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All right folks, let's get into the meat and potatoes of everything that is going on in
the league and there's a lot going on the league.
Okay, there is a lot.
There is a curveball that happened this morning when I was looking at ESPN.
I'm finishing up on the notes for this episode and what happens?
Robbersolid gets fired.
Robbersolid got fired.
Ain't that some shit?
That's just crazy, man.
But you know what?
We got to get into it.
You have to talk about it.
So now, former Jets head coach Robbersolid was fired this morning by the owner, Woody
Johnson.
Yeah, there's, I honestly, folks, I'm still, I'm still in shock that this actually happened.
But you know, I had a feeling something like this was going to happen once they did, once
they, you know, once the game was over in London, because just of how poorly they played
that game against the Vikings, like the offense was just absolutely atrocious.
And we already knew that nine times out of 10 that Robbersolid was going to be the sacrificial
lamb, unfortunately.
And it sucks.
It sucks because I'm not saying that Robbersolid was doing this tremendous job.
And you know, he was an all pro, you know, great, you know, one of the best head coaches
in the league.
I'm not saying that, but you know, he did not get a fair shake in this situation.
He did not.
Now, there are some things that, you know, he has to take responsibility for and there's
other things that other people have to take responsibility for.
But the fact of the matter is, folks, Robbersolid was fired just, you know, out of emotion,
out of emotion, nothing else, nothing else, not because of he was doing a bad job, or
there was friction in the locker room, or in those different types of things.
He got fired out of emotion.
Okay.
Now, when we look at this, okay.
We have to sort of go back in order to move forward, right?
Because I feel like there were certain seeds that were planted in front of us that we didn't
really pay a whole lot of attention to.
But now that this situation has occurred, now we have to bring those things back up.
Okay.
So remember, you remember back around March when, you know, when the NFL was having their
meetings and whatnot, I think in Florida or whatever they have it, there was a report
going around that, you know, various journalists were confirming that there was a heated argument
between Robbersolid and Woody Johnson, right?
And you know, once that story had came out, you know, they were trying to downplay it
and all those different types of things.
But, you know, to me, I feel like that was probably when things probably started to build
up.
And then as time continued to go on and on and on and on, now you have, you know, a full
blown fire at this point.
And then it also doesn't help that, you know, Robbersolid said stuff about how Aaron needed
to, you know, to be there, you know, with many camp and all those different types of
things because Aaron likes to go on these, you know, excursions and whatnot.
So you can definitely tell that there was something brewing, honestly speaking here,
because of the situation.
Even, even when you look at, you know, Quincy Williams, his comments after the game against
the Vikings, this is what he said.
And I quote, I'm going to be honest, people get tired of hearing the same shit.
People gotta people gotta start taking accountability.
People get tired of hearing the same thing every week.
That's all I gotta say.
Now he probably said a whole lot without saying a whole lot, right?
Because whether we want to admit or not, the defense has been the bright spot of this entire
team since Robert Salah has, you know, has been the head coach for the Jets.
That's been the bright spot, right?
Quincy Williams sauce, you know, Quinn and Williams, the past rushers and whatnot.
That's a really good defense.
It is.
It is a really good defense.
And it was just the offense that's been lackluster.
And it's been lackluster for quite a while now.
And granted, Robert Salah was trying to get another offensive coordinator.
He was trying to do it, but nobody wanted to touch the job.
Now that could be for, you know, various reasons because of, you know, unstable ownership or
and Rogers or just, you know, they just didn't, they were looking for other opportunities,
whatever the case may be.
But the fact of the matter is nobody else wanted.
And they were stuck with Nate Hackett, who in my eyes is not often to coordinator.
He's not.
He is basically just somebody who is connected to Aaron Rogers and basically is riding off
of the coattail of Aaron Rogers.
I will continue to say that publicly, privately, whatever you want.
Okay.
If you've got a problem with it, you can follow.
You can talk about on the YouTube, the Instagram or the tick tock.
That's just what it is at this point, because whether we want to admit it or not, Aaron
Rogers in my mind has a hand to play in this because you're not going to make this type
of decision without you having input from other people.
Because let's be real here.
Let's really address the elephant in the room in this situation here.
Okay.
This has been an absolute shit show.
And I mean exactly what I say in absolute shit show.
Okay.
You trade for a quarterback who basically was on the edge of retirement and whatnot.
Okay.
Cool.
You trade for him.
All of his buddies, all of his buddies from Alan Lazar, Tyrande Cobb, you got Nate Hackett,
all these different people, right?
All these different people for him, for this one person, because y'all were under the impression
that if we get him, he's going to take us to the next level.
He's going to take us to the place that we haven't been in decades.
No.
All he has done is been a cancer to the Jets locker room.
That's all he's been.
See, everybody else takes accountability for the things that they could control, even the
things that they couldn't control.
