In the End Zone UK - NFL Week 4: The First Quarter!

New podcast episode: NFL WEEK : The First Quarter!

Hosts: Dom, Big Dave & Lil Camo are back for the 2024 Season - the ITEZ UK Team recap Week 4 of the NFL Season!
The famous SLAP or SIGN segment is back - and the guys 'Round Up' key games from the NFL game week!

Segments:

• Breaking News - Devante Adams Trade rumour, injuries, history being made... and more!
• SLAP or SIGN?   ITEZ UK team share their views on which players most deserve a SLAP and who would be the best player to SIGN to their team this week!
• Round Up  - The guys pick key games and moments from Week 4 and discuss in more detail some of the more exciting NFL results from the season openers!

A British take on the American game...listen, laugh and learn about all the action of the NFL this season! 

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Transcript

What is happening people. And welcome to our American Football podcast In the End Zone UK. As
ever, I am your podcast host Dom, and we have just finished week number four of the NFL season,
nearly a quarter of the way through the regular season already, and it continues to be as unpredictable as
ever. The first quarter of the season, I don't really think we have an understanding or an identity of any
teams in the NFL. It has been very, very random, very little consistency. But to talk through these weeks
with me and this game week specifically, I have the full squad back with me today. I do have the
Tennessee legend, the man whose team got a win this week. He must be on cloud nine winning fantasy
winning Tennessee Titans. How are you feeling, Big Dave? I'm feeling like I'm undefeated in fantasy.
And at the Titans. Finally got on the scoreboard on the winning scoreboard by dumping the Dolphins
again on Monday Night Football. Just like this last year. If it makes a big difference when your actual
team wins, fantasy is one thing, but I can tell you this with the Seahawks losing this week, I won in
fantasy. I would lose every week in fantasy. Happily if it meant the Seahawks would win. No question in
my mind. Cam, welcome back to the pod. Can you relate with the old Packers losing. But you got the
fantasy win. Which one do you prefer. Welcome back. Cheese Packers win all day long. Fantasy is nice.
Bit of bragging point but the Packers losing. Just fuck me off for the week. So you know always wanting
that next week to make amends. Cool. Well it's nice to have everyone back on the podcast. So this is NFL
week four. And this episode I'm going to call the first quarter because as I mentioned, an NFL game can
be decided only in the fourth and we're only in the first. But it set some teams up very well and some
teams up very badly. Right now, I don't think we know anything about teams. I don't think we know
playoff teams. I don't think we know playoff implications. The only thing worth noting is that we've got
two unbeaten teams. And one team that hasn't won anything. Chiefs and Vikings are four and zero not
yet lost and the Jags are zero and four. The only team that is winless in the NFL, which I think is
preposterous. And we'll talk about all of that and everything in between. But before we get to it and
before we get slapping and signing, we're going to talk some breaking news. Something that I didn't think
we'd expect to see. Davante Adams is apparently available for a trade and he wants out. And the Raiders
are listening to talks. Crazy. Absolutely crazy. So this is where we want to start guys. Devonte in my
opinion is still an absolutely elite receiver. One of the best in the game. Where do we think he could
potentially end up. Dave I'm coming straight to you. Where do I think he will end up or where should he
go. but both give us give us both angles. Well, I think he he wants to play with either Rogers or debit
card on a. So I would say he should go to the Jets, because I've seen what he was like with Derek Carr,
and he's about as useful as me running routes with Derek Carr. So but there's there's any amount of teams
out there who should trade for anybody who's only got one receiver or and I would hate to see him go to
the Chiefs. That's the perfect spot for him. If he wants to win a ring, put up the stats. He should go play
with the Chiefs. But I would hate that. So the Chiefs for the bills. Okay. Yeah I think like you say reunite
him with his busy mate from green Bay Aaron Rodgers is probably the most logical approach, albeit I
don't necessarily believe it will be the most successful one. But Kamau, you saw this duo decimate teams
for your Packers. Do you think DeVante ends up in New York? I certainly think Rodgers will be pushing
for it because the Jets offense hasn't clicked. They've not got into any sort of rhythm. They are literally
drive by drive at the minute for what they're producing. So add a weapon and a familiar weapon to
Rodgers. Certainly makes sense. And it follows the mold that they done last year by bringing in every
single one of his mates. I would like to see it, I would I I'd be more excited to see that than see him end
up, say like the Chiefs. I didn't see any any reason. What's what is sparked his reason for wanting a trade?
Is it is it because the is it because the Raiders are shit? Is that the only reason? What? Yeah, I think
there's just no end game there is there I where they're where they're at and where he's at now in his career.
He ain't got that long left. So to spend the next 2 or 3 years in Vegas, they're not winning anything. And
he is a man that, like Hopkins, needs a ring. So yeah, he needs to end up somewhere that gives him that
chance. Yeah. I think if, I don't think you judge wide receivers on winning Super Bowls that you do
quarterbacks, but it's ultimately what down to what he wants. And he if he just wants to play football for
the sake of playing football and wants to play with his mate, he's going to put the Saints and he because
Derek Carr is his best mate. If he wants to win a Super Bowl, he probably goes to the Chiefs. If he wants
to be competitive, get some decent stats. There may be used to to the Jets with Aaron Rodgers, but I think
it's ultimately what. Apparently the list he's put out. It's just the Saints and the Jets. All right. His list and
any team that wants them is contract is 13 mil for the season. Yeah. Which is both both teams can afford
it. Yeah both teams can afford it. Yeah. It's not that bad. I mean like I said, from my perspective, if he if
he did go, I just want to see him play with a good quarterback. I kind of it's a, it's a it's a weird one for
me. I don't know if I want to see him back with Rodgers just because he's been there. He's done it with
green Bay. He he was obviously elite and he made Rodgers even better. They didn't win a Super Bowl
there. I don't really like the idea of them sort of rekindling and chasing this next thing with a better
defense, and Rodgers being in this position that he's currently in because he doesn't look particularly
outstanding. I'm not taking it away from him. He's a 4 or 5 time MVP, whatever he is. But I'd like to see
Devonte prove that he can do it with somebody else. So that would be the way that I want to see it
happen. Like I'm not saying he's got anything to prove. It would just be like Josh Allen for example. Like
he's been MVP ish lead candidate for this last four, four weeks. If he was to go to the bills and be that
proper number one for for Josh Allen, he might be what they need to be able to get that Super Bowl. You
know, might might be what they need to be able to topple the Chiefs who haven't looked particularly
good. And as you say Dave, if he wants a ring, if he went to the Chiefs, you know there's a good chance
he'd get one because he's better than any receiver that they've ever had basically. But yeah, I would prefer
to see him go to to a team that's going to make use of his capabilities. And I think the bills. Bills just feels
nice. Yeah. I don't know if they've got the cap space, but if he wants to play with his mates, then it's I
mean, get over that from from my perspective. Get over it like he's not. If he go to the Saints he's not
winning the Super Bowl. I know they were they were they had a good couple of weeks. But he ain't
winning the Super Bowl with the Saints. He and I don't like you say Dave. He doesn't get judged on the
fact he's won a Super Bowl. But as a player, if you are an NFL player, surely your your aspiration is to
try and get a Super Bowl win. Surely. What that's that's all they ever do it for. Yeah. Well I mean you
might you might be motivated by money. You know, you might just not get you might like play football
because he enjoys like playing football and and he's not bothered about a ring and like would he sell his
soul to go to the Chiefs I don't think well first of all the Raiders ain't sending him to the Chiefs. So that's
not the question in it. What about if you went to the Chargers. They need the Chargers. The first team
that I thought of I mean like I said an honor on put on the the in the end zone Instagram story. If all
they're looking for is a second. There's not a team out there that shouldn't not give it like second and
something else or whatever. A scrub, a player or an additional pick. I genuinely don't believe there's not a
team out there that shouldn't go and give a second round pick for Davante Adams mentor. Not unless
you've got like it'd be pointless the Seahawks trading for him. It would be pointless. But if we went and
gave a second round pick for him I wouldn't I wouldn't be upset. I wouldn't be as a as a as a fan. I
wouldn't be like, why have we give it a second round pick for Devonte. It's Devonte Adams for fuck's
sake. Like you just make any team better. What about the Packers cam. It's an interesting one obviously
would so be down for him coming back. Love him. Love what he'd done when he was there previously.
