September 6, 2025 • 27 mins
Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman give their picks and predictions for Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season. Football is back!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Wow. What a game.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Second ever NFL game played in Brazil and was streamed
for free on YouTube.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
What did we just witness?
Speaker 3 (00:09):
We just witnessed history Jules A Thursday and Friday game
to start the year was cool.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
But we're onto Sunday. Let's get on the Sundays, So.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Leave us a comment on what you thought of that
Chargers first Chiefs game.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Football's back, so we have to hop and run through
the rest of Week one right now, let's get onto it.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Yes, we are going to go over every and each matchup,
give our thoughts, quick thoughts, that is, make some quick
points as well, and just celebrate the return of the
game we all love and that's football.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Let's get into it. Tampa Bay Atlanta.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Week one slates up. Week one one thought of games,
one thought?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
And who do you have? Oh?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
I got the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, my former second team
that I played for Jewels side piece. Yes, my side
piece team. Yes that is correct. That you fell up
a great way to can't. But I just broke up
with the season, just broke up in the last two
months and now I'm back to being a Patriot. I
just remarried Patriot Nation.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
That's love.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Yes, that is true love right there. I tried out
the side piece.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Didn't like.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Yeah, And now I'm back you guys. Yeah, we grew
upart grew Now we're still friends. We're just friends. No, no, no,
that's that's still being side piece. We're just friends. Now,
we're just friends. So I'm going with the Tampa Bay Bucks.
I mean, they got a core that's been there, a
foundation that's been there for a long time. The Atlanta Falcons,
they're all over the place. Penix is his first UH
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or first opening of the NFL season career start. Tampa
Bay Buccaneers too good of a wide receiver corps as well.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
They're going to put up some serious points. You know.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
I'm really excited to see what this Atlanta Falcons teams
looks like with Pennix a quarterback like he looked pretty
good last year at the end at the end of
the season, he looked pretty good.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I want to see him.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
How is he going to look after having a full offseason,
knowing he's the guy building rapport with receivers in practice.
Drake London has b Genre Robinson for a great running back. Like,
there's a lot of good pieces in Atlanta. They should
be good. There is a lot they should be good.
There is a lot they should be But I'm going
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with the Tampa Bay Bucks as well.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Jules loves my side piece as well. But Atlanta Falcons. Yes,
a lot of great talent, but they I just feel
like they don't know how to utilize that talent.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Let's move on. Let's move on.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Cincinnati at Cleveland. Jules, what do you got since A.
I'm excited for the Cincinnati Bengals.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Me too, because this is the first off season that
we get to see. This is the first offseason that
they've had, like a healthy offseason without distractions on.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
The offensive side of the ball.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
They've had the Hendrickson distraction contract, which they saidtled.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Second our first round pick defensive end as well.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Yeah, they had on defense, they settled both of those.
Put on offense. They played in the preseason this year
for the first time ever. What if they struggled with
the most in the last ever forever starting the season?
Speaker 1 (03:09):
They you know, I think what they're they're one and eleven.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
The first two weeks under Zach Taylor or something like that,
they've been really bad. And the one thing that hurts
him always at the end of the year is how
they start the season, because every game in the National
Football League is when it's life or death every game
because he could come back to bite you in the ass.
You know, Week sixteen seventeen, when you may have tricked
off a game, but you need that game because you're
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a half game out. Like so, I want to see
how they start. They practiced really hard this year. It
seems Jamar Chase looked like a monster. Higgins is already
a monster, you know. I want to see how they start.
I think they're going to start fast. I'm going with Cincinnati. Yes,
points well said.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
If you remember the Cincinnati Bengals didn't make the playoffs
last year. They missed by one game. Why because they
lost a season over to the New England England Patriots
in which it was a game they should have never lost.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
They lost the first two.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
I think I am excited, just like you, Julian, to
see how fast the Cincinnati Bengals stared. And let me
tell you, Jamar Chase is going to be spectacular this year.
Just watching him in preseason, this dude is an absolute
freak of nature. Just to see how athletic he is,
how big he is, and just the way he's moving.
I can't wait to watch him. He's been phenomenal run
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throughout his career, but I think he's even taking it
up another notch. Cincinnati Bengals wamp the Browns. The Browns
will still brown. You can't have Joe Flacco as your
franchise quarterback when it's a team that like even one
like it in the years I love needs to be
on the team that has a chance to make it
to the super Bowl, not a team that has a
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chance to be average. Let's go next game, Next game,
Miami at Indianapolis. These are two teams that you know,
have a lot of hype but never live up to
the hype. That did live up to the hype that
are all falling down now. They got great players, great
talent all over the place. Uh, and they just can't
figure it out totally. What do you got, Jules?
Speaker 1 (05:07):
You know?
Speaker 2 (05:07):
I mean, I want to see Daniel Jones and his
resurgence with the Indianapolis Colts.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Faster, come on top the Colts they need just like
the Cincinnati Bengals.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
They need to be faster. They got to be faster.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
But I want to see Stiking and Daniel Jones and
how how they get going like and that whole operation.
They have great players in Indianapolis. I can't bet on
Miami right now. There's just it's too night, it's too
noisy out there with so many things going on. I mean,
it's a headline that Tyreek Hill is not a captain. Now,
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there's a headline that there's this. There's always something with
Miami that we're talking about. And Tua is like, I'm
terrified that he's one hit away. Yes, you know what
I mean, just being hurt, not like to be knocked out.
And that's a huge part of their team.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
The Miami Dolphins are like the Miami nightlife there. It's
great for a night and all of a sudden you
have a four day hangover and you're like, what the
heck did I do with my life? Also to a
one hit away from who knows what's gonna happen. He
may be out for his career. So that is the
going withy. Let's go with Indy Tyler Warren. I think
he's gonna be a beast as well, rookie sensation at
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the tight end position.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Next game Las Vegas at New England.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Oh man, oh, I mean Who is Tom gonna go?
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Is Tom gonna play? Is Tom gonna wear a white jacket?
Is he gonna wear a white reader's jacket in Fox?
