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The NFL Report: Panthers LB Jaelan Phillips joins the show + Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr. will start TNF against Packers
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32 min
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Sep 25, 2026
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Fri, September 25, 2026
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Bijan RobinsonBaker MayfieldBryce YoungC.J. StroudDerrick HenryGeorge PickensJosh JacobsJustin HerbertKyler MurrayMichael Penix Jr.Mike EvansNick ChubbNico CollinsPuka Nacua
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Baker Mayfield
NegativeProjection23:04
Lance Zerline expresses high concern for Baker Mayfield, noting he has not played well since the midpoint of last season; he has recorded 14 touchdown passes against 15 turnovers (10 interceptions, 5 fumbles) over his last 11 games.
Insight pageBijan Robinson
PositiveUsage10:21
Bijan Robinson has faced 7, 8, or 9-man boxes on 84% of his snaps through two weeks. Lance Zerline projects that Michael Penix Jr.'s presence will help stretch the field and reduce the frequency of these heavy defensive fronts.
Insight pageNegativeUsage28:18
The source notes that the Falcons have yet to reach the red zone this year, highlighting the team's offensive struggles as they look to get Bijan Robinson more involved.
Insight pageBryce Young
PositiveProjection30:13
Jalen Phillips is impressed by Bryce Young's consistency, execution, and intensity in practice. Phillips notes that Young's stature does not negatively impact his game, as he uses his elusiveness and varied arm slots to his advantage.
Insight pageC.J. Stroud
PositiveProjection27:15
Lance Zerline believes C.J. Stroud has played well through the first two weeks of the season, despite the team's 0-2 start, and expects the Texans' defensive performance to normalize soon.
Insight pageDerrick Henry
PositiveUsage13:20
Lance Zerline highlights Derrick Henry's unique ability to close out games in the fourth quarter, noting that the Ravens need to utilize him more effectively to maintain leads.
Insight pageGeorge Pickens
PositiveBreakout15:01
Lance Zerline expects a breakout game for George Pickens this week. Despite slow production in the first two games, Zerline anticipates Dak Prescott will target him more heavily in this contract year.
Insight pageJosh Jacobs
NegativeInjury11:36
The Packers' ground game is struggling, averaging only 3.3 yards per carry, and Lance Zerline notes that the team is missing Josh Jacobs' ability to create yards on his own.
Insight pageJustin Herbert
NegativeProjection24:16
Lance Zerline notes the Chargers are the most disappointing team through two weeks, citing a lack of offensive effectiveness, poor interior line play, and a brutal upcoming schedule that includes four road games in the next five weeks.
Insight pageKyler Murray
PositiveInjury5:03
Kyler Murray is set to return to action this week against the Buccaneers after missing time due to injury protocols. He expressed excitement about returning to the field and noted his appreciation for the team's 2-0 start.
Insight pageMichael Penix Jr.
PositiveRole9:09
Michael Penix Jr. is expected to start for the Falcons, with Lance Zerline noting that his ability to stretch the field and back off safeties should benefit Bijan Robinson, who has faced high-density boxes in the first two weeks.
Insight pageMike Evans
NegativeRole23:28
Lance Zerline highlights the loss of Mike Evans as a major concern for the Buccaneers, describing him as a consistent future Hall of Famer whose absence is significantly impacting the team's offensive production.
Insight pageNick Chubb
NegativeDepth Chart29:28
Nick Chubb is returning to Cleveland to sign a one-day contract and retire as a member of the Browns.
Insight pageNico Collins
NegativeInjury27:43
Lance Zerline identifies the absence of Nico Collins due to a hamstring injury as a major problem for the Texans, noting the team will struggle to score touchdowns without him.
Insight pagePuka Nacua
NegativeInjury5:39
Puka Nacua is at risk of missing another game as he continues to deal with a hip injury that kept him out of Monday's game. Sean McVay described the injury as potentially 'pre-hernia' and emphasized caution, though he does not believe it is a long-term threat.
Insight pageSam Darnold
PositiveInjury1:50
Sam Darnold practiced on Thursday after missing the previous week's game in Arizona due to a glute injury. He is aiming to play this Sunday against Washington, noting that he needs to feel confident in his body and movement to return to the field.
