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So, Scott's going to join us in hour number three of the program. Good to see you over there, Christopher. How are you? Rich, great to see you, man. I'm well.
How are you? Chris Brockman sitting next to Mike Del Tufo, as always. Good to see you, Mike Del Tufo. TJ Jefferson, I guess. You doing well over there?
Candles lit.
So the vigil candle for your mechs. Over there? Oh, I'm sorry. How about Kevin Cowboys? Oh, yeah.
Mike, what do we got today, Mike? Anyway. It doesn't matter. There is no. Is there one for a time?
Yeah, it's like this. How about them Cowboys?
Okay, let's go. Just get like a bigger. Maybe I'll do it. How about them cowboys? That's right.
How about them cowboys? Jack and Dunbar is something I really believe in. Look at you, man. See you over there, TJ Jefferson. What I mean?
Let's talk about the Cowboys and the Packers on Sunday night football. 40-40 tie, by the way. Um 43 men on the screen. Yeah. Yeah.
They played to, I guess. A score of like a it was a scoreigami. We've never seen that final score in the history of the National Football League. We've never seen a 40-40 tie before. I guess 40-40 is Jay-Z's club.
Well, I guess it's Jay-Z's club. Yeah. Right? 40 homers, 40 stolen bases. Shout out Jose Caseko.
That's the score. I'll say nice. The Deuce score in tennis. Right, right. It did involve a love last night, too, right?
Come on now, listen. I don't know where the banner raise is for a 40-40 tie, but the Cowboys certainly played very well last night. No CeeDee Lamb, no Micah Parsons, because he's playing for the other team. In case you didn't know. And they took care of Micah Parsons last night.
Just uh one sack. It was a pretty big one. And one solo tackle, two assisted tackles, and that was it. A lot of holding penalties that weren't called, but the Cowboys fans know that that's what Micah gets. Quite a bit.
And um and this game looked over. 13 nothing. Line up for an extra point. Yada, yada, yada. It's 13-2.
Brewers on top of the Rangers. And the Cowboys were awakened by that. Special teams play as many teams throughout the NFL through four weeks have either been A, awakened by one, B, put to sleep by one, or C, just shocking the entire Football viewing nation with a blocked kick of some sort, blocked punt. Special teams have yet to end, or at least. Uh blocked.
Units on special teams have yet to enter the 2025 season in certain places. And let's take them one at a time here. Man, did the Cowboys need this one They needed it because they're one and two. They're coming off of that loss in which they lose CeeDee Lamb. To a high ankle sprain on a running play, where you, TJ Jefferson, were wondering what the hell are they doing in a running play here?
Uh in Chicago with him. Um I guess being a jack of all trades, can we just put him in the slot or put him outside the numbers and let him go to work? What are we doing? And so when it's 13, nothing, I think this thing's a wrap. And it most certainly was not.
As you know, Dak was getting it done. on offense. And Dak had 319 passing yards and three passing touchdowns, and a passer rating almost of 125. And the last quarterback in Dallas history. with three hundred or more passing yards.
three or better passing touchdowns, zero interceptions, and a rushing touchdown which he had in this game. There's now a list of such a person. Doc Prescott. First of its kind last night. That's what Dak came up with.
In the so-called revenge game. That is what a leader does. With no CD Lamb on top of it. And here's George Pickens having his breakout game as a Dallas Cowboy. 11 targets, 8 catches, 134 yards, and 2 scores.
A lot of Steelers fans are sitting there saying that would be very helpful right around now, but hey, you're three and one. with a win in Dublin. which we'll get to in this three-hour program. Jake Ferguson had his first Touchdown catch since the 2023 wild card loss to The Packers. He had three receiving touchdowns in that game.
A lot of Cowboys fans don't remember that because of the. final score was such a washout. I mean, Javante Williams has got the running game going, and Brian Schottenheimer is a good coach, man. I mean, I think that's what this game has proven as well. I understand that there's two losses.
