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Episode 24 Season 2 Top 1-6 NFL Teams Record Predictions
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Dom and Zach hash out their top six NFL teams and their schedules for the upcoming year. Record predictions and HOT takes will be made. When it comes to the NFL, these boys can go. TUNE THE FUCK IN.
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SPEAKER_02ZBD back at it again.
SPEAKER_04Yes, uh. Boy, lighting up, lighting up the blood. Uh season two, uh, episode four, I think. Pretty sure. You know, just kinda going with the flow. Um yeah, I mean, it's summer, not a ton of sports going on right now, so we're just kinda waiting for everything to get back going. Um, just riding the offseason, looking through all the preseason, um, preseason rankings, looking through training camps, um, yeah, just all that. Um, just getting a deep dive really into the next few months, what we're gonna be watching. Um, so yeah, I mean, today we're gonna be ESBN. Um, we're gonna be deep diving to ESBN, uh, their top 15 best teams overall, NFL this year. So we're gonna be deep diving that and um just their schedules, looking into it, um going on top 15 teams, um like offense and defense, full team-wise, and um looking over the schedules a little bit. So uh yeah, that's what we're getting into today. What you think about it, Don? What you got to say about what you got to say about this week, baby? Looking forward to some football. Oh, yeah. Got some Bengals Lions tomorrow. Joe Burrow making an appearance. Yes, sir.
SPEAKER_00The GOAT. Little offensive action tomorrow. Uh well, first team starters for the boys.
SPEAKER_04That shit on that work. How do you know that? Man, pull up to my crib, bro. Pull off work. Come on, bro. If it was a Super Bowl, I would Super Bowl.
SPEAKER_02Hey, I'ma hold you to that, bro. If Lions, if Lions Bengals in the Super Bowl and you working, you ain't gonna be a happy camp.
SPEAKER_04I know you. I know, I know, I know, yeah, I know you would call off. Yeah, you wouldn't care if you lost your job. If the bangles were playing in the Super Bowl and you had to work, call off your job. Call it off at that point. Fucking you find a better job. Fuck something, yeah. But uh letting Sandra know two weeks in advance if you schedule me on this day, I will not be here.
SPEAKER_00You know who's playing. She knows who my team is. So um, what's gonna be? I thought he bested me. All right. So top of the list. Yeah. Rams going in, number one. Yeah. Not not a surprise at all. No.
SPEAKER_04Got um yeah, Miles Garrett. As soon as they got him, um, they were kind of uh just going over the top because they had borderline pride number one going. Borderline best offense going into the league. And then you you get nah, you put all that I mean. I mean, bro, they made it to the NFC chip last year. It's not what uh I mean, bro. You said best offense. You said best team. I didn't say one of the best, I didn't say I just I said it. I said one of the best, arguably, bro. You got Mass Safer, Puka and Devontae.
SPEAKER_00Okay, we got Burrow, T, and Jamart. What do you mean? Who's I'm I'm I mean, we want I mean, who's better? Puka or Jamar? Jamar. Okay, T. Higgins for Devontae at this age, it's taking T. Higgins. It's crazy. Devontae over his whole career, bro. We're not talking about we're talking about right now. We're talking with a Super Bowl. I'm not talking about.
SPEAKER_04We know Devontae's better over his overall career. Last year, I'm talking right now. I'm talking about last year. Devontae had did have the most reset. He had the most touchdowns in the league. He did. Joe didn't play. Joe missed like seven, eight games. Who was throwing on the ball? The same guy who's throwing on the ball this year. So we'll see. Stafford didn't get the ball. Joe Flacco throwing the ball last year. You're talking about Stafford and Devontae. Oh, yeah, but he missed some time. Okay, he made another year older. He missed the last six games, still led the games. Still led the leading fucking touchdowns, though. So it didn't come on, bro. If he plays a full year, he's gonna get like a few.
SPEAKER_00I don't know if he finished the season with the most touchdowns, though.
SPEAKER_04No, he did. He did? Yeah. He had the most, bro. I think it was like 15 or 16. I mean, also, granted, a lot of them are red zones, but like if you're if you're calling plays for a guy like Devonta, if you're in the red zone, also, I mean, red zone is one of the harder places to score as well, right? Because you're you're pinned in the you're pinned in the 10, you can't run at the same. If you have a red zone target like Devontae, who you can find every single time for a touchdown, like, bro, you're going to that every time. You're gonna abuse that. And so, I mean, that's I mean, I feel like that's I mean, Rams offense is a is a definitely I mean definitely a big reason why they're a number one, but the defensive or the defensive upgrades that they made were also massive. McDuffie and Garrett. So um McDonald's. Yeah, McDonald's. So let's I mean, look over the schedule a little bit. So I mean I'll go first for you. Um Rams, uh Niners in Australia. I'll take Rams in that one. Rams Giants, Rams, week two, go 2-0, Broncos, bro. Let me pull it up in um game time so I can see who so I can see who's home and away.
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_04I want to see Denver. I need to see where it's at. So they got um week two is in is at home. And then week three is at Denver. So I go they win that. I think I think they start off three now. Then they go to rent, and then they go to the Eagles. That's a loss. I think I think they'll lose to the Eagles. They come back at home against the Bills. That's a win. Okay. I think that's a win. Yeah. Early in the season. I mean, I don't see them losing too many games early in the season. Um, but Eagles, Eagles at Eagles, yeah. So that's five and one. Cardinals at Rams, six and one, Rams at Raiders, seven and one. Uh Chargers at Rams, eight and one, Rams at Commanders.
SPEAKER_00I think they're on a four-game street. I think they kind of sizzle a little bit. I think it looks like a heat check that game in Washington.
SPEAKER_04That could be, yeah. But then you also got so they put the Cardinals again. Yeah, but then Packers. Yeah, Packers. Packers will be a tough one, but um it's Wednesday night. Oh, it's always 1125. Is that um Thanksgiving? I think that's yeah. Or that's not Thanksgiving, that's one or two days before. Or no, the twenty-sixth. I think the twenty-sixth is Thanksgiving. No, it's not Thursday. Yeah, so Wednesday is before the yeah, it's the day before Thanksgiving. In uh in LA. And then they play the Chiefs game after that. Um 49ers again. At uh uh Levi's uh 49ers at 49ers and then um Cowboys at Rams. Seahawks and Seahawks or at Box W then Seahawks at Rams Wolverine, what do you got losing four games?
unknownIt takes a day. This is barring if you know by shit.
SPEAKER_00Can't foresee future or can't see foresee or can't foresee injuries, so um obviously we know not everybody's gonna be there, but as long as they got the major core, I think uh um only one big question mark is if uh any disciplinary actions happen for Puka.
unknownUm, with that whole uh choking his girlfriend or some shit, slapping her, choking her, did something. I don't know.
SPEAKER_00But uh yeah. I don't know. Whatever ends up happening. Yeah, yeah, he can get suspended for six games, could be more, could be less. I don't know, but that's big. I don't think they can win a Super Bowl or be 13 and 4 if he misses seven, eight games. Yeah.
unknownI think you're right.
