00:00Ben Solak, who, if you guys didn't hear when he was with us in training camp,
00:04I think that was the first week of camp.
00:05That's fantastic.
00:06The man's got aura.
00:08He really does, and it doesn't seem like he should, but he does.
00:10He does.
00:11He looks like he's 17.
00:14It's mystifying.
00:15I can't figure it out.
00:16Instantly, I'm like, I love this Ben Solak guy.
00:18Yeah, which is interesting because of the story we're about to say,
00:21which he ranked all 32 teams in terms of watchability.
00:24Even this, I'm like, it's okay because it came from Ben.
00:26That's right.
00:27He'll let you down gently.
00:29But he says the Browns are the least watchable, least exciting team in the NFL.
00:35And I guess this is where I do feel like this is a bit of hyperbole.
00:40Like the Miami Dolphins are 31.
00:43They're not going to be good offensively or defensively,
00:46and they're pretty much counting on Malik Willis.
00:49By the way, that is his answer to all of this,
00:51is Malik Willis is more exciting basically than anything the Browns have to offer.
00:54If you read the piece, it's like, why are the Dolphins watchable at all?
00:59Even though they're 31st?
01:00Malik Willis is his answer.
01:01I don't understand that at all.
01:03Malik Willis has, in a very short sample size, I guess is what you have to go off of,
01:08he's got a lot of big playability.
01:10And again, in this exercise, that's kind of what he's going off of,
01:13is who's going to be exciting to watch with explosive pass rates and everything else.
01:18And he said he's got a higher explosive pass rate and scramble rate
01:22than every quarterback in the NFL over the past two seasons.
01:25Malik Willis does.
01:26Yeah, I'm sorry.
01:27I'm going to have to go back to that sample size thing.
01:29I think there's a chance Malik Willis doesn't finish the season,
01:32start and finish the season as the starter because of play.
01:36It just wouldn't surprise me if Malik Willis was just not good.
01:40There also isn't a single proven pass catcher or receiver anywhere
01:44or tight end anywhere in this offense.
01:46Can we all agree it should be the Arizona Cardinals even?
01:48No, because the Cardinals at least have, again, if we're going to watchability,
01:52you have Trey McBride, you have Michael Wilson, you have Jeremiah Love.
01:54They have so many fun offensive players.
01:56And I think the argument we're going to have here for the Browns
01:58is the Browns have a lot of fun offensive players.
02:01But in the case of Benjamin Solak, are you going to say Concepcion and Boston,
02:05who project out to be fun, is as much fun as Trey McBride,
02:08who's probably the second best tight end in the league.
02:10And even Michael Wilson's fun.
02:12I guess Jeremiah Love does fall in that same category, though.
02:14You Benjamined him.
02:15That was interesting.
02:17I go between Ben and Benjamin.
02:19That's fair.
02:20I like to say Benjamin more than I like to say Ben.
02:22Congrats to both Ben and Benjamin on that.
02:23We started Ben on that.
02:24I always think Benjamin Solak.
02:26No, sorry, I derailed that.
02:28Yeah, no, I think the Browns, listen,
02:30I will rattle off with relative ease here
02:34the teams that I think will be less watchable than the Browns.
02:36Because, one, I think the Browns' offense,
02:39the bar has been set so low,
02:41I actually think they're going to clear it with ease.
02:44They might even be able to do it with Deshaun Watson
02:46the first two weeks of the season
02:48before he's benched for Shador going into week three.
02:50Because, again, it should be noted
02:52the Browns are starting a quarterback
02:53that hates Browns fans who hate him right back.
02:56I hadn't had that caveat today.
02:58I want to keep reminding everyone.
03:00I think people are going to be caught off guard.
03:03They're like, whoa, the offense is functional.
03:06Look at this spacious 300-square-foot bedroom that we have.
03:11That's where I think people are.
03:12I didn't land the plan on that analogy.
03:14The point is, the Dolphins will be less watchable.
03:16I don't buy the Titans because I don't know.
03:19I don't know that Cam Ward's actually going to be that bad
03:21across 18 weeks.
