PMS 2.0 1403 - OVERREACTION MONDAY, NFL Week 1 Recap, MNF Preview, Adam Schefter, Colts QB Daniel Jones, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

Summary

The Pat McAfee Show 2.0, Episode 1403: OVERREACTION MONDAY, NFL Week 1 Recap

Date: September 8, 2025
Host: Pat McAfee & Crew (AJ Hawk, Darius Butler, the Toxic Table, Tone Digs)
Theme: Immediate, often ridiculous but always passionate Overreaction Monday to NFL Week 1 and college football action, with deep dives into key games, big-name debuts, and memorable moments—plus signature humor and inside access.

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Overview

This episode brings the high-octane Overreaction Monday energy: celebrating thrilling wins, panicking over Week 1 losses, and speculating on teams’ true potential. The crew (Pat, AJ, Darius "D Bu" Butler, Tone Digs, Ty Schmidt, Connor aka "Con Man", and others) breaks down the biggest NFL stories, delivers sharp insights on star players and rookies, discusses fan narratives, and interacts with ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter for breaking league news and analysis.

Throughout, the show maintains its familiar tone of sarcastic self-awareness ("Is it going to be overreactions? Potentially, some will say" – [Boston Connor, 00:35]), blending diehard fan emotions with professional expertise.

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Key Segments and Takeaways

1. Steelers/Packers Headline "The First 15" Highlights (00:46–11:26)

The First 15: The crew’s new segment, counting down the five biggest Week 1 NFL headlines.

• Steelers' Rollercoaster Offseason and Dramatic Win (00:46–07:23):

  • Aaron Rodgers, after an uncertain offseason, emerges as Pittsburgh’s franchise QB, orchestrating a 4-TD debut capped by a game-winning drive and a Chris Boswell 60-yard FG.
  • AJ Tone describes Rodgers leading the offense “like Leonard Bernstein…changing plays, manipulating the snaps, like it was awesome” ([05:01]).
  • Chris Boswell praised by Mike Tomlin: “Our kicker is a serial killer…He can’t wait to deliver” ([07:23]).

• Micah Parsons' Impact with the Packers (09:06–11:26):

  • Traded late but immediately influential. "Micah hunted [Goff] down. Nekton mentality like a damn shark.” ([09:08] – Boston Connor)
  • Packers dominate the Lions, Jordan Love looks “phenomenal,” defense dominates, Parsons changes the energy, and Lions fans spiral.

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2. Other Top NFL Storylines (11:26–15:50)

• Justin Herbert and the Chargers Unleashed (13:29–15:50):
  • Herbert is “electrifying,” distributes the ball, and ices the game with his legs. Darius Butler notes this is “the real deal” Chargers offense.
  • Quote: "Every day we're kind of focused on that day…We keep stacking days, we're going to be good" – mocking Herbert’s robotic perfection ([13:29]).
  • Chiefs get called “dead” as an overreaction, but the Chiefs “are still the Chiefs” per McAfee.

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3. Bills’ Comeback, Colts Euphoria, and Rapid-Fire Recaps (16:36–24:13)

• Josh Allen’s Miraculous Comeback vs. Ravens (16:36–17:58):

  • “Record-breaking final four minutes,” Allen rescues Buffalo, Matt Prater wins it with a 41-year-old's field goal.
  • “What a night for Josh Allen. What a night for the Bills.” ([17:58])

• Colts Overjoyed: Daniel Jones is the Answer? (18:06–23:06)

  • Daniel Jones (“Danny Dimes”) leads a dominant debut. New defensive and offensive playmakers identified. Cam Bynum called a “juice machine.”
  • “The most fun we've ever had [in Lucas Oil]...this team’s a real deal.” ([20:17] – Boston Connor)

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4. Adam Schefter Joins: NFL Headlines & Instant News (26:55–38:48)

• Fan-Player Incident: Briefly debates a viral fan scuffle during Ravens-Bills (“the league should remind players not to touch fans, but also fans shouldn’t be close enough anyway” – [27:38] Schefter).
• Giants’ QB Situation: Brian Daboll noncommittal on Russell Wilson; Jackson Dart—rookie first-round pick—seen as imminent.
• Notable Injuries: Brock Bowers, George Kittle, and Evan Engram among TEs injured; 49ers tight end depth discussed.
• Jaylen Carter Spitting Incident: League review pending (“zero tolerance” policy) ([28:39–29:50]).
• Monday Night Preview: JJ McCarthy’s NFL debut for the Vikings, growing up as a Bears fan—“Tonight could be a brand new era for both teams” ([31:32]).

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5. Extended Colts Focus: Daniel Jones Interview & Organization Shifts (88:22–104:29)

• Interview with Daniel Jones:

  • Candid talk about initial skepticism, QB competition, and embracing “an attention-to-detail, accountability-driven” culture in Indy.
  • On the negative coverage: "I definitely realized…the press has, you know, is not in my favor. Has not been in my favor…we didn't win enough games in New York and I didn't play well enough. So that comes with it." ([91:07])
  • Loves the weapons and coaching: “We communicate a lot…collaborative process.” ([96:52])

• Colts’ New Era:

  • “This place is going to love you for a long time” ([103:06] – Connor).
  • Building and culture praised—owners literally running the field pre-game, engaging the crowd, and tightening standards.

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6. Additional NFL & College Nuggets

• Rams’ Grit, Falcons’ Michael Penix Jr. Debut: Rams gritty win highlighted; Falcons' rookie QB called a “big time player,” Ibuka a “budding superstar”.
• Dolphins Concerns & Tyreek Hill Rumors: Discussion on Miami’s struggles and possible drastic moves if the season keeps spiraling.
• Travis Hunter Two-Way Role: Jags’ new star plays both WR and corner—touted as “Deion Sanders/Champ Bailey” rare feat.
• Chiefs’ WR Woes: Xavier Worthy hurt, Rice suspended—roster moves incoming.
• Packers, Commanders, Bengals, and Browns: Packers defense and Jordan Love lauded, Commanders' Jaden Daniels praised, Browns fans wallow, Bengals “gritty.”

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7. Gambler & Sportsbook Reaction (72:11–75:11)

• Sportsbooks Dominate Week 1 Bets: Top 5 most bet NFL/CFB teams went a collective 2-13 ATS.
  • “Not a good start… People tend to bet overs, but unders went 12-3 this weekend. A lot of people are getting kicked in the shins.” – Tone Digs ([72:11])

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8. Rapid Overreaction Roundtable (120:57–129:56)

• Fans declare:
  • “Packers to Super Bowl!” after one monster win;
  • “Lions are back to being the third-best team” amid a loss;
  • Steelers suddenly “can win shootouts,” not just defensive slogs;
  • “Colts aren't just winning, they're rewriting destiny,” the “Dimes Dive Era” in full effect ([135:47]).

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Notable Quotes

• “Our kicker is a serial killer, man. He got a low pulse rate. He can’t wait to deliver.” – Mike Tomlin on Chris Boswell ([07:23])
• “Micah hunted [Goff] down. Nekton mentality like a damn shark.” – Boston Connor ([09:08])
• “The way we feel today is how a majority of fan bases feel…celebrating mightily…dunking on the teams that look like ass.” – Boston Connor ([00:35])
• “It’s about ball here… we got a team that kind of all thinks the same way.” – Daniel Jones ([103:53])
• “This Packers defense was awesome… it brought everyone on the defense up to another level.” – A.J. Hawk ([78:49])
• “Are the Chiefs dead? No, they might be.” – Ty Schmidt ([15:58])
• “It’s Overreaction Monday. Anything can happen.” – Boston Connor ([00:35])

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Highlight Timestamps

• 00:46–07:23: Steelers win drama, Rodgers & Boswell star
• 09:06–11:26: Parsons reinvents Packers D, Lions worries
• 16:36–17:58: Josh Allen’s Bills comeback
• 18:06–23:06: Colts euphoria, defense unlocked
• 26:55–38:48: Adam Schefter rapid-fire league news
• 88:22–104:29: Daniel Jones interview, Colts new culture
• 120:57–129:56: Overreaction fan roundtable

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Tone

• Irreverent, self-aware, and humorous, blending knowledgeable football breakdowns with emotional, rapid-fire hot takes.
• Signature blend of former athlete insight, barstool banter, and real-time reaction to news and fan overreactions.

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For the Uninitiated

This power-packed episode exemplifies The Pat McAfee Show’s blend of expert NFL breakdowns, raw fan emotion, and top-tier guest access. While Week 1’s truths will soon be tested, the crew delivers equal parts football wisdom and entertainment—ensuring you’ll be as ready to talk about Chris Boswell’s “serial killer” nerves as the Colts’ potentially “rewritten destiny.”

Transcript

[Boston Connor]

Hello beautiful people and welcome to our humble abode, the Thunderdome on this overreaction. Monday, September 8, 2025. This program begins right now. Football is here in full effect and obviously we have one game tonight, an NFC north battle that'll be on ABC that we will certainly be watching. And then Peyton Manning and Eli Manning doing their simulcast as well. But week one of the NFL season has completed a full Sunday slate. College football still throw throwing 100 on the paint. Today is a great day to celebrate everything happening. And also today is a glorious day to overreact ridiculously now from week one of the NFL season all the way until the Super Bowl. Obviously teams are going to change mightily, injuries are going to happen, teams are going to get better. You know, offense coordinator and quarterback are going to maybe get on the same page, same thing on the defensive side of the ball. So anything you say the day after the first NFL Sunday slate is certainly going to be ridiculous if you were to look at it from week 15 back until now. But in this moment, everything we're about to say makes a lot of sense. Now, is it going to be overreactions? Potentially, some will say in the end. But in the real moment that we're living right now, the reason why the NFL is what it is and why football is the greatest sport on earth is because the way we feel today is how a majority of fan bases feel around the NFL. We'll be celebrating mightily with the teams that won and we'll certainly be dunking on the teams that look like ass. How are you getting paid money to do this? Were you guys even practicing? How did you, how did you roll out of bed on this particular day and look that bad? And on the flip side, holy shit, we're winning the Super Bowl. A lot of that today. And we're so thankful that we get to do this for living the non professional athlete table at Boston Connor and at Ty Schmidter here. I mean it's just sitting there. No, you have to.

[Ty Schmidt]

Someone had to.

[Con Man]

Yeah, once or twice.

[Boston Connor]

By the way, I hope we all just kind of, you know, now there are things nine year NFL fan I would say no doubt you guys have no idea about. I think that is a fair, fair thing to say. But now we all on the same team now, baby. We're all on the same team now and we are very thankful for your perspective because obviously it's going to be vastly different than ours. With that being said, a lot to celebr this weekend from the toxic table, huh? Drake May might be A guy. Green Bay Packers. Holy shit.

[Ty Schmidt]

Ty Schmidt might be the team. You know, listen, I tried to kind of downplay it going in, but after yesterday, yeah, that might be the team.

[Boston Connor]

Let's go to one half of the hammer done. Cowboys. AP Tone. The Pittsburgh Steelers, one of the biggest stories of the offseason. They're going all in. Wow. High scoring, thrilling affair over there in New York with your former quarterback, Justin Fields. Are you guys winning the Super Bowl?

[AP Tone]

If you recall, on Friday, I said, if they lose week one, season's over, and if they win, we're going to the Super Bowl.

[Boston Connor]

On that note, ladies and gentlemen, it is time for the first 15. We'll be doing this on Overreaction Mondays throughout the rest of the year. We think these are the top five things that you need to know about, and if we miss a couple, we'll certainly pick those up. This is the first 15. Let's get to it. Number five starts in the Steel City, the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Rogers reminder. Still got it. You know, there was a lot of conversation last year about whether or not this guy is worth a damn at professional football. Football. You know, he flew all the way from his home in beautiful Southern California. I mean, he's got a gorgeous. Oh, yeah, good views, waterfront. He walks on that beach, too. He's got his dog Apollo coming around. You know, he's having a good time. It's a beautiful house. He said, you know what? I'm gonna go fly back to New York. Whenever they get the new gm, new head coach, I want to talk to them personally. So I want. I want to go ahead and just kind of see where they're at. If they're to move on, hey, that's their prerogative. They can do what they want to do, but just wanted them to know that I would like my jets tenure to end in a good way, is what he told us verbatim. Flies all the way over. That's about four and a half, five hours depending upon jet stream behind. You know, maybe five and a half depend. Yeah, there's, you know, a lot of that thing gets all the way down there in Teterboro, drives over the facility, sits down. Aaron Glenn says, you can go get fuck out of here. That is pretty much, yeah, we don't want you. Now. I don't think those are the exact words. Now, the way Aaron describes the encounter and the lack of description of the encounter from Aaron Glenn makes us believe that it probably was pretty uncomfortable situation.

[Con Man]

No doubt.

[Boston Connor]

So then Aaron leaves, and now he's Trying to figure out his life. Remember close personal friends going through a cancer battle. We would inevitably learn had to be there for them. People that rely upon him were going through some very heavy things. He had his off season. He was thinking about potentially retiring. Doesn't join any team. Everybody's loud. This guy needs to make his decision for a draft. Little they know that was going to happen. He was going to be making a decision for a long, long time. At that particular case in the Pittsburgh Steelers, Mike Tomlin was calling him every single week, checking in on him, seeing how he's doing. How's it going? They were preparing an offense allegedly for Aaron Rodgers even when he wasn't a Pittsburgh Steeler for at the time. So you wonder with all that shit and all the noise and everything that's going on, how would fair thought it was going to be a cagey affair because two teams obviously defensive stout. I'll tell you what, Justin Fields might be the right fit for an Aaron Glenn offense in New York. They might have some things to be excited about. And on the flip side, Aaron Rodgers slicing Dyson for four touchdowns. You Steelers fans got to be losing your mind, Tone.

[AP Tone]

Yeah, we are. It was, it was really cool. Once the Steelers got their first kickoff and you saw Aaron run out on the field like it was a surreal like holy shit, Aaron Rodgers is our quarterback. And then you watched him orchestrate that offense like Leonard Bernstein. It was a thing of beauty up to the line, just changing plays, manipulating the snaps like it was awesome. He was working. Everyone got involved, like literally everyone. Offense got involved. Four touchdowns. Oh and he had a game winning drive which is what you know is something that we haven't had in a long time. It was so cool to watch Aaron Rodgers be a quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

[Boston Connor]

Four tides for him. DK Metcalf had some big time plays, had a first drop early. Obviously there were some other things going on, but you could see that DK is worth the money and DK is the best athlete whenever DK is, wherever DK is. Yeah. And not only that, you guys have a kicker who is potentially doing a hold in Chris Boswell. Well he didn't hold in and he did play and I think he made some 55 plus yarder earlier in the game and then to win it 60 yarder. Now granted there's a minute some left. So they could have come back and taken that from Chris Boswell. Under a minute 30 to take the lead. I think everybody would call that a game winning kick. Chris Boswell does that for the Pittsburgh Steelers. So damn pure. Now, there were some misses from the kicking department around the NFL, and I think we should all, like, kind of, you know, kind of view it the same way. If a ball is kind of drifting to the right for a righty, okay. Not an absolute miss. A miss is going to happen where you just miss a sweet spot, your swing, just like in golf, you kind of come across it. But there's one, like, drifting to the right. Not normally the ball, probably because the kicker's trying to guide it a little bit. You know, trying to guide it. Like when you're throwing a baseball or a football, it'll be in the vicinity because that's what you're actually doing, but it won't be your pure ball. Does that make sense? Yeah. Like Luke, the kicker for the Baltimore Ravens, his first kick was a 52 yard. That thing was drifting a little bit, right? He has a massive leg. That kid has a very, very strong leg. Misses next point. Obviously people pissed off about it. He is a very talented kicker. So his first one going a little bit to the right. I'm like, oh, he was trying to guide that a little bit. Probably thinking about it. Still goes in. Still very good for a very long time. Boswell hits this 60 yarder under pressure. First week contract dispute. Okay. Money. This is actually. Every ball is a money ball. Yeah, every ball is a money ball. This was supposed to be a 58 yarder. They actually lose. Yes, they did two yards to play before that. They try to pick up a couple more yards from and ends up going back. So he comes out there. This ball is pure. And that leads to Mike Tomlin describing Chris Boswell in only a fashion that Mike Tomlin could describe a kicker.

[D Bu]

And I can't say enough about Boz, man.

[Con Man]

Our kicker is a serial killer, man.

[D Bu]

He got a low pulse rate.

[Con Man]

He can't wait to deliver.

[Boston Connor]

That's what I'm talking about. Boz is not thinking about guiding it. Boz isn't thinking about anything, Boss said. He just goes out there, thinks about his steps, hits the ball, doesn't even watch it, and just leaves the field. One of the greats, one of the greatest of all time. Happy he got a chance to step up and perform and deliver for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hell of a start for Aaron Rodgers. Congrats to the Injures. A lot of drama over there. Yeah, lot of drama over it. Came down to a 60 yarder. Yeah, okay. Yeah. Came down to a 60 yard.

[D Bu]

Big hit. Jalen Ramsey, too. New addition. Big hit. Knocking that ball off.

[Boston Connor]

The way he's talking is he loves the culture of the Steelers.

[D Bu]

Oh yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Like he's talking like we, like yeah, he's doing a lot of like, hey, we are. This is how we play. We're not going to let people kind of come in here and not play us style. It's like it does feel like Jalen Ramsey's supposed to be a Pittsburgh Steeler. Yeah. Same with Aaron. Yeah. I mean even watching Aaron to him walk off with Cam Heyward at the end. Cam and coach Tomlin have walked off the field together basically for like the last five, six years since social media has really been capturing it. We don't know how much longer before that but them waiting for Aaron and then Aaron walking with him. Yeah, like this is a cool moment. This is a very cool moment. Especially walking out of the stadium that he was at last year and once again fly all the way over there, get the hell out of here. I mean that's a cool moment for the Steelers. Steelers fans got to be pumped. Okay, let's move on. Number four, is Micah Parsons going to be in game shape? Is Micah Parsons going to be able to play football for the packers after being traded so late? He did address being traded so late where he was like if we would have done this at the right time, I could have been working with these guys. I think Micah loves his time at the Packers. Now obviously they get a win.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, it helps.

[Boston Connor]

Obviously he gets a sack.

[Ty Schmidt]

That helps.

[Boston Connor]

Obviously he becomes the highest paid non quarterback player of all time. 47 million a year. There's a lot of honeymoon things. But boy, when Jared Goff just hears a panic bannock panic behind him, I assume that he thought no fatso, no D lineman, no defensive, nobody over 220 pounds is going to be able to walk me. I have a 20 yard head start on all. Remember field is 53 and a third wide. Micah hunted him down. Nekton mentality like a damn shark. And obviously he has a celebration point in the sky. The number one looks much cleaner than I thought we all thought it was going to be. Jordan Love was slicing and Dyson feels like the defense is very good. Green Bay packers fans thinking super bowl this year for the pack?

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, without a doubt. I mean there's no question now. I didn't know going into yesterday because again the Lions are still very good but boy did the packers dominate this game from the onset too. You mentioned it. I think the Micah stuff, we'll get to that in a second. But Jordan Love like people are talking about him winning an MVP this year. He had to do it. He came out, started 10 of 14 and they scored two touchdowns. And we're up 17, you know, three very early, which they were playing from behind against the Lions all year, and in division games, they just look crisp. And everything you were hearing from the packers offense was like, they're really hurt in the receiver room. They don't really know. Like, we thought Josh Jacobs was going to come out and if he wasn't scoring multiple touchdowns, like, this packers offense was going to be in trouble. Not the case. Love looked phenomenal. And then you mentioned it. Michael Parsons, I mean, everyone can say whatever they want. I get it. He only played 45% of the snaps.

[Boston Connor]

Only got one sack.

[Ty Schmidt]

Only. Only had three pressures. Those three pressures, okay, there was a two yard, two yard loss for a completion on third down. Caused a punt, he had the sack. And then they also, he. He got to Jared Goff and Jared Goff threw an interception. So those are pretty, you know, also.

[Boston Connor]

Guys playing alongside of him.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, that, that is the. That is what it. Ultimately what this comes down to is Lucas Van Ness had his best game as a Packer yesterday. Rashawn Gary had a sack and a half. Like, he makes all the guys around him so much better. And it again, you could you talk about all that stuff of him being happy. This is a different guy than we saw in Dallas. Like, sure, there's. There's some of that, but everything I heard from him post game and like he's. He's ecstatic to be a Packer from some people that were there. They said when he came out of the. The tunnel, said it was the bit. The loudest pop they've ever heard in Lambeau.

[Boston Connor]

Well, welcome to cheese land. Micah Parsons. What a way to kick it off. The packers look like they're legit. Are the Lions dead? Yeah. I'll tell you what. Oh, no. Everything we were worried about this whole off season was exposed yesterday. Detroit is burning to the ground right now. It's not good. Well, you guys got good coordinators. The offensive line is the biggest worry. Foxy. The Applebe commercials, you get rings for those. Dan Campbell's F game in that one. Even he admitted he wasn't as funny in the Applebee's commercials. That was a sign. Let's be honest. That was a sign. Oh, no, not Detroit from five years ago. Yeah. The biggest worry, though, Ragnow being gone was so evident. That's a killer. Long season, though. We got the Bears next half. To beat them. I believe in Dan Campbell. Yes. So I don't think having a rough start with new coordinators is a bad thing, but boy, they're going to have to get much better out there for Lions fans not to lose their mind. Let's go to number three. We got to go back before the weekend. Should be talked about. Herbert's hot hay and handles. This guy was electrifying. This was exactly what Justin Herbert was kind of built to be. This is what we had all hoped that Justin Herbert could be this season. Second year in the Jim Harbaugh culture and you're talking about Quentin Johnson doing his thing. Keenan Allen. Oh, yeah, he's back. The Chargers. And what's he doing? Oh, scoring touchdowns again. Justin Herbert was outrageous. I mean, everything he did was seemingly the perfect decision at the right time. His leadership very evident. His press conference afterwards. Sounds exactly like a robot. Like sounds. Hey, hey. We need aai. We need a quarterback. It's tall, handsome. He's going to date another celebrity. Appear to be very happy. He's going to. I need him to have the proper composure and massive moments. He needs to be able to throw a football like a God damn animal. That's what he needs to be able to do. Needs to be able to run people over. Needs to be able to be more physically gifted than everybody else on the field and also have an incredibly cool ability to slide.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yes.

[Boston Connor]

And stay in bounds. High football iq. Let's go ahead and ice and seal this game. But also, whenever he speaks to the media, just needs to say just all the right stuff. Just everything needs to not even come close to being. Huh? Huh? Yeah. We're just focused on tonight playing our best football. What do you got next week? Well, we're just gonna. I think we're gonna focus on playing our best football and we're gonna do our thing. Yeah. Oh, it was great to have him in here. He works really hard. We try to work really hard. How do you feel about Coach Harbor? He's the best. Every day. He's. It's just every day we're kind of focused on that day is in front of us. And if we keep stacking days, we're going to be good. Okay. What do you think about your wide receivers? They're all so good. They all run such like everything he was saying was just super perfect. Quarterback, movie quarterback. And he has been called the blueprint. He, Josh Allen, the other very tall, very large, very athletic, very fast, very durable. Guys are like what everybody's looking for. Is this the Year D Buck. You've been on the Chargers Justin Herbert hype train for four or five years already.

[Con Man]

Yeah, since inception.

[Boston Connor]

Since.

[Con Man]

Linda coaching tree.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Bruce and Linda Staley's coaching tree have come through there. You've been on the Herbert train, I would say since the beginning. I'll tell you what, Friday had to feel pretty good for that train as they got off the stop down there in Brazil. Yeah.

[D Bu]

And even before that we had a guy, we had a great coach BA Sitting in this chair. When he was here, he asked a great quarterback if we have a clip, what quarterback would you build your franchise around?

[Boston Connor]

Believe it or not, I like the guy in the chart with the Chargers. Just. Yeah, Justin Herbert. I think they just kind of. They've kind of, kind of gone by the wayside.

[D Bu]

Oh, and I got a lot of side. Some side eyes up here on the stage. I'm sure it was a bunch of. I saw a bunch of comments on X and he showed out, man. 25, 34, 318 yards just dotting up. And it was a pass first offense too. Something you don't expect from Greg Roman. Something you don't expect from a Jim Harbaugh football team. Just open up. Pass, pass, pass, pass, pass. Got after that everyone was involved. You mentioned lab. You mentioned Kenan Allen been back and Quinton Johnston. If he can continue to play like a first round pick and ball, they'll be in a great, great spot. Did the thing with his arm but with his legs to end the game. Once Chris Jones got a little greedy. That's kind of what makes Chris Jones great. You go and take a chance on the edge, you dope. Dive inside. Herbert gets the edge and seals it with this beautiful slide, using his legs to seal this game. So yeah, Justin Herbert and the Chargers look like they might be the real deal this year.

