Detroit Lions Make Scheme Change: Brian Branch & Terrion Arnold

[Music] let [Music] [Music] all right welcome into it's the rise of grind morning show it is Thursday September 5th 2024 just 3 days away from the home opener kick off to the season hope you guys are excited as I am and this morning uh welcomed by Eric winaki as usual Eric good morning how you doing today I am absolutely fantastic it's kickoff day the first day of football we finally get to see some football today yeah we get to see the lowly Chiefs yeah the Chiefs and the Ravens tonight which actually should be a really good game you know just never know we'll talk about this too a little bit you just never know what's going to happen in week one you know you haven't seen the majority the starters nobody really knows you know who's going to be doing what what changes that they made and uh yeah it should be should be interesting to see how the Chiefs and the Ravens handle each other tonight just remember last year the ra or the Chiefs didn't win their first game of the season because the lowly Lions came to town and kicked the snot out of them right so I'm hoping once again tonight that the Chiefs play on opening night and they don't win once again on opening night two years in a row let's make it two in a row that would be interesting the look the Ravens are going to be tough uh I mean let's just be honest here Henry and and Lamar I mean when you when you think about the possibility here of Lamar doing what Lamar does if he were to pull the ball away from Henry you know if they crash the line on on Henry Lamar's just going to pull it back and run the other direction and then you got nobody over there to cover them that is going to be such a a uh very very difficult offense to read and react to you're going to get beat one way or the other so I'm glad that we don't have the Ravens on the schedule this year yep so glad if coach DC is watching this morning I'm gonna be rooting for your Ravens tonight you root for my Lions I'm going to root for your Ravens tonight I don't know about all that just for yeah so my audio um look I made some changes to it yesterday and and uh they're saying it's low and see I think it's really hot like it's High um Rob Brown says I'm low does anybody else think I'm low you guys have your volume turned all the way up I'm just curious CU I tried to make some adjustments to get some of the the pitchess out of it sounds good to morale Tarantino Ryan says it's low am I much louder than will morning Mike P little low all right let me do this let me let me dial it up just a little bit if it gets distorted just let me know I'll move it up just a little there you go all right hopefully that's a little bit better for you um I know it was low like like basy low and that that's the other thing that I was trying to get out of there let me let me adjust one more thing and then we'll we'll get rolling all right there we go hopefully that should open it up a little bit oh you know what compressor let's just turn the compressor down sometimes compressor gets messed with all right that should be better that should be more opened up uh anyway welcome into the rise ofr Morning Show so we've got a few headlines today but we're going to go through the playoff predictor so you guys know I did the playoff predictor way before uh training camp even and I said that I wanted to do it one more time before the season started now back right here this board I have had this board set right there for what six weeks now um it was the first preseason game I did this board right there with Chef on I had Chef on the show we were doing the playby play play and I did that board and and put everything up there there is uh one of the better shows to watch in the morning let me move my chair hold on my dog hit my paddle and it put my chair down um one of the better shows to watch good morning football Peter shreer who's been one of the more accurate uh I I do like to put myself in in the Peter shreer category the last couple of Seasons as far as accuracy not anywhere near as good as that dude but accuracy I've been pretty accurate with with a lot of my calls and I hope that I continue that this year but if you notice on that board I don't have my mic with me that I can walk with um I had the Arizona Cardinals at number two and I had the Rams at number one in their division Peter shreer did the same thing no one was believing in the Cardinals except for this guy I think the Cardinals are going to be coming all the way back this year and and and and do some great things I really do but we'll talk about it all we'll see what it we'll see what it what it does but let's have some fun with the playoff predictor but but before we do that let's get to some news and some headlines and also welcome in our chat this morning Eric would you like to welcome in the chat while I get a couple of things rolling sure so today we got yeres myself we got Mark Parker we got let's go Lions Jay-Z Ryan valkenberg Peter Van Loven moonscar blade 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pretty sweet man uh they're going to look great outside next year that we'll do a Survivor series with them that's what I was going to do a little Survivor Series maybe towards the playoffs we do we'll do something fun with it has the tribe spoken am I voted off the island no but your Packers are yeah yeah yeah see I'm going to be nice today I'm I'm feeling all nice and vibrant and and happy I'm not going to pick on the Packers today you know what that usually means uh all right so headlines and news Gibbs Gibbs jir Gibbs look we've had some good news on Gibbs we've heard that he's good to go which is great but there's one caveat to this that Dan Campbell and and the rest of the training staff wanted to make very clear to jir Gibbs and that was the second year running back uh when he spoke to the media on Tuesday well number one he said that he's ready to go after missing a couple of weeks with a hamstring injury but Campbell wanted to drive home a point of emphasis here on Gibb's injury and that's that you know they were saying that they are encouraging him to motor up get to top speed at least once every practice to help avoid injury makes perfect sense right if you're holding yourself back and you're not extending those hamstrings you know and and planting and pushing as hard as you would uh in a game then yeah it's it's only a matter of time before that injury either re aggravates itself or a new injury pops up uh so here's the trick uh with Gibbs according to Dan Campbell he says and we tell him this everyone top to bottom tells him this when you can run like he runs and I mean this guy can run if you don't touch that top speed and practice at least once or twice a day you set yourself up for something to happen on Sunday you're a guy that runs 22 miles per hour you better touch it because the first time you touch it in in a game when somebody is coming after you and you're running away that's when bad things happen I never thought about it like that but I guess now that I've thought about it like that makes a lot of sense doesn't it imagine you're in a game mode and you know you're just or you're in practice mode right you're just running off to the you know outside Zone he's making a cut you know he's cutting North getting up field he's not thinking about anybody coming to hurt him because it's it's their practice now imagine you have one of your opponents coming after you what do you think he's going to do he's going to dig he's going to stretch he's going to push harder and when he kicks off harder and he tries to get to top speed quicker snap that's when things will snap because you have not exercised that hamstring enough you have not put it to the test you have not allowed it to incrementally get to top speed and then you gear it back down uh back in the Auto industry so my family we own 27 Goodyear stores uh for a long time and I managed quite a few of them in Michigan and there was something that I learned about doing brakes that I I never understood they call it burnishing your brakes and and I learned this from a technician uh and man did it makees so much sense and I now I do it all the time uh obviously I learned it really young uh which was helpful in selling breakes and and making sure that they were repaired the correct way uh but a lot of people just throw Parts on their car and they start driving right they don't even think about maybe there's an extra step or two just like for jir Gibbs here maybe there's an extra step or two that you got to get to so I'm going to I'm going to make the analogy here of he needs to burnish in his hamstring a little bit and what that means is you throw all these new parts on your car you got all the grease off they're all cleaned up ready to roll you want to get up to like 30 mes an hour and then you want to slowly get all the way back down to zero get up to 40 mil an hour slowly get back to zero get up to 50 slowly come back you get the idea right and then you want to hit it hard a couple of times on the way down and you do that over and over for like five miles you kind of take it on a trip for five miles you burn off all that you know initial layer of on the pads and on the rotors same thing with his hamstring he's just trying to get he's trying to smooth them back out again get rid of the frame right just kind of smooth them back out again stretch those things out and uh and look if he can get to top speed this week I think we'll be doing just fine and I expect him to get to top speed this week I expect Gibbs to have a good game uh Campbell said the trick has just been educating Gibbs on that philosophy and making him do that in practice so he doesn't have a setback so Dan Campbell use my burnishing your brakes in analogy I think it's a great analogy and uh maybe he'll understand it but he probably doesn't know anything about breaks I don't know I don't know Gibb's background but I can't imagine he's had to fix a whole lot of cars in his day maybe he has I don't know football and breaks here we go uh what do you want to say on that Jamir Gibbs uh getting ready to set the stage this weekend for a good game versus the Rams needs to get those hammies stretched out get them up to 22 miles an hour I didn't know he ran 22 miles an hour hey this kid is electric fast he's so much fun to watch it's going to be amazing listen Campbell's getting them ready and he's doing it in the right way he's burnishing his breakes that's exactly what he's doing getting him ready to go for the season there's no other way to get ready for the season than to actually get ready for the season doesn't make any sense to just have them running laps around the the The Practice Facility or something until they think he's ready no you got to get him out there got to let him get hit once or twice you got to let him get up to top speed he's going to be just fine I think everybody's worried about nothing right now love it uh so shout out to the members this 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appreciate that and who else is in here I just saw another uh Jay-Z also said pressure testing the system so that's another great analogy for jir Gibbs got to put some got to get it under pressure right out of out of pressure comes what diamonds so you just got to put yourself under a little bit of pressure you don't test it you won't know if you got a leak there you go Donna milikin welcome this morning says picked up some cool black lion socks at Meyer yesterday shout out to Meer man they always do a great job at carrying stuff and oh and and this year being a you know big supporter of the Detroit Lions that that really is going to go a long way and I got something working with Meer uh but it's going to take uh somebody else that I'll talk to this weekend to help get it done um I went to Meyer the other day I bought Detroit Lions pumpkins and they're Outsiders FR of my my brand new door I got a brand new orange door for my house and uh if you follow me on social media you'll see my brand new awesome door with my Detroit Lions pumpkins on the front porch it's awesome orange door orange orange yeah it's orange color door it's awesome interesting it's got this real neat uh skinny glass going through the front and it looks like it's it reminds me of Lord of the Rings it's a yeah it's it's really neat looking door man it's orange I I don't know that orange would be my first color for the front of my house but you know to each their own it's my company colors I gotcha all right you know gotta have orange for the Uber lights man I keep thinking it's neon green when I did that logo but you know uh all right so now next our headlines and news here is DJ reader week two is the week for DJ reader week two uh there's still a chance that