Anita Marks & Greg Cosell Debut Previewing NFL Week 1 Storylines, Arch Manning's Future, and the Troubled Rams

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome in Fox Football Sunday. I'm Anita Marks. He is
Greg Cassell. We've known each other for quite a while, Greg.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Quite a few years. I would say 20 plus. 20
plus for sure.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
I mean, always on with me as a guest. This
is our first time. working together as co-hosts. And we're
going to be here on Fox Football Sunday with you
throughout the season. So a little bit about me. Played
women's professional football for quite a few years. Have been
hosting Sports Talk Radio for quite a few years. And
I don't know, Greg. I often wonder what kind of

(00:35):
grade you would give me as a female professional quarterback.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
I didn't see you, Anita. I didn't study you. I
couldn't answer that.

Speaker 1 (00:45):
This is what we need to do. I need to
send you some film.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
Well, you know, it's pretty amazing that now I've worked
with two women who played serious football, you and Susie Colbert. So,
you know, because Susie Colbert hosted my matchup show for years.
So that's pretty impressive that, you know, I've worked with
two women who actually played serious football.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
And Susie Susie is absolutely fantastic. A former coworker of
mine at ESPN. But so so, you know, honored to be,
you know, mentioned in the same sentence with her, not
only broadcast wise, but, you know, obviously she she did.
She played Pop Warner Little League football as well. So
but let's dive into it. Nobody watches film.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
Nobody knows.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
I say this all the time. Greg, you know more
about football in your pinky than most people do in
their entire body.

Speaker 3 (01:34):
Well, you know, it's funny. I literally watch tape every
day of my life. So that's what I do, whether
it's college or NFL. Obviously, we're in the NFL season now. But,
you know, leading up to the draft, I probably watched
200 to 250 players in detail. Over the summer, I'll
watch a lot of players who I anticipate will be
in the next year's draft.

Speaker 2 (01:53):
So I probably watch 120 guys.

Speaker 3 (01:54):
And then about four or five weeks before the NFL
season starts, I go back and rewatch a lot of
things from the previous NFL season because I can watch
it differently than I do during the season. During the season,
I have to get through as many games each week
as I can. In the summer, I can watch five
or six games in a row of one team's offense

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or defense, and you just see it totally differently.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
Needless to say, I just I feel blessed that I'm
working with you because I am going to be a
much smarter human being. this football season, working with you.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
Well, I appreciate that.

Speaker 3 (02:30):
I haven't been called a lot of names on social media, Anita,
so that's the way it works, I guess, in this business.

Speaker 4 (02:35):
You can't pay attention to social media.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
NFL Films, Greg Cassell, one of the smartest, brightest minds
in the business. So you want to be smart about
your Fox Football Sunday. This is the show to watch
each and every Sunday morning from 8 to 10 a.m.
All right, let's dive into it. Before we do, I
have to mention, I know we were both sleeping, so
let's preface by saying, yeah, let's, I mean, right. Because

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we had to wake up bright and early. Um, but
so neither, neither of us watched the Texas Ohio state game,
but Arch Manning engineered an unbelievable 20 point comeback, uh,
Texas beat OSU 24 to 23, a tale of two sides,
zero positive passing yards in the first half, Greg zero

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for Arch Manning. Then comes out the second half and
puts together drives of 15, 13, 12 plays to come
back and Texas with an unbelievable 20 point comeback. Again,
you know, you and I, unfortunately, were sleeping, did not
watch the game. But I know that you have watched
film on Arch Manning specifically last year. And also coming

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in because, you know, I'm here in New York, you know,
Eli Manning, the family connection, Giants fans. You know, there's
always been a lot of talk about Arch Manning and
the Giants fans here in New York wanting him to
play for the Giants. But yet no bells and whistles.
You know, you know, a number of analysts that I've
spoken to not thrilled with Arch Manning.

Speaker 2 (04:00):
This is a.

Speaker 1 (04:00):
Really important season for him to see where he's going
to go in the draft.

Speaker 3 (04:05):
Yeah, and obviously I would need to see the tape
from last night because just hearing what you said and
seeing just this morning when I got up and saw
what happened and saw the fact that there were three
long drives, which is very surprising to me against a
Matt Patricia defense. So I'd have to see it. And
even if I was watching on TV, I wouldn't know
until I saw the tape. But I watched seven full
games from last year. And granted, we always have to

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remember that quarterbacks do continue to progress and grow and develop.
some more than others. Obviously, each quarterback is an individual
player and an individual prospect, but his 2025 tape clearly
was not first-round type tape. There were times that he
obviously showed positive.

Speaker 2 (04:47):
Things, no question.

Speaker 3 (04:48):
Every quarterback does, but overall, and I think if most
people are being fair about what they saw on tape
last year, they would say that it was not really
the kind of tape you say, wow, that guy is
a number one pick in a draft. But he is 6'4.
He is 220. He certainly has a dynamic movement dimension
to his game. Last year in 2025, there was really

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kind of a contrast between playing comfortably from the pocket
and perceiving pressure and leaving the pocket when he shouldn't.
And that's something that a lot of quarterbacks that can
move and need it. That's what they do. Even at
the NFL level, there's a lot of quarterbacks. That'll flee
the pocket when they don't need to just because they
know they've always been able since they're 10 years old
to make plays with their legs. So they think they

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can keep doing that. Some can, some can't.

Speaker 1 (05:36):
So we'll see how the season progresses. But really, if
you did stay up and watch the game, I'm a
little jelly because it looked like it was a good.

Speaker 2 (05:44):
All right.

Speaker 1 (05:44):
Let's let's turn our attention again. It is Fox Football
Sunday and it is week one. Let's look back before
we look forward. And the Rams entered week one, believing
that they could win the Super Bowl and left Australia
looking old, slow. and pretty much, let's be honest, physically overwhelmed.
So my question to you, you know, are the Rams
in trouble here? How much weight are you putting in

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the 27-7 loss against the 49ers in Australia, Greg?

Speaker 3 (06:12):
Yeah, the only thing I can do is tell you
what happened in that game. Do I think that the
Rams are going to be a bad team because of
that game? Don't forget it's a division game. These coaches
know each other well. The Rams on defense chose to
play a specific way. And quite frankly, it made sense
given how they played with a lot of the same
personnel a year ago. They chose to play in their

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nickel defense, okay, versus a 49ers offense that predominantly plays
with use check on the field, what we call 21 personnel,
two backs. And they chose to play nickel and they
chose to play in a two high safety shell. So
that means they had one less box defender. And quite frankly,
the 49ers a year ago did not necessarily run the

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ball really, really well. So they were pretty much telling
the Niners, hey, you can run the football.

Speaker 2 (07:00):
And you know what?

Speaker 3 (07:01):
If you gain two, three yards, we're in good shape.
We'll be able to rush the quarterback. And also, we
have really good defensive tackles. So our defensive tackles can
hold up. But overall, they did not play the run
very well. And Kyle Shanahan did some really good things
in the run game to take advantage of the defensive front.
The way he ran the ball, there's been a lot

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of talk about Myles Garrett, but the way they played
their defensive front, in some plays, Garrett was not a
factor because of the alignment of the front, not because
Myles Garrett couldn't make a play or had a bad game.
And you really saw that at the start of the
second half when the 49ers came out, and I think
McCaffrey had a 14-yard run and a 16-yard run on
the first two plays. And then on the next series,

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they decided to play in their base defense with five
down linemen, and Shanahan just had a great counter to it.
I mean, it was just one of those games where
I thought the Rams felt that they could play the
way that they could and be successful, and it didn't work.
And so I don't view this as a statement about
the Rams for the rest of the season. And I think, Anita,
you know this. You've been doing this a long time.

(08:05):
You always have to be careful about week one making
definitive judgments.

Speaker 1 (08:09):
Week one, week two, week three. I mean, listen, I
don't want to date ourselves here, Greg, but preseason is,
you know, not what it used to be.

Speaker 2 (08:18):
My friend.

Speaker 5 (08:18):
Right.

Speaker 2 (08:19):
So.

Speaker 1 (08:20):
So for me, like, I don't I don't feel that
teams have a true identity until, you know, week three,
week four of the season.

Speaker 2 (08:30):
So I would agree with that.

Speaker 4 (08:31):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (08:31):
So it's I feel preseason has become, you know, just pancake.

Speaker 2 (08:37):
Yes.

Speaker 3 (08:37):
You know, even today, I guarantee today there'll be two
or three games where you and I and many are
going to look and go.

Speaker 2 (08:43):
Gee, I didn't think that was going to happen today. Exactly.
It's not going to be a whole reflection of the season.

Speaker 1 (08:49):
By the way, I do want to play some sound here, gentlemen.
I know that we have some Kyle Shanahan talking about
how the game worked out for him, if we could
cue that up.

Speaker 4 (09:00):
I always knew what day it was.

Speaker 6 (09:01):
I was trying to show how confusing it was comparing
it to people at home, but I learned the days
when we got here. We're one ahead. Now I'm ready
to go back into the future. I think it's Thursday
at home, and it's Friday here. My son plays on Fridays,
so somehow I'm going to land over a day later,
but still be able to make his game on Friday,
so it's pretty cool.

Speaker 2 (09:22):
What strategy works?

Speaker 4 (09:25):
I mean, the game worked.

Speaker 6 (09:27):
You know, I mean, win or lose, I knew everyone
was going to make a big deal about that for
either team. You never know how much that factors into it.
You just try to do the best to prepare for
three and a half hours. I like how we prepared.
But more importantly, I liked how we played.

