Like, how's your sleep schedule versus
your last stops?
Hmm,
I actually got, I get more sleep
now than I did in my past Endeavors.
It's partially, because I
didn't matter. I would,
I mean, I used to be able to
really push it from game date almost Wednesday without
showering. Now, that would be obvious,
I can't hide.
I love Mike McDaniel, everything about him is so
different from any head coach we have ever seen and he's
effective, he's want to know
and he beat Bill Belichick and he had that
he had that vibe there
of the sophomore in high school, who's given a presentation,
the constant the constant back and forth, you know,
but he's he's great he's just a breath of fresh air. He said
he really is different from any
NFL head coach, I can think of
You know what I really like about them like so far is that
he's experiencing all these things for the first time
and he's not trying to hide it,
he doesn't he doesn't try to hide like his Glee
or his happiness or his
inquisitiveness and and and just look I mean you know
hey look you know in a press conference setting, you don't
rock back and forth. Well okay, he'll learn that in time it
home but but who cares and by the way,
The pineapple doing there.
What, what is the Mike? What's the pineapple on the back?
Think that's the, that's the Baptist Health logo. I think
that's what that is.
What a hospital. Have a pineapple for a logo?
I mean, well, that's
Apparently one does,
hey. We are the home of
where the home of healthy pineapples
at Baptist Health.
It's a, it's a pineapple heavy diet that they recommend to
avoid all sorts of hate. But but these, let me just say one
other thing about McDaniel,
the reason that
players in San Francisco, particularly Debo Samuel,
really liked him,
is that Depot? Samuel used to sit in McDaniels office last
year, midseason and McDaniel said to him. Hey, listen
by the end of this year. If you do what I say,
You're going to be all pro and I'm going to be a head coach
somewhere
and voila it happened and that is what when you tell players
something like that
and it comes true.
And and everybody inside the organization knows that story
and now that story travels with you to Miami,
you know, that is the kind of thing
where guys like to a tongue of Aloha
and Jalen waddle and
Tyree kill.
They all say, okay buddy. We saw you do it last year. Let's
see. You do it now and so far, he's doing it.
Oh, and they love the guy Tyree kill said. After the game on
Sunday, he's going to need a wheelbarrow to carry around.
Not pineapples.
After the call, that was made at Fourth and seven in
the second quarter to bust the game open and make it 17 nothing. He
beat Bill Belichick, and the Patriots
task number to another Super Bowl winning coach. Coach John
Harbaugh and the Ravens after last year's Thursday night game
in which the Dolphins bedeviled, the Baltimore
offense with the blitz they get together. Again the Ravens are
three and a half Point. Favorites
will the Dolphins and this is the
fascinating chess match.
The Ravens. Surely are ready for the Dolphins to do what
they did last year in Josh boiler is still there as
defensive coordinator. Most of the defensive players are still
there. So the Ravens are going to be ready
to Zig in. Response to the zag that was done last year by
the Ravens defense.
Now this year,
or by the Miami defense, excuse me. Now this year, what will
the Miami defense? Do differently anticipating that?
The Ravens will be ready for that 0 cover.
We don't know where the blitzers are coming from
approach that the Dolphins use last year on that Thursday
night. That's the most fascinating wrinkle. And
I think this is one of the more intriguing games of
the weekend, Peter.
I love this game
because first of all you know
the Ravens we still don't really know what to think of them
because that was such a strange opener for them.
You talk about teams you don't know what to think of
the Jets but
to me the one thing about this game that really fascinates me
is that you know right now
that Miami really wants to Turn it up
on offense and they want to unleash a great wide receiver
core.
They didn't really have a lot of chances to do that in
the first game and we're going to see what Baltimore is going to
do on defense against to a tongue of Aloha,
but I think this is a game
when
they the Miami Dolphins want to throw the ball deep and to test
a
Good. Secondary and not just dink dink. Dink, dink dink.
I think. Tyree kill and Jalen waddle. Both
have the ability in this game,
to go one-on-one against very good corners.
