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We have finally made it through the offseason, training camp, and preseason! The Seahawks and Patriots will collide tonight under the bright lights in Seattle. Will the Patriots get their revenge tonight or will the Seahawks have their number again?
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00:00But tonight, finally here, NFL kicks off.
00:02You can watch on NBC, on Peacock, on NFL Plus.
00:06820 kick, Lumen Field.
00:09It is a Super Bowl rematch.
00:12It's a great match.
00:13Of course, Seattle pretty much took care of business and just drummed them.
00:16I mean, they dominated.
00:18In Super Bowl.
00:19They won by 16, but probably wasn't even that close.
00:22They sacked Drake May six times.
00:24They couldn't protect them.
00:25I don't remember much about that Super Bowl, to be honest.
00:28It was ugly.
00:29Yeah, I remember that it wasn't very high scoring.
00:32Wasn't Seattle had like 12-0 at some point?
00:34Something like that.
00:3529-13 was the final.
00:37But all eyes were on Drake May because he was having such a great year.
00:40And he wasn't good.
00:42The New England offense wasn't good.
00:44So it's a great rematch.
00:45New England was scoreless through three quarters, Cakes.
00:46Yeah.
00:47That's a dud.
00:48They fell behind by 19.
00:49That's a big time.
00:50When you're trailing by 19 in the Super Bowl, it's probably over.
00:53It's one of the worst performances offensively from a Super Bowl team in a long time.
00:56So there are a couple things to look at tonight that are going to be interesting.
00:59We've been talking about, well, what are the questions with the Commanders and the Eagles?
01:03Well, the questions with the Patriots start with pass protection.
01:06So Drake May, I believe, was sacked more than any other quarterback in the NFL last season.
01:10He took 21 sacks in the playoffs.
01:14And Will Campbell was their No. 4 pick.
01:17Yep.
01:18That's the guy with the short arms.
01:19Yep.
01:20The gator arms.
01:20He was a big problem for them last year.
01:24So you wonder if in year two if he's going to be better.
01:27They moved in.
01:28I think part of it, too, is he wasn't healthy during part of that playoff stretch.
01:31Yes.
01:31He wasn't just in effective play.
01:33He wasn't at 100%.
01:34I was reading some stuff online, and they said that Campbell did play pretty well in the preseason.
01:39Okay.
01:40Good.
01:41In the joint practices that they have or whatever, and I'm sure he didn't play a lot in the preseason
01:45games,
01:45but they said he did look good.
01:47So people are going to be scrutinizing the Patriots' pass protection.
01:51They also brought in a new guard, moved a guard to center, kind of did some shuffling,
01:55much like the Commanders did, shuffling that offensive line, but they need Will Campbell to play better.
02:00Then you're going to look at A.J. Brown.
02:02Yep.
02:02I didn't realize A.J. Brown, during his career, seven pro seasons, six times over 1,000 yards,
02:09but this is what jumped out at me.
02:11This is from NextGenStats.
02:12He leads the entire NFL during his career in touchdowns on deep throws.
02:19So these are 20-plus air yards, touchdowns.
02:22He's got 18 in seven seasons.
02:25Mike Evans or somebody?
02:26I feel like Mike Evans has got a bunch.
02:27I don't have the list.
02:27I just know that numero uno is A.J. Brown.
02:30So you're going to see if he's going to be a difference overall, and with deep throws,
02:35he'll be facing Devin Witherspoon, who's legit.
02:39Just got paid, too.
02:40Yeah.
02:41So are you going to get a locked-in A.J. Brown that's not a malcontent?
02:45I'm hoping in the first game with the Patriots you're going to see that guy,
02:49because some of the last optics you saw with him in his last days in Philly, they weren't great.
02:54Well, even the year before.
02:55Arguing with his coach.
02:57Remember the year before he was reading books on the sideline?
02:59Yeah, I mean, he's a mercurial dude.
03:01He needed a new spot.
03:02He needed a change.
03:03He needed a change of scenery.
03:04Sometimes that's the best thing for some of these guys.
03:07Like, I mean, Stephon Diggs, here with the Commanders, he's a guy that has had multiple changes of scenery.
03:13Yeah.
03:14Sometimes four teams in four years.
03:15Sometimes wide receivers, they go in for a few years, their act will wear thin, they move on to a
03:19new spot.
03:20I mean, A.J. Brown's already on his third team.
03:23And they brought in Dobbs.
03:25Let's see how he impacts them.
03:26So May's got legit now.
03:27He's got legit receivers.
03:28He's got a good tight end in Hunter Henry.
03:31And he still threw for 4,400 yards last year.
03:33Even without those guys, he still led the league in completion percentage and also passed yardage per attempt.
03:42It was almost nine.
03:44Now another year with the Josh McDaniels offense.
03:46So they should be a better offense.
03:48On the flip side, they just gave Christian Gonzalez a ton of money, right?
03:52He gets $135 million, four-year contract.
