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25:31And, yeah, the Quentin Johnston opportunity, I think a lot came for teams planning for that and they have left QJ wide open. And now you have to deal with all of them, including Rondé Gaston Jr., who is dealing with an injury, which is a little bit of a ding to the Chargers where the Jags have struggled in coverage against these explosive guys, whether they be a slot guy, big slots or tight ends. But considering the offense looking clunky, trying to adjust with without BTJ as well as Travis Hunter, leaning on Parker Washington, who's a good player. But to have him out there, Jacoby Myers, just adjusting, you kind of wonder where it comes from.

26:10And unless he looked good, Parker Washington's look good. Yeah. Travis CTN's look good. Where did this running game go? I mean, it's been pretty good. It was good. It was great last week. Davis Mills was the problem. Yeah. So I think there is a route, but man, they feel like a route for them to win this game. And I think that's running the ball on the Chargers. But man, the Chargers are you just don't know what to do with them. I saw it because their defense is suddenly back. Right. I saw that insane stat from your colleague, Daniel Popper, that they were literally dead last in EPA per play over a three week stretch from weeks.

26:44What would have been five to seven, I think. And then the last three weeks, they are first. I mean, that is a head coaching job came open or something. or or yeah it's it's partly based on opponents but it's it's more that they should be a good defense and they seem like they're back to being a good defense i think that trade for a dafeo way really worked out well for both sides yeah and we've noted this before on the show but trevor lawrence struggles just reading zones or making decisions quickly against some of the zone looks that he sees and this will be no different in my opinion where i think that jaguars have had a spark since the beginning of the season and continue to have a spark is on their special teams unit, not just Cam Little and the records that he's set this year and just a quality kicker, but also their return game is potentially very, very explosive.

27:31The Chargers have historically been up and down in terms of their coverage. They have the best, most consistent kicker in the league. So factoring that aside, but I do think that the Jaguars have to start understanding that they have to win in the margins because their defense is incredibly shaky and missing players and their offense is not consistent and still lacks this identity that we've been hoping to see by now. Question for you guys. So the Jaguars have been a mainstay in the if the playoffs started today graphic. Will the Jaguars still hold a place in those first seven seeds after this week or for any point for the rest of the season after this week?

28:13Right now they are five and four. They are the seventh seed. is this the last time that we see them as part of their that graphic not in the hunt I'm saying in the playoffs I think they will get back on the graphic this week they slide off the graphic okay they're gonna fall off but they'll be back yeah because you're not giving up on them long term the whole playoff leverage thing and I'm not making some declarative statement but the whole if the playoffs started today they don't right so like that being the key part of that Yeah, it changes all the time. They do have a softer schedule down the stretch than some other teams.

28:49So even though if they lose this game, I feel like it's going to feel easy to bury them. They're going to hang around. I don't know if they get back in, though. I have cursed many teams and many players this year. So I guess maybe I'll try the reverse. I think they'll miss the playoffs. So now go make the playoffs, Jacksonville. Okay, you were messy fun once. Let's bring it back. Let's take a break. And yes, we'll try to beat the monotony allegation when we talk Bengal Steelers.

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34:15Back on NFL Daily, channeling my inner Rodney Harrison today. If no one's doubting you, if no one's providing you extra motivations, you just make it up a little bit. And that's what that one comment from Eric is doing for us. It's fueling us to try harder to be less monotonous. I mean, sometimes I feel like back in the day, Rodney Harrison or Brady, they would just make things up about people doubting the Patriots. Yeah. You need the bulletin board material. You don't actually need the bulletin board or the material. You could just summon the anger from within. Because imagine if the Patriots had to do six or seven podcasts a week.

34:55Yeah. The type of internal toughness they would need to pull that off. Yeah. I mean, you know, amid all the scandals and investigations and chicanery, imagine if they were distracted. Would the Patriots have ever won a Super Bowl? Let's get to this next game with some good veteran quarterback play. the Cincinnati Bengals taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers who were favored by five and a half points after getting ran out of SoFi Stadium. 49 and a half is the over under Kevin Harlan and Trent Green on the call as Jordan. It gives us another opportunity to talk about the 2025 Cincinnati Bengals defense.

