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The NFL Report: Bears are firing on ALL Cylinders + Alex Highsmith Joins the Show
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25 min
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Nov 4, 2026
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Wed, November 4, 2026
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Jacoby BrissettJoe FagnanoCaleb WilliamsD'Andre SwiftDarnell WashingtonGardner MinshewGeorge PickensJadarian PriceJaxon Smith-NjigbaJeremiyah LoveLamar JacksonSam DarnoldTyler HuntleyZach Charbonnet
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Caleb Williams
PositiveProjection5:18
Bears quarterback in year three overall and year two with Ben Johnson is no longer playing tentatively; source says 'he's out there dealing' and is the reason the offense is so good; completely comfortable in the offense now and elevates the team; described as 'a conductor playing Ben Johnson's music and playing it beautifully'; offense is monstrous with him compared to performances with Tyson Bagent and Case Keenum.
Insight pageD'Andre Swift
PositiveUsage3:45
Bears running back scored three touchdowns in Monday night win over Seahawks, all on short runs; had a big day and was featured in creative offensive schemes including direct snap plays and motion routes; part of Bears' dominant offensive performance.
Insight pageDarnell Washington
PositiveRole15:24
Steelers tight end is a key player for the team; part of reason run game is so successful through his blocking; can be a threat in passing game and red zone; made plays in Browns game; Highsmith notes he's only going to get better; actual weight appears to be around 311 pounds, not the 265 listed on media guide.
Insight pageGardner Minshew
PositiveRole20:00
Minshew has replaced Jacoby Brissett as the Cardinals' starting quarterback, moving ahead of Carson Beck on the depth chart as Arizona prepares to trade Brissett.
Insight pageGeorge Pickens
PositiveUsage7:12
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said on Tuesday radio show that he wants Pickens to get the ball more; Pickens has only 10 targets over last two weeks including just four targets on Sunday in loss to Cardinals where Dallas blew 14-point lead; Jones emphasized need to 'get the ball in that direction more' and press that aspect of game plan.
Insight pageJacoby Brissett
NegativeDepth Chart19:36
Cardinals quarterback falls to number three on depth chart behind Gardner Minshew and Carson Beck; source interprets move as 'for sale sign' ahead of trade deadline; suggests Cardinals may look to trade Brissett given they don't feel confident enough to play him through remainder of season; has tradable contract.
Insight pageNegativeDepth Chart19:50
Brissett has fallen to number three on the Cardinals depth chart behind Gardner Minshew and Carson Beck, signaling the team is preparing to trade him before the deadline. The source notes his contract is tradable and expects a deal within a week, with potential landing spots including the Ravens, Vikings, or a backup role with a contender.
Insight pageJadarian Price
NegativeUsage21:37
Price returned to the Seahawks' lineup but failed to produce much impact in Monday night's game against the Bears, continuing the team's offensive struggles despite the addition of a healthy running back.
Insight pageJaxon Smith-Njigba
NegativeUsage21:47
JSN is bearing too much offensive responsibility for the Seahawks, with the source noting excessive reliance on him as the team struggles to run the football and create space with their offensive line.
Insight pageJeremiyah Love
NegativeInjury0:46
Rookie running back and third overall pick placed on injured reserve for at least one month with another ankle injury; has already missed two games with a different ankle injury earlier in the season; through six games has only 268 rushing yards.
Insight pageJoe Fagnano
NegativeRole1:01
Undrafted rookie free agent from Maine and UConn, seven-year college player, becomes starting quarterback for Ravens after injuries to Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley; last quarterback standing in Baltimore's depth chart.
Insight pageNegativeRole24:00
Fagnano, an undrafted rookie quarterback from Maine and UConn, will become the second undrafted rookie QB in modern NFL history to make his first career start on only three days rest, following David Blau's 2019 Thanksgiving start for the Lions.
Insight pageLamar Jackson
NegativeInjury1:01
Ravens quarterback injured; status uncertain for remainder of season; source expresses concern that if Lamar Jackson misses majority or all of remainder of season, Ravens cannot turn around their playoff chances; Ravens currently 19th in offensive points per game and 22nd in defensive points per game with third-string QB.
