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Recap of Key NFL Games Detailed breakdown of standout moments and game-changing plays in NFL Week #5.

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Engaging Audience Interactions Insightful conversations with viewers on player performances, team strategies, and fan perspectives.

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Behind the Mic

Introduction and Technical Difficulties

What's going on, guys? Just getting everyone up here. Loud and clear, sir. Loud and clear. Awesome. Let me, for some reason, my headphones are not connecting. Just give me 1 second here. Fantasy football, why don't you just let us know what you think about this weekend's games and what were kind of your biggest takeaways while I fix my headphones here? You got it, my friend. One thing that really stuck out to me last night was going to be the new acquisition everybody's looking at from Kansas City. Now, I know they're on buy. Important thing to cover this week for buys. Big buys, too. Rams, dolphins, vikings and Chiefs, both undefeated teams, believe it or not, but everybody is going to be real excited to go out there and pick up this guy singing this song. And I don't think that's going to be the play because juju had a great night last night, but you're going to have to sink 1520, 25% of your money on there and you're going to get a zero, obviously, this week, and then next week we come out and they might have purchased a new receiver in the bye week, so keep an eye on that.

Trade Discussions and Reactions

That's a main. Wait, wait, wait. Who are they going to purchase? Well, maybe trade for. I'm sorry, not purchase, let's say. I agree. I understand that, but like, they're not getting Devontae Adams, so who are they going to get? I mean, they're, they are the only team that's offered what the Raiders are asking for. So they don't have the cap space and they're not going to. They can't, they can't afford them and they're not going to get that. They're not going to get them in the division. That's just not going to happen. So somebody's mic is really bad. Hey, Wolf, you're going in and out, brother. I don't agree. They're not going to try to go after somebody, but they have no cap space, so who are they going to get? Oh, we don't know exactly who they're going to get. I just feel they will add somebody to, I mean, it could be a good addition for 25% of your fab money when he was cut from New England earlier in the year. Now he's going to be the man in Kansas City. I think we got more time to tell on that. I think. I think we're talking about two different people here, right? Like we're talking about Devontae Adams versus Juju Smith Schuster.

Performance Insights and Future Implications

Well, I mean, Schuster is what he is. Right. But he said he's. They're going to get somebody. I'm like the only guy out there right now. Sorry, guys. Hey, I'm back. I had a little bit of a technical difficulty. Can you guys hear me? Yes, we can serve now. Judges, are we crushed up? No. What's going on, everybody? I think maybe Wolf's struggling. Yeah, the space is acting a little weird for me, too. Hold on. It's okay. The roller coaster. Say that one more time. What is it? Because he played amazing. Thank you. Thank you. I go around here, guys, let's just give your biggest takeaways on the weekends and then we'll kind of go through some of the major trade rumors and some of the major takeaways from the weekend. We'll start with a new guy we have up on the panel. It's blitz. Blitzen, go ahead, man. What were you kind of your biggest takeaways of the week?

Jets' Coaching Changes and Their Impact

What's up, everybody? Really appreciate you guys having me on for the first time. Good to interact with all y'all through this time and bring some people over from our stream as well. But some of my biggest takeaways from this weekend, honestly, let's go to the jets with the news with Robert Salas. Man, that was just, I think a lot of people were shocked by that. But on the blitz angle, were recently talking about how Salah could be on the block as soon as this week. And what do you know what happened? I think going forward for the jets, this is a make or break week for them against the Buffalo Bills. Well, how are they going to respond to their head coach getting fired? And then on the bill side of things, what are we going to get from the Bills? The first three weeks they look like the best team in the NFL, and then the last two weeks they look like a completely different team. So I'm interested to see that matchup. That's probably my favorite matchup of this next week.

Aaron Rodgers Influence and Jets' Performance

So let me know your guys thoughts. What do you think? Bill's jets. I think I'm going to lean bills in this one, but who knows? Jets could come out firing with a new guy at the helm. I'll be honest with you, that's all Rogers is fault. Love to hear it. I could only hear a little bit. Can you guys hear me? Yeah, I could hear you, Wolf. You're in and out real quick. I will say on the Rogers thing, I think 100% that Rogers has taken over whatever he wants in the jets, they're all locked into Rogers. It's going to be Rogers way the rest of the season. And, you know, he got wind of Hackett potentially going, and right away it was Robert Salas head on a stick. Yeah. But to be fair, just to be fair, blitzen, we didn't need solace firing to know that Aaron Rodgers was running the jets. Yeah. 100% agree with.

Discussion on Coaching Changes and Team Dynamics

So it's. Yeah. Does anybody here think. And again, I, I was thinking about this week, right? And I'm like, I want to talk about the Giants. I want to talk about Atlanta. And then today, all hell broke loose with that. And does anybody think this makes a difference? I mean, Rogers looks washed up. I. He's been a great quarterback forever, but he just looks like, what does it matter? You change your head coach. Does it really make a difference? Anybody think that opening it up to the panel here? I definitely think that, you know, it's, I don't know what they were hoping to accomplish here by, you know, just offing Robert Sala, like everybody, like, he's a defensive head coach.

Defense Performance and Coaching Effectiveness

And guess what? The defense has been elite. So I don't know from what I, who knows what is really true and what isn't? What I read was, you know, they were going in to talk about firing Hackett, and then the next thing you know, Salah gets fired. I don't know. That could be just fan fiction journalism, but I don't know. It's just at the end of the day, like, nothing has changed from what we knew going into this season, which is that he's a defensive coach. The defense is awesome. The offense isn't. You brought in Nathaniel Hackett, who you just made your defensive coordinator in charge of the offense. And what's changed? Well, no, they didn't. Guys, I'm back. Can you guys hear me?

Fan Reactions and Team’s Future

Tenement. You got me? Yes, we can hear you. I'll give it to you. Finally. Finally. Gosh, I'm sorry, guys, for the technical difficulties. I can't even see if anybody's on stage. I can't see your hands. So I'll kind of swing it around. I know Mike and Blitz kind of went, so I'll go over to tropic first, and then we'll kind of keep swinging around, guys. Thanks for showing up, guys. All right, real quick, jets perspective. Absolutely. Very predictable. Right? We, we kind of saw that coming. But just give you a little background. Someone who's been a Jets fan since 98. I mean, we always pick up these old quarterbacks.

Frustrations with Team Management

We find little pockets of success. Testiver to you, Fitzpatrick. But we chase big names all the time. We've had far Tivo, vic, Flacco, now Rogers. I mean, it's just what we do, right? As painful as a fan, we can change out coaches, we change out our GM's, we change out everything. But the only thing that stays constant, you have to just say that, like, Johnson has no idea what he's doing as an owner and like, the people he's putting in place, like, so that's where it's going and it's not going to change. You know, it's kind of like when Al Davis was going crazy at the end and he was just having horrible teams. It's kind of like that, right? As long as the owner is horrible, like, that's just what we're going to get. And changing out Salah honestly isn't going to do anything.

