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the Chargers get started with a new head coach against a Raiders team that got the last head coach fired stop asking stop pointing it out stop talking about how bad the Chargers have been it was an embarrassment that Thursday night in December but now Jim Harbaugh is there the Raiders come to La he's 4-0 in week one games he would tie Raymond Barry as the only coach to be 5-0 in week one games and I fully believe in Harbaugh as nutty as he is as big of a lunatic in a good way as he is I think it works and it will press the right buttons and it will get the most out of the Chargers especially against a team that they should be able to beat yeah I think they win this game Mike the thing I worry about is Justin Herbert in that foot pler fascia injury in his right foot you know he had two weeks where he was in the walking boot but I'm not so sure he wouldn't talk a lot about it this week I'm not so sure that that thing's not going to linger all season and he'll have to manage it and and probably play through a little bit of pain I hope not I hope he's 100% the whole entire year but it's just something that we have to watch um and and see how he's going to perform with the foot after missing time in Camp the way he did he was off the injury report on Wednesday completely created the impression everything's fine and then we find out Thursday he's back on because the league told the Chargers you got to put him back on so look I didn't know they' already hired Conor stallions to work in the training staff with the La Chargers but here we are okay uh I'm kidding I'm I'm I think I'm kidding but look the injury reports already worthless but if you got a guy who's getting active treatment on the foot and I'm sure that's what it came down to well he fully participated in practice so we don't put him on the report but if you's getting active treatment on it still even if he fully participates you list him as having the injury and that he fully participated in practice it's not that complicated all right uh it's not that complicated in Pittsburgh you play great defense you have a running game and you hope you get something out of your quarterbacks that formula made the Steelers confident that Russell Wilson should be the starter they take on the Falcons on Sunday the problem is Wilson was legitimately off the injury report on Wednesday he was fine the calf injury that he suffered to start training camp had healed on Thursday Mike Tomlin Steelers head coach said that Russ felt tightness so he was limited in practice and now all of a sudden it's up in the air as to whether or not it will be Russell Wilson or Justus fields at quarterback when the Steelers visit Atlanta Shireen well another injury I think Mike you're going to have to watch the whole entire year it's we don't even know if he's gonna play this week we'll find out today what his status is when they put out their status report Mike questionable I suspect it'll be questionable probably be questionable but we could see Justin Fields there's no question about that but another lingering injury that you would just a soft tissue injury that you worry about lingering for a while I mean he had that early in training camp camp and now it's popped back up again so something again this these Steelers are going to have to watch the whole entire season you know these players change position I almost said the Broncos like you get used to them with one team and then they change teams and you really got to think about which team are they with now as we age those tendons and ligaments and muscles rebel against dramatic application of forces to them and that's what happened to Aaron Rogers last year he had a cafe injury early in Camp before it became the Achilles tear and who knows if there's any connection between the two and you've got Russell Wilson now with this chronic problem and and whether it's a hamstring a calf it needs time and you think it's healed and then something happens it grabs you feel that grab I've had both I've had calf and hamstring and you hey I'm fine wait a minute I thought I was fine why am I not fine and that may be where Russell Wilson is right now okay Cowboys at the Browns if you haven't heard it's the Tom Brady broadcasting debut historic Gus Johnson told me last week while I was watching the Mountaineers get embarrassed by Penn State more importantly the Cowboys 12 and five each of the last two years the Browns led the NFL in Total Defense they had enough from comeback Player of the Year Joe flacko to make it to the playoffs and looked like they were potentially going to go on a run until the Texans got in the way this is an intriguing game Sims and I disagreed on this one I could see it going either way Shireen your Cowboys going to Cleveland to take on a pretty good team but a lot of questions about what the Cowboys are who they're going to be and you talked about the running game earlier CD lamb had the hold out Dak Prescott's contract is still hovering over everything and creating a distraction this is a tough test for the Cowboys to get things started it is 12 wins over the last three seasons the Cowboys have had that's the second most wins in the NFL behind the Chiefs they've been very good in the regular season obviously just haven't got it gotten it done in the postseason I think the Browns win this game I I do and and the interesting matchup to me is Tyler gon at left tackle who was very good in the preseason rookie first round draft pick going against miles Garrett they do move miles Garrett around but I think he's primarily going to be lined up over that rookie at left tackle and that's going to be the key matchup and how much help does Tyler gon have to have to me the real question is Mike does Dak Prescott get his contract before the season opened he seemed to indicate last week that his deadline his personal deadline was the start of the season I don't think it's going to happen people I've heard from and talked to within the organization and out and elsewhere seem to indicate that this may not be as clo they're making progress but maybe not as close as they want it to be so if he doesn't get his contract by Sunday Mike I think he's headed to free agency I don't think there's any chance that he agrees to a deal during the regular season what a shock that there would be reports leaked by the cowboy boys that maybe there's going to be a deal or just feigning progress just so people will talk about the Dallas Cowboys we need to remember we're being grifted to a certain extent by Jerry Jones step right up folks pay attention to the Cowboys give us your money give us your time give us your emotions give us anything and everything you will and we'll worry about whether or not we actually deliver on any of our various Promises at a later date that pretty much sums up the last 30 years the Dallas Cowboys hi it's Mike Florio thanks for watching PE F on YouTube hit subscribe for the latest news and 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