GameChanger Podcast: Major Announcement & Full 2023 NFL Season Preview | Episode 109

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Alex Boyajian

9/4/202367 min read

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all right welcome back episode 109 um doing a football preview today NFL

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starts on Thursday night Chiefs and lions on peacock I think but

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I want to do a little intro because we have a big announcement major announcement for the show first up make

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sure you watch summer smash episode 7 is out now it drops Saturday night it is

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featuring Michael Scarlett and my dad Armand voyage and playing for the grand title of uh chaotically and Tom classic

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Champion but that's not what I'm talking about we are launching a brand new website for

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the chaotically intolerant podcast it is chaoticallyintolerant.com at the time

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that you were listening to this it is live now um just type in any web browser

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chaotically intolerant.com and you'll be able to access the website I'm going to go through the website real quick with

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you before we jump into the football so let's go um

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all right so home page obviously you have the logo right scroll down you'll have the latest

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episode of chaotically intolerant which right now that well at the time of this recording it was 108. newest summer

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smash at the time of this recording it was episode six um and then you drop down we have a Blog

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now um that will be releasing we'll have different football articles baseball

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current events stuff or we want more writers so if anybody's interested in writing on something that you're

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probably gonna go back to Twitter to be honest um let's go to the blog so there's only one blog up right now we'll have a lot

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more up um you know it's just episode 108 um the blog that I put out for that

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then our podcast episodes this is going to update every week with a new episode

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this our Apple podcast it also updates every single week and then our Spotify will also update

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every single week with the new episode so by the time you visit it um you will be able to see episode 109

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on here summer smash it has our newest episode with the

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description you have what summer smash is about and what the chaotically intolerant classic

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is about um the governing bodies which you can see here Michael Scarlett did win um spoiler

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alert and we have some history behind it and then every single episode of

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summersmash or the chaotically intolerant classic is available on this page obviously it is available on our

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YouTube channel but you can go to our page and just see it on here

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Tech Mobile yes Tech Mobile still does happen um I haven't been able to do much with it as of late just because of my

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commitment to summersmash and getting everything else done there um we have our description of the

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current season this is our current season season two and then our past season um season one

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all the personalities so these are more of the recurring personalities that we have um the people who

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basically you know work for us obviously me um and we have Leighton you all know

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Leighton Angel you all know angel I know Angel hasn't been on in a while um think just some we've made some

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changes to how we do things but Angel is still our friend he's still our guy he's still still a part of the show

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um and Michael which you're going to be able to hear um you know you know football is back when you hear his voice well football is

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back so you're gonna hear his voice and then finally we have the hall of fame um chaotically and Tylenol Hall of Fame

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is a way to honor those who must be mentioned when telling the story of chaotically and Todd so we have not

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obviously we have not elected other people um you know this is the class of 2023 basically the

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beginning we do our election at the end of the year every year so obviously if you guys listen to that episode me

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Leighton angel uh Keem Davis Gaither and Rosco Nash all

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were the inaugural class of the 2023 chaotically intolerant hall of fame

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um so this is a massive massive thing for us this website is massive it's going to

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help us grow even more we're going to look more professional uh because I want to be more professional I want to I want

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to build this into something big everybody kind of knows that I want this to be a business more than just a little podcast that I do every week I put a lot

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of work and a lot of effort into this show so I hope this can can build our name even more I want to thank you all

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for watching over these past two years now it's been over two years we didn't really do a second

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anniversary episode I didn't really find it to be that special it's just year two um every year we're just moving forward

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we're doing something new and and that's kind of what this is this is our newest big thing

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um basically it's gonna launch us into the next era of chaotically intolerant we're going to be getting into writing I

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love to write about the things that I love and I want to get more people more personalities into this

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into this world into the world of chaotically intolerant hopefully I can bring on some some new people that you

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guys recognize and some um some old people so I'm really excited

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to have this and um you know again thank you to everybody who has been a part of the journey um

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you know what let me let me show you guys our smartphone because you're gonna be able to look at it on a smartphone as well

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um it's not just gonna be some crappy website uh you know it's it's gonna look like the computer version

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um it's gonna be a little different so let me just share that screen here so I mean it's kind of the same thing

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you know you go through it's it's all the same information obviously that's that's what you should expect it's not

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going to change the information isn't going to change based on smartphone or computer but this is just a look at it

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here and I will actually click on this I mean you guys should know what this is

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podcast episode summersmash the only thing that does

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look different are the videos um

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I like the images we got here uh I need to move that down actually just a little bit

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um and then the Hall of Fame picture it just gets crushed a little bit but it's okay

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um so again thank you all for watching and going on this journey with us that we've been doing I promise you it's going to be worth your while so um

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thank you all for paying attention to that little bit it's been about seven minutes a little longer than I thought

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but I want you guys to go ahead listen to this football preview um and let's have some fun this season

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huh all right welcome back to chaotically and Tyler episode 109. if

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you recognize that face that's Michael Seth that means football is back it is officially back uh this is the

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last Monday you'll have without football for the next five months um and then last Tuesday and last

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Wednesday and then Thursday football football is here so we're doing our

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preview episode uh probably one of my favorite episodes of the year just because because it means football's back

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thank you yeah wow it's I mean just feels like it starts earlier every year ends later

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every year of course it's longer season now so there's some truth to that soon it'll be 18 weeks 18 games and yeah

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we'll have football year round I mean they're gonna do 52-week seasons in a few years might as well

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Jonathan Taylor is going to be running around with uh torn torn Achilles and

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he's still somehow he's gonna be bionic and he's still gonna somehow you know rush for 300 yards

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all right well let's get this thing started I guess let's um give me give me a hot take you guys

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let's start it off hot what's a hot take for this season oh I take oh geez

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um don't ask me why but I feel like the Atlanta Falcons are going to be good in

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the south that division is not good it's not good so they they have a chance to be good by

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default I think because everyone will say the Saints will be the team probably

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I'm sure I'll be wrong but you know I got it instead it's a hot take it's the first one I could think of off that's off my hand I think the I mean the

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Falcons they showed a lot of they showed competence last year at the

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end of the year I think so that's not that's not really a shock to say the

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least um I don't know if this is a hot take but for me

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I think uh the Cardinals head coach is going to get fired mid-year so it'll be that bad it'll be like

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Nathaniel Hackett 2.0 yeah I think I I don't know if you saw his hype up speech

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for the Cardinals it was it was not good

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I could probably pull it up here can we see a winless team will we see a winless team oh

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well that's tough because you would say the Cardinals

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but they also get to play the Rams who are they real I mean I don't I can't

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really see the Rams being that good um

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I feel like the Colts will win a couple I'm I'm not high on the Colts I'm I'm

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not high at all on them uh

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it's just really tough to to look at any team and say they won't win a football game and I know there are some bad teams

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out there I mean I'm looking in the South I feel like they'll beat up on each other a lot uh

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uh I mean the Cardinals are the closest thing to it I think

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close definitely definitely I think that's the team going into the air that is the favorite to do that

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I mean I'm I'm pulling up uh Rich gannon's hype up speech for the Cardinals

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might as well be Jonathan game oh Jonathan Gannon whoops

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who drove over here wait let me see your hands who took the bus

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do you have fire in your gut

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we're here for a reason don't get that twisted okay we're here for a reason to win

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games so if you didn't have that fire in your gut you better light the fire pretty fast

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be who you are just understand I'm looking for killers

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yeah that really makes me wanna win a football game definitely yeah my

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life on the line the blank expression so fast forward to the cards being division champs and then we'll look back at that

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they'll say they'll say they were um their emotions were very settled there

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there was never too high or too low if they win that division that's what they'll say maybe a lot of them did take

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the bus to get there and hit too close to home I don't know they probably can't afford to to buy a car with all those

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practice squad players that the the Cardinals have I mean when he when he said when he put his hand behind his

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head in the speech I was like that that is a guy who's not confident at all

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this year so yeah tough look um all right well let's just jump into

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these teams uh AFC East just talk let's talk about the

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Buffalo Bills yeah I mean the bills that like I can

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never trust them I mean they got all the talent they got they got their big offensive weapon they got Von Miller

