October 1, 2024 • 47 mins
Richard Sherman reacts to the Monday Night Football matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions in Week 4 of the 2024 NFL season. Geno Smith and Kenneth Walker III had big games on the offensive side of the ball, but the Seahawks defense got carved up by Jared Goff's historically perfect performance. Will Seattle's defense hold the team back from contention? Richard also reacts to Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens blowing out the Buffalo Bills on Sunday Night Football, explains why he still believes in Josh Allen to lead Buffalo this season, breaks down Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders' chances of winning the NFC East over the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, and previews the Thursday Night Football matchup between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons on Prime Video.
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Speaker 3 (02:08):
Mitchell, you gotta be.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Feeling good that Honolulu Blue Brightling bringing your Honah Lulu
Blue Detroit Lions another win in prime time against my
Seattle Seahawks. Oh my god, this was such a dynamic,
fun game. Well fun sometimes for me, Mitchell, because I
hate not seeing good defense and there was no defense
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being played on either side of the football. How did
you feel, Mitchell Richard?
Speaker 1 (02:36):
I was there. I was fired up. I was rocking
my brightling. I had to uh no other watcho away
to the game. I mean this Fordfield was electric from
the start an hour beforehand. I mean you all but knew.
I mean, your friend Cliff Abril was in attendance.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
He was.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
He was sporting the Honolulu Blue too, honoring Calvin Johnson.
He was, he was as it was Golden Tate. We
had two Seattle Seahawks in the house tonight honoring their
friend Calvin Johnson. In a massive win for the Detroit Lions.
And like you said, Richard, there was no defense to
be had in this game. The over was hitting early
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and it hit I think it shoot first, first couple
of plays of the second half. This game was well
over the over, Richard, forty two to twenty nine. The
Detroit Lions pull it off. They needed this win. I
know it's demoralizing for the Seattle Seahawks fans listening, but
I could not be happier right now. Detroit's defense showed
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up and this is a game they needed and they
saw it often. I mean, Jared Goff, if there was
a perfect game. If the MLB perfect game was to
be put in NFL perspective, I think Jared Goff had
it eighteen for eighteen for two hundred and ninety two yards,
and then he caught a pass of his own for
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a touchdown from Mama Moras. Same, Brent Richard, This was
a huge win for the Detroit Lions. I know it
hurts for the Seattle Seahawks fans listening, but I'll take it.
I will definitely take it. Richard, What did you think here,
because I could not be more ecstatic at the outcome.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Well, well, hold your horses, dere Mitchell, before you sit
there and say your Detroit Lions played good defensively, because
they didn't.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
They didn't.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
They didn't.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
I will admit five hundred and sixteen yards of offense
giving up Genie O. Smith threw for three hundred and
ninety five yards, So let's not get crazy here. No,
they played phenomenally offensively. Jared Goff one of the best
games of his career. He's played better where he's probably
thrown for more yards or more touchdown, But to go
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eighteen at eighteen two and ninety two yards two touchdowns
really looked in command under Control, Ben Johnson did such
a phenomenal job. Just watching some of those drives. You
would see runs where where you know whether it's Montgomery
our Gibbs. The runs look so different when they're running them,
but the place scheme is the same, and then you'd
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see the play action off the exact same run. The
defense bites. The defense doesn't know whether it go, whether
it's run, whether it's passed. You could see the backers,
you could see the doubt. It opened up gaping holes
for them, and then it opened up huge lanes. In
the past game, the play that comes to mind is
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obviously the Jamison Williams touchdown, which I have to see
again on tape because I'm not sure whether it was
invert cover two where the corners go deep and have
half field responsibility and the safeties are down low and
are responsible for the flats and linebackers and hooks and everything.
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But there was play action two receivers deep. It looked
like Tarik Wooland was passing that route off to the
other side. Look like Witherspoon was trying to do the
same with his route, but came off a little late.
By the time he came off, Jameson Williams already had
the ball in stride and he high stepped about thirty
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yards into the end zone. Looked really great, and I
really didn't understand why they didn't give him another opportunity.
When you have a guy like that makes a play
like that, you would expect him to get another grab
somewhere in the ball game, just to check the hot hend,
you know what I mean. It's like a guy hitting
three threes and then you don't passing the ball the
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rest of the game in a basketball game, and you're like,
just heat checked one more time, just heat checked, see
if he got it. But for the Seattle Seahawks, d
DK Metcalf had a really good game, obviously, one hundred
and four yards, seven catches, battling with Carlton Davis, who's
a really good corner. It's great to see him playing
well in prime time. Friend of the program, a teammate
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of mind in Tampa Bay, a guy that never gets credit, scrappy,
really really good corner of the National Football League. Had
some questionable PI calls in this game. And Kenneth Walker
Walker the third welcome back. Kenneth Walker the third welcome back,
and he was the reason that the Seattle Seahawks were
in this game. He him along with Geno Smith, were
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a two man game. Throughout this game, Gino was pushing
the ball down the field, got the had ten different
receivers get a catch in this game. A questionable offensive
PI called Menchell. A questionable offensive PI call on Tyler
Lockett could have could have changed the whole trajectory of
this game. Seattle was was trying to respond to another
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after the defense had got a stop, could have got
a score right there and maybe tied the game off.
Up they called offensive PI on the third down catch
from JSN that I just don't. I don't know, man,
I don't. I don't want that called. I know, I
don't want that called. And then you have to point conversion.
That was a two point catch and it was a
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successful two point try that caught the PI. And it
was like nobody paid attention to the actual catch. Nobody
paid attention that dk Metcalf got his knee down in bounds,
two point conversion successful. He's like, oh yeah, yeah, it's penalty, yes,
Like no, no, it's a catch. You don't need the penalty,
just decline it.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
And but.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
It was a solid game from a lot of guys.
Jaron Reid had the early sack of Jared Golf. I
thought things would be great at that point. Mental I thought, hmm, Okay,
they're gonna be able to overcome these major injuries that
they had to Leonard Williams to Byron Murphy. But it's
tough against a team like this. And that's what I
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said earlier, against a team like the Detroit Lions with
such a powerful offensive line, a run game that they're
gonna run it twenty five thirty times, maybe forty. They
ran it forty a week before. You got to have
your hogs up front healthy and ready to go to rotate.
I think Jaron Reid battle, I think the defensive line battle.
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I just think they didn't have enough guys, enough bodies
to really withstand that kind of rushing attack. And I
think if Leonard Williams plays and Byron Murphy plays, it's
an entirely different game. I don't think this is a
discouraging loss by any sense for the Seattle Seahawks, especially offensively.
You know, Ryan Grubbs should be proud of himself to
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have this kind of performance in primetime against a really
tough opponent, an opponent that was in the NFC Championship
just last year. An opponent that's been built from the
ground up, played in huge games throughout the last couple
of years, a team everybody says it's a contender for
the Super Bowl this year. I thought this was a
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great showing by the Seattle offense, especially, you know, balancing
the run attack, the rushing attack with the passing attack.
G you know, Smith in his career just looked in
command the entire game. But that offensive line man, that
offensive line for the Seattle Seahawks has to get it together. Obviously,
they're going with their third string right tackle after two injuries.
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Well you know, Lucas isn't back, who's their starter got injured,
and so they're going with Forsyth. He did his best
against a very good defensive line, but there was interior pressure,
exterior pressure. Gino Smith got hit nine times, he got
sacked three times. And when he's clean, when he's clean,
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he's one of the best quarterbacks in football. When he's clean,
it's tough. When he's not clean. He threw for three
ninety five thirty eight to fifty six. He played a
really good game obviously through the interception at the end
trying to force the ball in the end zone. But
they have to do a better job of keeping the
quarterback clean. He can play at a high level. Keep
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him clean five hundred and sixteen yards to total offense.
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about the Detroit Lions, because I don't want those Detroit
Lions fans and that Honolulu Blue coming and attacking me.
Your team played really well, your defense looks really solid.
I'm not gonna say great. There was some questionable PI
calls in there. I agree, d Line the d Lion
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looked really good. At times, they missed some tackles. Kennick
Walker Junior will make anybody look look not so good. Offensively,
that rushing attack between David Montgomery and Jamier Gibbs looked
phenomenal consistently. I think Amina again a solid game. That
touchdown catch was unbelievable. I mean, a little ball arena,
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a little tipsy toe Mitchell.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
That was a cool looking play.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
I gotta give him that, But there was pressure on
Jared Golf at times. He handled it well. He played
a perfect game eighteen of eighteen, even had that catch Mitchell.
That catch was one of the funniest plays I think
I've ever seen because it was just so slow. Everything
happened so fast in the National Football League, and then
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you look up in that play and it's like oooh well,
and the defender's like no, and you're just sitting there
like please, if something happened, hurry up, like get past
by Amen ros Saint Brown. Jamison Williams has to get
more passes, Ben Johnson. I'm not criticizing you. I think
you called a phenomenal game. Your play calling, your play
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design is intricate, it's cool, it's I mean, it's mind
boggling sometimes these concepts you're coming up with. But give
Jamison Williams another throw, another shot, like I want to
see it. As a fan, I watched him run a
seventy yards in high step for thirty like, I want
to see him catch another one. I want to see
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us attempt another one. I want to see us just
push the ball down the field and see what he got.
Because when you don't, it's like I guess, at some point,
it's going to come back to bite you. Now, maybe
he doesn't know the playbook as well, maybe there's something
else holding him back. But I just know you never
see that in the National Football League, where you have
a player that talented, that breaks the game open so wide,
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only gets such few attempts at it, so few targets.
