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Big Monday night finale between the Kansas City Chiefs trying to get above 500 for the first time this season, taking on a Jacksonville Jaguars team that is at 3-1. Wants to put their card on the table and tell everybody in the National Football League, we belong as well as belong tied with the Colts atop the AFC South if they win tonight. Good to see you over there, Christopher Brockman. How are you, sir? Rich.
I am spectacular. No doubt you are a Patriot fan and feeling good about your life. Mike Del Tufo, an outrage that you're wearing a Dodger hat again because you are a New Jersey guy. Thanks for the Yankee. Thank you, sir, for that information.
Jump off that bandwagon again, Mike. And TJ Jefferson, good to see you over there. How are you, sir? I mean, a winner is a win. That's right, there you go.
No, they beat the Jets. I mean, why do you give me a gun? Come on, it doesn't count. All right, I gotta give you a ton of games. You gotta give him a drop.
That's the drop coming off of him. By the way, they look great. I mean, again, excuse me, excuse me. Excuse me, excuse me, sir. Rich is telling me they look great.
What's the matter with you people around here? Denigrating a victory in the National Football League. And you should feel good about it, man. No CD Lamb. We can't feel good because it jerks like him.
Let's all get along. We can't really. We've got a three-hour show. And we'll talk more about the Cowboys later on. I do want to start about the show with the defending Super Bowl champions no longer being.
An undefeated team. Same thing with the Buffalo Bills. The two last remaining undefeated teams in the National Football League all went down on the same day. Philadelphia in the, I can't call it an early window, and the earliest window was the Vikings beating the Browns on NFL network, and the Eagles losing to the Broncos in the one Eastern hour. And then the Bills lose on Sunday night football to the New England Patriots, which we'll talk about.
But the defending Super Bowl champs went down. And they go down to the Denver Broncos, and we'll talk about the Broncos in a second. But we linger on the defending Super Bowl champions that can't seem to put. uh a full complete game together You take a look at their opening night win. There was that weather delay that kind of threw the Dallas Cowboys off.
Had the Cowboys caught one. Um they uh from CeeDee Lamb, they might have won that one. And You know what? I did just start by saying you can't denigrate a win in the National Football League, so I won't do so. Bottom line is.
The Eagles were 4-0. They earned every last one of them. And they were playing games where they were making... the most of a team's mistakes and beating you with it. That's the earmark of a defending Super Bowl champion.
And in the first three quarters of the game in Philadelphia. The Broncos were making. Mistakes. They were not playing clean football. They were playing good defensive football.
And they were stopping the run. But they weren't stopping the past. And as a matter of fact, the Philadelphia Eagles We're up 17 to 3 in this game, entering the fourth quarter. That's usually all she wrote. Mm-hmm.
Something happened. Bo Nick started happening. Courtland Sutton started happening. J. K.
Dobbins started happening, R. J. Harvey started happening. the defense started happening even better. And an 18-0 fourth quarter.
by the Denver Broncos. Left the Philadelphia Eagles with their first loss of the season. And everyone wondering what is up with this offense. It's kind of crazy. that the entire week is spent Talking about A.J.
Brown's Uh Bible verse? and what it meant and how pissed he might have been. And then you hear a report on Sunday that Devontae Smith is just as upset. And AJ Brown met with the coach and the general manager to air things out personally. And yada yada yada.
The two of them together get 18 targets for 13 catches and 147 yards. in the air, Devontae Smith with a season high 114 yards. A.J. Brown just 43 of them. Jalen Hurts.
Didn't run a lick. Neither did Saquon Barkley. The two of them together. That's crazy. The two of them together had eight carries.
That's it. Eight characters. The Eagles on a long drive just to take some air out of the ball and some time off the clock. The two of them might combine for eight carries in a. In a single drive.
And they only had it in a game. Saquon ripped one off for 17 yards. That's all he had. He did have the 47-yarder in the air to score.
So The passing game, everyone's saying, What's wrong with the passing game? Then the passing game shows up and it's pretty darn good.
Now everyone's wondering what's going on with the running game. Yeah. And um And at the end of the game. Stuff happened that didn't go their way. At the very end, they didn't get a call, and they didn't get a Hail Mary coming down.
in the arms of A.J. Brown, potentially because He was wearing Devontae Smith at the time. Hmm.