They still take accountability for it.
Aaron Rodgers does not take accountability.
He doesn't.
He does not take accountability for anything that he does, for anything that he says, and
it shows.
It absolutely shows.
You're talking about somebody that is as sensitive of a four year old.
That is how sensitive Aaron Rodgers is.
For someone to basically buy his body language, because when you look at that game, after he
started to throw some of those picks, you could tell he was basically done with the
game.
That's not what you want as your quarterback.
The difference between Tom Brady and Peyton Manning when they left their respective teams
and they went to the other teams is not only did they win championships, but they had a
pedigree with them.
They had a pedigree with them.
It wasn't just, you know, oh, you know, it's Peyton Manning and Tom Brady.
No, these are people who are some of the best of the best and who demand greatness from everyone,
from the person that was drafted in the first round to the undrafted person.
He demands greatness out of everyone.
And it showed because what happened?
They won a championship.
Now, to some people, you know, you'll probably say, well, Aaron Rodgers could have done it.
No, he couldn't have because, you know why Aaron couldn't get out of Aaron's own way.
I'm going to say that again.
Aaron Rodgers could not get out of his own way.
His ego has to become has to be constantly stroked all the time in order to please him
and look what look what what it's caused.
It's caused for Rob Asala to be fired.
That's what it's cause.
And it's absolutely very frustrating because now guess what?
Now everyone's going to be talking about, well, Rob Asala did a bad job.
Rob Asala did a bad job.
I'm just going to tell you his his record.
I'm going to tell you his his his record right now.
His coaching record is 20 and 36.
Now you're probably thinking, ah, man, that's a horrible coaching record.
No, no, no, no.
It yes it is.
But at the same time, we have to be real here.
Zach, well, he had Zach Wilson, which that was an absolute bust.
He you know, he he was not dealt with the best cards.
He was not.
And, you know, for whatever reason, I feel like me personally, me personally, I feel
they I feel like they they probably could have had an opportunity to maybe get someone
like a CJ Stroud or whomever from these previous from these recent quarterback draft classes
then to just stick with a 40 year old who, you know, doesn't know if he wants to play
football or not and is really not committed to playing the game of football.
Like you can tell by Aaron Rodgers that you can tell by his body language, his posture,
the way that he talks and all those things that he is not fully committed to playing
football.
You, when you look at Tom Brady, he still has that fire in his eyes.
Even that even at his current age right now, Tom Brady still has that fire that want that
desire to continue to go out there to compete into possibly win championships.
Now, and that is why in my mind, I will always value Tom Brady more than Aaron Rodgers.
Now yes, Aaron Rodgers was more physically gifted and whatnot, but Tom Brady had this
resilient mindset that no matter what come hell or high water, I'm going to win this
damn game.
We're going to win it one way or the other.
And it showed even during COVID, even during COVID, Tom Brady got in trouble because he
wanted to practice with the receivers in a park, in a park during the pandemic, during
the height of the pandemic, where everybody was being told to stay in the house, mask
up, you couldn't do anything.
That just shows you how committed and how crazy he was to, you know, to wanting to win
to be competitive.
Aaron Rodgers on the other hand, I don't see that.
And I would not be surprised if there's more and more leaks that are going to be coming
out within the next few days in the next few weeks, you know, of this whole debacle of
this whole situation.
I would not be surprised.
I wouldn't because of this lackluster, you know, quarterback that they have that, you
know, it's a poll is being labeled as the savior for the jets that's going to, you
know, lead them to a championship.
No, no, he wasn't.
He wasn't going to lead you to a playoff when he wasn't.
It's all about Aaron.
The world, the world was revolves around Aaron.
And if it doesn't guess what's going to happen, he's going to say something about it.
He's going to get in his feelings.
He's going to power.
He's going to cry.
And it shows.
But you know what?
This puts now all the pressure on Aaron Rodgers.
You no longer have nobody else to help defend you and your bad performances.
You now have to do a better job because if you don't, they're going to get rid of you
too, Aaron.
You don't even know it.
You don't even realize it.
If the owner quote unquote, air quote, big air quotes gets rid of him, what makes you
think he won't get a view, Aaron?
Because if we're being honest, the main person that should be getting fired is offensive
coordinator because the offense has been stacked in, which then this tells into that
game.
We might also want to want to go into.
I wanted to talk about the Steelers and the Cowboys, but because of this breaking news
and because of this, I think we do need to have this connection go into the Vikings and
Jets game.
And another thing, okay, when we look at, you know, the Tom Brady and paint manning,
you know, situations and whatnot, because I know there's going to be people that's
going to be talking about it.
Guess what?
You don't have to worry about, you know, if they're not committed to playing football
or not, you don't have to worry about, you know, their leadership.
You don't have to question any of those type of things because why they have a track record?
They have, you can see what they were doing before they got to wherever they went to,
right?