I'll let you speak on your honolulululu Blue Detroit Lions, Mitchell.
That's all I got to say. Am I worried about
Seattle's defense after giving up forty two points and allowing
Jared Golf to go eighteen to eighteen in the past game. Yes, yes,
I am very concerned that was a humbling stat but
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I I guarantee Mike McDonald will use this as a
learning lesson, a teaching lesson. And it humbles a young team,
you know, because you're flying high. They're three and zero,
you know, Tarik wooland barely giving up any passes. Witherspoon
has played phenomenally. Julian Love gets hurt in this game.
So you're getting you go young, young Kobe Bryant was playing,
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Jenkins was playing, and so you're feeling really good about yourselves.
But sometimes a humbling loss like this, where you just
get beat up and you gotta go back to the
drawing board. You gotta look at the tape. You gotta
look each other in the eye and say, hey, we
can never get that, we can never let that happen again,
We can never be that way again. We got we
will never ever ever allow something like that to happen again.
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Sometimes sometimes that's the spark you need, Mitchell, Sometimes that's
the spark you need to get you right back on
the right track, to keep you really fueled and propelled
through because any time you feel a little too confident,
a little too full of yourself, pull up at Detroit
tape put a forty two, eighteen to eighteen, or you
just say Jared.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Goff, Oh, Jared Goff. He won on them.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
But I think this is gonna be a great lesson
for this defense. I don't think this is gonna this
is any indicator of all man. Maybe they were frauds
or something like that. No, no, no, I think this
is gonna be legitimate. They need their pieces back on
the defensive line because it forces the decordinator. It forces
Mike McDonald to bring pressure. It forces him to change
the scheme and put more guys in the box and
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try to get this run stop. And it compromises the
back end of the defense. And that's what you saw
is him trying to come up with answers for this
Detroit Lions rushing attack. He'll have answers for the Giants.
I'm sure he'll have answers for Daniel Jones. That doesn't
mean putting nine people eight nine people in the box.
And I think they get back on track against the
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Detroit I mean against the New York Giants. And I
think the Lions get their revenge against the Cowboys next week.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Well, Richard, I will start with the Seahawks, and I
will compliment this team before I go into the Lions
first and foremost. I mean, listen, they're walking in on
Monday night football to a ruckus crowd in Ford Field.
I mean, and this team in Detroit needs a win
bad because they cannot afford to start the season off
two and two, especially with how hot Minnesota is right
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now in the division. So I think the pressure was
on Detroit. I think Detroit needed this win more and
I think they showed it today, And I challenged I
shouldn't say I challenged him. I called it out earlier
that they put twenty points on the board against Arizona
in the first half and then went scoreless in the second.
And it worried me when they were up twenty one
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to seven, and fortunately they got the call against Tyler
Lockett on that offensive PI because it looked like a
situation where the Seattle Seahawks were going to go in score,
make this game a one possession game going in the halftime,
and then get the ball at half and then you know,
who knows what happens. It's anyone's game at that point.
But with Seattle, they get Kenneth Walker back. And this
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guy is a freaking nature. I mean I washed him
at Michigan State and his one year there he carried
the Spartans flat out carried him to Land they have
not been in in ten years, and you saw him
come back. And the one player that really stands out
to me, and I think it's going to be a
Sports Center top ten play for the remainder of history,
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is when alexanzelone, he caught him outside, tackles him, brings
him down to the ground, laying on Angeloni's back, brings
him back up. He does a front flip over the top.
Angeloni somehow stays up gets the first down after that.
I mean the athleticism there. Kenneth Walker is a guys guy,
and I for one, we talked about it off air,
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but you want to talk about a hometown blunder of
the year. I sat Kenneth Walker in Fantasy in favor
of Sam Laporta because I'm a homer and I wanted
to root for Samba Porter tonight, and that backfired tremendously
on me. I took the l in Fantasy because of that.
Kenneth Walker is one of those guys. The other guy
that's one of those guys, DK Metcalf. I mean, here's
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another guy. Seven catches for one hundred and forty yards.
Carlton Davis did what he could against him. There was
one PI call that is tremendously debatable in my opinion,
and set up a score for Seattle to make this
game close. But DK Metcalf is a problem. You can
tell that he's matured a bit in his game. I
mean you don't see a whole lot of the emotional
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side of DK anymore. You see more about the business
side of DK, and the business side of DK is
getting stuff done this year. DK Metcalf's one of those guys, Richard,
He's one of those guys. Done a tremendous job. But
for the Detroit Lions, what's really impressed me is their
ground game. I mean, they're killers, right. They start David
Montgomery off the first first half of the first quarter,
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it was all David Montgomery and then you run him wild,
and then all of a sudden, Jamier Gibbs time and
both of these guys had touchdowns on the first half,
one for David Montgomery two for Jamier Gibbs, and you
got to be impressed with that. And then when Seattle
comes down and scores, you know, to open the second half,
there's worry in Ford field. I'll shoot this game is is,
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you know, still up for contention. And then the next
play goes to David Montgomery and you saw a little
bit of best mode action there. Richard catches the ball,
it breaks two, three tackles, runs wild, you know, fifty
yard gain or whatever it was on that pass. You
got a pre preciate that. And David Montgomery, in my opinion,
is one of the most underrated players in the league.
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I mean, the guy's a war coorse and someone that
you can lean on for the for the angry runs,
and those are the runs that demoralized defenses. I mean,
David Montgomery is to this offense as valuable as Jamier
Gibs us as valuable as any other player on this
offensive side of the ball for the Detroit Lions in
my opinion, And like you said, Jamison Williams, I want
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to see them free him up more because he's like
one of these gadget guys that everyone realizes is like
this top line, like elite speedster. Just give him the
darn football in space and let him do his thing.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
The truth. Go ahead, Rich, I.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Mean our our trade Mankansas City, and let me let
me see him. He used the right. If you know,
if you're not going to just throw them bombs, then
let me see him somewhere.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
Are trading to Buffalo.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Buffalo is gonna try it exactly.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
I mean this team in Detroit, they needed a win
like this. They got everyone involved offensively. They did not
take their foot off the gas all game, and you
saw it. Like I said, Detroit needed this win more.
And I think we saw it tonight on Monday Night Football.
I leave very happy going into the bye week for
the Lions. They're going on the road against the Cowboys
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here in two weeks and that's going to be a
huge game. They too, were battling injuries. Frank reig Now
was out. They had to shuffle the O line around.
That is a huge loss. I mean, they had to
move Grand Glasgow to center. They had to bring in Awaseka.
The last time we saw him was in the NFC
Championship game. He held his own today and you got
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to give the Lions credit. But let's not leave this
game without talking more about Jared Goff because eighteen for eighteen,
we'd have to check the stats. But it is believed
that he is the first quarterback in NFL history with
a ten plus pass attempts to go perfect eighteen for
eighteen in a win and catch a touchdown pass. So
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Jared Goff earned his money, unlike your buddy Trevor Lawrence
in the offseason, I had to drop it there. I
had to drop it there.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Oh, he's dropping it. They're dropping a lot of games.
Let's move forward to the to our move backwards to
the Sunday night game Buffalo versus Baltimore, and I'm not
we're gonna spend a whole lot of time here because
that game, they didn't spend a whole lot of time.
At least Buffalo didn't in this regard. They got molly
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wopped in prime time. And it just seems like the
Buffalo Bills hate seeing Derrick Henry come to town because
when he comes to town, all their dbs say, Hey,
let me make sure my affairs are in order, let
me make sure my family knows I love him. Because
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we got Derrick Henry coming in and I don't know
what was gonna happen. You know there there was a
viral clip. Not gonna mention any names of a stiff
arm against the Buffalo Bills player. The last time he
was in prime time, he had one hundred and forty
three yards and three touchdowns. This time he didn't want
to go that crazy Mitchell. He only had twenty four
carries for one hundred and ninety nine yards and one touchdown.
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Lamar Jackson showed it up thirteen for eighteen one hundred
and fifty six yards, two TV six rushes for fifty
two yards and a touchdown. Josh Allen gets held relatively
in check. Only has sixteen or twenty nine for one
hundred and eighty yards, no touchdowns, no interceptions, lost the fumble.
But credit this Buffalo Bills, I mean this Baltimore Ravens
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defense and Kyle Vanoy. Kyle van Noy is eating this season.
In four games, he has six sacks. He had two
sacks in this game. They got eight hits on Josh
Allen in this ball game. And that was the story
that that was the way they won a lot of
games last year. Their defense showed up in a big way.
Justin madabique Ur nom de Madabike. My apologies is this
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new name showed up and had all those sacks in
that season, and that's what they were waiting to see
again against the quality opponent. And Buffalo Bills have for
all intents and purposes, won some really good games this year.
We got to see him against the Miami Dolphins. The game,
to a tongue of Iloa goes down and they looked
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really good.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
We had Josh Allen on the desk and he's talking
about how everybody eats and everybody eats b and they
were able to spread the ball around. But you run
into a veteran defense like this Baltimore Ravens defense with
with Marlon Humphries and and uh, these guys made Cayle
Hamilton and they they made him pay. Mental Rocron Smith,
they made them pay. And they're starting to find their groove.
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They were able to hold this high powered offense to
ten points to get to Josh Allen consistently and then
this offense, this is what they want to do. They're
coming off a really good game where they were able
to run the ball down the throats of the Dallas
Cowboys in Dallas. They ran for two hundred and seventy
four yards against the Dallas Cowboys, and they are continuing
that they found the formula that works. Let's give Derrick Henry.
