WEBVTT 00:00:06.060 --> 00:00:11.919 This is the Litterbox, a Detroit Lions podcast 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:15.980 with your hosts, Chad West and Bill Patterson. 00:00:19.739 --> 00:00:22.920 Lions Litterbox listeners. Exciting times week 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:26.679 one is upon us and the Detroit Lions your Honolulu 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:30.000 blue and silver are traveling to the hallowed 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.780 fabled grounds of the frozen tundra Which it 00:00:33.780 --> 00:00:36.259 won't be in September of Lambeau field, but it 00:00:36.259 --> 00:00:38.759 will be a little chilly this weekend bill. Oh, 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:40.539 yeah a little bit I mean they were looking at 00:00:40.539 --> 00:00:43.259 60 probably. Okay. Well, that's still warm for 00:00:43.259 --> 00:00:46.780 Lambeau Ironically enough the Packers have the 00:00:46.780 --> 00:00:50.240 longest home opener winning streak in the NFL 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:53.939 currently at 21 games. And that is something 00:00:53.939 --> 00:00:56.679 that I think is going to fall. So that's a little 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:59.119 teaser for you on this. I'm going to get into 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:04.040 Lambeau food and a story. Have you been so you've 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:05.500 been to Lambeau? I've never been to Lambeau. 00:01:05.500 --> 00:01:07.560 I haven't had this experience yet. You've been 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:09.900 there. And this is the first time I went and 00:01:09.900 --> 00:01:12.599 it's the best time I went and it's a great story. 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:15.590 So As much as I hate the Packers and Lambo, I 00:01:15.590 --> 00:01:16.969 feel like it's kind of like going to a football 00:01:16.969 --> 00:01:20.329 church in a way. It was going to the high church. 00:01:21.930 --> 00:01:24.849 A bunch of us came in from out of town. We somehow 00:01:24.849 --> 00:01:28.049 secured practice jerseys off the Lions website 00:01:28.049 --> 00:01:32.329 and they were all number 95. Some guy named Chalinski 00:01:32.329 --> 00:01:37.140 that never made it out of summer camp. So we 00:01:37.140 --> 00:01:41.060 all had matching jerseys and we drove up a little 00:01:41.060 --> 00:01:43.060 hot because we had a holiday party the night 00:01:43.060 --> 00:01:46.819 before. It was a December game with Joey Harrington 00:01:46.819 --> 00:01:51.519 versus Brett Favre and we show up at Lambeau 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:55.239 in our Chalinski jerseys wearing full ski snowboard 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:58.079 outfits, caps, multiple pairs of long underwear, 00:01:58.379 --> 00:02:01.260 snowboard boots or, you know, sorrels. And it's 00:02:01.260 --> 00:02:05.319 cold. They flexed the game to the 325 start for 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:09.139 TV purposes. We show up with a football, a grill, 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:12.219 and a cooler thinking that we are going to tailgate 00:02:12.219 --> 00:02:14.639 with the best of them in the hallowed grounds, 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:18.219 not realizing that they had built an atrium at 00:02:18.219 --> 00:02:20.939 Lambeau Field. They have a Packers Hall of Fame, 00:02:21.340 --> 00:02:25.979 a brewery, chili, all sorts of delicious encased 00:02:25.979 --> 00:02:29.560 meats. in live bands inside the atrium. So we 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:32.719 spend the first two hours freezing our keisters 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:35.080 off, tossing around a football, trying to figure 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:37.479 out where everybody is, because people park and 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:40.819 then just vanish. And only to find out, we finally 00:02:40.819 --> 00:02:44.520 walk past the portageons to go into the atrium 00:02:44.520 --> 00:02:46.699 just to check out what's going on and realize 00:02:46.699 --> 00:02:49.800 that we were the rubes. that had been suffering 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:52.919 when everybody else was like sampling or eating 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:55.280 this delicious chili, which is the good food 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:57.539 to get there. So really quick, two things you 00:02:57.539 --> 00:02:59.539 have to do at Lambeau Field. One, you have to 00:02:59.539 --> 00:03:01.159 get the chili. It sells out usually at the end 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:04.000 of the first quarter. It's divine. Don't know 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:06.120 what they put in it. Probably don't want to know. 