Brooks Koepka, NFL Week 3 Picks And Previews + The Niners Are A Wagon

Hey, Part of my Take Listeners You can find every episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. On today's Part of My Take. NFL Week Three picks and preview. Fantasy Lad Boys. And our good friend Brooks Kefka in person, we went out and golf with him today, we talked Ryder Cup.

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No place to hang out or wash in. And then I can't game all on the sun.

Oh, no, we're going to rock down to Electric Avenue and then we'll take it higher.

Oh, we're going to rock down to Electric Avenue.

It's part of my take, even about martial sports.

Yeah, Brock Party's really fucking good.

Yeah, okay.

I like, I still like Brock, I think I think he, I think he's better than just a system guy.

I like Brock, too, but there's a lot of times he throws passes and then his receivers are so fucking good that it doesn't matter. Or they're so wide open. It doesn't matter. Or that one where he threw that was a terrible pass and then got tipped up and then caught for like a 20 yard.

I like Brock Party. Where to hit his receiver? What? where to hit his receiver?

Uh, it was wildly overthrown in the hands. Yeah, but I like Brock Party, but this was maybe the first time, maybe it's because it was a primetime game where I was like, Brock Party's good. The guys around him are really fucking good.

Yeah, one thing Kyle Shanahan has actually kind of figured out. Um, is that the one place on the football field where there are very few defenders is behind the line of scrimmage? So maybe just throw a lot of passes there because they're very hard to pick off.

They're just, I mean, the defense is fucking phenomenal. They just bottled up the Giants and I. I don't even like the. The 49ers are now at a point where, uh, through. I know it's early in the season, but we obviously know last year they were a very, very good team. When teams lose to them, I don't even ding the team, I'm not even saying like the giants are trash.

I think that division is the best teams in the NFC.

Okay, uh, but either way, the giants like that was a tough road trip for them. They're wanting to going back home. Uh, the 49ers are just that much better than pretty much every team in the NFC and maybe every team in the NFL.

I want to, I want to tip my cap to the UH, to the officials for what they did right before halftime tonight. Yeah, a little dust up on the field between Trent Williams, I forget who on the Giants it was against. Uh, they didn't throw anybody out, even though both players kind of threw punches at each other.

Uh, Danny Dimes not so good in primetime. I think it's. I don't even know what his record is at this point, but it's very, very bad. He had a tough night again, very tough team to play against. Not a ton of weapons. Saquon's out, but he was 137 yards, which is hard to do in an N.FL game, especially when you throw the ball 32 times. I feel like.

Danny Danny Dimes can throw some Danny Dimes as long as they don't get a big hole, you know, like, as long as it's a close game, he can break off a couple of passes. But when you're expecting a pass from the Giants, they're not really able to air it out on you.

This also was like one of those games where, uh, the Giants use so much effort. Coming back against the Cardinals and Daniel Jones was so phenomenal in that second half. He, like, he wasn't, he didn't run the ball tonight. Like you didn't see the full Danny Dimes when he's, when he's actually playing very well. But yeah, the 49ers are fucking awesome and I don't know.

Let me ask you this big cat while you're looking that up. If the Superbowl were today, do you think that the 49ers would win it? Yes, I think so, too. I think that they're the best team in the NFL today.

Well, they were, they were the only team ready to play today, cause they weren't counting the giants as being ready to play. Oh great, the UH 49ers play the Cardinals next week. Uh, that's awesome.

Very excited about the matchup against the Cowboys, Yes.

Yes, um, okay, so yeah, giants, uh, go home, play the Seahawks, I think they're playing next.

So a long week, yeah, minibuy, yeah.

Minibuy. Brian Dable was thrown throwing flags around, was getting angry. I like to see that fight.

He was ready to play.

He was ready to play, uh, but yeah, not a great game for the Giants tonight.

No party, no birthday party for his kid. Actually. If you're going to have a party, Brian, this is the Saturday to do it.

Oh, they got it, uh, seahawks at, dolphins at bills, and then commanders. That is not easy.

Nope.

The Giants could very well be like a two win team going into November. Yikes, but that's also kind of what we expected when it comes to the regression monster that is biting the Vikings and the Giants right now. From last year's like incredible runs, I'll go ahead and make a prediction.

If they are, if they only have two wins going into November, I think the Giants will be the best to win team in the entire NFL going into November.

I like that the friskiest to win team.

They're not, they're not that bad.

I also think that we do need to. I know you're maybe more in on Brock, I like Brock Purdy, I think he's a good quarterback. But I think that for the sake of, like, being able to talk about the 49ers. Cause it's boring to talk about a team that's dominating, dominating everyone. We need to keep alive like the is Brock Purdy good?

Yeah.

I think, I think for our own like, you know, fodder, do we trust?

Him in the playoff, right? We don't know.

