WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.900 He is the mystery sports guy. He is the mystery 00:00:08.900 --> 00:00:18.739 sports guy. He is the mystery sports guy. Yeah, 00:00:18.859 --> 00:00:34.049 yeah. Oh, yeah. Good evening. This is the Mystery 00:00:34.049 --> 00:00:37.969 Sports Guy, and I am here to talk NFL with you, 00:00:38.049 --> 00:00:41.929 if you so choose to do so. The Chargers, they 00:00:41.929 --> 00:00:44.390 dismantled the falling apart Vikings. Carson 00:00:44.390 --> 00:00:46.950 Wentz looks about like he did when Kansas City 00:00:46.950 --> 00:00:49.689 didn't re -sign him as a backup. Justin Herbert 00:00:49.689 --> 00:00:53.549 had a solo game at 227 yards with three TDs and 00:00:53.549 --> 00:00:56.689 one interception. The Chargers still have a game 00:00:56.689 --> 00:01:00.020 with the Eagles, Cowboys, Denver, and KC. so 00:01:00.020 --> 00:01:02.240 the schedule could work in their favor or against 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:05.980 them. It depends on how well they respond to 00:01:05.980 --> 00:01:09.879 certain losses here recently and also some injuries. 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:12.420 So we will see. They're still in it, though. 00:01:12.459 --> 00:01:14.519 They're still in the playoff hunt. They are 5 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:18.480 -3 with the Chiefs. The Dolphins managed to save 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:21.120 head coach Mike McDaniel's job for one more week 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:23.719 with a convincing win over the hapless Falcons. 00:01:24.299 --> 00:01:27.430 Tagovaiola had four touchdowns. with a very efficient 00:01:27.430 --> 00:01:31.709 20 -26 with 205 yards. Atlanta had Cousins at 00:01:31.709 --> 00:01:37.310 the realm with 21 -31 for 176 yards with no touchdowns. 00:01:38.609 --> 00:01:40.489 Guess there's nothing more to say about that 00:01:40.489 --> 00:01:45.510 one. Ravens beat up on the Bears, 30 -17, keeping 00:01:45.510 --> 00:01:48.750 their slim playoff hopes alive. Tyler Huntley 00:01:48.750 --> 00:01:51.569 played well. Henry got back down the track with 00:01:51.569 --> 00:01:54.329 71 yards on the ground. The Bears' running attack 00:01:54.329 --> 00:01:57.239 was an awful... But the Ravens slowed it down 00:01:57.239 --> 00:02:04.760 considerably. This one, it wore my cold heart. 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:08.919 Bengals flame out with a 39 -38 loss to the then 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:12.659 winless Jets. Flacco played well. Anytime you 00:02:12.659 --> 00:02:15.479 scored 38 points, you should win the game. Ask 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:18.159 the Chiefs against Jacksonville. Jamar Chase 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:20.919 can eat a bowl of ass. His mouth runneth over, 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:22.979 and he should really be looking in the mirror 00:02:22.979 --> 00:02:25.949 instead of constantly banging on the homes. Jamar, 00:02:26.009 --> 00:02:28.050 if you spend half the time practicing as you 00:02:28.050 --> 00:02:30.289 do yapping off about your daddy Mahomes, your 00:02:30.289 --> 00:02:33.270 team might just win a few more games. And for 00:02:33.270 --> 00:02:37.729 the golden anointed Joey Burrow, he will never 00:02:37.729 --> 00:02:39.710 be a consistent winner sitting on the bench. 