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healthy right that was a big loss last year I think the bills will be good but you just wonder year after year after

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year with disappointment and it's a franchise that's built around disappointment does that add up and just

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take its toll at some point I mean it's great Demar Hamlin's back playing um I see them in like the low double

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digit range of wins I I think they'll have their hands full now that the division is is better with you know

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Miami and the Jets being competent even New England you never know what you're gonna get from the Patriots I

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I see the bills as a good maybe even a really good but not a great team

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yeah I think um it's getting the the same old Trope is

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getting tired I feel like every year in the preseason we say it's it's a must

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you know Super Bowl or bust Super Bowl or bust and you know the next year we can't believe in the you know if if they

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don't win it this year they're never gonna win it and every year we just come right back around uh the Demar Hamlin

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thing it's good to see him playing he wasn't like a major role player on

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their defense or like he wasn't like a major player I think it's okay to say that like I don't think him being gone

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is a massive blow I guess to to the defense

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um obviously when it happened for the morale it was horrible a

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horrible blow but they went out and they beat the Patriots that next week but I think just skill wise if you look at his

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plus minus he's probably around a even plus minus of what he adds to takes

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away from that defense so the bills you know I just I'm getting tired of

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hearing the they gotta win this year they gotta win this year they they don't do it this year I'm never believing in

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them again yeah I'll say that they don't do it this year I'll never believe in him again they at least have to get there for me to say

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okay they're they can make another step or they got to be playoffs and we'll count them yes I mean

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you have to and and you can't get embarrassed by the Bengals either you I think you have to beat the Chiefs

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and the Bengals for me to really believe even if they lose the Super Bowl but they beat the Chiefs and the Bengals then I say okay this team's really good

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they'll go out and get it next year yeah um to the next one the Jets this is the

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most interesting team in football I think right now um they have a lot of old guys and a lot of young guys

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uh Aaron Rodgers is obviously the the number one guy that you think of when you think of the Jets

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the Jets are disappointing disappointing franchise throughout history they have been the only I mean their Super Bowl

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with Joe Namath over the Colts yeah you know I wasn't even alive so I don't give a [ __ ] yeah

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I I don't really know what to say about the Jets yet there's there's not much you can really say about them

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I think uh I've only gotten through one episode of Hard Knocks I like I like the look and feel the team I like the coach

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you know for he's like the anti-jonathan Gannon he he they will run through brick wall for Robert Salah I think there's a

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rejuvenation for the Jets I think it's going to take him like half a season you know a lot of times quarterback comes in

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there's a lot of hype I could see the Jets struggling early and starting to put it together late um I wouldn't count them out of winning

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the AFC East I mean this isn't the old school Tom Brady days where you have to win 12 or 13 games to win a division

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title I mean 10 and 7 11 and 6 might be good enough for the Jets

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um but I see them I see them as a team that could make some noise you know can they get past all the hype Aaron Rodgers

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loves this I mean he like is loving living in New York loves the hype loves the attack he's going to the Knicks

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games he's going to yeah yeah he was at the Tonys or or something or one of those award shows he's just really

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loving um you know big city life and so we'll see we'll see see how much he loves it

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if they struggle but if they do well I mean he's just on cloud nine I'll say this I mean being in Green Bay

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your entire career Green Bay is probably the smallest city to to have an adult

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team I mean the entire city revolves just around that team there's no other team in in Green Bay so

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I would understand him being really excited to get out or just just get the hell out of out of Green Bay and into a

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big I mean going from the smallest to the biggest Market in in football and in

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sports really is is a big change I think he's enough of a veteran where that won't affect him I

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feel like he's actually going to play really well and you're going to be able to point to him and say he's playing well but the Jets

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aren't as good it's it's almost like with with Mike Trout or shohei when you

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know the angels will go and win 10 in a row when both of those guys are out right and it's like well obviously they did

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because they're just expecting trout and shohei to to win every game for him um I think that's going to be the same

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situation at least early on and and you know I agree with you though they'll probably hit some sort of stride late in

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the year I think they might get into the wild card

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um Miami this is another I mean just the AFC East in general is one of the more

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polarizing I think divisions in in the league where you could point to every

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team and say they're going to be really good or they could be really really bad and Miami is one of those

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um their offensive line play has been horrible in Camp I mean to uh is is

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borderline going to some sort of rehab facility for for all of his brain injuries and they can't get an offensive

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line to protect the poor guy um their their skill players are the best

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in football no doubt about it and if they would have added Jonathan Taylor they would have been light years ahead

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of anybody else but can they protect who that's that's the biggest question going into the season if they can't protect

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them and he's out for more than two games they won't make the playoffs

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yeah they uh they I'm surprised they didn't invest more in the offensive line because this kid's not going to be at

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the end of his career pretty soon if he's if he takes another injury and the Dolphins are like damn body you know

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the Miami the LA's of the world those cities they have all the flash but no none of the substance Miami has been you

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talk about the Jets being disappointed I feel like the Dolphins have been a disappointment almost every year and just teasing their fans and if it's so

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many back in the day 10 and 6 9 and 7 Seasons win a wild card game get crushed in the division round those dolphins and

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um I mean their backup situations not great I mean they played decently in that playoff game against the bills

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right who was that uh that was playing Skyler Thompson wow uh but that's not

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gonna that's not gonna cut it if he has to go and I think the Dolphins again will be you know nine and eight ten and 17. same old same old but it'll come

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down to you know quarterback play not getting it done defensive meltdown late in the air

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it's Miami no team perfects the December January Swoon quite like the Miami Dolphins

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well and you also have to point to they play in Florida they don't deal with the

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cold and they're in the AFC East where every other team you have to go to the cold yeah they don't play well in the

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cold they're they're like they're like the Colts the Colts play whole when they would go to New England in December with

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with Peyton Manning they would always get their asses kicked same thing with luck when they would have to go to New England

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they can't play in the cold they can't play in the snow so it's it makes a lot of sense that they

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just completely collapse in those winter months um and then New England

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this is one of those teams I mean I think it's just the Patriot logo that I look at and I'm like well

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they can't be bad they're the Patriots right but I don't know man I'm I'm starting to buy

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in they got Zeke and old Zeke obviously um but I'm starting to buy in a little

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bit on these Patriots they only got one quarterback on the roster and that's my Mac Jones shocking release of Bailey

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zappy in my opinion yeah I was surprised about that they'll pick somebody up maybe Tom Brady will come back but I uh

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don't think that the Pats are going to be bad I can't I can't see Belichick having another you know because if they

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have a bad year like you'd almost have to start thinking about what does this mean for Bill Belichick right they would

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have missed since Brady left they missed the playoffs what 21 um in 20 and in 22 so two out of three

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supposed to be three out of four years if they missed the postseason again um but the Pats relish the underdog roll

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usually it's you know if you ever pick them to be bad that's when they that's when they seem to do well I trust

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Belichick to get his defense right I do I don't know about Mac Jones if he gets hurt they're in big trouble but with

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Ezekiel Elliott with some of those weapons Hunter Henry on offense yeah I think the Pats will be sneakily in the

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mix in the AFC East talking about them being the underdog I mean they the birth

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of Kareem hunt was like that that really Infamous the

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Patriots are done Tom Brady is done they I think they beat the Pats like 35 to 10

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on Monday Night Football or something like that and then Brady just went off they did the same they did the same

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thing they always do so I I will never in my heart and soul I will never count out the Patriots even 20 years from now

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when Bill Belichick is gone and Tom Brady is actually starting to age I'll

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still say Well they're the Patriots I mean you can't you can never count them out

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yeah they earned that right by winning six championships in the you know two decade span so yeah

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uh AFC North Pittsburgh Steelers can't I don't know

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I'm saying the Patriots you see that logo you can never assume they're going to be bad they tomlin's never had a

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losing season yeah uh Tomlin you know

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I mean he's never had a losing season but he hasn't had spectacular Seasons I

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mean I remember when they went 11-0 and they lost to the football team at the time I think

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and then they lost like those five straight they were 11 and five then they went in played Cleveland got their ass

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kicked against Cleveland um I'm a huge believer in George Pickens

