In short
Week 1 NFL recap and debate on two wild Sunday games—Bills’ 15+ point comeback vs the Ravens and Aaron Rodgers’ revenge win vs the Jets—plus discussion of early-season storylines and a “win-loss game” prediction segment featuring Ashton Kutcher’s Bears schedule.
Guest backgrounds
Al Michaels (broadcasting legend, long-time NFL play-by-play analyst). Mark Schlereth (former NFL player, three-time Super Bowl champion; Fox analyst). Ashton Kutcher (actor; diehard Chicago Bears fan).
Key claims
Bills became the first NFL team to win in regulation after trailing by 15+ with under 4 minutes left; Ravens scored 81 points but lost (franchise record). Rodgers threw 4 TDs, 0 INTs, 136.7 passer rating, and made Steelers history in his debut. Kutcher predicts Bears defensive success vs Vikings’ J.J. McCarthy, then a grudge win/loss swing across the schedule.
Notable examples
Derrick Henry’s fumble/turning-point moments; Keon Coleman’s late-game catches; Matt Prater’s field goal timing; Jets’ Justin Fields rushing TDs and Garrett Wilson production; Bears’ plan to bracket Jefferson and contain the run.
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Discussion of the upcoming guests and recap of a thrilling game.
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Game Highlights and Guest Introduction
0:33 to 0:56
Discussion of the upcoming guests and recap of a thrilling game.
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Game Highlights and Guest Introduction
1:26 to 2:15
Discussion of the upcoming guests and recap of a thrilling game.
“I was happy to meet everybody associated with the Jets.”
Buffalo Bills' Dramatic Comeback
2:15 to 4:23
Analysis of the thrilling comeback by the Buffalo Bills against the Ravens.
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Historic Stats and Player Performances
4:23 to 5:49
Insight into historic performances and key player statistics from the game.
“And I know that sounds like an exaggeration.”
Derrick Henry's Impact and Game Analysis
5:49 to 7:45
Discussion on Derrick Henry's performance and its implications.
“The last time was, of course, against the New York Jets in the regular season, obviously.”
Josh Allen's MVP Performance
7:45 to 14:00
Examination of Josh Allen's performance and contributions to the Bills' win.
“Yeah, but he's so much bigger than Lightning McQueen.”
Recapping the Bills' Comeback Victory
14:00 to 21:34
Analysis of the Buffalo Bills' recent game and key performances.
“20th career primetime start in week one for Josh Allen.”
Aaron Rodgers' Impressive Performance
24:15 to 28:01
Discussion on Aaron Rodgers' performance and implications for the Jets.
“We had the actor Dylan O 'Brien here last week.”
Rodgers' Comeback and Jets Dynamics
28:01 to 31:08
Discussing Aaron Rodgers' performance and his relationship with the Jets.
“and so of course he was going to spike the football in his own understated pickup.”
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Justin Fields and the Jets Offense
31:09 to 35:39
Analyzing Justin Fields' performance and the Jets' offense challenges.
“I was happy to beat everybody associated with the Jets.”
Previewing Upcoming Games
35:40 to 35:51
Looking ahead to the Jets' matchups and upcoming NFL games.
“And that was the game of the day until Sunday Night Football hit.”
Ashton Kutcher's Win-Loss Game Predictions
36:05 to 36:20
Ashton Kutcher shares his insights on the Bears and their chances in the NFL.
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Ashton Kutcher's Win-Loss Game Predictions
36:48 to 38:06
Ashton Kutcher shares his insights on the Bears and their chances in the NFL.
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Ashton Kutcher's Win-Loss Game Predictions
38:12 to 42:00
Ashton Kutcher shares his insights on the Bears and their chances in the NFL.
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Ashton Kutcher's Bears Win-Loss Predictions
42:00 to 45:20
Ashton Kutcher discusses the Bears' upcoming games and predictions for the season.
“Yeah, the Bears are going to get the dub tonight.”
Anticipation for Key Matchups
45:20 to 47:19
The hosts express excitement about future matchups, particularly against rivals.
“And I think we're going to overplay because it is a grudge match from the Hail Mary from last year.”
Transcript
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0:55Rich Eisen:This is the Rich Eisen Show. Hey, everybody. Can't get enough of The Rich Eisen Show? You're in luck. You can find us everywhere. Watch us weekdays on Disney Plus from noon to 3 Eastern. Miss the show? We've got a podcast so you can listen anytime. But here's the best part. Our YouTube channel. Subscribe at youtube.com slash Rich Eisen Show and you'll never miss a moment. Now, on with the show. Play clock starting. This is the Rich Eisen Show. I was happy to meet everybody associated with the Jets. Live from the Rich Eisen Show studio in Los Angeles. And Matt Prater has won the ballgame. Today's guests, broadcasting legend Al Michaels, three-time Super Bowl champion Mark Schlereth, and latest news and more.
