Week One NFL Showdown: Ravens' Collapse and Chargers' Triumph

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Recorded September 7th, 2025

The electric atmosphere of NFL Week 1 has arrived, and with it comes the full spectrum of emotions only football can deliver. From historic collapses to statement victories, the opening weekend provided a perfect showcase of why this sport captivates millions.

Nothing exemplified the unpredictable nature of the NFL better than the Bills-Ravens showdown. Baltimore dominated for 56 minutes, with Derrick Henry racking up over 169 yards and two touchdowns while Lamar Jackson threw the ball with surprising precision. But in a twist that defied statistical probability, Buffalo engineered a comeback for the ages, overcoming a 15-point deficit in the final minutes to win despite the Ravens posting 40+ points and 235 rushing yards – a combination that had previously resulted in a perfect 277-0 record.

The drama started Thursday night when Eagles defender Jalen Carter was caught spitting on Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott before the first snap. This moment of unsportsmanlike conduct set the tone for a weekend filled with intensity and controversy. The Eagles pulled out a victory despite Carter's absence, while Dallas struggled with costly drops from star receiver CeeDee Lamb in crucial moments.

New coaching regimes showed mixed results across the league. Jim Harbaugh's Chargers surprised everyone with a pass-heavy approach against Kansas City in Brazil, with Justin Herbert silencing critics through efficient execution and improved mobility. Meanwhile, the Lions struggled mightily against the Packers, suggesting Dan Campbell's team might be feeling the effects of losing both coordinators from last season.

Quarterback storylines dominated elsewhere, with Aaron Rodgers looking sharp but taking concerning hits in his Jets return, Daniel Jones making NFL history by leading the Colts to score on every offensive possession, and Patrick Mahomes facing challenges with diminished receiving options after rookie Xavier Worthy suffered a shoulder injury.

Have questions about your team's performance or want to share your biggest Week 1 takeaway? Join the conversation and let us know what surprised you most about the NFL's opening weekend!

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Episode Transcript

Announcer (00:07):
Welcome to another episode of the Bald Guys on the
Bench podcast, with your hostsGraham Cohen and Scott Wasco.
What's upeveryone?

Graham (00:22):
Welcome back to another episode of the Bald Guys on the
Bench.
Guess what?
It's week one of the NFL.
Let's go baby.
Scott, how you doing brother.

Scott (00:32):
Dude can't believe what we just witnessed.
We're getting started late.
I need to grab one and crackone.
I don't even know what I justsaw.
I mean, did I just see theRavens aka Chargering Dude?
I mean, good God, almighty, TPeven just sent me back a

(00:54):
screenshot.
I sent to him.
I was like dude, this shit'sover.
I mean, come on, they ain't theChargers.
He just literally sent it to me.
I'm like god dang.
I mean, has the Harbaughbrothers taking a change over
here to my boy Jim, over my boyJohn?
I mean, dude, I cannot believeit.

(01:15):
Down 15 points and derrickhenry, the dude that had a
hundred thousand rushing yards,two tutties, is now going to be
the reason they lost.

Graham (01:26):
But wow, I'm still in shock.
More in shock.
What you just told me a fewminutes ago, before we got on
air, was hey, do you know whatBuffalo's money line bet was?

Scott (01:40):
Oh, dude, it was like plus 7 million down 15.
I mean, the thing I'mdisappointed about, I mean I
told you I'm like dude, it waslike plus 7 million down 15.
I mean the thing I'mdisappointed about.
I mean I told you I'm like dude, when the Bills lose, the whole
AFC East is going to be 0-1.
And the Bills are like hey,hold my beer Right.
Good God, almighty, dude, Imean I cannot believe that.
Who can?

Graham (02:02):
What a great cap to a great day of nfl football week
one.
Am I wrong?

Scott (02:08):
I mean it started off with some drama, obviously
thursday night, I mean.
But before we get into that,what'd you do this weekend?
I mean, I just got to tell thelisteners and everybody you know
I was calling you out lastnight because you know, we all
know you don't like to wake upearly, and by early we mean like
945.

(02:28):
My guy's whining and bitchingand moaning about oh, the
Steelers play at 10 am and I'mlike I need a text at 955 saying
you're awake.
And he did.
I mean I'll give him creditwhere credit's due.
I don't know what happenedafter that, but anyhow, how was
your weekend, graham?
What's going on?

Graham (02:50):
I mean weekend has been I wouldn't say great, but really
good College football yesterdaywith a lot of big matchups, nfl
this weekend.
Today, weather's been nice.
It's not 100 degrees, it's anice little 90 degrees out here
in Vegas, just loving life.
Can't be happier.
What about you, brother?

Scott (03:09):
Worked yesterday and watched some college football
all day and preparing for aSunday full slate of NFL action
where my boys weren't playing.
Didn't have to stress it,literally told Tristan, I'm like
, isn't this nice?
Didn't have to stress itLiterally, told Chris, I'm like,
isn't this nice?
We don't have to stress aChargers game today.
We can just watch and stressfantasy and 7,000 parlays that

(03:34):
Graham and I made in the lastthree or four nights, drunk,
late night, texting and callingFacts and it was awesome and it
was awesome.
But you know, as always, theNFL season kicks off on Thursday
night with Super Bowl championshosting at home when they raise
the banner and, you know,hosting the Cowboys and

(03:56):
something I thought was prettycool, sirianni and the Eagles.
When they raise the banner,they stayed in the locker room.
They were like that was lastyear, we're on to this year.
The banner thing, dude, I knowwhat you're going to say, but
think about it this way thebanner being unveiled is more

(04:18):
for the fans.
Okay, the ring ceremony was forthe players.

Graham (04:25):
Okay, the ring ceremony was for the player I.
You know how you just describedthat.
All right, fine, I'll buy that.
Do I think it's completebullshit?
Me personally, absolutely.
That's a stunt.
They're just saying it.
I mean you can believe it.

Scott (04:44):
No chance, dude.
No chance, no chance.
They got their rings a month orso ago.
The banners for the fans.

Graham (04:54):
I get that, but I mean, is that a normal thing, or are
they, you know, breaking themold and doing that in?

Scott (05:01):
doing that.
I don't know, I don't know, Idon't have an answer for that, I
just liked it.
I liked them doing that.
But what I didn't like was myGod kickoff and all of a sudden
Jalen Carter's over therespitting in my boy, Dak's face.

(05:24):
I hadn't even played a down.
I mean, my guy went Hawk Tua onDak and a little shout out to
Greg, my boy from flag football.

(05:44):
His dad was like dude, how do Ipatent the Dak Tua?

Graham (05:49):
Shut the front door.

Scott (05:52):
And the best thing was when I was on the way to work
the next day, dude NBC Sports.
On Sirius Radio, chris Sims andFlorio were already talking
about somebody already patentedthat night Done Dak Tua Bro, and
Greg was like son of a bitch.

Graham (06:09):
Well, it was worth a shot, bro, when you have people
a year ago that are wearingScotty Scheffler t-shirts
literally hours after the fact,I mean it's like, come on, and
by folks, if you don't know whatI'm talking about.
We're talking about the arrestlast Going to the tournament.
That's just Dude.

(06:29):
If you ain't first, I mean ifyou're literally not doing it
right then and there saying Like, oh, I'm not gonna watch the
game, I'm gonna go fill out thispatent stuff, yeah, you could
have Been the first, but thenyou wouldn't have Watched the
game.
I mean, look Carter doing that.
Look, I will never be theCouldn't have watched the game.
I mean look Carter doing that.
Look, I will never be theperson that's like, oh well, my

(06:50):
actions are okay because he didthis, so it's justified if I did
that.
No, be a man On up to youractions.
Did Dak quote?
Unquote?
I mean I mean he's trying tosay, oh well, I just spit anyway
all the time and I just didn'twant to get on him so I spit
lower.
It's just like you know,jalen's going to say, hey, I
spit because he spit.