00:02:39.870 --> 00:02:42.870 He is not tough enough to play in the NFL. And 00:02:42.870 --> 00:02:46.449 that's the long and short of it. He is not tough 00:02:46.449 --> 00:02:50.169 enough. He is always, always hurt. How can you 00:02:50.169 --> 00:02:53.909 win games when you're on the bench nursing a 00:02:53.909 --> 00:03:00.500 sore ankle? Toe or whatever. We move on. Bills 00:03:00.500 --> 00:03:07.139 destroyed the Panthers 40 -9. This is an impressive 00:03:07.139 --> 00:03:11.300 win. We will get a good read this Sunday against 00:03:11.300 --> 00:03:14.259 the AFC Champion Chiefs. Josh Allen seems to 00:03:14.259 --> 00:03:16.539 be navigating through a lack of depth on the 00:03:16.539 --> 00:03:19.419 receiver core. Their defense is still suspect 00:03:19.419 --> 00:03:26.099 to the running game. Now we go on to... The San 00:03:26.099 --> 00:03:29.400 Francisco 49ers versus the Houston Texans in 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:33.360 Houston. Houston beat them 26 -15, pretty solid. 00:03:33.819 --> 00:03:37.719 Mack Jones is becoming Mack Jones again. 19 -32, 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:40.580 193 yards, two touchdowns, one interception. 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:44.599 C .J. Stroud had a much better game. 30 -39, 00:03:44.819 --> 00:03:48.360 very efficient. 318 yards, two touchdowns, one 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:51.800 interception. C .J. Stroud is playing much better. 00:03:51.860 --> 00:03:53.740 They're going to need him on this stretch here. 00:03:53.860 --> 00:03:56.419 Half the season's over. If they want to continue 00:03:56.419 --> 00:03:58.900 to do well, they're going to have to have C .J. 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:01.699 Stroud stepping up. The defense seems to be doing 00:04:01.699 --> 00:04:06.379 pretty well. The 49ers, they need their boy back. 00:04:06.580 --> 00:04:09.439 They need Purdy back. Purdy back needs to do 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:11.659 what he does, make the plays when he needs to 00:04:11.659 --> 00:04:15.899 play, and other than that, not lose a game. As 00:04:15.899 --> 00:04:17.779 soon as they get him back and a couple of key 00:04:17.779 --> 00:04:21.000 elements, the 49ers should be fine unless they 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:23.139 keep getting injured like they have been. So 00:04:23.139 --> 00:04:25.759 the Texans look like they're starting to dig 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:27.500 their way out of their slump that they've been 00:04:27.500 --> 00:04:34.839 in. So we shall see what happens. And next here, 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:37.779 let's see who we have on the list next. Okay. 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:44.579 We have the Patriots versus the Browns. The Patriots 00:04:44.579 --> 00:04:48.459 are 2 -6, and Dylan Gabriel is starting to become 00:04:48.459 --> 00:04:54.240 Dylan Gabriel, I guess. 21 -35, 156 yards, two 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:57.839 touchdowns, two interceptions. Drake May has 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:00.500 been doing his magic again like he has been all 00:05:00.500 --> 00:05:04.480 season. He's really coming around. 18 -24, extremely 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:08.639 efficient. 282, three touchdowns, one interception. 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:13.399 That is not a bad... Bad set of stats for a game. 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:15.759 Drake Mays continued to make some incredible 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:19.019 looking plays. And I said this first, and I still 00:05:19.019 --> 00:05:22.139 stick to it. New England Patriots, this could 00:05:22.139 --> 00:05:26.100 be the season that they dethrone the Buffalo 00:05:26.100 --> 00:05:31.660 Bills as the champs. So we'll see. And I'm talking 00:05:31.660 --> 00:05:33.540 about of their division. So, you know, I'm not 00:05:33.540 --> 00:05:35.279 talking about like champ champs. I'm just talking 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:38.899 about of their division. So we'll see what happens. 