2. Daddies Deliver, Top 5 Most Memorable Week 1 Moments and "Aging" as Women & NFL Players

22:46Victoria:he's just like ded he's not like dead yeah he was like a quick look and then like woke up he's he's he slept him for sure and it's just funny because if you look at the the discourse that the two of them had all game they were fighting all game and then jill and ramsey with that hit just kind of put the icing on the cake. He was like, mess with me one more time. Yeah, literally, literally, he said, I'll let you out. You think you can talk to me like that? I'm a defender. I'm bigger than you. I will let you out. And it. And it. And it. Yeah, those hits are like, those when you're a viewer, you know, it's like all fun and games, and then you see something like that, and you're like, whoa.

23:29Victoria:Yeah. This is very real and very intense and very physical. like dairy people are getting the reason why i will never play football i could not do it i would try but my last one is kind of a funny one because i thought it would be fun to like insert for the girls so i'm watching red zone the victoria and i were like chatting the whole entire weekend they were like watching red zone and then i remember victoria said to me she was like oh when the lion's game is on like i have to watch the lion's game i can't watch anything else but the lion's game and i was like here i had it easy because the cowboy split on thursday so all of sunday i was just locked into red zone that announcer is really funny i need to get his name because he quite literally compared Michael Penix.

24:04Michael Penix is the new quarterback for the Falcons. He compared Michael Penix to Elphaba and said he was defying gravity. And I was like, you know, that's beautiful to just hear. We're watching football, an amazing play, and then we're comparing it to Wicked. Like, come on. Like, that's just beautiful. He was like, defying gravity. Call him Elphaba. Michael Penix into the end zone. It was just awesome. It was awesome. Top five, though, for sure.

24:31Victoria:That is crazy. So did he have a rushing touchdown then? Yes, it was a rushing touchdown. And like, if you, we'll put the play in, but like, if you look at the play, he basically like reaches over and like the ball barely crosses the line. Yeah, but he kind of, he did defy, he kind of did defy gravity. That's so cool. I don't know that much about Michael Penix Jr., but he's on a four-year 22.88 million rookie contract. 13.46 million signing bonus, signed in 2024. Yeah, so total value,$22 ,882 ,000, which is$5 ,720 ,000 per year, which is a pretty good rookie contract. Yeah, I mean, there was a lot of hype with him coming out.

25:15And this is his season to kind of show the world, show the Falcons organization if he can, you know, make some moves because the Falcons have been very quiet. But, you know, they have some, they got some dogs in that team, so.

25:27Victoria:So I think that that announcer definitely has girls, definitely has daughters, because what other man is, you know, making comparisons to Elphaba like that without daughters?

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26:46Victoria:Speaking of dads, the daddies delivered this week. We had three men over 40 just doing their damn jobs. Save a horse, ride a cowboy. Save a horse, ride a cowboy. boy. So let's talk about our daddies. Number one, Matt Prater. Matt Prater is 41 years old. This man has the NFL record for most field goals of 50 plus yards. I didn't even know this man existed, to be totally honest. I didn't know him. I am a newer fan than probably most people listening to the show, which is why I started the show, because I wanted people to talk about football in the way that I wanted to talk about it. Most field goals of 50 plus yards, which is incredible.

27:29Victoria:And if you didn't know, if you didn't watch the Ravens-Bills game, it is worth the highlight reel. Like, totally worth it. This was one of the best games I've ever seen in my life, in any sport. It was just... It was emotional. Super emotional, packed, excellent football on both sides. It was like the chaos of the Bills beating down, what, 16, 15 points with four point something minutes to go and then coming back and winning it the amount of anxiety it gives me that a kicker in one second like is the make or break is insane and the fact that they had like this man with this much experience on their bench it's like you can't make that up no and i think to like your point about like the kicker pressure we saw a lot of games in week one that came down to like the wire like and we were talking about this offline like the browns and bangles game And like the, sorry, but that Browns kicker, like if you don't get cut next week, because it was only one.

28:31It was two missed field goals.

