NFL Week 1 Preview: Bold Upsets, Breakout Stars & Primetime Predictions (Ep. 2177)

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1:03That's what we got in store for you with a little bit of news and notes. Gentlemen, as we just jump right into Week 1 because I am ecstatic here, I would imagine Erickson is pretty ecstatic because your New England Patriots, Mr. Andrew Erickson, lock down Christian Gonzalez on a four year, $135 million deal, $102 million guaranteed. He got a $33 million signing bonus, which actually that feels a little light maybe. But he's the highest paid quarterback ever at the position. So right before the season starts up, right before the game is going to be kicking off practically, that deal gets locked down Erickson. So talk to us about how important this is and do you think this is a good deal? Because this is an overpay for the Patriots to get one of the best corners locked down for a few years. I don't think it's an overpay. Whenever you're the last player to sign the new contract, you always have to pay the most. That is how it works. And I would say comparing him to Witherspoon, they do play a little bit different in terms of one of them is really man coverage. Like that's what Gonzalez is for, right?

2:04You put him on another guy, he shadows that guy for the entire game, and his goals are just take that wide receiver away. He was the one bright spot in the Super Bowl, making plays left and right in the first half against the Seattle Seahawks. If it wasn't for him, they would have gotten blown out even sooner than they did in the entirety of the game. So Gonzalez, it's funny. I always recall back to when the Patriots drafted Christian Gonzalez. And I want to shout out to my Washington commanders for taking a manual forbs, one spot ahead of Christian Gonzalez, all 150 pounds of manual forbs they took. So that was a total layup, but the story goes that Bill Bela check was actually pushing to draft Key on White with that draft pick. And not Christian Gonzalez, but somebody at the table, I don't know who it was. Talks and sense in a bill was like Bill, look, we can get Key on White later in the draft. Okay, we have to take Christian Gonzalez. We need a quarterback so badly, this guy is an absolute stud.

3:05And eventually, Bela check made the right decision was actually Bela check's last first round pick as the de facto geo of the New England Patriots. So it is nice to see one of these players have a strong start to his career. And I'm such a sucker for the shutdown lockdown quarterbacks. Again, going back to the Patriots, linear, you have the tie laws. They had to rail Revis for a stint when he was a big part of their defense in winning another Super Bowl. So I love Christian Gonzalez. I think that he's super awesome, well deserved. And the Patriots are going to need him on Wednesday night if they're going to slow down Jason. Do they need you guys know, do they have any of those like programs for any of these scouts or the people that pound the table like they should get like a percentage. They should get like do they get a bonus for like pounding the table and being right or if a contract is renewed like, shouldn't there be something like that in the player development department. I had assumed like some team is like, hey, great job. And they throw you something, but there should be something like official. They should and they should probably if you take a manual Forbes before Christian Gonzalez,

4:09she should probably get thrown in a dungeon or something for that. Because that is one of the worst decisions I can possibly think of it. I had totally forgotten Forbes went right before Christian Gonzalez. Oh my goodness. I mean, look, the Patriots blow all their wide receiver picks, but as a team that's drafted and developed defensive backs, they have been one of the best franchises over the last 20 years doing that. Fitsy, any hangover on the contract for this first game? I know we're going to I guess we're going to be talking about it here in a little bit, but any like big money hangover. Hey, the money's in the bag and then JS and just I mean, what a bad look. He's the highest paid corner all time. And then JS and just for rise him on Wednesday. Yeah, that's some pressure. But it was interesting that the Patriots waited so long and I was kind of wondering why they were dragging their feet on that extension, which she knew was coming. Like it was inevitable if you don't get him locked up. What are you doing? And we got to see on hard knocks, then giving witherspoon the big new contract and all his teammates congratulating him and everything.

5:11And the thinking then was like, okay, what about Christian Gonzalez? Yeah, he congrats on the contract. You're playing on Wednesday. This is just what you want. Just in time because I mean, I mean, I would seem like he was also non-committal. Again, I was doing the betting pros, prime right up for the Sioux Patriots game on Monday on Labor Day before the contract news dropped. So I was writing that with some in the back of my mind of there's a chance that Gonzalez doesn't even suit up in this game. What better leverage than that if JS and goes for 200 yards against the rest of your defense? Oh, yeah, you probably should have paid me because I probably got to help a little bit. Some news and notes specific to games and we stay with the Patriots here is we're going to take a look at some questionable tags. One of the biggest stories over the last couple days has been the non practicing of Travian Henderson and the potential run of Ramondra Stevenson and Erickson's just got to be grinning ear to ear because not that the injury does this or anything like that. But Erickson, I mean, you interviewed I'm forgetting his name now the beat writer with the Patriots that said like this is Ramondra's job.

6:13We've seen a lot of other news and notes out here that's been like, hey, this is a Ramondra situation. Now it's going to most likely be thrown in our face. The guy hasn't practiced in like two weeks. I think he didn't practice on Monday. We're recording this on Tuesday. So I don't believe he's going to be out there. All the reports are it looks like it would be impossible him for him to play. So this is going to be a heavy Ramondra Stevenson run, which is a tough matchup. But all Ramondra, he has a chance to show out or do you think this could be a little bit one of those like, you know, hey, it's just Ramondra bad matchup. He's, I mean, my god, if he fumbles, the world's going to collapse on itself for when Henderson is active. But like this is a tough matchup. Ramondra might not dominate. And if he doesn't, everyone's going to be streaming screaming for a Travian Henderson when he's healthy. But I don't expect Travian to be playing in this week one game. Yeah, that is an interesting way to look at it where Ramondra gets all the opportunities and volume because he's the best. And he's the only one who's going to have a volume because he's the only healthy running back to have another trade for a guy from the Arizona Cardinals. But remains to be seen what kind of role he will be just being brought into the team pretty recently.

7:17So you're Ramondra is going to have all the opportunities. I think that you're just kind of looking for a for fantasy purposes, like probably a floor play. He's got touchdown equity. He can catch pass out of that. Feel we know we saw him do that in the Super Bowl. Obviously the Patriots were in a heavy pass game script in that particular environment. So I would expect him still to catch passes catch him dump off against a pretty fierce pass rush for the Seattle CX. They just have so much depth on that defensive line. And you know, Mike McDonald's going to be throwing everything at Drake May with the 12th man behind them. So yeah, Patriots offense has their work cut out for them. And at least for Ramondra, you know, he's going to be good and pass for him. Right. That's really the main reason why he was going to play more than Henderson would anyway, even if both guys were healthy. If Henderson doesn't suit up, that is an explosive element that the Patriots will be lacking because when you look at how they match up against Seattle, they're not going to be able to string together 15 play drives. That is merely impossible to do against defense, this elite, especially on the road. So they got a genuine explosives. And that's a little bit tougher when you don't have your really talented second year running back out of the backfield. We'll be talking about and breaking that down that game a little bit. Another running back that has some questionable tags, Fitsy is Jeremiah love.

