00:00This week, tip-off at 7 o'clock.
00:01Mike will sign autographs there.
00:03At the Coral Health Sports Task, I'm Jeremy Adel.
00:16All right, David, quick check-in.
00:18Hit the music.
00:19We'll see what the hell Rico's been cooking up.
00:23Oh, is this better or worse thing?
00:26Yeah, let's do part two.
00:27Let's go.
00:28Let's see.
00:29I like this.
00:30I got more teams, Mike.
00:31Is this team better or worse than their record?
00:33You don't get to say appropriately rated.
00:35Yeah.
00:36So we will start off with the Cincinnati Bengals sitting there at 6-2.
00:44Better or worse than their record?
00:48You know what?
00:49Because I went first last time, have Paul start.
00:52Just to switch this up.
00:53Go ahead, Paulie.
00:55I'm going to say they're worse.
00:58And I think, obviously, I've had in our preseason prediction thing, I had the Bengals come out of the AFC
01:03to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl.
01:05But they should have lost to the Titans.
01:07Joe Burrow, you can't throw three picks in a game like that.
01:10I mean, you played your way out of it.
01:12But they should have at least another loss on their schedule.
01:14And because of that, I'm going to say they're worse.
01:16David?
01:18Yeah, they're worse.
01:19They haven't beaten anyone.
01:21There it is.
01:23Anyone.
01:25You beat the Bucs.
01:26You beat the Texans.
01:28You beat the Dolphins.
01:30The barometer of suck, as we call them on this show.
01:32You beat the beleaguered Ravens.
01:34You survived Tennessee.
01:35And you beat Atlanta and Stuttgart.
01:38Look, the running game is still busted.
01:40Chase Brown is a ghost.
01:43And again, the defense that I was ready to get excited about has shown some leakage.
01:48I'm going to say worse.
01:49Not by a lot, but worse.
01:52Let's turn your mic on.
01:54Let's go with the Minnesota Vikings.
01:57Six and two.
02:00I think we all know.
02:01Yeah, they're worse.
02:04You know, I'm just doing this.
02:05Look, look.
02:07I'm going to give them credit.
02:07They have a quarterback now.
02:08I'm going to give them credit.
02:09They gave up day three capital to get a quarterback.
02:11And now I think they can try to stabilize.
02:14But they are the frauds of frauds.
02:17They are the president of the Fraud Association.
02:21That's the fakest 6-0 in the world.
02:23Go look at who they beat.
02:24Go look at what the game structures were.
02:27And they were on their way to losing four in a row and not making the playoffs.
02:29They are worse than their record.
02:31They now have an opportunity to earn their way back.
02:33If Cousins is even average, dead middle of the league, the 16th best quarterback,
02:41they can win 11 games.
02:43If he's above average, uh-oh, we're going to have to listen to Kappa Delta Kappa over here,
02:49light of the world, because they're going to end up being a real pain in the ass.
02:53Well, yeah, the only person happier than Rico about that trade was Justin Jefferson.
02:57He's going to be thrilled because he's actually going to catch some passes now
03:00and they're not going to be at his feet.
03:01He picked him up at the airport, Paul.
03:02He was so happy.
03:04He might have flew to Las Vegas to get him.
03:06Jordan, you want to hop in the car with me?
03:07We're going to get a quarterback.
03:09Forget these bums.
03:10We got somebody.
03:11And him, Hawkinson, and Addison carpooling to Vegas to get Cousins.
03:16Right.
03:16You know what?
03:17We'll all eat steak that's been grilled and tinfoil because we're so happy you're here.
03:22This is what I love about this game here is because you're not asking us what they will be.
03:27It's right now.
03:28On the 11th of November, this record is fake, but we'll see the rest of the way only because of
03:36the quarterback change.
03:37And look, they're blitzing defense against Green Bay's bad O-line and no running game.
03:41That's going to be fascinating.
03:42That's coming right down to YOLO balls.
03:45On both sides, yes.
03:48This one is interesting.
03:50The Houston Texans, three and five.
03:55Paul.
03:57I think they're better, but not by much.
04:00That sounded so convincing, Paul.
04:04Well, because there are three wins.
04:06They're probably better than that by a game, I guess.
04:09Four and four.
04:10Yes.
04:10Their defense is not nearly as good as it was last year.
04:13That's the shocker.
04:14Will Anderson's still having a good year, but the rest of the defense around him is taking a step back.
04:18But C.J. Stroud took a huge step forward this year, so it's kind of offset themselves a bit.
04:23Yeah, I'm going to agree with Paul because, again, they've lost some shootouts.
04:26It hasn't been the offense's fault.
