Week 1 is Finally Here!

Our national nightmare is finally over! The NFL Regular Season is here!

Episode Transcript

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Today on Jet said Dynasty, it'shere, baby. Week one is upon
us. Is the eve of theThursday night football game. Actually, for
you, it's probably the Nope,it's the eve. It's gonna be the
eve because it's Wednesday. We're talkingfootball, we're talking football. Week one
is here, baby, let's go, let's go, let's go. Wait,

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let's go. It's here. Wewaited so long. I am so
ready for this. I was notexpecting you to come like that, you
know how I always started. Thisis Jet, said Dynasty. Bryan Stein
and I'm JB. And we're hypedfor real, live professional football that matters.

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We've gone through the nicotine patch thatis the preseason and have made it
and every year the nicotine patch justworks a little bit less. It does
a little bit less every time unlessyou put it directly on the forehead.
That way gets to your brain faster. That's a Brooklyn nine nine references.
Uh, we're here, it's weekone. You're listening to this on Wednesday,

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and it is finally here. Mynope, day after my birthday.
Thanks for wishing me happy birthday,birthday. You're welcome, Thank you.
What what no football? SERI?It's the best person I could ask for.
But yeah, we're gonna talk allthings week one. You can maybe
tell by some of our our accidentalphrasing here, we're recording a little bit
early because Jabe's gone on vacation.So if there's some breaking news that we're

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not talking about right now, ifJonathan Taylor got traded, we unfortunately haven't
heard about it yet, so it'sgonna be a big future US problem.
Hopefully nobody else has gotten hurt orinjured or dinged up. But yeah,
so if we don't talk about something, that's why JB will tweet about it.
Of course I'll tweet our feelings.So let's jump back back in to
the future machine and let's talk aboutit. So start off with a banger

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of it, a fucking banger,which is crazy to use the the word
banger and lions in the same sentencebecause that has not happened in a very
long time. No, the Lionsare looking mighty nice, mighty nice.
So I really love this game.This is a really good game to start
off with. This just seems likea fantasy point galore. Anybody who is,

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unless you're a Chiefs wide receiver.Yeah, I think, well,
maybe it still is though. Imean one of those Chiefs receivers will have
a good day. Just which one? Yeah, so Chiefs or it's gonna
be pretty across the board. TheChiefs are going to be picked to win
this game. But I think thisis going to be a really good first

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showing for the Lions on who weexpect to be winning the NFC North this
year at least from this microphone andthis one and that one. So this
one can be a really good tonesetter for the Lions because even if they
if they do what the lad didlast year and keep the Chiefs too three

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four points, they played everybody closelast year, that's true. I think
that is a really really good startto their season. Yeah, I mean
this is I don't know if thisis gonna happen. But if the Lions
win this game, like the stockon them, I was going through the
room, Yeah, they're not gonnawin this game Week one, Anything can

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happen. Can we look at someI should pull up like Week one of
last year and find the craziest upsetLike it is, like you, there
are just things you just don't knowwhat's gonna happen. It's at home they're
gonna have that ring ceremony. Itis at home. Detroit's gonna want to
play at home homecoming killer. ButI doubt it. I doubt it happens.

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Last year, the Chiefs beat theCardinals forty four to twenty one.
In Week one, Packers beat theVikings twenty three seven. That was a
surprise. Uh oh, there wasa tie. I forgot the culture.
There's a week once t anything couldhappened. Let's see the Commanders beat the

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Jaguars Week one. That's pretty big. I don't think this is the game
we're looking for. The upset though. Bears beat the Niners. Woof Bears
beat the Niners. That's wild.Week one, that's insane. They might
be getting upset again the forty nineErs Week one. And then oh yeah,
the blow Bills beat the Rams thirtyone ten in the game one last

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week. That was how we knewthe Ms weren't the Rams anymore. Okay,
so let's move on from Thursday andtransition into this What were you calling
for upset alert for this week?Oh? For this week? Okay?
I the Niners are on my watch. That's a two and a half point
favorite right now against our Pittsburgh Steelers. But I feel like that's kind of
a cheap answer because I think everybody'sgonna love that line, and I think

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it's gonna love that game with theSteelers. But if I'm looking at an
upset, watch like I'm trying tolike a one that would be like really
surprising, and it would probably beI don't know. There's a lot of
good games there are, Like Ithink the biggest one would be the Browns

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beat the Browns beat the Bengals.I would be shocked. We still don't
know what's going on with Joe Burrowas a report back to practice today as
of That is good. That isgood. But yeah, I mean there's
a lot of these games are tight. I mean there's no zero chance to
Texas beat the Ravens. Maybe theBuccaneers beat the Vikings. That would be
a pretty big upset. That wouldbe I doubt it's gonna happen. We've

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seen some crazy stuff with Baker before. Yeah, I mean those are like
the biggest ones. Colts aren't beingthe Jags. Rags, Bronco's Titan Saints
are gonna be pretty tight. It'sthe Patriots beat the Eagles that would be
interesting. Little Super Bowl revenge thatwould be a big one. But I
mean Chargers Dolphins, I'm not surprisedto the way Ram Seahawks. Not surprised

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either way. And really we're skippingway ahead here. But you've talked about
this game a lot that the PackersBears game is going to be that one
I'm very interested in. It's weirdest. I don't want to say must see
TV, but it's kind of mustsy TV because it really is gonna be
like, what is the NFC?No, what's gonna look like this year?