8:23Now, it seemed like it could be a little bit more dicey, but as about the last 24 hours, we've gotten word, Michael force says he is optimistic that Jeremiah love is going to play in this game. Your quick take on what you think this is going to end up looking like now that it looks like the trend is that he's going to play. Do you think they're going to unload Jeremiah love? I mean, we're not going to be talking a lot about this game. The charges and the cardinals not going to be a lot to talk about. But I have to imagine this is going to be kind of like a heavy back down version of what I think people are expecting at a Jeremiah love. So do you think people are going to walk out of week one disappointed by love's production? Possibly you would think that Cardinals would be judicious about his usage. He is their third overall third overall pick of the draft coming off a high ankle spray. But then again, you would have thought they would have been judicious about his usage in the preseason in Michael floor gave him 14 carries in his first preseason game. So I suspect it's going to be a mix of Jeremiah love and Tyler Alger, but we shall see.

9:25Erickson anything that we just know the carnels are going to do the wrong thing. I don't know if you have any take on Jeremiah love. I was just I was just thinking what if the preseason game is the only game all year that Jeremiah love has at least 14 touches in the first half. What about any game 14 touches ever if they're just like they don't have to do it be it that would actually be amazing. Another injury that looks like it's going on to a positive run here is Alec Pierce. I mean, there was a huge time where we were concerned that Alec Pierce was going to be able to be out there at all in the first week or two. Now it looks like he is expected to play getting into practices from that ankle. They're going to have the culture going to have their kind of full set. We are going to talk about this game. But do you think there's going to be any limitations from Alec Pierce and do you think Alec Pierce could possibly be in a decoy situation where we could see a lot of Josh downs. I was doing some research on like first read quarter. It's actually specific to the next thing we are going to talk about. And I didn't even realize last year, Daniel Jones is the number one first read quarterback from a percentile stamp was like 77% first read.

10:30So it's interesting about that is you know, I mean from the short yarded stuff that guys like Tyler Warren and Josh downs have if they don't feel comfortable. This could just be a heavy Josh downs Warren game and Alec Pierce is just there to kind of spread the field and open it up for them. Or do you think we're going to see that big dominant version of Alec Pierce from last year like what are your expectations on his health in this game. I mean that could be his role sort of a decoy role, but like that's part of why they paid him what he does and threatens defenses vertically and that kind of open up his up room for the running game in Jonathan Taylor and the underneath receivers Josh downs and I guess Tyler Warren keen and Allen. So yeah, I mean, I don't know how many targets he's going to get, but it does seem like they were kind of playing it cautiously with him all during camp in the preseason and that they sort of expected to have him back. What was a little conversation about them later as the resident apparently lover of the cults this season from earlier in the year, I have a little I have a little bit to say about them later.

11:34The reason I did that research was looking at what do the Falcons look like going from Michael penics to to a tongue viola who has been tagged as the number is a quarterback the QB1 for this week. Now that they're not non-committal to future weeks, but because I was looking at it and it's like you know when penics is out there, you're like, okay, great. This is going to be Drake London some Kyle pits and dump off to be John Robinson penics was like I think top five in first read percentage last year. I felt in my in my mind after watching the dolphins last year the tool was a higher percentage of that he really wasn't he ended up being if you took out some of the you know quarterbacks of through like 20 passes or whatever. And then there's a 19th run 60 almost 65% first read it's just a decent amount less than penics, but he is a little bit more of a check down artist so that kind of reads a little bit more to be John Robinson. Erickson, what do you think the what do you think the Falcons look like and what do you think specifically like the core pieces of Drake London, be John Kyle pits, is there a suffering or is to just going to litter them with targets because there's really nothing else.

12:42And this is going to be a scary game for be John Robinson investors for Drake London investors on the road against the Pittsburgh Steelers with John Taylor as you're starting right tackle who's already off sides as we speak. This is just going to be a bad game for the Atlanta. This team usually doesn't play that well on the road anyway. And now it's against Pittsburgh just hostile environment. When we got the news of two was going to be starting immediately quote to that said Michael Penex confirmed week two starter because I just don't think that Tango is going to play well at all where the Falcons feel comfortable rolling him back for week two. I think that offensively you are just praying that these are obviously gets 10 targets and is just making plays and making guys mix because he's such a special player but Drake London I know we talked about it on the ranking show. Well, we're on him versus consensus because it's not Michael Penex on our center. There's also no joy for a center. He said he's not going to play you know because he because he wants to contract. So I mean that is what I talk about the boggling about this. That's like one less defensive piece. It doesn't help that their defensive line is going to be into his face. But from a coverage standpoint like they might be in a better spot but then to turn it back around that still might not be about London that might be more about pits.

13:54The Steelers have kind of struggled with Titan coverage in general if they have to put everything on London. They could still do something. I guess I'm trying to make a case can the Falcons be competitive but probably not I suppose. I would be very concerned about how that offense is going to play and that defense is no pass rush right air Rogers going to have all the time of the world to throw I think that this can be a massive Rico Dattle game. This Falcons defense just got totally eviscerated from the moments that it showed last year where okay this is proof of concept we have a pass rush we're stopping the run a little bit better and all those guys all contributors are not going to be a factor here in week one. They still have a lot of lack of depth on the defensive line. We talked about James like James Pierce is not going to spend it like they were they finally got a pass rush and now it's gone. I'm walking on in your reserve he's not going to play so I love the Steelers in the spot and I think it's terrible spot with Falcons Fitsy who is more receptions Drake London or be Jean Robinson in this game. I think it's going to be be Jean Robinson just totally away for the Falcons to ease the pressure with TJ want Nick her big screaming enough the edges until like he's going to have to get rid of the ball quickly and I think it's a set's up well for like an eight catch be Jean Robinson.