Before, before pain manning went to the Broncos, guess what?
Everybody knew that pain manning was well respected, that he demanded greatness out of
you.
Same thing with Tom Brady.
You knew that being on a team with Tom Brady, he was going to be very detail oriented.
He was going to get in your ass a few times when, when, when he sees that you're slacking,
but guess what?
Guess what's going to happen?
He's going to lead you to a championship.
Now moving on to the Jets and Vikings game.
So let's start with Mr. Drama King himself, Aaron Rodgers.
So Aaron Rodgers was 29 for 54, 244, passing yards, two touchdowns, three picks, 4.5 yards
per 10 and 83.7 completion percentage, right?
Breeze Hall was nine attempts for 23 yards, 2.6 yards per carry and Garrett Wilson was
22 targets for 13 receptions, 101 yards, one touchdown, 7.8 receiving yards per reception,
right?
That's the Jets side.
Okay, cool.
Now to the Vikings side, okay?
Sam Darnold, 14 for 31 and 179 passing yards, one pick, 5.8 yards per 10 and a 45.2 completion
percentage.
Okay, cool.
Justin Jefferson, 14 targets for six receptions, 92 yards, 15.3 receiving yards per reception,
high channeler, 14 attempts for 30 yards, 2.1 rushing yards per carry.
Now when we look at this and in its totality, right, this was a very winnable game for both
sides.
It was just as much of a winnable game for the Jets as it was for the Vikings, okay?
But the thing that changed everything was the Vikings were playing more, they was playing
better defense and they were converting when it came to the picks.
They were converting.
They got a pick six and then they were just doing their thing.
And it was a point in time where Inter Rogers was looking like a deer looking at headlights.
That's how bad he looks.
And he just looks horrible.
He just looks absolutely horrible because even when we look at this, right, when we
look at the Jets offensive rankings, both passing and rushing according to NFL Pro, right, the
Jets passing offense is 19th in the league, 64.2 passing play percentage, 5.1 passing
yards per play, eight touchdowns.
Cool.
The Jets rushing offense dead last 30 second 30 second 35.8 run run rate percentage 3.6
rushing yards per play, three touchdowns.
This offense is stagnant.
It's stagnant, it's regressing, and it's costing them games.
The defense is doing the the defense is is is keeping them in games.
It's the offense.
You know, that's probably that's why you had people like Garrett Wilson who came out and
said what he said because why he knows that guess what, I was a little bit more productive
when we had Zach Wilson.
We ain't really been, you know, productive since they got the thing you hack it in Aaron
Rogers and it shows there were there was a play where Aaron Rogers threw a pick and he
literally threw it in double coverage.
The receiver was literally getting the the receiver had the corner literally right right
on his heels and he had a safety over top.
Why would you do that Aaron?
Why?
Now, if this was the Aaron of old, we all know he wouldn't have done that.
But this is the this is the area that you know that we have presented in front of us
and he did it.
He did it.
There were some times where the Jets were trying the Jets were trying to keep, you know,
they were trying to keep the team in it and they couldn't do it.
The offense could not do it for whatever reason and ultimately it costed them and this is
where we are right now.
Now we are at a crossroads where now the Jets, you know, have to figure out what do they
want to do moving forward.
Now the interim head coach, however, is reportedly somebody that is well known, well respected
around various coaching circles and apparently Kyle Shanahan actually was trying to see if
he can make him the defensive coordinator once D'Amico Rines had had departed.
But apparently the Jets did not allow that.
And so here we are.
I also have to mention that this new interim head coach also is a defensive minded head
coach as well.
So just just want to put that out there.
But when we look at this, you know, the Jets, the Jets are in a situation where right now
there's, there's a lot of turmoil, right?
There's a lot of instability in the locker room and you know, the only way that you can
sort of quiet it and silence it is with flings.
That's it.
No, I don't care what anyone says.
I want you to remember this.
This is a junkie nugget for every single person.
You can apply this for life anything.
Blankets, everything.
Winning blankets, everything.
If you if there is turmoil in the locker room and the quarterback is going at it with all
of his receivers, he hates all of his receivers, guts.
I mean, he can't stand to look at them.
But guess what?
If they're winning, you won't hear a peep about it.
But if you start losing, guess what happens?
That's where you're going to hear everything about it.
That's where you're going to hear all the rumors and this and that this leak and that
leak, all those different types of things.
That's what happens.
That is what happens.
And you know, it's a it's a nasty situation all around.
I want to continue to say it.
It's a very nasty situation.
It's a bad situation, you know, for the Jets offense because, you know, you have people
like Tom Ron Smith that went there, Mike Williams that went there, you know, and it's just
the funk.
It's just dysfunctional.
It's dysfunctional all around.
Like even with the Hassan Reddick situation, that probably could have been smoothed over
with Robert Salah.
But guess what?
