The Richard Sherman Podcast - Eagles lose to Falcons, 49ers lose Deebo, Panthers bench Bryce Young

Richard Sherman reacts to the NFL Week 2 Monday Night Football matchup between the Atlanta Falcons and the Philadelphia Eagles. Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley thought they'd put the game away for the Eagles, but Kirk Cousins led the Falcons on a last-minute game-winning drive as he hit Drake London for the win. Where do the Falcons and Eagles go from here? Also, Richard reacts to the Houston Texans beating the Chicago Bears on Sunday Night Football, the news from San Francisco that Deebo Samuel will be out with an injured calf from a 49ers offense already missing Christian McCaffrey, the Carolina Panthers benching Bryce Young for Andy Dalton, and the Kansas City Chiefs losing Isaiah Pacheco for 6-8 weeks with a fibula injury. Finally, Richard previews the upcoming Thursday Night Football matchup between Aaron Rodgers' New York Jets and the New England Patriots on Prime Video.

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Speaker 2 (01:45):
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(02:08):
the game tonight, but Raheem Morris in that last he
was a smoldering Mitchell and you could see his brightling
on his wrist. It looked dang good, and he felt
really good about his team's chances because they had just
drove down the field to score the game. Winning touchdown
in this game to beat the Philadelphia Eagles in dramatic fashion.

(02:29):
That was a crazy ending, Mitchell, what do you think
it was?

Speaker 1 (02:32):
I mean and shout out to Raheem Morris, you a
friend of our friends, Brightling. I think it was his
good luck charm today that Atlanta Falcons come back and
win a dramatic fashion. Richard, this game was one that
was a defensive battle.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
Early.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
We saw some big plays. CJ. Gardner Johnson made a
huge stop on fourth and one. It looked like it
was Philly's day. The fan base was fired up. You
saw Jason Kelcey on Monday Night football representing his old
and Kirk Cousins leads a huge charge down at the end,
big touchdown pass to Drake London, the huge receiving threat. Richard,

(03:08):
this is a big time win for the Atlanta Falcons
and then all of a sudden competitive NFC South. I
want your thoughts because Atlanta Falcons winning out of the
road against Philly, who looked very good last week against
Green Bay. I think they put the world out of
notice here. Richard. How much did you like Atlanta right now?

Speaker 2 (03:26):
Well? I like him, but that NFC South is looking
like going like the NFC East did a couple of
years ago, went from you know, not a lot of
people thinking this is going to be a very tough
conference to the Saints, you know, surprising the Dallas Cowboys
really blowing the game open and looking like a really
dominant team. And then you look over at Tampa Bay
and what Baker Mayfield's doing. Made a statement game against

(03:48):
your beloved Detroit Lions, and so it's looking like a
dogfighting this conference. So the Atlanta Falcons really really needed
this game to really stay in the hunt for this coference.
But this is what they expected when they got Kirk Cousins. Sometimes, Mitchell,
sometimes adversity is the fuel of innovation. And you could

(04:09):
see Atlanta's offense got better when they had to have it.
They only had a little bit of time. Kirk couldn't
think about that Achilles tendon, and he couldn't think about
oh Man, which, how am I going to drop back home?
He just had to stand in the pocket. The offensive
line saved their best for last. They gave him a
heck of a pocket. He didn't have a lot of
pressure in his face when that last drive, and he

(04:30):
was able to really shred this Philadelphia Eagles defense that
was playing a really soft two It looked like I mean,
I would have thought they were in quarters, but it
just looked like they were trying to prevent really really
big plays. And I would have thought they would have
played two men or something like that. You don't need
to rush Kirk Cousins. But they played a really soft
zone and Kirk just attacked the young corner throughout the game,

(04:54):
really really took his time. And then at the end
of the game, I mean at the end of the
drive to score the touchdown, Drake London, he attacked Darius
Slay for end of the program. A veteran and very
dangerous playing with fire over there, Mitchell. But as a corner,
as a corner, when you get in the red zone situation,
especially in hurry up, really the last route you're thinking

(05:16):
about is out. I don't think there's any other route
I'm like giving them because you're thinking fadeball, you know,
not an out slant, maybe a hitch like an over
route or return route in the back of the you know,
in line route where they're returning the back of the
end zone. But you're not thinking he's got to run
up here. And run it out, and it's such a

(05:37):
timing play and quarterbacks don't do it because it's the
easiest pick six in the world. If you mistake it
and I don't, I don't give you as much room
as you thought, or that ball sells on you just
a little bit, it's a pick six. So it was
an incredibly ambitious throw by Kirk Cousins, and it was

(05:57):
an absolute dime when they had to have it to
Drake London. He made big throws throughout that drive to
get him in position. But you got to give Bajhon Robinson.
He had a heck of a game, almost one hundred
yards rushing. Darnell Mooney had some really crucial catches on
that drive, almost slipped out for what could have been
the game when he touchdown himself. Had a touchdown earlier

(06:19):
in the game. Jesse Bates had a freaking incredible the
pro bowler, you know it had a heck of a game.
Obviously we all saw the game ceiling interception, but he
had twelve tackles and was just all over the plays
leading this defense. And then on the other side, Jalen Hurts,
he had a solid game throwing the football at times

(06:41):
it looked like he was leaving the pocket a little prematurely,
and I don't understand what that is. They have one
of the best offensive lines in football. They were giving
him good pockets. Atlanta wasn't bringing a ton of pressure,
so there was no real reason for him to vacate
the pocket as many times as he did. At one point,
there was a safety and my Latta had taken on

(07:02):
both defenders like it was still a clean pocket, and
Jalen Hurts exited to the right. He ended up making
a play. But you know, that's something they're gonna have
to talk about and you're gonna have to keep an
eye on because I'm not understanding why he's leaving the pocket,
leaving really clean pockets at times so early without going
through his reads. He ran the ball really well for
eighty three yards eighty five yards in a touchdown on

(07:26):
the tush push Taekwon Barkley twenty two rushes for ninety
five yards that two point conversion. But the play that's
gonna live in infamy for Sae Kwon Barkley is that drop,
that critical drop on third down that could have sealed
the game, if not ended the game right there and
allowed the Philadelphia Eagles to pretty much run out the clock.