Long-term Perspectives on Team Changes

We knew that this is what it was. The offense looked God awful, but everyone knew that to Aaron wanted and that's the only way you're going to get him in there. That's why they hired him. So it's not really a surprise that if he really went in there to try to fire the OC, which you could tell like, that offense is just awful, but it is what it is. Kind of frustrated, but I knew this was going to happen. and now this is going back to just really quick. As a, a canes fan in college after staying up and having like, you know, almost a stroke, I said to myself, I'm not waking up early to watch the jets. just make me upset. So what I did is I went to church, I recorded it, and then afterwards I watched it because I expected exactly what I got.

Historical Comparison and Team Dynamics

You know, these guys always leave. We, we have these bus, Sanchez, Wilson, now we see Gino go off, do his little thing. Pennington beat us in the year when we got rid of him and went to the playoffs for five. And now. So it's predictable. Donald didn't do that great, but it is what it is. I will say I'll let rip go, but I want to ask you about Sam Donald. Rip, go ahead. Yeah, I just want to close the loop on the thought before you, when you're, when your mic wasn't working. They didn't, they're not replacing the offense options. I think you said it, or was it tropic who said it? No, I said they're replacing the, just be clear, they're replacing Salah with another defensive coordinator.

Contrarian Perspectives on Coaching Changes

I didn't say they were putting the, exactly. So, so I'm going to go. I'm going to go contrarian. I think on this, I actually think this is going to help the jets. I mean, I think Salah's voice was useless. And so I think that like this new guy will probably better. And I actually think that the jets ran into, yeah, Rogers is old, but the jets just ran into two good defenses. The Vikings and the Broncos are severely underrated as a defense. And so I think that after the bills, then they get the Steelers, the Pats, like they could, they, I feel like they could turn it around here. So it's a little contrarian, but I just think a new voice can help them.

Final Thoughts on Coaching and Future Prospects

I have a say that is that you called him this new guy. Like, you know, like, it's not like we're, you know, but I do agree. I do agree overall with it is because when you're the defensive coordinator, you're not, I don't mean to interrupt anybody, but I cannot hear rip, which just made the space ten times better because I won't hear him hating Akayla Williams, but I'll let tenement. Just let me know if rip is talking. Yeah, yeah, no, were kind of agreeing and disagreeing both at the same time. So it was a good time maybe to intervene. I don't know. It's just like whenever you said that Salah's voice wasn't carrying any weight anymore, I, that I think you kind of flipped me there, to be honest.

Team Dynamics and Stakeholder Influence

Because I do agree with that part of it. I just didn't, you know, I just don't know. Like nothing has changed right now from anything that we knew in week one to tropics point like this, nothing has been surprising. So I don't understand, like shooting from the hip and just firing your coach feels like a pretty unhinged move from an owner. And especially when you say, hey, I met with Aaron Rodgers this morning, but we didn't even talk about this, to be honest. That's even more screwed up. Like, that's worse. All right. Yeah. Yeah. For sure. All right. So, so tell Sam that I'm gonna, we'll go over to Sosa and then we'll keep going through the, oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Rip.

Sosa's Perspective on Robert Salah

Yeah. Give a second for Rip and I will, I'll push the end of the clock for him. Yeah. So you're right. It's unhinged. Let's get to the hands. And then finally on that, though, like, it can't be worse. So my thing is, it's just the upside because we know what Salah is. He had no voice. He had no, like, purpose, really. So the defense is already good. So, like, losing him isn't going to change anything. The defense will remain good, and maybe Rogers will be a little bit better with a little easier competition. So. That's a thought. Let's get to the hands. Yeah, go ahead, Sam, you can interject here on if you had any thoughts on what Rip said.

Continuing the Discussion

You know, I couldn't hear rip, but I heard something about Caleb Williams being amazing. So we'll keep going through the hands of, we'll go to Sosa and then we'll go to fantasy football. Sosa. Go ahead, man. Yeah, I know. Hey, the other guys were in here first. Were here before me. But listen, Robert Salas, completely useless. He was a lame duck head coach since last year. I tweeted it on October 1 of 2023 that he is equally a lame, as lame duck as Brandon Staley. It's. It's pretty, it was pretty evident. I mean, they retained an offensive coordinator who has no cache. And the only reason he's in the building is because of the quarterback.

Aaron Rodgers Impact on Team Decisions

I think that a lot of people are missing something in regards to Aaron Rodgers and his significance to the jets organization. He is literally the best player in the history of football to put on a Jets uniform. If you don't, if you don't think the owner is fully aware of that, okay. He wouldn't have done what he did today. The owner is fully aware that, listen, you can say whatever you want. Outside of prime Reavis, the only. He is the best player in the history of the NFL to put on a Jets jersey is Aaron Rodgers. He's a four time league mvp. It's actually not even close.

Defense Performance and Team's Trajectory

So you can. Thumbs down at all you want. It's the truth. Salah can Salah firing? Salah getting fired? It's no, it's nothing special here. People keep getting on the Internet and lying about him being a great defensive head coach. He's not. He's not. People get on here and start lying about the jets not drafting well. That's a lie. Outside offensive linemen getting hurt, they've drafted very well. But people will get on the Internet and lie because that's what's fun to do on the Internet. It's fun to just make things up that sound good in the moment.

Salah's Firing and its Justification

Salah got fired because he's the least important individual in the room at this particular moment. That's why he got fired. The defense that he's supposed to be running is getting lambasted by the entire NFL. Anybody can run the ball against him. If I'm lying, tell me I'm lying. Anybody can run the rock against them. I mean, are we going to spend the whole entire show on the Jets? I would also. I would also like for you to look at the quarterbacks they played. I mean, that matters, right? So if you want it, can we examine the quarterbacks they played outside of Darnold?

Team Performance and Future Outlook

Like, can we. Let's have a conversation. We really want to have a conversation. Right? Cause he's this great defensive guy, right? Look at the quarterbacks he faced and tell me the defense shouldn't have fared better. Salah got what was coming. What was coming to him. I don't think anybody's really criticizing the defense. Yeah, well, I mean, it's. I mean, to be honest, the way I see it, I don't think that Woody Johnson shooting from the hip. Woody Johnson is trying to keep. Well, keep the temperament in his locker room down, because everybody in that locker room loves Aaron Rodgers.

Discussion on Aaron Rodgers' Image

Have you listened to the players talk about Aaron Rodgers? No, I'm just saying, I mean, look, he is known as not necessarily the most likable player in the NFL. I wouldn't even say that's a hot take at all. That's just like. I'm just going off of, like, show me one teammate that you've seen Aaron Rodgers. That. That you've. That you've heard someone saying there's something negative about Aaron Rodgers. Tell me. Show me one thing. But that doesn't matter here. It doesn't matter. That's not even what we're talking. I mean, he's. If we're not throwing the ball. Well, you just said. I am saying it. What? Show us an athlete that agreed or said that. Tell us he's for. What is your argument right now? I'm trying to get a grasp on what you are trying to argue in favor.

Owner's Decision and Team Ownership

Solid is a solid. Got what's coming to him. He deserved to get fired. He's okay. No disagreement there? No, I don't feel as though the owner shooting from the hip. I don't think that if someone used that term. I don't think that's the term. I think this was a very calculated decision. No, what I said was that Woody Johnson claimed that he met with Aaron Rodgers this morning, and they never discussed this at all, which. And I said, if that is actually true, if that's a true statement, that's probably, no, it's not. Because then like you should be. Can we talk about can. I mean, we've been 20 minutes on the jets. Can we break all the team? You don't have to call anybody and tell them they're, and tell them that you're firing anybody. You don't own anything. You're, you write all the checks. You don't have to explain yourself to anyone.

