Double back alert, double back alert, double back alert folks.
That's right.
We got a loaded episode, okay, full of twists and turns, ups and downs.
You already know how these episodes go.
Okay.
We got a back alert on top of trades.
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Man, old man, the trade deadline continues to never fails us folks.
I called it.
I said at least two blockbuster trades were going to happen.
We had one, well two if you want to count Zidarius, but I only count one with a March
on Laddermore, but who cares all about that?
Okay.
Because guess what?
Jonathan Cooper gets paid.
Chubba Huber gets paid.
Bering Brown is traded to the Cardinals.
Dennis Allen gets fired.
The Raiders lose and in doing so clean the offensive staff completely.
The Cowboys are cooked, Habachi style.
The commanders continue to win.
The Bears are struggling and I mean struggling.
You would think that it is hibernation season for them folks.
The Ravens finally get back into the winning column.
The Eagles barely get a win.
The Chiefs of Bucks, we have to talk about it even though Thursday night football happened.
Maybe we'll talk about that as well.
Trade deadline recap and gut check time.
Yeah.
That's right.
Gut check.
It's time that we have some uncomfortable conversations about where certain teams are
at at this point in the season.
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All of this and more on the 47th episode of the Football Junkies Podcast.
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Because guess what?
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It's time to give you guys the football fix that you guys need before this week because
we're going to have some loaded games this week and I cannot wait.
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On three.
One, two, three.
Let's lock in.
All right, folks, let's get into the meat and potatoes of everything that is going on
in the league and let me tell you something.
A lot has happened in this week alone for the league.
Okay.
So let's just go into everything.
Let's not waste any more time.
Okay.
Jonathan Cooper outside linebacker for the Broncos gets paid four years, $60 million,
$33 million guaranteed.
That's around ballpark around maybe 15, 14 to 15 million a year depending on the incentives
and all those different things.
Okay.
So let's look at his stats for 2023.
70 tackles, eight and a half sacks, one interception.
Okay.
This is what I will say for somebody who was a seventh round pick to be as productive as
he has been with the Broncos, definitely says a lot.
And you know, he is definitely emerged as one of the bright spots on that Broncos defense
outside of Patrick Sertain.
You could probably make a strong case that he probably is one of the most important people
on that defense and he continues to show it.
And you know, if we're being real here, this is a deal that is somewhat of a team friendly
deal.
This isn't a deal that, you know, it's going to break the bank or it's going to, you know,
put them in a bad spot and as the years go down the road, no, it's a fairly really good
deal.
You take care of a young player while at the same time, you know, it doesn't necessarily
break the bank, which is great.
Because again, the Broncos are in a spot where, you know, they're going to have a lot of catch
trace moving forward and that's going to allow them to continue to build onto this team.
Because again, let's be real here.
The Broncos are really good team.
That defense has been playing phenomenal.
Okay.
And mind you, this is a defense that doesn't have a whole bunch of talent outside of PS
two, their safety and then Jonathan Cooper.
Now if there's anybody else that I'm not thinking of my apologies to you, no disrespect to you
OG, but you know, the Broncos are in a really good spot.
And you know, as much flack as we for the, for the handling of Russell Wilson, sometimes
it has to get ugly before it gets good.
And now they're in a good space.
And as long as they maintain this consistency, they will be able to be a problem for the
Chiefs moving forward.
Now moving on to Chubbahubbitt, all right, running back for the Carolina Panthers.
He inked a four year 33.2 million dollar deal that has a max value of 37.2 million.
Okay.
That's about 15 million give or take fully guaranteed.
So he'll be making about eight to nine million a year.
If I'm not mistaken, I could be wrong.
I don't have my calculator with me.
But when we look at the stats though, okay, 238 attempts for 902 rushing yards, 3.8 rushing
yards per carry, five touchdowns and 21 rushes of 10 plus yards or more.
Now for him to be as productive as he has been in the situation that the Panthers have
been in, definitely says a lot.
Chubbahubbitt has been doing his thing.
He has been balling.
He minds you, he's doing this behind a very lackluster offensive line and we can be honest
here.
And, you know, for him to do this, you know, it's only up from here.
It really is.
It's not a deal that's going to break the bank.
It's not a deal that, you know, they're going to have to restructure, you know, as the years
go by and whatnot.
No, this is very team friendly deal.
The running back market is fairly, you know, I wouldn't say average, but it's very, it's
very low, right?
Outside of, you know, the big names, the Christian McCaffrey's, the Alvin Cameras, the Jonathan
Taylor's, the Derek Henry's of the world, everybody under that really isn't making a
whole lot of money.
So you're taking care of a position that, you know, the team must, you know, must value
a whole lot while at the same time, you're making sure that you are not overpaying for
somebody.
So all in all, great situation for them.
Now let's get into this bearing Browning trade before we get into the other trades.
Okay.
So bearing Browning former Denver Broncos, our past rusher was traded from the Broncos
to the Cardinals.
The Cardinals, of course, received bearing Browning and the Broncos received a sixth
round pick.
Now, when we look at this, you know, bearing Browning at this point really didn't have
a spot with the Broncos, especially with Jonathan Cooper being as productive as he has been.
And so the best thing to do is to just send him into another, you know, another place
where he would be a starter and that he can have a chance to be, you know, honestly speaking
here, like, you know, it's a good situation because again, the Cardinals have been looking
for a productive past rusher, you know, for a while and they were able to find it without
having to give up a whole lot to get it while at the same time, you know, a young piece that
you can build off of.
Right.
And again, this Cardinals team, low key has been playing fairly well.
They have.
They actually surprised me.
If you would have told me that the Cardinals would be playing as well as they have played,
I would have called you a liar.
And you know, hats off to the head coach for doing what he's doing.
I mean, they're playing well.
They're playing well on both sides.
And again, this is the recipe for these young teams to be ultra competitive, not only in
their division, but, you know, in the league as a whole, you have a young team, young core,
you keep things fairly low as far as like, you know, spending and, you know, trading
for people and whatnot.
And you just build off that.
And so far, they're in the right direction.
Now they have to go through some bumpy roads.
Yes, they did.
They did have to go through, you know, some a little bit of turmoil, but guess what?
They're on the other side of it.
And it's only up from here at this point.
As long as they maintain, you know, the course.
Now if they try to go left with it, then that's when you that's when you're going to start
to see, you know, the worst of it.
Now onto one of the first games that we have to cover.
And that is the Saints versus the Panthers.
Okay.
So before we get into all the stuff related to Dennis Allen, well, we'll go there when
we go there.
Okay.
So Bryce young was 16 for 26, 171 passing yards, one touchdown on one pick, 6.6 yards
per attempt in a 61.5 completion percentage.
Okay.
Chuck Hubbard 15 attempts for 72 rushing yards, 4.8 rushing yards per carry, two rushes of
10 plus yards or more.
Jitavion Sanders, five targets for four receptions, 87 receiving yards, 21.8 receiving yards per
carry.
Derek Carr 18, 31, 236 passing yards, one touchdown on 7.6 yards per attempt in a 58.1
completion percentage.
Okay.
