The Gruden Mid Season Awards | Gruden Family Football Show Week 10

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00:00:31Listen, Jay, I've hosted a lot of shows in my day.

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00:01:12Welcome to the Gruden Family Football Show presented by the Chevy Silverado.

00:01:16Week 10 of the NFL.

00:01:17John Gruden, Jay Gruden.

00:01:19I am Casey Smith.

00:01:20So, last week we did a two-minute drill.

00:01:22Two minutes going into halftime.

00:01:23We are officially there now.

00:01:25We have seen half of the 2026 season.

00:01:27I think we should just get right into a report card, John.

00:01:29Let's say who is the MVP, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year,

00:01:33all the different things we're going to start with.

00:01:35Who do you think through this half of football should be the MVP?

00:01:39I love Joe Burrow.

00:01:40I think if you talk about Joe Burrow and Josh Allen, it's like two heavyweight fighters.

00:01:45One of those two guys is going to win the MVP, especially if it ended the season today.

00:01:49But you can't argue that Brock Purdy isn't in the mix and your guy Jordan Love, good God.

00:01:56But who's your sleeper that's not on this list?

00:01:58I would say C.J. Stroud.

00:02:00If they go on a late season run, I think he has a chance.

00:02:02And don't forget about Trevor Lawrence, too.

00:02:04These two guys have really a great opportunity to put their name in the hat when the season's over.

00:02:09Yeah, when you look at these names that are up there right now, we know how good Joe Burrow is.

00:02:12Josh Allen, Brock Purdy, Jordan Love.

00:02:13But the fact that the way we talked about the Texans to start this season, that C.J. Stroud is

00:02:18even up there, is incredible.

00:02:19All right, Jay, let's go to offensive player of the year thus far.

00:02:23Well, to me, it's Jameer Gibbs, no doubt about it.

00:02:25He's done everything.

00:02:26He is unbelievable with the ball in his hands, catching the ball, running the ball.

00:02:29They have a good offensive line.

00:02:30But he's consistent.

00:02:31B. John Robinson, obviously, and Jigba.

00:02:33These guys are all great players that have a great opportunity to win it.

00:02:36The other guy that's not on there for me is Bucky Irving.

00:02:38I think what he's done the last four or five weeks, he has a great chance to put his name

00:02:42in the hat.

00:02:42I like Kenneth Walker, too, the ex-Seahawks.

00:02:45You know, it's funny, Walker and B. John play each other this week.

00:02:48And I think Jalen Warren of the Steelers, he's almost got 1,000 yards from scrimmage.

00:02:53He belongs up there as well.

00:02:54And then defensive player, Coach, where are we going?

00:02:56After watching the Raiders game last week, how can you not want Fred Warner?

00:03:00He punches the ball out like it's a freaking, he's playing with children.

00:03:05Will Anderson, look at Will Anderson.

00:03:07I mean, how would you like to have him?

00:03:08Nine and a half sacks.

00:03:10Good God, Jeffrey Simmons made his presence felt right away.

00:03:14Dallas Turner, anybody else?

00:03:16Greg Rousseau, for sure.

00:03:17What he's done with that Bills defense, he's all over the place.

00:03:19Batting balls down, hitting a quarterback.

00:03:21So, yeah, there's a can't-miss candidate on that list.

00:03:24And, you know, every year we go into this season, like, who's going to be that rookie

00:03:27that really stands out on either side of the ball?

00:03:29And we've seen multiple guys this season really do that.

00:03:32John, who do you think right now is the offensive rookie of the year?

00:03:34Well, you've got to say the two receivers in Cleveland, Boston, Concepcion, but I don't

00:03:40know.

00:03:40Coleman fumbled the ball at the end of the game last week.

00:03:44Carnell Tate, they won one game.

00:03:46I like the tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs, undrafted rookie Khalil Benson on the blind side

00:03:52of Mahomes.

00:03:53Wouldn't that be something?

00:03:54Why not?

00:03:54How about Maui Noah, the starting right guard for the New York Giants?

00:03:58There's a big reason why they've turned things around.

00:04:00Why has it got to be a skill guy?

00:04:02Why can't it be an offensive tackle?

00:04:03What if Fernando Mendoza goes off the last half?

00:04:06There's your dark horse right there.

00:04:08Let's hope so.

00:04:08I can't wait to talk about that game.

00:04:09You know I love Fernando Mendoza, but as of right now, is there anybody else that's not

00:04:13on that list for you offensively?

00:04:15No, not at all.

00:04:15I think that was a pretty solid list.

00:04:17Defensive rookie of the year, then.

00:04:19Arbel Reese, for sure.

00:04:20What he did last week against Philadelphia is sick.

00:04:2213 tackles, 10 solo, three sacks, a fourth fumble, for sure.

00:04:25I love Sonny Stiles, what he's done to the commander defense, but those two guys are my top

00:04:30two.

00:04:30Anybody else?

00:04:31How about David Bailey of the Jets?

00:04:32He's forced five fumbles.

00:04:34He's a force coming off the edge.

00:04:36He's been hurt.

00:04:37Glad he's back.

00:04:38And this Jacob Rodriguez, you know, they shut down Detroit last week.

00:04:42This guy's playing his brains out.

00:04:44This is a good list.

00:04:45I can't wait to see who wins this award.

00:04:47And then anybody off the top of your head, from a coaching standpoint right now, that

00:04:51if we were just like, all right, season's over, through nine, ten weeks, who would you

00:04:54give it to?

00:04:55I'm taking Liam Cohen.

00:04:56I mean, they don't even have a home game.

00:04:57They're winning in Madrid.

00:04:59They're winning in London.

00:05:00They're winning on the road.

00:05:01What a job he's done with his offense.

00:05:03And they're making some bold moves, making trades.

00:05:06He's the European coach of the year, too, because that's where they play now.

00:05:09Anybody else?

00:05:10I hate to say it, because I hate the Giants, but I have to say John Harbaugh, what he's done.

00:05:13A couple quarterbacks.

00:05:14They lose Jackson Dart.

00:05:15They play Winston, J.J. McCarthy.

00:05:17They haven't missed a beat.

00:05:18They're still in the lead at NFC East.

00:05:19Yeah, the fact that John Harbaugh has them there, knowing that Jackson Dart got hurt,

00:05:23they were one of those dark horse teams.

00:05:24I mean, we know the NFC East is kind of a mess, but when you look at the overall picture

00:05:27going

00:05:28into the second half of the season, who is the dark horse team for you to win the Super

00:05:32Bowl?

00:05:32Me, it's the Houston Texans.

00:05:34I'm telling you why, because if they get their defense going like we think, their only Achilles

00:05:38sealer right now, I know it's a big only, is their offensive line.

00:05:41They have too many penalties and all that stuff.

00:05:43But the way C.J.'s playing, getting his whole offense involved, he's throwing the ball

00:05:46unbelievable.

00:05:47They play the Browns, Colts, Ravens, Steelers, Commanders, Jags, Eagles, Packers, and Titans.

00:05:51They can win seven of those games and get in the hunt as far as a wild card concerned.

00:05:56They have to compete with New England for that wild card.

00:05:57They get in there.

00:05:58I'm telling you, this Texan team is damn good.

00:06:00Which, again, I mean, we talked about the Texans, I think, the first three or four weeks

00:06:04as if they were the biggest disappointment of this season thus far.

00:06:07And now going into Week 10.

00:06:08We see how talented they are right now.

00:06:09They did it last year, bro.

00:06:11I mean, they started 0-3, they won nine straight games.

00:06:14This is a hell of a football team.

00:06:16Nobody's playing as good as Stroud right now.

00:06:18385 yards last week, five touchdowns.

00:06:20These weren't easy completions either.

00:06:23I'm dropping it in tight with them.

00:06:24Who do you have, John?

00:06:25Well, everybody's going to say, ah, you're a homer.

00:06:27I'm going with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, man.

00:06:30They are a great defensive team.

00:06:32I mean, we shut down the Chicago Bears, which is saying something.

00:06:36On the road, they have a great kicker.

00:06:38The defense is playing lights out.

00:06:40And I think Mayfield, when that thumb gets healthy with this offensive line,

00:06:44Abuka's coming back healthy, watch out.

00:06:47Take a look at their schedule.

00:06:48They could win out.

00:06:49That's how much confidence I have in my Buccaneers.

00:06:52That's why this is so much fun, because you look at the beginning of the season,

00:06:55and I know we'll talk about the Patriots and everything else,

00:06:56but things change every single week.

00:06:58And one of the biggest things that changed this week when we looked forward to it

00:07:01was the trade deadline.

00:07:02A lot of teams making some really big moves.

00:07:04We're going to talk about the quarterbacks.

00:07:06But first, let's talk about the Jacksonville Jaguars

00:07:07and what they were able to do going into the trade deadline.

00:07:10Well, they know they're close.

00:07:11You know, they know they're on the rise.

00:07:13They lose Hamilton, who is a great defensive lineman and run stuffer.

00:07:17What are we going to do without Hamilton?

00:07:19Well, let's trade for Jordan Davis from the Philadelphia Eagles.

00:07:23They gave up a lot to get him.

00:07:25I don't think Davis played very good for the Eagles.

00:07:27He didn't make a lot of disruptive plays, but I think a new scenery,

00:07:31putting him with Walker, who he played with at Georgia, is going to be great.

00:07:35They go get Jesse Bates, man, one of my favorite safeties.

00:07:39This guy makes plays.

00:07:40He forces fumbles.

00:07:41He intercepts passes.

00:07:43He's a team leader.

00:07:44Then they get Godshaw, another guy they can put in there in the rotation.

00:07:49Those are three really good pickups for a team that's already good.

00:07:53It's interesting when you get to the trade deadline, you see one of two things, right?

00:07:57Or I guess there's a middle ground, too.

00:07:58But it's either teams that know they have no business even caring about this season.

00:08:01They trade away.

00:08:02They're trying to get as many picks as possible.

00:08:04Then you have teams like the Jags who are just trying to load to even make their roster

00:08:08even better.

00:08:09And if you're Jacksonville right now, you have to be pretty happy with what you're seeing.

00:08:12I think so.

00:08:13But you look at the other side of Atlanta, I think it's a good trade.

00:08:16They're getting a good draft pick for Jesse Bates, who's probably not going to come back

00:08:19anyway.

00:08:19Lose some cap space.

00:08:21And it's a good opportunity for them to get better as well.

00:08:23So it's a win-win for both the Falcons and the Jags.

00:08:26But I love what the Jags are doing.

00:08:27These guys have got a good team from top to bottom.

00:08:29They stop the run.

00:08:29They rush the passer.

00:08:30They can run the ball.

00:08:31And, of course, they can throw it with Trevor Lawrence.

00:08:33So this is a dangerous Jag.

00:08:34And their kicker can make a 70-yard goal.

00:08:37Yeah.

00:08:37And, Coach, in every sport, in every professional sport, everybody pays attention to the trade

00:08:41deadline.

00:08:42But you think that the football situation is a lot different for some of these guys?

00:08:46Well, it's not Major League Baseball.

