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00:00All right, we're back.
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00:15Icy.
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00:38Week 10 of the NFL.
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00:43We've got Digital Gruden today, and I have to say, going into the show,
00:46it's kind of spicy.
00:47Everybody's kind of throwing jabs at each other.
00:49How are we feeling?
00:50It was a bad bedding week.
00:51Yeah.
00:52And I think it got everybody upset because I'm usually Schmooster Dumbs.
00:55What I say usually comes true.
00:57And this week, it was hard on me, man.
00:59Yeah.
01:00I mean, Fred's season is over.
01:01Gruden's season, for the Raiders half of him, is over.
01:05Jerry's back alive, but he's late.
01:08I'm not late.
01:09I was on another show.
01:10I was on another show.
01:11Okay.
01:12That was because the Bears are feeling well.
01:14You feel good about yourself.
01:15Yeah, it was a 5-3.
01:16Jerry said it.
01:18Coach, I don't know what you did if you went to the gym this morning or something,
01:21but you look angry.
01:22You look tough.
01:23You look tough today.
01:24I am fired up.
01:25You know, Jerry walks in and just starts jabbing me with insults.
01:29You know, one of the reasons I don't come up to Chicago is I don't want to see that miserable
01:34SOB.
01:35Yes.
01:36They get one big win.
01:37The Steelers play good.
01:39And I just, I got to take a lot of crap from them because of that.
01:42It's kind of irritating, Jerry.
01:44Who predicted that?
01:45I predicted to a tee what was going to happen last week.
01:48Now he comes in.
01:49Now he's late and he's, you know, asking for a new contract.
01:52He's feeling his self.
01:53Yeah, one good game.
01:54Yeah.
01:55When I saw in the group text as soon as that game was getting close to over and I saw your
01:58name pop up and just said, I need that clip.
01:59I was like, yeah, Jerry's about to catch some shit.
02:01Yeah, he's feeling his self.
02:02I knew that.
02:03Jerry, that sad sack sitting over there.
02:06He's going to come in next week and he's going to be like, the Steelers are back.
02:09Oh man.
02:10This team is different.
02:11I'm thinking TJ Watts going to have a couple sacks.
02:13He's going to be screaming and yelling saying they're so different.
02:16They're not different, but they're going to win this game on Sunday.
02:18Wow.
02:19What do you think, Jerry?
02:20That's pretty hot, Tate.
02:21I mean, I hope he's right.
02:22I hope he's right.
02:23I want to be back.
02:24I don't like you being sad.
02:25When you're back though, you're not going to be back.
02:27You're going to say you're back, but you're not back.
02:29If they beat this Colts team, I'm back.
02:32Oh yeah.
02:33All the way in.
02:34I mean, if they beat pretty much the best team in the NFL, you have to be back.
02:37Yeah, you have to.
02:38That's true.
02:39And who do they play the next week?
02:41Chargers.
02:42Loss.
02:43Yeah.
02:44Yeah.
02:45But it's week to week, Jerry.
02:46Yeah, week to week.
02:47Hey listen, if they beat the Colts, he's allowed to be back.
02:49Yeah.
02:50But Coach, Jerry did say that you look built different today, so he ended it with a compliment.
02:55Well, that's awfully nice, Jerry.
02:57They look strong today, John.
02:58Coach probably been on their Peloton or something.
03:00You never know.
03:01He's got a glow about him this morning.
03:03He's strong.
03:04All right, so the records last week, Coach and Dan, you both went 6-7.
03:07Fred, you went 5-8.
03:08We all lost.
03:09No, but you try to put, they're not the same.
03:12They're not the same.
03:13Are we all under 500?
03:14Yes.
03:15Casey, are we all under 500?
03:16Yes.
03:17All right, that's all I want to know.
03:18Okay.
03:19Can I ask you guys a question, though?
03:20I mean, how are we supposed to predict these games?
03:23I mean, some of the play last week was not good.
03:26The Colts turn it over six times.
03:29They get sacked five times.
03:31We're calling them the best team in the league.
03:33Then I turn on the Packers, man.
03:36They're 28-point favorites, and they get beat by Carolina at home.
03:40Yeah.
03:41How the hell are you supposed to bet on this sport?
03:43Well, I told you the Steelers were going to win that game,
03:46so you should have just listened to me there.
03:47That would have been a good start.
03:49The Packers-Panthers one I didn't see coming.
03:52Nobody did.
03:53Nobody did.
03:54Yeah.
03:55There was one of those Sundays where everybody's looking around like,
03:57are we watching this happen unfold all day?
03:59So let's just get into this week.
04:00Hopefully you guys have better betting weeks.
04:02The Storyline Games of the Week presented by the Chevy Silverado.
04:04We will start with the Ravens at the Vikings.
04:06Coach, the Ravens minus four and a half.
04:08They get the win last Thursday night football against the Dolphins.
04:11The Vikings get the win against Detroit.
04:13What do you think happens in this one?
04:15You know, Casey, a couple of weeks I predicted the Ravens were going to have a awakening and they are awake.
04:22They're getting better.
04:23I think Lamar coming back is the obvious, but they're coming together on defense.
04:28They're not giving up as many big plays.
04:30They do have the emergence of a couple young guys back there.
04:33Malachi Starks.
04:34I just think the Ravens are going to go into Minnesota, get a big victory.
04:39That'll be three in a row.
04:41Put them right back in the chase.
04:43But I love having Lamar on AstroTurf.
04:45I think it's tough on this pressure defense.
04:47The Vikings like the run.
04:49And as much as I like McCarthy, he's really only throwing for about 150 yards a game.
04:55I don't know if Aaron Jones is going to play.
04:57I'm going with the Ravens to stay hot.
04:59And Dan, one of those storylines last week was J.J. McCarthy.
05:02How he played when he came back from the injury.
05:04Had a good game.
05:05But coach is right.
05:06He did only have 143 yards, but still they did what they needed to win.
05:09Do you think he can keep playing this way?
05:10Yeah.
05:11I mean, they're not going to ask him to do a lot.
05:13I think it was Aaron Jones was the big story from that game.
05:16And the Vikings defense was phenomenal.
05:18They were.
05:19The way they were able to harass Jared Goff.
05:20Yeah.
05:21The way they were able to be in the backfield.
05:23You can't blitz Lamar like you blitzed Jared Goff.
05:26You cannot do it.
05:27You can't blitz Lamar the same way.
05:29I like the Ravens.
05:30They're a desperate team.
05:31They have no margin for error.
05:32They have to win pretty much every game here on out.
05:35And, you know, Lamar against a blitz happy defensive coordinator Brian Flores.
05:41I just think I like the Vikings, or sorry, I like the Ravens here, especially the Vikings coming off a win.
05:46Fred?
05:47The battle of the big purple.
05:48When I look at this, I got to go with the law firm of Lamar, Lamar, and Lamar.
05:53This is one thing I know about Lamar Jackson.
05:55You get him on turf.
05:56Coach just said he turns into a Ferrari.
05:58He's going to tie your hands when you have to call stuff.
06:01You can't call two men under.
06:02You got to call more zone.
06:03You want all 11 people looking at him, because if they turn their back on him, number eight will come running beside you.
06:09But this Vikings defense, they play well.
06:12And they play well at home.
06:14It's going to be crowd noise in that stadium.
06:16They will hear the worst cold a thousand times.
06:19So it's going to be a hard environment.
06:21But I'm going with the better coach, the better quarterback.
06:23I'm going with the Baltimore Ravens on this one.
06:26Alright, cross the board.
06:27Let's go to Sunday Night Football.
06:28The Steelers at the Chargers.