That um Stick out. And the one against Chicago is one that particularly hurts. as the you know Cowboys came awfully close in Philadelphia and came up with that comeback win on the Giants and Russell Wilson in that. 450-yard game from him. Cowboys are all over the map, which by the way, a 500 team looks like.
all over the map. if they were only 500 through the first four games of the season. They and the Packers are now Winless in their last two. They're like a hockey squad. And so Awfully close, could have used because they, for them to say, we traded Micah.
For Jerry Jones to be able to say we traded Micah, and guess what? We bottled him up. And Dak's the guy. And we won anyway, would have been so sweet for obviously the owner's suite. And for the Cowboys as a whole.
But wasn't meant to be just a tie. And as for the Packers, They know As we start, as always, here on this program, about what we just saw and what it means down the road, and what I think. happened. Before we get to the nitty and the gritty of the Micah Jerry Jones relationship. What the Packers just did last night.
is potentially potentially Forfeit. A down-the-road possible sweep. Tiebreak over the Lions.
Now, if they sweep the Lions by beating them on Thanksgiving Day, in Detroit, which we know they can do because they you know, have done it. And so You'd think if they sweep the Lions, they're playing well enough to have a better record than the Lions. But this tie really sticks out, not just in the standings. But right now had Green Bay won this game. and said we did become a better team.
With Micah Parsons. We did make the right move, and down the road, that may be proven correct in the same way that the Cowboys can be proven correct that they don't miss Micah and they can use. the salary cap space and the draft choices they're getting from it. to improve. These are all just as you know week to week snapshots.
But Green Bay Had they won this game, they would be in first place in the NFC North due to their week one win over the Lions, who have won every single game since losing in Green Bay. badly, I might add. They're now a half game behind Detroit. That said. Jordan Love in the same way that Dak Performed.
admirably and well and valiantly. In a Rivalry Game. 337 pass yards, three passing touchdowns, and zero interceptions. He's now 10-0-1 in a starter where he's at a passer rating of 115 or better as he had last night, 118.1. His 337 pass yards and three passing touchdowns were a season high.
Romeo Dobbs had all three touchdown catches. Matthew Golden is getting better. Jordan Love has a running attack. Behind him. And Tucker Kraft is becoming a viable tight end threat in this league.
And the offensive line, despite the injuries, Does appear to be able to keep love upright and the running game cooking.
So The Packers Definitely in the last two games. In Cleveland and in Dallas, didn't look like the team we saw. in Green Bay. to start the season against the Lions and the Commanders. Two, one, and one is good enough.
It's not great. Certainly not when you started 2-0. But they do have all of these young folks On offense, who are without a doubt. Available on your waiver wire in fantasy, most of them, that love knows very well and knows the system very well. And he just keeps on finding all of these players.
Who you're sitting at home going, who is that? Who's that one burning for a first down? Who's that one making that catch? Who's that one trucking somebody? You know what I mean?
Oh, I know. And so. The Packers have A good team, a playoff team. The question is: do the Cowboys play? Consistently enough.
to be a playoff team. They do have the imagination on offense. Honestly. And they do seem to be buying whatever. Ryan Schottenheimer is selling, and a lot of people thought.
You know, Jerry was just cheaping out and hiring him. to maintain the Offensive continuity from the staff. that Mike McCarthy put together.
So, the Cowboys are in the mix. The question is: can they play consistently enough to stay in it? And the Packers are in the mix. Can they play well enough to actually be in the mix? for the NFC as a whole.
That's my take coming off of the forty to forty tie. As for the mica Jerry Jones stuff. I'm telling you, this is going to be put to bed for a while. It just is. Unless somebody does some sort of an expose on how really Back guano crazy it was.
Because Micah didn't have The one thing that Micah did. that stands out. was that Sack of Dak. in overtime when it looked like Dak was about to run it in and put Dallas On top. By a touchdown and overtime, forcing Green Bay.
to have to go for a touchdown to just continue the game or Maybe win it. by going for two. which would have been crazy. That was a significant play by Micah. Certainly, when everyone's gassed and he found another gear again to go chase him down from the other side of the field.