Shifts in Discussion and Fantasy Football

All right, we can go. It's like crazy owners. I'm not, I'm not really sure what you're arguing in favor of, but yeah, let's. I would move off of the jets. I would love to do that. So, fantasy football, do you have any thoughts outside of jets nation? Yeah, that's hilarious. You guys. You guys put all the good jets talk in. I was going to bring up the point of brief hall. If you look up in the diggly do. I threw a tweet up there that a gentleman had put out about hall last year. Week one through six, a week one through five. I apologize. And now what he's done this year, and the same thing last year is when they really turned it around. I think the fact that, you know, they ran the ball 14 times and Aaron Rodgers threw it 54 times.

On Jets Running Game

We don't need to blame who got fired, who's coming in. The fact they need to get back to pounding that ball. And this would be a good matchup this week against Buffalo. We'll see if they can commit back to the run. But I just. That's all I had to say about the Jets. I know you guys wanted to get off that, but I stand on that mountain. They need to get back to that running game. Okay, I'm going to jump in here. I want to talk about teams other than the Jets. I want to talk about two teams this week that stood out to me, and I want your guys opinion on it. First of all, I'm a homer. It's my giants. But going into Seattle, beating Seattle at home, which is tough without neighbors, without singletary, resuge and the other team, I thought that really stood out to me this week was Atlanta.

Giant's Impact on NFL

Atlanta made a statement. I thought this week that on their offense, like, oh, my God, they finally figured out. So for me, everything else this week was kind of like, yeah, we had this, we had that. Everything else went on. Those two teams stuck out to me. I do not believe the Giants are making the playoffs. So let me start with that. But I think they made a statement that they are not such an easy out at this point. I think Atlanta made a statement that they are in the playoff picture and they're going to be there. So how about somebody else come up here and give some thoughts? Yeah, I think that's a great point. And I think over the past two weeks we've actually been discussing it multiple times about how Atlanta seemed to be undervalued in the NFC south race.

Analysis of NFC South Teams

And, you know, just two weeks ago they were not even the favorite to win that division. And, you know, they've had a couple of strong showings since then. And I, I absolutely agree with you, Sean. Do you have thoughts on that front or any other NFL front this weekend? I agree with Atlanta making a statement offensively against Tampa Bay. I thought Tampa Bay, I mean, Tampa Bay has looked like one of the better teams in NFL in my opinion, to the start of the season. I also the Giants. I didn't expect the Giants to be the Seahawks, especially without my league neighbors. But I mean, Daniel Jones is somehow managing games. I mean, way better than what I thought he was going to do. Outside of that, my takeaways this week were the packers just Jordan Love, shouldn't that him coming back and you could have a crappy game to turn around and just play lights out again.

Packers' Performance and Future Predictions

I mean, I think that the packers are, I figured they were going to be hit or miss or I didn't think they're going to be hit or miss, but I think that they're easy solidified again that Jordan loved when he's playing in his top potential, that they're one of the better teams as well. So outside of that, Mike, unfortunately my Colts lost a tough one. Should have got our asses kicked, though. But I really don't have anything on the Jetse and where I would go with anything in per se, anything on the far as the board goes this week is I am kind of interested to see the Broncos and the Chargers. I know it's two crappy teams, but in my opinion. But I think the Broncos at plus 130, I think they're a live dog after seeing the Chargers and how they've started the season, that's kind of what I was going to talk about.

Broncos Success and Challenges

See if anybody thought that there was any takes there for the Broncos at plus money against the Chargers this week. Yeah, you know, I don't know. It's, it's two teams that I think, you know, the, I see the Broncos as a team that has overperformed expectations and the Chargers maybe have underperformed, you know, albeit with some injury concerns. Blitz, what are your thoughts there? Yeah, I'll mention the Broncos real quick. The Broncos success has become from Vance Joseph's game plans to start this season. You know, they don't necessarily have a household name in their front seven, obviously, pat certain in the secondary, and he's been balling out to start the season, but they're creating a lot of pressure from their blitzing schemes and allowing free rushers to get to quarterbacks, and it worked really well.

Game Analysis and Strategy

We obviously saw against the Buccaneers that upset game where that's. That scheme just really cooked them and eat them alive, and now they're on a three game winning streak, and Bo Nicks is starting to play slightly better. Not great, but just enough to kind of get it done. And obviously against the chargers, you know, Slater and Alt had, were coming off injuries before the bye week. So interested to see their health. That'll definitely play a big factor. But if either of those guys are limited or hurt, the Broncos definitely at plus three is a good value, I think. Love to hear it, guys finally back, and now I can finally hear everyone I still see rip up on stage with me. But other than that, it's. It's. It's going pretty good. I see, we'll go over to tropic.

Reflection and Game Strategy

Actually, no. Well, we got to go over to em before because he has not talked yet. Emp, what's going on, man? Entertaining first, 20 minutes or so. I'm not even going to mention the. The team that claims one city and plays in another state. But, no, there's some interesting things that stand out to me. So far, we've seen. Honestly, this is one of the most level, like, outside of the. Probably the top, like, three to five teams. I feel like anybody could beat anybody on any given Sunday, you know, shout out to the movie reference. Right. But it honestly feels kind of like that. You have a lot of these teams that have been terrible, but they'll.

In-Depth Game Analysis

They can put it together and somebody has an off day. And I feel like the level from, like, the fifth team down towards the bottom is really even. So, that's what I'm seeing. I'm seeing a lot of kind of surprising results here and there. Things that stick out to me. The commanders, we haven't spoke about them yet. They. They continue to get it done. They continue to impress me. You know, your rookie Heisman trophy winning quarterback that should have gone number one in the draft. Bears fumbled that one, but commanders are putting it together. Commanders. Okay, first off, I am going to go off on the Bears real fast because. No, no.

Reactions to Team Performances

You, you brought this on yourself. Now. Okay. I was going to be nice about Caleb Williams. I spoke about him being a fraud way back in the summer. But we do need to address this. The Bears are way too excited for their three wins over the one in four teams, and they're lost to the Colts and they're lost to the Texans. They, they do not deserve to be three and two. They are way overrated for anybody that thinks they're good right now. So small sample size, but that's what you're working with right now, so I'll leave that alone. But you made me go there. Outside of that, the Steelers would be a good team if their offense could put something together.

Challenges in Team Offense

They are the Iowa Hawkeyes of the NFL right now. They, they cannot figure out a way to score points. Their defense is very salty, but my cowboys handed them three turnovers and a miss fill goal and they still couldn't figure out a way to win that game. The other big surprise for me is Gino Smith. I think Gino Smith is playing incredible. Honestly, overall, I know they lost this past game. I think that was more on the defense than anything. I don't know. You let Daniel Jones without his top target go off on you. That's kind of at home. That was kind of shocking. But the Seahawks offense actually looks pretty decent overall and Geno Smith, I think, has played well.

