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We got a lot to talk. Well, we really don't have a whole lot to talk about
But there is something that we do need to address we need to address the elephant in the room
And who is that elephant in the room folks Joe Burrow? Yeah. Yeah, Bangles fans
You're not gonna like this episode, but guess what you're gonna enjoy it because it needs to be said
It needs to be addressed. Okay, Andy. Don't and look like he had his swagger back. Okay, to a gets put on IR
I know that's probably old information, but we didn't talk about it last last week
But we have to talk about this week. Shador was a magician on the field. That's right. Hocus Pocus
Here they're everywhere won the game. Okay, Justin Fields continues to win the Jets fly off with the W Lamar finally
Gets a W Malik Willis gets his revenge and we're gonna do a new segment over reactions for the week
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All right folks, let's just get into the meat and potatoes of everything that has gone so
far.
Okay, I wasn't going to do anything about Monday night football, but you know what?
That's because of how they lost in the team, in the noise that they've been making since
the start of this season.
I'm going to have to do it.
Okay, now this is going to turn into someone of a quick little rant, but it needs to be
said.
Okay, so the Bengals lost last night.
Yeah, the Bengals lost to the commanders last night.
Now, if you would have told me that the Bengals would have lost last night, I probably would
have called you a liar.
I definitely would have.
Jane and Daniels was lighting it up.
Okay, lighting it up.
Every single time they were hiking the ball, every single time that he was dropping back,
he was making a play.
Okay, he showed he showed a lot last night.
He really did.
This is if you're a commander's fan, you have to love what you saw last night.
Okay, but I think we need to really get into the nooks and crannies of everything because
honestly speaking here, we need to have a conversation about Joe Burrow, you know, because
I think it's I think it's time that we do so because Joe Burrow Joe Burrow has been
trash.
Absolute trash.
And I say that in the most respectful way I possibly can, he has been absolute trash.
Okay, now I'm going to read these stats off and I want you to just, you know, try to
paint a picture in your head of how you think the game turned out.
Okay.
Jane Daniels was 21 for 23, 254 yards, two touchdowns.
He averaged 11 yards per attempt and a 91.3 completion percentage.
Okay, Joe Burrow was 29 for 38, 324 yards, three touchdowns, 8.5 yards per attempt and
a 76.3 completion percentage.
Now when we look at those stats, you're probably thinking, Oh, Joe Burrow, you know, put had
put up some pretty good numbers and went down.
They probably won the game.
No, they didn't.
Jane Daniels won.
Jane Daniels, now there was a moment in time where it looked like they've the Bengals could
have made a comeback, but they didn't.
They failed once again.
And you know, if you are a Bengals fan, I don't want to hear no excuses.
I don't want to hear any more excuses.
I don't because you know why?
If this is any other quarterback, if this is Lamar, if this is Daniel Jones, if this
is that press guy, if this is Josh Allen, if this is Justin Herbert, if there's if this
is any other quarterback, everyone is is making everyone is saying, Oh, there's no excuses
for their for their play.
There's no excuses for their performance and whatnot.
They are supposed to be, you know, the one that that can, you know, carry the team on
their back and lead them to victory and whatnot.
So why Joe Burrow hasn't done that yet?
Why?
And granted, again, don't want to hear no excuses.
I do not want to hear any excuses because you know why?
This man literally carried a Bengals team who statistically had had the one of the worst
offensive lines in NFL history, carry them to a Super Bowl, almost one such Super Bowl,
right?
And since then, everybody has just been trying to feast on that Super Bowl run when it's
gone.
It's gone.
The confetti has already been been dropped.
The celebrations have already concluded.
The trophies are already in the players offices and, you know, houses of residents and whatever
the case may be.
Okay.
The fact of the matter is since that since that Super Bowl run and since he's gotten,
you know, his deal, he has not shown a whole lot.
He has actually regressed a whole lot if we're being real here.
And that's something that I don't think not a lot of people want to talk about.
If you're getting paid the amount of money that Joe Burroughs getting paid, you need
to step up to the plate.
You need to step up to the plate because the fact of the matter is Jaden Daniels was was
doing his thing.
Okay.
He was doing his thing.
If I'm not mistaken and someone someone can fact check me for for me if they want to,
the commanders never punted the ball yesterday last night, even on fourth down, they were
still going for it.
That's just the mentality that Jaden Daniels have.
And granted, I understand it's still the the season is still, you know, it's still very
early and all those different types of things.
But at some point you have to win a game.
Okay.
You are in the business of football is winning games.
Okay.
Winning games can determine if you get another contract, if you get another opportunity, if
you get, you know, another chance, all those different types of things.
And when you're not winning, that's a stain on you.
Right.
And what you cannot do is continue to have a fan base and to have, you know, media media
personalities that want to try to give Joe Burrough and the Bengals bail when whole time,
if we're being real here, they've been, they've been talking a whole lot of smack this off
season and especially the start of this season.
They've been, they've been, they've been yapping off.
