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That's pretty much what it was.
Well, at least in early games, there wasn't a lot of scoring. Right. And then as the day progressed, with two massive, massive quarterback injuries that will reverberate for who knows how long as of this recording of Overreaction Monday. We say hello to our YouTube viewers, youtube.com slash Rich Eisen show to watch Overreaction Monday every single Monday and then throughout the week, too. You can listen to it.
On our podcast network, wherever you get your podcasts. Ready, Christopher? Let's do it, baby. Hit it. Hit it.
That was terrible. That was crap. That was garbage. This place sucks. Overreaction.
Mondays. Monday. Christopher, what did you have for me today? All right, we got to start with that Sunday night game. Best game of the day.
Went to overtime. Chiefs, Colts. Great game. Great teams. Both teams look great.
Both quarterbacks coming back from injury look really good, too. I thought Daniel Jones played a good game, but Patrick Mahomes is awesome. And it goes to OT. And look. Indy, knowing you're playing the Chiefs, the Colts should have gone for it on fourth and eight in O.T.
No, I didn't think so either. Three minutes left. You're giving the ball back to Mahomes. Like, come on, we all know how that game was ended. No, I know that it had that feel of the calls are coming from within the house.
I think if you're looking at. anything here, okay? If you're looking at anything about the way that Shane Steichen approached overtime, That you can second guess. It would be willingly. The two run plays on willingly.
Giving the football to Patrick Mahomes first, after Mahomes had just finished the game with the ball, even though they didn't do anything with it because there really wasn't that much time left to matriculate the ball close enough down the field. You see, I'm using the Hank Stram phrase for the Chiefs. Thanks so much. Everybody, you're professional. Tip your waitress.
I'll be here all week. Maybe. You get to get hurt. That's true. I don't know.
I shouldn't say that. I'm out of appendixes.
So. That I would say Willingly giving the ball to Mahomes first.
Now, there's two ways to think about it. Because that's to me the fascinating part about overtime. um in that game last night Is the strategy on full display about what do you do? If you take the ball second, You know exactly what you need to do. You can go for it on fourth downs, which you can't do when you get the ball first.
And we all know, you know, hey. You don't give the ball to Mahomes second in overtime. You just don't do that because that. is how Kyle Shanahan spent an entire offseason getting lit up. because he took the ball first in the Super Bowl.
And then gave the ball second to Mahomes, letting him know exactly what he needs to do to march down the field. When everybody lit Shanahan up for that, the problem. In all of that, lighting Shanahan up is But Chiefs held the Niners to just three points. That's all the Niners could put up was just three points in that Super Bowl.
So there's two rules. of thought here. But when you Give the ball up first. You do allow The opponent that you give the ball to a second opportunity to possess it in overtime, especially when 10-minute regular season in regular season, it's only 10 minutes long, whereas in the playoffs, it's as long as it needs to be.
So. By going up top to LaQuan Treadwheel. What a gutsy play call. Gutsy play call. Amazing.
Took most of the field away.
Now, I know you're trying to go for the touchdown and win the game right there. Yeah. But when Treadwell, that was wild. Wild. That he goes down, then he gets up, then he fumbles.
Wait a minute. He had just possessed the football in his hands at the moment that Legerius Snead last brushed his hip. Wild. And thus he is now down by contact. The fumble got taken over.
In real time, you couldn't see him bobble it.
So when they showed the replay, you're like, oh, he was bobbling it. Maybe this is a fumble. Right. And for a split second, I did think. That Um he was going to actually Not be down by contact, and the fumble is over.
I mean, the fact that the refs. Reverse the call on replay.
Okay. Means to take the win away from the Chiefs in overtime on Sunday night football in front of the Chiefs' Kingdom in Arrowhead means I don't want to hear any more. That the refs are in the Chiefs' pocket.
Okay? That narrative is Boom. Toast. But all together. Putting it all together, when you go ahead.
and take away most of the field that you need to traverse. knowing now you can't take up most of overtime. You do need to score a touchdown. I understand you're saying go for it on fourth and eight. Go for it.
But the way that the Chiefs did play They're The way that the Chiefs did play their um Their defense. Did not work out for the Colts to the point where they hated to tap out of it. I hated the two run calls on first and second down. I get it. You're trying to eat some clock.
You have to. But, dude, like, and you have Jonathan Tate. You have the balls to throw a bomb on your first play. Like. I guess.
Keep that aggressive. Keep that energy. I think the second guess more than anything is giving the ball, like willingly saying, I have a choice to keep it. Or give it to Patrick Mahomes when he's clearly, by the way, and this is the point. He looks great.