We won't know till he gets to the play.

Is he injury prone? Right? We don't know, right.

Cause like that is really what that's all Brock Purdy is at this point because I think he's asserted himself as a bonafide N.FL starter. He's a good quarterback. But then we get to just have the discussion game on the line. Brock Purdy has got to go, you know, 80 yards. Do we trust him?

And it is. It's shocking if you watched a lot of college, a lot of college games where he was playing at Iowa State, where it's Brock Tober, it's Brock Tober, but outside of Brock Tober, you watch a lot of big noon kickoff. He goes out there, it doesn't play that well. It takes a while to unsee all the stuff that you've seen already.

Yeah, but it goes back to what we talked about on Sunday. Hank, Like the Niners at this point, you just if you're a Niners fan. You just want to play the playoffs right now. Because they're ready, they are ready, they're the first. I'm gonna say right now, the Niners have clinched a playoff.

Birth congratulations.

Congratulations to the San Francisco 49ers, that's huge. Also, the Kansas City chiefs have officially won the AFC West.

Congratulations to the chiefs.

You're going to say both of those, we were the first to have it. So when it happens, please credit part of my take.

Congratulations to the New England Patriots on drafting Caleb Williams with the first overall pick.

Oh, wow, Hank, you're not going to, oh, you're booing, why are you booing? cause you want them.

Memes Would you? Would you rather lose this game or beat the Patriots this game? And now they get Caleb Williams.

Answer correctly.

Oh, okay, so Memes is laying down the white flag.

Yeah, go pet his belly hank, it's over. Um, okay, let's get to the rest of the slate.

But no, they're all good dogs.

They're all good, but I have a bone to pick. And I think we need to start being more vocal about this. This is something we've talked about in the past, this is something we have stood on firmly. The nine early games and three late games is an abomination.

It's tough.

It's it should be seven and five.

It's an abomination to the Lord, and looking at the late slate, it's not good. It's an abomination to the Lord. Yes, this, this schedule, whoever made this schedule. Roger Goodell.

Well, they thought they thought a couple of teams, the Bears, would be good. Uh, but either way, well, we need to know this is the worst part is.

That there's only one three, oh five game, right? So we're going to be watching the Panthers and the Seahawks for 30 minutes.

Three, oh five, shouldn't exist, it should be seven games early, five games late, and all of them starting at the exact same time. You have the 12 o'clock central time, or one o'clock, and then the three 25 or four 25, uh, for the late games. Don't do the thing where we have to be like, Oh shit, this game's about to start, we gotta get our bets in and don't do the thing where we have three games.

We're cutting into a third, it's tapering off, can you, Andy Dalton?

Yeah.

But then on on Monday, we've got the double header, which is nice. I do wish that the games were a little bit more staggered on Mondays. I don't, I don't like that.

There's so much, it's a double header, but it's not a double header that's called third inning, which I like.

When I remember that one year, we had Mike Golick, Mike Greenberg and Mike Dicka on the broadcast, Mike and Mike and Mike, and we had the Chris.

Berman the pun is blocked.

Yeah.

The classic call, but yes, it is, fix it, NFL. You do almost everything, right. We don't complain about a lot.

That's not true.

We complain about some stuff, but we're not like Florio, right? We don't complain like Florio.

I'm willing to admit that my life is better because football is in it, yes, but that because because we love it so very dearly. We want to have the most amount of football possible.

This is just a such a simple fix that they could easily do that. I'm just begging you, asking you, cause I think next week's the same thing. Like, there's no rhyme or reason for it. I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll go halfway.

The problem is when, when you're watching, like a loaded early slate of games, there's too many games on to pay attention to at once. And then the afternoon, you've got all the games that you don't want to pay attention to on at the exact same time, right? It's like wasted calories, empty calories in the three o'clock.

All right, so let's get into the Games, as we've been doing this year. We're going to talk about, uh, the early slate, what games are going to be on TV. Uh, we actually fixed it, though we. We actually were able to watch every single game last Sunday because we got the YouTube multi-view, which is nice, but the main TVs, uh, let's start with Bill's commanders.

So, I mean, also the Jets and Patriots for sicko reason, for sicko reverted reasons.

Yeah, that that will be on there, but it's own two versus own two. But Bill's commanders?

Yeah, no one-on-one, what?

Oh, yeah, the jets are one-on-one, that's right. Yeah, that's right.

I'm very well, I'm, I'm already scared, but go ahead.

Uh, Josh Allen has 57 wins in his career. How many of those 57 wins are by seven or more points?

Uh, a lot of them.

I'm going to say 24, 30, 43 of the 57 are by seven or more points. Uh, so the the point spread is right around there. It's six and a half. But I I think the commanders are ready for this game.