So now that you got punched in the mouth and you've been getting punched in the mouth,
it's time for y'all to step up.
It is.
I don't want to hear any more excuses for Joe Burrough.
I do not.
You got paid, you got paid top dollar.
Okay.
You're, you are tied of being one.
Well, you was being before that press guy got his deal.
Well, you were tied with Trevor Lawrence as being the highest paid quarterbacks.
And since you guys have gotten that deal, you guys have not done Jack Diddley squat.
You haven't, you have regressed dramatically.
And if we're being real here, that this team right now for the Bengals, they are not going
to win a whole lot of games.
They are not.
And I don't want to hear, Oh, he might be heard or, Oh, I was dealing with a lingering
injury and whatnot.
Oh, I don't think my wrist was 100% healed, but I still went out there and tried to play
because I care about my teammates and I want to win.
I don't want to hear it.
I don't want to hear it anymore.
The time is now to cut out the excuses for Joe Burrough.
It is over.
Okay.
It's time that people have real conversations about Joe Burrough and his performance.
It is lackluster.
It is not good enough.
He needs to do more.
That offense has to do more.
And if we're being real here, if they do not do more heads are going to roll.
Heads are going to roll.
People are going to lose their jobs.
People are going to lose their jobs because since that Super Bowl run, it's starting to
look like a fluke.
Everything it's starting to look like a fluke.
Even when you look on the defensive side, there's not a whole lot on the defense.
It's not.
You have Trey Hendrickson who, honestly speaking, he probably doesn't even want to be there
because he's looking for more money.
He was looking for more money.
He even said during the offseason, if I don't get paid, I'm going to retire.
They still haven't done it.
I don't know why he's still doing it, but I mean, hey, you know, hey, that's, that's,
you know, that's, that's them.
But the fact of the matter is the bangles, you know, are put on this high pedestal by
media personalities and by everybody else.
I don't see it.
I don't see it personally.
And they're in my, I don't see it.
I don't know what average quarterback.
Okay.
How is it that Andy Dalton was able to get a W for the Panthers before the bangles?
How is that?
And mind you, the Panthers went up against the Raiders who, if we're being real here,
the Raiders are not a team that you just take lightly for.
They have some pieces on that team.
So I don't understand what's going on with the bangles.
I don't know what's going on with Joe Burrow.
I don't know if it's the, the hair dyed that must have gotten to his brain and whatnot,
but whatever it is, it is not good folks.
It is not good at all.
Now also my soap box.
Let's get into the other stuff that really needs to be talking about needs to be addressed.
Okay.
Andy Dalton looked like Andy Dalton.
Okay.
Andy Dalton put on a show.
He did his thing.
He proved why he, why the Panthers should, should roll with him moving forward, possibly
the, the rest of the season, honestly.
And you know, to, how can I say this?
How can I say this?
How can I say this bingo?
Got it.
Like Bob just came up.
We, we have to give a little bit of, a little bit of grace to Bryce young because Bryce
young was put into a situation where, you know, he, he, there's not a whole lot of growth.
Right.
There's not a lot of opportunities for him to, to, you know, to grab.
Well, you know what?
No, no, I scratch that.
I can't do it.
Andy Dalton did his thing.
Okay.
Let me, let me just read you the stats, his stat line.
26 for 37, 319 yards, three touchdowns.
He averaged 8.6 yards per attempt and he had a 70.3 completion percentage.
Right.
On top of that, here are some junky nuggets.
Okay.
Chubber Hubbard finished the game with 21 carries for 114 yards.
Deontay finished the game with a reception for 122 yards and one touchdown.
And Andy Dalton's last game that had a similar stat line to this was last year, week three.
You know, that stat line was 34 for 58, 361 yards, two touchdowns, according to NFL pro
shout out to NFL pro.
Now listen, I get it.
Andy Dalton is a veteran.
So he's seen a lot of things.
He himself has somewhat been in somewhat of a similar situation that Bryce Young has been
in.
Right.
Because a lot of times, a lot of those bangles teams, they were not that good.
Now listen, they, they, they were a team that, you know, they can't.
They can, they can give you, they can give you a good whooping.
Okay.
And they can win, but they're not this super dominant team that is, you know, that is going
to strike fear into the hearts of men.
No, that's not what they were.
Okay.
That's just not so Andy Dalton, he's been around the block for, for a while.
So he knows, he knows some things.
He knows how to, how to win with less and all those different types of things.
And he may do with what he had and they won the game.
That's just what it is.
Case in point.
Now, I know there were, I know there, there was an article that came out from, from Adam
Schefter, you know, saying that there were teams that were interested in probably trading
for Bryce Young, unless it's a team like, you know, that, that comes from the, the Shaw
McVay tree or the Kyle Shanahan tree.
And even then I wouldn't trust a whole lot of teams unless it's the Rams directly or
the 49ers directly.
I don't really trust anybody else going after Bryce Young.
Bryce Young is a project.
That is a project.
