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D-Mac and Reiter go game-by-game through the Los Angeles Chargers schedule to predict their record for the 2026 NFL season.
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00:00We're going to go through the Chargers schedule, we're going to make our predictions.
00:02I guess just every single one of these teams we do is just a day one of us has to
00:05come in on a robe and they're shorts, right?
00:07Is that what it is?
00:08Yeah, that's it.
00:08I go 0 for 3, it's going to be brutal.
00:11I have a question for you before we get started.
00:13I did it, I went game by game, and then I didn't love it.
00:16You know when you put together a March Madness bracket and you think you're so smart and you get to
00:19the end and you realize you're a moron?
00:21That's how I feel about my predictions.
00:24But I think I'm just going to stick with it, right?
00:25No adjustments.
00:26Go with my first instinct?
00:28You can make a change.
00:29I would stick with it, though.
00:31Stick to your guns.
00:31You always say, don't walk it back, right?
00:33All right.
00:34Take your own advice.
00:35Come on, Bill.
00:36Get it together.
00:36Get it together, Ryder.
00:37Stay firm.
00:38Plant the flag.
00:39You made me feel better about myself, and then I'm going to look stupid as a result.
00:42Here we go.
00:43First game against the Cardinals.
00:45They're 11.5 point favorites.
00:46I assume we're both taking the Chargers over Arizona week one.
00:491-0 Bolts.
00:50Okay, 1-0.
00:51Week two at the Raiders.
00:53Nice little start.
00:548.5 point favorites.
00:55I'm assuming we're both taking the Bolts.
00:58Two easy matchups.
00:59They should go 2-0.
01:002-0, baby.
01:01What a start for the Chargers.
01:02Go Chargers.
01:04Then it gets tricky.
01:06At Buffalo, two and a half point dogs.
01:09What's your faith?
01:10What's your level of confidence?
01:11Are you going to break the heart of your buddy who was listening to the day and didn't love
01:13what you said about the Chargers?
01:14That's one of the most difficult matchups to start.
01:16You're on the road.
01:17I think it's an L for the Chargers.
01:18I also have an L.
01:19So, two and one at Seattle.
01:22Three-point dogs.
01:23By the way, every time I look at an NFL schedule, it's just every game seems brutal outside of
01:28Arizona and the Raiders.
01:29There's so many good teams.
01:30Okay.
01:31I'm going to go a loss.
01:32I'm going to go two and two.
01:32You lose to Seattle.
01:33The defense is so good, they're going to swarm Justin Herbert.
01:36It's another loss for the Chargers.
01:37Okay.
01:38Two and two.
01:38We're on lines.
01:39Wow.
01:39Come on, man.
01:40We're on lines.
01:40Don't worry.
01:41It's going to be different.
01:42I promise you.
01:43Versus Denver next week at home.
01:47You know I'm not a Broncos believer, so I went AFC West divisional rivalry victory.
01:54I've got them at three and two.
01:56The Chargers won that game last year.
01:59I'll go with the Chargers, too.
02:00Just because you lose two, you don't want to lose your season.
02:03And fall off.
02:04So give me the Chargers.
02:05Give me the Bolts.
02:06All right.
02:06I've got Kansas City Chiefs next at Kansas City at Arrowhead.
02:11I think I respect the Chiefs more than you do.
02:13My kids were born there.
02:14I'm going to go.
02:15I think that's a loss.
02:16I think Kansas City wins the game.
02:18I'm going KC, too.
02:19I'm going Kansas City, too, man.
02:21We're going to go.
02:22You see my answers on my test?
02:24No.
02:24Yeah.
02:24I got Kansas City in that one.
02:26It's the first time the Chargers will be facing Mahomes since he tore his ACL.
02:30It's always tough for them.
02:31That's a tough matchup.
02:32We'll give you KC.
02:33Week 7 is a bye.
02:35Week 8 is at the Los Angeles Rams.
02:37They'll be playing against the Matthew Stafford, who will have an extension that was part of
02:42his deal that was done on May 21st, which is today.
02:44That's midway through the season.
02:46The Chargers are three-and-a-half-point dogs at SoFi.
02:50I have them losing four out of five because I have them losing to the Rams.
02:55I think the Rams win that one, too.
02:56I mean, the Chargers have a Week 7 bye, so you feel good about that and the rest, and
03:00you don't have to travel far, too, because that's SoFi Stadium after the bye.