35:31Will they be enough to make Aaron Rodgers and this offense feel better? No. Oh, wow. Wow. Oh, feel better. Yes. Okay. I was so ready. Come on. Maybe Al golden and Zach Taylor, they got in the lab during the bi-week. You don't have faith. I was like, why is Patrick so surprised? I was like, Oh, Jordan knows something about Al golden. I don't know. I mean, yes. Yes. I do think Aaron Rogers of the Pittsburgh Steelers offense feels much better this week. Not just because the, the injury status of the opponent is still no Trey Hendrickson. And also the Bengals defense has been politely porous. this season.

36:14And the thing that the Steelers are very, very good at on offense, despite the fact that they're lacking in explosiveness and they've been pretty inconsistent, especially of late. The thing that they do have is they make a ton of yards after the catch plays. Well, what is the percentage of yards after the catch that the Cincinnati Bengals defense has allowed? 62 and a half percent. Wow. Wow. All yards amassed against them have come after the catch, which also happens to be the majority of yards that the Pittsburgh Steelers offense has amassed themselves. Oh, wow. Circle gets the square. I love that for Pittsburgh.

36:50I love any game that's just in the 30s, and that's every Bengals game. Sometimes it gets in the 40s. This feels like a bigger game now because of the Joe Burrow news that I think at this point, I think the over-under is he's going to return on Thanksgiving. And yet I do wonder, like how much better can they get on offense? They're literally first in the league in points. And I think EPA per play since Joe Flacco took over. So maybe it doesn't even matter if Joe Burrow is back. Of course it matters because we are going to watch the games and everything matters, but I feel like they have to win one of these next two games and they're not easy.

37:28This is going to be the easier one for Cincinnati before Joe Burrow plays, which is a hilarious proposition. But why? Like at this point, you would like Joe to be healthy for 2026. And in terms of the long term aspirations of the Bengals, if they if they don't win this game, like I think conceivably, you could just shut him down. I understand Joe Burrow wants to play. But this this defense is so bad. It's just a waste of time. Maybe they came up with some answers. Don't you have faith in Zach Taylor to come up with some answers during the bye week? Do you? I don't. But the fact that no one even thinks it's possible shows us.

38:06Forget Matt LaFleur coaching for his job. It's Zach Taylor. This is not even about like, I mean, it is because he's the head coach. But like you just you guys have just said it yourself. This offense is playing great. Everything is fine. He's the head coach. He's the head coach. To me, it's 100 % on him. Well, I'm saying in terms of answers on the offensive side, you can't really come up with much more at this point. It's the defense. It's Zach Taylor hiring Al Golden. It's Al Golden and, you know, just a lack of personnel as well and injuries that have hit them at the wrong times and a lack of identifying the right guys for the system and the wrong system and all of it.

38:42All of it's bad. So, no, I don't believe. If they haven't made adjustments to this point, I don't believe one week in the lab is going to do more. No, I don't either. And I think this is a particularly bad matchup. This could be a moment where it all caves in on them because one of the stats have been watching with Flacco, as great as he is, he gives up the second there's any pressure. His pressure numbers... Under pressure... Stop. I mean, you shine when the lights turn on. That's when you're the brightest. The second there's any pressure, he just gives up on the play. It's over. I think he's second or third worst in the league, EPA per play and PFF grade, all that stuff, when there's any pressure.

39:23He just throws it away. And they've played, you know, some some poor pass rushing teams. Now, I know they beat the Steelers and that's but I do think home game Steelers in general. It's a tough matchup for this offensive line for Cincinnati. And I kind of believe in the Steelers players. And and I think their pass rush is playing better the last few weeks, including against the Chargers. He just got the ball out. And I think it could be a situation where Pittsburgh wins this game convincing that it actually the offense doesn't show up for Cincinnati. Yeah, the the only reason to not think that is a couple of plays against the Chargers where the pressure wasn't there.