Speaker 1 (09:43):
Mark working the board. Emmy, our producer. Thank you, gentlemen.
Really do appreciate it. So now the Rams and the
49ers back at home. They don't get a bye because
obviously it's week two. No teams get a bye. But
they are both playing at home and getting ready. It's
really interesting. You know, you've got the Giants. We're going
to dive into that game more specifically a little bit
later on the show. You've got the Giants. playing later

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on tonight, and then they have to hop on a
plane and head out to L.A. to take on the Rams,
who you know are dying to itching to get back
on the field. Not a good spot for the Giants
after the Rams laid this egg, Greg, right?

Speaker 3 (10:18):
I think the interesting thing, though, it's funny you say that.
Like I said, to me, nothing is a major concern
after week one. But the 49ers last year had the
fewest sacks, I believe, in the NFL with 20, and
they did not have a sack in this game. but
they did generate a lot of interior pressure. And obviously
they made the trade for Odigizua, and he's a very
good interior pass rusher. But that's one of the things

(10:39):
that stood out in this game because the 49ers rarely
ever blitz. They rarely ever sent five. They played basically
a lot of zone coverage, and they rushed four. And
they were able to generate a lot of interior pressure,
and you could tell that Stafford was just not overly comfortable.

Speaker 1 (10:57):
Looking at the first game of the season, which was
a Wednesday night, was the Patriots collapse, which, by the way,
I went 0-2 with my picks this week. Unfortunately, I
had the Rams.

Speaker 2 (11:08):
You picked the Patriots, huh?

Speaker 1 (11:09):
I did. Listen, I lead the Drake May fan club, Greg.

Speaker 2 (11:13):
That's okay.

Speaker 1 (11:14):
You'll get to know that. I love that young man.
But man, what a Patriots collapse. Really, I feel a
lot was them losing A.J.

Speaker 4 (11:22):
Brown.

Speaker 1 (11:23):
But New England, they led Seattle 10-0 before losing 13-10. A.J. Brown,
as we know, comes over from Philadelphia, now part of
the Patriots. He's going to be gone for four weeks
with a high ankle sprain. And Seattle won. despite losing
Sam Darnold. And Drew Locke came in in his place
and performed quite well. Your thoughts on the Seattle Seahawks

(11:48):
winning against the Patriots?

Speaker 3 (11:51):
Yeah, I mean, they obviously played that game offensively. They
knew that it would end up being a close defensive game,
and obviously they were not going to have Drew Locke
drop back 40 times. By the way, they only ran
48 offensive plays, which is a very low number in
an NFL game. But I thought it was a great
testament to Mike McDonald because without Nick Emanuari, he made
a couple of significant changes in how they approached defense.

(12:14):
First of all, they rarely ever played what you call
base defense. But in this game, without Emanuari, they played
meaningful snaps in a 4-3 defense with three linebackers on
the field. And also, they're a big dime team with
six defensive backs. They did not play one snap of
dime in this game. So Mike McDonald, he probably knew

(12:35):
him in war he was going to be out. He's
been hurt through a good part of the offseason into
training camp. So he just made some personnel adjustments. Again,
they're a team that plays a lot out of a
too high safety shell. They did use Witherspoon a lot
as a blitzer. I mean, I think he blitzed eight
times from the slot. And on the first possession, he

(12:59):
got there and he forced May out of the pocket
into a throwaway, and I think that established it pretty early.
But obviously the three interceptions in the fourth quarter, I've
always been a believer in either that. With interceptions, you've
got to break down each one individually. We're not going
to do that now. It would take too much time.
But you can't just look at a number on a page.
You've got to actually look at the plays. And obviously,

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you know, I think all three of them, Drake May
did not handle it well. and the interceptions were on
him for sure, but there were other factors as well
as there always are on interceptions.

Speaker 7 (13:30):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (13:30):
Drake may 23 of 33, 178 yards, one touchdown, three interceptions. Uh, gentlemen,
let's queue it up. This is Drake may post game. Yeah.

Speaker 4 (13:39):
I think we had the game under control.

Speaker 5 (13:40):
You know, I thought we had a good plan to
try to start chipping away and be patient. And, uh, yeah,
lost patience and cost of us. I think it just, um,
you know, decisions that cost us the game, you know,
on my part and my end. And, um, I've asked
myself to be better and realize it's a long season,
but at the same time, you can't have those. It's unacceptable,

(14:01):
and I know that I've got to get back to
work because that wasn't how I play football and how
I want to represent my game and playing quarterback for
the Patriots.

Speaker 1 (14:11):
You know, it's unbelievable, Greg, after that game, you know, oh,
he's a bum.

Speaker 2 (14:15):
Drake, you know, I love that stuff.

Speaker 1 (14:18):
You know, throw him to the wolves. We don't want
I'm like, are you it's one game. And he lost
his lead wide receiver who I believe, again, you know,
we don't we don't know or we're not in the
room when it happens. But I want to believe that A.J.
Brown was a big part of their game plan. Now
he exits. Now they have to pivot. So and then
they're in Seattle. Seattle's like, you know, raising their banner,

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showing off their Super Bowl. Like, I just I'm not
going to judge Drake May on one game, even though, again,
I I preface I am the president of the Drake
May fan club. I might be a little biased, Greg.

Speaker 2 (14:54):
Well, you know, it's funny.

Speaker 3 (14:55):
I'll just comment on the last interception just to show
you the detail that's involved in all this. You know,
that was an interception where he was reading to the
right side of the field, and he basically had just
two routes there. This was the play call. He had
an outcut by Henry and sort of a fade route
by Hollins. And just the detail. See, Hollins, on a
play like that, he has to release to the outside,

(15:15):
and he didn't. He released to the inside. So when
he releases to the inside, that allows the corner, Josh Jobe,
to keep his eyes inside on Drake Maye. And Mace
sees that. So he thinks that, hey, if I throw
the outcut to Henry from the slot, I've got the
eyes of a corner looking right on where I'm throwing

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the ball. So I'm sure, and I'm not defending then
what he did after that. What he did after that,
you can't defend. But it's little details like that, Anita,
that change the way plays, you know, end up developing
and playing out. And Hollins had to release to the
outside so that Joe would totally turn his body and
not be able to see back inside.

Speaker 1 (16:01):
Again, we'll see what happens. I want to say I'm
trying to remember who who the Patriots take on next.
Is it the Steelers?

Speaker 2 (16:10):
I'll tell you that in a second. The Patriots play Pittsburgh.

Speaker 1 (16:13):
Yep, it's the Steelers. Which should be interesting. Um, and,
and we'll dive into, into, into their matchup as well,
a little bit later on in the program. But that
being said, want to remind you, we're broadcasting live from
the Fox sports radio studios. Let's look ahead week one
and let's, let's start with some of the top games
that I feel people are really excited to watch. And,

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and really the bills and the Texans that is going,
coming your way at one o'clock. Uh, this is, uh,
you know, as we know, a phenomenal Houston, uh, Texans
defense going up against, arguably, a lot of people favored
to win the MVP this year in Josh Allen. Buffalo
is favored by one and a half. The over-under is
44 and a half here. So really, for me, the

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big storyline is Allen against that Houston's defense, where he
has had a lot of trouble in the past, right?

Speaker 2 (17:06):
Well, a lot of people do. It's a really interesting defense.

Speaker 3 (17:10):
They played Week 12 last year, and They had eight
sacks of Allen, seven of which came from the defensive line,
which is really what the Texans, that's their starting point.

Speaker 2 (17:19):
They're a little.

Speaker 3 (17:20):
anti-NFL the way they play defense. They're not a high-percentage
blitz defense. They play a ton of nickel, one of
the highest percentages in the league because Jalen Petrie rarely
comes off the field. They don't play any dime with
six defensive backs. And they're relatively static on the back end.
We're in an era now where a lot of defenses, Anita—

(17:42):
change the picture pre-snap to post-snap uh they don't do
that a whole lot um you know yeah when you
think about coaches you have to think about their backgrounds
and what you know because coaches coach what they know
and D'Amico Ryans comes from kind of the Robert Salas
school which is a kind of a front four wide

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nine alignment they stunt a lot um And there's not
a ton of disguise and late coverage rotation. I mean,
this is a defense built on alignment, technique, and communication.
And they're really, really good at it. And I think
the most overlooked element of this defense are their defensive tackles.
Everybody talks about Hunter Anderson, deservedly so. But Tommy Togiai,

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he is as good a run defender at the de-tackle
position as there is in the league.

Speaker 1 (18:30):
This Texans defense is really, really so impressive. But on
the offensive side of the ball, you know, you've got C.J.
Stroud now not playing. Coming to terms with the Texans
in regard to his contract. I always find that to
be a very interesting year for quarterbacks, right? Like you've
seen certain quarterbacks thrive in that situation. I'm going to

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gamble on my Joe Flacco, right? When he was with
the Ravens, you know, you see quarterbacks who like, you know,
bank on like, I'm going to invest in myself. This
is going to be the year. I'm going to show
them why I'm worth all the money. it's really going
to be interesting because CJ Stroud, he came out, arguably
had one of the best rookie years in the history
of the NFL as a quarterback. But since that year

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has fallen by the wayside. So I'm really, really intrigued
what type of year he's going to have. They add
David Montgomery to that backfield. They've got Woody Marks. They
could run the football, solid offensive line, a lot of weapons.
If they can stay healthy, Tank Dell has to come
back and get on the field. But I'm really intrigued
by this offense this season, Greg.

Speaker 3 (19:32):
Yeah, I mean, the run game's a big deal. You know,
Stroud is one of those quarterbacks, and there are more
quarterbacks like that than not. He's essentially a player that's
dependent on the offense having multiple dimensions. He's a pure
pocket quarterback. So he needs strong protection. He needs to
be secure and comfortable. He needs the route concepts and
the combinations to present clean, defined reads for him. So

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he's really heavily reliant on the offensive coordinator, as most
quarterbacks are. Because Stroud is one of those guys, and
I don't know if this can be fixed.

Speaker 2 (20:04):
I'm not a coached.

