NFL Updates: Recapping NFL Action with Adam Caplan

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00:00Welcome back to Newswire here on Sports Grid.

00:02It's always fun to chat with Adam Kaplan here on the show,

00:05especially when I get to watch all of the NFL games.

00:07I didn't think that was gonna happen yesterday.

00:09My son had a travel baseball game,

00:11and these people were keeping us at the park,

00:13raining and raining and raining and raining

00:16for like three hours before they let us go,

00:18but right on time to be able to get home

00:21and catch from about 1.30 Eastern

00:23all the way through the 4 p.m. game.

00:24So I'm very well schooled to drill Adam Kaplan

00:27on what happened in the NFL yesterday and get his thoughts.

00:29Adam, thanks again for coming on Newswire.

00:32Great to catch up with you on a high-scoring,

00:34fun day in the NFL.

00:35Not every week, but last week for sure.

00:38Yeah, the overs.

00:38I know the betters were like, what in the world?

00:41Because Pharrell and I always talk about it.

00:42Like the first three to four weeks,

00:44unders were the big play.

00:46The other thing that I noticed is, man,

00:48these dogs of 7 1⁄2 or more, they're covered.

00:51Clip is ridiculous.

00:53I mean, I said, Scott, Scott was kind of surprised.

00:56I'm like, take the Cardinals of the 7 1⁄2.

00:58I said, listen, the Niners are not,

01:01we're probably gonna talk about the Niners today.

01:02They're not playing great football.

01:03They were awesome week one against the Jets at home,

01:06but they've been very inconsistent.

01:07They've got issues on defense.

01:10It's funny with the Niners, Greg,

01:12as we go over what's happened so far,

01:14particularly week five.

01:15If you looked at where the Niners are ranked statistically,

01:18offense, defense, you go, wow,

01:19how are they not 5-0, 4-1?

01:21It's a play here.

01:22It's a play there.

01:23It's a key mistake at an important time.

01:25Then they lose their kicker, Jake Moody,

01:27who's a right-footed kicker.

01:28He's got a right high ankle sprain,

01:30so he's weak to weak.

01:31That absolutely positively impacted that game.

01:33Now, you couldn't predict that,

01:35but this has been a weird season, okay?

01:38This has been, I heard you talking earlier

01:40on Newswire about the Vikings.

01:43You can't predict that stuff.

01:44That's the beauty of the National Football League,

01:46and the NFL loves it, by the way.

01:48Yeah, no, it's been great.

01:49Also, I cannot understate taking away 300 catches

01:54the last three or four years

01:55from Christian McCaffrey out of the backfield

01:58for San Francisco, too.

01:58It's like, oh, Jordan Mason, he's so good.

01:59Yes, he is, but he ain't catching passes.

02:02Like, I mean, this is a big element of their game

02:04that's been completely removed.

02:06The Ladanian Tomlinson, Marshall Falk,

02:08and all, I mean, just remove those guys,

02:10put in a runner, it ain't the same.

02:12But by the way, credit to the Cardinals.

02:13I thought they were dead in the water

02:14after that blocked kick back for a touchdown.

02:18They came all the way back, and they won that game.

02:20Now, meanwhile, so much attention on Devontae Adams here.

02:23I guess for good reason, but it's like every team, Adam,

02:27that I hear that is potentially gonna make a push

02:29for this guy, to me, seems like the wrong team.

02:32Like, I mean, to me, it's like the Chiefs, okay, sure,

02:36but you mentioned Pittsburgh, yuck.

02:38The Jets, yuck.

02:40Like, I don't think he's gonna change those teams around.

02:42Maybe I'm off with this.

02:43I don't know.

02:44What do you think?

02:45All right, so let's start with the Steelers.

02:46The Steelers have a major problem

02:48at receiver opposite George Pickens, okay?

02:49They were very high in on the Brandon Aiyuk sweepstakes.

02:52They kind of won it, but the deal, as you know,

02:54did not get completed,

02:55but it was very close to being completed,

02:57but they were looking for a younger receiver, okay?

02:59Aiyuk is significantly younger than Devontae Adams,

03:02but the reason why I wanna talk about Adams

03:04in addition to, obviously, what's going on with him

03:06is that if he goes to the right team,

03:08and I think that's what you're alluding to,

03:09let's say he goes to the Jets, okay?

03:12I know the Jets have had some problems

03:14in their passing game, okay?

03:15Guy Wilson's terrific.

03:16He had his best game of the season yesterday,

03:19and now when Lazard has kind of revived his career now,

03:21he would have been cut, if not for the $10 million

03:23that's fully guaranteed this season,

03:24so he's back, he's doing a good job,

03:26but you'd rather have him as a backup.

03:29They need to find someone to take attention away

03:31from Garrett Wilson.

03:33The Jets were in on Devontae Adams' trade deadline last year.

