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Oh, it's that time of year. A lot of news all over the uh the football scene. College The pros. Man, we even got Thursday night football. We got the Falcons and the Buccaneers.
Don't allow your eyes to bleed, okay? Don't do that. To talk some NFL. what we can expect tonight, what we've heard in some of these news, what we can expect in the coming week the coming weeks. Joining us right now, welcome back to the show.
NFL Ryder, historian, catches work on SI. Hey, Russell Baxter, how are you, my man?
Okay. I'm good, sir. How are you? Very well. Always appreciate the time.
No problem at all. I think I'm finally recovered from Thanksgiving dinner. Oh my good.
Well, that was quite a few weeks ago, but I mean, here we are.
Well, I mean, listen, you listen, it's Thanksgiving. It's not an hors d'oeuvre party.
Well, it can be, depending on what you're waiting on. But hey, here we are two weeks later. I'm glad that we got your back. Speaking of someone, he might be having hors d'oeuvres because we don't know the status of his insides. Russell, we just talked about this situation with TJ Watt.
I mean, what did they? You think? Put a needle in his lung by mistake? What's going on? You don't want to speculate, but how could that happen?
And I refuse to speculate.
So But these things do happen. We had situations like this in the past. We don't know the variables. whatsoever.
So um they play Monday night.
So we're just going to have to see. You know, this was something that just popped up today, as a matter of fact.
So I don't think we want to get into something unknown territory here and start making accusations. if you know what I mean.
So um let's just let's just see what happens. Listen, news breaks fast around here. Uh if if something is very, very wrong. I'm sure we will find out sooner than later.
Well, one thing we know for certain, his status is going to play an integral part in what might happen here in this AFC North. The Ravens and And the Steelers, we saw them just go at it. The Steelers walk away on top. What are your thoughts on on what may happen in this wild division between these two?
Well You know, Baltimore to me There was a sense that after the one in five start and they reeled off, you know, their wins and so on. But the one thing that was um troubling to me was the fact that They were a team defensively that has kind of digressed over the last couple of years. Yeah, probably ever since the departure of Mike McDonald, who went on to become the head coach. and the Seattle Seahawks. You know, two years ago they gave up.
the fewest points in the lake. They have the most sacks, They had tied for the most takeaways in the league. Got to the AOC Championship game and lost the 17-10 game at home. to the Chiefs. Um and just this season, just when it appeared, that they had gotten Iraq together.
They wind up losing back to back home games to two Division rivals. I thought the loss to Cincinnati on Thanksgiving night was stunning. And they had five turnovers in that game. I understand that. Um but instead of gathering themselves this past week at home against Pittsburgh, They wind up losing again.
Now they get the Bengals again. this week.
Now are not one of those people who think the Steelers have righted to ship. because they have been as inconsistent as any team in the league. And trust me, there are a lot of inconsistent teams in this league this year. Um They have a defense that is given up. Are you ready for this?
four hundred sixty six yards rushing in the last two games. And Uh Miami, the one thing Miami's done the last four weeks has run the football.
So anything could happen in there Monday night as well. We might have one of those divisions that as a nine and eight winner or even a Dare I say an 8-9 winner. which is what we had with Tampa Bay a couple of years ago. Yeah, you talk about teams trying to right the ship. If we stay in the state of Pennsylvania but just go east.
We saw all the turnovers that affected the Philadelphia Eagles. I say week after week that eventually they have enough time to write the ship.
Well, I mean, week after week after week is is getting kinda long and old here. Uh do you think Philadelphia still has an opportunity to kind of turn the tide and and be one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl, or are there too many issues with the offense?
Well Listen, the defense hasn't done a very good job stopping the run lately. Let's not throw it all on the turretovers and so on. If you saw Black Friday last week, the day after Thanksgiving. They gave up 200-yard rushes to the Bears. They gave up 281-yards rushing.
to the Bears. They gave up a lot of rushing yards the other night. Uh to the Chargers. the emphasis on the game became about Jalen Hurts and the five turnovers. And let's put that into perspective.
Um Jaitlin Hurts had five turnovers. in his first twelve games this year. and he has five in one night. The Eagles had eight turnovers in their first twelve games. This year and had five in one night.
So they actually sacked Justin Herbert seven times. They actually ran the ball. They got a C note from Saquon Barkley. They got a C note. receiving from A.J.
Brown and still couldn't close the deal. And what I find is interesting is lurking Now you have one less loss uh one more loss than the ecosystem the Cowboys.
So they haven't closed that deal yet, but I'll tell you something, this is historic. But it's very interesting.
Okay. Okay. What do you think it's harder to do this century? Repeated Super Bowl champion. or repeat as NFC East champion.
Oh, wow. That's a tough one.