Insight pageSam Darnold
NegativeProjection3:30
Seahawks quarterback struggled with interceptions and turnovers in loss to Bears; threw tipped interception picked off by James Lynch late in game; source notes offense has issues beyond just Darnold's struggles with turnovers, including lack of urgency and over-dependence on running game.
Insight pageTyler Huntley
NegativeInjury1:01
Ravens backup quarterback dealing with toe injury; status uncertain; with both Huntley and Lamar Jackson injured, Ravens forced to start undrafted rookie Joey Fagnano; source questions how Ravens can turn around season without healthy quarterback situation.
Insight pageZach Charbonnet
NegativeUsage21:37
Charbonnet returned to the Seahawks' lineup but failed to produce much impact in Monday night's game against the Bears, continuing the team's offensive struggles despite the addition of a healthy running back.
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Episode Transcript
0:00This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. It's been a long time since a Super Bowl champion lost at home like this.
0:06Coming up on the NFL: The Insiders, what it means that the Bears smoked the Seahawks.
0:11Meantime, is the NFC East already over? Why JJ and the Giants are looking to pull away in a suddenly average division.
0:18And why the Steelers are pulling away in a great division.
0:21Alex Highsmith joins us from Pittsburgh. That's coming up next on the NFL Report.
0:25NFL: The Insiders is presented as always by Nationwide.
0:27Hi there, my name is Andrew Siciliano from our studios in Los Angeles.
0:31Thank you for watching. Coming up, Nick Shook has brand new power rankings.
0:35If you're an Eagles fan, you may not like them.
0:38That's right around the corner. In the meantime, let's do what's news to me.
0:42The headlines here on a Tuesday as we get ready for week number nine.
0:46Jeremiah Love is going to be out for at least a month.
0:50He is going on injured reserve. The rookie running back has yet another ankle injury.
0:54Only six games, only 268 yards rushing for number three overall pick.
0:58He has already missed two games with a different ankle injury.
1:01Let's go to Baltimore. Ravens are playing on Thursday night and let's get to know Joey Fagnano because he is the starting quarterback now for the Ravens.
1:09He is a seven year college player at Maine and at UConn.
1:12He's an undrafted rookie free agent and he is the last quarterback standing after injuries to Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley.
1:18It's special. It's really the only way I can think about it.
1:22You know, you work a lot to get into this position.
1:25It's unfortunate to see what happened to Lamar and Snoop, especially being two guys that I look up to since coming to
1:31the organization with the Ravens have helped me out a ton.
1:35So that part's tough. But, you know, I've had talks with them and, you know, it's truly, you know, next man up mentality.
1:41And my job now is just to, you know, play the best of my ability.
1:46Joey Fignano starting for the Ravens against the Jaguars.
1:48Meantime had a pretty good Monday night football game to wrap up week number eight.
1:53The Jeffrey Simmons debut for the Bears a couple of days after they gave up two number one picks to the Titans to get him.
2:00I think he made an impact. He had a sack.
2:03He had a TFL. He had six tackles. He had three pressures.
2:06You felt him every single play. Bears were kind of dominating.
2:10But then final minute second quarter, Sam Darnold, Jackson Smith and Jigba.
2:13I think he's open a 43 yard touchdown. And all of a sudden we've got a one score game.
2:19We have a one score game early fourth quarter when this is a run, by the way, it's a backward pass.
2:25Khalif Raymond took off 39 yards. That would lead to a DeAndre Swift touchdown.
2:29The Bears start to pull away and then the Bears put it away with the 10 point lead shortly thereafter.
2:35When Sam Darnold gets tipped at the line behind the line by Austin Booker, James Lynch picks it off.
2:40He rumbles inside the 10 and then DeAndre Swift would score his third touchdown of the night.
2:45It all short runs. He had a big day and because of it, Nick Shook beat me in fantasy.
2:51Not that anyone cares. I'm just saying that was the dagger.
2:54And it also gave the Bears their sixth win of the year.
2:58That's who we want to be known as when we come in that we're also a force to be reckoned with.
3:04I mean, that's a I mean, they just won a Super Bowl last year.
3:08They got a bunch of guys back. That's a worthy opponent on all sides of the ball, offense, defense, special teams.
3:14They got all pro guys. They got, you know, a bunch of a bunch of talent over there.
3:19They got the scheme. And so we knew it was going to be a challenge.
3:24We knew it was going to be a dogfight.
