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This is the Command the Commute Podcast.
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Talking about the game, going to the game.
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We are back for another episode of the Command the Commute Podcast.
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Welcome everybody.
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We are literally just leaving the driveway, and we're starting the podcast a little bit different today than we normally do.
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We are on our way to go meet Michael.
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Um, so he's not in the car yet, but I am joined with my dad, Pops.
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Welcome to the podcast.
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Thanks for having me again.
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Yes, he's a returning member at this point.
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One more podcast, Dad, and you'll be an official co-host.
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How's that?
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That sounds good.
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Um, we are we are excited to command the commute all the way to uh the red zone lot today against uh the Rams.
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It looks like it's gonna be a gorgeous day, Dad.
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Um, you're all concerned about the cold and the weather this time of year, but I don't I don't think we're gonna have to really stress about it too much.
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Well, that's good.
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Old people think like that.
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Yeah, for sure.
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Uh well, no, and I think like that too, because this time of year I don't like being cold either.
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And um with our first two home games of the year, it just being uh downpours and not the warmest downpour either, especially that last game.
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Um, but excited to have a nice, beautiful fall day of of hopefully good football, too.
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Uh one of the other reasons why Pops is in the car is because it's finally the Riggins retirement jersey uh ceremony today.
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I've I have thought that the Riggins retirement was going to happen in our in the last two home games and was wrong each time.
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I don't know why I thought or what, but I wore your Riggins jersey to both those games thinking that they were gonna retire his damn jersey during that game, and they didn't.
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So now you get to officially wear it today for his official jersey retirement.
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And last night Dad and I were just kind of flipping around and we came across a uh the Rigos run Hail Tales episode, which is a a podcast, and um Dad, what'd you think of that?
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I thought it was really good.
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Oh, it was awesome.
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I could see that it kind of put you back into, you know, you you were starting to draw uh draw up a bunch of memories and stuff like that.
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It's hard not to when you're watching that whole film.
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I mean, I think it's only appropriate that I'm here going to this game because like I saw it live.
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Right.
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Right, yeah, yeah.
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You can you can appreciate it a heck of a lot more than I can.
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I can only appreciate Riggins uh through the highlights, but you lived it.
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You lived the whole the whole era.
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Um man, how lucky are you that you got to come up at that age, at that time, and I mean 1983, you were graduating high school.
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Yeah.
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So and and we won the Super Bowl and the Orioles won the World Series that year.
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How did Maryland do?
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I don't I don't remember.
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They were a lot more competitive back then than they are today, that's for sure.
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Right in the ACC, but I don't know.
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I mean, it was it was a different kind of football back then, you know.
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It was it was more of a a smash mouth kind of football game back in the day.
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At least the Redskins were.
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Right.
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You know?
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Were there other teams in that era that uh I mean, we were going through and some of the stats that they were calling out, I'm like, yeah, that that was an entirely different league.
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I mean, John Reggins with 38 carries uh is is un unheard of in in the league.
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And I don't know as if it was ever really that commonplace.
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Uh I mean 38 carries was always a ridiculous amount of carries.
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Yeah, yeah.
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But mid-20s was not unusual.
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Right.
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No, I still remember an era where there was the workhorse back where I mean Adrian Peterson, he didn't even really get going until he kind of got into the teens.
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Yeah.
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Um, but that was the kind of game that that he still grew up on and still adapted to.
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Uh to where and they would have stats where if AP has 20 carries a game, then you win.
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Yeah.
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It's just that simple because the law of averages work itself out.
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Um, and that's more or less the law of averages, how it worked itself out with Riggins.
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He would get 38 carries and still average 3.5 yards
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a carry, which is I think what what the team was going for.
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It's like their mindset was, well, 3.5 yards a carry times three is a first down.
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Yeah.
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3.5 yards a carry times uh three times an entire drive is an eight-minute drive.
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That's our game.
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Yeah.
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Well, I don't know if I don't think his average for his career was 3.5 yards a carry.
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I think it was closer to four.
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It might have been like three point.
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But yeah, I mean, and what what what I found interesting in listen to what we listened to last night was I mean the early 80s was a time in which uh coaches were experimenting and introducing, you know, past passing offenses.
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And you know, with Don Coriel and and and uh and the Chargers and even uh Bill Walsh's uh West Coast offense and Joe Gibbs, of course, came from San Diego under Don Coriel.
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So he tried to introduce that his first season.
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And I found that interesting, his first season with the Redskins, and he was smart enough to go, you know what?
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We don't have the personnel for that.
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And we have the personnel for what I would call old school football.
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Right.
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Let's run it down your throat because he had John Riggins and and the Hogs, and so he adapted, and I think that's what made it all work back then.
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Right.
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Yeah, I mean it it was it was fun.
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Uh it was fun just kind of time traveling to an era of good Washington football for myself.
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Um but hey, before we get too far into the pod, just to kind of set the expectation and uh set a little bit of an agenda for for everybody.
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Uh obviously we're we're right we're into the first quarter right now.
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Dad and I are just gonna kind of BS uh and talk about a variety of different things until we meet up with Michael, and his mom is joining us for the tailgate today.
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And then second quarter of the podcast, I'm gonna pop over into Michael's vehicle as dad caravans down there with us, and uh we're gonna get into our can't lose locks and obviously our commute breakdown against the Rams.
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And then the fourth quarter, Dad is gonna jump back into the car with us.
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He's gonna drop off his car at a park and ride down there.
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Uh dad lives in Ocean City, so we're we're moving east, and so he's gonna continue to move east once we get to the stadium uh as opposed to coming back.
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So jumping in a park and ride.
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Uh dad's gonna come into the fourth quarter where we got some hail, hail no, hail yeses.
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And then uh obviously we're gonna be in right into the red zone lot.
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Uh give you guys the report for what the uh what the tailgate lot looks like going into everything.
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So um with that being said, first quarter, Dad, I want to get you your thoughts on a variety of different things.
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Um let's just start things off with the state of the NFL.
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You are your last podcast was week zero um with our predictions and everything.
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Uh what do you think about the NFL uh this year so far?
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Well, I don't think there's I mean, there's not as many teams that stand out to be a solid lock, you know, Super Bowl uh fix.
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I mean, there's a lot of parody right from the beginning of the season.
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I mean, there's a couple of six and two, and maybe one uh team that has one loss.
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Outside of that, there's a bunch of teams with you know multiple losses.
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I I would I would count, you know, you know, all the Rams being one of those big big surprises, so obviously being the the kind of the preseason Super Bowl favorites on on paper.
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Um at least that's what they were perceived to be by a lot of people ahead of week one.
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And I guess this is the perfect opportunity to mention that Miles Garrett and Aaron Donald are gonna be seeing their their first game as teammates today, and it just so happens to be against us.
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But as you predicted in week zero, Donald hadn't been all that.
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No.
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I mean, he's been good.
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He hadn't been great.
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No.
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He hasn't been like the Aaron Donald of old, and that's exactly what you predicted he'd be.
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Uh but Rams sitting at 4-4 uh have lost some games this year that they definitely shouldn't have.
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And I wonder if they've won some games that they shouldn't have because they've been in some close matchups as well.
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Um but yeah, and the other thing I've noticed about the first portion of the year is the quarterback injuries.
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Obviously, there's been a lot of teams that have missed some time at uh with their quarterback.
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Um Lamar Jackson being the latest one to the list to lose for the season, which I am disappointed with um for the sake of Tom and all the other Ravens
fan friends that I that I have because I've kind of been there, you know.
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Your guy comes back, and then on the first play of the game, then he comes back, banks his bum off in some other guy's hand, and it's done.
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Uh, it's just so unfortunate.
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But no, you put that on the same list of Jalen Hurts, obviously.
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Jaden has seen some timeout, Caleb Williams has seen some time out, Baker Mayfield has seen some time out.
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There's been a lot of injuries at quarterback so far.
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Um the Giants quarterback.
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Giants quarterback.
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Yeah.
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Oh, you're right.
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Yeah.
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We gotta hope that he continues to suck.
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You know, we could be one week away from having a a duel to see who's at the top of the division between the Giants and I, or Giants and us next Thursday.
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Um if they lose today against the Eagles and we win today against the Rams, then next week's uh Thursday night football game uh in the Meadowlands will be for the top of the division.
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Isn't that crazy?
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It is two weeks ago we were thrown in the town.
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Well, it brings me back to that week zero podcast and our predictions for the season and how ridiculous now looking back.
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Those predictions were they certainly were very biased.
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11, 6, 12, and 5, that's where we were at.
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Well, even even my comment of thinking that the whole NFC East could be Oh, maybe you remember that comment I said all of it.
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And and and just the opposite could also happen right now.
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The prediction I made was I think all of them are gonna have a winning record.
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And fact of the matter is, all of them could have a losing record.
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Right.
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So all those people that were listening back then and said, Boy, that was a ridiculous comment.
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Well, the who knows to you Well, depending upon how you how you view that take, you also said that there's going to be it's gonna be a close divisional race.
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Yeah.
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Um so from that respect, uh in the middle of the season here, you're you're you're pretty dead on.
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Uh pretty dead on.
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Like we talked about uh uh yesterday.
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I mean, any team in in the NFC East right now that goes on a three-game win streak, uh they're they're they're front runners.
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Yeah.
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You go on a three-game win streak now, and whoever it is, yeah, they're they're gonna be right at the top.
