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Football Forecasts: Division-by-Division NFL Season Preview
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The countdown to kickoff has officially begun, and we couldn't be more excited to share our comprehensive 2025 NFL season preview! In this passionate discussion, we break down every division in the league, offering our unfiltered predictions on who will rise, who will fall, and who might surprise us all.
The conversation kicks off with some reflections on retirement before diving headfirst into our division-by-division analysis. We reach consensus on some divisions—like the AFC East with Buffalo on top—while sparking friendly debate on others. Perhaps our most controversial take? One host boldly predicts the Dallas Cowboys will win just five games this season, citing offensive struggles and defensive concerns. Meanwhile, we both agree the Philadelphia Eagles are primed to win the NFC East for the second consecutive year—a rarity in this traditionally competitive division.
As we navigate through the AFC and NFC North divisions, we explore why the Ravens remain regular season juggernauts while the Packers might dethrone the Lions as division champions. The South divisions bring discussions about Houston's continued rise under CJ Stroud and Tampa Bay's surprising stability with Baker Mayfield at the helm. In the West, we debate whether anyone can challenge Kansas City's dominance in the AFC while considering if the Rams or Seahawks might claim the NFC crown.
Our playoff predictions feature some familiar faces and a few surprises, culminating in Super Bowl matchup projections that have the Eagles facing either the Ravens or Bills. We wrap things up with MVP predictions, our top 10 teams heading into the season, and one final bold prediction: the New York Giants will finish with a better record than the Dallas Cowboys.
Whether you agree with our takes or think we've lost our minds, this episode provides the perfect primer as we prepare for kickoff. The wait is over—football is back!
Retirement Reflections and Setting Up
Speaker 1Starts in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, go.
Speaker 2We gave you grace. We let you keep your diamond. The diamond's gone. That thing gone. That thing is gone, gone, gone diamond is going to somebody else. Somebody else is gonna have to take that diamond. Boy, look rough, rough, rough, rough. Alright, let me copy this diamond. Oh, it look rough, rough, rough, rough. Alright, let me copy this.
Speaker 2We back to the old school way of doing things, because this dang stream deck took a shit on us. All right, let me see. Okay, so how's retirement? Feel, bro, man, chat, chat. It ain't really kicked in yet per se. So I'm still trying to fill it out. I'm trying to.
Speaker 2I don't know, it don't. It don't feel real for real, for real, I guess it's the best way to say it. It don't really feel real. So, don't know, right now ain't nothing really changed. So maybe that's the only thing what it is like. You know, I ain't doing no EPBs or anything, but other than that ain't nothing really changed at all. So, yeah, that ain't really done nothing for me.
Speaker 2All right, we got a little bit back, we back, all right, still waiting. A little bit back, we back, all right, still waiting for Philly DC. He had to do something with his dog or something. But we'll wait for him to come in here and we'll talk about football. We're going to give you our predictions, basically just a live video that we'll record that you guys can go back and watch and see what happened.
Speaker 2The room is coming together, all the posters, man. Uh, shout out to my MPF folks for giving me the Donald duck. Uh, y'all can see that. And then the Kobe joint is up there and there'll be two more that I add tomorrow up there, so we'll fill the wall out. And then my Kobe box down there that my LT got me that was love, love, love, love, love, so, so, and then the room is a catastrophe right now got stuff I need to hang up like we'll get it all together, but we've been out of pocket for a while, man. So if the Eagles lose fit, oh, definitely. You know what's crazy, chad? I actually had the Cowboys winning four weeks ago. I was like you know what? I actually could see the Cowboys winning. Spoiler alert Not no more, not no more at all. Uh, let me see if I can bring them up in here. Uh, you got your fan on, don't you?
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2You sound? Talking to, to Chad, who Chad?
Speaker 1Van Cleef Golf. Are you live now? Yeah, we live. I didn't know you were live.
Speaker 2Yeah, fool, now you're going to talk trash now I need to turn you way down and I can't figure out how. With this other stuff I can't do it. I ain't got access to it. This is stupid. Can you turn yourself down just a little bit?
Speaker 1I don't know if that'll make a difference, but I will.
Speaker 2Dang. The view look ugly. How about now? Turn down a little bit more? No way down, we're down.
Speaker 1I'm all the way down to zero, Like two or three.
Speaker 2Turn your headphones down. Can you turn it, go on the stream or the talk studio and the little microphone at the bottom, turn it down on there. Wow, michael Parsons, trey was ridiculous. Well, he's heard now. So there you go, he's heard now, so that might not be. Oh, did he sound a lot better. He hurt now, so he hurt now. So it actually don't sound like a bad trade at all, oh man.
Speaker 1Okay so where are we at? You already heard me say oh for crying out loud. Okay, so where we at you already.
Speaker 2Can you turn it down just?
Speaker 1a little bit, oh for crying out loud.
Speaker 2You know what's funny you're gonna go back and watch it. You'll be like, yeah, I guess I was really loud, and then you'll believe me, there you go. Goodness gracious, it's funny how you go back and listen to it and be like, oh man, you were right, I was really loud. And I'll be like yo try to tell you, try to tell you. If back and listen to it and be like, oh man, you were right, I was really loud. I was like yo try to tell you, try to tell you, if you would just listen, things would be a lot better. Anyway, good evening.
Speaker 1Hello, yeah, I'm here, man.
Speaker 2I said good evening.
Speaker 1Okay, good evening, cocksucker.
Speaker 2Okay, okay, all right. I said good evening, okay, good evening cocksucker. Okay, all right, I see retirement lightning.
Speaker 1We got Chad, we got Samal, we got Thomas White. It's still loud. Oh for crying out loud. Now it's like at 20.
Speaker 2No, no, no. Go on the actual website you're looking at. Look on the little microphone thing.
Speaker 1Mute and there is no option for me to go in.
Speaker 2Okay, you just deleted everything. Does it say auto adjust mic volume? No, click on the little arrow.
Speaker 1Out again.
Speaker 2No, no, no, no. Click on the little arrow. It looks like a little up arrow.
Speaker 1Okay, yeah, nothing.
Speaker 2It don't say nothing.
Speaker 1Nothing. All it says is mute up and A. That's it.
Speaker 2There is no up arrow Next to the microphone. It says yeah, where the mute is, there should be a little.
Speaker 1Don't worry, I found it. You was wrong, I found it. It's actually under more. Okay, see what I got to deal with, ladies and gentlemen, for crying out loud.
Speaker 2Put this like this. I don't like that first view.
Speaker 1There's and even here there's no option to turn the microphone down. I can test the mic, I can see the mic I'm using, but there's no option to turn it down.
Speaker 2Okay, you know what I'm going to do. There you go, there you go, there you go. Now you need to turn it up wherever you turned it down at On your stream deck or wherever my I remember. You know, when I first started with technology, it was a little difficult. You know, at first started with technology it's a little difficult, you know at first. There you go, perfect, perfect, perfect.
Speaker 1Where's that on your face, bro? Look like he didn't. Look like he dived in some dirt y'all.
Speaker 2It'll be shaved, at least be cleaned up. It's not even cleaned up, but it'll be shaved. No big deal. No big deal at all. All right, so that's good. That's good. I don't have the latency is bad anymore, so that's good. As bad as still there. It's not as bad Talk.
Speaker 1What's up? What's up All right.
Speaker 2So what are we here to talk about today? I'm excited.
Speaker 1Did y'all know, guess what I'm freaking? Retired, retired yachas. Done, done, done, done.
Speaker 2Can we clarify? First of all, congratulations, congratulations, nikki Drago, nikki Drago, nikki Drago DC. Don't have an exec anymore. Go easy on her, you right? You know what? Great point, drago, that's funny, hey, your name just came up not too long ago. Great point you don't have an exec, so let me show him some love. My bad, alright, are you stuck? What? Oh, I thought you were glitching out like what the hell? All right, are you stuck? What? Oh, I thought you were glitching out.