That would be really weird. He couldn't do that. You know,
he's he's working.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
He's calling the Cincinnati back. No, he's calling the New
York Giants game versus the Washington Man. All Right, I
say Christian Gonzalez is out, which is a tough loss
for the New England Patriots. But I'm still going with
the Patriots. They're gonna win seventeen to fourteen.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Just just I think they're gonna You know what, Gino Smith,
I'm excited to see what he does with paired back
up with Pete Carroll. They had They did some good
stuff in Seattle. They were very competitive football team. They're
gonna look like a pro football team. But so are
the Patriots. You know, this is the debut of Rabel
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and the Gang. You know Drake May year two. You
know new draft picks, Will Campbell, Trayvon Henderson. How are
they gonna do?
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Like?
Speaker 2 (07:26):
They got a lot of stuff going. We haven't even
talked about the defensive additions that the Patriots have had
all offseason. Which they've spent a lot of money on
a lot of good players that Rabel knows works in
Rabel's scheme. So I'm excited to see this operation.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
I'm going with New England as well.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Yes, I think the ball is gonna be moved on
both sides, on both with both teams on the offense
side of the ball. But I don't think either team
knows how to score yet.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Jacobe Myer's revenge game.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
He doesn't even want to be there, I know, but
but it's still revenge games.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
You know what. Let's go, Let's move on.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Let's Arizona New Orleans. I don't think anyone's really paying
attention to these two teams, but we're still going to
go over at New Orleans.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Who knows what their quarterback situation is.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Arizona Cardinals got Kyler Murray, So I'm just going with
the Arizona Cardinals for that factor, because the Saints don't
even know who they're starting quarter dude.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Arizona drafted a whole bunch of defensive guys. Arizona with Gannon,
they they've drafted a lot of defensive guys. He's a
defensive coach, and Kyler Murray's won a lot of ballgames.
For as much as we should on him, he's still
a competitive He's like the scary dude that if he
puts it together for the weekend, they're gonna beat your ass.
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They don't always do that, but if they can continue
to change their offense and there if they can continue
to change your team to like a defensive team and
then allow Kyler to become kind of like Russell Wilson
with the Legion of Boom, where he can methodically get
you down and drive maybe scramble for a long third.
Like that's a good recipe for some success. Like they
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got a lot of good stuff going. I'm going with
Arizona this week. I just don't know, Like Kellen Moore,
who's he gonna coach?
Speaker 3 (09:12):
Arizona has a solid product. Can they get over the
hump this year?
Speaker 2 (09:15):
They're always competitive though, Like you know what I mean,
they got more players going in to get in scheme,
so I think it's gonna be.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
They're gonna be tough, all right.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Next game, Joels, we got the Pittsburgh at the New
York Jets. Kind of Aaron Rodgers revenge game by as
Aaron Rodgers says it's just another game, which.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
That's a pro speaking.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
We would say the same thing when we were on
the Patriots whenever we were playing a rival or if
it was a big game that was getting hype, it's
just another game. I like what Aaron Rodgers said. You
know he's not buying into the hype. But I'm definitely
gonna go with the Pittsburgh Steelers. They got a solid product.
They're always a winning team of the Jets. I think
they're all over the playstell with the new head coach
Justin Fields as a quarterback. Justin Fields great quarterback, not
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a franchise quarterback, but a great filler for an organization.
I think he's gonna be a filler for New York
Jets for just a couple of years.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
I don't think.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
They'll be their long long long term. But Pittsburgh Steelers,
it is they got too many weapons. Anon Rodgers gonna
come out firing. Well what do you think, Jules, what
did you you said? Who as your quarterback?
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Is not long term?
Speaker 3 (10:18):
I said Justin Fields is just a filler for the
New York Jets right now. You know, maybe two or
three years maybe, I don't think he'll be a long
term project.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
But maybe this is a revenge get you talked about
Aaron Rodgers. Maybe this is a revenge game for Justin Fields.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Oh yeah, that's a great point. I forgot about that.
He played with He played with Steelers.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
He practiced against the Steelers all last year with their
scout team. Once Russell took it. He knows that Steelers defense.
Aaron Glenn's got this team. We haven't heard about the Jets.
There's been no distractions on the Jets season. But that's
a good thing, kind of Yeah, you're right, that's kind
of a good thing.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
Under the radar.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
They're flying under the radar thing. And I think Aaron Glenn.
I like Aaron Glenn. He's he was a New York
Jet when the New York Jets were damn good and
they went to their championship with Parcels. He knows how
to win in that city. I'm going with the goddamn
New York Jets. Oh Berman, Dad, get Dreshma, let's go Julians.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Calm down.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
You're a patriot for a life, I am, And stop
talking about the Jets like that.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Yeah you're not after that. I don't know if you're.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
We talked about Jets fans too every time we played,
and we got our best stats and it was a
guaranteed win.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
So I love you.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Go Jets, baby, go Jets for that. All right, let's
move on to the next game. We got the New
York Giants at the Washington.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Cou This is a sneaky and saying. I love Dave Well.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
I've always talked about it. He was one of my
favorite tight end coaches of all time. He was with
me for about three years, one in Super Bowl with him,
he brings the best out of you, So I think
he's gonna bring the best out of Russell Wilson. They're
gonna compete, They're gonna be a lot better product than
last year. And I think they're gonna, you know, answer
the bell this year and raise a lot of eyebrows
of WHOA, look at that play, look at them go.
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The Giants are gonna be pretty spectacular also because of
their defensive line, one of the best defensive lines in
the game of football.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
But I don't know if they're gonna win. What do
you think, dude?
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Jayden Daniels going into year two, he did a lot
of stuff last year a lot of great stuff, specifically
in Gotta Have It Football, third downs, fourth downs, four
point plays, which is third down in the red area.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Those are four point plays. You don't get it.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
You're kicking a field goal, you're losing out on a touchdown.
He executed in those at like a hot like at
a veteran type way. He had the best rookie season
for an NFL quarterback in the history of the game.
He took a three to four win team to the
NFC Championship last year.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
He did that.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
This team wasn't supposed to win. I think he's gonna
be better with Cliff Kingsbury this year. Dan Quinn's got
the defense kind of dialed up. He's always going to
have a defense that's competitive, that plays on a string.
With that Seattle six program that they all used to
run like. I'm excited for them, But that defensive line,
like you said.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
It's still not good enough though.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Dexter Lawrence Abdul Tunzel or who's at uh huh? Tipadeau Thibodeaux, Troubadeaux, Thibodeau,
my bad Thibodeaux.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
He's a bad man. He's a bad man.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
They got a defensive line that that just can't get
past the quarterback with this guy, you know, Jalen Daniels
can make you always wrong. I'm going with the Washington Commanders.
