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September 6, 2024 • 11 mins
It's Week 1 of the NFL Season and surely no teams have any "must win" games, right? Right?!? Not so far. Cam and Zimmel look at this weekends slate and choose which teams they think MUST WIN in the NFL's opening weekend.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Football up to go in the NFL season. As I
kicked off last night, the Kansas City Chiefs a twenty
seven to twenty victory over the Baltimore Ravens coming down
to the final play what we thought was a touchdown
that could tie the game up, Lamar Jackson to Isaiah Likely.
Turned out that Likely's toe was on the white line

(00:21):
out of bounds. Ravens were gonna go for two. They
were gonna go for the win or go for the
loss here, So it maybe ends up the Chiefs are
still want to know. But a heck of a football
game to start off the twenty twenty four season. I
think both me and Andrew Field pretty good about both
teams going into the season. Not a must win game

(00:42):
for either team, and maybe there's no must win games.
It's Week one, after all. But let's have some fun here.
It's radio sports talk radio. Let's overreact, Zimbo, and I
want to hear what team is playing a must win
game in Week one. Now, I'm going on this throwing
at this to you for the moment. So I'll go first.

(01:05):
I'll go first, and I think a lot of Cowboy
fans who have listened to this program are expecting me
to pick Dallas, and you know what, I probably would,
But I'm going to go in a different direction here.
I'm gonna go to Monday Night Football ESPN Levi Stadium,
and I'm going to say the New York Jets are

(01:26):
playing a must win game on Monday. Now they're playing
in San Francisco. So you lose to San fran not
so bad. But this is the Jets team Andrew that
last season, in the offseason, before Aaron Rodgers got injured,
we heard how good the Jets were gonna be. Man Rogers,
you know, he said he's going to win the MVP.

(01:46):
They got this great defense. Sala Garrett Wilson breesall. Rogers
goes down on what like the third fourth play of
the game. Jets win seven games, missed the playoff, but
here they are twenty twenty four, and hey, they are
my pick to win the AFC East. I like this
Jets team and what Robert Sala has built. It's a

(02:09):
roster loaded from top to bottom. But Andrew, if we
get to Monday Night against San Francisco and Aaron Rodgers
looks like a forty year old man coming off a
major injury, I think the Jets may be in trouble.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
Yeah, and also you got to consider that he's playing
San Francisco. He's a Bay Area guy's a California kid.
A loss of the forty nine ers probably hurts his
ego as well. So might not be far off from
the truth that it is a must win for the Jets,
especially when you talk about the media circus that is
New York. They lose that game, and lose it bad.

(02:46):
You come back to New York. Ooh, would hate to
be on the radio on Monday morning.

Speaker 1 (02:51):
I like that. The ego side, the ego side of it. Yeah,
New York will eat him up. No matter what happens
this season. They're gonna tear apart the Jets. They're gonna
pick apart every single thing they do. But the thirteen years,
fourteen years since their last playoff appearance. If they do
make it, gross, do make it all the way New

(03:11):
York media, it's gonna let everyone know about it. Okay,
So that's my Week one must win team. What about you, Zimmel,
do you have a must win Week one team? Well, look,
we talked a little ego.

Speaker 2 (03:25):
Let's talk about the hype train that is the Chicago Bears.
Chicago Bears, for the first time in their franchise's history,
feel like they have a decent quarterback. They've officially turned
the page on the We're gonna run the ball down
your throat era and they're now into the we're gonna
try to throw the ball around the field. They've got
really good receivers, they just run hard knocks, and of

(03:46):
course they have Caleb Williams. They play team in the
Tennessee Titans, who lose Derrick Henry, who have a ton
of question marks at quarterback. They don't have a identity.
In my opinion, it's in Soldier. It's ash Soldier field.
The Bears if they don't look at least marginally better

(04:07):
than they did a year prior, and KYLEB. Williams doesn't
look I'm not gonna say he has to look like
Patrick Mahomes, but if he doesn't at least look like
Justin Herbert, I think a lot of people are gonna
be really upset about the hype around this kid. So
the Bears, it feels weird after how bad they've been
for so long. But Week one, if you lose the Titans,
and people are gonna be starting to have some conversations,

(04:29):
but overrated when it becomes to Kayleb Williams.