[Boston Connor]

Uh oh. AFC west has a lot of competitors. KC Chiefs gonna have to figure it out Pretty ty. They're getting loud over there in Kansas City around the world.

[Ty Schmidt]

I hate to say it, I think the Chiefs might be dead.

[Boston Connor]

No, they might be. The Chiefs is still the Chiefs and always will be until these eyes don't see Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Andy Reid, Brett Fegs and to the nascar. We'll talk about that later. We're running out of time here.

[Con Man]

We need NASCAR every.

[Boston Connor]

We will certainly talk about it because that was one of the.

[D Bu]

We need it right now. 1, 4, 40.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, we need NASCAR.

[D Bu]

I said just for this whole operation.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. I don't have enough time. We don't so like for that NASCAR kick that they did right at, right before half there, there is a cutoff time. They were certainly at it. That was unbuttoned. Yeah.

[D Bu]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Well, ladies and gentlemen, number two headline that I think we need to be talking about Josh Allen and the Bills. You all were probably asleep. I fell asleep after watching Lamar Jackson run 200 yards to pick up a first down after he was outrunning the entire Buffalo Bills D line. And they. I'm like, well, if this is happening in the fourth quarter, it has seemingly been the Ravens night to begin with. Josh Allen has certainly made some massive plays, but this Baltimore Ravens team looked unstoppable. And when Lamar is doing this shit in the fourth quarter and they have a lead, my brain just said, you can go to bed now. What did I miss? Oh, record breaking final four minutes where a team is down by 15 with under four minutes. 359 right there. Bang. Fourth and two tip ball. Keon Coleman touchdown. Well, now we gotta, you know, now we gotta hope for something else good to happen. Well, Derrick Henry, who was having a career evening in Buffalo, going for 100 early, couple touchdowns, does something he never does because Ed Oliver is an absolute monster on that Buffalo Bills D line. They scoop it. Obviously Josh Allen and the Bills do what they do. They score. Missed the two point conversion, now they're down two. Baltimore gets the Rock back. They can run the clock out. They don't. Leads to What? Matt Prater, 41 years old, walk off field goal. Buffalo Bills beat the Baltimore Ravens. What a night for Josh Allen. What a night for the Bills. And the number one headline is the Colts go in the Super Bowl. Colts go to win the Super Bowl. And that is no question. And that's because the Big Three, Big Three, as coined by Edin James is how I heard it. The Big Three are holding people accountable in that building. Carly Kaylin and Casey, congratulations on being undefeated owners. And Danny D, we got a chance to catch up with him earlier today. We'll run that interview in about an hour or so. He is in the perfect place here in Indianapolis. It was fun to watch. Tyler Warren, this guy, Sasquatch actor. This dude's unbelievable. And Danny Dimes loves him. Danny Dimes is getting the ball to everybody. I mean, everybody was eating. Jonathan Taylor had a big game. Offensive line did some amazing stuff. I mean, it was, it was the, the most fun we've ever had in. In the Loud House by far since becoming fans of the team. Like show, like in the suite. It was spectacular. Electrifying. Cam Bynum and I. I said this to Danny Dimes earlier, which you'll see in the conversation about an hour from now. Cam Bynum, between every single play was like this. And he gets a turnover. You can see that he is just a juice machine and he's everywhere. Lou Anne Rumo's defense had him. Held him to a shutout in the first half and only gave up eight points or whatever it is. And Cam Bonham hit the scene. I mean, that is unbelievable stuff. I wish he would have hit the kip up into the pop lock. But nonetheless, the Colts look different. And with these eyes and boots on the ground, actually, they're going to win Super Bowl. Yeah, this team's a real deal. 7% optimism in that athletic poll from a lot of people that were AR fans on the Internet. And those AR fans were saying a lot of terrible things about me whenever I was pointing out the obvious last year. Okay. And now they were saying very negative things whenever Danny Dimes became our quarterback and. And everybody kind of said that this team stunk. Everybody. People forget we invested in defense. We got a new defense coordinator. We got dogs across the board over there. And on the offensive side, Danny Dimes has loved his weapons here since the day he got here. The only reason why I know that is because I had a chance to have dinner with him a couple weeks into his stint here, and he started rattling off names, who he likes, how he likes. And you saw Pittman Jr. Do his thing. Downs do his thing. Tyler Warren, do his thing. Big Mo, Ali, Cox, Pierce. I mean, Pierce is doing his. I mean, there is. We got. We got a team.

[D Bu]

Got a squat.

[Boston Connor]

We got a team like our guys and shout out to boss man, you know, certainly pushing the Pacers on a little bit of run. Yep. And I'll tell you what, if Jim Mercey's gonna be doing a little bit of run for his Indianapolis Colts, we'll certainly enjoy the ride. Brother. One last time. It was a fun day celebrating the boss. A lot of alum came back into town Saturday night. There was a gathering as well. It was. It was a perfect weekend here in Indianapolis for the Colts. And the team looks damn good for real. Con man.

[Con Man]

Well, that's the thing, is that it was just justifying watching the entire thing because it was domination. You know, we talk about some of the games earlier, like the packers, they dominated the Lions start to finish. The Colts are one of those teams who dominated week one, the Dolphins, from start to finish. And when you just look at all of those weapons that you just mentioned. This is why living in Indianapolis and watching this team has been such a nightmare for the past five years. Because. Because this wasn't the first time they've been out on the field with all these great players, all these great receivers, all these great players on defense and performed well. You know, that's why it is stunk, because we've seen the potential. You see A.D. mitchell, Pierce Downs, you know, Tyler Warren, now Pittman. Like, all those dudes have been there, minus Warren, and they haven't had a quarterback like Dan Jones. They haven't had an O line play that well like they did yesterday. It was just a big time. Like, okay, so we haven't been watching or talking about the Colts like absolute idiots. They have been this good. They just needed a quarterback to come in, and Danny Dimes is the guy.

[D Bu]

A lot of pressure on them, too.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, a lot on the Colts as a whole.

[D Bu]

On Dan Jones, specifically, because you come in and you. You have a very, you know, publicized quarterback battle. We know what he did in New York and what that was, but. So it's a lot of pressure for him to come in and. Okay, now it's obvious that he won this job, you know, and when I reached out to people in the building, once he was named the starter, nobody was surprised. And now you see why. And then the game playing, you know, we. You'll see it more in the conversation with Dan, but it was pass, pass, pass, pass, pass out of the gate. And I definitely didn't expect that. But, yeah, he. He showed up. And then his defense, Luana Romo, been in a. Been in a new spot with a bunch of new pieces. They were seven minutes away from a shutout. So, yeah, all things are clicking right now for the Colts.

[Boston Connor]

Indiana Jones in the Dimes dive, brother. We're about to have a run over here. And Tyler Warren ain't from here. Nope. No, he is gigantic.

[Con Man]

Add him to the list, and I.

[Boston Connor]

Think he might have the head, the skull. Like, AJ has one of these ones. Just a super thick, massive, massive head.

[Ty Schmidt]

Like a cannonball.

[Boston Connor]

It is like cannonball. Yeah, it would have to be to survive that hit. We saw Penn State. Correct. The way his head snapped off, that.

[Ty Schmidt]

The most violent thing I've ever seen in person.

[Boston Connor]

Just complete bang. And then he just. Oh, and they got a handoff on the next play. I mean, he is. He is awesome. And we got OGs that are good. But you're right, it was like, kind of like justified.

[Con Man]

Just like, thank goodness what we've been seeing and talking about isn't just us.

[Boston Connor]

Well, Chris Ballard's probably thinking the same thing. Yeah. Oh, my God. Jesus Christ. I thought we've had a good team for a while. Okay, quickly D, but you. So you heard the top five there. Anything we missed that people definitely need to know about?

[D Bu]

Oh, speaking of violence, I saw some violent yesterday out there with the Rams. Puka Nakua, the absolute dog friend of the program, took a nasty, nasty hit. Hit from that nasty Houston Texans defense. But guess what? He didn't cry. He didn't pop. He went back to the locker room, showed his quarterback. All right, all right, Go, go patch that shit up and get back out here. Need your 12. And he came back out and he showed up and they got a big time win. Tough opponent. Look, week one is all about getting a win, regardless of how ugly, how pretty it is. You want to get that win. But it's not just about offense. That defense, Shula got the boys still hunting. Landman had a huge, huge punch out. But this is the COVID of Durant right here with this nasty interception on the sideline. Just nasty. Had to replay it to make sure it was an interception. Like they do. All turnovers, just.

[Boston Connor]

That guy's name is Landman.

[D Bu]

No, no, this is Durant. This is Landman right here.

[Boston Connor]

Yes.

[D Bu]

And this punch out is phenomenal. The peanut punch, Marlon Humphrey. All these guys made it famous. Not even going in, thinking about a tackle. Just going in with an actual laser missile on that punch out. Unbelievable turnover. Rams found a gritty, gritty win in the recovery. I mean, the recovery is just as nasty and as. As athletic as the punch out. This was one great, great game. Another great game down there in the NFC South. Something we didn't talk about. The Tampa Bay Bucks in the Atlanta.

[Boston Connor]

Who is Landman? Hold on.

[Con Man]

Landman.

[D Bu]

That is a sick name.

[Con Man]

Like Rock Landman.

[D Bu]

I will never say his first name.

[Boston Connor]

Punching Landman.

[D Bu]

Slam, man.

[Boston Connor]

Boom.

[D Bu]

Landman, Landman.

[Boston Connor]

Landman. Landman. Yeah. Okay.

[D Bu]

All right, Sorry.

[Boston Connor]

That's a great name.

[D Bu]

Something else we definitely got to talk about. It's a great game down there in NFC south, which is all. They always have bangers week in and week out. But Michael Penix, Jr. First of all, the Falcons made the right decision. They made the right draft choice, and the Falcons are going to be all right. It's a big time throw in the fourth quarter to get his team in a position to come down and possibly win this game. McLeod had two phenomenal diving plays. This one was a fourth down. Scramble to the left where he dove and got the first down and made it a go to go situation. Unbelievable athleticism here. We know what he can do throwing the ball but this is just showing off his athleticism. And it didn't stop there. He had another one here, another 1/4 and goal where he had to stretch out, keep all his lower extremities off the ground and get the ball to break that plane to get this game close. But bake it started off a little shaky. Atlanta looked better on defense as well but they got a superstar, a budding superstar over there, wide receiver Ibuka. And we saw him during the whole Ohio State run. He's always kind of the guy not talked about but he always shows up in the biggest moment. This was a absolutely nasty throw. A seed and a great throw and then a great throwing catch here to sit basically go up and win the game just big time, big time player. I think he will become that wide receiver one we know Mike Evans, he'll be a first ballot hall of famer or should be. Chris Godwin will get back in the fold at some point. We got Irving, we got all these other pieces but Ibuka, you will not be able to deny him. He'll get open, he'll make big time plays week in and week out and.

[Boston Connor]

He'S going to be nothing but a perfect teammate down there. Yeah, for sure. Marvin Harrison Jr. Was the big conversation Ohio State whenever he was there. Then Jeremiah Smith was the big conversation whenever he was there. And what did he do? Oh, just be the second leading receiver every single year. Yep, he's not as the one so he won't get into shit. Seems like he'll be a great teammate. Oh yeah, block his ass off.

[Con Man]

Smart.

[Boston Connor]

Everything about him. Yeah, knows where to play everywhere. He's durable, reliable. He's like Terry McLaurin. Yeah, I'm excited to watch him. And shout out to the Buccaneers getting a big time win. Falcons defense is playing pretty good there. Oh yeah, well they get it figured out and Pennix being a guy is certainly sweet. All right, last before we get to Adam Schefter, the G's lo, please play the moment of the weekend. It was last night.

[Con Man]

Yeah, it was.

[Boston Connor]

Baltimore Ravens score a touchdown. Derek Henry's back in there. Guy in the crowd swipes. I'm sorry. D Hop catches the one hand, swipes D Hop's head and then pushes Lamar Jackson. Lamar Jackson. Get the fuck out. What are you. What world. Get your hands off of me. Joining us now to hopefully explain this. Geez, Louise, moment from last night. Senior NFL Insider from espn. Adam Schefter, you look amazing. Thank you for waiting alongside of us. We have no idea how long this segment's going to be every single week, especially because we just started it. But that type of interaction, how do we think the league plays this out? Do we think they shake hands, move on that kid's ban? You think Lamar high fives? What do you think happens there?

[Adam Schefter]

I think it provides a good time for the league to remind players not to touch the fans. But clearly the Bills should be taking action against that particular fan because no fan. Fan should ever be allowed to touch a player. They shouldn't be close enough to do that. And I don't think Lamar was right for doing it. I understand why he did it, but to me, there shouldn't be any discipline involved here.

[Boston Connor]

Everybody's got to keep that.

[Adam Schefter]

Everybody's got to keep their hands to themselves. And to me, this would be a time for the league to send out a warning reminding players not to get involved with fans if they can.

[Boston Connor]

See, on a complete flip side, I wasn't saying there was anything wrong with Lamar there. So this is the non. Yeah, yeah.

[D Bu]

Shefty's never played a game.

[Boston Connor]

We're going that route again. We're joking, we're joking, we're joking. But I immediately, as soon as I watch, as soon as I watch it, I'm like, yeah, don't hit my teammate in the head. Don't hit me in that. Like, that is literally my first thought. Happy to hear it out of the Bills and the Ravens. Let's move along. Hey, what are the big storylines coming out of yesterday that we should maybe pay attention to, pal?

[Adam Schefter]

All right, pal, let's rip them off for you. I think we start with the New York Giants and the fact that Brian Dabel, the head coach, declined to commit to Russell Wilson as his starting quarterback after the game despite repeated chances to do so. The time to go to Jackson Dart, the Giants rookie first round draft pick is coming. We don't know whether it's going to be this week, next week, next month, but make no mistake about it, Jackson Dart's time as the starting quarterback of the Giants is coming. We had a number of notable tight end injuries. Brock Bowers left the game with a knee injury that he said after the game he didn't think was serious. George Kittle, the great 49ers tight end, left the game with a hamstring injury early on, did not return. You would have to figure that would sideline him for a little bit here. And the Broncos tight end Evan Ingram left the game with a calf injury. We'll see if he misses any time. And to talk about the entire week as well, we'll probably hear something from the NFL today regarding Jaylen Carter and his spitting incident with Dak Prescott. We'll see whether the league decides to take additional action. Usually in the past they have not. They've left the one game suspension mention, Stan in this particular case, I think back to what Troy Vincent, the NFL executive vice president, told NFL executives and GMs and coaches at the owner's meetings in the spring. He said, we are not going to tolerate anything that demeans the game. We want only good sportsmanship and there'll be zero tolerance involved. We'll see how the league decides to handle that. And in regards to tonight's game, the Vikings and Bears Harrison Smith did not make the trip for the Minnesota Vikings. The Vik have But the Chicago Bears have no sympathy for the Vikings because they have a number of question marks around a number of their defensive backs. Jalen Johnson listed as questionable oh, I don't know that he's going to go tonight. I have my doubts about whether he's going to play tonight. Tyler Gordon put on the injury report with a hamstring injury. I don't know that he's going to play tonight. So the Bears could be down Jalen Johnson, they could be down Kyler Gordon, they could be down any number of defensive back. As JJ McCarthy makes his first NFL start, people forget that he didn't play at all last year. He was the only quarterback from the great class of 2024 that didn't take a snap in a regular season game. He gets to start tonight. And Pat, he grew up in Chicago as a Bears fan. The first ever NFL game he attended, the very first NFL game that he ever attended, was at Soldier Field. Bears Vikings Remember the game where Adrian Peterson ripped off those runs as a rookie running back? That was J.J. mcCarthy's first game as an NFL fan. Tonight he'll have the opportunity to go and be the starting quarterback for the Vikings. And you have to figure some young Chicago Bears fan is going to be going to his first game tonight and he'll get to see J.J. mcCarthy in uniform against a depleted Bears secondary.

[Boston Connor]

Well, shout out to that future JJ McCarthy that's attending his first ever game tonight. Monday Night Football. Let's have a good one. Congrats to JJ McCarthy having this be his debut. What a magical moment. Honestly, last season had to suck for him, obviously everybody talks about his uber competitive spirit and his leadership abilities. So having your entire career basically stop before it can even get started had to suck. I'm excited to see what he's able to do with Kevin o'. Connell. I'm excited to see what he's able to do with this offense. Obviously, Justin Jefferson is absolutely insane on a football field. He's always open and for Caleb Boyd Williams, we've seen some great out of him. Right. In the preseason. Yep. There were some great moments. Yep. And then obviously there is always going to be negative chatter until they have some sort of success. Tonight could be a brand new era for both of these teams. The JJ McCarthy era potentially begins in a huge way. And Ben Johnson, the super genius first time head coach could kick off in a beautiful fashion as well. Schefter. Hey, I feel like we just did the first 15. I feel like we just did the first 15. 32. Two minutes. You know, it's first 15 plays.

[Con Man]

Yeah, exactly.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, there's a 15 minute clock just, you know, on there.

[Ty Schmidt]

It's sometimes a 15 play drive. You know, may only say eight minutes, but in real time that's 35 minutes.

[Boston Connor]

Yes, that is a good call. Some things have commercial. That's a good call.

[Adam Schefter]

We know that's like, right. We're all watching the game and I said to my wife, there's only two minutes left. She goes, oh, yes, it'll be over in, you know, 46 minutes. Right? Yeah, exactly.

[D Bu]

She gets it.

[Boston Connor]

Especially if it's a good game. Like last night was insane. I mean, they're going to certainly drain some of those commercial opportunities out, which by the way, we all watch Red Zone.

[AP Tone]

No, it sucked.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, did it? Wow. Did everybody watch? They're gonna show a big decline icing in Red Zone. Huge. Because the things that I was being told, just me personally for saying that we do not care, meaning we will watch.

[Ty Schmidt]

Didn't even notice it really.

[Boston Connor]

Who's.

[Ty Schmidt]

Who's not watching it in the quad but box. You just look at something else.

[D Bu]

I didn't know.

[Boston Connor]

Hey, good play by them, by the way. Hey, and maybe somebody did look into how much are those? You know, just as a nice little full come. I'd rather not commercials. Okay. But if the NFL is going to utilize an opportunity to make money, we know they're going to do that. And we are going to watch Red Zone channel because it's like the greatest invention in sports television, I think, because how great it is. And to everybody's point here, we still Watch right now. Granted, people watching might not have. And I want to let you know I appreciate you taking that stand. Hell yeah, I do. I do. We need more people like you. That being said, you missed a great day on there.

[Con Man]

Fantastic.

[Boston Connor]

Hey, Scott. Hay.

[D Bu]

Did you see the behind the scenes?

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[D Bu]

Cooking.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, yeah.

[Con Man]

Green screen going nuts.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. It's great invention. Yeah. Great invention. Speaking of YouTube TV, every game, every Sunday, all in one place with NFL Sunday Ticket. Don't like this. Don't like what's going on here?

[Ty Schmidt]

No, not at all.

[Boston Connor]

Not one bit. New users now pay only $34.50 per month for your first eight months. That's pretty good.

[Ty Schmidt]

That's pretty good.

[Boston Connor]

34 bucks. Pretty good for YouTube TV. Every game, every Sunday, all in one place. First eight months for new users, catch your favorite live NFL moments with the most live NFL action in one place. Scan the QR code right now and choose the planets right from for you. Good. Shout out to YouTube TV. Shout out to you, chef. Let's talk about some other stories that you did not bring up there. Although a lot of insane Russell Wilson maybe not stars this Jackson dart time. Is that what we're seeing? That's what kind of he should be. He was iced out.

[D Bu]

He was ready.

[Boston Connor]

He had it all. I mean, I want to see him do good. Yes. In New York it would be good. New Jersey, actually. But you get it. J.J. watt did a great job. Feathery hair, fantastic. Let's talk about some other story lines. Go ahead, con man.

[Con Man]

Yeah, Chef D. A few more injuries happening yesterday. Christian McCaffrey, not one of those, however, which was great news. He looked unbelievable. Are we okay now on the McCaffrey calf? Was that more of like a throwback joke by chance? But then also Kittle goes down with a hamstring after scoring a touchdown. What's going on with him? And should we look for the Niners to be one of those teams to sign somebody now that Kittle's hurt?

[Adam Schefter]

Well, first of all, that tight end that replaced him, Jake Tongs, made an unbelievable catch to help him that year game. So I think that they feel pretty good about their tight ends right now. They signed another tight end from Jacksonville during the off season, Luke Farrell, or Farrell, however you pronounce the last name. Forgive me for not getting it, maybe right. So they have tight ends. They'll make do without Kittle and I would imagine with the hamstring injury, he'll miss some time. Now, Christian McCaffrey, what happened there was on Thursday he felt, you know, something in his calf, it didn't feel right. Fight whether it was a cramp, whatever it was, they sent him for an mri. The MRI came back completely clean and obviously it just acted up that moment. He took off on Friday. He himself said it was overblown. Now, again, when you're talking about one of the elite offensive players in the game who missed as much time as he did last year and has what the team is calling a calf injury, there's nothing that could be overblown about that. Not nothing. But the fact of the matter is it was not any type of serious injury at all. He was ready to go and they had no questions going into the game. Talking to the 49ers over the weekend, they're like, nope, he's good to go. Not an issue. He'll be already. You don't touch the football as often as you did yesterday. If it was a major concern.

[Boston Connor]

Seattle's got a stingy D. They do. Seattle. Seattle's got. Nobody talks about them because it's so far away. We apologize. Apologize. And they're still in everybody else's eyes. Nationally, turnover phase with McDonald out of Baltimore going over there and then painting over the walls and Sam Darnold and everything happening. But watch them against the Niners. And I got high faith for the 49ers, obviously, Purdy throws a couple bad picks early, you know, but that's because Seattle's doing their thing. So I think we should pay me pay a little bit more respect to the Seahawks.

[Con Man]

Salah, too. Salah being back. I don't know if it was just overall sideline vibes, but him and Shanahan celebrating together after Bose's game. Ceiling sack right here was unbelievable. When you just look at the Niners coming out and dominating the Seahawks, I.

[Boston Connor]

Mean, that's potentially a touchdown. That Sam Darnold right there. Seahawks beat the 49ers Week 1, and we are having a very, very different conversation. Instead, the jungle cap Bosa closes the game. Congrats to the Niners on a huge win. Also, Seattle Seahawks, I think, going to be a team. I'm very, very pumped for them. Now let's go to a team that a lot of people are out on, but I don't think they should be. They ran into a juggernaut yesterday in Lucas Oil Stadium. Miami Dolphins situations are going to be all brought back to the surface. Everything we alluded to in the offseason as you may be getting breaking news at the time. And I'm just filling until you. You good? Y. All right. Sweet. Everything.

[Adam Schefter]

Kendrick born. Kendrick born to the Niners in a one year deal.

[AP Tone]

Okay, that's big news.

[Boston Connor]

Directly after the question.

[Con Man]

Yes, I got the.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. So they are adding a pass catcher. Okay.

[Con Man]

Which is where he started. Started in San Fran, went to New England back.

[AP Tone]

Looks like they could use it yesterday.

[Boston Connor]

Thank you for that breaking news there, Chef.

[Con Man]

Yeah, Chef.

[Boston Connor]

And we don't know. We don't know what other breaking news is going to come through on this particular overreaction Monday, but there is one reaction coming from all of South Florida and it's, oh, no, we're dead. Now on that note, Ty has a question for you, Chef D. Yeah, Chef.

[Ty Schmidt]

D. Yesterday we basically had the definition of what belt to ass looks like after the Colts beat the hell out of the Dolphins. And then a lot of people were talking about, you know, Mike McDaniel and you, Tyreek Hill and the body language and him being upset because they were getting killed, he wasn't getting the ball, etc. Etc. Are we gonna get like a State of the Union on the Dolphins here? We're talking about teams in need of pass catchers. Like, is Tyreek Hill going to be traded within the next few. I mean, we were, we were talking about it before the show. It just almost makes sense with Xavier Worthy getting hurt for the Chiefs too. Like, we're gonna see Tyreek Hill in a Chief's uniform within a few weeks here.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, that's a big move.