Speaker 1Like what the hell?
Speaker 2Thought the Matrix cost you.
Speaker 1Thank you First of all. You know, before we get any further, you know I forgot man. Let me just say this first as always, thank y'all for listening, man and dealing with our slap Happy buffoonery. Thank y'all for being here, as always. Y'all always show up and support. We appreciate it. For those who are new, who may join in and watch this later, we are your unpopular celebrities.
Speaker 2Tell them Chad. Tell them Chad.
Speaker 1You ain't retired till March.
Speaker 2Tell them, chad Tell them.
Speaker 1Chad. I'm done.
Speaker 2I'm done, I ain't going nowhere son Yep, when I'm done, I'm done, I ain't going nowhere. Son yep, when they call DDR and you've been smoking that tweed, you gonna pop hot.
Speaker 1We gonna see who retired first of all you, the one that like smoking tweed. I have all convalescent leave hey, somebody don't know how to look retired. Yet I'm telling you you look homely right now that's fine.
Speaker 2that's fine, it'll change, it'll change, it'll change. What do you think about my Kobe poster? What do you think about the Kobe poster?
Speaker 1Kobe, what Kobe. What do you think about this poster?
Speaker 2y'all.
Speaker 1There's a story behind it the Kobe poster.
Speaker 1Hey, but let's not digress. Man, because we know we've been keeping the people waiting long enough. Man, because we know we've been keeping the people waiting long enough. Yo, if you saw the ad that we were supposed to go on about a while ago. But some, but thank the Lord, we're here. This is the NFL 2025 preview and predictions from yours truly, your unpopular celebrities fan. Tomorrow is the start of the friggin' NFL season. I am so excited. I hope you are. It was a long time waiting. Well, maybe not for me, I mean enjoy.
Speaker 2Hey, thanks, chief. Hey, you don't know how important your text message was to me too. With your advice, we ain't going to say what we talked about, but it was so important Definitely was important. I appreciate it.
Speaker 1I appreciate you OG.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Appreciate you, man, definitely. Why don't you holler at us, man? You can get on, man.
Speaker 2You know he don't watch no football.
Speaker 1Oh yeah, gee, you don't watch no football bro.
Speaker 2Nah, he don't watch no football.
Speaker 1I digress. So, anyway, long time to wait, maybe for you because you don't have the 2025 Super Bowl championship like our Philadelphia Eagles. But now it's a new season, new day. Everything resets. Season starts tomorrow. We're going to give you our predictions and feel free to chime in on the comments. If you want to smoke, I know some of y'all want to agree with them. If you don't put in the comments, chime in on the comments If you want to smoke. I know some of y'all want to agree with him. If you don't put in the comments, chime in if you do or if you don't. So that was what he said. Let's go ahead and get started. Let's go on and start with the AFC East first.
NFL East Divisions Preview
Speaker 2All right, afc East, you have, you're always the same teams, but we'll give them to you. All right, afc East, you have, you're always the same teams, but we'll give them to you Buffalo bills, miami dolphins, new York jets and new England Patriots. Last year, as in probably the last 10 years since Brady retired, buffalo bills took the division. Wondering who is on this show now, cause all I see is a grump, a grump. Yo, I bet. Hey, if you knew about my last month, you would give me some grace. That's all I'll say. That's all I'll say. I had a bad month of, of, uh, august and went into September, but uh, we here. But anyway, afc East.
Speaker 2So we're going to give you guys our predictions, right, philly, we're going to give them, the people, our predictions, let them know where we're at, and then we'll go oh, perfect, okay. So I'm just going to pick the order of which they will fall. Yep, so last place in the AFC East this year will be the New York Jets. I predict they will win between four to five games. Third place, new England Patriots. In a close, close, close tie with the Miami Dolphins. They both will win about seven. What's up, rocky? They both will win about seven to eight games, and that will be New England, miami and then Buffalo. I could see Miami and New England switching for the second place actually, that's my almost surprise pick is the New England Patriots. So that's my order Buffalo.
Speaker 1I'm curious why the Patriots you held them in such high regard.
Speaker 2I like the upgrades that they had. Of course they got a new quarterback right. Everybody knows they got a new quarterback, so I like their quarterback, who they have. Their defense is about the same console Can't really say too much about defense, it's about the same thing but I like the positions that they added. Drake will be out there playing quarterback. I like who he is. Of course they got their running back Stevenson, who's always been good. Their wide receivers are mirrored, but they got Stephon Diggs got added to the roster, so that was big and I just like what they're. They're coaches Well. They're head coaches Well. Gonzalez is questionable. The star cornerback, Christian Gonzalez, is questionable, but I like him as well. Anyway, long way around, that's how much I like it.
Speaker 1Well, I agree with your number one pick, but the order is kind of jacked up after that, so number four I got the Patriots finishing last wow they still got a ways to go to rebuild and I think the Jets and the Dolphins have a little bit more in place to compete more than the Patriots. They will be better than last year, but there's no way they're going to finish number two right above the Patriots. I got the Dol better than last year, but there's no way they're going to finish number two Right above the Patriots. I got the Dolphins. The Dolphins is in disarray now, Like, yeah, they still got Tyreek Hill and Tua, but I'll tell you from what I read, their coach is on the chopping block.
Speaker 2He has no controlled team whatsoever. True.
Speaker 1What do they call him? The computer hacker? He looks like a computer, he does um, but he has lost control of the miami dolphins jets. It was not strictly because of justin fields. I think their defense is still solid one of the best defenses in afc and I think justin feels is an upgrade over Rodgers. So I have them number two and the Bills are clear favorites. I mean Josh Allen, last year's MVP. You know I have a soft spot for Buffalo, so yeah, they're the better team. So Buffalo number one in the AFC East.
Speaker 2Yeah, I think that's pretty easy. I was looking at the Jets roster. I mean they didn't lose too many players. Yeah, they still got pretty much everybody. Who I don't see is their cornerbacks. Where the hell are their?
Speaker 1cornerbacks.
Speaker 2Yeah, they're supposed to have salsa. Who's the other one? I can't remember the other one, but there I mean Speaker 3, 6th and 7th Speaker 4, 6th and 7th Speaker 1, 6th and 7th Speaker 2. 6th and 7th Speaker 3. 6th and 7th Speaker 1, 6th and 7th Speaker 2. 6th and 7th Speaker 3. 6th and 7th Speaker 1, 6th and 7th Speaker 2. 6th and 7th Speaker 3. 6th and 7th Speaker 1, 6th and 7th Speaker 2, 6th and 7th face said love and have grace for both of you always sending all the love all the way from japan.
Speaker 2Uh, and go, niners, bang, bang, niner game oh no, don't even start that here, bro I, I didn't got my stream, I ain't got my stream deck open, so you ain't gotta worry about that gang gang night again, uh. So yeah, I mean mean I can see the Jets. I think just Justin Fields may pull out a couple more games than Aaron Rodgers did last year, but I really I really like the Patriots this year. I really really like the Patriots. I think they're going to surprise a couple people. Let me see who they play. First game is going to be Is that right? The Raiders? Okay, first game against the Raiders. Add us to add a, add a division game. It's pretty weird for the first game of the year, but all right, moving on, ready Move on NFC East.
Speaker 2NFC East. So this is your division, right In here. In here we got the giants, philly Cowboys and the surprising team of last year, the commanders. So if you didn't know last year we all know who won division. But Philadelphia won division, close by the commanders, very close by the commanders. Dallas was in third and then the giants. I will say that by the commanders.