04:28Stroud has played really well.
04:29They lose 36-31 to Buffalo.
04:31They lose that shootout to Dallas 34-30.
04:34And then somehow you let the Giants zoom up and down the field and win in overtime.
04:38That's not the offense's problem.
04:40I think they're better, but they still ain't good.
04:42All right.
04:43Speaking of the Dallas Cowboys.
04:45Worse.
04:46The Dallas Cowboys at four and five.
04:48Worse.
04:49Worse.
04:51Paul was supposed to go first.
04:52I'm sorry.
04:52Paul?
04:53They're worse.
04:54They're worse.
04:56I mean, the coaching's not great.
04:59I don't know what they're doing on defense.
05:01The trades that they've made.
05:02They don't know what they're doing on defense.
05:03The trades they've made haven't really helped them.
05:05I mean, JPJ's been okay, but, like, yeah, I don't know what's going on.
05:09Plus, again, you got to go to it.
05:11Who are your wins?
05:13Washington stinks.
05:14Houston stinks.
05:15Philly stinks.
05:16Colts stink.
05:17You've lost to the Cardinals.
05:19You automatically stink.
05:20In a division this year where you're supposed to take hold because of what everything else
05:25you have, Philadelphia's falling, Washington is never whatever.
05:29And the Giants stink.
05:30I know it.
05:30I know it.
05:31But this was the year you're supposed to take hold.
05:34And they're like, nah, that's okay.
05:35We're good.
05:36But, yeah.
05:38You know, it's funny.
05:39In doing this exercise, you mentioned the Cardinals.
05:42Yeah.
05:43If you move the Cardinals out of the West and put them in the South, they are tied for first.
05:51I know.
05:52Just to put things in perspective.
05:54The Giants are another case why the NFL needs to do away with automatic division winner playoff
06:01birds.
06:01Not all divisions are created equal.
06:03You're going to have an under 500 team in the playoffs.
06:06And a team like the Lions or Minnesota or Green Bay or Chicago are going to have 10 or 11
06:11wins
06:12and get left at home.
06:13That's not right.
06:15Let's go with the Kansas City Chiefs sitting there at 6-2.
06:22They're better than their record because they probably should have beat the Broncos.
06:26But it's a tepid better than their record because they also have had a lot of issues.
06:31And their receiving core is devastated with injuries.
06:33They got Rasheed Rice back.
06:35They traded for Josh Downs.
06:36That's going to really help.
06:38But, yeah.
06:38I mean, they got to protect Holmes better.
06:40And they got to get some of their receivers.
06:41How is Mahomes' arm not broken?
06:42I don't know how he was able to go back in that game at all.
06:45I saw it live.
06:46And I'm like, oh, my God.
06:48Their season is done.
06:50It looked like the same injury Julian Sane had for the Buckeyes.
06:52And he's out for the year.
06:54And I'm sitting there in the group.
06:55Like, Mahomes is dead.
06:57He's gone.
06:58And he's back.
06:59Dead man.
07:00I'll say better by the slightest of margins.
07:02That Bronco game, they had no business losing.
07:05All right.
07:06Oh, I'm sorry.
07:07You don't count.
07:08Oh, they're worse.
07:09Oh.
07:10They're worse than their record.
07:12Oh.
07:12They've beaten no one.
07:14I hate to keep saying this.
07:15But they've beaten no one.
07:17They beat the Colts.
07:18No one.
07:18Dolphins.
07:19Raiders.
07:20Chargers.
07:20Jets.
07:21No one.
07:22Okay.
07:22They're worse than their record.
07:23David sold me.
07:24No one.
07:24You know what?
07:24You're highlighting the NFL's business practice.
07:26Correct.
07:26Everybody sucks.
07:27Yes.
07:28If that's the case.
07:28Tune in Sunday at 1.
07:30Who's split with the Broncos?
07:31Who's played anybody there?
07:33No.
07:33I mean, look.
07:33Like, the Niners and Rams schedule.
07:35Go look at those two.
07:37There are real teams in this league.
07:39They're just finite.
07:41There's like five or six credible teams, and then everything else outside of the barometer
07:46of suck that is the Dolphins or Titans, you kind of just shake it up.
07:50You're exactly right.
07:51Like, it's very few games where you have Bear Seahawks, where there's like two monster teams.
07:57Right.
07:57You don't have that.
07:58But those are, like, last Saturday in college football, they call it Separation Saturday.
08:03You only get so many games.
08:05Like, Lions Bills was their moment, and they got blasted.
08:08I can't change that.
08:11And then, oh, what about the Packers?
08:13Yeah, I don't know.