(07:10):
Look, either way, it's a badlook on both of them.
The fact that the refs didn'tsee Dak do it.
I mean, they only noticed it.

Scott (07:18):
Yeah, but Dak didn't spit directly on Jalen Carter, he
was six yards off the goddamnline where the huddle.
I mean, come on, let's be a manhere.
Jalen Carter, straight up, spiton him.
Okay, spit on him.
Yeah, like Dak was way back,let's don't even call him even

(07:44):
here.
I mean, come on bro.

Graham (07:46):
First off, if you think that's six yards, we need to
check your yardage book, bro, hewas not six yards, whatever
dude, he didn't spit on JalenCarter.

Scott (07:57):
No, jalen Carter was a foot away from Dak and spit
directly on him, I agree.
And look, I mean come on,completely, let's be a man.
You might as well have punchedhim, fuck spitting.
Be a man, don't be a bitch.
I agree, you spit on agrown-ass man and you're an NFL
player that has all kinds ofbullshit in your past the reason

(08:20):
you dropped to the Eagles andthen you're going to spit on
somebody, hey, and you're thebest player on their fucking
defense.

Graham (08:34):
What do we like to say?
You ain't wrong, bro, dude.
I mean, the craziest part iscause and effect and this whole
point of bringing this up as oneit's disrespectful as all hell,
but two, it's more thandisrespectful.

Scott (08:48):
It's called being a bitch .
Yeah, what's.
Would you ever spit on somebodyEver?

Graham (08:57):
Ever, I mean no.

Scott (09:02):
Okay, next question.
Okay, next question.
Would you ever spit on somebodyon national television for the
first night of the NFL seasonwhen they're lowering your
banner because you just won thefucking Super Bowl?

Graham (09:16):
I mean, no, not while I'm sober.
I mean that's, but look, Icompletely agree with you.
It was bad on him.
Bad, look, it's a bad I look, Icompletely agree with you.
It was bad on him.
Bad, look, it's bad.
Look for the nfl.
And, trust me, roger goodell isgonna have something to say
about this after the fact.

Scott (09:31):
I mean it could be additional fines oh, you know
what that dude can go kick rockstoo.

Graham (09:36):
Who said it's not even him specifically.
It's the head of playerpersonnel, isn't it?
Uh?
What's his name?
The old uh vp of playerpersonnel, that the dude from
the Patriots way back in the day?
What's his name?
Troy Brown, troy Brown, wow,almost forgot that.

Scott (09:51):
Oh, because the old guy that was in charge of player
personnel.
He was down in Tampa expensingtrips to the strip club with his
whole staff.
Yeah, I mean, what are youtrusting right now, dude?
Are you kidding me?
Right now, it's the NFL.
All they care about is money,money, money, money, money,

(10:12):
money, money, money, money,money.
That's all they give two shitsabout.
Why the fuck do you think theyput a game in Brazil?
Money?
Why the fuck do you think theyput a Chargers home game in
brazil and I know I'm jumpingthe gun here and it's a home
game for the chargers, oh, butlet's put kermit the frog and

(10:34):
travis swift's logo in one endzone when it's a home game for
the chargers.
Not one nfl international gamefor a home team has had both
logos, because what's worth moremarketing the Chiefs and Travis
Swift and Taylor Swift orJustin Herbert, or now we're

(10:55):
just going to call it tier tarts, smacking that bitch Kelsey
like he's a bitch.
I mean, let's be for real.
Let's call black and white,okay, it's bullshit.
The NFL is all about money.
Let's talk about Mahomes on hislittle rush.

(11:18):
When he lowers his shoulderagainst my defensive back, when
he fakes like he's going out ofbounds.
Okay, so what happens If thatdude lays a finger on Kermit?
The whole world goes crazy.
Automatic 15-yard penalty.
I'm calling the spade a spade,dude.
I'm not arguing with any ofthose points.

(11:39):
All I will say, because you gotno argument, no, I mean.
Those are facts.

Graham (11:46):
Facts got no argument.
No, I mean, those are facts.
Facts within any sport, people,players will do whatever they
can within the quote-unquoterule book that they can get away
with, whether it's unwritten ornot.
With that play specificallythat I want to say this with the

(12:11):
play that mahomes made, he's ina special circumstance now
where how he reacts, he can baitthe defender like it's too no,
it's like they have to make thata penalty, like what he's doing
, because he's he's tempting oh,I'm by the sideline so then the
defender will ease up becausethey don't want to get the

(12:34):
penalty on the rough in thepasser, even though he's not.
You have to, no, I.
That's why I I get what you'resaying.
I agree that that play, I meanit's salt on the wound,
basically what it is.
It's because homeboy is justlike oh well, you're not gonna
hit me, so I'm just gonna take acheap.
Nah, I wouldn't call it a cheapshot, but I mean it was.

(12:54):
It was a cheap shot and it's Iget it.
Is that something that needs tobe reviewed and changed in the
rules?
A hundred percent.
The thing that sucks is and thereason why our panties are in a
bundle about it is there'sreally only one quarterback that
is in that type of situationand or does that, and it's

(13:17):
Patrick Mahomes.

Scott (13:19):
I mean, look at the playoff game last year against
the Texans.
The Texans both defenders hiteach other, Didn't even hit
Kermit, and they got a 15-yardpersonal foul.

Graham (13:38):
Well, I mean, hey, just like baseball, sooner or later
we.
I mean, hey, just like baseball, sooner or later we I mean
they're going to have to go toofficiating from or not all
officiating 100%, but eitherplays have to be I wouldn't say
all plays be reviewed, but therehas to be a scenario where it's

(13:58):
just like we know we missedthis, we need to make it right.
I mean, it's almost the samething with the.
What was it?
The Rams?

Scott (14:10):
Yeah, the pass.
Interference against the Saints.

Graham (14:12):
Yeah.
So was it the Saints or was itthe Vikings?
No, it was the.

Scott (14:18):
Saints.

Graham (14:18):
But you know what I mean .
It's just like I understandplaying by the rules and being
as original as possible to whatthe rules were, but we're
getting to a point now whereit's just like with technology
there's so many calls now thatthe fans can see that the refs

(14:41):
missed.
And what's going to piss us offmore than that, considering
that these missed calls canliterally change the momentum of
games.

Scott (14:51):
And tonight we saw, on Sunday night football week one,
the spotting of the ball right,the first time they ever did it
with the technology.
I like it, yeah, I like it,yeah, I like it.
And tennis has done it for 10years.

Announcer (15:12):
Yeah.

Scott (15:13):
And gotten it right.
I like it.
It was quick, it was fast, itwas correct.
Yeah, but back to the Eagles.

Graham (15:22):
Side tangent.

Scott (15:23):
Sorry, yeah Back to the Eagles side tangent, sorry, yeah
, back to the Eagles.
Dude, they pulled out a dubwithout their best defensive
player.
I mean it was close.
I mean CD dropping three ballsin the fourth quarter.
And it goes back to somethingyou and I have discussed a lot

(15:46):
Dude CD hasn't been out thereplaying in preseason.
He's not out there goingagainst dudes that are going
live.

Announcer (15:53):
Right.