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Right.
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Hey, we need any coffee?
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I can use coffee.
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Me too.
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So uh Dad, I want your take here before I uh I get into Michael's car about the game.
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Um it's an exciting game today.
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I think it's a winnable game uh for us, believe it or not.
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Uh just just based off of the matchups um and the way that the season has gone for the Rams, and we're on a variety of different things.
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But we we do our commute breakdown.
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I'm gonna give Michael and I an opportunity to do our commute breakdown together in the third quarter, but uh I want to put you on the spot a little bit.
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Um so we do a driveway take, road hazard and a fast lane take.
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Our driveway take is your gut feeling for today.
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Just how are you feeling and if feel free to expand?
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I think the team is gonna be excited, the fans are gonna be excited, and I think they're gonna win, and they're gonna win one for the old diesel.
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All right, well, I think it's gonna be close.
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Win one for the old diesel is the driveway tank reaction.
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I like it.
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Um I like it.
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They were doing some ceremonial type things last night, and so I I it it appears as though the all the hogs are in town, and it appears as though Gibbs is in town.
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I don't know if they'll be on the field at halftime for the ceremony or anything, but uh it appears like they're all gonna be here to celebrate Riga, which is exciting.
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Um so your your road hazard, which we start looking at things from the lens of the commanders, what or who or what what's gonna be the thing that gets in the way of the commander's uh victory uh uh today?
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Two things.
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One, a slow start.
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Okay, that's gonna be a problem, and two, poor play by our our secondary.
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Because we've got a uh a matchup against Stafford and Puka Nakua that we haven't had in all season long as far as a a duo that dangerous.
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Yeah, no, I agree.
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And um, and we can't have a slow start, especially with uh uh uh Jane Daniels last week getting off to he can't he can't take his time to get warmed up this week.
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He needs to get he needs to get his accuracy down pat right from the get-go.
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Yeah, I'm hoping that was some uh I'm hoping that was a bye-week rust that we we saw in the first first half last year or last week.
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Uh rather.
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Um Yeah, he he didn't start off great.
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I looked at Michael at halftime, and I think he was like 11 for 21 or something like that.
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And it didn't feel great because he felt he felt off, but look, the guy's allowed to have a bad game.
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He's allowed to be a little bit off, especially in one half.
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Uh and he wasn't really getting much help, let's be honest, in the first quarter of that game.
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He didn't he wasn't getting much help to to get him out of some rustiness.
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I think everybody was a little bit rusty.
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But and of course, what you mentioned earlier, our left tackle is gonna be severely tested today with uh with um who's that guy coming back?
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I can't remember, man.
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Miles Garrett.
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Moz Garrett, yeah, with Moz Garrett coming back, it's gonna be it's gonna be a big, big test for him.
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So he's gotta play well.
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I'll be curious if he's back back or if they've got him on a on a pitch count or a rotation.
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Um I'm I'm just curious because I I'm not I'm not fully convinced he's gonna see the same volume of of snaps that he saw uh when he wasn't interim.
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So I don't think he's gonna be in every down um like they paid him and brought him in to be.
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Uh alright, your your fast lane take, what is going to get us in the fast lane to a victory over the Rams today?
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I think uh a strong gain uh uh out of the the running back um help me.
00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.359
Austin Eckler.
00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:22.480
Austin Eckler.
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I think Austin Eckler, they need to feed him the ball today.
00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:28.720
I think that's that's gonna be key.
00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:33.279
And uh we need to have the time of possession in our favor.
00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:48.880
Yeah, let's see an old school Rigo style of game today where we can get some long sustaining drives and and the um run run to pass ratio is is 6'4 in favor of the run.
00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.000
You know what I mean?
00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.480
Yeah.
00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:52.960
That's that's what
I've been begging for.
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And honestly, if if we go back to our favorite most recent season in 2024, that's what we were known for.
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We would sustain these long drives, we would um we would get the time of possession in our favor, and uh we were one of the best rushing teams in the league.
00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:24.240
You combine that with a little bit of razzle dazzle on third and fourth downs in that season, and we were we were set up for success.
00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:31.920
So I wouldn't I I wouldn't be opposed to seeing a little bit of that game plan uh for the diesel, like you said.
00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:33.599
Yeah, let's run it down their throat.
00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:34.880
Right, right.
00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:38.079
Um all right, red zone receipts.
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Give me a final score, a uh commander of the game, and a bold prediction in any order you want.
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Final score 27 21.
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Commander of the game.
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I'm gonna give you two.
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Okay.
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Um I'm gonna go defense and I'm gonna go.
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Douglas.
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Rasul Douglas.
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Rasul Douglas.
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Cornerback.
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I think I think we're going to find him a lot on Puka Nakua.
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So I think he's going to be a defensive standout for us for that reason.
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And um on offense, I'm going to go with uh Austin Eckler.
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Austin Eckler.
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Yep.
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I like it.
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I like it.
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Alright, well, we just arrived here to the parking ride, and uh that's your first quarter with Puff.
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We'll see him again for the fourth quarter.
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Let's transfer right on over.
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Uh give me a hell.
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A hell yeah.
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Hell yeah.
00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:45.839
Hell yeah! I said give me a hell yeah.
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We're back.
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We're live.
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Okay.
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We are live.
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Where we've made the transfer into Michael's car, and we are headed down to the stadium.
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Well, no, not not really.
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We're headed to Landover Metro Park and Ride to drop off Pops' car.
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He's gonna jump in with us, and then we'll make it to the stadium.
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But uh welcome back, our co-host Michael.
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How are you?
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Good, good.
00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:14.559
Good.
00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.599
Wide awake.
00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:26.640
Yes, we're we're all jacked up on coffee now, so um the podcast is is back to its normal normal viewing or listening.
00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:29.279
Um I don't know what I'm trying to say.
00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:36.480
But anyway, Michael, so for the second, the third quarter of the podcast, we've got our our just some NFL talk.
00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:43.680
You and I got to catch up a little bit, and then we gotta get into our can't lose locks, and then obviously we've got our commute breakdown.
00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:48.559
So that's the agenda for Michael because the rest of the audience have already heard it.
00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:52.799
So uh uh Michael, give give me your thoughts here.
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What how are we feeling about today?
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Uh well, we started talking about what we hit before, but uh feeling good, hoping for a win.
00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:09.519
Uh not to save anyone's job or anything, but just because we need the win in the broader picture of the season.
00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:15.359
Yeah, we were just we were just chit-chatting and he's commenting here to his mom, and hi mom.
00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:17.039
Hi, Dom Mom.
00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:24.799
So uh Yeah, we were just commenting, he says, Yeah, hopefully he saves his job today.
00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:28.240
And I said, Oh, how the tables have turned only two weeks ago.
00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:30.559
Michael's calling for his ass.
00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:32.319
Um, I still am.
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Don't don't get that.
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Don't just not today.
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Yeah, just not today.
00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:38.240
Delay the inevitable.
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The the uh the divisional standings are tight, and uh, you know, we're still somewhat in it.
00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:50.559
So regardless of my feelings on DQ, and we all know what those are, we need the win.
00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:58.960
Like the team if we do go on a 7-8 game winning streak this season, are will you will you still be calling for for his job at the end of the season?
00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.440
Yes.
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You're done.
00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.640
Yeah.
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All right.
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I thought we cleared this up.
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We've moved on regardless.
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Yeah.
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Now, like I told you before, I don't think the team will move on from him, but uh yeah, I'm I'm done with him.
00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:18.720
So your thoughts and feelings are separate from the organization's thoughts and feelings.
00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.519
That's right.
00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.319
All right.
00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:20.880
Okay.
00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:23.680
Well, we'll we'll see how
things play themselves out.
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Look, if he puts together a seven, eight game winning streak and does some damage in the playoffs, then you know, he's he's back on board, in my opinion.
00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:35.200
Everybody's allowed to make a mistake or two.
00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:47.119
If if you lose a game but win but win twelve of them, you know, I mean uh Yeah, but those first six games were mighty rough, and I think that's what you get with DQ.
00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:50.960
So anyway, let's move on to the topic at hand that you want to talk about.
00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.759
That's true.
00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:55.200
Well, I don't really have any specific topics at hand.
00:25:55.440 --> 00:26:07.359
Um we were just kind of BSing a little bit about about the Ravens and uh Lamar going going down and them trading for Jacoby Brissett.
00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:11.759
And you had you just said like they'll probably get rid of him.
00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:21.440
Yeah, there I saw somewhere, like I said, I don't remember where, but there's already speculation that they might get rid of him because he's been injured the last several seasons.
00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:27.759
I mean Well, since you've made it so apparent that your opinion is so different from organizational opinions.
00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:30.319
Uh this is not a shop, so no.
00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:33.839
Well, I mean, do you think that's what they should do?
00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:37.680
Or are you just are you just mentioning that's some reports that you saw?
00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:41.359
Uh right now I'm just mentioning because I don't think they will.
00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:43.920
Because No, I didn't ask if you think they will.
00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:46.319
I asked, do you think they should?
00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:51.359
No, because right now they don't have anyone to replace it with.
00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:51.920
Right.
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Because if you get rid of him, then it's like a whole rebuild for that team.
00:26:56.640 --> 00:27:02.400
Because that team is centered or much like for us, our team is centered around JD.
00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:05.680
So, uh what you got something to say?