SPEAKER_00Devontae Adams is good as he played last year, it's another year added to his body. Um, so you can't, can he miss substantial time last year? You can't count on him to play, you know, most of the season this year. So you that's putting a lot of stress in. I mean, they're gonna double team. You know, teams are gonna, and that's more work for Kyron Williams. So, you know, it depends on Puka, that whole thing. But I'm assuming, let's just assume that he's there and you know, whatever. I got two 113 and four. Okay.
SPEAKER_04Okay. Yeah, I mean, I think probably got a murder.
SPEAKER_00Oh, okay. No, it's just it felt like every game that we went by is like Well, W.
SPEAKER_04Because I mean I think I think once the Ram, I mean, I think once they got them losing to.
SPEAKER_00We should have them losing to the Eagles. I remember that the Whoos.
SPEAKER_04So Eagles, um, Bills, Cardinals, Raiders, Cardinals, Chargers, or no, are all. So you gotta lose in the three-room games.
SPEAKER_00Oh, why's it's not several games? You gotta lose them. So I was just coming off the dump.
SPEAKER_04Oh, okay, so Commanders, I mean, depending on how they're doing at that point. Um, I I think they should take that though. I think they should take that. I think the I mean I think Packers, I think that Packers game could be a could be a challenge. Winner or losing, though. I think I I got them I got them losing the Packers game. At home? Yeah. Um Chiefs probably win. I think they lose 49ers away.
SPEAKER_00So look at three losses right now. Because you said Bills or Eagles, you said is gonna lose, right, in Philly. And then lose two Packers and they lose to Niners, you say. Or yeah, the Niners, yeah. So that's three. Okay, so Cowboys got them winning. Yeah. Seahawks, you got them winning in Seattle?
SPEAKER_04No, I think they lose in Seattle. So four, and then they'll lose two. And then they win in Bucks, and then they lose, and then they win. Okay, Seattle again. Yeah. Okay. No, no, no, so we're no, I have them losing the game away in Seattle. So, but you got them splitting. So you got the same rank and I think different. Yeah. Okay.
unknownAll right.
SPEAKER_04All right. Because I mean, I mean, they definitely also have a hard schedule, though. And I mean, it's kind of relying on their offense. Like if their offense can stay healthy, but a lot of those teams are also very defensive prominent. So it's I mean, if their offense isn't that great, their defense can keep them in games to a certain point. But I think if the offense isn't putting up numbers like that, then I think the first kind of you can kind of take advantage of that at the at the at some point when the offense is on the field for that much longer than your defense, like you can you can I feel like the first nine games though are kind of relatively like easy, not easy, but fair.
SPEAKER_00Um looking at it, and I think Broncos, Bills, and Eagles are really the only team in Chargers are the only teams. Like, because I think after that Bills game, they have a pretty easy break. Well, so I'm saying they got Cars, Oakland, Chargers could be hit or miss, more likely to be good, and Commanders could be hit and miss, and they got the Cardinals and Packers. Yeah. So I mean, and it's starting off, they got Niners, Giants, Brown. Packers game. Hopefully. So I'll say honestly, the beginning of the season and the end of the season is gonna be. Well, yeah, because you got nine, well, minus the Giants, right? But the Giants can surprise people and they could be good. So we know what we expect, and what we know are Niners to be good, the Broncos will be good, the Eagles will be good, and the Bills would be good. So, and then you got the Giants. So within that first five games, they have four tough opponents based off last year. They get a little break, and then a kind of a break in between the mid. That's what I'm saying. So you got Packers and Chargers really are the only two teams they play after the Bills that were playoff teams a year ago. Then they end with Chiefs, Niners, Cowboys, Seahawks, Bucks, Seahawks. So that's a tough ending. You mean you have Seahawks?
SPEAKER_04You got the Seahawks twice. Home the way Buccaneers can be the first time.
SPEAKER_00Cowboys won the season who could be making a push. Cowboys could be making a push. Cowboys could be pushing. And then the Niners fighting for that division at that point, and he got the Chiefs.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, well, so they have they have three.
SPEAKER_00They have no easy game to finish that last that last spot. So the first five and the last five are to me was gonna remain. But you know, it's all then, you know, if Aaron Donald was in this discussion, um, then I'll probably have their record at 15 and 2. Maybe even an astonishing 16 and one. But the biggest thing would be Staffords. The biggest thing would be Staffords.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, yeah, that's but I mean that's what I'm saying, bro. Because I feel like no matter if they're fine. I mean, I think their defense is not gonna let up more than fucking 28, like 25 to 28 points a game. Like, like I don't think they're gonna be bad. I mean, if I'm saying, like, if they gave up 25 points a game, that'd be bad. No, no, no, I'm saying like for like one or like I'm saying, 17 would be the most important one. I'm extra. Yeah, I'm exact. I'm saying like one like one game in the season, they let up that many points. Like, I'm saying a couple games they probably let up more, yeah. But on average, like so yeah, so on a like on average, they're not trying to let up more than 20 points a game. So, but like their offense though, like I mean. I mean, that's not as long as Puka and like, but like you got Devontae, what you're saying is so is older, like like you can't rely on him for as like as much as as much of a deep threat going for 100, 120 yard, 150 yard gains with one or two targets. Like you're really relying on him more in the red zone and Puka's your Puka's your wide threat. Yeah, Puka's, I mean, he's number one. Yeah, so if he's not if he's not there as consistent. You got three questions.
SPEAKER_00I mean, you potentially got three question marks, though, with the Rams going in. Um, because Stafford's health, because I know I remember last year going into the season, there was a lot of question marks around his back uh because he was on an injury report every week. I feel like um and it wasn't until like you know, Wednesday or Thursday going into the week one where they confirmed that he was starting for week one, and then he obviously played the whole rest of the season. So he's a question mark just because of his age. Uh Devontae Ives is a question mark as well. I think the staff and then Puga's a question mark because of the staff. So I mean, could it be really good or it could be really bad?
SPEAKER_04I mean, I think that they'll all show up for sure.
SPEAKER_00Um can they can they can do another 17-game season? Yeah. Um I mean, just getting back to the same spot they did against Seattle and then the NFC championship, definitely.
SPEAKER_04Definitely. Um it's a question mark for sure. And I mean, I think I think it's more on the offense than the I mean, it's definitely more on the offense than the defense. Um LA. Definitely. But um getting into get into the next team you got. Um, I mean, we couldn't jump over, yeah. You just want to go straight to the Eagles, go to go to your different different division. Um got the schedule pulled up. Um yeah, so ESBN's got them overall second best team in the league. Um personally, I don't I don't agree with that. But um yeah, that's just that's just how Philly gets praised nowadays. And um Jalen Hurts, Saquon, yeah. They're they're nice over there for sure. But um I don't think they're I don't think they're gonna have as good as a year as a lot of people think. They weren't looking as as good as they as good as they had been last year. Um I'll break down the schedule first. Um week one at Eagles versus Commanders. Loss lose in week one, um, then they go on the road to the Titans. We'll win that one. Um they go on the Road to the Bears again. They're on the road I don't know. Just two straight. We'll go uh lose to the bears. One and two. Lose to the Rams. One and four. Getting off the bad start.