And if you do not have the right coaching, you know, in place, and if you do not have
everything else, an offensive line, some weapons in a good run game, you're going to see the
exact same thing that, that the Panthers saw with Bryce Young.
And granted, Bryce Young didn't, didn't ask to be put in this situation.
He didn't.
You have an incompetent owner who is very sporadic, who is, who was basically somewhat
of, I would say the more, what's the more unstable version of Jerry Jones.
That's the best way to, to, to describe David Tepper.
David Tepper is someone who he, he made a reckless decision.
He made a very reckless decision in choosing to get Bryce Young and not, you know, not
surround him with, with some good talent, good weapons and all those different types
of things.
And, you know, he struggled and then not to mention the coach.
I mean, it's just a, it's a plethora of different things that play a role in the demise of
Bryce Young.
And, you know, it's, that it opens up to a, a bigger conversation.
And quite frankly, you know, I'm not going to be the one to do it because I'm not a
Panthers fan.
And quite frankly, I don't think nobody really cares about the Panthers at this point.
Now, moving on to Tua.
Tua gets put on the IR.
Now, if you don't know what IR, that means that he is going to be out for a minimum,
a minimum of four games, but he can be out longer.
When we look at this, it's, you know, it's definitely the right decision to be made simply
because the Dolphins are in a situation now where they are in limbo.
Okay.
They are trying to figure out exactly what are, what do, what are they going to do moving
forward?
Right.
They are trying to figure out if they are going to continue to move forward with Tua,
or they're going to have to make, you know, a business decision and possibly, you know,
move off of him and then figure something else.
Right.
That's the situation that they're in at this point.
And so basically what they said was, listen, you take the time all you need, see all the
doctors that you need to see, get all the, you know, get all the testing done and all
those different types of things.
So that guess what?
Once we get all the information that we need, we can come down, we can, and we can make a,
um, make a decision on if we want to continue to move forward with you, or if we're going
to suggest that you possibly medically retire.
That's it.
That, that's all, that, that's all that needs to be said.
It doesn't need to be, no, oh man, I think he should possibly retire.
Listen, you're not a doctor.
You don't know.
Granted, we've seen a lot of head injuries with him.
Who knows?
Maybe he doesn't have any CTE at all.
Maybe, you know, it really hasn't affected his brain or anything.
But until those reports come out, we all will not, we will, yeah, all of us, especially
football fans and especially, uh, dolphins fans just have to wait and see what happens
at this point.
Now moving on to Justin Fields.
Okay.
Justin Fields, you know, my guy, my guy, my guy, my guy, my guy, my guy, my man, 50 grand,
okay, because you know why the sixth time, six times, you know, I'm not even going to
do it.
I'm not going to do it.
I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not going to do it.
I was actually going to name this episode Victory Monday, but I'm not going to do it.
No, no, no.
We know what I might not.
I still might.
I'm rambling.
Who cares?
Justin Fields has been doing, he's been doing his thing.
Now I'm not saying he's, you know, been lighting up and having three touchdowns and
two touchdowns and saying those different types of things.
But this past, this past Sunday was probably his best game so far.
I probably say so.
He, you know, scored two touchdowns.
He ran one in and then he threw one to Calvin Austin, which was actually really good.
But you know, let, let, let's get off with this, with this stat line though.
Okay.
So Justin Fields was 20, 25 for 32, 245 yards.
They say one touchdown, but technically it was two touchdowns because one of them was
a rushing touchdown.
One interception, he average 7.7 yards per attempt and he had a 78.1 completion percentage.
Now coming into this game, a lot of people like, like myself definitely had a feeling
that this was going to be somewhat of an old school street fight on the field.
This was going to be a very slow pace physical game.
This wasn't going to be a high flying, you know, ooze and Oz type of game.
This is going to be an old school type of game where who's run the game is going to,
is going to win.
Who's defensive line and offensive line is going to, you know, to win the time of possession.
And you know, originally, well, not, not originally, but at first it was the chargers.
The chargers were, were doing their thing at first, but then, you know, as, as the,
as the second half, you know, started and whatnot and the Steelers were able to make
adjustments and whatnot, the Steelers did their thing.
They did their thing.
That's, that's just what it is.
It's nothing, you know, super crazy.
It's nothing like, oh man, they were just dominant from a, from the first quarter to
the fourth quarter.
No.
Okay.
They did their thing.
They've been actually doing a pretty good job.
I think the, the only knock with them, we actually know what, no, no, no, I'll say that.
I'll say that for, for, for the overreaction.
Well, you know what?
No, no.
I'll talk about it.
The only thing with the Steelers is they start slow, right?
And sometimes when you start slow, you know, it, it, it just, it can hurt you more than
help you, right?
And I get it.
Not every team, you know, come, you know, start, starts the game guns, blazing, guns,
blazing and whatnot, but you gotta, you gotta have some oomph, right?
Because if you started off early in the game, you, that can, you can ride with that and
you can carry that all the way to the end of the game, right?