00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.480
Yeah, I do.
00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:10.880
Because JD's been injured the last couple seasons.
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So if you carry him to Lamar, then you ought to get rid of JD.
00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:18.400
Well, I wouldn't.
00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.599
Okay?
00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.160
Okay.
00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.039
I wouldn't.
00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:25.039
But you're saying because Lamar has been injured the last couple things.
00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:27.440
Well, what about JD with his elbow?
00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:30.960
Well, Lamar's also been in the league longer, but that's fine.
00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:33.119
I'll just say No, she's got some good.
00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:36.240
She's she's bringing up some good points, Michael.
00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:41.359
We'll call this the the burger boil over up here up front.
00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:43.359
Uh burger boy.
00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:50.880
Um no, I mean, look, they they're not that dissimilar.
00:27:51.119 --> 00:28:04.000
I mean, unless you're unless you're on that bandwagon, uh, which I know some people are starting to murmur these days, but unless you're of the opinion that maybe we shouldn't consider uh signing Jayton.
00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.319
No, it no, you can't do that.
00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.839
Look, here's my thing.
00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:14.079
If you've identified that you've got a quarterback that's uh top ten in the league, you re-sign him.
00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:19.839
You re-sign him, you don't bitch about him, you let him make some a couple mistakes here and there.
00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:22.960
If he's a top ten guy, you sign him.
00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:27.599
Uh hopefully to a hopefully to a team-friendly deal.
00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:30.400
If it's a good time, but if it's not, it is what it is.
00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:40.240
If anything, the argument is he's not developing perhaps the way he should, because of the way DQ is and the coaching staff are coaching him.
00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:40.720
No.
00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:44.160
He's not developing at the pace that he should.
00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:48.799
I think that that is I think that would make for a healthy debate.
00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:58.240
Um, but I also don't think that to your point, it's also deems like not resignable.
00:28:58.400 --> 00:29:10.079
I mean, you know, if you've identified what you just said, then you bring in another coach uh that that can coach this guy up, uh, can get every every bit out of him.
00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:15.759
It doesn't mean uh, you know, Jaden might not be all he's cracked up to be.
00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:19.279
Let's let another team make him be a pro bowler.
00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:21.279
You know, that's not what we want to have happen.
00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:27.680
We've proven, and this is why uh this is why I get a little hesitant, why I kind of brought up the whole thing.
00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:29.599
We're getting on 270.
00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:34.160
Um You guys are good.
00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:56.559
Uh but yeah, so I I just I think that you if you've got a guy that is that you think is top 10 in the league, you can't get rid of him because you've seen what has happened to us after we let Kirk Cousins go, the recirculating door of Taylor Heineke and Fitzpatrick and Starting Road Metro Rail Station Park.
00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.160
Name them all off.
00:29:58.319 --> 00:30:01.359
I mean, I think we had Brissett at some point in time.
00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:04.160
Um Josh Johnson.
00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:08.640
Uh the list goes wrong.
00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:12.000
We've seen every single quarterback pretty much in the last 15 years.
00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:16.559
So
you don't let that guy go.
00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:18.400
You don't let him out of your building.
00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:22.240
Um, you just bring other guys in that can coach him up a little bit better.
00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:24.960
So and and I don't disagree with you, Mike.
00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:29.119
I mean, DQ is a is a defensive-minded guy.
00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:32.400
No one's accused him of being a quarterback guru.
00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:43.359
Um, so if you don't think if you think that Jaden needs to have a better relationship with his offensive mind and head coach, then bring in another head coach.
00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:52.000
But then there's also a part of me that thinks, like, well, I mean, should you have known that prior to, or or you knew you were gonna take Jayton?
00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:54.880
You knew you were gonna bring in Dan Quinn in the first.
00:30:55.680 --> 00:31:02.480
I mean, was bringing uh was taking a rookie quarterback and bringing in a defensive-minded head coach the best decision?
00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:06.000
And that kind of falls on Peters, but TBD.
00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.279
TBD.
00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.720
Yes.
00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:10.799
But they shouldn't let him go.
00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:20.160
I was talking to a guy yesterday that felt like they should trade uh Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry, get them get both those contracts off the book and start to read the code.
00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:25.039
The team already said they're not, even though there is speculation, they're not going to trade Henry.
00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:28.640
He is not, he is not on the trading block at all.
00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:34.960
Well, that only got brought up because of uh Derrick Henry's comments after a frustrating loss last week.
00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:44.720
Um they stick a bunch of microphones in his in his face and expect him to answer a bunch of questions he doesn't know the answer to because it's all just open to interpretation.
00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:49.920
Don't ask a player where wh why do you where do you think things are going wrong?
00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:51.359
I don't know, we're losing.
00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.559
That's what they're gonna say.
00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.359
That's not good.
00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.319
Right.
00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:56.319
Then that's exactly what he said, Mom.
00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:59.279
He said, ask the coach these kind of questions.
00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:02.079
Um which is so true.
00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:08.240
So, yeah, that's why the speculation was on move and from Derrick Henry.
00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:20.000
But the fact is you need a desperate team for a running back in order to move on from that caliber of running back.
00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:31.599
The only way you're gonna get a buyer for Jonathan Taylor is if you have somebody that's willing to give up two firsts and a third, which you ain't gonna find these days unless they're desperate and have
the cap space.
00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:47.440
Um so, and that's why it was so crazy when the Eagles got Saquon, because it's just like, man, they're paying all sorts of money to a variety of different people on their team, and their contracts are always structured so freaking crazy.
00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:49.920
How do they got room for Saquon?
00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:51.759
But they do, they did.
00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:57.279
Um anyway, hey, I think that's enough of a warm-up.
00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:59.920
Let's get into our can't lose locks, Mikey.
00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:10.720
All right, can't lose locks.
00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:20.240
All right, hey, we're making some headway.
00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:28.640
Um we're getting right into the middle of the season here, so things are really starting to pan themselves out with the record.
00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:35.759
Uh, Michael, you've you've uh as you've had all from week one, you've had some work to do with these picks.
00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:45.359
So I'm hoping because you had first stab at it this week, you had the whole slate of every single game to choose from.
00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:47.039
I'm hoping you went four or four and oh.
00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:50.720
So just make sure you mention Tom's record so that he's happy.
00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.920
Just make sure you're right.
00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.640
I am.
00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.599
I am.
00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:56.559
Uh, but you picked first this week.
00:33:56.960 --> 00:34:05.920
For our new listeners, we do a we do a favorite and an underdog and over and an under against the spread and the lines.
00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:14.639
So I'll just kind of run you through everything, and then Michael's gonna fill us in on the entire slate, and we'll go through every single game without the point spread.
00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:28.639
But for this week, Michael's got plus three to the Packers, he's got minus three to the Bengals, he's over 47.5 Tampa Bay, Chicago, and he's under 44.5 Denver, Carolina.
00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:33.599
Uh pulling in a record of 12, 19, and one.
00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:36.000
Uh seven games behind.
00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:37.840
Hey, anything can happen.
00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:40.320
Two back-to-back weeks, Mikey.
00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:42.880
Four four wins here, three wins there.
00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.920
You're back.
00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:46.000
Uh, and then there's me.
00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:52.159
I went from 14 and 14 last week to 17 and 15 this week.
00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:55.440
Um, finally getting up above 500.
00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:58.239
Uh there's some interesting lines out there, Mike.
00:34:58.320 --> 00:35:03.119
I thought nine and a half points to the Raiders was a little bit much.
00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:06.480
So I've got the Raiders plus nine and a half.
00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:09.599
I've got the Lions minus six and a half.
00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:13.440
I've got over 43.5 Buffalo, Minnesota.
00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:18.079
Felt like that was a low total there for those two teams.
00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:28.320
Um, and then under 48.5 New York Jets, Kansas City, and my logic behind that was oh no, no, those are Tom's picks.
00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.760
No, no.
00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:34.480
Dallas Indy under 51.5 was my last under.
00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:36.079
And then I started reading Tom's.
00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.880
So forgive me.
00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.960
This week you stayed away from our eating.
00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:40.000
Yes, I did.
00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:40.960
Yes, I did.
00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:49.679
The four and a half number was the line, and when I see a number like four and a half, that tells me Vegas is confused.
00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:56.079
So if Vegas isn't confused, I'm confused, and I don't want I don't want no parts of the game.
00:35:56.320 --> 00:35:59.920
Um there's something about the number for me.
00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:04.639
Then you've got our ghost podcaster, Tombow.
00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:12.800
Tommy, the current champion and picker of all picks at 19 and 13.
00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:14.719
We didn't play to Zego there.
00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:17.679
Well, you know, I felt like he needed that.
00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:19.119
I felt like he needed that.
00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:22.559
He stopped giving us our little voice memos or anything.
00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:26.079
Because we quit telling what his record is over the last like two or three weeks.
00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.199
And you know what else?
00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:27.679
I don't know.
00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.800
What are our deadlines?
00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:32.400
Because there's been several times this year where Tom keeps butting in front of me.
00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:37.440
If I see Tom's You missed the deadline yesterday, you were second.
00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:39.840
Your deadline is 12 noon on Saturday.
00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:42.800
12 noon is when the Saturday Saturday deadline is.
00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:45.679
So Tom started jumping ahead.
00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:48.079
So yeah, that's why you lost out.
00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:50.800
The first deadline is kick off Thursday night.
