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Hello everybody, welcome to Good News York, sponsored

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guy, Mike Prendisi, flying solo. Matt is not

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in this morning, he had to go to the veterinarian's

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for himself, not his animals. So I'm gonna fly

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solo. Now as you may know, some of you have been

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listening or watching, I'm a big sports fan.

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and I did an NFL draft special. It seemed to

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go over fairly well, and I made sure to cut clips

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of all the things that I got right and not to

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show you the things that I got wrong. But I had

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a great time doing it, and so I wanted to do

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a big Thursday kickoff special tomorrow for the

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NFL season. But with Matt being gone, our crack

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producer Danny Tripodi came up with the great

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idea, let's do it today. So I threw a bunch of

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pictures on the table to make it look nice for

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you. And I found an old Syracuse Chiefs jersey

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in Matt's office. Thanks, Matt. Thanks, Jason

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Smoral from the Syracuse Mets. And we're going

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to do this thing. Tomorrow night kicks off the

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2025 NFL season. I am beyond excited. I'm sure

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those of you that follow football are, too. A

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fantasy draft season has dwindled down, and it

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is time to go. With that being said, before we

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get into it, I do want to give you a little bit

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meeting yesterday and coming soon, this is a

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So look for that. But with that being said, this

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is not GNY Sports. This is Good News York. It

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is Wednesday and is Mike Brindisi ready to give

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you the NFL kickoff special? And I want to start

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with some storylines I want to talk about because

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there are a lot of storylines throughout the

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NFL season, some that we've heard already or

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seen and it's been beaten to death. The Trey

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Hendrickson debacle, the Shamar Stewart debacle.

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I'm noticing a theme with the Bengals. The whole

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off -season thing with Micah Parsons, James Cook.

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It seems as if the hold -ins were all successful.

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So remember that next year when you're sitting

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there listening to your team's, you know, radio

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show or podcast and they're talking about so

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-and -so is doing a hold -in and you start sweating.

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Listen, as of right now, the ball is in the players'

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court. James Cook held in. That ended very well.

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Trey Hendrickson held in. It ended with an extension.

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I'd say it's good for now. The Micah Parsons

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was a complete failure by Jerry Jones. And people

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aren't saying it enough. I think it was a complete

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failure by Micah Parsons' agent. Because I think

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they could have struck a deal. There's been new

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information that's come out that shows that Apparently,

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allegedly, the Jerry Jones and the Cowboys had

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offered Micah Parsons more guaranteed money than

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the Packers actually just gave them, but it was

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for a shorter time period. Or maybe, no, I think

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it was a year longer. I think, listen, the Green

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Bay Packers are one of the most amazing franchises

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in all of football, right? We know that. Storied,

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respected, all of that. So I think him going

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to the Packers is fantastic, especially in that

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division. I mean, that shakes things up. But

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at the same time, you know, Micah Parsons camp

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claims he wanted to be a cowboy and he wanted

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to stay a cowboy. And we damn well know all the

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fans wanted him to stay a cowboy. Right. Then

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he's arguably one of the best defensive players

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we've seen in decades. Football players forget

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defensive. So I think there was a way that. We

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all know there was a way that Michael Parsons

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could have stayed in Dallas. And I think it was

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more, it was closer than we thought. It's starting

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to come out that actually the Cowboys had made

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some strides. But listen, Jerry Jones to me is

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a cartoon character. It's a dude that's been

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riding off the success of the 90s. He's like

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that guy you see at the reunion, your high school

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reunion who still wears like the letter jacket

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and he's living off the... his football days.

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Look, the Cowboys were phenomenal in the 90s.

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They beat my Buffalo Bills twice in the Super

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Bowl, twice in a row. And this whole America's

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team bullshit and him coming out recently and

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saying, basically admitting in the media, that

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a lot of times he's stirring shit up just to

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keep the Cowboys in the headlines. And I think

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that part... That part of the Cowboys Jerry Jones

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is amazing for right like we all know he's a

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great owner He's done a lot for the game of football

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He was a great owner He's he's done a lot for

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the game of football, but you know over the last.

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I don't know decade or more it just seems that

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he's more focused on the marketing and the Keeping

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the Dallas Cowboys in the storylines like I said

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and and that's what he admitted so to me That's

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a huge aspect of owning a team, marketing. In

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fact, when we had Jason Smorel, I'm from the

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Syracuse Mets, I'm always like, so tell me what

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it's like day to day. And he's like, it's really

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not that great. I make sure the toilets flush

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and that the beer is cold. Or is that the toilets

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are cold and the beer is flushing? Either way.

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You know, the job of a GM and the job of an owner

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is outside of football operations. It's a lot

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of the boring admin stuff. And so, and marketing.

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And listen, there's arguably no one better at

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marketing. and taking a team and tripling or

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quadrupling their value than Jerry Jones. But

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when you get down to the football operation side

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of it, dude is just, I don't know. I mean, this

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Micah Parsons thing could have been done months

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ago. And I get that now there's information,

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like I said, that they had reached out and offered

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more money, but it wasn't in the timeframe that

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Micah and the agent wanted. But it seems genuine

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that Micah Parsons was absolutely like... What?

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I'm being traded? I don't think he knew. I don't

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think he thought that it was truly going to happen.

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So, man, to be a Dallas sports fan right now,

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the Luca Doncius thing, and now Micah Parsons,

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it's pretty wild. So with that, a storyline that

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is obvious to me to watch, clearly, is in week

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four, you've got... The Packers and the Cowboys.

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Micah Parsons coming back to Dallas after all

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this shit. It is going to be the game of the

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week. I should have wrote down. I printed out

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the schedule and I forgot to go grab it, but

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I don't know what time it is, but it is week

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four. That is going to be one to watch. Some

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more storylines. Eagles Chiefs week two. Obviously,

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it's the Super Bowl rematch. And I have to say,

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I have this feeling based on The pedigree that

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Patrick Mahomes has and also Seeing him through

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the preseason It looks like he is on mission

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and that scares the shit out of me because I

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think what happened is that they won You know

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two out of the last three Super Bowls. I think

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it was I Don't they obviously didn't rest on

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their laurels because again, they've been back

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to three out of the four three the last three

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Super Bowls win or lose and It's hard to say

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that I think they've rested on their laurels,

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but we've seen that the last couple seasons,

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that explosive offense hasn't been there since

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Tyreek Hill left. What's happened is you've got

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one of the greatest offensive coaches in the

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history of the NFL at the helm, as well as one

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of the greatest quarterbacks of all time who

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can do shit that Marvel superheroes can do. And

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so with that, they were able to make a kind of

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pedestrian offense look great. or not even look

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great, just get it done. But as we know, there

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was a great thing I saw last season where they

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showed if every game that the Kansas City Chiefs

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had squeaked out for a win, because there were

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like eight to nine games where it was decided

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by a missed field goal or a fumble or some bullshit

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call by the refs, which is a shocker. And if

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you, if they just switched who had won that game,

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if it had just bounced the other way for the

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other team, Their record was like a losing record.

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So I'm not here to say that they didn't deserve

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to be in the playoffs. Look, we're in the middle

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of the dynasty, right? I get it. They're great.

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But this is the first time I just, I hear it

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and I see it in my homes since, you know, he

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came into the NFL where I think he's as hungry

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as he was when he first started. Do I think that

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offense is going to get back to the, you know,

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high flying 30, 40 point offense? No. Rashid

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Rice is out for the first couple of games. Xavier

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Worthy to me is a great piece on an offense.

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I don't think he's strong enough to be a number

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one, but I think he can get it done. And then,

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of course, you got Travis Kelsey. And don't sleep

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on the backup tight end. He is... Noah... Now

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I'm blanking out. But the backup tight end for

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the Kansas City Chiefs is a guy who's already

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kind of showed that he's NFL ready and he can

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kind of pick up where Kelsey left off, but...

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Kelsey too has come out in the news saying that,

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you know, he's got arrested on his laurels and

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he was too focused on working on his acting career.

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So I think they're going to come out with a vengeance,

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which scares the shit out of me because my team

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has been haunted by the Chiefs. They can't get

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over the hump with the Chiefs. And that's without

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them being pissed off. So brings me back to week

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two. You've got a Super Bowl matchup in the Eagles

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versus Chiefs. I think that's going to be great.

