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Here we go folks revenge week as I call it, okay
There's gonna be a lot of division rival games this week
And we gotta go over just a few that sort of catch my eye
You know what I mean as a as a football junkie, okay?
As well as we got to talk about last night's game because you know what there's a lot of things that need to be said
About last night's game and we're just gonna go into it. Okay?
Steelers and Jets
Eagles and Giants Chiefs and 49ers Browns and Bengals
Lions and Vikings. I'm telling you this is gonna be if there is a player
That went from the other team to the to another team that's in the division best believe they might be having a great game
This weekend say quang the quad god me
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All right folks, let's just get into the meat and
Potatoes of everything that's going on in the league right now. Okay now
I'm gonna let you know right now if you are a Saints fan. Guess what don't even listen to this episode because
Some things are gonna be said that you may not agree with or things that you do agree with who knows
I don't know but let's just get into this. Okay, so last night's game happened and
And what is the best way to put it the Saints?
They they got annihilated. Okay, they got annihilated. They got hit
They
They had the beatdown. Okay, and granted. This is the same Saints
Team that you know had a monster game against the Cowboys and since that game they have looked absolutely horrendous. Okay, I mean
Geez, this is this is not looking good. This is not looking good for a saint
You know not forcing for the Saints right now. It really is not looking good
But you know, I think this does open a convert a few conversations that do need to be had
But before we get to that point, let's just talk about
Last night's game. I'm gonna say tonight's game, but tonight's game
So bow nicks was 16 for 26 164 passing yards 6.3 yards per 10 in a 61.5 completion percentage
Javante Davis was 14 attempts for 88 rushing yards
6.3 rushing yards per carry and three rushes of 10 plus yards or more
Okay, Troy Franklin was six targets for five receptions 50 receiving yards and 10 yards per reception
Okay, so that's the Broncos now for the Saints Spencer Radler 25 for 35
170 172 passing yards 4.9 yards per attempt in a 71.4 completion percentage
Keondre Miller six attempts for 36 rushing yards six rushing yards per carry one rush of ten yards or more
Cedric Wilson Jr. Seven targets for six receptions
57 receiving yards one touchdown at 9.5 receiving yards per reception. Now when we look at this, you know
Let's just be honest here, right? This was somewhat of a revenge game for Sean Payton, right?
somewhat of a
You know just letting people know like hey like you know, you guys miss me and that's basically what it was because
Let's be real here
Dennis Allen at times look like a deer in headlights, especially when it came to his play call
He got out coached. He got out coached by the person that was once the head coach for the Saints
And you know when when we really look at things, you know his
He he was already on the hot seat, you know going into this season
But I think you know as time progresses and as the season progressed, you know
I think that the chair is gonna get a little bit hotter
You know, I do believe that there's going to be a change, you know at at head coach for the Saints
I truly believe that I do think you know
There's a chance that they may stick with who they have, you know internally with Clint Kubiak
It may be elevate him into a head coach or you know, they may try to see they can get somebody else
But you know the the fact of the matter is you know
The the Saints coming into this game were banged up and they were banged up pretty bad, you know, Chris alive. He was out Caesar
Ruiz was out Rashid Shahi was out Pete Warner was out and then not to mention they lost somebody last night
He broke his you know, he broke his leg, you know prayer prayers out to him and whatnot
Then March on a lot of more got hurt like it just it was just a never-ending, you know
Rotundra of just injuries and you know that remember this is the same Saints team that was you know looking phenomenal
And having a monster game against the Cowboys and now they're just like
They look like they have no gas in the tank whatsoever and granted I get it
You know when Chris alive is out and and and you know, take some hill and Derek car and stuff like that
You know the offense is gonna move, you know a little bit more
sluggish per se, right, but you know this this
It's just not good. It's not I think it's time that you know
You hit the reset button if you're the Saints because it's time that you you know make that transition and
You know either go for you know go forward with Spencer Radler or
Figure out what you're gonna do moving forward now granted. They have pieces in place, right?
