Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: WVuafm Tuscaloosa.
[00:00:10] Speaker B: Welcome back to the student section. NFL on 90.7 the Capstone. I am your host for today, Evan Cisneros.
[00:00:16] Speaker A: Nice.
[00:00:16] Speaker B: Joined with my two co hosts, Connor Rolles.
[00:00:19] Speaker C: What's going on?
[00:00:20] Speaker B: And Tanner Thompson. How are y'all doing today?
[00:00:22] Speaker A: I'm swell.
[00:00:24] Speaker C: I'm not doing.
[00:00:25] Speaker A: How are you, Connor?
[00:00:26] Speaker C: I'm not doing very well right now.
[00:00:27] Speaker B: Why is that?
[00:00:28] Speaker C: As a Phillies fan, it feels kind of, I feel sad, I feel distraught. I feel heartbroken that I've shed a.
[00:00:36] Speaker A: Tear of probably happiness, I would say.
[00:00:39] Speaker C: Really?
[00:00:40] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:00:40] Speaker C: Well, Tanner, besides me, is a Braves fan and he get to, he got to watch us beat up on him the same exact way the Mets are beating us, beating up on us right now these past two years.
[00:00:50] Speaker A: One of them is much more embarrassing than the other, but.
[00:00:56] Speaker C: Well, I feel like they're kind of the same level now.
[00:00:59] Speaker B: They're on now terror.
[00:01:01] Speaker A: How is me? I'm sorry, real quick. Me and you, as NLE fans know that the Braves and the Phillies have run, ran the Nleast over the past.
[00:01:09] Speaker B: What about the Marlins?
[00:01:12] Speaker A: Okay, but over the past, I mean, you. Seven years, you want to say maybe six? Well, I wouldn't say the Panthers. Jesus. The Braves and the Phillies have pretty much run it. The Mets have been a pretty terrible franchise. Just in general, over the, over that.
[00:01:28] Speaker C: Time period, they have been, they've usually been, I mean, I would say as a Phillies fan before these past three years, we were consistently third behind the Braves and the Mets. It's always been, we would always like, you know, get hot at a certain point and then once, you know, August runs around, we would start slumping and then the Mets would be, we would either be tied or right above the Mets and then they would overtake us. So the Mets have never, always been like Miami Marlins level bad. Yeah, but they, we've all been like the same kind of area and the Braves have ran it the whole time. That's why it was such a big deal, because the Phillies made the playoffs for the first time, I think, in like 2013 or so. And they. Oh, since 2013 and so.
[00:02:11] Speaker A: Right. Outright making the playoffs better.
[00:02:14] Speaker B: Right.
[00:02:14] Speaker C: Yeah. And that was the year the Phillies beat the Braves in a five game series. They won three to one. So it kind of feels the same way.
[00:02:23] Speaker A: One game.
[00:02:24] Speaker B: I've got to say I have some beef with the Braves. Cause I've been to three Marlins games every single time we got wiped off the floor.
[00:02:31] Speaker A: You should probably have beef with every team at the Marlins play.
[00:02:35] Speaker B: Well, it also goes with their chant, that along with the Florida state, it goes, and I hate it. It makes my blood boil.
[00:02:43] Speaker A: Does it like, is it just, like, annoying to you or is, or do you find offense to it?
[00:02:49] Speaker B: The Chiefs, the Braves, it's just three of my biggest ops. I hate them. I can't say it's fair.
[00:02:56] Speaker A: He's probably, probably been in a bad mood hearing that noise many times in your life.
[00:02:59] Speaker B: I was in my dorm last year and my roommate, out of nowhere, just started going, hmm.
[00:03:04] Speaker C: Mm hmm.
[00:03:05] Speaker A: I hum that a lot. I love that.
[00:03:06] Speaker B: Oh, man, I would go, that's a great humidity. How do you feel about it?
[00:03:09] Speaker C: I don't really mind it because, I mean, we can beat them. And, you know, personally, if I, competitive.
[00:03:15] Speaker A: Matchup, if I hate a team because.
[00:03:18] Speaker C: Of their chant and I hear it all the time, I would probably hate my own team more because that just shows you how bad of a team you have. Yep. So anyway, let's get on to the anyways NFL.
[00:03:29] Speaker B: All right. So today we had some big news. I woke up to Robert Sala getting fired.
[00:03:35] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:03:36] Speaker B: And I just want to say there are a lot of coaches on the hot seat. So who do we think is up next?
[00:03:43] Speaker C: As simple as that.
If the Eagles come out, I don't even mean like, lose to the Browns and Deshaun Watson at home. If we win, then I still think there's a really good, there's a really good shot. Nick Sirianni gets fired because if they come out and look, you know, unprepared, like they do the past 15 games that we have played, I really do think he should be fired because there's no way you come off of a bye week. I mean, every week so far since, I think it was like week eight, the Buffalo, even the Buffalo Bills week last year, the team still looked unprepared. I mean, we're the only team in the NFL that hasn't scored a point in the first quarter.
So I think the first, the last time the Eagles scored a point in the first quarter was dating back to last year against the Arizona Cardinals. And I think it was week 15 when Julio Jones caught that touchdown for us. And that tells you everything you know about the Knicks. Giriani led teams and how unprepared. I mean, they are one of the worst tackling teams in the league. And that's because, you know, all offseason and training camp and everything, we're just messing around, doing dumb tackling drills, trying to get through this, through the offseason without any injuries and we're not testing these players and making sure they were actually ready to go full speed and play some football.
[00:05:04] Speaker B: Have players complained about this? Like saying they don't get much film timer?
[00:05:08] Speaker C: I don't think. I mean, I haven't heard any player like really complain about, you know, all this kind of stuff, but at the same time, you can easily see it. You can see you turn on the, you turn on the film and you have players not breaking down nobody half the time people are like kind of either confused on what they're doing because they don't just practice it upright and I mean, it's always, there's always penalties every week. There's always either a holding. I feel like every other play, it's an illegal man downfield and that's all coachable. And it gets to a point where it's kind of just, it needs to be handled and he needs to be fired if it's same result as the past few weeks.
[00:05:47] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, I agree. Lord knows. I mean, I've, I've talked about Nick Sirianni. For how long do you think I've been talking about Nick Sirianni as coach at this point?
[00:05:56] Speaker C: I don't think beginning of last year, but it was definitely like, it was four week.
[00:06:00] Speaker A: I was pretty close to the beginning.
[00:06:01] Speaker B: In the beginning of last year. We were even referencing how smug he was in the playoffs the year before.
[00:06:07] Speaker A: Yeah, we were. Because that it would have been, well.
[00:06:10] Speaker C: He'S a coordinator merchant.