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Lions commanders week 10, I got that circled

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because going into the NFC conference championship

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last season, it was a big surprise that the commanders

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were there because it was a team that had just

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started to turn a terrible franchise, turn it

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back around. A great coach and Dan Quinn, great

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ownership, which is where it always starts. Obviously,

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Jaden Daniels, a rookie who exceeded everyone's

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expectations, most people's expectations. So

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we knew they were going to be better. We knew

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they were going to be even good. But to get to

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the NFC divisional round and against the Detroit

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Lions, who we thought, just like the Bills, they've

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been whacking at the pinata for a couple seasons

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now. And, you know, the strong pick last season

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was Bills Lions, Chiefs Lions. It seemed to always

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go back a lot to the Lions and boy, did the commanders

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show up to the NFC Championship and whoop their

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ass. And it was sad for Detroit fans and it was

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sad for the team itself. I think, you know, when

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I hear people talk about the Bills and the Lions

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and the Bears, you know, teams that have knocked

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on the door in the past. and then kind of fell

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short. I guess it's more about teams that just

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know how to lose in insane ways. You know, the

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Bills haven't just lost. They lost four straight

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Super Bowls, the first one being a wide right.

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I mean, the 13 seconds game a few years ago against

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the Chiefs, which I think they would have went

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on to win the Super Bowl. It's just, they lose

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in such unbelievable fashion. It's almost impressive

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how they lose more than they win. So, for me,

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You know, when I hear Lions fans talking about

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how heartbroken they are, believe me, I get it.

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That franchise has been in the basement. They

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were a doormat for a long time, and I'd love

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to see them win. But if they win before my bells,

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I will throw myself in front of a public bus.

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Because listen, it's not that I don't think the

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Lions deserve it. I want it for that franchise.

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I want it for the city, for the fans, for the

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team, for Dan Campbell. Who doesn't love Dan

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Campbell? wants to bite your kneecaps off while

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listening to Injustice for All by Metallica.

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I love the guy. But I think they need to have

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a little bit more of a heartbreak before I feel

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bad, before I really feel bad for them. I mean,

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look, yes, they've been, again, in the basement,

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right? But they haven't lost when you thought

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they were going to win until the commanders came

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along last season in the NFC division. They need

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a little more heartbreak. Heartbreaking losses

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before before that, but I do want to say That

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speaking of the Lions again. I had Lions commanders

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circled week 10 for storylines to watch How about

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week two again Bears Lions now? Why do I have

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that circle the obvious answer? It's a divisional

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game of course It's a divisional game in a division.

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I don't think I've ever had a harder time picking

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who I thought the order in which that division

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is going to play out, or even predicting anything

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from that division because every team could go

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to the playoffs. But the reason I do have it

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circled the most is the obvious, if you follow,

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which is Ben Johnson, one of the most sought

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after offensive coordinators for a head coaching

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position in the last few seasons, a prolific

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offense, what he did with Jameer Gibbs in Montgomery.

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as well as making Jared Goff look like a superstar,

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which, by the way, I think Jared Goff is a guy

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that doesn't get enough credit. He is an incredible

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quarterback when it comes to decision -making

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and going through his reads and all that, but

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that's a different story. Not only did Ben Johnson

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leave the Bears and go to the Lions as their...

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I'm sorry, excuse me. Not only did he go from

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the Lions to the Bears and become the head coach

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of the Bears, he immediately called out some

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of the other teams in the division like say we're

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ready to roll you and there's a lot of expectations

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for him and so to see him face his old team in

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Detroit it's gonna be a good one so as far as

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week one goes and your week one which starts

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tomorrow night here's some storylines to watch

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the Jets versus Steelers that's right Justin

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Fields, who was on the Jets last season, is now,

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or excuse me, on the Steelers last season, is

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now on the Jets. And Aaron Rodgers, who was on

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the Jets last season, is now on the Steelers.

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Both trying to redeem themselves from pretty

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putrid seasons. So that's going to be a fun one

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to watch. I want to watch Burrow's hot start

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in week one. And I say hot start because not

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only do I think he's going to start off hot,

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I think he is going to be my favorite for MVP,

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but we're going to talk about that in a few minutes.

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The reason why I want to watch in week one Burrow

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and the Browns is for two reasons. One, we know

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that every year Joe Burrow and the team usually

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starts off 0 -2 or 0 -3, mostly because he's

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injured, usually, but they've been perennially

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slow starters. And then so the rest of the season

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they are just trying to catch up to get that

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wild card. And what I've seen from Burrow is

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the same thing I talked about a few minutes ago

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about Patrick Mahomes. He is pissed off. I watched

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the quarterback documentary on Netflix. He's

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pissed. He is done. He's fully healthy, finally.

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He's done with the whole, oh, the Bengals, they

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can't start off fast. They're, you know, everything

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I just talked about. The question, they locked

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up T Higgins, they locked up Jamar Chase. He's

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got his core, you know, his core, Chase Brown

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is there. It was an underrated running back.

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Everybody's set to go. We all know their offense

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is one of the best offenses in the league. The

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defense is the question. That's what's really

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been keeping them from the playoffs and having

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them struggle in addition to the slow start.

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So I want to see if Burroughs is pissed off and

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on a mission as I think. So, you know, Burroughs

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and the Bengals versus the Browns in week one,

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that's exciting. But what makes it even more

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exciting, believe it or not, Joe Burroughs' numbers

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against the Browns? Three and five record. That's

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right. The Browns, who everybody tramples on.

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I believe, and don't mark me on this, I think

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that's the team that gives him the most shit

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in the division. Makes it the hardest for him.

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He just can't get over that hump. And I want

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to see that. Can he take the Browns down in week

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one? And can the Bengals actually start 1 -0

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for the first time? Chiefs Chargers in week one.

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Another storyline to watch. Why? Yes, again,

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it is a division game. Division games are always

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great to watch. But are the Chargers for real?

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I don't think I've heard anybody else. I mean,

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people talk about the Broncos and then the Raiders

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are exciting because they're turning around.

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That division is very exciting. Probably having

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four head coaches now. I don't think we've ever

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seen four head coaches of this magnitude in one

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division. So any division game in that division

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is going to be great because they're going to

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cannibalize each other. And that's why every

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single division game in that division, just like

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the NFC North, matters. And the NFC East, to

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be honest. It matters more than normal. But more

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than any other team in the division, people really

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have this feeling. I think it's the Broncos,

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but people think it's gonna be the Chargers that

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really challenge the Chiefs for the division

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title this year. So let's see, do the Chargers

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look like they can keep up with the Chiefs in

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week one? And also, is Mahomes on that vengeance

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I talked about? Last two, Raiders -Patriots in

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week one. Interesting, why would I pick that?

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I'm picking that because Tom Brady is now one

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of the owners of the Raiders. They've brought

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in Pete Carroll. They've made a ton of moves.

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They drafted a star, what we think is going to

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be an absolute star blue chip rookie. But remember,

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:23.539
Josh McDaniels is on the Pats now. And the Patriots,

00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:26.619
their dynasty, was Josh McDaniels who can't coach

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anywhere else. unless he's the offensive coordinator

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of the Patriots. Then for some reason, he's a

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superstar. Anywhere else, he's trash. At least

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that's how it's been. That's what the numbers

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tell us, right? So seeing Josh McDaniels, who

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just got hired again as the offensive coordinator

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of the Patriots, with Vrabel, facing off against

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the Raiders, coached by Pete Carroll, but more

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importantly, do you think? We don't know. Does

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Brady talk to them and say, listen, I know every

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goddamn move that McDaniels is going to make.

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Look for this. Look for that. I have to believe

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in some sort of capacity. You know, do owners

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:12.940
generally do that? No, but owners aren't generally

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Tom Brady, the greatest quarterback of all time.

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And I'm not afraid to say that anymore, as much

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as it hurts me, because after seeing Belichick's

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performance in college in week one, I know it

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was week one. And after seeing Brady win a Super

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Bowl with the Tampa Bay Bucks, it seems like

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that marriage in New England was mostly Brady

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and not as much Belichick as we thought. So will

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Brady give them some sort of intel and can the

00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:43.980
Raiders take down the Patriots in week one? Lastly,

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Ravens -Bills. Am I being a homer on this? A

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little bit. Yeah, of course. I'm a Bills fan.

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I love them more than anything. But every single

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home game this season... the hardest game for

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the Bills. They lucked out. They finally have

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a schedule that is one of the easiest in the

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league. All their hard games are at home, and

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it starts off with, of course, the Baltimore

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Ravens, who, other than the Bills, are my pick

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for possible to represent the AFC in the Super

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Bowl. They're stacked. They are great. Lamar

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Jackson's a superstar. John Harbaugh, who I'm

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:16.500
kind of getting sick of, but, you know, he knows

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:18.079
how to win. And they've got, of course, Derrick

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Henry, who's the scariest son of a bitch on the

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planet. So... This game, while every game in

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the NFL is important, this game really sets the

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tone because Baltimore is on a vengeance. They

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lost to the Bills in the playoffs in Buffalo

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last season. But let's be honest, as a Bills

00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:39.440
fan, even I could admit, they squeaked it out.

