Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Wvuafm, Tuscaloosa.
[00:00:12] Speaker B: Welcome to the student section as we are broadcasting to you from the 90.7 the Capstone Studios in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Wherever you may be and however you may be listening, we thank you for joining us. Evan Cisneros, Connor Wells and Alex Brown. We're missing Tanner Thompson today, but we definitely miss absence today as his Panthers have been in the news recently, especially with the trade deadline. We'll cover that and much more today. But first off, boys, how you feeling coming out of week nine? Your teams where we're at, especially with the trade deadline wrapping up today, honestly kind of rejuvenated.
[00:00:48] Speaker C: I did think the optimist in me thought we were going to beat the Bills and it kind of looked that way for a good portion of the game until Jordan Poyer. I know we got him on contract, but he's still playing for the Bills. He gave them that big penalty which ended up 61 yard field goal dagger. In my heart, we're still coming out at the East.
[00:01:08] Speaker A: I actually feel really, really good. The Eagles are now the number six defense in the NFL and they're also the number three offense in the NFL.
[00:01:17] Speaker B: Not bad.
[00:01:18] Speaker A: And even though sometimes the refs, I don't know how you rule that a fumble on Saquon Barkley, but at the same time, Saquon Barkley is a talent that I have personally never seen before and I think a lot of people took for granted what he did in New York and they're finally realizing the kind of monster he is behind that offensive line that the Eagles have. And honestly, I couldn't have felt any better coming out of this week.
[00:01:45] Speaker B: I tell you what, the Saquon BARKLEY, he has 110 plus total yards, meaning scrimmage yards, in seven of his eight games with the Eagles. Just he's only played eight games with them. He is now only one of two players to ever do that, Eric Dickerson, the other one NFL hall of Famer when he was with the Rams.
So that's some good company there. He's definitely been impressive that that backwards.
[00:02:09] Speaker A: Hurdle was at like that whole play in general was nuts because I mean to start things off, you look back on the first like was it second drive of the game after the muff punt, Saquon Barkley catches that wheel route that he tracks perfectly right over the shoulder and I mean that was beautiful in itself just because the way he was able to track the ball, get to the spot that hurts through it and just cradle it in and he kind of looked like the like the ball skills he had was kind of wide receiver esque to the, to a point just being able to track the ball because you don't see most, most running backs being able to get to that spot and haul it in right over the shoulder the way he did. But then, I mean that same game that, that move where he dipped one defender, he hit that like nasty juke to spin which I mean that alone would have been top 10 playworthy of the week. And then he hits that insane hurdle over that the Jaguars rookie, which I mean could be in consideration for one of the best plays in NFL history.
[00:03:04] Speaker B: Oh my gosh, NFL history.
[00:03:07] Speaker A: I mean when's the last time? I mean that's never been, that's never happened before.
[00:03:10] Speaker B: I don't think it's ever looked like.
[00:03:11] Speaker C: That poor like fight ninja movie choreography from the 80s.
[00:03:15] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:03:15] Speaker C: No back jumping backwards through a window. It was insane.
[00:03:18] Speaker A: I like, I will say that's probably better than most catches ever made in the NFL. Just because you like, you can practice those catches like the one hand catches the one like all this kind of things. You don't practice a backwards hurdle over somebody after a move like that.
[00:03:32] Speaker B: That's fair.
[00:03:32] Speaker A: So I think that let alone in itself is insanely impressive. So I think that could be up there with one of the best plays in NFL history.
[00:03:40] Speaker B: It very well might be. And where are you at Nick Sirianni at this point? Because people, if you on Twitter, Eagles fans still calling for his head even though the team is doing pretty well, especially since the bye week.
[00:03:52] Speaker A: Yes, I so I will say so far this year I've been very against Nick Sirianni and I think his performance was. Wasn't actually that terrible when it comes to the decision making. I know he went for it. I think it was either twice or three times for a two point conversion. But those two point conversions were off of a penalty that happened on the extra point attempt which then moved the ball to the one yard line. And then like let's do the tush push or the brotherly shove. And I mean on one of those you can clearly see one of the pictures where Jalen hurts is he has the ball past the, the ends of like the, what's it called that the end zone line or whatever and he crosses the plane and I mean Russ didn't review it. It was just whatever another mistake that the refs made calling this game. But I think the only gripe I will have when it comes to that game was just I guess the lack of focus when after that fumble where it became 22 to 16 and then I guess it was 4th and 1 and you decided to do like a rollout play action that nobody got open on. But other than that, I think it was a pretty well, well called game, especially in the first half.
[00:05:07] Speaker B: Evan with the dolphins, Mike McDaniel, he's been hailed as one of the great savants in the league for offensive coaching. Offense was pretty good against the Bills.
[00:05:18] Speaker C: Pretty.
[00:05:18] Speaker B: It was, it was good.
[00:05:19] Speaker C: It was great.
[00:05:20] Speaker B: It was great. But not good enough to win the game. Where's your thoughts on the Dolphins?
[00:05:25] Speaker C: I'm going to put that more on.
I'm going to put that more on the coaching and the defense because they just can't stop. Josh Allen. We can't stop running quarterbacks in general. And over the past two weeks we've lost two games where we crash in on a running quarterback. They just break the pocket and score on us. It's very frustrating, but Nothing new. Mike McDaniels should have known that. He should have seen, all right, we got the ball with so however much time left, they could have drained the clock to tie the game at the end and he just decided to give it back, which the defense did hold up until that penalty.
I can't really put the blame anywhere. It was a great game, but if I had to, McDaniel number one, defense number two.
[00:06:11] Speaker B: As I'm speaking right now, the polls have closed in Pennsylvania. The results are in that the Pittsburgh Steelers are the best team in the state.
[00:06:17] Speaker A: And I think that it's very false, by the way.
[00:06:20] Speaker B: It's false at all. I don't think it's false at all, quite frankly. And they're playing this week against the Commanders. Feel good about the Pittsburgh Steelers. We made a couple acquisitions here on the trade deadline day. We got Preston Smith for seventh round pick and a bag of chips from the Green Bay Packers, a guy that's been around the league for a while. 31 years old and he's had eight sacks in each of the last two seasons with Green Bay. We'll take him. We'll take him along. We'll probably put him in as a lineman.
We'll see what we have because we have the outside rushers and Highsmith and what well put him in as needed. We definitely need some help on the D line.