Speaker 3 (25:14):
The ball over.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
And over early and often until the cows come home, Mitchell,
and they're in Baltimore. I don't even think there's any
cows to come home, and so I'm looking forward to
seeing them continue this street Mitchell, continue to run the
football because Baltimore is in this division, in this AFC
North where it's just a weird division. Obviously, Pittsburgh was
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undefeated before they lose to the Indianapolis Colts. The Cleveland
Browns are kind of middling. You know, it looks like
Deshaun Watson has moments where he's finding his groove, finding
his rhythm. But and that defense has played good football before,
but they're kind of up and down right now. Then
you got the Cincinnati Bengals and Joe Burrow t Higgins
is getting healthy and you don't really know what you're
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getting out of them because they're underwhelming defensively. Offensively, they're
kind of finding their groove. And so this Ravens Bengals
game is gonna tell us a lot of things that
we need to know ken Baltimore get over five hundred.
Can they continue to run the ball as they have,
because that interior, interior defensive line of the Cincinnati Bengals
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isn't great. They lost DJ Reader to your Detroit Lions.
That was a big piece of what they were doing
defensively and they haven't been able to fill that void.
And the Buffalo Bills go to the Houston Texans, who
just got a really really great, sloppy win against the
Jacksonville Jaguars. But when you win those kind of games,
it humbles you and it tightens up the ship. Mitchell,
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you go to practice and you really work hard, you
really go get after it because you feel like you
stole one. You feel like you got one that you
didn't deserve a little bit. And so I'm expecting the
Houston Texans to come out really sharp.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
CJ.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Strouds come out really sharp, Nico Collins, who's leading the
league in receiving yards, to come out really sharpen that defense,
to make some plays. You got to expect a Neil
Hunter and to come out and have a big game.
That pass rush to get hot again, especially after seeing
Josh Allen get hit eight times against Baltimore.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
I'm expecting him to have a big game.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
Well, the Bills and Josh Allen. You saw a moment
of brilliance from Josh Allen in this game, scrambling, evading,
would be tacklers about to go out of bounds, slings
one down field fifty yards, Galia Shakir, I mean, Josh
Allen is putting this team on his back as much
as he can. But this was another game. Like you said,
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you're facing the Baltimore Ravens one and two at the
time in a must win situation. That's going to be
a tough situation to overcome. Derrick Henry is everything this
Baltimore Ravens team needed last year, and give him the
darn ball as much as you as much as you can.
Baltimore looks scary. These last two wins were complete dominance Baltimore.
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Going forward, they look like they are back. Richard.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
Well, let's go to your favorite segment of the day, Mitchell.
Speaker 3 (28:16):
Let's do it.
Speaker 1 (28:18):
Let's go to the buy or sell, and we got
some stuff to buy or sell here. We're going to
start in Indianapolis. This is something that the Cleveland Brown's
probably thought of a little bit last year, and they're
probably thinking about a little bit now, but they don't
have the luxury having Joe Flacco on their team anymore. Richard, Richard,
you're buying or selling Joe Flacco should be the starter
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in Indye going forward.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
Well, it depends, and I want to I want to
be straight and I want to say buy or sale.
But if Anthony Richardson, if you're talking about the future
of this franchise, you're going to go with Anthony Richardson
because you have to have him learn. You have to
have him, uh learn them the job, to get his
knicks to figure it out. But it goes back to
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our conversation, should a top draft pick, a high drafted
player sit behind a veteran And I'm in the camp
that he should, And so I buy that Joe Flacco
is a more NFL ready quarterback right now, more ready
to take the Indianapolis Coats and win games they should win. Now,
is he gonna astound with incredible seventy yard passes on
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the money to his best receiver? No, No, I don't
think he is. He's gonna get the ball where he's
supposed to be. He's gonna move the ball down the field.
He's gonna make an adjustments if he sees the coverage
he wants to get. He's gonna check out a certain things,
get to the runs. He's gonna run the game like
an offensive coordinator expects the game to be run. He's
from that old guard. He's from the old guard of
quarterbacks before they start making everything rpo and blues clues.
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You know, everything is is green, eggs and ham right now,
Mitchell A. These offenses are simplified their third grade level.
Speaker 3 (29:58):
Man.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
He's from the old guard where it used to be
trigonometry in algebra and geometry, and so yes, he will
be able to come in and it's just like Andy Dalton.
You look at it and you're like, why does this
offense look so different in Carolina under Andy Dalton? Because
he's from an older guard where they ran different things,
where he had to learn, he had to understand, he
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had to figure it out. I think Anthony Richardson would
benefit from sitting behind Joe Flacco and learning how to prepare,
learning how to execute a game plan, learning what he
said sees, having those conversations, seeing how he had just
within a game because he came into the NFL and
had to play right away. Obviously, he was injured last
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year and had to sit for a nice part.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Of the season.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
But I don't know how much he learned, how much
he was really absorbing. Obviously, when Joe Flacco came in,
I'm sure the Pittsburgh Steelers was like, come on, like,
why you let us have Anthony, Let us have the
young quarterback who is gonna make a few mistakes, hold
the ball longer than he should not, Joe Flacco, who's
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gonna know where he's going with the ball, who's gonna
make good decisions.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
And so I'm buying that.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
That Joe Flacco is the right quarterback right now for
the Indianapolis Colts, and and they'll win some games that
they probably wouldn't have won with Anthony richardson right now.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
And as you, I agree with you, Richard, I mean,
just you the proofs in the pudding. He's getting his
young players more involved. Josh Towns had a breakout game.
Joe Flacco has proven himself to be that guy these
last two seasons. I think Indy's got to ride the
hot hand. Uh. Moving out of the next one, the
Philadelphia Eagles facing a lot of injuries right now, fresh
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off of loss out of Tampa Bay, the Eagles will
miss the playoffs by or sell.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
Ooh that, Joe, that is a tough one. Huh huh.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
Don't be a don't be recency biased, have recency bias.
Don't have recency bias.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
Sell.
Speaker 2 (32:05):
That's all I'm gonna sell that they are. They do
not look good right now. The Philadelphia Eagles do not
look good offensively. That offensive line that's been a foundational
staple for them over the last few years does not
look good. Lane Johnson's banged up. You don't have Jason
Kelcey anymore so now that even the tush push doesn't
look as consistent as it used to.
Speaker 3 (32:26):
Say.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Kawan Barkley is a is a bright spot on that teams.
He single handedly took over the New Orleans Saints game,
and I think he won that game obviously. Jalen Hurtstrow
for a lot of yards. But without a j Brown
and Devonte Smith, they're gonna struggle through these next couple
of games. These games will be will be really important,
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but they have to weather to storm. They have to
go at least five hundred in these games until their
their top receivers come back. But once they come back,
I think they'll be fine. Their defense, on the other hand,
they have to find answers may feel through for what
three forty seven the other day, moved the ball up
and down the field. They were able to run the
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ball with some success in that D line. That's been
an incredible strength for them, at least a couple of
years ago. I mean a couple of years ago, they
were talking about setting records with the amount of sacks
they had, and you're just not seeing that kind of production. Obviously,
Hassan Redick's gone. You know, they've lost some pieces, but
Javon Hargrave is in San Francisco, but you expect them
to have some semblance of that kind of production. Again,
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Vic Fangio is their new decordinator. You know, maybe they're
still an adjustment period to that defense in that scheme.
I don't know, but I don't think they're gonna make
their too talented to miss the playoffs. If they missed
the playoffs, there's gonna be some difficult conversations. And I
don't know if it's a hot seat or or people
are getting moved, but they switched coordinators last year you know,
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I don't think they switch them again.
Speaker 1 (33:56):
Well, they're dealing with a lot of injuries and we
shall see how they return.
Speaker 3 (34:01):
A J.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
Brown coming back at some point here is gonna boost
that offense and it's probably gonna provide them a little
bit more stability. But right now, not looking too good.
Moving on to the next topic, the Buffalo Bills. They
looked good, they exceeded expectations the first three weeks, and
then they go on the road in a tough, tough,
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tough environment against a great opponent in the Baltimore Ravens
and take a massive l. Richard, the Bills are pretenders
by or so.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
I'm selling it. I think the Bills are contenders. I
think they just had a rough game. They ran into
a buzz saw on a good day and they struggled.
They ran into a really good defense that understood, you know,
how to how to play them, how to contain them.
They didn't get a ton of opportunities, obviously with the
way Baltimore is running the football. They controlled the clock.
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So I think they get back on track this week
versus the well, I mean, that'll be the tail I apologize.
This week will show me a lot I think they're contenders,
but a loss to the Houston Texans will will mate
waiver depending on how the game goes. If they get
beat in a dominant fashion, then that's tough. But I'm
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not about to have Bill's Mafia come after me calling
their team a pretender after I had to sit there
on Thursday Night Football and watch them dismantle the Miami Dolphins.
So this team has a lot of young talent, a
lot of young guys stepping up playing at a high level.
They're beat up, they have some of their best players
on ir Von Miller is starting to play like he's
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used to playing. But they they have some injuries, especially
on the defensive side of the ball. They lost a
ton of leadership on the defensive side of the ball.
So for them to start three to one right now
in this season, I think everybody counts that as a win,
as a great season, as a great start with you know,
all things considered. They lost I think six captains last year,
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five or six captains to either free agency or they're injured,
and so for them to have this kind of start,
I think they're good. They're fine, They're they are not pretenders.
