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The NFL Report: The 49ers Stay Perfect + Nick Shook Joins the Show
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24 min
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Oct 20, 2026
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Tue, October 20, 2026
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Brock PurdyChristian McCaffreyGeorge KittleJayden DanielsCaleb WilliamsD'Andre SwiftDak PrescottJalen HurtsJames CookMike EvansNajee HarrisSam DarnoldTerry McLaurinTreylon Burks
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Brock Purdy
PositiveProjection1:37
49ers quarterback Brock Purdy led San Francisco to a 6-0 record with a dominant Week 6 performance against Washington; opened the game with an 11-yard touchdown pass to George Kittle on the opening drive and orchestrated an offense that built a 20-3 lead before Washington rallied late.
Insight pagePositiveProjection4:09
Performed and produced in the first half against Washington, leading the 49ers' offense alongside Mike Evans, Christian McCaffrey, and George Kittle. The 49ers came out and put it on the Commanders in the first half, finishing with over 300 yards.
Insight pageCaleb Williams
PositiveProjection8:18
Completed his first 12 passes in his first game back; the Bears' offense is putting up points in bunches with a three-game winning streak and explosive plays throughout, with strong run game support from DeAndre Swift and Roshan Johnson.
Insight pageChristian McCaffrey
PositiveUsage1:58
49ers running back Christian McCaffrey scored a couple of touchdowns in Week 6 against Washington as San Francisco built a 20-3 lead en route to improving to 6-0.
Insight pagePositiveProjection4:09
Performed and produced in the first half against Washington as part of the 49ers' dominant offensive showing. The 49ers came out and put it on the Commanders in the first half, finishing with over 300 yards.
Insight pageD'Andre Swift
PositiveUsage8:18
Combined with Roshan Johnson for 95 yards and three touchdowns in the Bears' recent win; the Bears' running game is a key driver of their offense, which is putting up points in bunches with explosive plays and a three-game winning streak.
Insight pageDak Prescott
NegativeProjection22:02
Nick Shook observes that Dak Prescott looks uncomfortable, confused, and hurried up after the Cowboys scored only 16 points against Tampa Bay and 13 against Green Bay; Shook warns this is 'going to be a bad situation for the Cowboys if they can't get back on track offensively.'
Insight pageGeorge Kittle
PositiveUsage1:37
49ers tight end George Kittle caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Brock Purdy on the opening drive of Week 6 against Washington, helping establish early offensive momentum in San Francisco's 6-0 victory.
Insight pagePositiveProjection4:09
Performed and produced in the first half against Washington as part of the 49ers' dominant offensive showing. The 49ers came out and put it on the Commanders in the first half, finishing with over 300 yards.
Insight pageJalen Hurts
NegativeInjury0:37
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts suffered blood clots in London during Week 6; initially cleared to play and did play, then flew home; subsequently ruled out indefinitely after practicing Wednesday. Dr. Alan Sills, NFL CMO, stated he has complete confidence in the Eagles medical staff's handling, characterizing their work as very conservative, patient-focused, and appropriately guarded at every step; the league conducted investigation including talks with Eagles staff, independent hospital doctors, and people on the ground tracking the case.
Insight pageJames Cook
NegativeRole19:44
Great running back who needs to work on ball security; Dr. Alan Sills expresses concern that over the course of a season, when the Bills run into top-tier teams, ball security issues may not be sustainable, particularly as the team relies on overcoming defensive limitations.
Insight pageJayden Daniels
NegativeMatchup2:06
Commanders quarterback Jaden Daniels led a late rally against the 49ers in Week 6 but fell short; threw a fourth-down pass to Traylon Burks in the end zone late in the game that was incomplete, and Washington could not overcome San Francisco's early dominance despite getting the ball back for a final drive.
Insight pageNegativeMatchup4:42
Sacked on fourth down by the 49ers' defensive front in the second half, which sealed the game for San Francisco. The 49ers' defense finished the job despite Washington staying competitive in the second half.
Insight pageMike Evans
NegativeInjury3:18
Left the game with an Achilles injury; Jennifer Lee Chan reports the Achilles is not torn, but Evans could miss multiple weeks. The 49ers face the Falcons in Week 7 and then have a bye.