They do have pieces in place you have Chris alive a you have you know, they drafted a Fouaga in this past draft
You have Alvin Camero, but I don't know how long
Alvin Camero really wants to stay there simply because they didn't give him an extension this offseason
And that's probably and that's why he held out for the small period of time that he did was because he was looking for more money
So it's like there's a chance. There's a big chance. You're probably gonna lose Alvin Camero
So you got figure out what you're gonna do with that
And you know even for the defense the defense it's it's up in age, right?
You got Cameron Jordan who even though he's still playing at a pretty good level, you know
You want to put him in a better situation?
You probably want to put watch out a lot of more in a you know better situation even time I'm Matthew, right?
You want to put all of these different veteran players into maybe better situations?
And you know if I'm the Saints I will somewhat have of a mini fire sale. I would stock up on your draft picks
Let some of these contracts expire dead cap hits all those different types of things and then rebuild this team again
It's time. Okay, because for the past three or four years
What have you been doing? You've been basically, you know
Resetting things with your cap trying to you know maneuvering cuts and people restructure restructure restructure cut cut cut cut cut cut
Restructure restructure restructure boom you got cap space, but you know that trick only works a few times
It only does and there's a it comes to time and point where you just have to accept that. Hey
We're we're gonna go through this price of this process and cycle that every team goes through
We're gonna, you know be bad for for maybe one or two years, but it's okay
Right because if you don't you're gonna hurt yourself more and you're gonna delay the inevitable
Longer than to just try to you know face ahead on and just admit. Okay, we're gonna go through rebuild
We got a patch up this this this this and this and we're good, right?
Now pivot to the Broncos the Broncos are actually in a better situation than what people think people think they are
Honestly speaking here because all the Broncos have to do is hit on two draft classes the next two draft classes and
Maybe you know one really good free agency class if they do that
They are going to be a problem not only in their division
But you know just against a lot of teams because they have the foundation in place Sean Payton
I guarantee you probably went to ownership and he probably told him listen
What I'm about to do
It's gonna it's gonna draw a lot of criticism
Not a lot of people gonna like it, but you have to follow me and you have to trust me if we do this now
Then we can you know we can position ourselves to be in a in a better place
You know next year or the next two or three four years, but we have to make this move now
And what was that move let go Russell Wilson?
I think that was probably the best decision that they did
Bonics does look good now in my same bonus looks you know better than Russell Wilson
I don't know that only time will tell but you know they do have certain things in place and I think you know
The defense has been playing really well
That defense balled out last night that defense balled out. They were doing their thing. So I mean, you know
From from the defense doing their thing that offensive line look
You know look pretty good as well. And then the run game was also, you know doing a phenomenal job, you know
The Broncos are in a really good situation. They are and you know, I would not be surprised
Within, you know, maybe less than three years. They're giving the chiefs problems
I will not be surprised because they have it in place. You have PS2 you have
Coral and son, maybe you can do an extension with him moving forward
You have Devontae Williams the offensive line looks good. You have things in place. You just have to build off of that
That's it
That's all you have to do and though and with them taking on the the dead the dead cap hit
This year that opens things up for the for the following years so that so that they're able to
Land the you know, the the big free agency big fish that they want they can do that because why?
They went through a season one season of taking all the dead cap from either one or two players
Realize, okay, that's what we're gonna do moving forward and you know the now
and I know I'm going everywhere, but you know that
It happens sometimes, but they do all this nine times out of ten. You'll probably have a
Middle-ish type of draft pick you you're not gonna have you know a draft pick that's you know low like super low
But you'll have a draft pick to where you know if you want to move up two or three spots to get somebody you can do it
If you want to move down to a three spots you can still do it and it won't and it won't necessarily
affect you in a negative way and
You know if I'm Alvin Camero, I wouldn't maybe I would try to you know test the waters request a trade
See what happens because there's there's a few teams right now that will love to have an Alvin Camero
I guarantee you if the Cowboys had Alvin Camero on their team. Oh
My god, would there be problems?