Well, so I'm I'm teetering on the edge of delusion when it comes to the, I'm always teetering on the edge of delusion just in life. But when it comes to the commanders, I'm feeling like, if we win this game, I'm thinking NFC Championship game. I said, I'm thinking that, like, the commanders are for real, for real, if they win this game, if they lose. I can just be like, Okay, we just need to steal one from Philly. And I'm happy at three, I'd be very happy at three and one.

I told you, if the commanders are three and one, they're for real, for real.

I think they're for real, for real, if they win this game, if they win this game. I'm almost thinking, Soupy, big cat, that's how delusional I'm getting. Why not? uh, why not us?

He's still good. I have a good stat for you, though. Last five years. Teams after playing in Denver are 24 and 10 against the spread.

Because our bodies are just soaked in oxygen.

You feel saturated with the Ox coming out of the mile high. And, uh, by the way, we don't have Jake here because he's in Atlanta for the M.L.P. Major League. Pickleball, Uh, we have his nerd nuggets, though, yeah.

We'll kick it.

We do a jig voice, at least.

Yeah, I would like to hear that, but first, Max, before you say that. I want to correct the, uh, the air that we had last week and we've seen all over the media. I can't believe I actually blame myself for not speaking up at the time. I forgot about this. You know, the stat about Pittsburgh not losing a home Monday night game in What? Since 1991.?

Thought it was played on like a Tuesday, it was you also wrong about double renegade, people were correcting.

I saw that a lot of people were tweeting.

Well, a lot of people are passionate about double renegade.

I saw that.

I heard the AWS because, like I heard, Double renegade up on Wednesday morning and having all these people be like, you got to get your boy pft in check. There was no double, I heard double.

I heard two renegades, all right, uh, the 2020 game between the Commanders or the football team and the Steelers either. It was played on Monday night, but it was supposed to be like Thursday night football, or it was a Monday night football game that got moved to Wednesday.

I it was not, I know, it was not played on a Monday night. I feel like I can, I feel confident in saying that, Uh, December 7th, 2020 Let's look at a calendar real quick December 7th. Oh, maybe it was played on a Pearl Harbor Day.

So we did. It was like a Thursday night football game that was rescheduled to a Monday night.

So we did beat doesn't really. Yeah, the Covid year doesn't count for anything.

I think this one should count.

That was, that was the Steelers, Yeah, 11 and Oh.

Yeah, the worst 11 and Oh, team of all time, yeah.

That was that was tough, though it's always tough. It was kind of like the Vikings last year. When a team has a record and everyone's like, Well, the record is really good, and it's like, but we know, we know.

I'm going to have all my boys being like, Yo, you got to correct your boy, big cat that was actually played on Monday night.

That was played on Monday night. Yeah, double renegade hurt you.

I heard two renegades, how I heard two renegades, there was one coming out of one commercial break, one coming out of another commercial break.

Was it piped in?

It might've been piped in on the broadcast.

Yeah, they take double renegade very seriously.

I can tell as they should, I can tell as they should. Well, the fact stands that it was immediately after the renegade was played.

That we don't know what, how can we know if there was even one?

Sir, sir, a second renegade.

Um, all right, Max Nerd Nugget. all right. Um, I don't really know how to do it. JAKE VOICE I, I will, I will try and go.

Wow, that's a great, great nerd nugget, Max.

I actually like a radio dj.

Went to school in Maryland, yeah.

I actually think, uh, not only the Maryland connection, but, uh, the fact that Jack Del Rio likes to play man coverage. I think Stefan Diggs is going to eat, eat on.

We'll see Forbes, you're going to have his handful.

Yeah, is he's going to eat? I'm going to, I'm going to bet some props, all right. Next game Falcons at Lions.

He's got the most balance. That run doesn't happen if the defense isn't focused on Kyle Pitts being the most effective decoy of all time. Yes, uh. Arthur Smith versus Dan Campbell.

Well, no, Andy, but if Andy Reed, Oh, you mean justice?

I'm talking about this weekend.

Justice Weekend.

Got it, yeah, two big boys going at each other, Mustache.

I feel like this is the perfect game for the Lions, though with the injuries they have, especially in the secondary. Their defense does not look like it's that much improved.

They've only got one, they've got one dude playing defense, Hutchinson and then nobody else.

Yeah, well, and what's his name? Malcolm? Uh, Rodrigo, uh. But Desmond Ritter doesn't scare me in the slightest.

That's what I'm saying. But the fact that he doesn't scare teams, I feel like, I don't know. They just look like a good football team. Yeah, they look like a good all around team.

I feel like the Falcons are are are going to be a solid team all year. But there will be moments where Desmond Ritter has to do something. It's like, Kenny.

Yeah, and also the Lions have. I think Taylor Decker might be hurt. I think they've got a shitload of Ross St. Brown by practice this week.

Yeah.

So I don't know, I feel like they'll, they'll all play, but I just feel like the people are sleeping on the Falcons. I like the Falcons.