Scott (15:53):
Trying to distract him.
I mean, are you worried aboutCD?
No, but week one.
Those are the types of thingsthat are going to happen dude
week one just might as well havea parentheses um.

Graham (16:11):
Pre-season for vets.
Pre-season for the vets,because it's the first time that
everyone plays.
I mean heck, in my steelersgame the five best players on
our team on both sides of theball didn't even play all
preseason.
So it's just like how do youexpect guys, even being top vets
, to just go back into it and belike all right, yeah, I'm just

(16:31):
going to leave off where I leftoff.
You know what I mean?
It's just like it doesn't workthat way.
Practice is practice.
Yeah, it can be elevated, butpractice is not game.
You know what I mean?
And it's not even close, andespecially going against
opposite opponents, it's noteven close.
But one thing that struck meabout the game and by the game
I'm talking about the Eagle gameDude when Carter went down,

(16:57):
that changed the complete gameplan for the Cowboys oh, 100%,
they would have been no wayJavante Williams would have had.
I mean he probably could havehad a touchdown, but two
touchdowns and then what was it?
60 or 70, whatever his yardagewas on the ground, they went in.
They finished that game withtheir play calling almost 50-50.

(17:18):
If Carter was in, and how theynormally stopped the run, I mean
it would have been more.
I wouldn't say 70-30, but Imean it would have been 60-40,
65-35.
So I mean it really helpedDallas in being a more balanced
team.
And they looked I mean itreally watching that game.

(17:42):
To me it it really.
How do I say this?
It really helps you understandthe x's and o's of football in
the sense that like it's not,like there's game plans, like
certain players, if they're inthe game, you have to game plan
for them.
You know there's certainoffenses that play a certain way

(18:03):
, there's defense to play acertain ways and if you take out
the major component insomeone's offense defense scheme
, whatever things change and youhave to adjust.
And when you adjust thelittlest of things, you're just
like, oh, that makes a big deal.
How could one player affect thegame?
Well, that happened, yeah, itwas.

(18:29):
Um, well, uh, that happened.
So yeah, it was.
I mean, look, the one thing thatI enjoyed about the game, that
cowboy offense.
It can score.
You know they, they have achance, they could run the ball.
I mean, dac's gonna be slingingit.
If he stays healthy, dac's for4,000 yards, he's gonna have 30
plus touchdowns.
And look, cd on the one side,picket Pickens on the other side

(18:50):
, Pickens.
Look, I mean, look as a, as asealer fan, am I glad that he's
gone?
Yes and no, I mean the attitudeon the field stuff, off the
field stuff, it is what it is.
But there was a couple playsthat I watched him and I'm just
like, yeah, that's the samestupid shit that he was pulling
here in Pittsburgh.

(19:10):
Thank God he's gone.
And then it's always the one ortwo plays that he makes a
miraculous catch and you're justlike who the bleep is this guy?
So it's just, you know they gotplaymakers.
So it's just, you know they gotplaymakers.
Do?
I think the Cowboys I mean, theCowboys are not a playoff team,
but they're a team that they'llfight to the end.
They'll make it a game for alot of teams and they're just

(19:34):
going to, you know, they couldbe spoiler alert for a lot of
teams, especially within thedivision.
So I'm kind of curious to seehow that goes, and mainly
because you and I have some ofthose players on our fantasy
team.
So, let's go deck.
Let's go CD.
So if it's going to be ashootout, let's go.

Scott (19:53):
I don't disagree.
I mean I couldn't.
I just I don't know.
I'm still flabbergasted manwith that game we just watched.
I don't even.
I'm still flabbergasted manwith that game we just watched.
I don't even know what to say.
I just saw a stat.
I mean I'm just going to throwit out there real quick before

(20:13):
we jump into the Chargers Teamswith 40-plus points and 235
rushing yards in a game were 277and oh, until tonight.

Graham (20:26):
Hey, you know what Chris Berman says.
Yeah, no one circles the wagonlike the Buffalo bills.
And let me tell you, I mean,dude, the look on Josh Allen's
face, because I mean, dude, allthe chance going back and forth
MVP when Allen was doing goodand then MVP when Lamar was
doing good.
Because I mean, dude, all thechance going back and forth MVP
when Allen was doing good andthen MVP when Lamar was doing
good.

(20:46):
I mean you could feel theintensity in that game and it's
just like, towards the end,towards the end of the third,
start of the fourth, you couldtell Allen was just like oh man,
come on, I need to do somethingto get my team back in it.
And look, as we already said,it is absolutely amazing.
And look, people are going todo it.
I hate to say that it'sjustified, but to I wouldn't say

(21:11):
justified.

Scott (21:11):
But you can't blame Henry .

Graham (21:14):
Yeah, exactly that's what I'm saying, because, look,
I mean no chance, they stilltook the ball down the field
twice, scored two touchdowns,like things had to go, multiple
things.
So it's just like you know whatI mean.
Like that argument oh, it'sHenry's fault.
Get the bleep out of here.

Scott (21:31):
I mean Exactly, I don't even know.
Insane.
I just can't even believe it.
I mean, when you watch lamarrun around scramble which should
have been a sack loss for 30yards, he gets the first down
and the very next play henrygoes whatever for a tutty over,

(21:56):
nope, not over.
And I love josh allen in hispost game interview calling out
the fans that left Love it, yeah, love it, dude, Love it.
But I mean, and what was thelast home opener at this stadium
?
Right Next year they open up anew stadium.

Graham (22:20):
That part of it is more interesting to me, be honest.

Scott (22:25):
I mean look if you look I mean they're down 15 points bro
, with four minutes and fiveseconds left so let me ask you a
question back when you hadseason tickets at qualcomm.
If you're down 15 points of fourminutes left, you're not trying
to beat the traffic I knew youwere gonna to ask that question,
I mean, and I already had itprepared, because Kristen and I

(22:45):
always talk about this.
No, I never left in thatsituation, but I did leave on a
Sunday night football game whenwe were hosting the Colts, the
night that Cromartie made thatinsane interception on Peyton.
Yeah, the night, the nightCromartie, I think, picked him
off three times the openingkickoff.

(23:07):
Little Sprolesy took it to thehouse, held him three and out.
Punt Sproles took it to thehouse.
Well, back then, and thereVinatieri was their kicker and
literally the Colts got the lastfirst down.
There was 20 seconds left.
We're down two and I'm like I'mout.
We call it a timeout.

(23:28):
And I will never forget beingin the parking lot running
around in circles when Vinatierimissed like a 27-yard field
goal.

Graham (23:37):
Which is, by the way, unheard of.

Scott (23:40):
So yes, I have left the stadium.
So, yes, I have left thestadium.
But I will say, running aroundin the parking lot with
everybody else that left was funas shit, but just throwing that
out there I, but I get it.

Graham (23:58):
Dude the bills mafia tonight.

Scott (24:01):
Dude that the party in the parking lot right now in the
streets oh, dude, if you're atable in the city of buffalo, I
feel sorry for you tonight.
I mean, home depot, prop homedepot probably stayed open late
until 2 am so dudes could justgo buy tables to jump through

(24:26):
Love it.
Just throwing that out there, Imean, I don't know.
Good for them, yeah, good forthem.

Graham (24:34):
I agree F you Baltimore.

Scott (24:39):
I mean, I'm just going to throw this out there, though
Baltimore looked like a team ona mission for the entire game
until there was four minutesleft.

Graham (24:49):
And what looked different compared to last year.

Scott (24:55):
He was passing the ball.
Well yeah, he was throwing it.

Graham (25:01):
I think he only had two incompletions until the start of
the fourth.