00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.519
That was me.
00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:55.039
Why do I feel like you guys have a separate text conversation about me?
00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:58.159
Hey, no, as Tom said, it's in the rules.
00:36:58.239 --> 00:37:04.079
If you scroll all the way to the top, it clearly says that if you miss the deadline, the next person can jump ahead.
00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:08.800
And Tom did that because remember, I I told him last week, I'm like, you gonna get your picks in?
00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:11.360
And he's like, read the rules, you can jump ahead.
00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.480
So I did.
00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:15.760
Alright.
00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.960
So Okay.
00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:29.760
Our ghost podcaster Tombo, plus
three to the Eagles, minus two and a half to the Broncos, over 49.5 Detroit, Miami, and under 48.5 Jets, Kansas City.
00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:36.000
Um, Mom, I went under 51.5 Dallas Colts.
00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.880
How do you feel?
00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:40.239
You're a Dallas fan coming to a Redskins game today.
00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:43.920
You're playing the Colts, the selling Colts.
00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:45.840
They're getting rid of all their good players.
00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:48.320
How do you feel about the Dallas Indie game today?
00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.679
Oh, I feel good.
00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:52.639
I'd feel the devil.
00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:56.480
They're in Indies, so I'd feel good if I were you too.
00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:01.599
Hey, them boys have proven they can lose to anybody.
00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:04.400
And they can win against anybody too.
00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:05.760
You never know what you're gonna get.
00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:09.519
Just because you beat the Cardinals and we didn't, doesn't mean it's a good thing.
00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.960
We haven't beat the Cardinals yet.
00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:13.119
Well, their spread is four and a half, too.
00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:15.440
So Vegas is confused.
00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:17.360
That's a weird line there for that game.
00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:22.559
It it seems like the the Cowboys should be favored by like seven and a half in that game.
00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.840
Dallas will win that.
00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:30.559
Dallas will win that game because uh Daniel Jones is the Colts quarterback, and I still say he's trash.
00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:34.000
So Well, everybody was saying that the Cardinals were trash.
00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:34.639
Yeah.
00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:36.079
They did not.
00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:38.320
You know what I'm saying?
00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:42.000
Well, because you guys decide what games you actually show up for.
00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:45.519
So anyway.
00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:53.920
Give us your run run through here and give me uh uh uh uh a half second for a comment or two if I choose.
00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:54.559
Okay.
00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:59.119
Uh so Thursday night I went with the Jags over the Ravens.
00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:01.920
That was an easy pick, and of course they won.
00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:04.480
Uh there is a nine.
00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:07.199
Oh, I didn't even know there was a 9 30 game this morning.
00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:10.960
Uh Bangles and Bangles and Falcons.
00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:12.800
I took the Bangles.
00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.840
Yeah.
00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:16.000
Uh I don't know though.
00:39:16.239 --> 00:39:17.840
Where where are they playing this morning?
00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.480
Do you know?
00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:21.920
Do you know which international stadium they're at?
00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:25.119
Uh let me let me look it up real quick.
00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:39.440
But I'll tell you what, those Falcons, I still not a big Panics guy, but I am a big Bichon Robinson guy, and their backup running back, Brian Robinson, is out.
00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:43.440
So Bichon is gonna be featured a heck of a lot more in that game.
00:39:43.599 --> 00:39:45.119
I wouldn't be surprised.
00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:50.880
For whatever reason, the Bengals seem like they play really tight games this year.
00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:56.079
Burrow will have five touchdowns, but he'll also turn the ball over three times.
00:39:56.320 --> 00:40:01.760
Um, so that's what's a little bit this was a little bit weird there.
00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:04.000
Um, all right, let me see.
00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:07.599
Scores uh Bengals, Falcons.
00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:09.920
They're in Madrid, Spain.
00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:11.679
Spain, Spana.
00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:16.960
So, okay, uh now we're in the one o'clock window for today's games.
00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:22.079
Uh Broncos at the Panthers, and I went with Denver.
00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:27.360
Uh Cowboys and Colts went with the Cowboys.
00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:35.119
Um you've got the Jets at the Chiefs, and I went with Kansas City.
00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:42.079
Um, let's see, Lions at Miami, and I went with Detroit.
00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:48.559
You've got uh Cleveland at New Orleans, and I went with the Browns.
00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:57.039
Uh and then the Giants at the Eagles, and I went with the Giants.
00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:04.719
Uh and then I'll skip our game because we're gonna talk about it.
00:41:04.800 --> 00:41:08.000
Um, and then we're in the four o'clock windows.
00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:19.679
You've got the Texans at the Chargers, and I kind of went on a on a leap of faith and went with the Chargers that they'll finally get their first one.
00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:23.760
Uh and then you've got the local ways.
00:41:24.159 --> 00:41:25.360
Who's the Chargers playing?
00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:26.480
Texans.
00:41:26.800 --> 00:41:29.599
I mean, that's not a bad pick by you, Michael.
00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:32.079
That's not a bad pick by you, buddy.
00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:36.960
Don't don't be fooled by his 12 and 19 record this year so far, folks.
00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:39.840
I mean, that might be that might pan itself out.
00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:46.880
Uh, and then we've got the Raiders and the Niners, and I went with the Niners.
00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:51.599
And then we've got the Wait, let's backtrack to that.
00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:56.239
I took the Raiders plus nine and a half.
00:41:57.199 --> 00:42:02.079
Do you feel like the Raiders plus nine and a half is a good bet there?
00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:08.400
Well, I felt well like why are the Raiders or why are the Niners nine and a half point favorite?
00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:10.079
That's a lot of points in the NFL.
00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:12.880
Because the Niners are a really good team this year.
00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:16.639
They're really good, but
the but the Raiders aren't banged up.
00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:19.920
You know, I Are they?
00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:24.159
Uh well Look, I I'm not I'm not full.
00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:36.480
Looking at looking at their injuries, they don't have no one no one nickname is injured, so I don't say they're injured.
00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:42.159
I I I just felt like like cause because for Pick'em, I would pick the 49ers too.
00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:46.880
But nine and a half points keep in mind the Niners are six and one.
00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:50.000
So no doubt about it, no doubt about it.
00:42:50.239 --> 00:42:55.199
But I'm I'm just pointing out the point spread.
00:42:55.679 --> 00:43:01.599
I just felt like nine and a half points was a lot, and I felt like I was missing something.
00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:07.440
But if you're not telling me I'm missing anything other than the fact that I mean, what are the Raiders record?
00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:09.840
The Raiders are four and four.
00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:11.679
A manageable four and four.
00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:13.119
Kirk Cousins playing good.
00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:18.480
And this is according to CBS Sports, because that's how I do the pick-up group.
00:43:18.639 --> 00:43:22.400
They're expert picks, only one person took the Raiders.
00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:27.519
Uh the Raiders in the pick'em or in the with the point spread?
00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:29.199
No, as a straight pick'em.
00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:30.239
They're experts.
00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:30.800
Yeah.
00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:33.519
Six of seven went with the Niners.
00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:45.119
Uh Raiders are 12th in total yards, fifth in passing yards, 31st in rushing, and sixth in total points.
00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:46.880
31st in rushing.
00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:51.360
That must be now their defense across the board is like 30th.
00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:59.760
So uh that that might be why you pick San Francisco because their entire offense is basically.
00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:01.119
Basically in the top ten.
00:44:01.840 --> 00:44:03.679
And look, that's six and one record.
00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:09.280
Look, the 49ers are good, but honestly, I don't know there.
00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:14.159
I I kind of feel like I think their record's better than they actually are.
00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:18.880
Okay, well, I think we've spent enough time talking about the Niners and the Raiders, so I'm moving on.
00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:25.679
Uh Packers at New England, and I went with the Packers, so hopefully they don't let me down.
00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:31.360
Oh, homo Tom Brady's return to Foxboro today as an announcer.
00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:32.559
Oh, okay.
00:44:32.880 --> 00:44:36.000
I didn't didn't know Fox had that game.
00:44:36.159 --> 00:44:37.360
That'll be their game.
00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:38.639
Yes.
00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:47.519
And then the last four o'clock game is uh Arizona at Seattle, and I went with Seattle.
00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:51.840
And then not a believer in Gardner Mishou.
00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:57.760
And then Sunday night football is Tampa Bay at Chicago.
00:44:58.079 --> 00:45:00.559
And I went with Tampa Bay.
00:45:01.280 --> 00:45:02.480
And why?
00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:14.000
Because um Monday night football is the Bills and the Vikings, and I went with the Yeah.
00:45:14.239 --> 00:45:14.880
Yep.
00:45:15.440 --> 00:45:20.320
But the yeah, there uh you can switch your Sunday night football pick if you want.
00:45:22.800 --> 00:45:29.360
Uh as of right now, I'll keep that's a that's a hot take there.
00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:31.840
Let me let me just pop over to DraftKings real quick.
00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:32.960
What is that point spread?
00:45:33.119 --> 00:45:34.960
As of eight o'clock in the morning, I'll keep it.
00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:36.559
Ask me in four hours.
00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:39.519
Yeah, might change it on the drive home.
00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:41.440
Uh let's see here.
00:45:41.599 --> 00:45:45.840
The point spread for the Chicago Bears, Tampa Baking.
00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:51.519
Tampa is six-point underdogs.
00:45:53.760 --> 00:46:03.199
Um maybe see what color nails Caleb Williams is gonna paint today.
