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Gresh in for JR tonight. And let's peel apart some of the burning questions of the NFL with Brian Diardo, NFL writer for CBS Sports, here with Gresh on the Infinity Sports Network. And Brian, I just got done talking about Having the best record in the league at the end of October. But I want to ask you about the Colts. Where were you on the Colts?
Where are you on the Colts? And are the Colts legitimate World Championship contender. Yeah. That's those are all great questions. I before we start, I have my own burning question, which is will my daughter continue my two-year-old daughter continue to play peacefully in the bathtub, or will she get out and disrupt this interview that we're having and maybe do a cameo of her own?
Oh my God, that's awesome. It it is and I will say she is a a suffering Bengals fan, even though she doesn't know it. Her mother is a Bengals fan. And she's certainly hoping that Joe Burrow can get back late in the season because that that defense is uh And we certainly need some points there on that side of the ball. But no, the Colts.
You know, a lot of people, you know, they, you know, a lot of people, the doubters are kind of looking at their strength of schedule. I believe before last week, it was the third easiest. in the league, but that doesn't honestly really matter to me. I you know, I think Uh, you know, Jonathan Taylor, and we just did a staff vote for mid-season awards. Believe it or not, Jonathan Taylor was voted as our league MVP.
He would be the first league MVP non-quarterback since 2012. But no, I mean, this the structure of this team with Jake Ballard and GM has been really good for a long time. They just needed stability of the quarterback position, which they haven't had with Anthony Richardson. But no, I mean, I think. I think Daniel Jones and and the thing with Daniel Jones that I think people might not realize that don't watch him play very much is he's not just a game manager.
He's making good, hard down the field throws. Obviously, John the Taylor is taking a lot of that off of him. But this but to me, honestly, this week is a huge measuring stick for him and the team because they're playing a Pittsburgh team that is badly, badly injured in the secondary.
So to me, this is a game that they should come in. They should win quite easily, I would think. But yeah, I think so far I'm sold on the Colts and what they could do in the playoffs. I know the trade deadline is upon us. I know that Kirk Cousins has requested a trade out of Atlanta once again, even though it looks like he's going to start this week against the New England Patriots.
Is there any reason for me, Brian, in your opinion, to believe that Kirk Cousins will have a different address at the end of this regular season? No, I I don't think so because I I just think there's been too many situations where where they would have traded him earlier.
Now I will say the only situation I could potentially See that happening? would be the Minnesota Vikings just because of the f now if JJ McCarthy was still injured, then I absolutely could see that happening. But no, I I that would be the only only scenario I could see him potentially being trade. But no, not with McCarthy back. And not with not with their situation.
No, I think he's going to stay with it, Lennon. Let's be honest. I mean, Cousins didn't look good last week, and that was. Honestly, a surprise to me that he didn't play better. But I still think overall that they're, you know, I think that they're going to hang on to him.
Because like I said, they would have gotten rid of him, I believe, in the summer and earlier if they weren't you know, if they were going to trade him.
So no, I think Cousins are going to stay put by the deadline. How do you contextualize what we have seen from the Atlanta Falcons this year? Super underachieving. And again, I think a lot of it's with Michael Pennix. I mean, that defense has been good.
But they haven't really won them a lot of games. To me, it just seems like Bijan Robinson has to be the bell cow. If they're going to win, he has to have a big game. I mean, Pennex just hasn't progressed to the level that I'm sure they were hoping for. And again, like, I thought Cousins.
Was the better of the two quarterbacks. That's why I was kind of disappointed by him last week and how he didn't play up to my expectations. But to me, he hasn't made that leap.
Now, you know, Drake London was hurt last week, so you could attribute that to part of the reasons why they lost that game. But again, I think they're playing New England this week. That's another big measuring stick game for me is to see if they can beat a Patriots team. I think them and the Colts are the two most surprising teams in the league. But I think Atlanta is going to get better because I do believe in Pennix if he's healthy, he's going to continue to make strides.
If London's healthy, that's going to help. And the pass rushers they have are young rookies that obviously, you know, barring the rookie wall, they're only going to get better as well. Brian Diardo of CBS Sports.com talking some NFL with Gresh here on the Infinity Sports Network. All right, it is the regular season battle between Buffalo and Kansas City. Brian, do you have any reason to believe that the outcome will be any different from the prior four here in the regular season?
I mean, on paper, the Bills are the better team, and to me, it's all about James Cook. I think if If if if James Cook can take over that game, then I think that the Bills c can win this one, especially with uh Isaiah Pacheco being out or potentially, you know, being being limited with his injury. But and that To me, it's a huge disappointment if you're a Chiefs fan, because Pacheco hasn't been the same since his most recent injury, and he was really, really starting to come on, I think, with a. Big reason why the Chiefs won five out of their last seven games. But no, I still am going to go with the Chiefs in this game for a few reasons.