[00:06:12] Speaker A: I remember we, we definitely referenced him being smug against the Chiefs.
[00:06:16] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:06:17] Speaker A: The regular season because obviously I didn't beat him in the post season. But, but I do agree with you that a lot of the issues are coaching related. Also, one of the things that just kind of bothers you when you're watching the team is that, like, the positions that have to be disciplined, I feel like on a football field, especially from a defensive perspective, usually you would say the off ball linebackers and maybe the safety is then corners. I would probably be more prone to put corner over safety from a discipline perspective and just being aware of your surroundings, what your assignments are. And we've talked a lot about it going into the season with that, was that those guys needing to be the most disciplined, they needed to be coached really well because, again, with the corners especially, you had a lot of young guys. You had a very, I guess not top heavy, top, top heavy and bottom heavy corner room from an age perspective and linebacker room. You had a very, very young linebacker room. You had guys that needed to be able to consistently play good football. And I think lack of development is absolutely a symptom of a bad coach. At the end of the day, on top of all the scheme stuff, which I think we all have agreed before, that he doesn't really contribute on.
[00:07:27] Speaker C: He doesn't do anything.
When I tell you there is like from what I see in the locker room, every time a coordinator changes, it's a completely different offense or defense. There is nothing in my mind that will lead me to believe that Nick Sirianni plays a vital factor in game plans. He is there to just motivate a.
[00:07:49] Speaker A: Team which will pregame speech.
[00:07:51] Speaker C: It's a. I think coach Big Dom is a better coach than Nick Sirianni because they're basically the same person.
[00:07:58] Speaker A: Is Nick Sirianni a mascot?
[00:08:00] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:08:01] Speaker A: There we go.
[00:08:02] Speaker B: It's not a good one either. No, not at all. Good face Eagles.
[00:08:06] Speaker A: He does not.
[00:08:07] Speaker B: Now I would the next coach, y'all's next week opponent, you said Kevin Stik Fanski for the Cleveland Browns.
[00:08:14] Speaker A: Kevin Stefan. I don't think.
[00:08:15] Speaker C: I don't think. I don't think it's on the hot seat. What I do think is I know that clip. Which one?
[00:08:22] Speaker B: Kevin Stefanski was calling for them to go for two. I mean, not go for two. Go for the. On fourth down.
[00:08:27] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:08:28] Speaker B: And his quarterback, Deshaun Watson just walked off field.
[00:08:30] Speaker C: Well, Deshawn Watson isn't good. Doesn't matter.
[00:08:33] Speaker A: That's not a symptom of we should fire.
[00:08:36] Speaker B: But a lot of people have been saying he's on the hot seat, so I guess I don't agree.
[00:08:41] Speaker C: I don't. I mean, I think it would be surprising if he got fired. I personally do not believe he should be fired because he has done a lot with. He's not a really is a great. He is a great coach. And I mean, having Deshaun Watson on our team with and, you know, having a team in the locker room, having to deal with whatever Deshaun Watson has going on in his personal life and you know, how bad he's been on the football field as well, it's going to be hard to keep the team together. So I would love to see a new starter. They somehow find a way to get off that contract and yeah, Jamis Winston comes in that contract.
[00:09:18] Speaker A: I mean, that's the, that's the. I think it's the biggest cloud reigning over him right now. It's just the contract. You know, it's one thing if you sign a quarterback that you are optimistic about that doesn't quite work out. But when you give him one of the biggest guaranteed contracts in NFL history, if not the, it may have been the biggest, but giving him that kind of contract, I mean, I feel like you had to have foreseen a little bit. And don't be wrong. A lot of teams were in the running at that time. Like, I remember the Panthers were discussed, even the Falcons, the Eagles were discussed, were discussed. And, and honestly, I would bet all those teams wanted him.
[00:09:55] Speaker C: Mm hmm.
[00:09:55] Speaker A: Because the Jean Watson, before his significant break from the NFL was being, was in conversations with Mahomes, I think, obviously.
[00:10:04] Speaker C: Homes census, top five, top three quarterback.
[00:10:07] Speaker A: And Mahomes was still on his way up at the time. But he kind of explains his, you know, being in the same conversation with him. But now, man, I mean, it's crazy to see what the impact of not being or of not being mentally tough or prepared or ready for these games can do to a player and a whole team.
[00:10:26] Speaker B: I think that's one thing I've definitely noticed in the past couple of years is how much off field issues really can affect your play.
[00:10:32] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:10:32] Speaker B: It's really interesting bringing up Calvin Ridley, like, you never would've seen that a couple years ago. And props for him for taking that break, for his mental health. But it's definitely interesting in the social media era, seeing how people's off field issues can completely. And even in locker room issues.
[00:10:49] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely. And it's like, cause again, just from a surface level, again, all those teams at the time were like, oh, we gotta sign this guy. But now in hindsight, you're like, of course, he's not playing that great of football. He's had one of the most serious allegations in the history of the NFL, and he returned. And also, he's taking a break before that, if I remember correctly. But I mean, especially now, in hindsight, it's easy to say, like, how could we have not guessed that this mental would have this much of an impact on DeShawn Watson? But moral of the story, I don't think Evan Stefanski should be fired. I think he's a very good coach.
[00:11:23] Speaker B: Moving from one Clemson quarterback to the other. Doug Peterson for the Jacksonville Jaguars. How do we feel about that one?
[00:11:30] Speaker C: I think he is interesting. Yeah, I don't think he's truly on the hot seat just yet, but I definitely think if the team still keeps performing the way it does, it's just going to keep getting hotter and hotter.
[00:11:44] Speaker A: Especially with a coach being fired. Yeah, just like kind of the first domino, I guess. For the sake of the season, because.
[00:11:50] Speaker C: I mean, I feel like we can all agree Trevor Lawrence has great talent, but I mean, I know me personally, I do believe he's overrated to a certain extent because he's, I don't think he's as good as people make. Like people try to put him in a top ten QB kind of conversation and I don't think he's there yet. I think he is slightly in the top 15 category. I mean, of course he's had some great, you know, games especially that was it, 28 to zero or something. Come back against the Chargers in the playoffs.
[00:12:22] Speaker A: That was unbelievable.
[00:12:24] Speaker C: It was an electric game and I mean, one that just tells you what kind of coach Brandon Staley, Washington. But at the same time, Trevor Lawrence has had those moments where you can see the talent and everything he can do on the football field. But there's also so many times where it's like he just has brain lapses, where he just makes stupid reads. He throws a ball where he doesn't have to, he forces something that he doesn't have to and it.
He could, he might lead Doug Peterson to getting fired at a certain point because he, I mean, he hasn't been great either this year coaching wise.
