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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Back here Bobby Be's and Windsor Locks right down the
street from Bradley International Airport, and people are they're so
fired up right now. Ben Johnny Tibbs in the house.
Conrade in the house. Always excited for Opening Night in football,
we're watching some of the pregame festivities. These stats count
now as the Cowboys will be in Philadelphia taking on
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the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. People are wearing their
Eagles gear here.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
We've got Brian Westbrook Jersey in the house. I'd love
to see that. We've got some Dallas Cowboy fans here.
We got a lot of Jets and Giant fans. A
lot of other people are going to be here as well.
But we had preseason picks yesterday. We have more preseason
picks today. Those are the big ones, these are the
most important ones, all.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Right, What do you want to start with? The who
we think are going to be the MVP League MVP,
MVP League MVP.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
And I'm going to go out on a limb to
start this off a big one. And actually I had
this written down. I had one written down. I scratched it,
I wrote another one down. I'm just feeling a little nostalgic, nostalgic,
a little history repeating itself. And I remember when that
Brett Favre had left the New York Jets and found
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a newer home in the Minnesota Vikings. It was like,
not only has he got something to prove to the
Green Bay Packers, He's also got something to prove in
the New York Jets. And it just felt like a
freeing thing, like he's finally out of that New York spotlight.
And I would not be surprised. And I'm gonna call
it tonight, Aaron Rodgers wins the MVP.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
You smoke it up. I don't know, man On.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
He's on the team of discipline. He has the coach
of discipline. He does he and that coach loves his
defense and loves running the football. I feel like he's
gonna leave the passing game alone and Aaron do it. Plus,
I think the DK Metcalf reunion or matchup, I guess
they're not reunited, but the pairing of DK Metcalf and
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Aaron Rodgers is gonna be something special.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Sorry. Aaron Rodgers won his fourth MVP in twenty twenty one.
Speaker 2 (02:15):
The one I scratched out, Also from the AFC. I
think it's gonna be a big year for your guy,
Joe Burrow. Oh man, you went way down to Joe Burrow.
I mean, Josh Allen won it last year. Lamar Jackson
was your runner up. Saquon Barkley was third. I got you.
They don't get it the running back.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
So if you're voting running backs, so crazy, yeah, they like, Yeah,
Saquon was your MVP last year, no doubt in my mind.
Although Josh Allen has been amazing. Listen, I think you
have to propel your team to the Super Bowl. I
think they vote too early on the MVP because that
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could even save Mahomes last year. Should have been higher
up in the MVP. Yeah, he doesn't put up the numbers,
but he doesn't lose football games. Yeah, and that's because
he's so cerebral, so smart. He figures out a way
to beat you. And it doesn't have to be with
three hundred and fifty yards and four touchdowns. It could
be with two hundred yards, two touchdowns. You run it
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in for a couple, he runs in another one. I mean,
he's just he's an exceptional football player. But I got
Josh Josh Allen repeating really, now, I could have gone
Lamar Jackson, even though he's on my fantasy team. But
I do think that Josh Allen is up against it
this year that if they don't go to the super
Bowl and at least get that far in the playoffs
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and the postseason, man, a lot of people are going
to be like, well, you know, we've ranked this guy
too high as far as his greatness. Now, I think
he's great, but you need your team to help you
out too.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Yeah, he's definitely happy to see Cook back in the backfield.
That's going to be a great one two punch, especially
for their running game. The one thing I will say
about Josh Allen as well, he is such a problem
on third and short. I remember the days of Cam
Newton where you have to respect his arm and you
have to stay with your man. But then if he's
creeping up towards that line of scrimmage, you better bring it.
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And Josh Allen he doesn't get the respect I think.
Still for his running capability, it's a great runner and
run people over. And still that's my biggest thing with
Josh Allen is he kind of takes some unnecessary hits
because he refuses to go down sometimes as a quarterback.
If he stays healthy, though, the Buffalo Bills are going
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to have a very successful season in the neighborhood they are.
They're going to have the Jets to contend with the Dolphins.
I don't think are as good as people are thinking.