So, John Camara 29 rushes of 155 rushing yards, 5.3 rushing yards per carry and three rushes
of 10 plus yards or more.
Taysom Hill, five targets for four receptions, 41 receiving yards, 10.3 receiving yards per
reception.
Now, when we look at this, you know, this was definitely a game where, you know, if the
Saints would have won, it would have, it would have tamped down the flames, right?
It would have tamped down a lot of the outside noise that was starting to, you know, grow
and grow and grow.
Basically, because, you know, at this point, one can make a case that Dennis Allen, you
know, was basically playing for his job.
And you know, for him to lose to the Panthers, it's not good.
The Saints have lost seven games straight, seven games, seven games.
That is unacceptable.
And I get it.
This team doesn't really have the best roster, I get all of that, but still to lose seven
straight is unacceptable.
That is the reason why, you know, the owner decided that she wanted to go in a different
direction and fire Dennis Allen.
But before we get into her quote, I'm just going to read to you his coaching record since
2022, right?
So here we go.
In 2022, seven wins, 10 losses in 2023, nine wins, eight losses in 2024.
He was two and seven.
He lost and as I just said, he lost seven straight.
If we're being real here, the only good record was probably 2023.
And even then, that's not even really good.
It's only good now because we're about to hit an 18 week season.
That's the only reason why.
Outside of that, these are not really good records.
These are not.
These are unacceptable records.
And granted, for the longest time, the Saints were, you know, that dominant team in their
division and as time progressed and, you know, once Drew Brees retired, they didn't properly
prepare, you know, for Drew Brees, you know, to retire, let alone did they really prepare
to, you know, to do whatever they needed to do.
Once Sean Payton decided that he wanted to leave the Saints and granted, I get it.
It's hard to, you know, go behind a legendary, you know, head coach and try to find your
own way.
I get all of that.
But, you know, this was a game where you could sort of, you know, have some momentum
and sort of regain your locker room because at this point, it's probably safe to say that,
you know, a lot of those players, especially the veteran players have checked out mentally
like they, they're over the season.
They just want to get through with the season, get their money, go on vacation and figure
out what they want to do, you know, with their career moving forward.
That's just where they are.
And, you know, it sucks, you know, it sucks for someone like a Cam Jordan, who, you know,
he's been there this entire time.
And this is probably the lowest low that he's been a part of.
Like this is probably one of the worst teams.
And, you know, once you lose your veterans in the locker room, that's it.
And you can tell by his body language, if you, if you guys haven't seen the video, there's
a video circling around of Cam Jordan walking.
He's just, he's just trying to get some fresh air, just trying to, you know, calm his nerves.
And Derek Carr is running behind him, trying to like, you know, talk to him and whatnot.
And you can just see in his face that he's just like, he's done.
He's over it.
He doesn't want to, you know, he doesn't want to continue to go through the sense and the
foolishness that is this team right now.
And, you know, it sucks.
It really does.
But let's get into this statement and continue to move forward.
So this is what she says in that quote, talking about Dennis Allen, okay.
He is highly regarded within the NFL.
He has been extremely loyal and professional and most importantly an excellent football
coach for us.
All of this makes today very tough for me in our organization.
However, this decision is something that I felt we needed to make at this time.
I wish nothing but the best in the future for Dennis and his family.
He will always be considered in the highest regard by me and everyone within our organization.
That is a statement to where basically saying you were okay, but it's time we go a separate
way because this is not working.
This is not working.
We're not winning.
We're not being competitive.
It's just not, it's not good for business.
And it shows, it shows.
If you are a Saints fan right now, especially a season ticket holder Saints fan, you are
probably wanting to sell a lot of your tickets because there's no point in really going to
the games.
It really isn't.
And if I'm Alvin Camara, I'm low key sort of second guess in my decision about signing
signing that extension.
But granted, you know, he probably wanted to be, he wanted to, you know, retire a Saint
and that's perfectly fine.
I get that.
But bro, the amount of talent that you had, if you went on one of these winning teams,
man, you would be, you will be putting up cool, cool for Cocoa Puffs type numbers, man.
But again, I can't, you know, have, have a conversation with Alvin Camara.
So let's get into this Raiders and Bagels game.
Okay.
So let's get into the game.
Man, what, what can you say about this game?
This game was a bad game for the Raiders, but Raiders be the Raiders, right?
But let's get into these stats.
Okay.
So Gardner mentioned was 10 for 17, 124 passing yards, 7.3 yards per 10 and a 58.8 completion
percentage.
Okay.
Desmond Redder 11 for 16, 74 passing yards, one touchdown, 4.6 yards per 10 and a 68.6
completion percentage.
I've been wondering why am I listing Desmond Redder because Desmond Redder came in for
Gardner, meant you, uh, after he was bounced.
Okay.
We're just going to leave it there.
Now, Alexander Madison, nine attempts for 36 rushing yards, four rushing yards per carry.
Okay.
Jacoby Myers 11 targets for eight receptions, 105 receiving yards, 13.1 receiving yards
per reception.
Joe Burrell 27 for 39, 251 passing yards, five touchdowns, one pick, 6.4 yards per
attempt and 69.2 completion percentage.
Okay.
Mike Kaseki, six targets for five receptions, 100 receiving yards, two touchdowns, 20 receiving
yards per reception.
Chase Brown 27 attempts for 120 rushing yards, 4.4 rushing yards per carry and two rushes
of 10 plus yards or more.
Now, when we look at this, you know, the bangles are starting to, you know, show that they
are that dark horse that people are going to have to be concerned about.
Joe Burrow, as of this point is probably having statistically his best year.
Okay.
You were talking about somebody that is throwing multiple touchdowns in one game.
I'm talking about two and three, maybe even more touchdowns a game just to win.
And a lot of that has to do with, you know, the defense being, you know, crappy and whatnot.
So there's more weight put on his shoulders, but hey, they paid him the money that they
paid him because they believe that he could do this.
And so far he's been balling out as of right now, if we can be honest here, I think, and
this is just my opinion, I can definitely be wrong.
I think the MVP race is definitely between Lamar, Jerry golf, Joe Burrow and Derek Henry.
I think those, those are the ones that right now, those are like the runner-ups for MVP.
Now, can someone like Josh Allen, could he sneak in there?
You probably most likely, could there be other other people that could, you know, sneak in
there as well?
Yes.
It's definitely Lamar, Joe Burrow, Jerry golf and Derek Henry, 100% of the way.
Now for the Raiders, you know, this Raiders team is not good.
And you know, it sucks for someone like a Max Crosby because, you know, you have basically
given your whole career to a team that really has not been competitive for a very long time.
Out of that one year where they had Derek Carr and Darren Waller and Josh Jacobs and,
you know, Hunter Renfrow and company, outside of that, they really have not been that good.
And you know, it's just bad.
It's a bad situation for Max Crosby.
And I would have thought that, you know, the Raiders would have just, you know, traded
him and put him in a different situation, not necessarily sending him to the Chiefs,
but you could just send him out of the conference in its entirety, send him to the Lions.
And you could have gotten probably a King's ransom for it.
Honestly speaking here, like, let's be real here, this Raiders team on both sides of the
ball is not competitive.