15:07I think his prop is around 4.5 over right now so go to betting pros go to our other website go to betting pros and check it out maybe lock it in maybe later it maybe later it to 25 or something like that if you're allowed to but later that if you can be Jean Robinson to the moon in this one I mean it is going to it's going to be embarrassing watching to in this game. Maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised I don't know the final piece it probably has some ramifications to at some point here it just hasn't happened yet but a dairy slate and was cut by the giants was actually kind of a shock to some people just because of that wide receiver core that they've got maybe it even speaks to the health of the level of comfort they have with Malik neighbors but a lot of teams looking and thinking that maybe dairy slate and would be a fit fits you I don't know if you have an opinion of a great destination for slate and or do you think this speaks to the Giants wide receiver room not sure about destination for slate and hadn't really thought of that not sure who might be a good late late pickup destination for him but it probably does speak to their confidence in Malik neighbors health to their confidence in day two rookie Malachi fields to be able to nail down that second wide receiver spot capably that they think they might actually get something from Odell Beckham they've only got four receivers

16:26on the roster right now it's neighbors fields Beckham and Darnell Mooney now they've got a couple of guys on the practice squad they could bring up jail and high at Braxton burials Charlie Jones who they got from the Bengals after the Bengals let him go but I think it maybe speaks to their confidence in what they have at wide receiver and maybe it means that they play more multiple tight assets that we've been seeing from the Giants they've got you know now they've got Theo Johnson and of course Aussies and addition Isaiah likely and I think they've got Chris Manhurtz as a third tight end who's a good blocker so might be telling us how we are going to see the Giants player on offense this year want to go to football name by the way Manhurtz I like we got a symbol we were just talking about this like one of the war me and Bogdan right don't remember the context but it was like you can have the worst sports name like a club there's a closer or there was a relief picture named blue it like that guy should legally change his name to save it if you're going to be a relief pitcher that shouldn't be the name but there are just some there's some bad names but then there's some amazing

17:31amazing football names and Manhurtz is like I would might be top five we at some point we're going to have to in the offseason assemble the greatest names for a football player and that might break a shop Ferguson yeah he's a shopper I mean Mike to be and he was amazing to like if you're good to might be one of the best name to player combinations of all time all right we are going to be breaking down the island games here we've kind of talked about we decent amount about the Giants that's going to be when we're going to be looking at Wednesday Thursday and then depending when you're watching this if you needed to skip pass those we are also going to be looking at Sunday and Monday night football but before we do give away time because we want to open up the trunk here at the tailgate and we want to give to you an autograph Todd Gurley Rams jersey how amazing does this bad boy look this is going to be your shot and all you've got to do is subscribe to the tailgate YouTube channel do it right now drop a comment below on any video and that is it my friends free 99

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19:37like pics or anything like that on spreads or whatever but just giving everybody what the line is looking like what do you think we're going to see out of this game is New England without Travian Henderson going to be able to pick up a win off of Seattle or a Seattle just going to be too much of a powerhouse even though they're meant you know it's on it's actually interesting the running game is kind of a mess across both of these there's depth missing on the Patriots the Seattle Seahawks of Gigerian price and maybe Halani like the running game is maybe the the denominator between what these teams are going to do outside of these defenses but Fitsy what do you think if you're previewing this game. Yeah it's going to be interesting to get our first look at Gigerian price how he fares against the Patriots who can have a pretty tough run defense and I think we are going to see Remundri Stevenson get a lot of work I don't know how much success he's going to have against the Seahawks front seven that just eats broken glass I mean those guys are so good what what I'm most anxious to see in this game Welsh is

20:41Drake may through for 295 yards and two touchdowns against the Seahawks and the Super Bowl but it certainly wasn't a successful game for May Patriots lost 29 13 May through two interceptions got sacked six times but now may gets to throw to AJ Brown and Romeo dobs and you know left tackle will Campbell healthy after coming back from an in season MCL injury last year and really kind of struggling in the playoffs it also looks like Seattle might have to play with out Nick Eman Worry because of an ankle injury Eman Worry was a force of nature as a rookie last year and Seahawks are really thin in the secondary which is why those of us who did watch hard knocks this summer so see Seattle GM John Schneider trying to add Terry and Arnold and Trayvon digs I just wonder if the Patriots might try to play with three or four receivers a lot of the game try to spread out the Seahawks and just let it rip for Drake May Chatchy PT can do more than answer questions it can help you get real work done Chatchy PT work is built for bigger projects with multiple steps you bring the goal along with the information it needs like briefs notes files feedback calendars data sets or project plans then Chatchy PT can help turn all of that into something useful an analysis a tracker a deck outline a prototype or a workflow you can keep shaping

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23:23hey what's up guys it's Hailey Bailey okay I need to tell you about something I just got YouTube premium it's got tons of awesome features like offline downloads so I can download my favorite videos before I travel and watch them whenever I don't have Wi-Fi because we all know airplane Wi-Fi is the worst I get ad free I get back room play and there's like a ton more in there you should try it if you like YouTube you'll love YouTube premium So try YouTube Premium for two months free at youtube.com slash premium trial eligibility varies terms apply cancel anytime That's a mouthful. I really like that take two because something that always bugged me about the Patriot flat It actually bugs me in general, but that's probably more of a fantasy thing Your Grammy Packers do it the Patriot said it last year. I hate rotational wide receiver cores I hate where it's like hey, we got these two guys and then now whoop. Let's get them out and let's get the next grouping And I've always dislike that specifically because of fantasy I wonder if the page because the Patriots did that to a pretty aggressive degree last year Especially with step on digs because they had him like you know lower snap percentages Why don't they go away from that a decent amount this year and why I could like that is just like I think pop Douglas

24:28Has an opportunity to be maybe even more like he's a really efficient slot slot receiver He has an opportunity to just be a little bit more involved in the offense and then obviously you just can have dobs and brown out there all the time I actually think they're a wide receiver core Just with that ability to be a little bit more consistent They might have more firepower than throwing out these other groupings which I'd like it's just it's super annoying But Erickson, what do you think about this? I mean, that's a pretty bold take I think going against Seattle kind of in this but a defensive Secondary that struggles a little bit. That's the new positive for the Patriots running games are a question across the board This is obviously your team, but an overfield goal Push on Seattle. Do you buy that and do you think the Patriots are gonna pull an upset? I wish I felt more confident about the Patriots pulling up an upset, but it's Such a hard task when you have to go on the road to Seattle Super Bowl winning team We know that the trends do not favor teams that lost the Super Bowl in Week one very very bad against the spread record

25:29Playing in Seattle Seattle has been lights out at home straight up over the last two seasons I believe I have the number at ten and two No, that's Yes, ten and two is a home favorite specifically, but they're 16 and one 13 4 against the spread as a favorite dating back to last season and that includes the Super Bowl So when this team is supposed to win and take care of business They tend to do so and another trend that I thought was really interesting to is Mike McDonald dominates Dominates rematches like this guy Just finds ways especially because he's seen him rematch all these NFC West teams between the 49ers between the Rams when he gets a second shot or a third shot at these teams The Seattle Seahawks play even better. So understandably the Patriots are a different team I think that fits makes really good points about secondary issues that they have the fact that Patriots receivers are better I actually like the over in this game. I've crazy that sounds as the undertaker that I take on that persona Embedding pros because I think the Patriots realize do we have to be aggressive?