28:34Victoria:And missed the same spot. Yeah, it was bad. Both to the right. I was a gymnast. And if you keep falling to the right, like off the beam, the coaches would be like, try to fall to the left. They're like, do one and just try and fall off on the left. And usually you then like just land on the beam. But I think it's embarrassing to do the same thing two times in a row. And he really did lose the game. I think that had the fumble not happened after that, it would have been 100 % his fault. But I do think that the fumble in the end lost them the chance to come back. And I do think that that is also part of the reason that they lost.

29:11Victoria:And I mean, obviously the kicks did matter, but so many games are won in the last two minutes. Bill's game was won in the last two minutes. Vikings came won in the last two minutes. There was another, the Falcons game, because I'm pretty sure they call him the ice cold coup, Young Ho Ku, the kicker for the Falcons, also missed a field goal that cost him the game. Yeah. And then even like the Saints game, the Saints almost, they had like four good attempts in the last, what, 10 seconds of the game where they almost came back and won it in the last two minutes. So I do think that like confidence matters, flow matters, momentum matters.

29:50Victoria:But if you give up the opportunity to have a two minute drill, then like that's also a reason why you lost, because if you can do a good two minute drill, you can win the game. Yes. But at the same time, like when you look at the point differentials, like that Falcons game and they lost by three points, the Browns game, they lost by what, one point? when you look at that and then you compare that to like those points yet no matter what happened like and those those kicks were like early in the game and so like you think oh if you have that extra point back you would have been tied going into overtime right now so it's just a different it's like a different kind of pressure and like by no means do I think I could get on the field and do at that moment who knows I might go to Pat McAfee and let me do like a college game day kick and win money we'll see but um yeah no that's insane that's it was just bad it was bad yeah Back to Prater.

30:39Victoria:He secured the comeback. So then the Bills won 41 to 40. He is the oldest player on the Bills roster and in team history. Yikes. He has played in the Pro Bowl before. He has stints with the Falcons, Broncos, Lions and Cardinals. He originally signed in 2006 with the Lions to start his career. I don't know when he started, but I guess he's what, like 35 years of football? That's insane. Kicker longevity does make sense, though. Like, you're probably taking one to two hits a season as a kicker. Yeah. You know, maybe if even that. You're not doing anything crazy. Yeah. I do think that it's really cool that he's been in for that long and relied upon for that long.

31:24Victoria:He has a wife and four kids. His wife and his family have run a Lash studio, and they do a lot of work with Operation Underground Railroad, which commits to helping put an end to child trafficking. So they have four kids. They look like just such a sweet family. They're like business people, entrepreneurs, do a lot of charity work. And I just think he has like such good quality dad energy. Like I can't imagine that his presence on this team isn't just like amplifying them to a new level of poise, especially with all of his experience. I don't know. I just love it for him. Like how fun to continue to be so dominant, which I think is what the other daddies are also hoping to do throughout the season.

32:10Victoria:So I'm really excited to see more of Prater. Also, if you haven't seen a photo of him, he's an average guy. On a scale of one to ten. On a scale of average man's, average NFL fan's legs to Derrick Henry, he is negative three. Listen, no shade, but it just really shows you how freaking buff the rest of the NFL players are when you look at this. Like, this man looks like he's wearing tights. It doesn't look like he's wearing, like, leggings, whatever you want to call them, like, pants. He's in some tights out there, twinkling around, kicking the goals. Anyway, I love him. I am a stand for him. I would love—can we get his wife on?

32:53Victoria:Yeah, and the kids. I want to meet her. She's also stunning. Really? She is so gorgeous. Yeah. So he's like punching out of his weight class right now. You know, he's like pretty good looking dude. I got to say. He's pretty good looking dude. He's fit. He's had a 20 year NFL career. Yeah, facts. I mean, he's making yes by summer. I think he's cute. I mean, not in the picture with the tights on, but. Yeah. Do you see like a regular like dad bod picture of him? Like I want to see him on vacation. Yeah. Like if you look at a picture of like him and his family, like they're a super cute family. And he's like, he's like a nice looking guy.