00:08:47It's not basketball.

00:08:48And if you look at the trades that have happened during the season in other sports, I mean,

00:08:54I look at the Houston Astros, they got Justin Verlander from the Mets.

00:08:58Look at the Lakers, Luka Doncic.

00:09:00He comes over.

00:09:01It's an easier transition to go from one baseball team to another or a basketball team to another.

00:09:08But when you're a quarterback and you get traded in the middle of the season, there's

00:09:12a lot of stuff you've got to learn.

00:09:14That's why we have training camp and OTAs.

00:09:16But here's four guys that have done it.

00:09:18Jimmy Garoppolo went from New England to San Francisco, and he did go 5-0 as a starter

00:09:24that year.

00:09:25There's Sam Bradford.

00:09:27The Eagles trade him to the Minnesota Vikings.

00:09:30They go 8-8, but Bradford threw for 3,800 yards.

00:09:33The Bengals traded Carson Palmer to the Raiders.

00:09:36He went 4-5.

00:09:38And just last year, Joe Flacco came over in five days from Cleveland to Cincinnati, and

00:09:44he threw for 400 yards and beat the Steelers, although the Bengals did go 1-5 with Flacco

00:09:48under center.

00:09:49But this is tough, man.

00:09:51Kirk Cousins doing this, flying from Las Vegas, going into the Minnesota Viking locker room.

00:09:57At least he has some background with Kevin O'Connell and this system.

00:10:02But we made a list, Casey, of some things I think that are going to be pretty difficult

00:10:08for Kirk Cousins and Jacoby Brissett, who went from Arizona to Baltimore.

00:10:14I mean, take a look at that, Jay.

00:10:15The terminology.

00:10:17I mean, the terminology's not the same.

00:10:19Just getting out of the huddle with the shifts, the motions.

00:10:21The snap count is different.

00:10:23Hey, let's use a silent count.

00:10:24A hard count.

00:10:25Let's use a dummy snap count.

00:10:26The offensive line calls.

00:10:28Hey, bang, L.

00:10:29No, no, no.

00:10:305-0, 5-0.

00:10:31I mean, you're going to learn all this stuff in three days.

00:10:33The audible system.

00:10:34How about playing in Green Bay, where you've got to do all the hand signals, man?

00:10:38What are the hand signals?

00:10:40You've got a new center.

00:10:41The ball comes up differently.

00:10:43Then you've got to go over on the sideline and communicate with players you don't know

00:10:46by their first name.

00:10:47Hey, hey, 27.

00:10:50You know, it's not easy, man.

00:10:51With the new play caller in your ear, you've had limited reps, the timing with the receivers,

00:10:57the ball handling with the backs.

00:10:59Is it the outside leg of the tackle or the inside leg of the tight end?

00:11:04And then the reminders in the huddle.

00:11:06You don't know who needs what reminder.

00:11:09There's a lot on Kirk Cousins to go into Minnesota, an offense that has been horrific, and to

00:11:16go on the road and play the Green Bay Packers in a huge rivalry game with a few days' practice.

00:11:21What do you think?

00:11:22Well, you could always say he could just hand it off.

00:11:23We'll keep it simple.

00:11:24But the Vikings can't run the ball at all.

00:11:26So they're going to rely on Kirk Cousins to drop back 35, 40 times.

00:11:29And you're right.

00:11:30Protection calls, snap count.

00:11:31Kirk loves to change the snap count.

00:11:33He had so many snap counts with me, I couldn't even keep track of a blue, red, purple head.

00:11:37I mean, God, what are you saying?

00:11:39But he has to be tough on them.

00:11:40He doesn't have Brock Bowers.

00:11:41Brock Bowers is a security blanket for him.

00:11:44Justin Jefferson will try to be that, but he gets doubled a lot.

00:11:47Who's he going to go to?

00:11:47Is it going to be Hawkinson?

00:11:48He doesn't get open like Brock Bauer.

00:11:50So it'll be tough on Kirk.

00:11:51I promise you that.

00:11:52And their offensive line is not playing very good.

00:11:53The right side of the Viking offensive line has been a train wreck.

00:11:57And going back to what you're talking about with other sports, and it's no disrespect to Luca

00:12:00or to somebody like Justin Verlander, but if you're going to go drop 30 points, you're

00:12:04probably going to be able to drop 30 points anywhere.

00:12:05If you're a quarterback like Kirk Cousins, you have to then go have these weapons also

00:12:09be on the same page as you.

00:12:10So I have to say, and maybe we're biased because as a football show, I think getting

00:12:13traded as a quarterback is probably the hardest thing to do in midseason.

00:12:16I would agree.

00:12:17I mean, Luca would just call an ISO or come here and give me a pick and roll.

00:12:20Yeah, I mean, give me the ball.

00:12:23Just let, just let me know Justin Verlander.

00:12:25Like I'm going to throw this is a fastball.

00:12:29And again, no disrespect, but it's a lot harder when you have to rely on an offensive line

00:12:33and not keep you on your ass.

00:12:34You know, that's what we have to do.

00:12:35So let's get into the primetime picks and we'll get into more things in a little bit.

00:12:39But first of all, I have to say both of you going 12 and three last week.

00:12:41So staying even, John, you're, you're still right there.

00:12:44You're just three games behind your little brother.

00:12:45You know what?

00:12:46Halftime.

00:12:46Here we go.

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00:13:26All right, we're going back to the international games.

00:13:28I feel like, you know, at this point, we just should be international.

00:13:30I don't want to be international.

00:13:31It's an American sport.

00:13:32But here we are in Munich, John.

00:13:34The Patriots at the Lions.

00:13:36Now, last week, the Patriots lose to the Packers.

00:13:38And I know we have a lot to talk about with Drake May, but the Lions have now won four

00:13:43straight in a row.

00:13:45And when you look at this Detroit team and the momentum they have against what we've seen

00:13:50with the Patriots, what can you expect?

00:13:52Well, I think it's a credit to Dan Campbell and this veteran team overcoming the injury

00:13:58to Jack Campbell.

00:13:59I mean, that is a huge emotional issue with your team.

00:14:04Your captain, your best defensive player, and we're all concerned for him, and we're

00:14:08hoping he obviously gets better.

00:14:11But I'm really impressed with the job Campbell's done.

00:14:14I just worry a little bit about this New England Patriot team.

00:14:17I mean, I don't know what the hell that was last week.

00:14:19Their best players didn't play good.

00:14:21I mean, Drake May, the three interceptions, had nothing to do with Green Bay.

00:14:25The first one, he hitches four times, and it's a horrible decision.

00:14:29Then he throws one to Evan Williams.

00:14:31Hells, the guy's lined up four yards outside the hash on a trip's ex-isolation.

00:14:35And then the last interception, he's way late down the middle.

00:14:38They got down 17 to nothing.

00:14:41They became one-dimensional.

00:14:42And I don't know what happened to Christian Gonzalez.

00:14:44He's the highest-paid corner in the league.

00:14:46He blew coverages.

00:14:47He missed tackles.

00:14:48And he didn't cover anybody.

00:14:50And they got smoked, man.

00:14:52And I think it's going to be hard on them to fly to Munich.

00:14:55Maybe they need to go to that Hofbrauhaus, have a couple brews, have a couple of those

00:15:00bratwurst.

00:15:01I'm taking Jared Goff to shred these guys.

00:15:04I don't know where A.J.

00:15:06Brown is.

00:15:06I have no idea if he's ever going to play for the Patriots.

00:15:09But I can't get over last week's performance.

00:15:12I'm going to roll with the Lions.

00:15:13Yeah, giving up 45 points to the Packers.

00:15:15And then you look at everything we talked about with Drake May through the first three

00:15:17weeks.

00:15:18And we broke it down on the grease board just why he was having such issues with

00:15:21turnovers.

00:15:21We knew going into last week, their turnover differential has been awful.

00:15:24And they did it again in week nine, Jay.

00:15:27Well, they had a good run there at three weeks where he's playing ridiculously good, right?

00:15:30So maybe they got a little cocky and said, hey, let's keep airing it out.

00:15:33Not against the Packers.

00:15:35They have a really good secondary.

00:15:36And they are very opportunistic when the ball's in the air.

00:15:38This is going to be a chunk play fest, I think.

00:15:40I think the Lions give up a lot of chunk plays.

00:15:43The Patriots prove they give up a lot of chunk play.

00:15:45So whichever team can stop the dang chunk play will probably win this game.

00:15:48I think we're going to have to rely on Drake May's legs a little bit more because

00:15:52Stevenson's out, Henderson's out, Corey Kiner's a starting back.

00:15:55So we're going to have to do some scramble.

00:15:58He's going to have to rush for like 45 or 50 yards, keep the ball in play to keep the

00:16:01Lions offense off the field so the Patriot defense doesn't have to give up huge chunk

00:16:06plays again.

00:16:07The Lions defense is fascinating, though, when you look at that side of the ball.

00:16:09They're dead last in passing yards allowed, but they're third in sacks.

00:16:12They have 27 on the year.

00:16:13So when you look at Drake May and how up and down he has been, if he plays the game

00:16:18that we

00:16:18know he can, they can exploit that off that secondary.

00:16:21Well, there's no doubt about it.

00:16:23Lions, you know, they played a pretty good game against Miami.

00:16:25They played hard on defense.

00:16:26They had some sacks, got some great opportunity, opportunistic plays.

00:16:29But overall, this team is very susceptible, susceptible.

00:16:33See, that's that word.

00:16:34I can't say.

00:16:34Why do you say it?

00:16:35I keep, I can't help it.

00:16:36Look, New England can't pass for tech, bro.

00:16:39I mean, Drake May is under fire.

00:16:41Just like he was in the Super Bowl against Seattle.

00:16:44There's no way they block Hutchinson, Aleem McNeil, the young kid out of Michigan, had

00:16:48a couple sacks.

00:16:49Lions are going to win this.

00:16:51And who are you taking?

00:16:52I'm taking the Lions as well.

00:16:53I hate to agree with John, but I have to take the Lions.

00:16:55You're susceptible.

00:16:56I'm susceptible.

00:16:59Listen, sometimes you know you have to say the word and you can overthink.

00:17:02I think Rob Gronkowski did it like this week.

00:17:04He didn't, he knew he was going to mess up the word, but he said it anyways.

00:17:07A lot of pressure to be on John's show.

00:17:08It is John's show, isn't it?

00:17:10We're just happy to be along for the ride.

00:17:12What's the next game?

00:17:13Let's go.

00:17:14Oh, I'm so excited about this one.

00:17:15The Seahawks at the Raiders.

00:17:17Now, as we have said, it is Fernando Mendoza time.

00:17:21Kirk Cousins going back to the Vikings.

00:17:22The ticket prices jumped up almost immediately.

00:17:25We've talked about it every single week, that there have been fans just kind of sitting

00:17:28there waiting.

00:17:28When are we going to get to see the number one overall draft pick, Dre?

00:17:31And now it is time.

00:17:32And there is some conversation around the fact that Kirk Cousins getting to play nine weeks

00:17:38mentoring him.