Speaker 1What was the commander's record?
Speaker 212 and five.
Speaker 1And what was the Eagles?
Speaker 2record 14 and three.
Speaker 1Okay, that's not close.
Speaker 2Okay, it's really one game away. They would have beat y'all.
Speaker 1Yeah, but anyway.
Speaker 2Okay, they were just surprising, but they did make the wild card game. But anyway, moving on, moving on. In last place, the daunted, the can't get right. The team from the big star state, dallas Texas, wow Will be in last place this year. Wow Prediction five games. They will only win five games. The surprising team, the surprising team, the New York Giants. I really like the Giants, of course we all know. We all know who their quarterback is right, russell Wilson. Don't forget about their wide receiver, malik neighbors, do not take your eye off of neighbors, not your neighbor, but my neighbor, your next door neighbor, malik neighbors Number one. I think he's number one. Uh, yes, number one. I was right. Malik neighbors will go ahead and be there and then their defense is really good. Their defense is not bad at all. Coming in third or second I was going to pick Philly to come in second, but I'm not going to do it.
Speaker 1I'm not surprised.
Speaker 2You're going to do it, washington commanders to come in second, and then Philadelphia Eagles will take the division for two times in a row. I think this will be the first time in a long time that an NFC East team has took the division twice in a row. It hasn't happened in a while.
Speaker 1Yeah, that is true. It happened this year, though. All right I don't even know why I went there?
Speaker 2Yeah, exactly, did you even put thought?
Speaker 1I mean, I don't even know why I went. Yeah, exactly, I agree with your picks. Is for you to. I hate the Cowboys everyone knows this, but, being unbiased, even I won't dare to say they're only going to win five games five games how is it tell us, why do you think they will only win five games?
Speaker 2I think their offense is putrid at best. Their defense I don't think their defense can stop me as a running back. He needs some milk. I don't think they can stop me. Wow, so they're not going to be able to win any tight games. They're going to have to blow teams out. Their schedule is not easy at all, at all at all. Have you looked at their schedule?
Speaker 1Yeah, I'm looking at this schedule.
Speaker 2Now they have the they open up with you, the giants the fifth strongest schedule in the league. Yeah, you, the Giants, the Bears, Green Bay, the Jets, Carolina, those are two easy wins. And then they go to Washington, Denver, Arizona, which is Raiders, and then listen to how they end their schedule Philly, Kansas City, Detroit, Minnesota, the Rams, back to the Commanders and then the Giants. That's how they their last one, two, three, four, five, six, seven games are against playoff teams. Last year playoff teams.
Speaker 1I still think that's pretty harsh man. Five games though, bro.
Speaker 2Five.
Speaker 1Man, that's disrespectful bro.
Speaker 2And if they beat y'all, there's going to be six At least seven or eight. Okay.
Speaker 1Everyone's 78. To your point, the offense is actually pretty good. I think Even last year they were putting up some points. Now they got George Pickens and CeeDee Lamb. That's a threat right there, even though I hate the Cowboys, dak Prescott being healthy. If he can stay healthy and they can get some kind of a resemblance of a running game, I think they're going to still be able to put up points and their defense isn't that bad, although it's gone back a couple of steps because of Michael Parsons being gone to Green Bay. My question to you is would you have said the same thing if Micah was still on the team?
Speaker 2I don't think so.
Speaker 1How many wins do you think they would have won? You would have predicted them getting.
Speaker 2Six seven.
Speaker 1That's all, only two extra games.
Speaker 2Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, six seven.
Speaker 1Hey, let the record be shown. Ladies and gentlemen, I don't agree with this guy on this one, much as I hate to say. The Cowboys are going to be better. The Cowboys are going to at least win seven or eight games. I think the Giants will give them a run for their money. I think it's going to be close between who will finish at third or fourth place.
Speaker 1But the Commanders and you know I actually I'm going to make a prediction here. I predict a Commanders letdown. They won't win as many games as they did last year. I bet you they won't win no more than 10 games. Watch, I think this reminds me of the Robert Griffin effect. Defensors and coaches now have a full year of tape on Jaden Daniels. Yeah, they got Debo Samuel and they signed McLaurin. But I'm telling you, defenses are going to be a lot smarter this year. They're not going to, and you remember a lot of the games they won. They went through some sheer magic, a leprechaun magic. It was like that last game when they won the one game they won against the Bears with the Hail Mary. Oh, that's true. There was a lot of games they won through some kind of magic. It was a storybook year for them, I think it's going to come crashing down. Anyway, moving on, eagles of course go birds. Number one, that's the easy pick. On to the next one. Let's talk about the AFC North.
Speaker 2All right. Afc North Baltimore the Bengals, the Browns and the Steelers. So a lot of stories in this division. A lot, so a lot of stories in this division. A lot, a lot of stories in this division. So we'll start with first. Who's going to come in last? Oh shoot, did I lose y'all? Are you still there? Okay, I'm sorry. So we'll start with first. Who can come in last? Same team that always comes in last Y'all the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland coming last. Same team that always comes in last y'all the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland Browns three, maybe four games if they should start Sanders, maybe they'll get an extra game because of the hype but three, four games and that's going to be about it. Cleveland has not done anything to improve the roster. They're just the Browns.
Speaker 2Next, the Aaron Rodgers Pittsburgh Steelers. I will predict this is going to be the first year that they have a losing record. They haven't has a losing record, I think, since Mike Tomlin took over his coach, uh, which is like 20 some years ago, but I think this would be the first year that they lose out on him. Uh, followed by the improvement of the Cincinnati Bengals. They're going to be one of the Cincinnati Bengals. They're going to be one of the best offenses in the NFL. One of the best offenses at least. Throw in the ball. Burrow's going to easily, easily, be over to four or 5,000 yard mark and then ending the division. Who won last year? Who's going to win again? Baltimore Ravens, the, the best regular season team in the NFL. That can't do crap in the playoffs, but they are the best regular season team. All right, those are my predictions.
Speaker 1I agree, you know what. We'll see how the rest of the list goes, but we actually agree on this one yeah. I agree, browns, they're rebuilding.
Speaker 2They've been rebuilding since I've been a kid. I agree Browns are in a they're rebuilding. They've been rebuilding since I've been a kid, I know, but like they got what like 30 quarterbacks on the roster.
Speaker 1You know what I mean.
Speaker 2They drafted a quarterback every year for the last, like 18 years.
Speaker 1I don't know what they were thinking If I was Miles. Miles Garrett is around for the loop.
Speaker 2Oh yeah.
Speaker 1Cause if I was Miles Garrett, he should have left like these dudes ain't winning no time soon.
Speaker 2So yeah, no still isn't bingles.
Speaker 1I must admit it wasn't as easy as it was for you to determine between the two who were finished second and third respectively yeah, it's hard I think, even though aaron rogers is old, I think mike tomlin has a way to pull things out of people. I think one of the one coaches that Aaron Rodgers would really respect and listen to and it's still his defense is pretty solid. Last year they went on a run. It did pretty well.
Speaker 2They got your boy Slay. They took your boy Slay.
Speaker 1He's old anyway. He's old Old man, slay Much respect to him. He's old old man. He's an old man, slay. Much respect to him, but he's old. But the reason why I'm giving a nod to the Bengals at the number two spot rather than number three spot is because of Joe Burrow.
Speaker 2At some point.
Speaker 1their offense is going to be electric. They've arguably got the top three wide receiver duo in the NFL oh wow. But their defense is thin. They have a thin defense and they proved it last year. They couldn't stop anybody.
Speaker 2Right.
