Willson on the NFL season kickoff, the Seahawks and Patriots' showdown and the Bills' pedigree

0:00And the first professional athlete to look at the year Luke Wilson in studio. Great to see you. Great to see our TSN NFL and CFL analyst. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm loving a lot of people pumping your tires Friday night. You in dusty crushing it like always. It's been fun. It's been the boost of his a lot more labor intensive, but I like it. You know we're chopping a ball in there. That's right, man. There's a lot like you got to fill some airtime and especially the blowouts, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Rumor has it though. I've been told that not only I mean we all will get to the message you sent me earlier today. Yeah. That you are becoming a master Friday night football CFL guy. I am huge. I was watching Friday night. You were just talking it up. Man. It's a beautiful thing. By the way, Luke, how awesome is Uncle Rusty? He's unreal. Yeah. Yeah. He's great. I mean, he he does like I always say the play that play guys have the hard job, man. Because especially the CFL on like a non football comment. There's been a few times this year or like the theme is like iced out jerseys.

1:01And we're far from the action. And he's got to figure out who the guys are. Yeah. And when the numbers are the same call. That's the job. I do. It happens all in every sport they come up with some, you know, third jersey or whatever. Where they try to do something. Yeah. To sell them clearly and they they concern themselves more with the aesthetics to make it look cool. I suppose the thing about the play by play guy. Totally. But you're he's not alone. I've heard a lot of guys say that over the years. I like, do you know how disgusted you are when you show up to the stadium? You're like, I can't tell who that guy is. And what do you want me to do if I can't see the number bingo? There's certain guys too that are, you know, you can tell by their stature. Right. Okay. But you get the quarterback right all the time. You get that. But there's a few guys where it's like, man, they look like very similar. Yeah. Exactly. Right. A couple of slot receivers. I got the same guy. Well, that you know who's he's been great. Dustin's been great. I'm just going to play. I feel bad for that. Like to play by play guys a lot of times. The biggest thing is the Jersey.

2:04And if you can find if the numbers are hidden and stuff like that, you sometimes teams have third jerseys that you can't really see a guy. You're right. You need to know a guy by stature or by the way that they play in that. But there is the play by play people. I do not envy when you do it. I don't know how they do it. A mile away trying to figure it out. Just creating the energy from that far away is the most impressive thing. Well, there's conformity in the NFL, right? Like in the NHL, you can tell some like a left shot, right shot. You can pick up. Definitely. Maybe a guy talks is Jersey and so you can pick him off. If you can't do that, need CFO, the NFL in the CFL is also tough because it's a bit more. I mean, the NFL is too, but it's a bit more of a revolving door. Right. There's like way more. There's more. There's more got literally more guys on a field too, right? Yeah. Accuses and stuff like that. Yeah. Dusty. Dustin Nielsen, Friday night football. Look growing a salad out too. Yeah. I know. I'm on the air back. Okay. I am. I got jammed up though. Okay. I went and I had it nice and long, but I went in and I was like,

3:05okay, preseason cut. You know how they say they try and trick you and they're like, hey, I just want a little bit taken off. So it'll grow nicer. Next thing, you know, I look like a punk emo kid from the wedding crashes. Yeah. I'm taught with the painting. You're taught. You're staring at Vince Vaughn. So you just said just a trim so it grows out properly. Yeah. And the guy what should you got me, man? I'm going to be honest. It's like it was really, I think I went to two nice of a place. You know what I'm saying? Like you don't want it to like, yeah. When I left there, I was like, this is really feminine right now. See, I went the opposite way recently, which I haven't done in a long time. Super cats. I went to a place that had clips in the name and they do the opposite because you do have to be defensive when you're like, I have thick hair and it grows pretty fast. And it's happened to me. What happened to you? I'm like, just take a little off before you know it. Way too much. Yeah. The last barber I had took that to heart and literally did like a double flip. You can't. You got to keep going.

