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Shan, RJ, and Bobby analyzed the latest post-draft power rankings, reacting to the fallout of the NFL Draft and debating Pete Prisco’s most controversial team placements. They discussed the revamped defense in Dallas, why the Cowboys were slotted into the top ten, and more.
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00:00This is actually the power rankings gathered by the rest of the NFL media and specifically brought us his guy
00:07Pete Prisco at CBS.
00:10Yeah, and I had the pleasure of meeting Pete Prisco on one occasion.
00:15I had a long dinner with him, lunch with brought us.
00:17Lunch or dinner?
00:18It was like 2 o'clock.
00:20Okay.
00:21How tall was he?
00:24Not.
00:25Alec Medford.
00:26Makes sense why brought us as a fan.
00:27Alec Medford might be taller.
00:31Brisco could have played in the NFL.
00:34I heard yesterday on the draft show you were taking shots every five minutes like you had it on a
00:39timer.
00:39No, I was sharing brought us his board.
00:42I was talking about how.
00:43I don't give a damn where you think.
00:44He would play Alec at safety.
00:46Muggsy Bogues.
00:47He loved David Hellman for that very reason.
00:50Sandler.
00:51He only likes a player if he can pick them up and toss them in the air like a baby.
00:57Pete loves his takes and he is proud of them.
00:59But he had a very long article on CBS where he went through his power rankings and the opening line.
01:05Real quick.
01:06Do you consider him a troll at all?
01:08Pete?
01:08Yeah.
01:09Because he has very different opinions on things.
01:11I don't think I follow him enough to know.
01:15I don't think he's a troll because I think he does believe a lot of the stuff he says.
01:18He believes it.
01:18But, like, there are times where I think he digs in of, like, I'm going to have this take longer
01:23than I need to.
01:24His opening line.
01:26I am all in on the Dallas Cowboys.
01:28Oh, wee!
01:29Yeah, yeah.
01:30You've heard it before.
01:31This is the Cowboys year.
01:33A statement many have said before.
01:35Only to see the season of hope crumble, leading to more Jerry Jones jokes.
01:40You won't be doing that come this December.
01:43They will be Super Bowl contenders.
01:47How about them Cowboys?
01:49Thanks, guys.
01:50So he is a troll.
01:52And continue.
01:53After their offseason, culminated with an impressive draft haul.
01:57They are now my pick to win the NFC East and compete for a whole lot more.
02:01Their problems have been their defense.
02:03It won't be anymore.
02:04They have totally revamped the unit.
02:07Started with the hiring of new defensive coordinator Christian Parker.
02:10The 34-year-old, a first-time coordinator.
02:12Reputation joined the league as a good one.
02:14Especially coming from the Eagles, where he worked with Vic Fangio.
02:17The defense will look different.
02:19It will look different.
02:203-4.
02:22But also featuring many new faces.
02:24This is Caleb Downs, Lawrence, Barham.
02:28Barham will play inside for the Cowboys.
02:30They also traded to get the winners for the Niners.
02:33We'll have a lot of new faces at the starting unit this season as well.
02:36Good thing, considering how bad it's been.
02:39The offense, explosive again.
02:42Like your voice.
02:43Provided receiver, George Pickens, is around and focused.
02:48Since he's playing on the franchise tag.
02:50This is the year that Dak Prescott will finally go for being one of the league's most underrated players.
02:57To getting the acclaim he deserves as the Cowboys push for the Super Bowl.
03:01Damn.
03:02You know, I'll throw a tiny bit of cold water on all this.
03:07Since I've been heating it up.
03:09For the past week.
03:10Two weeks.
03:11Got a little simmer going.
03:13Yeah, I love that there's all these new faces because of the horrific defense last year.
03:20I am worried that all the excitement I have right now isn't really legitimate until year two.
03:29Because one thing we're not discussing, we've got a long time to do it.