Speaker 3 (20:05):
But he's a little bit of what I would call
a pressure perceiver. He tends to perceive pressure that by
NFL standards is not really there. And then he starts
to play too fast. You can see it on tape.
It's not an X and O point, but you can
just say he starts to play fast. And he needs
to become a little more comfortable with bodies around him.
Because when you're a pure pocket quarterback, that's the way

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you have to play. There are going to be people
around you.

Speaker 1 (20:32):
Again, the Bills are favored here on the road at
minus one, minus one and a half. The total is
forty four and a half. If I was to play this,
I would probably lean towards the under just how good
the Texans defense is. And as Greg and I were
talking about earlier. Just takes a few weeks for these
teams to really kind of get into a groove, especially offensively.

(20:52):
It's a lot harder to get your offense rolling like
a fine oiled machine than it is on defense. I
would I would lean towards the under here. Just FYI.
Quick break. We come back. We've got more games to
dive into. Joe Burrow, is he on tap to potentially
make a run for an MVP spot? Possibly. Also, later
on tonight, you've got the Cowboys and the Giants down

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here at MetLife Stadium. Boy, we'll dive into those two games.
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as one of your presets in the iHeart app so
it'll always pop up at the top of your screen,
so make sure you do that. All right, Greg, let's
dive into it. More games, and that is the Buccaneers
at Cincinnati going up against the Bengals. Came across an
interesting stat. By the way, Bengals favored by 3.5, the over-under,
and this is 50.5. The Buccaneers have won five season

(22:47):
openers in a row. Tied for the longest streak in
the league. How about that? So this is, as we know,
Baker Mayfield. He gets his deal done, as we were
talking about.

Speaker 8 (22:57):
C.J.

Speaker 1 (22:57):
Stoud did not get his deal done with the Texans.
Baker Mayfield, hopefully he's a happy camper. Heading into Cincinnati,
Joe Burrow, injured, not injured, injured, not injured, has had
a topsy-turvy career so far. A lot of weapons to
work with offensively, but a Cincinnati defense that is pretty questionable.
What are your big keys in this matchup today?

Speaker 3 (23:20):
Well, I think the Cincinnati defense, you can probably best
describe it now since we don't know, as a work
in progress. Obviously, they got Dexter Lawrence, and at his best,
he's a dominant, dominant interior player. And we'll talk more
about the defensive tackle position a little later in the show,
but it's become so incredibly important. I think it was
two years ago, so last year Burrow got hurt, and

(23:41):
I think he didn't come back. He played the last
six games. But was it two years ago, Anita, where
they scored over something like 33 points in five or
six games and lost every single game? I mean, that
can't happen in the NFL. You know, I spent a
lot of time this summer watching Joe Burrow. Because I
just feel like he's one of those guys, and again,

(24:02):
different people have different views of the quarterback position. But
to me, he just plays the quarterback position the right way.
I mean, he's got an innate, high-level feel for timing
and anticipation. He'll throw the ball between the numbers. He
works really well outside the numbers when it's one-on-one. And yes,
he has two quality receivers in Chase and Higgins.

Speaker 1 (24:23):
But.

Speaker 3 (24:24):
To use the term that's probably overused but true, he's
just an elite processor both before the snap of the
ball and after the snap of the ball. And he
just sees that late rotation. Keep in mind, and maybe
a lot of people don't think about it this way,
but it's really a game of milliseconds.

Speaker 2 (24:42):
Everything happens so fast.

Speaker 3 (24:44):
Much faster, for instance, than it does in college football.
And you've got to be able to just see and
feel and react to things almost without any thought process.
It just has to be innate and natural. And Burrow
is just really, really good at that.

Speaker 6 (24:59):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (24:59):
I mean, you know, when you come to think of it,
you know, less than three seconds. And if you've got
two and a half seconds, that's a gift, which leads
me to my next point. And that is, can Cincinnati
protect Joe Burrow?

Speaker 2 (25:12):
Really?

Speaker 1 (25:12):
That's that's it's not just defense.

Speaker 2 (25:15):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (25:15):
It's also offensively in their offensive line really hasn't been
able to to protect him in the majority of his career, Greg.

Speaker 2 (25:22):
No, and I think they're better.

Speaker 3 (25:24):
I mean, you know, when I was watching Burrow, I
made it a point to look at the right tackle,
Amarius Mims, the kid from Georgia who came in the
league really young. He clearly got better as the season progressed,
and I think he has a chance to be a really,
really good right tackle. He was actually excellent in the
last six games of the season that Burrow played. Mims
was excellent in pass protection. So I would expect their

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O-line to be better. you know, they've got a good back, too,
in Chase Brown, you know, and he's a back that's
not really talked about a whole lot, obviously. He's, you know,
not at the level of the top three or four
in the league, but he's a very good player. He's
an excellent receiver. He's a very good pass protector. So, look,
I don't think their offense, now, granted, you never know

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week one, and they're playing a defense that's a tough
defense to play against, and Todd Bowles he does a
lot of different things, not only on third down, but
he does a lot on first and second down too.
And that often at times can make that defense difficult
to play against.

Speaker 1 (26:23):
On the opposite side of the ball with the Tampa
Bay Bucs, like I said, Baker Mayfield, he gets paid,
he gets his. You've got Bucky Irving in that backfield.
Igbuka is dealing, of course, as we know, all preseason
with a foot-toe injury, but is expected to suit up
and play this afternoon. No Mike Evans. Jalen McMillan is

(26:46):
doubtful as of right now, which to me says that
he's not going to play. So not a plethora of
weapons for Baker Mayfield to have fun with this afternoon. Offensively,
how do you feel that they could stay lockstep with
what we are anticipating, Joe Burrow, and a plethora of

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weapons that he's working with on that side of the ball?

Speaker 2 (27:09):
Yeah, I'm sad about McMillan. You know, it's funny. I
really like McMillan.

Speaker 3 (27:13):
His next to last year in college when he was
not hurt, he was on that Washington team with the Dunsay.
And I actually liked McMillan's tape that year better than
Adunze's tape. And then he got hurt his last year
in college and was, I think, either a third or
fourth round pick. And then he got hurt last year,
that really kind of severe neck injury. And he's hurt again.
And they want him to be their ex-receiver, meaning he'd

(27:37):
replace Mike Evans as that single receiver to the short
side of the field. So He won't go today. I
wonder if they'll give that rookie Ted Hurst, if he'll
get a lot of snaps. Because Ted Hurst, I love
Ted Hurst's tape.

Speaker 2 (27:49):
I do too.

Speaker 3 (27:50):
Granted, he was a smaller college guy, but I loved
his tape. And I think that he has all the
traits necessary to be that boundary X receiver in the league.
I would imagine he's going to get meaningful snaps today, Anita,
wouldn't you think?

Speaker 2 (28:02):
I do.

Speaker 1 (28:03):
So you fantasy football freaks out there, you know, if
you play in like I'm in like a 24 person
guillotine league, you need somebody. Ted Hurst, the third. I'm
with Greg. I like him. I think he's going to
get some targets. And also my play here is I
would go over receptions and over receiving yards for for
Ted today in this matchup.

Speaker 7 (28:25):
All right.

Speaker 3 (28:25):
That guillotine is not a good word, Anita. You know,
I hope nobody gets hurt in your league.

Speaker 1 (28:29):
Well, pretty much what it means is whoever has the
lowest score at the end of the week gets gets cut.

Speaker 2 (28:37):
Ah, okay, okay. I don't know about that stuff.

Speaker 1 (28:40):
Yes, you are kicked off the island if you have
the lowest score out of all 24 people. That's what
that means. Later on tonight, again, I'm coming to you
from New York. Really excited about this matchup. The Giants
going up against the Cowboys. So many storylines here, right?
First and foremost with the Giants, it's John Harbaugh. He
comes over from the Ravens. I was in Baltimore. I

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covered the Ravens with John Harbaugh. I know what time
it is with him. And I worked for the Giants.
I was part of their broadcast team for seven years.
I know this team very well. Harbaugh is exactly what
this organization needed in regard to organizational culture and bringing
in a head coach like him. My two concerns with
this team... are Jackson Dart and Skadaboo and the fact

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that they play with reckless abandonment. And in order for
this team to do well and have success, those two
dudes can't get injured. And I don't know if they
can play smart football where they don't get injured, Greg.

Speaker 3 (29:38):
Yeah, well, that's a big question with Dart. I mean,
you know, again, Dart's another guy I really looked at
in detail in the offseason. And there's some good things
with Dart. There's no question. It's not as if he's
a bad player by any means. You hope, ideally, with
more experience that a couple things will happen. Number one,
that he'll feel he can turn it loose on throws
that are there by NFL standards. Because a year ago,

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he left too many of those throws on the field.
He's got to become a little quicker. And by the way,
everything I'm saying is perfectly normal for a quarterback going
into his second season. It's the rarity for a quarterback
to be able to do this as a rookie. He
needs to get a little quicker with his vision and
clarity in the pocket. That will increase his sense of
timing and anticipation. And again, he needs to have more

(30:23):
patience in the pocket. You know, he breaks down and
leaves the pocket prematurely when it's not necessary. And yes,
is he mobile?

Speaker 2 (30:31):
Can he run? But it plays to the point you
just made.

Speaker 3 (30:34):
That can't be your modus operandi as a quarterback in
the league. You have to be able to stay there
with patience, work through the progressions, and throw the football.
He made some great throws last year. He's certainly capable
of it. I'm curious to see on defense... That's the
matchup in this game that really intrigues me because the
Cowboys have a really, really good offense. And the Giants

(30:57):
have a new coordinator in Denard Wilson who came from Tennessee.
He's been around the league with different coaches. He's got
a lot of different backgrounds, a lot of different tools
in his toolbox based on his background. And I'm really
curious to see how he feels he can attack this
Cowboys offense with the players that he has. Because players,
particularly corners... dictate a lot what you can do with

(31:19):
your pressures who has.