06:29Jerry, I'll start with you.
06:30We were here last week, and you said if they won, you were going to be back all the way up.
06:34So how up are we?
06:35Well, I'm almost there.
06:37I need to see it again.
06:39But I'll tell you what.
06:40The defense showed up.
06:41What scares me about the Steelers team is if they don't force a bunch of takeaways, they lose the game.
06:47I don't know if that's sustainable.
06:48It's probably not for the rest of the season.
06:50They've got a tough schedule down the stretch.
06:52This is a must-win game for them.
06:53They have to have some pressure on the Ravens, you know.
06:56Hopefully we can get a Ravens loss.
06:57Who knows?
06:58That would be great, and we get a win.
06:59But I do like the Steelers in this game.
07:02I do.
07:03I think it's a low-scoring game.
07:04They're going to try to run the ball a lot this game.
07:06They're going to try to establish the run.
07:08I would take the Steelers this week.
07:09And, Dan, you tried to tell them they would beat the Colts.
07:11Yeah, they would.
07:12And he doesn't listen to me.
07:14This game is tough for me because I like a couple of different matchups.
07:18And, Coach, you can tell me if I'm wrong, and Fred as well.
07:21Like, the Steelers like to run zone.
07:24I think the Chargers just absolutely demolish zone.
07:27Will Mike Tomlin do something a little different?
07:29The Chargers' offensive line is a disaster.
07:32The Steelers finally showed us something with their pass rush against the Colts.
07:36I'm going to take the plus three and just hope it stays tight.
07:41But I'm a little nervous because I do think that this is Jerry's getting his confidence back.
07:46And there just feels like that's when it all goes south for him.
07:50I'm not all the way back, though, Dan.
07:51I know.
07:52I know.
07:53I know.
07:54I do think there's something he said.
07:55Joe Alt not playing.
07:56Yeah.
07:57Joe Alt in this season, when Joe Alt has been on the field, the Chargers have looked awesome.
08:01When he's not, they have looked average to below average.
08:04Yeah.
08:05That's a huge, huge loss.
08:06Well, he's an all-pro tackle.
08:08Yeah.
08:09You lose an all-pro tackle, you don't get better on offense, especially when you want
08:11to run the ball like Harbaugh want to run that ball.
08:13Mm-hmm.
08:14But as long as Justin Herbert is out there, I got to give the Chargers a chance in this
08:18one.
08:19Yeah.
08:20You're talking to Coach Harbaugh.
08:21He understand what Pittsburgh like to do.
08:22I think they are really focused on their ground game to force them to really make the
08:26best out of the four or five or six drives that they get.
08:29I'm going to go with the Chargers on this.
08:30I'm going with the Chargers to win this game.
08:32Coach?
08:33I love the Pittsburgh Steelers in this one.
08:37I just think the injury to Joe Alt at left tackle cripples this team.
08:42You can't get hit as much as Herbert's getting hit.
08:44The Steelers are going to pepper him.
08:46They have too many good rushers.
08:47They have a lot of blitzes.
08:49It's going to be hard on Herbert for the rest of the season without these two tackles.
08:53You guys know that.
08:54And I think Steeler Nation is going to travel to L.A.
08:58There's going to be more Steeler fans than you've ever seen in California.
09:03Hell, it'll be like a road game for Herbert and Harbaugh.
09:06I like the Steelers.
09:07I love Aaron Rodgers.
09:08I love Aaron Rodgers.
09:09He's playing consistent.
09:10And I think they got a huge win and some confidence last week, pulverizing the Colts.
09:15I'm with the Steelers, man.
09:16I'm on board.
09:17I could never disagree more.
09:19I'd like to see more out of Aaron Rodgers in that offense, though.
09:22They throw the ball two yards a pass.
09:25He got 17 touchdown passes on the year.
09:29But, Jerry, where's the ball being thrown?
09:32They don't push the ball down the field, Jerry.
09:34No, they don't.
09:35They don't.
09:36They're running the plays that you drove up on the ball in.
09:38I got another one.
09:39Actually, I got to see.
09:40Let's just go right into it.
09:42You might as well just transition right into that.
09:44I got a Steelers play, actually, this week that I think the Steelers.
09:47Is it the punt again?
09:49No.
09:50You know, I tried to do something that John would appreciate this week.
09:55I know last week he wanted me to do something with play action.
09:58So, I actually did that this week.
10:00Okay.
10:01What you got, Jerry?
10:02I apologize for not getting on the board.
10:04I had an early show this morning.
10:06Messed things up a little bit.
10:08This is Jerry's one day that he has to work, Coach.
10:11So, you know.
10:12I mean, that's just.
10:13I do like four sponsored shows.
10:15I got the signs.
10:16I got the game.
10:17I do a lot of things.
10:18I don't like coaches that are distracted.
10:20I like guys that are 100% invested in their job.
10:23I don't like getting these bullshit wing it plays.
10:26Yeah.
10:27From some guy that's a part-time coach.
10:28Yeah.
10:29I hope you put some effort into this.
10:30I did.
10:31I actually did a lot of effort into this.
10:32Yeah.
10:33That's true.
10:34You might want less effort.
10:36Less effort.
10:37Less effort.
10:38The harder he thinks about it, the worse it gets.
10:40Yes.
10:41He's trying his best.
10:42Sometimes, like coaches say, your best ain't enough.
10:45Oh.
10:46Yeah.
10:47Everybody is the best.
10:48I need Jerry to be happy, okay?
10:49That's what we do.
10:50Yeah, we got to sit Jerry down like, Coach, you would do, you know.
10:53Casey, have you ever been to the city of Pittsburgh?
10:55Nobody's happy.
10:56Yeah, that's true.
10:57That's facts.
10:58His son never comes up in Pittsburgh.
10:59We got to, Coach, we got to sit Jerry down like you would do at the end of training camp.
11:03And she'd be like, listen, it's not because of a lack of effort.
11:06Like, you showed us as much effort as you could.
11:08If anyone else calls, I'll say you'll give effort, but you're just not that good.
11:12But you got one here.
11:14So this is a play that, it's a play action play, okay?
11:19John, I know last week you would have told me, hey, I would have liked this to be play action.
11:24I did that for you this week.
11:25This is very simple play, okay?
11:27You got the play action to the running back.
11:29Linebackers are going to probably come down.
11:32You'll have this receiver running on this in route.
11:35And guess what?
11:36If he's not there and the safeties are all in the middle here,
11:38you got your two options over here, okay?
11:40You got that wide receiver coming in the flat,
11:42who could probably be open for a little third and two, you know, first down here.
11:46Or if you want to take your shot down here in the corner,
11:49you got this wide receiver running like a 20-yard out.
11:52What do you think about this play, John?
11:53Nice play action.
11:54You wanted play action, I gave you play action.
11:57Who are we faking to?
11:58The tailback, Jerry?
11:59Yeah, running back, running back.
12:01I think he got a pretty good play.
12:03I'd like to see maybe one more check down.
12:05I only see three guys running a route, but I can dig this one.
12:09I can go for this.
12:10Okay, would you like the running back to maybe come somewhere over here?
12:13Yeah, maybe he'll go over the ball or something.
12:15You got to spill him to the left.
12:16Okay, okay.
12:17Listen, that could be an adjustment we can make in the future,
12:19but I thought this was a pretty good play for something short yardage.
12:22This is the play that got Coach Frankenfire.
12:24No, it's not.
12:25This is a good play.
12:26John said it was a good play.
12:27You were on defense.
12:28That play would not cause us to lose any sleep.
12:33Actually, next week could you draw us up an exotic blitz?