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last year he was a Phenom at Georgia he was a monster he was on that National

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Title team and he can be a Difference Maker on the offense but is Pickett gonna make the

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Step Up that's the big question I mean that's that's going to be the big question for a lot of different teams are these young

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quarterbacks going to make the step up and Kenny Pickett had a great you know the Steelers were great down the stretch

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I mean they they practically played their heart and soul out just so Mike Tomlin could have

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another winning season um can I believe in them to win the AFC

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North no but they'll I feel like again it's the same thing every year they'll be in it down the stretch

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yeah they're I cannot see them being worse than nine and eight although I can't see them

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maybe being better than like 11 and 6. again they're in a tough division

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um but they're you know they're built to play in in the cold months I think the it'll be interesting to see how well

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they run the ball because that's always the that's always the stealer way you know the even all those great teams have

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always had good running games but I liked Kenny I mean you know being a Ravens fan I don't want to see the Steelers do well but I liked what I saw

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from Kenny picket down the stretch and you know the Steelers they just have a way with these young quarterbacks right

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they know how to develop guys they know how to put Talent around them unlike Miami with Tua I think you're looking at

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another Tomlin winning season even if it's not a spectacular one I would say if you're in a fantasy draft

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which I I don't think anybody should be drafting in fantasy like

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before or before like the first week before the the season you know you should be doing it

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within seven days of game one um I would be looking for Kenny Pickett in the late rounds because I don't think

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a lot of a lot of novices aren't going to take them but I would look for Kenny um in that late late round just to have

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your second quarterback and you know if you miss on them you miss on them no nobody's gonna care but if you hit on

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them it's gonna be a big hit because I think he'll compliment Naji Harris very

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well uh Cleveland you know DeSean Watson man he looked

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horrible last year um I I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt though last year because he

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didn't play in a year what do you expect from a guy who hasn't played in a year I mean this is going to be the real test

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I think you really don't know anything about a team anyways until the first six games like after those first six

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games that's when teams really find their way I mean when I hear somebody say this team sucks because of week two

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like what what are you talking about these guys are just still figuring it out um

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you know ever again I think like the LA ever since Baker really came to Cleveland the media wants you to believe

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in Cleveland they really want you to I just I can never do it I just can't see that that brown holding up uh holding up

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a Super Bowl trophy even even like a division championship I can't see it especially in that division

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no no no chance um I don't know what it is it's like we

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were talking about the Steelers and the Patriots and then the Browns are like the anti of that when you see that logo you just can't believe in him you can

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put the 85 Bears on that team and you just wouldn't feel good I mean you know they'll be a little better with Watson

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they picked up a few guys um free agency you know they had Amari Cooper from um last year and then and then yeah I

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like like the Juan Thornhill pickup for example and they're secondary but like do you really trust in that Brown's

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culture I mean yeah they Nick Chubb to me like their ceiling is like eight or nine wins

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it's still stefansky right yeah I feel like he's just a guy that that

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gets fired every year or I hear his name like he should be on the hot seat every year and he just doesn't get fired it

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just sounds like a name that's like a one and done head coach but he's somehow stuck around for a while which

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I mean when you beat the I mean they should build him a statue for beating the Steelers in the playoffs in

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Pittsburgh they ended that you're out and they actually won in Pittsburgh you know of course no one was there to see

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it but still right that was 2020 so and then they almost beat Kansas City

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too yeah fumble at the one yard line right that that that play that changed and they couldn't stop Henny on the

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third and long right yeah that was their you know the Browns should know better than anyone you get there you better

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take advantage of that opportunity because you don't know if it's gonna happen again and sure enough it hasn't happened again and then I think I think

28:23

they ended up playing who did the Chiefs play in the AFC Championship that year

28:29

no they smoked the bills that's right yeah yeah which I don't

28:36

know if I don't know if Cleveland beats bills that year maybe I mean why not the bills always choke too you got two

28:41

something had to get into the game so uh you're Ravens I'll I'll just let you

28:48

cook about the Ravens well I mean like it's isn't it like the bills where it's like it's not this year with Lamar

28:54

Jackson you know I always talk to my friends about like the Flacco Lamar comparison like well it's not really a

29:00

comparison right you know they can't compare their abilities and it's like well Flacco won nine playoff games in his first five years you know maybe they

29:06

put a good team around him but he stayed healthy and uh if now with like okay now they have

29:12

Odell Beckham they have a big play receiver finally to go it feels like though that the difference

29:18

is like one of these years the defense has to really step up like they really have to have when they win championships

29:25

and they go far in the playoffs it's because they have a really like like a lot of great impact players on defense I

29:31

just don't know if they have that and there's just so much pressure now Lamar gets the big contract look at what

29:36

happened when they gave Flacco the big contract I don't it just it feels like it's a com like a little bit of a house of cards

29:42

right now so I'm kind of nervous going in if they play well you know winning covers up a lot of a lot of anxiety and

29:49

concerns um they gotta get off they gotta get off to a good start they gotta give themselves

29:55

a margin Fair like Lamar's got to feel good about himself he's got to stay healthy I mean it's just the the nature

30:00

of his game is he's just one you know run away from another injury and the Ravens like you you know why they have

30:06

that great these great preseasons because they always have pretty good backup quarterbacks but I don't want to

30:12

test that theory again yeah I I feel like with the contract thing at least if I was a professional

30:19

athlete I would tell my agent do not tell me a thing about money I don't want

30:25

the team to tell me a thing about money if you sign a new contract just give me a blank sheet of paper and ask for my

30:31

autograph I don't want to know anything about how much money I'm getting because if I feel like every single time these

30:38

guys sign a big contract I think Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen are like those two exceptions and Peyton man I mean you

30:45

could go on there's a few guys but I would say the majority of the time this comes with all sports when those massive

30:51

10-year deals are signed it turns into nothing like that those guys fall apart and I don't it's I think

31:00

it's a mental thing more than anything of okay I'm good because a lot of a lot

31:05

of guys you know they probably come from middle class families or or lower income families and you want to make money for

31:12

your family I think that that's the main motivation behind it so a lot of these

31:17

guys just say okay my family's taken care of I'm good I I don't need to worry about it anymore no matter how much they

31:24

say that's not true I feel like it is true I feel like they do say doesn't

31:29

matter anymore I'm all good I don't need to do it anymore yeah so I would just say don't don't

31:36

tell me anything I tell the team don't say anything about money to me don't care my agent will act in my best

31:42

interest I agree they also need to find a pass rush they're you know Justin Houston was you know led the team in

31:48

sacks last year he's unsigned class Campbell's in Atlanta so they they got they also got to find a guy who can

31:54

bring down other quarterbacks as opposed you know not just okay their own quarterback has to stay upright and play

31:59

well so you know that's a big deal right in the AFC North you better be able to get after the quarterback because there's you know obviously Joe burrow is

32:06

one of them so we'll see we'll see uh you're holding my breath yeah when I when I look at the purple

32:13

uniforms I think of defense and when they have a bad defense it makes no sense to me

32:18

you and me both and uh Cincinnati

32:24

Joe burrow my husband my boyfriend I love Joe I I just when I heard he got

32:29

hurt I dropped down to my knees and I screamed no I can't have this happen um I mean what

32:36

is there any reason I would think they're not gonna go out and win the division I mean right now no I I can't really see

32:44

that that I think they're the favorites by far to win that division uh yeah I actually saw Zach Taylor a

32:51

week ago in DC believe it or not wished him good luck didn't mean it um he was the Bengals were in town to

32:57

play the commanders and left over I said that's is that why is that Zach Taylor is he here and looked it up but

33:03

um but that said I have a lot of respect for him as a coach and uh if Joe burrow is healthy

33:09

the probably the team to be yeah I would think so I mean they've been in the AFC

33:14

Championship now two years in a row what what a gut-wrenching way to lose last year with the guy pushing my homes out

33:20

of bounds and all that and um yeah like offensively is there is there

33:26

offensive line better they got Orlando Brown that you know is one guy gonna fix because imagine if Joe burrow had like

33:34

consistent time he said to do this like his whole career with like a pretty Patchwork offensive line and he just

