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Week one of the NFL season delivered a mix of physical intensity, unexpected performances, and early signs of team development. The Giants’ aggressive, physical play against the Cowboys contrasted sharply with Dallas’s defensive struggles, including a string of failed flat routes and poor third-down execution. In Kansas City, Patrick Mahomes made a standout debut despite being sidelined for months, showcasing his resilience and ability to make plays under pressure. Denver’s offense was ineffective, though their defense remained solid, leading to a balanced but underwhelming performance. The Bills–Lions game at High Mark Stadium is highlighted as a potential fireworks match, fueled by Josh Allen’s elusiveness and the rookie-heavy, high-energy style both teams are adopting. Other key matchups, including Jacksonville vs. Denver and Houston vs. Cincinnati, revealed early defensive vulnerabilities and emerging star performances. Analysts noted a clear shift toward physicality and disciplined play, with teams like the Bengals and Chiefs showing promise. The episode also spotlighted responsible betting strategies—using teasers and props based on trends rather than hype—while celebrating the hard work behind the new High Mark Stadium. Overall, the season’s early games set a tone of grit, resilience, and exciting individual performances, with many teams still in adjustment. The week ended with a strong emphasis on caution, realism, and film study as the league moves into a more structured and competitive phase.
Week one is in the books and what an incredible, incredible way to kick off the old NFL season. We're looking at some of the biggest matchups of the weekend and I break down to give my thoughts on Thursday nights football game between the lions and bills and I might give a couple predictions. I might. Let's get into it. What we got. Oh man before we get into this big old matchup tonight still a little housekeeping. We had some huge games Sunday and Monday night. Oh my god. Let's get into those real quick. Want to get your thoughts on those first off. Let's react to Sunday night football. Giants cowboys NFC East rivalry showdown. These new hardball giants look pretty darn good. They look you think they they they look really good and the first thought I had was when we were doing our first show that we delivered Monday. That was great. Thank you guys for watching. We predicted. Grunk and I both predicted during the show that the Dallas Cowboys were going to win and they were losing by 14 points. Boy do I I feel I feel so bamboozled. I feel bamboozled Jack. Bamboozled. I feel bamboozled because that's not the giants we thought we were going to see last night. New Sunday night. New look Giants. New look Giants. And boy did it look like a hardball team. Record yet likely. I mean, golly. So Sean Avery. I mean, I'm in the middle of I'm in the middle of hockey star hockey star Sean Avery hockey star turn actor turn actor and actor. I'm about to pick up my daughter at school and we're in car line and he rolls down his window and he goes, who's that? We're a card guy has no no clue about football. I go, who are you talking about? He's like the big D end. I'm like, you mean record the fullback? And that was right there. That was a message from John Harball. We're going to start off. We're going to show physicality. And that's exactly what it was. And I was just sitting there like that even people that don't really watch football saw that the Giants were trying to be physical. I was going to say Patrick Ricard household name now. I love it. I mean, let's go get some love to our full backs. What a what a fun game and what a what a fun team to watch the New York Giant. They got some spark. Man, I never thought I'd say this, but I kind of like watching the Giants. I love watching it. Jackson Dart played really well. Really 23 for 29, 230 yards, three studies, no picks, no picks. I love that they still incorporated him running the football. But he took the teaching lesson around the sideline. He got out of bounds. He did take a hit, but we didn't get a blue tent. We didn't get blue tent visit. No blue tent visit. So that was like that was really cool. Who else balled out in that game, Jack? It was great to see Isaiah likely getting it done. That's my guy. Yeah. Postal Carolina. Postal Carolina. Pride of Massachusetts down there. A shot to clear down there in Conway, South Carolina, getting it done up north. I love it. He looks like a matchup problem. He does. He does. Malik neighbors back. Well, I mean, back like he never left looking really good. The whole story about John Harball, tackling him pregame to get his confidence going. Got to do what you got to do. I mean, he had six catches for 69 yards. Rob was like that game. Scataboo 18 carries 81 yards. Tutti backflip. Backflip. Scataboo brings into it safely. We landed it safely though. The Scataboo brings a juice. Just this whole team and the defensive line. I mean, they have so many first rounders. They got they got an incredible defense pressure. It was great. I mean, they were awesome in the red zone two, four for four. I mean, it was that was a great game. Jackson dark. Taken what they gave him. Didn't try to force it. I saw one commentator described his beautifully boring. He played. Did what you need to do? Yeah, it just it felt like an old Raven's team. It really and the one example of that that justifies all of this was that what is it? The third quarter. That drive that was eight minutes long. Dallas quarter waiting for was that in the third? That was the fourth. The big boy drive 13. They had a couple of big boy drives. I was talking about the one in the fort to ice it. Yeah. Third. I mean, they were. They had long sustained drives. They were playing disciplines. Camp Scataboo was getting four off the clip every time. He seemed like he was falling forward. They just seemed so physical. I was I was really disappointed with the Dallas Cowboys. I was really disappointed. I opened with them. I know. I opened with them and Fox kick off. I know. You know, and I I'm not a cowboy guy. I sat and believed the hype. I do have to remind myself that this is week one. We can't over react. Patriots Seattle both lost in week one. Both played in the Super Bowl. But I was a little disappointed with these Dallas Cowboys. I mean, with with the