Losing David Montgomery ruins the identity of the Detroit Lions' team
When you lose [David] Montgomery, you lose part of the identity of your team. So I do know that deep down when Coach [Dan] Campbell gets in his car, he ain't feeling real nicey. Yeah. It's tough.
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View episodeCriticism of Justin Herbert never made sense
[Justin Herbert] touchdown pass that he threw as he was falling down. Oh that's the guy. When people are like, oh, Justin Herbert's only, you know, social media, quarterback, whatever. I don't even know what the criticism of Justin Herbert is anymore because it never made sense to me.
The Buffalo Bills do not want to see the Cincinnati Bengals in the playoffs
The Buffalo Bills, if they get the two seed, the last team they wanna see is the Cincinnati Bengals. Yeah. That's the only that like, you, you don't, 'cause that's the Bengals. The the crazy thing about the Bengals is they can't stop anyone. But if you get in a shootout with the Bengals, like anything can happen.
Indiana and Clemson are the two best upset bets in the first round of the CFP
Indiana and Clemson are the two horses I'm riding. I think the weather, I think the big, I think the weather, it's big 10 weather. It's tough to go against Penn State and Ohio State. I think Indiana's got a shot. And I think Clemson has a real shot because Indiana's Big 10. Notre Dame's not big.
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And he really is a lot better player than he played down the stretch. He had that gastritis illness. He lost 20 pounds. He had a shoulder and rib injury. But when he was healthy, he was lighting it up. They had eight straight wins and they beat the hell out of Georgia.
Kirk Cousins will lose the Raiders starting job to Fernando Mendoza if they drop their first two games
It's tough. We gotta see when the schedule comes out. I think if the Raiders win those two games, I think Cousins will keep playing. But if they lose those two games, you know how this league is — he just went through it with Mike Pennix in Atlanta. And when you lose a couple games, it just is a matter of time before the young kid gets his job.
Jeremiah Love is a Jamir Gibbs clone — a home-run hitter with no mileage who was totally justified as a top-five pick
I think Love is a Jamir Gibbs clone type. This guy's a great receiver. I mean, one handed catches, you can line him up in empty backfield sets. You can use this guy so many different ways and he has no mileage on him. He split carries with Price. So you're getting a home run hitter. Average is seven yards per carry.