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Bryce Young gets benched.
The Ravens lose another game.
The Chargers are on the roll.
The Justin Fields experiment continues.
My thoughts on the Eagles and the Falcons game and the Cowboys got blessed with an unholy
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Now, we're going to talk about the biggest news that has unraveled so far and that is
Bryce Young, former first overall pick Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young has been
benched and Andy Dalton will be starting for their next game.
Now, there's a lot to unpack with this situation.
It is a lot to unpack from the situation.
So we're going to, we're going to try to go through everything and you know, just, just
go from there.
When we look at this entire situation, this was somewhat of a expected move.
Okay.
And it's not because of, you know, oh man, he's a bust and whatnot.
Let me let, well, actually, you know what?
Before I go any further, let me just say this to any of the people that say that Bryce
a bust or anything like that.
Let's stop.
Okay.
This is a very sensitive moment for him.
This is a very sensitive moment, you know, for the team as well.
I've seen a lot of people from Mel Kuiper to Stephen A to various other people that
are saying that Bryce Young is a bust and whatnot.
And I've even heard people say that he's worse than Jermak is Russell.
And I'm just like, no, he's not better.
He's not worse than Jermak is Russell.
This is the, and this is something that this is somewhat of an episode I've been sort of
waiting to put out, but I just haven't, I haven't had the adequate information and I
was just waiting for the right situation for it to happen.
And you know, this is the curse of the first.
Yes.
Better yet, boom, that's the title of the episode right there.
Curse of the first seed.
See, this is, this is exactly why this is the grace football podcast in the world.
Okay.
What people don't understand is the price of being the first overall picked is most likely
you are going to be put in a crappy situation.
Most likely you're going to be put in a situation where there is a lot of dysfunction.
Most of the times you are going to be, there's going to be a lack of talent around you and
you are basically going to be pushed into the fire and basically told to turn a mud
into golden breaks.
That's basically what it is at this point.
And you know, I want to paint a picture with you guys, right?
You're being a quarterback where you came from a situation where you had everything
that you need to be successful.
You had one of the best offensive lines in college football, one of the best receiving
course in all of college football, a good, a really good running back, probably one of
the best running backs in all of college football, a Hall of Fame coach, one of the greatest
college football coaches of all time as someone that can direct you and show you what you
need to do game in and game out.
Imagine having that, right?
And then you go into a situation where you have nothing.
You have nothing.
Okay.
You are in a situation where literally you do not have, you barely have a reliable receiver
to rely on.
You barely even have a tight end.
You barely even have a productive running back.
And that's not even going to the offensive line as well.
Let alone you have a coach originally when he was first drafted that, you know, really
didn't really want to draft you, but instead wanted to draft CJ Stroud because he knew
that CJ Stroud was a more NFL ready quarterback than what you were.
Imagine all of this.
And then finally you get benched.
That's a lot to take on.
That's a lot to deal with.
And that is what's going on with Bryce Young right now.
When we look at this, Bryce Young has, you know, was put into a situation where he were,
you know, his growth was going to be very limited.
Let's just be honest here.
You go into a situation where you don't have a lot of weapons, where you don't have a lot
of, you know, potential or any of those things.
Of course, you're not going to be successful.
That's for any person.
Now there are, now there are some people case in point Tom Brady, who was like the outlier
in this entire situation, but even then he had Bill Belichick.
He had been, he had Bill Belichick.
He always had a really good offensive line.
They always had a really good running game.
He had Gronk and he had Julian Adam.
And if not then then he had Danny Amandolo or Chris Hogan or he's had, well, you know,
I actually know that's probably a bad one.
That definitely is a bad one.
But I say all that to say this.
It is hard and you can't, you can't label him a bust when he was drafted into a bad
situation.
Right.
And I remember leading up to that draft, you know, there were people that were saying,
Oh, you know, Bryce Young is definitely a really good quarterback this and the other
blah, blah, blah.
And I'm just like, I, I didn't see it personally.
And it's not because of, you know, his physical, his physical assets.
I think it had to do more with, you know, Alabama quarterbacks.
Alabama quarterbacks historically have not been really good quarterbacks when they transition
from college football to the NFL.
They have not been really successful.
When you perv example, Mac Jones, Mac Jones was the first round pick.
Guess where he is now?
He is now a backup quarterback for Trevor Lawrence and Jacksonville.
Yeah.
So you have that.
You've now have Bryce Young who is getting, is getting benched.
You know, it's, it's that is, that is the, the price that a lot of, you know, that, oh
man, there's so much that has to be said.
It's just a nasty situation.