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1:56Rich Eisen:Oh, baby. Welcome to this edition of the Rich Eisen Show live on Disney Plus, live on the ESPN app. Everywhere, if you're watching us, we say hello. I am wearing a pink shirt. Do not adjust your sets. We're saying hello to everybody who's listening out there on ESPN Radio, presented by Progressive Insurance or Sirius XM Channel 80. Or whether you're listening to us on our podcast or not, it's your God-given right to listen to us whenever you want. And we're giving you a shout out right here. If you're taking in all three hours of our program every single day, we'd appreciate it if this is the way you like it through our podcast.
2:29Rich Eisen:All three hours available wherever you get your podcasts on the ESPN PodCenter network. Al Michaels is making his way to our studio, and that's because we provide him with food and makeup. No, he's here to hang out with us, and it's always great. He's got the game to kick off week number two of our campaign in the 2025 season. The Commanders at the Packers. That's a pretty significant contest based off of what we saw over the last 24 hours. Two teams now 1-0. And then Mark Schlereth, who was at that weather-delayed game in Jacksonville for Fox, he watched Travis Hunter play football for a professional football team for the first time in his life.
3:14Rich Eisen:And, of course, we'll talk about the Denver Broncos and how they struggled to beat the Tennessee Titans. And then the rest of the NFL campaign chatting with you, 844-204-RICH is the number to dial. One last piece of housekeeping before I say hello to everybody. The Overreaction Monday podcast all year long coming out during the regular season and the playoffs every single Monday. Chris Brockman and I have already recorded it. It should be up at any moment in time. Check it out on our YouTube page or wherever you get your podcasts. Good to see you over there, Christopher Brockman. How are you? Rich, good to see you again.
3:44Rich Eisen:How are you, my friend? Back in the same hemisphere as you. It's good to see you. Good to see DJ Mikey Diaz and Dee's nuts. Good morning, Rich. Ah, your microphone does work. Good to see you over there, TJ Jefferson. Candles lit. Candles lit. Guys, it's just another manic Monday, but I do wish it was Sunday because that was a fun day. That was indeed. And you're rhyming. And I believe you're wearing a Bengals t-shirt. We've got a surprise guest zooming in at the end of this hour to play the final win-loss game of our season. 844-204-RICH is the number to dial. Stay tuned for all of that on the program.
4:16Rich Eisen:Let's start with the obvious. I've never seen a game like the Sunday night football game to wrap up week number one of the 2025 season. And I know that sounds like an exaggeration. It sounds like hyperbole. It sounds like I'm just saying it game. As I said, in the instant reaction that I shot on my phone last night before passing out because I didn't know what hemisphere I was on. But I've got to say words like crazy, insane. I've never seen that before. It gets thrown around. a little bit too often in our sports conversation world when it doesn't merit it i've never seen a game like that that was crazy nuts and insane yeah that that was as wild an affair as you can see and just don't take my word for it i think you would agree everyone in this room whoever's watching us or listening to us would agree that you've never seen a game like that and i've got a statistic to back it up buffalo becomes the first team in nfl history to be down by 15 or more points with under four minutes left and win the game in regulation we've seen it before happen in overtime we've never seen it not go to overtime we've never seen somebody just say we don't need extra time we're going to take care of it right now only the second time and it's i guess if you're 57 58 years old you've never seen a game like this if you're a buffalo bills fan Only the second time in Buffalo franchise history, they've come back from 15 or more points, entering the fourth quarter and won.
5:49Rich Eisen:The last time was, of course, against the New York Jets in the regular season, obviously. 1967. They were down 17-0. They won 20-17. And then for all of us to settle in and say, okay, let's see the very first ever week one matchup between the last two MVPs of the league and see what happens. let's see if it can live up to the billing and then lamar jackson comes out and has an 18th career game with 200 or more passing yards and 70 or more rushing yards that's the most all time the only other player who's had more than 11 such he's the only player who have more than 11 such career games the only ones who have 11 such career games are russell wilson and the guy he beat last looked like he was beating last night and josh allen it's the 15th career game with a passer rating for Jackson of 140 or better.
6:43Rich Eisen:He's now five behind Aaron Rogers. Fifth on the all-time list for such a thing. Oh, and there's Derrick Henry. There's Derrick Henry doing Derrick Henry things. I've said this before. I'll say it again. By the way, I'm so glad that years ago, we got to find the exact date where I said this guy's a Hall of Famer. I think it was about five years ago. It was around 2020. I said that he wasn't when you said it. Okay, good enough, but I saw what was coming, which is you didn't call it. You did call it. And I'll say again what I've said here multiple times as well. Nobody runs the ball in such a way that you can imagine what it sounds like.