Speaker 1But I think Joe Burrow, he's got the X factor. Their offense is going to be smoking. But the Ravens clear favorites here. This is like the Eagles, it's clear favorites. However, I'll bring that up later. I don't want to go down that rabbit hole, but I will say this the only other division and well, actually two other divisions that really competes with this division as far as how tough it is, you got three superstar teams really ravens, steelers and the bingos. They're all solid teams. Next you got like the afc west with the Broncos, the Chargers and the Chiefs.
Speaker 1And then you have the AFC North with the Packers, Vikings and the Lions, and I would argue that they're on the upcoming two or NFC North. I would argue that they're on the upcoming two, so it's a tough division.
Speaker 2Yeah, I think just Baltimore is just your regular season champs Baltimore, just as long as they stay healthy. You know this all determines on health. But I will say the bangles with their offense, I mean they got. I think his name is cam Brown. They're running back. The rookie running back Is his name cam Brown. Chase Brown, chase Brown, rookie running back. He's like a, a pass catching running back, not really really between the tackles, more or less a pass catching. So another option, mike Gusecki, is their tight end, who is a good tight end in Miami. But yeah, you're to your point, their defense is atrocious. So they can figure out how to keep teams to under 15 points. They ain't gonna lose a lot of games. So they can figure out how to keep teams to under 15 points. They ain't going to lose a lot of games. Yeah, man, just think about the Bengals offense and the Steelers defense. It'd be a hell of a team.
Speaker 1All right. Go to the NFC North.
Speaker 2NFC North. So this is going to be the the one divisions that you talked about where this is definitely going to be a wild card team coming out of the NFC North. So this is going to be the the one divisions that you talked about where this is definitely going to be a wild card team coming out of the NFC North, definitely. So you got the bears, the Packers, you got the Vikings and the lions. So it's, this is going to switch up. So how it went last year was the lions, vikings, packers, bears. For how it went, one through four. This year, four through one. I think the Bears still have some rebuilding, so they are still going to come in last, not because they're not good, because the division is so tough. They have just a tough division. I mean, you got to play each one of those teams twice. Second play or, excuse me, third place is going to be the Minnesota Vikings. This year, minnesota Vikings are going to take a step back. They are not going to finish 14-3. Their quarterback that they had last year remind me who the heck that dude was. Sam Darnold is gone. Thank you, sam Darnold is gone. So they got a rookie running quarterback. Now JJ McCarthy is going to be their new quarterback they do stuff. Aaron Jones, of course they have Justin Jefferson, who's questionable, who's questionable? And their other quarter or wide receiver, addison, is suspended for the first four games, so he's out. So that's going to send it back. Of course, they got TJ still there and they still got the same defense. They still got a pretty stellar defense, but I still think they're going to come in third all in all because of the quarterback, mostly because they ain't going to have that experience quarterback.
Speaker 2Surprisingly, second, the Detroit lions the Detroit law lions lost our offensive coordinator, their defensive coordinator, and they're basically at the same team same head coach, same team but they lost both coordinators. That's going to make them take some steps back. Not saying they're going to be a bad team. I definitely predict them to be a wild card team, but they will be in second place to the new NFC North champs. Back on top, the green Bay Packers who spoil alert, I have going almost to the Super Bowl, almost to the Super Bowl the Green Bay Packers. Not just because of Michael Parsons. Not just because of Michael Parsons, but because Jordan Love has more reps under his belt. Jordan Love will definitely be an MVP candidate this year Definitely be an MVP candidate. This year Definitely be an MVP candidate, definitely, definitely, false.
Speaker 1Okay, you acting real mad reckless. Right now you wilding out B.
Speaker 2Okay.
Speaker 1Wilding out MVP candidate.
Speaker 2Oh yeah.
Speaker 1Super Bowl. I said almost I said almost.
Speaker 2I said almost, you would not be saying this craziness.
Speaker 1They did not get Micah Parsons.
Speaker 2Nope, that has nothing to do with Micah.
Speaker 1This is another one we both agree with, and I'm not picking the Packers to win the division because of Micah Parsons.
Speaker 2I didn't say that either.
Speaker 1I think the Lions, the Packers, are, in my opinion, better equipped than the Lions. The Packers defense they got the top 10 defense in the league. The Lions don't have that. Lions are more healthy, but they lost some key coordinators. Now, I was never the person to put a lot of stock on coordinators. People make a big deal out of it. Same thing happened to the Eagles when we lost our coordinator when we went to the Super Bowl the first time. We had a down year. Then we got another coordinator and we went straight to the Super Bowl and then they grabbed the offensive coordinator again. So it's all up to the coaching and the players. I'm talking about the head coach, I think the Packers. It will be close. It will be very close, maybe by a game.
Speaker 2But I think the Packers are going to is the Lions out.
Speaker 1Back to your comment about Jordan Love being an MVP candidate. Man, you wild, reckless bro Like okay if you're saying well, I'll come down this road again because we're going to talk about our MVP picks, so I'll come down this road again. I'm interested to see if he's going to be an MVP candidate. What does that mean to you? Is he in the top three, top four, five, whatever?
Speaker 2MVP candidates only top three Jordan Love the GOAT. We already have a Jordan Love fan over here, benjamin Wallace, or Brendan Wallace. I said Benjamin, sorry to disappoint you fam. Yeah, Jordan Love.
Speaker 1Sorry to disappoint you, fam. You know what? First of all, the Packers man.
Speaker 2They was the one trying to get rid of the Packers Forget them, dudes man. Okay, all right, you know the Packers don't have an owner, right? You know the fans own the Packers anyway.
Speaker 1I don't care. Moving on, let's go to the AFC South how about you start this one? And number four, pretty easy the Titans. They're trash. Much respect to Cam Ward, but they're in big rebuild mode. Jaguars are not believing the Travis Hunter hype. Where's the beef? They're still rebuilding. Dang near Fuck. He's right on my head.
Speaker 2Trevor Lawrence.
AFC & NFC South Breakdown
Speaker 1Thank you, Trevor Lawrence. I don't know why I was thinking Dexter Lawrence. I think this is his last opportunity with Jaguars, yes, they're going to run him out of the town. Colts are better this year, but they're going to finish number two. They're still trying to figure out their quarterback. You got this situation between Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones.
Speaker 2That's a messy thing.
Speaker 1So it was actually on the up. It was coming up the past two years, but now they're in a little bit of disarray. When it comes to that, texans, they still solid. Cj Stroud in my opinion. I won't say he's better than Jordan Love, I say they're just about the same. In my opinion they're both really good. Those are my picks for the West.
Speaker 2Yeah, we totally agree. This is probably one of the easiest divisions to pick, because two teams are really trash. One team camp pretty much put themselves in a bad situation with the Colts, with the quarterback situation, and then you have the Texans, who are pretty solid, so it's pretty easy. The Titans man, they're going to. I don't think there'll be the worst team in the league, though, but there'll be down there. Oh, there'll be. There'll be down there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Speaker 3 1,020.
Speaker 1They're going to get a high top 10 rapid Speaker 3 1,020.
Speaker 2Yeah, I mean I was going to say top three, but I'll try to think who is on their team, Like Tony Pollard, the backup running back for the Dallas Cowboys, as they're starting running back, they do have Calvin Ridley still there. He's questionable. Tyler Lockett, who has to be older than me, is still out there playing, and that's pretty much their offense or defense. It's a bunch of names. I mean they got Jeffrey Simmons, who's a good line, a lineman, a good rusher, and, yeah, a bunch of names. A good rusher, and, yeah, a bunch of names. Lejarrius Sneed came from KC, but he's just a nickel cornerback, so he's just got a bunch of bodies. I think I could have made the team, but yeah, good predictions on the South, pretty easy division to pick.
Speaker 1Okay, let's go to the NFC South. I'll go first on this one as well. Yeah, this was a little tough. The bottom three Okay, okay. The Saints I picked them as number four. They got an agent roster. I don't even know who their quarterback is.