That offense, let me tell you the offensive rankings for the Raiders.
Okay.
So their passing offense is ranked 19th in the league.
Okay.
So they have a 63.7 pass play percentage, 203.3 passing yards per game, which is the equivalent
of 5.2 passing yards per play and nine touchdowns.
That is not good, folks.
That is below average, if we can be real here.
Now when you look at their rushing offense, it is dead last, dead last in this league,
76.9 rushing yards per game, which translates to 3.5 rushing yards per play in seven touchdowns.
It's not good.
And that is exactly why Antonio Pierce decided that he was going to clean house for the offense.
And in doing so, he has fired offensive coordinator, Luke Getze, online coach, James Craig, and
quarterback coach, Rich, uh, Scurrangelo.
If I'm pronouncing your last name, my apologies don't mean to do an old purpose.
You know, this is what I will say.
The Raiders have a lot of big decisions that they have to make moving forward, not only
for, you know, positions, but as well as coaching.
Because at this point, what is the bright spot outside of Max Crosby?
Please, can somebody tell me what is the bright spot for the Raiders?
There is none.
There, this Raiders team has been playing very mediocre.
And if you are, you know, an owner of this team, well, not even an owner, but if you
are a shareholder of this team, you should be disappointed to know that you put your
money into this team and this team has not done anything.
You got the big stadium.
You got, you know, all these different types of things.
You have loyal fans that continue to show up for these games, knowing that this team
is not able to compete.
I guarantee you right now, if you had the Raiders and the Panthers go up against one another,
I guarantee you the Panthers were probably put up 30 points on the Raiders head.
And that's sad.
That is honestly 100% sad.
And if you are a quarterback for next year's draft, oh, you better, you better think about
it because if you wind up with the Raiders, best believe that rookie year is going to be
hell.
Now onto another game that we have to talk about that is the Cowboys versus the Falcons.
Yes.
I already know.
So let's just get into everything before we talk about all of the stuff.
Okay.
So that press got 18 for 24, 133 passing yards, one touchdown, 5.5 yards per attempt and a
75 completion percentage.
Cooper Rush, 13 for 25, 115 passing yards, one touchdown, 4.6 yards per attempt and a
52 completion percentage.
Jake Ferguson, 10 targets for seven receptions, 71 receiving yards and 10.1 receiving yards
per reception.
Rico Dow, 12 attempts for 75 rushing yards, 6.3 rushing yards per carry and three rushes
of 10 plus yards or more.
Kirk Cousins, 19 for 24, 222 passing yards, three touchdowns, 9.3 yards per attempt and
a 79.2 completion percentage.
Bijon Robinson, 19 attempts for 86 rushing yards, excuse me, 4.5 rushing yards per carry
and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more.
Darnell Mooney, 9 targets for five receptions, 88 receiving yards, one touchdown, 17.6 receiving
yards per reception.
Now, this is what I will say.
Yeah.
The Cowboys season is really over.
Like the Cowboys are like really, really done.
And it sucks because now Dak is probably going to be out for an extended period of time with
reports coming out that he basically tore his hamstring off the bone.
The bone, ladies and gentlemen, the bone.
That's not good.
That is not good at all.
If you are a Cowboys fan, I am very sorry for you, but at the same time, I am not sorry
for you simply because your owner slash GM slash every other title you could possibly
think of decided that, you know, you wanted to spend your entire off season trying to
resign both Dak and CDLM instead of trying to at least make this team a little bit competitive,
just a little bit because as of right now, this Cowboys team is not going anywhere.
It's not going anywhere for a long time.
And, you know, it sucks for Mike McCarthy because the last two seasons, they've been
dominant.
They've been doing their thing.
They were winning a lot of games.
They were ultra competitive.
The office was putting up numbers.
The defense were doing their thing.
But you know, he's going to be the sacrificial name in this.
Everyone's going to say, oh, it's Mike McCarthy's fault that the Cowboys are where they are.
No, not really.
Jerry had had an opportunity to get someone like a Derek Henry.
Why couldn't afford them?
Why I don't know the Cowboys of old are gone.
Let's just be real here at the time where, you know, Jerry was a little bit aggressive
and free agency.
And, you know, he was able to use his influence to bring in players and whatnot.
That time has passed.
It's gone.
And what you have now is basically a team who is more about glitz and glamour and having
prime time games and looking nice in their uniforms compared to wanting to, you know,
be competitive and try to win games and, you know, try to at least make it to the playoffs
and maybe even win the Super Bowl.
That's just what it is.
This Cowboys team could have been very, very, very, very competitive, not only in their
division, but in the entire league had they done certain things, you know, two or three
years ago compared to now.
You continue to want to take care of your star players.
I get that.
But at some point, sometimes you have to make certain changes if it means that you have
a better chance of not only just winning regular season games, but playing in January and February.
And Jerry doesn't want to do that.
He doesn't.
He wants to continue to have his power over this team.
And as long as Jerry Jones has power over the Dallas Cowboys, the Cowboys will not go
anywhere.
And I mean that from the bottom of my heart.
He couldn't bring someone like a Bill Belichick or a Mike Vrable or someone like that.
He couldn't do it because why those type of coaches, they're going to run things their
way or the highway and they have no problem going somewhere else.
They have no problem, you know, sending out another year.
It's no problem for them.
And you know, if we can be real here, this offense is not that good.
Zeke at this point just needs to retire.
He does.
He he's lost his burst.
He's not that, you know, that same running back to how he was a few years ago.
And he has just aged like bananas.
Yeah, those bananas that that's in your grandmother's, you know, fruit basket that's in the middle
of the kitchen that's been sitting there for about two or three weeks.
Yeah, it's mushy.
It's ugly.
It got a little smell to it.
That's exactly what it is.
His offense is not good.
And you know, it sucks.
It does because for the amount of prime time games that the Cowboys get, especially those
things, those Thanksgiving games, they need to get that up to somebody else.
Let's let one of these other teams have a slot to play for Thanksgiving because nobody
wants to see the sorry Cowboys continue to get decimated.
And it sucks because Dak tried.
Dak really does try, he's not a he's not a quarterback who is going to point the fingers
and say, you know, always is this person's fault or try to put blame on somebody else
or throw somebody under the bus.
He's not one of those people.
He's someone that he wants to win.
He wants to, you know, just do the right thing.
And he continues to have to overcome, you know, mountains and hills just because this
team is not built to be competitive.
Why?
Why hasn't this team been competitive because of Jerry Jones?
Because Jerry Jones decides, hey, I want to prioritize my players instead of trying to
bring in some better players that could possibly be much used to us compared to bringing in
players who are at the tail end of their careers, who are most likely going to at the end of
this season.
Now, moving on to the commanders and Giants game, which is actually a really good game,
believe it or not.
So before we get into all the rigmarole with that, let's just get into the stats.
Okay.
So Jaden Daniels was 15 for 22, 209 passing yards, two touchdowns, 9.5 yards per attempt
in a 68.2 completion percentage.
Noah Brown, six targets for five receptions, 60 receiving yards, 12 receiving yards per
reception.