33:23Victoria:He also has a striking resemblance to Nicolas Cage. Yes. Yeah, like a blonde version. Yeah, blonde Nicolas Cage is Prater. I think one of these weeks, probably in the next three weeks, our top five is going to be top five players with the best celebrity lookalikes. And he will be the top of my list. Yes. Okay, moving on. Daddy number two, who's not actually a daddy, but old enough to be one. the man, the myth, the legend, Daddy Rogers. Which I also love that like his name is Mr. Rogers. Like it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Not going to lie, that was before my time.

34:06Victoria:It was before my time too, but I just think that it's funny. So Rogers is interesting to me because I had absolutely no expectations for him going into this season but the fact that he played the way he did play against the team he played i gotta give him some credit i got it was a good game i don't know if he's back he had one i need i need to see at least three consistent good games out of him for me for me to like be on the bandwagon train because it was one game but he played good he played good for a 40 year old ancient man that he is. Okay, so let's talk about his stats from this week. So it was the Jets-Steelers, which was the game that I was looking most forward to, and I am so excited.

34:53Victoria:It lived up to the hype. It wasn't my favorite game of the week, but I did love watching this game. I was so invested. There's just all of the storylines there. Aaron Rodgers is playing for the Steelers. He had 22 completions on 30 attempts for 244 passing yards, four touchdowns, zero interceptions, and a 136.7 passer rating. It was good. And one rushing attempt for less than one yard. And now I don't know why they include stuff like that. It's actually kind of funny to me, but I think I saw a stat too. They compared Aaron to Tom Brady. I guess Aaron now has tied Tom Brady for the most games where they've thrown four touchdowns without any interceptions.

35:41Yep.

35:42Victoria:So they tied the record of 28 games. Which is crazy when you think about it. Like, that's kind of crazy. It is crazy. Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers. That's... Yeah. Well, it's pretty good. I mean, they're two of the best of all time, like greatest of all time, and we know it. I do hope for his sake that he goes out on a satisfying season to him, whatever that means, because I think the fact that he's stuck it out this long. He came back after his Achilles injury, which is a huge injury. Like even when you're in your twenties, that injury is really, really bad. So I hope that he comes back from this injury, feels good, and then kind of goes out on a season that he's really proud of.

36:21Victoria:I can't imagine him doing another season after this. He just looks a little bit tired. He looked tired two seasons ago. Yeah, but maybe the year of rest prior to the year of plenty. I don't know if that's a thing, but I like it. It can be. We can make it. We'll keep it. he doesn't have any children but he did get secretly married in the off season to an unknown wife which i kind of love i'm curious to see when does it come out who his wife is how are they keeping this a secret like how are you going anywhere like are you only doing private restaurants i mean i guess they have a lot of money so like they just like stands nettle to it yeah or does like the press is is there no paparazzi around which is crazy it's very on brand for Aaron Rodgers like it's a very on-brand thing Graham to do and I remember the very moment it was like a couple of weeks before preseason was or like training camp was starting and he's at a press conference and he gets up to the podium and one of the reporters at the press conference was like is that a ring on your finger he's like yeah I got married next question and everyone's like or we're just gonna glaze over that the fact you got married and he was so nonchalant about it And everyone was like, come on, dude, give us the tea.

37:30We all want the tea. And he didn't give us the tea. You're like, tell us what's up. No, literally. Every other player posts about their engagements and stuff. But, I mean, I get it. Some people don't like doing that. So I understand. Yeah.

37:41Victoria:Yeah. We'll be interested to see. So six starting quarterbacks got married in the offseason. We'll talk about those maybe next week. But on to our final daddy, zaddy, daddy Flacco. Browns, Joe Flacco is back. Oh, thanks, Giovanna. I stole that from you. Every week I'm going to be like we have to do the like little puns. I think it's just so funny. Yeah, we got to keep the puns coming. Daddy Flacco is also 40. He was originally drafted back in 2008 by the Ravens. He has played on so many teams. Actually, we look at his entire history. Ravens, Broncos, Jets, Eagles, Jets, Browns, Colts, Browns. So he's been around the block a couple times.