we're going to see DJ reader this Sunday all right he might make his debut this Sunday I'm hoping he makes his Deb he looked great on Tuesday's practice um after missing all training camp and rehabbing the quad injury though Dan Campbell said uh they're taking it day by day and he would know a lot more after today's practice being today Thursday and uh players were off yesterday some of them I'm sure were in the house getting some workouts in but obviously it would be a big boost to Detroit's defense if DJ reader is able to go on Sunday night against uh which kind of a patchwork Rams offensive line but I don't know man they always seem to figure out a way uh the Rams are a much improved team over last team that we faced in my opinion I I just feel um there's some rookies there that we could take advantage of but we'll talk about that later on today at six o'clock uh according to Dan Campbell on DJ reader he says he's doing well and he said this week uh was really what we had circled to get him the bulk of true football uh we had him do some team defense but also run scout team to to go against Center Frank ragnow and guard Graham Glasgow and guard Kevin Kevin zeitler uh and just kind of get his confidence up so that's great news that they're working in DJ reader as much as possible and hopefully hopefully get a chance but you know where I've been on this whole thing I said I was cool with him coming back week six and and that was in and that's only missing four games and that was in large part because up until just cut day or the day before cut day or whatever it was we were under the impression uh after reading you know the the report from uh doc that reader had no timetable to come back and we had no idea that he was even close and it was like the very next day that they said the reader was like good to go he's coming off a pup he's going to be activated to the 53 and he's going to hit the ground run and start practice the next week so that kind of all you know threw us for a little bit of a loop right and and now here we are just a few days ahead of the game and we're even talking about this guy getting in that's incredible but ready but ready by week two that's even better I mean if we can really get him in and he's comfortable from what I saw in the videos on Tuesday this dude's going to be an absolute Wrecking Ball and it's going to be exciting to watch Al mcneel and DJ reader get after some quarterbacks dare I put this out into the world I don't know but maybe I will DJ reader and Ali mcneel are going to be in the top five top five defensive tackle Duos for Sachs in 2024 it's a jackpot call all right what do you got to say Eric I thought you were gonna do the you sure about that yeah no no we're gonna go jackpot on that one all right so if you go by the practice report the uh injury report for yesterday uh DJ reader would have been a limited participant they did not practice yesterday but they did put out the first official uh injury report for the week and DJ reader was listed as a limited participant so means he wouldn't have been an absolute full go in practice but he would have done most of the things in practice I think he's going to be fine I think he's okay he just needs to get um like we've been saying all morning he needs to get pressure tested he needs to burn in his braak burnish his brakes he needs to test the systems he needs to see if he's ready to go or not you know and you can't just throw them out there and expect them to be able to go for the full game um no player can really do that not very often anyway can't just come off the couch and play a full NFL game that'd be just about impossible so hey let's burnish his breaks let's pressure test him let's get him ready to go and hopefully he's good to go for 10 or 15 plays for this first game man it listen when they announced DJ reader and he got a sack in the game that place is going to go nuts oh yeah it's gonna be nuts anyway on Sunday oh and before I forget we are going to be down at Eastern Market on Sunday for the for the tailgates at Eastern Market yeah make sure do do you have the graphic for it uh I do you want me send it to you no no no I have it just would you mind throwing that in the Blue Zone chat if you haven't already yeah I'll do it right now yeah I forgot I I've been off the Blue Zone chat because I've been trying to get all these darn Graphics done all right so the scheme change this may or may not come as a surprise to you guys and I'll talk a little bit more about it today at six o'clock when I do the pregame show and then right after the pregame show we're rolling right into fantasy football week one we're going to have a great conversation with Jared Eisen lore tonight uh 16 time uh champion in the uh the big time Big you know high stakes leagues um dude's a wealth and knowledge so there is so much we could cover it's going to take us a couple of weeks so I'm going to set your expectations right away uh give us two to three shows to kind of a figure each other out like we've literally spent 20 minutes talking uh in this type of a setting uh but we spent a few days you know down in Canton together um give us a few few shows to get it worked out but he's be bringing some high level stuff and and just you know some Layman type stuff too to kind of help your your beginners you know and then of course your Savvy vets that do Fantasy Football uh but it's going to be a fun little show uh tonight with uh with Jared having a conversation about fantasy football everyone's you know rosters are pretty much set um obviously I clearly plan on winning week one in our league here uh but uh we'll uh we'll at least have a conversation about some things tonight that will help you get prepared you know for next year and and throughout the rest of the season too so we'll have a top 10 list tonight um they will help you in even throughout the weekend you know Thursday is Thursday you I'm sure everyone has some players in tonight but you still have the weekend ahead of you and if you do daily fantasy football that's where he's really going to be able to help you today is daily Fantasy Football uh so the scheme change tyon Arnold and Brian Branch now again like I said this may come as a surprise the whole season I've been talking about Brian or uh tyon Arnold and Carlton Davis Carlton is said that he loves to be on the left side right he locks down the left side okay what does that mean well does that mean that he can't play on the right side no but if he plays better on the left side why would Aaron Glenn want to allow him to go to the right side well what's the other thing that I was also saying that I expected the Lions for once to start traveling with their receivers that they're not just going to stay on the left side or the right side that we're going to see these guys traveling across the Back Field following their assignment stick with an assignment all game long maybe or maybe you're just kind of picking the the best assignment for you during the game what does that mean well if pukan niua comes in maybe it's Carlton Davis if Carlton says hey I'm struggling maybe Tyrion gets a shot well whoever else comes in on the other side maybe teron goes and covers that guy but if another guy comes in I don't have a roster up so I'm blowing it you know with the names here but uh you know if another guy comes in and and they have to do a switch up now these guys aren't going to be limited Teran Arnold the liance first round draft pick of 2024 has been given the green light to now float on the back side of the defense he will not stick to one side and according to to Dan Campbell and Aaron Glenn he will not be limited to one side of the field the boundary or the field side he's going to be playing both sides of the field so that means for once our cornerbacks are going to be traveling and meeting up you know with their assignment headon all throughout the game I think this is going to be super impactful for this defense it's something that I was looking forward to even though Carlton said he was you know he was kind of painting us into a of I'm a left side kind of corner I lock down the left side that's great but I've always wanted to see us start to travel I was hoping it was going to happen this year and now we have the freedom to do that let's just hope tyrion's ready for uh for this season his first crack in an NFL game and could hold it down I expect nothing less this guy's rolling into this weekend with nothing but confidence he's going to have a couple of plays you're going to be like uh and that's okay don't get down on the guy better not hear one Boo in the crowd I better hear nothing but claps for the young rookie even if he makes a mistake you know because that that's just what he's going to need keep his confidence up if we get his confidence down then we're crappy fans right got to keep the these guys confidence up uh and on defense man we need to be super loud on offense of course we've just got to tone it back until uh until a great play happens and we just need to go nuts Brian Branch this one was a little bit shocking to me Brian Branch was moved to safety this year which again was a call that I made early in the off season when the Lions were just wrapping up their season and I felt that Brian was was going to make this move back to safety last year in training camp they tried to put him at both positions it wasn't working out so they threw nickel down his throat all off season uh and said you know this or all training camp said this is what you're going to learn and he did one of the best nickels in the game last year this off seon they said all right we're going to pick up where we left off last year now you're going to learn safety but he's not going to stay at safety what he's been playing safety the whole time in training camp but he's going back to Nickel so this one kind of threw me a little bit like so we have aiek Robertson who's been an absolute genius out there in preseason and and now Brian branch is not he's just not coming off the field that's the whole point here when we're in our bigger nickel looks he's probably going to be at safety bigger Dy he's definitely going to be at safety but sometimes he may be up in nickel you know in in the non- nickel looks he's probably down at nickel so I found this very interesting and according uh to Tim Twyman uh you know the Lions move Brian Branch to safety this year but that's not the only spot that we're going to see Brian branch in uh or Brian Branch play this season Campbell said he likes where branch is uh heading into the heading into to the season and they expect him to play both safety and nickel in Glenn's defense what do you think about all that Eric well I'm gonna say this I'm wearing my brand new terion Arnold Jersey this weekend I couldn't believe it when the Lions had the opportunity to take the best cornerback in the draft in my opinion in Mr terion Arnold and the Lions can't believe they got him and they got him right well I think he's better than they thought I think he's better than I thought I think he is the best corner in this class and they're talking about Quin Yan Mitchell over in uh Philadelphia about how good he is and he's going to be a starter day one blah blah blah blah blah blah terion Arnold's going to be even better he's going to surprise a lot of people he's not going to be Jeff Auda okay so any fans that got that so crap in their minds about Jeff Auda just throw it out right now oh and a a gentle reminder let's be smart fans when we go to the game this weekend when our offense is out there zip the lip be quiet don't get the chance going during while the offense is out there hey Michael G just gave us a Super Chat five bucks want you all to know love my rise and grind family we love you too Michael you guys are awesome appreciate you Michael uh you know not only is he a member but he's a supporter he's a sponsor um he's in here every day man I remember when when Michael I think we started chatting on Facebook and he couldn't find the rise and grind Morning Show and then he found his first one and he's never left so super shout out to you Michael appreciate you man that was just this season and I didn't even know that and there was a reason that I picked Michael G to go to the Tampa Bay game with me next week and he is so hyped up for it every day makes a post about how he's going to the the Tampa Bay game with me and I love it I love it when people get excited about this kind of stuff and there was a reason that I picked him to go to a game and it was because he follows me on all my social media he's in the chat every day he's a moderator on the channel and he just loves the Detroit Lions loves riseing grind he's everywhere and I love it and I love his dedication and man keep it up Michael G thank