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:08.840 Number two, you have to get a Sheboygan brat 00:03:08.840 --> 00:03:11.620 and you got to load that thing up with stadium 00:03:11.620 --> 00:03:15.199 mustard and you got to scarf it down. It's not 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:17.300 a pocket wiener. Let's just say that you got 00:03:17.300 --> 00:03:19.520 to eat it hot there. Also, when we went the third 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:21.900 week of December, it was freezing, freezing cold. 00:03:22.139 --> 00:03:24.699 So much in fact that your Miller Lite, which 00:03:24.699 --> 00:03:26.900 is the drink of choice, would have ice crystals 00:03:26.900 --> 00:03:30.020 about two thirds of the way down. So you had 00:03:30.020 --> 00:03:34.639 to drink it fast. And that's kind of my telltale 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:38.250 is if you go take Part in the H room, enjoy the 00:03:38.250 --> 00:03:40.969 H room. See the live music. Partake in the Packers 00:03:40.969 --> 00:03:43.990 Hall of Fame. Enjoy the clean indoor restrooms 00:03:43.990 --> 00:03:46.169 and plumbing that they have. You don't need to 00:03:46.169 --> 00:03:48.810 suffer like our grandfathers and forefathers 00:03:48.810 --> 00:03:50.250 did. This is part of what I guess shocks me. 00:03:50.310 --> 00:03:51.909 And I think it shocked you guys. Like, they have 00:03:51.909 --> 00:03:55.110 this nice experience indoors that I wouldn't 00:03:55.110 --> 00:03:57.650 have thought. My images are of guys eating sausages, 00:03:57.650 --> 00:03:59.849 you know, out of the back of their car in a parking 00:03:59.849 --> 00:04:02.930 lot at some rough tailgate where smoke is blowing 00:04:02.930 --> 00:04:04.969 out of everybody's mouth because it's... Negative 00:04:04.969 --> 00:04:07.729 five degrees out or something. That's fantastic. 00:04:07.729 --> 00:04:10.449 We need to recap We need to make the trip for 00:04:10.449 --> 00:04:13.449 you sometime at some point They've really elevated 00:04:13.449 --> 00:04:16.509 it and made it like the whole I don't want to 00:04:16.509 --> 00:04:18.970 compare it to religion, but it is like the bucket 00:04:18.970 --> 00:04:22.750 list Yeah, you know top sure thing for NFL or 00:04:22.750 --> 00:04:25.129 football fans the temple. It's the temple It 00:04:25.129 --> 00:04:27.550 has a much more collegiate atmosphere, but it's 00:04:27.550 --> 00:04:30.490 huge Is the other thing. So we're looking at 00:04:30.490 --> 00:04:32.269 a game here that's getting, I mean, there's already 00:04:32.269 --> 00:04:34.589 the hyperbolas already spinning around this thing 00:04:34.589 --> 00:04:37.170 as to what Mike Parsons is going to do for the 00:04:37.170 --> 00:04:41.050 Packers. And are the Lions going to be OK without 00:04:41.050 --> 00:04:44.089 Ben Johnson? Are we going to see what kind of 00:04:44.089 --> 00:04:46.370 a game are we going to see here? The Packers 00:04:46.370 --> 00:04:51.170 never lose on opening day at Lambeau. I'm kind 00:04:51.170 --> 00:04:54.930 of starting to look at this as how much of this 00:04:54.930 --> 00:04:57.629 is going to fall with a big thud. Like the whole 00:04:57.629 --> 00:04:59.970 Parsons thing. Do you think he makes that big 00:04:59.970 --> 00:05:02.490 a difference? So, let's talk keys to the game 00:05:02.490 --> 00:05:04.970 and I'll answer your question within that. Yeah. 00:05:05.889 --> 00:05:09.689 Number one, he's having some back problems and 00:05:09.689 --> 00:05:13.050 so he's questionable whether to play. The other 00:05:13.050 --> 00:05:16.350 portion of that, even if he does play... Some 00:05:16.350 --> 00:05:19.149 of his worst or most ineffective games in his 00:05:19.149 --> 00:05:20.970 professional career have been going up against 00:05:20.970 --> 00:05:23.529 Penae Sewell. So I think that's a matchup to 00:05:23.529 --> 00:05:26.089 watch. If he does line up against Taylor Decker, 00:05:26.209 --> 00:05:29.649 I think it's favorable for Micah Parsons, but 00:05:29.649 --> 00:05:32.490 not considerably favorable. Yes, he'll make a 00:05:32.490 --> 00:05:34.310 difference. He's a difference maker. He's a top, 00:05:34.709 --> 00:05:38.870 what, 10, 15 player in the NFL. His health is 00:05:38.870 --> 00:05:40.990 paramount, and I don't know how healthy he is. 00:05:41.240 --> 00:05:43.339 I think the thing that's not being talked about 00:05:43.339 --> 00:05:47.019 enough is how awesome Clark was in terms of being 00:05:47.019 --> 00:05:50.079 a run stopper. He was the longest tenured packer. 