[00:06:57] Speaker C: Can't ever have too many edge rushers.
[00:06:59] Speaker B: You're absolutely right. And then we needed. I've been saying for weeks that the Steelers needed another target for Russell Wilson. Now we got, we Got it. Mike Williams. Mike Williams. The talks cold last week. I thought we might end up getting Darius Slayton. Adam Thielen was even a conversation today that we might get him from the Panthers. As the Panthers selling off their wide receivers, they would have had no one left. It have been Xavier, Leggett and Coker and no one else down there in Carolina. But they ended up keeping them. And I don't know why they would keep him. He's 34 years old. He's not going to be there next year. At least get something for him.
[00:07:36] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, also at the same time, he hasn't really shown anything this year.
[00:07:39] Speaker B: I would say we were going to take him. We asked like what they would take for him.
[00:07:44] Speaker A: Really?
[00:07:44] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:07:45] Speaker A: I mean, yeah, if other teams are calling about him because they want him, I. Part of me doesn't really believe there is a reason for them to have him. But at the same time, you have Bryce Young in there who needs to build up confidence. You still want to have competent NFL wide receivers to just help that going into his, I guess, junior year, his third year into the league, because you don't want him out there throwing two. They already got rid of Deontay Johnson and Jonathan Mingo, which I will say.
[00:08:15] Speaker B: How about that deal?
[00:08:15] Speaker A: If Tanner was here, he would just talk about. That was an amazing fleece and I.
[00:08:20] Speaker B: Fourth rounder for that guy.
[00:08:21] Speaker A: I don't know. I know I called it. It was either earlier today or yesterday or it was sometime that I thought the Cowboys were going to be like, I guess active in the trade market during the trade deadline. And I didn't mean that as a, like a good thing either because no one, Jerry Jones, I think the older he gets, the more insight he loses.
[00:08:42] Speaker B: He's desperate too.
[00:08:43] Speaker A: I mean, I feel like that team right now is just in shambles. I mean, Dak Prescott, who I honestly hate to see go down with injuries, especially the week before we play. I never want to play the Cowboys without Dak because yes, I would love to see a good game, but at the same time, when the Eagles do win, or if they do, I don't want to hear people be like, oh, y'all only won because. Or the Eagles only won because there's no Dak Prescott or whatever. Like, okay. But I will say terrible, terrible managing by the Cowboys.
[00:09:15] Speaker B: So the Cowboys sent a fourth to the Panthers and they got Mingo in a seventh this year. Steelers also made a move with the Mike Williams move that was just a fifth rounder to the jets. And I think he's going to slide in well in our offense, especially you see how Russell Wilson likes to throw those deep touch passes, if you will, just over the shoulder. That's a Mike Williams specialty right there. Going up and getting those balls. I think that could definitely help us.
[00:09:42] Speaker A: I think one team that we haven't talked about yet that I think really won on the Today the deadline is, yes, the Lions getting to Darius Smith. I think after losing Aiden Hutchinson, I mean I don't think there's really a way you can make a trade and not give up too much and get a player back or players that could just like recreate the kind of impact he has on the defensive line. But Zedarius Smith has been one of the better and most under, I feel like most underappreciated or underrated pass rushers the league he in the league for the past three or four years. I mean whether it was with the Vikings, the Browns or I mean the packers, he was always a menace when he was on the line. And I think getting a guy like that who could just plug in and I'm not going to say he's going to be every down lineman, but I think having a guy like that to be in a rotation with, especially the young guys, I think that's going to really, I mean, help a lot. That Lions team is already extremely dangerous. So this just gives another reason why they might be super bowl favorites.
[00:10:48] Speaker B: And a big win for the Lions over the weekend as well against the packers and they look pretty dominant in that game. And they're now on a six game winning streak. That is the longest winning streak they've had in about 13 years going back to 2010, 14 years now, I guess. So they're, they really are playing at a high level. And Jordan Love, he didn't look great for most of that game.
[00:11:11] Speaker A: He hasn't looked good at all since that injury he suffered earlier this year in week one. So I mean it could be the injury or it could just be like, I know the Eagles when Avante Maddox was in, I mean he was picking on him all night. And I couldn't tell you if it was because Jordan Love just hasn't really been the same. Jordan Love, he was in the playoffs last season or just most of the season last year. But just so far this season has been super underwhelming from what we've seen. I mean he's just making boneheaded decisions. Doesn't he lead the league in interceptions as well? I'm pretty sure that's the case I believe.
[00:11:45] Speaker B: And if you look at the numbers Jared Goff is putting up, conversely in the last six games, highest completion percentage and a six game Spanish ever for a quarterback that's thrown at least 100 attempts ever. Goff also completed 30 of 30 passes over this stretch to Monroe St. Brown. That is the longest stretch of completions from a quarterback to a wide receiver, tight end or running back in NFL history.
[00:12:11] Speaker A: You know when the last time he.
[00:12:12] Speaker B: Threw an incompletion since 1991.
[00:12:14] Speaker A: You know when the last incompletion was? When he targeted Monroe St. Brown? It was in September.
[00:12:20] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:12:20] Speaker A: No. Yeah. So I mean, it's honestly like I.
[00:12:22] Speaker B: Haven'T played the Eagles. That's my fault.
[00:12:24] Speaker A: It's, it's honestly like insane because when you, I mean when you think about it, a moderate state Brown, yes, is a great receiver. Jared Goff is a great quarterback. But there's always going to be times where pressure is different, the defense is different. They find a way to get him the ball. And I mean the looks Ben Johnson creates within that offense is just such a, like it's so dynamic because you have a guy like a modern state Brown. But that run game is just, it's, it's really just, it can destroy a defense. Just by the way David, David Montgomery can, you know, Knuckles, as they like to call him, is just run through, you know, get the, get the tough gritty yards, get the touchdowns or in the red zone. But then after a few carries where he's just lowering his shoulder and running through people, you put in Sonic or Jameer Gibbs and he can take it 70 yards to the house. So I think in general that offense is extremely, extremely powerful and dynamic.
[00:13:17] Speaker B: Evan, we've talked about in the past the impact, I guess we haven't talked about on this show, this program yet, but Miami's always done well at home in the warm weather climates. The Lions, they have, they've played eight games so far this season, so they have nine more to go.