He looks terrific. He looks no worse to wear. Kelsey looks as in shape and as dominant as he's ever been. And now you add Kenneth Walker to the mix with some receivers making plays. I mean, Tyquan Thornton's catch on third and forever was unreal.
Yeah. Okay. And Worthy caught a touchdown, and Rashi Rice looks fast. And the kid they drafted. Um, the running back from Nebraska, oh man, Emmett Johnson, he looks terrific.
He's like, okay, and so the rookies that they got, the Chiefs being 2-0. Tied with the Raiders. It's a fascinating story through two weeks.
Okay. All right.
Okay. Man, we're off and running. Let's talk about the longest game in NFL history. The Browns. Here's the thing, Rich.
Here's the thing. Blowing up survivor tribal councils everywhere. I'm out. You know what? I'm kind of relieved to be out of guillotine and survivor after two weeks.
I don't have to worry about it now. One less stress in my life.
Okay, that's one way to look at it. Focus on gambling. Here's the thing, Rich. Deshaun Watson has proven he deserves to be the Brown starter this week and beyond. I'm about the and beyond, but this week you bet he does.
And I'll just say this as well. When you look at Deshaun Watson's performance in this game compared to Baker Mayfields. He did the job. And this is not... At all.
Why I'm saying this, but I have to make the point.
Okay. Deshaun, nobody in the media wanted you to throw for 400 yards and five touchdowns. This performance, this moment. coming through coming through with the touchdown pass. On a play call that was a brilliant play call by Munkin and the rest of the staff.
making sure that you executed these plays. making sure you didn't turn the football over, That's what we're talking about. An efficient 24 for 30, 238 pass yard, two passing touchdowns. First time throwing multiple passing touchdowns in a game since September 22nd, almost the two-year anniversary of it in 2024 against the Giants. This is only a sixth game since then.
This is why we're talking about Watson. 'Cause he's uh it's availability. was part of his problem. This is the performance. We're talking about.
And Browns fans who want to see Shador Sanders, you may get to see him at some point in time. And Browns fans who wanted to see something from the Browns. This Is what we have. Huge win. This is the gumption that you want to see.
This is the performance you want to see by the young'uns. And you got the win. And Todd Muncin. Coming up to the podium afterwards. This guy's a.
His soundbite. I don't know if we can queue that thing up since we didn't have it planned for this, but. This is what I'm talking about. With Todd Monkin, man. With him basically saying Browns are gonna be the Browns, F that.
That's a t-shirt. That's a mantra. That's something that Browns fans can say, heck yeah, Browns are going to Browns F that. Yep.
So, good for them, man. This is what the media and the fans wanted to see.
So, yes, does he deserve to start against the Carolina Panthers in week three? 100%. 100% he does. Beyond, though? That one I don't know.
I mean, and that's the nature of the beast here. And I think, Monkin, this is exactly. What a massive win it is, because Monkin's like. I see things on tape. And Browns fans are like, you know, watching the games.
No, no, they're like the sixth sense saying, we see dead people.
Okay, spoiler alert. And Monkin's like... I I I tell the players who's going to play and their job is to execute. And everybody's and Cleveland's like saying, We have a set of eyes.
Okay. And And if he this thing fell flat. What a massive Monday. conundrum he would have. Instead, Browns are gonna Browns F that.
Deshaun Watson's the starter. Even Browns fans have got to sit there and go, okay, let's see what we got. And show up and bark, dot boo, best you can. But of course, if the performance warrants it. Do what you got to do.
That's the and beyond part I'll say is an overreaction but the week this week You're right on it. And they played Carolina this week, and that's kind of a sneaky fun game. That's a sneaky fun game. That's a fun game. Because Carolina went from giving up 59.
Yeah. And what felt like putting 59 on a land. Right. Yeah. And now.
They only gave up three. Bryce Young, one of three quarterbacks over 600 yards this year. And by the Browns, by the way, the Bears. scored fifty-nine and then only scored three. Why not?
The first two weeks are crazy. What else? What else you got? I love it. I want to keep talking about quarterback play, and I know this was the biggest spread of the weekend, and it was seemingly an easy 49er win, but Brock Purdy is balling, and he is playing the best of any quarterback in the NFL other than Josh Allen.
Other than Josh Allen.
Okay. Yeah. Um. I can't argue this. I mean, I don't have every stat in front of me here.
