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Welcome in what's Right with Nick Ride episode 369. This episode of what's Right with Nick Right is presented to you as always by Boost Mobile Damanze. Great to see you. We're going to get Right to Straight to Voicemail because we have so much to get to today. Straight to Voicemail brought to you of course by Our great friends at Boost Mobile. This is dope. Shout out Harry Styles. He ran a marathon. Did it in under three hours, did it under a fake name and in, you know, costumes. The wrong word but you know, incognito. I think that's super sick. Speaking of marathons, I turned 41 in 10 days and said I was going to do a triathlon before I turned 41. I think I'm going to fail on that little self improvement commitment. Fell a little shy of the swimming and running training. The biking portion I'm good for but. But I maybe before I'm 42. So that was something I really thought I was going to do and then I didn't do. Syracuse fined for faking injuries in a win versus Clemson. Doesn't matter. We beat Clemson. Syracuse can pay for it. And in. You know that's news that sucks. And you just feel like this team is snake bitten. Nikki Bosa tears his ACL and the night the Niners seem to monze to either be the healthiest, deepest team in the league going into a deep playoff run or just ravaged by injury before we even get to October with no in between. Just every year it feels like that I and so that's a tough one for Nick Bosa. I don't know if any team could feel worse about a 3 and oh start than these Niners given all those injuries. Also, before we get to the news of last night, which was the Baltimore Ravens losing to the Detroit Lions in what I consider a little demoralizing fashion. Before we get to that, a reminder for everyone like, rate, subscribe, review. Now, I'm not, I'm not calling anyone out here. I want to make this very clear. However, my little competitive nature, my, my back has gotten up a bit because I've noticed popping up along the landscape new shows or shows similar to this podcast, YouTube, whatever, that are out of nowhere and before they even start, they've got hundreds of thousands and in some cases millions of subscribers. I'm like how the hell does that happen? And then I realized like, oh, these folks are like transferring or buying or starting. You know what I mean? It's the, it's the podcast version of being born on third base and the world thinks you hit a triple. We damanz we, we grew this from the dirt from the, from 0 subscribers and I don't know where we're. And I was very, very happy with our like I don't know, whatever we have, whatever our numbers are. Few hundred thousand. But then I see folks starting out of nowhere with millions. And now I feel like I really need you guys to like rate, subscribe.
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Damanze
Review I really because please folks, we got 219,000.
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Nick Wright
219,000. So that's pretty good for a show that started initially with you setting up the cameras in our house and then you co hosting and also setting up the cameras in your mom's store. And now it's a full grown business. But still, yeah, I'd love so please and on itunes and Spotify, subscribe and on YouTube, you know, get the alert, subscribe, give us five stars. All of that. All right, Demons, a tough night for your Baltimore Ravens and take us through it before we get to it.
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Damanze
So last night my Baltimore Ravens, we coughed up another one. Lamar was running for his life. Derrick Henry with another costly fumble. Detroit came back on the next drive, converted on fourth, got a touchdown. So we did it for your team. We should do it for my team too. Should I be worried about my Ravens with how everything's going at the moment?
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Nick Wright
So I'm glad you listen. I'm glad you put it in that context. We did it for the Chiefs for being 02 and now 1 and 2. Should we do it for Baltimore? And it is a very interesting test of sports media today and who has and has not earned benefits of the doubt because I, silly me, Chiefs homer, lifelong Kansas City and got a tattoo about the team. Silly me, I would have thought that a team that has been to seven consecutive conference championship games, been to five of the last six Super Bowls, won three of the last six Super Bowls and been to three straight, that if any team would have earned a benefit of the doubt for sputtering out of the gates, it would be the Chiefs. But I was wrong. It was a lot of talk about how systemically the team may be broken, about Patrick not being as good as he once was, Andy's play design not being as creative as it once was, and about how this team just isn't scary anymore and you know, and ad that we'll get to in a minute win over the New York Giants didn't exactly quiet that for most people. We'll get to my thoughts on it in a second. And the tackle that turned the tide trademark. As Kevin Wild would say. I wonder how folks are going to discuss the Baltimore Ravens now that they are one and two with the one victory being an uninspiring one over the Cleveland Browns now that they the Baltimore Ravens, who the benefit of doubt that they have earned is being to zero consecutive Super Bowls, zero in the last decade. One Conference championship game appearance. If we are going to look at the Baltimore Ravens defense with the same critical eye that we have looked at the Kansas City Chiefs offense, a Baltimore Ravens defense that ultimately last year was not good enough, that up to this point this year has been downright awful, a Baltimore Ravens team that on top of that seems to situationally not be the most buttoned up in football, and a Baltimore Ravens team that all of a sudden second best player seems to have an odd fumbling problem. Now, I don't know if you agree with me or not on this Demon. I do not think that game was lost on the Derrick Henry fumble. I think that the rape, that game was lost on the Ravens entire inability to get us to stop Detroit from doing whatever they wanted on the ground.
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Damanze
Yeah, that's fair.
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Nick Wright
And the two 95 plus yard drives of Detroit just running it down their throat to me was a flashing red light of concern. And it is, you know, it's kind of perfect that I, you know, the Chiefs in the Ravens now play each other on Sunday because one of these teams is going to be 03 with three losses to the three legitimate teams they faced and the other team's going to be two and two and have steadied the ship. And we'll talk obviously more about that game on Thursday and Friday show.
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Damanze
I think that. Oh yeah, go ahead, go ahead. We'll. We'll talk about it more. I was going to say, what do you think with Kansas City winning in Baltimore coming off this loss that it's a bad scenario for the Chiefs. Could be a potential trap game.