Chris Rodriguez, 11 attempts for 52 rushing yards, 4.7 rushing yards per carry and one
rush of 10 plus yards and more.
Daniel Jones, 20 for 26, 174 passing yards, two touchdowns, 6.7 yards per attempt in a
76.9 completion percentage.
Malik Neighbors, 11 targets for nine receptions, 59 receiving yards, 6.6 receiving yards per
reception.
Tyrone Tracy Jr., 16 attempts for 66 rushing yards, 4.1 rushing yards per reception and
two rushes of 10 plus yards and more.
Now, as I have always said and I will continue to say, the vision games are very hard to
predict.
And the reason why I say that is because it'll be the team that you think is out of it.
They're not going to go anywhere.
They're not going to go to the playoffs.
They're probably just, you know, trying to see where, where they fall in the draft and
whatnot that will give you a run for your money.
And that's exactly what happened.
This Giants team was fighting tooth and nail towards the end with the commanders and of
course the commanders won.
But you know, you're starting to see a little bit of Danny Dimes, you know, do his thing.
You are, but I still think it's not enough.
I still think that this offense needs more talent.
I still think this offense needs more firepower with the receivers and whatnot.
And I just feel like, you know, it's reached a point to where, you know, Daniel Jones is
probably playing to fight for his job at this point because I would not be surprised if
the Giants first pick next year is a quarterback.
I would not be surprised because again, uh, who was it?
Who was it?
Brian Dabel?
It was Brian Dabel.
Brian Dabel wanted Jaden Daniels.
He liked Jaden Daniels.
Even Joe Shane's son said, you need to get Jaden Daniels.
Jaden Daniels is a once in a lifetime type of player and he decided that he wanted to
stick with Daniel Jones.
Now granted, I understand that, you know, you gave him, you know, his deals or you want
to try to, you know, see how, how things go and whatnot, but you know, you're in the
business of winning.
You're not in business, you know, to justify certain contracts.
If a player is not playing, you know, up to the standards of the contract that you gave
them, then you need to move off of them and you need to be able to figure out what you're
going to do moving forward.
Because if you don't, what's going to happen is you're going to be in a situation where
the team isn't going anywhere and you're basically being dead weight.
That's what it is.
That's really what it is at this point.
If Jaden Daniels was on this Giants team, who knows?
Maybe the roles would be switched.
Maybe the Giants will be in the commander shoes.
Who knows?
We will never know.
But at this point, I feel like the Giants are going to have some very tough decisions
that they are going to have to make, you know, once this season is over with, it's reaching
a point where some band-aids are going to have to get ripped off.
Some tough decisions are going to have to be made just for the betterment of the team,
just so they can try to be a little bit more competitive, you know, than what they already
are at this point.
But let's go into the Bears and Cardinals game.
So a lot has to be said about this, but I'm going to hold off onto it once I read off
the stats.
Okay.
So Kyler Murray was 13 for 20, 154 passing yards, 7.7 yards per temp, and a 65 completion
percentage.
James Conner 18 attempts for 107 rushing yards, 5.9 rushing yards per carry, and three rushes
of 10 plus yards or more.
Trey McBride four targets for three receptions, 35 receiving yards, 11.7 receiving yards per
reception.
Kayla Williams 22 for 41, 217 passing yards, 5.3 yards per temp, and a 53.7 completion
percentage.
DeAndre Swift 16 attempts for 51 rushing yards, 3.2 rushing yards per carry, and two rushes
of 10 plus yards or more.
Ruma Dunes, a seven target for five receptions, 104 receiving yards per reception, and 20.8
receiving yards per reception.
Now this is what I will say.
The Bears continue to do bear things and what is that exactly?
You're probably wondering it is losing, losing winnable games.
Okay.
If you would have told me that the Bears would have the amount of talent they have on both
sides of the ball, you would think, Oh, this team is going to be a playoff team.
They have not shown it.
They have not played well.
They have not been coached well.
And clearly it seems like there is some, you know, some problems going on with how things
are going within the locker room and whatnot.
Now for the Cardinals, on the other hand, the Cardinals continue to persevere and continue
to be competitive despite the lack of talent that they have on both sides of the ball.
Colin Murray has been playing fairly well.
He has.
He's been playing fairly well.
And, you know, when you have, you know, pieces in James Conner and trade McBride, and then
you have Marma Harrison Jr. as well.
And let's be real here.
James Conner, since he's been with the Cardinals has been playing phenomenally well.
You haven't heard a whole bunch of injuries and him being out for two or three games like
how he was with the, with the Steelers.
And you know, that's great for him.
That's honestly great for him.
I can say that as a Steelers fan, you know, I definitely was rooting for James Conner.
And sometimes you have to go, you know, in a different environment just so you can really
thrive and really show, you know, your skillset.
And so far he's found a home with the Cardinals.
Now trade McBride, trade McBride continues to show why he is one of the rising stars
in this league.
He continues to do so.
And, you know, since last year, maybe even the year before that, he's been balling.
He's been doing his thing.
Okay.
Keep your eye on trade McBride moving forward.
He is definitely, you know, someone that can make a case that he could possibly be a superstar
moving forward.
Now for the Bears back to them, you know, the Bears are just not, they're not, they're
not coached well.
They're not.
And, you know, I would not be surprised if they do clean house completely because right
now Matt Ibrafus is not it.
He is not it.
And, you know, at this point, I think K the Williams needs an offensive minded head coach.
He needs an inadequate offensive coordinator.
He needs an adequate offensive staff that is going to help him because right now all
he's doing is trying to play hero ball instead of making the routine throws.
If you make the routine throws, no one's going to say anything.
But if you're always trying to make the big play, the memorable play, the highlight play
nine times out of 10, you're not going to make it.
And you know, this is somewhat of a of a roadblock that, you know, a lot of rookies hit and now
K the Williams is hitting and he has to realize that.
And you know, for the defensive side, the defense really has been playing well either.
And they got, you know, Montez wet and, you know, Jalen Johnson and Tremaine admins and
company like this just has not been a good, you know, second half of the season for the
Bears.
And, you know, if I'm ownership and if I'm management, if I want to make sure that we
continue to stay competitive, I have some tough decisions that I have to make.
And I have to start creating a board of who I would want to target for offensive coordinator,
head coach and a slew of other, you know, coaching position.
Now let's get into this Ravens and Broncos game.
Okay.
So Lamar Jackson was 16 for 19, 280 passing yards.
Three touchdowns, 14.7 yards per 10th and 84.2 completion percentage.
Derek Henry, 23 attempts for 106 rushing yards.
4.6 rushing yards per carry, two touchdowns and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more.
Zay flowers, six starters for five receptions, 127 receiving yards, two touchdowns and 25.4
receiving yards per reception.
Now, bone nicks.
All right.
19 for 33.
223 passing yards.
One pick 6.8 yards per attempt in a 57.6 completion percentage.
Coralton sun 10 targets for seven receptions, 122 receiving yards, 17.4 receiving yards
per reception.
Javante Williams 12 attempts from 42 rushing yards and 3.5 rushing yards per carry.
Now this is what I will say.