Big problems and then not to mention
Maybe even the 49ers. I
would say so personally because again
You truly do not know when Kristen McCaffrey is gonna come back
You don't and granted I get you know, there's people that are saying hey, he may come back in November
He may come back in he may I mean not him
He may come back, you know here or you know this week or that week you cannot do that
You can't you know just rely on that right now
You are in a position where you have to win this year and if it means that you have to make a move
Then this is the move that you make because guess what even if even if Christian McCaffrey comes back
Afterward after the trade deadline and you do trade for Alvin Camero
That's a one-two-punch combo right there because guess what you have two running backs who are great coming out the backfield
Who are good receiving backs as well?
And you know that if you put them in a great situation, they are going to flurs especially Alvin Camero, but again
This is you know, this is the Saints being the Saints and you know it
I don't know man. I don't know there. There's a lot of questions that are gonna have to be asked
Moving forward for the Saints. I truly believe that now moving on to the games are supposed to be coming on Sunday
Okay, there's just a few games and a whole lot of games and catch my eye, but this is a few games, okay?
And we got to talk about the Steelers. Yeah, we got we got to talk about the Steelers and the Jets because apparently
recently
There are rumblings going around that George Pickens may have accidentally
Leaked out who is going to be the starter for Sunday and apparently he said Russell Wilson now granted Mike Tomlin said in a
Press conference this afternoon after practice that you know, he was gonna keep that decision
You know in house quote-unquote big big air quotes
But the fact of the matter is you know, the writing is on the wall that Russell Wilson is is going to be the starter
it is and
Granted, I understand that you know, they probably told him like yeah, you know
You're in quote-unquote pole position to be the starter and you know, you're at your position
Won't never be you know taken away and whatnot and all those different types of things
but the fact of the matter is I probably would have waited to make this decision I would have because
Yes, Justin Fields was going through a slump. He was he was going through a slump since the Colts game
He was going through a slump where you know, he wasn't they the team was winning
But his personal performance was not good
it wasn't good enough and
There were games where he was winning because of his legs and there were games were you know
Where he was winning because of his arm
But the fact of the matter is if you wanted to make a move and
And to make a switch you should you should do it during the buy instead of you know
Waiting to do it now where you have a game that has you know, gonna be not only a prime time game, but you know
It's it's a very important game. It's a very very very important game, you know, and you know, I I get it
You know the offensive situation has not been good. I get all of that
But still I have legitimate questions about Russell Wilson running this offense. I really do
simply because like yo
You're coming off of this calf injury even though you say that you're 100% I truly do not believe that this
This offense sort of requires you to be somewhat athletic
And you're gonna have to be good when it comes to the rollouts play action of boots
All those different types of things
Can you really can you really do that?
Can you really do that like you know, it's it's been a while since you since you've been on the field and since you've
Done something Russ. I'm just saying you know, I
just I don't know I'm as a fan
I am a little bit torn about it because
You know one hand you want to be able to you know, give that room of growth for Justin Fields
But at the same time, you know, the team, you know
Has basically said publicly and probably privately especially with their moves that they want to win a playoff game this year
So, you know, I I get all that but again, I just have a lot of questions about this offense
Moving forward. I just I really do because
Arthur Smith system it just does not look good
It does not look good and granted, you know, this is something that that I said to to a Steelers now be writer
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takes his takes, you know, definitely definitely makes, you know, a lot of sense and
One of the things that I definitely brought up in in the comments was
You know, is it safe to say that, you know, some of the coaching could could be the reason why we haven't seen the the best out of the
Offense and granted I understand that you know, the offense
Does is lacking of talent. I see it's it's reeking of a lack of talent everywhere
I get it but at the same time like, you know, I
Wonder would will we get more production it had we chosen Greg Roman?
Right because Greg Roman was an offensive coordinator for a mobile quarterback
Who somewhat is like Justin Fields and Lamar Jackson, right?
