HR3: Brooks Kubena previews the Eagles going into week 1 vs Commanders | Super Bowl predictions | Commanders Coordinators presser reaction

0:00All of our NFL opening week conversation on the team 980 is presented by hands-free sketchers slip-ins. Just step in and go. Joining us right now is Brooks Cubina. Brooks covers the Eagles for the athletic. He is the Nikki Javala of the Eagles. And you can follow Brooks on X at B. Cubina is spelled K-U-B-E-N-A. Washington at Philly Sunday at 425 to open up the 2026 NFL season. So Brooks we all know as NFC East people that 21 years went by without a repeat division winner until last year when Philly went back to back. Nobody's won it three times in a row since the Andy Reed, Donovan McNabb Eagles of back in 0-1 through 0-4. They actually won four division titles in a row from 0-2 from 0-1 to 0-4. So I'll just start with not

1:05bearing the lead. Do you think Philly wins the NFC East for a third straight year? I do. I think they're most persistent to do it. Dallas is I think stronger this year and healthier and I like what the giants are doing. They're going to be better. But I think they're the most complete team and have the most talent. I think that'll drive out over a year that I think is going to start pretty slow for them at least offensively. But this is a defense that is going to at least be top five in the NFL. And last year they were an 11 win team by writing on a defense that wasn't as structurally talented on the depth chart. So I think everything's in position for them to three feet there as an NFC's title one. By the way, is Grinard going to be ready to play Sunday or not? I looked out on the yesterday's the first time that he was in full patch and I mean it's a sign that they were that he wasn't on the public center this season. So I mean I saw him go through workouts and you know we're going to chance to talk to folks in the

2:07locker room. So it seems that he will at least be practicing on the next couple of days and there will be kind of assessing just his spot. The thing that I'm wondering is not necessarily his physical capability. Also will be practicing is the parts of the game plan that the big fan show the edge rushers drop a little bit more in coverage and there's responsibilities that they have that Jonathan Grinard really wasn't doing in his past and Vic talked about that during training camp. If Jonathan's up to speed, Jonathan Grinard's up to speed then I think those are things that are else it might be a little bit more contained on the field in certain packages. I think I think if those the next couple of days look good and his in his pectoral is fine. I think he's at least active how many snaps and how involved he is in the game plan depends on those things that I've been told. I'll come back to the defense in a moment because you said that you think it's possible that you know it'll start off slowly in 2026 on offense and I'm assuming that's because

3:10there's a new offensive coordinator. Jalen Hertz has certainly dealt with that over the years and there's no AJ Brown this year. So tell me what you're expecting offensively by first answering whether or not it appears to be a good fit at this point. The manion sort of you know Shanahan McVey style offense with what Jalen Hertz does well. Well it's all connected to the run game which is what I'm going to start with. If you look at it last year it just it would sell off completely from what it was in 2024. As far as that would do to their center camjerg and then their left car lane and take this and the in vain that the bit they lost their right tackle. I mean Jonathan later in the year and they just couldn't run the ball with the vertical power system that they had been using and that impacted the past game too. And there were structural issues in that they went to you know in the bottom half of the league in terms of running the ball and that's always what the Eagles have been able to put their hat on in a seriana era and that was and that was the overhaul the offseason. Yes they changed off into coordinators

4:15but what was to me a bigger change is that there are a lot of time off into line coach and run game coordinator and Jess Doutland they moved on from him and committed to this wide zone scheme that is a big departure from what they would have been doing. And that was always going to impact the passing game because to marry the past that runs is understanding concepts and Jalen Hertz is going to have to embrace more that any has. And in training camp I saw a the growing pain there. We saw an uptick in interceptions and that's partly because of Jalen Hertz connecting with his wide receivers on where they're supposed to be. This is a room that was only Devonte Smith and Darius Cooper someone who really didn't have much involvement in the passing game last year are the only returning members after AJ Brown's departure. So a lot of people were learning the new system and how it works within the run game and all of those things. But to more your point whether it's going to be a fit I haven't seen that yet. That's one of the things most curious

5:17that's going to be in his first week and those to come. I have seen Jalen Hertz with his technique under center in training camp. I mean he had not been one of the things that I think is interesting is the way that they had been playing was more so built on great predetermining before the snap what matchups they could get. It was a great gamble to be looking at AJ Brown and Devonte Smith both on the field and saying okay I'm going to go to this guy or this guy because of the high leverage level situation. Now to go into more pure progression reads under this under center look and it's something that Jalen had some experience but not much and these quick timing decisions that are working with receivers like a large and more and you know Don Tevin wicks and Hollywood Brown guys he hasn't been around with and the McCuy lemon the first round pick he was out for most of training camp at the hamstring injury so all of these things these timing these connections within the system it's going to take