SPEAKER_00Oh you said they're losing to the commanders? Yep. Week one? Yep. Okay.
SPEAKER_04Even though I want to get that to Cam Ward at home. Okay. I want to, but I can't. I can't. I can't say oh I can't I mean, bro, I want to Philly. I wanna say I wanna say, I wanna say 0-4, but I'm gonna I'm gonna give him one.
SPEAKER_01I'm gonna give him one. A little Philly, a little Philly hatred. I'm giving them one, bro. I'm not 0-4, bro. Would be crazy if you tell me a Philly starts off 0-4. He might whoa wow.
SPEAKER_00That is crazy. That is gave him one. We really don't like these niggas.
SPEAKER_03I said they beat the Titans, bro.
SPEAKER_00Okay. I'm all right, so one and four to start off. Then they go to the Jags, beat the AP. Or my bad. So what at one and three? We're looking at one and three to start. You got them losing or winning against the Jags. They losing. They win in Jacksonville? London. Or my my bad, sorry, in London. So they w okay. They'll they'll beat the Panthers at home.
SPEAKER_04Um beat the Fi or they'll beat Dallas over a little Win Street. Um beat the Commanders that way lose the Giants. Alice wins Washington. Dude, I maybe Washington beats him twice, I'm not gonna lie. I wouldn't, dude. Um I'm I'm high on a Jaden Daniels comeback this year. I won't I wouldn't mind Washington being fucking competitive again. It looked good. Um They'll be they'll beat the Giants at the Eagles, they'll beat the Steelers at home.
unknownI think they'll beat the Cowboys away.
SPEAKER_04The Cardinals. Uh that Colts game.
unknownI'll win that.
SPEAKER_04I don't have them fucking losing a lot of games, Danny. So they really say these things don't have a losing record of the season? Bro, I mean I mean I mean at the end of the season, though, I don't have them losing a lot of games. At the end of this season, I don't have them losing. That's what I just said.
SPEAKER_00Bro, because it like Oh, I thought you said No. I thought you looked and it's like, damn, I got a lot of things.
SPEAKER_04No, I was gonna say no. I was gonna say like low. Okay, so after so I said I had them losing to the Rams, and they were gonna be one and four, right? Or one and no, one one and three. And then they go two and two and three, three and three, and they go four and three, I think against Dallas. Four and four.
unknownSix and five. Steelers, seven and five, no cowboys. Oh sorry, yeah, sorry. Then card. Eight and five. And then nine and five. Who's that they're playing against? Colts. Colts. Okay. And Seattle.
SPEAKER_04Ten and five. And then Texans. Ten and six. Oh no, but that's like maybe like because they're not gonna I mean ten to six, ten to seven. Eleven and seven. That's still a good. I don't know. I mean, that's I mean, that's that that's if they drop that many games early, though. I don't know. I have them dropping those games early, so that's I don't know. That's kind of a toss-off, but that's also me hating off Philly a little bit. But I don't know. They do have fucking Saquon and a great defense. But it they I mean, they still got Devante. Traded AJ Brown, though. Um They got a got a rookie and um what's it, Makai Lemon? Kyle Lemon, probably gonna be solid. Um, but I mean it's mainly I mean it's mainly the defense, but I mean, I feel like the defense is definitely their main point. Like just going over just going over the last few years, bro. Like predominantly their fucking O-line and their defense is more than the fucking has always been overpowering, bro.
SPEAKER_00Like, yeah, that's been the the fucking number one thing you think of really is their O-line and rushing, but with Lisa Rushers you need a good O-line.
unknownAnd so it kind of goes, you know, hand in hand when you can run the ball typically means you got a good O-line. Yeah. Right. And then, you know, if you can rush the rush the passer means you got a good D line. Typically. Or you got edge rushing. Um, which they've had for some time now.
SPEAKER_00Philly's been kind of a uh stable fucking word, a staple in in the league for the last, you know, damn near ten years almost.
unknownYeah. You know, seven, eight years at least, they've been consistent.
SPEAKER_00Philly's been around. They got two Super Bowls in the last eight years, and they've been to three. So we actually have been to four, sorry. Yeah. They've won two. That's pretty that's pretty good consistency for sure.
SPEAKER_04Yeah. I mean sorry. I mean, what do you what do you have uh what do you have Philly going this year, though?
SPEAKER_00Well, I got Philly winning against the Commanders, week one. Okay. Um, I got him losing against the Titans. Um, I think the Titans will be better than those people. That was one that I wanted to go against as well. Yeah, that's I kind of smiled when you said it earlier. I was uh Yeah, I was like, I I mean I can't always I don't like it, bro.
SPEAKER_02Cam Ward might have a good start this year. Might not have a bad year.
SPEAKER_00Me too, but um, I got to losing against the Bears.
unknownUm Chicago Monday night football. Be a great game.
SPEAKER_00Can't wait. 20th against Chicago. That'd be a great game. Losing, yeah, I'm losing. Um and two. I haven't beaten the Rams. We talked about that previously on the Rams record when losses for the Rams. Yeah, okay. Um I got them beating them. I got them beating the Jags as well. So three and two. Yep, three and two, even though it's the London game in the morning. I think the boys be ready to go. I got them beating the Panthers.
SPEAKER_03I got them beating two.
SPEAKER_00Um I got them beating the Cowboys. So I got them going on a little four game, a little stretch here, a little. I got them losing Sunday night football against the Commanders in Washington. Got them losing that game. Got them beating the Giants because they come back home. I think the Giants will be a little bit better this year, but I think the first time they'll get them, I think they'll come back and win again against the Steelers. Because I just don't believe in the Steelers. I don't think Mike McCarthy is a good coach at all, in my opinion. Um, I think Aaron Rodgers is obviously this is last year. He already said it. So yeah, I don't believe in that. And then I got them um winning against the Cardinals. Although I do I got them winning against the Cardinals, but I think that may be a trap game. I think the Cardinals could fuck around and beat them. The Cardinals ain't goes. Cardinals ain't doing shit, bro. What do you mean? It's a trap game. It happens every year. Do we not watch it every year where a good team is in a dogfight with a garbage-ass team all game? You look and it's fucking 13-8, it's 13-10. Seattle had it last year. Seattle lost a couple bad teams last year. They won the Super Bowl, they're dominant at the end of the season. Sometimes they didn't play good against Tennessee. North didn't. They didn't play good against the Colts. When Phillip fucking ripped win, they won. But that's I but I got them winning. I got I got Philly winning the game. But I said it's gonna be, I think it's gonna be a trap game, a hangover. One of those where they come in, where they like, oh, we're finna blow them out, and they don't play that good at first. So cards keep in a minute, and then Philly finally wake up in the fourth quarter, you know, and win by a field goal or a touchdown. It happens every year, it happens. It happens in basketball, happens in football. I'm pretty sure it happens in soccer. Happens in baseball, happens in in every sport. Sometimes you just you have them games where the teams just like I mean, it's every any given Sunday, bro. They all professional.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, definitely, bro.