Scott (25:06):
Dude.
And how about my boy Hopkinsgrab on his first target in
Baltimore?

Graham (25:13):
What'd you say last night?

Scott (25:15):
What did I tell you?
What did I tell you?
As soon as I saw that catch,I'm like, oh my God, it's
happening, this is happening.
As I saw that catch, I'm like,oh my god, it's happening, this
is happening.
I'm like Hopkins is going tohave a game and every free agent
, waiver, wire pickup and fabbudget everybody's going to
spend their entire wad onHopkins and he's toast for the

(25:37):
rest of the year.

Graham (25:39):
His only target, by the way, unbelievable.
I just I mean look, allen, bothof them, they distributed the
ball pretty well.
I don't think Mark Andrews hadthat decent of a game.
But I mean, look when you'rerunning the ball with Derrick
Henry so well, lamar is runningit so well.

(25:59):
I think it's finally time Maybenot, I don't know I it might be
time for me to start eating alittle crow when it comes down
to uh andrews had.

Scott (26:13):
Andrews had one catch for five yards.
All right, uh was only targetedonce eat some crow with zay
Flowers.

Graham (26:22):
I've just never been that high on him.
I mean he has gotten better,but he hasn't really established
himself as the legit number oneFolks.
He's the number one, rashadBateman.
Bye-bye.

Scott (26:41):
Keep saying that.

Graham (26:43):
Or not.
Okay, be a number one this week, be the number three, that's
the thing With the Ravens.

Scott (26:53):
They're not Gonna be that team that has the number one
Exactly, it's gonna be the hotdude of the week.
I mean, like you and I havedebated because of fantasy.
I mean Bateman had what ninetutties last year.

Graham (27:10):
And I told you, there's only two players on Baltimore
that I would ever draft DerrickHenry and Lamar.
That's it.
Just because you know whatyou're getting.

Scott (27:20):
Flowers had seven for 143 tonight.

Graham (27:23):
Oh, that's not bad.

Scott (27:27):
Yeah, thanks, Chargers.
Chargers took Quentin Johnsonbut hey how about my boy Quentin
Johnson?
The other night, Friday NightFootball live and direct from
Brazil, my boy QJ said all right, quit hating on me.
Yeah, I couldn't catch a beachball on the beach the last three
years, but hey, I'm going todominate tonight.

Graham (27:51):
I'm so glad that we record this, because now I can
save this clip for later,whenever you got something to
say about it.
I'm like hey, beep play heycan't hate?
No, you absolutely cannot andhonestly a I wouldn't say it's a
great transition.
But the thing is this look to alot of people it may not look

(28:12):
sexy, but the chargers widereceiver room it doesn't which
everybody blasted it.
It doesn't make sense, but it isworking for that offense.
What, McConkie does I mean?
Look, as you texted me theother night.
Third, and Keenan is back.

(28:33):
It's like he never left.

Scott (28:36):
How many third down conversions?

Graham (28:39):
That's what I'm saying.

Scott (28:39):
Did my boy To have that.
I mean, you and I did anemergency show the night he was
traded.
Yeah, okay, and he's back.

Graham (28:50):
So we should do a resurrection.

Scott (28:53):
And it looks like he never left.
No, the beginning of the game.
Kermit gets the ball first,they go three and out, we get
the ball.
Kermit gets the ball first,they go three and out, we get
the ball.
And the announcers are all oh,the chargers, heavy run offense.
You know, hardball loves to runthe ball.
Duh, you know why do we pick upnazi, why do we take hampton in

(29:14):
the first round?
Because we're going to run theshit out of the ball, dude.
Did you see the beginning ofthe game?
Pass, pass, pass, pass, pass,pass, pass, pass, pass.

Graham (29:24):
Oh, and you saw that coming.

Scott (29:26):
Not a chance dude.
Exactly, and neither didEveryone else.
What's his nuts?
Spagnolio, one of the greatestdefensive coordinators in the
history of the NFL, agreed.
They did not see it.
Yeah, and I'm just like what inthe holy shit is happening
right now?
What was the number one thingall chargers fans, myself

(29:48):
included, bitched about lastyear in the playoffs?
Herbert didn't run.
Uh, what did we see the othernight?
You know, a lot of herbertrunning dude and I was.

Graham (30:04):
I also was gonna say I think also extra credit needs to
go out to the offensive line.
I mean losing slater and tostill look as great as they did.
I mean, yeah, that's a, that'sa golf clap.
I mean, look, I mean beinglucky I want to say lucky, but
having the affordability to takeyour right tackle joel, who was
all I mean a stud at Michigan,and be like oh hey, could you go

(30:27):
back to the left.

Scott (30:27):
No, oh, slap yourself in the face.
He was not at Michigan.
Notre Dame oh, yeah, yeah,please don't ever compare
Michigan and Notre Dame together, ever again.
Thank you.
Yeah, you're right, notre DameOkay, but you're a.
Notre Dame is a junior school.
Yeah, okay, but you're 100%right.
Dude, that was amazing to justplug and play all to left tackle

(30:50):
.
I mean, he gave up no pressures.
But Becton, the biggest freeagent we signed at right guard,
it comes out Friday morning thathe's sick as shit and he might
not play and I'm like, oh my god, here we fucking go.
He ended up playing, playedwell, he got, got some time off

(31:13):
in the game and came in and out.
But, dude, it was awesome.
The o-line herbert got sackedfour times.
You know is what it is is, butthey played well and when it
happened in the game they didwhat they had to do.
Facts Hampton had a good firstgame as a rookie.

(31:33):
Yeah, running out of balance atthe end of the second half,
rookie mistake.
But did you see who was on thesideline talking to my boy,
hampton, after that?
Beast mode, I mean, get my guysome Skittles.
Thanks, marshawn.
I mean that was awesome.

Graham (31:56):
For not practicing in the preseason or in training
camp.
Najee didn't look bad either,For the little bit that he was
in.

Scott (32:05):
Yeah, he didn't get many carries, no, but we knew that
was going to happen.

Graham (32:08):
No, but there was plays in that you could tell he was in
just for pass blocking.

Scott (32:13):
Yes, 100%, 100%.
But I'm just going to go outbefore the game.
Everybody's sending me thisRyan Clark bullshit, calling out
Herbert and this and that,saying he's not a real
quarterback, and this, and thatI mean Ryan Clark, you know,
like the thing I sent you.

(32:34):
I mean, come on, guy Harbaugheven called him out.
Harbaugh was like Ryan Clarksays Herbert hasn't won anything
, and Harbaugh was like RyanClark says Herbert hasn't won
anything.
That's rich, coming from a guywhose biggest claim to fame is
riding shotgun on a defense thatTroy Palomaro and James
Harrison drove Justin's out herecarrying a franchise.

(32:55):
You're carrying a microphoneand I'm just going to throw this
out there too.
Hey, ryan clark, remember thattime lt stiff-armed you when you
were with the redskins inovertime and took it to the
house?
Yeah, shut up, bro.
I mean, you're on a microphone.

(33:15):
You think you're cool.
I know you gotta say shit toget views on your social media
and this and that I I mean,whatever, dude, nobody cares,
you're irrelevant, nobody givesa shit, nobody, nobody.

Graham (33:30):
Well, I mean, there are unfortunately hundreds of
thousands of people that listento him, but I understand where
you're coming from.

Scott (33:39):
He's trying to make himself sound irrelevant.
Graham, you know that it's whatthese dudes do, I mean I don't
know.

