Episode 1: Pilot

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Hello and welcome to the first episode of Playmakers Unplugged. I'm Leo. I'm joined by my co host, Manny. Today we got a small little agenda. We're going to talk some baseball, then get into college football, get into NFL. You guys going to get to know, like, who Manny and I root for and stuff in baseball. That's the Yankees. But real quick, just want to talk about the Guardians and the Tigers. They're battling for the division that's currently happening as we record as the Guardians lead three to one and they are currently ahead in the stand. Well, they're tied in the standings. They have the tiebreaker. Who do you think wins the AL Central? [00:00:45] Speaker B: I think the Tigers are the stronger team, you know, in the bullpen. Just as a matter of the team as a whole, a really good team. Throughout the season, you know, teams catch, you know, cold streaks, hot streaks, you know, it would be a big win for them now and maybe they could roll off of that into the playoffs. [00:01:05] Speaker A: Yeah, obviously Tigers have had a really rough stretch. Well, the Guardians have pretty much had their best stretch of the season. Very surprising to see this sort of collapse occur, though. Like 15 and a half games at some point. I believe it was like 12 games at the beginning of September. I don't even know how he can make up 12 games in like 2024 days. But Cleveland Guardians, they found a way and now I personally think the Guardians are going to win the division because they have the momentum and although I do think the Tigers have the better roster. But yeah, second thing I want to talk about, this just got approved and this is like something that's really good for baseball, the automatic ball and strike challenge system. So the way it works, this will be 2026 abs. You get two, like challenges a game. If you get the challenge right, you retain it just like every other sport. And so basically they call a low pitch on Judge a strike. Aaron Boone could be like, nope, that's a ball. Let me challenge that. He gets the challenge, right? Because they go to replay, you keep your challenge and then they reverse the call. [00:02:14] Speaker B: I think this is going to be really good for the league, you know, especially in the crucial moments where those missed calls can be crucial in a series, you know, yet in a playoff game, you know, everything will be, you know, just as in football. Like, you can choose on what you have to what you want to challenge. You know, if there's any restriction. How many. [00:02:33] Speaker A: Yeah, so there's just two per game. [00:02:36] Speaker B: Two per game. [00:02:37] Speaker A: So if you get it wrong, you don't get to retain it, but if you get it right, you retain the challenge. So you could continually do it, I guess. [00:02:44] Speaker B: Yeah, no, it's cool. I mean, definitely something to look out for next year. [00:02:47] Speaker A: Yeah. And it just like, it holds the umpires also accountable because they make a lot of mistakes. And then you can't argue balls and strikes. Technically. Third point right before we get to the Yankees, because Manny and I are both Yankees fans, we got. We got a hectic AL and NL wild card races. Do you want to. Want to give a quick prediction who you think's in, who you think's out? For the. For the al, it's between three teams. There's two spots left. We got the Red Sox, the Tigers, and the Astros. Who's left out? [00:03:19] Speaker B: I gotta go. I think I gotta go. Tigers here. You know, as much as I like the team, as you said, Twins on a pretty. [00:03:30] Speaker A: The Guardians. Yeah. [00:03:32] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, that's what I meant. The Guardians are on. On a, you know, on a streak, you know, that's kind of hard to break, especially when Detroit's been so cold recently. [00:03:42] Speaker A: Yeah. And Detroit's also down three to one. So we could see them get left out. Especially with Houston. [00:03:49] Speaker B: I think Houston's a good team. They always are a good team. Playoff team, Boston. You know, we're Yankees fans, but, you know, I can appreciate it for their play. They're a pretty solid team. I don't think they're anything, you know, World Series, champs, calibers. There's nothing. Nothing like that. I would say a strong playoff team, though. [00:04:09] Speaker A: Yeah. I agree with your take on Boston, obviously. You know, right now I'm playing without Roman Anthony. He's expected to come back. And I honestly agree with the thing with the Tigers. They have a series against the Boston Red Sox, which is the last series of the year, which is basically going to decide who gets in, who doesn't. But the Red Sox pretty much going to be in if they just win like one more game, I believe, because they're currently up 4.0on the blue Jays, which means they'd be moving to 87 wins. The Tigers are currently losing their game, which means Boston would have a two game lead over both. So Boston's pretty much in. It's between the Tigers and the Astros. I have to agree. Tigers on a seven game losing streak. The Astros have an easier schedule. Tigers have two more against Cleveland, one currently going on, and then three against Boston. The Astros have two against the Athletics and then three against the Angels. That's a much easier Schedule, even just to make up one game. [00:05:03] Speaker B: Yeah, you know, you also gotta look at stuff like that, their schedule, you know, injuries, as you said, with Anthony Roman, you know, will they need him as much in those two games? Probably not, you know, but yeah. [00:05:14] Speaker A: Yeah. And the Astros, like we said, they've always been the consistent team in the al, so we expect them to make it, even though the Tigers did beat them in the playoffs last year. But yeah, some quick things with the Yankees. Jazz becomes the third Yankee ever to go 30, 30. Was this shocking to you? [00:05:33] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, he's a young player. I see him getting hungry and hungrier in his career and he's a really young star and, you know, I'm excited, you know, if the Yankees go through with a contract extension this offseason, what he could do for the team in the next few years, you know, what he can contribute in the seasons he can have, you know, if he could break out as one of the MLB's best, which I think he is right now. Yeah, I agree. [00:05:57] Speaker A: I mean, not many players go 30, 30. It's a very exclusive club and Jazz becoming a third Yankee to ever do it. He plays great defense at second base and we, we've seen him in the playoffs before. I think this year Jazz is going to be like that unsung hero for the Yankees in the playoffs. [00:06:16] Speaker B: I would say, I would say also if he stays with the Yankees for the remainder of his career, you know, this stat will probably, this record rather would definitely be appreciated. Well, like way more. [00:06:28] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, no, for sure. I mean, if it's just a one off year, he goes 30, 30. He leaves us in the off season, that would be disappointing. But if he stays around, I mean, you know, he like, he's like you said, he's hungry player, like, I wouldn't be surprised. He goes 40, 40. He won 30, 30 this year and currently I think he's 31. 