BONUS EPISODE: Week 3 Pick ‘Em - Kile Jones

0:30Here we go. Three, two and one. Boom and welcome to the Big Honk or Podcast. NFL pick and brought to you about our good friends over at Ducks Unlimited. Check them out. Go to a DU bank, go to a DU event and help put some birds back in the sky. I am Jeff Stanfield with the world famous Andy Schaver. Ducks Unlimited will be out here this week. So look forward to seeing some of those guys. And for all you people in radio land, because this is on some radio stations too, high school football episode 1114 of the Big Honk or Podcast is Hagen Piggerton. Quarterback at high school Texas. It's a really good podcast and talk to a kid that's leading the area and rushing and passing. Having is having one great season. So if we base this high school football fan, check out episode 1114. You want to introduce our guest? Yeah. Special guest swallowing with us today, World Champion Goose Collar, Mr. Kyle Jones

1:30in the, you're bragging a little bit in the 50s up there and we're still sweating down here. So jealous of you this morning. Oh, man. Yeah, 50s and it's, you know, turning the truck on a couple of minutes before you got to go out because the windows are just a spitch frosty. So I'm sorry that you got the heat still. But hopefully it's an indicator for you guys of what's coming. Hopefully it comes down there. That might happen Christmas. We might have to start our truck a little early around Christmas time. I start by now. Let's get the air conditioner on for the first time. Yeah, we're starting our journey to miss for the opposite reason. Well, remember back in the old days when you had to actually go out to your vehicle and start it to get it more men up or everything. I don't even have to have my keys now. I just got to, I can roll out of bed, get my phone and start it from my phone now. Lazy people. Okay. Right now, Jeff is the leader. I'm at 22 and 12 for the year. Andy's 20 and 14 and the guest is 22 and 13. So I will pick first. The guest will pick second Andy will pick last format is you pick one lock, one upset.

2:32You get a bonus point for the lock and the upset. So here we go. First game Atlanta at Green Bay tonight Thursday night to night. I am going to take Green Bay at home. Green Bay has looked absolutely terrible this year. They should be 0 and 2 and they're 1 and 1 Atlanta is just a discombobulated mess and they are starting Michael Pinnix this week quarterback. Correct. So you're going to Green Bay? I'm going to Green Bay. Alright, Kyle, it's up to you. I'm going to go Green Bay. I don't, Falcons quarterback rooms of Bismill. It's terrible. Yeah. I have a lot of Drake London and Kyle Pits and fantasy. So I am hoping Michael Pinnix gets them right. But I'm going to Green Bay. Game number two. This is a must win. It's the Chargers versus the Bills in Buffalo. Buffalo's 2 and 0. Chargers are 0 and 2. Right now to me, Buffalo looks like the best team in football. Yeah. And the Chargers look like one of the worst teams in football.

3:34Yep. I don't understand what has happened. They hired the duo C came in there. It's going to turn things around. Herbert, you know, every year it's his year. It's his year. He's turning out to kind of be a bust. I know people are going to get on to be about that. But he's not done anything. I think he's won less playoff games than Deck Press got as. So I'm going to take Buffalo. Well, he's got that hot girlfriend. He's Galavant in the world with her. Yeah, but all of them guys got hot girlfriends. Yeah, but he missed, he missed parts of like training or OTAs to go be with their in Greece. Well, that was pretty stupid on their fault. Let him do that. I'm taking Buffalo. Okay. I'm going to take Buffalo too. I don't know. I'm a, if you guys know me, I'm a huge hardball fan. And I don't know what's going on. He's got McDaniels as McDaniel as the offense coordinator. It's just not good. It doesn't seem like Herbert's clicking with pretty much anybody. Much to what Jeff was saying. He's talented. He's just, it's just not working right now. Yeah, give me Buffalo. This is my lock.

4:35Chargers are going to be O and three. They're going to miss playoff. It's going to take a lot from get back. But every time hardball is ever coached in NFA anywhere, he's coached to safety here. Crazy. Like he's been to the NFL. He, you know, he took the Niners to a Super Bowl. He was successful in college. He's successful everywhere he goes. And it's just, he ain't working in L.A. And his second year is always great. Well, and I'm thinking that it's just L.A. I'm just thinking it's that atmosphere. You don't have, there's too much other shit to do in L.A. Rather than football. Right. And all the rams are proving that different. Well, I don't know. All right. Next game, Carolina at Cleveland, Carolina's got one of the best offenses in football. Brought shung, I would bet my money a year and a half ago would have been done in football and never get another contract with this one's over. He's playing pretty good. But, Dishon is back. Yeah. I'm taking Cleveland at home and that's my upset. Okay. I respect it. I can't, I don't, I'm not confident in the Browns. I know they're at the dog pound, but I gotta go with Carolina here.