[Adam Schefter]

I don't know about him going to the Chiefs, and I don't think the Dolphins are thinking of trading Tyreek Hill now. But if the season continues to go this way, obviously you'd have to think that all options will be on the table at that point in time. They're trying to turn things around. It's one game on the road in Indianapolis against a Colts team that hadn't won an opener in almost 4,400 days. That came and inspired with Jim Mercy being inducted into the ring of Honor. Yeah, I'm just up 4400 days, Pat. But the Colts came out with the fury of 4400 days of non opening day wins behind them and they laid out the Dolphins, so. But the Dolphins still think they have a good team. Now, again, it's up to them to go out and prove it. So they're not going to trade away Tyreek Hill. Now if they have more games like that and the losses start piling up, I think all of us logically would have to think at that point in time, you start looking to the future. But they're not there right now after week one. But Tyree Kill, he has been missing that big play explosion. It's been exactly a year since he had his last play of over 30 yards. They need to get him going. Major weapon.

[Ty Schmidt]

And he had.

[Adam Schefter]

Yeah, there it is.

[Boston Connor]

What? Yeah. 3.

[Adam Schefter]

Happy anniversary or unhappy anniversary.

[Boston Connor]

It was a leap year, though, so maybe we wait till tomorrow.

[Ty Schmidt]

Good point.

[Con Man]

Jeez.

[Boston Connor]

This guy has.

[Con Man]

He had a.

[Boston Connor]

He's a deep ball guy. Cheetah.

[Con Man]

He was getting cardio.

[AP Tone]

He's still fast. I saw it this summer.

[Boston Connor]

I saw him on the field. He was still fast. I mean, he was still. We caught him though. I think a couple times. There was a. Yeah, there was a couple situations where I didn't think human was going to get to him and got to him and him on the sideline. Shefty. He's the number one wide receiver. They're paying him a lot of money and they're getting killed. I'm happy he's upset. That could be much worse. Yeah. You know, so like people are trying to obviously call this a massive crash out and stuff on the Internet classic and Internet classic. I think this is much better than what it could have been. And also I like that he's mad. Like should have been. Yeah. It's been 365 since I've got anything. I. I appreciate it. It did not look good, though. Gumpy, do you like what Chef's saying there? As a Dolphins fan? You had a. You had a long day in the loud house yesterday, Gumpy. Long day out there. Yeah.

[AP Tone]

It was by far the worst performance they've ever had with McDaniel and to a healthy by far start to finish.

[Ty Schmidt]

Tua wasn't even accurate.

[Boston Connor]

I've never seen seen him look that bad when he hasn't been hurt.

[AP Tone]

And he was decently protected.

[Boston Connor]

He was top five protected in the league yesterday. I appreciate that you stuck in there, though.

[Con Man]

He did, yeah. Kept sitting in the front row.

[Boston Connor]

Front row.

[Con Man]

Had his Dolphins gear on.

[Boston Connor]

Isolated, sitting all by himself, front row. Everybody saw him and everybody had something to say.

[AP Tone]

Yeah, it was a nice walk home yesterday.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Con Man]

Was real pumped.

[Boston Connor]

Very positive. Speaking of a walk home, let's talk about a walk off. Chris Boswell is an absolute monster. The wizard of Boz has been on a heater for like 10 years. AP Tone, you said just a couple of weeks ago, Cam Hayward. Okay, Chris Boswell, give him whatever the hell he wants. If he wants an extra million dollars, let's do it. Because the Pittsburgh Steelers from Jeff Reed until boss were looking for a kicker. He has been the guy in a very tough division with tough stadiums and he very rarely ever misses. Yesterday 60 harder to win it. Yeah, I looked it up yesterday.

[AP Tone]

I believe he's the third most accurate kicker of all time. And it's not short kicks, it's long ones. Yesterday he had a 50. I believe shefty was on the call when I said pay him 50 million. We looking at a Chris Boswell pay bump anytime soon?

[Adam Schefter]

Shefty, he hadn't gotten one going into the opener. I know he wanted one. I don't think he was particularly pleased about it. But the fact of the matter is that guy is an incredible kicker. That 60 yarder would have been good from. It feels like 70 yards and he's been so accurate. And you see that guy's disposition. He's unbelievable the way he carries himself. Great kicker.

[Boston Connor]

I like that.

[Adam Schefter]

Tried to get a race, tried to get a raise, hasn't gotten the raise. We'll see if, we'll see if the Steelers budget all there.

[Boston Connor]

It's a 60 yard game winner week one with a whole new team. Probably gets a raise. If I had, if I had to guess there was going to be some incentive based raises. Probably coming out of the bars a little bit.

[AP Tone]

Like if he like allegedly had like allegedly, allegedly allegedly had a tree company.

[Boston Connor]

Or something like that. Oh, you're talking about like a. Allegedly, allegedly allegedly like a front.

[AP Tone]

Like if he started working for Frank Moral's concrete company.

[Boston Connor]

Which by the way I do think they need some good workers because Frank needs to not be out there pouring concrete every goddamn day. His knees, it's good.

[Con Man]

Boswell's boot.

[AP Tone]

Something to think about perhaps.

[Con Man]

Maybe he's selling fake shoes.

[Boston Connor]

Allegedly they can find him some money. I, I assume, I hope, I hope they're able to do that. Big win for them. How do you think Steelers feel about everything they had going on yesterday? Yesterday. Cam Hayward, Mike Tomlin obviously waiting for Aaron Rodgers. Huge part of the storyline of the offseason. DK Metcalf has a big game. Jalen Ramsey wins the game for him. I mean everything that is John Smith, touchdowns, huge plays out of John who Smith, everything. Artie Smith's offense looking good. I mean everything that was talked about kind of came to fruition yesterday and they get a huge win. What are your thoughts on the Steelers world?

[Adam Schefter]

You know the Steelers won as many games this season after one game game in which they allowed 30 plus points as they did in the previous six years. So they had gone six years without giving up that many points and scoring that many points to win. They won in an unconventional way. We talked during the off season about how these were not your father's Steelers. They were going out making trades, doing deals, making big time acquisitions. Like, we never see the Steelers act like that. Well, guess what?

[Boston Connor]

Guess what?

[Adam Schefter]

We never see the Steelers win games in shootouts like this the way that Aaron Rodgers did yesterday in New York against the Jets. Obviously he took it personally, but they win 34, 32. Chris Boswell. In the past, when some team has scored over 30 against Pittsburgh, which doesn't happen very much, they don't score over 30 to win that game. Yesterday was the first time they did that in seven seasons. So clearly this team can do it a lot of different ways. And Rodgers is inspired. And Jalen Ramsey comes up there and lays the wood on Garrett Wilson to close out the game. At the end of the game, another one of those acquisitions. And so, yeah, that's a strong start for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Aaron Rodgers showed everybody he could still play.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Adam Schefter]

Great, great big win for Pittsburgh.

[Boston Connor]

Huge win for Pittsburgh. Huge win for their fans. Also, respect and love the fact that Jalen Ramsey didn't want to disrespect Tom Len of the Steelers by taking his helmet off and getting a 15 yarder there. But also, game's over. Yeah, I just, I mean, I. You saw him for like 10 yards. Like, am I taking this off? Tell you what, he flirts with it all game long and it was discipline. It was like, keep it on. All right? I'm not happy about it. Got to get.

[Con Man]

Cut back and it's gone. Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

And then he gets off. I think I'm allowed off. Yeah, it was cool moment for them. Speaking of cool moment, had a guy play on both sides of the ball. How long will it last? What did it look like? We shall see. Go ahead, con man.

[Con Man]

Yeah. Chef D. Travis Hunter was listed as wide receiver two, I believe, starting, and then he played like 10% of the defensive snaps for the Jags. Weird game with it being a one o' clock start, then it's delayed. It doesn't really finish till five. It was just odd all day. But what did you think about Travis Hunter? Do you see him kind of going with this route? All offense and then just a little defense and also just a PSA to people. Stop saying bad things about him because of the way he looks on the interview, the Internet.

[Ty Schmidt]

He.

[Con Man]

His new haircut looks great. And Travis Hunter's a great point.

[Boston Connor]

We agree.

[D Bu]

I saw nice things I saw the old receiver for the other team. I saw some mean things.

[Con Man]

But I've seen only means about Travis Hunter on the Internet lately.

[Boston Connor]

Well, your algorithm maybe needs to be a little bit kinder to a guy playing on both sides of the ball for the first time in the history of the NFL.

[Con Man]

To be fair, the algorithm is still throwing 100 on the black. They were hilarious memes, but I'm just saying there, very uncalled for. You should not be doing that.

[Boston Connor]

The Internet's a creative place. Yeah.

[Adam Schefter]

Well, here's what I'd say. The plan going in was to have him yesterday. Yesterday as a full time receiver, a situational defensive back. And that's exactly what they did. He played regularly at wide receiver, situationally at cornerback. And there are going to be games this year where they're going to start him at receiver and cornerback. Now, there have been only three players that have done that in NFL history. Deion Sanders, Champ Bailey and Antonio Cromartie, starting games on both sides of the football. Two of those three are in the Pro Football hall of Fame. Travis Hunter is going to become the fourth one to do it at some point this season. But they wanted to obviously have him involved more so as a wide receiver to open the season. And they're going to evaluate that on a week to week basis. We might, this week, for instance, get Travis Hunter Moore as a defensive back, situationally as a receiver. It certainly sounds like they are determined to use him as a receiver. They'll build up his work as a defensive back, but it's something that they're going to be deciding on a week to week basis, deciding how to use him. And again, guy's a great player. They're going to want him on the football field and he'll be out there playing shot Khan.

[Boston Connor]

Owner's excited for it.

[Con Man]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Here's him. After the big time win for Liam Cone, Stoner, Travis Hunter and the boys.

[Con Man]

To start the season, this is what we envisioned in January, okay?

[D Bu]

Yes, sir.

[Con Man]

It's happening here in September.

[Boston Connor]

Gonna go on forever. Yes, that's right. That's right. There's a man that's invested a lot of money in that team, a lot of money in that team, hoping that they would become good. And it's like, you bring Liam Cohen in there, you got Stoner in there, you draft Travis Hunter, it's like, are the Jacksonville Jaguars on the right path? It looks like it at this point. And if it wasn't an offensive head coach. Coach. Okay. If it was a defensive head coach, I wonder if Travis Hunter, db, full time with a wide receiver on the other side because Liam Cohen calling plays.

[D Bu]

Head coach, good play call.

[Boston Connor]

We got a guy who is dynamic as a wide receiver.

[AP Tone]

I'll take him over.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, we certainly would like to have our side be successful. Now, I'm not saying that he doesn't want the entire team to win, he definitely does. But it's natural. Like Bruce Arians told us last week, he said to Tom, whenever Tom joined with the Buccaneers. First time offensive coach, head coach, as the head coach. So whenever are we thinking about going for it or are we thinking about doing this? He's like, yeah, baby, we're going. Yeah, absolutely.

[Con Man]

Up by 10 in the third quarter, expecting to run it out.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, we're taking shots. Yeah. What are we talking about? Yeah, we're going. It's like just naturally. It's just a natural different viewpoint in it. So I think they're going to definitely play him on defense, especially after Stoner's promo the day after the draft. But it's like Liam Cohen also like this guy's a dynamic number one wide receiver too. Let's not lose our minds.

[D Bu]

And you got Trevor Lawrence there who you already paid, you drafted number one. This is a big year for him. But you're Liam Cohen. You chose that job like this is a quarterback that you want to give all the resources and everything you know to put him in a position to succeed. But talking about Travis Hunter, another wide receiver, I know Todd mentioned Tyreek possibly going back to Kansas City. Big injury there with Xavier Worthy Week 1 Getting Knocked out of the game pretty early on with the shoulder. Any update there? What's going on with Xavier Worthy and he shoulder?

[Adam Schefter]

I think he's probably going to miss a little bit of time here. He'll probably be week to week with that dislocated shoulder. Obviously went down there, went out of the game, did not come back. They sent him for tests and they don't think it's too bad, too serious. But it does look like he could miss a little bit of time here. So you have no Xavier Worthy right now. Rasheed Rice misses the first six games, so they're a little shorthanded there right now with some of their playmakers. Lakers at the wide receiver position in Kansas City. And by the way, they have the Eagles coming in on Sunday and that'll be an interesting little matchup there.

[Boston Connor]

Last question here. Definitely an interesting little match up there. Hey, Chiefs, I still believe. Me too. Justin Herbert looked unbelievable.

[Con Man]

Yeah, he rolled through that schedule he looks unbelievable.

[Boston Connor]

Philadelphia Eagles coming up next. Okay, they look good too.

[D Bu]

Yeah, they got some questions in the corner.

[Boston Connor]

Okay. So let's hope that Patrick Mahomes and the boys go ahead. But I am a believer in the Chiefs if Travis is playing. And the reason why that happened, Xavier Worthy is cuz Travis is a moving freight trainer and he got blindsided there out of nowhere. I mean, that is Darwin James.

[D Bu]

Great.

[Boston Connor]

Re. Well, it felt like it was a little made passer for yourself. Yeah. First five yards your line, it seemed like they were getting a little hanged.

[Con Man]

Change the whole game.

[Boston Connor]

And also Travis Kelce gets punched in the mouth.

[D Bu]

Now that was.

[Boston Connor]

That was first of all an incredible open hand punch.

[Con Man]

Yeah, tart.

[Boston Connor]

I will say that's a talented palm to the face.

[D Bu]

Did you know that open hand slaps are okay? Apparently I heard that from the rules guy. I don't know who it was, but.

[Boston Connor]

That was a terrible say publicly. It was not Mr. Beast.

[D Bu]

He owns. Does he still own the leaf?

[Boston Connor]

I think it was just for that First Night on YouTube, which by the way, congrats to YouTube getting an NFL game. We are very pumped. YouTube has never viewed us as YouTubers. We built our entire business on YouTube.

[Con Man]

Which I appreciate now.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, we are very thankful that they. They have it. But we are very pumped that YouTube's getting into the NFL. Like very, very pumped about that. YouTube's platform is awesome. I mean, literally, it's for creators, it's for entrepreneurs. It's for. It's a great platform and it's obviously worldwide. Google, pretty big. Yeah. You know, so I'm happy that they're dabbling into the NFL, into live games. Yeah, they got it off the ground. There was no. I didn't see any. He. None of that, right? No. Nope. That's what I'm talking about, dude. That's what I'm talking about. Tonight you rattled off a bunch of things we need to think about. A bunch of people not playing.

[Con Man]

Garasa, Jalen Johnson. Gordon.

[D Bu]

Gordon.

[Con Man]

Anybody else, Chef D or what?

[Adam Schefter]

Well, I mean, the Vikings are missing Harrison Smith. They're missing some guys, obviously. Jordan Addison is suspended for three games. This will be the first of three games that he misses.

[Boston Connor]

They're back there. Wide receiver.

[Adam Schefter]

Yeah, they're getting back. Jalen Naylor who had a hand injury in camp. He'll be out there tonight. Adam Thielen returns to the lineup tonight for the Vikings.

[Boston Connor]

Again.

[Adam Schefter]

Again, a lot of positions in flux. There's the injury report that they put out this past week. So both teams have Some obstacles to overcome tonight in the opening Monday night game of the year.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. But you'll get through all those obstacles and let us know what the hell they're battling. And we appreciate that. Shefte, you're the man.

[Adam Schefter]

Did that work out for you? The 90 seconds? Pat, we good there?

[Boston Connor]

I think it was good. Yeah. We're trying to put this first 15 together because I think it's a good idea because all of our podcasts are only two and a half after three hours. Okay. So that's a really long time for people to commit to. So I've tried to, like, let's just hit a first, like, little quick little weekly wrap up, and that kind of sets the tone for everything else. And then we can kind of sprinkle in whatever we missed. Yeah, you are. You play a vital part of that. So I appreciate you doing that.

[Adam Schefter]

It's an honor. I appreciate it. Thank you for having me today and enjoy the game tonight.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[D Bu]

But what.

[Boston Connor]

What you did today means nothing for next Monday.

[Con Man]

Don't you forget it.

[Boston Connor]

That's for all of us.

[Adam Schefter]

Hey, exactly. That's. That's the way. That's the way the league operates. That's the way it works, right?

[Boston Connor]

100%. Yeah.

[Adam Schefter]

Got to prove. Got to prove yourself again next week.

[Boston Connor]

Not just next week.

[Con Man]

Today, today, week after next post, week.

[Boston Connor]

After next week, next day, next minute. Yeah. Yeah. And that's what you've done for so long. We appreciate you. Ladies and gentlemen, Adam Schefter.

[Con Man]

I got a question for you.

[Boston Connor]

Why was the first 15, 32 minutes.

[Con Man]

No, no, we explained.

[Ty Schmidt]

We already went over that.

[Con Man]

I think most of us. Yeah. Understand that. Are you surprised that Sean Codd did a kind of like a wrestling promo to celebrate the win? Just because kind of takes away from, you know, Liam Cohen's first victory.

[Boston Connor]

All right. Okay. Okay.

[Ty Schmidt]

That's my favorite video of all time. I'm not kidding. Yeah.

[D Bu]

That was my first time.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Forever.

[Con Man]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

He built two pools. Oh, yeah. In the stadium. Just to get people like, okay, you don't want to watch our team play? Come have a pool day. Okay. On a Sunday, we'll have the best pool in the city. 20 bucks.

[Con Man]

All you can eat.

[Boston Connor]

Please come. Just. What? He has done everything he possibly could pay whoever new coach. You want to build a new city? I'll build a new city. Everything. He is commit shot Khan. Since when? We were playing against him and he took over. It's like he is clearly just like, I would like this team to be good and for whatever reason, it just has not one reason after another. Whatever it is, a lot of them and their fans, it's hot as down there for a large portion of the day. Then it gets a little chilly towards the end. But towards the end of the seasons, a lot of them, they have like really not much to show up and they are menaces. Yeah, their fan bases are menaces. Their fan base is menaces. So it's like I got a lot of respect for what's going on down there, but I don't think anybody ever really takes the Jacksonville Jaguar seriously. Inshot Khan has been fighting that for a long time. If the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Colts in a season, people celebrate it like that is what they're aiming for. If they were to win win down there, like they were so close to with Blake Bortles and it all kind of fell apart. If they were to win win down there, I think Shot Khan would be deserving of quite a. Hey, way to go buddy. You've really gone all in in this entire.

[Ty Schmidt]

But also we need those videos every single single week now. Because now all I'm thinking about and I hope this isn't the case but like now I kind of want to see the Jags get beat by five touchdowns just to see him come in and see what your problem. See what he says because that's. That's must see.

[Boston Connor]

Come on.

[AP Tone]

Shot brought back wrestling promos. Two sports.

[Con Man]

I'm glad for it too.

[D Bu]

It was good. Jacket was sweet too.

[Con Man]

Jacket was sweet.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Con Man]

But to tie's point him boozed up after a loss. Holy hell yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Wrestling promos are good. That's normal. Really. What?

[A.J. Hawk]

Yeah, we.

[Con Man]

We know forever.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Let's get to a break.

[Con Man]

Come on, dude. Freaking set you up there.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, but Coach Corso got some of the best promos in the history of sports.

[Ty Schmidt]

Those are headgear picks.

[Boston Connor]

I thought that's different.

[D Bu]

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[Boston Connor]

Football these magical the toxic tables here at Boston Connor and at Tai Schmidt.

[Con Man]

Patriots Day probably May is really good. I do think the Raiders are worth talking about. They Gino looked fantastic. Pete Carol in his debut. The defense GT looked apart. Bowers their offense. I mean the whole nine.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah but the thing you said was hey, oh yeah. If we talk about the Patriots Raiders, there's one thing that really needs to be talked about and you said exact words Max Crosby just just wrecks the the entire thing.

[Con Man]

Yeah, he's a huge. I mean just, just not having him on your team is one of those things. And I'm sure like how Ty felt with Micah. Like if you have one of those guys it must feel great watching him because he's always there. I mean the interception Drake made through who's there? Max Crosby. In his face. The reason, you know, May can't step up is because Max Crosby's a freak of nature. I mean, will Campbell solve. But if you're going to have a, you know, rookie tackle out there, you're probably going to have a little bit of a problem when Max Crosby's there. And then it's more so the extra creation ridiculous, too. Like, hey, man, you don't got to be a prick. You don't have to talk. I know, but as of when you're playing them, it's like, hey, dude, relax. Like, hey, we have you. Does he know Bubby Spillanes on the Patriots now?

[Boston Connor]

You know, he.

[Con Man]

He likes Bob Spillane. I know he does. But then here we go. He's basically, you know, getting in May's head.

[Boston Connor]

I. I'm.

[Con Man]

I wouldn't be surprised.

[Boston Connor]

Was that on Netflix Quarterback?

[Con Man]

Yeah, him and Mahomes.

[Boston Connor]

Mahomes was actually talking about it like, this guy, every time we play him, it's just got to be something every time. And they have respect for each other. Yeah. And it's almost as if Mahomes just knows this is how he is. And Max goes, ah, sorry. Yep. It's just the kind of way it is. That's his style of football. Perfect Raider.

[Con Man]

It's amazing.

[Boston Connor]

Gino Smith, perfect Raider at this stage of his career. Pete Carroll, perfect Raider at this stage of his career, which is crazy to think about because he was the, hey, Will Ferrell's coming by practice, USC guy. Then he gets kicked out of Seattle, and it's like, is Pete Carroll the perfect guy for this? Las Vegas Raiders atmosphere and culture right now? Tom Brady knew ownership. He wanted to be a Raider. Jon Gruden said, nah, we're going to stick with Derek Carr. Sorry about it. So he's got a little chip on his shoulder as well. It seems like a really. And then Chip Kelly sitting there. An offensive coordinator, has been a head coach before the NFL, obviously, with the Philadelphia Eagles. Didn't go anywhere near how everybody planned, but he's still a damn good football coach. Goes back into college with the Ohio State Buckeyes just as a coordinator as opposed to being a head coach like he was at ucla. Wins the national championship championship immediately. It's like, they got a lot of big brains over there and a lot of experienced dudes with chips on her shoulder. And Brock Bowers exists.

[Ty Schmidt]

He's unreal.

[Con Man]

He's unbelievable.

[Boston Connor]

It's like.

[Con Man]

And he's a dog.

[Boston Connor]

He is. Brock Bowers is a Very good tight.

[D Bu]

End, but we got one here, bro.

[Boston Connor]

Tyler.

[D Bu]

Tyler Ward, he's on his heel.

[Con Man]

He's this year's Brock Bowers. Without a doubt.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. See? Wait, wait.

[D Bu]

We haven't seen Loveland play yet.

[Boston Connor]

True, true. Michigan obviously created an incredible one in love.

[Con Man]

Yeah, we've seen Caleb, but.

[Boston Connor]

No, we haven't. Johnson. No, we haven't.

[D Bu]

Yeah, my bad.

[Boston Connor]

My bad. That's nine year NFL vet Darius J. Butler, D. BU Big story coming out of the weekend is not the Raiders being potentially back and Pete Carroll being the oldest winning head coach in NFL history. And if he was to lose a game, he'd be the oldest losing head coach in NFL history. Okay, he's oldest coach in NFL history. History. Pete, you're a dog. Dude looks great. Looks great. Still spinning it, too. Still spinning it. Him having to find this whole new motivation, I assume wasn't that difficult. But then whenever he gets kicked out, whenever he says, I fought for the job, he went in there for like an hour with his resume, all of his championships at every different level, everything he's accomplished, especially whenever he's been in Seattle and helped build that entire Seahawks, place him going in there for an hour and pitching for a job and then getting kicked out. Is that the first time Pete Carroll in a long time has been told, no, you're not good enough? So then he's away and then he comes back. It's like, what a perfect storm brewing for that Raiders team. And let's not even talk about Geno Smith. Same exact situation in multiple different stops. He chooses to go to the Raiders over the Seattle Seahawks. But allegedly the contract offer that Seattle Seahawks gave was, like, not something that Geno Smith would ever take at this stage. So it's like maybe that type of motivation and drive is something that could bring them all together. Debut. Is that a storyline that's not being talked about or what is something else you think that we should definitely chat about?

[D Bu]

I mean, I think that's. That's definitely a good storyline. Definitely potential there. Raiders, they kind of always take on that mindset of that personality is. Is them against everyone else. So you got guys, you know, from the head coach position on down who feel that way. But let's see. Biggest story for me, I mean, I. I got to start right here with the Colts. Like, that was a big storyline in the offseason. Talking about the quarterback competition. Daniel Jones, could he be the next Sam Darnold? Could he be the next Baker Mayfield? Could he be the next Geno Smith? Where you Finding your footing in a new spot. And you couldn't have asked for a better start for the team as a whole. Offensively, of course, but defensively, even almost pitching a shutout with that explosive Miami Dolphins offense, it was very, very impressive all the way around. You guys were actually in the building. So you felt the vibes, you felt the atmosphere, fear. We know it was for Jim, for Bossman as well. But it was just an amazing start for a fan base who has been yearning for this for a long, long time.