They only play two, not inside and that.
[00:13:37] Speaker C: Right. They play in a dome.
[00:13:38] Speaker B: Right. They play in the dome. They only play two more games this year, not in a dome. And those two, one is in Jacksonville in about and one's in Santa Clara. So that impact, that's pretty good for the Lions especially. Even though they are a tough team. They prove they can win in the elements like they did in Green Bay. Playing indoors, that's a comfort for them for sure.
[00:13:59] Speaker C: Especially it just, you know, it kind of encapsulates the whole team with the crowd And I mean when you don't have that external pressure from either weather opposing fans and you have all that, I guess help, I mean that'll carry into the playoffs. You've seen playoff games get ruined by weather. Like last year we had a cancellation due to the snow. We had the Dolphins and Chiefs playing in negative 50, it feels like negative 50. So that'll just carry on all that. All the other teams getting battered around, if they carry that home field advantage into the playoffs, they're stacked, they're ready.
[00:14:38] Speaker A: I will say though, one thing that does worry me about that is not having the experience in the elements. If they say they do end up dropping a game, which I don't know if they will or not, but so they do end up dropping a game or two and they're no longer the number one seed in the NFC or anything like that. And a team that plays at north and is not, you know, in a dome or plays outside like say Philadelphia somehow grabs a number one seed, which I don't really think they will, but I think it could be extremely difficult to be going from a dome every single game to then going into Philadelphia or going into maybe if they have to play a game in Chicago, when it's in December, late December, it's going to be cold, it's going to be really difficult to get the grip of the ball for Jared Goff. So I think if they do they.
[00:15:33] Speaker B: Play in Chicago on the 22nd of December.
[00:15:36] Speaker A: I'm just saying I think it is a very good thing that they are able to stay away from that and not keep protecting themselves from those elements. But when they do encounter a team with those elements that have that play in it regularly, I think there is always going to be an advantage for the home team.
[00:15:53] Speaker B: Speaking of home teams, a lot more to come on the games from this past week. It was a good week for home teams across the board in the NFL. We'll talk about all that and more. Plus our first, our second coach firing of the season when we come back from break.
Wvuafm Tuscaloosa and we're back. Talk about Dennis Allen being fired by the New Orleans Saints on Monday. And I think it was a long time coming. They started out the season two and oh but now they've gone on a seven game losing streak and for through two weeks we thought hey, this team might be for real. Yeah, especially after their win against the Cowboys. But losing to the Panthers, that was the final straw for Dennis Allen.
[00:16:54] Speaker A: I will be completely honest and when I say this I mean it. And I am surprised he made it to this season.
[00:17:05] Speaker B: To the season?
[00:17:05] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:17:06] Speaker A: No, to the season. I thought he would have been fired last year. He has shown no, like, growth over his time as a head coach. It's been the same thing of mediocrity year in and year out. I mean, they're always just in, like, the worst situation when it comes to cap. They're owner is terrible managing cap. They signed Chase Young to, like, not like a crazy deal or anything. It was like a one year. Right. But I mean, still, I think there are different players that you could sign that would have a greater impact than wasting money on Chase Young, who you've seen with the 49ers and the few last seasons with Washington, who, yes, he's a great athlete, but at the same time, he's very. I don't say unmotivated, but, like, when he's on the football field, he has one move, and then if that move doesn't work, he kind of just stops. He doesn't really. He doesn't. His motor is not there, is what I'm trying to say. And I'm surprised they let it go on for this long.
[00:18:03] Speaker C: I agree. I think really since Breeze retired, they've been one of those teams that, like, we'll get them next year. We'll try. We'll try harder next year. And next year's never come. They've been under the water, coming up for one breath, just sinking back down, not dying, just, you know, kind of surviving. So they need a change. They need one bad. They. It's crazy because they did start out with a historically good offense, but not recently.
[00:18:31] Speaker A: Clint Kubiak can only do so much.
[00:18:33] Speaker B: I'd be. I'm surprised. I'm not sure if Clint Kubiak will stay, depending on what they do with the offense, depending on what they might have to make him the head coach in order for him to stay. Because if you look there, $69 million over the cap next season. Next season, they got to cut bait with a lot of guys. They got to trade away a lot of cap space that they have. Mickey Loomis, their gm, has done an awful job, awful job with managing that cap. And it is an organization that prides themselves on stability. You mentioned the owner, Gail Benson. She's also the owner of the Pelicans in New Orleans, but they definitely like their stability. And Sean Payton for a long time. They had Drew Brees for a long time.
Dennis Allen's been around the organization for a while. He was there when Peyton was there still and now that he's been the head coach for two and a half seasons, it just didn't work out. Just didn't work out in many ways. And he's just not cut out to be a head coach.
[00:19:31] Speaker A: No.
[00:19:31] Speaker B: They've already tried this experiment before with the Raiders back when they were in Oakland. He lost. He was. Had Derek Carr as his starting quarterback there when he was. Derek Carr was young and like an.
[00:19:42] Speaker A: MVP candidate and got fired there.
[00:19:44] Speaker B: He got fired there. And he's the only coach ever to have to be fired in two separate locations with the same starting quarterback.
[00:19:50] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:19:51] Speaker B: And that was Derek Carr. But that's definitely not a good situation moving forward in New Orleans, especially worse.
[00:19:57] Speaker C: Situation now that Michael Thomas is chipping in about it.
[00:20:01] Speaker A: Yeah, that.
[00:20:01] Speaker B: What did you buy Derek Carr throwing a hospital ball?
[00:20:05] Speaker A: I think he always throws hospital balls. I mean, anytime I watch him play, it's kind of just the same thing he throws. I want to say it's the same thing as in he's trying to do it or anything, but I think there's just so many instances where you can look, I mean, Chris Olave, it's probably his, what, third or fourth concussion and.
[00:20:24] Speaker B: He had problems at Ohio State too.
[00:20:26] Speaker A: Yeah. So he's already suffering so many of the same things over and over again each year. Chris Olave. And I mean, you can only pray that it just gets better. And I hope everything's going to be okay. But there's always times you look, Derek Carr, he throws in the middle of the field right next to a safety, linebacker or anything.
And I mean, it just happens continuously and I don't even think he's trying to do it. Part of me thinks he just looks for it and he sees the guy wide open and doesn't really think about anything else.