5:37Yeah, I'm gonna go Carolina also. Teach his own. But, yeah, I mean, that's kind of weird. I'm not even expecting Cleveland to beat Tampa Bay in Tampa last week. The shung must be getting massages to get or something because he's playing, he's playing like he's playing like he did when he was getting massages. Well, I'd be getting massaged gal every day then. Okay, Jets, it Detroit, Mietheads got him playing pretty good football. They, the game against New Orleans was pretty tight. Their offense is clicking like crazy. Their defense is terrible, but they're scoring a lot of points. I think they're leading the league in quarterback Eric. I think a golf leading the league with quarterback. I'm gonna take Detroit at home against the Jets. I would take the Lions as well. They're, you know, they're coming off of a pretty bad week with the bills last week. And I think they're gonna come ready to play. And their one especially against the old DC. Yeah, the defense coordinator. That's true. I forgot about Aaron Glenn.

6:37Yeah, give me Detroit. I will say this much. I think Geno Smith has a huge game against Detroit's defense. I wouldn't expect, I will not be shocked to see him throw for 300 plus yards and three touchdowns. Is Green Bay not as good or was it the weather you think? That's pretty good. I just don't think Green Bay's very good. And I think I don't think the Jets are a bad football team. No, I think they're very much improved from last year. Yeah. I do that. I mean, they've got the talent now too, especially a wide receiver and their lines a little bit better, but having the experience quarterback too behind the ball is I think played a big factor in there. Green Bay's two weeks away from being a lot better football team because I saw the stats last year. When Mock is in the field, they give up about seven points less a game than when he's not on the field. When they said their offensive lines just beat to hell. So this is the year of injuries. Well, this is, this is, I would say like, I would pick the Lions, but the Jets, defense, they're defensive.

7:38Lions, offense lines being up bad. Yeah. Like they're missing, I think they're missing three starting offense lineman. So there's potential for that to be upset. I'm not going to say it's going to be an upset, but it's a good turn into that. Detroit plays good at home too. Yeah. Okay, Houston and Indy. Houston's a road favorite. Indianapolis gave away a game they had a chance to steal at Kansas City. If Daniel Jones makes a throw to the tie-in right before the fourth quarter ends, they probably kick field gold when that game. I went to overtime. It was just to shoot out in my homes. It's going to win that. But Indy played Kansas City pretty tough. I was really kind of surprised by that. I'm going to take Houston on the road. Houston's dire need of a win. Does anybody in that, some in that division's got one win. I can't remember who this Houston don't have a win this year. Do they? They lost to the bills and they lost, who did they play last week? Since Nadi got beat. Yep. Somebody in the Jacksonville has won win. Jacksonville beat Cleveland first game of the year. That's only winning that whole division.

8:38I'm taking Houston because I have no faith in Daniel Jones. I'm going to go Coles. It's an Indianapolis. And I'm pretty positive the Texans are going to be without Nico Collins as well. So he did. He's supposed to play as of now, but I don't have a lot of faith in that either. OK. Yeah, I mean, it's a hamstring because injury he could be out within three series, you know, two series. But yeah, I'm going to take Coles at home. I thought I'd be real smart and lock up my wide receiver position and get Nico and AJ Brown. And worked out so well and worked out very well. Did not work out very well, but no more woe is me attitude. Give me Danny Dimes. And that's my upset. Get your upset. OK. So I'm set. This next one is my lock for the week. I hope I'm wrong. Kansas City versus Miami, the Taylor Swift show again, get a flash ring, everybody.

9:42I did Miami's terrible. I'm taking my amy would probably have a tough game with the SEC schedule. I'm taking Kansas City. I'll take Kansas City to I mean, the dolphins are they're just not. They're not good. No, they're not good. Not bad about them. Kansas City. Yep. Can you imagine going into the season and making and paying Malik Willis big money to be your quarterback? Yeah. I mean, just some guys are just backups. Interesting game this game. Now Tennessee and the New York Giants. Tennessee probably should have beat Philly last week. The Giants, bad luck Giants. They've got everybody heard all across the room. Brian Burns is going to miss a couple of games. Jackson darks out for the season, which is a big blow to him. James Winston's coming in. I think New York Giants are going to make a move and either pick up Joe Milton off the Cowboys practice squad or trade for Anthony Richardson or JJ McCarthy, which makes sense. JJ or Anthony would fit that offense that they were running with Jackson dark. I'm still going to take the Giants to win their home and their favorite still,