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Are the Bears actually gonna play well? Because let's be honest, Justin
Fields didn't look great in the preseason. He looked okay, but he did
not look great. So which youngquarterback is looking to take over or try
to catch up to the Lions?But what about you? What's I had
pretty much just walked through all ofthem. But what would be your biggest

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what's your biggest upset? Alert?One? You didn't? I don't think
you mentioned this one? Healthy Ramsare underdog going to Seattle. I think
that could be a very interesting one. It's it's inner division. You're gonna
have Stafford back, You're gonna havecut back. It's a much different team.
But while everyone's healthy, I stillthink you can't just right off the

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Rams until kind of proven otherwise.Yeah. Well, and that's kind of
what I really like what the Seahawksdid this offseason and what they continue to
do. I could see the Ramsplaying them real close and maybe even pulling
a surprise win. Well, andthat's what I think is going to be
the most interesting. That's why Ididn't put on like an upset alert,
because I feel like Rams Seahawks isalways a really close game and anything could

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happen. But you're right, thatwould be probably one of the bigger upsets
of the weekend if that happened.But so let's get away from the upsets.
What game are you most excited forthis week? I mean, Lion's
Chiefs is great. I mean thatto start it off that way is gonna
be awesome. I think in termsof like, oh, this is going

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to be like the best game,it's probably the Monday night game. Yeah,
Jets, That's where I was gonnago with that. Aaron Rodgers first
game at home with the New YorkJets rocking the number eight at Jet Life
Stadium, he calls it. Ilike it. So even though they shared
the stadium with the Giant, thatis fair. That is fair. I'm

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really excited. We got a littletaste of what that offense could be in
the last preseason game and Rodgers playedwhat the first drive, first two drives.
Yeah, we got a touchdown intoGarrett Wilson out of it. So
that's the first of many that gotme excited. It was a good throw
and great catch. Of course,it was great throw, greater catch,
good throw, gooder catch. Idon't know, pick pick a post.

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But I'm really excited for what thisJets team has. And again, we
still don't know what's going on therunning backs, whether it's gonna be Breeze
or Dalvin or both or whatever isgoing to happen. But for this game,
it doesn't matter a whole lot.It's just they just need the weapons
and they'll have them available to him. Yeah, I still think the Bills
are going to take the win becauseI think it's gonna be they Bills not

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getting von Miller back before. It'sgoing to be a big thing, I
believe, Yeah big. I mean, he's a big dog guy so much
that he's on the pub and sohe's out the first four weeks. I
think this is for me, thisis the litmus test for the Jets in
terms of, like, I knowit's only week one, there's gonna be
some growing pains, and you know, it feels like getting that sneak peek

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into hard knocks that right now it'snot quite up to Aaron Rodgers liking,
which kind of feels a little bitlike what happened in Green Bay last year.
But if they can put it togetherand keep it competitive with the Bills,
I will be impressed. If theBill step on their throats. There's

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a lot more to prove, absolutely, and Bills are just one of the
teams where just this offseason went byand we don't know how significantly better they
got. They added Don't Kincaid andwe think he is going to be a
weapon. But I feel like,especially in an AFC where it felt like
everybody seemed to take steps to getbetter, yeah, they kind of just

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treaded water a little bit. Yeah, So I don't know if that's really
going to bite them, because theyare kind of a flawed team in terms
of sometimes they're too Joshua Allen reliant, They don't have the running back.
You don't have the running back.So they brought in Damien Harris, which
might be okay, but I feellike that's something we're not really talking about.
A ton is Damien Harris stuff.Did you see? I think it
was the last perseason game. Thefirst drive, it was like James Cook

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was in for ninety eight percent ofthe drives and then goal line came and
David Harris Harris, it was likehe was literally in for like all for
like ten of eleven plays, andthen that eleventh play was a red zone
shot. But yeah, I thinkthat's gonna be I think that game is
gonna be really fun to watch.I'm excited to see how quickly Dalton Kincaide

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gets acclimated to the NFL, especiallyin kind of a more slot type role.
But yeah, that's really the biggestmove they made. I mean,
there wasn't a ton of sexiness inthe off season for them, which kind
of surprised me because it really feltlike they came up really short last year,
even though they've made it to witha divisional round. Yeah they were
yeah with the yeah divisional yes,yeah, because I mean the expectation is

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championship game at least or bust forthem. But I'll tell you another game
that I am eager to watch becauseI think it's going to be it's two
teams that I think kind of hada similar identity last year, and that's
the Dolphins Chargers. That one's goingto be a very nice game. I'm
glad you brought this one up becauseI've obviously the the Dolphins made the playoffs

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and the Chargers didn't, Right,I think that's how how it washed out
last year. Chargers made it.Oh, that's right, they both made
it. Both made it both lawI can't remember yet. Yes, they
both both lost in the first round, but they both I think they both
need to take that next step thisseason. Obviously, the you know Herbert's
been great, he finally makes itthe playoffs. You know, there was

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a couple of a rough game therewith Jags. But I think that this
is something that if both these teamsreally need to start out on the right
foot, And if whoever loses thisgame, I think is going to have
to really fight a big mental hurdlebecause to what it needs to prove that
he's back, especially in that AFCEastman like Yeah, the AC in that

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division that we think it's going tobe super competitive is not going to be
great. Yeah, but think aboutit. You could have you right now,
real kool, you'd be looking atthree teams that owe and one in
that division because the Building Jets playedeach other, so that's one team Charge
or Dolphins could lose against the Chargers, and then the Patriots are playing the
Eagles. Yeah, that's gonna beno, you could So if there's one
you lose, maybe it's this onebecause that you know, there's a good

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looking chance it's gonna be either oneand one and oh and one or just
one to know at the top ofthe board. So yeah, I think
this is gonna that is probably goingto be the second most enticing game because
it's just two offenses that are gonnabe just firing on all cylinders. They
have everybody back to as healthy.Eckler Herbert, all the playmakers, all

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the wide receivers are healthy. Thisone just doesn't make sense to me.
I think this can be a morehigh fly like high flying offensive showing than
even the Thursday night game I thinkin Kansas City and Detroit. And it's
like, if you're looking at totals. I know this isn't the gambling,
but it's five points less. TheDolphins is five point less. Yeah,

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it's fifteen and a half, andthe Chiefs are fifty four and a halfs
or four points. I was gonnasay, I Will is going to hammer
the under of the Dolphins Chargers nomatter what. But at fifty that's pretty
close. Yes, it's very close. We're getting ahead of ourselves already.
But who do you think wins thatgame? That's a tough one. Now,

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that's a tougher one. It's crazybecause these teams are so similar.
Their offenses are stacked, their defensesboth have some really good players. Assuming
Bosa plays Week one for the Chargers, you would think that they have the
edge on defense a little bit,especially with Dolphins missing Jalen Ramsey for the
beginning of the season. Yeah.Absolutely, I mean this is a clash

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of it's weird to say a clashof Titans for two people that were lost
in the wildcard round or two teamsare lost in the wildcard round. I
think the Chargers win this. Ithink that I think Justin Herbert out duels
to it because he's just flat outbetter than two I agree. I think
I think they have it right ascharges of the favorite, but I think
it's gonna be such a close game. Yeah, it's being a close games.

