00:00Okay, Stoney, we got a six-pack of questions from our guy, Kang, ready to answer.
00:06Hopefully, I'll have a six-pack of answers.
00:08Well, I'm sure you do.
00:09We definitely need six answers from you.
00:11Heads or tails?
00:12Tails.
00:13It is a head I will receive.
00:15All right, Doug, question number one.
00:17Everyone knows by now that Aaron Donald is back with the Rams, and they made the huge
00:21trade for Miles Garrett this offseason.
00:23On paper, do the 2026 Los Angeles Rams have the best roster ever?
00:28Okay, I mean, time will tell.
00:31My instinct says no.
00:32The most dominant team I ever remember were the Steelers of the 70s, and you said ever,
00:37so I have to go way back.
00:39But the Steelers of the 70s had Mel Blunt, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Green, Jack Hamm, Franco Harris,
00:46Jack Lambert, John Stallworth, Lynn Swan, and Mike Webster, all in the NFL Hall of Fame.
00:50That's nine guys.
00:51The 78 team went 14-2 and won nine games by double-digit figures.
00:55They won four Super Bowls in a six-year span.
00:59I will go with the Steelers of the late 70s, and specifically, if you pick a roster, I'll
01:04go 78, I think was their best team.
01:06I'm going to say no as well, but leave it to you to go way back even further than me.
01:12He said ever.
01:13I go with the 95 Cowboys.
01:15Offense, Troy, Emmitt, Irvin, Novacek, Larry Allen, Moose Johnston, defense, Charles Haley,
01:23Darren Woodson, Russell Merlin, Larry Brown, and Deion Sanders.
01:29Good squad.
01:30Stoney.
01:31And I hate the Cowboys.
01:32Stoney, Stoney.
01:33I got 95 Cowboys as well.
01:35Wow.
01:35When did the free agency start for the NFL?
01:37Was it 94 or 95?
01:38I don't remember.
01:39Like, where the salary cap, where they put a salary cap in place.
01:43Either way, that was my lifetime.
01:45See, I can't go back to the 70s like you, Doug, but my lifetime was 95 Cowboys.
01:49But with that being said, if this is like post-salary cap era, I do think the Rams have the
01:54best
01:54roster on paper ever.
01:56Now, I don't know what they're going to do this upcoming season, but on paper, it's ridiculous.
02:00They have the returning NFL MVP, Puka Nakua, Devontae Adams, Kyron Williams.
02:05Like, the defense is not just the old guys, the quote-unquote old guys with Donald and
02:09Garrett.
02:09They have young guys, Kobe Turner, Johnson, other guys.
02:12They just traded for one of the best cornerbacks in the league from the Chiefs.
02:15They've got a great squad.
02:17I just don't see a really big weakness.
02:19And like I said, with their quarterback maybe being older, but he literally just won the
02:23MVP.
02:25All right, I'm going to stay on the Rams with one more here.
02:27The Rams or the NFC field?
02:31I'm taking the field because a lot of times these great teams that do look great on paper,
02:37I go somehow screw up.
02:40I look back to the 2011 Eagles that Vince Young, the backup quarterback, called the dream team
02:45when they got Nnamdi Asamoah and Babin and all these guys.
02:50Michael Vick was the quarterback, and I think they started off one in four.
02:53Something happens, whether it's going to be Stafford.
02:56Miles Garrett isn't 100% healthy.
02:59Their offensive line is not great.
03:01I, you know, I'm just going to take the field.
03:04Yeah, look, I almost always take the field on these questions.
03:07The Rams are plus 290, and so when it comes to wagers, it's not personal.
03:11It's business.
03:12And, you know, that stat still rings in my ears that Yahoo had, that the last 30 years
03:19there have been 20 teams that were plus 500 or better going into the season to win the
03:23Super Bowl, and the Rams are joining that group as the 21st.
03:26None of the previous 20 won the Super Bowl.
03:28Wow.
03:29So I usually take the field in these type of questions and scenarios, and the field is probably
03:34the smart choice, guys.