6:17some time so I don't know yet if it's going to be a fit the things that I've noticed from Jalen Hertz at least that he is he's committed doing this and I could speak more on that but that there's his confidence in Sean Manion that he has a deep conviction in his team and that was the number one the number one thing the Nick Cereyani was looking at an offensive coordinator talking Jalen Hertz yesterday about that and he said that's a great word conviction in terms of what it goes to Manion and he's he's bought into the system and as we see them work through it I think the the effort were absolutely be there yeah really interesting stuff because you know Jalen Hertz and Jaden Daniels are kind of going through the same thing they're both going to play under center more they're both going to play in a zone run centric offense with a lot more play action and a lot more bootleg off of it and for me it's funny because I've been a big Jalen Hertz fan I think he's played his best football in the biggest games for Philadelphia over the last few years and

7:23I don't think that that's built up as much among NFL fans it perhaps it is with Eagles fans but I kind of view Jalen differently than I do Jaden I think Jaden's going to be a perfect fit in this David Blau Ben Johnson Kevin O'Connell the same kind of thing a lot of the same concepts and for me in watching Jalen during his career I think he's much better when he's a big part of the run game and look you might you sound like you don't have an answer no one will have an answer until we actually see it but what do you say to that like I've always felt like he's at his best when he is a true dual threat quarterback I agree and the thing over the last several years and it's been a point here in several stories across the past several years the the times that he has designed quarterback runs has steadily gone down over the last four years it was around 110

8:26in 2022 and it was down to I think in the high 60s last year so the the thing that is tied to that is that in 21 22 23 and even in 24 Jalen hurts I've been dealing with some form of injury going into the playoffs last year was the first time that he didn't have it it was fully healthy and you could sense how that was something that he really liked so it's a trade-off there to understand okay how much are we going to risk I mean I mean people the fans of the commanders recognize when going into the 24 that's when he got his concussion and things that he was dealing with going into the 24 playoffs so I we that remains as we've seen how much he'll be involved I don't doubt that it will be John Manian next year Jalen her season yesterday when talking about using himself as a runner in this offense they know that it's a skill and they're they're going to they're going to have it to be part of this offense at what volume is the question at what times this question and I don't think from the trends that we've seen over the last several

9:29seasons that'll go up any more significantly than than we're used to from last year Brooks Cubino from the athletic joining us he covers the Eagles for the athletic so is there like a big exhale with no AJ Brown and no drama around AJ Brown Jalen hurts etc or is there a feeling like there's a big hole missing at that position there I've wrote about this a couple of days ago Nick Sireana opened the first team meeting of this season by talking about take-out their nests it was something he was saying over the off season and Jalen hurts was take a note during that meeting and he told us the borders that he wrote down in his notebook a 100% alignment zero entitlement and he didn't name AJ and maybe didn't even directly mean to include him but some of the last couple of weeks just seeing how they've talked about the togetherness

10:30factor of this team it seems to be that they're moving forward Jalen hurts and it's in his opening remarks start training camp said he couldn't emphasize how important it was to protect just the the the camaraderie of the team and because they know the challenges are going to come all these players no last year they had access frustration and I don't know if they'll remember but there was a point where it was so absurd toward the last end of the year there was like this blow up eustre bunny in the locker room that they called the positivity rabbit and it was quickly deflated but like it just was showing like how how weird it was getting in terms of how people were able to express themselves and that just wasn't getting fixed so the the room AJ Brown was the most outspoken about his on field misery and that there's no dispute to that even he would that that's to that and he thought it was actually part of the accountability that would point towards some of the corrections that need you to be made but in some ways it just traced outlines for them to be more miserable so like the the the the point for things this year things would be directed towards

11:37constructive togetherness so I've seen some of that play out in training camp obviously they haven't played a game yet obviously they haven't run into any problems so that's going to be the test of whether that's actually true whenever they get an unscouted look that that's a little up in a game and now they've got to figure it out and then maybe it persists for four or five weeks and Sean Manian is having trouble deducing how to how to stop that too where does that lead these are questions that have come up probably midway through the season but they're at least talking and I'm seeing some of those things play out in the locker room and training camp about how they're supporting each other I thought going into last season we did kind of the top five players in the NFC East heading into last season and I think I had Jaylen Carter is like either the number one or number two player in the division heading into the season I just thought he was an absolute game record of the year before and I'm curious as to how Philadelphia fans and you guys see the season