Insight pageNajee Harris
NegativeDepth Chart22:59
Giants are cutting veteran running back Najee Harris after he criticized John Harbaugh's carry distribution; Harris had only 4 carries in the past Sunday and 31 total carries in five games, indicating limited offensive role before his release.
Insight pageSam Darnold
NegativeProjection21:28
Nick Shook notes Darnold is reverting to pre-Minnesota form with turnovers and mistakes behind an underperforming offensive line; buried last week against Denver's pass rush; Shook worries the Seahawks' ball security issues are 'all really Sam Darnold' and his mistakes are hurting the entire offense, suggesting he needs to get back on track for the team to improve.
Insight pageTerry McLaurin
NegativeInjury8:15
Suffered a torn patellar tendon and was carted off early in the Commanders' loss to the 49ers in Week 6; he is done for the season.
Insight pageTreylon Burks
NegativeMatchup2:06
Commanders wide receiver Traylon Burks was targeted by Jaden Daniels on a fourth-down play in the end zone late in Week 6 against the 49ers but could not haul in the pass, which would have been a game-tying or game-winning touchdown.
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Episode Transcript
0:00This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. It is a Tuesday edition.
0:04We are presented by Nationwide. Welcome to a home edition of the NFL Report.
0:08My name is Andrew Siciliano. How is it already?
0:11Week seven. Coming up, we'll preview TNF and also coming up, we'll tell you the latest on Washington wide receiver Terry McLaurin.
0:17First, however, what is news to me? Our latest headlines and our headlines actually take us to New York to open up
0:24the show where it is the annual fall meeting and an owner's meeting.
0:28In essence, we call it a fall meeting. And the headline is the Eagles are not going to be punished by the
0:34NFL for their handling of Jalen Hurts medical situation.
0:37Remember last week he had blood clots in London.
0:40They deemed him okay to play. He did play flew home.
0:43And then after practicing Wednesday, the Eagles said he was out indefinitely.
0:47We begin the podium with Dr. Alan Sills, the NFL CMO.
0:50Is there anything they did along this process that was out of sort of the protocols that the league recommends in terms
0:57of how they the timeline of when they learned of Jalen Hurts?
1:00And deciding to allow him to play play and then fly?
1:04Well, first of all, we don't have a protocol about this.
1:07Again, there are certain things we have protocols on like concussion and heat and emergency preparedness.
1:12We don't. I'll just sum it up by saying that I have complete confidence in the Eagles medical staff and their handling of this situation.
1:19And I would characterize their work as very conservative, very patient focused and appropriately guarded at every step.
1:25Did you guys at the league do any sort of investigation into what did happen?
1:29Or are you trusting what the Eagles staff and your confidence in them tells you should have happened?
1:35Both talking to the Eagles staff and making sure from people on the ground, tracking the case, talking to the independent hospital
1:41and doctors involved that we have, I think, a complete understanding of the course of events.
1:46Key of the quarterback for the Eagles now and wishing the best, obviously, to Jalen Hurts.
1:51Week six wrapped up on Monday night with the 49ers going to 6-0 and taking it to the commanders.
1:57Opening drive, Brock Purdy, George Kittle, 11-yard touchdown. Washington made this game interesting early, but this play was interesting as well.
2:03This is a fourth down early second quarter in the red zone.
2:06Washington goes for it and there seemed to be a shot of Dan Quinn on the sideline.
2:12Seemingly, if you want to read lips, not knowing it was fourth down.
2:15We'll get to that coming up in a second.
2:18Christian McCaffrey had a couple of touchdowns. Niners are up 20-3, but Washington would rally.
2:23And look at the scoreboard here with just under two to go.
2:26You had Jaden Daniels firing for Traylon Burks in the end zone on fourth down.
2:31Couldn't get it there. They would get the ball back.
2:34But still, San Francisco won. Brock Purdy and company now 6-0.
2:37It's the NFL, man. Every single Sunday, today, Monday, it's a competitive game.
2:41You've got the best players in the world and the sport playing, and you just never know what can happen.
2:47So, yeah, I'm obviously a little upset with how I finish the game and stuff, but I know that moving forward, every
2:54single game matters when it comes down to playoffs and getting in and all the things.