40:01And I understand Aaron Rodgers has been trying to get rid of the ball quickly and he doesn't have eyes in the back of his head. But that throw to John Smith that ultimately got overturned. One of the one of the worst Rodgers throws I think I've ever seen where John is all by himself and he has to climb the ladder to get the ball comes down. A ball pops out. There was a DK touchdown that Rodgers just whiffed on. and you just wonder, if you're watching on YouTube, you can see Jonu leaning back because he thought he was going to get that ball, turn around, and run into the end zone, and it just wasn't there.

40:30And so if the Bengals can do anything, I think if they can be somewhat functional, it's a great idea for Joe Flacco to get rid of it. We've seen Jake Browning in this situation. Stay healthy. Stay upright, Joe. If the play's not there, dirt it. Give somebody a souvenir because you'll be right back on the field with this Bengals defense, but what if not? What if, Greg, you've called it and Zach Taylor has said, you know what, Greg Rosenthal? Stick it. I'm going back here. We're going to stop. If he sweeps Mike Tomlin with Joe Flacco, I mean, that's an embarrassment for the Steelers. Does Zach Taylor keep his job if he sweeps Mike Tomlin with Joe Flacco?

41:07I think he's going to keep his job most likely regardless, even though I don't think. But yes, I think that would be a major step towards that point. The thing about what you mentioned about Joe Flacco versus pressure, the thing that Justin Herbert was so good about was getting the ball out quickly, even when the pressure was coming. Right. And obviously we know that Joe Flacco will maybe not tend to do that so much. He will he more often than not throws it away or, like you said, he dirts it. Well, when the Steelers get pressure, especially blitz pressure, they are converting it to sacks among the best in the NFL still.

41:42and they got a ton of pressure last week and I expect them to get a ton of pressure this week and we know that they converted to sacks. Joe Flacco knows that they converted to sacks and I do think that that is a huge hinge point in the game is just ruffling up him just a little. They just feel like in every other week. It's like great older athletes have often said. It's like some days you wake up and it's just not there for you. That was Aaron Rodgers last week. It was too late. That wasn't his day. You can get eight wins that way and who is so good at getting seven or eight wins yeah sounds about right let's go to our next game the green bay packers are seven point favorites on the road at metlife where the over under is 43 and a half against the giants and jamis winston will be starting adam amin and drew breeze oh yeah on the call for fox um it's a it's a great chance for us to see jamis first to hear drew breeze and maybe greg get a bounce back for this green bay packers off i might have to draft this game just to scout the breeze situation struggled with nbc didn't make it past one year wanted the job back you know made it clear did a little netflix studio in this very building last year mark sanchez loses his job he's not coming back to fox he's not he's not oh they they made that clear breeze comes in and this is his chance to start to start climbing that ladder because who knows greg might be leaving at some point to become the number one somewhere else it's a big opportunity and it'll be like a breeze brady rivalry at some point like there's just a lot going on with his with his old teammate starting at quarterback greg uh that is very exciting I will always wonder what would happen in 2019 to that Saints team if Jameis Winston had just stayed healthy.

43:34He was playing so well back then. Then he got hurt and it all fell apart. Let's listen to Jameis Winston. Yes, back in the starting lineup against the Pack. I want fans to know that I'm going to do my best. Obviously, I'm going to have fun, but I'm going to execute, have a surgical execution and just play ball, man. Like, this is something I've been doing since I've been four years old. And I just get to do it in the greatest city in the world. I'm going to be saying it with my son. It's the greatest city in the world. Yeah, that's a Hamilton reference, if y 'all don't know. Oh. Teen-year reunion.

44:07I did not know. No. So thank you, David. He is a man of many interests. Have you seen Hamilton? I haven't seen Hamilton. It's a great regret of mine that I still haven't, after all these years, have not seen it. We watched it on Disney+. Okay. Oh, you can watch it on TV? Yeah, it was during the pandemic. where we were like, we hadn't seen this cultural phenomenon. And I do know that Jameis has two five touchdown games in his career, and that's three more than slave owners had singing roles in Hamilton. So that's what I noted from Hamilton. Stats with Patrick. Without even knowing, although you probably bagged on it at some point in front of me, that you would not like Hamilton.