3:26We knew that our identity, our identity, you know, had to show up for us.
3:31And, you know, I think it did today. Yeah, not our best tonight, guys.
3:35It was, you know, just offensively couldn't really feel like we couldn't get anything going.
3:39You know, we had a couple of good drives.
3:42I feel like early on, you know, at a third down where Jax was there and I should have gotten it to him early.
3:49So, yeah, you know, again, credit, credit to those guys.
3:52You know, they had a good plan and, you know, executed at a high level.
3:56But again, there's a lot of things that we can do better and need to do better moving forward.
4:01Nobody cares that Nick Shook beat me in fantasy last night.
4:05They do care, however, that the Bears are 6-2.
4:07And they looked like a wagon last night, man.
4:10I mean, Jeffrey Simmons does make that much of a difference.
4:13He does. He really does. And you can see it instantly.
4:16As soon as this, I mean, as soon as he was on the field, it was from the beginning Dennis Allen didn't
4:23have to manufacture a pass rush anymore. They could just rush four all day.
4:27And it was perfectly fine. It changes the look of this defense.
4:30And when you balance that out with the offense that the Bears bring to the table, you get a type of performance
4:37in which you shut down, largely, the defending Super Bowl champions.
4:40And you drop 34 on the defense that everybody else in the NFL seems to be afraid of.
4:45Here's some numbers real quick just to show you how impactful Jeff Simmons was last night.
4:50When he was on the field, the Bears averaged three yards per play.
4:54Opposing offensive success rate, 25%. They had five tackles for losses.
4:57The defense, when he was off the field, this is only eight plays.
5:0113.3 yards per play, 62.5% success rate, explosive rate over 35%.
5:04So that's how much of a difference he makes and how he could really turn this team into a legit Super Bowl contender.
5:11I think they were without him. Now they definitely are with him.
5:14And they definitely are as well with the way that Caleb is playing.
5:18I don't want to say the light has gone on.
5:21This is year three overall, year two with Ben Johnson.
5:24But he is no longer a, hey, let's hope Caleb doesn't make a couple of mistakes.
5:28And let's hope he plays clean football. He's out there dealing.
5:32He's the reason this offense is so good. The reason and the person who is in charge of executing what Ben Johnson
5:38wants to draw up, which gets kind of complicated depending on the situation.
5:42Like this one right here, where you just have a direct snap to DeAndre Swift, who then tosses to Caleb in motion.
5:48He hits Romo Dunze for a big game. Or maybe it was that third down backward pass that really changed the game with Kalief Raymond catching and running.
5:56He is able to do this now because he's completely comfortable in this offense now in year three, and he elevates them.
6:03We saw what they look like with Tyson Bajan and Case Keenum, and now you put Caleb back in there.
6:09They are a monstrous offense. Yeah, he's kind of a conductor back there.
6:13He's a conductor playing Ben Johnson's music and playing it beautifully.
6:16The flip side of that is, after the Bears beat the Patriots and the Seahawks, the two teams from the Super Bowl
6:22in Santa Clara, is that Seattle is 4-4. Defense, okay, Bears beat them up, but the offense has issues.
6:28The offense has issues, and they're not new issues.
6:30It's not just Sam Darnold struggling with interceptions and turnovers and that sort of thing.
6:35It's a lack of urgency offensively. It's an over-dependence on the running game, even in the final seven minutes of a two-score game.
6:41They're running on first and second down. It's a lack of identity outside of throwing the ball to Jackson Smith and Jigba.
6:48I'm starting to feel like a broken record because I feel like they've been running too much of their offense through JSN for much of this season.
6:56It did get them a touchdown and prevented a blowout in the first half, but that was also dependent on a Bears defensive mistake.
7:03They cannot continue to operate like this. They have to find another way to move the football, or else this type of
7:09outcome is going to continue to happen against some of the league's best teams.
7:13Seahawks get the Cardinals this week. This game is in Seattle.
7:16It'll be a division game. Stick around. I want to get some other news here, including some news in Dallas.
7:22It's Tuesday, which means that the owner is talking Jerry Jones on the radio every Tuesday.
7:27Today he said that he wants the 3-5 Cowboys to get George Pickens the ball more, okay?
7:32Pickens has 10 targets the last two weeks, including only four Sunday.
7:35When they blew a 14-point lead and lost to the Cardinals.