Insight pageZay Flowers
NegativeInjury14:06
Zay Flowers has not practiced and has not played since halftime of Week 1, leaving his status for the upcoming game against the Cowboys in doubt.
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1:10Is Sam Darnold now glute injury-free? Coming up on the NFL Report, it sure sounds like the champs may be getting their quarterback back.
1:18Meantime, is it time to start worrying in Houston?
1:21Lance Zerline is there. He's here to tell you if we should be concerned about the Texans at 0-2.
1:27Plus, will the real Panthers defense stand up? We'll sit down with Carolina linebacker Jalen Phillips.
1:32It's next on the NFL Report. Hard to believe it is week three already, everybody.
1:37Kicking off like almost in an hour. Welcome to the NFL Report.
1:41My name is Andrew Siciliano. We're presented by Nationwide.
1:43Coming up, Lance Zerline is here. Are the Packers maybe prime for an upset tonight against the Falcons?
1:49We have that story for you. We start, however, with what is news to me.
1:54The latest headlines, and it is quarterback news. It's quarterback news out of Seattle, where I am telling you there is a
2:01chance the 2-0 Seahawks are going to get Sam Darnold back on the field Sunday in Washington.
2:07Darnold practiced Thursday after missing last week's game in Arizona with a glute injury.
2:11Do you think he'll be able to play Sunday?
2:14You know, I'm really striving for that. But again, like I said, you know, I'm just taking it day by day.
2:21Also don't want to jinx anything. What do you need to feel or think today, tomorrow, to know you can play Sunday?
2:28Yeah, I think just mentally having confidence. Having confidence in my body, being able to go out there and, you know, if
2:35I need to take off, feeling good about sliding and, you know, just doing all the football things.
2:41Worrying about playing football. Not worrying about, you know, not worrying about the hip at all.
2:46Just going out there, playing football, playing fast. He doesn't want to jinx it.
2:50I guess he does believe in jinxes. All right, meantime, Minnesota.
2:54Bad news, good news about the Vikings. Bad news, Vikings offense is last in the NFL in total yardage.
3:00Good news is they're still 2-0 with Carson Wentz.
3:03More good news. Kyler Murray is back this week.
3:06I mean, as a competitor, I want to play last week, you know, but I understand what, you know, the protocol is and how everything shakes out.
3:15But I'm excited. I'm excited to be back. And, you know, I'm just, I'm thankful that we're 2-0.
3:20Shout out to Kars, you know, coming in and doing a great job.
3:25Couldn't be happier for him and his team. But just to be 2-0 in this situation right now is amazing.
3:31Vikings and Kyler are going to be in Tampa to play the Buccaneers.
3:35Meantime, the Rams are going to be in Denver Sunday night.
3:39And it sure sounds like Puka Nakua could miss another game.
3:42He didn't play Monday and still is not practicing with what Sean McVay is calling a hip injury.
3:48When you're a skilled player, Gary, and you're really trying to hit high-speed yards and really open up and you feel just,
3:55you know, it's like some of the things that can almost be like, you know, pre-hernia is kind of what he's feeling.
4:02And so you err on the side of caution.
4:05Usually time is the best thing that allows that thing to heal.
4:09And then once you get to a certain point, then I think you feel pretty good moving forward.
4:15But it's not something that, you know, from talking with Reggie and our medical group that feel like is any sort of long-term threat.
4:23I just know that he's frustrated and, you know, we all want him to be able to be out there.
4:29But we want him to be able to return to performance, not just be able to just kind of gut through it.
4:36Reggie Scott, that's who Sean is referring to. He is the Rams head trainer.
4:41Meantime, that's Joey Porter. The Steelers could really use him this week, you think, against the Pengles?
4:46Yeah, I think. Porter finally spoke today after not getting a contract, after not playing the first two weeks.
4:52And again, he's limited, doing very little in practice.
4:55When we talked to you, the deadline for negotiating contracts has kind of come and gone.
5:00What was your emotion as that kind of came through and the extension didn't get done?