It is Alabama quarterbacks do not transition well.
And a lot of times they are some, they have someone of a fall from grace type of moment
because a lot of times they are put in a situation where they have the best of the best talent
on, on their team.
And then they go into a situation where they're thinking they're going to have that same,
you know, that, that same type of system and they don't.
And then they're barely able to, to flourish.
They struggle and then they either become career backups or career journeymen.
That's just that, that, that's just what it is at this point.
And you know, when you, when, when you look at the situation in itself, in the way that
the Panthers got Bryce Young, it was already a messed up situation from the beginning.
Okay.
Let me just tell you before I even get into his stats, let me just tell you the trade
package that was given up for the Panthers to get that first overall pick.
Chicago, Chicago got DJ Moore, two first round picks, two second round picks and one fourth
round pick.
Okay.
That's what they got for, for the, for the first overall pick.
Now let me tell you what happened with those picks that, that Chicago got those two first
round picks, turn into Darnell Wright and Kaylin Williams, those two second round picks
turn into Tyree Stevenson.
Now the second, the second, second round pick, that doesn't happen.
That doesn't, they, they, they're just now getting it with everything that hasn't transpired
with Bryce Young.
That means nine times out of 10, that's going to be a very high second round pick come next
year's draft.
And then they also have Tori Taylor, who's a punter, who's supposed to be a pretty good
punter.
Now, when we look at this, Kaylin Williams, somewhat looks pretty productive.
Darnell Wright was definitely, you know, productive as, is a productive tackle as well.
So they got all of that and DJ Moore, right?
And DJ Moore, who was a very productive receiver, even in Carolina, he was a productive receiver.
And guess what, and guess what the Panthers got?
Just a pick, just a pick, just to say that we have the first overall pick and we can
make the decision on getting Bryce Young.
Now mind you, mind you, mind you, mind you, the Panthers for the last few years have made
some of the worst trades that you can possibly think of.
They have trade, they just recently traded Brian Burns to the Giants.
Did they get a first round pick for that?
No, they did not.
They traded away all pro, future Hall of Fame, running back and Christian McCaffrey to the
San Francisco 49ers.
Did they get a first round pick from that?
No, they did not.
They have been horrible with these draft picks and you know, it's come back and it's come
to haunt them.
It has because when we look at it, their picks, their last few picks and their last few drafts
classes have been absolutely deplorable.
They have been horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible picks, horrible draft classes.
No sure you may have your diamonds in the roughs and whatnot as to any team does, but
the fact of the matter is they have not drafted well.
They have not been able to surround Bryce Young with the adequate tools in order for
him to be successful.
But at the same time, you know, to the people that say, well, Bryce Young is a bus this,
this, that, and the other blah, blah, blah.
I get where you're coming from and you may have a point, but this is what I would say.
If Bryce Young was as athletic as a Kyler Murray or he was, you know, as strong as a Russell
Wilson who is able, you know, when he was first playing with Seattle, he was able to
roll out and run and do all those different types of things.
We wouldn't have no problem.
But because of, you know, but because of the, the situation that he's in and him, you know,
only being 5'10 and his arm looks, his arm doesn't really look that good.
He doesn't really look that athletic.
He's very limited.
And, you know, the situation that he's in right now, all he has is a Deontay Johnson
who most likely is going to get traded by the, by the trade deadline and old Adam Thielen,
who at this point should probably just retire and Xavier Legat.
That's all they have.
They don't have anything else.
I don't even know who, who they're, who they're running back as I think they're running back
is a Chubba Hubbard.
That's it.
That's all they have.
They don't have anything else.
And so when, when we look at this, the Panthers are, it's, teams view the Panthers as an easy
W. That's just what it is.
They view him, they view them as an easy W. If a team looks at a schedule and it shows
that they have to go up against the Panthers, oh, oh, that's, that's, that's going to be
easy game.
That's going to be Habachi.
That's going to be a game where, you know, they can, you know, ball out and, and sort
of show, show, you know, why, you know, why they deserve to get paid a little bit more
if they're looking for more money or, you know, whatever the case may be, right?
That's just the running joke for the Panthers.
And you know, if you're the league, you will want to keep your eye on this entire situation.
But at the same time, you're going to have to step in because this is bad.
This is a really bad situation for the league because you're seeing pictures of the stadium,
not even really being filled, barely being filled.
You are seeing more empty seats than people in seats.
And from what I've heard, the ticket prices are cheap.
I'm talking about dead cheap.
I'm talking about the cheapest thing you could possibly think of.
If you have a date and if you trying to save money, take it to a Panthers game, take it
to a Panthers game.