Speaker 1 (31:22):
More pressure coming into this game greg is it dak
prescott or is it john harbaugh.

Speaker 3 (31:29):
You know i don't know if it you know i
don't my guess is players don't think like that you've
been around a lot of players um You know, the Cowboys, look,
they had a great offense a year ago. Prescott's played
a lot of years in this league. He's a really
good quarterback. He's one of those guys that just knows
how to play the position from the pocket. I don't
think this game will be a referendum on the Giants.

(31:50):
I'm actually very curious to see. I mentioned Denard Wilson.
I'm really curious to see how they deploy Arville Reese.
I'm really curious because, you know, they've said that, you know,
in their base defense, he's going to be a linebacker,
you know, a stacked player. I'm curious, though, when it
gets to be those third and long situations, do they
turn him loose and let him rush the quarterback a

(32:12):
little bit? I mean, obviously, they've got Carter and they've
got Burns, and they're two very, very good pass rushers.
But Reese, he's really good too. So I'm just curious.
This game to me tactically is a fascinating game, Anita.
You know, I'm really curious. Because, you know, you do
learn a little bit about the tactics of coaches week one.
You know, the game itself, obviously both teams want to win.

(32:33):
But the winner and loser is not going to dictate
the season. But you start to see some of the
tactics of the coordinators and coaches come into play.

Speaker 1 (32:41):
It's not going to dictate the season. But I will
tell you what, Greg, there's a lot. in this game
invested for John Harbaugh. John Harbaugh wants to listen. The
Giants are paying him a lot of money. He's got
the highest paid coaching staff in the NFL.

Speaker 2 (32:58):
Is that true? I didn't know that.

Speaker 1 (32:59):
They gave him the keys to the car.

Speaker 2 (33:02):
And it's at home, right? It's at home, isn't it?

Speaker 1 (33:04):
It's at home.

Speaker 2 (33:05):
So much.

Speaker 1 (33:07):
Listen, this is Michigan, Ohio State for John Harbaugh. You're right.
Like Michigan, Ohio State. They'd rather beat each other than
win a national championship. That's what this game is. There
is so much on the line here for this organization.
They want to start the season strong. A few things
really quick before we take a break. Number one, Malik Neighbors.
Some big question marks there in regard to, A, is

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he going to play? And if he does, how effective
is he going to be because he's dealing with some injuries?

Speaker 7 (33:33):
Sure.

Speaker 1 (33:33):
That's number one. Number two, love me some Isaiah Likely.
I think Isaiah Likely is going to crush it tonight.
Crush it. He's my favorite tight end in fantasy. I
drafted him, tried to get him in every single one
of my 12. Don't judge me. Fantasy football leagues. Love him.
He's going to be a big part of this offense.
And don't sleep on Odell Beckham Jr., okay? Odell Beckham Jr.,

(33:56):
this is my favorite bet in this matchup. Odell Beckham Jr.,
two plus receptions. He's going to be a part of
this offense, especially if Malik Nabors cannot go. And Calvin Austin,
as we know, is out with an injury. And you
could get that at plus 130. Odell Beckham Jr., two-plus
receptions at plus 130.

Speaker 2 (34:13):
I really like Malachi Fields, too.

Speaker 1 (34:16):
Yes, they do as well, Greg. They do as well.
They like him. He's going to be a part of
this as well. But there's an emotional, there's a big
emotional component with Odell Beckham Jr. Sunday night football, back
in a Giants uniform, talk that he may not have
made the team. And you know how passionate Odell Beckham Jr.

Speaker 8 (34:35):
Plays.

Speaker 1 (34:36):
Watch out.

Speaker 3 (34:36):
How old is he now, Anita? I feel like he
started when I was 10 years old.

Speaker 1 (34:40):
I know. If I had to guess, I'd say 32,
if I had to guess. But I'll look in the break.
Really quick, two quick updates. Alvin Kamara, not expected to
play against the Lions. And Odunze for the Bears is
expected to play.

Speaker 7 (34:55):
So.

Speaker 1 (34:58):
Two updates that just came down the wire for all
you fantasy football freaks out there. Anita Marks, Greg Cassell.
We're broadcasting live from the Fox Sports Radio Studios. This
is Fox Football Sunday. Stay tuned. We come back. It
is time for Cassell's class. Let's get schooled. Welcome back.

(35:19):
Fox Football Sunday. Anita Marks, Greg Cassell. And we're live
from the Fox Sports Radio Studios. Real quick, Greg. Very
dear friend of mine, you know him, Paul Dutino, who's
covered the Giants for almost four years. Just text me.
Odell Beckham Jr. is 34 years old and, by the way,
was the fastest player on the field in the Jets'
preseason game, was clocked at 20-plus miles per hour.

Speaker 3 (35:42):
You know, just to show you how I kind of
lost track of him, I looked up his stats during
the break. I had totally forgotten he spent that year
in Cleveland.

Speaker 1 (35:51):
Where he went to die.

Speaker 3 (35:52):
Yeah, and actually had a good year and then got
traded the next year, but actually had a good year
in Cleveland.

Speaker 1 (35:57):
Gettleman sent him there to die. Anyway, it is now
time for Cosell's class.

Speaker 4 (36:05):
Cosell's class.

Speaker 1 (36:07):
All right here we go like i said nobody watches
film as well and as much as greg cassell so
let's all get a little bit smarter uh this is
uh going to be a reoccurring segment uh cassell's class
uh we might change it to cassell's file i don't
know we're playing around with it but number one defensive
tackle may now be the most important position on a

(36:29):
defense explain.

Speaker 3 (36:31):
Why greg Yeah, and this is something I really noticed
watching tape and also getting an opportunity in the offseason.

Speaker 2 (36:38):
That's when I really get a chance to talk to
some coaches. But think of it this way.

Speaker 3 (36:43):
More and more teams in the league are playing out
of what we call a two high safety structure. So
the two safeties are deeper players. So they're at least
10 yards off the ball. because a lot of teams
are playing what we call quarters as their foundational look
to start. So what that means is, unlike when you
bring a safety into the box, you now have one

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less player in the run game to play a gap
in the run game. And more and more teams incrementally
now are starting to run the football. So now you're
stopping the run with one less player, one less gap player,
because that safety is a deeper player. So now defensive
tackles are becoming so much more critical in run defense

(37:28):
and defense overall. And you can see that in what
a team like Vic Fangio obviously is sort of the
number one coach when you think of that quarters look.
But there are so many Fangio disciples now. We just
finished talking about the Cowboys. Christian Parker came from the Eagles.
He's now instituting that style of defense in Dallas. But
it's not just Fangio. It's also a Mike McDonald who's

(37:50):
not a Fangio disciple. but they play a ton of
too high shells. So look what they did with their
defensive tackles with Byron Murphy, Leonard Williams, Jaron Reed. Now
they have Riley Mills part of the rotation. Look what
the Eagles did. They signed both Jalen Carter and Jordan
Davis to big number contracts. Teams are recognizing that the

(38:10):
D-tackle position, if you're going to play with too high safeties,
is becoming an incredibly important position. I actually had a
coach tell me, from the Fangio School that it's the
most important position in our defense.

Speaker 1 (38:24):
And we've got three minutes. We've got three minutes until
the top of the hour. Number two, evolution of QB play.
More than ever, a game of the post-snap operation. And
to me, this screams Caleb Williams, which, by the way,
the Bears are going up against the Panthers later on
this afternoon.

Speaker 3 (38:41):
Yeah, we always used to think of, you know, the
Tom Brady's. Everybody can picture him pointing out the mic.
Peyton Manning would win before the ball was snapped. Drew Brees...
Aaron Rodgers was one of those quarterbacks, too. But now,
more than ever, defenses are changing the picture from what
they show before the snap to something different after the snap.
So now, in a game of milliseconds, you have to

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be a post-snap operator. You've got to be able to
see the change and know where you're going with the football.
Because in this league, in a game of milliseconds, if
you're a millisecond late, as a quarterback, you are done.

Speaker 1 (39:15):
And number three, Greg, let's talk about your bromance with
the Jags defensive coordinator. What's going on there?

Speaker 3 (39:22):
I did this last year. I did a bunch of
plays with him in my show, and um, I just
really like what he does. I think he's a great,
great mix of sort of the Brian Flores school with
all these different fronts and sort of this chaos-looking front
stuff that really makes it hard to protect, but also

(39:42):
the ability to almost play a Fangio-style back-end defense with
the matching principles. I just think what he does with
his pressure concepts— He's really, really good, and he's so young.
He's only going to get better and better. I didn't
know much about him at all because he's young, other
than he's from New Jersey, which is kind of cool.

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But I really like what he does.

Speaker 1 (40:06):
It will be interesting to see what happens later on
this afternoon. Of course, the Jags going up against the Browns.
Deshaun Watson, his first regular season game. Since 2024, and
keep in mind, Greg talking about this Jags defense, generated
31 takeaways last season. 31. So really intriguing. I think,

(40:29):
to me, the Jags are the team to select in
your Survivor League, but interesting to see what Watson does
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We did a roster change. Mark Ramsey out on the board.
Chris Perfect in on the board. Emmy still producing. Ilo

(41:13):
with the updates. We've got a packed house. We've got
a full house here, Greg. Before we move on to
on the mark, I just want to listen in Brown's
head coach. There are 10 new head coaches making their
debuts this weekend. Todd Munkin being one of them for
the Browns. This is him talking about Watson and what
he's expecting from him today.

Speaker 2 (41:36):
Oh, okay.

Speaker 1 (41:38):
While we're searching for that, one second. Greg, I want
to circle back to you. Okay, it's ready. Let's listen in.
This is head coach Todd Munkin.

