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Former NFL General Manager Mike Mayoff. Your phone calls, latest news, and more. And now, sitting in for Rich, it's Colleen Wolf. Welcome in, everybody. A new fresh hour, hour three of the Rich Eisen Show here on this Thursday, September 17th.
I'm Colleen Wolf sitting in for Rich Eisen with the whole crew. Still on Passion Fruit Watch, so we do need a knife, someone. I didn't bring my switchblade today. Chris Brockman, Mike Delta Foe, TJ Jefferson. Saying what up to all our new watchers and listeners today that we got from social media yesterday.
You're going to love it here. Oh, that's great. Yeah, get comfortable. We have another hour for you. And we have a great guest coming up now.
He's an elite talent evaluator. He has a front office perspective, and he's a fellow Philadelphian. Mike Mayock joins us on the show. Hi. Mike, I'm like contractually obligated to have a mic from Philadelphia on every day that I host this show.
So, Mike Garifolo was yesterday, Mike Mayock is today. First of all, great to see you. And I was talking to your daughter, Lee. How's the fam? How is everything?
How are things? Everything's great. We do share a similar background with the Philadelphia thing. And I just kind of felt like while I watched that intro, it was a great walk-on for Rich. But I would vote that when you're a guest host, you should have a similar video walk-on and have the ability to choose your own music colour.
Wow. Oh, okay. Mike Mayock coming in, and the suggestions are awesome. And I think that you should be an executive producer on the show that I have only a small part of. But I'm coming in now to host today.
Listen, I don't know what music I would have, but I really like the, I like the whole vibe of this show. I like the music. I like the voiceover. It's like, it's just like a fun feel. And now that you're here, yeah.
I got it. I have so many questions for you.
So, first of all, let's talk, let's start with the Eagles. And now they have this new identity, which I'm trying to figure out as you evaluate them what that identity is now with Sean Mannion there as the new offensive coordinator and AJ Brown gone. How do you see them scheming things up? What do you think we will see the rest of the season? Kyle, I was really interested to watch the tape, and I watched the whole thing.
I took a lot of time on it, offense and defense. But specifically, in comes this 30-something-year-old kid who I actually evaluated when he came out of Oregon State as a quarterback with no play calling experience, but a really good background with the infrastructure of McVay and San Francisco. And he's got all the right ingredients for what the most, what the hot offense in the NFL is today.
So I was really anxious to see how the quarterback would adapt. It's a big change for the offensive line with outside zone. I felt like their two tackles, Maielata and Lane Johnson, are perfect fits. I was worried about the interior offensive line. But mostly, you know, what about Jalen Hurts?
He's going to be under center more than he's ever been. I kind of felt like after I watched the tape, That I thought Jalen played a really solid game, threw the ball well, especially the deep ball. I thought he won the game with his legs. You know, they didn't call one planned quarterback run, but third and 18, he picks up 23. That sets up the final touchdown on the, I think it was a 40-yard-plus touchdown pass to Goddard.
I thought Jalen Hurts had a really good start in the new offense.
Now, The nuance is: I'm not sure there really are today where they want to be, Col. I thought the O-line played poorly. I thought the operation with the wideouts, even though they played well individually, I thought they had some spacing problems in the past game.
So I think the best way to put it is after week one, it's a big work in progress for the entire offense. Yeah, Mike Mayock, we're talking to you now, NFL analyst here on behalf of Sumer Sports, which recently launched some data tracking products, Sumer Pass. You guys can go to sumersports.com and sign up for Sumer Pass and use code Welcome15 for 15% off. How nice, Mike. I'd love that.
The offensive line in Philadelphia, no Jeff Stoutland there anymore. The offensive line coach who was there for years and really did an incredible job with that unit. Landon Dickerson went on IR. How concerned are you about the line up front on this offense? Before Landon got put on IR, I was concerned.
Again, I think the two tackles fit what they're trying to do with the new outside zone scheme. When you talk about Jeff Stoutland, I'm the defender of the faith. I think he's one of the best offensive line coaches in the history of the NFL. I've known him for 20 years. I've watched him coach.
I can't tell you how many practices.
However, they wanted to go in a different direction scheme-wise, and that wasn't Stout's cup of tea.