7:27Rich Eisen:The whistling of air, the whoosh, or in the way that his quarterback has described him, the kachow he has. since we're on Disney Plus, I should make a Pixar Cars reference. He did call him Lightning McQueen, and he does look like Lightning McQueen when he runs. He does look like he's faster than fast. Yeah, but he's so much bigger than Lightning McQueen. So massive. He's like Lightning McQueen in Tomater's body. Hey, that's funny. There you go. Holy smokes. That's funny right there. It's insane. He recorded his 13th career game with 150 or more rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. He's now tied all-time with Jim Brown, who he passed in the all-time rushing touchdowns list yesterday.
8:15Rich Eisen:He now has the most games of 150 or more rushing yards at age 30 or older, second most tied with Tiki, one behind sweetness. He did that last night. He's now come up with seven straight games with a touchdown against the Bills.
8:38Rich Eisen:he did all that and then deandre hopkins gets targeted for the first time he comes up with a circus touchdown catch and zay flowers is running like the wind after the catch wide ass open we saw all of that last night and then we saw like i saw friday night calling in youtube a fire drill game winner to cap it all off from a guy who's 80 years old who was sitting on his couch on Thursday and Matt Prater.
9:13Rich Eisen:Matt Prater was sitting at home because Bass was deep under the sea. He was out. Let's call up Matt Prater and get him on a play on a red eye. on a red eye. Do kickers not get private jets? No. No. They folded his 41-year-old ass into a seat. They made him go through security. Hope he's TSA pre-check. And he was the one who ended the first half on a field goal that we didn't think was going to happen because the Ravens were already having sandwiches in the locker room. They ran off the field. And, you know, John Hussey's just like, Ravens, Hold on a minute. Come back. You got to stop a field goal.
10:02Rich Eisen:And those three points were pretty damn big. Yeah. And we saw the Bills try one two-pointer after another after another and couldn't get it. We thought they were chasing points and they were out of it. Bills fans left. Bills fans left. The Ravens doink their last extra point. Doink. Am I missing anything? Oh yeah, the slap in the head Yeah, Lamar's shoving that dude Well, I mean Listen, you shouldn't touch fans And the league, I think, will fine him Don't touch the players But don't touch the players That dude deserved a shove Yeah, I mean, come on What are you doing? He was well within his rights to do that, I think I mean, the thing that's crazy If you told me someone was going to throw an object on the field Like it was a WNBA game It would have been in Buffalo with some arrest What the hell happened yesterday?
10:55Rich Eisen:And it was green. A whole bunch of stuff. What is happening? Based on last Sunday night, what a game. And the whole country watching. I don't know if we're going to see another game like that this year. And I can't believe I'm saying that in this sport where anything can happen, obviously. I hope you're wrong because that was glorious. But we got a clubhouse leader and it was the Sunday night football game. 81 points. it's the most points the Ravens have ever scored in their franchise history and lost. The Bills have now been involved in all three games since 2023 in which a team allowed 40 more points despite winning the game.
11:33Rich Eisen:Buffalo beat Baltimore last night, beat Detroit 48-42 in week 15. And if you remember, that was the week after they scored 40 and lost to the Rams. What the hell did we see last night? Look at that chart. Look at that chart. Wow. From ESPN Analytics right here on Disney Plus and the ESPN app everywhere. The Ravens were damn near 100 % ready to win and then off the cliff like Thelma and freaking Louise.
12:07So, there's that.
12:09Rich Eisen:What a game and what a win for the Bills because they're not only one up on the rest of the AFC East, which they've won for the last, let me look it up, 19 years it feels like.
12:25Rich Eisen:And they're also up one on the Ravens. They're also one up on the Chiefs and the Texans. Coming into the year, you're like, okay, those final four might be the final four in the AFC again. Baltimore, Bills, Texans, Chiefs. Only one of them is 1-0. And it's the Buffalo Bills. And you got to also feel this being the first game of the final season of Highmark. They wore a patch, commemorative patch, last night. Maybe there's fairy dust in that place. They have that feeling walking off. We have Josh Allen after the game. There he is. Roll it. It took everybody there. Just proud of our team for staying in it.
13:09No one on the sideline blinked. I mean, down 15 points, whatever we were, with five, six minutes left. Staying with it. Fans leaving, you know, the stadium. You know, you've got to play this game for 60 minutes, and that's a really good outfit that we just played. And, you know, God willing, we take care of business how we're supposed to and how we think we will. You know, it's probably a team we'll see again. So, you know, they're a greatly coached team. Hats off to them for having a really good game plan. But, you know, we stuck in there, and I'm just proud of our guys.