And you know when Lamar won his MVP, he didn't have a number one receiver
He did have a really good tight end and Mark Andrews
You see that connection you you see it you see it the run game and all those different types of things. So I
just wonder what
What exactly, you know, is the ceiling for this for this offense?
Because I in my mind, I feel like it's very low. I really do. I don't think I really do not trust this offense
This offensive scheme. I feel like this scheme is very lackluster. I feel like it's somewhat outdated
With how, you know, with our quarterbacks are
Nowadays and I just feel like, you know
It's it just hasn't done enough
It hasn't you have to put you have to put points on the board
You have to put points on the board and granted
I understand you have two quarterbacks who are not really good at attacking the middle of the field
Whose vision might be, you know, a little bit off in in some games. I get all that
But the fact of the matter is
We we could do more the offense needs more. It's time for the offense to get back and to be productive
Okay, I'm not saying it has to be
Productive as the killer B era. I'm not saying that but the offense has to pick up their slack
Okay, because the defense is is doing a lot
The offense is barely getting by and that's not how you win games. That's not how you go to the playoffs
Let alone win a championship. It's it's just not and you know for the love of god
Can we please start investing more money into the offense instead of the defense?
granted
I understand they put a whole bunch of money into that defense and sometimes it it pays off and sometimes it doesn't
But we have to start where you know, we're reciprocating that for the offense as well
This offense is lacking. Okay
And you know this offseason this upcoming offseason next year
You got to do you got to hit on on receiver
You have to hit on receiver
Even if it means that you got to pay a little bit more money for big fish
Go ahead and do it
But you have to do it at this point if you really want to be competitive
If you really want to be able to compete with not only teams within your division
But with the chiefs and the 49ers and the eagles and all these other teams that we consider
Super Bowl teams you have to be able to do it if you don't guess what's going to happen
You're going to struggle. It's like base. It's like trying to swim with the anchor around your ankles
You're not going to get far because why you're dragging the anchor. That's all the way down. That's that is it's not moving anywhere
And if it does it's going to move very
Just slightly just a little bit. That's it
But you know who who cares about that? But you know, these are just some some junky nuggets that that I definitely
You know caught caught my eye
Um, lead leading up to this game. So the jets are coming off of the day. Uh, I came to speak the jets are coming off a
divisional loss to the bills 20 to 23 while the Steelers are coming off a 32 13 victory over the Raiders
Steelers defense are first against rushing under the center design runs quarterback
scrambles rushing outside the tackles and second and rushing in the red zone
Okay, the jets defense are sixth against rushing in a light box ninth against quarterback scrambles
24th against rushing in the red zone in 18th against rushing inside the tackles
The Steelers have the lowest blitz rate on third downs at 9.3 percent
And when not blitzing the jets have recorded a 36.5 pressure rate percentage. Okay
fourth
Fourth in the league fourth in the league. Okay, and second in converting uh,
26 of their non blitz pressures into sacks. Okay, and the Steelers this is the final one here
The Steelers are 20 of in points per game at 20.6 while the jets are 22nd
Uh in in points per game at 18.8 now do I think that's probably going to go up since they've probably you know
Since since they traded for uh, devontae Adams for sure
For sure, but my question is how will the Steelers be able to cover?
You know those receivers because remember they have alan lasar
Now devontae Adams garret wilson and malachi corley
And they still have mike williams as well. So you have five capable receivers
Five capable receivers and of those five malachi corley is probably the smallest one
Everybody else are big body receivers. So the question is are they going to play more zone or or or man?
Now if it was me personally, I would probably have to play more zone simply because
You have devontae Adams who's a who is an elite route runner
You have alan lasar who is a big physical big body, you know receiver
Who is probably going to be moved and probably going to play both outside and in the slot
And you're going to have to figure out who was going to be able to cover all these guys
And you know beanie bishop is not going to be able to cover alan lasar 101. He's just not so
What how in the world are we really going to do things and you know, even when it comes to blitzing
You don't want to blitz and rogers because he's he's he's going to do well when it comes to the blitz. He probably wants us
There's us to blitz, right?
