Straight Fire - Can't Defend the Cowboys Defense, Bears and Vikings Explode on the Opposition & Josh Allen Torments the Texans

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3:02That our tonight, that was craziness. Okay. I mean, I don't even know where to begin with the NFL. Let me just say put this out there. So I woke up Sunday morning, you know, and I'm like, you know, I got to hit the gym. I got to get in a workout because I'm going to sit around all day and not do jack squat. And watch football. And so I wake up and then I realize the new episode of Lioness drops every Sunday. And I'm like, you know what? Let me get in some more final bets. And let me watch Lioness Lioness was incredible. Oh my gosh, episode seven, you must see. If you're not watching that show, I'm sorry, I'm not going to do spoilers. But the episode was off. It was one of the great episodes I've seen of any TV show. I think this year, that's how good it was. All right, ask for the football. So the models picks, not great ladies and germs. Listen, this happened in the opening week of the World Cup. I thought I had this great formula and all these all this comes out. And it's like, nope, nope, nope, lot of whiffs. Well, then the model gets more data. Actual games as opposed to last year's stuff and projections.

4:05And it sharpens up. And hopefully we get a little better. So in the contest, I'm sitting on two and two. I'm on Denver tonight. Let's see what I hit. I had the bucks and that was a tough loss. We'll talk about it. Four fumbles. Thanks a lot, Baker Mayfield. Steelers win and cover. That was ugly. Thanks, Cooper Rush. Eagles go pre-vette, defense, late. Give up the blow the cover. Win the game now. Hold on. Vikings Carson went save the day. I mean, that was freaking crazy. That came with bananas. And then you had the Broncos plus three. That is tonight. I'm giving away a little bit on the best bet. I want to just quickly start though with this Dallas Giants game. I mean, folks, all I heard, all off season, all off season. Oh, the Cowboys, they figured it out. You know, they got a defense now. They got Christian Parker. This defensive wizard was with the Eagles. And they got all these new pieces, Mike at Downs.

5:05Oh, sorry, Caleb Downs. Caleb Downs. I think it's Mike at Parsons. Caleb Downs, we got, who are the other guys they got? Oh, yeah, Quinn and Williams, a full season under his belt. You know, we got all these, we're going to be good. Folks, this is, this was so bad. Are you ready for this? I mean, basically the Giants, John Harbott said, you know what? We don't have a quarterback who can throw the ball down the field. We don't trust him a lot. We are going to run the most basic stuff over and over and just spam it. Because Dallas won't be able to stop it. And that's what they did. New York Giants. 36 minutes time of possession. The only reason this game was remotely closed was the Giants or penalty machine, undisciplined, 10 penalties, 114 yards. But the Giants offense basically was we're going to run Cam Scataboo and we're going to run Jackson Dart on Keepers. And then we're just going to dump stuff off to Isaiah likely. Yes, Isaiah likely eight catches for 78 yards and two touchdowns. What? We're going to do dump offs to Devon Singletary. And you're not going to be able to stop us.

6:06And Dallas looked genuinely confused. It was a basic offense, folks. The New York Giants had one play over 20 yards. And that was a 22 yard run by Jackson Dart. Zero passes over 20 yards. Third down, the money down. You got to move the chains. They kept it simple. Nine for 11 on third down. I mean, Dart 23 to 29. Hey, man, we don't need you to be a hero. We want to keep it simple. New York fans will remember this. Mark Sanchez gets drafted by the Jets. They trade up for them. They've got a great defense. A good run game. Sanchez. Just don't screw it up. And that's what he did. Essentially, Sanchez kept it simple. Basic stuff. Hit the tight end, drag routes. Running backs out of the backfield. And we're just not going to lose the game. We'll ride the defense. Rex Ryan had a good defense. It went to two straight AFC title games with that. Now, the Giants defense is not as disciplined. But they've got enough dudes that. You know, they were able to win this. And frankly, Dallas just did not have the possession.