Performance Review

Other last shocking thing and I'll throw it around to someone else. Cardinals and 49 ers. What a toilet bowl is going on out there and that, I mean, I don't know what's going on out there. If somebody can explain to me if either one of those teams are going to be decent or ever live up to their potential, I, I can explain Sunday to you for, okay, please. As a niner fan. One, our kicker got hurt. So when they got their first touchdown, when they got their first touchdown, the fourth quarter, right before they scored, we had to go forward on fourth and 23 when our kicker would have been able to kick a field goal, but he couldn't, so we didn't convert.

Team Performance Challenges

Fourth and 23, they got the ball back, scored a touchdown, and then we tried to run out the clock and Jordan Mason fumbled. So we turned the ball over and special teams killed us again. Our kicker got hurt and we couldn't kick a field goal and that's what happened. And Jordan Mason, while up a touchdown, fumbled. That's how we lost the game in the red zone, too. That's how we. And we've been absolutely murdered by special teams as well. Special teams has been incredibly bad and our secondary has had problems tackling. We've been bad defensively. I think that's what's shocking is the linebackers and the secondary have been very disappointing for me for the 49 ersitive out of all of the opponents.

Reflection on 49ers' Season

Also that Minnesota's faced. Our offense operated at the highest level of any other team and Minnesota turned the ball over three times against us and we still lost a game. So the Niners are right there in every game and they've beaten themselves more than anything, if we're being totally honest. I know. You know, when you expect a team to win and the expectations are extremely high and they failed to win two division games in the first five weeks, it looks bad. I. But as far as I'm concerned, we're. I still think we're right there. Love to hear it. I'm going to hop in right here.

Continuation of Team Analysis

Hey, tenement, will you bring a rip up on stage if he's not already? No, I agree. There's a lot of takes in here that I agree with, except for amp, you know, he likes to hate on the bears for some reason. You know, I'm just. Yeah, I don't know. We'll go over to Blitz. Blitz. Go ahead, man. And feel free to. Feel free if I'm skipping anybody, just to hop in, guys. Blitz. Go ahead. And. Yeah, I'm gonna jump right in. So I'll say, sorry, I just want to say before, for rip, somebody might have to step down.

Thoughts on Caleb Williams and Jaden Daniels

I think that might be the issue. I've been invited by co host. Yeah, 1 second. Anyway. Anyway, go ahead. Sorry, I can step down to you. Yeah, I mean, no. All good. All good. Off of the Caleb Williams and Jaden Daniels talk, I think it's. I think it's way too early to say that Jaden Daniels should have been the number one pick over Caleb Williams. I think that's just going way too far right now, and I think that's kind of living in the moment a little bit. I think if you've watched the tape and watched the Bears offense over the last five weeks, from week one to week five, this is a different team.

Quarterback Developments and Predictions

You can look at the competition and say, oh, they played the Panthers and they had a great day. When they play a better team, they're not going to be as good. All right, cool. But Caleb Williams is a rookie quarterback and his first game was overwhelmed by the talent level at the NFL. He was looking down at pressure too quickly. Now he's making quicker decisions. He's getting the ball out faster and he's using his improvisation ability that was so good in college. Instead of kind of relying on that too much. He's not really using that as much anymore. He's using it as a crutch.

Coaching Impacts on Quarterback Performance

He's playing within the offense. I have my problems with Shane Waldron. If you guys have watched our show, I am a huge Shane Waldron hater. He is not doing the Bears receivers any justice. But Williams has not been bad by any means so far. You can't expect a guy to come in there and be great right away. Jaden Daniels has been so good right away because he's a different type of quarterback than Caleb Williams. He's a dual threat type of a guy and can get away with his rushing upside at times. That doesn't necessarily make it as easy for defenses to cheat to that pass. And we don't know.

Comparative Analysis of Quarterbacks

He was better. That's what I just heard you say he was. He came in better and more ready for the league. I mean, played one decent defense and had a 51. He had a 51 passer rating against the only. Let me, let me tell you this one. Okay? So Deandre Swift through the first three games of the regular season was averaging under two yards of carry. The Washington commanders were the third best rushing team in the NFL through three weeks. Imagine being a rookie quarterback playing with a below average offensive line and having to be a pocket passer and try to get your team into the game right.

Rookie Quarterback Challenges

Jaden Daniels has that extra dimension that has helped him so far in the ground game has been better. I'm not saying that Daniels is a bad quarterback by any means. He's playing great football right now and I currently have him like at my top 15 quarterbacks out of the gate. But William, to say Williams shouldn't have been the number one pick is just way too far. It's living in the moment. Williams has shown progress through these games and he's going to keep getting better as the season goes on. I just really hope he doesn't do too good because Shane Walter needs to go for his development.

Potential of the Bears and Future Implications

That guy is, that guy's hurting Williams so much right now. And don't get me wrong this, the Bears have the easiest schedule and a tough NFC north, right. If they sneak a few of these division games. Don't be surprised if the Bears sneak into the playoffs, you know, Blitz, I completely agree with you. I am so happy. I can agree with some of the points. Like, yeah, if he does great and they don't get somebody in there that can really develop him, that hurts him, that hurts the Bears long term.

Revisiting Early Predictions

I can agree with that point. But just to be fair, my comments go all the way back to when we first started these spaces, back to last year, coming out of college, into the draft. That's as far, that's how far back I'm going. I'm not judging based off this, just these five games. I'm going back to what I saw in college as well, in pre draft and everything, you know, all encompassing from what we've seen to this point since they were in college. Yeah. And I mean going off of college, too.

Analysis of Caleb Williams' College Performance

I mean, if you watch the tape, Michaela Williams, you see all that great stuff that made him, I don't want to say a generational project or prospect, but the way the media was claiming it wouldn't, you wouldn't be wrong. You would not be wrong in that assessment. He was considered one of the best prospects we've seen coming out of college. I think the biggest concern with Jayden Daniels coming out of college was, is he going to work past the first read. Now we've had our concerns with that and he started to answer those questions that he can't work past that first read.

Debate Over Rookie Quarterbacks

He had two great receivers at lsetz between Brian Thomas and Malik neighbors. And we've seen these two guys ball out early. Right? Williams had to take Cliff. Cliff has also installed an offense that fits him. He has not tried to, he has not tried to put a circle on a square, shout out to Cliff Kingsman. That guy has been cooking right now. He's asked, he's asked the quarter. He has not asked him to do anything he cannot do. And then also listen the bit just to add on to what you said about Jaden, I think with young quarterbacks, what the thing is with him, he's always been good, throwing the ball to the outside.

Performance Assessment of Daniels

Not that he couldn't do it, but they never asked him to do it at a high level in college. The fact that he's been able to do that as well as simply identify things. Pre snap as well, I think that's another thing that we're not giving Daniels enough credit for. Pre snap. He's been. He's been great as far as identifying things. It's not just he's. That he's not having. He's not just having his handheld through the whole thing.

Caleb's Changing Dynamics

Caleb with the. On the Caleb side one, the offensive line seems to be gelling a bit. Obviously, they performed terribly and. But I'm with whomever said, you know, you gotta, you can, you can only play who's in front of you. You can only beat who's in front of you. Just, just a reminder that Houston team only scored six points in the second half against that Chicago defense.