Uh, all right, Max Nerd nugget. The Falcons have been flawless in the fourth quarter of this season, outscoring opponents 27 and nothing in the final 15 minutes in their first two games. Wow, good.

Pretty good.

There's a lot of detail in these two games. Uh, what is it that? That is? Yes, third through two games, that is the best fourth quarter scoring margin.

Yeah, the D. I think the defense is mid in Atlanta. I don't think that they're a great defense, but I think they get to something about the Falcons. They just get the job done.

We didn't talk, uh, on Sunday, cause it's all a blur, but the fact that Jared Goff was so good at a uh, fake uh. He handed the ball off and he pretended that he still had the ball and got hit like five seconds after the play.

Elite, Yeah, I like that, elite, I like that.

I don't like him getting hit for no reason, but something about the guy.

Like, when you do a handoff, I like it. When they do the stick the ball behind their legs, so they hide it, yeah, and then that sets up the fake stick the ball behind your leg again, yep, and then you get a match trick.

Yeah, yeah, I like that. Uh, all right. Next up on the TVs Broncos Dolphins.

That's, I think, that's throwing your money away.

He's pretty good, he's been pretty, pretty good this year. I am, uh, I'm hoping, well, I'm just stating facts now, the betting favorite to win MVP and, uh, I would like to see maybe Vic Fangio revenge game.

Yeah.

Vic Fangio Revenge game Uh, Russell Wilson I. I gotta figure out a way to bet this cause the Broncos through two games and maybe this isn't how it's going to go. But they're scripted. Plays. Russell Wilson in the first quarter has looked great and then it just all falls apart.

It's the first and the second quarter is pretty good last week too, uh, but the second half they just they don't make any adjustments. I don't know what's going on. Uh, you know what?

Also, we get the Miami heat always a story early in the season.

Yeah, I want to see the giant thermometers out there.

I want to see Russ Pugh, I want to see Russ Pugh.

How long do you think it lasts for? Like, Uh, cause the dolphins run the old school, Denver based rushing attack, cause they got Mike McDaniel took it from Kyle, Kyle took it from his dad, his dad coached in Denver.

Still, that's still live in Denver, Colorado. Mike Brown, Orlando scary.

Yep, all those guys, uh, Mike Anderson, Mike Anderson, Mike Anderson.

What was the what was I thinking of? I don't know who I was thinking of. Orlando Scary, though, I remember as well. Yeah, yeah.

That's true.

So we, we kind of tricked ourselves to be like, it doesn't matter who's back there.

Yeah, uh, it really does. But then with, uh, with Sean Payton and Mike McDaniel, I feel like I want to hear Sean Payton's like, truth. Serum thoughts on every single coach in the N.FL. Because, you know, he's got takes, we've heard some of his takes. I want to hear what Sean Payton says behind closed doors about Mike Daniel Cause.

Yeah, probably. Rinky dink football.

Yeah, candy ass, candy ass, yeah.

By the way, the Broncos defense has been bad and I don't know what that was. What would? They were? Basically the last few years, that was the thing that was keeping them in games, keeping them somewhat competitive. It's been bad. I feel like the dolphins might eat.

Yeah, and they're, they're also hurt on defense too, yeah.

Um, okay, nerd nugget. The Dolphins are eight and one at home all time versus Denver. The Broncos loan win in Miami was Jake Voice, you had it here, here.

You got this. Broncos at Dolphins 81 all time versus Denver. The Broncos loan win in Miami was October 23rd, 2011, which was an epic comeback win led by Tim Tebow.

That's right, yeah.

Florida interesting.

That was good, that was good.

I'm going to send it to Hank now, he's going to have to be the guy going forward.

It's definitely the matchup of, uh, the like. Biggest difference in elevation in the NFL, right? Denver to Miami is probably like, or no, probably New Orleans, right?

Yeah.

Below sea level. Anyways, the point stands that Russ Wilson is probably going to puke.

Yes, I would like to see him puke, cause then we can make some fat jokes. It'll be a good time. I just forwarded to you, Hank.

Yep.

Are you nervous about the first game away from the Lighthouse?

No, I think it's good. It's good to get away from the lighthouse, it makes it that much better when you see it on the way back. You know, as any sailor knows, uh, you can't appreciate a lighthouse if you don't go out to sea.

Yeah, there's no such thing as light without the dark, right, right?

Exactly, wait.

So by out to sea, it's interesting. It's interesting that you brought up the Lighthouse hank, because he always does you, always do you love talking about that fucking thing.

Hank, Did you do any research? I did, okay.

Okay.