12:38in the rear view that he had last year and then what the expectations are for this year. I mean last year got off to a pretty weird star with a spitting on back press. I mean that was kind of one of the questions about like if the Eagles are going to commit a historic record-breaking contract to somebody and their availability and their maturity is obviously one of the number one things you're wondering about him owning up to that finding his spaces where you know he can be you know the defensive minor player that he wants to be or things that he talked about over the training camps and he played and I remember the Chicago Bears Game last year was one of the biggest signs of where he was at physically he ended up having two operations on his shoulders one on each shoulder and then missed time towards the end of the year. He was dealing with those shoulder issues and now he's healthy you know I see it in training camp he's poised for what I think and what I know that Eagles believe that he can have a monster season.

13:38I think this is something where he can they're expecting him to take that all-prose step to be in the conversation or defense of player the year and he has the tools we've seen it you know some of his pressure from the inside that's what Vic Fangio likes to see from this defense and some of the ways that he schemes it up but all of those tools are there for Jalen Carr to be there just his availability and his maturity those things that he's kind of addressed over the last couple of months we'll see if those come out because we know that he can be a dominant player and they commit they don't commit that kind of money to people that they don't view as cornerstones of their team and now it's time to see that action. Is there a better cornerback room than the one that Philadelphia has in the league anywhere? It's a good question you know I was I haven't analyzed the depth charts post 53 men or ostracut downs I know that you know the Rams have picked up their defense a lot but what makes it so unique to the Eagles and why they're so good there is

14:43the Cooper Degene's versatility I mean they they're carrying three safeties on the 53 man roster which is not normal for them because he's going to play there in base packages last year you played outside cornerback and base packages and he's an all-prote nickel the guy can play he'd probably be an all-prote at any of those positions and that allows Quenya Mitchell to just basically be you know attentive on one side of the field or they can you know he can just be the outside cornerback that he needs to be but like yo I don't know they also just twice last year watching them play the commanders but this was this was a weak cornerback two spot last year that the fans have did a very good job of masking partly by using Cooper Degene and base packages but now bringing Rick Lewin into the equation I mean it's it's look it's look it's look night and day in training camp because what he had is I mean the things that he had in Seattle in terms of this physicality some of the play press coverage some of you can play in those ways the thing that he's and now they don't have

15:46to to to move Cooper Degene around in order to mask that issue they don't have to worry about one side of the field as much that's what brings strength to that secondary the question for him is he was not much of a you know off coverage zone coverage type of cornerback and Vic Fangio likes to use those mix uh those max match zones a lot and that's things that he's even spoken to Lewin has about his development but most most of all like you can see him in practice and the way that he's matching up against guys like the bonfei Smith and uh evening and joint practices against AJ Brown and others like he's holding his own so like the question is how how much more did he elevate uh which I think uh is why this defense is going to be more of a get off the field team in 24 they're three in opposite was amongst top in the league and it went down significantly last year they can do that this year that's really what's going to help to tie it back to the offense something uh that needs as much help as it can get as it's maturing they're going to get

16:46that and part of that is how how good the secondary is by the way I mean I don't talk kickers a lot but Jake Elliott had a rough year I remember as he was going to do it's like this guy's been money for his entire career and he had a difficult season he's back as the kicker correct he is I mean they've given him a lot of money and that's kind of part of the thing you've got to commit to the guy that you've given a lot of guarantee of money too and this is that last year where before it becomes feasible for them to part with that but I mean he also is capable we've only seen a training cap and then practices some of the preseason games that he does have that accuracy still the question is whenever there's going to be those it really his struggles were apart from some point afters over a problem but his from plus 50 where he had been very accurate over his course his career went down significantly in the late 40s but this is a team that's going