03:03But I still think the Rams could be the very best team in the NFL at that point.
03:06They'd take care of business against the Chargers at home.
03:08I've got them starting to win some games.
03:10I have them beating the Texans at home.
03:12They're only one-and-a-half-point favorites.
03:13I have them beating the Texans at Week 9.
03:16I'm not as big on the Chargers as you are.
03:18I think that they lose this game.
03:19I've got the Texans winning.
03:21We've got some separation on D-Mac and Ryder on 97-1, the fan LA.
03:25We're not necessarily fans of the Chargers.
03:27All right, so at Ravens, Week 10, this one was really tricky for me.
03:31I'm going to go Harbaugh-Brother-Revenge game.
03:34I'm actually going to go Chargers-Win because one Harbaugh extra motivated to avenge the dismissal
03:43of another Harbaugh.
03:44And you also have Jesse Minter's return to the Chargers as well.
03:48Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry, if they're healthy, you feel good about that matchup.
03:52I'm going Ravens.
03:53Oh, man.
03:54What are you?
03:55Okay.
03:56Jets, we can both just give the Chargers the win.
03:59Chargers big.
04:00At home.
04:00That's the get-right game for them.
04:01That's the, hey, if we still have any hope to make the playoffs this season for me,
04:05you've got to win that game.
04:06New England is a, I don't know what the Patriots are going to be coming off the Vrabel-Rusini thing.
04:11Maybe it has no impact.
04:12Maybe it has a big impact.
04:14I've got the Chargers winning.
04:16It's a revenge game, right?
04:17They beat the Chargers last year.
04:19The Patriots got that win.
04:21I think the Chargers win this one.
04:22NBC, Sunday night game, 5-20.
04:25Give me the Chargers against the Patriots there.
04:27We basically have the exact same thing.
04:29No, we already have differences.
04:30We do have one.
04:30We have one difference, right?
04:31Okay.
04:31That Ravens game.
04:32At Tampa Bay, I have as a loss.
04:35And I went back and forth on this to one and a half point.
04:37They're actually one and a half point favorites.
04:41I'll go Tampa Bay wins.
04:42Tampa Bay will be at home in that game.
04:44Chargers are on the road.
04:45I don't feel great about it.
04:47The Bucs are such a weird team year to year.
04:49I know.
04:49It's one of the most unpredictable teams.
04:51But I think the Chargers, they're going to get that win.
04:53They've got the Bolts on that one.
04:54So we're separated now by a couple games.
04:56I've got the, they're beating the Raiders even in LA.
04:59Do you want to believe in Mendoza?
05:01He'll be playing at that point for sure.
05:03Give me the Chargers in that one.
05:04That's a, that's a Chargers win on the road.
05:07Then you've got the Niner.
05:09By the way, I printed out, I printed this out for Doug.
05:11I gave him the sheet of all the games and I only did 14 games.
05:14I was like, what is this?
05:15The last time they were playing 14 games was at the 1977 Chargers schedule.
05:20What's going on here?
05:21You were like, you were sequestered by yourself elsewhere.
05:24So do I cut it off here?
05:25Do I get to allow, am I allowed to make these last couple of picks?
05:28Or is that how you cook this?
05:30No, you can make them.
05:31Week 15.
05:32Versus the Niners.
05:33I had to write this down in my chicken scratch handwriting.
05:36D-Mac and Ryder, 97, won the fan LA.
05:38They're playing the Niners at home.
05:40Two and a half point favorites.
05:41I have them losing at home to the Niners.
05:44I got the 49ers win that one as well.
05:46It's going to be a very impactful game.
05:49It's going to have a lot of playoff implications potentially.
05:52But give me the 49ers in that one.
05:53I hate to pick the 49ers, but I think they win that one.
05:56At Miami the following week, the Dolphins are going to be one of the abysmal teams in football.
06:00I've got what feels like an obvious Chargers win.
06:02Do you have a different perspective on this?
06:03Miami's trying to get that number one pick.
06:05That's a loss.
06:06Chargers win.
06:07And then I'm just going to close it out quickly.
06:08I've got them losing at home to Kansas City.
06:10By the way, Patrick Mahomes, 6-1 on the road against the Chargers in his career.
06:14And I've got them losing at Denver to finish, I believe, 9-8, which is not a very good record.
06:21And I have the Chiefs winning that one.