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:45.439 There's a lot of season left. So, and next, let's 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:48.279 see what we have next. All right, we have the 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:51.740 Eagles versus the Giants, or actually the other 00:05:51.740 --> 00:05:54.540 way around. The Giants are at Philadelphia 38 00:05:54.540 --> 00:05:59.740 -20. The Giants, Scadaboo's out for quite a few 00:05:59.740 --> 00:06:03.360 weeks, it looks like, with some pretty bad news 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:07.839 on his ankle, I believe. Philadelphia 6 -2 and 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:09.899 looking every bit of it. New York Giants are 00:06:09.899 --> 00:06:14.500 2 -6 and starting to look like that. So the Giants, 00:06:14.500 --> 00:06:17.240 they had their run at doing decent. Jackson Dart, 00:06:17.459 --> 00:06:21.759 he had a good game, 14 of 24, 193 yards, one 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:25.560 touchdown. Jalen Hurts had a superb game, extremely 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:30.319 efficient, 15 of 20, 179 yards, four touchdowns. 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:33.579 Shaquan Barkley, 14 carries, 150 yards. He's 00:06:33.579 --> 00:06:35.680 starting to get back on that same roll that he 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:37.740 did last year. They're going to be scary down 00:06:37.740 --> 00:06:40.569 the stretch. They're going to be scary. I think 00:06:40.569 --> 00:06:43.129 their only two competition right now, the way 00:06:43.129 --> 00:06:46.970 it looks, is the Buccaneers and the Packers. 00:06:47.370 --> 00:06:49.750 With Seattle, it could be a dark horse, though, 00:06:49.790 --> 00:06:53.129 but we'll get to them later. All right, and next 00:06:53.129 --> 00:06:56.029 here we have the Buccaneers versus the Saints. 00:06:56.410 --> 00:07:00.149 The Bucs, 15 -24, 152 for Baker Mayfield, no 00:07:00.149 --> 00:07:03.490 touchdowns, no interceptions. Spencer Rattler, 00:07:03.550 --> 00:07:08.360 15 -21, 136 yards, one interception. Baker Mayfield 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:11.060 is still doing his great play. Their defense 00:07:11.060 --> 00:07:14.019 is looking good. Tampa's getting back into it 00:07:14.019 --> 00:07:16.180 and starting to look good again after they had 00:07:16.180 --> 00:07:19.220 a couple of games that were iffy. So I look for 00:07:19.220 --> 00:07:21.300 the Buccaneers to be in their solid. This is 00:07:21.300 --> 00:07:23.740 the best record they've had through eight games 00:07:23.740 --> 00:07:27.860 ever, 6 -2. So I think the Bucs are going to 00:07:27.860 --> 00:07:29.779 be a force to be reckoned with, and we'll see 00:07:29.779 --> 00:07:33.879 what happens. So next we have the Indianapolis 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:36.779 Colts versus the Tennessee Titans. The Colts 00:07:36.779 --> 00:07:41.420 continue their 7 -1 roll, 38 -14 over the Hapless 00:07:41.420 --> 00:07:44.220 Titans, who are the exact opposite record of 00:07:44.220 --> 00:07:51.180 1 -7. Cameron Ward, 22 -38, 259 yards, one touchdown, 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:55.079 one interception, which is not bad. Not great, 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:59.379 but not bad. He needs a better team around him, 00:07:59.420 --> 00:08:02.980 and he needs to continue to be coached up. I 00:08:02.980 --> 00:08:05.170 think he definitely has it in him. but it's going 00:08:05.170 --> 00:08:08.129 to take a while to get there. Daniel Jones looks 00:08:08.129 --> 00:08:13.050 fantastic. Extremely efficient, 21 -29, 272 yards 00:08:13.050 --> 00:08:17.449 and three TDs. Jonathan Taylor, 12 carries, 153 00:08:17.449 --> 00:08:20.569 yards, two touchdowns. Michael Pittman, eight 00:08:20.569 --> 00:08:23.550 receptions, 95 yards, one touchdown. Now, when 00:08:23.550 --> 00:08:26.509 you have a couple guys out like that, like Jonathan 00:08:26.509 --> 00:08:28.970 Taylor running for 153 and two touchdowns, or 00:08:28.970 --> 00:08:31.189 Michael Pittman catching 95 yards and one touchdown. 