[00:12:58] Speaker A: Yeah, I, I don't know if I would phrase it as he would lead Doug Peterson to getting fired because if Doug Peterson were to be fired, I don't think I could put it on the play of Trevor Lawrence. Like, obviously it's a like fat. It's a metric of just figuring out how good the team is and what changes you need to make. But again, we've seen Trevor Lawrence play good football and I feel like that all of these things, like you can develop bad tendencies if you are around a bad coaching staff, system, organization, whatever, you can develop that after a while, I feel like. And we've probably seen that happen, obviously, I'm not going to use Bryce Young as an example because that's a much more complicated situation. But with Trevor Lawrence, man, he's had, I mean, I don't know how many coordinators he's had in his career. It's probably more or probably significantly more than many quarterbacks have through four years. I guess it would be now maybe five, but I don't know. I think he can be back and obviously it's easier to. Maybe not easier, but I think teams like to move on from a coach instead of a quarterback, which is why.
[00:14:10] Speaker B: I would have said Doug Peterson.
[00:14:11] Speaker A: Exactly. But I don't know, man. We'll see. He's definitely one of the more interesting ones to work. Cause I wouldn't have exactly said that Salah was on his way out. You know what I mean? They wrong. The jets weren't playing good at all, but it was for him to be the first coach gone season, that was still a surprise to me.
[00:14:30] Speaker B: We saw hints of that whenever Aaron Rodgers came up and shoved him, whenever he was trying to congratulate him.
[00:14:35] Speaker A: Yeah. So I think. And also, I mean, Aaron Rodgers is Aaron Rodgers. So that can be his own thing. Right?
[00:14:40] Speaker B: But coaching and quarterback incompatibility has been the downfall of a lot of coaches.
[00:14:44] Speaker A: It's been the downfall of a lot of Aaron Rodgers teams. True. That is very Rogers and a lot of people on a lot of teams and their relationship has been the downside.
[00:14:51] Speaker B: Except for Nathaniel Hackett for some reason, who he loves.
[00:14:55] Speaker C: I don't know if he still has a job at this point. Hackett, he should have been fired first, besides Robert Sala. Cause I think, I mean, like everyone was saying, I wasn't expecting to see that news. There just must have been something going on internally because I know I saw Makai Becton his tweet after he got fired, which I thought was pretty shocking because I feel like you never heard anything within the organization about him, in particularly having, like, bad relationships with everybody. But if I was to say a coach was going to be fired in the first one that was going to be fired, I felt like it had to be Nathaniel Hackett.
[00:15:32] Speaker A: I. I don't think. Don't get me wrong, Nathaniel Hackett, he could probably do a better job. But a lot of this play hasn't directly been Daniel Hackett's fault. Like, Aaron Rodgers did not have a good game against the Vikings. And we've talked about the Vikings defense a lot and how good it is at creating chaos and confusion. But Aaron Rodgers just didn't play a good football game. And I'm like, as a football player, I am one of the more pro Aaron Rodgers people you'll meet just as a. As his skill over his career. But right now, man, he's not playing good football. And I think it's pretty evident when you watch the game, like, he's making bad throws and throwing, like, back shoulders when the guy's trailing him, which just isn't, you know, what you should be doing. And I don't know. I think he's trying to force his way of doing things on two receivers. And that's why maybe you don't see a lot of production of Garrett Wilson. Cause I think Garrett Wilson is a phenomenally talented wide receiver, but I think Aaron Rodgers wants people to do it his way. And also, you don't see him communicating with receivers that much on the sidelines after these, like during these games, almost every other team, you'll see a quarterback come off and he's. If he's not even sitting, if he's not like sitting directly next to his receivers, he's talking to him at some point and saying like, hey, you know, on that fade ball, I kind of wanted to go back shoulder because he was right here, even though he shouldn't throw him back shoulder. But, you know, stuff like that. You want to discuss those things. It just feels like. Feels like he doesn't. And the locker room aspect of Aaron Rodgers is really, really showing itself, in my opinion.
[00:17:04] Speaker C: It is. But I also think the offense really hasn't improved at all since Aaron Rodgers became the starter quarterback this year. I saw a stat that said the New York jets had. Has scored the same amount of points they did last year through these five weeks.
[00:17:20] Speaker B: Wow, that was 98 and 98.
[00:17:22] Speaker C: Yeah. So that was. I mean, let alone a surprising in itself to see. I mean, one, Aaron Rodgers is running the show and Zach Wilson was running the show. But then also all the improvements in offseason that the jets made towards that offensive line and even in the weapons, which one surprised me. But I also saw another stat where Aaron Rodgers has more or more or the same three interception games than Zach Wilson did have had all last season.
[00:17:51] Speaker A: Bring back Zach Wilson.
[00:17:52] Speaker C: So does that mean.
[00:17:53] Speaker A: Was that. I mean, it's probably just one through five weeks, right? One, three interception game.
[00:17:57] Speaker C: Two.
[00:17:57] Speaker A: Two. What was this other one? Aaron Rogers? I'm pretty sure it was three against.
[00:18:01] Speaker C: The bikes, but let me find that real quick.
[00:18:05] Speaker A: But while you're finding that, I don't know, the coaching conversation is interesting. And I do think, like, kind of, like I said earlier, with this domino falling, I think a lot of teams don't want to be the first to fire a coach, especially, you know, five weeks in. But I don't know. I think we'll definitely see some guys in the next few weeks.
[00:18:25] Speaker B: One I definitely want to see. Right. The ship is Mike McDaniel. I've seen him in a lot of hot seat. He did just get that contract extension, so I doubt he would get fired.
[00:18:33] Speaker A: Wait, so you said. You said you do want to see him get fired?
[00:18:35] Speaker B: No.
[00:18:36] Speaker A: Okay. I was gonna say I hope he.
[00:18:37] Speaker B: Writes the ship because he doesn't. If we go anything worse than anything worse than over 500.
[00:18:45] Speaker A: Right. I do really hope he's not. I really hope he's not one of those guys that has like, I don't know, it's just one of those guys that is a really good coordinator, but just for some reason isn't cut out to be a full time head coach.
[00:18:58] Speaker B: Right.
[00:18:58] Speaker A: Which, don't be wrong, the commanders are doing great. But I thought about that way about Dan Quinn for a while. It's probably the case for like Cliff Kingsbury, who's also on the commanders. I didn't mean to associate those two, even though I used bet two examples for a team that's like playing some of the best football in the NFL right now. So it's a bad example. But I really hope he's nothing like.
[00:19:16] Speaker B: That because super likeable guy Salah reunite with McDaniel cause they were on that 2020 champion championship runner up team in San Francisco.
[00:19:25] Speaker A: Right, right.
[00:19:26] Speaker B: And our defense definitely needs some help in the run game.