So, when you ask me how concerned I am, talent-wise at tackle, they're really good. Can Lane Johnson hold up is the biggest thing physically at his age? Landon Dickerson didn't play well last year, Carl. And he's one of the toughest kids you'll ever see, and that's why he played so many games, and he probably shouldn't have. And then you come out this year, and I watched the tape, and 330-pound guys are crossing his face and getting up upfield.
His lateral quickness was non-existent, so I really wasn't surprised to. Hear that he had been hurting and put on IR. They're going to turn to Drew Kendall out of Boston College. He was a center at BC, started 30-some games. He's going to play his first game as a starter at guard.
I think he'll fit in. He's a smart, tough kid. But again, this whole O-line sequencing and timing in a new offense is different for everybody. I do expect it to take a little time. I thought Saquon Barkley played real well, Col.
I thought, but the irony is that he averaged over five yards of carry, but they had two outside zone plays where he tripped over an offensive lineman and a receiver, both of which I thought were going to be big plays.
So I don't want to get too deep in the weeds. Like, you know, I'll bore the hell out of a lot of listeners if I go any deeper. But this offensive line I'm concerned about because Lane Johnson's old. Uh Dickerson's beat up. The center, Jergens, had two holding penalties last week, and the right guard, Steen, is typically average at best.
So when they're clicking on all cylinders, they're a top 10 offensive line. But the injury thing worries me the most. And for those who would like to go deeper into the weeds, you can listen to the Believe in Eagles podcast that Mayoc is on. And it's a great listen, highly recommend. Let's keep it in the NFC East, though.
With John Harbaugh now in New York and the Giants putting on a performance that surprised a lot of people, beating up on the Cowboys being so aggressive in that game and so physical. What did you take away from that first performance and how much of it was also a product of the Cowboys defense? Yeah, great question. I It didn't surprise me a whole lot the way the Giants played. I'm a John Harbaugh guy.
Kyle, when he was the special teams coach for the Eagles, we lived in the same neighborhood. And his dad was a coach, my dad was a coach. What neighborhood did you live in? I got to know real quick. It was in the New Town Square right now.
Ah, got it. Cool.
Okay, keep going. And we talked all the time. And I helped get him an interview with Boston College to be the head coach. And he knocked it out of the park and they didn't hire him. And he went to Andy Reid and said, Andy, I can't even get a college head coaching job because I'm a special teams coach.
You know, I either I gotta leave and go coach a position, or you gotta help me get a position.
So they moved him to the defensive back coach that year. And a year later, he's the Baltimore Ravens head coach. And that's a long way of saying that toughness, physicality, culture, I know who he is, and those things still matter. I don't care how young the league trends with the coordinators and everything else. At the end of the day, you still got to block tackle.
You've got to be physically and emotionally tough, and that's who Harbs is.
So when they came out and ran the ball 37 times for a buck 65, that didn't surprise me at all. What I loved, Carl, and this ties into your second part of your question: what I loved was it's a 14-7 game at half, and in the second half, The Giants only had three possessions. They went 12 snaps for 74 in a touchdown, 13 snaps for 70 in a touchdown, and their final possession was 12 plays, 37 yards, and they ran the clock out, which means that Dallas only had two possessions. In the entire second half. And even though they scored on both of them, it didn't matter.
Dallas' defense couldn't get off the field. And Harbs and the Giants pounded them physically. The quarterback played well. This is who. Harbaugh is, if he can keep that quarterback that you're looking at right now healthy, if that kid doesn't get too beat up in the run game, they've got a chance, I think, with a good defense to compete for a playoff spot.
Dallas, you know, I'm not going to overreact in week one. They're playing with Christian Parker, who came out of the Eagles system with Vic Fangio. It was not a good week one for them, and I am in no way, shape, or form ready to bury them. But their defense the other day was just about as bad as it was a year ago. Yeah, they could not get off the field.
And when I look at their upcoming matchup, the Giants against the Rams, whose defense struggled mightily in the Australia game against the Niners, I'm wondering if we might see a little bit more of the same, which would be a lot of the Giants' offense on the field. Yeah, obviously that's what Harbs wants. And I think the key there is Jackson Dart and his ability to throw the ball off play action. I also think a lot of people are overreacting about the Rams' loss. It was an ugly look.
You know, the fact that Miles Garrett goes on IR and Aaron Donald's not back yet. And, you know, I think Les Snead, their general manager, doesn't get enough credit. You know, you and I, Carl, we hear about Sean McVay a hundred times a day, how great he is. And he is, and he deserves it. But nobody talks about Les.
