Drake Maye and Julian Edelman Talk Patriots Getting Hot at the Right Time | Gronk & Jules Show

it's thursday and we have another great episode coming at you we have patriots quarterback drake drake may may did i say that right jack that's right that is right and then we're previewing tonight's thursday night football matchup between the jags and the ravens let's get into it. His nickname is simply his name. He's QB1 for the New England Patriots. Let's get on Drake. Drake May. May. Drake, welcome to the show, bubs. Julian, what's going on, man? Thanks for having me. You guys got a nice setup in there, man. It looks sweet. It's not like the setup that you're in right now. You're in the team room right now. First question off the bat, where do you sit in the team room? Are you in the front or are you in the back? I'm right there in front, the right side of it, right there in the front. So I sit front row. I've got a good, you know, very good flow staring me down. So I'm right there in the front, right there, right in front and ready for him. Are you a note taker? You got a notepad out there? I'm old school. I like notes. Kind of me, it goes with Daniels. I kind of feel the same way. The iPad, I haven't really transitioned yet, maybe down the road, but I'm old school. So you're writing down? Writing down, old school. Yeah, I kind of got the binder for each week for on the opponent, kind of the old school coach way. So I kind of adapted that. I love that. I love that. We got eight weeks are in the book. How are we feeling about the season thus far? I think we're starting to get into a little bit of rhythm. I think you kind of find that once you, you kind of mix in some, you know, like that first week of Wednesday night game was a little, it was just different, different for us having a, you know, that long a stretch after the first game and kind of getting the flow of things, you know, kind of coming into Sundays and you mix in a Thursday night we just had and back on the Sunday routine. So I'm going to get into it. I'm going to get into it. I mean, the guys are good. We're battling some injuries, but we're, we're fighting this next man up mentality. As you know, the Patriots have always been that way. So we're trying to, you know, adopt that and realize, you know, really buy into it and, and just, you know, keep connected. I think coach Rabel has been kind of preaching as a message, keep connecting, keep growing and keep finding guys and finding ways to, to win. And that's what we're trying to do from an outside. It looks like you guys have dealt with some adversity early in the season. Let's just be honest week one through three, a lot of outside noise. How have you stayed resilient through this time? Cause you guys look like a completely different team now going from four to eight, you're a completely different team. What did you do to, to gain some resilience out of that kind of funk that we were in at the beginning of the year? For sure. I think you, um, you, you also got to realize that you'll turn over the footballs are not going to help win games and realizing that, you know, the work that you put in throughout, you know, weekend and week out, I think that is going to come, uh, you'll come to light at some point. And then throughout the season, you realize that that work and the work you put in and the preparation is going to end up paying off and just let lose inside of that, you know, not lose inside of, um, you're trying to change things up and, um, you know, just realize that just trusting my teammates. I think the biggest thing is confidence in each other, you know, confidence in the guys around you. And you're trying to find your, trying to find your stride over in the season. I think that's the biggest thing that, um, you kind of, we've always felt like on offense, you know, it's, it's, it's a much different game than on the deep side of the ball earlier on in the season. You're trying to, you're playing with new guys, you're in the huddle with new guys. You're kind of, you know, a new season. You're trying to find out kind of what we want to major in and what we want to really, um, really excel at. And I think that's kind of kind of what we had early on in the season. And we kind of started to find a groove and we got to keep going and protect the football and try to put some more points on the board. Well, you know, that's what this time of the year is, you know, beginning of the season, we're kind of just putting shit out there to see what sticks. Then, you know, the middle part of the season, we got to refine those things. And then you guys are in that middle part of that season, man, you just got to continue to improve, which brings me into, you know, a segue to this is your second year, or this is your first time ever being with a coordinator for two years since high school. What have you learned about yourself and what have you seen the growth in Josh's system this going into this year? I mean, as you know, in this office, I've always tried to chase coach McDaniels and how, uh, how high a level he knows his offense and knows the ins and outs and knows the little nuances, but such a special, um, really special deal, the way he talks about this offense and seeing a defense and can adjust game plan on the fly and just in the locker room at halftime, um, he's really the next level and, uh, the way he displaces personnel for them and tries to take us, you know, take advantage of what we can do, um, is really special. So just trying to try to chase him and try to chase his verbiage, how he talks about defense, how he talks about our offense, you know, try to picture in the mind, that's the biggest thing in the quarterback room that we've, you know, started to do is try to picture things, um, throughout the week and try to, um, you know, bring him to light on game day. And, uh, really, he always talks about those one plays and those kind of the group of one play differences, you know, throughout the game that really can change and make or break, you know, kind of effective wins and losses and just try to be there and, um, you know, have that pressure in practice. He's one of the, you know, the best I've been around at, you know, pushing me in practice and coaching me hard in practice. And I really felt like that's been a big thing to get it right in practice. And, um, he always says, you know, practice perfection comes, you know, turns into game reality. And I think that's something that we've, uh, tried to, you know, get by into. Yeah. It's just practice. Execution becomes gamer out. He'll be here for years. We'll be hearing that for years. Now, how have you seen Josh open up this playbook going into year two for you? What's the new stuff that you've seen that you've compounded from last year? Like what's, how has he opened it up for you? I think we're definitely doing some, um, you know, some stuff, different stuff, moving the pocket. I think he always has joked in the past. He hasn't had that really, you know, luxury of moving the pocket very much, but you guys, um, you guys were, you know, the best at doing really, you know, everything, but, uh, I think moving the pockets a little bit, getting me outside of the pocket, some new kind of, you know, designs off of that. Um, we've got some, um, you know, the play actions, I think just trying to build in the run game in a different way and kind of, you know, having some play actions, some boots, um, so little things off of that. And then really, I think it's just, you know, coming down to, you know, he's not going to, you know, he goes for Daniels. He's and what he's done in the past has proven to be. And what you guys see guys on film and always laughing when you came up on film looked like a wrecking ball. Every time you had the ball, the way you got tackled or you're going to run in somebody was always fun to, uh, you'll watch on film still to this day. So we really enjoyed that, but I think it's, you know, it's the same type concepts and we're kind of buying new concepts and trying to figure out what we're good at, but, um, it's really, um, just trying to execute and be on the same page. Yeah. Now I'm so interested. I want to know what your prep, your preps like, what, like, what's the first thing you do as the starting quarterback of an organization when you come in to learn about who you're going to