San Francisco 49ers No Christian McCaffery No Problem, Packers Malik Willis Mistake & Best Young QBs

it was no Christian mcaffrey no problem for Kyle Shanahan and the 49ers on Monday Night Football that and more on today's edition of locked on NFL the new locked on NFL the madman Tyler Roland is your double shot of NFL espresso with the locked on local experts on every major story get ready Roland is revving up the new locked on NFL Starts Now locked on podcast Network your team ever fre Day football fans welcome in to the new locked on NFL bringing you a double dose of the NFL's biggest stories with help from our local experts that know your favorite teams like no one else I am your host the madman Tyler Roland joined today by Keith Sanchez one of our locked on NFL experts on today's show we're going to talk about CJ Stout and Anthony Richardson are they the best two young quarterbacks in the NFL there are two teams that are 0 and one the Packers and the Ravens and I think they're going opposite directions and of course we had a good game on Monday Night Football where the 49ers take down the Jets 32-9 before we dive in do want to thank you for making locked on NFL your first listen of the day and for being an every dayer here with us at the locked on podcast Network it is your team every day make sure that you tune in later in the barber shop with Tony Wiggins for some other locked on NFL action but this Monday Night Football game listen I said it out of the gate here Keith no mcaffrey no problem but is there a problem that there was no mcaffrey let's hear from our guys at locked on 49ers unbelievable news that Christian mcaffrey was inactive were the San Francisco 49ers playing a little funny business with that information Croc because on the radio this week especially John Lynch made it sound like man Christian mcaffry is playing Christian mcaffry himself made it sound like Christian mcaffrey is playing and I don't know if you caught this Croc but after the game they asked Jordan Mason when he found out he was GNA be starting and he said Friday well well Friday was the day that Christian mcaffrey pulled himself out of practice Yeah so that was something that we didn't know and if you listen to John Lynch prior to uh you know Friday afternoon's practice you know it was something that a like people weren't privileged to I think the 49ers assume oh yeah Chris mcaffrey uh Monday evening he's gonna be just fine well he wasn't just fine and he didn't play and Keith here's what I gotta say there are a lot of people out there wondering like hey is there something against the rules that was done you know with the gambling aspect of the game nowadays you got to be upfront and honest about injury stuff or people think that you're trying to do certain things look I think that the 49ers probably never had intentions of playing Christian mcaffry he's had the calf injury that he's dealing with they probably knew that throughout the week but pulling him out of practice in Friday hey we gave you an injury report for Friday's practice but I mean he got hurt in Friday's practice so it's not like we could have told you way before Jordan Mason's story lines up and you know a lot of these situations it's all about making sure that your story lines up here okay and Jordan Mason saying oh I didn't know until Friday it was Friday they talk I mean I don't think the 49ers are going to get in trouble for anything here personally yeah no I don't think so either and I want to ask um want to preface this right if you're the New York Jets right because this is an issue did it matter right it's one thing if they said that chrisan mcaffrey was hurt right and then he end up playing out of nowhere but if you the New York Jets you sitting at home like kind of glad we didn't face Christian mcaffry because it had probably been worse at the end of the day right you couldn't beat Jordan Mason so what makes you think he had a better chance with Christian mcrafty especially everything that Kyle Shanahan does with Christian mccy right it just been more we talking about what um I think that was Kyle's yek right running the wheel routes he was wide open I just imagine if that was Christian mcaffrey right that's probably two three touchdowns in that in that situation so I understand probably from the gambling and sports betting perspective right obviously you need a know those type of situations but if we're talking about some type of competitive imbalance I mean they play the backup and still beat you by double digits right so if you're the New York Jets you're sitting there and you're just like you know what doesn't matter we lost regardless yeah and speaking of the backup Jordan Mason what a coming out party 28 carries 147 yards 5.3 yards per carry had the touchdown as well I mean an incredible performance from the I mean Jordan Mason is a household name you do something like that on Monday Night Football that's that's what dreams are made of right there but I think it just is another feather in Kyle Shanahan's cap it's just another one of those moments another another one of those you know like Moana where the Rocks character gets the tattoos on his body it's just another tattoo on Kyle Shanahan's body right there just to say like hey we didn't have Christian mcaffrey and we still ran it down I mean you look at the overall rushing numbers San Francisco ran for like 180 yards while the Jets only ran for 68 this stood out to me 10 total drives for both teams but San Francisco had 10 more first downs 24 compared to 14 for the Jets the Jets were just not able to run the football with any success against San Francisco only 68 rushing