Why the Packers Slide Continued, Baker's Revenge + Week 2 Betting Trends
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Jordan LoveBaker MayfieldCaleb WilliamsCarson WentzDavis WebbEli ManningKenneth Walker IIIKyler MurraySaquon Barkley
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Baker Mayfield
PositiveValue20:44
Baker Mayfield is a recommended streaming quarterback for fantasy leagues this week due to the personal nature of his revenge game against the Browns, which should motivate him to play better than in Week 1.
Insight pageCaleb Williams
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Caleb Williams looked great with his arm and showed impressive speed and mobility with his legs in his debut, validating his status as a generational prospect worthy of the number one overall pick.
Insight pageCarson Wentz
NegativeRole15:05
Carson Wentz is expected to start for the Vikings if Kyler Murray remains out, providing him another opportunity to prove he can be the guy, or return to a backup role if Murray returns.
Insight pageDavis Webb
NegativeRole25:22
The source questions how long the leash is for Davis Webb as the new play caller for the Broncos, noting it may take several weeks for the offense to find a groove.
Insight pageEli Manning
NegativeUsage29:25
Eli Manning is referenced as the last Giants quarterback to win a road Monday night football game, dating back to 2018.
Insight pageJordan Love
NegativeValue10:41
Jordan Love has struggled significantly against the spread as a road favorite, holding an 0-8 record when favored by at least three points and a 4-10 record overall as a road favorite in his career.
Insight pagePositiveProjection14:29
Despite recent struggles, Jordan Love played phenomenally for three quarters in Week 1, though he often feels forced into 'hero ball' late in games when the team becomes too conservative.
Insight pageKenneth Walker III
NegativeProjection28:14
The source mentions Kenneth Walker in the context of the Chiefs' offensive identity, suggesting his presence contributes to the team's performance level.
Insight pageKyler Murray
NegativeInjury14:08
Kyler Murray has been limited in practice while in concussion protocol, and it is difficult to imagine him clearing in time for the Sunday game against the Chicago Bears.
Insight pageSaquon Barkley
NegativeUsage29:29
Saquon Barkley is noted as the running back for the Giants during their last road Monday night football victory in 2018.
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0:45And to help us do that, we welcome my friend, my colleague, the host of the Pat McAfee Show, Ty Schmidt for the weekly Thursday six-pack.
0:54Thank you very much, Shefty. Good to be with you as always.
0:58What a great Week 1. A little bit wonky.
1:01You know, we were a couple points away from having a historic Week 1 in terms of most points ever scored.
1:08Typically, I feel like Week 1, you know, defenses kind of have the offenses number.
1:13That wasn't the case this year, but nonetheless, still a couple great marquee games and overall, very exciting week to start the season.
1:21And we're looking forward to another exciting week this week.
1:24Week 2, Ty, kicks off Thursday night in Buffalo with the dawning of a new stadium, the debut of a new stadium, new Highmark Stadium.
1:33Should be an electric atmosphere, but there is plenty of action Sunday and Monday to look ahead to.
1:39Yeah, absolutely. And with that in mind, let's get right into topic number one of this Thursday's six-pack.
1:45There's some very interesting 0-1 teams in the NFL that don't want to fall to 0-2.
1:50As we know, every year the stats come out about, hey, it's not impossible to make the playoffs after going 0-2, but certainly very, very challenging.
1:59Of those 0-1 teams, we have the Chargers, Broncos, Rams, Cowboys, Saints, Texans, Patriots, Packers, all teams that had, you know, legitimate
2:07playoff aspirations this year and made them Super Bowl aspirations for some teams.
2:11And as we know, Shefty, it's a long road back to getting to the playoffs at 0-2.
2:17So what do you think about that cluster of teams there?
2:20That's amazing. That's a great group of teams sitting there, 0-1, heading into a very important week two.
2:26Now, if we go back to last year, last season, Ty, the Chicago Bears, Carolina Panthers, and Houston Texans all started 0-2 and made the playoffs.
2:35So there were three 0-2 teams last year that wound up going to the postseason.
2:40But if we go back to when this new playoff format was enacted, there have been 51 teams that have started 0-2.