17:50to plant in conditions and it's going to be some tight games and that's the question for me and so if there seems to be a trend again towards a bad year for Jake like I wonder if they're going to start bringing in some competition whether they start making some moves or if they're going to commit to them that's the question they've always verbally stuck by him and to this point haven't haven't addressed that but this is the kind of year where financially speaking you know there there is a decision to be made and you know as soon as you see something on the waiver line or something where they add a kicker and camp that's going to be a big story. All right we'll finish up with this keys to a Philadelphia win we do it from the other side here leading into the weekend but keys to a Philadelphia win Sunday against Washington. You mentioned Jonathan Grenard earlier I'm going to stick with that for the keys for this because you know Laramie Tonsel being out really brings past protection into question and we don't really know the full depth of this eagle's edger usher room with out Grenard I mean that's the whole

18:55reason why how heroism has been a couple of third round picks to bring him in giving him 96 million dollars. You know J.L.X. Hunt the guy that's been around for a couple of years now former third round pick he's looked at really good spots in certain games so we haven't seen him have a complete breakout year in Nolan Smith and the other end. This is a big year for him contractually speaking as well former first round pick he just he's not been available he's going to hurt a lot. So how much how much pass rush can they generate from the edge and how quickly can they get off the field therefore because you know if they can get into some longer second and third down that's the things where that's for the secondary is really going to help them there. So I think that's the key I know the defense has the design and the history to be good if that is in place and they play like that then it's going to be very hard to say the Eagles don't win. Brooks thanks really good stuff appreciate it. Yeah anytime. Brooks Kubina from the athletic

19:56covers the Eagles really good information on that team. Grenard is a key man I wanted Washington to go after Grenard when he was available reuniting potentially with Toronto Jones. He ended up in Philadelphia after a trade he was outstanding last year for the Vikings as an edge pass rusher. All right up next we will have our Super Bowl picks also the two coordinators spoke today on Thursday in preparation for the opener on Sunday we'll have some of that as well Kevin Chiencho the team 980 and the team 980.com. If you're dealing with drafts and I'm not talking about the one that happens at the end of April early May but the one that comes through some of your windows it's leading to higher air conditioning bills higher heating bills and you can fix that and window nation is here to help I would urge you if this is an issue to at least call them and let them come

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21:59go to window nation dot com these are windows seen on hg tv's designing spaces i've known window nation for 20 years nearly 20 years i promise you they'll get it done 86690 nation and window nation dot com window nation is a proud partner of wounded warrior project all right um let's talk super bowl picks because we got it down to our super bowl match up with our NFC picks earlier in the show uh max has a super bowl featuring the rams and the broncos i have a super bowl featuring the rams and the chiefs um not total chalk because Denver's not necessarily you know a lead favorite for the for the super bowl the chiefs really aren't anywhere near where they have typically been but the rams are certainly the favorite to get to the super bowl um the biggest surprise in our

23:03picks so far uh you know i had the big one with Washington winning the NFC east new warlands winning the NFC south you also uh had that um other than that you know a lot of teams that perhaps are the calls uh to wind divisions and get playoff births not not enough surprises i don't think in our picks max but anyway uh we're gonna pick the super bowl here in a moment but first of all our MVP MVP pick for the year for me i'm going with and and i should with a rams chief super bowl i should probably say staffer or ma homes but i'm gonna go with Jordan love on a team that i think will be the two seed in the NFC i think he is prime for a big year i like the receivers i think golden can step up the the running back situation will be interesting i just him a big Jordan love fan and i think there were signs of it last year again and maybe he puts it all together and has an

24:09MVP caliber season uh Jordan love my MVP in 2026 what about yours a lot of people at the beginning of this season right now i'm hearing a lot of talk about the Baltimore Ravens and Lamar's bounce back here and how they're gonna fare with Jesse mintorous head coach and a lot of people are positive i am as well give me Lamar Jackson to win the MVP this year in a bounce back season coming off of injury i'm looking at sort of a consensus blend of the odds Josh Allen is the favorite to win the MVP followed by Lamar Jackson and Joe burrow who are pretty much right there neck and neck at at eight to one and then it's herbert and ma homes at like 10 to one Caleb at 11 to one Prescott at 12 to one Stafford 14 to one Drake May those odds have dropped after one game at 18 to one and then Brock Purtie at 18 to one let me just mention that this you know if we have a continuing trend

25:15of defense it you know really kind of dominating as it has here uh with the Eagles in 24 last year with obviously Seattle's defense and Denver's defense and Houston's defense and you know even in the Super Bowl with New England playing great defensive football could we end up with a miles Garrett or a will Anderson junior being in the mix for an MVP maybe because i'll tell you what the defensive players in the NFL right now are all sort of loud noticeable i'm not saying personality wise i'm talking talking about in the way they play miles get Garrett will Anderson junior Nick Benito Aiden Hutchinson Max Crosby are all players that you can't take your eyes off when they're playing at a high level and you know i would assume it's going to be a quarterback keep it simple