Of other quarterbacks, but Purdy was 20 of 22 against the Dolphins. That's a 91% completion. Yeah. And 287 pass yards. He ran one and threw two in.
He becomes the second player in NFL history with 200. Or 50 better or more passing yards on 90% completion in multiple games. The other is Derek Carr.
So make that what you will. And everybody else has their head on a swivel. Uh both Kittle and use check. scored touchdowns. That kiddo looks awful.
And uh for both of them. Both of the touchdowns that they caught for both of the each of the guys. gave him 10 straight seasons with a touchdown for the 49ers. Joining Jerry Rice, Joe Perry, Frank Gore, and Billy Wilson is the only other ones to do it. And You know.
Christian McCaffrey did it again. Yeah, two tutties from McCaffrey, his 100th all-time scrimmage touchdown. And he's now done it in 114 games. That's the fourth fastest in the history of the NFL. You know who used to be fourth?
Who's now fifth? Jerry Rice. And he now has 50 more touchdown touchdowns. Touchdown scored for multiple franchises, joining Marshall Falk and Randy Moss in that department. Both of those guys are in the home.
Hall of Fame, but this is about Purdy. Yeah, um, I don't believe this is an overreaction, especially when the 49ers are losing receivers. Another receiver, right? Mike Evans left the game yesterday, right? And Demarcus Robinson went down too.
He got carded off, but after the game, um, Shanahan was asked if Brandon Ayuk's an option. He just looked at the reporter and went, No, basically, I shouldn't say it. He didn't say it as dismissively as you just did. He was just dismissive, not completely dismissive. I strenuously object.
But this, you can't argue with it. Purdue's been terrific, and the Niners were top my power rankings after two weeks.
Well, I mean yeah. I had him um Yeah, I had him third. Third, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
So still top my bills are top my power rankings, and then you got Seattle just out of respect. Yeah. And they also look terrific with JSN doing JSN things. And then the Niners. Yeah.
And part of that is because of Purdy with all of these receivers going down. I know. And then you look at the Niners' next few games, two more at home, Arizona, which just got the bang thing put on them by Seattle, and then Denver at home before their first game at Seattle, which is a massive week five game. And we assume Sam Darnold is going to be back For all of that.
So, what else you got over there, Chris? I want to talk about this because, you know, week one's a liar and they, you know, they win at home and they force a bunch of turnovers. You're like, huh, maybe they are. Improved and they're kind of carrying this team right now. Then the Bengals go to Houston and did what they did on Sunday.
And led by the defense, the Bengals are the best team in the AFC. Hmm. I I'll call that an overreaction for the moment. Yeah. Their defense is vastly improved.
I don't think you can argue that right now, right? Absolutely not. I mean, eight sacks through the first two games. It took them five games last year to get to eight sacks. Yeah, they allowed six points.
They're fewest in a road game since week 13 of 2015. I mean held the held the Texans to 18 yards rushing. They have 1,000% improved that side of the football. And at this point in time, Burrow hasn't gone on that 400-yard tilt. He's not.
And Jamar Chase, after just having 12 receiving yards in week one, seven catches, 75 receiving yards. Two touchdowns. That's kind of a ho-hum. There's nothing ho-hum about that first touchdown. That's what I'm hoping with the catches and yards.
That first touchdown catch that Jamar Chase had. How'd he get his feet down?
Well, he stumbled. He stumbled as the ball was nearing him, And then he turns around, locates the football. But I don't know how he's he's he kept his feet while locating the football and then got both feet down while going down to the ground and maintaining possession of the ball. Is the clubhouse leader catch of the year? And I don't know how that's not going to be part of the NFL honors ceremony here in Los Angeles before Super Bowl 61, man.
I mean, that's a clubhouse leader. It's going to be tough to knock out. And then the second touchdown. That's so sick. And then the second touchdown that he scored was on a burrow sort of jailbreak to the right.
And he re-routed himself when Burrow was like sort of pointing in a direction, as if these guys haven't been playing each other at two different levels of football, right?
So it's only going to start getting better there, you would think, too. Higgins had another terrific game before Chase caught fire. Chase Brown on top of it. And it looks like. This is going to be a team to beat.
I did choose them to win the AFC North. Yep.
I think they and the Ravens are going to come, it's going to come down to the two of them. But the Bills have looked superb. And the Chiefs are also... 2-0. True, but they're both giving up a lot of points.
I'm talking about defense here. I think the Bengals' defense is better than both Kansas City and Buffalo at this point. And when the offense kind of catches up, like I said last week, Joe Burrow got a match your D, when that comes. Cincinnati's not going anywhere. The Chiefs' defense, I know, got.