You'll probably get some chicken strips and, you know, some large drinks and probably some
nice seats and whatnot for probably less than $300.
I guarantee it.
You could probably look it up right now.
Go on any of these sites you want to.
Game time and seat geek or, you know, whichever ones.
That's how bad this situation is.
And they're not bringing in any money.
The team is not good.
Their best player is out for the season in Derrick Brown.
What do you have on this team to say, okay, there is, there's some potential, none.
You don't have any.
And you know, for the head coach, Dave, David Canalis, he has no ties with Bryce Young.
He has no ties because he did not draft him.
That's not his guy.
He inherited him.
Yes.
But that is not his guy.
And so now you are starting to see a situation where most likely a transition is going to
happen, a transition is going to happen.
And most likely Bryce Young will probably be moved and, you know, put, you know, traded
somewhere.
I wouldn't be surprised.
I just wouldn't.
But let's, let's get into these stats.
Okay.
So in 2023, he, his stats were 315 completions out of 527 attempts, 2,877 yards, 5.5, I can't
even speak 5.5 yards per pass attempt, 59.8 59.8% completion, completion, I can't speak
completion percentage, 11 touchdowns, 10 inceptions, right?
Cool.
Now let's look at 2024 31 completions out of 56 attempts for 245 yards, 4.4 yards per
pass attempt, 55.4% completion percentage and three interceptions.
You see that there is a major decline from 2023 to 2024.
And it's probably even worse now.
So you can see that, you know, his confidence in himself is, it's shot.
You can see that he, he is, he is being ragdoll.
He's being beaten up and he doesn't have a, he doesn't have anybody that he can rely
on.
He doesn't, he just doesn't.
Now there were, there were some times where he was definitely missing, you know, a few,
a few of his receivers that were open and whatnot and every quarterback does that.
But the fact of the matter is he is struggling significantly and he has regressed significantly
and you know, this is not good.
This is not good at all.
But you know what, but we're going to go a little bit deeper into this, into the situation
because this opens things up for a bigger conversation, right?
So I decided to do a little bit of digging, right?
So according to, I think it was a NBC sports article that they came out recently and they
basically did a, did a poll, well not a poll, but they did, they, they ranked the most frequent
positions that are drafted first overall quarterback is the number one.
34 quarterbacks have been drafted first overall.
23 running backs have been drafted first overall.
16 defensive linemen have been drafted first overall.
16 offensive linemen, five wide receiver slash tight end, five linebackers, one defensive
back have been drafted first overall.
Now let's go, let's go even a little bit more deeper into this conundrum.
Okay.
So according to a hembo, if you don't know who hembo is, hembo is one of the producers
for get up and he always posts, you know, a crazy, crazy stat that, you know, that they,
that he has, you know, the, the, um, the people to, you know, to guess if, you know, to guess
the answer, a lot of times he gets them right.
A lot of times they get them wrong, but he decided to do some digging, right?
And he found, he, he found some data that's actually pretty crazy that, that, you know,
could probably open up to other different conversations as well.
So this data is from 20 drafts spanning from 2000 to 2019.
Okay.
So apparently quarterbacks have a 46% hit rate, 46%.
I want to say that again, 46%.
26 quarterbacks have hit that were drafted in that, that were drafted in the first round.
30 of them have missed in total 56.
Do you want to know the position that has a hot, that has the highest hit rate and you,
and you probably will be surprised.
And it's the one position that everyone says you don't draft in the first round.
Guess what it is?
Center.
Centers have a 92% hit rate.
11 centers have hit only one was a miss.
I want you to think about that for a second, but, but, but I'm not even done yet.
Okay.
Cause we're going to keep on going down cause I really wanted to do some research because
I, because I understood that this was going to be a very highly talked about, um, you
know, uh, situation.
So when you look at the first overall picks who made it to the whole fame, Bill Dudley,
Charlie Trippie, Chuck, uh, Benark, Paul Hornick, Ron Yari, OJ Simpson, Terry Bradshaw,
Lee Roy, Selman, Earl Campbell, John L. Way, Bruce Smith, Troy Aikman, Orlando pace and
Peyton Manning.
That's a very small list that were former first overall picks that made it to the, you
know, that made it to the hall of fame, right?
And even then let's look at some current players right now that were first overall picks.
Trevor Lawrence is career record right now is 20 and 32, according to stat news.
Joe Burroughs career, career record 29, 24, one, Baker Mayfield, 44, 47, Bryce Young,
two and 16, Trevor Walker, 16, 16 and 18, Kyla Murray, 29, 37 and one, Miles Garrett, 47,
54 and one.