Chicago's Defense and Opportunities

Chicago was. Could not do anything and they were still in the game well into the. Well towards the end of the game. So again, they scored six points in the second half against that Chicago defense. So that defense isn't the reason why I give Chicago a fighting chance or that offense isn't the reason I give him a fighting chance every week. It's the defense. The defense turns you over. Even though they might get gassed here and there.

Turning Points in Chicago's Play

They turn you over and they go get their offense, the ball. So I think that's the, that's the reason why we like Chicago. Jaden Daniels, through five weeks, though, has been absolutely immaculate. Also, I just have one last point. Every single team that has the situation when we talk about Seattle, every single team that's played Detroit the following week, they've got the brake speed off them. Every.

Lions Aftermath Phenomenon

It's one of the craziest things that's happened thus far. Like the Lions hangover could be a real thing. I don't know if you guys seen that, but like, every team that's played the line that have played the Lions the following week have gotten smoked. No matter who they played. They played the Rams first week. Next week they got smoked. They played Tampa. Tampa got beat by the Broncos.

Impact on Future Games

I forgot the two other teams, but you can look it up. It's one of the, it's one of the weirder stats the following week, whoever they played, just get the shit beat out of them. It's kind of crazy. Yeah, I mean, that's pretty interesting theory. I think that they were on a buy this week. If I'm not mistaken. So I guess nobody is getting demolished this week. I'll go over to Mike and then I want to go Seattle.

Key Decisions for Young Quarterbacks

What's our last victim? I'll go over to Mike and then I want to hear from Jones. Mike, go ahead. So something I've been thinking is like Kansas City and maybe it's Andy Reid has shown us the way to culture a young quarterback is to sit him for most of the first year. So now we have two young quarterbacks. I think that was really well put. You have Clay Williams, you have Daniels.

Evaluating Young Talents

I'll even say Bo Nicks. Bo Nicks is not looking bad. Is this the right thing to do or is it to sit them for a year? I mean, I'm starting to ask, I keep asking myself that question. Bo Nix is not looking horrible. I mean, I'm not saying he's looking great. Please. I'm not putting in the same statement as those two. But he's winning games. He's kind of winning some games here.

Investment Decisions in Quarterbacks

You know, different thought. It's difficult to, it's difficult to sit these quarterbacks now when you draft them top ten. And secondly, like I think organizations are more inclined to throw and throwing them out there because it's not as large as a long term investment as it used to be. But does it really develop them or does it not? I mean, I mean it's, it's, it's all relative to how to the situation the player is placed in to.

Environment Impact on Player Development

And I really think like that's what it is. It's like usually when you're drafted high, you go to, you're going to a bad team. Right. So it's then what is the infrastructure around that player to make them successful? Like, like you look at Drake May. Do you think Drake may should be starting next week? I don't think he should be playing in the NFL right now based on the offensive line.

Questions Surrounding Drake May's Start

But they took them top five and they got to see what they got. I wouldn't start next week. I'd wait until week ten, week eleven. Look at Carolina. Look what's going on there. We, I mean just, you have a horror show there. Right? You paid how much to draft your rookie quarterback you've now benched after 20 games give or take 1818. Thank you.

Challenges in Quarterback Performance

So 1919 because you played the whole season last year in two games. So what do you do now? I mean he's shotdeze. I just, you pray he finds his confidence somewhere. I really think that's all you can really do because he just looks mentally shattered. I agree. I worry that some of these guys are in the same way. You know, the jets, this is where rookie quarterbacks go to die.

Context of Rookie Quarterbacks

So let's just be honest about that. So then you're in a great situation. You got a 40 year old. Hang on to him as long as you can. 80 years old, baby, throwing the ball. Hey, before we keep going, guys, in a few minutes I'm going to run a trivia session. This one is about the NFL league leaders and I'm going to also give a $25.

Trivia Engagement with Audience

I'll send you cash right now. If you get all six right and you post it in the comments, I'm going to pick one person at random and send them dollar 25. So we'll run that a few minutes here before we keep going to our hands. I want to hear from Ripley. Rip, tell me that Caleb Williams slid good. No, listen, I was just listening to everyone wax poetic about him, but yeah, I mean, I'm bullish.

Insights on Caleb Williams and Jaden Daniels

Caleb, he's gotten better as the season goes along. You know, you love to see it. And then similarly, obviously, Jaden has been incredible and so it's exciting that they're both looking, you know, elite and they're going to match up in a couple weeks here, too. So that's exciting. This week we got Lamar versus Jade in Baltimore, Washington. That's going to be a fun game.

Discussion on Quarterbacks' Match-ups

So, you know, we got a lot of stuff on top. Love to hear it. I'll go to Jones and then we're going to run some trivia. Jones, go ahead. Thanks for having me, guys. For me, I really want to talk about this question that you guys have up on the jumbotron, which is will the Chiefs go 17 and. Oh, I don't think they'll go 17 to no, but I think I, a three peat is really on the question because a lot of people are talking about the struggles on offense and outside of last game they have been looking, they haven't looked really good.

Chiefs' Performance Evaluation

Last game was probably their best offensive game of the year. But I think the reason why they should be in the conversation is because of the defense. Outside of the Bengals and the Ravens, they haven't been able to score. No team has been able to score over 20 points. So that defense is still elite with Jones and those corners and those linebackers and that they're just lighten up on defense.

Analyzing Defense Performance

So I know a lot of people are not rooting for the Chiefs and they're tired of them, but I think they're still in the conversation to went to three peat this year. I'm not saying it's going to happen, it's highly doubtful because of history, but I think it's on the table because of that defense. And we already know what Patrick Mahomes is andy Reid. So I think people just looking at the offense and saying no, but we seen what the offense did last year and they still ended up winning.

Critical Assessments of Teams and Players

So it's really the defense that everyone should be worried about. Dude. Love to hear it, man. All right, guys, if you have not played trivia up in the top in the nest, you click on the stream link. They're a company that adds functionality to spaces, so literally you don't even have to leave the app and you get. You have three minutes to answer six questions. If you get all six right, post a screenshot in the comments and I'm going to pick one person at random and send them $25.

Engagement Strategy with Trivia

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Trivia Participation Updates

So you have a t minus two minutes and 55 seconds. I'll go over to tropic while we're playing some trivia. Go ahead, traffic. Since we're just talking about defense really quick, have you ever seen a team like their defense dropped off as much as the Ravens did in one season? Like, I'm trying to figure out what's going on there. I know it's like what happened last week between them and the Bengals was just absolutely nuts, which is kind of crazy, too, because, like, everyone wants to say, oh, Joe Barrow's supposed to be elite, but, like, he's playing great, in my opinion.

Defensive Dynamics of Ravens

Like, all the games he's played has been, you know, enough to win, but the defense is so bad. But going back to the original question I just asked, like, I don't, I can't remember a team that came into a season thinking, okay, this is a solid defense, and they dropped off and disappointed as much as them. Cause it's been absolutely just crazy. And that's, you know, that's one thing that's always been constant with the Ravens through the years is they've always had solid defenses.