03:34All these new players in a new scheme and we think we're just going to plug them into our Madden
03:42roster.
03:43And everything's going to be good to go in terms of chemistry and understanding.
03:47Downs, Locke, Thompson, Gary, Winters, Malachi, Durant.
03:55I mean, Barham.
03:57All these guys are either going to start or get a significant amount of time.
04:01And I'm probably forgetting some guys.
04:03That's three, four, five, six.
04:04That's eight.
04:05That's eight new faces in a new scheme.
04:09And right now I'm not going to get into it too much because I want to keep the high going.
04:14And we've got off-season content.
04:15We've still got to get through.
04:16That's right.
04:17I mean, who knows how long it's going to take.
04:20I mean, it would not surprise me if it takes a year, a full year.
04:25You know, we have seen this.
04:26Caleb Downs played at Ohio State, obviously.
04:28He got there when Jim Knowles was there as the defensive coordinator.
04:34Jim Knowles' first year, that defense was not very good.
04:37They could not figure it out.
04:39It was very, very complicated.
04:41That doesn't mean Caleb didn't figure it out.
04:42Yeah.
04:42But the rest of the team could not figure it out.
04:45And then in year two, it clicked.
04:48And what happened in year two?
04:49Yeah, they won the national championship.
04:52And they destroyed everybody on the way.
04:54And the one thing, real quick, Bobby, to counter myself is I could argue you have eight new players and
05:00a brand-new coordinator and a brand-new system.
05:03And the odds are you're still not going to be as horrific as last year.
05:07That it's still going to be better.
05:09You could spin a wheel and pick players.
05:11And, like, you could have done a mix-and-match and probably had a better defense.
05:15Mitch LaPointe, who's the Cowboys director of college scouting, when we talked to him on day three, we had asked
05:20him about the idea of Downs getting prepared for the NFL and walking the scheme.
05:24And is it advantageous to play for guys like Matt Patricia's really advanced scheme?
05:29100%.
05:30I think that's kind of what put, like, Alabama and Georgia players ahead in the last 10 years.
05:34Like, playing for Kirby or Nick.
05:36Like, I mean, they put so much on these kids.
05:38And if they tell you, hey, this guy's an average learner, you get him at the combine, and they're, like,
05:42advanced compared to some other kids.
05:44And you're like, wait, he's average.
05:45Like, oh, my God, this guy's unbelievable.
05:47He can draw up all 11.
05:49He knows what's going on.
05:50And you're like, oh, my God.
05:51Like, yeah.
05:51So, really, when you get guys from some of those programs, you know exactly.
05:55Like, they've been through it.
05:57Yeah, and that's the thing is that I think that if you're talking about, yes, it's new faces, and that's
06:02definitely a hesitation.
06:03But I would say some of it is Gary's coming in here, and Gary has worked in the petting scheme
06:09that there's some borrowed from Parker.
06:11You're bringing in P.J. Locke, who had been with Parker in Denver.
06:16So, you've got, like, these philosophy evangelists that you bring in to talk to other players.
06:22And I think they've done it.
06:23I've never heard the term philosophy evangelist.
06:25I haven't either.
06:25I like it, though.
06:26And I think that when you've got the – when you see Philly did do this.
06:312023, they revamped their defense.
06:34Because, remember, it was, like, getting destroyed.
06:36Or 24, whatever.
06:3724, the year they won the Super Bowl.
06:3824 is getting destroyed.
06:39They revamped that defense and had two rookies playing prominent roles in the secondary, and they were nails on defense.
06:47And so, not that this team will be, because I don't know that they have that personnel, but it's at
06:51least – you can see teams work into it.
06:53Darren Quinn's first year here, the Cowboys worked into it by about week 10.
06:56They had settled in, and they became one of the better defenses in the second half of the year.
07:00That's a possibility, I think.
07:02All right, child, let's get to Pete Briscoe's power rankings, one on down.