Just again, just proving again. How you know Dallas could have won this game if they had Micah. Honestly, I don't know. I mean, would love have been thrown for all that stuff? Who knows?
Bottom line is, this thing is 100% put to bed unless the Cowboys go on a run for the ages or the Packers go on a run for the Ages. That's as far as I'm concerned here. Unless there's some sort of, as I said, book about it. Certainly not going to see a a documentary on it that the Cowboys are helping produce. Unless they win without Micah.
Let's play Jerry Jones' soundbite first because you know he was available after the game. He was available before the game.
Well, I mean, it was kind of a setup. I don't know why. Before the game, Chris. I don't know why. Anybody asked him why they paid Dak instead of why he paid Dak instead of Micah?
Because it's a quarterback-driven league. I can give you the answer before you even hear the sound bite. It's a quarterback-driven league. And didn't you see what Dak did last night? Yeah.
And Dak, when you have a quarterback who can do what Dak does, you pay him. Handsomely. Yes. He didn't even won a game. I think he even won a playoff game by that point.
When he had a contract, as opposed to some other people who were making 50-some-odd million a year. Anyway, this was the answer to that question. The uh it's very simple, right. Dak was indispensable.
Okay. In my mind. And so, yes. And uh Michael Watson, thanks. How bad did you fix it?
So, I mean, it's just numbers. It's that easy. And that's not personal at all. It's just that without Dak and without that experience he's got and without the leadership and all of those kinds of things, last year. I decided that we need to make him the highest paid I think offensive coordinator, I believe that held a for a little while there.
But the numbers weren't there with Michael. Numbers weren't there with Micah. I mean okay. And now Micah Parsons talking about this revenge game and whether Jerry reached out to him or not and all that sort of business. uh throughout the entire process.
All in all, the emotions for me Being in Dallas went away the moment they traded me. Um I think uh You know, I even told DY, I said, understanding. you know the people that you're around Bike one goodie told me. uh that he was trading for me. He said let me call Kenny before It breaks.
The importance of the organization and that. Like, I didn't even get to talk to my. Owner. the person that drafted me. I found out through my agent, like, I just feel like so to me, that emotion side was pointless because the same way he called me in his office as a man, he couldn't tell me as a man.
So to me that that uh that emotion side was gone. It was more of about a respect factor at this point. Listen, I would play you the soundbite about Jerry Jones being asked about not communicating with Micah. His answer was like w It would have been disrespectful, or it's not, it's inappropriate to talk to a player the week of the game. Nobody was talking to Jerry.
We're meaning about the week of the game. You're talking about throughout this entire process when Micah said You didn't reach out during the summer and all that stuff. And of course, as Mike is saying, just at least call me up and say, you be the one to tell me it's over.
Now, you know why I'm saying this thing's played out. Like, do you really want to hear any more about this? Does anybody out there want to hear anything more about this sort of thing? No, the Cowboys are one, two, and one. The Packers are two, one and one.
That's all that matters right now. Am I wrong, TJ? Do you want to hear more about it as a Cowboy fan? I don't want to hear about half the things about Dallas that we hear about. Yet we do.
It's not about what I want. It's about what makes people turn the channel and watch.
Well, I don't. I'm so unless there's something completely new that we don't know about that actually indicates whether one team can no longer be run properly or the other team overpaid for somebody because. X, Y and Z is going on but behind the scenes. I I'm uninterested. Over.
This thing's done with unless they play each other in the playoffs. Yeah, I mean, now we're talking. Right, right, right.
Well, Rich, now that it's over and we're turning the page, does that mean that we can finally delete this drop? MACA, right? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, you're going to get rid of it, right, bro? Does he know it's going to be embellished, Rich? Like Steve Hardy was saying that's not going to go anywhere.
