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Welcome to a brand new edition of NFL Power

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Rankings. Mike m Eric ed Holme. There is

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so much to get to today. Yes, we will go through

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all of the teams, but more importantly, when there's news

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to get to, that's when we got to start. And Eric DeVante

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Adams, we knew he would get traded. We finally

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know the home it is with his old quarterback

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Aaron Rodgers and the Jets. And there's some news

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around the Pittsburgh Steelers, Russell Wilson. According

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to Mike Tomlin, in consideration to

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start this week, how does this affect

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how you place some of these teams in the Power

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Rankings?

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It would have been a lot easier had they announced this twelve

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hours earlier, Mike, just being honest, right,

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hard enough to react to Sunday's game than

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they throw a Tuesday morning kerball. Actually two of

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them at us, with the Adams news

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and the Wilson news. I looked at the scenario and I

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said, I don't think I'm touching them.

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I'm leaving him as is.

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I've kind of erased DeVante Adams

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from the Raiders. You know, I didn't really picture them,

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you know, having him at any point this season, so

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i'd kind of removed that from the equation and the

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Jets after that loss, after everything that's gone

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down this week, I had a hard time kind of bumping them

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up. So I don't know, you know, maybe

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the Steelers thing has an effect, but.

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They've been winning with justin fields. We'll have to break

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that down later though.

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Yeah, closer to look at both of those squads still to

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come. But as we always do, we start with the best teams

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in the NFL. And the rankings won through

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eight, no change at the top of one and two,

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with Minnesota and Kansas City sitting idle. How

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about this, the Baltimore Ravens looking like the team

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that I thought they were going to be, rising

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two spots now sitting at number

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three with four consecutive wins. At number

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four, the Texans no Nico, no problem, The

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Lions absolutely demolish,

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smash, pick any adjective you want. Against

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the Dallas Cowboys, no Aiden Hutchinson. We'll

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talk about the effect as they are

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sitting at the fifth spot. The Bill

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snap two game, losing straight there at six

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the Packers roll Arizona at seven, and

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we will focus in on the Commanders at number eight

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in just a couple minutes. The disparity

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here from a Baltimore perspective and what we are

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seeing in terms of rushing yards and what they are allowed.

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I know, defensively at times they're not what

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they were a season to go. But eric team

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looks dangerous and it looks like the freight

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train that is Dereck Henry that's applying

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to this offense and how they're rolling.

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Absolutely.

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Yeah, for the points you just made, right, maybe

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they've taken a small step back defensively,

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you know, maybe there were some special teams questions early

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in the season. Those have all been washed

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aside the last four games with an

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offensive output that makes them one of the scariest

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teams in the NFL. Look, it's nothing

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new, right. We've been talking about Lamar Jackson

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for years and he can do this to pretty much any

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defense, pick you apart through the air with

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his legs. It's good to see Mark Andrews

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kind of get back on track a little bit, even

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with the drop that led to a pick.

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But you add Derek Henry to that mix.

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He's been spectacular, scoring a touchdown

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in every single game. You know, He's obviously

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been a huge part and kind of a missing ingredient.

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In some ways.

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They had a good rushing game before, but now they have a great

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one, say Flowers reemerging.

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I just don't know how you defend this team.

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It's going to be a chore, especially for those NFC

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clubs that don't see him as often.

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And yeah, I just had to move him up.

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Not that the Texans are playing poorly by

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any means, but felt like I had to leap

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frog him into that number three hole there, right there

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with the undefeated teams' most scary clubs

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in the NFL.

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Yeah, right now in the number that I'm referencing, the Ravens

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averaging one hundred and forty six point three more

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rushing yards than their opponents this season.

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If it holds, and look, there's a long way to go

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here, it would be the largest differential in

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NFL history. You mentioned the

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Texans, let's slide

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to them at number four now on

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the power rankings for you, CJ.