38:29Victoria:He went to school at Pittsburgh and Delaware, actually. 18th overall pick in the 2008 draft. Holy moly, 2008? How many times has he been on the Browns team? Is this his third time? This is his second time on the Browns. Okay, second. Yeah. And if you forgot, the Browns are the team that had like five quarterbacks going into the season. It kept being a storyline. Boy band. The boy band. The Browns quarterback boy band. He has a Super Bowl under his belt in 2013 with the Ravens. So it has been 12 years since his last— And he's with Brady. With Brady? No, he beat Brady that year in the Super Bowl.

39:14He beat Brady in the I think it was like the AFC championship to go. Wow.

39:18Victoria:I mean, that's a good stat. It's crazy that he so he's only made one Super Bowl appearance ever and he won that Super Bowl. And I kind of love that. I'm very curious to know if he is chasing another Super Bowl. I'm curious about this for all of them. Like what is keeping them in the game this long? I feel like for Joe Flacco, it's one of those things that like they know when you look at it, like he's beaten Brady. He's been to Super Bowl. Not many old veteran quarterbacks can say that. Outside of that, maybe like Aaron Rodgers, but you don't have any like good old vet quarterbacks that are still playing at somewhat of a high level.

39:55The NFL and these teams want to have players like that on their team to be, what do you would call it, a mentor, like role models for these young quarterbacks that they have on their teams. For the Browns, Dylan Gabriel and Chatur, they're looking at Joe right now. So that helps them. So it's interesting to think about, though.

40:14Victoria:Yeah, it is really interesting. Guess how tall Joe Flacco is. And he's like, is he over six foot? Yeah. Like what, 6 '2"? 6 '6". Dang, he's that tall. Why is no one talking about this? So he really is a tall? Okay, daddy. 6 '6", 230. That's hot. That's a good combination. So they have five kids. Five babies later. No, honestly, love that for him. Hannah's wife. Shout out to her. Shout out to her. Something funny about Joe Flacco's apparently his kids tell him that he stinks at football. I saw this. It was like his son. I saw like an interview with him and he was talking about, yeah, my kids tell me I suck.

40:55Like I'll like call them after a game and he'll be like, how did I play? And they'll be like, terrible. I'm like, that is insane. Like imagine your 13 year old is telling your 40, a 40 year old person's been the NFL for a decade and telling them that they suck. That sucks.

41:12Victoria:That does suck. That's sad. I feel like parents, God, teenagers are brutal. If you're a parent of a teenager, bless you. Yeah. You know what's also crazy about this whole thing, though, is that like we're talking about the 40 year olds in this league as being like so old, but like 40 is actually not old at all. like at 40 you have so much time like I can guarantee you I'm gonna be richer hotter and smarter at 40 than I am today at 30 at 40 years old I just want to like retire and travel at 40 yeah I got 20 years to make it happen we'll see we'll know a little less than that but you're like 24 right yeah okay okay yeah I'm 30 and I do believe that like your 30s are the new 20s Really?

42:00Victoria:Yeah. Like, my 20s were crazy. Like, just really intense. And so I'm, like, very excited. Like, I feel like I was made for my 30s. Like, I was made to be here. Yeah. So I'm glad we've arrived. Okay, let's move on. I think we need to talk about a couple of the games that we glazed over some of the games. Talked a little bit about Bills, Ravens. Let's talk about Derrick Henry and Derrick Henry's legs. Insane room. Maybe there's nothing to say. All hail King Henry. All hail King Henry. If you doubted him, if King Henry fell into round two or three in your fantasy leagues, then y 'all need to look inside yourselves because that man is amazing.

42:46Victoria:And then DeAndre Hopkins also had a one-handed catch in the Bills-Ravens game. Yeah. I didn't realize he was 33. He's on a one-year,$5 million deal with the Ravens, which can reach$6 million with incentives. And seven of his years in the NFL are greater than 1 ,000-receiving yard seasons, including a 1 ,500-yard season with the Texans in 2018. And he was on the Chiefs last year, was in for 10 games with 437 total yards. And I think that I didn't see him much last year. Like I didn't really pay much attention to him, but I think that he maybe got underused. And so I love it for him, especially being a player kind of coming up on the older end.