No, no, no, no. You know, you are the worst. Hold on a second. You really are. The Packers are.
Hold on a second. The Packers still have a guy named. Micah, right? Micah. Yeah, so and Parsons isn't going anywhere.
This one could go away. Bye-bye. No, no, no. The Jerry Jones one could go away. Who knows?
I don't know. I mean, it will get it. It's already done with. It's set the record. And take us inside the meeting that blew up the deal.
I've seen that happen. I'm kind of into that. Green Bay's on a buy right now. They're two, one and one. You know, what happens when they come off the buy home against Cincinnati?
You know. You know what I mean? Like, let's see what happens. Down the road, what happens with Green Bay? Is Micah going to be able to run down Kyler Murray enough?
What happens when the next big game is a revenge game? for somebody against the Packers. In Aaron Rodgers. That's a big one. You're going to put Aaron Rodgers on his behind?
Because he's currently leading the NFC North by two games. I mean, the AFC North by two games. He's the king of the AFC North now, the once upon a time king of the NFC North. Here, Coach. What's going to happen with Bryce Young?
You're going to take care of the Panthers when you're supposed to beat the Panthers? Like, what happens when. You've got Jalen Hurts coming into your house on a Monday night. That's what matters now. And then for the Dallas Cowboys.
You know But he might bring it up. If they have trouble. with a pass rush, but last night they were rushing four against Love and getting some pressure. Jadavian Clowney came up with a big fumble.
Well, he's part of a forced fumble and fumble recovery on Jordan Love. The problem is.
So I just want to put this thing to bed right now, man. Yeah, we can we can say the mica thing, but the our problem still is when you've got Romeo Dobbs scoring three touchdowns. Like, you would have thought I was a capulette the way I hated Romeo last year. Shakespeare references. Like, come on.
Wow. Thank you. Wow, at last, poor Micah. I knew him well. I thought I did.
To win or not to win. Look at this.
Well, actually. Tata or not to tie. Which, by the way, leads me to the next thing before we go to our first break here. That's not from Romania and Juliet, Mike, but that's okay. That was okay, no.
Neither was my reference as well. My reference is from Macbeth. Yeah, I just wanted to dump on Mike. Good enough. Yeah, because he deserves reference.
The tie game. Nobody wants it. Nobody wants it. Nobody wants it. Nobody wants it.
Certainly not Dak. Dak, I think, in fact. Said as much after the game. Uh who wants a tie? Certainly uh certainly not Dak Prescott.
You don't play the game for ties. No, you don't. I've told y'all before, I don't care about the stats, I don't care about the ups and downs, the ebbs and flows, I just care about the end result and the win. When you don't get that, right now it's tough for me, you know, guess 10 years in the first tie I've been a part of, it's hard to kind of wrap my head around it because I know I'd feel a hell of a lot worse if it was a loss. But I'm not satisfied.
Not that I would be if we won, but Um Yeah, it's just a it's a weird feeling. You know who doesn't want to tie either? I don't believe Dick Fatello wants to tie either. No, no, definitely not. Dickie V chimed in on this?
You showed me this during the Open Reaction Monday contest. I was scrolling last night, and Dickie V, if we want to put it up, Dickie V chimed in. Oh! Really so disappointed. After watching for about four hours, it ends in a 40-40 tie.
The NFL Rules Committee must come up with. That ultimately determines a winner. That's all caps. All caps. All caps winner.
Both teams played with great passion and intensity, and the QBs were fantastic. You know what, ties or not? They're not awesome with a capital O! Awesome, baby! They're not!
Bitch, Isaac is awesome, baby, with a capital L. I'm not a tie. I'm awesome. You know what's not awesome? Ties in the NFL.
Wait. Wearing one today. We gotta fix it. I think it's time to get rid of the tie. I said this on overreaction, and I think it's time.
This is ridiculous. Jerry Jones was talking about the game. Being great for the NFL in America. How? Hit!