31. And he, he missed about 30 games and he also couldn't run for a lot of those games after that injury, which, like the stolen bases. Since he become a Yankee in the 162, he had 40 home runs and 48 stolen bases. Stolen bases are going to go up next year, maybe just a 30, 40 season because it would be surprising to see him hit 40 home runs. But I guess anything is possible. [00:07:11] Speaker B: Yeah, especially this is. This is great because the Yankees have been pretty poor at baserunning, I would say. But Jazz, you know, if he could stay consistent and you know, we could work on that in the Offseason and just work on that. Going to the playoffs, you know, it's beneficial. You know, we need to be able to be good at running bases. We need to be good at every aspect of the game. [00:07:33] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:07:34] Speaker B: Which brings us to the next topic. Do Yankees have a chance at the AL East? Well, they already. We. We made this list prior to them clinching. [00:07:44] Speaker A: Well, they clinch. No, they did clinch the wild card, but do they have a chance at winning the division? [00:07:50] Speaker B: Are they winning the division? Honestly, it all just depends on the Blue Jays, man. Like, we've been winning games. We've been doing everything right. You know, had we won that game, I think it was two, three days ago. [00:08:04] Speaker A: Yeah, we lost to the Orioles. [00:08:06] Speaker B: We would have been in better shape. We. [00:08:09] Speaker A: Yeah, we would have been tied. [00:08:11] Speaker B: Tied. Yeah. [00:08:12] Speaker A: But you know what? It's. It's hard because the Blue Jays do have that tiebreaker. So what it's looking like right now is the last four games, these two teams will be tied because. And we will continue to update, but the Blue Jays are down 40 right now in the bottom of the seventh. We know crochet was on the mound as well. So it's huge for Boston, and they just got to get to Chapman and they're going to win that game because Chapman's been the best closer in the league, which, as a Yankee hand fan, sucks to say. Honestly, I think the Yankees are going to do it. Currently beating the White Sox, you just have to basically just win out and you're. And you probably win the division because Boston. Boston looks like they're going for that sweep against Toronto. And like, if that happens and the Yankees are definitely in, they'd be in sole possession of first. Granted, they need to win their own games, but honestly, at this point, with how the Blue Jays are kind of collapsing towards the end of the season, I have to. I have to back the Yankees here to win the AL east. And of course, we will see what happens there. Yeah. Let's segue into college football. Manny, you're a huge college football fan. Myself, kind of fan. Getting more into it. I'm a Syracuse fan. You're a LSU fan. So I'm gonna talk about Syracuse real quick. You. You watched the game with me. We beat Clemson, which was a very shocking result. I guess Clemson really isn't that good this year. So I don't know how much, you know, how much we should really, like, factor that in. Like, they're one in three. They were ranked very highly, but they ended up, you know, just then started the season really poorly. Especially Kate Clubnik who was supposed to be like this Heisman type of quarterback. Like at least in the running for Heisman and Kate Clubnik, although he looked good in this game, statistically they were, they were just too far out of it. Syracuse just kind of dominated, especially in the past game. Steven Jelly, fortunately he ruptured his Achilles. I think that's huge loss for Syracuse. Yeah. [00:10:22] Speaker B: Let me just say I love the way they ran the ball this game really hard against the Clemson front, which not a lot of teams in the sec, let alone in college football could do. You know, to be able to run the way they did with, with a lot of good NFL prospect talent on there. I think they had Peter woods start D tackle, you know, the rest are very notable players. The way they ran the rock, you know, that makes me excited to see next few Syracuse games and how they could build off of that. I think the coaching was awesome. You know, always calling great plays. You know, we kind of saw, I wouldn't say a breakout game, but a little more of energy and you know, a little more of a spark from Jontae Cook, you know, which I'm really big on. I liked him coming out of high school, going to Texas, obviously had a off the field things and he transferred Washington then to Syracuse and you know, he hasn't really, he hasn't really popped off yet and I'm excited to see that. But he showed a little bit of life today. [00:11:24] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean 113 yards against the Clemson secondary. Pretty impressive. They got what, AJ Terrell's brother, right? [00:11:30] Speaker B: Yeah, AJ Terrell's brother who's also another big prospect in the NFL. Also I want to say Darrell Gill Jr. You know in the Colgate game, how many touches he had? Four. Three touchdowns. [00:11:42] Speaker A: Yeah, he had three touchdowns. He caught another nasty touchdown, one handed ground. [00:11:47] Speaker B: Yeah. You know his hands are exceptional, his route running, his body control, you know, he's a big deep ball down the guy down the down the field type guy. Obviously, you know, with Angeli being out, I don't know how he will utilize now. If they could get someone who could throw it out long to him, you know, they're in good shape. [00:12:07] Speaker A: Angeli did have the deep ball and that was really what this Syracuse like offense, at least in the first few four weeks was predicated on. We're gonna run the ball with Willis, with Nixon, they're gonna, they're gonna get some good yardage and then that's going to open up the deep game where Stephen Jelly, he Can make these throws to John Tay, Cook to Justice, Ralph Simmons, to Darrell Gill Jr. These guys that are all like, I mean, within their own, like deep threats, especially Cook and Gill. I mean, we saw Cook, he got a 59 yard reception against Clemson. You know, he's a really fast guy, able to like burn secondary. So it's going to be interesting how Ricky Collins plays. He had a touchdown. He threw it to Gill. Just keep doing that, I guess. Throw it to Gill, man. Yeah. [00:12:55] Speaker B: No, I mean, he's been phenomenal this season so far. Yeah. No, so you can only see him getting better. You know, it also all depends on the. On the quarterback situation. [00:13:05] Speaker A: Yeah. Now we'll see how Ricky Collins progresses next week. Syracuse is going up against Duke, but with that being said, you are an LSU fan, so if you want, we could get into the LSU recap. Well, not much of recap. You could talk more so on the season because they played what, Southeastern Louisiana. Not really a huge game. [00:13:27] Speaker B: You know, not a huge game. Definitely a game for cleanups. I would really more like to speak on the Florida game from the prior week. I mean, first of all, the defense was insane. Five interceptions on DJ Lagway alone. You know, a guy people had as a Heisman favorite. No, that's impressive. That says something about. About LSU secondary. You know, Whit Weeks was ejected from that game for. For targeting. Just imagine how much scarier it could have been with their. One of their. Or if not the better, their best defender on the field, you know, Nuss Meyer with another Great game. Over 200 yards a touch. One single passing touchdown, a QBR of 76.1. That's pretty solid game. You know, Aaron Anderson had had 75 yards, you know, and they. They don't seem to have one clear wide receiver. 1. They have a lot of guys, you know, Xavion Thomas, you know, they have Aaron Anderson, transfer from. From Arkansas from last year. A lot of these guys, you know, they all find a way to contribute in the game a little bit here and there, but on Florida's behalf, they just look sloppy. I think Billy Napier needs to know they got to get rid of that guy. You know, it showed in this game. You know, not trying to Talk down on LSU's amazing team, but you know that the game should have been a little bit different in my opinion. But I still had LC on top. [00:15:02] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, of course, you know, you're a huge LSU fan, currently ranked fourth in the nation, but I mean, that's the AP poll. So how much do you really Trust that also. First four weeks, you know, anything can really happen from this point on. This is where college football gets really exciting. We start to see big matchups, which we do have this week. Certainly we have a, like a boatload of huge matchups, which I think we can talk about here. There's a couple like, ranked opponents going up against each other. Like a USC versus Illinois. That one's easy for me. I'm picking USC all the way. I do not trust Illinois. [00:15:41] Speaker B: I like Malachi. Malachi Lemon. That's his name. [00:15:45] Speaker A: Yeah, receiver from. [00:15:46] Speaker B: Yeah, receiver. You know, I still watch a few clips from him. He seemed