defense. I mean, I feel like they gave up a flat route in the fourth quarter seven times in a row. Let's singletary the check downs. It was rough. We got to make an adjustment. What's the definition of insanity doing the same over and over and over and not and thinking you're going to like, I don't understand. I don't understand that. That one hurt me. No, I'm with the Jerry was pissed up in the booth there, man. It was. I didn't like it, man. I didn't like it for him. Eight new guys on defense. I know. Quintant Williams. Caleb Downs looked good, though. He had a couple big plays. Good. It was so quiet all preseason around Dallas. And I thought something different would be when there was week one was a two quiet week one. I mean one. I do expect them to the overreaction corner here. I do expect them to turn it around. Got the commanders coming up next. But you know, Shotty even felt defeated in that post game pressure. Looked it. He looked a little defeated. Tough division. I mean, because you go in, you think, oh, we're going to play the Giants guys with new head coach team that's been young. We're going to get a dub. You would vision game. Let's start at five time. Nope. Nope. Fun Giants team. Fun Giants team. Fun Giants team. Really excited to watch in this season. Let's go from the NFC East over to the AFC West. My name is football. AFC West rivalry game in Arrowhead. Oh my God. Very similar. Denver Kansas City. What do you think? Very similar to the game we just talked about. Denver supposed to come in with one of the best rosters. They didn't have their quarterback in the AFC championship. They would have automatically made the Super Bowl if they had bow nicks. That's what everyone wants to say. They would automatically. All right. Well, the offense didn't look. Didn't look that great. Now, offense didn't look that great. We talked about that total yardage. What was it? 176. 177 or 176. Not great. Two and 12 on third down. Not great. But they just what are we doing, buddy? Just like what the Giants did on Sunday night. Andy Reed with the addition of Kenneth Walker. Unbelievable. He said, well, what we're going to run the football 23 carries and I sat there and I was having PTSD. I was having PTSD about Belichet game planning in the game plan. And anytime we played Andy Reed, all he said, he would always say it. Look, this guy's going to run the ball. He's going to run the ball, but he's going to get away from the run. This guy's allergic to running the ball. He doesn't want to run the ball. He wants to do some fancy stuff in the past. Well, they ran the ball all night long. And it was really great to see Patrick Mahomes. I don't care what the numbers say. The fact that Patrick Mahomes nine months out was in that game. And we got guys in the league at the same position that are way younger. That are are still not playing because of that same injury. Patrick Mahomes, that's dog of the week right there, man. That was all time. What does he do? He goes out and he gets a scramble touchdown to show everyone. I'm still here. He's been hearing about Caleb. He's been hearing about Josh Allen, who's the best quarterback in the league, who's never won a Super Bowl. He's been hearing about all these other guys. Everyone's forgot about Patrick Mahomes. Said, I'm still here dog. Come on. Now here. Are we going to see this out of the out of the chiefs all season? You think they're going to be a ground and pound type team, ground and pound and spags over here, bringing blitzes galore. How great was he on those third and mediums to get them off the field? That was awesome. I mean, I was classic spags. Shout out spags and spags his wife. So I'm at the Kelsey Swift wedding. We lost the guy for about 45 minutes. We had a couple. I think we had a couple. Well, we were eating on something. I think it was one of Taylor's. There was a station that had Taylor's homemade pop tarts. I think we were. I think we were eating a pop tart talking about cover three. You a brown sugar cinnamon guy. I like brown sugar. I do. I like frosted strawberry as well. I was also a smore kid. S'mores was awesome. S'mores is the one you put it in the toaster. Really good. Elevates it. And we need some more. Elevates it. We need some more of spags. That's what we need. Great transition. That was that was that was an awesome. That was an awesome start for the chiefs. It was so good. And speaking of that wedding, the big Yeti going for about 70 on that one. About that up the middle. Still got the wheels. Congrats. Congrats. What did he do? I think he passed. He is. He is number two in all time receiving yards. Yep. By a tight end. By a tight end. Man, Travis Kelsey man. He does look a little. He does look a little fast right now. He looks like he's in really good shape. He's motivated. You know, what are they put in the water out there in Kansas City? Everybody coming back healthy. Coming back. Right. Moms. Kelsey looking. Delaney. Open
We're gonna drive pick first-rounder, Kansas City lets both their corners go. Hey, our secondary's got no, we're gonna draft a guy in the first round. Yeah, he got a shoulder in a dream, but first drive pick. There was just a lot of statements in that game. >> It really was also because Denver, I love Denver. I love Sean Payton. I love what they got going. Defense is awesome. Offences got to get going. >> Amen, amen. >> There's been a whole lot of talk about these Denver Broncos. There's been no talk about Andy Reed, Patrick, my homes in the Kansas City. >> Reminded of them. >> They're still here. >> I love it. >> I love it. >> It's, that was a fun game. >> That really was. >> Both the Sunday night and the Monday night game, you know, very similar. Two teams that wanted to come out, they wanted to establish how tough they were, what kind of team identity they want, both by running and pounding the rock playing good defense. >> Those are two treats to end the weekend. >> Amen. We love that. Tom Cruise in the building, two shout out. Tom Cruise, T-Swift, T-C-T-S, I love it. >> It's Tom Cruise in the building because he's trying to, you know, he's getting all these football people because he's got days of thunder and, you know, there's a lot of van diagram, little van, little, uh, John Claude Van Dam diagram, Van diagram, Van diagram, yeah. >> I like that. Is he going to let you get in that movie or what? Look at me, I actually. >> Oh