You know, Les has that team competing after winning a Super Bowl and trading away all their first-round picks. They still compete every single season. And I don't expect them to come out and play poorly this week. I think. You know, Harbs is going to go in there and they're going to be physical and tough, but they better be ready because I think LA will be also.
So, more or less love. That's what we need out there. Less need. We got to give them more love. The Bears have been getting a ton of love after their performance week one.
Caleb Williams just shining in this system with Ben Johnson. How have you seen him grow and change just in this offseason? Obviously, last year we saw a huge leap from him, but now coming out and setting the tone with that initial game, what have you seen from Caleb with Ben? I'm a little bit prejudiced, but coaching still matters. You know, I had a buddy of mine who was a scout in the league for 25 years, and he used to tell me that coaching didn't matter.
Whoever had the most talent, whoever did a better job scouting, was the better team and would win more games. And then he ended up with a better team, with a better coach. And he called me one day and said, man. Coaching really does matter. As it turns out.
Yeah. I'm out. Coaching matters.
So I look at Chicago and I look at Caleb Williams and, you know, he and Jaden Daniels came out the same year in the draft. And I had big grades on both of them for different reasons. And year one, we're polar opposites. You know, Jaden takes Washington to the NFC championship game and Caleb looks poor. And then they flip coaches and in comes an offensive-minded guy and he demanded, and I know this, he demanded that Caleb do things his way.
Okay, footwork. Eye, vision, where you're going with the football progressions. Everything had to be done a certain way. And they had to break them down a little bit to build them back up. And I did their game last year against the Eagles, the day after Thanksgiving.
Not only was Caleb impressive, but they ran the ball right up the Eagles' throats. They just knocked them out of the park. And it reminded me of that this past week. I mean, they ran the ball call 39 times. 39?
291 yards. And listen to this. They had six explosive plays of 28 yards or more. Of the six explosives, four of them were runs and three of them went for touchdowns. I mean, Menangai went 61 for a touchdown.
Caleb Williams went 29 on a scramble. And Swift went 28. When you're running the ball like that, And have a quarterback as dynamic as that. No wonder you score 59 points. And it was fun.
It was a fun tape to watch, Kyle. Oh, it was a fun game to watch. And I know that this offense is going to be fun to watch all season long, especially with Ben Johnson coming out and saying that they're going to be the most prolific offense. They're going to put up the most points. And when you talk about that trust with Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams, I think about, I immediately just think about John Harbaugh, not because we just talked about them, but John Harbaugh coming into the Giants with a very different mentality and the guys having to buy in.
And then when it works, it's like that is, this is the fruits of the labor you can see on display. And so coaching, it does matter, as it turns out. Also, I want to get your thoughts on tonight's game, Thursday night football. Lions and Bills, both teams coming off wins, although the Lions, it was a little bit more. Of a nail biter, and the Bills went down to Houston with a statement game for Josh Allen.
So, what's something to watch for tonight? Where do you think that this game will be decided? I think a big piece of what Buffalo did last week in Houston were explosive plays. They had five at 30 plus. That's a big number.
And three of them went to a tight end, Dalton Kincaid.
So think about that. A tight end had three catches over 30 yards. And they had two big touchdowns that had 30-plus.
So I think the big challenge for Detroit's defense with some beat-up defensive backs and everything is to limit explosive plays. And that's hard to do against Buffalo. I love what they did. You know, their quarterback is probably the best quarterback in football right now. He's certainly one of the four or five franchise quarterbacks in the league.
I love the DJ Moore acquisition. Gives them, you know, Shakir has been their guy, but now it gives them a legitimate inside-outside threat that can play at all three levels.
So the Buffalo offense. Against that Detroit defense, that the defensive backfield is hurting that both safeties have been hurt. I think that's a really big matchup. And then maybe my favorite guy in football might be that Detroit tailback, Jameer Gibbs. Oh, yeah.
Like, dude, is he and B. John Robinson? Are you kidding me? They're so much. Kyle, do you love watching them play Coke?
Are you kidding me? Like, and you know what's great is with Jameer Gibbs, every time I look at the screen, he's up playing. He's got the ball in his hands at this point with the amount of touches that he got last week. Yeah, which is scary because, you know, when he came in the league, he and David Montgomery split carries, and I thought they handled it really intelligently to protect the kid as he progressed.