7:06They just didn't have the ball enough. When the Giants got it, it's like, oh, here's an 11. It was just an 11 minute drive. I think it was. Hold on. In the second quarter. Yeah. So the Giants first drive, 10 plays, 83 yards touchdown. And then in the third quarter, it was the third quarter. Right. They get the ball. Because that deck interception at the end of the half was brutal. Just such a bad throw away. And then the Giants come down quickly, get a touchdown. So instead of 7 7 at the half or maybe with Brandon Aubrey, you go up 10 7. They're down 14 7. And the Giants get the ball first. And that's the smash mouth drive. 12 plays 74 yards. Eight minutes. That's half the freaking quarter. And it was 21 7 and they never recovered. And I'm just the Giants. Like, they don't look amazing. But the formula. Really works. And now here's the interesting thing. So they go to the Rams this week. And I'm sure you guys saw the news on Sunday. Miles Garrett needs arthroscopic surgery, a little cleanup. He's going to be out at least four weeks.

8:08So now you've got the reeling Rams coming back from Australia. Who knows where they'll be at mentally. You've got Miles Garrett out. You'll have Aaron Donald make it his debut. And it's like, oh, well, you know, I'm really going to be able to get the ball. And it's like, oh, well, you know, I'm recording this right after where you are approaching midnight, right after the Giants win over the Cowboys. And I'm waiting for the lines to populate. We have the week two lines. I can't I don't see a Giants Rams one yet. But this was Rams. Favorite by eight last week on the look ahead. My guess is this is readjusted maybe to six and a half. Maybe seven six and a half. But there were several adjustments made. Obviously, you know, the more injury news we get that that matters. And we had some major injuries on Sunday starting with the big one. Kyler Murray. But let me let me just really wrap up on the Cowboys. So Dallas did not look awful. Pickens had a couple of pretty rough drops. Javonte Williams is a moronic celebration like shoving the ball in a guy's face.

9:12He's crossing the goal line. They have to push back the extra point Brandon Aubrey shanks it. So obviously that that is a bad result for the Dallas Cowboys. You thought you had a win set up. Now you've got to face the commanders followed by the Ravens who looked incredible. The Texans who looked really, really good despite losing Tampa Bay not going to be easy Packers Eagles. Folks. I mean, this I was optimistic on the Cowboys. But I know that was not a performer. Now it's one game you don't want to overreact. Yes, I'll remind you guys last year in the season opener. Patriots lost. So did the Seahawks. It's not the end of the world. Okay, it's just one game. But the way Dallas lost is very troubling. Very. Now I thought for my money, the Chicago Bears game was a stunner. Okay, we knew the Bears defense wasn't great. But this is a Carolina team that added Devon Lloyd a really, really good linebacker. They add Jalen Phillips, the edd rusher.

10:13Folks, the Chicago Bears had 31 points at halftime and finished with 59 on the road in Carolina. The Panthers were a really, really sexy underdog pick that a lot of people like folks. The Bears scored 59 points. And that's remember after they fumbled on the opening drive, Luther Burton got somebody did a peanut punch. I think it was okay. And you're like, oh, here we go. Bears off to a rough start. It didn't matter. Caleb Williams was electric. There's no way to slice this other than Caleb Williams looked like an MVP candidate. This is his first half. Okay, first half, 12 of 15, buck 96, then a touchdown. And six carries 52 yards, two scores. That was the first half. They had 200 yard rushers. Guys, I was below 59 freaking points. Are you kidding me? Listen, Ben Johnson may be the new McVeigh folks. Maybe Ben Johnson may be the new McVeigh slash new Shanahan combined.

11:15The numbers for Caleb, I mean, unbelievable day. Swift at a buck 24, Manangai had 61 of, I'm sorry, I had 161 of them came on one carry. Caleb had 10 for 65. They were us for 291. That's humiliating. Interestingly, for Colston Loveland fantasy owners, I'm one of them. Zero catches zero yards, two targets. Meanwhile, Calif Raymond had eight for 84. 59 points for the Bears, are you freaking kidding me? This was the highest scoring week one since 1962 across the league. Bears, Vikings, next week in Chicago, you know the crowd's going to be fired up. Here's what's interesting. That is the second biggest line mover of the week. So what they do is they do the look ahead lines. And they, these came out at circa in the desert. And Chicago was minus two and a half at home.