I think it's gonna be a very close game. Division
games opening Day, a lot of unpredictability, a lot of
new wrinkles for teams. I think James Daniels in the
Washington it's gonna be very close.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
I know I was hyping up the New York Giants,
and like I said, they're gonna be better than last year,
but they're still not gonna take down the Commanders.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
So I'm going with the Washington Commanders.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
All right, let's go to Carolina and Jacksonville. This barn burner, Oh,
it is a barn barner. There's a lot of hay
in this barn that's barney.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
And they just keep throwing the hay on top of
the barn too because there's too much hey, and they
just want keep it burning.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Well, I'll tell you right now, I'm going in the barn.
It is, it sure is, and I'm I'm on a
serious note. I'm excited to see Bryce Young. He looked
They looked like a way better football team last year
compared to his rookie year, Bryce Young has gained some
confidence and I remember when he was coming out, people
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are saying, this guy is a Steph Curry of football.
He's a wizard out there, and you saw a little
bit of that wizardy wizardry, wizardry wizard, wizardly wizard, wizardly wizards. Hey,
he saw a lot of that stuff last year. Regardless
mc millan, University of Arizona, bear down Arizona. Who else
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they got Thomas Kidd Renfro, They caught him and then
resigned him Renfro and they got so I don't know.
I'm gonna go with Carolina. I want to see Canalis
and the boys. Let's let's let's build off of last year.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Yes, yes, I think the the Carolina Panthers will you know,
handle this situation and beat the Jacksonville Jaguars. But I'm
excited to finally see the debut of Travis Hunter and
see how the Jacksonville Jaguars use Travis Hunter. We will
finally get the answers that we've been waiting for. Is
he going to be playing on the off side of
the ball receiver? Is he going to be playing on
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the defensive side?
Speaker 1 (15:23):
As well.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
How much is he going to play on defense? How
much is he gonna play on offense? Is it going
to change at halftime? We will finally get tired, but
they will not win. And how tired Willie is a
great question. And can he handle it going versus NFL talent?
Speaker 1 (15:37):
It's he Jacksonville. It's hot there, all right, it's out there.
Let's move on.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Tennessee at Denver Tennessee ongoing Denver Champagne too legit of
a coach, knows his football way too well. Tennessee just
doesn't have the talent. Yes, they got the number one
draft pick camp War, but that's just not enough for
them yet.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Bow Knicks and Denver Broncos taking them down. Denver.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Everyone loves Denver right now and and I think they're
gonna be a good football team. Sean Payton has showed
he can work with quarterbacks. Bonix looked really good last year.
But they have a really good defense too, So I
think Denver. I'm excited to see cam Ward. They've been
really under the radar as well. I think they're going
to be better than what people think as well. But
Denver is just kind of like a little snowball. That's
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snowballing right now.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
All right, And that's we got San Francisco Seattle, Seahawk.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
This is a game I.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
Would say San Fran, but it's at Seattle and it's
just one of the loudest stadiums of all time. The
twelfth Man, the twelfth Man is going to be absolutely
popping hop stadium is going to be I'm going with
San Fran though still, even though I was just talking
about the twelfth Man and how that's gonna help. But
San Fran is just more of a stable organization, and
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I like when there's a foundation in an organization. Seattle,
they're all over the place.
Speaker 4 (16:54):
They're gonna be are they They're gonna be a better team,
a really good defense. Donald, They're gonna be a better
team by end of the year. But Sam Fran is
a better team going into week one than Seattle.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
So Sam Fran, Oh, Sam Fran Robers like that take.
I just said, I like it a lot.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
You know, Sam Donald Smith and Jigball on offense. Is
Sam Donald gonna be the same Donald of last year?
Is he gonna be the Sam Donald of Seeing Ghosts?
That's that was when he was in New.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
York Chet if you guys know metcalf either. Yeah, but
that Smith and g Smith and Jig Boo is pretty legit.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
He's really I like him. But I'm gonna go with
San Francisco as well. I've been watching their little built
on YouTube. It's it's their little like documentary and you
forget that they have They have like Pro.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
Bowlers on every level of the ball. They still do.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
They may not have all of them, but they and
Rock Birdy he's a good football player, man. He delivers
that football and he puts it where they wanted to put. Now,
what's up with Christian McCaffrey. We're on are we limited already?
With a calf injury coming into we are associated with
the Achilles? Yes, I'm going with Seattle, going with Seattle.
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McCaffrey not there. They did sign.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Roberts, said san Fran, And now you're going to see.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
I'm going Seattle. The McCaffrey not being there, that mccaffree
injury is kind of messing with you. And twelve Man.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Twelve Man gets loud there. It's gonna be a close game,
all right, San Fran wins, but it's gonna be a
good game, really, good game. We got Detroit at Green Bay.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
It's all about Michael Parsons, obviously because of the one
of the biggest trades in history and then the biggest
contract to ever be signed by a nine non quarterback.
But I think Detroit still wins this game. Even though
the storyline is Michael Parsons, everyone's forgetting about Aiden Hutchinson.
He's the real deal at the defensive end position for
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the Detroit Lions. The offense is very, very sharp and
it's going to continue for the Lions like it was
last year. Lions win this game by seven by seven seven.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
Rob Green Bay so much continuity. Youngest football team last
like three. I hear like they're the youngest football teams
since I played. And it's the same guys, but are
still the youngest team. They got like so many young
guys that have played together for years now. Now you
incorporate Golden that they drafted in the first round, first
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receiver ever taken in the first round for the Green
Bay Packers or whatever something like that. Like I think
he's a weapon, Josh Jacobs a weapon. Jordan Love, He's
still got some he still needs to learn how to
have his dropback pass game, efficient, pass game, rolling a
little more. But I think he's They're in a good place.
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I'm scared that Detroit lost both their coordinators.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
I'm going.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
I thought before the Mic and Parsons trade, Detroit was
gonna win the division. Now I'm I'm full. I'm I'm
a cheesehead. Now I think green Bay. I'm going Green Bay,
Green Bay. What kind of cheese would you be?
