He is the mystery sports guy. He is the mystery
sports guy. He is the mystery sports guy. Yeah,
yeah. Oh, yeah. Good evening. This is the Mystery
Sports Guy, and I am here to talk NFL with you,
if you so choose to do so. The Chargers, they
dismantled the falling apart Vikings. Carson
Wentz looks about like he did when Kansas City
didn't re -sign him as a backup. Justin Herbert
had a solo game at 227 yards with three TDs and
one interception. The Chargers still have a game
with the Eagles, Cowboys, Denver, and KC. so
the schedule could work in their favor or against
them. It depends on how well they respond to
certain losses here recently and also some injuries.
So we will see. They're still in it, though.
They're still in the playoff hunt. They are 5
-3 with the Chiefs. The Dolphins managed to save
head coach Mike McDaniel's job for one more week
with a convincing win over the hapless Falcons.
Tagovaiola had four touchdowns. with a very efficient
20 -26 with 205 yards. Atlanta had Cousins at
the realm with 21 -31 for 176 yards with no touchdowns.
Guess there's nothing more to say about that
one. Ravens beat up on the Bears, 30 -17, keeping
their slim playoff hopes alive. Tyler Huntley
played well. Henry got back down the track with
71 yards on the ground. The Bears' running attack
was an awful... But the Ravens slowed it down
considerably. This one, it wore my cold heart.
Bengals flame out with a 39 -38 loss to the then
winless Jets. Flacco played well. Anytime you
scored 38 points, you should win the game. Ask
the Chiefs against Jacksonville. Jamar Chase
can eat a bowl of ass. His mouth runneth over,
and he should really be looking in the mirror
instead of constantly banging on the homes. Jamar,
if you spend half the time practicing as you
do yapping off about your daddy Mahomes, your
team might just win a few more games. And for
the golden anointed Joey Burrow, he will never
be a consistent winner sitting on the bench.
He is not tough enough to play in the NFL. And
that's the long and short of it. He is not tough
enough. He is always, always hurt. How can you
win games when you're on the bench nursing a
sore ankle? Toe or whatever. We move on. Bills
destroyed the Panthers 40 -9. This is an impressive
win. We will get a good read this Sunday against
the AFC Champion Chiefs. Josh Allen seems to
be navigating through a lack of depth on the
receiver core. Their defense is still suspect
to the running game. Now we go on to... The San
Francisco 49ers versus the Houston Texans in
Houston. Houston beat them 26 -15, pretty solid.
Mack Jones is becoming Mack Jones again. 19 -32,
193 yards, two touchdowns, one interception.
C .J. Stroud had a much better game. 30 -39,
very efficient. 318 yards, two touchdowns, one
interception. C .J. Stroud is playing much better.
They're going to need him on this stretch here.
Half the season's over. If they want to continue
to do well, they're going to have to have C .J.
Stroud stepping up. The defense seems to be doing
pretty well. The 49ers, they need their boy back.
They need Purdy back. Purdy back needs to do
what he does, make the plays when he needs to
play, and other than that, not lose a game. As
soon as they get him back and a couple of key
elements, the 49ers should be fine unless they
keep getting injured like they have been. So
the Texans look like they're starting to dig
their way out of their slump that they've been
in. So we shall see what happens. And next here,
let's see who we have on the list next. Okay.
We have the Patriots versus the Browns. The Patriots
are 2 -6, and Dylan Gabriel is starting to become
Dylan Gabriel, I guess. 21 -35, 156 yards, two
touchdowns, two interceptions. Drake May has
been doing his magic again like he has been all
season. He's really coming around. 18 -24, extremely
efficient. 282, three touchdowns, one interception.
That is not a bad... Bad set of stats for a game.
Drake Mays continued to make some incredible
looking plays. And I said this first, and I still
stick to it. New England Patriots, this could
be the season that they dethrone the Buffalo
Bills as the champs. So we'll see. And I'm talking
about of their division. So, you know, I'm not
talking about like champ champs. I'm just talking
about of their division. So we'll see what happens.