And so you have to hope and pray that you know tj y and alex highsmith
And alex highsmith create enough pressure
That you know, it can throw off and rogers just a little bit
But you know only time tells but moving on to the eagles and giants. Yes the eagles and giants
Now this game is going to be a really good game
And the reason why I say that is because you know, this is going to be the first matchup of seikwan going up against the giants
Yes
Yes, and this is going to be good. This is going to be really good. Okay
Now he's here's just you know some some nuggets that that I decided to you know to write down
So the eagles are coming off a w from the browns 2016 the giants are coming off a loss against the bangles
17 to 7 okay
Eagles have the second highest missed tackle rate in the league at 15.5 percent
The giants have generated the fifth highest pressure rate at 48.5 percent when blitzing and 17th when not blitzing
Jalen hurts
averages 12.4 yards per attempt on downfield passes with aj brown on the field at 53.4 percent
Compared to nine yards per attempt when aj brown isn't on the field since 2022. Okay
Dexter Lawrence has generated 21 pressures of
108 pass rush
Pass rushes which is the second most pressures among the tackles. Okay the eagles are 18th and in points per game at 21
21.2 and the giants are 20 knife in points per game at 16 now when we look at this, you know
This is this is a this is a game of get right
As I call it
This is a game to get right and the reason why I say that is because you know the eagles could really impose their will
On the giants this game. They really could offensively and defensively
They could really impose their will but I think it all depends on
If nick if nick siriani, you know wants to be a little bit more aggressive this game or not
I really do. I think you know, I think they're really going to give the rock to seiquan
And they're just going to let him go. I really do because you know
That giants defense aside from Dexter Lawrence and brian burns
It's not that strong
It's not that strong and you know the the eagles the eagles need to start, you know
Stacking up more wins stacking up more wins stacking up more wins rebuilding that confidence, you know
Re repairing the the the cracks that are probably in that locker room and whatnot. They have to do that because again
They made a they they made a big move this offseason getting seiquan
They're trying to position themselves to go back to the super bowl
And you can't do that if you're not, you know stacking up wins when you need to stack up wins
And you're not, you know really trying to make a comeback and position yourself to be great
But at the same time if you are daniel jones, you know
You have to prepare yourself because you're probably you're you're going to get pressured. You're going to get pressure a lot
Okay, this this eagles d-line
They're going to try to go after them and they're going to try to go after them hard, especially with andrew thomas
Basically being out for the season. They're really going to go after daniel jones
They are going to put a bruising on daniel jones and this this game, you know
Means more to seiquan than anybody else because may I remind people?
You know the the gm basically walked out. They they basically allowed seiquan to walk
Even though the owner of the giants told him hey, listen
We got to figure out what we're going to do with the seiquan situation
We're going to lose a lot of sleep if we let uh seiquan walk
And he let him walk and he told himself, you know what it's perfectly fine. We can get somebody else in here
There's no problem. There's no need for us to pay a whole bunch of money to seiquan bark me
The offense don't look the same without seiquan. I'm just saying I'm just saying
I'm just saying, you know
I mean, it's just clear this day that you know daniel jones don't look like danny dimes to me. He looks like
danny pennies at
This point because he he's he's just not been playing that good. He's not that offense does not look good
They whiffed on trying to you know rewrite the wrongs if it was me personally
And what's crazy is the gm's son even said it draft jaden daniels
I would have probably tried to go after jaden daniels
Because jaden daniels looks amazing right now
And daniel jones
With you paying all that money to him. He has not looked good at all
He has not why is that?