03:36But I just don't see how the Rams don't come out of the NFC with this roster.
03:39I really don't.
03:40Yes, there's the ultimate, you know, X factor in injuries.
03:43But you take that out, there's just no team that's better than them from top to bottom.
03:47So I'm taking the injury factor out.
03:49I think the Rams represent the NFC when it comes down to it.
03:54All right.
03:55Very plain and simple.
03:56Is CJ Stroud good or bad?
04:00I'm going to stick with good, okay?
04:03Because those are the choices, good or bad.
04:05He had a great rookie year.
04:07He's been average ever since.
04:08And, like, that ESPN top 100 players list that's coming out this year, that came out
04:13predicting who they'd be for this year, 16 quarterbacks were named.
04:17He wasn't one of them.
04:19But he's only 24.
04:21I think the potential is still there.
04:23If I were a Houston fan, it's a big year for CJ Stroud.
04:28But I think there's a ton of potential for him to indeed still be good.
04:34So you think he's good?
04:36Yeah.
04:37You are correct, sir.
04:39Last year, everybody, you know, he threw for over 64%, 19 touchdowns, 8 interceptions.
04:46Look, he pooped the bed in the playoffs, especially the last game.
04:50I mean, he was horrific in the playoffs.
04:53But he's still a really good quarterback.
04:55He throws for over 60% every single season.
04:58And maybe not really good, but I still think he's good.
05:02So I'm going to answer this question with a question.
05:05I think he's good?
05:07Because the fact of the matter is, guys, you're right.
05:09He's gotten worse every single year since he's entered the league.
05:12Now, he's still only 24 years old.
05:14And maybe expectations were a little bit too high following that great rookie season.
05:18But his offensive line has been very poor.
05:21He's most likely to get an extension.
05:23That doesn't mean he's good.
05:25But QBs are hard to find.
05:26Good QBs are hard to find.
05:27And I think because he's going to get the extension, it's basically because I think he's good.
05:32He's 3-3.
05:34He's 3-3 in the playoffs.
05:36Terrible last playoff game he has.
05:37All right.
05:38So who in the NFL, speaking of guys that are make or break, who in the NFL this season is
05:42facing a make or break year?
05:45For me, it's Justin Herbert.
05:50And look, he's a really good quarterback.
05:53So he's good.
05:54But he seems to screw up at the end.
05:57He doesn't have that, like what people used to say about Stafford here.
06:02Harbaugh's helped him in that.
06:03He just doesn't have the it factor to me to be the leader and all that.
06:08And everybody's high on the Chargers, which they should be.
06:12But I think it's time for him to get to the next level.
06:17Can I say C.J. Stroud?
06:19Yes, absolutely.
06:20I'm not going to.
06:21Zach Taylor, head coach at Cincinnati.
06:23And in some ways, Joe Burrow.
06:24But Burrow's under contract.
06:25So he's probably not going anywhere.
06:28But after three straight seasons, no playoffs.
06:30The expectation there is high.
06:31I'll go Zach Taylor, head coach Cincinnati.
06:34All right.
06:34I'm going to go with Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.
06:38The third year is usually the year for breakouts for wide receivers.
06:42Two years in, the fourth overall pick has only shown really flashes of what he was supposed to be.
06:46And the team's been bad.
06:48Don't get me wrong.
06:48But at many times, though, Marvin Harrison Jr. has been just as bad.
06:52He's dropped passes that should be definitely catchable for any receiver.
06:55Let alone the fourth overall pick.
06:57And he's got Jacoby Brissett this year, who's gun slinging.
07:00And we saw it last year.
07:01At the end of last year, he's got a new offensive minded head coach in LaFleur.
07:05Either Harrison is going to be a star that he was supposed to be.
07:08Or he's just going to be a journeyman receiver.
07:10I think this is the year we find out.
07:15All right.
07:16Speaking of receivers, Colts receiver Laquan Treadwell, he has decided not to give veteran wide out Keenan Allen, his jersey
07:22number of number 13.
