All right, it's a Thursday tradition during football
season because you can't do it. If there aren't games,
the matchups to watch a draft of those specific factors for
tonight's game, Mi, I give you the first. Pick
matchups to watch in tonight's season opener between Buffalo
and the LA Rams.
Give me Jalen Ramsey versus Stefon Diggs. I mean, these are
two of the absolute best at their position. And the Rams
move around Jalen Ramsey, they called. The star on that
defense, and that's his position.
But whenever you're talking about a guy who is an Elite corner
and somebody who is an elite wide receiver, like Stefon
Diggs, and the just connection that he's got with Josh. Al
I'll know if there's anybody making sweet sweet football
music like those two,
it's going to be fun to watch those two. Go at it
especially with Ramsey kind of an open question from a health
standpoint. He's not on the injury report. I don't believe
he had a shoulder problem. He was going to be on the popped.
They just went easy with him,
is he ready to go? He had that surgery after the end of
the offseason program, so that that is going to be a key matchup.
I agree with you completely.
First one for me, I'm gonna go Von Miller
versus Joe Noteboom. The
replacement for Andrew Whitworth, to the extent.
I assume they'll move on Miller around but you've got Miller,
you've got Gregory Rousseau. You've got guys in the interior
that can provide pressure Von Miller sacrificing. The fact
that
he got less attention when he was with Aaron Donald Hill.
Get a little more attention, but can they stop him? How much
will they help? The left tackle when he's lined up in that spot
to try to get around the edge to Matthew Stafford. I think
that's a key matchup in this game.
I agree with you and you know, that's an underrated thing.
John Noteboom coming in to replace Whitworth, but he has
played, he's been there since 2018 filled in admirably.
I thought in that playoff from that they had and then of
course Miller could also go against
Rob Havens sign who they just gave
an extension to on the other side. So congrats to him for that
my next matchup.
My mentioned earlier in the show but Aaron Donald versus
Roger saffold like those guys on the interior, they know each
other very well, they practice against each other. They played
with each other for years and years both in st. Louis and in
Los Angeles on the
Rams. And look Aaron, Donald is one of the elite players in
the game and I just feel like this is one of those times where he
can come out there and show that, he's still that dude and
perhaps get on that first step of his. His
fourth Defensive Player of the Year award
and second Super Bowl win and I think it's going to take a lot
for MVP Buzz for Aaron Donald, we were talking about this
yesterday, I think was Shireen,
Lawrence, Taylor. And 86 Alan Page in 71 the only two
defensive players to ever win. It bills defense versus Cooper
cup. We alluded to this earlier
with the full offseason to get ready, knowing that the Rams
are the first team watching with the Bengals did to
neutralize cup until Odell Beckham jr. Got injured and
yes, couple don't, they caught the game-winning. Some was
the MVP even though it should have been Aaron Donald.
The Bengals did have a plan for cup that made him not nearly as
prolific as he been all year long. What were the bills due
to take couple way? And then the obvious next question,
becomes how do the Rams pivot away from that? What's their
plan,
if cup isn't there, but I want to see how that bills defense
without Trudeau obvious white, how do the bills? Go about
slowing down, Cooper cup. Alright, we've done to pick
seats. Let's go ahead and take a break, we'll regroup and do a
third pick. Of the matchups to watch for tonight's season
opener, when PFT life concludes right after this.
All right, one more selection. Each, as we look at
the matchups for tonight's season. Opener miles. What else do you
have?
Well, you were talking about Cooper cup versus that
secondary of the Buffalo, secondary versus Cooper cup.
I'll go the Rams, third receiver versus that Buffalo.
Secondary because they don't have been Jefferson. He is out
tonight with a knee injury, Vince gironda. Nick 22 at well,
are
expected to pick up the slack as the third receiver, that's
a big position in the Rams offense, based on the way, they
always line up with one tight end and then three wide
receivers. We will see what those guys can do
against that. Secondary
last one for me,
and
I'm kind of taking a liberty here with the whole match up
thing, but it's Ken Dorsey versus the memory
of Brian Day Ball, even though it may be
Inflate a little bit more
than Justified because there were some stretches last year
with the offense wasn't great. You mentioned the debacle in
Jacksonville, But Ken Dorsey stepping into that role as
offensive coordinator.
Can he forget what the bills have done in the past?
Not compared himself with anyone, not compete with Brian
De ball or whatever is expected. And just come out
there and be the guy, the bills need to be to take their
offense to the next level because if they are going to
win the Super Bowl, if they are going to make good on all these
expectations, the offense has to go next level. It has to be
even better than it. Has been because the past two years even
though it's been great. Hasn't been good enough.
Yeah, exactly. You can't just rest on what you've done before
and I think most good coaches around the league know that
they understand it and when you're Ken Dorsey you're coming
in and you're replacing somebody now like it is
a difference but he's been there,
right? He's been with Josh, a Latinos. Josh Allen was
the quarterbacks coach before we'll see if he can Elevate
the scheme. Bring something a little bit new, bring some more
wrinkles there, you know, take advantage of
what Gabe Davis can do
and we'll see how that it works out into them scoring points.
Who do you like tonight? Give me ask or give me a winner.
Well G, I guess you have to give me a winner. If you give
me a score you can give me a score without a winner and we
can just guess.
I'll take a Rams 32:27
they win and they, you know, raise the banner in a nice way.
My pick as announced on Tuesday during the podcast, I do with
Sims 3224 Ram. So we are both on the Rams, sorry bills,
the hype train is going to Have to wait a week.
Mi will see you on Monday every Monday.
That's a hell of an announcement. As we go off the air.
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