Now, Pacheco's hurt. They've got a couple of guys without much experience. And on the one hand, I love the touches. On the other hand, I just hope he doesn't get beat up over a 17-game season. You know, you start getting too many, too much over 400 touches, and you got a little bit of a problem for a running back.
So anyway, I love Gibbs. I think people are going to have fun watching this game tonight. I think you're going to see a lot of offense. The two offenses are outstanding. And right now, the two defenses are not.
So it'll be interesting to see if either defense can make a stand. There's going to be some fireworks, a lot of points tonight at the new Highmark Stadium. Also, while you're here, I want to touch on the Kansas City Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes, his performance coming back from the ACL injury. We're talking about running backs that we love to watch, Kenneth Walker with Andy Reid. And for years and years, when Andy Reid was in Philadelphia, it was like everyone just wanted Andy to run the ball.
And so, when Andy does have a good, capable running back, and we're seeing how that can work when Andy does run the ball.
So, how did you evaluate Patrick Mahomes in his return, and how much will Kenneth Walker help him in the offense? You know, there's so many layers here, Colin, being a Philly person. I mean, you know it. I've known Andy for a lot of years, and I used to tease him that he can't help himself. Like, he won't run the football.
Like, come on. He just wants to throw. That's who he is. I know. He wants to throw the football.
And I think bringing Bienname back as the offensive coordinator was a big deal. And I know people in that building that love his toughness. I'm talking about Biennome now. What he demands. From his running backs, what that in turn demands from the offensive line.
If you throw too often, And I'm the son of an offensive line coach. If you throw the ball too often, there's a different sometimes your O-line can get a little bit passive. They're backpedaling all the time, they're accepting all. I think you have to have an offensive line that can stick their hand in the dirt and move grown-ass men off the ball. You just have to be able to do that at every level of football.
And I think Bienname demands that. Like, we're going to run the ball. The offensive lineman better get used to it. We're going to get physical. We're going to get tough.
And Kenneth Walker fits them like a glove. I mean, that kid played his tail off the other night. What is amazing, Carl, and I think they talked about it in the telecast, his patience and vision. Really, for a young guy, I think that's somewhat innate. You either have it or you don't.
And a couple of times he took his time, read the blocks, let the linebacker commit, made a cut. I think all of that is going to make Patrick coming back off an ACL have to do a little bit less. Kelsey looked like he might be on the verge of having another good year. And then they got a, you know, I think. I'm a big Steve Spagmoula guy.
Who is it? I think Steve will figure out that defense.
So, you know, all the people that think Kansas City is going to be a non-playoff team, watch out. Yeah, I mean, absolutely the way that they've performed, I think that last year kind of ate at them because of the finish. And now they know what that feels like, and they're going to come back with a vengeance, especially if everyone can stay healthy. I do have, I have a question about Sumer Sports. I don't know much about it, and I want to know more about it.
Tell me about the data tracking that you guys do. It's kind of crazy. And when they wanted me to come in, they have more data scientists than I've ever seen in my life. And you know me, I'm kind of like an old school guy, but I learned. A lot about analytics when I was the GM of the Raiders.
It opened my eyes to a bunch of things, made me very acceptant of this new version of what's going on. Sumer, I think, is at the cutting edge. They've got NFL teams as clients, they've got college teams as clients. They've finally opened up a consumer. Section where you can buy their product, or at least parts of their product.
And if you're into learning more about the game, tracking more of the game, like you could watch the game tonight with a Sumer product, and you could worry, say, I wonder how Jamison Williams is doing against the Buffalo corner, number 47, the kid from Villanova, forget his name, Benford. You know, what's that matchup look like? And after 23 snaps, you look over at the Sumer dad, it says, They've been on the same side of the line of scrimmage 17 times. They've been against each other 15 of the 17. Press coverage seven times.
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So he's winning on the separation. And I don't care if you're a former GM or a young person, male or female, looking to learn a little more about the game. It's fascinating and it can help you learn. Look at you becoming a believer in the athletic. Analytics of everything.
You know what? Because ultimately, we're all football nerds and we all want to just learn more and have access to more information. And I, you know what? You're making me a believer. And if you guys are a believer, you can also listen to the Believe in Eagles podcast with Mike and his daughter, Lee Mayoc.
Mike, thank you for coming by. It's so great to see you.
So great to hear your voice and talk with you. I love when we get to do segments together.