Lit up. Kind of gashed a little bit by Jonathan Taylor. But that's what Jonathan Taylor does to most teams. True. Chief short week as well, even though I know they didn't travel.
I'm just going to call this an overreaction for the moment because the Bills are a wagon. And I know you're talking about both sides of the balls. The Bills have given up more than 30 points in going 2-0, and that's been a while since we've ever seen something like that. But there was a garbage touchdown, they gave up as well towards the end of last week. All right.
So I'm going to just call this an overreaction, but I'm picking up. Bengals are for real. I am picking up that. That is not an overreaction. I'm picking up what you're putting down, is essentially what I'm saying.
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All right, let's keep it going. Man, this dude is unbelievable, Rich. He was Offensive Player of the Year last year, and I know it's early, but JSN should be in every MVP discussion going forward. I've got a neat stat for you. It's going to be a did you know on our uh flagship show.
So I'm previewing it. I'm going to preview it for you. I love did you know. Um. Jackson, Smith and Jigba.
With his nine receptions, 155 yards, and three receiving touchdowns. He's out of base for like 3,000.
Now, let's not forget. I know you haven't as a Patriot fan. That game was going New England's way on a fourth down, New England up 10-3, and Seattle couldn't tie their shoes together. They're owned 40 with Drew Locke at quarterback in a shocking. Manner because five snaps in Sam Donald Hurts' gale.
Goes down.
Okay. And then the first electric play of the year is a fourth down. Throw over the middle to JSN, who runs away from anybody touchdowns.
So he now has four receiving touchdowns on the year. Did you know Christopher? That Jackson, Smith, and Jigba. Has now become just the second player in NFL history to record each of his team's first four touchdowns of the season. Those are the only touchdowns Seattle's scored there.
Through the air. I did not know that. Through the air. He's the second player in NFL history to record each of his team's first four touchdowns of the season, with all coming through the air. The other Is Ahmad Rashad for the 1979 Vikings?
Come on. That is correct, sir. Oh, my maid man, JSN. Third player in franchise history with a buck 50 and three receiving touchdowns in a game joins Tyler Lockett and Steve Largent. Hall of Famer has done it twice.
11th game with 100 receiving yards since the start of last season. He leads the National Football League. The only one closest to him is Jamar Chase with seven. And all of this coming with the Seahawks and John Schneider telling DK Metcalf: we are not paying you. We are trading you to the Steelers, where all he does is suddenly forget how to catch footballs in crucial moments.
With all due respect to DK.
Okay, there's still more time to come. And still more plays to make. And he's got a terrific defense there to suddenly get some offense going. And I'm not saying DK is now less than, but. Seattle telling DK, we're not paying you.
We're going to hand the store to Jackson Smith and Jigba as the wide receiver one. You know, scratch our head at it. And a lot of people are like, oh, is that rookie ready to make that step in year two? Exactly. Yes, indeed.
And what he's done. is follow-up as Offensive Player of the Year. Season With this type of performance with a backup. quarterback means one thousand percent This is not an overreaction. But as you know, it's a quarterback award, not a receiver award, but he's a clubhouse leader for repeating his OPOI for sure.
Yeah. Yes, sir. I don't. Yeah. I mean, I could go on and on about that.
And then. He's been incredible. He's standing up enough offense for the defense to take care of business. Seattle's allowed ten or uh fewer points in each of the first two games their seas this season. Their first time doing so in each of the first two games of a season since 2016.
And now they've won. Um 12 straight times, including the playoffs. Which is a franchise record passing the 05 Seahawks, which, as you know, made the Super Bowl. It's pretty amazing what they're doing, and Mike McDonald joins George Seifert. To win 16 of the first 18 road games of his coaching career.
So they went on the road. They win at home. They win in the Super Bowl. They win with Jackson Smith and Jigba. And they're doing it for the first two games without Sam Darnold.
His first offensive play they had, the double move for the 80-yard touchdown. My God. And good to, hey, good for Drew Locke. Yeah. He's doing what a backup quarterback is supposed to do, which is keep things afloat.
Tell your Super Bowl winning quarterback. Chill. Get back. Because we got you. And Seattle's next game is at Washington, where it very well could be Marcus Mariota, which is not very well copied.
I could say that's going to be. The only question is how long it's going to be that there. Right, right.
So. What else is next? Don't stop it. Let's talk about a 2-0 team from the NFC East, Rich Eisen. Philadelphia Eagles needed a massive comeback in Tennessee, but I'm not buying it.
