On today’s episode, Jason discusses George Springer’s massive home run that helped punch the Toronto Blue Jays’ ticket to the World Series, what he learned about the Detroit Lions in their win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday Night Football, the NFC team most likely to make a trade ahead of the upcoming NFL trade deadline, why the Seattle Seahawks should have beaten the Houston Texans by even more than eight points in the MNF nightcap, and the (allegedly) real reason that CJ Stroud has regressed so mightily since his rookie season.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
What is up, Drek Fire Bamp. It's me Jason McIntire,
Straight Foyer for Tuesday, October the twenty first, where we
are recording this late late night or early morning, whichever
you prefer. On Tuesday, the World Series is set and
(00:31):
in dramatic fashion, the Toronto Blue Jays advance to face
the Los Angeles Dodgers. George Springer the hero three run
bomb and I'll just say this that and we've talked
about this before, but the romanticism of postseason baseball, like
if you watch the if you fell asleep last night,
I didn't see it. If you wake up and watch the
(00:52):
George Spring or blast, it's a three run bomb to
give the Blue Jays the lead, and it is complete
and utter bedlam in do they still call it the skydo?
I forget what it's called. But it was quite a
scene and it's tough not to get goosebumps, even if
even if you're not rooting for them. Honestly, I was
(01:13):
just rooting for Mariners because I know cowhards super into
the Mariners and it wo'll probably be a little more
baseball on the show, but a seventh inning, Game seven
home run at home to give your team the lead. Like,
that's that's the stuff dreams are made of, honestly, and
George Springers had an incredible postseason. I didn't realize he
was thirty six. I mean, he's been around obviously, spent
(01:35):
many many years with the Astros. But it's funny, like
he looks like one of the best players in baseball.
I mean, look at the numbers he put up this year,
and then obviously that home run, it was just like
Holy Toledo. So Blue Jays Dodgers. Game one Friday, obviously Friday,
you know Halloween. What day does Halloween actually fall on?
(01:55):
Halloween falls on the next Friday. So the World Series
starts this Friday. But like Halloween parties start, not everybody
wants to have a party on the thirty first because
there's so many competing then people can't jump around, and
so World Series. I'll never forget. We were at a
Halloween party. My buddy has a pretty big one every year.
(02:16):
And Game one, you know, I walk into this room
and there's probably forty people around a TV. And I
was like, oh, they got the game on. And obviously
it was when the Grand Slam was hit by the
Dodgers and it was absolute chaos. Obviously, living out here
in La So I've been very lucky in life, and
(02:37):
I know a lot of people will say that, but
I was in New York at like the tail end
of not well during the Yankees to prime dominant years
with Bernie and Jeter and Posada. I was there for that.
And I'll never forget those fall nights in New York
when the Yankees would uh face the Red Sox or
(03:01):
Mets or whoever it was Indians. You know, there was
a David Justice home run. I'll never forget. I was
at a bar, he went to Dead Center and I'm
just it was just like pandemonium. You know, It's just
an awesome feeling. But postseason baseball it is. It is
very cool. So happy for Toronto and obviously, you know,
we'll do some World Series coverage here, but primarily this
(03:25):
is a NFL podcast, and I will say I was very, very,
very thrilled that the Detroit Lions came through for me
in Wich should never have been a close game. Lions
beat up on the Bucks twenty four to nine.
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The charmed run of Baker Mayfield. Listen when you bet
against the team at UF right, eventually they're not going
to deliver. And I have lost some decent money betting
against and fading Tampa Bay. And finally, well, I think
I got a couple. Let me see, I don't have
the exact It's not like I bet against them every week,
but looking at their schedule, yes, I was on the
(04:13):
Falcons in week one. That was a loss. Their schedule,
you know, Tampa Bay five and two. I was on
the Texans that was a loss. I was on the Jets.
That was a cover Eagles game. I don't remember. Oh no,
I was on the Eagles in that cover barely Bucks Seahawks.
(04:36):
I don't think I have anything on that one.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
I did.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
I think I might have had niners, maybe small. And
then I faded him again this week, and finally the
Lions put the hammer down on them. So here's the
thing about Tampa Bay. Like they're very good. They're gonna
be a frisky playoff team when they get healthy. Another
major So Bucky Irving did not play last night, and
he is an awesome running back. I don't know if
(04:59):
he's top five. He's not quite in the Bijon c
Mac Jamir Gibbs category. But Bucky Irving is super dynamic
without him. Rashad White, you know, he's he's elusive. But
his longest carry was seven yards and without a run game,
the Detroit secondary was just locked in and the pass
(05:21):
rush was able to get home. Baker Mayfield throwing the
ball fifty times not ideal, twenty five of fifty. And
here's what's scary. Four point six yards per ten.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
That's not great.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Dropped four times in the pocket, also fumbled.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
It was a rough night.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
You know, the Lion's pass Russ got home. And yet,
if we're being honest, Abuka not one hundred percent?