Speaker 1 (20:01):
If you're I would be cheddar cheese. Howbout you American? Yeah,
because you're American.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Now I like that process and it does taste the best.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
Yes, American cheese, the best on burgers.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Now let's get to the next matchup, Houston and the
Los Angeles Rams.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Really good game, really good game. I got both of
these teams winning their division. But the key difference here
is going to be Sean McVay. So I have the
Los Angeles Rams beating the Houston Texans.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Man, how's it you had a back injury? I did.
How old are you and you have the back injury?
Speaker 3 (20:42):
I was nineteen years old, and then I was twenty
three years old, and I was twenty six years old,
and then every age in between, all those years and
still to this day.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
You weren't thirty seven, are you? No?
Speaker 3 (20:52):
I wasn't thirty thirty six, and I still have the
back injury, but I just fixed it two weeks ago.
Like I'm telling you, like, if it aggravates, you got
to do rehab. So if Matthew Stafford was doing the rehab,
he should be good to go, because.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
I know that's who you're talking about. I mean, dude,
he's got it. I know he's starting.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
If he did the rehab properly, he should be full
go one hundred.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
There's not like when you jumped up in the air
and fell and like smashed your other disc. Like that
can't happen potentially because he's compensating with them.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
They're not jumping.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
He's just dropping back and he's using his right arm
to just unleash the football.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
All right, if you say that, I'm going with La Rams.
All right, all Right.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
We got the Baltimore Ravens at the Buffalo Bills, a
rematch of the playoff game last year, which I think
Baltimore was the way better team. But it doesn't matter
if you're the better any given Sunday, the better team
may not play as the better team on that day,
and that's why the Buffalo Bills won last year. But
I'm going with the Baltimore Ravens. Their run game is
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just phenomenal. They're a complete football team all over the board.
I just don't think that Buffalo has the firepower on
the offensive side of the ball right now, and they're
gonna have to figure it out through the year. Even
though I got Buffalo winning the going to the Super
Bowl and losing in the Super Bowl. They're gonna figure
it out after they lose this game to the Ravens.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
No, they're not, Yes, they are. No. They all see
they got.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
Cooks, which diced up the Ravens, coached them up. I
think Josh Allen had under two hundred yards thrown last
year when they in the playoffs because they diced them
up with Cooks. Shakiir really good little slot receiver that
has had a lot of production for them.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Think he's gonna be good.
Speaker 2 (22:35):
I think Coleman, with another year in the system, getting
those one on one matchups outside the number, I think
he's gonna begun to win those.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
Now.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
I get scared with what you said the run game
for the Ravens because they are light in the box
with the Buffalo Bills with that two safety defense they play.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
But Matt Mlano is back and I'm taking. I'm taking.
I'm taking the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 3 (22:59):
I can tell you this. They'll Bill's Mafia is going
to win this game. Because it's Sunday Night football in Buffalo.
Week one is.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
Going to be popping.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
It's the last game, last season opener ever to be played.
I'm pretty sure is it Highmark Stadium or is it
new era Stadium now old? The last season at this stadium,
which I believe I would. I always said it was
the best football atmosphere in all of the NFL, just
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because of the stadium, and hopefully it stays like that.
And they're crazy, and just the way the ball is,
the fans are on top of you. They're crazy. It's
the best place to play football.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Well we're going to see all right.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
Next game, Minnesota game at Chicago Monday night football.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
You got a new quarterback in J. J.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
McCarthy for the Minnesota Vikings, first round pick who got
injured last year.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
So is he reliable? Can he sustain a whole entire year?
Speaker 3 (23:53):
And then you got the first pick of the draft
last year for the Chicago Bears new coach Ben Johnson,
who's an offensive genius. Is he gonna take Caleb Williams
to the next level?
Speaker 1 (24:03):
I actually think so.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
So I'm going with the Chicago Bears. Do Bears our back.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
They're going to win some games this year. How did
Minnesota at a hefty price? Give me Google real quick?
Speaker 2 (24:15):
How did Minnesota do last year against Minnesota's defense? To
against the Detroit Lions last year?
Speaker 1 (24:25):
I does just have to do with anything, Jules.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
Because Bflow is the defensive coordinator for those Minnesota Vikings.
I want to see how he did against Ben Johnson
last year.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
Okay, okay, Ben Jonson, Ben explanation.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
And you gave me an explanation.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
And I appreciate that Detroit thirty one points on that
one last time they played thirty one?
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Jules? Do you really need all this info? These are
quick takes?
Speaker 3 (24:53):
Like just give a quick take, buddy, Like this is
taking an extra five minutes because you got to look
up a defense.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
Point thirty one points both time. So so Ben Johnson
knows how to play against B Flow? Oh all right,
but does Caleb Williams.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
I see why you were doing all that research, all right,
but now it makes sense.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Is Caleb Williams gonna be able to execute Ben Johnson's
against Ben Johnson's offense against the Vikings and b Flows?
Speaker 1 (25:23):
I think so. That's why I said the Bears. You're
going with the Bears. The Bears. I'm going with the
Bears too.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
I think I'm excited to see what Caleb does with
Ben Johnson at the Helm. I think it's gonna be
a really close game. And if anyone can get the
quarterback going, it's Kevin O'Connell.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
But I don't know.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
So this is his first game division opponent in Chicago.
Chicago is gonna be rocking. I know the defense for
Minnesota always comes up with turnovers, but like, I don't know,
maybe it's a little different. I was at that, I
was at the preseason game. It was different, a little
different in Chicago right now.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
That's just the city of Shoaricago needs dub Bears back.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
To winning games.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
The NFL needs it, the city needs it Bears.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
I think I just chunked on a bull of shausage. There. Bumps,
that's a Chicago accent.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
Oh that was really uh.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
The Chicago accent. That's a lot of like this, like uh,
somewhere overseas. No, it's from a Saturday Life. I didn't
see it. All right, well, let's have it.
Speaker 3 (26:29):
What do I know? What do I know?
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Let's have a great week. One happy week, one to everyone.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
I'm not a poet, I just know it.
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Wow. What a game.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
Second ever NFL game played in Brazil and was streamed
for free on YouTube.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
What did we just witness?
Speaker 3 (00:09):
We just witnessed history Jules A Thursday and Friday game
to start the year was cool.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
But we're onto Sunday. Let's get on the Sundays, So.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Leave us a comment on what you thought of that
Chargers first Chiefs game.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Football's back, so we have to hop and run through
the rest of Week one right now, let's get onto it.