go against? What's the first thing that you like have to do to get your prep routine started? Cause we're all creatures of habit and the better, like you said, we're, we're, we're trying to figure out our routine. What's like the number one thing that you have to do in your routine when you're preparing for someone like, what's the first thing? I love, I love taking a look at the depth chart and knowing the guys are playing against. I think that's the biggest thing. Knowing where they're at, um, the spots are in, uh, where people are at in base, where people are at. And, and sub and nickel and, uh, seeing guys. And I like watching kind of the previous game, just kind of in a flow. Um, it doesn't have to be like really slow and methodical kind of, you know, buzz through it, you know, see players, see what jumps out to me and just watch the full game in a, in a real game setting, um, from the previous week. And I just like taking a look at that and seeing kind of, like I said, the personnel, um, what they're playing, if I notice anything right off the bat, um, how guys are playing and just, um, there was personnel wise and just kind of a little bit taste of what they're doing defensively and not from a really breakdown of the system and break it down. It by coverage and break it by, you know, down distance and things like that. Just kind of a flow of a game, uh, from right off the bat. Now, what about physically? What's like a, what's something you swear by in your routine that you have to do either every day or every week physically that makes you ready mentally? What a question. I think I always, um, throughout the day of whether it's taking care of my body, but I've always believed in my shoulder and, and throwing footballs of warming up the throat instead of throwing to warm up. I think that's one of the biggest things. For, for my body and, um, really for, for hips and movement and, um, each day, each day and day in and day out, you know, I'm worried about, you know, prepare my body for, you know, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, um, and Sunday, really four days of throwing throughout the week of, you know, warming up the throat instead of throwing to warm up and just going out there and winging it. I'm really trying to, um, take care of my, my arm for the long run and take care of, um, a little, you know, bumps and bruises from the previous week. I love that. I love that. Now, now Drake, you're in your third year, you know, in the national football league, starting quarterback this is your team. How would you describe your leadership style? This is your team. I think of, of recognizing that and, uh, just trying to, um, you'll keep attacking each every day. I think it's this position, this league, um, there's no days off for this position. Um, you know, in this league, it's every day you got to bring it. You got to have a mindset of coming out to practice, um, coming out to walkthroughs. Um, as you know, the, the, the mobile walkthroughs in this offense, um, it's no joke. It's having intensity. It's correcting your little things, little minor details for routes. Um, correcting guys and walkthroughs out there before practice gets going and just, uh, really honing into that. And I think just taking it to the, you know, to the other side of the ball, you're talking more to those guys, you know, in defense during the game. Um, Hey, um, go get another one, go get another stop, you know, go get the ball back. I think just, you know, keep on, uh, just raising my, you know, talking overall and just to everybody is, uh, kind of been the biggest thing I have to try to focus on and just be myself. As you know, the best thing you can do is be yourself. And I think guys will, uh, really, uh, you know, look to you. And, and trust you and, um, really see you as a leader. If you just be yourself and try not to be somebody else. I love that. I mean, also like as a leader, not like you're, you're the quarterback. Who's, who's a young guy or a new guy that you've seen make a huge leap this year? Hmm. Ooh, that's a great question. A young guy or a new guy. I would say, Big Will Campbell. I think he's starting to speak up a lot more. He's starting to speak up and I think it's hard for young players. You're kind of bouncing off the rookie year, one of the youngest years of your life. You're coming into it and you're really just trying to speak up more and the offensive lineman, you always need somebody up front to have a little crap to him. I think Will's got that. He's got that and he shows it on the field and he's starting to show it more around here and the guys can really believe that. The guys enjoy that. Somebody up front who's got their back and talking and got some little, like I said, got some little southern little, you ain't going to mess with me type of style to them. I love that. I love that. Now, being a quarterback, how does a receiver earn your trust? That's a thing that, for me, it took me years to get Brady's trust. I had to show him every day in practice. What's something for you that shows you that you can trust a receiver? How do they earn it? I think there's a lot of different things for me I think that kind of always come together and can kind of judge off that. I think one of the biggest things is throughout the week, I think wanting to know about the plan, wanting to know about, hey, this play, what's your thinking? Hey, in this coverage, what am I thinking? When do you want my eyes to come back to you? I think it's asking questions throughout the week about the plan to see when it comes to life on game day that we've talked about it and went over it. I think just bank reps in practice. Like you said, you try to earn it every day in practice. I think that's one of the biggest things that Coach McDaniels is huge on those guys when we're running around where you got to see the coverage, see two high, one high, see where the linebacker is at to come across his face or back out. You got to have it in practice, bank reps, and then just to want to be better at it, get better at it, and gain trust is one of the biggest things for me. If you want to show me that you want to, that I can trust you, and you keep showing me time and time again, and that this keeps on climbing up, and the trust just keeps going. Trust is never given, it's always earned. Trust is never given, it's always earned, and it's continually earned. You got to continually earn that thing, especially if you're a receiver trying to get the rock from a quarterback, but he got a lot of hands to feed. Got a lot of hands to feed over there. And the game ones matter. The game ones matter a little more, too. A lot more. We're dependent, Drake. We're dependent as receivers. No doubt. Now, give me the art of throwing a deep ball for you, bro. Like, you lead the league in deep balls, 17, 20, over 20 yards. Like, what's your art to, like, throw in the deep ball? Is it just something in practice? Is it the how high you throw it? Or is it, how do you judge these things so beautifully? In college, we were big on throwing over the shoulder, and throwing deep balls over the shoulder, and kind of letting them, you know, come just right over the top and on the outside. And I've realized that, you know, it's really something that you got to, you know, really work on. And after the practice, I love throwing those guys, whether it's even just 10 or 15 yards, just throwing ones that kind of, you know, on the right, a right is going to tail a little more right, and then on the left, it's going to tail a little bit more in, inside. And then, just kind of learning those little things and doing them after practice, so those guys can get a feel for it. And Kyle, and AJ, and Romeo, and these guys, Pop, can get a little feel, extra feel for what it's like. Because, you know, how many times you're going to get throughout the week a four-year, 50-yard deep ball, and maybe once or twice throughout practice. So, I'm really just giving them a chance. You know, Coach Tano's is always on me about, just let them touch it. And I think that's one of the biggest things that I've tried to do since, you know, we were from last year, is just let them touch it. Give them a chance to go make a play. And those guys, they've made them time and time again. So, I'm just trying to let it ride. And I think sometimes it's