You screwed it up.
Like it's this is this is just, oh man, this is this is going to be talked about for a
while, folks.
So, you know, buckle in, buckle up all those different types of things.
Now onto the game that everybody talked about the game that we probably, you know, missed
to probably a lot of sleep for in the game that, you know, we stayed up a little bit
longer than what we probably should have all for us to, you know, to lose, unfortunately.
So the steal was lost to the Cowboys.
So let's just get into it because there's a lot of twists and turns with it.
And we just just had to do it.
You just had to do it.
You just had to lose the way that we've lost.
Now let's just get into everything.
Okay, so that Crestcott was 2942 352 passing yards to touchdowns to interceptions, 8.4
yards per attempt and a 69% completion completion percent.
Rico, I don't even know how to pronounce your last name, dog.
I'm not no disrespect you.
I don't even know how to pronounce your last name was 20 attempts for 87 yards, 4.4 yards
per carry.
We had three rushes of 10 plus yards.
Jalen Tolbert 10 targets for seven receptions, 87 yards, one touchdown 12.4 receiving yards
per reception.
Justin Fields 15 for 27131 yards, two touchdowns, 4.9 yards per attempt, a 55.6 completion percentage.
Najee Harris 14 attempts for 42 yards, 3.3 yards per attempt, Van Jefferson 5 targets
for three receptions, 26 yards, 8.7 receiving yards per reception.
Now when we look at this, this was a very winnable game for the Steelers.
This was this should have been a game where basically you rebound from from the Colts
loss, right?
This was supposed to be a game where the defense gets back on track.
The offense starts to show a little bit more, all those different types of things.
It did not happen.
And you know, I understand that there's people that, you know, initially they were saying,
Oh, Arthur Smith is a bad offensive coordinator.
Oh, you got it.
I'm gonna get rid of him.
I get all of that.
I do.
I understand that.
I know how you're feeling.
But when we look at it, you know, they were trying to be a little bit more aggressive
than what they have been in the last few games.
But at some point, you know, the deep shot to Conor Hayward and then the other deep shot
to Darnell Washington, if both of those two make those passes, that's that's seven points
on the board already.
Right.
So I mean, I just, I feel like the offense is once again stagnant.
And I think, you know, when we when we look at this, it's, it's sort of it brings back
the memories of Matt Canada, basically.
A stagnant offense that's not doing anything with, you know, with with the situation that,
you know, that that is present on the offense.
But if we're being real here, you know, I think we have to put a little bit of blame
on Omar.
I think we do.
I think he put the car before the horse.
I think he whiffed on on the brand and IEWIC situation.
And you know, I think he definitely whiffed on on the Deontay Johnson situation as well.
I think he really did because when we look at this, he just it the offense is struggling.
The offense is struggling.
It is the void of, you know, necessary talent within the receiver room.
And it's it's not good enough.
It's not good enough.
It's not.
And, you know, I understand George Pickens was supposed to be, you know, tested to see
if he was going to be the number one receiver and all those different types of things.
I get all of that.
But I think his ego is too much in the way and his attitude is too much of a problem
that, you know, it's causing problems.
It's causing problems.
There were literally plays when you look at the old 22 film where he was not where he
was not properly running at full speed to run his routes.
He was jogging, jogging while everybody else was was running at full speed and running
their routes and their brakes and holding their blocks and doing whatever he was jogging.
If you're a teammate, that makes you feel some type of way that makes you feel some
type of way.
And granted, George Pickens has all the talent in the world to be one of the best receivers
in the world.
He's taking that away from him.
But the only thing that is going to stop him from making the type of money that he wants
from getting the notoriety and respect that he feels like he deserves, guess what?
He has to be better.
His attitude has to be better.
We have seen multiple players who guess what the league is just like to hell with you.
Forget about your talent.
You may have all the talent in the world.
You may be one of the best of the best.
But guess what, if your attitude is some crap and everywhere you go, it's a problem.
Oh, they just won't deal with you.
They'll find you replacement.
They will get as close as they can to getting a spinning image of you.
And you know, it's a it's a it's a nasty situation.
And it also doesn't help when you have Mike Tomlin saying, you know, they they limited,
you know, George George Pickens, you know, snaps because they're they're they're they're
basing it off of quote unquote snap management, snap management.
George Pickens is 23 years old.
23 years old.
Why in the world do you want to do do snap management with him?
He's literally the best receiver that you have on the team.
Literally, he is the best person that you have in that receiver room and you want to do snap
management known as buying it, Mike.
No one is buying it, no one is this was a very winnable game.
This was a game that that the Steelers should have won.
And they didn't for whatever reason, it's not good enough.
The offense is starting off slow and it's not going.
This is not going to help you when you go up against the chiefs, the Eagles, the Ravens,
the Browns, all those other teams, it's not going to help you.