7:39He needs the ball coming his way more. And there's your good case.
7:42You say, what can you do differently than we did out there the other day?
7:47We get the ball in that direction more. And we press that.
7:50We had a really firm game plan to come out there and run that ball.
7:55We ran the ball, I think, 39 times. And we just didn't get it done.
7:59Cowboys, for what it's worth, are only one game back in the win column behind the Giants.
8:04They are in Philly. The Giants are on Sunday.
8:07And yes, the Eagles are bad. They've lost six in a row.
8:10But consider this. The Giants have not won a regular season game at the Lynx since 2013.
8:15A lot of respect for that team, that organization, everything about them.
8:19We understand defending champs in the division, recent world champs, all those kind of things.
8:23We're looking forward to our opportunity. This iteration of the Giants does not win in Philadelphia since 2013.
8:28Yeah. I didn't know that. I didn't know that.
8:31And I probably didn't need to know that. You know?
8:34So, yeah, we don't care. We don't care about that.
8:37Yeah, why are you telling me all that stupid stuff?
8:40I don't want to know that. The Giants are 4-2-1.
8:43The Giants are the best team in a bad division.
8:46I mean, it does raise the question, are they a good team in a bad division?
8:50Are they? I don't even know anymore. All I know is that they're 4-2-1 and they have a chance to pull away.
8:57Also, just more perspective here on the NFC East.
8:59Yes, that 10th overall pick that the Cowboys have will go to the Jets and the Jets have three.
9:05But three of the top 10 picks right now, all the teams not named the Giants, Nick Shook, have top 10 picks in the draft.
9:12So, make sense of the Giants in that division for me, please.
9:16What's the classic cliche? This is the NFC least because there's just no strength to this division.
9:21I used to call it the glamour division. Yeah, and it's not very glamorous.
9:25I still think it's the primetime division, but it's bad.
9:28No, it's ugly. It's ugly. It's a lot of ugly football.
9:31It's a lot of teams that I have a hard time having any confidence in.
9:35Sometimes that includes the Giants. Now, their most recent game, they proved to me that, hey, we can run the football.
9:41We can go into Houston and get a win.
9:44And they've been on the bye this past week.
9:47So, they're in a bit of a shadow right now.
9:49They also have J.J. McCarthy, a quarterback, somebody they just traded for recently, who had some really nice throws in this game.
9:56Can I buy that they're going to win the division?
9:59Yeah, because the rest of the division is not very good.
10:02I still don't know if they're a good team.
10:05I don't know either. But, you know, you put them in the NFC South.
10:09Are they running away with the division? I don't know.
10:12They're not in the NFC South. They're in the NFC East, and they make no complaints and no excuses for that.
10:18They're the Giants, and they're 4-2-1, and right now they're heading to the playoffs.
10:22Coming up, we're heading to the AFC North because I know that is a good division.
10:27And the team on top of said division right now are the 6-2 Pittsburgh Steelers.
10:31They are on a bye, which gives Alex Highsmith a chance to join us on this show.
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10:54They are in first place in the AFC North.
10:57They are 6-2, and they are on a bye, which means the Steelers have some time off, and Alex Highsmith has time
11:03to join us on the NFL Report. Alex, how does 6-2 and a bye week feel for you, man?
11:09That feels great. Thanks for having me on. Just to get the win yesterday was huge.
11:13You know, capping off the four-game win streak, going into the bye, and getting the AFC North dub at home to take
11:20the lead, and the AFC North was something that we really set our mind to, and so just to be able to
11:26get that win yesterday, you know, in that fashion, not just to win, but win dominantly was huge for us.
11:32Yeah, give me the state of the Steelers right now, because I feel like teams kind of figure themselves out in September,
11:38and then October, you have to truly kick it into gear, and that's what you guys have done since the game in Cleveland, winning four in a row.
11:47Yeah, I just think we're getting better every week, you know.
11:50Obviously, we didn't have the start that we wanted, being 2-2, and losing our first couple road games, but just seeing the
11:56way that we've gotten better over these last four weeks is something we can continue to build on, you know, in all
12:03phases, you know, not just defensively, but offensively, special teams as well.
12:06So these past couple games have been complimentary football, you know, where all three phases have been playing well, and so, you
12:13know, I'm just excited to keep it rolling with the guys after the bye.