That is the curse of the first.
That is the cursed most of the times you're going to struggle.
The times you are going to have to be the guy that tries quote unquote air quote big
air quotes to try to raise the team up and to put them into a situation where they are
contenders, where they are talked about, where they are popular, where players want
to go there and play with you and all those different types of things.
That is the price.
That is the curse of the first.
Now, when we look at Kayla Williams situation, that's someone of an outlier, but that's
only because of how they mishandled the situation with Justin Fields.
They realized that they messed up.
You know what they did?
They say, you know what?
Guess what?
We're going to do better now that we have the first overall pick.
We're going to do right.
Guess what they did?
They made a few moves in free agency, patched up a few holes here, there, everywhere, traded
for Keenan Allen, got this person, got that person, got DeAndre Swift in free agency.
So now he's put in a situation where he has a receiving core, he has a productive running
back, has a good offensive line, have a productive tight end and cold command and has a good
defense.
That is how first overall pick quarterback is supposed to be put into.
That's the situation that you want them to be in.
Not in a situation where, you know, like the Panthers where, you know, you don't have,
you don't have anything really to show for.
And the players that are there, I wouldn't be surprised if they ask, you know, to be
released or to be traded fairly soon.
I wouldn't be surprised because it's just a nasty situation.
It's a situation that does not make you want to go into play.
It does not.
It doesn't.
It's a horrible situation.
It's a very messy situation.
Honestly speaking here, but this is the price that, you know, must be paid when you are
the first overall pick.
And you know what?
It even makes things worse because with this upcoming draft class next year, some of those
quarterbacks, there's a chance that they might get drafted by the Panthers.
And if that happens, that's even worse because then nine times out of 10, they really won't
have anything.
So it's like, do you pull somewhat of an Eli and be like, you know, I'm not going to play
for, I'm not going to play for that team.
If they draft me or what, because I mean that's just, that is a situation.
It takes you a good five to six years to like really get some motion.
Right.
It really is like, okay, they overpaid for Robert Hunt.
Really hasn't, what has he really done?
Other than that, what else do they have on that team?
Nothing.
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing.
And granted, I get it.
Every quarterbacks are hard.
It takes some time and a lot of times when you have a great quarterback and you try to
find the next, the next great quarterback after that, it's hard.
You're going to go through a phase where you're going to be, you're going to be missing more
than hitting, right?
Because ever since Cam Newton, they've had Teddy Bridgewater, Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold,
who else, who else, who else, who else, who else, who else, who else, who else.
Is that it?
Bryce Young, now Andy Dalton.
Like they've, they've had a, they've had their own little cycle of quarterbacks.
But I think this also opens up a situation where that's why you see a lot of times quarterbacks
favor the Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVeigh system a whole lot simply because, and I know, I
know I'm talking about, I know I'm talking about this for a long time, but best believe
we're, we're going to get into other things because trust and believe there's a lot to
talk about.
But that is why you see a lot of times a somewhat of a resurgence when quarterbacks go into
the Sean McVeigh and Kyle Shanahan system.
That's why a lot of their personnel are so sought after once the off season is, is over
with because they see the production, they see the change of what happens when they are
put into that system.
Case in point, Baker Mayfield at one point was, was starting to look like a bust.
He was starting to look like a career journeyman, right?
After, after he was traded from the Browns to the, to the, to the Panthers, he was starting
to look like a bus.
Then he goes to the Rams.
He spent the rest of the rest of the season with the Rams.
And after that went over to the Buccaneers, they gave him a trial and then afterwards
they paid him.
And so far he's looked pretty good.
Now I'm not saying he looks like an elite quarterback.
No, but he looks like a pretty good quarterback.
Why?
Because Sean McVeigh, you know, they, they work, they work the kinks out, they fix some
things, tweak a few things and they put them back out and he's good.
It's somewhat to, to me, they're the Shanahan and McVeigh system is sort of like a rehab
for quarterbacks where if you're, where if you are lacking in, in certain areas of whatnot,
they have a way to tweak it and to help you be a better quarterback and then put you back
out and then, you know, you, you're, you're, you're a whole lot better compared to any,
anywhere else.
That's why you see so many of, so many, I wouldn't say disciples, but so many people
that are coming from those two systems, Case and Point, Matt LaFleur, Clint Kubiak, Mike
McDaniels, who else, who else, who else, who else, who else, who else, who else.
I know there, there's so many different people that come from that system.
You would not be surprised, right?