There's a lot of season left. So, and next, let's
see what we have next. All right, we have the
Eagles versus the Giants, or actually the other
way around. The Giants are at Philadelphia 38
-20. The Giants, Scadaboo's out for quite a few
weeks, it looks like, with some pretty bad news
on his ankle, I believe. Philadelphia 6 -2 and
looking every bit of it. New York Giants are
2 -6 and starting to look like that. So the Giants,
they had their run at doing decent. Jackson Dart,
he had a good game, 14 of 24, 193 yards, one
touchdown. Jalen Hurts had a superb game, extremely
efficient, 15 of 20, 179 yards, four touchdowns.
Shaquan Barkley, 14 carries, 150 yards. He's
starting to get back on that same roll that he
did last year. They're going to be scary down
the stretch. They're going to be scary. I think
their only two competition right now, the way
it looks, is the Buccaneers and the Packers.
With Seattle, it could be a dark horse, though,
but we'll get to them later. All right, and next
here we have the Buccaneers versus the Saints.
The Bucs, 15 -24, 152 for Baker Mayfield, no
touchdowns, no interceptions. Spencer Rattler,
15 -21, 136 yards, one interception. Baker Mayfield
is still doing his great play. Their defense
is looking good. Tampa's getting back into it
and starting to look good again after they had
a couple of games that were iffy. So I look for
the Buccaneers to be in their solid. This is
the best record they've had through eight games
ever, 6 -2. So I think the Bucs are going to
be a force to be reckoned with, and we'll see
what happens. So next we have the Indianapolis
Colts versus the Tennessee Titans. The Colts
continue their 7 -1 roll, 38 -14 over the Hapless
Titans, who are the exact opposite record of
1 -7. Cameron Ward, 22 -38, 259 yards, one touchdown,
one interception, which is not bad. Not great,
but not bad. He needs a better team around him,
and he needs to continue to be coached up. I
think he definitely has it in him. but it's going
to take a while to get there. Daniel Jones looks
fantastic. Extremely efficient, 21 -29, 272 yards
and three TDs. Jonathan Taylor, 12 carries, 153
yards, two touchdowns. Michael Pittman, eight
receptions, 95 yards, one touchdown. Now, when
you have a couple guys out like that, like Jonathan
Taylor running for 153 and two touchdowns, or
Michael Pittman catching 95 yards and one touchdown.
It's not that bad to win. It's not that bad to
win good 38 -14, and their defense is pretty
good. So this Indianapolis Colts is looking great,
but I still contend when you get down to it and
you start going against these elite defenses,
the Daniel Jones start getting destroyed because
they don't have that pinpoint accuracy that they
need to get those plays in the corners. those
quick slant plays that they need to do to open
up the offense. Right now it's great, but when
they start going against the elite defenses,
they might get stopped. And that's how come you've
seen Daniel Jones be like he was before. So I'm
not dogging him. He's a great quarterback, but
I just don't think that he is a championship
quarterback. But I've been wrong before. And
then we go to the Broncos versus the Cowboys
actually the other way around. Cowboys are in
Denver. Broncos are looking like a 6 -2 team.
Cowboys are looking at like a 3 -4 -1 team. Dak
Prescott, be him being like he does. 19 -31,
188 yards, two interceptions. This Jekyll and
Hyde Prescott continues. If I was them, I would
start looking for the next guy. I don't think
Dak is it. I don't think he's ever going to be
it, and I don't think he's a winner. Bo Nix.
19 -29, 247 yards, four touchdowns, one interception.
Bo Nix did fantastic. J .K. Dobbins, 15 carries,
111 yards. I mean, the Broncos are firing pretty
good on pretty much all cylinders. So we will
see how far they can take this because they do
have the Chiefs in their division, and they do
play them two times. They have not played them
yet. So that's going to be the real test to see
how they stand up against this suddenly very
good Chiefs team. And then we are going to, let's
see here. Okay, we have the Packers at the Steelers.
Packers 35, Steelers 25, Green Bay's 5 -1 -1,
and they're looking like it in Pittsburgh's 4
-3, and they're looking like that. Jordan Love,
29 -37, 360 yards, three touchdowns. Very good.