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Nick Wright
Well, no, again, this is. I blame Wilds for this, not you. No, nobody seems to understand what trap game means anymore. Trap game you're talking about maybe let down spot or something. Trap game is you what? So let's say the Chiefs had been 20 going into the Giants game with the Ravens coming up the following week. Then the Giants are a trap game. Trap game is team flying high facing a bad opponent with a good opponent coming up. Trap game, perfect example. Trap game is what the packers just dealt with. Yeah, the Browns looking great, have the Cowboys, you know, kind of not revenge but a big Micah game coming up and then the Browns beat him. That's a trap game. The Chiefs playing the Ravens, like not a trap game. It is a. What you're talking about is the Ravens all of a sudden potentially more desperate coming off the loss. But desperation is, you know, accounts for something. Whether or not this team is quite as good as everyone assigned them as being is Something else. And so let's talk about the actual game itself. So the Ravens defense was disastrous, start to finish. Now, they didn't have Namdi Matabuque, but I don't know when they're getting him back. They didn't have Kyle Van Noy, but I don't know when they're getting him back. And Ron Smith was not good. Historically, he's been excellent. Last year was a little shaky. Last night he was not good. Obviously, folks are going to focus on the Derrick Henry fumble. I want to talk about Lamar for a second. And again, I texted this to Greg Rosenthal this morning about alleged, you know, because Greg said he didn't want to be lumped in with the quote, Lamar haters. And I texted Greg, I was like, the Lamar haters group is just Bill Polian from a decade ago in a draft evaluation. And I guess me, because everyone else in the media is in pretty much lockstep that this guy is simply unimpeachably great and one of the greatest players we've ever seen. And while I do think he's one of the greatest players we've ever seen, I think last night he was not quite as good as the numbers suggest. And let me tell you why now, not just because the I don't really care about the final 80 yards and touchdown when they were down 14 with less than two minutes left. That's not what I'm talking about. Even before that, like, he started the game 9 of 10. His pass rating was crazy. He was making some really good passes. There are two things last night that I feel are not one offs that if I were a Raven fan, would be concerning. One is Lamar's refusal to throw the ball away and his hesitation to just take off and run. And those two things combining to him being sacked seven times is just a killer. Like, he was great when he threw the ball, but he needed to throw the ball a little more or a little quicker or take off and run. Those sacks were drive killers time and time again. So that's the kind of meat with.
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Damanze
It being crazy and it being seven sacks. That's something that'll get corrected pretty fast.
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Nick Wright
Yes, I would think so. But it was the concern there is it wasn't corrected during the game. Yeah, it was five sacks, you know, when they were still in the game and still on that last drive, before the drive when they punted with like six minutes left, you know, he took. He still, he got sacked once there and then another one he ran, but it was essentially a sack.
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Damanze
Like he gained like two yards.
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Nick Wright
Yeah, yeah, exactly. And here's the other one and I'm just curious if other people noticed it. Man, he seemed to be wound tight from the opening snap.
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Damanze
He was pissed off the whole game. Yeah, he was tilted the entire time I saw it. I don't know what it was. It was like very simple stuff in the beginning.
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Nick Wright
So weird that the first drive of the game that they didn't score, I don't know which drive it was, but the first time they went three and out. His like body language and emotions are really seem like something. He just seemed wound tight. Yeah. And so. And that is. We have seen that Lamar a handful of times before it unfortunately for him, more often than not is in the playoffs where like early in the game you're like, oh, he is anxious about this spot. But they were coming off a win like that. I didn't really get it. Why the last time they played Detroit they annihilated him. He has a hilarious record in his career against NFC teams. I'm going to pull it up real quick because it now obvious. I think it was like 23 and 1. Say it again.
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Damanze
Okay. I thought at this point he has like four losses total from the nfc. It might be less than that apparently.
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Nick Wright
I think it's less. I the. So Lamar. No, you were right. You nailed it. So he going into last night, he was 24 and 4 in against the NFC with 48 touchdowns, nine picks and like a 108 rating. I think maybe he had at some point won like 20 straight or something. Whatever it was, he had had a ridiculous record against the NFC he had beaten. They annihilated the Lions last time they played him, he. They had just come off a win and the offense had been great in both games or they scored 40 points in both games. It was just a weird spot for him to be wound tight immediately. And those things concern me, man. So here is. Here is the. I think fair read given everything I've said about the Chiefs being fine about the. Where the Ravens are as they now Both sit at 1 and 2. It is hard. Like what either the Chiefs or the Ravens are going to be one and three Sunday night. It will still be so hard to find seven AFC playoff teams without including both of the Chiefs and the Ravens. And here's why. The Bills are three and oh, they're excellent. The Chargers are three and oh, they're excellent. Okay, here are. Here is the entire list of teams other than Bills and Chargers in the AFC that currently have a better record than the Ravens and Chiefs at one and two. We're two teams. The call two are three and oh who look excellent. But I think there is still a little bit of waiting for the bottom to fall out. And then there are only three other teams and they all feel totally fraudulent. They the Cincinnati Bengals. The Cincinnati Bengals who don't have their quarterback. The Steelers who are not good. Flatly not good. And I worry aside, you know, preview to Knicks picks, I cannot wait to be on the Vikings this weekend as they play a London or a Ireland game. And that defense going after Aaron Rodgers and then the Jags who I man, I can't I I have not been pleased with how the Jags have played through three weeks. That's it right? If the and I know it's the playoffs obviously don't start today. If the playoff started today, the AFC would have a 1 and 2 playoff team like one of the 1 and 2 teams would make it. So I will not say that the ravens at 1 and 2 or even at 1 and 3 should panic as far as making the playoffs. What I will say is one of the reasons I have this confidence about the Chiefs is for a nearly a decade now, every single year they play their best ball in the postseason, home or road. No, they play their best ball on the postseason, particularly the AFC side of the bracket. Haven't obviously always played their best ball in the super bowl, but in the postseason they have or in the AFC side of the bracket they have. The Ravens are the opposite and I think that the defense last year looked hugely problematic and then turned it around at mid season. I don't know if they're going to be able to do that again. And so they are still very potent like this.
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Damanze
This is a good offensive. I don't want to call them offensive juggernaut but damn near like this is a pretty good team. No, they're going to do some stuff to you but like obviously you're one of the better teams. You got to be able to beat the good teams.