44:48I actually wrote a full-on Hamilton mock-up song where George Washington was singing about the human property that he owned and harvesting their teeth to use for himself. I want to see that play. You have it with you now. Yay, happy musical. We own people. I haven't seen Hamilton myself, but that Moana soundtrack bangs, you know. You got to give it up to... Shout out to Lynn. That was Dwayne Johnson's best role. I don't know if we should even talk about this game. I am annoyed, actually, that the Jameis Winston has to have such a tough matchup because. You know, I'm not really a must win shock jock radio guy.

45:33You but Packers really need to win this game. Like they just can't lose this game. The rest of their schedule is they do not have any easy games the entire rest of the season. And just the way everything's happened, they just got to go. They got to win this game. And I think their defense is great. And I think they will win this game. It is going to be a very difficult matchup for Jameis in his first and maybe only start. We don't know how long Jackson Dart will be in the concussion protocol. But it was interesting to me. They quickly announced he would not be starting this week. And Mike Kafka said the decision to start Jameis was all his.

46:06So they're elevating him over Russell. Yeah, Mike Kafka is certainly hoping for a metamorphosis. Hey, there it is. This offense. But I don't think they get one, first of all. Second of all, Green Bay has been playing so much better on defense over the last couple of weeks, and it has spotlighted a lot of the struggles they have on offense. One of the things that has to get cleaned up is they have to stop dropping passes. Yes, Jordan Love could play a cleaner game, and also there could be a little bit less like YOLO shots from this scheme in general. They could have a little bit, and with Tucker Kraft out, it's really hard to do this sort of on the fly, but I have a hunch that that's probably what Matt LaFleur was looking at on his tablet is, can there be a little bit more layup options in combination with running the ball?

46:52Stop turning it down. And also, like, some of these drops were, and the receivers really talked about this and were actually open even on social media about catches they wish they would have made or should have made. It just, everything feels so hard for this offense. It is a good matchup for the Packers in so many ways, but especially because we know Matt LaFleur loves running the ball, sometimes maybe a little too much. But in this game, it'll really help. It'll really help just stabilize everything. And Josh Jacobs looks great. And some of the harder-earned yards that he got, especially on that touchdown, you could tell he is trying to will this offense into more functionality because everything feels so just difficult and the atmospheric pressure feels so tight around this offense in general.

47:37Meanwhile, the defense is really forming its, I think, season-long identity. I think in the first part of the year, you're learning what you are, especially with Micah Parsons added to the mix so late before the start of the season and so close to the start of the season. And so I think Jeff Halfley and that group is really discovering what they actually are and how they actually want to play. Yeah, they had to pitch a perfect game. Yeah. And other than making a one-on-one tackle in an ocean of space with Saquon Barkley and getting beat by Devonta Smith, they almost did it. They almost had that perfect game.

48:10But I think the glaring thing that I can't take away and I can't get out of my head was the hot mic on the field on fourth and two and Mauro Jomo saying, inside zone this way. And so Jalen Carter instantly like destroys the play and the Eagles are there for the stop where it's like, that's the call. And then you're Jordan Love and you're hearing Ojoimo call out the play that you're about to run and then you run it anyway. And they always get two plays. So you got to have, and they're all in that system. And I don't know specifically what Green Bay does, but in this tree of coaches, there's always an emergency third play as well.

48:42And so you have to you have to own that. And if you're malafluor, you have to be on that and you have to be giving your quarterback options as well. All of these things can be true. You should run the ball. Never good when the defense knows exactly what play in which direction you're right. Because they've been doing that every time when they're in a hurry up situation. And yeah, that's where when we talk about like leadership out of quarterback, that that's sort of it there. That's the type of leadership you want is just to be calm in that moment and make the right decision. And they did not.

