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of the NFL. Most of week three in the books as of this recording of Overreaction Monday. Chris Brockman, Rich Heisen. What's up, Chris? Today, man.
Oh, man. I know. Three weeks. What do we know? Nothing?
I can't figure it asleep. I do believe we know nothing. Yeah, it's wild. We know about some injuries that are crushers for certain teams that make one think that their season. It's kind of already over.
And we have some undefeated teams that look terrific, but on any given Sunday could be beatable. Yep. And that's the way we welcome you in to Overreaction Monday. Hit it. That was terrible.
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Mondays. All right, Chris. I mean, we had some games end at the Final Gun in Denver, in Rio, different hemispheres. It was awesome. In college football, my team.
Oh, I know. I'm going to have to wear an Iowa Hawkeye helmet. I know. Here's the truth. That's making middle sentence to me.
Crazy bummer how that ended for you guys. Bummer for the people about the under. But I am excited to see you wear the Iowa helmet on. It's all for con air, right? What do you got over there for overall air?
Okay, we got to start in Denver. I'm not going to talk about the officiating. I'm sure we're going to hit that enough on the flagship show, but. I think it's officially time to worry about the Rams as an NFC contender. That's an overreaction.
I mean. They score 16 unanswered. uh in the first half And left some points. Yes, set up for field goals. Right.
Yeah. And, um, And and then the roof fell in. with a pick six from Matthew Stafford, which Is, I guess, par for his Hall of Fame course, 33 of them in his career. I didn't realize he was that high on that. Yeah, I mean, he puts the ball in the air to the point where he's the first guy in the history of the NFL to have 20,000.
Passing yards for two different franchises. They went over 20,000 for the Rams last night.
So that said, They Almost beat the Denver Broncos in Denver. All right. Without Puka Nakua and Miles Garrett. And you could see. You could see Aaron Donald still.
Human enough to have to get up to speed where he's working his way back in the mile-high elements. Um he's not out there for 60 snaps yet. They're going to get there. They're just going to get there. and the schedule right now is pretty darn brutal for them.
Because now that they're done with this game. they've got to go to Philadelphia and then have Buffalo come in on a Monday night. And you would say that the schedule gets easier after that. Certainly when they have at Las Vegas on week seven, But Vegas right now is two games better than the Rams. Just on a heater.
The Chargers suddenly appear to be the softer part of the schedule, and you'd sit here and go, Well, the Washington Commanders. Are a soft part of the schedule. But they just beat the defending Super Bowl champs who don't lose on the east coast under Mike McDonald very often with Marcus Mariota before they have to visit Arizona again.
So, look. Um I'm saying there's winnable games out there, including tough opponents. They could easily go into Philadelphia, win that game, come home, and on a Monday night. outlast the Bills in a A must-see game that's going to be so fun to watch on that Monday night. Which, by the way, did happen the last time Buffalo visited SoFi.
They've got the ability to put points on the board, they've got the ability to take the ball away, they've got the ability to put pressure on you with just four guys. Uh and that's only going to improve. I'm It's a marathon. We are marathoning. We are not sprinting with the Rams.
I get it, but could be a microcosm. You're not worried about the play-calling balance. Only 21 dialed-up runs last night. Matthew Stafford threw it 55 times. It didn't seem like the game script necessitated him to throw it that much.
That frequently happens with the Rams and Sean McVay, where you're wondering at the end of the game, what's he thinking? But at the end of the day, You know, you want him on that wall. You need him on that wall in this role. He is truly one of the best to do it. And, you know, at the end of the day.
These things happen with the Rams where you're wondering about play calling or decision making. But I know you don't want to talk about the officiating on that call. That, you know, Josh Wallace did have his hands. On Bryant, okay. Of course.
He did have his hands on him, but he couldn't remove his hands from him because Bryant was tugging him along.
Well, I think Bryant from his right shoulder. It seemed to me like Bryant was trying to flop and kind of get, but he's flopping because he's getting pushed in the back. He's not flopping because he's getting pushed in the back. The ball went by him and he flopped. And as a matter of fact, the official who is watching this action from behind is the one who threw the flag.
The one who's watching it from the front. didn't throw the flag. And I don't understand why if the guy they both should have thrown who's watching the action, who's watching that. See, the back end of this photograph right here, this is where the flag came from. He can't see that Bryant is dragging his defender.
dragging him.
Well, he sees two hands in the back. And he also. I don't know where the second hand you're talking about is he can't. That second hand with him was before this phone. He can't get the second hand on him because it's.