12:37Yeah, I'll do an exotic blitz.
12:38Let's do an exotic blitz.
12:39Let's get some defensive plays in there.
12:41We need something new.
12:42Listen, I'll do an exotic blitz, no problem.
12:44Yeah, an exotic blitz.
12:46John, you like this play?
12:48You know, Jerry, there's a big difference between good and great plays.
12:52That's kind of hovering around good.
12:55Okay.
12:56We need something to wow us.
12:57I mean, a guy in the flat with a little bench route and over route.
13:01I mean, what do you want me to do?
13:02Cartwheels over that?
13:03Yeah.
13:04I'm trying to keep it simple.
13:05I want to keep it simple.
13:06I try to, you know, go big and I get crushed every week.
13:091990 Seaford right there.
13:11That's Seaford.
13:12That's West Coast right there.
13:13I like to play.
13:14I like to play.
13:15Also, a couple of these plays.
13:16I'm going to do some research.
13:17I promise you, next week you will see.
13:20Some of the plays I've had, teams have ran this year.
13:23There's like three or four of them.
13:25Is it the ones I drove up?
13:27No, you're playing last week.
13:28Stop it.
13:29Come on, man.
13:30Come on, Jerry.
13:31I'm bringing that next week.
13:32There's three or four plays in college and NFL that have been run off of my whiteboard.
13:37Really?
13:38Yes.
13:39If you can afford the time, Jerry, it'd be great.
13:41Yeah, I will.
13:43I will.
13:44Yeah, and all of Jerry's plays are the same.
13:46Like, as long as you have the greatest offensive line of all time and you have 10 seconds to
13:51throw, it's going to work.
13:52That's kind of a quick hitter right there.
13:54That's a quick hitter.
13:55That's a quick hitter.
13:56That's a quick play.
13:57That play going to develop very quick.
13:58It's a first down play, Jerry.
14:00That's what we're looking for.
14:01You can get a first down with that.
14:03And I will say, him saying it's good, even though he said it wasn't great.
14:06I'll take that.
14:07That's better than that.
14:08I'll take that.
14:09As long as you're not yelling at me.
14:10Right.
14:11Yeah.
14:12So, like, we're on the up.
14:13Yeah, we're on the up.
14:14Okay.
14:15Let's go to the game of the week presented by the Chevy Silverado.
14:16It's Monday Night Football.
14:17The Eagles at the Packers.
14:18Fred, I will start with you.
14:19The Packers minus two and a half.
14:21We talked about them off the top of the show.
14:24Losing to Carolina the way that they did was shocking to most people.
14:27The Eagles coming off of a bye week.
14:28Do you think the Packers get right?
14:30Coach, do you feel like I feel?
14:32I don't know who the Green Bay Packers are.
14:34We're the real Green Bay Packers.
14:35Can the Bay Packers please stand up?
14:36Because I don't know who they are right now.
14:38I do.
14:39They are so hot and cold.
14:41So juckily hot.
14:43One day I love Jordan Love.
14:44One day I hate Jordan Love.
14:46One day I love Michael Parsons.
14:47One day I hate Michael Parsons because they running at him.
14:49I'm going to go with the Philadelphia Eagles.
14:51Because I feel like that's the best roster.
14:53I feel like the quarterback is playing at a high level.
14:55They got Saquon Barkley going last week.
14:58I think that defense travels.
15:00And listen to me.
15:01If Howie Roseman calls your team, hang up the phone promptly.
15:05If he calls your team looking for talent, hang the phone up in his face.
15:09I'm going with Philadelphia Eagles.
15:11That stinks in my mouth.
15:12Yeah.
15:13You want to throw up a little bit.
15:14Dan?
15:15They're going to win though.
15:16I mean, I think the Eagles are just better than the Packers right now.
15:19The Packers are in a little bit of a crisis.
15:21Coach can maybe speak to it.
15:22But it feels like they've lost that intermediary game completely.
15:26It's either a dump off behind the line of scrimmage or a deep shot by Jordan Love.
15:32Where's the rhythm?
15:33Where's the seven yard, eight yard passing concepts that gets the ball moving down the field?
15:40I just don't see it.
15:42So I think they're in a little crisis right now.
15:43They got to figure it out.
15:44But I like the Eagles off and by.
15:46Coach?
15:47Yeah, I think a crisis is a good word.
15:49And, you know, you lose to the Cleveland Browns, to Fred's point.
15:53And then you turn around and play a really good game against the Steelers.
15:56Then you play poorly against Carolina.
15:59I can't get that film out of my mind.
16:01They don't have much of an identity right now with Tucker Craft out.
16:05He is a big part of this offense.
16:07He's been a go to receiver on third down and in the red zone.
16:11I don't see Jordan Reed coming back.
16:14And I think Green Bay is in trouble a little bit on offense.
16:17I love the fact that Howie Roseman shook it up, took a shot on Jair Alexander.
16:23Whether he'll be a factor this year or not, we'll see.
16:26But to go out and get Jordan Phillips gives them another edge rusher.
16:30As you said, Dan, they're coming off a bye week.
16:33They are the defending world champions.
16:36Hell, Saquon gets hurt.
16:37They bring in Tank Bigsby, another guy that Howie Roseman traded for.
16:42Howie Roseman, he's got the, I don't know, he's got the guts and the, I don't know,
16:48the, he just has a, he has a it factor to make things happen.
16:52And I think he's really stimulated this Eagle football team.
16:56I think they're going to go into Lambeau and get a big win.
16:59He got the intestinal fortitude.
17:01That's what he got.
17:02A lot of GMs don't.
17:04He will pull the trigger.
17:05Yeah.
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17:29Okay, Dan, the Chicago Bears, five and three.
17:32Mm-hmm.
17:33Mm-hmm.
17:34Minus four and a half against the New York Giants.
17:36How are you feeling about your Chicago Bears?
17:37I feel okay.
17:38I, I, listen, I'm going to take the Bears because I always take the Bears.
17:41I wouldn't advise it.
17:42Four and a half seems a little steep for a team that I have characterized
17:47and been pretty much spot on with all year.
17:50Yeah.
17:51I have been, I told you that if we beat the Cowboys, we'd end up five and four, six and three.
17:56I just dropped my, my earpiece.
17:58I'll put it back in a second when I'm done.
18:00Mm-hmm.
18:01The Bears are not a good team yet.
18:03They're no longer a bad team.
18:05They're right in the middle.
18:06They're trying to find a way.
18:07Their defense sucks.
18:08Yeah.
18:09So their defense is going to leave everyone in a game.
18:11So it's hard to take four and a half when you know that this defense can't get stops.
18:16But I love the way they're running the ball.
18:17I love Colson Loveland and what he did.
18:19Caleb, with that big play at the end of the game against the Bengals,
18:22that was an incredible throw.
18:23I'm going to take the Bears because I always take the Bears,
18:25but I think it's going to maybe be more like a three-point Bears.
18:27So you're not worried about Abdul Carter.
18:29No.
18:30You're not worried about Brian Burns.
18:31No.
18:32You're not worried about Dexter Lawrence.
18:33Listen, we have our left tackle not great.
18:36Our interior offensive line good.
18:38Caleb's just going to run out of the way.
18:40He's just going to get out of there.
18:41He's just going to be like, I'm out of here.
18:42Caleb at the end of that game was awesome.
18:45No, we're going to.
18:46He was clutch.
18:47Is it the moment?
18:48Is this his NFL moment?
18:50He's had a few of these where he's had really big moments.
18:53So I think the answer, though, to the pass rush,
18:56I think it's going to be a lot of running it right into their face.
18:59Into the pass rush.