(07:48):
All right, maybe he runs it in and scampers in
for a touchdown, gives him a two score lead in
games over right there. But that was a huge drop,
really huge drop, and you know that's one he's gonna
want back. He was right in his hands, they slow moded,
looked like he focused easy. I don't know if his
hands were slippery. The ball had something on it, but

(08:08):
it's an unfortunate play in that defense. They're gonna have
to get that together because you can't let a team
just walk down the field like that. Mitchell. You you
want to not give up touchdowns, but you can't just
give up fifteen twenty yards each pass. Mitchell. You got
to keep him in front of you. You know, you
can give up eight and eight and eight, but you

(08:28):
can't give up fifteen and fifteen and twenty five. You
get down to feel pretty quick doing that, and then
he's hurrying up so they can't rotate those defensive linemen.
They're getting a little fatigue. They're not getting a pressure
they were getting earlier and when Atlanta, Atlanta got very
little pressure outside of him. Matthew jud On sack in
this ball game. Very little pressure on Jalen Hurts because

(08:50):
this off Philadelphia offensive line. I told you they're stout
with Milatta and Lane Johnson on the other side. I mean,
this is one of the best offensive line in football.
But when they had to have it, they put pressure
on Jalen Hurts got a quarterback hit right as he
released the football, leading to the Jesse Bates interception that

(09:11):
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Speaker 1 (10:06):
Philly missed AJ Brown, who's going to be out a
few weeks with the hamstring injury, and as you know,
these hams dring injuries tend to linger if you don't
take care of him right away. They didn't look explosive
out there. I mean, Philly obviously gave the ball a
lot to Saquan who looks like he's going to really
elevate this offense to the next level. But without AJ Brown,
it's really just DeVante Smith and they were giving the

(10:29):
ball to Covey. They really didn't get Johan Dotson involved
much or the tight ends. It was just more consistent
first down after the first down. Let not many big
hit plays like they're used to having with AJ Brown.
But Richard, this game was huge for kirk Cousins the
way this game ended, because prior to that final drive,
kirk Cousins was had about one hundred and eighty yards

(10:51):
in a touchdown. And you already know if Atlanta starts
this season zero win two, there's going to be a
lot of folks in that local meeting market that are
going to be calling for a change at quarterback. This
was huge for Kirk. He showed his veteran, veteran leadership abilities.
He took a handful of hits out there too, which
I think is probably for the long run, is good

(11:11):
for him and gaining trust with his Achilles Richard, this
is a big time win for Atlanta. Let's not make
light of that at all. They play next week at
home against the Chiefs, so that's going to be another
battle for them. Yeah, and then the Eagles go and
take on the hot Saints. So both of these teams
are staring sub five hundred in the face with their

(11:33):
next matchups here next week.

Speaker 2 (11:35):
Rich And you gotta think, you know Atlanta's Atlanta's got
really high hopes for this season, deserve relief. So they
just got Matthew Judon, they got Justin Simmons, they got
a talented offensive corps, so they got high expectations. But
you know, the playoffs. Making the playoffs would be a
big win for this team, big win for first year
coach Rahane Mors. But on the opposite side, Delphia Eagles,

(12:01):
their expectations are much higher, much much higher, And so
to lose this game and then to go into New
Orleans and then to Mercedes Ben's Dome or the super
Dome or whatever it is these days and have to
battle these freaking scorching hot Saints in a game. If

(12:23):
they lose that game, then you're starting to have very
difficult conversations about who's the problem with AJ Brown out?
You know, they're big time, huge playmaker. It changes the
complexity of the defense. You talk about Marshawn Lattimore being
a really elite corner in that game, you'd be like, oh,
he's not following anybody. But without AJ Brown in, he
could follow Davonte Smith and make the other guys beat you.

(12:45):
You know, can Dallas gotter beat you? Can? Can you
beat us with just say kwan? You know? And they
got a talented team. They got a talented pass rush
with Cam Jordan and those guys. They're gonna put some
pressure on the quarterback. They put a lot of pressure
on Dak Prescott. The secondary with Tyron Matthew and Paulson Adebo.
They made some huge plays in that ball game, got interceptions.

(13:05):
So you gotta think Joe Woods is gonna have these
guys really prepared to play when when Philadelphia comes into town, Obviously,
Jalen Hurts has been intercepted in both the games to
start the season, intercepted to end the game this week,
and so that's gonna be something he needs to get fixed.
You got to clean up. You can't you know, you're

(13:26):
the fifty million dollar quarterback now, you can't be turning
the ball over to end the game. This is this
is I mean early in the season, man, this this
season is turning out to be a real barn burner,
Mitchell and really sending a lot of pot twists and
turns throughout the game. That that is really cool. And
we could we could look at last night's game in Houston,

(13:51):
you know, everything you wanted to see in that game, Mitchell.
Two quarterbacks that have a lot of acclaim, a lot
of praise, a lot of early maybe expectations from the
outside world. That you know, I mean, Caleb Williams going
the number one pick, c J. Stroud having an outstanding

(14:12):
season last season. What were they gonna do? And is
this Chicago's Bears team? Is that defense really ready to
take the next step? And I think they really acquitted
themselves really well in this game last night. I think
the Chicago Bears defense made enough plays, you know, they
they were making it life really difficult on CJ. Stroud

(14:33):
and that really talented receiving corps made things very difficult
on Mixing. I think had a really hard time throughout
this game finding running room after having a really good
first game. But Caleb Williams, Mitchell I told you I
called this early. I did not. I don't know. I

(14:54):
don't know if this translates. I don't know if what
he does translates. And on top of that, what were
the Bears doing in the draft, Like when you got
Caleb Williams. Everybody blamed Justin Fields for everything last year,
but they could all agree that line was atrocious last season.
And you thought, hmm, okay, you got two picks in

(15:16):
the top ten in the draft. Sure you take Kayleb Williams. Sorry,
everybody can live with that. Everybody can understand Chicago's finally
going to get their quarterback in the future, best quarterback
they've ever drafted, et cetera, et cetera. Okay, got it.
But then you go receiver for what?

Speaker 1 (15:33):
For what?

Speaker 2 (15:34):
You have nobody to protect him? Like I thought, they
go Joe out right there? I thought they you know,
maybe they bounce back and get a center or a guard.
But you need to draft an offensive lineman, drafting a
receiver who ends up going out and dropping a touchdown.
He looked like an easy touchdown. You know, I can
understand he missed time did He looked like somebody might
tip the ball. But in the National Football League, receivers

(15:56):
make that play, Mitchell, that's a wide open three pointer.
In the NBA, he you know, maybe somebody just did
a fly by. Now you up regather, Hey do you
take a dribble drain? But he dropped it, and so
you could say that the defender was on him a
little bit and all this, But you put two hands
on that football, but I didn't. I have not seen

(16:18):
from Caleb Williams, and that offensive line is a big
reason why we haven't seen it, because he doesn't have
time to really showcase his talent. And we were talking
about this earlier. We had a production meeting for T
and F and we were talking about why the Patriots
played Jakobe Brissett instead of Drake May and everybody was, all,

