00:00Michael Stone's power surge.
00:03Wow.
00:04The pressure is on.
00:05John typically throughout the NFL season,
00:08middle of the week,
00:09will slot his six best teams
00:11in power rankings.
00:13But for him, it's a power surge.
00:16Yes.
00:16Stoney, it's the heart of the offseason.
00:17We just had the deals made.
00:19Blockbusters.
00:20A.J. Brown to the Pats.
00:22Miles Garrett to the Rams.
00:24Who are your best six teams?
00:26And if you'd like some of the teams
00:27just on the outside looking in.
00:29Okay.
00:30I'm going to go from the bottom up, right?
00:32Yes.
00:33Is that the way we do this?
00:35On the outs, well,
00:37it'll be obvious who didn't make it.
00:39But anyway,
00:41at number six,
00:43from the NFC,
00:46the NFC North champion
00:49for this coming year,
00:50Detroit Lions.
00:51Oh, we're in the power surge.
00:52You're in the power surge.
00:53Yes.
00:54Because of the things we talked about,
00:56they're going to have a great,
00:56they should have a great offense.
00:57A defense is iffy,
01:00that type of thing.
01:01I still think Jared Goff's going to be really good.
01:04We know what they have with Gibbs
01:06and the receivers.
01:08Offensive line is going to be a question mark.
01:09But I do believe in schedules there,
01:12like you talked about.
01:13So I think they're sixth.
01:15And this is where,
01:16from then on,
01:17except for one obvious,
01:19it got a really,
01:20this is not an easy exercise.
01:22No.
01:23I was flummoxed over this.
01:24Oh.
01:25I love using that word.
01:26Number five,
01:30the Los Angeles Chargers.
01:33With future MVP,
01:34Justin Herbert.
01:35Yes.
01:36Or Ontario Hampton,
01:37whichever way you want to go.
01:39But you know,
01:40Ontario?
01:40What did I say?
01:41Ontario Smith?
01:42Yeah.
01:43Whatever.
01:43Listenator?
01:43Yes.
01:44Omari Hampton.
01:45Omari Hampton.
01:46Hey, come on.
01:46It wouldn't be me
01:47if I didn't mispronounce
01:48or say a name wrong.
01:49Anyway,
01:50with their offensive line
01:52being really good.
01:53Now,
01:53they are going to miss
01:54Jesse Minter,
01:55their defensive coordinator.
01:56And that's an issue.
01:58I think this is the year.
01:59I don't think he's going to be an MVP,
02:00but I think Herbert is going to be
02:03much better this year.
02:04So,
02:05and the Chargers,
02:06kind of a sneaky team.
02:08They,
02:08you know,
02:08made the playoffs last year
02:09and I think they'll be better.
02:11Number four.
02:13And the only reason
02:15they're not higher
02:16is because I have questions
02:17about their quarterback.
02:20Ladies and gentlemen,
02:21the Houston Texans,
02:22the best defense
02:23in the National Football League.
02:25I mean,
02:25and they add David Montgomery.
02:26It should help their offense.
02:28Health a concern.
02:30Is Tank Dell ever coming back?
02:31I don't know.
02:33I worry about their offensive line.
02:35I think that's going to hurt Montgomery.
02:36And then Stroud's got to play
02:38in front of that offensive line.
02:39But the defense,
02:39I think,
02:40is enough for them to,
02:41you know,
02:42win the division.
02:43Oh, Jacksonville and Indy,
02:44you know,
02:44Indy with,
02:45you know,
02:45Daniel Jones coming back.
02:47Who knows how good,
02:47you know,
02:48they were on a roll before.
02:49That's valid.
02:49So,
02:49okay.
02:50Number three will be the one
02:52that's probably controversial
02:53to many.
02:55I'm going to go with
02:55the San Francisco 49ers.
02:57Whoa.
02:58And,
02:58you know,
02:59Trent Williams is back.
03:01Nick Bost is supposed
03:02to be ready for camp.
03:04McCaffrey is who he is now.
03:06Obviously,
03:06the IU situation
03:07is crazy.
03:09Purdy,
03:10I think,
03:10is better than people
03:11give him credit for.
03:12They have a really good coach
03:14in Kyle Shanahan.
03:15I,
03:16I like the San Francisco 49ers.
