Richard Sherman Podcast - Week 9 Reaction

Richard Sherman reacts to Week 9 of the 2024 NFL season, including Geno Smith getting sacked seven times as the Seattle Seahawks fell to Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams, Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions continuing their dominant run with a win over Jared Love's Green Bay Packers, the Dallas Cowboys falling to 3-5 on the season as they took another loss to Kirk Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons, Lamar Jackson making a compelling case for his second-straight NFL MVP award as the Baltimore Ravens beat down the Denver Broncos, Trevor Lawrence throwing a late-game interception to seal the Jacksonville Jaguars' loss to Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles, Joe Burrow throwing five touchdowns to lead the Cincinnati Bengals over the Las Vegas Raiders, and Josh Allen leading the Buffalo Bills over the Miami Dolphins.

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The volume.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
Championships.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
That should always be the expectation. All right, go ahead,
Welcome back to the Richard Sherman Podcast. It's been a
crazy week. The Seattle Seahawks took the game to overtime
after a really frustrating second half. Some interceptions, had a
chance and just could not capitalize. Fourth and one that
the La Rams gotta stop a much need to stop.

(00:35):
Stafford drove right down the field, scoring a touchdown. I mean,
this week was full of upsets, but this one, Metchell,
this one hurts.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
I gotta believe it did, Richard. I mean, this game,
it looked like the Seattle Seahawks had it, you know.
I mean, the Rams came out. The Rams are a
good team. Let's start there. They're a very good team.
Matthew Stafford at the helm, and they're starting to get
healthy again. But I thought Seattle they needed this game more.
I think the question starts it's a simple question. Why

(01:06):
do you not take the points in overtime? Richard? That
was a backbreaking decision on fourth and short. They come
up short and then the Rams go down and inevitably
score the game winning touchdown. Where's your head at Richard?
With this decision to not take the points in overtime.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
Because you get beat. Taking three points in a game
where you've got Matthew Stafford on the other side, you
get beat. So I support the decision to go for
it on fourth and one because you got one yard
to go, you had what three opportunities to get it.
I do not. You just watched your old line get decimated,
get dominated multiple plays in a row, Kennith Walker the
third getting stopped. So come up with a better play

(01:48):
goal in a situation. That's the only thing that frustrated me.
It's like, Hey, you're just gonna keep running your head
into a wall and assume he's gonna pop. How about
you either QB sneak it and trust your center and
trust everybody to push Geno over the pile, or you
roll them out, give him a run pass option another opportunity.
But I'm with the go for it on that play.
You got to go for the win in that situation

(02:09):
your team needs and you're at home. You got the momentum,
you go for the win, and they just did not
get it done. They did not execute well enough. The
play call was not good enough. So that's just something
they're gonna have to learn from. But Geno Smith had
a rough day. He had a rough day, got beat up,
you know, another seven sack day. He did throw for
three hundred and sixty three yards three touchdowns, but two

(02:32):
back to back. I mean one of them was a pick.
Six interceptions in the red zone. They were one for
four in the red zone. That is tough to win
ball games when you're one for four in the red zone,
especially division games. You got to execute. You got stopped.
You were two for two on fourth downs before that
fourth and one stop. You gotta find a way to
get that done. You gotta find a way to get

(02:52):
a yard. The defense, they got the turnover Tarik wool
and got the interception, but they dropped another interception and
they never got to Matthew Stafford. They had no sacks
on the day. That's unacceptable. You cannot go into this game.
This Rams offensive line is in world beaters. They're not
the best offensive line in football. Arguably, You've gone against

(03:13):
several offensive lines that would be considered better than the
one that you just faced, and you've gotten much more
pressure on the quarterback to not be able to get
Matthew Stafford on the ground. And not that there weren't opportunities.
There were times they came. Scott Freed, they got to him.
But Matthew Stafford is in the pocket, he's ducking under arms,
he's slipping away, he's put throwing the ball away. He's
not allowing the people get to him. But again, you

(03:35):
got to give the special teams for the Seattle Seahawks credit.
They had a block punt, but you have to again
be able to capitalize on these things and get points.
They just weren't able to do it. And in overtime
you got to play to Wooland where he had a
chance to intercept the football on to DeMarcus Robinson coming
across the Was it Tramarcus Robinson or was it I
think it was just and coming across on an over route.

(04:00):
But he just waits for the ball instead of just
taking a step forward or two and and and running
into the past. You know in this in this league,
you can't wait for anything. You wait for anything, hungry
dogs will come take the football. And that's what happened. Uh,
And then again Stafford pushes the ball down the field
to win the game. No fear, no, no, that's why
you don't kick the field goal, because what is the

(04:21):
field goal gonna do for you? Right there? They're gonna
go for the juggular. They didn't need a touchdown right there.
They could have won with the field goal. But you're
playing against Matthew Stafford. If they get the look that
they they want, if they get the covers they're looking for,
they're gonna push the ball down the field. He's shown
that time and time again, and he showed it this time.
Great pass by him, great catch by DeMarcus Robinson, one
hand catch. He pushed off on Tarik Wooland. But they

(04:43):
never call that in the National Football League. I have
yet to see them call a receiver pushing off uh
And for the game, and that's the game. That's the
ball game. You know. The Seahawks gotta gotta buy this
week to to sit and think about it and look
at the film and see what they're gonna change and
what they're gonna adjust. But the offensive line continues to
be an issue, and it's going to continue to be

(05:04):
an issue until something gets fixed. And it's really the
interior offensive line. But what do you do? You don't
there aren't any easy answers or quick solutions. So I
don't know where you go from here.

Speaker 2 (05:14):
Well, that's just a question. I mean, where do you
go from here? This division is up for grabs. I
mean it's anyone's game right now. I mean the Rams
climb to five hundred. I mean Seattle, you know, they
were they were looking good to start this season off, Richard,
and now they're they're in the last place of the division.
And I mean you see the Arizona Cardinals beat the

(05:34):
Bears at home. You know, obviously the forty nine ers
are getting healthier. What is it gonna take for Seattle
to gain ground and restake their claim of this division?
Because really, Richard, it is up for grabs still, despite
this loss.

Speaker 1 (05:49):
They're gonna have to put They're gonna have put more
pressure on a quarterback. You know, they have a really
talented defense and defensive line, and they got to get
home and they got to finish the job. You know,
they're getting home, Leonard Williams getting home. You could see
all the talent they have on that defensive line. Guys
doing a great job. Jaron Reid. You know, they're putting

(06:10):
pressure on the quarterback, but they're not getting home and
finishing the job. And that's that's costing a lot of plays.
They gotta protect the quarterback. I mean, I don't know
how many more times we could say we can get
on here every single week and be like, hey, protect quarterback,
Protect quarterback. I don't know if anybody's getting hit or
sack more than Geno Smith right now. And Gino you know,
there are times he could have made better decisions with
the football. He's trying to trying to make things happen,

(06:32):
and at the end of the game he had some
incredible throws to JSN. He did used to count really
well throughout this game. He made sure that you know,
he capitalized on the free plays. A touchdown to Tyler
Lockett JSN, I mean on a fourth and five, a
dime of a pass to really get them into overtime,
and a touchdown pass at the end to push the
game to ot a big stop by the defense. But again,

(06:56):
those those not executing in the red zone. That's what
they're doing them. In a game like this, you look
back and those are the plays where you're like, man,
that's points. Whether it's three or six or seven, you
got to get.