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There was a couple, there was a Mark Andrews

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fumble, I believe, and then, of course, the famous

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:46.460
Mark Andrews drop in the end zone. Lamar Jackson

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had a fumble. He had an interception. The Bills,

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:53.740
look. You don't keep track of how it happened,

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right? You're not gonna look back and go, oh

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yes, I remember the Bills beat the Ravens, but

00:21:57.539 --> 00:22:00.059
man, they squeaked it out. A win's a win, especially

00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:03.279
in the playoffs. But I have a feeling that pissed

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the Ravens off, and there's no snow on the ground,

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:07.039
because Lamar Jackson is not good in the cold

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:09.599
weather, he's admitted it. There's no snow on

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the ground in week one in Buffalo, believe it

00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:15.680
or not. So I do think that this is an important

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matchup for... for obvious reasons, but mostly

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because this could be the difference between

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the one seed at the end of the season. This could

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:24.920
be the difference in Buffalo playing in Baltimore

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or Baltimore playing in Buffalo. It is a huge

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game to start. Bills are knocked around, little

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:34.359
injured. There's some questions at the safety

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:37.559
position. One of the defensive linemen who isn't

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:40.200
necessarily a key piece, he's a second -year

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:46.200
player, Carter, tore his Achilles. There's some

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:48.039
questions on the defense, and if you've been

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:50.180
following the Bills or following the NFL, you

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:54.319
know. Have the Bills... The Bills have not been

00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:55.960
able to get over the Chiefs in the playoffs.

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We know this, all right? In the Bengals one time.

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That was after the Demar Amlin thing. That's

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:04.079
a different story. But I'm not being a homer

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:07.019
when I say, if you look back, Josh Allen has

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:10.559
never lost to Mahomes. The Buffalo Bills defense

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:14.809
has lost to Mahomes. The coaches Sean McDermott

00:23:14.809 --> 00:23:21.369
Leslie Frazier They've lost to Mahomes 13 seconds.

00:23:21.390 --> 00:23:23.769
I mean Josh Allen could not have done anything

00:23:23.769 --> 00:23:27.329
else They changed the rules of the playoffs overtime

00:23:27.329 --> 00:23:29.529
in the playoffs because of what happened He didn't

00:23:29.529 --> 00:23:31.150
even get a chance to come back out it was one

00:23:31.150 --> 00:23:33.390
of the greatest games in the history of football

00:23:33.390 --> 00:23:39.150
not even the bills and chiefs and Allen I mean

00:23:39.150 --> 00:23:41.980
the dude The only thing more he could have done

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:43.759
is put a headset on and coach the game himself.

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:47.460
The defense has always let the Bills down. They're

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:50.359
a Ben don't break kind of defense. McDermott

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:54.380
and Bean have always put together. And again,

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:58.299
this year, they spent so much draft capital and

00:23:58.299 --> 00:24:00.400
money in the offseason on beefing up the defensive

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.359
line. They drafted Max Harrison. He's hurt. Trey

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:06.859
White comes back as kind of a vet to help out

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:10.420
Max Harrison. He's hurt. This is going to be

00:24:10.420 --> 00:24:12.980
a game that I actually I feel the Ravens are

00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:15.579
gonna edge this one out, but it's a huge huge

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:18.720
game So that's another storyline to watch in

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:22.359
week one now I want to talk about real quick

00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:26.099
some players some sleeper players and breakout

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:29.859
players That people I guess you could say for

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:31.920
fantasy, but also in reality I think these are

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:34.279
going to be sleeper slash breakout players this

00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:37.039
year. Let's start with rookies this Isaac Tesla

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:41.990
from the Detroit Lions slot receiver. He looked

00:24:41.990 --> 00:24:45.109
like now again. I know it's the preseason, but

00:24:45.109 --> 00:24:49.589
I don't judge I'm not judging because he looked

00:24:49.589 --> 00:24:52.150
good in a preseason game. I'm using my eyes my

00:24:52.150 --> 00:24:56.410
football eyes and ears I see what I see I watch

00:24:56.410 --> 00:24:58.750
enough football know that guy looks NFL ready.

00:24:58.750 --> 00:25:03.329
He looks like a young Julian Edelman, you know,

00:25:03.329 --> 00:25:06.049
I think he's gonna surprise a lot of people to

00:25:06.049 --> 00:25:09.250
in the running back in Jacksonville It's a crowded

00:25:09.250 --> 00:25:13.109
backfield. Jacksonville a few weeks ago put both

00:25:13.109 --> 00:25:17.069
Tank Bigsby and Travis Etienne Jr. on the trade

00:25:17.069 --> 00:25:20.289
block. And I saw him at the combine and when

00:25:20.289 --> 00:25:21.970
I did the draft special, I talked about him.

00:25:22.109 --> 00:25:24.210
I think he's got a chance to really surprise

00:25:24.210 --> 00:25:26.930
the shit out of some people. Tyler Warren, maybe

00:25:26.930 --> 00:25:29.410
not so much a surprise because he was drafted

00:25:29.410 --> 00:25:32.390
in the top 10. They thought Colston Loveland

00:25:32.390 --> 00:25:35.750
was going to get drafted before him. But he again,

00:25:35.829 --> 00:25:38.519
not only did I like him coming out, He looked

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:41.759
real good and real ready, especially in an offense.

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:45.859
The Daniel Jones experiment is still going on.

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:47.940
You've got Michael Pittman. You've got Jonathan

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:51.059
Taylor. You've got some great pieces, but I think

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:54.440
he has a chance, other than those guys, to really

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:56.480
be the factor, the X factor in that offense.

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:58.519
Keep an eye on Jaden Higgins. Wide receiver.

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Came from Iowa State. Drafted by the Texans.

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He has potential. He's got potential. With Diggs

00:26:06.849 --> 00:26:10.470
gone now, that was a one -year project test,

00:26:10.470 --> 00:26:13.210
if you will. He's gonna be thrown in there with

00:26:13.210 --> 00:26:16.210
Tank Del, who's had a serious injury in the past.

00:26:16.630 --> 00:26:20.309
Nico Collins, I think he's got a shot to make

00:26:20.309 --> 00:26:23.349
some noise. This is gonna sound crazy. There's

00:26:23.349 --> 00:26:26.089
something I like about Tyler Shuck. What do I

00:26:26.089 --> 00:26:29.569
like about him the most? Yeah, he's older. He's

00:26:29.569 --> 00:26:32.170
like Andy, or Andy Dalton, excuse me. He's like,

00:26:32.470 --> 00:26:35.660
who the hell came out that was... like 28 years

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:38.740
of Brandon Whedon with much more talent, I think.

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:41.759
I like the way Tyler Shuck... There's something

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:45.019
I talk about with rookies that you can't beat.

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:46.940
You know, people talk about, you know, when a

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:49.460
rookie is coming from Ohio State, like an SEC

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:52.539
team or a Big Ten team, you know they're playing

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:55.039
in NFL -style offenses. They're gonna be more

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:57.359
ready. Yes, all those things matter. But to me,

00:26:57.460 --> 00:27:00.460
what matters more than all of that is experience.

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:02.559
And this dude, if you look back, Tyler Shuck

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:06.700
has taken... An incredible amount of snaps as

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:08.240
well as played an incredible amount of games

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:11.559
and he's ready to go and and I mean I believe

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:13.599
me I don't think that New Orleans is gonna do

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:16.619
very much New Orleans or New Orleans I'll say

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:18.640
New Orleans New Orleans isn't gonna do very much

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:21.539
this season, but they're starting to make that

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:24.059
turn But I think he's gonna surprise some people

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:26.740
Jackson dart not really under the radar. I just

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:28.980
think that dude is gonna ball I think he's gonna

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:32.839
come in I think something's gonna happen and

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:36.099
Russ is going to just have to take a seat. And

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:38.619
I think when they have the Giants have the toughest

00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:43.799
schedule in the NFL. I see a spot and I forget

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:46.039
where it is. But when they play Carolina, I think

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:48.099
it's like week four or five or six somewhere

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:50.299
in there. I think that's mark my words. I think

00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:52.940
that's where Jackson Dart comes in and takes

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:55.279
the lead by storm. He looks real good. I went

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:57.940
to the Bills Giants preseason game and I saw

00:27:57.940 --> 00:28:00.279
him live. I liked him coming out of college.