13:45Rich Eisen:Fourth-reigning MVP with four more offensive touchdowns in week one of the season. The others are named Brady, Favre, and Thurman Thomas, who is now second on the all-time rushing touchdown list for the Buffalo Bills. That's right. Josh Allen is now the biggest touchdown maker with his legs in the history of the Buffalo Bills. 20th career primetime start in week one for Josh Allen. And he won it. When his 20th career primetime start in week one. That's what I'm saying. So now he's six behind Mahomes for the most quarterback wins since 2018 in primetime. Seventh career game with two or more passing touchdowns, two or more rushing touchdowns.
14:31Rich Eisen:That's the most all-time. he's now three clear of Steve Young in that regard. I mean, what more can you say about him? What more can you say about this guy other than the fact that he is the MVP of last year and what we just saw last night? Because you knew every single time the Ravens made a mistake, this guy was going to make it cash. He wasn't just going to punt it away or run out of downs. He took advantage of it. When Derrick Henry put the ball on the turf, you just knew he was going to score. You knew it. You felt it. You sensed it. It was going to happen. Just didn't know he was going to find a tight end named Hawes.
15:16Rich Eisen:Was he taken in the Pasquantino guillotine league? I don't think so. Because we were down a TE4 just at that point in time. I mean, honestly, Coleman, Keon, what a great game. Eight catches, 112 yards. most of them in those finals. I mean, the ball bounced off its own player into his hands in the end zone. Crazy. Yeah, crazy. I mean, I've talked about this game long enough and I'm remembering crazy-ass stuff I didn't mention before. Well, the best thing Keon did, which is not scoring at the end of the game, really. Yeah. Him getting tripped up. Given the Ravens one last shot. Yeah. They had the ball back with like 39, 40 seconds.
15:55Rich Eisen:And it ended with a fire drill score with no time left. and I saw one of those at the end of the first half from Harrison Butker in Brazil. Matt Prater. He's played a gajillion games. Great question asked of him. Listen to the response. We've played for a long time in this league. Have you been a part of a game that crazy? Yeah, we had some crazy years in Denver with Tebow.
16:22Rich Eisen:Alright, you got me. Alright, you got me. Matt Copa, because I was there for one of those Tebow time. I was there. Well, Thursday night game against the Jets. Yeah, yeah. And Team Tebow for three and a half quarters looked like he was throwing the ball with his feet. And then four minutes to go, he turned into Steve Young. Or Josh Allen. Josh Allen, he's running too. Unbelievable. As for the Ravens. Wow. John Harbaugh had this to say afterwards. And I've got to tell you, I do agree with him. Hit it. Yeah, we'll go back to work. We'll go back to work like we always do. You know, we've been here before.
17:04This is how the NFL works. It's a tough league. You know, you play tough games and tough environments, and hopefully you learn from it and keep getting better. You get better throughout the course of the season, become the team you're going to be. It's a long journey.
17:15Rich Eisen:Yeah, there's going to be a lot of time for coulda, shoulda, woulda, things of that nature, certainly if they have to walk into potentially the final game of the history of Highmark Stadium in an AFC championship game, which could very well be the case and we'll be talking all the time oh this game's in buffalo could have been in baltimore blah blah blah um just stay the course matt i i was spending the top of that fourth quarter not gonna lie i will shoot you straight here on this program i on when i just said to you earlier i did not know what hemisphere i was in just quickly these are all by the way i'm not complaining this is first class champagne problems 100 from wednesday after i i left the the show on wednesday to saturday afternoon okay that was when i left los angeles when i got back to los angeles i spent 22 and a half hours on a plane probably more than i slept by a wide margin over the days that i was there in brazil the only reason why i mentioned this to you is i did not and then i did game day morning for four hours on NFL Network.
18:22Rich Eisen:I didn't know what time it was. I didn't know what hemisphere I was in. First time in my life, I felt that run over by jet lag and all that stuff. I thought to myself, this game is over. You know what? I'm just going to find out what it was like in the morning. Obviously, I'm glad I did not. But I'm bringing this all up to say I was sitting there saying the Ravens are without a doubt the best team in the NFL. All due respect to Green Bay. and also certainly in the AFC, I would sit here and say the Harbaugh's are coaching the top two teams through week one in the AFC. If you're just taking just a one-week snapshot and I was sitting there going, do the Bills need more weapons?
19:04Rich Eisen:What do they need? Do they need a better back end of the defense? What do they need? That's what I was thinking. And then a half an hour later, I was so stunned by what I saw. but you can't sit here and say the Ravens are less than it's just every single January and every Ravens fans knows this or early February if that's when the AFC championship games that they played in occur in that month it's always something and last night it was a fumble by of all people Derrick Henry you know a decision do you punt it do you not fourth and three do you go for it what do you do I mean I can't sit here and say that was a bad choice this was bad it just breaks.