I'm also enjoying the young core, the fresh young core that are all coming up and coming through
together to add in. Yeah, the old veteran coming back. Like I say, really trying to capture something.
Maybe it's just best to let his legacy and green Bay lay as it is and go and do your thing elsewhere
because, yeah, like I said, we don't have a number one receiver. Well, I'm enjoying what they're doing.
Yeah, it's a weird one. Yeah, obviously I wouldn't be against it, but I'm not going. We need to go pick
him up. Would you take him at the Titans, Dave? Yeah, exactly. I don't think there's a team out there that
wouldn't take him. I don't think wide receivers are problem at the minute. but just one thing on the
Raiders. But before we start that Antonio Pearce is turning out to be a right dick. Yeah, I knew it, I called
it I thought he was a pro. I didn't like install. And I think that's probably why he wants to go because I
think he's Davante Adams doesn't strike me as like that Raider douchebag kind of player. Like a max
Crosby who just chirps all the time. It's a bit more finesse. And he he's got more class. Yeah, yeah, he
probably doesn't like it there. No, and I don't see why you would. He went there for one reason only
really. And that was to play with Derek Carr. He managed the season and then they traded him or cut
him. But that one season they had together was actually he put good numbers. Yeah. Reasonable. Well it
wasn't a bad season for him. He he set the Raiders record all that jazz. But Derek Carr's not winning the
Super Bowl with the Saints. There's no two ways about that. So there's no point in him going there. I just
think it's a waste of utter talent that that that guy has got. He should really be going. And I say this like I
know him, but he should really be going for a ring. Like his his legacy, his Hall of Fame. This should
should be vastly improved. If he if he manages to win a Super Bowl. We'll see only other bit of news.
And this this might leak into, what what Dave is going to talk about a little bit later, but I'm just going to
talk about this as it stands, the Dolphins. They are on a historically bad run, and I don't know whether this
says anything about tours being worth the money that they pay him, or whether it's just that if you don't
have a functional quarterback in your team or on your roster, that your entire performance goes down.
But the Dolphins have not led a single game this season for a single second. They've won one game,
which they won with a kick in the last few seconds of the game, a walk off, so they never actually had
the lead. And now the Dolphins are sacked. Basically ruined because Tua can't strap up and play football.
They're one and three and they've basically scored no points. How how crazy is that? Because when
when you look at their roster, it's not the quarterback is the issue, but the roster is unreal. You can't build
a roster. Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle Raheem Mozer Devin a chain on the other side of the pitch. You've
got Jalen Ramsey Jevon Holland Bradley Chubb. God knows who else. Like they've got good players but
they are bottom of the barrel not not led for a second. Now is this tour is two of that good or is it just
because they're quarterbacks that are stepping in for him of that shot. He's definitely because the people
they've got coming in are dog shit. That's fucking Tyler Snoop. How like is that his name or is that a
nickname? If it's a nickname he needs to drop, drop it. And his nickname should be trash. Tyler. Tyler
trash is Doggers, man. He can't throw the ball. He can throw the ball on like a 10 or 15 yard slant, which
is all too it was anyway to Tyreek or Jaylen Waddle, but he tried to throw a deep ball and if he'd have
thrown it where it's meant to been thrown, it had been picked off. But because it was thrown so badly
under like thrown, it was that badly. Underthrown that it kind of nearly worked. It was so bad, it looked
like me trying to throw a ball down the field. It was awful. But what I will say is I don't want to do too
much kind of talk about it a bit, but. The chief. The chief? The too flashy, too fancy. They do all this
crazy ball handling. And it doesn't work unless you're tour. So they bought. They've got like these also
run back ups that haven't got the capability to do anything. And that McDaniels still trying to play the
most complex playbook in the universe. Man it just doesn't work. Yeah that they're a team that definitely
needs like a £15 million a year or $15 million a year backup quarterback because Tua is obviously made
of glass. And you need like a Ryan Tannehill backing him up. Somebody is good off play action.
Someone who can like run with the ball because what they've got, they can't. They you can't survive with
Skylar Thompson or a Snoop Huntley in the backfield. Ain't going to work as you can see. Like not not
at one point in that game that I think we will lose that first series. Underwood won that game very similar
to obviously in back to back weeks. The Seahawks are played and my boys your boys have played him.
And we said it last week from the first quarter. That game was done. They were chasing it. And when I
when I say chasing it they scored three points all game. So it was there was no chase involved. It was just
this game was over. But it's it's so interesting isn't it? And I guess this this feeds the argument that the
quarterback position is the most integral position in all of sports, which is why it's one of the highest paid
positions in all of sports. And when you have a team like the Dolphins, that can be so high octane and
explosive with a serviceable above average quarterback. The difference between that and having, you
know, your man off the street. Snoop poop. Huntley stepping in. It's night and day. It's a roster that could
beat most teams. Turns to mush just because of one man. Yeah. It's really it's really bad. They like they're
going to go down in history as like one of the big what ifs because they can't even win. Win two is there
like they've got no backbone. I don't know what it is about. Obviously a fair weather team. And if you
put them in the cold they just crumble. So yeah. So those are the two two bits of news that I want to talk
about. Devonte Adams. Let's see where he's going to end up. Hopefully we get some news about that in
the next sort of week or so. And then the Dolphins not having led a game for a single second this year,
which is almost as bad as the Jags being winless. And we'll move out of the breaking news section and
into our favorite section of the week. As always, it is slap or sign. So boys we move into slap or sign. I
want us to start with the AFC this week. And little Kamau you've been a little bit quiet over there. Back
to the podcast. Warm that hand up and slap someone for us would you. With pleasure. So my slap is
going to someone that's also been rumored as a trade possibility. He plays in Cleveland. It is the wide
receiver Amari Cooper. He has just been utter shit. It looks like he does not want to be there. He's playing
with a awful shockingly bad quarterback. That when Deshaun does do something and make a play.
Amari Cooper is dropping balls left, right and center, palming them up in the air to then be intercepted.
And he leads the league in drops this season. Yeah he does yeah. By a long way yeah. He's not looked
good I don't think he wants to be there. they the Browns have also converted his salary into a bonus for
this season. Taken his salary down to 1 million for anyone that wants to trade for him. So I think he will
be out of there. I look like the poo poo head who drafted him in fantasy. So, yeah, he is just worthy of a
slap for being consistently shocking this season. And it's. Frustrating me. No end. Yeah. Fair play. I
mean, I watched on the red zone. He looked bad, like over and over and over again. And the Browns
couldn't get a lot going. But when they did, he stitched them up. And I don't know whether I'm not saying
he's doing it intentionally because I don't think players can can do that intentionally. But when he's doing
it, it seems almost seems like not on purpose, but he just just doesn't seem like his heart's in the game.