Speaker 2 (07:07):
Them, no question about it. I mean, the weapons, the
offensive weapons, are in house in Seattle, JSN Jackson Smith
and jig Ball proved himself he is he's a playmaker
in this league. I mean we've talked about it for
the last two years. I mean today was his day.
I mean he showed himself with the out DK Metcalf
on the field with seven catches for oneint eighty and

(07:29):
two touchdowns. This team has offensive playmakers. The question is
can they avoid the big mistakes. I mean throwing the
one hundred and three yard interception return for a touchdown
to Cameron Kitchens. I mean, that's that is a backbreaker
for this team because Seattle had this game in hand.
And when you give Matthew Stafford opportunities. I've seen it, Richard.

(07:51):
I lived it here in Detroit. When you give this
man opportunities, it's not going to work out for you,
and it worked in his favor today. The LA Rams
they're getting healthy. They look very good. If they can
get pooking, Nakula backing up and cooking, I mean, this
is a team that could easily compete for this division.

(08:12):
What do you think of the Rams going for Richard?
Because I know you have a stake in the forty
nine ers I know you want to see the forty
nine ers get healthy, but it's got to cause some
a little element of concern for you seeing the Rams
also getting healthy.

Speaker 1 (08:25):
Yeah, I mean not for me particularly, but it is
for the division because you know, as they get healthy.
I mean a few weeks ago, you thought it was
a fire sale. You know, you hear about Pooking Akoua
being available, Cooper Cup being available, all these guys, and
they pretty much did this a lot of the times
without hookin Nakula, who went out, who got ejected from

(08:46):
the game for throwing a punch. I mean, this league
is just getting ridiculously soft in so many different ways,
and it's just laughable what this game has become. I mean,
you saw it in your Detroit Lions game. They eject
Brian Branch for a to helmet hit when he's trying
to dislodge the football from the player. I mean, that's
what this game was built on. It. I know, everybody's like, oh, well,

(09:08):
you know, we're evolving, and we're all all evolution isn't
a great thing, and that's a bad part of the
game that should be reviewed. If you're gonna give the
fifteen yard penalty give the fifteen yard penalty. Cool, But
to eject the guy from the game, thinking, oh man,
he went too high. He has literally a millisecond to decide,
to make his decision and strike, and when he does that,

(09:30):
a receiver can move up and down and around and
left and right, and you just have to aim for
where you think he's gonna be. And that's what he did.
I thought the hit was fine, maybe a little high.
If it's high, you flag him. But to kick him
out of the game and really can affect. He's one
of your big time playmakers amongst the league leaders and interceptions,
and you kick him out of a ball game early

(09:52):
in a divisional game, you know you could if the
Lions lose that game, you could obviously point to that
being a huge factor.

Speaker 2 (09:59):
No question about it. Richard, you speak for me. I
think you speak for the vast majority of football fans.
This game it's gotten ridiculous. For defensive players, How do
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(11:52):
I mean, this is a huge game in Green Bay,
right the elements have played Detroit has not left are
artificial turf environment all season. Everyone's talking about the rain
and Lambeau. Everyone's talking about the playing surface in Lambeau,
the cleats being shifted up. I mean, Dan Campbell said it,
what's the most important factor of this game? The shoes

(12:13):
you wear? And Detroit came out and Richard, I'm a detroitter.
I'm fired up. You're gonna have to talk me off
this pedestal that I'm on. When I look at the
Detroit Lions, I see a super Bowl team and maybe
I'm nuts. But when you go on the road in
your division and we've talked about this the last couple

(12:35):
of weeks. These divisional games are so crucial, right, They're
so crucial that they they make or break teams. And
Detroit just was womping on Green Bay twenty what was it,
twenty four to three at half. I know they didn't
score after the first half, But Richard, I gotta know, like,
where's your head at with the Detroit Lions team? Because

(12:56):
I could talk and talk and talk and talk forever
about how power I feel about this Lion's team. Where's
your head at?

Speaker 1 (13:02):
I think they're an incredible team. I think they're one
of the best teams, obviously the best team in the NFC.
I just I have questions about, you know, long term
and defensive. I think they have to make a move
for a pass Russer. I've heard they're in the market for,
you know, Zadarius Smith and a number of other guys
who could really help. Now you get one of those guys,
you know, to help put some more pressure on these quarterbacks,

(13:25):
then I'm all on board, which eventual because that's the
thing when you get into the playoffs, you get into
these type all games. Who can get to the quarterback,
who can get to the quarterback successfully. You have a
really talented secondary, but nobody can cover forever. So if
guys get more time, you start to find holes and zones,
you start to find holes. But right now they're doing
a phenomenal job. They held Jordan Love to two hundred

(13:46):
and seventy three yards twenty three of thirty nine. He
was he got some garbage time yards in there, so
we're not going to count all that. Josh Jacobs was
ever able to have some success on the ground thirteen
carries for ninety five yards. But I thought Kirby Joseph's
interception was an incredible play. I mean, to just be
in the right place at the right time, to to
to take your time, to not overrush, to have an

(14:08):
awareness of where you are. We just talked about what
they did to Brian Branch, which was a ridiculous, ridiculous
abuse of power in the National Football League to kick
a player out in the game for nothing, egregious nothing.
He didn't do it on purpose, he didn't do anything
that you would you would say, oh man, that was
a dirty play. It was a football play, and if

(14:29):
it's a football player, I don't I don't like football
players getting ejected for it. And that's that's something that
that has to be reviewed from New York or talked
about because if you do that in a playoff game
to an All Pro or Pro Bowl player, you know
who can have a drastic effect on the game. It's
too much gambling going on. It's too many, too much
at stake in these ball games where people would start

(14:49):
to say, hey man, they're starting to really they're starting
to cheat, they're starting to cheat. I mean defense, you
always feel like you getting cheated, but I mean that
kind of play, you make it possible. So you're saying, hey,
just let the guys catch the ball, because if they
start taking guy's legs out and they start landing on
their heads and breaking their necks and things like that,
then it's going to be a whole different issue. So
they're trying to hit guys in the chest, and you

