injury news Rams wide out puka AA missing the second half of Sunday night's game because of a knee injury as mentioned that same knee that was an issue during training camp for him coming off in absolutely incredible rookie campaign um how concerning is this for the Rams JJ yeah concerning because it kind of and I was just talking with the source uh a little bit ago on the phone it kind of looked like a little bit of a freak injury which never is good obviously the knee hit the ground hit the turf pretty hard but because it was an older injury as well you start to wonder gosh is this something that you know a regular football play is going to injure or on the cart right but the guy could walk and then he wound up coming back and played in a series now I watched his gate it didn't look all that good he very clearly was injured sort of more a Blocker we know him to be uh and then sort of as a decoy on one pass play and so we will see ultimately what the MRI results show this is a Rams team that last year pukan aula stepped up in Cooper Cup's absence and so now we may be talking about a former Super Bowl MVP Cooper cup stepping up in the guys uh who was going to take the Baton from him in his absence pukan nula so uh the Rams a a veteran group who they have nula but they also have some injuries there up front along the offensive line that they suffered uh in week one in the loss to the lions that they're going to have to get sorted through and sorted out once they can get through the MRI on Monday yeah Rams Fans are just feeling like hey we can't have a healthy Cooper cup and a healthy pukaa at the same time it's like a tradeoff let's talk about the Steelers because I certainly didn't have them as the only AFC North team to come out of uh week one with a win so we want to talk about grading Justin fields in that performance because it was serviceable JJ um again in that win over Kurt Cousins in the Falcon so if Russ is healthy week two what direction do you think Pittsburgh is going to go when it comes to the quarterback position well first of all in this graphic I I really need to pull up the film from 1970 and see Roger stabach rushing for 50 yards in Philly at at what I assume was Memorial Stadium like I remember that cam game for for the Patriots against the Dolphins I really want to see Roger talking this is Jonathan Jones talking if Russell Wilson is healthy enough to play in week two I think that Russell Wilson would start week too he obviously looked like he could start wearing the eye black and the the full pads and going out for the coin toss as an inactive player quite unusual uh but clearly that's Russell Wilson um both sending a message to himself and I think sending a message to the rest of his team uh as a captain of this team so what do I anticipate one of the things that was interesting Jacqueline was Mike Tomlin asked in the postgame interview uh about uh Justin fields and Russell Wilson and first of all he said ask me on Tuesday so we're not going to get a clear answer from the Pittsburgh Steelers until at least tomorrow but he also said that uh he would rather deal with shortterm misery is what he said I mean yes the Steelers only scored 18 points via six Chris Boswell field goals but would you consider the Justin Fields quarterback experience of uh that game as misery I thought that was just an interesting term to use maybe we shouldn't maybe I shouldn't read too much into it but uh that is what Mike Tomlin said when asked about it so again you have Russell Wilson he has the calf the sewers have been cautious with Russ uh dating back to early in training camp and so there was probably a lot more precaution for Russ here in week one uh even though it seemed very clear throughout the week that it would be Justin field starting in Atlanta but I do believe based off of what we saw yesterday against the Falcons there's nothing that should sway Mike Tomlin from where he has been about his starting quarterback ever since really April and that is that Russell Wilson should be the starter and of course for for storyline sake in a bit of a Revenge game of course we all want to see Russ go out and and play up against the Broncos in week two let's talk about Hassan reck his hold out it continues he's been away from the uh from his team for months um he's going to Forfeit 800k by skipping out on tonight's game JJ what more are you hearing about his hold out situation eight $100,000 for the game check that's what he's going to miss out on every game that he is not present a lot of money uh for a guy who has a base salary of a little bit more than $14 million this year looking of course for that long-term contract extension it's weird the the situation the best way that I can put it is it's weird uh not only is he going to miss out on $800,000 tonight uh he has also been fined an NFL mandated almost $5 million when you consider uh the training camp fines as well as the fines for missing all three preseason games uh we see right there he is in Elite company with what he has been able to do across various teams over the past couple of years there is no question that Hassan reik would make the New