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Yes, we are going to go over every and each matchup,
give our thoughts, quick thoughts, that is, make some quick
points as well, and just celebrate the return of the
game we all love and that's football.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Let's get into it. Tampa Bay Atlanta.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Week one slates up. Week one one thought of games,
one thought?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
And who do you have? Oh?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
I got the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, my former second team
that I played for Jewels side piece. Yes, my side
piece team. Yes that is correct. That you fell up
a great way to can't. But I just broke up
with the season, just broke up in the last two
months and now I'm back to being a Patriot. I
just remarried Patriot Nation.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
That's love.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Yes, that is true love right there. I tried out
the side piece.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Didn't like.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Yeah, And now I'm back you guys. Yeah, we grew
upart grew Now we're still friends. We're just friends. No, no, no,
that's that's still being side piece. We're just friends. Now,
we're just friends. So I'm going with the Tampa Bay Bucks.
I mean, they got a core that's been there, a
foundation that's been there for a long time. The Atlanta Falcons,
they're all over the place. Penix is his first UH
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or first opening of the NFL season career start. Tampa
Bay Buccaneers too good of a wide receiver corps as well.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
They're going to put up some serious points. You know.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
I'm really excited to see what this Atlanta Falcons teams
looks like with Pennix a quarterback like he looked pretty
good last year at the end at the end of
the season, he looked pretty good.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I want to see him.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
How is he going to look after having a full offseason,
knowing he's the guy building rapport with receivers in practice.
Drake London has b Genre Robinson for a great running back. Like,
there's a lot of good pieces in Atlanta. They should
be good. There is a lot they should be good.
There is a lot they should be But I'm going
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with the Tampa Bay Bucks as well.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Jules loves my side piece as well. But Atlanta Falcons. Yes,
a lot of great talent, but they I just feel
like they don't know how to utilize that talent.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Let's move on. Let's move on.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Cincinnati at Cleveland. Jules, what do you got since A.
I'm excited for the Cincinnati Bengals.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Me too, because this is the first off season that
we get to see. This is the first offseason that
they've had, like a healthy offseason without distractions on.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
The offensive side of the ball.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
They've had the Hendrickson distraction contract, which they saidtled.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Second our first round pick defensive end as well.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Yeah, they had on defense, they settled both of those.
Put on offense. They played in the preseason this year
for the first time ever. What if they struggled with
the most in the last ever forever starting the season?
Speaker 1 (03:09):
They you know, I think what they're they're one and eleven.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
The first two weeks under Zach Taylor or something like that,
they've been really bad. And the one thing that hurts
him always at the end of the year is how
they start the season, because every game in the National
Football League is when it's life or death every game
because he could come back to bite you in the ass.
You know, Week sixteen seventeen, when you may have tricked
off a game, but you need that game because you're
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a half game out. Like so, I want to see
how they start. They practiced really hard this year. It
seems Jamar Chase looked like a monster. Higgins is already
a monster, you know. I want to see how they start.
I think they're going to start fast. I'm going with Cincinnati. Yes,
points well said.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
If you remember the Cincinnati Bengals didn't make the playoffs
last year. They missed by one game. Why because they
lost a season over to the New England England Patriots
in which it was a game they should have never lost.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
They lost the first two.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
I think I am excited, just like you, Julian, to
see how fast the Cincinnati Bengals stared. And let me
tell you, Jamar Chase is going to be spectacular this year.
Just watching him in preseason, this dude is an absolute
freak of nature. Just to see how athletic he is,
how big he is, and just the way he's moving.
I can't wait to watch him. He's been phenomenal run
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throughout his career, but I think he's even taking it
up another notch. Cincinnati Bengals wamp the Browns. The Browns
will still brown. You can't have Joe Flacco as your
franchise quarterback when it's a team that like even one
like it in the years I love needs to be
on the team that has a chance to make it
to the super Bowl, not a team that has a
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chance to be average. Let's go next game, Next game,
Miami at Indianapolis. These are two teams that you know,
have a lot of hype but never live up to
the hype. That did live up to the hype that
are all falling down now. They got great players, great
talent all over the place. Uh, and they just can't
figure it out totally. What do you got, Jules?
Speaker 1 (05:07):
You know?
Speaker 2 (05:07):
I mean, I want to see Daniel Jones and his
resurgence with the Indianapolis Colts.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Faster, come on top the Colts they need just like
the Cincinnati Bengals.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
They need to be faster. They got to be faster.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
But I want to see Stiking and Daniel Jones and
how how they get going like and that whole operation.
They have great players in Indianapolis. I can't bet on
Miami right now. There's just it's too night, it's too
noisy out there with so many things going on. I mean,
it's a headline that Tyreek Hill is not a captain. Now,
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there's a headline that there's this. There's always something with
Miami that we're talking about. And Tua is like, I'm
terrified that he's one hit away. Yes, you know what
I mean, just being hurt, not like to be knocked out.
And that's a huge part of their team.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
The Miami Dolphins are like the Miami nightlife there. It's
great for a night and all of a sudden you
have a four day hangover and you're like, what the
heck did I do with my life? Also to a
one hit away from who knows what's gonna happen. He
may be out for his career. So that is the
going withy. Let's go with Indy Tyler Warren. I think
he's gonna be a beast as well, rookie sensation at
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the tight end position.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
Next game Las Vegas at New England.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
Oh man, oh, I mean Who is Tom gonna go?
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Is Tom gonna play? Is Tom gonna wear a white jacket?
Is he gonna wear a white reader's jacket in Fox?
That would be really weird. He couldn't do that. You know,
he's he's working.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
He's calling the Cincinnati back. No, he's calling the New
York Giants game versus the Washington Man. All Right, I
say Christian Gonzalez is out, which is a tough loss
for the New England Patriots. But I'm still going with
the Patriots. They're gonna win seventeen to fourteen.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Just just I think they're gonna You know what, Gino Smith,
I'm excited to see what he does with paired back
up with Pete Carroll. They had They did some good
stuff in Seattle. They were very competitive football team. They're
gonna look like a pro football team. But so are
the Patriots. You know, this is the debut of Rabel
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and the Gang. You know Drake May year two. You
know new draft picks, Will Campbell, Trayvon Henderson. How are
they gonna do?
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Like?