12:17Now that was supposed to be against Kyler Marie and the Vikings. That has been upgraded to Bears minus five and a half. They were that impressed. They were one of the most impressive teams. I mean, I have questions about the Bears. I thought there would be some regression, but folks. Guys, I mean, holy hell, are you serious? 59 points? I'm floored. Guy co presents a 30 second podcast between your podcast. Today's story is shared by one of our listeners. It's called Betrayed by Bill. It was in that moment I caught who was staring back at me in betrayal. Or more like what? My insurance bill. With trembling hands, I grabbed my phone and switched to Guy co. Saving about $900 in the process and never to be betrayed again. Now that was bloody riveting. It feels good when the story ends with savings. It feels good to Guy co. To honor our country on its 250th birthday.

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14:18Skypop Protein Soda has 10 grams of complete protein, zero sugar and real delicious soda taste. Skypop Protein Soda. Reach for the sky. Get your Skypop Protein Soda now at Target or King Super's. Looking for something new? Try fencing. The Olympic and Paralympic sport that mixes speed, strategy, and fun. It's like chess meets cardio. Quick feet, quick decisions, and a satisfying beep when you score a point. Kids, teens, and adults can start anytime. No experience needed. And many clubs have loner gear. Teach fundamentals and safety from day one. Find a beginner class for your kids near you at tryfencing.org. That's tryfencing.org. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows at FoxSportsRadio.com. And within the IHARDS Radio app, search F-S-R to listen live. Let's get to the Vikings now. The Bears' opponents next week. I was nervous to tell about this game. I mean, I felt great, but as Kyler Marie goes down very early in the game,

15:21I think it was a first drive or second. He takes a brutal headshot. It was like, oh, goodness, graces. Let me see if it was a first driver second. It looks like it was the second drive. No, it was the third drive. I'm sorry. It was late first quarter. Yeah, that was late first quarter. This guy bullered with a... I mean, I'm surprised he didn't get kicked out of the game. Like, Marie looked like he was on a different planet. Kevin O'Connell did not want to talk about it. And so at that point, the Vikings are down 9-3. And you get to third quarter, and it's 20-10. I'm watching this. I'm like, guys, this is Vikings. You know, you're costing me a lot of money here. I picked you. I like the Vikings a lot this year. I don't recall an end to a game like this. So after it was 22-10, the Vikings went... 6-plays 28 yards touchdown.

16:22There was a big kickoff return. Green Bay turned over on downs. Vikings went 9-plays 83 yards touchdown. Packers fumble, one play one yard touchdown. Packers interception, 3-plays 14 yards touchdown. And it was all of a sudden a tsunami. 29 straight points by the Vikings. And I know people are killing Jordan Love. This was the analysis was the offensive line is in trouble. Jordan Love had took 4-sacks. Jordan Love was 21 of 42, 50 percent completions. That's not good at all. He had the bomb to Christian Watson, who had a big game. Watson was good. But the run game didn't scare anybody. And defensively, I don't know how anybody can think that this is a really good packer's defense. They did hold the Vikings and checked for a while, but then the damn broke. And you know, it was a run game was solid, but it was mostly Justin Jefferson woke up. And I got to be honest, I thought Carson Wentz, I thought that bet was cooked. You guys know I do not think highly of Carson Wentz.

17:22I think he could be in it for a while. Murray had an interception and he got basically his brain scrambled. And we don't know if he's going to be back next week. Usually it takes a couple weeks. So now you're you look at it Carson Wentz for a week or two? Man, I don't know. But the packers have they've got major problems. I don't think the offensive line issues are going to be fixed. They entertain the jets. Now this is interesting. Another game that moved the packers were minus five and a half last week against the jets in week two. It's down to four. And I'll just say this. A lot of jets fans are angry at me today. I got as the kids say ratioed because I was I made some comments about the jets. And listen, if you guys know the drill with sports, especially the NFL, if you have a quarterback, you're in good shape. If you don't, you know, you can get a little lucky. You're going to lose more games than you win and it's just not going to happen. Okay, it's just not. I know people don't want to hear that you need a quarterback. Do you know what's with that guy?