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Nick Wright
Correct? Right. It's the the Ravens are trying to win a Super Bowl. Yeah, they're going to have to go through the Bills, Kansas City, the Chargers just to get to whomever is in the other side of the bracket. And if you were to tell me right now, honestly, if you have an all time legend at quarterback like the Chiefs and the Ravens both do, what would you rather if you're going to have to have one part of your team really be struggling early in the season, what would you rather it be? Me personally, I'D rather it be the side of the ball that my all time legend can help correct. So like if you're Kansas City, you the offense has not looked good but Patrick is directly involved in that and has months to figure it out. If you're Baltimore, the defense has looked awful. Lamar's on the sidelines for that and so that to me is legitimate reason for concern. All right, let's talk the lion side real quick.
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Damanze
Demase well, so yeah, they struggled in week one versus Green Bay, but they've been humming ever since. They are fifth in super bowl odds. Do you think that's too high, too low or just right?
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Nick Wright
I, I don't mind it. I listen, I've been really impressed by how they've responded to that week one performance and last week putting 50 on the Bears. And this week, I mean they've scored what, 90 points in their last two games after having six points going in late, you know, late in week one. Really impressive. And Dan Campbell's game management is excellent. That going for that fourth down was objectively the right call and a call a lot of teams up seven wouldn't have done. And you know he is doing a lot to push towards. Will be fine without Ben Johnson. So yeah, no, the Lions look really, really good. Today's show is brought to you by our new presenting sponsor, Hard Rock Bet. New customers can place a five dollar bet and if it hits, you get not only your winnings but also $150 in bonus bets. Here's what I like about the Hard Rock Bet app. It's a sportsbook app, but they give you just crazy stats right there in the app in the Hard Rock Bet stats hub and they actually show you what everyone else is betting. So if it's a Tuesday like today and you don't know what to bet, open up the app. You can see trending parlays, most bet player props, the most bet upsets and more. This week is a special week because the baseball postseason is almost here. Last chance for teams to punch their ticket to the postseason. Every day this week on Hard Rock Bet, you can get a profit boost for a baseball parlay boost a four leg parlay. So your bet pays extra. So your bet pays extra winnings. Pardon me? Take extra your swing. There's new promos every day. So if you're listening to this later, just open the app and check out what you've got. Any day of the week, download Hard Rock Bet and make your first deposit payable and bonus bets. Not a cash offer offered by the Seminole Tribe of Florida in Florida. Offered by Seminole Hard Rock Digital LLC in all other states. Must be 21 plus and physically present in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee or Virginia. To play terms and conditions app concerned about gambling in Florida, call 1-888- admit it in Indiana. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-809 with it gambling problem, call 1-800- gambler in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee or Virginia.
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Nick Wright
All right, Damanze, let's get to the Chiefs saving their season, please.
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Damanze
All right. Yeah. So as we, as we all know, your Chiefs got their first victory against the Giants this year and you're already back on the never a doubt train with your tweets. Yeah. So Vegas is, Vegas isn't buying into their hype, though. They've got them as home dogs to my Ravens this Sunday at minus three. So what are you seeing different about the Chiefs that Vegas is not?
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Nick Wright
Well, listen, I, I'm not going to act like the Chiefs look to great Sunday night against the Giants. They obviously didn't. So then that first half was horrifying. The first half was really, truly awful. So let me talk what I do think though, and I told this story on the TV show. I'm going to tell it again here because having an encyclopedic memory about the Patrick Mahomes era for the Kansas City Chiefs can pay dividends. And so let me tell you guys a quick story. In 2020, the Chiefs, with the defending champions, went back to the super bowl and got blasted by Tampa Bay. The next year, not only did they start out three and four, but Mahomes had the first real slump of his career is with Kelsey, this with Tyreek. They get blown out by Buffalo, they get blown out by Tennessee. They then play the Giants and need a field goal with a minute left to beat a foreign an eventually 4 and 4 win. Joe Judge Giants team to get to 3 and 4. The very next week they play the packers in the game. Aaron Rodgers can't play in because of that's how we found out he didn't have the COVID vaccine because he was on the COVID list. And Jordan Love, in his first career start, comes to town and it's one of the ugliest games ever. And with two minutes left, it is 13 to 7, Kansas City and Mahomes has played terribly, okay, and it is third and 10 and a first down wins the game. And they don't get a first down and they could lose outright and fall to three and five. And Patrick play breaks down. Patrick scrambles to his right off one leg, zips in a laser down the sideline to ice the game. And I went on TV the next day and said, I believe that's the moment Patrick snapped out of his funk. I believe that is the moment that the Chiefs will be the Chiefs again. And the rest of the season. They lost one time and made it to the AFC Championship game where they did lose to the Cincinnati Bengals. But the rest of it, from that moment forward, they were as good as any team in football. This year. They get blown out in the Super Bowl. They look terrible. Through two weeks, they are playing the New York Giants. It is a tie game. Approaching halftime, Patrick attempts to swing past Isaiah Pacheco, who runs in the wrong direction. The ball is live. It is about to be giants 13 to 6. And the Chiefs are going to be in dire straits. And Patrick Mahomes runs down. The Giants player who's about to scoop and score, takes the ball back from him, steadies the team. And from that moment forward in that game was Patrick Mahomes again. I do think we are going to look back on that moment as the moment the Chiefs steadied themselves. Now, are they going to be prolific, dynamic, dominant off the bat? No, I don't think so. I think it's going to. You know, Xavier will be back this week. Rice will be back in three. Yeah, for sure.
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Damanze
Oh, okay.
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Nick Wright
I'm the. I'm telling everybody Xavier is going to be back this week.
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Damanze
My bad.
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Nick Wright
No, you don't have to. No, not your bad. You are correct in that it has not been reported, publicized yet.
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Damanze
Right.