Instead of waiting till the second half to make the adjustments and switch up your play
calling game, move this player over here and move that player over there and, you know,
do all those different types of things because there's going to come a time at point where
you won't be able to do those type of things in the second half, right?
And you know, from the outside looking in, because I'm trying not to, I'm not trying
to be a somewhat of a fanboy.
The Steelers got to put more, they have to, they have to be able to go down, they have
to be able to march down the field, right?
They have to be able to dictate the line of scrimmage first.
They have to, because if they don't, you know, things, things look, things look great now,
right?
Because you're not facing a whole lot of competition and whatnot.
But I guarantee you, when that second half of the season starts, you know, you, you,
you got to make sure that the things that you're, that, that you're having problems with now
are not a recurring problem when it comes to that second half of the season.
Because I keep saying it, that second half of the season is going to be a gauntlet.
It is going to be a gauntlet.
It was going to be a storm.
Okay.
It is going to be a 12 round fight, not a boxing match, but a fight because you're going to
have to go up against some of your division rivals and then the chiefs and then the Eagles
and whatnot.
And that's not even counting if any of those teams may make, you know, any crazy trades
and whatnot for somebody, you know, by, by the end of the trade deadline.
So you just have to, you know, clean up, you know, the small things because the small things
can become big things later down the road, right?
And you know, if we can be real here, Justin Fields has been, has been playing, you know,
really good supplemental football.
I feel like they, I feel like they've sort of like put a cap on, on, on what they can
do with Justin Fields.
I feel like they're saving a lot of the dynamic play calling and whatnot for us.
But you know, if, if I'm like Tomlin or, or if I'm Arthur Smith, I'm, I'm just, you know,
redirecting that to Justin Fields because they're playing, you know, you're playing with the
hot hand and the hot hand is Justin Fields.
That's just, that's just what it is.
We don't know the extent of, of this injury with Russell Wilson.
It sounds like it sounds like it's a little bit more severe than what people are saying,
or they're just airing the side of caution because they know that, you know, hamstring
injuries, they're very, they're, they're very hit and miss, right?
You can have one, you know, this week and then you'll be good after two weeks.
And the next thing you know, you re aggravated it.
And it's actually worse than when, than when you originally had it, like so many different
things can happen.
Okay.
And so they just want to air, air the side of caution, which is perfectly fine, you know,
because again, this was a, this was a game where the Steelers were going to be primarily
running the ball.
And that's exactly what they did.
Now when we look at the Chargers side though, they really, they, they really wasn't doing
a whole lot.
JK Dobbins had 50, had 15 attempts from 44 yards.
He averaged 2.9 rushing yards per carry.
That's not good.
And that's mind you that that's coming off of the two monster games that, that they had
not too long ago.
So, you know, they, they just, it was like two Rams.
Okay.
If you've ever seen, you know, the, the National Geographic or Animal Planning when they go
in a while and they see, you know, two Rams just butting heads and to see who, who's going
to, who's going to be the last one standing.
That's basically what it was.
And you know, the, the Steelers started to chip away and chip away and chip away and
chip away until they finally got them.
And once they finally got them, they just went for it.
And they never look back.
And then, you know, unfortunately you have Justin Herbert to re aggravate his ankle
and whatnot.
All in all, yes, you can celebrate it as a victory, but at the same time we have to air
the side of caution because again, we have seen this before.
We have seen it where, you know, in 2020 we were undefeated and whatnot.
Oh man, everything's going great.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
And the next thing you know, guess what happens?
We joke.
Joke against the Browns.
Let's all relax.
R E L A X relax.
Let's just calm down for a bit.
Let's celebrate the victories, but at the same time, let's also be mindful of who we
are going up against.
Okay.
Cool.
Thank you, Steelers fans.
Now moving on to Shador.
Okay.
Shador, Shador, Shador was being a magician.
Okay.
He was being a true magician.
He was being, he was doing his thing.
He really was.
Okay.
Let's, let's just get into these stats.
Okay.
Two, he was 25 to 41, 341 yards.
He had a 61% completion rate.
He averaged 8.3 yards per attempt and he had two touchdowns.
That's actually pretty good, right?
Compared to the other two quarterbacks on Baylor's team, Sawyer Robertson was 32 for
50 for 463 yards, a 64 completion percentage, 9.3 yards per attempt, three touchdowns.
DeKwon Finn was 23 for 43, 307 yards, a 53.5 completion percentage, 7.1 yards per attempt,
three touchdowns, two picks.
Now when we look at this, you know, Shador, Shador and that offense, you know, they're,
they're doing their thing.
They're starting to, they're starting to find a rhythm, which is great.
But I feel like they should start to really like rely more on the run because I think
if they rely more on the run, I think it would open things up a little bit more while at
the same time, you know, wear down a defense because at some point the defensive line is
going to get tired.
And when they get tired, that's when you attack.
That's when you go all out and you make sure that you don't leave no stone unturned.