06:24I've got the Broncos winning that one.
06:26I've got the final record, 8-9.
06:29I made it under 500.
06:31The Chargers, look, here's the thing.
06:32If everything works out, and I'll spend a lot of time, I think, tomorrow, if you give me some time.
06:368-9?
06:37I mean, look.
06:38I thought I was mean at 9-8.
06:40I thought I was a bad person.
06:41I'm not just a nice guy about everything.
06:42This is kind of how I see it.
06:43We need to see how Mike McDaniel and Justin Herbert and Jim Harbaugh in the rest of this game.
06:48We'll see.
06:49But, hey.
06:50If the Chargers do well, we might have to bolt from the city for a while.
06:53We might have to.
06:55Hey, I'm saying that just because I secretly, I secretly, in my heart of hearts, want to see the Chargers
07:01perform better for Justin Herbert.
07:03I'm not going to have them win 13 games because you're so positive.
07:05Oh, yeah.
07:05I call it like I see it.
07:06I like it.
07:07And we need to see a lot from the Chargers to believe in that team.
07:10I tried to go back and give them two more wins, and I thought, no, I'm just going to stick
07:12with my initial thing.
07:14What's up, Bursh?
07:15Oh, guys.
07:16It brings me no pleasure to report something here.
07:19Okay.
07:19So, of course, yesterday, you guys did this for the Rams.
07:23The Rams schedule.
07:24As we've noted, the Rams and the Chargers play each other week 8.
07:28Okay.
07:29Doug, which team are you picking to win that game?
07:33Did you take both teams today?
07:34Did I take the Rams?
07:35Did I flip-flop on a day on my Rams thing?
07:38No, I thought you took.
07:39I thought I took the Rams originally.
07:42You took the Rams in both games, right?
07:42Did I pick the Chargers to be the Rams in that one?
07:44According to my record, you took the Chargers yesterday and the Rams today.
07:48We're going to have to go back and rotate.
07:49Go to the tape.
07:50Go to the tape.
07:51I'm fine.
07:51This could be a Bursh mistake.
07:53I'm fine.
07:54Does Bursh have to wear a robe tomorrow if you got it wrong?
07:56I just know that my Ramily, my Rams, my Rams, the Ramily out there.
08:00Is that what you call them on the podcast?
08:01That's what we call them.
08:01Yeah, I do call them that.
08:02What's going on, Ramily?
08:03They would not be happy with me if I did that.
08:06So if I did, then clearly that was AI.
08:09I think you took the Rams.
08:11Yeah.
08:11Almost positive.
08:13Who knows?
08:14People make mistakes just like Bill Ryder on his take on Aaron Rodgers.
08:17I also thought today was Wednesday and Friday.
08:19So maybe, I mean, like, I don't know what's, you know, I don't know what, what's, what sides
08:24up and what sides down.
08:25Look, the bottom line is I think that they could have a chance to be a much more balanced team.
08:29And I think that the sky's always been a limit for Justin Herbert.
08:33He's been in bad situations.
08:34I think that the variance for the Chargers this year could be as big as any team in the
08:38NFL where they could win a couple playoff games or they miss the playoffs altogether.
08:42I think we still don't know.
08:43There's a lot of unknown with that team.
08:45They're in a transition mode.
08:47If you're the Chargers, there's things to be excited, optimistic about, but until we
08:50actually see them, it's tough to say, oh, they're going to win double digit games, right?
08:54We need to see the hypothetical quarterback and the excuses go away for Justin Herbert.
08:59He just needs to start winning.
09:01There's, I could not agree more.
09:03Doug McCain, Bill Ryder, D-Mac and Ryder, 97, won the fan LA.
09:06Here are the variables that I can't get my, my sort of my arms around, my mind around.
09:10One, how good are the Chiefs going to be and what's Mahomes going to look like?
09:14Because you're obviously trying to compete in that division.
09:15I just don't know if Mahomes comes out and looks like the greatest quarterback of his
09:19generation, won't surprise me.
09:21If he's not right, won't surprise me.
09:23Where do you come?
09:24I'm not a big, I'm not a big Sean Payton guy.
09:27So I am very skeptical of the Broncos, but they had proof of concept in the regular season
09:31until their quarterback got hurt.
09:32But to me, that's a variable that I don't know.
09:34And you keep bringing up Mike McDaniel and I love it because I think he's outstanding.