00:17:39Those things could all be good.

00:17:40He's also getting thrown into the middle of the season where the Raiders are four and

00:17:43five.

00:17:43They're not completely out of this.

00:17:45How much pressure is on him this week?

00:17:46A lot of pressure.

00:17:48You know, this is the number one overall pick.

00:17:49Everybody's excited to see him.

00:17:51Here's your first start.

00:17:52Who do I got?

00:17:53You got the Seahawks.

00:17:54Oh, good Lord.

00:17:55Have mercy.

00:17:55Can we start them against the Jets or somebody like that?

00:17:58No, it's going to beat the Seahawks.

00:17:59It's going to be a tough game for Fernando.

00:18:00But he has a couple of big players in there and Brock Bowers, really good security blankets.

00:18:05And I think Clint Kubiak will have a great game plan.

00:18:07A lot of outside zones, a lot of play passes, get them outside the pocket.

00:18:10Some max protection plays where he doesn't have to think about changing the protections

00:18:14and all that stuff.

00:18:15So I think he'll try to keep it easy.

00:18:17But overall, I think the Seahawks are just way too much for them, especially defensively.

00:18:21And offensively, I like the way Charbonnet ended the game last week.

00:18:24They're getting a running game going a little bit, which is really a lot of trouble for this

00:18:27horrific Raider defense because now you've got to stop the run.

00:18:30And then they've got this guy, Smith and Jigba, you've got to deal with them.

00:18:34They've got nobody that can stop him.

00:18:35John, what do you think?

00:18:36Well, Drew Locke will be the quarterback for the Seahawks.

00:18:39He's not 100%.

00:18:40So Jalen Milrow, the kid from Alabama, be ready for the guy.

00:18:44The Raiders can't run the ball.

00:18:45They're averaging 2.9 yards a carry.

00:18:48They can't run the ball, so Fernando is going to have to throw it to win it against Seattle.

00:18:53Good luck.

00:18:54I mean, that's the strength of the Seahawks.

00:18:56And the Raider defense, I just can't understand what the heck is going on.

00:19:01McCaffrey catches that touchdown pass last week.

00:19:04They're dropping D linemen.

00:19:06He's wide open.

00:19:06How the hell?

00:19:07I don't understand the Raiders.

00:19:09They can't stop the run.

00:19:11They're giving up over 30 points a game, six different games.

00:19:14I'm rooting for the Raiders, but I'm going to pick Seattle.

00:19:17And I hope Fernando gets off to a good start.

00:19:19But at least next week, he's got an easier game at Denver.

00:19:24Yeah, just getting thrown into the fire.

00:19:27So I know you know this, but you're known for your speeches.

00:19:30You know, you did it at the Internet Invitational.

00:19:31You do it to everybody.

00:19:32If you were giving Fernando Mendoza a speech going into this game, if you're in that locker room, what do

00:19:37you say to him?

00:19:38Because there is, I mean, whether he feels the pressure like everybody else does or not, there's a lot riding

00:19:42on him right now.

00:19:43Yeah, I keep it simple.

00:19:44Fernando, you're our guy.

00:19:45We told you that when we picked you.

00:19:48Tom Brady, the Raiders, we all believe in you, man.

00:19:50You feel no pressure.

00:19:52You go out there and you apply it.

00:19:53And what a great way to kick off your career by kicking the world champion's ass on Las Vegas Boulevard.

00:20:00Does that sound good?

00:20:01Yeah, you've got to run through a wall.

00:20:03You've got to love it.

00:20:03Would you say anything different or you just let your brother do it?

00:20:06I just let John talk to me.

00:20:07Oh, come on, man.

00:20:08Anytime anybody needs a hype speech, you go to John Gruden, right?

00:20:11Mendoza's a real talent.

00:20:12He's going to play great.

00:20:12And it is interesting, too, with this quarterback situation because it's not like there are two guys that were competing

00:20:17against each other that seemingly didn't like each other.

00:20:19They had a good relationship.

00:20:20So you've got to be excited.

00:20:21I'm so excited to see Fernando.

00:20:22Let's go to the 49ers at the Cowboys.

00:20:25Now, the NFC East, as we've mentioned, it's so interesting because even with Dallas being four and five, John, they're

00:20:31still alive.

00:20:32And they are really committing a lot of penalties.

00:20:34They're shooting themselves in the foot.

00:20:36But they had 508 total yards last week when they beat the Colts.

00:20:41But they just can't get out of their own way.

00:20:43Well, the penalties are ridiculous.

00:20:45When you have 153 yards of penalties, turn it over twice, miss a short field goal, you shouldn't win.

00:20:50But they did win.

00:20:51And Prescott had his best game.

00:20:53He threw for over 300, multiple touchdowns, no picks, game-winning drive.

00:20:57I thought Dak did a great job.

00:21:00I thought Javante Williams ran the ball.

00:21:03Now, they played the Colts.

00:21:04Let's not kid ourselves.

00:21:06The 49ers are a different animal.

00:21:08I can't tell you how impressed I am with the job Shanahan has done.

00:21:12I mean, they don't have Evans.

00:21:14They don't have Debo.

00:21:15They don't have a lot of their skill guys.

00:21:16So, they have three straight methodical 12, 13, 14 play drives to jump on the Raiders.

00:21:22This is a team that can really run the rock.

00:21:25Brock Purdy's playing great.

00:21:26And the 49er defense, five turnovers they force.

00:21:30And they force these turnovers.

00:21:31You see Upton Stout.

00:21:33Boof!

00:21:34Fred Warner.

00:21:35Boom!

00:21:35It's like a Batman.

00:21:36You ever see that movie, Batman?

00:21:38No, no, no, no.

00:21:38Boof!

00:21:39And it says, biff, bop, boop.

00:21:40That's like the 49ers on defense.

00:21:4249ers are going to go into Dallas and roll big.

00:21:46They have won four straight against Dallas.

00:21:48This will be the fifth.

00:21:49And we know the 49ers have dealt with a lot.

00:21:51You know, they're continuing to load up, though.

00:21:52They get Keenan Allen with the depleted options that they have.

00:21:55So, when you look at this roster, knowing they're 7-1, knowing they're just going to

00:21:58keep adding, how much do you think that this team is saying, hey, we can get this done.

00:22:02We're going to kill the Cowboys.

00:22:03Proof is in the pudding.

00:22:04They're playing great without some of their key players.

00:22:06So, they're fine.

00:22:07They're playing backup defense alignment.

00:22:08When Bosa's out, they're getting pressured and they're getting sacks.

00:22:10Raheem Morris is doing a great job.

00:22:12I could dress for the 49ers this week in play.

00:22:14You know what position I'd be?

00:22:16Punter.

00:22:16Because they're not going to punt.

00:22:17I promise you that.

00:22:18This 49er offense will grind it out.

00:22:20Kittle, McCaffrey.

00:22:21I mean, Cowboy defense is still, they can't get pressure on the quarterback and they can't

00:22:25stop the runs.

00:22:26Other than that, they have a chance to stop them.

00:22:28The chance the Cowboys have to win, that Purdy throws a couple picks and the Cowboys

00:22:32score damn near every possession, which I don't think they can do.

00:22:34I'm taking the 49ers as well.

00:22:36Raheem Morris is going to slow down Dak Prescott and they're going to get after him.

00:22:39When you look at the trade deadline and teams that made decisions and didn't make decisions,

00:22:43there was some heat on Jerry Jones that he decided to do nothing at the trade deadline.

00:22:47Did that surprise you?

00:22:48Not really.

00:22:48I don't know if they can change their roster much more than they have.

00:22:53I mean, they added a ton of players on their defense in the offseason and I don't know

00:22:58what their cap situation is, but I'm not shocked that they stayed pet.

00:23:02It's just, it's a mentality thing for some reason with Dallas.

00:23:05It's like they've got everybody they need.

00:23:06It's just like, they don't feel like they want to win.

00:23:08I think they like to be at the forefront of, you know, the headlines and they didn't make

00:23:12any at this trade deadline, but they can make some headlines by beating the 49ers.

00:23:16That's what they need to do.

00:23:17They probably won't though.

00:23:19They probably won't.

00:23:19No, no offense to the Dallas Cowboys fans.

00:23:21All right.

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00:23:41All right.

00:23:41We've talked a lot about Joe Burrow.

00:23:43So let's talk about the Steelers at the Bengals.

00:23:46Now the Bengals beat the Falcons.

00:23:47The Steelers are on a bye.

00:23:48Joe Burrow, coach, is absolutely rocking right now.

00:23:51Cincinnati scoring 30 plus points in four straight games.

00:23:54And this is a huge game for the AFC North.

00:23:56They're both tied for first.

00:23:57And we know we love when the Steelers and the Bengals play.

00:24:00Love it.

00:24:00And the Steelers are coming off a bye and teams coming off a buyer 13 and one.

00:24:05So I expect Pittsburgh with this much improved defense to be ready for Joe Burrow.

00:24:09But I just want to tell you this thing about what we would tell our safeties.

00:24:14Okay, Casey?

00:24:15Yes.

00:24:15Our safety deep in the middle of the field.

00:24:17That's who I'm talking about, a deep safety.

00:24:19Three things.

00:24:20Number one, when you're back, you're what?

00:24:23Back.

00:24:23Stay back there.

00:24:24Remember how deep Ed Reed played?

00:24:26Get your ass back there.

00:24:28I don't know what these guys are coaching today.

00:24:30The other thing is there's an imaginary red line on each sideline, about three to four yards

00:24:36from the sideline where all these receivers are running go balls.

00:24:39You've got to be able to defend laterally, red line to red line.

00:24:43So when you're back, you're what?

00:24:44Back.

00:24:45And defend red line to red line.

00:24:47You've got to have lateral ability.

00:24:49And the third thing is if a breakout run occurs, let's just say Jalen Warren is one-on-one,

00:24:55you've got to be an eraser one-on-one tackler.

00:24:57So if you're a young safety and you're listening, when you're back, you're back.

00:25:00And you've got to be able to play red line to red line, and you've got to be an eraser

00:25:04tackler.

00:25:05Hello, when you play the Cincinnati Bengals, Joe Burrow, T. Higgins, and this guy named

00:25:11Jamar Chase, there's a few rules you've got to have.

00:25:14So if you're a safety and you're in the deep third and you were listening, Watts for Atlanta,

00:25:20when you're deep, you're what?

00:25:22Deep.

00:25:23Well, here's Jamar Chase.

00:25:24He runs a clear out.

00:25:25He is running a post route, clearing out that deep third.

00:25:28Here comes T. Higgins on the shallow cross.

00:25:31Here comes Gusecki on the deep cross.

00:25:33It's a three-level cut.

00:25:34Everybody runs.

00:25:35Well, I thought Watts got a little nose trouble.

00:25:38He tried to jump Gusecki, and I try to tell you, when you're back, you're what?

00:25:43Otherwise, Joe Burrow will light you up.

00:25:46And that's just what Jamar Chase did for 51 yards.

