00:00Lay it all out, John.
00:03All right.
00:05Here we go.
00:06Just as a recap of last week, kind of threw me off with that intro there.
00:10Number one, yeah, Seattle.
00:14Number two, Buffalo.
00:15Three, Baltimore.
00:15Four, San Francisco, Kansas City, Cincinnati.
00:18They rounded out the top six last week.
00:21And some teams that were just on the outside looking in that I had high hopes for coming
00:26into the season.
00:27And the four that lost in week one, most surprising, Rams, Denver, Houston, and Dallas.
00:34Now, the only four of that group that didn't get a win was Houston.
00:37And we obviously have a big Houston Texans fan here, mysteriously absent now that the
00:44Houston Texans are 0-2.
00:49Anyway, and then some of the other ones that were on the outside looking in, Jacksonville,
00:53Philly, obviously Detroit, Chicago, Minnesota, Tampa, and Green Bay.
00:56Tampa, I'm not ready to say bye simply because of their division, but Todd Bowles, we talked
01:03about this earlier in the year.
01:04Who's on the hot seat?
01:05Who's going to be the first coach to go?
01:07Todd Bowles is now entering that category.
01:09I think he was kind of on the hot seat after last year.
01:13But then all of a sudden, have your finger ready.
01:16I'm ready.
01:17Because there is a team that I'm ready to say.
01:23And that is our good pal, Jim Harbaugh and the L.A. Chargers.
01:31They lost to the Vegas Raiders.
01:35The Vegas Raiders are 2-0.
01:37Where do they fall in the power surge right now?
01:39But they lost to Arizona.
01:40They lost to the Raiders.
01:42And two teams coming into the season that, let me check the notes, thought that they weren't
01:48going to be a team that I talked about at all, let alone having beaten the Chargers.
01:53Now, here is why I think there's absolutely no recovery.
01:57You look at Mike McDaniel, new offensive coordinator.
01:59The way that he was talking to Justin Herbert at the end of the game, I don't know if you
02:03saw
02:04it, but Justin Herbert was completely ignoring him.
02:06I think there is a huge disconnect, and maybe it's just a personality issue, between Harbaugh,
02:13McDaniel, a couple of weirdos, and what we believe is a normal quarterback in Justin Herbert.
02:18The rest of their schedule, or at least the next, what, seven weeks?
02:22It's brutal.
02:23At Buffalo, at Seattle, Denver, they host them, at Kansas City, at the Rams, Houston, and at
02:30Baltimore.
02:31That's an unbelievable goal.
02:33Even if they had won those first two games, I'm looking at the next, you know, seven and
02:37going, hmm, they might be two and seven.
02:40Now they might be oh and nine.
02:42Yep.
02:43Anybody else you want to wave by to cancel the season?
02:48I tell you what, let's put my old team in there.
02:51Washington.
02:51Okay, we'll do that.
02:52We can definitely arrange it.
02:55They lost, obviously, their quarterback, Jaden Daniels, to another left elbow injury, and
03:01I just think, you know, they didn't look great to begin with.
03:04Now, without him, I think there's just, there's no hope.
03:06So, some of the teams that are on the outside looking in, let's go through those.
03:11I already talked about Tampa.
03:12They're not by yet, so I'm not ready to say that.
03:14Green Bay should be oh and two.
03:17But because Aaron Glenn can't manage a football game at the end of the first half or the second
03:22half, they end up one and one, but they don't look great.
03:26New England.
03:27They won 20-3 over the Steelers, but they don't look great.
03:33Are we looking at the same thing that we did last year where they beat all the bad teams
03:37and lose to all the good ones?
03:38That might be the case.
03:40New Orleans.
03:42Not in the power surge yet.
03:44Okay.
03:45But keep an eye on Tyler Shuck and the New Orleans Saints.
03:49I think they gained a lot of confidence in the second half against Washington.
03:52The Bills obviously gained a lot of confidence all four quarters against Detroit.
03:57So, again, keep an eye on them.
04:00Dallas.
04:01Big time win, but it was over Washington.
04:04So, offense is looking good.
04:06Defense looked good, but I think it's just because it was Washington.
04:10Detroit, still on the outside looking in.
04:12And if you're going through all of those teams or the power surges, the highest was 8.
04:18The lowest was 15, I think you had said.
04:21Lions were anywhere between 8 and 18 on most.
04:24Okay.
04:25So, I would probably put them at about 10.
04:29Okay.
04:2910-11, that area.
04:31So, that's just kind of an update on where they are.
04:33Minnesota is 2-0, but how much do we believe that they're 2-0?
04:38Now, they've been able to do it with a backup quarterback in Carson Wentz, and so you've got
04:42to give them a little credit for that.
04:43Chicago, you go 59 points, and then you only score three against the aforementioned Minnesota
04:48Vikings.
04:49Like, what's that offense?
04:51We have no idea.
04:51Jacksonville lost to Denver.
04:54Denver did respond, so I'll then, in turn, say Denver with Bo Nix.
04:58Maybe are they finding a little bit of rhythm in their passing game?
05:03TBD.
05:04Baltimore.
05:06Now, it depends on what we think about the Saints.
05:08Is that a good loss?
05:11Is it a bad loss following what Baltimore did in Week 1?
05:15They're out of my power surge.
05:16Okay.
05:18Philly is right there at, I think, at 7.
05:22I'll put them at 7 because they are a team that is 2-0, but they barely beat Tennessee.
05:30And I did, they haven't won in Tennessee since, like, 95.
05:37That was a wild stat, yeah.
05:38It's bizarre.
05:39And so, they finally come away with a win, a last-second win there.