SPEAKER_00So, you know, the Cardinals got the real talent.
SPEAKER_04It's it's really just whoever goes out there who got the most on the day. Carson Beck look it's pretty stupid.
SPEAKER_00Oh, Carson Beckham looks bad. Right? I mean, Carson Beck looks bad, they got Julius or Jeremiah Love, they got Marvus Harrison Jr. They got the fucking carnages and dog, Tremmy Bride.
SPEAKER_02Like we got trimming bride, monster running bars.
SPEAKER_01I like that. I was still not the fuck you didn't know that. I didn't know that's a running bar, bro. I'm gonna be following I don't know if you're butt coming, but I'm a following club. That's what they call.
SPEAKER_02The Ohio's Masterati M, bro. They'll be going crazy for that shit. I gotta watch it. I gotta pull it up. That shit was crazy, bro. The fucking announcers, whenever whenever fucking Marvel performed in NFL Super Bowl champions.
SPEAKER_04Um week one, starting with Patriots in Seattle. I think they're gonna lose that one. The Patriots are gonna come out talking for him. Um they go one and one at Arizona. They lose to Washington 1-2. 2-2 versus the Chargers, Seahawks. They win the first one against the Niners. Oh 3-2. Lose to the Broncos, 3-3. Beat the Chiefs, Sunday night football. Yeah, yeah, they beat him. They beat him. This is just tough, bro, because I'm also just not seeing any of the fucking other schedules, so like, but it's whatever, bro. I'm just I'm just toss-ups. They beat, yeah, they beat the Chiefs, they played Bears Monday night football. Um, they beat them as well. They beat the Cardinals, they're on a bit of a streak at that point. Go into the Raiders um in Las Vegas, they beat them. Lose to the Niners on the come around in Santa Clara. Lose to Dallas Monday night football at home, dropped that one. Um Giants, upset them. It's kind of tough, bro. They got Eagles and Rams. Three out of their three out of their four. Yeah, they got it's tough they got the Rams last two out of three recent schedule. Um it might fall apart. Uh fall apart a little bit, bro, but still got a good team, but they got a lot of changes in there, bro. Seattle. Um well, I mean, they lost their running back. I mean, you must Super Bowl MVP, not lost a safety.
SPEAKER_00Lost a couple linebackers.
SPEAKER_04It's like you can't, I feel like you can't expect Sam Darnold to go for the same year that he went last year. Um, I mean their defense is still top tier.
SPEAKER_05Yeah.
SPEAKER_04Or maybe not take a few steps back. So that's what I'm so I'm kind of that's why I'm kind of skeptical about that game. So I mean, maybe I take back that Giants game. Maybe they maybe they win that game because that's in Seattle. Then they go on the road against the Eagles. I don't know if they win that one. Cold night, right before Christmas. It's gonna be fucking it's gonna be shitty ass weather. I mean, they're kind of used to it, but and then they have to play the Rams at home. I don't think that's a win. I think the Rams are playing their best football at that point. Granted everyone's healthy, but then the Seahawks get a win against the Panthers. I mean, granted how the Panthers are playing, because the Panthers need that one at that point, but I think I mean Seahawks should win that one, but then I think the Rams. Rams win at Rams win at home against them last game of the year. I mean I got them winning. I got them losing one, two, three four or five. That's kinda crazy.
SPEAKER_00Let's see what you got. Winning against the Patriots. Okay. In Arizona. Then I have them losing against the Commanders. Um losing against the Chargers. Uh then I have them winning against the Bron or against the Niners the first time around. Yep. Uh I think they'll lose against the Broncos.
unknownYep.
SPEAKER_00See that? I think they'll win against the Chiefs.
SPEAKER_04Sunday night football. That'll be a good game. Monday night football. They got next week against the Bears. Three prime times in a row. Three prime times in a row. Broncos, Broncos, Kansas, and Chicago.
SPEAKER_00So I got them winning against the Chiefs. Two of them are at home as well. So it's gonna be good for them. I got them losing against the Bears. Winning against the Chiefs, losing against the Bears, okay. I got them winning against the Cardinals. I have them winning against the Raiders. Have them losing against the Niners. I have them winning against the Giants. I have them losing against the Eagles. I have them losing against the Rams. I have them winning against the Panthers. And then losing against the Rams. So I have them losing one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight games. One, nine, and eight. I think uh Super Bowl hangover. I think them losing a lot of players uh is gonna hurt them. The schedule isn't the easiest, right?
SPEAKER_04I mean is not you still gotta go up against your whole division. You still gotta go up against Rams, Niners, and fucking what Cardinals. Yeah. But yeah, but then you gotta play those um play those primetime games. Kansas City, Dallas, Chicago. So, yeah, I mean that's tough. Yeah, definitely. Um but I'm not uh not super high on Seattle though. Seattle's not me either. Not a team that I'm super, I mean, they're not gonna go back to back, so I'm not super worried about them. Um it is. I'm excited for I'm excited for a new team to win a Super Bowl this year. Um and I mean it's gonna be there'll be somebody on this list. What? Let's go on to the next team. Um Buffalo Bills Buffalo fucking Bills, Josh Allen, your boy from Wyoming. He's actually from California but played in Wyoming.
unknownYes.
SPEAKER_04Our uh producer, a video editor, yes sir, video man, uh played at the same high school or or college, played or he was went to the same school as uh that boy Josh Allen. Joshua Joshua Josh Allen. That was um was his nickname in college. That was yeah. He was dog in Wyoming and Brandon saw him.
unknownOh shit.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, he saw him before he hit the big leagues, and uh Buffalo was he's throwing a lot of picks, but he goes he's a tongue to touch the I'm talking. Josh Allen is a goat. He is he's he's a great player. He's he I mean he's bringing Buffalo, something they haven't seen in a little while. And um bringing some hope back into the organization. Definitely. Sure. But um week one. They got Houston Texans away. That's yeah. I mean, that's a good I mean that's a good game for both teams to start off with, but I guess you gotta lose in the next game, huh? I mean that could be tough, right? I mean, bro, it's their it's their first night. First, it's their first game at their new stadium. And we have the Saints. We have the Saints to open up, so I wouldn't be surprised if we go one-on-one. I'd be really happy if we go two and two-0. I mean, just being a Detroit fan, I'm gonna say we go 2-0.
SPEAKER_00If we I mean if we're losing, we got the Bills losing. Oh prime time, Thursday night football, new stadium, got Detroit coming in and silencing a crowd.
SPEAKER_03Yeah.
SPEAKER_00Okay.