[00:20:57] Speaker B: So I definitely don't think he tries.
[00:20:59] Speaker A: No, definitely not.
[00:21:00] Speaker B: But he definitely. He finds himself in that situation.
[00:21:03] Speaker C: You have to like actually look, care, look after your receivers in that situation. And he's trying to get the win. But you're not going to get a win if all your receivers aren't injured reserve. Because that's right. That's what's going to end up happening.
[00:21:15] Speaker B: That's right. I thought Derek Carr had a classic response to Michael Thomas comments. And he is a classy guy, but he's. I'm not sure where he's going to land next year with all they're paying him decent money and they obviously have to have a quarterback, but they have so much money on the Books that somebody's got to go. Somebody's got to go. And they're going to have to deal with that as the season progresses.
[00:21:34] Speaker A: They already got rid of Marshawn Lattimore as well today.
[00:21:36] Speaker B: That was a big trade. It was going to the commanders. They do get back a third, a fourth and a fifth.
[00:21:42] Speaker A: So it was good compensation.
[00:21:43] Speaker C: From the Eagles. From the Eagles because they gave away. By the way, they did give away the Eagles, right?
[00:21:50] Speaker A: I'm pretty sure they gave away Dots.
[00:21:52] Speaker C: And deal flipped Johan Dotson and how.
[00:21:55] Speaker B: Much did they give up?
[00:21:56] Speaker A: It was. I'm pretty sure it was like a fourth was or conditional third.
[00:21:59] Speaker B: That's a lot. You haven't even.
[00:22:01] Speaker A: Oh no. Dodson, he had a really big catch this past week, but he's consistently in. We just I guess either doesn't get open or Jalen hurts just doesn't look his way usually. And I mean it's. It definitely wasn't the greatest deal. Especially seeing deals like Amar Cooper and Devonte Adams and Mike Williams.
We'll see.
[00:22:23] Speaker B: We'll see.
[00:22:24] Speaker C: We'll see.
[00:22:24] Speaker A: I don't really think Mike Williams, I never think.
[00:22:26] Speaker C: I didn't think Johan Dotson was that big of a name, that big of a splash whenever we. Whenever the trade actually went through.
[00:22:33] Speaker A: I. I know. Well, from what I've witnessed when he played the Eagles, he would always go off against us. I know the last game we played, he had almost had like 200 yards receiving. So he has had a really good first and second year in the league that I think the third year was kind of shaky a little bit. And you know, there was a little rumbling in camp where just being around he wasn't having the greatest camp. But at the same time, can you really fault somebody for having a bad camp when you had all the turmoil the commanders had over the past few years? So I was trying to give it the benefit. Benefit of a doubt after the first two seasons, but I think going into the later weeks this season I think he'll have a more prominent role. But at the same time, he still hasn't really done much for us.
[00:23:14] Speaker B: It might. That might. We'll see how Mingo does in Dallas. They definitely need another target besides CD Lamb. But maybe that trade, the Dotson trade might make that Mingo trade look a little bit better as the season progresses. And Mingo, they do have control over him for a couple more seasons.
[00:23:32] Speaker A: I will say the only reason I think the Mingo trade was much worse is because, you know, the state the Cowboys are in, they Have Ceedee Lamb, who is one of the best, but after that it's a total drop off and they trade a. Was it third or fourth round pick?
[00:23:47] Speaker B: Fourth.
[00:23:47] Speaker A: Fourth round pick for Jonathan Mingo, who has done nothing in this league. And I think his potential is up there because he's a. I mean, he's a really stocky guy, kind of built somewhat like a Debo or, you know, dk, something like that. But he hasn't done anything in this league. And Johan Dotson has had productive two seasons and they weren't looking for a number one or number two. They were just looking for a number three guy. So I think it's kind of different scenario. But that Howie Roseman deal with Johan Dotson has looked pretty bad so far this season.
[00:24:18] Speaker B: I will say, Evan, who should be next? What's the next coach that should be fired across the league?
[00:24:22] Speaker C: Or there will be probably Jacksonville. I forget his name. Doug Peterson.
[00:24:28] Speaker B: Doug Peterson.
[00:24:29] Speaker C: They've just been awful. They, I guess put up a fight, but as Connor was saying, they got a lot of help from the refs. So I don't see him sticking around much longer. I don't think he has a great relationship with Trevor Lawrence. And I think a team with a young quarterback who has a record, a proven track record of winning, I think you choose him over the coach he has beef with, I think, or not.
[00:24:53] Speaker A: Beef, but I think there's a few cases you could look at a team like the Jaguars, and I think that's honestly a very good place to start with. But another coach that I really think could be fired is Mike McCarthy. I think it's.
[00:25:07] Speaker B: I'm surprised he hasn't.
[00:25:08] Speaker A: I think this was his prove it year. And I mean, even when they were healthy, they have looked like a really, really bad team. I mean, just whole, like the whole running game has been terrible. Zeke, who was a healthy scratch, other than that, the defense has looked putrid. I would say I don't think there's a world he stays after the season. But then again, Jerry Jones is the owner and the GM of the team and we've seen what he's done. So there's a really good chance he's back next year. So we'll see. But that should be the next one to go.
[00:25:43] Speaker B: I think the Cowboys might be in one of the worst situations in the NFL. They have so much riding on their top guys. You have $60 million invested in Dak Prescott on a season by season basis for the next several years. And then you have CD Lamb just Gave him a big contract. They are all in right now and they don't have much depth. And that defense has been bad.
[00:26:07] Speaker A: It's. I said it coming into the year, I said that defense was always going to be bad. They're. I mean, their front seven is disgustingly bad. They can't stop the run without Micah Parsons and Marcus Lawrence, who won, hasn't really been good this year. They haven't shown up when they did play.
They. The edge rushers are bad. Mozzie Smith, when I tell you the funniest thing to come out of the draft was it the Jalen Carter draft. So last year was after Jalen Carter got drafted and then Mozzie Smith got drafted, you go on Twitter and you go, you know, talk to Cowboys fans. They were talking, oh, Mossy Smith is going to be this next huge defensive presence in, in the interior. He's going to stop the run. He's going to be that guy. And I think the funniest picture I've seen this year was when they're doing player introductions and they do PFF ranking of the positions, everyone that plays the positions. There's 119 people that play the defensive tackle position. And Mozzie Smith is 119th best defensive tackle in the league. So he is the worst defensive player defensive tackle graded from pff. And that's because, I mean, I don't think he's recorded a pressure so far this year whatsoever. I think he is horrible against the run.