03:20What can I say?
03:21All right.
03:22Next up
03:22at two.
03:24And,
03:24there's a few new coaches
03:26involved.
03:27And,
03:28I couldn't decide between
03:29this one and be a new coach.
03:31But,
03:31the other one
03:31didn't even make it.
03:33So,
03:33I'm going to go with
03:34the Buffalo Bills
03:35at two.
03:36They got a great quarterback,
03:38obviously,
03:38in Josh Allen.
03:39But,
03:39they also added some people
03:41defensively
03:41with,
03:42with Chubb,
03:44Mike Dana.
03:45They got DJ Moore now.
03:47So,
03:47I think the Bills
03:48are number two.
03:49And,
03:50number one is the obvious.
03:51It's the Rams.
03:52I thought they were the best team
03:53in the league a week ago.
03:55And,
03:56getting Miles Garrett
03:56even makes them even better.
03:58They have tons of weapons.
04:00And,
04:01they have a great quarterback.
04:02And,
04:02they're the best.
04:03I really thought they were
04:04the best team last year.
04:05Yes.
04:05Exactly.
04:06So,
04:07you know,
04:07the team.
04:07And then they add Dana
04:08and McGuffey.
04:09Yeah.
04:09Now,
04:10the teams that didn't make it,
04:11another one's with the new,
04:13is the Ravens,
04:14who a lot of people,
04:15they're like the betting
04:15in second place,
04:17I believe.
04:17Yes.
04:17Second best odds.
04:19Look,
04:19a lot of it's predicated
04:20on Lamar.
04:21We have no idea.
04:22You know,
04:23maybe it's just liberation time
04:24for Lamar Jackson
04:25to be away from John Harbaugh.
04:27He might be better.
04:28I don't know.
04:29I just,
04:30I don't completely trust him.
04:32And,
04:33you know,
04:33who knows how good
04:34of a head coach Monkens
04:35going to be.
04:36Buffalo,
04:37obviously,
04:37with Joe Brady
04:37as their new head coach
04:38that was there as well.
04:41And,
04:42you know,
04:42I was also thinking
04:43about the Broncos
04:44because,
04:45you know,
04:46Bo Nix,
04:46I think,
04:48you know,
04:48he sucked at the end,
04:49but I think that was
04:50because of injuries.
04:51And I think...
04:52If he doesn't get hurt,
04:53the Broncos are in
04:54last year's Super Bowl.
04:55Probably,
04:56yes.
04:56They have a great line.
04:57They added an extra weapon
04:58for him and Waddle
04:59to go with...
05:00They just extended
05:00Sertainer
05:01or they gave him a raise.
05:02They got arguably
05:02the best cover corner
05:04defensive back
05:05in the NFL.
05:06And that defense
05:07is in total
05:08a very good unit
05:08that can heat up
05:09quarterbacks.
05:10Yeah,
05:11I would have had them
05:11in the power surge.
05:12I mean,
05:12look,
05:13the Eagles,
05:13who knows?
05:14You know,
05:14I also believe
05:16that Dallas
05:17is going to be
05:17really good this year.
05:18And I thought about that,
05:19but they're not ready yet.
05:21Go back to the Ravens
05:22for a second.
05:22The case for them
05:24is that they get back
05:25to playing Raven football
05:26on defense.
05:27Yes.
05:28Remember,
05:28they had Trey Hendrickson,
05:29but they also didn't have
05:30Matt Abukwe,
05:31who is that defensive
05:32lineman disruptor
05:33they didn't have
05:33when the Lions played him
05:34and they missed him
05:35all year.
05:36That's their best D lineman.
05:38Yes.
05:38Kyle Hamilton
05:39on the back end.
05:40If their defense gets back...
05:41Kyle Hamilton,
05:41you mean the defensive MVP?
05:42It may be, Stoney.
05:43Yeah.
05:44The point is,
05:44that defense getting back
05:45to where Ravens' defenses
05:47have been
05:47is their formula
05:48to get back
05:49in Super Bowl contention.
05:50They didn't even make
05:50the playoffs last year.
05:52Correct.
05:52Much like the Seahawks
05:53did with Mike McDonald.
05:54They're trying to duplicate
05:55that in many ways.
05:57With Jesse Minter.