I think the Patriots are going to be better. But
still the Buffalo Bills. They're building a new stadium, they
want a Super Bowl champ. They've done everything they possibly
can to get it. If they don't make it happen
this year, I have no more answers other than just
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you're unlucky. You're just an unlucky team. Go back to
what you just said about rushing. He rushed for twelve
touchdowns last year. He averaged five point two yards to.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Carry, airing for over five hundred yards right there behind
James Cook. He threw twenty eight touchdowns only six picks
for nearly four thousand yards. I mean, that's not an
MVP type guy. That's the same thing with Lamar Jackson.
They're either running it down your throat or they're throwing
it down your throat. You get two of the best
quarterbacks in there, and then you throw with Joe Burrow.
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You come out with Joe Burrow, who might have the
best wide receiver corps receiver in the NFL. I'm talking
about three wide receivers that could be Pro Bowlers every
year and could be you know, wide receiver ones on
a lot of other teams.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
But that's what worries me about Josh Allen. They do
not have that go to guy in the outside of
the receiver room, their go to guy. I think for
Josh Allen, he's looking for Dalton kN Kaid or Dawson Knox,
those tight ends.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
King and Coleman rookie last year.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
He's got to make a bigger step than what he
did his rookie season last year. Khalio Shakier, it's probably
your number one receiver, and a lot of people that
are NFL football fans don't know who that is. Like,
he is dealing with some no namers right now on
the outside. Maybe they make a move and actually beef
up that room. But if Josh Allen does get them
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to the Super Bowl, he is going to have to
have an MVP performance with some of these guys that
are kind of then the B to C list from.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
The receiver squad Wow, you went right after it. Man
super Bowl champ, super Bowl, super Bowl Champ.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
I do think Josh Allen will be in the AFC Championship.
I think it's Lamar's year, though, I think that drop
ball from Mark Andrews is going to be a nightmare
for him until he wins the Super Bowl or at
least gets into the Super Bowl. I got Baltimore on
the AFC side. On the NFC side, NFC's tough, dude. Like,
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when I'm breaking down the teams in the division, there
are a lot of question marks and there are a
lot of wild cards. I think there are a couple
of teams you know are going to be bad. I
do not see the New Orleans Saints or my Carolina
Panthers really making any kind of noise. But other than that,
like you could convince me that the Arizona Cardinals could
do something. You could convince me that a lot of
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other teams that people aren't talking about could do something.
But it's gonna take some convincing. I need no convincing
for the Philadelphia Eagles to go back to the Super Bowl.
I'm a huge Jalen Carter fan. I'm a huge Jalen
Hurts fan. I'm a huge Saquon Barkley fan, and all
the other positions are filled with guys that you do
know of and are not B listers. I think if
any team's got a really good chance of repeating the
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Philadelphia Eagles do. I got Baltimore against Philly. I'm gonna
take my man, Lamar Man. I'm gonna take Baltimore super
Bowl champs, Lamar Jackson the Super.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Bowl MVP, but not the league MVP. Yeah. I got
Buffalo versus the Eagles in the Super Bowl. Well, first Eagles.
I think you could flip a coin to who wins
that football game. I think someone's got to be healthy.
You want Buffalo, don't you. I want Buffalo, and I'm
giving you Buffalo. But AJ Brown is on my fantasy team,
Saquon I adore him. I think you know, one of
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the biggest mistakes the Giants will be remembered for is
letting that guy stay in the division over a couple
of million. I mean we're not we're not talking fifty million.
We're not talking forty million. We're talking about two or
three million annually per year to keep Saquon Barkley. And
you said no, go out there and and you know,
the phone call can be played over and over and
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over if you want to hear it where you know
the GM is basically saying, hey, if you can make
a better deal, go out there and find it. It's
just it's shocking to me that that happened to Saquon Barkley.
And like you said, Jalen Hurts, he's the quietest, most
valuable player you'll ever see that. This guy does everything.
He's also a beast in the weight room. And have
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that guy as your leader. You couldn't have a better
leader at quarterback than Jalen Hurts. So I think you
got the Eagles and the Bills, and uh, the Bills.