00:08:31.850 --> 00:08:34.590 It's not that bad to win. It's not that bad to 00:08:34.590 --> 00:08:38.070 win good 38 -14, and their defense is pretty 00:08:38.070 --> 00:08:41.029 good. So this Indianapolis Colts is looking great, 00:08:41.129 --> 00:08:45.230 but I still contend when you get down to it and 00:08:45.230 --> 00:08:47.230 you start going against these elite defenses, 00:08:47.549 --> 00:08:51.330 the Daniel Jones start getting destroyed because 00:08:51.330 --> 00:08:54.730 they don't have that pinpoint accuracy that they 00:08:54.730 --> 00:08:59.289 need to get those plays in the corners. those 00:08:59.289 --> 00:09:01.809 quick slant plays that they need to do to open 00:09:01.809 --> 00:09:04.149 up the offense. Right now it's great, but when 00:09:04.149 --> 00:09:06.769 they start going against the elite defenses, 00:09:06.990 --> 00:09:09.629 they might get stopped. And that's how come you've 00:09:09.629 --> 00:09:12.850 seen Daniel Jones be like he was before. So I'm 00:09:12.850 --> 00:09:14.629 not dogging him. He's a great quarterback, but 00:09:14.629 --> 00:09:16.769 I just don't think that he is a championship 00:09:16.769 --> 00:09:20.450 quarterback. But I've been wrong before. And 00:09:20.450 --> 00:09:22.950 then we go to the Broncos versus the Cowboys 00:09:22.950 --> 00:09:24.649 actually the other way around. Cowboys are in 00:09:24.649 --> 00:09:27.049 Denver. Broncos are looking like a 6 -2 team. 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:30.600 Cowboys are looking at like a 3 -4 -1 team. Dak 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:35.200 Prescott, be him being like he does. 19 -31, 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:39.220 188 yards, two interceptions. This Jekyll and 00:09:39.220 --> 00:09:43.940 Hyde Prescott continues. If I was them, I would 00:09:43.940 --> 00:09:45.960 start looking for the next guy. I don't think 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:47.879 Dak is it. I don't think he's ever going to be 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:50.259 it, and I don't think he's a winner. Bo Nix. 00:09:51.389 --> 00:09:55.129 19 -29, 247 yards, four touchdowns, one interception. 00:09:55.330 --> 00:09:58.629 Bo Nix did fantastic. J .K. Dobbins, 15 carries, 00:09:58.830 --> 00:10:04.009 111 yards. I mean, the Broncos are firing pretty 00:10:04.009 --> 00:10:06.769 good on pretty much all cylinders. So we will 00:10:06.769 --> 00:10:09.789 see how far they can take this because they do 00:10:09.789 --> 00:10:12.370 have the Chiefs in their division, and they do 00:10:12.370 --> 00:10:14.370 play them two times. They have not played them 00:10:14.370 --> 00:10:16.769 yet. So that's going to be the real test to see 00:10:16.769 --> 00:10:19.629 how they stand up against this suddenly very 00:10:19.629 --> 00:10:26.070 good Chiefs team. And then we are going to, let's 00:10:26.070 --> 00:10:30.850 see here. Okay, we have the Packers at the Steelers. 00:10:31.509 --> 00:10:37.049 Packers 35, Steelers 25, Green Bay's 5 -1 -1, 00:10:37.269 --> 00:10:39.570 and they're looking like it in Pittsburgh's 4 00:10:39.570 --> 00:10:42.149 -3, and they're looking like that. Jordan Love, 00:10:42.250 --> 00:10:46.690 29 -37, 360 yards, three touchdowns. Very good. 00:10:47.250 --> 00:10:51.509 Aaron Rodgers, 24 -36, 219, two touchdowns. That's 00:10:51.509 --> 00:10:53.330 a pretty efficient game, too. Aaron Rodgers played 00:10:53.330 --> 00:10:57.870 well. Jordan Love played better. Green Bay is 00:10:57.870 --> 00:11:00.009 like one of the teams that are up there. They're 