The Ravens continue to be dominant on the offensive side, but it is the defense that
is being an anchor to this team.
And, you know, it's not good.
It's not good.
The amount of talent that is on that defense, they should be just as dominant as the offense
is.
They should.
And, you know, this is a coaching thing.
This is not necessarily a lack of talent.
They have all the talent in the world.
You have Rokwon Smith.
You have Kyle Hamilton.
You have Marlon Humphrey and Nate Wiggins and Nomadi Metabeekay and in company.
You have talent.
It is a coaching thing.
And you know, if I am the Ravens, I may have to look into getting a defensive coordinator
at this point, not necessarily firing Zach or but bringing somebody in that growth of
how to be a defensive coordinator and how to sort of be creative when it comes to the
play call.
Because at this point, this defense will be the Achilles heel on why the Ravens do not
go to the Super Bowl.
If they do not get their act together by Thanksgiving, we're going to have some tough problems.
Because again, doing their thing, they are coming out in games all cylinders ago, you
know, beating you in the air, beating you on the ground, just being dominant everywhere
on all phases of the offense.
It is the defense that are that just things are clicking.
And at some point, when are they going to click?
Now, for the Broncos, I understand that the Broncos did lose, but at the same time, these
are stepping stones.
The reason why I say that is because bow nicks has to go through the growing pains of being
a rookie quarterback in the national football league, let alone in the AFC.
You're going to go through a phase where you're going to be, you know, punched in the mouth
by a team like the Ravens.
It happens.
But for a bow nicks to do what he has done so far, definitely says a lot.
And it definitely shows that, you know, the Broncos made the right pick in, you know,
selecting bow nicks.
Now, for Cortland Sutton, you know, the question is, do you want to stay there and, you know,
continue to grow with bow nicks?
Or do you want to go somewhere, be competitive and possibly win a Super Bowl?
That is the question.
But again, as I've said before, this Broncos team, they're going to be a problem, you know,
moving forward as long as they continue to maintain this path of building, not necessarily
overspending for people and reaching for people in a draft and reaching people for trades,
but just continuing to maintain consistency and continue to build up yourself piece by
piece, brick by brick.
That is how you prepare yourself and prepare the roster to be ultra competitive for not
just a one to two year window, but to be competitive for three to five years or three to 10 years.
Now moving on to the Eagles and Jaguars game.
Okay.
Jaylen Hertz 18 for 24, 230 passing yards, two touchdowns, 9.6 yards per attempt in a
75 completion percentage.
Seguan Vekwa got Barclay 27 attempts for 159 rushing yards, 5.9 rushing yards per carry,
one touchdown in six rushes of 10 plus yards or more.
Devonte Smith, six targets for four receptions, 87 receiving yards, one touchdown, 21.8 receiving
yards per reception.
Trevor Lawrence 16 for 31, 169 passing yards, two interceptions, 5.5 yards per attempt and
a 51.6 completion percentage.
Travis Etienne, three attempts for 24 rushing yards, eight rushing yards per carry and one
rush of 10 plus yards or more.
Evan Ingram, 10 targets for five receptions.
45 receiving yards and nine receiving yards per reception.
Now this is what I will say.
This was a game that the Jaguars could have won and be in the Eagles.
And if they did, wolf, would we have a different conversation about the Eagles?
But again, the recipe for the Eagles to be successful is you give the ball to Seguan.
If you give the ball to Seguan, you are more likely to win games.
Okay.
Because at this point, I don't know what it is.
I don't know if it's the head coach, Serrani.
I don't know if it's the offensive coordinator, but somebody is going to be gone come next
season.
Somebody is not going to be on this team and it's looking like more likely it's going
to be Serrani.
I don't know what it is, but the Eagles continue to do Eagles things and they continue to win.
And for Seguan to do the move that he did and to jump backwards, come on, man.
He continues to prove that he is one of the best running backs in the league and continues
to prove why the Giants made a dumb decision and not re-signing Seguan Barkley.
I'm going to leave it there.
I'm not going to go any further.
But on the Jaguar side though, if you're the Jaguars, you probably have some tough decisions
that you have to make moving forward and you have some decisions that you really have to
really think about because this team last year was ultra competitive.
They were looking good.
They were winning games.
They were beating teams.
They were doing their thing.
But so far this year, Trevon Lawrence looks like a deer in headlights.
I don't know what it is.
It's not looking good.
It's not.
And if I'm the owner, if I'm the GM, I'm probably looking at that contract and I'm probably
thinking to myself, man, maybe we should have never given him that deal.
We never should have overpaid him.
And granted, I get it.
The quarterback market is a little bit higher than what it has been recently.
I get all of that.
But sometimes it's best to pay a quarterback like a Trevon Lawrence who you don't really
know if he is an elite quarterback or not.
You pay him a little bit less so that you are able to surround him with talent just so
you can make things look pretty.
Because if you don't, this is what happens.
Okay.
This Jaguars team, it ain't it.
You're not that guy, pal.
Trust me.
You're not that guy.
Now, on to the chiefs in Buccaneers game.
A lot has to be said about this game.
So let's just get into it.
So Patrick Mahomes, 34 for 44, 291 passing yards, three touchdowns, 6.6 yards per attempt,
and he's 77.3 completion percentage.
Travis Kelsey, 16 targets for 14 receptions, 100 receiving yards, 7.1 receiving yards per
reception.
Karim Hunt, 27 attempts for 106 rushing yards, 3.9 rushing yards per carry, one touchdown
and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more.
Baker Mayfield, 23 for 31, 200 passing yards, two touchdowns, 6.5 yards per attempt, 74.2
completion percentage, folks.
74.2 completion percentage.
Baker Mayfield has been doing his thing since being with the Buccaneers, but that's another
conversation for another day.
Kate Oden, 11 targets for eight receptions, 77 receiving yards, one touchdown, 9.6 receiving
yards per reception.
Bucky Irving, seven attempts for 24 rushing yards, 3.4 rushing yards per carry.
Now, this is what I will say.
Why in the world would the Buccaneers not try to bring somebody down or to have somebody
try to cover Travis Kelsey a little bit better?
Because there was a drive, I forget what's drive it was, where Travis Kelsey was basically
getting a first down almost every single time.
He was basically running the same route, the same route, the same small little route and
he was boop, get the ball, run a little bit, first down, boop, get the ball, run a little
bit, first down.
What are we doing?
And granted, I understand that you can't have Levante David, you know, go up against
Travis Kelsey because Travis Kelsey is going to eat that up.
But I mean, come on guys, come on, what are we doing, man?
This Buccaneers team, you know, they have their highs and their lows and you know, that
is expected.
But you know, they are a team that is probably not going to go to the playoffs, but it's
not really, it's not really, it's not really looking that good.
It's not looking that good friend.
But the Chiefs continue to do Chiefs things.
That's just what it is.
The Chiefs continue to do Chiefs things.
They continue to be dominant, that defense is starting to come together.
DHOP and Patrick Mahomes are really starting to develop a real connection.
And I guarantee you, once they get a lot of their other players back from injury, ooh,
the Chiefs are going to be on all cylinders and it's going to be all gas, no breaks.