03:55He's going to be matched up against JSN.
03:57So you've got some interesting matchups on both sides.
03:59A.J. Brown against Witherspoon.
04:02JSN against Christian Gonzalez.
04:07In the Super Bowl, actually, JSN only had four catches for 27 yards.
04:12Yeah.
04:12I mean, they didn't really need him.
04:14They didn't really need him.
04:15They're smothering them with the defense.
04:17They didn't have to do much offensively.
04:18Did you mention, because I don't know, who's filling in, who's replacing Kenneth Walker?
04:24Jadarian Price was drafted out of Notre Dame, the second Notre Dame running back drafted in the first round after
04:30Jeremiah Love.
04:31Oh, he went in the first round.
04:32Late first round.
04:34And they have Helani as a backup.
04:35He's more of a pass catcher out of the backfield.
04:38So they're putting a lot of responsibility in the hands of a rookie that should see the bulk of the
04:43carries tonight.
04:44And then I think another storyline, and maybe he's gotten past this, is will Sam Darnold be able to duplicate
04:50his success?
04:51Now, he's done it for two years in a row, really.
04:54Right.
04:55If you include Minnesota and Seattle.
04:56I'm getting out of the doubting Sam Darnold business at this point.
04:59I mean, he had a great year at Minnesota.
05:01He parlayed that into a deal with the Seahawks.
05:05Wins a Super Bowl with them.
05:08He's answered all the questions at this point.
05:11I think he's clearly an above-average NFL quarterback.
05:15I don't think he's elite, but he's really good.
05:18He'll take a really good quarterback.
05:20I'm sure he wants to cut down on the picks.
05:22Yep.
05:23You can win a Super Bowl with him.
05:24You can win a Super Bowl.
05:25He's proven that.
05:26Proven.
05:26It's going to be tough, I think, for New England to go out there week one, having not played a
05:32lot in the preseason in the first team,
05:34and beat them, beat the Super Bowl champs, but we'll see.
05:37I mean, Seattle's defense is really, really good.
05:40I think losing Travion Henderson as an explosive piece definitely hurts them.
05:45I think it's an ankle injury he's dealing with.
05:47That puts a lot of pressure on Ramondre Stevenson to not only rush the ball 18 or 20 times,
05:54he's going to be involved in the passing game, too, out of the backfield.
05:57Right.
05:57Because that's kind of what Travion Henderson is a specialist in.
06:01Catching short passes and ripping them for 50-yard gains.
06:04Maybe do you root against Drake May, Caleb Williams, Bo Nix, so that you can prop up Jaden Daniels?
06:10He'd rather Sam Darnold beat Drake May.
06:14You can just be honest.
06:16I don't know.
06:18Maybe I do.
06:19I don't know.
06:20I'm not really sure about it.
06:20I think you should be rooting for Drake May because you said multiple times it was going
06:25to be one of the best quarterback classes.
06:27I think I've been proven correct so far.
06:29I know Drake May is a nice kid, and he seems easy to root for.
06:34You root against him, too.
06:35It wouldn't pain me.
06:37It wouldn't have me losing sleep if he face-planted tonight against the Seattle Seahawks.
06:42Honestly, of the quarterbacks in that class, the one I root against the most probably quietly
06:49and to myself is Caleb.
06:51I don't know why.
06:53He's local.
06:53Why?
06:53Because he went one?
06:54No, because he hated his fingernails.
06:56I don't like the fingernails, but I don't know.
06:58There's just something about Caleb that kind of runs you the wrong way, but he's a great
07:00talent.
07:01Yeah.
07:01He's local.
07:02He roots for local guys.
07:05But I kind of don't.
07:08I want Jaden, at the end of the day, to have a better career than Caleb Williams.
07:12Of all the guys in the class, that one I would be annoyed with.
07:15I'll text you at 2.55 a.m.
07:16when I wake up to watch the second half.
07:18Nice.
07:18Please don't.
07:19Please don't text me.
07:20I'll be in my deep REM sleep.
07:22You know, a couple weeks ago, these guys were wondering about fandom.
07:26Here's the thing about the NFL.
07:28I'm not a fan of the Seahawks.
07:30I'm not a fan of the New England Patriots.
07:33But I love watching the NFL.
07:35You love the product.
07:36Yeah.
07:36You've got people that love to gamble.
07:38It's so good.
07:38You've got people locked in on fantasy.
07:40There's so many different reasons to watch the games.
07:43Yeah, I'm in fantasy leagues.
07:45It doesn't bother me that much.
07:47Actually, that reminds me.
07:48I'm going to write this down.
07:49To-do list.
07:50Get your survivor picks.
07:51Now, my one team that I did the high-stakes league that I did the draft with, I did like
07:5612 rounds, and then we just turned it to auto-draft after that, and we don't have a kicker.
08:03It is a league where you need a kicker, so I just need to go pick up a kicker.
08:06You've got to go pick one up, yeah.
08:07Where did you say what network is the game on again?