Josh Allen's here to stay. Josh Allen's legitimate is just
a rough game.
Speaker 1 (36:15):
Outside of the Minnesota Vikings, probably one of the most
surprising teams in the league thus far has been the
Washington Commanders. Richard, the Washington Commanders will win the NFC East.
Speaker 2 (36:27):
By or so buy I'm buying. I'm buying. I'm buying
what they're selling.
Speaker 3 (36:33):
Metro.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
They are a fun team to watch. They aren't perfect,
but even when you listen to the offensive line talk,
they're like, Hey, this is the most fun I've had
playing football. When you hear an offensive line talk about
like that, they're having a good time and the pride
they're having they're taking and protecting their quarterback. I just
hope the Seattle Seahawks are at one point have that
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much fun protecting Geno Smith, because he would he would
appreciate that. But Jade and Dan it has been the
most accurate quarterback through four games in NFL history. No
quarterback has had a better completion percentage through four games
in NFL history, not rookie quarterback, not in this decade,
like in the history of the National Football League. And
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that means something. It's not that the end all beat all.
One of his incompletions was an interception, an overthrown pass.
But he's taking care of the ball. He's distributed, distributing
the ball to a number of receivers. Brian Robinson is
running the ball well. They're balanced. Defensively, they're doing enough.
They got the great leadership. Zach Ertz Offensively is having
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an impact against a stabilizing force, a safety net in
that offense. Defensively, Bobby Wagner is doing a good job
leading that team, leading that defense, being a stabilizing veteran
Hall of Fame presence, making sure they don't get too
high and don't go get too low. And they're finding
a way to win these games. They did a great job,
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scored forty two points on the offensive side of the
ball and held their opponents under fifteen points that game.
If they can continue to play like that, especially when
the other teams in their division, the Dallas Cowboys do
not look as good as they have in the past.
The offensive line is a big time question mark. Is
guiding gonna be good enough? They had Tyron Smith at
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the left tackle for so long that you're so used
to just having a Hall of Fame offensive line for
the Dallas Cowboys, it's not the case anymore. The Philadelphia Eagles,
again we just talked about it, are banged up, really
banged up. Jason Kelsey's gone, a Hall of Famer gone,
that matters. Lane Johnson's banged up all day, always open.
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AJ Brown banged up, Davonte Smith, banged up. When that's happening,
this is the perfect opportunity and the perfect storm for
the Washington Commanders to make a move and to win,
to sneak out, to squeak out a win.
Speaker 3 (38:57):
In this division.
Speaker 2 (38:58):
And they have a really good head coach, coach and
Dan Quinn. Obviously I got a lot of love for
Dan Quinn, but he's just a hell of a motivator,
a hell of a football coach, a schemer putting guys
in position, knows how to get the most out of people,
and knows how to play defense and how to coach
it offensively. They have a great scheme. They have the
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perfect scheme for their quarterback. That's why he's having the
success he's having. So I'm buying that Washington Commanders winning
the NFC East. I'm on board.
Speaker 1 (39:29):
Well, anytime you can go back to back on the
road and frankly lay the SmackDown to the Arizona Cardinals
and then beat up on the Cincinnati Bengals that desperately
needed to win. It's got to be eye opening for
the league. And just a reminder, that was only Jaden
daniels fourth fourth game in the NFL, so it's safe
to assume he's only going to get more comfortable. And
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sky's the limit for the Washington Commanders. Last, but not least, Richard,
and this one's a selfish one. The Detroit Lions will
make an appearance in Richard Sherman's Top five power ranks
by yourself.
Speaker 2 (40:05):
Oh Mitchell, Oh, you're putting so much pressure on me.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
There's a lot of pressure on this one, Richard. I'm
so much pressure you to name your top five right now?
Speaker 3 (40:14):
My friend. Oh what a guy? What a guy?
Speaker 2 (40:17):
Oh well, Mitchell, I'm happy to start this this off
the same way I started it off last week because
those first two did not change. The Kansas City Chiefs
are one. They've earned that spot. They still deserve to
be there. The Minnesota Vikings got of scared at the end,
went up twenty eight points, then you know, gave up
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twenty one unanswered. Sure, gotcha, but still playing at a
high level, still winning these games, going to Lambo and
winning that game. I got them at two uh three.
Three is gonna have to change because I had I
think I had the Buffalo Bills at three. Not gonna
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be able to have the Buffalo Bills at three after
them taking the shellacking they took. That's where it gets
so inconsistent. That's where it gets a little inconsistent for me,
because I want who I want to put there, I'm
afraid to put there, but I'm gonna do it. Houston
Texans move up for me. They're gonna move to three
uh four. We're gonna We're gonna knock the Steelers out
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of the mix. The Seattle Seahawks get knocked out of
the mix forty two points, giving up by their defense.
Speaker 3 (41:30):
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers look good. They do look good.
They look good. Mitchell.
Speaker 1 (41:36):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (41:37):
San Francisco forty Niners are so good team. They're two
and two, They're they're five hundred. I can't I can't
do it. I can't do it at five hundred.
Speaker 2 (41:45):
Ah not at five hundred, Mitchell, Huh, I'll give Detroit.
I'm gonna go Detroit. At four. They played too good
of a game this week. Okay, they look too complete.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers go five.
Speaker 1 (42:09):
Who's going three? You got the Tennessee or the Houston
Texans at three? The line's at four. Okay, I can
accept that, Richard. I'll take that. I'll take that as
a win. So that is a bye, but that is
a bye. That is a huge buye and I will
gladly take that.
Speaker 3 (42:28):
Richard.
Speaker 1 (42:28):
We've got to preview a little bit. You're gonna be
in Atlanta, hot Atlanta this Thursday, Thursday Night Football. I mean,
this is this is a big game. Here is NFC
South big game is division is somewhat surprised, it's a bit.
The Buccaneers are off the hot start. The Bucks go
to Atlanta. Who do you like in this game? And
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what are you thinking going into Atlanta? Because this is
this is gonna be a good matchup.
Speaker 2 (42:54):
Well, we're gonna be on Prime Video at seven pm Eastern,
the best part in football TNF tonight.
Speaker 3 (43:03):
We'll see you there.
Speaker 2 (43:04):
The the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a little jeckoing high
at times, but when they're at their best, Mitchell, they're
a fun team to watch. A fun team to cover. Obviously,
we could talk about Baker Mayfield going for three forty
seven last week, but Mike Evans, for the history of
time is gonna have a thousand yards and he's off
to another fun fast star. Chris Godwin, another All Pro receiver,
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is doing good. They got a good running game, two
good backs that they really trust running the football, and
then Viatavea in the middle of that defense looks healthy
and rareing to go. Levonte David had a couple of
sacks last week, one sack, force fumble.
Speaker 3 (43:45):
They look good.
Speaker 2 (43:45):
They got they got my boy, Jordan Whitehead back into
the fold. They got him back from the New York Giant,
the Jets, and now he's back with Antoine Winfields Junior
in that secondary. I think I feel good about the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I want to see more from the
Atlanta Falcons. They played a solid game versus New Orleans
last week. They were able to squeak out a win,
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but it just wasn't an exciting game. You know, the guys,
you're expecting big plays from big production from Bajean Robinson
gets gets out carried by al Gier. You know, he
gets seven carries out year, gets eight and has more
yards and you're like, ah, that just that looks weird.
You know, you're expecting Drake London and Kyle Pitts to
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have big games. You know now that they got a
quarterback and Kirk Cousins, who's going to get it done?
And that's just not how it's That's not how it's
turning out. And defensively, Atlanta's not getting to the quarterback.
I thought Matthew Judon would get to the quarterback a
little bit more. I thought they would be able to
put more pressure on the quarterbacks, and they just haven't
been able to do that. So I got Tampa Bay
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in this game. That's what I'll probably say on Thursday night.
But who knows, maybe somebody else changed my mind. But
that's the way it's looking. I'm sorry, Atlanta Falcons fans.
I know we come into the A, but I gotta
they gotta show me something, make me, make me a believer.
I want Kirko to make me a believer because I
believe in kirkoh. He just hasn't looked the same as
the Kirk Coole that I've known for the past years,
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a guy who really wills and deals surgical in the
past game. Uh, And I thought he would elevate these receivers,
especially Kyle Pitts and Drake London, a little more than
he has, give him more opportunities down the field, push
the ball down the field a little more. I thought
this offense would be a little bit more explosive than
it has been, and I hope that changes.
Speaker 3 (45:35):
Well.
Speaker 1 (45:35):
That's this week's teen half preview, presented by a Prime Video,
and be sure to watch the Buccaneers take on the
Falcons this Thursday. Richard will be in the a with
your whole crew. I know you're excited, Richard, It's gonna
be Frankly, this is a matchup I'm looking forward to
because the Bucks Falcons, like you said, Falcons have got
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a lot to prove being two to two and two
right now, and the Buccaneers are one of the hot
teams in the league right now at three and one.
So we shall see. But this officially concludes Week four.
It's been a fun run. First quarter of the season
is I guess done for the most part, right And Richard,
I will let you sign us off, my friend.
Speaker 2 (46:15):
Like you said, the first quarter of the season is done.
It's been chaotic, it's been fun. Who would have thought
the Minnesota Vikings look like the class of the NFC.