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I'll give you this question. Now, what is the best sneaky good
game, one that not a lotof people are gonna paying attention to do
it? You think it's gonna bea real close game. I think it's
entertaining. It does have to benecessarily close, but you think it's gonna
be very entertaining. I think TitansSaints is one that is going to be
a close game. I don't know. People aren't super excited for that game.
But those are two teams that Idon't trust as far as I can

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throw. But one of them isprobably gonna make the playoffs, and they
actually both might if the Titans accidentallywin that division. So for me,
that's the one that's like I wantto see what these guys look like.
That's you know, revamped Titan's offense, the Saints without Kamara and with Derek
Carr. Now, like I'm excitedto kind of see what those teams actually

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look like. Because you would thinkit's not going to be super bad for
Tennessee because They're gonna give Henry histwenty five cut touches and then they're just
gonna be heaving it up to DeAndreHopkins because now they don't have a trail
on Burke's and for the first coupleof weeks. So I do like the
Saints a little bit better. Ido think Derek Carr is getting a little

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bit slept on. I think,oh law Bay, he's number one receivers.
I think he's gonna get a littleslept on as well. For sure,
he got an upgrade in QB.Like, you can hate on Derek
Carr as much as you want,but he's an upgrade to Andy Dalton wherever
the hell is throwing the ball lastyear. So I'm really excited for Chris
Albby this year. Chris A.Lobby can be one of those guys that
can be scoring some of the mostfantasy points in Week one, I believe.

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Oh yeah, going up against thatTerrible Times defense, That's what I
think. That's probably where I standon Titans verse Saints. Is that defense
with the Saints I think is givingthem the edge. I think Titans are
gonna have to play from behind inthis game. Yeah, yep. I
agree, Bengals Browns is interesting too, obviously assuming that Derek or Derrick Henry,

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that Joe Burrow is gonna go Weekone. This really feel was like
the make or break for Deshaun Watson, which is funny because like it's not
really make or break for him becausehis money's all guaranteed. But I think
that similar to who are we talkingabout earlier, kind of the Jets of

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like this is your rer remake year, This is going to be the year
you actually make a push. Thisgame is gonna show a lot for what
the Browns are gonna look like therest of the year. So for me,
my steak, he good game.It's a game that has been a
great for many years, but thisyear is not getting talked a whole lot.
And we mentioned it a little bitearlier. Was the Packers and Bears.

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I think that is going to bean immensely entertaining game with Justin Fields,
with this new weapon, We're gonnasee Jordan love with him this being
his team for the first time.And though Packers don't have great Tier wide
receivers, they do have a lotof weapons. Now granted they're all very
young, but they are starting tofinally retool that receiving room with a Christian

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Wattson with a Romeo Dobbs with theJade and Reid with the Luke musk Grave.
Yeah. And of course they havethe two headed backfield of Aaron Jones
and AJ Dillon as always so andthen I think this might even become a
super heavy just run it down yourthroat game between the pair of almost called
almost said roshan, excuse me,Theo Herbert and Justin fields and then versus

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Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon. Yeah, I agree. I mean this is
a there's gonna be a game wherelike two rushing yards just scored or are
had between the two teams. Thisis a game where I feel like it's
just gonna start snowing like in September. But it's just like it's Packers Bears.
There needs to be at least adusting on the on the ground when

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these two teams play. But Iagree with everything you said. I think
this game is going to be reallyinteresting. It's a classic rivalry for two
teams that look very different. ThePackers to me, seemed like the better
option. I think they're they're slightlyfavorite, right, but Packers are minus
one favorite or minus one or Bearsare minus one favorites. The Bears are

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favorite. That is, I feellike that is surprising. They're at home.
It's so close to home. Getsthe nod, but I mean you
said it the to me, thePackers feel like the Patriots of yesteryear,
where and I'm not calling them anywherenear that, but in terms of the
offense and how that how that roomis built, the wide receiver room specifically,

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where there's really no big wide receiver. There's no big number one even
you can even maybe it's better.Let me try this again. It's kind
of like the Jaguars last year wherethere was no real wide receiver one,
and then Christian Kirk stepped up,and it's like, it's kind of the
same thing here. There's no widereceiver one. But Watson's gonna step up
one week. Dobbs is gonna havea week. Jaden Reid will unfortunately,
probably have a game or two wherewe're like, oh, okay, he

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actually looks really good. So Ican't wait for that day. I can't
wait for you to say that outof your lips. I will, I
will try really hard not to,but yeah, I think that this game
is gonna be fun. It's Idon't know how fun it's gonna be to
watch if you don't like the slugfest. But I could also see Jordan Love
kind of looking good in this game. I think he's looked really good during

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the whole preseason. Yes, andthe Bears defense is not as good as
it once was. No, theydid put a lot of money into that
defensive offseason, which I did like. Yeah, but I still think the
Packers have a significantly better defense withthat. But we're talking about fun games
to watch. We've waited so longfor football. We've waited what six months?
No football? We can't wait forit to watch? What game?

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Are you not even going to sniffthe tv looking at? Which one do
you wish you could just even takeoff the off? This Marquee Cardinals Commanders
is the obvious one. I don'treally care to watch Sam Howell versus Clayton
Tune or Josh Dobbs, but that'sprobably my number one. I'll tell you
the one that I'm gonna hate watch, and that's Raiders Broncos. Oh.