Speaker 2 (07:26):
They got a lot of stuff going. We haven't even
talked about the defensive additions that the Patriots have had
all offseason. Which they've spent a lot of money on
a lot of good players that Rabel knows works in
Rabel's scheme. So I'm excited to see this operation.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
I'm going with New England as well.
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Yes, I think the ball is gonna be moved on
both sides, on both with both teams on the offense
side of the ball. But I don't think either team
knows how to score yet.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Jacobe Myer's revenge game.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
He doesn't even want to be there, I know, but
but it's still revenge games.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
You know what. Let's go, Let's move on.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Let's Arizona New Orleans. I don't think anyone's really paying
attention to these two teams, but we're still going to
go over at New Orleans.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
Who knows what their quarterback situation is.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
Arizona Cardinals got Kyler Murray, So I'm just going with
the Arizona Cardinals for that factor, because the Saints don't
even know who they're starting quarter dude.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Arizona drafted a whole bunch of defensive guys. Arizona with Gannon,
they they've drafted a lot of defensive guys. He's a
defensive coach, and Kyler Murray's won a lot of ballgames.
For as much as we should on him, he's still
a competitive He's like the scary dude that if he
puts it together for the weekend, they're gonna beat your ass.
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They don't always do that, but if they can continue
to change their offense and there if they can continue
to change your team to like a defensive team and
then allow Kyler to become kind of like Russell Wilson
with the Legion of Boom, where he can methodically get
you down and drive maybe scramble for a long third.
Like that's a good recipe for some success. Like they
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got a lot of good stuff going. I'm going with
Arizona this week. I just don't know, Like Kellen Moore,
who's he gonna coach?
Speaker 3 (09:12):
Arizona has a solid product. Can they get over the
hump this year?
Speaker 2 (09:15):
They're always competitive though, Like you know what I mean,
they got more players going in to get in scheme,
so I think it's gonna be.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
They're gonna be tough, all right.
Speaker 3 (09:23):
Next game, Joels, we got the Pittsburgh at the New
York Jets. Kind of Aaron Rodgers revenge game by as
Aaron Rodgers says it's just another game, which.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
That's a pro speaking.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
We would say the same thing when we were on
the Patriots whenever we were playing a rival or if
it was a big game that was getting hype, it's
just another game. I like what Aaron Rodgers said. You
know he's not buying into the hype. But I'm definitely
gonna go with the Pittsburgh Steelers. They got a solid product.
They're always a winning team of the Jets. I think
they're all over the playstell with the new head coach
Justin Fields as a quarterback. Justin Fields great quarterback, not
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a franchise quarterback, but a great filler for an organization.
I think he's gonna be a filler for New York
Jets for just a couple of years.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
I don't think.
Speaker 3 (10:02):
They'll be their long long long term. But Pittsburgh Steelers,
it is they got too many weapons. Anon Rodgers gonna
come out firing. Well what do you think, Jules, what
did you you said? Who as your quarterback?
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Is not long term?
Speaker 3 (10:18):
I said Justin Fields is just a filler for the
New York Jets right now. You know, maybe two or
three years maybe, I don't think he'll be a long
term project.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
But maybe this is a revenge get you talked about
Aaron Rodgers. Maybe this is a revenge game for Justin Fields.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Oh yeah, that's a great point. I forgot about that.
He played with He played with Steelers.
Speaker 2 (10:35):
He practiced against the Steelers all last year with their
scout team. Once Russell took it. He knows that Steelers defense.
Aaron Glenn's got this team. We haven't heard about the Jets.
There's been no distractions on the Jets season. But that's
a good thing, kind of Yeah, you're right, that's kind
of a good thing.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
Under the radar.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
They're flying under the radar thing. And I think Aaron Glenn.
I like Aaron Glenn. He's he was a New York
Jet when the New York Jets were damn good and
they went to their championship with Parcels. He knows how
to win in that city. I'm going with the goddamn
New York Jets. Oh Berman, Dad, get Dreshma, let's go Julians.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
Calm down.
Speaker 3 (11:11):
You're a patriot for a life, I am, And stop
talking about the Jets like that.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
Yeah you're not after that. I don't know if you're.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
We talked about Jets fans too every time we played,
and we got our best stats and it was a
guaranteed win.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
So I love you.
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Go Jets, baby, go Jets for that. All right, let's
move on to the next game. We got the New
York Giants at the Washington.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Cou This is a sneaky and saying. I love Dave Well.
Speaker 3 (11:35):
I've always talked about it. He was one of my
favorite tight end coaches of all time. He was with
me for about three years, one in Super Bowl with him,
he brings the best out of you, So I think
he's gonna bring the best out of Russell Wilson. They're
gonna compete, They're gonna be a lot better product than
last year. And I think they're gonna, you know, answer
the bell this year and raise a lot of eyebrows
of WHOA, look at that play, look at them go.
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The Giants are gonna be pretty spectacular also because of
their defensive line, one of the best defensive lines in
the game of football.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
But I don't know if they're gonna win. What do
you think, dude?
Speaker 2 (12:10):
Jayden Daniels going into year two, he did a lot
of stuff last year a lot of great stuff, specifically
in Gotta Have It Football, third downs, fourth downs, four
point plays, which is third down in the red area.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Those are four point plays. You don't get it.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
You're kicking a field goal, you're losing out on a touchdown.
He executed in those at like a hot like at
a veteran type way. He had the best rookie season
for an NFL quarterback in the history of the game.
He took a three to four win team to the
NFC Championship last year.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
He did that.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
This team wasn't supposed to win. I think he's gonna
be better with Cliff Kingsbury this year. Dan Quinn's got
the defense kind of dialed up. He's always going to
have a defense that's competitive, that plays on a string.
With that Seattle six program that they all used to
run like. I'm excited for them, But that defensive line,
like you said.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
It's still not good enough though.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Dexter Lawrence Abdul Tunzel or who's at uh huh? Tipadeau Thibodeaux, Troubadeaux, Thibodeau,
my bad Thibodeaux.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
He's a bad man. He's a bad man.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
They got a defensive line that that just can't get
past the quarterback with this guy, you know, Jalen Daniels
can make you always wrong. I'm going with the Washington Commanders.
I think it's gonna be a very close game. Division
games opening Day, a lot of unpredictability, a lot of
new wrinkles for teams. I think James Daniels in the
Washington it's gonna be very close.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
I know I was hyping up the New York Giants,
and like I said, they're gonna be better than last year,
but they're still not gonna take down the Commanders.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
So I'm going with the Washington Commanders.