But a lot can change In four more games, we'll
see how it looks in the second quarter of the
National Football League season. Thank you again for joining us
on our Monday Night recap. You could be anywhere in
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to death. Stay safe, give your loved ones, Give your
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Speaker 3 (46:46):
Enjoy your day, enjoy your night. I'm out
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Speaker 2 (02:01):
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Speaker 3 (02:08):
Mitchell, you gotta be.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Feeling good that Honolulu Blue Brightling bringing your Honah Lulu
Blue Detroit Lions another win in prime time against my
Seattle Seahawks. Oh my god, this was such a dynamic,
fun game. Well fun sometimes for me, Mitchell, because I
hate not seeing good defense and there was no defense
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being played on either side of the football. How did
you feel, Mitchell Richard?
Speaker 1 (02:36):
I was there. I was fired up. I was rocking
my brightling. I had to uh no other watcho away
to the game. I mean this Fordfield was electric from
the start an hour beforehand. I mean you all but knew.
I mean, your friend Cliff Abril was in attendance.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
He was.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
He was sporting the Honolulu Blue too, honoring Calvin Johnson.
He was, he was as it was Golden Tate. We
had two Seattle Seahawks in the house tonight honoring their
friend Calvin Johnson. In a massive win for the Detroit Lions.
And like you said, Richard, there was no defense to
be had in this game. The over was hitting early
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and it hit I think it shoot first, first couple
of plays of the second half. This game was well
over the over, Richard, forty two to twenty nine. The
Detroit Lions pull it off. They needed this win. I
know it's demoralizing for the Seattle Seahawks fans listening, but
I could not be happier right now. Detroit's defense showed
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up and this is a game they needed and they
saw it often. I mean, Jared Goff, if there was
a perfect game. If the MLB perfect game was to
be put in NFL perspective, I think Jared Goff had
it eighteen for eighteen for two hundred and ninety two yards,
and then he caught a pass of his own for
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a touchdown from Mama Moras. Same, Brent Richard, This was
a huge win for the Detroit Lions. I know it
hurts for the Seattle Seahawks fans listening, but I'll take it.
I will definitely take it. Richard, What did you think here,
because I could not be more ecstatic at the outcome.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Well, well, hold your horses, dere Mitchell, before you sit
there and say your Detroit Lions played good defensively, because
they didn't.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
They didn't.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
They didn't.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
I will admit five hundred and sixteen yards of offense
giving up Genie O. Smith threw for three hundred and
ninety five yards, So let's not get crazy here. No,
they played phenomenally offensively. Jared Goff one of the best
games of his career. He's played better where he's probably
thrown for more yards or more touchdown, But to go
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eighteen at eighteen two and ninety two yards two touchdowns
really looked in command under Control, Ben Johnson did such
a phenomenal job. Just watching some of those drives. You
would see runs where where you know whether it's Montgomery
our Gibbs. The runs look so different when they're running them,
but the place scheme is the same, and then you'd
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see the play action off the exact same run. The
defense bites. The defense doesn't know whether it go, whether
it's run, whether it's passed. You could see the backers,
you could see the doubt. It opened up gaping holes
for them, and then it opened up huge lanes. In
the past game, the play that comes to mind is
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obviously the Jamison Williams touchdown, which I have to see
again on tape because I'm not sure whether it was
invert cover two where the corners go deep and have
half field responsibility and the safeties are down low and
are responsible for the flats and linebackers and hooks and everything.
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But there was play action two receivers deep. It looked
like Tarik Wooland was passing that route off to the
other side. Look like Witherspoon was trying to do the
same with his route, but came off a little late.
By the time he came off, Jameson Williams already had
the ball in stride and he high stepped about thirty
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yards into the end zone. Looked really great, and I
really didn't understand why they didn't give him another opportunity.
When you have a guy like that makes a play
like that, you would expect him to get another grab
somewhere in the ball game, just to check the hot hend,
you know what I mean. It's like a guy hitting
three threes and then you don't passing the ball the
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rest of the game in a basketball game, and you're like,
just heat checked one more time, just heat checked, see
if he got it. But for the Seattle Seahawks, d
DK Metcalf had a really good game, obviously, one hundred
and four yards, seven catches, battling with Carlton Davis, who's
a really good corner. It's great to see him playing
well in prime time. Friend of the program, a teammate
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of mind in Tampa Bay, a guy that never gets credit, scrappy,
really really good corner of the National Football League. Had
some questionable PI calls in this game. And Kenneth Walker
Walker the third welcome back. Kenneth Walker the third welcome back,
and he was the reason that the Seattle Seahawks were
in this game. He him along with Geno Smith, were
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a two man game. Throughout this game, Gino was pushing
the ball down the field, got the had ten different
receivers get a catch in this game. A questionable offensive
PI called Menchell. A questionable offensive PI call on Tyler
Lockett could have could have changed the whole trajectory of
this game. Seattle was was trying to respond to another
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after the defense had got a stop, could have got
a score right there and maybe tied the game off.
Up they called offensive PI on the third down catch
from JSN that I just don't. I don't know, man,
I don't. I don't want that called. I know, I
don't want that called. And then you have to point conversion.
That was a two point catch and it was a
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successful two point try that caught the PI. And it
was like nobody paid attention to the actual catch. Nobody
paid attention that dk Metcalf got his knee down in bounds,
two point conversion successful. He's like, oh yeah, yeah, it's penalty, yes,
Like no, no, it's a catch. You don't need the penalty,
just decline it.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
And but.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
It was a solid game from a lot of guys.
Jaron Reid had the early sack of Jared Golf. I
thought things would be great at that point. Mental I thought, hmm, Okay,
they're gonna be able to overcome these major injuries that
they had to Leonard Williams to Byron Murphy. But it's
tough against a team like this. And that's what I
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said earlier, against a team like the Detroit Lions with
such a powerful offensive line, a run game that they're
gonna run it twenty five thirty times, maybe forty. They
ran it forty a week before. You got to have
your hogs up front healthy and ready to go to rotate.
I think Jaron Reid battle, I think the defensive line battle.
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I just think they didn't have enough guys, enough bodies
to really withstand that kind of rushing attack. And I
think if Leonard Williams plays and Byron Murphy plays, it's
an entirely different game. I don't think this is a
discouraging loss by any sense for the Seattle Seahawks, especially offensively.
You know, Ryan Grubbs should be proud of himself to
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have this kind of performance in primetime against a really
tough opponent, an opponent that was in the NFC Championship
just last year. An opponent that's been built from the
ground up, played in huge games throughout the last couple
of years, a team everybody says it's a contender for
the Super Bowl this year. I thought this was a
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great showing by the Seattle offense, especially, you know, balancing
the run attack, the rushing attack with the passing attack.
G you know, Smith in his career just looked in
command the entire game. But that offensive line man, that
offensive line for the Seattle Seahawks has to get it together. Obviously,
they're going with their third string right tackle after two injuries.
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Well you know, Lucas isn't back, who's their starter got injured,
and so they're going with Forsyth. He did his best
against a very good defensive line, but there was interior pressure,
exterior pressure. Gino Smith got hit nine times, he got
sacked three times. And when he's clean, when he's clean,
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he's one of the best quarterbacks in football. When he's clean,
it's tough. When he's not clean. He threw for three
ninety five thirty eight to fifty six. He played a
really good game obviously through the interception at the end
trying to force the ball in the end zone. But
they have to do a better job of keeping the
quarterback clean. He can play at a high level. Keep
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him clean five hundred and sixteen yards to total offense.
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about the Detroit Lions, because I don't want those Detroit
Lions fans and that Honolulu Blue coming and attacking me.
Your team played really well, your defense looks really solid.
I'm not gonna say great. There was some questionable PI
calls in there. I agree, d Line the d Lion
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looked really good. At times, they missed some tackles. Kennick
Walker Junior will make anybody look look not so good. Offensively,
that rushing attack between David Montgomery and Jamier Gibbs looked
phenomenal consistently. I think Amina again a solid game. That
touchdown catch was unbelievable. I mean, a little ball arena,
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a little tipsy toe Mitchell.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
That was a cool looking play.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
I gotta give him that, But there was pressure on
Jared Golf at times. He handled it well. He played
a perfect game eighteen of eighteen, even had that catch Mitchell.
That catch was one of the funniest plays I think
I've ever seen because it was just so slow. Everything
happened so fast in the National Football League, and then
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you look up in that play and it's like oooh well,
and the defender's like no, and you're just sitting there
like please, if something happened, hurry up, like get past
by Amen ros Saint Brown. Jamison Williams has to get
more passes, Ben Johnson. I'm not criticizing you. I think
you called a phenomenal game. Your play calling, your play
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design is intricate, it's cool, it's I mean, it's mind
boggling sometimes these concepts you're coming up with. But give
Jamison Williams another throw, another shot, like I want to
see it. As a fan, I watched him run a
seventy yards in high step for thirty like, I want
to see him catch another one. I want to see
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us attempt another one. I want to see us just
push the ball down the field and see what he got.
Because when you don't, it's like I guess, at some point,
it's going to come back to bite you. Now, maybe
he doesn't know the playbook as well, maybe there's something
else holding him back. But I just know you never
see that in the National Football League, where you have
a player that talented, that breaks the game open so wide,
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only gets such few attempts at it, so few targets.
I'll let you speak on your honolulululu Blue Detroit Lions, Mitchell.
That's all I got to say. Am I worried about
Seattle's defense after giving up forty two points and allowing
Jared Golf to go eighteen to eighteen in the past game. Yes, yes,
I am very concerned that was a humbling stat but
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I I guarantee Mike McDonald will use this as a
learning lesson, a teaching lesson. And it humbles a young team,
you know, because you're flying high. They're three and zero,
you know, Tarik wooland barely giving up any passes. Witherspoon
has played phenomenally. Julian Love gets hurt in this game.