yards 3.6 on the night so they had some good moments you know with Garrett Wilson hooking up they hit a few little plays to Bree Hall here and there obviously Alan Lazard catches the big touchdown pass but the Jets were not able to run the ball with consist consistency and on the other side s Francisco just absolutely ran the ball down their throat yeah I agree 100% And you know what this brought up for me I have this question is the Jets defense actually as good as we thought they are or we think they are and the reason why I'mma flip this on his heads right is that what people understand is complimentary football right and complimentary goes both ways in the sense of the fact of this that if I know I have a bad offense sometimes the benefit the defense benefits that is because I'm G to run the football I'm gonna play ball control right and I'm gonna bleed the clock but when I have a high powerered offense right or perceived high powered offense like Aaron Rogers what are you getting you getting clock stoppage right because Aaron Rogers is dropping back 20 30 40 times a game so he's stopping the clock right and then also even if you have a high powerered offense if they're going up and down the field scoring now your defense is back on the field right so we have to and I don't know the statistics I'm more than sure somebody's going to Tweet at me I would love to know him right just about the statistics of snaps played right and then how much they've actually been on the field and then how the complimentary football and them not having a great quarterback actually probably benefited them in sometimes because they didn't have to work about getting shootouts because it wasn't baked into their game plan yep absolutely I mean that it changes the dynamic when you have a player like Rogers in more ways than one it's not just off the field you know it's on the field it makes their team totally different in the way that they played last year with their quarterback situation and it may be better to have Rogers but I get what you're saying it's a different flow to the game for a defense and what they can expect and that's probably something that they got to adjust to all I know is that you're right the Jets defense is supposed to be one of these really really good good defenses and you look last year yards per carry they were high in the or not high but top 12 top 14 I think it was but the Jets were not some fantastic run defense last year that was an area where they were a little bit susceptible if you had to attack them so I I think looking forward if they're not gonna hold the ball and they're going to get it run down their throat which keeps the defense out on the field is going to make it awfully difficult for the Jets to be the defensive team that they're hoping that they can be but with that being said what a great Monday Night Football game we're going to have more reaction to that and some of the biggest news in the NFL getting hit later on today in the barber shop with Tony Wiggins the OG Tony Wiggins man you guys got to tune in for that make sure that you don't miss it men when we leave the house it's phone wallet keys and how's my hair look but if you're experiencing hair loss you may not be so confident when you step outside your door it's time to get that confidence back and restore your hair with hems hems provides access 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starter for the Green Bay Packers if Jordan love couldn't go and that's been a conversation obviously since Jordan love got hurt on Friday night in Brazil we're going to hear from Peter Bukowski from locked on Packers on that situation after Packer fans held their breath all day Saturday we got word on the Jordan love injury it is an MCL and we still don't know EX exactly what the timeline is going to be 3 to 6 weeks is the early word with reports that the Packers believe Jordan love could come back in the earlier time frame of that window three weeks would be Minnesota Vikings in week four could Jordan love practice that week could he not that is still to be determined the question now for the Packers is do they have the right quarterbacks in this room whether it's Malik Willis as qb2 or Sean Clifford on the practice squad to get them to where they want go over the next month or so can they write the ship a little bit can they play 500 football over the next four games if they have to to give love a shot with a 500 team to then go make a playoff push my answer to that question is no they need to go get someone like Ryan tanah Hill will the Packers agree do you agree let me know well it looks like the Packers don't agree and I got to tell you Keith I think it's a big mistake I think the Packers have really botched their backup quarter back situation here and I would say three strikes and you're out they have Shawn Clifford they don't like Shawn Clifford they try to get somebody new they draft Michael Pratt well Michael Pratt is so bad that they cut him from the roster and they cut sea Clifford too because he's so bad and they trade for Malik Willis and look Malik Willis has a lot of talent but I've watched Malik Willis personally for the last two years and asking him to go into a game and actually win you an NFL game or three weeks worth of games or four weeks worth of games or to keep this Green Bay Packers thing afloat after they go 0 and one Malik Willis I do not believe is capable of that so to me Sean Clifford Michael Pratt Malik Willis three strikes you are out Green Bay Packers quit trying to believe that you have the answers they need to go get Ryan tanah Health they want to keep this thing afloat now I don't think