Just some of the calls from the weekend. That was our good
friend, Paul Allen
with the, he's loose power. Rankings are loose presented by
Google pixel man up for are unchanged. Even though two of
the teams lost, I love this. Barely lost to the bills,
the Cowboys gave the Eagles
more than it looked like they were going to give them based
on the first half. And and and who are you going to put up off
the Cowboys? Giants are the Giants lost in the Cowboys?
Yeah, I hear you.
You and who cares? You believe the Cowboys are better than
giant Sun. Why the sun is the rest of the world? So that's
fine. You're right?
I'm I'm proud of you, man,
that you didn't like change the top four.
I don't give a damn what their records are that game against
Philadelphia for the Dallas Cowboys. The other night to me
was like, encouraging, I went, oh my gosh. I mean
down, that way, a quarterback who throws an interception,
misses a fourth, and one throw and throws an interception on
three straight drives, and you were there with a chance to win
in the fourth quarter.
I mean Dak Prescott back, I mean good for you.
Same for Kansas City,
I mean, yeah they got two losses. So what they're
definitely, one of the three or four, best teams in football
period. They lost a game that they dominated to the Cults
and lost a tough one to
arguably the best team in football. I mean, the Eagles of
the bills are the two best teams in football, that's
a conversation. So let it go, man. I thought I'm I think it's
awesome that you kept it the same there but you know what,
be on the top for I really don't know.
It is Yeah, not good. It is all over the place saying it right.
Can the Jets sustain it can the giant sustain it can the Viking
sustain it. They are
76 and 5 respectively or I may have
met maybe 75 and 6 respectively. Regardless those
three teams in five through seven,
I think they have flaws. And I think they're lucky to be where
they are. We talked about this yesterday. We
were going to have teams that started strong that our dog
paddling in December. In January and then there's going
to be teams that struggled that have figured things out, right?
That are coming on strong.
Those are the teams that you want in January. You don't want
some team that's fizzling out and barely hanging on. Can you
imagine? All right. If so I can send up the 7 seed because they
want five in one and they finished nine and eight now
because all you have to do is go 4 and 7 over the final 11 to
get denied and eight. Yeah you're the seven see you go
visit the 2 seed and you get the crap kicked out of you
because you're
A part down the strap.
That's that's what I hope doesn't happen and maybe they
don't know, we'll see. We'll see if these teams can sustain
it and if they're still standing and still good and
competitive when January rolls. Yeah. Hey look, I'm
I have the questions. I mean, right off the bat. I mean,
five, six and seven. I think all Merit. Those questions
Vikings, you know, Cowboys are giants. Vikings Jets.
I hear you. It's it has the hey, a little luck, a little
like, hey wait, wait, stolen game, maybe they shouldn't. Not
have and then favorable schedule matchups. I think you
can kind of look at that for for,
you know, all three of those teams. So I'm not sure either
like the Jets have some young Talent, I'm not sure. It gets
to stay in this year, but man, the future looks good,
the Giants
just playing the right way. They're efficient, they take
care of the ball. There's no - plays and they just wait for
you to make a mistake. And they pounce and the Vikings, I don't
know. Mike, how would you explain it?
Another better off pensively. They're better than I expected
defense. Lee and hey, got a chance to play against, do you
know, backup, quarterbacks last week and had some favorable
matchups themselves here, early in
the season. So, I'm with you there
at a certain point, you know, if you're finding a way to win
games late,
is it is, it is it lock, are you flipping a coin and it's
coming up your way? Or are you, are you mustering something?
And does it become a self-fulfilling prophecy in
your opponent start? To think I oh, here it comes.
They're going to find a way to take this from us because
that's kind Of the identity of the Vikings, keeping it close
and finding a way to break the other teams back in the fourth
quarter. In a variety of different ways, hanging on to
win
coming from behind. Whatever. The case they've won four in
a row. And that's hard to do ya fella, no matter who you are.
So but your Chris is this a go ahead. Sorry
but I'll just say so your
your gut I mean I think it's like mine in that.
We expect that those three teams for maybe reality to
not to say they won't make the playoffs but I think you know,
Things will equal out here at some point to where
they're not, you know, one of the best records in football.
I think the Vikings could end up with 11 or 12 wins. But
I think the reality is they're going to come across a really
good team in the divisional round. I'm going to get
stopped. Okay. All right, so
that's kind of the way of the Vikings for the past, 20 years,
right? Well, it is, you're right about that. All right. So
then what about you know, who were the teams that you brought
up that? You know, maybe
maybe start off slow, right? Or didn't get off to to a good
start that you think could be rounding into form at the right
time where you go. Whoa, okay. This team's record might not be
that great, but they're in the
playoffs here late in the year
or going to be in the, you know, in the playoff
conversation late in the year. And if they get in, or they're
in, whoa, they're
way better like the 49ers last year, right? What the 49ers?
End up nine and eight, right? But we all saw it coming. We
are kind of like, cool. They get in, watch out, right? You
know, who any teams that like, jump out to you there? The
One of those for sure.
Who else do you that you put on that list Mike
and it's premature? Chris because injuries are going to
be a fact. Yeah, I know not suffered by that team and
suffered by other teams. Look at the Raiders.
We've looked at their schedule. They had a very difficult first
five games of the Season. Uh-huh. They could get hot as
the season continues to unfold and as they learn the Josh,
McDaniels offense and get more comfortable on defense and get
more reps.
But look from from the Ravens at 8:00, All the way down
to the Raiders. I don't know how I feel about the Cardinals
but any of those other teams could find the gas pedal
eventually and mash on it and that's great. It's great and
it's not great because I do like there to be some great
team. I agree.
It is a little too much together right now,
this is Pete Roselle's vision
for pro football. Come to full fruition.
Where there's a lot of teams that are alive, but there's
also a lot of teams
Aren't very good.
Yeah. And hopefully some of these teams will get good
after Thanksgiving, if not sooner.
Yeah, I'm with you there and you know, you said it right?
I think out of those teams like you said from the Ravens, all
the way down to the Raiders,
a lot of them have a chance. I don't look at the Cardinals as
being one of them to your point. I don't look at
the Steelers as being one of them. The rest of the crew
I go watch out and I think specifically, you know, I look
at like 12 13 and 16, I go mad The Bangles of course, I'm
going. To put them on that list to say,
watch out, they could turn it around the Patriots.
I mean, we're starting to see the Patriots. It's typical way,
we felt our way in September. And here we go. Now and
the 49ers, I mean, the 49ers, what was it, how many players were
hurt in the game? The other day, it was what nine out of
the 11 defensive starters weren't planned in
the football game
kind of insane.
So I think you're right though, there's those are teams at
least on my radar to go. They could round into form and be
a real Force maybe, as the season goes on
and with 11 games to go from. Most teams everything is wide
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