Graham (33:47):
If there wasn't hot takes, there'd be no reason to
watch these guys.
I mean, if you think about it,what's the point of watching
first take?
Get up all the stuff that yousee on ESPN.
It's all bullshit, it really is, of course it is.

Scott (34:10):
Anyhow, dude, let's go back real quick to the start of
the Chargers-Chiefs game.
Kelsey running into XavierWorthy and Worthy out, okay,
dislocated shoulder, who knowshow long he's going to be out
for Something.
I saw that I was like, wow,shannon Sharp man, I ain't never
run into one of my own players.

Graham (34:34):
That dude don't have a clue what's going on.

Scott (34:39):
Shut the front door.
I mean Okay, why are we?

Graham (34:41):
shutting the door.
Accidents happen all the time.
My point is you can't controlwhat another person is doing if
they're not looking at you.
If you're expecting him to go acertain way and he goes the
opposite, how is that his fault?

Scott (34:54):
I'm just throwing it out there.

Graham (34:55):
I get what you're saying , and I'm not saying I defend
him, I'm just saying what arethe chances that that happens?
I mean, look, they're calledrub place for a reason.
Right, pick plays, I get it,but you don't see that usually
in an instance where you hit aguy and oh hey, by the way, you
just have shoulder issues.
Now that's huge.
They're already out anotherfive more games with rice.

(35:19):
Now they don't have worthy andthey don't know when he's coming
back, right.
So now all you got is hollywoodbrown, kelsey, some other guy
that I can't think of right now.
Uh, and then they're runningbacks.
I like dude it's an uphillbattle and scott, since you're

(35:43):
the AFC West guy, when was thelast time that the Kansas City
Chiefs were in sole possessionof fourth place in the AFC West?
I have no idea, couldn't tellyou.
It's been a hot hot minute?

Scott (35:56):
Couldn't tell you.
But what I will tell you is,dude, by the time Rice comes
back, looking at the Chiefsschedule, they could be two and
four.
Yeah, I mean, they got theEagles at home next week and
they're underdogs.

Announcer (36:16):
Right, does that surprise?

Scott (36:18):
you At home, yeah, but no , looking at the offensive
weapons.

Graham (36:35):
Bro, with the mystique of the Chiefs and how, oh,
things just always bounce theirway.
I get it.
But I mean we're talking aboutthe defending champs who are
still at the same level, I mean,well, almost the same level.
Who are still at the same level, I mean, well, almost the same
level.
They're, they're young they'reyounger at defense, I mean you
could tell that they weren't attheir peak performance.
Granted, look, it's still weekone, people, it's week one, yeah
.
So I?
I mean, look, we always say,you know, the chiefs always get

(36:59):
the benefit of the doubt.
I don't think the benefit ofthe doubt is going to help the
Chiefs.
I don't either.
Either Hurts goes down, and wedon't want that to happen,
especially to me for fantasy.
But I'm just saying Sometimes,when you line up, hey, today
ain't going to be our week, andfor a team that it's usually

(37:22):
their week, it wasn't in theSuper Bowl and it ain't going to
be our week and for for a teamthat it's usually their week it
was, it wasn't in the super bowland it ain't going to be in
week two.

Scott (37:32):
Yeah, like it wasn't week one either.
But before we switch topics,I'm just going to throw this out
there because I thought thiswas pretty awesome.
As everybody knows out there,I'm a michigan fan and everybody
said michigan was stealingsigns and this and that with
mentor and harbaugh.
And I saw this the other nightand I was like, oh, this is
perfect, you had mentorliterally make kermit and one of

(37:54):
the best play callers in thehistory of the nfl, andy reed,
look confused.
The other night, uh, no signstealing the other night.
Huh, exactly, exactly, butthat's because they hid the guy.

Graham (38:12):
Bro, he's MIA Okay.

Scott (38:16):
Okay, okay, yeah, but anyhow, it was weird to go to
work on a Saturday yesterday andbe extremely hung over and a
victory Saturday, dude, it wassuper weird but it was awesome.
Love that first dub.

(38:37):
And you know, onto NFL Sunday,our next games against the
Raiders next week, monday night,latest shit, east Coast time.
Appreciate it, nfl, but let'sjump right into your Steelers
playing the Jets.
And you know, I know you're allfired up and I'm going to rain

(38:58):
on your parade a little bit andyou're going to be bitter at me.
I mean, last night I did tellyou you were going to lose and
it looked early in that gamelike you were going to lose.
Oh, you were, dude, shut up,don't act.
Like you were all confident.
You were shitting bricks andbutt puckering like nobody ever

(39:21):
Dude Rodgers comes out had fourtutties.
I'm going to give you my takeand then you can go.

Announcer (39:25):
No, please go ahead.

Scott (39:27):
And I was like let's go.
Offense looked good.
It looked like they werespreading the ball around.
They weren't like being vanilla, like they have been Right, you
know, they got a quarterbackwho can actually move in the
pocket.
But all I'm going to say isthis he got drilled, dude.
He got sacked four times andthey weren't grabbing homeboy's

(39:52):
ankle.
He got hit hard, yeah, and thatwas the thing.
I'm like, oh my God.
I mean, Boswell hitting the60-yarder to win was sick.
The pass that bounced off 17different players and then I
forget who ended up catching it.
You know grabbed it, that wassick.
But, dude, that O-line Ramsey'stackled it in the game on the

(40:17):
fourth down play, it was sick.
But, dude, the way Rodgers gothit.
I was like, yeah, you beat theJets.
Okay, Like you said earlier,the Jets have a great defense,
but I don't know, it's week one.

(40:40):
Hey, you can't do better than1-0, right, it's week one.

Graham (40:43):
No, no, look, All I'm saying is they better protect
old man Rodgers.
The excitement of whateverything has culminated from
the beginning of the draft, theoff season, the signings, you

(41:10):
know preseason, and now, finally, week one.
We can actually see the producton the field.
I can see what Rogers is goingto do.
I can see what DK is going todo.
I can see what Ramsey is goingto do.
Look, did it live up to what Iexpected?
I mean, I wasn't expectinggangbusters out the first week,

(41:32):
no, but was I happy with theperformance?
100% Was my as the quote likesto say, my panties in a bundle,
the whole game, absolutely.
You know me, scott, I'm themost nervous Nelly person
watching the superstitiouseverything.
I mean that game.

Scott (41:50):
Oh, timeout.
Wait what You're talking to?
A dude that bet the Chiefsbefore they hit the field goal
at the end of the first halfmoney line.
Okay, I was Debbie Downer.
I'm like no effing way we'rewinning this game.

Graham (42:05):
Well, I mean, it wasn't like I was Debbie Downer about
the game.
It's just like look, let's calla spade a spade.
Even the announcers vaguelysaid something about it.
There's points in that gameearlier today for the Steelers
where the Steelersorganizational brass was like oh
, points in that in that gameearlier today for the sealers
where the steelers, you know,organizational brass was like oh
, maybe we should have signedjustin fields or we would have

(42:31):
if this is best game ever thatwas by far the best game he's
ever played.
Hands down, he looked crisp,throwing the ball, like he was
decisive on the throws that hewanted to make.
He wasn't hesitating.
We all know he can run.
I mean that bootleg for thetouchdown that he got the third
or fourth whenever it was.
It's just like all right, likewe get it all right.

Scott (42:52):
It is what it is talking about talking about brass and
organization not to cut you offhow bad do you think the Miami
Dolphins felt today?
I mean, that's Ramsey making atackle, johnnie Smith making a
catch, xavier Worthy.

Graham (43:14):
You know, when it comes to Miami, I'm just chalking it
up to, they're in Miami.
Can we call them the worst teamin football?
Now, talking it up to, they'rein Miami, you think?