that Ryan tanah Hill would want them because tanah Hill is gonna want something more longterm than four to six weeks and then Jordan loves back and then what I'm the backup in Green Bay when I could be with my family in the Bahamas not a chance so I think that they missed a chance to get a Garner muu or a better backup they could have got a Joe flacko as a backup for them there were other options even Mason Rudolph in Tennessee who the Titans kept over Malik Willis I think would be a better quarterback for this situation the Packers are in right now needing to just stem the tide and maybe get two wins in in four weeks so Jordan love can get back I don't believe that they're in a situation where they can get those wins right now and again three strikes and you're out Green Bay had three chances at fixing the backup spot and they blew them all and now I think they might be too far behind in the NFC they're 0 and one talking about can they come back I don't think Green Bay will be able to come back after the losses they sustain before love comes back well yeah I I think this part is true that they botched the backup quarterback situation right but is their season done I would have to say no and the reason is this that they've spent a lot of draft Capital over the past few years what on that defense right and we know one thing that defense in Run game can get you out of a couple games right you get there you punch a couple teams in the mouth you can squeak out a 17 to 15 type game right you know who they need to ask the Chicago Bears right I think they had 150 yards total offense and they walked out of there with the win I'm pretty sure you're familiar with that part of it right so so I think that's the part and I think this Malik Willis you activate his legs right you don't ask him to do things that he cannot do and one benefit is what is that there's not a lot of game film out there for him and to address the Ryan tanah hill part I'll say this Beggars can't be choosy right it's not like Ryan tanah Hill is necessarily Tom Brady or pton Manning where we calling him out of the fox um you know Sports casting boxer pton Manny he's with uh Bill bich breaking down film on ESPN it's like look you still have an opportunity to kind of lay your legacy right and who knows if Jordan love situation is gonna be three weeks or six weeks or who knows and I hate to wish this on him right but they're also possible reinjuries right because anytime you talk about an ACL MCL p any c I'm kind of out right I'm a little bit nervous about that so I'll lean on the side of this I agree with you 100% that the Packers botched this situation they said we're gonna pay our Young quarterback and they were full gas right on Jordan love but you cannot do that this is football you live day well down in and down out so they should have addressed the backup situation but Matt lefur the general manager ownership over there they have a little bit of Wiggle rumor they can figure this thing out yeah well Green Bay that's the thing you can't really Hammer Green Bay on much because they get pretty much all of it right but I just don't think that they got this one this one particularly right one thing I will say for Malik Willis I talked to Peter Bukowski from locked on Packers about this yep the next two games for the Packers are uh the Colts and then the Titans well if Malik Willis knows two teams in the NFL he knows the Colts Colts and the Titans so there there's at least that for the Packers but a team I actually believe is still a contender despite losing in week one is the Baltimore Ravens and I am not the only one who believes it Kevin all Striker from locked on Ravens has something to say the AFC North right the Ravens lose to Kansas City in week 1 27 to 20 opening night of the season does not mean the AFC North does not still belong to the Baltimore Ravens it absolutely does and and that's how people should be thinking right now because after what we saw yesterday Pittsburgh Steelers Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns there's still no doubt in my mind that I personally believe the Ravens are in a pretty good spot to win this Division and right now they're not in the lead Pittsburgh did beat Atlanta yesterday so they are technically in the division lead so it's Pittsburgh one and0 and then Baltimore Cincinnati and Cleveland 0 and one but out of all the performances we saw I'm still the most confident in Baltimore winning the division and it's not particularly close I agree with Kevin I think that the Ravens played better football while losing to the Chiefs than the Steelers did while winning over the Falcons the Steelers kicked what six field goals it was 18 to 10 they kicked six field goals that was just a classic Steelers game of we're dragging you down in the mud we're bringing you into the phone booth and we're boxing with you and you're not getting out of our grasp we I I mean maybe I'm stepping out of line here Keith but I don't know anybody who would say right now despite the one and0 for the Steelers the 0 and one for the Ravens that they believe in the Steelers more than the Ravens I I think that the real story is the Bengals and the Browns who both were expected to be competitive teams look completely out of sorts and they're probably going to turn that around and play better football but the Ravens didn't lose a lot of ground here especially losing to the Chiefs who gonna beat a lot of teams this year anyway like I still fully believe that the Ravens are winning that division do do you disagree no I do not disagree I agree with you right and we're right on PA with this the AFC North is is for the Ravens