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Stroud, We talked about a sophomore

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some that's not what this is. You know. What's interesting

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to me though, the guy was so stellar a year

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ago as a rookie, not turning the football

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over. We're seeing some of that. By the way, they're the fourth

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team in the NFL, and I'm going negative here. I don't mean

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to do that. I guess I'm being I'm sort of nitpicking

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here. But the reality is still a talented ball club.

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Absolutely right. And then their past defense has

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done a really nice job. They didn't have Kamari Lassiter

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and they still step up with a good performance.

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Granted, Drake May's first game out there

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in Foxborough, but they did two things

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that really impressed me, Mike, which is they got off to a

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great startup for two nothing points. Have been

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a little troublesome at times this season. They've settled

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for field goals and whatnot and then scoring

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lake to put a team away. All their wins

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had been close to this point. Their one loss

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was a blowout to Minnesota. But I really

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wanted to kind of see them, for lack

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of a better phrase, step on a team's neck a little

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bit to do that on the road in Joe Mixon's

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return. He was such a huge part of what

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they did Sunday. Damian Pierce AD's

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the big touchdown late. They were great on the

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ground. You saw tang Dell get involved

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in the past game a little bit more. Stefan Diggs

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had his role. So you can miss a guy

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like Nico Collins, one of the NFL's best young

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receivers.

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And still have this win.

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Joe Mixon is back in the lineup, so again,

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second half scoring was also an issue.

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CJ's played pretty well.

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It hasn't been quite as spectacular, but

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there are a lot to deal with right now.

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Yeah, no Nico Collins, as you made reference to intered

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reserve with the hamstring injury. Three different

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players with a receiving touchdown,

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and once again I apologize to the Houston Texans

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fans out there. I love your squad, especially

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what they do on the defensive side, which I don't think they

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get nearly enough credit for. They'll match up against

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green Bay on the road this coming

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weekend. We'll talk about the Packers in just

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a moment. Meanwhile, Eric at

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number five, it is the Detroit Lions

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who not only beat they smashed, they obliterated

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the Dallas Cowboys, and yet you have them dropping

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two spots in the power rankings. I

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got to imagine this, centers around the injury

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of one particular player in Aiden Hutchinson.

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I wrote in my column for this week's power rankings

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that I felt dirty moving them down two spots,

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and the truly did because I said to myself, look,

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I mean I did it with Rashid Rice, I did it with other

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key figures. To a tongue of Iiloa who have been

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injured this season, you got to ask, what

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is it going to do to the team that said

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this was a dominant performance

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in Dallas. I was particularly impressed

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by the fact that after this long

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delay, after losing kind of the heartbeat

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of their team in a lot of ways, Detroit played

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some pretty inspired ball after that. I understand

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it was a pretty big margin, but it was almost

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like they were out to send a message, Hey, we're not going

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away just because our best defensive

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player is hurt. I don't have an offense

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that is back to twenty twenty three levels,

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perhaps beyond. We could bust out a

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trick play at any time like this, one of

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many on the day that didn't all work, but this one

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did. And you're seeing kind of the fruits

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of what they've put in offensively the last couple

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of years. It's back to where it was and

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possibly even better if a guy like Tim Patrick

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keeps producing. So yeah, I'm still

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impressed with this team. There's no way I'm knocking

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them all the way down. But I felt like I

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had to reflect the fact that Hutchinson

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has been such an important part to this team

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the last couple of years, and look,

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it's.

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Gonna have an effect one way or another.

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I know, Dan Campbell's gonna get those guys

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fired up, and I hope they proved me wrong. But

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yeah, it's just sort of reflecting the reality of

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the situation.

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Yeah, back to back games, the lines have scored at least

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forty points. First time that's happened for the franchise

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nineteen sixty two. We

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weren't born yet at this point. I've just thrown

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that out there. It has been a very long time that

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we could have a conversation like this. Matching

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up against Minnesota this week a huge, huge,

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mammoth game for both of those squads. Meanwhile,

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the Buffalo bill snap a two game losing

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streak. Here, the Jets blew

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some opportunities on Monday Night Football,

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and at the same time, Josh Allen still

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Josh Allen they got it done without James

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cookout on the football field. I

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don't know. They still one of the best teams in the league.