Speaker 1 (05:41):
How's this?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Abuka four catches on twelve targets and Abuka is a
electric rookie, he's coming off the injury nin one hundred percent,
and then the crap news Mike Evans the Hall of Future,
Hall of Famer, My goodness, zero catches, four targets, broken clavicle,
likely done for the season. I mean, that is just
(06:03):
as bad. As it gets for Tampa, they you know,
God wins out, Bucky Irving's out. The offense was really
stuck in the mud. And this is what's so tough
about betting in the NFL. So the Detroit Lions last
week on Sunday Night Football, everybody watched them, and you know,
we were on the Chiefs. They got deepants by Kansas
City and everybody's like, oh, maybe Detroit's not that good.
(06:24):
They got pushed around like nothing working. Yeah, I don't
think Detroit's that could actually No, the home road splits
of these teams, guys are incredibly dramatic. Talked about it yesterday.
Atlanta Falcons at home, you can bet on them. Atlanta
Falcons indoors also bet worthy. Now where it gets complicated
is a team like Detroit. How are they outdoors? This
(06:47):
has been a big question. Now. Last year under Dan Campbell,
they were actually better outside and they don't play a
ton of outdoor games. But this year outdoors Green Bay loss, outdoors,
Baltimore win. But we've seen Baltimore ain't great at all,
right with the injuries. Now, Lamar did play in that game,
but other guys started to drop like flies. Detroit went
(07:09):
off outdoors. Bengals win and cover, but it was against
Jake Browning, Like, come on outdoors, Chiefs did not look good.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Lost.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Next up, they're at home. Oh actually, it looks like
they have a bye this week, and then they face
the Vikings, which is going to be at home. Then
it's at Washington. We don't know what's up with Washington
because of the Jad and Daniel stuff. But bottom line
is it's starting to look like, yeah, I was going
to be wrong about the Detroit Lions. They are going
to be a playoff team. I thought the regression would
(07:40):
be steep, but they have dodged a couple of landmines.
Minnesota's got quarterback issues, Washington's got quarterback issues. You know,
they still have to actually face Green Bay, Dallas and
the Rams three straight. That could be problematic. But when
you've got Jamir Gibbs locked in like he was last night,
Oh my gosh, had the seventy eight yard touchdown run,
(08:03):
but also seventeen carries buck thirty six two touchdowns and
out of the backfield three catches eighty two yards, So
we're talking two hundred plus yards of offense for Jamiir Gibbs. Listen, Man, Indoors, Gibbs,
Bjon Robinson. These dudes are just different Amarasain Brown was phenomenal.
(08:24):
Detroit looked really good. I'll say though, Goff. I didn't
love what I saw from GoF and again I was
sweating the cover more than I needed to. But he
had a fumble in the pocket, he had a bad interception.
This should have been like thirty seven to nine. That's
how dominant the Lions were. I think at one point
they were up like two hundred yards in the first
half and it should have been a runaway. Detroit inability
(08:46):
to put teams away that is a mild concern when
it comes to the Lions. But overall, pretty impressive performance
from Detroit. I'll say this, I don't know where they
rank in the NFC because the NFC is just so frickin' wacky.
I mean, at this stage, do I trust the Eagles?
Not totally. How about this. The Eagles are five and
two with a plus five point differential. The Lions are
(09:08):
five and two with a plus sixty four point differential.
Are the Packers the best team in the NFC? I
don't know. They struggled at Dallas, they lost to Cleveland,
on the road. They barely they needed a comeback against Arizona.
They're not overwhelming. But if you're giving me Jason Detroit
has to go outdoors to Green Bay in January, yeah,
I'll take the Packers. I'm not buying what the Bears
(09:29):
are selling yet, but schedules kind of favorable. As I
said yesterday, I think Washington's cooked from a playoff point
of view, given the next three games and Jayden likely
to miss this week. Not a believer in the Carolina Panthers.
I think Tampa's a contender, but again would not shock me.
If Tampa five and two minus one point differential, you know,
(09:54):
if they don't continue to dance between the rain drops
and get lucky as hell every week and we games
at the Buzzer, then yeah, I could see them going
nine to eight and maybe losing the division to the Falcons.
Now I'm still back in the Falcons because I have
futures bets on them, but they're just too inconsistent. I
think the team you got to watch besides the Rams
when they get Puka back and Seattle, which had a
(10:16):
nice one we'll talk about shortly, is the forty nine
ers to do it with smoke and mirrors. No Warner,
no Bosa, no brock Purty, no Brandon Aiyuk, no Pearceol, Like,
how long can they continue this? That's the real question
with the Niners I am. If you ask me now,
(10:36):
I would say I think the Niners are in the
Super Bowl from the NFC, and I think a lot
of people think you're crazy. There's no way. I'm a
believer in Robert sala as a defender and his ability
to coach up dudes on defense. So this seventh round
pick out of FSU Tatum Bethune, I was not that
familiar with his work. Did you see how good he
(10:57):
was for the Niners against the Falcons? I would know
it's just one game, and there's not a lot of
tape on this guy, as he barely he played in
Week six, and before that he played three snaps in
Week one, and he played sparingly in twenty twenty four.