Speaker 2They got what you call it Spencer Rattler Spencer.
Speaker 1Rattler, exactly.
Speaker 2Spencer Rattler, spencer Rattler, sound Rattler. Exactly Spencer Rattler, spencer Rattler.
Speaker 1Sound like one of the names of the.
Speaker 2They still got Kamar being a Cobra. Jet back in the day they still got Kamar. You remember both of the wide receivers were hurt last year.
Speaker 1Okay, yeah, but moving on, Number four, Number three, the Panthers. Bryce Young is doing better, but they still got a long ways to go. Falcons are on the uptick. Michael Pennings Jr. There's a lot of fanfare about him. They got that dynamic running back. Dijon, Dijon Robinson.
Speaker 2Mustard.
Speaker 1Whatever?
Speaker 2his name is. I just called Mustard.
Speaker 1Decent wide receiver core. Their defense is still trash, but they're looking better than the Panthers and Saints and the Bucs. I'll tell you this team man, I'll tell you Baker Mayfield man, this guy, he is the real deal. I remember last year I don't know if you remember it but I said the one team I'm afraid of is the Buccaneers.
Speaker 2I do remember that.
Speaker 1It's just something about that team man. I tell you they are dangerous. So, buccaneers, as the winners of the NFC, south of the NFC, South.
Speaker 2So it's such a tie between New Orleans and Carolina. It's like the same teams, just one has a stable quarterback, one doesn't. But neither one of them are like exciting anymore. Like remember when the Saints were like scary man? It wasn't too long ago, yeah, it just't too long ago, yeah, it just fell off fast. And then they tried to do the wide receiver tight end quarterback with what's his name? Taysom Hill, yeah. And then the Panthers man they just lost. No, they have no receivers. I couldn't tell you who. Let me look. I couldn't tell you who their starting receiver is McMillan. I don't tell you who. Let me look.
Speaker 1I couldn't tell you who their starting receiver is McMillan, I don't even know who that dude is.
Speaker 2Yep, I can't pronounce his first name. Xavier Leggett is the other wide receiver. He's pretty good. They got Chuba Hubbard, who's a running back. He's pretty good, but Chuba Hubbard, he's a pretty good. He's pretty good. But Bryce Chuba Hubbard, he's like, he's a pretty good, like a bruiser back type of type back goal line type back. And then there you know, we said the same thing about Bryce Young. He's just still trying to figure it out.
Speaker 2Now here's the toss up the ATL Falcons and the bucks, and everything you said is spot on. We have a up and coming quarterback. We is rise up the Atlanta Falcons, up in court of quarterback. Who's getting his first regular season since we got rid of that boom that we paid all that money to the biggest crook in the NFL. What's his name? He was in Minnesota, kirk Cousins, the crook of the NFL. He stole money from every team. We got rid of him finally.
Speaker 2Then we got Mustard running the ball, b John Robinson running the ball. Then you got Drake London and a freaking Kyle Pitts. Can ever be the tight end that. He has the frame to be six, six to 10. He should be a beast running four, four, but some reason we can't figure out how to get in the ball. He can't get open. But anyway, everything I'm saying I will definitely say the bucks are still can't get open. But anyway, everything I'm saying I will definitely say the bucks are still going to win the division.
Speaker 2The bucks are very scary. As long as Baker has the same output that he had last year, bucks are going to be tough because they're they are the prototypical structured foundation of a good team. They don't add no key people. They don't lose no key people. They're not out there spending 21, $31 million trying to get a new shiny piece. They're just keeping the structure of the team Very solid.
Speaker 2Everybody solid. Of course you got Mike Evans, who's been a 1000 yard receiver for like 12 years in a row. I don't know, I think it's only eight, but whatever it is. Then you got the other wide receiver, godwin If he could stay healthy. You got Bucky Irvin, who's an up and coming running back. Then they just got a solid defense. Antoine went in junior. They got B of a. I mean they just got, I mean uh, what's his name? Davis, whatever the linebacker name is. I mean they just got a solid team, just solid, rock solid. So, yeah, they only won 10 games last year. I think they'll win a little bit more 11, maybe 12. Yeah, so they. They let let one go to us, the Falcons. They probably let a couple other go last year, but they'll definitely win the division. Atlanta will be right behind them. 10 games, 9 games, something like that. There you go Good.
Speaker 1Moving on to the AFC West.
Speaker 2Last division.
Speaker 1Last division in the AFC Raiders. Although they look good, they look a lot better than last year. They got Gino Smith, this year Austin, austin, gentry.
Speaker 2Alshon Jeffrey.
Speaker 1No, I'll shine, Jeffrey.
Speaker 2Alston, alston, gentry, gentry, I'm sorry From.
Speaker 1Boston, Boise state.
Speaker 1Yeah, yeah it was really good in the preseason. I'm sorry From Boise State. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they look really good in the preseason, so I think that will be an advancement on the Raiders' roster and how well they do this year. However, they're not as good as the Chargers. Chargers have talent. Justin Herbert is in the top ten best quarterbacks in the league. Chargers always compete, but I think the Broncos has some reason. I think because of Sean Payton and that rookie, bo Nix Although I'm being a hypocrite, because if I said the same thing about Jaden and Daniels having an off year after last year, same thing we said about Bo Nix. I think they're mostly going to be concerned about Jaden and Daniels, then Bo Nix. I think they're mostly going to be concerned about Jaden Daniels, then Bo Nix.
Speaker 1People still, for some reason, do not take the Broncos seriously. I was one of them, but I have to watch them in the preseason. Looking at their roster. They've got a top-10 defense by far, a phenomenal quarterback in Patrick Soutan and their quarterback looks great, and they've got a good coach, but it's not enough to knock the Chiefs off the number one spot. I think the Chiefs are going to be dangerous. People are writing the Chiefs off.
Speaker 1All of the preseason rankings. I've seen the Chiefs never in the top five. They're like in the bottom top ten and I think the Chiefs are still dangerous. They're very, very dangerous. I still, even though I'm getting ahead of myself, I'm not going to pick them to win the AFC. They are dangerous, but they will not have as many close wins as they did last year. They're going to have some close wins, but they're not going to win them all. They will still make the playoffs, but they're going to definitely some close ones, but they're not going to win them all. They will still make the playoffs, but they're going to definitely win the AFC West.
Speaker 2So how'd your order go for this division?
Speaker 1Chiefs number one Broncos two Chargers, three Raiders, four.
Speaker 2Yeah, I agree. Yeah, I couldn't say it any better. I was thinking about putting the Broncos ahead of the Chiefs, but I think that's more or less too big of a jump. That's too big of a jump for them. Yeah, the Chiefs won 15 games last year. I know man, 15 games.
Speaker 1They may have lost a few players, but when you got Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelty and Chris Henry and Andy Reid man, they still got the blueprint.
Speaker 2They're dangerous.
Speaker 1They just won't win the AFC.
Speaker 2They got all the receivers back except for Ray Rice, or not Ray Rice, but what's his name? His last name's Rice. What's his name? Dang Rashawn Rice. What's his name? Dang Rashawn Rice. What's his? What's his name? Uh, rashid Rice. Rashid Rice, uh, he'll be suspended.
Speaker 2But they still got Hollywood Brown, who came over. They still got Xavier Worthy, the speedster I mean Hollywood Brown's another speedster as well, um, and they still got Juju Smith Schuster. And then who could forget the consistent one, travis Kelsey, the married Travis Kelsey. But who can forget about that? Yeah, but it's just, it's just too much. Yeah, chiefs are just too too.