Brand Identity of Teams

It's kind of like Steelers. It's kind of like their brand, you know what I mean? So that. That was kind of a shock. Anybody else shocked with that? What if I told you the 49 ers defense this year is even worse than that one that you just said? Well, it's not too bad. Yeah, you could call that. But it's just to me, though, right?

Response to Defensive Comparisons

So it was a shock. You'd say. You'd say. You say it was early for them. Well, so here's what I'll say as far as the. Yeah, well, as far as the Ravens defense goes, you know, they did lose their defensive coordinator to the Seahawks, so maybe there's just a little bit of a, you know, early season transition into the new defensive coordinator there. So I don't know.

Transition Impacts on Ravens' Defense

I mean, they still have, like, some, you know, a lot of talent between Kyle Hamilton and, you know, Mose. I don't know who else. I'm drawing a blank on it, but I. Yeah. Roquan. Right. Roquan Smith. Right. Like, they got plenty of guys, so I think they'll figure it out. It's just a little bit of a transition right now with McDonald going to Seattle.

Game Dynamics and Impacts

By the way, you guys, you have 57 seconds if you want to play some trivia, but. Yeah, no, I agree. What is before. Actually, we'll go to Sean and then I have a kind of a question for the panel. Sean, go ahead and. Yeah, I gotta get out of here, but I just wanted to mention two other things. I think now's the time we talk about it.

Reflections on Watson's Situation

Deshaun Watson may just be completely gone. Like, there. I don't. I don't know why. I think Cleveland is, needs to switch it up at this point. I mean, maybe I'm wrong on that. I know a lot of people still feel, you know, that he can do things, but I. I think you got to give the ball to Jamis or DTR. Give the.

Cleveland's Quarterback Decisions

Give them a shot. Deshaun Watson just looks like absolute garbage. And then looking at the quarterbacks through the first few weeks of the season, I know nobody really thought it was going to go this way. I mean, you got Sam Darnold looking like a beast in Minnesota. I think he's got eleven touchdowns on the season and four interceptions.

Quarterback Performances Comparison

And you got freaking Andy Dalton even doing better than some of the guys in the NFL that we thought were going to be good. I mean, Sam Darnold actually looks better than Jared Goff at this point. And in the Vikings are getting it done through defensive with their defense. And, I mean, last week, if you look at it. He didn't even have that great of a game in a pretty terrible game this past week, actually, and they still managed to get it done.

Upcoming Challenges for Vikings

So I think they go into this week with the buy and they go next week to face the Lions, and that's going to be their real shot. If they beat the Lions. I think it's, I think we really need to start talking about it. I mean, I know the Lions haven't been the greatest to start the season, but that's a competitive team that they'll be facing, in my opinion.

Potential of the Vikings

I think, I think the Vikings are a solid team this year. They look pretty solid. As long as Sam Darnold can stay playing efficient, then I think that we need to talk about the Vikings actually making it run. I think the Vikings are the biggest fugazi in the NFL, and as soon as the playoffs come over, who are you a fan of?

Vikings Assessment

The 49? Oh, yeah. Yeah. I'll give him that. I agree with you. I agree with you on the DeShawn Watson thing. He's a training wreck. I was once a believer. He looks like another person who's just mentally shattered. I think that, I think that, like, something's just wrong with him and he just can't get right now.

Analysis of Watson's State

Like, he's can't get right now. That's what it is. And also their defense has been ass, everybody was, you know, shaboing, boing in the defense, talking about how great it was going to be. Their defense is fucking sucked. So, like, it hasn't just been him. It's been both sides of the ball. They've been absolutely terrible.

Overall Team Dynamics and Issues

I'm not going to defend the Sean, but there's way deeper problems. Like when he walked out of that huddle. Did you. Their defense, did you see their defense get undressed by Daniel Jones? Yeah. Or their offense. They look, they look just lost. Like nobody knows where they're supposed to be, who's supposed to be in the game, who's lined up where.

Observations on Team Performance

Like, they look so lost. Like, yeah, but at the same time, but they look, can't defend them because he's supposed to be a leader on that team. You don't have Nick Chubb. He's your leader. I'm not, but it goes way deeper than that. It goes to the OC and the head coach. I mean, he looks tight.

Leadership Challenges within the Team

Nothing a little massage can't fix. The defense was supposed to be amazing. That's funny. People talk about like, he's a, like, he's a high level offensive mind because he got to the playoffs a couple of times with Kirk Cousins and because Flacco turned the ball over more than quarterback would he play.

Coaching Assessments

So two time coach of the year. Yeah. Well, listen, y'all realize that Flacco through more picks than any quarterback when he played last year in the span that he played and they made the playoffs and then people were talking about him being good and then what do you do in the playoff game? He went through three picks.

Looking Back at Flacco's Performance

Right. And what was a pick? Six. Right. Wow. Stefanski, amazing offensive mind there, right. Only thing that happened was that Miles Garrett put him in their back in his backpack and carried them across the finish line. That's what really happened. That's the real truth about the Cleveland Browns last year.

Reality Check on Browns' Performance

He, it was, Miles Garrett did everything but he even scored touchdowns. He had an insane season last year. Right. Like he just did anything that he possibly could to get them through to the end of the year. Flaco was turning the ball over crazy and they still made the playoffs. DeShawn Watson does look like a shell of himself.

Debunking Watson's Qualities

And also I really want to remind people that the one year that he led the NFL in passing, the team won four games. So if that's your resume that you're attaching to being a great quarterback, then cool. I'm happy you won your fantasy league because you had like six rushing touchdowns too.

Contextualizing Watson's Achievements

And it had like nine touched or like touchdowns that were over 50 yards. I think that season he also was second in passer rating. I could be wrong, but it was the year that Aaron rod one four game. Yeah, but like, I don't know. I mean, I don't know. I'd rather have my quarterback second and passer rating and leading the league in passing yards compared to, you know, being middle of the pack with an average quarterback.

Quarterback Performance Preferences

So you wouldn't correlate all those passing yards with the team being bad and them losing all the games and him having to throw late and maybe in soft defenses. That's just. Maybe, but I mean, that's not his fault if his defense is terrible. You know, wolf, something that you just jogged my.

Discussion on Defensive Shortcomings

Do you know who is leading the league and passer rating right now that has twelve touchdowns and two interceptions? Is that Sam Darnold? No, no. He has six turnovers. No, it's the other side of the same state. We're just talking about a team that I am shocked is not doing better. Joe Burrow is lead the passer rating for the whole league.

Surprising Stats on Joe Burrow

He's twelve touchdowns to two interceptions, and somehow or another, they cannot win games over there. You take the new England. You take the New England game away. He's far and away the best quarterback in football, statistically. Yeah. That's why the Bengals are still alive. Rip, do you think they're still a Super bowl contender?

Burrow and Bengals' Prospects

I do. By the way, only one way for the defense to go.