19:47Rich Eisen:You know, you played in Buffalo. That was one long tick, it seemed, although they were replaying it on slow motion replay on NBC before the end of the half. Those three points were big. Big. You know? I mean, what else can you say? They're insanely talented. That Kyle Hamilton. I mean, I could rave about him. For the rest of this show. They're still the Baltimore Ravens. But that one's going to leave a mark. It hurts. It hurts. and you look at the Ravens' next few games. Yeah, that could be the ultimate motivator, too. They're home for Cleveland, then they have a Monday night home date with Detroit, who they should beat, based on what we saw on Sunday.
20:25Rich Eisen:Again, and then they're at Kansas City with Houston at home, and then the Rams at home. Four of their next five are in Baltimore. They can bounce back. Absolutely, they can bounce back. Obviously, after Cleveland, they play four teams that were part of the final eight of last year's playoffs. Ain't easy. I'm not worried about them. Until that happens, until January hits, and February hits, and just can the crazy not happen for them? Let's avoid the crazy. Good luck. I don't know how you do it, how you coach for it. Yeah, I thought about doing an overreaction, Rich, of being just like the Ravens are fine.
21:06It's fine. It's just one kind of fluky game, and it is what it is. There's still a high-powered offense. clean up a little bit of the defense, and they're going to be right back there.
21:15Rich Eisen:Last year, they were an Isaiah Likely toenail away from coming up with a big dub. The year before, Flowers weirdly fumbled on the goal lines. Oh, please. And then obviously, Mark Andrews is one of the best humans I've met in the NFL. I think they're fine. I get it. That was insane. Nuts. Crazy. We take a break. Aaron Rodgers did Aaron Rodgers things vintage against the Jets. The Packers will talk about them. what in the world are the Giants going to do at starting quarterback is it Jackson dark time already are the Lions in deep trouble I mean there's a lot of week one stuff we hit it on overreaction Monday but then there's us right now we take a break Al Michaels making his way to our studio 844-204-H number to the dial on a Monday in football season
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24:53Rich Eisen:Guess what? Rodgers left the field smiling. And a little bit of trolling. A little bit of trolling. Here, coach. But guess what? I don't blame him. Aaron Rodgers went into MetLife on Sunday and won the game with his arm and with his neck-up ability. And we were all wondering, is he going to be able to handle the heat? Is he going to be able to handle the sacking that might come his way? Is he going to get out of the way, pass-rush this, pass-rush that? Is he going to be able, with his 41-year-old body, be able to do it? The answer is yes, yes, yes, yes. All of it. He has every reason to feel great today.
25:44Rich Eisen:Four touchdowns, zero interceptions, a passer rating 136.7. His four passing touchdowns. How is he going to do with the receivers? How many people stop you when they're talking to you, recognizing you from this program? Top five question? How's Rodgers going to do with the Steelers? Any questions? I got a lot of Steeler friends, so I get a lot of texts. I mean, I get that nonstop. We're not going to apologize for winning. What's he going to do in Pittsburgh? How's it going to work? Well, I mean, we obviously have way more runway left here. But his four passing touchdowns, he became the first quarterback in Steelers history to have four passing touchdowns in his debut for the team.
26:30Ever.
26:32Rich Eisen:Last quarterback to have four touchdown passes in a game for the Steelers. Want to guess? You know the answer. His name's Big Ben. Last time Rodgers had four touchdown passes in a game, period, was when he beat the Bears. That's a shocker. In 2021, his last MVP season, he hasn't done it in four years. That's how he's going to do it. Of course, that pass rating is higher than any pass rating he had with the Jets. he found Calvin Austin, Jalen Warren, Ben Skronik, and Johnnie Smith for his touchdowns. Okay. So have your head in a swivel. And I think, wait a minute, were any of them handpicked by him to join the team?
27:22Rich Eisen:Nope. No, again, I point this out to say that everybody thought he wouldn't be able to play within the Steelers' world because it's his world. There's only one world and it's his. Now, will we have a story midseason about him and Arthur Smith gear grinding? Maybe. that's the conversation Rodgers is not going to be able to do it in the Steelers way because it's only his way you gotta give it up man you gotta give it up 8 of 10 for 71 yards and 3 passing touchdowns off of play action and this is when he was taking sacks too unreal kudos to him and so of course he was going to spike the football in his own understated pickup.