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:02.779
I didn't think he was going to look this good.

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:07.880
So Eric Ayamonor, I think is how you say it.

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:11.039
He's on the Titans, he's a wide receiver. Under

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:13.019
the radar, Stanford, look for him. And then Trey

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:17.119
Harris, a guy that I wanted on the Bills along

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:18.980
with Kyle Williams. Trey Harris is gonna be on

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:21.559
the Chargers. And I think with Justin Herbert

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:24.700
and of course their coach Harbaugh, he's got

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:30.299
a chance to edge Quentin Johnson for wide receiver

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:35.119
too. I loved him at Ole Miss. And lastly, I said

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:38.539
Kyle Williams. He looked like a young Stefan

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:40.220
Diggs to me, another guy I wanted on the Bills

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:42.660
wide receiver. He got drafted by the Pats, which

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:45.200
pissed me off. And guess who he's going to be

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:47.559
in the wide receiver room with? Stefan Diggs,

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:51.420
who can kind of show him the ropes. And he gets

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:54.700
off the line just like Diggs does. So I think

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:59.259
we'll talk about the Patriots and what I think.

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:01.599
Quickly, players that are not rookies that I

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:04.579
think will be sleepers or breakouts. You're gonna

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:07.799
laugh. Wondell Robinson. Why did I say Wondell

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:10.759
Robinson? What is he, like wide receiver 48 in

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:14.180
the league? Why? Because Russell Wilson and Jackson

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:17.019
Dart are going to be at the helm. One or both

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:20.380
of those quarterbacks who are much a way bigger

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:24.039
upgrade than Daniel Jones. And you've got to

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:25.900
remember Malik Nabors who's probably my favorite

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:28.819
wide receiver in football, by the way. He's he

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:30.579
has not been able to stay healthy yet, and I

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:32.440
don't think he's still fully healthy when he's

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:35.519
on the field Obviously those two together are

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:38.480
gonna help each other in production, but especially

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:41.819
if If he has to go out on injury or if he doesn't

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:43.700
start week one I think you're gonna see Wanda

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:46.980
Robinson's production shoot up Chris Olave I

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:48.680
talked about Tyler Shuck and what I think he

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:51.319
can do and you've got Camara and you've got other

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:53.839
pieces on that offensive Chris Olave again He

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:57.150
if he can stay healthy I think he's a wide receiver

00:29:57.150 --> 00:29:59.029
that's been forgotten about all the way down

00:29:59.029 --> 00:30:03.009
there. All the way down there in Louisiana. Marvin

00:30:03.009 --> 00:30:06.589
Mims. I love Bo Nix. I loved him coming out of

00:30:06.589 --> 00:30:08.609
the draft last year. He had a great first season.

00:30:08.789 --> 00:30:10.730
He's in second year with a Sean Payton offense.

00:30:11.130 --> 00:30:13.250
You know he's gonna be good. Cortland, Sutton

00:30:13.250 --> 00:30:16.069
and him are going to be lethal. But watch out

00:30:16.069 --> 00:30:18.470
for Marvin Mims. He's an under the radar guy.

00:30:18.950 --> 00:30:20.930
Don't forget about Brandon Iuke. Brandon Iuke

00:30:20.930 --> 00:30:25.609
is coming off of... Injury, he'll be back like

00:30:25.609 --> 00:30:27.990
week six. Actually, I think he's suspended but

00:30:27.990 --> 00:30:31.190
he's also coming off an injury as well and When

00:30:31.190 --> 00:30:33.869
he comes in, you know people forget about him,

00:30:33.869 --> 00:30:35.490
you know people forget about players that are

00:30:35.490 --> 00:30:38.589
injured or suspended. I Forget the exact stat

00:30:38.589 --> 00:30:43.529
but he was on on track to He only played a certain

00:30:43.529 --> 00:30:45.269
amount of games last year and he was at like

00:30:45.269 --> 00:30:47.789
1300 yards if he had played a full season he'd

00:30:47.789 --> 00:30:51.210
have like 2 ,000 yards He was trending that way.

00:30:51.210 --> 00:30:54.039
Of course anything could have happened But he

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:56.519
is a receiver that knows how to get open. He's

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:59.640
in a Kyle Shanahan offense. He's one of the best

00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:01.259
receivers in the league when he's on the field.

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:05.980
And with Debo Samuel gone, Jawan Jennings kind

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:09.299
of a question mark. That brings me to not only

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:12.140
Ayuk, who I, again, think is going to be huge

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:15.900
when he comes back. Until Ayuk comes back, this

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:18.980
is more fantasy than reality. Ricky Pearsall,

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:21.920
baby. That dude got shot in the offseason as

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:26.390
a rookie. and still had a good season. Who gets

00:31:26.390 --> 00:31:29.630
shot and still has a good season? He didn't get

00:31:29.630 --> 00:31:32.029
shot this off -season, and he is going to be,

00:31:32.029 --> 00:31:34.750
again, like I just said, in a Kyle Shanahan offense

00:31:34.750 --> 00:31:40.049
with Brock Purdy, who's a game general, and with

00:31:40.049 --> 00:31:42.369
Debo Samuil being gone and Brian Dyuk not there,

00:31:42.769 --> 00:31:46.470
you've got him, Kittle, and Juwan Jennings. So

00:31:46.470 --> 00:31:50.009
he'll be a great one, and I talked about New

00:31:50.009 --> 00:31:53.529
Orleans. Look out for Rashid Shahid and Alvin

00:31:53.529 --> 00:31:57.130
Kamara to have a breakout year. Rashid Shahid,

00:31:57.630 --> 00:32:00.289
again, he's down in Louisiana, stuck in the bayou.

00:32:00.670 --> 00:32:03.049
They've got a good young quarterback and I think

00:32:03.049 --> 00:32:08.690
they're going to do something. And Okonkwo, I

00:32:08.690 --> 00:32:10.869
think I said his name right, the titan's tight

00:32:10.869 --> 00:32:13.349
end. Another guy you're going to watch for because

00:32:13.349 --> 00:32:15.769
Cam Ward, who's probably the least talked about

00:32:15.769 --> 00:32:18.549
rookie in the history or number one pick of all

00:32:18.549 --> 00:32:20.289
time, I think he's going to have a good year.

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:23.220
How good? I don't know. It's the Titans. But

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:26.299
I think Kim and Okonkwo, if I said that right,

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:31.079
are going to have a great year. And lastly, I've

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:34.980
got two more things on this sports edition of

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:36.900
Good News York. Again, I'm Mike Brindisi here

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:39.519
on Good News York. It is Wednesday. Good News

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:41.480
York sponsored by ads on the go. Get ads on the

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:43.660
go. Doing a little bit of a sports segment without

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:47.109
Matt today, who again isn't here. So I thought

00:32:47.109 --> 00:32:49.730
I'd do a little solo NFL kickoff special, which

00:32:49.730 --> 00:32:52.390
starts tomorrow night, week one. We've talked

00:32:52.390 --> 00:32:57.009
about storylines. We've talked about sleeper

00:32:57.009 --> 00:33:01.789
and breakout players. Let's get down to the division

00:33:01.789 --> 00:33:04.289
winners and wild card. And I'm gonna make this

00:33:04.289 --> 00:33:07.369
quick. I'm not gonna make you suffer. Start with

00:33:07.369 --> 00:33:11.589
the AFC. Divisions in order. These are my picks.

00:33:13.070 --> 00:33:15.809
Some of it is based on strength of schedule,

00:33:15.829 --> 00:33:21.029
but I don't put too much stock in it. I look

00:33:21.029 --> 00:33:28.250
at these games and I listen, I watch, I use my

00:33:28.250 --> 00:33:32.990
eyes. I don't like to listen to other media and

00:33:32.990 --> 00:33:36.130
kind of hop on those bandwagons. I watch and

00:33:36.130 --> 00:33:39.910
I listen and I'm going to take a pause here.