This dude looks like the next Warner flying around out there,
just like an absolute missile. Now, I know the secondary
(11:18):
has a lot of holes and the defense hasn't been
able to get pressure. It's early, okay, would not be
surprised if they made a move. I think if you
asked me, teams in the NFC most likely to make
a move, I think the Eagles will probably bolster their
offensive line somewhere. They need a backup guard and tackle
given all the injuries. I do believe the Niners will
make a play for either an edge rusher or they'll
(11:40):
trying to pill for someone on the interior because you know,
inability to stop the run would not be good in
the NFC given some of these teams. And then I
think their offense is gonna get healthy, folks. The fact
that Kendrick Bourne is stepping up, I hope you got
him in fantasy and playing outstanding. So when pearsall Ayuk
Jinny are fully healthy, Kendrick Bourne is a FOURD, they
(12:02):
imagine they go four wide. I mean, Bourne was basically
a one for two weeks and they were above water. Now,
I know it didn't work out against UH against Tampa
on the road, because you can you can only do
so much every week, you know, with Kendrick Bourne and
a bunch of other randoms. I mean, did you see
that drop DeMarcus Robinson had. I mean, like, I mean,
that guy's a veteran and I don't even know if
(12:25):
he'll be on the roster when all these guys come back.
But I think the biggest question for San fran is
can they get fewer touches for Christian McCaffrey. He leads
the NFC in touches by a significant margin. That's gotta
come down. Okay, all right, let's go to the nightcap. Texans,
who continue to look like hot garbage get smacked around
by Sammy Darnold JSN and the Seahawks.
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Don't let the twenty seven to nineteen final fool you.
The Houston Texans were abysmal on Monday Night Football. It
was one of the worst offensive performances I've seen this season.
Seattle has not been great at home this year, outside
of that beat down of the hapless Saints, but Houston
had like one hundred and fifty yards of total offense
(13:22):
with like seven minutes left in the game before some
garbage time drives desperation. Houston two for fifteen on third down,
just couldn't move the football sloppy, ten penalties one hundred
five yards if Seattle doesn't turn it over four times,
and trust me, I'll get to Seattle's idiocy in a moment.
This is a beatdown. Both of the Monday night football
game should have been blowouts by the home teams, but
they eft around. Unfortunately, they didn't have to find out
(13:45):
a couple big picture thoughts on Houston. My gosh, the
offensive line still not fixed. CJ Strowd only sacked three times,
and this cannot be right that there were seven quarterback hits.
That feels way low.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
C J.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Stroud took a beating. Interestingly, there's a lot of chatter
behind the scenes in I don't know how to say
this correctly in the sports media world that his agent
is the same one who was with Michaeh Parsons, and
(14:20):
Michael Parsons was not getting what he wanted from Dallas,
and so he got Micah Parsons out of Dallas to
Green Bay, where some people are saying that's where Michael
Parsons wanted to be. I guess him and Jordan Love
had become friends whatever, And there is a lot of
(14:42):
discussion behind the scenes that hey, you know c j
Stroud don't. He don't want to be in Houston, and
he's doing everything he can to get out of there.
And he never looks happy. He never smiles. Now that
could just be who he is, but he just doesn't
look thrilled back there, and it could be that he's
running for his damn life. I mean, twenty three to
forty nine were is that forty eight percent completions? You know,
(15:05):
they haven't upgraded the wide receiver room. They've tried, you know,
with digs that failed. Nico Collins four catches on ten targets.
I mean, he's basically just running for his life. Dumping
to Dalton Schultz, dumping to Woody Marks, dumping to Jalen Noel.
I mean, the young they got a lot of young guys.
Houston is just not a good football team right now.
(15:25):
I don't know what happened from the first year. We
could we could say it was the offensive line. But
you know, here's the positive spin for Houston. Hey, you
lost to the Rams Super Bowl contender, Bucks very very
good team, although if you watch that game, they should
not have lost. Jaguars, that was bad, but it was
(15:47):
on the road and the Jags were good at the time.
Remember they beat the Chiefs. I think right after that.
Here's the problem. Their wins are against cam Ward And
who was the backup of the Ravens that it was?
Was it Tyrod? No? No, Tyrod's with the Jets Snoop Huntley.