07:05Number one, Cowboys, the Seattle Seahawks.
07:11Let's see.
07:12Landing running back Darian Price in the first round will prove to be a big part of their offense.
07:17Kenneth Walker will not be missed.
07:19Woof.
07:19Damn.
07:20Number two, Ty Simpson's L.A. Rams.
07:25More on that at eight.
07:26Yeah, so they're drafted little to help them.
07:28That was a strange tactic, with Stafford likely playing his last season, but they still have the talent to win
07:33it all.
07:33How can you write that sentence, though?
07:35That was a strange tactic, with Stafford likely playing his last season.
07:39I know his point is not getting a final piece of help, but that sentence to me more screams, we
07:46need his replacement.
07:47Right, right.
07:47I mean, look.
07:48That was a strange tactic, with Stafford likely playing his last year.
07:51Yeah, like, this is, I think the one thing that people a lot of times forget is that, you know,
07:56yes, it is, fans, we're all in the moment.
07:58It's about this year.
07:59The GM does have to think about fielding a team the following season.
08:02Yeah.
08:02Do we have to, are we judging this differently than what the Packers always do?
08:08Yeah, but I think there's a reason, I think there's a reason to.
08:11Why?
08:11Because when they took Love and when they took Rodgers, they were both considered sliding.
08:15Like, they took, like, they grabbed Simpson at 13, but a lot of people were like, is he going to
08:19go in the first?
08:19So there were a lot of people, I think, I don't think, I think the bigger criticism that you have
08:23out here, other than related to Sean McVay's reaction,
08:27I think the bigger criticism you have here is, why didn't you try to just cultivate other stuff?
08:32You could bump back to 19, probably, and be able to get him there.
08:35What if, I mean, what if Arizona or the Jets steal them?
08:37I think they were scared of the Jets.
08:40I think it's.
08:40Arizona probably didn't have the capital to go up.
08:42Maybe the Jets could have.
08:44But, man, I don't know.
08:45I just, that to me feels like, I think a lot of people just looked at it and were like,
08:49you could have, you could have massaged that better.
08:52But, yeah, again, maybe they look at it the same way the Cowboys do it.
08:54They're like, we don't think Miami's taking downs, but let's not take the chance.
08:57And we're not going to be here again.
08:59Yeah.
08:59We're not going to be here at 13 again.
09:01We have to do it.
09:02And if they evaluate him that way, they evaluate him that way.
09:04So I don't want to, like, dump on their evaluation.
09:07That's how they saw it.
09:08I want them to pick with conviction.
09:09Because it's hard not to trust Sean McVay if he signs off.
09:12Which, maybe he did.
09:13He did.
09:14Maybe he did.
09:148 o'clock.
09:15Maybe he did.
09:15But I think the, when I look at Simpson, I just go like, that's not a guy that I feel
09:19like, well, I got to grab him now and not risk it.
09:24Number three.
09:26The Buffalo Bills.
09:28With Keon Coleman.
09:29With Keon Coleman, yeah.
09:30They're going to bring him right back.
09:31How about that conviction?
09:32Saying, team's called about Keon.
09:34Not happening.
09:35Yeah.
09:36So awkward.
09:37Number four.
09:39Denver.
09:39Denver.
09:40Saying the trade for Jalen Waddell will be the biggest move for them in terms of making a step forward.
09:45Number five.
09:48His.
09:49Jacksonville Jaguars.
09:51Why is it his?
09:52He lives there.
09:54He lives there.
09:54He's been covering them for years.
09:55Way too high.
09:56That's what it qualifies to be a Jaguars.
09:58He lives there.
09:59Their draft was perplexing, but tight end Nate Burketscher.
10:04Burketscher.
10:04Burketscher will be a good player.
10:05Biggest move this year, getting Travis Hunter back healthy to start at corner.
10:10Number five is, I assume, number six is San Fran.
10:13Number seven is Green Bay.