Something that has to do with seiquan barkley. Some of it has to do with him just not being good at all
He just had one good season and that's it
That's all it was now moving on to the chiefs and 49ers game now this game
Is a super bowl rematch and you know that there's definitely going to be some black
Black bad blood between the two
But you know, I do think this would favor the chiefs more than the 49ers, but we're going to get into that right now
so
according to
yahoo sports via pro football talk
Andy reads record when coming off of a buy is 21 and 4 that is the best record for any coach coming off a buy
Now granted in my mind
I think this is when the chiefs the chief season really starts
When they really start to really get in their bag and really start to
You know pull out those crazy plays that I that we know that andy and patrick mighomes are going to pull out
now
For the 49ers, you know, I I definitely want to see can this can this defense, you know
Put a bruising on on the chiefs and give the chiefs their first loss
I think that that is something that that's definitely, you know caught my attention. I definitely want to see
You know as well as
Can this offense continue to be somewhat productive?
Despite christian mccaffrey not, you know still being out
I think that is something that needs to be talked about needs to be analyzed and you know
If the if the run game isn't getting any better should the chiefs try to I mean not the chiefs of the 49ers try to
You know make a trade and possibly go after a running back
That's so that that that's just all I'm saying that that's just all I'm saying because again
We realize that Kyle shanean has been leading has been leading more on the running game in the past few years since getting christian mccaffrey
And it has worked and you know with with the uncertainty in christian mccaffrey's situation
Why wouldn't you want to try to go after?
another productive running back
why
Because again if you do that and if he matches somewhat of the same skill set as christian mccaffrey
I mean it's a win-win situation now you have two super productive running backs that
You know you can use in in multiple situations
I'm just saying but let's get into it. Let's get into these nuggets
Okay, so chris jones is tired for the second most pressures among defensive tackles at 21 pressures
nick bolsa leads the league in quarterback pressures at 34
George kiddo has caught 14 receptions for 114 yards and three touchdowns against man coverage
patryma holmes leads the league in drop-backs success rate against the blitz at 68.4
percent the second person the person that's behind patryma holmes lamar
He is second at 61.7 percent and the chiefs receiving core
Average is 7.5 yards per reception after the catch now. This is what I will say
I think after this game will definitely show
You know is there is there a legitimate?
urgency in the chiefs to want to try and to upgrade this receiver room because granny
JuJu has been looking good and everybody else has been looking good
But I I do believe that you know
They probably believe that hey if we get someone like a de-hop
You know, I think that takes things to the next level if we get someone like
Deontay Johnson that takes things to the next level if we get some you know another really productive receiver
It's going to take us to another level and we know that you know mohomes loves his receiver. So
You know, I
I want to see it. I really do. I think this game is is going to be a back-and-forth game
I think this game is definitely going to say a lot, you know moving forward
And you know, I do believe that the chiefs defense are really going to try to you know, put the squeeze
On property. I really do but you know only time will tell now moving on to the browns in bangles. Yes
AFC north rivalry. Yes
Now this is what I will say
This game means more to one team than it does the other. Okay, if you're the browns, you probably would tank
I'm just being honest here assembly because
You know, you're your team
Is not doing the best your offense looks stagnant
It looks horrible the quarterback that you traded for and that you moved all these resources to get looks like a bust
And you know, it's just time to to go in a different direction at this point
it does because
When you have the browns who are coming off a loss from the Eagles 16 and 20 and the bangles are coming off a win from
from the Giants 17 to 7
And you know, the the bangles
Have more have more to gain and more to lose. Yeah, if you're the browns just tank tank
Tank
Because all you're doing is just wasting people's time and trying to sell
Your team that hey, we can still make this comeback. We can still be competitive
We can still do all these things and more when it's like no, you can't
You can't you simply cannot this browns offense is not good
Especially now that they traded a mari cooper away. Oh my god, it's really not be
It's really not gonna be good now granted
They may still have a little bit of hope because nick chubb is supposed to be coming back
But even then I think I think internally
I think that locker room is probably so split and there's so many people that have you know somewhat mentally checked out
there's just like
It's just not good the Sean Watson looks horrible
And it's not like, you know, they have Joe flakill that they can just rely on
And you know just say hey, we're gonna put you in for a few games. We'll see what happens
No, because why they let him walk and so now all you have is james winston and even then
Is james winston that good?