33:39

finds a way to get it done what if he actually had time to throw I mean the Bengals could be

33:44

really lethal and they have a good defense um yeah I I see this team like

33:51

they gotta I don't say they have to take the next step they've been to a Super Bowl and they know they can beat the Chiefs because they've done it three out

33:56

of four times but um it still feels like a big year for Cincinnati it still feels like now the

34:02

expectations are as high as they've ever been for this team even last year you know coming off the Super Bowl people were like yeah but can

34:08

they do it again and now that they have now that they've been to that stage um the Bengals have a little bit of a

34:14

Super Bowl or bust feel to them don't they oh they absolutely do if I'm a Bengals

34:20

fan I'm looking at that team and I'm saying my realistic expectation is to go

34:25

and win a Super Bowl I mean how you've already been there you lost to the Chiefs I mean you barely

34:31

lost to them last year I mean if if one or two bounces go your way you win that

34:37

game and you go and play the Eagles and who knows what happens obviously against that Eagles team I mean I think they

34:42

came out a little flat the Eagles did um that's probably why they lost that game but um

34:48

yeah I mean it could have it could have very easily been Cincinnati's first title last year

34:55

yeah so you have to look at it and say well we're probably I would say they're the second best team

35:01

in football or in the AFC at least if not football right now because the bills haven't even been there so you got to

35:09

give it to the Bengals uh all right AFC South the the [ ] [ ]

35:16

mountain is what we call it um the Jags I'm gonna say this

35:23

maybe it's my bias against Jacksonville I'm not really confident in them I I feel like they're gonna win that

35:29

division because the division is just not good um but I don't think they're

35:35

a 12-win team or even like a 13 win team like people have been making them out to

35:41

be I think there's a lot of romanticizing after seeing them in the

35:46

playoffs last year Trevor I mean they play great in that second half against the Chargers and then they played a really good game against Kansas City in

35:53

the in the divisional round I think that is what happens when teams get to the playoffs I think a lot of

35:59

them play a lot better um than they may play Above their pay or above their grade

36:05

I feel like over an entire season they'll probably be like a 10-win team

36:10

yeah that's absolutely what I would classify them as I think yeah they took a big step forward last year and I I

36:17

love Doug Peterson as a coach I have a big uh amount of respect for him and what he was able to do turning that team

36:22

around but again expectations is a different animal when you don't have expectations you know it's a little

36:28

easier to play Under The Radar but we'll see with some of these other I mean Trevor Lawrence another year in Doug

36:33

Peterson's system um you know Walker on defense number one pick they have a lot like a lot of guys

36:39

we sign Evan Ingram I think they win the division yeah I don't have any um hesitation to say that where do they

36:45

stack up against you know the Bengals the Chiefs the bills I don't know until I see it I can't

36:51

really believe that they're more than just a you know maybe win one playoff game again kind of team

36:57

I think they won nine games last year if they win 10 this year and

37:03

I don't even think they have to win a playoff game because it depends on who they would play in the playoffs they'll

37:09

probably get a difficult team to say the least like they might have to play Ray

37:15

the Ravens or the Steelers they might even have to see like Aaron Rodgers Jets or the bills

37:21

depending on how that division pans out so I don't even think a winning a

37:26

playoff game is a step forward for them I think just winning more than nine games this year is is a

37:34

step forward for that team because like people forget they were horrible that first half of the year and they got hot

37:41

at the right time and Tennessee just got cold at the right time and they ended up meeting they played each other on

37:48

Saturday Night Football in Jacksonville and they won the division so it's not like they just steamrolled their way

37:54

through the South Tennessee was like they were expected to win that division almost all year last year so

38:01

it's that again there is like a honeymoon with them where you saw them in the playoffs and that's

38:07

how everybody remembers them but me a Colts fan saw them all year even though they kicked their ass in in

38:14

Jacksonville in week two or week three one or the other um I'm not that confident in what they

38:21

can do uh Tennessee again I mean it's it's [ ] it's [ ]

38:27

mountain right now um so they could go out and win that division but what is there really to say

38:33

about them DeAndre Hopkins wanted a team with an established

38:38

GM and established head coach and an established quarterback he went to the team with Ryan Tannehill

38:46

who was at his very best and average Quarterback which that's what you want in a quarterback is average

38:53

um a GM who they just hired if I'm being correct like they just fired their their

38:58

old GM um and this guy's new and Mike Grable who is

39:04

established enough as a head coach I mean he's been there for four or five years so that's a good run with the

39:10

football team and he's not he's not a Belichick he's not an Andy Reed which I would have expected

39:15

Hopkins to go to the Patriots um and Hopkins is all too I think Tennessee

39:21

fans really think he's going to turn back into young d-hop that that tormented them in Houston for all those

39:26

years he's old he's an old man now um I wouldn't be surprised if this was an

39:32

Andre Johnson on the Texans year or or Randy Moss where he just Fades away and into non-existence and

39:39

eventually he gets cut in like week 15. defense I mean Tennessee they've always

39:45

had a pretty good defense I can't I can't like say they won't have an

39:50

awesome defense like I don't know if they lost too many guys I haven't paid too much attention to Tennessee

39:56

um and Derek Henry's getting old too there's it's an aging roster that that

40:02

era of Tennessee dominating the South might might be over and it might turn into Jacksonville

40:07

that's what I think and Ryan Tannehill Malik Willis and will Levis are the three quarterbacks of the depth chart I

40:13

mean how many years could Derrick Henry should the low they are getting older right DeAndre happens I mean variable

40:18

always I like rayville's a coach always gets these Scrappy defensive players to play hard but you got to have some star

40:23

players on your roster to win like enough like enough really really good players can't just be an overachieving

40:29

Team every year and hope that you're just gonna you know Catch Fire and take the league by storm they kind of had a

40:34

little bit of that in 2019 they just haven't been able to recapture it since so they're an average maybe slightly above average football

40:40

team I don't see them as a postseason team at best I think they're above that if

40:46

everything goes right nobody goes down at best they'll be a above average team

40:52

um Houston so they're them in the culture just competing for last I think

40:57

they might be competing for the last or the number one pick in the draft this year I I just feel like Houston

41:05

they I mean they obviously have a future their defense is actually pretty good they they were in a lot of games last

41:10

year um I remember they took the Chiefs to overtime I think and and they beat the

41:16

Colts they tied and then they beat the Colts in in the last game of the season which gave the Colts number four pick

41:23

um but they're they're just not going to be good um that you got to give Stroud another

41:29

year or two I think I think just those Ohio State guys take more time because you're playing in the Big Ten uh

41:36

you're playing not really I mean you're playing good defenses but there's not really much

41:41

else you have to worry about as a quarterback there so and and what's the history of Ohio State

41:46

quarterbacks plus yeah and they're just numerous numerous busts

41:52

um Justin Fields is the first one in my recollection that

41:58

has some promise behind him um so I can't I don't see them doing much

42:06

yeah Texans I mean I like Demico Ryan's I think that they yeah they need a year with a Young quarterback and they need

42:13

to um sort of see where they stack up against the rest of the division but uh give them a year or two and I think

42:20

they'll be on the right track I think they're they're trying to do it the right way again I don't know about you

42:25

know like you said Ohio State quarterbacks but they were a scrappy team last year they were if they can take on that personality again

42:32

um you know some of those young draft picks can develop they they might be a year away

42:38

I think they're closer to being good than the Titans are and even though the Titans are better

42:43

yeah I think like best case scenario for that team I mean they'll win a bunch of division games um they could they could go out and win

42:49

seven or eight games in my opinion uh just with the scrappiness that they have and you know they can probably beat up

42:55

on some bad teams and maybe take a few from some good teams I mean they almost took him from the Chiefs right and they

43:02

the Chiefs won the Super Bowl that year so it wouldn't shock me if they won eight games uh the Colts

43:09

we I kind of talked about it last year or last week um I've I've bought in to Anthony

43:15

Richardson when I really shouldn't have I mean the last time I think we talked I was so so down on the kid

43:22

and again like I'm not I think people people think like um down on the kid just to be down on them as a person and