43:35Victoria:And he's also been on, you know, a couple of teams throughout his career, never really had a big stable contract. So I would love to see him just like blow it out of the water. And that, that catch being seen in the future as the statement catch to like put a crazy run towards the end of his career and like get him paid even more and like maybe even just valued the way that he's supposed to be valued like I think he's super undervalued with the way that he can play at the moment so I'm really curious to see how he does on such an incredible Ravens team with Lamar Jackson with an offensive line that can actually block for him create really good opportunities for him because I would say that the Ravens offensive line is better than the Chiefs offensive line was last year.

44:19Victoria:So how, you know, does he have a huge opportunity this year to step into? Yeah, it's interesting because the D-hop, like we know he's cold, like he's been a dog. But I think when you're a wide receiver in this league, I mean, how many wide receivers that we that came out of the draft this past draft and that we're already saying, we'll talk about that a little bit later too, but the talent only gets better and better and better that are coming up from college. So when you have a receiver like D-Hop who's in his 30s, we know he's good. But unfortunately, you're only going to see kind of those one, two-year contract deals because they could easily go draft a guy.

44:56Or if a guy doesn't work out, there's still plenty of other talent. So it's kind of a weird position to be in. But I'm rooting for him. I really hope he does good in Baltimore. I think it's a good fit for him and what kind of player he is. So it should be interesting. I'm hoping for him.

45:13Victoria:Okay, I'm going to make a wild parallel right now, but something that really is driving me nuts with the NFL, like the deeper that I dive into the stats and learning about it and learning about trades and players. I think that the age 30 in the NFL is the equivalent to the age 35 for women getting pregnant. The way that they treat players when they turn 30 is the way that they treat women when you are over 35 having a baby. They're like, you're cooked. You're done. You're geriatric. You need all these extra pills. Your body is failing. It's not going to work. This is dangerous. You need to get wifed up already.

45:50You need to get wifed up.

45:53Victoria:And then the NFL is like, like with Terry McLaurin. I'm pretty sure it's Terry McLaurin. Is Terry McLaurin 30? He's actually 29, but no, you're right, because that was a big thing about his contract. Right, and they're saying he's right on the edge of 30, but then we're talking about players like DeAndre Hopkins, like Joe Flacco, like Aaron Rodgers, all of the daddies in the game. And then Travis Kelsey, he's 35. Jason Kelsey, over 35 when he retired. But for whatever reason, 30 is the age when the media starts to panic about players. Yeah, we know Derrick Henry is 31, too. Yeah, Derrick Henry is 31.

46:33Victoria:So I just love to, like, see the narrative on both sides of that, like the 35-year-old woman pregnancy narrative and the 30-year-old in the NFL narrative. of just like that's a great point let it go like let's just move on and realize that like health care the way that we take care of our bodies the way that we treat our bodies technology modern medicine like a lot different nowadays yeah like all of those things make it so much safer easier and like biologically make more sense than ever before to both be a star nfl player and to like have a kid. And I just like, I can't stop thinking about that parallel since I've like dove more into contracts and stuff.

47:16Victoria:Makes so much sense though. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, if you're just thinking like, I'm a girl, I'm 34, I don't have a kid yet. Just think, Rihanna's somewhere around 40, about to have her next kid. Everybody's be having babies later. I always just think of like Derrick Henry because every single year they're like, oh, Derrick Henry's old, guys. And then he comes out and has like a 47-yard touchdown to like, yeah, he's old. He's really old. He looks really old out there at 31 years old. Yep. But I also love, though, that like the thing about age, especially coming from a female perspective, is that when they don't have anything else to say negatively about you, they bring up your age.

47:54Victoria:If they can't say she doesn't have a career, she doesn't have money, she's not personable, she can't hold it. Like if they have nothing, like if you are beautiful, smart, have friends, have a career, have your own apartment, have your own car you can talk to people you can be out in public you have a side hustle that's fun you have passions you have hobbies like if the only thing that they can say about you is your age that's how you know you're in a good freaking spot that's how you know if they start bringing up your age then that's how you know they have pretty much nothing else on you yeah and they're jealous and they're just kidding you ain't me sorry sorry you hate me because you ain't me A couple more and then we will close it out for today.

