from the bottom to the top six verses eight Ravens at
the Giants.
We have 4 verses 1 Cowboys versus the Eagles and we have
two versus three Chiefs vs. Bills. Three games
among teams in the top eight this weekend.
Yeah that's pretty amazing. There really is. And again
I and I think we're slowly starting to see
you know the the the cream of the crop. Op rise to the top
here. As far as the NFL a little bit. It's still amazing
how jumbled together it is, but
I don't know. And now did you have any thoughts at all
the top three, just to hit on that, right away? I mean, they're
clearly the top three teams in the football
and football right now, Eagles bills Chiefs,
was there any thought of like how to juggle those around? Did
you think of maybe making one of those one-loss teams and
number one team?
No. Well, it would have been the bills if anybody because of
what they did to the Steelers. Yeah, because they beat them
38, 23 and the Eagles.
How to survive a trap game in Arizona. But you know what?
Every team is going to have a trap game from time to time
and the Eagles survived it. I think that's a credit to them.
Sure. That's one. We're in past years that team that starts off
for and, oh,
I'm really not sure how good they're going to be. Ok, they
lose one. Especially when they have a big division. Rivalry
looming.
I'm impressed. Maybe even more impressed by The Eagles that
they held it together and got that win because they're
showing a level of week, in, and week out, mental toughness,
and Nick suriani, the Coach was saying this week, he just wants
to go 1 & 0 every week and every once in a while
you have a team that that can live up to that cliche
and just keep going 1 and 0 every week in the Eagles so
far. I know I don't know what's going to happen this weekend
with or without Dak Prescott. They're going to have their
hands full with the Cowboys
but they they have emerged as in my mind the best team and
and they should stay there until they lose. And even then
I don't know how far they're going to fall. Yeah. Okay.
I mean that you listen, they're definitely one of the best
teams we
know. Oh that. And even if they do lose this weekend, they're
not going to lose many times here, the first 10 or 12 weeks
of the Year,
all right? So we're I'm interested is like,
alright Cowboys at for,
I got no problem with that, but did you think about putting
the Bucks in front of them at all? Or do you feel really confident
about just keeping them at for? I know the Bucks are two lost
team but did beat the Cowboys in down, in Dallas.
There's that conversation and,
you know, I think we think the Bucks are probably a little bit
better than what they have played so far. So any thoughts
there?
Well, the Cowboys already were ahead of the Buccaneers and
I think the second loss is what caused the Buccaneers to fall.
If all things are equal, I think the Buccaneers would be
ahead of the Cowboys, but
the Cowboys going to La and when 9:38 and I know, it was
home away from home from the Cowboys as we correctly
surmised last week when we were talking about how Cowboys fans
would overrun. So five Stadium, but still
to dismantle the Rams, the way they did that's why they're
number four and frankly that's one of the reasons why
the 49ers are up in the top 10. Well, they were 11 last week.
Yeah, I mean they And they are showing signs. Yeah, of
dominance, right? And Chris, I've said this before here, and
I wrote about it in the power
rankings. I think this week,
they're the team that the eagles need to be worried about
in January. They better hope the playoff tree doesn't
doesn't fall together in a way where it's 49ers at Eagles,
because that's where the Eagles train may run into a brick
wall. That's the NFC championship game I picked
before the year. That's where I, you know, those two teams
that would be. That was my only question. I think my gun. You're
really in your Top 10 is I would have had the 49ers
probably number five right behind the Cowboys. I would,
you know, I know it hasn't been perfect but
I mean, I think to your point and what you're talking about
is the 49ers
and they're not even a healthy football team and it's been
absolute just physical dominance over the Rams and
the Carolina Panthers and Jimmy G. We see as long as he just
doesn't do total dumb crap. Stuff
that they're one of the best teams in football. He literally
just has to play average or a little above Average, and there
are Super Bowl Contender. It's really as simple as that. So
that's where
that would be. The only one I think in your top 10 or top 12
that I would go,
I think you're being, you know, I think the 49ers I certainly
would take, I think you're being a little nice to
the Ravens. I would have the Ravens down, you know, below,
I would have the 49ers at 5 and bump everybody down. I guess
that's what I'm saying. Long story short a couple questions
here. Terry dancer 14 which of these three top ten matchups
that we discussed.
Do we think has the most significance, which is
the biggest of the three games? I think clearly the least
significant is Ravens Giants just because the other two,
right? And out but which of those two
Eagles hosting, the Cowboys Chiefs hosting, the bills is
a bigger game to you. I think and set aside the fact that one of
them is on and
I know. Yeah. That mean listen, they're they're all big
but I look at the bills Chiefs one
to be the one I do. I expect them to
know if the All Things fall, right? It's the I'm Clash of
the Titans AFC Championship Game.
Tighten, I mean, bills Chiefs, that's where I expected. And
where this goes into is, I could see them having the same
record at the end of the year. And this comes down to who won
the head on head matchup to be the number one seed, and get
the first round. Bye.
And more importantly, just to play the other one
at home where Buffalo I'm sure is like can we get the hell out
of Kansas City
and right? I mean it's so so I would think that's the one that
jumps out to me. Right now, I don't know. There's a part of
me that's not ready to say.
Cowboys number one seed conversation yet even though
I'm getting close to that, with the way they're looking here.
Week after week, here's my effort to sell the idea that
our game is bigger
than one company guy.
Kiss that, we know,
we know the Chiefs and bills are good, right? We know that
right? Whatever happens in this game on Sunday, they're both
going to be great and they're going to be among the best in
the conference. We still don't know what we have in
the Eagles,
and we're still not quite
What we have in the cow by got you. So let's see. Them square
off. I hear you see how it shakes out because there's more
unknowns in that game. And that's the look, I'm not
I'm not trying to
Johnny MBC over him. I'm just a know. I hear you think it's
I think it's an accurate observation. Yeah, one more
here real quick flick daddy. Why have the Packers been ahead
of the Vikings all year? When the Packers lost to the Vikings
in week one in
the Vikings only loss is to your number one team and
anybody who has that question I say, have you watched
the Vikings play? Have you?
Watch their games,
they should be one in four or two and three. They keep
pulling rabbits out of their butts late in the game. They
are finding ways to win, and that is not sustainable. The
only silver lining for the Vikings is something to
Harrison Smith. Said
earlier this week. Chris that
as they're learning their new coaching staff, learning
the offense, learning the defense are winning games, which is
going to help them later in the year, when they learn, right?
What they're doing, they're stealing wins. Yes. At a time
when they have no business stealing wins. Yeah.
And I think that's the important thing. You know,
a little bit like you talked about like with Philadelphia it
was asleep at the wheel or kind of a letdown game, they still
won. You're going. Yeah, the Vikings aren't playing that
good
but they're winning the games period. And as you always talk,
it's something that, you know, to provide some cushion for you
later on in the year and maybe the schedule isn't as
favorable. But I do, I do think that's part of like, you know,
this conversation to
is we got some teams here in your top 10 or even in the top
12 or top half of the league. League. Who
they've had very favorable schedules.
I don't think you get into where you go. I don't know if
they're quite as good as the team there ahead of, but they
got more wins and they're playing good. But damn, I mean,
like, we talked about with Dallas, Dallas has had very
favorable matchup, so this point,
the Giants have had teams other than the Packers. And again,
the Packers make the every game close because it's dinkin dunk
and their defense is not as dominant as their statistics. A
so that game is always Cause that played in their hands. But
they've played some teams that they certainly match up, well,
to add to the foreign One schedule,
you know, so that our foreign one record. So that's something
that I think, you know, people forget about a little bit here
in the early part of the year.
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