And you know, Colorado, Colorado is going to be Colorado.
Okay.
They're going to have their highs.
They're going to have their lows.
They're going to have their in-betweens, but all in all, it's going to be a team that
everybody's going to want to watch.
That's just who they are.
That's just their identity.
It's not going to change.
Okay.
Now if Shador continues to, you know, put the numbers that he's putting and he continues
to do dynamic things, then there could be a case where he could possibly, you know, when,
when the highs men and whatnot, but you know, I just, I, it's still early, you know, just
got to wait and see what happens and whatnot.
And, you know, hopefully, hopefully they, they make it to the playoffs and whatnot.
So it's a, it's still a wait and see situation for them as well.
Now moving forward.
Okay.
We got to talk.
What have you been doing?
Want to talk about the jet?
We want to talk about Lamar.
Let's talk about the jets first.
Then, then we get into the, the, the greatness.
Okay.
The greatness of the Cowboys losing this weekend.
Okay.
The jets went up against the Patriots on Thursday and it was a, it was a beating.
It was a beating.
Okay.
It looked like, it looked like Jacoby Berset was getting jumped every single time that he
was hiking the ball.
Big bloody bill from up the hill did not do anything to help this Patriots offense.
Oh my God.
This is horrible.
This is absolutely, Jacoby Berset was getting beat up, beat up by that, by that Jets defensive
line and they couldn't do anything about it.
They couldn't stop it.
They could not stop it.
Not one bit.
So, you know, if, if I am a Patriots fan and if I am the Patriots, you know, GM, I would
probably go after, you know, somebody from LSU, Low Campbell and I probably would, you
know, draft that and let that be my top pick at this point because you need to invest into
the offensive line.
It's time.
It's time for you to invest into the offensive line.
It's time for you to bring in some real productive offensive line and players and not just get
people, you know, from just here, there, everywhere and then try to put it together and make it
say, oh, this is a good offensive line and whatnot.
No, it's time for you to invest some real money, real draft picks and whatever else
you need to into this offensive line because Drake may pretty soon is going to be starting
and you know, he's going to need, he's going to need to be protected.
If he's not protected, he's not going to last long.
He's going to take a beating and you do not want that.
Now, on the other hand for Aaron Rodgers, Aaron Rodgers was actually looking pretty,
pretty good.
He was.
I'm not saying he looked like his old self for, oh, this looks like something great.
No, I'm not doing that.
Let's pump the brakes.
Let's relax.
Let's calm down.
Let's take a breather.
Let's drink our water.
Okay.
Let's just relax.
Okay.
The Jets run game looks really lethal.
Okay.
That too, that that too handed, not too handy, but that two headed monster and Braylon Allen
and Breeze Hall, that's going to do some damage leading in, I can't even speak, it's definitely
the coffee leading into the second half of the season.
That is what they're going to need.
They're going to need those two to be very, very, very productive because if you, because
if they don't, I can't, I can't say that this Jets offense is going to be super productive
and whatnot.
I just can't.
But let's just get into these stats.
So Aaron Rodgers was 27 for 35, 281 yards, two touchdowns, eight yards per attempt and
a 77.1 completion percentage.
Shikowi Bershendron on the other hand was 12 for 18, 98 yards, 5.4 yards per attempt and
a 66.7 completion percentage.
Now, the only reason why his stats were that low was because I think they pulled him in
the later part of the game.
And you know, if we're being real here, that Jets defensive line, they were going after
them.
They were going after them.
The Patriots offensive line could not hold their blocks.
They could not hold their own and you know, Jacoby Bershendron was the sacrificial lamb
in this, unfortunately.
And you know, that that's just what it is.
But let's get into these junkie, these junkie nuggets.
Okay.
So the Jets blitz Jacoby Bershendron 40% of his dropbacks, which is the highest under
the Robert Sala era.
Okay.
That says that that speaks a lot for itself.
Okay.
That means that they knew that listen, this Patriots offensive line is not the best.
Not that strong.
We can blitz heavy.
We can go after them and we can just attack Jacoby Bershendron every single time.
Now the Patriots missed more tackles against the Jets than in the first two weeks combined.
Right.
Not to mention, okay.
Christian Gonzalez lined up against Gary Wilson 88% of the time and pressed him 43% of the
time.
Right.
Wilson caught four of eight passes.
Christian Gonzalez has lined up against other has lined up against Jamar Chase, DK MacKab,
and now Gary Wilson on 70% of their routes and has allowed less than 25 yards.
Let me tell you something here, folks.
Okay.
Let me get real close to the mic.
Let me let me tell you guys something.
Okay.
I was super heavy on Christian Gonzalez.
Okay.
Your back row, Domus told his friends and fellow colleagues that Christian Gonzalez was going
to be a beast.
Okay.
And that is what you are seeing right now.
You are seeing someone.
You are seeing almost the second coming of Stefan Gilmore on this team right now.
That's what you're seeing.
And guess what?