Speaker 9 (41:46):
Watching him get all the reps in the last couple
of weeks and getting more and more comfortable, how it
helped Shadur. In terms of his development by splitting the
reps and having a competition, you can see it. The converse,
you know, whatever the hell it is, the opposite of that.
He got, I don't know the word, but he got
a lot more of the reps and you could see

(42:06):
getting more and more comfortable with the concepts, obviously putting
the game plan in early and getting him comfortable. But
I really like where he's at.

Speaker 1 (42:15):
So big decision for Todd Munkin, come in, new head
coach of the Browns and decides to roll with Watson
over Shadur Sanders. Your thoughts on that decision, Greg?

Speaker 3 (42:24):
You know, obviously we're not there, so we don't know
everything that went into it. But my guess is that
part of that was who they played the first two weeks.
Because they do play Jacksonville. We just spoke about Anthony Campanelli.
Very difficult Jacksonville Jaguars defense to play against. And then
they play Tampa week two. And, you know, we actually
already discussed them to some extent, Anita. And Todd Bowles

(42:45):
is also a very difficult defensive coach to play against
in terms of the schematics. So say what you want
about Watson, and we have no idea. But at least
he's played in the league. He's played a lot of snaps.
Shadur Sanders has not. And, you know, one other issue
for this team, and it'll be interesting, is they have
a totally reworked offensive line. And they're actually going to

(43:07):
start a rookie, I believe, at left guard, Austin Barber.
I think left guard. It's one of the guard positions.
And Fano, the rookie at left tackle. And this is
a defense, you know, I mentioned how much I love Campanelli,
but they stunt an awful lot. And when you have
a young offensive line and they're facing multiple stunt concepts

(43:28):
and Boy, there's a lot of cohesion and communication that
has to come in to handle that. And that's hard
when you haven't played together much at all. So, you know,
that's that's a significant part of this game.

Speaker 1 (43:41):
Again, the Jacksonville Jaguars are one of the top teams
that I would select in my survivor pool. With that
being said, it's time for on the mark.

Speaker 2 (43:51):
Here we go.

Speaker 4 (43:53):
On the mark.

Speaker 2 (43:54):
Let's put it.

Speaker 1 (43:56):
All right, on the mark, a play on my name,
of course, Greg, in regard to the plays that I like.

Speaker 2 (44:02):
I figured that out, Anita. Thank you.

Speaker 4 (44:03):
Yeah, yeah, I know.

Speaker 1 (44:06):
On the plays heading into week one. But before I
make those, obviously, I want to get your breakdown. So
let's start with the Eagles and the Washington Commanders. The Eagles,
to me, they're coming in. I know that there's a
lot of love for Dallas. There's some high expectations for
the Giants. But for me, this Eagles team, even though

(44:26):
they don't have A.J. Brown anymore, I know there's always
a revolving door in regard to their coaching staff, and
that's because they do so well. But for me, it's
still this Eagles team. I think they're going to win
the division this year, yet again.

Speaker 3 (44:40):
Well, the big talk, of course, is they have a
brand-new offense, which is something totally different from what they've
had in the past. I don't believe Jalen Hurts has
ever played in this offense, but I did a deep
dive into Jalen Hurts this summer. I believe he'll end
up being fine in this offense. It's sort of the
Sean McVay, Kyle Shanahan school of offensive philosophy with Sean Mannion.

(45:02):
Quarterbacks that play in this offense tend to do very,
very well just because of the nature of the system
and the way it defines primary read throws offensively.

Speaker 2 (45:11):
So, again, will it be a work in progress? Of course.
We have no idea what will happen today, but I
think it will work out just fine.

Speaker 1 (45:19):
Well, I'm taking the Eagles minus six. I can't believe
it's minus six. I think this line should be seven
and a half. Quite frankly, the Eagles are five and
own week one under Nick Sirianni leading the league with
30 plus points per game in week one over that span.
I think it's hurts. I think it's Saquon Barkley. I
think it's Philadelphia's defense going up against Washington's protection, which

(45:41):
I think Jane Daniels is going to be in a
heap of trouble today. So I like the Eagles minus six.
That is my first on the mark lock of the week.
Game number two, let's talk about the Vikings and the Packers.
The Vikings are favored by two and a half. I
love Kevin O'Connell, and I love the fact that Kyler
Murray is now in Minnesota. Sometimes a new change of

(46:02):
scenery does someone right, and I think this is the
perfect storm for the Vikings to be competitive in a very,
one would argue, the most competitive division, NFC North, in
the NFL. And I think Kevin getting his hands on
Kyler Murray and what Kyler Murray can bring to a
team as a quarterback, I think this is going to
be special. I'm excited for this matchup. What are you

(46:24):
looking at in this game?

Speaker 3 (46:25):
Yeah, Murray is a guy, again, another guy I really
looked at because obviously we know what he was in Arizona.
I mean, he's always had that dynamic playmaking dimension to
his game.

Speaker 2 (46:33):
He's very twitchy. He's got sudden movement, great elusiveness and speed.

Speaker 3 (46:39):
You know, the thing that stood out when I watched him,
the real positive, and I think this is where Kevin
O'Connell comes into play, is on shorter drops, three-step, five-step drops,
he did play with a good sense of timing and rhythm.
It's on the deeper drops when he had to be
in the pocket longer that he kind of lost it.
And maybe that's because he's a smaller quarterback and the
vision became an issue. Obviously, we're not in his head.

(47:02):
And then he'll leave the pocket at times when he
doesn't need to, as again, quarterbacks that can run they
do that that's sort of built into their dna because
they know they can run around um so to me
you know it'll be a fascinating thing because kevin o'connell's
so good uh but i think murray ultimately becomes a
a play callers quarterback and i think kevin o'connell is

(47:23):
one of the best at it um so i think
he can thrive with a strong play caller who can
present the primary read throws to him more consistently and
i think kevin o'connell can do that And.

Speaker 1 (47:32):
You know, on top of that, you know, look at
this offense. Has Kyler Murray ever worked with a more
exciting offense? One would argue Justin Jefferson, top three wide
receiver in the NFL. You've got a one-two punch in
the backfield. I'm expecting big things from Jordan Mason this year,
by the way. I have him on a number of
my fantasy football leagues. Jordan Addison, T.J.

Speaker 2 (47:54):
Hawkins.

Speaker 1 (47:55):
Hawkinson, who had a down year last year, I think
he could have a great year this year. A solid
offensive line. This very well could be the best offense
that Kyler Murray has been placed in, let alone working
with Kevin O'Connell.

Speaker 3 (48:11):
Yeah, and I think an overlooked player that they signed
is John Jennings. Because he's not a number one, which
he had to be in San Francisco last year, and
I believe he caught over 70 balls. But here he's
probably the number three, which is the perfect role for him.
And he just has a great feel for coverage. Not
an explosive athlete, but I think he's an important pickup
for them.

Speaker 1 (48:31):
What are your thoughts on the Vikings' defense? Greg, so
much is talked about Kevin O'Connell, but I don't think
enough is discussed in regard to their defense and going
up against very good offenses in their division.

Speaker 3 (48:42):
Yeah, and division games are always tough week one. I mean,
I've always really liked Jordan Love, but these games you
never know. But Brian Fleury's defense is a little bit
of an anomaly because they're a high-pressure defense. They have
these aggressive defensive front looks with six or seven people
on the ball that you have to account for in protection,

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and then he could rush three and drop eight. And
the thing that makes him a little different from everybody
else is he'll be a high-pressure defense, but he doesn't
play a lot of man coverage behind it. It's high-percentage zone. Now,
he'll play man every once in a while, but it's
really an anomaly in that it's high pressure with zone.
behind it, and sometimes there are voids in those zones

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because of the number of pressure players that he brings.
So the question is, can you get to those voids
in the zones, which is one reason why in certain
games they do give up yards and points.

Speaker 1 (49:36):
So I am on the side of the Minnesota Vikings.
I'm going to lay the two and a half with
the Minnesota Vikings going up against the Packers. That is
my on the mark game number two. And we talked
about the Jaguars earlier. My play number three is a parlay.
I'm going to take the Jags with an alternate spread
line at minus two and a half. And I'm going

(49:56):
to line them up with the Denver Broncos. So, Greg,
let's dive into that Denver Kansas City game on Monday night. Listen,
I love Bo Nix. This will be his third year
with Sean Payton. Talk about, and what I love is
we've seen that progression. We've seen him get better. We've
seen Sean open up and really make this offense even

(50:20):
more electric, even more, expand it more each and every
year with Bo Nix. I'm excited to see what they're
going to do offensively.

Speaker 2 (50:27):
Yeah, I like Bo Nix. I think he's improved a lot.

Speaker 3 (50:30):
One advantage that he had coming into the league, and
it's certainly an advantage with a coach like Sean Payton
who's so demanding, is Bo Nix actually called the protections
at Oregon. That's very rare in college football, but he
did that in college. So that gave him a little
bit of a leg up coming into the NFL, and
certainly with Sean Payton. But Nix is, I think he

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fits Payton's systemic pass game philosophy perfectly, Anita. Ball distributor,
excellent timing, precise ball placement. to present run after catch.
I mean, he understands protections. He understands coverages. I like
Bo Nix a lot. But here, I'm going to throw
out something to you and let's see if you get it.
Do you know what defensive tackle in the league last

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year by a wide margin had the most quarterback pressures
and most quarterback hits?

Speaker 1 (51:20):
Chris Jones?

Speaker 7 (51:22):
Nope.

Speaker 1 (51:27):
Go ahead.

Speaker 2 (51:28):
Zach Allen by a wide margin.

Speaker 3 (51:31):
Really?

Speaker 2 (51:31):
Who would have thought that?

Speaker 5 (51:32):
Yep.

Speaker 2 (51:34):
About 20 more than Jeffrey Simmons.