[00:19:29] Speaker A: Absolutely. But yeah.
[00:19:31] Speaker B: So then with that, we are gonna head to break. We will be back in about five minutes. You are listening to student section NFL on 90.7 Capstone.
[00:19:53] Speaker A: Wvuafm Tuscaloosa.
[00:20:03] Speaker B: Welcome back. You are listening to the student section NFL on 90.7 the capstone and we were just finishing up our segment on coaching hot seat. One last coach. I wanted to bring up who I don't think is all the way on the hot seat at all because it is his first year coaching, but I heard there's a lot of internal struggle with Gerard Mayo and that they were on the verge of mutiny. Did you think I was about to say the Panthers?
[00:20:25] Speaker A: I thought you were going to say Dave Canales. And I was ready for a fight just now.
[00:20:29] Speaker B: But, but it goes back to what we were saying about coaching quarterback controversy, kind of. Gerard Mayo was on the verge of mutiny in his locker room, according to some sources, because Jacoby Brissette was just not what they needed. He wasn't providing any sort of spark. Yeah, we saw it in the Dolphins game. He just stands in the pocket and takes hits, which they aren't really pushing the ball downfield on anyone. So with that, Drake May is coming in starting this week.
[00:20:57] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:20:58] Speaker B: And that's looking up because all the rookie quarterbacks, paid quarterbacks, played basically their best game last week. Bo Nicks 19 for 27 against the Raiders defense, granted, but two touchdowns. Caleb Williams 20 for 29, 300 yards, two touchdowns against the Panthers defense.
And then Jaden Daniels continues. He did struggle a little more. I mean, I wouldn't call this struggling, but playing a better defense. He went 14 for 25, 238 yards, a touchdown, an interception and 82 rushing yards. He's continuing to put on a great, a great first season.
[00:21:37] Speaker C: Yeah, he has looked great under that new offense with Cliff King Berry, Cliff Kingsbury. And it's sad to say also Brian Johnson. And so I think that is leading, leading to a common denominator about Nick Sirianni.
[00:21:55] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:21:55] Speaker C: So, yes, I would love for him to go because I honestly, even looking at Kellen Moore's offense last year and looking at this year, you still see the same problems with Keller. Moore's offense usually with the motion is extremely low. There's just not as much diversity. It's all the same. But let's talk about the rookie quarterbacks, and I want to talk about Jacoby Brissette and Drake May. And I honestly do. I mean, yes, I would love to see Drake May, and I do think it's time to play Drake May, but I mean, I understand why they, you know, started Jacoby Brissette. They don't want to have a Bryce young moment where kill his confidence, let him get hit every other play and no, have no weapons to throw it to and get to the point where does he even really believe in himself? And so I think, I mean, you have to start him now because Jacoby Brissette just showed you that it's not doing.
It's not it.
[00:22:47] Speaker A: I think he's not good. You just have to at least give Drake a game.
[00:22:50] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:22:50] Speaker C: You have to.
[00:22:51] Speaker A: You have to see what he offers.
[00:22:52] Speaker C: Because, I mean, he didn't, he didn't really look bad at all. Whenever he came in that pretty good.
[00:22:56] Speaker A: Well, in the preseason he looked pretty.
[00:22:57] Speaker C: Good and he did look good. But I know he came in. I'm pretty sure it was patriots, jets. He came in and I mean, he did what he could with the weapons he had around him. So I do think the o line is going to be a problem this week, you know, against the Texans. Yeah. But at the same time, I think it's needed just to switch it up in that locker room for sure.
[00:23:18] Speaker A: Yeah, it's, um, I'm, I'm excited to see Drake may play. I really do think he's going to be a long term good player.
It's a pretty, it's a controversial topic at the moment. I just thought Dan Orlovsky thinks that charting Drake may is not the right choice. Maybe it is too early.
I know Gerard Mayo is still figuring out and also working within an organization that had such a rigid and, like, strong way of doing things for such a long time beforehand. Taking over right after that, I'm sure has its challenges. So I'm gonna try not to make any too big judgments of Gerard Mayo. But, yeah, I mean, that. That conference is very important to protect.
[00:24:02] Speaker B: Right.
[00:24:02] Speaker A: And I won't. You know, I've talked about Bryce young a lot. I'll try to limit it. But he's right, though. It is very important.
[00:24:09] Speaker B: He did come in this week and had one good throw.
[00:24:11] Speaker A: I saw he looked pretty good. And, man, it's this defense. Like, I really think that this defense that the Panthers are running with right now is probably going to see some historically bad numbers. We've already seen historically bad numbers within the context of the franchise. I believe we let up 143 points through four weeks, and now we let up 169 points. I want to say maybe 179 because we let up 36 last week. So, yeah, 179 points through five weeks, which I believe comes out to around 36 points a game through five weeks of football.
[00:24:46] Speaker B: 165 points allowed for a negative 82 differential.
[00:24:51] Speaker A: Negative 82.
Dear God. Okay, so, yeah, again, this is almost. I know it's an NFL team. I don't think it's. It. I don't think it's an NFL caliber defense.
[00:25:03] Speaker B: We're right behind you with negative 53.
[00:25:05] Speaker A: With negative 53. I do think that's the ISsa 29 point difference.
[00:25:11] Speaker B: Right behind you.
[00:25:12] Speaker A: Oh, my goodness.
[00:25:13] Speaker C: Well, I will say I completely agree. Like, the defense has been bad, but there's also been a lot of injuries to key players that have killed.
[00:25:21] Speaker A: That's. That is like, I am taking that into account for, like, why I think it's going to be historically bad season. Like, the bright spots on this defense coming into the year were Shaq Thompson out for the year, torn Achilles Derek Brown out for the year. A Sean Robinson and Jadavian Clowney were, like, going to be okay run defenders.
[00:25:40] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:25:41] Speaker A: And a Sean Robinson has been out. He has been playing games. Jadavian Clowney has been out. Not playing games. Not undue related, but I'm not, I'm not sure why he's been out. But regardless, those guys have been out. And now you are looking at a linebacker room led by Trevin Wallace, a defensive line who ideally is led by a Sean Robinson. A defensive line should not be led by a Sean Robinson. I do. Like, I've never heard, by the way, he's a. Sean Robinson is a good player. A defensive line should not be led by him. And also, I mean, it's really just not a well schemed defense. Like, there comes a certain point where you have to talk about a Jiro Evreau as well. And teams as of right now can pretty much do whatever they want to this defense. Caleb Williams, who is a rookie quarterback and hasn't had like, phenomenal games up until this point, had by far the best game he's had so far. And 300 passing yards, I believe two touchdowns. I think they also had three touchdowns on the ground.