2:48And of the 51, eight have made the playoffs, including three last season.
2:52So 16% of 0-2 teams under the NFL's new playoff format with the seven teams have gone on to make the playoffs.
2:59So of that group of teams that you listed, it is way too early to say they have to win.
3:06Way too early. But there is empirical data that shows you don't want to fall to 0-2, even though three teams did it last year.
3:15And I think, as we've talked about before, and I always like to say this, I think there's a psychological burden that comes along with being 0-2.
3:24If you're 0-2, it just feels like it takes so much effort to get back to 500 if you can do that.
3:31And by the time you get back to 500, you've expensed so much energy that it's tough to move ahead into the playoff position.
3:39Now, again, all these teams capable and talented enough to do it.
3:43But there are some teams this weekend where it's going to get late early on them.
3:49And you don't want to be one of those teams where it gets late early.
3:54Yeah, and I think you look at all these teams and, you know, I don't know if any of us thought that
4:01they would necessarily be 0-1, even going into week two.
4:04Maybe a handful. But the way the NFL works, what, you think maybe half these teams, there's a very good chance that
4:12they do start 0-2 and kind of put themselves behind the eight ball.
4:16And then have to, you know, you kind of have to move your timeline up and you have to expedite everything very quickly.
4:24You've got to kind of start playing your best football much quicker than, you know, we always say, hey, after Thanksgiving, that's when it matters the most.
4:33You go 0-2, that slides that timeline up to, you know, the third week of September.
4:38And you better be playing pretty close to your best football if you don't want everything that you had set out for
4:46at the start of the season to kind of be dashed before we even get to the first week of October.
4:53And what I also find so interesting is these teams spend so much time, money, resources gearing up for the start of the season.
5:01And then once it kicks off that Sunday and goes into week two, if you're 0-2, like in the span of eight
5:08days, eight days, all your hopes and dreams become very challenged very quickly.
5:13Yeah. And, you know, even, you know, 0-2 definitely.
5:16But the way we cover the NFL, the way the NFL is covered in general now, the sky's falling if you go
5:230-1 for a lot of these teams. And if you don't look impressive going 0-1, you know, so it's 0-2 is for.
5:31You know, by no means is it, hey, we need to win out.
5:35We need to start. But for a lot of fan bases and a lot of people, I mean, you start kind of,
5:42people will start throwing in the towel on certain teams.
5:46And, you know, an 0-2 start, a lot of people may consider that a death sentence, even though that might not be the case.
5:54But again, a lot of good teams to kind of keep an eye on this weekend who clearly don't want to start
6:010-2 because they know kind of what that means moving forward.
6:05All right, Chef, kind of branching off that, let's move on to topic number two of this Thursday's six-pack.
6:11Of those 0-1 teams, which one stands out the most to you?
6:15Well, I'll say this to you. I brought this up because it's your team, the Green Bay Packers.
6:21And who would have ever have imagined that the Green Bay Packers would be owners of a six-game losing streak?
6:28Like, that is amazing to me. They're a much better team than one that should have a six-game losing streak.
6:35And did a little bit more digging. When you look at Jordan Love as a road favorite during the course of his
6:42career of at least three points, he's 0-8 against the spread.
6:46Did you know that, Ty? I did know that.
6:49You did know that. Did you know he's 4-10 against the spread in his career overall as a road favorite?
6:56You knew that? Oh, yeah. You know a lot of these numbers, huh?
7:00Yep. Yes, I do. And when the schedule came out and you're looking at it and you're Green Bay, well, you're thinking that first game's in Minnesota.
7:09That's a coin flip, which I think we saw.
7:12But, okay, no problem because we got the Jets in week two.
7:16So if somehow we can steal a win week one in Minnesota, now we got a chance to open the season with two road wins and go 2-0.
7:26And they lose in Minnesota. The coin flip goes the other way, comes up tails, not heads, while the Jets were in
7:33Tennessee on a mission and looked like a new team.