Speaker 2They too big of a nucleus to try to get over a rookie team like the Broncos, even though they're solid and everything you said spot on. Their defense is going to be top, top five, top 10, their quarterback is going to be top 10, maybe top 15. They're going to be solid. Chargers are right at their heels. There are a couple of wins away from being second place, so it's not like they're going to blow them out. They're going to be in third place by maybe one win, maybe a divisional loss or something like that. It's not going to be nothing big, but they just need a running back. That's the only piece of really missing and a couple of people. He's on defense, but and then the Raiders. You know, gino Smith is our only active quarterback. They have no other active quarterback. Maybe they have no other active quarterback, maybe they will by Sunday, but Geno Smith is the only active quarterback. The third one is on IR and the second one is injured. So, yeah, interesting alright.
Speaker 1Final division NFC West yes, number four is easy. It's the Cardinals. They still rebuild. Wow, that's easy.
Speaker 2That's easy.
Speaker 1Yeah, that's easy.
Speaker 1They're not as good as the Seahawks, which I have. The Seahawks are ahead of the Cardinals. Seahawks are a better team Niners than number two. I think the Niners are good but for some reason they lost some steam over the past couple of years. Brock Purdy seems. I don't think they're ready to run him out, but I don't think he is exactly what we thought he was. Christian McCaffrey can't seem to stay off the injured list and they lost Debo. Samuel Rams, even though Stafford is old, if he can stay healthy, the Rams look great. Their defense is good. They still got Aaron Donald.
Speaker 2No, they don't.
Speaker 1They got Aaron.
Speaker 2Donald, no, he's retired, like three years ago.
Speaker 1Oh well, my mistake.
Speaker 2They still look good. They still do look good on defense, but yeah, they don't have Aaron Donald. All right, give me that.
Speaker 1They ain't got Aaron Donald, they've got, I think, one of the top five wide receiver duels in the league. That's for sure.
Speaker 1Oh definitely Look at what they did last year. No one maybe some people expected it, but that was another team. I think they were the only team in the playoffs that really gave us a good fight was the Rams. It took Barkley to push them to put them away in the end, and their defense was really doing a good job against us, and then, I know, barkley eventually ran one away and got us to win. So anyway, rams number one, Niners, seahawks and the Cardinals.
Speaker 2Niner, seahawks, cardinals. All right, I'm not a big component in the Seahawks, as you are. I don't think they're going to be last. I do think Arizona is going to be last, but I do think this is one division where you're going to have a three-way tie for first place. It's going to be like the old NFC East. Remember when it was the Commanders, the Eagles and the Cowboys, that one year for the NFC East. Remember when it was the commanders, the Eagles and the, the Cowboys, that one year for the NFC is fighting it down. They were going back and forth who was number one, like every week. So I think it's going to be that this week I do have a little bit more faith in the Niners. If CJ can or not CJ, but Christian McCaffrey can stay healthy, I do think they will be okay.
Speaker 2They lost a lot on defense. They lost Debo Samuel, so that's going to hurt. They still got Kittle, but he's old. They don't really have another wide receiver at all. They lost. They got Van Scantling, whatever his name is. They got him there, of course, like you said, purdy, but they lost a lot on defense. I mean, really the person who's been there the most has been Juchek. Everybody else is just kind of old. So I do kind of think the Niners might come in fourth and Arizona might be able to take them. I don't. I have a lot of faith in Kyler Murray this year. I have a lot of faith in Kyler Murray. They have a great wide receiver. If they can give him the ball, marvin Harrison jr, if they can give him the ball a little bit more.
Speaker 2What set Seattle apart and the Rams? Is there two wide receiver duos. They bell. They both have top five wide receivers duos in the league. For Seattle you have it's JSN Smith and then Jigba I'm messing his name up, but Smith and then Jigba and they got Cooper cup. Are there two wide receivers? And then, of course, for the Rams they got Devante Adams and Puka Puka Nakua for their two wide receivers.
Speaker 2So definitely two top wide receivers. They both got great quarterback, sam Donald Donald that we talked about from the Vikings last year, who had a breakout year. If he could do the same thing he did for the Vikings. Great year for the Seahawks, a great running back and Walker the third for Seattle. So they're not bad. And then the Rams are just like you said. It all falls under Stafford, if Stafford can stay healthy, if Stafford can't go because of his back, which he already had injuries, the Rams could fall a third really fast under Seattle and Arizona really fast. So the prediction I think Seattle is going to be number one, the Rams to Arizona three and the 49 is four.
Speaker 1Wow, where's the Niner gang fans at now?
Speaker 2Yeah, they gone they old, they old fans at now. Yeah, they gone. They old, they old. What do you have?
Speaker 1to say about that Nah they gone. Wow, yeah, don't agree with that one. I'm not high on Kyler Murray. I think he has had plenty of time to show improvement, and the Cardinals can't seem to get their ish together. So okay, all right. So there's our predictions for all the divisions within the AFC and NFC respectively, and so now I will give you my picks for the teams that will make the playoffs in both conferences. We'll alternate I'll do the NFC, you can do the AFC. Then we can just go behind that one.
Speaker 2You'll do NFC.
Speaker 1Okay, Number one. See, of course, your 2025 Super Bowl champions. The Philadelphia Eagles will be the number one seed to get the first round by, and then the next following teams In no particular order. I did not put these teams in order.
Speaker 2Oh, interesting.
Speaker 1Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Speaker 2Okay.
Speaker 1Tampa Bay Packers, rams, detroit Lions and the Washington Commanders will represent the NFC in the playoffs.
Speaker 2You got one more team you're missing out on. I have to get one Detroit Lions. Did you say that?
Speaker 1I said Detroit Lions.
Speaker 2Say them again.
Speaker 1Eagles, number one Buccaneers, two Packers, rams Lions and the Commanders.
Speaker 2Rams Lions and the Commandos. Yeah, you're missing a team. Green Bay Packers I said Packers Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 1Seattle Seahawks. I don't know about the Vikings. Okay, maybe I forgot the list one.
Speaker 2Yeah, you did. I don't know what division you're missing. I am. No, I got. I think you did get all the divisions.
Speaker 1I got South the Buccaneers. I got the North the Packers. I got the Rams. They're coming out of the West. Okay, the Lions are extra from the North, and so the Commanders extra from the.
Speaker 2East. Oh okay, I guess you are right on. Okay, my fault, my fault, my fault, all right. Afc.
Speaker 1AFC.
Playoff Predictions and Super Bowl Contenders
Speaker 2This is going to oh NFC. Okay, I'm sorry, I thought you wanted me to do the AFC. All right, nfc. I predict about the same. So the Eagles I hate to say it because we have our Philly DC, our own Philly DC. The lone South Dakota Philadelphia Eagles fan is here. They will be the number one seed in the NFC. Last year was the lions, this year will be the Eagles, definitely easy right behind them. You said I like the no particular order. That kind of saves me. In the no particular order I got Tampa Bay Bucks, as you do as well. I got the Green Bay Packers, seattle Seahawks, followed by the Rams. So the two out of that division Atlanta Falcons will be the extra. So the two out of that division Atlanta Falcons will be the extra out of the South.
Speaker 1Yeah, you smoking crack. Now you are smoking crack. He needs some milk.
Speaker 2Atlanta Falcons will be a wild card pick next year and the Atlanta Falcons will be the wild card pick. Yeah, and the Atlanta a lot of Falcons will be the wildcard pick. Yep, behind the Buccaneers.
Speaker 1So you mentioned the Lions.
Speaker 2No, I said the Packers.
Speaker 1But no Lions.
Speaker 2They're not going to make it. Wow, they're not going to make it. They lost too much. They lost too much Pause. They lost too much with their coordinators. They lost too much. They lost too much Pause. They lost too much with their coordinators. They lost too much. They're not going to make it.
