Who are your 5 best teams in the NFC?

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1:01The ocean moves us. Whether we're riding a wave or soaking in its breathtaking beauty. The ocean connects us. Find your connection at monoraybeacquarium.org slash connects. In with the extra point painting. It's time for the extra point with Ha and Pain. Come out for the extra point on 104 three the score. Set up this extra point. In an annual survey, the athletics Mike Sando pulled six NFL execs who anonymously ranked the top teams in the NFC with a consensus putting the Rams on top and one of the six picking your Bears number one. Are your top five NFC teams? I was surprised you see the Bears ranked first by somebody but that tells you how outside of Chicago assuming it was from outside Chicago. There is some level of respect for Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams. The athletics top five was Rams Seahawks Eagles.

2:03Cowboys Bears. My top five. Very similar. But I don't get the Cowboys. I don't get the Dallas love. My top five. Rams Seahawks Eagles. Bears 49ers. 49ers. I've got three NFC West teams in the top five. I think the Eagles are just a shade better than the Bears. They have more dependable defensive weapons and up front. The Bears are there because of their offense. Not because of their defense because they have a couple of elite players and defense that could step up and make a difference. Lions and Cowboys right behind them. But I have the Bears in my top five of the NFC which means they could be in the final four which means they could be playing for a chance to get to the NFC championship game. What you got Dustin. Well I find this question really fun and you know tight on time I guess to a certain extent. How big of a fact and maybe there's something to talk more about later today show tomorrow's

3:07or even next week. The Rams and 49ers a week from tonight will be playing in Australia. The teams are handling this trip very differently and I wonder the effect of the loser of this game long term. They could it could be that one loss plus the flight back plus the next game. All the sudden net team could be on a landslide in the wrong direction. Those are your top two teams and don't forget about the defending champion Seahawks. So those three have to be in your top five. I sure hope it's the Bears. The Eagles but only because they play in a bad NFC East. I mean David what what of the Eagles remember the last time the Bears played the Eagles. Yes. You want to talk about a commitment to the run. You want to talk about an offensive line like you know coming out party. Their defense what to get pushed all over the place playing on roller skates or ice skates.

4:11Whichever one you want to look at. Pretty good. Yeah. Who is Jalen Carter? Yeah. It was pretty good. Joe Tune. You know his that is true. Both of those are true. I mean I I hope it's the Bears. I just think that division is so tough. The NFC North is so tough. So rough and tumble. You're hoping to get one road win. Thank you. You get one road. The team who gets one road win in that division is going to win that division. That's what I'm glad that it's the NFC North is tough. Because you better be battle tested if you want to find a way to be able to get out the NFC and get to a Super Bowl. So yeah I look at I read the article and it's just amazing to me that how execs and other people outside of the city look at the Bears organization. And I know we have a lot of question marks about this team maybe on the defensive side. But it is a lot of this is led by Ben Johnson, Caleb Williams and the young talent that they have at his disposal on the offense with the skill position players.

5:15So yes, love that. When my top five teams Rams, Seahawks, Eagles and this is why I laughed. Because you had Bears at fourth. I have the 49ers there just because I think the talent's still there and they got a really good head coach and I got the Bears at fifth. With the Packers Cowboys kind of right there underneath them trying to figure it out. The 49ers I think depending on the health of Bosa and Kittle, if they're back I think you're right I think they might be among the top three teams if they can stay healthy because of the talent because of the coaching. I wonder if people still doubt the quarterback or question him. But I do think that's a really strong five. I don't get can you help us understand like what is it about the Cowboys that people are looking at and saying oh they're going to be much better. That's a top five team. I get it. I have a hard time with that because we know who the Cowboys are.

6:17I mean they might have a fast start and then next thing you know they start to fade as the season goes on. And they should be better in that division. Come on now. Well that division helps their record. I know. Like you should you should be failing at the end of seasons and running out of gas. You should be running away. Speaking of that division though you're going to have to talk me out of this idea I was having when I was looking at the league yesterday trying to figure out who could be a surprise team. I didn't like where my instincts were taking me and that was toward New York and wondering if the Giants might be the surprise team in that division given how much talent they have on defense given my respect for John Harbaugh but I have serious reservations about Jackson Dart but I think the Giants could be a team in a bad division that could make a little noise. Especially with OBJ that is that crazy. He's that could be. He's that could be a factor. He's a little bit not a huge major factor but I still think he's could be a factor.

7:19You got some juice left. Are the Giants a team that can win eight games? Should there be an eight and nine pesky bunch that ruins somebody else's playoff aspiration? Yes they can. I think so. Jackson Dart just has to be smarter when it comes to taking care of his body. He likes to run the football and in this league when you do that you open yourself up to injuries taking big hits. Can't do that and that's a big part of his game. Do you consider the Bears a top five team in the NFC? Do you think they are capable as we sit here a little more than a week away from week one for the Bears and Panthers down in North Carolina? Could you envision them finishing the season in the NFC championship game or playing for a chance to get to the Super Bowl? Do you agree with that one NFL executive who said anonymously the Bears are the best team in the NFC? So we heard from Dennis Allen on Wednesday and I think he was very interesting to listen to what he had to say next.

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