00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:06.000
And then go from go from there.
00:46:06.239 --> 00:46:08.079
But there you go, that's the pick'ems.
00:46:08.239 --> 00:46:15.360
That is the pick'ems uh before while we're while we're sitting here uh talking about the WrestleMag, Mike, how's your fantasy?
00:46:16.320 --> 00:46:19.440
Uh I'm on a bye week this week and I lost last week.
00:46:20.079 --> 00:46:21.360
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:23.519
What do you mean you're you're on a bye week?
00:46:24.400 --> 00:46:26.719
This fantasy league has a built-in bye week.
00:46:26.800 --> 00:46:27.840
I forstand.
00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:29.039
For you?
00:46:29.599 --> 00:46:33.840
For yeah, like each team there's a built-in bye week, but the way they did it.
00:46:34.400 --> 00:46:38.159
That's the dumbest fantasy football rule I've heard in my life.
00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:48.719
I'm just telling you, I didn't I've never I've never Yeah, it's a built don't I don't it's like the default settings for like a public league.
00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:52.320
They have a bye week for the team owners.
00:46:52.639 --> 00:46:55.440
It's not a public league, uh a friend of mine.
00:46:55.679 --> 00:46:55.920
Okay.
00:46:56.639 --> 00:46:59.440
Look, I had nothing to do with the structure of the league, I was telling you.
00:46:59.679 --> 00:47:04.239
Okay, so I know that is that is crazy.
00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:13.440
My overall record is like five and because I lost last week by like six points.
00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:17.360
Dude, I have let me see here.
00:47:17.599 --> 00:47:21.360
One, two, three, four.
00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:30.320
I'm fourth in the league in total points, but I'm tenth in the league as far as my record goes.
00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:45.679
So I'm having one of these fantasy league seasons where um I'm playing really good teams each week, but I would uh if I would have played eight other teams in more weeks and not, then uh I'd have beat everybody.
00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:48.320
But this week I'm gonna kick ass.
00:47:48.559 --> 00:47:54.000
Playing my uh boy uh Munger, um Eagles fan.
00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:55.039
We split on the year.
00:47:55.119 --> 00:48:00.800
We always bet a dollar on the Eagles game, so we're even this year, which is which is nice.
00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:09.760
But he had Tootin, which I think is one of the funnier names in the league these days, Tootin.
00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:14.719
Um he had Tootin, running back for the Jaguars, play this past Thursday night.
00:48:14.880 --> 00:48:30.480
Mike, I was so, so, so close to playing Chris Rodriguez because Tutin was supposed to be hurt in Thursday night's game, and Chris Rodriguez, our our old back, um he was supposed to be the starter.
00:48:30.800 --> 00:48:40.239
He still put up 11 11 fantasy points, but they put him in in the first series on first and goal on the one, and he couldn't punch it in.
00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:46.800
And so that's the difference between an 11-point game and like a 17-18-point game.
00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:55.599
Um so I I'm glad I benched him, but I still have some contemplations this morning uh prior to the one o'clock games.
00:48:55.760 --> 00:49:02.079
I I might want to start, I might want to start Eckler, I might want to start a Conquo.
00:49:02.480 --> 00:49:07.920
I always hated how I end up getting all these freaking Redskins on my team because I'm biased.
00:49:08.320 --> 00:49:10.639
But I don't know.
00:49:10.800 --> 00:49:11.280
I don't know.
00:49:11.360 --> 00:49:16.079
Yeah, I if I'm I'm I'm in the situation where we've been barking at Dan Quinn.
00:49:16.320 --> 00:49:18.559
I need to do better for my team.
00:49:18.719 --> 00:49:24.719
Um, and if I don't start a winning streak today, then I'm I'm screwed pretty much.
00:49:24.960 --> 00:49:30.000
But anyway, let's lead let's lead that into our commute breakdown.
00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:38.880
So you're telling me there's a chance.
00:49:39.039 --> 00:49:42.000
If nothing else, this should be fun to watch.
00:49:42.159 --> 00:49:44.320
Win the whole fucking thing.
00:49:44.559 --> 00:49:45.920
Well, Dick, here's the deal.
00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:47.760
I'm the best there is, plain and simple.
00:49:47.840 --> 00:49:52.079
I mean, I wake up in the morning, I piss excellence, and nobody can hang with my stuff.
00:49:52.159 --> 00:49:55.679
Uh, you know, I'm just a big, hairy American winning machine.
00:49:55.760 --> 00:49:57.440
If you ain't first, you're last.
00:49:57.679 --> 00:49:58.000
You know?
00:49:58.159 --> 00:49:58.880
You know what I'm talking about?
00:49:59.039 --> 00:50:02.000
That phrase trademark, not the producer to Ricky Bobine.
00:50:03.679 --> 00:50:05.360
Our commute breakdown.
00:50:05.599 --> 00:50:07.280
Michael, I mean, God.
00:50:07.920 --> 00:50:14.960
After after 27 unanswered points last week against the Eagles, I'm starting to feel a little bit better.
00:50:15.199 --> 00:50:19.360
Um, you know, you're just talking shit on the Raiders being four and four.
00:50:19.440 --> 00:50:20.320
What are the Rams?
00:50:20.880 --> 00:50:22.239
They're also four and four.
00:50:22.639 --> 00:50:27.760
Okay, so I mean, so can a four and four team be good or bad?
00:50:28.000 --> 00:50:30.239
The answer is yes to both of them.
00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:32.559
I wonder what kind of Rams team we're gonna get.
00:50:32.719 --> 00:50:40.639
I don't know why I kind of feel like this is so stupid in my and the minutiae is so stupid, Mike.
00:50:40.960 --> 00:50:49.039
But you combine the fact that they're coming all the way from West Coast to East Coast with the time change.
00:50:49.519 --> 00:50:50.880
And I don't know.
00:50:51.039 --> 00:50:55.119
I just feel like daylight savings has got to play into it as well.
00:50:55.360 --> 00:51:05.599
Last Sunday we we turned back the clocks, and then they're coming back across the country and turning back their clocks, so they get one extra hour on top of that time change.
00:51:05.679 --> 00:51:07.599
To them, it's like we're playing at 7 a.m.
00:51:07.760 --> 00:51:08.719
this morning.
00:51:09.840 --> 00:51:10.880
Sounds about right.
00:51:11.119 --> 00:51:12.000
That's my commute.
00:51:12.239 --> 00:51:16.639
That's my that's my driveway take, is these guys are gonna start off tired.
00:51:16.880 --> 00:51:19.519
The Rams are gonna come in here tired.
00:51:19.679 --> 00:51:21.360
This ain't LA weather here today.
00:51:21.440 --> 00:51:23.280
This is nice northeastern.
00:51:24.000 --> 00:51:30.000
Well, they might start off tired, but I guarantee you we're gonna start off penalty ridden again like we always do.
00:51:30.320 --> 00:51:31.039
I don't know, man.
00:51:31.119 --> 00:51:34.719
I'm marking that up last week to a bunch of bi-week rust.
00:51:34.880 --> 00:51:36.400
That's what I'm marking it up to.
00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:49.119
You can put it in as an undisciplined DQ offense if you'd like, but I'm marking it up as bi-week rust, because need I remind you, I just said it, we had 27 unanswered points.
00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:57.280
Now, some of them still had some pre pre-stat penalties, which got Yeah, on like 72 or 74, whatever that was.
00:51:58.079 --> 00:52:03.760
Yeah, we need to get you some binoculars because uh uh I need to find those numbers too.
00:52:04.000 --> 00:52:15.920
Um because if if if these if the offensive linemen for us can't stay on sides, and I wonder how much is is Jaden Daniels' cadence, but we can deep dive into that later.
00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:18.000
But what's your driveway take?
00:52:18.320 --> 00:52:26.960
Uh I mean I think it's a it's a winnable game, but we have to be able to stop the Rams defense.
00:52:27.360 -->
00:52:28.320
Rams defense.
00:52:28.000 --> 00:52:41.519
defense. 'Cause they're they're they're a defensively strong team, but um I just think we we need to be able to contain them and I don't know if we I don't know if we can, but uh it's a winnable game.
00:52:41.920 --> 00:52:48.880
Well, before we get into our any other takes, uh is it safe to assume you've got an injury report for us?
00:52:49.280 --> 00:52:52.880
Uh yeah, I can tell you who some of the injured players are.
00:52:53.440 --> 00:53:01.599
I think, I believe, uh, I'm not positive, you'll confirm it for me, but I believe their starting cornerback is out.
00:53:01.920 --> 00:53:05.039
So uh maybe their D line is bolstered up with Miles.
00:53:05.920 --> 00:53:06.800
Well, no, he's not out.
00:53:07.199 --> 00:53:10.159
He's uh I thought that guy's name was Watson.
00:53:12.880 --> 00:53:15.119
Uh I could be wrong.
00:53:15.360 --> 00:53:17.360
I don't see any bots on this one.
00:53:17.920 --> 00:53:20.960
Uh the guy I see is questionable.
00:53:21.440 --> 00:53:26.079
Um Devontae Adams is on the IR.
00:53:26.559 --> 00:53:26.880
Yeah.
00:53:27.280 --> 00:53:34.320
There's a bunch of other people that I I don't think they've got like us, they've got a ton of people on the IR.
00:53:34.880 --> 00:53:35.039
Okay.