no, man. >> My god. I can't wait for that. >> I need you in that. >> All right. >> Is this Robin? >> No, that's Jason. >> Speaking of the chatter. >> He hit me. >> Yeah. >> He called. He rubbed you. >> He rubbed him. >> He's racing. >> Speaking of the chatter, a lot of chatter around both those games, but we had some notable quotes coming out from around the league after this week one, leaving us into week two. Jules, I want to get your take on some of these big quotes that we saw from around the national football league. We had a new nickname that just dropped. There's a great one. Fourth and one, you have a rookie out in front of you. If I was a quarterback, I'd try that too, but they don't know about big citrus yet. This came from Dominique Orange, the rookie defensive lineman on the Packers on that QB sneak that he stuffed in the fourth quarter on fourth noun. What do you think about that nickname? >> That's a big orange. >> That's great. >> The big citrus. Gonna get a lot of citrus grass squeeze. >> Let's go citrus. >> I love that. I was state. >> I was state cyclone. >> Pales from Kansas City. What a guy. I love that. He was like, I think third. Let me double check on Dominique Orange here. >> He's a mid-round guy, like the big citrus. That's it. >> It's an all-time nickname and it's only week one. I mean, you got to live up to it now though, if you're going to be naming yourself Rook. >> You got to. Third round. >> If you're going to be naming yourself Rook. >> Amen. I mean, if you're going to be dropping that, yeah. >> But if you're going to be ballin' out, you could say whatever you want. The big citrus better not be getting pancake to. I mean, that's a whole breakfast scenario there. >> If you don't start ballin' out, you're going to be sunny D. >> That's that cheap citrus. >> That's that cheap, no pulp in that. >> But I loved it. >> You a pulp guy? >> I love pulp. >> Me too. Heavy on the pulp guy. >> Next up, we got the same game. We're sticking with the Vikings. He's got to be making some headlines with their mouths. >> Vikings. >> All of themselves, eh? >> Feeling themselves. Vikings' old lineman, Brian O'Neill spoke out about the hit that knocked Kyler Murray out of the win over the Packers there. A little bit of a questionable hit there. Questionable hit, Brian said, it was so bang bang. You don't want to freak out and if you're wrong, I was probably wrong. I got to freak out more than I did on that. So I kind of wish I took a shot at him. >> Hey man, that's what you want to see from your lineman game now. >> Game out. >> Protecting the QB. When we were talking about this before the show, it brought me back to, you asked me if I had any of those kind of situations. I remember one time, Vaughn Miller. I don't know what it was. There was a play Vaughn Miller in our whole offense line started fighting right in front of me. And I just sat there and I watched. And I saw haymakers from 350 plus pound men being thrown. And I took a business decision. I may have said some shit and I just walked away. I was a bigger man that day. >> That was a very notable moment in Patriots lore. Back in January 14th, 2012, remember Brady did the fake, not fake, surprise, third down punt. >> Yeah, remember that? >> Third down punt. They had a good returner so we didn't want to give them an opportunity if it was third and out of range. We were in that fringe, that fringe being the 35 to 40 where you're not going to kick a fuel goal. It would be a short punt. That's not even given an opportunity. So we did quick kick river, I believe. >> I think that was trending. >> Right, tight, quick kick river, zing to, right, tight, quick kick river was slayed out there. >> Dan Connelly out there throwing in. >> Dan Connelly. >> That was a full out brawl. >> Full. >> That was a great one. >> And that light was light in there. >> I think light was in there. >> If there's a fight, you know there's light. If there's a fight, you know there's light. >> Great rhyme right there. >> My God. >> And we got the line in fighting for the, love a good ol' lineman fight, those guys sticking up for their guys. Kyler, first year there, he's already got those guys in front of him. >> You know what, I used to feel so, I used to feel so courageous and bold when I had Logan Mankins around me, like around the pile or something, you just, you know, you kind of have like your big boy say whatever you want. I was giving him a lecture, elbows, because, logs, logs would aid him up for me. He died for you, bro. Love, logs. >> Love, love. >> Shout out. All right, here we go. Let's head down to Florida for this one. The Sean Watson was named week two starter after that brutal loss down there in Jacksonville. Todd Munkin said there was some really good things on film. >> Look, I know everyone's going to take this and say, what the heck are you watching? All the people that don't really know football, but there's one thing that can be said. That was said to us as players, whether you had a good game or a bad game, you go in and the film's never as good as you think, but it's never as bad as you think. So you know, there probably were some good things on film that they were talking about in that week's prep that they got executed. It could have been operational, it could have been something, you know, it's not all bad. It's not all bad. So hopefully they can build off of those good things. That's what good teams do. They also learn from the bad things and they don't make those mistakes twice. So hopefully old coach Todd Munkin is coaching well. >> They'll coach him up this week. >> Coach him well. >> 16 of 22, one touchdown, one interception, 205 yards had a 38 on the ground on six carries and that's 34. >> What's our, what's our should door meter at right now? >> I think Shador, I mean, what is Dishon got to do? He's breathing down Dishon's neck in my mind, right? I mean, he's, I'd be shocked if we don't see Shador by week four. >> Shador by four. >> When did they go back to Cleveland? >> Week three, I think. >> Week three, Panthers. >> Oh, for sure. >> That's Shador. >> That's got Shador written all over it. I like that, for sure. >> So we put it in at week three. >> Most likely week three, all right, we'll check who they play in this week, I haven't gone over all the match up. >> They got Tampa this week, down there, back to back floor to two. >> Hot, you humid, you stay at a