Thoughts on AFC North Teams

Yeah, I mean, they're terrible, I think. Yo, and like, wait. And then the statistics say that they have a 6% chance, but, like, they could definitely be one of those 6% teams. Cause they're that good. Do you think? Even with their defense? Yeah. If Burrow plays like he played last week, then they're gonna win most of the games they play the rest of the season. Also, also, the last eight weeks of the NFL season becomes the hunger games for the AFC north. Like, they, like all of the teams play each other the last eight weeks. That's part of, like, what? Like, I think people need to pay attention to as far as the beginning of the year and the approach from some of the teams is that they know they're going to get opportunities against the division the last six, seven weeks. Like Baltimore, everyone knows it. Like, Baltimore knows it, Cleveland knows it. Since he knows it's going to be the Hunger games the last eight weeks of the season. Yeah. But these teams are also already losing division games. So that kind of, like, takes away a little bit of that sting.

Cleveland Browns and Deshaun Watson

But I do agree with you. I do understand what you're kind of getting out there. We have not. I know your hand is not. But Bob is a Cleveland Browns fan who also hates the Browns. And Bob also was the only one who posted. He got a six for the trivia, by the way. So Bob did win $25. This man is the most cynical Browns fan I know. And I want to get your take on the Deshaun Watson because I know that it will be unfiltered, unbiased, and very straightforward to the point, because between DeShawn Watson and Kevin Stefanski. Yeah. So going into the year, you know, I thought the Browns had one of the longest range of outcomes possible. Really. I thought the floor outcomes were very possible. And, you know, they had some high ceiling outcomes too, with the talented, you know, obviously they went through four quarterbacks last year, elite defense. But I was a little worried that would fall off because if you look at that defensive performance last year, and then that playoff run, ton of backup quarterbacks faced an enormous home road splits between the performance of that defense last season.

Concerns About Watson and Team Performance

So a little concern then come like August of this year, started hearing some really poor rumblings. Obviously, Watson wasn't going through preseason at all and then having, obviously, a shoulder issue. Right. And then through training camp, just, he's taking rest days, but just really bad locker room stuff. Started hearing, you know, that throughout Berea, which is where the Browns training facility is and whatnot there. So that was when I started, really started looking at floor outcomes. And then you saw it right away in the Cowboys game that this offense was going to be one of the worst in the league. They have the second worst running back room in football, only behind the Cowboys, until Nick Chubb comes back. But we saw his knee explode that, and this is, he's had multiple knee surgeries now. So we don't know if that he's going to be the player he is. I hope he is. He's a great player. But, you know, you're not hopeful for there, but very poor running back room, tons of offensive line injuries. Again, you were seeing that in August as well. Something that's just now starting to get, you know, healthier.

Reflection on the Season

But they're still, I mean, they had a week where four guys left in one week in that position. So what? So poor offensive line, poor running back room. The Amari Cooper trade rumor thing, which was a thing. And you see him not be engaged, you know, on and off throughout the. Throughout the beginning part of this season. Maybe he's a candidate for someone who was mentioning the Chiefs earlier. I'm not sure about that. so just poor personnel everywhere. And then Watson seems to lost, has lost literally everything. I know. immediately after that Cowboys game, I started betting some Browns worst record in the league. I have like 16 to 120 to one. I think I have some twelve as well. on that. So that's something that the bet might not win, but I know I have good prices. I mean, they're in quality of team right now. as far as that goes. I do, like, I have to ask.

Betting Against the Browns?

I have to ask what? Why would you bet against your own team to have the worst record in the league? My favorite team is my wallet. That's number one. My favorite team is my wallet. I said the price should I saw that, you know, first game against the Cowboys, you know, really in that second quarter, I mean, I think I was. I was live betting the Cowboys that, like, win about alt lines and cashed them all on that like in game as well. But I just started betting have the worst record. Just again thought that price shouldn't have been 16 or twelve or where you know the other numbers. I got it. So yeah, just obviously very down. I do like Stefanski. I am impressed that he got, you know made the playoffs last year with four different quarterbacks. I won't count Driscoll in that final game because they'd already sealed it.

Concerns About Coaching and Watson

So I do think he's impressive. I do like that offense. I do think that Watson and is kind of forcing Stefanski's game. He's not an eleven personnel head coach. He likes, he's like cousins with the Shanahan tree a little bit and he's not running that system because it's not Watson's preferred system. So that's another flaw of the current Browns in this season. So yeah, I think they're a three, four win team this year and yeah, I. It's very bleak on Lakefront. Love to hear Bob and Bob, make sure you dm me after this. I'll send you over your money. All right, cool. All right, guys, we're coming up to the end of the hour. We're going to run trivia one more time. This one's a little easier. It's just NFL recap and records and who's leading what division.

Game Insights

But I wanted to go over to Apollo Sports and Presley. I just got him up on stage. My screen finally loaded so I could finally see Apollo sport. Actually, we'll go to Presley then we'll go to Apollo sports. Presley, go ahead. What's up, guys? Great conversation. I'll just add a few of the games that I really enjoy. That Colts Jags game. Watching the offensive battle between Trevor Lawrence and Flacco, I was really entertained by that and I was happy the Jags actually pulled that off. I thought they had a chance and they kept that game close. The other game, the Ravens and the Bengals game. So Joe Burrow is like you guys were saying, the Bengals are way underrated right now with how he's playing. I mean, he had five touchdown passes in that game. And if Derek Henry doesn't run that 51 yd down to get the field goal, then they, I mean, they might not win that game.

Bears and Commanders Performance

So I think that the Bengals definitely are better than their record shows and you're going to love me for this one, Sam. So the Bears, if you guys watch that game, I'm not huge on the Bears, but they did dominate both sides of the ball. In that game. So they did look good, and the commanders are still looking really good. And Deshaun Watson, he was sacked, what, seven times? So is that on him or is that the o line? I don't know, but, yeah, I don't think he looks good either. And I was looking at the one in four. So there's the Pats, the Jags, the Bengals, the Panthers, the Browns, and the Rams. And out of those six teams, the two that stand out to me are the Bengals, obviously, and the Panthers. I think both of those teams are better than one in four. Maybe not the Panthers, but I'm still kind of surprised on that many teams. But great conversation, great games, and I sucked at the trivia, Sam, so make it a little easier or give me more time next time.

Excitement for Trivia!

Thank you. Don't worry. The next one in about two minutes here will be pretty easy. I can still do the $25 if we get enough participants in there. So. Yeah, no, I am excited. Apollo sports, go ahead. Hey, man, good evening. Good to see all you guys up on this space here. Appreciate you guys always bringing me up here. Some great conversations about some matchups that we saw this week. A little bit of, with a lot of football play from a couple of teams here. So just to get the, let's get the bet out first, a couple teams that I'm a little bit worried about. I mean, I wouldn't say that they are completely out of the playoffs, but to keep a good eye on. So I'm gonna be honest with you.

Thoughts on Joe Burrow and Bengals

I know you guys were talking up about Joe Burrow and how they played a great game this week, put up five touchdowns. I'm gonna go on a contrary on this one. I'm have to go against all of you guys and say that I really think that the Bengals might not make the playoffs this year. We've seen a lot of questionable football play. Yeah, they had a great week. Amazing. I respect it. You know, Jamar Chase put up some beautiful numbers and I love it. But I'm truly concerned with the identity that the Bengals have right now. I think that there's a struggle somewhere internally, and it has to get hashed out either by mid season. If not, they're not going to make it to the playoffs. So to get away from them, a couple other teams I was really happy to see win this week was the Falcons.