Being dragged by the right arm of Bryant. He's the one who's creating the contact. And as the ball's there, he absolutely made a flopping motion that the referee who was in front of it didn't call. I don't understand how there's not any communication from the referee who saw the action from the front to say, no, no, no. That's not what you're seeing.
You didn't see. You were blocked out. and made a call based on what you didn't see. With hand play, you based it on a body movement, and that should have been a game-ending interception. But But you have to play better than the refs ref.
I will always be consistent. Don't blow a 16-point one. Don't give up 16 points in the third quarter, right? Don't throw a pick six. Yep.
And you put yourself in that position where one play that would have ended it if it was officiated properly. Yeah, see, it's early, but the Rams are making a lot of mistakes. I know September football. In our day and age now. appears to be An extended preseason that counts.
Rich Eisen, put a pin in that thought. It's a fact. Put a pin in that. It's a fact. Offensive lines still need to figure out new blocking schemes.
Offenses need to figure out new play calling schemes. Everybody needs to figure out new defensive schemes. Everybody's got to figure out how new coaches fit into your headset or into your locker room or into your meeting rooms. There's just such an adjustment period that actual preseason does not create. And I can't sit here.
And say, with the exception of a handful of teams that are banged up and potentially winless. with being banged up. that everybody's got to have their head on a swivel for a turnaround. And the Rams being one and two right now are not a disqualifier. For being NFC contenders, what else you have?
That's an overreaction to start. Going back, looking at the Rams schedule too, talking about all the tough games and looking at the standings through three weeks, I think it's pretty clear there is no clear cut Super Bowl favorite After September. I would agree with you. I mean, the Bills are 3-0. But they're giving up a lot of points.
Right. They are Super Goal contenders. Yeah, for sure.
Okay, there's no one 3-0 in the AFC North, but. The Ravens had a really nice game down in Washington. Yeah, but even they have a lot of question marks, too. Correct. The Bengals finally took one in the chops, and the Steelers are the ones who delivered it.
And the Steelers, if they go into Cleveland in a short weekend in week four, although Cleveland beats Pittsburgh frequently in Cleveland, they could be three and one. And uh the Jaguars two and one. I think they are potentially Super Bowl contenders. The way they've eviscerated people at home. But they've beat two bad teams.
Well. The Patriots, I don't think in the mind's eye of people are a bad team just yet. Hey, and then in the AFC West, you've got the 2-on-1 Broncos, nice wins back-to-back. The first time that they've ever won games back-to-back by being down by 10 or more points in both of them, and the Chiefs being 3-0. The Raiders are 3-0.
We'll see how long that lasts. Oh. I mean, listen, you are what you are in the national football. That sounded a little dismissive of their 3-0.
Well, because I need to see it a little bit more.
Okay. I need to see it a little bit more right now. They look good.
Well, they're going to have some opponents in front if they're never going to attack. The schedule really toughens up here. But you are what you are, and I can't dismiss a 3-0 team through. Through the first three weeks, right? Philadelphia, Dallas, who knows with them.
Yeah, we know. No, the. Hey, listen, the Bears are going to get Caleb Williams back at some point. The NFC South right now doesn't appear to have a super contender residing within it, and the NFC Western. Or chock full of Super Bowl contenders.
So I just gave you. Any right. I just gave you a rundown of the field. Through three weeks, and this is not an overreaction. I think this is anybody's ballgame.
And even a team or two that might be under 500 right now, we just talked about the Rams being. I mean, the Texans were 0-3 last year and made the playoffs. Can they do it two years in a row? They're the only franchise who have done it, and they've done it twice. From 2018 and last season, yeah.
So, um Yeah, this is 100% spot on. All right. I wish we had a couch here because this is going to be a therapy segment, Richen. For who? For me.
Okay. Drake Bay was a one-year wonder and the Pats are going to be picking in the top five next year. We stink. Do you really believe that? Kind of.
I'm not ready to throw Jack May on the chair. What's going on? I don't know. I don't know. It it by all accounts Um the people who have played the position.
The people who have played the position and are in a position in the media to tell you what they see. Uh and then your own two eyes. It looks like he's just got a bad case of yips and A bad, bad dose of lack of confidence. That he's just not the same guy. I don't know when it happened.
I don't know when it happened. I mean, this is the guy who, wink, wink, called his own damn play to beat the Broncos in the NFC Championship game in the snow. Had the confidence to basically say, I'm not going to tell anybody I'm going to pull this and run it. But I'm ending it. And we're going to the Super Bowl.
Yeah, exactly. Right. That guy is gone. And I don't know if it was the Seahawks who did it. And put him in the tank.