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That one's yeah, that one's justgross all around. Is first of all,
is Jimmy's even playing, I wouldimagine, so he hasn't played all
in the preseason, right, Like, No, I mean apparently we feel
good about an O'Connell if he doesn'tplay. But yes, Cardinals Commanders,
I think is the answer, andthen I will hate watch Raiders Broncos.
Yeah, you got the one infour thirty slot. But yeah, it's

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just I don't even there could definitelybe some fantasy points to be scored in
Raiders versus Broncos. I don't evenknow what points are coming out of Cardinals
versus part of the versus Commanders unlessyou play defenses and have the Commanders defense
James Connor anytime touchdown. Actually it'snot a bad pet, but I mean

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on the Commander side. Oh,scary Terry was we were talking about that
now Terry, Yeah, still isdealing with turf toe. Might not might
not play. He was the ankleguy we were thinking of in our in
our that's what it was, Yeah, in our sound test. But yeah,
I mean I don't know what thetotal for that is. I would
look at the ender, but whenI'm looking at yeah, I will do

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that. That's a red zone game, and that's a game that we will
see reds and will flip on andbe like, and here's a safety reds
and will flip on it. Iwill get a beer. Yeah, I
thought they said no commercials in redzone the commercials for that game. That
was my joke. I know,I know it is. That's my kid
there, that's my bit. Jack'sColts is another one where it's like,

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I'm not I don't really want towatch it because I think Jack steam roll
that game right exactly. So,I don't know. Colts are playing a
rookie quarterback. They are not gonnahave Jonathan Taylor. That defense is still
pretty some par the line. Wedon't know if it's gonna get any better.
We talked about a little bit lastweek. Colts are in for some

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hard sledding this season, and it'sjust I really am feeling at least until
Taylor gets back, and we knowthat Taylor's going to be playing. If
I'm a betting man and I amlistening to Jet Bets, the gambling podcasts
Gamble, I'm probably just hammering anybodywho's going against the Colts or the Cardinals

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going into these next couple of weeks. Yeah, because those are the two
teams I'm identifying is they're probably Iwouldn't call him the worst, I'd call
Cardinals the worst, but they're theones that are in for the roughest time.
Yeah, I mean these are notThese are teams that are Texans,
and Texans with a ten point beinga ten point underdog to the Ravens are

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pretty rough slating as well. Sospeaking of the Texans, I want to
put a little bit of a fantasyspin on this as we're talking about it,
and a dynasty spin on it too. Which rookie are you most excited
to watch in Week one? Hmm? I'm gonna say Bryce Young, Bracey,
I'm really excited about. He hasa very favorable matchup going against Atlanta.

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The line is look like he's gonnaget him killed, but at least
week one going against an absolute nonexistent pass rush in the Atlanta Falcons,
going against Bud Dupree and Clays Campbelland Grandy Jarrett as your pass rush,
So I actually think Bryce Young hasan opportunity to get his first step forward

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pretty well. Yeah, I guessa pretty poor Falcons team, but that
could all go to hell and hecan look really an absolute rookie we'll see.
Yeah, I'm probably am the mostexcited to watch Bryce. I'm gonna
go so I'm double dipping. I'mgonna go on the other side of that
game and say, Bijean, Ithink that's a good one. Seeing him
in his first real time action isgoing to be sick. Obviously, it's

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we're talking about two of the more. I mean, they're both top ten
picks, the number one overall pick. That'd be interesting little parlay and I'm
touchdown and Bryce young and rushing touchdownand Bijean anytime touchdown. Hey, like
dem apples. But a guy thatI think is a little bit further down
the radar is a chain. I'mgonna be Look, I'm not sure if
he's gonna play week one because thatac joint, but oh that's true.

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Yeah, but if he does play, I'll be interested to see how involved
he is in that running game,if he's you know, like we think
he's gonna be similar to that tankBigsby. I'm not triple dipping seeing him
come and see on what his roleearly in the season is going to be.
If it's as big as we expectedand hope it to be. So

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I want to throw one more rookieout for especially this will lead into a
game we haven't talked about yet.I'm really excited to see Jordan Addison going
against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Yeah, and I'm also really excited, not
excited, more curious about what thehell are the Buccaneers gonna look like with
Baker Makerfield. Is Baker going todo what he did with the Rams last
year and is one game where everybody'sdoubting him look amazing and then turn into

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the Baker we all know and loveto hate like for the rest of the
season. Or is this going tobe a dumpster fire from the beginning.
I don't know what Baker is goingto do this team, but I'm gonna
guess it's not gonna be great.Yeah. I'm not excited to watch the
Buccaneer side of this game. I'mexcited to watch exactly what you said,

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the Jordan Addison of it all,to see if having a really good second
receiver is gonna unlock Kirk Cousins.Yeah. These are the teams we've probably
pegged to have the hardest decline fromlast year. Yeah, because it's kind
of easy to project these two Buccaneerslost the greatest quarterback of all time and
replaced him with one of the worstquarterbacks in the league right now in Baker

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Mayfield and Kyle Trash he's terrible too. So they made the playoffs, got
bounced week one. But there shouldn'tsniff the playoffs this year, and the
Vikings by some miracle one twelve gameslast year, we can make a pretty
hard guess that's not happening again.Yeah, it's pretty big point differential there.
The Vikings will be fun and competitive. Couldn't win their division. They're

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not winning twelve games. No,not again, Yeah, no chance at
all. I'm the one thing Iwill say that I'm excited for for the
Buccaneers is to see how they featureRashad White and to see if it at
all is possible, maybe that wecan continue the streak of a thousand yard
receivers or a thousand yard receiving seasonsfor Mike Evans, because I think that's

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the most important thing for them thisyear. Get him the record most a
thousand yard reeason receiving seasons. Gottabe But yeah, there's some I mean,
for Week one, there's a lotof really good matchups I mean the
Bucks. It's just the Bucks Iactually think could be good. It's just
Baker. It's just I keep lookingat Baker Mayfield as the quarterback and I'm

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just like, I don't like it, and that old line is not what
it used to be now that that'sespecially they just lost their starting center,
so they're basically did you read aboutthat a little bit? Yes, that
was crazy. Stuff is stem cell? He ought to do a stem cell
operations to the surgery, Like,oh boy, buddy, that's not something
you mess around with. But yeah, that's that's the biggest thing that worries

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me. It's like if you toldme, hey, we're gonna consistently protect
Baker, and then I would thinkmaybe he, okay has a chance.
But I don't think that's gonna happen. I don't think so either. So
we haven't talked about the Sunday nightgame. I feel like we've talked about
game. So well wait, let'slet's save that for a second, because