(16:40):
you know, up in arms, But this is why. Because
you don't want to shell shock a young quarterback. You
don't want to shell shock and make him gunshot because
now he doesn't have that confidence and swaggering everything, all
that talent and moving around and throwing it side on him.
Everybody's like, oh, Patrick Mahons. Patrick Mahomes waited behind Alex

(17:04):
Smith and then got to play. Very few greats Tom
Brady waited and then he got to play. There's very
few great quarterbacks that come out and have that expectation
and then really played well because Peyton got to play early.
But he didn't play well. I mean, he threw a
lot of interceptions in his rookie year and people just

(17:27):
forget about that because he went on to have a
Hall of Fame career deservedly. So he's everything he was
supposed to be, no question about it. But his rookie
year was different than it could have been because they
threw him in the fire early. They're picking with the
number one pick for a reason, Mitchell, because they weren't
a very good team. And although their defense the last

(17:47):
eight games this season was number one, that offensive line
needed to be addressed and they did not address it.
They went receiver. That was a mistake and it's damning
this team, and it's damning this quarterback right now, Like
it all seems good seven on seven, but when you
don't have an offensive line to protect the quarterbacks, you
can't even see how talented he is, Like is he
a bust? Is he not a bust? We can't tail
because he got sex seven times.

Speaker 1 (18:08):
This team scored one touchdown in the last two games. Offensively,
they won. They beat the Titans off of special teams
in defense, and their defense kept them in this game.
To your point, and you see it to running the ball,
I mean because of this, you know, Kayler Williams gets
sacked seven times through his two interceptions. They developed no
run game, their big free agent addition, and DeAndre Swift

(18:29):
goes off for fourteen carries for a grand total of
eighteen yards, Richard, I mean, and then you got the
problem here is rich is We saw it last year.
Everyone saw CJ. Stroud, Right, here's a rookie that takes
the league by storm, and you know is an outside
shot at being an MVP. You know, conversation towards the

(18:51):
end of the year, Everyone's like, wow, CJ. Stroud did it.
There's no reason Kayler Williams can do it. And look
what he has around him. He's got Keenan Allen, he's
got DJ Moore, he's got Romadons. But to your point, Richard,
keep it simple, stupid, right. I mean, the football is
be meant to be built in the trenches from the
center position outwards, and they addressed it a little bit

(19:14):
in free agency. But to your point, the young talent
influx needs to be on that old line for the
Bears because they've got a great defense and a team
Frankly that would scare the living heck out of me
if you gave him a mediocre offensive line. But Richard,
we look here at the Texans and they could truthfully
go on a roll here because outside of the Texans,

(19:36):
the AFC South is a hot pile of mess. This team,
I don't see a world that they don't win this
by a number of games unless Trevor Lawrence miraculously turns
this thing around or Anthony Richardson gets hot. But rich
talk to me more about the Texans, Like, what are
your real thought process here? Do you still view them

(19:58):
as a Super Bowl contender?

Speaker 2 (20:00):
Yeah? I still view him the same way I viewed
him before. There's still a young team who needs to
go through these learning curves. They need to find a
way to incorporate Stefan Diggs into this offense and gratiate him.
Of sworts Mitchell into this offense because Niko Collins is
the go to guy tank Dale, but it's always hard

(20:20):
Mitchell to bring a third guy into the equation and
have him mesh in the other way. They had a
great chemistry, a great rapport. But the book on Stefan
Diggs coming out of Buffalo last year and you hear it,
you know, I don't think Josh Allen is purposely trying
to take any shots. But he's like everybody eats. He's
not focused on just getting Stefan the ball all the time.

(20:42):
He's able to just say, hey, who's open, and that's
where I'm going. And right now you could see at
moment CJ Strouts trying to get Stefan Diggs the ball
and he's a fantastic receiver, So I can understand why.
But is it within the flow of the offense. Is
it in Bobby Slowick's offense? Is that where the bass
should be going? And is this the same flow that
they were in last season? And I think that's where

(21:04):
they're gonna have to get back to is that you're
gonna have to get back to saying, Hey, let's just
run the offense and the guy who gets open is
the guy who gets the ball. Hey, what the defense
gives us? Hey, it's cover three? That means the ball
goes to the corner route. Whoever's on the corner route
is getting the ball not Hey, I know Stefan needs
a few targets here. Stefan is a great receiver and fantastic,

(21:24):
but if the if the play and the defense does
not say that he should be getting the ball, then
don't throw it there. And I think you got it.
You know, as a young quarterback with a veteran receiver
who's been very successful, incredibly talented receiver, you feel the
pressure to get him the ball as you should. But
you gotta stay within the offense. And I think if CJ.
Stroud can do that and really maintain his command of

(21:47):
that offense, I think they'll be great. That defense looked
really good. Derek Stingley is a problem. He's making them
target the other corner all the time. You look on
that D line, I mean, Danil Hunter looked incredible. I
mean Daniel Hunter was a monster. Mitchell a monster all night,

(22:08):
will Anderson, Henry toy Toll, Mitchell, I'm not gonna be
able to announce that. I'm hoping I got it. I didn't,
no disrespect. He had a three thirteen tackles in a sack,
and he looks like he has a great feel for
what they want from their linebackers, the ninety nine to
nine Eyes Division, the breaking down on checkdowns. He's getting

(22:32):
home on pressure. I like that. And then on the
other side, Chicago's defense still looked good. Jawon Brisker got
a sack, Kyler Gordon got a sacked, Javon Jervon Dexter
got a sack. They were putting pressure on the quarterback
all night long. They were recovering. Well our guy for
end of the program, for end of the program, he
played a really good game. He played a really good game.
Jalen Johnson played a really good game. They did their part.

(22:55):
You know, you can't. That's an offense you don't expect
to hold to under twenty points. You hold this offense
under twenty points, expect to win the game. And at
the end they still had chances to win the game.
But Caleb Williams, you know he didn't. He didn't feel
comfortable in that pocket deservedly, so he got hit eleven
times and he missed on some goal routes where it
was almost intention Did they call it? They called the
intentional ground in on one of them. But you got

(23:17):
to give the receiver a chance. If you're gonna put
it up, put it up. You know, he's throwing it
twenty yards behind the receiver, and I can't really blame him,
you know, don't. Look, I don't play the position, and
I'm not saying I'm sitting out there and getting hit
eleven times and I'm going to throw the ball accurately.
I'm not saying that because I cannot say that. So
give the kid a break, and I'm gonna give him
a break because I'm saying, like, protect him. But that's
on Ryan Poles, Like what were you thinking drafting a

(23:41):
receiver instead of a tackle or a guard or a center,
Like that's it. If you would have used freaking five
picks on old lineman, nobody would have said anything about it.
Everyding like loo makes sense. They didn't have a lot
of great offensive linemen last year, but you didn't, and
now your quarterback is suffering. It looks great if this
was seven on seven, your offense would be fantastic. But

(24:04):
it's not trenches. The teams that win are built in
the trenches. If you look at the Final four last year,
you look at the Detroit Lions trenches. They got good
trench play, Mitchell. You look at the Baltimore Ravens. Great
trench play, Mitchell. You look at the San Francisco forty
nine Ers, great trench play, Mitchell. You look at the

(24:25):
Kansas City Chiefs. You can look at either side of
the ball for them, the interior o line with Thuny
of those boys, or Chris Jones on the other side.
Great trench play. And you think we're gonna draft a receiver?