Well, we know we haven't seen this since the I would say it's easy to repeat as Super Bowl champ, right? I mean, we got the Chiefs and before that. We've seen it twice. We've seen it twice this century. No one has repeated in the NFC East.
since Andy Reid's team won four titles from two thousand one to two thousand four. I'm not saying the Eagles are going to squander the opportunity here, but I just find it remotely interesting. And we've seen all kinds of different champions. A couple of years ago, we saw the Commanders with a below five hundred record win the NFC East. Um you know the the giants did it in uh 2011 with a team that gave up more points.
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But their offense has not run the ball like they did last year. I think a lot gets blown out of proportion with the J. Brown situation. To be honest with you. Philadelphia is one Super Bowls.
roughly over the last eight years and been in three since twenty seventeen. Mainly because of their offensive and defensive lines. That's not a knock on their skill positions. Howie Roseman builds in the trenches. These trenches especially the offensive line, don't look anything like they did a year ago and the defensive line Which ma let's not forget.
They lost. Key people. On the defensive line, Josh Wett is having a monster year for the Arizona Cardinals. Yes, yes. Lost him in free agency.
Lost another key that got the Standout player from the Super Bowl went to the New England Patriots. You can't keep on losing them. and just replace them there this here and this, especially when your team is built. in the trenches, which by the way is the correct way to build your team. But they're not the same there.
And Jalen Carter is now out. Which certainly severely hurts them as well.
So I don't know how it's going. We know it's not going to be Washington and the Giants who are fading fast. I mean, plummeting as a matter of fact. Um Could the Cowboys actually catch the Eagles? I I wouldn't rule it out.
Okay? We got NFL writer and historian Russell Baxters here with us on the JR Sport Brief Show. Let me ask you this: if we move from the NFC East and go out west, I'm looking at Matthew Stafford as an MVP favorite, and I'm looking at the Rams right now as the best team that I like in the NFC. What say you? I think the Rams have earned the right to be called the best team in the NFC.
Um But I think they're going to have some trouble this week against the Lions. Uh because As good as Stafford has been and He's been phenomenal. He had three turnover game against Carolina, but that's more about Carolina and his effort. And they rebounded big time last week. That's Seattle Sah Seahawk team.
is very intriguing and very dangerous. And we're going to learn a lot about the NFC West in the next couple of weeks. Especially next Thursday when the Rams and Seahawks play their rematch. Uh up in Seattle.
So keep a doc keep certainly keep an eye on that. But Back to the Rams for a second.
Solid offense, good pass rush. catch back against the run. And we saw that against Carolina. um the last time the Panthers played. Carolina ran the ball 40 times.
And that game is season high for them. and got big efforts out of Chula Hubbard and Rico Dal Bell. and really kind of controlled the tempo of that game. It was a 31-28 game. Stafford had three turnovers.
He had a pick six in that game. Again, this is that's that's more about Carolina. And we'll get to Carolina and Tampa Bay two of the final three weeks. of the season, but The Seahawks to me I think they are a more physical team than the Rams. When they lost to the Rams, A couple of weeks ago, they outgained the Rams by over 100 yards.
Matthew's I'm sorry, Sam Darnold from four picks. And all besides all that, they still actually had the chance to win that game. On the final play of the game, missed a 61-yard field goal, lost 21-19. Um I'll just say this about the Seahawks. They've lost three games this year.
by a total of nine points.
Okay, right now, 10 and 3, both they and the Los Angeles Rams. And Russell, as we start to wrap things up, I mean, we have some teams in the AFC that are traditionally at the top, not there, Kansas City. We we talked about the Ravens. We got the Buffalo Bills behind New England. We got New England and Denver with the best records in the AFC.
What are your thoughts on these young teams and how competitive they could truly be?
Well, it's not inconceivable that we could see every division champion from a year ago in the AFC not win their division this year. Buffalo is in second. In fact, New England wins on Sunday. The AFC is decided. It's over.
New England wins it. Baltimore's one at the last two years in the AFC North. Pittsburgh is currently in first place. Jacksonville is in first place. Houston's won it the previous two years, and we already know the Chiefs can't win the AFC West.
They've already eliminated. I'm keeping my eye on Houston. Because of Houston wins the AFC South for a third year in a row, which is That's something they've never done. They will also do something. That's never been done in NFL history.
For the second time, they will overcome an O and three start and make the playoffs. They were the last team to do it. And it's only happened six times in NFL history. I mean, as it stands right now, they are on a five-game winning streak. They're certainly rolling with that defense.
This is going to be an interesting one to catch up with. Even whether or not Kansas City can get into the postseason. Hey, Russell, we we always appreciate the time. Tell everybody where they can follow you and all of your work and expertise. Follow me on X.
Uh back football guru. And I just opened up a Reddit page a couple of weeks ago and I put all my pieces on there. Which is Pro Football Guru on Reddit.
So Pro Football Guru is on it's on Instagram. We're waiting for the detergent to come out. That's our next thing.
Okay. Well, listen, you gotta sell whatever you can get out there, huh, Russell, right? Yeah. Hey, that's how it works these days. Get out there and do the best you can.
Spread facts. not hot takes. That's that's kind of my motto. Hey, the the the beauty. I wish we had more of that.
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