7:36And now the Jets are coming home for their home opener with some momentum where I've heard on the streets here of
7:44New York City that ticket prices for Jets and Giant tickets, they're not at Knick levels, but they've gone up quite a
7:51bit and there's demand for Jets and Giants home tickets now for the first time in a while.
7:57How do you feel about the game being in New York this week, Todd, with your Packers 0-6 and Jordan Love 0-8
8:05against the spread as a three-point favorite on the road?
8:08Certainly different than I did three weeks ago. And you hit the nail on the head.
8:14But I think I saw on SeatGeek that the Jets-Packers game is maybe the fifth most in-demand ticket, at least price-wise, of this weekend.
8:22So certainly not what it has been. Against the spread numbers, I kind of go both ways on that because same thing.
8:29Last week, I think Love played phenomenal for three quarters.
8:32And, you know, I think Matt LaFleur shoulders a little bit of that blame the way he calls games.
8:39I mean, that has been the knock on the Packers, especially over this six-game losing streak, which has been the longest of
8:46my lifetime, is they can't close games. You know, they get out to these big leads.
8:52They get very conservative. And then the tide turns so quickly and the momentum goes so far in the other team's direction
8:59that Jordan Love, I think, feels like he has to play hero ball.
9:03And, okay, now I got to go out and I have to throw a touchdown on every play as opposed to what
9:11he was doing in the first three quarters of a lot of these games, namely last week.
9:16And then the playoff game against Chicago, he looks like a world beater.
9:21And then all of a sudden it's like, okay, well, we're going to run, run, pass, punt, run, run, pass, punt.
9:28And they just get very vanilla. But I do – obviously, this is not the same Jets team that we – at
9:35least they don't look like the same Jets team that we've seen the last several weeks – or several years, excuse me.
9:43But we'll see because part of me, you know, you look at just statistically, last week in terms of yards allowed, the
9:50Packers were a top-five defensive unit in the NFL.
9:53And in yards gained, they were a top-five defensive unit in the NFL.
9:58So they played both well. Penalties killed them. They couldn't get off the field on third down.
10:03And, again, once that momentum swung into the Vikings' favor after they went for it on fourth and one, as a fan, I knew.
10:11I was like, oh, boy, they're going to lose this game.
10:15That's just the way it's going to work. It works.
10:18I – while the Jets did look impressive, the Titans looked like one of, if not the worst team in the NFL.
10:26So I'm not ready to crown the Jets yet.
10:29But I think four and a half – it's going to be a close game.
10:34It's definitely going to be a close game. And you're right.
10:38I feel much differently about this game than I did in the third week of the preseason, you know, where you just
10:45pencil this in as a win no matter what.
10:48And they have to play well on Sunday. Because if they don't and if they take this Jets team like it has
10:55been the last several years, they're going to start 0-2.
10:59And then they really will be in trouble. And it might be a – 0-2?
11:040-2? Seven straight losses that would be. That would be – Terrible.
11:08Terrible. That would be – I mean, that – you know, the fan base, I think, feels a certain way about Matt LaFleur.
11:16Because I think that playoff loss to the Bears last year, I think that is a fresh wound to a lot of people still.
11:24And I think last week kind of reopened that a little bit.
11:28And it's like, why can't these guys close out a game?
11:31They look so good for three quarters. And then the fourth quarter, it's just – it doesn't look like the same team.
11:39It's kind of crazy. But you need to do whatever you can to tread water while Micah Parsons is out and at
11:46least go, you know, close to .500. Because the last thing you want is to go into that, you know, we'll see
11:54if it's week five against the Bears, week six against the Cowboys or whatever.
11:58You can't go into that game and have the season basically be over already, especially with how good the NFC North looks.
12:06So, yeah. I'm very interested to see how the Packers do this weekend.
12:10And it's interesting because you bring up the Jordan Love stuff.
12:14Matt LaFleur, I believe, after a season opening loss, is 7-0 against the spread in week two.
12:20So, there we go. So, that's kind of the, you know, the other side of that blade.
12:25So, we'll see what happens. But this is going to be a good game this weekend.
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13:57And let's stay in the NFC North. What do you know about the Vikings QB situation heading into the weekend?
14:04Look, as we record this Thursday morning, Kyler Murray's been limited.