So You got two Eagles basically lined up to catch the ball, one on top of the other, surrounded by Denver Broncos. And that's the way Nick Siriani strolled to the podium to talk about what's potentially wrong about a Super Bowl team. That's four and one. I think that the guys have worked extremely hard in preparation. I see the same hunger that was there prior to us winning the Super Bowl.
So I don't think it's anything like that. Again, just the name of this game is always going to come down to detail. And as far as us as coaches and players, we weren't detailed enough today. And they were a little more detailed than us. And it's a good football team.
Hats off to them. Coach Payton's obviously a really good coach. And a lot of respect for that opponent.
So attention to detail. Let's drill down on this because this is now the parsing you're going to be hearing in Philadelphia and maybe nationally throughout the week. Jalen Hurts, I think. Put his finger on it. Uh multiple times in this particular sound bot at his podium afterwards.
What is contributed to the start offensively and then stop. My new lack of execution. Lack of execution. He said some things don't get you until they get you. From your perspective, what got you today?
Um Lack of execution.
So let me write that down. Yeah, let's see. What do you say? Lack of execution. Yeah, the lack of an execution.
Well, we also heard from Milato, one of the offensive linemen, throughout the last week or two. They're getting the plays in late from offensive coordinator Kevin Petulo, or they're coming in and Jalen's not. Breaking the huddle quickly enough. Nobody's really pointing a finger exactly at anybody in particular. Um but I'm sure it's going to be pointed at the offensive coordinator.
This was um Siriani on the on that subject, mada. No, I again, there's so many things that go into that. I feel like I didn't feel you know, obviously we had the one that was a huge one on fourth down. Where we got up and kind of snapped it on one. A lot of things that go into that.
Again, we're. Doing everything we can do to find solutions, not assign blame. And we're a team, we're together.
So it's always going to be an us thing.
Okay. Note to everybody in Philadelphia. No finger pointing within that building. It's incredible. I guess it's a Philly thing.
Every single year that they constantly win, maybe even a Super Bowl last year, it was a conversation, what's going on in that locker room? Consiriani kit bring everyone together. And then we have a parade. Where the only blood that you see is uh uh On the forehead of the general manager who takes a beer off the dome. You know what I mean?
So I'll just say this, week five. Can't win them all. Um on top of it. in terms of getting things executed. and getting things buttoned up.
Negative is it's a short week. They've got a Thursday night game next up. The positive thing is, it's against the Giants team that turned it over. five consecutive possessions in New Orleans against a winless Saints team. And then they go two Minnesota.
That will be J.J. McCarthy's first game back. As the starting quarterback of the Vikings, apparently, unless he's still not ready or. Kevin O'Connell wants to give a revenge game start. As a thank you to getting us through the Four games, as it would be, without J.J.
McCarthy. That's what I was going to ask you. Two Carson Wentz. Confirmed? I think it's all expected, as they use that phrase here, that J.J.
McCarthy will be back after a bye week, Carson Wentz having won two of three. as the starter. And then they're home against the Giants before a bye week. And that's the whole point here. They've got three games over a span of.
Seventeen days. To get all the execution stuff down and buttoned up with a bye week on top of it to get healthy, because if you pop that schedule up one more time. That's the meat of the order, if you will, at Green Bay, home for Detroit, at Dallas. Home for Chicago at the Chargers before they have the Vegas Raiders who are having their problems right now. Stroll into town.
They may finish up. with three massive ones Oof. A home and home against Washington wrapped around a visit to Buffalo. And what I do believe, let me get this correct, is in fact. No, it is not.
It's the second to last game in that old building.
So there's Tough games ahead, winnable games ahead for them to get ready to win the tough games. And More than enough time for them to put full games together. And then, more than enough time to maybe not lose some games and have everyone have their hair on fire and point the finger at the offensive coordinator. And the head coach is like, it's all hunky-dory here, look elsewhere. Look elsewhere.
But that's what happens when you lose one at home. Certainly, when you have it in hand at 17 to 3, and then you lose. The fourth quarter 18-0 in the game. And then let's give it up for your Denver Broncos, everybody. Cause when you are uh The bandwagon.