I'm forgetting who the oh oh, it's Cooper Rush. So
(16:09):
the quarterbacks that this mighty Houston defense has beat are
Cooper Rush and Cam Woard, the rookie. Next up, the
Texans host the Niners, and what's a pretty damn good
game this week. Here's the problem. I just don't know
if Houston's any good from the play calling. Obviously, the
defense can be feisty, and the box score will show, oh,
four turnovers from from the Seahawks terrible.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
Well, I don't know, Cooper.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
They tried to gimmick play in the red zone and
Cooper cup through an interception. I was dumb, Sam Donald,
Here's what I don't get. So you're up to scores
with like, I don't know, thirteen minutes left and Sam
Donald comes out and he's chucking it not like ten
yards down the field, like twenty to thirty yards down
the field, and I'm like, what are you doing. Now,
I get it. Stay aggressive the announcer's reference, Oh you
(16:54):
want to stay aggressive. There's aggressive and they're stupid. And
what Seattle did in the fourth quarter was stupid. They
would drop Sam Donald back and have him chuck thirty
forty yards down the field for any receiver that they
could and I'm like, what are you You just got
to run the ball, milk clock.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
You're up two scores.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
They need two touchdowns and a two point conversion. And
anytime they tried to run it, they would just quickly
go back to deep passes and I'm like, I don't
understand this, and they left the door open for Houston
to come back in the game. Of course, Houston's too
inept to do it. JSN was incredible eight catches for
one hundred and twenty three yards and a touchdown. I
don't if you're making a wide receiver list, you've got
(17:32):
to have him top six.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
That guy's freaking awesome.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
The Seattle defense balled out as expected. I mentioned the
seven quarterback hits. I think that number's got to be
readjusted up. Josh Job looked really good. They were sitting
on all the coverages. I mean they were on everything.
And that was without Witherspoon. Okay, it's this Seattle defense.
It's pretty nasty Seahawks now five and two, it's Sam Donald,
(17:58):
you know, had a really bad pick there in the
fourth quarter, Like what are you doing?
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Bro?
Speaker 2 (18:03):
They are now at they have a bye week, and
then they are at the Commanders. I would assume that
Jaydon Daniels would be back in two weeks, but we
don't know. As we record, we don't. We still don't know.
It's a stunded football game. But the Texans, I'm sorry.
The Seahawks, well, they're gonna they're gonna need that one
because after that it's back to back games against the
NFC West and they have already lost one to San France. Again,
(18:27):
they probably should have won. Schedules kind of sort of favorable.
I like to look at it from what quarterbacks are
you facing? So by likely jayde and Daniels, Kyler Murrie
or Jacoby Brissett, Stafford cam Ward. I'm gonna assume JJ McCarthy,
Pennix on the road, Daniel Jones no longer a layup.
(18:47):
Stafford again, not a murderers row, but not an easy
path as of now, I'm gonna have the Seahawks as
a playoff team. Man, again, their defense for the first
time at home. I'm discounting the Saints game that was
a bloodbath easy. I think it was forty to six
or something. Outside of that, they had not looked great
(19:08):
at home and it had been a couple of years.
So I just I don't know what to do, guys,
with this Houston Texans team. I think they're extremely troubling.
The game in itself was just ugly. I mentioned that
Seattle was terrible un third down. Oh, by the way,
the Texans weren't. I'm sorry. Houston was terrible un third down.
(19:29):
They were two of fifteen. Seattle was two of fourteen.
This is just bad, bad football. Three point seven yards
per play for the Texans. I don't know, man. We
can start workshopping CJ. Stroud to the Rams wherever you want.
I just don't see him being long. And I know
rookie deal, they control him for like eight years. Blah
blah blah. Listen, guys, I think the Micah Parsons thing
(19:53):
is going to change some the way some players are
viewed around here, and I think maybe the outlook for
some of these players, like hey, if you don't want
to be there, you should be forced to be there.
And I know the NFL hates that they don't want
players running the show like they do in the NBA,
But I don't want to see C. J. Stroud waste
his talents. He has undoubtedly gotten worse since his rookie
(20:15):
year when he was phenomenal. They can't protect him, you know,
I don't. He has never really had a reliable running game.
I mean, you look at his his numbers and they're
trending way way down from that incredible rookie year. So
Hughes has got to figure out a lot of stuff. Man,
we thought they had something with Stroud. I mean, as
(20:37):
of now, I don't think they're the second best team
in the division. I mean, Jacksonville and great, but jackson
will already beat him. I think Jacksonville probably has a
slight edge on them, not much, but it's clear right
now the Colts are the best team in that division.
All right, we are back tomorrow. Tomorrow the NBA tips off,
may do some previews, some early bets for the full season.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Love the NBA.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
I know some people are like, oh, NBA doesn't start
till Christmas. Okay, if you guys want that, Warriors Lakers.