You have to come out guns blazing because guess what?
They're not going to do the same.
They're not.
They're trying to put points on the board as quickly as you do.
And you cannot have this defense that's one of the most expensive defense in the world
doing their part, but then the offense is not doing their part.
Arthur Smith, you got to do more screen passes, more, you know, jet sweeps.
You have Calvin Austin, you have someone who literally ran, I think, almost a 4243.
You can do a jet sweep.
You literally have Darno Washington, who was like basically a second right tackle who plays
tight end.
What are we doing here, folks?
There was literally a point in time.
And I lied to you not where I was literally able to pick up on the cadences and know exactly
if it was going to be a run or pass.
You want to know how I know?
Because every time that Justin Fields said, okay, we're good.
Oh, it's a run.
It's a run every time, every time, every time he said, we're good.
We're good.
Guess what?
It's a run.
And that if you would have told me that a Cowboys team without Michael Parsons, D-Law,
Daron Bland and Brandon Cooks would come into Pittsburgh and beat them, I would have called
you a liar.
Once again, it's this is classic Mike Tomlin.
He wins the games that he's not supposed to win and he lose the games that he's not
supposed to lose.
That's just what it is.
It's nothing else.
The defense were doing their things.
They were doing their thing.
They were the offense wasn't able to convert those turnovers into points.
And that's not good.
Now, granted, there are people that are saying, oh, Justin Fields need to be benched and whatnot.
No, no, because you are messing up his development.
This is the best version of Justin Fields that we have seen in its entirety of his entire
career.
And statistically speaking, probably going to be his best year in his entire career so
far.
Why in the world would you want to mess that up to put in someone like Russell Wilson?
No, no, no, no, no, no, you, you have to give Justin Fields a chance to redeem himself
because may I remind you, Steelers fans, Justin Fields almost made that comeback against the
Colts.
If he not fumbled and then George, then George Pickens fumbled, we probably would have won
that game.
We probably won that game.
You have to give him a chance.
Now, if he is still doing the same things that he's doing with the Raiders, then okay,
cool, there's nothing, there's nothing that you can do.
But if you want to do a real evaluation of what you have in both quarterbacks so you
can figure out if you're going to sign one long term or not, then you have to give them
a chance.
You have to give them a chance.
If you don't give them a chance, guess what?
You won't know what you have.
You won't.
What is it that Russell Wilson can do now that Justin Fields can't do?
What is it?
Now, granted, we all knew that when Justin Fields was coming out of Ohio State, OHIO, I
just had to do that for my family that lives in Ohio.
I'm sorry.
Sorry, guys.
We knew that once he was coming out of Ohio that he was having problems with vision and
he wasn't able at times to look down at the field.
We knew all those different types of things.
You knew what you were getting when you traded for Justin Fields.
You knew it.
So if you knew it, then you know that this is a process.
This is how you know that if he is going to be the future quarterback, the future starting
quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers, or if this is basically going to be a one-year
rental, that's basically what it boils down to.
And granted, I understand today Mike apparently said that Russell Wilson is going to be ramping
up his practice and all those different types of things.
I just feel like personally that is going to hurt Justin Fields more than help him.
You have to continue to roll with this momentum.
This is the bumps and the bruises that comes with the season.
You win some and you lose some.
But it's what you do when you lose that matters the most.
It's Justin Fields comes back and he puts on a phenomenal game against the Raiders.
Then guess what?
All those forgiven move forward.
But if he continues to struggle, then that's when you have to make a necessary change.
That's just what it is.
Because when we look at things, according to NFL Pro, the Steelers passing offense is
ranked 27th in the league.
47.8 passing play percentage, 5.9 passing yards per play, five touchdowns.
The team rushing offense is 13th in the league, 52.2 run rate, 3.7 rushing yards per play,
3 touchdowns, 16 rushes of 10 plus yards or more and a 39.6 rushing success rate.
Now granted, I understand that the offense line is beat up and whatnot.
The run game is basically being relied on.
Najee Harris, I get all of that.
But still, you have to do more.
You have to do more.
You have to check the play calling.
And I get it.
Arthur Smith is trying to say, oh, the dam's going to break, dam's going to break.
But you have to give Justin Fields a chance.
Now, do I feel like the offense, do I feel like the coaches may not trust Justin Fields
all the way?
There's a possibility.
It does sort of feel like they're just, they're giving him the generic stuff and then holding
all the good stuff for us.
But it's like, no, you have to, you got to get in your bag with Justin Fields.
Okay.
Everyone says, oh, he's athletic.
He's able to move.
He's able to do this.
He got a big arm on different types of things.
You have to use what you have.
Now granted, does, you know, is he in a situation where he doesn't have a whole lot of talent?
You know what the receivers and whatnot?
Yes, it is true.
But I mean, it hopefully, hopefully Omar, you know, is able to get Devonte Adams.