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Nick Wright
But I will throw on the same fake news hat. The hat is fake. The news is real. That I told you guys he definitively was not playing in week two and I was not sure if he was playing in week three. I'm now telling you, barring something unforeseen happening, he's playing in week four. So I don't think they're fixed, to be clear. But I do think after week one, I was terrified about the past defense that has slowly but surely improved. I was frustrated that Patrick still wasn't throwing the ball downfield. That has improved. It does appear that Tyquan Thornton might be an interesting piece. That is positive. Xavier coming back. That is positive. Rice. Excuse me. Rice will be back. That will open things up for Travis. And then this is the part of. This is the part of the team that right now is the shakiest and the least inspiring is the running back room. And this is where I wonder if Brett Veach is going to look at a few teams that are going nowhere. Those teams being the New York jets with Breeze hall, the Miami Dolphins with Devin Hn or. And this would be the dream, the New Orleans Saints with Alvin Camara and say hey would you guys like a draft pick for your running back?
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Damanze
And.
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Nick Wright
If that happens I think the Chiefs offense can be remade mid season. I like I love actually how the rookie left tackle is played. The right tackle, Juwan Taylor has been good when he's not being penalized and there are real building blocks here. And now they also have an opportunity to put the Ravens in a bit of a tailspin and to where they're not the team everyone's panicked about. Now if they lose to the Ravens, which is certainly on the board, they are staring at being 2 and 4 when Rashid comes back because you lose to the Ravens, it's very hard to then say you expect them to beat the Lions. But they do have the Jags in between then and I have not been impressed by the Jags thus far this year but I think the I think this could have gone left on Kansas City and I think it was going left when that ball was bouncing around the MetLife turf and it looked like it was about to be 13 to 6 giants and then Patrick made what I believe and we can come back and check on this what will go down as one of the most important regular season plays of his career and I think that they've at least been steadied before we get to the other follow ups to Monza, go to the chat question if you would.
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Damanze
Bryce asks Nick, let's say the Chiefs are a lesser version of last year. Not flashy but get into the playoffs at the five spot out in round two. They still get the benefit of the doubt next year with this same start.
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Nick Wright
No, if listen if The Chiefs go 107 and lose in the divisional round and then start next year poorly then we say okay, like they are in a transition phase like the but when they are literally still in the midst of the most successful seven year period any team has had in the history of the sport. It's to me two games was too quick of a trigger and it is.
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Damanze
And then not even having like their full strength of roster.
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Nick Wright
Correct. And now to be fair, like Danny said this on the show yesterday and he's right, some of the problems for the Chiefs are not solved by getting receivers back. Like the running back problem is not solved by that. The pass rush problem is not solved by that. So it's not all that. But that's part of it. But here's another I think fun or interesting fact. So the Chiefs have made seven straight AFC Championship games, the only team in league history to make more than Seven consecutive conference championship games is the New England Patriots. From 2011 to 2018, they made eight straight. Okay. And it's kind of perfect because the Patriots made every championship game in the AFC from 2011 until 2018. In 2018, they played the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC championship game. And from that moment, the Chiefs have made every AFC championship game. So from 2011 to 2024, in the Chiefs and the Pats have played in every single conference championship game. Exactly. Right. In that eight year stretch to Monze, where the Patriots made five Super Bowls, one three, and made eight straight conference championship games. They started two and two. Half of those seasons, four of the eight years they started two and two now didn't start one and three. And so Kansas City, you know what I mean, this is a big game on Sunday, but two and two is not a problem. And two and two, if it comes with a win over the Ravens will make you feel very good. All right, let's get to the follow ups here.
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Damanze
Kelsey had another sideline outburst with Andy Reid. Are you at, are you nervous about this? Is this becoming a thing?
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Nick Wright
So listen, let's. Andy at halftime said that the team needed some juice. Here's what Andy said after the game. So here's the deal. Do I understand the frustration that if we're, listen, this is what's right, we're honest about this stuff, that there is a level of passion that white athletes are, you know, get to get away with and not be, you know, painted with a broad brush that black athletes are not. I totally get that. Do I, do I think that there is. That we, you know, whether it be Tom Brady screaming at Bill o' Brien or Travis Kelsey literally bumping Andy Reid during a Super bowl that plays differently. If a lot of things aren't true, it's not just that they're white, but that helps. But also that they're all time legends and they're great and you know what I mean. That they've won. All of that is in the stew of what we're going to freak out about or not versus George Pickens throwing his helmet. I get that piece of it and I understand that people think that's unfair or whatever. Like I get that the distinction that I am going to draw and this is not an excuse or even an explanation, it's just a reality is when people are trying to use this as evidence, something is wrong with the chief, something is off. The point that I will make is when it comes to Travis, he's always been this way. This is A guy who, in his second year in the league, had a ref throw a flag at him, and he picked up the flag and threw it back at him. This is a guy that, in the first padded training camp practice after the Chiefs won a Super bowl three years ago, punched a teammate in the helmet.
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Damanze
I rewatched that video last night. That dude didn't even do nothing.
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Nick Wright
I know I did nothing. That was right. You're talking about the training camp punt.
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Damanze
Yeah. He punches the guy just like the guy did nothing.
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Nick Wright
It's a teammate at training camp coming off a Super Bowl. And then Travis went on his pod said he's got to be better. And if I remember correctly, the next week did it again, hit another teammate. This is a guy who, during the super bowl, almost knocked Andy Reid to the ground in a. Early in the super bowl, they won. And in this instance, he, in week one, head butted Juwan Taylor.
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Damanze
Yeah.
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Nick Wright
And in this instance, Andy hits him.
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Damanze
Right.
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Nick Wright
Like, I'm just gonna be. I. I am. This was not Travis hitting Andy again. This was not elder abuse. This was Andy bumping Travis. Yeah. And. And so. Right. For real. And so I'm not excusing it. I'm simply saying he's been. He's been this intense for a decade, and to me it is. And listen, is there extra frustration for the Chiefs right now about the offense? No doubt about it. Do I think that led to Mahomes having two lateral backward passes in that game, like a little, ah, on edge? I do think that, like, I do. Has that maybe led to Mahomes missing some passes? Sure. But it just is what it is. And I think that because of Andy's disposition, Andy, he. It's very weird. Weird's the wrong word. Interesting. What bothers and doesn't bother Andy. And he is so much more bothered by someone getting an illegal formation penalty for lack of attention to detail pre snap than he is by Kelsey losing his shit on the sideline and that just that, you know, so that's where I stand on it. I don't think I'm. If people think it's a double standard I have or whatever. Like, people can think whatever they want. I'm just being honest about what I think about it and how I think it impacts or doesn't impact the Chiefs. And so that's where, you know, that's where I stand on that. And as far as Chris Jones, if people didn't see it, he evidently has been trying to get Russell Wilson's jersey for years. Russ has never given it to him. And then he was asked after the game if he tried again. And Chris said, I don't want it anymore. I would love to know the real story behind that. Why Russell give it to him?