48:35You know what? I will continue to say this. The Raiders might be nasty this year. Obviously, Brock Bowers, I think he's questionable now. Like, I think he got a knee injury in that game. So I hope he's okay because I think that's a big part of the Raiders' offense. But Danny Dimes came to play. He came to play. Obviously, you know, can I be real? Please. There is no way. The day that y 'all honored Jim Irsay, Jim Irsay was the former previous Colts owner. He passed away. Now his three daughters are taking over. One of the three daughters is like more on like the football operations, like is on the field with the headset on.

49:14Like she's very in it. She's like the president, everything. but obviously this game they were honoring Jim Irsay and then the Colts hadn't won a season opener since like the 90s like it was pretty detrimental for a season opener but the day I'll have a brand new quarterback you're honoring Jim Irsay you have three females pretty much leading this team and then Danny Dimes comes out here and throws you can't tell me the NFL is not scripted sometimes. Like that's just too good to be true.

49:45Victoria:I love it. Okay. So we're talking about Colts dolphins, but from last week. Yeah. Where the Colts blew out the dolphins 33 to eight. And I, speaking of women, I'm obsessed with this storyline. Like how stunning. What a beautiful, I mean, it's time for the girls. It's time for the girls. And I love that it's a family legacy. I love that it is a natural progression. I love that it's three girls. I love that they have been involved for an extended period of time. It's not like they're just popping in. And I love that they won. I love that they honored. I just, I mean, the whole thing. It's like such a sweet, sweet story.

50:27Victoria:And I'm so excited to see how they do running the whole operation. Yeah, on the other side of the spectrum, if I were y 'all, I would stay away from any and absolutely any Dolphins player. Maybe Devon A. Chain, the running back, is the exception to that. But I would stay away from any and all Dolphins players. Actually, I was going to put this in my top five. This might be my honorable mention for my moments. Tyreek Hill, absolutely going bonkers on the sidelines. He was pissed during that whole exchange. But I've always said this. Like, Tua, after those concussions, he's never been the same. And I don't think he should be playing.

51:05Something's not right.

51:06Victoria:Do you think you're being a little bit too hard on the Dolphins, though? because we were talking about the Lions who had a trash game week one. So do you think that there's hope for the Dolphins? No, you think Dolphins are just on their downhill? We've already kind of saw it last season. I think what's the difference between the Dolphins and the Lions, the Lions showed promise from last season, and also the Lions are figuring their ish out because they just lost one of the best defensive coordinators in the league. For the Dolphins, McDonald is very, he's a player's coach. He's like very laid back in a sense.

51:39And then when you have players like Tyreek Hill, who's the freaking fastest receiver in the league, he might not be still, I don't know. But he's one of them. Yeah, one of them. And then you have a team around you, but that was bad. Like, it was just the way they were playing. Like, it wasn't like a matter of like the team that you're playing had a really good defense. Because let's be honest, the Colts don't have an amazing team either. But it was like self-inflicted mistakes. Just Tua could not throw the ball, get it in the hands of the receiver. And he has a really good one-two punch with Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddell.

52:09So, yeah, I don't have too high hope for the Dolphins. I'm not going to cap it to you.

52:15Victoria:Yeah, and it'll be interesting to see are the Colts making a name for themselves, even though they've been a little sleepy the last couple years. So they've been winless in a season opener, the Colts, in the last 11 seasons until last weekend. Indianapolis beat the Raiders in 2013 was the last win. and that it's been almost 4 ,400 days since the Colts last won a week one game. Isn't that crazy? That's what I'm like. It's just it's a little it's a little too perfect for me. But hey, I'll give it to him. I'll give it to him. Any closing closing thoughts, games you're looking forward to, things you want to see?