00:25:49We've doubled Gusecki and let Jamar Chase go one-on-one to the post.

00:25:52Exactly.

00:25:53Last week before that, here comes the Tennessee Titans with the four-week blitz,

00:25:57trying to disguise it.

00:25:59Cincinnati picked it up, and here's the safety rotating down to the hook.

00:26:03Here's Hooker rotating to the post, but he didn't get very deep.

00:26:07And what did T. Higgins do?

00:26:10Touchdown.

00:26:11When you're back, you're back.

00:26:13So if you're playing for the Steelers and you're in the post, get your ass back there.

00:26:17Corners stay on top because Joe Burrow, he is on fire, man.

00:26:22I mean, this guy, I've never seen the quarterback position played better.

00:26:26He's moving around.

00:26:27He's using three different receivers that have six or more touchdowns.

00:26:32It's amazing.

00:26:33I'm taking the Steelers.

00:26:35I'm taking the Bengals, even though I love Aaron Rodgers.

00:26:38I mean, yeah, Aaron Rodgers, I mean, we talk about him all the time.

00:26:40You know, he's the old man quarterback who's still playing really well,

00:26:43but going against Joe Burrow at this point seems crazy, Jay.

00:26:45It does.

00:26:46I mean, he's throwing to different receivers, even without really, you know, Chase Brown.

00:26:50I don't know where he's been.

00:26:51And Samajee P. Ryan, they don't really have a strong running game.

00:26:53So Joe can get himself into trouble.

00:26:55He threw three bad picks against the Titans.

00:26:57If he does that against Pittsburgh, I don't think you're going to have a chance to come back.

00:27:01So I'm going to take Cincinnati as well.

00:27:04Pittsburgh won the first meeting.

00:27:05This is a big game for the future of this division.

00:27:07Cincinnati needs to win this game.

00:27:09They can't get swept by Pittsburgh.

00:27:10So I think they're going to come out and play better.

00:27:12And just quickly with Aaron Rodgers, what have you seen thus far through this season,

00:27:15knowing, again, we beat the dead horse.

00:27:17He's 41, 42 years old, whatever it may be.

00:27:19What have you seen from him that gives you maybe some positivity?

00:27:23He looks like Aaron Rodgers.

00:27:24Him and Mike McCarthy have a great relationship.

00:27:26They know what they want in certain looks.

00:27:28They get the ball out.

00:27:29He just has a great understanding, throwing the ball, different arm angles.

00:27:32He's a great player still.

00:27:33He's one of the top quarterbacks in the National Football League

00:27:36without really a go-to stud receiver.

00:27:38DK is a pretty good player, but he's not really that go-to guy.

00:27:41Jalen Warren's been the go-to guy.

00:27:43Darnell Washington's been their other go-to guy.

00:27:45So he's utilizing the people that he has masterfully.

00:27:48We're taking the Bengals across the board.

00:27:50We're Joe Burrow people over here.

00:27:51All right, next game, Vikings at the Packers.

00:27:54Now, to start the show, we talked a lot about Kirk Cousins mentoring Fernando Mendoza.

00:27:58We talked about Aaron Rodgers just a second ago

00:28:00and him mentoring Jordan Love, who you have loved this season, no pun intended.

00:28:04What have you seen from him, and what do you expect against the Minnesota Vikings?

00:28:07I love Love more than him now.

00:28:09Oh, yeah?

00:28:09We all love Love here?

00:28:11You know, when you look at Aaron Rodgers and what he did in Green Bay under Mike McCarthy,

00:28:16here comes Jordan Love.

00:28:18And he is watching everything Aaron Rodgers does.

00:28:22And they both play the position similarly.

00:28:25When you watch Rodgers in the pocket, his right foot is back.

00:28:28This guy imitates Rodgers.

00:28:30I mean, it almost looks like a young Aaron Rodgers to me.

00:28:33The quick release, I think the two quickest releases in football are right here.

00:28:37No step throws.

00:28:38I mean, this guy can throw the ball on a dime 40 yards down the field without stepping.

00:28:44It's unbelievable.

00:28:44He can throw it off platform, falling backwards, moving to his right.

00:28:49He can flick the ball from awkward deliveries.

00:28:51And in a hot pocket, I mean, guys are beating down on this guy.

00:28:55He'll stand in there and throw incredible passes, just like Aaron Rodgers has done his entire career.

00:29:02This is a great matchup.

00:29:04I think Love, who gets a chance to go up against the Minnesota Vikings at home, a team that really

00:29:12got after their ass in the second half in week one with a bunch of blitzing.

00:29:16I cannot wait for this game.

00:29:18I can't wait because LeFleur, the head coach of the Packers, he knows the Vikings are going to blitz and

00:29:23blitz and blitz and blitz.

00:29:25They've had a lot of time to prepare for it, and I'll be shocked if Green Bay doesn't get after

00:29:30the Vikings in this one.

00:29:31Yeah, we've been talking all season about how the Vikings' defense is the reason they are 6-2.

00:29:35Their offense was doing nothing.

00:29:36Now they've added Kirk Cousins, but when you talk about this defense and what Jordan Love has been able to

00:29:40do for the Packers, where do you land with this?

00:29:43It's a tough one.

00:29:44Nobody's talking about the Packer defense.

00:29:45They are, but Evan Williams playing great at safety.

00:29:48These guys are very opportunistic.

00:29:50They get balls.

00:29:50I mean, they have good pass rush.

00:29:52They're just fundamentally sound.

00:29:53Jonathan Gannon is doing a great job.

00:29:55The Vikings' new quarterback, man.

00:29:57We know that they just got to do the little things right.

00:30:00Let's complete a check down, for God's sakes.

00:30:02They throw a swing route.

00:30:03Let's keep the chains moving to keep our defense fresh.

00:30:06Way too many three and outs for the Vikings.

00:30:08Okay, defense, you're back up.

00:30:10Let's go blitz again.

00:30:11Tired as shit.

00:30:12You know, they get worn out of the end of games.

00:30:13That's 17 minutes of possession time.

00:30:15Last week.

00:30:1617 minutes.

00:30:16Let's get first down, for God's sakes.

00:30:18Let's get two.

00:30:19Something.

00:30:19So hopefully Kirk brings that to them, keeps their defense fresh.

00:30:22And you know Brian Flores.

00:30:23He can blitz off the passing strength, the boundary, all the things.

00:30:26He's got every blitz known to man.

00:30:28He will still disrupt Jordan Love.

00:30:30I promise you that.

00:30:31I still think the Packers are playing too good on defense and offense.

00:30:34Yeah, but look at some of these throws.

00:30:35Show me this.

00:30:36Like, when you're a safety, what did I teach you?

00:30:38When you're back, you're what?

00:30:39Back.

00:30:40And you've got to defend red line to red line, and you've got to make some eraser tackles.

00:30:44But go ahead.

00:30:45Last week, Jay, here's Christian Gonzalez playing corner against Watson.

00:30:49They run a sale route.

00:30:51It's a two-man route with a check down in the flat.

00:30:54Maximum protection.

00:30:56And I don't know what technique, what coverage Christian Gonzalez is playing.

00:30:59But you better stay on top of these Packer receivers, or you're going to get blown up.

00:31:03And I don't know what Kevin Byard was doing back there.

00:31:05Probably looking for an interception on the sale route.

00:31:08But Jordan Love rung him up to the post, man.

00:31:12And then go ahead on this red zone pass.

00:31:14This touchdown he throws to Savion Williams in the red zone.

00:31:17Good God.

00:31:18Well, they were getting gutted by Golden and Watson.

00:31:21So, you know what we're going to do in the red zone?

00:31:22Let's double Golden and Watson.

00:31:24Yeah.

00:31:24Good idea.

00:31:24They can throw it to somebody else, and they did that.

00:31:26Watson was lined up inside here.

00:31:27They doubled on the backside safety in the dime.

00:31:31Golden was outside.

00:31:32They doubled him at the corner in this safety.

00:31:34So, now as a quarterback, you've got to find your one-on-ones.

00:31:37We had a backside 10-on-one.

00:31:39He got locked out.

00:31:40Our backs one-on-one with the backer.

00:31:41Didn't really like it.

00:31:42So, let's give Savion Williams a chance.

00:31:44He stutters him and runs a little stomp route down the sideline.

00:31:48And, of course, Jordan Love, high release, perfect back shoulder fade in the back of

00:31:52the end zone for a touchdown.

00:31:53So, you stopped Golden.

00:31:54You stopped Watson.

00:31:55You didn't stop Savion Williams.

00:31:57And Love will find it and put a dime out there for him.

00:32:00All right.

00:32:00So, who are you guys taking in the game?

00:32:02I'm taking Green Bay at home.

00:32:03Now, I go back to Kirk Cousins.

00:32:05He's had a very short period to get to know this Viking team he's on.

00:32:09But he has thrown 20 touchdown passes, second in the league, man.

00:32:12He's thrown for 260 yards a game.

00:32:15They got a guy named Justin Jefferson.

00:32:18They got some firepower.

00:32:19But I'll be shocked if Green Bay doesn't win this game in Lambeau.

00:32:23Jordan Love is on fire.

00:32:25He's on fire.

00:32:26But, I mean, Kirk Cousins coming back to Minnesota in Lambeau.

00:32:29This is one of those games that I feel like the entire world of the NFL is going to be

00:32:33watching.

00:32:34I was broadcasting one time, and speaking of comebacks, I got to broadcast this Viking-Packer rivalry game when Brett

00:32:42Favre played for the Vikings.

00:32:44Do you remember that on Monday Night Football?

00:32:46That's kind of what it's like.

00:32:47Cousins coming back with the Vikings, heading into Green Bay, the number one cable show of the year.

00:32:53Brett Favre against the Packers.

00:32:55He shredded them in Minnesota on Monday night.

00:32:58Wouldn't that be awesome, though, if Kirk Cousins went into town and lit them up?

00:33:01I can't help but root for Cousins when I'm picking Green Bay.

00:33:04Let's get some first downs and keep our defense fresh, and they can win the game.

00:33:07Let's let Cousins shred them, man.

00:33:09He will.

00:33:10This guy here, he's capable.

00:33:12I just love that on the Gruden Family Football Show, you just never know what kind of props are going

00:33:16to come out.

00:33:16And just casually, we've got this Brett Favre side of football.

00:33:19That's autographed by far.

00:33:19I know.

00:33:20That's what I'm seeing.

00:33:20A highest-rated and most-viewed program in cable television history.

00:33:24What a rivalry, man.

00:33:25That is a great rivalry.

00:33:27Packers-Vikings.

00:33:27And who are you taking, Jay?

00:33:29I'm taking the Packers as well.

00:33:30I think at home they're going to be pretty tough to beat.

00:33:32New quarterback, new system for Kirk.

00:33:34Not a new system.

00:33:35He knows it, but still, the Packers are playing too good on offense, too good on defense.

00:33:38All right, let's get into straight-up football.

00:33:40We're going to start with the Chiefs at the Falcons.

00:33:42Now, John, the big question, Patrick Mahomes.

00:33:45Now, he was injured last week with his throwing elbow versus the Jets.