And let's see if they can be this deep strike offense, that
Mike McDaniel in the offseason
became convinced that they could be.
Well, barring a tie, one of those teams will be 2 and 0 as
of Sunday late afternoon as of Sunday evening, either,
the Bengals are cowboy. Barring at, I will be owing to the Bengals.
Are seven point favorites
at AT & T Stadium, that is still something that it is hard for
the human brain to process based upon
recent years. In the NFL, the Bengals going into Dallas
that big of a favorite, but the Cowboys don't have Dak
Prescott. They have Cooper rush and even though the Bengals
lost in week one, hey, with seven sacks and five turnovers
and they still could have won the game. A couple of
times late in regulation. If they make an extra point in
overtime, if they make a field, Goal,
the Bengals. I think we'll be fine.
I I still am surprised to see -
seven you said something earlier. I think about Cooper
Rush what is your confidence level in the Cowboys with
Cooper Rush heading into this game and maybe several more
Beyond it.
You know, I just remember the game last year
I think it was Halloween, right?
Dallas at Minnesota
or Cooper Rush came in completed,
whatever 65% or whatever.
I don't think he turned it over that day
and managed to beat the Vikings.
And one of the reasons, one of the things I really, really
took from that game,
is that that day watching him?
Play that he wasn't afraid and everybody said well of course
he's not afraid. He's an NFL quarterback
but you can tell.
Okay. And Cooper Rush basically looked like he belonged
and that is why look. I don't know what's going to happen in
this game. And obviously I'd think Cincinnati would win to
with Joe burrow coming back
on the jobber Revenge to her after turning it over a hundred
times last week. But I do think in this game,
I think Cooper Russia's going to play well
and I can tell you this that
even though apparently Dak Prescott is not going to be out
for
eight weeks, you know, that he's probably going to be out.
Who knows? 4 to 6 weeks, whatever it is,
that I can see why the Dallas Cowboys wouldn't be out there
aggressively trying to make a deal for anybody even Jimmy
Garoppolo.
Or less than that. Chase, Daniel whoever.
Because I think they have faith in this guy
to hold the fort based on what they saw last year. And based
on what they've seen
in training camps and in practice, that's why I think
that
that Mike McCarthy Jerry Jones, Stephen Jones are saying we're
okay with this guy will hang in
well and look the basic reality is next. Man up
if you bring in.
A new, you're changing a tire on a moving car. Getting
the guy up to speed with your offense, the Personnel,
the coaching staff. You mentioned. That Cooper Rush game against
the Vikings from last year. That game was the final nail in
the Mike Zimmer Kirk Cousins cough. And because cousins
played it safe in that game
because it was Cooper rush
and Zimmer wanted him to be aggressive
and the Vikings ended up losing
and that was it for Zimmer
and cousins. That's a different story. Altogether Cardinals out
the Raiders both teams all-in-one the Raiders are five
and a half point. Ritz
who bounces back from what happened in week, 1, Peter
Raiders.
I think the Raiders
look, the Raiders and Chargers can play a hundred times, and
it's going to be 5050. They are so they're the egalitarian
teams in any division
in the NFL right now, in my opinion.
And so the way I kind of look at this game is
what team
to me has more to play for and you could argue, well, they're
both 0 & 1, they both have Want to play for. Yes.
But so they both have a lot to play for. But
on the other hand, what team is better?
The Las Vegas, Raiders are better than the Cardinals.
I think the Cardinals could have a very lean Year
Mike and I think it continues here. And the one thing that we
saw in week one
that I think we continue to see develop,
you know, one of the things that Aaron Rodgers used to say
about Davante Adams is He just gets open, and if you watch
the games last week, two of the receivers one was just in
Jefferson. The other
was Davante Adams. You ask yourself a couple of times,
man. How did they get so open? And, and when I watch those
games last week, I said to myself, this is why Davante
Adams gets paid the big bucks because even though, you know,
they're going to
try to blanket him.