That game was a uh uh probably a great game for the NFL. as far as a showcase for the game and competition. Because you had outstanding quarterback play, you had some very talented people out there playing. You certainly had one of the most expensive players in the history of the NFL out there playing. And so I guess everybody was going to take a look tonight and decide to see what all that.
Jerry, what do you make of the third? Right. I mean, he won't, it's not over for him. No, no, it ain't no patient turn, man. Wow.
Hey, listen, he's paying Dak $60 million a year. Did you know that?
Well, I know because he mentions it almost every time the mic's in front of you. Let me just say this. About ties. They suck. Nobody wants them.
Nobody wants them. The defenses were gassed though. You saw it at the end of overtime. But some s as again, Micah has I found a reserve to sack Dak. And The Cowboys Almost got out of there.
With a win. Because Jordan Love and the Packers damn near took every last second off the clock to throw one more interception before they brought McMattis out there. for the game tying field goal. Here's my response. You can't have double overtime in the regular season.
You just simply can't. The Packers have a bye this week. The Cowboys have got to go. Visit the Jets. And to their benefit, the Jets are coming off of an actual shorter week because the Jets are playing in Miami on Monday night.
The Cowboys just finished up, you know, got to bed probably 2 a.m. their time. In Dallas, you can't have double overtime games in the regular season. You simply can't. I understand that regular season games mean a lot in the NFL.
I get it. Um But Yeah, the way this tie is going to mess up so many playoffs. That's what I know. It's difficult for fans to follow, and it makes no sense. As fans, we were told there would be no math.
You know, and so all I'm saying is this. Love the new overtime rule where whoever gets the ball first. If they score a touchdown, the other team gets a chance to match that.
Now, that was new to this year. It was new to the playoffs in previous years. They made it new to the regular season this year. My problem when they made that rule, had I been in the competition committee, as I think I should be as a voice of the fan. Oh.
That I would say you've got to make the overtime period longer.
So One team gets a possession. That's about it. You know, if there are trades of possessions, as there was between the Giants and the... And the Cowboys, by the way, just two weeks ago, I get it. They're now two for two with overtime games in the Metroplex this year.
So. I understand what I'm saying. Isn't the case every time. I think it's going to be more likely than not we see an overtime like the one we saw last night, where it's just one team gets one possession, the other team gets another possession, and you're going to get more ties than not. Unless you extend the overtime period, give me five more minutes.
Make it the same length of time in the actual quarter. Not 10 minutes, 15 minutes. That way, you're going to actually have to start to think about whether you relinquish the ball to start overtime, as every team is going to do right now under the current overtime rules because they want to know exactly how many downs that they can possibly play with, knowing the score when they get the ball second. And Nobody wants to tie. It was great for the NFL.
Yes, Sunday Night Football ratings probably through the roof. Packers, Cowboys, Micah Parsons back in Dallas, going into overtime, 40 to 40. Score a Gami. Sure. You're signing up for that.
Yeah, I get it. But. At the end of the day. Gotta have a winner. We are all unsatisfied.
From all of us to Dick Vitap. What's up, Dickie V? Put me on the competition committee, A. B. Give me five more minutes.
What's five more minutes? You're not, you're not, I mean, you're not going to. Five minutes of game time. Give me five more minutes of game time. Five more minutes of game time.
That's all. If you're going to change the regular season overtime rules to match the postseason ones, where a touchdown in the first possession on offense doesn't wrap it up. Give me five more minutes. Otherwise you can get more ties, I think. And one last factoid here before we throw it a break.
Nice long first segment here on this Monday. Cooper. And another thing, Vonnegut. Cooper, my 14-year-old boy. A boy.
He asked me, Dad, How many teams have won the Super Bowl? With a tie in their regular season record? I said, Coop, that's a good question. I reached out to NFL Network Research. I found out there's only been three.
I like this stat, yeah. Only been three, and the last team to do it were the 10-3-1 Pittsburgh Steelers in 1974. The Colts in 1970 were 11-2-1, and the Packers in the first ever Super Bowl win. 9-4- and 1. That's it.