14:08And it's hard for me to imagine that while he's progressed through a concussion protocol, that he's going to be able to
14:15clear it in time for Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears.
14:19And this, in my mind, shapes up as the game of the weekend.
14:23We've got an awesome matchup. You've got Ben Johnson, the Bears head coach.
14:28You've got Brian Flores, the Vikings defensive coordinator. Nobody's more aggressive than Flores.
14:32Nobody's more aggressive than Ben Johnson. In which they scored 59 points in the opener.
14:3759 times 17, Ty, is 1,003. So you could say after one week that the Bears are on pace to score over
14:441,000 points when the single season record is just over 600 that the Denver Broncos said, as Ben Johnson alluded to.
14:51He hasn't run away from it. We are fired up to see how these two teams match up.
14:58And my guest today, and we'll see how it shakes out this weekend, is that it's going to be another week of
15:05Carson Wentz going up against a Chicago Bears defense that struggled to stop the Panthers on Sunday, but did enough to find a way to win the game.
15:14And it'll be another opportunity for Wentz to show the Vikings, hey, if Kyler Murray's out, I can be the guy.
15:21If Kyler Murray is back, I can be the backup.
15:25And it continues to be his job. So I'm looking for Carson Wentz to square off against Caleb Williams, who, by the
15:32way, not only did he look great with his arm, but he looked fast and mobile with his legs.
15:39He looked really fast and mobile. And we go back to that quarterback draft class.
15:44It's funny. All of a sudden, Jaden Daniels has had some ups and downs.
15:48Drake may have struggled as of late. We know what's happened with Penix.
15:53McCarthy, even Bo Nix struggled. Caleb Williams right now looks like he was worthy of being that number one pick in a great quarterback draft.
16:01Yeah, without a doubt. And, you know, I mean, he was.
16:05He was the generational prospect in that class. And I agree.
16:09I'm very excited for this game on Sunday. I think at this point, if you're a better, whatever the Bears team total
16:16over is, you take that until they prove that they're not going to hit it.
16:21I mean, they just Ben Johnson seems to have every answer.
16:25If Caleb's playing that way, they're going to be very fun.
16:28And I'll be interested to see what Carson Wentz does, because I, you know, I don't really have many statistics to back this up.
16:36But I feel like throughout his career, when he's kind of thrust into when someone gets hurt ahead of him and he
16:44has to come in and play, he plays very well.
16:47But when teams have a week or so to prepare for him, I feel like he struggles a little bit more.
16:54So we'll see. But again, that Bears defense, they left a lot to be desired against the Panthers last week.
17:01So I really don't know what to think of this one.
17:05I think we expect points for sure. But we'll see what Brian Flores can do, because that Vikings defense looked unbelievable last week.
17:12But, you know, we talk a lot about Caleb Williams and rightfully so.
17:17And he was part of this. But the Bears rushed for almost 300 yards last week.
17:22You know, so it's I mean, they they they are they are a juggernaut right now.
17:28And there's a reason that Ben Johnson was talking about setting the NFL record for points.
17:33I think he saw it in his mind's eye.
17:36And after week one, it's it's hard to dispute that.
17:39And I was fired up for this game. This is still the game of the week.
17:45I will have an eye on the Jets Packers and I will have the other eye on the Bears Vikings and all
17:52the other action going on at one o'clock. But we got some good early action one o'clock on Sunday.
17:59All right, Chetty, let's move on to topic number four of this Thursday's six pack.
18:04Speaking of, you know, some good games in that early window, we have Baker.
18:08And I guess you could say it's a revenge game going against the Browns, even though Stefanski's not there anymore.
18:15But I'm sure he's still got, you know, a lot to prove to Cleveland and the front office and ownership and all that kind of stuff.
18:24Baker versus the Browns. What does that mean for both sides?
18:28Well, we were bringing up some of those numbers against the spread.
18:32I just in researching some of these games, some of these, I guess if you call it gambling numbers, keep jumping out.
18:39Do you realize the Buccaneers and you were aware of the Jordan Love inefficiencies before?
18:44Let's see if you're aware of this. The Buccaneers are 0 and 10.