Speaker 1 (24:39):
What, Richard? I mean the way you simplified things, man,
I mean, God blessed, Yeah, I mean yeah, you convinced
me of it. There's no question about it. Draft the
damn tackle. I'm with you one thousand percent. Let's shift

(25:01):
focus here a little bit, rich We got to talk
about your San Francisco forty nine ers change. You already
talked about it last PET podcast. Tough loss against the Vikings,
but even tougher today as we just gotten news that
Deebo Samuel is going to be sidelined with an injured calf.
You pair this with the loss of CMC, who is

(25:21):
now on IR and Richard, you kind of hinted at
it a little bit. We've seen it in the past
in football and in the NBA. Calf strains are not
to be messed with. You can vouch for that a
thousand times over. Kevin Durant played in the NBA files
with the calf strain. We saw what happened there. When
you play with calf strains, Richard, you can take it away.

(25:44):
But CMC is putting himself at risk of an Achilles injury,
and that's why it looks like they put him on IR.

Speaker 2 (25:50):
Richard.

Speaker 1 (25:51):
What is your panic meter at right now? With the
San Francisco forty nine ers, they look a little bit
vulnerable with these injuries.

Speaker 2 (25:58):
It's still six only because I feel comfortable and fingers crossed,
knock on wood and all that stuff. You know, they're
going to play a RAMS team that had a really
difficult time with Arizona Cardinals. They're really banged up on
the offensive line. I'm hoping that this can get the
San Francisco d line on track to Von Hargrave and

(26:18):
those boys to start to get pressure and be able
to get home a little bit. Matthew Stafford isn't moving
a lot in that pocket. Cooper Cup is a little
banged up, you know, their receiving corps banged up. Kyron
Williams isn't having the same start to the season as
he had last year. So there's a number of things
that's working in San Francisco's favor. Jordan Mason has shown

(26:39):
been a revelation, uh in this offense. It would have
been nice to be say, hey, maybe maybe this is
Ricky Purcell, but they were forced to put him on
the i R with the incident of him being robbed
and being shot, and you know, thank goodness, he's okay
and he pulled through, and he looks like he's gonna
be ready to go very soon out through the bye week.

(27:02):
But this is gonna be a chance. This is gonna
be a chance for Brandon Ayuk to shine. Brandon Ayuk
and Brock Purdy, this is gonna be Kyle's gonna have
very little choice but to draw up place for Brandon
Ayuk to showcase his abilities to put pressure on this
defense and really push the ball. Down the field. They're
gonna have to push the ball down the field this

(27:22):
game to to to Kidle, and they're gonna have to
find a third. They're gonna have to push it to
b A to Kittle and they're gonna have to find
somebody else to get open. Is gonna be Juwan Jennings
because he's shown up in very critical situations in these
first two ball games as he has in the past.
Is He's gonna be a bigger presence in this game.
I would expect so. On the On the flip side,

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this is a good chance for all Pro Fred to
continue his defensive Player of the Year campaign that started
off incredibly strong. He's doing a great job himself, and
it's time for everybody else to meet him where he's at.
You know, Nickolas john Bosa had two sacks in the
ball game last week. We need more from everybody. This
should be a dominant performance from this defense, and that's

(28:07):
what they're gonna need. With the injuries on offense, you
gotta lean on your defense, and it's an incredibly talented
h The two corners Diamador Leonore and Tarvari's Ward Mooney,
they're doing a great job. I think Talanoa Hufanga has
a chance to come back this week, and he's gonna,
i'm sure, put his imprint on this game, and I'm
hoping that that's enough to get them over the top.

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This game is in Levi's South is what they call
that stadium Mitchell in LA. They call it Levi South
because it is usually pretty got dang packed with San
Francisco forty nine Ers fans and not as many Los
Angeles Rams fans, even though they were able to win
a world championship just a few years ago in this
same stadium, so far has not been filled up with

(28:52):
Rams fans. But I think DBO will be fine. I
don't you know, I hope knock on wood again that
you know, this is just a strain. And I've had
calsh strains, that's just calf strains. You have cash strains
that feel more keilees this, but they're saying cash strain,
and I'm gonna believe them that this is just a
calf strain and you know usually happens when it's dehydration
and muscle and hopefully it's just a Grade one and

(29:15):
you know, he just needs to rest it for a
few days, maybe a week and then he'll have a
chance to get back out there and it's nothing more
serious than that.

Speaker 1 (29:23):
Well, and you kind of touched on it too with
if he's gonna miss a couple of games, you might
as well miss these next few. I mean, the Rams
are limping into this game without Cooper cup or Pooking Akoa,
and then you got the Patriots at home after that,
so you know, these are not necessarily guaranteed losses for
this team without Deebo. I expect the San Francisco forty

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nine ers to come out on top even without him,
but fortunately for them, they're able to get him right
and move forward as the season progresses.

Speaker 2 (29:51):
Richard.

Speaker 1 (29:51):
A team that's gotten a lot wrong over the last
year is a Carolina Panthers, and it seemed to hit
rock bottom now out in Carolina, David tep force the
hand of this team to draft Bryce Young. He mortgaged
their future and traded first round picks DJ Moore, multiple
first round picks, second round picks. I mean the amount

(30:13):
of assets that were giving up for Bryce Young, who
looks nothing short of beyond mediocre in this league. At
this point, it's come to the point where you almost feel.

Speaker 2 (30:23):
Bad for the guy.

Speaker 1 (30:25):
Richard, there are reports that Frank Reich was pushing and
pounding the table for CJ. Stroud, and the rumor is
that David Tepper overruled him on that. Richard, what are
your thoughts about Bryce Young getting benched? Because I don't
know if there's a more poorly managed team in all
professional sports than the Carolina Panthers right now.