If you remember, on Wednesday's part of my take, Hank was incessantly speaking of this Lighthouse and said that, Oh well, they probably don't have the current stats and the current roster. When it comes to the Lighthouse facts that I gave, which was that Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was in fact the tallest in the United States. Um, I heard back from Coast Guard because I asked, you? asked me to ask Hank, and uh? Commander Crowell says. Thank you for reaching back out for clarification and for sharing the Lighthouse information with your listeners. The Coast Guard has a long and proud history of managing our nation's waterways, so I hope your listeners enjoyed learning about this mission. To answer your question, yes.

Hank is thinking you when you said close to a waterway, a federal, a federal waterways. Brain started to go into map mode. And I don't think, I don't think his, I don't think Hank's map in his brain is very good.

It's not up to date.

I'm thinking Rhode Island.

There's Hank has, like, four things in his map brain.

You know, you know, Rhode Island's not an actual island, Rhode Island.

It's not that far off away from the water.

Hey, could you draw us a map of America from? from memory? I could draw the outline.

Okay.

So, Hank, So. In other words, it's not a lighthouse if it's not visible.

From a federal body of water and have that's, I mean, that's to be determined whether it is or not yet.

No, I'm pretty sure the Coast Guard looked into that. Mm-hmm.

And what was your, what was your research, hank?

Uh, I, I was watching some videos, trying to find a, uh, you know, some proof to prove PFT wrong.

Okay.

And I stumbled upon one of the, you know, the greatest YouTube videos of all time, probably one of the most viewed videos of all time. I don't think I've ever seen one of those videos ever.

Yeah.

Lighthouses rule You don't like the lighthouse, you suck.

Yeah, drinking out of cups. It's a great video.

Uh, hank, that was your research.

I would actually submit that that I love lighthouses so much that I want to protect them against imposters.

Correct.

You, on the other hand, must hate Lighthouse. You think everything's a lighthouse.

PFT is like, Uh, the people go around looking for stolen valor, but for lighthouses.

Exactly Mm hmm. just like the patriots aren't, you're not really being a true patriot.

If you can't acknowledge that, the United States. I gotta get on a boat, I gotta get on a boat and go up and down the sea line. Cause I think there's, I think there's some, I think you can get it, there's a clear line of sight.

No, there's not hank, you're wrong, it's a fucked up, stupid lighthouse. Um, they call it a non-traditional lighthouse, non-traditional, a.k.a. not a lighthouse, not a lighthouse.

You're it identifies the lighthouse. But we don't accept that.

No, I don't, I don't at all.

Hank, I still, the jury's out on whether or not you can see it from the water.

I still think there's a chance you think that this lighthouse should be able to compete against traditional lighthouse.

This is a to be continued. Hank's going to do some more research.

Hey, he's out of facts, there's no more update everyone. I fucking hate that thing.

Well, Hank, we'll have to do some more PFT.

We were driving by an airfield F 35, F 16, that's a 22 bomber.

Like, I didn't say, I said, I said.

You can't identify planes, you can't identify lighthouses, you might be just structure blind.

I'll get it, I'll get into it, I'll get into a plane off with you any day of the week.

Okay, I love it, all right, to be continued.

Okay, but as far as the football goes, the Jets have not beaten the.

Patriots since 2015 14 consecutive losses.

That's a that's a long time.

That's a long ass time.

Do you think the Patriots can play? Spoiler Hmm, you do. They're ahead of you guys.

Yeah, they are you, actually. I think everyone going into this game, I don't know what the preseason line was for this game. But the patch couldn't have been favored.

I really do think that whoever, oh yeah, with Rogers.

No, you're right.

Whoever loses this game, it's like it's a franchise destroyer.

Yeah, this is a franchise destroying game.

Yeah.

I mean, I wasn't last year. The punt return, one of the greatest games of all time. Absolute barn burner. I'm expecting another one of those this year. Was that last year? yeah.

This is going to be the same exact game.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, three to three.

You got to be pretty nervous for this game, huh? Memes Uh, I'm pretty pumped. I think it's a win.

When was the last time they started? Oh, and two.

They won the Superbowl, but this would be it's good context.

But did you guys win the Superbowl in 2000?

Uh, no, we didn't.

So if you lose this game, you'll be on three. Yeah, all right.

So this is the season.

Yeah, yeah, okay, that's, that's very fair.

I think it's the franchise, okay?

And then meet other win, other win. Uh, Zach Wilson has a humiliating game and then you get a new quarterback next week, okay?

You're the way you're asking makes me think it's going to be shocking.

Matt Jones No Deshaun Watson.

Oh, really, yeah.

That's that is, that is Zach Wilson better than Deshaun Watson? Let's go just try to bump you up, bro. Okay, uh, Hank, are you going to be betting on the Patriots?

You have to.

Okay, give us our nerd nugget.

You said it already.

Oh, which one, 2015..

The Patriots has beaten the Jets 14 straight times in a win. This week. We'll match the team mark for most consecutive wins over an opponent. Parentheses. New England beat Buffalo 15 straight times from 2003 to 2010..