York Jets defense team pass rush all those things better but the Jets are not going to budge on someone who is not in their building they've been very clear about that uh over the last couple of months it has been consistent Hassan reck show up we'll talk contract don't show up we're not talking contract and so until Hassan shows up that I don't think anything's going to change maybe he's banking on the Jets suffering so much against the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night and perhaps beyond that they will come graveling back to him I don't see any NFL franchise doing that I don't see any franchise giving that sort of power over to a player certainly a nonar quarterback in today's NFL and as long as he continues missing out on those game checks that's real money we don't see jack on a lot of holdouts in the NFL regular season anymore because this is clearly legitimate money you miss training camp and while $50,000 per day is a lot to not only the average American but most Americans it is not really a lot to any veteran NFL player who has gotten a multi-million dollar contract extension Hassan reick Trent Williams they could stomach the training camp finds but missing out on almost a million dollars a week that's really hard to do in the prime of your career when you are about to be primed to get a contract extension that's that's really difficult to do so the Jets aren't going to budge they're not going to Blink in my opinion and then talking with folks there and so even if they do suffer and struggle tonight against the ners I don't see them calling up pan and saying hey stay at home let's just talk about this maybe on a zoom and we can figure out this whole contract thing they're not going to change on this so Hassan reic continues to be in this strange situation and until I believe he gets to Forum Park to the team headquarters nothing's going to change yeah we're talking about $800,000 a week it's of course serious money JJ we certainly appreciate it homecoming of sorts a California guy going back to the Bay Area to play the 49ers on Monday Night Football prime time Aaron Rogers with the Jets it did not go how we thought it would last season four plays and his season was over uh Jets fans football fans in general are hoping for a different outcome this time around back here on HQ jacn austino with Tommy Tran and we have Kyle long and Mike rener for a Monday night football preview and we heard that reporter's question right uh 40 years old coming off of an Achilles injury it's very unprecedented to come back and play at a high level Kyle I'll start with you what do you think Aaron Rogers is going to look like when he steps on the field I think he looks like Aaron Rogers we're going to see in the pregame he's going to have that spunk about him he's going to be like the A-Rod that we've come to know over the last couple decades but look Aaron Rogers the cast of characters is different for this guy the protection's going to be there they're going to be able to run the football effectively with Bree Hall um and I really do think that this New York Jets football team will play complimentary football it takes the pressure off of Aaron Rogers we all know the teams that Aaron Rogers been responsible for where it's like as he goes we will go no this is going to be a team New York Jets football team that's exactly what it is mik yeah I think you hit the nail on the head there it's not so much how what does Aaron Rogers look like it's what does The Supporting Cast look like cuz it's completely different than it was year ago you have two new tackles you have a new wide receiver two a new wide receiver three like the cast should be much much more upgraded Aaron Rogers might not have to do much to win this game I really like what they've done up front and I think they might lean on the running game a lot to kind of ease Aaron Rogers in and they can still win doing that so that'll be interesting because you guys are both sort of focused on obviously his side of the ball this was a team last year that was in playoff contention for most of the year because of its defense Mike if I were to ask you entering 2024 is this the same type of level of elite defense that we'll see on the field this year I think it is I think the only loss they had really Bryce Huff I think you're going to see Will McDonald last year's first rounder really replac what they had he looked great in preseason and if there's anyone who I trust to go and stop Kyle Shanahan it's the guy who was DC for him for forever Robert Sal so they have the talent at all three levels to match up with this 49ers offense that they're just trying to get new pieces up to speed themselves yeah they had to grow up a lot together last year and the onus was on that defense to keep them in game and TT to your point they were nearly a playoff football team with that defense without a procaliber quarterback so this defense grew a lot last year and we're going to see that the culmination of that this year with complimentary style and you know in one of my fantasy leagues I managed to snag Bree Hall and Garrett Wilson so double stack yeah so my uh my uh