In the national football league, where everybody is buying tickets to get on to the point where you need to offer. Free seats on future bandwagons just to make room for the crush of people who want a seat on the bandwagon. Yeah. You don't do too well. And the Denver Broncos.
Started slow. It didn't look pretty at home against the Titans in week one, but a win is a win. I don't see any pictures in the standings. And then the Denver Broncos lost two in a row that they could have easily won. Where the Colts they had him dead to rights.
And the Colts get another shot at a missed field goal due to a leverage penalty and win it. Then they're at the Chargers. Who wanted it the final gun? Denver then takes care of Cincinnati on a Monday night in a short week visit to Philadelphia before a Full-on week in London. That is what we call a brutal stretch of games, but they beat the Bengals.
And then they took care of business against the Eagles. in Philadelphia in total Sean Payton Fashion. which is hit you in the mouth. Come up with some gritty offensive plays. and offensive play from your quarterback.
And then just do bat guano crazy stuff like going for two and roll the dice so you can get a one-point lead rather than give. The Eagles an option. to try and Take the game in overtime and win it. And the defense started balling out six sacks in week five. They lead the NFL with 21 sacks through five weeks of the NFL campaign.
Cortland Sutton. With 99 yards receiving. And four of Sutton's eight catches and 76 of those 99 yards came in the fourth quarter, in which. Bo Nix was 9 of 10 for 127 yards and a touchdown. That's the way to do it.
You hit him in the mouth, you surprise him with a two-point conversion by rolling the dice. And you are Sean Payton and you're now heading to London. Right away. I'm going to be getting ready for... They're body clocks and everything.
For The Jets, who are at present the only winless team in the NFL. In the history of the NFL, to go 0 5 without a single takeaway. by their defense. Then they come home because it was their option to take a bye week or not. They said, let's just come home and we'll play.
They're going to have the Giants. And New York football is one and nine right now, and that's the next two Opponents for the 3-2 Denver Broncos, who then have Dallas. And then at Houston. Home for Vegas and home for Kansas City, and that's the key here. The question is: just how many teams will they be tied with at the top of the AFC West?
through five weeks 'cause the Chargers lost to the commanders And if the Chiefs win tonight, that'll make it a three-way tie at 3-2 atop the AFC West. And if not, And the Denver Broncos have a full game lead on the Chiefs going into this part of the schedule where they can make some hay. Sean Payton's got to be feeling really good about things. You know, there are a lot of reasons. You know, you could say you weren't going to be successful, but our guys did a good job of preparing and uh.
I think they I think the the locker room. Prior to today, I felt like this was gonna be the result. I mean, I've done this long enough. I've got pretty good instincts. And Then You know, as a coach, you're waiting to see.
And at halftime, I felt really good. You know, despite the The unsuccessful Drives offensively. I loved where we were at. What a win. What a W.
What a win. Again, I know they're 3-2. They could be 5-0, but they're 3-2. And that's good enough. And don't forget they're still paying Russell Wilson this season.
They're done with that contract as of next year. year. When Bo Nix will be on year three and they could just start. loading up Even more. Mm-mm-mm.
No, they're a good team, physical team. Running at you, sacking you, coming after you, locking you down. Cortland Sutton had those 99 yards receiving. A.J. Brown.
Um Had Patrick Sertan, the uh Reigning defensive player of the year, travel with him on 48 of 52 snaps.
Okay, so let's take the defensive player of the year and put him on a guy. that's sending out Bible verses about how patient he needs to be. Good stuff, man. They could do it. And they just did it to the defending Super Bowl champs.
As for the Other remaining undefeated team entering week number five, they took it on the chin. against the New England Patriots. On Sunday Night Football, we'll discuss that. We'll also discuss What's going on with the Ravens in this first hour? What a dynamite game in the Pacific Northwest.
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But by the way, in case you're wondering. The way the NFL and its stat heavy uh Crew Views this thing, it's not like poker who's lasted the actual longest. Um If you're out on the same day, you tie as the last remaining undefeated team in the National Football League season.
So the Eagles and the Bills are tied. for the 2025 campaign is As being the last undefeated teams in the National Football League. That said, I don't think a lot of people Thought The Patriots could win the game, maybe give them a scare. Was that your higher register on Thursday, Chris? No, I didn't want to be at Super Homer.