12:17Your defensive coordinator, Patrick Graham, said that that Browns game week four primetime, the primetime loss in Cleveland, was a turning point.
12:23He said that on the way home, and for those who don't remember, that was the game in which TJ's on the
12:29phone yelling upstairs, and Cam is getting all heated on the sideline, and you guys lost, obviously.
12:34But that he listened on the bus home on the turnpike to Amy Winehouse, and that changed his life right then and there.
12:41Now he's down to the sideline. Now he's listening to you guys.
12:45Do you buy that Amy Winehouse changed your season?
12:47I mean, I heard that he listened to her all the way back from that game, and, you know, I do believe
12:54that was a turning point for us. So, you know, obviously he's been on the field with us ever since, and so
13:00just him being down there has just really, I think, helped us a lot for sure.
13:05But, you know, PG's been awesome, you know, ever since he came in.
13:09You know, he's just had a desire for us to be great.
13:12You know, he's a football guy. He knows football so well, and so I just think as we continue to, you know,
13:19gel as a unit, gel as a defense, you know, it's only going to get better from here on out.
13:24But, you know, like I said, I just love the way we're progressing as a defense, so we just got to continue to play like we have been.
13:33And, you know, with him calling plays, you know, I'm just excited to see what he continues to scheme up to put
13:39guys in position to make plays because we have a lot of playmakers on our defense.
13:44And so, you know, that's what he's doing. He's putting guys in position to make plays, and, you know, guys have been making those plays.
13:51It was more, though, than just moving downstairs. Something changed.
13:54What changed? Yeah, I just think just really, you know, having everyone looking in the mirror, you know, everyone just knowing that
14:00we got to be better because obviously that Browns game was frustrating because we played so bad in that game, and, you
14:07know, they came out and jumped up on us on that first half, and I think just everyone was just looking in the mirror after that game.
14:15You know, we had a long weekend, and we just did some self-scout stuff earlier in the week before we played the
14:21Colts that week and just really looking at us and our family, how we can get better.
14:26And I just think, you know, everyone just took a look at themselves in the mirror and just really everyone just buying
14:32in and just giving their all to it. And so, like I said, just love the trajectory that we're on, so we
14:39just got to keep building that way. Part of that winning streak also included a trip to Paris, back-to-back years.
14:45You guys win in Europe last year in Dublin, this year in Paris.
14:48How was that trip? It was awesome. I know we got over there later in the week, get to experience it.
14:55The weather wasn't the best. I think it was like 55.
14:58It was kind of cold and rainy a little bit, but it was an awesome trip.
15:02You know, I've been there before. One time me and my wife went over there for a trip a couple of all
15:09seasons ago, and we had to be over there with the guys and whatnot.
15:13It was really cool. You know, got to go out, get some dinner.
15:17A couple of the nights, got to see my wife and my family who was also there.
15:22So it was an awesome time, but to definitely get the win there just definitely made it special and made the plane ride back really fun.
15:29Yeah, it's never fun. I've been there when you're flying back from Europe after a loss.
15:34That is the worst flight home. How much does Darnell really weigh?
15:38I don't know what his actual weight is, but, you know, I know it's not what it is, what the site says.
15:44What our Steelers site says. Your media guide says 265.
15:47Yeah, I mean, I don't think it's that. So, I mean, I think he spoke about it in interviews, so, you know,
15:53I think when people ask him, I think he's the one that tells the truth.
15:58But, you know, it's not that for sure. Yeah, no, I think he said 311 or something last year.
16:03Man, I was down on the field before the game on Sunday, like two hours before the game, and he's warming up.
16:10He's bigger than your O-line. Like, no pads. This guy's stretching.
16:13He's bigger than the O-line. Yeah, he's, I remember when he came in for his pre-draft visit, because I'd known about him
16:19and watched him when he was at Georgia or whatever.
16:22I'm like, yeah, that's a big dude right there.
16:25So, I mean, he does a lot for us, man.
16:28Just, you know, one reason, he's part of the reason, you know, our run game is so successful as well.
16:34You know, O-line and him just making a lot of big blocks, and then obviously he can be that threat in the
16:40passing game, you know, in the red zone, and, you know, making those plays on the field like he did in the Browns game.
16:47So, you know, he's a key player for us, and he's only going to get better.