stop bake, you go back, right? You go back to Cleveland and come back down, right? You wouldn't stay in Florida for two weeks. >> They could. >> They could. >> Just early in the year, I wonder. >> But it's not, what is that? A two and a half hour fly? >> That's not far. >> What am I talking about? It's saying like you're going to, that would have been cool, as a player to stay. >> Better than being in Cleveland. We'll like Fort Lauderday be phasing. >> I like that. >> Five o'clock. >> Listen up, listen up. >> Yeah, hit the saltwater as Gronk would say. >> Hey, it's good for the body. >> Good for the soul. >> Good for everybody. >> And last, not really a quote here, but we had to start something here. We'll check in with our man, Jacobi Berset, big win on the road in week one. A detail in his contract, took over the internet a little bit this week. Here it is. Jacobi Berset's win over the Chargers, just earned him $285,000 in bonuses. That gets $285,000 each time he plays at least 50% of the snaps in a win, up to 10 wins. What do you think about that? As a contract stipulation? >> I mean, they're getting pretty creative with all these escalators and incentives and guaranteed. This is probably considered guaranteed money that you hear in the media, like guaranteed money, like the roster bonus, which isn't guaranteed money. You have to be on the game day roster to get the roster bonus. So if you get hurt, that's how is it guaranteed if it's not guaranteed? Because if you're hurt, you're not playing. You don't get guaranteed money. >> Yeah, doesn't sound like guaranteed to me. >> Don't get you some money. >> Go get you some money, Jacobi. Come on, Jacobi. >> Come on, Jacobi. >> That's the way. >> $2.8, $2.8, $10 wins. Let's go. Let's get $10 wins. >> That's right. >> Hey, let's try to get $11 for free. Get some free wins. >> No, no. You only get $10. You stop at $10. We're going to be tracking this all season long. >> We're tracking with us. >> We've got $285 tracker, maybe we'll have a call in one of these days. >> I would love that. >> We'll have to have old Jacobi calling. >> What a beast. We love Jacobi. All right. We broke the streak, bro. Two days without football. Thank God Thursday. >> It's Thursday. >> And what a matchup we have. Holy smokes. >> Oh, Chris has got a treat. >> Detroit. Buffalo. >> In the new high mark. >> New high mark? >> New high mark? >> New high mark? Oh. Still taking the wrapping off it. >> I know. >> It still didn't look like it was there. Their offense aligned and played great. >> Had the injury. >> Had the injury. >> Someone that got hurt. Who got hurt? They had the injury. We had starting offensive guard Christian Mahayani. >> What's this? >> Is right knee early in that game. Carded off. >> Is he back? >> No. >> I'm looking for some status reports on him here. >> No. We got carded off. He's carded off. >> He's coming back. >> He's coming back. >> Good. I mean, the big man gets carded off. It ain't looking great. three offensive linemen on the injury report. Not great.
Yeah, but Buffalo's defense, I mean, CJ Stroud and the boys put up some points. They sure did. They sure did. Um, Buffalo didn't get a lot of pressure at all. So it might not be the worst, but I'm a little worried about that secondary trooper for Detroit. I know we always say that, but still. Yeah, letting up, letting up all those points in the second half, too. And Josh looked like he had fun throwing to more. He did. Boy, Josh Allen. He really is the specimen. That was the Josh Allen, Josh Allen in a microcosm game week one. Get it down to legs, taking hits cross, but they'll give you one opportunity. Still give you and I give you one. I'll give you one. It's gonna give you one though, but he was, he looked like Superman. And now he's back home. Let's see what he does. Start start off this new season. There's new stadium on it. I can't wait to see that. That's gonna be crazy. Here's my question. Can we hit polymarket? Will there be a UFO thrown a little, a little unidentified flying object? We know what those are up in Buffalo. A DDo, a UD, a DDo, a DDo, well, we can just want to not. There's got to, it's kind of like for, for Buffalo. It's kind of like when, you know, you present a new ship. You got to hit it with, with the old champagne, they got to go with the DDo throw. I like it. You got a Christmas back. You got to go DDo throw. Yeah, if that's a line on polymarket, we're taking it. Oh my god. Got a red. Do they got a rubber detector? They got to get a rubber detector. Yeah, the new stadium, we need some high tech stuff. Probably got like, uh, you remember in total recall with the X-ray? No, I don't, but I love that reference. Oh my goodness. We got to look back. I hope this game has as much fireworks as the last meeting. December 2024, Bill's won a 48-42 shootout. Gerard Gough, five TDs, 494 yards on that one. Man, if we got that kind of action, I'd be happy. Man, I also, I want, I mean, I want to see Hutch try to get he was oscilling down. He was great last week. Like, I want to see Hutch that second jaw challenge got to be like, in my generation, sack and Ben Rothlisberger slippery. Ben was like just big brood. It took like four guys. Josh is a lot more elusive. But I just remember like trying to sack big Ben. This guy would have three guys on him still making the plays. And Josh Allen can do that and then outrun you. Oh, it's unbelievable. These guys are dipped in Vaseline, bro, some slippery and big. Gotta have a big game from Jamison Williams. Oh, yeah, yeah. He had a couple big drops last week. I bet you he's chomping at the bit to get back and play. That's why sometimes you know, you have a bad game on a on a Sunday. Those Thursday night games, you get there quicker. It's like, all right, we get to get there quicker. Let me get my get back. You get his call and spack. St. Brown's always just going to be moving around doing his thing. 