2:59So we'll take this dub as a team, watch the film, and we've got to be happy with it, man.
3:05We show glimpses. We show flashes of how we can be when we're at our best or when we're shooting ourselves in the foot.
3:12And we just can't come out here and start off slow between a 5-0 and a 6-0 team like that and the 49ers.
3:19We went out. We competed hard. But competing can only get you too far so far in this league.
3:24You've got to do whatever it takes to win the game, and we didn't win.
3:29They did not win, and they fall to 1-4.
3:32But the Niners did, and they have yet another injury.
3:35It's like a receipt at your favorite drugstore down the street.
3:38That many injuries. The latest being Mike Evans, who left with an Achilles injury.
3:42Jennifer Lee Chan, friend of the program, reports that the Achilles is not torn, but Evans could miss multiple weeks.
3:48They play. The Niners do. They play the Falcons this week, Week 7.
3:52Hi there, NFL.com's Nick Shook. And then they do get a bye.
3:56But the Niners are one of two undefeated teams in the NFL.
3:59The Vikings, the other team. San Francisco out to the big early lead.
4:03But they get yet another injury. Is this sustainable?
4:06Did you like what you saw last night? Well, it was really a tale of two halves.
4:11And Niner fans probably aren't happy with what they saw in the second half, given that they finished the first half with
4:18over 300 yards and finished with under 400 yards in the game.
4:21They basically sleptwalked through the second half. But the first half is what matters to these 49ers, where they came out and put it on the Commanders.
4:29Looked like the offense that we have come to know and expect from Brock Purdy to Mike Evans to Christian McCaffrey to George Kittle.
4:37The Stars all performed and they all produced. It's just that the second half, they hit cruise control a little too early,
4:43left the door open for Washington to get involved.
4:46And that's why we saw a close finish. Now, the good thing about this for the 49ers is that they still finished
4:53this game on top, not just because it's another win, but because of the fashion in which they did it by leaning
4:59on a no-name defensive front to sack Jayden Daniels on fourth down and finish the job.
5:04Sometimes they're not as simple as other times. But this game right here, they continue moving on.
5:09They're now 6-0. 6-0. And again, this game's in Atlanta coming up week seven and then a bye.
5:15And when you get Mike Williams back, then you lose Mike Evans.
5:18But the Achilles is intact. That is the good news.
5:21Let's get to the Commanders side of things. And I want to go back to that fourth down where in the second
5:28quarter, they go forward in the red zone. And then seemingly, it looked as if Dan Quinn on the sideline.
5:34And he denies this. It looked as if he didn't know what down it was.
5:38This all on the heels of what happened in week five with the tie against the Giants.
5:44Here's Dan Quinn. I definitely knew it was fourth down.
5:47We were going for it. And I think what you're referring to, I was probably saying, like, with the illegal shift, there's
5:53not a penalty to go for a field goal.
5:56Like, it doesn't go, like, it's the turn on downs.
5:59Like, I think somebody had asked me, can we kick a field goal?
6:03So, no, we were going for it. We knew we had to go for some fourth downs to be bold in the game.
6:10No, I knew what happened. I think I was probably just commenting that.
6:14I remember, at least on the headset, somebody asking me after an illegal shift.
6:18Like, it was turnover on downs. And Jaden saw the foul, too.
6:21I think he also came out and saw the penalty.
6:24All right, Nick. If that were the only game management issue last night, then maybe you say, eh, big deal.
6:31If this wasn't on the heels of what happened week five, you maybe shrug your shoulders and say, big deal.
6:37But these things keep stacking up. Yeah, and that's the big problem.
6:40That's why it's kind of hard to take him at his word because of how they ended up tying the Giants.
6:46Because it seemed like their operation wasn't at least informed to understand that they needed to stop the clock and couldn't afford
6:53to take a sack like they did in that game.
6:56In this situation, it's fourth and goal, and you throw the ball away.
7:00And that's the last possible thing that you want to do.
7:03In those situations, you simply just do not throw the ball out of the back of the end zone.
7:09You at least give yourself a chance one way or another.