(15:11):
saw Kobe Bryant had a great play against the Rams
where you hit the guy right in the chest, but
his helmet hit the other guy's helmet a little bit.
But if you find a way for a guy to
lead his body without his head, then I'd be all ears.
But I told when I sent the competition to meet
in mini meetings, and they had these conversations. I said, hey,

(15:31):
I want all you guys who are making these rules,
I want you to walk towards the wall, and I
want you to walk towards it, and I want you
to do it with your head back. And they couldn't
do it, Mitchell. They were stumbling, they were falling. I said, okay,
now lean your head forward and walk wherever you want,
what direction you want to go in, And they realized, hey,
you're led by your head. No matter to run full speed,
your head's going to be at the forefront. So if

(15:53):
you're talking about striking somebody, you put a foot in
the ground, you put your shoulder out front. But I'm
leaning my shoulder and my head's gonna look at this Mitchell. Yeah, yeah,
you measure it. My head, my shoulder, it's gonna hit
the jam there at the same time. All my head's
gonna go first. So if you some of the things
people say, like oh, he's leading with his head, like
get the head out the game. You can't unless you

(16:13):
tell these guys to stop leading their body. And that's
that's the part of the game I hate. But this
Lion's team looks phenomenal. Uh. Their culture, their coaching looks good.
Even when they when they face some adversity, they're overcoming
it really quickly. They got a tough game against the
Houston Texans next week. We trust just on TNF it's

(16:34):
in Houston. I think they're a frustrated team. They're they're
beat up at the receiver position. They're supposed to be
getting Nico Collins back off the hamstring injury. So I'm
looking forward to that game. But right now, there are
very few teams that can consider themselves better than the
Detroit Lions.

Speaker 2 (16:49):
Right now, there's and I appreciate you saying that, Richard.
Let's talk a little bit about Jared Goff before he
turned the page on this Detroit Lion team, because his
last two games on paper have looked underwhelming. I mean,
what do you have eighty three passing yards in a
fifty two to ten or fifty to fourteen win against Titans.
Now one hundred and forty five passing yards against these

(17:10):
Green Bay Packers. But then you look at the fact
that this guy, his completion percentage is off the charts. Richard,
where do you put him? I mean, I know Lamar
Jackson's been having a hell of a year, But is
he a realistic MVP candidate right now? The way he's
playing football for this Detroit Lion football team.

Speaker 1 (17:30):
If you're just looking at the efficiency numbers metro, you've
got to give him at least a fair look because
it's ridiculous. I mean, he's breaking records left and right,
he's been so efficient, not turning the ball over at
a high rate. But then you start to look at
the overall numbers and he's just not thrown for very
many yards. I think he's fourteenth right now. In yards,

(17:52):
he's ninth, and touchdowns and those numbers for an MVP
just aren't going to get it done. And you know,
we talked about this last year when we were talking
about Lamar Jackson, where his numbers stacked up in the
National Football League, and you know, I wasn't I wasn't
feeling it. But this year it's totally different. He looks
like his twenty nineteen MVP season. So if he's having

(18:13):
a year like that, Josh Allen's also having a phenomenal
year where he's throwing for two thousand yards and he's
got seventeen touchdowns, only two interceptions, both coming in the
last two weeks. They're winning ball games. They're seven and
two right now. And so Lamar Jackson's number one in
the league in passing yards. I think he's number one.
Are He's second in the league in passing yards, number

(18:33):
one in QBR, second in touchdown passes with twenty only
two interceptions. Those are MVP numbers. I mean, he almost
has as many touchdown passes right now, nine games into
the season as he did over sixteen games last year.
And that's what when I was saying that last year,
the oh, you're a hater, You're a hater. I'm not
no hater. I just know what MVP numbers look like,
and he has them. These are MVP numbers. He has

(18:55):
twenty touchdown passes nine games into the season. He had
twenty four last year the whole season. And that's this.
He's running away with MVP. And has Jared Golf played
an amazing and winning football and done a phenomenal job,
no question about it. But he's gonna have to throw
for more touchdowns. He's gonna have to throw for more
yards if he wants to get in this conversation now,

(19:15):
if he's holding a Trophy at the end. I don't
think he cares, Mitchell, But if we're talking about the
MVP conversation, you've got to get in some more numbers.

Speaker 2 (19:23):
I'm with you. And let's talk about Baltimore a little bit,
because this was that measuring stick game I think for
the Denver Broncos and they go on the road into
Baltimore and they get shell ACKed. I don't know if
any other word's gonna exemplify their showing losing by thirty
one points on the road and Baltimore. I mean, for them,

(19:44):
this goes to show they're a team, they're a force
to be reckoned with us and in this AFC, and
I know their kryptonite is the Kansas City Chiefs. I
know everyone's kryptonite in the AFC is Patrick Mahomes. You know,
Richard Baltimore looks down. I'm good. I mean, what's the
ceiling for this team? Can they get past Patrick Mahomes

(20:07):
in this Kansas City Chiefs team? Do you believe in
this Baltimore Ravens team right now?

Speaker 1 (20:11):
What I believe? And they got two MVP candidates because
you look at what Derrick Henry's done. He's got you know,
third running back in league history with a thousand yards
and ten touchdowns through nine games and the football season.
The last two won the MVP. It was Sean Alexander
and Terrell Davis. And you look at Lamar Jackson. I

(20:32):
just talked about him. He had his fourth his fourth
game with a perfect passer rating, most of any player
with fifteen plus attempts. He's playing out of his mind
right now. I mean he's playing elite. He's pushing the
ball down the field. We talked about his passing numbers.
He's running the ball really well. I think he has
five hundred and five rush yards as well to go
along with his twenty three hundred or so passing yards.

(20:54):
And he's really efficient. Mit, he's not turning the ball
over at all. He's putting his team in phenomen no positions.
They're scoring a ton of points every single week. They
look incredibly formidable. But then you look up and you're like, wait,
they lost to the Browns and the Raiders, Like how why? Why?
You can understand the Kansas City Chiefs loss this first
game of the season, A lot of chaos is the

(21:16):
Super Bowl champions. But then you look at at the
Browns and the Raiders. You're like, hey, I don't know.
You know, it leaves It leaves a lot for the
imagination because now I need to see you against your division.
I don't you know, I need. I still need. There
are still things I need to see from this team
because of those losses. Are they a great team? Has
a defense played incredibly yes, sir, yes, sir to hold

(21:38):
the Denver Broncos to ten points to score forty one
points on this defense that has been amongst the league leaders.
Vans Joseph has had these boys hunting all season, playing
really really high level defensive football. Bo Knicks has had
really good games over the past three or four ball games.
And and in this game, I mean he was held

(22:00):
to nineteen of thirty three to two hundred and twenty
three yards. He had the reception touchdown on the Philly
special play. But he's been feeding Courtland Sutton, who had
another one hundred yard game, but they held him in check,
forced them to throw an interception. They I mean, they
had their way with that defense trying to play man coverage.