Falcons Performance

I've been talking really good about the Falcons since the beginning. I've been saying that the Falcons were going to do great things this season. Little underperformance by a couple players, but, man, Drake London, he has been on fire these last couple weeks with Kirk Cousins. I actually have him on fantasy football, so I'm pretty happy to see his growth with Kirk Cousins. And I really do think that this is going to get better and better as the weeks go on, as long as there's no injuries. Really good game by the Chiefs. Safe to say, you know, Patrick Mahomes, he's a different breed. I wasn't expecting them to go five and o. I'm not going to sit here and say that they're going to go 17 and, oh, I really don't think that's a possibility.

Chiefs and Player Updates

But then again, you know, who knows what can happen throughout the season, you know, obviously they're not going to be able to acquire Devontae Adams. So, you know, their wide receiver situation seems to be a little bit wonky. But I did see some news today that, what's his name, Rashid Rice, is actually not getting certain surgeries and repairs that they really thought it would be. So there's a high chance that he might actually be coming back towards the end of the season, possibly post season. so that's something to keep a good eye on, especially if you have long fantasy football, you know, if you, if, you know, he has a chance of coming back, absolutely store him on IR or you could try to pull some leverage with somebody and get somebody else in trade.

Caleb Williams and Rookie Performance

Caleb Williams, really great football this week. I do see that there has been some growth from the beginning of the season. He's a rookie quarterback. At the end of the day, guys, you got to give him some slack. You got to give him some grace. That's the best way to say it. You know, the kid's gonna make mistakes. He's gonna make bad reads. He's coming from college football. You know, college football compared to the NFL is like getting on a taxi and then getting on a bullet train. You know, the speed difference is immaculate. So you have to understand, it's gonna take him some time to grow. It's gonna take him time to get to where he needs to get to, but he's doing his thing.

Expectations for the Bears

He's making those reads, he's making better decisions. He's moving the ball down the field. So I do expect Caleb Williams to get better as the season goes on. There's a really good possibility that Chicago might slip into the playoffs, you know? Yeah, the Vikings, they're probably going to take that division, maybe the Lions, because I'm still heavy on the Lions and Texans, but I do see the Chicago Bears possibly making it into a wild card game and making it an interesting enough game to win a where they can show the NFL that they have a chance. Let's not forget their defense. Their defense is lights out. It's been like that since the beginning of the season, and it's only going to get better if Chicago can get their hands on somebody that becomes a free agent throughout any point of this season.

Bears Future Prospects

On defense, it's going to get better and there's no stopping that defense. So it really, you know, comes back to Caleb Williams. I do believe that the Bears made a great decision by drafting him at one. I think it's crazy to say that Jaden Daniels could have went first. But then again, you have to look at the offensive identity. You have to look at the offensive scheme. Chicago, Washington, two different offensive schemes, two different coaching staffs, and not every coach merges the best with their quarterback or their wide receivers. It all depends on how they can correlate together and make the right decisions. So, really impressed by Caleb Williams. I've been high on him since the beginning of the season. I still think he can get offensive rookie of the year.

Personal Insights on the Patriots

You know, it's very early. He's going to continue to impress and do what he does best. One team that I'm going to talk about, which I don't really want to talk about right now, is my own team. Patriots. I don't know if you guys saw today, but we are starting Drake may this week against the Texans. Yeah, you guys know how I feel about this. I'm 100% letting Jacoby Brissette stay in for the rest of the season, taking those hits. So if it were up to me, you guys know I'm not starting Drake May, but let's give the guy a chance. If the old line folds like a lawn chair and he gets hurt, you guys heard it for me first. Aside from that, thank you for the space. I appreciate being up on here. You guys are awesome. Love to hear it.

Closing Remarks

Guys, I am going to run trivia one more time before we close it up. You get three minutes to answer six questions. They're pretty easy. I have a random number generator, so whatever number that lands on, if it's, let's say it's number three, the third one I see, we'll get the $25. I have a feeling a lot of people are going to get six for six here. I just launched it, you guys. Three minutes to answer it. When that is happening. I'll send it over to my co-host tenement and then we'll go over to rip tenement. Go ahead. Unless you're playing trivia. If you're playing trivia, don't answer. Okay, you might be playing trivia, guys. Well, I am playing trivia, but let's see. No, I just want to say also, you know, good hard fought battle this week between myself and rip in the wolf sports.

Trivia and Competition

Wait, who won? Who won? To be honest. Don't tell me he won. I edged it out, but it was much closer than it appeared like it was going to be at different points. I mean, he picked up crap. I'll put, I'll say this. This man picked up like, tucker Kraft in the morning, on Sunday morning and got two touchdowns out of it, like just as a last minute pickup straight into the roster. Two touchdowns. So that made it a little more dicey than it needed to be. Love to hear it. Well, rip, go ahead, man. Yeah, listen, congrats. When, you know, Josh Allen and Bris hall combined for 20 points. It's not a good week. And.

Reflections on Week's Performance

And you had good pickups. So on to next week. It was two battered teams kind of going at it, to be honest. It was two teams that were showing up with a lot of battle wounds that kind of just like throwing wild punches at each other. I think I had a couple. I had like multiple players starting that weren't even originally drafted. And both of us did, to be honest. Sorry, guys, I was just playing trivia. How the heck did I get one wrong on my own trivia? I literally just got one wrong. So be sure you're posting. If you got six for six, be posting in the comments. I have a number.

Final Thoughts Before Closing

Once this timer goes out, I'll tell you the number before I go through the comments. And then just once we confirm, let me know and I'll send you guys over the money however you guys want it. We have 50 seconds, but other than that, guys, this was a great space. I want to give a special shout out. We had blitz up here for the first time. We had Jones up here. We also had Tropic Bob fantasy football forecast runs a great show on Saturday night. Presley amp is just my favorite, except when he, you know, craps on the Bears half the time. Apollo sports is wonderful. His brother was in here, too. I'll be seeing him at karate combat special shout out to my two co-hosts, tenement and their app.

Acknowledgements and Farewells

And Rip. Rip is probably the smartest football guy I've ever met, except I don't want to admit it except when he praises Caleb Williams and then, you know, it makes sense. But other than that, guys, the show was absolutely great. There's about 10 seconds left and overall great space. Thank you Rip. And thank you tenement 54321. Okay, did anybody get six for six? Please raise your hand, guys. Oh no. Do not make me know, guys. No, the rip is not okay. Rip and Bob. Okay. The only two people got it. Okay, just post in the comments. Bob, unfortunately, if it's just you and Rip, I'm going to give it to rip.

Conclusion of the Session

Unfortunately. God. No, no, guys, this is an absolutely great space. Post in the comments and I'll go through. Unfortunately, it might be rip. Thank you everyone for attending and we'll see you guys. We'll be we're changing it up a little bit. We're doing a space with plug at 11:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow. Be sure you're tuning in. I know a lot of people work, so in case just you can listen in and hear some of his vip bets. Guys, it was a pleasure and thank you.