18:22He's just not. He's what 35 years old. Come on. He's not a good quarterback. If you watch any of that jets game, it's very clear. They're going to win with defense and they're going to run the football. And that worked against the Titans. Boy was the model wrong about the Titans. They were, the frickin Titans were horrible. So if Rob G were able to join me now, he would be like, we got to move off the Titans. Nobody cares. Titans at halftime had 55 yards on 17 place through three quarters. The Titans had 112 yards. Six first downs. This is a jets defense that is very good. But it's the run game that's going to carry them because what can you do when you have a run game? Control the clock. Keep the ball away from the other team. Pretty tall 22 for a hundred two. Praline Allen 10 for 40. Little hammer thunder and lightning. Whatever you want to call it. They had some explosive plays. Garrett Wilson at an I Mitchell Omar Cooper. Cooper got hurt ankle injury, but did have a really explosive catch. And then you know what we're just going to play defense.

19:23We're going to, we're going to set you guys after the quarterback. Will McDonald is a terror off the edge. The young rookie from Texas Tech David Bailey out of play. The jets defense is strong guys. It is. It's it's it's going to be good. Now it looked really good against the Titans. Brian Dable and Cam Ward. I don't want to sell me a alarm on cam ward yet, but I didn't see anything. I didn't see like the light bulb go off. It just doesn't appear yet. That is click to get one game. Let's not over react. Actually, it's many games for Cam Ward now a season in a game, but he just got Brian Dable. So let's not freak out. But overall now, now all of a sudden the jets and the packers go to battle. And the jets are going to win at the line of script. It's now the second area of the week. So Watson could have a big game. But I don't, I don't know that that's an easy win for the packers. My lean would be jets at four. They are at home home opener. I don't know. It's too early to say, but that surprised the hell out of me.

20:27Let's do Ravens real quick. So the model liked the Ravens a lot. I'm sorry, I like the Colts. And at the last minute, I was like, I can't put the Colts. I can't go against Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow. Okay. In the same opening week. I'm not willing to do that. So I picked one. And man. I'm glad I didn't pick the Colts. So Colts come out really nice opening drive score. And then the Ravens basically scored 31 points in the first half. Lamar Jackson looked like MVP Lamar Jackson with Declan Doyle. Fun interesting stat. So a lot of Lamar under center. What does that do? Play action. How about these passing numbers for Lamar? 17 of 17 to 22 for 324 yards. When you got Derek Henry in the backfield, by the way, Henry had a buck 44 and three touchdowns.

21:28You're able to freeze the defense. You got to respect Derek Henry. And then you've got Zay flowers run a wild. He's fast as hell. Jacobi Lane looked good before it looks like a broken wrist or something. Not great. And all of a sudden. It's like this Ravens offense looks nasty. Flowers actually came up with a hamstring injury. I thought after the bears, the to me, the Ravens offense looked the best. Speaking of offenses that look like garbage, the Detroit Lions. Folks, this was a brutal non-cover. Fortunately, they get the win. And if you did the teaser, like we talked about with Teddy Covers, you tease the Lions down. You at least got a push out of the teaser, which is get your money back. But my issue with the Detroit, and I watch this game closely because I, you know, when you really make these wagers and season long predictions, you watch teams closer. That's just how it is. And I was routinely disgusted with the Lions.