pretty solid, you know, so trusting in that as well as Notre Dame and Arkansas, which I think could be a pretty close game. You know, Arkansas has played some solid games this year. A lot of their losses have came in closer games. [00:16:08] Speaker A: And then we saw the old. We watched the Arkansas Memphis game last week. That was a fun game. [00:16:13] Speaker B: That was a pretty. Which I do think Memphis is a legit contender. They could possibly make the college football. [00:16:19] Speaker A: Playoffs, especially with the format, you know, best group of five team gonna get in automatically. So they could have that 12 seed. [00:16:26] Speaker B: Yeah, that's what I'm. That's what I'm thinking. They fit in and. [00:16:29] Speaker A: No. And Notre Dame has also just like, looked kind of rough this year. I mean, who expected them to be 1 and 2 at this point? They're still ranked 22nd, which a lot of people are kind of like outraged about. But it's not like they're playing nobody. They. I mean, they lost to Miami. Like, that's not really one of those, like, losses that you. How much are you faulting them for? To losing to like one of the better teams in, in the nation. And then they lost to Texas A and M, who are once again one of the better teams in the nation. So we really don't know. Like, I mean, obviously they haven't been able to beat good teams, but I do think they deserve to be ranked. They're just, you know, they're playing close games against good teams. Yeah, we see like Ohio State, Washington game. This could be interesting. Both teams are undefeated, but I mean, Ohio State is the best team in the nation. We saw them defeat Texas. [00:17:19] Speaker B: That's a no brainer for me. I got Ohio State, you got Cornell. Tate, you got just. I almost said Justin Jefferson. Jeremiah Smith, you got Julian Sain, which has been playing really good and he's kind of been a little flying under the radar a bit for. He's for a sophomore quarterback. He's pretty solid. You know, he's making the right decisions, you know, passing the ball, you know, he's playing clean football. Yeah, I mean, I guess we could give him a bit of an excuse. You know, he does have a really good supporting cast, but you know, still I'm liking what I see from him and I'm pretty confident in this team led by him. So I'm definitely taking Ohio State. Another matchup. We have LSU versus Ole Miss and. [00:18:01] Speaker A: This is your team. [00:18:01] Speaker B: Of course I'm taking. Call me biased, I'm taking lsu. I think their defense is better. I think they have an established Q. Well, I don't think I know they have an established qb. One see Ole Miss, their starting QB has only been starting for two games. He got replaced or he was the replacement for. I forgot who they had him before, but it was, I think he was a sophomore quarterback. So, you know, still kind of picking it up. So I don't think, you know, he'll do as good against a number four team in the nation ranked defense. You know, it's going to be complicated, you know, and their defense isn't really anything to write home about. You know, LSU has a lot of good skilled players and they like to push the ball, they like to push the ball down the field, you know, and I don't think this defense will be able to hold up with them. Now I do know that Brian Kelly, as matters coaching, his play calling, it progresses over the night. From the first half they don't really get hot until the second half they don't get going. And that seems to be the trend in all the LSU games. If Ole Miss can make a big statement first and it'll be a little bit harder for LSU to come back from that. But if LSU could hold Ole Miss or even get a, a fast start off to the game, then I could see them being successful. [00:19:29] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm gonna, I'm gonna be with you. I'm a back LSU here. Interesting. Interesting enough to me. Ole Miss is a favorite in this game, which is, you know, it's always weird to see a number 13 team favored against the number 4 team in the nation. And especially because like Ole Miss like barely beat Arkansas who's a 2 and 2 team. And like, I'm not saying Arkansas is a bad team, but they did barely beat him. Meanwhile LSU like, yeah, they only beat Florida by 10 points, but I feel like Florida like isn't as bad as a team as people are making them out to be. And LSU will also beat, you know, Clemson which, you know, both of those wins don't seem as big as what we thought they would be like, preseason wise. But, like, I still think those are big wins. The LSU defense has looked fantastic thus far, especially because you're factoring in they've actually played like some good opponents. Believe Ole Miss has also played Kentucky. They won that. But I mean, I don't think Kentucky is particularly like a great team this year anyway. So. Yeah, going to have to go with lsu. You know, we will definitely be watching this game. It's a huge game. I mean, the four, like four verse 13 and we could move on, which. [00:20:44] Speaker B: Let'S be going to Auburn, Texas, honestly, obviously, I'm taking Texas, saying no, here's my thing. Auburn needs to figure it out. If Cam. If they can't get a quarterback to give Cam Coleman the ball, they won't be successful. He won't want to stay around. You know, Jackson Arnold is. He's lackluster, you know, Cam Coleman, I feel Cam Coleman is not as far away from Brian Williams and Jeremiah Smith as people think. You know, with a quarterback behind him, a good quarterback, bend the ball. He could be up there in the top. The top three receivers, top. Maybe, maybe compete with Jeremiah Smith, maybe compete with Ryan Williams. [00:21:28] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:21:29] Speaker B: It's just frustrating to not be able to see him get the ball as much, you know, because of the. Of the lack of quarterback play. [00:21:35] Speaker A: Yeah. And especially like Jackson Arnold being the Oklahoma transfer, you know, expected to, you know, take this Auburn program to the next level and just really that they haven't done that. They're 31 their only losses to Oklahoma, so I don't really fault them there. So this really could be a trap game for the 3.0aggies, who have obviously looked great on the season, having a big win against Notre Dame and Marcel Weed, like, you know, good QB at least, seemingly. [00:22:05] Speaker B: Yeah. Mario Craver, Heisman can, you know, he. [00:22:09] Speaker A: 400 yards and 443 yards, four touchdowns in three games. [00:22:14] Speaker B: Insane. Insane. He's a phenomenal player. I'm excited to see more of him. Marcel Reed, you know, amazing. Like, these guys just kind of broke up, out. Broke out out of nowhere, which I always love to see. And I'm really excited for this Texas A and M team. You know, for the first time in a while, they seem like they can compete a little more than, you know, just being nine and four, you know, like they could be, you know, a playoff contention team and, you know, possibly even a national championship contending team, you know, and, you know, that's Fun to see, you know, these new teams in there and these new players, you know. [00:22:53] Speaker A: Yeah, especially, I mean, like you said, the breakout with Craver there, Heisman candidate. Especially with the current Heisman, like, race in the way it is. I mean, with the, all the injuries happening and like preseason expectations, Arch Manning, Cade Klubnick, players like that really underperforming. Anyone could really win it at this point. So it's nice to see those, like, first couple of the week standouts because, I mean, it's gonna, it's gonna be an interesting race. You know, give it a few more weeks. We'll figure out who's truly in it. [00:23:25] Speaker B: Usually John Matier is out. You know, that just opens up the Heisman race even more. Exactly. [00:23:32] Speaker A: I absolutely agree. We could talk about Tennessee, Mississippi state. Tennessee, number 15 team in the nation, barely lost to Georgia. Manny and I were watching that game. It was, it was an insane game. I mean, they should have won. Their kicker shanked. What, what, what was like a 41 yard field goal, something like that, which is something we see in college