Speaker 2 (30:46):
Well, I'm sure CJ. Stroud is you on his knees
with his hands together, praying to God and thanking him
that he dodged that bullet, Mitchell, because that could be
a career changer. We could be talking about a whole
different CJ. Stroud. We could be talking about a whole
different player, a whole different career trajectory like we are.
Because they weren't a very talented team when when Bryce

(31:10):
Young got there. Not that you know, it's it's all
the team's fault, and it's all the whole line or
the receivers, because the receivers are getting open. Schematically, they
are open players. You can look at the tape the
all twenty two. They're they're drawing it up where guys
are open. He's still are receivers in the National Football
League and they can make some plays. Adam Thielen, you
know they It was a viral clip showing his frustration

(31:30):
last week when he was open on an over route
and he had a step. And that's all you get
in this league is about a step, mitchal The windows
aren't very big, so you don't need a ton of
room your accurate quarterback. Put the ball where he's supposed
to be. He'll run and he'll do what he's paid
to do. I think this is the right move. You know,
there were times that when when Bryce Young got injured

(31:53):
last season that Andy Dalton had to step in and
he played well, you know, hey, the the the red
rifle as they called him in Cincinnati. Mitchell can still
sling the ball around the yard and he does it
at a high tilt and he will get the most
out of this offense. That's what people don't get about
the NFL. You know, you may you know like Sam Donald.

(32:14):
Sam Donald is a great study in how development and
just getting in the right situation, pushing a reset button,
being able to go back out there. And he's in
a good spot with Kevin O'Connell and Minnesota just had
a big win against San Francisco forty nine ers, a
team that you know helped him get to where he is,
and now he's got a different confidence. Now he's walking out.

(32:35):
He walked into MetLife and got gotta win. I know
Jeff Fans was like, m it's suspicious. But at the
same time, when you give veteran quarterbacks who really have
played the game at a high level, and you could
say what you want about Andy Dalton, but in his
hate day, he did have some really really good years
where he played at a high level. He and AJ Brown,

(32:57):
I mean AJ Green had some really good years and
you know they had some new and you know they
were moving to football. But he's going to get the
most out of his offense. You're gonna look at this
offense and you're gonna say, oh, why haven't they been
doing this the whole time? Because sometimes you just don't
get the opportunity. It was weird to a rookie year

(33:19):
when the Miami Dolphins set Ryan Fitzpatrick on the bench
after like a four hundred yard game and played to
a tongue I Lowa and he had like less than
one hundred yards for two or three games and they
won the game. Against the Rams. It's just weird what
these teams do sometimes. But this is the opposite. It
seems like, hey, David Kanalis in his offense, and these

(33:40):
coordinators are like, hey, we're not saying he's a bust.
We're not saying that he can't do the job. We're
saying he needs to sit, he needs time to develop,
and we're not helping him. We're not doing him any
favors by continuing to put him out there and plummeting
his confidence. So what we need to do is allow
him to watch a quarterback run this offense, prepare each week,

(34:01):
and really learn and develop as a player so that
when we get him a chance out there that his
actual talent can be showcased. Because it's not being showcased
right now, Mitchell. He didn't get a chance to develop.
And I don't care if you pick number two, number one,
wherever you're picked in a draft like you still shouldn't
be forced. And Tom Brady said it as well as anybody.
And if you're not listening to me, that's fine, you

(34:22):
better listen to Tom. If you're not listening to the goal,
then you probably just don't need to be around this game.
Or are hearing about it, or because that's the truth
you need to develop. It's a very tough league to
come in when you've never been here, You've never been
able to do this job. You did it in college,
but that's a whole different game. And now you're in
the NFL. You're doing your best and it's not good enough,

(34:43):
and you have nobody to look at, You have nobody
to ask questions, to bank ideas off of all the
pressures on you your own social media. They're talking bad
about you every single week. You know, they're saying all
is lost and they don't expect your team to win
a game. So I'm thankful for Bryce Young to get
a chance to sit back and watch a veteran quarterback
who's going to have a really good command of this offense,

(35:04):
and that you know now now teams better be a
little bit more wary of the Carolina Panthers than they
would have been earlier this season, because now you've got
a veteran quarterback. They can't sneak up on you. Now
this is still an NFL team, and they got an
NFL quarterback be Kiff.

Speaker 1 (35:21):
Richard changing gears again here the Kansas City Chiefs that
isfending Super Bowl champions escape and the nail bighter yesterday
against Cincinnati Bengals. And today we find out Isaiah Pachaco
is going to be out six to eight weeks with
a fractured fibula I believe is the injury, Richard. He's
gonna be on the IRA. He's expected to return this season.

(35:41):
But you know, this is a team that was really
leaning on Isaiah Pacheco coming into the season. You talked
about it. Jerck McKinnon is no longer in the fold
over there. They're left with undrafted rookie Carson Steele and
some A. J. P. Ryan As are two running backs
right now, with Clyde Edwards Hilaire at some point coming back.
And we just got news that they brought in Kareem

(36:02):
Hunt for a visit. Richard, what's your level of concern
for Kansas City without Isaiah Pacheco at starting running back.

Speaker 2 (36:10):
At two three, like, not that he's not an important piece,
but Mitchell, they'll weather this storm without him. They'll do
a good job. They don't have a crazy schedule, you know,
the Atlanta Falcons, that'll be a good game. Jim Harbaugh
and Greg Roman has these Chargers right where they need
to be. They're running the football at a really high
till they got the Saints, then they got a bye week.

(36:32):
I think they can survive it. I'm sure Kareem Hunt,
you know, he's going to come in and do what
he does. I'm sure if they had to, Jet McKinnon
might get a call and brought in to see if
he's in shape. You know, he's a guy that played
some good football for him at times. Obviously, Father Tom
is undefeated. But if if they just need a band

(36:52):
aid and somebody to get him through a couple of games,
they have options. And when you have Patrick Mahons and
you have Andy Reid calling the plays, Mitchell, I'm not
gonna say a running back is gonna gonna hold him back. Mitchell,
I'm sorry. That's just not where they're gonna be at.
You know, it sucks because Isaiah Pacheco was having a
really good season and is a really good player, really dynamic,

(37:13):
fun to watch. So I hope he comes back healthy
as as fast as possible with speedy recovery. But I
think they'll be fine.

Speaker 1 (37:20):
Another team dealing with the injury bug, and this one
in a big way. The La Rams have now lost
Cooper Cup, Pooka Nicole, and several offensive line starters. Richard,
this team is now zeroing to two huge losses, I
mean one against the Lions and nail Bier and getting
blown out by the Cardinals. Next week they get they

(37:42):
get the luxury of playing the forty nine ers next week,
fresh out of loss, Richard, it could get ugly in
LA What is your concern level about the La.

