play well, but your quote-unquote back up and,
you know, yeah, this is Geralyn
and whether he'll come back and be the starter, I don't know.
I mean, it's you, when you're in there. You're the quarterback,
you know, there's any,
you know, when you're in there, you're in there. I don't think
you think of it as a backup or is anything else. You're just
the guy and
I was grateful for the opportunity today.
Yeah. I mean, I think buddy, you know, that's halfway
competitive wants to play
that was, you know, That's what's fun. That's why you play
the game.
But I know that whatever role on men would give it 110% and
do whatever I can for the team.
Gardner. Minshew getting the win yesterday against the New
York Jets. Let's get right to it. True or false. The Eagles
have a better chance of making the playoffs with Gardner.
Minshew at quarterback instead of jail and hurts. What do you
think?
Well, I initially wanted to say true because I am a big
Gardner, Minshew fan thirty nine, touchdowns 11 or sepsis
in his career. I would argue that the Broncos and
the Panthers would be in a better position today
in the postseason race if they had Gardner Minshew as their
quarterback, but they don't, he should not be a backup
quarterback. In fact, he's better than Trevor Lawrence.
However, having said all that today is the one-year
anniversary Mike that the Eagles, benched Carson Wentz
and went with jail.
Hurts. I think they have to find out what they have in
Jalen hurts. I think they need to evaluate him. I think he
needs to play postseason or no postseason. I need to find out
if he's the quarterback for this team.
But that's not the question.
The question is, do they have a better chance of making
the playoffs with Gardner? Minshew. I feel like you want to say,
yes.
I do want to say yes, because I do think he's the better
quarterback. So I would say it to answer the question
correctly. Yes, I would say true.
He's the better quarterback.
I'm going to say false because I think Garden men shoes.
Always had a little bit of that fools gold to him where you get
caught up in what he can do and it Peters out
as we saw last year
in Jacksonville. They won in week one and it fell apart.
After that. He look, I still think they should have gotten
more than a sixth-round pick for him. And I think he's
a great guy to have around. I just don't know that you go,
all eggs in
one basket with him where somebody would have given more
than a sixth-round pick to get Gardner. Minshew, true or Falls
to NFC east teams will make the playoffs this year.
I'm going through because Washington's on a role playing
great with Taylor heinicke. He's playing great. They won
four in a row right now. They're the six seed. I'm going
to go true and I'm not so convinced that the Cowboys of
the shoo-in to win the division.
We're going to find out two of the next three weeks when these
two teams play but Washington firmly is in the conversation
to win the division. Mike.
Hey, look around the rest of the NFC right now.
Is it nuts to think that
The NFC East could have three teams. Now. They do a lot of
cannibalization and cross-pollination and beating
each other up down the stretch, but that's I don't know. This
is this is
this is Blancos
every week is going to mean so much and can completely alter
the landscape and it could fall that it's all done. By the time
we get to New Year's Day.
I have a feeling it's going to be up in the air, right? Until
we get the week 18, two teams currently out of the playoffs
in. FC will make it true or false. Let's see the list. So
we that so we know what we're saying is true or false
to data currently out
false.
I'm going with the gloss. I think the Colts I like
the Colts chances. They've been playing really well. Mike.
I like their chances to make the postseason. I don't know that
we're going to see the Steelers in Colts. Make it and nobody
else on that list to me. Does anything
for me to say? They're going to make it, they're just not
playing good enough right now. Raiders are to up and down
the Browns are to up and down. I may, I just, I think the Colts
have the best chance right now of those teams who are out of
the picture. I think
of all those teams there,
five of them are not.
Being in. And any of those teams can be among the five who
don't get in. There is a two-game spread
between the best
and the worst of those teams that to me is incredible and
it's Pete Rozelle is dream
come to full fruition for the NFL.
The Chiefs defense, not the offense
will carry them in the playoffs true or false.
Well, I have to go with true. Mike based on what we've seen
over the last seven games, right? At five game winning
streak. This defense is allowing love and point two
points per game. They have carried the offense.
I love what this defense is doing and how they're playing
and it's amazing. When you get a healthy Frank Clark and
the rest of the defense is healthy, what they can do and they've
been really, really good. And I think they're going to continue
that and I think they're the reason
the Chiefs go. As far as the Chiefs are going to go. The
offense is got to play better than what. They Patrick Mahomes
is got to play better than what he has.
And you know what? I don't know that the defense will carry
them into playoffs. I'll say the defense will carry them to
the playoffs when they get to the playoffs.
The offense had better wake up and one guy that fascinates me
is Josh Gordon. He started yesterday's game participated
in 13 snaps had zero targets. They need him at some point and
they need Clyde Edwards allowed to do more than he did
yesterday. So the defense is going to help get them there.
But offense wins championships. In
today's NFL, the
Chiefs are going to
And it's going to be because of their offense, except when
there's a crippling defense with a pass rush that swallows
up a Patrick Mahomes. Then defense wins championships, but
at the Chiefs are going to win it. It's going to be because of
their offense. All right. Real quickly some names
that have been added to covid-19 reserve list,
Keenan Allen. The Chargers receiver had a couple of
touchdowns yesterday and through the two-point
conversion on the play that they call the Philly special.
They need a better name than that. I mean you can steal
the play but you can come up with your own name.
Cam Jordan for the Saints placed on the covid reserve
list and also Jordan Love tested positive for covid-19.
So he won't be available to back up, Aaron, Rodgers Sunday
Night, Football, most likely. Now, the thing with
vaccinated, guys. We saw this last week. You can get back in
theory. TJ, W. Did it. Maybe Jordan love will maybe these
other two. Well, assuming they're all vaccinated.
Yeah, that we saw with Ben Roethlisberger to Mike, those
two guys for the Steelers got back really quickly.