49:08Also a big quarterback island game for Jordan Love. Ooh. Wow. It's crazy. Let me check. I'm going to check over. Oh, yeah. No points for Jordan Love. Negative eight for the primetime loss. So if he would like to be in the conversation, because after week 10 or in week 10, that's when things matter. Man, Jameis Winston plus the fired coach principal plus seven. It's a lot of factors together. Like a whole bunch of Darius Slayton balls against Kashaun Nixon. He like about 14 other players that I'm looking at was that we're out of practice at Wednesday. So they are really banged up on both sides of the ball.

49:42The Giants right now. Not good. Rough one there. But, you know, Kafka is famous for his surreal and anxiety filled stories that explore themes of alienation, existential threat and overwhelming bureaucracy. So that sounds like a team that I know. Kafka esque. To Madrid we go! As we rise, shine, and watch the Washington Commanders taking on the Miami Dolphins on an NFL game for the first time ever in Spain. The Dolphins are favored by two and a half points because there's one, two of their last three games. Do you guys know where you can see the Miami Dolphins on Sunday morning? On NFL Network!

50:24Rise, shine, and watch presented by NetApp. It's a great opportunity. NetApp. The folks in Hawaii watching two of their all-time favorites go head-to-head. Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma on the call. It's going to be great. What time is it in Hawaii to start this game? It would be 2.30 in the morning, I believe. No, it would be 4.30 in the morning. Well, you know what? I'm going to give you some reasons. Okay. I knew you guys would be excited. This is the finale of the international series. It's too bad Jane Daniels and Terry McLaurin will not be playing, or Deron Payne, for that matter, who's suspended.

50:58Let's ignore the commanders for a second. I have come up with six reasons to watch the Miami Dolphins and be intrigued. Number one, you're talking about all those extra tight ends, you know, all the heavy personnel. How about grabbing a guy who's been a center or a guard his whole career, Daniel Brunskill, putting him out on the corner as an extra tight end and using heavy formations for half of their snaps last week. Number two, Juju Brents, a second round pick. Very physical, coming off the best game of his career, just shutting down Keon Coleman. But whatever, he had an incredible game last week, Juju Brents.

51:39Number three, oh, everyone's just talking about, oh, the Dolphins defense is terrible this year. The Dolphins defense is terrible. How about over the last month, 12th in EPA per play allowed, eighth in success rate. They've been pretty good for a while now. Teams change, the seasons have different eras. Number four, Jordan Brooks at linebacker, legit Pro Bowl candidate. He's been great. Number five, Tua Tungvaluwa. There's been ups, there's been downs. But when there are ups, that man celebrates. Oh, yeah. Like, he enjoys it. You would not know they're having a bad season. If he hits a big pass, he's going to start on you.

52:13And I think the Madrid crowd will love that. Number six, what are we at? Jalen Waddell, fourth in receiving in the NFL since Tyreek Hill. Got hurt. And then finally, I might have said six. I got a seven. There is a path. There is a path to Dolphins relevance. You got the commanders this week. Your favorite. You got a bye undefeated during buys. The Miami Dolphins. After that, the Saints and then at the Jets. Now, do I trust this Dolphins team to actually get through all those games and win them all. I feel like two and one is probably the most likely outcome. But it's pretty doable. It's pretty realistic.

53:02It's doable. To see the Dolphins six and seven in the hunt graphic going up against the Steelers in like the middle of December, they could be back. Yes, I agree with you. I think they are still alive. And I think they know that they're still alive. And I think whatever is going on in that building, whether it's the absence of some people, or the addition of, like, fire. Everyone just fire it up because Chris Greer's gone? No, Tyreek's not there. Oh, that's fair. I mean, and he wanted out before the start of the season. There was a bad vibe there. Yeah, it's okay. But, no, I don't think that Chris Greer was the turnaround point for, especially, you know, I don't know that players are mourning a guy who could have cut them at any second or traded them at any second.