(22:20):
They could not stop Zay Flowers five catches for one
twenty seven and two tous. This team looks to be
a very formidable team, but those concerning head scratching losses
are the reason I can't put them up, you know,
above three in my power rankings, because you're losing the
teams who just aren't playing great football right now. You know,
you lost to Gardner Minshew and you lost to Jamis

(22:43):
who had a really good game. And you know, obviously
we saw the chaos at the end, but they just
got their butts kicked this week, and so you know,
you think, oh man, they're about to turn it around,
but then they did. So what they do this week
and Thursday on Thursday night in front of us in
Baltimore's really gonna give me what I need to see.
Because the Cincinnati Bengals aren't a great team, but offensively,

(23:05):
Joe Burrow just threw for five touchdowns. This defense is
coming along as they always do around this time in
the season. They're three and one over their last four.
So you look and you say, okay, Baltimore is your
time blow out a division opponent and let us all know,
put us all on notice. So if they were able
to do that, then they get to say that now
I still need them to do more.

Speaker 2 (23:28):
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Speaker 1 (24:27):
Richard. Yeah, Mitchell, we're going to have a hard time
not giving him player a month this month. I mean,
he's over the last five games, Lamar Jackson fourteen touchdown passes,
one interception, and just high level football, high level football.
They're running it, they're passing and making great decisions, fourth
down efficiency at perfect passer rating this game. I mean,

(24:48):
what can't you say about him? The leading candidate for
MVP right now. And we all talked about these guys
throwing all these touchdown passes. We talked about Jordan Love
and Patrick Mahons, but they're throwing a lot of interceptions
right now. They're one and two in the league in
interceptions thrown. And even Baker Mayfield, who's leading the league
in passing yards, are passing touchdowns and I want to

(25:09):
say yards. It's just throwing a ton of interceptions. So
you think you would think, oh man, they got a
high risk, high reward kind of deal. But Lamar Jackson's
doing it, and so is Josh Allen very efficiently.

Speaker 2 (25:23):
Let's go to Atlanta, Richard. Let's talk about the sinking
ship that is the Dallas Cowboys. I don't know if
many people saw this coming into the season. They're three
and five right now, and I think, frankly, they look horrendous.
The Atlanta Falcons are six and three. I mean, what's
the bigger story here in your eyes? The fact that

(25:43):
Atlanta is six and three are the fact that the
Dallas Cowboys are an abysmal three and five.

Speaker 1 (25:50):
I would say the Dallas Cowboys because I think a
lot of people, you know, we're getting a lot of
credit to the moves that Atlanta made throughout the offseason.
I think, you know, people were criticizing them about the
Michael Pennick's move and drafting him in the first round.
But he's the future of the franchise and they believe that.
But they have the current right now and Kirk Cousins,
and I think he's he's enjoying himself. He's adopting the

(26:12):
Atlanta culture and the Atlanta vibes and and everything that
that that they stand for. And I think the city's
embracing him, and he's embracing the city and he's having
a lot of fun. Mitchell, he was nineteen or twenty
four today. Three touchdown passes. He was able to hit
Drake London on a on a fade route or a
will route in the end zone. He was able to

(26:32):
hit Mooney on a broken coverage. It looked like they
just busted cover two and you gotta you just gotta.
I'm I'm I'm happy for Kirk. I'm happy for Kirk.
He's always been one of the quarterbacks that that I
thought was a way better, way better and closer to
elite than anybody gave him credit. And he's on a
team with a lot of talent. I think Kyle Pitts

(26:54):
is starting to benefit from it, obviously Darnelle Mooney. But
John Robinson had seven catches for fifty nine yards, twelve
rushes for seventy five yards, his best all purpose yards
game of the season, and they're finally giving him more touches,
giving him, you know, getting him the ball in space
a lot more. But remember last year when the Dallas Cowboys,

(27:15):
Jerry Jones was at the trade line, was Drey deadline,
was like, hey, we're not making any moves. We're I mean,
unless somebody calls us and gives us an offer we
can't refuse. We just got on to keep doing what
we do well. Jerry, your team looks abysmal. You should
have made decisions during all season when you were all in,
all in, mint all out, I guess, Mitchell, because everybody

(27:38):
about to be out in a second, they about to
say you gotta go, you gotta go, you gotta go,
you gotta go, because they made a terrible move picking
their defensive coordinator. Now, I've talked to players on that team,
I've talked to guys on that staff. I've talked to
ex players who played in this game. It's too predictable,
Mike Zimmers game is too predictable. They don't they he

(28:00):
doesn't adjust, he doesn't adapt to what's going on right now.
Like you have to adapt to the league that it
is right now. You can't say, hey, I've had success
in the past and I've always done this, and I've
always done that. You have to evolve. You have to
adapt to what's happening right now, and he's not. You
know when they're gonna be in man, you know when

(28:21):
they're gonna be in zone. You know what zone they're running.
It's predictable and you can dictate their informations. If it's
third and short, they're in man, if they're in the
red zone inside the five, they're in man like. And
it's really resulted in them being a terrible red zone
defense because of how predictable they are. And you look
and you see a lot of the same talented pieces

(28:43):
that were there when Dan Quinn was there, and they
were amongst the league leaders at top ten defense, number
one in turnovers over the past however many years, and
now they can't seem to get any turnovers. They they're
not getting to the quarterback at the high till now.
DeMarcus Lawrence is hurt. Parsons is out. You got to
give him credit for that, Yes, sir, I understand that.

(29:03):
But there are still really talented guys there. Carl Lawson
was able to get to the quarterback. He was a
free agent acquisition, was able to get to the quarterback
a few times in this game. But what's happened to
Cede Lamb? What's happened to the rapport between Dak Prescott
and Ceedee Lamb. Dak Prescott eighteen to twenty four, but
only one hundred and thirty three yards in a touchdown.

(29:25):
They said something about his running this week, that he
was he had less rushing yards than than your boy
Jared Goff and I think a rod and so now
he ran for thirty yards. But again now he pulls
his hamstring. Mitchell. They almost they almost talked to him
into pulling his hamstring. So they tell you you're not
running enough, you laugh it off and say, man, that's bad.

(29:47):
They get you to run the ball and you pull
your hamstring in the game, and then they put Cooper
Rush in, which is gonna start a whole different controversy
because there's a small contingent of Dallas Cowboy fans who
have been saying Cooper, Cooper Rush. Put Cooper Rush in
the game. Cooper, Well, they're gonna have another few games
of Cooper Rush. I would believe it, depending on the

(30:07):
severity of Dak Prescott's hamstring injury and if he finds
the way to win games. Mitchell, this is the kind
of ridiculousness that happens in Dallas that people would be
saying they need to start him over the sixty million
dollar quarterback. I'm not the one saying that, Mitchell, and
I would never say it because that's ridiculous. But there
are people that were Dallas Cowboys gear every single week

(30:29):
that we'll be saying that we.