higher, depending on where we're at in the field. And sometimes I drive it a little more. But, I wouldn't say I'm trying to Russell Wilson it and throw a shoot a moon ball. But, at the same time, I like giving our guys a chance and try to let it rip. It's working, man. Keep it going. Keep it going. I'm also super curious, because like you said, I never had a scrambling quarterback. And right now, you're in a good rhythm of knowing when to take off. Okay? Knowing when to scale the pocket. Knowing when to keep our eyes downfield. You're in a good, good rhythm right now. Like, when do you have that buzzard? When do you know it's right to run and use your legs? Or, we're going. How do you judge that? It's a field thing. I think it's a field thing when you're out there. But, throughout the week, it's also a deal. I mean, how these guys go up front on film. How are they disrupting the pocket? How much do you feel like, hey, this is a week where it's not going to be a kind of hang in there and extend it and go make a play. It could be a get the ball out, find an incompletion, throw it away. So, it can kind of, it'll get a feel for it throughout the week. And then, you can really get a great feel for it during the first quarter, first couple drives. And then, just to go out there and get some chances to extend plays. And that's the hardest for these defenses to stay attached to guys, as you know, down the field. A chance for big plays, really. And these guys are doing a great job of working back to the ball, sometimes taking it deep. And then, just going to find open grass. Scramble drill. Scramble drill. Let's work it. Let's work it. Now, Big Drake. Okay. You're in New England, man. How are you becoming a New Englander? What's so fun about being in New England? Let's hear it. Right now, you could be picking apples. You got freaking pumpkin patch time. This is thriving time in New England. What is your New England thing? Man, I think just appreciation of the foliage. Man, it's pretty sweet. I think, you know, when the leaves start turning, and you get that kind of fall football weather, the classic New England fall day, as it's turning more into winter now. But it's hard to beat. I think I appreciate that, even on the drives home, or drives it in in the morning. It's something that you take for granted, of just the appreciation of being up here. I also appreciate when the snow is on the trees, and I know kind of embracing the snow environment. Kind of the home games in the snow. The snow on the trees as you're driving home. Just kind of the light, it shines. The snow gives you a little bit of extra daylight, almost, when you're driving home. So, just embracing the cold weather. That's embracing it. You guys have for so long. What about some restaurants? Are we going to any, like, Farmer's Daughter Town Spa? What are we going to? Yeah. Crescent Ridge. I know you're a milkshake guy. You're a milkshake guy. Sharon, you got to get you to Crescent Ridge. Crescent Ridge. I'll check that out. No, I haven't checked that out. I love going, you know, some spots in the city, I think. You know, whether it's Moo, you know, some of the Seaport Ones. Those guys are great. Some Italian. Capri's been great. So, a lot of places in Boston I try to. I think Virginia's Pizza's always big, right there in Boston. So, I try to check out some pizza in some of the Boston. Boston. The OGs. There you go. Now, I heard you're a great golfer. What are your favorite golf courses around New England in the offseason? Mmm. I saw you picked it up a little bit. You've been playing a little bit? Not like you. Not like you. Not like me. I'm trying. I'm trying, bubs. Exactly. Let's see. Some of the ones in the Cape have been really nice. Science Port was awesome. Old Sandwich was right here, just probably 30 minutes away. I played the Country Club. It was the history of the. Obviously, the Country Club of Boston. It's pretty sweet in itself. And then, really, I haven't really checked out much more than that uptime in here. I try to. I'm at the facility a little bit. And the OTAs get some time to go out in the summers. Yeah, I haven't been out there. No, there's some courses I have missed that I've definitely needed to go check out. You played Augusta, right? I was, fortunately enough, too. Yeah, it was pretty sweet. So, it was hard to beat that. What'd you score? My first time playing, I was in, I think, maybe like a 91 or a 2. And then, from the last time I went, I actually played the tips, and I shot like an 82. I was pretty impressed with that. 82 from the back teeth. 82 from the tips? I know. I had a chance. I double-bogeyed 18, too. I had a chance at flat 80, but I doubled 18. But, no, it was sweet. That's awesome. Are you going to these offensive line dinners I hear about, or what? Thursday nights. I'm. I probably go to about half of them, depending on the red zone plan of the night. I probably. The ones close around the facility I try to go to, sometimes they go deep in the city at like 6 o'clock, and I don't make it. But no, they're historic. I think they're sweet. It's every week, these guys. It's all, you know, 15, 16 of them in there. You know, if we can show examples, you know, eating some food, and I try to bring some, you know, and Michael brings some snacks for him throughout the week, so that's how I make up for it if I don't make it on Thursday night. Man. We got a real question. We got a real crazy question. Is Bake Miss coming back soon, or what, dude? We got to know the inside. We got to know. When is Bake Miss back? I think that's fine now, man. I can't. I can't. I can't share her. That's for her to share, so we'll see. I think it's cool. I think she's kind of deciding, so we'll find out. I mean, we're really big fans of your wife and Michael, Mae and Bake Miss, but how cool is it to watch the region of New England just embrace her? Like, this. How cool is that? It's been. It's been, you know, way cooler for me to see that than really the support for me. I really appreciate how they've embraced, you know, my wife and really loved her for being herself, and she's, you know, really loved, you know, being up here, and we had never been up here before I got drafted, and we really came to love New England and the Boston area and just love being a part of it. Man. Well, we appreciate you coming on. You got the Packers this week. What are our keys? It's a little early right now, but what are our keys this week going against a really good NFC North football team that's playing lights out? I think they're playing good football. I think, you know, one of the biggest things is we're back at home. We'll take advantage of the home environment. This is the time of year that the fans really get into it and become an advantage. So, by and to that, I think, you know, they're playing good defense. They're playing a lot of zone, but they got the eyes on the quarterback. They're making plays on the football. Try to take care of the football. Try to establish the run and play complimentary football. As you know, that's the best way to get it done. Man. Well, good luck, bub. Stay healthy. You're such a cool, genuine dude. I love watching you succeed. Keep it going, man because when you guys do well The tide rises all boats. Is that the, what is it? The tide rises all boats. We're all boats in New England, baby. Yeah, hey, we're all New Englanders, baby. We're all patriots, as they say, as the boss says. As the boss says. We're all patriots. Appreciate you having me on, Jules. You're the man. Thanks for coming on. Everyone got to go check out. What's your charity event? Oh, yeah. Yeah, it's, you know, it's Mayday Family Foundation. It's our foundation. So Jules was nice enough to come out and play in the softball game. And he was hitting some homers. It was cool to see you swing the bat. So it was fun, man. Thanks for coming out. You guys do awesome in the community. Keep it up, bubs. Appreciate you guys. Later, bro. See you, Jules. There's the guy you are right now. And there's the guy you could be. Whatever's been holding you back, your hair, your weight, your energy, HIMS has a real plan for it built around you. Be prepared. Be strong. Be confident. Be HIM. Ready to be HIM? Visit HIMS.com to get personalized, affordable care for weight loss, hair loss, sex, testosterone, and more. 