108. September Gutsy Calls, Award Predictions, Cooper Kupp's "Day-to-Day" Hamstring + Embezzlemen...

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get back into this in just a second the stubby club.com [Music] hello everybody and welcome to a massive week of the Outback quarterback podcast NFL is back as dos ad just in the camera Doss what's going on there mate oh this looked like a cotton or something was just in the front there but very good now uh Curtis how you doing very well very well uh look it was a very ad read just to start this show wasn't it the stubby club I'm not sure they'll be happy with that but you caught me off guard with what other team do you uh do I sub I about to say he didn't have a spreadsheet up so he couldn't reference the information do you think it would help if we were given a bit of notice there was an advert coming up for the stubby club that would have be nice' done one for the last 12 episodes Chris has given his Patriots and then you've accepted that yeah well cuz I just needed to end it at least he said a team you could have said one of I didn't what you said another team other than the team that I follow so then I'm rattling through busy looking at the cotton in your hair who do I like all right boys look we need to sort this out because it's a massive week I'm qb3 Curtis tooy across from the from me on the table is Chris Hall qb2 qb1 Matt M you've held your position going into week one look you were the you were the off season look at the smile I'd like to know what I'm actually doing to uh you know contribute think it's I'm not doing anything nobody else's I don't feel there's enough pushing up to sort of dislodge me from my spot at the moment well you'd better pered week one then this is this is all about you this week dos it's uh the N yeah prediction week we're doing that we got some of the biggest and best Outback quarterback segments returning we've got my boy that's back on Thursday we're doing a full draft a 15 pick draft for my boy across multiple positions that's going to be great we got gutsy calls to end the show today on Thursday we have Tiffany kov uh NFL expert she's been on on TV talking about NFL in Australia I mean that's that's one of the biggest guests we've ever had she's a super fan for the Cincinnati Bengals as well does so going to get to the bottom of the Joe burrow situation and uh yeah talk about how they're going to go in a tricky AFC North this year but today it's all about the predictions and then as I said gutsy calls to finish off how many hours of preparation today dos today oh well for this episode oh for this episode uh yeah there was a few I won't disclose exactly how many but you gave a pretty good indicator over the weekend in our WhatsApp group two plus it was it was well I was look I was doing some research last night oh yeah and it was late at night was after footy I was a bit tired and I saw your message pop up saying 2 and 1/ half hours and I said to Maddie watch me get this done in 20 minutes watch the efficiency of Chris Hall through this and he got it done in 15 exactly now I've got an email from quag just to kick off the show it's simply titled damn you Kurt and as we know quag is our resident Denver Broncos fan he says he's currently in a draft he says sorry I am currently in a draft where Hy and I are Pick 12 and 13 so always go one before the other um I was looking at the wide receiver depth player on the bench and had my boy Marvin Mims all lined up to go and Bam Chris Hall who had already taken Jerry Judy before me took Marvin Mims who's been getting a lot of hype Curtis from you over the offseason Chris took him from you talking him up and I blame you so was that a deliberate Ploy hly just to upset quag by taking it was it was not quite deliberate ploy to upset quag but I'm glad that I did upset him it was more because I had taken Judy and I thought okay Judy goes down Mims is probably in line to take a few extra snaps so I thought it was a smart choice and you've talked them up a lot and it annoys quag so I'm going to be happy about that and you obviously knew that quag likes Marvin Mims oh he's a massive Demo Man so yeah course so does that seem at all reminiscent to the Roshan Johnson situation earli in the year that I got lambasted for by both of you and by our fans for this ethical breach not really because I I discovered Roshan Johnson on the podcast gave you everything about him and then you went and stole him from me if this was a draft between you and I KT and I stole Mims from you i' well I just wouldn't would was that also in the dynasty draft this one's a redraft the one that I'm in with um that one is but the one that yeah he's got him for for Life yeah it's not it's not just a oneyear redraft it's a it's a lifelong act yeah I I've got him for life but I wouldn't have had you accepted the trade that I offered you immediately after which was we're going to go through this again are we clearing you're still you're still on my trade B Curtis really oh yeah you haven't mentioned it for a while although we have not got a we haven't traded between us have we no that's true all right we got a massive show uh but first us we need to start with the [Music] headlines now this is the last headline segment for a little while because as the offseason Fades away and our shows were based around all the news items in the offseason and games fade in Tuesday show is going to be all about game reviews and what happened on the weekend so enjoy it was the last time you're going to hear this little theme for a while only until we get to the near the trade deadline Curtis and a few teams become sellers little Cameo appearance yeah uh only two real headlines today unless like last week I've missed seven and dos will correct me as I go to finish the segment firstly Mike Evans his agent went public this week with a deadline of contract talks for September the 9th