00:11:00.009 --> 00:11:02.269 on the cusp of possibly being a championship 00:11:02.269 --> 00:11:07.230 team. They're doing well. They look good. Pittsburgh 00:11:07.230 --> 00:11:09.289 looks like a playoff team, but I'm not sure how 00:11:09.289 --> 00:11:10.710 much they're going to get after that. I don't 00:11:10.710 --> 00:11:12.250 know how far they're going to go. I kind of have 00:11:12.250 --> 00:11:15.169 my doubts. So we'll see what happens. Pittsburgh 00:11:15.169 --> 00:11:18.509 is supposedly in the market for some defensive 00:11:18.509 --> 00:11:20.950 guys. And if they get that, then they could be 00:11:20.950 --> 00:11:23.009 much better. So we will see. There's a lot of 00:11:23.009 --> 00:11:26.250 football transactions left on the table. We're 00:11:26.250 --> 00:11:30.110 going to find out. Now we go to the Commanders 00:11:30.110 --> 00:11:34.429 and the Chiefs. The Chiefs pretty much destroyed 00:11:34.429 --> 00:11:38.590 the Commanders 28 -7. Marcus Mariota, 21 -30, 00:11:38.830 --> 00:11:43.250 213 yards, one touchdown, two INTs. Not a good 00:11:43.250 --> 00:11:47.769 game for him. Patrick Mahomes, 25 -34, 299 yards, 00:11:48.070 --> 00:11:51.669 three touchdowns, two interceptions. He did well. 00:11:52.490 --> 00:11:55.370 One interception was his fault. One was not. 00:11:55.809 --> 00:11:58.750 He did well. What can you say? How about T. Kells? 00:11:59.169 --> 00:12:02.669 Six receptions, 99 yards, one touchdown. Great 00:12:02.669 --> 00:12:05.389 game for him. Pacheco had almost 60 yards. He 00:12:05.389 --> 00:12:08.350 did well, but he's out for at least a few weeks, 00:12:08.450 --> 00:12:12.789 which sucks. Allaire has been elevated to the 00:12:12.789 --> 00:12:15.950 squad, and he might see some playing time. We 00:12:15.950 --> 00:12:18.570 haven't seen Allaire in a couple of years. I 00:12:18.570 --> 00:12:20.509 don't even think he was on the team last year. 00:12:21.110 --> 00:12:23.629 Or if he was, he was on the practice squad. But 00:12:23.629 --> 00:12:26.029 I think at one point they just let him go, and 00:12:26.029 --> 00:12:28.789 I think he might have went to the Saints or something. 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:31.799 ended up coming back because he's from LSU, I 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:38.679 believe. But this game was good because Mahomes 00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:42.980 had a particularly rough problem with his offensive 00:12:42.980 --> 00:12:45.879 line, a guy being missing one of the key elements, 00:12:45.980 --> 00:12:49.139 having some family troubles in California State, 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:53.299 and they're in Josh Simmons. And then Trey Smith, 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:57.299 his back being tweaked, and then some other people 00:12:57.299 --> 00:13:00.049 being tweaked or being out. for a little while. 00:13:00.190 --> 00:13:03.950 So now we're going to see what happens. Their 00:13:03.950 --> 00:13:06.889 offensive line isn't the best it's been all year. 00:13:07.110 --> 00:13:10.750 I mean, it's got some holes in it, and Buffalo 00:13:10.750 --> 00:13:13.830 has a really good pass rush. But the thing about 00:13:13.830 --> 00:13:16.149 the game with the Commanders, and Buffalo's the 00:13:16.149 --> 00:13:19.509 game coming up, of course, the thing about the 00:13:19.509 --> 00:13:23.210 Commanders, they had a good pass rush, and Mahomes 00:13:23.210 --> 00:13:25.350 worked through it. He figured it out. You know, 00:13:25.409 --> 00:13:28.009 he only scored one touchdown. Him and the team 00:13:28.009 --> 00:13:30.929 only scored one touchdown the entire first half. 00:13:31.169 --> 00:13:33.470 And then they went on a roll, and they seemingly 00:13:33.470 --> 00:13:36.990 did like they have been doing in the recent games 00:13:36.990 --> 00:13:38.950 in recent history where they've just been rolling 00:13:38.950 --> 00:13:43.389 and seemingly unstoppable. So I think Mahomes 00:13:43.389 --> 00:13:46.370 is going to do well. Another thing I'd like to 00:13:46.370 --> 00:13:48.450 address is this backyard football situation. 