I think they do a terrible job at drafting. I think they're coaching since Patrick Dan Quinn left. I think that defense has been terrible. Who's usually always been like a pretty, pretty. I mean, solid defense. They can create turnovers and I mean the offense just has no juice with no running game, no O line, no other receivers, no tight end. I mean, it's, it's disgusting now that.
[00:27:44] Speaker B: That Thanksgiving game they play against the Giants on Thanksgiving Day. We'll see if Dak Prescott's back for that game. That game could be awful.
[00:27:51] Speaker A: Oh, it's going to be awful.
[00:27:52] Speaker B: People need to eat their meals during that game.
[00:27:55] Speaker C: Maybe you sit, tune into the Lions.
[00:27:57] Speaker B: Tune into the Lions and Bears. That'll be a nice game. Eat during the Cowboys and Giants and then in the evening. I don't remember what the evening game is.
[00:28:07] Speaker A: I can look at it right now.
[00:28:08] Speaker B: Watch the evening game. Just don't watch the midday game. That's going to be just a tough watch.
[00:28:13] Speaker A: Steelers, Browns. That's also gonna be a really bad game.
[00:28:16] Speaker B: That's not Gonna be a bad game. It's the Steelers. No, no, I should know that. Actually. The Steelers are. I can't believe I didn't know that the Steelers were playing on Thanksgiving, but the Steelers on.
[00:28:26] Speaker C: It's Miami Green Bay on Thursday.
[00:28:30] Speaker B: Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving, Thursday, the 28th. Is it the 28th? I think it is.
[00:28:35] Speaker A: Oh, wait, no, that was.
[00:28:37] Speaker C: It's Chicago.
[00:28:38] Speaker A: Wrong. Wrong. It was the wrong. Never mind.
[00:28:41] Speaker B: It's definitely not the Steelers and Browns.
[00:28:42] Speaker A: No. Yeah, it's Dolphins, Packers. That might be a good game.
[00:28:45] Speaker C: That should be a good game.
[00:28:46] Speaker A: I was saying Steelers, Browns are going to be a bad game just because of how bad the Browns are now since they traded away everybody that's good.
[00:28:52] Speaker B: Steelers can make it entertaining though. We make it interesting.
[00:28:55] Speaker A: They could.
[00:28:56] Speaker B: We make it interesting. I'll tell you what though, I'm going to give you another name that should be fired next. And this guy should have been. Should be fired already. Should never started the season with this guy. Matt Eberfluss.
[00:29:06] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:29:06] Speaker B: Matt Eberflusse should be fired. He's not a Super bowl caliber head coach. The Bears need someone that's been there.
[00:29:12] Speaker A: And I don't think he's even a playoff caliber head coach.
[00:29:13] Speaker B: I don't think he's even a playoff caliber head coach. Exactly. And if you're not, if you have super bowl aspirations and you have the number one overall pick in the draft, you want to give him the best coaches you possibly can. Especially someone that's been there before. Their offense coordinator selection is Shane Waldron too. That was a mistake. They need a new offensive coordinator and they need a new head coach. Someone that's been there and done that. They don't. They need someone that's won a Super Bowl, super bowl before and they got to find that in the off season. I'm not sure who that would be though. I'm not sure who that would be.
[00:29:45] Speaker A: There's a guy in Detroit right now, Ben Johnson, that would be a huge pickup.
[00:29:51] Speaker B: I think they need someone that's won a Super Bowl.
[00:29:53] Speaker A: I don't. To be honest, I don't know if that's the case because you can get a guy who has won a Super bowl and you, I mean if we look at it NBA terms, we saw.
[00:30:01] Speaker C: Last year with the commanders and the guy from the Chiefs, the enemy. That didn't really turn out too well.
[00:30:06] Speaker A: Well, like if we look so NFL is you can talk about sports and you know, NBA, you can either look for a guy who is great at play calling. He's a Great kind of, I guess, culture guy to have. Or you could go after a guy like Doc Rivers who has won a championship. He has that caliber. But I mean, I'm tired of Doc Rivers. He's not, he's not a good coach. And if you look at it that way, of course you can get a guy who's won a championship in the NFL. But there are times where NFL championship coaches are just not good and they, you know, end up getting carried by different levels of talent. They could have had like a Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady or any of these kind of guy, end up winning a championship, go to a different team, just crap to bed like Matt Patricia. You could get a who's won a championship. He goes to be a head coach. Terrible. You get a guy like Ben Johnson, who, I mean he's young, he can call plays offensively. He has, he's coaching one of the most dynamic offenses in the league. He's regarded as one of the best offensive minds right now in the NFL.
[00:31:07] Speaker B: He is.
[00:31:07] Speaker A: You can do that to help your quarterback like Caleb Williams, but you want.
[00:31:10] Speaker B: A first time head coach on a team that will have a second year starter.
[00:31:14] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, I feel like that's totally fine.
[00:31:17] Speaker C: They can grow together. We've seen. Even if we're on the topic of the Lions, Dan Campbell really came out of nowhere. He was a tight ends coach. He stepped up as interim coach and he just worked his way up and he's not really that like, all right, you know, technical Shanahan kind of coach. But he set that culture and sometimes you just need that fire or I guess it really depends what kind of coach you're looking for whenever you are the Chicago pairs.
[00:31:41] Speaker A: I think that's why it's key to get an offensive minded coach who can.
[00:31:44] Speaker B: Definitely need one who can help grow.
[00:31:46] Speaker A: And grow Caleb Williams to become the player that we all know he can be because he has all the intangibles too.
[00:31:52] Speaker B: I agree. And they definitely need an offensive mind in there. I just think to have a rookie head coach come in with a second year starter. I think as Evan said, they would be attached to each other, they could grow together. But I think at that stage, I don't know if you're looking for someone that can grow with them as much as you're looking for someone that can win with them. And now obviously those two things, growing and winning, hopefully they come together. But I think you need someone that's won before as a head coach. Now maybe Vrabel could do that even Though he hasn't been to a Super bowl before. But I think Doug Peterson wouldn't be a bad option if he were to be fired by Jacksonville. Someone that can develop him as a quarterback or a Frank Reich. Somebody that's developed people as before as a quarterback. Maybe it could be an offensive coordinator type position, but they definitely need someone that's a winner. They need someone that's a winner and that's an offensive mind and they'll find it.