That's so awesome.

Suck it.

Bill's mafia and memes that you geek that. The Patriots have have two of the longest winning streaks of all time against both divisional opponents.

Yeah, I mean, they've owned the division.

You're somehow making me miss, Jake.

You don't like the voice.

No, I'd say, yeah, I miss Jake, I miss the real deal.

I miss it. I think the first one was good. Then you start feeling yourself a little bit too much. Hank No, that was the man.

You think the geek was ad-libbed? Double parentheses? Okay? Next game chargers Vikings.

Yeah, for sure.

Uh, so a couple of things going on with the Chargers right now. Brandon Staley firmly on the hot seat. Also, I'm getting flashbacks to, uh, the Matt Nagy 2018 double Doink. And then the next season carry over. Because, uh, people are asking Brandon Staley about the Jacksonville loss in the playoffs. And so he's having to address that.

As he should.

He keeps saying that the Jacksonville loss hasn't carried onto this season whatsoever. Uh, if you've seen our training camp, if you've seen the way we played the first two games, hadn't, hasn't had any impact on our team whatsoever. I actually would disagree, cause we have seen the first two games. I'm going to say it's a carryover.

I He's in his own head, whatever it is like. I don't know if it's actually the last playoff game, cause he started doing that a little bit last year, you remember?

BRANDON SaLEY Maybe you're just a defensive coordinator and that's not the worst, that's fine.

That's fine.

There's a lot of guys out there. Vic Fangio.

Yeah, Jack del Rio.

Yeah, there's a ton of guys. VANCE JOSEPH Yeah, there's a ton of guys.

Brian Flores Brian Flores the Vikings The Vikings defense is also not very good. So this this screams also just the color scheme of these two teams playing each other. It screams over. This is a good overmatch.

Well, it screams, I'm going to take the over. And then there will be like no less than three or four red zone turnovers. Where you're like, how is this game not over? Uh, but I, it's going to be. I have this game on TVs, it's going to be a fun game. Yeah, also the Vikings signed cam acres. uh, which little throwback cam acres, uh, the the Twitter exchange that always makes me laugh.

Him Well, no, I think the guy was. What was the Twitter avatar of the guy that replied?

Uh, it was. Captain Cush was an ape.

That sounds like an ape.

No, he was just a guy with a sailor hat on, not a board.

Okay.

Captain Cush Oh, oh, oh, three. But yeah, Cam Acres probably not going to change anything. Uh, I did see the funny joke that it was like Cam Acres got signed to the Vikings. So that Alexander Madison's not the worst uh running back on the team.

Yeah, it feels like maybe the Vikings should have kept Alvin Cook around, Maybe I don't know. Instead of going with the guy that they think is Dalvin Cook and some of their press photos, they could have just stuck with the real guy.

That's got to be such a bummer. If you're a backup running back who gets all this probably in. Like, give him more carries, give him more carries, because you get such a little amount of carries. Everyone is like, look at his, look at his flash, look at his legs, and then you get the starting job. It's like, Oh, fuck.

Yeah, it just it happens that, uh. He was getting in on downs when Dalvin was very, very tired and the defense was tired because he ran through him. And so now that he gets in with a fresh defense, it's like, Wait, uh, can we take back? can we do a take? take you backy?

Yeah.

Uh, I think Kevin O'Connell and Brandon Staley look a lot alike, too. I feel like they're cut from the same cloth. Yeah, might be related a little bit, I'm going to look into that.

Yeah, also reminder, because we have to remind everyone the new nightmare. Kirk Cousins. 48, 38 and two against the spread, uh, at the noon slot, and then 21 and 34 against spread, uh, 3 p.m. or later.

Yeah, I like, I like Kirk and this new nightmare, I like Kirk. I also don't think that's, I know, it's easy to to just like, point out. The quarterback Justin Herbert's been pretty good this year, though he's been okay.

The problem is, he's been good, he's not great in the second half, so yeah, his team's like the. It feels like Justin Herbert is a great quarterback. Who? When you need to ice a game away or get first downs, or get some of the like. Even last week against the Titans. They get the ball and overtime, three and out like. And I know they're trying to push the ball down field more, which they should. Because he has an insane arm. But yeah, you got to. I feel like Justin Herbert has to, I. It's a lot to put on him, but I think that the way they paid him and the way he's talked about. He does have to have a couple of hero ball games where it's like, we won solely because of Justin.

Yeah, uh. The good news for the charges, though. Austin Eckler is probably one of the lowest quarterbacks out there.

There's not a lot, but he's getting paid like one, that's my point. It's like, it's not, it's unfair to put that on him.

Like, Daniel Jones is not.