00:33:39.910 --> 00:33:43.000
We're going to edit, time stamp it. Forget what

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:44.619
I just said there now we're gonna go back. All

00:33:44.619 --> 00:33:47.599
right, we've talked about Sleepers and breakout

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:51.940
players. We've talked about Storylines in week

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:53.940
one and throughout the season. Let's let's just

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:57.640
get down to it my division picks and Playoff

00:33:57.640 --> 00:34:00.019
picks here we go. I'm gonna make it quick for

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:04.019
you Starting the AFC AFC North one of the hardest

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:07.259
divisions in the NFL It is so hard to pick this

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:10.969
for me. It's the AFC North the NFC North and

00:34:10.969 --> 00:34:16.130
the AFC East, those three divisions to me are

00:34:16.130 --> 00:34:18.750
the hardest to choose, but I gotta go with the

00:34:18.750 --> 00:34:22.010
Ravens in first place for obvious reasons. The

00:34:22.010 --> 00:34:24.550
Bengals, they are on a mission. Joe Burrow is

00:34:24.550 --> 00:34:27.789
pissed off. They're tired of starting slow. They

00:34:27.789 --> 00:34:29.769
have one of the best offenses when everyone's

00:34:29.769 --> 00:34:32.110
healthy in the league. Bengals come in second

00:34:32.110 --> 00:34:34.650
place. This may surprise you. I am putting the

00:34:34.650 --> 00:34:38.289
Cleveland Browns in third place. What? Look,

00:34:38.289 --> 00:34:40.510
I know it's the Browns and the Browns be Browning

00:34:40.510 --> 00:34:43.510
and they are a disaster. Not as much on the field

00:34:43.510 --> 00:34:47.809
these days as they are in the, you know, as a

00:34:47.809 --> 00:34:50.849
franchise, as a whole. If you look at that roster

00:34:50.849 --> 00:34:53.210
from top to bottom, I mean, they are stacked.

00:34:53.570 --> 00:34:55.829
And one of my favorite defensive coaches in the

00:34:55.829 --> 00:34:57.989
league, defensive coordinator, Jim Schwartz,

00:34:58.369 --> 00:35:00.869
who he coached, one of my favorite defenses the

00:35:00.869 --> 00:35:03.130
Bills ever had was coached by him. He doesn't

00:35:03.130 --> 00:35:05.250
get enough credit. I think they're better than

00:35:05.250 --> 00:35:07.110
the Steelers who I have finishing in fourth.

00:35:07.289 --> 00:35:10.489
because why? I think the Steelers are so overrated.

00:35:10.949 --> 00:35:13.070
I think Mike Tomlin is getting a longer leash

00:35:13.070 --> 00:35:15.190
than he should, albeit I know he's one of the

00:35:15.190 --> 00:35:17.210
best coaches in the league. What have you done

00:35:17.210 --> 00:35:20.349
for me lately? I think the Steelers defense looks

00:35:20.349 --> 00:35:24.550
phenomenal, but I just think that Aaron Rodgers

00:35:24.550 --> 00:35:29.969
is over the... I get it was the Jets, but man,

00:35:29.989 --> 00:35:32.489
he did not look like himself last year. Yes,

00:35:32.489 --> 00:35:34.469
he's older. I'm not trying to discriminate on

00:35:34.469 --> 00:35:36.710
his age as much as I am. He had an Achilles tear.

00:35:36.750 --> 00:35:39.050
If you're in your 20s and you have an Achilles

00:35:39.050 --> 00:35:41.090
tear, there's no guarantee on how good you're

00:35:41.090 --> 00:35:43.750
going to be when you come back. I'm sorry. I'm

00:35:43.750 --> 00:35:45.250
putting the Steelers in the basement. You can

00:35:45.250 --> 00:35:46.809
make fun of me when it doesn't happen because

00:35:46.809 --> 00:35:48.690
it seems like they always squeak out with nine

00:35:48.690 --> 00:35:50.389
or ten wins every season and they get in the

00:35:50.389 --> 00:35:53.070
playoffs anyway. Let's head to the AFC West.

00:35:53.389 --> 00:35:55.630
The Chiefs. They're pissed off. They have a chip

00:35:55.630 --> 00:35:57.570
on their shoulder from their Super Bowl loss.

00:35:58.309 --> 00:36:00.349
The Chiefs be chiefin'. As long as they've got

00:36:00.349 --> 00:36:03.030
Mahomes and Reed. It's going to be hard for me

00:36:03.030 --> 00:36:05.650
to take them out of first until someone else

00:36:05.650 --> 00:36:08.010
does. But here's what might surprise you. I'm

00:36:08.010 --> 00:36:10.849
sorry. I believe in Sean Payton. I love Bo Nix.

00:36:10.929 --> 00:36:13.650
I love the defense in Denver. They've got some

00:36:13.650 --> 00:36:17.150
thin air there. And I think they're just going

00:36:17.150 --> 00:36:20.230
to edge out the Chargers for second place in

00:36:20.230 --> 00:36:24.730
the AFC West. Why? Great defense. Hall of Fame

00:36:24.730 --> 00:36:30.820
offensive coach and a roster that is... Surprisingly

00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:33.000
one of the best in the NFL. Maybe not everyone

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:35.199
knows that. How am I putting the Chargers in

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:37.500
third? Well, for every reason, I just said the

00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:39.960
Broncos should be in second, but I just can't

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:42.360
trust Justin Herbert. He was phenomenal in the

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:45.440
regular season, fell apart in the playoffs. He's

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:48.460
got some injury questions. I love Harbaugh. Everywhere

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:50.940
he goes, he wins, but this is one of the hardest

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:53.639
divisions with four Hall of Fame head coaches

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:55.539
in the division. The first time I think that's

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:58.269
ever happened. Someone's got to be in third,

00:36:58.309 --> 00:37:00.550
and for me, it's the Chargers. They be Chargerin'.

00:37:00.550 --> 00:37:02.590
And then the Raiders are in fourth. I know. There's

00:37:02.590 --> 00:37:04.389
a lot of talk about the Raiders being a surprise

00:37:04.389 --> 00:37:07.090
team. I get it. And they are going to do some

00:37:07.090 --> 00:37:08.969
great things. And I love Pete Carroll. I think

00:37:08.969 --> 00:37:10.309
he's one of the greatest coaches of all time.

00:37:10.349 --> 00:37:12.289
Again, I said four Hall of Fame coaches in the

00:37:12.289 --> 00:37:15.030
division. But they're not there yet. They're

00:37:15.030 --> 00:37:17.630
on the turn. They've got some great pieces. Gino

00:37:17.630 --> 00:37:21.429
Smith, sure. Ashton Genti, blue chip rookie.

00:37:22.250 --> 00:37:24.449
Max Crosby, probably the best defensive ender,

00:37:24.449 --> 00:37:27.829
top three in the league. But you can't pick everybody.

00:37:28.210 --> 00:37:30.050
There's four division winners and three wild

00:37:30.050 --> 00:37:31.829
card spots. So Raiders, they're going to be in

00:37:31.829 --> 00:37:34.969
the basement, but that division could be better

00:37:34.969 --> 00:37:36.670
than the rest of the league. Maybe all four get

00:37:36.670 --> 00:37:40.590
in. Who the hell knows? Let's go to the AFC East.

00:37:40.690 --> 00:37:43.329
I've got my Buffalo Bills in first. I'm not being

00:37:43.329 --> 00:37:45.849
a homer. If you've been watching football, they've

00:37:45.849 --> 00:37:49.909
won the last five seasons. But here's what might

00:37:49.909 --> 00:37:52.789
surprise you. I have the Pats in second. I have

00:37:52.789 --> 00:37:55.599
the Jets in third. I have the Dolphins in the

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:58.880
basement. The Dolphins to me. Now, Mike McDaniel's

00:37:58.880 --> 00:38:03.219
record with Tua is phenomenal. Without Tua, it's

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:05.480
one of the worst in the league. They can't beat

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:07.239
the Bills. They've literally beat the Bills,

00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:09.000
I think, twice since Josh Allen's been there

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:12.099
in all these years. More importantly, even though

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:13.840
Mike McDaniel's looks like he should be selling

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:16.539
vapes at a bodega, he is a brilliant offensive

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:18.980
mind. But if you've been following their offseason,

00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:21.019
I don't know what's going on. People wanting

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:24.019
trades, them wanting to trade away players. The

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:28.420
Jalen Ramsey thing. Tua can't stay healthy. I

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:31.599
just think there's players coming out and expressing

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:34.659
their unhappiness. I just think there's too much

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:36.619
distraction going on off the field. I think this

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:38.460
is McDaniels last season. I think they finish

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:41.800
in the basement. So that's what I'm going to

00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:44.860
do there is Bills, Pats, Jets, Dolphins. And

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:48.219
we'll move on to the AFC South. I've got the

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:50.760
Texans. I think the Texans, you know, with D

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:52.800
'Amico Ryan's, they're the obvious favorite.