26:16stupid quarterback for MVP um but it would be interesting if like a miles Garrett ends up having not only another dominant miles Garrett type of a season but doing it on a Super Bowl team a Super Bowl one seat in the NFC if a will Anderson did the same thing in Houston and Houston was a dominant 14 and three defensive lead team you know where CJ Stroud was more of a game manager and they ended up in the Super Bowl could will Anderson junior you know threatening it i think that there are some incredible defensive players in the league and just some incredible defenses in the league um all right uh Jordan love for me and for you you went Lamar Jackson all right are Super Bowl matchup i've got Rams chiefs you've got Rams Broncos who wins the 2026 Super Bowl

27:17it's going to be the team with with Aaron Donald and Miles Garrett up front uh i it's hard for me to pick against that especially in crunch time with two of the best defensive players i've seen in my generation so i'm sticking with the Rams Rams over Denver uh i've got the Rams over the chiefs which means we both have the Rams winning their second Super Bowl in their home stadium wow uh that would be interesting um all right uh we've got some sound from Dorontate Jones David Blow from coordinator press conference day we'll update you guys on injuries uh they did put out their first list uh late yesterday you'll get the second list today um and start looking ahead to the opener against the Eagles Kevin she and show the team 980 the team 980.com don't forget you can watch this show on our youtube channel just hit the subscribe button and hit the like button when you get there also i'll let you know if i have a smell test pick on tonight's game

28:23damn what are you most looking forward to seeing from jade and especially after what he went through last year what are you looking for the most seeing as a season begins man that's that's awesome one um just knowing john how much work that he's put in to the system like to see that execution take place um he's really in very good command of it and then i would say probably the second thing is like the amount of time him and Terry have had together i read i think it was like less than 15 percent of the snaps they were on the field together in 20 25 that sounded crazy but the amount of work that those two guys have had to see that and i think just to see his the way he's able to express himself in the offense so i can't wait to see it i can't wait to see that either on sunday uh quarterback one wide receiver one a legitimate we think wide receiver two i think uh perhaps uh an upgrade overall in tight end number one uh the

29:23running back situation tbd i think we're gonna see a lot of rachad white i do uh but uh crosskey marad had a very good offseason and summer and certainly could be the guy that gets some of those first down looks um yeah offensively two years ago this team at times i mean it's only two seasons ago at times like most of the time was unstoppable last year that team offensively that played in 2024 didn't really play together uh it shouldn't be a surprise to you coach quinn uh john kyeim actually asked the question and actually had the exact numbers on how much Terry and jaden played together uh it was less than 15 percent it was exactly 13.9 percent of the snaps over the course of the season they played on 138 snaps out of 990 total snaps uh in

30:322024 they played on 817 snaps out of a thousand eleven you can kind of do that math it's over 80 percent in fact it's 80.8 percent of the time they played together uh on offense versus 13.9 percent of the time last year so you're two two of your three best offensive players and your best quarterback to wide receiver uh connection barely played football together last year that is a big reason why the team did not play well last year like the number one reason if we're being truly objective and fair um that hopefully will change this year fingers crossed there's no guarantee because you were the most injured team in 2025 that you'll remain healthy and be much better off in 2026 uh injuries don't have memory from the year to year but if he plays all 17 and if

31:39Terry's out there for all 17 and they re they remain relatively healthy with their best players I don't know how they would suck which is what many people think they'll end up being in 2026 the team we saw in 2024 couldn't be stopped offensively and you have theoretically upgraded at receiver not to mention there is some hope and reason to hope that you're not going to be nearly as bad on defense which will help as well all right um the coordinators talk on Thursday and that meant the first regular season presser for uh Dorontay Jones and for David Blowlet's start with Dorontay Jones he was asked about trying to slow down and stop Sequan Barkley on Sunday and I know what you weren't here but ever since Sequan Barkley joined the Eagles he's rushed for

32:42at least 115 yards in a touchdown in every game against the commanders how do you stop a guy like that? Sequan is special you know uh I don't think um you know it's not a one man job it's uh it's a team effort and uh even with that I mean his explosiveness his playmaking ability um he's very dynamic and they've done a great job of using them in that way and finding different spaces to get him touches and so uh you take your head off to the organization how they utilize their personal over there yeah probably key number one on Sunday and I'll give you my keys to a win over Philadelphia stop the run stop Sequan Barkley you've got to be in that position or you get the Eagles into you know third and two and second and four and that's not a position where you can you know highlight