7:12It just speaks to a bit of disorganization on the part of the commander's offense.
7:17I think there's probably some communication issues going on between the two.
7:20Question of whether when does the headset cut off in the Giants game last night.
7:25It just seems like they weren't properly prepared. This is a team that can't afford these mistakes.
7:30And when they keep happening, that's when it becomes extra concerning and frustrating.
7:34And this is a first-year offensive coordinator, David Blau, who's in his early 30s, who was playing just a couple of years
7:41ago, the former Lions quarterback for other teams as well.
7:44He is calling the plays. And the commanders, and I'm in Washington right now, I can tell you, this is the only thing on Sports Talk Radio.
7:52The commanders fall to 1-4. And they lose Terry McLaurin as well.
7:55As classy and beloved a sports figure in Washington, has a torn patellar tendon.
8:00He got carted off early in that game. The loss in Santa Clara.
8:04He is done. Best wishes to friend of the program, Terry McLaurin.
8:07All right, let's get to week seven. Patriots and Bears will open it up Thursday night football at Soldier Field.
8:13Caleb Williams completed his first 12 passes this past Sunday in his first game back.
8:18But the Bears running game is what moves him.
8:20DeAndre Swift, Roshan Johnson, 95 yards and three touchdowns combined.
8:23Bears, Patriots. They have really good talent. The O-line is excellent.
8:27They're well coached. It's a good scheme. I think that backs run hard.
8:31And the receivers, again, when you can run the football, the receivers have to be a big factor in that.
8:37And they are. So, you know, they block fours.
8:39We're going to have to do a great job of, you know, that'll be an emphasis.
8:44But, you know, obviously there's a lot more than what they do than just run the football.
8:49You can see that their offense is putting up points in bunches right now.
8:54Three-game winning streak and a ton of explosive plays throughout.
8:57And so when you look at it that way, he's a big challenge.
9:00You know, Josh McDaniels does a great job just making sure he puts those guys in the right spots.
9:06Even if they're down some O-linemen, you know, he'll do a great job making sure he has that in mind and, you
9:13know, showcase what the rest of their guys can do.
9:16All right. That's TNF. It's the Packers and Lions in the marquee game week seven in the 425 Eastern time window.
9:22Every team of the NFC North is above 500 right now.
9:25Packers are 4-2. They've won three in a row.
9:28Dan Campbell's Lions were swept by Green Bay last year.
9:31Sunday, they meet for the first time this year at Ford Field.
9:35I can tell you that Dan Campbell says Matt LeFleur has done a really good job turning the Packers around after they had that little losing streak.
9:43And after getting pounded by the Falcons in primetime, we question where that team was going.
9:48Look at this division. The Vikings have no offense, although Kyler's kind of easing into it.
9:53And they are 5-0, followed by the Packers sitting there in second place.
9:56They could get the five wins as well. All right, Shook, which NFC North team?
10:01And there is no wrong answer, but I don't know that there's a right answer either.
10:06Are you most confident in it? When I was asked this question earlier today, I had to let out a heavy sigh
10:12because it's a very difficult question to answer with this team because every team has strengths and weaknesses.
10:18Every team has followed their own unique path to this point, and it is only week seven.
10:23But I feel as though the team I can trust the most is the Chicago Bears as long as they have their quarterback.
10:30And they got him back last week. They put up a ton of points, and they're masters of owning time of possession.
10:37Their average time of possession, 36-01. No team since 1991 has averaged over 35 minutes of time of possession over the course of a season.
10:44They're averaging 73.2 snaps per game. They are playing ball control at a level we just haven't seen since the 2012 New
10:51England Patriots who averaged 74.4 snaps per game. So I think that if this team, which can lean on the ground game,
10:57has a dynamic quarterback, has talented pass catchers, can just command possession and hang on to it, they can kind of buy
11:04some time for their defense to not have to be on the field.
11:08A defense that has really overachieved so far. And I think that formula can probably work best in a division in which
11:14you have the Packers who are kind of – they found their stride defensively, and they're starting to find their stride offensively.
11:21Vikings defensive-driven and Detroit very much offensive-driven. Yeah, but the Vikings are going to be 6-0, right?