09:39I think he got a raw deal in Miami because Tua Tungvaluwa, and in fairness to Tua,
09:43Tungvaluwa, post those very scary concussion injuries where there was real talk about Tua
09:48maybe retiring, he was a different quarterback.
09:51There were moments and stretches in a couple seasons ago where the Dolphins at times look
09:55like a really, really good football team.
09:57I think Mike McDaniel with Justin Herbert has the potential to unlock Herbert and all
10:02that talent.
10:03And then lastly, I'm all in on a hardball.
10:05You put a hardball on a football team and I believe it's going to work.
10:07And so another year under Jim feels like the potential, there's a lot of reasons why
10:13you could see the Chargers just going to an 11-12 win place and having a great run.
10:18On the other hand, they're the Chargers.
10:20So that's like on the other side of the equation, they're the Chargers.
10:23They need an offensive line.
10:24And they made some improvements to the offensive line, but it's not like there's elite
10:28offensive lines.
10:30And until we see that, we still don't know what Herbert's going to look like.
10:33I see the look on your face, by the way.
10:34Are you ready?
10:35I'm going to use an incredible expression for you.
10:38You better buckle up on D.
10:40Buckle up.
10:40Are you ready on 97.1 The Fan LA?
10:42If you're watching on the stream, I don't know what it's going to be.
10:45I just know apparently they have efforted successfully the audio from yesterday.
10:50You took the Rams today, right?
10:53You took the Rams and the Chargers play each other.
10:56Yesterday, you took the Rams over the Chargers.
11:00Yesterday, here's what you said.
11:03You love his arm talent.
11:04I just, I'm not a Herbert guy.
11:05I will take the Rams pretty comfortably.
11:07I think the Rams cover against the Chargers in Week 8, and I think they win, obviously.
11:12I'm going with the Bolts.
11:13You are!
11:14I've gotten DMs, I've gotten texts, I've gotten people on social media saying,
11:18DMACC, I love the new show, but why are you so hard on our Chargers?
11:22You hurt your friends' feelings.
11:23I hurt my friends' feelings.
11:24I'm going to take a Chargers team that I think is going to be a lot better with Mike McDaniel
11:29and Justin Herbert.
11:30I think they win that game.
11:31Rams fall to 5-3 on the year.
11:32I will have to check.
11:33AI is getting so crazy these days.
11:35I have to check the rules, but you know how golf works, right?
11:38If you put a wrong thing on your scorecard, you're defaulted.
11:40We can flip it.
11:40You might be in a robe tomorrow.
11:42I think there's a default rule in schedule challenges.
11:47Check the official rules.
11:48Fun fact, I really like wearing robes, and that's what this is all about.
11:52I want to make sure that.
11:53Can I apologize to Bursch real quick for doubting him and believing you?
11:57Yeah, come on.
11:58I apologize.
11:59You guys thought that I may have made a mistake.
12:01Look at that.
12:02That's my fault.
12:02Okay, so let me chime in here.
12:05When you get new information, you get things that could change.
12:08Matthew Stafford wasn't signed yesterday to a new deal.
12:11That could change his psyche.
12:12That could change his approach.
12:13We've got to work on something with you.
12:14I'm going to practice together.
12:15Ready?
12:15I say it all the time.
12:17I was wrong.
12:19Try it.
12:19Okay.
12:20Try it.
12:22You can't do it.
12:24Learned a lot about you as we go.
12:25I was wrong.
12:25I was wrong.
12:26You can't take.
12:27Actually, I'm not really sure.
12:29I thought that was for the practice shows.
12:31No.
12:31Can I just check on the Bursch?
12:33I'm not sure.
12:34When two football teams play each other, can they both win?
12:38No.
12:38They can tie.
12:40Maybe that's what Doug is saying here.
12:41Maybe you're taking the tie.
12:42Should we require that it becomes a tie?
12:45Is that what happens on the...
12:46Okay.
12:46That will be the way we'll settle it.
12:48No.
12:48It's a major rarity in the sport.
12:52It doesn't happen very often.
12:55What is happening here?
12:58If a team is deadlocked, it does end up in a...
13:01You do get the 10-minute overtime period, but still.
13:04I was very specific with myself today.
13:06I've got to make sure I don't pick different outcomes for the one game on the double schedule.
13:11It's even more...
13:12Well, it's not tricky when we do the Raiders, because the Raiders are not getting any wins.