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I think so.

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You know, you saw Ray Davis step up in that role

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all day and all of the night. Right, he was outstanding

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running the football. They actually got away from him at one

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point. I was sort of screaming at my TV asking

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why. But it's still a talented

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football team. They're gonna get Cooked back pretty

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soon. You see that the trust that Allen

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kind of has is developing a little bit more with

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his receivers. You know, the penalties

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really marred this game on both sides.

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There were probably more flags than there should have been and

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that sort of thing, and it did sort of cast

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an ugly Paul over this entire game. So

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I don't want to put too much stock into what happened

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Monday night, but look, they went up against

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a desperate team that had had a wild

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week and with stood the Aaron Rodgers

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storm. I mean, he did dice him up for a

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good portion of that game, but at

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the end, big defensive play from Tarron

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Johnson. He'd miss four games in a row, that

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was huge. You know, they're just coming up

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with more guys on this roster

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than I realized they had.

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That depth was questioned after the offseason.

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I don't know that you can do that as much anymore.

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Yeah, look at the end of the day, the Bills still in

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control in the AFC East. They've won this division now four

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consecutive seasons and looking again like they

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are the team to beat, although maybe the DeVante

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Adams equation with the Jets changes

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that conversation. In just a couple of weeks, the

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Packers they move up one spot here. You

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know, we're spending a lot of time on defense in

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this a bloc. We've loved up the Houston Texans.

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It's a reason why the Lions had dropped

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the spot. I don't think we give enough credit

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to what Green Bay's defense has been able to accomplish.

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It feels like every single game Eric, there's

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multiple takeaways.

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Yep.

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And it feels like every single year for the past

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two decades, Packers fans have had a defensive

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coordinator, you know, to complain about

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somebody they're ready to get rid of. But Jeff Hapley

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has come in and fixed the problem, which is takeaways.

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They had seventeen of them.

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Or excuse me eighteen of them all last season

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there already at seventeen now through six

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games, you pointed out two per game at

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least every single time. Xavier McKinney's

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come in and done a terrific job. You know, the

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young waves of defensive talent they've drafted

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over the last couple of years have really kind of bolstered

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that group as a whole. And it's nice

9:19

when Jordan Love is also helping out with

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some productive drives. You know, he was sort of calm

9:24

and patient and took what the defense gave him early,

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and then he took his shots late when he had a little

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bit of a lead.

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But the you know, they were still creeping back.

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Into the game, and you know there was

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a lot of farv like plays

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in that second half where you said, man.

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Jordan Love looks like he's healthy again. This

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defense is doing well.

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If they can only solve the kicker problems,

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they have a chance to crack that top five and keep

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moving up.

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You know, a couple of weeks ago, when the Bills were three

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and oh, we had said, oh, we're going to learn about this team with road

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games against Baltimore and Houston.

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I think the same could be so we've got a bunch of barometer games.

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I know I made reference to the Packers hosting

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the Houston Texans that will really

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dramatically, I think, alter what we're going to see

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next week on Power Ranking, and then obviously lines

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and vikings. Meanwhile, the Commanders at eight, they

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dropped two spots fifty two rushing yards on

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the ground, not going to get it done.

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And Janey Daniels, by the way, has been still are also held

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in check in that run game. This just a blip

10:16

on the radar for the squad, right.