with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Evans is entering dos his final year of the contract that he has with the Bucks and has expressed a desire to stay a buck for life but it does raise an interesting question going into their seasoning season opener against the Vikings what happens here with this Mark Evans situation I think as I just alluded to around trade deadline will be one I think Tampa will be sellers because I don't think they're going to be any good this year and they will look to trade Mike Evans before the trade deadline this will be his last season in Tampa Bay uh you're famously one of Chris Godwin's biggest haters does he trade he could be another one too yeah I mean Mike Evans has more value than what Chris Godwin does so they're both both their their one and two are just gone just see you later and Arizona have a new rival for the number one pick apparently it's not a bad Play I Like It trade him to Arizona all right we'll run out of Ste on this I'm not I'm not sure Arizona will be but yes I think Mike Evans will be traded they won't they won't give him a contract extension in Tampa okay let's hope we have a slightly more organized and passionate answer for this one Cooper cup is visiting a specialist for consistent hamstring Troubles of course he's had these issues in the past and then he injured his hamstring on August 1st tweaked again in training last week Rams coach Shawn McVey has described the Super Bowl 56 MVP as dayto day but I can't see him playing week one against the Seahawks given where they're at dos can you see him lining up is another one that I just I just the well I just can't see the TR what initiative or I I guess um incentive the Rams have to play play Cooper car I can't believe we're going into week one and our whole headline segment is revolving around teams not trying to win well if he was 100% healthy he would be playing but the fact that he is not the fact that he's and they know that they're going to be bad this year but how can he be dayto day according to MC and seeing a specialist if he's gone into state for a hamstring injury it means it is bad it's probably tendon related which means you at three or four weeks or whatever it is and it means he's out for a while did you ever go inter state for a hamstring in I but we had we did have a hamstring injury a few weeks ago on our team that's a 15 weer who tore his tendon so it could it could it could be something along the lines of that where it's that bad that they need to get a second opinion if it needs surgery or not so just watch out cup could be in real Strife are you selling him if he's on your fantasy team I actually tried to trade for him like 3 days ago trade for him it didn't cuz I just thought if it's just a day to-day hammy then we're fine but goodness drawing that trade trade offer all right uh no more headlines Doss unless I'm sorely mistaken let's move on what do we got Awards predictions back in a oh [Applause] yes okay Big Show as we said week one is approaching it's here on Friday with the opener between Detroit and Kansas City at Arrowhead on Thursday we're going to do a big week one preview where we picked the games we're looking forward to and little tidbits on all the others but for now we're going through our PR predictions we're going to start with our division predictions who wins each div also the Super Bowl teams and then we're going to try and predict the best and worst regular season record now famously last year I predicted the Atlanta Falcons to go 115 and one uh ridiculous on all levels they ended up going s and 10 so that wasn't my best work but I'm feeling a lot more confident about my accuracy this year I've had 12 months to dial it in uh Doss why don't we start with what do you want AFC or NFC where are we going uh we can start with the NFC could all right well let's start with the NFC North well Yep this was probably the one that I deliberated over the most I think well tell us what you're thinking because our fans we put this out on Instagram and we always do this we have the the poll we got 250 plus votes for each division which is huge it was very very close the Vikings 43% the Lions 38% Packers got 11 Bears got seven where did you end up do yeah I ended up with Minnesota as well Curtis uh I think 13 and4 last year and they were 11-0 in one score games I think they'll regress a little but I still think 11 wins gets it done they've got a new defensive coordinator in Brian Flores in because that were horrendous against the pass rush last year nice pairing Jordan Addison and Justin Jefferson and TJ hackinson they'll have for a full season as well and Kurt Cousins I think could this could potentially be his last season in Minnesota under contract there so I just to with the lines but man they're just their defense worries me they were the worst in the League last year and I don't know if they've really got other than Aiden Hutchinson on defense I don't really know if they've got a whole lot better A little bit better in the secondary with Cam Sutton but Vikings C he just jumped straight in there I didn't even have to point to you H you wrapping him up I figured dos will explain all the divisions and I'll just give you who I think will win well I'm going the Lions only just I'm with the 38% of our fans that have chosen them let's go to the NFC South this was a runaway with our fans 59% picked the Saints then it was pretty much even between the Falcons and the Panthers 16 and 15% respectively and the poor old bucks got 10% I went with the Saints as well does anybody differ on the Saints I don't think so do we all agree that they're not an incredible team on paper but they're better than the rest I think they're the best in the NFC South but they're not going to do a whole lot of damage overall they got the easiest schedule in the NFL Curtis they're going to win 11 games how many playoffs uh they'll be out first of the playoffs but