Power Hour 2! Ranking All 32 Teams for 2026 with Brandon Perna
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59 min
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Jul 13, 2026
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Mon, July 13, 2026
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Bo NixCam WardD'Angelo PondsDavid BaileyDenzel BostonGeno SmithHarold FanninJared VerseKenyon SadiqMalik WillisOmar Cooper Jr.
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Bo Nix
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Bo Nix plays behind the Broncos offensive line and took 55 sacks, with the analyst noting that if Cam Ward had taken that many sacks, it would receive more criticism.
Insight pageCam Ward
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Cam Ward is liked by everybody and flashed potential in week one against Denver's good defense, with the analyst believing there is something there despite not having a great game.
Insight pageD'Angelo Ponds
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Jets drafted D'Angelo Ponds, described as a fun young player on the roster.
Insight pageDavid Bailey
PositiveRole0:47
Jets drafted David Bailey as part of a young, fun offensive core for the 2026 season.
Insight pageDenzel Boston
PositiveRole0:51
Browns added Denzel Boston as part of their receiver acquisitions for the 2026 season.
Insight pageGeno Smith
NegativeProjection0:47
Geno Smith is having a rough offseason, though the analyst believes he will be better than what was seen in Las Vegas and somewhere between his first two years in Seattle.
Insight pageHarold Fannin
PositiveProjection0:52
Harold Fannin was playing pretty well for the Browns in the 2025 season.
Insight pageJared Verse
PositiveRole0:51
Browns won the Jared Verse trade, acquiring him as part of their defensive improvements.
Insight pageKenyon Sadiq
PositiveRole0:47
Jets drafted Kenyon Sadiq as part of a young, fun offensive core for the 2026 season.
Insight pageMalik Willis
NegativeRole0:55
Malik Willis went to Miami but the Dolphins continued to dismantle the roster, which is unfortunate for him.
Insight pageOmar Cooper Jr.
PositiveRole0:47
Jets drafted Omar Cooper Jr. as part of a young, fun offensive core for the 2026 season.
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Episode Transcript
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0:23Welcome back to the Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny, Power Hour Edition.
0:27So excited for this week's Power Hour because I have a first-time guest.
0:31We had talked before about making some Broncos content and then the Broncos kind of fizzled out that season.
0:38But Brandon Perna, I'm very optimistic about them this season, which is part of the reason why I wanted you on to
0:46do this particular exercise because Broncos finished very high last week and you are a Broncos fan.
0:52You also cover the entire NFL on your YouTube channel.
0:55Tell us about it. And also, are you scared about all the Broncos enthusiasm?
1:00I mean, a little. The last time I and I think Broncos fans were this high on the Broncos is when we acquired your very own Russell Wilson.
1:10And, you know, things didn't really work out there, although it was great for my business.
1:15But, yeah, I think, like, having this weird ending to their season where your quarterback breaks his ankle on a play that
1:23nobody even realized and you're enjoying the high of defeating the Bills in the playoffs.
1:28And that joy lasts for 20 minutes. And when you hear the news, you have to, like, double and triple check to
1:35make sure you're not getting trolled by a fake Schefter account or something.
1:40I thought it was fake. You know. Totally. Yeah.
1:43Okay, good. All right. Channel that energy into this exercise.
1:47I think I've given two choices for every slot.
1:50I was tempted to give you the Broncos for the first slot, but I just feel like the fans of the two
1:57teams that I gave to Ryan Clark last week would be infuri- Correctly, like, that's just not right.
2:03So I am going to give you the same choice that I gave Ryan for one and two.
2:10The Super Bowl champs, the Seattle Seahawks, versus everybody's offseason darling, the Los Angeles Rams, who is the best team in the NFL.
2:18Yeah, that's a fun one. It's a little intimidating knowing you're a Seahawks fan and you might have some strong, you know, counters for this.
2:26But Myles Garrett going to the Rams seems a little bit like a cheat code, right?
2:32Oh, I missed it. Oh, no, I put it up the Rams.
2:36I assume you're picking the Rams. I mean, I think that's the hot pick, right?
2:41I'm getting out ahead of it. I don't know.
2:44Well, I don't know. Unless you were pulling, like, a big fake out on me, like, but I'm going with the Seahawks.
2:52It sounds like you're going with the Rams, yeah.
2:55Well, I have the soft spot for the Seahawks because they went on to defeat the Patriots, which would have been cooler
3:03if they did that the first time around in the Super Bowl.
3:07But after, you know, watching the Patriots take down the Broncos, even though we were riding with Stidham, I'm going to say Seahawks.
3:15I'm going to say Seahawks because they did not care.
3:18I don't think they're going to care. I like Sam Darnold.