43:29

of course not I just don't think he'll be a successful football player I mean he started six high school games he

43:36

started in six high school games and 13 college games and

43:42

I mean I think you also but you do have to point at that Florida team and say wow what did he really do with that

43:49

Florida team because I think they were in the top 25 for a little while last year and Thursday night they looked

43:56

disgusting they look so bad against Utah they got their ass kicked so he really

44:01

had a big impact on that team um I'm liking what they're able to do with his physicality from what I've seen

44:07

I mean he Richardson looks confident in the pocket which is something you could point to and say well look he hasn't had

44:15

a lot of experience so he's not going to be afraid as much he's he's much more likely to just take chances he's got a

44:22

cannon I mean he has got a freaking Cannon um

44:27

at the same time it's a Young quarterback I'm not expecting much from this team I I could see like how Andrew

44:34

Luck that that 2012 season was where they had like a magical run and they end up winning you know 11 games or 10 games

44:42

and it's like wow that you know this was awesome um but I feel like this isn't really his

44:48

year I feel like he just needs to mature or I think that's more of what it is again I bought into him fully I remember

44:55

as a kid I was a Gators fan and thinking of the Colts Drafting the Gators best

45:00

quarterback they've had in years was like awesome there was like a dream come true now that I'm an adult and I have no

45:07

football Talent I'm like yeah maybe it wasn't the best idea to draft Tim Tebow

45:13

in the first round um if I was you know if I was the cult so

45:18

you know I uh I really want to believe in them best case scenario is 10 wins for this Colts

45:24

team but I feel like the best case scenario is already out the door with with the issues with Jonathan Taylor

45:30

um that that back and forth would be awesome though if they had Jonathan Taylor with the with the option with

45:35

Anthony Richardson I mean two monsters Richardson wants to play it 6-3 255 which is just a beast

45:43

and he's very elusive he seems like he doesn't take hits he knows how to not take big hits which is Big there's a lot

45:50

of big quarterbacks like Dante Culpepper was one of them massive guy played at the same size but just couldn't avoid

45:56

the big hits and that's that was his issue um so again I mean 10 wins is is best case

46:04

scenario I think that's already out the door worst case scenario they win two games and take Marvin Harrison Jr with

46:10

the number one pick how fitting would that be yeah you're right it's AFC South the Colts

46:16

always have hope yeah they can I mean I feel like they'll take at least a game from the Texans

46:22

they've had trouble against Titans in years past Frank Reich I think he won maybe two games against Titans in his

46:28

entire career there and that was when Andrew Luck was there because Andrew Luck was undefeated in his career against the Titans which is just a crazy

46:35

stat um but they can take a few I feel like they

46:40

might I'm gonna make this hot take I feel like they might take a game from Jacksonville and it's not going to be in Jacksonville

46:49

my dad actually he said you know this year I think I'll go with you guys to Jacksonville to see the Colts I was like

46:55

I wish you would have told me that the last two years because I'm not going this year I'm on strike I'm like I'm

47:01

like the actors I'm on strike I'm not going so yeah but they'll they'll take a few

47:08

division games they'll have some easy games I think they play I think they play the north this year

47:16

in that Division and then they also play the South two which they'll take some games from

47:22

the south I know they will yeah um all right and then the oh did you say anything on

47:28

the Colts no I just agree that they're they're in the AFC South so they have a chance

47:35

to be West um Chiefs are number one team in football what is there to say they're going to

47:41

win that Division I can't I'm not going I'm not going like sexy pick with the Chargers the Raiders or the Broncos no

47:48

it's the Chiefs they proved it last year I think last year was the prove it year it's going to be the Chiefs yep until

47:55

until otherwise proven the coaching there doesn't matter who they lose Personnel wise as long as they have my

48:01

homes as long as they have Andy Reid coaching they still have so much speed at receiver yeah that was a giant middle

48:08

finger to the NFL last year that division is a kind of a joke Chargers never pick them um Chiefs I think you're

48:16

looking at 13 14 wins again and probably another Super Bowl I think it's hilarious that they are the

48:22

best team in football and we have the least to say about that but I think that's also that's also a

48:29

that that just shows how good they are I mean it's they are the best team you can't say anything else they will win

48:36

that Division and they'll most likely be the number one seed again and I feel like even when the Patriots were were at

48:43

the top you wouldn't say that about them you would everybody would pick oh maybe it's

48:48

the Jets maybe you know maybe Mark Sanchez can can do something this year maybe right you know Ryan Fitzpatrick

48:55

can do something and then every year it was the same thing I think we learned our lesson from the Patriots I hope

49:02

we've learned our lesson I don't want to hear anybody say anything about the Chargers Raiders or Broncos especially

49:07

the Raiders um Chargers they're they're the sexy team again I

49:14

mean they have the it feels like they have the same guys uh Eckler is back I

49:20

assume I don't think he's sitting out even though there was contract disputes with him

49:25

um brand of Staley's gonna get fired mid-season he cannot last another year he is so bad

49:34

awful yeah the Chargers my God they're just I

49:39

I don't they're just a cheap organization They Don't Really prioritize winning and they you know

49:44

Herbert they're in L.A yeah they're in L.A and they don't care right they they barely can support the Rams so they

49:50

don't even notice that the Chargers are there poor San Diego um Herbert's a good player but the the

49:56

defense is weak they I think mentally I think they might get their Spirit might be crushed just like Atlanta blowing a

50:02

28-3 lead in the Super Bowl never really recover from that had a chance the next year the Falcons did but I feel like the

50:08

Chargers no they they just can't beat the Chiefs they always give them a good game but

50:14

um they might slip in that division they could slip behind Denver the Raiders yeah

50:20

um the Raiders with Brady there so there is a little bit of a

50:25

kind of an energy with me with the Raiders where you look at how Boston Sports was so good from the time Brady

50:33

got there until he left and and you really look at Boston Sports they have taken a deep dive I mean the Patriots

50:39

are meh the Red Sox that who I mean if I was told in April that the Red Sox would

50:44

be deep in the Wild Card race in in August I would have been happy no Red Sox fan would feel like that five

50:50

years ago they would be what the [ __ ] they should be winning the division they shouldn't be in the Wild Card race the

50:56

Bruins had a historic collapse right against Florida which

51:01

I think Florida going to the Stanley Cup made it feel a little better that that it was like okay they were supposed

51:08

to do that they beat everybody else so why would they not beat us but the Bruins did have a record-setting season

51:13

until they collapsed and then the Celtics losing uh to the heat in game seven after coming back down down 3-0

51:20

you know every Bostonian five years ago going into that game seven would have

51:26

been like oh I'm putting the mortgage on the Celtics to win because Boston team just don't lose like that right you know

51:31

if they come back they're finishing the damn job there's an energy that's left Boston

51:37

in my opinion and I feel like that energy is going to go to Vegas Brady owns the Raiders now partial you know

51:43

minority owner yeah he's in the building and I think that's just enough to maybe

51:49

push the energy to get the Raiders to win and win to get the wild card spot basically

51:56

I do agree with you where they where the Raiders might overtake the Chargers oh absolutely that's not saying much

52:03

um yeah let's see how Jimmy garoppolo's foot holds up let's see how the Raiders you know

52:08

to play Under Josh McDaniels because I'm not a big fan of that guy's ability as a coach but

52:14

um they recent Josh Jacobs can he do what he did last year there you know I think at least the

52:20

expectations are low maybe the Brady effect will be real let's see the Raiders being in the eight

52:26

or nine win discussion you know I think I think Brady went there because

52:31

he knows if Germany goes down there's an open quarterback position that's right wide open for Tom Brady he's got no wife

52:40

to worry about too no wife no nagging wife no he knows McDaniel Josh McDaniel

52:46

as well so it's uh Savvy move it's the perfect position for him to be a player

52:52

owner I mean the next thing he should fire Josh McDaniel's mid-season when Jimmy goes down and just be Jackie Moon

52:58

of the NFL yeah player owner coach it'd be perfect

53:05

um you know they'll also be chanting fourth place at the end of their at the end of

53:10

their season right uh and then Denver um I feel like this is the year they

53:16

might I feel like the the thing about new quarterbacks in new places is especially when you've been in a new place or