they'll win 11 games here's a team that may go a little further in the playoffs well division firstly NFC East where we've all gone the Eagles right oh yes yes yes yes 78% of our fans said the Eagles that is a huge number 12% went the Cowboys just 8% for the Giants and only 3% for the commanders I think um all seven of those votes were Paul chalbeck and his burner account who's and we got and Rick as well all right well they split we yeah they they split it up but yeah Eagles most complete team and it's hard to see them not winning 12 13 games NFC West is it any closer or the 49ers boys in your opinions The Runaway winners here too yeah by country mile I think Curtis 73% of our fans think so as well the Seahawks got 19% and then well SE surprising amount of love for the Rams at 6% and then Cardinals 2% who are the six people who voted for the Cardinals do we have do we have the LA Rams Australia account following us on must we must and all of the social media people who work for it uh I think the six people who voted for the Cardinals must just be rival podcasts trying to discredit our segment cuz that makes zero sense I mean they've they've only just stopped short of publicly saying we're tanking this year uh after they cut Colt McCoy and Clayton jun's going to be starting week one and Josh Dobson dobs Josh dobs sorry well I mean who knows they may have got a guy called Josh Dobson who's different of Josh dobs I like how the the teams is so bad that everyone is going oh no I can't believe they cut CT McCoy he was probably eyeing off an MVP or something this year he's a 47th best quarterback in the league and he was their best by mile NFC sorry no AFC North now the Bengals got 67% of the vote Ravens 17 Steelers 12 Browns only 4% that hurts doesn't it well couldn't care this but not uh I have a he's got the hands on the hips gold watch flinging around haircut he's had he's run the blow dryer through the hair it looks nice the barber did thank you though thanks do see well now I've got all this Confidence from it today look in the mirror I think yeah looks really good but there's a little thing in the back of my mind knowing I can never do my hair as well as the barber did it today this is the one day I get to enjoy a 100% of its potential tomorrow it'll be maximum 70% uh but I was surprised generally that whilst yes the Bengals are the favorite I thought some of the other teams get a bit more here it's the tightest division for me but 67% Bengals is that is that a bit High dos bit high for me because I'm well I doesn't surprise me but I'm going with the Steelers wow to win to win the division tie well tight with CC I think they'll both get 12 wins and I'll tell you why I think all the AFC North will split their game so they'll all be three and three home and LW they've got the eighth easiest schedule so give them the three wins I think they can beat the 49ers at home which is in week one 4 ners were sluggish to start last season I reckon they can beat the Dos dos we're not doing gutsy calls yet mate yeah I know we're get we're can get there that's not a gutsy call I legitim they got a great record at uh Acure Stadium no longer H and field unfortunately uh but they play the Rams Texans Cardinals Raiders Titans Packers Colts and Patriots I give them 12 wins a looker in the bunch I give them 12 wins the Steelers okay and I think that can get it done don't mind that I was going to go for the Browns to win the division but then I remember my prediction a few weeks ago was that Cincinnati would win win the division Browns would just do more damage somehow in the playoffs I'm sticking with the Bengals Hy who uh I'm going Bengals as well Curtis I actually think that they'll um in the AFC they'll win the AFC eventually and make it to the Super Bowl so backing them in this year cool do you just want to do all your other predictions while I throw who's is Joe bar MVP well no he's not he's not he's not I have some other predictions in the AFC coming up don't worry AFC South another Runway with voters the Jags got 74% of it that does make a fair bit of sense Titans 13% Colts eight Texans just 5% are the Jags that much better or the Titans a sneaky chance if things go well dos yeah Mike I mean I pick the Jags but I'm just it it's hard to you know with such a favorable schedule the playoff hype Trevor Lawrence trajectory that he seems to be on and arguably they got better in the offseason as well it's just funny that all of a sudden everyone trusts the Jag years I don't know how much I trust them when it comes to you know competing against probably the top three or four in the AFC but I trust them enough to win the AFC South hly any doubts with the no Jags Jags 100% mate one go the AFC two to go oh two to go sorry the AFC East bills got 54% of the vote 22% went to the Jets 16% went to the Dolphins and 7% to the Pats I have gone for the New York Jets I like Aaron Rogers I like the sentiment around them I thought you know no one's going to remember if I get this wrong but I'll be a hero if I predict the Jets and they get it so go Jets dos not going on the Jets bills for me uh Curtis they're a good regular season team they're going to win enough games to get it done go on the Dolphins Curtis I'm big on uh Mark white big on big on Mike White this year no I'm big on T this year T Tyreek jayen they're coming fellas all right AFC West no surprises 78% of the listeners went for the Chiefs same here I assume 9% each to the Raiders and charges wow listeners are low on the charges that surprise you dos 9% equal with the Raiders and then only 5% for the Broncos that does a little bit I thought it may have been a bit bit higher the Chiefs I mean I've gone the Chiefs as well cuz the Chargers just burnt me last season Curtis after I pumped them up 12 months ago and just let down but it's just so hard to bet against Mahomes even with probably one of the thinnest wide receiver rooms in the NFL