[Boston Connor]

Energy through the roof. Energy through the roof in there. And also new playlist soundtrack. Yeah, yeah, we got new playlists in there.

[Con Man]

New music, new dj.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, we're swagging surfing in there, too. A couple different times. I mean, we are. What's that? Auburn video.

[D Bu]

A great video.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. The boys, the lads. That song will hit four forever.

[Con Man]

A lot of great videos this weekend from the college.

[Boston Connor]

Mo Bamba. Mo Bamba will hit forever. Awesome Swag. Surf will hit forever.

[Con Man]

Levels of V, we'll hit White Stripe.

[Boston Connor]

Seven Nation army, we'll hit. These are just things.

[Con Man]

Sandstorm.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Yeah. I think that is certainly in there.

[AP Tone]

Duast duos.

[Boston Connor]

I don't know if Duas is carried over the next generation, but if they were reintroduced to it, I think they would. Would certainly enjoy that. Yeah, there's a couple songs that hit all the time. That is one of them. I appreciate the fact, though, that Tom Brady's ownership is going to lead to them winning. Yeah. Like, of course, you know, and that just kind of how it's how it all goes. And they're talking about how hands on he is. Hey, he's talking about everything with everybody. He's hands on in there. Mark Davis has got to think to himself, I'm a genius.

[Con Man]

Yeah.

[AP Tone]

Yes.

[Boston Connor]

He's got his little backpack on. Yep.

[Con Man]

Got his house built.

[Boston Connor]

Got his house. Maybe got the IRS off his ass because he had him on them for a while and then all of a sudden he brings Tom Brady. And Tom's like, how about for a very small percentage of this entire thing, I just kind of do everything I think you're supposed to do. Mark Davis goes, sounds good.

[Con Man]

I can play Pokemon.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, he's not playing Pokemon.

[Con Man]

Hey, if that's the case, sure, Tom, I. I gotta beat the new Pokemon.

[Boston Connor]

Think about him being like some sounding board for Tom, though. Now, Tom, remember whenever my dad. Dad was Bubba, but whenever I was a young owner, this whole thing happened. What a great spot.

[D Bu]

Is he that hands on yet? I mean, because we know offseason we know Monday through Saturday, but we know his, his day job now where he's in the booth and he's on site with these other teams, you know, calling big time games. So he's not, you know, he's not boost on the ground like Carly with a head.

[Con Man]

Don't you worry.

[D Bu]

He's not game day game. They know, you know, he's not, not up in the Jerry Jones type suite. So I, I, I do wonder how long can he, you know, stay in this role and if things, let's say not, aren't going great, they are want to know right now. But let's say things start going not so good. Does he ever think, I know he's getting paid ton of money too to do his job, but does he ever say, you know what, I am going to focus and keep the main thing, the main thing and become more of a boots on the ground game day owner.

[Boston Connor]

What is it, 37 million a year or something like that? 37,3 hit. Don't forget he's getting better.

[AP Tone]

He's getting a lot. He was really good. Like I listened to a good bit of his yesterday. It was really good.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. We assume Tom Brady's going to be good at everything, being an owner in the NFL as well. And thank you for bringing up. He's not boots on the ground with a headset on. There's also a new tradition. I don't know if you knew what your owners do. I don't know. Everybody else's owners do. Carly Ursay, she's running the length of the field one time before the game starts.

[Con Man]

Love it.

[Boston Connor]

She wants to feel it. Wow.

[Con Man]

That's what it's all about.

[Ty Schmidt]

I love it. That's awesome.

[AP Tone]

Sorry, what?

[Con Man]

That, that's, I mean that's.

[Boston Connor]

She gave a speech at halftime. Awesome. She gave a speech at halftime. The microphone was high cuz Peyton was talking and she walks up, she goes oops. Like he even acknowledges it. Drops it down just like so comfortable.

[Ty Schmidt]

Nice.

[Boston Connor]

I'm telling you. I appreciate like they're very much accountability driven here. Like they are. There's attention to detail.

[Con Man]

It's a new vibe.

[Boston Connor]

It is, it very much is. And I think everybody appreciates it actually. I think like the Colts, the building, the equipment managers, the trainers, the staff, the marketing, everybody the like that. Like I think there's a, a little bit more of like they're doing their way obviously, but they've grown up in it.

[D Bu]

Yep.

[Boston Connor]

So they literally know all these people that have worked in the cult since they're little Kids. So it's like, hey, how do I make your life easier? Also, how do we do this? It's like, I think they're doing a great job legitimately, and obviously I know them, but it's like you can feel it. Like, you can really feel. Like. It feels like it is a little bit more of a. I don't want to say a tightness, but a sense of urgency. Yeah, there does feel like there's a sense of urgency. Like, change could be around the corner if we don't do our. Like, it does feel like that from a crowd's standpoint, from a team standpoint, the way they played certainly looks vastly different.

[Con Man]

Like a stern but fair. Almost like they don't want to go on to the next era. Like, it's not like they, you know, are want stichting out or Ballard out. I don't. It didn't feel like that was the vibe. It's more so like, hey, you either win or you lose, and then we have to do what our job. Because your job's to win, and you guys have been losing, and our job is to basically make changes if you continue to lose. And it didn't feel like there was a, hey, you know, third and five. Maybe Steichen's a little too nervous to call a certain play. Like, it feels like they've empowered all the right people. And that, you know, goes to the Raiders, too. Like, sure, Brady isn't boots on the ground, but that's why I hired Pete Carroll, because he knows Pete Carroll has been through, you know, NFL seasons. Has been. Been through NFL seasons where you go all the way to the super bowl and knows how to manage that. And that's probably why Tom doesn't, you know, feel the need. And then to your point about Pete Carroll, kind of, he's never really been kicked out of the building. I believe probably the last time he got kicked out of the building was New England when he was the head coach in New England, which adds a whole nother thing to the weekend, because I didn't think about that. I think most people were thinking, hey, McDaniels, you know, he got kicked out of the Raiders building. This is great. Great. You know, he gets to come back in the NFL, and this is his first game, whereas Pete Carroll is the real one that got kicked out. I think it was 96.

[Boston Connor]

Before he went to USC.

[Con Man]

Yeah, before he went to USC.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Venatori was on that team, I think.

[Con Man]

Bingo. Yes.

[Boston Connor]

And then there are parcel parcels for.

[Con Man]

A second, and then Belichick I think.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. All right. He worked out at usc. They try to bring a lot of penalties on. They worked out. That's right. And he goes to Seattle. Worked out. And then he gets to the Raiders after getting kicked out of Seattle. Seattle. And goes just. You can kind of check. I don't want to be the one that says this, but I win. That's what I did. I win. I've done it for like 20 years. That's what I do. I win and it's like I believe them and good on them. Having a great weekend. Nobody has good a weekend as the Bills.

[Con Man]

Oh, no.

[Boston Connor]

What a win for the Buffalo Bills. In the fourth quarter, Josh Allen puts on a Superman cape and does his thing in front of a home crowd that wasn't completely filled in the stadium. Not at all. Because they fell asleep about the same time that I did and said, we got to get out here. Here. We got work in the morning, you know, Buffalo Bills. That's a working. That's a working world. That's right. You know, it's late night and you're gonna play like this. Okay, I gotta go to bed. I gotta work in the morning. Wow. These tickets don't pay for themselves. Okay. They had to go do that. Wow.

[Con Man]

Great fan base.

[Boston Connor]

It was late fan base in football. Week one.

[Con Man]

I don't want to hear that it's late. If it's week 12 and they're down and they already have 10 wins, fine. It's week one. Shut up and sit the down and watch the game.

[Boston Connor]

That's a Patriots fan, okay. He's going to be jaded towards throwing bottles at people. That's a Dolphins.

[Ty Schmidt]

I want to get out of there so quickly.

[Boston Connor]

No way.

[Ty Schmidt]

I like it. You much rather go home and and hear, Holy, we won 4140 than to sit there and watch you beat 4125. Yes.

[Con Man]

You have Josh Allen, you have Jo.

[Boston Connor]

We one. We got Danny D. I'm gonna let you know I got out of here before that game ended. Yeah.

[Con Man]

25. There's. There's 12 minutes left. You've seen your team lose with 13 seconds. You don't think that you can just.

[Boston Connor]

Sit around for a little now on that? Wow. Bill's mafia is going to show up and show how everywhere they go.

[Con Man]

Not true anymore.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, it is true. You're a Patriots fan, Dolphins fan. But what Josh Allen did at the end of the night, obviously spectacular. And a great way to kick off this NFL season as a whole is a prime time game. Hopefully Vikings Bears delivers tonight as well. But to nobody had as good of a weekend as sportsbooks. Sportsbook started out swing, they came out swing. I mean there were some heavy, heavy bets and seemingly all of them had red X's next to them. Tone, how did the sportsbooks do and what does this mean for the rest of the season?

[AP Tone]

Yeah, let's just start just for the year as a whole in general. NFL Week 1, the top five most bet on teams went 1 and 4 against the spread. College Football Week 2, the top five bet on team teams went 1 and 4 against the Spread. And then last week, College Football Week 1, the top five bet on teams went.05 against the spread Week 1. So what is that? 2 and 13 to start the year for most five bet on teams to for per week. So not a good start. And then what do people bet on? Overs or unders?

[Boston Connor]

Normally overs we like football.

[AP Tone]

Unders went 12 and three this weekend. So I would say a lot of people are getting kicked on the shoe shins to start the year. But I did see a lot of tickets on the Internet last night. The Ravens Bills game saved a lot of people because a lot of people were button touchdowns and they were like oh, who's going to score? Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Derek Henry, all those people.

[Boston Connor]

Let's go to the other half of the Hammer Cowboys, Bubba Gumpino. Obviously the Finns had you in misery at the loud House, Lucas Oil Stadium. But you hit a massive one last night, right?

[AP Tone]

Yeah, me and Connor had a little facetime, put together a couple touchdown parlays.

[Boston Connor]

We had Derrick Henry for two two, Josh Allen for two parlay and then I had a Kincaid D hop Lamar.

[AP Tone]

And Josh Allen for three grand.

[Boston Connor]

Okay, go. See you in the field. Oh yeah, it's a nice evening.

[Con Man]

Me also with these public.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, my phone work. Keep it private. Don't tell anybody.

[D Bu]

Good job guys.

[Con Man]

Well, you know we throw those out there a lot. But again when you're throwing out plus 100,000 bets, typically on a rare occasion you're coming in pumped on Sunday. But at some point we have to remember there will come a week where the public goes five of five.

[Boston Connor]

Yep. And there'll be a 90% public bet that hits.

[Con Man]

Exactly.

[Boston Connor]

And we don't know when it's going to be. It's not often but it will at some point. So if it looks too obvious it might be now granted on the other side of that sports folks are throwing.

[Con Man]

A lot of this is throwing some.

[Boston Connor]

Real heat right now.

[AP Tone]

People are very, very confident. Earlier in the year on what they think even though they haven't seen anything anything yet and they go hard on it and it turns out that, you know, a lot of these bad teams aren't as bad as people think and a lot of good ones aren't as good as people.

[Boston Connor]

That's what coach Saban said after his first game Michigan State, the other coach team came over to him after they lost 55. 9. So you're not as bad as you think, he said. I remember that forever. And they weren't. No. They certainly look terrible though. And I'll tell you what, speaking of looking not good or as Rhys Davis said ungood the other day. Yes he did. Got a pretty good pop out of me there. That Ohio University Bobcat team with Navaro quarterback.

[Ty Schmidt]

Good team.

[Con Man]

That's good football.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Kids got they might make college football playoff there. Yeah, they should. They're a good team.

[Con Man]

Navaro is a dog.

[Boston Connor]

They had us completely in. In shambles.

[AP Tone]

Electric at there too.

[Boston Connor]

Electrifying. A lot of more.

[AP Tone]

A lot of West Virginia fans there.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. But. But also a lot of Bobcats. They made it really hard on our ma.

[D Bu]

Right Max?

[Boston Connor]

Yes.

[D Bu]

Ohio.

[Con Man]

Yeah but they want.

[AP Tone]

They're Mac champions. Have a little respect their Mac champions.

[D Bu]

I just want to know what these.

[Boston Connor]

Guys have won the title.

[Con Man]

The Ohio Bobcats are the Bama okay of the Mac.

[Boston Connor]

It's not right now definitely. And there's a chance they make college football playoffs. There's a chance.

[AP Tone]

At least they're in a conference. D butt.

[Con Man]

Yeah, it's true.

[D Bu]

This is true.

[Boston Connor]

To be fair, West Virginia losing Ohio not fun. That was not cool. Next weekend was about to be electrifying. That being said. Still part of the process. Building a heartache. Yeah. A doubt A lot of turnover. And also Ohio University really good team football team. If Syracuse would have beat Ohio University by 7i. I don't think Fran Brown has the boys running sprints. They only beat Yukon by seven. Fran Brown says while these fans are in here they need to know that we're not happy about this on the line. That's what happens against Yukon now West Virginia there's oh, look at me.

[D Bu]

I'm a tough coach. I'm going to run my team after.

[Boston Connor]

The game in their ass. No, you should.

[D Bu]

We pissed down our leg. We should have won that game. We had it all all game long. Tricked it off but yeah. This is cute. I'm glad you lost some practice time.

[Con Man]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Did you guys talking about.

[Con Man]

Did you guys ever have to do this?

[Boston Connor]

No.

[Con Man]

That's not okay.

[Boston Connor]

That's not really.

[Con Man]

Not in the NFL. I mean, like at west.

[Boston Connor]

Not even.

[Con Man]

I figured yes, for Richard at some point.

[Boston Connor]

I like the frame. Brown said you were either coach here or a lot. He dropped.

[D Bu]

I like Fred Brown, too, but yes, bullshit.

[Boston Connor]

He said. There's this. It's my job to make these guys the best men they could possibly be. His. His promo was actually like, these dudes are going to be fathers, they're going to be husbands, and I can't let them slide on, yada yada. It was like a really good speech afterwards. And I was like, all right, I respect that. And then I watched the video again. I'm like, those guys, I don't know if that point's going to get across in that moment. I don't know if that's gonna be the case. Join us now, ladies and gentlemen. It's college football national champion of super bowl champions, champion and a rider cup winner, A.J. hawk. A.J. you ever run sprints after a game while the folks are still in the stadium?

[A.J. Hawk]

No, I cannot say I have. Maybe in like fifth grade. I think we did a couple times when the coach was really pissed, but it's usually after a loss. You usually don't win and grandstand on them in sprint.

[Boston Connor]

Well, if you only beat Yukon by seven.

[D Bu]

Grandstand. Yep, exactly.

[Boston Connor]

Wow.

[Con Man]

Zoe, you.

[A.J. Hawk]

I run 20s, run some hard 20s here, right?

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. But it looks like some of them are only running 15. So we even get a point across, you know, we finish it through the line anyways. Is anybody starting offsides? I assume somebody. They're rolling. Start left center there about L5, L4. They appeared to have a lot of snaps.

[Con Man]

Who scored the game winner because whoever.

[Boston Connor]

Scored the game winning touchdown, I assume the offensive line is going to be.

[AP Tone]

Somewhere in the back of peanut butter and jelly. Steve Angeli, who scored the game winner, potentially.

[Boston Connor]

He's a dog. Syracuse Orange, obviously.

[D Bu]

OT overtime.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, yeah. Syracuse Orange in the Fram Brown era. Heavy. Been good. Have been good. Will they continue to get better after this? And AJ Maybe more teams need to start throwing us. We'll see. We'll see. Dan Campbell didn't. Dan Campbell, when he became the interim head coach of Miami, didn't something happen? He like had him doing one on one. He did like.

[A.J. Hawk]

He did like Oklahoma drove for a long time, I think day one and sprints.

[Boston Connor]

I think. I think he had him doing sprints in practice and I think there was like Oklahoma's in a pregame. It was like week 13. Their season was already over and all this stuff was happening.

[Con Man]

That was the online coaches suggest suggestion, I think.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, there was a. Yeah, there was something. Oh, yeah, he was juiced up. Let's get fired up today, boys. All right, let's talk about the Detroit Lions since we are kind of just slowly, easily transitioning into that situation. Obviously the packers are a team. Okay. Michael Parsons comes in there, 40 some percent of the snaps, gets a sack at the end, obviously has a new celebration, opens up for everybody. Jordan Loveland looked good. Defense looked good. Lambeau was electrifying. And the Detroit Lions, somebody that you thought you'd be competing with the NFC north with, obviously seemingly going to have a little bit of a tough start to this new coordinator era that they have over there. What is your big takeaway as the all time leading tackler for the Green Bay Packers? A.J. hawk?

[A.J. Hawk]

I mean, my takeaway is this packers defense. Obviously the offense did everything they needed to win, but this defense was awesome. I mean, we know the impact Micah had, but I think everybody else stepped up and it's easy to say, oh, Micah opens it up for all these other guys. And yeah, he definitely does. But I think it, it brought everyone on the defense, like it, it brought him up to another level. And Micah barely even played. So imagine when Micah is actually a huge part of the game plan. But man, Edan Cooper, Clay Walker, like these, these guys can fly all over the place on the packers defense. I love watching them play.

[Boston Connor]

What do you think about Jordan Love? What do you think about the. The team as a whole? Do you think there was good situational management out of the floor? Do you think the dominating win. That was a strike right there. He through a couple of those over this middle.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

That were obviously thrown to a spot. Not to a person thrown to a spot. And his receivers went and got. It showed incredible arm talent. What do you think about everything else, about managing and handling the game?

[A.J. Hawk]

Oh, I thought it was great. I mean, especially week one. That's all you can ask for. Sometimes it can get clunky and can not, not look as crisp as you want it to. But I think especially how young they are, that we hear them talk all the time, how young the roster is, but the fact that they look good and I mean, just I'm a bit biased. I was in Green Bay for nine years. Years, but Green Bay, like when the sun is setting, when it looks like this, the setting, everything about it, it's a magical experience. I think that came through the TV like it would have been an awesome day to Be at Lambeau.

[Boston Connor]

I think so too. And it sucks for Lions fans who've had such a high for the past couple years that they're maybe going to go through another little transition phase here as you're trying to recycle everything. Go ahead.

[D Bu]

To AJ's point, man, that, that packers defense, that was the thing I was most impressed about because when you think about Lions football, you think about, about them start. I know flashy gadgets, golf makes great throws. But you think about line of scrimmage, of being able to run the ball. They could not run the ball at all from the beginning. I think Gibbs ended up like 20 yards rushing, like to be. And then Gibbs had I think 10 catches for like 31 yards. That lets you know how, how these guys are flying around, attacking, tackling, getting guys to the ground, not allowing a bunch of yaks. So Jeff Halfley, the job that he's done on that defense side of the ball. Jordan Love has been, has been a very good quarterback for a couple years now. Matt La Flor, we know who he is offensively as far as play calling goes. But this defense, man, they showed, they showed up and showed out for sure. Week one.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, worrying about the run defense, there was a stat from NFL Pro after the game it said of the Lions, 22 carries, 16 of them, the packers hit him in the backfield.

[D Bu]

That's crazy.

[Ty Schmidt]

Like, so that. And which is like in year. I mean the, the last game last year, late in the season, you know, it was in Detroit, close game. But that like the Lions kept going for it on fourth down, kept getting it. They rushed for 250. I think Gibbs and Montgomery both had over 100. So yeah, hearing all this stuff about Micah can't play the run like and, and just the packers in general and then for them to come out and have that type of performance, it was incredible.

[Boston Connor]

Let's stay in the nfc. Jaden Daniels, real deal. Holy hell, this guy. The sophomore slump. I don't think so. I don't think there's going to be one of those for Jaden. On the run, on a dime, in rhythm, on time. I mean everything yesterday looked like they just picked up right where they left off. For the Commanders. Cliff Kingsbury, obviously another year there. Could have maybe interviewed for some head coaching jobs. Decides to stay. Debo Samuel gets a tug in his debut with the Washington commanders. A.J. looks like they're not just a flash in the pan. Looks like this is for real over in Washington, dc. Virginia, Virginia, Maryland area.

[A.J. Hawk]

Yeah, I feel like especially that Earth's touchdown early. You know, like, all right, these guys, they must be feeling pretty good about themselves. How about Bobby Wagner leading the team in tackles still? Like, this dude's been playing forever at the highest level. Like, I love watching these guys. Devin White with the Raiders, all these. I know I'm not talking about the Raiders right now, but I'm thinking of these older, veteran linebackers that are playing very well. Debo, you know, they wanted to get Debo going early because if you. If not, they have to answer questions, hey, how are you going to work Debo into this offense? What do you do with all the talent you have? They had a nice little balance mixture. So Cliff is. Cliff is feeling himself a little bit, I think, as a play call right now.

[AP Tone]

And Mike, the question for me is, like, we knew the offense was going to be pretty good. The defense only gave up six points. Like, the defense was. Was always going to be the question. Yes, they have Bobby Wagner, who is one of the greatest linebackers of all time, but they're older. Six points to a Giants team who, yes, has offensive question marks, but six points to any NFL team is a great defensive performance. And I thought that was, like, that was. Questions answered on the defensive side.

[D Bu]

Russ was 17 for 37.

[Boston Connor]

Yes.

[D Bu]

I don't. You know, whatever you think about Russ, he's a good quarterback. He's been around for a long time. They named him the starter for a reason. We'll see how long he actually starts. But, yeah, to hold a quarterback 17, 37 is tough. Getting Samuel Debo involved early on was a big deal. Was a little off with Terry McLaren, which we kind of expect. It was a deep shot that he kind of overthrew him on, but you could tell it was still good vibes there. And Jaden is just. He's a great laser. Yeah, lasers from the pocket, outside of the pocket. And when he takes off the run, he is so fast. Like, he was, like, jogging past some of these linebackers and DBs. They're cooking up something special up there in D.C. for sure.

[Con Man]

And having that rookie running back, while Bill crosky merits over 22. We saw him go in there in one of the early highlights and go nuts after his first career touchdown. But it feels like they didn't have. Have a consistent run game. You know, we've talked a lot about, you know, Brian Robinson Jr. And he was great, but, I mean, he was averaging eight yards a pop, and he's extremely fast and can catch the ball of the backfield like before. It was Brian Robinson Jr. Power and then maybe Eckler kind of that more out of the backfield guy. This Bill Crosby merit dude seems to have both of them and he is unbelievable and has a great name.

[Boston Connor]

Wild Bill is certainly a good nickname. Bengals do some something that's never been done before. Yeah. Yeah. Really completed.

[D Bu]

Gotta win.

[Boston Connor]

Yep.

[A.J. Hawk]

Gotta win.

[Con Man]

Amen.

[Boston Connor]

Yep. And I guess the Browns did what I guess. Yeah. Browns Browns have done. Cincinnati Bengals should have lost to the Cleveland Browns but instead they squeak out of there somehow with a win. Cincinnati Bengals get their first win to open a season a long time. Boom. But none of them are saying it was a good game. AJ How's Ohio feeling about this battle of oh Ohio and Cleveland seemingly browning all over themselves.

[A.J. Hawk]

Yes, you are correct.

[Boston Connor]

So I am.

[A.J. Hawk]

I am surrounded by Bengals and Browns fans both and you know they're both. Everyone's die hard like family fans whether Bengals or Browns where I'm at. And the Browns fans are all saying yeah, here we go. It's just same old Browns. It's kind of what we do.

[D Bu]

This is.

[A.J. Hawk]

This is what happens to us. And the Bengals fans are saying that's a great, Great Gritty Week 1. We found a way to win.

[Boston Connor]

I would certainly spin it that way as well. And if I'm Zach over there, I'm trying to spin that the cases. Well, tough game. Yeah. Tough game got out of.

[Con Man]

We're going to be tough.

[Boston Connor]

Always going to get. Always good to get an AFC north win.

[Con Man]

This is Ohio, this one.

[Boston Connor]

It's always going to be tough. And also we got a lot to go through. I mean seven yards of offense in the second half and still win somehow. The Cleveland Brown fans are just. Yeah. Incredibly athletic to that point. New D.C. over there. So congrats to them having a couple great game and congrats to us having L. Anumo. I am so thankful that he is with the Indianapolis coach. Which leads to the next conversation. AJ yeah. Say it.