It's just, there's not. It couldn't stop a bleeding nose right now. And I don't think there's just really not a way that improves. We just signed Shaq Lawson today. Who? Decent player. But we don't get pressure. We can't stop the run.
Our best secondary player is JC Horn. And can either of you name another secondary player. Obviously I can. But can either of you name another player in the secondary of the Panthers outside of JC Horn?
[00:27:02] Speaker B: Jeremy Chin.
[00:27:03] Speaker A: No, he's on. He's commander now. Yeah, I miss him, but I know.
[00:27:08] Speaker C: I can, but I can't.
[00:27:10] Speaker A: But, like, moving my point, this, like, this was what I was like going towards that neither of you can name a singular other player in the secondary outside of JC Horn.
[00:27:19] Speaker B: No.
[00:27:19] Speaker A: Used to be Jeremy Chin. He's no longer with the team. This team is. We're probably going to get the number one pick again. We'll have it this time. We own it, don't trade it. I. God knows at this point, but, um. But yeah, man, I just. That's, that's really all I want to talk about overall, the Panthers in the Bears game, I had to talk about it a little bit, but, um. This team race, though, this team's going to lose a lot of games. I think we'll be lucky if we get two more wins for the rest of the season in twelve games.
[00:27:49] Speaker B: That's bold.
[00:27:50] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:27:50] Speaker B: A whole two wins.
[00:27:51] Speaker A: We'll be lucky. We will be smiled upon from the heavens if we win two more games.
[00:27:57] Speaker C: Well, I mean, like, let's look, let's look at your next matchups. Cuz I think you're gonna lose the Falcons.
[00:28:02] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:28:03] Speaker C: Think you're gonna lose to the commanders, but I think you could honestly pull it out because they're still, you know, young somehow.
[00:28:08] Speaker A: Yeah. If some young quarterback. We've some fluke thing and I don't want to say fluke, but there are.
[00:28:12] Speaker C: A lot of fluke. Yeah.
[00:28:13] Speaker A: It's going on with the Commanders and that's. It is kind of.
[00:28:17] Speaker C: I mean, I think we're over, over estimating the commanders, how they look, because, yes, they have looked great, but they also played great defense, defenses and I.
[00:28:25] Speaker A: Am like, that is still my opinion on Jane. Daniel said he does look improved, but that team does need to play a little bit more stronger opponents.
[00:28:31] Speaker B: They do have a tough test this week against the Ravens. They do did let an amazing performance to Joe Burrow this past week.
[00:28:38] Speaker A: Joe Burrow is Joe Burrow. But I think they're. I think they're going to hope. I mean, I don't want to say hopefully, but I think that'll be a big shock for.
[00:28:45] Speaker C: I think, I think the Broncos could, you know, be a good sneaky game. You could walk out of a win win.
[00:28:52] Speaker A: Could maybe get a winning. It's the Broncos again. I'm worried about just the ground game, Mandy.
[00:28:56] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, that's true. I do think you all are gonna add somebody in the coming weeks, either, you know, free agency or just hopefully trade something because y'all should have a lot of draft capital.
[00:29:07] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:29:08] Speaker C: With where your franchise is that right.
[00:29:10] Speaker A: Now we do have a lot of traffic capital, but I don't know, it's.
[00:29:15] Speaker C: I'm looking I any more winnable games.
[00:29:19] Speaker A: So what you said maybe the Giant errs in the Broncos.
[00:29:22] Speaker C: Maybe the Giants.
[00:29:23] Speaker A: Giants is possible.
Malik neighbors is probably going to go for 150 yards.
[00:29:27] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:29:29] Speaker A: Assuming JC Horn is on the field. And also, by the way, JC Horn is formally the most injury risked player on this team. If that guy goes down, I don't think anyone in this room be able to name a player on the Panthers defense if starting player. If JC Horn goes down, why said there we go.
[00:29:52] Speaker C: You know, it's crazy because usually Jadavian Clowney signs that one year deal after everyone's hyping, oh, he should go to this team, this team, this team, this team. And, you know, this is the only year I feel like I'm like, wait, Jean Clowney is on this team? Because I just don't think anyone.
[00:30:08] Speaker A: No idea.
[00:30:09] Speaker C: I don't think anybody really pays attention to, you know, like, respectfully, the Panthers.
The Panthers defense in particularly. I just think especially that D line.
[00:30:21] Speaker A: I and dude, the offense is also going to get worse. We just lost our center, Austin Corbett. He's the long. I mean, Damien Lewis and Robert have been playing pretty good ball, but we need that center, man. I think especially when protection has been such an issue. Sorry, but like, it's. We're losing a major piece.
[00:30:37] Speaker C: I think it's a really good shot. The Birmingham Stallions could walk into Carolina right now.
[00:30:42] Speaker A: I'm not gonna go that far. I'm just not. But it really does make me upset when I see people say like, oh, Alabama could beat these panthers right now. Like, man, that hurts my feelings.
[00:30:54] Speaker B: Part of you knows it's true.
[00:30:56] Speaker C: No, no, I genuinely don't think 1000% it's not true.
[00:30:59] Speaker A: I genuinely don't think it's true. It's not true, but it is funny.
[00:31:01] Speaker C: To having it in the conversation. Hurts.
[00:31:04] Speaker A: I'm just gonna say I'm thankful that there is not a relegation system in the NFL because the Panthers would have gone down multiple tiers in the past three years. We'd probably be a five, a high school team at this point.
[00:31:16] Speaker C: You know what else was a crazy game? 49 ers Cardinals.
[00:31:19] Speaker B: There were a lot of traditional games.
[00:31:21] Speaker A: This week, especially in that noon slot that, um, that earth.
[00:31:24] Speaker C: That, no, that was a 03:00 spot.
[00:31:27] Speaker A: That was 03:00 yeah. Oh, but that noon spot had.
[00:31:30] Speaker C: The noon spot was crazy as well.
[00:31:32] Speaker A: Did have ravens, Bengals, too. Yeah, those, I mean, Ravensbang's, patriots, Ravens, banks.
[00:31:37] Speaker C: Well, I don't think anyone turned into for that game, but that was still a good game.
[00:31:41] Speaker A: Ravens Bengals might be game of the year. Man, that was an unbelievable, I don't know that.
[00:31:47] Speaker B: What I think is management at the end of the game was just poor.
[00:31:50] Speaker A: But I'm talking about game of the year just as a, you know, game. What would you put above that as.
[00:31:55] Speaker C: Far as a better Falcons? Now, I might put that above that. I mean, there was a good, there were some crazy plays, but there's just.