The Eagles are the biggest Fugesi 2-0 team in the NFL. Here's my take on the Eagles. All right, first of all, that's an overreaction. All right.
It's an overreaction. Barely beat Washington. Barely beats Tennessee. Yeah, it's a new offense again. For Jalen Hurts, it's a new voice in his...
Helmet. Again, who is the running back? I get it. I understand. And and And their offensive line is having trouble blocking people.
One guy straight up was like, I'm not good enough, put me on IR. I mean, that was Landon Dickerson, who is at least is veteran enough. To say something like that. Yeah. Okay.
So I understand that.
So you could sit here and say, oh, the Eagles are Faghazi. They suck. Let's call into the local radio and blow them up. And Siriani should be stuffed in a duffel bag and sent out of town. And you know what I mean?
Like, whatever you want to do.
Okay. Yeah. Which I don't. Yeah. Because It just seems to me At the end of the day, This is the only way the Eagles know how to operate.
With drama and stress. This is their oxygen. I get it. They can't do anything easy. They will not.
It's not like that it's willful. But they just don't put their fan base in a rocking chair. Like ever. And I don't know what it is. Is it the coach?
Is it the quarterback? Is it. The locker room? Is it the city? Is it the oxygen?
I don't know what it is. The airspace over Philadelphia. But it works because this touchdown grab by. Devontae Smith was a beautiful ball thrown by Hertz. I mean, it was a great final drive.
It should have never come down to that. I know. But it did. Why are we sweating out a win against the Titans who are bad? Because it was 100 frigging degrees out.
And they're also still trying to figure out how to work an offense with an offensive line that's either not healthy or can't block anybody with their best player in a blue tent freaking out people like you who are on the chocolate block. You're on the V team because of Saquon. No, I get it. I know. I totally understand it.
I like that just talking about Philly is causing us to yell at each other. But that's what it is. I know. That's what it is. And at the end of the day, move on, dot com, your 2-0.
And now you're going to be taking on a Chicago Bears team on a Monday night. Where they're going to be starting Tyson Pagent. I would assume. Yeah. So go there on a Monday night Get your revenge for the day after Thanksgiving last year.
Send them the one and two. Make yourself 3-0 before you get the Rams in your house. And then, you know, see what happens then. But I mean, how many times do we need to say it? Jalen Hertz's Only Consistency.
at Offensive Coordinator, in his career. In Philadelphia, and then when you throw on his offensive coordinators in college. The only times he's had the same voice in his ear and the same playbook in back-to-back seasons was Shane Steichen. In the two years before he left. to go coach the Colts.
That's It. Gabal and Sarkeesian And in college, and then Lincoln Riley in college, and then Doug Peterson, and then he leaves, and then he's got one after the other, after the other, after the other. Give the guy a friggin' break, man, and it's just two games in. and they're going to have to figure out how to work it. But they're 2-0.
I don't want to call it Fugaza. You are what you are in the NFC. You are what you are. What else? All right.
This team should be 2-0, and we need to come up with a cool nickname for Tyler Shuck because he has the Saints as legit NFC contenders. I don't know about NFC contenders, but certainly NFC South. They have been 100% the best team in the NFC South through two weeks. And they're also a team that you cannot count out. Life insurance is one of those things that's easy to put off because it doesn't feel urgent today.
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Auto parts. No. That has been an impressive part of their first two.
Well, I mean, they almost pulled out the win in Detroit if they just had a better two-point play execution. They just said better officiating in that game.
Well, I mean, there's that too, but I understand that. Yeah. But I have the information here in front of me. But to go on the road and beat Baltimore that we declared world beaters and Super Bowl, you know, it did look terrific with Derrick Henry, who just still got his. But at the end of the day, This is a Saints team that just lights it up in the fourth quarter.
And just when you think they're out, they're down and out, it's all over. Um They they actually go ahead and and take care of their own business. Yeah. So uh Tyler Shuck, there's one thing that I I definitely know that they you should not do is call him a a a poor man's Josh Allen. Which is what Anthony Weaver, the defensive coordinator of Baltimore, referred to him as.
Oh, yes, in a what he. Thought. And what kind of new was a compliment, but when you call anybody a poor man's anything, sure, you know, Timu Josh Allen, you know what I mean? Yeah, and so they are just. Winning games because they will not go away.
They'll hang in there and then shuck to Olave. Um shuck to Vele. Olave and Bele. You got to come up with a nickname for them. I mean, Jawan Johnson, look, Alvin Kamara out-touched, Travis Itchen.