The Steelers could have had him, but no, the Steelers did not want them because of his
quote unquote character and that he was quiet and whatnot.
Do you know why he's quiet?
Because he is a monster on that field.
A monster.
You mean to tell me you lined up against some of the best receivers in the league and you
have allowed less than 25 yards on all of these fools?
That is something that only Dorel Revis and Stefan Gilmore and their primes can do.
Steelers fans, look at this.
It's not good.
It's a bad stain on us.
Now back to the all Naldes and all those different types of things.
Now when we look at this, Patriots still have a lot to, you know, to go through.
They still have a lot of building that they have to do.
They just they are still going through the, you know, the blows and the and just the just
the process of a rebuild.
It's nasty.
It's not good.
It's all those things wrapped up in a bowl.
But guess what?
Every team has to go through this and on the other side is greatness.
Maybe possibly.
Don't know.
Not a Patriots fan.
Don't really care about them.
They messed up with the Steelers a lot of times when we have to kill the bees.
Moving forward though.
Omar finally gets a W. Finally.
Woo, celebrate confetti.
Woo, almost different types of things.
No, not really because they almost lost.
Okay.
The Cowboys was making a late comeback.
They was.
They was definitely doing their thing.
And you know, if I'm a Ravens fan, I'm not happy.
I am not happy at all because there was a moment in time where this team where the game
looked like it was it was starting to get out of hand.
And, you know, they, it was basically going to be a blowout.
You're going to, you know, start seeing people leaving everything, but nope.
That Prescott with his magical $60 million powers came back and almost won the game.
Well almost tied the game up.
That's not good.
That is not good.
Okay.
But let's get into these stats though.
Okay.
So tomorrow 12 for 15 182 yards, one touchdown 12.1 yards per 10 and 80% completion.
Okay.
Now, when you're probably looking at this, you're probably thinking, oh man, that's a
horrible game.
It's only because they were running the ball all the time.
Okay.
Because when you have King Henry of the Henry family, 25 attempts for 151 yards, six yards
per carry.
And he had five rushes of 10 or more yards legend.
I've said, see the land on the other hand, seven targets for four receptions, 67 yards,
16.8 receiving yards per reception in deck 28 for 51, 379 yards to touchdown 7.4 yards
per 10 and 54.9% completion, completion percentage.
Now, when we look at this, right, and let's just be honest, let's just really just address
the elephant in the room here.
Okay.
This cowboy roster probably has to be one of the worst rosters that we have seen in
a very long time.
And the reason why I say that is because they learned the Ravens literally ran up the middle.
They basically did half back dive multiple times over and over and over and over and
over and over and over again.
And guess what?
Cowboys couldn't stop it.
Not once.
They could not stop it.
When we look at this, you know, the way that they handled their free, their free agency
and especially their off season, it's backfire.
It's backfired and it's hurt them more than help them because when you look at it, what
in the world are you going to be able to do with this defensive line?
What?
Nothing.
You can't do anything with it.
You have Monzy Smith who started look like a bus with the cowboys.
Maybe you'll have a resurgence somewhere else.
You have an old involved Joseph.
You have, you know, D law who I couldn't tell you what D law has done lately.
I haven't seen him.
I think he's a ghost.
He may not be real.
I don't know.
And then you have Michael Parsons who's basically being put, you know, here, there, everywhere
on the line and he's still not getting through.
He's still not making any plays.
So it's a, it's a very tough situation.
You know, it really is.
And, you know, Jerry, Jerry wants the credit.
He wants the credit when he's right, when he's ready, when, when he, when he's winning,
when his team is being dominant and all those different types of things.
But when, but when the lights get a little bit too bright and this team does not show
up and this team does not win games, or everybody wants to be quiet.
Everybody wants to point fingers at everybody.
Everybody wants to say, Oh, it's your father.
We didn't do this or it's your father.
We didn't do that.
The fact of the matter is this team is trash.
This team is not, this team can not only compete in their own division, but they cannot go
up against a team like the Lions, like the 41, I don't know about the 49ers, 49ers just
banged up any, any of those NFC teams, they can't hold their own against them because
why?
Everybody knows that guess what, guess what you can do to the Cowboys run the ball, run
the ball.
You could literally run the ball all game long.
Okay.
It's like that one, one Lionel Richie song all night long.
That's, that is who the Cowboys defensive line is because it's horrible.
They can't stop the run.
They can barely do anything with their patch rush.
Their secondary is, and what else?
What else?
It's a very bad roster all around.
And you know, a lot of that has to deal with, you know, two players that were, you know,
looking for contracts.
Now one of them showed up to training camp because he has to because he's the quarterback
and the other decided that he wanted to sit out as long as he possibly could.
And now look what, look what it has resulted in.
Another L either way you look at it, the players, you know, pointing fingers and sending sub
something, I can't even speak subliminals to each other is not going to help them get
a win.
Okay.
They have to lock in and they have to try to win the best way that they possibly can.