5:05It didn't get done. It didn't happen. That's really just old news for me now.
5:10It's mainly just focused on what I got ahead of me.
5:14And it's really just getting back to 100%. Do you see yourself playing at some point, Joey?
5:19Yeah, definitely. At some point. At some point. At some point.
5:23And the question wasn't this week. It's at some point.
5:26He said yes. At some point, I may dress that cool.
5:30Although I highly doubt it. We are getting ready for football in Lambeau.
5:34How about Edger and Cooper, Cowboy Cooper walking into the building?
5:37Let's do a primetime preview now presented by Nationwide NFL.com's Lance Zerline with us as we get ready for the Falcons and the Packers.
5:45Green Bay, Lance has won 13 consecutive games as home openers at Lambeau.
5:49So they're the decided favorite here. But Michael Penix, we saw him.
5:53He is back. What is the Penix, Tommy Reese offense look like?
5:57And do they have a shot? Well, it's better look a lot better than what we've seen.
6:02I mean, what we've seen is one touchdown, five interceptions, 53% completion percentage, and less than six yards per attempt.
6:09So what Michael Penix is going to do is allow the Falcons to potentially open the field up a little bit, stretch the field out.
6:17You know, the biggest benefactor of that is going to be B.
6:21John Robinson, who has faced 84% of the time he's faced a 7, 8, or 9 man box.
6:27Only 16% of the times has he faced a light box of 6 or less.
6:31So if you can stretch the field a little bit, it's going to benefit you.
6:36And I think that's something that Michael Penix has the ability to do is open the playbook up and more importantly open
6:43the field up a little bit in terms of backing safeties off.
6:47It would be great if the Packers could run the ball because that would open the field up for Jordan Love to take some shots down the field.
6:56Right. Is this the night that Green Bay's ground game, remember no Josh Jacobs, gets it going?
7:02Well, I mean, it could. They're averaging 3.3 yards to carry right now.
7:06It's been miserable. They have nobody that's a bell cow.
7:09They really miss Josh Jacobs who can create yards on his own.
7:13But really the offensive line has been a major problem for Green Bay up to this point.
7:19Not just run blocking, but pass protecting as well.
7:21They've given up seven sacks and the Atlanta Falcons can get after you as well.
7:26They have seven sacks on this season. So if you can't run the ball, we know the Falcons can go get the
7:33quarterback and we know Green Bay has a hard time stopping it.
7:37So they better get it going to the tune of about four yards carry.
7:42And that one kicks off at slightly after eight o'clock Eastern time, seven o'clock local there in Green Bay.
7:48Lance, stay there, want to get to the Rio game.
7:51Let's set that one up because again, there is an international game this week and it's at four o'clock Eastern time.
7:58Ravens, Cowboys in Rio on a day in which Baltimore offensive coordinator, Declan Doyle defended his play calling by saying, yes, I
8:05know Derrick Henry is on my roster. Dallas coach Brian Schottenheimer said he too was aware.
8:10Incredible player. What we have to do is we have to create knock back.
8:15Our front has to play really, really well because if you can kind of make Derrick hesitate his feet a little bit,
8:22it gives you the best chance to slow him down.
8:25If he's getting seams and build up speed and they're knocking us laterally, which we never want to be knocked laterally.
8:32Unfortunately, those seams are big and safeties and linebackers just have a hard time getting them on the ground by themselves.
8:38Cowboys have ruled a couple of guys out over Sean and Malik Hooker.
8:43They're not going to go. The Ravens also have injuries.
8:46Zay Flowers, Ronnie Stanley not practicing, remains to be seen if they get on the plane and head down to Rio.
8:53Remember, Zay Flowers has not played since halftime of week number one.
8:56Lance, let's look at this one. Let's go to the Cowboys offensive side.
9:01George Pickens has nine receptions. For now, everyone seems to remain calm.
9:05I mean, that can't hold, can it? No, he's in a contract year.
9:09Can't hold. CeeDee has been great. And, you know, he's playing the good soldier right now, George Pickens.
9:15But it's a contract year. And I would expect Dak Prescott and the Dallas offense to really target Pickens.