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:52.860 He's now a cowboy and he stuffed and stopped 00:05:52.860 --> 00:05:55.720 the run in last night's kickoff classic or whatever 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:58.800 we want to call it for the Cowboys. So Kenny 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:01.519 Clark being gone I think is a bigger issue and 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:04.800 I think this game comes down to really a very 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:07.420 simple equation. If the Lions revamped offensive 00:06:07.420 --> 00:06:11.560 line with Glasgow at center mahogany and ratledge 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:16.339 at the guards. If they're operating and providing 00:06:16.339 --> 00:06:19.959 lanes for Sonic and Knuckles to be able to run, 00:06:20.180 --> 00:06:22.199 the Lions are going to have their fourth straight 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:24.779 win at Lambeau Field and the Packers streak is 00:06:24.779 --> 00:06:26.839 going to be over, which I think it is. I mean, 00:06:26.860 --> 00:06:29.439 21 is really impressive. It is. It's extremely 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:31.939 impressive. And the Lions get up for this game. 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:34.879 The other X factor that I think is going on is 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:39.129 that the Packers top corner is a little banged 00:06:39.129 --> 00:06:42.329 up. And if they're not getting home and disrupting 00:06:42.329 --> 00:06:45.209 Jared Goff's timing, which Jared Goff's timing 00:06:45.209 --> 00:06:47.970 is going to be contingent on how well they're 00:06:47.970 --> 00:06:50.370 running the ball. Play action is Jared Goff's 00:06:50.370 --> 00:06:52.889 best friend. I think Aman St. Brown is going 00:06:52.889 --> 00:06:56.389 to have a monster day. And we all know that he 00:06:56.389 --> 00:06:58.910 wears the F Green Bay shirt under his jersey. 00:06:59.189 --> 00:07:02.819 He loves this game. One of my favorite photos 00:07:02.819 --> 00:07:05.399 of all time is the Packer fans flipping him off 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:07.620 and he's blowing them kisses as he runs out the 00:07:07.620 --> 00:07:10.480 tunnel a few seasons ago. So I think those are 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:12.699 kind of my keys to the game. Lions run the ball, 00:07:13.060 --> 00:07:16.399 play actions working, and I think the Lions are 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:18.819 going to have somewhat of a field day if all 00:07:18.819 --> 00:07:21.720 those things go. I mean, the Packers defensive 00:07:21.720 --> 00:07:24.839 backfield is supposed to be their weakness. Okay, 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:27.420 and we're going into this thinking all the Lions 00:07:27.420 --> 00:07:30.259 will throw all over him and that oh well They 00:07:30.259 --> 00:07:32.939 have Parsons now so that fixes the whole passing 00:07:32.939 --> 00:07:34.680 defense because they're gonna have a pass rush 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:36.620 now and that'll instantly make their defensive 00:07:36.620 --> 00:07:39.540 backs better and we've seen this in Detroit year 00:07:39.540 --> 00:07:43.360 over year when you figure out how to throw against 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.379 that pass rush and Poor defensive backs are going 00:07:46.379 --> 00:07:48.860 to be poor defensive backs regardless. You can 00:07:48.860 --> 00:07:51.879 pick them apart eventually and especially if 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:53.839 you get the running game going and without Clark 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:57.660 clogging things up This lion team might be taking 00:07:57.660 --> 00:08:01.259 five six -yard chunks every run play. I'm not 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:03.879 saying this is going to be a blowout. Don't get 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:08.379 me wrong That's not the case here, but The general 00:08:08.379 --> 00:08:11.819 gist of this is that the Lions are now no longer 00:08:11.819 --> 00:08:14.120 the favorite. Packers are the favorite, even 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:17.259 in the division. So I'm trying to figure out 00:08:17.259 --> 00:08:20.680 how the Lions have lost so much ground just because 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:22.759 of a Micah Parsons trade. No, you'd be wrong. 