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I think so, Although at the same time,

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when I was watching that game, it was clear kind

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of the experience level and

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talent disparity that there still is between

10:26

a team like Baltimore and the Washington

10:28

Commanders. I give j Daniels

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a lot of credit. They took the run game away from him,

10:33

kind of spied him, hemmed him in a little bit. They didn't

10:35

have Brian Robinson Junior, so you

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know, it's like working left handed the entire

10:39

game, but they found ways to keep it close. I

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understand the scorers maybe a little cosmetic

10:44

there, but again a one score

10:46

deficit did what they could. The reality

10:48

is that defense is going to have their hands full against

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stacked offenses like the Ravens all

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season long. I'm not selling on them as

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a contender. I think they're very much in the mix,

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especially with the chaos and Dallas and the

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Giants still struggling a little bit. The Eagles

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are kind of a who knows type of team,

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So I'm still buying.

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A little bit of stock. It's just lightly buying

11:08

on the way up. I guess. Yeah.

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It's a hard division to handicap. I might

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push back a little bit on the Eagles now that they're healthy,

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and we'll have that conversation coming up in just a couple

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of minutes. I still think that they might be the team to

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be, and I'm still

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holding out a little fit on the Giants

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handling. So I don't know.

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Maybe it's just a fan in me. I know,

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still the cove Here on NFL power rankings, we touched

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on at russ in consideration to start

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for the Steelers against the Jets.

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What does it mean for the power rankings and

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what Steelers fans can expect the rest of the way

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answers next

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back here on power rankings, as we look at teams

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nine through sixteen. The

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers, checking in at number nine,

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scored fifty one points almost six hundred

11:53

total yards. What an offensive showing

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against the Saints. The Steelers once

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again having some conversations about Russ,

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which we'll get to in just a moment. The Atlanta Falcons

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are at eleven. They've scored at least thirty six in

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each of the last two games. Remember this is a team that

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started off a little slow offensively. At number

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twelve, the Eagles healthy handle business

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against the Browns, the Bears London was good.

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They beat up on the Jags at fourteen.

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The Niners they improve to

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the five hundred market three and three with a

12:20

win against Seattle. The Chargers are at fifteen

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after snapping a three game slide, and the Broncos

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actually had a three game winning streak

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now officially in the rearview mirror checking

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in at sixteen. Let's focus in on this Buck squad

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once again. Great game Monday night football against

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the Ravens. I'm a believer. I

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think you and I have talked about this offensively

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pretty good. I don't know if they handle business against

12:40

the Baltimore Ravens, but I feel like when their backs

12:42

are up against the wall, Baker Mayfield

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just figures out ways to respond.

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Yeah, he responded this in the game

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Sunday, right through some early interceptions.

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Maybe one of them wasn't his fault, but seemed

12:53

to be kind of forcing the issue a little bit, and

12:55

then really got on track and started picking the Saints

12:57

defense apart. And you know, was it

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great that they had Sean Tucker stepping in a

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you know, kind of a little known, unformally undrafted

13:04

guy out of Syracuse and had a massive

13:06

game. Absolutely, But you

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know, it still starts and ends. I think with what

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Godwin, Evans, Mayfield, Kate

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Ott and the tight end, etc.

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Can do a good sort

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of response.

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They get up early, take a punch, and then

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fight back to win this game ahead of the big money nighter.

13:22

As you said at number ten,

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here we have the Pittsburgh Steelers

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who have been flirting in this position pretty

13:29

much the entire season. Yeah, Eric,

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we touched on at the top Mike Tomlin, Hey, Russ

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is in consideration to start. Can you think

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of a top ten team that has questions

13:38

at the quarterback spot like this is Actually it

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speaks volumes to what the roster actually looks

13:42

like besides the QB one.

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Yeah, it's one thing if you have an injured quarterback

13:47

or you have a couple options on the bench you're deciding

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between. That's not really what's happening here, right.

13:52

Obviously Russ was hurt that thrust

13:54

Fields into the lineup. Now both guys are healthy.

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He was back last week. He was elevated

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to the number two. Fields didn't play great,

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had an interception called back by penalty, did

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run for two touchdowns, But the bottom line is.

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They're winning with him at quarterback.