Speaker 2 (13:46):
All right, let's go to Carolina and Jacksonville. This barn burner, Oh,
it is a barn barner. There's a lot of hay
in this barn that's barney.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
And they just keep throwing the hay on top of
the barn too because there's too much hey, and they
just want keep it burning.
Speaker 2 (14:01):
Well, I'll tell you right now, I'm going in the barn.
It is, it sure is, and I'm I'm on a
serious note. I'm excited to see Bryce Young. He looked
They looked like a way better football team last year
compared to his rookie year, Bryce Young has gained some
confidence and I remember when he was coming out, people
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are saying, this guy is a Steph Curry of football.
He's a wizard out there, and you saw a little
bit of that wizardy wizardry, wizardry wizard, wizardly wizard, wizardly wizards. Hey,
he saw a lot of that stuff last year. Regardless
mc millan, University of Arizona, bear down Arizona. Who else
(14:46):
they got Thomas Kidd Renfro, They caught him and then
resigned him Renfro and they got so I don't know.
I'm gonna go with Carolina. I want to see Canalis
and the boys. Let's let's let's build off of last year.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Yes, yes, I think the the Carolina Panthers will you know,
handle this situation and beat the Jacksonville Jaguars. But I'm
excited to finally see the debut of Travis Hunter and
see how the Jacksonville Jaguars use Travis Hunter. We will
finally get the answers that we've been waiting for. Is
he going to be playing on the off side of
the ball receiver? Is he going to be playing on
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the defensive side?
Speaker 1 (15:23):
As well.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
How much is he going to play on defense? How
much is he gonna play on offense? Is it going
to change at halftime? We will finally get tired, but
they will not win. And how tired Willie is a
great question. And can he handle it going versus NFL talent?
Speaker 1 (15:37):
It's he Jacksonville. It's hot there, all right, it's out there.
Let's move on.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Tennessee at Denver Tennessee ongoing Denver Champagne too legit of
a coach, knows his football way too well. Tennessee just
doesn't have the talent. Yes, they got the number one
draft pick camp War, but that's just not enough for
them yet.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Bow Knicks and Denver Broncos taking them down. Denver.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Everyone loves Denver right now and and I think they're
gonna be a good football team. Sean Payton has showed
he can work with quarterbacks. Bonix looked really good last year.
But they have a really good defense too, So I
think Denver. I'm excited to see cam Ward. They've been
really under the radar as well. I think they're going
to be better than what people think as well. But
Denver is just kind of like a little snowball. That's
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snowballing right now.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
All right, And that's we got San Francisco Seattle, Seahawk.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
This is a game I.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
Would say San Fran, but it's at Seattle and it's
just one of the loudest stadiums of all time. The
twelfth Man, the twelfth Man is going to be absolutely
popping hop stadium is going to be I'm going with
San Fran though still, even though I was just talking
about the twelfth Man and how that's gonna help. But
San Fran is just more of a stable organization, and
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I like when there's a foundation in an organization. Seattle,
they're all over the place.
Speaker 4 (16:54):
They're gonna be are they They're gonna be a better team,
a really good defense. Donald, They're gonna be a better
team by end of the year. But Sam Fran is
a better team going into week one than Seattle.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
So Sam Fran, Oh, Sam Fran Robers like that take.
I just said, I like it a lot.
Speaker 2 (17:11):
You know, Sam Donald Smith and Jigball on offense. Is
Sam Donald gonna be the same Donald of last year?
Is he gonna be the Sam Donald of Seeing Ghosts?
That's that was when he was in New.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
York Chet if you guys know metcalf either. Yeah, but
that Smith and g Smith and Jig Boo is pretty legit.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
He's really I like him. But I'm gonna go with
San Francisco as well. I've been watching their little built
on YouTube. It's it's their little like documentary and you
forget that they have They have like Pro.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
Bowlers on every level of the ball. They still do.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
They may not have all of them, but they and
Rock Birdy he's a good football player, man. He delivers
that football and he puts it where they wanted to put. Now,
what's up with Christian McCaffrey. We're on are we limited already?
With a calf injury coming into we are associated with
the Achilles? Yes, I'm going with Seattle, going with Seattle.
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McCaffrey not there. They did sign.
Speaker 3 (18:08):
Roberts, said san Fran, And now you're going to see.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
I'm going Seattle. The McCaffrey not being there, that mccaffree
injury is kind of messing with you. And twelve Man.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Twelve Man gets loud there. It's gonna be a close game,
all right, San Fran wins, but it's gonna be a
good game, really, good game. We got Detroit at Green Bay.
Speaker 3 (18:26):
It's all about Michael Parsons, obviously because of the one
of the biggest trades in history and then the biggest
contract to ever be signed by a nine non quarterback.
But I think Detroit still wins this game. Even though
the storyline is Michael Parsons, everyone's forgetting about Aiden Hutchinson.
He's the real deal at the defensive end position for
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the Detroit Lions. The offense is very, very sharp and
it's going to continue for the Lions like it was
last year. Lions win this game by seven by seven seven.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
Rob Green Bay so much continuity. Youngest football team last
like three. I hear like they're the youngest football teams
since I played. And it's the same guys, but are
still the youngest team. They got like so many young
guys that have played together for years now. Now you
incorporate Golden that they drafted in the first round, first
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receiver ever taken in the first round for the Green
Bay Packers or whatever something like that. Like I think
he's a weapon, Josh Jacobs a weapon. Jordan Love, He's
still got some he still needs to learn how to
have his dropback pass game, efficient, pass game, rolling a
little more. But I think he's They're in a good place.
(19:44):
I'm scared that Detroit lost both their coordinators.
Speaker 1 (19:47):
I'm going.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
I thought before the Mic and Parsons trade, Detroit was
gonna win the division. Now I'm I'm full. I'm I'm
a cheesehead. Now I think green Bay. I'm going Green Bay,
Green Bay. What kind of cheese would you be?
Speaker 1 (20:01):
If you're I would be cheddar cheese. Howbout you American? Yeah,
because you're American.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Now I like that process and it does taste the best.