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:25.600 Packers won 11 games last year. Good team. Jordan 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:28.279 Love, good quarterback. I still think he's beatable 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:30.000 for us. He's not one of those quarterback that 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:32.519 causes us fits, so to speak, like Lamar Jackson. 00:08:32.740 --> 00:08:36.419 Agree with everything you said. And Nate Hobbs 00:08:36.419 --> 00:08:39.919 is who I was discussing. He is the de facto alpha, 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:42.759 you know, cornerback on an island, locks down 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:45.200 your number one, but he will be assigned most 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:48.340 likely to St. Brown. And he had a foot procedure 00:08:48.340 --> 00:08:51.039 recently. Like he didn't do it in the off season. 00:08:51.309 --> 00:08:53.990 And he's still listed as questionable. So is 00:08:53.990 --> 00:08:56.990 Micah Parsons. And then so is Green Bay Center 00:08:56.990 --> 00:09:00.429 Elton Jenkins. And there's a big drop off from 00:09:00.429 --> 00:09:03.350 Jenkins to Sean Ryan, the backup. And then after 00:09:03.350 --> 00:09:06.409 that, another thing to just for our listeners 00:09:06.409 --> 00:09:10.110 to look at is Jacob Monk and Travis Glover are 00:09:10.110 --> 00:09:12.970 the backup. Third string center, third string 00:09:12.970 --> 00:09:15.289 right guard, but that's essentially their backup 00:09:15.289 --> 00:09:18.549 guards. They're both on IR. So the Packers are 00:09:18.549 --> 00:09:20.850 a little bit beat up. The other thing about the 00:09:20.850 --> 00:09:25.370 receiver room chat is Jayden Reed and Dontavion 00:09:25.370 --> 00:09:28.490 Wicks are both questionable for this game as 00:09:28.490 --> 00:09:33.149 has Savion Williams. So basically through the 00:09:33.149 --> 00:09:36.350 air, the Packers are asking a rookie Matthew 00:09:36.350 --> 00:09:40.750 Golden and Romeo Dobbs to really go up against 00:09:40.750 --> 00:09:44.090 this revamped and strong Lions secondary. So 00:09:44.090 --> 00:09:47.090 if Aiden Hutchinson and Marcus Davenport can 00:09:47.090 --> 00:09:50.789 get home and Tylek Williams and DJ Reader can 00:09:50.789 --> 00:09:53.850 hold the line of scrimmage and prevent Josh Jacobs 00:09:53.850 --> 00:09:56.789 from gashing them, I really like the Lions chances. 00:09:57.090 --> 00:10:00.909 If the Packers can run Josh Jacobs wild and Williams 00:10:00.909 --> 00:10:03.330 and Reed can't hold the point of attack, that 00:10:03.330 --> 00:10:05.970 the linebackers, you know, aren't making that 00:10:05.970 --> 00:10:09.549 first tackle through, you know, a yard to be 00:10:09.549 --> 00:10:11.370 on the line of scrimmage, it's going to be a 00:10:11.370 --> 00:10:14.480 long day. Josh Jacobs is the one weapon that 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:17.279 really scares me on this Packers offense. Run 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:19.399 defense is going to get tested in this game a 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:20.679 little bit. Absolutely. I have a feeling we're 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:23.419 going to find out what we got there. Yeah. And 00:10:23.419 --> 00:10:26.259 our, you know, our injuries, I don't think we've 00:10:26.259 --> 00:10:29.980 been, aside from the guys that we know that are 00:10:29.980 --> 00:10:32.919 out, like the Pashels, I get that. But the guys 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:34.820 that have popped up on the report that are still 00:10:34.820 --> 00:10:37.549 sitting there are like Nowaski and Baki. who 00:10:37.549 --> 00:10:39.629 are not guys that we were expecting to contribute 00:10:39.629 --> 00:10:41.730 a whole ton in this game. Outside of special 00:10:41.730 --> 00:10:45.509 teams? No. Yeah. So I'm thinking we're as healthy 00:10:45.509 --> 00:10:49.629 as expected from day one of camp going into game 00:10:49.629 --> 00:10:53.399 one of the season. So. That's an upside. That's 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:55.159 a good thing for us. I'd like to see us stay 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:57.539 healthy because last year that did not work out 00:10:57.539 --> 00:10:59.659 after week one. Especially on one side of the 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:02.659 ball. Yeah, exactly. We lost quite a few starters. 