Speaker 1Yeah, this is when I just fade into the tree.
Speaker 2There you go, there you go. They're not going to make it. That's my NFC Trey. Let me.
Speaker 1Yo, oh yo, Cube, let me out, the car, let me out.
Speaker 2There you go. Let me out, there you go.
Speaker 1Crazy, I ain't riding with that one. Okay, afc, I'll let you go first.
Speaker 2All right, the Buffalo Bills will be the overall number one ranking and take the AFC all together, followed by the Ravens and Chiefs, easily. Texans will be there, broncos will be there, and now we go to the wildcard teams. This one's going to be tough, this one's going to be real tough. I want to put the Bengals there. I think the Bengals are going to move up and the Chargers so it's going to be Chargers, bengals, broncos, houston, ravens, bills, chiefs Steelers aren't going to make it. That's a team who didn't make it last year.
Speaker 1That's not going to make it this year. I agree, all your selections are legit, except I would swap the Ravens and the Bills.
Speaker 2The Ravens are going to be the regular season champs again. They're going to win the AFC.
Speaker 1They play the Bills Sunday, Monday, Sunday I will tell you I still think the Ravens are going to win. But I'll tell you, if the Ravens lose to the Bills in the first game, then I'm wrong.
Speaker 1Okay this year and we weren't going to talk about it. But if someone were to ask which team do you think is under the most pressure Is it the Eagles, ravens, bills or Chiefs? I would say undeniably the Ravens After how they kept losing. And last year I remember it was like going through the whole thing again when Lamar threw the ball to Mark Andrews and he dropped the ball man.
Speaker 1You talk about exercising demons. The Ravens have to do it this year. They have, maybe, next to the Eagles, the best roster in the NFL. There's no reason why they should not win the AFC if not go to the Eagles, the best roster in the NFL. There's no reason why they should not win the AFC if not go to the Super Bowl.
Speaker 2True.
Speaker 1Anyway, okay, so agree with you there. Only thing I would swap is the Ravens in the building. Ravens will win AFC on my side. Okay, super Bowl matchup. I will go first. Your Super Bowl matchup will be Ravens versus the Eagles.
Speaker 2Ravens are going to make it.
Speaker 1Yes, the Ravens will make the Super Bowl, much as I hate to admit it, wow the year. They get off the schnod only to lose to your future 2026 Super Bowl champions, philadelphia Eagles. I think the Philadelphia Eagles have a little bit more riding high on their side from winning the title last year and I think they're still hungry. Are you going to have to battle the two of the best rosters in the NFL? But I think the X factor will be Lamar Jackson would get over the hump, but I don't think he has the leadership and grit that Jalen Hurts has. That's going to get them over. I really don't. I think they're like a I hate to say it. The Ravens are almost like a walking ticking time bomb.
Speaker 1They will find a way to get to the Super Bowl this year, but for some reason Miss Fortune follows them every single year. It'll be no different in the Super Bowl in 26.
Speaker 2All right. So I was going back and forth with the Bills and the Ravens, back and forth and back and forth, and I just cannot put the Ravens over the hump, unless they are and you had a great prediction If they are the AFC East or AFC champs and get a buy, automatically put some where they only have to win two games instead of three to make it to the Superbowl. Maybe, maybe that will be the key, cause they always are behind the bills and chiefs. Bills and chiefs always get the boss bills and chiefs. So if they can get a buy, maybe, maybe, but before thinking about that, I had the Bills. I put the Bills over the top. I just think it's Josh Allen's year.
Speaker 2As you said, miss Fortune follows the Ravens. I think Miss Fortune also follows the Buffalo Bills and they just so I think. Same thing you just said about the Ravens. The same thing I'll say about the Bills. I think this year they will do it, but they will face the 2024-25 Super Bowl champion, philadelphia Eagles, and they will beat the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl. That's fine, but I don't see anybody beating Philly besides an injury to Saquon. That anybody being really besides an injury to Saquon, that's it an early injury to Saquon. That's it. Mvp, mvp, mvp, mvp. This year is going to be a surprising year for your MVP.
Speaker 1Really.
Speaker 2No no.
Speaker 1Jackson Paul again.
Speaker 2No, lamar will not win an MVP until he wins a Super Bowl. He will have to win a Super Bowl before he's ever put up for MVP again, ever, ever. People are Lamar Jackson. We are, because I'll put myself in that category. We are Lamar Jackson, overflowed Like we get it. He's great, we get it. He puts up great numbers, but he doesn't win the chip. He can't get teams to chip. He will not be put up for MVP until he makes it to the Super Bowl and then next year, if he doesn't say anything, maybe that, but anyway, anyway. Uh, alan won it last year the homes. I don't think he has enough to make it, so we're going to have a new Superbowl or, excuse me, a league MVP.
Speaker 2I think this year league MVP is who should have won it last year, not say Quan Barlickley, but a running back B. John Robinson from Atlanta Falcons will be your MVP this year. Mustard Mustard. All right, let me be serious. Buster, nah, alright, let me be serious. Let me be serious. I kind of trolled y'all at the beginning. I think the MVP this year is going to be Jordan Love. I think it's going to be Jordan Love. There it is Packers. Jordan Love MVP you know.
Speaker 1Suffice it to say I don't agree with that pick, I think, much as I hate to admit. Next, the MVP this year will be Josh Allen.
Speaker 2Again.
Speaker 1Yep, Josh Allen is going to win it again. I think the NFL has a love affair with AFC quarterbacks.
Speaker 2AFC in particular.
Speaker 1Every single year. When they talk about quarterbacks, it's those four Holmes, Allen, Burrell, Jackson. They rarely talk about the other quarterback and all they need is for Buffalo to win the division or win the same amount of games as close to his last year. He's going to get it they're so enamored by that's the best way.
Speaker 2Maybe Burrow. I like Burrow. Now that you just said that, maybe Burrow.
Speaker 1He ain't going to win it Josh Allen Rookie of the year. Pick Abdul Carter from the Giants.
MVP Candidates and Final Top 10 Teams
Speaker 2Abdul Carter man, that dude. If he could just put together half as his height, that dude. Yeah, abdul Carter. If you don't know who he is, look him up, look him up.
Speaker 1I mean, I think he's going to have a good year.
Speaker 2I think, yeah, I can't say nothing bad about him.
Speaker 1I was going to say something, but yeah, he's got to be okay so quickly. My top 10 teams to start the year off Eagles number one best team in the league, followed by the Ravens Bills, chiefs, lions Packers Buccaneers at seven, commanders at eight, bengals at nine, texans at 10. Those are my top 10 teams to start the year off with who's number. Smith says it's fluid. The list is fluid okay, who's number three?
Speaker 2he said the Bills who's number two?
Speaker 1the Ravens okay, okay.
Speaker 2Yeah, like you said, the list is kind of fluid, so you got to go with the Super Bowl champs. Can't go against Super Bowl champs. Yeah, you can't go against Super Bowl champs. Yeah, you can't go against Super Bowl champs. So the Eagles, ravens, bills, chiefs, ravens. Wait, eagles, ravens, bills Chiefs. Five is going to be the Bucks. Six is going to be Houston. Seven, green Bay, eight, houston over.
Speaker 1Green Bay.
Speaker 2Yes, eight. Eight the Lions, eight the Lions, nine the Commanders and 10, the Broncos.
Speaker 1I like the Broncos number 10, good spot actually, you know, in hindsight I would probably switch to Bengals and move to Broncos.
Speaker 2I keep forgetting about the Bengals, but just their defense is so bad, yeah, so bad, so so bad.