Put him in the tank because he's in the tank right now. He's on the tape right now. He is just not hitting a back foot and letting it rip. The whole business of, I don't know, I don't want to make the mistake, second guessing, not trusting what he's seeing. Again, I'm not an all-22 person.
But that is what appears to be happening and You know, it's on Josh McDaniels. and Mike Vrabel to figure it out. And I I don't know, man. Um The last quarterback we saw like this, or I saw with my own two eyes, because I called the game in Frankfurt between the Patriots and the Colts, where Mac Jones prior to that game, I told you in our pre-production meeting, he was a Kid who needed a hug. And he had a head coach who wasn't going to really do that.
I don't think Drake's not getting the hugs.
So, what I'm saying is, he does have the coaching staff. That's there to embrace him. and hug it out with him. Um and He's going to the town. Different stadium.
where last year Remember he went into Buffalo? In the nationally televised contest and let it rip. Let it rip. And made plays where you're like, oh. That third of Diggs, I still think.
Oh, man. Like, wow. He's going to go toe to toe with Josh Allen in Buffalo. Oh, yeah. Not only toe to toe, he's going to make the throws to win the game.
not just win the game but Right now, he's playing Not to lose. like a completely opposite mindset. And Um, you know, uh I was having a little bit of fun at your expense. On our text channel over the weekend. But he's killing the Patriots like a red coat right now.
Yeah. And and I I I know it's a team game. I know you can't point fingers at just one person, but it is a quarterback driven league. And unfortunately, A.J. Brown's not walking through that door.
Yeah. And trading Keyshawn Booty, I don't understand why teams trade depth. before a season starts when you know you're a couple snaps away from attrition. I mean, just look at the Niners, how they're down right. They're down a wide receiver 19, it feels like.
The stat I heard with the Pats is just they can't score any points. They have the same or similar points per drive as the 2021 Jets through the first three games. The first three games of Zach Wilson's career, nothing I thought I would ever do is equate Drake Mae to Zach Wilson, but that's how bad it is right now. Six interceptions this season. It's the most in the first three games by a New England quarterback since Bledsoe in 94.
He led the league with 27 that year. He's been pressured on half he was pressured on half his drop backs yesterday. Lowest QBR, the ESPN stat by a Patriots starter since Bailey Zappi in the final week of twenty thirte twenty twenty three. I mean s uh it but it's the Patriots' six straight season starting exactly one and two. And from there they made the Super Bowl last year.
Yeah, I don't know. It doesn't feel as optimistic as you can.
Well, it's because Drake May is just playing like a quarterback who's had a His confidence shattered. And I don't know how you build it back up because the Bills are definitely the proverbial offensive wagon. And after that, Yeah. In comes Vegas, and the Jets are definitely a better team. You could definitely, you could.
Absolutely, safely say that. Yeah, Gino's playing awesome with a Thursday night visit. To Chicago in week seven. Yeah, I mean, I don't see a win there until week eight. And by the way, Vegas is playing some really good defense, too.
I know we're all focused on what Clint Kubiak's done offensively there with Brock Barrow is now back, but defensively, they've been making some timely plays, although they did give up. a lot of points in New Orleans. I don't see a get-right game on the schedule. In the next month, either he's got to get himself right. This is not, but it's an overreaction right now that he's.
Toast and they're top five. They look like a bottom five team in the week, though, right now. They don't look good. I agree. But it's still just September.
Okay. And they're not 0-3. What else? One of the surprises of the league, Rich Eisen, we got to do it. Let's go to Cleveland.
Deshaun Watson's going to lead the Browns to the playoffs and Get a new contract to stay with the Browns. Oh, that's a total overreaction. If he takes them to the playoffs, he will be their quarterback in 2027. I don't know about that either. Really?
Really? I don't know about that either. I don't know. Um, hey, listen, there were cheers in the fourth quarter. There were some booze too, because it really didn't look all that great either.
I mean, it did find Fannin twice. He's using his legs. I saw starting to look more and more like Houston Deshaun. That score to take the lead was an extended play that he kept his head down the field. Listen, it's all positive, but for you to sit here and after three weeks, two wins in a row.
back to back wins for his first time in forever. And it happened in front of the Cleveland fan base. You know, and that they're gonna he's gonna lead him to the playoffs and get a new contract. Right now is an overreaction. But what we do have to just, if you will, give it up for is one month ago when Todd Muncin named him the starter after he was booed in a preseason game, set up for him to succeed to the best of everybody's expectations, and then he did not and denigrated the fans and still got the job anyway.