Speaker 2 (37:51):
Rams nine Mitchell nine? It's up there because I don't
think it's a two. I don't tell you that it
can't be. It can't be because losing losing one Pro
Bowl receiver, you're like, well, we got the other, and
then you lose both and you're like, hey, you know
we draft well, but nobody drafts that well. You know,

(38:11):
if the if, the the if, somehow the Eagles lost A. J.
Brown and Devonte Smith Mitchell, their concern level is up
there too. You know, they still got great old line,
He's still got all this, but you lose a lot,
and so to lose Poopa Nicol coming off a great
season that he had last year, to lose Cooper Cup,
you know, as a leader and everything he's done in
his past. That's gonna be tough with the San Francisco

(38:32):
forty nine ers coming into town. But these are always
the scary games for me, Mitchell, because you should dominate.
It should be a blowout, right yeah, But you got
to do it, Mitchell. And these are still NFL players,
And Matthew Stafford is still at the Helm, the old
gunslinger who does not say die. As you know watched
him for a number of years. He does not say die.

(38:53):
He does not. He's gonna go out there with a
bad old line, young receivers, unproven receivers and try to
give San Francisco forty nineers a run for their money. Now,
should it be a really good game for San Francisco
forty nine ers to get back on track and show
their dominance run Jordan Mason consistently let Rock Party push

(39:14):
the ball down the field a little bit. Yes, yes,
But for all intents and purposes, this should be a
dominant performance for the San Francisco forty nine ers and
we should feel good going in. But this is the
kind of trap game that you gotta be careful with.
And I know Kyle Shanahan is saying the exact same thing.
I'm saying and that, and so is Nick Sorenson, like, hey,

(39:34):
don't don't sleep on these dudes, do not sleep Do
not do not sit there and say, oh man, we
got this one in the bag or feel comfortable. You
should feel you shouldn't eat this week. You should starve
yourselves because you should feel raving us. You should feel
chopping at the chopping at the bit to get to
this game and to put on a show like you

(39:55):
should feel like, hey, man, like desperate and you they
you know they're gonna play. The Rams have nothing to lose.
They're gonna play with desperation. They know, man, all their
players are injured. The San Francisco forty nine ers have
to play with the same desperation from everybody. You know.
You can't have the special team snaff foods that you
did last week. You almost still won the game, but

(40:16):
unnecessary a block punt I'm one, that's that's unacceptable, and
then a muff kick that we got back. But these
are things you gotta clean up. You can't have that
championship team. But I'm not seeing this as a game
that the Rams should win. The San Francis scot Ship
for nine should win this game.

Speaker 1 (40:35):
But we shall see.

Speaker 2 (40:40):
Richard.

Speaker 1 (40:40):
It is the NFL three teams this week where that
were touchdown or more underdogs wall one. I don't know
when the last time that's happened in the NFL, but
it was a wild one for underdogs this past week, Richard.
Last week was the return of you going to Miami
for Thursday Night football. I know you fired up. You

(41:00):
guys looked like you were sweating profusely next to you
and Wit. I don't know what was going on with him.
I know you were playing towel guy for him and
and helping him out. Richard. How how fun was it
being in Miami? I guess week two, but your first
Thursday Night football, it was a lot.

Speaker 2 (41:16):
Of fun, Mitchell. It's you know, the best party in
sports is TNF tonight seven pm Eastern Thursday Night on
Prime every week. If you guys want to be entertained,
we come to entertain. That's what we're here for. You know,
I'm notice notator, but are you entertained?

Speaker 1 (41:34):
I was? I was pretty damn entertained. Rich I tuned
in at like seven o one. I I saw you,
you know, on a national ad. You're you're strutting your
stuff with wingstop. God bless you man. That's that's awesome.
But Richard, we got a doozy. I know you always
love flying in New York. A nice six hour cross
country flight for you in New York. You get, you
get to spend two weeks there. Man, It's gonna be

(41:55):
awesome for you.

Speaker 2 (41:57):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (41:57):
We see the New York Jets take on the Vision
foe New England, who's a little bit better than teams anticipated.
New England almost beat Seattle. I mean very well, could
have won that game, Richard. This game is going to
be an interesting one. You get to witness Aaron Rodgers
first hand. What are your thoughts on this matchup? Vegas
has it as a six and a half point Jet

(42:20):
favored your thoughts.

Speaker 2 (42:22):
Vegas is trying to get some action. They're trying to
get some action, Mitchell. They're trying to win them some money.
You know, Vegas is Vegas for a reason. You know,
if you hit, they're saying six and a half, they
have bet the under. You know, it'd be careful because
Vegas knows more than we know for some reason, I
don't know, you know. But the Jets getting the opportunity
to play at home for the first time this year

(42:42):
in front of their fans. Aaron Rodgers, you know, coming
full circle, was at home when he entered out Achilles
on this turf at Medlife, fingers crossed, you know, Toe's cross,
ankles crossed. Mitchell that everything goes great and he plays well.
The Patriots have played well. Jacoby brisseaid is the most
hot pressure quarterback in the National Football League right now,

(43:05):
but not the most sacked because he's able to avoid
pressure even from free rushers. He did it a couple
of times in the Seattle game. He did it the
week before in that win that they had against Cincinnati.
And that's why they're not playing Drake meet. This offensive
line isn't quite where they need to be yet, and
he's able to steal, make plays and still be productive offensively.

(43:28):
So this Jets defense is gonna have to impose their will.
You know, it's they've had some They had a tough
matchup against the San Francisco forty nine ers to start,
and then they had a game where a lot of
people thought they should be in control love against the Titans.
They held him the seventeen points, got the win. And
now this is a game where they got to stop
the run. Because Ramandre Stevenson has been running the ball

(43:51):
really well. They're gonna lean on him. They're gonna keep
trying to run the ball down your throat. Defensively, they're
gonna play man to man coverage. They're not gonna let
there not gonna let your best player beat beat him.
They're not. They're not. So they're not gonna let Gary
Wilson just play one on one all day, every day,
all throughout this game. They're not. You know, they're gonna
double him. They're gonna make Allen Lazar beat him. They're

(44:13):
gonna make Breese Holl find a way to beat him.
They're gonna make the other guys beat him. And that's
been the Patriot way since Belichick first got there. He's
not gonna let your best receiver beat him. So I'm excited.
I'm excited. This is gonna be a really good game.
Anytime it's a division game, divisional game, you you you
feel like, man, it's gonna be a dogfighter. I don't
think it's ever gonna be a blowout. C J. Mosley

(44:36):
is questionable. DJ Reid is questionable. I think they're gonna,
you know, in a game like this. They have to
have it. It is a short week, but I think
those guys are tough human beings, and DJ Reed, knowing
the guy he is, he's gonna play. But this Patriots
defense has been legit all season and they gave the
Seattle Seahawks all they can handle last week. It took

(44:58):
an overtime drive from Geno Smith to get the win
and Jason Myers field go to get this win. But
they are playing good football.

Speaker 1 (45:08):
And so.