As a matter of fact, the Dallas Cowboys came up with their first ever. regular season tie last night. Did you know that?
I did not know. Did you know that that leaves you know that leaves only one team who's never tied, ever? You're New England Patriots who never had a tie. Ever. We're patriots.
We win stuff. I'm giving out tie facts even though I can't stand them because I'm a professional. You know what's funny? The Steelers, that tie came in week two against the Broncos. Also, really high scoring: 35-35.
There you go. No more ties, no more talking about Micah leaving Dallas anymore. I don't want to hear it anymore. Yeah, delete that, Mike. Unless it's beneficial to me.
Can't wait to talk a little bit of baseball. I wonder whose teams in this room made it and whose did not. Yeah. Scott Van Pel, tower number three. Don't go anywhere.
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So Previously, on the Rich Eisen show, I keep telling you, I don't mind if I'm wrong. I just don't.
Okay, again, Jake Browning tonight could get washed out in. In Denver, and I'm like, hey, the season's not over with Jake Browning for the Bengals. And they'll be 0-2. And everyone's going to be saying, what about Kirk Cousins? Can they go ahead and get Kirk Cousins?
Maybe, you know, certainly if Jackson Dart continues to do what he's doing in New York, would Russell Wilson be a better option for the Bengals? Yada, yada, yada. Long season. We're still marathoning, not sprinting. That said.
If I get something right. Oh, well I talk about it too. Even if I had to go higher register on our Thursday programs. We have a segment called Hire Register. If you're new to us around here, Um Because we've always noticed, and maybe you've noticed with your friends, family, whatever, whenever somebody goes higher register to tell you something.
It's because they don't fully believe it. They have to go higher register to. Kind of believe what they're saying. You know what I'm saying? He was my hire register last Thursday on the program.
We're going to find out on Sunday against the Ravens. I think the Chiefs might have turned a corner. Just saying, I think the Chiefs turned a corner last week. Mm-hmm. You know, they came out, they started throwing around.
I mean, Taekwondo made a couple catches. Oh. You know, now we're hearing Xavier Worthy is going to be back. Oh, right around the corner, here's Rashi Rice. You know who actually scored a touchdown?
Kareem Hunt scored a touchdown. We've got a rushing touchdown from this team.
So I think the Chiefs turned a corner. On secondary football. And we're going to see it against the Ravens. I mean, I remember going higher register about that. I forgot about Tyquan Thornton being named.
Who scored a touchdown yesterday? Oh, yeah. Tyquan Thornton. Oh, and of course, I mentioned Xavier Worthy coming back. Xavier Worthy led the team in rushing and receiving.
He was everywhere. You know, it was everywhere as well. You know, it was there everywhere as well? The defense. The Chiefs' defense on the Baltimore Ravens.
They were absolutely everywhere. And they've now had two takeaways in each of their last two games: Zero in weeks one and two, and they didn't win. Last two weeks. Wins. Mahomes Four touchdown passes, 18th career game for him.
Broke a tie from. Most by a player in its first 10 career seasons in the NFL. He reached 250 career passing touchdowns in week four. Broke Dan Marino's record for youngest player to do that. He's now eleven days north of thirty.
First Chiefs player to ever hit that mark. Most Team points. For the Chiefs since week three, 2023, most passing touchdowns from home since week seven of that season, best passer rating since the final game. of last year. when things were cooking for them going into the playoffs.
Back to 500. And the Giants did the Chiefs a favor. Maybe by sparking the flame in week three on Sunday night. And then starting Jackson Dart against the Chargers in week four, handing the Chargers their first loss of the season. And the Raiders lose to the Bears on having a field goal blocked at the end, which, by the way, I think describes half the league at one point in the first four weeks.
Another one. And, you know. The Chiefs will be rooting for the Bengals tonight. Otherwise, they'll have company at 2-2, just one and a half gains behind the Chargers.