4:07Any of those junk, not junk, but any of those trash places, you could literally say a variety of things. Five, let's say you said five, you're walking out with the same salad. Oh, dude. I was like, shit. I'm going to clipboard. I'm like, you got, okay. See you over here. Like I was basically calling plays by the end of my life. You got to get more in the back. You haven't touched the back. Yeah. You did a you did a clip at the front. The backs of disaster, but I am growing it. I'm not so much like not man, but I'm trying to get like the more like Tim Riggins Friday lights. Okay. You know, I like that. Yeah. We'll be ready for the great cup. That should be right. Cause that's going to be big. And oh, and I said the same thing almost, like identically yesterday, we were talking about how this is a year of the Argo's going to win the great cup. Oh, I'm telling you, they're going to put his nine and nine. They do it all the time every second year, second or third year. Did all the time they're going to get an alarming rate. They're going to finish five. They have to be one team in Montreal. I'm going to make the playoffs. Yes. Well, they're going to host a playoff game and they're going to win the first one. Probably against Hamilton. And then they got to beat much.

5:08Hamilton's can be a crossover. Fine. Whoever it happens to be, the win a peg. It doesn't matter. They are going to win that game at BMO. They got to be Montreal. Yes. Can I put that start playing right now? Can I put this out here right now? I don't want any in and outs this year, man. You guys came in. You're like a thief in the night. You disappeared last year. It was a catch and release. It was a quick exit. We're going to dinner in Calgary with a great cup noodles. We're going to dinner. Hey, season. Thank you. And do and Jackie. Yeah, you got to see doogie on the road. Doogie's grinding on the road. You broke doogie's heart at the Super Bowl. He thought one night you were going to bring him out. It's like his, yeah. And you gasped him and you didn't bring him anywhere and he was devastated. I was locked in man. We had to win. Yeah, which I know you guys did win the Super Bowl. And there's been some back and forth. You're going to be on the clock. We'll get to your pick in about 15 minutes. But I still to this day, people stopped me in the street about how inspiring I was brother and I were last year with it was again, the comeback. And I mean, it had people that hadn't totally, but I mean,

6:10you said a 10 year message to me like it was a fluke. Well, I wouldn't necessarily say that. I mean, you guys kind of choked a little bit, which helps terms of the point. Going back and forth. Yeah. So you're claiming that I sent this to you, but via Instagram. There's this text message. Okay. Read your messages. First of all, a lot of people say you have 119 messages unread. Yeah, I don't read my phone that way. What the hell are you doing on your phone? So go ahead and read what you're claiming I sent to you. Well, it says you said Luke, with the new season starting is earning chance who consider backstabbing Odog and joining forces with me. I'll be honest, Al's bro can't get it done. We were flat out in Barris and the playoffs Super Bowl last year. The season was a complete fluke. I need to get over the hump and win a championship this year. Let me know your thoughts and how we should position. Yeah. That's that's fraudulent. And I will not accept that lawyers will be a customer publicly soon. But we do have a problem with winning in the playoffs. Al's brother and I choke. We get to the playoffs and it's really we basically turn into the Buffalo Bills.

7:15But the regular season is a long grind. I would like I can I put something out here. Okay. And I don't know Odog if we can agree with this. Maybe noodles is the final. He is the gavel in this. All right. I would like this year to operate more so like European soccer where the championship. You win the Premier League. It's by the regular season. Okay. You want to do that? I want I don't even okay. We can have another. Playhouse is almost like a press where like you can you know, there's something on the line. Something for the playoffs, but the big ordeal here. I'm happy to have the regular season. And that is the King Daddy top or as you guys like to say, I'm happy to accept that. We will play the role of Arsenal. My interest is. I don't agree. The regular season is where it's all at and in the Super Bowl and the playoffs is just like a fun game afterwards. Okay. Okay. I love it. Let's establish it right now. Let's just have beauty. It's been agreed. Well, and it starts tonight with Seattle. Hang on a sec. Are you willing, Hayes? And I don't know if you're going to front AB.