Speaker 1 (04:32):
That's a great pick because my soulf included a lot
of people have been drinking the Bears kool aid. They
finally have a good quarterback. I love the weapons they have,
DJ Moore, Keenan Allen, Roma Doonsa, the former Washington wide out.
You got Roshawn Johnson at telback who doesn't love Rojo?
And defensively, their defense was pretty good last year. So

(04:54):
I like your angle here that if they lose this game,
if kill Williams throws like two interceptions and will Levis
has like three touchdowns and they tear apart the Tennessee
the Titans tear apart the Chicago defense, and the Chicago
offense just looks awful. I think you're right, Andrew. I
think there will be.

Speaker 2 (05:13):
So unfair to Williams.

Speaker 1 (05:16):
But it's true.

Speaker 2 (05:18):
It's it's the truth. Because if he doesn't look like
the next guy, like I look, we said that, if
he doesn't look like Justin Herbert, let's go even more charitable.
He doesn't look like Houston Texans to Shaun Watson. People
are gonna be asking a bunch of questions like is
this guy over rated?

Speaker 1 (05:31):
What do we expect?

Speaker 2 (05:32):
And the other part too, this is not a division
that's gonna be an easy division to win because the
Lions are picked to win. The Packers play tonight. They
got Jordan love So a loss early in the season
to the Titans. The Bears think they're gonna go in
the playoffs this year camp Like Bears fans in my
life have been telling me this is the playoff team.
So I'm concerned for Caleb Williams. What's the first take

(05:56):
segment if the Bears lose on Monday? Because I think
if they lose in Kileb plays awful the.

Speaker 1 (06:03):
First the first first take segment in the A block,
I think it's gonna be about kill Williams. Uh, you
know it is? It was? It gonna be like, is
a spotlight too big for kill Williams. I'm gonna zag.

Speaker 2 (06:13):
I'm gonna sag out You here, you ready for this.
We're gonna We're gonna take the two favorite things Rookie
of the Year candidate Dallas Cowboys. Should the Cowboys trade
Dak Prescott for Killabills after Kileb Williams looks bad in
week one. You heard it here first. That's gonna be
the first type a block segment.

Speaker 1 (06:30):
I like that, although it does sound like reading the
tea leaves here from from Jarrah and Steven Jones. I
think I think Cowboys fans they're close. They're really close
to a Dak Prescott deal. Jerry was interviewing Jack Deal. Yeah,
he was gonna be the quarterback next season. Who's your quarterback?
You know you have no you have no quarterbacks signed

(06:52):
under contract in twenty twenty five. If we went to
twenty twenty five, right now, Andrew, there will be zero
quarterbacks signed by the Dallas Boys. Trey Lands through four
interceptions in his last preseason team. He's playing against third
and four string dbs. You're throwing four picks against those guys. No,
you're done. You're not a quarterback. Either change positions or learn.
Go ahead and start learning what else they play football? Canadian? Yeah,

(07:14):
go and learn. Learn French, buddy, Go start learning French, buddy.
Cooper Rush not you gotta sign Dak Prescott. You gotta
do it. Sounds like a five year deal. I know.
People say, well, he doesn't get it done in the
Big States. Well, you know, what I think. It goes
beyond beyond Dak Prescott. It goes beyond on the football field,
and it comes down from what's in the front office
and ownership.

Speaker 2 (07:35):
Are you excited to see Queen years with the star
and his helmet? That's we're interested interesting. I think maybe
Arch many in three years. I think Arch is the guy.

Speaker 1 (07:44):
Okay, all right, I like that.