Aaron Rodgers, 24 -36, 219, two touchdowns. That's
a pretty efficient game, too. Aaron Rodgers played
well. Jordan Love played better. Green Bay is
like one of the teams that are up there. They're
on the cusp of possibly being a championship
team. They're doing well. They look good. Pittsburgh
looks like a playoff team, but I'm not sure how
much they're going to get after that. I don't
know how far they're going to go. I kind of have
my doubts. So we'll see what happens. Pittsburgh
is supposedly in the market for some defensive
guys. And if they get that, then they could be
much better. So we will see. There's a lot of
football transactions left on the table. We're
going to find out. Now we go to the Commanders
and the Chiefs. The Chiefs pretty much destroyed
the Commanders 28 -7. Marcus Mariota, 21 -30,
213 yards, one touchdown, two INTs. Not a good
game for him. Patrick Mahomes, 25 -34, 299 yards,
three touchdowns, two interceptions. He did well.
One interception was his fault. One was not.
He did well. What can you say? How about T. Kells?
Six receptions, 99 yards, one touchdown. Great
game for him. Pacheco had almost 60 yards. He
did well, but he's out for at least a few weeks,
which sucks. Allaire has been elevated to the
squad, and he might see some playing time. We
haven't seen Allaire in a couple of years. I
don't even think he was on the team last year.
Or if he was, he was on the practice squad. But
I think at one point they just let him go, and
I think he might have went to the Saints or something.
ended up coming back because he's from LSU, I
believe. But this game was good because Mahomes
had a particularly rough problem with his offensive
line, a guy being missing one of the key elements,
having some family troubles in California State,
and they're in Josh Simmons. And then Trey Smith,
his back being tweaked, and then some other people
being tweaked or being out. for a little while.
So now we're going to see what happens. Their
offensive line isn't the best it's been all year.
I mean, it's got some holes in it, and Buffalo
has a really good pass rush. But the thing about
the game with the Commanders, and Buffalo's the
game coming up, of course, the thing about the
Commanders, they had a good pass rush, and Mahomes
worked through it. He figured it out. You know,
he only scored one touchdown. Him and the team
only scored one touchdown the entire first half.
And then they went on a roll, and they seemingly
did like they have been doing in the recent games
in recent history where they've just been rolling
and seemingly unstoppable. So I think Mahomes
is going to do well. Another thing I'd like to
address is this backyard football situation.
Everyone seems to think, like, it's a bad thing.
Everyone's like, oh, they're just playing backyard
football. Who even knows if they come up with
plays? Well, anybody with a brain would observe
and look. Yes, they do have plays, but Patrick
Mahomes' improv on the spot is what makes the
team so unpredictable and so successful. It's
one of them. I mean, Andy Reid's another one,
the coaching, of course, all of that. And then,
of course, Spagnuolo cannot get enough credit.
The deal is this right here. Mahomes sees that
the passing lanes aren't open. So he steps up
in the pocket. He looks around, looks around,
looks around. Then he's like, okay, well, I'll
start dashing towards the line of gain. And if
not past the line of scrimmage, I'm going to
find someone to throw it to. With the speedy
receivers that we have, someone's usually bound
to be open. So once Mahomes extends a play, it
is backyard football. But who cares? How can
you defend against backyard football? You cannot
because you don't know what they're going to
do. It's unpredictable. All you can do is react
to what you see. And usually whenever you're
reacting to something you see, it's too late.
The pass is already in the guy's arms. He's already
running. So this backyard football thing, hell
yeah. Let him keep doing it. It's working. And
I think it's going to continue to work well.
So we're going to see how well they do against
Buffalo Bills coming up here tomorrow. I'm late
on this show, I know. But I actually recorded
it four times, and I don't know what the hell
I did with it. And so, anyhow, this is the final
one, and it's going to sound choppy and different
in parts. That's because I had to do it in different
parts on different days because I could find
part of it I couldn't. But you know what? Who
gives a shit? Anyhow, this is the Mystery Sports
Guy. And thank you guys for listening and have
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