22:30And just the lack of creativity. I know you're working in a new play collar. But this are the Detroit Lions. Okay. You got Jumir Gibbs on my Ross St. Browns and Laporte. You got a loaded team. They had a three and out to open the game, which is just embarrassing. Then they had a long touchdown drive. Eight plays punt, five plays punt, one play fumble, three plays punt. That was in the first half. So they go into the half up seven, nothing. You're like, geez, what the hell is wrong with these guys? Second half, they do start to erupt a little bit. So thanks to Tyler Shuck vomiting all over himself. Lions get a pick and then score touchdown on their drive. Lions get a fumble. And that's when they go up 21-0, two short fields, and you're like, okay, we got this in the bag. And then Tyler Shuck woke up. He was a totally different quarterback for the final quarter and a half. Final six drives. The St. Scored five times. We knew the Lions defense was not great. I didn't know was this bad.

23:30Shuck, listen to this day. 35 of 56. Tyler Shuck throw 56 times is comedy. Three touchdowns, two picks, sacked five times and lost a fumble. Three had three turnovers, and he nearly beat the lions in overtime. How does that happen? The Saints, the lion's secondary is so bad. The Saints had six completions of 20 plus yards, five of them in the second half. They basically just did whatever they wanted to the lions. And then of course it comes out, I had forgotten the overtime rules. I know I'm not alone. Lion scored the touchdown, kicked the extra point. They said, boom, we got the cover, right? You know, seven Saints get the ball, march down, touchdown, but miss the two point conversion. And you got a wonder, they in cable. You did not expect to rush, Jumir gives 29 times. Folks, that is a heavy workload.

24:30That is that that's unsustainable for the season. Gibbs 29 for a buck 56. And then he caught five passes. So 34 touches in week one. Folks, you need to keep that around 20 for Gibbs. It's not sustainable. I'm telling you these guys get hurt. They're two, it's just too big of a workload. The other guy to watch is Bijan Robinson, who I have in fantasy, but I got his backup again, 21 carries and then eight catches on 10 targets. 29 touches for Bijan. That's just too many guys. It's just and look at what the Niners did in their opener. They went, McCaffrey splitting it with the kid black so that McCaffrey wouldn't get worn down, which is what happened last year. You need to divide up the reps, at least a little bit. Obviously Jumir Gibbs is so much better than Cioni Vocky, right, who had two carries, but Lions can't lose this game. So you force feed. Gibbs, how about this stat line for Amon Rossing Brown,

25:3110 catches 67 yards, 67 yards, 10 catches on 14 targets. I mean, basically could the Lions not block anyone? What would the no deep passes? What happened to that offense? Well, Ben Johnson is now in Chicago. I guess that's what happened. And you just look at some of these offenses. We'll wrap up with the game of the day before we get to the college game and the best bet. Texans Mills. To honor our country on its 250th birthday, this can a Copenhagen goes out to those defending the free American soil, but our tobacco has taken root in for over two centuries in counting years to the callous chance of freedom. Copenhagen, saluting American grit, proven since 1822. Warning, this product is not a safe alternative to cigarettes. Mom, are we there yet? 10 more minutes. Only 10 minutes.

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28:32I think it was Saturday. I didn't play it. Just because the line was out of it. I guess the Texans ended up getting favor by one and a half at some point. And the model's like, no, that's too much. You've got to go bills. So of course, then of course, the line swings back to bills. But it was it was a great game. I don't want to hear the CJ Stroud bashing. And I will say, so Stroud ends up getting a strip sack on the final drive of the game and like the red zone, like 10 seconds left trying to win the game. And of course, Texans fans are killing them. Always not bill for the Jackson. The guys CJ Stroud was not the problem. CJ Stroud was fantastic. The problem was the Texans defense. They have a seven point nine yards per play. This is supposed to be the best defense in the league. 409 yards. That's not winning. If you have a defense that's highly paid and competitive, that's just not going to win you any games. And so Josh Allen carves him up. But still Josh Allen is trailing, right? With I guess it was like two and a half minutes left.