Like, this team is gutsy. And, you know, we gave Shuck a lot of grief coming out. Old quarterback, what have you. This guy's slinging it, man. He's got, like I said earlier, about Bryce Young, one of three quarterbacks over 600 yards this year.
You're always in the game with this guy winging it. It's been really fun to watch. Yeah, they outscored the Ravens 15-0 in the fourth quarter and then in the first two games of this year, 25-3. In the first two games of the season, they've won the fourth quarter. You're going to win a lot of football games doing that.
Yes, sir. And Shuck's the third player in Saints history with a passing and a rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter. Third Saints player to do that in the last 10 seasons alongside Trevor Simeon and Drew Brees.
So those are, by the way, two quarterbacks on different ends of the football rainbow, if you will. But NFC? We need to see more. I need to see more for the NFC, pal. If they play the Eagles, who are you taking?
Right now? Yeah. Where? Neutral site. Neutral site?
What are What is this, a bowl game all of a sudden? Yeah, why not? We're going to give out Pop Tarts at the end? What are you talking about? Fine, in Philadelphia.
Well no, I'll still take the Eagles. And the Philly fans turn because the Saints are up two scores in the fourth quarter. This is overreaction. I like to see it.
Okay. Next up for them. Very difficult opponent that's yet to lose this year. Woo! The Las Vegas Raiders.
Well, oh, Rich. The Las Vegas Raiders are coming to New Orleans with Kirk Cousins, baby.
Well, it's almost, don't. What do you got? It's almost like we're wired in the Matrix with each other. What do you got? With Kirk Cousins balling.
The Raiders are the biggest threat to the Chiefs in the AFC West. No, I think it's still the Broncos. Come on now. It's still the Broncos, but I do like what I'm seeing out of the Vegas Raiders. You have to without Brock Bowers.
I think you're you got I mean what they're doing right now Um is highly impressive. And they're 2-0 for the first time with a rookie coach. First coach, first time he's ever coached.
Okay, since like John Badden? No, since Bill Callahan. Of 2002, their last season with a playoff win. That's the last time they started 2-0 with a coach who's never done it before. And Kirk Cousins, with his six passing touchdowns this season, are you kidding me?
Tied for the most through two games of a season in Raiders' history. With Ken Stable. Of the 76 team that went 13 and one in one Super Bowl. Come on. Yes.
Yes. You like that? Do you know the last time cousins had Three passing touchdown games in back-to-back. To start the season? I don't.
He's never done it before. It's the first time he's ever done it. That's why.
Okay. It's awesome. I love when the Raiders are good. Trey Talker. A buck nineteen That's a game high for him Second most in a career.
Cody White. Doing his thing. Getting six fumbles, and then Max Crosby at the end of the game on Joe Alt just basically saying. To try and stop me holding in the end zone. They forced six fumbles.
Six. Look at the eyes on Max and that's so They're playing well. Yeah. Okay. And the person who keeps on hitting me up is Arbaja.
Who had them 12 and 5? We had starting 3-0. We had them starting 3-0. We might owe him an apology. Before losing 3-0 to go 3-3, and then having a week-seven game against the Rams that he says they're going to win.
At home. But if the Raiders and the Chiefs are both 3-0 in week 4, that is just going to be awesome. In Vegas. It's gonna be great. Yeah, but the Chiefs will be feeling like this is our home.
You know what I mean? Because it's where they won the Super Bowl. They never lose it. But it's a different feeling, a different vibe. And you know who you have to give it up to as well.
Nicobi Dean. Who was next level in Georgia and then had some injury history getting out of the gates in Philadelphia? And there was a lot of. You know, we gave TJ on the flagship show a lot of crap because he chose the Raiders over the Cowboys as a destination. Brother.
He can ball out, and him behind Max Crosby and the rest of that defense front seven. Raiders are fun. They're getting after it. They are fun. They are fun.
But biggest threat to the AFC West: let's. Hey, the Broncos got Jalen Waddell involved in a way that we thought they could and came up with a big, tough. Come from behind win at home against a big, tough Jacksonville Jaguars team that had not lost in the regular season. In forever, in eleven games.
So they. They took care of business, Denver. Let's not overlook them. It's actually probably a nine-game win streak that the Jaguars had. It was 11 straight 99, which is the team history, longest win streak for them in the regular season.