53:48It's just not how it works. But this is impressive. Anthony Weaver, friend of the show. has helped turn this defense around, not only schematically, but really they've uncovered some incredibly exciting players, young players, and guys that just sort of fit together. And then on this offense, number eight, they actually, keep an eye on this guy because he is limited this week in practice, but their center, Aaron Brewer, is the fourth rated center on the run against the, excuse me, let me start that over. Their center, Aaron Brewer, who was limited in practice this week, so keep an eye on that, is PFF's fourth-ranked center in run blocking.

54:29Sixth-ranked overall. And if you watch him, and I did go down a rabbit hole in isolating some of these run plays because they were so, especially last week, they were fun to watch. They can really move the ball behind him. And he really is, I think, a huge Jenga piece for that entire offensive line, that entire system. And I know they love him down there. And it's like, they've got like guys in sneaky spots that really, really matter that are coming together. Importantly for this team. Yeah. Bradley Chubb had eight pressures in week 10 and not to, there's still reason to have hope. The path is there, but the dolphins early season schedule is the, in the hunt graphic.

55:12Like I think, right. This, cause Greg says it, the schedule explains so many things. Yeah. They, they started Colts, Patriots, bills right then they get a win against the jets uh they lost uh to the chargers and and yeah they had the island game well schedule wise against the the carolina panthers they lost that by three and so like the season's kind of hinging right on the panthers and browns games uh the dolphins looked rough in but yeah that they might be who we thought they were it's just the order of events uh made it look one way and we're talking about meetings and tps reports when yeah well it's It started uglier than you would have expected.

55:50And what we thought they were was potentially like a seven to eight win team. And that is where they might end up landing. But to your point, Aaron Brewer is playing well. Like Patrick Paul is turned into like a franchise left tackle. Like out of nowhere. And Austin Jackson came back to practice this week. His window is open. I don't know how early he's going to be back with the team on the field. But if he comes back, too, they have a pretty complete line. And who knows? Dan Quinn takes over play calling. He's the new coordinator. He'll have that backwards hat on. I don't know if you can fully count on the Dolphins as a heavy favorite in any team.

56:25In fact, they're only two and a half point favorites. That one is tempting. I do find it interesting, as we head to a break, that for the second straight season, that Washington-Chicago game was kind of like a moment in time with a heartbreaking ending. In this case, it was Jaden Daniels fumbling the ball in the rain, at which the loser of that game goes into a free fall that no one could possibly expect. The loser, they got to keep putting Jaden versus Caleb in week six or seven every year. And then after that happens, one of the teams will completely fall off the face of the earth. But they actually, they'll be there.

57:04They're going to travel. The globe is round. Have we checked out the planetary alignments during those games? No. Because we might have some teach tape moving forward. I'm looking forward to this game. We've heard the enthusiasm for the American football product in Madrid is next level. So I'm looking forward to the crowd and the game we will be watching early. Let's take one last break. Yes, we break up the early games, but we've got two more to go before a crazy big play game.

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1:02:34Sometimes I'm crafting a tweet, Patrick, or a blue sky tweet, or whatever you want to call it. Or even writing down notes for the game. And you so successfully live inside of so many people's heads that I can hear your response that you won't like this take that I have. And it's related to the Panthers-Falcons game. and that it's that Bryce Young's got to pick it up a little. And it's that I think down the stretch this season, he needs to play better than he has been playing this season or they will seek out another quarterback. That's my take. Yeah, I mean, I don't like it because I like Bryce.

1:03:16I think he's fun to watch. But yeah, he would need to play better. Okay. I thought you would think that was reactionary, maybe a little too reactionary. I think we've reached that point. I've reached that point. Yeah. Well, I think people reached that point way too early, and it was a little silly to reach that point at that point. But now we're at this point, which is not that point. I think part of the problem in watching last week is that it's not like he's not seeing the field well. You know, he's a short king, but he's seeing the field fine, right? It's not like he doesn't have options to go to, which was a decade-long Panthers problem forever.