I went Seahawks for higher registers. Yeah, my higher register hit. Denver might be able to give the Eagles that game and actually pull it through. A lot of people, I don't know, Drake May. It's been playing well, you never know.
And you know Sure enough. You know, patriots come out, unfortunately I gotta settle. Don't want ever settle. In Buffalo, train whistles are going. They're wearing their white uniforms.
Torico is having trouble. Like the Rolls-Royce of Torico is having trouble reading those numbers because they're wearing silver. Yeah. You know what I mean?
Times he goes, that's Curtis Samuel, I believe. Um That's a tough assignment. Everybody wearing white? And here come the bills, man. Marching down a field and guess what happens?
Funny. Bad operation. Austin Knox knocks the ball out of Josh Allen's hand. And then off we go. A three-turnover night for the Bills ensue.
And even the Patriots were overcome in a fumble by Ramondre Stevenson, who gave that ball right back to the Bills. Right after the takeaway, here comes the giveaway. Stupid. And that's when every Patriot fan I knew, including a 14-year-old in my house, starts screaming at the screen. And you know, this is how diehard Cooper is of a Patriot fan.
Because he's also a diehard Michigan fan, I took him to the big house for the first time this weekend. Um He starts screaming for a buckeye to get out there. Yeah. They're all waiting for Travier and Henderson to start taking the. I'm sure the diaper off to use.
I'm sure Coop wasn't saying what I was saying in my house. Yeah. You got a choice of words. But the the diaper. Which is the phrase that a lot of old school NFL Folks use about rookies that they're wearing their diaper.
The phrase that pays, though, that I heard one of the first times. I was in NFL network. The old Parcells phrase of a Rookie. No longer playing like a rookie as he dropped his huggies.
Well, we talked earlier this. Uh I guess a couple of weeks ago. After Drake May and the Patriots. Came close against the Steelers, and then after that game. Taking care of business against Carolina and just spanking them, putting the most points.
Uh on uh On a team that had just shut out. An opponent. In quite some time. In Carolina, we were talking about how Drake May was doing things that we hadn't seen statistic-wise out of a Patriot quarterback since Tom Brady in terms of. efficiency in terms of touchdowns, in terms of ratings, in terms of all of that stuff.
Well, guess who dropped his huggies and basically removed them for good last night, it feels like. I'd be one Drake May. Get ready. for all you patriot haters out there coast to coast. But they officially have a live one now.
Now We'll put a pin in that one, sir, which is. You saying that is exactly why people hate the Patriots coast to coast. That said... What Drake May has done cannot be denied, and what he did last night. is exactly What Josh Allen And the bills have done to pretty much everyone else, certainly in that building.
which is rollout Extend plays. and become unstoppably relentless. Drake May rolling to his right last night. was a nightmare. for the Bills defense.
An absolute positive Nightmare. You could not get him down on the turf. Extending plays and making throws where you're like, where did he see that? How did he see that? How did he complete that?
And again. The person you're normally saying that about in that building is Josh Allen. That's how good Drake may. Played last night, and he did it in the money crunch time. Certainly, after the Bills.
came out After halftime, And scored a touchdown. And no doubt, everyone in that building, with the exception of the guy who was wearing that Matt Milano jersey, ran out with a football. That was cool. Twico's calling. That was cool.
Everyone in that building went again when the Buffalo Bills. Took that 10-6 lead with the Curtis Samuel six-yard touchdown pass. Everyone thought, okay. Order has been restored. It's going to be the Bills night.
The Patriots Nice plucky first half out of you. Like, honestly, that I believe was the sentiment for most people sitting there watching Sunday night football, and certainly in that building. Watching their players wear the ICE uniforms, or whatever the heck they call them.
Well, especially when the Patriots settled for a field goal with one second left at the end of the second quarter. Got to go for it. Got to score touchdowns to beat this team. That's the general sense. Drake May.
After that Samuel touchdown. For the rest of the night. Went 13 of 14 for 184 yards. Un Believable. 100% balling, and the defense was balling out too.
And Stefan Diggs. Is one of those guys that you just don't want to piss off at the wrong time, at the right time, or whatever time there is to piss him off. You don't want to do it. And it's his first time back in this building since being traded. He did play against the Bills last year, but it was in Houston.