11:26I mean, you got Brian Flores at home this week chasing Daniel Jones and the Colts.
11:31Yes. I mean, again, recreational purposes only. The Vikings are staying undefeated this week.
11:35They are, and they have an elite defense, and that is their strength.
11:39Their offense got a little bit better last week, or the last time they played, given that they were off last week, against the Saints, and that's encouraging.
11:48But right now, this defense is still the main way that the Vikings can win football games.
11:53And in a division in which you have some teams that can put points on the board in Detroit and in Chicago
11:59and even in Green Bay to a degree, I feel as though they're going to run into a situation in which they
12:06can't solely lean on their defense, which is why I have a hard time believing that they're the one I can trust the most.
12:13But that defense is elite. That defense is going to be talked about in the company of the Ravens of 2000, of
12:20the Buccaneers of 2002, perhaps even the 85 Bears.
12:22That's how good they are. But is it enough?
12:25That's what I still don't know the answer to quite yet.
12:29Yeah, I mean, eventually you're going to have to score points.
12:32Defense does win championships, but you have to score a couple of touchdowns as well.
12:36Coming up on the NFL Report, Shook is back.
12:39Speaking of offense, the Texans are finally finding theirs.
12:42Shook has the most bold of bold predictions you will hear tonight.
12:45I promise. You're watching the NFL: The Insiders, and if you look at the NFC standings, top to bottom, 1-16.
12:51Where are the Rams right now? Anyone asking just aloud, rhetorically?
12:55They're 14 out of 16 in the NFC. They are 2-4 and were held under 300 yards by the Falcons last week.
13:01I'm sorry, by the Cardinals last week. Sean McVay, where's the balance?
13:05Where's the offense? But ultimately, what I care about and what we care about is what's the best way to move the ball and score points.
13:13And because of some of the situations that we've been in, those two-minute situations have gotten us a little bit out of balance.
13:20No matter how I cut, it's an excuse. I'd like to be able to have a little bit more balance, and that's
13:26reflected by being efficient on early downs and sustaining drives.
13:29And remember, this comes after Kyron Williams. Question why he wasn't on the field.
13:34More of the Rams this week go to the Raiders, and they are so banged up.
13:38Need a new kicker. Groupies hurt. McManus is in.
13:41Devontae Adams and Puna Ford going on injured reserve.
13:44Adams needs surgery on a hamstring. He's going to be at least four to six weeks.
13:49And Terrence Ferguson isn't coming back anytime soon, according to Adam Schefter.
13:52So you lose a weapon, and you're not getting a weapon back offensively that you had thought or had hoped that maybe you could open a window for.
14:01Speaking of offense, the Texans are coming around. CJ Stroud looked great in London with a win and a division win, which
14:07is huge, over the Jaguars on Sunday. CJ has done a phenomenal job all year of just leading the offense.
14:13Whether it's when we've thrown the ball around really well, and that starts with him and just his progressions, his reads, him
14:20protecting the football, doing a really nice job all year.
14:23No matter who's open, he's distributing the ball to a lot of different guys, and he's just playing the quarterback position really
14:30well, really confident in how he's operating. And that's what's allowed our offense to play as well as they play this year.
14:36We do look at the standings here and the numbers that the Houston Texans have turned it around.
14:42The last two weeks, that much maligned offense without much of a running game have all of a sudden scored points and
14:48run for nearly 100 yards and won back-to-back games.
14:51And they are 2-4. Nick Shook. Nick Shook is all shook up about a team that is trying to do Nick what it did a year ago.
14:59Start awful in September and turn it around and make the playoffs.
15:03Are you telling me that that is now going to happen?
15:06It has been only two games, but I am telling you right now, you can book it.
15:11The Houston Texans are going to complete the turnaround, and they're going to make the playoffs.
15:16And the main reason is the man taking the snaps behind center, C.J.
15:20Stroud. We flew up some of his stats in the last two games, which were both wins.
15:25Let's go back even a week further. His last three games, I'll run some numbers here.
15:3024-34 for 3-12, three touchdowns, one interception. Let's go back to week four.
15:3421-31, 3-47, two touchdowns, zero interceptions. He's playing the best football of his career since his Offensive Rookie of the Year season,
15:40and it's in a pivotal moment in his journey as an NFL quarterback.