Speaker 2 (30:31):
Had a buyer cell segment last week, Richard I said
buy or sell. Dak Prescott is gonna be not on
this team next year, Richard. If it keeps going down
this path the Dallas Cowboys. You know Jerry, I mean
he does not accept losing. You know, this city does
not accept losing. Where do we go from here with Dallas?

(30:53):
I mean we're at the halfway point. They're three and five.
I mean, conceivably they're not out of the playoff picture,
but for all intentsive purposes, they've been getting absolutely shelled
by teams. I mean, I know this was a six
point game, but they were down by multiple scores for
the bulk of this game. They made it look close late.
I just don't know what the end goal is with

(31:15):
this Cowboys team. They made no moves this offseason. They're
stuck in no man's land. They're in cap hell. They've
got to pay all their players that they're supposed to
be the team players that are going to elevate this team.
Where do we go from here? Is Dak Prescott gonna
be part of the long term solution with this team?

Speaker 1 (31:33):
Mitchell? Mitchell, I'm gonna let you know something that you
may not know because I need to look this up. Sorry,
I'm on my phone. I need to look at Dak's
contract details, and I need to so I can have
exact numbers for you, because perfect, perfect, perfect got it.
So that's deal that he got Mitchell for all of

(31:56):
that money hasn't even started yet, and so everybody is
gonna be gone before Dak Prescott's gone. Dak Prescott makes
one point two five base salary this year, he makes
forty seven million, next year, forty to the next year,
forty five the following year, etcetera, etcetera, fifty five and

(32:20):
twenty twenty eight. Let's see the one hundred and twenty
nine million guaranteed at signing, which is his twenty twenty
four salary plus his twenty twenty five salary. His twenty
twenty sixth salary is guaranteed Mark sixteenth of twenty twenty
five injury guarantee that signing, and w fifth day of

(32:43):
league year of twenty twenty six his twenty twenty seven
salary is guaranteed. So Mitchell McCarthy's gonna be gone, and
the rumors that he's picking up Prime and he's picking
up Shador are gonna be as loud as they possibly
can be. Now, don't let the Dallas Cowboys be in
the top ten of the National Football League's draft. Do

(33:04):
not let the Dallas Cowboys be picking in the top
five of the National Football League's draft because the amount
of noise you're gonna hear about them picking up Shador Sanders. Mitchell,
it's gonna sound like Century Link during the NFC championship
game that we are about to win. Mitchell, It's deafening.

(33:25):
It's ridiculously deafening, and it's rightfully so. Then they're gonna
be sitting there saying, well, why doesn't it Dad coach
him again? He coached them at the high school level,
he coached them at the college level, he coached them
at Dallas. And you know one star that could be
big enough to walk into Dallas and overshadow Jerry Jones

(33:46):
just a little bit. It's Prime And Mitchell, that's just
the conversation that it's gonna be am I stoking fires
that probably aren't there. Is Deon likely gonna just stay
at Colorado and have a good time and keep coaching
his butt off. Sure, but I like the controversy, Mitchell,
and it's the Dallas Cowboys. You never freaking know. All
you know is that in January they're not gonna be

(34:08):
there at least at the end.

Speaker 2 (34:11):
I love I love that prophecy Richard, I could totally
see it. And they've got the Eagles on the docket
next week. If they lose that game, I mean, we
might be a step closer to that prophecy. Let's talk
about the Eagles a little bit, and they are hot
right now. I mean, if you're not talking about my
Detroit Lions, we might as well be talking about the

(34:31):
Philadelphia Eagles as the second hottest team in this NFC
right now. They beat the Jacksonville Jaguars. They gave him
a little bit of life, you know. I mean, this
game is closer than it probably should have been twenty
eight to twenty three. But Saquon Barkley is flat out bawling.
I mean, he jumped over a guy backwards today. I
don't know if you saw that, but I mean I've

(34:52):
never seen that before in my life. Saquon Barkley, it
seems like is the perfect fit for this Philadelphia Eagles team.
Let's talk about the Eagles. Where what's your head? Where's
your head at with this team? How far do you
think they can realistically go? Because they look a lot
better than they did last year right now, rich.

Speaker 1 (35:10):
They look really good and Jalen Hurst looks really accurate.
I mean, he threw some pinpoint passes in traffic, dimes
to Devonte Smith and to all they always open aj
Brown into a saquon for that matter. But I thought
defensively they made some progress too. I thought they made
some plays put pressure on Trevor Lawrence caused two interceptions.

(35:32):
Well one of them, I mean came off of Travers
Etn's hands. I mean it was a pretty good pass
by Trevor Lawrence, just a drop by Etn right into
the defense, right up in the air. Defender Dove caught it.
You can't really put that one on Trevor, but it's
gonna be on Trevor, you know. I'm sorry. That's how
it works. The good ones, the good touchdown passes that
you're like, oh, that wasn't a great pass and a
receiver makes a crazy catch. That's the quarterbacks touchdown too.

(35:55):
And when it's a great pass and the receiver just
drops it and bounces it up in the air, it's
an interception that happens too. But you have to give
the Eagles a lot of credit. I mean, you saw
the clip with Sirianni at home going back and forth
with the fan, and everybody was like, oh, what is
he doing? Even I was like what is he doing?
Then the article comes out and a fan does a

(36:17):
video talking about he was telling Sirianni, Hey, you ran
it for it five yards on first down. On second down,
you run for it again. You got a first down,
but instead you passed it two times. And now it's
fourth and five. So he's telling them run the ball,
run it down their throats. And then you look up
and at the end of the game, I think Saquan
had like one hundred and sixty or one hundred and
seventy yards rushing, and he turns around and said, did

(36:39):
I run it enough for you?

Speaker 2 (36:40):
Like?