03:35They could not make it work.

03:37That was actually around the time that Josh McDaniels

03:40and Dave Ziegler were fired,

03:41the head coach and the general manager,

03:42so that deal did not get completed,

03:46but they're still in on it.

03:47They're very much in on it right now.

03:49The trade deadline, we should mention,

03:50people are acting like this trade's happening right now.

03:52It doesn't have to get done now.

03:55Teams have until November 5th, that Tuesday,

03:57at 4 p.m. Eastern, to complete a deal,

04:00so look, the Raiders, I can tell you from talking to them

04:03leading up to the season,

04:04they never thought about trading Devontae Adams.

04:06This was not on the radar.

04:08They wanted to see, Craig,

04:09what is this team gonna look like mid-season?

04:12And then unfortunately, you have the Pierce situation

04:14favoring the Tweed.

04:16Adams feels hurt.

04:17He doesn't want to be there, so he's asked for a trade,

04:19but on your point, before we move on here, on New Orleans,

04:21that's a team that's kind of strange to me.

04:23Yes, we know about him and Derek Hart

04:24being college teammates

04:25and also being reunited with the Raiders.

04:28They're another team that, yes,

04:29they could use a guy like Devontae Adams,

04:31make Rasheed Shaheed as terrific as an explosive guy

04:34as a third receiver,

04:35but that's really not their issue.

04:36Their issue is on their offensive line.

04:39They need more pass rushing help.

04:41It is interesting, though.

04:42That was not the team that I thought would come in on it,

04:44but they're very much in on it.

04:46Yeah, no, to me, it's compelling

04:48as we go down to the wire with it,

04:50and again, it's gonna have to happen.

04:51If it does happen in the next couple of weeks.

04:53Sam, we're gonna skip ahead here

04:54because Adam and I are gonna disagree here.

04:57I think the Washington Commanders

04:59are one of the best bets to win it all,

05:01or at the very least, win the NFC.

05:03I've been saying this here on the show for weeks.

05:05Nothing has changed my mind.

05:07They have the biggest impact player

05:09from one year to the next in their quarterback.

05:12They have an elite wide receiver.

05:13They have an elite running back.

05:14They have a really good backup running back.

05:16Their offensive line is good.

05:18I know their defense has been shaky,

05:20and I know that Adam's gonna say

05:22they've played no one this season,

05:23but welcome to the NFL,

05:25where that doesn't matter to me anymore.

05:27You know, it doesn't matter to me.

05:29And by the way, the Commanders,

05:31I'm not asking them to win it all.

05:32I'm a smart bettor.

05:33They just need to get there,

05:34and then I take the other side, make half my money.

05:37Their odds are insane.

05:38They used to be plus 400 to make the playoffs,

05:40plus 300, plus 200.

05:42Now it's minus money.

05:44What am I missing here?

05:45By the way, well, first of all,

05:47if you look at the books before the season started

05:49with the Futures numbers,

05:50there were six and a half,

05:51six or six and a half, depending on which book you took.

05:53And I said to Pharrell, I'm like,

05:55oh, they're gonna get seven,

05:56but they're not gonna get much more than that.

05:57Now, yeah, are they better than I thought?

05:58Of course.

05:59Elite quarterback play could take very average talent

06:03and rise everybody up.

06:04Now, McLaurin's on average.

06:05He's a good football player.

06:06They've got nothing, really,

06:07next to nothing out of that other receiver spot.

06:10And then Zach Ertz is an older tight end.

06:12Zach's there for leadership.

06:13He knows Cliff Kingsbury from their days with Arizona.

06:16Brian Robinson's a good running back.

06:17You're right.

06:18And their offensive line, I do want to say one thing.

06:20It's very average.

06:22The coaching is good.

06:23They're getting good coaching from Bobby Johnson,

06:25their line coach, Cameron from the Giants,

06:27but they've kind of overachieved.

06:28Let's call it like it is.

06:30Gales has taken them up.

06:32Look, that division's not very good,

06:34and they could very well win it over the Eagles,

06:36and the Cowboys.

06:37They're not a Super Bowl team.

06:38I'm just telling you, they're not a Super Bowl team.

06:41Save that, Cliff.

06:42Save that for me.

06:43Save that for me later on.

06:45Save it, I'm good.

06:47I think they're fantastic here.

06:50But Daniels is the rookie of the year, right?

06:52Like we can say that?

06:53Oh, yeah.

06:54Yeah, he would be, and I was super high on him

06:57before the draft day.

06:58He's been an unbelievable story development.

07:00He sees it.

07:01He processes so well.

07:02He's so mature, and he's so far ahead of schedule.

07:05Yeah, I think he should.

07:06He's not gonna win MVP,

07:07but I'd love to see him in that conversation too.

07:09All right, Adam, as always, fantastic stuff.

07:11We'll see you soon.

07:12Got it.

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