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Damanze
Oh, why Russell?
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Nick Wright
Yeah, no, I listen, no, all time great players want to, you know, other. All time. Yeah. And it's weird because Chris is an all time great, and so I don't know why Russ wouldn't give it to him.
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Damanze
Russell Wilson isn't necessarily a player's player, right?
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Nick Wright
Yeah. But does he not jersey swap with anybody? I don't know, because there's a really. Have you seen the video of Miles Garrett talking to Roger Rosengarden of the Ravens when Rosengarden was a young player? He's still relatively young, but I think it was his rookie year. It's one of the coolest Miles Garrett videos ever. It's so awesome. After a Ravens Browns game. Oh, Russ changed jerseys with Mahomes. Evidently there Mahomes looks like his rookie or second year. All right, so Roger Rosengarden, who's a tackle for the Ravens, goes up to Miles Garrett after a game and says like, they're doing the handshakes or everybody's like, hey, man, I know I'm a nobody, but is there any way I could get that jersey from you? And Miles Garrett said, hey, like, sincerely was like, hey, man, you're in the league, your team's winning games, you're doing your thing. You're not a nobody. And he's like, yeah, I got you. And it was like he was. Rosengarden was legit thrilled about it. And it was so cool of Miles Garrett after a game, undoubtedly that his team had lost and the but also recognize kind of his standing in the league. Like, I'm a standard bearer. I'm an all time great. This kid wants my jersey and I'm going to lift him up. I thought it was a really cool Miles Garrett moment. The producers are putting a bunch of pictures in the chat of or in the doc of Russ doing jersey exchanges. But listen, in Russell's defense, maybe he only does quarterbacks.
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Damanze
Yeah, it's just quarterbacks.
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Nick Wright
Yeah. I mean, he's doing it with Josh Allen Mahomes and Kyler Murray, so I don't know. And he also did1 with DK Metcalf, but DK was a former teammate. I don't know. I gotta tell you, I can't figure this one out. All right, before we get to the other stuff, let me remind you guys, seatgeek helping us out and seatgeek helping me out, actually, because did I tell you guys this? I'm going to the writer cup this weekend. Oh, my goodness. Beth Page Black writer cup. So here's the deal. I'm going with some friends I got. I was. Somebody hooked me up with tickets. This is an instance where you hit up the agent and you're like, hey, can I get some tickets? And they, they helped me out. So shout out to Ryan and my folks at UTA and clutch and everybody, but I got friends who want to go too. And I may or I might have overstated how easy it was going to be to get a bunch of tickets to Saturday writer cup. So you know what I. You know what I'm going to end up doing as I have done before when I tell people, oh yeah, I'll be able to get you a ticket and then realize I don't have quite as much juice as I thought. I use SeatGeek today's sponsor sponsor today's video SeatGeek. Over 28 million downloads. SeatGeek's number one rated ticketing app. More than 70,000 events listed on SeatGeek including concerts, sports festivals and more NFL seasons here on the MLB playoffs approaching. Now is the perfect time to get to a game. I love using SeatGeek again. I just told you guys about the Ryder Cup. Here it is right here. Ryder cup tickets for Saturday depend. Do we, you know, which club do we want to be in? What do we want to do? Again, these are the tickets for a friend. So he might not be the VIP access tickets, but we'll get them on the grounds. There it is right there. If you want to see how you can do it. It's so simple. Seatgeek has your back. Each ticket's rated on a scale of 1 to 10. You know you're getting a good deal. Look for the big green dots. Green means good, red means bad. Every ticket is backed by their buyer guarantee. So help me out, guys. You can use code right10 for 10% off your next set of tickets at SeatGeek. That's 10% off any tickets with promo code right10. Make sure you click the link in the description to download the app and have the code automatically added to your account so you can use it later. Thank you so much.
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Nick Wright
All right Damante, let's do Eagles Rams.
- [53:10]
Damanze
Yeah. So what the heck is going on over there in Philly? Herz was 4 for 8 and through for 18 yards at halftime and then finished the game with 226 yards and three touchdowns. So what, what, what's going on over there? Why is Sirianni and the offensive coordinator kind of putting shackles on the offense?
- [53:29]
Nick Wright
It's so weird because Sunday's game was really bizarre and if not for Sean McVay as great of a coach as he is being so conservative so consistently when it comes to fourth down stuff, the Rams might have simply put the game away early on. And obviously the Eagles needed two blocked field goals in the fourth quarter to come away with what really is a one point victory, but will go in the books as a seven point victory which will go down as an all time bad beat for Rams plus three and a half. Just an all timer but this, this is not just something to watch, but something that's pretty fascinating which is the new offensive coordinator Kevin Petullo and or Nick Sirianni simply don't want to let Jalen throw the ball and only did it when they had no other choice.
- [54:54]
Damanze
I think mistake free like limit.
- [54:59]
Nick Wright
I get that, but Saquon's not having a good year now. It's early but of sake. The five least productive games of Saquon's career with the Eagles, three of the five have been weeks one, two and three. Right? Week one they're in a dog fight, can lose. Week two, they're in a dogfight, can lose. Week three, they're down huge. So it's not like last year where Saquon's crushing everyone. They're blowing people out. Why change what we're doing? It hasn't been that. And they still are treating Jalen hurts passing as if it's break glass in case of emergency. It's really odd. And while I don't I mean Jalen had more passes of 10 plus yards down the field in the second half yesterday or Sunday than he had in the previous 10 the first 10 quarters of the season. And so A.J. brown wants them to throw the ball more. I think Jalen wants them to throw the ball more his post on the field interview seemed. Yeah. And it seemed to imply like, we can do this if you'll let me. And so it is just something to watch and something interesting because you're not used to seeing a team. In fact, it's almost unprecedented for a team that has a great quarterback, which Jalen Hurts is supposed to be to look at passing like they call the games like the Ryan Tannehill, Derrick Henry, Raven or Titans, where it's like, I get. And that team, by the way, also at A.J. brown, but where it's like, I guess if we have to. And so that is. That is unique to me, I guess, and something to watch. And I wonder how it changes this weekend against the Buccaneers. All right, what else you got here?