do you know what the the current team reminds me this this Chiefs team reminds me of the 2006 Patriots where they had Coldwell a 35-year-old Troy Brown Doug Gabriel and a 32-year-old Cory Dylan at running back Brady only threw 24 touchdowns in the season but they still went 12 and4 and won the division I'm pretty sure that's what what's going to happen here with with Kansas City I think they'll win 12 13 games just with Mahomes and Kel's Brilliance and that's how they'll get it done any chance of an upset here Hy for the last division don't think so Curtis all right so there's a lot of runaway winners there that's the easy stuff the divisionals now we get to our Super Bowl prediction Hy you kick us off who are the teams playing in the Super Bowl and who's going to win it I've got Philly and ciny and Philly win it this year okay however overall are we talking number one seed for the NFC and AFC going into the playoffs we're just talking who makes it but who will be who will be your number one seed Jacksonville we our best record because of their poor division mhm yeah I think Jacksonville will be the have the best record uh in terms of the I think Eagles will go 143 and Jacksonville will go 13 and four well you're saying for your NFC AFC NFC AFC yeah but I think it'll be but I don't think Jacksonville can like you said match it with the top Echelon of the teams of teams just yet but I think this is since he's cuz I think once Kansas City get through the playoffs I think it's just too much to rely on one receiver and terms of Kelce I think once you come up against better defenses they can smother that a little bit who did they have last year they only had Juju that was the only well yeah they had guys that contributed but this year the guys that contributing are just guys never even heard of but like we said last year we're probably saying the same thing weren't we Curtis we didn't expect Jerick McKinnon and ISO to go nuts oh I did cuz I had McKinnon in my fantasy team but um I think once once come playoff time I think teams can smother Kelsey a little bit but I think it's uh since he's here this year dos Super Bowl teams yeah despite me having the Steelers win the division I actually think it will be Eagles and Cincinnati in the Super Bowl as well I've got the best record Eagles at 13 and four and we prob give you did you give your worst record I I haven't yet Cardinals 3 and4 though okay I had was 1 and 16 Cardinal 2 and 15 so they always SN Jag and easy kylo will be back eventually Sur he's good enough to win at least one out of five games if they don't play kylo at all they could be zero in 17 you know the other thing I think the Eagles I don't know if it comes down to gutsy calls or not but I think they'll be N9 and0 they I think they have a run where they play bills Chiefs and 49ers in three games something like that but apart from that every game they play they will be heavy favorites mhm well they would last year with a very favorable schedule so uh it's going to be interesting so Curtis who have you got lined up uh so I've also got the Eagles winning the Super Bowl but they'll be beating the Cleveland Browns love it love it so the Browns as I said will finish second maybe even third in their division and then it'll all come together towards the end they'll have a rolling Juggernaut and they'll fall just short uh again it's a it's a it's a heroic prediction if if it comes true we'll remember it if it doesn't we'll forget it uh worst record as I said Cardinals 2 and 15 and the ners I've got going 14 and three throughout regular season that's our team predictions we're going to be back a little later with our individual Awards and statistical predictions but Doss has got some trivia coming up in a [Applause] sec very quickly becoming a staple of the show dos your trivia as you give me a knowing little nod and a smile it's starting to rival H's joke at the end of the week so um getting a bit jealous boys I might have to have my own little I think we need I think we need some more um what Jingles or introductions Hy for your for your joke and then for My Trivia think I do I think I need a little jingle for my joke yep and I think maybe you're delivering some of your finest ones with a bit of mus do well we had this song last week Tri yeah you've got a song do okay was CT's Corner hand Downs okay hit us with it fellas the Chiefs in line season opener now they've played each other five times since 2003 because obviously they're in different conferences but four out of those five games have been quite highs scoring 50 points combined the last time the Chiefs played the Lions was week four in 29 the Chiefs won the game 34 to3 how many touchdowns did Patrick Mahomes throw in that game zero correct he did not throw one don't now that's part one part two is how many regular season games has Patrick Mahomes had zero touchdown passes and one no is six but uh one of those was what's his name obviously against two of those have been against Denver Dallas Tennessee he actually are you sure he started those games yes he had three in 2021 season Tennessee Dallas and Denver and then one in 17 one in 18 against Jacksonville and then that 2019 one against the Lions that surprises me I genuin I mean that was a guess before I genuinely cannot remember a game where Patty Mahomes is not thrown a touchdown sorry except for the Super Bowl loss of how many points5 34 in that game 34 points throw TD how many did he run any Harrison Buck has scored 11 field goals so Harrison buck so LESA McCoy had a touchdown run uh butka had the two field goals there was a 100 yard fumble return by bash breand oh uh and uh 100 yard darl Williams derell Williams one yard run in as well touch I had two one yard runs established here is that from time to time Patrick Mahomes is an absolute liability so uh and how many will he throw on Friday dos uh touchdowns yes or I think he's against that line secondary