No, he's not, no, he's not that guy. But there are certain guys where it's like, you get talked about in a certain, uh, you know, rarefied air that. Yes, you were expected a couple of games a year to have a game where it's like, you were so fucking good that there was nothing the other team could do. So that's kind of what I'm looking for from Justin Herbert.

This could be it. Austin, Austin Eckler. Being back is a big difference, too. yes, huge difference. I feel like he's the one running back that isn't talked about the way that he should be, given how good he is.

Very good, uh, nerd nugget.

Kirk Cousins has thrown 25 passes to wide receivers Justin Jefferson.

It, this is a different voice.

The fourth most touchdown passes by a QB wide receiver duo in franchise history. The tandem is just one score shy of tying quarterback Warren Moon and Chris Carter for third place all time.

Ooh, okay, that really isn't that interesting of a nerd. The fourth most.

That's that's not good, okay?

For franchise history.

Yeah.

Fourth most watch Who could forget? Fourth most? Well, you think they'll stop the game.

So what is the other one? It's obviously Randy Moss and Culpeper.

Yeah, and then probably it'd be Culpeper and Chris Carter, or Gus Farratt, Chris Carter, probably Randy Moss and whoever like. Came in more context here.

I didn't not to nitpick the Nerd Nuggets. Uh, okay, next game on TV Saints Packers.

Yes.

Good game, Find out who's for real. I don't think the Saints are. I actually don't think either team is that good.

No, I don't think the Packers are very good either. Yeah, I think they played a weak opponent in week one. I don't know who that was, um, but I don't think. I don't think either team is good.

I think the Saints, if they the one speed, I mean, a lot of, is pretty fast. Did you see, uh, uh, mad dogs? Pronounced? His name is Olive, is like Olive had a touchdown, but Rashid Shaheed needs more play. That guy's electric and he's a great name to say.

He's good. Uh, again, play Jamis. All the complaints go away.

Once you play Jamis Winston, we, we, we, we become a Saints podcast. The minute you put Jamis Winston Jamis one-on-one had a great graphic that.

He's been tweeting out recently, Have you seen it? It's the side-by-side comparison of Jamis Winston to Derek Carr, and then it lists probably 15 different stats on there and all but two favorite Jamis Winston. Some of them, there's like four that have asterisks on them.

It's unfortunate, too, because a couple of years ago all the stats were Jamis Winston versus Dan Marino because it was all like before the age of 26, Jamis Winston. Unfortunately, time is undefeated. He's getting older. Now we're going Derek Carr versus Jamis Winston. Feels like it's slipping.

Well, the good thing. The good news is that if, uh, if Jamis never starts another game, we still have the ability to look back and say, if he had started this many games, here's what his stats project to greatest quarterback to ever live, Yes.

Yes, uh, nerd nuggets, saints, packers.

The Packers have won. I can't do this.

Yeah, just do regular voice.

Packers have won 10 consecutive home openers, longest current streak in the NFL since 2019. The Packers also have the best record in the NFL at home 27 and six.

That is Aaron Rodgers.

Yeah, it's an Aaron Rodgers, Aaron Rodgers stat.

Um, okay, uh, before we do the next games and then we'll get to the late games. Quick word from our friends at Muggsy Jeans Muggsy makes the most comfortable jeans in the world. That's a fact. I love, love, love Muggsy jeans.

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The best, the best, okay, uh? Continuing with the slate, Titans at Browns, Mike Florio, UH, wrote an article how Deshaun Watson should have been ejected from the game on Monday night.

Why?

Uh, he made contact with an official.

Well, what was the official wearing? Did the official present themselves as somebody that wanted to be touched?

Yeah, the failure to eject Deshaun Watson ultimately traces to money, said Mike Florio.

Okay, I disagree.

People wanted to keep watching.

Follow the money.

I follow the money.

Okay, all right, let's follow the money. I don't know Florio is looking at his contract and saying, follow the money. But I don't know if he's thinking about, like, what? What fans would want to see, necessarily.

I feel bad because I do love, I love, love, love Mike Florio. He is a dear friend. Uh. But this is just a sign that we need an N.FL controversy, because if this is what we're writing about that, uh. Deshaun Watson bumping an official. He should have been ejected.

The NFL wants very badly for Deshaun Watson to be on screen at all time, representing the NFL. Correct? Yes, that's what, that's what, Florio said. Got it?

So, uh, we just we got to get something going on, we got to get something going on. For Florio, this is the sad state if he's writing, like two days after the fact that Deshaun Watson should have been ejected.

You know, Florio is at his best. When there's like a looming labor strike or like a lockout, and he gets to dive into employment law and read contracts and shit. Yeah, when it comes to to the actual like contact on a football field, that's when the takes really start to fly.

Yeah, I know, so we got we, we we. We got to get something good for him. Uh, Mike Rabel is an underdog. That's all I'm thinking about this game.

Yeah, I like him.