05:57Similar coordinators
05:58that moved ahead coaches.
06:00Yeah.
06:01It usually doesn't happen
06:02the second or third time
06:03around.
06:04The copycat kind of thing.
06:05The other thing about them,
06:06though,
06:06their offensive coordinator
06:07is Declan Doyle,
06:08who was with the Bears.
06:09Yeah.
06:10I mean,
06:11is that Ben Johnson's offense
06:13or is it Declan Doyle's offense?
06:15I think it was Ben Johnson's offense.
06:16And I don't know about him
06:18with Lamar.
06:19There's been rumblings
06:20about Lamar wanting a contract.
06:22Does that play in?
06:23Derek Henry's a year?
06:24I don't know about them offensively.
06:25They've got to replace
06:26Linderbaum up the middle.
06:27So they might move,
06:29be better defensively,
06:30but worse offensively.
06:32And then, look,
06:33Seattle,
06:33obviously the defending champs.
06:35You could talk about them,
06:37but they did lose
06:37the Super Bowl MVP.
06:39It's tough to repeat,
06:41so I left them out as well.
06:44So you both have,
06:46right now,
06:47you would pick
06:47a Rams-Bill Super Bowl.
06:50Yeah.
06:50On paper, yeah.
06:51On paper, yes.
06:52It's not happening.
06:53No, it never happens like that.
06:55Especially June 3rd.
06:58Interesting.
06:59Patriots,
06:59I wouldn't have put them in.
07:00You didn't put them in.
07:01The A.J. Brown thing
07:01doesn't move the needle.
07:02You think take a step back?
07:04Yeah, I think they're going to be,
07:06you know,
07:06they got to travel to Germany
07:09by the Lions.
07:11But the Vrabel thing,
07:12it's got to have
07:12some sort of impact,
07:13don't you think?
07:14You would think so.
07:16Yeah, I think your biggest...
07:17Did I miss anything?
07:18Your biggest one
07:19was the Broncos to me,
07:20but I'm not going to kill you.
07:21I thought of the Chiefs,
07:22you know,
07:23who knows how healthy
07:24Mahomes is going to be.
07:25He could be ready week one.
07:27I know.
07:28And now they add Kenneth Walker.
07:30Yes.
07:30So he doesn't have to be
07:30the team's leading rusher
07:31for half the games.
07:32Right.
07:32And this is going to be
07:33Kelsey's office,
07:34probably swan song.
07:36Their offensive line, though,
07:37I do wonder about
07:38specifically the tackles.
07:39Can I get that solidified
07:40so he's not running
07:40for his life back there?
07:42Right.
07:42And give him time
07:42to hit some of these
07:43speedy receivers
07:44that they've brought in
07:44over the years.
07:45Yeah.
07:45And is Rashi Rice
07:46going to play a whole season?
07:47I mean, there's questions
07:48with Kansas City.
07:49Yeah.
07:49You could have him
07:50in the others receiving votes
07:52and I'd get it.
07:52Right.
07:53That's pretty much
07:53where I put them.
07:54And some people
07:55would put the Packers
07:56in also receiving votes
07:57or the Bears.
07:58I won't.
07:59Although it's kind of interesting.
08:01And ESPN just came out
08:02with their FPI rankings,
08:05Football Power Index.
08:06They have Rams as first
08:08followed by the Bills,
08:10the Ravens third,
08:11Seahawks four,
08:1349ers five,
08:15excuse me,
08:16and the Packers six.
08:17Interesting.
08:19The Lions are eighth.
08:20We got
08:22Stoney's version
08:23of the power surge.
08:26How about this text?
08:27This is the year
08:27the Herbert will be good,
08:28says every sports media
08:29person every year.
08:30Yep.
08:31I'm the goof this year
08:32saying it.
08:32You're true.
08:33That's right.
08:33I'm falling for it.
08:35Stoney has the Chargers
08:36in the power surge as well,
08:37though.
08:38Could be a big year
08:38for Jim Harbaugh.
08:40Yes.
08:40It's because of the
08:41offensive line.
08:42Yeah.
08:42That's the key to unlocking
08:43everything for them.
08:43All right.
08:44There you go.
08:44It's a power surge.
08:45Ninety seven one.
08:45Thanks, man.
08:46Bye, man.
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