00:53:35.280 --> 00:53:36.400
Uh as far as that goes.
00:53:36.480 --> 00:53:38.239
I mean, they're just as banged up as we are.
00:53:38.480 --> 00:53:55.760
Well, we're getting to this point of the season where a lot of teams are gonna are filling up that IR spot, especially because uh the new rules uh put that IR spot to four games as opposed to, you know, I remember when you went on the IR, it was the whole season.
00:53:56.000 --> 00:54:07.760
And then they mu they they downgraded it to eight games, and then they've downgraded it again to four games, uh, which which I like, but any more than that, then there is no IR spot.
00:54:08.480 --> 00:54:17.039
Um but yeah, I'm I'm glad that Devante is not in because Puka is enough for us.
00:54:17.280 --> 00:54:20.480
Um Puka is enough for us.
00:54:20.639 --> 00:54:28.639
He was targeted earlier this season 24 times and ranked in the ball 17 receptions in one game, Michael.
00:54:28.800 --> 00:54:40.639
And if our previous uh games against big wide receivers like Seattle last year and stuff like that, they that's what we need to contain because they can just carve us up all day.
00:54:41.199 --> 00:54:42.400
Yeah, yeah.
00:54:42.639 --> 00:54:48.079
No, that's it's it's true, and it's partly because we're not a very good man coverage team.
00:54:48.159 --> 00:54:58.480
We play a lot of zone, and if you're a good quarterback and you're a good wide receiver, you know right where to fall in that zone, and that's what that's my road hazard for today.
00:54:58.639 --> 00:55:03.119
It's gotta be Puka Nakua just sitting in the zone.
00:55:03.440 --> 00:55:06.320
Dad had a similar take for his road hazard.
00:55:06.480 --> 00:55:12.639
What I'm most concerned with is not the seven-yard catch that we give to Puka.
00:55:13.119 --> 00:55:17.920
It's the 14 yards that he gets after the catch that I'm concerned with.
00:55:18.079 --> 00:55:24.320
If he if we can if we can tackle him as soon as he catches the ball, because he's gonna catch it.
00:55:25.280 --> 00:55:27.760
As soon as he catches the ball, we can get him on the ground.
00:55:27.840 --> 00:55:29.199
Yeah, that's my point.
00:55:29.360 --> 00:55:36.480
If we if we let them get what uh what I'll just call the long ball, it's gonna be a long day for us.
00:55:36.719 --> 00:55:37.440
Yeah, yeah.
00:55:37.599 --> 00:55:47.199
I don't think Stafford's gonna have a lot of air yards, um, but uh but he could get a lot of reception yards uh after after the catch.
00:55:47.599 --> 00:55:57.840
The the Rams are fourth in total yards, sixth in passing yards, tenth in rushing, and tenth in overall points.
00:55:58.079 --> 00:56:18.639
So the other thing on on uh for my road hazard, just because it just seems like the matchup of the day is it seems like the matchup of the day is is our defense against their offense, even though uh it could struggle the other way too.
00:56:18.960 --> 00:56:20.719
It could struggle the other way too.
00:56:21.039 --> 00:56:22.480
Mom, you had your hand up.
00:56:22.559 --> 00:56:22.960
What's up?
00:56:23.199 --> 00:56:23.519
I did.
00:56:23.599 --> 00:56:26.960
I have a question as far as was it took and cooler?
00:56:27.519 --> 00:56:28.559
Yeah, why do you think?
00:56:28.639 --> 00:56:36.320
Okay, if you all put Diggs against him, are you so sure that Tuca had one of those days?
00:56:37.119 --> 00:56:44.400
Well, Ma, Diggs, you're thinking of the Cowboys digs that plays defense.
00:56:44.559 --> 00:56:46.239
Our digs plays offense.
00:56:47.119 --> 00:56:47.679
Sorry guys.
00:56:47.840 --> 00:56:48.719
No, it's okay.
00:56:48.880 --> 00:56:49.360
It's okay.
00:56:49.440 --> 00:56:50.000
It was a good question.
00:56:51.119 --> 00:56:51.920
I know, I know.
00:56:52.400 --> 00:56:54.800
I know, I called it out right as soon as you were saying it.
00:56:54.880 --> 00:56:57.599
I'm like, she's got her, she's got her digs confused.
00:56:57.920 --> 00:56:58.639
Sorry about that.
00:56:58.800 --> 00:56:59.280
It's alright.
00:56:59.599 --> 00:57:00.719
Love the big boys.
00:57:03.920 --> 00:57:06.559
I think I think that that digs brother ended up.
00:57:08.079 --> 00:57:09.440
I think he's playing in Seattle.
00:57:09.840 --> 00:57:10.480
I believe so.
00:57:10.719 --> 00:57:11.840
I think he's playing in Seattle.
00:57:12.000 --> 00:57:13.360
I I believe so.
00:57:13.599 --> 00:57:16.079
Um be a day trader, you know.
00:57:16.880 --> 00:57:17.519
Yeah, yeah.
00:57:17.679 --> 00:57:19.920
But I think deadline coming up.
00:57:20.159 --> 00:57:22.159
But I still think we can pull out.
00:57:22.320 --> 00:57:24.079
I was gonna jump, I don't care.
00:57:24.239 --> 00:57:33.679
Uh I still
think we can pull out a win because their their overall record, Rams record against us all-time is 15-26 and one.
00:57:34.000 --> 00:57:40.079
You know, I love it when an all-time record is that lopsided, because that kind of makes me feel the same way.
00:57:40.239 --> 00:57:42.079
You know, that I I mean, I agree.
00:57:42.239 --> 00:57:42.719
I agree.
00:57:42.800 --> 00:57:47.519
That makes me 15-26 and one is our is our all-time record.
00:57:47.679 --> 00:57:50.480
I mean, it shouldn't hold no weight, right?
00:57:50.559 --> 00:57:53.360
Because last year's team's not playing this year's team.
00:57:53.599 --> 00:57:57.920
You know, the 18 that we played in the Rams in the 80s is not the same team today.
00:57:58.000 --> 00:58:04.960
It should hold no weight, but I'm gonna hold it because you are, and I'm down with it.
00:58:05.039 --> 00:58:06.400
I'm I'm all for it.
00:58:06.639 --> 00:58:12.960
Um my uh fast lane take, Michael, is gonna be.
00:58:13.599 --> 00:58:17.199
Well shoot, I just I have it written down.
00:58:18.639 --> 00:58:19.920
I have it written down.
00:58:20.079 --> 00:58:20.960
Hold on, people.
00:58:21.039 --> 00:58:23.679
I just forgot I had it and I forgot it.
00:58:24.079 --> 00:58:31.199
Um, we got a blitz.
00:58:31.599 --> 00:58:33.840
We've got a blitz today.
00:58:34.000 --> 00:58:40.159
Our fast lane, my fast lane take is specifically centered around the turnover margin.
00:58:40.400 --> 00:58:56.079
I believe we are second or third in the league in the turnover margin at plus seven turnovers in our favor throughout the season, and I believe the Rams are minus four in in the turnover margin.
00:58:56.239 --> 00:58:56.639
Oh wow.
00:58:56.880 --> 00:59:11.119
Um, they've uh I think Stafford between fumbles and interception has popped the ball up 12 times so far this year, and four interceptions I saw were on the blitz.
00:59:11.440 --> 00:59:16.239
So if we blitz him, um he can still throw picks.
00:59:16.320 --> 00:59:23.199
And I don't know if it's necessarily on him, maybe it's on the wide receivers for not being in the right spot to get him out of a pinch.
00:59:23.360 --> 00:59:24.480
I don't really care.
00:59:24.800 --> 00:59:33.519
All I know is if we blitz him, and I know we have the capability of blitzing the quarterback, if we blitz him, he can cough that ball up.
00:59:33.840 --> 00:59:39.599
I don't know if three turnovers is what it's gonna take to win.
00:59:41.199 --> 00:59:43.280
But three would be great.
00:59:43.599 --> 00:59:46.239
But two is my bold prediction.
00:59:46.559 --> 00:59:50.639
I actually don't disagree because it's gotta be a big day for Sonny Styles.
00:59:50.719 --> 00:59:54.239
He's gotta be the one to win us that turnover battle.
00:59:54.320 --> 00:59:55.119
It's gotta be a big day.
00:59:55.599 --> 01:00:03.760
The more games I watch that dude, the more I he might he I might buy his damn jersey.
01:00:04.079 --> 01:00:06.719
I might buy his damn jersey.
01:00:07.199 --> 01:00:12.400
He he's making me feel that he's making me feel that way, Michael.
01:00:12.800 --> 01:00:15.119
Um I love that guy.
01:00:15.280 --> 01:00:17.119
He has been playing good.
01:00:17.599 --> 01:00:25.039
Um he's definitely in the in the a front runner for defensive rookie of the year.
01:00:25.199 --> 01:00:32.960
Uh I there's no other defensive rookies that really come to mind, but then again, we we are biased.
01:00:33.199 --> 01:00:38.639
Uh but all right, so let's move on to our our red zone receipts.
01:00:38.960 --> 01:00:46.719
Um we give a commander of the game a bold prediction and a final score prediction.
01:00:46.960 --> 01:00:48.800
Mike, which one do you want first?
01:00:50.239 --> 01:00:55.039
Well, I mean, I'm just gonna go off of what I just said.