18:480 and 10. Against the spread since their week nine by last season, tying them for the longest against the spread losing streak in the Super Bowl era.
18:58Did you know that? No, I did not know that.
19:01That's a nice nugget. Is that incredible? Crazy. So that tells you that they've underachieved here since the bye week nine last season.
19:09And, but here's the thing that I can't get past.
19:12The Buccaneers go and lose the opener in Cincinnati.
19:15And Baker fumbles the game away. And Baker's coming off the contract extension.
19:20And now Baker comes home for the home opener.
19:23The home opener against the team that got rid of him.
19:26For the quarterback that they brought in, in his place.
19:30Baker, you know, is going to be remembering all of this.
19:34Now, is this team going to be strong enough to overcome?
19:37Come, it's a nept, a nept betting history, I guess you would call it, if you will.
19:43For lack of a better term, 0 and 10 against the spread since their bye last season.
19:49Like if they don't cover again, Ty, I mean, I don't really care whether the Bucs ever cover or not.
19:55But if they don't cover again, that would be the longest against the spread losing streak in the Super Bowl era.
20:03That's crazy to me. Yeah, that is crazy. Let me pull this up right now because this will obviously probably move a little bit.
20:11Yep. They're eight and a half point favorites right now on DraftKings.
20:15And that is a lot of points. That's definitely a lot of points.
20:19But man, I mean, it's just, it's one of those things.
20:23How many people do you think are going to take the points and bet on the Browns?
20:28Especially after what we saw last week where, if Jacksonville wanted to, they probably could have beat them 50 to nothing.
20:35Or, you know, 50 to 10. I would say this.
20:39In one of my fantasy leagues, I picked up Baker this week as a streaming quarterback.
20:44And I'm playing Baker because I believe that there's something to Baker and the Browns.
20:49Watch his emotion on Sunday. Watch how he reacts after certain plays.
20:53Watch how he celebrates if and when he does score a touchdown.
20:57I'm telling you, this is a personal matchup. See, Ty, I think he's played them once before when he was with Carolina.
21:05And it was a good game, not a great game.
21:08And his team lost. Carolina lost to Cleveland. I just, I have a hard time this weekend thinking that Baker's not going to be ready for this game.
21:18Not going to play better than he did in Cincinnati.
21:21Not going to take it personally. And he's not going to be looking to break that 0-10 record against the spread since week 9.
21:29That's incredible. Yeah. No, I agree. He is, Baker is the consummate chip on the shoulder guy.
21:35We'll find whatever he needs to. And he doesn't need to look very far to find a chip on the shoulder for this game.
21:43And I'd agree. I mean, the fact that they have tied the longest losing streak against the spread is crazy in the Super Bowl era.
21:51This is one of those things where I will bet on the Buccaneers this weekend.
21:56And if they don't cover, you kind of just eat that one.
22:00Because nothing that we have seen from week 1 or really from recent history tells us that you should go bet the Browns this weekend.
22:09I don't know if people expected a lot more out of their defense just because of what their defense has been.
22:16But Jim Schwartz isn't there anymore. They're trying to find their footing on offense.
22:21We'll see how much longer Deshaun Watson is their starting quarterback.
22:24So, personally, I think you'd be crazy to bet the Browns even though 8.5 is a lot of points.
22:31But this is one of those ones where I think you ride the Bucs.
22:35You ride Baker and the chip on his shoulder.
22:38And if they somehow don't cover and they win by a touchdown, then you just chalk that up to, Hey, you know what?
22:46I was on the right side. They just, you know, it was a late backdoor cover or something like that.
22:53All right, Chetty, let's move on to topic number 5 of this Thursday's 6-pack.
22:58Jaguars and Broncos. Sneaky maybe the game of the weekend.
23:01Could be potentially an AFC Championship preview. We don't know.
23:04Although the Broncos didn't look great in week 1.
23:07No. But what is the most interesting thing there?
23:10The Jaguars are the anti-Buccaneers, Ty. They have covered 9 straight regular season games.
23:15The longest streak in the NFL. The longest streak in Jaguars history.