15:44He is powering this offense. He's making up for the defense that's still finding his footing after changing defensive play caller.
15:51And if you look at this most recent matchup, this is the one that told me they're going to be here for the long haul.
15:58The Jaguars are going to be in the conversation.
16:01They're a very good football team. I know the AFC South produces some, you know, strange throw-the-rivalry records out the window, that sort of thing.
16:08No, this was a litmus test for me. This was a measuring stick, and the Texans passed, and they're going to be here.
16:15They're here to stay. What's huge as well is that these two wins have been division wins.
16:20They get the Giants this week, clearly not in division.
16:23Might be J.J. McCarthy, you never know. Then they go by, and then they get the Chargers.
16:28So maybe we're looking at them winning four in a row and getting to four and four.
16:34All right, let's look at the Steelers if we could, because they are on their way to Paris to play the Saints.
16:40New Orleans is already there. Steelers are going to go later in the week.
16:44But this past week, the Steelers went down to Tampa, and they beat the Buccaneers.
16:49And they did so a little bit with defense.
16:52Jamel Dean against his former team, a pick late, and then Aaron Rodgers got them a victory.
16:57Have they found something now offensively? I think they may have.
17:00And the reason that I even believe that, because this has been a very one, you know, Jekyll and Hyde type of team.
17:07In even-numbered weeks, they're bad. In odd-numbered weeks, they're good.
17:10This is an even-numbered week, and they were able to adjust in-game for the first time I've seen them do all season offensively.
17:17They realized that the running game wasn't going to be the way to go with Jalen Warren in this game.
17:23They realized they weren't going to be able to protect Aaron Rodgers that long against this pass rush.
17:28So what did they do? They shifted their offensive game plan to the short game, and it started to generate offense.
17:35They were able to sustain drives. And then you couple that with a defense that became very opportunistic in the fourth quarter with a couple of interceptions.
17:43And that's how you score 16 points unanswered and force overtime.
17:46And then that final drive, a slow, methodical, boa constrictor-like drive, ended up in a Jeremy Bernard touchdown.
17:52He's been a big part of their offense the last two weeks.
17:55I think they're starting to figure it out. I don't know if it's going to produce anything major in the AFC North,
18:02one of the best divisions in football, but it's going to make them more competitive on a week-by-week basis.
18:08All right. I hate the snake analogy. I hate snakes.
18:11But that's neither here nor there. However, Aaron Rodgers loves his former wide receivers that he used to play with in Green Bay.
18:17I mean, how many times have we seen this story?
18:20And that is Aaron brings in a guy he used to throw passes to.
18:25And again, it's MVS Marquez Valdez-Scantling, who was a Steeler late last year, is back with the Steelers yet again.
18:31He is on the practice squad. Hopefully he has a passport again.
18:34The Steelers are heading to Paris later in the week.
18:37The Bills stayed in California last week. They had the nail-biting overtime victory over the Rams on Monday night, then went to
18:44Vegas and hung on, and they beat the Raiders.
18:47What is it with this Bills team who get a bye this week?
18:51What is it that they always make us wait until late in the fourth quarter?
18:55I mean, it's partly a TV thing. I'm kidding.
18:58It is. Right. It's got to be to keep the viewers engaged, right?
19:02Because every game for them, I feel like I'm on the edge of my seat.
19:06Can the Buffalo Bills just win a game in regular fashion maybe for once?
19:10Their defense has not been great. We know it hasn't been great.
19:14Scoring-wise, it's not good. They've allowed 29-plus points in five of their six games, including that game against the Raiders.
19:20They're 31st in yards allowed per game. They're 28th in scoring defense.
19:24But their offense has made up for all of it, just papering over it.
19:28They're 16 yards per game. They're tied for first in points per game.
19:32Why? Josh Allen is your quarterback. He had a touchdown pass where he just shoveled it forward about eight yards through the air.
19:39That would have produced an interception for everybody except Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes, but he gets it done.
19:44You couple that with James Cook, who's a great running back, as we all know, needs to work on ball security.