Speaker 1 (51:39):
So let me ask you, are you more excited about
the Denver defense or their offense? Their defense is really good.

Speaker 3 (51:46):
I mean, they've led the NFL in sacks for two years.
Vance Joseph is really good. They like to present on
third down in pure pass situations what we call that
double mug front, where they put a linebacker, both linebackers
are a linebacker and a dime player in the A gaps,
and they dictate protection. Jaquan McMillan's their slot corner. He
had the fourth most blitzes of any slot corner in

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the league a year ago. I'm sure people aren't aware
that he's a factor in their pressure schemes. It's a
difficult defense to play against, and they've got Obviously, quality
corner play. Sertan, one of the best in the league.
And Riley Moss, a very aggressive player. He'll get some
penalties at times, but a very aggressive corner opposite Sertan.

Speaker 1 (52:27):
So, you know, obviously you're loving the Denver defense. Going
up against Kansas City and Patrick Mahomes. I want to
get there in just a second, but, you know, looking
at this Denver offense, J.K. Dobbins and R.J. Harvey in
that backfield, they add Jalen Waddle. who I'm really excited about.
Love me some Cortland Sutton. Should be a number one,

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would be a number one on a number of other teams.
But now that Waddle's there, Evan Ingram didn't have a
great season last year. I'm really intrigued. I know that
Sean Payton loves him. So interested to see, because last
year was his first year that he had come over
from the Miami Dolphins. So, I mean, this is an
offense that can be mighty explosive. Talk about you loving
their defense. Is Denver now the team to be in

(53:10):
that division, Greg?

Speaker 3 (53:12):
Well, I love what you said about their offense because
they've got a lot of juice. I mean, they've got
Waddle who can run. They've got Marvin Mims who can run.
Franklin can run. And obviously we know what Sutton is.
He's almost your sort of classic boundary X receiver, that
single receiver. Pat Bryan is a really solid, big, physical,
good hands, intermediate receiver. This is a really good off. Now,

(53:35):
the big question, of course, will be their run game.
They also drafted Jonah Coleman from the University of Washington
in the fourth round, and he could get snaps as
well because he's Unfortunately, you just don't know about J.K.

Speaker 2 (53:46):
Dobbins with his injury history.

Speaker 3 (53:48):
So this is a pretty interesting— and they can play in
multiple personnel packages because you mentioned Ingram, but they've got
Adam Troutman. They've got Nate Atkins, who plays a lot.
They've got a really good O-line. I mean, you could
argue that their right guard, Quinn Miners, is one of
the top three right guards in the league. We know
about Garrett Bowles at left tackle. It's a really good.

Speaker 2 (54:08):
Offense, Anita.

Speaker 1 (54:10):
Yeah, there's no denying that. Hence why this is my
third play on the mark of week one. And I'm
going to take Denver plus seven and a half in
a two team parlay that you can get it minus 128.
So just to recap on the mark. Eagles minus six
against Washington. The Vikings minus two and a half against
the Packers. And my parlay, the Jags minus two and

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a half along with Denver plus seven and a half.
Those two have to hit in order for you to
be a winner winner chicken dinner at minus 128. And
that is on the mark. Greg Cassell and Ida Marks
again coming to you live broadcasting from Fox Sports Radio Studios.
As I mentioned earlier, Greg, 10, not one, not two,
not three, to steal a page out of LeBron James' book,

(54:53):
but 10 new head coaches making their debut. We talked
about John Harbaugh with the Giants. Stefanski with the Falcons,
Kubiak with the Raiders, Mike McCarthy with the Steelers is
going to be interesting. I do want to dive into
that game. But, you know, out of all these coaches,
which hire do you feel is going to produce the
fastest turnaround for a team?

Speaker 3 (55:17):
Well, I think that's a hard question because you never
know with a new system. You know, there are some
teams that have good players. Like I think the Ravens
have good players. And I really like what Jesse Minter
did defensively with the Chargers a year ago. He's another
one of those guys, sort of like Anthony Campanelli, whose
tape I really enjoyed watching last year, what he does defensively. So,

(55:38):
you know, the Ravens, he's not going to a team
that's a bad team. So, you know, I think, you know,
Declan Doyle is going to be their offensive coordinator and
he's got both a Ben Johnson and a Sean Payton background,
so you'd have to assume with Lamar that there's going
to be some pretty interesting things that they do offensively.

Speaker 2 (55:56):
I love Zay Flowers.

Speaker 3 (55:59):
I don't think he gets enough talk as to being
a really intriguing receiver in this league. So, I mean,
I look at someone like Jesse Minter, and I would
expect the Ravens to be a good team this year.

Speaker 1 (56:09):
You know, if you come in and you're coaching the Dolphins,
if you come in, you're coaching the Raiders. What's the
realistic expectation for you as a head coach? I think
this is a gimme year.

Speaker 10 (56:19):
Right.

Speaker 1 (56:19):
Like come in, incorporate your your your offense, your your
organizational culture.

Speaker 5 (56:26):
Right.

Speaker 1 (56:26):
Get to know the team. Try to win some games.
But like if you're a coach of those and I'd
even throw in the Falcons, because let's be honest. And
I do want to do a deeper dive into that
Falcons Steelers game. i mean the quarterback position is is
is a mess and to me you want to you
want to kill the snake you got to cut off
the head of the snake the head of the snake

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is the quarterback i think it's the most important position
in all of professional sport and and atlanta doesn't have one.

Speaker 3 (56:53):
Well you know enough coaches and you've been around you
said you know you worked for the giants all these
coaches they they think they're gonna you know we went
on sunday i mean I know what you're saying. You know,
maybe Kevin Stefanski deep down, you know, in his darkest moments,
you know, knows that, hey, if I can win six
or seven games, that'd be great. But I mean, they
all think they're going to be in the Super Bowl.
You know, the way coaches think they think about this

(57:14):
stuff 24, 7, 365. So we'll see. But, you know,
you mentioned that Pittsburgh Atlanta game. That's that's actually an
intriguing game. You know, Atlanta's defense, and they kept Jeff
Ulbrich as defensive coordinator. That's not an easy defense to
play against. Now, they're missing important parts because James Pierce

(57:34):
is out. Jalen Walker's out for the year. So they're
missing important pieces. But tactically, they're not an easy defense
to play against.

Speaker 1 (57:43):
No. And, you know, I want to do a deeper
dive into the Steelers team because this division, the Ravens.
So we talked about Cincinnati, you know, obviously Cleveland with Watson.
There's some question marks there. But I think the Steelers
can surprise some folks.

Speaker 7 (57:57):
Right.

Speaker 1 (57:58):
Mike McCarthy reuniting with Aaron Rodgers. Even if you're not
a Mike McCarthy fan, obviously there's a connection there. These
two dudes get each other. You add Michael Pittman Jr.,
wide receiver who comes over from the Colts. I think
he's going to add another dimension offensively because last year
it was DK Metcalf and no one else pretty much.
Now it's Jalen Warren in that backfield. Datto now comes in,

(58:22):
one-two punch as well. What are your thoughts on McCarthy
reuniting with Aaron Rodgers? What are your expectations for this offense, Greg?

Speaker 3 (58:30):
Well, I think when you have Aaron Rodgers, and obviously
McCarthy knows him, so that's a big deal. But I
remember a coach telling me, a coach who'd been in
the league for 35 years, a number of years ago,
that when you get a veteran quarterback like that who's
had great success and is obviously intelligent, that you're essentially
running their offense. Because I remember he was talking to

(58:51):
me about, I think it was about Adam Gaze and
Peyton Manning, and he said, Adam Gaze is not going
to be running his offense.

Speaker 2 (58:57):
He's going to be running Peyton Manning's offense.

Speaker 3 (58:59):
Now, McCarthy, because he knows Rodgers and they've done it before,
it's essentially going to be what Rodgers is comfortable with.
And the thing is, he likes to throw the ball
to one-on-ones outside the the numbers. And they've got big receivers.
I mean, Metcalf is 6'4. Pittman is big and physical.
I assume Jeremy Bernard's going to get meaningful snaps. The

(59:19):
rookie from Alabama who they drafted in the second round,
he's 6'1.5, 6'2. So, you know, he likes to work
outside the numbers. You know, I talked about post-snap operation
earlier is one of the trends. Rodgers is kind of
one of the last true pre-snap operators because he's so intelligent.

(59:40):
Rodgers is the kind of player that he can orchestrate
the game from before the ball snapped because he knows
so much about defense. He knows how to use his
cadence and snap counts. He can research the movement and
intentions of the defense and And then he's still so
smart that even when the defense moves, he can see
it instantly. So he's, you know, one of the last

(01:00:01):
of that dying breed that can do both exceptionally well.
But he definitely likes to throw the ball outside the numbers.
And if he gets one-on-one, that's where he's going.

Speaker 1 (01:00:11):
My apologies. I've got I've got people waking up in
the morning and heading out to their their their workout classes.
And my dogs know it. We're going to take a
quick break. We come back. We've got some injury updates
for you for you again. Fantasy football freaks out there
like me. What's going on with Jeremiah Love, Alvin Kamara?

(01:00:34):
Not to mention Malik neighbors. We'll have an update for
you there. I've got some fantasy football sleepers for you
and we'll dive into more games and get you more
action right here on Fox NFL Sunday Funday. Need a
Mark's Greg Casale. We'll be right back.

Speaker 10 (01:00:48):
Here's what I'm excited about how hard they're working on
a regular basis right now. Like, I mean, I think
I made a comment last year about we're not practicing
at a championship level yet.

Speaker 4 (01:01:00):
I'm not saying that this year, like.

Speaker 10 (01:01:01):
These, these guys, they're the work that they're putting in
throughout the week. It doesn't guarantee you a win on Sunday,
but it gives you a darn chance. And so I'm
happy about what I'm seeing from all those guys. And
as a result from that, they all get better. They
all get better.