8:15I'm pretty sure you can do it. 500 man as like an aunt like. We want like cash on the line. Alice Brothers getting married. You got to remember that he's planning. He's got a good life. He's got five. He's got five. Yeah. Yeah, you're taking you're taking a G for him at first. Yeah, I'm I'm I can bite the bull for Alice brother. I'm sure you put up. No, aren't you guys going to win? Well, of course we are. We are. I never lose in the regular season. Five hunch. All right. Lock it in. Alice brother. Well, he's going to be on here tomorrow and he'll come on and he'll come to the person. He's the action for you if you help us out to see your bike. I mean, Joe from the bridge is already. He comes to your defense immediately on the group chat. Doogie, JP, you got everyone in your corner, including what I think is a layup tonight. I think Seattle is primed to lay a beating on New England. The down. But how do you feel about this being the game? A repeat of the Super Bowl. Just in general, if you're running the operation based on entertainment, is this the game you would want to pick? I think it's awesome. Yeah. I really do.

9:16I think it's really cool that you start out with like, hey, these are the two best teams. Let's set the tone this year. Do you think they are the two best teams though? No, I think the Rams and the sea ox are the two best teams. Okay. I think New England. I got to I'm not a New England guy. Okay, everyone knows that. But you got to give the devil's do here. Because of what happened with because of what happened with Rae Bowl, which we can get into. Wow. It's been a lot. And because they got beat down badling in Super Bowl, there's been a lot of negative chatter about the Patriots team. I don't I don't really see it. Like I don't see do I think they're going to win 14 games again? No. Do I think they're going to win 12? Yes. Do I think they're going to win the division? I think that's going to be obviously very close to Buffalo. I think they definitely can win the division. Can they get back to Super Bowl? Absolutely. Like yeah, they're they're a good team. This is right. They're a good team. Last year a lot of people thought had the MVP a quarterback. Their wide receiver room went from Safan Diggs and a group of guys to AJ Brown and Romeo

10:19Dobbs. Your guy. Dobbs. Your guy. Don't pump his stuff. Your guy. He's hurt a lot of drops balls. I'm not as big as fan of the world, but Brown's a stunt. Brown is a star and Dobbs will be a nice underneath. He can play. And then you got Hunter Henry. Stevenson is a very good back. He's got all the backfield. I think Henderson's jammed up now. Well, we'll see about that, but he's going to play, I believe it's not. I don't know if he's playing tight, but he's out tonight. Yeah, I mean, they're still they're going to have a two-headed monster, I think in fact. So and drabils, obviously defensive guy. You just sign Christian Gonzales. Like, I don't really get where these bad vibes are new England comes from. I think it was scheduled partially. Yes, totally. During the regular season and the playoffs for that matter, they got a lot of work. A little bit lucky. A great certain times. And then once they finally set their met their match, they got pumped. Yes. And, you know, I'd have to look back on history, but how difficult it is to get, you know, back off the mat after losing. Yeah. You know, like, I remember the Eagles a few years ago when they lost through the Chiefs I think the next year they really struggled using them as an example.

11:21But maybe there's a step back before you take another step forward. I don't know, but they've listened. We've got like we hand four wins to the bills based on who they're planning is with Miami and the Jets. The same thing applies with doing. Totally. But you start four and all right off the bat. That's a really good start. You split with the bills and you're in your division unless you blow a terrible game. You're five and one in your division. If you get a split with Buffalo, that's big. Like, yeah, you know, they're going to be there at 10 to the year. So parts like as players coming back into the locker room with rabble walking around with anybody dare take a pot shot or would that be offside? Would he address that like how would this all go down because it'll have to be an uncomfortable first encounter with the players? This is what's tough and like I'd love to hear how the hockey world operates. But the football world, you know, we play once a week. You have the whole off season, which we have a long off season. We have a long training camp.

12:21So a lot of that like every day in Seattle, we were in there. Pete Carroll and same thing in Detroit, Patricia, like the head coach gives some sort of speech every day, every day, like not like a raw, raw. Sometimes it's just like, hey, here's where at. This is what the goal are like. You know, so we would have a quote unquote team meeting with the week starts Wednesday. Right after special teams in Seattle, Pete would have about a 15 to 20 minute team meeting. You might go over a little bit on the team. You might go over ahead. Hey, guys, is what I want to focus on this week? Okay, there could be a motivational guy they brought in, but like he's talking. That's pretty standard. So my question for you guys is like, what I wonder about New England, I think it's the biggest red flag, is a lot of this talking in that league is protect the team, put the team first. Like every coach is a different way of saying it. Okay, one of the years it was like Seahawks 24 seven was a slogan we use, which was like, hey, even though you leave the building, you're still a representation of the building, you're still like a Seattle Seahawk.