where, you know, the kickers aren't as consistent unless you have one of the top in the nation, which is really unfortunate. But I mean, this, this Tennessee team, I mean, I expect them to beat Mississippi State. I know Mississippi State are 4 0, but I mean, Tennessee, Tennessee, they're more battle tested. They're a better team. They beat my Syracuse Orange pretty handily. [00:24:19] Speaker B: Yeah, Joey Aguilar, amazing quarterback. You know, I didn't think I would see him being this good of a player, but, you know, he's been exceptional, you know, from passing, you know, making plays out of the pocket. He showed off his mobility, pushing it down the field, you know, being able to handle, you know, an SEC defense, a top SEC defense at that, you know, and be a good, be a good game manager. The coaching also has been phenomenal. Everything about this Tennessee team has been good. You know, also another team that you see, you know, always good, but not good enough to make the playoffs. You know, these are the teams who could, you know, prove themselves as, you know, playoff contenders. [00:25:03] Speaker A: Yeah, a lot of those SEC teams, those Tennessee, Texas A and M, Ole Miss teams like that that, you know, we want to see take the next step. I mean, same thing we thought South Carolina, this would be their year, especially with Sellers, but they're two and two right now, so not looking likely. Real quick, just a game break. The Boston Red Sox are up 70 against the Toronto Blue Jays now, which means if that holds, and the Yankees, who are currently up 5:1. That if that holds, that means they're going to be tied in the standings, which means the Yankees really have a great shot of overtaking the Blue Jays. Yeah. Gonna have to go with Tennessee here, but I believe we have one of the biggest games of the week coming up after this. Well, not quite. We'll get there. Arizona versus Iowa State. I don't think we really had to talk about this much. I assume Iowa State's gonna win even though both teams are undefeated at this point. [00:25:53] Speaker B: I don't. I don't see. See much relevancy in that game. Not as much interesting as we get down later tonight, we have Oregon versus Penton State and Alabama versus Georgia. Let's just talk about work. [00:26:03] Speaker A: First. [00:26:04] Speaker B: Oregon, Penn State, Drew Aller, Dante Moore. I like Dante Moore and the Oregon Ducks better. You know, maybe they may not be favored. I don't think they're favored. Are they. [00:26:14] Speaker A: It is current. It's very close. [00:26:16] Speaker B: It's very close. [00:26:17] Speaker A: But three and a half spread to Penn State. [00:26:21] Speaker B: So I'm taking. I'm taking Oregon, you know, sure. They're the underdogs. I think Dante Moore is a better quarterback than Drew Aller. I think Drew Aller isn't as good as a quarterback as people portray him to be. Of course, they have the run, the running game with Katron Allen, Nick Singleton. [00:26:39] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:26:41] Speaker B: Always have a solid defense, but, you know, I don't. I. We haven't seen much real competition from the Penn State. Not new lines, you know, like, they don't. They don't. They haven't really played anyone. Like, I can't. I can't fully give them an honest true rating until I see them play this, say they do win. I will be. Yeah, they will be higher on my list. But as of right now, I'm giving it the Oregon Ducks. I'm going with the guys who I know are legit and I know have real effects on the game when they're playing a ranked team, you know. [00:27:21] Speaker A: Yeah. You know what? We're gonna be different. I'm gonna disagree here. I don't think we do see Penn State always lose big games. They always lose. They're always like 10 and 2. The last couple years. 10 and 2. Lost to Michigan, loss to Ohio State. But you know what? I think this could be the year where that turns around. Drew Aller, you know, this is his like the second full season, right? [00:27:46] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:27:47] Speaker A: And then obviously the running backs, Katron Allen, Nick Singleton, to have that backfield, like, that's the best tandem in college. Football. And you know, they got, they got like Trevor Pena as a receiver who was playing at Syracuse last year. So, you know, I'm a big fan of his and, you know, we'll see what happens. I think this is like I. And we talked about this. I hate how this is scheduled at the same time as Alabama Georgia. Like, can we watch this on Big Noon instead? Like, that would be so much better. But now we're gonna have to flip back and forth between Oregon, Penn State and then Alabama Georgia when we really just want to lock in on like those big games. [00:28:33] Speaker B: Let me just shine a light on some of these stats here. You know, again, I'm just taking a look at here right now. I'm looking at the season right now. Dante Moore sits at 71 attempts or 95 attempts for 71 completion. Yeah. Completions and 11 touchdowns to one interception. While Drew Aller has 88 attempts for 57 completions, four touchdowns and one interception. [00:28:57] Speaker A: And he has played one less game. So you do gotta kind of give him the benefit of the doubt. [00:29:02] Speaker B: Yeah, but 11 to 4. [00:29:03] Speaker A: Yeah, that is true. That is a big difference. [00:29:06] Speaker B: And you know that the completion, you know, he's, he's been pretty accurate. As far as the backs, I would say they're about even. I'm giving the edge to Kaytron, Nick St. Lucian, because they have both of them rather than Oregon has one primary back. I mean, receiving wise, receiving wise, they're. They're about the same, you know. [00:29:29] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, like I said, I watched a lot of Trevor Pena last year. [00:29:32] Speaker B: Defensively, I'd say they're about the same. I think the quarterback play is going to be the bigger factor. And I think their. Oregon's quarterback plays is, well, better than Penn State's. [00:29:45] Speaker A: Yeah, no, gotta agree with you there. But I just think Penn State gets it done regardless, even though I don't trust Drew Aller as much. And then this is, this is the big game. [00:29:58] Speaker B: As far as the Alabama game, you know, always a big game. Always. You know, no matter what the record is or what, it's always a competitive game. So I don't see either of these opponents blowing one or another out in this game. This is a very close game and this will, you know, this could, if it goes one way or another, it could, it could change the trajectory of the, of the rest of the season, you know. [00:30:25] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, we see these two juggernauts, you know, match up and it's always a great matchup. Georgia, Alabama, and you know, it's always usually A defensive matchup, too, because they usually both have some of the best defenses in the nation. You look at Bama, they got one loss in the season, and that's against Florida State, who looks to be a lot better of a team this year than they were last year. Meanwhile, Georgia, they're 3, 0, and of course they have a huge win against Tennessee, but really, they should have not won that game. Like, I feel like Tennessee choked that game. They handed it to Georgia. And good, good on them for winning that game. But I think they're about an even team with Tennessee, to be honest. I'm probably still going to pick Georgia, though. This Bama team just has not been the same with deboer as the coach. Like, obviously, you know, missing Nick Saban is huge. And then, I don't know, Gunner Stockton, let's look to see if he gets it done for the Bulldogs. [00:31:29] Speaker B: I'm gonna have to disagree on this one. I'm gonna have to go with the Alabama Crimson Tide. Let me just say something. I'm not a big Ty Simpson guy, but when you look at his stats, you can't really. You know, everybody talks about, oh, the Florida State game. I think that's really what got him on the bad foot. We now know Florida, Florida State is a real contender. Yeah, they're a solid team, Alabama. I can't blame them for losing that game. Not to mention that they came back at the end. It was a