you very much I appreciate it so I wanted to show you guys I got a funny for you this morning I was looking at tyon Arnold last night when I was reading this and I was making the thumbnail and I'm like you know what this dude looks like somebody and he looks like somebody that would was Detroit in the 90s I think it was Detroit in the 90s hold on hold the phone here hold the phone I I I got I gotta make sure I get that [Laughter] correct I think it was the 90s I don't know I'm old um you know what well I'm when was the first Beverly Hills Cop in Detroit uh late 80s was it late 80s late 80s early 90s yeah well that that that's a big difference it was 1984 oh it was 84 so it was 84 so early 80s so check this out Tigers won the World Series check this out who does he look like there we go does not look like Eddie like he could pass for like his son or his brother yeah I mean legit I mean you look at the picture down in the bottom in the middle there Terry and Arnold is a spitting image of Eddie yeah that bottom right one too man yeah I mean that one's almost damn near identical who's who yeah so I was I'm looking at this last night and I'm thinking man I really need one of those axle Foley jackets mhm and it just dawned on me I'm like this dude looks just like a young Eddie I mean Eddie's all Detroit man I mean he is so I wanted to share that with you guys this morning now you're probably never going to get it out of your brains uh and you heard it here first man Eddie and teron Arnold they must be related somehow I don't know man that that that's just too close for comfort for me that I mean that's he's they're doppelgangers you know I tried to watch the new Beverly Hills Cop on Netflix I got five minutes into it and I'm like you know what this just isn't like the original I can't watch it yeah I've been trying to watch that that Bigfoot show and I just can't seem to finish it Bigfoot show what Bigfoot show Expedition Bigfoot really yeah man I can't wait until you get to watch my big fit show yeah um I'll pause I'll pause on that one listen I did an on camera interview for a Netflix show back in June to be the co-host with Jessica Chobot on a brand new show about Bigfoot UFOs and paranormal up here in the up of Michigan and if it goes man it's going to be awesome that'd be sweet they just need to get me in there all right here we go let's get into the playoff predictor uh let's have some fun with it this morning um this is coming to you from pro football network.com NFL playoff predictors so this season man I'm expecting obviously the Detroit Lions to do great things but I see a few things happening this season with the Lions um I'm sorry with other teams that maybe a lot of people don't expect and one of those was the Arizona Cardinals I've been saying that the Arizona Cardinals are going to be the 2024 version of the 23 Texans and I still stand by that I think 1,00% that you're going to see uh Murray have his best season ever and and large part because he's got a heck of a weapon that they brought in as a rookie if he can stay healthy but they've done some things around that defense um you know and and and you Kyler's finally healthy so I'm really expecting to see where Arizona has a much better season right everyone's been talking trash about the Titans and I just I don't want to trash them trash them I think that they're going to have some unexpected wins matter fact aren't they starting off with the Chicago Bears this weekend you could see an unexpected win right there with the Tennessee Titans taking on the Chicago Bears now I'm not going to care too much about the scores in this because I mean we could be here all week long trying to figure this out with scores all I care about is wins and losses at this point for week one um I have not been able to analyze every single team uh to know you know are they going to score a bunch are they going to score a little you know what what's going to happen here uh but I think that we can get close I can't find my chat I got to find my there we go there's the chat so let's have some fun with it you guys up for this this morning I need 30 more likes and uh while we're getting all those likes let's get to a sponsor here we go is here and you want the latest news and rumors on your Detroit Lions head 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pretty cool co uh Lions talk by chat sports uh saying that he's from Oregon uh is Oregon Oran I think it's Oregon uh Bigfoot a real thing there they even have a law not to kill one if ever seen or found you know we have a lion's Bigfoot hold on watch this I saw this on uh on Fanatics he's got a lion's hat on it's pretty cool I had to snag him up Bigfoot's uh Bigfoot's kind of been a big thing ever since that that Jerky commercial in uh in the NF fell so you know there's some cool stuff out there I guess um all right so let's get into this what do you think about the first game of the night Baltimore and the Chiefs I'm going to take Baltimore over the Chiefs 21 to 18 21 to 18 all right I I'm with you um but I think the score is going to be flipped I think I think that Kansas City is going to pull this one out I really do I think I think Baltimore is going to be a very tough tough offense to crack but it is week one and I want to say that Baltimore typically starts the season a little bit slower and and they're just going to have some fits up against this Kansas City defense so who are we missing out of Kansas City so Rashi rice obviously didn't get suspended no which is crazy dumb um now they have had you know pretty rough go at it this off season but I'm going to go now I'm putting my scores in here but um I'm going to go Kansas City 23 and I'm going to go Baltimore 21 I think it'll be a little bit closer uh up next will be Green Bay at Philadelphia so Green Bay traveling to Philly has Philly done enough this season to improve their defense to be consistent enough to take on a team like Green Bay and is Green Bay going to start fast enough are they I mean are they the fakers of the the NFL you know did did they fake everybody out last year by having a good run for eight games and Jordan love has these crazy stats what do you think Eric I mean I know what your true feeling is about the Packers but what's your your true analytical sense about the Packers in this game in this game I think this is a very very close game very close um very two very good rosters that are going to go toe-to-toe and it's going to come down to a last second field goal it's going to be who has the ball last that is what this game is going to come down to these are two very very evenly matched evenly coached teams but I think in the end Philadelphia is going to pull off the upset win it's going to be 38- 35 on a last second field goal or maybe even an overtime field goal maybe this game goes to overtime 3835 Philadelphia see I told you I was going to be nice to the Packers today you had what 38 to what 35 wow high scoring game um there's gonna be a lot of scoring this weekend so last I checked the line on this is minus three to Philadelphia um this will be the first game played in South Pao Brazil and I and that Brazil going to Brazil comes with its own issues I would have loved to have gone to this game but there's a lot of political tension down there right now the players are already having some rough rough goes at it uh um philadel Philadelphia Eagles kind of backed their way into the playoffs after starting extremely hot last year go and then they win a one and five to finish the season and the Green Bay Packers kind of won three straight and then earned a wild card spot both teams went on the road in the postseason Philadelphia lost to Tampa Bay and a blowout and the Green Bay Packers of course throttled the cowgir I mean the Cowboys so are we concerned about the Eagles resting their starters throughout all the preseason I don't know I mean the Lions kind of did too so I guess the same could be said for us maybe the biggest concern should be that that none other starters played but a lot of teams are doing it um there's some serious questions about Green Bay secondary depth behind Jer Alexander and of course they have the newcomer Xavier McKinny I think that the Packers could be playoff contenders again this year like I said I thought that they might keep it a little bit tight with the Lions and then you know kind of maybe week 13ish the Lions kind of just start running away with it um yeah I'm going to have to go Eagles here definitely going to go but I don't think it's going to be as as big of a a scoring game I I'm going to stick with I'm going to go 19 for the E or I'm sorry 18 for the Eagles and 14 for the Packers excuse me 18 to 14 but here's the thing you know we don't know how these refs are going to play them you know it's a Brazil game it's internationally televised are they going to play him loose because it's week one and allow him to play and get away with some stuff or are they going to play him tight and and I think that they what does the NFL want they want a very successful game in Brazil so they probably want a lot of scoring so I don't know what do you guys think do do you feel like there could be a lot of scoring in this game yeah I know 18 is a weird score isn't it Joseph Olson's like 18 that's why I'm saying 3835 both teams score five touchdowns so 18 for me would be this you would have a touchdown a field goal and then a touchdown with a two-point right and and that touchdown with a two-point would end the game for Philly but there might be a little bit of time left on the clock for Green Bay so they want to get up by four and not allow Green Bay to tie either way they would be up by two and Green Bay could kick a field goal to win it if they miss it that's my thought process there in 30 seconds I guess I guess all right Atlanta Atlanta hotlanta uh this is a team that in my opinion uh has a real opportunity this year with Kurt Cousins and we know one thing is is very consistent about Kurt Cousins he seems to win a lot of regular season games but beyond that the guy just absolutely failed in the playoffs I still think Atlanta is going to have a decent season as long as Kirk is back and healthy but this Pittsburgh defense man we know one thing about them their defense is always good and Pittsburgh is always a plus 500 Squad this could be a tough game for the Falcons but they're at home and a lot of home teams win in the week one go back and look at the stats I'm just going to roll with it that way that a lot of teams win in week one it's a tough week to start and if you're at home you definitely have the edge so Atlanta is minus three the last I checked Eric what do you think I'm going to take Atlanta over F Over Pittsburgh because of I don't have any confidence in either quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers and I would put up either quarterback either penck or Kurt Cousins over either fields or the other guy I I I no way so I'm taking Atlanta all the way 22 to 17 so here's the here's the benefit for the Pittsburgh Steelers Arthur Smith right former former coach of the the Atlanta Falcons now eight months after they relieved him of his head coaching duties he's getting to go up against his other team his PO his former team sorry struggling with words today uh most of everybody doubts that Kirk Cousins will be able to rebound quickly uh from this injury meaning that the Falcons might start a little slow but have things improved enough for the Pittsburgh Steelers offensively is Russell Wilson the answer under Center I I mean I would say what is he 36 years old I would say no but I do believe I've seen a different Russell Wilson in Pittsburgh than I did in Denver I think Russell completely hated his time in Denver that was not Payton's pick pton did not want Russell Wilson as a quarterback and it was evident so now that that Russell is probably on his last legs of of you know the NFL last team I mean with in the NFL I can't imagine him going anywhere else he's probably going to retire you know a stealer until gets a chance to retire Seahawk um I think that Russell is going to have a pretty good command of this team I really do will he be able to overcome some of the better teams in the NFL probably not but this one could almost be split down the middle here I think it could be a tight game even though I'm expecting Atlanta to to start you know uh with a win at home just because they're at home I got to flip it so I'm going to be going 203 18 no we'll go 23 we'll go 14 for Atlanta 23 Pittsburgh 14 for Atlanta uh and what what did you have you had Atlanta right yeah I had 227 Atlanta yeah like I said a lot of home teams just don't lose in week one but I think that this could be one where the Steelers do a few extra things right and maybe Kirk is you know just trying