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:55.860
I got the Jags in second. I love what the Jags

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:58.500
have done adding their new coach, who's a great

00:38:58.500 --> 00:39:00.659
offensive mind. We'll see how it translates,

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:04.739
how he translates as a head coach. Puts the Titans

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:07.239
in third. I think Cam Ward's gonna have a great

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:11.179
season, but they, again, like many other teams,

00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:13.340
like the Raiders, they're building. And then

00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:16.039
I got the Colts in last. The Colts have a lot

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:18.539
of great pieces on offense and defense. They've

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:23.500
got a decent coach, but to me, they're... I can't

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:28.119
think of a more mid -vanilla team than the Indianapolis

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:32.679
Colts. Moving on to the NFC. Oh, wait, hold on.

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:38.380
How could I forget? My wild card teams. Wild

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:41.579
card teams for the AFC. This may surprise you.

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:44.360
I have the New England Patriots, who I have coming

00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:47.559
in second, obviously, in the AFC East. People

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:49.000
are saying, like, I think they're taking a step

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:50.340
in the right direction, but they're not there

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:52.980
yet. I say bullshit. If you saw what they added

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:56.239
on defense in the offseason, also bringing Mike

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:59.300
Vravel, who is a proven young head coach who

00:39:59.300 --> 00:40:03.820
used to be a Patriot, you throw in Mike McDaniels,

00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:07.840
the superstar offensive coordinator of that dynasty.

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:10.820
Drake May, who I think is phenomenal. It's his

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:12.860
second year. They gave him Stefan Diggs. They

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:17.239
gave him Kyle Williams out of this draft. I just,

00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:19.440
I think, not only do I think they're going to

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:22.489
win the wild card, Oh, I'm gonna get shit for

00:40:22.489 --> 00:40:25.150
this. I think they challenged the Bills for the

00:40:25.150 --> 00:40:28.469
division. I really, really do. My second team,

00:40:28.929 --> 00:40:31.349
my second wild card team is the Bengals. And

00:40:31.349 --> 00:40:34.570
it's Joe Burrow. All he does is win. Win, win,

00:40:34.630 --> 00:40:38.110
win, no matter what. And my third, the Denver

00:40:38.110 --> 00:40:40.969
Broncos. Sean Payton, Bo Nix, and the boys, they

00:40:40.969 --> 00:40:43.010
made the playoffs last year. I think they make

00:40:43.010 --> 00:40:46.090
the playoffs again. Now we'll move on to the

00:40:46.090 --> 00:40:49.369
NFC. Starting in the NFC North. Literally, I

00:40:49.369 --> 00:40:50.989
may as well take each team, throw them in the

00:40:50.989 --> 00:40:52.989
air, let it land, and I'll just pick it that

00:40:52.989 --> 00:40:54.989
way. I've never had a harder time in my entire

00:40:54.989 --> 00:40:57.369
life picking a division. But I'm gonna do it.

00:40:57.849 --> 00:41:00.730
I think Micah Parsons, what the Green Bay Packers

00:41:00.730 --> 00:41:03.929
have done, and perennially do, which is win,

00:41:05.429 --> 00:41:07.250
I love what they did in the draft, I love what

00:41:07.250 --> 00:41:09.550
they did in the offseason. One of the key things

00:41:09.550 --> 00:41:12.130
they were missing was a defensive end. Yeah,

00:41:12.329 --> 00:41:14.630
do I think one player moves the needle a lot

00:41:14.630 --> 00:41:18.590
for a team? Not usually. But a player, a generational

00:41:18.590 --> 00:41:20.730
Hall of Fame player, a future Hall of Fame player,

00:41:21.210 --> 00:41:22.909
like Micah Parsons, does move the needle enough

00:41:22.909 --> 00:41:27.389
for me in a division that tight to win that division.

00:41:27.489 --> 00:41:31.230
I really, really think so. I think Packers win

00:41:31.230 --> 00:41:33.269
the division with the Lions right behind them.

00:41:33.269 --> 00:41:36.010
It's hard for me to not pick the Lions. I understand

00:41:36.010 --> 00:41:39.630
they lost Ben Johnson, but that team had more

00:41:39.630 --> 00:41:44.070
injuries than a WWE Royal Rumble. I don't know

00:41:44.070 --> 00:41:47.190
why I used that as a reference. But they had

00:41:47.190 --> 00:41:50.090
like 15 or 16 players banged up on defense last

00:41:50.090 --> 00:41:52.090
year. I gotta go with what have you done for

00:41:52.090 --> 00:41:55.550
me lately. Do I love the Vikings? I hate putting

00:41:55.550 --> 00:41:57.590
them in third. I hate putting the Bears in fourth.

00:41:57.829 --> 00:42:01.429
But that's what I got. Why? Just like the AFC

00:42:01.429 --> 00:42:03.730
West. Someone's gotta be in third and fourth.

00:42:04.010 --> 00:42:05.769
Any one of these teams could win the division.

00:42:06.269 --> 00:42:08.230
So if you look back and you're like, uh -huh,

00:42:08.489 --> 00:42:10.329
you got it completely wrong. The Bears won. You

00:42:10.329 --> 00:42:12.809
had them in last. I know. They probably will.

00:42:12.909 --> 00:42:17.880
Who knows? Each team is so good, and so tightly,

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:22.639
just centimeters between each team. I gotta go

00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:24.420
with the Vikings in third, and the reason I did,

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:26.619
I'm a huge Kevin O 'Connell fan coach of the

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:30.059
year last year, but I just think with J .J. McCarthy,

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:32.679
I think he's gonna be great, especially with

00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:35.099
Kevin O 'Connell as his head coach, who is a

00:42:35.099 --> 00:42:39.239
QB developer extraordinaire. But given the schedule,

00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:42.179
given how tough the division is, and just...

00:42:42.809 --> 00:42:46.670
How much JJ McCarthy might I don't know. There's

00:42:46.670 --> 00:42:48.150
just too much of a question mark You know you

00:42:48.150 --> 00:42:50.110
got to remember JJ McCarthy coming out of college.

00:42:50.469 --> 00:42:52.170
He wasn't even that great at Michigan He was

00:42:52.170 --> 00:42:54.309
just a game manager now. I don't hold that against

00:42:54.309 --> 00:42:56.110
him. I think he was great They won a national

00:42:56.110 --> 00:42:59.670
championship, but in the NFL and in a division

00:42:59.670 --> 00:43:03.590
as hard as hard as the NFC North Just think I

00:43:03.590 --> 00:43:06.110
think he's just a little wet behind the ears,

00:43:06.110 --> 00:43:07.969
so I think they finish in third and the Bears

00:43:07.969 --> 00:43:10.550
I mean look Ben Johnson. I love Caleb Williams

00:43:10.550 --> 00:43:13.719
again As much as I think they could come in fourth,

00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:16.239
I think they could come in first. But someone's

00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:18.280
got to go there. It's the Bears. I just think

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:23.260
Caleb Williams is just mentally not there yet.

00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:25.760
He's got the athletic ability. Ben Johnson's

00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:28.179
the type of coach that can rein him in and hone

00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:31.739
his skills. But again, given the division, someone's

00:43:31.739 --> 00:43:34.960
got to finish in fourth. NFC West. I got the

00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:37.860
Rams. The Rams are stacked, baby. I love me some

00:43:37.860 --> 00:43:41.679
Matthew Stafford. Davante Adams, probably one

00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:45.500
of the greatest receivers of all time. He's phenomenal.

00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:48.639
I think with a coach like McVeigh and what have

00:43:48.639 --> 00:43:51.519
you done for me lately and their roster and kind

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:53.980
of a weaker division, I'm going with the Rams.

00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:56.519
I'm also going to go with the Niners in second.

00:43:56.539 --> 00:44:00.440
Now, before I made this list, I was ready to

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:03.360
put the Niners in the basement. But I looked

00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:07.400
and I thought, Kyle Shanahan, he wins. You've

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:10.030
got the defensive coordinator back, who was just

00:44:10.030 --> 00:44:14.150
a head coach in the NFL for the Jets. He's back.

00:44:14.530 --> 00:44:16.289
Can't think of his name right now. Blanking out.

00:44:16.769 --> 00:44:20.110
But I just, what have you done for me lately?