I think he's going to throw four would you say Patrick Mahomes is more of just a sort of game manager he th a dink and dunk operat him and Desmond r a very similar good one dos taking a [Music] [Applause] [Music] s go on dos what do you want to say well I was just looking because I wanted to see that last time that these two teams played each other and being into conference it been a while ago and then I saw that in that game I was looking through here mahome zero touchdowns I was like I can't remember too many games where Patrick Mahomes had zero touchdown passes so six in total all right another one for the vault Dawson another one for our nights out during the year individual predictions let's start with the MVP I mean we're all we're all going Patrick Mahomes right jayen Herz Jaylen Herz see I wrote Jaylen Herz and then I looked at it before and it just didn't feel right I'm a I'm a Chief's fan and got Patrick M so you're biased so the podcast is biased well it's at least he got three points of bias he doesn't have his Chiefs cap on yeah I'm surprised he didn't put Chiefs in that's true wreck his haircut actually no I'm going Herz fellas purely on it's his time Mahomes has had his time last couple of years now it's someone else's time to step up dos I've also gone jail and Herz cuz I thought cuz I thought he should have been MVP last season and the only reason he didn't get it last season because he missed those two games through injury exactly right dos we called that as well throughout the year didn't we we did offensive player of the year have gone uh repeat Justin Jefferson I just can't look past him H some exciting predictions oh come on then who have you got Jimmy grah back at the Saint I got BR my boy BR what why are you Shing shoulders at me so not even offensive rookie of the year which I think he'll win in a caner yeah so I've got him offensive Rookie of the Year as well okay so both Awards well you're not going to win a offensive player of the year and not win offensive you can win the MVP and not get offensive player of the year if you're if you're the Rookie of the if you're a rookie and you're Inn offensive player of the year you don't think he's going to win offensive rookie of the year I don't think the NFL will give him both yeah I don't think they will either but the corrupt the corrupt NFL do n I've gone Tyreek Hill for offensive player of the year I think as you've chosen a player on my fantasy negative decline watch list to win what later on was wide receiving yards back and Doss in here yeah so I think Tyreek Hill is set for a big it was on track it was going off last year until Tu went down with a concussion so fingers crossed Tua stays healthy and I can't see any reason why Tyreek Hill can't have a massive year for the Dolphins defensive player of the year we' got miles Garrett I think this could be the year that it all comes together he can well he proven to have big numbers in the past and now he's got a few more weapons on that dline along with him he's my boy as long as he keeps his opponent's helmets on and doesn't whack anybody in the head with him he should be fine Holly uh TJ what I'm hoping he has a healthy year he's back has a healthy year like dos said the Steelers are in for a big year I think they'll really ride the back of um a big year from TJ watt so defensive player of the year fellas I had cuz I went Nick boser last year Kurt and it was hard for me not to go Nick boser again but I thought it's hard to repeat Aaron Donald did it couple of years ago I've actually gone with Micah Parsons who single-handedly won about four games for the Cowboys last year when Cooper Rush uh was in at quarterback he did not win those games he's averaging 13 and 13 sacks in his first two seasons in the NFL and I can't see any reason why he couldn't get up around 156 and again three Force fumbles last year 28 QB hits he's just a beast and uh he's going to lead that Cowboys defense and I think he'll be a defensive player of the year onto the Rookie of the Year Awards offensive rookie of the year now this is an interesting one with a a bit of a strange history a lot of people assume that it's a quarterback that's the favorite for this award as it is for the MVP and such but only three out of the last 10 winners of offensive Rookie of the Year have been quarterbacks dos any uh memory of who they might be it's a tough question without notice Andrew Luck would have uh no Joe no Joe burrow win one no Joe burrow no no he injured his knee in the first year didn't he he did indeed think AFC West one of them and NFC West for the other Al so Patrick Mahomes must have been one incorrect no he he only played a handful of games in his rookie year he played in his second year Justin Herbert Justin Herbert yes Kyler Murray was in 2019 and then all the way back to Dak Prescott in his very good first year in 2016 so last year of course was Garrett Wilson the year before that was Jamar Chase and that leads me to think that it's going to be another wide receiver this year who wins it and that is jsn the Seattle Seahawks I really like this guy loved him in college loved where he ended up with the Seahawks and even though he's only the third receiver on their depth chart I think he'll make a huge impact uh and hly will be happy with that cuz he's in his fantasy team I've got him in fantasy fellas where have you gone H uh where sorry well he's he's obviously taken very early in the draft for a reason I think he's going to have a big you know sa one kind of first year down at Atlanta um and if he ends up topping 15600 yards and I don't know how he can't he can't be the offensive rookie of the year I think we know where H's going to go with his rush yards prediction as well for a bit later I I also went to bejan Robinson purely because Arthur Smith's coach drafted Robinson for a reason he's a run first coach uh the quarterback Desmond Ridder I have no I just haven't