to figure things out coming back from this this injury uh next up we have the Arizona Cardinals at the Buffalo Bills and let me find the line on this one here one second I thought I had these in order guess I don't come on where is it at uh Arizona Cardinal at Buffalo Bills here we go you got Buffalo minus 6 Buffalo minus 6 so Cardinals are going to travel cross country to face buffalo in um you know this game is is a battle of offenses right off the get-go right we'll see how uh Josh Allen performs without Diggs I I don't think that that's going to be an issue and we're going to see how uh Murray performs with Harrison and uh and who who's going to have the better the better game I'm rolling with Murray on this one I know that that's probably you know not the odds on favorite clearly with Buffalo at minus 6 um but according to who said this odonnell he said it pains me to to greatly be I'm sorry it pains me greatly to make this pick but it simply boils down to the fact that I'm not ready to be burned I hope the bills prove me wrong and give me a reason to back them uh the rest of the season the way I usually do and oh Donald has the Cardinals winning so that's where I'm rolling I'm rolling with the Cardinals I again I think it's going to be a tight game I think we're going to see some closer games in the first week you might have a few blowouts here or there because there's just some teams that just aren't ready but Eric what do you think I am going to take Arizona in the upset here okay I'm going to do 28- 23 Arizona Cardinals because I think this is going to be Marvin Harrison's coming out hey here I am game and you got Kyler Murray who's been hurt the last couple of years had coaching situations the last couple years I think they finally get it together and Kyler Murray can be an electric player I know he's only what five foot six but man the kid can play so watch out he's not 5 foot six but I hear you um you know Murray is definitely one of these things and that is electric when when the kid has the ball in his hand and he's on the ground and he's running he's tough to stop he really is uh he's one of the more Dynamic players with the ball you know in his hands when he's when he's running around the field but this is going to be a game where I think he's going to get he's going to be able to sit back and and kind of zip it around a little bit uh and and you're right we're going to see Marvin Harrison Jr in his first action is he going to have a boomer bus kind of game I mean I think that's what it's going to be it's either he's going to he's going to come out like you said shout out hey I'm here or he's going to be tucked away a little bit just kind of lurting the ropes kind of getting his welcome to the NFL moment and uh but I'm rolling with the Cardinals here on the road which probably not the right thing to do but Buffalo did lose a lot in defense this year they did but I'm going to go I'm going to go um I'm going to go 24 Buffalo 21 uh next up you got Tennessee traveling to Chicago this is another game everyone's doubting the Tennessee Titans this year they lost everybody but they who do they bring in you know that's that's the biggest question who did the Tennessee Titans bring in and I can't remember right now so who did the Titans they just brought in an amazing linebacker from the Los Angeles Rams yeah Foster whatever his name is right is that his last name thought it was Jones Jones something like that yeah I thought it started with a J that is a big loss for the Rams yep especially right when you're going up against a lions like what were they thinking they lost Donald and um God what's his name why can't I think of his name chat's got to help me out here who are you trying to think of the Rams linebacker oh yeah the one that got traded somebody will know it down there Ernest Jones that's what it was Jones Ernest I don't know why I said Foster Ernest Jones I knew it started with a J there we go so that that is a big addition to Tennessee Titans uh defense and and quite honestly I don't know if it's going to be enough to overtake the bears but this is this is Caleb Williams first game in the NFL like true first game in the NFL where he's got to go up against nothing but starters and I think that Caleb might struggle a little bit and I'm not just saying this to be a Bears hater but whether you believe in in Caleb Williams or not he's just been a winner this year in the eyes of the Chicago Bears he can't do any wrong and I see a guy that is is going to struggle I just do I see a rookie quarterback that has just had a little bit too much success and maybe he doesn't know what it's it's like to lose this early in the NFL and I think he's going to realize that this weekend I think the Tennessee Titans March into Chicago and snatch a victory from the Chicago Bears I think the Bears probably have this game and the Titans just do something to come back and win it uh if you look at the predictions around the league 80% are picking the Titans right now and I don't I don't even know how that's possible the consensus is the Titans plus four and a half um so Chicago's minus four and a half headed to this game I mean that that's a that's a pretty good defense Chicago has and if if they can get after it yeah they could make it very difficult for the Titans they absolutely could the Titans defense really is is not terrible and will will Levis I don't know maybe he drinks a little milk before the game changes it up maybe he has a mayonnaise sandwich or two during halftime uh I think he gets it done I think he does uh my score in this game is going to be 17 to 14 it's going to be a little bit tighter it's going to be a win in the end what do you think Eric pretty similar so I got a question for the chat to start this off do any of you guys have you watched um hard KN with the Chicago Bears let me know in the chat if you've watched Hard Knocks with the Chicago Bears what an absolute Stark difference Ryan poles is compared to Brad Holmes when they were picking which players were going to stay on the roster and which players were not going to stay on the roster PS was so indecisive and I don't see that kind of general manager type decisions being made by Brad Holmes or Dan Campbell with players where they're indecisive about it they are very cut and dry this is the guy we want this is who's staying not oh uh uh and they he just looked like a deer caught in headlights if you watch the the final episode of hard KNX and to me I just think that they don't have the GM they think they have you know all the the Bears fans are like oh Po's is cooking poles is cooking he's doing this he's doing that yeah he's bringing in a lot of free agents and he's making a lot of draft picks so let's see if he can get it all together so my prediction for this game is it's this is going to be a very very close game this is going to be my closest game of the whole weekend it's going to be lowc scoring um Chicago Bears are going to have 14 points and be up by seven it's going to be 14-7 in the fourth quarter with a couple minutes to go and the Tennessee Titans are going to drive down they are going to score a touchdown and they're going to go for two to avoid overtime it's going to be 15 Tennessee 14 Chicago and Caleb Williams is going to have two count them two picks and one of them is going to be for a pick six I love it but you know what I love even more Trace huge shout out man Ju Just gifted another five memberships you know I checked last night uh and super shout out to you trace uh in good point by Mike P you're just making this channel stronger you're making this membership stronger um and that's why our supporters oh there you go Steve k Steve K just donated 10 memberships super shout out to Steve K that's 15 new members this morning added to the rocked on Detroit Lions channel so I was looking last night I was curious where we are because every week I've got to update you know the super shout outs for the members I can't do it every day because it just seems like every single day you guys keep adding more or people keep joining on their own but let's take a look right now as of last night we had 91 members wow we're going to hit 100 real soon 91 members in 15 days you know that's going to do now that that includes the 15 that we just added they're gonna give nine more so we can uh pop a 100 yeah I might I I I have to figure 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give a shout out to one of our guys in the chat here Ryan Van valkenberg he says Eric has the script for that bears Titans game well maybe maybe Ryan also had a good point just a minute ago uh and then all the all the members started getting added so I lost his point let me see if I can find it real quick No rookie has ever won week one it's a great Point that's why I'm not Caleb yep wow I didn't know that we got quog stacker new sub here good stuff thanks we thank you and uh is it cooh hog stacker either way I probably butchered it but I appreciate you being here uh thank you for joining all right next up we got New England at the Bengals all right New England at the Bengals and um nobody has faith in the New England Patriots no no no no they might be the worst team in the league this year they could be uh but you know who's going to have an excellent season this year Bill good old bill bich yeah he's doing social media he's doing everything man he's all over there Ryan Van valkenberg just stepped up with five memberships that means we have oh look at that coog stacker who just joined just got a membership by Ryan Van venberg Dick I'm not saying that one um normas D normas is in the house Mark Garcia Big T and Rick uh all added to the Lions faithful that means we have 101 memberships today yeah I don't know if we're going to get to talk today we might just he keep hearing the claps all day yeah we'll get H we're like What halfway through our picks maybe and it's nine o'clock yeah 9:07 all right so New England at the Cincinnati Bengals again Ryan thank you appreciate you very much uh Cincinnati Bengals have a major story going on uh away from the field according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler the Bengals have intensified negotiations with star wide receiver Jamar Chase uh Chase has missed several practices as he pushes for a new deal even with wait this must must be a little bit old isn't it no this is from this is from this morning even as he pushes let me get back to that for a new deal and even with questions about his availability uh the panel leaned heavily towards Cincinnati taking this game so I think a lot of people are writing the old Colt Tales of Joe burrow uh I think Joe you know he He Came Out Swinging like he he was hot when he first entered the league and his temperature is really just kind of cooled off they lost DJ reer uh which is which is a big loss for that defense but whether or not J Jamar Chase plays the Patriots just are that bad and and I don't see how anyone could really lose to the Patriots this year I would love to see them go 0 and 17 just so we can get that schneide off the lon's back a little bit further right there was one other team that went 0 and 16 after us I believe um so d uh may be able to slow down the Bengals offense a little bit without Chase but he still can't fix it that offense with jacobe brassett behind a very very weak offensive line uh I expected them to take to take the Big Joe um you know in in the uh uh in the draft but they decided not to so the Bengals will score a couple of offensive touchdowns log a defensive score and kick a pair of field goals in a blowout Victory is what's being predicted so just about everybody picked the Bengals to win this game I am also going to pick the Bengals to win this game and I'm I'm going to keep a lot of these scores kind of the same so I think that you're going to have probably we'll go 20 for the Bengals you know I see two scores couple of field goals and uh we we'll we'll give New England six I think they'll get a couple of field goals out of the out of the day what do you think all right poor poor New England poor poor Cincinnati I don't think either one of these teams is going to be World beaters this year I really don't I don't think Cincinnati is going to be everything that everyone is hyping them up to be but in this game I think Cincinnati has just enough to pull out the victory 27 24 Cincinnati you know what's crazy is I actually had Cincinnati in last place in their division this year I had uh I had the Browns the Ravens the Steelers and the Bengals I might make a a move on that today we'll see now that we've seen where some of these teams are shaping up I might make a move on that today uh next up Houston at the Colts look the Colts can't be denied this year I'm going to tell you right now I see