Number one, The the bills like many teams You know, they win and they win and lose with their quarterback, right? And Josh Allen, you know, they're going to put the game on his shoulders. I just think for the bit for the Chiefs, Even with the Checo, you know, potentially being hindered with his injury, they've got so many weapons with Worthy and Hollywood Brown, and now Rashay Rice back. And Kelsey is still a very good tight end. He's obviously not in his prime anymore.
And Mahomes is. Is dare I say playing at an MVT level.
So I do think if James gets rolling. The Chiefs the the Bills could steal this one, but I'm going to go with the Chiefs just because of how Mahomes is playing and how that defense is playing. Brian, any less interest in this game because the number one seed isn't on the line? Uh I'm I have uh In general, I have fatigue when it comes to the Chiefs, so I'm not terribly interested in this game. Like I said, I.
I'm more interested in the Steelers-Colts game for several reasons. A, the Steelers, two straight losses. Their defense has been. Dreadful. I mean, and it's the highest paid defense in the NFL.
They were banking. too much, I think, on Jalen Ramsey being able to convert to safety with the Mink and Fitzpatrick trade. And yeah, I mean, the Colts are seven and one, but despite that, I think there's still a lot of doubt as to how legit they are. And even if they beat the Steelers, who are not as good as them, I do think in a lot of eyes, that'll validate them as being, quote unquote, legit.
So that game has more of my attention, but obviously I'm still excited about the Bills and the Chiefs, even with the number one seed not on the line. Hey, I'm curious, do you view the Steelers' defensive regression a coaching issue or is it a personnel issue? It starts with the coach, but everybody. Coaches. uh personnel.
I think again, like I said, I think the biggest issue was They were relying too much on older players like Darius Slay. There's a reason why the Eagles let him go. You know, they were expecting Juan Thornhill to replace Megan Fitzpatrick, whom they traded to Miami. You know, his backup, Chuck Clark, was available at the start of training camp, right? And so, you know, when Deshaun Elliott got hurt, that flipped that game against the Packers all the way.
It was 16 to 7 Steelers before that injury. They ended up losing 35-25. And then, yeah, like I said, I think the whole formula for that secondary was Megan Fitzpatrick, or I'm sorry, Jalen Ramsey kind of being Troy Paul Malu 2.0, lining up everywhere and wreaking havoc on the quarterback because of the injuries. He can't do that. And so, yeah, I mean, I but yeah, so I think it starts with Mike Tomlin and it starts with them putting too much faith in order to players and ultimately trading a player they should have kept.
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I'm here to give you a new way to see. Episodes of the Lazy Genius Podcast are full of compassionate time management tips and permission slips to do what makes sense for you. New episodes drop every Monday. Follow and listen to the Lazy Genius Podcast on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. Brian, I know that you've talked about some of the games that you're kind of hot on.
Is Thursday night one of them? Like, I wonder I I think we're all just kind of waiting for the inevitable in Miami, and I think we're almost waiting for the inevitable in Baltimore in that Lamar's gonna get back and come and write the ship. your thoughts on both those teams as they head into a Thursday night battle. I'm super excited about this game, mostly because I'm off and I can enjoy it as a fan.
So I'm thrilling. Oh, look at you. You know, well, if I can win, I mean, Bluey might win on the T V. It might have to be cell phone duty for me. That's all right.
You know, three inches, 65 inches. It's still football. It's whatever. But no, I'm into this game because in a weird way, like you alluded to, it's almost like an October playoff game. Oh, it'll also be Halloween.
So we have that little added element to it. But no, there's a lot of intrigue for me in this game.
So you look at Baltimore, and I could be wrong here. I'm not a gambler, but I heard that they now have the odds. The odds are in their favor to win the North despite being, I think, three and five and Pittsburgh being four and three. That's crazy to me, but I believe it because their schedule is super easy. I think they have four or five straight opponents with los with losing records coming up, starting with Miami.
Lamar Jackson's back. It seems like they've kind of stayed. Steady the ship with their defense and some of the injuries they've had to kind of get over.
So, I mean, no, I think for them, if they can win this game, get to four and five, now you're really cooking. You look at Miami, and they have, you know, he's not going to play, but if Lamar, for whatever reason, has an injury setback, Tyler Huntley played for Miami last year and I believe won a game or two for them.
So he's ready to go. Miami, to me, if they lose this game, oh, look at that. If you're a fan of another team, look at that roster. They got Jordan Weber, who's had a really good Jordan Brooks, rather, who's had a good season for them. I think he leads the NFL in tackles, if I'm not mistaken.
They have him, they have Bradley Chubb. You know, I don't think they would trade Jalen Waddell, but there's a lot of assets on that team that if they lose this game. I don't see why they wouldn't be sellers at the deadline.