07:24Allen has worn this number his entire career.
07:27Are you cool with that?
07:27I am cool with it.
07:29Treadwell's been in the league for a decade.
07:31And if Keenan Allen is a good teammate and he's new to the room, he shouldn't make a big deal
07:37out of this.
07:37But Treadwell spent all of last year on the practice squad.
07:41And Treadwell needs to tread lightly on this one.
07:45You're welcome.
07:47But if I were advising him, I would say, you've got to find out how big of a deal this
07:51is for Keenan Allen.
07:53I'm going to assume it's not that big a deal.
07:57Because you don't want to create problems from day one when you were a practice squad player.
08:02If he gives it to Keenan Allen, he should do it under the auspices that he has to put a
08:06decimal point after the one and the three.
08:09After Keenan Allen got pulled over for DWI or whatever.
08:13Maybe that was his blood alcohol level.
08:16No, Keenan Allen lost his gravitas for that by getting pulled over for DWI or whatever it was.
08:26Treadwell, keep it.
08:27Keep it.
08:28I always think the jersey number thing is a bit overrated personally.
08:31But I do understand to some players it means a lot.
08:34I think it's one of those look good, feel good, play good things.
08:38But it sounds like Treadwell, he wants to really keep the number obviously because he kept it.
08:41But it seems like he let Allen down respectfully.
08:44Told him, hey, I respect what you've done in your career.
08:46You're a veteran and all this stuff.
08:47But this means a lot to me and my family as well.
08:49I want to keep the number.
08:51So as long as he did it that way and Keenan Allen, he's going to have to be cool with
08:54it because he's not going to get the number.
08:56Hopefully everything is good.
08:57But I got no problem with Treadwell keeping it.
09:03All right, last one here, boys.
09:05Predict a storyline that no one is talking about right now.
09:08But at some point during the 2026 NFL season, they will be talking about.
09:14They're going to talk about that the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets are going to be accused of tanking
09:22for a quarterback.
09:24Well, you're right.
09:25Nobody's talking about that yet.
09:26The season hasn't started.
09:29I'm going to take a stab in the dark here.
09:32How about Detroit getting another Super Bowl?
09:37There has been all the Super Bowls have been handed out through twenty twenty nine.
09:41So Detroit Sports Commission, Marty Dobeck.
09:44Wow.
09:45Pull together the Ford family in the Penske and all of them.
09:49Let's get Detroit another Super Bowl.
09:52The only way they were getting another Super Bowl is if they built a new stadium.
09:56All right.
09:56Eyes on your own paper, Stoney.
09:57I got tanking as well.
09:59Not specifically just the Jets and Dolphins, but a lot of teams.
10:01I think tanking is going to be a real topic at this at the end of the season this year,
10:05because there's so many of these quarterbacks next year that are coming out like a lot of
10:10them, more than just a handful.
10:12The NFL has never really had a problem with tanking.
10:14I mean, you can look back as recently as last year with the Lions.
10:17They could have lost that last game against the Bears.
10:18They had nothing to gain.
10:19And what did they do?
10:20They went out and won it.
10:21And this has happened before them, too.
10:23Even worse teams would with more to gain.
10:25They went out and tried to win their games and would win them.
10:27I think the Texans were one of them.
10:29They got end up getting C.J. Stroud instead of the number one overall pick worked out from the
10:33first year.
10:34With that being said, though, I think so many teams are desperate for franchise quarterbacks.
10:37And this upcoming draft, like I said, has a bunch of them.
10:40Dante Moore, Arch Manning, C.J.
10:41Carr, Lenore Sellers, Julian Sand.
10:43Those are just naming a few that could be first round picks.
10:46I think we're going to see some very interesting injury destination designations at the end of
10:50the year and from these bottom feeder teams.
10:53I doubt a rule gets changed, but I think we'll be talking about it.
10:56And there it is.
10:57That concludes the wide nine Omaha four down around the league blitz thingy.