[Con Man]

It's real.

[A.J. Hawk]

I followed. I followed along your excitement on Twitter. X whatever you want to call it. Yeah, yeah. I mean you're the. The Colts are early leaders in the clubhouse to win the Super Bowl.

[Boston Connor]

I would say it's not every act.

[A.J. Hawk]

Okay.

[Boston Connor]

I mean that was only a second quarter of the first. First game.

[D Bu]

Pretty level headed.

[Boston Connor]

Thank you. You're not the only ones. Austin Collie. Okay. He's now a money manager level headed individual.

[Ty Schmidt]

Has to be.

[Boston Connor]

He quotes. We just say no, it's not overreaction. We are winning the Super Bowl. It looked different. It really Did. And I know everybody else's angle is, wow, these Dolphins are the worst team ever. And that might be true. I hope not. I don't think it is. I hope it's not for the sake of the Indianapolis Colts. That that is literally why I hope that. But if the Miami Dolphins are a professional football team, which we assume they will be okay at some point, we assume they will be. The Colts look so good in all facets. I mean, just no punts, obviously, great coverage. A Schrader hits a monster field goals. Spencer Schrader, our kicker this year, is going to be very, very good for us. I think he needs to work on his kickoff. So, hey, Bob, let's go. We need to work on those kickoffs. A lot of people, but hey, the kickoff is a new weapon. That 35 yard line start is tough, but also, you can't just chip it to the 10 or the 11 and have them start at the 11 either. Full speed. That's not a. Like, getting good at those kicks is a big deal. Schrader has such a strong leg. I think he's going to be good at that. I think if you're good at that, I think he's going to win a game. I think it's going to win a playoff game, personally, I think it's going to win a big game. This whole landing zone situation, drive start, average conversation. But the Colts looked very good. AJ Bonus Signum. He's the guy. This guy is the guy. AJ the defense looked unbelievable.

[A.J. Hawk]

Hey, also, I mean, I have a hard time not talking about Tyler Warren. There's a baldy breakdown already on Tyler Warren. We know that, like, this guy is killing it. But if the Colts can put this together, didn't they already say, hey, wait, there's new sheriffs in town?

[Boston Connor]

Right?

[D Bu]

Here we go.

[A.J. Hawk]

We are, we are back. Like, this is a different world now. We have, you know, we're going to lock it down the back end. Any, any great defense. When the DBs like the safeties and corners, when they are playing at a super high level. And I like when they're outspoken, too. You got to have a little bit of ego about you. You got to be very, very confident as a db. And I feel like the Colts are doing that right now through week one.

[Boston Connor]

Now, A.J. the reason why I wanted you to highlight the defense is because of how damn great you were. Defense in the NFL, you know, player, professional.

[Con Man]

Yeah, that's right.

[Boston Connor]

National Champlain player, National champion, super bowl champion player. Want to do that. But also because we had A chance to catch up with Danny Dimes earlier today, and we talked a lot about these offense. I think he's going to come across as a guy that's charming.

[Con Man]

Yeah, funny, funny.

[Boston Connor]

I know he had an NFL record. You know, he was historic there for a bit until Josh Allen had the fourth quarter that he had. But Danny Dimes, Indianapolis. We got a chance to catch up with him this morning, fresh out of a massive win. Mr. Dimes. What up, dude?

[Danny Dimes]

Yo, what up? How we doing?

[Boston Connor]

Hey, we're great. Hey, we are great. Don't you ever, don't you worry about that. We are in a great spot. First of all, congratulations.

[A.J. Hawk]

Oh, yeah, thank you.

[Boston Connor]

We're going to get right into it here. Whenever you came to Indianapolis, I had the incredible opportunity to have a little dinner with you and one of the greatest autours of all time, Mr. Berg. And it was very evident when I was speaking to you that you liked this Indianapolis Colts team. I think like you had heard about maybe me having some beef with the locker room, whatever. And I said, yeah, I. I just don't know if we got dogs. You started rattling off names immediately on the offensive side that you liked and on the defensive side that you liked. And obviously there was a competition with you, and Anthony Richardson was very public, but it felt like you all handled it perfectly. At what moment did you feel like, hey, this could be a really good home for me in my style of play with Shane Steichen? Was that immediately. Is that why you signed here? Or was there like a time throughout this entire process where you really, really felt that.

[Danny Dimes]

I think I had a, you know, good idea, you know, making the decision to come here. There's a lot, a lot here. Like, like you said, a lot of good pieces, A strong, strong team, strong up front, strong in the skill positions. And then, yeah, you know, Shane's system, what he does, the moving, the quarterback, the RPO game, the drop back game, you know, all that stuff, I think was something I was excited to, to be a part of. And probably sometime during camp, you kind of felt it coming together and getting more and more. More comfortable with, with all this stuff. But, yeah, I haven't, I've enjoyed working with him.

[Boston Connor]

I. We didn't see a lot of positive whenever you're named the starter. And for Colts fans, it's because since Luck retired, we've been searching for a quarterback. So whenever you spend the number four overall pick on a guy who has immense upside, everybody was hoping that that was going to be our guy. Then in comes Danny Dimes, okay, from the New York Giants and then a stop with the Minnesota Vikings. And it's like Colts fans, I think, naturally, were hoping that the number four overall pick would win the job, but instead everybody that was watching said, you clearly were the leader of that team. Did you hear all the outside noise, the reaction? I mean, the athletic put out a poll that was like, what, 93% negative or something? Internet pollers were 93%. Now, I didn't vote on that. I would have been optimistic. Yeah, yeah, I'm on your side. I would be on your side. Side. But that was like a real thing. Did you hear that? Did you feel that? And how do you kind of distract all or keep away from all that?

[Danny Dimes]

I did not know about the poll, but I, I mean, I definitely realized the, the public, the media, the, the press has, you know, is not in my favor. Has not been in my favor. And, you know, that's, that's part of it. We didn't win enough games in New York and, and I didn't play well enough. So that, that comes with it. But, you know, I think you're aware of it, you know, at this, this day and age, you can't, you can't completely block it out, but you try to as best you can and stay focused on, on what you're doing. So that's what I tried to do. And I think, you know, I think the team does a good job of that here, you know, just kind of focusing on, on football and what's most important.

[Boston Connor]

I love what you guys did yesterday. Okay. I was talking to some people in the building that I know, and I'm like, how do we feel? Nobody really knows anything about your team. The only thing is the negative drama. There's a bunch of bullshit going on. So I asked some guys in the building, you know, over the past couple days, because there was a lot of events happening for Mr. Ursay going into the ring of Honor. Shout out to you, getting a big time dub for him and that day being absolutely perfect. But everybody in the building's like, hey, we got a team, man. Like, we got, we got a, we got a really good. We should kill the Miami Dolphins. That is what was being said by the people that aren't football players or coaches, but people in the building is like, hey, we have a good team. Yesterday was awesome. It's the first time that the first three drives have been scoring drives since 2006 to start a season for the Indianapolis Colts. Obviously, we lost 11 straight season openers and then just the vibe in that building was just positive, literally from the jump. At what point did you think, hey, our offense can kind of do whatever we want to do right now? And at what point during camp did you know that the defense was going to be legit? Cam Bynum obviously has a massive day. DeForest Buckner does his thing. Zadier's getting tackles all over the place and penalties. But whenever we talk about the Colts, it's very rare that we talk about a dominant defense. And it felt like they were that yesterday in camp. You knew that was going to be the case. When did you really see this defense being real?

[Danny Dimes]

I would say pretty early on, you know, the first. First three or four days of camp, to be honest. I'd say they, they got after us pretty good on defense, and you realize they were, you know, and that's kind of sometimes the way it is with, with offense and defense clicking in terms of, you know, how that works during camp. But they were, from the jump, they were. They were making plays. You could see the guys all over the field and, and you know, what Lou does on defense, I think is tough for, For a lot of offenses. He's got pressures, he's got different coverages, he's got. Got all, you know, kind of mix it up on. On. On guys and keep them guessing. But they got a lot of. A lot of playmakers over there. I think we realized that pretty quick early on in camp.

[Boston Connor]

That was Layoutu Latu, number first round pick, who's a pass rusher, dropping into coverage. There's no way laughing while I'm saying that because of how offensive heavy that particular draft was, but him dropping into coverage like tua never. I don't think that guy was in coverage last year. I don't think there was one time where he was 10 to 15 yards off the ball and then snags that thing out of the sky. It's like, that was awesome. They were hunting. You guys were methodically moving that ball down the field, and that is something that we have not had a lot of opportunity to celebrate. There's always been flashes, but there's never been, like, sustained success on the offensive side of the ball. Feels like the run game's great. Feels like you got weapons outside, you spinning it better than you've ever spun it in your life. Or do you think you just don't get enough credit for how you throw?

[Danny Dimes]

I feel like I'm throwing it well, but I don't know. I mean, I think, you know, it's about. It's about where you throw it and, and you know. Yeah, I feel like I'm throwing it well. And how much credit I'm getting for it, I don't know. I don't know. I don't really think too much of that. We got a lot of. A lot of open guys we had time to throw. It was. It was fun yesterday, but good start for us. We gotta, we gotta keep it rolling, though.

[Boston Connor]

And let's talk about that guy, Tyler Warren. He is a hospital. They were showing him during the national anthem. He's a dog. Yes, it appears we saw him get definitely concussed.

[Ty Schmidt]

Without a doubt.

[Boston Connor]

Without. Against Penn State. Against Notre Dame. Yes. So cold. His head through the turf like a full whip through the turf. And he just got his ass right up and just jogged right back on the field and continue to make plays. And when they showed his face in a national anthem. He's sasquatch. He's hairy and he is a sasquatch. And then gets on the field. He's a playmaker. He might be the best player in all football. Go ahead, tone.

[AP Tone]

Yeah, Mr. Dimes, I saw he was your leading target getter yesterday. I think with nine he had seven catches. Is it just like impossible not to look down the field and be like, oh, that six, eight. Guy has a mismatch against everyone on the field?

[Danny Dimes]

Pretty much, yeah. He's. Yeah, he's. He's a heck of a player, you know, tough as. Tough as crap and, and always makes the play. You know, I think just feel for space. I mean, you see on some of these highlights, he's feeling the. Where the defense is, the overlap. He's feeling the space underneath and settling down the right spot. This play right here, he catches it immediately, gets upfield and gets 12 yards on a play that should be a minus two to play. You know, I think stuff like that, that, you know, it's just, it's just instinct. It's a football player stuff. He's a, he's a. He's just a. A good football player.

[Boston Connor]

Yes, he is. Yeah. They even go, I'm doing a little bit of a. A little bit of a draw, a little bit of dive at fullback.

[D Bu]

I do remember. Hey, Dan, great, great game yesterday. I just want to ask about the game plan specifically. I know every week to week the matchup is going to be different. What type of input do you have have with Shane when it comes to game planning wise? Because to me from the start it was very evident that you guys wanted to use your arm and open up be a pass heavy at least early on in the offense. So what's that input like throughout the week with Shane? Why you putting it together?

[Danny Dimes]

Yeah, we communicate a lot, try to watch, you know, watch a lot of tape and. And you know, it's. It's him, it's. It's Jim Bob, it's Tanny. All those guys are putting together the plan in the pass game. The guys up front do a great job with the run game. So, you know, I'm, you know, when I have an idea, you know, talking it, talking through it and seeing what they think, but, you know, it's. Yeah, it's been a collaborative process. I think we saw some things we thought we could. We could do in the past game, you know, and a lot of those things converted. But we had a really good plan going in. The guys up front, I think when you look at that defense, it's a strong front. You know, they got good edge rushers, good guys inside, and we knew that would be. Be, you know, a big part of the game. The guys up front, our guys handled them, hand them really well.

[Boston Connor]

Great run game yesterday. The Dimes dive era is in full effect. It is a hundred percenter.

[D Bu]

Okay.

[Boston Connor]

No questions asked.

[Con Man]

Let's go.

[Boston Connor]

There's actually. We get down into the red zone again for his second Dimes dive touchdown right here. And the first time, we get stuffed.

[D Bu]

Okay.

[Boston Connor]

And I'm literally screaming to Shane, who is 30 yards away from me on the sideline, just call it. Just give it to him. Just do the. The Dimes dive. It is. You're bigger, stronger and faster than anybody thinks legit. And also it feels like you tell Shane Steichen, hey, I want to get a helmet to helmet hit. Okay. At some point I need a helmet to helmet hit a little bit early. This is that it did not get.

[Danny Dimes]

I got him pretty good there.

[Boston Connor]

Yes, you did.

[Danny Dimes]

You kind of came out of nowhere. Yeah, I thought I had a little more space line.

[Boston Connor]

Did. Did.

[Danny Dimes]

But that was a good, like, welcome to the season hit right there.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, it was five. It was like 10 yards in front of us. Foxy actually got like a great shot of it on his camera. 4k of you just getting absolutely obliterated. That's from the Dimes dive. So there was a time you just getting absolutely obliterated in that call. No call, no nothing. It's like any other quarterback in the league other than rookies probably getting that call. Yeah. Instead of. Instead all we get is Dimes just going, oh, shit. Tighten that thing up and Just jogging away. Yeah, it was. It was awesome, man. It was a lot of fun to watch a lot of people saying that your journey is potentially why you are the quarterback that you are right now. And we've seen this with other guys in the past where they have to go somewhere and then they end up finding a home. I want to let you know this feels like a great place for you, brother. And it was fun to watch. A lot of shit do left. Okay. Hey, you haven't won.

[Ty Schmidt]

Okay.

[Boston Connor]

But yeah, with that being said, there is. That was yesterday's buzz. Was awesome in that building. Go ahead, con man.

[Con Man]

Yeah, Danny, we talked to Kevin OConnell a lot, and when we have him on, he was raving about you last year and just about when you joined the team, how big of a pro you were and things of that nature. What did you take away from Minnesota that you've kind of carried into the off offseason and now week one? Because, I mean, shit, you said it. That was the best you've thrown the ball is the best you feel like you've thrown the ball. You were unbelievable yesterday. Watching that Colts game was. That was the best game that that stadium has seen years, the Colts, in.

[Boston Connor]

A long time, brother. Listen, I don't want to stress this too much with Connor. We're standing in that stadium. It was a great time.

[Con Man]

It was crazy. Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

The whole time, usually it's like, oh, you gotta. You gotta drum up a little bit of energy. That place was like in Bynum. We're talking every play. Oh, yeah. Bottom is every single play like this.

[D Bu]

Love that.

[Boston Connor]

It was. How about that?

[Danny Dimes]

How about that dance, huh? Can you do that dance?

[Boston Connor]

No, I can't put. I can't. I'm not explosive enough. I'm not explosive enough. The ending of that dance is actually pretty crazy. After the kip up. Yeah. And then into the.

[AP Tone]

Can you do it?

[Boston Connor]

Does. Yeah. Do you try that?

[Danny Dimes]

No, no, no, no. I don't think so.

[Boston Connor]

I didn't see any cool dances out of you yesterday.

[Danny Dimes]

I'm not much of a dancer, really.

[Con Man]

You're gonna score 32 touchdowns this year, so Bynum should probably give you a couple celebration ideas.

[Boston Connor]

I'm sure you guys could collab a little bit. You should do the whitest, most Caucasian thing of all time. After, maybe you just shake the hand of the ref and just hand the ball and then just walk it away. But let's talk about Cat Koc a little bit. How much was the Vikings like a confidence booster for you, maybe, Or a reset for you, what. How do you kind of view that and how do you view koc?

[Danny Dimes]

Yeah, I think just being around, Being around Kevin, being around Josh McCown, Grant Udinsky, those guys there, I learned a lot from them. I think the biggest thing I took away from there was just the preparation, how detailed they were in the game plan, you know, how much they, you know, prepare for certain looks, checks. They had motions to undress the defense. You know, every little thing they were going over, they were talking through, they were walking through, they were, you know, discussions about. It was, you know, very, very detailed, high level. Here's what we're expecting. Here's what we're going to do to it, you know, and the preparation day to day throughout the week was. Was really, you know, impressive to me. Just, just the level of detail that they had. So. So, yeah, I think being around those guys and seeing that, being able to watch. Watch Sam prepare and how they prepared him, to me was. Was really impressive.

[Boston Connor]

I love that you brought it here. It's everything we need here.

[Con Man]

That is everything.

[Boston Connor]

That is literally everything we absolutely need. The building loves you too, man. Which is a cool thing. I think you're just like, you're. Especially when we had Peyton, Andrew, you know, and obviously you with Peyton, the Mannings coaches, coach Cutcliffe. Yeah. And all the ties on draft night and everything like that. It's like you just felt like very much in command, felt like nothing was too big. Everybody obviously respected you and you got dropped in here in obviously an interesting situation personally for you. I couldn't even imagine what it would be like with everything going from New York City all the way to Minnesota. Then you come to Indy, win the starting job after multiple teams wanted you and all you obviously you didn't hear this. I'm breaking the bad news to you now. Everybody was like, that's a bad news decision. That is not how it goes. It's like having to do all that, man. And then for you still to just be like, almost. I don't want to say bulletproof, but unfazed by it. That's a special trait that only NFL starting quarterbacks have. So we're very lucky that you're here.

[Danny Dimes]

Appreciate it.

[Boston Connor]

On that note, thank you. This place is going to love you for a long time. I also have like four houses floating around if you need anything. Go ahead.

[Ty Schmidt]

There you go. Yeah. Daniel, you've been in Indianapolis for a couple months now. Are you starting to kind of realize, like, wow, this really isn't that much different than New York City in Terms of stuff to do, restaurants, you know, nightlife, all that kind of stuff. But honestly, and, and not saying you were doing all that when you were in New York, but when you get to a place like Indianapolis, does it kind of make it easier to realize, like, okay, like, I can just focus on football because even if I'm not doing all that other stuff, like, those distractions just aren't here. Unless you want to go to, like, a movie and, you know, go to McDonald's. It's a little bit different than a Saturday night and New York.

[Danny Dimes]

Yeah. Yeah. You know, I think, yeah, it is in a lot of ways.

[Boston Connor]

It's.

[Danny Dimes]

It's about. It's about football here. But the people have been great. I've really enjoyed being here and, and, you know, getting to know a lot of these fans and the people in the area, but very different feel from. From being in. In New York and right across from the city, for sure. But I've enjoyed it. It's about. It's about ball here. And we got a team that kind of all thinks the same way.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Got a fan base. Same damn thing. Yeah, we'll let you know that. We appreciate the hell out of you. Good luck the rest of the way. And remember, week one doesn't mean a damn thing, does it?

[Danny Dimes]

That's right.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[D Bu]

Want to know, baby?

[Boston Connor]

Unless you're. Yeah. I mean, week one means a lot for the Dolphins fans, and that I. I think that's not being talked about enough is how good you. You guys, like. I think that is kind of missing in conversation. We can't wait to watch it. You're the man, ladies and gentlemen. Danny. Don. Appreciate it, Dan. Oh, I'm serious about selling him a house. He's. He's in his seventh year. Is that what it is? Yes. Yeah, I think he's in his seventh year. Quarterbacks definitely have 17 year careers. Talk about a decade here, maybe. Talk about maybe just owning this role in this job for these Indianapolis Colts. And it was awesome, dude, I'm telling you, I don't want to say overreact. Okay. I don't want to do that. Might have been underreacting, to be honest. We'll see how the story kind of plays out in its entirety. Everything looked good. His throws were like he was throwing the spots, you know, he was very much having great chemistry with his wide receivers, which make you a wonderful. Like, if he would have got all the reps in training camp, how much further would we. Are we only at the beginning of this entire relationship because he was in a competition, so he was only getting half the amount of reps, half the amount of everything. It's like, it feels like as you're watching it and it's all going well. It's like we're at the very beginning of this. This is still. There's still so much room to grow, and I think that's possible for us. That's how a lot of fans feel. Obviously, after week 116, fan groups feel that. That way other than maybe. Nah.

[Con Man]

Cincy for sure.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, but he just said gritty win.

[D Bu]

Like, you know they're going to be all right. You got Joe Burrow, you got Jamar Chase, you got T. Like they're going to score points.

[Boston Connor]

But for the Colts, I think we didn't know. I think Colts fans had no idea what it was going to look like. And then we see it and they were like, wait, this is much better than what we've been seeing over the last five years. This might be the garder. Muu. Love. Love. Gardner Minshew.

[Ty Schmidt]

Sure.

[Boston Connor]

Gardner Minshew almost took the Indianapolis Colts to an AFC south championship and to the playoffs one play away. Garden Minchu was in the Pro bowl with this Shane Steichen offense, and it was like, we've seen that. And I think what yesterday was was way better than that team, way better than dollars. Shane Steichen got the head coaching job because he's this offensive guru, he's this wizard. He's able to do things. And it's like Daniel Jones, I think, understands the offense and he's making the checks and putting him in the right play, making the right decisions. It's like this offense has been unlocked. And then let's not even talk about Luanarumo coming over here with weapons. Luannarmo, when he was with the Bengals, they didn't really invest in any defensive players, invest in many of anything but Lou Anarumo, Paizon greatness. They've invested in players for him on the defensive side, top picks on that defensive side of the ball. A lot of money on that defensive side of the ball. So although the national narrative might have been negative, and I guess there were some online fans that were voting negative. If you watch this team over the last couple years, you think there's good players. Jim Merce spent a lot of money on this team. There's a lot of good players on this team. Just for one, it looked like they unlocked that.

[D Bu]

It did. It did. And it didn't look, you know, gimmicky sometimes you can look at the score. Okay, you got a tip ball here or strip sec. Somebody picked up a block punt, you scored like it was just full operation. And we knew the weakness coming in for this Dolphins defense was definitely in the secondary. So when you have a team and you have an offense, they can say, okay, they got a weak secondary, we got good weapons, let's see if we have a good quarterback. And you go out there and actually execute and the quarterback has a complete understanding of the offense. He was comfortable from the beginning. Coming into the season, it was like, okay, Dan Jones, take care of the ball, run the football defense. You guys play great, but when you have, when you come out here, you have a start like this. Now who knows what the Dolphins go on to be. Maybe they are just a shitty, shitty, shitty team.

[Boston Connor]

Maybe one more time, maybe 1972 only undefeated team.

[Con Man]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

And maybe 20, 25, only 17 game, completely defeated team, possible 16 teams. It's possible they're still at this point.

[D Bu]

But you can respond to it to a set. Hey, how do we respond? And we all remember that blowout when the Broncos got 70 put on them by the Dolphins and then they responded. So we'll see how they respond. It's a long season, but love what we saw from, from the Colts. And then you mentioned Chris Ballard finally opening that checkbook and going, getting some big time players, going to get one of the top safeties on the market, Cam Bynum going to get Ward, big time cornerback in the league for a long, long time. And you see a guy like Kenny Moore, when you have players like that around you now, you can play better. Nick Cross got involved, he got a nice sack on. So yeah, Big Lou bringing his defense here with these new weapons. He's having a fresh start because they ran him out of sentence here as well. Like loved everything I saw from this coach team in all phases.

[Con Man]

Well, and that's the thing too, like you can say the Dolphins defense isn't good. For sure, the Dolphins offense is good. Like they have Tyreek Hill who's voted the number one player two years ago. They have Waddle, who they paid. They have Achan, who's good Tua, he's been paid. Now did people figure out the Mike McDaniel gimmick? There's a chance because maybe everyone's running chance that everyone's running in the stuff to the left and to the right. But more so with the Colts. They never melted, which was nice. Like we've seen the Colts play well in spurts like a quarter or A half. But then they down their leg. Then they call some gimmick that doesn't work, and it's like, okay, well, what the hell are you doing, Steichen? There's no point to do like this. Like, that didn't exist, which was nice. It just feels like the. The gimmick maybe screw up down there, like. And maybe they. That is a Dan Jones thing where Dan Jones isn't going to, you know, try and break.

[Boston Connor]

He looked like he didn't have a pulse yesterday. You know, Tomlin said about Boss being a serial killer. That's how Danny Dimes scored that touchdown. Like, super f. Like, fought through it, then just, like, got up. All right. And then just like headbutted all his teammates. Good work, boys. And just jogged off the field. It was like getting a play call late or whatever. Just, no worries. I'm introduced. They were introduced as an team. It wasn't offense or defense introductions. It was team introductions. I said, hold the phone. Yeah, that's what I said. That was my exact thoughts. And I don't think I realized it was happening.

[Con Man]

No.