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So why not be the place they find? You can make some extra cash listing your space for the big game. Find out how much at Airbnb.com slash host. Man, Jules, how awesome is Drake? He's just a good kid, man. He's a really genuine dude. He's just a southern kid that's excited about his opportunity. It looks like he's hungry to continue to improve his opportunity. He doesn't have an ego. He's a good kid, man. Us Davidson guys, baby. Something about him. Something about him. I don't know. God. North Carolina, man. That's right, baby. Represent. That was awesome. I mean, he's ready. I'm ready. I am fired up for this weekend. Are you fired up? That got me fired up. We're going to be in. We're going to be. We're going to be. We're going to be in town. Let the people know. By the way, we're going to be in the building for old Gronk. We will be there. Big day. Gronk's getting in the Patriots Hall of Fame, baby. I'm so excited for him. I'm so excited. I mean, what people don't realize, Rob Gronkowski was like the biggest character in the world when he was playing. One name guy. One name guy. Gronk. We would go. I remember going to a Celtics game. I remember going to a Celtics game with him. Or was it a Red Sox game? And we're in like the Gronk van. He had this big old fucking Gronk van. Legendary. Legendary van. And people found out. Like, it didn't have like the stuff on the side where it showed it was the Gronk van yet. Right, right. Incognito. Still incognito. Yeah, still incognito. But they found out Rob was in this thing. And I could have sworn. There was like 500 to 1,000 people that swarmed this bus. Gronk's getting out of the bus going crazy. The people are eating it up. Like, he was such a larger than life character. And it is so awesome to be able to welcome him into the Hall of Fame for the Patriots. I mean, he's such a big part. Like, this is going to be a fun part for me because now, you know, it's all the guys that we played with. I was going to say. Are going to start joining here. And he's such a big part of that era of just the Patriots. And he worked his tail off. He had a great time. He always had a great attitude. He was the best teammate in the world. Like, he was just very similar. Like, we just talked about with Drake, how he's a genuine dude. Gronk is just genuinely Gronk. Literally, everybody else. What's Gronk like? What's Gronk like? Just him. Amen. And it's going to be such a fun opportunity to get to see him be welcomed into the Patriots Hall of Fame. Also, we got some fun stuff coming out. Bro. On all the Fox socials. Big. Our socials. We got a huge Brady hype video. Some music video. Oh, there's so much stuff going on this week. Brady's going back and calling the game. First game in KB. Oh, my God. It's a good game. It's a great game. We're looking at this game earlier in the year. Like, this is a game you circle. Yeah, I know. But we looked at this earlier when, you know, the Packers were kind of not looking good. Oh, that's where in the first three weeks we're sitting there like, man, it's going to be a rough one. I was just going to say, that's how quick the NFL can change. Now, these two teams are firing different cylinders. Yes. Both of them got written off early. Got written off. They both have identities now. They both have really good defenses, explosive offenses. It's going to be a fun one. It sure is. And I tell you what, if you haven't seen this Brady hype video they got out now, it's going to make you run through a wall. This is a hype video to end all hype videos. Go watch it. Brady's return. We're also celebrating the 2016 Super Bowl 28-3 game. What a squad. And team. What a squad that was. What a team. Can you believe that's been 10 years? No. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. You can't. I feel like it was yesterday. I don't feel like it was yesterday, but I don't feel like it was 10 years ago. Unbelievable. I know. Imagine everybody coming back. See the whole crew. It's going to be so good. It's going to be awesome. These are, I mean, these are the moments that you lived for. Darn right. These are the moments, you know, you get to sit back and you talk the old war stories about the glory days with the boys. You know, when you win a Super Bowl, you're a Super Bowl champion forever. And with that, you're a Super Bowl champion forever. With that team, we're a Super Bowl champion team forever. Got to believe. Got to believe. God darn it. Hey, coming out later today at some point, this music, this music video. What? With you and Rob. Unbelievable. Is that coming out? It's coming out later today. Is that our music video? Yes. Unbelievable. You guys got to hear Jules' voice. I mean, he sounds like a young James Taylor. No. He looks amazing in the video. This music video is going to be insane. We just got back from Boston. We had to hit up a couple locations there. You know, Dorchester. We were in the commons for a little bit. We ended up in Foxborough. We did it like, you know, it was crazy. Yo, who's this new duo? Who's this new duo filming in the hood? In Georgia. Oh, it's Rob and Jules. Oh, my God. It was fun. Insane. Check socials later today. You know, I wasn't quite warmed up as Drake was talking about. You know, it's a little fall right now in England, so it's a little chillier out there. But I was thinking about football. You didn't have your chamomile tea and your throat exercises and all that. I was thinking about football. That's what I was thinking about. Hey, football on the brain is always a good thing. That's maybe how I was thinking about football. That's a teaser. A little something, something. That's a little something. Unbelievable. Ah, this weekend. I'm jacked. I'm jacked. And we also got Veterans Day. Celebrating all the vets. Yes. 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Start on your holiday shopping game plan and find the perfect gifts for everyone on your list at Walmart. Jules, we did it. We made it a whole trip. Two days without NFL football. Thank God it's Thursday. Thank God it's Thursday, especially after that Monday night matchup. I was lonely Tuesday and Wednesday. Oh, my God. Talk on Monday night. How about that Monday night game, though? That Monday night game was insane. Iceman, Iceman, Iceman. Iceman and Simmons, Chicago Bears' best team in football right now. Clock it. You heard it here first. Right now, they're the best team in football. And I have fun watching them, too. It's fun. They just dominate the line. They're playing a scrimmage. Their defense is fun. Gets after the quarterback. They take the ball away. But let's get out of that game. It's Thursday night football. Who's our matchup? Let's go, baby. Tonight, we got the 4-4 Baltimore Ravens hosting the 5-2 Jacksonville Jaguars. Before we dive into this one, Jules, let's set the table here. Last week, the Jags just went out and handled business. Smacked Indy 42-7. Baltimore, on the other hand, sliding, skidding. It's tough sledding over there in the Charms. City. Took another L, lost to Buffalo, 36-10. Banged up, lost Lamar, lost Snoop. It ain't looking good over there. Pagano. Pagano. Hey, Joe, forget about it, Pagano. Pagano. The pride of Maine, the pride of UConn, a bear, a husky. I mean, he's got his work cut out for him. He got banged up, too, but should be good to go tonight. The Jags, man. Let me talk about the Jags for a second. Let me hear you preach. They're looking like a complete football team. They're looking like a contender in the AFC. Last week, I mean, this was – they didn't even need Trevor Lawrence. They didn't even need Jacoby. They didn't even need Parker Washington. All great guys, but this was the base shell. I don't want to toot my own horn tooting game. He doesn't toot his own horn, but I'll toot it for him. 100-plus on the ground, touchdown, just handling the rock, controlling the game. Awesome. Awesome performance. The only not-so-bright spot, lost Devin Hamilton. Defensive tackle, carted off. Really good against the rush. Really good against the run. Likely out for the season, it looks like, which is a bummer. That's a big loss, but these Jags are rolling. Baltimore, not rolling. Jesse Minter kind of called out the squad this week. Rookie quarterback, undrafted guy. Not great. Got smoked by the Bills. Jules, first and foremost here, we throw this around a lot, but is