16:52Also key and also huge, not on the field, but you're always huge on the field, but off the field here, Alex,
16:58the reason we have you on, you are a crucial catch ambassador for the Steelers there in Pittsburgh.
17:03There are 32 of these around the league. You were selected by the American Cancer Society as that ambassador.
17:09I know it is a cause that is near and dear to your heart and that it is something that truly you're passionate about.
17:16Tell me about your work with the American Cancer Society and the crucial catch.
17:20Yeah, absolutely. You know, that was something that's definitely been close to my heart, you know, throughout my career, throughout my life, and, you know, recently as well.
17:28You know, my mom, you know, growing up, she had thyroid cancer, and, you know, she's a survivor from that.
17:34And then my mother-in-law, you know, recently had breast cancer, and she's survived from that as well.
17:39So, you know, people in my life have been impacted by cancer, and so I'm also an aunt who had breast cancer survivor as well.
17:46So there's been people, close family of mine that's been impacted by cancer.
17:50And so just being able to partner with them and, you know, do things with them just really means a lot to me.
17:57They're close to my heart. Yeah, and I know the Alex Highsmith Family Foundation, you do your work through them as well.
18:03My mom is a breast cancer survivor, a two-time, actually, breast cancer survivor.
18:07So anything that you can do in the community, Alex, for this kind of cause, man, tip of the cap to you, my friend.
18:14Appreciate that. Well done. And also, thank you for coming on again on a bye week.
18:19Best of luck to you guys the rest of the way.
18:22Yes, sir. Thank you, Andrew. Appreciate you for having me on.
18:25Thank you, sir. After the bye, by the way, the Steelers get the Bengals.
18:29Bengals are in Madrid this week to face the Falcons.
18:32As it stands right now, this is, according to the NextGenStats, the Steelers have a 77% chance to make the postseason.
18:38This is just the AFC. You got the Bills and the Broncos ahead of them.
18:43The Ravens at the bottom. And we're all shook up now.
18:46Ravens are 19%. Nick Shook is back with us.
18:48He doesn't seem to be shaking. 19%. They have Joey Fignano playing the Jaguars on Thursday night.
18:53The Topic Bar says the Ravens are done. Their playoff chances are over.
18:57Yes. The Ravens are cooked because of the quarterback situation, but also because this offense has no identity without their quarterback.
19:03This defense hasn't been able to stop a nosebleed.
19:06They've been on the field too much. And now you're playing with a third-string quarterback who is an undrafted free agent who
19:12tried his best last week, but he didn't mount much resistance to what the Bills wanted to do.
19:18So, look, I look at them right now. 19th in offensive points per game.
19:2222nd in defensive points per game. They're playing Jacksonville in a short week.
19:26Sorry, I just can't buy in any fashion that they're going to turn it around if Lamar Jackson misses the majority, if
19:32not all, of the remainder of the season. I don't know how long Tyler Huntley is going to be down with a
19:38toe, but it's just not looking good. So that hot start, it feels like it was miles in the past.
19:44Adrian in research says that if the Ravens lose this game on Thursday, their playoff odds dropped to 10%.
19:50He is all shook up as well about Jake Brisket, Jacoby Brissett, falling to number three on the Cardinals depth chart.
19:56Trade him? It's usually a sign of that. They put a for sale sign.
20:00Yes, essentially, with the trade deadline just about a week away.
20:03They said, hey, come take Jacoby Brissett off our hands because we don't feel good enough about him to play him through the rest of this game.
20:11We replaced him with Gardner Minshew. We got Carson Beck, who last shined in the Hall of Fame game, which was also ages ago.
20:18Amazing. And now let's see what we can get for him.
20:21And you know what? He's got a very tradable contract.
20:24It's feasible for a team that needs a veteran to trade for him.
20:28Let's think about, I don't know, maybe the team we just talked about, the Ravens.
20:32Could they be interested in a veteran to improve the current situation, which is nightmarish?
20:37Could the Vikings be interested if they get tired of Kyler Murray and don't want to go to Carson Wentz?
20:43Could he end up with a backup job with a contender?
20:46Who knows? But not only should they, I think they will trade Jacoby Brissett in the next week.
20:51He is, again, the QB3, the emergency QB. So says Mike LaFleur coming up in Seattle on Sunday.