competitive game. I think Alabama is a better team than a lot of people think. You know, they also have Ron Williams. They have. They have. What's his name? They have Jeremy Bernard. You know, guys playmakers. You know, I think in the first Florida State game, Jeremy Bernard had over 100 yards, I'm pretty sure. [00:32:21] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:32:23] Speaker B: And in the last game versus Wisconsin, Ryan Williams, you know, he's back. You know, looking back to the same Ryan Williams we saw last year. You know, in last year's game, Ryan Williams broke out. Yeah, he made another big appearance like that. And can he feed off of that, you know, and keep up with the Jeremiah Smith hype? Because right now I think Jeremiah Smith has him on a bigger edge. But, you know, it's stages like this where if he performs, you can make the conversation. [00:32:53] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, I look at Ryan Williams, I expect him to, you know, after what we saw last year, to just have a great game. But I like the Bulldogs because, you know, I like their defense. I think they're going to be able to, you know, stop Ty Simpson and Alabama, you know, with Kevin Riley as The main back this year, just like not as good as running backs they've had in the past either because obviously, you know, Alabama has history of like some of the best running backs in the nation, but yeah, I'm going Georgia, going Bama. So we disagreed with their last two picks there. And yeah, that. And that's main. That's the main slate for college football. So we can transition into NFL. Do you want to start with the packers or do you want to start with the Giants? [00:33:40] Speaker B: You know, I'll start with the Packers. Quick one. Last week's game, very disappointing. The play calling, you know, the O line. Jordan Love throwing the ball away, throwing an interception at a crucial point in the game. You know, Matthew golden, you know, he called the ball, that could have been a touchdown. You know, very sloppy game. Again, it's only one game. Doesn't affect us. Yes, we are a better team than the Browns. I don't need to convince myself that, you know, I know we're a better team than the Browns, but we cannot continue to play sloppy like that, you know, and let's be real, our defense held us in a lot of points of that game. You know, the pass rush was phenomenal. Rashad Garry is really good this year, leading the NFL in sacks right now. Currently Tucker Kraft, another great player in the Ren zone. We didn't really see much of him, just three receptions for 29 yards. Leading receiver Matthew golden, you know, we saw a little more use of him, you know, because Jayden Reed is out with an injury. Other than that, you know, the offense was kind of dormant. You know, it wasn't anything to write home about. Josh Jacobs, 16 carries for 30 yards. [00:34:58] Speaker A: Just like absolutely stuffed. And obviously the Browns have a good defensive line. That's their calling card. I mean, they have Myles Garrett. They literally drafted defensive lineman at the top of this year's draft. But still, just to see Josh Hiccups get 1.9 yards per carry, I mean, that's a way to lose a game. [00:35:18] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, it's frustrating for sure. Again, very sloppy game. But this week they have the Cowboys. I'm excited. Micah's going back to AT&T Stadium, maybe get a sack on Dak. I think the Packers, I'm clearly choosing the Packers. I think they'll have a bounce back win and, you know, really set the tone going forward for the rest of the season, you know. You know, I think they're going to clean up. [00:35:46] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, we just saw the packers be who, you know, at this point have looked like Two of the better teams in the NFL with the Lions and the Commanders commanders able to take care of Vince. This against the Giants and the Raiders not quite as impressive. But the Lions, who the packers dominated by the way have looked good in the past two weeks. They, they Molly whopped the Bears and then they also defeated the Ravens in a pretty good game. So just judging by that, like I feel like you know every team they have these slip up games, these trap games. You know, the Browns were coming in at 02, the packers coming in at 2 0, looking like the best team in the league. Sometimes this just happens. This is the NFL. [00:36:24] Speaker B: This is why everybody kind of takes that weirdo at some point in the game. Let's move on and talk to the talk about the Giants Jackson Dart getting his first start. What are your thoughts on that? [00:36:35] Speaker A: I honestly like I think it's too soon and I, I'm pretty sure you're in agreeance with me especially against the Chargers. Like we're talking about a top 10 defense in the NFL. And the Chargers also have a great run defense which is bad because Scatter Boo looked fantastic against the Chiefs where he had 60 yards on the ground, 6 yards for carry, a touchdown, 60 yards in the air with six receptions. So he had a fantastic game and he's going to be the RB one going forward because Tracy's out. But like I understand you didn't want to start Russ, but like why is Jameis Winston on the roster if you think Russ isn't good enough and you don't want to really be? You're literally throwing Jackson Dart into the Wolves against the, against the Chargers when next week we're playing the Saints who might be the worst team in the NFL. [00:37:27] Speaker B: I think the smarter decision would have been to start Winston this week. See how he did. If that wasn't the choice, then we move to Dart maybe. I really do think Dart is, can be a good quarterback, but you don't just throw somebody in like this. I'm not saying I think he's going to be bad. I think there's a possibility he could do good in this game, you know. You know Lane Griffin's offense, he had a lot of read option, a lot of fast paced hurry up offense and you know when you get adjusted to that offense you have to learn how to make reads on the fly like that, you know. And as a rookie obviously still learning this offense, still getting the grasp this offense. No if I think that will be a decider if he knows his playbook or not, you know I watched this clip online earlier today that showed in a preseason game he had actually lost his communication to the sideline. He was able to clean up a drive and throw a touchdown. You know, I'm confident if that's how good he was doing in the off season or in the preseason rather, then he could possibly be pretty familiar with this offense ready, which could be a good thing, you know. Again, chance to Chiefs not looking really good. They don't have any of their receivers back yet. So the Giants defense, as we saw in the last two weeks, look really good. Again. Cam Scataboo, maybe another breakout game. Hard runner. Love the way he's running, especially against a mediocre O line, you know. [00:38:56] Speaker A: Yeah, that's. [00:38:56] Speaker B: That's pretty impressive for a running back to do. [00:38:59] Speaker A: Yeah. And the. The run blocking looks a lot better in this week and that's because of the return of Andrew Thomas, who is huge to this team. He is our best lineman. He's one of the best linemen in the league. Illuminor looks a lot better when Thomas is out there as well. So really for the Giants, it's just the middle of the O line. Can we get that fixed? We had a rookie emboln, or however you pronounce it. He's looked pretty solid in three games. And it's just. Problem is we arguably have the worst center in the league and John Michael Smith, he just has not looked great. And there's been a lot of like rush up the middle against the Giants because of that. But benching Russ, like he had one fantastic game and two awful games. But you know, this is a move that just screams to me, Brian Daboll is so on the hot seat. And the Giants organization is getting to the point where fans are wanting to boycott because we have literally been the worst team in the league for the past damn near three years now is what it feels like. Obviously we had the sixth pick in 2023 and the third pick in 2024, but I mean, I truly believe the Giants were the worst