So you're getting you go young, young Kobe Bryant was playing,
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Jenkins was playing, and so you're feeling really good about yourselves.
But sometimes a humbling loss like this, where you just
get beat up and you gotta go back to the
drawing board. You gotta look at the tape. You gotta
look each other in the eye and say, hey, we
can never get that, we can never let that happen again,
We can never be that way again. We got we
will never ever ever allow something like that to happen again.
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Sometimes sometimes that's the spark you need, Mitchell, Sometimes that's
the spark you need to get you right back on
the right track, to keep you really fueled and propelled
through because any time you feel a little too confident,
a little too full of yourself, pull up at Detroit
tape put a forty two, eighteen to eighteen, or you
just say Jared.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Goff, Oh, Jared Goff. He won on them.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
But I think this is gonna be a great lesson
for this defense. I don't think this is gonna this
is any indicator of all man. Maybe they were frauds
or something like that. No, no, no, I think this
is gonna be legitimate. They need their pieces back on
the defensive line because it forces the decordinator. It forces
Mike McDonald to bring pressure. It forces him to change
the scheme and put more guys in the box and
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try to get this run stop. And it compromises the
back end of the defense. And that's what you saw
is him trying to come up with answers for this
Detroit Lions rushing attack. He'll have answers for the Giants.
I'm sure he'll have answers for Daniel Jones. That doesn't
mean putting nine people eight nine people in the box.
And I think they get back on track against the
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Detroit I mean against the New York Giants. And I
think the Lions get their revenge against the Cowboys next week.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Well, Richard, I will start with the Seahawks, and I
will compliment this team before I go into the Lions
first and foremost. I mean, listen, they're walking in on
Monday night football to a ruckus crowd in Ford Field.
I mean, and this team in Detroit needs a win
bad because they cannot afford to start the season off
two and two, especially with how hot Minnesota is right
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now in the division. So I think the pressure was
on Detroit. I think Detroit needed this win more and
I think they showed it today, And I challenged I
shouldn't say I challenged him. I called it out earlier
that they put twenty points on the board against Arizona
in the first half and then went scoreless in the second.
And it worried me when they were up twenty one
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to seven, and fortunately they got the call against Tyler
Lockett on that offensive PI because it looked like a
situation where the Seattle Seahawks were going to go in score,
make this game a one possession game going in the halftime,
and then get the ball at half and then you know,
who knows what happens. It's anyone's game at that point.
But with Seattle, they get Kenneth Walker back. And this
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guy is a freaking nature. I mean I washed him
at Michigan State and his one year there he carried
the Spartans flat out carried him to Land they have
not been in in ten years, and you saw him
come back. And the one player that really stands out
to me, and I think it's going to be a
Sports Center top ten play for the remainder of history,
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is when alexanzelone, he caught him outside, tackles him, brings
him down to the ground, laying on Angeloni's back, brings
him back up. He does a front flip over the top.
Angeloni somehow stays up gets the first down after that.
I mean the athleticism there. Kenneth Walker is a guys guy,
and I for one, we talked about it off air,
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but you want to talk about a hometown blunder of
the year. I sat Kenneth Walker in Fantasy in favor
of Sam Laporta because I'm a homer and I wanted
to root for Samba Porter tonight, and that backfired tremendously
on me. I took the l in Fantasy because of that.
Kenneth Walker is one of those guys. The other guy
that's one of those guys, DK Metcalf. I mean, here's
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another guy. Seven catches for one hundred and forty yards.
Carlton Davis did what he could against him. There was
one PI call that is tremendously debatable in my opinion,
and set up a score for Seattle to make this
game close. But DK Metcalf is a problem. You can
tell that he's matured a bit in his game. I
mean you don't see a whole lot of the emotional
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side of DK anymore. You see more about the business
side of DK, and the business side of DK is
getting stuff done this year. DK Metcalf's one of those guys, Richard,
He's one of those guys. Done a tremendous job. But
for the Detroit Lions, what's really impressed me is their
ground game. I mean, they're killers, right. They start David
Montgomery off the first first half of the first quarter,
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it was all David Montgomery and then you run him wild,
and then all of a sudden, Jamier Gibbs time and
both of these guys had touchdowns on the first half,
one for David Montgomery two for Jamier Gibbs, and you
got to be impressed with that. And then when Seattle
comes down and scores, you know, to open the second half,
there's worry in Ford field. I'll shoot this game is is,
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you know, still up for contention. And then the next
play goes to David Montgomery and you saw a little
bit of best mode action there. Richard catches the ball,
it breaks two, three tackles, runs wild, you know, fifty
yard gain or whatever it was on that pass. You
got a pre preciate that. And David Montgomery, in my opinion,
is one of the most underrated players in the league.
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I mean, the guy's a war coorse and someone that
you can lean on for the for the angry runs,
and those are the runs that demoralized defenses. I mean,
David Montgomery is to this offense as valuable as Jamier
Gibs us as valuable as any other player on this
offensive side of the ball for the Detroit Lions in
my opinion, And like you said, Jamison Williams, I want
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to see them free him up more because he's like
one of these gadget guys that everyone realizes is like
this top line, like elite speedster. Just give him the
darn football in space and let him do his thing.
Speaker 3 (20:45):
The truth. Go ahead, Rich, I.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Mean our our trade Mankansas City, and let me let
me see him. He used the right. If you know,
if you're not going to just throw them bombs, then
let me see him somewhere.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
Are trading to Buffalo.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Buffalo is gonna try it exactly.
Speaker 1 (21:01):
I mean this team in Detroit, they needed a win
like this. They got everyone involved offensively. They did not
take their foot off the gas all game, and you
saw it. Like I said, Detroit needed this win more.
And I think we saw it tonight on Monday Night Football.
I leave very happy going into the bye week for
the Lions. They're going on the road against the Cowboys
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here in two weeks and that's going to be a
huge game. They too, were battling injuries. Frank reig Now
was out. They had to shuffle the O line around.
That is a huge loss. I mean, they had to
move Grand Glasgow to center. They had to bring in Awaseka.
The last time we saw him was in the NFC
Championship game. He held his own today and you got
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to give the Lions credit. But let's not leave this
game without talking more about Jared Goff because eighteen for eighteen,
we'd have to check the stats. But it is believed
that he is the first quarterback in NFL history with
a ten plus pass attempts to go perfect eighteen for
eighteen in a win and catch a touchdown pass. So
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Jared Goff earned his money, unlike your buddy Trevor Lawrence
in the offseason, I had to drop it there. I
had to drop it there.
Speaker 2 (22:15):
Oh, he's dropping it. They're dropping a lot of games.
Let's move forward to the to our move backwards to
the Sunday night game Buffalo versus Baltimore, and I'm not
we're gonna spend a whole lot of time here because
that game, they didn't spend a whole lot of time.
At least Buffalo didn't in this regard. They got molly
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wopped in prime time. And it just seems like the
Buffalo Bills hate seeing Derrick Henry come to town because
when he comes to town, all their dbs say, Hey,
let me make sure my affairs are in order, let
me make sure my family knows I love him. Because
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we got Derrick Henry coming in and I don't know
what was gonna happen. You know there there was a
viral clip. Not gonna mention any names of a stiff
arm against the Buffalo Bills player. The last time he
was in prime time, he had one hundred and forty
three yards and three touchdowns. This time he didn't want
to go that crazy Mitchell. He only had twenty four
carries for one hundred and ninety nine yards and one touchdown.
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Lamar Jackson showed it up thirteen for eighteen one hundred
and fifty six yards, two TV six rushes for fifty
two yards and a touchdown. Josh Allen gets held relatively
in check. Only has sixteen or twenty nine for one
hundred and eighty yards, no touchdowns, no interceptions, lost the fumble.
But credit this Buffalo Bills, I mean this Baltimore Ravens
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defense and Kyle Vanoy. Kyle van Noy is eating this season.
In four games, he has six sacks. He had two
sacks in this game. They got eight hits on Josh
Allen in this ball game. And that was the story
that that was the way they won a lot of
games last year. Their defense showed up in a big way.
Justin madabique Ur nom de Madabike. My apologies is this
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new name showed up and had all those sacks in
that season, and that's what they were waiting to see
again against the quality opponent. And Buffalo Bills have for
all intents and purposes, won some really good games this year.
We got to see him against the Miami Dolphins. The game,
to a tongue of Iloa goes down and they looked
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really good.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
We had Josh Allen on the desk and he's talking
about how everybody eats and everybody eats b and they
were able to spread the ball around. But you run
into a veteran defense like this Baltimore Ravens defense with
with Marlon Humphries and and uh, these guys made Cayle
Hamilton and they they made him pay. Mental Rocron Smith,
they made them pay. And they're starting to find their groove.
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They were able to hold this high powered offense to
ten points to get to Josh Allen consistently and then
this offense, this is what they want to do. They're
coming off a really good game where they were able
to run the ball down the throats of the Dallas
Cowboys in Dallas. They ran for two hundred and seventy
four yards against the Dallas Cowboys, and they are continuing
that they found the formula that works. Let's give Derrick Henry.