I did not get the invite from my guy. I
guess he's taking his family. Unbelievable. Now Warriors Lakers obviously
a real good one. And then Rockets debuting their big
lineup where everybody is taller than six foot seven, Kevin
Durant starting at shooting guard. Rockets Thunder. Actually that's the
(21:24):
early game on. By the way, nbcpacock. Nbcpacock no longer
on TNT, so we're back tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (21:34):
Listen.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
I love the NBA. We're gonna talk about it.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
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This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
What is up, Drek Fire Bamp. It's me Jason McIntire,
Straight Foyer for Tuesday, October the twenty first, where we
are recording this late late night or early morning, whichever
you prefer. On Tuesday, the World Series is set and
(00:31):
in dramatic fashion, the Toronto Blue Jays advance to face
the Los Angeles Dodgers. George Springer the hero three run
bomb and I'll just say this that and we've talked
about this before, but the romanticism of postseason baseball, like
if you watch the if you fell asleep last night,
I didn't see it. If you wake up and watch the
(00:52):
George Spring or blast, it's a three run bomb to
give the Blue Jays the lead, and it is complete
and utter bedlam in do they still call it the skydo?
I forget what it's called. But it was quite a
scene and it's tough not to get goosebumps, even if
even if you're not rooting for them. Honestly, I was
(01:13):
just rooting for Mariners because I know cowhards super into
the Mariners and it wo'll probably be a little more
baseball on the show, but a seventh inning, Game seven
home run at home to give your team the lead. Like,
that's that's the stuff dreams are made of, honestly, and
George Springers had an incredible postseason. I didn't realize he
was thirty six. I mean, he's been around obviously, spent
(01:35):
many many years with the Astros. But it's funny, like
he looks like one of the best players in baseball.
I mean, look at the numbers he put up this year,
and then obviously that home run, it was just like
Holy Toledo. So Blue Jays Dodgers. Game one Friday, obviously Friday,
you know Halloween. What day does Halloween actually fall on?
(01:55):
Halloween falls on the next Friday. So the World Series
starts this Friday. But like Halloween parties start, not everybody
wants to have a party on the thirty first because
there's so many competing then people can't jump around, and
so World Series. I'll never forget. We were at a
Halloween party. My buddy has a pretty big one every year.
(02:16):
And Game one, you know, I walk into this room
and there's probably forty people around a TV. And I
was like, oh, they got the game on. And obviously
it was when the Grand Slam was hit by the
Dodgers and it was absolute chaos. Obviously, living out here
in La So I've been very lucky in life, and
(02:37):
I know a lot of people will say that, but
I was in New York at like the tail end
of not well during the Yankees to prime dominant years
with Bernie and Jeter and Posada. I was there for that.
And I'll never forget those fall nights in New York
when the Yankees would uh face the Red Sox or
(03:01):
Mets or whoever it was Indians. You know, there was
a David Justice home run. I'll never forget. I was
at a bar, he went to Dead Center and I'm
just it was just like pandemonium. You know, It's just
an awesome feeling. But postseason baseball it is. It is
very cool. So happy for Toronto and obviously, you know,
we'll do some World Series coverage here, but primarily this
(03:25):
is a NFL podcast, and I will say I was very, very,
very thrilled that the Detroit Lions came through for me
in Wich should never have been a close game. Lions
beat up on the Bucks twenty four to nine.
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The charmed run of Baker Mayfield. Listen when you bet
against the team at UF right, eventually they're not going
to deliver. And I have lost some decent money betting
against and fading Tampa Bay. And finally, well, I think
I got a couple. Let me see, I don't have
the exact It's not like I bet against them every week,
but looking at their schedule, yes, I was on the
(04:13):
Falcons in week one. That was a loss. Their schedule,
you know, Tampa Bay five and two. I was on
the Texans that was a loss. I was on the Jets.
That was a cover Eagles game. I don't remember. Oh no,
I was on the Eagles in that cover barely Bucks Seahawks.
(04:36):
I don't think I have anything on that one.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
I did.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
I think I might have had niners, maybe small. And
then I faded him again this week, and finally the
Lions put the hammer down on them. So here's the
thing about Tampa Bay. Like they're very good. They're gonna
be a frisky playoff team when they get healthy. Another
major So Bucky Irving did not play last night, and
he is an awesome running back. I don't know if
(04:59):
he's top five. He's not quite in the Bijon c
Mac Jamir Gibbs category. But Bucky Irving is super dynamic
without him. Rashad White, you know, he's he's elusive. But
his longest carry was seven yards and without a run game,
the Detroit secondary was just locked in and the pass
(05:21):
rush was able to get home. Baker Mayfield throwing the
ball fifty times not ideal, twenty five of fifty. And
here's what's scary. Four point six yards per ten.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
That's not great.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Dropped four times in the pocket, also fumbled.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
It was a rough night.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
You know, the Lion's pass Russ got home. And yet,
if we're being honest, Abuka not one hundred percent?
Speaker 1 (05:41):
How's this?