9:21I think this is a breakout game for George Pickens.
9:24It's been bad the first two from a production standpoint, but I do expect him to have a bigger game here.
9:31So watch for that to balance out a little bit more between CeeD Lamb and George Pickens.
9:36All right. If the Ravens have a lead this week, can they actually hold it?
9:41Well, I mean, look, the last 19 games dating back to the beginning of 2025, they've lost five games when they've been
9:48tied or ahead heading into the fourth quarter. And I mean, they've been badly outscored in those games as well.
9:54So the problem is defensively, they've been miserable in those types of games.
9:59But Lamar Jackson hasn't been much better, completing just 50% of his passes in the fourth quarter of those losing efforts.
10:05So closing the games out, we talked about how great Derrick Henry is and what makes him so good is that in
10:13the fourth quarter he can close games down. But uncharacteristically, five losses over the last 19 games when they've had a lead
10:20or been tied headed into the fourth. They got to start closing.
10:23Yeah, they got it. I heard you chuckle under that Declan Doyle line.
10:28He actually said that today. Yeah. He defended taking a deep shot on third and one and then followed it with, I
10:35am aware that Derrick Henry is on our roster.
10:38Don't be a genius. Just give it to the big guy.
10:41No, I get it. We are also aware that the Chargers are 0-2.
10:45What should your level of concern be? Maybe you're not concerned.
10:49How about the Chargers level of concern? We'll ask Lance straight ahead of the NFL Report.
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13:53They are one of the more fun teams in the league.
13:57They are a roller coaster every week, but they are one and one, and they're heading to Cleveland this week.
14:03They are your Carolina Panthers, and this guy has a sack in each of the first two games.
14:09One of the newest members on that defense, Jalen Phillips.
14:12Good to see you, man. How are you? Good to see you, too.
14:16I'm doing well, man. Can't complain. Good. I mean, you could.
14:20You've got a bad back. It's week three. You didn't practice Wednesday.
14:24Back is okay. Yeah, it's good. No, I don't have to complain.
14:28Maybe yesterday I couldn't complain, but I'm good now.
14:31So, yeah, man. Just always being cautious about things like that, but everything's good.
14:35I was full participant. Good. Everyone's got something. It's early.
14:38It's week three. You guys are heading to Cleveland.
14:41Talk to me about your defense, because week one was what it was.
14:4559 points. You flush it. You move on. Week two, much better.
14:49You go to Atlanta. You shut down the Falcons.
14:52So where, Jalen, is the truth? Who are you guys defensively through two weeks?
14:57Yeah, I mean, I think the truth is usually always somewhere in the middle.
15:01I think, you know, for us, can't get too low from the first game.
15:06Can't get too high from the second game. Obviously, the second game is how we want to play.
15:12That's the identity we want to put on the field.
15:15The turnovers, the physicality, you know, taking advantage of momentum, all those things.
15:19Like, it's still a lot of things to improve on, but, you know, definitely trying to, you know, reach that every single week.
15:26But I think it's important for us not to, like I said, get too high and think that we've made it just
15:33because we, you know, had a really good game.
15:36I think it's important for us to just improve every week.
15:40Big picture. I feel like that's a trend around the league.
15:43Like we say, week one is a liar and week two tells the truth.
15:48But then after two weeks, I think all of us, whether it's your team or the 31 other teams, kind of have
15:55to sit here and go, okay, well, really, who are we?
15:59Do you guys have those same conversations? Yeah. I mean, I think that we're constantly trying to find who we are just
16:06in our everyday, you know, practice meetings, just getting closer as a group.
16:10I know I think that we're starting to find our identity and I think it helps when we have games that we
16:17had last week, just in terms of seeing kind of the example of like what we want to achieve and just really
16:24kind of getting all together and pursuing that together.
16:27But, you know, it's a long season and definitely can't tell what the end of the season is going to look like, you know, after two weeks.
16:36No, you can't. That's why we play the games in that highlight rip there from Atlanta.
16:41We showed Devin Lloyd running wild. Your coach, Dave Canales said it was the best game he has ever seen from a linebacker.
16:48He had the sack. He had the two picks.