23:19And the longest streak in the NFL since 2021 when your Packers covered 9 straight games.
23:24Do I not have all this betting information this week?
23:28ESPN sends out a betting packet. I said, let me take a look at this.
23:33And I'm reading through it this week. And I'm like, wow, there's some really interesting things in there this week that are revealing.
23:41But beyond that with the Jaguars, we talk about how well they've played over the last 9 games.
23:47If we go back to the win streak that began in week 11 last year, they own a plus 177 point differential in their 9 game win streak.
23:56Plus 177. It's the highest point margin in the NFL over that span by 80 points.
24:02Man. So they've been better than anybody else by a wide margin.
24:06And it's the highest point differential over a 9 game span of any NFL team since Buffalo in week 16 of 2020
24:13to Buffalo in week 8 of 2021. And they outscored their opponents by 179.
24:18So think about the great Buffalo Bills from 2020 to 2021.
24:21That's the level that the Jaguars are playing at.
24:24And now they go into Denver where they trounced the Broncos last year, by the way.
24:30Yep. To get a, I would think you're going to get, if the Broncos don't play a really good game this week, I'd be really surprised.
24:39You're going to tell me the Broncos are going to play two lemons in a row?
24:44No, that's not going to happen under Sean Payne.
24:47Not going to happen. Yeah, I would agree. I don't think they're going to, you know, they certainly won't look like they did Monday night against the Chiefs.
24:56I think that much is obvious. The Jags are two and a half point dogs.
25:01We know how tough it is to play in Denver.
25:05So, you know, I mean, you'd take that if mile high is worth, you know, three points, give or take, then that makes sense.
25:13But my big thing is I'm curious to see how many weeks does it take for this offense to get going with a new play caller?
25:22And how long is the leash for Davis Webb?
25:25Because I don't think it's crazy to think that, you know, it might take them three or four or five weeks to kind of get into a groove.
25:34And but it's also one of those things where do you have that amount of time if they don't look great again and they lose to the Jags?
25:44Like they're in a window right now. They have expectations.
25:47You know, if Bo Nix doesn't get hurt, they probably play in the Super Bowl last year.
25:53So the expectation is that they go to the Super Bowl this year.
25:57That's that's just the way it is. So I think.
26:00Man, it's and again, week two is typically, I think, a very big bounce back week in the NFL, one of the
26:08hardest weeks to bet because your eyes deceive you a little bit.
26:12And you really lean on what you saw week one.
26:15But like you said, can are the Broncos going to play as bad as they did in Kansas City?
26:22Probably not. Are the Jaguars going to be the same team that we saw against the Browns?
26:27Who knows? Maybe they look very impressive. So we'll see.
26:31They've been that for nine straight weeks now. Exactly.
26:34That's what's interesting. Exactly. And I think a big X factor here, too, is at altitude.
26:39If this thing comes down to a field goal or is close, you know, and you're trying to cover that number, Cam
26:46Little might be able to hit, what, an 80-yard field goal?
26:50I mean, he's got a monster leg. So, yeah, no, I think this is one of, if not my favorite game of
26:58this weekend, or at least the one I'm most excited to watch.
27:02The other note that I'll give you on this game before we move on to the last six-pack item of the week
27:09is somebody in the NFL very smart pointed out to me this week.
27:13They said, I know everybody's talking about how much the Broncos missed Sean Payton's play calling and Davis Webb is the new play caller.
27:21But on the defensive side, they missed Jim Leonard, the Bills defensive coordinator who was there to assist Vance Joseph.
27:28And without Jim Leonard there, it's not exactly the same.
27:32So they lose Sean Payton from play calling and they lose Jim Leonard on the defensive side of the play calling.
27:39And here we go. Broncos struggle against the Chiefs.
27:42Let's see if they could turn it around against the Jaguars.
27:45Yeah, that's a good point. And that's one of the unfortunate circumstances of being a really good team and making a good, deep playoff run.
27:54Guys get poached. So they're going to have to address that.
27:58They're going to have to deal with that. But again, I wouldn't say anyone who is a Broncos fan is necessarily panicking.