26:31We can't try to string together. Oh, we'll get a 12-play drive and we'll kick a field that that's like a fly Like they're gonna crush if that's the strategy going in here take advantage of your big play threats on the outside You have big bodies between AJ Brown room and adopts and then this time considering guys are getting back from last year too Like back Holland's can make place hunter Henry We've seen this Seattle scheme before get taken care of by tight ends So hunter Henry Eli Rarrowden maybe as an explosive element a rookie added to the fold that Seattle Maybe not is going to be able to account for given all of the Turnover that they've had in their secondary debar Douglas I like to as kind of like a sleeper type of touchdown bed or someone that's kind of an X factor So that's what I'm gonna be looking for on the Patriots side. I would say on the Seattle side I think we're sheech aid could have a monster game me too That's kind of the guy I'm circling as what's the new wrinkle in the Seattle offense? You have a new play caller we obviously have talked about the backfield ad nauseam So I think that's what a lot of people want to be watching I would say and well she mentioned this what happens if a reminder a fumbles

27:32But I've said you daring price fumbles because that was something that he dealt with a lot of Notre Dame And he did not touch the ball that often so I guarantee rabble has been ears of all of it. Keep it's a players this week Hey get the ball to your prize. He has not handled the ball that much. It's gonna be loud He's gonna be excited and I think that we potentially be a if the Patriots come away with the upset It's because again, it's very cliche that but they got to get some turnovers They got to get some fumbles. They got to take some risks a pick six have someone jump around because Sam D'Artle We know can also be turnover per on so those are some things that I'm looking at Yeah, I think bottom line I keep staring at as I wonder if the Seattle Seahawks can be become more one dimensional and that ends up favoring the Patriots I think I think the Patriots have designed their offense in a way that I think like they can Sir Com if they can't run or they can't pass I just don't know if Seattle's not able to set anything up you go into best corners in the league Against one of the best wide receivers in the league the X factor for the Seahawks is going to be other players having to step up and do they have those players where I look at the Patriots And I think they do so it's an interesting one now

28:34We are going down to Australia for the Friday Thursday don't ask Shanahan what day it is it's Friday Thursday It's 7 p.m. It's 2 a.m. He doesn't know we don't know But we do know we're gonna be watching Thursday night football action Again, it's my San Francisco 49ers and the Rams what a freaking way to open up the Rams are a two and a half point favorite in this one So less than a field goal and the total is sitting at a very high 49.5 for this type of travel a lot has been made about The 49ers have been there a week the Rams I think are leaving they have as we're recording this I don't think the Rams have left yet And I think they're thinking about leaving and And I've seen both takes on this where it's like go down the 49ers or bat on the 9ers for being so focused on it Regardless of the point. It's a pretty big line from an injury standpoint It looks like the 49ers are going to have both Nick Bosa and George Kittle at least it's trending in that direction Which I think is big There was a McCaffrey didn't practice don't worry about it The 49ers are going to be at relative strength especially 49ers relative strength

29:37They're gonna have Bosa They're gonna have their offensive weapons They're gonna have all those pieces and it looks like the Rams are gonna have Donald as well. So like this is this is a power big matchup. But Fancy let's go to you here What do you think is the takeaway in this game? How are you looking at how this game is going to manage itself and work First of all did you see the rationale for why the Rams are going late? I don't think I saw that I think it was so that they didn't have to experience the like The the weird time changes and in the adjustments and they just go But that was just one of them tell me you're gonna have they said they said they were at least partially influenced by last year they Went to London to play the Jaguars and got there on Saturday morning for a Sunday afternoon start and 135 to 7 So the experience of doing this worked out for them But also they had been on the East Coast for a week because they just played the Ravens

30:37I You know East Coast to London flight is about what three times Less than a flight to Australia. So it's gonna be really interesting to see obviously the Rams are gonna get second guest Like crazy if they come out flat for this one. Yeah Yeah, I mean Obviously I cannot wait to see Miles Garrett and Aaron Donald play football together Like that's what everyone is gonna be watching for this game. I think did you guys see that video of that like Bodybuilder dude that they're like he's teaching Aaron Donald to hit harder and every video He's like doing this and then they would it was cinema They would cut to a scene where Donald is just hitting the guy like 30 feet over and you're just like give me a break Dude the last thing this guy means is someone that's gonna teach him to hit harder is amazing I know but I think the the key to this game Welsh for your 49ers I mean We saw how much trouble the Niners had putting any pressure on quarterbacks

31:38Last year and it made what's normally a pretty good secondary look really bad Because they were doing so terribly in terms of pressure rate sac rate just cannot Hurry up quarterbacks to any degree um now. I guess Nick Nick Bolsa is gonna play He's back Although I don't think they're gonna have Sam Oku Okuanu is that how I pronounce it well. Thank you. He's he's on IR, but anyway Um they they need Nick Bolsa to be Nick Bolsa because the way their past rush was last year They could have had Ronnie Lot, Merton, Hanks and Eric Wright in the secondary and those guys would look bad Yeah, just my heart just grew a couple sizes just say bright young just give me a couple more of those old 49ers and I get excited Yeah, I think when I stare at this game I look at an offense that needs to be efficient because I think they're gonna be playing for behind defensively pretty much at all times The Rams historically all the guys whether you look at Kyron or Matthew Stafford they just have success against the 49ers