19:00Yeah.
19:01Kyle Monongai, who's a rookie from Rutgers.
19:04Seven rounds.
19:05176 yards.
19:06Yeah.
19:07DeAndre Swift's back.
19:08The offensive philosophy and identity of this team is starting to round into shape.
19:14It is running the football down your throat over and over.
19:17You look at the three wins, the Commanders game, the Raiders game,
19:20and then last week.
19:21Yeah.
19:22That's what they did.
19:23They just ran the ball down people's throats.
19:24So I think they'll do that against the Giants.
19:25Fred.
19:26I'm going to grab my headpiece.
19:27Yeah.
19:28Look at this game.
19:29This is one of the harder games to pick right here.
19:30It is.
19:31You know.
19:32I think that pass rush travels well.
19:34I think they are going to get back to running the ball.
19:36But Mrs. Cam Scatterboo has changed his offense.
19:39It has changed the energy of the New York Giants.
19:41That's the only reason I'm picking the Chicago Bears in this one.
19:45I feel like that fire that the Giants had, even though they weren't winning,
19:48they was in every game they played in.
19:51And this defensive line and this pass rush going to allow them to be in every game.
19:55But I think it's a three-point game.
19:57I think the Chicago Bears win.
19:59I really don't want to pick that four points.
20:01Four and a half is what I'm saying.
20:02Four and a half is scary.
20:03Four and a half is scary.
20:04Four and a half is scary.
20:05Okay.
20:06Coach?
20:07Geez, I can't believe you guys aren't excited about the Bears.
20:09I am.
20:10I mean, what Ben Johnson has done is phenomenal.
20:12I look at today's NFL.
20:14I mean, I'm looking for somebody that's really a surefire Super Bowl powerhouse team.
20:20Hell, the Bears are going to win this game.
20:22They're going to cover.
20:23The Giants can't stop anybody.
20:25I mean, Chris McCaffrey went up there last week, ran for over 100,
20:29caught five passes for 70 yards.
20:31Mac Jones and company ripped them.
20:33They took a big bite out of them in the Big Apple.
20:36And that's what the Chicago Bears are going to do.
20:39I give Ben Johnson a lot of credit.
20:41They have two very good running backs, two very good tight ends.
20:45They've got an excellent receiving core.
20:47And Wright tackled Darnell Wright last week against the Bengals.
20:51He hit Shamar Stewart from Texas A&M, Casey, off the screen.
20:56I mean, I like the Bears a lot.
20:58They're doing it with Band-Aids on defense.
21:00Yes.
21:01But Ben Johnson was in Detroit last year.
21:03They were the number one seed in the NFC, Dan, with a top offense
21:07and a defense that was doing it with Band-Aids.
21:09I don't know why the Bears can't win this division.
21:11I really don't.
21:12So, to answer your question about, like, the excitement of the Bears,
21:15I'm very excited about the Bears.
21:16I'm very excited about Ben Johnson.
21:18I will do whatever Ben Johnson says.
21:20He is a culture changer.
21:21The defense is what tempers the excitement.
21:24We just gave up 470 yards to a 50-year-old Joe Flacco.
21:27Yeah.
21:28So, there's some issues on defense.
21:30Yes, he is.
21:31But I think that the fix is, and Ben Johnson might have this fix,
21:35is if they can get back to being a good, the start of the season,
21:38they were a good red zone team.
21:40Then they had a fall off.
21:41Last week, they were doing some funky stuff.
21:43They had the Philly special to score a touchdown.
21:46They were hitting Colson Loveland.
21:47If they can get back to an elite red zone team,
21:50then I agree with you, Coach, that they can win this division
21:53because that's what they're going to have to do.
21:55They're not going to win games in the teens, in the low 20s.
21:59They're going to have to win games in the 30s,
22:01and I think Ben Johnson has the capability of getting this offense to that spot.
22:05One thing I learned through life is a pair of lips will tell a lie.
22:08You don't believe the Chicago Bears will win this division,
22:11with Detroit in this division.
22:12You do not believe that, Big Cat.
22:14Detroit just lost some Minnesota.
22:16You let Colson up here and beam you up,
22:18knowing that Detroit is better.
22:20You know for a fact.
22:21Yeah, we're probably not going to win the division.
22:23He's right on that, okay?
22:24So, yeah, you're right.
22:26You're right.
22:27You're right.
22:28Well, the Cincinnati Bengals had Jamar Chase, Tee Higgins.
22:31They had an arsenal of players that went up against the Bears last week.
22:35Who will the Giants have?
22:37I mean, are they going to feature Daniel Bellinger?
22:39What are they going to do?
22:40Throw the ball to Robinson on a bubble screen?
22:43I mean, they don't have the threats.
22:46And I want you guys to look at this giant defense carefully
22:49and tell me which film to look at where I can see where in the hell Dexter Lawrence is.
22:55Yeah, he's been missing.
22:56He was awesome last year, but where is he this year?
22:59And I don't know this Carter guy out of Penn State.
23:02Tell me which film to look at where you say, holy shit.
23:06I just think this giant defense has been a real disappointment.
23:10And losing neighbors has really handicapped this offense as well as Scadaboo.
23:15I love the Bears to win big this week.
23:18That doesn't hype you up?
23:20No, it does.
23:21Absolutely.
23:22I'm excited.
23:23I'm three.
23:24Listen, I understand.
23:25But Detroit is the cream of the crop in the North.
23:28Let the man have it.
23:29Let him have it.
23:30I can't give it to him.
23:31I'm being honest.
23:32I'm being honest.
23:33He fixes me too late at night.
23:34All right, Coach, your playbook pick.
23:36The Patriots at the Bucs.
23:37The Bucs minus two and a half.
23:39Man, I can't wait for this one.
23:41I'm going to this game.
23:42Not that you guys care, but I'm going to be sitting there live watching this one.
23:45I love what the Patriots have done.
23:47They don't make a lot of mistakes on either side of the ball.
23:50Drake May gets a lot of credit, obviously, but they're playing a rookie left tackle.
23:55The rookie left guard.
23:56They're getting a lot of things done with these receivers.
23:59I like the Patriots under Mike Vrabel.
24:03This coaching staff has collectively done a hell of a job.
24:06But you know how I feel about the Tampa Bay Bucs is they're going to go up against Todd Bowles.
24:12We're going to have some blitzes.
24:13We are going to get after Drake May.
24:16I got a lot of confidence.
24:18We just did an excellent job.
24:19I know it was the New Orleans Saints, but this is going to be a real good week for Todd Bowles and his defense, I believe.
24:26And Baker Mayfield, he's got to attack man to man.
24:30We got to attack man to man better than we did against Detroit on Monday night football because that's what the Patriots do.
24:37I think if Gonzalez misses this game, it's a big factor for New England.
24:42They count on him a lot.
24:44But I love Baker Mayfield and the Bucs to win and cover at home coming off their bye.
24:50Dan?
24:51I got a question for you, Coach or Fred.
24:53Yeah.
24:54So, Drake May's been phenomenal against the Blitz this year.
24:57On fire.
24:58On fire against the Blitz.
24:59Is Todd Bowles, is he going to do stuff that is different enough that it doesn't matter?
25:05Like, Todd Bowles has always been really good at playing against young quarterbacks, confusing them, showing them different things.
25:11Like, is that where the game is won here, Todd Bowles and being able to?
25:16Todd Bowles is great at corralling running quarterbacks.
25:19I watched him against Jalen.
25:20I mean, Jaden last year, two times we played him.
25:23Playoffs, first game of the year.
25:24He's very good.
25:25He knows how to incorporate spies.