13:22Don't do anything dumb. It's all about the logo on the front. Bingo. Okay, so like now all of a sudden, when Braves is up there and is like, hey, protect the team. I mean, my guys out here, I don't know what lingo I'm allowed to and not allowed to use on your radio show. We go, my guys out here, you know, acting inappropriately, my relationship he shouldn't be. He got his hand in the cookie car. It's a bit rich now when it's like, hey, protect the team, but oh, by the way, I was in a national scan. Okay, but let me ask the three of you guys, again, I'm not asking for names, but my understanding is like behind the scene, but everyone kind of know, yeah, that coach, I know what he's up to. Like, this isn't the first coach in sports history to have like a woman on the side. Yeah, like let's put it down. I guess that's what I'm saying. It's different because it's public. Yes, but I would guess you guys all played for someone at some point where like, I saw that guy at the bar the other night. I could like, I know what he was up to. Yeah, like it's not the first time.

14:24Like, this is what I'm saying. I've seen all kinds of things in my lifetime on all different levels. Players, everything. And I honestly, I've never thought one thing about it. I'm not going to approach somebody. I'm not going to say I saw you because, hey, if I saw, I was there too. So it's like, I'm not going to go up to somebody and say, hey, what were you doing? It's like, I was there too. I've never, I have never, ever thought anything about that. But this guy is on a different level because it was blasted all over. And it's so public. Yeah, it's so public. The leaking of information stuff is also a bit sketch. Was agent Brown not like, because that was out there for a long time. Roussini was pushing. He's going to New England. Correct. And now he is in New England. Like, and there's a few other things of like, I think we're seen equated where people are like, well, we're not, we can't fully confirm that this is from Brable. But like, it's from Brable. Yeah, who's from Brable?

15:25Pretty much exactly from Brable. So I've kind of seen here where I'm like, all right, like, like Odox said, you know, what happens at home, everyone has a different lifestyle. But it's like now when we're kind of using that lifestyle to like gain some sort of, you know, perception influence on players in the league and situations in the league. It's getting a little off side. Well, no one's going to give her the benefit of the doubt in the future. Any kind of scoop or comment she has, everyone's going to be thinking, how'd you get that? Yeah, where'd you get it from? What do you think people have gone through all of her clips on sidelines and like, inside scoops and saying, wow, I mean, she got pulled over and she was, she was asking the car who his favorite team was and tried to call the head coach. Could you imagine like being at that level of just, I am above the law. What a move. What like, I get home over. Oh, yeah, I think it was Minnesota. Yeah, I don't remember.

16:27She didn't get off. No, I don't believe so. Yeah, the guy like held ties. Like, yeah, I don't, you don't have a mineral index. Yeah. Like, you know, that's, that's a thing. You know what, they're scandals everywhere and the next perfect person we meet will be the only one. You know, this one is national news. It's unfortunate, but he's you asked, yes, there's, there's been people in management. There's been coaches. There's been players that have been involved in all sorts of nonsense. I just think and I say this all the time, they need to get playing. But if they get spanked tonight, that's the, that's the concern, right? If they, if New England's no good and, and Brables, you know, face and bullets from everywhere, you know how noisy it'll get, correct? Totally. Yeah. If he exact like, he calls a bad time out, you know, but he won't. Guys, guys, I know he's going to be dialed in. Yeah, I'm not, I wouldn't be concerned about where his head is. I'm almost concerned that he's, you know, allegedly living a clean lifestyle. You know, sometimes he's guys like, when you're in the gutter like that, that's where