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:05.740 So I'll be looking to see that run game. I think 00:11:05.740 --> 00:11:07.919 the Packers could exploit us with the run. We'll 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:12.259 see how good our defense has improved by leaps 00:11:12.259 --> 00:11:14.039 and bounds. I think there's no way we couldn't 00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:16.840 have not improved to some degree or another just 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:19.539 by being healthy. Curious to see how Aiden Hutchinson 00:11:19.539 --> 00:11:23.980 plays in this game. Are you at all? Are you anticipating 00:11:23.980 --> 00:11:25.600 anything there or do you think we're going to 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:27.559 see the same old Hutch? I think we're going to 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:29.039 see the same old Hutch. I think he's going to 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:30.879 come out like he was shot out of a cannon. Just 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:32.980 a gamer. Yeah, I think he's going to have a monster 00:11:32.980 --> 00:11:35.620 game. And Terry and Arnold, he's going to be 00:11:35.620 --> 00:11:38.159 a huge piece to this defensive backfield this 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:42.259 year. Yeah, and if Reed is not 100%, that makes 00:11:42.259 --> 00:11:46.059 his job a lot easier. Much easier. So then he's 00:11:46.059 --> 00:11:48.500 on Golden who's a rookie. He's probably going 00:11:48.500 --> 00:11:51.460 to manhandle him just a little bit. And then 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:54.700 that leaves Romeo Dobbs as your number one receiver 00:11:54.700 --> 00:11:57.919 to try to beat us. And I like the Lions secondary 00:11:57.919 --> 00:12:00.600 more than I like Romeo Dobbs. I like those odds. 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:03.100 And speaking of odds, what do we have, Bill? 00:12:03.379 --> 00:12:05.519 We've got a spread here. First spread of the 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:08.120 season. Are you shocked that the Lions are getting 00:12:08.120 --> 00:12:11.220 two at this point? What are you seeing? It's 00:12:11.220 --> 00:12:13.720 been all over the map. It was like as high as 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:15.820 two and a half. I think it bumped to three right 00:12:15.820 --> 00:12:18.419 after the Parsons trade. It's dipped down to 00:12:18.419 --> 00:12:21.960 one and a half. It's fine. I mean if every team 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:24.120 should get a field goal at home. So basically 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:26.840 what the Sharks are favored by one Yeah, the 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:28.899 Sharps are saying that they expect a Lions win. 00:12:28.899 --> 00:12:31.139 It's gonna be close to what you already said 00:12:31.139 --> 00:12:33.720 in a chat I couldn't agree with you more. I don't 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:37.059 think this is gonna be a blowout unless There's 00:12:37.059 --> 00:12:41.860 one X factor For if Hutch and Davenport and company 00:12:41.860 --> 00:12:46.299 get home and force Jordan love into bad bad decisions 00:12:46.590 --> 00:12:49.269 and turnovers. Let's just say the turnover margin, 00:12:49.769 --> 00:12:51.429 for whatever reason, the Packers have three, 00:12:51.470 --> 00:12:53.330 the Lions don't have any. That's where the game 00:12:53.330 --> 00:12:55.629 could get lopsided. Okay, yeah. And what I mean 00:12:55.629 --> 00:12:58.909 by lopsided is eight points, 10 points, 12 points, 00:12:59.070 --> 00:13:00.629 you know, something like that. Those are some 00:13:00.629 --> 00:13:02.929 of the keys to the game that I see. What did 00:13:02.929 --> 00:13:05.230 I leave out that you'd like to add on to? Well, 00:13:05.230 --> 00:13:08.269 the over -under is 47. I'm going to give you 00:13:08.269 --> 00:13:10.909 a prediction eventually here. I've got some thoughts 00:13:10.909 --> 00:13:12.710 on how this thing ends. Let's do it. We got an 00:13:12.710 --> 00:13:15.990 over -under of 47. I think this game goes under. 