16:51One of them went for a pick six. Where would you rank that game that Devin Lloyd had?
16:57Yeah, I mean, I'll second what Coach said. I mean, honestly, I knew early in the game.
17:02I don't want to be like LeBron where he's like, oh, I knew that.
17:07But truthfully, like I knew after his sack, I knew that.
17:10I was like, I think he's in a mode.
17:13Like, you know when the pitch is throwing a perfect game and you don't talk to him on the bench?
17:20It was kind of a situation like that. Like I kind of looked over at him and I was like, he's having a crazy game right now.
17:28And then he went back out and had the pick and went back out.
17:33I was like, oh my God, he's going crazy right now.
17:36I can't even. So, man, I just Devin Lloyd, man.
17:40I could go on for days talking about him.
17:43But just love him as a guy. Love him as a leader.
17:46Outstanding football player. I'm definitely grateful that he's on my team.
17:50Yeah. And you guys are obviously two huge pieces here for this defense.
17:54Went out in the off season, tried to build the side up because the offense is cooking right now.
18:0071 points. Not all, obviously, from the offense. We had a pick six there that we just saw.
18:06What has made this offense click and why? Let me focus on the quarterback because, you know, he's the shiny object.
18:13How is Bryce dealing right now like he's dealing?
18:16I think it's his execution. I've been seeing this from OTAs.
18:19Obviously, it's been years of work. But from what I've seen since when I came in, I think, you know, every day he brings the same intensity.
18:28He brings the same execution. He has a high level of care.
18:32He's a super consistent guy on and off the field.
18:35And so, like, truthfully, what he's putting out there right now is just accumulation of all the work that he's done in the off season.
18:43So, it's really cool to see. And it's impressed me a lot, honestly.
18:47Like, you know, I obviously competed against him once or twice.
18:51I think once, actually. But seeing it up close in person, I mean, I'm super impressed.
18:56I think he's an outstanding quarterback. And you've sacked him once.
19:00I looked that up. You sacked him when you were with the Eagles.
19:04You got to him. I was a good one.
19:07Help me out here because I am saying this, and this is camera tricks here, as a small person.
19:13Okay? Roll with me. You guys, and I'm going to be at your game.
19:17The Panthers media notes go out of their way to say how big of a team you have.
19:23You guys are the tallest team in the league, and you're the second heaviest team in the league.
19:29Dan Morgan's got it tight. You guys are huge.
19:32Yet, conversely, you have probably the smallest quarterback in the league.
19:35Do you ever notice the dichotomy here? You guys are like an NBA team.
19:40And then there's Bryce. Yeah. Is that an actual fact that we're the tallest in second?
19:45You guys, according to the Panthers media notes and NOP are sitting right there.
19:50You guys are the tallest team in the league and the second heaviest team in the league by like a half pound.
19:57That's insane. That's pretty cool. But no, that's a funny question.
20:00I mean, honestly, the stature aspect of it, like I don't see that negatively impacting his game at all.
20:06Like, I think he's incredibly shifty and I've never seen him have any problems seeing anything or doing whatever.
20:12So, I mean, I guess it's, it's, that is an interesting comparison when you look at how tall and big we all are.
20:20And then, you know, obviously he's on the shorter side, but truthfully, I think he kind of uses it to his advantage.
20:27Like he's super elusive in the pocket, crazy arm slots.
20:30Like he's just, he's a tough, tough guy to play against.
20:34Finally, it's been well documented. You come from a family of musicians.
20:38You dabble in the music world yourself here. You've talked openly about how that has helped you get through some of the
20:45tougher times here medically and coming back from injuries.
20:48Out of curiosity, what's on the Jalen Phillips playlist these days?
20:51Like what, what should I, what should I be going to Spotify and adding to my playlist?
20:57Uh, well, honestly, I'm not listening to a ton of music right now because I'm a new dad and obviously busy at
21:04work and I got a lot going on. I'm watching a lot of anime right now, but before the games and stuff,
21:11I just listen to Frank Doge right now, honestly, like calm vibes.
21:15I'll throw on blonde or a channel orange. I have those two albums from Frank Ocean.