a lot coming from this defense they may not have the best offensive output um you know Anderson's just got to stay healthy let me let me get to my notes Here on on the Colts one second should have had this queued up so Houston in the Colts yeah you can go ahead with your take if you want but yeah sure this should be an interesting game um Indy is getting their quarterback back and um we're going to see how he does he's nice mobile he can throw the ball a man that can throw the ball 70 yards standing still I think that Houston is going to give Indie some trouble and I am going to change my score to reflect that but in the end Houston has just enough of a defense and way enough Firepower on offense to take this game from Indie even though they're at indie I think this is going to be a very close game the probably one of the closest games of the weekend and this one's going to come down to who has the ball last just like a couple of the other ones and yes I did get the script Ryan Van venberg Houston is going to win this game 28 to 27 on a defensive uh pick six interesting very interesting Big T says Houston 28 indie1 14 um here's what I got or here's what I have sorry Houston at the Colts it is not easy to go on the road ever and in week one like I said a lot of Home lot of home teams seem to win but it is also week one so you it usually takes teams a couple of weeks to kind of figure out who they are what they're going to do and uh and you're going to have probably a few injuries this week you just you do in just about every opening game you see some players lost for the season and that sucks and we hate to see that for anybody um but will Houston uh Texans quarterback CJ stra prove that he's the real deal this year or will he have a sophomore slump is Anthony Richardson ready for a seconde breakout after he missed 13 games because of injuries last season these are real questions and I don't know that we have the real answer just yet it's going to take a few weeks to see just where both of these quarterbacks really are going to shape up this season while we don't have all those answers right uh sobleski expects the Colts to stumble in the season opener as they have done since Andrew Luck's early years to start the Colts are notoriously slow starters and in fact Indianapolis hasn't won its regular season debut since [Music] 2013 that changes this season the Colts are finally going to push all of that negative energy and that dark cloud out of Indie and they are going to take down the Houston Texans the Texans are going to start slow this season they got a brand new defense well they've added to their brand new defense it is a crazy good defense but I think that they're just all going to start a little bit slow on the offensive side of the ball and I'm not saying the CJ st's going to have a bad season but you've even seen Peter shager who said that the the Houston Texans aren't even going to make the playoffs this year and I found that very interesting a lot of people are riding with the Texans which I expect the Texans to be good matter of fact I said that the Texans and lions Super Bowl is probable I still believe that we'll find out today exactly where I'm going to end up because I'm going to put out the final final predictions on the season today it'll be done in a video later this afternoon Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts I think the Indianapolis Colts defense is going to be a little bit of of a surprise here for the Texans I think it's an upand cominging defense uh I think CJ St has a decent game but I don't think it's going to be enough I'm going to call a close one here and I'm going to say that Indie takes down uh what is going to be a defensive game 14-1 14 to10 Indianapolis all right Jacksonville at Miami what do you got all right I have the Miami Dolphins coming out hot playing in Jacksonville so they're in the State of Florida they're not going to a cold weather place it's nice it's summertime they're in the State of Florida I got Miami 27 Jacksonville 14 I do not believe in the PPE for Jacksonville this year whatsoever well according to this statline if you like to bet the over on win totals this might be your game Miami is uh right now minus three and the Jacksonville Jaguars have a new defensive coordinator Ryan neelon and they loaded up on offensive Firepower with the addition of wide outs Brian Thomas Jr and Gabe Davis former first round uh I'm sorry a rookie first-rounder and then they brought in Gabe Davis Gabe Gabe's in a great position this year that's why I selected him on my rocked on fantasy league so I think huh speaking of which yeah other this week who does you and I we play each other in the fantasy league this week oh I didn't so who's your team ah deer reported okay all right I didn't know who was who so yeah uh yeah I'll set up my lineup just in time don't worry uh the Jaguars are going to face Miami Dolphins defense without its sack leader Bradley chub torn his ACL last season and fellow Edge rusher Jaylen Phillips is coming off of a torny key man the dolphins really suffered a lot last season and then they lost Christian Wilkins this year too uh but can the Dolphins compensate for the defensive issues of the high-powered offense that scored the second most points last season possibly can Jacksonville show up and show who they really are or who they're about to be with the addition of Brian Thomas Jr and Gabe Davis Trevor Lawrence got paid right does that mean that he's worth it I think that this game is going to prove it and I think that your Jacksonville Jaguars enter this game as a better defensive team especially with Miami's pass rushers banged up I think Miami's offense is clearly loaded right with speed they're healthy but I don't think it's going to be enough I don't I think that Jacksonville goes and pulls the upset I really do call me crazy but but I'm going to flip the script I'm going to say that the Jacksonville Jaguars pull in 27 and Miami 24 py upset you know what I forgot to tell you will before you finish with your prediction I picked achain from Miami in the fantasy league yeah and he's going to get two touchdowns in this game that's great so you might want to change who you're going to pick in this game no I'm good I'm I'm good no I think that I think that a chain is is going to get bottled up as long as you remember my guy is going to get two touchdowns sure you just keep thinking that you sure about that you sure about that you sure about that all right Carolina and New Orleans here we go what do you got all right this one's pretty easy uh Carolina they're still really B rebuilding they're going to be a little better this year but they don't have enough to to overcome Derek Carr and the New Orleans Saints I have 23 New Orleans 14 Carolina so New Orleans is coming in as the minus four favorite uh the Carolina Panthers hope that their new coach David Canales uh will Revitalize this offense that saw Bryce young really have a rough season last year which I expected uh I did not think that Bryce young should have been taken as early as he as he was but when you are a quarterback starve team you're going to do things that maybe you don't normally do uh or or take um hold on a sec I just head boy looking back doesn't doesn't that seem like such a huge mistake taking him over CJ strad yeah it was a huge mistake huge mistake I I called CJ St to be the best rookie quarterback out of the class last year and I said that the year before yeah because e even I was blown away I thought for sure stoud was gonna go number one just the way he played in the playoffs for Ohio State I and you know I know that people talk about the Ohio State curse for quarterbacks but I think CJ Stout is he's a hell of a player man even though he plays for the wrong team I I still I can see Talent when I see Talent yeah so uh the Panthers signed guards Robert hunt and Damen lwis and uh look it's just not going to be enough uh I I don't think for um the car or I'm sorry I don't think it's going to be enough for the Carolina Panthers to stall out uh what the New Orleans defense is probably going to be able to do this season I do believe that their defense is a little bit better um you know most of the panelists they like the Saints you know to cover in a what what should be a low-scoring matchup um but it it does appear that one guy likes the new look of the Panthers and that they hang around in a close contest I don't think that Carolina has done enough to walk into New Orleans which is a tough place to play as it as it is and pull out a win here so I'm going to roll with the Saints but I do believe it's going to be a lower scoring Affair I'm going to go again that wild number of 18 I'm going with the wild numbers this year 18 and I'm going to go nine for Carolina I think the Carolina just can't get out of the stall this week and New Orleans is going to do enough uh to keep keep Carolina at Bay Minnesota Minnesota and your New York Giants New York football Giants uh what do you have in this game oh the poor Minnesota Vikings they lost JJ McCarthy they don't have TJ hackinson he's on the pup list they're kind of decimated right wait who did you say they don't have they don't have JJ McCarthy they never did Well he kind of got hurt he uh Torres miniscus so he had to have surgery he's on the shelf for the year T.J Hawkinson he's on the shelf for the first four weeks but I think after watching The Hard Knocks offseason of the New York Giants they are in absolute shambles and then Jones has looked like an absolute joke since playing in the preseason and in practices so I am going to go Minnesota going into New York and pulling out the victory by Four Points 21- 17 Minnesota over the Giants well give me your score one more time 21- 17 Minnesota over the Giants really now here's what I will say I do like Sam darnold uh I love Sam darnold matter of fact I I think that that was a great pickup for for the the Vikings and and no I don't believe that JJ McCarthy was ever the guy I really don't I don't think that he would have got the start even if he was healthy um I think that that Sam darnold you know being a a proven V quality quarterback um is going to help this m this Minnesota Vikings team more often than not this year dude has a cannon of an arm and he's going to connect with JJ uh the real JJ Justin Jefferson quite a bit this season and and I think that it's it's going to be interesting to see what Hawkinson adds to this unit when he comes back and how much he can help uh Sam darnold you know in a pinch you know be that outlet tight end as needed you know hackinson can make plays with his legs too um one thing I want to look at though is is the New York Giants defense the one thing that I notice from the the New York Giants and the Lions had their their joint practices and and even in that game I mean we didn't play well against the Giants at all we didn't play well in in joint practices at all and we are one of the best teams in the NFL and I think that tells you something I get it's just practice I mean it was literally the first week of the preseason but I think that there was a common denominator here with this defense uh that that probably will remain this season number one they've got a three-year Corner in Deontay Banks who's pretty damn good out of Maryland uh like really good um I I really like Banks ad dor Jackson I can't remember if he's injured right now I don't think that he is uh but he is entering his eighth season in the NFL don't forget about Nick McLoud I mean the guy is not not terrible right they brought in a rookie and Drew Phillips out of Kentucky who is one of the longer leaner uh Corners you know coming out of college this season defensive line got Dexter Lawrence dude's an absolute animal um can't forget about dextra Lawrence absolutely cannot on your your Edge or your linebackers um let me scroll down here for just a second lost it where did it go where did it go Bobby oerk on the inside right uh inside linebacker pretty solid linebacker one of the better ones in the league um look overall I think that this defense was just absolutely nasty Brian Burns tough defense man tough defense Kon Tibido tough defense tough defense and look if if Daniel Jones Goes Down they still got Tommy de how can you not like Tommy DeVito this defense is going to be tough and and what I saw from the New York Giants when they were playing the Lions are you know practicing against the Lions they are physical they are pissed off they are physical they are sick of being the butt end jokes of everybody around the NFL and I think the New York Giants are actually going to have a fairly decent season this year it's going to be a little bit of a comeback story I think for the Giants and Daniel Jones I'm not a Jones believer at all but I think