miller has them winning by a touchdown. I have them winning by 10.
01:02:48
Trio of Positivity
Boopin on his previous ah schedule prediction show has them at a loss. Even if he comes back and says it should be a win, we're not going count it. However, i think if, if the bears lose, do we say that he was a win and he just comes with us so he doesn't get, okay.
01:03:06
Mike
Yeah, you can go off. Yeah, you can get a W. But that's not going to happen, so it's irrelevant.
01:03:09
Trio of Positivity
Okay. Uh, With that being said, we are going to go ahead and end the episode. Thank you guys so much for joining us today. um We hope you hit the like and subscribe button if you like the show.
01:03:24
Trio of Positivity
We're going to go ahead and end it. That was my co-host Miller. i am Christian. We hope to bring you some positivity out of this, but it's Chicago sports.
01:03:34
Mike
Yeah.
01:03:35
Trio of Positivity
It's probably not going to happen.
01:03:36
Mike
Go Cubs, go.
01:03:37
Trio of Positivity
Still God.