seen enough that he can throw the ball all that well he's going to run which makes the production for Drake London and Cole Pitts I think uh low this year now bejan is the favorite for the award and Young Richardson and stad are the next in line and jir Gibbs is fifth favorite ahead of Jackson Smith and jigra that JSM but I think he's out for the first couple of weeks of the season is with his fractured plate fractured wrist Curtis or is that confirmed he's missing a couple that's right Christian Watson almost won it with about five good games towards the end of last year uh let's go to the Defensive Rookie of the Year the favorite there is Will Anderson on the edge for the Texans and Jaylen Carter and Christian Gonzalez the cornerback for the Lions who have you gone with seaha uh Will Anderson I think I made that call he's one of my boys I I couldn't not back um bean and Will Anderson in for offensive rookie and Defensive Rookie of the Year so yeah Will Anderson with however many sacks I predict him to have 15 or something wasn't it 88 something ridiculous he's going to break the uh sack record for a rookie that's right he is too uh I went Jaylen Carter Curtis because he was basically uh the number one pick up until the uh off field incident that happens with NFL players occasionally but the Eagles are calling him the very diplomatic there do happens occasionally the you can write any any indiscretion from anyone in the whole world off that way uh they did this terrible thing but you know that happens occasionally Yeah well yeah this guy embezzled millions of dollars from his company butas it happens occasionally in the business world he didn't quite well so he fell down and obviously the one of the best teams in the NFL decided yeah we'll take a uh we'll take a punt on him hardly a punt the baby rhino is what they're calling him though in Philadelphia Curtis most tackles in college football last year for Georgia I can't see how that won't translate across to Filan already in a very strong defense so I'm going with Jen Carter well Hy you lamented our boring picks earlier and you two have gone the first and second favorite for this award with your predictions I've gone one that's a bit gutsier Emanuel Forbes the cornerback from the Washington commanders oh he was your little sleeper in the draft actually like that yeah he was and he went he went fairly High I think he ended up going pick 16 if I remember correctly but he does things that catch the eye he makes some outstanding picks he's a ball Hawk he's exciting to watch rangy cornerback I reckon he'll make an instant impact for those commanders that takes us boys to the comeback player of the year now this is it's a weird award let's be honest the criter understand no no real yeah I mean it just has to be Demar Hamlin this year right yeah well but no why he has to play well or does he just have to play he just has he's made the roster he'll win it just from that all he has to do is just walk on the field and he's a comeback Play Over the year so I don't understand odds in America right I understand Australian if it's too too to one obviously $2 per $1 but what does plus 2,000 mean in American odds $20 I think $20 what read out the OD read out the OD well I'll read them in reverse order from the top five so Bree Hall and Lamar Jackson are plus 2500 Russell Wilson and two a Tong of AO or a plus 2,000 dear Hamlin is minus 285 yeah so that mean you lose money yeah so basically if you give $100 then they'll give you $2,500 back for yep um the $2500 bets and I think it means that you have to put $285 on Demar Hamlin to win a 100 so it's gone the other way around cuz it's minus all right I thought it was if you bet $100 and you win you P you pay them to8 you owe them $185 right okay below even but look I don't think how can go any other way they've got guys on the list like you know Trey Lance coming back from what not playing Calvin rley coming back from getting himself suspended what it is I've gotten Russell Wilson I think he's going to have an an outstanding year coming off a year where he was poor I saw there was there was predictions online for Aaron Rogers to win comeback Player of the Year like that's why I just don't really get the award what what do you have to just just have to improve let's have our own comeback player of the year I think that we judge at the end of the year Curtis Outback quarterback comeback player we'll come up with some criteria every game we do 5 4 3 2 1 come back play sounds good to me look strange one but I think dear h wins he's my prediction you've got yeah I suppose if he just has to walk on the field then he wins yeah yeah I don't know how I don't know how they can have that incident happen someone get back healthily and then on a WS night they look straight through him and give it to Russell Wilson I just can't see that happening if I thought you still had to perform at a decent level but obviously if you didn't want to count him I actually had Lamar Jackson oh yeah as M should we call the biggest improver it should be well it should be separate it should be a most improved award but also then that's that's a different award award too because can someone winner most improved if they used to be great like Russell Wilson had a bad year and came back that's not most improved that's just most improved from last year you know I've won most I won most improved award twice at the Eagle so you had a gap year I won it in my second year and then again like my fifth year cuz but but my fourth year was massive form my fourth my fourth year wasn't that bad I was playing okay but my fifth year was just so good that I've always improved most out of anyone it's just G so we got to give we got to give Chris an award we got to give him something most improved that's good cuz you don't want the coaches award really do third and best in as well but that was a good year anyway dos you missed a