25:27He knows how to do the zone blitz schemes.
25:29He understands simulated blitz patterns.
25:32He does a little bit of everything.
25:33But I think Drake May is going to just be too much for them.
25:36I got a feeling that they going, like, when you look at this game, it's two even match teams.
25:42Yeah.
25:43Even Las Vegas with these two and a half points is telling me I don't know.
25:47They saying I don't know can the Buccaneers do it at home.
25:50That fine weather going to be fine for New England, too.
25:53I'm going with the Patriots.
25:54So, Dan, what do you think?
25:56I think I'm going to go with the Bucs.
25:58Just at home, this is a step up in class.
26:01I do think it's going to be a tight game, but I'll take minus two and a half with the Bucs.
26:05I'll ride with Gruden.
26:06Okay.
26:07Fred, your playbook pick.
26:08The Lions at your Commanders.
26:10Your Commanders plus seven and a half.
26:12How down bad are we?
26:13They suck.
26:14Listen to me.
26:15But here's the thing.
26:16Here's the problem for guys like Fred.
26:17Oh, no.
26:18And he can now say, well, it was all the injury.
26:21They sucked before.
26:22Yeah.
26:23We had injuries.
26:24You guys never have to actually face the mirror and be like, oh, we were bad.
26:28We got beat up.
26:29You were bad.
26:30I beat up.
26:31Listen.
26:32Belt to ass.
26:33I understand.
26:34Detroit owes us for what happened in the playoff last year.
26:37That stench is still in their mouth.
26:39They don't care who playing and who not playing.
26:41They going to come there and they going to try to inflict their will on us.
26:45I'm telling you now.
26:46What's the spread on this one?
26:47Seven and a half?
26:48You might as well put it at ten and a half.
26:50We just ain't got the guys.
26:51We're down 17 players.
26:5417 players.
26:55That's crazy.
26:56That's ridiculous.
26:57So at the end of the day, I love my team, but I also tell myself the truth.
27:02Don't watch this game, people.
27:03Turn your TV off.
27:04Do not watch this game.
27:05So you're taking the Lions.
27:06I'm taking the Detroit Lions.
27:08Dan?
27:09I'll take the Commanders.
27:11Fuck it.
27:12I'm going to take the Commanders just inside the end.
27:14Just to make me mad.
27:15Just so you can text him.
27:16Yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:17Just so about like 7.30.
27:18Yeah.
27:19If you think it's going to be an absolute blah, I'll just go opposite.
27:22And then guess what?
27:23We'll end up losing by six points.
27:24Yeah, yeah.
27:25You're going to lose by touching.
27:26You're going to be in this game.
27:27Because you're never as bad as you look.
27:29You're never as good as you look.
27:30Right.
27:31We got one of the best backup quarterbacks in the league.
27:32Marcus Mariota is a Finn quarterback for what we do.
27:36But that still doesn't have nothing to do with Lattimore.
27:39Still don't have to do nothing with Trey Amos.
27:41Still don't.
27:42Like, it's just guys.
27:43Our defensive line decimated.
27:44All right?
27:45Decimated.
27:46At least it's a 425 kick so the Tex won't be too late when he's right.
27:49It'll be right around 8.30.
27:51Yeah, yeah.
27:529 o'clock.
27:53East Coast time.
27:54You guys win this game.
27:55Yeah.
27:56All right.
27:57Coach, are you taking?
27:58I love the Lions in this game.
27:59The Lions are really pissed off at the way they played last week coming off the bye.
28:03I got a good feeling Dan Campbell got the red hot poker out and got after their ass.
28:08This is a revenge game.
28:11We all know that Washington came into Detroit, ended their season last year.
28:15I got a feeling Detroit is going to take the Commanders out completely out of contention,
28:21out of circulation.
28:22They're going to destroy the Washington Commanders.
28:25Let me tell you this too, Fred.
28:27I'm tired of all these excuses about the injuries.
28:30That's what I'm saying.
28:31Everybody got injuries.
28:32That's what I'm saying.
28:33You're the guy, Fred, that made wholesale roster changes to start the season.
28:37You're the guy that has a lot of veterans.
28:40You went with the old crew.
28:41You got the old crew.
28:43You're getting what you're deserving.
28:45The Detroit Lions are going to come in there and wallop the Commanders.
28:49And there's going to be a traffic jam coming out of the stadium like they're always in.
28:53A lot of miserable people in Washington having to watch this team and sit in that traffic at that stadium.
29:00Yeah, because the Detroit Lions are mad because we went to Detroit last year winning Motown
29:05and ripped all the gold records off the wall.
29:07Yeah, they're going to get revenge.
29:08That's fine.
29:09That's fine.
29:10You said belt to ass and then he just made it even worse.
29:12Yeah.
29:13He did.
29:14Two belts to the ass.
29:15One ass.
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29:39Coach, we'll start with you.
29:40The Falcons and the Colts in Germany.
29:42The Colts minus six and a half.
29:45Why do they have to play in Germany?
29:47I mean, they have to play these games overseas.
29:50I hate to be a negative person, but I like to go to church in the morning.
29:53I don't want to watch a football game at 9 a.m.
29:56I'm going to thank whoever plays the Falcons right now.
30:00I think they have hit rock bottom.
30:02They're on their third field goal kicker.
30:04They have no patience with the kicker.
30:06They must yell at the guy too much.
30:07I don't know.
30:08I just don't think other than Drake London, they have an available receiver.
30:12They like to throw the football to.
30:14So, with that said, I'm going against the Falcons again.
30:19Yeah, I'll take the Falcons plus six and a half.
30:22They're not good, but they're desperate.
30:24And I know that last week they covered the spread.
30:27Yeah.
30:28I do think the Colts are going to bounce back in a nice way
30:31because they obviously took their first kind of real loss.
30:33The Rams game was a loss, but they had the...
30:36The game in their hand?
30:37Yeah.
30:38Mitchell dropped the ball at the goal line.
30:40But I'm going to take the Falcons plus six and a half.
30:42Because it's a lot of points.
30:43That's what you feel.
30:44A lot of points.
30:45It's overseas.
30:46You feel like it's going to be a stagnant game.
30:47Just, you know.
30:48Yeah.
30:49Yeah, and maybe there's a little bump that people are getting.
30:50Like, oh, Sauce Gardner's now on the team.
30:52Like, how quickly can he get actually in the mix?
30:54Well, no.
30:55He can get in the mix because all you got to do is say, Sauce, you got him,
30:57and that's it.
30:58It ain't really nothing to it.
30:59The corner can fit in real quick.
31:00Okay.
31:01Hey, cover two is cover two.
31:02Cover four is cover four.
31:03Nothing changes for us.
31:04Universal calls, he done heard those calls before.
31:06Now, let me tell you something about the Falcons.
31:08Besides being my ex-wife team, the reason I'm really going against them.
31:13They are beyond hot and cold.
31:15Every time I'm ready to crown the Falcons, they show up and just pee down they leg.
31:20All right, I'm going to tell you like this.
31:21Indiana Jones, didn't he travel overseas looking for those things?
31:26For those little trickets and stuff like that?
31:27Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:28So, I'm going with Indiana Jones.
31:29On the road, I'm taking the coats.
31:31I love the pettiness though.
31:32It's because it's your ex-wife's team.
31:33Oh, I'm so petty.
31:34Pettiness.
31:35So petty.
31:36All right, Dan, the Saints at the Panthers.
31:39The Panthers minus five and a half.
31:40This game is disgusting.
31:42The Panthers are favorites.
31:43So gross.
31:44The Panthers are five and four.
31:45We got to stop saying the Panthers are bad.
31:46They're good.