10:46because I just don't have any faith in Cam Ward. Yeah. Yeah, I got to go Giants here. I want the tight. They've got a really young talented team. They just got to put it all together. Still got to go dry and so. Give me Winston. He's going to be eating that dub this week. Hope he is. I'm going to eat that dub up. The surprise game next. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati is road favorite. Cincinnati's defense has stepped up. They traded. They got, oh, what's the old boy's name? Sexy Dexter. Dexter Lawrence. Dexter Lawrence in the middle. Sexy Dexter. And they have they drafted that drip well up the middle. I'm taking Cincinnati at home. I mean, on the road against Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh looks terrible. I know Andy Aaron Rogers is your favorite person, but he should have retired two years ago. It's look alike. He looks like the guy. He looks like a Frank Gallagher off shameless right now. He looks terrible.

11:47I got to go Bengals as well. It's a rivalry game. And I just, I watched a little bit of the Steelers last week. And then it just was not, they were not good. They haven't had losing season like 16 years, have they? Well, they're one and one, Jeff. Well, but they're not going to win eight more. They're not going to win eight more. I don't think. You never know. Give me Pittsburgh. Give me the berg. Rogers going to get him right this week. You're sticking with Frank Gallagher. He was sure to point out that he needs to do a better job of telling McCarthy what's working. So he's like, listen, it starts with me. I got to be more vocal in telling his coaches what plays are working in one art. I listed an interesting deal from, they're not running much motion offense, they say. They're right. And that helps Aaron Rogers, but it hurts the team, they said. Yeah. Well, he's old. Yeah, well, that's right. But he figured he's lucky. They're not running the wishbone. Yeah, that's old. Matt Hasselbach was talking about that. He goes, they probably need to put in more motion, but he goes, I understand Aaron Rogers don't like motion. It's easier for him without it. But for everybody else, it makes it better for them.

12:48Okay. Seattle at Washington, Washington's without Jayden Daniels, Marcus Mario, who is quarterbacking, they just don't look very good anymore either. And they had some drop passes last week with it kept him in the game. I'm going to go with Seattle. You want another week of Drew Lock, huh? I don't matter who quarterbacks in that system. I don't think their team's so good. Okay. I think I got Seahawks and I would put that as my lot. They're AJ Barnard, Jackson Smith and Jigba. I mean, they're Washington's defensive backroom. I love Mike Sanrestole, but they're just not good. They are not the defensive backs. And then you got Mario to play in there as a backup. I mean, even though he's going against Drew Lock, but I don't think they're losing that game. Matt Sanrestole is wild on the podcast about a week ago. He's interesting, lady. That's cool. She's a cool lady. Yeah. Yeah, give me the Hawks.

13:50Okay. New England at Jacksonville. I'm going to go with Trevor Lawrence at home. New England has not looked that good this year. So I just, I think Trevor Lawrence is better deal right now than Drake May. I think I would agree with you right there, Jeff. I'm going to I would go Jacksonville. Yeah, AJ Browns hurt, right? Yeah, he's out for another month. Yeah. Yeah. Give me Jacksonville. Who would have thought that? I know a lot of people's Trevor Shanahan. I know his favorite teams of the Patriots. I know a lot of people made a lot of stink last year that Patriots had a very, very easy schedule. I think they were right. And you know, all the Patriots fans said, no, we were just good, but had been a good product so far. So give me Jacksonville. All right, Arizona at San Francisco. San Francisco looks like the second best team in football right now. Yep. They're playing at home. Arizona look like Arizona last week. I'm taking San Francisco. You know, they beat the chargers the first game.

14:52Somebody's like, damn, Arizona is not that good. It's pretty good. Well, I don't know if they're that good or San Diego's that bad or the chargers are that bad. So I'm taking San Francisco. Yeah, 49ers are just on a note level when it comes to that. They between these two teams. I got San Francisco all day. Give me the Niners. Brock Pertie said that he's so small on like 60% of the passes he throws. He does not see the receiver. He just knows where they're supposed to be and he throws to a spot. I was working out pretty well for him to throw before. Yeah. Minnesota at Tampa Bay. Minnesota's defense is legit. I took, I picked them last week to beat Chicago in the upset. This week, they're road favorites at Tampa Bay. And I'm going to take Minnesota again. And Collar Murray is coming back. I do not think that's anything. I don't think that helps them at all. But I will take Minnesota. I have this as my upset. I've got the Buccaneers.