So the West is They take a big step forward, and they also beat the Ravens, beat them up. My goodness gracious did they beat them up. We're waiting to hear just how badly Hurts Lamar Jackson's hamstring is. Worthy looked spry. Rashi Rice is around the corner, and Patrick Mahomes is at the podium just saying they're getting better.
Yeah, I mean obviously when you have success it's just we've been working extremely hard and we want to have success and we've been just making little mistakes here and there and that causes frustration but at the same time we've been learning from them and so we'll learn from this game. I mean I think early in the game you saw the one that Juju that got tipped to the line of scrimmage and another field goal that we had. I mean there's stuff that you can learn from from every game win or loss and I think I've been proud of the guys and how they've responded and wanted to be even better every single week. That's right. Two and two.
Kelsey's going to get better. I wish they would have a better running game. Xavier Worthy can't lead the team in rushing. Let's get Pacheco getting 75 yards, 80. This is not fantasy.
I don't have him in any of those leagues. um that I'm in and um and and Kareem Hunt let's get him cooking Let's get a little bit more balanced here. But Rashi Rice, they're now two games. Away from getting him back. Two more games.
They're at Jacksonville on a Monday nighter next week. on ESPN. And then after that A big Sunday night home date with Detroit. which will be another Measuring stick game, and Jacksonville's been taking the ball away from everybody that they've been. playing.
Just ask the San Francisco 49ers. Yeah coming back. From that big win in Santa Clara, handing the Niners their first loss of the season.
So Not out of the woods yet. But turning a corner, you bet. You bet. Let's get things a little bit more balanced on offense for my taste. And defensively, man.
Chris Jones was at a family funeral. You saw he was crying during the national anthem. He showed up. That defense was everywhere, everywhere. And um And the offense did its job.
As for the Ravens, they're one and three. And I know that there's a lot of panic. Set in in the Mid Atlantic area. The key thing is how is Lamar today? I know Derrick Henry was held to less than...
50 yards rushing. Again. Third straight game in that department after 169 in Buffalo in week one. And it's the longest streak for Henry in that regard since weeks 11 through 13 in 2018 with the Titans. And I know that Lamar's hamstring injury has got people freaked out because Cooper Rush is not.
I mean, maybe he can do what he did for Dallas when Dak was out. Hold you over for a little bit.
Okay, hold you over for a little bit. And people are freaking out because the 17-point loss was the second largest in. the starting career of Lamar Jackson, who again got knocked out of the game. And the Chiefs' defense did its job against a marauding offense. 131 points in the first four games for the Ravens.
through 2025. is the second most through four games by a team with a losing record.
So, people are kind of freaked out about it, and the reason to really freak out about it is how hurt they are. On the defensive line, they put Namdia, Matabike, and Broderick. Uh, Washington Jr. on the IR over the weekend and then lost Roquan Smith, Marlon Humphrey. Nate Wiggins.
In the game. Ronnie Stanley went out also at one point. Everyone's just looking around and going, what the hell's going on? This is what John Harbaugh had to say afterwards. You know, I haven't really thought about that.
I don't know the answer to that. I just know that this is our circumstance right now. This is what we're going to have to deal with. You know, like I told the guys before, and I told the guys after the game, you know, I respect our guys, I respect our players. I respect our coaches.
I know that we're going to go to work. And there's football to be played. There's a division to be won. We've got to find a way to become good enough to win it.
So it's a long season. And um But short term, it's a challenge. Right now, our focus is on the Houston Texans game. That's what we've got to get locked in for, really, and find a way to. Play the kind of football game that we're going to need to play to win.
Okay, so here's how it works here on out for the Baltimore Ravens: because you're just one and three, you're marathoning, you're not spreading, you're one and oh, in division. Keep that in mind.
Okay. Keep that in mind.
Your next home game is against the Houston Texans. who put it together against the own four Titans. We'll find out how Faghazi it is or not. Woody marks look terrific. running the football and catching it for an offense that Finally got um A clean sheet game from CJ Stroud.