33:43and show off your new pass rush uh this was Dorontay Jones being asked about the Tush push which by the way with the new offensive coordinator we don't know we don't even know if we'll see it I would assume we would given its effectiveness even though it took a bit of a step back last year but this was Dorontay Jones on stopping Philadelphia's Tush push Warren coach the Eagles are kind of known for those sneak packages um we've seen teams have different strategies including like Frankie jumping over the line without getting into specifics how do you start to build out how you're going to try to prevent that as a coordinator uh probably he's just always keeping out of that situation I mean it's like a 75% rate success rate I mean it's tough you know it's you know the rug we deal to have have come into our sport which has been huge in terms of the tackling but you can see how as some of us say the scrum has kind of come into play a little bit so yeah keep them away from third and two fourth and one etc uh and you don't have to face it although

34:49you know it hasn't been as we know a play that's been legislated have or has been officiated very well last night we did see an offensive off sides we saw the right tackle clearly off sides pre-snap for Seattle on a Tush push and they called it so that has to be called more than it has been in the past this was David Blow the new offensive coordinator on his confidence in the offense we've heard a lot from the staff and the players that we really haven't seen everything that this new offense and defense is going to show obviously in the regular season but if we're not seeing it out there and you know you're not wrapping it as much because we're not seeing it what gives you confidence that is ready for week one what gives me confidence is that this game always comes down to fundamentals and the team that blocks better the team that tackles better the team that throws and catches better team that takes care of the football better um you know we'll win the game and we've been

35:54drilling it we've been teaching so i'm excited for people to see what our units about and our play style and full display but um you know we know as a group what it comes down to you can't throw three interceptions like Jake Drake May did in the fourth quarter of a game and expect to win minus three doesn't usually get it done in the NFL Washington's turnover margin last year second worst in the NFL at minus 13 there are a number of takeaways last year we've talked about this a lot 10 total next to last and just you know for the purposes of comparing you know they were too fewer than the next team in line which was the cowboys believe it or not you got to end up this year taking the ball away and being much better in the turnover margin minus 13 equals losing record period uh and uh usually a big time losing record uh see the jets

36:59in Washington for the bottom two turnover margins from last year um all right uh tonight we get game number two uh it's a wild one in Melbourne australia where the Rams got onto a plane on Tuesday they're essentially which was really you know late late Tuesday night Melbourne time uh they have basically arrived somewhere in the neighborhood of about 30 hours or 34 hours before the game they're gonna play the game and go back let's need was asked about the decision to to basically fly in play the game and fly out as to whether or not that was a good thing to promote the league in australia rather than being there for the last week as the 49ers have and he said we've got 51 other weeks we can go back and promote the game in australia we're playing to win the game and this is what our people say is the best way to do it it's two different approaches

38:02this is obviously from an international game standpoint the most challenging in NFL history it had to be a game played by two west coast teams we knew that going into the schedule uh and tonight the Rams as a team that is the favorite to win the Super Bowl is a three and a half point favorite against the 49ers in the first of two against the Niners that will be more likely than not very important to the NFC West and to the NFC race uh all together no smell test pick on the game tonight there is a public lean on the Rams and if you're you know asking me well I got to play the game give me what you gave me last night and or yesterday and I said if you got to play the game play New England plus the points which is either a pusher or win I'd play the Niners plus the points and I probably will personally but it's not one that fits sort of the smell test formula I will have

39:03plenty of those picks on tomorrow show uh in addition to in addition to Max and I giving out our Washington prediction record wise I've already told you I've got him winning the NFC East all right Max has already told you he's got him finishing second in the NFC East because he's got him as a wild card team uh right or did you sneak him in with Elfia no have Philly as a wild card team oh I've got us baby yeah well you could have had Philly too I could have you know could have predicting we're going to have our season prediction uh record wise we'll give you guys a chance on that uh but the first full fledged football Friday of the year coming up tomorrow uh again uh the rundown our schedule has changed following me now will be the last hour of B-Mitch and JP from 1067 the fan our sister station followed by the first hour of Grant and Danny uh from 1067 the fan

40:09and then Chris will be in from three to six that's his new schedule we are ready for football season back tomorrow everybody