And then he apologized. We were all prophesizing. We were all sooths and looking in our crystal ball and say, they're going to get punked by the Bucs. They're going to go 0-2. And there's no chance for them to start Deshaun Watson.
He is finished. And that is the exact opposite now. As he's going to get another start against the Steelers in a must-see Thursday night game where they could go 3-1. That's a fact. The other part is an overreaction.
Christopher, second half. Here we go. Week three edition, sir. Let's do it. Overreaction Monday.
What do you got on your mind here? We've mentioned the Raiders a few times. 3-0. Chiefs Three and oh what do they have in common? They play this week and they're undefeated.
Winner of Chiefs Raiders in week four is going to win the AFC West. I don't agree. The Broncos still have a say, sir. Many people's first serious relationship didn't start with a kiss. It started with a kickoff.
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Who's that? Denver. Even Sean Payton said that actually happened last year at Philadelphia. We're relying too much on miracle comeback. That's what he said last year, and they, you know, all.
Almost made the Super Bowl. You know, Hofanga's all over the place like he's Paul Malo, and I know it's his hair, but he's all over the place. He's all over the place. Right. They're gonna I assume get Jonathan Cooper off the commissioner's exempt list at some point, although that's a that's a large assumption.
Okay. Brock Bowers, man. You see what a difference that dude makes. They're going to go to San Francisco next, and I'll just say this. Trent Williams got carted off with a stinger.
I don't know. Hopefully, come back from that. You know, as another card offer. Mike Evans as well. Um The uh San Francisco 49ers without their all world left tackle.
is a different team. Out of everybody that they lose, that's the guy they can't. Five straight losses without him, one in 10 in their last 11 games without Trent Williams. It's a winnable game for Denver next week.
Okay. Even though San Francisco appears to look. As terrific as anybody that's 3-0, right? George Kittle killed me yesterday. It looks like right now, a San Francisco.
Buffalo, let's throw it out there. Or San Francisco, Kansas City rematches. Sperman would always pick Niners-Bills, right? Everybody circles the wagons. And then they're at the Chargers who can't tie their own shoes.
Sometime. Like, it was a better game for the Chargers, but at the end of the game, they. They just couldn't. Shoot straight again. Um Then, listen, there's that game against Kansas City in week eight.
They win that one. Talking Denver here? Yes, that's what I'm saying.
So to sit here and say the winner of this is going to win the the division. I'm just throwing Kansas City in that mix. And then listen. Vegas. Uh-huh.
I understand. Where they're coming from. They won three games last year. They've already matched that win total. They're a better team.
They're a better team. They're not a homecoming. They're going to win. They're going to win games. Games.
And they're going to maybe come in your house and shock you and beat you. But winning the division, I still obviously need to see more. But Brock Bowery's coming back and looking like he didn't miss a snap is really a nice special pop to a team that's popping right now. But this is an overreaction at present.
Okay, I'm excited for the Raiders, man. It's everything's better when they're good. I agree with that. Uh we saw an incredible game down in Rio. And in fact, Ravens Cowboys is the best international game that we've ever seen.
Number one. I don't have the the you know historical index you would know though you would know but I mean a game that you know um Two potentially winning tying field goals in the last 10 seconds. I I think it's tough to argue because I will tell you this statistic. that I will repeat on the flagship Rich Eisen show later on today.
Okay. But Do you know how many games in the Super Bowl era have featured each team scoring in the final 10 seconds of the fourth quarter? In the history of the Super Bowl era? I think it's zero. That's correct.
This was the first one. That's incredible. And it was in Rio. And it was at the Dallas Cowboys and only their second international series game ever. They played in London in 2014, and that's the only time the NFL has exported America's team.
And it looked like they'd be South America's team.
So, yeah, I mean, for sure. I don't know if it's on this list here anymore on this game.
So, I can't. No, no, no. My thoughts on this. No, no, unpack. That's what I wanted to talk about this game by just saying that.
You know, Zay Flowers is a big difference maker. For this offense, with all due respect to everybody else who's passing fields for Lamar, he is lightning fast. And he can break 10 yarders, 12 yarders, 15 yarders into. um you know Touchdowns. You could say he's up there with Pete Alonzo in terms of home run hitters in Baltimore.
Okay. I like that. And then Lamar. is just at on point, top of his game. Looks terrific.
Um and Derrick Henry. It's his 34th career game with at least two rushing touchdowns. That's the thirty-fourth, as I mentioned. That's two behind. Damn it.
And Four behind. Ladanium. For most ever.