00:33:47He did return, so we know that he's a little bit banged up, but he's Patrick Mahomes.

00:33:52He'll be fine.

00:33:53I think he could beat the Falcons playing left-handed.

00:33:55I really do.

00:33:56You know, they're not throwing the ball.

00:33:57They're not throwing the ball down the field, Jay.

00:34:00They're making 175 yards a game after the catch.

00:34:03That's Andy Reid football.

00:34:04I can't wait to see what he does with Josh Downs.

00:34:07I think Kenneth Walker against B. John Robinson is a really cool thing to look at in this game.

00:34:12But Atlanta, Pennix not playing well.

00:34:16The Chiefs, I think they go for the kill here.

00:34:18I think they're going to win this game easy.

00:34:21I think the Falcons' defense is a mess.

00:34:23Yeah, and when you look at the Falcons, you know, Michael Pennix is up and down and the

00:34:27inconsistency there.

00:34:28And a team that you don't want to believe, even though the Chiefs have not played their

00:34:30best version of football this year, they have shown moments, you don't want to be inconsistent

00:34:33against Kansas City Chiefs.

00:34:34No, we've seen the Falcons tickle you a little bit.

00:34:37Like, this could be a really good football team.

00:34:38They run the ball.

00:34:39They got Pennix back.

00:34:40Holy cow, they're back.

00:34:41And then they look like crap.

00:34:42How about two weeks ago, they don't give up a pass completion against the Bucs.

00:34:45And then last week against the Mangles, they couldn't stop the forward pass.

00:34:48Have you ever seen anything like it from one week to another?

00:34:50Well, if you give up 322 yards rushing one game and then get blown up in the air the

00:34:55next game, and Mike Pennix isn't playing well.

00:34:57What kind of game plan do you think the enemies, we got all these runs, we got all these, we

00:35:01got 465 plays in this game plan.

00:35:03Holy shit.

00:35:04But yeah, I'm taking the Chiefs as well.

00:35:05I think the Chiefs, Mahomes, Josh Downs, addition, even though we got a couple drops last

00:35:10week that really killed the Colts, my God.

00:35:12But Chiefs are way better.

00:35:13Well, I know the top of the show spoiled this one because we know how high you are on the

00:35:16Houston

00:35:17Texans.

00:35:17We got the Texans at the Browns.

00:35:19Now, you've said what you believe about the Texans.

00:35:21They are your dark horse pick right now for the Super Bowl.

00:35:23When you look at the Browns, it was announced that Deshaun Watson will start despite the

00:35:26fact that Shador Sanders, you know, comes into the game last week for Deshaun.

00:35:30He has nearly 300 yards.

00:35:31He fights back.

00:35:31He was sacked five times.

00:35:33But the Browns are going to stick with Deshaun Watson in this one.

00:35:35It doesn't matter.

00:35:36I mean, they can't run the ball.

00:35:37And if you have to throw the ball multiple times against this Texan defense, I mean, Danielle

00:35:41Hunter and Will Anderson Jr., good luck.

00:35:44It's going to be a long day.

00:35:45I think Deshaun Watson will get sacked maybe 10 times.

00:35:47And the Texans will cruise in this one.

00:35:49It's time for the Texans to get Woody Mark and David Montgomery going.

00:35:53I agree.

00:35:53I can't take the Browns.

00:35:55You know, the yardage should do it through for you.

00:35:57A couple go balls down the field.

00:36:00Harold Fannin.

00:36:01I must say this.

00:36:02He's the best friends of all time.

00:36:02Did you see?

00:36:03He looked like Jim Brown.

00:36:04He stiff-armed Pete Werner.

00:36:06He stiff-armed that safety.

00:36:08Good God.

00:36:09I mean, I do like the Browns' skill, man.

00:36:12Deshaun Watson against his old team.

00:36:14He went to three Pro Bowls with the Texans.

00:36:16I think the Texans are looking at Cleveland like they've been sacked 33 times.

00:36:21We're going to unload on him.

00:36:23And I love the way Stroud is playing.

00:36:26You forget about Marvin Harrison, Nico Collins.

00:36:28How about our guy Tank Dell coming back after those injuries?

00:36:32Go Texans.

00:36:33I'm all in on Houston.

00:36:35Yeah, these are things that if you replay the tape from this show just, you know, a couple months ago,

00:36:39like, what are you guys talking about?

00:36:40What gummy did you take along with Bo Nix?

00:36:42But here we are.

00:36:43We love the Houston Texans.

00:36:44Let's go to – this is a really gross game.

00:36:46No offense.

00:36:47The Dolphins at the Colts, Jay.

00:36:50The Dolphins, they lose Malik Willis.

00:36:51We know how hard it has been for them this season.

00:36:53We're going to see Kyle McCord, who has never seen a regular season snap,

00:36:57versus the Colts, who also can't do anything right.

00:36:59What do you expect in this one?

00:37:01I expect the Dolphins to hand the ball off a lot,

00:37:03get McCord comfortable a little bit against this Colt defense.

00:37:06And I expect the Dolphins really,

00:37:08really to build on the momentum they had in last week's game against the Lions.

00:37:12I know they lost, but they played great defense, bro.

00:37:14They played great defense.

00:37:15They really did, Matt.

00:37:16I mean, they had four or five red zone opportunities for the Lions.

00:37:19They only got one touchdown.

00:37:20They played great.

00:37:21This Jordan Brooks guy, one of the best linebackers in football,

00:37:24they got to Rodriguez, rookie.

00:37:25He's playing outstanding.

00:37:26They got this Marshall kid from Florida, second-year corner.

00:37:28He's playing good.

00:37:29I like the Dolphins' defense, and that's the whole thing.

00:37:32They have three rookies starting on defense, three on offense.

00:37:34This is a team that's going to keep building and building and building.

00:37:37By the end of the year, they're going to spoil some teams' seasons.

00:37:40John, what do you think?

00:37:41Well, I don't think Kyle McCord can do any worse than Malik Willis.

00:37:44I mean, hell, he's 28th in passing.

00:37:46He's 29th in completion.

00:37:47They haven't done anything.

00:37:49They can't score.

00:37:50The Dolphins made me sick on offense.

00:37:53Yeah, that's nice.

00:37:53I mean, six holding penalties, three false starts.

00:37:57You talk about throwing up.

00:37:58I mean, you can't commit six holding penalties in one game.

00:38:01The Colts are minus 11 in the turnover ratio.

00:38:05Daniel Jones is a guy we like, Jay, you and I.

00:38:08I mean, how would you like to be him?

00:38:09Let's trade Quentin Nelson, trade Josh Downs, trade Keenan Allen,

00:38:13get rid of Michael Pittman, and Alec Pierce is not playing.

00:38:15Go get him, kid.

00:38:16I'll tell you.

00:38:17I don't get the Colts, man.

00:38:19It's a fire sale.

00:38:21Miami's going to go to Indy and win.

00:38:23And the Colts still had a minute 42 to go in a game.

00:38:26Cowboys had no timeouts.

00:38:27They got third and six.

00:38:28They throw a little option route to Josh Downs, and he dropped it.

00:38:31If he catches that ball, 45 more seconds will roll up.

00:38:33Yeah, and Josh Downs, he wanted out.

00:38:34But how about Sauce Gardner?

00:38:35You got a 23-20 lead.

00:38:37They run a sale route.

00:38:39If you're a corner, stay on top.

00:38:41It's for annoying.

00:38:42Hell, Pickens doesn't even play.

00:38:44It's their third receiver.

00:38:46He runs a go ball.

00:38:47Where is Sauce Gardner's game?

00:38:49Come on, man.

00:38:50You got to be frustrated with it.

00:38:52All right, let's go to a game that shockingly is for first place

00:38:55in the NFC South with two three-and-five teams.

00:38:58You've got the Panthers and the Saints.

00:39:00Coach, the fact that the NFC South is the way that it is makes me want to puke.

00:39:05But we do have a game here.

00:39:06It does.

00:39:06It makes me want to puke.

00:39:07But, you know, Tyler Shuck delivered a clutch victory last week.

00:39:10Bryce Young is playing better than their record.

00:39:12When you look at these two three-and-five teams, what do you expect?

00:39:16I like the Saints.

00:39:17They swept them last year.

00:39:18As good as Bryce Young, played early in the season.

00:39:21They've lost three in a row.

00:39:22They're only averaging 17 points a game.

00:39:24Their left tackle, Rasheed Walker, has struggled.

00:39:27They have some injuries, a rookie at right tackle.

00:39:30I like the Saints.

00:39:31I like Chase Young.

00:39:33I like this quarterback, Shuck.

00:39:35He makes two or three throws.

00:39:37Good God.

00:39:37And I've got to show Jake this sluggo scene.

00:39:40This is what Sean Payton did, Jay, against Carolina last week.

00:39:44It's like on my favorite play, sluggo scene.

00:39:47They get in trips, and they run a sluggo over here to Cortland Sutton, and Bo Nix pumps it.

00:39:53And here goes Nick Scott to safety over there.

00:39:56And then they send the guy right down the seam, Jay, and they control the outside corner with the locked

00:40:01-up hitch.

00:40:02I mean, Bo Nix manipulated Nick Scott.

00:40:05This guy could have walked into Charlotte and had some free barbecue.

00:40:10I don't like the Panthers right now.

00:40:12They got a new D coordinator, even though I love Todd Walsh, Bryce Young, and the offense is sliding.

00:40:18Who dat, baby?

00:40:19Let's go Saints.

00:40:20I know why he likes sluggo scene, because Gannon audible to it in the Super Bowl.

00:40:23He put a screen to the perch on our house right now.

00:40:26Sluggo scene, if you're seeing cover three, use some Max Pro to pick up the blitz and shred them.

00:40:32It's personal to him, you know.

00:40:33Of course he loves it.

00:40:34Who are you taking in this game?

00:40:35I'm thinking of Panthers.

00:40:36Man, they had a 14-13 lead, and that bullcrap tip pass off a foot, off an elbow.

00:40:40I mean, it was intercepted.

00:40:42Sean Payton challenged it like three plays later.

00:40:44They got the challenge in somehow.

00:40:46But they all scored, outgained, outcompletion, outfirst down Denver.

00:40:49They played pretty good.

00:40:50Darren Waller, your boy, man, eight catches for 70 yards and a touchdown.

00:40:53He's playing pretty good.

00:40:54I think they get it done against the Saints.

00:40:56Saints were very lucky to beat Cleveland last week, but this will be a dogfight.

00:40:59We talk about it.

00:41:00This is a big game.

00:41:01This should be a spotlight game.

00:41:02They're both three and five, and the winner of this has a division lead in the South.

00:41:06Which is crazy.

00:41:07I'm taking Carolina.

00:41:08Absolutely insane.

00:41:09All right, let's go to the Bills at the Jets.

00:41:12So, you know, the Bills strengthened their secondary at the trade deadline.

00:41:14They get Amani Hooker from the Titans with five interceptions.

00:41:18And we know, John, the Bills' defense has been kind of an issue this year,

00:41:21even though the offense keeps them in the game.