28:10Rich Eisen:Keep your ears open because you might pick up a few things style of talking with the media afterwards. I love beating everybody. So it doesn't matter who it is. I really only played 18 games here. So I was actually talking to Brees about that pregame. He said, how does it feel? I said, honestly, I was here for two years, but it doesn't come close to how it's going to feel playing Green Bay because that was, you know, 18 years of my career. So it was nice to win, especially, you know, hearing some of the catcalls out there and the boo birds. You know, I'm not sensitive about that. I expected that, you know, I kind of liked that, but there were probably people in the organization didn't think I could play anymore.
28:59So it was nice to remind those people that I still can.
29:06Rich Eisen:First of all, Jets fans who are booing this guy, what, because his Achilles wasn't strong enough. And then after that, after that, you know. I think there were other things to boo him about. But we could remove that back page of the post, so now he can play. I mean, that's, oh. That is great. Oh, so like what he wasn't trying his best for the Jets. Is that what they were saying? He wasn't performing to the best of his ability. He was garbage. And he brought it on his friends and his coaching buddies. And then he goes somewhere else and torches him. Well, he goes somewhere else. How are they supposed to feel?
29:46Rich Eisen:He's definitely more healthy than he was with the Jets. I bet you at any point in time, the Steelers aren't going to fire Tomlin. The front office is not going to be changed. And the owners are going to stay out of the mix. Yep. and Rodgers isn't being asked to be the savior. Just show up. If the defense can't stop Justin Fields, we'll talk about him in a second, then try and win the game for us, Aaron, and put it on the foot of our, what did Tomlin call Chris Boswell? Serial killer killer. Serial killer. 60-yard field goal. Man, I would love to have seen a GoPro on Larry David win a field goal, won it from 60 yards, like a jumping frog.
30:26Rich Eisen:He wants the goalposts removed to beat the Jets. But still, the Jets had a chance to win it and couldn't get it done. But this is about the Steelers for the moment. Rogers did take one last little jab at the New York Jets. You spoke about the meeting with Aaron Glenn on McAfee a few months ago. Beating him, is there significance in that? Yeah, since he basically told you to your face that he didn't think you were right for that team? Yes, that's what he did. So there's significance in beating him for you? I was happy to beat everybody associated with the Jets.
31:18Rich Eisen:Listen, you can't blame Aaron Glenn either for telling Rodgers, last two years wasn't up to what anybody around here wanted. We need a fresh, clean start around here. I don't have a problem with Aaron Glenn saying that to Aaron Rodgers. The way in which he had communicated it, the way that Rodgers says that they communicated it, where they could have basically FaceTimed with him. Or they just said, hey, we want to do it face-to-face. Come on out here and say, listen, this is now history. But you can't blame the Jets for wanting to move on. Congratulations to Rodgers. He showed up and he showed out.
31:58Rich Eisen:Now comes Seattle. DK is going to have his run against his former team there. And as Rodgers pointed out, he's got Green Bay on his schedule. And the Bears. He's going through the AFC North and the AFC East as well. And the NFC North. Must see television every single one. And certainly if Rodgers is going to show up like he could throw four touchdowns without a pick. We just assume the defense has got to be better. The Steelers have got a fun, must-see schedule down the road in every single way. Big W for them. As for the Jets, as for the New York Jets, Justin Fields looked great, man. Jets, have they ever had a quarterback like this?
32:47Rich Eisen:Not recently. Ever. Not ever. Ever. I mean, red zone problems the Jets have, let's just have him run it in or skip in. He looked great. Him and Garrett Wilson and Brees Hall, the fact that the Jets have an offense that is a problem, I mean, they were scoring on occasion or moving the ball at will against the Steelers' defense, and Jet fans, you tell me the last time you saw something like that. Something like that. I mean, Brees had 100 yards and 38 catching. He had only one 100-yard game last season, which is, again, why it didn't work out for Rodgers, although I understand Rodgers didn't get the running game yesterday and still threw it for four touchdowns.
33:34Rich Eisen:But, I mean, Brees had 107 yards, and Justin Fields was efficient, 16-22. His passer rating was$1.19. Garrett Wilson, five yards shy of 100 yards. I'm like, who's going to be that second receiver? That's a question. but it doesn't matter if Fields is a major offensive weapon in a way that, I'll say it, like Lamar and Josh Allen and Jaden Daniels and Jalen Hurts. I mean, the Jets have a two-way threat at quarterback. How can he progress if forced to have to win the game with his arm? What will happen? I mean, these are all questions to be answered. but again you don't raise a banner off of coming close but the Jets have got to feel good about that Fields had 48 yards rushing and two touchdowns you know he's got his fourth career game with multiple rushing touchdowns the 32 points were the season high for the Jets last year and that's week one and you know Aaron Glenn's going to figure out the defense a little bit better.