Okay.
This team is going to continue to dominate on both sides of the ball.
But granted, Patrick Mahomes, statistically speaking this year, hasn't had the best season
and has been carried by the defense a few games.
And that's fine because they have reached that point in this dynasty to where they are
the Patriots, to where a lot of times, you know, Tom Brady in the first half of the season
wasn't playing the best.
Of course they were winning games, but they really wasn't playing the best.
And you know, a lot of questions were being asked and whatnot.
And then there were some games that the defense was winning them games and there was other
times where, you know, they just made a spectacular playing whatnot.
But you know, that's just what it is with the Chiefs right now.
The Chiefs are continuing to do Chiefs things.
They continue to defy every and all reasons of why they are undefeated.
If you would have told me by now that the Chiefs would be undefeated still be undefeated,
I would have called you a liar.
But who knows, maybe when they go up against a certain team in Christmas day, maybe they
might lose.
Who knows?
I don't know.
Just saying.
You heard it from here.
Did you really hear it?
Who knows?
Now let's get into these trade deadline recaps because, whew, man, oh man, they got a whole
lot of trades.
Okay.
So start with Zidarius Smith.
Okay.
So Zidarius was traded to the Lions as expected by a lot of people.
So this is basically what happens.
Cleveland receives a 20-25-5th and a 20-26-6th round pick.
Detroit receives Zidarius and a 20-26-7th round pick.
Now the Lions have been looking for an adequate pass rusher and they finally found somebody
that is productive, that is still a pass rusher that teams have to be concerned about at this
point.
Okay.
Because let's be real here.
The Browns are not going anywhere.
They're not going anywhere this season.
They're not making to the playoffs.
At this point, they have to prepare themselves for the future.
And so what better way to prepare yourself than to get some capital back with a productive
player and Zidarius Smith?
So this makes the Lions more competitive once again.
Who knows?
Maybe they'll try to see if they can make it as far as they can until A&H Singh can probably
make a late comeback.
Who knows?
But again, there were reports that were coming out that if the Lions made it, I think, to
either the NFC Championship or the Super Bowl, there is a chance that A&H Singh could come
back.
And you have Hutch as a Darius Smith or one line.
Who knows?
Now Khalil Herbert was traded to the Bengals.
So Chicago receives a 20-25-7th round pick and the Bengals of course receive Khalil
Herbert.
This is in part to them losing and running back for the rest of the season.
So they just wanted to add an insurance policy in place.
And this takes Khalil Herbert out of a dysfunctional situation with the Bears and puts him in a
position where the Bengals could probably make it into the playoffs this year.
Who knows?
Now, on to the most earth-shattering trade in NFL history that has happened.
Former Panthers receiver Jonathan Mingo has been traded to the Cowboys.
I know.
I'm losing my mind right now.
I'm going crazy.
So this is what happens.
Okay?
Carolina receives a 20-25 fourth round pick and Dallas receives Mingo as well as a 20-25
seventh round pick.
Now, you know, if you would have told me that the Cowboys would give a fourth round pick
for Jonathan Mingo, who, believe it or not, he was actually a really good receiver coming
out of college.
He definitely was.
But a fourth round pick for Mingo?
Really?
Come on, count.
What are we doing?
What's going on?
What is going on in Dallas?
Is it the water?
Is it the brisket?
What is going on?
But at the same time, Jonathan Mingo is still on his rookie deal.
So that probably maybe had a factor in to this trade.
But you know, it's another receiver for either Cooper Rush or Tray Lance because I don't expect
that to be playing the rest of the season.
I don't.
Anytime you have anything to basically tear off the bone, yeah, that's not good.
You know, all in all, another receiver, another piece, another weapon, somebody that they
can definitely throw to a deep threat, you know, with his size and versatility, who knows
what will happen and how will they use him.
Now, onto the big trades, okay?
The big dogs, the big fish of the trades, okay?
Marshall and Lattimore former Saints quarterback has been traded to the commanders.
And I know commanders fans are probably pausing this right now.
You're probably losing your mind and you're probably screaming, oh my God, it's great.
Great, great, great.
Shut up.
Okay.
Just shut up.
All right.
So Washington receives a Marshall and Lattimore in a 2025 fifth round pick.
New Orleans receives a 20, a 2025 third and fourth and a six.
Now, when we look at this, you know, this is definitely a really good trade for Washington
because they were looking for a, another corner and you got one of the best corners, you know,
in the league and Marshall and Lattimore have somebody who was able to go one on one mono
and mono with a number one receiver and hold his own.
And that exactly was one of the missing pieces for this Washington defense.
So now you have Marshall and Lattimore.
This takes them to a whole nother level.
I'm telling you guys, this Washington team is not a team that you can sleep on.
Okay.
I would not be surprised if they try to give him an extension and try to keep him because
again, if you have him, Emmanuel Forbes, Mike Sandstru, Jonathan Allen, Doron Payne
and company on this defense, this defense is going to be dominant.
And so, you know, kudos to Washington for pulling the trigger on this.
Now for the saints, you know, you have reached the point where it's time for you to hit the
reset button.
I'm going to leave that there where we'll get more into that when we talk about gut check
time.
Now, you know, the compensation that they got back, you know, from Washington is actually
really good because now that allows them to continue to stock up on draft picks and be
able to really build this team that, you know, in the way that they really want to.
Now, Mike Williams, yeah, that's right.
Mike will was traded from the Jets to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
That's right.
The six time, six time, six time, six time, six time Pittsburgh Steelers.
That's right.
Omar Khan doing his thing, cooking things up in the kitchen, in the lab, whatever you
want to call it, pulls this thing off.
So New York gets a 2025 fifth round pick.
This is what I will say.
You have a big body and Mike Williams was somewhat of a matchup nightmare when it when
going up against certain corners who was able to be a willing blocker who is able to get
those 5050 balls and be a deep threat.
Okay.
You have him paired with George Pickens, two players who are able to really be the best
when it comes to catching those contested catches, man, oh man, oh man, do we have a
problem here?
This is another weapon for Russell Wilson slash Justin Fields to do their thing.
And you know, with someone like a Mike Williams, they can use him in different ways.
You can put them in the slot.
You can put them in the outside.
The creativity is there.
Okay.
This team is not playing.
This team wants to be competitive.
This team doesn't just want to win just one playoff game.
Okay.
They're trying to go somewhere.
Okay.
And kudos to Omar Khan.
And for all those people that were saying, oh, Omar Khan is starting to look like Kevin
Colbert.
He's doing the Kevin Colbert thing again.
Let me tell you something.
Yes, I understand Kevin Colbert wasn't the best towards the end of his tenure.
I get all of that.
But the fact of the matter is Kevin Colbert is probably going to be a Hall of Fame GM,
one of the best GMs of all time.
And he had two Super Bowls.
He created two Super Bowl teams.
So before we go and we start comparing people, let's just wait things out.
Okay.
Let's just wait things out.
And plus, if you want to say that Omar Khan is Kevin Colbert, well, then that's somewhat
of a good thing than a bad thing.
Because so far, Omar Khan has hit on a lot of his draft picks.