01:00:55.199 --> 01:01:05.039
I think if we're gonna win this game and you highlighted turnovers being a big point of it, then the it's gotta be Sonny Styles is the commander of the game.
01:01:05.280 --> 01:01:08.639
You know, if it's gonna if it's gonna be a defensive battle.
01:01:09.760 --> 01:01:10.719
I like it.
01:01:11.440 --> 01:01:12.400
I like it.
01:01:12.880 --> 01:01:16.559
Um my commander of the game is gonna be Chig.
01:01:17.039 --> 01:01:28.000
I think that he raised some eyebrows and opened some eyeballs with some of his athletic plays in last week's game, and I think uh Blau is gonna focus on him a lot more.
01:01:28.239 --> 01:01:30.800
I think Jaden's gonna focus on him a lot more.
01:01:30.960 --> 01:01:33.679
Uh I think he'll find some opportunities today.
01:01:33.840 --> 01:01:43.440
I know I've called Chig as my uh potential commander of the game before, but Michael, I really mean it this time.
01:01:44.000 --> 01:01:45.760
I really mean it this time.
01:01:46.000 --> 01:01:47.280
Well, I hope it pays off.
01:01:48.639 --> 01:02:04.960
Um for my for my bold prediction, Jaden Daniels, 300 total yards, 200 passing, 100 rushing, three total touchdowns, two passing, one rushing.
01:02:05.199 --> 01:02:08.079
So it's the it's the threes.
01:02:08.239 --> 01:02:14.719
Three touchdowns, three hundred yards, and they're gonna be split in thirds.
01:02:14.800 --> 01:02:18.159
There are two-thirds passing, one third rushing.
01:02:18.239 --> 01:02:20.000
That's my bold prediction today.
01:02:20.159 --> 01:02:24.320
I feel like he's gonna have a really good game in the air and on the ground.
01:02:25.039 --> 01:02:34.000
And I don't necessarily disagree with you, but I think he too has to have a big game, and you know, we're we're only effective when he's effective.
01:02:34.079 --> 01:02:51.360
So if that's him, if that's him putting up those kind of numbers or uh somehow being able to be a rushing threat throughout this game, like the crazy thing about him being a rushing threat, and I think you'll agree with me, I don't like a called running play for Jaden.
01:02:51.760 --> 01:02:57.679
I like a scramble accidentally rushes for 34 yards.
01:02:58.400 -->
01:03:10.320
That's where he strives the most, is when his wide receivers are taking defensive backs all the way down the field or spreading them out, and he finds that gap and can kind of just squeeze right through the defense.
01:03:10.480 --> 01:03:10.639
Yeah.
01:03:10.800 --> 01:03:13.840
That's where he really thrives rushing the ball.
01:03:14.000 --> 01:03:18.320
It's not because we've designed a quarterback run to the right.
01:03:18.480 --> 01:03:26.400
Uh so I'm hoping that he gets put in situations where he can escape the pocket and bust a couple out.
01:03:26.559 --> 01:03:31.440
Um, because he doesn't need much to really have a productive day on the ground.
01:03:31.599 --> 01:03:33.599
Just a couple couples of scrambles will do.
01:03:34.000 --> 01:03:43.760
All that hinges on are we able to contain their defense and will our offensive line conversely be able to show up and project JD?
01:03:44.000 --> 01:03:44.320
Yeah.
01:03:44.480 --> 01:03:45.679
Yep, good point.
01:03:45.760 --> 01:03:48.239
Uh, my final score prediction, Mike.
01:03:48.400 --> 01:03:50.880
This could also be classified as a ball prediction.
01:03:51.039 --> 01:03:54.000
It could also be classified as like, that's not real.
01:03:54.159 --> 01:03:58.239
Uh I'm going 44-24 commanders.
01:03:58.400 --> 01:04:01.840
We're gonna put up 44 points for Rigo today.
01:04:02.159 --> 01:04:06.639
We are we are gonna put up 44 points for Riggins.
01:04:06.960 --> 01:04:10.639
You're doing your final score the way you draft your fantasy book.
01:04:12.239 --> 01:04:13.280
So true.
01:04:14.800 --> 01:04:15.199
So true.
01:04:17.039 --> 01:04:21.440
There's no way we're gonna put up 44 points against the ranch.
01:04:22.880 --> 01:04:24.000
If you're hitting that pen.
01:04:24.559 --> 01:04:27.519
early this morning for the year.
01:04:29.760 --> 01:04:32.320
Like, if you were already hitting that pen, you need to lay off.
01:04:34.000 --> 01:04:37.440
You are losing when you think we're gonna put up 44 points.
01:04:40.000 --> 01:04:41.360
I'll give you some.
01:04:45.840 --> 01:04:46.800
Come on.
01:04:47.039 --> 01:04:50.159
It's I mean, you're looking now.
01:04:50.239 --> 01:04:52.239
I hope it happens so bad.
01:04:53.119 --> 01:05:02.400
I think it'll be more like a like a if we're looking there, if we're sitting at 37 points in the fourth quarter, I'm gonna be looking at you as like Michael Lomart Dutch.
01:05:02.719 --> 01:05:04.000
Uh Lomart Dutch.
01:05:04.960 --> 01:05:11.519
It's gonna be more like a, I think, like a 28-24 type game.
01:05:11.920 --> 01:05:14.880
I mean, that's obviously more more likely.
01:05:16.079 --> 01:05:16.320
Yeah.
01:05:16.559 --> 01:05:17.119
That's obviously.
01:05:17.599 --> 01:05:20.239
So do you want to revise your your score pick then?
01:05:20.400 --> 01:05:20.800
No, no.
01:05:21.119 --> 01:05:21.679
No, no.
01:05:22.719 --> 01:05:22.960
No.
01:05:23.199 --> 01:05:23.920
That's too good.
01:05:24.079 --> 01:05:29.440
All right, how about Bull prediction uh Jaden Daniel's uh 144 rushing yards?
01:05:30.639 --> 01:05:33.360
How about Austin Eckler 144 rushing yards?
01:05:33.519 --> 01:05:35.599
Now that's that's more possible.
01:05:35.920 --> 01:05:36.400
Uh-huh.
01:05:37.119 --> 01:05:38.320
No, it's not.
01:05:39.760 --> 01:05:40.800
No, it's not.
01:05:40.960 --> 01:05:45.920
Uh Austin Eckler hasn't had 144 rushing yards in a game since probably 2022.
01:05:46.239 --> 01:05:47.199
Hey, you never know.
01:05:47.440 --> 01:05:47.599
Okay.
01:05:48.719 --> 01:05:53.119
Um, I think that's a good commute breakdown.
01:05:53.199 --> 01:05:55.360
Let's take this right into our quarter four.
01:05:56.960 --> 01:06:02.639
Hell yeah! I said give me the hell yeah.
01:06:05.440 --> 01:06:08.559
This is gonna be the other the opposite way to the parking lot.
01:06:08.800 --> 01:06:09.039
No.
01:06:09.199 --> 01:06:10.480
Alright, we're back into it.
01:06:10.639 --> 01:06:16.000
We uh old old Chuck's got us a uh a spot saved here at the red zone lot.
01:06:16.159 --> 01:06:20.000
We've got dad back in the car um for the fourth quarter here.
01:06:20.239 --> 01:06:23.440
This is our hodgepodge where we pretty much talk about whatever we want.
01:06:23.599 --> 01:06:25.760
Um I'm excited for the wings today.
01:06:26.000 --> 01:06:26.960
I know that much.
01:06:27.039 --> 01:06:29.679
I got a new little charcoal grill.
01:06:29.760 --> 01:06:35.039
That way we won't mess up the propane uh like we did the last time I attempted to cook.
01:06:35.280 --> 01:06:36.639
Well, it didn't work the last time.
01:06:36.719 --> 01:06:39.199
It's not that you mess anything up, it just won't.
01:06:40.559 --> 01:06:42.400
Well, I messed up the pre-planning.
01:06:42.559 --> 01:06:45.039
Oh I messed up the pre-planning.
01:06:45.440 --> 01:06:48.880
How are how are we to know that the propane wasn't button?
01:06:48.960 --> 01:06:53.199
Yeah, but do you have a favorite ram of all time?
01:06:53.280 --> 01:06:57.599
I'm putting you on the spot, so feel free to have to think about it for a second.
01:06:58.159 --> 01:07:02.800
Um yeah.
01:07:03.440 --> 01:07:04.400
Let me see.
01:07:05.280 --> 01:07:07.039
Mine's London Fletcher.
01:07:10.400 --> 01:07:11.119
He was a St.
01:07:11.199 --> 01:07:11.920
Louis Ram.
01:07:12.079 --> 01:07:14.239
What was that running back they had that ran upright?
01:07:14.320 --> 01:07:15.519
He's out of SMU.
01:07:15.599 --> 01:07:17.199
He was a Hall of Famer, I think.
01:07:17.920 --> 01:07:21.199
Uh older guy or fairly recent?
01:07:21.280 --> 01:07:23.119
They had the guy, Todd Gurley, for a long time.
01:07:23.360 --> 01:07:24.480
Uh no, before him.
01:07:25.280 --> 01:07:27.760
Um, if I look it up.
01:07:27.840 --> 01:07:28.800
I'm gonna look it up.
01:07:29.039 --> 01:07:30.079
You'll know him.