53:23

you've been in a place for so long and you go somewhere else there is a little bit of a culture shock when it comes to

53:31

the uh you know just just the the energy and

53:36

and playing in a different city I I kind of want to root for Rush this year he's not I feel like he's not the

53:43

rust that was last year where he had his own office on a different floor and he was doing those stupid Subway

53:48

commercials um I I want to root for him um I feel like

53:54

they're not gonna be in the cellar this year I hope Jerry Judy can stay healthy I hope I hope

54:00

those wide receivers can really stay healthy and I hope Sean I don't like Sean Payton whatsoever I think he's kind

54:06

of a [ __ ] yeah he actually is and never realized it all these years and especially they did that stupid in

54:14

the preseason he said I don't want to see any of these guys wearing their well wearing like visors

54:20

or something and I want everybody to stay in their uniform I was like Sean you won one Super Bowl with Drew Brees

54:28

in 2009 and then he got suspended and really you've underperformed and underachieved for the rest of that time

54:35

there I mean there's been many times where you should be like where if you told a Saints fan after that

54:41

Super Bowl you're not winning anything ever again with Sean Payton and Drew Brees they would have probably had a

54:46

heart attack because how how do you not especially you think about some of those Saints teams they were loaded at points

54:54

um it's almost like Urban Meyer to me he I kind of equate him to Urban Meyer in my

54:59

opinion I just watched the swamp Kings documentary so the Florida football has been on my mind a lot lately so I'm kind

55:07

of rooting for Russ in the Broncos but at the same time I believe they'll take a step forward

55:13

but they're not going to be that good again no I mean they'll be they'll be improved

55:20

I think new coach always gives them energy I don't see about Jerry Judy Broncos defense man they traded away

55:26

some of those guys right last year they're kind of rebuilding that defense a little bit and in that division where

55:31

you got to stop Patrick Mahomes I mean you'd think the Broncos would have made a lot of big purchases on defense

55:37

they're just they've lost that mistake remember the franchises won a Super Bowl within the last decade but I see them

55:43

climbing back up a little bit 7-8 win range um enough that Sean Payton can justify that

55:50

he did a good job I mean that guy really I mean all that stuff he said about Nathaniel Hackett he better back it up

55:58

yeah um he definitely has to uh all right let's go to the NFC

56:03

you can probably start trying to move a little quicker here yeah Commanders

56:10

that's it that's all I gotta say yeah new ownership yeah yeah uh the healthy

56:17

Chase young you know they'll just be that team that maybe if they get one win over their big division Rivals at any

56:22

point whether it's the Giants or the Cowboys or the Eagles they'll consider it a good run but I think the the

56:27

they're in they're on the right track I'm just curious how Sam Howell is going to look I don't I think it's going to be a little bit of a bumpy road in the

56:32

beginning but can't be worse than Carson Wentz as you know

56:39

they also might have to change their name again which is gonna I just hope they go back to the football team that

56:45

was the best one sure or some variation of something that sounds like Redskins but isn't as racist you know Red Tails

56:51

or how about just well there was there was another

56:57

there was another um petition going around it was signed by like 90 000 people from Native

57:03

Americans to have the name change back to the Redskins amazing

57:09

amazing because I know they I know they can't get the they can't secure the the trademark for the commanders because

57:15

somebody else owns it so they might have to go back to another name which either you go to the Hogs I feel like that's

57:22

like a perfect name for them or just go to the football team again because that would be awesome I mean I wouldn't mind

57:28

the Redskins either but I feel like I feel like one team in the league needs to be in every league needs to be just

57:35

football team baseball team or baseball club Hockey Club basketball clubs

57:41

whatever that's awesome yeah uh the New York Giants so this is a

57:46

big I mean Daniel Jones got his contract but this is a huge year for him of can

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he do it can he sustain it can this be done again saquan obviously made running

57:58

backs look horrible in the off season after he folds and basically gets like a million less than what he

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would have gotten if he would have taken the franchise tag right is he even gonna stay healthy again this year that's

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another question this this Giants here is a massive year for them it feels like they're they're bound to come back to

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earth the last year was such smoke and mirrors like I could see them slipping down a six or seven win team you know if

58:24

Daniel Jones like he has to play that of fish and again he has to only throw five interceptions the entire year you know

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they have to get you know contributions from there they have a good defense but in that Division I mean they were they

58:36

were kind of lucky last year yeah um Dallas getting sick and tired of the

58:42

Dallas Cowboys I'm just sick of them as a brand you know I'm sick of people that they talk about Dallas anyway I don't

58:48

know why they aren't America's team the Patriots actually should be America's team because they are literally the

58:55

Patriots that's what Americans are they're considered Patriots

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um Dak Prescott when Dak Prescott throws his fourth interception in week three he's gonna be looking at Trey Lance and

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sweating I think I also think Jerry Jones thought he signed Patrick Mahomes or he traded for Patrick Mahomes because

59:15

Trey Lance is wearing I think he's wearing number 15. oh no he's wearing number five but you

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could throw number 15 on Trey Lance and he looks like Patrick Mahomes just his

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throwing motion he's especially in the red quarterback jersey in training camp

59:33

I think he he thought he traded for Patrick Mahomes and he has the same hair uh and then

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um I'm already ready for Tony pauler to get hurt mid-year and do Swann is going to tear up

59:44

he's just gonna tear it up deuceman was a monster at Kansas State um and Tony Pollard great guy I don't

59:53

think he can be the number one running back I think he needs to be the guy of like oh they gotta give tony Pollard

59:58

more carries why isn't Tony Paul getting more carries

1:00:04

um I think without Zeke you know someone's got to really step up you know and I think they got the receivers

1:00:09

they're just but like Dallas if they don't win the division they're not going on the road and going on any kind of a run their best hope would actually be

1:00:16

to win the division or Jalen hurts gets hurt um nothing seems to change the Cowboys even

1:00:23

if Trey Lance comes in plays well that's just lightning in a bottle that's not a sustainable solution yeah

1:00:28

Cowboys I did like how they bolstered their defense they went out and got Stefan Gilmore and they got him cheap

1:00:36

I I really did like that um they needed to do that they needed to go both to

1:00:42

their past defense so that's one thing the cat the Cowboys fans can really hang their hat on and say this is you know

1:00:48

this is what we what we did and we're actually happy about this um and then Philly

1:00:55

the Eagles man they're they're only getting better right I mean they're more experienced a lot of their young guys

1:01:01

you know I think especially it's going to be big now it's it's gonna be hard to

1:01:06

look at AJ Brown in fantasy because he's going to have to share receptions with

1:01:11

Devonte Smith and Devonte Smith is only getting more mature as a wide receiver so but I mean they're they're just

1:01:18

they're they're the favorites again this year I think picking up Swift that was good the defense is really good just can

1:01:24

they live up to expectations can they stay healthy they that you can make a good case they're the best team in the

1:01:29

NFC and I feel like they actually had expectations going into last season

1:01:36

and they still lived up to them because I think I but in our preview last year I

1:01:42

uh I picked them maybe I didn't pick them to like win the win the NFC but I

1:01:47

was like I think this Eagles team is going to be really really good and nobody's really talking about it but I

1:01:52

think a lot of people started talking about it even after week one and I think they they handled expectations well

1:01:59

um NFC North the Green Bay Packers you know Green Bay

1:02:05

this that that might be a team that might go and win it might surprise some people I don't think they're going to win that division but Jordan love might

1:02:12

surprise some people just because of the Green Bay Packer green now the green makes every quarterback look like

1:02:18

they're 40 years old I saw a picture of of uh who's that who's that like running back

1:02:24

tight end quarterback from the Saints

1:02:29

Hill that somebody edited a packer Jersey onto him and he looked like he was 40 years old

1:02:35

so even a Young quarterback looks 40 but I feel like they might they might go on

1:02:40

win like nine games yeah I mean they did but remember Aaron Rodgers had a tough year his first year

1:02:46

when he took over in 08 they won six and ten so wouldn't be surprised I think there's a little bit of wiggle room for

1:02:52

Jordan love um they look you know they're not the same Packers as they were I don't know if they have enough