[Boston Connor]

So the. The team normally runs out first to create the tunnel for everybody else, you know, the other half, whoever's not starting. And then they do the intros. First game day ops, new video, sick, sick video. New game ops. Everything's very good. And then the team comes running out. You know, know, the Lucas Oil motorcycle comes flying out there with a sidecar. I didn't know that. It's like a prize. New person in sidecar. It makes sense. You got Blue doing the entire thing. Then big portion of the colts come out. Okay, and it's like, all right, now what are they doing for the starters? And I saw. I think I saw Zaire sprint out. I was like, okay, so the offense must be getting introduced or whatever. And I even look at Boston Conor, I go, is Danny Dimes getting introd last or is Jonathan Taylor? It's got be Jonathan Taylor. We all agreed. Got to be Jonathan Taylor. Then we look out and we start seeing, like, offensive linemen that we know running. And it's like they just introduced the whole. Yup, Love everything about England. It's, go ahead.

[D Bu]

We got a flyover.

[Boston Connor]

Two of them.

[AP Tone]

Roof was open.

[Boston Connor]

Roof open.

[D Bu]

That looks sick.

[AP Tone]

Same scoreboard or not?

[Boston Connor]

Fun stat. Same scoreboard. Fun stat. Flyover is insane. Always awesome. Always going to hit. Love everything about it. Two of them F18s, I do believe coming over here. Thought they were going to come length up field, same. We all thought they were going to Come. I thought Connor missed it actually, because they came across. He was under a little bit of. A. Little bit of a hangover. But whatever the case was, I got lucky.

[Con Man]

I actually, like, was looking for the vertical, but it only lasted a second because it was just the horizon.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. And by the way they sliced that thing nice. You could hear them humming in the Eastern church choir from the. Were there, they did the national anthem on the screen. I go, oh, this is the. This from the funeral. They are very good.

[D Bu]

Yes.

[Boston Connor]

And they made a great Jim Merce video tribute video. That Tony Dungeon. It was very good. But the team getting introduced was awesome. Yes. And the roof and the window were open. You know, Jim and I learned that the night before from Pete Ward, who's been the president of the Colts for a long time. Came over. I believe him and Jim, actually, their first year working for the Baltimore Ravens, they shared an office at Trent training camp, you know, and he was, like, scared to death that he was with the owner's son. And what happened is they end up becoming like brothers. And Pete Ward has been with Jim through absolutely everything. And Pete Ward has had to handle everything, you know, like, this is. This is real deal here, how long Pete's been around. And he told me, Saturday night there was a little gathering downtown, couple cocktails. It was good to see everybody. Pete comes up to me and goes, you know, the window and roof are gonna be open tomorrow. And I go, you love that shit, Pete. That's why I said to him, he goes, did you know your average was longer whenever the roof and the window were open than whenever it was closed? And I said, no way. He goes, I looked it up because of everything you would say to me whenever I would tell you that we were either opening it or closing.

[AP Tone]

Love that.

[Boston Connor]

And I said, who helped you? And he goes, yeah, I looked up every single game. I said, well, how is Vinnie's field goal stats? Because I'm fighting for the team, not just myself, you know, I'm mad at Finney as well. And he goes, well, I didn't look that up. I looked you up. But next time I see him, I bet he's going to go, Adam Vinitari, 94% with the window. It was amazing. Yeah. It's like celebrating the Ursay family in the Colts. This weekend was cool because it's such a small group of people that are really doing it, and they've all been around for so long, and listening to them talk about this particular team is cool. It is like a very, very cool thing to hear how. Not only how Carly, Kaitlyn, and Casey, who they've all known since they were very young, how they've just, like, taken over and they've kind of had to be put in a position that they knew was coming for a long time.

[Con Man]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

But like, actually having to do it, the way they're operating, it's like vibes are immaculate right now around the Colts.

[Con Man]

Like, Peyton Manning gave a little halftime speech, and then he introduced Carly for her to give, you know, the gym or, say, induction into the ring of honor. That was incredible, too. Dallas Clark, he wears pants that don't fit him, which was no my favorite parts.

[Boston Connor]

No pants will fit him. This dude's squatting three times a week. His quads are gigantic. Sue him. He wears tight pants.

[Con Man]

To be honest, I thought someone painted them on.

[Boston Connor]

I thought that might have been. That might have been skin paint.

[Con Man]

Yeah, I thought. I thought he wasn't actually wearing pants. Dong out. Because they were that tight. It was disgusting.

[Boston Connor]

No, it wasn't. What are you talking about? I thought it was impressive.

[Con Man]

I mean, it was cool. Like, oh, wow, this guy's got kegs for legs. But then you look up a little, it's like, jeez Louise, this guy's dogs in my family.

[Boston Connor]

That's not true. That's not true. Dallas looked like a gentleman, and his quads are gigantic. He is incredibly ripped, and it was great to see him and everybody else. The Colts are the real deal, A.J. that's what everybody needs to understand. But are the packers as well? We'll continue to debate that on the other side. Plus overreactions. I don't know if the actions.

[Con Man]

No, that was perfect. Especially after one. Watching the one second thing they did with Dalton Kincaid after the first. The end of the first half where it's clearly like 15 seconds to get him to the ground. That.

[Boston Connor]

That definitely.

[Con Man]

That's not.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, we'll see. I mean, there could be. Who knows what the delays were. You know what I mean? Who knows? Because there's always some sort of sure sync issue going on. Those on the road shows on Friday have become pretty good. Like, pretty. Yeah, they're technically sound.

[Ty Schmidt]

Certainly much better than last year.

[Con Man]

Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

Looks far.

[Boston Connor]

Those are always fun to deal with, those ones on the road. Now, granted, everybody's working their ass off Aiden. So I tacked a lot of this, a lot of that, a lot of, you know, Internet connections. Also sending to here, to there. There's a lot of involved. I forget who did the standup joke. Somebody was mad about, like, the. Wait Time might have been Bill Burr and their phones going to a satellite in the sky. It's coming back down and you're upset about having to wait for fucking four minutes. And it's whatever. Technology is absolutely insane, okay? It is great for our lives, crazy. But it also can be the worst thing of all time because it seems like it's the only thing that understands itself. And when it comes to, like, video, audio, all these types of things, boy, tech just holds us all by the. By the. You say.

[Con Man]

Oh, yeah, you can say it.

[Boston Connor]

They got you by the short hairs. They do, they do, they do.

[AP Tone]

Like I said, I know you have to deal with it here, but. But it normally goes off without a hitch. Like hearing you and everything like that. And like seeing.

[Boston Connor]

Let's knock on wood, please. Let's please knock on some wood here.

[Con Man]

Just a little delay that you have to deal with.

[Boston Connor]

Shout out, barcode. And the team, though, yeah, they're doing a great job. Yeah, they've really worked their asses off. Chad's over there too, I believe. When we do have a problem, it's crazy because every time we take the solution is the dumbest thing in the world. Like, we had a problem with the talkback stuff. It was because our computer was just on volume zero. So it had nothing to do with the program. Had nothing to do, no. Just had to go volume up. It's crazy.

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[Boston Connor]

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[D Bu]

You know I'm here for Abercrombie's Cowboys gear.

[Boston Connor]

That's not a question, but I need a whole wardrobe to go with it. No shade to the guys, but I'm used to having the best tunnel fits. This season, Abercrombie has me covered. Shop NFL by Abercrombie in the app, online and in store, football is the greatest. We can't thank you enough for allowing us to talk about it for a living. That is A.J. hawk. Wow, A.J. hawk. You look good, Bob. You look good over there.

[A.J. Hawk]

You look great. You guys all look great.

[Boston Connor]

Well, we appreciate that, but you do. He popped up on the screen. We said, oh, yeah, this guy's in the middle of a new haircut. Yeah, it is. People talk about J.J. watts hair. I don't know if you saw the tweets talking about being feathery and layered. I think he did it right. And obviously him and cousin, he's calling with quite a height disparage. Iron Eagle eye Eagle there. I mean, one's unique.

[A.J. Hawk]

Absolute monster. Get him a bomb months him and.

[Boston Connor]

Some of those old stadiums would have been great because I think he's actually calling game like this in some of those stadiums with the way some of those booths are for everything. His hair looks great. I think he called the game very well. I think it was a great game for him to call a lot of action too. So I'm pumped for JJ start. We'll talk to him on Wednesday. The toxic tables here at Boston Connor and at Ty Schmidt. One half of the Hammer Dad Cowboys AP Tone is here. And a nine year NFL vet, Darius Jones. Jay Butler is here. Everything db, good D, bad D back for another season. Can't wait to dive into all of that. We had some good defensive performances around the league, I think, right?

[D Bu]

We did. We had some great defensive plays, great performances overall. Can't wait to dive into it.

[Boston Connor]

Were the Broncos great defense?

[Ty Schmidt]

They're pretty good.

[D Bu]

They were pretty solid. Yeah. Rookie quarterback. You know, you expect a defense like that to. To show up and show out.

[Boston Connor]

That game kind of stunk. We didn't really talk about that. Also card six Saints game kind of stunk. We didn't really talk about that.

[D Bu]

Those Saints jerseys.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, those are shite. Yeah.

[Con Man]

The game stung for us, but it didn't stink as much as Cam Ward's dad thought. It stunk.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. If that was his dad. We all saw the video on the Internet of his dad getting up from the seat, going over the handle rail and just putting his head down and then turning back around. We all saw the video. We don't know if that was necessarily him, but he was certainly at point of come on, boys, what are we doing here? And then, you know, coach saying, potentially not in the rules. I don't know if any of us know the rules.

[D Bu]

I guess a lot of rules.

[Boston Connor]

So many rules. What's in, what's, what's out is an elbow, count is good. If it one foot, you know, what all do you need? There's that whole situation. But Saints Cards, Broncos, Titans, kind of two games we didn't really dive into. And I think for all four fan bases, for the betterment of everybody.

[Ty Schmidt]

And they understand.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, I think so. Yeah.

[A.J. Hawk]

Was there any next week?

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, maybe next week. A lot of games left. A lot of games left. Congrats to Broncos getting a big time win. Congrats to the Cards getting a big time win. That's right. Congrats to those two getting out of there one zero.

[AP Tone]

Yeah, that's all you need.

[Boston Connor]

As opposed to being completely defeated. Now the other teams are wondering themselves, all right, what's your. You know, there's a little bit of that going on for some people. People. But no, it's a long season and even the shite teams are going to steal a win. Maybe. Maybe. Now let's go to some overreactions. What do you think, A.J.

[A.J. Hawk]

I can't wait. I bet there are some good ones today.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, I think so too. I, I felt like there was a lot of pent up energy through the offseason, a lot of thoughts coming into the season and then whenever that particular game plays out the way that you thought it was going to, in the mostly negative fashion, like I heard Gumpy Yesterday say like 10 different times. Oh, turn. Turns out all of our actual feelings about the team were right. Yeah. All of our actual thoughts and concerns were good concerns because they are concerning watching them play football. Ain't that right, Compy? That was kind of your realization. Yeah. It looked as bad as it possibly could have. And that was in the moment that was at halftime. I couldn't even imagine what some of these fans could think of overnight. Ladies and gentlemen, I put a tweet out saying, hey, I want to hear your thoughts on your, your team. All you have to do is put the hashtag, I don't want to overreact. But what's the number one trend, Ty? Scan through them all. Ty, you said there were some good ones in there.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, there's definitely. I mean, as to be expected. You know, people have been waiting to do this, to just unleash on their team or say we're going to win the super bowl for quite some time. So there were some really good ones.

[Boston Connor]

Great morning on the Internet. Let's go to the first one from our Boston Connor hashtag, I don't want to overreact, but there's a chance we are entering into the NFL's golden era of primetime football. Last night was week one. It was a 15 point fourth quarter, under four minute comeback. It's going to be the best season yet. Hell yeah. Connor. I don't think that's overreaction. I think that's reading what's happening and understanding the future, brother.

[Con Man]

Yeah. Very excited. Thursday night was fantastic up until that weather delay. That's going to throw a wrench in it. You can't really qualify everything after that. Just think about the football you saw before it. Top tier. Then you go to first. Friday, Justin Herbert, Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes is running wild. Herbert played unbelievable. Last night was last night. Tonight maybe you're not as excited as all the other primetime games and that's okay just because it's a lot of question marks. Enjoy that. Enjoy the. Hey, I don't know what I'm going to get with J.J. mcCarthy tonight. This is his first NFL game. Hey, guess what? You're going to know what you're going to get with Justin Jefferson. He's going to do something unbelievable. Caleb Williams. I don't know what I'm going to get. Hey, guess what? He might suck. It's going to be freaking hilarious if you. He does enjoy that. If he's good, that's going to be just as cool. And if the game sucks, we got to wait a couple days. Guess what we're waiting for, guys. You know what's on Thursday?

[Boston Connor]

Huh?

[Con Man]

I don't know. Commanders Packers.

[Boston Connor]

I mean, what?

[Con Man]

You got to be the prime time. This might be the year where every single game in prime time delivers. I'm juiced.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Cuz every once in a while we'll run into a little bit of a lull in the season and we start to wonder, hey, the NFL lost its fastball or they're not able to project ahead of time what teams are going to be good so that we have good games. But now let's start this season. AJ Both college and NFL feels like we got some good, good ball this season. Maybe the best year of all time. A.J.

[A.J. Hawk]

Oh, it's, it's setting up to be the best season of all time. No question. I mean packers commanders, you series on Thursday. Micah gets a little bit more into the, into the game plan and we get to see both like who is truly legit, who backs up what they did with one.

[Boston Connor]

I guess we'll do our selections, you know, on Thursday for Thursday night and then on Friday we both, you know, not bad for first week. H. You need to know that I.

[A.J. Hawk]

Don'T know if I did great. Wouldn't I do.

[Boston Connor]

Not bad. Dude. 500. Look at you.

[A.J. Hawk]

You're seeing it.

[D Bu]

Seeing a Few.

[Boston Connor]

I'll tell you what, I might be. I might be. Now, with that being said, I waffled on four or five of these picks and I think they all want the right way. There's certainly a time where you're going to waffle and they're going to go the wrong way. Yeah. And shout out to us getting the best line to A.J. we'll continue to do that all season. But you at 500 week one. We should be happy about me above 500 week one. I'm happy about it. We are. Let's keep. You know, maybe our overreaction is holy. Might be the greatest NFL season of all time. Yeah. Might be out here. A.J. this is good news because there's been some times where both of us have started, you know, three for in that day. I've had.

[A.J. Hawk]

I think I've won one or two games before. Early in the season. No question.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Yeah. Because who knows what we're looking at. Nobody knows.

[Con Man]

Hard and early on the game like a giant times too, and they've been great.

[Boston Connor]

Go ahead. A. Sorry.

[A.J. Hawk]

I took a. I took a shot in the Giants at plus six and we had a lot of hope coming out of camp with them, didn't we? We felt like everything was good and yeah, unfortunately it didn't happen.

[Boston Connor]

Well, that sounds like an overreaction error from him after one game saying the Giants might be dead. You know, Russell Wilson doesn't even have a start. Let's go to the next overreaction from Ty Hash. I don't want to overreact, but it's destiny written in the stars. Jordan Love looked exceptional and he. Yes. Micah Parsons with a limited snap count had a massive impact on the game. See in Santa Clara, hashtag go Pack, go. Hashtag Kings of the North. Good. Hashtag Is everybody singing? Great. Hashtag usage. Thank you. Even anytime there's a little emblem after.

[Ty Schmidt]

Anytime you can get the emblem in there.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Yeah. Cuz that's just a little pizzazz. Yeah, it is very neat. Yeah, it is very neat. Is this how every packers fan feels? Yes. Michael Parsons gets traded to you guys. You all think going to win a Super bowl and then first game goes the way it goes against a Detroit Lions team that is normally good against you guys and you have your way with them. You guys feel great.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, without a doubt. I mean I think everyone was still kind of. And no one knew how much Michael was actually going to play. So you know, you were. You were hopeful the whole time. But yeah. Had they done this against like the Bears or you know, one like another team that was like kind of on the fringe. Hey, maybe you make the playoffs, it probably would have been a different reception reaction. But doing it against a team that won 15 games last year and the team that, you know you're is the king of the division right now and it, I mean it wasn't particularly close. Like they thoroughly dominated that game. So yeah, everyone is taking that hey, we're gonna win the Super Bowl. And now I think it's just amplified by like 100.

[Boston Connor]

Well, congratulations.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, pretty good.

[Con Man]

Rightfully so.

[Boston Connor]

Hey, that's Carmen policy's boy head Policy making that big time trade with Jerry bringing in the juice.

[D Bu]

That's what you do. You give up some assets, you bring in a difference maker. We all want guys that can change the math on defense and that's the guy that changes the math not only for the guys he's lining up with on the same level, but those secondary guys. You bringing the Michael Parsons that's going to upgrade everyone on the back end. So you got a defense still wins championships. You obviously have an offense that can score. I don't think that's an overreaction.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Con Man]

There are moments where and we talked about this a little bit before. There are moments where you forgot like Pennsylvania Rene Sewell was on the field because of how good Micah want to.

[Boston Connor]

Give him the damn ball. They should probably point Ben Johnson would have been giving him ball third quarter if things weren't going well.

[AP Tone]

Timmy Horton call feel like the OC doesn't know football.

[Boston Connor]

What? Jeez.

[Con Man]

That's an overreaction play.

[Ty Schmidt]

You wouldn't be able to tell much did play okay.

[Con Man]

Did he.

[Boston Connor]

He didn't look great. Great. Thanks for the rem back from an injury. Whole pass rush didn't look great.

[Con Man]

I'm starting to think lunch that non player Peter Schrager did know what he was talking about about the Lions. I'm starting to think.

[Boston Connor]

Hold on. Hold.

[Con Man]

There might be a for the next 20 years the, you know the number one seed in the NFC might go through the NFC north but he might not be, you know, MCDC's quarterback.

[Boston Connor]

Oh yeah. Might be.

[Con Man]

Might be, you know Green Bay or min Minnesota we might see tonight J. JJ McCarthy looks good.

[Boston Connor]

We.

[Con Man]

We're talking about the lions being the third best team in their division again. Holy.

[Boston Connor]

What if Caleb drew.

[D Bu]

Oh man.

[Boston Connor]

Don't know.

[Con Man]

We. We can't go there. We can't or we can that all Lions.

[Boston Connor]

I mean first in the entire nfc.

[Con Man]

They got Jared Goy. I'm Seeing a lot of. On the Internet without Ben Johnson, we're looking at Jared Govlovsky running out of the back of the end zone as Micah Parsons.

[Boston Connor]

I saw a lot of people saying that that's what it looked like. That was unfair. Yeah. Just. Just. Thank you.

[Con Man]

Pretty messed up.

[Boston Connor]

That is. That is. The Internet's good, though. Where was jmo, too?

[Con Man]

We're just talking about gooflops.

[Boston Connor]

He just got.

[Con Man]

Where was Almond Rock?

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Con Man]

Just getting paid. Counting their bills because they weren't catching their passes.

[Boston Connor]

I will say, a lot of people are saying, I know you guys call Monty and Gibbs, Sonic and Knuckles. Some people are calling them ass and cheeks. I don't like that. I do not like that. What was that? That was a tweet. Yes, that was a tweet on the Internet. Sonic and Moose.

[Con Man]

Knuckles is the great.

[Boston Connor]

Internet is the greatest.

[A.J. Hawk]

Who's the Lion's next opponent?

[Boston Connor]

The Bears. They better show up. We're in a must win situation right now.

[D Bu]

The Bears haven't even played yet.

[Boston Connor]

Right now. They might be the best. They might be. Might be.

[D Bu]

Might be.

[AP Tone]

I'm a believer.

[Boston Connor]

Number one in the NFC to what Connor was alluding to is number four in the NFC North. Jeez Louise. That might be the Geez Louise moment of the weekend. Yeah, I'm sorry Lions fans feel that way.

[Con Man]

Geez, it sucks. I mean, but that's the thing, you know, everybody wants to be the Patriots. It's hard to be good for that long, man. You know, the Lions just. They're just going to be one of those flash in the pants.

[Boston Connor]

That's an overreaction.

[D Bu]

I never saw building a Chili's commercial. I wouldn't.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Applebee, Triple Dipper.

[Con Man]

But that is weird, because the moment it all started going downhill, you could argue, is when Bill Belichick appeared in that subway commercial.

[Boston Connor]

Bad. Boom. Sat down on that bench.

[AP Tone]

Is it true mcdc isn't letting Texas A and M scout?

[Boston Connor]

Or is that. That's fake.

[Con Man]

Is it true mcdc made the boys run sprints on Lambo?

[Boston Connor]

No, that was Frame Brown, Syracuse. All right, let's go to the next overreaction. Or maybe not. This is from Frankie Moraldo. Hashtag, I don't overreact. But Ben Stonium, incredible graphic designer, video editor, you name it, out of Pittsburgh. And he created, you know, a Netflix docu series about Chris Boswell being a serial killer. And. And that is because Mike Tomlin had this to say about the wizard of Boz, who's been on a heater for the Pittsburgh Steelers for about a decade. Decade or so.

[D Bu]

And I can't say enough about Boss man.

[Con Man]

Our kicker is a serial killer, man.

[Boston Connor]

He's.

[D Bu]

He got a low pulse rate. He can't wait to deliver.

[Boston Connor]

That last line, I think is the most important one. He can't wait to deliver. Whenever you talk about kickers, you know, you talk about the mental capacity of it all. The fact that Tomlin can feel the fact that this dude wants to come out here and hit that. That's what separates, you know, like Adam and a text from like me or guys that weren't like great kickers but good kickers. Boz has been so good for so long. Danny Smith is chewing on his gum with delight knowing that Boz is there. And there's a little bit of a contract thing going on before the season with him, AJ So the fact that he was able to block all that out and knock one of those home, and Tomlin describes him as a serial killer, which is a great compliment for a kicker. What if it's a Steelers year, AJ what if it is the Steelers year?

[A.J. Hawk]

I mean, they sure look good to me. But going back to Boswell, it's true. Like, Tomlin knows there's. We've all seen people like say, I don't know, say you're running a drill in practice and there's a guy who's a monster who's killing everybody, and they're real slow to get an opponent versus that kid. You know, a lot of times no one wants to jump up and, and challenge that big kid. Boz seems like the kid that's going to be jumping to the front line, going 10 times in a row trying to challenge himself against that biggest kid. So I'm sure Boss has said, yeah, I'll make it from 70. I don't care. You guys don't need to get any farther. Here we go. Let's go.

[Boston Connor]

We're wherever.

[A.J. Hawk]

Wherever I'm at, I'm going to make that thing. And what an absolute weapon to have as your kicker to be that guy.

[Boston Connor]

I agree there has to be some sort of incentive based something coming. I would assume pay him now.

[D Bu]

Kind of how they deal with Cam.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, kind of the $3 million incentive base for Cam.

[D Bu]

I assume there be con artists at work.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Making it happen. Make it happen. He was walking off the field afterwards with Tom. All is good.

[Con Man]

They're happy.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[D Bu]

And then all sudden of a that's.

[Boston Connor]

Pumped would be hilarious. Headline, Chris Boswell signs new four year. Blah, blah, blah, million dollar deal. The day after hitting a 60 yard game winner. That's out of a movie. Could do it.

[Ty Schmidt]

Should do it.

[Boston Connor]

Would they?

[A.J. Hawk]

Or hold out one of the two.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, you think he says, I'm not doing it anymore.

[Con Man]

No, wait.

[A.J. Hawk]

Find somebody else to make a 60 yard game winner. Coach, see you.

[Con Man]

That'd be so sweet. That'd be the coolest thing for one week. Boswell was like, all right, Mike, I'm going to sit this one one out. Let's see if you want to pay me now after you need another guy to kick a 60 yarder to win.

[Boston Connor]

Now that happened up in Buffalo with Prater getting the job. Yeah, Prater, 41 years. Did he get there Thursday?

[Con Man]

Thursday.

[Boston Connor]

Thursday, yeah. Gets you dropped in there and then hits a game winner. It's like that's classic Prater, you know, and maybe he, if he was available, maybe that's who the Steelers would be able to call. But I don't know if Prater's just stepping in, hitting a 60 and maybe actually he would be. Prater might be the only guy.

[D Bu]

Or the old cables.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, the original cables back in the game was a big deal. Like these dudes are going to murder these footballs. Chris boswell hit that 60 yarder. That thing hit the net. That net at that stadium is far back too. Like it's hard to, you know, because some stadiums, the nets are very close to the uprights, so they're going to be a little bit higher on the thing. Obviously as you go through, some of them are a little bit further back. There's a little bit more space in between the upright and the stands. So it's like he marked, murdered that ball, crushed it. And I think if they would have lined him up for any distance, he's the type of guy that's going to make it like it's going to be good enough, it's going to be far enough. I love Boz. I like that he's getting love. Hopefully he gets a little bit of cash out of this too.