And no, Nick Chubb is. It's brutal. Uh, it feels like it feels like this might be. If the Titans go into Cleveland and win this game, it might be it for the Titans.

Well, Kareem hunt's back.

Kareem is he officially?

I think so. Did he sign?

Huh.

Yeah, they're getting back into the hunt business.

So, uh, Brown's really putting all moral standing aside, getting them all back there.

Yeah, uh, so I feel like I, I, I agree with you. I like the Titans in this position a lot. I feel like they're the Titans and the Falcons feel very similar to me. They'll make your life very, very tough when you play against them.

They get you in a street fight. Uh, nerd nugget.

Decker needs one more Washington to reach a first career to become the seventh N.FL player in the Super Bowl era. To reach 8,000 rushing yards and 80 touchdowns within his first eight seasons. Eric Dixon, Barry Sanders, Emma Smith, Sean Alex, Daniel Dade and Thomas Adrian Peterson.

If you're listening to this on like, 1.

Who was the first?

Needs one more rushing touchdown to reach 81st career.

Uh, when does Tractor Cito season start?

I feel like it gets a little cold.

Yeah, late October, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, um, okay.

If you slow that down, though, that was perfect.

That was except you, you? mumbled Derek Henry.

Yeah, I didn't know, I didn't know who you said.

You're hearing that part, uh, Texas at Jaguars, not a TV game. We are on a record watch, we're on a record watch officially.

There we go.

That's a good 91 pass attempts. I like that. It's past temps, not not, uh, completions 91 pass attempts.

That's pretty good, let's go. C.J. Yeah, I feel like I feel like we could maybe break that record if we were put out there long enough.

Uh, also, Trevor Lawrence is one in three against the Texans.

Yeah, the Texans kind of, I think they have the Jaguars number, right? That's a division that's filled with weird stats and teams that you wouldn't expect to always beat up on each other. But I feel like no matter how bad the Texans are, the Jaguars always play down to the level, yes.

Not the most exciting game. I would like to see the Jaguars maybe, like, look like a competent offense for four quarters, yeah.

Put it together.

Cause Trevor Lawrence is phenomenal, but it doesn't feel consistent.

Nope.

And we saw that against the Kansas City chiefs. What's not exactly? Yeah, nerd nugget speed.

No, although I'm fast.

Why don't we just focus on being able to read?

Well, the speed helps that with his adderall.

Yeah, well, also if he reads fast, he can make mistakes and we can't figure out what the mistakes true.

The Texans have beaten the J now.

Just do just talk Max, you just do them again, just do your regular Texas.

Being the Jaguar five straight times. The last time the Jags beat the Texans at home was 2017, when quarterback Blake Arthur Bortles had a flawless game 21 for 29. Three, 26..

What a great middle name for Blake Arthur.

Oh, no, that's right. His middle name is Blake, it's Robbie, Robbie.

Robbie Yeah, Robbie, Robbie. Uh, okay.

We're going to get a Minshew game, and so Minshew, he's good, he's good for one of those surprising games. Especially considering how injured the Ravens are. So I feel like the colts are live wire, they're live wire.

Yeah, I have this circle, this is my live wire game as well, yeah.

Live Wire Game of the Week.

I do like the Ravens, I think they are, uh, for, um, what? What? We thought was going to be an incredible AFC, obviously, Aaron Rodgers getting hurt, Joe Burrow being injured and not playing well. The Ravens are the one team that's looked good through two weeks. The Chiefs lost week one. like the Ravens. look, the Ravens and Dolphins are the two AFC teams.

There are a couple of games over the course of any given week where I feel so confident in one team that I spooked myself out of it. So for this one, it was the Ravens for me. And when I'm ever too confident about something, I'm like, Well, I'm dumb, so I must be wrong. So that's why I'm thinking that the Colts are a good team this week.

Yeah, see, I'm the opposite where I think the Colts are such a live wire and they're going to cover this game with ease. I will most likely have to bet the Ravens.

Okay, so we're fading ourselves into against each other.

We are just a verbal meme, it's just PFT and Big cat in a living room, both dogs chasing their team.

Well, what's great about this situation that we have is me and Big Cat will both be right about this game.

Yeah.

It's just about which way we're right about it, yeah.

There's it's actually like when two dogs are sitting on a couch together. And like, one dog tries to bite like, clean their leg and is actually biting the other dog's leg. And the other dog's like, what the fuck, that's not, that's not your leg?

Yeah.

Right, this is what we're doing right now.

More like a human centipede. Maybe because I, we could, we could both find a way to fuck this up, but I don't know, I fade myself so hard on this. I'm thinking the colts and also, like Minshew, you might get a spark from Minshew.

Yeah, he might get a spark, all right. Late slate. Wait, did you give us your nerd nugget?

I actually had the radio voice going for a second.

Yeah, he was good.