So hopefully, we'll get to do some more work together down the line. But until then, enjoy Philadelphia, my friend, and tell everyone I say hello. College, been too long. Thanks for being so nice to me. Have a great day.
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I'm kidding. Oh, well, maybe you should do that. You know what we're going to do? We're going to talk. I'm fascinated over the Bears and Vikings.
I feel like the NFC North, the NFC North is intriguing. The NFC East is, the NFC West, the AFC East. Oh, my God. It's like a favorite kid. It should be simple.
Everyone has favorite kids.
Well, I feel like. The only rich won't admit it. If I got to choose a coast, I got to choose the east. I live out there. I know.
I'm out there.
So don't go there. Come on now.
So, NFC East, obviously, like, that's home. That's my heart. But if I had to choose a second Division that's my favorite in football. I really like the AFC North. And I know that that's a an odd kind of weird one because it should be like the NFC West is like sexy, they're fun, they're like high scoring.
And they have great defenses too. But I like the rivalry that the AFC North has, those old school rivalries where they really hate each other. And I just remember watching like Steelers, Bengals playoff games where just people are actually getting into fights on the sidelines, hairs being pulled. Like this was, I just had never seen such hate before. And it goes, and that's what I like about sports: I like the hate.
I like the hate. I like the pettiness. I like when there's real emotion in it because then that makes me buy in even more. But the NFC North has that too. And all four teams are extremely compelling.
And obviously, it's the beginning of the year.
So everyone has hope for the most part. But with this game and Caleb Williams coming off his performance last week, now going up against the Brian Flores defense. I want you guys to take a listen to what Caleb said about preparing for such a test. The game plan defense, and so he's going to game plan all the way up to the T from first snap to last snap. And Coach calls this mental war when you go versus him.
And that's what it is. You've got to be able to go out there and things are going to happen, bad things are going to happen. You've got to be able to fight back and stay steady. And so that's one of the biggest things is not allowing his defense and all of that to flush to you and get in your mind. That's one of the first.
And then after that, you stay steady and things like that.
Now it's time to go make plays and get completions. And when the big ones show up, take them and find them. My job is, part of my job is when those things happen is finding the big ones. And then when it's not, it's finding the completions. And so that's a big challenge for us, myself, this week.
And I'm going to take it up and we'll see how it turns out on Sunday.
So he is locked in.
Well, he saw what happened to Jordan Love. And he saw The pressure that was coming from the other side. And that's what we know about these Brian Flores defenses: how talented they are and how much heat they can put on a quarterback. And I look at the points that they were able to put up last week, and when I don't know, these two teams, I just feel like this is a game that it's not going to be as high scoring as we've seen from week one, right? I think not.
No. I think the difference, too, between Chicago and Green Bay in this game, and what's going to be really hard on this Minnesota defense, the Bears can run the football. And we know it. We saw it over 200 yards last week. Almost 300.
291. Oh, my God. And Caleb, he had two rushing touchdowns. He got in on the act as well. And I think.
You're not going to be able to blitz as much. We're not going to see that 70% blitz rate like they threw at Jordan Love. And I think that's just going to open things up. It's going to open play action more for Caleb. And man, I can't wait to see how the Bears kind of counteract this.
It's such a chess match, but I think the Bears being able to run the ball like they're able to, it's going to make it much more difficult. They're not going to be able to pin their ears back and just blitz Caleb nonstop. No. Uh-uh. And it's like you have Caleb and you have Carson in this game.
And how much can you... How much can you take away from that week one Carson went start? I don't know, for the Vikings, where's your optimism level on the Vikings considering their quarterback situation is in flux right now? But it never really felt like it was set to begin with coming into the year. They had.
This competition going on. And that to me, obviously, they're in a better spot than they were last year. But I don't have as much optimism in the Vikings as I'd like to right now. You know, it's No one thought Carson Wentz was going to be an option. Like the quarterback battle we heard all summer was Kyler Murray and J.J.
McCarthy with like probably going to be Kyler unless JJ comes in and kind of blows everyone's socks off. And now, wait, could he get cut? Could he get traded? Is he the third guy? Wentz is the backup.
And you're like, wait, what is happening right now? They've botched this pretty much from jump with letting Sam Darnold go. They just didn't want to pay him. They didn't believe in him. Whatever it was, they should be taking way more heat for how much they screwed up their quarterback room.