[00:32:03] Speaker A: A lot more crazy stuff happened in this game. Like, don't be wrong. It was, it was a shootout. Bucks Falcons and Kirk Cousins had a heck of a day, and Kadira Hodge had that touchdown in the end. But like, they went to overtime, then Lamar fumbles the ball and then they get a stop on the Bengals and then they Ravens get the ball back and they break off a 60 yard, yeah, 70 yard run with Derek Henry at the age of 30 something.
[00:32:27] Speaker C: I say, yeah, it was crazy. But I mean, if you're looking back at the Falcons Buccaneers leading up to the way they tied the game, it was, I think, even crazier because, you know, you had Ku, who missed a kick earlier on in the game, then, you know, his kick gets blocked, which leads to the Buccaneers getting the ball and, you know, they get stopped. Falcons had no more timeouts left. Falcons are able to somehow drive down the field and get to a 45 yard field goal where he spikes the ball. And then, you know, when they're trying to set up delay of game which pushes the kick back five yards to a 52 yarder and then KU, after missing his like two other field goals. Yeah, he drills a 52 to send it to overtime. Then, you know, Drake London's out for the overtime because he got hit.
[00:33:08] Speaker B: And then what you're saying Hodge, Rudy, a Rudy story?
[00:33:12] Speaker C: I don't, I wouldn't say Hodge is a Rudy story because he's still a.
[00:33:14] Speaker A: Good player, also a bad story. We can talk about that later.
[00:33:17] Speaker B: Well, yeah, he came in for a play and made the play of his.
[00:33:20] Speaker C: Life, but he's also like a good player.
[00:33:23] Speaker B: He said himself.
[00:33:26] Speaker C: I don't know.
[00:33:27] Speaker A: My point with Ravens Bengals is one, the score was 41 of 38 and that's not that far off from 36 to 30. But the way the score breakdown goes, Bengals get out 70 in the first quarter, then the bank or, excuse me, the Ravens do, then the Bengals storm back with 17 points in the second. They both have a pretty even third quarter. Then the fourth quarter, the Ravens score 17 points and the Bengals score 14 points in the fourth quarter. That is correct. If I'm wrong, 31 total points in the fourth quarter goes to overtime, and then they win off of an explosive play from Derek Henry. And it's still a, it was actually, wasn't that long of a field goal, but I'm taking that Ravens game all day. And also just like, I think on both sides, like it was just such good play.
[00:34:08] Speaker C: It was that one play out doing each, that one play where Lamar was about to get sacked and stiff arm the guy and somehow ran another like a few yards and then threw it across his body to Isaiah, likely touchdown. That was ridiculous.
[00:34:22] Speaker A: Bucks Falcons was good. I do think it was a shootout because maybe the defenses aren't that good. Oh, no, the Bengals defense is very good either, but Ravens Bengals felt more like it was two teams trying to outplay the other and the Ravens scraped out with it at the end.
[00:34:35] Speaker B: Yeah, with huge divisional implications on that. If the Bengals won, they would have been tied into the division with the Ravens.
[00:34:43] Speaker A: Now the Bengals are one and four, which I don't think anybody was guessing coming into this.
[00:34:49] Speaker C: No. But also, I mean, it wasn't like a crazy game, but another really good game was. I say it wasn't crazy. It was crazy. Giant Seahawks just was a great game. The ending to that, to the game. I really thought the Seahawks were going to able to tie the game up with that field goal. Just, I mean, I feel like everything was going their way. They were able to get that stop and able to move the ball. You know, was it zero second? Was it clock about to explire, expire with that kick.
[00:35:13] Speaker B: There was 1 minute left, I think one.
[00:35:15] Speaker C: I thought it was the last play.
[00:35:17] Speaker B: Are you talking about the Isaiah Simmons? Yeah, I think there was still time to.
[00:35:23] Speaker A: I don't remember. There was probably time left, but that.
[00:35:26] Speaker B: Would have definitely iced it there. Did I sit?
[00:35:29] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:35:29] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. There was 55 seconds left.
[00:35:31] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:35:31] Speaker C: So I thought the way that ended was crazy. And I think the 13 point comeback from the Cardinals was also insane.
[00:35:38] Speaker A: Yeah, it was. It was a heck of a week of football, man.
[00:35:41] Speaker C: That was an awesome college and NFL.
[00:35:43] Speaker A: Yeah, that was. We won't talk about college, but that was a, that was awesome Sunday football.
[00:35:50] Speaker B: But yeah, a great Saturday night for me to. Was it word.
[00:35:53] Speaker A: Why?
[00:35:54] Speaker C: Why?
[00:35:55] Speaker B: Oh, Saturday night, Saturday day, awful.
[00:35:58] Speaker A: Come on, man.
[00:35:58] Speaker C: It's the same, it's, you know what, different day.
[00:36:01] Speaker B: Sunday morning, Sunday, you know.
[00:36:04] Speaker A: Evan, keep digging.
Keep digging. Why don't you just take it. Take us to break so we can.
[00:36:09] Speaker B: All right with that. We will come back in about five minutes for our predictions for this week. You are listening to NFL students section on 90.7, the capstone. We will see you soon.
[00:36:35] Speaker A: WVUAFM, Tuscaloosa.
[00:36:47] Speaker B: Welcome back to the student section, NFL. We are continuing with our weekly picks and right now the leaderboard is Connor.
[00:36:59] Speaker C: This is nice, actually.
[00:37:00] Speaker A: I take it back. Can I read it? I don't want Connor to read it.
[00:37:03] Speaker C: So in a last place right now, they, this person went oh and five for their picks this week. And that person is Tanner Thompson.
[00:37:13] Speaker A: Round of applause.
[00:37:13] Speaker C: And that he has a total score of five right now.
[00:37:19] Speaker B: Three weeks.
[00:37:19] Speaker A: You know how people say that if you like, it's impressive to fail a test to get every question wrong? Cuz you'd have to like. No, that's what I did.
[00:37:27] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:37:30] Speaker A: Head start.
[00:37:31] Speaker C: They. You know what? I really appreciate that. I really appreciate that.
And second to last place, third place is we have Evan. He went two for five, right?
[00:37:42] Speaker A: Yes, two for five. Last week did the Chiefs and the Vikings correctly.
[00:37:46] Speaker C: His tally is six. So you know, Tanner has five, Evan has six. And in second place, we have Alex. Sadly, he's not here with us tonight. But right now he has eight. Eight points in total.
What were the correct picks last week?
[00:38:02] Speaker A: Alex predicted Atlanta correctly. He predicted the bills correctly or no. Excuse me, just Atlanta. And actually that's it. Because he picked outside of the Atlanta Tampa Bay game. He picked Pittsburgh, who lost. He picked New Orleans who lost. Jets, bills. So we only got one point.
[00:38:21] Speaker C: Oh, so he's actually at seven then.