And you know, if I'm Bryce Young, I will probably try to see if I can get traded to, you know,
to one of those, to, to somebody that comes from that tree, whether it be directly or
indirectly from that tree, because you know that you're, that, that they're going to work
with you and that they're going to try to tweak the things that, that you're doing wrong
and try to cover your, your, your Achilles heels, so to speak, compared to being put
into a situation and you're not really doing the best and then they just kick you to the
curb, you know, two or three, two or three years afterwards, right?
So there's that.
That's my whole, that's my whole spill with the whole Bryce Young situation.
Now, moving on to the games that have happened because we, we're still playing catch up.
And I think, I think we, we, we, this episode, we might be done playing catch up.
I think let's talk about the Ravens and the Raiders.
Okay.
This is what I will say for all the Raiders, for all the Ravens fans out there, I feel
your pain.
I see your frustrations.
I see all of those things and you have every right to be upset.
If you would have told me that the Ravens would be 0 and 2 with two games that they
could have easily won, I would have called you a liar.
I would have historically, well, not historically, hysterically laughed in your face because there
is no way under God's green earth that they should have lost to the Raiders.
And I'm not saying that the Raiders are just absolute dog water and they're boo boo and
everything.
No, I'm not saying that, but come on guys, come on, come on, John Harbaugh, what are
we doing?
You are coaching horribly right now.
The offense looks like a deer in headlights.
It does.
This is probably the worst that I've seen from the Ravens in the earlier parts of the season.
And granted, I get it.
The early parts of the season, everybody's still working through the kinks and whatnot.
Not a lot of players played in the preseason and whatnot, all those different types of
things.
I get that.
But come on, come on.
Even the stats somewhat show, well, let me just give you, I'll just give you the stats
and then we'll go over everything.
Lamar, 21 for 34, 247 yards, one touchdown, one pick, 7.3 yards per 10 and 81.4 pass a
rating.
Gardner Mentshu, 30 for 38, 276 yards, one touchdown, one pick, 7.3 yards per 10, 94.7 pass a rating.
Now, when we look at things, right, this was a game, a very winnable game that, you know,
once again, the Ravens do Ravens things and they shoot themselves in the foot.
Every single time they shoot themselves in the foot.
There is no reason why John Harbaugh should have challenged the call for Devonte Adams,
sideline toe tap.
There was no reason because he was in.
You can clearly see that he was in.
So why in the world would you challenge that?
Very yet, why would you call a timeout before the two minute warning?
Why would you do that?
You just wasted two, two critical timeouts that you would need if you was really going
to try to march down the field real quick and either, you know, kick a field goal or,
you know, try to score a touchdown to, to seal the game and you didn't do that better.
Yeah.
Why in the world would you have Marlin go up against Brock Bowers and you have a safety
and Kyle Hamilton who would be a perfect, perfect dance partner for that, for that matchup?
Better yet, let me read you Brock Bowers stats.
Brock Bowers was nine for nine, 98 yards, 10.9 yards, 10.9 receiving yards per reception.
I'm going to read that again very slowly so you can hear exactly what I said.
I'm going to say it a little bit closer in the mic so you can hear exactly what I just
said.
Brock Bowers was nine for nine, 98 yards, 10.9 receiving yards per reception.
If you, if you would have had Kyle Hamilton on him, I guarantee you he would have not,
he would have not had that stat line because Kyle Hamilton is big enough, strong enough
and rangy enough to where he can cover someone like a Brock Bowers.
What's been their problem, you know, basically since last season is that, you know, they,
they try to put a corner like Marlin on a tight end thinking that it's going to do something
and it's not.
At this point, Marlin Humphrey needs to be put in the slot.
He cannot play on the outside and try to do one-on-one matchups.
He cannot do that at this point.
That's why you drafted Nate Wiggins so that Nate Wiggins can, can do that.
You put Marlin in the slot because he is still physical enough to, to, to cover slot receivers
and then you have Kyle Hamilton to cover the tight ends.
You do that and you shouldn't, you should have little to no problems, but to continue
to play this very reserved lackluster play calling is just absolute deplorable.
It is.
It's just absolutely deplorable.
Now I will give the defense a little bit of leeway because the defensive coordinator,
this is his first, you know, his first stint and whatnot.
And so he still, the defense is still trying to learn everything and whatnot.
And I get that.
It takes time, but come on guys, come on.
What are we doing here?
This is absolutely atrocious.
It was a very atrocious game.
It was a game that they could have easily won and then you have the, the bad, you know,
quote unquote face mask that was not a face mask.
Even the people, because I was looking at the game, even the, the, not the journalists,
the, the, the commentators was like, no, that's not a face mask.