Scott (43:23):
can we call them the worst team in football now?

Graham (43:25):
I mean sound, signed, sealed and delivered, Like if
you live in Miami, like whocares?
Like that.
Like if you're a dolphins fan,like you're only showing up to
the game If you're winning, likewhat they're going to do at
their, at their home game nextweek.
I'm shocked.
What's the fan level going tobe at?

(43:46):
That's a whole other thing.
We'll get into that in a second.
Let's backtrack here a second.

Scott (43:55):
Before you keep on going, remind me to bring this up,
because the Texans, dude, I toldyou might be in that category
with Miami, the Saints.

Graham (44:13):
Anyhow, continue, continue on this deal real quick
when you had a shit offensiveline last year.
And then you lose your all-proleft tackle what do you think's
gonna happen?
Oh year.
And then you lose your all proleft tackle what do you think is
going to happen?
Oh, and then you're startingrunning back as Nick Chubb in
his seventh year in the league.

Scott (44:29):
Dude, and you only target Nico five times.

Graham (44:31):
No, yeah, no.
Look, the Rams have a gooddefense.
We'll get into that in a second.
We'll get into that.
Back to the Steelers, the Jets.
Everyone has this notion thatwhat happened in the past is
what happens in the present.
Right, it's the same old Jets,the same old for every team.
Right, they have to see it withtheir own eyes from a new coach

(45:04):
.
The young quarterback, garrettWilson, looked good.
I mean Brees Hall, he didPretty good, right.
And look, they are a greatdefensive team.
I mean Quentin Williams, is heany good?
I mean first team, all proDestroying against on the same

(45:33):
side.
That, hey, the guy we spent ourfirst round pick, you know
Broderick Jones.
Was I happy with hisperformance?
Happy is not the word that Iwould use.
I would say I was, was okaywith it.
There was times that I was justlike all right, good, I'm, I'm,
I'll go with that.
Then there was other timeswhere I'm just like, oh man,
like there's no way we'reresigning you and it's just it.

(45:53):
But, just like I said, theyhave a great, they have players,
and it's.
It's tough when you're used tobeing labeled a bad team even
though you have good players.
That now a new coaching system.
A new aura for the team is justlike, hey, these guys can be
good and the thing that makes mehappiest the most about it is

(46:15):
seeing how well they played.
That over six and a half islooking is making me feel real,
real good for a Jets wins.
I think I got it was either sixand a half, five and a half, I
don't remember, but you had Jetswinning more games in this.
No, that's with Andy.
I still took the Jets.
I have wins but yeah, look,fields looked good.

Scott (46:40):
To be honest, dude, dude, I was just looking it up as
you're talking.
Pittsburgh should have lost thegame.
Fields was passing yards 218,.

Graham (46:49):
Had one touchdown had 12 rushes for 48 and two
touchdowns.
I mean that kind of sounds likethat guy in Washington, or that
kind of sounds like that guy inWashington or that kind of
sounds like, you know, that guyin Baltimore kind of sounds like
.

Scott (47:05):
I mean, I mean Brees all had 19 carries for a hundred.

Graham (47:09):
Yeah, I thought he had more than that, but yeah, like
they.
I mean, look, they looked goodand it's just like look, iron
sharpens, iron Like it.
It was a great matchup and look, it came down to that special
teams play towards the end ofthe fourth.

Scott (47:24):
Oh, when they muffed the punt.
Is that what it?

Graham (47:26):
wasn't a muff.
The defender hit it out of hishand and basically that guy he's
not the original kick returner.
Their original kick returnerwas hurt, so like he was filling
in that day, so he's not usedto.
I mean not that he hasn't doneit before, but you know, they
just asked how you can do thistoday for us type of situation
and like look if we didn't havethat and then get that touchdown

(47:47):
right away and then come backlike dude.

Scott (47:49):
We were down trust me, y'all scored 14 points in 50
seconds that's what I'm saying,like and one by two exactly.

Graham (47:58):
There was a point we were down by double digits and I
was like, yeah, something needsto, needs to happen.
And it's just like, look,everyone's like, oh, pittsburgh
defense, pittsburgh defense.
Like, look, the one thing thatI will say we lost a few players
on defense.
That people whether they arepaying attention, no, not.
But like our free safety, thatwe gave money to Deshaun Elliott

(48:21):
, he went out in the third.
He hurt his knee.
I don't know how long that'sgoing to be.
That could be a couple of weeks, it could not be, who knows.
And then JPJ went down.
I think they just held them up,because that was another one of
those things where I think itwas just like a cramping
situation, like just not beingused to getting back into
gameplay type of situation.
But it's just like, dude, tolose your quote unquote number

(48:45):
one corner and then to lose yourquote unquote number one safety
and have the ability to haveJalen Ramsey be flexible in his
defensive coverages, to movepositions.
Love, love, love, love.
Mika Fitzpatrick, bro, you thehomie, what you did for us the
last six years, you're the best.

(49:06):
But the plays that ramsey made,it's just like man.
We couldn't have afforded him acouple of years ago, but like
dude, where he's at now, if hecould say like this brah, I
ain't, ain't mad.
Like you know, the defensestarted down and up.
I just a lot of positivityafter this game.

Scott (49:29):
Yeah, of course, week one you overwhelmed, it was.
You were in a dog fight and youwon.
Yeah, like I say, you can't dobetter than 1-0 in week one.
Exactly, I mean, dude, realquick.
Better than more to know inweek one?
Exactly, I mean but real, realquick, I got to throw something
that we were just talking about,dude, derek Henry tonight had

(49:52):
more rushing yards today than BJean Gibbs, gentry, a chain and
Connor combined.
Yeah, I just saw that as wewere talking.
That's insane.
Yeah, speaking of insane, youknow real quick Saints, who

(50:14):
everybody picked as the worstteam in the league.
Dude, they had a chance to winthat game today If Homeboy holds
onto that ball.

Graham (50:23):
I'm not going to lie, I was pretty nervous.

Scott (50:30):
Yeah, I mean they could have won that game.
Let's throw it to Tampa playingAtlanta.
I mean Igbuka, yeah, how abouta first game?
Igbuka, yeah, how about a firstgame and Igbuka's a great—.

Graham (50:47):
Does that surprise you?

Scott (50:49):
Not really, but everybody's saying Igbuka had
the better game.
Go back and look at his secondtouchdown reception.
Look where Baker threw thatball.
Oh well, oh my God, yeah, no, Iagree, I agree.
Oh my God, look where Bakerthrew that ball.
Oh my god, yeah, no, I agree.

Graham (51:04):
I agree.

Scott (51:05):
Oh my god.

Graham (51:06):
I mean.
But to be fair, baker I meantwo of his three touchdowns Were
in the fourth quarter.
I mean he wasn't.

Announcer (51:14):
It wasn't real sexy.

Graham (51:15):
I think he had like 150 yards passing Halfway into the
fourth, like it wasn't greatWith what they were doing.
But I mean, look, divisionalgame yeah week they're always
close and look missed fieldgoals and missed extra points

(51:36):
people dude the story of the day.

Scott (51:39):
I mean, how big was that missed extra point from
Baltimore.

Graham (51:44):
Yeah, dude, the extra point in that game that we were
just talking about, the Falconsand Tampa he misses the extra
points which would have put themup for gives the Falcons a
chance to take it down the field, they take it down the field
and then your boy I don't wantto butcher his name, but Ling,
whatever.
Who ho whatever?