08:09NBC.
08:09NBC.
08:10All right.
08:10Is that Collinsworth?
08:12So we get to see the Collinsworth slide?
08:14You see the debut of Mike Tomlin tonight?
08:18Oh, yeah.
08:18In studio?
08:19I mean, if it's an NBC product, Mike Tomlin's in the studio.
08:23Did you see somebody did an interview with Tomlin, and I think it's just kind of been revealed,
08:27he's a big Minecraft guy.
08:29I think I saw he's been building a Minecraft city for like a dozen years.
08:33Twelve years.
08:33What a loser.
08:34Twelve years.
08:36Mike Tomlin.
08:37Hey, Mark.
08:38Mike Tomlin's big into Minecraft.
08:39I had no clue.
08:40I played Minecraft, but I was seven.
08:42I mean, yeah, my kids were all into Minecraft, but they're grown now.
08:46I don't think...
08:47I think there was a resurgence of Minecraft like four or five years ago.
08:51Yeah.
08:51Six years ago, maybe.
08:53Minecraft is big.
08:54I wish I'd come up with Minecraft and then walked into the Microsoft headquarters and
08:58sold it to them for...
08:59I think they bought it for north of a billion dollars.
09:02I saw something impressive about him beyond his love of Minecraft.
09:06It was Aaron Rodgers talking about his time with Tomlin.
09:09Yeah.
09:10And he said what impressed him about Tomlin is Tomlin knew things about not just him
09:15and who their friends were, what they were doing.
09:18He said all 90 guys on the roster.
09:20He knew specific things and he would bring them up and he'd be like, how's so-and-so
09:25doing?
09:26Just knew how to relate to people.
09:27That's just a sick memory too.
09:29That's a sick people skill.
09:30Yes.
09:30Yeah.
09:31Good memory flex.
09:32My memory stinks.
09:34I don't know half the salespeople here that have been here for 10 years.
09:38By the way, Drake may over a touchdown and a half tonight's plus 132.
09:44Under is minus 174.
09:46Ooh.
09:47They think he's going to throw one and done.
09:48They don't see a lot of passing touchdowns from Drake may his passing yards to 32 and
09:54a half.
09:54If you want to look at Sam Darnold, passing touchdowns over is over one and a half is
10:01plus one 10.
10:02So slightly more than what Drake may is.
10:05Uh, his under is minus one 44.
10:07They kind of, it seems like they're kind of expecting a lower scoring game.
10:10Um, of course Seattle lays three in the game and are you surprised they're only laying
10:16three?
10:16Uh, I mean, it's the Superbowl rematch.
10:19It's week one.
10:20Just don't know what you're going to get.
10:21That makes sense.
10:22See if there's a Superbowl hangover.
10:23He only lost like five key players via free agency.
10:27The Patriots implied team total tonight is 20.8 points.
10:33Patriots are 20.8.
10:3420.8.
10:35And the Seahawks 23.8.
10:37Yep.
10:38So they are expecting a close game.
10:39A little bit lower than the Eagles.
10:40They might want to guess the implied team total for the Cleveland Browns this week against
10:44the Jags.
10:45Ooh.
10:46Cleveland 17.
10:4714 and a half.
10:4816.
10:48JP was close.
10:4916 points.
10:5016 with the Sean.
10:52Give us the.
10:52Commanders are 19 and a half.
10:54Give us the Deshaun player props, Jason, for this week.
10:57Let me see what that is.
10:57Maybe we go against.
10:58They can't be rosy.
10:59Hold on.
11:00Let me get to it.
11:00I mean, is there a chance he goes out there and just balls out and just looks like Deshaun
11:05of five years ago?
11:06There's always a chance.
11:07I mean, it's unlikely.
11:09I would be surprised.
11:10I'd be stunned.
11:11All right.
11:11See, passing props for Deshaun Watson.
11:14Touchdowns.
11:15If you want to go over a half.
11:18Wow.
11:19That's a half.
11:20He just has to throw one touchdown?
11:22Yeah.
11:23It's minus 180.
11:25Under plus 140.
11:27All right.
11:27So.
11:28What's over one and a half?
11:29I'd have to go to the alt.
11:30Hold on.
11:31Let me just go to the passing yards.
11:32I mean, two's asking a lot, right?
11:34For what we've seen so far.
11:35So passing yards.
11:36Who's their best receiver?
11:37They said it at 170.
11:38I don't know.
11:39Is it Judy?
11:39They drafted Concepcion in Boston.
11:42Yeah, they got two.
11:42You know who the best receiver is?
11:43It's tight end.
11:44Harold Fannin.
11:44Yeah.
11:45That's their best receiver.
11:47178 and a half is the passing yardage.
11:49Basically, even money.
11:50Right.
11:52So.
11:53All right.
11:54Not going to be a lot of offensive fireworks from the Browns.
11:56You wouldn't think.
11:57Remember, later in the program, you don't want to miss Paul Timoni, president of baseball
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