1:03:55We mentioned it earlier on the show. And it's not like there's not moments to make a throw. And he's seeing the throw he needs to make. The problem, especially last week, is he was not making the throws. And that's coming up a little too much, in my opinion, this season to feel totally comfortable with where his development is at. So a couple games back after coming back from a high ankle sprain and looking pretty good, especially late against the Green Bay Packers on the road. They go on the road again to another team that's been flagrantly inconsistent. The Atlanta Falcons are three and a half point favorites at home.

1:04:35The over under is 42 and a half. Jordan, it was 30 to nothing. Jason Benetti and Brady Quinn on the call for Fox last time. Will it be 30 to nothing? the other time. Who are both of these teams and why do they do this stuff? I don't know. I don't know. I started talking about my Bryce Young point before you made your great introduction. I thought it might help break up some of the monotony. I think that's good. I think we're messing with the form of the show. We can do that. Just keep people... No, really? I just f***ed up. Yeah. No, but it's... It is... I don't know who either of these teams are, but I do know that I like what I see out of the Falcons defense on at least two downs out of every four downs.

1:05:22I like their blitz ideas. I love the way that Jeff Ulbricht uses Jesse Bates. I think this is going to be a huge Jesse Bates game because he is being used as this sort of chess piece that we know he is. You remember when Arthur Smith used to call him the Terminator, using him in different blitz packages, simulated pressure, freaking out the quarterback every which way, and then roving the field in a way that can also mess up a quarterback who isn't totally looking as of last week. Like he's quite sure where he's throwing the ball and isn't quite being on target with those throws. So I think this is a massive Jesse Bates is all over the field making plays game.

1:06:02And could be a big Jalen Walker game too. He's really improved. The last four or five weeks, he's looked like a different player and he's playing a new position. essentially in the NFL. He is looking like a really good first round draft pick. I think defenses are going to dare Bryce to beat them because Bryce is struggling, and it's not a good receiver group. Like, Tett McMillan is a very talented, good player. Sometimes he's not on the same page. And then after that, it's maybe the worst group in the entire NFL from two to six down. Xavier Legate, we don't even know if he's healthy. And then on the other side, your guy, it's not your guy, I don't know why I say everyone's your guy, Michael Penix.

1:06:39I'll take Mark. second to last in the league among qualified quarterbacks in terms of beating man coverage EPA per play. So when teams play man against them, he's not a guy who either pulls the trigger and just gives his receivers chances or can put it on the money. And that's kind of becoming the book on how to attack this Falcons defense. So you had a point you made. I remember during the breaks of our shows last week, which I thought was great. I was like, oh, that should have been on the show. It was about like it takes a village for the Falcons to have those sort of numbers in pennocks. There was a particular play.

1:07:15Do you remember that play? It was the I'm putting you on the spot. It was a dig to the receiver that was drafted by the Jets forever ago that I've already forgotten his name. Right. Wrong. Now I'm I'm forgetting to certainly not Darnell Mooney. No, but either way, it sort of takes away. it raises the point of like a lot is going into him struggling like this, I think in general and what their passing game is struggling with. But he is not a guy who's like able to lift up the team. Yeah. It was David Sills. That's one of the few targets in between the hashes where he was wide open and Penix missed him.

1:07:58And like they didn't go there the rest of the game, not the Sills, but that part of the field. Yeah, the middle part of the field, which continues to come up over and over and over again. We talk about Michael Penix, who takes difficult level throws only, it seems like. And really, their passing game flows through Drake London and the odd chance that they actually deploy Bajon Robinson in the passing game as well. To the point where I think I saw a report out of Atlanta today that they were trying out receivers. So it's like, you know, it spells an absence of layers. It spells an absence of guys that they trust.

1:08:32And it also, I mean, it's a, it's a cacophony of problems here with this offense. And I think that's it. It starts with the quarterback, obviously. And, but it also is, it's everybody in my opinion. I mean, throwing the pass to Darnell Mooney this season, he is 13 for 35, which is like, like a below average week for Shohei Otani. You know what I mean? Like that is, that should not be an NFL number. If Mooney catches that ball on third down. Just try to keep our Dodgers fan, Eric, engaged here. Yeah. If Mooney catches the ball in that game against the Colts, I think the conversation about both teams would be a whole...