this a must-win for the Jags? It's not a must-win, but it's a win if you got to win this game if you want to be a big-boy team. Yep. And right now, with the collection of work they've had from last year, they've been a big-boy team. I mean, last week, you didn't even say the Rodriguez, the backup running back. Rodriguez Jr. He had a really good game, too. He sure did. They're getting production from everywhere on that offense. The receivers. Jacoby, Parker Washington, Thomas. Like, he even had a big play. Strange. Strange had that huge explosion play. You got Tootin. You got Rodriguez. And then on defense, they play real situationally tight. They're really good against the run. And when you play the game the right way, you get a lead from ahead early, like the Jaguars do, then the defense doesn't have to go against the rush anymore. And then they can dial up all their crazy. And then they can dial up all their crazy schemes and get these exotic blitzes and these T.E. games where you're changing up defensive linemen, and you can get creative with that. And that's because they play such a complimentary game. Their punter's good. They always get the kicker's good. I mean, he's got the best leg in the game. Oh, yeah. Little but the leg big, baby. K.M. Little, he's a beast. To get back to your point, is this a must-win game? For the Jags, going against, like, a traditional Baltimore team, this isn't a traditional Baltimore team. No, it's not. You know, they don't have Lamar. The defense is kind of all over the place because they don't have any confidence that they can get any points on the offense. So, like, they're playing defense all game long. And that's hard for a defense. I mean, you see the clip of Hamilton, like, talking. The reporter asked him about the offense. He's like, I don't want to talk about the offense. We're defense. It has nothing to do with us. And you could just tell there's people are a little, that confidence. People in that building, the confidence is, is kind of shot. So, for the Jaguars to be a contending football team, which they are right now. Oh, yeah. Because they've played themselves into that, even though they had that one loss against the Broncos where they were up. But that's in Denver. So, like, they've had some early. Week two early. They got to go out and win this game and win it handsomely, which I expect them to do. I think they're going to. Like, they're playing very confident. Liam Cohen, Trevor Lawrence. This is the best we've ever seen. Trevor, Trevor Lawrence. Boy, he looks like a number one pick. That's what a number one pick supposed to look like. Six foot six, long hair, mobile, got a cannon for an arm. And he's got confidence. And there was one play last week that I saw where they got a penalty, I think, or they were about to get a penalty. One of the receivers was. John, with the defensive back and the leadership. Trevor Lawrence went over there, and I caught it in the camera. He's like, hey, shut it up. Get over here. I like that. That just tells you he's in the zone. He knows what he's doing, guiding this ship right now. And that's a confidence thing where you can tell a guy, hey, get your ass in the huddle. Get your ass in the huddle. Dude, we got bigger things to do. We got bigger fish to fry. I love that attitude. It's third down. We're losing our play clock. Because you're bitching. Tom used to do that to me all the time. I'd be over here getting someone. Like, yeah, what's up? He's like, Charles, get in the huddle. And that's because you got to keep the train moving. I love that. And that's a leadership thing, man. You got to tip your cap and give a lot of credit to Liam Cohen. Big time. He's got this Jags team playing very confident. And against this Ravens team that's lacking confidence. In a big way. You know, third string quarterback. They're going to have to rely on King Henry. But, you know, if you got everyone in that box waiting for King Henry, stopping his feet at the point of attack, that's how you got to beat King Henry. You stop his feet at the point of attack, make him run sideways so you can get those big old legs on the ground. Because once he gets going, you can't stop a train. You can't stop the train. So the only way the Ravens have a shot in this game is if King Henry gets going, they get a bunch of takeaways. But I don't see that happening right now. No, I feel that. And that leads me to our next point here, Jules. How worried are you about the Ravens at this point? I'm very worried. On Fox NFL kickoff, you know, I had to be an attorney for the Ravens. Order, order. And, you know, I was trying to project towards the future with Lamar coming back. Lamar ain't coming through that door. Man, you're like Johnny. Talk about Johnny Cochran over there. Holy smokes. You know, the Ravens. The glove don't fit. You must have quit. But the glove is definitely. That isotoner is not fitting at all, bro. I don't know. It's just they don't have any confidence. We all got to remember, Jesse Minter, this is his first year as a head coach. Yes. This ain't John Harbaugh who knows how to go through a bit of adversity. He's been through four different eras of a Baltimore team. Like, there's no more of that. That's in the Giant. That's over in New York. And they're leading the division right now. They're leading the division. Okay. This is a rookie coach who's got to deal with a lot of different distractions. This is what, like, the head coach has to deal with. On Monday. Hey, you don't have all these guys. They're not playing. You got to meet with the medical staff. Oh, by the way, our best players on IR, he's not coming back the whole season. Oh, you know, we got all these noises. You know, our defensive guys are having clips in the media. Like, he's got to deal with everything. Oh, yeah. You don't get to coach football. You don't get to coach football when you're the head coach. You got to deal with problems. Yes. And so, they have a lot of problems right now. And I just, you know, it's very un-Raven-like. And it's crazy. And it's not what this team's going to be three or four weeks down the line. But right now, I'm worried about them. I don't blame you, man. And you know it's never a good sign when the coach is calling out leadership. And, you know, who's stepping up mid-game to. Like, their defense isn't playing. They're not playing that well either. And that's the Ravens' calling card forever. Rush defense giving up 101 yards a game. That's 13th. They're 22nd against the pass. Not great. You know, they're terrible in the red area. Not great. 92%. They're giving up touchdowns, I think. And they're bottom 10 in points allowed. And that's not just the defensive fault. They're a complementary team. They usually rely on that run game. Yep. With Lamar, King Henry, big explosion plays by. Zay Flowers. And tight situational defense. But the defense on the field so much, they got no confidence. I feel they're broken right now. Right. Not turning the ball over. Or not, like, forcing many turnovers. 14th in turnover margin. And the plus minus, it's zero. So, like, you're not taking the ball away. It's just. So, I'm very worried about the Ravens at this point. Because that division's tough, too. Oh, yeah. You got a 5-2. Stillers. You got 5-2 Stillers. You got a Cleveland Browns team. 5-2. What are they? 5-3? 5-2? 