that he's getting surrounded by the right players at the right time and it's a big market so they expect a lot and uh you you've got to win in New York uh otherwise it gets pretty bad pretty quick New York Giants are not going to lose at home they're going to take down your Minnesota Vikings 24 to 14 14 is probably going to be both JJ's touchdowns by the way a there you go uh so let's uh get to the Chargers and the Raiders this is going to be an awesome game in my opinion should be fun all right Gardener muu you know uh Uncle Rico reincarnated right I love it man I love Gard Garder M man I was hoping the Lions would get him as a backup I I've always rooted for the guy I always thought he did an okay job at quarterback so H maybe I'll root for him in this game and then on the other side we have Jim Harbaugh right new coach unfortunately he's going to be suspended for the first six games Coach Harbaugh is because of the Connor stallions Advanced scouting what did you just say hold on repeat that again well he's gonna be he's going to be suspended for the first six games right who is Jim Harbaugh but he's suspended at Michigan he's not suspended for the Chargers okay so he cannot coach the Mi the Michigan Wolverines this year for at least six games right uh but fortunately he found this new gig o in Los Angeles where he can he can coach the Chargers for a few games but he's just getting his feet under him he's back in the NFL the NFL is much different than college and the NFL has changed over the last 10 years while Jim Harbaugh was gone but he doesn't realize that yet but he's going to find it out really fast fast the Las Vegas Raiders are going to win 20- 17 over the Los Angeles Chargers all right before I get into this I want to make sure I put a correction in here because I see where moonar was saying the Sam darnold won his first game in the NFL so I want to make sure we're we're clear I probably wasn't clear no first round first pick number one pick overall as a quarterback has ever won uh week one ever uh since um what was it Jim plunket John Elway 1983 something like that but no number one pick QBs are 08 and one in week one since Kyler Murray got the tie in 2019 so that's that's what we're talking about if I if I said all rookies that that would be probably wrong but yeah um number one selected quarterbacks overall first pick overall yeah because Sam darnold came in his first game and blew us away yeah but did he start or did he come in I'm pretty sure he started I don't remember all right Las Vegas at La Chargers this is going to be a fun game this is Harbaugh's back in the NFL moment I think that Harbaugh is is clear in what he likes to do he likes to run the ball absolutely loves to run the ball um it's too bad he doesn't have Quorum right but for years the Los Angeles Chargers seem to underachieve when you compare the offseason hype around them and their season ending results I think it' be a little bit different this year but you know you've also got a Raiders defense that can get after it and you know watching what uh what Jim Harbaugh has done over the last few seasons at Michigan I don't think that you're going to see a ton of difference with what he's going to do with LA uh even though that the Chargers part of ways with wide outs Keenan Allen and Mike Williams they have rebuilt uh or they they're built to do what offensive coordinator Greg Roman does best with his offense which is run the ball and that's exactly what I just said about Jim Harbaugh I I expect them to run the ball they have running backs Gus Edwards and JK Dobbins uh both of which I have on my fantasy league by the way uh they are healthy and uh with three recent first rounders along with their offensive line the Chargers could run all over the LA Raiders and what did we see last year with the Lions and the Raiders on Monday night we were able to run pretty well kind of ran all over them matter of fact um even with Crosby being Crosby and and crazy I mean that dude is just absolutely off the edge highest motor I've ever seen from somebody uh but to analyze this and to kind of put it into perspective here I think that the Chargers could dominate this game they gave us fits last year like we were up we were running away with that game and the next thing you know it it turned into a firefight I mean it was air raid City and and you know uh very very tough team to finally finish out but we did it and and I don't I just don't see that happening for Las Vegas I don't have any faith in Las Vegas right now uh I just don't I really don't uh but let's see uh what I come up with here so the odds on favorite right now is the is Los Angeles minus three I think it's it's a good Gap but I'm going to go a little bit further I don't remember what you picked but I'm going to go la I'm going to go Chargers um we'll go 24 and we'll do Vegas at 17 that's where I'm at what did you have Eric do you remember I had 20 to 17 Las Vegas over the Chargers gotcha all right Denver at the birds the old sea chickens all right are you you you mentioned a word just a couple of minutes ago hype hype right yeah want to know who's going to be having a lot of hype after this game the hype train is going to be going nuts Bo Knicks Bo Knicks is going to have the opening game of a lifetime against the Seattle Seahawks in their house he is going to destroy them 31 to 24 Denver over Seattle one more time 31 24 Denver over Seattle bonick train here we go B B Nick B Nick you know what's crazy what was my my favorite football the favorite football movie of all time draft day wasn't there a quarterback name B knck I don't know I I almost I'm almost positive there was um hold on here Draft Day movie he just got to look it up hey we're at 99 likes all you guys got do all you all you in the chat all you have to do is give us one more like get out the chat for one second give us a like that'll make 14 days in a row that live on air we've had 100 likes during the show in the first two hours that's super amazing we got 30 minutes to do it we finished at it was Bo Callahan not Bo Knicks um yeah we just finished yesterday as the show was ending I think it got up to 101 like as soon as the show ended it was crazy it was a flurry of thumbs flurry thumbs I don't know where we're at right now 100 we just hit it perfect awesome thank you it's amazing all right so Javon Williams uh look he he's going to be he's going to be a special running back for Denver this year but the guy be behind him Jalil mcclaflin uh a little birdie told me yesterday that this guy might be exciting to watch this year uh especially when you you tend to have you know a lot of running back injuries keep your eyes out for JAL mcclaflin and we'll see if that information comes out again tonight um but your starter B Knicks throwing to wide receiv courland suon could be an amazing thing to watch this year uh and then you've got the Old Reliable Josh Reynolds I know that you guys are upset about a couple of balls in the NFC championship game but that's behind us now he's now on a new team Josh Reynolds has always been Mr consistent and he's going to help this Young quarterback in more ways than one then you've got Marvis Mims Jr I mean that is a stacked wide receiver Trio if I've seen one uh the tight end look Adam tropman not impressive Greg do dolk not not impressive uh for me um they are carrying a fullback this year which I find interesting their offensive line is eh it's okay um it's okay you know they're probably probably at the back half of offensive lines like 20th maybe I don't even know where they're ranked right now but I would say they're probably in that area it's not impressive so hopefully B is is not having to run you know all over the place but if he does he's got some Wheels uh but on the defensive line uh you know Zack Allen got DJ Jones Franklin Meyers uh linebackers Baron Browning Alex Singleton Cody Barton Jonathan Cooper I mean that's a pretty solid front line for uh for the Broncos this year pater tan who just locked up a huge contract uh and Jaquan McMillan back there at back it's pretty decent defensive backfield I I still feel I still feel like they're missing a little bit in the backfield the DBS I think they're missing a little bit um you know backup inside linebacker Drew Sanders really liked what he's able to do uh they're not as deep as they need to be I I see the Broncos kind of on the same trajectory as as where the lions were it's kind of weird when you watch how the the Broncos are kind of building out the same way the Lions did terrible first season they're probably going to be you know middle of the road this season and then next year you might see them take off a little bit uh so are these the surging bucking Broncos probably not uh they're still in the rebuild mode uh but I just don't see where the Seahawks are going to be that much better you know in this game I I think that this is a even though Seattle's you know um favored by six uh I don't I don't see the reality in this I really don't Gino Smith is Gino Smith like he's not a world beater he's an average Quarterback he's got decent legs but you're talking a major coaching change here and sometimes with the major coaching change it could take you know four five six games this season for this team to figure itself out not only are they going to start slow like most teams do in the beginning they're going to start a little bit slower uh because they've got a major coaching change the fact that Denver is traveling to the 12th man country that can create some issues and that could be too much for B Knicks to overcome but I'm going to roll with the Broncos I'm going to roll with Payton on this one uh I think that they might just be able to do enough defensively to stop Seattle but I don't know that it's going to be a high-scoring affair either I think I'm going to roll with this one though the exact opposite of what everyone else has done 23 to 19 Seattle or 239 Denver we agree on one uh all right Washington are we totally opposite this whole day so far few of them yeah so the last three games I went with the away team now the next four I'm going to give you guys a clue I'm going with the home teams because I like picking home teams especially in week one so we have Washington commanders at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Bay was a playoff team last year that they got most of their core back Washington oh shambles they were trying to get Ben Johnson they were trying to steal Ben Johnson so just for that just for the uh The Grudge factor I am going to take Tampa Bay over Washington 17 to 14 all right 17 to 14 Tampa Bay well this is Jaden Daniels were talking about right the guy that I thought that should have been the number one overall pick over Cale Williams when you're talking about quarterbacks um I still believe in that and I welcome Dylan into the stream this morning says 116 likes now uh that's awesome we're moving right along yeah let's H hit 200 hell uh so with with the the fact that Washington is is in a rebuild right they they are starting from scratch in my my opinion um let me pull their dub chart one more time because I just want to make sure I get a couple of things right today Jaden Daniels obviously is your quarterback but they've got running back Brian Robinson Junior uh again on my fantasy team um Terry McClaren uh he's you know he's been an average receiver he's kind of like one of those Boomer bus guys but behind him they added Luke mcaffrey uh who can be exciting I think that you know to see what lukee develops into is going to be fun obviously um you know McCaffrey's brother uh their other wide receiver olide Zak zakus I think that's how zakus I think that's how you say his name but then they also have Noah Brown and there was a lot of lions fans you know kind of pounding their chest for Noah Brown this year I didn't see it happening uh when I took a look at his stats the other day I mean yeah he had a couple of impressive games last season matter of fact we we'll we'll highlight it real quick so in 2023 he had 33 receptions 55 targets 567 yards 17.2 yd average only two TDS on the season with a 75 yard long um can I get granular with this can it can it open up for me please uh he played his first let's see what five seasons with Dallas and then last season with Houston and now he's on to his third team Noah Brown is I mean he's he's good but he's not he's not somebody that that I would you know put all of my eggs into one basket and hope that he's going to do something with it uh last year he had a couple of really standout games versus Cincinnati versus Tampa Bay and where is he at this week Tampa Bay can Jaden Daniels find a way to get Noah Brown active in in this game no I'm sorry hold on here yeah can Jaden Daniels find a way to get Noah Brown active