28:05They looked awful. But that could be more of an indication of what this Chiefs team is this year with Kenneth Walker and Eric Biennemi being back.
28:14So we'll see. I would expect them to play much, much better on Sunday.
28:19All right, Shetty. Let's move on to the sixth and final topic of this Thursday's six-pack.
28:24Let's look ahead to Monday night. Who have been some of the worst teams on Monday night football?
28:30And why is that significant for this particular matchup?
28:33Would you believe that the coach who owns the longest active Monday night football losing streak for head coaches right now is Sean McVay?
28:41I would have never guessed that. He lost five straight Monday night games.
28:46Okay? Okay. Wow. He has been killer on Thursday night.
28:49On a short week, Sean McVay has been incredible.
28:52But for some reason, when the Rams have had more time, the Rams have not been good.
28:58They have not been good. Sean McVay has a 5-7 record on Monday night football, but he's lost his last five games on Monday nights.
29:06And you know who's been the worst team on Monday night football?
29:10The New York Giants. 1-10 on Monday night football dating back to 2019, including 0-5 on the road over that same spin.
29:18The last time the Giants won a road Monday night football game, Ty, was in 2018 when their quarterback was Eli Manning
29:25and their running back was Saquon Barkley. Wow. That's how long it's been.
29:29They beat the 49ers, who were a quarterback that night by Nick Mullins, 27-23.
29:34Now Jackson Dart is at quarterback. Cam Scadabo is at running back.
29:38Sean McVay is on the opposing sideline. We do think Aaron Donald will be back on Monday night, and it sets up
29:46another juicy week two matchup on Monday night football in ways that we didn't think.
29:51We thought this was a W in the Rams win column, and then the Giants came out and looked incredible in their opening game.
29:59The Rams lost their opening game. They're coming back from Australia.
30:02And this, by the way, should be where the Rams benefit because they had the short trip, so there's not as much of a recovery.
30:11So we'll see whether that plays into Monday night.
30:14But no one would have guessed that. Sean McVay on Monday night, last five matchups, has not gotten it done.
30:21No, I would not have guessed that. And this will be another one of those spots.
30:26I would imagine that a lot of money is going to come in on the Giants as they are seven-point dogs right now.
30:34We'll see how much that line moves over the weekend.
30:37The Giants being 1-10, I throw that out the window completely because they've largely stunk over the last decade, give or take
30:44a few seasons where they've been okay. John Harbaugh, his road record on Monday night football is 8-5.
30:51So, you know, guess what? None of those Giants teams that went 1-10 had John Harbaugh.
30:56They didn't look like they did on Sunday against the Cowboys, who I don't think any—I don't know that many people who thought they were going to win.
31:05Maybe keep it close, but not—I mean, that was an impressive, dominating, you know, everyone has said it, bully ball victory for the Giants.
31:13So I think you can take that number and kind of just scrap it because, as we've seen, this Giants team, this
31:21culture, the way they play, it's completely different with John Harbaugh, and that was the expectation.
31:26That was kind of what we all envisioned or what we thought could happen when a coach of that caliber went to
31:34New York, and it paid dividends in Week 1 against a team who a lot of people were pegging to win that
31:41division and potentially go to the Super Bowl and the Cowboys.
31:45So I love this matchup, and you're right. You know, we talked about those 0-1 teams who could potentially go 0-2 at the start of the show.
31:54So the Rams, after everyone was talking about them maybe going 17-0 and being the prohibitive Super Bowl favorites, the biggest favorite
32:01ever, the last thing they want to do is start 0-2.
32:05It's a huge week ahead. Should be a great Sunday and Monday of games and a lot of pressure on a lot of teams.
32:13But I thought today, I thought we'd bring a little bit of a against-the-spread information to go along with some of that
32:20statistical data analysis as people get ready to watch the Week 2 games.
32:25All right, great job by you today. Great job by our producer, Dan Stanzik, Ben Smith.
32:30Thank you very much to all the people out there tuning in to another Adam Schefter podcast.
32:36We'll be back in this spot Tuesday to look back at Week 2 and look ahead into Week 3.
32:42Until then, enjoy the games.