00:44:21.010 --> 00:44:23.190
Just like I was talking about with the Lions,

00:44:23.750 --> 00:44:25.829
Kyle Shanahan knows how to win. That organization

00:44:25.829 --> 00:44:28.010
knows how to win. It's a weaker division. They

00:44:28.010 --> 00:44:32.690
have an easier schedule. More importantly, they

00:44:32.690 --> 00:44:35.989
had so many injuries last year that I think when

00:44:35.989 --> 00:44:38.239
this team is healthy, They always have a shot

00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:40.300
at winning the division. In third, I'm putting

00:44:40.300 --> 00:44:44.480
the Seahawks, who again, I think what Sam Dardell

00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:48.039
did in Minnesota just shows you. He's got the

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:50.940
ability, but he completely fell apart under pressure

00:44:50.940 --> 00:44:55.000
in the playoffs. And so for that, I think being

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:57.619
in a division with the Rams and Niners, I think

00:44:57.619 --> 00:45:00.400
the Seahawks will be good, but not enough. And

00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:02.420
then the cards in the basement, because it's

00:45:02.420 --> 00:45:04.480
the Cardinals. I'm sorry. They've got a lot of

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:07.880
great pieces. But the cards are cardinaling,

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:10.579
right? I think someone's got to come in fourth,

00:45:10.599 --> 00:45:12.539
and for me, it is the Cardinals. But it wouldn't

00:45:12.539 --> 00:45:15.260
surprise me if any of these teams were jumbled

00:45:15.260 --> 00:45:17.480
around as far as second, third, and fourth. I

00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:19.820
think for me, the Rams are the clear -cut division

00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:22.980
winner, but the next three, shake them and roll

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:26.239
them. But that's what I got. NFC East, again,

00:45:26.679 --> 00:45:28.760
one of the three hardest divisions in football.

00:45:29.320 --> 00:45:32.780
Eagles, just Howie Roseman, incredible GM. They

00:45:32.780 --> 00:45:36.110
just won the Super Bowl. Did they lose some key

00:45:36.110 --> 00:45:38.449
defensive players? Yes, but they also drafted

00:45:38.449 --> 00:45:41.690
some amazing defensive players Eagles, what have

00:45:41.690 --> 00:45:43.510
you done for me lately? All you've done is one

00:45:43.510 --> 00:45:45.989
you're in the middle of possibly a dynasty So

00:45:45.989 --> 00:45:47.889
I got the Eagles in first I got the commanders

00:45:47.889 --> 00:45:51.289
in second I have the Giants in third because

00:45:51.289 --> 00:45:55.489
they have the hardest schedule in football and

00:45:55.489 --> 00:45:57.170
Then of course that leaves me with the Cowboys

00:45:57.170 --> 00:46:00.210
in fourth, which that's easy for me because holy

00:46:00.210 --> 00:46:03.349
shit The difference, if you look at the stats

00:46:03.349 --> 00:46:05.530
between the Cowboys defense when Michael Parsons

00:46:05.530 --> 00:46:07.590
was on the field, it's something like top three

00:46:07.590 --> 00:46:10.570
in the NFL, maybe top five. When Michael Parsons

00:46:10.570 --> 00:46:12.130
wasn't on the field last season, it was like

00:46:12.130 --> 00:46:15.110
28th. It was crazy, the difference. And with

00:46:15.110 --> 00:46:16.909
all the bulls, yes, I know they brought in George

00:46:16.909 --> 00:46:20.489
Pickens, but they've got a new head coach. They

00:46:20.489 --> 00:46:24.780
have a very tough division. And then all that

00:46:24.780 --> 00:46:27.719
debacle and noise outside with Jerry Jones. And

00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:29.619
as long as Jerry Jones is the owner, I'll never

00:46:29.619 --> 00:46:32.099
take them truly seriously. I got the Cowboys

00:46:32.099 --> 00:46:34.039
in the basement. Now, you could take the Eagles

00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:36.400
commanders in Giants. I have them in that order.

00:46:36.500 --> 00:46:38.019
And you could shake them up, because it will

00:46:38.019 --> 00:46:40.440
not surprise me if the Giants, you know, could

00:46:40.440 --> 00:46:42.340
squeak out a second place. I think having the

00:46:42.340 --> 00:46:43.659
hardest schedule in the division they're in,

00:46:43.659 --> 00:46:47.059
that won't happen. But man, I think Russ and

00:46:47.059 --> 00:46:51.659
possibly Jackson Dart coming in, I think, with

00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:54.800
Abdul Carter. They could make some noise. But

00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:57.820
for me, it's Eagles, Commanders, Giants, and

00:46:57.820 --> 00:47:02.739
then the Cowboys. NFC South, last one. We've

00:47:02.739 --> 00:47:05.099
got, I've got the Tampa Bay Bucks. I think they

00:47:05.099 --> 00:47:07.639
are so underrated. I think Baker Mayfield is

00:47:07.639 --> 00:47:10.519
an incredible quarterback. He's a gunslinger.

00:47:10.539 --> 00:47:12.599
He doesn't get enough credit because I think

00:47:12.599 --> 00:47:14.539
the way he kind of came into the league a little

00:47:14.539 --> 00:47:17.420
cocky. People like to kind of trash him. But

00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:20.579
listen, Tampa Bay, they're in a weak division,

00:47:21.099 --> 00:47:24.260
a division that's building. But to me, there

00:47:24.260 --> 00:47:27.639
is no doubt. And they drafted Egbuka, who I think

00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:30.219
could be possibly offensive rookie of the year.

00:47:30.280 --> 00:47:33.739
That dude is NFL ready. Chris Godwin's out, yes.

00:47:34.199 --> 00:47:36.579
Mike Evans, a little bit older. They got Bucky

00:47:36.579 --> 00:47:39.139
Irving. They've got Rashad White. They have a

00:47:39.139 --> 00:47:42.960
good defense. I love Tampa Bay. They could be

00:47:42.960 --> 00:47:44.579
a sleeper pick for the Super Bowl, but I'm not

00:47:44.579 --> 00:47:46.699
going to do that today. In second, I've got the

00:47:46.699 --> 00:47:49.079
Falcons. In third, the Panthers. I like what

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:52.110
the Panthers have done. in what they're building

00:47:52.110 --> 00:47:55.309
there, but not enough to do much more than third.

00:47:55.409 --> 00:47:56.909
I think Bryce Young will take a step forward.

00:47:56.969 --> 00:47:59.230
And then lastly, the Saints, who I think may

00:47:59.230 --> 00:48:01.750
even have the number one pick. Again, they've

00:48:01.750 --> 00:48:03.750
made some decent moves. They have a few key pieces,

00:48:04.030 --> 00:48:07.909
but for me, just not enough. Wild card? I'm gonna

00:48:07.909 --> 00:48:10.710
give you two teams from the same division, the

00:48:10.710 --> 00:48:13.110
hardest division. I got the Lions and the Vikings

00:48:13.110 --> 00:48:15.869
making the playoffs in the wild card, and then

00:48:15.869 --> 00:48:21.170
the commanders as well. All right last but not

00:48:21.170 --> 00:48:24.050
least on this good news York sponsored by ads

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night. I want to end this segment With my yearly

00:48:37.730 --> 00:48:40.449
award predictions. This is ballsy. I'm not gonna

00:48:40.449 --> 00:48:44.769
lie This is really ballsy because it's I mean

00:48:44.769 --> 00:48:47.389
you're pretty much playing the field But I'm

00:48:47.389 --> 00:48:49.550
going to do this for two reasons. One, if I get

00:48:49.550 --> 00:48:51.409
any of these right, I'm going to look like a

00:48:51.409 --> 00:48:54.170
fucking stud. And if I get any of these wrong,

00:48:54.610 --> 00:48:58.469
it could be hilarious how wrong I am. This is

00:48:58.469 --> 00:49:01.909
what we're going to do. Here's my prediction

00:49:01.909 --> 00:49:06.929
on the end of year NFL AP awards. Offensive player

00:49:06.929 --> 00:49:09.309
of the year, I am going to give it to a man I

00:49:09.309 --> 00:49:11.670
just talked about, Baker Mayfield. You heard

00:49:11.670 --> 00:49:14.969
me. Baker Mayfield. The dude knows how to sling

00:49:14.969 --> 00:49:18.989
it? That's all he does. He's a winner. He's got

00:49:18.989 --> 00:49:22.789
grit. He's tough. And he's in a division. It's

00:49:22.789 --> 00:49:25.150
pretty easy to rack up some good numbers. And

00:49:25.150 --> 00:49:26.510
if you look at his numbers last season, I think

00:49:26.510 --> 00:49:28.429
he led. I know he led in fantasy. I think he

00:49:28.429 --> 00:49:32.050
led fantasy, all of fantasy, in fantasy points.