[00:32:42] Speaker A: So say Ben Johnson ends up going and ends up winning this season.
[00:32:47] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:32:47] Speaker A: Would that.
[00:32:48] Speaker B: That make me feel a little bit better? Somebody that has it that's won before. I mean, he's. He's been done a great job with that offense and I think he's definitely made Jared Goff a much more accurate passers. We were talking about those stats in the opening. He's. He's really transformed. Jared Goff. Jared Goff wasn't great when he was with the Rams. I think he's been. This is the best version of Jared Goff we've ever seen.
[00:33:11] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:33:11] Speaker B: And he's an MVP candidate this year so far through the season, in my estimation. Can he do that with Caleb Williams and make him a really good pocket passer and then utilize his running abilities? Because he's obviously very athletic.
Maybe, Maybe. But I'd like to see him have a little bit more of a winning track record before I would pull the trigger on him.
[00:33:30] Speaker A: That's fair.
[00:33:31] Speaker C: I think something interesting in the more recent NFL is we've seen quarterbacks in systems built for the quarterback be some of the most successful offenses. We're talking about Detroit, who their system is just having great playmakers and letting Jared Goff be a pocket passer. He doesn't need to do too much. The Dolphins last year we had great weapons around everywhere to it. He didn't need to do too much. He just knew how to play in his system and it got. It got to work. So if you can find someone who really plays to Caleb Williams strengths and gives him the freedom to extend the plays like he likes to, but also kind of simplifies it for him, I think that'll definitely turn the Bears offense around. The Bears offense, which has scored under 24 times in this season, that's not good.
[00:34:16] Speaker B: Definitely not good. And hopefully they can turn things around. Especially with the number one overall pick. When we come back from break, we're going to talk about our picks for this upcoming week as we'll get a look at the standings where we're at in the Season and we each give you our picks for week 10 of the NFL season.
[00:34:41] Speaker A: WVUAFM Tuscaloosa.
[00:34:52] Speaker B: And we are back. Our final segment of this week's show and we're going to talk about our picks for the week. Connor, our recap from last week, though.
[00:35:01] Speaker A: Yes. So talking going week by week, start off with. We're going to start with Alex. Alex went 3 for 5 with the picks last week, so that tallied him to a score of 19. So far, he has 19 correct. Since we've been doing this, the tally for the NFL show, 19 wins. And then we're going to be talking with Evan and how he did last week. He also went 3 for 5. So everybody's joined the club. So from what I've. What I'm seeing so far is a lot of people went 3 and 5 because I also went 3 and 5 last week as well.
So I have a score of 25, Evan has a score of 18, and Alex has a score of 19. The only one who did better than 3 or 5 was Tanner, and he ended up going 4 or 5. He has put together multiple strong weeks back to back to back. So if he didn't have that one week where he went 05, I feel like he could really be just extending his lead. But thankfully for that 05 week, the tally comes in with me at number one with 25 correct picks. Number two is Tanner with 22 correct picks, and he keeps slowly making his way to that number one spot. But number three is Alex and number four. Number four is Evan with the score of 18.
[00:36:25] Speaker C: Have the under on me.
[00:36:27] Speaker A: The refs. What? What refs? Are we talking?
[00:36:29] Speaker C: No, no, no. They listen to this show and they call the games. Just.
[00:36:33] Speaker A: No.
[00:36:33] Speaker B: Oh, the NFL officials.
[00:36:35] Speaker C: Oh, no, the NFL officials, yes.
[00:36:37] Speaker A: Actually, you know what? I can believe that. They're definitely tuning into the student section right now. Be like, oh, Evan picked this one. No way.
[00:36:43] Speaker C: We got to reach all my picks this week. I'm crossing my fingers, so whatever I say. Well, actually, they're playing mind games with me. The officials are getting to me. I'm not gonna let them know.
[00:36:54] Speaker B: Our best regards to the officials that have to go to Munich, Germany, for that Giants Panthers game. That's if we want to give Germany a game. I mean.
[00:37:04] Speaker C: Oh, that stadium is so nice, though. Are they in?
[00:37:07] Speaker B: It's in Munich.
[00:37:09] Speaker C: What team is that? I have no clue iron that. Bayern Munich. That's a beautiful stadium.
[00:37:14] Speaker A: I mean, I. I prom. I feel like most stadiums that I've seen across alonsi Arena.
[00:37:20] Speaker B: Alons Arena.
[00:37:22] Speaker A: I feel like most stadiums on the Europe side there. I mean, their stadiums are beautiful. I mean, I know the one in London is. Oh yeah, that's.
[00:37:31] Speaker C: It's sick. I've driven past this. They light up the outside. I'm not sure what you drove in Germany.
I wasn't driving.
[00:37:40] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:37:40] Speaker C: But I lived in Germany and my family would drive down to Munich sometimes.
[00:37:44] Speaker B: And how long did you live in Germany for?
[00:37:48] Speaker C: From 2015 to 2018. And I never got to see a Dolphins game in London. They did play against the Jaguars once, but I never went.
[00:37:56] Speaker A: Wow, that's pretty cool.
[00:37:57] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:37:58] Speaker A: You also. I don't know if we talked about this, but Evans also from like. He was born in England.
[00:38:01] Speaker C: I was born in England. Lake and Heath, England.
[00:38:03] Speaker B: You've been around. Well, traveled.
[00:38:05] Speaker C: I sure have. I also watched the 2010 Pro bowl in Honolulu when I lived there. And Brandon Marshall, I think got MVP of that game. I remember because I was crying in the first half because AFC was losing and. No, I took my kindergarten teacher on a date to that Pro Bowl.
[00:38:23] Speaker A: Right.
It was not a.
[00:38:26] Speaker B: Tell the story. We have a little bit.
[00:38:28] Speaker C: So my dad had gotten deployed and we had four tickets for the Pro Bowl. And my mom was one good friends with my kindergarten teacher. But also I think knew that I had a little bit of a crush on her. So she sent a friendly invite to my kindergarten teacher and she came. We had a great time. I don't sat right next to her.
[00:38:47] Speaker B: Was she a good looking lady?