team in the league last year. It just so happened that we picked it up towards the end of the season and we did the same with DeVito in 2023. Like we have been. We have been probably the worst team in the league over the past three years. So like Dable, he's on the hot seat. Shane, he's definitely on the hot seat as well. Him and Dable are probably gone together if Jackson Dart doesn't work out. So this is why we're starting him, because they Want to see? Okay, Dart, you have 14 games. Now go show us what you can do. Save our jobs because if you're not good, we're out. [00:40:45] Speaker B: I kind of have to agree with you there. You know, I think it's unfair to a rookie, especially Jackson Dart, who I think could be a really good quarterback in this league with some time and maturing. Yeah, this is kind of just a coach move or let me save my job move, you know, a selfish move. You're putting a quarterback what for him to do bad and for him to lose all of his confidence when, when the fan base turns around like against him again. We know Jackson Dart is a very strong minded person as you saw in college. He's pretty much unfazed. He's able to lock in and kind of push through any adversity. But you know, it's the, it's the show now, it's the big stage. You know, this is not just college and if he can adapt, good, good for him. Maybe, maybe another, maybe another coach, if they end up firing Dable could build off of him. But we have to understand as well, if they bring in a new coach, they're not the coach that drafted Dart. So maybe they're gonna, they're gonna have a pretty, a pretty fast impression of him. If he doesn't start off good even next year, he might be gone by the end of next year. [00:41:58] Speaker A: Yeah, no, and that's actually right. And the Giants, you know, they gave up capital to get Dart. And this is something I've kind of brought up to you. Like if the Giants are the worst team in the league this year and Jackson Dart looks bad and Shane's gone and Dable's gone and what we're 2 and 15 or something like that and we have the number one pick. We're picking a QB. 100% picking a QB in that scenario. And it reminds me of a Josh Rose into Kyler Murray type of scenario like that. We're really putting Dart in the position of you could get Josh Rosen, man, if you're, if this team doesn't perform well, it's kind of like the weight of the Giants franchise and Brian Dable and Joe Shannon and this regime and obviously John Mayer as well is all on the shoulders of Jackson Dart. What can you do for me? We know he's athletic, I think, I think Dable and Kafka, you know, are good play callers. I just think, I don't think Dable's a great leader and especially because we've seen all the Penalties. I don't know if he's the most like discipline disciplinary coach as well, but yeah, it's, it's, it's hard. D's on the hot seat. My dad and I have been talking about it like that. He probably has to go soon, but it's all going to be up to Dart. If Dark can somehow muster six wins out of this team and he looks good, they're going to have to keep around the regime just because you're not going to want to get rid of the coach that he's been working with. So smart move by Dabeal and Shane to save their jobs. But for the Giants organization, I don't know if this is a great move because we're kind of seems like we're rushing Dart. As great as he looked in preseason and as big as a fan as I am of him, I wanted him to sit back and not start until much later in the season. [00:43:48] Speaker B: Yeah. You know, you also want to get a guy out there who give Malik Nabors the ball. His talent is incredible and I would hate to see it wasted when he has no real solid quarterback. You know, the quarterback play needs to be on. You guys need to get number one the ball. That's your best shot at winning the game. You know, the run game, as I said, looks solid but you know, still establishing with a rookie running back. Get your playmakers, who you know are your playmakers. The ball. Wandell Robinson, Malik Neighbors, Theo Johnson, you know those guys. If we could get them the ball more and we could get them get a rhythm going of who's what type of player you guys could build off of that going into next season and even getting better this season. [00:44:31] Speaker A: Yeah. And I was having a conversation with my friend and I was pointing out like this Giants team has like the pieces we on our offensive line. We have Andrew Thomas and of course we have a luminor who I think is pretty solid. A couple other guys there like, like Van Roden, but you know, the guards in the center is not as good. Scatter Boo looks to be a, like a shining star on this team so far, especially in the game against the Chiefs. I love, like you said, I love the way he runs. You know, he's really tough, physical guy. Malik Neighbors, Wandell Robinson, like Malik Davis is one of the most talented receivers in the league and he's never had good quarterback play in his career other than the one game Russ decided to be prime. Russ, which was against the Cowboys. And we saw how good Malik Neighbors was in that game. So it. And then you look at the defense with Dexter Lawrence, Brian. Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeau, who's looked fantastic this year, by the way. Abdul Carter, like you got cornerstones on offense and defense. So if Dart is that guy, this Giants team could turn around quickly, but it's all predicated on Jackson Dart. With that being said, we can start talking about our predictions for this week. We're just going to talk about like prime time games, bigger games, our team's games, and then we're not going to. [00:45:54] Speaker B: Go into depth as much as this quickly. You know, we got. I have the Seahawks over the Cardinals. I'm a big fan of Smith and Jigba and I'm excited to see what he could do this week. Young receiver amongst the league leaders and receiving yards, obviously, I think they're a stronger team. You know, Marvin Harrison coming off a bad game, you know, let's see if he could bounce back from that. But I really haven't seen the Cardinals play any competitive games. Really. Well, they played a lot of competitive games, but competitive games against real solid teams. [00:46:27] Speaker A: Yeah, even like the 49ers are 3 0. Who of course the Cardinals only lost. Like, I don't even think the 49ers are that great. Great of a team. I just think they've had an easy schedule and the same with the Cardinals. Whereas with the Seahawks, obviously they had the bad week one, but since then Ken Walker has looked a lot better. Especially week two against the. The Steelers. And I mean the Seahawks dominated Saints last week. That was a given. We expect that to happen. But like you said Smith and Jigba, he's making a push for top five receivers in the league. Like for sure. He's. What is he. I think he's a league. No, no, he's second in the. [00:47:04] Speaker B: Second in the. [00:47:05] Speaker A: Puka's first. [00:47:06] Speaker B: Yeah. Second league leading and receiving. [00:47:08] Speaker A: And receiving guards. He's great. Sam Darnold, we know he loves to target his first option receiver. But yeah, going to have to go with the Cardinals there. We don't even add to all the Giants Chargers. We know who's winning that game. [00:47:20] Speaker B: Yeah, well, we're going to go on and go to the Vikings and Steelers. I'm going Steelers. I watched the Vikings game. All right. We watched the Vikings game last week. [00:47:30] Speaker A: What they. I mean their defense was fantastic. But what. I mean it was against Jake Browning. So. [00:47:40] Speaker B: I got. I think I have to go with the Steelers here. I'm not. I'm not crazy confident in that pick. [00:47:48] Speaker A: But this is One of those games where it's just like two, two in one teams that probably have a good chance of, you know, being in that playoff hunt. But like, I think I'm gonna have. [00:47:58] Speaker B: To give to the Steelers here. Yeah, I don't think they have a crazy edge over them. I could see it going the complete opposite way. I could see the Vikings beating the Steelers. A pretty wide open game, but you know. [00:48:11] Speaker A: Yeah, no, I'm actually gonna disagree. I think the