Use the strengths of the team, even though they don't have a whole lot of strength because
they are the Cowboys and just try to win.
Now I just made it seem like it was super easy, but really it's not.
But honestly, do not care about the Cowboys.
I know pretty soon we face the Cowboys and when that happens and when we beat the Cowboys,
just know we're going to have an entire episode dedicated to that game.
You heard it here first.
Now moving forward, Malik Willis gets his revenge.
He finally gets his revenge, right?
So let's be real here.
That entire situation with the Titans and whatnot really wasn't the best.
It just wasn't.
And if we can be real here, honestly, you know, I know there were a lot of people that
were saying, Oh, we've never seen this version of Malik Willis before.
Oh, Malik Willis is doing a lot of things.
Malik Willis is, you know, is being put into a situation where he's actually valued, where
the team actually, you know, wants to embrace him and they're actually going to work with
him compared to the Titans where basically they were pushing out their old Vernon quarterback,
Brian Tannehill, go home and they were bringing in Mr. Manez in Will Levis, who has a Mayo
Cologne, which that's just, oh, oh, oh, oh my God.
I think it's going to stand.
Imagine you going into a restaurant, right?
And you're just like, you know, I smell mayonnaise.
Is that what, what is that smell?
What is that smell?
And you look to the side of you and your buddy has on that new Will Levis Cologne.
Was it smell like mayonnaise?
That is disgusting.
Okay.
That is nasty.
That is horrible.
Put it in the trash, throw it away.
Okay.
Because that's, that's just a troche.
Now back to the game.
I just had to say that.
I just had to because it's just, oh man, this is nasty.
This is nasty.
It's a troche.
Now Malik Willis was 13 for 19, 202 yards, one touchdown, 10.6 yards per 10 and a 68.4
completion percentage.
Now when we look at Will Levis, 26 for 34, 260 yards, two touchdowns, two picks, 7.6
yards per 10 and a 76.5 completion percentage.
Now when we look at this here folks, the Titans are in a situation where they are still somewhat
going through a rebuild.
They're still trying to, you know, work out all the, all the, the, the tink, and whatnot
of their, of their roster and whatnot.
But at the same time, you know, Malik, in, in my personal opinion, I feel like they should
have really tried to do a real competition between Malik Willis and Will Levis.
But at the same time, you sort of had the feeling that they were going to favor Will
Levis anyway simply because he was winning games when they did put him in, right?
They actually started to, you know, embrace and surround Will Levis moving forward compared
to trying to figure out who was going to be the person moving forward.
And then it also didn't help that they brought in Mason Rudolph in for, for free agency.
So it's like, you know, if you're Malik Willis, you're really behind the gun.
So for you to get put into a situation where you're with the Packers, it's someone of a
breath of fresh air.
It is.
And you know, he, he did his thing.
He did just enough.
He did what he was tasked to do.
He didn't go overboard.
He didn't try to be Mr. Superman.
He didn't try to be the hero.
He got the job done.
Okay.
Now, if you're the Titans, you're, you're trying to figure out exactly what do you want to
do moving forward, especially with Will Levis because Will Levis, he's been struggling.
He's been struggling.
They have, they have surrounded him with weapons.
You know, they got Tony Pollard and then they got Calvin Ridley.
They still have deep trailing birds.
They got Tyler Boyd.
Like they have weapons on that team.
So I'm just trying to figure out exactly what's going on.
But again, this is the growing pains that a team has to go through when you are going
through the rebuild that they are going through.
Now, on to the final topic.
Okay.
We're going to do some different.
It's called overreactions, right?
We're isn't that that was actually going to be the title, but nah, I just decided to scrap
it.
We're going to do wheeling and dealing.
Yes.
Wheeling and dealing.
All right.
Now these are just some of the, some of the overreactions that I have.
Okay.
So Steelers being undefeated, Katelyn Williams struggling, the 49ers struggling, Eagles ain't
flying.
Yes.
I said ain't and the Ravens having troubles.
Yes.
So let's start with the Steelers.
That's right.
The sixth time.
No, I'm not going to do it.
I was going to do it.
Not going to do it.
You know, the future, you know, AFC, you know, champions of the 2024 season, you know, Pittsburgh
Steelers, you know, not going to do it.
Not going to do it.
The Steelers being undefeated, everybody just needs to relax.
Okay.
Relax.
I want you to take a deep breath in me and then who saw and then who saw relax.
Okay.
We, we went up against the Falcons who had Kirk cousins who came off of a major injury.
We had a rookie.
We went up against a rookie quarterback in Bowen X and a Broncos team that, you know,
it's the Broncos and then you went up against the Chargers.
The Chargers have probably been so far right now.
The most competition that they've probably had to go up against, you know, since the
season has started.
Now as the season progresses, you know, you, you, you go up against certain teams like
the Colts.
That's a game that I'm really looking forward to.
Okay.
That's a game I'm really looking forward to.
But to say that, you know, all this is great.
They were undefeated and whatnot.