You know, both teams, the Eagles and the Bills, they
have they have riches in talent and talent for days
and it's just a question to stay in healthy. But
if one of these guys goes down, if Hurts goes down,
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or or Josh Allen goes down, they're cooked. But I
think that you you have some of the best young
players on those two teams in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
I think the Eagles could survive Jalen Hurts. Uh, I
mean Sam hal Tanner McKee. Take your pick, but I
would literally just run with.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Let throw a couple we win in a couple of
games there. But you're right.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
Injuries definitely will play a factor, as they always do
in the NFL, which stands for not for long. All right,
Dibbson has got the Bills, I got the Ravens. We
both got the Philadelphia Eagles, repeating as NFC champs, Do
you have any wild predictions going into the year.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
I do. I think the Denver Broncos win the on
Broncos win the West like that. I think they have
enough to squeak out the West this year. How I
do like that? All Right, I'm gonna say something that's
about to happen to Casey. I really do like h.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Like Billy Madison and Doyle Doyle. I think something bad's
really gonna happen to your family really soon. I'm kind
of with you on a wild division winner pick. I
got my Bears win in the North. I think Caleb
Williams and them boys, I don't think that the Bears.
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I'm going to be surprised the Bears in the NFC.
In an unpredictable NFC, they could find themselves playing the
Eagles in a significant playoff game. I like Caleb Williams.
I like the pieces they put around them. I love
their offensive line more than anything this year. But they
they are set up, and I'm a fan of this
uh Johnson guy they put head coach that has been
running the offense for the Detroit Lions the last couple
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of years.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
I think the worst thing that the Bears did last
year as a rookie was with Caleb was that whole
hard knocks thing was just stupid. There's no reason for
a camera to be following a young cat around while
he's trying to make his bones. I think last year
he paid his dues and now this year he's got
to go out there and put up some numbers.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
I got a wild prediction that there will be a
game where an NFL team does not have a kicker
for one reason or another, and they allow another person
who is not listed as a kicker, maybe a safety,
maybe alignment, maybe a receiver actually kick a field goal,
a field goal, not an extra point. I'm talking a
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field goal and that person makes it. We will have
a non kicker field goal in twenty twenty five for
the NFL.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
This year, I think so we've had so many damn
everyday players pitch in the major leagues. In fact, there's
one kid on one team that is thrown in six
or eight games for the Marlins this year, and everyday
player love it. Oh yeah, love it. It's been absolutely absurd.
But think about that's how many times you've been blown
out that you have to actually keep bringing in these
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everyday players to finish out these games. It's kind of embarrassing.
But at the same time, it's like you said, get
some offensive linemen or defensive linemen to go out there. One.
It's a lot of thirty yards for three points.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
There's a lot easier, and you think, Man, I also
believe Miles garrett will break the single season sack record
this year. It is sitting right now at twenty two.
I just headed up. I think it's twenty two and
a half. TJ.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Watt set that in twenty twenty one.
Speaker 2 (12:37):
I think that Miles Garretts gets twenty three sacks this
year for the Cleveland Browns.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
It's my bold. We've got NFC South, We've got Tampa
Bay winning that because I don't like the fucking Saints
or the Panthers. Yeah, I got Tampa Bay. Our guy
Baker is ever the worst division.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Yeah, by far, has been for since those divisions have
been made. I think the NFC South has been the
worst one. I've found this guy last night, Cody Mouch.
They got from North Dakota State. He is went to
North Dakota State as a tight end and developed into
an offensive lineman, one of their top offensive lineman picks.
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But the story that I love is he lost his
two front teeth playing basketball in eighth grade. Never got
him replaced. He's got a contract now worth millions of dollars.
Don't expect him put his teeth back in. He is
going to play without his front two teeths. He have
a flipper no meaning, you know, a little retainer that
he's got. He's got no front teeth. Ever, it's got
a great smile.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
He's my man. He is my new fav dude. That
dude is awesome. Click out for him this Sunday. But
Tampa Bay, lets me a Bobby Clark from the old
Philadelphia players. Yeah yeah, and he was missing four front teeth.
Yeah not just you know a couple's let's almost get
the whole grill missing at the top.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
But this guy's got big fiery red hair too, like
goes all the way down past his shoulders, and he's
just like a a guy that if you saw him,
you know, with your car broken down, you are very
scared