[AP Tone]

Yeah, let's not forget the 41 year old quarterback who started that drive on the 19 yard line and just had another notch on his belt for game winning drafts.

[Boston Connor]

Hello. Aaron Rodgers, Pittsburgh Steelers.

[AP Tone]

I was told that I was a fucking idiot for wanting him on my football team.

[Boston Connor]

What did Bruce Arians say? Bruce Arians said they're going to be in a lot of close games. I don't think there's a anybody I want with the 2 minute other than Aaron Rodgers. Isn't that what he said?

[AP Tone]

That is exactly what he said. I thought about it Yesterday.

[Boston Connor]

Or Mike McCarthy.

[Ty Schmidt]

McCarthy.

[AP Tone]

It was McCarthy or. Yeah, I thought about as that was happening yesterday, I was like, you know what things happen on the show all the time where people say stuff and then it happens. And I was thinking of that during the game yesterday because that's. I needed a lot of hope.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, there's a lot of points being scored against Pittsburgh Steelers defense, very abnormal. But Mike McCarthy saying a lot of those games are going to be very close and it's going to come to. To Aaron in two minutes row and he gets it down. Obviously 60 yard field goes a long way. They lose two yards and the down right before that. Yeah. But nonetheless, Pittsburgh Steelers win. Yers are jacked up. Now they watch the Colts do what the Colts did too. So they know there's levels to this right now after week one. Let's go to the next overreaction. Speaking of that, from Jonathan May at. @ Jonathan May, 2434. Hashtag. I don't want to overreact, but the Colts aren't just winning games. They're rewriting destiny. This squad looks ready to run the table, go undefeated and bring the Lombardi back home for Jim Mercy. Forget movie magic. This isn't Indiana Jones on a big screen. This is real life. Hell yeah. Jonathan May. This is real life. Incredible. I don't think that's an overreaction at all. But what he's saying about not being Indiana Jones, I'm okay with it being Indiana Jones. If he needs to, you know, turn over every stone to figure whatever out needs to be done to win a damn Super Bowl, I hope Indiana Jones gets to the bottom of it. I appreciate what Jonathan May's saying here, Ty.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah. And there were a lot of people, you know, alluding to the Indiana Jones thing. So, you know, that that's great, but maybe let's. Let's not do that every single week.

[Boston Connor]

Talking about us.

[Ty Schmidt]

No, no, I'm saying about debunk. I'm saying literally every single overreaction had some sort of Indiana Jones, you know, play on words.

[Boston Connor]

But I'm already sick.

[D Bu]

That's good.

[Ty Schmidt]

But yeah, I'm already sick of it. But I was thinking about it and like you, when you put everything together from what the Colts had going on this week, like, I don't think it is an overreaction as a Colts fan to feel this way going in that all that stuff comes out like, okay, we're just going to suck again. People pissed about Daniel Jones, and then that's on Top of, like, the added pressure to go out there, not just win, but look good when they're honoring IR and you have all these Colts legends back there. Like, can you imagine your mood or your. Like, how you would have been feeling. Feeling if the Colts a either lose that game, but even if they. If they win 21, 20, like, you're not coming in today the way you are. When they just beat the. Out of them, leave no doubt look like one of the best teams in the league. Like, if I'm a Colts fan, I think I don't. I really don't think this is an overreaction. Like, you should feel this way until they give you a reason not to feel this way.

[Boston Connor]

We've had homecoming type games before where a lot of legends are in the building. Free one in. I think it was big. Dallas went in. I think it was.

[Con Man]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Tarek was big. Like, they have those. This one. Like everybody.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Like, came to it, you know, because it was Jim. And having Reg, Marv, even the older G OGs, Bill Brooks was there. And, you know, Peyton, obviously speaking new ownership is like, everything about it, like, was a big deal for the celebration of life for Jim Ursay in there. And you could feel it in. You're right. In years past, they would have lost those games. Like, when everybody's in the building and it's like, all right, you know, let's get us out of here. These. Yeah. Where they would have done something stupid or something like that. And instead it's like they just play sound football and just beat the. I think there was a 14 play drive. I think it was a 15 play drive. I think there was like 17 play drive. Anthony Calhoun, 20 tweeted about it. I forget the exact ones, but it was like they were just drumming. Yeah.

[Con Man]

Efficient.

[Boston Connor]

The Miami Dolphins dialed and everybody's like, hold. I think there were some guys that potentially had their flights scheduled for after the first quarter.

[Con Man]

Sure.

[Boston Connor]

You know, to potentially get out of town and instead, like, wait a minute. This is. Wait a minute. This feels a little bit different. Yeah, here it is. 14, 17 and 15 played drives during the game, scored on every possession. First team to do that that in forever. Whatever the stat was. I forget what it was. It's like, yeah, it was awesome in there, man. It really was. I hope we got bottled and I hope we were drinking it all season. Yeah.

[AP Tone]

Week one, was it a packed house?

[Con Man]

Yes, it was.

[AP Tone]

Well, that's good because, you know, sometimes that just shows that everything that's being said on the Internet is exactly True. Because if that was true, no one would have showed up for the game.

[Boston Connor]

Oh yeah, you're right. 93% negativity. Yeah.

[A.J. Hawk]

Worst in a league was Melon Camp.

[Boston Connor]

There he was sitting around somewhere the whole time. Banger. I didn't see him. I wouldn't be surprised though if he's not doing like a halftime or something at some point. New playlist in there with the Big three.

[Con Man]

Yeah, it's changed. I. I wouldn't be surprised if we might see someone else in there instead of that avenue.

[Boston Connor]

Who's that?

[Con Man]

Maybe like, you know, Ros. Although I don't know.

[Boston Connor]

Ricky Ross was playing yesterday against the Miami Dolphins. Dolphins. A lot of Ricky Rose.

[D Bu]

I like that.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Because I was.

[D Bu]

I do like this.

[Con Man]

It was cool.

[Boston Connor]

I was in the suite looking out and I see Gumpy's Dolphins tarp in his hat. And then on the field all I see is Colts players dancing to Rick Ross and I'm like, oh, so you.

[Ty Schmidt]

Knew right away we just stole Rick Ross. Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

It feels like we are enjoying this a lot more than you guys. Yeah, it was a lot of Jeezy in there. A lot of Rookie. Yeah.

[A.J. Hawk]

That's all new though.

[Boston Connor]

That's.

[A.J. Hawk]

That's different compared to what it was before.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, I. There was also Jim Merce's playlist. I think there was one the Boss's playlist that had like he.

[D Bu]

His band.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, his. I don't think any from his band were. It was all like just basically like sing along songs.

[D Bu]

Old school bangers.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, old school banger. It was really good. It was really well done.

[Con Man]

I will say they're not done with it yet, but there will actually be a building in the skyline which will be cool through the window.

[Boston Connor]

Two cranes.

[Con Man]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

That's what Danny Dimes era has brought cranes to the city. They are building a new already mega hotel. Holy Four Seasons or what's that?

[AP Tone]

Four Seasons Indie.

[Boston Connor]

I don't know. Maybe that's a good question.

[Adam Schefter]

I.

[Boston Connor]

Forget it. J Came blue. Yeah.

[AP Tone]

Fountain blue.

[A.J. Hawk]

Fountain. Fountain blue. Like Miami or something.

[Con Man]

W. Maybe because it's a mass. It is a massive space.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. That's the thing about here. If. If we are to city develop. There's a lot of space and it's all flat. Flat. You know, so that's very easy to build as opposed to having to. You know.

[AP Tone]

Could be the biggest red roof in the.

[Ty Schmidt]

I was going to say they should make it the biggest red roof for Best Western just to really.

[Con Man]

That'd be cool.

[Boston Connor]

Wasn't Hol in Kind of the. The standard. Whenever it comes to all those.

[AP Tone]

Yeah, but they don't leave the light on for you.

[Con Man]

I'm. Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Who does that?

[Ty Schmidt]

Motel 6.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, but holiday Inn. Don't they have the breakfast? What was theirs.

[AP Tone]

Yeah, I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, well, that was Holiday.

[D Bu]

Yeah, okay.

[Boston Connor]

Okay.

[A.J. Hawk]

Yeah, I mean, Spring Hill Sweets, they got good continental breakfast.

[Boston Connor]

Turns out it's. They. Do they. Do they have the eggs?

[A.J. Hawk]

Tons of eggs, so all the eggs.

[Boston Connor]

38 story Signia Hotel.

[AP Tone]

Oh, signatures are nice.

[Boston Connor]

Signia. Coming. Oh, yeah.

[Con Man]

It looks wonderful.

[Boston Connor]

It's not a Holiday Inn or Best Western. No.

[Con Man]

Still, be cool. How do you feel about Indiana Jones? Instead of Indiana Jones?

[Boston Connor]

Because his name is Danny.

[D Bu]

No, that's.

[Con Man]

Or Indiana. Indiana 9.

[AP Tone]

Or Indy Jones because.

[Con Man]

Or. Yeah, Indy Jones.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, instead of Indiana Jones. Indy Jones because it plays on there.

[Con Man]

Doesn't play as well.

[A.J. Hawk]

Young people know what Indiana Jones is.

[Con Man]

A new one just came out a year ago.

[Boston Connor]

So I think with Harrison Ford, I've seen them all. And what I like most about them is when they do the. They do the.

[Ty Schmidt]

When he cracks his whip.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Really cool. I also appreciate the fact that he's always carrying that gat on him.

[AP Tone]

He's always got that always on it adventure. Always looking for treasure.

[Boston Connor]

He's always snooping around.

[D Bu]

Which one was your favorite?

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, well, the most recent one, I think was good for the generation that it was trying to play to. But I remember when old buddy was.

[Ty Schmidt]

Doing it back in, she just told me Raiders of the Lost Ar one.

[Boston Connor]

Of your favorite movies. Yeah, it was actual film. It wasn't digital, you know, so it's just a little different quality.

[Con Man]

Well, I'm surprised you weren't a Temple of Doom guy.

[Boston Connor]

Well, the thing about the Temple of Doom is I liked it, but I thought it was just kind of ripping it off, that other one a little. Yeah, I think it was over 2. No, the other one, you were pissed.

[Ty Schmidt]

When Sheila Buff, you know, got cast in it and they tried to pass the hat off and you were like, not my indie.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, just like when I was watching that queen show.

[Con Man]

Queen's Gambit.

[Boston Connor]

No, the Crown. When they changed the queens. Yeah, that's all my queen right there. That's gonna be tough for me to pay attention to. Well, she's older now. It's like, no, that ain't how she's gonna.

[AP Tone]

Kind of like Fresh Prince.

[Boston Connor]

Which one? Aunt Viv.

[AP Tone]

She changed as well.

[D Bu]

She did change.

[Boston Connor]

I don't think I remember being as upset as I was.

[AP Tone]

Well, That's. I don't think culture at that time was getting as upset at things.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. And you know, I thought about this the other day, you know, because, for instance, with Red Zone, whenever I was getting attacked pretty heavily, which for saying we don't care, which wasn't the proper wording. What I should have said is, obviously it's better without commercials. We hope everything had no advertisement advertising. With that being said, con man. Con man.

[Con Man]

I mean, you can just grab yourself a little Jose Cuervo, make it almost better.

[Boston Connor]

And on that note, as we were getting just absolutely murdered and killed for everything like that with the Red Zone channel, I should have said we would rather no ads. But the fact that it exists, like we will still watch, which I hope and assume everybody did, and you couldn't really matter. And espn, I think started getting called a Disney. They don't, they're not going to have two years. They don't even. You know, this is a YouTube TV. This is Google, which awesome, by the way. Love YouTube TV. They're very kind to us and they've been very good. But they're like, Disney, ESPN ruins everything. I saw a lot of that and I, I'm gonna let you know. Yeah, there, there's a lot of things over the past that we have certainly all shared the opinion that you all have in that particular department. I think we all have eyes and a sense of everything like that. But whenever people say, like I used to just wash SportsCenter and it was like the greatest. It was like SportsCenter was also showing you for the first time a lot of shit. Like, hey, here is a highlight play, here's a story. Here's this. Nowadays we see everything fucking immediately, right away. Like everything is happening so quickly. So like having to adjust in how you deliver things I think is a. Is a tough, tough comparison. You know, like trying to compare with what life. Because we all grew up with Sports Center. But also it was like the first time I'm seeing a lot of things with the sidebar. Yeah. You knew when you were. Yeah, yeah. And your team. And you're seeing it, let alone if you lived out of the market. Yeah. From wherever you played. It's like some of the only you're going to see is that so went a vastly different time. And I think this Red Zone changing thing to four 15 second commercials for a total of one minute, which I don't know if I. I was down at the Colts game. So I had. We had Red Zone on tv. Love it. Keeps you updated with Everything. But we didn't. I didn't really feel the commercial break as much as everybody else.

[AP Tone]

Start, Pat. It's just the tip of the spear.

[Boston Connor]

I know, I know, I know it is. And here's what I'm gonna say. And I don't speak for everybody clearly, no matter what they do. I'm gonna watch it. Yep, yep. And I don't like that. I'm telling you, I don't like it, but I'm gonna watch it.

[Con Man]

That's a reality.

[Boston Connor]

It's a great idea.

[Con Man]

It's the best product there.

[A.J. Hawk]

Keep it split screen. Keep it split screen. And we're fine.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, yeah. Gotta do the playthrough. Yeah, that's it. Gotta do the playthrough. All right, let's go to the next overreaction, shall we? This from gambling Gary, the 96 draft, hashtag, I don't want to overreact, but keep that seat warm because old Chuck Pagano might be back in it by Thanksgiving if Jir Alexander keeps getting beat like a drum. The Raven secondary look like a JV team out there. And that's supposed to be their strong, strong suit. Tighten up, Chuck. I don't like that, Gary.

[Ty Schmidt]

I didn't like it either.

[Boston Connor]

These are my first time seeing these. AJ they were obviously picked by Ty. It's a full surprise. I did not know Chuck Pagano was going to catch it in his Italian chins, but I guess that would make sense if Josh Allen's able to come back from being 15, done with less than four minutes against a defense that is highly, highly regarded as being one of the best in the league. Chuck Pagan knows that though. He knows that back into the NFL fire is going to be these type of today's and Josh Allen is an alien in that whole thing. J J Alexander, I think, did talk a little bit about it, playing a really good quarterback here, we got to continue to mold and grow. For what should we think about this Baltimore Ravens defense after what they gave up to Josh Allen?

[D Bu]

I mean, that's, that's tough. Whenever you are a defense and you are on the other side of a quarterback doing something historic. I have personal experience with that. Played against Big Ben and Hines feel at, at the time and I think, I think he threw for like 500, like six touchdowns. Crazy. It was on the field. So that's never a good feeling. But long season ahead, you got a bunch of talent, bunch of first rounders in that secondary. So yeah, as a fan and Gambling Gary probably has some money on it too. But as A fan. You do think that you do lean on that to be one of your strengths to your team. But they will figure it out. They got the talent. They got the coaches. We're not keeping his seat warm for Chuck when he's ready to come back. He'll come back after he hoisted the lumbar party. But, you know, you got to get it done. And Josh Allen is a generational talent at the position, so, like, this will happen. But, yeah, it was. It was ugly. And I can understand where Gambling Gary's coming from, but he's an entire one.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, there's a lot of different options out there. Point across. But I guess keeping a seat warm for Chuck is certainly something that would brighten our day because it would be great to have Chuck Pagano around here.

[D Bu]

Love you, coach.

[Boston Connor]

I don't know how today is for coach John Harbaugh and the entire Baltimore Raven staff. There's some stats coming out about that whole situation that's certainly disappointing. Yikes. I would assume that's not a fun existence over there. I appreciate, though, that Butter said it was my fault. He did, but it's not me. It's not me. But he said. Mr. McAfee jinxed us. He said, I thought I.

[D Bu]

He made it, bud.

[AP Tone]

Then you were at Latrobe.

[Con Man]

How would you.

[Boston Connor]

He's with the Steelers. No, Mr. McAfee wouldn't do that. But I would never. I was on your side. I was excited to see your reaction as the Baltimore Ravens continue to do things that nobody else could do. Derrick Henry, he's 31, faster, stronger than he's ever looked. Lamar Jackson. Doing Lamar Jackson shit on a very regular basis. I was excited for Butter. I was pumped for butter. Yeah, I was pumped for butter. And then Butter started thinking after the game, this guy fucking jinxed us. And I want to let him know it was not purpose if that was the case. AJ I am a Baltimore Ravens fan. I hope the Baltimore Ravens play well. And I think last night was a great AFC playoff game that we're going to see in a few months from now, brother. Don't you think? Yeah.

[A.J. Hawk]

The Ravens. Ravens fans should not, not be freaking out. They know that. They're going to be fine. Lamar Jackson, that offense and their defense is going to be just fine. They ran into a juggernaut, the Bills and Josh Allen. We know that dude is pretty. Pretty damn special. So we just. It was a great game. Here we go. Like, we got plenty more to Kyle Ham figure things out.

[Boston Connor]

Almost blocks that field goal.

[Con Man]

Oh, he could.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[A.J. Hawk]

You see him jumping like, oh, my goodness. I had that.

[Boston Connor]

He was way too clean there. If I'm Buffalo, we need to figure that out very quick.

[A.J. Hawk]

Look at him.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, and he's the guy to do that, too. I mean, he probably has the perfect timing for perfect.

[D Bu]

Oh, and he block out.

[Boston Connor]

Why'd you block out?

[D Bu]

Oh, I can't believe he faded.

[Boston Connor]

Who? I did not.

[D Bu]

Oh, got his ass.

[Boston Connor]

No, I did not. If Kyle Hamilton blocks that.

[D Bu]

That's why he didn't. No, right there.

[Boston Connor]

Don't you turn the audio on. You have to zoom out a little bit, I think. Oh, we'll be back there. Seasons as the Ravens quarterback. Well, look at Garrett, bro.

[Ty Schmidt]

Look at Garrett.

[Boston Connor]

Nobody can stop Cylinders St. Great night. What a star. Doing nothing but greatness. Tackling opportunities against Derrick Henry. You can just about forget about it. This us playing football right here. We got by Pat McAfee in it. What?

[D Bu]

This might be Pat McAfee fault, bro.

[Boston Connor]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[D Bu]

But it might be Pat McAfee fault, bro.

[Boston Connor]

Whoa, whoa.

[Con Man]

He done jinxed us.

[Boston Connor]

No, maybe.

[Con Man]

He done said it.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, he done baited butter. Oh, he even baited butter. No, I didn't.

[D Bu]

Oh, he didn't got me.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, Pat got me. No, I didn't pay you, Butter. I'm on your side, Butter. Bro. It was like after this play, right before the halftime, Pat was like this, y' all year. Oh, I was asking a question.

[D Bu]

Got his ass.

[Boston Connor]

And butter the fill for the bait. What? I didn't say, hell yeah. The Sorry.

[Con Man]

Yeah, bro. He didn't got us. And he seen the Steelers.

[Boston Connor]

Pat wouldn't do that. He wouldn't do that. You're right. He wouldn't do that. You're right. He wouldn't do that. You're right. He wouldn't do that. He wouldn't do that. Right? He wouldn't do that. I didn't. You're right. You're right. That's a man with integrity right there. Exactly. He wouldn't do that. Exactly.

[D Bu]

I might get him the benefit of the doubt.

[Boston Connor]

Thank you, Butter. Thank you, but. Okay, that's good. I'm happy. It took him a long time to get there. Oh, yeah. And that was quite a quick amount of time. I don't know if he was really there yet, but I want to love butter. No, I didn't bait you. I was on your side. I love Jimmy's famous seafood. Yeah, you do. I love. I love the Coach Pagano's there.

[D Bu]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

I would like to see the Baltimore Ravens going now. The Colts all of a sudden are monster are a problem. And we did go to the Pittsburgh Steelers training camp. Doesn't necessarily mean I'm a Steelers fan.

[AP Tone]

Raven didn't invite us.

[Boston Connor]

Would like to see them do well though. I got a lot of friends over there but I. I love Baltimore race.

[D Bu]

Where the coach come from.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, they were in Baltimore. Yeah, they're in Baltimore. Yeah. Then they left. Yeah. Then they came here to Indianapolis. We celebrated that this weekend actually. But I that does. I did not have that on my mind. Of course. I love butter.

[D Bu]

Man of integrity.

[Boston Connor]

I was excited to see Stavi and Bia always year all year. I was pumped for that.

[Con Man]

Need him together.

[Boston Connor]

Need them together.

[Con Man]

That Ravens might need them together too.

[Boston Connor]

Something to think about.

[Con Man]

It's a lot of power.

[Boston Connor]

Might be the most entertaining fan in the entire league. Yeah, I guess there isn't a might be to that. I think they are.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, I think.

[D Bu]

Well, we got deflow. Yeah. We got the flow. Sn get out of hand.

[Con Man]

Yeah, that's true.

[A.J. Hawk]

He's got a lot of Moxley.

[Con Man]

He's a different category.

[Boston Connor]

He had great performance. He. He nailed the hat. Halftime. I'll tell you. Yes. Whenever I heard he was going to do a live show in front of 60,000 people, I was a little bit eager to see how it went. Nailed it. Yeah, he did absolutely nail it. Moxy shine through. That's the flow.

[Con Man]

But he's more singer like you can't compare like Dave Chappelle and Kanye when it comes to art, you know cuz his is comedy, his is music.

[Boston Connor]

Did you see Shane opened up for Zach Ryan at Notre Dame Stadium?

[Con Man]

Did not see the full thing. Saw like five seconds.

[Boston Connor]

I saw a couple of the clips where Shane was wearing a helmet and dancing. You saw that?

[Con Man]

No, I didn't see.

[Boston Connor]

He has full another Dame football helmet on. He's dancing on stage.

[AP Tone]

Obviously that's the first time it's happened.

[Boston Connor]

Absolutely. Dancing with a helmet on.

[AP Tone]

I. I assume it's no a comedian opening up for a musician.

[Boston Connor]

So that's what he said. Actually Zach. Zach asked him if he wanted to go first or second. He was like what the.

[Con Man]

That's what I saw. Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Let me guess. So you're gonna play just until when? 10 o' clock and then I'll just go hit him with some comedy afterwards.

[Con Man]

He said what? What do I go out there and say? So you guys jerk off lately or. Exactly.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. I assume. There he is. There he is. Having a good time. Yep. Yep. On stage in front of everybody. The Whole time. Having a great time. Yep. Good to see you guys. Thank you. We're going to go win national championship now. They got a big game this weekend.

[D Bu]

Huge.

[Boston Connor]

Texas A and M got to win.

[AP Tone]

Can't go.

[Boston Connor]

Hey, college is doing it, man. Yes. It was great with. There's a couple blowouts, obviously. We'll talk to Coach Rule here in a couple days. He won, like, 69 nothing or something. Yeah.

[Con Man]

For like, Miss Mississippi State. It's unbelievable.

[Boston Connor]

They had two wins last year. Okay. And then I got Pete Famell telling me they got this freshman quarterback who's the best quarterback they've had since Dak Prescott, and they're going to play him a couple plays, and I'm like, put the guy in. What do we. He won two games. So my entire thought about Mississippi State was, like, a negative one going into game day, because I'm like, why don't they play the guy that they got? That's supposed to be the guy? I don't get that. Seems like they're trying to lose. Yeah, Right. That place was awesome. Yeah. They got a whole new game set up, I guess. Game ops are crazy down there. They got new intro, new everything.

[Con Man]

The show was crazy.