This was his first time back in Highmark. And you want to talk about a Highmark for him as a Patriot, 10 catches, 146 yards. Most by any former Bills player. Against. Buffalo.
The biggest night of any former bill against the bills at the position. That's what Stephon Diggs did. And he now has 100 or more receiving yards in consecutive games for the first time in two years. Never did it as a Texan. We all know it was an injury.
Shortened season anyway. And Drake Mace found his guy. And Drake Mayman, again, after the Bills. hide the game. and left too much time on the clock.
Words you didn't really say much about. Last year's team. Uh-oh. We left too much time for Jacoby. Or the year before.
Or Mac Jones. Left too much time before that. The words you never heard in the last couple of years in New England were: left too much time for Zappy. Huh? I said that once.
Did you really?
Okay, my bad. Yeah, the year before. Left too much time for Zappy. Drake May. Left too much time for him.
And the night Tapped. by the final drive. started by the play of the night. that personified everything that I've talked about, May. First Snap.
on the final drive. on the north side of the two-minute warning. Daquan Jones jumps the snap and essentially envelops Drake May. And this is no small man. May she Shakes him off.
enough To be able to do that. to avoid the sack and I thought he's throwing it away. He made a twelve yard reception happen to Stephan Diggs. And then after Ramondre Stevenson, one-yard run. dropped it into coverage.
perfectly To Keyshawn Booty. And then the final booty of the night from Andy Borogalis. Look at you. A 52-yard field goal. With hardly any time left for the Buffalo Bills to come back, and that's the way the Patriots put their conversation.
card on the table to say. We are no longer doormats. We are 100% in the mix. For a playoff spot. We have the right head coach.
We definitely have the right head coach and offensive coordinator in Josh McDaniels. And 100%. Do they have the best they have do they have the right quarterback? And until James Daniels showed up yesterday and started doing Jaden Daniel things for the Washington Commanders. And Bo Nix played well yesterday as well.
Uh one 100% the most improved quarterback from last year's draft class. One hundred percent. They could say Daniels and Knicks don't have much more to improve. In order to improve, we'll see how they do from here on out. But as of week five, Drake May, 100%, you hit it.
Patriots hit it. And the quarterback front. Kid is something else. Kid is something else, and he had a little bit of fun afterwards talking about how he could not watch. the game-winning field goal that he set up with his remarkable evening.
Remarkable night. In support of three takeaways taken by the Patriots, first time they've done that since 2002. at Buffalo week 18, but again, those games. As you know, we're all just... The Bills getting ready for the playoffs.
And uh they're Streak of Consecutive games with fewer than three takeaways, 38 in a row. The longest such streak in the NFL is now over, and Drake May made it all cash. Yeah, I couldn't watch. You know, I couldn't watch. Couldn't watch.
You know, it was just trust. You know, just trust in him. You know, he uh Back in the day, he was committed to North Carolina High School and he flipped on us.
So he went to Miami. But what a kick. You know, pressure, ultimate pressure. I tell people all the time, you know, other than quarterback, I think kickers got it. You got a lot on the line, so it was sweet to see.
What were you doing? Shut your eyes? I was just looking down at the iPad of something in the run game I could have done in the last. You know, a couple plays to get another first down. He looks 12.
It's unbelievable. He's a man child. He just looks 12 and he plays like a veteran now. Boy, does McDaniels have this thing working? And listen, the division's in play as well.
And You gotta feel really good about this, brother. Really good about it. We're back. And everyone should be pissed that they didn't get theirs in the five years that we stunk. Because What does that mean?
What does that mean? The Chiefs got theirs. The Eagles got theirs. That's right. And all the other, the 29 other teams should be pissed that they didn't.
So now you're going back on another generational run? Yeah. It's absolutely happening. Really? You sure about that?
Yeah. Your team ain't doing it. I ain't doing it. We know your team ain't doing it. And I'm not saying here we're back.
This guy's guy. This guy's so back. Pull up the path schedule. What are you talking about? Tell me how it's not 12 and 5 at worst.
Here's what I will say. With all seriousness. Divisions in play. With all seriousness and due respect. With all seriousness, by the way, no doubt.
And guess what?
Now free agency is going to get a lot more hotter because guys are going to want to come on to play with Drake May and Mike Brable. I got it.