Yeah. That's it. He need I think he needs out in fresh. He needs something. It's not working there. No, it's
not working. He hasn't got that connection with the quarterback. I don't think he's got the connection with
the fans. I think he just needs to go. And he's the one I see ending up at the Chiefs. I mean it wouldn't be
a bad spot for him. Okay Amari Cooper's getting it off. Kamau. Nice one cam Dave AFC Amari Cooper's
at it. Are you giving it to him as well or are you going somewhere else. No I'm going to slap the man of
glass. One of many in the NFL at the minute. Anthony Richardson is is whom I'm slapping. He is
pathetic. All we saw in the so obviously rookie last year played a couple of games got injured. Didn't
hear from him again in the off season. All you hear is yeah it's good to go. He's had surgery on his arm.
Then you see in windmill Duncan the dude's obviously a freak athlete, but when your body is held
together by Blu TAC, you probably need to chill the f out a little bit on these running plays. So he gets
injured in this game, goes out for a play, comes back in whether whether he gets the slap or his coat when
in fact he gets it because ultimately he's in control. When he's in that huddle, he's just injured himself. He
then does a QB draw and then gets knocked out of the game. He is. I mean, everyone said it is a poor,
poor, poor man's Cam Newton and he was dumb. You know what I mean? If he if he didn't do the things
that he did, he'd probably still be playing now. But his arms are made of where his shoulders now are
made of probably metal. The amount of stuff he's had done to them and Richardson will go exactly the
same way if he doesn't start. It's not college. You know, where you can just run through everybody. This
fall on men that will absolutely flatten you, as he's seen two things in a row. So he's getting it from me.
He either looks elite or like he doesn't belong. And that goes for everything as well. Goes for some of his
throws. You know, one minute he's throwing an absolute 6070 yard bomb on his back foot on a deep
route. And you think, oh my gosh, how is he doing that? And then the next minute he's throwing
interception after interception. I actually took the the defense who I can't remember who they were
playing at the minute, but I took the defense of who? Steelers. I've always had the Steelers. So I left the I
left that defense in because I thought they were going to feast on Anthony Richardson. turns out they
didn't because when he got injured Joe Flacco came into the game. And he's he's it's one of those things
in it. It's one of those things where you get a, a young buck who's trying to make things happen. He's
physically gifted, but he's going to give the ball away. He's going to turn the ball over. But then you get a
Joe Flacco coming and he's just serviceable. He just coast the team makes good passes, throws the ball
where it needs to be thrown. And and we're seeing that a lot from that veteran like Andy Dalton coming
in not having to be stupid with the ball. Just coming in putting it where it needs to be. Move the chains,
put it where it needs to be. Move the chains five yards four yards, six yards, then boom, then you've got a
15 yarder. It just keeps things moving versus the players that clearly can't read the game. Like you Bryce
Young's like your Anthony Richardson's dumb as shit brand new into the league. Don't know what
schemes in front of him. Don't know how to read the defense. The first looks not there. They've got a
move or they get sacked or throw a pick. And Anthony Richardson has the the opportunity because of his
physical skill set to make something of of things better than Bryce Young does. And, and some of those
other mobile, small, fragile boys. But he's also not Cam Newton. Cam Newton was an actual freak. He
could run through people. I've only ever seen Anthony Richardson get ragdoll and his shoulder separate,
and that seems to be what happens on a daily. Now. He runs into people, breaks his hip, breaks his
shoulder and he's well welcome to the NFL. If he continues to play like that it won't be playing there long
so I agree. So in the AFC, I am going to slap the entire Jets offense. They are getting one this week
because that game between the Jets and the Broncos was one of the worst offensive games I have ever in
my 13 ish years of watching NFL. Ever seen maybe not the worst, but top top three? Utterly garbage. Bo
Nix is shockingly shit. And in this game Aaron Rodgers was worse. Aaron Rodgers was worse than Bo
Nix. I have never seen such a poor performance from somebody who should, in the circumstances, be
able to put a game on his back, find a way to win against a team that can only put ten points on you as a
Jets defense, you did everything that you needed to do against this Broncos. They got a touchdown from
Bo Nix on a sort of busted coverage into the end zone. When you're on the pitch as frequently as the the
Broncos defense, was or sorry, Jets defense was, you're going to make mistakes. You're something's
going to something's going to get past you at some point. And it just so happened it was a touchdown.
But Aaron Rodgers could not even muster the New York Jets. Jets shy, shy shy to score a touchdown.
Awful bad weather. Yes. Bad weather. Hard to throw a football. He is the master of throwing a football.
That's that's what people say. Aaron Rodgers, the master at throwing a football. Nobody throws a ball
like him. Well, no, apparently only when it's really dry and cold in green Bay, because otherwise he's
fucked. And it was awful to watch. Again. Bit of fantasy bullshit because I had Rodgers. But it wasn't
even that. It was just the fact that they couldn't muster anything. They could not muster a thing. And I
think that's really poor from a Jets team, that there wasn't as much hype on it this year, but because there
was no hype, there was a bit of hype. It was like, are the Jets quietly building something that's going to
destroy people and destroy teams this year? Because Rodgers is so damn good and it really doesn't feel
like that at all. I feel like almost every player on the Jets offense is a no, like non-factor. Really bad. Like
pathetically bad. He threw the ball 42 times and could only muster 220 yards. It's really, really. He
should be ashamed of himself. Aaron Rodgers, if he's listening to this. Be ashamed of yourself. Bo Nix
threw for 60 yards. Yeah. He threw for 60 yards. Courtland Sutton had 60 yards receiving. Yeah three for
three. He threw for three yards to Javonte Williams and another three to Michael Burton. He then a
negative two yards to Troy Franklin and negative four yards to Thailand. Eddie I just think that's
incredible. It's incredible that a team that mustered 60 yards of passing offense and just over 100 yards
rushing defense won a game against a quarterback who threw for 250 yards or 225 yards. The whole of
that franchise needs a slap. It didn't even. It was obviously raining, but it didn't look like it was a
monsoon. You know, like you've seen some games. It's like you can't even see the players because it's
raining that bad. Yeah. Didn't look like that. No. I've seen a lot worse, you know, when it is hammering it
down or is snowy as fuck like it's an excuse? It is an excuse to not go out there and throw four
touchdowns and 380 yards. It's an excuse, but it's not an excuse to not be able to complete passes. No
wonder he's probably chomping at the bit to get Ahold of Davante Adams, because it's just going to be
another player that he blames. You know his success on. Yeah. So Aaron Rodgers gets the slap. Kamau
you're just looking puzzled. But he's your boy Aaron Rodgers is your man. You're not you're not going to
give him some. You're not going to tell him to buck his ideas up. No, obviously he's not looked good this
season. They've not looked in rhythm at all. But I still trust that he's going to come good by the end of the
season. But I don't know if it's going to be enough to get them into the playoffs. Right. So I think you'll
end up putting some good, good tape down, but to no avail. It's not actually going to lead to anything.
Okay. Fair play. Well let's let's let's go positive. Then we're back. We're back with you. Cam and I want
to hear something more positive about the AFC and and who you're going to sign today. I'm not going to
be shocked if this might be a clean sweep. I definitely think there might be at least one more sign for this
man. And it is from Baltimore. He's been slapped before. He's now being signed Derrick Henry.