13:17You may be disqualified.
13:18I don't know.
13:19I don't know if it's like golf or not.
13:20I have to check.
13:20Let's run it back.
13:22Let's run it back.
13:22How about this?
13:23How about what we'll do now is we can change that one, and now it's...
13:29We're going with today's pick.
13:31Today's pick, it will update on both.
13:33How about that?
13:34Does that sound like a plan?
13:35You're going back...
13:36I don't know.
13:36I don't know how I feel about this.
13:37Or how about this?
13:38Fine.
13:39In all fairness, give me the original pick.
13:41Give me the Bolts.
13:41Give me the Chargers beating the Rams.
13:43There you go.
13:44The Ramley's going to be upset.
13:46I'll take the L.
13:48Give me the Chargers winning that one.
13:50Like Arnold Schwarzenegger said, go Chargers!
13:52First the show.
13:53Hey, stop.
13:54And now this.
13:54I mean, what is going on?
13:56At least I'm consistent, right?
13:58Burge, what's the ruling here?
13:59How do you want to handle this?
14:01You're disrespected.
14:02You're the judge.
14:02I believe, yes.
14:04Let's go with the initial pick.
14:06The Rams.
14:07The Rams.
14:08Your initial pick was the Chargers.
14:11Your initial pick was the Chargers.
14:13I said Chargers, but I was thinking Rams.
14:15Does that make a difference here?
14:16You said Bolts.
14:18Arm talent.
14:20Bolts, Rams, kind of sounds similar.
14:26Somewhere James is cheering.
14:28Like, that guy didn't side with me on Max Muncy.
14:29I'm glad this is happening to him.
14:31As he's hanging out with his dad, Robert, in Santa Barbara.
14:34The amazing thing here is that by switching that now to the Chargers.
14:38We have the same record now.
14:39Yes.
14:39Yeah.
14:40You guys both have the Chargers going 9-8.
14:40So that's what it was in real time.
14:42And both have the Rams going 12-5.
14:43You can just.
14:44I was wrong.
14:45Do you ever say it to your wife, even if you don't mean it?
14:47I don't either than that.
14:48I was wrong.
14:49It's okay.
14:50You're doing four hours of radio.
14:51It's going to happen.
14:52I mean, the things.
14:54Like I said, AI gets crazy.
14:55Oh my God, dude.
14:57You have a psychosis.
14:58We have such a great production.
15:00How do you guys pull that off?
15:02That was crazy.
15:03That was so impressive.
15:04That was so impressive.
15:05I just want the people to remember, this is what I'm dealing with.
15:08This is what I'm dealing with on the Aaron Rodgers stuff.
15:10Oh, I will stand on this on that one.
15:12Oh, you're so funny.
15:14All right.
15:14So what's going on?
15:15I don't know.
15:16So we're 9-9.
15:17Why don't we.
15:19How do we settle this then?
15:21We're 9-8.
15:23Doug, I think because now if everything ends all deadlocked, you lose.
15:28I think that's right.
15:29I think that's what it is now.
15:31So I'm 8-9.
15:32And then that would move me to.
15:349-8.
15:349-8.
15:35Yeah.
15:35So we'll do it game by game.
15:38But right.
15:39There's two different games.
15:40So if it ties, you lose because you're DQ.
15:43You're a golf guy.
15:44Are you a golf guy?
15:45I mean, not really.
15:46Okay.
15:47I mean, I'm more of a golf.
15:50Hey, I'll roll with you.
15:52A lot of my friends are, so we'll go occasionally.
15:53I'll hit some balls.
15:54And honestly, if I practice that, I think I'd be really good at it.
15:57But it's too much time on the range.
16:00I'm there for the Budweiser's.
16:01Yeah, yeah.
16:01It's a great feeling there.
16:03Yeah.
16:03It's good times.
16:04You don't know.
16:04You're discombobulated, aren't you?
16:06You're a little off balance.
16:07No.
16:08It's okay.
16:08I'm in a great spot.
16:09I'm trying to figure out how that fell through like that.
16:14Birch, what a catch.
16:16He made a face.
16:17And I thought, did I forget to do something on the radio show that I was supposed to do?
16:20He made a face.
16:21There was a moment.
16:22I saw it through the glass.
16:24Yeah.
16:24It happens.
16:25All right.
16:26We're going to DMACC a second breather.
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