10 catches, 67 yards, two tuts. Two tuts and week one starting the season off right. Got the port of the ball a little bit five catches 48 yards. I'm also I'm also excited to see concade. No, yeah, big rob has got a lot of thoughts on him. Yeah, he was like he's liking Dalton. I like adult 130 something yard performance week one. Need cooks to get going. Gotta have cooks. Gotta get need him to get going. He can't wait for my fantasy team. I know. I got smoked this weekend. It's all good, baby. It's all right. I don't even think I still week one. Is this a is this a Super Bowl preview? No, okay. No, not yet you. I got to see more from Detroit's defense. Yeah, like you could say the same for Buffalo, but they have Josh Allen and he could be doing some crazy Superman stuff. Love Jared Goff, but he he's got to have the right way to win and they got to have some kind of defense. Agreed. You got to step on next man. Let him come back last week. 21 up on the Saints at home. Hey shout out tire shook man. Love it. We're shook boys. This is going to be a fun game man. This is going to be a really. This is a this is a firework game. Sure is. I hope I hope. Now you're we need a TNF fireworks man. I have a vision. Buffalo's not going to blow him out. You've been having visions lately. I'd like to have some visions to that. Lay this one on me. Lay this one on me. Buffalo's not going to like blow him out. Okay. Are they? What does the vision say? I'm I'm on that. Vision says baby blow out. Baby blow out. What's that like? Maybe blow. Oh, maybe okay. Maybe blow out. Maybe blow out. Anything else in there. New stadium. At home. Buffalo. Let's go Buffalo. Let's go Buffalo. Did oh all that. I wonder what the I want to go check out the stadium. Does this have the same fuel. Old Orchard man that place got it felt like a college environment. They say high marks pretty sweet. We got to go check it out. That new new that new new that new new. All right. I like what the vision. I trust the vision. I don't know. Never argue with the vision. I mess with this. I think Josh is on a. He's got his he's got his boy coach in the team. Old Brady Joe Brady. I mean, they're like the same age shirt off after the victory. My guy shirt. He's a he's a South Florida kid. He got the chain. He got the fade. He got it all. Short sleeve hoodie wearing his his coaching debut. Man tarp off. I love it. I like I like I like the bills. I like the bills in this game. I like it. All right. I can you can't pick the bills. I'll go against the vision. You can't pick against the bills at high mark first game. No. No Thursday night. Absolutely not. What are you nuts? Absolutely not. No. That thing's going to be rocking. You can't. Holy smokes. Speaking of MCDC goes go prove wrong. MCDC I like a rock we we we clued Robin on the MCDC. How do you not know that? How did he know? Here MCDC. I don't know man. That one shocked me. All right. He's going to live in a rock. Tonight's the night. The Buffalo bills are playing their first regular season game at the brand new high mark stadium. And what a game it's going to be. Lions bills Thursday night football. Buffalo is going to be rocking. But before we talk about the action inside high mark. We got to shout out the hard work and people that made it all possible. The people that built this state of the art football cathedral up there in Buffalo. That's right. I'm proud to join Carhartt in celebrating the skilled trades people that built the stadium. The ones that grew the grass welded up rights. Everyone that played a part in bringing Buffalo the stadium they deserve. Check out Carhartt's made possible campaign and see the story behind the high mark stadium in Buffalo and the hardworking men and women who made it possible. Look at this. This is sweet. How cool. Like I could build something right now. Man, we look build. We look right now. We look like some skilled trades people right now. It's 12 years old. I asked for my birthday. I asked for hammer nails and plywood so I could build. One thing I forgot was this Carhartt. Should we get a couple of these games for this weekend Jules? Yeah, I think we should get through it a little when we got the three pack. The little three pack and it's it. Yeah, a little it's it. You know, like if you buy vintage which is a San Francisco treat. It's chocolate all-time treat. It's a chocolate covered oatmeal, cookie, ice cream, sandwich. Oh my god. Unmake them a mint on cappuccino, vanilla, chocolate. What's your number one flavor? Mine's mint all day. I like vanilla. All right. I like vanilla. I don't like to dip over in that cappuccino. But they only sell them in three packs. That's why we're going to call it. It's it's three pack. You think Rice and Roni's a San Francisco treat. Is it? Is the San Francisco treat? They're in Berlin game. They're out one on one. You go stop and get one. Sundays are for six packs mid-weekers. We'll do three packs and it's it's it's it's it's it's maybe. All right. First up, the marquee matchup that people are talking about this weekend. Jacksonville Denver Trevor Lawrence going into mile high. What do you think? What excites you on this one Jules? I think Trevor Lawrence is looking like Trevor Lawrence of last year. He's compounded that Liam Cohen offense and that Liam Cohen experience into this year. I mean, he goes out and he gets for it. He gets four touchdowns first week. No one's talking about it. Spreading that ball around. He looks the most confident I've ever seen him in an NFL uniform. I mean, we were saying that last year, but he's more confident than last year. And Parker Washington, Jacobi Myers. Like they got ballers. Strange. Gratite and and and Liam Cohen, man. He's got that that Sean McVeigh, that Kyle Shanahan, that West Coast, whatever you want to call it. Duval. He's dialing up and they have a defense that led the league or was second in the league last year in takeaways. They had two takeaways this game. Like they they played a solid. A solid game. Now Grant, they played the Browns. We don't know what the Browns are, Grant. It's week one. Week one's always overreaction. Well, if you go out, you throw four touchdowns in the first week against a new team. That means you guys are executing at a high level. That means all the things that we did in the off season, all the new wrinkles. They must have worked because you go out and you have great operation. You have good execution. I mean, they're two for two in the red area. They could be better on third down. 50% is still pretty dang good. Only four penalties, zero turnovers, defense gets two takeaways. This was a very, very impressive win for the Jaguars. And it's going to be really interesting to see how they go in to Denver who's going to be pissed off. I was just going to say, I think I'm going to respond after Monday night. We've heard of Sean Payton. I've heard him talk on shows.