Speaker 2 (45:09):
Aaron is going to have to show some Aaron He's
going to be efficient, not turn the ball over man coverage,
and you know he's gonna get it. I expect him
to be effective.

Speaker 1 (45:19):
Richard. I'll say this after watching your first Thursday Night
football broadcast. One of the coolest things I saw Amazon
ended this year is that alternative broadcast with the all
twenty twos with the next gen stats. For those of
you guys that haven't checked it out yet, you guys
should flip over there if you're watching it tomorrow or
on Thursday night. You guys will love it. It's really

(45:40):
unique how they break it down, so make sure you
check that out. That's this week's Thursday Night Football preview
presented by Prime Video. Be sure to watch the Patriots
take on the Jets. Like you said, you can tune
in at seven pm Eastern Time this Thursday. Richard, I
want to introduce a new set here before we sign off.

(46:02):
It's called buy or Sell. I'm just gonna throw, uh,
I'm gonna throw a couple statements of fact at you
or opinion rather, you tell me whether you would buy
or sell that. We'll start with the LA Chargers. They're
two and oh. Jim Harbaugh has got this team playing
with an entirely new identity. Gone is Keenan Allen, and

(46:22):
gone is Mike Williams. And now here is JK. Dobbins.
The revelation total in the rock for one hundred plus
yards again this week, Richard, are you buying or selling
the LA Chargers making the playoffs this show?

Speaker 2 (46:37):
I'm buying that match. I'm buying it, and I'm buying
a lot of it. If you look at Jim Harball's
years in San Francisco, when he first got there, they
were a muffed punt, fumbled punt away from making what
was that the NFC Championship. His first year, they made
it to the NFC champion I mean they made it
to the Super Bowl his second year. They made it

(46:58):
back to an NFC champion to face ar Seattle Seahawks
in his third year. So this Chargers team was very talented.
They were ridiculously underachieving for a long time. So it's
not like he inherited a really bad team and didn't
have any weapons. They have a ton of weapons. On
the defensive side. They got Khalil Matck coming off a

(47:20):
career year. They got Joey Bossa on the other side,
they got Derwin James in the secondary. They got the players,
and so they got a Sante Samuel Junior at one corner,
they got playmakers, they got Paaraman at the linebacker spot,
and so offensively, Jim Harbaugh lives running the football. That's
why he brought Greg Roman in because they're gonna run

(47:42):
the football, and they've run it and they've shown that JK.
Dobbins can really do it. And he's been a really
great story the first two weeks of the season, just
finding his home after all the injuries, the debilitating pain
that he was in and for him to have incredible
success running the football in this found a home. They're
winning ball games and I think they were gonna continue

(48:04):
to win ball games. I look forward to them playing
the Kansas City Chiefs with this new strategy, with this
new formula that Jim Harball's used for years that his
brother John Harpball used. You're gonna play great defense, I'm
gonna run the ball. We're gonna play fantastic special team.
Like you don't have to guess a lot of times
what they're doing. Like they're gonna play most of it

(48:26):
by the book. Now they're going forward on fourth down
a little bit more than they used to, you know,
with the analytics and all that, But they're as as
football one on one as it gets, like, hey, what's
the decision that should be made? It's made, Hey what's
should it be a time out here? Bang? It's you know,
football intelligence is there for the Harpballs, And I think
the LA Chargers found the coach they needed, and it's

(48:46):
gonna be a really good season. It's gonna be a
playoffs of playoff appearance. And then it's gonna be up
to Justin Herbert what they're gonna be because you see,
he's not putting the game in Justin Herbert's hands very often,
even though Justin Herbert is just all world. He's paid
really really well to play quarterback. They don't care about that.
They care about winning the game. When they need to
lean on Justin Herbert, they will, But right now, I

(49:08):
don't think he's thrown for two hundred yards in either
of these ball games, and they've won him very comfortably.
And I think they're going to continue with that formula
until something changes. Maybe something changes they got a lean
on Justin Herbert, then they will, But until then, this
is the way the offense got a run and they're
winning ball games, and I think it's a good job.

Speaker 1 (49:26):
Well, he did the same thing last year and taking
Michigan in the national title. I mean, JJ McCarthy was
not throwing the ball a whole lot. I mean occasionally
you see him in play action situations, but a lot
of people were shocked he went top ten and now
you can see what Michigan looks like without a quarterback.
But we're not going to get too much into college
football talk, Richard.

Speaker 2 (49:45):
Let's move on.

Speaker 1 (49:47):
You witness his first hand when you were in Miami
last week two. A tongue of Iloa goes down with
another huge hit, another concussion. At this point, Richard, what
are your thoughts here, tuaus should retire by or sell?

Speaker 2 (50:03):
Well? I need I need answers first off, because you
know this these it looked like concussion to me. And
maybe it was just like his net got pushed in
a weird angle, because it didn't seem like uh a
enough of a of a collision with the head to
the body that would have, you know, shaken the brain
enough to concuss him. But hey, I'm not a doctor.

(50:24):
So but there was a guy in Brandon Cooks who
got concussions, Mitchell, who was getting concussions all the time,
and everybody was like so worried that he should retire,
should retire, And then one day he actually went to
the doctors to figure it out and they found out
that he was he was like clinching up so much

(50:47):
right before the hit that he was almost passing out.
So he wasn't necessarily always getting concussed Mitchell, but he
was passing out because because he was just anticipating the hit.
I guess or some of that, and it's been written about,
you know, I might you know, maybe they called it
something else other than clinching up, and the you know,
may have scientific terms, but you can look it up.

(51:08):
But they found out he wasn't necessarily getting concussions. Now
to a tongue of Bayla, it looked like an actual concussion.
But I'm not sure every single one has been. But
if it's me Metro, I you know, if I'm his family,
if I'm his brother, if I'm his dad, I'm saying, hey, son,
proud of you. You've done and shown that you can
play this game at the highest level. You could play

(51:29):
at a high level. You took this offense, you know,
one of the hottest offenses and most explosive. You were
able to overcome your concussions by by being more accurate,
more precise with the ball, making quicker decisions, and able
to not get in a a concussion at all. Last year,
you got your money, they're going to have to pay you, go,

(51:52):
enjoy your family, live to fight another day. Because you
never know what the next one's gonna do. You know,
you never know how bad the next one is. You know,
is the next one gonna put you in a in
a much different state? Like do you walk away from
the next one? And and those are the questions you
have when it when it happens in a way where

(52:12):
you're like, everybody that watched the play was like, I don't.
I wouldn't have thought you got concussed by that play.
It didn't. It wasn't a helmet to helmet like collision
by any means. You know, it looked like they were
just he was just trying to stand away, you know,
he was just trying to stay in away. He was
just trying to get in his way. And I let
him score, not like deliver a hit, and he went

(52:34):
down in that way. So yeah, I would, I would.
I would say, hey, you gotta you gotta pay him up, Richard.