29:36I don't know, three and a half minutes left. Something like that. Josh, and here's the problem. If Josh Allen gets the ball, down whatever, needing a score in the final three minutes, I'm just going to assume Josh Allen's getting it. I would say like nine out of 10 times he delivers. How about the final drive? Seven plays, 96 yards, and then a touchdown to Josh Palmer. Now I will say the drive should not have ended in a touchdown. Cook fumbled early in the drive. Might have been the first play. They recover. And then late in the drive, Josh Allen gets all yolo and shucks it up. The ball, I mean, I would say it got lost in the wind, but there's no wind in the dome. And last, it kind of loses his footing. The ball hits him in the hands and he drops it. If he catches that interception, it's over. Texans win. I'll just remind everybody, there was a team with the formidable defense last year in week one, playing at home that had their quarterback, Stripsack to end the game. That team was a Seattle Seahawkson Sam Donald.

30:37The Texans started their season the exact same way. The Donald game came against the 49ers. Now I don't know if the Texans are going to get to the Super Bowl. Obviously they got to fix some things defensively. I mean, I've never seen Dalton Kincaid go that nuts. Five for a buck 30. I mean, just chunk play after chunk play. They were, Joe Brady was cooking. He was cooking up to magic. Really impressive stuff from the Buffalo Bills. And again, I thought Stripsack was great. 274 yards, two touchdowns. You know, he connected with Nico Collins a lot. I mean, he spread the ball around. She's how many guys caught pass? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11 different guys caught passes. That's a good game from Shroud. Just because they lost his son on him. How's this staff as we wrap up most of the first awesome Sunday on the NFL? Josh Allen has more career rushing touchdowns than Earl Campbell, Tony Dorsett, Edger and James, Thurman Thomas, Herschel Walker,

31:38Fred Taylor, Lashon McCoy, Clinton Portis, and Ricky Waters. He's a 30 year old quarterback. He's got more rushing touchdowns than all those guys. There's just no way you can't tell me Josh Allen's have not the best quarterback in the game. He is. I mean, I don't really think it's an argument. Games I didn't touch on. I don't want to talk about the bangles and pist. Chargers, frickin. What happened to those guys? Now, unfortunately, I wasn't able to watch a lot of that game. I'll be watching the condensed version when I wake up because, I mean, Chargers lose to the Cardinals. This huge favorit's in survivor. We have 10 entries in a contested pace. You know, is it mid six? I don't know how you want to quantify that, but a large amount. And we were in it to win it last year. And we had 10 entries. We lost three of them on the Chargers. We would have lost three more on the Lions, which would have been hellish, but those big, big favorites, the Jags did come through easily. But, yeah, that Chargers game was not pretty.

32:40I don't know them. Maybe they just didn't take to the McDaniel. Now, there's just Lad Makanke injury. I don't know, guys. That does not smell good. All right, quickly Ohio State, Texas was an incredible game. Texas fumbles literally on the first place. Green Pass, Guy fumbles it. Next drive, Archmaning bomb to Cam Coleman, the receiver who's awesome, dives to catch it, hits the ground, the ball pops up, doesn't hit the ground, just off his chest intercepted. Nothing goes their way in the first half. This kid, Mingo, who's good, drops a touchdown catch. It's 23 to three, and the long horns are basically cooked. Sarkeesian's probably worried about his job. Archmaning, I mean, is he really built for this? He wasn't doing much. I couldn't blame him. This felt like a bad game plan from Sarke. And the defense just didn't know what was coming. They're down 23 to three.

33:41Now, apparently there's, I don't know how fake it is, but Archmaning was on the sideline yelling at people, hey, keep your head up, get ready. We're gonna be scoring a lot. We need you defense. We need you guys to show up. And Arch took over in the fourth quarter. They have three touchdown drives. Brian Daywent, ultra conservative. I mean, I don't have the exact numbers on Jeremiah Smith, but I feel like he was barely targeted in the second half. Sometimes you get a bit fat lead and you sit on it. And you're just like, oh, we can coast. We don't need to force anything. I mean, that backfired so badly. And Texas, they scored a cut it to 2317. And then Ohio State, poor guy, I haven't seen him get crushed yet, but the kicker, his name is Connor Hawkins, lines up for, I don't know, it didn't seem like that far of a kick. It was from the, see, 48, 45 yarder. Oh my gosh, it was, yeah, 45 yards.