32:40They get some passwords brush. That's great But the 49ers are gonna have to be offensively efficient and not have those just give me way drives and that's gonna come from a steady dose of McCaff Ironically McCaffrey Kittle Evans I think Dejon Stribling is an X factor in this game because I think you're gonna have a lot of defensive coverage locked in I think Kittle might be sitting around for a little bit more pass blocking I think there's gonna be a hyper focus on my Gevens and that could lead to opportunities of one-on-ones with Stribling So I think he's a big X factor, but there often has to be efficient Erickson We've talked kind of at Nazim about how we think this game is an underplay the huge travel they've got to work with You look at two high-power offense as it feels a little bit overplayed But what is your take on this thursday night game? Rams going with defense in 2026 I think that's gonna be their recipe for success I think you're gonna see it here in week one even against a high-powered San Francisco 49ers offense well-rested They know what the top what is a Kyle Shan has talked about time travel basically Yeah, he's like I was talking with my wife and it was yesterday and he's like I don't understand how that worked

33:44So Love the under in this game think 48 and a half is ludicrous ludicrousy high for This type of matchup when you have to consider all the travel all of the time zone Implications the fact that these teams are very familiar with each other the fact that when these teams have played in regulation Before they've only gone over 48 and a half points twice in the last five matchups So these games aren't even going over every single time they match up And I just think the biggest thing is just the Rams team is different than it was last year last year It was on the back of Matthew Stafford's arm when the MVP throwing touchdowns the Devonta Adams Pukinakua And I just don't think that's going to be their recipe for success as much this year I think it's gonna be about miles Garrett Maybe a little bit of Aaron Donald, but the secondary as well. I mean Trent McGuffey, right? How do you not popularize one of the other biggest moves of the offseason when the Rams traded for Trent McGuffey? Well, you get miles Garrett And then the other one doesn't seem nearly as important, but he totally revamps this secondary And he was only one of the chiefs cornerbacks that they were able to get from last year bringing over Jalen Watson as well

34:48So the Rams secondary was their killies heel last year That's why they played in so many shootouts again the Rams are on a streak of six straight overs That streak ends on Friday morning slash Thursday night in Melbourne, Australia Yeah, whatever day it is it'll be football and friends is before we get to send in a football and Monday night football Football is back and it's time to level up your approach to the NFL and college football this season because Polymarket is here Polymarket is a legal prediction market now available in all 50 states and unlike traditional sports books on polymarket You can trade on all things football from Saturday and Sunday Slates to who wins the Heisman to who performs the halftime show Polymarket gives you the freedom to cash out instantly if the momentum swings you sell it off in real time You're in control no one can lock you out and you can also buy in anytime So in the market dips like if a team starts slow and drops to say 40% That's not a loss. That's when you buy in at polymarket you can buy cheap and ride the momentum back up

35:51Polymarket is so confident you'll never go back to the old way. They're issuing a challenge They're giving you a $50 bonus when you deposit just $10 Sign up right now with promo code fp pod that's polymarket dot us and use promo code fp pod to get a $50 bonus when you deposit just $10 Sunday night football the Dallas Cowboys and the Giants Dallas a three point favorite the total kind of swings around around 48 and a half on the over under Erickson one you kick us off here for Sunday night football the Dallas Cowboys and the Giants We've talked decent amount of the open about the Giants and Kind of some of the weird setup they've got and got a really low wide receiver room They didn't make it up with a whole bunch more running backs There's a little bit of office space of like what would you say you do here with all of these pieces How are they going to compete does this line seem a little bit low by the way Erickson against the Dallas Cowboys or is it You know three bears just right? I think it's way too low

36:54I think that Dallas should be much heavier as a favorite I realize that they're playing on the road and usually you want to gravitate towards these week one home underdogs But Dallas just owns the Giants deck press got is so good 14 and three his career record against the New York Giants When he sees blue it's more like seeing blood in the water for deck press got so I think that the Dallas Cowboys just steamroll the New York Giants. They don't have Dexter Lawrence I don't think they're going to stop the run sucks that the Cowboys are gonna be without I believe it was Tyler Smith that was put on inter-reserved there starting guard So that's unfortunate. I do know they did make a trade for another offensive lineman a couple weeks back But besides that I'm not really worried about Dallas playing on the road This is a spot that Dak press got has dominated 10 and six against the spread as road favorite in the NFC east And look carbos done a lot of things he's made some moves We'll see if it ends up Playing out in their favor, but just this offensive coaching staff We even talked about earlier just the person now. What are they doing exactly?

37:56Is this going to be a hey? We're just want to pound the rock with our four different running backs Is that going to really be a way for them to keep up and the Dallas defense way better than it was last year They even showed signs of growth last year after they acquired Quinten Williams The secondary is definitely the biggest weakness for them between the guys that they have at cornerback But the Giants just given the fact of their current wide receiver room Maybe they can't really take advantage as much especially if Malik neighbors is not a hundred percent full-go As he re gets Amped up or ramps up from his Season ending ACL injury So I like Dallas a lot here again interesting point the week 18 line when these teams last play That was actually the last time that we saw the Giants beat the Dallas Cowboys when they rested all their starters and Joe Milton Started that game Going in we didn't even know who's going to play for Dallas the Cowboys were five and a half point favorites On the road against the New York Giants and now it's three and Dak Prescott is starting in this game Yeah, this one seems squarely to me and you know the one thing I would point out though is like I I want to say that neighbors would be on some type of pitch count or something like that

38:58But I just can't imagine that that is necessarily the case if they were just having an empty wide receiver room You've got four guys can they really afford to have 60% snap share or something like that I'm a leak neighbor so I assume they're good to go But it's still to me Fancy doesn't it still doesn't change anything to seeing and feeling like this line is just I don't know it just seems wrong. It seems like the Dallas Cowboys might be someone that you know I mean especially as we're talking Probably market you want to ride hot and colds just ride the Dallas Cowboys through the end of the game Yeah, and Erickson kind of hit on what I am excited to watch in this game and that's the Dallas defense with Christian Parker the new defensive coordinator who a lot of people think This Dallas defense is capable of going from a complete liability to Good To above average and if that happens Dallas might actually be a a super bowl contender or at least contend to Lose to the Rams or the Seahawks and the NSE championship game, but um

39:59Yeah, so I I can't wait to see what Dallas looks like and yeah Maybe the secondary is a liability, but I'm sort of eager to see Caleb Downes The rookie safety play who was just a monster at Ohio State I'm actually excited to see both of the top 10 Ohio State defensive picks in this game our Val Reese For the Giants who look like Was just hitting everything in sight in the preseason. So yeah, this is this is gonna be fun game Final game on the island games, which by the way incredibly great slate out of week one I mean Dallas and Giants might be the worst of that group because Monday night football We've got the Denver Broncos and the Kansas City Chiefs Chiefs round a two and a half point favorite line sits around the 43 and a half on projected total points This one is there so many interesting angles from a Kansas City standpoint that we finally get to see what Ken walkers And it look like on this team, but it it's against the Denver offense You know is Rishi rise gonna get back to form but it's against the Denver D.I. Offense I meant Denver defense on both of these sides and then on Denver side will there what will their offense look like