So again, if you're if and it's already been a pretty busy deadline pre-trade deadline as it is.
So if they lose this game, which I think they will, I think you can start to look at some of the players on their roster being in different uniforms this time of the week. Hey, uh, not only Miami making a move, but like we're seeing college teams now busting moves on their head coaches. Does Mike McDaniel, you know, make it past Thanksgiving as the head coach of the Dolphins? And Brian, who are those hot candidates that are out there? Like when I heard what turned out to be a bum report that Steve Sarkeesia might have been sniffing around, I thought that checked out because there's no Ben Johnson.
There's no guy on the doorstep that everyone is allegedly salivating over.
So if you're a college head coach with some play caller experience in the NFL, maybe you can become that hot offensive guy that everybody loses their mind over to go higher. I'm curious for your thoughts on all that, not only the Dolphins, but the future as to where they're going. Yeah, I don't think McDaniels survives. I mean, I know that their owner recently came out and gave him his vote of confidence, but I also saw a video of their owner being mad because his car wasn't closed on his private jet when he landed.
So I don't think his patience is that great. Talk about first world problems, right? I mean, Gemini Christmas, but I don't think he lasts. I know that. You know, they're saying, Oh, well, we like him, we want to exude patients.
He's, I believe, around 80 years old. I don't think he's, he's probably, like I said, you know, I just use the airport as my example. I don't think he survived. I'm actually surprised that Joe Brady. Is it getting more You know, Coach Hub, you know, he's the Bills offensive coordinator.
They've done an amazing job with him. I mean, I think he, you know, ever since he's been there, I think Josh Allen has performed at an even higher level. He's gotten that running game kind of off the ground. They adjusted to not having Stephon Diggs, and I think that's why Allen won the MVP last year, right? Because he did more.
From the outside, it looked like with less.
So I think Brady to me. is the top candidate anywhere. College it's it's interesting. Like I don't think he would leave and I don't think he should leave. The Matt Rolls had some success at Nebraska and and he's he's a guy that you know obviously was in the NFL with the Panthers and has that experience, but You know, other than that, I I I think uh Here's a super, super, super off the radar.
I don't think will ever happen, but I'm going to throw it out there. Brian Hartline at Ohio State, who played the NFL as a receiver. I think he's got a big, big potential, potentially as a future head coach. I mean, the players have really resonated with him at Ohio State. Um it just depends on if he ever wants to leave.
He went to Ohio State. He's got you know, they're they're obviously having a ton of success there. But Joe Brady, to me, I think is the top guy for any any NFL opening that comes up this offseason. In terms of the retread list, do you think Bill Belichick will be able to get back in line even though it hasn't been the smoothest transition at UNC? He will never coach in the NFL again.
I'm very confident in that.
Now, here's what I'm interested in with him. He's eligible for the Hall of Fame this year. They usually only take one, I think, coaching candidate. And there's a lot of deserving ones, Mike Shanahan, Kyle's dad, Mike Holgram, Marty Schottenheimer. The rumor is, the reports are, that Robert Kraft, Patriots owner, isn't getting into the Hall of Fame because of his role.
In Spygate. The question is, Will the same thing be held against Belichick? I don't know. And I think that's a very interesting question. And I think, should he be a Hall of Famer even with Spygate there?
Yes. I think he should still be in the Hall of Fame. That being said, Should he get in first ballot over guys like Shanahan and Holgram? And Schottenheimer, and that have been waiting for a long time. I mean, Schottheimer, yeah, because Schottheimer never won a Super Bowl.
But I mean Holgram? And and and I think the other thing, the longer Billichick coaches, and as you alluded to, it's not going well at North Carolina. It it does hurt his his reputation and his legacy even with ho the Hall of Fame, even though it this is happening in college.
So uh I don't think he'll ever coach in the NFL again, and and I'm actually more curious to see if he gets in the Hall of Fame uh during his first year of el eligibility.
Well, if people are being serious about it, they'll also look at the general manager part of Bill Belichick. Because everybody points to the end. But, you know, the guy also drafted a Hall of Famer in the top ten with his first real first-round pick. And then it kind of went on there where he had a hell of a streak.
So it will be interesting to see if Bill gets his just do, not only as a head coach, but the guy who ran that organization and put him. Put a lot of salary cap tricks into play that people end up still using today.
So you're right, Brian. It will be interesting. Brian Diardo, CBSSports.com. Your daughter did a great job. We'll leave it at that.
Thanks a bunch. My mom replaced me. The True Starter came in the back of Luff, so I don't know what to do. Oh, there you go. There you go.
So the quarterback came in and took over. Brian, thanks a bunch. I really appreciate it. Talk to you soon. Hey, anytime, absolutely.
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