Now, this is, by the way, the man. This is the man. How can you laugh? The brain behind. Did you watch a game last night?
This is the brain behind Overreaction Monday. Mm-hmm.
Chris. Young teams Are up and down. Let's see how consistent they can play. I just talked about how special Drake May looks. He's got to be consistent.
He has been as well, even with the losses. This is four straight games with a pass rating of 100 or better. Um, and the last. Quarterback in New England to do it was Brady in 2018 and 2019, his last two years there. when you did it in four straight starts.
He's he's special. He's a special guy, but it's up and it's down. And we will see. You take a look at the schedule, you can pop it up there. You can commit dumbass personal foul penalties on the fumbles that they had against Pittsburgh for sure.
You know what I mean?
Get that out of the way. That was the preseason. Again, please put up their schedule. There it is. And there are winnable games.
You're at New Orleans, you're at Tennessee, back-to-back visits to the teams that just won their first games. And then you've got Cleveland at home. We're assuming that's Dylan. It's going to be Dylan Gabriel's fourth start in a row. Never know.
Could be Shadur. Yep. Could be Flacco back again. You got Atlanta coming in. You visit Tampa.
You still have two against the Jets. Baltimore We're assuming will be much healthier and a totally different team at that point in time. Hacked it in by December. I will push back on that notion. Yeah, if Lamar's playing him.
I will push back on that notion extremely hard. Lamar, I play in Detox. I'm giving up 40 a game. No, listen, I like your excitement. That looks like 13-4 to me.
And that's just like giving them losses at Tampa at home against Buffalo. I'm with Bryant. Granted, the Buffalo win was great, but you beat the Dolphins and the Panthers, too.
So it. Hold on a minute. You got to play who you got to play. You're going to have to get a foot of me this morning.
Now, listen, you got to play who you got to play. All those garbage teams on that schedule. They have a young team. They have a young team that's learning how to win and how to win together with a new coaching staff that's leading the way. You've got to give it up.
That was a stones win. That was a great win. You could make a case. It's one of the best road wins of anybody in the league this year. We started the show with one of them with Denver at Philadelphia.
This is a monster win for them and a big conversation. Confidence boost. They just have to play like this consistently, which is tough to do in the NFL. We shall see, but without a doubt, A playoff spot is in the offing. When you look at the rest of the division, There's only one other team, and you just went in their house and beat them, and you're only one game behind your half-game behind them.
Essentially.
So, yes. There's lots to be excited about. And as for the Buffalo Bills, I will just say this. Um Throw this one out. They probably needed a little wake-up call.
That's it. Just throw it out. You're still one of the best. You've still got a. A terrific quarterback.
I'm not going to sit here and go, they're less than, you can go get them. Everyone's going to be able to go get them. This is one of those things where they got hit in the mouth. They've been bloodied and they're tasting, they've been tasting, they just tasted blood. And we'll see how they react to it.
They definitely have the team and the staff and the quarterback to react well to it. But what this does is you look at this right now. Just to wrap this whole thing up. from the beginning of our show to now. This league is Wide ass open, and it is there for anyone to take and catch fire and take.
Anybody can win it this year. Who would you peg as the Super Bowl favorite right now? Um the Lions in the NFC. And that was the one that I picked before. And I'll stick with it.
We'll see what the Chiefs do tonight. And we'll see if they've turned a corner and Rashi Rice comes back, and we'll see how healthy they are and how they play. You're still going to have to beat the Chiefs at some point. And the Bills are definitely a contender. And you got to throw the Colts in there.
And you gotta throw that in the AFC. In the NFC, there's other teams that can come to the fore. But this AFC is open. The defending Super Bowl champs. go down and that's one thing.
But they Longtime Super Bowl champs and defending AFC Champion Chiefs can start making hay. And look out. The bills can start making hay. Just like they did in the first four weeks of the season and lookout. And the Colts and the Chargers and the Broncos.
And the Steelers are At 3-1, they're sitting back watching the rest of their division fall completely apart. The Patriots are three and two.
So you you know that's what this loss By the bills, says to me, is the AFC's why open? Anyone can take it. Laugh all you want. Colts can take it. Broncos can take it.