Absolutely turned up and ran his. Big ass off all over the bills. Starting with a first play. Long, long run.
But the man finished the game with 199 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown, and a receiving
touchdown. And he just looked like prime Derrick Henry. Exactly what he thought he would do when he
went to Baltimore. And when he gets moving, no one stops him. There's no one that moves like him
when he gets up to speed. He's a big dude. Absolute on his day is something special. So Derrick Henry,
I'm not a big fan of him, but this week he looks pretty damn special. Last week, Mr. Derrick Henry got
the sign off. Dave, the week before you slapped the Ravens and some form of the usage of Derrick
Henry. But this week I'm also signing Derrick Henry. And again, this could keep talking about fantasy,
but this could have had this saved my week. This this huge behemoth of a man just tumbling down the
field on his opening drive on a 77 yard score. And it's so impressive because he's coming towards his
twilight years. He is a big dude. He weighs like £250 and he he outran every single back, every corner,
every safety. He hit a top speed of 0.2 seconds slower than Xavier Worthy, who scored a big, deep
touchdown this week for the Chiefs. And Xavier Worthy is probably half his weight and half his age, and
he kept that speed all the way through that run. And not only that, but he just battled throughout the
game, pushing people over, caught out the backfield. Essentially. The Ravens used him in this game the
way that I thought that they would be using him when they signed him, and maybe they've unlocked
something. Maybe they realize that they they've got to do it because last week, Dave, you signed him and
it was because he he was operating. And this week it was even even more so against a very solid bills
team. So yeah, Derrick Henry King Henry gets my sign as well. Cam. He's got the double. Is he getting
the trip. The Triple Crown is not. But just to just to close the close the little book on him. It's so
impressive that nobody would catch him because he's a humongous man. It's like it's like a right hand or
a left hand. There's like at the end and he runs and he just blows past skinny little corners and safeties. It's
so impressive the fact that you didn't get caught turned back the clock. I think he's 13 yards from 10,000
yards rushing. And I saw a post today that said he's probably the last running back that will reach 10,000
yards because the likes of like McCaffrey they're at 6000 direct. And he's got another 4000 yards in him.
It's a crazy one really. They were trying too hard to get him 200 yards so he could have another 200 yard
game or no. I don't think anybody he'd ever run for 200 yards on the bills before. That's why they were
trying to do it, which is mad. And he couldn't do it. He had him in for one, like like they must have gone
right. One more series and he just couldn't do it. Come on. Yeah. but man, what a player is. But no, I am
not. I am not signing him. Can't make it back to back weeks. That's a surprise. Where are you going? I
am signing the man who replaced, Richardson. Fluker. I'm signing Joe Flacco. Mr. MVP himself is
getting it. because he's older than God's dog. But every year he just steps up and he just wins games. And
he is that Mr. Steady. And I think everything kind of fell into line for him today, because imagine how
much tape he's seen on the Steelers over the years and Mike Tomlin's defenses. He's seen it forever. And
he so he probably went into that going I know exactly what they're going to play. You've seen them
coverages a million times. And it just it was a perfect storm. You know I mean it weren't perfect 100 and
168 yards two touchdowns 16 of 26. But he just did enough you know, to beat a Steelers team which
scored 24 points. You know and they didn't they still looked good. They just. Flickers. That flickers the
the goat and he. So he's just the old goat that won't can't be put down. Can't be kept down. Yeah like I'm.
And I'm buzzing to see a bit more Joe Flacco. Yeah. So Joe Joe Flacco is getting it. That is cool. That is a
surprise. That's out of left field. That one is I would not have not have put it on you to sign Joe Flacco.
But it goes back to my original point earlier which is these these vet quarterbacks man that have got that
experience. It it's really hard to beat a quarterback that is safe with the ball, that knows and can see what's
in front of them and can just execute the basics in the NFL, because obviously the basics are not basic in
the NFL, but they essentially are like, if you can just do the bare minimum, if you can put the ball where
it needs to be on time, if you can make the right reads, lock players off, he's had all that time and
experience to be able to do that over the years. And you're you're bang on. Dave. I just like last year. The
Colts are a better team. I think with Joe Flacco, the Browns were a better team with Joe Flacco. It's just
because he's old. He's not got that final fight like you know play off dog in him I don't think I think it
eventually that runs out. But it wins you a lot of games Andy Dalton again same sort of thing. So yeah
good to see Joe Flacco I'd I'd never guess that that's mental. we'll move over to the NFC and we'll go
back to you Kamau. Kamau we'll go back to you know hey Mo. But he went Australian for no reason.
Bloody hell Kamau go back to you mate. And I want to know who you sign in in the NFC. Who
impressed you in the NFC this week? There were a number of people that impressed me in the NFC. But
the man I've got to sign this week. Jared Goff. The man was perfect. 18 of 18. It don't happen often like
the man operated. Yes. He's helped out by an incredible O-line. Amazing duo at running back. But he
didn't miss a pass. And he threw that ball where he wanted. And yeah, I don't think I've actually seen a
game before where a quarterback not missed a single pass all game. So Jared Goff Bravo's here. Nice one
cam. And I'll step in there because I'm also as hard as this is for me to do. I'm signing Jared Goff because
I witnessed this game not first firsthand. I didn't stay up until 4:00 in the morning to watch it. But I woke
up and I watched it without knowing the score, and I witnessed Jared Goff. Just operate. And I'm not
gonna say tear the Seahawks defense apart because it didn't look like that. And I'll get to talking about
that a little bit later. But it didn't look like he was cutting us up and carving us up. There was a lot of
yards after catch in this game. There was a lot of dump offs throwing the ball sideways, and he just relied
on Montgomery Amon-ra a huge, huge bomb over the top to Jamison Williams. That was a busted
coverage. That's what happened. Like he he wasn't he was kind of nickel and dime in his way down the
field a lot of the time. But I'm still not taking it away from him. Goes back to the recent conversation
Jared Goff is not one of those old vets yet, but he's one of those, quarterbacks that's seen it all knows
where to put the ball, knows where he's checkdown is, knows how to throw the ball out on time. And he
did everything he needed to do add the cherry on top. He caught a ball for a touchdown and had a
receiving touchdown in this game thrown by Amon-ra Saint Brown. Like not only do you go a perfect
passer rating, but you also catch a touchdown. You know 155.4 rating 18 of 18 two passing one receiving
touchdown. If there is a man that's willing and deserved to get a sign on snap or sign, it's Jared Goff. And
even though it was against my Seahawks, I'm actually not bitter about this game. It's because I didn't
think we played particularly badly, albeit our defense could not get a single pass breakup, which sucks.