34:49Rich Eisen:I mean, you've got to feel good about that. I mean, the Bills are coming in next. That's a big moment. But the Jets have beaten the Bills in New York. They've been able to do that. They've got to do that, obviously, now. I mean, you look at the way the Dolphins played and how the Patriots couldn't win in week one at home. You've got to go to Tampa. And then at Miami, the Jets have what it takes. can they put it together and not lose a game like the one they did at home? These are questions that we're going to have to have answered, but you've got to feel good if you're a Jet fan right now based off of what you saw.
35:28Rich Eisen:Because Fields, he was slinging it, man. He was slinging it and running it and came this close to being able to spike the football on the Steelers if he wanted to in the way that Rodgers did with the Jets. And that was the game of the day until Sunday Night Football hit. Wow. Was it ever? 844-204-RICH is the number to dial. When we come back, we'll hit some of the Packers. And we got a friend of the program. Zooming in. I think so. To play the final win-loss game of the year, which means it's the Bears or the Vikings. That surprise guest is coming up next right here on the Rich Eisen Show Celebrity Guest Alert.
36:05Rich Eisen:Al Michaels making his way to our studio.
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37:24Rich Eisen:The all-new Hyundai Palisade hybrid and incredible SUV. Don't just take Parker Posey's word for it, take mine. She's all over those conditions. All over those things. I know. And she doesn't know any of those people. I'm not in the white, you know, I'm not in the white Lotus. I talk about it. I'm sorry. Every fantasy team of mine lost. I shouldn't have made this. Let me tell you about this hybrid SUV. It shouldn't be about me. It's about our partnership. Is it about the spacious interior, comfort for the whole crew, the capability to go off-road? Maybe it's 600-plus miles of range. I mean, Parker Posey could drive her Palisade all the way to the next White Lotus location.
38:02Rich Eisen:Not bad. It's more than just another SUV. The Hyundai Palisade Hybrid. Check it out. Visit HuntUSA.com or call 562-314-4603 for more details. That's 562-314-4603. Al Michaels is in our green room, everybody. Al Michaels is in our green room. We love the win-loss game. As soon as the schedule comes out, folks, you folks call in. You want to say, figure out what your team's going to do by the end of the year. Play the win-loss game, and it's dicey. It's dicey because, I mean, Dylan O 'Brien found out himself, right? When he was here on. Get caught up, man. He got caught up. He's just like, I'm not going to get caught up in it.
38:37Rich Eisen:He gets the Jets with a six-game win streak to finish the season. What had just happened? That's why we love it. It's fandom at its finest. The only thing about the win-loss game is it's not forever because the season hits. And suddenly the win-loss game is over because there's a real win-loss game. But for two teams, the win-loss game is still alive. Just like the Don, right? Taking six bullets, it's still alive. Still alive. The Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears. Josh Duhamel played the win-loss game. That's right. And the Vikings going 13-4 as I'm winning tonight in Chicago. Well, let's be fair and balanced.
39:20Rich Eisen:Joining us here on the Rich Eisen Show to play the final win-loss game before this has to be put aside for next year. Ladies and gentlemen, diehard Chicago Bears fan Ashton Kutcher. Yay! Buongiorno. Oh, boy. Now the grown-ups play. The grown-ups play tonight. Let's go on, Ashton. Now you sound like your buddy T.J. Jefferson who refers to the Cowboys as the varsity. He knows. Okay, well, hold on. Hold on, hold on, hold on. Okay, first of all, two comments just really quickly. T.J.'s talking about how his fantasy team had the most points. I believe that's our fantasy team. It was a lead-in to you coming on the show.
40:01You're cutting me out of the narrative. It was leading into you coming on. You know what it is?
40:08Rich Eisen:Ashton, let's talk about this. He talks about you like Fight Club. He never mentioned it. Ever. I barely exist. And you have to coax it out of him. You're like, who was it? I know, you're coaxing it out of him. That's right. He's not an informant.
40:30I don't even live in that house anymore that's when we used to be friends that's when we could talk smack about the Cowboys too
40:40Rich Eisen:last time it was like the 1990s when you guys beat us I'm sorry, one more thing I didn't mean to interrupt you, but go ahead I got two things I've been thinking about So one is just a lot about the Bears and the fact that TJ's trying to cut me out of the fantasy team. The second thing is that I realized something yesterday. TJ and I got an argument yesterday. Nobody cares about your fantasy team. That's true. Nobody else. Nobody else. It's like talking about your fantasy team and what happened with your fantasy team is like telling your friends what you dreamed about last night. Nobody cares. Nobody cares.
41:25It was your dream, and it's your fantasy. So, yeah, you know what? So you had a couple bad dreams yesterday. It'll all be better today, Rich.