Speaker 1 (36:41):
Was that enough? We ran it? We ran it, and
we ran it and we ran it. I listened and people,
you know, it didn't look great if you didn't know
what he was saying. But if you knew what he
was saying, you're like, hey, that's pretty cool. That's actually
pretty cool. And their season has turned around. They're six
and two. If you went back to that moment in
time where Philadelphia fans are booing him and we're saying
he's on the hot seat, they're about to fire him,

(37:03):
And now they're six and two, tied for the leading division.
He'd call me crazy, but that's that's games in Philly.
We gotta go to Philly in a couple of weeks
and they're playing the Washington Commanders, Mitchell. That's why I'm saying,
like Lee Corso would not so fast, my friend, because
those Washington Commanders look really good, look really good. They
another tough divisional game against the Giants. The Giants made

(37:26):
the game closer than it had to be. But Jaden Daniel,
I mean he looked like looked like the guy steal
you know, and steel guy is elite. He's efficient, he's
using his legs when he's supposed to. He's keeping himself
out of harm's way, even with the sore ribs. You know,
he's dropping domes to Terry mcclu Mitchell. They had eleven

(37:49):
seconds to go in a half, no timeouts. You got
a rookie quarterback and I think they were about eighteen
or nineteen yards away from the end zone. You know,
he does Mintell, He drops back rows a dime on
a slugo a slant and go route to Terry McClain
corner of the end zone, back shoulder tug. I said, Ssh,

(38:10):
this boy makes you want to It makes you it
feels like it stinks in the room Mitchell my face, Yeah, Like,
who is this guy a rook out out here controlling
the game pinpoint passes under pressure. In those situations, you
expect a rookie to make a mistake, to hold the
ball too long, maybe take a sack, randomly throw.

Speaker 2 (38:30):
The ball up.

Speaker 1 (38:30):
But he just looks like he has such a command
of the offense, such a calm. The game is moving
too fast for him. He's got a relationship with Terry
McLaurin that's only getting better and tighter. Their chemistry is
getting better. This is a team that I'm I need
to see against the Philadelphia Eagles because I'm not sure
the Philadelphia Eagles are better than them, but maybe they are.

(38:51):
They're definitely more veteran.

Speaker 2 (38:53):
Well, that division is heating up in a way we
did not see coming at the beginning of the season.
And like you said, and it goes to show you.
I mean, we heard reports earlier today that players are
telling their agents, Hey, I want to play for this team.
I want to play for the Commanders. I mean, it
goes to show you how quickly things can change, and

(39:14):
I know that you have a relationship with d Q,
the head coach there, dan Quinn, did you see this
coming when they hired him this offseason? Because he's always
been looking for his opportunity. It just seems like this
was the perfect fit for him. And this, I guess
you have Jaden Daniels fall into your lap at two, Richard,

(39:37):
How does this all happen in one offseason? Because Washington
was not thought of as a city that many players
wanted to go to.

Speaker 1 (39:46):
Well, you got you gotta think. Dan Quinn's first head
coaching opportunity was in Atlanta and he took his team
to the super Bowl the first year. I mean, it
ended up being a memeable super Bowl when they had
the twenty eight to three lead and Tom and those
guys come running all the way back and beat him.
But that's the coach that took his team to the
super Bowl in the first year. So I knew the
culture would be good. I knew them bringing in really

(40:09):
championship caliber all pro leaders like Zach Ertz and Bobby
Wagner would have a positive effect. But no, I cannot
imagine them being seven and two at this point in
the season and this young quarterback playing at not only
an offensive Rookie of the Year type level. But you know,
if it wasn't for Lamar Jackson just playing outside of
his mind, you'd be talking about potentially MVP if this

(40:32):
team can find a way to keep winning ball games
or him keep pushing the ball down the field like
he has. And outside of Terry McLaurin, it's not a
ton of receivers you would say are elite in the
National Football League. But you got to give Cliff Kingsbury
he's a lot of credit for what he's been doing schematically.
I mean, he's been really creative. You see some plays

(40:53):
out of the Washington Commanders that you have never seen
in the National Football League ever, some creativity in terms
of the concept, the drop backs, the rollouts, the reverses.
I mean, again, we talked about the Fleet flicker screen
pass to Austin Eckler that was just crazy. And Austin Eckler,

(41:13):
you know, a guy who has played really well, you know,
a fantasy dream of Sourts International Football League, continues to
play well, continues to elevate. This team had a really
good game this week, and I think he's one of
the underrated parts of this offense that continues to keep
this engine going, and that defense is coming along. They're
getting more pressure on the quarterback. You're seeing the DBS

(41:34):
make more plays. Sure, you're seeing you're seeing busts in
the coverage and things that are kind of head scratching.
But overall, I mean to get to be seven and
two in this league. I mean, there are a couple
games away from clinching a playoff spot. And that's something
that you couldn't have talked about in Washington for a
long time. I can't imagine how cool the city feels.

(41:56):
But I got another team I want to talk about
because the Jacksonville jack what's happening in Duvall. You talk
about hot seats, Mitchell, that's fish grease.

Speaker 2 (42:06):
Hid, Yeah, it is fish grease size. I know you'd
like to talk about Trevor Lawrence. I mean, he had
two rushing touchdowns today. I thought of you when he
eclipsed the end zone on both of those siding I'm like, oh,
maybe Richard will speak a little bit better than in today.

Speaker 1 (42:21):
But yeah, no.

Speaker 2 (42:22):
I mean sixteen to thirty one for one sixty nine
and two interceptions. What's gonna give. I mean, you just
paid this guy an exorbitant amount of money. I mean,
what's the endgame in Jacksonville, because it seems like we're
all aboard the Titanic and we just about hit that glacier.

Speaker 1 (42:43):
Yeah, Mitchell's Doug Peterson is probably gonna gonna see see
the end of his time there. And because they will
not blame Trevor Lawrence for some reason. You know people
you see people in the comments or look, what is
he supposed to do? The receivers are dropping the balls?
What is he supposed to do? Like those interceptions aren't
on him, and this game Trevor Etms interception wasn't on him.

(43:05):
But the one to Nakobe Dean was that that wasn't
a great pass. That was you know, there were better
places to put that football and they could have won
that game with that pass. But instead he turns the
ball over. They lose. But they not understanding last year
to Kansas City Chiefs. I think let the league drops
won the Super Bowl somehow and they'd say, well, the

(43:26):
defense played better. Defense played pretty good today. I mean
Trevon Walker thirty five yard touchdow, I mean fumble return
for a touchdown. So the defense gave you a touchdown today,
they gave you a turnover. They had multiple sacks, they
put pressure on the quarterback. They're facing a really high

(43:46):
powered offense with a lot of playmakers, but your offense
didn't do their part, and the quarterback is a part
of that. You had a chance to win the game.
You could make a better decision, better placement with the football,
and we wouldn't be this critical of him if he
wasn't getting top five quarterback money. When you're getting top
five quarterback money, then you get top five quarterback criticism.

(44:08):
I'm sorry, That's just how the world works. If you're
the number one paid quarterback in the National Football League,
Dak Prescott, he gets highly criticized and comes with the territory.
He understands that if you're getting top quarterback money, then
even if you're not playing to that level and never have,
you get that criticism because you're getting paid like it.