17:28you're comfy. You know, that's, that's your thing. Now, now, because he's found, he found Jesus now, I don't know, but it's like, hey, I'm, you know, I'm not running in gun and like that anymore. Well, there's a lot of games like early in the season that are, I hear you say, like, overreaction, overreaction Monday is a big thing, right? Yeah, big time. You've got this game tonight, the game tomorrow in Australia is a huge game. You know, the Rams Niners, you got Bill's Texans, the NFL is cooking with the guy. Like right off the bat, it's like, there are going to, there are going to be multiple, really good teams that are all in one and people are going to be asking, like, what's the deal with these guys? And it's not easy, you know, I, the only thing I think it's somewhat easy for us, Seattle, because if they lose tonight, it's like you just want to see what the banner went up. And I, hey, hey, we're going to write the ship here where it's, I look at Buffalo and I think Buffalo's top five teams here really do.

18:29Now, a lot of that is dependent on DJ Moore, but if they come out against the Texans, you know, and they get beat up a little bit, it's going to be, that's the, and then you got Detroit opening night in your new park on a short week. And I think they're going to be a good team this year, the Lions. I agree with that. So it tough. Well, what, what about my bills, Luke, where are you at with them? Yeah, I think they're going to, I think they're top five team, you know, I really do, noodles. The big guy for me is DJ Moore. I find that the run game is going to be one of the best in the league. That's what I would assume, bar, no injuries. Drawsh Allen's one of the best in the league. There's no doubt about that. I always felt like, okay, throwing the football, it was, they've been good at it, but it'd be really nice to have like a one A guy that you can just say, hey, you know what? This isn't really a progression. This isn't really a, we're going to, a read, we're going to motion, we're going to kind of manipulate his defense. We're going to guy that we can know can win and we're going that direction.

19:31And then that, to me, can open up a lot of the other guys as well. And I do believe DJ Moore has that ability. So that would be a big one for me. Now, again, it's not an easy start. So you feel for him, but that being said, like on the flip side, you start that season two and a half and now you're really humming now you're flying now you're like, I'm your fleet. Everybody. Yeah. A couple of years ago, it might have been three years ago now that's since he with Joe Burrell. Everybody thought that he was the guy that could take care of my homes because he did it once went to a Super Bowl. They haven't protected him since they got to that Super Bowl. And they've been garbage. Like do you see Joe Burrell flipping the switch or is the team still junk? And is that like a complete mess there? And he needs to move on and go play football somewhere else. You know, I think they're going to be better. But do I think that that team is ready to consistently not because what I found with them is like all of a sudden, you know, the joke it's hurt. And then Joe comes back and they have like one game where you're like, this

20:33team looks like a Super Bowl winning team and they have another game where like this team looks awful. Yeah. We're like, is this team ready to go weekend and week out against their division is okay. I wouldn't say it's as dominant has been in the past. But do I see this team being able to sit there? I would say they do make the playoffs, which is a huge if and say, all right, our playoff path consists of New England Buffalo Denver and knocking off those three teams. I just they have a very hard time believing that they're ready to do that. All right. So the first pick of the season is in my opinion, a layup for you guys. You've got C. Hawks minus three and a half at home against New England. Now, maybe you see it differently, which would make a lot of sense because we're back into the regular season. This is generally where you guys struggle. This is where we see the board very clearly. I guess we'll find out pretty quickly because again, I was brothers coming up tomorrow. He's going to answer for what happened tonight. He's going to have our pick for tomorrow. The two of us will consult on that. But the floor is yours for the first pick of the year.

21:33Part of the house minus three. Parts, I think it's a slam dunk without question. I'm not sure about you. Parts, I'm leaning. I'm leaning to England. Oh, I love it. I love this. I told you, you know, these guys, they can't be on the same page. Okay. I'll go. I'll talk to you. Don't know. I gotta talk to you. I always, it's so hard to argue with you being a former NFL player. So you do like you just make me shake my head, but go ahead. The floor is yours. So there's two reasons I do like Seattle to win. If it was under three, I would pick Seattle. But the idea theoretically, it's not a back to back. I'm not saying that. But you do have the most recent Seattle film. So you've had all off season to sit here and prep what they did on defense to you in the Super Bowl and adjust. Yeah, it's the same coordinators. Now you add, I really believe that New England is better offensively like AJ Brown. And I know Hayes is saying Dobbs is not that great. He has had injury issues, but when he is rolling, I think he is a very, very good receiver.