Speaker 3 (25:14):
The ball over.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
And over early and often until the cows come home, Mitchell,
and they're in Baltimore. I don't even think there's any
cows to come home, and so I'm looking forward to
seeing them continue this street Mitchell, continue to run the
football because Baltimore is in this division, in this AFC
North where it's just a weird division. Obviously, Pittsburgh was
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undefeated before they lose to the Indianapolis Colts. The Cleveland
Browns are kind of middling. You know, it looks like
Deshaun Watson has moments where he's finding his groove, finding
his rhythm. But and that defense has played good football before,
but they're kind of up and down right now. Then
you got the Cincinnati Bengals and Joe Burrow t Higgins
is getting healthy and you don't really know what you're
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getting out of them because they're underwhelming defensively. Offensively, they're
kind of finding their groove. And so this Ravens Bengals
game is gonna tell us a lot of things that
we need to know ken Baltimore get over five hundred.
Can they continue to run the ball as they have,
because that interior, interior defensive line of the Cincinnati Bengals
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isn't great. They lost DJ Reader to your Detroit Lions.
That was a big piece of what they were doing
defensively and they haven't been able to fill that void.
And the Buffalo Bills go to the Houston Texans, who
just got a really really great, sloppy win against the
Jacksonville Jaguars. But when you win those kind of games,
it humbles you and it tightens up the ship. Mitchell,
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you go to practice and you really work hard, you
really go get after it because you feel like you
stole one. You feel like you got one that you
didn't deserve a little bit. And so I'm expecting the
Houston Texans to come out really sharp.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
CJ.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Strouds come out really sharp, Nico Collins, who's leading the
league in receiving yards, to come out really sharpen that defense,
to make some plays. You got to expect a Neil
Hunter and to come out and have a big game.
That pass rush to get hot again, especially after seeing
Josh Allen get hit eight times against Baltimore.
Speaker 3 (27:18):
I'm expecting him to have a big game.
Speaker 1 (27:21):
Well, the Bills and Josh Allen. You saw a moment
of brilliance from Josh Allen in this game, scrambling, evading,
would be tacklers about to go out of bounds, slings
one down field fifty yards, Galia Shakir, I mean, Josh
Allen is putting this team on his back as much
as he can. But this was another game. Like you said,
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you're facing the Baltimore Ravens one and two at the
time in a must win situation. That's going to be
a tough situation to overcome. Derrick Henry is everything this
Baltimore Ravens team needed last year, and give him the
darn ball as much as you as much as you can.
Baltimore looks scary. These last two wins were complete dominance Baltimore.
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Going forward, they look like they are back. Richard.
Speaker 2 (28:12):
Well, let's go to your favorite segment of the day, Mitchell.
Speaker 3 (28:16):
Let's do it.
Speaker 1 (28:18):
Let's go to the buy or sell, and we got
some stuff to buy or sell here. We're going to
start in Indianapolis. This is something that the Cleveland Brown's
probably thought of a little bit last year, and they're
probably thinking about a little bit now, but they don't
have the luxury having Joe Flacco on their team anymore. Richard, Richard,
you're buying or selling Joe Flacco should be the starter
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in Indye going forward.
Speaker 2 (28:42):
Well, it depends, and I want to I want to
be straight and I want to say buy or sale.
But if Anthony Richardson, if you're talking about the future
of this franchise, you're going to go with Anthony Richardson
because you have to have him learn. You have to
have him, uh learn them the job, to get his
knicks to figure it out. But it goes back to
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our conversation, should a top draft pick, a high drafted
player sit behind a veteran And I'm in the camp
that he should, And so I buy that Joe Flacco
is a more NFL ready quarterback right now, more ready
to take the Indianapolis Coats and win games they should win. Now,
is he gonna astound with incredible seventy yard passes on
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the money to his best receiver? No, No, I don't
think he is. He's gonna get the ball where he's
supposed to be. He's gonna move the ball down the field.
He's gonna make an adjustments if he sees the coverage
he wants to get. He's gonna check out a certain things,
get to the runs. He's gonna run the game like
an offensive coordinator expects the game to be run. He's
from that old guard. He's from the old guard of
quarterbacks before they start making everything rpo and blues clues.
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You know, everything is is green, eggs and ham right now,
Mitchell A. These offenses are simplified their third grade level.
Speaker 3 (29:58):
Man.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
He's from the old guard where it used to be
trigonometry in algebra and geometry, and so yes, he will
be able to come in and it's just like Andy Dalton.
You look at it and you're like, why does this
offense look so different in Carolina under Andy Dalton? Because
he's from an older guard where they ran different things,
where he had to learn, he had to understand, he
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had to figure it out. I think Anthony Richardson would
benefit from sitting behind Joe Flacco and learning how to prepare,
learning how to execute a game plan, learning what he
said sees, having those conversations, seeing how he had just
within a game because he came into the NFL and
had to play right away. Obviously, he was injured last
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year and had to sit for a nice part.
Speaker 3 (30:45):
Of the season.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
But I don't know how much he learned, how much
he was really absorbing. Obviously, when Joe Flacco came in,
I'm sure the Pittsburgh Steelers was like, come on, like,
why you let us have Anthony, Let us have the
young quarterback who is gonna make a few mistakes, hold
the ball longer than he should not, Joe Flacco, who's
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gonna know where he's going with the ball, who's gonna
make good decisions.
Speaker 3 (31:09):
And so I'm buying that.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
That Joe Flacco is the right quarterback right now for
the Indianapolis Colts, and and they'll win some games that
they probably wouldn't have won with Anthony richardson right now.
Speaker 1 (31:19):
And as you, I agree with you, Richard, I mean,
just you the proofs in the pudding. He's getting his
young players more involved. Josh Towns had a breakout game.
Joe Flacco has proven himself to be that guy these
last two seasons. I think Indy's got to ride the
hot hand. Uh. Moving out of the next one, the
Philadelphia Eagles facing a lot of injuries right now, fresh
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off of loss out of Tampa Bay, the Eagles will
miss the playoffs by or sell.
Speaker 3 (31:48):
Ooh that, Joe, that is a tough one. Huh huh.
Speaker 2 (31:57):
Don't be a don't be recency biased, have recency bias.
Don't have recency bias.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
Sell.
Speaker 2 (32:05):
That's all I'm gonna sell that they are. They do
not look good right now. The Philadelphia Eagles do not
look good offensively. That offensive line that's been a foundational
staple for them over the last few years does not
look good. Lane Johnson's banged up. You don't have Jason
Kelcey anymore so now that even the tush push doesn't
look as consistent as it used to.
Speaker 3 (32:26):
Say.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Kawan Barkley is a is a bright spot on that teams.
He single handedly took over the New Orleans Saints game,
and I think he won that game obviously. Jalen Hurtstrow
for a lot of yards. But without a j Brown
and Devonte Smith, they're gonna struggle through these next couple
of games. These games will be will be really important,
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but they have to weather to storm. They have to
go at least five hundred in these games until their
their top receivers come back. But once they come back,
I think they'll be fine. Their defense, on the other hand,
they have to find answers may feel through for what
three forty seven the other day, moved the ball up
and down the field. They were able to run the
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ball with some success in that D line. That's been
an incredible strength for them, at least a couple of
years ago. I mean a couple of years ago, they
were talking about setting records with the amount of sacks
they had, and you're just not seeing that kind of production. Obviously,
Hassan Redick's gone. You know, they've lost some pieces, but
Javon Hargrave is in San Francisco, but you expect them
to have some semblance of that kind of production. Again,
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Vic Fangio is their new decordinator. You know, maybe they're
still an adjustment period to that defense in that scheme.
I don't know, but I don't think they're gonna make
their too talented to miss the playoffs. If they missed
the playoffs, there's gonna be some difficult conversations. And I
don't know if it's a hot seat or or people
are getting moved, but they switched coordinators last year you know,
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I don't think they switch them again.
Speaker 1 (33:56):
Well, they're dealing with a lot of injuries and we
shall see how they return.
Speaker 3 (34:01):
A J.
Speaker 1 (34:01):
Brown coming back at some point here is gonna boost
that offense and it's probably gonna provide them a little
bit more stability. But right now, not looking too good.
Moving on to the next topic, the Buffalo Bills. They
looked good, they exceeded expectations the first three weeks, and
then they go on the road in a tough, tough,
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tough environment against a great opponent in the Baltimore Ravens
and take a massive l. Richard, the Bills are pretenders
by or so.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
I'm selling it. I think the Bills are contenders. I
think they just had a rough game. They ran into
a buzz saw on a good day and they struggled.
They ran into a really good defense that understood, you know,
how to how to play them, how to contain them.
They didn't get a ton of opportunities, obviously with the
way Baltimore is running the football. They controlled the clock.
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So I think they get back on track this week
versus the well, I mean, that'll be the tail I apologize.
This week will show me a lot I think they're contenders,
but a loss to the Houston Texans will will mate
waiver depending on how the game goes. If they get
beat in a dominant fashion, then that's tough. But I'm
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not about to have Bill's Mafia come after me calling
their team a pretender after I had to sit there
on Thursday Night Football and watch them dismantle the Miami Dolphins.
So this team has a lot of young talent, a
lot of young guys stepping up playing at a high level.
They're beat up, they have some of their best players
on ir Von Miller is starting to play like he's
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used to playing. But they they have some injuries, especially
on the defensive side of the ball. They lost a
ton of leadership on the defensive side of the ball.
So for them to start three to one right now
in this season, I think everybody counts that as a win,
as a great season, as a great start with you know,
all things considered. They lost I think six captains last year,
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five or six captains to either free agency or they're injured,
and so for them to have this kind of start,
I think they're good. They're fine, They're they are not pretenders.
Josh Allen's here to stay. Josh Allen's legitimate is just
a rough game.