[00:38:23] Speaker A: Okay, so five, six, seven.
[00:38:25] Speaker C: And then number one is me, of course. And I have eleven.
[00:38:30] Speaker A: Me, of course.
[00:38:31] Speaker C: I went four for eleven last week. The only one I got wrong was the Pittsburgh game, which was honestly a great game. We didn't get to it, but, yeah, the last minute or so, it was.
[00:38:41] Speaker A: It was a pretty good game. I enjoyed it.
[00:38:43] Speaker C: It was a, it was a fun watch. So with us setting the stage right there, let's get on to this upcoming week.
[00:38:50] Speaker A: New picks.
[00:38:51] Speaker B: So for this next week, the first game we are going to be talking about is San Francisco versus Seattle.
[00:38:57] Speaker A: This is a, it's a fun one. I think San Francisco, at least right now, isn't the team that we've thought them to be over the past few years. They've been a powerhouse over the past few years, and I don't think they're quite at that level right now.
Brandon iuke finally came out and had a pretty good game.
[00:39:15] Speaker C: Yes, he did. Which that's knocking the rust off.
[00:39:17] Speaker A: They have been waiting for that for a minute after they gave him all that money. But, um.
[00:39:22] Speaker C: But when there's one good thing to happen, there's another bad thing to happen. With, uh, Bufanga being out for at least a month or so.
[00:39:28] Speaker A: The month.
[00:39:29] Speaker C: Jeez, with. It's something in his wrist. I don't know the exact injury, but I know they ruled him out for about a month.
[00:39:36] Speaker A: Okay, makes sense. Who wants to, wants to get this pick started off?
[00:39:40] Speaker B: I did like the way, not towards the end of the game, obviously, because of the multiple picks and fumble, but the 49 ers were actually moving the ball a little more dynamically than I heard. Even the commentators, they talked to purdy about it. Since he doesn't have CMC out of the backfield, he can't just rely on those dump offs and people getting them yards.
[00:40:00] Speaker A: He's gotta push it.
[00:40:01] Speaker B: Been playmaking a lot more, and it, I wouldn't say that led to the picks. Pocket was collapsing, and I think both of them were tipped, if I'm not mistaken.
[00:40:09] Speaker A: Yes, I believe so.
[00:40:10] Speaker B: So I wouldn't all the way put that on him, but great game by the Cardinals.
[00:40:15] Speaker C: Mm hmm.
[00:40:15] Speaker B: I like the way 49 ers are headed. I think they need this game. I'm taking them over the Seattle Seahawks.
[00:40:21] Speaker A: Yeah, my, um.
For some reason, excuse me. Um, I misread my ESPN numbers, and they're definitely season stats, but I thought they were talking about last week, and I saw 536 yards from Jordan Mason. I was like, oh, my God, what did I do?
[00:40:36] Speaker B: What a game.
[00:40:36] Speaker C: But how did they lose by a point? And he had 536 yards?
[00:40:40] Speaker A: He should have gotten five touchdowns by himself.
[00:40:43] Speaker C: Just a average Ashton Genti game.
[00:40:46] Speaker A: For real. That guy's gonna be special. But for the sake of this pick, I'm gonna roll with the 49 ers again. They're still trying to get started. They're two and three. They're zero two away right now, which isn't great. Aren't they playing?
[00:41:02] Speaker C: They're playing in Seattle.
[00:41:03] Speaker A: They're playing in Seattle. I think. I think they gotta get it turned around at some point. I think Kyle Shanian is a really good coach to adapting and using the tools he has. I'm gonna go with the Niners here.
[00:41:11] Speaker C: I'm going to go with the Seahawks because, I mean, one, the 12th man, I think, will play a huge factor in this divisional game. I think both of these teams kind of need it because, I mean, the Seahawks have looked good against, you know, decent opponents. They did lose the Giants off of that blocked field goal, but, I mean, losing Hufanga for the 49 ers defense, which already hasn't really been good this year, is a huge, is another huge blow. And I, I think the Cardinals one don't have a good defense, and for the Cardinals to hold the 49 ers to scoreless in the second half is pretty surprising, in my opinion. That just shows you kind of how lost. I don't say Brock Purdy, but the whole offense in general, how kind of discombobulated it has been so far this year. And I think San Francisco will show strides of, you know, being able to win the game, but I think, all in all, Seattle will be able to, you know, I think, come out on top. I think JSN one and DK Metcalf will have huge games because I just don't think the 49 ers secondary is really anything to blink.
[00:42:19] Speaker B: Hasn't looked at himself, looked like himself.
[00:42:21] Speaker C: I don't think anybody in that secondary has, so. And then I don't think Nick Bosa really has done anything either so far. He's kind of fall, I don't want to say fallen off ever since getting that huge contract, but he's never really had a Nick Bosa game like you see TJ Watt has or like Miles Garrett or all that kind of stuff. Yeah, he hasn't had one of those games that you'd expect an elite pass rusher to have.
[00:42:41] Speaker A: Yeah, it's been a minute and again, I think they're just still, I don't know. At least I hope they're amping up. I've already made my pick, obviously, but, um, I think this will be a bit of a turnaround game for the Niners.
[00:42:50] Speaker B: So that leaves Conor on, on an island. Wait, his picks in Alex, he picked the 49 ers.
[00:42:56] Speaker C: He did.
[00:42:57] Speaker B: He picked 49 ers, too. So our next game is Bengals and Giants, two teams off to slow starts. The Giants have been picking it up. Bengals have been picking it up. I'm taking the Bengals.
[00:43:07] Speaker A: I I am going to go with the, I'm going to go with the Bengals. I I really don't like the way that the Bengals defense looks right now at all, but I do think that they're going to be able to create enough confusion for Daniel Jones that they can get stops when they need them in this game. That being said, I think Malik neighbors is going to have a day. I just think that the Bengals are going to outdo them on offense and I think they're going to survive the Bengals.
[00:43:34] Speaker B: Their record isn't what they are. It really is.
[00:43:37] Speaker A: They are, they truly are a better team, one in absolute battle against the.
[00:43:40] Speaker B: Ravens, but their point differential is negative five, so they're always in these games.
[00:43:45] Speaker A: And I really think that is a symptom of a really good offense and a really bad defense.
[00:43:49] Speaker B: Right.
[00:43:49] Speaker A: But again, the Giants are a team that you can get away with having an iffy defense and that you couldn't really go and outscore, but so you.
[00:43:58] Speaker C: Went with what again?
[00:43:59] Speaker A: Bengals.