Vikings defense so good. Well, they have Carson Wentz starting, don't they? You know, never. I'm gonna go with the Steelers. I mean, they beat the. The Steelers haven't looked too impressive this season either. But I don't know, I like Aaron Rodgers more than I like Carson Wentz. So, you know, I'm gonna have to go there. [00:48:34] Speaker B: Commanders, Falcons. I'm going Commanders. [00:48:38] Speaker A: Yeah. Michael Penix is just like not Michael. [00:48:41] Speaker B: Penix has been unsatisfactory. You know, it's. It's just you have such high expectations for a high round draft pick or a high number pick, especially quarterback. And you know, he's been underwhelming. [00:49:00] Speaker A: Really has been especially. I mean they just lost 30 to 0 against the Panthers. [00:49:06] Speaker B: I don't think he's quite ready. You know, Bijan a big piece on this team. It's just embarrassing, you know, to lose to the Panthers. A really, really, really bad team. I mean it puts you amongst them again. This could be a fluke game and maybe he bounces back, but I don't see. I think it's more likely that he's really not that solid of a quarterback. So I'm going to have to give this to the Commanders. I don't know who's starting at quarterback. [00:49:32] Speaker A: Yeah. Not sure if Jayden Daniels is going to get back in there or not. Seems like they did. [00:49:39] Speaker B: The injury report has him questionable, but. [00:49:42] Speaker A: He'S not sure if he's going to get cleared. Honestly, I mean, if Jaden Daniels is in this game, commander's got that all the way. But even without him being in this game, I do not like the Falcons this year after what we just watched. [00:49:54] Speaker B: Saints, Bills, we're going Bills. We don't even have to talk about that. [00:49:59] Speaker A: Browns, Lions. [00:50:00] Speaker B: Browns, Lions. I'm going Lions all the way. Quick pick. It's really not that hard of a pick. Now we have Panthers, Patriots. Panthers just put up impressive game against Falcons. The Patriots I think are the much more talented team. [00:50:15] Speaker A: They have the better qb. [00:50:17] Speaker B: Drake May is sneakily one of the league's best quarterbacks. [00:50:22] Speaker A: As of right now, at least he's gonna be and he's going to just get better and better, especially Ray Roll as the coach. I really like the Patriots coming into the season. The Panthers just put BTA to the Falcons though. [00:50:34] Speaker B: I mean. Yeah. [00:50:36] Speaker A: And the Patriots just really impressive. [00:50:38] Speaker B: You know, if I could see more of Tedro McMillan, that'd be great. You know, he was such a high draft pick. You know, I have higher expectations for him. [00:50:46] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean he's been pretty solid in three games. To have 14 receptions, two 16 yards, that's a pretty damn good stat line for rookie. [00:50:55] Speaker B: I expect him to do much better, you know, especially with the, with the competition he's played so far. [00:51:01] Speaker A: Yeah, no, I see that there. I'm going to disagree. I'm going to go with the Panthers here just riding off of a good game. I think the Patriots are probably a better team, but, you know, I don't know. Bryce Young could like. He, he knows he needs to prove something this year. This is years to prove something. He's notorious, notoriously good against the Falcons. He has 3, 3 and 1 record in his career. But yeah, I think Bryce Young is going to get the job done for the Panthers. Their defense was fantastic last week and you know, they got a couple weapons like Chuba hubbard, like Ted McMillan. This is like probably game of the week right here. Eagles, Bucks. [00:51:44] Speaker B: I'd say it's, it's Ravens. [00:51:46] Speaker A: Ravens, Chiefs. Yeah, I mean, well, that's. But with how. But they've looked this season. [00:51:51] Speaker B: I mean, two, three, zero teams. Eagles, bucks. I don't like the, the Eagles. I don't think Jalen Hurts is, is a legitimate quarterback. I don't think he's top 10. [00:52:05] Speaker A: Okay. [00:52:07] Speaker B: You know, he's not. You know, you look at his stats, look at the play, you look at his supporting cast. Is he good or is his team good? Is he like. You know, because you could really just throw anybody in the position he's in right now. And it's pretty hard to not succeed when he's really not even putting that crazy stats. [00:52:26] Speaker A: You know, it's crazy because when Tanner McKee and Kenny Pickett both went in for the Eagles last year, they had fantastic games. [00:52:33] Speaker B: Yeah, it's pretty hard to fail in this offense now. I could see them having a fall apart game randomly. Remember, they also were in a pretty close game with the Chiefs. The Buccaneers look like a solid team. I'm a big fan of Igbuka. You know, he's getting a lot of targets this game. Again, Mike Evans is out. That's a big loss for them. [00:52:56] Speaker A: Yeah, but Chris Godwin looks to be back. Tristan Wirfsh looks to be back. [00:53:01] Speaker B: You know, if they have those two, I think they have a shot at winning this game. I'm going to take the Buccaneers. [00:53:06] Speaker A: All right, now it's up to me. Who am I going to pick? Seyquan, honestly, like, he's, like, solid this year, but not as good as we saw last year. Not nearly as good. At least. Jalen Hurst hasn't looked as good. Baker Mayfield looks to be a MVP candidate. But I just feel like the Eagles defense is so good and, like, the supporting cast around Jalen hurts is so good. And they really should have lost last week against the Rams, but they made a fantastic comeback. Part of that is because they blocked two field goals and took one back for a touchdown. I mean, when is that ever going to happen again? Probably not anytime soon, but I don't know. They. They started to move the ball down the field in the second half, so I'm going to take the Eagles here as much as it hurts, because I want the Bucs to win. Texans, Titans. I mean, who even wants to talk about this game at this point? Oh, 2,03 teams. [00:54:04] Speaker B: 2,03 teams. Disappointing year from the Texans. Titans kind of expected this. Really just a snooze fest here. You know, I don't see anything to talk about here. [00:54:15] Speaker A: Yeah, gonna go with the Texans. They're at home and I'm going with the Texans. [00:54:20] Speaker B: I think they're the better team. No, it's. It's just not much to talk about here, which is disappointing because, you know, Texans I've been big on for the last few years. You know, C.J. stroud, and he's kind of have a. He's kind of been cooling off. Yeah. [00:54:36] Speaker A: And that O line's really bad. And then for the Titans, Cam Ward also has a really bad O line, which sucks for him. [00:54:42] Speaker B: Colts, Rams. Great matchup. [00:54:44] Speaker A: Yeah, Love this matchup. [00:54:46] Speaker B: I'm gonna have to take the Rams. I like Matthew Stafford. I like Puka Nukua. I like Devontae Adams. I like the way they've been rolling. But again, you have to watch out for Jonathan Taylor on the Colts. He has had three amazing games looking like the Jonathan Taylor from. From 2020. I mean, I love to see this guy healthy because he's such an elusive runner. He's such an explosive runner. One of those guys you like to watch. But as well, Daniel Jones putting up great stats this year with the Colts looking like A real solid quarterback. I just like. I like the Colts team also. Tyler Warren amongst the league leaders and tight end reception, tight end yards. [00:55:31] Speaker A: But you're still back in the Rams here. [00:55:33] Speaker B: I'm still back in the Rams here. I really do like the Rams. [00:55:37] Speaker A: I mean, they have a lot of pieces on their defense especially they have such a young defense too. You know, see all the rookies from last year. [00:55:44] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:55:44] Speaker A: There. Yeah. I'm gonna agree with the Rams and I think it's because of that like air raid style offense. Like, okay, so they have Kyron Williams, who's one of the most like dependable running backs in the league. And he's great, like, great power back. And then you got Matthew Stafford, one of the