21:20Um, and then if, if I'm trying to like, have myself up a little bit, I always go, gonna, future.
21:26Uh, it's, it's pretty basic as I, you know, I don't have any like, uh, deep cut pools for you right now.
21:33Like any like, you know, good seventies, eighties alternative of psychedelic rock or anything.
21:38But, uh, I do listen to that on occasion, but you know, right now it's just Frank Ocean.
21:44Um, I get it, man. New dad and in season.
21:47That is a lot to handle. So good luck with that.
21:50And good luck this week, week three in Cleveland.
21:53Thanks Jalen for joining us. Appreciate it. So the Panthers are getting to the Browns.
21:58The Browns last week went to Tampa and beat Baker and the Buccaneers who are now 0 and 2.
22:04And if you go back to last year, because that's how we do these things, they have lost 9 of 11.
22:11They get the Vikings this week. It is only September and we're already talking about sense of urgency.
22:17I think, um, you know, when you like, like I said, especially offensively, just getting out of runway, not having any, uh,
22:24self-inflicted wounds, you know, the sense of urgency to get that stuff corrected has definitely been there.
22:29Energy level has been good all week. So just got to continue that.
22:34And it's, it needs to translate to Sunday. And that's the biggest thing.
22:38You know, we feel like we've had good weeks of practice, but it's got to translate.
22:43Guys need to do their job on Sundays. So Wednesday, we showed you all the 2 and 0 teams today.
22:49We flip it around. We show you all the 0 and 2 teams.
22:54There are eight of them, including Baker and the Buccaneers.
22:57I thought I heard Lance Zerline in the background go, hmm.
23:00When I said they've lost 9 of 11, Lance is back with us.
23:04The heart and soul of NFL.com. Lance level of concern here for the Buccaneers.
23:09High, very high red alert. Kurt, you mentioned 2 and 9 in the last 11.
23:14How about during that timeframe, 14 touchdown passes for Baker and 15 turnovers, including five, you know, 11 of 10 interceptions and five fumbles.
23:22That's just not going to cut it. He has not played very good football since the midpoint last year.
23:28And it scares me even more because Mike Evans, one of the most consistent wide receivers that you or I have seen during our lifetimes.
23:36He's gone. He's a future Hall of Famer gone.
23:39Levante David, probably a future Hall of Famer. He's gone as well as press corner Jamel Dean.
23:44So you've lost some critical pieces. And now you have a quarterback that's going to have a ton of pressure on his shoulders because of that new contract.
23:53I'm concerned for the Tampa Bay Bucs, especially because of the losses of the Cavaliers.
23:58They have Levante David Jamel Dean and of course Mike Evans.
24:02They certainly miss Mike Evans somewhat ironically. You had Denzel Boston.
24:05They're scoring touchdowns who some have come to Mike Evans.
24:08All right, let's move on to the Chargers here because they are also Owen 2 and this really is not open to debate.
24:16The Chargers are the most disappointing team in the NFL through two weeks.
24:20Granted, it is very early, but listen to the reaction Wednesday from Justin Herbert when he was asked, and I think this was triggering, about his leadership style.
24:29I think our team is so close, and so I don't think there's a lack of vocal leadership at all.
24:35So I think I'm going to stop you right there and say that it's very present.
24:41We've got great leadership on this team, and I trust those guys in that locker room.
24:46And so I don't think anyone is panicked or worried because that's not going to do us any good.
24:52It's moving on to the next play and understand that we're close.
24:56We've made mistakes. How do we fix them? And how do we move on?
25:00Thank you. Kind of touched a nerve, Lance. They are Owen 2.
25:04They have the third-worst point differential in the NFL, and they're going to Buffalo, and all the Bills do is score touchdowns.
25:11Right. Level of concern, sir? Extraordinarily high, and it's basically because of the schedule.
25:16Look, this is a team that I thought was going to win the AFC West.
25:20I really liked the addition of Mike McDaniel as the play caller, but up to this point, it has been bad offensively.
25:28Now, look, guard-centered guard is not good enough right now for the Chargers.