- [57:11]
Damanze
Oh, yeah, you called this year's Eagles last year's Chiefs. Do you care to explain that?
- [57:17]
Nick Wright
Yes, I will explain it. Let me. Hold on. One of my AirPods just died. Let me see if I can get it back going again. Talk to me real quick to my. Let me see.
- [57:27]
Damanze
Yeah, Chiefs.
- [57:29]
Nick Wright
Yeah, I've got.
- [57:30]
Damanze
Okay, good.
- [57:31]
Nick Wright
Yeah, I mean, to me it's pretty obvious. They are undefeated in the standings, but winless in hypothetical scenarios, if CD Lamb could catch, if Travis Kelce doesn't bobble the ball, if the field goal doesn't get blocked, they are now to a place where opposing fans are Zapruder filming their games to be like, missed call. What about this? Here's a foul.
- [58:07]
Damanze
A little different with that team, with that stupid.
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Nick Wright
What do you mean?
- [58:12]
Damanze
Well, it's just like, I think that people are going to be like, where's the flag at when they've got that unstoppable tush push. Like people, people are watching closely and they want like, I think.
- [58:20]
Nick Wright
Yeah, but.
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Damanze
So it's a little different.
- [58:22]
Nick Wright
Hold on. More on that in a second. But no, people were doing it on like, they're like, A.J. brown pushed off on his touchdown. They, they're, they're giving them the full. Not the full conspiracy treatment, but the full pouring over it with a fine tooth comb treatment. Their fans feel like the team is constantly disrespected, even though they're high in the super bowl odds and everybody talks about them as a great team and they literally won a game with a blocked kick like the, like the Chiefs did against the Broncos. Like. So there's a lot of similarities in that regard. Now, when it comes to the tush push, or as I have coined it. Did you see this? This is one of my.
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Damanze
What have you coined it?
- [59:13]
Nick Wright
It's not the tush push anymore. It's the tush push when other teams do it. Because did you see the Saints try to do it? And they got called for a false start. They did. The Saints did it early in their game, got called for a false start. The Eagles did it early in their game, did false start and didn't get called for it. And on the broadcast, Mike Pereira pointed out, yeah, that same right guard, he's false starting again. Which is why it's no longer the tush push to Monse when Philly does it. It's the early bird. Come on. Come on.
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Damanze
It's the early bird. That's a good one.
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Nick Wright
The early bird. That's a good one. It's the early bird. They. They can do it. Only they can do it. And so years ago they tried to get brotherly shove going. So it was like Philly related. It didn't take on. The early bird's gonna take on. All right, let's get to some of these other games. My God, there's so many games. We're gonna have to do these fast, buddy.
- [60:16]
Damanze
So the Chargers first three and oh start since 2022.
- [60:19]
Nick Wright
And Herbert has since 2002. Hold on. Since 2000.
- [60:23]
Damanze
Holy crap. Numbers 2002 guys. So he's got the third best odds to win MVP right now. Denver, on the other hand, they have not started off great. You've already taken your victory up there. You said you didn't like that preseason debate on them.
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Nick Wright
Yeah.
- [60:39]
Damanze
Bigger story is the Broncos early struggles or the Chargers hot start?
- [60:44]
Nick Wright
Well, for most, it's the Chargers hot start. And let me listen. Chargers look great. Defense looks amazing. Herbert made. Herbert didn't really play great this weekend, but he made the play to win the game. And this was Herbert's least productive game. But then. But it also had his most iconic play. And that play up to this point is I think the offensive play of the NFL season is that Herbert throw after the Chargers had blown the lead to get them back. You know, I think that tied the game and then obviously they went in on the field goal. Chargers are going to be someone to deal with now. The injuries are starting to mount a bit and you always worry about that with the Chargers, but there's obviously someone to watch. The Denver thing, though, for me is the story because I took so much from annoying Denver media and fans about being scared of them, about not respecting them, about all of this when through three games they are the exact team I told you they would be. A very good defense whose offense and Quarterback cannot cut it against good teams. And up to this point in the season they beat the titans, lost to a 3 and O Colts team and lost to a 3 and oh Chargers team and B Knicks has been shaky the entire season, made a few really nice plays and missed a bunch of wide open guys. And this wouldn't be something to harp on except for two facts. One is if you remember to mon when I said that I thought the Broncos were going to finish last in this division and the Broncos weren't going to make the playoffs, I baked into it that I thought they might get off to an excellent start. That I was like, oh, people are going to be throwing stuff in my face early and then late in the year when the schedule goes Chiefs, Commanders, Raiders, Packers, Jags, Chiefs, Chargers, that's when the fall off's going to happen. Fall off. They might not get there before the fall off happens. So that's one reason the other one is Sean Payton said this was one of seven teams he ever coached that he thought actually could win the Super Bowl. For the record here guys, Sean Payton coached the New Orleans Saints for 15 years. So he told us this is better than nearly a dozen of his Saints teams with Drew Brees. Yeah, okay, let's see it. And I, I think the Broncos have a great defense, a coach who bit off a little more than he could choose expectation wise and a limited quarterback. That's what I thought going into the year. And we'll the by the way, I also had to hear all off season he's like oh, what about the additions of Hufanga and Greenlawn? And I said listen, those are two excellent players who have had trouble staying healthy thus far. Huanga has been really good. Greenlaw hasn't played a game for them. All right, let's get to Browns packers please.