Speaker 4 (01:01:16):
And it's, It's an easy thing to do week one.

Speaker 10 (01:01:18):
It's a lot more challenging as we get into this
thing and their bodies don't feel a hundred percent. And yet,
you know, for us to be at our best on
game day, we'll have a little discomfort during.

Speaker 2 (01:01:28):
The course of the week. That is brilliant.

Speaker 1 (01:01:30):
That is Bears head coach Ben Johnson talking about the Bears.
They're getting ready to take on the Carolina Panthers today.
They're favored by three. The over-under is about 45 and
a half. This is Fox Football Sunday. Neymar's Greg Cassell
with you, coming to you live from the Fox Sports
Radio Studios. So with that being said, so much is

(01:01:51):
being discussed about Caleb Williams and now his, is it
second or third year? Second year, right?

Speaker 2 (01:01:57):
Third.

Speaker 1 (01:01:58):
Third year.

Speaker 2 (01:01:59):
Oh, second with Ben. Third and second.

Speaker 8 (01:02:01):
Right.

Speaker 1 (01:02:01):
Second with Ben. And and, you know, will he take
another step forward? You know, your thoughts about Caleb Williams.
I'm not a huge fan.

Speaker 2 (01:02:13):
And why aren't you a huge fan?

Speaker 1 (01:02:15):
I just I feel that his magic is created outside
the pocket. And, and I, I, I don't think you
could win a lot of football games, let alone win
a championship like that. I think you need to have, uh,
I think you need to be comfortable in the pocket.
It's great to have that as you know, a bag
of chips, but, but your, your hoagie is, is in

(01:02:37):
the pocket, is in the pocket. You've got to stand
strong in the pocket. You've got to two, three hitch,
throw that ball, get it out under, under, you know,
two and a half seconds. I just feel like He shines.
Caleb Williams shines outside the pocket. And I just I
don't see continued, consistent success playing football like that.

Speaker 3 (01:02:56):
Well, keep in mind, he's only going into a second
year with Ben Johnson. I think Ben Johnson spoke about
that this offseason, that the next step is for him
to play within structure more consistently, because obviously Ben Johnson,
when it comes to the pass game, is outstanding with
his concepts and his route combinations. My sense and I
watch Caleb Williams in great detail this summer. Obviously, he's

(01:03:18):
a very gifted thrower. His internal clock can tend to
run a little fast at times. Again, another example of
a quarterback that knows he can make plays outside the
structure of the play, and he's really good at that.
He's very strong. But yes, I think he does need
to slow down a bit, play with little patience. I

(01:03:38):
made a note when I finished watching probably 250 dropbacks
this summer that the next step in his development is
more overall precision from the pocket within the structure of
the passing game, patience, better and quicker with his eyes,
quicker recognition of coverage. just more clarity from the pocket.
And the thing is, when he starts rushing himself, that's

(01:03:59):
where he loses his ball placement, and his ball placement
does have to become more consistent. So there's still work
to be done, but it's a difficult offense to master,
and he's only in his second year in it.

Speaker 1 (01:04:11):
It is now time for Fantasy First Aid.

Speaker 4 (01:04:17):
Fantasy First Aid. He just jacked him up.

Speaker 1 (01:04:21):
That's an understatement. And so, Greg, let's give the folks
an update on what's going on, all the reports out there,
the players they need to be in the know about.
Keep in mind, 1130 a.m. Eastern time is when that active, inactive,
as I like to call it, active and attractive list
comes out. Let's start with Odunze. Apparently, he is going
to give it a go and play today and suit

(01:04:41):
up for the Bears, which, again, I think is really
important for Caleb Williams in game one.

Speaker 2 (01:04:48):
Yeah, it's an interesting year for Doomsday.

Speaker 3 (01:04:50):
You know, in watching Williams as much as I did,
obviously I noticed Doomsday as well. And, you know, I
think when I watch him, I feel and I felt
this when he came out of the University of Washington
as well. I think he struggles at times to create
separation versus man coverage. He's not really quick or sudden
through his routes. And again, in a really good offense,

(01:05:11):
he could still put up numbers. You know, we know
that with receivers now in need. I mean, look, you
do all the fantasy stuff and, you know, I'm not
involved in that at all. But, you know, so guys
in today's NFL, because there's passing, guys catch passes. So
it's not a matter that he's not going to put
up any numbers, you know, so he could catch 70
balls and people would say, oh, see, he's great. But
I'm looking at traits and attributes and characteristics of a player.

(01:05:34):
And I think it's an important year for him to
see if he can become the player that was, you know,
that really justifies where he was drafted. He was a
pretty high first round pick.

Speaker 1 (01:05:43):
Yeah, and you mentioned fantasy. Luther Burden III is the
wide receiver that I select in a lot of my
fantasy leagues.

Speaker 2 (01:05:49):
And you are correct. Thank you.

Speaker 1 (01:05:51):
Gosh, I love you.

Speaker 3 (01:05:52):
Luther Burden was one of my favorites coming out. I
don't know why he got taken in the second round. Again,
it could be other issues that I don't deal with. Obviously,
I just sit in my office and watch tape. I
don't speak to these players. Maybe there's character or personality issues.
But Luther Burden, I think, is going to be their
best receiver.

Speaker 1 (01:06:10):
I can't wait. I can't wait. And I got him
in some later rounds.

Speaker 2 (01:06:14):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (01:06:14):
People were sleeping on him. Some other injury news. Again,
we talked about it earlier. Tua is not going to
give it a go for the Falcons. So Cooper Rush
is going to get the start for the Falcons going
up against the Steelers. Again, I like the Steelers in
a survivor pool pick. They're at home, and I do
believe that they will beat the Atlanta Falcons. Tight end
Brock Bowers is out for the Raiders. Michael Mayer is

(01:06:36):
going to get the start. Not that I would start
him in fantasy, by the way, but Bowers being out.
What does that mean for Kirk Cousins? He's got Trey
Tucker and Jalen Naylor.

Speaker 2 (01:06:47):
They don't have much of the wide receiver position.

Speaker 1 (01:06:49):
No, these guys could be sneaky good plays. And let
me tell you another thing, Greg. These guys are available
on fantasy football wires right now.

Speaker 3 (01:06:55):
Oh, I'm sure they are. Because you know what? You
have to throw somebody. So these guys are going to
get targets. But they don't have what you'd call a
really quality NFL wide receiving core. Jack Becks is another
guy that I actually like coming out of college. We'll
see what he can do. They say that Michael Mayer
lost some weight in the offseason, and they just signed him.
So I think they believed, look, Brock Bowers is obviously special,

(01:07:19):
and he'll be back, if not next week, certainly by
week three. So Mayer will really be the number two there.
But based on what they signed him now— they probably
think he's more like a 1A than a pure 2.
Because when he came out of Notre Dame, I didn't
see him as a number one type tight end in
the league. But maybe he gained some quickness and speed,

(01:07:39):
losing weight, and we'll see. But you know what? They're
going to have to probably throw the football. I mean,
Cousins is not going to drop back 10 times. So
if he drops back 30 times, he's going to have
to throw it to someone. And, you know, so those
receivers are going to get targets.

Speaker 1 (01:07:53):
Yeah, and for me, it's Trey Tucker because I think
her cousin's going to be under pressure. I think he's
going to look to get rid of the ball quickly. Naylor,
to me, is more the speedy wide receiver. He takes
the top off. For me, if I was going to
be active and attractive on a fantasy football pickup waiver,
it would be Tucker, and that's who I would play today. Also, like,
over receptions for him, just FYI. Alvin Kamara expected to

(01:08:17):
be out.

Speaker 2 (01:08:18):
ATN.

Speaker 1 (01:08:19):
Uh will be the lead back in that backfield for
the saints which i think people are sleeping on the
saints team by the way i i really i really
do they're going up against the lions today the lions
are favored by seven the over under is 49 and
a half what are your thoughts on the saints do
you think they're going to compete in their division this season.

Speaker 3 (01:08:37):
Well i'll tell you what there's a couple things i
feel that they have which is a really good starting
point i think they have a really good all line
um And I thought Tyler Shuck, who actually was my
second-rated quarterback coming out after Cam Ward in the draft
two years ago, I thought he did really well once
he became the starter. I think he's entrenched there. I
think he'll be fine. But, yeah, I think they have

(01:08:58):
a quality O-line. You know, the question is wide receiver.
You know, obviously Tyson is out for at least two months.
Hamstrings are touchy. You have no idea. We could hear
in three weeks that he's out for the season. You
have no idea with hamstrings. So, really, the only guy
that is there is Olave. They have Deshaun Vallee, who's,

(01:09:20):
you know, a nice player.

Speaker 1 (01:09:20):
I like Vallee, Greg.

Speaker 2 (01:09:22):
I do, too.

Speaker 8 (01:09:22):
I do, too.

Speaker 1 (01:09:22):
I like him.

Speaker 3 (01:09:24):
He's probably— we' ll see. I mean, you know, I liked him
coming out, and I thought he did well in Denver
and then obviously got traded. But then they're going to
play a bunch of rookies. They're going to play Barry
and Brown. They're going to play Bryce Lance. I mean,
like I said, you got to play somebody. And these
are the players on their roster. So that's why missing
Kamara is a big deal today, because essentially, you know,

(01:09:45):
you could use him almost as a receiver.

Speaker 2 (01:09:48):
And I think that's going to happen once he gets healthy.