03:22I think that's why he stuck them at 30
03:23is because the Cam Ward preseason has gone horrendously.
03:27I think Arizona is going to be less watchable
03:29because I don't believe in any of their quarterbacks.
03:32Atlanta will be less watchable.
03:33I actually think Atlanta is going to have the number one pick next year.
03:36Bijan, Drake London, Kyle Pitts.
03:37There's a lot of fun in the Falcons.
03:39But if it's like Tua, then it's unwatchable.
03:41I think the Jets will be less watchable.
03:44I think the Steelers will be less watchable.
03:47They might be the better team.
03:48You get the Steelers at 26.
03:50There's a real chance the Steelers just go extremely south this year
03:54and become very unwatchable very quick.
03:56And I also think everyone's preseason darlings,
04:00and it's all because of John Harbaugh,
04:02I think Jackson Dart is low IQ.
04:04I think Cam Scadaboo is lower IQ.
04:08I don't think both of those guys are going to be playing 14 games
04:11or more this season.
04:13And I think the tale of the tape with John Harbaugh's offenses
04:17have been boring outside of the exceptional playmaking
04:20that belongs to a guy named Lamar Jackson.
04:23And even that was dulled down some of the time.
04:25I think that offense is going to be really, really, really unfun to watch.
04:29I think Jackson Dart is – he's not must-watch TV at this point, obviously.
04:33He's still wildly inconsistent.
04:34But I think Jackson Dart is still enough of a draw for people.
04:37When you're flipping around the red zone
04:39or you're flipping around games on a Sunday,
04:40I'll sit down and watch for Jackson Dart.
04:42I want to see how year two goes.
04:43I want to see the response off of Harbaugh.
04:45I am interested by Jackson Dart.
04:47I'm not at all.
04:48I think he's a total media product.
04:50He was not bad last year,
04:52but people have turned him into something he's not.
04:54I agree people have turned him into something he's not.
04:57I'm fascinated to see what year two offers.
04:58And that might just be the idea that –
05:00you talked about watching a car wreck earlier.
05:02It might just turn into a car wreck and I just can't look away,
05:04but I want to see what happens in year two.
05:06Can I offer one more?
05:08I don't know if people are going to agree with this one.
05:10Are these less watchable than we are?
05:13Is that the idea, though?
05:14Yes.
05:15Yeah.
05:15All right.
05:16Go ahead.
05:16Because I also think the Browns are going to be in a lot of really close games,
05:19and I think that adds to your watchability.
05:22Okay.
05:22Like, I think if you have a functional offense and a nice defense –
05:25I no longer am certain they're going to be a top-10 defense
05:28because I'm a little shook about Rudy,
05:30and the depth thing is starting to scare me a little bit more.
05:33What has you shook about Rudy?
05:34He's not Jim Schwartz.
05:36That's enough for me.
05:37Jim Schwartz' play calling, I think,
05:39is what helped that defense have an advantage,
05:42and that advantage, I think, is gone.
05:44He might be a fine defensive coordinator,
05:46but you can be a fine schematic guy and not be a great play caller.
05:49No need to keep selling.
05:50You got the sale there.
05:51Not being Jim Schwartz is all I needed.
05:52All right.
05:53The Colts.
05:55That was a team that was kind of fluky good at the beginning of last season anyways.
05:59Daniel Jones is coming off a major injury.
06:02Jonathan Taylor is getting older.
06:04I do like Alec Pierce and Tyler Warren,
06:06but I think their defense is going to be caca too.
06:09I think if you told me the Colts had a top-3 pick next year
06:13and that pick also went to the Jets,
06:15if you told me the Colts had a higher pick than the Jets,
06:17I wouldn't be surprised.
06:18I just think they were so good with Daniel Jones last year
06:21that I just can't discount it.
06:24I've seen it before.
06:26He's good for 14 weeks, 15 weeks, and then...
06:28First 10 weeks of the season last year,
06:29and they were awesome,
06:30and that's kind of where I think Benjamin Solak would be going on this,
06:33is that idea that until we see them absolutely stink together,
06:37then we have to assume or at least come close to assuming
06:39that Daniel Jones in a Colts uniform is just fireworks.