Give it up to Denver. I don't know if you've got a Denver thing on there. I don't. So, just again, it was their sixth win trailing by 10 or more points under Sean Payton. tying the Chiefs for the second most such wins, including the playoffs over that span.
That's a good thing. And the Bills have seven to lead that category. They're 13-3, including the playoffs in one score games to start the 25 since the start of last season. Most such wins by any team in that span. They were getting the bang thing putting on them.
And, you know, we're wondering if Davis Webb has any more running backs to run out there. Part of the reason why you're on that guillotine is because of J.K. Dobbins getting hurt. Long story short, though, I still think it's Denver. Let's not discount that yet.
But Denver's next few games are a doozy, man. That's the thing that Denver needed this one at home. They could not be 0-2 going into the stretch of a home date with the Rams on Sunday night at San Francisco at the Chargers, who we assume are going to start playing better football. I don't think we can. Home for Seattle on a Thursday night.
That would have been a rough four-game stretch to go in at 0-2. Going in at 1-1 really is what they needed. And kudos to them, man. Yeah. All right.
Two more quick ones, and then we'll get to kind of a new thing we're going to do on the show moving forward. Sure. You mentioned the Chargers, Rich. They're an absolute mess, and they're not going to the playoffs. Mm.
What is going on? All right, the first part that they're a mess is not an uh an overreaction. You could just see it with your own two eyes. I d whatever whatever offense that they've installed with Mike McDaniel and the rest of that offensive staff with Adam Gace and It clearly isn't clicking yet. It clearly isn't clicking yet.
And you're wondering: do they even have the weapons? At their disposal, is Njoku had a wide open pass off his hands, and then he gets carted off. Hampton fumbled. Herbert's throwing bad picks. There's that picture if you saw it of McDaniel and Herbert sitting on the bench, just kind of staring out into space.
And Jim doesn't really have a frame of reference to deal with this because he's never been 0-2 ever. Anywhere. Wow. Missing the playoffs is a tall order. Their problem is also remember I just said how Denver couldn't get all two going into this next year.
The schedule is totally static against Chargers right now. At Buffalo, at Seattle, home for Denver, at Kansas City, and then fittingly, what might be a bye-bye. not just to buy for somebody so um I don't know. You got to practice it up. And then it's just also the offensive line.
Like Alt was getting abused by Max Crosby. Three false starts. And then, you know, but. It's a Raiders home game. You saw it.
It was. You saw it, unfortunately. The Chargers are still trying to build that fan base up here in the Los Angeles County area. Missing the playoffs, I'll just still call an overreaction. They still have too many good players, one would think.
And at some point, you know, Harbaugh even said after the week one loss to Arizona. that um that uh he wished they played more in the preseason. It's a new offense. By the way, 21 new offensive coordinators in the NFL. Twenty-one.
Twenty-one. That's a lot. Um So in this case, the it You got to get you'd think they'd come up with a win, at least at home, against the teams that picked third and first on the clock overall in last year's draft in Arizona. You saw that crazy stat about the racine team from 1926. That's the last team to face.
Two opponents at home to start the season and lose both with a 200 or worse winning percentage from the year before. And then they've seen folded after the third game. I know. Everybody's making the rounds and having a little bit of fun with that, but it's definitely not fun across the street at the Chargers facility. I'll just say, not in an overreaction that they look to be a mess, but to miss the playoffs, it's just still too early.
Okay. What else? Another team doing it with a backup. Man, who knows how long Carson Wentz will be the backup? But the Vikings are playing great.
Brian Flores has the defense ball, and they win a tough, sloppy game in Chicago yesterday. But they're the best team in the NFC North, Minnesota. I can't disagree with that. And the question is: do you stick with once? I think you have to.
He's earned it. Yeah, but somebody losing their gig due to injury is just not. But that is not. That is just not the thing anymore. That's not the vibe.
You want to give to your locker room, man. Like, hey.
Sorry. I know we brought you in.
Sorry. I know that we coached you up. I'm sorry. I know that we, you know, we talked for months that you're the guy.
Sorry, you lost your hat and you got hit so hard that you missed the game, but sorry. It's Carson Wentz's job now.
So just sit back. Stay by your phone. We may need you. You know what I mean? Isn't it easier, though?
Isn't this the Bryce Young thing a few years ago? It's easier to kind of just. Ride with the backup until it's a little bumpy, then go back to the back. Or you're like, let's see what it looks like with Kyler Murray. Yeah.
They still did only have six points towards the end of that game, man. Than nine. That's true. I mean, it was awful. Listen, I get it.