Hopefully, I don't know.
But you know, that, that's just what it is.
Because even when you look at his personal rankings out of all the quarterbacks, he's
ranked 19th.
Okay.
So far, he is, he is 92 for 136, 961 passing yards, five touchdowns, one pick, 7.1 yards
per 10 and a 67.6 completion percentage.
That's okay.
It can be better.
Of course, there's always room for improvement, but that's, that's okay.
That shows you that someone is trying to get better.
He's playing mistake free football.
He's only thrown one pick.
Only thrown one pick.
Now, granted, he has, he sort of have had a little bit of a fumbling problem.
Yes, I do, I do get that and accept that, but he's trying.
He's trying.
This is the best version that we have seen with him.
You have to continue to go with what you have.
You just do.
As far as the Cowboys, the Cowboys put on a really good job.
Dak Prescott showed his value.
He did.
Now there, there was a point where, you know, things, things were starting to look a little
stagnant, but that did his thing.
And you know, he relied on not only CD land, but he relied on other players and you know,
they won.
They won Jalen Tolbert balling out Rico.
Rico was doing his thing.
If you would have told me the team who is fourth and fourth in allowing the most rushing
yards do what they did to this Steelers run game, I would have called you a liar.
Even the, even the defense, the, every, the, the Cowboys came in there with a chip on their
shoulder and a mindset of, okay, yes, we are the underdogs, but we're going to show you
guys why you never should have doubted us.
And they won.
They, they walked away with the victory and now the Steelers are trying to play, you know,
pick yourselves up and trying to figure out what you're going to do.
So, well, it is what it is.
Now onto a really good game that definitely needs to be talked about.
Okay.
The Ravens and the Bengals.
That was a good game.
Okay.
That was a really good game.
That was a back and forth game, really good AFC North, you know, the divisional game,
nothing really bad to complain about it.
Joe Burrow was doing his thing.
Lamar was doing his thing.
And it really just came down to who, who's going to make the play?
Who's going to make the game changing play?
And the Ravens did it.
The Ravens won.
And you know, the Bengals are still trying to, you know, pick themselves up and trying
to recover and just figure out what, what they want to do moving forward.
So let's just get into these stats.
Okay.
So Lamar Jackson, 26, 26 and 42, 348 passing yards, four touchdowns, 8.3 yards per attempt.
King Henry Henry Henry Henry.
Okay.
15 attempts for 92 yards.
One touchdown, 6.1 rushing yards per carry.
62 rushing yards after contact.
This man is a beast.
Zay flowers, 12 targets for seven receptions.
111 receiving yards, 15.9 receiving yards per reception.
Okay.
Joe Burrow 30 for 39, 392 passing yards, five touchdowns, one pick, 10.1 yards per, per
attempt.
76.9 completion percentage.
Right.
76.9.
That's almost like 80% completion percentage.
Good God of money.
Chase Brown 12 attempts for 46 rushing yards, 3.8 rushing yards per carry.
Jamar Chase 12 targets for 10 receptions, 193 receiving yards, two touchdowns and 19.3
receiving yards per reception.
Now when we look at this, this was a shootout.
This was a flat out shootout.
That's just what it is.
This was a shootout of a game.
This was a game where you have two of the best quarterbacks in the league balling out.
That's just what it is.
When Lamar would do his thing, Joe Burrow would do it.
When Joe Burrow would do his thing, Lamar would do his thing.
It was just a back and forth.
It was a really good game.
Now, originally I thought the Ravens had lost it because they had fumbled it and whatnot,
but then I was like, oh man, they did it.
They got the ball back and then they kicked the field goal.
I was like, whoa, this was a great game.
A great game.
All in all, the Ravens are starting to pick up some momentum, which is great, but at the
same time, if you're a Bengals fan, you're still struggling.
You're still struggling and it's not really that good.
Now, granted, Joe Burrow has been doing their thing, but I think the thing that's messing
them up the most is that defense.
The defense is really not that good.
When we really look at things and we really dissect things, the interior defensive line
is not good.
The pass rush is okay.
It's sustainable.
The secondary isn't that good, especially within losing Dax Hill for the rest of the
season.
The linebackers, it's a little bit cringy.
It's not the best.
It's just not.
Do I think the Bengals are out of it?
No.
This is the Bengals.
All they need is to just get on the street.
If they win two or three games, they're literally back in the driver's seat.
That's just who the Bengals are.
The Bengals are that type of team that's going to be a nuisance once things start to keep
on going.
Now, when we look at Derek Henry, though, Derek Henry has been doing his thing.
I can make a strong case that this has probably been the most productive Derek Henry that
we have seen this early into the season because usually Derek Henry really doesn't start
being obese until the first real cold snap.
For him to do it this early and he's balling.
I'm talking about when he gets the ball, it's a first down and more.