05:42And a credit to Jalen Hurts, especially without Saquon Barkley, thrown for five touchdowns
05:47to this point.
05:48They are winning because of their quarterback.
05:51Now, I do think they're going to struggle without Saquon.
05:53And their offensive line, we talked about it last year with Detroit.
05:58Their offensive line has not been at all what it was last year, this year, compared to what
06:04it was.
06:05And most of the components are the same.
06:06Obviously, Kelsey is out, but they've done a good job of replacing him.
06:10But Landon Dickerson and the rest of that group has just not been very good.
06:14So, number six is the LA Rams.
06:17Why did they jump all the way up from, you know, out?
06:21They went from one to out to back into six.
06:24I got to give them credit for, hey, it was just a bad week one.
06:27They didn't travel well.
06:28They didn't, they chose the wrong route to take.
06:31And Devontae Adams, Matthew Stafford.
06:34And it was against a good Giants defense.
06:37All right.
06:38You could say, you know, hey, Jackson Dart goes down.
06:40Giants had no problem or no issue until then.
06:44Well, I think they would have won anyway.
06:47Number five, I'll bump up Cincinnati.
06:492-0.
06:50They take on the Texans last week.
06:5220-6 is the win.
06:54Burrow has been amazing on third down.
06:57He is leading the QBR in third down efficiency.
07:01Jamar Chase, when you got him as a weapon and his acrobatic catch,
07:05if you haven't seen that catch for a touchdown for Jamar Chase,
07:07you need to go back and look at it.
07:08But the defense is really the big key.
07:10Eight sacks, four turnovers, no interceptions.
07:13Those have all come on fumble recoveries.
07:16But their defense is much improved.
07:19And by saying much improved, they're probably,
07:22they're in the top half of the league right now.
07:25Sure.
07:25Which is a big step up for them.
07:26Sure.
07:27Kansas City goes to number four.
07:29They bump up one slot.
07:30Mahomes is taking more snaps under center,
07:34which is a huge change.
07:36It's Andy Reid making adjustments for his quarterback,
07:39knowing that there may be some limitations with him and his leg.
07:43But the addition of Kenneth Walker,
07:45you're talking about a GM in a front office that is addressing needs.
07:50And this is what infuriates us in Detroit.
07:53We see needs, we don't address them.
07:55Where you have a quarterback coming off an ACL.
07:58So let's give him some help.
07:59Let's improve the offensive line a little bit.
08:02And let's give him a rushing attack.
08:03So it's not all on Patrick Mahomes.
08:0633 to 30 win in OT over Indy.
08:09San Francisco bumps up to four.
08:12Big time win and probably the best win of the season so far over the Rams.
08:17They beat the Dolphins, who really cares.
08:19But Brock Purdy, early MVP candidate.
08:22He is carving up defenses right now.
08:26Now he's handling pressure.
08:27He is doing everything you would want from an MVP candidate.
08:30Number two, Buffalo.
08:32Probably the leading leader in the clubhouse.
08:34Josh Allen for MVP.
08:35What does it mean to score 41 on a Lions defense?
08:40I don't know.
08:41So that's why they don't jump Seattle,
08:42who stays at number one because they have done what they've had to do.
08:48They haven't been impressive wins.
08:50Obviously, the first one over New England, this one over Arizona.
08:54So you look at him going, it's not great wins,
08:55but they're doing it with a backup quarterback.
08:58They're keeping their head above water,
09:00and he's got the number one receiver in Jadson Smith and Jigba.
09:03That is just, again, carving up defenses.
09:06Question.
09:07Again, just reset.
09:08You have Seahawks one, Bills two, Niners three, Chiefs four, Bengals five,
09:14and the Rams six.
09:15Yeah.
09:16Did I leave somebody out?
09:17This is my worst fear.
09:18Well, no, you didn't leave somebody out.
09:20But I just think it's interesting that Seahawks get credit
09:23for winning with a backup quarterback,
09:24but the Vikings, who are 2-0 in the division, don't.
09:27Well, I mean, they scored nine points.
09:29They didn't score a touchdown.
09:302-0 with a backup quarterback.
09:31Finding ways to win.
09:33Yes, you are correct.
09:34So they either bump down Seattle or bump up Minnesota.
09:38No, I just have question marks about,
09:40and they're both winning because they have elite defenses.
09:43Sure.
09:44All right.
09:44So why are they so far apart?
09:45Well, because Seattle, you do get a little bit of credit and respect
09:49for being defending Super Bowl world champs.
09:52I really don't have too many gripes.
09:54I think the top four are everybody's top four.
09:57Yeah.
09:58And one, a lot of people will probably have Buffalo at one.
10:01Yeah.
10:01And Seattle at two.
10:02I think they're kind of interchangeable right now.
10:04I think I would put Buffalo one right now, but yeah.
10:07You could even argue San Francisco at two.
10:11Sure.
10:11Because they do have the best win in the NFL.
10:13Yeah.
10:14Really?
10:14I think you're top five, even the Bengals.
10:15Bengals are going to be in everybody's top five or six teams right now.
10:18Any dispute with having the Rams at six?
10:20No, I like what you're doing.
10:21You're saying, I'm not going to be beholden to just listing a standings every week.
10:24Yeah.
10:24I'm going to put weight into things that I find to be important,
10:27and you find their team to be significantly one of the top six teams in football.
10:33Which is not a unique observation.
10:35No, it's not.
10:35It's not.
10:36And again, I think Sean McVay owned it.
10:39Yeah.
10:39Dumbass coach flew him out wrong.
10:41All right.
10:41It's Power Surge 97.1.