[Boston Connor]

Everything was sick. And then obviously, they get a huge win. And their fans immediately. I think it's like an engineering school. Immediately get the field goal down and take that thing through town. It's like, shout out to the Bulldogs. Man, I did not expect that. Arizona State obviously did not expect that. And a team that made the College Football Playoff last year and won the Big 12 loses to Mississippi State. And this drums up now when conversations start at the end of the year for College Football Playoff, who's. We'll just throw out a team name that is in our conference that is not in the playoff or winning their conference. Mississippi State, for instance. How many Big 12 teams are supposed to be in there? Because if they had to play in Starkville just one time, are they going to win? Like, that is literally what that feeds. Oklahoma getting a huge win over Michigan. Huge deal, like, for the sec, obviously. And I mentioned that in my pick, but it was real. It was like, hey, the SEC conversation gets real loud around College Football Playoff for good reason. The culture's down there, the environments, the players, the everything. The teams. Awesome, incredible, Great for college ball. But it's always talked about as if it's better than Big Ten, better than the Big Ten, way better than the Big Ten whenever it comes to football on the field. So in the playoff, whenever Ohio State does what it does to Tennessee. Then Ohio State opens up with Texas, the number one team in the country that does that. It's like, people are like, wait a minute, is that a thing of the past? The whole SEC is better than the Big Ten and this Oklahoma team with Mattier and Arbuckle is the offense coordinator and eventables defense, they're for real. So, like, I had a lot of Michigan people that are full panic, you know, and I saw Portnoy's reaction, talking about how he felt like he was lied to or whatever by Bryce Underwood and everything, how good he was going to be. Like, that was his reaction. He was like, very. He's not the only one. There's a lot of Michigan people that are like, very bummed out that I was talking to. It's like, hey, I think Oklahoma is for real. Yeah, I think Oklahoma is the real deal this year. Offensively, whenever you bring in a quarterback and the offensive coordinator, it's like it has worked a lot in the past because the quarterback knows exactly what to do on every single play. So you can make everybody else catch up, but if everybody else knows what to do and the quarterback doesn't, like, you're going to be slow, you're going to be behind because he's the one making the decisions. When the quarterback knows every aspect of the offense, it's like. And then you plug in better athletes and better players at all the sports spots. And then Venables has that defense. It's like, I think Oklahoma's real deal. Like, I think they are very good, A.J.

[A.J. Hawk]

I think they're great. I mean, talk about the confidence they have in materials. Well, they were. You, you showed it earlier. They run a double move backed up in your own end zone. Okay. Like, you must feel pretty good about what your offensive line can do and what your quarterback is able to do. What a beautiful ball right here too. But Mater is a player, bro. I, I really enjoy watching him. And good for Venables. I think Venables is a, a great personality for all of college football.

[Boston Connor]

Very Jack too. We saw him on the set there for college game day. He's. He's pretty built, good intensity. Always, always very cool to me and to the show. Says he watches show, knows the shows exist, which is pretty cool. But he's always gonna have a good defense.

[D Bu]

They were flying around and hitting so hard. Michigan, those boys are flying around and hitting too. But that was a very, very violent, violent football game. Big time win. I love material too. Like just his, his awareness as like a great Quarterback, great throw. But his awareness is a ball carrier like him just knowing like the spatial awareness he has. And traffic is very, very special. Big time win for the sec. It's a big time loss from the SEC too. Who Boys down in Gainesville.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, we got a little USF on a little bit of a heater here. Byron is a dog. The quarterback and USF coaches were seen celebrating afterwards. I think they know they got a team and the Florida Gators needed this one. I think we all thought that Billy Napier and DJ Lagway and the Florida Gators were for real this year. We all thought maybe Billy Napier culture has settled in and they're going to do their thing. USF gets a massive win. A grammatica hits a walk off game winner down there and I picked against usf. I think we all need to just start having a little bit more respect. And I think I was talking to Edrin James and he said USF's got a lot of Florida boys.

[D Bu]

Yep.

[Boston Connor]

Anytime Florida boys take on Florida boys, there's a lot. It's a little bit different. He said it's. It's hard to judge those particular games as if it's any other game. Is that an accurate depiction?

[D Bu]

Oh yeah, very, very much so. And I feel like he's like that a lot of places. Even the receiver from Oklahoma, he was a Michigan kid that wasn't offered by Michigan. So you, that's everybody in South Florida. You want to go to um, you want to go to Miami, you want to go to Florida State, Florida, all these big schools and you kind of probably get overlooked and go to usf. And you remember when we were in the Big East? Oh yeah. Like I think you might have talked about a little bit on game day. Like recruiting old South Florida boys are gross. And everybody else, like they built the powerhouse. I think they got ranked like number two or three in the nation at one point just by recruiting their kids. And you have that chip on your shoulder. The coaches know that you saw the coach's reaction up in the press box. Like that's something you rarely see. I don't know how much it actually happens. That's something you rarely see as a fan outside of the building. But yeah, you can build up a program quick and it's hard to judge those type of. I guess it would be considered a rivalry game. But if I grew up and we played each other in high school school. But you were the five star and I was a two star. But I felt like I was better than you when I'M lined up on you on Saturday with this jersey on. It's going to mean a little more for sure.

[Boston Connor]

Yep.

[AP Tone]

And do you know who USF has this Saturday?

[D Bu]

Oh yeah, definitely know.

[Boston Connor]

The Hurricane.

[D Bu]

Yeah, definitely.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. They're all playing each other. I like that they're all playing each other. Cuz Florida still got Florida State and Miami I think on. On the horizon and everything like that. Miami also doing the same thing. And that's, you know, you talk to Florida football people, it's like, hey, these games right here are going to be showtime. They are going to be real Showtime. I guess SMU's got a bunch of Florida boys too, from what I've been told. So, like how SMU does, obviously they lose to Baylor in a thriller, which I think everybody was kind of calling for. Whenever you're thinking about that game. 48, 45. Yeah. I think is what that game ended up being. But smu, I guess they're playing Miami and Edge was like a lot of Florida boys on Smith. So like rule out everything whenever they play. It's like, is this a new stat that I need to start looking for? Hey, where. Where are the Florida boys at and when do they play against the Florida schools? Adrian was talking like, yeah, that's real.

[AP Tone]

I think because Rhett Lashley came from Miami, if I'm not wrong, and he brought a bunch of Miami dudes with him, you know, just. He knows.

[Boston Connor]

Yes.

[Con Man]

And like recruiting people talk all the time about like recruiting your own state in your own area and how important that is. Like you're the team. Like if USF goes on and swinging sweeps all the Florida teams, all of a sudden you're that school in Florida. And I'm not saying they're going to like flip recruits or anything like that, but you get one or two more guys from South Florida that different school doesn't get just because you do end up being the best team in South Florida. That probably changes a lot of stuff for your program.

[Boston Connor]

They were problematic for us when we went down there. I mean they, the Shop Boys maybe party like a rock. Party like a rock star. Is that the. The Shop Boys? I think so. They had a concert outside the stadium. Whenever we went down and played there one night, it was a big deal. They had a concert outside. Full free festival.

[D Bu]

Buck Stadium.

[Boston Connor]

Right.

[D Bu]

Same Raymond James y the whole thing.

[Boston Connor]

It was the first time playing there, I think. Okay, and are the Yankees down in that area too?

[Ty Schmidt]

Yes.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, that was Rich Rod's only time I've ever seen him use a Prop, we went down there, they're having a festival. They're having a concert. It's a Thursday night game. I think they're selling out. They think it's going to be the biggest home attendance or whatever. And he said, we just drove by their facility. He said, we have become the fucking Yankees. Okay? And he pulls out the Yankees hat and his NY on it or whatever and he goes, and this USF team thinks they've arrived. Not fucking yet is what he was. So we all wore Yankees hats into the building. We lost. And I'll tell you what, I don't think Rich Rod probably to this day day will ever do any of that ever again. Ever again.

[Con Man]

You leave them in the locker room after.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, I have no idea where those things were. They did not make their way back.

[Con Man]

Yeah, I know.

[Boston Connor]

It was a. That USF team was problematic for us because they were fast. Yeah, they're very fast and very tough. And with our offense, if you get penetration, you can kind of stop us. And by stop and slow us down at least nobody was going to be able to really stop us. And they had a team back.

[D Bu]

Oh, yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Feels like they got one now. Yeah, Feels like they got a real team.

[Con Man]

They're still very fast.

[Boston Connor]

You know who else has a team?

[Con Man]

Who's that?

[Boston Connor]

You see that? Cy Hao. Wow. Wow.

[Con Man]

Rocco Beckt is a first round draft.

[Boston Connor]

He's a guy. Yeah. Rocco Beckt is an adult. He is playing college football. Iowa State gets a massive win over Iowa in the Cyhawk Bowl. Comes down to a 54 yarder for Kardi. I said that Drew Stevens, the kicker for Iowa is going to hit a game winner. Instead it was Kardi. This was a very kicker dominant game. A lot of the first nine points I think scored were all from kickers. Obviously a game winner kick. Both kickers very talented. What did you learn from the game? Ty Schmidt as Iowa State and Tyrese Halliburton are dancing in the faces of Iowa Hawkeyes fans.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, I mean that's. That's probably the biggest thing. Listen, Iowa State's better this year, but I haven't thought about this game since it ended. Iowa State folks will celebrate this, bring it up every time they can over the next year and that's fine. You know, you can do that. They have that. That right because they won. I may have put too many chips into the mark. Gronowski's gonna save us, you know, basket. He's not, unfortunately. He's just not. And I'm. I'm not gonna rip on the guy. Because their skill. You, you facetime me on Saturday night and you were with Dallas Clark and me and him kind of just had a nice little two minute like hey, what the. Going on with the Hawks, you know, real quick and, and he was, he was very complimentary still, obviously.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, he believes, he believes.

[Ty Schmidt]

And I believe too, you know, for, for an extent, you know, or to an extent, their skill position players just aren't good. Receivers don't get open. They don't have the, the batch of tight ends that they usually do. So, you know, you're kind of asking Granowski to be Josh Allen. Well, there's only one Josh Allen, you know, so.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, maybe two. Justin Herbert.

[Con Man]

Oh, maybe.

[Ty Schmidt]

But his name is just his name.

[Boston Connor]

Maybe four.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, but, yeah, but those guys, NFL quarterbacks, those are their names. I'm saying this guy, you know, he, he was good playing against the, the lower competition. Iowa State's good, but I, I'll be honest with you, really. Ever since the Iowa's offense started looking like this. So what, 10 years ago, maybe like right at, maybe close to right after I graduated from college, I said if Iowa loses a game, for the most part, you know, it's fun coming on here and going ape. Cuz I do care there. But I'll tell you what, when the packers look like they did on Sunday, oh my gosh, it's very.

[Boston Connor]

He's already given up.

[Ty Schmidt]

It's very easy to say, okay, national champ. I'm not gonna spend another second thinking about the 13 points that I was scored on Saturday because they should have won that game. They should have. They played like hammered dog like they kind of do every week. Rocco Beckt is good. He threw for like 122 yards. So first round draft pick maybe, but you know, but I was dead. Defense is still pretty good. If they could just get a guy who's halfway decent playing quarterback just halfway.

[Boston Connor]

Well, you're not going to get any wide receivers. You think wide receivers are running. You're running a Tebow.

[Con Man]

The, the wishbone.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, the wishbone.

[D Bu]

And that's that Rude. That's all the quarterback.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah. He's had like the worst start in the history of college football. He's, he's completed like 48 passes for like 127 yards or something.

[Con Man]

Game.

[Ty Schmidt]

It's bad, it's not good. But you're right, you know, we get a couple transfers in there, like, hey, this guy was number three at Northwestern, he wants to come play at Iowa. It's like, well, Jesus Christ, this Guy couldn't see the field at Northwestern. We're expecting him to catch 100 balls and have 1200 yards this year. Give me a break. No way. Iowa needs to rush for 450 yards every single week.

[Boston Connor]

That's fun to watch too, right?

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, I don't mind it because listen, I got, I got the flashes, the packers now, so, you know, I, I can kind of balance. I can have the best of both worlds. You just watch a hard nosed, gritty, shitty, boring football game on Saturday for three hours and it. I actually tweeted, I was like, you know, what is this Iowa offense maybe like giving me a stroke because I was smelling something burning. Luckily, that wasn't the case. There was just, you know, I had had a problem with my furnace, so that's what I was smelling. It wasn't.

[Boston Connor]

I turned them on for the first time.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, exactly.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, exactly. Lights and fire, anything.

[Ty Schmidt]

Well, it turns out I got a blower out, so I'm gonna have to get my furnace fixed. So that was kind of just another one, two punch on top of the. But, you know, hey, the Hawks are going to do what the Hawks do. Probably not going to go to the playoff this year, unfortunately. But they could still make some noise. And now it's just, hey, let's try to ruin Oregon season or let's try to ruin Penn State season. That's. That's really where I'm at. Yeah, it's unfortunate.

[Con Man]

You could think about having a little bit of the Cuervo's Devil's Reserve, maybe to help help you out on those Saturdays. A little, little tequila.

[Ty Schmidt]

And there's nothing I love more than green booze, you know, so it's a green bottle. It's a green bottle. Crack this thing open and have a.

[Boston Connor]

You know, guess what?

[Con Man]

Clear booze.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Okay.

[Ty Schmidt]

Okay, you're right.

[Boston Connor]

Because I am.

[Ty Schmidt]

I see this on the, on the. In the stores. I'm grab my.

[Boston Connor]

I'm just tractor be explain to them what it is.

[AP Tone]

Conor and I had a whole mess of it weekend.

[Con Man]

Yeah. What you don't understand is that the Cuervo's Devil Reserve is a sweet, tropical, spicy infused tequila that is smoothly and devilishly good. And for the record, it is delicious. I'm not tequila guy, but when I do drink it, it is Devil's Reserve and it is fantastic. It's time to listen to the little devil on your shoulder pour around his shots and get ready to raise a little bit of hell.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Con Man]

Go to your left. Local liquor store to go or go to quo.com. to purchase your own bottle of mischief. That's what Ty means by, like the green bottle, the green coloring. It's not. It's not green liquid. It's just a green bottle. And you can see the bottle does kind of wreak a mischief. You know, when you. When you look at it, you can see h. Maybe that.

[Boston Connor]

Maybe a lot of mischief. This guy up to. What is the devil up to?

[Con Man]

That guy up to. There's that devil on my shoulder.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, oh, is that. No, that's not the devil.

[Con Man]

That's just a little bit of Cuervo's devil's reserve. But remember, you must be 21 years of age to consume alcohol. And please drink responsibly or you'll end up like Mitt.

[Boston Connor]

That's right. And many others. Sweet, tropical, spicy Boom. Cuervo.

[Con Man]

Cuervo's devilish reserved, baby raising hell. Devilishly good.

[Boston Connor]

Hell yeah. I was going to read about you guys. Wow.

[Con Man]

Why am I helping, man?

[Boston Connor]

I do like that. The Iowa Hawkeye football team immediately leads to a booze advertisement.

[A.J. Hawk]

No.

[Boston Connor]

Okay.

[Ty Schmidt]

I didn't know how it works.

[Boston Connor]

Hey, that's Big Ten football.

[Con Man]

It is.

[Boston Connor]

That's Big Ten football. It is.

[Con Man]

Amen.

[Boston Connor]

How long are you guys going to do that over there in Iowa? Who knows? Let's move along. Did you see the University of Louisiana Monroe punter?

[Con Man]

Yes.

[Boston Connor]

Name is Mackenzie Ryan. Okay. And although their team got their asses beat and this wasn't his best punt, what he did at the end of it was certainly disaster. Terrible. Out of Australia, lad hits a little worm banner down the right hash. Oh, no, he's breaking free. Who's gonna stop him? I got him. Lariat clothesline from hell. From Mackenzie Ryan as he roughs it up with the boys a little bit afterwards. Alabama would go on to score just a few plays later, but nonetheless, a punter with a massive hit should be showcased. Not his best pun, I think he would even say. But obviously a lot of people following each other. Other. That's not good. Never want to see anybody stack behind each other in punt returns. Mackenzie said, let me go ahead and get underneath the block and lay his ass out. I assume he played some sort of rugby or Aussie rules football over in Australia. And that move right there. Yeah, that is an Aussie rules football. Certainly. Maybe a play. And then flexing on him too, letting them know that, hey, listen, you guys might win by 40, but you'll never forget the time Mackenzie R. Pow. Right across your kisser. I love that. I love everything about it, A.J.

[A.J. Hawk]

That'S the only thing that can save an explosive return.

[Boston Connor]

Right.

[A.J. Hawk]

Like, coach is going to be pissed. Everyone's going to be pissed. But hey, at least our punter got to have a little highlight shot. I'm sure that was run all over Sports Center.

[Boston Connor]

If it was a ban, if that was a home game, Place would have went crazy. Whenever I tackled Trend and Holiday, every time I made a tackle play, Place made noise. But when I tackled trending, Holiday, Place went pretty apeshit. And they were getting the ball at the fifth. Peyton Manning is getting the ball at the 50. Yeah.

[D Bu]

Great return.

[Boston Connor]

I completely failed. I completely failed my job. Everything that we did was wrong. Supposed to be a touchback, wasn't a touchback. Trinity Holiday gets a massive return. Nobody's covering shit. They're supposed to be trapped back there because Peyton Manning's very good. So we're trying to give him a long field now. I think I did have six inside the 20 when it came to punting. I think it was very long for field. Maybe the best I game I've ever had. Nonetheless. The kickoff, though, getting all the way out there sucks. This is not good. This is terrible for all parties. Huge hit. Place goes crazy. Get the sideline. Everybody's like, yeah, that was ass, bro. That was the worst start that we could possibly have.

[D Bu]

Kept him out of end zone.

[Boston Connor]

Yes, you did, baby.

[Con Man]

D butt.

[D Bu]

That's the first play of defense kickoff punk. You set the tone.

[Boston Connor]

I wore a defense jersey. Yeah. Hell yeah. In practice. And Vinnie was on the offense. So that was always. That was always very real. But anytime anybody cheered for a tackle, I was always like, if I'm tackling, we. We up pretty good. And that was normally my thought. Panicking, running through. And also, let's make sure they think they can get the edge. Yeah. Always. Yeah. We're bait and tackle. Yeah. We are a fishing shop. We are going to bait them to think that they can get by and then we're going to tackle them. I saw somebody for the Buffalo Bill kills. Oh. If they're gonna do the bait and tackle. Yeah. You gotta make sure any of their safeties.

[AP Tone]

It happened all night long to their safety.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. You got to be able to close that distance.

[Ty Schmidt]

Correct.

[Boston Connor]

That is the whole entire.

[Con Man]

Could have been Taylor turns it on pretty quick.

[D Bu]

That's a nightmare. As a deep. A deep defender, a safety. Like that's the one Saturday night. That's when you think, especially playing against Derrick Henry. And that hole opens up 53. Because just because you want a safety on Kickoff, like, you know, there's two safeties. You're the middle safety pretty much. When you are that post safety and you got 22 or anybody that looks like this guy coming down and hatching at you, that is a nightmare.

[Boston Connor]

See for you guys, I think the, the, the runners with the ball have respect for you guys. Okay? So for most kickers and punters, not a lot of respect. So in warmups, I'm trying to give little pieces of intel into their brain. Like, hey, run rate by me. You know, like run right by me. I'm slow, I'm on athletic. So then hopefully in the game they actually do that. This one's tough, that one's tough. Come to Phil and then he just runs right by you. That's the bad. You gotta close that sideline. But nonetheless, Derrick Henry's done that to a lot of people. Yeah, he's done it. And thank you. I never had to do that.

[D Bu]

The first. Can you imagine playing this guy in high school? Like the craziest, the craziest stat I heard this weekend. Yeah, this is guys in his ninth year in the NFL, has had all these records and still hasn't reached, I think. What is he like 600 yards away?

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Con Man]

Now he's like 500 from his high school total.

[D Bu]

We play like 10, 11 games in high school. Maybe like that is absolutely ridiculous.

[Boston Connor]

He had to be the absolute king.

[Con Man]

Oh yeah, he had 13,000.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. He rushed like 13,000 touchdowns a game.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, 11.

[D Bu]

It's insane.

[Con Man]

So that was midway through the game. So he had, he ended up right.

[Boston Connor]

He finished with what, 12, 124 yards in high school.

[D Bu]

High school.

[Boston Connor]

How many touchdowns? I assume he had like eight. Touchdown.

[Ty Schmidt]

180 probably.

[Boston Connor]

Oh my gosh. Think about how much fun high school had to be for him. That's why he's so mature. He had everything offered to him whenever he was like 14. All right, let me get past this. And then he's like the. In the gym, he does all the insane workouts and I mean he's been great since the day we saw him.

[Con Man]

That record.

[AP Tone]

153.

[Boston Connor]

153 rushing touchdowns.

[D Bu]

That high school record.

[Con Man]

Yeah, that high school record got broken. I'm, I'm pretty sure by. I thought Naj wasn't there. An absurd.

[Boston Connor]

This says 153 rushing touchdowns over four seasons in a senior year rush for an astounding 4261 yards and 55 touchdowns.

[Ty Schmidt]

Pretty good year.

[Boston Connor]

Breaking multiple Florida single season records and setting a national single game. Recording 510 yards and 11 game. Jesus.

[Con Man]

Yeah, I think Najee Harris broke his some of his high school records, not all.

[D Bu]

That's crazy.

[Boston Connor]

All right, let's make some picks for tonight's game. Let's get the hell out of here. Today is a good day.

[Con Man]

Great day.

[Boston Connor]

I'm thankful we're here.

[Con Man]

Great game tonight too.

[Boston Connor]

I agree. NFC north is going to have a lot of implications down the road. So tonight is very important. The J.J. mcCarthy era starts. The Ben Johnson Caleb Williams era starts. Will Kevin OConnell maintain his offensive greatness with a brand new corner quarterback that had to sit out his entire rookie year with an injury? Everybody has said that J.J. mcCarthy is a guy. Will he be tonight? We shall see. As he takes on his hometown Chicago Bears Ben Johnson. There's a new sheriff in town. Actually more accountability. A little bit more of a hard ass. Will that pay off or will that hurt them? Will he lose the locker room early like other hard asses have if their team doesn't win? Or will this Chicago Bears team be everything that we hope Caleb Williams could be in his NFL career? The current spread still one and a half.

[AP Tone]

Yes, it is.

[Boston Connor]

Minnesota favored on the road. Tone, what do you like in this?

[AP Tone]

I like the over first and foremost.

[Boston Connor]

Okay. Think both offenses are going to do well even though both defenses seemingly will be better from the jump.

[AP Tone]

Yes. But just the the injury news in the secondaries that Schefter talked about. So I kind of like the over in that situation and I'm going to go with the Bears.

[Boston Connor]

Okay. You like the Bears. D Bu. I heard you made the picks in the comments section. Somebody made a very nice graphic. That was a beautiful graphic.

[D Bu]

I wish they didn't because.

[Boston Connor]

I didn't even bring it up. You noticed I didn't even bring it up earlier. Knew it existed, didn't want to talk about it. We're all going to hit the ball and then miss the ball every once in a while. Tonight though, we can make it up. What have you done for me lately? Who do you like? How do you like it?

[D Bu]

Oh, remaining returning decoordinator Flores. They did really good against the Bears last last year on third down especially. But you mentioned new sheriff of town. I am on the Caleb Williams is going to be good with Ben Johnson train, but I'm not going against my former teammate Koc. I think JJ McCarthy shows up and Justin Jefferson definitely shows up big time tonight. So I'm going with the Vikings on the road. Getting a big time game on Monday.

[Boston Connor]

Night Football 8:15 on ESPN and ABC. ESPN2 will have the Manning brothers and assignments simulcast. It should be a magical evening of Hennessy North Football. AJ Are you going with the Minnesota Vikings? Minus 1 1/2 with D. Buch Yes.

[A.J. Hawk]

I am going to take the Minnesota Vikings. I mean, being favored on the road, that's got to be a little bit. I'm sure the Bears are pissed off and Ben Johnson are pissed off about that. I think the Bears will be there. I think Caleb will be good. I just think it might take a little bit of time with Ben Johnson to figure it out.

[Boston Connor]

Just like Jared Goff with his new oc. Yep. And everything. I think who yes, Jared Goff.

[Con Man]

Oh, you remember Gooflovsky is what everyone's.

[Ty Schmidt]

No, a lot of people are it's.

[D Bu]

The year of Go.

[Boston Connor]

I think it might take a little bit for Caleb and Ben. Just from what we've heard, I think there is greatness in there. But just like everybody else is saying and if you want to use us as motivation, you certainly can. I'll take the Vikings as well. All right. We'll be back tomorrow. We can't wait. We're so thankful for all of you. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice that might change their life. Football season's back. Let's enjoy it all. Team on me. Team on three. One, two, three. Team goodbye.

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[AP Tone]

You've seen the headlines, heard the debates.

[Boston Connor]

The three point ball has created a.

[Ty Schmidt]

Monotonous rhythm to the game.

[Boston Connor]

Has the three pointer ruined basketball? And how did we get get here? The rise of the three point shot.

[Ty Schmidt]

Can be partially traced to an eccentric.

[Boston Connor]

Kansas genius named Martin Manley, whose story didn't turn out quite the way he imagined.

[Con Man]

I decided I wanted to have one.

[Boston Connor]

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