Roger Jones is still a little bit and don't even get me started with that because then
that's another two hours of a whole rant that we'll just go on, but we'll just leave it
at there.
He's hit well on his draft picks as well as as well as his free agent, you know, signings.
He clean house with the quarterback room brought in a competent offensive coordinator brought
in two competent, you know, quarterbacks right now.
What exactly has he done wrong?
He granted I understand at that time when he traded away Beyonce Johnson, I get it.
It was it was uncalled for.
It was unnecessary.
I get all that.
But still, sometimes you have to whiff on on certain decisions and you know, you try
to rewrite your wrongs.
And so they did and they got Mike Williams.
Now me personally, I would have thought they would have tried to go after de hop first
than Mike Williams, but you know, all in all cannot complain, we got another receiver.
So we have another weapon.
So kudos to them.
Now onto the other trade that the Pittsburgh Steelers did the sixth, you know, I'm not
going to do it.
I'm not going to do it.
I'm just not the Steelers traded for Preston Smith.
Okay.
So Green Bay receives a 2025 seventh round pick.
And of course, Pittsburgh receives Preston Smith.
Now this is what I will say Preston Smith has definitely been a pass rusher that has
definitely caught my attention since coming into the league.
I remember when he was with Washington, he was, he was doing his thing.
He was.
And you know, the reason why that the Packers, you know, let him go for, for so cheap was
because you know, Preston Smith wasn't really fitting into the system that they're running
now.
Right.
So now with the new defensive corner that they have, I think they run a four three instead
of a three four, like how they used to.
And so you have somebody in Preston Smith who can play both in and outside linebacker,
but in our system, he will play outside linebacker, which is great because you want to try to reduce
the snap count for someone like a TJ Y and Alex Heisman, because as of right now, if
I'm not mistaken, I don't have the official number with me, but TJ Y is playing 90 plus
percent.
That's not even a real step, but I think it's 92 percent of the snaps.
If you want to, if you want him to be able to play in the playoffs, you have to be able
to reduce the amount of snaps that he's playing because if you don't, you increase the likelihood
of him suffering an injury.
And we do not want that at this point.
Now the only thing that I will say about this is, you know, this is sort of the blueprint
of what Andy Wildo did when he was with the Eagles.
You have a constant rotation of patch rushers and defensive linemen coming in to continuing
to create constant pressure on the quarterback and it was successful.
And now it's going to work over here because now you have a rotation of TJ Y and Alex
Heisman and then you have Nick Herbie and then Preston Smith, which is good, really
good.
And granted, you know, for the people that say, well, Jeremiah Moon just really wasn't
that good.
Yes, he wasn't.
I view him more as a special teams asset than, you know, a patch rusher.
So all in all, great, great move.
I think the only position that I think that I really wanted them to go after was defensive
tackle because, you know, outside of Keanu Benson, you really don't have anybody else
that you can really rely on.
And the way things are being, you know, worded with with money atoms, it sounds like he's
going to be out for, you know, an extended period of time, maybe even the rest of the
season.
So you need to bring somebody in to, you know, help with Keanu Benson.
And granted, they, you know, they were able to do that.
Now necessarily it wasn't the person that I had, you know, personally wanted.
I would have preferred maybe, you know, David Gottschau or Kalea's Campbell or, you know,
somebody of that caliber.
But you know, they did what they did.
And so, you know, here we are now on to the other trade.
White is traded to the Ravens, so the Rams receive a 2026 seventh round pick and Baltimore
receives trade white in a 2027 seventh round pick.
Now, I don't know really what to say about this.
Honestly speaking, me personally, I would have thought the Ravens would have went after
a patch rusher because, you know, outside of Calvin, no, they don't have a consistent
patch rusher.
But doffy away is not, it is not kind of get he's not.
And there were multiple patch rushers that they could have went after that, you know,
if they would have added them to the Ravens, it would have helped them out substantially.
Like if they would have, if they would have tried to get, you know, Aziz Ajalari from
the Giants, that's great.
That's a great pickup right there.
You got a young patch rusher that is having a crazy season so far that honestly speaking,
you probably give him, you know, a small extension and then, and, you know, it helps both parties.
But you know, for them to go after a corner, I don't know, that's a way and see, you know,
type of situation.
Now, Khalil Davis, this was the buzzer beater, you know, when it comes to the trade deadline.
So Khalil Davis, former, I think Steelers and of course Texans was traded to the 49ers.
So the Texans receive a 2026 seventh round pick.
Now this is what I will say, you know, they definitely needed, you know, a a a detackle
and, you know, they finally was able to get somebody.
It doesn't necessarily break the bank.
It's a death piece.
Nothing more to say.
Honestly speaking, there's nothing more to say.
Now, there were rumors and, you know, rumblings that they were going to try to see they could
get the Florida's Buckner or David Gotchell.
Unfortunately, they were unsuccessful in both of them.
But you know, here we are.
Maybe the 49ers, you know, start to make a comeback.
Who knows?
Only time will tell.
But it's time for Gotchell time.
Now these are just my honest opinions about certain things, certain teams and where they
are.
So if you get offended by it, hey, well, then that means that it must be corrected.
So here we go.
So to start things off, Cowboys need to prepare for the future.
Now this now the reason why I have this is because, you know, at this point, you know,
players are starting to become more expensive and, you know, they just need to begin to
prepare for the future.
Okay.
Whether that mean you start trading away some people in the off season, you just let some
people just go, you bring in a new regime in different, you know, culture, whatever the
case may be.
It's time for them to focus on the future long term because, you know, sure you locked
in Dak and CELan, but we're all forgetting about my comparisons.
So that right there is going to be somewhat of a difficult process as well because he
has been, he was playing before he got hurt.
He was playing at a pretty good level.
So, you know, do they resign him?
Do they now?
What exactly are they going to do with that?
Then you have to worry about Zach Martin.
You have to worry about D-Law.
And then you also have to worry about Trevon Diggs because ever since he's gotten that
deal, he hasn't really been playing the best.
So you know, they have a lot of tough decisions that they're going to have to make.
And you know, if you go through somewhat of a soft rebuild instead of like a hard rebuild,
you'll be able to bounce back a little bit quicker compared to, you know, going through,
you know, this hardcore rebuild where you're not winning any games for like two or three
years straight.
And, you know, you're just stocking up on a whole bunch of draft picks and everything
like the Cowboys don't, don't have to go through that.
They just have to address certain parts of the team, bring in adequate coaching and they
will be perfectly fine.
Okay, the next one Washington will be serious, will be a serious playoff contender in the
near future.
Yes, I believe in that.
I'm putting all of my money on the table for that.
They have everything they need to be successful.
Ownership, a stable front office and a stable head coach.
They have stability now in Washington.
And now that is going to be a lucrative, you know, spot for a lot of players who are going
to be pending free agents to go to because now they're winning.
They have adequate offense.
They have a good defense, good coaching staff, good front office.
Everything is just good.
And so that right there is going to bring in the big fish free agents that, you know,
that they may want to try to go after.
And then not to mention, you know, you have a quarterback on a rookie deal.