15:52Who would have thought that the Buccaneers and the Vikings that the Buccaneers would be an upset, right? But at this time, I've got them. I've got the Bucks. Give me Tampa Bay. Like they got to get it right. They got to have it. They need a win. Yes. They need a win, bad. Baltimore at Dallas in Rio de Janeiro. So Dallas, Baltimore is a road favorite. But they're both playing on the road. I don't think Dallas can stop. The Giants ran all over Dallas. And I think Derek Henry is going to see 150, 200 yard game. I'm taking Baltimore in a game that I think is going to probably be somewhere like 42 to 30. Yeah. I like Baltimore too in this matchup. Didn't Rio. Yeah, give me Baltimore. Dallas's defense is trying to figure it out.

16:55Yeah. I got a lot of figuring to do because they can't stop the run to say the bad. Now, I don't know if they've had a, well, they played Jayden Daniels last week. I can't remember, but they don't get any pressure on the quarterback from their defensive ends. At all. I mean, none. And they can't stop the run up the middle. And that's not a good recipe. Before this game's played, I'm predicting right now, someone's going to have a leg injury on this thing because everybody's already complaining about the turf in Rio. Yeah. I saw it said. Something's going to happen. And it's going to be another situation like that. But the NFL's agreed is worried about playing everywhere else. I do not understand playing a game in Rio. It just doesn't make any sense to me. Okay. Las Vegas at New Orleans. New Orleans is now my dark horse team to go to Super Bowl. And I'm taking New Orleans. Well, that's not much of a stretch, Jeff. To go to Super Bowl? No, to beat Las Vegas. Raiders are two and a half. Kurt Cousins has played really good. Yeah. They got some talent. And I think they get a Bowers back. I'm going to go, I'm going to go Saints here.

17:57I know Raiders are two and a half right now. And they got some solid players of the Saints. I think are a lot better than folks are thinking they are. Who day? Yes, right. In our Smundy Night game, the Los Angeles Rams at the Denver Broncos. I'm taking Denver at home. Yep. Wow. More Trams team shows up when they beat up the giants without dart or the one that got blown out by the Niners. They don't have Puka. Puka's a head case. I don't know. Puka plays any this year. Here. Hmm. Ah, man. This is tough. Tough. These are two really good teams. I think they're two really good teams. You take you. You take Puka out of the deal. And what's their defensive back that's the all pro? Oh, the tactics are tan. All he's got to do is lock down Devonte Adams. Right. Right. Right. I think Broncos at home, Broncos defense is solid is really solid.

19:05I know that the Rams defense is good too. I mean, obviously you have Miles Garrett and Aaron Donald, but it's one of those. I think the Broncos at home is going to be at another level. Give me the Rams. Rams, Jam. Let me make up some games here. Okay, bonus question. A couple of games. College games we're going to talk about real quick. Ole Miss put Thumping on LSU that day. Even though they down to the wire, LSU Ole Miss I think was a better football team. It was a good game, really good game. It was Kiff and got a good taste of his own medicine there. This week LSU goes to A&M. One of these teams is going to have two losses already. And they'll be out of it probably. Because whoever gets to set the two losses is not going to get to play in the SEC championship game. So that's going to be in because it's going to be two conference losses. So who do you think wins that game? It's at A&M. A&M's quarterback looks absolutely terrible. I think LSU is coming in to get right. And it takes the same A&M's coming off a loss at home to Kentucky.

20:08Yes. That's an LSU's literally just looking for somebody to beat up on right now. And I think LSU comes in there and gets back on track. What are you thinking? LSU. I think LSU wins that game too. I think A&M's looking for new coach by Thanksgiving probably. Texas is going to Tennessee to Knoxville. It's 11 o'clock start. I think the Longhorns have way too much talent. I think that winter lose. I think the Longhorns are going to lose a game or two this year. But I think that guy is good at roster as anybody in college football. And I think the Longhorns win this game by 10 points. I love Knoxville especially this game is going to be rocking. But I just I think that Texas's defense is too good for what that freshman quarterback is going to be going up against. I don't think it's going to be a blowout.

21:08But I do think that Texas is going to be it'll be close. And then like the last three drives of the game is Texas is going to just put the nail on the coffin each time. I think it's Texas. I'm going home filled advantage here. You hate the Longhorns. It's going to be it's going to be rocking baby. It's going to be rocking. Neelan's going to be going crazy. Ever SEC game is that way? So you're taking Tennessee. I'm taking Tennessee. Go balls. Is this the last oh you is going to Georgia. I say Georgia by three touchdowns because I don't know if you'll be able to score against them. They're terrible on offense. Yeah, I don't. I am David stones out too. They're starting in those guard. No tackle for Oklahoma. So that part of Oklahoma's how good they are is how good their defensive. And I don't think that they're I don't think they're stopping. Georgia. I think Georgia is going to roll them. I think the materials are going to be they're going to be trying to call for maternity transfer or something. Yeah, I think it's going to be Georgia in a big way.