So, okay, you don't, just because you're undefeated does not mean, oh, that you are the best
team.
Now I will say this, the defense, the defense is doing their part.
They're holding their own.
I'm not really worried about the defense.
It is as usual, it's the offense.
The offense has to pick things up more.
Okay.
They have to do more.
They have to.
Otherwise they're going to be put in a situation where it can be a late season situation where
you need to win the game.
And the offense isn't clicking.
And you know, the defense is doing their thing.
The defense could be putting them in great, you know, great field position and everything.
And you know, the offense just can't get it done.
That's not good enough.
That's just not good enough.
Now we will look at Caleb Williams and his struggles and whatnot.
He's a rookie.
He's going through the growing pains and whatnot of the NFL.
And you know, if we can be real here, I don't think that that coaching staff is going to
be there for too long.
I think they're going to scrap the, the, uh, I can't speak.
I think they're going to scrap the coaching, you know, just the entire coaching as a whole.
I'm talking about from the head coach, the OCM whatnot.
And I think they're just going to go in a different direction.
And I think they're really going to get an offensive minded head coach for Caleb Williams.
And just because I think they're, they're really trying to rewrite their rungs and how
they handle the situation with Justin Fields.
And so I think they're now trying to do things a little bit different with Caleb Williams.
Now still, I mean, you know, Caleb, Caleb, Caleb is going to go through this.
He's going to struggle.
That is, that is, you know, that is a rookie.
Now I understand there's people are saying, well, the bearish of the draft, Jane Daniels,
who was to say that, you know, he would get the same, the same outcome as he as, as Jane
Daniels has been getting.
Who was to say that nobody came.
So you know, just again, relax, relax, calm down, cool down, man.
Get some water, get some water.
Okay.
Now the 49ers struggles that is due in part to the Madden curse.
Now, if you don't know what the Madden curse is, anytime a Madden player, anytime a player
is on the Madden cover, mysterious things happen in that season.
It's just weird, right?
It's literally, you can pull it up and you can look at it.
It's a real thing.
Christian McCaffrey is in Germany right now looking, looking to get, you know, support
for his Achilles grave diggers out with a torn peck.
You know, the office isn't looking, isn't really looking that good, except for, you
know, Joann Jennings, Brandy Ewing is who going?
It goes, I don't know.
Never seen them before.
Never heard of them before.
And you know, it's just, it's a tough situation.
It is a very tough situation for the 49ers right now.
I don't think they expected to go through the growing pains that they're going through
right now.
And, you know, a lot of their star players are, are banged up and they're going to be
out for a while.
So, you know, I would not be surprised if they will be in the market for defense of
tackle to replace grave digger because now you don't have Eric.
Well, wait a minute.
Do they have Eric?
No, you don't have Eric Armstead and you don't have the Forrest Buckner and now you
don't have grave digger.
Now granted, they have, you know, they do have some, some other, some other good players,
which is still going to need somebody else to be paired with them, right?
You know, 49ers, you're going to have to do something here playing.
You're going to have to do something here play.
You're going to have to do something.
Now the Eagles ain't flying.
Yes, it is true.
The Eagles aren't flying.
The Eagles are gliding or just walking, whatever you want to call it.
The Eagles are, you know, they're, they're going through their bumps and bruises because
again, they're, it's a new offense as being installed and a lot of turnover has happened.
You know, Jason Kelsey has retired and whatnot, so it's still a lot of, you know, trying to
get used to all those different types of things, right?
Not to mention, you know, the, the whole controversy over the off season where, you know, Nick
Siriani and Jaylen Hurts were beefing and whatnot and, you know, all those different
types of things.
And, you know, if we're being real here, Nick Siriani's seat is hot, hot.
If they do not have a great season this year, oh, he's gone.
He is gone.
Gone.
G-O-N-E.
Gone.
Now we'll say this, the bright light in all of this is they hit when they went after and
they got say, Qanbarclay, unlike some GMs, I didn't want to do that and didn't want to
pay them because they didn't want to value them.
But that's another story for another day.
Now, you know, again, this all takes time.
The season is still fairly, you know, early and whatnot.
So these things happen, you know, some teams go through the bumps and bruises early.
So that, you know, once the rest of the season, you know, goes through and whatnot, they are
prepared, they are ready, and, you know, they are dominant.
So who knows?
Same thing with the Ravens, right?
The Ravens finally got a W, which is great.
But at the same time, you know, the expectations are a little bit higher for them on both sides
of the ball because this roster is ready to win a Super Bowl, right?
They don't, they don't, you don't make the type of moves that the Ravens have made if
you're not going to compete for a Super Bowl.
I'm just sorry, you're just not going to do that.
But you know, all these different types of things, it's a wait and see, just got to give
you some time, okay?
The season, as I, as I continue to say for myself and to other people, the season is
still fairly early.
You got to play the waiting game, okay?
Come back to me around Thanksgiving, okay?
When we start coming to Turkey, then we can have a really more in-depth conversation,
okay?
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