00:41:23Now they've strengthened that, which they desperately needed.

00:41:25They were 29th in pass defense.

00:41:27And then you look at the other side of this game.

00:41:29The Jets, just everything is bleeding for Aaron Glenn right now.

00:41:32Look at the notes you're taking.

00:41:34I mean, I love working on a show with you.

00:41:36That's a hell of a job.

00:41:37I think the Bills, to go into Minnesota without Deion Dawkins, without Alec Anderson on the blind side,

00:41:44to go in there and get a decisive win.

00:41:46And I said it earlier in the year.

00:41:48If their defense could ever get it right, the Bills will win the Super Bowl.

00:41:53And I know it was Joey Finiano two weeks ago.

00:41:56And I know it was Carson Wentz last week.

00:41:58But if they go get the Jets and continue to build confidence in Jim Leonard's system,

00:42:04I'm telling you, Ed Oliver kicked the crap out of both of the Viking guards.

00:42:08Russoza, he is a freaking train.

00:42:10And I love the progress they're making on defense.

00:42:14God, I love the Bills.

00:42:15They're going to win this game big.

00:42:17They said the Bills' defense was good enough about four weeks ago.

00:42:20I got laughed at.

00:42:21What are you talking about, man?

00:42:23They give up 40 points a game.

00:42:24They stink.

00:42:25They're a good team.

00:42:26They don't have any weaknesses.

00:42:27The Bills are awesome, man.

00:42:29I mean, what the hell do you guys want?

00:42:30What else do you want from them?

00:42:31The Jets are awful.

00:42:32I think they have to have a big play.

00:42:35Donnie Mitchell's got to have some big plays from Geno Smith to have a chance.

00:42:37But I think this studio, we could have come up with 11 guys that got some stops against

00:42:41Minnesota last week.

00:42:42That's how bad their offense was.

00:42:44But the Bills are gaining confidence and momentum on defense.

00:42:46I like the Bills.

00:42:47All right, let's go to the Jags at the Titans.

00:42:49We talked about the Jags off the top of the show and how not only were they playing like

00:42:53a legitimate contender now that they've added all the pieces they did at the trade

00:42:56deadline, they've won the last two games combined, 75-17, Jay.

00:43:00And the Titans, just 1-7.

00:43:02It just feels like nothing is going right in Tennessee.

00:43:04What do you expect from this one?

00:43:06I expect the Jags to roll.

00:43:08I mean, this is a good football team.

00:43:09Remember that commercial on Wendy's, where's the beef?

00:43:11It's in Duval, man.

00:43:12They're huge up front.

00:43:14Duval!

00:43:15They're huge up front on defense.

00:43:17They already were good against the run.

00:43:18They're great against the pass.

00:43:20They have some corners that can really go get the ball with great ball skills.

00:43:22And offensively, Liam Cohen is calling great games, keeping Trevor really comfortable

00:43:26and on balance.

00:43:27I mean, they get out the ball on the perimeter.

00:43:29They got Parker Washington, Jacoby Myers.

00:43:31They got a deep threat in Brian Thomas Jr.

00:43:33So, this is a very good football team.

00:43:35And everybody in the AFC and NFL is watching this Jaguar team.

00:43:38They're pretty damn good.

00:43:40John, what do you think?

00:43:40I don't have much to add.

00:43:41I'm just disappointed in the Tennessee Titan defense.

00:43:45Everybody's talking about, you know, the quarterback not winning the game, whatever.

00:43:48I think late in the game, they blew it against Philly.

00:43:51They blew it against Cleveland.

00:43:52They blew it against Cincinnati.

00:43:54What's wrong with the Titan defense?

00:43:56I mean, they're going to get all they want from Jacksonville.

00:44:00I'm going with the Jags biggie.

00:44:01Let's go to the Rams at the Cardinals.

00:44:04Now, Coach, Carson Beck time, potentially.

00:44:07You know, we've seen what that can look like.

00:44:09You know, Jacoby Brissett traded.

00:44:10Gardner Minshew is injured.

00:44:11And now you talk about guys that have a lot of pressure put on them.

00:44:16What can we expect to see from Carson Beck?

00:44:18I don't know.

00:44:19I mean, you know, the third-string quarterback normally doesn't get very many reps.

00:44:23Fortunately, he had a six-year college career.

00:44:26He was on our show.

00:44:27Me and Malisak love Carson Beck.

00:44:29I hope he does well.

00:44:30We're pulling for him.

00:44:31But he's got a tough, tough challenge.

00:44:33Miles Garrett is back.

00:44:35Good God.

00:44:35He ruined the game in Washington.

00:44:38He and Aaron Donald, they have a collection of pass rushers in a case of whoop-ass in their truck.

00:44:44Stafford, though, is struggling.

00:44:45Nine interceptions.

00:44:46You know, you hand the ball to Puka on a jet sweep, and he gets hurt.

00:44:51You know, you've got to think about that.

00:44:53He's your only real game-changing receiver.

00:44:56Hand that jet sweep to Whittingham or one of those other guys at will.

00:45:00I don't understand how we're putting him in harm's way on some of these plays.

00:45:04I don't know what the Rams are going to do to find firepower with Adams and Puka out.

00:45:10It's going to be a tight game.

00:45:11Arizona beat them a couple weeks ago in L.A.

00:45:15And Buda Baker, I don't know who some of these D linemen are for Arizona.

00:45:19This is going to be a tight game.

00:45:20I think McVay and the Rams will win it because Arizona's on their third quarterback.

00:45:25Now, when you look at that week six win, like you mentioned, the 18 to 16, which is a gross

00:45:30score.

00:45:30But we talked about the Rams, Jay, and I know multiple people, including you and I, were high on the

00:45:34Rams going into the season.

00:45:35But they lose Puka, and it just seems like just things can't completely get right.

00:45:40But can they get right against the Cardinals?

00:45:42It's going to be tough.

00:45:42They're going to have to run the ball, and the Cardinals actually play pretty good against the run.

00:45:45These guys aren't bad.

00:45:46Like John said, they have some guys that play their ass off up front defensively.

00:45:49So, where are the Rams going to go to get their passes?

00:45:51Where are the Cardinals going to go to get their completions?

00:45:53They have Devin Duvernay, Simi Fajucco, and Reggie Virgil.

00:45:57Michael Wilson's out for the year.

00:45:59Michael Wilson's out for the year.

00:45:59So, this might be a game that might be 6-3 final score, really.

00:46:03I mean, we're going to see inside zone of duos by the Rams.

00:46:06We're going to see Algier all day and McBride, the tight ends for the Rams.

00:46:11That's what the game is going to be.

00:46:12Whoever protects the ball and makes their field goals will win this game.

00:46:15I got the Rams as well, just because I think Aaron Donald and Myles Garrett will make it miserable on

00:46:20the young quarterback.

00:46:21All right, let's go to a Monday night football game.

00:46:23Now, we were on our production call earlier this week, and Jim Carr mentioned this is maybe one of the

00:46:27worst Monday night football games ever.

00:46:28And I feel bad because we're sitting here with this ball.

00:46:30This is one of the Monday night games we would have had when me and Trico were doing it.

00:46:33Hey, we got the 0-8 Chargers and the Ravens who have lost four in a row.

00:46:37Yeah, with no Lamar Jackson.

00:46:38And like I said, I'm sitting here with a very highly rated Monday night football game that's autographed by Brett

00:46:43Favre.

00:46:43Marvin, now we're going to talk about the 0-8 Chargers versus the Ravens.

00:46:47And, you know, we've seen without Lamar Jackson, Coach, that they have just been awful.

00:46:50They've been outscored 117-43 through the last four games.

00:46:53This is one of those yuck, yuck, yuck Monday night football games.

00:46:57Yeah, the Ravens have lost three games in a row by 20 points or more.

00:47:00I mean, let that sink in.

00:47:02That's never happened in the Raven history.

00:47:05I don't know, Brissett, what can he bring this offense with very short background with these guys?

00:47:12They're not running the ball.

00:47:13Their defense is a mess.

00:47:14They give up a lot of big plays.

00:47:16Hell, the second play of the game, the Jaguars get a 52-yard gain to cover three corner, gets beat

00:47:21over the top.

00:47:22I don't like the Ravens the way they're playing.

00:47:24They don't play well at home.

00:47:26But I can't go with the Chargers under any circumstances.

00:47:29I can't do it.

00:47:30Don't you dare.

00:47:31I don't know.

00:47:31I think the lesser of the two evils right now, Jesse Minter against his former boss.

00:47:37He worked for Harbaugh with the Chargers at Michigan.

00:47:41I think he gets the Ravens to 5-5 and Brissett takes care of the ball and they win this

00:47:46game.

00:47:46Yeah, at this point, it's just like, can the Chargers actually go winless in a season?

00:47:50Which I feel like sometimes it's harder to do in the NFL than to go undefeated.

00:47:53But at this point, I feel like they could actually be winless.

00:47:55They've been pathetic.

00:47:56That's all you can say.

00:47:57So bad.

00:47:57There's not really an area of the team that you can say, wow, we're really good on this.

00:48:02There's nothing we can count on.

00:48:04However, I'm going to play devil's advocate here and I'm going to take the Chargers.

00:48:07I always like, if it's a close game, I always err on the side of a better quarterback.

00:48:10I'm going to take Justin Herbert on his history of being a pro quarterback and the success

00:48:15he's had in the past.

00:48:16I'm banking on him to make the right decisions, make a few scrambles, make some good throws

00:48:20and get the damn win for once.

00:48:22Do you think you're the only person in America that's doing this right now?

00:48:25I think something's going to happen.

00:48:27I think the Chargers are going to get a win.

00:48:28They're going to, who's better than us in the locker room at the end of the game?

00:48:30What do you think?

00:48:31What gummy did you take before the show?

00:48:32They're going to fly across the country and win with this offensive line.

00:48:36I mean, when Philip Rivers was there, listen to these guys.

00:48:40When Philip Rivers, Marcus McNeil was the left tackle.

00:48:44Dealman at left guard would kill you.

00:48:46Hardwick at center was a great center.

00:48:48They had right guards like Mike Goff and Louis Vasquez.

00:48:52I mean, Jeremy Clary at right tackle.

00:48:54These guys get destroyed.

00:48:56Did you hear that voice crack?

00:48:58Destroyed.

00:48:59I mean, the Ravens, Trey Hendrickson, Matt Abike, let's freaking go.

00:49:04I mean, you're taking the Chargers.

00:49:05I just want what you're having.

00:49:06I mean, Henry had a great second half.

00:49:08He had two carries for one yard.

00:49:09I mean, what are they doing?

00:49:11I don't know.

00:49:12I mean, listen, I said that it was going to be a horrible game.

00:49:15Now I'm just excited to see if you were right.

00:49:18Let's go to Gruden's Vault presented by Reese's.

00:49:20And I will say this is week 10 of this show.

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00:49:36Coach, what do we have for the vault this week?

00:49:38Well, this Packer-Viking rivalry, I felt it for three years.