20:56We mentioned the Seahawks' offensive struggles earlier with the Monday night highlight.
21:00Brian Fleury, your thoughts? Yeah, I know that Seahawks fans will agree with me on this one.
21:05They don't like what he's doing with his offense.
21:07They don't like the way that he's operating this scheme, the way that he approached the fourth quarter of Monday night's game.
21:14Should they move on? I think that they might consider it.
21:17Maybe not this week, but before long, they might want to consider it.
21:21Because if things don't change quickly, you're looking at a situation in which you have a great defense and you're going to
21:27be hovering around .500 in an NFC that has some serious monsters in the West.
21:32And you simply cannot afford to continue to slam the ball into an offensive line that cannot create space.
21:37You know, Jadarian Price comes back. Zach Charbonnet comes back.
21:40Neither can produce much of a difference in the last game on Monday night.
21:44It's too much reliance on JSN, like we said earlier.
21:47And I think eventually, if you're going to try to fix something and fix it quickly, it might be with the coordinator.
21:54You go out and you get Quentin Nelson. You flip Gray's able to the other guard position.
21:59Didn't work well. And you can't run the football.
22:01Granted, it was Jeffrey Simmons across the line in that very first day with the newly configured offensive line.
22:07The Bears are tough. But the Seahawks, obviously, at 4-4, they're fighting for their playoff lives right now.
22:12They still do get the Rams twice in December.
22:15But what are the Rams going to be in September?
22:18What are the Eagles going to be in December?
22:20I don't know, but I know what they are now.
22:23They've lost six in a row. Coming up next, you won't believe where Shook has them in the brand new power rankings.
22:29I don't know. Maybe you will. But there's your tease.
22:32Next. NFL.com slash power rankings. NFL.com slash power rankings.
22:35Go there now. Buffalo is number one. Minnesota was one last week.
22:39Minnesota's fallen to nine. Look at the bottom because this is more fun.
22:42The Eagles are 32. The Chargers are 0-7. And they're two spots ahead of the Eagles.
22:47What? Yeah. Well, when I watched Monday night's game.
22:50What? Sunday night's game. Excuse me. I just had one thought in my head, which was relegate the Eagles.
22:55Let's simulate to the end of the season. They are so banged up.
22:59They are just not competitive through four quarters. Tanner McKee tries to be as good as he can.
23:04The Chargers have not won any game. And they haven't won since September.
23:08And even those wins weren't impressive. Now they're so banged up.
23:11There's a little bit of projection here. And the projection is, I don't see how this team gets any better anytime soon.
23:18I'm projecting Eagles fans reaching out to you on social media.
23:21No, I think they would agree. They're a self-deputating bunch.
23:24Okay. Adrian Research agrees. Philadelphia fan. NFL.com slash power rankings.
23:27Thank you, Nick Shook. Let's get some quick hits in here.
23:30Some other headlines from around the National Football League.
23:33He's coming off a one-game suspension. And now he's getting cut.
23:36C.J. Gardner-Johnson is getting released by the Buffalo Bills.
23:38They're moving on from the veteran here as the Bills play a Monday night game in Minnesota.
23:43Congratulations, Greg Newsome. The former Brown, the former Jaguar gets a nice extension midseason with the Giants.
23:48It is a three-year contract worth $46 million, 32 of which is guaranteed.
23:52Happy for Greg Newsome. And time now for one more thing before we go.
23:56I found this on Reddit. So, actually, no, I didn't find this on Reddit.
24:00I found this in our notes that John Todd sent.
24:03Joey Fagnano is going to be the second undrafted rookie quarterback in modern NFL history to make his first career start on only three days rest.
24:11The last one to do it was David Blau, who had to start on Thanksgiving in 2019 against Matt Nagy's Bears.
24:17He played reasonably well. It was a one-score game.
24:20The Lions lost that game. However, David Blau is now the offensive coordinator of the Commanders.
24:24So, we're seeing a bit of history here. I wish Joey Fagnano the best seven-year college player at Maine and at UConn.
24:31I think it's actually a really good story. Go back and watch the Ravens' social media video in August when he made the team as that undrafted rookie.
24:39I'm just saying it is a call test. Power Rankings with Nick coming up next.
24:43The guy's working hard. So long. This is an iHeart Podcast.
24:46Guaranteed human.