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Abuka four catches on twelve targets and Abuka is a
electric rookie, he's coming off the injury nin one hundred percent,
and then the crap news Mike Evans the Hall of Future,
Hall of Famer, My goodness, zero catches, four targets, broken clavicle,
likely done for the season. I mean, that is just
(06:03):
as bad. As it gets for Tampa, they you know,
God wins out, Bucky Irving's out. The offense was really
stuck in the mud. And this is what's so tough
about betting in the NFL. So the Detroit Lions last
week on Sunday Night Football, everybody watched them, and you know,
we were on the Chiefs. They got deepants by Kansas
City and everybody's like, oh, maybe Detroit's not that good.
(06:24):
They got pushed around like nothing working. Yeah, I don't
think Detroit's that could actually No, the home road splits
of these teams, guys are incredibly dramatic. Talked about it yesterday.
Atlanta Falcons at home, you can bet on them. Atlanta
Falcons indoors also bet worthy. Now where it gets complicated
is a team like Detroit. How are they outdoors? This
(06:47):
has been a big question. Now. Last year under Dan Campbell,
they were actually better outside and they don't play a
ton of outdoor games. But this year outdoors Green Bay loss, outdoors,
Baltimore win. But we've seen Baltimore ain't great at all,
right with the injuries. Now, Lamar did play in that game,
but other guys started to drop like flies. Detroit went
(07:09):
off outdoors. Bengals win and cover, but it was against
Jake Browning, Like, come on outdoors, Chiefs did not look good.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Lost.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Next up, they're at home. Oh actually, it looks like
they have a bye this week, and then they face
the Vikings, which is going to be at home. Then
it's at Washington. We don't know what's up with Washington
because of the Jad and Daniel stuff. But bottom line
is it's starting to look like, yeah, I was going
to be wrong about the Detroit Lions. They are going
to be a playoff team. I thought the regression would
(07:40):
be steep, but they have dodged a couple of landmines.
Minnesota's got quarterback issues, Washington's got quarterback issues. You know,
they still have to actually face Green Bay, Dallas and
the Rams three straight. That could be problematic. But when
you've got Jamir Gibbs locked in like he was last night,
Oh my gosh, had the seventy eight yard touchdown run,
(08:03):
but also seventeen carries buck thirty six two touchdowns and
out of the backfield three catches eighty two yards, So
we're talking two hundred plus yards of offense for Jamiir Gibbs. Listen, Man, Indoors, Gibbs,
Bjon Robinson. These dudes are just different Amarasain Brown was phenomenal.
(08:24):
Detroit looked really good. I'll say though, Goff. I didn't
love what I saw from GoF and again I was
sweating the cover more than I needed to. But he
had a fumble in the pocket, he had a bad interception.
This should have been like thirty seven to nine. That's
how dominant the Lions were. I think at one point
they were up like two hundred yards in the first
half and it should have been a runaway. Detroit inability
(08:46):
to put teams away that is a mild concern when
it comes to the Lions. But overall, pretty impressive performance
from Detroit. I'll say this, I don't know where they
rank in the NFC because the NFC is just so frickin' wacky.
I mean, at this stage, do I trust the Eagles?
Not totally. How about this. The Eagles are five and
two with a plus five point differential. The Lions are
(09:08):
five and two with a plus sixty four point differential.
Are the Packers the best team in the NFC? I
don't know. They struggled at Dallas, they lost to Cleveland,
on the road. They barely they needed a comeback against Arizona.
They're not overwhelming. But if you're giving me Jason Detroit
has to go outdoors to Green Bay in January, yeah,
I'll take the Packers. I'm not buying what the Bears
(09:29):
are selling yet, but schedules kind of favorable. As I
said yesterday, I think Washington's cooked from a playoff point
of view, given the next three games and Jayden likely
to miss this week. Not a believer in the Carolina Panthers.
I think Tampa's a contender, but again would not shock me.
If Tampa five and two minus one point differential, you know,
(09:54):
if they don't continue to dance between the rain drops
and get lucky as hell every week and we games
at the Buzzer, then yeah, I could see them going
nine to eight and maybe losing the division to the Falcons.
Now I'm still back in the Falcons because I have
futures bets on them, but they're just too inconsistent. I
think the team you got to watch besides the Rams
when they get Puka back and Seattle, which had a
(10:16):
nice one we'll talk about shortly, is the forty nine
ers to do it with smoke and mirrors. No Warner,
no Bosa, no brock Purty, no Brandon Aiyuk, no Pearceol, Like,
how long can they continue this? That's the real question
with the Niners I am. If you ask me now,
(10:36):
I would say I think the Niners are in the
Super Bowl from the NFC, and I think a lot
of people think you're crazy. There's no way. I'm a
believer in Robert sala as a defender and his ability
to coach up dudes on defense. So this seventh round
pick out of FSU Tatum Bethune, I was not that
familiar with his work. Did you see how good he
(10:57):
was for the Niners against the Falcons? I would know
it's just one game, and there's not a lot of
tape on this guy, as he barely he played in
Week six, and before that he played three snaps in
Week one, and he played sparingly in twenty twenty four.