(44:29):
And if I'm getting paid like an elite even if
I'm not playing elite, maybe it's bad on the team
and the guys who paid him. Trent Balke like, why why,
I mean you better off going bridge quarterback and drafting
but who am I. They're gonna make me a GM someday.
Maybe I'm definitely not gonna run it like this. But

(44:49):
when you keep going into situations, and you do see
situations where you're throwing really good passes and guys are
dropping him. I saw several in his game, a first
down past Evan Ingram drop. I saw multiple touchdown passes
in one game. I think he threw two or three
in one drive. Guys just drop, drop, drop, and I
was like, ah, that sucks. But I also watch other

(45:10):
teams and guys drop the touchdowns, and you know what
the quarterback does, Mitchell, he keeps throwing them. He keep
josh Avan, they drop a couple of touchdown fast. Guess
what he gonna throw a couple more. And Lamar Jackson,
I watch Bateman drop a wide open touchdown, the lights
in his eyes, Mitchell, and he's gonna throw a couple
mouth And that's why they're getting paid the big bucks

(45:31):
because no matter what, they will overcome. That's why they
get paid like they do. They overcome the circumstances. And
you know what, they get paid to do it. And
if you getting paid to do it and you're not
doing it, expect to be criticized. That's all I'm saying. Mitchell,
one one hundred and sixty nine yards, two interceptions just

(45:51):
isn't getting it done. But two touchdown rushes on quarterback sneaks.
I guess, good job, Trevor.

Speaker 2 (45:58):
I would love to hear the Jacksonville Jaguars fans come
at you in the comments after a breakdown like that,
because you're absolutely right, Richard. You're absolutely right. With opportunity
and money comes much criticism, and he's just not performing.

Speaker 1 (46:17):
Richard.

Speaker 2 (46:17):
Let's go to Arizona. Arizona had a huge challenge against
Chicago Bears, scrappy, needing a win. Arizona comes out victorious
in a big fashion here. I mean, the Chicago Bears
are not the Chicago Bears we've seen the last three years.
They look like a very competitive team. Not today. The
Arizona Cardinals come out with a twenty nine to nine win.

(46:41):
This NFC West is heating up to be a battle
to the finish line. Do you expect the Arizona Cardinals
at the end of the year to be firmly in
the mix to take this division crown?

Speaker 1 (46:54):
I don't know, Mitchell, But because you don't know what
you're getting out of this team week to week. But
you know what, I'll give Jonathan Gannon credit for it,
because even when Kyler Murray was out, you saw teams
going there. We talked about it because they beat the
Dallas Cowboys last year. They beat a couple other teams,
and they were finding ways to win games because James
Connor is a bully and they got an offensive line

(47:17):
that feels the same way, and they run the ball
really well, and they keep running it and keep running
and they stay consistent with it. Amari de Mercado, I
don't even know where he came from Metell, but he
had a fifty three yard rushing touchdown and he ran
away from the entire defense and I was like, wait,
who is this? Who is this? And where is James Connor?
And but you again, they are staying committed to the

(47:41):
run game. And Jonathan Gannon, it sounds like he has
some old school coach in his ear telling him, you
know what wins games, defense, run game, controlling the clock
like good special teams. And that's what they're doing, Mitchell.
They're playing really good defense. Sound they're not allowing Kyler
to push the ball down the field owe that all

(48:02):
that much. I mean he threw the ball twenty times
this game. He was thirteen to twenty for one point
fifty four, no touchdowns, no interception. He did lose that fumble.
But they're they're not gonna put the ball in Harm's way.
They're gonna be efficient. Don't turn the ball over, Kyler
running when you can and give it to James Connor,
let him wear the defense down. And it's winning football.

(48:23):
They're five and four, they've been they this Bears defense
that I have a lot of respect for. Jalen Johnson
and the boys have been playing really good football all
year long, and this is this is one of those
games where I think they just had an off game.
They just had an off day. And so did Caleb Williams.
I mean, he just did not look good. You saw,

(48:43):
you know, the one pass where he tried to side
on you know, short stop to first base, throw it
down the field and it almost got picked off. But
it just seemed like they didn't they didn't want to
catch that football. It was too hot. But Caleb Williams
twenty two or forty two hundred and seventeen yards, no touchdowns,
no interceptions, but sacked six times a beat up in

(49:04):
this game. Arizona was bringing pressure from all over the
place and you look up and Xavian Collins or Xavon
Collins two sacks, Xavier Thomas sack and a half guys
getting pressure. But this is a relatively a team with
relatively unknown players outside of Buddha Baker. You don't know
a ton of these guys on this defense that are
making plays. You know, Zavon Collins was drafted pretty high.

(49:27):
Outside of James Connor and Kyler Murray, Marvin Harrison junior,
you don't know a ton about this offense and what
they've been doing. But Mitchell, they're getting the job done.
And if you don't, they're leading the NFC West right now, Minchell.
And if you don't, if the San Francisco forty nine
or Seattle Seahawks and the Rams don't get their stuff together,

(49:48):
they will walk away with it. Cardinals are playing the Jets,
who just got to win on Thursday against the Houston
Texans and maybe getting their mojo back. But with this
wild card Cardinals team, you just never know. You never
know what they're gonna do. You don't.

Speaker 2 (50:03):
I mean, they look that this game next weekend is
going to be a huge game for both teams, the
Cardinals against the Jets, and then you look at the Bears.
I mean they're four and four. A lot of folks
in Chicago were hot on this team. But let's set
these fans back to reality. Their four wins have come
against the Panthers, an injury injury riddled Rams team, the Jags,

(50:26):
and the Titans. So they get another opportunity next week
to add to their resume with a potential win against
the Patriots. I gotta see more from the Chicago Bears.
This was an opportunity on the road against a team
needing to win in Arizona for them to show themselves,
and I think they dropped it. I don't know rich.
I mean, this NFC North is a highly contested battle

(50:50):
going on right now. I think Chicago might fade a
little bit. But let's talk about a team that needs
to rise, and that's the Cincinnati Bengals. They were in
much need of a win this week hosting the Raiders,
and they they did what they did and they absolutely
obliterated the Las Vegas Raiders. Joe Burrow had a field day,

(51:12):
throwing for five touchdowns. Is it safe to say that
the Cincinnati Bengals are back to what we thought they
would be. Are they in competition area? Where where's your
head at with this team?

Speaker 1 (51:25):
Well, I don't I still don't know, Betchell, I don't know.
Let me let me, let me look at a couple
of things, because the Cincinnati Bengals are just inconsistent. And
what they've been over the last four games defensively is
a much better team than they've been over the first
four games. Almost two different, totally different teams in general.