1:09:11Gotta win this game. I mean, it's a big one for both teams, but you can't get swept by the Panthers if you're the Falcons. It's so crazy how I'm thinking about how much more promising a still bad overall Panthers receivers group is comparatively to what we know to be miss after miss after miss after miss after lack of weapon after lack of weapon after lack of weapon um for that whoever's scouting receivers for them someone new needs to come in there strong take strong take well just for help you know you don't have to get rid of the yeah no you know just bring in some folks who maybe do things differently than you do your job which is not very good the houston texans and davis mills perhaps on the road seven point favorites.

1:09:57Remember the Tennessee Titans? They took a break. They took a week off. Still playing football. They still exist. The over under is 39 and a half. Greg, Chris Myers and Mark Slareth are on the call. And the Houston Texans folks, don't look now. They're on their way, Greg. I still don't think enough has been made about the Mills-A-Sants going on. No. That game, I don't know. There was something about... General Mills. There's something about that fourth quarter that I want to believe sparks this because they've just been waiting for it. They've lost a lot of heartbreakers. They have the number one defense in the NFL, according to DVOA.

1:10:37They're going to have Davis Mills as their quarterback. It sounds like for another week, which is disappointing, obviously, for Texans fans and for CJ Stroud's health because he is still experiencing concussion symptoms a week and a half after suffering the injury. So you don't know if this is going to be more week, but it sounds like he's not close to playing this week. But Davis Mills showed, you know, what the offensive coordinator is there for. And more importantly, like what Schultz and Nico Collins, especially is incredible in that game are there for. And I do think they have enough to work with to win a game like this now favored by a touchdown with Davis Mills as your quarterback is that's spicy.

1:11:19That's a take. That's a take. I mean, it's a strong That's looking at what the Titans have done against mediocre defenses and thinking what could they possibly do against this Texans defense. And I get that. Yeah. No Calvin Ridley, perhaps, in this one. So it's like it's all in Jameer D.K. Not in the return game, but maybe in the receiving game as well. He and I.O. Miner. And maybe, you know, there's been a chance. A bye gives them an opportunity in a couple of weeks to prepare for a really good Houston Texans defense, but that's where their spark comes from. I don't necessarily know those Davis Mills.

1:11:55I think that was more bad Jags D. Made some nice throws. Some nice throws, some even better catches on some of those nice throws. And there was an opportunity or two for the Jaguars to end the game with an interception that they didn't take advantage of. I thought you can ask for out of your backup quarterback. I truly do believe he's a solid backup quarterback. He's like average. Yeah. You could do worse. Is Jake Browning finally off the list? I mean, he's off. Yeah. Oh, wow. Out of the conversation. I mean, out of the back. All we had to go off was was that magical magical seven game. You'll never forget it.

1:12:34I think this is a lot of Cam Ward has to throw on the run because those pass rushers are going to get after it. And those DBs can cover forever. So this is a lot of tight window throws and Cam Ward trying to make things happen, which will be fun to watch. I hope he is OK at the end of this one. But yeah, this is going to be, I think, just that will be the script for the Titans. And it will be on Mike McCoy, their interim head coach, and Cam Ward to kind of show their work in terms of what they did coming out of the bye because it was not a cohesive offense beforehand. And they still have a lot of development and games to play here for Cam Ward the rest of the season.

1:13:09We have some of the biggest games of the entire season coming up in our late game preview. depending on how you sort your power ranking, Patrick, we have the top four NFC teams facing off, maybe a divisional round preview. That is coming up in the late games preview. Stick with us. Are you looking for support in your weight management journey? ZepBound Terzepatide may be able to help. ZepBound is a prescription medicine used with a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity to help adults with obesity. or some adults with overweight who also have weight-related medical problems to lose excess body weight and keep the weight off.

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