you missed I think episode 17 of the podcast could you win comeback podcaster of the year cuz you had an episode off a year ago down with Co that's a fair point last individual award uh oh I almost gave it away their coach of the year Robert Sala for me New York Jets I think their record will improve I think they win the division and therefore you probably have to give it to Old Rob hly here you go Sean pton Curtis I think he going to work wonders um down at the Broncos and I think quag will be very happy with that dos yeah I actually think Shawn pton will win as well and uh purely because the Denver Broncos have to be better than what they were last year and the scripts written for a second Kevin James movie playing Sean I think they've already started a ride very quick let's rattle off our number predictions uh no analysis just num numbers give it to us quarterback touchdowns I got Patrick Mahomes winning with 34 I've gone two with 39 Oh I went Justin Herbert over 35 QB interceptions uh I've still got two names rattling around my brain here dos you go first I've got Kurt Cousins throwing 15 picks Kurt Cousins I got Anthony Richardson playing throwing 23 that's incredible I have both cousins and Richardson I got rid of cousins ended up with Richardson at 19 they're going to persist until they can persist they just keep playing him and they oh but he's rushing the ball well yeah he's throwing two picks a week that's what I I don't think he'll throw the ball enough to get enough what I was worried about after he gets banned I and I also thought the same about Bry young and I was like I don't think they'll throw enough picks but I think richon has the potential to throw enough picks but like you said the ball a lot so it could hold him back anyway rushing yards almost went for ra Andre Stevenson but then I chickened out and went Nick chub because he's the best Pure Runner in the league holy I wanted oh what did I say h sorry 16001 I wanted to go Nick chub but I went by was 1676 he didn't want to go anywhere else other than that I went Nick chub with 1400 Justin Jefferson for me wide receiver yards just like last year 1699 Tyreek Hill 1995 he's going Big D I went Tyreek I went Tyreek Hill 1900 you boys are delusional the cheaters falling off tight end receiving yards T.J Hockinson I went in a surprise 12200 I think Travis Kelce has uh oh his best year 1470 yards purely because he's the only one that momes has to throw to I agree I still think you're 1,200 yards but I agree with tr KY two to go we had we had a couple of other oh no we had one more prediction last year which was kicker accuracy but I've just quietly deleted that from from the list I won that last year I predict that Danel Carson is a sneaky backup goat he's so good and his brother's now a Green Bay is he really yes as a kicker yeah nailed nailed one from 50 OD yards in a preseason game flushed it you have been diving deep into preseason haven't you I saw that one highlight let's take it easy but yeah one highlight from the old preseason a kick did you well that's a Green Bay game he watched that whole game I don't believe him at all uh most interceptions I went Patrick Satan from the Denver Broncos with nine a huge year nine y hug short small year for interceptions this year boys after last year nobody gets any zero garders just going to lead the league tied with about four other guys on five nice like that I'm not going to mention the other four guys yeah come on Eric stok stes imagine if he comes out this year has like seven I'll tell that I went to Jer Alex with from Green Bay six interceptions Curtis okay finally sacks is the firstly is the record going to Tumble this year 22 half or something no I don't think so I think it will well I think Miles Garrett doing 23 boys oh that's big you reckon zidus Smith will take some away uh no I think you creat some okay really reversed that on you didn't it us Yeah couple couple of extra half sacks perhaps oh perhaps yes yeah I went Nick boser again 8 and a half sacks I've gone TJ with a all right that's it it's locked in we can't change it we're going to refer to this probably the halfway point of the year because it's always a subject of much mockery and enjoyment and then of course we're going to check back at the end of the year but what we want to hear is all of you Outback QB on Insta hit us up in our DMS with things that we got wrong uh you can abuse me for choosing the brown well we haven't got anything wrong yet yeah but the fact that we've chosen different answers means that um by definition some of us are going to be very very wrong and judging on previous form probably YouTube boy judging on previous form some of ours will be comically wrong but hey we put ourselves out there for the good of the people but please let us know the ones we got wrong ones you think we got right more importantly the ones that you think are going to come to fruition give us some gutsy ones as well cuz we got gutsy calls coming up later on back in just a [Music] [Applause] [Music] second oh that work me out what does this mean boys gutsy calls gutsy calls time to get guts it's I actually think this my favorite segment on the whole the show that and my boy we've we've packed the favorite segments into the show for the week one preview now for those who are new to the show gutsy cools is when you know we go out on the limb dos we put our reputations on the line yeah we're not you're not backing short prize favorites courtesy not at all not at all it's all about getting gutsy we do it month by month throughout the season and of course season starts this week here are gutsy calls for September who wants to kick us off with their first gutsy call of the year year Lads all right I can kick us off oh sorry is this just for is it I'm doing one for the whole year here oh I thought this was September September oh well buger that just divide when I was typing didn't I was like oh