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:19.059 And I think it goes under due to the fact that 00:13:19.059 --> 00:13:21.940 I think the run game is going to be heavily utilized 00:13:21.940 --> 00:13:24.559 here in Green Bay this weekend. I could be wrong, 00:13:24.940 --> 00:13:27.320 but I have a feeling both these teams see a weakness 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:29.700 in the other defense and it centers around the 00:13:29.700 --> 00:13:34.299 run. I'm gonna go final score, Lions 23, Packers 00:13:34.299 --> 00:13:37.549 20. Okay. I think that's where I'm sitting on 00:13:37.549 --> 00:13:39.529 this one. So you're going under on the over under 00:13:39.529 --> 00:13:42.250 and Lions win by three. So they're going to cover 00:13:42.250 --> 00:13:44.909 that spread and the money line for that matter, 00:13:45.070 --> 00:13:47.429 which is plus one 24. You're not getting much 00:13:47.429 --> 00:13:50.570 there with that, but no, it's, it's a, it's going 00:13:50.570 --> 00:13:52.429 to be a close game. What are your thoughts on 00:13:52.429 --> 00:13:57.570 final score? I had it at 24 20. So, uh, we're, 00:13:57.570 --> 00:14:01.190 we're I just see like some red zone failures 00:14:01.190 --> 00:14:03.149 turning into a field goal or two. I don't know 00:14:03.149 --> 00:14:06.269 why. Yeah. Week one and all. Yeah. That's a possibility. 00:14:06.269 --> 00:14:09.629 And I do think it's going to be a strong running 00:14:09.629 --> 00:14:12.629 game. For those listeners that like fantasy call 00:14:12.629 --> 00:14:15.549 outs, I would avoid either quarterback on this 00:14:15.549 --> 00:14:17.730 game because of everything we're just saying 00:14:17.730 --> 00:14:19.909 and the Sharps are, you know, giving that over 00:14:19.909 --> 00:14:23.500 under it. It's well below 50 or below 50. If 00:14:23.500 --> 00:14:25.659 you have Josh Jacobs, that would be a start. 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:27.700 If you have Jameer Gibbs, that would be a start. 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:30.480 If you have David Montgomery, that would be a 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:33.000 start. If you have tight ends, like a Tucker 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:35.320 - I would go with a tight end. Yeah, Musgrave 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:39.120 or Tucker Kraft or a Sam Laporta. Please don't 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:41.240 tell me you have Brock Wright or Shane Zylster 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:43.700 on your fantasy team. If you're looking for a 00:14:43.700 --> 00:14:45.940 losing start right off the bat. You don't want 00:14:45.940 --> 00:14:48.149 to do that. So I would say the tight ends. And 00:14:48.149 --> 00:14:51.250 then the only receiver I'd probably put in the 00:14:51.250 --> 00:14:53.669 must -start list would probably be St. Brown. 00:14:53.909 --> 00:14:55.809 I just think he's going to get... See a lot of 00:14:55.809 --> 00:14:58.110 short crossing patterns for anyone not in this 00:14:58.110 --> 00:15:01.009 game. I can see eight plus catches. So that's 00:15:01.009 --> 00:15:02.850 another prep bet that I would probably take. 00:15:03.009 --> 00:15:05.610 I've seen that out there. This is not a Jameson 00:15:05.610 --> 00:15:08.669 Williams game, probably. If he does, he's going 00:15:08.669 --> 00:15:10.919 to get... It'll be like one big one that they 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:13.240 pop or something. Three, maybe four touches. 00:15:13.539 --> 00:15:15.480 I could see Jamo scoring. That's a gamble though. 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:18.379 You've got better options. You're not playing 00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:21.580 Jamo. Yeah, yeah. Do you disagree with any of 00:15:21.580 --> 00:15:24.779 my fantasy thoughts? I don't. I'm right on you 00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:26.480 with the running backs. I think the running backs 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:28.220 are going to be the key to fantasy points in 00:15:28.220 --> 00:15:30.539 this game. I think the quarterbacks are both 00:15:30.539 --> 00:15:33.440 going to have a suppressed point output. I wouldn't 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:36.799 go with Love or Goff in a single QB league, definitely. 