Speaker 1 (36:15):
Outside of the Minnesota Vikings, probably one of the most
surprising teams in the league thus far has been the
Washington Commanders. Richard, the Washington Commanders will win the NFC East.
Speaker 2 (36:27):
By or so buy I'm buying. I'm buying. I'm buying
what they're selling.
Speaker 3 (36:33):
Metro.
Speaker 2 (36:33):
They are a fun team to watch. They aren't perfect,
but even when you listen to the offensive line talk,
they're like, Hey, this is the most fun I've had
playing football. When you hear an offensive line talk about
like that, they're having a good time and the pride
they're having they're taking and protecting their quarterback. I just
hope the Seattle Seahawks are at one point have that
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much fun protecting Geno Smith, because he would he would
appreciate that. But Jade and Dan it has been the
most accurate quarterback through four games in NFL history. No
quarterback has had a better completion percentage through four games
in NFL history, not rookie quarterback, not in this decade,
like in the history of the National Football League. And
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that means something. It's not that the end all beat all.
One of his incompletions was an interception, an overthrown pass.
But he's taking care of the ball. He's distributed, distributing
the ball to a number of receivers. Brian Robinson is
running the ball well. They're balanced. Defensively, they're doing enough.
They got the great leadership. Zach Ertz Offensively is having
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an impact against a stabilizing force, a safety net in
that offense. Defensively, Bobby Wagner is doing a good job
leading that team, leading that defense, being a stabilizing veteran
Hall of Fame presence, making sure they don't get too
high and don't go get too low. And they're finding
a way to win these games. They did a great job,
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scored forty two points on the offensive side of the
ball and held their opponents under fifteen points that game.
If they can continue to play like that, especially when
the other teams in their division, the Dallas Cowboys do
not look as good as they have in the past.
The offensive line is a big time question mark. Is
guiding gonna be good enough? They had Tyron Smith at
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the left tackle for so long that you're so used
to just having a Hall of Fame offensive line for
the Dallas Cowboys, it's not the case anymore. The Philadelphia Eagles,
again we just talked about it, are banged up, really
banged up. Jason Kelsey's gone, a Hall of Famer gone,
that matters. Lane Johnson's banged up all day, always open.
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AJ Brown banged up, Davonte Smith, banged up. When that's happening,
this is the perfect opportunity and the perfect storm for
the Washington Commanders to make a move and to win,
to sneak out, to squeak out a win.
Speaker 3 (38:57):
In this division.
Speaker 2 (38:58):
And they have a really good head coach, coach and
Dan Quinn. Obviously I got a lot of love for
Dan Quinn, but he's just a hell of a motivator,
a hell of a football coach, a schemer putting guys
in position, knows how to get the most out of people,
and knows how to play defense and how to coach
it offensively. They have a great scheme. They have the
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perfect scheme for their quarterback. That's why he's having the
success he's having. So I'm buying that Washington Commanders winning
the NFC East. I'm on board.
Speaker 1 (39:29):
Well, anytime you can go back to back on the
road and frankly lay the SmackDown to the Arizona Cardinals
and then beat up on the Cincinnati Bengals that desperately
needed to win. It's got to be eye opening for
the league. And just a reminder, that was only Jaden
daniels fourth fourth game in the NFL, so it's safe
to assume he's only going to get more comfortable. And
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sky's the limit for the Washington Commanders. Last, but not least, Richard,
and this one's a selfish one. The Detroit Lions will
make an appearance in Richard Sherman's Top five power ranks
by yourself.
Speaker 2 (40:05):
Oh Mitchell, Oh, you're putting so much pressure on me.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
There's a lot of pressure on this one, Richard. I'm
so much pressure you to name your top five right now?
Speaker 3 (40:14):
My friend. Oh what a guy? What a guy?
Speaker 2 (40:17):
Oh well, Mitchell, I'm happy to start this this off
the same way I started it off last week because
those first two did not change. The Kansas City Chiefs
are one. They've earned that spot. They still deserve to
be there. The Minnesota Vikings got of scared at the end,
went up twenty eight points, then you know, gave up
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twenty one unanswered. Sure, gotcha, but still playing at a
high level, still winning these games, going to Lambo and
winning that game. I got them at two uh three.
Three is gonna have to change because I had I
think I had the Buffalo Bills at three. Not gonna
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be able to have the Buffalo Bills at three after
them taking the shellacking they took. That's where it gets
so inconsistent. That's where it gets a little inconsistent for me,
because I want who I want to put there, I'm
afraid to put there, but I'm gonna do it. Houston
Texans move up for me. They're gonna move to three
uh four. We're gonna We're gonna knock the Steelers out
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of the mix. The Seattle Seahawks get knocked out of
the mix forty two points, giving up by their defense.
Speaker 3 (41:30):
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers look good. They do look good.
They look good. Mitchell.
Speaker 1 (41:36):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (41:37):
San Francisco forty Niners are so good team. They're two
and two, They're they're five hundred. I can't I can't
do it. I can't do it at five hundred.
Speaker 2 (41:45):
Ah not at five hundred, Mitchell, Huh, I'll give Detroit.
I'm gonna go Detroit. At four. They played too good
of a game this week. Okay, they look too complete.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers go five.
Speaker 1 (42:09):
Who's going three? You got the Tennessee or the Houston
Texans at three? The line's at four. Okay, I can
accept that, Richard. I'll take that. I'll take that as
a win. So that is a bye, but that is
a bye. That is a huge buye and I will
gladly take that.
Speaker 3 (42:28):
Richard.
Speaker 1 (42:28):
We've got to preview a little bit. You're gonna be
in Atlanta, hot Atlanta this Thursday, Thursday Night Football. I mean,
this is this is a big game. Here is NFC
South big game is division is somewhat surprised, it's a bit.
The Buccaneers are off the hot start. The Bucks go
to Atlanta. Who do you like in this game? And
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what are you thinking going into Atlanta? Because this is
this is gonna be a good matchup.
Speaker 2 (42:54):
Well, we're gonna be on Prime Video at seven pm Eastern,
the best part in football TNF tonight.
Speaker 3 (43:03):
We'll see you there.
Speaker 2 (43:04):
The the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a little jeckoing high
at times, but when they're at their best, Mitchell, they're
a fun team to watch. A fun team to cover. Obviously,
we could talk about Baker Mayfield going for three forty
seven last week, but Mike Evans, for the history of
time is gonna have a thousand yards and he's off
to another fun fast star. Chris Godwin, another All Pro receiver,
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is doing good. They got a good running game, two
good backs that they really trust running the football, and
then Viatavea in the middle of that defense looks healthy
and rareing to go. Levonte David had a couple of
sacks last week, one sack, force fumble.
Speaker 3 (43:45):
They look good.
Speaker 2 (43:45):
They got they got my boy, Jordan Whitehead back into
the fold. They got him back from the New York Giant,
the Jets, and now he's back with Antoine Winfields Junior
in that secondary. I think I feel good about the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I want to see more from the
Atlanta Falcons. They played a solid game versus New Orleans
last week. They were able to squeak out a win,
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but it just wasn't an exciting game. You know, the guys,
you're expecting big plays from big production from Bajean Robinson
gets gets out carried by al Gier. You know, he
gets seven carries out year, gets eight and has more
yards and you're like, ah, that just that looks weird.
You know, you're expecting Drake London and Kyle Pitts to
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have big games. You know now that they got a
quarterback and Kirk Cousins, who's going to get it done?
And that's just not how it's That's not how it's
turning out. And defensively, Atlanta's not getting to the quarterback.
I thought Matthew Judon would get to the quarterback a
little bit more. I thought they would be able to
put more pressure on the quarterbacks, and they just haven't
been able to do that. So I got Tampa Bay
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in this game. That's what I'll probably say on Thursday night.
But who knows, maybe somebody else changed my mind. But
that's the way it's looking. I'm sorry, Atlanta Falcons fans.
I know we come into the A, but I gotta
they gotta show me something, make me, make me a believer.
I want Kirko to make me a believer because I
believe in kirkoh. He just hasn't looked the same as
the Kirk Coole that I've known for the past years,
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a guy who really wills and deals surgical in the
past game. Uh, And I thought he would elevate these receivers,
especially Kyle Pitts and Drake London, a little more than
he has, give him more opportunities down the field, push
the ball down the field a little more. I thought
this offense would be a little bit more explosive than
it has been, and I hope that changes.
Speaker 3 (45:35):
Well.
Speaker 1 (45:35):
That's this week's teen half preview, presented by a Prime Video,
and be sure to watch the Buccaneers take on the
Falcons this Thursday. Richard will be in the a with
your whole crew. I know you're excited, Richard, It's gonna
be Frankly, this is a matchup I'm looking forward to
because the Bucks Falcons, like you said, Falcons have got
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a lot to prove being two to two and two
right now, and the Buccaneers are one of the hot
teams in the league right now at three and one.
So we shall see. But this officially concludes Week four.
It's been a fun run. First quarter of the season
is I guess done for the most part, right And Richard,
I will let you sign us off, my friend.
Speaker 2 (46:15):
Like you said, the first quarter of the season is done.
It's been chaotic, it's been fun. Who would have thought
the Minnesota Vikings look like the class of the NFC.
But a lot can change In four more games, we'll
see how it looks in the second quarter of the
National Football League season. Thank you again for joining us
on our Monday Night recap. You could be anywhere in
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the world, but you're here with us. We love you
to death. Stay safe, give your loved ones, Give your
loved ones hugs and kisses.
Speaker 3 (46:46):
Enjoy your day, enjoy your night. I'm out
Speaker 2 (47:08):
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