Well, he's going to break that record. He can break that record by Thanksgiving. Yeah. By Thanksgiving He now has Um 13,319 career rush yards. You know, we've been on this, this, you know, watching Derrick Henry meter for a couple of weeks since he appeared on our show.
Right. Um that's That's ninth most all time, as I mentioned. You just passed Eric Dickerson in that regard. And he will pass with 350 some odd more yards. Jerome Bettis for eighth.
And he could get that by. Halloween easy, middle of October, maybe right too. Exactly. And he needs, he has 38 rushing touchdowns with the Ravens alone. He passed Ray Rice for second most in franchise history.
He needs eight more rushing touchdowns to pass Jamal those. He will have the most in the history of the Ravens. And he just got there, Phil. Correct. So the Ravens have what it takes defensively.
You could see um How How Kyle Hamilton is going to have a Hall of Fame career under this coach. Yeah, right. He already started off, but you could see how. He's He's got the right coach for the rest of his career, and he won't go anywhere, and neither will Minter, right? Nope, nope.
Okay, so. Yes, the Ravens have what it takes if they stay healthy. And then defensively, They're going to get better. Under Jesse Minter, you could also see how the Chargers are a little bit different on that. He's giving up a lot of points, though, the Ravens.
Minter's got some time here. He's got, give him some time. He's going to figure that out. He's the king of having his defenses give up 17, 18 points a game. He'll get that right.
If not this year, The costa will get him the chips. to push to the center of the table on that at some point. I'm just talking about this year. What can the Ravens do this year? They have with Zay Flowers an offense with Derrick Henry, too, that can score more than they're giving up.
He can't go down, though. I mean, if he misses time, you see how different they look. Yeah, well, I mean, they couldn't find the points to stave off the Saints at home in week two. And they also. You know.
Went down the road of the hardball era Ravens, which is. uh not give the ball to Derrick Henry out of the blue. That happened in week two, and that was rectified here in Rio. As for Dallas. As for Dallas, Okay.
Yeah. I mean, defensively, they haven't fixed it. They just haven't. No.
Okay. And, you know, the way that they lost was. A massive crusher. Because, you know, you can't give up. Damn near a 30-yarder over the middle.
You just can't do that. You can't do that. You also can't kick a deep. You got to at least make them feel it. Burn some clock.
Right. You burn a couple of seconds, then the throw to Zay Flowers doesn't set you up for a field. Yeah, it ends the game.
Okay. You are running the risk of giving up a gas, but how many games? We don't see a game losing kickoff returns. But we don't see long kickoff returns. That's correct.
That's right. In this format, you got to do that. But then the ultimate one was on a third down. You've got Pickens, you've got Lamb, we've got also Jake Ferguson, who is a touchdown maker of the first variety. Where was Dak throwing it?
Where he was throwing it was throwing it away. Because a Apparently, this is the coaching point from Brian Schottenheimer. You call the play. If he's not open by the time you hit your back foot, you're throwing it away. He was.
After he hit his back foot, and he was told he's taught to throw the ball away so at least we can get the game-tying field goal rather than lose it on an interception. And Dak in year 11 is. That good of a soldier to follow his coaching instructions instead of going rogue and saying, screw it. I got Pickens. I'm going to trust my throwing arm.
I'm going to trust my guy. And I'm going to trust that the ref isn't going to throw the flag for OPI because he did kind of push off. I'm wondering if that's what have been the call if the ball wasn't air melt. And then after the game, Dak's like, I'm not going to talk about it. Here, like it's too raw after the game.
If you want, we could talk about it the middle of the week, which is. Um High class swallowing pride, doing it for the team's speak, of saying, I'm following coach's orders to speak to the coach. And Brian Schottenheimer admitted I overcoached Dak on that last play because instead of settling for the field goal, you've got you flew all the way down to Rio. You flew down half of the world. You might as well just let it rip.
and see if Godi can get you there. And instead We're talking about that moment. because they gave up A massive Chunk play. with hardly any time left. And yes.
The Dallas Cowboys. Gifted the Ravens that. at the end of the game. All in all. The fact that We are still talking about it.
It was a big game. It could be, who the hell knows, a Super Bowl 61 preview, although a lot of people are looking at the Cowboys as not worthy of that. We can get cowboying games away. Or they get better on defense and the offense doesn't give anything away, and they can become unbeatable. They can win a few in a row and get hot.
That's a fact. We think that they don't because we've seen it for three decades. It goes down the tubes. All I'm saying is the way that it ended. The way that it's reverberated.