to take and we' seen this right we we watched the Cleveland Browns and we sat there we watched them and said you know what this was bout on par right for the Cleveland Browns is what we expected with the situation with the Shawn Watson right then you know what caught us off guard was the Cincinnati Bengals right and you talk about postgame some of the comments some of the things that were said it just looked out of sorts and you wonder if all of the training camp stuff is starting to bleed into the regular season right and people wonder why training camp and and preseason matters it's so you don't go up to New England and lose that football game and and and that's a big time game right so I'm with you I think the Baltimore Ravens are in a prime situation do they have to out this passing attack should they be on the market trying to find some veteran free agent that's at home to add to this wide receiver room of course but guess what they can run the football Lamar Jackson can Will them to 11 wins by himself 100 hey lockon bosses the shadowy bosses at lock on we're bringing Keith on more often I got agreement on the Packers backup I got full agreement on the Ravens I got full agreement on the Bengals who I just bashed yesterday for having the disease me with all the contract stuff we're bringing Keith on more often folks but we got a lot more to talk about and Keith is the perfect guy to talk about it young quarterbacks in the NFL CJ strad Anthony Richardson would you take anybody over those guys we're gonna dive into that before we do do want to thank you again for making locked on NFL your first listen each and every day make sure that you tune back in for the afternoon version of locked on NFL with none other than the goat himself Tony Wiggins the barber step into the barber shop and chop it up on some real NFL talk can't wait for this Anthony Richardson CJ stad discussion before we get into it do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel look you've heard us talk a lot about FanDuel and of course it's America's number one sports book well we have something a little different for you now through sep September 22nd all that's all band duel customers can bet $5 and get a three- week free trial of NFL Sunday Ticket from YouTube and YouTube TV then with a YouTube TV base plan you'll be able to watch every regular season Sunday afternoon Market game all you need is a Google account and a current form of payment and you can cancel at any time listen might be a little home cooking for me but the Titans are fourpoint underdogs at home against the Jets I'm just saying after watching the Jets get the ball run down their throat I'm just hey Keith I'm just saying a couple of things out loud all I really know though is that you guys got to visit fanduel.com and download America's number one Sportsbook today all right football fans we're going to cap off this Edition of locked on NFL talking about some young quarterbacks who both looked pretty good in their debut although one1 and one loss it was still a pretty good showing from the two young guys before we get into it again want to thank you for making locked on NFL your first listen check out Tony Wiggins in the barber shop later on this afternoon GNA be talking more Monday Night Football we talking about a lot of great NFL topics it's good to have football back but Kei what a great game between the Houston Texans and the Indianapolis Colts it was an absolute barn burner which is actually kind of what I was expecting it was a pretty high over under total on FanDuel Sportsbook as well so I guess we shouldn't be shocked about it but a very entertaining game the Texans win 29 to 27 CJ strad shows out with 234 passing yards and two touchdowns Anthony Richardson despite not having a lot of completions in this game uh only completed nine passes went for 212 yards had that insane 60 yard bomb for a touchdown two touchdowns ran a touchdown in I guess looking at this is there a single quarterback that you would take in the NFL the year after strout and AR the year before any college quarterbacks that you would take over these two guys I can tell you that John Hickman and Cody Davis had locked on Texans they ain't taking anybody over CJ stra bringing it back to CJ stra and and and how he had to you know face that adversity succeed against that adversity with the pressure that they allow like Bobby said sometimes he got it right both digs touchdown calls I think were perfect calls scheming up number one to get open scoring for Houston the play calling when he got it wrong I look at the across the body throw across the field on Third and nine I believe to to nio kin to help extend that drive so like when you look at getting it wrong and CJ still allowing you to get it right gain of six in that case it was a gain of either nine or 10 picking up that first down for Nico Collins you see the growth there from uh CJ St one thing for me as someone who covers will Levis that I noticed number one about CJ strad is the Poise that he play with that he plays with but Keith we asked the question time to answer the question out of this kind of generation of young quarterbacks the last few years and maybe the years coming up is there anybody you're taking over CJ stra and where does Anthony Richardson fall in that situation yeah we talk about young quarterbacks and I guess we we'll keep it in context right or probably the last three years and maybe looking ahead right and the answer is simply no um because with what CJ strad has is not just the the physical tools right it's the mental part of it it's being cool calm and Collective and to the listeners um so I worked