So you could honestly really build this team up into being a really super dominant team
in the next two years that they really wanted to.
Not to mention the needs that they have are relatively small and minute and they could
be addressed, you know, fairly split between, you know, the draft and free agency and not
have to really break the bank.
Now for the Ravens, the Ravens having an elite offense, but an underperforming D defense.
Yes, I truly believe it simply because we see time and time again, the Ravens defense
failed them.
Like last night, there was a play where Joe Burrell just threw a straight up to Jamar
Chase and he got in first play touchdown.
Like, you know, at some point we have to have a conversation about this Ravens defense.
It is underperforming.
It is not good.
And you know, coaching does have a big play in this.
The coaching for the defense has probably been one of the worst that I've seen, you
know, in a very long time, and I'm not saying this as a, as a Ravens fan, but just looking
at last night's game against the Bengals.
If you eliminate the game, if you eliminate how, how the game ended and who won and who
lost, Joe Burrell stats and Jamar Chase stats phenomenal, phenomenal.
You would have thought that they would have been going up against some pop Warner football
defense.
You would have thought so.
That's how bad it was.
And they have to clean that up and they have to address it now.
Now on the next thing, Joe Burrell will carry the Bengals into the playoffs.
Yes, I do believe, I do believe it simply because Joe Burrell has been playing the best that
he has in his entire career so far.
And he continues to put this team on his back and win games.
Now maybe the defense will step up a little bit more.
Maybe they'll start making some key plays.
Who knows.
But at this point, Joe Burrell in the playoffs right now is dangerous.
He's dangerous against the chiefs.
He's dangerous against the Ravens.
He's definitely dangerous against the Steelers.
Now on to the next thing.
Steelers do have a real legitimate playoff contending chance since starting Russell Wilson.
And that is true because why Russell Wilson so far has been playing fairly well.
And that's no slide to Justin Fields at all, but Russell Wilson has somewhat unlocked another
step for this offense.
Right?
George Pickens is doing his thing.
Calvin Austin is doing his thing.
Van Jefferson is starting to really start to contribute to the offense.
Najee Harris is playing fairly well.
So you have all of that together.
This offense is looking really good.
And if they continue to keep going with this and then the defense continues to get better,
this team could legitimately make a real playoff run.
Okay.
Bears cleaning the entire coaching staff.
We did talk about it a little bit.
But you know, for them, the question is, are they going to try to get somebody from the
college world?
Are they going to try to get somebody from, you know, from the NFL, you know, pool?
Exactly would be a good fit for Caleb Williams and this offense because again, this offense
has a lot of firepower.
You have DJ Moore, you have Roma Dunes, you have the Andre Swift, you have Cole Comet.
If I'm not mistaken, they have to get an offensive minded head coach.
I understand that the Bears culture is defense and whatnot.
But listen, it is 2024, not 1985.
Time to do things a little bit different.
Okay.
So the defense need to hit the reset button on the offense.
Yes.
It is time that you figure out exactly what is the identity of this offense because for
too long, nobody really knows what is the, what is the identity of this offense and granted,
they could have, you know, easily been identified, had you kept safe one, but you didn't want
to keep him because you don't value paying running backs that much.
Well, now it's backfiring you and it's hurting you.
And you know, outside of Darius Slayton and Tyrone Tracy, what do you really have?
What do you really have?
Jaylen Hyatt, he's been a ghost.
He's been a ghost.
He's not been good.
Theo Johnson, rising star for sure.
But everybody else, I don't know what you really do with it.
I really don't.
And this is going to take, you know, some serious decision making and some honest conversations
that are going to have to be had.
Brian Dable has to be successful with a rookie quarterback.
Daniel Jones is not the, is not the savior of the giant.
He is not the option.
It's time to rip the bandaid off.
The Saints need to hit the reset button as well simply because the Saints team is not
good anymore.
They continue to go through this, you know, this phase in the off season where they're,
you know, 40 and 50 and 60 million over the cap and they basically have to restructure
everybody's deal just to get under, you know, the cap, the cap space regulations and barely,
barely do anything to sign all the Baruches and maybe try to go after one or two low level
free agents.
And then for the jets, the jets do need to prepare for, you know, Aaron Rogers, a successor.
I do think, you know, after the season, I think they do need to have an honest, honest
conversation with Aaron Rogers and say, listen, if you want to stay, you can stay, but we're
going to restructure your deal and we are going to draft you a successor because at
this point you are, you have regressed tremendously and it's time for us to go in a different
direction and prepare for the future.
And you know, another thing that they do need to bring in is an adequate offensive coordinator.
They do because with the amount of firepower that this offense have, they have been, you
know, in underperforming and it shows if you would have told me that an offense that has
Garrett Wilson, Malachi Corley, Alan Luzard, Devonte Adams, Braylon Allen and Breeze Hall
would be underperforming, I would have called you a liar.
Okay.
This offense has not been playing well.
The offensive line has basically been patched together with baby tape and glue.
And you know, they really have some tough decisions that they're going to have to make
moving forward with this offense because again, there's no reason why this Jets team could
should be, you know, you know, halfway off a cliff with their season.
It shouldn't be, but you know, people making dumb decisions.
I think I'll just leave it at that.
Now Jacksonville, as well, they need to figure out what they're going to do with Trevor Lawrence
and you know, let's be real here.
Trevor Lawrence has not lived up to that contract.
That contract is going to aged like milk and you know, it's going to start backfiring on
them in order for Trevor Lawrence to really truly be successful.
They're going to have to surround him with real talent and granted they have Brian Thomas.
That's a good, you know, starting point right there, but they have other things that they
need to figure out moving forward.
They probably need to figure out what they're going to do with Doug Peterson and they also
need to figure out what they're going to do with the coaching staff as a whole because
this coaching staff on both sides of the ball, it's not cutting it.
It is not cutting it.
They have to do better.
They have to be better with the amount of talent they have on both sides of the ball.
And finally, the Browns have tough decisions to make moving forward.
And the reason why I say this is because, you know, when we look at this, that whole
decision to go after Deshaun Watson was probably one of the worst decisions they could have
ever made for their franchise because now they're in a situation where you are tied
to this player, you know, for the, for, for whatever the term is of this deal.
And you know, he has been playing well.
He has not been playing well.
He has underperformed.
And, you know, Joe Flacco did more last season with the same players, same offense, same
scheme, same everything did more than what Deshaun Watson has ever done for the Browns.
And mind you, they got more pieces for Deshaun Watson just so he can be more successful.
And he still hasn't done anything.
At this point, I think they have to consider, you know, possibly drafting a quarterback.
Now I'm not saying that have to, that has to be their first pick, but they probably
do need to get a quarterback in and, you know, have them sit and learn possibly and maybe
just, you know, become a sponge for maybe the first two or three years and then figure
out what you have in them.
Because again, this Browns offense is not good.
I mean, granted, they traded away Mara Cooper and, you know, they paid Jerry Judy.
This offense is not good.
This team is not good.
This team is not going to go anywhere.
They are wasting talent on both sides of the ball.
And you can tell that, you know, some people are probably going to lose their jobs, you
know, with this whole decision for Deshaun Watson.
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