So Jared Goff gets double trouble. Dave where are you going. He gets triple double. Oh he's triple
dipping. We love it. Yeah I mean you've said it all really. It was hard to. It was hard to not sign him, you
know, 18 of 18, 290 yards, two touchdowns and a receiving touchdown. What the. I mean, what can you
say? He was he was as perfect as you can be. and I mean, I'm sure you're going to talk about the game,
but. What a game that was to be fair. Yeah. You don't mind losing to a team like that if you if you score
29 points, but still get your back doors blown off. It's not like a bad game, is it? No, it's not, not
generally. obviously there can be enough to say about the defense, but what what can be said is the lines
were just they were so ready for this game. And Jared Goff was so ready for this game. He had he had
everything on lockdown and he had a lot of time to throw the ball. He got there's a couple of sacks here
and there. But for the most part he was sat in that pocket bopping around, ready to dump it off to the next
person who wanted it. So yeah, interesting that we all give him a triple, but I think of the year so far, you
know, you can't really pick a better game. not a not a better game as in total game, but a better game
played by a quarterback. Perfect game as you said, cam. Perfect. Not a missed pass, two touchdowns and
a reception for a touchdown. Insanity. He was playing out of his skin. And how I just I actually even
though it was against my boys. I just love the fact that Jared Goff has ended up with the Lions and he's
not at the Rams because I fucking hate the Rams, but it's just that they didn't want him. They cast him off
as this sort of dog that they didn't want anymore and brought in the new one. And yeah, he won him a
Super Bowl. But Jared Goff's the real deal man. Like he was a first round pick for a reason. And he's he's
been playing well. right. Flip the script back to you know who you slapping from the NFC. This is a
weird one. I don't know who the slap goes to. Any green Bay kicker man. I'm fed up of missing kicks.
Multiple kicks in a game. We have missed at least one kick in eight of our last nine games. That shit's
just not good enough. Like, were we blessed to have had Crosby for that many years? It feels like it
because they've said it this like watching Red zone. Are kickers are making these 50 yard kicks look
easy. Look like normal. We're missing from 38. And at the time of those kicks, whatever, the game
looked dead and buried actually. Now might come to the end of it. We lost by two points and we missed
two kicks, but we've not had any form of consistent kicking for the last 2 or 3 years. So yeah, I don't
know who that needs to go to, but someone needs to sort something out. I think it goes to the kicker. Ah,
but we've had multiple Football kickers. Yeah, but this is. This is the guy. He's the guy that missed. You
two have got one fucking job. Maybe the, scout that selects the kickers probably gets the slap. I guess. In
fairness, I feel like the game was close in the end because the Vikings just took the foot completely off
the gas and put it into neutral. That's what I. That's what I witnessed. But I'm I'm sure you're going to talk
about it. Come. But that's what I witnessed was that comeback was not on the the Packers. It was on the
Vikings. We had to put the points up. You did at least three three of them to the opposite team. Yeah
yeah. So we'll talk about that I know. But yeah kicking game being utter turd. Yeah it's fair play. It's not
nothing more annoying than finishing a game that you could have won if you'd missed an extra point or a
kick in a game, irrespective of whether it was a comeback or whether it was a blowout or whatever. it is
frustrating to know that you've left gimme points on the board. There's no excuse for missing a an extra
point. None. That should be a gimme for. It should be a right. I see anything on the fifth. Anything under
50 should be a gimme for like NFL kickers. But let's say we missed at least one in our eight of our last
nine games. That's yes. Disgusting. That's just fun. Dave. Dan, are you slapping a Packers kicker or you,
yeah. You slapping someone else? I'm slapping Jalen Hurts. He's getting the good news this week from
war. And I was going to slap Nick Sirianni because I just think he's an ultimately he's a twat. And he he
doesn't know what he's doing I agree the game I mean the Eagles can't beat the box at home. Well, not at
home away at the Box Stadium. They just they just can't do it for whatever reason is they've lost twice in
the playoffs. Lost again to him. Now they just can't. And Jalen Hurts looks average as they come without
his two superstar I think we said this last week I feel like I've said this before but he looks Bobby average
man without his two elite elite wide receivers. And I would I would suggest that he's lucky he's got
Saquon Barkley because if he had a average running back they would be getting dumped on. They're two
and two now. but he wasn't great 18 of 3158 yards one touchdown. He just didn't look like he knew what
what he was doing. He didn't look like he'd get anything going with a team that lost two fumbles. They
just. They just couldn't get anything going. He got sacked six times and they punted five times. He's
probably more a slap on the actual team, but ultimately he's the quarterback. So the buck stops with them.
Yeah I have a turnover machine. He's yeah. He's in the last two seasons he's turned over the most. That's
who. Yeah. Wow. Interesting. Didn't know that. It's a nice little fact. Drop there. Come out. I'm jumping
on the back of yours Dave. I'm not I'm not slapping Jalen Hurts, but I am I am slapping the Eagles
defense. There's no excuse for a team like the Eagles, who are coming into the season being feared as to
how dominant they are, having all of these superstars on the defensive line in the secondary, going out
and snatching Cooper, Deshaun one of the leading defensive backs in the draft and da da da da da. At the
end of the day, the Buccaneers easily put 33 points up on their ass and it was not even difficult. So yeah.
And what what bothers me even more is that. Darius Slay jumps on a podcast with one of his mates from
the Dallas Cowboys, which is blasphemy in itself, Micah Parsons. And he's basically sort of semi
laughing about the fact that they got blown out this week by Baker Mayfield and they sort of joking
about how they can't believe how many points were put up. And Darius Slay is turning around and saying
I'm a six time Pro Bowler. all this malarkey and still giving it Larry large ones when you got absolutely
decimated by Baker Mayfield. And I'm not saying Baker is bad because we've pretty much established on
this podcast that he's not. But I am saying that if you're the Eagles and you believe that you're some form
of a contender. Baker Mayfield throwing for 350 yards on your ass and two touchdowns and also running
one in is it's just nothing to be proud of. They are seemingly becoming irrelevant. And I know that
they've got two of this their superstar receivers, down. But that's when your defense should step up.
That's when your defense, you know the likes of the Eagles, when you've got players like. Nicole Dean,
Nolan Smith, all these new superstars that are supposed to be amazing. Josh sweat Gardner-johnson you
know, these guys should be doing bits. Darius Slay is apparently unreal, but doing nothing. And yeah,
they were a non-factor as zero factor. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers just walk straight through them. So
yeah, I am I'm hitting the Eagles because they deserve it. And that's that. That's the end of slap or sign.
Now we'll go into our game recaps and Dave talk us through the Tennessee Titans against the Miami
Dolphins. This must have been a nice one for you. you would think so because we won, which is true in
itself. However, I don't particularly I didn't in a weird way. It was enjoyable because we won, but it
wasn't enjoyable because the manner that we want, like if we played any half decent team, I'm not even
sure we the won the game. I don't even know how to explain it, which sounds a bit weird and pop people
probably thinking there'd be more buzz in the times of one. And I am happy that they've won and we're
off that. We've got the burger off the board, however. Well, the donut off the board, should I say, it was
just a weird game and will have us through another pick. Like just a stupid pick. He said he didn't see
him watch. Obviously he didn't because he threw the ball directly to him. But and then made some rude
like, Levison gets hurt and Mason Rudolph comes in and Mason Rudolph is not the answer. That's all
I've seen on on like Titan social media is start making Rudolph everybody. We should start making
Rudolph Mason Rudolph dog turd. Yeah. He's got no velocity in this passes whatsoever. Like he's lucky
he didn't have to throw the ball downfield. He's lucky that he could literally hand it off for three and a
half quarters and just let Tony Pollard and, Tyjae Spears do damage, which they did. They absolutely
killed it both. And to be fair. that sounds a bit. It sounds a bit of a downer on it, but honestly, I wasn't
impressed with like two of 12 on third down. I know we were rushing the ball after like the first quarter.