Basically that's just what it is.
For a moment, he was unstoppable.
He was.
Now, granted, the Bengals, their run game was also starting to get out of hand as well,
but Jermaine Chase was doing his thing.
Everybody else was doing their thing.
The only thing that did have me a little bit concerned was John Harbaugh's play call.
Well, not play calling, but his decision making.
The reason why I say that is because there was a play where Mike Assecchi, basically
somewhat made of a toe tap, but once you looked at the replay, he really wasn't in.
That should have been a play where you should have challenged it and he didn't do it.
These are the small things that if you don't address them now, when you get to the playoffs,
when you get to the AFC championship, they are going to matter the most.
If you don't do it now, you're really going to put yourself in a bad situation because
that could be the difference between three points or seven points or the game being
over.
That's just what it is.
So, hats off to the Ravens of doing their thing and Bengals, you guys still suck.
Sorry.
I want to attem that everybody has been talking about, everybody has been raving about, everybody
wants to see more of the commanders.
Yes, that's right.
Commanders fans, you finally have some happiness in your life.
You finally have some sunshine in your life.
Because wow, you guys were struggling for a long time, but looks like Jaden Daniels is
the hope, the hope that you guys need.
And you know, once again, he balls out.
That does is what it is.
He balled out once again.
So Jaden Daniels was 14 for 25, 238 passing yards, one touchdown, one pig, 9.5 yards per
attempt and a 56 completion percentage.
Austin Eckler, six attempts for 67 yards, 11.2 rushing yards per carry, two rushes of
10 yards or more.
Terry McClure, eight targets for four receptions, 112 yards.
28 receiving yards per reception and 29 yards after the catch.
Okay.
Sean Watson, 15 for 28, 125 yards, one touchdown, 4.5 yards per attempt, a 53.6 completion percentage.
Okay.
Jerome Ford, nine attempts for 47 yards, 5.2 rushing yards per carry and two rushes of
10 yards or more.
Okay, Amari Cooper, 10 targets for four receptions, 60 receiving yards and 15 receiving yards
per reception.
Now, when we look at this, you know, this, this commander's offense is balling out, right?
This commander's offense is just, they are, it's a fireworks show.
That's just what it is.
Every time Jaden Daniels gets the ball in his hands, he's about to make a dynamic play.
He's about to do something phenomenal.
He's about to be on, you know, ESPN top, top 10 plays that that's just what it is.
All in all, it looks like, you know, the hiring of Cliff, Cliff Kingsbury was a great move.
The move to get Jaden Daniels, that was a great move as well.
You know, and this team has a lot of potential.
It does.
This offense has a lot of potential.
I think, you know, if they get another receiver, if they get maybe a more productive tight end,
who, problems, problems, and then that defense, the defense isn't, you know, dynamic, but
it's a defense that gets the job done, right?
Bobby Wagner is doing is still, you know, being the tackling machine that he is in that
defense is just continuing to be productive as a whole.
And you know, kudos to Dan Quinn and everybody else on the defensive side that's been doing
their thing.
You know, this commander's team can definitely be, you know, can definitely win the division
if they continue to move forward.
And that's not even counting if they make any moves, you know, during, before the trade
deadline.
So I mean, all in all, they're red hot.
The rest of their schedule is, you know, it's, it's competitive, but you know, it's not something
where it's like, oh man, they're not going to win that game.
Like the Ravens and commanders game, that's going to be a great game.
That's going to be a great game.
I promise you, it's going to be another shootout.
It's going to be fireworks.
It's going to be dynamic.
Okay.
Now for the Browns, if I'm the Browns, I'm probably tanking.
I'm probably tanking and I'm probably, you know, thinking about the future at this point
because the John Watson is not the same to Sean Watson that they traded for.
He's not, he has regressed tremendously.
It looks like, you know, his teammates do not believe in him.
And you know, it's costing them, it's costing them wins.
It is.
And, you know, I understand that, you know, they, they traded for him despite the, the
controversy and the stuff that he was going through because of the potential and, and
what he did with the Texans.
But he hasn't even done anything close to what he did when he was with the Texans.
He just hasn't.
And mind you, he probably has more in, in the, in the Brown situation.
He did with the Texans.
Like with the Browns, he has a Mark Cooper, Jerry Judy, David and Joe Nick Chubb in company.
Right.
Like he, you would think that he will be bowling out and he will be doing something, but he
hasn't.
And it's bad.
And, you know, I just, this, this was a whore.
This was lit.
This will go down in history as the worst trade of all time.
And you know, it's going to continue to kick them in the ass.
And it's going to, it's going to continue to, you know, be a situation that, you know,
is going to hold them back from potentially making, you know, a deep playoff run or, you
know, making it to the Super Bowl because for the past few years, they've had some really
good rosters that could take them to where they need to go.
But guess what?