25:32They're not running the ball effectively enough. That's going to have to be one of the keys.
25:37And then melding Mike McDaniel's offensive style with Jim Harbaugh is really going to be an interesting challenge early on.
25:44But, you know, it just doesn't get any easier, and this is why my level of concern is so high.
25:50Four of your next five are on the road, including against the Bills, the Seahawks, the Chiefs, and the Rams.
25:57In between that road sandwich, you've got the Chiefs, or rather the Broncos, and then when you're done with that five-game set, the Texans are coming into home.
26:06So, you know, there's just, they've got one sack defensively.
26:09There is a lot to be concerned about with the Chargers, and I think that schedule is maybe number one.
26:15All right, the Bills, if maybe this is any hope for the Charger fans here, the Bills have given up 30 in each game.
26:23No one has ever gone to 3-0 by giving up 30 in three consecutive games, so maybe the Charger offense gets right.
26:30I have no idea. Can the Texans' defense get right?
26:33Let's show some of these stats. Also, consider the fact that they have played two very tough opponents in Josh Allen of
26:40the Bills and Joe Burrow and the Bengals. But Lance, you're in Houston.
26:45There is a big difference now between D'Amico Ryan's defense through these two weeks and D'Amico Ryan's defense to start last year.
26:52Level of concerns is what? It's low for me, and I'll tell you why.
26:56Number one, this is not the most difficult division in the AFC South right now.
27:01It could change very, very rapidly, but we need to see that happen.
27:05And D'Amico Ryan's Texans teams have gotten off to 0-2 starts in three of the last four years.
27:11It hasn't stopped them from making the playoffs. I think C.J.
27:15Stroud has played good football the last two weeks, the first two weeks of the season.
27:20He's played well. The game against Josh Allen, you tip your cap.
27:24I mean, he was just unbelievable. And then, you know, the reality is you held the Cincinnati Bengals' explosive offense to 20 points.
27:31So that's not bad for the defense. They have not yet been able to create a turnover.
27:36So I think those things are going to normalize, and we'll have that regression to the mean for the Houston Texans.
27:43But the real problem is going to be if they can't get Niko Collins back because they're going to have a hard
27:50time putting the ball in the paint if Niko doesn't make it back.
27:54He's not back this week. It doesn't look like against the Colts.
27:58Glad you mentioned him. He is still out with a hamstring injury.
28:02He is a massive loss for that team, certainly as they go to Indianapolis and they take on Daniel Jones and the Colts.
28:10They compared Daniel Jones to Joe Burrow this week, which is something.
28:13Ooh! Thank you, Lance Zerline. Coming up next, Bijan Robinson of the Falcons.
28:18Can they finally get the offense going? He's in the end zone.
28:22They have yet to get in the red zone this year.
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28:44It's TNF. It's Tucker Craft and the Packers welcoming into town the winless Falcons.
28:49Xavier McKinney and company, among others, here as the Packers look to extend their opening game.
28:54Their home opener winning streak to 14. Michael Penix is back for the Falcons.
28:58Let's get some quick hits here. Kyle Juszczyk says he was fined for this celebration.
29:03He was drinking juice, he says. Not beer. Not beer.
29:06He's not chugging a beer. His name is Juszczyk.
29:09His nickname is Juice. Everything he has in his locker says Juice on it.
29:14The fans go juice. Regardless, he was fined. Assume he would appeal.
29:18From Chug to Chubb. Nick Chubb, who a couple of weeks ago announced his retirement is coming back to Cleveland on Friday to sign a one-day contract.
29:26Smile for the cameras. Have a press conference and retire as a Cleveland brought fittingly.
29:31It is alumni weekend in Cleveland. Alex Mack and Brian Brennan from that great 80s team.
29:36Brennan, that is not Mack, are getting honored. Nick Chubb is in town as well.
29:41Love Kenny Moore. He is back. He is siding with the Eagles.
29:45The former Colt, who thinks far bigger than football, has updated his LinkedIn profile.
29:50He's got a new job. Congratulations, Kenny. I'm Andrew Siciliano.
29:53So long, everybody. Game day preview is next. I'm Brett Coleman.
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