But when you look at it right now, I think you got to be optimistic, though, because Wentz proved he could come in off the bench and do it. Justin Jefferson looks happy. I mean, I know Jordan Mason just went on IR with a broken wrist, but Aaron Jones is still there running the rock pretty well. They got this kid, DeMont Claiborne, who's super fast and put up some good numbers at Wake Forest. Probably was a sneaky waiver wire ad and fan.
See yesterday for some people. Look, they still have enough offense, and with the way the Bears play D, this game's going to be close, it's going to be high scoring, and you know, if they come out of this. 2-0.
Okay, all right. I guess we got to take you seriously until with Kyler Murray probably coming back in week three. Mm-hmm.
Well, yeah. DJ, do you feel I mean, he took two of my talking points, so say him again.
Well said. Copying off of him from across the room.
Well said and well stated. It's just the thing, like Rentz came in in the middle of that game, didn't have any idea he was gonna be seeing any series. No. So now he's got like a weak tackle. Maybe he's a vet, so it should be a lot easier than trying to, you know, shoehorn a a a rookie in there.
But The Vikings Day Loki Man. I don't even know if it's Loki.
Well this is a high key. Yeah, I'm Maybe this game isn't as high scoring as everything. No, no, definitely not. I don't know. Like I said, I keep going back to this cars and I love stories and I love things that you can point at and like it might mean something.
Him wearing the jerseys, him being just growing. You have a real soft spot for this. It's not even this. It's just like sometimes it's just like, all right, there's something you can cling to. I don't know what it is, but.
We'll see. If they come out and win this game, then I'm really going to be high on this. What's more likely Thursday? We're going to play what's more likely tomorrow, obviously. A higher scoring game.
Tonight's Bills, Lions or Bears, Vikings? Tonight's Bills-Lions. Even though it's a Thursday? I don't even hesitate. Yeah.
Okay.
Now, I'm going to be texting you guys tonight. No. 0-0 first quarter. Just eating my passion fruit. It's going to be 30.
It's going to be 13-9. And then this Bears-Viking game is going to be like 39-30. Oh, man.
Well, the Bears' defense, they had a really rough start, too. Like, you're going to give three touchdowns in the first half. Coming into the game. Yeah. That was week one.
But they did, whatever adjustments they made, they did look better after the half.
So they tightened up. I don't know how they did it, but. Which is amazing because these guys only get like. Nine minutes. Oh, man, in the locker room.
I don't know how half time is there.
So, how do you even? It's something that always speeches, Beth, got to make an impact. They got to land. Right, like, how are you even able to turn something around when you've got so little time in there to make adjustments? It's pretty.
I mean, I am always cracking up at the mad dash of the coaches going down to the locker room at the half from the press box. They block off the elevators. It's so serious. Like, we got three minutes here to get across all of our points from the first half. It's like, it's very intense.
Yes, it is. But yeah, without those three takeaways. That the Bears have, they may have been, I mean, up against the Panthers in a really tight game for all four quarters. And they had an insane turnover early in the game. Ben Johnson goes for it on fourth and one from like his own 25, doesn't get it, and you're just like, why are you giving away possessions like this?
Nope, didn't matter. Right? 59 points. Yeah. Running wild.
Didn't matter. I wish we would have went for it. Your game was over the second you played. Yeah. Was it a lie or was it a truth?
I mean, not going for it?
Well, just that the game was over before it started for the Cowboys. I mean, it's kind of a lie, but Yeah. Let's go around and do some truth or lies, right? Let's do it. You want to do it right now?
Well, or we could wait. We could wait. We could, um, we can, you know. All right, let's do it next break.
Next break. All right. Um. What other games here are we excited about that? I feel like we've talked about a lot of the ones, but just kind of looking at.
Some of these games that we haven't hit yet because we haven't really talked about. I mean, I love the Baker Mayfield Bucks Browns revenge story and I mean, the Steelers and the Patriots, it doesn't really I'm sorry, Brockman. But no, I'm going to be the only one in America watching that game. I'm really worried about your offensive line with T.J. Watt.
Yeah, it could be real. I'm worried about Drake May. Or Morgan Moses. Yeah, yeah. And then the Packers, they're playing the Jets.
So Bengals Texas. Maybe Jordan Love will get a little. I don't know if he can settle down from Lat come down from last week's outing on the road here against the Jets. Looking forward to the Bengals and the Texas. Yeah, Texas.
Ah, that's the one. Vikings, Bears. Those are the cream of the crop of the early games. Ooh, that's going to be a great window. I have to figure out how my configuration is going to be for multi-box.