Speaker 3 (20:13):
Yes, American cheese, the best on burgers.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Now let's get to the next matchup, Houston and the
Los Angeles Rams.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
Really good game, really good game. I got both of
these teams winning their division. But the key difference here
is going to be Sean McVay. So I have the
Los Angeles Rams beating the Houston Texans.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
Man, how's it you had a back injury? I did.
How old are you and you have the back injury?
Speaker 3 (20:42):
I was nineteen years old, and then I was twenty
three years old, and I was twenty six years old,
and then every age in between, all those years and
still to this day.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
You weren't thirty seven, are you? No?
Speaker 3 (20:52):
I wasn't thirty thirty six, and I still have the
back injury, but I just fixed it two weeks ago.
Like I'm telling you, like, if it aggravates, you got
to do rehab. So if Matthew Stafford was doing the rehab,
he should be good to go, because.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
I know that's who you're talking about. I mean, dude,
he's got it. I know he's starting.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
If he did the rehab properly, he should be full
go one hundred.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
There's not like when you jumped up in the air
and fell and like smashed your other disc. Like that
can't happen potentially because he's compensating with them.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
They're not jumping.
Speaker 3 (21:22):
He's just dropping back and he's using his right arm
to just unleash the football.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
All right, if you say that, I'm going with La Rams.
All right, all Right.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
We got the Baltimore Ravens at the Buffalo Bills, a
rematch of the playoff game last year, which I think
Baltimore was the way better team. But it doesn't matter
if you're the better any given Sunday, the better team
may not play as the better team on that day,
and that's why the Buffalo Bills won last year. But
I'm going with the Baltimore Ravens. Their run game is
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just phenomenal. They're a complete football team all over the board.
I just don't think that Buffalo has the firepower on
the offensive side of the ball right now, and they're
gonna have to figure it out through the year. Even
though I got Buffalo winning the going to the Super
Bowl and losing in the Super Bowl. They're gonna figure
it out after they lose this game to the Ravens.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
No, they're not, Yes, they are. No. They all see
they got.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
Cooks, which diced up the Ravens, coached them up. I
think Josh Allen had under two hundred yards thrown last
year when they in the playoffs because they diced them
up with Cooks. Shakiir really good little slot receiver that
has had a lot of production for them.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Think he's gonna be good.
Speaker 2 (22:35):
I think Coleman, with another year in the system, getting
those one on one matchups outside the number, I think
he's gonna begun to win those.
Speaker 1 (22:43):
Now.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
I get scared with what you said the run game
for the Ravens because they are light in the box
with the Buffalo Bills with that two safety defense they play.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
But Matt Mlano is back and I'm taking. I'm taking.
I'm taking the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 3 (22:59):
I can tell you this. They'll Bill's Mafia is going
to win this game. Because it's Sunday Night football in Buffalo.
Week one is.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
Going to be popping.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
It's the last game, last season opener ever to be played.
I'm pretty sure is it Highmark Stadium or is it
new era Stadium now old? The last season at this stadium,
which I believe I would. I always said it was
the best football atmosphere in all of the NFL, just
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because of the stadium, and hopefully it stays like that.
And they're crazy, and just the way the ball is,
the fans are on top of you. They're crazy. It's
the best place to play football.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Well we're going to see all right.
Speaker 4 (23:39):
Next game, Minnesota game at Chicago Monday night football.
Speaker 1 (23:45):
You got a new quarterback in J. J.
Speaker 3 (23:47):
McCarthy for the Minnesota Vikings, first round pick who got
injured last year.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
So is he reliable? Can he sustain a whole entire year?
Speaker 3 (23:53):
And then you got the first pick of the draft
last year for the Chicago Bears new coach Ben Johnson,
who's an offensive genius. Is he gonna take Caleb Williams
to the next level?
Speaker 1 (24:03):
I actually think so.
Speaker 3 (24:04):
So I'm going with the Chicago Bears. Do Bears our back.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
They're going to win some games this year. How did
Minnesota at a hefty price? Give me Google real quick?
Speaker 2 (24:15):
How did Minnesota do last year against Minnesota's defense? To
against the Detroit Lions last year?
Speaker 1 (24:25):
I does just have to do with anything, Jules.
Speaker 2 (24:27):
Because Bflow is the defensive coordinator for those Minnesota Vikings.
I want to see how he did against Ben Johnson
last year.
Speaker 3 (24:33):
Okay, okay, Ben Jonson, Ben explanation.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
And you gave me an explanation.
Speaker 2 (24:38):
And I appreciate that Detroit thirty one points on that
one last time they played thirty one?
Speaker 1 (24:50):
Jules? Do you really need all this info? These are
quick takes?
Speaker 3 (24:53):
Like just give a quick take, buddy, Like this is
taking an extra five minutes because you got to look
up a defense.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
Point thirty one points both time. So so Ben Johnson
knows how to play against B Flow? Oh all right,
but does Caleb Williams.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
I see why you were doing all that research, all right,
but now it makes sense.
Speaker 2 (25:13):
Is Caleb Williams gonna be able to execute Ben Johnson's
against Ben Johnson's offense against the Vikings and b Flows?
Speaker 1 (25:23):
I think so. That's why I said the Bears. You're
going with the Bears. The Bears. I'm going with the
Bears too.
Speaker 2 (25:28):
I think I'm excited to see what Caleb does with
Ben Johnson at the Helm. I think it's gonna be
a really close game. And if anyone can get the
quarterback going, it's Kevin O'Connell.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
But I don't know.
Speaker 2 (25:41):
So this is his first game division opponent in Chicago.
Chicago is gonna be rocking. I know the defense for
Minnesota always comes up with turnovers, but like, I don't know,
maybe it's a little different. I was at that, I
was at the preseason game. It was different, a little
different in Chicago right now.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
That's just the city of Shoaricago needs dub Bears back.
Speaker 1 (26:02):
To winning games.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
The NFL needs it, the city needs it Bears.
Speaker 1 (26:08):
I think I just chunked on a bull of shausage. There. Bumps,
that's a Chicago accent.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
Oh that was really uh.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
The Chicago accent. That's a lot of like this, like uh,
somewhere overseas. No, it's from a Saturday Life. I didn't
see it. All right, well, let's have it.
Speaker 3 (26:29):
What do I know? What do I know?
Speaker 2 (26:31):
Let's have a great week. One happy week, one to everyone.
Speaker 1 (26:37):
I'm not a poet, I just know it.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
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