[00:38:48] Speaker C: Oh, she's beautiful.
[00:38:51] Speaker A: I'm not going to consider that a date whatsoever.
The mom just tagged along.
[00:38:56] Speaker B: What would you call it? Play date.
[00:38:58] Speaker C: My mom tagged along. No, I mean chauffeur for me.
[00:39:02] Speaker B: Who'd you sit with?
[00:39:03] Speaker C: Oh, you know.
[00:39:05] Speaker A: How many. Who did you all sit with? Was it just y'all? Y'all too.
[00:39:09] Speaker C: It was my friend Jerry's family.
[00:39:11] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:39:12] Speaker C: And then my mom, my brother shout out right next to me was Ms. Burnet.
[00:39:17] Speaker B: That's a good name too.
[00:39:18] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. Oh, don't go looking her up.
[00:39:21] Speaker A: So we. Okay, you know what, let's.
[00:39:24] Speaker B: Let's get to the pics.
[00:39:25] Speaker A: Also. I will say that is the work. Like I know you.
[00:39:30] Speaker B: I consider that date.
[00:39:31] Speaker A: Oh, I wasn't referring to that. I was talking about there. I know there are a lot of people who get up to watch the games. Yeah. You know, across the pond, wherever they are in Europe. But I don't know if anyone besides Giants or Panthers fans. And I don't even know if some Panthers Fans will get up for this game. I think this is probably the worst game.
[00:39:51] Speaker C: They're not gonna rise. That is the Falcons. Never mind.
[00:39:55] Speaker A: Right. Okay. But I will say this is. This might be a hate crime, sending this game over.
[00:40:01] Speaker B: There's tweets out there. They're saying that they're still punishing Germany World War II with this. With this game.
[00:40:08] Speaker A: That's terrible. I mean, but this is probably the worst game we could have probably set up. I mean, the Panthers have looked terrible. The Giants are just terrible.
[00:40:17] Speaker C: So they're sabotaging the international market. Bring football back to America. That's what's happening.
[00:40:22] Speaker A: Right. Okay, let's get on with our picks.
[00:40:24] Speaker B: So the first game, let's do Thursday night, Bengals and Ravens. This one in Baltimore. Bengals 4 and 5 after starting the year 0 and 3.
What are your thoughts on this game, fellas?
[00:40:37] Speaker C: Ravens have been getting hot. I think they're just going to continue it. I don't think the Bengals are that great of a team in general.
[00:40:44] Speaker A: Yeah, I don't. I don't see the Bengals really doing anything spectacular without T. Higgins again, because I think it's.
I think there's also more rumors coming out that saying T. Higgins might miss his third straight game. And I know we didn't see really, a prominent role with Deontay Johnson in their past game this weekend with the Ravens, but I think he was. He's going to keep working his way up, and I think he will have a bigger role just in general with this team. I think he's too good of a talent not to have on the field. And, you know, the Ravens did just get Trudevius White today. I don't know.
[00:41:16] Speaker B: They got Trey White.
[00:41:17] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:41:18] Speaker C: Oh, wow.
[00:41:19] Speaker A: But I mean, that also tells you with the Rams, he wasn't really doing anything spectacular, but. Yes. What?
Well, Evan hasn't really been, but I make it. Long story short, I'm going Ravens.
[00:41:33] Speaker B: I think it's gonna be a close game. The Bengals certainly need this one, especially an individual game. I do think the Ravens take it as well. Detanner send in his picks.
[00:41:43] Speaker A: He sent his picks to me. And he also went with Ravens.
[00:41:46] Speaker C: Was that a Raven sweep?
[00:41:48] Speaker B: I think so.
[00:41:49] Speaker A: Sounds like it.
[00:41:50] Speaker B: And I think that's a fair pick.
[00:41:53] Speaker C: Last time they played was week. I want to say five. They lost 38 to 41. The Ravens won 41 to 38.
[00:42:02] Speaker A: And that was also with both Jamar Chase.
[00:42:04] Speaker B: One of the best games of the season.
[00:42:05] Speaker A: Oh, yeah.
[00:42:06] Speaker B: One of the best games of the season. We'll See who gets the upper hand this time in Baltimore on Thursday night.
Next game. How about we do Steelers commanders? Steelers commanders. This one in Washington.
[00:42:16] Speaker C: How about you take that one first?
[00:42:17] Speaker B: I take that one. I'm going to pick the Steelers. Come on. Off the bye week. Off the bye week. Come on.
[00:42:23] Speaker C: And with the new weapon.
[00:42:24] Speaker B: And with the new weapon, give me Mike Tomlin and the Steelers defense against Jaden Daniels any day of the week.
[00:42:30] Speaker A: I. So, you know, we. I don't think really brought it up much, but Marshawn Lattimore is a part of Washington now, and I think he's going to play a huge role just because that was one of the biggest needs Washington has had. But, I mean, we look at it before. Washington hasn't really played anybody this year. They. They haven't beat anybody significant this year. I think their best one was probably either the Bengals, who are a 3 and 5 team.
[00:42:52] Speaker C: They throttled the Cardinals. The Cardinals are leading the NFC West.
[00:42:55] Speaker B: That might be their best win.
[00:42:56] Speaker A: Yeah, I would say that. Then again, the Cardinals, they're iffy. Some weeks they look good, some weeks they look bad.
[00:43:03] Speaker B: Tell me you're picking the commanders.
[00:43:04] Speaker A: No, I'm saying I'm picking. I'm going to pick the Steelers. I think that defense is going to be too much. I don't think Jayden Daniels has faced a defense quite like the Steelers. And I hope Mike Williams can get back to his old Charger self because with the jets, he just didn't look good or like himself usually. So hopefully he's not washed.
[00:43:25] Speaker C: On the topic of Marshawn Latimore, I think we all need a moment of silence for him and Mike Evans. Yearly battles two times a year. We're never going to see anything like that again.
[00:43:35] Speaker A: We won't. That was a special kind of matchup.
[00:43:39] Speaker C: Moment of silence goes to them. Hopefully he can find a new op some somewhere. Maybe A.J. brown in the east.
[00:43:45] Speaker A: A.J. brown's been torching him.
[00:43:48] Speaker C: Torching Lattimore.
[00:43:49] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:43:50] Speaker C: Okay. Well, I don't know. I guess we'll find out then.