31:47I don't know what to say in this game.
31:50The Panthers shouldn't be favorites.
31:53This is the first time they're favorites all year.
31:56Man, five and a half points for the Panthers.
31:58That's a lot of points.
31:59The Saints won an eight though.
32:00The Saints are so bad.
32:01They are so bad.
32:02So bad.
32:03And they stole it in the rookie quarterback, right?
32:05Yeah, Tyler Shuck.
32:07Give me the Saints.
32:10Coach?
32:11I'll answer.
32:12Jeez, I can't go with the Saints.
32:14I've got to go with Carolina.
32:15As Dan said, they're five and four.
32:17They're up and down on defense.
32:19Last week was a high for them.
32:21They got this guy, Christian Rose, boom.
32:24He had about 20 tackles last week.
32:27I just think they're going to do enough to make Shuck, the rookie quarterback, miserable.
32:32I just don't think the Saints have any firepower at all.
32:35They just traded Rasheed Shaheed.
32:38I don't know who the Saints receivers are other than Olave.
32:41I'm going to go with Carolina to get a big win and somehow be six and four.
32:47That'll be a hell of a day in Carolina.
32:49Yep.
32:50Yeah, it will.
32:51It will.
32:52It's a game to pick.
32:53It kind of picks itself.
32:54We all got kids here, and I'm sure we all change Pampers.
32:57And we say all shucks when we see some stuff in that Pampa that we don't want in that Pampa.
33:01But this is the Pampa game of the week right here.
33:04I'm going with the Panthers not even real hard.
33:07I don't know a good part of the Saints.
33:10Can y'all tell me anything that the Saints do well?
33:13Yeah, you know what?
33:14You're right.
33:15Switch me.
33:16I mean, Dan, you picked this thing.
33:17Yeah, yeah, switch me.
33:18What are you doing?
33:19You guys are right.
33:20You guys are right.
33:21What are you trying to do?
33:22Because it's five and a half.
33:23The Panthers haven't been favored.
33:24They haven't won a game when they've been favored in five years.
33:27Rico Dattle hasn't been stopped all year.
33:31I'll take the Panthers with you guys.
33:32You guys are talking sense into me.
33:34It's like, don't overthink it.
33:35Yeah.
33:36The Saints are bad.
33:37This is going to end up being a three-point game.
33:39I just know.
33:40Yeah, because it's a divisional game.
33:41That's the only thing that scares me.
33:43Yeah, exactly.
33:44Now, if it was in New Orleans, Kent, if it was in New Orleans,
33:46I would be like, no, five points too much.
33:48Divisional game, no.
33:49But it's in Carolina.
33:50I don't know if that's a home field advantage, but, you know.
33:53Okay.
33:54It's on grass.
33:55Okay, okay.
33:56All right, Fred.
33:57The Jags at the Texans.
33:58The Jags minus one and a half.
34:00You know what?
34:01The Texas defense is really, really good, especially at home.
34:09But CJ Skrider, is he playing in this game?
34:11No.
34:12I need to know that.
34:13No.
34:14It's Davis Mills.
34:15All right, so I'm going with Azura High, aka the prince who was promised.
34:18Mm-hmm.
34:19Trevor Lawrence.
34:20I'm going with the Jaguars.
34:21I just think they are one of those teams, if they start quick, it's no stopping them.
34:26Mm-hmm.
34:27Like, the question to me is, can they go to Houston and can they start quick?
34:30No CJ Skrider?
34:31I'm going with the Jacksonville Jaguars right now.
34:33Dan?
34:34It's an ugly game because I think both defenses are better than the offenses.
34:38But I'm just going to go back to what I've been doing when it comes to the Texans.
34:41If they're playing against a decent or above average defensive line, I bet against the Texans
34:47because they can't block up front.
34:48Can't block at home.
34:49So, I will take the Jaguars in this game.
34:51Coach?
34:52Geez, some of these games.
34:53I'd rather talk about Texas and Georgia Pitt playing Notre Dame next week.
34:58These games just, they don't get me going.
35:00I don't know.
35:01Maybe it's just a bad day for me.
35:03I can't go with the Jaguars.
35:05I don't know who's playing receiver.
35:06I mean, Travis Hunter's out.
35:08Brian Thomas left the game last week.
35:11I don't trust Lawrence against a pressure-packed defense.
35:14I just don't trust Trevor Lawrence against this Houston defense.
35:18I know they beat him earlier in the season with an audible against an all-out blitz,
35:22but I think Davis Love can get some things done.
35:25Is it Davis Love?
35:26What's his name?
35:27Davis Mills.
35:28Davis Mills.
35:29No.
35:30I call him Davis Love.
35:31I just think he can't do it.
35:32I just feel they're going to call him by three of them.
35:34You know, the Jaguar defense, the Jaguar defense, they got shredded by the Raiders.
35:39I mean, four straight touchdown drives.
35:42They're missing their nickel corner.
35:44They're missing some guys on the back end.
35:46I'm going to go with the Houston Texans.
35:48They have a great defense.
35:50A great defense.
35:51And they're going to win this game for this Houston, Texas team.
35:55All right, Coach.
35:56The Bills at the Dolphins.
35:57The Bills minus nine and a half.
35:59What?
36:00Bills.
36:01Bills look good.
36:03Some of these games are just hard to get up for.
36:06I don't know.
36:07I need to take a shot.
36:08I need some kind of pill.
36:09Get this man some Adderall.
36:13All right.
36:14Bills.
36:15The Bills at Miami, they always beat Miami.
36:19What the hell's the question, Casey?
36:21Well, it's very and a half points.
36:23Yeah, but it's the Bills.
36:24Take the Bills.
36:25Take the Bills.
36:26You can't bet on Miami to do anything.
36:27You do not touch Miami.
36:28They do have a fire seal.
36:30Yeah.
36:31I mean, he's doing so bad.
36:33You can't take the Dolphins, Dan.
36:34Don't do it.
36:35Dang.
36:36I'll take the Dolphins.
36:39I'll take the Dolphins plus nine and a half.
36:41They're at home.
36:42They're at home.
36:43It just crashes out for no reason.
36:45It's to be in.
36:46It's to be in.
36:47It's to be in.
36:48We just told him don't do it.
36:49It's a official game at home.
36:50Someone once said to me, the great suit finder said, you got to get comfortable being uncomfortable.
36:54You got to find the game that makes you sick to your stomach and bet that team.
36:58You got to put in a bet.
36:59And when you put it in, you're like, man, this is the worst bet ever.
37:02Because when I put in a bet and I think it's a winner, it's never a winner.
37:06So I'm taking the Dolphins plus nine and a half.
37:08Josh Allen versus Tuna Fish Tour.
37:11You going with Tuna Fish?
37:13You guys are going to be mad because I have a couple more of these plays coming up.
37:16I'm taking the Jets in a minute.
37:18Are you serious?
37:19Yeah.
37:20Man.
37:21Listen.
37:22I'm going to talk to you again.
37:24All right.
37:25Josh Allen.
37:26Yeah.
37:27And that high powered.
37:30What happened the first time they played?
37:32The Dolphins were in that game.
37:33But the Dolphins also didn't have a fire sale the week before the game.
37:36Okay.
37:37I understand.
37:38Well, I'm going with the Bills, Bills, Bills.
37:40As Beyonce say, I'm going with the Buffalo Bills.
37:43I think this is going to be turned off by the first quarter.
37:46Okay.
37:47So, Dan, we'll go right to the Jets.
37:48Yeah.
37:49The Browns at the Jets.
37:50The Jets plus two and a half.
37:51You're taking them?