52:54Yeah, I mean, I would just say this. I am going to start doing a little bit of rookie stands out weeks a week. and then hopefully I can guess the offensive and defensive rookie of the year because we're doing this but I am I was already high on him Emeka Ibuka I it's funny because I was telling somebody else this I was like peekaboo it's Emeka Ibuka like peekabuka anyways he's a dog actually he's a wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers he finished with 23 fantasy points 23 fantasy points as a rookie guy receiver is phenomenal like most your wide receiver ones are getting 20 20 points he had two touchdowns uh four out of six receptions and then 76 total yards the two touchdowns are really kind of the make for a mecca um that's why he had 23 points so he's a dog my audible mention for this is jacore crosskey merit aka bill he says like his name is so difficult that he was like just call me a bill.

53:54I think this happened in college. But running back for the Washington Commanders, here's why he's impactful. If he's not snagged in your leagues, go get him right, right now. Austin Eckler, the running back one for the Commanders, is injured. So this man is now going to be taking over the backfield. We already saw him do some really good things last game. He finished with like, I think he finished with double digits too. He had a touchdown, 82 yards, but he's taking over that number one spot and he's a dog. So Ja 'Cory, Krosky, Merritt, aka Bill, go Stashman Fantasy. Honorable mention as my rookie standouts for the week.

54:32Amazing. Cool. I love those two.

54:33Victoria:Make sure that you come back and listen on Friday for Allie Ridgway. She is the wife of John Ridgway on the Saints. We talk a lot about behind the scenes, NFL amenities, things that they get from the league, how it works moving, how is she liking New Orleans, all the good things. It's a really, I learned so much. So it's a really good conversation. So come back on Friday. Do you want to play a game? Yeah, always. Okay. I was thinking about this while I was driving today. I want to name every NFL team and I want you to give me one word on what you're thinking about them going into week two. Okay.

55:10Victoria:Do you love it or hate it? Because we don't have to do it. No, I love it. I love it. It's going to challenge me. Are you ready? Yes. Commanders. Optimistic. Packers. Much as it hurts me to say this. Dogs. I knew you were going to say that. Giants. Jackson Dart. That's my one word. Cowboys. Surprising. Yep. Seahawks. Underwhelming. Steelers. Hot. They are kind of on fire right now. Rams. Challengers. Titans. Undecided. Bills. Dogs. Jets. Exciting. Because I really like Justin Fields. I know. I was going to say Fieldsy Poo. Fieldsy Poo. If Fields is in your waivers, go grab him. He's going to get you them rushing touchdowns all day long.

55:46Patriots. Meh. Dolphins. Terrible. Jags. Trevor. Bengals. Crybaby.

55:52Victoria:49ers. Injuries. Saints. Bad. I don't think they're as bad as we thought they were going to be. Well, okay, no. Spencer Rattler actually played better than I thought, but I just don't have hope for them. Kellen Moore, their head coach for the Saints, he came from the Cowboys. Well, Eagles first and then Cowboys. I don't know. Browns. Shader. Ravens. Oh, hell, King Henry. That was multiple words about how to say that. Bears. Ben Johnson. Lions. No. We'll see. Broncos. Oof. I actually like the Broncos. Hopeful. Colts. Dimes. Okay, let's go speed round. We've got eight to go. Panthers. Move on. Next.

56:30Cardinals. Oh, they're going to be good this year. Eagles. Super Bowl champs. Chiefs. Taylor Swift. Falcons. Elphaba. Vikings. Disappointing.

56:40Victoria:Interesting. Buccaneers. Emeka. Abuku. Texans. Meh. Chargers. Meh. Raiders. Go Raiders! That's what I was waiting on. Excited. Very, very, very excited. Okay. Well, thanks, guys, for listening to week two of the game. We would love to hear from you. So if you could leave us a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts. If you like our show, please share it with a friend. We love the girls. We love chatting with you guys. If you're not on it already, join our sub stack. Thanks to Lo for your entertainment on your fantasy team. We'll post that on our socials. If you're not following us on socials, you can follow Giovanna at Giovanna Scroggins, me at HeyVictoriaHenderson, TheGame at TheGameThePodcast, TheGameThePodcast.substack.com.

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57:56Victoria:the game's on the game is all my god the game's on the game's on games on games on games on