08:14What mafia do you, what family do you owe money to for rigging that game?
08:19All right.
08:20The Baltimore Ravens, four and five.
08:23Worse.
08:25Yeah, they're worse than their record.
08:26I mean, with all the injuries they have, they're taking a massive step down in coaching,
08:31going from hardball to mentor, trying to learn on the job.
08:34They're worse than their record.
08:35Okay.
08:36I mean.
08:37David, I don't want to exclude you.
08:39Once you're done laughing.
08:40They're worse.
08:41They're worse.
08:42Well, he's a Steelers fan.
08:43Of course he's going to say that.
08:44No, I'm not laughing because of that.
08:45I'm laughing because they're four and five.
08:47They should be a two-win team right now.
08:50Yeah, and that's, there's the key.
08:52I mean, look, even when they were healthy to start the year a little bit, they played
08:58absolutely nobody.
09:00You also lost to the Saints.
09:02That's like a two for Tuesday.
09:05Then, okay, well, now they're hurt and they're getting dummied.
09:09I mean, blown out by Cincy, blown out by Buffalo, blown out by Jacksonville.
09:14They're bad.
09:14It's a bad football team.
09:17I got two more for you.
09:19Yeah.
09:20The Denver Broncos.
09:22Worse.
09:23Seven and two.
09:23Worse.
09:24I don't care about Paul.
09:25Worse.
09:25I'm very passionate about this.
09:27Bo Nix's air yards are measured in inches, not yards.
09:31They have no downfield passing game.
09:34No, they've been so lucky.
09:36They absolutely, it's another mafia, banano crime family fix the night they played the
09:41Rams with that ridiculous P.I.
09:43No P.I.
09:44And then they stole it from the Chiefs.
09:46No, no.
09:47They're worse.
09:48No.
09:49How do you feel about it?
09:50I am passionate about it.
09:51Plus, Sean Payton's a scumbag.
09:54They're worse than their record, but not much worse because they have a really good team.
09:57Getting Jonah Coleman back is helping their running game.
09:59RJ Harvey out of the backfield.
10:01If Bo Nix could just consistently throw passes for more than five yards, they'd be the team
10:06to beat in the AFC, I think.
10:07Yeah.
10:07Well, if my grandma had balls, she'd be grandpa.
10:09But yeah, unfortunately, Bo Nix is not very good.
10:11But they are probably the luckiest team in the league.
10:15And here's what I mean by that.
10:17They're 4-0 at home.
10:18The games they won that are 4-0 at home, they face the Jags at home.
10:23They face the Rams at home.
10:24They face the Seahawks at home.
10:26And they face the Chiefs at home.
10:28All of those teams, minus the Rams right now, are pretty good.
10:32But when you face them at home, you get that advantage.
10:35That's why they have a 7-2 record.
10:38Played them on the road, they'd probably lose those games.
10:41All right.
10:41Last team, the Detroit Lions, 6-2.
10:44Worse.
10:45It's not insulting.
10:46Had no business stealing that game against the Saints and absolutely got gifted a mafia
10:51win against the Pack.
10:52They're closer to 4-4 than 6-2.
10:54They're a good football team.
10:55The game is better or worse.
10:57Not appropriately rated.
10:58Or let's rationalize records.
11:00They're worse.
11:01They're worse than 6-2.
11:03I mean, to what Mike pointed out, the fact that they got owned by the Dolphins in that
11:07first half was kind of ridiculous.
11:09They're just, yeah, I just, I don't know how much they can keep doing what they're doing
11:13and getting away with it.
11:13Their defense is improving, I guess, but they're only playing bad offenses to do that.
11:18I, yeah, I just, they're closer to being 4-4 than 6-2.
11:22Speaking of playing at home, they better be glad they face the Packers and the Vikings
11:26at home.
11:28That's how I'll leave it with them.
11:29They are lucky to have played them at home.
11:31You know what, David?
11:32I think, in hindsight, they probably would have rather played those two games on the
11:37road, right?
11:38At least the Green Bay game, you'd rather play that on the road when it was nice and
11:42sunny rather than cold and snowy.
11:44Could be a difference.
11:46All right.
11:46Gentlemen, thanks for playing.
11:48I hope you enjoyed the game.
11:49You're worse.
11:50Paul's worse.
11:52Wow, that's just mean.
11:54Nice.
11:54MSU beat Duke.
11:55Shut up.
11:5697-1.
11:56We're going to be
11:57The worst fog has gone.
11:57We're going to be right in front of focus.
11:57We're going to get some pain.
11:57We're going to take advantage of it.
11:57We're going to release it.