They even zoomed in.
He was nowhere near the face mask.
Now what, now what David Ajaubo did, if that was called, that's definitely a penalty.
That is a penalty 100% of the way, but fro, but, but to pull, pull a flag out for Nnamdi
uh, Medabookay, no, that was uncalled for.
They should have took that, uh, that flag back, but it is what it is at this point.
If I am the Ravens, I am playing like my, like my life depends on it against the Cowboys.
I am playing like someone has just lit a fire on top of my head because if you don't, if
you go on and three, you are putting yourselves in a, in a crater.
You're putting yourself in, in a big, a big hole because you've already lost the two AFC
teams, right?
So that, that's already going to, that's going to, that's going to come back and haunt you
once it gets time for, for seating for the playoffs and whatnot.
Cool.
If you lose to the Cowboys, oh my God, you are never going to hear the end of that.
You are never, ever going to hear the end of that.
Okay.
I don't just leave it there because if I don't, there will be specific Ravens fans that will
want to come and haunt me.
So I'm just going to leave it there.
Just, you know, stealers are on the field by the way, just putting it out there.
Now moving on.
Okay.
Uh, let's talk about the Chargers.
Okay.
So the Chargers right now have been, have been on a hot streak surprisingly.
So, so far they, they have, they've been, they've been doing their thing.
They really have been doing their thing.
So Justin Herbert, 14 completions out of 20 attempts, 130 yards, two touchdowns, one pick,
6.5 yards per, per attempt, 70% completion percentage, 23, 23 times he dropped back.
Now I see what they're trying to do, which is they're not trying to have Justin Herbert
throw the ball a lot, but when they do, but when they do have them throw the ball, it
is, you know, they're getting down to the field, they're making plays and whatnot.
And granted it's working.
It is working because there was a point in time where Quentin Johnson was definitely
being labeled a bust.
It was, and now he's having this resurgence in his career and it's like, yo, that's what
they've been waiting for.
It's like that meme from SpongeBob.
That's really what it is.
JK Domins, he's having a resurgence in his career.
This is probably the best JK Domins that we have seen probably since, since when he was
at Ohio State.
Okay.
I'm going to give you the last two games.
I'm going to give you the stats for the last two games.
17 attempts for 131 yards, 7.7 rushing yards per carry, one touchdown, and he had four
rushes that were over 10 plus yards.
Think about that for a second, folks.
Now you're the other stats for the other game.
17 attempts for 135 yards, 13.5 rushing yards per carry, and one touchdown.
That is a very productive running back.
And you know, for, it also helps that they drafted Joe Alt with their first pick.
You have Joe Alt on once and you have Rashawn Slater on the other side.
That's a really good tackle duo.
Okay.
That is a really, really, really productive tackle duo.
And you know, granted, you know, they definitely caught a lot of flak when they were, you
know, when they let go of Mike Williams and they traded away Keenan Allen, but so far,
it's looked pretty successful.
We're live on the defense, very physical defense.
You still have Khalil Mack and Joey Bosa and Durwin James and, you know, a really good
run game in JK Domins.
And then, you know, the quarterback do quarterback things.
And that is somewhat of the cycle that we are starting to see in the league now is that,
guess what?
Teams are starting to go back to relying on the run game more.
They are starting to favor, you know, having a very physical defense, low scoring games,
keep things close when the game.
That's that's sort of the mantra.
That's sort of the cycle that we are going back into.
And so, you know, that's why you're seeing, you know, players like a JK Domins have these
type of games.
That's why that that's really why.
And that sort of entails to another team that sort of has that same, you know, mantra as
well with with the Steelers.
Yes, I have to talk about the Steelers.
I'm not going to do it.
I'm not going to do it because no, just not going to do it.
So the Justin Fields experiment continues.
Yes, it definitely continues.
Now when we look at things, you know, it is a situation where he gets a where he gets
well, not him, but the team actually gets a real life, you know, in real time look at
him and how he plays in games, not preseason games, not preseason, not not games where,
you know, the starters are not in and this person, that person is in.
We're talking about real games that have real effects on if you go to the playoffs, the
Super Bowl, all those different types of things.
There so far he's been playing well.
And basically the model that the Steelers are having is play non mistake football.
Don't turn the ball over, rely on the defense, have a, you know, have a productive run game,
rely on the Titans and George Pickens when the game and it's worked.
That's why they are undefeated.
But at the same time, if we are being real here at some point, you know, the offense
is going to have to do more.
It's going to have to do more.
Now granted, they did beat the Broncos, but I mean, 13 points is not enough.