00:49:42I was a coach for the Packers.

00:49:44And I already talked about this Brett Favre game against his old team, the Packers.

00:49:48That was one of my favorite Packer-Viking games.

00:49:52But my favorite was 1998.

00:49:56I want to go back.

00:49:57I was offense coordinator for the Eagles in 1995.

00:50:00I was 31 years old.

00:50:01I was brought in to coach Randall Cunningham and put in the West Coast offense.

00:50:05It didn't work out.

00:50:06It didn't work out.

00:50:07Randall was in a different space in his career.

00:50:10He didn't really, I don't know, he didn't fit.

00:50:12The West Coast offense, ah.

00:50:14And it was the most disappointing thing in my career because I love Randall.

00:50:18He was such a friend to me and such a nice guy.

00:50:20He bought me suits.

00:50:21He was my friend, man.

00:50:22And we were working hard to put this offense together.

00:50:25But it didn't work out.

00:50:26So he retires from football.

00:50:28But guess what?

00:50:30He sits out for a year and a half and he signs with the Minnesota Vikings.

00:50:34My man, Randall Cunningham, Starship 12, the ultimate weapon.

00:50:39And I'm really deep down.

00:50:42When I find out he signs with Minnesota, I'm wondering, oh, God, what if he lights it up?

00:50:46It's going to really look bad for me because we let him go.

00:50:49Anyways, I turn on the TV.

00:50:52Look at this.

00:50:53This is the last game he ever played with the Philadelphia Eagles.

00:50:56We turn on the game.

00:50:57It's Monday Night Football, 1998.

00:50:59Randall Cunningham gets in the game playing against the Green Bay Packers in Lambeau where they had won 29 straight

00:51:05games.

00:51:06The defending Super Bowl champions.

00:51:08You know what Randall Cunningham did in the driving rainstorm?

00:51:1020 completions, 442 yards.

00:51:14He destroyed Green Bay.

00:51:16He had an 80-yard bomb called Beck.

00:51:18They had a receiver named Randy Boss.

00:51:20Five for 190.

00:51:21Jake Reed, he goes downtown.

00:51:23They throw a screen to Robert Smith for 40, and then they got Chris Carter, Mr. Clutch, in the slot,

00:51:30and they destroyed Green Bay, and I was really jealous.

00:51:35Ryan Billick got more out of Randall Cunningham in one game than I got out of him in a whole

00:51:40year, and I got a chance to catch up with my good friend Starship 12.

00:51:45You got to see the highlights of that game.

00:51:47Let's roll the interview.

00:51:49Holy cow, man.

00:51:53Wow.

00:51:54You gave me a Liberace jacket, man.

00:51:57Look at this, Randall Cunningham.

00:52:00Oh, man.

00:52:01You remember signing it?

00:52:03You called me John Groovin.

00:52:05Man, I didn't know you liked me that much.

00:52:08John Groovin.

00:52:10You ready to go, Randall?

00:52:12Yeah, thank you for this coat, man.

00:52:13I really appreciate you.

00:52:14And you know what?

00:52:15You've always been one of the best-dressed guys I've seen.

00:52:18I mean, I used to just marvel at you coming out of the locker room, man.

00:52:24I'm like, where does this guy shop?

00:52:26I remember coming down to Vegas to visit you, and you took me to Spago's for dinner, and we went

00:52:34to some shirt shop, and you taught me a lot about style.

00:52:38You taught me a lot about colors.

00:52:40I just want to ask you this, though, because you do come back.

00:52:44It's a great story.

00:52:45I was your old coach, and I'm still in Philadelphia coaching, and I've always kind of regretted not coming up

00:52:54with a system of football that fit you.

00:52:56It still haunts me today.

00:52:58But anyways, I turn on the TV, and the Packers are playing the Minnesota Vikings Monday night football in Lambeau

00:53:07Field.

00:53:07They've won 29 straight games in Lambeau, and they are going to bust up the Minnesota Vikings.

00:53:14And Brad Johnson's hurt, and there's my guy, Randall Cunningham.

00:53:18And what you did that night is throw for 442 yards, and you absolutely shredded the Green Bay Packers.

00:53:29I just want to hear about your recollection of that night, Randall.

00:53:33Well, that previous Monday, we started watching video, and I already knew who was on the team, and there was

00:53:42this guy, number 92.

00:53:46He might have been 91 because he would switch his numbers up every once in a while.

00:53:50And I said, I know that guy, and he wants to baptize me.

00:53:54I've already been baptized, so I can't go through another baptism already saved.

00:53:57So I said, I can't act as though he's my friend.

00:54:03So the late Reggie White, I was not going to let him touch me because I had seen him.

00:54:09Many times slam Phil Simms on his shoulder, Haas Stetler, White, all the quarterbacks, slamming them on their shoulders.

00:54:17And I was just nightmares, and I'm thinking to myself, I can't, if anybody, everybody else could tackle me, but

00:54:23Reggie cannot tackle me.

00:54:25So when I dropped back, I just wanted to know where he was, and we were going to launch bombs

00:54:30the whole game.

00:54:30And that's what we did with Chris and Jake and Randy and the guys we had.

00:54:36And so I was saying, I'm going to drop back, make sure I know where Reggie's at, and I'm going

00:54:41to put it out there for you guys.

00:54:42And so we just started launching bombs, and it was raining.

00:54:46It was pouring rain, man.

00:54:47And nobody could throw a wet football like you.

00:54:51You have those big hands, and you could spin that thing.

00:54:54But, Randall, some of the throws that night had to even amaze you.

00:55:00I mean, some of those passes were on the money, and it was soaking wet.

00:55:04You know, it was kind of like God's children out there playing ball, and God's will was we were to

00:55:09win that game.

00:55:10And Reggie had those bloodshot eyes where he was just so zoomed in and so focused.

00:55:17And I knew he wasn't going to try to hurt me, but 350 pounds running a 4'7", you don't

00:55:22want to get touched by a person like that.

00:55:24So I'm thinking, if I could just put it out there where they can go and get it.

00:55:29And, you know, they had this thing.

00:55:30They called me Dog.

00:55:31Just throw that thing out there, Dog.

00:55:33I'll get it.

00:55:33Just throw it out there.

00:55:34And Randy was just like, Cash, put it out there, man.

00:55:38And so I just started swinging it.

00:55:40Wasn't it true, though, Randall?

00:55:42Wasn't it true that you told me if there was like six in the box, you would hand it to

00:55:47Robert Smith?

00:55:48And if it was a single high defense, you would just throw it outside to Chris or Randy?

00:55:54Isn't that kind of what you were doing?

00:55:56That was the game plan.

00:55:58Keep it simple, you know.

00:55:59Give it to Robert running the 4'3", 6'1", 6'2", 205", 210.

00:56:06And once he turns the corner with that Pro Bowl offensive line, it was like no one's catching him.

00:56:12But we had so many athletes on our team and the offensive line, which was really beautiful.

00:56:17Because Chris Carter used to tell me, why don't you run, man?

00:56:20Run the ball.

00:56:20I'm like, bro, I don't have to run anymore.

00:56:22You know, my running days, as long as I'm on this team, are done.

00:56:25We got great offensive linemen, and you guys are out there.

00:56:28I'm slinging it.

00:56:28And so we would send it on out there.

00:56:30I want to just ask you about Denny Green.

00:56:32That Packer-Viking rivalry, that's a big – I lived it for three years.

00:56:37You were a free agent.

00:56:39You were just having fun playing.

00:56:41Yes.

00:56:41Do you have any memories of the Packers-Vikings rivalry, the way you understood it or heard

00:56:48it that week?

00:56:49You know, from an outsider, when I was with the Eagles, I knew of it, and I knew about

00:56:54Lambeau Field, and I knew that it was big, you know.

00:56:57But I was caught up with Dallas, the Giants, the Redskins.

00:57:01We had three rivals, and it was crazy, you know, in the NFC East.

00:57:05So when I thought about Denny, I'm like, man, we're really – we're at Lambeau Field

00:57:09right now.

00:57:10And I said, and that crowd, you remember that crowd.

00:57:14You couldn't hear anything but – that's all it was.

00:57:18But it was amazing.

00:57:21Those fans in Green Bay are the real deal.

00:57:24You ran the ball.

00:57:25I'm looking at this, Randall, for almost 5,000 yards in your career, and none of those

00:57:30were really designed runs.

00:57:31I got my old sideline sheet here.

00:57:34I don't remember running zone – I don't remember running zone reads or some of the

00:57:38things you're seeing with Josh Allen.

00:57:40Your yards were scrambles, man.

00:57:42You were just naturally dropping back, and you would take off and run.

00:57:46When you watch football today, what would you have been?

00:57:50I mean, what kind of quarterback could you have been if we had these plays like we do

00:57:56now back when you were in your prime?

00:57:59Man, it's – you and Brian Billick as offensive coordinators, that's like the echelon, you

00:58:08know?

00:58:08And the way y'all think, you're so tactical.

00:58:11And I know you coached together, but you're so tactical.

00:58:14The way I would play in the system, I would – I don't know, man, because they don't hit

00:58:18the quarterback anymore.

00:58:19You can't hit them.

00:58:20I wouldn't be sitting back there worried about my knees being busted up.

00:58:23They got me a couple of times, you know?

00:58:25So, I really did think about that, but nowadays, knowing that you can't just get jacked, that

00:58:30would be – I'd have a whole different mentality.

00:58:33You, last couple things.

00:58:35I got to ask you this.

00:58:36Your snap count, I used to put it in.

00:58:38I had a color number sequence, and I always said, Randall, pick a color and a number and

00:58:43stay with it.

00:58:44Steve Young was blue 85.

00:58:47You know, Aaron Rodgers is green 19.

00:58:51You would come up to the line of scrimmage, and you would come up with a different color

00:58:56every time.

00:58:56You would use colors I never used.

00:58:58You'd go aqua 64, turquoise 12.

00:59:02The hell's wrong with you, man?

00:59:05Well, you know, I knew that you were the philosopher and you're the professor, so I figured, you

00:59:11know, instead of just using colors, I'd use octaves.

00:59:14So, you know, I'd go change my octaves.

00:59:17I got about three octaves, you know, so I said, you know, this guy's smart.

00:59:21I got to let him know that I've got a little intelligence, so let me change it up and do

00:59:24something new, you know.

00:59:26I like the color purple because it's the color of royalty.

00:59:29Yeah.

00:59:30And I knew I would get you with that turquoise because you used to wear those turquoise shoes

00:59:34on Monday.

00:59:34Shut up, man.

00:59:35You know what?

00:59:36You know, it's one of the great regrets in my life coaching you that I never came up

00:59:41with anything worth a hoot, man.

00:59:44But anyways, I love you, man.

00:59:47I love you.

00:59:48Let me share this one more time just so the audience knows it.

00:59:53It was my time to leave the Philadelphia area and God used you to get me to another level

01:00:00in my life.

01:00:01And now as I sit here as a pastor with a church with about 800,000, 900,000 people to

01:00:08come

01:00:08each week, my mind, I had to go through that to learn humility and to remove my pride and

01:00:18to realize that, you know, God had to be completely number one.