41:34Rich Eisen:Ashton, I appreciate your words of encouragement, and I want to make sure we get to this. Toot sweet. So you can have your say here about your Chicago Bears. Thank you for zooming in to play the final win-loss game of our season. Let's get the music going for Ashton Kutcher. What happens tonight on Monday Night Football on the family of ESPN networks, sir? What happens tonight? Yeah, the Bears are going to get the dub tonight. There's just like I don't think that there's any chance that J.J. has a shot against our defense. Our secondary is extraordinary. We've added speed and strength. We've got Deo on the edge.
42:19We've got Sweat on the edge. I think it's going to be a nightmare for him. I think the defense is going to make him have to read, and they're going to contain him, make sure he's not running. We're going to disguise our shells. We're going to bracket Jefferson. It's going to be nasty for the Minnesota Vikings tonight. Now, keep in mind, he's basically, this kid, JJ, and he's great, but he's played the equivalent of like one season of football at the college level.
42:47Rich Eisen:Okay. I just don't think he's ready for what's coming at him tonight. All right. Well, I didn't expect the Wolverine slight, but it's okay. At the Detroit Lions week two, Ashton, what happens next? I think that we take the Lions out. The Lions yesterday, I was shocked. I thought the Lions were going to be a lot more competitive against the Packers yesterday. I was actually shocked. It just didn't seem like they've got it together. They've got a new OC. They've got a new defensive coordinator. They just didn't look as sharp as they have looked. And what's going on with Hutchinson? Is he playing?
43:27Is he not playing? I think we get the win against the Lions.
43:31Rich Eisen:2-0. Now then, I'm sure, I'm certain you're going to watch this game where you're zooming in from right now that looks like the famous barn I hear about all the time. Bears and Cowboys, late window, week three on Fox. What happens, Ashton? It's in Chicago. So I think we got – now, look, I thought the Cowboys looked pretty good. I thought Dak looked pretty good. CD needs to get on the jugs because he dropped some balls this week. It's just true. I'm telling you, he needs to get on the jugs. I actually thought the Cowboys could win that game, but CD was just dropping balls, and that wasn't pretty.
44:13But it's in Chicago. go um and and i i i think the bears are going to be riding high off of their first two wins okay it's going to be a tough hard-fought game but i think we got that one i i honestly i'm going to be i'm just let's just jump let's just jump to the bye week i think we go into the bye week
44:31Rich Eisen:four and up so you beat the raiders now you come out of the bye at the commander's side of the dreadful hail mary ashton kutcher with that's right what happens at four and oh that's a grudge game. I'm actually going to, I'm going to have, I'm flying to Washington to watch this game. I got to be there. I got to be there for this one. Cause they need, the bears are going to need the 13th man. I think there's a chance that we drop that game. Okay. So that's an L you're, you're, you're going to give your, there's no thanks. You got to say win or loss here. What do you think? I will never predict a loss, but if there's a loss, Okay.
45:12Oh, man. Yeah, okay. It's on the road. Okay, it's on the road. It's all the way across the country. Yeah. I'm going to say that that one's going to be a tough one to win. And I think we're going to overplay because it is a grudge match from the Hail Mary from last year.
45:26Rich Eisen:Okay, so you're now 4-1 home for the Saints. Okay, that's 5-1. Thank you. You answered it. You said it. I didn't have to. At the Ravens, 5-1. Now we're hard of the schedule. Ravens, Bengals, week eight, week nine, back-to-back road games. I don't like our shot in those two games. So I think we dropped both of them. Okay, so now you've lost three or four, but you're still above 500. Five and three, home for the Giants. Five and three, home for the Giants. Okay. I mean, it's the Giants. Like, once again, do I have to say it? Six and three. Six and three. Thank you very much. For those who are listening to ESPN Radio, when we come back with Al Michaels, we will tell you what the final results here of Ashton Kutcher's win-loss game, if we have to leave you in the middle of it, at the Minnesota Vikings.
46:19Rich Eisen:What happens now? Six and three. Let's go quick. So I think now JJ thinks he knows what he's going to get, and so I think we beat the Vikings because I think that we changed it up. That's a sweep, oh my gosh, of the Vikings. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and three. home for Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers. This is what it's all about. This is what it is all about. It's time for Aaron Rodgers to lose to the Chicago Bears. That's what we call him. A mic drop. That's now 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 3. A cliffhanger for those listening on ESPN Radio. Al Michaels will be here top of the next hour.
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Rich and the guys react to the Buffalo Bills’ stunning 4th quarter comeback win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football.
Jets fan Rich weighs in on Aaron Rodgers’ vengeance game against his former team where the 41-year-old QB threw for 4 touchdowns in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Week 1 win.
Actor/die-hard Chicago sports fan Ashton Kutcher zooms in to play the ‘NFL Win-Loss Game’ for his beloved Bears.
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