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let's we also haven't really talked aboutnine Er Steelers. Okay, let's talk
about because that's way the last one. We haven't really talked about it,
especially in the one o'clock slate.We've touched on the pretty much everything here,
so let's wrap up with not wrapup wrap of the one o'clock slate
here with nineer Steelers Steelers at Home. I'm excited to see this revamped offense.
I'm excited to see everything we sawin the preseason was was rainbows and

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butterflies. I truly think Steelers areprobably the most impressive team in the play
in the preseason. And that's metrying not to sound like a homer while
doing that. I know this isnot the gambling podcast, but they are
US five hundred to win the SuperBowl, so I'll be putting ten dollars
on it to win four hundred andfifty, please and thank you. Yeah,
but this is just going to turnto an absolute defensive slugfest. There's

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just not a whole lot of pointsto be scored. How healthy is brock
Purty going to be? He Iknow he played one series and he looked
all right. But will they continueThat's gonna be the biggest question I have.
Will brock Purty continue this streak thathe was going into last season before
he got hurt. And that's weirdsaying before he got hurt you got hurt
in the playoffs after winning eight straightgames in a row. But I think

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this is like, I think thestoryline of this game is the bat Like,
you have the two good defenses.How are these two young quarterbacks who
people expect a lot of both ofthese guys, Yes, how are they
going to look against two of thebest defenses they're gonna see all year?
And I love the Steelers at home. It's gonna be awesome. I'm I'm

(29:56):
super glad that this is like thefirst week game because I want to make
sure that we are at full healthto go against the Niners. I don't
even know besides Christian McCaffrey, becauseyou know, Christian McCaffrey's getting in the
end zone. That's like almost writtenin pen seven points that you get.
Yeah, I don't know where alot of points are coming out of this
game. I think it just dependson because I think this is a game

(30:17):
where Nazi's going to be Nazi's goingto be really struggling to get get going.
The receivers are I think, ifanything, I think this is gonna
be a really big game for sayGeorge Pickens. I was gonna say Pickens
is I think going to be theX factor here. I think that if
we said it last year, Idon't think they made much adjustment to it.
But the weakness on the Niners lastyear was their corners on the defense,

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So then they always have such abig pass rush. They do,
and we feel better about our offensiveline than we did last year, but
not quite enough against that really goodpass rush. But if we can get
enough time and yuck a few upto Georgie p I think that, you
know, if we can just havea if Kenny Pickett can get me two
hundred and thirty seven passing yards,we win this game. That's a very

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specific number. I just had topoint that out. That was the most
specific answer you could because I don'tthink two. I think I think saying
two twenty five is too low,and I think saying two fifties too high.
I think he's got to be somewherein the middle, like he's gotta
be in the two thirties. He'sgotta throw for two touchdowns. So if
this is gonna be one of theI'm gonna transition this way, this is
gonna be one of the worst gamesfor fantasy. What game do you think
is going to be the best forfantasy. What's gonna have the most points

(31:30):
scored for fans for the fantasy players. I mean, I'm gonna ignore the
Lions Chiefs because that's on Thursday.And then I'm going to ignore the Dolphins
Chargers because I think that's the obviousone. So I want to give you
another one. And the other oneis going to be ram Seahawks. I
was literally gonna say ram Seahawks too. With a healthy Cooper Cup and Matt

(31:52):
Stafford. Yep, there's not gonnabe a Jackson Smith and jagbuff for the
first week, it looks like.So it looks like it's going to continue
being the DK MAC and DK Metcalfand Lockett show cam akers might get in
the end zone once. I thinkyeah, I think it goes back to
my sneaky good game. This isa game I am low key excited for

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and we probably and it starts atfour for some weird reason I don't know,
so we'll get a nice little we'llget to watch the nice little quarter
before the other game start. It'sa pretty is it? The four?
At least what says on schedule forme, So I'm sitting all four twenty
five, the maybe fandels lying tome, I'm confused. My brain hurts.
Now, yeah there is yeah,it's it's this is what. Yeah,

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this is a whole I think thisgame everything you just said, especially
if Jason is healthy, that offenseis going to look has a lot of
points to give getting cut back.It's all there. This is a recipe
for a sneaky, sneaky points fiesta. So looking at all these matchups,

(32:58):
which player do you think is goingto be the number one fantasy score?
Take quarterback out. We'll take aquarterback out, because if we took quarterback
out, I feel like the obviousanswer is Lamar Jackson against Houston. Yeah,
that's fair, Okay, I thinkI think it's just I think it's

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Justin Jefferson going against the stinky,just absolute stinky Tampa Bay Buccaneers secondary.
I think jin Jefferson is going tohave a field day this week. Yeah,
I mean that's you expect him havea field day every week, but
especially against Yeah, that terrible,terrible defense that has really fallen apart since

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they're Super Bowl run. This isa really tough question answer. I mean,
you're thinking the other guys at thetop of the list. Maybe you
know, you can tell me AustinEkeler, I wouldn't hate that. I
mean, the defense is the Dolphinsis good still, but he's always a
highly drafted or running back for areason. I also wouldn't hate it,

(34:08):
say Kwan Barkley on Sunday. Wehaven't gotten there yet but on Sunday night.
But I'm still not totally bought intothis Giants team, including their defense.
I know the defense is better,but I could see say one coming
back being like I'm pissed, I'mhere to ball and just pop it off.

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Yeah, so let's get talk aboutthis. Sunday night, Giants are
at home to the Cowboys. Ithink this is probably shout out the scheduling
people, little round of a pause, But the scheduling people, do I
have a clappy clap? Do you? Yeah? Screw it, we're too
far, too far gone. Threeprimetime games, all unbelievably all unbelievably exciting

(34:53):
games, the Inner Division Giants Cowboys. I do expect the Giants to have
a similar season to last year,maybe even win an extra game out of
it. But I am I'm veryexcited for the Giants and I'm just very
mad on what the Cowboys are doing, even though everything tells me like,

(35:15):
if you just look at this team, they shouldn't be a bad team,
they should be a good team.But how far can Dak take this team?
And yeah, I guess you couldsay the same thing for Daniel Jones,
But at this point, if thesetwo quarterbacks are stocks, though,
not to interrupt you, Daniel Jonesis he's not skyrocketing up, but he's

(35:38):
he's going high into the right likehe's slowly moving up, like he's slowly
improving his stock. I think Dak'sfucked in the head, like I think
his confidence is totally shot. Ithink then bring the way he talked about
him burying in Trey Lance on bothsides. One firstly, the way that
Jerry Jones talked about it and said, I don't need to tell him.