And Wentz is the one who emerged healthy, not Caleb Williams. Again, as of this recording, we still don't know how long he might be till he's out. And everyone initially thought it would look like an Achilles. And there was video of him walking out of Soldier Field without any assistance or crutches or. Anything like that.
So hopefully that is a good sign that it's not the end of the season and that we can get him back. Cause, you know, um, But it does show you that, you know, you gotta Keep on stacking wins in the NFL because you never know how. It's good for long, it's going to last. And that's your point. That you stick with what's working and Carson Wentz is working.
You can go to Tampa, by the way, which is next for Minnesota, and Tampa is they look like they're having trouble matriculating. Um and And executing, and Minnesota's forte is to make sure you have trouble executing, and they just took a team that scored 59. and turned them into a team that scored three.
So They've got Miami after that too at home.
So, yes, they are the best team in the NFC North. Certainly, with Caleb out for an unforeseeable future, the Lions having trouble on defense, communicating on the back end and on the offensive line, and then the Packers needing to finally pull one out of their orifice in overtime against the Jets. Maybe that's the thing that they need is a short week, also coming back home, their first game at Lambeau against an Atlanta team that might get Pennix back. It seems to be. That might be the magic elixir for a team, though, that just looks absolutely terrible.
Our guy, Jack Strand. Jack Strand, Private Dick, got in. He got in there. Jack Strand got in. And immediately threw a pick six to Devin Lloyd.
who had interceptions on back to back Yeah. Um, but still, I don't think that's an okay action. All right, that's uh, that's what we're gonna do. That's a wrap there, and okay, so we're doing something new here. Uh, so.
The last couple of weeks, I've been getting lots of tweets on Sunday night with people throwing out their crazy overreactions.
So, yeah, you hit me up in the fourth quarter of the Sunday night game to say, hey, I'm getting a ton of people reaching out to me, what, at Chris Brockman? Yeah, at Chris Brockman on Twitter. And making overreaction suggestions. Crazy tags. What if I took my favorite one and we now close each show with that?
Yeah. And I'm like, all right, let's give it a whirl. Let's give it a whirl.
So you have one. An overreaction Monday, what are we going to call it? Tweet of the week? Or M tweet of the week.
Okay. Maybe we'll hashtag it at some point moving forward. But here's the deal. And I chose this one because it combines the last two topics. Oh.
Chargers and Vikings. Look at you producing. This is from Noah Hunt at Noah underscore Hunt22. No relation to Ethan? I would think not.
Okay. Or Mike. All right.
The Vikings should make a godfather offer to the Chargers for Herbert with the way the upcoming schedule looks and how the Vikings' defense looks. Dude. That is ridiculous. Vikings trade for Herbert. That's ridiculous.
Bike is need a quarterback. Why in the world would the Chargers jettison Justin Herbert? It's not working. It's clearly not working. And it won't ever work.
And it won't ever work. So just work. There's a disconnect. Get four first rounders, reset.
So the man who keeps pumping Justin Herbert. Not just up for the Heisman. Um the Super Bowl. And the Hall of Fame, but perhaps as a Nobel Peace Prize winner. And keeping him up at night.
After an O and 2 start is going to jettison him. And turn things over to, I don't even, to Trey Lance. Trey Lance.
Okay. Yeah. And then go back into the. Drawing board.
Well, they'll bottom out. And they'll draft one of these college kids. Trinidad Chambliss looks awesome. That's the most absurd thing I've heard. And that rhymes.
in a while.
So Noah Hunt, I kind of dig that. I do too.
So, if we can find a tweet where we're closer to the strike zone, like I'm tapping my helmet on that ABS, that ABS is like a foot out of the strike zone, maybe like four inches.
Something that could make me think there's just no godfather offer for Herbert. We just said, you know. Hey, you've got a guy in Wentz who just made his, I think it just came up with his 100th career win. With a veteran, so you got two vets. A first overall pick and a second overall pick from other teams trying to make a way and a name for yourself.
I imagine part of just to Game it all out, you're flipping J.J. McCarthy back to his old college coach in this trade? Why not? Three first-rounders and JJ McCarthy. If the Chargers go 4-13, why not think about it?
Not going to happen. Jim loves this guy more than Life itself. It ain't going to happen. But well done.
Well done. Big finish. I think we'll stick with it. Keep them coming. At Chris Brockman on Sunday night football.
So during the Sunday nighter between Denver and the Rams, coming up. Maybe we'll read your tweets on the air. Oh my God. Just make it a little bit more sensible than that one. I just like tied everything together.
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