34:42And he just shanks the hell out of it. So now, you're up six instead of up nine game over you're up six and Archmaning, 12 plays 73 yards, 351. There was some clocks issues at the end that weren't great. Bottom line is they get the touchdown. Texas wins a thriller 2423. And listen, it was a rough day for the big 10. Ohio State blows a 23 to three lead. Oregon looked horrendous in losing to Oklahoma state on the road. As a, I think 23 point favorite, Michigan did get the win over Oklahoma, which was nice. That game was horrible, but the under hit, we gave that out on the bottom. And there was one other big 10. I can't find that. I can't find it. But oh, oh, well, Iowa did not look great in the big 10. By the way, keep an eye on UCLA guys. I've been telling you. So it's weird.

35:42Sometime, I don't profess to have sources. I'm not one of these guys. Oh, yeah, I'm connected. I just got to tell me, blah, blah. But along the way, you just happen to meet some people who you trust their opinion on. And I'm just telling you right now, this UCLA team is dangerous. They are now two and oh after beaten San Diego State, another cover, right? Two and oh against the spread. They've got Purdue and then Maryland before they go to Oregon. And that Oregon game is interesting because the ducks have not looked good. And either of these two games. And the ducks have Portland State and then USC and then a by-week. If Oregon happens to lose to USC and it's on the road, the ducks will be fighting for their season. That'll be a tough one for UCLA. But the Bruins, they got a good defense. God's football had a good, good Saturday. Let me, I haven't even checked to see what is in store for week three. Let's see what the best games are.

36:45No top 25 matchups anywhere. Oh my goodness. All right, this Saturday I'll hang with my family. Cool. Alabama FSU, I don't think anybody cares. USC Rutgers, SMU Louisville. That's not bad. That's not not horrible. But yeah, from a games that matter standpoint, what's the big marquee night game? Oh, oh, oh, geez, I forgot. LSU Ole Miss guys. The Lane Kiffin versus his old school. That should be really, really good. I haven't looked at the lines yet. But I have more time this week as let's just say some non sports things got cleared up, which is great for business. All right, let's quickly go to Monday night football, chiefs versus the Broncos. Chiefs are favorite. It's either two and a half or three. I love the Broncos at three. It's funny when you read some of these predictions of teams and seasons and how things are gonna go,

37:46I just, I then like to go to pro football focus. And this is not an ad for them. And I do the thing where you can look at the lineups and the matchups. And I just keep coming back to that Denver defense is loaded with green. Green is good, right? I mean, zero elite. If you're red or orange, it's really, really bad. I don't know if the chiefs offensive lines gonna hold up. I don't. And then if you look at the chiefs defense, I mean, their cornerbacks are sneed who was good in this bag system before. It was terrible in Tennessee after getting paid. And then this young kid, no, no Williams from Cal, who I mean, barely played. What do you have 500, 400 snaps last year and you only played in the regular season, didn't play in the playoffs. Like, I don't, I just don't know guys. I don't see a lot of a blue chip talent, secondary, the linebackers are the same. I like Nick Bolton. And they're gonna be juiced up playing at home,

38:47but this is a Denver team that, I mean, I think whether it's gonna be a factor because it looks like night time kickoff and arrowhead. I mean, I like the Broncos here. I just, I do, I think, I don't think they're gonna do what, say the Ravens did with their new OC. Sean Manian did not look great with the Eagles. Declan Doyle looked awesome with the Ravens. We'll see how Bonix is coming off the injury, but I think the big question is, what's gonna happen at left tackle for Patrick Mahomes? Can they protect him? Is that gonna shrink the offense? Kenneth Walker is the savior. I'm not totally buying that, but we'll see. I will go Broncos 17, chiefs 13. Lo scoring Broncos win and cover. And I don't think we're gonna be panicking about the chiefs, but I do think it will be noteworthy that Denver with the Chargers losing and the chiefs losing.

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