37:52Give me the Jets.
37:53Oh, boy.
37:54I don't know.
37:55Like, they traded everyone.
37:57Everyone overreacts.
37:58I'm just going off of like, what does everyone expect to happen?
38:04And do the opposite.
38:05Because whatever everyone expects to happen, it never happens in the NFL.
38:09It never happens for gambling.
38:10Well, I expected them to lose because you just traded Quinn and Williams.
38:14You just traded sauce.
38:16You're making my point for me.
38:17Yeah.
38:18Everyone says, oh, well, they just traded sauce and Quinton Williams.
38:22This is a blowout.
38:23There's no way.
38:24It's the Cleveland Browns.
38:25They can't blow anyone out.
38:26Well, they don't need to blow them out.
38:27There's only what?
38:28A two and a half points.
38:30Spray it.
38:31I'm just saying.
38:32Just take the Jets.
38:33I'm making a lot of sense right now.
38:34This is going to be a crazy week.
38:35Not really.
38:36This is how you get up for it, Coach.
38:38You bet bad teams.
38:39That's how you get up for it.
38:41He's really trying to figure out what he wants to say here, Coach.
38:44You just bet bad teams and hold your nose.
38:46Jets and the Bills.
38:48Jets and the Browns.
38:49The Jets and the Browns.
38:51I'm speechless.
38:52I don't know.
38:53I don't know.
38:56I'm going to take the Browns at home.
38:58You know, the Jets did trade those two players, but I haven't seen sauce make a lot of plays
39:04for the Jets this year.
39:05It's not like they're missing Deion Sanders and Quinton Williams.
39:09I don't think they're going to be missing a lot with him either.
39:14He hasn't done a lot this year.
39:16I'm going to go with the Browns.
39:17They have to win this game.
39:18They got to get a good look at Dylan Gabriel.
39:21I think they got to throw the ball more than five yards down the field.
39:25I'm going to go with the Browns in a 12 to 9 thriller.
39:29Coach, I don't even know if you know this, but they also benching Quinton Williams' brother,
39:34Quincy Williams, the linebacker.
39:36So they are rock bottom.
39:39They're getting out of the Williamsville business.
39:41Rock meet bottom.
39:42They have already got ready for the draft this year.
39:45They ain't thinking about this game this week.
39:47And Miles Garrett and that defense is on the other side of that ball.
39:51So I know who ain't going to score.
39:53It will be the Jets.
39:54So I'm going with the Browns on this one because the Jets won't,
39:58when I say won't even scratch the surface, they might not get past the 50-yard line.
40:03And Dan's taking them.
40:06Yes, he likes to do this.
40:07I know.
40:08He likes pain.
40:09He's pain-seeking.
40:10All right, Fred, the Cardinals at the Seahawks.
40:11The Seahawks minus six and a half.
40:13You know what?
40:14The Cardinals look very good.
40:16Yeah.
40:17Jacoby Brissett.
40:18Throwing it.
40:19I call him Jacoby Brisket.
40:20He was throwing that ball.
40:22Listen to me.
40:23Even Marvin Harrison Jr. looked like he was ready to play some football.
40:26But I got to watch the old Seattle Seahawks up close, and my God.
40:30I don't know if they got a weakness.
40:32I have done them hitting on all cylinders.
40:34They can run the ball with Charbonnet and Walker.
40:37And Jackson Smoot and Jitma.
40:39I changed his whole name.
40:40Jackson Smoot and Jitma.
40:42The best wide receiver in football right now.
40:47Listen to me.
40:48That Seahawks team is dangerous.
40:50That defense is awesome.
40:52Because I call my son.
40:53Yeah, I know.
40:54My son of 10th grade wide receiver, I call him Jackson Smoot and Jitma.
40:57Jackson Smoot and Jitma.
40:58I'm going with the Seahawks, man.
40:59They look unstoppable.
41:00Seeing them up close was scary.
41:01They might be a Super Bowl contender.
41:03Oh, yeah.
41:04Oh, yeah.
41:05Yeah.
41:06The Seahawks are really good.
41:07I'm going to take the Cardinals, though, because we just watched the Seahawks in primetime
41:10play a perfect football game.
41:12You can't then bet them after they played a perfect football game in front of the country,
41:16because every single person in America is saying exactly what you're saying.
41:20The Cardinals are a little frisky now with Jacoby Brissett.
41:22They are.
41:23They are.
41:24They are playing a lot better ball.
41:25They're playing a lot of play action.
41:27I think they ran 57% play action on Monday night against the Cowboys.
41:32Things are working better.
41:33Their defense got a little healthy.
41:35The Cardinals are not a good team, but they're a frisky.
41:38They're not a pushover.
41:39No, they're not a pushover.
41:40You've got a division game, six and a half points.
41:43Yeah, I like the Cardinals in this game.
41:45This game, remember, came down to a last-second field goal last time they played.
41:49So, I like the Cardinals.
41:50Kyle Herber is going to get his job back after this.
41:52No, he's not.
41:53No, he's not.
41:54The Cardinals are interesting.
41:56We did a lot of work on them for the Monday night game last week.
41:59You know, they easily could have beat the Colts in Indianapolis.
42:03They could have beaten Green Bay, and they did go to Dallas and win convincingly.
42:07They're a better football team with Jacoby Brissett at quarterback.
42:11I think that's why Jonathan Gannon is leaning on him right now.
42:14I think his size in the pocket.
42:16Yes.
42:17Well, you can tell the listeners out there, when you can't see Kyler Murray,
42:22you can't see where he's going with the ball.
42:24And the receivers, they're running routes.
42:26They can't find him sometimes.
42:27But it just looks like McBride is in better rhythm with Brissett at quarterback.
42:33It looks like Harrison is more in rhythm.
42:37A lot of the drop passes, I think, occur because they don't see the ball leaving Kyler's hand sometime.
42:43But make a long story short, Garrett Williams' return, Nolan's debut on the D-line really helped Arizona.
42:50But I think the best team in the NFC right now is Seattle.
42:54And I think they have everything you need to get to the NFC Championship game.
42:59I'm going with Sam Darnold.
43:01Nobody's playing quarterback as good as he is right now.
43:04And they have a fourth quarter pass rush that can chew you up, man.
43:08And they can really finish games.
43:11I'm going with the Hawks.
43:12Coach, I got to ask you this.
43:13Why won't Kyler take notes out of Drew Brees' notes?
43:18And Drew master throwing in between offensive linemen, not over offensive linemen that 6'5".
43:24Like, Drew knew how to find those wonders.
43:26Kyler, not so much.
43:27He throws off his back foot and lets it fly.
43:30Yeah, everything looks off schedule when Kyler's playing.
43:33No disrespect.
43:34He can create a lot of plays with his athletic ability.
43:37But when I watch Jacoby, I can kind of feel the rhythm of this pass offense.
43:44And all Arizona needs is to get a little bit of a running game.
43:47Hopefully, Trey Benson comes back soon.
43:50But they're a better offensive football team.
43:52And the numbers and the production prove it.
43:55Yeah.
43:56He's the biggest toddler I've ever seen in my life.
43:59All right, Coach.
44:00We'll finish with the Rams at the 49ers.
44:02The Rams minus four and a half.
44:04Oh, this is my favorite game of the week.
44:06You know, the 49ers went to the Rams a few weeks ago and beat them on Thursday night football.
44:13This is a great rivalry.
44:14I think the two coaches have a great rivalry against one another.
44:19I think this game has everything.
44:21I think the 49ers are just too beat up.
44:24I think they're missing too many good players.
44:26I'm going to go with the Rams.
44:27Stafford has nine touchdown passes the last two weeks.
