01:36And you could debate those two.
01:38Would you put Kansas City on top or would you put San Francisco?
01:42You know, I think they're both there.
01:45It's a benefit that one's in the NFC, one's in the AFC.
01:48We may be looking at them as Super Bowl contenders.
01:52Collision course.
01:53Yeah.
01:55Minnesota on a bye.
01:57They were five and oh, they were at three last week, keeping them at three until they prove
02:02otherwise.
02:03But there's there's clear one and two.
02:07And then there's debate four through three through six.
02:11But the teams that have now been removed from tier one, tier two, tier three are the Rams
02:18currently out.
02:20Oh, wow.
02:20And part of that is simply because of the number of injuries that they have.
02:26Devontae Adams, six to ten weeks because of a ruptured hamstring.
02:30We may not see him again this year.
02:33Puna Ford.
02:34He's out because of the ruptured triceps.
02:36Turner.
02:37They're their kicker.
02:38Did you see their kicker get run over?
02:39Yeah, he did.
02:40Tried to make a play.
02:41Yeah.
02:41OK, not laughing because he got hurt, laughing because he got run over, but did tear his ACL
02:48in the process.
02:48Did he really?
02:49Yeah, that's what it says here.
02:51Suffered making a tackle, torn ACL.
02:53Miles Garrett.
02:55No idea when he's going to be back.
02:58His practice window is open, but he's not practicing big time offseason.
03:04Trent McDuffie, their cornerback, you know, that they got from Kansas City.
03:08He's got a groin injury.
03:10You go down the list and they just have been devastated with injuries, plus the fact that
03:15they have played very undisciplined, un-ram-like football.
03:20It's surprising, but hey, it's where they are.
03:23And nobody from the NFC East is in any tier.
03:28Somebody is going to win that division.
03:30Is it the Cowboys?
03:32Do they get things going?
03:34And can they be the NFC East champs?
03:37Philly seems like they're out, having lost their quarterback, four of their five offensive
03:42linemen.
03:42Saquon Barkley's not playing.
03:44Say it this way.
03:45If Dallas can't win the division with Philly pulling the parachute and J.J.
03:49McCarthy starting for the Giants, heads should roll in Dallas.
03:54Yeah, but isn't this just kind of what we expect of Dallas?
03:58Listen, oh, the great Dak Prescott?
04:00Oh, boy.
04:01Huh.
04:01Some would say he's an MVP candidate, John.
04:03So, tier three.
04:04And this is a bump down for some of the teams, but in a bump up.
04:08Houston at two and four.
04:11Are they getting things right in Houston?
04:14Now, they've just beat the Jags.
04:16And the one thing that we had a question about the Jags was the fact that their defense between
04:22the 20s was not great.
04:24Their defense in the red zone against Houston wasn't great.
04:27C.J. Stroud is having a good year.
04:29They did give him another weapon in Marvin Harrison Jr.
04:33TBD on what that impact is.
04:37But we'll see.
04:39Texan Tom may have survived.
04:42Is he back from the dead?
04:43Carolina is also in that tier three at three and two.
04:47And I mentioned the Raiders.
04:48Raiders are there in that tier three.
04:49I think they're kind of petering out a little bit.
04:53They're kind of they're just Kirk Cousins having a great season.
04:56Maybe one of the better along with Kenneth Walker, the third one of the better free agent
05:00signings.
05:00I just don't think it's going to be enough for a Raiders team in tier two.
05:04You've got Detroit, Seattle, Denver, Denver with the big win, even though they're not
05:11getting good quarterback play from Bo Nix.
05:13Did you see what Ryan Fitzpatrick?
05:16Yeah, it's a disgrace to the position, the way that Bo Nix is playing.
05:21Ouch.
05:21I don't disagree.
05:23Cleveland.
05:24What do we make of Cleveland?
05:26First place Cleveland Browns.
05:28Four and two.
05:29They just beat the Ravens, albeit without Lamar Jackson.
05:33So I don't know.
05:35Pittsburgh.
05:36Again, what do you do?
05:37Again, what do you do?
05:38Four and two, Aaron Rodgers, not the Aaron Rodgers of old, but he is finding receivers
05:44down the field.
05:44He showed a little mobility.
05:46How about Jeremy Bernard?
05:47Yeah.