We just rush the ball. We just everything was just run in place, you know, because the, because the
Dolphins already had nothing. I think they scored a late touchdown. They scored 12 points in the fourth
quarter. Oh, that's the Titans. They scored six points in the fourth quarter. Yeah. So then we just got a
touchdown the fourth. But it was just the game was the the game was done after the first quarter. The
Dolphins had nothing but the Titans linebackers and corners were just sitting in the middle of the field
like begging him to throw the ball. Yeah, because he just couldn't do anything. quandary Diggs is a is a is
amazing. He played really, really well. Got some big tackles on like third down stopping Tyreek Hill
trying to like sneak around the edge. he played really well. Like I was I was shocked to see how good he
was. And I think he was our best player in that game. Him and Trayvon sweat right. Sweated the sweat at
the highest graded interior D lineman of the whole week of football. That's interesting. He's he's he's been
really good. He's been a bright spark for you like considering he's a rookie and he was did you take him
in the second round. Yeah, yeah. I mean obviously that's pretty high pick. But nevertheless he's not a first
round. You know, he's not like a Byron Murphy for example, who went super early like he's, he's
producing, good football for me. And the fact that. Yeah, the fact that, Simmons wasn't playing, awuzie it
wasn't a Sneed did play in the end, I thought he was out, but Sneed played. I just there was just so many,
like, twice. And he'd got burnt by Tyreek Hill and if any if that's two of play and they were both
touchdowns. So there's just little things like that. Like I'm happy we got the win. But I'm not happy that
I'm not happy really in the manner that we got it. I still think there's a lot, lot to to do especially at
quarterback man. Like I don't know. Levy is definitely the guy out of them too because he can just do
more with the ball. I just think they're just trying to ask him to do too much. Our offense at times looks
he's trying to look a little bit too much like Miami, where they're doing all these fancy handoffs and stuff
like that. Like you don't, they don't. He's not that kind of quarterback, I don't think. I think he's a pocket
passer and I think they're trying to turn him into. Something he's not. Maybe like him. It's like Joe
Burrow with these little. Just like these dump offs and stuff like that. It's just. It's just not working yet. So
I think it's going to take a time. It's going to be it's going to be a painful season, I think. I think we're
going to lose a lot of games. Yeah. You wouldn't expect necessarily to to come at it so somberly. When
you look at the Titans win 31 to 12 against the Dolphins. Tell you what if you start the season if I'd have
told you that I said hey week week for Dave you're going to beat the Dolphins 3112. You'd have been
like that's. But in the manner in which it came. Obviously I watched the game in 40. It was not pretty.
you did what you needed to do to be a bad team. And we've, we've we've said it on the podcast before.
Getting a result against a bad team is not a bad resort. And it's there's a lot to build on, no doubt. And the
Titans look really, really solid in some places and just really lost in others. I think if Will Levis can just
stop being among, you know, he just does some real Mong stuff. But when he's doing normal stuff he
looks all right. It's just every so often he has like an aneurysm and just throws something somewhere and
you think, what are you doing? Come out from your side, green Bay. We've spoken about it a little bit.
You've slapped your kicker because you ultimately lost what was eventually a tight game. But talk us
through your green Bay game, where the Packers eventually could not come back against the high
octane, undefeated Minnesota Vikings. Yeah. So this for me started with the decision to play Jordan
Love to say that he was fit and ready to come back after only missing two weeks. I understand the
decision. Was it maybe because it was at home to the Vikings divisional, but when the game started?
Love. I don't know if it was just rust or what. Didn't look comfortable. Didn't look loose. Didn't want to
put any sort of weight or pressure on his front leg. So everything he was throwing was off his back leg.
And it just looks. Sloppy on all phases of the ball to start with. And very early doors threw two picks.
Which got capitalised on and we ended up down real bad real early. so it was it was tough, man. I think,
Going into halftime, they had they had 28 points on the board and we managed to luckily muster a score
before the end of the first half. A nice ball to Jaden Reed, who I will say is looking pretty good right now.
Really, really enjoying watching him play. but everything we're doing was just sloppy and a little bit
desperate and a little bit untimed. Come into the second half, okay? We've managed to sort of claw
ourselves back in, back into the game. We score two more touchdowns to make it a one score game with
ten minutes left on the clock. There was time to play. But as soon as we did that again. I don't know if it
was adrenaline or what, but Jordan Love's mistakes started to creep back in. He came back in pretty
fucking strong pretty quick. he tried a downfield pass. But it was nowhere near and just got easily picked
off. and yes, I know we ended up scoring another touchdown to bring it even closer. We score a two
point conversion, but I know the scoreline says we lost by two, but we lost that game in the first quarter.
We lost that game. Straight away. The give all credit to the Vikings. They look really good. Sam Darnold
has performed incredibly this season. Josh Jacobs for me needs to learn to do more, be better. I still miss
Aaron Jones watching him play this this week. Just reminds me of that. He just produces more. We're
two and two on the season. Love's played two games lost to Malik Willis. Obviously came in done really
well for us. We schemed up both wins there. Everything still on the board for this season, but I don't
know. I think it I think it was a mistake to play love this this week. I would have looking back now given
the extra week. If we lost with Willis, with the loss with Willis, that wouldn't have bothered me. but
yeah, it was it was a tough one. It was sloppy. Xavier McKinney got his fourth pick in four games, which
is. Yeah, he's doing well. Looking like he's worth the money. But yeah, we we couldn't stop them in that
first half. And it was over at half time as much as it was much as we came back in that second half, it was
a bit a bit embarrassing all round, if I'm honest. Yeah. I mean I don't think, I don't think you're putting a
lot of it on the pack as being bad, whereas I'm putting a lot of it. On the Vikings being good. I think they
need to get credit where it's due. They're, they're they're playing lights out at the moment. And they have
defeated a number of teams now and a number of defenses that are supposed to be pretty damn good.
Sam Donald again had a passer rating of 123, three touchdowns, and there was no stopping him until they
decided to stop themselves. They took the foot off the gas, as Dave said, 14 points in the first, 14 points
in the second. And yes your your touchdown. Yeah. Three in the second half. But your touchdowns
certainly one of the big passes that you mentioned to Jaden Reed. It's a desperation throw. It's like
Madden when you're losing you know you just toss that ball up. And this is what the Packers look like to
me last year was the I'm not taking away from it because it's very hard to do. But Jordan Love seems to
be a bit of a master of finding that sort of busted downfield zone covered when teams are up on you, they
go into zone so that they just shut things down, keep things underneath, and somehow the Packers end up
pushing their receivers into spots where they can come up with these big plays. But it was a 5050 ball he
threw. It wasn't it wasn't a it wasn't a dime to somebody who, you know, was was wildly open. It was just
a 5050 ball. And that brought you back into the game, gave you some life. you know, I thought the
Packers played all right as the game went on and kept yourselves in it, but I think the credit really can't
be down 28 points. Like that's the thing. No, no. Exactly. And I think the credit goes to the Vikings. Like
ultimately the credit goes to the Vikings for being 28 points up on a very stout defense in the half and
everything else just felt a little bit wishy washy. So as bad as you might feel, I would just say don't worry
about it too much. The Vikings have done this to a number of teams this year already and they somehow
seem elite. Yeah, yeah. I mean, just to add my £0.02, I suppose, I think your O-line mate is very good.