41:04A between this running back room Dobbins is there Harvey, but then Jonah Coleman and then the addition of Jalen Wattles So is this team even more dangerous? But it's just it's two you know two defense especially specifically designed more around the Denver Broncos That are gonna you know but heads big but heads. So Erickson What is your big takeaway from this game when you're previewing the Monday night football matchup That the Denver Broncos are being highly disrespected here I get that the chiefs are the home team and the Hatt patch for homes and you can apply in this game But that's about it for me when it comes to why the Kansas chiefs should be favored I think the Denver Broncos showed last year how good they can be defensively they were top-of-eunit offensively It was more of a mix bag But you saw the signs of what it could be And especially in the second half of games again bonix made a ton of comebacks now You can't always expect that to be the case But that's why they went out and got Jalen Watt Right okay? How do we avoid having to play catch up in the second half of game?

42:05Oh, uh play with a lead get the lead in the first half That's where they're going to see more aggressive play calling Talking about how the Rams kind of poached all of the chief secondary pieces Mansor Delane Really really high they went up after draft him He's got his work cut out from there's a lot of good receivers on this Broncos team And they're not going to shy away from oh, we're going to go we're going to attack this rookie cornerback So I'm very interested to see how the Lane matches up against guys like Jalen Wattle and Corlin Sutton and Pat Brian and Marvin Mims and Troy Franklin Like there's a lot of talent a lot of depth on this Broncos roster especially offensively so The Denver Broncos Obviously a very disappointing way to end last year's season with bonix's injury and then them just really not having a chance Just the way that the AFC Championship game took out But there's a lot of people and I think smart people that believe that the Denver Broncos could have beaten the Seattle Sea Oaks in the Super Bowl Have they actually given the opportunity to get there and not have their quarterback go down because of a Freak injury. So I think the Denver Broncos I think this is a statement game for them and that they pay the AFC West does not go through arrowhead

43:07It goes through mile high and we think that we're going to be the better team this year So I'm interested to see how this Denver Broncos team rallies after the way that last season ended Fitsy does the does the West go through Denver like do you think this is a statement game for Denver? Do you think this is going to be a lot more competitive than we're talking about Broncos would be my pick to win the AFC West and What I'm anxious to see is how The chief's offense looks with Patrick Mahomes coming off the major knee injury and Kenneth Walker being added to the mix to maybe give Patrick Mahomes the thousand yard Russia. He has never had since becoming the chief starter So I want to see what that looks like and boy that offense is going to be put to the test Immediately against one of the top defenses in the NFL All right, those are your Island games the Wednesday the Thursday the Sunday and the Monday those are our previews for them But we're not done because it's time to make some bold predictions We each have two bold predictions for week one and for some reason

44:09The only thing you to care about is the dolphins and Raiders because you both had to go with your first prediction Neither one of you could move away from it. You had to have this but Fitsy you get to go first So I've been spoiling a little bit you both went with dolphin Predictions and week ones of Fitsy. What is your bold prediction for week one dolphins Raiders has one of the lowest Vegas Totals on the board well shit 40 and a half points and I hope my friend the undertaker here is not going under on this game Because they're going to be more than 50 points scored in dolphins Raiders the dolphins have Malik Willis and Devon HN running behind a mammoth offensive line and having watched Malik Willis play for my green Bay Packers The last two years. I'm pretty optimistic. He's going to be better than most people think The Raiders certainly don't have an elite defense and then on the other side of the ball The dolphins might have the worst defensive backfield Malik Like their their best cornerback might be rookie Chris Johnson who's never played a regular season snap before The other starting cornerbacks are juju brance who's bad and 2025 fifth round

45:13Draft pick Jason Marshall starting safeties are 2025 fifth round draft pick Dante trader and fifth round rookie Michael Taff And the dolphins do not have any marquee pass rushers to take pressure off those and experience DBs Like Brock Bowers could go absolutely knots in this game Kirk cousins might throw for 400 yards this week And I think Kirk cousins is washed like they're going to be points in this game All right Erickson your first bold prediction in the same game. So what do you I mean that's that should have been your bold prediction right there How about Kirk cousins 400 passing yards. There's the boldie for fits But Erickson where are you going in the same game foreign passing yards and four interceptions for Kirk cousins in a great fantasy day but not a great day for the Raiders in the win loss column So I'm going to go with the dolphins beating the loss of biggest Raiders I've talked about this on a number of social shorts my Bull prediction of the week my upset of the week here. I'm going to the Miami dolphins

46:13I just don't think that the Raiders are this Team that needs to be feared I get that the dolphins are the inferior roster overall But I look at the Raiders and I think why is this team so good Kirk cousins is the starting quarterback that dolphins killed Kirk cousins last year 34 to 10 A team that's not that much better defensive than it was last season So I think that there's already proof of concept that Kirk cousins could get Manhandled by this defense potentially I would say in the dolphins defense. Yes, their secondary is probably the worst in the NFL They do have some talent at lineback or in another deep. It's a blind they have some high draft picks at those certain positions So how do you take advantage of a or how do you not take advantage of a really weak secondary when your best wide receivers trade Tucker Potentially, so I like that type of matchup for Miami to come away with the ups again I'm not Saying that this is going to be a lower scoring game. I kind of agree with Fitsy that I at 40 and a half points I would definitely like to lean towards the over here. You have dome conditions and

47:13Malik willis and H&N. I think could both have monster games the Malik willis thing where he's an unknown Commodity in this offense reminds me a lot of what we saw from Justin Fields week one of last year Where nobody really knew how to stop. There's no one really know where it was coming or how it was going to play out And then he comes out making plays looking like an absolute superstar. It obviously did not last for Justin Fields And he jets offense, but for one week it was man Just like really good in this offense I think it's something similar just given the fact that the Raiders defense is not special What's over they have a brand new defense a coordinator rob Leonard He's coming in and he's installing a defense that was simmer to the Mike McDonald Seattle defense What does that defense give up a ton of running back receptions? So I think it's going to be a lot of Malik willis running a lot of Malik willis passes to Devon H&N And those guys running up and down the fields scoring points for the Miami Dolphins And I think that the Raiders Kirk cousins I think he's washed So I think that he's going to make a couple mistakes Deat dolphins are going to take advantage of it and the Raiders are going to lose and you're going to start to see the chance for