No, no, he's not no. He is not at all
But let's get into the rest of these nuggets. Okay
The Sean Watson leaves the league in sacks when dropping back at 12.4 percent
The Browns have allowed the third most missed tackles at 329 the Browns have the third lowest
Pre-snap
Motion rate in the league at 48.9 percent. This offense is not good. It's not doing enough and granted
I understand that they got a lot of you know talent on that on that offense
But I mean when you have the offensive line that's banged up
Your quarterback looks very inconsistent and you know, he he just looked like he's he's just basically done with football
What can you really do?
What can you really do there's and it's nothing
It's nothing that you can do that can make me say that okay
If the Browns win this game that everything is going to be different and that they're going to make this crazy comeback
And all this other stuff. No
It it doesn't it just doesn't but you know for the bangles
I think I think they can still be a nuisance within the division. I still believe that because
As long as Joe Burrow was playing
They always they'll always have a chance. I don't know why but
Every time that you know
Joe Joe Burrow does Joe Burrow things. That's just what it is
And you know, I think the the Achilles heel for the for the bangles is the defense
Everybody knows that the bangles defense isn't is not as good as how it was a few years ago
So, you know, it they they have to rely more on the offense to bail them out. I don't even know what I
Don't know man. It's both of these teams are bad
Both of these teams are really really bad. Okay?
And you know, the the question is who is who is worse?
Who who is more bad than the other? I think that's the number one question because again
Both teams
In my mind, they do not look like they're good. They do not like they are competitive. They do not look like they are
You know, just good. I I just don't I think they're going to be
The third and fourth in the division. I do think the bangles are going to miss the playoffs this year
And you know, it's going to have a really bad ripple effect in that offseason
But on to the final game lions and vikings one word to describe this game
fireworks
fireworks, I think that's the best way to
To describe it this game is going to be a back and forth type of game. Okay?
You have two teams that you know have really good defenses and really good offenses
And they're both in the same division. So, you know, it's going to be ultra competitive
So let's just get into these junky nuggets. Okay, so
Both teams are top five in points per game. The vikings are fifth at 27.8 games
27.8 points per game the lines are first with 30.2
Points per game. Okay, both teams are coming off a dove, which is great
Sam darno has thrown a pick in four of the five last games
The line's defense has four has forced seven interceptions this season and has a pick in every single game
David Montgomery, okay
Has scored a touchdown in every single game this season and the vikings had the second highest
Blitz on early downs rate at 48.1
100% whether we want to in manner or not folks, you know
This vikings defense goes after
They they they go after the quarterback. They put pressure on the quarterback. They make plays
Okay, now granted the the vikings defense on paper, you know, they may not have the all pro
They may not have this person and that person, you know as a pass rusher
But they may do with what they have and it's worked so far and they've been giving a lot of teams
Uh problems they they have I don't know what it is
But brian flores has been coaching his ass off and it shows. Okay. Now the real question is how will this lions
You know, you know pass rush look without hutch
I think that's that's the real question that that I want to see because I think this game will determine
If they're going to be aggressive in trying to get a hasan reddick or a miles garret or a max crossby or
As a derrius smith or you know, whoever else because they do need another pass rusher
They do need another productive pass rusher, you know, and you know
I'm not really worried about the the lions offense because I know the lions offense is they're going to do what they do
They're going to do what it do. Okay. They're going to put points on the board. They are going to beat you in the air
They're going to beat you on the ground. They're going to beat you everywhere. Okay, when you have
Sam lupor to playing out his mind the one two punch in david mcgurray and jamir
Jamir gives you have a mon roce brown playing crazy. You have a top three offensive line that is
Blocking at a phenomenal level. This is going to be a great game. This is going to be a great game
Honestly speaking here me personally just saying it no offense to steve's fans
But I would have I would have rather to have this game be the sunday night football game
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