Speaker 1The Bengals may not have the offensive scoring power as the Bengals, but their defense is good and they have great coaching. So if I had to change, I would move the Bengals out and insert the Broncos. Don't like that in the Texans, though, in my bold prediction of the year, the last one of the show, the New York. Giants will have a better record than the Dallas Cowboys. Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 2Oh, that's a new one the New York Giants will have a better record than the Dallas Cowboys.
Speaker 1Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah yeah, I think the Giants is going to make some great improvements this year. I think, because you know I was going to ask you earlier and I'll ask it now is there a possibility Dallas will throw the season to go to the draft?
Speaker 2I'm trying to think what's coming out next year. They will want but it's done but a bunch of quarterbacks next year that they're predicting and they just paid Dak all that money and nobody's going to want that contract.
Speaker 1So uh, definitely in the playoffs. So whatever green Bay was going to give them in a draft, it won't be a high draft.
Speaker 2True, true, I don't think they'll throw the season. I think I don't know, I don't know. Well, new coach, I don't trust their coach, just don't like their team altogether. Outside of Dak, who's halfway decent, and they're two wide receivers. I mean they got Schultz, they're tight in, that's good. They got Deron brand bland, who's good. They got the other cornerback His name escapes me right now but digs Stefan, digs a brother. Yes, yeah, trayvon or something like that. Yeah, they got Fowler Jr, but they just got a bunch of names. They're kind of like a lot of teams just with a bunch of names. They're like Tampa Bay without the stability, just a bunch of names.
Speaker 1I think the Cowboys is still a decent team. I just think the intangibles is what's causing them problems. That's what's going to hurt them this year.
Speaker 2What do you mean? The intangibles?
Speaker 1All of the press behind Micah Parker the last couple years of a debacle. I think that's what's going to hurt them.
Speaker 2I think not having a running game is really going to hurt.
Speaker 1I don't think that's going to be the icing on the cake or the dagger that does it. It's just all of this nonsense that's surrounding the team. They got a new coach and this coach knows he don't call any shots with Jerry Jones. If I'm a Cowboys fan which I've seen, the majority of them I've known, or I know, which I've seen the majority of my I've known or I know they're already writing the season off. I would not be surprised God forbid if they beat us tomorrow. Oh they're gonna be like.
Speaker 2Oh, we're going to the Super Bowl and that's fine if they beat y'all, because the Dak Prescott played out of his mind 400.
Speaker 1Jalen Hurst would have to have a crappy game.
Speaker 2Yep 400.
Speaker 1He'd have to throw for at least 350.
Speaker 2Yeah, I was going to say 403 touchdowns and Hurts would have to throw not one crucial pick, but maybe a crucial pick, and Saquon would have to fumble. Yeah, it would have to be a pick, six a pick, scumble a scoop and score something like that Sack fumble. They're going to have to score on defense. If the Cowboys can score on defense and Dak can throw for three something. But the only problem is, if you're throwing that much, you're scoring quick and I don't think they can outscore people because I don't think their defense can hold anybody. So I think that's where Dallas is going to have problems. So, philly, they can score a lot and their defense is not going to get up a lot, or they can score a little and their defense ain't going to give up a lot, so they can play either type of game.
Speaker 1The only thing about Philly that's a concern are Achilles heels that left corner back position.
Speaker 2I don't know who it is now. Is it the rookie or the last year rookie?
Speaker 1It's the rookie If a guy has a name Not Quinn Young, not Quinn Young.
Speaker 2The birthday boy. I think his last name is Blankenship. No, he's a. I'm sorry you got.
Speaker 1Somebody from the Raiders?
Speaker 2The Jackson.
Speaker 1Or whatever his name is, but him. He's competing with him and somebody else, but it has not been solidified.
Speaker 2Oh, cooper Dijon, Cooper Dijon.
Speaker 1He's like a nickelback.
Speaker 2Oh okay, you got some dude named Jackson Adrie. Oh okay, I don't know where he played last year. Let me see where he played.
Speaker 1That is an Achilles heel for us. However, our linebacker core is strong. We got Zach Vaughn back.
Speaker 2Vaughn he's.
Speaker 1Justin Campbell from the draft, which was a steal. He dropped Even though we lost Milton Williams and Josh Wett.
Speaker 2We still got Carter.
Speaker 1Jalen Carter. We still got Jordan Davis. I forgot the other guy we got on this, so we do.
Speaker 2Oja Mowi, oja Mowbo. Whatever his name is.
Speaker 1Whatever his name is, we filled some holes. I think it's going to come down to. Dak will have to have a phenomenal game and, to be honest, but as I hate to admit it, he's going to have a great game. I don't think they're going to win. I don't think we're going to blow them out. I think we'll beat them by three.
Speaker 2Wow, you know, there's seven and a half point favorite.
Speaker 1Dallas always plays us strong, and Dak Prescott has got a lot to prove, and so does Dallas, and I think Philly has a tendency to start off slow. I can foresee Dallas going up 10-0. Oh, f, no, no way I can foresee Dallas going up 10-0.
Speaker 2Oh F, no, no way.
Speaker 1I can see it happening.
Speaker 2No way.
Speaker 1Mark my words. Let it be known Eagles are going to win, but don't be surprised. Dallas will score first. If I was a bad man going to Vegas, I would say Dallas will score first.
Speaker 2So two bets you would place Dallas wouldn't win the game, but they're going to lose by less than eight. Yes, and they're going to be the first ones to score. Yeah, okay, for the million dollar question in case, I'm one bet who, from Dallas, is going to be the first one to score? Okay, what? They did the Philly tush push to score. What if they did the Philly tush push to score? What they did the Philly tush push to score? They made it all the way down to the one and they did their version of the brotherly shove to score. It wouldn't surprise me people gonna do it. Would that set you off? Well, yeah, would that set you off. We got a ring. Come tomorrow, that ring is gone. Come tomorrow, we can't mention that ring no more. Come tomorrow, the ring is over.
Speaker 1I got to watch our Super Bowl our last two Super Bowl rings wins on a flat panel TV flat panel is crazy. 95, 95 okay, you got a couple of those is crazy 95. 95.
Speaker 2Okay, you got a couple of those, all right. Well, thank y'all for coming through with us. Sorry about technical difficulties, you should have been on a while ago. But everybody who's at work right now on the West Coast, people who are getting off work on the East Coast, hope y'all have a great Wednesday Football tomorrow God dog, this stupid camera Football tomorrow. Seven, eight months of football starting tomorrow. So that should be exciting. And we'll be back, hopefully on the old platform, not this old old platform, but if we have to, we'll stay here because it's pretty consistent. But just don't have all the bells and whistles we get with the other one, don't have all the controls, anyway, we may be back tomorrow.
Speaker 1I don't know. I know I'll probably. I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do tomorrow and start the season. Last year I did a quick live and predicted that we were going to win the Super Bowl. I will likely try to do something again tomorrow. I don't know what it will be. Maybe it will be something like minor or tame. I'll do something. We may get on tomorrow an hour or two before the game just to analyze the game and give our predictions, although we kind of did that today.
Speaker 1We'll see what channel is the game on? Good question.
Speaker 2I don't know, is it on, like Amazon or one of those ones? And then, don't forget, there's a Friday game too.
Speaker 1Oh, the international one right.
Speaker 2Yeah, I think it's the Chiefs, chargers. Oh, it's Chargers, let me see NFL. So tomorrow's game is on Peacock, your NBC Peacock, and then, yeah, chargers and Chiefs are on Friday on YouTube and then all the rest of the games are on Sunday. Friday game is going to be weird. Game starts at 520 West Coast time. Little late your time, but you're retired, who cares? But anyway, unpopular celebrities, y'all. See y'all. Next time Maybe tomorrow midday after.
Speaker 1Go Birds.
Speaker 2Peace.
Speaker 1Birds.