00:13:49.110 --> 00:13:52.129 Everyone seems to think, like, it's a bad thing. 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:54.580 Everyone's like, oh, they're just playing backyard 00:13:54.580 --> 00:13:56.820 football. Who even knows if they come up with 00:13:56.820 --> 00:14:01.440 plays? Well, anybody with a brain would observe 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:05.480 and look. Yes, they do have plays, but Patrick 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:09.080 Mahomes' improv on the spot is what makes the 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:12.879 team so unpredictable and so successful. It's 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:14.759 one of them. I mean, Andy Reid's another one, 00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:17.500 the coaching, of course, all of that. And then, 00:14:17.519 --> 00:14:19.940 of course, Spagnuolo cannot get enough credit. 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:25.179 The deal is this right here. Mahomes sees that 00:14:25.179 --> 00:14:28.580 the passing lanes aren't open. So he steps up 00:14:28.580 --> 00:14:30.519 in the pocket. He looks around, looks around, 00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:33.139 looks around. Then he's like, okay, well, I'll 00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:36.139 start dashing towards the line of gain. And if 00:14:36.139 --> 00:14:38.460 not past the line of scrimmage, I'm going to 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:41.019 find someone to throw it to. With the speedy 00:14:41.019 --> 00:14:44.139 receivers that we have, someone's usually bound 00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:47.399 to be open. So once Mahomes extends a play, it 00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:50.509 is backyard football. But who cares? How can 00:14:50.509 --> 00:14:53.830 you defend against backyard football? You cannot 00:14:53.830 --> 00:14:55.690 because you don't know what they're going to 00:14:55.690 --> 00:14:58.090 do. It's unpredictable. All you can do is react 00:14:58.090 --> 00:15:00.629 to what you see. And usually whenever you're 00:15:00.629 --> 00:15:02.850 reacting to something you see, it's too late. 00:15:02.889 --> 00:15:04.850 The pass is already in the guy's arms. He's already 00:15:04.850 --> 00:15:07.929 running. So this backyard football thing, hell 00:15:07.929 --> 00:15:10.649 yeah. Let him keep doing it. It's working. And 00:15:10.649 --> 00:15:12.169 I think it's going to continue to work well. 00:15:12.250 --> 00:15:15.149 So we're going to see how well they do against 00:15:15.149 --> 00:15:18.570 Buffalo Bills coming up here tomorrow. I'm late 00:15:18.570 --> 00:15:21.610 on this show, I know. But I actually recorded 00:15:21.610 --> 00:15:23.870 it four times, and I don't know what the hell 00:15:23.870 --> 00:15:27.190 I did with it. And so, anyhow, this is the final 00:15:27.190 --> 00:15:29.389 one, and it's going to sound choppy and different 00:15:29.389 --> 00:15:31.269 in parts. That's because I had to do it in different 00:15:31.269 --> 00:15:33.610 parts on different days because I could find 00:15:33.610 --> 00:15:35.090 part of it I couldn't. But you know what? Who 00:15:35.090 --> 00:15:38.370 gives a shit? Anyhow, this is the Mystery Sports 00:15:38.370 --> 00:15:41.850 Guy. And thank you guys for listening and have 00:15:41.850 --> 00:15:44.509 a fantastic evening, day, whatever, whatever 00:15:44.509 --> 00:15:46.330 time you're listening to, wherever you're at. 00:15:46.649 --> 00:15:48.129 Thank you. Have a good night.