Chargers can take it. Steelers can take it. Bills can take it. You know. And the Patriots, Chris, if they can keep playing like this, taking the ball away.
overcoming their own mistakes and having a One hundred percent. Load. At quarterback. They can do it too. Completely open.
The AFC. We're back on the simulcast on Disney Plus, the ESPN app everywhere, and ESPN Radio, presented by Progressive Insurance in a moment. We'll head on the Ravens. And finish up this hour with an interesting did you know from that dynamite game between the Bucs and the Seahawks. This is the Rich Eisen Show on week five, Monday.
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Mike Mayock will join us in the middle of the next hour to give his thoughts on everything. We've either already unpacked in this first hour or we're going to for week number five. The Baltimore Ravens are one and four. They were missing Uh I mean, a Pro Bowl defense, the number of defenders that were out yesterday. And then Lamar on top of it.
You knew. They were going to have their hands full with the Houston Texans. We're coming in, coming off of a shutout win over the Titans feeling good about themselves. Their first win of the season. They've never won in Baltimore.
Do you know that? Do you see that? It was their first win ever in Baltimore, regular season and playoffs, and Stroud came in and looked like the rookie of the year, right? From a couple years ago. And everybody's ready to bury the Ravens not just this year.
Because they're one and four. But Yeah. Maybe for good, like the windows closed. I believe that was that an overreaction Monday subject? The Ravens have peaked under Don Harbor.
Very good. Which is another way of seeing the windows closed. Sure.
So here's John Harbaugh on getting at Absolutely manhandled at home. It really was tough to see all the missing empty seats in the upper. breaches of MNT Bank. Yesterday, it was the most points a Ravens team has given up. Under John Harbaugh, 44 to 10.
And You know, it kind of Even you think they let off the gas and they put Davis Mills in the game. This is what John Harlbaugh had to say after the loss. Got beat in every way you can get beat, very disappointed with that. Did not expect to see that, thought we'd play a lot better than that based on the way we practiced. And hats off to them.
They played a really good game, made a bunch of plays, did a great job on first down. We did not. built a rhythm, really throughout the game. We did not. So, um Just complete disappointment, and we're gonna have to find a way to to turn it around, figure out who we are this next week and then into the buy and after the buy.
We're going to have more than half the season left, and we're going to have to find ourselves.
So that's what our aim will be going forward.
Well, if the Cooper rush that showed up yesterday, unlike the Cooper rush that showed up in support of Dak Prescott all those times in Dallas, If that guy shows up next week, the team that they're going to be coming out of the buy is. the uniform number for rush with just a dash between the one and the five. Yeah, my higher register did not pay on that. The Rams, I know, right? I think the Ravens could do it.
Not at all. And it was apparent from Jump. Yeah. The Rams are going to come in and try and jump all over the Ravens before they head off to London. To take on the Jaguars, which is another game that I'll be calling on NFL Network after the Jets and Broncos this coming Sunday.
I'll be in London. In short order. That game could be real nice. And still, by the way, I'll be zooming in from London as well as we're doing the show from there in the two days before Rams Jaguars. Susie Schuster sitting in this chair on Thursday, Tom Pellisero.
for the days that I'll be out in London before those Thursday shows. and Friday shows that we do together in London. And I'll be zooming in as much as possible.
So. That said. I'm concerned about the Ravens. They'll be one in five. Let's hope they come off the by, they get their defenders back, they get Lamar back.
And then they go on an unprecedented type of a heater. Home for Chicago, at Miami on a Thursday night, at Minnesota, at Cleveland, home for the Jets. Those are games that could potentially, if they just hit. Heat up. and get everyone back.
and go on a run. They could be above 500. I know there's a lot of ifs and buts. and candies and nuts. But then they've got Cincinnati on Thanksgiving night.
Pittsburgh at home at Cincinnati again. That game against New England is no longer one of those layups, right? Which is why you always got to think about this before you go in. to a season Assuming. They just got to get healthy and go on a run.
They can do it, but from a one and five hole, unless they suddenly show up and beat a Rams team that's ready to just. Jump on him. and wipe the taste out of two of their last three losses out of their mouths. I'm concerned, but I'm not ready to bury him. Is my headline on the Baltimore Ravens.
And I know I'm an outlier on that, but. It is what it is. The Rich Eisen Show Podcast. Mm-hmm.