22:12I did see where somebody was asking Judarian price. If he had any thoughts of leaving Notre Dame, he's like, my mom was pushing me to go to tech when she saw how much money they were going to throw at me. He's like, just wait for the NFL check to get there and everything will be fine. So Notre Dame's playing their boys too. Evidently tech was offering him a bag of cash to come out there last year. Well, you wouldn't do it. Well, he's getting paid now. He's first from big. We need more people to sell out. Other big game is coming to love it. Andy, you're at the gaming against Houston. We're talking about SEC stuff and here you are talking Texas tech again. And you were sweating the Houston game. Oh, absolutely. Oh, we had to win. Ole Miss at Florida. The swamp. Florida's a lot better football team. I'm going to take Ole Miss. I think that quarterback is the husband trophy winner. He's lights out. Yeah. Yeah. Trinidad. I think Trinidad is unbelievable. I've taken Ole Miss.

23:12I think it's a, you know, John Summerhall is a great coach. And next year, I think they start, you know, pushing Florida back to where Florida was. But right now, I think it's still a little bit more of that transition year. I'm going to go Ole Miss. Kiffin's going to have him right. Kiffin's going to have him ready to play Pistoff. And the last game we got throw it in because it's a big 10 school. Iwa at Michigan. Now, the St. Western Michigan. Michigan's one in one on the season. But the record says 2 and 0, but everybody knows they're one in one. Everybody does. Iwa might win three to nothing. But I'm going to take Michigan at home. I think Michigan's a lot better than the team that played against Western Michigan. And they actually trounced OU on defense. And I don't know if Michigan's any good because OU's terrible. Yeah. I'm going to take Michigan. I'm a Michigan fan. I got to go Michigan. I know Iowa's defense is legit. I just, I think everything that I'm seeing is everyone keeps talking about the Iowa defense. But I don't think anybody's giving any credit to Michigan's defense because Michigan's

24:17defense is nasty. It's you're talking 11 tackles for loss last week with like nine different players. And four sacks, I think. So obviously it was U-TEP. But I think Western's better than people think. I do. I really do. I think that's, I mean, look at Houston, right? Yeah. Houston's Houston. Houston can be a top 10 team. They're a good football team. They're top five. No, they're not. Their starting defense aligned was all transfers from like Ohio State, North Carolina. Like that's what the transit. That's the good part about the transfer portal. Right. Those guys can go help some of these smaller schools. Well, Michigan people trying to legitimize this. I'm assuming that you're pulling for Western Michigan to win every other game this year, aren't you? Absolutely. Yeah. Absolutely. They won their conference last year. They they could be a they could be a playoff. They could make a playoff. If it comes to playoff, if they win every game, the rest of the year, what Michigan loses to who's got my who we're going to go with.

25:19Western you got to. I don't know that Michigan. Western Michigan's going to have to win out for Michigan to get in. I think this year, unless you win the big 10, I'll give you that. Right. And I hope you beat Ohio State and Indiana. I mean, I think Indiana's playing Sisters of the Blind this week again. They don't play nobody till Thanksgiving. But so I'm assuming that you've got you're taking Michigan over Iowa, right? Yes. Yes. And we'll do one more bonus one because it was another top 20 matchup. Oregon against USC. I think Oregon wins this game. And Oregon is not very good football team. I think Oregon wins by a couple touchdowns. I don't think USC is as good as everybody thinks they are. I mean, they were in a dog fight with Rutgers until the last drive of the game, where the dude, I think it was an interception for a touchdown with like three minutes left, or four minutes left in the game that kind of locked it up. I don't, I don't on the road in Piscataway. Like, I don't think they're as good as people think.

26:22So I'm going to go Oregon, especially in rivalry game. Oregon. All right. Kyle, we appreciate you being on here, bud. God bless you have a good time. Where are you headed? Where are you headed this hunting season? Do anything cool? Man, I'm keeping it, I'm keeping it local. Gonna stay here in Michigan. I'll probably do my annual trip out west. That's about it. I know Joe, Hines and I were brainstorming hunting together at some point. But other than that, I think that's about it. Well, very good. Well, if you get a wild hair and come to Texas, give us a haul and we'll shoot some specableness. Put me to work. All right. All right. I appreciate you. My dude. See you. Yep. Thank you. Let me figure out how to miss the button. There it is. All right. That is week three already. It's going by and hurry. Yeah, it's going by quick and then we'll be able to know hunting season. That'd be miserable. Yep. Yep. So anyway, all right, everybody. We appreciate you listening. Be safe out there. Watch for deer.