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I think there might be some sense that what happened

14:10

against Dallas or what didn't happen against

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them, especially after the Lions bleek,

14:15

that same Dallas defense apart on Sunday

14:18

may have contributed to the

14:20

equation here a little bit and given Wilson

14:22

a little bit more of a bump up. And you

14:24

know, he was running ahead of Fields in

14:26

training camp before that CAF started barking.

14:29

So I suppose that's the line of thinking.

14:31

Maybe a little better relationship with with Pickens.

14:33

Who knows, but you.

14:35

Know this is Mike Tomlin. He's got a pretty good record

14:37

for coaching in this league.

14:39

So I think it makes sense that you

14:41

know there's some logic behind it.

14:43

Yeah, and look in the NFL, and we know this because

14:45

we watch these games every single week. As Eric tries

14:47

to rank these teams, I shouldn't say try, he does rank

14:50

the teams with. The point is, the margins are

14:52

are thin here and if Russ is like

14:54

a smidge better than Justin in

14:56

Tomlin's eye, that might be enough to

14:58

really move the needle and try to make a change here

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at number twelve. And you've got to stay healthy. In the Eagles,

15:03

finally a little bit more aren't healthy and they get

15:05

it done against the Browns,

15:07

they still drop a spot for you.

15:10

It sounds like you're a little on the fence about Philly.

15:12

Why it wasn't crazy about

15:14

their performance on Sunday against the Browns

15:16

team that obviously has a lot of things going wrong

15:19

for them, and it was a.

15:20

Real struggle there.

15:21

I mean, they really had to sort of put

15:23

the the effort into to finishing this one

15:25

off, and it took every Aj Brown catch.

15:27

It was great to see him back and producing. Obviously

15:29

that's a huge part of their team that was factored

15:32

in, but it really took

15:34

a big effort in some Cleveland penalties

15:37

on their last drive. I mean they were down

15:39

to the what three or four yard line and couldn't

15:41

punch it in settle for a field goal. That kind of ended

15:43

up being the difference. They didn't get the ball back, so still

15:46

a lot to prove for me. You know, Barkley was a

15:48

non factor. Jalen Hurts had kind of a quiet game

15:50

relatively speaking. You know, I

15:52

want to see a little bit more, but it was good to see

15:54

the defense make some strides and guys like Cooper

15:56

de Jene step up in that nickel role

15:59

that they badly, badly needed to fix.

16:01

I know we're not going to spend too much time talking about the Browns.

16:03

I got to tell you, can you if they were getting

16:06

above average average quarterback

16:08

play? I think we're having a much different conversation

16:11

about the Cleveland squad. And they absolutely

16:13

to the end of power rankings. By

16:16

the way, Eagles matching up against the g Men

16:18

this week, Eric, it is time for power

16:20

moves, and yes it is the Chicago Bears

16:22

sitting at thirteen. They move up four spots,

16:25

They go to London, they get a win, and Caleb

16:27

Williams, I think this is the Caleb that we

16:29

expected to see, and at least on paper eric before

16:32

the season started there was a plethora of options.

16:34

It feels like Caleb is now understanding

16:37

how to utilize some of those weapons.

16:40

Getting Keenan Allen back I think was huge, and

16:42

Williams has looked terrific the last two games.

16:44

It has to come with the coveat that It

16:46

did come against the Panthers and Jaguars,

16:49

arguably two of the five worst defensive

16:51

football.

16:51

But look at that play to Cole Kman.

16:53

First of all, getting him involved, I think was also a

16:55

big development. A little bit quiet earlier

16:57

in the season, but great play designs

16:59

from Shane Waldron really spread those Jaguars

17:01

out, got the ball into multiple playmakers'

17:04

hands, and Williams just looks so much more comfortable.

17:07

Everything was less strained. The first few

17:09

games of the season, he looked like a guy doing his taxes

17:11

on April fourteenth, but looking

17:13

pretty good.

17:14

Now.