Um Does make this a proper reaction. It's the greatest international game we've ever seen since we've never seen a game in the Super Bowl era end with both teams scoring in the last 10 seconds. You know who would have let that rip up the guy who has the most pick sixes all time, a Super Bowl and an MVP and is going to the Hall of Fame.
Well, I don't think his coach would coach him, throw it away. Come on, Zach, dude. Are you the dude or not? A dude was following instructions.
Well, sometimes you gotta go rogue. Speaking of not dudes, Joe Burrow. Good one. Oh, come on. Joe Burrow is not the quarterback the media wants him to be.
He is relegated out of elite status. I'll give you the floor to put more meat on the bones here if you wish. I saw the stat. I sent it to you guys. He's something like one in 30 when trailing in the fourth quarter with eight minutes to go.
Joe Burrow, like I said, going into this season, he's been dining off on that Super Bowl appearance for quite some time. They had that game one yesterday. The defense had been playing great. They gave up some plays to Aaron Rodgers, but they had the ball. With a chance to win the game and what happens?
He fumbles. You talk about needing to see it and see more all the time. We just assume that he's a top five quarterback. I don't know when he has been playing like one recently. I think Brock Purdy has stolen his spot.
Brock Purdy is a top five quarterback, playing like a top two quarterback. And I just don't think Joe Burrow's top five anymore. I don't think he's really that dude. He's really got to prove it to me.
Okay. I hear you. I think he is definitely an elite quarterback. What has he done to make you feel that way, though?
Well, I mean, he hasn't. He hasn't gotten back to an AFC championship game or a Super Bowl. I get it. I understand that. He doesn't lead comebacks.
He just throws up some nice numbers when they're playing against, you know, less than opponents. I just, I don't know. I don't know, man. I don't know. The defense gave up.
I don't know. Look at what the Patriots did to Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers shows up and he finds my guy, Roman Wilson, to start the game, and off they go. And then Jalen Warren at 176 yards from scrimmage. That's a career best.
Against the vaunted Cincinnati defense. Defense kind of let him down. Borrow scored enough points to win this football game on the road. Burrow put up enough points with Higgins and Chase. Yeah, but he had the ball in his hand with a chance to win the game.
And it was just like, you know, Want Wah.
Well, Wantwa is. He was put under duress. But that happens all the time with this dude. And we just kind of, he gets a pass for everything because we like him, because he speaks from his heart. I guess.
They're home for Jacksonville. They're at Miami. There's a buy. Then they're at Baltimore. Home for Tennessee.
They play Atlanta internationally. And then they've got the Steelers at home on Sunday night before they visit Washington on Monday night. They've got New Orleans in week 12 at home. They're at Cleveland, home for Kansas City, at Carolina, at Indianapolis, home for Baltimore and Cleveland. And this is absolutely a playoff team.
You're. Your question about his ability to win with the chips down and a game on the line and a season on the line will be put to the test. But I just gave you a schedule where they you know, Burroughs should be able to put up some points and the defense should be able to do what they've been doing so far. This is a team that's absolutely making the playoffs and not winning the division. We'll see what happens when they take on Baltimore twice.
We'll see. He's got a pushback on that. He's got to take a timeout. It's an overreaction just because he fumbled at the end of the game in Pittsburgh. He's an elite timeout for us.
What else you got? This is low-hanging fruit, but I think we need to talk about it. The Chargers did it again. They lost, and they're easily the runaway most disappointing team through three weeks, and they're not going to make the playoffs. Um I'd put the Buccaneers right next to him.
Oh, you had the Chargers maybe making the Super Bowl. No one thought the Bucs were going to the Super Bowl.
Okay. I will receive that pushback. What about the Texans 0-3? What about them? The Texans, you know, is pretty disappointing as well.
But they did this. We literally just saw it last year, so it can't be too unexpected. I think we thought Chargers coming in, Mike McDaniel, Neil Office. We thought this was going to be some sort of unlocking of Herbert. Right.
And it's just been. Mm. A disaster. Absolute unmitigated disaster. I agree.
They had that game. They were in that game. They were winning that game yesterday in Buffalo, and there was a turnover. I think Smitch was like, the Chargers are going to lose by 20. And they damn near did.
Yeah, I I I it it's tough to push back on this one. I mean, uh I'd ow in three Um and two teams in their division three and oh. Not one, but two. I said two, two. And then the Broncos sitting there at two and one.
Performing like the way that they did. And just the way their schedule kind of lines up the next six weeks. I mean, it's rough. They needed to have it. And in terms of not making the playoffs, 171 teams.
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Um And they they They got what they needed. Yesterday. They got multiple turnovers in the first quarter. Yeah. They got.