5-3. I mean, this ain't the AFC North of the Old where, like, it's you and the Steelers battling it out at the top. No. You're fighting to stay even remotely alive. They got to come away with a couple wins here. And this is going to be a huge opportunity for their head coach to get them out of a little bit of adversity. Yeah. Jesse Winter, man. And weather the storm. Because this is a storm right now. And this is what they're doing. This is what the NFL is. This stuff happens. You know, you lose your team sometimes because of injuries, sickness, or something. The head coach has got to be able to solve the problems. He's got to be able to have an answer. Whenever you ask your coach something, a good coach should always have an answer. Darn right. Jesse, we're looking at you, brother. We're not looking at, you know, we're looking at everyone. We're looking at everyone. I mean, and it doesn't get any easier. I mean, you're hosting the Jags. You got to host the Chargers. then you gotta go to Carolina, you gotta go to Houston, houston i mean it ain't ain't tomato can tomato can city this is tough there's no tomato cans in the nfl it's true this is also true in the nfl everyone everyone's a good football team i don't care what anyone says no i'm with you man um and uh with that being said we've got a lot of good teams here in the afc but jules who would in the afc would you take over the jags right now i mean look you got the chiefs that are six and two you got broncos six and two patriots four and three bills six and one bangles five and two stillers five and two you know i think just because of you know i'm a little worried with the chiefs right now there's kind of a template on how to play them stack the box and make the passing offense which is crazy who's led by patrick mahomes beat you but they don't you know they're struggling to try to find their playoff spot and they're not going to be able to play the game they're going to be able to play their playoff spot and they're not going to be able to play the game they're going to be able to on the outside so i'm a little worried about them i'm taking the jags over them right now yep the broncos they're finding ways to win they're getting healthy that rookie running back coleman had a big game maybe if he can get incorporated a little more yep they got rj harvey beast had a big explosion play you know the the coleman kid just came off injury and they have a confidence and they're not they're not really they're not really scared of going like deep into games no we they can win games ugly they can win on the road ugly so i'm taking i'm taking the broncos they're in that top tier for sure the pats you know they're banged up right now i'm a little worried about you know playmaking ability against a really good football team yeah they had some really big plays last week against the the dolphins and we saw them head-to-head the jags smacked them around and the jags smacked them around so i'm taking i'm taking the jags over the pats yep right now like this all changes as these next couple of weeks go by six four six weeks go in taking the bills like in a shootout i don't know i'm putting them in that that top tier same i mean bangles worry me because i don't that defense was looking pretty they couldn't tackle no and and you gotta tip you gotta gotta tip your cap to old cam he had his best game as a pro sure did we're rooting for you cam but like that's that's a problem sometimes when a quarterback that hasn't been performing that particularly well in a long time or ever in the league goes out and has his best game again what's up 30 on you that ain't great the steelers i love the steelers because they have a run game yes oh warren line mccarthy oh he's got this offensive line working yes you know but they they're struggling on the perimeter they're struggling because aaron's putting the ball where it needs to be put dk man come on dog you know aaron's aaron's aaron's not the problem there they're just lacking guys on the outside right now that give aaron a good opportunity to make plays fully they're making them sometimes they just that they need to make them consistently yep they need to make them consistently but they're a freaking damn good football team with the defense they sure are man so like top tier all the i'm putting right now broncos bills steelers jags in the top top tier okay and then the top tier is chiefs patriots bangles i like that top tops here they're top tier okay yeah but the top top tier bills broncos steelers jags but they all have holes and and i think afc is wide open i do too and more so than it's been a long time and these next four weeks like you hear you heard ben johnson in his in his press conference what do you think of that and what do you think of that and what do you think of that and what do you think of that and what do you think of that and what do you say he said this is the time of the season we're still building these teams are still building right now they're building what they want to become for that late run to play their best football at the most opportunistic time of the year which is the end of the year after thanksgiving we all know football starts after thanks dream season's coming it's approaching it's approaching but this is this is the pasteurization period these next four weeks that's right man that's where that fat is starting to move that's right in that milk okay we're starting to see that milk that's right make form it's starting to form it's getting there and you know what happens but there's still there's still a lot of time there's still time for these teams to tighten up oh get our execution in get our situational defense right on third down and in the red area get our situational offense right you know third down red area two minute before the half two minute after uh end of game let's get all these things dialed in because you know we're going to have a lot of fun and we're going to have a lot of fun and we're going to the hottest team at the end of the year that's the healthiest you're going to be peaking at the right time but those are the teams man those teams are the afc's wide open amen i think there's a lot of good football teams man i'm excited to see how that shakes out and it's gonna be a good game though this thursday night this is gonna tell us a lot about these jaguars darn right stay tuned we might be making a pick on this one later but before we wrap this up jules i still can't get over this trevor lawrence stat trevor lawrence has been pulled early in eight of the jaguars last 15 games that's crazy they're beating the poop out of that is crazy to me what a stat you're right that's just beat down city baby that's because they gotta play hard they jump on you quick and then they play tight situational defense shout out to liam cohen got it to liam cohen knows he likes he likes to jump they want to they're front runners man and it's nothing wrong with playing like that but that's like a front running team you get a lead early you keep that lead you run the ball effectively you get explosion plays and you put a choke hold on those offenses that you're playing against where they they panic and they stop running the football and then they you know what i mean yes so get them out of what they like to do get them out of what they like amen and like we saw last week with andy they handled business against teams they gotta beat they do it again they handle business they beat the crap out of bad teams yep that's all to be a great team you gotta do that they got a lot of blowouts in these last couple years with liam cohen i like that i like that gonna be a great one tonight it's gonna be a great one i'm excited for this game this episode of the gronk and jewel show is brought to you by mcdonald's the quarter pounder with cheese meal with medium fries and a drink is now eight dollars you 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I gotta say, yesterday morning, over at the crib, ran through these lines. Not a lot jumped out to us. Didn't love them. Yesterday afternoon, ran through these lines again. Yesterday evening, called Jules up at his crib. Not a lot jumping out to us. A little early. It's the next day. Still just like, this is one of those weeks where, I mean, if you're looking at the principles of being responsible- not forcing is like right there at the tippy top and guys we don't want to force anything this week but we have some lines out here right now we're just going to give a little a little something that we pulled curation wise that we we liked a little bit it's early it's early still early it's still early these we like these we like we like elements of these we will talk through them if we don't like them and we don't deem them responsible enough they will be struck from the record you know the rules folks first up jules let's go across the pond to madrid madrid madrid where the bangles are taking on the falcons we got euro joe going over there we got bangles minus three we are working with the opening lines here folks what do you think jules atlanta is kind of on a bit of a skid lost three of their last four coming off that ugly rain game in tampa meanwhile the bangles escaped a tough one with tennessee last week got a little bit of fight left in them that offense was singing defense three points across the pond what do you think here jules