1:02:58

impact players in defense but I'm excited to see how this kid looks I think they'll be again Detroit's all the

1:03:04

all the rage but Green Bay could I wouldn't be shocked if they made a run in that division

1:03:10

for the first time ever the Detroit Lions are the favorites they are the favorite I think yeah I don't think I've

1:03:16

ever said that for anything yeah I mean they we'll find out a lot in

1:03:21

about a week right when they play the Chiefs and what are they made of even if they don't win that game if they play well if they come close they fight hard

1:03:28

in that game you know I think you know they don't necessarily have to win that game to be you know to prove anything but they come out and get flattened

1:03:35

because they got they started out horribly last year you know were they really that good or did they just get hot you know they won because they

1:03:41

started I think like one in six one and seven ended up you know nine and eight had a nice run but like so much of this

1:03:47

is just about desire do they really have the talent well Jared Goff have another year like that losing Jamal Williams kind of hurts

1:03:53

but I'm curious to see if Aiden Hutchinson has that if he has that big breakout year that's a big difference maker

1:03:59

yeah um I feel like just Dan Campbell can just will anything he can will the best out

1:04:06

of anybody I mean he could go be a school teacher and he'll get he could will those kids to get hundreds on every

1:04:13

test yeah I feel like he is just that type of guy that will motivate you um so I I want to see him succeed the

1:04:21

anti-jonathan Gannon yeah oh my God yeah he's the I think you said somebody else was the anti-jonathan Gannon I think Dan

1:04:28

Campbell was literally if there if there is a spectrum of head coaches it is Dan

1:04:34

Campbell and Jonathan Gannon I mean you could draw a straight line between the two yeah um

1:04:40

Chicago this so I'm kind of looking at the NFC North this division is really good and I

1:04:46

feel like from history they don't look that good just because it's the NFC North and the Packers have dominated for

1:04:54

30 years I mean really ever since farv was there I mean there there was like a

1:04:59

you know Minnesota wins one wins the Division once every few years but it's really been Green Bay Chicago can make

1:05:06

another big leap here too I think this is if if Justin Fields doesn't make a leap

1:05:11

here it's going to be trouble I think you could call for for Justin fields to kind

1:05:17

of be pushed out of there um he's a young guy obviously but this

1:05:23

is a do it you know a Make It or Break It Here for for the

1:05:29

Bears yeah maybe DJ Moore and him will have a big connection and you know again the Bears they don't have a lot they don't

1:05:35

have to do very much to improve on last year that this would be the year where they should try to you know the the

1:05:40

division is good but it's not like they couldn't make a push um but again the bear is like that's a

1:05:47

franchise it's been all about defense and when you know when we're talking so much about Justin fields and Ohio State

1:05:52

quarterback as the focal point of the team I think the Bears need to re-establish an identity as like the

1:05:58

monsters of the Midway yeah like they were back in the day until they do that they're not going to really take that next step I mean their defense when they

1:06:04

when they like unloaded everybody at the deadline yeah real quick it went it was a big switch it was like typical bear

1:06:11

season great defense horrible offensive play and then when they unloaded it was

1:06:17

just a complete flip like they just stopped even caring about defense and just put every single coach on the

1:06:23

offensive game plan yeah that's that's what it felt like because their offense improved dramatically and the defense it

1:06:30

felt like they didn't even exist so I really hope they put more into the defense I hope they go out and get some

1:06:36

pieces at the deadline because there could be some teams where their season might be

1:06:42

like it might be Make It or Break It early in the year and some of those teams might be looking to get rid of

1:06:48

guys early and they'll just punt on this season and then move on to the next um so I hope they do

1:06:54

if they if they go like 500 up until the deadline I hope they go out and get a bunch of guys yeah um

1:07:01

Minnesota I think every single year of the Kirk

1:07:06

Cousins era for them it's either been Minnesota it's it's Minnesota is going to be

1:07:12

really good or really bad and every other year they are really good or really bad because all their games are

1:07:19

just close so I think this year they're going to be really bad and they're going to lose a lot of close games yeah it's

1:07:24

just the do Theory I mean and what if Justin Jefferson gets hurt or they just start you know being able to cover him

1:07:30

Kirk Cousins man I I just don't certainly lose Dalvin cook yeah the defense isn't you know again like

1:07:36

they're not the purple people eaters it's not a this is a very vulnerable team I think the Vikings take a pretty big step back this year

1:07:43

that's why I'm really really low on Jefferson fantasy wise on taking him

1:07:50

because he's he's projected to be like the number one pick in a lot of drafts I'm like I don't think they're gonna be

1:07:55

that good and I feel like I mean he'll still be an average receiver he's skill wise he's fantastic that's not a knock

1:08:02

on him whatsoever that's not what I'm trying to do but I just feel like that

1:08:07

team overall what surrounds them it's it's gonna be a problem I think he's gonna be a lot worse this year

1:08:14

statistically I don't think skill wise he'll be worse whatsoever um all right whoops I don't know why I

1:08:20

did that uh to the South we talked about this this both South divisions are just [ __ ]

1:08:28

Mountain New Orleans Saints here Derek Carr I mean they're probably the favorites to win this division Derek

1:08:34

Carr starting quarterback I I believe in Derek Carr I don't know

1:08:42

what to say it's weird but I've always kind of believed in Derek Carr and I still do

1:08:48

I believe in him more than other people do I think the Saints are probably the most talented team in the division I

1:08:54

know I said uh it might be Atlanta but um they the Saints like this is a big deal

1:09:00

they invest a lot in this guy they have to take a step forward here if they you know ever they've tried to recapture

1:09:06

the Drew Brees Magic they're they're defense concerns me a

1:09:12

little bit but I think if Carr plays well the Saints are the best team in the division if he plays well and if he

1:09:18

stays healthy is uh Kamara out for four games is that

1:09:23

right that sounds right yeah I think he was suspended for four three three games yeah three games

1:09:31

yeah I I don't know what's going on with him I don't know what's gonna happen uh with with whatever the hell happened in

1:09:38

Vegas it was Vegas right yeah because it was the Pro Bowl um

1:09:43

I mean Michael Thomas he's bound to get injured again he's he's become I

1:09:49

remember when he was really good now he's just running Slants that's all he does

1:09:54

I feel like Carr is one of those quarterbacks that can bring teams up when he needs to when when there's like

1:10:00

a shot of we might make the playoffs but at the same time he can crumble just as easily he can mentally crumble he can

1:10:07

physically crumble so this Saints team is is either going to

1:10:12

be horrendous and they're gonna I think they'll finish like below I think they'll finish in dead last or they'll

1:10:19

they'll go out and win that division pretty easily I think just because of how bad the division is they'll go beat up on a lot of teams yeah

1:10:26

um the Bucks it's bacon time in Tampa yeah is that anything to brag about probably

1:10:33

not no we might still see Kyle trass Cafe through the season come on I I kind

1:10:38

of I kind of feel like that might happen um Trask learning under Brady he actually

1:10:45

didn't look horrible in the preseason he looked like a

1:10:51

competent starter when he was with Florida he wasn't bad I don't think he was really that bad he obviously wasn't

1:10:56

first round material I'm not that stupid but I feel like maybe trash could come

1:11:03

in and win a few games it also wouldn't shock me if Baker comes in and wins seven games

1:11:12

yeah and maybe the pressure of not having Brady there is you know that they

1:11:17

still have some players held over from 2020 um I don't know to me there are six or

1:11:23

seven win team at most when you still have I think when you still have Mike Evans and and Godwin you

1:11:29

can still you can still do a lot um just with those weapons I feel like like Baker

1:11:36

he's got a bad rap um he looked really good in La for some reason for for those couple games I

1:11:43

think that was a little that's probably why he got signed by Tampa sure I think Sean McVay single-handedly saved Baker

1:11:50

Mayfield's career if he can keep that magic going for a

1:11:55

little while he could definitely beat up on some bad teams and win some win win eight games

1:12:02

um I don't really see them having a winning season I won't see it uh this is going to be I mean

1:12:08

it's it's just funny Tom Brady comes in and they're really good and then just immediately they they tumble back down I