this is going to be weird we're not going to look at this again until the end of the year just divide it by four you'll be fine well my guty call is that Bears make the playoffs and have a top five offense for TDS and yards so are you saying that they go 4 and0 again is that where we're going I can't do that again that was too that was too stressful last year do you want to you revise your prediction iics Kurt oh my gosh first month F first month of the Season Kurt the Steelers are going to be 4 and0 Kenny piet's going to have 10 touchdown passes Steelers 4 and0 who who have they got doesn't matter oh doesn't matter doesn't even look at the schedule I'm going to have a look at the schedule you can have a look at it it's favorable early not going to lie I think they got the Browns as their only uh division but they got the 49ers week one so I'm backing they got the Niners and the Browns Browns are making the Super Bowl dos yeah well I don't have a making little pal over here has got him so uh P 10 touchdowns so ready for George pickings oh yeah five touchdowns in the first see this is the other thing with gutsy calls just when you think they couldn't possibly get gutsier we just squeeze the lemon for extra predictions just little bits on top so we got Pittsburgh 4 and0 uh picket throwing what 10 touchdowns Pickin five of those pick five and TJ wat five sacks all right I'm going to get gutsy too boys the king will cease his Reign he will abdicate the throne to J Spears will have more carries than Derrik Henry in week four injury wise or purely fit Derrick Henry he's an idiot dropping a fit derck Henry in week four they'll ride him until he's injured until until his ankles fall off mate well look if derck Henry is injured I still win this because you absolutely do I think that Spears is a good player as well I think by the end of the year he would take over Derek but week four full confession I did do that for like my year prediction and then I at the last minute also realized it was September only but I thought screw it this is gutsy calls it's not timid calls to J Spears I watched three minutes of his highlights on the weekend and convinced me he's going to be better than Derrik Henry holy who you got all right we've got two after 4 weeks we have 1500 yards TQ after 4 weeks will be averaging 50 yard and TD a week and those two will be absolutely flying MVP favorites Dolphins will be on fire but the reason this is so gutsy fellas because they play Patriots in the bills in the first four weeks who are known to have very good defenses they've got Broncos and the Chargers who I don't think we'll be too bad this year either but they've got four tough games to start off with dolphins will be four and0 and these two boys will be flying huge that is huge you ready for this Curtis go for it going to shut down your uh AFC the Jets 0 and four oh no jets are 0 and four Rogers will have more interceptions than touchdowns in the first four weeks and the New York media is going to be tearing the Jets apart oh boy that's not what I wanted to hear then they'll win 13 in a row and come roaring back right uh I have got one of the New Orleans Saints or the Green Bay Packers going for and I perfect record after four games the reason being the Saints have the Titans then they're at the Panthers then they're at the Packers then they then they got the Bucks the Packers have the Bears Falcons Saints and lions one of those two teams will have a perfect record I also had a another little sneaky when I was going to Chuck in I thought the Cardinals might just Jag a sneaky win that nobody expects and ruin all the predictions of ow and 17 but we'll watch the space holing stuff it Kurt they're doing it the boys are gone four and0 this year dos the Bears they'll knock off the Packers week one week two is an absolute tring of Tampa Bay Buccaneers week three they out and beat the chiefs no one ever expected and then it's just down the Broncos sorry what yeah exactly the chief see your Chiefs they going for where's that in Kansas it's in Kansas it's pretty gutsy I'll be honest with you that I don't even believe it to be 40 again I can't believe we're g to this roller coaster yet again I didn't I don't yeah is that because you didn't prepare it now you're panicking oh yeah exactly I love I love that his lack of preparation has somehow dropped him in the Bears 4 and0 net well I had Bears I had Bears is making playoffs top five TDS and just overall yards I didn't have them winning any playoff games or going four and another to start but now I got to quickly make up something else with the Bears love it Justin field through the ball 313 b or something last year Brady threw the ball 700 times last year interesting comparison I can't see Justin Fields throwing the ball enough for the bear SC touchdowns you got any more sneaky gutsy Co dos or is that you done uh first coach five might not be in September but October it will be uh Todd BS from Tampa a poor Todd I like Todd yeah not doing a lot right though is he I think he be why will he be fired he's got nothing to work with I think yeah I think he'll be out all right I don't think they I don't think they were great last year with Brady's last year and I don't really think they raid him as a coach all right that's goty Co it's quite an energetic segment I always feel a little exhausted after that it's just sucking them in all right that's the Tuesday show we've got a big Thursday coming up like I said we're doing our week one preview I mean real football's backl nothing more exciting than that we're also going to do our my boy Squad the draft and then uh what's up and about for the draft love any any kind of draft we've also got Tiffany kov Super Fan for the Bengals uh Australian NFL TV personality we'll be back on Thursday thank you Hy thanks Curtis thank you dos thanks Curtis thank thank you Chris and thank you everyone for listening we'll be back [Music]