Scott (52:07):
Yeah, so Winkoo sucked a big old fat, you know what, when
he was with the.

Graham (52:11):
Chargers, yeah, whatever his name is.

Scott (52:12):
And then he goes to the Falcons and then whatever.

Graham (52:16):
Yeah, he was a pro bowler last year, but look, took
him right down the field, had a30-yard.
What was it?
A 35-yarder Ride, right?
So it's just like look thingsin life happen for a reason.
It was like oh, I can't believeyou missed it.
I'm like bro, you shouldn'thave been in that position
anyway.

Scott (52:35):
Dude, let's talk.
Cleveland Bengals the Brownsmissed two field goals goals.

Graham (52:45):
The browns missed two field goals if it wasn't for one
of my parlays, which was theonly part well technically the
only parlay in my early games.
That and by early I mean thefirst and second games uh, out
of my 10, 10 bets, the onlything that hit.
And, to be honest, do Isacrifice the money which wasn't
?
I mean it was a decent amount,but do I sacrifice the money
which wasn't?
I mean it was a decent amount,but do I sacrifice the money
Like dude?
Do you know how many people hadthe Bengals in fantasy?

(53:07):
I mean, it would be the samething as it was last year.

Scott (53:10):
You mean survivor.

Graham (53:11):
Sorry, yeah, and survivor Like yeah, ridiculous.

Announcer (53:14):
Yeah.

Graham (53:16):
It kind of would have been a good thing, but it's just
like I still wanted them to winDude the way they looked in
preseason.
The Bengals like what, likedude.
Jamar Chase, I thought you werethe best player in the league.
What happened, I mean?

Scott (53:28):
look what do you get you in fantasy?
4.8 points.
Is that any good that ain'thappening.

Graham (53:35):
No, look week one.
I get it, it is what it is.
And look divisional games.
It means something.
That's why I kind of like thisyear with how they did the
schedule.
A lot of teams have a lot ofdivisional games in the
beginning of the season and thenat the end of the season and
they leave the meet.

Scott (53:51):
I like that.
But I was talking to my boy theother day Broncos fan, my old
Callaway rep, and we werechatting about it.
Dude, I don't like the earlydivisional games and I don't
like the late divisional games.

Graham (54:08):
Late, I do.

Scott (54:09):
Because, yeah, dude, look at Washington plays the Eagles
the last week of the season.
That game might not even meananything.

Announcer (54:18):
Yeah.

Scott (54:19):
I think divisional games should be October and November
november.

Graham (54:25):
Okay, if you want to go by that notion.
Uh, did you think a 15 and 3 ora 15 and 2 team?
Last year with the 14 and 2team, you know, with the lions
and the vikings?
Last year you didn't think thatwas going to be worth anything.
And then look how that seasonwent, and then it was but that's
my point.
I mean, like I like what theconcept is.

Scott (54:47):
It pays off randomly.

Graham (54:50):
Yes, but I think it's more positive.

Scott (54:54):
This early in the season, like the chargers opening up
with the chiefs.
Really, next week we play theRaiders, the week after that we
play the Raiders, the week afterthat we play the.

Graham (55:05):
Broncos yeah, and you could be 3-0.

Scott (55:10):
We could, but I would rather I don't know.
Anyhow, I don't know.

Announcer (55:15):
No, I get it, I get it.

Scott (55:18):
I'm just going to say this, dude, we're 50-some
minutes into this episode and Ican't believe I'm about to say
this.
And I told you last night Iwanted to change my pick at
survivor to this team, and thatteam is the Colts and that
team's quarterback, daniel Jones, did something today that has

(55:40):
never been done in the historyof the NFL.

Graham (55:42):
Danny Dimes.

Scott (55:46):
And we talked about it last week.
Change of scenery Worked forBaker, worked for Sam Darnold.
It's worked for other players.

Announcer (55:58):
I agree.

Scott (55:59):
Danny Dimes is the only quarterback in the history of
the NFL to lead a scoring driveon every single drive of the
game.
What and how many people outthere in fantasy football are
going out there right now tryingto grab Danny Dimes?

(56:23):
40%.
All I'm going to say is thisAnthony Richardson, sell your
condo, bro, you don't.

Graham (56:37):
Let me ask you a question.
Should we have spent more than$10 on Michael Pittman?

Scott (56:43):
Did he even play today?
I don't even know if he playedtoday.

Graham (56:46):
Yeah, he had like 20 points in fantasy.
Okay, yeah, he had like maybenot 20, but he was like six for
70 in a touchdown.

Scott (56:56):
Remember last week when I picked the Jaguars to win the
South.
Yeah, hey they look.
And you took the Texans too,yeah.

Graham (57:08):
Well, we can forget about those parlay division
winner bets.
Bye-bye, Dude.

Scott (57:15):
I just.
I mean, the Texans were awful.

Graham (57:18):
Hey, if you want to continue, I mean, I don't want
to say awful, but if you want tocontinue this, you know, speak.
There's really only one othergame to talk about Dude, the
Lions and the Packers.
If I would have told you.

Scott (57:32):
Dude, I told you that shit.
We talked about it last weekepisode.
I told you and you remember itthe Lions were taking a step
back.
You lose your offensivecoordinator.
You lose your defensivecoordinator.
You lose your defensivecoordinator.
Look at the Eagles a coupleyears ago, when they won the
Super Bowl and they lost both.
How did they do the followingyear?
Not very good.
The Lions looked clueless.

(57:54):
To not score a touchdown DanCampbell looked like the
reincarnation of fucking AnthonyLynn.

Graham (58:02):
Okay, but I like Dan Campbell looked like the
reincarnation of fucking AnthonyLynn.
Oh Okay, but I like DanCampbell?

Scott (58:07):
Yeah, I do too.

Graham (58:10):
But you know what Dude?

Scott (58:12):
they couldn't score a touchdown.
They did because that last playwas the end.

Graham (58:18):
It was garbage time.
I'm not counting that, I'm notcounting that.

Scott (58:20):
Yeah, dude.
And the craziest thing wasJacobs was quiet time.
I'm not counting that, that,dude.
I'm not counting that, yeah,dude.
And the craziest thing wasJacobs was quiet early.
Yeah the Lions.

Graham (58:29):
Ooh man, our boy Badger, he's all fired up, he's got a
Woody the size of Texas rightnow, after what they did, can
make up for his anger at thestart of the day.

Scott (58:44):
Jesus, I don't even want to get into that, but yeah, dude
Packers Looked tough.

Graham (58:50):
Well balanced.
I'll give him credit.
Michael Parsons played a fewsnaps, nothing crazy.
Had his first sack Lookedpretty good.
Look, there's only one way forthem, and that's up.

Scott (59:06):
Dude.
The Packers host the Redskinson Thursday.

Graham (59:10):
Ooh, that's going to be an interesting game.
Yeah, that's going to be a veryinteresting game I'm excited
about that.

Scott (59:17):
Yeah, thursday night Dude Commanders looked pretty decent
today they did For a team thatplayed in the NFC Championship.
They were a little slow andsluggish.
Audrey was like, oh, I'm notvery happy about today.
She went to the game but thetutty that Debo had on the
reverse was sick.
The 100% reason they got Debo.

(59:39):
Of course you know he lookedgreat.
But I mean it's year two, rightfor Jaden, year two for Bo Nix,
year two for Drake May Year.
We'll call it 1.0 for McCarthymaking his first start tomorrow
night.
But dude, drake May gettingbeat by the Raiders.

(01:00:05):
They look clueless dude, Idon't know.