10:17By the way, Bobby, I know everyone's crapping on Jacksonville.
10:20The San Fran reach criticism.
10:22Is that legitimate based upon you and the draft shows boards?
10:27I don't remember.
10:28I know that San Francisco got a lot of criticism for it.
10:31I don't remember their draft blowing me away of just being like, that's awful.
10:35But we were also so focused on Jacksonville.
10:37Stripling.
10:37Stripling.
10:38A lot of people thought Stripling was going early to mid-second.
10:41So I don't think it's that bad.
10:43Romello Height was somebody who maybe is a little early, but a lot of people.
10:46You had him as a cowboy in the third.
10:47I thought he was going in the third to the Cowboys.
10:49Then they took him in the third.
10:50And so now, Kalon Black from Indiana.
10:53Yeah, that's a reach.
10:54Black was supposed to go.
10:54So I think a lot of people thought he was going to go in the sixth round.
10:57And he went?
10:58Third round.
10:59Oh.
10:59Yeah, so that was early.
11:01But I mean, I will also give a little bit of deference to the 49ers in general when
11:05they evaluate running backs.
11:06They've been pretty good at it.
11:08Number eight.
11:10You got seven?
11:12I did.
11:13That was Green Bay.
11:13Okay, Green Bay.
11:15The Dallas Cowboys.
11:18They have totally revamped their defense.
11:19What they had to do?
11:20One concern, George Pickens on the franchise tag.
11:23Will he pout or use it as motivation?
11:27All right.
11:27Is there a team in front of Dallas on Prisco's list where you're like, they should be behind
11:33him?
11:34Or is there a team behind the Cowboys on this where you're like, how are they not in front
11:39of them?
11:39No.
11:41I wouldn't object to Green Bay.
11:43Let's jump in out more.
11:44There's more teams that should be in front of them.
11:47Yeah.
11:47The only one that's close to me is I don't know.
11:50They're on the home of the Dallas Cowboys, Bobby Bell, in case you forgot.
11:52The only one I don't know if it's close is the only one I might like just, I don't know
11:57how good Jacksonville is going to be again this year.
11:59Like maybe they're, maybe they're really good.
12:01I don't know.
12:01I would put them definitively ahead of Dallas right now, but that would be the closest one
12:04that's an argument.
12:05I went through and I was trying to pick over it and I was like, how many teams would I
12:09say right now starting today I would put over Dallas and I have 14.
12:12So like definitively.
12:14So you have the Cowboys 15th?
12:17Like their peak would be 15.
12:19There's probably like two other teams that are in the conversation right around them.
12:21So between 15 and 17.
12:23Do you have the team?
12:24Yeah.
12:24All right.
12:24Don't fly through them so fast.
12:26Go ahead.
12:28Seahawks, Rams, Broncos, Bills, Ravens, 49ers, Texans, Patriots, Eagles, Bears, Chargers,
12:39Lions, Jags, Packers.
12:44Jacksonville is definitively better than the Cowboys.
12:47That's why I said that's the closest one because Trevor, their defense was great last
12:51year and Lawrence played better down the stretch.
12:54So you don't.
12:55Okay.
12:56We got Houston obviously just because of their defense.
12:58Yeah.
12:59You don't believe in CJ, right?
13:00No.
13:01And then you go and toss up in the East with Philadelphia.
13:06Definitely better.
13:08I think right now, everything we know, we have to say they're definitely better.
13:11Now that could, that is definitely one that I think there's some here who are vulnerable.
13:14I think very easily we could be looking at the end of the first month of the season and
13:18saying Dallas looks better than Detroit.
13:20Dallas looks better than Jacksonville.
13:21Dallas looks better than Philly.
13:22Dallas looks better than Baltimore.
13:23Dallas looks better than Chicago.
13:25I think all those are possible by the end of the first month.
13:27I just think right now, given what we know and what we saw at the end of last season,
13:30Dallas has pushed themselves up past teams that would have had them behind like Tampa
13:34and Carolina.