Considering you were down by four scores essentially at half time, and Jordan Loeb had to throw the life
out the ball, man. I mean, he finished nearly 400 yards. If he if not throwing the three picks it up. I did
like an elite stat day. he was only considering. Yeah. I mean, so considering that if he was dropping back
in the pocket or he was having to throw the ball a lot, it kind of gives the defense a lot of time just to tee
off, you know? And they couldn't get to him. So I mean it was a it was a good finish to the Packers for a
real bad start. So fair play to him. but yeah, the, the Packers go to two and two, which means there's
everything to play for and the Vikings go to four. And oh, which means at the moment, even though as
the episode says, we're in the first quarter of the season, it does mean that they are on the way to victory,
playoff bound. And they've got that divisional. They've got two divisional wins to zero losses at the
moment. So well done to the Vikings. Let's see how long they can keep that up. I will just hit y'all with
the Seahawks. And then we'll talk about a few more games before we finish. So the Seahawks this week
we've discussed already with Jared Goff getting the Triple Crown from us all in slap or sign came up
against a buzzsaw of an offense this week. Are they a buzzsaw of an offense every week. Questionable
not necessarily. But they are damn good. They have an unbelievable offensive line. They've got some
real superstars on offense there. Running back duo is. Shaping up to be the best in the league. If not, it is
the best in the league. Montgomery and Gibbs just offer a perfect complement to each other, and that was
something that we couldn't do a lot about. Now I'm going to get my tiny violin out here and plead
poverty. But we were playing without a single starter on our defensive line this week. There was not a
single man that would have been starting in that in that defensive line for the Seahawks. Bo Mafi out
injured. Byron Murphy out injured. Nwosu out injured. We were really operating with very little front
four. And when you're playing against a stout offensive line like the Lions have got, there was not a lot
that I thought we would be able to do. And and that's that's kind of how it came to fruition. We got to
Jared Goff every so often because of a, you know, a scheme as opposed to, you know, an individual
brilliance. But. Overall, it was quite tragic, and the fact that we couldn't get a breakup pass against Jared
Goff just goes to show how much time he had, how considerate he could be with his passing. And he
really took the Seahawks for a bit of a ride. On the flip side, it didn't feel that bad watching it. It didn't
feel like our defense was being destroyed, abolished by this Lions team. It's just they played really, really
well. They had a very, very good game plan and they executed it particularly well. And that game plan
was to run the ball down the throats with Gibbs and Montgomery, check down the ball wherever
possible. And they had one moment, which really stung, which was we just scored a touchdown to to
bring it very close. And then Jamison Williams got a busted coverage. He only had two receptions in this
game for 80 yards and one of them was for 70 yards. So you know it's there was Jared Goff had to sort of
semi do very little but also did a lot. And then when we flip it over as to how our offense played I
thought we played fantastically brilliantly actually is is how I thought we played. We were up against
again a good defensive line of the Lions. And Geno had poise. He had pocket presence. He was stepping
up. He was stepping out. He was rolling. He was finding his men. He played a really, really good game.
he threw a pick which was not fantastic. But he was under duress. And he managed to just spread that
ball out, you know, spread it out to a number of receivers DK seven catches Tyler five catches Jackson
Smith and eight catches Kenneth four, Charbonnet five. There was a bunch of others in there. Bobo Fant
they they they they move the ball on. The Lions did the Seahawks. And Geno threw for 395 yards and a
touchdown in this. And Kenneth Walker had three touchdowns. The offense the offense worked against a
defense that has been pretty good in the Lions over the last few weeks. So overall, I'm giving the full
credit to the Lions because they played a really solid game and it doesn't make me feel horrendous. There
was a couple of instances in this game which made me think about you, Dave, and one of your King rants
the other week about good teams, certainly home teams in a crowd like Detroit getting preferable. Flags
and decisions against them. There's two particularly. One was an extra point that was caught by DK. That
was was it? It was a two point conversion and end of story. That's how it was. Was it given not only was
pass interference not given which it was pass interference, but they also didn't give the two point. And
there was no reason to to not give it whatsoever on a relook. his knee was down. He'd got the ball. So that
would have changed things a little bit. And then there was a blatant, pass interference call in the end zone
when DK it was a touchdown. Ultimately, he would have caught the touchdown, it would have been
wide open, and he got draped on, pulled to the floor. So that's my little moan. Only because there was
two two positions in this game where the flags could have been thrown and it would have put us in either
immediate scoring or added points to it. But we did well as a defense even though we didn't stop the pass,
considering the injuries, we we scored a safety. We gave ourselves a chance to put ourselves back in it.
But ultimately the Lions put 42 points on our ass, and it's hard to win a game when you concede 42
points. So 42 to the Seahawks, 29 lines go to three and one. Seahawks go to three and one. Did you boys
watch it? Did you, did you did you think the Seahawks played badly or did you think they played well.
Or do you think it was just bad defense good offense. What. I'm biased. I think it was fairly balanced. To
be fair, you probably make it sound a little bit worse than we were. I mean, obviously I was watching the
Titans game and then every, every time a the little box popped up in the corner, it was the Lions scoring.
it looked worse on like the Monday Night Football show thing that I was watching than what it looked
like when I watched the game in 40. But you can't really putting up 516 yards of offense is going to win
your most games. You know, you just came up against a better team, I guess, on the day. And like I say,
if you don't get them favorable calls, then if you get that touchdown that takes it to what, 36 plus the
extra two points, 38, 42, 38 and then anything can happen on it. You know, they actually had more
penalties than you did. They had 12 for 101 yards and you had nine for 70. Yeah, yeah. No. yeah. I'm not
saying that. I just, I'm just saying like about the. Yeah. Well, that's the worst thing. The worst thing is
when you don't get them like. And everyone in the stadium can see what's going on. Everyone in the
world can see what's going on apart from these blind, spastic refs that are following the script of the NFL
given to him. I mean, you never know. I feel about Big Kenny. I mean, I do love Kenny. I do love I, I
like Kenny, he's eight yards. You tell it, tell us, tell us he's next DK. that's David Cameron. He's the next.
He's a mini Derrick Henry. Barry Sanders. No, I I'm not saying that. I'm. I just Kenneth Walker has been,
in my eyes, a very, very solid addition to our team. Three touchdowns eight yards. And he had 36. You
know he breached hundred yards a scrimmage and three touchdowns. It's not you can't ask for you can't
ask for anything. A bad day at work is it. Three touchdowns I'd be absolutely pulling me Todd, if, any of
my running backs could do that. So yeah. So I'd just like Kenneth Walker. So that's it. That's all three of
our games. And then we'll just cover off a couple Thursday night game was the Cowboys and Giants in
what was a bit of a snooze fest ultimately 20 to 15. But Daniel Jones had another okay game, albeit he
didn't throw a single touchdown, threw for 281 yards and an interception. Malik Nabers still proves that
he is him. He is that guy. He is that receiver that the Cowboys are going to fear, and that the Giants have
been looking for for a long period of time. But the Cowboys did what they needed to do. Almost nothing
special. CeeDee lamb having a bit of a day. it's about time. And the Cowboys beat the Giants and go to
two and two and the Giants go to one and three. Saints and Falcons were in a little bit of a back and forth,
but ultimately ended with the Falcons just pipping them to the post and winning 26 to 24. That was quite
a good game actually. Again back and forth between the two Alvin Kamara looking. As consistent as he's
ever looked. this year, which is nice to see because for a long, long old season last year, did he look
pretty average? And, yeah, I think Kirk Cousins also, kind of pulled it together when it counted. And
although actually looking at his stats, no, he didn't he didn't even throw a touchdown. How did they score
26 points. I don't know. That's mental. I think they had a they had an interception for a touchdown I
know a linebacker took one in. They had they had the muffed punt which went in for a touchdown. Look
at this for a stat line for those who are fantasy players with zero zero catches. I know you've got Kyle
Pitts so you'll know about that zero catch. But no I was looking at this one Troy Anderson for the Falcons
17 tackles, one pass defended and a touchdown. Yeah, that is outrageous. I mean, it was nine tackles and
seven assisted tackles. It wasn't quite 17 for like 17 total. Yeah. Okay well it gets hard. There's a massive
difference. Yeah. Go on. Yeah. No no. Good day. Fucking great day in fantasy. If you if you've got that
random jabroni in your fantasy team because you're in a deep league, you probably want your, you
probably won the week off the back of that. Somebody must have picked him up. I don't know, maybe in
our fantasy someone's not. If you're listening, go out there and get him. You might. He might have
another day just like that and probably got about three points the whole season. Apart from that, he
probably has, but it's a great stat line for him. so yeah the Falcons go to two and two. Saints go to two
and two. That division is all to play for at the moment. Rams and Bears. Bears get the win against the
Rams even though the Rams are destroyed depleted. Don't have Puka Nacua don't have Cooper Kupp.