00:49:32.570 --> 00:49:34.969
That's my offensive player of the year. My defensive

00:49:34.969 --> 00:49:38.690
player of the year, Max Crosby. Now, he's one

00:49:38.690 --> 00:49:41.230
of the top defensive ends in the league. So is

00:49:41.230 --> 00:49:44.369
it chalk? Maybe. But I'm going against the field

00:49:44.369 --> 00:49:46.889
here. You have to remember, who's coaching him

00:49:46.889 --> 00:49:50.409
now? Who? Pete Carroll, one of the greatest of

00:49:50.409 --> 00:49:54.130
all times. Who's my MVP? I'll save that for last.

00:49:54.409 --> 00:49:57.210
Let's move on to my Coach of the Year. I'm going

00:49:57.210 --> 00:50:00.150
to give you a guy by the name of Mike Vrabel.

00:50:00.389 --> 00:50:03.429
Why? He's a great coach, obviously, but I think

00:50:03.429 --> 00:50:05.250
he's going to take a team that people expect

00:50:05.250 --> 00:50:08.869
to take some strides. He's going to take them

00:50:08.869 --> 00:50:10.750
to the playoffs in the wild card and challenge

00:50:10.750 --> 00:50:12.610
the Bills for the division. And it makes me want

00:50:12.610 --> 00:50:14.880
to vomit just saying that. But because of that,

00:50:14.960 --> 00:50:16.699
I think he wins coach of the year. Who's the

00:50:16.699 --> 00:50:19.579
comeback player of the year? I thought about

00:50:19.579 --> 00:50:22.119
McCarthy, but then I thought I hate that he's

00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:24.519
even considered because I don't even think he

00:50:24.519 --> 00:50:26.599
played a snap in the regular season. I think

00:50:26.599 --> 00:50:28.500
he got hurt in the preseason, so I don't even

00:50:28.500 --> 00:50:30.780
think he should be eligible. So I crossed him

00:50:30.780 --> 00:50:32.900
out and I changed it to Aiden Hutchinson, one

00:50:32.900 --> 00:50:36.000
of the biggest game records in the NFC, soon

00:50:36.000 --> 00:50:38.739
to be in the NFL, if not already. He had a terrible

00:50:38.739 --> 00:50:42.699
injury last year. The story is that he has worked

00:50:42.699 --> 00:50:45.300
harder than anybody at coming back, so I think

00:50:45.300 --> 00:50:47.860
Aiden Hutchinson, defensive end, for the Detroit

00:50:47.860 --> 00:50:50.579
Lions is your comeback player of the year. Offensive

00:50:50.579 --> 00:50:54.780
Rookie of the Year, this one kills me. I could,

00:50:55.099 --> 00:50:57.400
listen to my honorable mentions. This is probably

00:50:57.400 --> 00:50:59.239
one of my favorite offensive rookie classes.

00:51:00.019 --> 00:51:02.960
Maybe rookie classes altogether, of all time.

00:51:03.579 --> 00:51:06.519
I think it is going to be, these offensive rookies

00:51:06.519 --> 00:51:08.949
are gonna come in and crush. I mean, I like Matthew

00:51:08.949 --> 00:51:12.449
Golden. I like Macmillan. I like Cam Ward. I

00:51:12.449 --> 00:51:15.230
like Omari and Hampton. I like Ashton Gentey.

00:51:15.230 --> 00:51:17.090
He's the favorite for offensive rookie of the

00:51:17.090 --> 00:51:19.030
year. I like Tyler Warren. I think he's going

00:51:19.030 --> 00:51:22.469
to be the key like Lad McConkey was to the Chargers.

00:51:23.150 --> 00:51:25.929
I think Tyler Warren will be to the Colts this

00:51:25.929 --> 00:51:30.690
year. So it came down to two players. Emile Agbuka

00:51:30.690 --> 00:51:34.230
and Trey Henderson. Trey Henderson, if you remember

00:51:34.230 --> 00:51:36.010
on the draft special, which you don't, and that's

00:51:36.010 --> 00:51:38.739
fine, but I have to say it. I thought was the

00:51:38.739 --> 00:51:40.400
best running back coming out other than Ashton

00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:42.940
Genty. I think he's phenomenal. Then he did in

00:51:42.940 --> 00:51:45.000
the preseason, he ran it back, and then everybody

00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:49.119
hopped on my wagon. So, but the more I watched

00:51:49.119 --> 00:51:52.159
Igbuka, who I loved, the more I watched him in

00:51:52.159 --> 00:51:53.719
the preseason and I hear what they're talking

00:51:53.719 --> 00:52:00.539
about, I just... I think he is going to be the

00:52:00.539 --> 00:52:02.880
key to that offense. I think he's going to be

00:52:02.880 --> 00:52:07.880
a breakout rookie star, but just... To protect

00:52:07.880 --> 00:52:11.300
my pride in knowing that Trevion Henderson was

00:52:11.300 --> 00:52:14.179
going to be great, I'm going to pick Trevion

00:52:14.179 --> 00:52:16.019
Henderson as my offensive rookie of the year.

00:52:16.139 --> 00:52:19.619
And I say that kind of... I kind of say it like

00:52:19.619 --> 00:52:24.239
this. Only because he's on the Patriots, who

00:52:24.239 --> 00:52:26.199
is the team I probably hate the most next to

00:52:26.199 --> 00:52:29.960
the Jets. But also, I just don't know how many

00:52:29.960 --> 00:52:31.860
snaps he's going to get. He is still technically

00:52:31.860 --> 00:52:35.329
behind. Ramandre Stevenson. I don't know Vrabel

00:52:35.329 --> 00:52:39.230
enough to know, or I guess, McDaniels was in

00:52:39.230 --> 00:52:40.949
an offense that was known for passing, albeit

00:52:40.949 --> 00:52:45.030
they had Brady. I just think, I think Ibuca's

00:52:45.030 --> 00:52:47.389
gonna have a lot more snap count percentage,

00:52:47.989 --> 00:52:50.110
so he probably edges it. But again, I'm gonna

00:52:50.110 --> 00:52:52.550
stick to my guns, and I'm gonna call Trevion

00:52:52.550 --> 00:52:54.070
Henderson offensive rookie of the year. Brings

00:52:54.070 --> 00:52:56.590
me to my defensive rookie of the year. Abdul

00:52:56.590 --> 00:53:00.469
Carter is probably going to get it. He's a generational

00:53:00.469 --> 00:53:02.829
talent. He's the favorite on all the sports books.

00:53:03.250 --> 00:53:05.409
But man, my favorite defensive player coming

00:53:05.409 --> 00:53:08.730
out of the draft was Jihad Campbell, linebacker

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defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles. I

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think he was the best defensive player in the

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draft, you heard me, other than Abdul Carter.

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So he's gonna be my defensive rookie of the year.

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Honorable mention to Malachi Starks on the Ravens,

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as well as Mike Green on the Ravens. Honorable

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mention to... Jaday Baron, defensive back for

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the Broncos, James Pierce Jr. for the Tennessee

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Titans, linebacker, and the Falcons, Jalen Walker,

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defensive end. Those are my honorable mentions.

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And that leads me to my last award prediction

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for the year, and I kind of hinted at it. I may

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have already said it. My MVP of the year is Joe...

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freaking burro, baby. I think that dude is on

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a mission. He's perennially one of the top three

00:53:59.900 --> 00:54:02.159
to five quarterbacks in the league. All he does

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is know how to win, even on a team with shitty

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defenses. They're always either in the playoffs

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or sniffing the playoffs. He's been to the Super

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Bowl within the first two years of his career.

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He's, to me... I'm talking about sheer... Talent

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and just watching him with his eyes and his play

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style and his abilities. He's the closest thing

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I've seen to Tom Brady I know That's what it

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sounds like to me He to me is not only a phenomenal

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quarterback that looks like Brady I'm judging

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I'm making this ruling But I think I think he's

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on a mission like I said, he's pissed off He's

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tired of them starting 0 -2, 0 -3. He's tired

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of being hurt for the beginning of the season.

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He's always throwing up big numbers in the season

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in fantasy and in reality, but this year, I think

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he just fucking goes off. He gets them to the

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playoffs, whether that's division or, as I picked,

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wild card. I think Joe Burrow's your NFL MVP.

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With that being said, I know it's been a long

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episode, but it's the NFL, baby, and there's

00:55:10.449 --> 00:55:14.329
a lot to talk about. Mike Radice with you on

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But today was just serious business. I had to

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be very serious. You heard my predictions. I'm

00:56:20.079 --> 00:56:22.380
going to cut it up and make myself look good

00:56:22.380 --> 00:56:24.219
at the end of the season and then you can cut

00:56:24.219 --> 00:56:25.980
it up and say all the things I got wrong and

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make me look bad. I love you. Mike Brindisi for

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