atlanta's just three and five against the spread this season not great i love euro joe i like euro joe i think that sets it off for me i mean joe might hit when are they going i have not seen are they going early because joe might hit a fashion show hey fashion show joe right now pull out your best aloe fit joe hey joe might hit a fashion show out there and he's gonna be feeling real real good oh yeah oh i like joey and and joe turned the ball over a bunch last week he'll tighten that up they got their tuesday they say they left tuesday oh yeah he's definitely yeah he's in a runway in there plenty of time there's something in madrid going oh yeah you know they got some good threads out there and you know joe's gonna be threaded up threaded up bro i love the bangles against the falcons like falcons last week that was bad man and i know they're they're due for a good game kevin stefanski's a really good coach he's a really good coach but i don't know man four picks by pennix granted it was a freaking monsoon out there but like you would think in the monsoon they would get that run game going no not tampa bay who you know is not i mean they're good at running the ball but they went for 300 i mean some of those were some meatball subs right to the guys yeah those were bad interceptions yeah well i like i like euro joe stamp it euro joe sets it off for us next up jewels responsible we talked about it earlier yeah we talked through this one very well jags nine and a half point favorites in baltimore short week thursday night we don't like big spreads that's up there also on our rules of responsibility we don't like big spreads but this one it's big for a reason yeah we like continuity yes and the jags are there you go very caught what what is the word for continuity consistent they're they're can continue um consistency right whatever the jags are consistent we need rob here for the words look they're gonna the ravens are gonna go into a thursday night game with their their backup quarterback their backup backup their backup backup they don't even practice you don't practice on a thursday night week no or a thursday night game so like he's not gonna have any real practice the jaguars they're real real consistent right now they got a lot of continuity trevor lawrence is playing so confident he looks great and they blow teams out what was your stat there's uh i mean he's getting out eight eight of 15 of their last 15 games he's gotten pulled early not for bad performance because they're blowing teams out they're blowing teams out yes i mean we might see queen ewers in this one again i like the jags at nine and a half i think so too stamp it responsible and last jewels we love beating up on these guys we never kick men when they're down but we've been kicking these guys texans minus four and a half at chargers may i say the oh and seven chargers houston's come off a bye well rested looked like they were finding a little bit of a groove uh winning those two lost a closer the giants before the bye week coming out hungry what do you think of this one on the road i would say home field advantage but that's not really a thing for the chargers in la that's not really a thing no yeah i i i don't like to kick a man when he's down me neither never do but i think the texans yeah they're probably gonna win this game cj's trial before last week against the giants or two weeks ago versus the giants was looking really good he was him and kaylee i mean they were getting things going mark marks was getting going in the run game they got tank dell back it's just it's hard like i want to like think that the chargers are gonna put maybe something together to just cover show me something but they don't have anything going right now and i it really does look like there's like whispers that we might get an andrew luck thing going whoa whoa whoa i've heard whoa whisper yeah i mean i mean my guy's getting beat up i wouldn't blame justin herbert i wouldn't blame him i hope not he's too good of a football player he sure is but i mean holy smokes how much he's also like he's like i think he's like fed up because like some of the interceptions he's thrown like oh yeah it's that's not like characteristic of of the quarterback he's been correct he can't throw and catch the ball himself so to put a bow on it we're going with the texas we're kicking a guy when he's down somewhere rob's watching this like yes rough monday incoming again like what do you they haven't scored a touchdown since like october 11th chargers i mean to make matters worse they were oh six and one against the spread so it's not even like these are close games are covering you do sit here and you think are right in the nfl yeah this is the nfl they got to put it together one of these it's a well-rested texans team it's a well-rested real kind of like tired from a lot of different playing a lot of football but outside noise tired chargers yeah like they're not showing us anything if this is a boxing match and i'm the ref i'm like hey show me something show me something or i'm stopping the fight the towel would have been thrown in should have been thrown in i'm giving you the bug in the corner i would not rocky and apollo this and let my guy go down hell no remember when rocky yes he sat there and he watched apollo and he he knew apollo wanted to take it you gotta throw that goddamn towel gotta throw in the towel you gotta know when it's time to call it quits i'm mills lane over here i'm gonna fucking get you in the bear i'm calling the fight off no fight left in these guys all right do our other pick is that responsible we didn't responsible three for three responsibility what were our picks last week by the way oh we were pretty darn good let me let me tally up our record uh we'll we'll circle back to that okay next up bangles we're heading to the over-unders here heading to the over-under section bangles versus falcons over 51 and a half since he's gone over this number in four of their last seven averaging 29.4 a game again going overseas in this one atlanta's gone over three of their seven they're putting up 21.4 a game defensively both letting up kind of in the mid-20s so i love the over i like the over in this one too it is high which is a little scary to me i know but i'm not gonna lie i'm not gonna lie i'm not gonna lie but the teams have been performing in teams have been performing across the pond bro like there's been some really great like fire fire matches seriously fireworks we've seen some good stuff over there so i like the over on this i do too i still think the falcons can score and the bangles i don't know if they're gonna like learn how to tackle over i know in atlanta i got to imagine it's not going to be a monsoon over there they got blanked last week i gotta imagine he's gonna be better in this team he's gonna be better he's gonna be better can't be any worse he's gonna be good yes i don't know about good enough to win the game but good enough to put up some points darn right darn right and then next up jules this one i'm gonna come out and say i don't love it on paper but we'll talk through it after deeming the first one responsible that was big broncos coming across the country to the panthers over-unders lower in this one 43 points to the panthers over-unders lower in this one 43 points to the panthers over-unders over-unders over-unders over-unders just three of their seven offense looking a little bit better but you know it was still pretty uh pretty anemic there early on 21 and a half points per game carolina's gone over this dave canalis offensive guy four and seven uh four of their seven games and they're putting up in the mid-20s carolina's defense though this is where we're looking this is the the decider for me fired their dc we're letting up 27.7 a game in the bottom 10 of defenses scoring wise denver dc 27.7 a game in the bottom 10 of defenses scoring wise denver dc 27.7 a game in the bottom 10 of defenses scoring wise denver dc 27.7 a game in the pretty freaking good letting up just 20 21 points a game they're a top five defense scoring wise i like the over on this i just i just see this one sneaking over i well i think i think sean payton against uh a coaching staff that's going through changes i'm taking that advantage i'm taking sean payton yep okay and then also with the panthers like i still didn't