SPEAKER_04Chargers. We did it to the Ravens last year. Um Yeah. I think they'll beat the Ravens, or I think the Chargers. I think they'll beat the Patriots. I don't think they'll beat the Rams. So or they two or two losses at that point. Four and two. Five and two against the Raiders. Five and three against the oh no. That's a uh that's a home. Six and three against the Ravens. Seven and three against the Vikings. They're gonna fucking beat them. Um eight and three against the Jets. Nine and three against the Dolphins. I mean, that Dolphins game might be a little tough. But I still, yeah, I still take the Bills over them. I mean, that's a divisional hold, right?
SPEAKER_05Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_04Yeah. I mean that game will I mean that gun will be close. They're on a I mean at that point they'll probably be on a little bit of a win streak. So but I still I still take Josh Allen's win at that point in the regular season against them. Kansas City. Um I I still I'd I take Buffalo at that point, still to uh what 10-2? 10-2 to start off. Okay. And then I take him losing to the losing to the Pats away at Fox Barrow. Losing to and then yeah, lose to the Green Bay. They beat the Bears. Lose the Broncos. Beat the Chats. Lose to the Dolphins. So like four or five L's? I mean, I think that Dolphins game, they'll probably already be a playoff play. I mean So you got them winning against the Dolphins and Bills then. I think I got them splitting with the I got him I got him splitting with the Dolphins. So you got 'em. I got I think I got 'em beating the Broncos both times. Both only playing once. You got them breeding the Broncos and yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I got them breeding the Broncos. Splitting with the Pats. Um who's the other two? No, and then they beat and then they beat the Jets both times.
SPEAKER_00Two losses. You got them losing to the Packers?
SPEAKER_04Yeah.
SPEAKER_00You got them losing to the Pats a second time?
SPEAKER_04The second time, yeah.
SPEAKER_00Okay, and then you have them beating the Ravens or no?
unknownNo.
SPEAKER_00Okay, so that'll show five losses. So you got them at five losses.
SPEAKER_04Yeah.
SPEAKER_00You got them beating the Ravens or not?
SPEAKER_04Yeah. Oh lose the word. The loser one. It's at home. It's in Buffalo.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. Okay, so the Rams, you gotta win or losing. You gotta win against the Rams or losing. Losing. Okay. I don't think that'd be the same. You got them losing to the so it looks like you got six losses. So it looks like you got them losing to the Lions, losing to the Rams, Lions splitting both games with Dolphins and Patriots.
unknownSo that makes it four losses.
SPEAKER_00Then you have them losing to the Packers. Five losses, and then you have them losing to um.
SPEAKER_04No, I think it's just the five.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, because I think it was the chargers that you said that you were. Yeah. I think it was just the five. The two split divisionals and then the Lions, Packers, and the Texans.
SPEAKER_00Did I? Yeah. In the beginning you said Bills were gonna start off with a win and then lose their lions.
unknownOh. Okay.
SPEAKER_00And then beat the charges, beat the Pats, lose the Rams. I think you said five and two to start off with.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_00Well, what do you what do you think about it? Um Let me see what you hear. I have them losing to the Texans.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_00Starting off week one. I got them beating you lions in Buffalo. Uh this first game.
SPEAKER_02Bro, the fucking ticket prices, the cheapest ticket for that game is six hundred dollars.
SPEAKER_00For Buffalo Lions for Texas and Buffalo. Buffalo Lions, okay.
SPEAKER_04That's insane.
SPEAKER_00I got them beating the Chargers. I have them beating the Patriots the first time around. Um have them losing to the Rams. I got them beating the Raiders. Um have them beating the Ravens. I think they'll beat them again like they did last year. Uh have them beating the Vikings. So I got them on a little streak here and I got beating them Jets. So I think I have them on um a five-game win streak. I think they beat the Jets, and then they beat the Dolphins the first time around as well. Um I got Buffalo at the start of the season at five, not nine and two. Um then I have them losing to the Chiefs Thursday night football. Um come in and have a good game. I have them losing to the Pats for the second time. Um I have them losing to the Packers as well. So that quickly drops nine to five. And then I have them losing to the Bears. So I think it'll be I think they go on a five-game win streak, and then they go on a four-game loser streak. Um then I have them uh four-game losing streak. It's crazy. Then I have them winning um against the Broncos in a tough game in Denver. Then I have them winning against Buffalo and then winning against the Jets. So I have them at one, two, three, four, five, six losses. I think they'll go 11 and 6.
unknownWhat's the respect?
SPEAKER_00Don't think they made a playoffs. I think they'll finish second in the division. Don't think they're gonna beat the Pats? No. The defense. Pagers got a better defense. So then Ravens. Max is the Ravens.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, let's pull it up. Let's pull it up, man. The Ravens. I was a little bit I was a little bit surprised that they were this high in the ESPN ranking. I was too. Because I mean the Ravens are kind of last I mean last like two, I mean last like two or three years has kind of been like whether Lamar's healthy or not for a goal. I mean, they're always good when he's healthy whenever he's in there. Um but they always I mean, I feel like they always just kind of have some struggles, whether it's the offensive line or the fucking defense. They always have something going on that's not able to maximize Lamar's um fucking he's just not able to utilize his fucking um talent to the mo or to the full ability. Like um, just a little see it glimpses, but I just want to see that she consists. Like, because he's uh he can get it out of the pocket and he can fucking throw the ball. And he's got Zay Flowers and Derrick Henry right next to him. So it's like I don't know, he's got a new head coach in there this year, so we'll see if that shakes a lot of some up, but um I don't know, man. It's kinda it's hard to I mean at Colts, dub Saints at Ravens, dub Titans at Ravens, dub Baltimore at Atlanta, dub Ravens at Browns, dub Bengals at Ravens, dub.
SPEAKER_00You got them beating the Cowboys too in Dallas. Ravens at Bill's L.
SPEAKER_04You got them beating the Cowboys Jacksonville at Baltimore, Dub. I remember hearing 701.
SPEAKER_00I didn't think you overskipped. You got them winning?
SPEAKER_04No, they didn't play the Cowboys.
SPEAKER_00They played the Cowboys. Oh, oh, oh, international, my bad. Yeah, that's what I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_04You got them beating them. Um we get a good ass game. Uh yeah, after that Cowboys game. Um played uh three games at that point. I think two and one.
unknownUm two and one. Three and oh, right? So you gotta beat them.
SPEAKER_04Or yeah, yeah, yeah, three-no, three and oh after that cowboys game.
unknownUm, I don't think they get their first loss until the Bills.
SPEAKER_04So you gotta beat Titans, Falcons, Browns, Bengals. Okay. Um, so I mean, so will the Browns, I mean, yeah, they'll definitely have some close games between that, but I think they'll pull them out.
unknownThat I mean the Bengals game as well will be close as well.