Graham (01:00:12):
See, that's why you can't take momentum from a
previous year.
When you have differentcoaching regimes, people are
like, oh, they're going to be somuch better and they're going
to add from last year and thisand that.
And to be honest, I think a lotof people are drinking that
Kool-Aid and people look whenyou have an opinion, or should I

(01:00:34):
say when you have alongstanding opinion about
someone or something, it's hardfor you to change your mind
until you see your mind beingchanged, am I right?

Scott (01:00:44):
Dude, and something I forgot to bring up.
Yeah, you do realize we won ourparlay, with Williams from the
Cowboys rushing yards the othernight and Jaden Daniels rushing
yards today.

Announcer (01:00:57):
Yeah.

Scott (01:00:59):
Yeah, yeah.
And how about Corey Crosby?
Merit 10 for 82 and a tuttyyeah number four on their depth
chart yeah, I thought rodriguezwas gonna get in there, but I
guess not he didn't even get acarry thanks, fantasy people

(01:01:21):
eckler was 6 for 26 and then had3 receptions for 31.
Debo had 1 rushing attempt for19 yards, which was that
touchdown I was talking to youabout.
Then he had 7 receptions for 77yards.
He killed my boy, scary Terry.
What the fuck, debo?

Graham (01:01:43):
I need some bright spot in my wide receivers in our
fantasy league because I meanGod bless when you have Waddle
and Stefan Diggs.

Scott (01:01:55):
What did he do today?
I'm not being an ass, I'm justasking.

Graham (01:01:57):
I have no idea how.
About a whole lot of nothing?
He gave me four points.

Announcer (01:02:06):
So yeah, yeah nothing .

Graham (01:02:07):
Oh no, I lied Wow, wow.
I'm sorry, guys, that's notwhat I meant to say.
He gave me 11, actually, so Ican't be upset.
Six for 57.
I mean look as a wide receivertoo.
I'll take 11 points yeah.

(01:02:27):
I prefer 15, but I'll take 11and a half.
I mean, look, what we thoughtwas especially for our survivor
picks, what we thought wassigned, sealed and delivered
like no hesitation, not evenworrying about it.
Denver hosting the titans.
What I mean, dude I?

(01:02:49):
I know you're gonna say secondyear rust or not rust, but
second year follies.

Scott (01:02:53):
I know you're gonna like they, just well, no I'm just
gonna say this it's a good thingtenn Tennessee couldn't do
anything on offense.

Announcer (01:03:02):
Oh yeah.

Graham (01:03:02):
Because, no, you're right.

Scott (01:03:06):
Because Denver gave it up late.
I mean, it was fourth and what?

Graham (01:03:12):
I know.

Scott (01:03:13):
At the end of the game, I know, and they go for it and
throw an incomplete pass andstop the clock.
Knicks turned it over on afumble and then had an
interception.
I mean, the hardest thing thatI had to do today was pull for
Denver because of a coupleparlays to win and for a

(01:03:34):
survivor entry that you and Imutually are in.
I mean, did I want him to lose?
A hundred percent?
I like my bank account better.
But I was like, are youshitting me?
Right now?
They look awful.

Graham (01:03:51):
You ain't wrong, you ain't wrong.

Scott (01:03:53):
I mean I will say JK Dobbins looked pretty good for
him, he looked solid.
But Bo Nix, I mean let'severybody pump the brakes on my
guy's second season.

Graham (01:04:04):
Yeah, no, I agree, I mean.

Scott (01:04:08):
So best thing is like we always talk.
Your Steelers won, my Chargerswon, Our Survivor picks won.
Who's got it better than us?

Graham (01:04:21):
Hey, to quote the man, nobody, I mean, what do I say?
Look, compared to last year,the order has changed.
Real team football first, betssecond, and I'll throw Survivor

(01:04:42):
in there as well.
Um then fantasy, yeah, at thispoint I'm like who cares?
And plus, folks, it's fantasy,it's week one like all you.
Yeah, in fantasy, if youhaven't figured out that you
want to be good at the end ofthe season, you want to go on
your winning streak at the endof the season, all you have to
do is make the playoffs, whetherit's fantasy or in real, for

(01:05:05):
any team, get hot at the righttime and that's all that matters
.
I mean, dude, I've made theplayoffs going, oh, and four,
multiple times.
So what losing this week am?
I bummed, absolutely.
But you know, some of thatbeing bummed is because when you
make bad draft decisions, yougot to take with what happens.
So it just is what it is.

Scott (01:05:29):
It is what it is, dude.
I mean, you guys have your homeopener next week against
Seattle.
That's going to be a tough one,and Seattle looked good today
until they didn't.
Yeah, I know, and we play theRaiders in Vegas.

Graham (01:05:45):
I might try to go, I mean it's week two, let's go.

Scott (01:05:51):
You know you can't go 2-0 unless you go 1-0.
Facts, facts, and that's allthat matters bro.

Graham (01:05:58):
So let's just finish it up with two things and very
quick and easy, who you gottomorrow night.

Scott (01:06:06):
Vikings and bears.
Yeah, I mean fingernails versusMcCarthy.

Graham (01:06:15):
Do you think it'll be a good game for it?
Let's go with that.

Scott (01:06:17):
Yes, okay, a hundred percent.

Graham (01:06:19):
Let's I mean all right.

Scott (01:06:21):
I think it will be a good game.
I don't know which side I mean.
The Bears added some pieces.
They bolstered their offensiveline.

Graham (01:06:33):
McCarthy has to prove it .
You can have all the weaponsaround you.

Scott (01:06:38):
Dude, the space cadet from the University of Tennessee
, what's the guy's name?
The dude I hung out with inFlorida Jobs.
I mean he was throwing dimes toJefferson.
If Josh Dobbs can throw dimesto Jefferson.

Graham (01:06:54):
I get it, I get it.

Scott (01:06:58):
I don't know, I don't know.
No, I feel you, I'm going to goout on a limb.
I'm going to go out on a limb,I'm going to go out on a limb.
The game's in Chicago.

Announcer (01:07:05):
I believe it is.

Scott (01:07:08):
I believe it is Vikings get the dub Wow.

Graham (01:07:13):
I'm going to go contraire.
I'm going to take the Bears.
I'm going to take the Bears.

Scott (01:07:18):
You probably paint your fingernails too, so what hey
Hell of a week one?

Announcer (01:07:22):
You probably paint your fingernails too so.

Graham (01:07:25):
Hey, hell of a week.
One can be more excited.
Just football is back, baby.

Scott (01:07:39):
It's the most wonderful time of the year, especially
Nevermind Graham, get us out ofhere.
It was year.
Especially never mind Graham,get us out of here.
It was fun, it was a blast.

Graham (01:07:49):
Scott, it's always a pleasure doing the podcast with
you.
I had a blast and I can't waitfor next week because you forgot
to take your shot, so you'redoing two next week.
Thank you very much.

Scott (01:08:00):
I'm not doing two, but if anybody doesn't remember was
because I said kirk cousinswould not be on the open day
roster with atlanta.
I will take a shot, but anyhow,get us out of here.

Graham (01:08:12):
Uh, damn, I thought I'd get you do too.
Scott, always a pleasure.
Love doing the podcast with youand, as the best homie always
says, buh-bye, good nightfriends.

Scott (01:08:18):
Good night kelsey.
How that bitch slap.
Good night friends.
Good night Kelsey.
How'd that bitch slap feel frommy boy, Tierra Tart?
You're welcome, Get the F outof here.
Oh sorry, Did I say TravisKelsey, I meant to say Travis
Swift.

Graham (01:08:35):
Booba.

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