saying, you know, sometimes the best thing is when your team wins, but they don't win good because you can really coach him hard. Interesting. I wonder what he's going to, how hard he's going to coach him after that loss. Amen. Amen. Asian on the road, banged up chiefs, chiefs that are kind of whole non and get smoked. When he jalen waddle, man, he was on a milk carton last night. But that's also he's new into the system. I know. You know, old D web Davis web, got a lot of, you got a lot of camera time. What a lot of camera time. I'm for Sean to take the sticks over. Come on, Sean. It's Sean thinking, give me that. Give me that. He's chomping at the bit. I know. Sean. He's a wizard with the play calls. You know, Sean, if Sean will give him, he's still got a little on the leash, but yeah, not a great debut, not a great debut, but and it's not, it's not going to get that much easier because oh, definitely not. This Jaguar's defense at Heinz Allen. He, he's a problem. I'm very high on the Jags, very high on the Jags right now. Miller, linebacker, 10 tackles. Like, I mean, for they're going to be good. I'm high on the Jags. Me too. I think I'm high on the Jags. They're just going to keep building. And you know, bonics. You know, and granted, he's coming off a huge injury. You go into Kansas City. I say it's top three hardest places to play. Top three outdoor hardest places to play. That place gets rocking. Kansas City always brings the heat, brings the fire and the stadium. But that was, that was not what you want to see in week one after all the hype. Teams are getting the ball out faster. They're running on them. They don't want to be part of that statistic of 123 sacks in the last two years by that Broncos front. They don't want to add to that those, those late night, those late game heroics, those are tough to come, come by. It's tough in year two of that. It's tough. I mean, you know, so it'll be very, I'm really excited for it because you know, Sean Peyton is going to have them ready. Yep. And Sean Peyton, he knows how to make adjustments. I mean, we saw him three years ago take over a team that had a billion dollars in caps hell or whatever they call. And the worst offense line they turn around have the best offense line like six, seven months and now they're one of the most probably one of the best rosters in football. Don't write a pissed off Sean Peyton is not someone I want to face now. Let's move on. Move on Cincinnati Houston another marquee matchup. The Bengals coming in off a big win over Tampa Houston on the other hand tough loss. Josh Allen at home. Two tough games at home for Houston to start. How you feeling about this one brother? What jumps out to you? What jumps out to me is is Houston's defense. They gave up a lot of points last week. 36, 36 to a really good football team Buffalo bills. But they're a cut. There are some fluky plays, you know, like the defense like last year got turned on one. There was a couple of these fluky plays that I think Houston's going to be a lot tighter on defense. CJ Stroud. He's got to step up. He got to step up his game. Can't be in games on turnovers. Okay. They got you really good running back. They drafted a lot of they they invested a lot in the offense line. The first round draft pick bringing over Teller a three time pro bowl or like they're investing into this team. He's got it. He's got to he got to do it. You're a part. You got it. He's got to do his part. And, you know, week one. But if you look at the accumulation over, you know, the playoffs late last season, he hasn't been playing confident. It just he's got to get his confidence back new haircut. He's into the new cut. But I do like I like Montgomery. He had three touchdowns last week. He ran the ball hard. If they can play to what their team is, the defense has to make situational stops, which is going to be hard against Joe burrow in the boys situational stops being third down in the red area. Make these teams drive the ball on you and with with all the great playmakers they have on defense, they got to make plays. You can't rely on that offense quite yet. Speaking of making plays, Jamar chase only two catches for 12 yards. Do we think he will come out ball in this week down in Houston? I do. I think so too. I think Joe burrow is going to probably want to get him happy. Start tunneling tunnel tunnel vision. Whatever you can do to get him to rock on Jamar chase. Get him the ball. Gilseki. He always finds. He always finds a little niche. When when you were not getting targeted or you came off one of these games, one, two catches, what was your go-to move with Tom? Like he was at a look. Was it a little something? Give me the rock. What would you say? Yeah, it was a look. It was a look. How did the look go? Just like still play. I'm still here too. Sup. Sup, dude. I feel that. Sup. This will be an awesome one. I'm excited for this. Could be a little bit of a playoff foreshadowing match up here. Man, I don't want to look. I still can't believe Clowney is on Houston. Back. Back where else. And he had a side. He looks good. I know. I was open. The bats would sign him. I mean, Holy smokes. Oh, sheer. I mean, this is going to be. This is going to be a. This is a fun game. This is going to be a fun game. Are the are the bangles right in too high off of their. Their their week one win. That defense. You look historically. They haven't been very good in September. I know they're they're offense line only gave up one sack. Playing against, you know, the bucks. This is a this is a different operation when you're playing against Houston who who just lost a heart breaker at home. You're going to have to go to Houston. Big test. It's a huge. big old test on the Malone star. But I'm excited. I'm I'm excited for the bangles. Joe looks happy. Joe looks happy. Joe happy. Joe. He's enjoying it. Like you said, he's enjoyed this. And he's locked in. I think he wants to win bad man. He's really locked in. We all want to win bad. I know. Gotta get back to the playoffs. Gotta get straight. Gotta stay healthy. Gotta stay healthy. Gotta stay healthy. Speaking of health and speaking of playoffs, Minnesota, Chicago. Two teams that came off. Great week one wins. What do you think about this one? Caleb coming off a 59 burger. Minnesota. Carson wins. Next man up. Probably a wins Williams matchup here. We'll see how Kyler does day to day. What do you think in here, Jules? I'm really interested to see how Ben Johnson and the Chicago offense handles B flow and the 95 percent blitz. 