SPEAKER_04I wouldn't I wouldn't be surprised for the Bengals maybe pull that one out. Um Jags, I mean, they got a lot of close games, so um I think I gotta pick one of these one. Honestly, maybe the Bengals. Uh honestly mirror, maybe I'm bro, maybe the Bengals beat them um first time around in Baltimore, yeah, in Baltimore, lose to the lose to the Bills as well. Come back and beat Jags, Chargers, Panthers, lose to the Texans, B-Bucks, B Steelers, B Browns.
SPEAKER_00So you only got them look like you only got them losing three games on the season? 14 and 3. I think they might lose. I think they might lose. I think they'll be yeah.
SPEAKER_04So you think we sweep them? And beat them both times. And then lose to the Steelers, and then well, and then beat the Steelers.
SPEAKER_00So 14 and 3. That is that 14 and 3? Yeah, you only got them losing to the Bengals the first time around.
SPEAKER_04No, I I said Bengals twice.
SPEAKER_00That's what I'm saying, first time around. And then I said Texans, right?
SPEAKER_04I said they lose to the Texans as well. Well, that's like you said they're gonna beat them. No, I said they lose. Oh, they so far, okay. Well, because bro, their schedule is not I mean it's tough, bro. I don't think they lose to the Browns either time. But both of those games could be toss-ups. So I mean, I mean, what do you think? Uh yeah, I figured he said it, but just give me uh just give me your wins losses on them. Well, sure.
SPEAKER_00Well, I got um I have them beating the Colts, um, beating the Saints, start off 2-0. Um then I have them losing to Dallas in that Rio game.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_00I think Dallas would get them. Um I have them winning the against the Titans, winning against the Falcons, winning against the Browns, so I think they go on a three-game streak after that, four games I got them beating us the first time around. Um, and then I got them losing to the Bills, uh, losing to the Jags, and then losing to the Chargers.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_00Um a three-game streak right there. Three-game loser streak there. I think people they get to, you know, asking questions, of course, like always. Lose a game or lose a streak. Uh then they turn around um and beat the Panthers, but then they lose to the Texans. Um that's five. That's five right there. Yep. And then I got them winning against the Buck or Tampa Bay, um, winning against the Steelers, winning against the Browns, losing against the Bengals, and then winning against the Steelers. So I changed it for the first time. I thought I had the Steelers beating them uh one of those times, but I think the Chargers will be a good team this year. Um the Steelers. I just I don't know if Aaron Rodgers is gonna be there all season. Yeah.
SPEAKER_04I think I mean I think he will be, but he's not gonna be he's not gonna be putting out normal A-rod numbers that he was. I mean, yeah. I mean he's got he's got DK over there with him, but it's just not gonna it's not gonna be the same. I mean he's gonna be gonna be doing the most that he can, definitely. But they've got a new head coach over there as well. Mike Telman had been over there for 20 years. Um or maybe not that long. I mean, he'd been over there for 15 years plus. Um and I'm not even sure who their new head coach is. So um, yeah. Steelers, I'm not really worried about in that division too much. I think it's Bengals and Ravens division, Lamar and Joe. They're battling it out, but um, maybe another like nine minutes on this uh on this Lions Lions under over. Come on, baby. Um start it off week one, Saints. Um win this one season opener. Yes, sir. At home. You know, you know we're starting off with a dub against the Saints. Um I know I said win. I mean, I gotta go with a win, bro, but it's it's tough. First game, primetime against the Bills. I feel like Josh Allen will show up. It's tough. No, bro. I'm gonna go and oh. We gotta start, we gotta start strong. Jets 3-0 at home again. Um go on the road against the Panthers. I think that's a dub. We're going 4-0, 5-0. Packers, first divisional game at home. Vikings. Come to the lions. Nine and one. Lions or no, the bears. I had the lions. No, we we're taking that. Eleven and one. Is that ten of one or eleven one? One of the two. But then lions go to the Falcons. Take it. Lions at home against the Titans. Take that. Lions at the Vikings. Might might lose that. Mine might not. So that's our second loss of the year. At the Jets or so, we got the Giants. It's a dub. Bears and Packers might lose. Might lose both those ones, but at that point it doesn't matter. We're already in fucking playoff contention. At that point, we've only lost four games. So I'm not too worried about that. I think I think we're gonna have a fucking good year. We don't have a we don't have a hard schedule. Our schedule, other than divisional, is like the Bills, the Bills are the only team that we play. The Bills and the Pats in Munich and fucking the Bucks. Like we don't play anybody. So you can't say that we're not gonna fucking our offense is not gonna be 80% of the teams that are on our schedule this year. No lie. Maybe I'm definitely a little bit biased, but you can't you can't fucking you can't lie about the offense that we have right now. And the teams that we're going against. Come on. So the defenses. I mean, bro, the defense defense is bro. We'll see. Defense is still fuck.
SPEAKER_00I mean, it's not it's it's Yeah, Branch is not gonna be playing for a little bit. Yeah, Hutch. Yeah, Hutch. You lost Darion Arnold. Um, or yeah, we didn't.
SPEAKER_04Yeah. Oh, bro. I think I think how long is Branch gonna be out for? I think bro, Hutch is healthy for the whole for the full year. Hutch is Hutch is straight. Brian Branch, I feel like he's bro, bro. I I w I wanna I wanna I wanna hear your I wanna hear your Lions record. Name for him, bro.
SPEAKER_00What's that? Uh winning against the Saints. Um I'd hope so. Losing against the Bills. Uh winning against the Jets. Uh winning against the Panthers. Losing against the Jets. I said winning against the Jets. Winning against the Panthers, winning against the Cardinals, winning against the Packers, winning against the Lions, winning against the Dolphins. Winning against the Lions. So I got y'all starting off. One, two, four, six, seven and one. Then I got y'all losing against the Patriots. Okay. Losing against the Buccaneers because y'all are struggling against the Buccaneers all the time. That's not true on Thanksgiving. That's not true. You haven't been in Tampa Bay in a while. That's not true. The last time y'all beat him. Bro, that's not a big thing. In a couple years.
SPEAKER_04Oh, bro.
SPEAKER_00I feel like it was like 2023. That's three years ago. You haven't beat him in a while. That's what I'm saying. Y'all played them at least, what, three times the last three years? Two or three times? What that should bring up. Y'all haven't beat him. Y'all lost to him in a playoff suit.
SPEAKER_03Yes, we have, bro. Stop talking, bro.
SPEAKER_00Maybe one time the last three times.
unknownNo.
SPEAKER_00They got a good record against y'all. Baker Mayfield, I don't think it's a loss against Detroit.
SPEAKER_04Lions, bro, 24-9. Bucks. 20 Lions. In NFC Divisional 31-23 in 2024. Lions 26 20 to 6 in 2023. Like, bro. Okay. What happened after that?
SPEAKER_00Bro.
SPEAKER_04Buccaneers. Yeah, the Buccaneers beat us two times, bro. Once. In the regular season. Once. Three times. In the divisional round, bro. Oh, that was 2020. That was 2020, bro. We looking at 2020. We're looking at 2024. 2023? 2024. And then they beat us two times. That was 2019.