enjoyment in that league is certainly dependent on the Jets in their season um let's talk about the Niners because they are the favorites to come out of the NFC um they did get those deals done with their Stars Trent Williams Brandon iuk but there was a hold out situation they didn't go to training camp with that in mind Mike are you maybe expecting a little bit of a of a slower start for them to all gel and then also considering the Christian mcaffrey of it all where he's questionable with that calf injury I am I think you just have to look and see the Cincinnati Bengals and how slow they started and how hesitant Joe burrow was to go Jamar Chase's way to know that it's not as easy as it looks to get those guys even if you played together all last year the timing and the Rapport that you build in training camp is invaluable so for them CMC Trent Williams Brandon iuk to not have taken any snaps this entire preseason with that first team offense there will be growing pains and this is not a defense you want to have Growing Pains going up against yeah and they've got Christian mcaffry highlighted on the graphic there and rightfully so if Christian mcaffrey is not 100% particularly with a calf as you and I both know these calves are brutal to deal with and for a guy that cuts and can be so Speedy up and down chrisan mcaffry is going to be limited I think and also Brockie and Brandon auk they didn't go to college together like Joe Bur and Jamar Chase and they still couldn't get it figured it out on Sunday so for the reasons that Mike's talking about I have some concerns about this offense I'm not worried about Trent Williams one bit though yeah Trent Williams he is a dude's dude he's going to be able to get right in and slot in fine you brought up Brock pie Kyle this is a team where they have been built to win and we've seen them get to two Super Bowls over the last handful of years not be able to get through Brock py last season went through the entire Gambit what are your expectations for him here and two it's a career year it's a career year for this guy and I know that he's a ho hum very humble dude you know he's in the farmer commercials John Deere commercials but at the end of the day he understands what's going on the National Football League how much money these quarterbacks are getting and regardless of how he feels about keeping the band together in San Francisco as a as a player in the National Football League you want to maximize your earnings at Brock pie career year looking to really uh lick the envelope and stamp this thing you know what I'm saying I think sometimes we forget he's only in his third season I mean where was Jaylen Herz come from year two to year three he made him self a massive leap in his early years with the Philadelphia Eagles so if we see a similar leap from Brock pie and he could because this offensive line should be much improved I like what they added in Dominique punet Right Guard so maybe obvious passing situations they'll have a better chance and better protection for him if that's all the case and all these pieces gel early on here I mean we could be having an MVP conversation with Brock they're very very dangerous and Brock is more than capable of being in the MVP conversation yeah it's crazy when we think about somebody who was you know once the Mr talking poti MVP potentially earning 5550 mil a year that conversation we want to get your takes on on who's going to win the ners they are the favorites we you know a lot of questions around Aaron Rogers what's he going to look like Christian mcaffry with the calf injury we talked about it all but Kyle who wins it's about who has more to play for and I feel like the New York Jets are looking to reintroduce themselves to football fans all across the world San Francisco and Port ners you talked about it they've been in the big game a number of times in the last handful of years the Jets want to show the world put everybody unnoticed New York Jets are back yeah I'm going Jets as well and we talked a lot about this 49ers offense but I have some worries about the 49ers defense being able to replace guys like Dr Green law who's still out with his own Achilles Eric Armstead who went to the Jacksonville Jaguars I think the Jets can run on them by the way just to follow up on that you mentioned that that run defense for San Francisco what's the level of concern for you heading into this year Mike it's a little concerning I mean they're going to have to kind of piece it together especially without Dr greenoff he was healthy and in the lineup those guys can make up for defensive lineman being wrong but they don't have the guys that can hold up to to double teams that they've had in past Seasons they're going to have to get H create Havoc do a lot of different stuff up front stop the run with this Jets offense and with Bree Hall if there's a crease he can take it to the house okay tonight it goes down in Santa Clara Leonard Floyd by the way who took down Aaron Rogers last year as a Buffalo Bill now a part of the San Francisco 49ers fore spee spe fore spee speee spee spe fore fore foree spe fore spee byebye fore spee fore fore for