Speaker 1 (01:09:51):
As we said earlier, Jalen McMillan with the Tampa Bay Bucs, doubtful,
which to us means he's not going to play. But
keep an eye on Ted Hurst. If you play in
a deep fantasy league, might want to grab him right
now so you're not fighting for him on Tuesday night,
Wednesday morning. And Jeremiah Love expected to play right now.
Game day decision, but reports are from Ian Rappaport that

(01:10:12):
he's expected to play, but will probably be eased in.
So not expecting. So maybe, you know, Jeremiah Love, maybe
like a flex play or an RB3 today. Really quick,
here are some of my sleepers. My favorite quarterback, again,
is Kyler Murray going up against the Packers. Love that
he is now connected with Kevin O'Connell in that QB
rehab program of his. No Micah Parsons on the opposite side.

(01:10:35):
So love me some Kyler Murray today in fantasy. Running back,
David Montgomery going up against the Bills. Lead back, I
think he's going to be a TD vulture. The Bills,
28th in run defense last year or so. Also, I'd
play David Montgomery anytime touchdown this afternoon. Wide receiver Jalen
Coker going up against the Bears. The Bears secondary, very

(01:10:58):
kind to wide receivers, and they're pretty banged up coming
into the season. I think Jalen is going to be
second in targets to McMillan with the Carolina Panthers. And
last but not least, I talked about him all show long,
and that is Isaiah Likely. I think Isaiah Likely is
going to be a beast. He is Harb's guy. He
brings them over from the Ravens. You've got a Giants
team whose wide receivers are banged up. And I think

(01:11:19):
Isaiah likely is going, he's, he's listed as a tight end,
but I think he's going to play more as a
wide receiver later on tonight against the Cowboys. So love me,
Isaiah likely with that being said, let's get an update.
Let's go to Ilo back in the studios. Ilo, what'd
you have for us?

Speaker 11 (01:11:33):
Morning, Anita and Greg, and your timing is perfect because
NFL media just reported that San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver
Dijon Stribling will be out at least a month with
a deltoid ligament sprain in his ankle. Yeah, he injured
it during their victory over the Rams in Melbourne, Australia.
Surgery currently not planned, but is possible. The 49ers drafted

(01:11:54):
Stripling with the first pick of the second round, 33rd overall.
In college football on Saturday night, fourth-ranked Texas trailed No.

Speaker 4 (01:12:02):
1 Ohio State 23-3, 40 seconds into the fourth quarter.

Speaker 11 (01:12:07):
Arch Manning then led a 15-play, 91-yard touchdown drive, a 13-play,
72-yard touchdown drive, and then had the Longhorns one yard
away from another touchdown in the dying minute. Here was
the venerable Craig Way on KVET.

Speaker 9 (01:12:23):
Third down and goal for Texas inside the Ohio State
one-yard line.

Speaker 2 (01:12:28):
The lineup in the eye. Manning under center to take
the snap. Third and goal.

Speaker 8 (01:12:32):
Hand off.

Speaker 2 (01:12:33):
Diving for the goal line.

Speaker 1 (01:12:35):
Hollywood smothers.

Speaker 2 (01:12:36):
Touchdown, Texas!

Speaker 1 (01:12:38):
Smothers over the top, and the Longhorns are.

Speaker 4 (01:12:41):
An extra point away from taking their first lead.

Speaker 2 (01:12:44):
Of the night.

Speaker 11 (01:12:45):
Gianni Spedic would then make that extra point for a
24-23 win. 13th ranked Texas Tech won at Oregon State 35-24.
Texas Tech trailed with 6.38 to go, but then scored
two touchdowns over the next five and a half minutes
for the win. Jaden Maiava, five touchdown passes for number
14 USC in their 49-30 victory over Louisiana. Number 20

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(01:14:25):
My goal for the show, Greg, is I want us
to hit on every single game. So there's really quick
because we've only got six minutes left before we pass
the ball. to our next program uh Ravens Colts uh
Daniel Jones that's another fan club I I love Daniel
Jones on his way to seriously being in the conversation

(01:14:47):
of MVP last year uh I feel that the Giants
sold him not one not two but three bags of
lemons he goes to the Colts performs extremely a lot
better than he did in in New York are you
giving the Colts any opportunity to upset the Ravens today quickly.

Speaker 3 (01:15:02):
Well, two quick things, I think. Number one, the offensive
line in Indy was so much better than the Giants.
Number two, and I'm a big believer in coaching, I
think that Shane Steichen is really good. You know, what
coaches try to do is present quarterbacks with clean, defined reads,
particularly the primary receiver. Obviously, it doesn't always happen, but
the good coaches can do that more often than not.

(01:15:23):
And Jones was so efficient through the first part of
last season. He would drop back at his back foot
and the ball could come out. He didn't get stuck
in the pocket.

Speaker 1 (01:15:32):
Uh, you've got, uh, the Ravens are favored by three
and a half. The over under is 47 and a half. Uh,
I'm intrigued by this game and really curious to see
how Daniel Jones does he pick up where he left
off before he, uh, he injured his knee last year. Uh,
you've got the chargers at home going up against the
Cardinals biggest line of the week. They're favored by nine
and a half. It's a lot. 47 and a half. Chargers,

(01:15:53):
a lot of people like them this year. Another year
with Justin Herbert and Harbaugh. Good defense. Offensive line, some
injuries heading into the season. Thoughts really quickly on Herbert
and this Chargers team.

Speaker 2 (01:16:06):
Well, I'll just flip the script real quick.

Speaker 3 (01:16:08):
Where Mike McDaniel goes, the run game always does exceptionally well.
And I loved Omarion Hampton coming out of North Carolina.
I would expect him, if he could stay healthy, to
have a really big season. Their run game will be good.

Speaker 1 (01:16:20):
Yes, I like over his rushing total today. And if
I remember correctly, I think it's like 54 and a half,
55 and a half. That is a prop bet that
I would play. Gentlemen, it is time for three and out. One, two, three.

Speaker 2 (01:16:34):
Three and out.

Speaker 4 (01:16:36):
All right, here we go.

Speaker 1 (01:16:37):
We've got four minutes. Let's get through this. Question number one,
which quarterback plays better in the Jets and Titans game,
Geno Smith or Cam Ward? Big expectations for Cam Ward,
year two out of UN.

Speaker 3 (01:16:50):
Yeah, I'm glad we're mentioning that game because, you know,
Brian Dable's there. Cam Ward, I've been around that team.
Cam Ward is a very impressive young man. You know,
I think one of the things that stands out about
him is his ball placement has to become a little
bit more consistent. Hard to play in this league if
you're going to miss some of the routine throws. You
can't miss those throws. But they actually have a pretty

(01:17:13):
deep wide receiving core. It's going to be interesting to
watch that team. You know, a team not a lot
of people obviously are thinking about, and who knows. But
they do not have bad talent. And when you see
their defensive line in person as I have, that is
a very, very big group.

Speaker 1 (01:17:28):
They bring in one Dell Robinson from the giants. I
like to call him a mud bug. It's impossible to
defend him. He creates so much space and Carnell Tate,
arguably the best wide receiver coming out of college. Keep
an eye on that. Question number two, who scores first,
the Miami dolphins or the Raiders? Who scores first, Greg?

Speaker 3 (01:17:49):
Well, I'm very anxious to see Malik Willis, you know,
because clearly they they're putting everything on him because they,
they trade, I guess their backup is now Kyle McCord. So, Willis,
they're 100% behind. I'm curious to see what the offense
looks like because he is an explosive athlete. I wonder
if you'll see a lot of college principles in the
run game with him because that might be one of

(01:18:11):
the best ways they can move the ball. The most
passes he's ever thrown in a game is 23. That's
obviously going to change pretty quick now that he's a
starting quarterback.

Speaker 1 (01:18:20):
And here we go. This is a fun one, right?
We've got two minutes left. What do you feel will
more likely be Monday's headline? Houston's defense remains Josh Allen's kryptonite.
Kyler Murray looks reborn and Minnesota may have found its quarterback.
Or John Harbaugh changes the Giants overnight as Dallas begins

(01:18:42):
another crisis. Out of those three headlines, what do you
think is the most likely, Greg?

Speaker 2 (01:18:48):
Well, none of them will be a headline tonight. to me,
no matter what happens this week.

Speaker 3 (01:18:52):
I would say of those games, the game that fascinates
me the most is Buffalo and Houston. Because one thing
we didn't mention, you know, we did talk C.J.

Speaker 2 (01:19:01):
Stroud.

Speaker 3 (01:19:02):
But the Bills have a brand-new defensive coordinator in Jimmy Leonard,
and he's sort of from the Rex Ryan school. Very aggressive.
He's going to attack. This could be, you know, one
of those 17-13 games, Anita. I'm fascinated to see this game.
You know, I did hear someone say this week that
this is a must-win for Josh Allen, and when I

(01:19:23):
hear people say ridiculously stupid things like that, I just
have to smile.

Speaker 1 (01:19:30):
To me, it'll probably be the most entertaining game to watch.
I love good defense. And when you've got arguably the
best defense in the NFL going against arguably the best
offense in the NFL, that's going to make for some
really great TV watching. But personally, here in my own
backyard with John Harbaugh being with the Giants and so
much expectation for him to come in, change that organizational

(01:19:51):
culture and turn this organization around.
This is a must. You talk about a must-win game
for Josh Allen. I believe this is a must-win game
for John Harbaugh, even though this is his first year
coaching and it's the Giants. It's going to be interesting.
I want to give a big shout-out to our team.
Mark Ramsey started working the board. Chris Perfect took it

(01:20:13):
over in Hour 2.

Speaker 6 (01:20:14):
Emmy.

Speaker 1 (01:20:15):
Emmy Funes is our producer. Big shout out. Ilo with
the update. And Greg, an absolute pleasure. I can't even
begin to tell you.

Speaker 2 (01:20:24):
It was a lot of fun, Anita. We're just getting started, man.
We're going to do it every week.

Speaker 1 (01:20:27):
I feel so blessed that I'm going to have the
privilege to work with you. Everybody, hopefully you enjoyed Fox
Football Sunday. We'll see you next week.

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