1:12:15

mean even really good was making the playoffs last year and winning the division yeah they weren't really yeah

1:12:20

uh but for Tampa Bay I mean there's yeah I I really I want Baker to do well

1:12:27

I like the guy he seems like a guy who loves the game um so I hope he can win eight or nine

1:12:33

games or you know seven eight games Atlanta again I agree with you I think they're

1:12:39

going to be the team to uh shock everybody and maybe come out and win that division

1:12:46

yeah Desmond Ritter but I feel like don't sleep on Taylor heinecke coming in and saving the day right I love Heineken

1:12:53

yeah he could Ritter gets hurt or he struggles

1:12:59

I have more faith in him taking the Falcons to the playoffs but they they have some weapons offensively they're

1:13:04

they're a fun team to watch and again no expectations why not don't have a lot of logic I just think it could happen

1:13:11

they did it last year too I mean they they were one game away from winning that Division and I feel like they would

1:13:16

have probably given Dallas a little bit more of a of a fight than Tampa did absolutely

1:13:22

uh Carolina they got the number one pick Bryce young Frank Reich

1:13:28

um the Panthers are a big fan of the Third Reich as as you know Frank Reich III uh he's back in Carolina where he he

1:13:36

was the actually he was there he started their first game in franchise history

1:13:42

which is pretty interesting um and I I just I mean they lost DJ Moore

1:13:50

there's not much to really say about this Panthers team I mean I hope right I hope Bryce young can take a step

1:13:56

forward um but you know I think it's they're they're just not going to be good I

1:14:01

don't think Reich will get fired Reich has Reich has a lot of leeway with this team they're letting him basically build

1:14:08

the team around young and that takes time to build teams around around quarterbacks so

1:14:13

I would say I mean Reich is gonna have like a three-year leash of like you can

1:14:18

be bad for the next three years but you got to show a sign of improvement this year there are zero expectations and

1:14:25

surprisingly Frank Reich does pretty well with no expectations I think five games is actually

1:14:33

a good season for them winning five games is a good season for them yeah

1:14:40

I agree I think Frank Reich will get him there in the second year the second Reich

1:14:47

but not this year not this year uh and all right let's

1:14:52

turn through the West foreign

1:14:57

Super Bowl prediction uh Cardinals they're on top of the

1:15:03

division in the preseason and that's it they're not gonna do anything else just a handful of them to

1:15:10

this team Kyler's out for the year right uh he's either out for the year or out

1:15:16

for a while because I know they they just released Colt McCoy so I think it's Trace McSorley oh wow

1:15:24

that's their starter um Penn State Legend right Penn State yeah Penn State

1:15:32

yeah Ravens through the Ravens yeah he has a legendary song

1:15:39

have you heard his song no I have to go listen to that uh maybe I can pull it up while we're

1:15:45

talking about Seattle um Seattle their team I think it's going to take a big step back I love Gino I love the

1:15:52

story of Geno Smith but I just feel like it's last year was magical P Carroll's a

1:15:58

great coach and he can really pull teams in the right direction but I do see them

1:16:04

taking a step back oh they have to they have to but you know what they only won I think nine games last year so he

1:16:09

stepped back it's like six or seven and then they're nowhere near the playoffs but I think the defense is getting better they have some good young players

1:16:15

on defense so they can never get anywhere near that legion of boom um then Geno Smith won't have to be that

1:16:20

good yeah um San Francisco they're they're I mean

1:16:26

they're the favorite by far I think Brockport you know them trading away

1:16:32

Trey Lance is is saying to Brock Purdy yeah you're the guy I go not a fluke you are you are it I mean I'm I'm to be

1:16:39

honest I'm a little shocked I really thought that that somebody else would get a chance

1:16:47

um Sam darnold is in the building he actually last year I feel like that

1:16:53

Panther team he played pretty well at points and he showed what he could be

1:16:58

um so they can really get harness that and get that back I

1:17:03

wouldn't be shocked if if you know maybe Brock Purdy has some really horrible starts they put him in and and they

1:17:08

don't really miss a Beat yeah plus you get more of the vision yeah exactly I think the Niners are

1:17:15

gonna just steamroll that division yeah and then the Rams so I guess Matt

1:17:21

Stafford's back I feel like he doesn't even exist anymore yeah um you know I mean they had a horrible

1:17:27

season last year they're not going to have a first round pick until the next presidency um who knows if it's going to be Biden

1:17:34

or whoever but um yeah the Rams there's there's really not

1:17:41

much to say no Sean McVeigh is gonna have to show it he's I mean he was thinking about retiring let's see if

1:17:46

it's worth coming back because last year was rough without Stafford and that you know they look they sold out to win that

1:17:53

Super Bowl and this is the price they're paying and I think they're probably Stafford recently complained about how he can't

1:18:00

connect with the young guys because they're all on us on their phones I mean at that point you got to be a leader and

1:18:06

just say get off your [ __ ] phone and let's have some team bonding because just hearing that preseason does not

1:18:13

sound good no no not at all I think the Rams again their ceiling's probably six or seven

1:18:19

wins maybe eight um and then uh let's do uh Super Bowl

1:18:25

picks um you know it's so hard in the preseason

1:18:30

I'm gonna just be a cop out and say chiefs over Niners I think now the Brady's out of football someone can

1:18:36

repeat that was the rules that he would never let any quarterback repeat because he's the last one to do it and he

1:18:42

stopped my homes he stopped Russell Wilson but now he's not in the league unless he comes back for the Raiders and stops it I'm going Chiefs over Niners

1:18:49

can you imagine he he comes back like mid-season yeah like you know the Chiefs

1:18:54

are maybe they're undefeated and he's like I can't I can't let this happen I absolutely can he fires he fires uh

1:19:01

what's his name uh McDaniels he's like I'm back boys and then they just the Raiders go on a run and they they meet

1:19:08

the Chiefs in the playoffs and he beats them in Kansas City and wins a Super Bowl for [ __ ] Vegas good Lord

1:19:16

what a storyline that would be I mean I think that I would be like okay I'm not living right now this is just

1:19:22

this really is a simulation that Tom Brady is just the King right now yeah that would be Insanity

1:19:29

um I'm gonna I I I still think it's gonna be the Chiefs

1:19:38

it's too early to pick the Lions I really want to be a contrarian and say the Lions but I just I can't do that

1:19:43

yeah that would be disgusting I can't I don't want a repeat of of Philly and and

1:19:48

Kansas City who else is there I mean who else can you really say Niners maybe I don't know the NFC is a

1:19:56

cakewalk to me it really is I mean there's two there's two teams the AFC sounds like the national league in

1:20:02

baseball Braves Dodgers and then who else right so it's the same thing football I I'll agree with you and and I'll say

1:20:09

the 49ers uh it'll be Chiefs 49ers a repeat of 20

1:20:14

19 19. um and I say

1:20:19

you know I'm gonna give it to the Niners this year I think Brock Purdy is going to be the the ultimate he's going to be

1:20:25

better than the Brady you know he's gonna do it better than Brady ever did I think just him winning a super one

1:20:31

Super Bowl might be like all right you did it you're better than Brady your story is sure

1:20:38

Ryan Hall would appreciate that that's true yeah that would be awesome for him

1:20:44

well Mr Irrelevant yeah all right and let's let's end it on I guess we'll just fade out we'll do the

1:20:50

trace McSorley official song because people love that song on tick tock all right before Spring State

1:20:58

Championship Game appearances very few High major recruiters looked at the six

1:21:03

foot tall 180 pounder instead quarterback

1:21:11

just a kid from briarwoods I'm wearing number nine that coach Franklin down

1:21:24

every game I'm scoring I'm your favorite quarterback they call me Chase me

1:21:30

[Music] so early

1:21:36

they call me Chase me yeah

1:21:45

Jonathan Gannon should have just played this for his team

1:22:00

try to take it away

1:22:12

I'm changing I'm changing my pick Chiefs and Chiefs and Cardinals McSorley gets

1:22:19

it done make soil out make the Ravens look bad they let him go so

1:22:25

yeah that's true well thank you all for watching uh make

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