Going to find a way to Regal free
or to use his leverage to get open enough. So that Derek Carr
can find them. I think those two guys have a big day on
Sunday.
I agree with you. And I am very concerned about the Cardinals
after week one. They got blown off the field by the Chiefs.
Then you have Kliff Kingsbury the coach of the team talking
about how, well, how can you expect to perform well in
the games where you're not performing? Well in practice.
Hello,
you're the coach, why are you guys not performing well in
practice and why are you saying so publicly? I guess when you
get a contract extension, you can say things like that. What
are they gonna do? Fire, you and buy you
out. So I just, I don't like the vibe around the Cardinals.
I really don't. They were 10 and 2. Last year, they're
staring at owing to this year. I really like the Raiders
on Sunday. When you look at how good the Chargers were last
night. See that's the thing Week 1, you don't know how good
the team is that beat you? You don't know how good the team is
that you beat, you start to figure it
out and seeing what the Chargers did last night, how
they could have won that game. They're pretty good. And
the Raiders were in it. I think the Raiders are going to handle
the Cardinals, come Sunday, bears-packers Sunday Night,
Football on NBC Green Bay Owen one, Chicago one and oh, they
want in that, that swamp
thanks to either failure of drainage system or drainage
system Overload at Soldier Field. The Packers are 10 point
favorites.
The big question,
how much more in sync
will the Packers receivers and quarterback Aaron Rodgers be
Peter.
I think you continue to see the development of Rogers. I think
this is going to be it's going to take two months
for this team, to get right with
Christian Watson
Romeo Dobbs, all of their young receivers, it's just not going
to happen overnight. And you talked about it, some in
the offseason.
This is a year that if Aaron Rodgers ever is going to show
up for all the The camp stuff
so that he can throw
to to his new receivers. This would have been the year. And
so now, I think
he uses practice during the week for even a slightly
different thing than he's
traditionally used practice.
He needs to be able to have faith
in Christian Watson
after Watson drops on the first play of the Season,
which is like, oh, Omen of the year.
You know, if the Packers fail I know what the first
play on the real
of,
you know, of their season whatever. The NFL films thing
that they used to do every year,
if if they were being real instead of being nice,
that that would be the first thing I would show and say
well this is a harbinger of things to come,
but I do think especially with Romeo Dobbs.
I think by November first Romeo Dobbs is going to be a trusted
big-time receiver in this offense. And I think they have
enough Sunday night to beat Chicago.
Well, that Christian Watson play and I've been talking
about this all week.
It is a prime example of how in the NFL where the talent is. So
packed together games, come down to
a play here, a play there, a call here,
call their Christian Watson catches, That pass and walks in
for a touchdown and it's 77 that entire game changes.
The complexion changes the momentum changes,
it's not going to be a final score of 23 7.
If he catches that ball in the Packers very well-made win
the game, the Vikings had to work their way down the field.
Methodically to get a touchdown and there's boom lightning
strike Aaron Rodgers to Christian Watson.
It changes the entire Vibe
last night's call. We're going to talk about that a little bit
more later in the program if we save enough time to do. So
the atomic, Asante Samuel, Junior pick. If that's a
It could change everything.
It's a little thing here in a little thing there Peter.
That's why it's so big. And that one moment that was
the opportunity for Christian Watson and it didn't come
through,
and it turned a win into a loss. Can they put it behind them
and take care of the Bears.
And just like you said earlier,
we didn't see enough
in the rain and the muck and the mire at Soldier Field to
draw any conclusions about the 49ers.
I can't draw any conclusions about the Bears either.
I don't know what the Bears are going to be.
We're going to find out, you know, do it again.
Get a win at last. Lambeau Field, without six inches of
standing water. And then I'll believe that the Bears may have
something.
Yeah, one and one other quick thing. Mike,
I don't know how many games in his career. Aaron Rodgers has
been held without a touchdown pass and under 200 yards. But
I will bet you a thousand dollars right now
that it will not happen again this year and probably not
happen again in the rest of Aaron Rodgers career.