forget that they were putting up 30 points a bunch early in the season yeah like look at that remember remember that i know these last two weeks have been kind of stinky but i think they're gonna get back on track i think i think they're gonna this is gonna be an over 40 i mean what yeah they can get over i was just gonna say don't you think yeah they can get over this i do too in denver not at home i i know the defense travels but like carolina playing at home across the country i think they can they can get a little bit of they can get some stuff done against this defense i like it i do too um last in the over category here jules over on the other hand i think they're gonna get back on track i think they're gonna that is Raiders, Niners, over 51 and a half, the raiders are an over team if there ever was one gone over this number in six of their eight games i mean they're just putting up points letting up points too which is good for the over san francisco on the other hand they've only gone over this number two of their eight games defense has been pretty solid offense has been getting there i just don't know if they're going to mike evans if they're going to shut down that uh that raiders offense mike let me see what mike's status is they're coming off a bye week the san francisco 49ers and kyle shanahan off a bye week's gonna have some stuff dialed he's gonna have some game plan dialedness waiting for the team that he's about to play oh for sure so like i i like the niners could score some points and then i also like the raiders they're not gonna just put it out there and and and slop it out no her cousins is what is he one or two in touchdown passes right now he was tied for the lead last as of last week so he's been playing really good football he's wearing the chains they got a lot over in in las vegas agreed and this has got like a baby rivalry match to it you know like they don't they don't play very often but it used to be the battle of the bay the san fran oakland now it's santa clara in las vegas maybe not quite the same but still has a little bit of the same of it darn right i mean i i i like this over it the the only thing that scares me is the niners section of it but i do think it sneaks over too i like this i think it gets over i just i i trust that vegas offense and kirk's been slanging that thing man kirk's been slanging and they got i don't just hope the niners the defense doesn't stop them i know that's my only worry but i still deem it what do you think jules i think it's responsible three for three on the responsibility category that makes us six responsible bets thus far last section everyone's favorite slot machine wide receiver prop of the week as we do jules we're narrowing the scope to thursday night keeping it responsible small sample size equals more responsibility first up this is a guy that is due if there ever was a guy that was due he is due parker washington a fan favorite around here we love this guy over 63 and a half receiving yards he's had 22 targets over the last week three weeks only gone over this number twice this season which is unlike him but it just feels like he's due and a stat that jumps out to me jules baltimore has allowed nine receivers to go over this number thus far this season what do you think here this one's tricky it's tricky he's definitely due for a big game he hasn't had a big game in a minute but they they get him the ball in different ways like with sweeps and stuff so that's the only thing that gets me a little scared right because they still have jacoby they still have thompson you know thomas so like they got to get guys the rock and tootin and rodriguez we'll see how what their plan is yep but he's definitely due i like the over me too and when you're love it when you're a guy like that and it's becoming glaringly obvious to people inside the building and outside that you need touches like he needs becomes a point of emphasis doesn't it yeah whether yeah whether they'll admit it or not yeah i like this one as well jules and then moving on to our next pick we got jacoby lane on the raven side over 16 and a half receiving yards had one catch for 13 yards last week but only one target before that three for 30 and then the week before that four for 50 so it's a young guy he's a rookie receiver getting his you know working his way in there was injured earlier in the year but like this number is just so low that it almost feels too tempting not to take i like it you know what i mean one catch he's a rookie receiver you got your third string quarterback that's my thought too so like they probably have so many like they have these periods after practice for younger football players to learn the scheme or system that you're playing in it's in the younger players don't always get a lot of reps yes they call it a basic period they probably have had a lot of basic periods together so pagano is comfortable throwing to little lane because they've been in basic periods he's gonna have at least 30 yards that's what i'm saying yeah it's just 30 yards we gotta take this i like this one i love this i don't want to say it's my green goblin mask pick of the week but like it's talking to us it's talking to us well what's this next one next up we got josh cameron another young receiver over on the jaguars side we don't like doing these ones but under one and a half receptions hadn't caught a ball in two weeks only one target in the last two weeks and he's gone over this number in just two games all season i i hate to take an under on something that low but like they got they got hands and feet over there i'm taking the under me too they got mouth to feed when you're i mean there's some bigger mouths that need fed there's bigger mouths that need to be fed jacoby myers jacoby park strange parker i mean in a you know a six round pick rookie i mean he's lower on the totem i you know why this is a little scary because what if they want to trade thomas that's true too we didn't even they got to give thomas a couple rocks to make them look kind of good right they'll leave this for practice we like the under i think josh cameron's gonna have the same amount of catches his kirk camera this week zero baby i think he's gonna have one you're gonna have one he's gonna have one either way we win you let him have one is that i'm gonna have zero we want to are we did we go nine for nine in responsibility i don't know what did we go last week last week last week if my tally is correct five and three five and three hey i don't want to pat myself on the back or ourselves but give yourself a pat i don't want to why that jinx us this week early in this all right sorry sorry sorry sorry early in the sea hey and we're good we're we're pretty good bro responsibility pays off pays to be responsible shout out matthew golden shout out christian watson last week shout out that raiders jets over shout out that bills ravens over colts jaguars oh man we took the under the freaking jag scored 42 we didn't think it'd be that bad we didn't think it'd be that bad i thought it'd be like 30 to 10 kind of vibes not that not bad we didn't think it was a massacre no but we were man how about that five and three pretty darn good why is no one talking about warren getting traded the tight end is he like a foundational piece for the colts people there's been a couple of murmurs there've been murmurs because he's a good player i think he's a really good player for like a younger who what kind of quarterback who needs a tight end trying to think oh the patriots i wouldn't say no hunter henry's a little banged up a little banged up all right well i mean they ain't getting mad at it they ain't giving the patriots nothing i know like there's just no way right i don't know i wouldn't think so but i would love to have tyler warren one of gronk's guys one of our guys we love tyler warren yeah oh man uh jules that was it was one heck of a responsible wager segment it was i think we're uh we're gonna be good and i feel confident in our picks and we got a great week of football ahead it's gonna be fun we got a big weekend ahead big thursday night game it was awesome what a week what an episode thanks again to drake may gronk and i will be back monday for an all-new episode of the great week of football subscribe to the 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