SPEAKER_00You are two and four against the Buccaneers the last six games.
SPEAKER_04That's 2019.
SPEAKER_00The last six games are two or four against. That's a divisional round, bro.
SPEAKER_04They give you a fit. It's a close game. It's a close game, bro.
SPEAKER_00We beat up a playoff game, bro. They beat y'all by 40 points. Six years ago? I'm just saying six years ago. I don't play. Y'all don't play every year, bro. I'm being off of what y'all record for the last six games. Y'all are two and four against the Buccaneers. And then I got y'all losing against the Bears. Y'all gonna lose against the Bears. I got y'all losing or winning against the Falcons. Winning against the Titans. Winning against the Vikings and winning against the Giants. So I got y'all winning four in a row. But then I got y'all losing against the Bears and the Packers. Because you gotta go to Chicago, and then you gotta go to Green Bay. You still finna win the division, man? Y'all got that six losses. I do not think you're gonna win a division. But just me. I got y'all at six losses for the season. 11 and 6.
SPEAKER_03Oh.
SPEAKER_00We'll see. We will see. That's pretty good. You ask me. I got y'all at second division.
SPEAKER_04I mean, depending on how green big issues. I'll play better than Green Bay. I mean, bro, I think the best quarterback in my division. It's not all about that, bro. They don't have the best defense. They don't need the best defense, but you got the best quarterback. You can't even say that, bro. No, no, no, no. I'm not saying you can't say that. Who's got the best defense?
SPEAKER_00Detroit. Parsons is there. He's been career for the first eight weeks. Yeah, no, that's how they changes things. That's why they got the best. They got the best, bro.
SPEAKER_04In my opinion, Chicago. Bro, Detroit's got the best line in the fucking NFC North, bro. Stop. It's close.
SPEAKER_00Chicago's right there with y'all. Chicago, y'all lost a line, or no. Pretty sure y'all lost a lineman to Chicago the year before last year. And then they picked up one of Kansas City. They picked up three linemen last year. Last year they did. Chicago's line. Is very good.
unknownKeep calling out.
SPEAKER_00Chicago's line is very good. I don't know what, you know what I'm saying? Like that's part of y'all problem why y'all couldn't run the way y'all could and go off, got sacked a little bit more last year because that y'all line was not, y'all lost two or three linemen.
SPEAKER_03From which y'all had center, bro. We have some entire rag now, and we were bro, I'm telling you earlier, we were rotating fucking people in center, bro.
SPEAKER_00But y'all don't have a stable center right now. Chicago, I'm gonna go Chicago is a better team, in my opinion. That's just my opinion. 11 and 6 is good, bro. That's a good record. Bullshit. That's a good record, man. Bullshit. Hey. Come on, bro. That's a good record. I got you. We're gonna got y'all last or third. I got y'all better than Green Bay and Bay.
SPEAKER_04We're favorites to win the fucking division right now, bro. You're saying, you're saying you're bro. I don't know why.
SPEAKER_02Favorites to win last, bro. Get the fuck out of here, bro. We got the best offense in the division, bro.
SPEAKER_03We got the best. That's not arguable. Chicago's right there with you. If you look at it, bro, experience-wise, bro.
SPEAKER_02Think about Amon Raw that's played in the league for fucking Williams. He's been good for four years.
SPEAKER_04He's been bro and Laporta. Laporta's getting over the city.
SPEAKER_00They got two good commits and commit.
SPEAKER_02How many years? As long as he's been on the lions, he's throwing for fucking 4,000 yards, bro.
SPEAKER_04As long as he's been on the lines. It's going his third year, bro.
SPEAKER_02Golf has been on the lines for five, six years. Every year he's been on the lions, he's thrown for 4,000 fucking yards, bro. Like he's been good as fuck every year. And he's still and he's still got Aminra. He's still and he's got J-Mo. He's got Caleb Williams.
SPEAKER_00And he's got the fucking best running back in the league. If you walk up tomorrow and you find the biggest thing, no, he's not better than Williams. He's not celebrating Williams, bro. You walk up and down Brick and Porter at work celebrating all day long about Caleb Williams. You lying. Because if I didn't have Burrow, Evan and Burrow, I'd be like, fuck you. You kidding me? If they what do you mean? Well, why wouldn't you be excited? If you found out they traded fucking, if you got Garrett, Jared Goff for fucking Caleb Williams on that team, you kidding me. You smoking, nigga. Think about it. Yeah, I'm gonna let you sit there and think for a second. No, I mean, yeah. If y'all need that, I can be praised. That's not realistic, bro. Well, I know that, but you didn't think that Matthew Stafford for Jared Goff was realistic when it happened. Nobody seen that happen. And they pulled a trap. We know Chicago's not gonna be a good thing.
SPEAKER_02But it was, but it was a hypothetical, but it was a lot of stuff that went into that pick. Yeah, but it was a lot of stuff that went into that pick as well.
SPEAKER_00Fucking fucking bro, fucking Jared Goff had just gotten. Jared Goff, you can't win a Super Bowl with, bro. I'm being honest with you. That's why the Rams traded. I'm not gonna lie. What did they turn around and do? They won a Super Bowl with literally the next fucking year I gotta trade this nigga. Jared Goff is not a quarterback, he can get you there. But it's on other the rest of the team to finish the job.
SPEAKER_04That's all I'm saying. Bro, we have one of the best running.
SPEAKER_00Caleb Williams, I think, can get you there. And that's the difference. When you have that quarterback, bro. When you have that quarterback, I think you have it's like having the best player in the league, right? When you have a fucking, yeah, you know what I'm saying, a Giannis or a fucking Curry or a goddamn or Jalen Brunson or a Shea or whatever, you always have a chance. So I'm because he is that good, and because I believe Caleb Williams is that good, this is my opinion. That's why I give Chicago, I think Chicago is just now starting on their run. Just like y'all did three, four years ago. No, we finna fucking bust that run, bro. You had a two, three good years. Y'all made it to the NFC Championship. Y'all had a chance. Stop. But they're a little ahead of schedule, bro. Chicago's ahead of schedule. Right? Chicago wasn't supposed to be individual. Detroit's shit.
SPEAKER_03Detroit's still on their fucking prime, bro. Don't talk about that Detroit.
SPEAKER_00They're not, bro. Bro, stop that, bro. Stop it. They're not on their prime.
SPEAKER_04Our offense is fucking still gonna light shit up this next time.
SPEAKER_00But you keep mentioning offense, but the defense is the issue, and it's been the issue. That's what Carshaw gets the commanders game. Yeah. Dan Campbell, the mixture of y'all defense and then Campbell is a recipe for disaster. I'm just gonna tell you that right now.
SPEAKER_03But also, that fucking spill means.
SPEAKER_04Can I tell you this right now?