But the Rams they've gone to one. And three. They could be in real trouble I hope they are personally.
But I also don't get any enjoyment about the bears winning. I'm sure you don't come. Nope. He's still
crap. Marco! Marco, pick that guy up. So shout out to Marco, because I know you listening. Did it go on?
Smack, smack the new the damp goat himself. He's. He's in the playoffs. You ain't in the playoffs. I know
I'm nowhere near it, so I'm up to two and two. I've got. I'm watching you. I'm watching what you're
doing. Rookie. The rookie to the league is taking us all by storm. Apart from David Cameron.
undefeated. Steelers. Colts 24 to 27. We don't need to talk about it too much more. They've signed Joe
Flacco. The man, the myth, the old goat coming back and taking the Colts to a win over the Steelers,
knocking the Steelers off the top spot who were lossless. And now they've got one. Broncos Jets
absolutely torrid affair 9 to 10 to the Broncos. Eagles books 33 to 16 Bengals Panthers Bengals get a win
here. But I was not convinced by the Bengals in this one at all. Tell me if you were because I was not the
Panthers 24, Bengals 34. I thought this was average from the Bengals against again, what is a very poor
Panthers team technically. Yeah, I mean, I didn't put too much. I didn't really see too much of it, to be
honest. But to put 34 points or you've got to be you've got to be happy. If you're a Bengals fan, 34 points
to win your most games every week. So. Yeah, it's just the Panthers in it, I don't know. I watched the
highlights of this game, not the game in 40, so I can't really comment. I only saw the good bits, but there
seem to be. Yeah they're just they seem to not you obviously not struggling when you're putting 34 points
up. I think it was more of a defensive thing is that the Panthers just seemed to keep themselves in the
game. and the Bengals have not been what you'd expect them to be. But they got their first win because
they were they were winless. So it's 3424. Bengals one and three. Panthers one and three. Damn.
commanders Dave your boy Jane Daniels we said we said it to him last week. Did you play him in
fantasy? I did. Did he do okay or was it. Yeah it did. I think, yeah, he did all right. Did better than what?
Mighty boy did Jalen Hurts. Jalen hurts yeah. He had the 2028 points this week. Yeah. Oh that's decent.
Take that. Now he's operating and the commanders are operating that I I nearly signed them. But we
signed Jalen Daniels last week. And 42 points on the Cardinals is outrageous absolutely outrageous. The
commanders are now a team to watch. They are exciting. They are explosive. They've got the
quarterback that can do things with his legs with his arm. They've got a defense that's apparently coming
to play. I thought I thought it was really, really, really good and interesting. Watch. San Francisco 49 is
sort of found a rhythm again this week 30 to the Patriots 13 the Patriots soccer though don't they I mean
come on there's nothing nothing there for the Patriots to get excited about at all. It is woeful. But the
Niners sort of steer the ship in the right direction. Should any of the listeners been thinking that they were
not sailing in the right direction. And then the Raiders Browns, the Raiders actually won this week. How
about how bad are some of these teams? Browns. Raiders. Browns are one and three. Raiders are two and
two. Chargers or two and two after only just getting beaten by the Chiefs of all teams 1710. That was a
that was a poor game. Really didn't have a lot worth watching. And. I think that's all she wrote. The only
one. The only game we've not spoke about, other than that was the one that we spoke about with Derrick
Henry and the Ravens at the start of this podcast. We we signed the King. And is this trouble for the bills,
or do you think that they just got out schemed this week because the bills have been operating, but they
only put ten points up in this game. They just got after him didn't they? They they got after him. It's a it's
such a strange one because they've actually they've been like blowing in all cylinders. And then Josh
Allen puts up 1680 yards. You know like against a team that's absolutely just embarrassed him. But I
don't I don't put too much stock into it I guess because it's the regular season. And I think the bills will be
all right at three and one. I think they'll be all right. Yeah. Kamau. Yeah. No, I don't think it helped that
Derrick Henry had that. First play touch down from there that they're chasing straight away. The the
Ravens look really hot. They sort of first four drives up until Lamar fumbled it. they could literally what
they wanted up until that point. but the bills the bills are bounce back. Not a problem. Josh Allen puts
everything on his own shoulders and literally carries carries that team as he has done all season. They'll
bounce back pretty quick. Yeah. No, I think the same thing as well. I think they just came up against a
team that was sort of ready to to see them off in this circumstance, and they establish that run early. And
it was probably a big shock to the system to that it probably made them go, oh, we need to make sure that
that doesn't happen again. And then that changes everything that you do gives gives Lamar a little bit
more room, gives the receivers a bit more space because Lamar looked good in that game. He looked like
he was finding open receivers. He was finding covered receivers. He looked comfortable. He was taken
off a bit like a bit bit more like old Lamar where he was running with a purpose as opposed to scrambling
around and then deciding to go. He was just going. So I think that that I think they get a lot more out of
Lamar when he's just concise and he makes that decision. If if it's a designed QB run and he knows he's
going, by golly, does he go. So I think they need to do a bit more of that if they want to, want to continue
that when he when he rolls out the pocket looking to pass and then scrambles, it's a bit more messy.
Although he did have a really messy fumble in this game, which did not look good because he should
have just took the ball and hit the deck instead of trying to win Millie's way through. But overall. A good
game week. You know, we, we move and we move into week five, which means we will be, will be past
the quarter mark. And by week start this week, don't they? I'm not too sure how many teams are on a bye
this week. Titans. Lions. Eagles. Lions. Wow. Okay. So it's also the first London game. Good Cocomo
good call for those UK listeners. First London game. That means football will start at 2:00. Which means
your Sunday is just full of love. 2 p.m. all the way through to gone midnight. I can't think of anything
better. The Vikings are playing the New York Football Jets in London and we're all ready and raring for
it. I hope that the Jets get their asses handed to them. I would like to see the Vikings win over here in
London and allow Rodgers to eat a little bit more humble pie. Now. Come on, the Jets. Dave's neutral.
Don't care. No. Oh, well, I've got Aaron James. I want the Vikings to blow them out. So then they they
rush a million times of our own doing. So I love our fantasy. Fantasy implications can make you cheer
for the most fucking weird ass teams. But I love it. so you should be shouting for the Eagles one last.
Yeah. Hey, I've got this new shame when it comes to fantasy. Clearly not. But something's going right.
Anyway, listeners, thank you very much for joining us yet again. This has been week four. This is the
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