It's not.
You have to put up at least 20 some points in order to be in a really good position.
Because if you don't, teams can easily come back and beat you.
And you know, Justin Fields has looked pretty, he's looked okay.
I'm not saying he's looked great.
I'm not going to say he's looked amazing.
Not going to say he looks like he could be the starter, you know, moving forward and
in the future or not, not saying any of those different types of things.
All I'm saying is Justin, feel I feel like we should want more of Justin Fields because
we know the potential that he has, right?
And you know, they have to be, they have to do better with the play calling or whatnot
because that second half of that Broncos game was absolutely atrocious.
It was on the offensive side.
It was atrocious.
And you know, if the, if the Broncos had a few good, few good plays and they were putting
some points on the board, they could have easily came back and won that game.
I'm just being completely honest here.
And you know, they have to start feeding George Pickens at the ball.
George Pickens is their best option at receivers since, you know, they failed in getting Brandon
and Eulac and other receivers, but we're not going to talk about that.
Okay.
We're just not going to talk about that.
But when we look at things, they have to do better.
Now I, I, as usual, I do like to look at the, the Tom and Tuesday podcast because there's
a lot of insightful things that he'd be saying on those, you know, on those Tuesdays and basically
he's saying for the, you know, for the time now, Justin Fields will be, you know, the
starting quarterback until Russ can, you know, properly participate in it practice and whatnot.
So which I, which I completely agree on, but at some point, you know, I think it does have
to start to make you wonder like, okay, the longer that this draws out, does this mean
that, okay, once Russ is healthy, that's when they're probably going to put him in or, you
know, what, what exactly is going on with Russ and his calf strain.
They've been very, you know, button lip about it and, you know, it shows.
Now the only thing I think that really had me on, not really on pins and needles, but
had me confused was them continuing to rotate between Broderick Jones and Troy Fautano.
Now Troy Fautano, you know, coming out of Washington was a more refined tackle than
Broderick Jones.
Broderick Jones was raw.
He was a very raw prospect and they knew they was going to take him some time before, you
know, he, he gets to the place where they feel comfortable with him.
But I think at this point, I think, I think you have to consider sitting him down because
for one, you can tell that he is injured.
You can tell it and you, it's not an injury that you can, you know, play through.
We originally, he messed up his elbow.
He just had the brace.
And now he's having, but now it's looking like they're putting more and more stuff on
that, on that elbow area.
And it looks like it's limiting him from being able to not only hold up his blocks, but to
punch.
And you know, you, you can't do anything if your elbow was messed up.
You just can't.
So at some point, I think it would be best if they was to rest him a little bit and maybe
see exactly what's going on compared to trying to, you know, try to see exactly what's, what's
going on at this point.
Troy Fatah Ngu look good.
He did, but you continuing to, okay, Troy is out.
Broderick is in, Broderick is in, Troy is out.
No, no, you save that for practice.
That's, that's when you, that's when you do those type of things.
You don't do those type of things during, you know, during the game.
You just don't.
You know, if Justin Fields continues to win games and if he actually gets better, like
he has a better stat line and the, the offense is starting to be productive, I would not
be surprised if they make a decision and they have Justin Fields be, you know, the remaining
starting quarterback for the rest of the season.
I just would not be surprised.
So this is still the drama still continues for quarterbacks and with the Pittsburgh Steelers,
who knows what will happen, twist and turns, twist and turns, all those different types
of things.
Now onto the Eagles and the Falcons game.
Yes, it was a very good Monday, Monday night football game.
It was a game that had a lot of twists and turns, but yeah, Kirk O. Kirk O being Kirk
O that that's, that's just the best way to put it.
Kirk O being Kirk O. Kirk O came back and he put on a show.
Okay, Kirk Cousins was 20 completions out of 29 attempts, 241 yards, two touchdowns,
1117.2 pass rating, 8.3 yards per attempt, a 69% completion percentage.
Okay, not to mention Kirk Cousins was five out of six during that 70 yard touchdown drive
to seal the game.
Okay, Jaylin Hertz was 23 completions out of 30 attempts, 183 yards, one touchdown, one
pick, a 88.6 pass rating, 6.1 yards per attempt, 76.7 completion percentage.
Now when we look at this, the Eagles were definitely starting to really march down the
field when they started to rely on Saquon Barkley and things were starting to look good.
And then out of the blue, they just, I don't know for whatever reason, they just stopped.
And once they stopped, they messed up.
Now we'll say this, that defense does not look good.
A defense has a lot of growing pains that they still have to go through.