Speaker 2 (07:45):
You know, if a Manning is in the draft, there's
no way Jara doesn't doesn't pick him. I have one
more for you, and the must wins in a week
number one, all right, I gotta slip this in here.
It's the Dallas Cowboys playing in front of Tom Brady.
I think that there has to be There has to
have been a conversation behind the scenes. You know, Tom
Brady is a part owner of the Raiders. Jerry could

(08:07):
make it worth his wild come out of retirement, come
out of the booth, play quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys.
Do what you've always been meant to do, is be
the quarterback for America's team. If Dak doesn't look great,
let alone good, and Tom Brady is in the box
annihilating him, tearing him to shreds. Could there be a
world whereby like week seven, they're not calling Tom being like, hey,

(08:29):
we will will buy you out of whatever Fox deal
you have. Well, we'll put you in the you know,
put you in the Star. I'm just saying it might
not be a bad idea.

Speaker 1 (08:38):
You had me until the Cowboys paying whatever Fox is
paying him Andrew Dallas won't even pay Dak Prescott. They're
gonna pay Tom Brady in in his Fox still. I mean,
he's probably he's making his deal is probably ridiculous. He's
probably making more money than Dak Prescott.

Speaker 2 (08:55):
I would think, oh, he's one hundred percent making more
money than Dak Prescott. But I'm just saying, I mean,
you know, I think Jerry would be the type of
guy who would he'd throw money behind a quarterback who's
won seven rings. I don't think Dak Prescott has been
to seven houses with a ring camera like. I mean,
it's just it's there's no comp It is.

Speaker 1 (09:13):
Tom Brady's broadcasting debut, and as we all know Tom Brady,
he's gonna come out firing. I don't think he's good.
He's gonna come out all guns of blazing, and if
the Cowboys play bad, he will rip apart Dak Prescott.
Now the other hand, if Deshaun Watson looks like de
Shaun Watson of twenty twenty three and not the Shawn
Watson of twenty twenty one, the Shawn Watson's going to
get picked apart. But yeah, Cowboys, I think also in

(09:35):
a must win game, considering all the injuries, Cleveland has
no Nick Chubb, Jerome Ford is our starting quarter starting
running back. You got the Shawn Watson. Who he might
be washed. We don't know. I mean, I know the
defense looks good, but hey, remember you have a rookie
going up against Miles Garrett who might be the best

(09:56):
player in the football league now that Aaron Donald is retired.
So it could really it could go south really quickly.
It could be Miles Garrett living in the Cowboys backfield
just tearing apart Dak Prescott all of a sudden, Dak
has two interceptions. You're playing in Cleveland. Uh, it's it's
a six to six ball game, second half. Who knows.
But I'll tell you what if the Cowboys lose that

(10:16):
game and Tom Brady is picking apart the Cowboys on
live TV because everyone will be watching this game, I
think the remaining Cowboy fans who are still buying what
Jerry is selling are quickly quickly hopping off the vandwagon.

Speaker 2 (10:30):
I'll tell you if the Cowboys put up six points
in Tom Brady's debut, I'll be riding to Fox saying,
get them off by TV. I don't need to see
Dallas and Dallas and Cleveland put it combined twelve points
on my TV screen. I'm gonna I have problems with that.
That would stick. Awful game for Brady's debut. Excited for it.

Speaker 1 (10:49):
One last thing before we let you go, Andrew, give
us the game you're most excited for. NFL Week one slate.

Speaker 2 (10:57):
Oh, I'm getting kicked off, Craig is comment Outkay here, Craig,
I guess I'm most excited for. I guess I'm most
excited to see that Monday night football game. I'm curious
to see what Aaron Rodgers looks like with a repaired
achilles tendon. It's twenty twenty four. Athletes are different. I
think that Aaron Rodgers is gonna look like a forty

(11:17):
year old man with a busted leg. I don't think
he's gonna look good at all. And I'm excited to
see that as a Vikings fan.

Speaker 1 (11:22):
Andrew Zimmel, thanks so much for hanging out with us
for the first hour and a half of the day's program.
Enjoy Texas State Utsay Tomorrow we're gonna be rooting for
the Bobcats.

Speaker 2 (11:32):
Hey, that's what I love to hear. That's what I
love to hear.

Speaker 1 (11:35):
All right, up next, we're gonna have Craig Way finally
join us from the bake out. Getting reports that Texas
Radio Broadcast booth is all set up, so Craig will
be joining us next segment here on a fire me
Up Friday. It's The Craig Way Show.
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