44:31Levante Adams and Puka.
44:33They can just run too many creative routes in the tight red zone.
44:37They're awesome inside the 10.
44:39I love the Rams.
44:40I think Matt Stafford, 21 touchdown passes, is an MVP candidate right now.
44:45He and the kid in Seattle, Darnold, are the two best quarterbacks I've studied this year.
44:51Yeah.
44:52I agree.
44:53Agree with everything you said about Matt Stafford, about what the Rams look like.
44:56You just got to take the underdog in this game.
44:58The last 14 times they've played, the underdog is 13 and one against the spread.
45:03That's just, it's crazy.
45:04Just take the underdog.
45:05That's a crazy stat.
45:06These teams play really tight every single time.
45:08And I'm a little nervous about the 49ers defense.
45:13It's not good.
45:14It's so, it's so injured.
45:16Yeah.
45:17But Ricky Pearsall might be back, which helps a lot in terms of stretching the field for
45:21the Niners on the other side of the ball.
45:23I just, four and a half points in this type of game.
45:26You're a home division opponent.
45:28Yeah.
45:29Take it.
45:30Well, it's a mirror.
45:31You got to realize these guys are off the same coaching tree.
45:33Right.
45:34The defense is practicing against these offices the whole time.
45:37Yep.
45:38So when they get in the game, they miss nothing.
45:39They understand how to attack each other.
45:41They understand how to defend each other.
45:43This is one of those games where you look at these coaches and say,
45:46whoever got the ball last is going to win the game.
45:48Mm-hmm.
45:49That's how you do it.
45:50So is it, and you say that San Francisco won the first meeting in this game?
45:53Yep.
45:54I have to give it to the Rams in this one then.
45:55Okay.
45:56Because I say these two teams, they're probably going to split in the regular season
45:59and come back and have that game in the playoff that decides everything.
46:02This is one of them coaching bowls, and by the way,
46:04both of these guys was on their coaching tree from Washington Commanders.
46:07I hope you all know that.
46:08But I'm going with the Rams.
46:09All right, Dan.
46:10Time for your hot take.
46:11Okay.
46:12My hot take.
46:13Let's see.
46:14Let's look.
46:15Let's look.
46:16You know what?
46:17I'll just go with the coach.
46:19This is going to be stupid.
46:21Yeah.
46:22The Bears can win the NFC North.
46:24I've been sitting here.
46:26This defense gives me diarrhea watching them, but I don't care.
46:31They can win the NFC North thing.
46:33They have everything ahead of them.
46:34They're playing the Packers twice.
46:36They have the Lions one more time.
46:37They have Vikings one more time.
46:39Yeah, they can win the NFC North.
46:41They can't.
46:42Like, I'm sitting here looking at you.
46:43No, no, no.
46:44No, no, no.
46:45No, no, no.
46:46Technically, yes, they can.
46:48They're not better than Detroit.
46:49I didn't say that.
46:50I said they can.
46:51It's a wrap for them to win it.
46:53They can, like, if the Lions and the Packers and the Vikings all decided not to finish
46:58out the rest of the season.
46:59Yes.
47:00That's the only way.
47:01The Bears can.
47:02I can be mayor of Chicago.
47:03Not going to happen.
47:04Exactly.
47:05No, you could.
47:06Not going to.
47:07I'm going to see you.
47:08You got my goals.
47:09Can and will are two different things.
47:10Two different things.
47:11All right, Fred, what's your hot take?
47:12My hot take is this.
47:13I'm finna go scorch earth, all right?
47:15Okay.
47:16At the end of the day, all right?
47:17Now that I done seen these two teams up close, I'm finna go and just scratch out the rest
47:22of the season because my commander season is over with.
47:24Oh, stop.
47:25So I'm looking for playoffs right now.
47:26The NFC Championship game will be Philadelphia Eagles versus the Seattle Seahawks.
47:32I have seen these teams and they can stay healthy.
47:34And they do got some backup, so they got depth, all right?
47:37If these two teams play in the game, it will be no more equal game that you could see on
47:42Sunday for an NFC Championship than this game.
47:45Two quarterbacks that can beat you.
47:47Two running games that can beat you.
47:48Two defenses that can beat you.
47:49Two head coaches that can beat you with the pin.
47:51It's going to be special.
47:52I cannot wait.
47:54Oh, that's a good hot take.
47:55I like that.
47:56He said that with his chest, too.
47:58Yeah.
47:59I believe it.
48:00If you see these teams up close, I'm telling you right now, they got game breakers.
48:04Yeah.
48:05On both sides, on all sides of the ball, they got game breakers.
48:07All right, Coach, what's your hot take?
48:09Well, I need you guys to concentrate on this because this is saying a lot.
48:13The Cincinnati Bengals, this weekend, are going to play the best defense they've played
48:18all year.
48:19They're not going to miss a tackle.
48:20Oh, just give up 500 yards.
48:21They're not going to blow a coverage.
48:23They're going to play the best defense of the year.
48:26That's because they have a bye.
48:28You are correct.
48:31This is going to be the greatest weekend in defensive history for the Bengals.
48:37I agree.
48:38How you going to chew Trey Wilson and get better, but they own a bye.
48:41So, Coach, they won't give up a yard this week.
48:44That's right.
48:45You're right.
48:46Everybody will be happy with the defense.
48:47Okay, now it's time for survivor pool picks.
48:49Dan and Coach, you are the only ones still alive.
48:51We survived.
48:52And you survived.
48:53I don't know how either of us didn't pick the Packers last week.
48:57That's crazy.
48:58I thought for sure I did.
49:00I thought you had.
49:01You took the Rams.
49:02He took the Seahawks last week.
49:03Okay.
49:04Mm-mm-mm.
49:05So, Dan cannot take the Steelers, Browns, Colts, or Rams.
49:08I'll let you go first, Coach.
49:09All right, Coach, you can't take the Seahawks, Broncos, Bears, or Patriots.
49:13I'm taking the Cleveland Browns this week.
49:16Okay.
49:17They're going to win.
49:18They're going to beat the Jets.
49:19I have no doubt.
49:20Oh, boy.
49:21Fred wants me to take the Lions.
49:23All right, I'll take the Lions.
49:24I'll go with Fred.
49:25I'll go with Fred.
49:26You're right.
49:27You're right.
49:28You're right.
49:29Listen, you got to know when you're Lion food.
49:30We're Lion food right now.
49:31It's just not a good time to be playing these guys.
49:33And I told you, they pitched about last year.
49:35They very pitched.
49:36And then they lost last week.
49:37Just not a good time to be playing.
49:39It's also, being a fan of any team, especially when you played for them,
49:43it's like you know how bad it is when you finally just hit that moment.
49:46You're like, just pick against us.
49:47Yeah.
49:48No, no.
49:49Look yourself in the face.
49:50Yeah.
49:51Look yourself in the face.
49:52I was always taught, if you can lie to the person in the mirror, you're a dastardly person.
49:56It's true.
49:57No more lying about the Commanders.
49:58No more.
49:59Not for me.
50:00Bears ended their season.
50:01Yeah.
50:02All right.
50:03It's the Chicago curse.
50:04Yeah.
50:05It's happened two years in a row.
50:06When we play, one team season is over after.
50:08Yeah.
50:09I hope we do not play next year.
50:10I agree.
50:11You guys.
50:12No.
50:13Great show.
50:14All right.
50:15Great show.
50:16Coach, we hope to see you next week and we'll see you guys next week as well.
50:17Digital Gruden.
50:18Hey.
50:19Hey.
50:21Hey.
50:22Hey.
50:23Hey.
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