This dude looks like the next Warner flying around out there,
just like an absolute missile. Now, I know the secondary
(11:18):
has a lot of holes and the defense hasn't been
able to get pressure. It's early, okay, would not be
surprised if they made a move. I think if you
asked me, teams in the NFC most likely to make
a move, I think the Eagles will probably bolster their
offensive line somewhere. They need a backup guard and tackle
given all the injuries. I do believe the Niners will
make a play for either an edge rusher or they'll
(11:40):
trying to pill for someone on the interior because you know,
inability to stop the run would not be good in
the NFC given some of these teams. And then I
think their offense is gonna get healthy, folks. The fact
that Kendrick Bourne is stepping up, I hope you got
him in fantasy and playing outstanding. So when pearsall Ayuk
Jinny are fully healthy, Kendrick Bourne is a FOURD, they
(12:02):
imagine they go four wide. I mean, Bourne was basically
a one for two weeks and they were above water. Now,
I know it didn't work out against UH against Tampa
on the road, because you can you can only do
so much every week, you know, with Kendrick Bourne and
a bunch of other randoms. I mean, did you see
that drop DeMarcus Robinson had. I mean, like, I mean,
that guy's a veteran and I don't even know if
(12:25):
he'll be on the roster when all these guys come back.
But I think the biggest question for San fran is
can they get fewer touches for Christian McCaffrey. He leads
the NFC in touches by a significant margin. That's gotta
come down. Okay, all right, let's go to the nightcap. Texans,
who continue to look like hot garbage get smacked around
by Sammy Darnold JSN and the Seahawks.
Speaker 1 (12:48):
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Speaker 2 (13:01):
Don't let the twenty seven to nineteen final fool you.
The Houston Texans were abysmal on Monday Night Football. It
was one of the worst offensive performances I've seen this season.
Seattle has not been great at home this year, outside
of that beat down of the hapless Saints, but Houston
had like one hundred and fifty yards of total offense
(13:22):
with like seven minutes left in the game before some
garbage time drives desperation. Houston two for fifteen on third down,
just couldn't move the football sloppy, ten penalties one hundred
five yards if Seattle doesn't turn it over four times,
and trust me, I'll get to Seattle's idiocy in a moment.
This is a beatdown. Both of the Monday night football
game should have been blowouts by the home teams, but
they eft around. Unfortunately, they didn't have to find out
(13:45):
a couple big picture thoughts on Houston. My gosh, the
offensive line still not fixed. CJ Strowd only sacked three times,
and this cannot be right that there were seven quarterback hits.
That feels way low.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
C J.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Stroud took a beating. Interestingly, there's a lot of chatter
behind the scenes in I don't know how to say
this correctly in the sports media world that his agent
is the same one who was with Michaeh Parsons, and
(14:20):
Michael Parsons was not getting what he wanted from Dallas,
and so he got Micah Parsons out of Dallas to
Green Bay, where some people are saying that's where Michael
Parsons wanted to be. I guess him and Jordan Love
had become friends whatever, And there is a lot of
(14:42):
discussion behind the scenes that hey, you know c j
Stroud don't. He don't want to be in Houston, and
he's doing everything he can to get out of there.
And he never looks happy. He never smiles. Now that
could just be who he is, but he just doesn't
look thrilled back there, and it could be that he's
running for his damn life. I mean, twenty three to
forty nine were is that forty eight percent completions? You know,
(15:05):
they haven't upgraded the wide receiver room. They've tried, you know,
with digs that failed. Nico Collins four catches on ten targets.
I mean, he's basically just running for his life. Dumping
to Dalton Schultz, dumping to Woody Marks, dumping to Jalen Noel.
I mean, the young they got a lot of young guys.
Houston is just not a good football team right now.
(15:25):
I don't know what happened from the first year. We
could we could say it was the offensive line. But
you know, here's the positive spin for Houston. Hey, you
lost to the Rams Super Bowl contender, Bucks very very
good team, although if you watch that game, they should
not have lost. Jaguars, that was bad, but it was
(15:47):
on the road and the Jags were good at the time.
Remember they beat the Chiefs. I think right after that.
Here's the problem. Their wins are against cam Ward And
who was the backup of the Ravens that it was?
Was it Tyrod? No? No, Tyrod's with the Jets Snoop Huntley.