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I don't need to tell him,because did you see that quote. He
didn't tell McCarthy, He didn't tellDak, he didn't tell anybody. He
just did it, and he justtraded Lance. He traded for Lance,
didn't tell anybody, and he prettymuch just like fuck him. I don't
need to tell him specifically about Dak. I feel like Jerry Jones do that
a lot. Though He's like,sure, don't. I don't gotta tell
these people. I don't know,no the damn team. Sure, I
mean Jerry Jones is Jerry Jones.But like you think that if the Chiefs

(36:24):
traded for Trey Lance Patrick Mahomes wasa guidel phone call. First you think,
yes, Justin Herbert and the Chargerslike these these guys deserve it.
And then the response from Dak wasnot what you expected it was here,
it was almost like he was butthurt. Like it's what it was like.

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I don't remember the exact quote,but it was not like, Hey,
what's best for the team, Hey, this is gonna push me to
work hard like it was. Itwas very much like, oh, I'm
pissed about this decision and now I'mcranky, my whiny bitch, And I
kind of think that's what Dak is. But I think he's gonna throw interceptions
for days. Dude. Yeah,he's definitely that whole I'm not throwing more

(37:09):
than ten picks, all right,bro, I think he is. I
think this is his last year asa starter in the NFL for the Cowboys.
Let me say that for the Cowboys, but he's still on the contract
for like another two in like threeyears. I mean, we've seen people
get cut or traded. I don'tthink it's gonna be that severe. I'm
not pulling. I'm a little bitsuspect on the Cowboys. I'm not going

(37:30):
that far. I am very scaredabout Dak ruining Ceede Lamb and Tony Pollard's
value this year. Who has more? Who has a better day? Tony
polar Is say one? Say queI'd agree the Giant Stevens is better than
That's another one that's between those two. Yes, this game, yeah if
if the teams are smart. ButI don't know, man, I'm very,

(37:54):
very worried about the Cowboys. Idon't think the Cowboys made the playoffs
this year. I still think theydo, just because the NFC is that.
Yeah, but they still have TonyPotter, who I think is really
good. We both love Ceedee Lamb. We still think CD Lamb is still
a top five, ten to eightreceiver in this league. Just everything besides

(38:17):
that, Dak is kind of middleof the road. They have the combination
of Brandon Cooks and Michael Gallup andthey're helping one of them kind of steps
up in this role. I thinkso too. The defense is still really
good. They still have parsons andstuff to Marcus Lawrence, so we're really
sting. They have a really reallygood pair of corners, good linebackers,

(38:40):
so that's what's really kind of helpingthat team along. I just don't know.
I just don't think Dak is gonnawollow us a whole lot of this
year. I'm telling you, dude, I'm I'm very, very scared of
what Dak does this year. Ijust I would not be over under over

(39:00):
under four starts for Trey Lance thisyear. I still I don't know.
Joshi, I don't know, man. I got a bad feeling about that.
This year. I got a badfeeling. This is the same guy
who I think three years ago,three or four years ago, I was
calling him as a sneaky MVP candidate. So I have very much turned around

(39:21):
on him. So who do youthink wins this game? At the end
of the day, I think theGiants win this game. They're home doogs,
I think right now, But Ithink that they lay outright win this
game. This is one I'm notscared about it all. I think that.
I just think the way that thisteam is built, I think the
home field advantage is gonna give himenough. Yeah, and if they can just
get that one that little boost fromwhat I believe Evan Neil can be at

(39:45):
right tackle, I think this teamcould be absolutely crazy, especially their offensive
line. Have we talked about everygame already? I think we've gone through
most of them. We did kindof slide through the crappy games kind of
like Jags, Colts, Yeah,Cardinals, Commanders, I mean yeah.

(40:06):
So let's I mean really, okay, so let's talk about these blowouts,
these blo out games. Let's talkabout let's talk about like Texas Ravens.
What is what do you want tosee out of this game from either side
of the team that makes you likefeel good about you know? Is that
you want to see you want tosee the Martha for three yards? That
do you want to see c J. Stroud have a competent day against a
good defense? Like, what isthe one most important thing you want to

(40:29):
see coming out of this blowout?I think I want to see. What
I want to see the most isI want to see c J. Stroud
not fold under this immense week onepressure that he's on. Yeah, I
want to see him drop back twentyfive to third times and be that unbelievable
dart thrower that we know he is, that super efficient, accurate quarterback that

(40:50):
he is against a pretty solid apretty solid Ravens defense. But when I'm
in when I'm most interested to seeis Lamar really opening up this passing game.
Yes, that's the most important thingfor me. Yes, it's more.
I don't know if it's gonna work, but I'm curious. I'm very

(41:12):
This should be like on paper,this should be that game from a couple
of years ago where Ravens played theDolphins and lamarket for like four hundred yards.
Yeah, and look and didn't evenrun once. It looked like a
god like he should have a similaropportunity here. And again, we are
both real big fans as a flowers, we think Odell's a little is a

(41:32):
nice little piece for them. MarkAndrews is still king in that offense.
Yeah, I everything you just hadI agree with. I think that the
most important thing for me is Iwant to see Lamar guys to come out
here and I want to see thisoffense moved through the air. And not
through the ground. And if froma fantasy perspective, if that can happen,

(41:55):
even against the young and rebuilding Texansteam, that is what's going to
really make me feel good about theRavens offense this year, particularly if I
have any shares of like odell oris A Flowers that I'm trying to take
advantage of, or Mark Andrews forthat example. For that matter, what
about the Jacks Colts. What's theone thing you want to see out of

(42:16):
this game? Calvin Ridley? It'sCalvin Ridley. If Calvin Ridley is eighty
percent of what we saw of CalvinRidley before the injury and the gambling and
all this nonsense, this Jags teamis an absolute contender in a very staffed

(42:36):
AFC. Yes, they already showedthat they could come back from adversity and
beating the Chargers week one. Theykind of got kind of died down by
the Chiefs the week after, butwe all kind of expected that we need
to see this step from Trevor Lawrencethat is going to make him without a
doubt, that not like without adoubt, top five to eight quarterback Calvin

(43:01):
Ridley to show that he still widereceiver one. This Jack's team could still
be really nasty. The defense stillleaves a lot to be desired, but
that offense can be very very interesting. Yeah, I think what I'm looking
for, I agree with you.I'm trying to think of a different angle

(43:22):
to take, and so I thinkwhat I really want to see from the
Jaguars from a fantasy perspective, especially, is what this off or what this
run game is gonna look like.Because with Travis Ken and Biggs Yes,
because we are we've been hyping upBigsby, we still really like at ten.