SPEAKER_00Bro, we were banged up. We didn't have nobody, bro. So I mean. If y'all don't make the playoffs this year, your boy Campbell is gonna be in the in a very, very hot seat. That seat is gonna be boiling. Yeah. If you go miss a Yummy special Detroit, they want to stay on the up and up. You go back-to-back seasons without making the playoffs, they're gonna look at Dan Campbell before they look at golf. Yeah, definitely. So, and maybe that's good for y'all. Maybe Campbell. I don't know, bro. Campbell's a good coach, but he's aggressive. He's too aggressive, bro. You know what I'm saying? I've been telling you that for a while, and I think that shit is gonna continuously haunt y'all, and it will. And it's no hatred. I mean, I wouldn't even give y'all the record I gave y'all. It was no bias here. You know what I'm saying? No bias at all. I think y'all in a good a good team, but y'all lost a very important piece and and Ben Johnson. That's to start off with. I don't I think that's being overlooked, to be honest with you. Um is the the the him leaving. Yeah. The instant success of Chicago, it may have been, you know, the Caleb, Caleb Williams, it could have been just, you mean them on up and rise anyways. But the fact that, you mean they went from being damn near the worst. I think they were the worst in that division the year before that. I'm pretty sure they had the worst record in the division to the best record in one year, and you guys went from first to third. You know what I'm saying? Ben John, we've seen that in the beginning of the season when Green Bay crushed y'all this last this past year, that first game of the season. We y'all couldn't run the ball at all. You talking about that line, but y'all couldn't run at all against Green Bay. Green Bay, y'all made Green Bay look like the best team in the first four weeks. I ain't gonna lie, I'm like, they look like they Super Bowl favorites. Like they were dominant. You know what I'm saying? But as the season went on, obviously we realized they weren't. Uh but I think Ben Johnson, that play call and the scheming, just the the trickery, the you know, not knowing who's gonna get the ball, you know what I'm saying? Like that shit changed Detroit. You know what I mean? That's you know what I mean. Like y'all were, I feel like y'all kind of known for trick plays during that time. Like, y'all would call some wild ass shit and get the play. And I don't know. Ben Johnson just added that little fucking little wrinkle to things. I mean, so I think until y'all get then y'all lost y'all defensive coordinator as well in the same year. You lost, that's big. You lose two coordinators. It ain't like you're gonna get better, you know what I'm saying, overnight where he's gonna fix things. You know what I mean? So that's why I think y'all will be better than last year. But I think Chicago is bringing damn near everyone back. You know what I'm saying? Coaches, all of that. Like they're picking up, I think they're gonna pick up where they left off last year. Chicago's a very good team last year. Yeah, that's fair. You know what I mean? They were really good. They were a clutch. They were good.
SPEAKER_04We'll see if they can step over that fucking hump they made for themselves last year.
SPEAKER_00I mean, they I mean let's not forget they were a player, they were one interception away from being the Rams. I mean, they were they damn near was in an NFC championship game. I mean, I mean they took them to overtime. I mean, bro, as good as that Rams team was.
SPEAKER_04I mean, bro, let's also not forget that the Bears have one of the hardest schedules outside of the division this year. So I mean, but you know I mean, dude, the fucking Bears schedule, dude. I'm I don't even think they're I don't even think yeah, they're not even out there. But let's fuck around.
SPEAKER_00See, and that's it, and that's another thing, is like, yeah, I don't even I mean, let's talk about that. I mean, the fact that the Bears aren't on, you know, the top 15 going into this year is kind of beyond. I mean, it's kind of disrespectful. You tell me Chicago's on a top 15 team in the league, you're crazy. In my opinion. I just do that. You know I just I would I think they're better than the Chargers. I think they're better than the Cowboys. I think they're better than obviously your Lions, I'm sorry. I think they're better than the Ravens. I think they're better than the Bengals. Bro, overall, overall.
SPEAKER_04I think they're better than Bangles.
SPEAKER_00Overall, they're not overall better than the fucking Lions, bro. Stop it. Going into this year after what I seen last year, yes they are. Yes, they are. That's just my I mean we just based off of last year. We don't know anything. So I'm basing every projection I see, I'm going into this year, what I seen last year. And I see at least six teams on there that should be below Chicago. That's kind of crazy to me. I don't know. I don't know what else they gotta do. You know what I'm saying? To show everybody, because I know the year before that when the commanders made their run, and you know, they beat y'all in the playoffs, and everybody was, oh, Jaden Daniels and the Commanders, they could be similar to what Chicago did. When the Chicago came around, I guarantee the commanders, if you look at this list going into last year, guarantee the commanders on that list. Oh, definitely. But it's in fact the Chicago son of it, that's kind of crazy. In my opinion. Yeah. Well, I mean, what would you I don't know, yeah. It's the same thing. I mean, I'm just saying, we're what what what what's the difference between that commander run and that Chicago run? I don't understand it.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, no, I don't know.
SPEAKER_00I mean, I remember Chicago was six and three, and people weren't believing it. I don't know. I still mean I'm like, you know, you are what your record says you are. No, definitely. And I mean, injuries and shit play a part in that, but you know, for the most part, you can only play what the hell is put on your schedule. And you know, Chicago, a lot of those games weren't the prettiest. And it's kind of similar with with Denver. You know, you look at the Broncos going in this eighth on this list. That's crazy to me. The eighth team, eight best team coming in from last year. You got one, two, three, four teams that didn't even finish better than they did last year. And you got these niggas, they got these niggas at eighth. That's kind of crazy to me, bro. Like, like I said, you mean like the Lions, Ravens, Bills, and Eagles. Going off right off rip. That's kind of crazy to me. I mean, I blah, I just, you know, Eagles is they dick riding Eagles, so that's why they got them at number two. Seahawks coming off a Super Bowl. Understand that. They always ride Josh Allen, so you know, and the Ravens get, yeah, what I don't know. The eighth. Yeah, yeah. Whatever. I don't give me I don't know.
unknownUnless it's kind of crazy. No, I don't really I didn't really think about it or looking into it.
SPEAKER_00But there's teams, you know, Jaguars maybe should be on there. Um, I don't know if the Chiefs should be on there. Because I mean they weren't the 12th best team last year. Uh, but I guess it's going it's considering odds and shit and going in this year, but we don't know Mahomes knee. We don't know if that's gonna, you know, we don't know. You know what I'm saying? It's a lot of question marks going in that cowboys at number 14 is a little high, and the Bengals is high. Uh just projections and expectations.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, just not seeing their whole offense for the for the second half of last season.
SPEAKER_00Offense on our defense is would be the issue. Offense on our work.
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_00Same thing with Dow Cowboys. I mean, the offense would be fine. You got Dad Prescott, Pickens, and CD Lamb. That'll be fine. Yeah. That offense is gonna put up 25 blindfolding. But uh but yeah, going into it though, that wraps up our uh top six. We'll get to um we'll go through from probably seven to eleven next time around, or seven to ten, and then finish what eleven to fifteen. Yes, sir. Um, but uh yes, sir. Thanks for uh joining in for another episode of C BD Sports Podcasting. Thank you for the likes, love all that shouts out to Happy Dad.