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:41.740 I like your call on Amon Rah. It's interesting, 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:44.059 and he's been sick this week, but are we gonna 00:15:44.059 --> 00:15:46.960 see a Tesla sighting out there? Is he gonna play 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:49.659 a role? He could be like your, you know, your 00:15:49.659 --> 00:15:52.240 possession guy out on the boundary. I don't know. 00:15:52.259 --> 00:15:55.100 I don't know. Maybe. Maybe. I'm kind of hoping 00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:56.759 for it. I don't know why. I just want to see 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:59.200 this kid do well. He's kind of a guy I'm gonna 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:01.750 be... I'm on him a little bit, you know? Totally 00:16:01.750 --> 00:16:04.809 fair totally fine. I wouldn't play him if you 00:16:04.809 --> 00:16:06.690 got I got him in one of my fantasy I'm not playing 00:16:06.690 --> 00:16:08.649 them. Yeah, I don't know if this is the week, 00:16:08.730 --> 00:16:12.090 but let's see. I do think this is a body blow 00:16:12.090 --> 00:16:15.830 game and Critical for whoever wins it because 00:16:15.830 --> 00:16:18.769 I think the loser is gonna be beat up in a big 00:16:18.769 --> 00:16:20.809 way Well, the winner is gonna be beat up as well, 00:16:20.809 --> 00:16:24.870 but they'll have won and the Lions host the Chicago 00:16:24.870 --> 00:16:29.220 Bears and Benedict Johnson week two Such an interesting 00:16:29.220 --> 00:16:31.299 start to our season this year Yeah, it really 00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:33.860 is like two must -watch games after the last 00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:36.120 two or we've started with the Chiefs or you know, 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:40.700 and it's just crazy Yeah, so I like the Lions 00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:44.500 chances on that the Packers then host the commanders 00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:47.759 week two So it's always interesting the Lions 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:50.600 in the past. Let's just say two three seasons 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:55.179 really beat teams up and the weak following teams 00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:57.620 just aren't their same selves. Watch Vikings 00:16:57.620 --> 00:17:00.139 -Bears this weekend? It's Monday night, yes. 00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:02.299 Yeah. You're gonna watch them Monday night? Of 00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:04.940 course. I wanna see Benedict's first game, see 00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:07.680 what he's got. I don't know that the Vikings 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:10.740 go where J .J. McCarthy goes, so we'll see how 00:17:10.740 --> 00:17:14.519 he does. X factor in that game is Harrison Smith 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:17.759 not being 100%. He's 36 years old. He has been 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:20.660 the key and captain to the Vikings defense. Look 00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:24.039 at you with the deep NFC North dig there. If 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:27.000 he doesn't go, I like the Bears chances a lot. 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:31.880 Although I imagine Kevin O 'Connell will have 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:36.420 something. Very well designed playbook for J 00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:40.779 .J. McCarthy. We got the Lions to cover. We got 00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:42.740 the under. We think Lions are going to win the 00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:45.849 game by about a field goal or hair more. And 00:17:45.849 --> 00:17:48.450 I'm gonna go dub errors in the other Division 00:17:48.450 --> 00:17:51.289 games. So you're gonna be Green Bay and Minnesota 00:17:51.289 --> 00:17:53.170 fans. You're gonna be looking up at the standings 00:17:53.170 --> 00:17:56.490 after one week. And then... Boy. Bill has thrown 00:17:56.490 --> 00:18:00.690 down the gauntlet early. All right. Well, that'll 00:18:00.690 --> 00:18:03.190 do it for this episode. We'll be back with some 00:18:03.190 --> 00:18:06.589 reactions post -game next week. Everybody have 00:18:06.589 --> 00:18:10.190 a good week one. You're in bloom. Your flower 00:18:10.190 --> 00:18:12.829 is blooming right now for the football season. 00:18:13.509 --> 00:18:17.160 Enjoy yourselves. See you next week, Honolulu 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:17.859 Blue and Silver.