48:17Mendoza to put him into the game and to make him the starter for a week two for the Las Vegas Raiders despite the Of what Tom Brady thinks or says because two rookie head coaches going head to head I don't see why the Clint Kubiak Raiders are at such an advantage here Even if their roster is marginally better than the Miami Dolphins Well, you kind of took where I was going to go I'm going to ask you guys both this and I think we know where your your point is Erickson But who has a better fantasy day Kirk cousins or Malik willis? Willis easy Fitsy I'll say willis Also, he's in 400 yards for Kirk cousins. I will not get to be big. Willis runs for 150 Okay, well, I really like you by the way I mean I talk about props look at the rushing yard prop for sure All right My boldest prediction might be that I'm just not focusing on the Raiders and the dolphins game So I'm doing something different But that focus is going to go to the team I talked about very early on when I started jumping on these shows for tailgate is the cults I think the cults are going to be a bit of a problem The thing that has changed since that time where Erickson and Debro just chastise me and bullied me

49:22And we're really rude about me thinking that the cults could go over their win total this year Is that we can see Daniel Jones is healthier and is going to play and you now also have Alec Pierceback This is a good matchup Against that Baltimore secondary specifically for Josh Downs And specifically for as I mentioned before Daniel Jones is the first Reed guy you're they're going to be able On the the lower 15 to throw out Keenan Allen to the corner you've got Josh Downs on short routes And you've got Warren while Alec Pierce is spreading the field I think it's going to give Baltimore's defense fits This is also not pat fits but fits and this is also not even implementing Jonathan Taylor obviously I think the offense for Baltimore is going to be really key But I like the cults in this game. I like it as a statement came I think they're going to come out hot similar to they did in the first half of last year before everything fell apart And they are a three and a half point Dog and I think the cults can win this one outright with an onslaught of their offensive weapons

50:26And I think Daniel Jones is going to have that big statement in their regardless of the big flashy Lamar And you know say flowers is a little bit banged up I think they can put them on their heels and I think Jonathan Taylor is going to have a big day But I more specifically think Warren and Josh Downs are going to have a big day and my bold predictions The cults are going to beat the Ravens outright here. So that is my bold prediction For my first one now let's go to number two Where Fitsy you are kind of against my bold prediction so you can kind of talk about it If you want because you are sticking in this game, but with a specific player Yeah, this sort of runs counter to your cults enthusiasm Welsh But this is more focusing on the other side of the ball when the cults are playing defense I'm going to say Derek Henry runs for 150 yards and two touchdowns against the Indianapolis cults I'm just I'm guessing that the Ravens new offensive coordinator 30-year-old Declan Doyle Is not going to want to be overly cute with this play calling in his debut No one wants to see the boy wander dialing up

51:2845 passes when you've got Derek Henry back there and I think a run defense could be a real problem for the cults this year just because their linebackers are so shaky and inexperienced I think that's going to be a problem unit for Indy this year now they are In theory good upfront with their defensive tackles de Force Buckner who's at a terrific career But Buckner's 32 and has missed a lot of playing time the last two years Cults other defensive tackle Grover Stewart really good run stuffer also 32 years old however So I I think this is a plus match up to the Ravens and I think Derek Henry does Derek Henry things in week one Fitz, what are you against 13 rolls? Yeah, I was about to say like what are you making 32 like it's so old The worst thing that the NFL in sports is done to us is make us think that 34 is like you're the biggest on that whole term It is all because we think 33 year olds are the oldest people on the planet. We're all washed up Erickson You've got time is running out on you buddy. Well, I mean yeah, I'm in up before you hit 32

52:30I mean you basically just called the forest Buckner wash and we're the same age. So let's let's see What was he? birthday? Well while he's looking that up fits in the 15th this this is what's problem with Erickson Erickson Is still in that phase where you look at your life and you're like I could maybe play you know, I mean like he's still like we can't I'm 43 years old I can't do it Erickson's still in that place He's like if I worked out for the next six months I could be I could be a story and I could still play like three years in the NFL you you have an aged out of that I got all my college football else ability all your all do they're they're accepting everybody right now You could go and play you be great. You still have time to play Erickson and that's the difference That's what the age thing is hitting whereas I'm at the age where Gordy Howe is the only guy who has ever played at this age So you know what you'd make a great story though. They're accepting eligibility. I like that a lot All right Erickson your second big bold prediction for week one Jaguar has blow out the Cleveland Browns and Trevor Lawrence combines for not one not two not three but four

53:35Combined touchdowns whether they'd be passing rushing maybe receiving because I think that the Jaguar is just going to have their way With the Cleveland Browns led by DeShon Watson The Browns defense I don't think people are considering enough the fact that they lost Miles Garrett number one and That's a big loss. They lost their deepest equiner Jim Schwartz He was kind of the guy that made a lot of this stuff work for the Cleveland Browns defense and make it an elite unit over the last couple seasons Obviously with Miles Garrett being that major piece that made everything work now getting Jared verse Very good player, but I don't think his impact can be nearly as big as Miles Garrett's was in the past years The Browns defense I've talked about this at a lot of different shows We talked about it when we're breaking down the Jaguars backfield between Bay shell two and Chris Rodriguez They play completely different on the road. They're in much worse defense on the road And what's interesting? I looked at the Jaguars Margin of victory last year at home They were number one in the NFL. They almost won every game at home by two touchdowns

54:3713.7 the Browns were the fourth worst team on the road last year in terms of average margin of loss they lost Every game on the road by nearly 12 points So I think that this line here it feels weird laying this many points in any NFL game But when it comes to the Jaguars this would be my survivor pick. I'm not doing the chargers card this thing that scares them Crap out of me. Yeah, Jags and survivor. I think that's the path to go because I think they're just gonna absolutely smoke The Cleveland Browns they've shown in the past. Well, I won't get to you. I know that I read it I saw you moving up there. I was about to say you my brain was just like the whole time you were talking the wheels We're turning and I was written so when you said survivor because it was all I want to talk about survivor Yeah, just your point and we'll do that The last point I wanted to make was last year the Jaguars were not afraid to run up to run up the score on bad teams Did against the Jets did against the Titans multiple times I think Liam Cohen wants to have a statement game here and be like yeah, we're not the