in this game Noah Brown had some success last year against Tampa Bay he really exposed them and I think that's the reason why I'm rolling with the commanders in week one on the road against a playoff team from last season it's crazy to even think this but again I don't ever do anything normal in life I always try uh you know to go against the grain a little bit and uh and I'm just not going to follow anybody else's footsteps I'm just not going to do that I I think that I see something different here and I could be wrong I'm wrong all the time and that's okay because a lot of us are wrong in all of these games you just don't know until you see it but I believe the Washington commanders are going to get out hot in this game and you know what if you don't bottle up Jaden Daniels he's just going to run it all over the place dual threat playmaking ability is's going to bring some much needed excitement to this Washington football team uh I think that we're going to see Daniel's flash right away uh quote from Bleacher Report to me this feels like a sleeper candidate for the most entertaining game of week one Jane Daniels is going to bring a fun factor to Washington that we haven't seen in years and we'll have a chance to shine immediately against a suspect Broncos or Buckaneers cornerback group however I don't think that Washington did enough this off season to address a pass defense that ranked dead last and yards allowed last season well I mean that was right behind the Lions right I mean the lions were right there at the bottom of the league I think we were 27th is um but I don't think that the Buccaneers have done enough to get better either I really don't um they've got a defensive head coach though Quinn defensive head coach I like the commanders in this game uh I'm GNA flip-flop the score here they have the Buccaneers at 24 the commanders at 20 and you know what I'm just going to flipflop 24 to 20 Washington over Tampa lock it in that's uh Will's bold prediction for the uh no we call that a jackpot all right Dallas at Cleveland man so uh Dallas man what are they doing down there I don't know so old Jerry world yeah Jerry world is all messed up they can't figure out what they're doing Cleveland they're getting their crap together I'm not mad I mean me neither so I am going to say I'm going with home team on this one that's that's about all I can say you know what my mom said she said if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all you know that so I'm not going to say anything bad about Dallas I'm just going to say Cleveland's going to win 32 to4 this is the biggest blowout of the weekend what did you say what was it it's going to be 34 to 14 or 32 to 14 excuse me and it's going to be the biggest blowout game of the weekend and it sucks because I have Dak Prescott as my fantasy football quarterback going against will and I'm going to say my quarterback is going to have a bad game he's only going to put up two touchdowns and he's going to have a couple of interceptions so it's going to suck for me but Cleveland is going to win 32 to 14 you know I'm riding with with the Browns uh and according to moonscar Cleveland 8- one at home last season very good defense it is a very good defense Cleveland is favored at minus two and a half to enter this game as of right now the Dallas Cowboys didn't make any offseason splashes Jerry had no clue what he was doing he could barely even keep his own guys happy you have Dak Prescott entering the season without a deal he's making what 60 million or something this year uh but he has nothing behind it oh I forgot I forgot sorry to interrupt you Jerry said they were going all in this off season correct correct yeah so there you go yeah they went all in on nothing uh they did sign CD lamb to a 4year $136 million extend attention uh but is it a little bit too late you know CD lamb hasn't been you know anywhere near training camp I mean he's there he wasn't there he was there he wasn't there uh but they haven't really practiced a whole lot and I see where you know Dak Prescott is entering a season where maybe he's going to make some business decisions maybe he isn't going to be the guy going for it all the time you know going for that extra yard trying to inch out that first down why doesn't have a guaranteed money he gets hurt he's going to have a crap crap contract next year I just don't see it I don't see Dak putting it all on the line for a team that's not putting it all on the line for him is that a fair statement yes so I don't see where he's going to risk it for the biscuit against miles Garrett absolutely not uh I do believe that Miles Garrett is one of the best or if not the best pass rusher in the league uh he's shown it every single season um a few analysts pick the Browns to win outright and I think that that's the play last season the Cowboys faced a top 10 defense on six different occasions and Dallas finished three and three in those games I don't think it's going to be any different this year I think that the the odds on favorite um to make a difference in this game is Dak Prescott by not performing the way that he normally would by not going for it by not putting his body at risk I don't think he's going to do that the Browns still have some serious questions about whether DeShaun Watson will ever return to form uh but they you know they can put the ball on the ground too um four time Pro Bowl running back Nick chub will not be able to be in the lineup this weekend that could be some issues for them to put it on the ground and just run away with it but they still have some weapons on this offense uh to complement what could be the League's best defense this year we'll see what happens but man Brown Browns are favored or I'm sorry Browns are not favored in this game Cowboy I'm sorry Browns are favored in this game at minus 2 and a half the consensus score is 20 to9 Cowboys over the Browns I don't think it's going to be that close I I really don't I I think it's going to be more of 21 to 10 Browns all right now the game of the week Sunday night Sunday night Sunday night Rams Alliance go ahead are you guys ready for this I am we're all going we're going to be down there I cannot wait Jared Goff Jared Goff let's go Lions let's go Lions it's going to happen we're going to get the chance going it's going to be off the hook man we're going to be there all day our fans are going to be so drunk and ready to go they're going to be amazing drunk on excitement right on excitement yeah I'm telling you they're going to be drunk on other stuff care careful careful drunk on excitement because listen they they're gonna be so ready for this game they have all day to watch football and at 820 the Detroit Lions Jake Bates is g to kick that ball it's going to kick off the season for the Detroit Lions it's going to go back it's going to be a Touchback they're going to get the ball at the 30 because the Lions aren't going to Care this year I don't think they're going to kick it off the way everybody thinks they're going to do kickoffs this year I think most of the teams are just going to it's just going to be a Touchback all the time give it to him at the 30 who cares our defense is good enough let's go our defense is better this year it's G to be better on Sunday night I have the Detroit Lions winning 31- 17 over the Los Ang Angeles Rams the Rams their offensive line is in shambles they're starting left tackle he's suspended for the game there Center well that's going to be Jonah Jackson who hasn't played center fulltime since college or high school this game is going to be so much fun it's going to be awesome and it's not going to be close 311 17 Detroit Lions win so your score you took my score the other day you had 3125 oh yeah oh yep I got to make it back the way it's supposed to be yep I I had 17 in that game I'm not GNA shy away from that yeah 3125 I mean you can change your score no no no no no no no no I want to keep my score the same yes you had 3125 I had 3117 but before I get to the why and how of that score we are welcome to Sunday night the sequel right the sequel the rematch of all rematches this this may not be the last time we see the Rams this year but it will be the last time we see them until playoffs potentially right yep the rematch of the NFC Wild Card Game the Detroit Lions their first home playoff game the lights are dimmed your wrist is blinking right Stadium's going nuts and uh fireworks is an understatement the Lions put in the fireworks like two games before that every time a touchdown was scored a little firework would pop up in the the rafters and uh and I have to say the first time they ran that it kind of kind of caught me by surprise a little bit you probably knew what I was thinking right off the get like where is who's got it where is he you know but no it was it was true fireworks in the stadium and uh these teams are forever tethered right I mean it's it's the infamous this quarterback swap it's it's the deal of all deals it's it's Brad Holmes the magician it's let Brad cook it's you name it two evenly matched quarterbacks statistically being swapped and Detroit Lions fans saw that another Bridge was being built in Detroit and its name was Jared gof and how wrong were they thankfully I was run that one that has been riding with Jared Goff since day one I never gave up on jof I always thought that he just needed a team around him and last year he proved that with the right semblance of a team the right coaching staff consistency and continuity in Detroit for the first time ever since I've been a lions fan ever since I was four years old at my first game have I witnessed a team that has been so tightly round wound together right you don't you don't have any Loose Ends anywhere we're not just picking up scraps we're not dumpster diving you know and just accepting whatever we pull out of the trash and putting it on a roster no we got players that want to come to this team this is a new time for Detroit to enjoy the fruits of the labor of this organization finally doing the right things Chris Spielman is spearheaded a lot of this with with Sheila Ford Hamp and huge shout out to both of them and recognizing recognizing very early on that they need to to scrap everything and start over and now you're entering week one of the 2024 season after what was the best season we have ever witnessed as lions fans at least in the last 30 years 32 years whatever it was 32 and here we are again going up against the Rams here we are again going up against Matthew Stafford and you know the the stories coming out with Kelly and and you know the I mean just it's all there again but that's not going to be what this story is going to be written about the story is going to be written about the Lions continuing to build upon their their own legacy and continue to reshape football in Detroit for the foreseeable future a franchise quarterback and Jared gof that just got an amazing deal and then you look down to the right of the line and pan Su Cornerstone of this offensive line signs a big deal and then you look all the way opposite to the left and Aman Rous Brown number 14 fourth round pick signed an amazing deal the The Pinnacles right the cornerstones of this team are going to lead this team into week one again but this time with a different attitude it's going to take more it's going to take more in this game I promise you the Rams are a better team without Aaron Donald I promise you that but it's not enough it's not enough for the LA Rams to March into mtown and try to snatch a victory it's not going to happen the Lions definitely have the edge defensively in this they really do they have the edge offensively in this the Rams are beat up on their offensive line you have Jonah Jackson who in my opinion is a way overpaid left guard now playing Center a position that he hasn't played in a very long long time one of the most difficult positions to play on the field period is Center Frank ragnow does not get enough respect for what he does not only for the the grit right the toughness that he has to exude every single week to battle through the injuries that he's faced throughout his career but his intelligence I don't think people really understand just how smart Frank ragnell really is and just how important he really is to Jared G but this is a week that the Detroit Lions are they're on the fence right this could be a barn burner in the very beginning this could be we let up a touchdown early we have to fight back rams might get the ball first like like you know Eric was saying we might we might win the uh the toss and kick it off but what I've seen out of the Lions is if we win the toss we like to take the ball we want opportunity number one to be in our hands to March down and to put that ball in the end zone to keep the