13:35But I don't think that they're above those other teams right now.
13:38Pete Prisco's power rankings here on the Expressway.
13:41105 through the fan.
13:42Let's go ahead and wrap them up and then we'll hook you up with Lee Bryce tickets.
13:45Next up is the Chargers at nine.
13:46The Bears at 10.
13:48Pats at 11.
13:50Chiefs at 12.
13:51Pats at 11.
13:52I mean, is that really?
13:54That's really disrespectful, isn't it?
13:56Yeah.
13:57I mean, there's I've seen a couple different power rankings.
13:59Everybody has the Patriots around like nine to 12.
14:02Everyone.
14:03They won a lot of close games last year, which they can't count on again.
14:06The Vrabel situation does not help either.
14:09Who did they get at wide out?
14:11They lost digs.
14:12Did they get Dobbs?
14:14Yeah, Romeo Dobbs.
14:15Yeah.
14:15Didn't they?
14:16Yeah, they made another acquisition.
14:17I'm trying to remember what it was.
14:18So they still might be weak in terms of the weapons.
14:21Chiefs at 12.
14:21Eagles at 13.
14:22They're getting another receiver here in about a month.
14:24Oh, yeah.
14:25That's right.
14:25True.
14:26Eagles at 13.
14:27After we helped them get Lemon.
14:29Ravens at 14.
14:30Ooh.
14:32Houston at 15.
14:33Bobby, I am surprised.
14:36You're usually a Baltimore hater.
14:38Yeah, I think Baltimore's a bunch of chokers.
14:40But I also think that Baltimore, talent-wise, is more talented than Dallas right now.
14:43Houston 15.
14:44Man, your league is in good shape if the Ravens and the Texans are 14 and 15.
14:50Tampa at 16.
14:52Cincy at 17.
14:55Detroit at 18.
14:56RJ's Lions and his other team following them.
15:00Minnesota at 19.
15:02And the Colts at 20.
15:03Mike McCarthy-Steelers at 21.
15:05I think Cincy and Dallas are the same team.
15:07Where they're offensively really strong and defensively, you're just like, well, if they can kind of be okay, then they
15:11could shoot up this list.
15:12So, he went and he had the Cowboys two spots ahead of the Bears.
15:18Two spots.
15:18Three ahead of New England.
15:20Four ahead of Kansas City.
15:21Five ahead of Philly.
15:22Six ahead of Baltimore.
15:23Seven ahead of Houston.
15:25And ten ahead of Detroit.
15:27Ooh.
15:28Ten ahead of Detroit.
15:30That feels a little rich.
15:31I don't know.
15:32Me and you always...
15:34I always have more Detroit stock up than I do down.
15:38I don't know what it is.
15:40And they, you know, they exploded on the Cowboys.
15:44They did.
15:44They're a good team.
15:45They have an easy schedule this year.
15:48And last year, they had a very tough schedule.
15:50It's that offensive line instability people are wondering about.
15:53So, Steelers at 21.
15:55Panthers, Saints, Falcons, Giants at 25.
15:58That's what they said about him.
15:59The nice draft will help both units up front, which is important.
16:01But the real key is dark.
16:03Washington at 26.
16:06Coming off a down year.
16:07Jaden is back healthy.
16:08They added some good pieces of free agency.
16:10A lot of changes in the offseason.
16:12Includes the coordinators.
16:13Jets, Raiders, Titans, Browns, Dolphins, Cardinals.
16:17Tannenbaum picked Washington to win the Super Bowl.
16:19This year?
16:20Yeah, at the end of last season.
16:22Washington at 20.
16:23How can you pick a team to win the Super Bowl but for free agency in the draft?
16:26It was like a, hey, call your shot a year out kind of thing.
16:29And Tannenbaum's picked them.
16:30I'll see you soon.
16:30Theamura film.
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