19:51They're able to overcome these things. But I worry, over the course of a season, when you run into some of the
19:57top-tier teams, is this going to be sustainable? Because right now, they need more from their defense so that every game isn't just so hair-raising.
20:05A defense that will still include C.J. Gardner-Johnson. He was kicked out of the game in Vegas for spitting at an opponent.
20:12He was also suspended. But Joe Brady says they're going to keep him on the roster.
20:16And we hope to keep you here as well.
20:19Coming up next, we'll ask this question. Are the defending Super Bowl champions still a top-ten team?
20:24Yes, I said that. Are the Seahawks still a top-ten team in Shookies power rankings?
20:29You might be all shook up. Next. It's week seven, everybody.
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21:01The Seattle Seahawks are three and three and number 10.
21:04Nick Shook. The Seahawks. Mike McDonald. Sam Darnold. I know he's had some issues.
21:08The Seahawks. The dark side defense. Nick Shook. Are barely hanging on as a top-ten team, really?
21:13I think I probably could have dropped them even further given how poor they are with ball security lately.
21:19And it's all really Sam Darnold. It's Sam Darnold behind an offensive line that is underperforming.
21:24Got buried last week against a pass rush that Denver has gotten a lot out of in the last couple of weeks.
21:30And we're back to Sam Darnold before he even played for Minnesota, which is turning the ball over, making mistakes.
21:37And this is hurting their entire offense. Their offense also runs way too much through Jackson Smith and Jigba.
21:42And they need to find a way to diversify in order to get Sam back on track.
21:47So, yes, they're hanging on to number 10. But they better figure it out because I'm not against maybe moving them down even further.
21:55Oh, boy. There's a threat right there. The Cowboys, meantime, America's team falls well below the power rankings equator.
22:00They are down eight spots to 26, Shook. Yeah, this is a messy situation for the Cowboys, a team that we know
22:07has no defense and relies heavily on its offense, except its offense hasn't been able to score points in the last two weeks.
22:14You thought, well, maybe against Green Bay they'll get back on track after they were shut down by the Buccaneers.
22:20Nope, they scored even fewer points. 16 against Tampa, 13 against Green Bay.
22:24That's not enough. That's not going to get the job done.
22:27Dak Prescott looks uncomfortable. He looks a little confused, a little hurried up.
22:31This is going to be a bad situation for the Cowboys if they can't get back on track offensively.
22:37The good news is they play the Eagles, who are in a worse spot and are even lower in the power rankings.
22:43So maybe they'll get back on track. NFL.com slash power rankings full reveal coming up NFL channel next.
22:49Thank you, Nick Shook. Always a pleasure. Thanks for riding with me.
22:52Let's get some quick hits in here. Meantime, including in New York where Najee Harris is out of a job, the Giants
22:59are cutting the veteran running back after he criticized John Harbaugh's carry distribution.
23:03Only four this past Sunday for Harris. He had 31 total in five games.
23:07Can I interest you in 10 international games? Judy Batista says Peter O'Reilly, head of international for the league, VP, said we
23:14could get 10 coming next year, which is the most allowed during the current CBA.
23:18Have speed. We'll always have a job. Nicole Hardman is signing to the practice squad in Indianapolis.
23:23The veteran wide receiver last year played for the Buffalo Bills.
23:27Nicole Hardman is a Colt. All right, time for one more thing before we go.
23:31I don't know if you know this, but there's going to be a game on Thanksgiving Eve this year.
23:37It's the night before Thanksgiving Wednesday in Los Angeles.
23:40And U2 is going to be the entertainment at the half when the Packers take on the Rams at SoFi.
23:46It is another iconic stage for one of the world's most iconic bands.
23:50And from my money, U2 has given us two of the most emotional performances at NFL games in recent memory.
23:56You want to go back to January, February actually, of 2002, post-9-11.
23:59U2 played at the Superdome. Remember Bono with the American flag?
24:03Inside is Jack and then all the names, all the great souls we lost on 9-11 on the curtain behind him.
24:09They also played at the Dome coming in New Orleans when post-Katrina they reopened that building.
24:14U2 the night before Thanksgiving. I'm Andrew Siciliano. Thanks for watching.
24:17So long, everybody. This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human.