Rams on their heels we want that energy on our side the momentum on our side if you march down and Score first your defense now has the momentum and that's what I expect I expect us to win the toss take the ball first March down and score but that doesn't mean that the Rams can't come back down and score right right then and there it's it's opening week man there's going to be a lot of a defense that in my opinion looks much better one of the deepest rosters I have ever seen defensively your lions are definitely winning this game 31 to 17 and tonight at 6 o'clock I'm going to get in to more on this and and and the nuts and the bolts of it all that's probably what I should call it right the nuts in the bolts pregame show I don't know we'll have fun with it at 6 o'cl and then we're going to roll right into the fantasy league but the last game of the week last game of the week um let me get uh let me get my score changed here yep I just San Francisco 49ers bringing in Aaron roders and the New York Jets oh whoops I almost put the wrong one up there there we go so good old New York Jets with Aaron Rogers coming back from the Achilles can he do it can he get back hold on before before we get into the last game let's let's see what people are saying real quick about this game so Ryan Van valberg says I don't see the game being close again regardless of the score I think the Lions win by more than a TD Stafford uh will get at least one interception and sack twice I'm going to talk more about that tonight Ryan um Rob Brown says remember just to drink responsibil and just so everyone knows uh drunk on excitement right that's what we are we're drunk on excitement um everybody knows I'm not a I'm not a big trinker man that of spirits I'm just not very very rarely um me neither Riley O'Brien uh what's up buddy how you doing um Mike P keep preaching will Lions win Lions win Lions win Travis Scott says weo and that's weo J MO is he going to is he going to have his coming out welcome to the NFL I'm back and I'm here to stay kind of Party Tonight Frank ragnell makes all the offensive line calls according to Peter Van Loven very true man that's that's what Frank does Frank is so critical to this team uh Josh Jackson just hopes that our cornerbacks can contain those wide receivers it's a tall order puka deua hey we got tape now you can't ignore how good this guy is but now you have tape on the guy more tape than you had last year we've seen a few wrinkles that that the Rams were trying to put into that game last year uh Peter says Jam's going to score a TD um and then kind of on to the Jets it looks like so I mean am I wrong in thinking that lions are going to win by 14 I mean maybe it could be a little bit closer could be a little bit closer moonar thinks it's a homer pick but Lions keep the crowd a factor yeah it's not I'm look I'm I'm not Homer in this pick I just see the Lions coming out uh and putting up 31 points I do maybe maybe they don't break 30 but I I definitely see him winning by more than one I definitely see him winning by more than seven I just think that that the Rams have got too much of a deficit to start week one in what will be the loudest stadium of the season for sure we may not break the full record but it will be the loudest recorded deciel of the Season hey if you if you thought that getting into the stadium two hours early last year was just by chance it's going to happen again this year because everyone wants their jir Gibbs bobblehead yep so get your butts in your seats early you got the whole day to party and visit Detroit and hang out all day long get there at 8:00 a.m. get inside that Stadium as soon as those doors open 5:00 this this uh this raffle is probably going to be half a million dollars this year so it's going to be awesome all right let's get into the Jets in the San Francisco 49ers we are just after 10:02 a.m. and then we're going to wrap it up so New York Jets uh Peter Sher has these guys winning the division um has a San Francisco 49ers I think he had them third in their respective division which possible do we trust Karen Rogers at all to do anything I don't know what do you think Eric well the 49ers have had what four or five years now of dominating the NFC West um the Rams had it one year they went to the Super Bowl other than that the the 49ers have been a very good team and then on the other hand you have the New York Jets Aaron Rogers coming back from his Achilles can he be better he's got Mike Williams maybe he did enough iasa this year fix his Achilles now for me this game is having to root for the lesser of two evils I have never been an Aaron Rogers fan and I have never ever been a San Francisco fan um not really big on the Jets I don't believe in Robert Salah so in this game right here I have to pick a winner it's going to be a very close game it's going to come down to a field goal San Francisco 31 New York Jets 28 okay you picking the 49ers I don't want to it's probably not the popular pick but they are the home team so always got to give the home team three points that's where it comes from they win by three oh I mean you're right about one thing um I can't stand Aaron Rodgers just can't uh I I never have liked the dude he's just he just one of those guys that just kind of rubs you the wrong way but you can't deny the fact he's been one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL yes but the dude's like 67 years old now mhm and I think the age is uh it's it's a real factor in life uh I I realize that now 44 um yeah your body kind of degrades on you I just found out I have to get a whole hip replacement so not not at 44 I mean I played rough when I was a kid you know growing up in the 80s and 90s was different um yeah we didn't uh you know we didn't use airbags or pillows man we we hit the ground so in this game here here's what you have I think the storyline is pretty simple for this one San Francisco is coming off of another Super Bowl loss to the Chiefs they have made it to the fasy championship game four out of the last five seasons they have been in two of the last five Super Bowls that's pretty damn good for the 49ers but something just isn't going right where they just can't get over the hump and I don't think that really changes this year matter of fact I think that there could be a potential big regression after what has happened this off season for the 49ers you don't you didn't have any continuity with Brandon IU that was a complete mess um who was their uh their tackle that they just signed uh Trent Williams yep you had another mess there yep and I think that that can cause some locker room divide I'm not saying that it will but it can um not real sure what's going on inside San Francisco 49ers halls but something is brewing in New York it's going to be anything but easy for the Jets to March into San Francisco but after watching the Lions March in there and do what we did in the first half it can be done it's just sustaining it in the second half that we suffered you know the defeat at our own hands this season for Aaron Rodgers could be his last it really could this could be a battle of two of the better rosters in New York Jets defense that could be the best defense in the league and I think that that's going to spell trouble for Brock pie I really do when Brock Pie Gets uh you know rattled he stays rattled you have to keep the pressure you have to keep the right pressure on him you have to keep him bottled up you cannot let him find a crease if he finds a crease he's able to get away and I don't see that happening with this Jets defense even though the Robert salah's not proven to be the the best offensive Guru he's always been a fairly good defensive Guru maybe he would have made a better defensive coordinator I I don't know is Bree Hall The X Factor in this game probably probably is if the Jets are going to win two of the best defenses going at it it could be a pretty tight game just because of that fact the fact that it's week one and you've got two really good defenses going after it I think it's going to keep this game a little bit closer than than what we're expecting it is Monday night right it's going to be a great game it's going to be on display for the entire world to see but I think that the the Jets just find a way in this game and I'm going to go I'm going to go Jets over the 49ers because I don't want the 49ers to get a win to start the season I really don't I want to see the Lions capitalize on the NFC quickly and all season long so I'm putting it in the air I'm putting it in the air New York Jets are going to take down your San Francisco 49ers and it's going to be 17 whoops not 178 17 to 13 a touchdown and two field goals for San Francisco Moody gets a couple of kicks the 49ers only find The End Zone one time but the Jets find it two times with the field goal to seal off the victory uh they you know they'll be up by one headed in maybe to the final few minutes of the fourth quarter maybe the 49ers get the ball back maybe they don't but your jets take down the San Francisco 49ers to open the season but after that I have no belief in Aaron Rogers none but that doesn't mean that I don't have the Jets at the top of the East because I do but you're talking about the Patriots and the bills and the Dolphins and I just think the Dolphins have an epic collapse this year so there it is there is your your prediction for week one I I I would say that I could keep keep this uh I'm going to download it and we're going to keep this running forward all season these are my predictions for the week we'll see how I do this is kind of a new thing it won't be as long from week to week the next week I'm going to have it filled out before we get in and uh it'll only be about a 10 or 15 minute segment at most um but that'll be predictions of the week that we'll do every Thursday morning so I appreciate everyone for joining us this morning uh it is 1010 Eric any final thoughts yeah my bold prediction for this season Robert Salah will be the first coach to be fired during the season there you go you got it right there that's funny I don't know man something tells me the NFL just wants wants Karen to Wi I mean Aaron to win yeah and and and maybe these refs are just all over but I also feel and I'm not saying this to be negative but you mentioned it earlier the the whole iasa thing and uh you know is Aaron Rogers starting to become a black eye on the leag I'm wondering will will have you watched Joe Rogan ever watched his I watch him almost every day okay have you ever watched the ones with Aaron roders I catch him a few times I try not to watch those ones watch his newest one really you will have it's not going to change your your outlook on Aon Rogers but you're GNA be like oh my God I didn't realize this guy was that far out there I mean he is a little bit out there but uh he's a definitely a free spirit let's put it that way he's a free thinker uh he's actually really really really really intelligent um he's he's super smart dude but that that that doesn't mean that he's not becoming a black eye you know for the NFL with all of this other other you know that he brings into this um maybe they want to see him exit sooner rather than later I don't know um but anyway way you guys have been great this morning um you tell me right now is having that screen up is it too distracting should I put it more in see I don't think you're going to be able to see it but if I were to put it in the guest screen you know kind of where I have Eddie and Eddie number two uh and I could probably put that right there it might be a little bit small but at least it's there for receipt purposes uh and it might be a little bit easier on the eyes you guys let me know in the comments how would you rather see that screen would you rather see it tightened up like this or the way that it was you let me know please I would help uh but that's it for today back at it tomorrow morning today 6 PM pregame show right here on uh rockon Detroit Lions at the rockon podcast Network here on YouTube and then tonight we're kicking off our first Fantasy Football tonight fftv right here on rockdown podcast network with Jared Eisen lore I think you guys are really going to appreciate the things that bringing to the table and I found out a little nugget of information last night apparently had no idea the dude's related to Eric go figure go figure yeah yeah Newberry Michigan what a small world craziness how yeah very small very very small world uh but anyway um I don't know if I can handle to Erics and being Lions fans it's ah you guys you guys have a wonderful day I'm sorry what you say jazzed up football is back let's go all right we'll see you guys later on tonight you guys have a wonderful day take care Go 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