22:37So you have a very nasty one, two punch in there. Yes. Drake May has worked. The long season is the study. I like the beat and the blind leading the line is that clink. Kubiak is gone. Look at the current lines. The Detroit lines from two years ago, lose Ben Johnson and everybody except for the smart people, except for the smart people were like, it's not that big one or a deal. Next thing, you know, you have the importance of the coordinators. Yeah, you lose. Kubiak. This is Brian Flurry's first game with this team. You don't have a, we're a Kenneth Walker who was the MVP of the game against New England. Right. In Kansas City now in Kansas City. Like this got this has the making of a either way lock it in. You'll go last second kick, lock it in plus NFL somewhat rigged. Lock it in, lock it in. Pats, you taking the points. Hearts, you're a Pat's guy. Drake makes your guy. You always have lock it in. Lock it in.

23:38I'll tell you what, if you blow this one, no, your voice is empty next week. I'm sorry. Next week, I'm gonna see you tomorrow. I'm gonna be the builds. Whoa. There he is. I didn't know. This one, come in, Al's brother. How could we miss you? Did you hear that commentary right now? What do you think of that selection, Al's brother? They took the points. So on the Pats tonight, we got a layup. We were gonna hand them a one nothing lead for the first time ever for them. I told them, like, take, make the right pick tonight because it's the last time we're going to be over 500 for the rest of the year and they fumble the ball. Wow. Fumble the ball. Just like Ramanjai Stevenson does every single game, just like he's going to do tonight, fumbles the football. I tell you what, man, I'm happy to be on the defending champs. Me too. I'm happy being the regular season defending champs. I am happy that we are on the reigning Super Bowl, champions to start the night. That's all you want. I'm not all that concerned about the Seattle sea.

24:40I saw it wasn't the offense at that they were worried about. It was that defense. That is what made them so great last year. So okay, Klanku be ax gone. The offense coordinator, big whoop. It's the defense that gave them trouble. Big wall. Last year. You're right. I don't know how you can sit here with this partner who can't win a championship. Has yet to win championship has one flu. P L one flu. You know season when and he says things they lost their offensive coordinator. Big whoop. Right. He's a Mike McDonald guy. I bought when I think of Seattle and I think TSN, I think I was brother. I always had that. I was brother. I've always told you that. Absolutely. I've always thought he was a sea hog first. Well, I was brother. It's great to see you. These guys are trying to wedge between us and trying to put us in a bad head. You're going to tell me you didn't have to that today. I've served lately fraudulent. You know that, I was brother. You and I we we completely. I saw a I saw a I saw well. It's great to see you. You're like, yeah, his head wedged in an armpit earlier today. What's up with that yesterday going Twitter and this guy's got some armpit thing.

25:43I'm like, you know, I said, what are we talking about? Are you a guy? Well, though, the old miss your armpit guy. Yeah, I don't know. I didn't see the old. The long story was I was on the Calgary Sam's fan. I don't you saw that. I don't think I did. I'll look into that one. We'll find that right. I was brother. You and I in the clock tomorrow, though. Rams minus four. Now Miles Garrett didn't practice today. They're down in Australia. I'm all out of whack. I don't know what those go. They're coming out. I'll figure that came out. We'll figure it out. Great seeing you, Partsy and buckle up, buddy. Big year. We can't wait. It's going to be amazing. Depending. It's going to be a fun year, boys. It's going to be a fun year, boys. I was brother Luke Wilson. Great seeing you guys. You guys have locked in the Patriots tonight plus three and a half. Unmustakably Canadian. It's the music that raised you. The artist raising the bar. Hi, this is Ryan Adams. Hey, my name is Brett Evans. I'm from the glorious sons. Hi, I'm Nelly Fertado. Made in Canada, the station that champions Canadian music.

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