17:14

You see he's deciding when to run, when to throw,

17:17

and who to throw to with a lot

17:19

more.

17:20

Ease and a lot more comfort.

17:21

I think in this this sort of

17:24

New Bears offense, I.

17:25

Guess I'm glad I'm not the only one that's a little

17:27

bit of procrastinator or when it comes to that tax

17:29

situation as well, hopefully that looks a little

17:31

more for me on it. Exactly, you throw money

17:33

at the problem is how I like to describe it. At fifteen,

17:35

it is the Chargers move up four spots. You've

17:37

actually, I think been more optimistic about

17:40

the Chargers than most. I

17:42

thought this was a positive sign to win a game

17:44

like this is a little dirty ball control. This

17:46

is what we expected from Harbaugh these

17:49

types of games.

17:49

Oh, Jim doesn't care how it happens, right, I

17:51

mean, like you know, we saw it last year with Michigan's

17:54

a lot of close games. But you

17:56

know, when you're able to run the ball down team's throats,

17:58

that helps a lot. But they got creative in the

18:00

passing game and they asked Justin Herbert

18:02

to throw it early in this game. Kamani vay Dell

18:04

with a long TV catch. You know, I

18:07

thought Lad McConkie had some big plays left

18:09

with injury and see me Forjoko steps

18:11

up. So they're spreading the ball around as best

18:13

they can. Joshua Palmer finally making his impact

18:16

as well. Defensively, they were great

18:18

for three quarters up twenty three. Zip

18:21

got a little dicey late, But this

18:23

Chargers team has a formula and they're sticking to it

18:25

right now and it's working.

18:26

Defensively, there's so much better than a year ago.

18:28

Yeah, and there's also a formula for the team that they beat

18:30

in the Denver Broncos, who defensively

18:32

have looked pretty strong generally

18:34

speaking, and had been running a three game winning

18:36

streak. So this is a good win from a Chargers

18:39

perspective. More to come here though. On NFL

18:41

Power Rankings, and yes, we touched on the Devonte

18:43

Adams trade. He is heading to New York

18:45

to get reunited with Aaron Rodgers. What does it mean not

18:47

only for this week's edition to Power Rankings, but

18:50

how it might unfold as the rest of the season goes

18:52

on. We

18:59

continue to roll here on Power Rankings with team

19:01

seventeen through twenty four. Three straight

19:04

wins now three straight losses for

19:06

the Seahawks, who checking at seventeen, the Colts

19:08

at eighteen. I think we need to be having

19:10

a conversation about Joe Flacco being in this team's

19:12

starting quarterback moving forward here at nineteen,

19:15

the Cowboys Wow, the

19:17

Jets at twenty we'll get to that squad now

19:20

that they have DeVante Adams. The Saints not sure what

19:22

to make of them without Derek Carr. I'll give them the mulligan

19:24

on that. The Bengals at twenty two

19:28

still figured out a way to get it done. The

19:30

Giants at twenty three, I think we saw some good

19:32

positive strives from that team's defense. Still some questions

19:34

offensively. And at twenty four, the Arizona

19:37

Cardinals. Please explain to me what

19:39

the heck is going on in Big d inexcusable.

19:42

I don't know how else to describe the performance that we

19:44

witness from that team.

19:46

Yeah.

19:46

I saw a lot of people make an excuse on Twitter,

19:48

Oh they don't have Michael Parsons, they don't have DeMarcus

19:50

Lawrence. Well they didn't have them the week before they went into

19:52

Pittsburgh, and you know, at least held

19:55

up sort of right. So you know what

19:57

they did on Sunday, even against an explosive

19:59

lines offense, was, like you said, inexcusable.

20:01

I thought there were some business decisions

20:03

late after the league got a little

20:05

big, and the tackling and the discipline,

20:08

I mean, just wide open receivers in a lot of

20:10

cases.

20:10

So, yeah, this has got to get fixed.