I coached at LSU a part of that coaching staff with Joe burrow right and one thing I'll tell you that Joe burrow was not going to W you with his arm but what he was going to W you with was the toughness um the Integrity that he played with the mental the mental part of it like you said it's it's just all of that encompassed into one and that's what makes a winning quarterback right Tom Brady went in the sixth round I guarantee you if he ran a 4-3 and had a rocket launcher for arm he wouldn't have win in the sixth round right but he had somewhat would you say average to good uh measurables and traits but guess what mentally he had it all that's the same thing I see with CJ Str I'm going to Pivot to Anthony Richardson Anthony Richardson listen if you're a coach fan you technically lost but you won yesterday because you feel good and you feel like you know what I have a franchise quarterback and I love the way that the head coach is using him uh coming over from Philadelphia right and now he's able to implement Anthony Richards and allow him to use his legs get that big 240 pound frame moving forward right make Defenders scar to tackle him and then what is he good at throwing the Deep ball that's how you find the balance he doesn't necessarily have to hit the quick Slants and the the Deep digs and things like that because his legs allow him to draw the defense down to force you into a one high situation and then he can throw the football over the top so if you ask me I'm probably saying no and I'm a guy that I like to see proven Commodities at the end of the day I'm not betting on guys that's unproven so I'm rocking with these two guys because they showed us week one they came out it was a heavyweight fight and it's just that CJ strad had the last punch yeah a couple of things on Anthony Richardson I mean I'm a big CJ strad fan obviously and I think that when he floats out of the pocket to the right and dumps it off to Nico Collins the play that John's talking about where it's third and nine and he gets the 10 like that's not about Talent that's just Savvy that's pocket awareness that's natural instinct and as someone who's also a Buckey fan there is nobody I saw in the last few years that we're talking about here who's just more of a pure quarterback like was born to do it than CJ Stroud it's just in his Instinct the play the position that way it Anthony Richardson may not have quite that instinct and that just natural feel to him but you talk about coming over from Philadelphia with Jaylen Herz and trying to put Anthony Richardson that Anthony Richardson looks like Jaylen Herz got the Captain America Su super soldier serum like he's like Jaylen Herz but on steroids you know what I mean and and his ability to run eliminates that down to down accuracy concern a little bit you know he like you said he may not hit the slant he may not be pinpoint accurate on the quick stuff but he's going to be able to run and that's going to keep the chains moving that's going to be able to keep you on a healthy diet so I'm really impressed by those two even though again Stroud won Richardson lost you got to give a lot of credit there and speaking of Captain America our guys that locked on Colts described Anthony Richardson in a a pretty great way but Ben we're here to talk about Anthony Richardson's uh again video game performance I think is the best way to say this where Richardson has this a do of what 16 in this game currently leads the NFL yards per attempt with 11.2 which is like Matt Ryan MVP yards per attempt his EPA per play is like six in the NFL right now like everything looks great on nine completions nine completions it's it's honestly if you go look at the box score and you never saw the game it makes no sense it literally makes no sense I think it was like 170 yards on two throws and I the when you go actually watch the film it starts to add a lot more context to this like ridiculous stat sheet that doesn't make sense but yeah I mean if you look at the box score you can pick some really good things out of what you saw from anony Richardson yesterday you know what this whole conversation has me thinking it may be diabolical it may be crazy but I am the madman Keith does the AFC South have the best quarterbacks of any division Trevor Lawrence lost but he made some good throws in that game I some people love Trevor Lawrence some people hate Trevor Lawrence so it's either one or the other you either believe or you don't I'm not a Believer but hey you know I've got my biases but is the AFC South up there best quarterbacks I was ready to say that in walking into week one I felt like that in halftime with a Titans Bear game I felt like that and then there was a second half that was played in that game which kind of holds it back a little bit I may still give that to the AFC North right and I know we talked about it at the beginning right but I'm still going to bet on Lamar Jackson Joe burrow that side right and then somebody figuring it out with Pittsburgh the Deshawn Watson situation jamus Winston play winon God anyway but all right great stuff man football's back it feels so good Kei thank you so much for joining us here uh we'll have Lauren back soon though but it was hey remember more Keith Sanchez I like this been agreement here on the back half of the show but Monday Night Football Packers Ravens stra Richardson football is back folks that's going to do it for us make sure that you tune back in to our episode this afternoon with Tony Wiggins in the barber shop I am the madman Tyler Roland with my co-host Keith Sanchez as I tell you guys stay safe out there and we'll be back to football before we know it