- [64:25]
Damanze
All right. Everybody was drunk on Green Bay. That hit a little snag with that Browns loss this weekend. They allowed 13 straight fourth quarter points after the game. Parsons said undefeated seasons, they're hard in the NFL. And sometimes just like today, you asked the bed. Even the best super bowl champs make mistakes. Clearly the team's expectations have not changed. Have yours at all after seeing that game?
- [64:49]
Nick Wright
Listen, no. And in fact this was a game that kind of confirmed to me my take when they traded for Micah, which is that Jordan loves the most intriguing player in the NFL this year because they have the pieces to be a true A list contender. Jordan just can't screw it up. And in that Browns game he screwed it up. That Browns defense is excellent. I'm not even going to kill the packers for not being very productive on offense. I'm not going to kill Jordan Love for not being productive on offense because they didn't need to be. What he needed to do was not make a mistake. And when you're up 103 with a few minutes left and the Browns have done nothing on offense the entire game, all you can't do is throw a pick in your own territory. And that's what he did. And like people are going to get on Micah about getting ahead of themselves. The packers defense was excellent in that game. The packers defense allowed, yes, they allowed a touchdown at the end, but that drive started at the fourth thanks to the pick. All you have to do is not turn the ball over. Now to Jordan's credit, he did drive them then back down the field for what should have been the game winning field goal, but that got blocked in the weekend of blocked kicks. If Jordan Love can just be steady, the packers can beat anybody. But when he turned there in his career, their 4 and 14 or sorry, 14 and 4 when he doesn't turn the ball over and have a I, I don't remember exactly what it is, but a really bad record losing record when he does. Just don't turn the ball over, bro. And if you have to get in a shootout, I think he has the talent to win some shootouts. But that wasn't one of those games. Hey, you ever sign up for a phone plan thinking, wow, amazing price. Then a few months later, surprise, your bill's higher. Boost mobile you pay $25 a month. Forever. That's unlimited talk, text and data starting at just $25 a month. No price hikes, no contract. Forever. Plus, Boost Mobile is now a legit nationwide 5G network. They've invested billions building 5G towers across the country. Visit boost mobile.com or head to your local Boost store today and get unlimited talk, text and data for $25 a month. Forever 5G speeds not available in all areas. 30 or after 30 gigs customers may experience lower speeds. Customers will pay $25 a month as long as they remain active on the Boost Unlimited plan.
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- [70:35]
Nick Wright
All right, Damanze, let's get to Cowboys Bears before we get to our quick hitters.
- [70:40]
Damanze
Yeah. So my guy, Caleb Williams threw for nearly 300 yards and four touchdowns. He's my guy now. I'm taking him from you. He's no longer your guy.
- [70:49]
Nick Wright
Wow.
- [70:50]
Damanze
But it was against that lowly Cowboys defense. Do you think that we learned anything new about Caleb Williams in this game? Best game.
- [70:57]
Nick Wright
Listen, I don't the. I think, yeah, it was obviously a super positive game. Obviously the Cowboys defense is going to give a lot of guys great games, but Caleb took advantage of it and we've seen steady progression. And now the Bears have a chance. They play the Raiders on Sunday. Then they have the buy, beat the Raiders, get your buy. And then you know who they play Week 6 to monze the team that ended their year last year, Jaden and the commanders on the Hail Mary. You know what I mean? So it's a good flip the narrative opportunity for them.
- [71:38]
Damanze
Will Jaden be there?
- [71:39]
Nick Wright
And say it again, Will Jaden be in that game? I would imagine because Jaden missed week three. That game is week six. I don't think Jaden's going to miss four weeks with his knee sprain, you know, and so I would imagine he'll be there.
- [71:58]
Damanze
That'd be.
- [71:58]
Nick Wright
That's a good chance for Caleb Damanze. Is Jaden your guy?
- [72:03]
Damanze
Oh, yeah. Jaden's my guy, too. I like.
- [72:05]
Nick Wright
Okay. You can't have two in the same draft class. Everybody knows that.
- [72:11]
Damanze
All right, so I'll take Caleb originally. You gotta.
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Nick Wright
Yeah. And so that Caleb, as C.J. stroud's teaching everybody, life can come at you fast in this league and narratives can flip fast. And so, like, this is a really good opportunity for Caleb. Now, you don't want to get over your skis about it, but he was excellent in that game. And the Cowboys are just a mess. And now CD Lamb. By the way, the Nick Wright injury inflation calculator stays undefeated. CD Lamb, initial reporting high ankle sprain but escaped major injury. Latest reporting, he's going to miss at least two weeks, maybe four. So they I the Cowboys, this can get away from them in a hurry. They are a 64 yard field goal against the Giants away from being own three. And without CD Lamb, this offense isn't going to be able to keep up and the defense is awful and so they Trayvon Diggs is not right, Bland is hurt, they don't have a pass rush. Cowboys might be cooked here and so they're going to put it all on Dak Shoulders and Javante Williams. Been decent, but I don't know how much I trust the Cowboys ability, you know, to get to six wins, much less be a real playoff contender. All right, before we get to, you know, 60 seconds ish on every other game, let me remind you guys about my friends at HOF who helped me write my own ending to this weekend's football Smart bettors rely on data. HOF hands you powerful analytics at your fingertips to tilt the odds in your favor. To help you say goodbye to missing that one leg of your parlay, HOF gives you all the probabilities and insights you need to succeed by using historical data and match upgrades, trends and player performance insights. Hof's Parlay optimizer lets you know which parlay legs look risky so you can adjust before game time and maximize your chances of hitting with confidence. HOF crunches millions of data points in seconds, so whether you're building a single game parlay or picking a moneyline, they can let the stats help guide your decision. Send your plays from HOF directly to your Sportsbook app with one click to save time. HOF is trusted by winning betters as well. Over 1 million total users and a rating of 4.9 stars out of 5 on the App Store based on over 7,000 reviews. For a limited time only, our listeners not only get seven day free trial, but they get 50% off their first month when they use code right at checkout. Seven day free trial and 50% off your first month when you use code wriggle right at checkout. Download the hof app on iOS or Android, enter code right and you're all set. All right, Namanze, we're going to quickly go through these games, you and me. Bill's Dolphins Thursday night it was very odd to me that after that game was the day people, you know, Greeny and others came out with the Josh Allen's greatest player I've ever seen. Take like I thought Josh Allen was fine in that game. They, you know, they were. That story to me was about the running backs and it was about TUA just not having the juice. Like they did everything they could in that game to be competitive and then the roughing. The punter is just a killer. But despite that, they had a chance and TUA just threw an inexplicable Pick. And now everyone in Miami's got to be like, man, why is this the guy? Focus a little bit, right? Yeah, well, yeah, but McDaniel. Here's the deal. I think McDaniel signed off on giving 2 of that money, but they're just. They're in brutal shape. Bucks escape again against the. You know, this was a weird one because the Bucks were kicking a field goal to ice the game up. 26, 20. It gets blocked in return for a touchdown. All of a sudden, they're down 27, 26. The Bucks and Baker then do what the Bucks and Baker do. Drive down the field. I did not get the Baker live bet in. Shamefully, I was. There's too much going on in that moment. The Bucks win, but it was a costly win. They are now down to Monza, currently three offensive linemen. One of their best pass rushers, Mike Evans, you know, tweaked that hamstring, right? And now they play Philly. But the Bucks have to feel amazing that despite all These injuries, they're 3. 0 with three final minute wins. And now they've given themselves a little margin of error. The Colts blasted the Titans. This is one of the worst. I. I had three of the worst bets I've ever had on this show. This was one of them. I picked I Titans plus points that they could win outright. The game starts with a pick six, and it is just unbelievable. The Colts look really, really good.