(43:43):
I think that I'll it's just Iwant to see what the split is.
I want to see who's involved where. I want to see at ten
be more involved in the past gamethan he was, because we know he
could and he really didn't do itat all last year. So I really
want to see what this defense orwhat this run game looks like for the
Jags coming into this year. Oneothers, there's really not a ton of
other block I think the only onewe haven't really talked about is the returning

(44:07):
I guess returning Super Bowl competitors isthe Eagles and Patriots. Yeah, we
really have kind of graze over thatone. That's the last one. Really,
we kind of we kind of expectthis to be a just kind of
absolute demolition, even though it isBill Belichick and they are at home.
The Eagles just feel like such asuperior team to the Patriots right now.

(44:30):
And I still think it's hilarious thatthey only have Mac Jones on the roster
right now. I was just gonnasay that, and probably by the time
you're listening to this that I assumethey probably have to have a second quarterback.
But yeah, that's the craziest partthis game is. So it's one
it's weird that it's like a fourto twenty five for the defending champs or
while it's defending NFC champs, Somaybe it's not. I'm not sure,

(44:52):
but yeah, I just want tosee them pick up where they left off
last year. For the Eagles,I mean, like, this is a
team we still expect to be thenumber one team in the NFC. Yeah,
I mean we said it about theBills, how nothing really changed on
this team and for the Eagles that'sa good thing. Everybody's still in the

(45:12):
same spots. They traded for AlbertOh which who cares they always have like
a kind of sexy ish name inthe backup tight end. Yeah yeah,
if not like an actual tight end, they have like a Tyree jack I
would just say, I don't knowif I would call Tyree Jackson a sexy
name, but fun. But yeah, but I know what you mean.
But yeah, I mean seeing seeinghow the Eagles come out, seeing how
DeAndre Swift is used, I thinkit's gonna be really interesting. You know,

(45:34):
this is a guy that I thinkhe could be on a lot of
league winners if he gets the kindof workload that they gave Miles Sanders last
year. See how can he gain? Well? And Boston Scott are gonna
get looped into but and then Zeke. We're gonna see Zeke in a Patriot
uniform. That's gonna be so weird. I love how he's wearing the fifteen
though I'm a huge fan of Yeah, I'm super glad he's wearing the fifteen

(45:57):
too. It's it's better than TeddyBridgewater's fifty. Even though he changed his
number, Oh did he? Iknew he wouldn't when like eventually when he
made that team, I knew hewould change, but god, I wanted
it was so ugly looking in thebest way. Yeah, Eagles Pats.
This is yeah the running game.We'll see how that watched the Patriots.
But this is not the game tostart Mac Jones off on it on the

(46:20):
good foot. No, I reallythink that they are not doing mac Jones
a whole lot of favors. No, Like this season they've only brought in
Juju. They brought in Mike Kisekiat tight end. I'm just I don't
want to say they didn't give macJones a shot, but they didn't give
him a chance to succeed. AndI really think there's a chance that the

(46:45):
Patriots are going to be one ofthose guys who are fighting for a Kitla
Williams or Drake May. Yeah.I think so too. It's it's gonna
be interesting. I will never believethat they are punting because they're the Patriots,
but it would be Max Johns.Ain't it, pal, No,
he just ain't it. I thinkthe last one that we really haven't we

(47:08):
didn't take a ton of deep divesin is the Raiders. Raiders and the
Broncos whips wide. I have abrain part Raiders Broncos. That's a that's
another one. That's kind of grossto me. It also sucks that it's
a four twenty five game. It'sthe Sea, it's the Sean Payne return.
How much will that actually help?I'm not one Hunderson. Sure they

(47:30):
might not have Jerry Judy for aweek one, but they might actually have
Javonte Williams, which I was notexpecting whatsoever. Yeah, who were they
who would have started? Then onerunning back that actually got paid and then
Dame Montgomery so weird. But yeah, that this game. I'm just interested

(47:52):
because this is kind of These aretwo teams that I think similar. They're
like the Dolphins Chargers game, wherethere's a lot to prove for both of
these teams, but it's in adifferent way than the Dolphins Chargers. Dolphins
Chargers need to prove that they canbe like deep playoff contenders and the Raiders
Broncos need to prove that they canget out of their own way. So

(48:14):
I'm I think I like the Raidersin this. Jimmy g did play.
He had his p had a preseasondebut, so he got some good snaps
in. Actually didn't know even thoughhe played snaps, not many. I
think he played one one or twodrives. Yeah, it took over the
first time on Saturday preseason game.Yeah, he completed four or four passes
for thirty nine yards while leaving theteam for a touchdown drive. So also,

(48:37):
he looks terrible in silver and gold. It's a wheel round black.
Does not pass the jersey tests.No, it does not. It doesn't
look right. But I mean,so we know Josh Josh Jobs is coming
back. Now, if we getJavonte Williams back, this could be another
really ground and pound kind of game. And then see what Devontae Adams can
do for a tutter or two.All right, that's week one. It

(48:59):
is. It's week one. Ihave some start sits if you want to
get into that. Yeah, ifyou've got starts, it's already. Let's
hit him, all right. Igot a couple of hard decisions here.
I'm looking at a possible scary Terrybeing out, even if he is playing.
I don't like people playing people offinjury. So who would you rather
play? David Montgomery going against KansasCity or Khalil Herbert going against the Green

(49:23):
Bay Packers, Coil Herbert against thePackers woof or David Montgomery against the chiefs.
I think I would take David Montgomeryagainst the Chiefs. I think I
would too. He's seen I don'tknow if they're going to ease in.