78 percent. Dr. Blitz. Dr. Blitz. Which if you can handle the blitz, you can gash them. Which you saw that. You know that that's when you when you blitz and you you get guys out of position and you don't get there. There's room for big plays and Caleb is a big play waiting to happen. So I want I'm excited for this game. I'm excited to see Caleb against B flow and the blitz because that's ultimately what the game is going to be. Yep. You know, I mean, can they defeat that because B flow is going to make them see it all day until they stop it. Gone right. All day until they stop it. Minnesota on offense. Carson wins experience. Let's just let's just just just sit back and pray. The more the more you see and I love Carson, but it's like when I see him, you remember those whole like crash dummy commercials? Yes. That's what I just instantly think of any like he's oh, anytime he gets hit, I feel like an ear pads moving. There's an adjustment on the the chin strap a hip pad. No one even wears hip pads anymore. But I see a hip pad coming out. Oh my gosh. My boy wins, bro. He he tries so hard that it makes me I'm scared. I'm scared. He might get hurt. But he played a hell of a game last week. He's got a hell of a coach with Kevin O'Connell who knows how to call plays and he's going to have you know, he's going to have some wrinkles for that Chicago defense that dealt. They don't really have anyone. No, I mean, but they did have to take ways. That's where they picking up where they left off. Last season, even though Byron and some of those guys aren't there anymore. But yeah, and also B flow. Will the blitz be neutralized a little bit with that ground attack Chicago showed last week. I mean, Monunguy Swift. Oh, Caleb Swift for three. Monunguy with the explosion one. Tuddy out B flow. He's got Caleb with his leg. That's the ultimate. You know, that's the scariest thing for B flow is Caleb with his legs because you you mess around and you bring the house and you don't get there or you don't have good rush lane integrity. Caleb's just going to take off and go. Van Ginkle man, we got to have a Van Ginkle spy out there. Van Ginkle is going to be spying all day. Thor on frigid that Chicago moustache little little spy action. The name's ginkle Van Ginkle. That's going to be good. It's a little bond action a little bond. That's good. Should we do some responsible? Let's do some responsible wagers. We're not going to be nuts here. We're going to be responsible. We're going to go three categories this week. We're going to go align you love that you're just like, Oh, yeah, I love this line that we love little supporting evidence. Why line? I love together. We'll cook up a quick little parlay. See if we can get a little a little bit risky with it, a little bit.
little small wager big return, if you will. And then last, but certainly not least, let's go yank on that slot machine. Jewels give us a wide receiver prop of the week. All right, first off, align your love. Carolina, go in down there to Atlanta, started it minus one and a half. Now it's up to minus two and a half Panthers on the road. I rush one and a half. Me too. Two and a half is we'll see. Let me let me think about that. We got Philly minus seven at Tennessee. Coming off a tough L. I think Tennessee's do for a good showing here soon. I think it'll be a Philly win, but maybe closer than seven. Yeah, I mean Philly's winning. Right. But I could see them putting up some fight. Our man's ski ball. Come on. Skie, Cam Warden, a boy, Salah. How do you get going? God, I get going. How about this one? This one feels like a trap, but I love it. Seattle minus four and a half in Arizona. That's trappy. That's trappy. That is trappy. Trapper dive, bro. That is trappy. Bro, that is Drew Locke. You got a young GZ trap star song on. Let's get it. Yeah, I mean, that is that's trappy. Isn't it? It really, really is. And this last one, Giants plus seven at Rams Monday night football. I kind of like the giant. I kind of want to go, we should go to this game. This game is going to be marquee. I like the Giants. I like the Giants. Oh, man, I don't. Is LA going to be recovered from that tripped Australia? Yeah, they never left the time zone. They're more recovered than the diners. Maybe that was all part of it. Well, we'll sacrifice week one for week two will be extra rested. And then we never really would be good. Zigg with other zag. You got a Zigg with other zag. I see you, McVeigh. What are you thinking here? Did you watch the 60 minutes on McVeigh? I haven't watched it. I need to though. That's that's bad timing. It is bad timing. McVeigh 60 minutes just feels weird. Not to say like he doesn't deserve it, but like I can't run the last something like a coach like that on 60 minutes. We've had bill on there now. We've had bill. Yeah, we got to go down to 60 minutes. 60 minutes rabbit hole over here. No, we're Fox guys. Fox guys. But like, you know, shout out Andy Rudy in the gang over there. Yeah. All right, that's the line. What's one of you love? I mean, we got to know what I can read to you, but I'm going with Seattle over Arizona. I like it might feel like a trap, but it might actually give a rip. I was going to say line. I love I love the giant. I like the giants. I'm going with the New York football giant. I'm riding the wave. It's a lot of points to cover. To cover the Rams. There's feels like there's a little like doubt right now. It does. It really does. Now that could all be just week one. That could all be just week one. There's, you know, no miles Garrett. I know. It's 80 coming back this week. Probably not it, you know, giants off defense line can get after you. Can the Rams stop the run game and the Harball control to be seen. Man, I'm going to be after this. I'm going to be like, what is I thinking? No, I think I think this pickle pay off. We're being responsible. We're responsible. We're rationalizing it. We're I think we're doing this thing in the right way. I like that a lot. I like it. I like cooking up a parlay. Yeah, let's hit the kitchen here real quick, stand over the pot and start cooking. All right, I like thinking I like Jacksonville plus two and a half plus two and a half at Denver. I like that at Denver. I like that. I like Washington. Dallas Dallas minus three and a half bounce back. I got to have a bounce back a general Tom on the call. They got to have a bounce back. Yep. Then what do you think about this last one? This is the one I wanted to get you. Can we push some points or something in parles? Yeah, we can make it a we can make it a user action. Yeah, make it a three team teaser. Yeah, because I don't got any confidence the chargers right now. How about this? How about we make it a teaser? We get extra responsible. Give ourselves some cushion. We tease Jacksonville up to plus nine and a half. We tease Dallas down to plus four and a half and then we tease the chargers taking on a plus nine. So we get seven points to play