The two things that are always getting the way either injuries or themselves every single
time, every single time.
Now moving on to the final thing we have to talk about.
Yes.
So yes, though, there will probably be another episode this week.
It probably because there's a whole lot to be at to talk about.
We still have to talk about, you know, trade, trade predictions and all those different
types of things.
So let's, let's just keep that in mind.
Now we have to talk about the 49ers.
Yeah.
We have to talk about 49ers.
We have to talk about the 49ers simply because, you know, they, they are in their, their out
of, uh, their out of crossroads.
They are definitely out of crossroads because, you know, with, with CMC not playing for the
last few weeks, you know, it's things, things are starting to look a little bit stagnant
for them as well.
Now granted, you know, they'll still, they'll still be, you know, one of the best offenses
and one of the best defenses in the league and whatnot, but you know, that, that pop,
that zap, that just something different with them, right?
Something was always different when CMC was on that field.
It just took that offense and everything to a whole nother level.
But since he hasn't been able to play, they really haven't been able to do a whole lot.
And you know, it's, this is a very, this is a very much needed, you know, season where
they have to go and they have to win it all.
Because if you don't, there's not, it's not promised that you guys will be able to go
back next year.
And they've been trying to put things off for years and years and years and, you know,
made some moves and did this and did that.
And it hasn't, you know, it hasn't ended with them winning a championship.
They've gotten close a few times, but it just have not been able to win.
Now let's just talk about the game.
Yeah.
Let's talk about the game.
It's a 19 for 30, 195 passing yards, one touchdown, one pick, 6.5 yards per attempt, a 63.3 completion
percentage, right?
James Conner, 19 attempts for 86 yards, 4.5 rushing yards per carry, three rushes of 10
plus yards or more.
Michael Wilson, six targets for five receptions, 78 receiving yards, 15.6 receiving yards per
reception, right?
Brock Purdy, 19 for 35, 244 passing yards, one touchdown, two picks, seven, seven yards
per, per attempt, fit a 54.3 completion percentage.
Jordan Mason, 14 attempts for 89 yards, 6.4 rushing yards per carry, three rushes of 10
yards or more.
Brandon Iewik, 12 targets for eight receptions, 147 receiving yards, 18.4 receiving yards
per reception.
Now, I get it, most divisional games, they are a little bit competitive and a lot of
times they're going to come down to who has the ball lasered or who's going to make the
dynamic play.
I get that.
Most divisional games, they're close, right?
They can go either way.
Even if there's a team that isn't really that good on paper, it's still divisional game.
It can still go either way.
We've seen it multiple times.
But I think this 49ers offense is really missing CMC.
I really do because I wouldn't say that they're struggling, but the diversity that Christopher
Caffrey has in his game, not only being a running bat, but can double as a slot receiver
and a receiving bat, that definitely means a lot.
It really does.
With him not being on the field, it makes it harder for them to be able to get these
wins.
Because according to stat news, 49ers all time record without CMC, 42 and 46.
42 and 46, that is their record without CMC.
Now their record with CMC is 22 and five.
And granted, we really still don't know what's going on with Christopher Caffrey.
Like anytime you have to go to Germany, you have to go international to figure out what's
going on with you and to get treatment and whatnot.
That means that it's something serious, something very serious.
So who, who was to say, I don't think really nobody really knows when Christopher Caffrey
is really going to be ready.
I really don't.
I don't care what Kyle Shanahan says.
I don't care what John Lynch says.
I would not be surprised if Christopher Caffrey is not ready until the second half of the season
or better yet towards the end of the season.
I would not be surprised.
I think they're, they're hoping, they're wishing and they're praying that, you know,
that that's the case.
But who knows at this point?
Honestly, like even, even when we look at it, right, they're passing offense is ranked
fourth.
They're rushing offense is ranked seventh, which is great.
But when it comes to the defense, their passing defense is ranked 12th and their rushing defense
is, is ranked ninth.
Now, granted, they've had their own, you know, things, their own problems with injuries,
you know, they lost grave digger for the season.
And, you know, that deep, there's other defensive linemen that are going to be out for a while
as well.
So, you know, expect for them to be a little bit active, you know, around the trade deadline,
just to, you know, patch some things up and address some pressing needs that they have
on both sides of the ball.
Because again, this is, this is, this is the year, right?
This is the end all be all.
This is the year.
If they do not win a Super Bowl this year, everything that they have done within the past
four or five years have been, have been a waste from trading for Trent Williams to paying
Brandon I you look, even though they probably should have just let him go because of, you
know, I'm not even going to talk about that.
It's a, you know, letting people like the force Buckner go and Eric Armstead go and,
you know, this person and that person, like all of that, you know, is going to be a bust
at this point, you know.
And so hopefully they can do something.
Hopefully they can do something.
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Godly, I would have thought I would have been around 30 minutes, but I guess not.
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