[00:43:59] Speaker C: Bengals. I'm also going to go Bengals. I think the Giants honestly have very, have, has surprised me so far this year just offensively with Dan, Daniel Jones and that offensive line. But I think Devin Singletary, who has had a really good game, a really good season so far this year, has had kind of a fumbling issue because, I mean, he's, he hasn't really been able to hold on to the ball as much as you'd like through these first couple weeks. I'm pretty sure he's up to like three or four fumbles. Let me double check that real quick.
[00:44:28] Speaker A: Didn't Tyrone Tracy have a pretty good game last week, or am I making that up?
Backup?
[00:44:33] Speaker C: I'm not sure, to be honest.
[00:44:34] Speaker A: I really shouldn't say backup for the giant. Yeah, I thought he had a pretty.
[00:44:39] Speaker B: Good game, but he had 18 carries for 130.
[00:44:43] Speaker A: Yeah, that's, that's a pretty good game. So you can see hawks. I mean, I mean, shake Shaq Mason. No. Jordan Mason could have a he could have a pretty good day against the Seahawks. That was our, we already made that pick, but sorry.
[00:44:56] Speaker C: So he's up to it. Looks like two fumbles so far this year, but I will say I think the Bengals kind of need it more. They're one in four right now. They have, I mean, they put up really good performances against really good teams.
[00:45:08] Speaker A: And they have to take advantage of these games outside of the they do. AFC North.
[00:45:12] Speaker C: I think.
I think it will be close to start off with, but I think, you know, just the experience that Joe Burrow has in close games will shine. I don't think anyone's going to guard Jamar Chase.
[00:45:24] Speaker A: I think.
[00:45:24] Speaker C: I don't think anybody's going to guard T. Higgins.
[00:45:26] Speaker A: I think the consistency is going to push them through.
[00:45:28] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:45:29] Speaker A: The Giants will probably again leak neighbors will probably.
[00:45:31] Speaker C: I think Malik neighbors will have. He's a field day. But then again, I still think Daniel Jones is not going to be untouched in the pocket. So I do think Malik neighbors is going to have a really good day in general, but I do think the offense is going to struggle moving the ball.
[00:45:50] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:45:51] Speaker C: So I'm going to go Bengals.
[00:45:52] Speaker A: Three.
[00:45:52] Speaker B: Bengals. And that leaves it up to Alex with bangles sweep. All right, so bangles sweep for this one. Our next game is Bill's jets divisional matchup. I really need the jets to win. If the jets win, that puts Jets, Bills and dolphins all in a deadlock.
[00:46:10] Speaker A: Are you picking?
[00:46:10] Speaker B: The jets are not gonna win. Yeah, they're horrible. The Josh Allen looking like he's coming off concussion. I'm not sure they put him back.
[00:46:17] Speaker A: In the game right. They really shouldn't have.
[00:46:20] Speaker B: He looked bad after that. He looked bad the whole game. Nine for 30, was it?
[00:46:24] Speaker A: He didn't have a great game. Abysmal, but I am still gonna pick the bill stuff.
[00:46:28] Speaker B: Yeah, for sure. Bills are just too good of a team all around.
[00:46:30] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:46:31] Speaker C: Now, there is always a stat.
[00:46:34] Speaker A: I will say the week after the coach.
[00:46:36] Speaker C: The week after the coach is firing, teams tend to play, I don't know, play harder or.
[00:46:41] Speaker A: I don't know what it is.
[00:46:42] Speaker C: I don't know what it is. But there's always just like some. Something in that locker room where once that interim head coach comes in, the whole, it's like a whole different team. We saw that last year with the Raiders and then Antonio Pierce.
[00:46:55] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:46:55] Speaker C: We see it time and time again.
I just don't think you can do that with Aaron Rodgers on your team. I think he's always going to be the problem internally.
[00:47:04] Speaker A: He's the puppet master in the background.
[00:47:06] Speaker C: So even though Robert Sala was fired, I don't really see anybody else, like, really leveling up their, their play just because, I mean, I feel like Aaron Rodgers always has that dark cloud looming over the facility. So I'm gonna go the bills. And plus, that defense really hasn't looked great so far this year.
[00:47:27] Speaker B: All right, that leaves us with Alex, who also picked the jets.
[00:47:30] Speaker C: The Jets or the Bills?
[00:47:32] Speaker B: Oh, he picked the jets. Oh, an island. So, wow. Three bills, one jets.
[00:47:37] Speaker C: Honestly, I would not be surprised if the jets won this game. This is one of the games where the jets will be like, and purely.
[00:47:43] Speaker A: Because of the coach thing, you know.
[00:47:45] Speaker C: It'S only because of the coach, because it always happens. And plus, there's always like one jets game where like, a really good team goes to New York and then it's.
[00:47:52] Speaker A: Like, this is also, I'm sorry, I don't mean interrupt you, but like, context wise, I do think this head coach firing leaves a little bit worse of a taste in your mouth than a lot of other ones do.
[00:48:01] Speaker C: That's very true.
[00:48:02] Speaker A: This one is not as good for the locker room as they have been.
[00:48:07] Speaker C: I think there could have been three or four other coaches that needed to be fired before Salah.
[00:48:13] Speaker A: Yeah, we've talked about that plenty. We gotta, we gotta get our picks done.
[00:48:16] Speaker B: So our last two games are Ravens and commanders and Lions and Cowboys. So Ravens and commanders. I think Jaden Daniels continues his hot streak. I'm going commanders.
[00:48:27] Speaker A: Give me the Ravens. Give me the Ravens.
[00:48:29] Speaker C: I'm also going to go Ravens. I think it's going to be a close game, but I just think that defense is going to play mind tricks with Jayden Daniels and that offense.
[00:48:38] Speaker A: That being said, the Ravens are still missing some pass rush that could impact them. But give me the Ravens.
[00:48:43] Speaker B: All right, so three ravens, including Alex. I'm going with commanders and then Lions. Cowboys.
[00:48:49] Speaker A: Lions.
[00:48:50] Speaker B: Lions.
[00:48:51] Speaker C: I'm gonna go Lions.
[00:48:52] Speaker A: Yeah, this one's pretty cut and dry.
[00:48:54] Speaker B: And Alex actually chose the Cowboys after his team lost to the Cowboys.
[00:48:57] Speaker A: This guy's crazy, man. He's good. He could have a crazy week here.
[00:49:01] Speaker B: But I think, yeah, Alex had, he was going against the spread of every game.
[00:49:06] Speaker C: There's a really good shot. He is number one by the end of this. And there's also a really good shot where he's dead last. So hopefully it's the lamb.
[00:49:13] Speaker A: I need to come back this week, man. I need a big one.
[00:49:15] Speaker B: Alright, so that is it for this episode. We'll see you next week with our updated rankings. This has been the student section. NFL on 90.7 the Capstone.
[00:49:38] Speaker A: Wvuafm tuscaloosa.