20:12

Jerry Jones, no way to spend your eighty second

20:15

birthday watching this kind of performance.

20:16

And you know it's amazing.

20:18

I mean, they've been so poor at home after

20:20

the sixteen game win streak, the last.

20:22

Four they've been outscored by eighty

20:25

two points.

20:25

I mean, maybe it's a good thing they're going on the road, Mike,

20:27

I don't know, but they're three and all away from home this year

20:30

and not good at home.

20:31

Yeah.

20:32

We were doing NFL Game

20:34

Day preview a couple of weeks ago. I said to Steve Wych

20:36

on that show, like, hey, maybe it's a good thing that Dallas is

20:38

hitting the road. He's like, really, and it's now

20:40

consistently now playing out this way. I don't

20:42

know how to answer that question.

20:45

The Jets' biggest news of the week Devantae

20:47

Adams. We know where he's going. He's getting reunited with

20:49

Aaron Rodgers. We touched it at the top, open

20:52

ended, what do we make of this team? Because

20:54

even with a coaching change, they

20:56

still couldn't figure out a way to get it done. It was still

20:58

sloppy with all the penalties, and

21:01

yet I don't know if adding Devontae

21:03

Adams really puts the team back into

21:05

playoff consideration. Maybe I'm crazy.

21:08

I don't think you are, Mike. This is the question I

21:10

have.

21:10

It's funny because, like everybody has expected

21:12

this move to happen, right, Davante is going to

21:14

get traded. Where's the most likely Plett's place

21:16

to the Jets, where you know Aaron Rodgers

21:18

his buddy is. And it worked out exactly

21:21

the way we thought. And yet there's still questions

21:23

about how this is all going to work.

21:25

Right.

21:25

Can you have Allen Lazard who's

21:27

been productive for him, Garrett Wilson who's coming

21:30

on, Mike Williams, and DeVante

21:32

Adams all operating in the same offense.

21:35

I'm not sure you can. I don't know how they all fit

21:37

together. We'll see.

21:39

I mean, maybe this is the magic pill here,

21:41

but I have my doubts. As

21:43

amazing as a receiver as Adams

21:45

is.

21:46

Here's the only other thing I'll

21:48

tag it with this when I watch them

21:50

Monday night, their

21:52

best offense was giving Priest all the

21:54

football, and now all of a sudden, you are putting

21:57

more pressure on the passing your point try

21:59

to deliver. I'm Paul is their best weapon

22:01

out on the football field. No disrespect to the rest

22:03

of those guys there teams twenty five

22:05

through thirty two, the Rams at twenty five, the

22:07

Dolphins at twenty six, At twenty seven, Raiders,

22:09

doesn't matter if it's Gardner or Aiden. Offensive

22:12

struggle in both ways. At twenty eight the Titans

22:14

also tough to watch. The Jags, oh

22:16

boy at twenty nine. Don't know what's going

22:18

on with the Browns. At thirty the Patriots got a

22:20

spark with Drake may They still lost so at thirty

22:23

one, and then at thirty two the

22:25

Els continue to mount up for the Panthers.

22:27

The Patriots Mayo

22:30

made the change here. I actually think it was a good change.

22:32

There's signs of life now with the Patriots squad

22:34

in a gettable well maybe not with the Bills, but I

22:36

think the divisions.

22:37

I agree.

22:38

Yeah, the turnovers are a problem. They've got to clean

22:40

that odd. Drake knows that. But they put some

22:42

life into that offense. As you said, that forty yard

22:44

TV to Keayshan Boudia was the

22:47

best throw we've seen from a Patriots QB this

22:49

season, maybe even last year or the year before too.

22:52

It's got to get better. I think even

22:54

with the turnovers.

22:55

Yeah, I look, I think Patriots fans needed

22:57

They've drafted this dude that they wanted

22:59

to see him thrive out on the football field and touchdowns.

23:02

Right, we'll figure out those turnovers. By the way.

23:04

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