We'll see how they can carry it over into Baltimore. Then comes a Rams team that could steamroll them if they're still banged up on defense. Let's just say they're two and four going into the bye. You tell me if they come out healthy and play like the Ravens have in previous years. They can't go on a run home for Chicago, at Miami, at Minnesota.
at Cleveland, home for the Jets. Home for Cincinnati, home for Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. Home for New England at Green Bay, at Pittsburgh. They can go on a run and win the division. The problem would be: what happens if they.
Do advance off of that wild card weekend game. At home. They'd have to probably go to Kansas City or Buffalo next. because they just lost to them both. Can they go in there healthy and beat those teams?
They can. The road has gotten tougher through the first four weeks. Injury-wise, tiebreaker-wise, but the season's not over for him. They're too damn talented For that to be a consideration in my mind, just yet. We're not worried about Derrick Henry yet.
That's two clockers in a row. I'm not. I'm not. I'm just not. Browns defense is no joke.
The Kansas City defense has turned it around, and that Detroit defense is no joke either. It's just usually they're used to pushing people around on that in the trenches and Lamar being. Better than your quarterback by a significant margin. That hasn't happened yet. Just four games, just a quarter of the season, you're 1-0 in division.
That's the way through. And if you think Pittsburgh is just going to start boat racing people, And the Bengals with Jake Browning is going to start winning a ton of games, then they're in trouble. 844-204-Rich is the number to dial. Don't you go anywhere? Jackson Dart with quite the performance.
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Hey. E I'm like, the Giants are crazy to start up against the Chargers. And Brian Dayball says, call me crazy. I'm doing it. And guess what Jackson Dart does?
Jackson Dart. leads the team down a field and starts the game. With a touchdown drive of 89 yards in length. And he caps it off by running it in himself. Read it himself.
Look at Jackson Dart running it in. And takes a seven-0 lead on the Los Angeles Chargers by becoming. The first quarterback to lead their team to an 80... Yard touchdown drive or longer on their first drive of their first career start since Patrick Mahomes did it. That's right, Giants fans.
You've got Patrick Mahomes at quarterback.
Well, that's not for one game. Yeah, that's the headline. Yeah. For one game Last rookie quarterback to beat a team 3-0 or better in his first career start. Since Phil Sims did.
Oh, yeah. In 1979. Yeah. Congratulations, Giants fans. You've got a Super Bowl-winning quarterback like Sat, like Jackson Dart.
Let's go! Giants fans need this. Because they also can't have fully nice things. Balik Neighbors has to blow his knee up. Jumping off the MetLife turf, just check out Odell Beckham Jr.'s X feed on what he thinks about that turf.
That's a monster there that's being carted off along with, I guess, the turf. Um That doesn't help moving forward. But what a win! Taking down the Chargers, who looked superb for the first three weeks. go across the country, they lose Joe Ault getting carted off.
We'll see. How serious that is doesn't look good. They already lost for Sean Slater. Justin Herbert throws a couple interceptions because this is what the Giants need to do. Just score touchdowns.
Don't turn it over. Let the defense do the rest. That's the formula. And that's. Dexy Rexy sexy Dexy.
Sexy Dex. Then you're throwing it putting in the end zone That's what you need to do. Playoffs or I don't know, obviously. But This is what they needed to do with Jackson Dart. is to come up with a win.
Don't go 0-4 now.
Now They go to New Orleans next. They could go two and three. Oh yeah. They could go two and three. and have an opportunity.
to do something nobody thought they could do, which is get back to 500. And this is what the Giants wanted to have happen with Jackson Dart. He doesn't look overwhelmed. He does bring the swagger. He doesn't turn it over.
He doesn't make the mistakes. He lets the defense do the rest. Check the box. and do it against a 3-0 team of the Chargers that looked like world beaters. Back on ESPN Radio presented by Progressive Insurance in a second.
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