with. We're taking Dallas who's minus three and a half. We get the seven points. That makes them four and a half point dogs like that even more. What do you think? I like that. And then we get a little crazy with it. Vegas in LA. We tease LA down to pick them. Take the chargers to bounce back. This is exactly what we should have. Responsible. That's where it's responsible. Teaser. Look to the teaser. Yeah, we it's too early to be parlaying. Amen. Amen. You can't be parlaying with two. No, you got to walk on these. You got to walk before you run. Maybe no. Parlay is like four or five. That's when we start. Yeah, it's when you start dipping in. We can start studying the film. Build the bank. We can start seeing what what tendencies guys right now. We're just shooting at the head. Amen. Hey, but we're responsible. Responsible. We're making the parlay a teaser. These other jokers. They're throwing. They're throwing parlay in the preseason. That that is not responsible. Not responsible. That is not responsible. And you need to call the hotline. Yes. Drop it right here. Drop the hotline. Yes. For all you knuckleheads out there. And then last but certainly not least. Let's hit the slot machine. Receiver prop of the week. We got some good ones here. Isolated jewels. I'm going with Jamar chase. Yeah, baby. Jamar. Wait up. Yep. Houston. Could we be more responsible? We got to be more responsible. Okay. All right. Houston's got to be pissed off. Got to be pissed off. Just let up 36 points. I'm going with DJ more. Oh, I like this. A new home over 60.5 yards open in the crib. And you know, Josh Allen's going to be trying to get his boy the ball. And he can he can pick that up in one scramble play. I love it with ease, baby. Then Matt was a responsible weight drink. That's responsible. That's responsible. That's how you do it. All right, brother. That's been a heck of an episode. We got a great slate ahead of us this weekend. Unbelievable week two in the national football league was week one, just an overreaction, or was week one, what it's going to be all year. Boy, our wagers were very responsible. And our three pack boy, it was scrumptious. And don't forget, Grunk and I will be back on Monday to recap the weekend. We'll see you guys next week.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The New York Giants delivered a physical, disciplined performance against the Cowboys, showcasing a hard-hitting style that surprised fans and analysts.
Patrick Mahomes made a strong debut with a memorable scramble touchdown, proving his resilience and effectiveness despite injury concerns.
Denver’s offense struggled with low yardage and third-down conversion rates, while Kansas City’s dominant defense and running game highlighted their depth and preparation.
The Bills–Lions matchup at High Mark Stadium is expected to be a high-energy, physical game with Josh Allen showing elite elusiveness and a strong drive for action.
Key defensive trends emerged, including Houston's defensive lapses and the need for improved third-down stops, while the Bengals and Chiefs face tough road tests.
Multiple teams showed signs of growth, with players like Jackson Dart, Jamar Chase, and Caleb Williams stepping up in critical moments.
The league saw a surge in physicality and player accountability, with notable moments like a questionable hit on Kyler Murray and strong defensive standouts.
Responsible wagering strategies were emphasized, including teaser parlays and prop picks focused on clear statistical trends rather than early hype.
Summary:
Week one of the NFL season delivered a mix of physical intensity, unexpected performances, and early signs of team development. The Giants’ aggressive, physical play against the Cowboys contrasted sharply with Dallas’s defensive struggles, including a string of failed flat routes and poor third-down execution. In Kansas City, Patrick Mahomes made a standout debut despite being sidelined for months, showcasing his resilience and ability to make plays under pressure.
Denver’s offense was ineffective, though their defense remained solid, leading to a balanced but underwhelming performance. The Bills–Lions game at High Mark Stadium is highlighted as a potential fireworks match, fueled by Josh Allen’s elusiveness and the rookie-heavy, high-energy style both teams are adopting. Other key matchups, including Jacksonville vs.
Denver and Houston vs. Cincinnati, revealed early defensive vulnerabilities and emerging star performances. Analysts noted a clear shift toward physicality and disciplined play, with teams like the Bengals and Chiefs showing promise.
The episode also spotlighted responsible betting strategies—using teasers and props based on trends rather than hype—while celebrating the hard work behind the new High Mark Stadium. Overall, the season’s early games set a tone of grit, resilience, and exciting individual performances, with many teams still in adjustment. The week ended with a strong emphasis on caution, realism, and film study as the league moves into a more structured and competitive phase.
FAQs
The Giants played a physical, aggressive game with strong defensive pressure and effective running. Jackson Dark had a solid performance, and the team showed discipline with long sustained drives. The Cowboys struggled, giving up seven flat routes in a row and failing to adjust, leading to a disappointing performance.
Patrick Mahomes made a strong return after a nine-month injury absence, showing toughness and leadership. He had a key scramble touchdown and demonstrated the ability to make plays in critical situations, earning recognition as 'Dog of the Week'.
The nickname 'Big Citrus' was created after Dominique Orange, a third-round rookie, stuffed a quarterback sneak in the fourth quarter. It has become a viral moment and is seen as a fun, creative nickname that may inspire other players to adopt bold names.
Vikings lineman Brian O'Neill described a hit on Kyler Murray as 'questionable' and said he would have taken a more aggressive stance if he had known it was going to impact the game. The incident raised discussions about player safety and the role of linemen in protecting quarterbacks.
The game features a high-energy, physical style with Josh Allen showing his elusiveness and skill. The Lions' defense is being closely watched, especially after a key injury to their starting offensive guard, Christian Mahayani, who is expected to miss time.
The new High Mark Stadium is the Bills' first home game in a state-of-the-art facility, symbolizing a major upgrade in their home field experience. The stadium's construction involved skilled tradespeople, and the game is expected to be a high-energy, fan-friendly event.
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