Steelers Struggle, Raiders Surprise, Saints Dominate NFL

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00:00Yeah, and I don't disagree with that.

00:04I mean, we've seen the script for the Steelers who have a strong defense and then an offense

00:08that has fleeting moments of coming to life, but there's no happy ending for this team.

00:13We know exactly at which point they fizzle out.

00:16My brain saying week seven, maybe because again, I'm sitting there because of how much

00:20action has already happened through week two, but you can't beat the script sometimes.

00:24And that's where the Steelers lie in my book.

00:26As for your rundown when it comes to the Raiders and the Ravens, I just think they haven't

00:29really had a chance to piece together their best game and a disruptive defense early on

00:33in seasons can usually throw some of the top teams for a loop.

00:36We saw that in a number of games today.

00:38Max Crosby coming out with two socks and with socks, sacks in leading the charge for the

00:43defense.

00:44They were already hyped up to have this matchup.

00:46And when a team like that is counted out and when they're led by a guy like Crosby on the

00:50defense, you're going to see some interesting things.

00:52So I really much chalk it up to that not to take away from any quality progressions that

00:57the Raiders had today.

00:58But we're not going to get too high on what we saw.

01:00But speaking of another defense that shook things up, Saints, there was a lot of question

01:05marks.

01:06They beat a Panthers team.

01:07Who cares?

01:08The Panthers team are in rebuild mode.

01:09Nobody was expecting much out of them.

01:11Of course, at one point you're screaming, why don't we have mercy role in NFL?

01:14And then you get to Saints versus Cowboys matchup 44 44 to 19.

01:19The Saints put up 44 points on the freaking Cowboys who last week everybody was swearing

01:24up and down was going to a Super Bowl.

01:26And yes, most of them were fans of the Cowboys who always have the expectations equivalent

01:30to New York fans.

01:31Sorry, everybody.

01:32That's what you get from a Tampa Bay girl.

01:34But I mean, you got Derek Carr 243 passing yards to Teddy's one interception, Dak Prescott

01:39not falling far behind.

01:41I mean, 293 one touchdown, two costly interceptions.

01:45That's for sure.

01:46CeeDee Lamb showed up with 90 receiving yards.

01:48But I mean, it was the Saints that had the balance attack on the offensive side of the

01:51ball and came up stronger on the defensive side of the ball.

01:53What do you see in this?

01:56The Saints obviously off to this flying start.

01:58I would say it's it's a great start for them.

02:02They are putting up points left and right there.

02:05The status there.

02:06They've scored on every drive that they have, whether field goal or touchdown.

02:11It's not an easy stretch of games for them.

02:13Eagles, Falcons, Chiefs, Buccaneers are the next for a very tough stretch.

02:18So I would say if you believe in the Saints long term now might not be the best time to

02:24buy into them on an NFC future, whatever it might be, because theoretically they could

02:29lose two out of these next four games, three of the next four games.

02:32They're sitting at plus 1300 right now for the NFC championship.

02:37If they lose two of the two or three of the next four games, which I think is plausible

02:40given the quality of competition that they're going up against, that number is not going

02:44to be 13 to one.

02:45It's gonna be closer to 20 to one.

02:46So again, I don't love talking futures too much, but off to a super high, hot start.

02:51If you miss the boat, I'm betting on them before the season starts.

02:54We should actually pump the brakes and wait a little bit until this next stretch of games

02:59plays out.

03:00And then you could get back in at, I'm going to say what's going to be closer to 20 to

03:03one if they end up three and three after this next, next stretch of games.

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