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Damanze
What do you think about Danny?
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Nick Wright
I mean, he's been awesome.
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Damanze
Hey, there's. There's something there. And there is something to be said about his calmness in the pocket. Like, the dude really will just sit there and. And get rid of it. He doesn't panic. Yeah, I like this.
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Nick Wright
So, I mean, listen, I don't believe that this Colts thing is sustainable, but I have to be fair. They've been unbelievable. They've been written. Now, part of it is playing the Titans and the Dolphins, but still like three and oh is three and oh, and they look great. The Jags beat the Texans. The Jags did not look good. They do not yet know how to use Travis Hunter, which is so disappointing. And the Texans, bro. The Texans to Monte have allowed 51 total points. They've allowed 51 points, and they're owing three. The defense has. They're the first team in 20 years to allow fewer than 55 points through three weeks and not have a win. And CJ is just a shell of himself and that he had himself at.
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Damanze
Top three quarterbacks in the league after his first year. In the league man he was after that.
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Nick Wright
He did a lot after that first year did that world tour with Micah was given you know, was coaching up Caleb as a young fella after week two and it's just he's got to be better. That offense has to be better and I'm ready to say the Texans are done like oh and three. I just think they're done. The Steelers beat the Patriots in one of the worst football games ever played. The Patriots turn the ball over five times. The Aaron Rodgers did not play very well in that game but it didn't matter. The Patriots moved the ball. That Steelers defense, good for them for forcing turnovers but I do not believe in that team and I think they're going to go overseas there. Yes, I mean the forcing the turnovers is good but the Pats don't know how to win and I think the Steelers have looked incredibly shaky to be two in one. Commanders beat the Raiders in a game hand up that I didn't watch much of because Jaden wasn't playing and the Raiders right now just can't block. Credit to Gino for making, you know, moving the ball somewhat. Ashton Jente still now has more yards after contact than he has total yards. And the Commanders get a nice one with backup quarterback. This is another one of my worst bets ever. I had the Falcons laying five on the road. They get beat 30 to nothing. It Bryce didn't even really play well. Bryce had like 140 yards. This was Michael Pennx was awful, just awful. And that's a concerning one. That's a horrible, horrible loss for the Atlanta Falcons. The Vikings defense makes Jake Browning look just horrific. That defense looked amazing. The Vikings also oddly ruled out J.J. mcCarthy for week four right after that game. That was curious to me. But they're rolling with wins for this overseas game against Pittsburgh. The Seahawks beat the Saints by a million. I didn't watch that game. I know the sea. The Saints are a mess. They're probably. I thought the Panthers were the worst team in football. It looks like it's the Saints and the 49ers and Mac Jones despite a late Mack interception. Get the stop they need against the Cardinals and then drive down for a field goal. They're three and oh, but they lose Nikki Bosa for the year. That's the whole rest of the league we didn't talk about. Also Ben Simmons. I gotta tell you, they went fishing. The. The people that listen to the show a lot know I love fishing. I'm a little jealous that fish in the Bottom right. I have caught one of those. The other three fish that he caught I have not. And the one in the top right looks amazing. That's not the one that I. Yeah, that's me a long time ago. But that fish in the top right looks sick. The fish in the bottom right I've caught. I think I've caught one of those. At least from where it looks like here. All right, Trey asked me demanze I'm gonna do these real quick. Is my writer cup pick USA or Europe? It's USA obviously, because I'm going to it. Benjamin asked do I have any recommendations for raising a child to be a sports fan? I'm from Minnesota but living in Chicago. Don't would love him to root for my teams. Don't want to push him. You got it. He's your kid. You. One of the few things in life you get to decide is if what teams your kid roots for as a kid, make them root for your teams like that. And then if as an adult, if they want to change, they can change. And Daniel says he's a loyal Cardinals fan. What does Arizona need to succeed and win their division? Listen, I don't I like the head coach and I like what they're building defensively. Most important thing right now is is Marvin Harrison Jr's got to get back to being Marvin Harrison Jr. Speaking of that, Chris says to Jim Harbaugh body swap Quentin Johnson Marvin Harrison Jr. It's unbelievable. The Marvin Harrison Jr. Fall off I did not see coming. All right, I've got to go. So like rate subscribe review to the pod that we are organically growing. No bots here. We're not buying pages. Also I'll be on with Colin in about 90 minutes. Justin Herbert's on with Colin in like an hour so that's pretty cool. Then first things first at three. See you guys all day in what's right.
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