Anyway, I think Lattimore is a very good.
[00:43:57] Speaker A: Oh, he's a really good corner top five year.
[00:44:00] Speaker C: I mean, past five years he's been in and out top five, and I don't know how much that's going to help the defense just because their defense already isn't great. That offense, I'm not going to pick against them. I'm taking commanders in this one.
[00:44:14] Speaker A: Interesting.
[00:44:15] Speaker B: What's Tanner's pick?
[00:44:16] Speaker A: Tanner also went with Pittsburgh.
[00:44:18] Speaker C: All right, so this is my get ahead game.
[00:44:20] Speaker B: That is. And Commanders 4 no at home this year. Four note home. They're only they've lost their two games on the road.
[00:44:27] Speaker A: They should be in the road three and one though after that Jaden Daniels miracle. Hail Mary.
[00:44:33] Speaker B: That is great point. Great point. We'll see how they can do in their next game at home since that Bears game.
[00:44:38] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:44:38] Speaker B: And that'd be an interesting game. Hopefully the Steelers do come out with that one. That's 1:00 start on CBS Eastern Time. Our next game. Let's do would you say 49ers and Bucks? Yes, 49ers and Bucks. That's another 1:00 Eastern game. That one's on Fox. 49ers and Buccaneers Buccaneers have lost four of their last five games, but this one's at home.
[00:45:00] Speaker C: Evan I don't know. I'm a big fan of the Buccaneers and Baker Mayfield. They've been kind of resilient even in these losses. They've had close games. They went to overtime against the Chiefs. They didn't get a chance to score in the final minute. They had a big game against the Ravens which they ended up losing two of their biggest weapons. So they haven't really.
They haven't been full strength. They've still been putting up a fight. I think these 49ers aren't looking their best selves either. I think the Buccaneers shock the world.
[00:45:28] Speaker A: And take this one for me, I will say I am probably going to go opposite of him. I'm going to go Niners. And yes, you can look at the Buccaneers have dropped last three of the four games. I'm pretty sure they're on a three game losing streak. They're still without their three best players and Bakery Mayfield has looked good in these games. But 49ers are the 49ers and yes, they've been very underwhelming this year and they haven't looked great. But CMC is now back at practice. He practiced I think yesterday and he is looking to make his first start of the season against the Buccaneers. So I think people forget how good he is. And so I don't think the 49ers are really going to do anything spectacular this season after losing Brandon. You can be other pieces even still doesn't look good. But I mean you cannot look look at me with the straight face and say Christian McCaffrey isn't one of the best players in this offense. So I'm going to go Niners.
[00:46:20] Speaker C: If McCaffrey plays. I'm also going Niners.
[00:46:22] Speaker A: He. He is playing.
[00:46:23] Speaker B: You cannot.
[00:46:24] Speaker C: Oh, let me take you back.
[00:46:25] Speaker B: I didn't know.
[00:46:25] Speaker A: I didn't know.
[00:46:27] Speaker C: No, it was a recent development to me. Spin back.
[00:46:29] Speaker A: That actually came out. Was it yesterday or two days ago?
[00:46:31] Speaker B: That's right.
[00:46:32] Speaker C: I have had a lot of homework.
[00:46:36] Speaker B: I don't think it was a fish or ski that he's playing this week though. They have to re. They have to reactivate him from ir. I think they have a couple weeks to do that but I'm not sure that they've done that.
[00:46:44] Speaker A: I'm pretty sure I saw a thing about where he's like slated to start.
[00:46:49] Speaker B: We'll see if he does.
[00:46:51] Speaker C: If he doesn't. Buccaneers.
[00:46:52] Speaker B: Anyways, I'm going to go with the 49ers in this game. Especially coming off the by. I like them on a two week break.
[00:47:00] Speaker A: And Tanner's pick for that game also the 49ers. The 49ers designated running back Christian McCaffrey to return from IR and that was one day ago.
[00:47:10] Speaker B: So he's now returned from IR. We'll see if he's good. Possibility of him playing this week then.
[00:47:14] Speaker A: Yeah. It says if it all goes well McCaffrey could make a season debut. So it still isn't like split like he's not going to play like 100% but first day at practice just got off of IR and I feel like there is a good chance he will play this week.
[00:47:31] Speaker B: Two games to go. Let's make these picks quick. Eagles and Cowboys.
[00:47:35] Speaker A: I Eagles. This isn't going to be close. I don't think Eagles.
[00:47:40] Speaker B: I am not sure.
[00:47:42] Speaker C: Do not make this if you pick the Cowboys.
[00:47:43] Speaker B: Cooper Rush. I mean I would love to pick the Cowboys here but I'm going to pick the Eagles.
[00:47:49] Speaker A: Tanner also picked the Eagles.
[00:47:51] Speaker B: And our final game. Do we pick. What's our final game?
[00:47:55] Speaker A: It was Lions. Texans.
[00:47:56] Speaker B: Lions and Texans. Sunday Night Football. This one in Houston.
[00:48:01] Speaker C: I don't think it'll be too close. I think the Lions decimate them.
[00:48:04] Speaker A: I think without Stefan Diggs I. I think the Texans are going. Going to continue to be a good team this year and they're. They're only going to get better. But I think the Lions just look like an unstoppable force and they're just adding another elite pass rusher. Was the Darius Miss. I'm going Lions.
[00:48:21] Speaker B: I like the Lions here too. I think they're going to be a tough team to beat Texans off that loss to the Jets. I feel pretty good about the Lions going into this game. So we have a couple of sweeps. I'm assuming Tanner picked the Lions as well. A couple of pretty heavily one sided picks.
[00:48:40] Speaker A: We have three sweeps and then two of the other games. It's me, you and Tanner Alex all picking the same team and then Evan.
[00:48:48] Speaker C: Is all I'm hearing is they're going three for five and I'm going five for five.
[00:48:53] Speaker A: Or the refs are listening to this right now and be like we're going to pick.
[00:48:55] Speaker C: No, no, no. The refs aren't listening to this one. Fingers crossed.
[00:49:00] Speaker B: We'll see what happens. It's going to be an exciting week of football.
Thank you for joining us here on the student section. It's a great show. Great show. Hopefully we'll be back at full strength next week with Tanner coming back. But until then, have a great week. Enjoy the sports and most especially enjoy the football.