55:37hyped up Chicago Bears team But our offense is as just as good if not better and what we saw Trevor Lawrence do it the second half of last year I think you're gonna see it carry over here into week one it makes a lot of sense for the Jaguars to build some momentum here against the Cleveland Browns Because they have a brutal schedule after this particular matchup So I know people look at the Cleveland Browns I'm gonna ask me should I start Trevor Lawrence this week in fantasy? It's the Browns defense. That's a bad matchup, right? I don't think so Especially when you look at the way that their defense is designed They have really two strong perimeter cornerbacks sick Brian times to your go run your spritz You're not gonna get targeted anyway So Parker Washington's gonna eat me inside the tight ends I think the run game can rip off some explosive plays between two in and Rodriguez and when push comes the shove Trevor Lawrence will just call his own name running in the end zone for another rushing touchdown So you need to jags laying the points jags by double digits jags blowing out for Cleveland Browns I don't need to really go into why their offense is not good, right? Yeah, you guys get it No, you don't yeah, it'd be interesting because that was the thing I like I said I was working through like do we think the Jags could be like that one of the number one used

56:40Survivor pool ones I haven't looked because I'm in a couple different so I'm not doing the big 21 million dollars or whatever But I haven't looked at the percentages, but I have to I was insane Jags have got it And one of them is gonna be a sweat and it's definitely gonna be the Chargers I don't think the Chargers are gonna be a sweat. Give me get it here Which I'm gonna talk about the Chargers in a second. I mean So you would take so if you had to pick one of the underdogs you take the cartels of the points? No, no Browse no, no, I'm I'm saying I'm I think the Chargers are gonna beat down the Cardinals But that doesn't have to like I like this Jags one. I think this Jags one is the play But there's always there's that line though in survivor of like are you a I just have to get through week one or do you want to systematically Play the schedule so you're not using up your teams are the Jags a team that you care about Blowing early on. I'm really not sure Fancy I just don't want to back the perennially cursed franchise in week one and a survivor pool And when you can bet against the Sean Watts. I mean, there's only gonna be something we can bet against this guy Yeah, gotta take advantage. Yeah, I've got the Jaguars in both my survivor polls

57:43Yeah, let's go all right. Well good. Well good. I'm going against you and one of them in our big pentathons And I know where to go to keep with you So speaking of the Chargers my last on the bold predictions as we finish this out Yes, I think the Cardinals are gonna stink it up this year But I've really over the last month just gotten infatuated and obsessed with How I think the Chargers are gonna want to use Justin Herbert and I think how they're gonna want to do it early I think my grand Daniel is looking at this fun new toy that it's a toy that never did the things his old toys did And he's like well now I've got to have my you know my action meter And that's Herbert Herbert could throw the ball deep and McDaniel's just couldn't do that And I think that's what I keep staring at and the player that gets hyper focused on that for me is Quentin Johnston And I think Quentin Johnston is gonna come out and have a big game in this week one I think he's gonna go for over a hundred I have a buck 25 and I think two scores and I really think the big one is I think he's gonna rip off a 50 yarder on the Cardinals I think it's to be very early in the game They're gonna be able to establish some play action because Keaton Mitchell can be a little bit of a problem

58:44Hampton is clearly going to be a problem Lad is I think gonna take a lot of hyper focus on the offense And I think Quentin Johnston is going to rip some big ones because I think they are gonna try to get that ball deep So Quentin Johnston big day that is my bold prediction Do you really think the Cardinals are gonna make that competitive game? I would say the thing that makes me scared of it is Jacobi Presett showed last year that he could be a king of backdoor covers And they weren't afraid to throw the football a lot which could still be in play this week because your my love is not a hundred percent Potentially and in fact the Chargers don't have any home field advantage. They have zero home field advantage now I heard that much either so okay, but I'm still you're you're getting 10 and a half points with the team That's not even playing on the road essentially are there gonna be more Cardinals fans? Are there more Chargers fans? There might be more Charger fans. You be super who is going to this game Not that not air and no one lives here like I live in Arizona. Guess what? I'm not from Arizona I'm from California. We have transplants. So that's one of the thing that Cardinals Tramack bride was complaining about it the other day is like oh Just no tonight and then he felt bad about yeah because there's you know who lives here on the truth people like Fitsy

59:48Wisconsin Chicago. It's all transplants. So it's that like there's not a ton of excitement built around this cardinals team I think you're gonna be surprised at how many Charger fans there. I don't think home field advantages a thing for Arizona I will say I think the Cardinals are gonna lose a lot of games because they're schedules murderous But they had so many injuries on defense last year I think their defense is gonna be better just by virtue of improved health Okay, well, so apparently my boat prediction because you guys the car they're gonna wait the Chargers are gonna I'm not saying that they're blue is I'm just saying this is gonna be a sweat like it's gonna be like the fourth quarter How is this game tied like we're gonna pen to the the West Coast Scott Hanson and Reds house be like the Chargers and Cardinals are in a nail wider. What's happening here? I think sweat is the first 60 seconds of this game if Cardinals have the ball that'll be the only time Cardinals are gonna lose by 30 in this game That's my bold prediction. What are your guys is drop your week one bold predictions in the comments below Let's hear it you guys can also talk on the the big island games as well But I really want to see what your week one bold predictions are have fun with us Play into it when you do so and you're subscribed you're gonna enter yourself into in that Todd Gurley autograph jersey

1:00:52We want you to win it and we want you to hang here. We got a lot of great stuff For the tailgate this year with some I believe wins they live streams that are gonna be in there that you're gonna want to hang out a little bit of You'd have to do a a bird watch segment where we check in on our Falcons and Cardinals and see who has won a game or not Yeah, the cacao every week we got your bird watch have I forgot have the red birds won a game yet this year Check in with Washington Erickson for well, I and I don't think I'm a part of the the review Episodes because we're gonna in season have like a I don't remember it's Monday or Tuesday That's gonna be breaking down what happened We're gonna have the Thursday episode which I will be on previewing the week And then we should have a Wednesday show that's in there that's a live show Which Erickson and myself will be a part of so make sure you're locked in don't miss any of it come hang with us live Make sure you're subscribed for the episodes as we're kind of talking about it all having some fun Real NFL talk with some real fans right here on the tailgate Let's get into it you guys have a fantastic one for Erickson and Fitsy. I'm Welsh. We'll talk to you next time. It's tailgate right out of your poosh game time one. Let's go

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