(51:46):
But you look up and you say, this team has
all the talent in the world. They have the ability
to turn up on defense, they have the corners to
play at a high level, they have the pass rushers
to get to the quarterback and Hendrickson and Hubbard. But
but you just don't see it consistently. And Joe Burrows

(52:08):
throws five touchdown passes for the second time this season.
But then you look up and you're like, oh, he
must be he must have thirty touchdowns this year, and
he doesn't. He's not. He's not leading the league right
now in touchdown passes. I think he has well, he's third,
he started third in the league. So a quarter of
his touchdown passes came today. Uh So without t Higgins

(52:32):
in the lineup, you you wonder can they beat a
team like the like the Baltimore Ravens. Hopefully he's gonna
get back. I thought he had a chance to get
back this week. He'll be back next week. But this
is the team we expected to see. Trey Hendrickson four
sacks in the game. Really incredible game for him. Uh
in that defense. Just Secie. I don't know why I'd

(52:54):
like to say his name, just it just sounds cool.
But he had five catches for over a hundred yards,
two touchdown passes, and he could have had another one.
He looks like he can emerge as one of Joe
Burrow's top top targets because outside of him, Jamar Chase
had I think forty seven yards and nobody really really
woke up outside of Chiasecke. He seemed like he had

(53:16):
the matchup that they wanted to exploit, and they exploited it.
Trace Brown ran the ball really well, caught the ball
out of the backfield really well. Twenty seven carries for
one hundred and twenty yards. He also had five catches
for thirty seven yards. In a touchdown pass. So we're
gonna find out what they are this week, Mitchell. They
play the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday Night football only on

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Prime Video, and I'm gonna be there, Mitchell, and I'm
gonna keep a very very close eye on this offense
and how they execute if T. Higgins isn't in the lineup,
because that's just I think their second win over since
twenty twenty three with T. Higgins out of the lineup.
So now they're two and six when he's not in
the lineup, And this offense looked really good. Give Joe

(53:58):
Burrow a lot of credit to hundred five ffty one
yards five touchdown passes. He got the job done, found
other guys to really be able to push the ball
down the field. But is it sustainable?

Speaker 2 (54:09):
We shall see, We shall, and we shall. Last week
I post you a question, I said, are the Chargers
the best defense in football?

Speaker 1 (54:18):
Buy? Or so?

Speaker 2 (54:19):
And you sold on that Richard.

Speaker 1 (54:21):
Today.

Speaker 2 (54:22):
I know they were going against the Browns and Jamis Winston,
but they certainly at times have me thinking, man, this
might be the best defense in football. Has your mindset
changed at all after seeing then? Today?

Speaker 1 (54:36):
Take it to the Cleveland Browns. It hasn't changed. But again,
they're living up to the potential that they've showed over
the last what five years, four or five years with
the talent that they had. I mean, Derwin, James, Sante,
Samuel Junior, Joey Bosa, Khalil Mack, you know, the names
go on and on and on, all these Pro Bowl,

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All Pro caliber players, and they're starting to play together
as a really talented unit. You got Justin Herbert playing
really good football, and it's flipped back and forth because
earlier in the season they were leaning on the run
game and JK. Dobbins was winning Player of the Week
and you know, had all that acclaim, making all those
big plays, and I think he's still playing solid football.

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He had fourteen carries for eighty five yards and two
touchdowns today. But they're starting to lean on Justin Herbert
a little bit more. Eighteen to twenty seven for two
hundred and eighty two yards, two touchdown passes. But the
guy who's been the greatest surprise this season has been
Quinton Johnson. A lot of people were calling him a
bus last season that you know, he was dropping a

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lot of passes easy passes, wide open passes, and this
year it just seems like he's turned everything around. It's
been a beautiful, wonderful story of redemption for this young
man and it's really helped to power this offense. During
this run. They've been on their defense, holding the Browns
to ten points. They picked off Jamis three times. That's

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they beat the Baltimore Ravens, everybody was looking forward to
seeing what Jamis would do in this game. But the
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Speaker 2 (56:56):
I mean Jamis Winston was a hot name after last
week's fremans. I mean heck, I started him in daily
Fantasy this week. I thought he could be a flyer
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This Chargers defense on the road held their own. They're
deserving recipients of this week's almost almost perfect defense. Like

(57:18):
you said, brought to her by our friends at uber eats,
Uh Richard, Let's talk about the Bills. This game was
a lot closer than I think a lot expected. Another
Division game against the Dolphins comes down to the wire.
The Bills escape with a game winning field goal. What's
the strategy going forward? Let's start with the Dolphins because

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it seems like they're the season is at a loss.
Do you just sit to it at this point or
what do you do if you are the coach and
general manager of this Dolphins team?

Speaker 1 (57:50):
Well clearly want to so I don't think you do that.
I think you just keep competing. You know, teams have
come back and teams have rallied, and the Miami Dolphins
being one of them. I remember when Flores was there.
I think they won seven straight to end the season,
tried to get themselves in the playoff hunt and barely

(58:12):
missed it. I don't think inn the NFL, you have
teams that punt seasons. I know you have teams that
don't have good enough teams to compete, Like right now,
the Carolina Panthers are dealing with that offensively, the Browns
are dealing with a little bit of that. The Patriots.
The Patriots are dealing with issues the Jacksonville Jaguars. You

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know teams where you're just like, hey, can't figure it out.
You can't figure out what's not working for your team.
But no, I don't think you pumped the season. I
think you got to keep competing. Buffalo obviously having a
great season. We talked about all the great things Josh
Allen's doing, had another great game this game, and the

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Dolphins had opportunities to win this game, to walk away
with the W and just things just aren't the boys
and bouncing their way this season on either side of
the ball. But all you can do is keep competing.

Speaker 2 (59:06):
A no question. I mean the Bills, everyone expected them
to win, but Miami came out. They needed this win
more and like you said, crazier things have happened. You
got to keep that gas pedal to the floor if
you're Miami, because what is the alternative? I mean, you
already got your quarterback, you already got your playmakers and
now healthy. Let's see where this season goes, Richard, that

(59:30):
can go. I mean we're through week nine already, We're
past the halfway point. Where does your head go the
rest of the way? I mean, because we've got my
Detroit Lions, who I believe. I know the Kansas City
Chiefs are playing on Monday Night Football, but I believe
they've shown enough to show you, Richard Sherman, that they

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are deserving of your number one spot and your power ranks.
What else do they have to do to prove you
that they are worthy?

Speaker 1 (59:58):
Kansas City Chiefs has to lose. It has less to
do with the Honolulu Blue Detroit Lions and more to
do with Kansas City Chiefs. There are the defending Super
Bowl champions and have not lost the game. So for
me to take them out of the top spot would
be what they consider asinine. Mitchell, I cannot do it.
I will not do it, and they must be dethroned,
and once they are dethroned, then I will put the

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Detroit Lions up there. But not so fast, my friend.
They are seven and zero have not lost the game,
and I'm waiting for somebody to figure them out and
give them an al.

Speaker 2 (01:00:30):
I respect that answer. I respect it, Richard. This concludes
a week nine sign us off.

Speaker 1 (01:00:36):
My friend. Well, thank you guys so much for joining us.
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