01:07:31.039 --> 01:07:35.760
The only one I can think of was uh Oh, Steven Jackson.
01:07:35.840 --> 01:07:37.920
Oh, or Marshall Falk.
01:07:39.199 -->
01:07:40.400
Speed camera ahead.
01:07:40.719 --> 01:07:42.239
What are you gonna Google?
01:07:42.719 --> 01:07:46.400
Rams running back and just hope that your guy pops up.
01:07:47.519 --> 01:07:49.119
Rams Hall of Fame running back.
01:07:54.559 --> 01:07:55.760
Eric Dickerson.
01:07:56.239 --> 01:07:57.920
Uh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:07:59.760 --> 01:08:01.840
That guy couldn't be stopped for like four or five years.
01:08:02.320 --> 01:08:04.079
This intersection would be the nice.
01:08:05.119 --> 01:08:05.760
Yeah.
01:08:07.519 --> 01:08:17.840
Um we were we talking the other day uh, yeah, I think we you and I were talking, Dad, about uh the last Redskin still left in the league.
01:08:18.239 --> 01:08:19.279
I doubt there's still a St.
01:08:19.439 --> 01:08:20.479
Louis Cart or St.
01:08:20.560 --> 01:08:21.840
Louis Rams still left.
01:08:22.079 --> 01:08:27.359
Well, I mean, we talked about the last Redskin that's currently on the team, right?
01:08:27.600 --> 01:08:30.399
Well, Tress and Terry were both Redskins.
01:08:30.640 --> 01:08:30.960
Okay.
01:08:32.000 --> 01:08:33.920
And he besides those two guys, anybody else?
01:08:34.239 --> 01:08:37.119
Because this has been I don't believe so.
01:08:37.439 --> 01:08:38.640
I don't believe so.
01:08:38.800 --> 01:08:38.960
Right.
01:08:39.199 --> 01:08:42.000
So out of the 53-man roster, only two.
01:08:42.479 --> 01:08:43.119
Only two.
01:08:43.520 --> 01:08:47.439
And and how long have the I see what's mean about the opposite way.
01:08:48.000 --> 01:08:52.000
What's it been about you're gonna want to be in this right hand play?
01:08:52.399 --> 01:08:56.479
Well, 2022 is when we became the commanders.
01:08:56.640 --> 01:09:01.680
2021 was Washington football team, so it's been six years, seven years.
01:09:02.000 --> 01:09:03.119
Since we were the Redskins.
01:09:03.439 --> 01:09:04.399
Since we were the Redskins.
01:09:06.159 --> 01:09:06.640
Wow.
01:09:06.960 --> 01:09:08.880
See, this is why we get here when we do that.
01:09:09.119 --> 01:09:12.880
You see all these cars here waiting for the lots to open at nine o'clock.
01:09:13.199 --> 01:09:14.880
It's 8 54, folks.
01:09:15.039 --> 01:09:22.640
Um, we take the back entrance in here off of Sheriff Road to get into the Red Zone lot, and they open up an hour early.
01:09:22.960 --> 01:09:23.840
About two intersections.
01:09:27.199 --> 01:09:29.760
No traffic today, Michael.
01:09:30.000 --> 01:09:30.960
No traffic.
01:09:31.119 --> 01:09:33.279
You love a nice smooth commute.
01:09:34.159 --> 01:09:37.600
Well, when we're here this early, that's what you get.
01:09:37.680 --> 01:09:38.720
You get in your drift.
01:09:38.880 --> 01:09:41.439
It's not like we're coming in here at game time.
01:09:41.760 --> 01:09:43.279
See, and that's what we like to do, folks.
01:09:43.439 --> 01:09:51.119
We get in, we like to ease into the tailgate, make sure we're nice and organized, get a pulse of the fan base.
01:09:51.600 --> 01:09:54.399
I don't think we're gonna see a lot of Rams fans here.
01:09:54.640 --> 01:09:55.520
That's the one plus.
01:09:55.920 --> 01:10:04.079
Well, you know, in watching the game last week, I was like, uh what was the what was the makeup of the Eagles players?
01:10:04.479 --> 01:10:04.880
Great question.
01:10:05.119 --> 01:10:12.960
Michael and I actually talked about that on our on our first official recap episode that we did at the end of last week's game as we were leaving the red zone lot.
01:10:13.119 --> 01:10:16.960
We kind of touched on that because I just hate how the Eagles fans tend to take over.
01:10:17.199 --> 01:10:24.319
But I believe where to turn because there'll be a guy, should be a guy standing out.
01:10:24.720 --> 01:10:27.039
Giving directions and doing a podcast.
01:10:27.279 --> 01:10:38.560
Um, but I believe that Michael and I agreed that it was somewhere around like uh 35% Eagles, not quite as bad as it's maybe been in the past.
01:10:38.720 --> 01:10:46.239
I actually felt like there was more Giants fans present uh during the Giants game than than otherwise.
01:10:46.960 --> 01:10:48.640
Last week they were yelling at people.
01:10:48.800 --> 01:10:50.399
They can't turn here.
01:10:50.479 --> 01:10:51.680
Don't no, no, no.
01:10:52.239 --> 01:10:53.359
They switched these guys out.
01:10:53.439 --> 01:10:56.640
I wish they would just just put them at the same post every week.
01:11:01.439 --> 01:11:06.560
I I know a couple years ago when I came to the Redskins uh Eagles game, I couldn't stand it.
01:11:07.119 --> 01:11:08.880
I hated the makeup of the fan base.
01:11:09.760 --> 01:11:12.880
And of course, we lost that game, yeah, which made it even worse.
01:11:13.039 --> 01:11:15.199
So it must have been really nice to win.
01:11:16.560 --> 01:11:20.399
I think if there was a if there was Jalen Hurts playing, it would have been a little different.
01:11:20.479 --> 01:11:24.640
I feel like if they weren't on a five-game losing streak, the things would have been a little different.
01:11:24.880 --> 01:11:25.039
Right.
01:11:25.279 --> 01:11:27.359
Hello, good morning.
01:11:29.119 --> 01:11:29.680
Thank you.
01:11:29.840 --> 01:11:30.640
Thank you.
01:11:31.760 --> 01:11:32.640
Whoops.
01:11:33.840 --> 01:11:40.079
Michael, we're gonna assume that Chuck is in our typical spot over here up against the up against the woods.
01:11:40.800 --> 01:11:46.720
They don't usually have this roped off like this, so I don't know what's what's up with all that.
01:11:49.199 --> 01:11:52.159
Look out for where we're supposed to go, Bob, because I don't know.
01:11:52.880 --> 01:12:00.079
Like I said, I I I I believe Chuck is over here at our typical spot someplace.
01:12:01.039 --> 01:12:06.000
Um You'll see him.
01:12:06.239 --> 01:12:06.880
You'll see him.
01:12:07.119 --> 01:12:12.000
Pretty uh Well, it's your job to look out for him because I don't remember what his truck looks like.
01:12:12.079 --> 01:12:13.920
So Alright, we'll see him here in a minute.
01:12:18.000 --> 01:12:18.640
Keep on going.
01:12:21.137 --> 01:12:23.137
I know they're doing whatever they doing.
01:12:24.720 --> 01:12:25.520
There he goes.
01:12:25.680 --> 01:12:27.439
Oh kind of a light tail.
01:12:27.600 --> 01:12:28.800
There, Chuck right there.
01:12:29.039 --> 01:12:33.279
He's right there in that black black hoodie with the white what with the white W.
01:12:33.840 --> 01:12:37.199
He's so roll your window down, Mike, and give him a wave.
01:12:37.279 --> 01:12:39.279
He's saving us a spot.
01:12:40.000 --> 01:12:41.760
See where his table's at?
01:12:42.159 --> 01:12:43.359
So where do you want us?
01:12:43.600 --> 01:12:44.079
Here?
01:12:44.800 --> 01:12:47.119
Okay, well back end, pull in.
01:12:47.279 --> 01:12:48.159
Yeah, pull in.
01:12:48.399 --> 01:12:50.319
Or back in, it'll be easier.
01:12:52.560 --> 01:12:55.439
Now that's that's Chuck, and I don't know who that guy is.
01:12:56.159 --> 01:12:56.960
I think it's his brother.
01:12:57.199 --> 01:12:58.640
He brings different people every week.
01:12:58.800 --> 01:13:01.039
The last two weeks he brought his son with him.
01:13:01.680 --> 01:13:02.880
Charles is good guy.
01:13:03.039 --> 01:13:04.079
Charles is a good guy.
01:13:04.399 --> 01:13:06.960
All right, we're right here in the command corner, more or less.
01:13:07.600 --> 01:13:10.079
Um we're backing into the spot.
01:13:10.159 --> 01:13:12.560
It looks like it's gonna be a nice, healthy tailgate.
01:13:12.640 --> 01:13:16.960
The fan base is engaged, the red zone lot is looking fun.
01:13:17.199 --> 01:13:23.199
Uh, by all means, come and find us uh if you want to meet us at the red zone lot and have a wing or two.
01:13:23.359 --> 01:13:29.840
Hail to the Redskins, hail to the commanders, hail to the Washington football team, and dad, hail to the Ruff John Riggins, huh?
01:13:30.000 --> 01:13:30.960
Hell yeah, Diesel.
01:14:01.279 --> 01:14:01.840
Yeah.
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I said, Give me a hell yeah.