best QPs in the league. And obviously we saw health concerns with him, but he seems to be good. And then just Puka Nukua, Devonte Adams probably like at least for first three weeks, maybe the best one, two punch in the league at receiver is. Steph is certainly up there, if not the best two of the best route. [00:56:23] Speaker B: Runners in the league. Puka just so fast in and out of his breaks, you know, especially when he gets the ball the way he can move up the field. Devonte Adams we already know with his crazy releases and his crazy routes really gives Matthew Stafford great choices to pass. [00:56:40] Speaker A: Exactly. That's why I think they win. [00:56:42] Speaker B: This is why I think they win. Their O line is look solid. The run game looks good. You know, obviously they have Blake Corum and Kyron Williams. Really almost a flawless team. [00:56:54] Speaker A: Yeah. And it just. It would be so shocking to see the cold start. Four zero. [00:56:59] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:56:59] Speaker A: As well. We got Jags, Niners. I think both of these scenes, they might not be as good as the record says at 3. And I was definitely not as good as the niners. Jaguars being 2 and 1, I guess isn't too surprising. Is. Is Brock Purdy starting in this game? I think that's what's gonna make up. He's not. [00:57:17] Speaker B: I don't think he is. Oh, wait. [00:57:20] Speaker A: Yeah. We're about to see the injury report with. Oh, well, Mac Jones is. [00:57:24] Speaker B: Brock Purdy is questionable. [00:57:27] Speaker A: Well, yes. So I don't. [00:57:30] Speaker B: I don't know if you will. [00:57:32] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm just. For that fact, I'm gonna have to go with the. With the Jaguars, who. Even though. Even though Brian Thomas Jr. Seems to be absolutely missing this year, the Jaguars have been able to piece together some wins here and there. The 49ers also just lost Nick Bosa, which I think is a huge, like you know, momentum killer. I think Trevor Lawrence is, this is the week he's going to get it together. Brian Thomas Jr. Is going to play better. [00:57:58] Speaker B: I would always say the same thing I have Brian Thomas, you know, starting off his season with his first big game this year. Trevor Lawrence kind of getting the role of things, you know, maybe we see a big game for Travis Hunter. I like the pieces they have on this team. Sadly, you know, they haven't got it rolling. But I'm confident maybe this is the game that can get it going. [00:58:20] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean they just beat the Texans last week, which doesn't seem to be too impressive because the Texans kind of aren't great. But the Jags defense has like pretty solid this year, which is a great sign. And then you know, Trevor Lawrence, Travis etn, Travis Hunter, Brian Thomas. This could be certainly this is going to be a good game, I think and they're going to play well. Ravens, Chiefs, like you said, this is your game of the week. Who'd even go here because like Both teams are 1 and 2. You expect both teams like this would be the type of week where they start to get their stuff together. Chiefs didn't even play too convincing of a game against the bad Giants team and that's their only win on the year. Meanwhile the Ravens only win on the years against the Browns who we know aren't too well even though they beat the Packers. I'll let you go first. [00:59:12] Speaker B: I'm going. Ravens, Chiefs. I have two players, Thornton and Mahomes. That's really it. Besides that, there's been really no standout players. [00:59:26] Speaker A: They have no run game. [00:59:27] Speaker B: They have no run game. Pacheco's look awful. Hunt has looked awful. [00:59:33] Speaker A: Yeah, Hunt not as bad. Pacheco just like really disappointing. [00:59:37] Speaker B: It's just, it sucks. You know, in the Ravens I think this is the win they need. You know, they get a quick little win here, gain their confidence back. They're much more talented team and yeah, it's going to be a good game. [00:59:50] Speaker A: Yeah. And we also see Xavier Worthy. I believe he's making his return this week which is huge for the Chiefs. If that's true. And it is true. So they're going to have worthy Brown, taekwond Thornton. So a lot better receiving wise. So honestly I'm gonna, I can't believe one of these teams are gonna be one and three. That's ridiculous. I'm gonna back the, the Ravens here as well. Just even though it's that arrowhead for some reason the Chiefs just like, well, not for some reason. But the Chiefs just don't look the same this year and I think they're gonna eventually get it together. I just think the Ravens are gonna click first because they have a much better like offense, especially like talent wise with Lamar Jackson, with Derrick Henry, with, say, Flowers and others. So. Yeah. Gonna agree there. [01:00:46] Speaker B: Yeah. Okay. Our last game is there. Our last game. Oh, we have two more. [01:00:52] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:00:52] Speaker B: Our third to last game. Bears. Raiders. I'm taking the Bears. Bears looked pretty solid so far. Nothing crazy. I like the way Caleb Williams has been playing. The Raiders looked awful. Just hands down, awful. [01:01:07] Speaker A: Yeah, I agree. They're going to have to go with the Bears as they look to, you know, get things together after starting 02. Looked great last week, playing another team that doesn't seem to be too great. So I expect Chicago to get a win here, especially with how Caleb Williams and Roman Duzay have looked this season. Packers, Cowboys. We did talk about this already. We said we both have the packers in Micah's return game, so. Jets, Dolphins. [01:01:35] Speaker B: I'm taking the Dolphins. [01:01:37] Speaker A: Yeah, I, I'm. I'm taking the Jets. I feel like this is like just. [01:01:42] Speaker B: Not a good game. [01:01:43] Speaker A: But the jets have at least been like competitive with the Steelers, have been competitive with the Bucks. The Dolphins, like, I think we have to. [01:01:50] Speaker B: We're undermining the point, the fact that Dolphins played a pretty competitive game with the Bills. [01:01:55] Speaker A: They did. They are coming off of their best game of the season. [01:01:59] Speaker B: Of course, at the end they fell apart, but still not a bad game. And hopefully they could just get it all going this time, you know? [01:02:07] Speaker A: Yeah, it is. It's a little shocking to see both of these teams. 03. You'd expect at least one of them to win as the Yankees did win their game 8 to 1 against the White Sox. So that means Yankees are tied with the Blue Jays. Like we've been saying all episode. But yeah, we're just gonna get to last pick and I think this one's also going to be simple. Broncos versus Bengals. Gonna have to go with the Broncos all the way. Judge. Homer. [01:02:37] Speaker B: Yeah, Judge is Homer. [01:02:38] Speaker A: 51St of the year. You know, just cementing that MVP case because we all know Aaron Judge deserves the MVP over Cal. Raleigh, which we will certainly talk about more next week. Bengals, Broncos, like I said, gonna have to pick the Broncos here. Spangles are not the same team without Joe Barrow. Their offensive line is really bad, especially the run. The run blocking has been really bad this year. Chase Brown has negative 58 yards before contact. That's. That sounds like a made up statistic. And just like no one to get Chase and Higgins the ball. Really. [01:03:17] Speaker B: Broncos no more said. Come on. The Bengals last week was. That was a joke. That was a joke. Jake Browning is not a starting caliber quarterback. If they want to even be competitive in games, they should try to get a quarterback. Or if they want to just completely give up on the season, so be it. You know, you could just tank. [01:03:39] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, Russell Wilson, Jameis Winston, they're both out there. Just saying one of them. One of them are probably available. Probably more Rush than Jameis at this point since Russ has already been binge. That's gonna wrap up the first episode of Playmakers Unplugged. I am Leo, joined by my co host Manny. Goodbye.