05:47Coming out of nowhere.
05:48It kind of has to, though, with the injuries that they have at the wide receiver position.
05:52And don't look now.
05:53Roman Wilson.
05:54Hey, I'm a former Spartan and a former Wolverine.
05:57Yeah.
05:58Cincinnati on a bye week.
06:00They're kind of just right there.
06:03I think ultimately they're the ones that win that division.
06:05New England.
06:06How about this?
06:07Drake made the best two games that he's maybe had in two years.
06:12I know that he was, you know, last year against the bad teams.
06:16Now, all of a sudden, he's starting to put things together.
06:18Baltimore as well.
06:19Four and two.
06:20Green Bay on the outside looking in.
06:23And I think this is Green Bay and Chicago is going to be where some people might have
06:27a legitimate argument.
06:28I've got Jacksonville at six.
06:30They obviously dropped down from five with the loss.
06:33It's ugly win against the Eagles.
06:35And then I lost to Houston.
06:38Are their warts starting to show and actually becoming a bigger issue defensively?
06:45Offensively, they're still there.
06:47Trevor Lawrence is having a good year.
06:50They're finding ways to continue to score points.
06:53Just weren't able to get it done against the Texans.
06:55But they did score points on that Texans defense.
06:59Chicago comes in at five.
07:01And everybody's going to look at it and say, well, they just, if only they played.
07:05I can hear Jim Costa in my head right now.
07:07If only we had a chance to see them on the field.
07:11Yes.
07:12And televise it.
07:13Green Bay beat Chicago two weeks ago.
07:15That was minus Caleb Williams.
07:17Caleb Williams back is a game changer.
07:19And here's the one thing about Caleb Williams.
07:21Look out, NFC North, because he's gone from a 62% and 58% completion percentage in his first
07:29two years to 72 and a half.
07:32That is a huge jump.
07:35It's kind of a Josh Allen move.
07:36Oh, I'm not, I'm not calling him Josh Allen.
07:39I'm just saying he is addressing the shortcomings in his game.
07:44And maybe it's just Ben Johnson putting him in position and giving some easier throws, but
07:48he is finding success.
07:50They come in at five.
07:52Buffalo is number four at five and one.
07:56They got a win over the Raiders, but there's just huge questions about their defense.
08:01I think it's going to be much like the lions, the limiting factor for what Buffalo is.
08:06And the fact that James Cook, okay, he didn't turn the ball over this past week, but he
08:12has had fumble issues all season long.
08:16But that is my top six.
08:19So just to recap, because I jumped around a little bit, San Francisco was one, Kansas
08:23City two, Minnesota three undefeated.
08:25Those are your three undefeated teams.
08:27Buffalo at five and one comes in at four.
08:29Chicago at four and two at five.
08:31Jacksonville four and two at six.
08:34Okay.
08:34You already know it's going to go, you know, head to head, but, but, but it's a power ranking.
08:39You can write things.
08:40Caleb not playing in the meeting between the bears and the Packers is absolutely a fair
08:45note.
08:45And I do think Chicago has been better than green Bay for the season.
08:50Right.
08:50So I get what you're doing there.
08:52NFC Allen.
08:53That's scary.
08:55Yeah.
08:55Well, I mean, Hey, we, we kind of knew if he was able to develop, like the tools are there.
09:01We saw in his first couple of years, flashes, we also saw flashes of why he, the bears were
09:08held back.
09:09So I want to set the stage for this a little bit.
09:11You have Detroit and green Bay, both on the outside of the power surge.
09:14They play one another this week.
09:16Could it be a play in game to get into the upper echelon of the NFL?
09:19The lions across the power rankings in the league have them sitting anywhere between nine
09:25and 14.
09:27Okay.
09:27So marginally better across the, you know, the landscape.
09:32I think as last week, one of them had them at 18.
09:36Yeah.
09:36So they're starting to bump their way up and, and they did that obviously on a bye week.
09:41We'll see what it means with Brian branch back Cade Mays.
09:45Yeah.
09:45What's going to happen is the North's going to sort itself out here in both the AFC and
09:50the NFC.
09:50And you're going to get more clarity on your list.
09:52Yep.
09:53Hopefully.
09:54Or it's going to be a more confusion.
09:56Exactly.
09:56Power surge 97 one.