Speaker 1 (52:41):
The Buffalo Bills they're off to two and oh start.
They dominated last week against the Dolphins, and frankly it
became a boring game. They got ahead so early. All
the talk was about Stefan Diggs and Gabe and Davis
leaving town. Now they've got a mystery crew of wide receivers.
But they look good, Richard, are you buying or selling

(53:03):
the Buffalo Bills are actually a better team this year
than last.

Speaker 2 (53:08):
I'm selling that, mit I'm not ready to buy that
quite yet. I mean, they have played really well. Josh
Allen played well. James Cook had his breakout game of
the season last week. Their defense had a lot of
unherlded guys. JaMarcus Ingram with two interceptions and a pick six.
You know they have unherlded guys with forty six and

(53:29):
forty seven getting interceptions. Mitchell, and as as a fan,
I was sitting there like, I know who the guys
are because I'm watching the team and we studied it.
But it looked weird. But they're still making big plays.
And they got getting good safety play after losing Micah
Hyde and Jordan Poyer, and so you lost Tredavius White
and you still getting good corner play. You're getting good

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receiver play from Khalil Shakir Dardinkin. Kid is starting to
impose his will a little bit. But I just can't
see them as better. I need more of a of
a sample size for me to make that that that.

Speaker 1 (54:05):
Call, Richard, we see the Baltimore Ravens off to an
oh and two start. How concerned are you about this team?
Buyers sell them not winning the AFC North.

Speaker 2 (54:19):
I'm selling that there. I'm gonna guess they're gonna win
the AFC North, Minchell, They're gonna win it. I know
Pittsburgh get off to a great start, they're gonna run
into some some controversy or our chaos or bumps in
the road here soon. Their defense and t J. Watt
is playing, they're playing outstanding football. Mika Fitzpatrick's playing great football.

Speaker 1 (54:44):
Porter.

Speaker 2 (54:46):
They they're just a good team right now. Hi Smith
Cam Hayward is gonna be uh and a big time
player for him as always as he always is. But
what do they do when Russell Wilson comes back? When
you have to sit there and answer questions that, hey,
Russell Wilson's healthy but he's not playing. That's gonna be
something that I'm interested to see how they navigate that,

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because it's gonna be a legit conversation. You know, whichever
camp you in. You know, if you believe Justin Fields
is the answer and he's earned his spot, or you think, hey, cool,
he got us through, but we want to play Russell Wilson,
that's what you brought him for. I'm interested to see
how the great Mike Tomlin navigates this situation. But no,
I don't think Baltimore is out of it. I think

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John Harball this is the first time I think he
started zero to two in his career, and I think
they're gonna come out and find answers and be able
to get this situation rectified. The Cincinnati Bengals are owing
to The Browns are one and one and haven't looked
as good as they had as they did at times
with Joe Flacco, even though you know, they looked a

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little bit better this week. I'm looking forward to to
I think Baltimore is gonna get it back together.

Speaker 1 (55:57):
Trevor Lawrence your favorite to say that Jacksonville Jaguars couldn't
have gone off to a watch much worse start to
the seasons, and understatement, Trevor Lawrence gets paid a huge
amount of money, Richard and looks frankly an ept by
your cell Trevor Lawrence is the most overpaid player in

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the NFL.

Speaker 2 (56:20):
No, no, no, I'm not buying that. I'm not buying that. No, No,
I mean, Daniel Jones is getting forty million dollars right now,
and I'm just I'm not sold on Daniel Jones. I'm
not sold that Daniel Jones is an upgrade over a
Gardner Minshew or even Andy Dolton or you know a
lot of these veteran quarterbacks and he's getting forty million dollars.
So no, no, I'm not going with him. I'd probably

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stick very aggressively to Daniel Jones being that guy.

Speaker 1 (56:49):
And the best for last. Richard, You're Seattle Seahawks. There's
a window of opportunity opening for the Seattle Seahawks. The
La Rams are riddled with injuries. The San Francisco forty
nine Ers are battling their own injuries. Richard, is this
the year Seattle Seahawks win the NFC West? Buy or sell?

Speaker 2 (57:14):
I'm very close to buying, Mitchell. I'm at the register
and it's in my card, but I'm not there yet.
I need to see a little bit more. They got
that win over the New England Patriots, but it was
by the skin of a chin, and there was some
soppy plays. There were some mistackles ors some dropped footballs
that just wouldn't allow me to buy. And I'm not
ready to give up on San Francisco forty nine ers

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after the Minnesota game because they just had They don't
win in Minnesota. You know, you wanted it to be different,
but after thirty years, you know, don't matter what's happening
how good your team is. You get to Minnesota, you're
taking a loss. I don't know why it's that way,
but it's been that way, and you know, I think
they get things back on track with this week against
La Rams. I think the Seattle Seahawks get a get

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a much need to win with the Miami team, banged
up Miami team obviously, with Tua Tongue of Bilo out
coming to Seattle, to Lumen Stadium, with Skylar Thompson, I
think they're able to find a way to win that game,
confuse a quarterback with obviously the various looks that Mike
McDonald gives. I'm close, Mitchell, I'm close, but I'm not there.

(58:23):
I'm not I'm selling that for now. We can revisit
that later in the season and we'll see if I'm
still there. But right now they're doing there at the
top of the division, playing really good football and have
a really favorable matchup coming up. So it's good. Richard.

Speaker 1 (58:41):
Before we wrap my my personal favorite UH segment every week,
the Richard Sherman Power Rankings. Where do you stack them
up this week? Rich Mmm, Mitchell, It's it's tough. It's
really tough because I got it. It's a lot of
movement now.

Speaker 2 (58:59):
Obviously, the City Chiefs are still still one because they
are undefeated and deservedly so who's two. It's the question
because I wanted to be the San Francisco forty nine ers,
even though they took that loss. They took that loss
to a very talented team in the Minnesota Vikings, who
are playing really good football right now. Your Detroit Lions, also,

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like my top five, took a beating, beating, and Dallas
just didn't want to be in there. Menchell, I knew
I shouldn't have put him in there. I knew I
should have went Seattle, and something told me to just
split it, and I should have just went with my gut.

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Kansas City Chiefs trying to make sure I don't miss anybody.
Don't miss anyone. Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills jump in there.

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Just a dominant performance against a team that's supposed to
be a contender. San Francisco forty nine Ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Wow,

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Seattle Seahawks. Seattle Seahawks for Houston five.

Speaker 1 (01:00:35):
Okay, Seattle makes an appearance here, Richard. Let's see how
long they can stay in the top five of your
power rankings, Richard. That concludes it. As we wrap up,
I will let you let you say your last words here.

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