Josh Allen off the spot. Yeah, Josh Allen did look like it. Josh Allen did not look like it. But then, you know, at the end of the day, he becomes the fourth player in NFL history to rush for two or more touchdowns in three straight games to start the season. Yeah.
James Cook shredded them too on the ground. 150 rush yards, 154. For him.
So So 250 rush yards and multiple rushing touchdowns through the team's first three games of the season. How about that? He did it last year. Yep. The only other Bills players to do that are Fred Jackson in 2011, who by the way, whose kid is the one who ran back the kickoff for a touchdown against Michigan.
No way. Yeah, for Iowa. Oh, that's awesome. Uh-huh. And C.J.
Speller.
So This is what the Chargers gave up on the ground. Gregory Russo is just balling out. He did it. And then. you know, uh as well as as um As Herbert played for three quarters, he threw a meatball sub, is what Tom Brady called it.
Yeah, a meatball sub down the middle. You know? And he threw a meatball sub right to the right to the Bills. That's what happens when you lose your first two at home. The margin for error on the road against the Bills is going to come back to bite you.
And then now they got to go to Seattle with the Seahawks having just lost.
So, you know, Mike McDonald's going to get them all riled up. And then JSN is all over the place. Jeez. I mean, he's unstoppable. And Darnold came back and winged it around, but.
Um You know That's not a get-right team. Home for Denver at Kansas City before a buy.
So it's tough to push back on this one. What else you got? Rich, speaking of Seattle and Sam Darnold, he came back too soon and the Seahawks should have stuck with Drew Locke until he lost. That's not why they didn't. I know he threw a pick six, but come on, man.
It wasn't moving around too well. Defensively, they couldn't stop Marcus Mariota.
Well, you know, that's, you know, another issue. Darnold's not the reason why they lost this game. Gotta give it up to the commanders, man. Got to give it up. They played a really good football game.
They really did. Marcus Mariota You know, I thought you would instead of going Seattle. I know you're going Seattle because they won the Super Bowl. I thought you were going to go flip the script on this one and go. Mariota better at quarterback than Jaden Daniels for this team.
I thought you were going to go in that direction. Let's give it one more week and then if he does it again, then I think we'll go there.
Okay. Yeah, man. I mean, I thought that was the direction you were going to take this game.
Now that's a good thing. That they're coming back to you.
So, no, man, you got to get Darnold Tax. Drew Locke. You play great. You saw how JSN lit up.
Well, he lit up with Drew Locke. I know that, but you saw how JSN lit up. His reaction was his face lit up when he's like, I'm getting my quarterback. Oh, yeah, that's true. Defensively is where this game took a turn.
And they're, and they can't run the ball. I think Jadarian Price is not, you know, kind of who we thought he was going to be during the preseason. They're also not using him that much. Probably shouldn't have let Ken Walker go. Is that okay?
I thought that was going to be another way. I don't know, man. I thought you were going to go in either of those directions for the easy. It was easy. Darnold comes back and they lose.
This is easy. This is another thing I'm not concerned about. Is Darnold came back too soon? And this helped. JSN is just absolutely unfriggin' stoppable.
It was at one point, it's just like: do they know how to cover him? Like, do they not know he's on the field? You know, what else, Chris? All right, last one before we get to our tweet of the week. Yes.
The Vikings. Man, their defense is so good, it doesn't matter who plays quarterback. And they're the NFC North favorites. Uh it's tough to argue that one. It is tough to argue that one.
They do still have a quarterback issue. I mean, they really screwed the pooch letting Darnold go, but Kyler Murray, I don't know, man. It's just tough to sometimes watch him play. He's so frenetic. It's like a sewing machine in his legs.
He just doesn't. He's moving too fast.
So It's almost like he's moving too fast. I don't know. It's like Sonic the head. I don't know. So give him some, I guess, give him some time.
Yeah. But Justin Jefferson did go out. To your point, it doesn't matter who plays quarterback because the Vikings is so good. Yeah, Wentz, Murray, who cares? The Vikings have been outgained.
by 244 yards through the first three weeks of this season. It is the second worst differential in total yards by any 3-0 team in NFL history. Surpassed by only the COVID year Seahawks in 2020. I I dude It's crazy. How they have been outgained and it doesn't matter.
And in terms of winning the division and making the playoffs. Um, and that they're the NFC North favorites there. It's tough to argue that because they've already won a division game. at home. And they've won a division game on the road.
So they're 2-0 in division. Their next division game isn't until the first Sunday of November at Detroit. In between They've got Miami coming in next without Devon. Devon Hand, who's out for the season with an ACL.