01:00:21And I thank God for using you to get me up out of there.

01:00:26I wanted to stay for one more year, play 12 years because I was number 12, but that wasn't

01:00:30really a reason to stay there.

01:00:32But to play another five years after that and hear you on the news when you were commentating,

01:00:37say, you know, I've made a dumbest decision by letting this guy go.

01:00:42Look at him.

01:00:42He's the MVP of the league.

01:00:44And I had that guy right there.

01:00:46That's humility.

01:00:47And I appreciate that.

01:00:48And I learned that from you as well.

01:00:49So brother, you know, I love you and keep doing what you're doing because a lot of people

01:00:54love you.

01:00:54Keep doing your cameos too.

01:00:56Yeah.

01:00:56I'm kicking your butt on cameo, man.

01:00:58I got a big lead on you this month.

01:01:01Yeah.

01:01:02I made about $12 this week.

01:01:05You're too busy.

01:01:07Let me hear your snap count with a little.

01:01:08Give me your snap count.

01:01:09Use a little turquoise or aqua or something, will you?

01:01:12All right.

01:01:13I think you told me.

01:01:14Townsend.

01:01:16Turquoise 59.

01:01:19Turquoise 59.

01:01:21Hot, hot.

01:01:22Get the word.

01:01:23Yeah, you taught me that.

01:01:24I love you, kid.

01:01:26I'll see you in Vegas.

01:01:27Hey, Houston.

01:01:28We have a problem.

01:01:29All right.

01:01:30It's time to get some things off of our chest.

01:01:31We love the shred line.

01:01:33And we'll get to the callers, which, by the way, the guy that has called multiple times,

01:01:36like that really popped off on social media because the guy, I just, I want to know where

01:01:39he lives.

01:01:39Okay.

01:01:40So we'll see if he calls back.

01:01:41But coach, I know you have some things you're very irritated about.

01:01:44Well, I did some research.

01:01:45And one of the things that irritates me, as you know, are these officials that call a lot

01:01:49of penalties, so Scott Novak, he wears the white hat, he has a crew, 164 penalties, they

01:01:57lead the league by about 20.

01:01:58So let's gong Novak and his crew.

01:02:0245 holding calls?

01:02:04Come on, man.

01:02:05I mean, offensive holding, defensive holding.

01:02:07Hell, I'm going to be holding a wastebasket to throw up in.

01:02:11Knock off all the flags.

01:02:13The second thing that really bothers me are the pre-snap penalties.

01:02:16I'm having a hard time with it, man.

01:02:17The Baltimore Ravens lead the league with 24.

01:02:20They got eight false starts and three touchdowns in their last three games.

01:02:24And Titus Howard of the Cleveland Browns, he leads the league with seven false starts.

01:02:29And if you watch college football, there's a false start every other play.

01:02:32Gong it.

01:02:32Gong it!

01:02:33I can't take the false starts.

01:02:36God, fans should get a refund or the players should run a lap around the stadium the next

01:02:41time you see a pre-snap penalty.

01:02:42The last thing I have is TV timeouts.

01:02:45I mean, we're standing on the field at Tennessee and Iowa, me and Malisek.

01:02:48They're four minutes.

01:02:50Four minutes long for a TV break.

01:02:52I mean, hell, you could cook a steak and season it and eat it before the freaking game starts

01:02:59again.

01:02:59There's a thing called momentum.

01:03:01And we're ruining the momentum of a game.

01:03:03Let's cut the TV timeouts.

01:03:05Gong them.

01:03:06That's all I got.

01:03:09A lot of gonging today.

01:03:11Good biceps, man.

01:03:11I know.

01:03:12Listen, I got to keep doing it.

01:03:13Who called in?

01:03:14Anybody?

01:03:14Did that guy call?

01:03:15I know.

01:03:16That's what I'm wondering.

01:03:16What did you say?

01:03:17You live in like a shack somewhere?

01:03:18I couldn't think of anything.

01:03:19It was awesome.

01:03:20Shack.

01:03:20I know a lot of people are pissed off about the trade situation.

01:03:23So let's start with the Falcons.

01:03:27Woke up this morning to some fucking bullshit news.

01:03:29Traded Jesse Bates to the Jaguars for a fucking sack of laid baked potatoes.

01:03:35There's just a matter of bullshit in the Falcons office.

01:03:38I mean, we go to Spain.

01:03:40I didn't have any fucking hopes to play Joe Burrow, but, you know, it went the way I thought

01:03:45it would.

01:03:46Can't do fucking nothing.

01:03:47We got Kevin Stefanski, who's top 12 paid coach.

01:03:51The fuck he's done?

01:03:52What the fuck has he done?

01:03:53Not a damn thing.

01:03:55Matt Ryan, we make you the football operations manager.

01:03:58You've done fuck all.

01:04:00You've just been a poster boy.

01:04:02Then we got Ian Cunningham fucking making money for us, I guess.

01:04:07But what the fuck is that good for if you can't win?

01:04:10I'm not going to cut this guy off.

01:04:12Let him keep going.

01:04:13Anything on the Falcons, it's bad.

01:04:15I love it.

01:04:16Because I grew up the heat.

01:04:17The whole of them.

01:04:17I would request to get out of there.

01:04:20The fucking NFC South is a bunch of horse shit.

01:04:24All right, cut them off.

01:04:25That's enough.

01:04:26My sleeper team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, just pounded you guys into the ground.

01:04:31Wait till we come to Atlanta to see you, my friend.

01:04:34Next call.

01:04:35The Lay's baked potatoes, or whatever he said.

01:04:37Incredible.

01:04:38All right, let's go to the Eagles fan.

01:04:40And apparently there's a sneaky shot in here.

01:04:43Listen, coaches.

01:04:46I'm looking at the Philadelphia Eagles this year, and I'm at a loss for words.

01:04:50I don't even want to look at them, but I'm doing it.

01:04:53I'm an Eagles fan, allegedly.

01:04:54You know, I'm looking at this team right now, injury after injury after injury, and then

01:05:00outside of the injuries, playing like straight-up dog shit, straight-up dog shit.

01:05:06We look like the December 30th, 2018, Week 17 commanders with that 24-0 loss to the Eagles.

01:05:13Josh Johnson, starting quarterback, Jay Gruden, head coach.

01:05:16A little callback for you, coach.

01:05:18Oh, cut this guy off.

01:05:20It's a low-blow chop-blocking freaking Eagle fan.

01:05:24We're having injuries.

01:05:25We're only on our fourth quarterback, our fourth tight end, our sixth tackle, our ninth guard,

01:05:28and our fourth linebacker.

01:05:30Sorry you have a couple injuries there, buddy.

01:05:32Yeah, sorry, pal.

01:05:34Why don't you call Howard Eskin at WIP?

01:05:37Tell him I settled up.

01:05:38What an unnecessary shot, Jay.

01:05:40I didn't like that.

01:05:41You want me to fight him?

01:05:41I'd take a lot of shots.

01:05:42I'm like a punching bag.

01:05:43Oh, that makes me sad.

01:05:45All right, speaking of punching bags, let's talk about the Jets.

01:05:48These New York football Jets are an absolute embarrassment to the game at this point.

01:05:54I mean, they can't even watch it anymore.

01:05:56Last week, they got their asses kicked.

01:05:58The highlight of the game for the Jets was when they fumbled the ball, Kansas City recovers,

01:06:03and Geno Smith steps up like a linebacker to take someone's head off.

01:06:07I mean, that's the best play of the game for the Jets.

01:06:09And besides that, they get their ass kicked this week, right?

01:06:13And then the previous week, their one-score games, field goal games.

01:06:18But you know what, Gruden?

01:06:19Bad teams will find a way to lose.

01:06:22The same as good teams will find a way to win.

01:06:24Cut them off.

01:06:25That's a great way to look at it.

01:06:26Write that down.

01:06:27Bad teams find a way to lose.

01:06:30Bad teams find a way to lose.

01:06:33What did you expect, though?

01:06:34I mean, who had the first pick of the draft last year?

01:06:36The Raiders?

01:06:37Who was their starting quarterback?

01:06:39Geno Smith.

01:06:40And they signed him.

01:06:41What did you expect was going to happen?

01:06:42You're going to go 13-4?

01:06:43The good thing is they got three of the top ten picks next year.

01:06:46We're going to need them.

01:06:47Definition of insanity.

01:06:48All right, the last one.

01:06:50This says, in all caps, pathetic.

01:06:52So I can't wait to see where this goes.

01:06:55The Baltimore Ravens are the most pathetic fucking excuse for a football team I have ever seen.

01:07:04In their 30-year history, this is the worst three-game stretch they've ever had.

01:07:11Three straight 20-plus point blowouts.

01:07:14They got no heart, no passion, no fight.

01:07:18They fucking suck.

01:07:20They stink.

01:07:21And we are worthless without Lamar Jackson.

01:07:24Give him a blank check and let him fill out whatever the fuck he wants.

01:07:28Because this team fucking sucks.

01:07:30The crime rate's about to spike.

01:07:33All right, that's enough negativity for one call.

01:07:37Goodness gracious.

01:07:38You know, when you change your uniforms to that purple, what is that called, that shade of purple they're wearing?

01:07:44Gross.

01:07:45It's a bad look.

01:07:47You know, you're winning 13-0 to the Bengals.

01:07:50You go into the locker room at halftime.

01:07:51You come out and you get your lights punched out.

01:07:54I mean, Hendrickson, Matt Abike, they got Roquan Smith.

01:07:58What the hell?

01:07:59They can't stop the pass.

01:08:01They can't stop the run.

01:08:02They're not playing good defense.

01:08:03They don't make field goals.

01:08:05And Lamar Jackson, he's hurt all the time.

01:08:08I mean, they got a new offensive coordinator, a new head coach, and the results are not good.

01:08:13And that's just the facts.

01:08:16Yeah, it's not great for the Ravens fans right now.

01:08:18It's pathetic.

01:08:18But, you know, it'll get better, right?

01:08:20We still got a chance with just Kobe Brissette coming in there.

01:08:23That was mean.

01:08:24Now you're just lashing out.

01:08:26All right, anything else, guys?

01:08:27I think that was a good show.

01:08:29I got to tell you, though, Randall Cunningham, you know when the football gets real wet?

01:08:34A lot of guys can't throw it.

01:08:36I mean, you saw Tampa Bay and Pennix through four interceptions.

01:08:39Tampa Bay don't even throw it.

01:08:40What he did in that driving rainstorm is the damnedest thing I've ever seen.

01:08:43He has hands that are this big.

01:08:44He can grip that thing.

01:08:45I tell you, he shredded Green Bay.

01:08:48Some of those throws to Randy Moss.

01:08:50Hell of a show.

01:08:51He wasn't completing bubble screens, man.

01:08:53Let's put it that way.

01:08:54Subscribe, what's it called?

01:08:56Oh, we'll do that in a second.

01:08:57Okay.

01:08:57All right, we'll see you guys next week.

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