Yeah. I have a projector that I put on the wall. Fancy, huh? Oh, oh. Is that why you couldn't come to the draft?
You were putting up the projector? Yeah, you know. No, I only do it during football season and then it goes away for the whole rest of the year. But every iPad I've ever had, I've spilled stuff on, like, immediately fried.
So I just can't be trusted with a Electronics. Right now, I can't even charge my phone. Liquid is detected.
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Terms and conditions apply. So let's get back to the passion fruit. Did you try it yet, or are you just tennising at it? First off, I imagine like aliens are real now. Yeah, that's what it looks like, right?
Is that what I imagine like alien eggs would look like? Oh, okay. Oh, yeah. But so you're supposed to eat. That's how they put the chip inside you.
So now, yeah. Look at the inside of this. It's disgusting.
Okay, but you didn't try it. You need a spoon, though, to scoop it out. Listen, this was grown in my backyard. There are no pesticides. Yeah.
It's completely organic. It's so organic. Can't get.
Some says, eat these? You ate day-old chicken soup. And you ate a hat. It was gross. You ate a Del Tuvo peanut butter hat.
Oh, wow. You made a mess. You're going to like it. You made a mess. It's actually pretty sweet.
Exactly. Exactly. See, don't judge a book by its cover, everybody. They're crunchy. Yeah, they're seeds.
It's like, it's tart, it's sweet, it's so good for you.
So you're welcome. All right, I'm in.
Sorry about the light, but you can get it. I'll bring you all the passion fruit you need for that light. What is the yellow juice on the inside? What is that? That's the passion fruit.
Oh. That's. That's the whole part of it. You don't do anything with the outer, cut it more at the top, and you can drink the juice or no? You probably could.
Yeah. Pastured fruit's a drink. That's a yeah, you make a drink. Yeah, you can drink. You can make a lot of people make drinks.
That's also a song by Drake. Wasn't it a Drake song? It's a Drake song, yeah. And that. Good job.
It's what I'm here for. Bad job by me. Truths and lies. Truth is, Brockman likes that passion fruit. I do now.
He'd be lying if he said he didn't. But let's go around. We'll do some truths and lies that we saw from week one.
Okay, I will start. And. When I look at what happened week one. I really loved what I saw from the Bengals' defense. And to me, that is a truth.
They upgraded their offensive line. They brought in some serious talent. They brought in Dexter Lawrence. Yes, they lost some talent, but I think what they gained and the skill positions that those guys play, like the puzzle pieces, fit together better now. They signed their star edge rusher and Boy Mafe, who's coming off the Super Bowl win.
You have Jonathan Allen there now. And also, I like Brian Cook, who that's going to help with their tackles because the Bengals struggled mightily last year and for years past without tackling help. And I just like, I like the guys that returned. I like what Al Golden's doing. I think that they can play these guys in waves and they can rotate them.
And finally, they have a defense that can support this offense when obviously now with Joe Burrow and And the back tightness, he's going to need some extra help.
So I think that this is a truth. All right, real quick, I'll just go and say: here's the truth. The Kansas City Chiefs really missed Derek Bienemi. Oh, yeah, that's a great one. You know, the way they ran the football, the way they looked.
In the time that he was with the Chiefs, they averaged 493 points per season. Once he was gone, that went down to 373 points per season.
Now, yeah, they did go to the Super Bowls, they were one and one as opposed to two and one with him. But there just, something feels different. It feels like it's right that he's back with Kansas City. And I think. Because some of those Super Bowls, that was the defense.
That was Spaggs' defense that was getting them there at the end. My truth, the Bears' offense. That's the truth. They're not going to score 59 every week, but I think 30 is the floor on a weekly basis. I think Caleb looks completely locked in.
MVP conversation all week. They can run the football. And Colson Loveland, like we said over and over, had zero receptions. That is not going to be the norm. Wait till Knopf gets involved.
Look out. Love the Bears. We didn't get to a caller earlier who was calling in and said that he doesn't know how to deal with a great Bears offense. And figure it out. Figure it out fast because you're going to have to deal with Bears.
Happy, bro. Yeah. Yep. Yeah, I don't know if we have time to get to our lives. Lives in the TV only.
TV only.
Okay.
Hey, radio. Great job, Colleen. Thanks. Maybe see you tomorrow. Maybe not.
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