So now it's Ollie Gordon time.
Okay. And you know. You know. Brian Forest wants to bagel this so bad. I love poor Malik Willis.
You know. He wants to. He's going to get blissed 438 times in this game. Full. Samuel L.
Jackson. In any Quentin Tarantino movie ever, all over medieval. On Miami. Yep. You know it.
And then they go to New Orleans as well. to take on a a A resurgent Climbing the ladder, Saints team, before a bye week. Then Daniel Jones. Hey, Daniel. Hey.
You should have stayed here. I mean, that game against Buffalo on a Monday night at home is going to be a fun one. Visiting Green Bay, they could sweep the season series there. Their last two games. in division are home for Detroit.
Uh the Sunday before Christmas. And then the last game of the year at home against Chicago. I mean, that looks like 12 and 5 minimum. I mean, so. I can't push back on this one.
This is not an overreaction. It doesn't matter who's playing quarterback. Doesn't. Nope.
Okay. And they might, at the end of the day, think Wentz is the way to go. If Kyler is just so pitter-pat and It's so damn frenetic. But I I don't know, man. Honestly, it's like it's like watching kids scroll their phones.
It's just like, can you focus for a second? That's just maybe me just watching. Maybe. I don't know. I'm curious how long the Kyler experiment lasts.
Well, it's going to last another week, and Miami. I don't know, man. It's they kind of get the feeling the way that Flores feels about Miami. and the way that this defense is looking and the way that, um This team just wins with their defense now. I feel like if they score two.
Twice in the first three possessions, Vikings are gonna win that game. Yeah. Got one more? You got a tweet of the week? Yeah, tweet of the week.
Tweet of the week. I told you to put a pin in talking about the preseason and stuff. Just again, people can. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
I'm getting. We've only got it once. I know, but we're getting a lot of tweets. I did ask for it yesterday just to see them flood in. But the most wildest, outrageous overreaction take.
They're sending it to you or to the to me to at Chris Blackman on Twitter. Yeah. And so, you know, if it's outrageous enough, it's going to make the show here at the end. And I thought this one was interesting.
Okay. From at Phil Whittlesey. At Phil Whittle. Who? Phil Whittlesey.
I don't know. Is that a real name? That's his name. He set it up by saying the preseason is currently constituted disaster, crisis of quarterback injuries. We now have lost game time for seven, and it's only week three.
The NFL must mandate all starters play a minimum of four total quarters. In the preseason. I don't know what Phil Whittlesey isn't it that ain't happening? A preseason mandate.
So, what does that mean? Like, somebody's going to sit there with a clock? With it, like taking notes, making sure everybody plays an entire quarter. 60 total minutes in the preceding. It's not going to happen.
It's never going to happen. We're going to constantly be talking about this, wringing our hands about it in August, every year for the rest of our football lives. I thought this was funny. It's going to be the case every August. Do you play your starters?
Do you not?
Well, he never plays in the preseason.
Well, this guy's playing in the preseason.
Well, this guy played in the preseason and got hurt. This guy didn't play in the preseason, then immediately got hurt in the regular season because he didn't play in the preseason. We're going to wring our hands over that every single August. And then every single September, when teams have trouble coming out of the gate fast and it doesn't look good, and some of these games are so choppy and they're flag-filled, and it's so annoying when their flags are coming out because September's also for the officials to get everybody understanding what the new rules of emphasis are and to make sure that everybody understands, don't do this. And then the flags always abate in October.
Sometimes it takes a Tom Brady tweet during the middle of a Thursday night football game. All of that is always going to happen. And it will never come down to the owners getting together and saying, you know what? We have to mandate everyone in this room. Because our children, who's a starter?
So it's at the beginning of August. You put out your depth chart, whoever's won there. Will have to play every single quarter.
So then suddenly I'll put my third stringer as my first guy because my first guy is depth chart manipulation. Yeah, of course. This thing will never, you can never codify it like this and then follow through on it. It's never going to happen. Here's the thing: you know who didn't play a second in the preseason?
And it sucks right now. Drake May. No, I got it. I got it. I understand.
I understand. You know? I get it. Jim Harbaugh even said after week one, we should have played our guys more in the preseason. I understand it.
I get it. We're always going to be wringing our hands over it, but it will never, ever. Be in a situation where the owners will get together at an owner's meeting and pass this rule, Phil Whittlesey or not.
Okay. Okay. Thank you. Christopher, good stuff. That wraps it up for this edition of Overreaction Monday on the flagship show on Monday itself.
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