And you know, it's probably going to take them some time like it does for any other
team, but I still have high hope for them.
I'm not sleeping on them because they have enough firepower on that defense where they
could make some moves.
And granted, for the offensive side, back to the offense, the Eagles didn't have AJ Brown.
So they tried to do the best that they can do, which at first they were doing it.
They were, but then they decided to make, well, not they, but Nick Siriani started to
make stupid decision making and always trying to go forward on fourth down.
If you're the first time that they went, the first time they went, they went for, I think
it was like they were, they were near the red zone and whatnot.
You should have just kicked the field goal.
You should have just kicked the field goal and you would have been, you would have had
some points on the board.
Prior to trying to go for it every single time on fourth down, this isn't mad.
And this isn't a situation where, you know, you can try to do something crazy and then
get the first down like, no, just kick the field goal, play reserved and just keep it
pushing.
That's just what you do at this point.
And you know, it's, I don't know.
I don't know.
It, when we look at this, they, the Falcons got their money last night with Kirk Cousins.
They got their money.
Okay.
Kirk Cousins was doing Kirk Cousins things when they needed him to do it.
And so far he actually, he looked a whole lot better, a little bit more comfortable in
this game than what he did in the game against the Steelers.
But you know, time will only tell with everything moving forward.
Now, this is what I will say.
Uh, Giants, you messed up.
You messed up horribly.
Because again, the owner said, I would lose some sleep if we lost Seyquan Barkley and
you see exactly when it's happened so far with them losing Seyquan Barkley.
I want you to look at the stats for Seyquan Barkley and then look up the stats for Devin
Singletary that now plays for the Giants, compare those two and then come back to me.
Better yet, leave that in a comment down below on Instagram at, at football underscore junkies
pot.
Yeah, let's just do that.
Let's go on to the final game to talk about.
Yes.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, the final game.
Yes, the Cowboys, the Cowboys doing Cowboys things.
Okay.
Cowboys doing Cowboys things.
Cowboys got decimated.
Okay.
They got cooked.
They got grilled.
They got pan seared.
They got reverse pan seared.
They put the thyme and the garlic and the butter in the pan and they started basting it real
good, making sure that it was that golden brown color.
Let it sit, let it rest for a little bit and then served it.
Serve that hot fresh L. Okay.
They got served with a hot fresh L by the Saints.
Okay.
That press card.
Yes.
It doesn't, all it doesn't fall on, on that shoulders, but I mean, Lord, this is who that
that Saints offense was cooking.
They were, they went in there with intentions of violence.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, fellow junkies.
Okay.
That press cards stats are as follows.
27 completions out of 39 attempts, 293 yards, one touchdown, two picks, a 78.3 passive rating,
7.5 yards per attempt, 69.2 completion percentage.
Now, he was pressured 11 times and he was sacked three times.
Okay.
Cool.
Then we look at Derek Carr, Derek Carr, 11 completions out of 16 attempts, 243 yards,
two touchdowns, one pick, a hundred, a 125 passive rating, 15.2 yards per attempt.
I'm going to say that again, 15.2 yards per attempt and a 68.8 completion percentage.
Now here's a little fun fact here.
Here's a little nugget.
Okay.
A little junkie nugget.
I don't know that actually might be a new thing now.
See, greatest podcast in the world.
Come on now.
Carr used play action on nine out of 17 drop backs.
Okay.
At 59, at 59%.
The highest rate in nine seasons, in nine seasons.
And mind you, their offensive coordinator is Clint Kubiak.
Again, who came, who comes from the 49ers tree.
Just saying, just saying.
Alvin Camara, 20 attempts for 115 yards, 5.8 rushing yards per carry, three touchdowns.
And he had four rushes of 10 plus yards.
Now when we look at this, you know, the, the, the cowboys where they just couldn't stop
it.
They could not stop Alvin Camara.
There was nothing that, that they could do to, to neutralize him.
They, they wasn't able to really make a comeback.
It was just the saints were just doing their thing.
It was one of those games.
And you know, granted, I understand that, you know, the cowboys, they, they got a new defensive
coordinator and all those different types of things, but Lord have mercy.
This is absolutely deplorable.
This is not good.
And you know, the cowboys have to have a rebound game, especially defensively, they have to
have a better, a better game.
They just have to, because if not, they will be the rotating door, not only in their division,
but for other teams that have to go up against them.
Okay.
It, I, I get it.
It's overreaction.
It's only the second week of the season.
Everyone is still having their growing pains of learning and all those different types of
things, but good God almighty.
This was a horrible game.
This was a horrible game, but I'm going to end it here.
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