(49:46):
Jamir gives he's going to have opportunities, but I can see them relying on
Montgomery a little bit more. Herbert. I I don't know how much Herbert
is going to be a part ofthis offense if they start to go down.
He did take that one long oneto the house. You can say
the same thing about Deavin Montgomery though, same. Yeah, So Montgomery seems

(50:08):
like as to me, I thinkbecause it's week one, I've trust a
little bit more that or I feelthat Dave Montgomery's gonna be a little more
involved, yes than maybe he willbe in week seven or eight. So
that and then although I don't knownow I'm rethinking it. Honestly, this
is a tough one because this ismy first start sit really the year here.

(50:29):
So this is uh, we're reallywe're scratching or scratching brains rust.
We're getting knocking the rust, knockingthe rust off. Who if that was
a tough one. But yeah,I think that now I'm thinking like this
is I don't think the I don'tthink it was getting blood on that game.
So I think Herbert's gonna be onthe ground a lot. I think
it's gonna be a grind and poundgame. I think you're gonna have three

(50:51):
running backs that are gonna be overeighty yards each, which makes me think
and also justin fields, Actually I'mchanging my answer. It's clear Herbert surprise
for a couple of reasons. One, you know, I'm not a rochean
guy. Two, I'm also nota down to foreman guy, So I
think that. And I also fromfact, wasn't really a clear Hubert guy.

(51:14):
But I am now and I thinkthat. Yeah, I think he's
gonna be on the field for alot of time, and I think he's
there's there's no blow out here.He's gonna get twenty to twenty five touches
this game. And yeah, that'smy answer. It's cleil Herbert. Don't
think twice all right. So nowwe're looking at for another league. We're
looking at a Jerry Judy possibly sittingout for the first week. Yep,

(51:38):
George Pickens against San Francisco or JamalWilliams against Titans. Jamal Williams is just
by himself for you're you're saying this. I was like, wait, what
is what does Jerry Judy not startinghave anything to do with either of these
two players? But you're saying,because Jerry Judy's not starting, yeah,

(52:00):
one of these guys. Okay,so sorry. So it's so reiterate Georgia
Thakins against San Francisco or Jamal Williamsgoing gainst Tennessee Jamal Williams versus Tennessee.
That's what I thought too, AndI think that's weird. I like when
I said that, I like,set my line up with feels weird.
It looks weird, and I didn'tlike it, but I'm like, it

(52:20):
makes sense in my head. Itfeels weird because we were just saying that
the defensive bachelor the weakness of thatteam. But Jamal Williams is going.
We've seen Jamal Williams have crazy games. Yes, And what did we say
about the Titans defense earlier? Thinkyes, like Swiss cheese, and I

(52:40):
that that is just it's so weirdto think that because it just feels dirty.
But yeah, I think it's JamalWilliams. Yeah, they have one.
Titans have one really good de tackleand Jeffrey Simmons. That would scare
me a little bit. But that'sone d tackle over the entire forty nine
Ers defense that I'm a little bitworried with. Georgie Jakins. Yeah,
there's a lot more that goes into George Pickins. But now I have

(53:02):
one for the opposite way, DeeboSamuel versus the Steelers or Mike Williams versus
the Dolphins. That's really tough.Mike Williams against the Dolphins. I think
that's what I thought too. Iactually don't know if that's particularly close.

(53:22):
Also, this is an eight teamleague. How are you? How do
you have both those guys in yourdynasty? Oh? Dynasty? Okay,
uh yeah, I gotta be honest. It seems like they're talking. There's
a lot of rumblings that Debo wasjust going to be a wide receiver this
year, and that scares me offfrom him a lot. It does like

(53:43):
you're still having to take him inthe third round and redraft, and I'm
not super crazy about that. Idon't have any Debo shares because of that.
I think he's a very fine widereceiver too in the NFL. I
think he's a good route runner,tough guy, he's he's Juju on steroids.
And but if you're not gonna usehim as a run back, you're
cutting off thirty percent of his opportunity. And so until I see them,

(54:05):
let's say l l JK, we'regetting some running back, then I'm not
I'm gonna take the other guy.Yeah, it seems gross. I was
I'm still a huge fan of Debo, but again, you did take two
of the heads off King Gadora bytaking away his running when like as soon
as they traded for Christian McCaffrey,it was like, all right, bro,
you're a receiver. Were probably areceiver. We're paying a lot of

(54:27):
a little too much money too now, but yep, better than not having
him. I also think that,I mean, in terms of defensive backfields,
I would much more. I'm muchmore excited. I feel much more
positive about Mike Williams's options than theStealers than Debo against the Steelers. Similar

(54:49):
to what we were saying about theStealer about the forty nine Ers that the
pass rush is really what you're scaredof there. Yeah, and Keenan Allen
is probably going to be getting maincoverage from Xavin Howard, which leaves Mike
Williams with not a whole lot becauseJann Ramsey. Yeah exactly, Yep,
that's where the whole maybe rookie withthe rookie I can't remember his name off
the top of my head. Yeah, Kelly, not Kelly Ringo crap anyway,

(55:10):
Yeah, but rookie corner. Yeah. If if Jennen Ramsey was planning
today, I would say go aheadand start devot. I guess that would.
That's that's the difference for me,and I think that's all I got
unless you want a real stink.Unless you want a real stinky me possibly
haven't started Marvin Jones for a weekbecause of Juju, because because of Judy.

(55:32):
Oh no, let's not talk aboutthat. That's sad. That's too
sad. Yeah, that one,that one's real gross. But yeah,
I think that's all we got.Week one is here with the our our
long national nightmares ended as a presidenthad one said, I don't know which
president, but we thank you foryour service, uh foot, both of
your guys. You'll be you'll belistening to this on Wednesday, Thursday.

(55:53):
You'll have football and we'll be backnext week and to wrap it all up
in real time. I will ourfirst, like a cap like with that
girl you brought back from the bar. Wrap it up, wrap it up.
You better wrap it up. Noyou wrap Oh wait, let's lock
it up all right. Sorry we'redrunk now it's football time okay, Love you by