I'm forgetting who the oh oh, it's Cooper Rush. So
(16:09):
the quarterbacks that this mighty Houston defense has beat are
Cooper Rush and Cam Woard, the rookie. Next up, the
Texans host the Niners, and what's a pretty damn good
game this week. Here's the problem. I just don't know
if Houston's any good from the play calling. Obviously, the
defense can be feisty, and the box score will show, oh,
four turnovers from from the Seahawks terrible.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
Well, I don't know, Cooper.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
They tried to gimmick play in the red zone and
Cooper cup through an interception. I was dumb, Sam Donald,
Here's what I don't get. So you're up to scores
with like, I don't know, thirteen minutes left and Sam
Donald comes out and he's chucking it not like ten
yards down the field, like twenty to thirty yards down
the field, and I'm like, what are you doing. Now,
I get it. Stay aggressive the announcer's reference, Oh you
(16:54):
want to stay aggressive. There's aggressive and they're stupid. And
what Seattle did in the fourth quarter was stupid. They
would drop Sam Donald back and have him chuck thirty
forty yards down the field for any receiver that they
could and I'm like, what are you You just got
to run the ball, milk clock.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
You're up two scores.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
They need two touchdowns and a two point conversion. And
anytime they tried to run it, they would just quickly
go back to deep passes and I'm like, I don't
understand this, and they left the door open for Houston
to come back in the game. Of course, Houston's too
inept to do it. JSN was incredible eight catches for
one hundred and twenty three yards and a touchdown. I
don't if you're making a wide receiver list, you've got
(17:32):
to have him top six.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
That guy's freaking awesome.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
The Seattle defense balled out as expected. I mentioned the
seven quarterback hits. I think that number's got to be
readjusted up. Josh Job looked really good. They were sitting
on all the coverages. I mean they were on everything.
And that was without Witherspoon. Okay, it's this Seattle defense.
It's pretty nasty Seahawks now five and two, it's Sam Donald,
(17:58):
you know, had a really bad pick there in the
fourth quarter, Like what are you doing?
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Bro?
Speaker 2 (18:03):
They are now at they have a bye week, and
then they are at the Commanders. I would assume that
Jaydon Daniels would be back in two weeks, but we
don't know. As we record, we don't. We still don't know.
It's a stunded football game. But the Texans, I'm sorry.
The Seahawks, well, they're gonna they're gonna need that one
because after that it's back to back games against the
NFC West and they have already lost one to San France. Again,
(18:27):
they probably should have won. Schedules kind of sort of favorable.
I like to look at it from what quarterbacks are
you facing? So by likely jayde and Daniels, Kyler Murrie
or Jacoby Brissett, Stafford cam Ward. I'm gonna assume JJ McCarthy,
Pennix on the road, Daniel Jones no longer a layup.
(18:47):
Stafford again, not a murderers row, but not an easy
path as of now, I'm gonna have the Seahawks as
a playoff team. Man, again, their defense for the first
time at home. I'm discounting the Saints game that was
a bloodbath easy. I think it was forty to six
or something. Outside of that, they had not looked great
(19:08):
at home and it had been a couple of years.
So I just I don't know what to do, guys,
with this Houston Texans team. I think they're extremely troubling.
The game in itself was just ugly. I mentioned that
Seattle was terrible un third down. Oh, by the way,
the Texans weren't. I'm sorry. Houston was terrible un third down.
(19:29):
They were two of fifteen. Seattle was two of fourteen.
This is just bad, bad football. Three point seven yards
per play for the Texans. I don't know, man. We
can start workshopping CJ. Stroud to the Rams wherever you want.
I just don't see him being long. And I know
rookie deal, they control him for like eight years. Blah
blah blah. Listen, guys, I think the Micah Parsons thing
(19:53):
is going to change some the way some players are
viewed around here, and I think maybe the outlook for
some of these players, like hey, if you don't want
to be there, you should be forced to be there.
And I know the NFL hates that they don't want
players running the show like they do in the NBA,
But I don't want to see C. J. Stroud waste
his talents. He has undoubtedly gotten worse since his rookie
(20:15):
year when he was phenomenal. They can't protect him, you know,
I don't. He has never really had a reliable running game.
I mean, you look at his his numbers and they're
trending way way down from that incredible rookie year. So
Hughes has got to figure out a lot of stuff. Man,
we thought they had something with Stroud. I mean, as
(20:37):
of now, I don't think they're the second best team
in the division. I mean, Jacksonville and great, but jackson
will already beat him. I think Jacksonville probably has a
slight edge on them, not much, but it's clear right
now the Colts are the best team in that division.
All right, we are back tomorrow. Tomorrow the NBA tips off,
may do some previews, some early bets for the full season.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Love the NBA.
Speaker 2 (21:00):
I know some people are like, oh, NBA doesn't start
till Christmas. Okay, if you guys want that, Warriors Lakers.
I did not get the invite from my guy. I
guess he's taking his family. Unbelievable. Now Warriors Lakers obviously
a real good one. And then Rockets debuting their big
lineup where everybody is taller than six foot seven, Kevin
Durant starting at shooting guard. Rockets Thunder. Actually that's the
(21:24):
early game on. By the way, nbcpacock. Nbcpacock no longer
on TNT, so we're back tomorrow.
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