06:412-1-6-4-7-4-00-9-2.
06:44Alec Pierce, Tyler Warren, Jonathan Taylor,
06:46there's enough there for me.
06:47Ben Solak, who's got some aura to him, the young man,
06:52says the Browns are the least watchable,
06:54least exciting of all 32 teams in the NFL,
06:57and offense taken.
06:59I like Ben a lot.
07:00I was just going to say no offense taken.
07:01No offense taken.
07:02I have no offense towards this.
07:03Nope, offense has been taken.
07:05We've put ourselves in this spot.
07:06I understand it completely.
07:07Nope, I take this personally,
07:09and I have now declared a fatwa on Ben Solak.
07:13At least, did we settle in on these rankings last year in similar spots,
07:16or did Miles Garrett give us like a five-team jump or something like that?
07:20I'm going to assume that we were bottom five in watchability last year, too.
07:23I'm probably thinking, too.
07:24So, I don't know.
07:25I would hope Concepcion,
07:26I would hope Boston would give us a little bit of a come up
07:29if you do like a regular season rankings of this.
07:31Like, I don't know, midway through,
07:33but we are where we're supposed to be.
07:34I wish he would do watchability power rankings from week to week
07:38because I think by week five, you're out of the bottom 32.
07:43All right, who do you think is the...
07:45I'm the bottom 32.
07:45Who do you think is the...
07:46You're out of the bottom five is what I meant.
07:48I heard you.
07:49Who do you think are the top three?
07:51In your opinion, not with Ben Solak.
07:53No, of watchable.
07:54Now, your opinion, not Ben Solak's opinion, your opinion.
07:57Who are the top three most watchable teams in your estimation?
08:01All right, I'm actually going to put the Bengals in the top three
08:03because of Burrow, Higgins, and Jamar Chase.
08:07Okay.
08:07He had them at seven, but okay.
08:11I want to do a real deep there.
08:17Bills?
08:18No, actually, the Bills aren't even top eight for him.
08:21Screw you, Solak.
08:22It's your choice, though.
08:24If you say Josh Allen makes them watchable for you,
08:26then that's all you need to know.
08:28I'd give...
08:28By the way, I'd give Baker...
08:30Bills are 16th in Ben Solak's here.
08:31Ah, this kid knows nothing.
08:34That is surprising.
08:36Eagle?
08:37No.
08:37No, it's not going to be the Eagles.
08:38Ooh, Bears.
08:39Bears are number one.
08:40Oh, I got something.
08:42Bears are number one.
08:43I struck out on pretty much everything, but I got the Bears.
08:45That's all right.
08:45Again, I was asking for yours more than it was anything else.
08:49Yeah, he had the Lions at number three.
08:51The NFC North teams in particular, he had the Lions at number three.
08:54He believes in...
08:55The Vikings were nine.
08:57He believes in the NFC North.
08:58Three in the top ten.
08:59Nine?
09:00That's cold-blooded.
09:01Well, that's probably some Kevin O'Connell love that's seeping in.
09:04It's also Justin Jefferson love seeping in.
09:06It was JJ McCarthy's alter ego.
09:09Put him nine.
09:09So he had to put him at nine.
09:10That is cold-blooded by Solak.
09:12I knew he had aura.
09:13I didn't know he was ruthless.
09:15That's a good combo.
09:17That's a good combo.
09:18Hey, JJ McCarthy, without you, they're nine.
09:20Remember?
09:20Like your crappy alter ego?
09:22Can I give you a little fraud watch here?
09:24Yeah, I love fraud watch.
09:25Washington.
09:28I thought we already decided last year they were frauds.
09:31Oh, no, but he has them in the top 13.
09:33He has them 13th.
09:34Oh, well, you're close to middle of the pack then.
09:36That's not...
09:36I think Jaden Daniels' mom might be more watchable than Jaden Daniels' mom.
09:40She's got to get it together.
09:41I don't know what's going on there.
09:42I think she's got it together.
09:43No, I think she's...
09:43I think she's getting whatever she wants.
09:44I think she's tiger-momming Jaden Daniels, and it's keeping them back.