3:22I'm going to root for the Sam Darnold experience moving forward.
3:26I have a question for you. The one thing that confused me about their offseason, you lose both Kenneth Walker and Kobe Bryant.
3:34If they could have, I thought they would have kept one of those players.
3:39And Walker with the injuries, right? I know their salary cap, whatever.
3:43But if you could have kept one of those players, who are you keeping?
3:48Between the two, it would have been nice actually to keep Kobe Bryant, who's the safety who went to Chicago, just because I think he's really underrated.
3:57And I think it's easier to find. But the choices they made, they had tough choices, right?
4:03Every Super Bowl team, not only them, Rick Willen, Boye Malfe.
4:07The interesting thing was that they kept Rashid Shahid, who they actually paid and paid a decent amount of money.
4:14And he didn't, you know, he was kind of quiet after the trade.
4:18But that felt very deliberate and intentional on their part.
4:22And I'm interested in seeing how he's used this year.
4:25And look, like, I feel like you're picking the Super Bowl champs over the Rams.
4:30I mean, they did beat the Rams at the end twice.
4:34So it's not an unreasonable choice. It's just the Rams feel like such a super team.
4:40All right. Well, let's do it right now. Rams, Broncos.
4:43Let's go. Who's the better team? Rams or Broncos?
4:46I'm going to. That's the Broncos. I'm going to.
4:49If you put the Broncos over the Rams. I would make a case for the Broncos over every team in the league right now.
4:57Full transparency. But I like taking the Seahawks first just because I think the Rams are going to be popular for that.
5:05And we're in the fun window where we still don't know if Aaron Donald's coming back.
5:11So I can say, well, I didn't know Donald was actually going to unretire.
5:15Ah, OK. So you can, yeah, use that as a.
5:19OK, well, OK. So before we get to the Rams, we'll talk about them in a second.
5:25What is the case for the Broncos being better?
5:28What is the case for the Broncos winning the Super Bowl?
5:32I think their biggest X factor is Davis Webb actually getting to call plays for their offense.
5:38Really? I think that's a really tricky thing to, like, figure out if it's going to be better.
5:44If Sean Payton's actually going to let him call plays all season long.
5:48I think you can make a strong case that Davis Webb is going to be a head coach very soon.
5:55I think as a former quarterback, I think he's just going to tool the offense more in favor of Bo Nix.
6:03And I think he's going to do the one thing Sean Payton can't do.
6:07And that is remember to run the football. He's written it on his play sheet.
6:13He criticizes the offense for not being able to run the ball after they have 10 rushing attempts.
6:19So I think balance is the key. Interesting. Yeah, the whole Sean Payton giving over play calling is like one of the
6:26kind of most interesting and strange plot lines of the season.
6:30And I think that it's because they were worried about Davis Webb getting hired, right?
6:35And as you said, being a future head coach.
6:38But yeah, I mean, I'm like, I'm obviously super optimistic about the Broncos.
6:43I think Jalen Waddell trade in particular was one of like the best moves in the entire offseason.
6:49The defense is electric. But the Rams, dude, the Rams are like a super team.
6:54I mean, OK, so for three, I'll go Rams versus Bills.
6:58OK. Is this where you're going to take the Rams?
7:02Yeah, I mean, I love Josh Allen. It's really hard for me to not pick Josh Allen.
7:08But yeah, I'll say the Rams are better than the Bills.
7:11OK, well, let me ask you a question about the Rams because they have fallen to three.
7:17I think this will probably be the lowest we see them doing this.
7:22What what is what is it? What is the weakness?
7:25Let's pick a hole, poke a hole, because it's very easy to talk about all the things that are good about this team.
7:33The offense, Matthew Stafford, Sean McVay, Puka Nacua, the run game, Miles Garrett, trade for Trent McDuffie.
7:39Oh, my God. Poke a hole. Like what is what could be their undoing?
7:44I think their their weakness is they made a trade with the devil and that's the Chiefs.
7:50And I just have watched so many times where I thought the Chiefs did the wrong thing and that it was it was going to get them.
7:59And I feel like getting rid of Trent McDuffie was the wrong thing to do.
8:04And I feel like every time I say that I'm wrong.
8:08So I'm just going with superstition here. Well, no, but also history, because the Chiefs, particularly when they've gotten rid of corners, they keep doing it.
8:17I've won and they win every it feels like like I remember like the last luxurious need.
8:23We're like, oh, my God, how are they going to survive with that?
8:27Like it does feel like they have a good sense of when to do this.
8:33Yeah, they they let Tyree Kill go. And I'm like, all right.
8:37You can't replace his production. He's just too good.
8:40And I know Patrick Mahomes is great, too. Right.
8:43And that turned out to be just a brilliant move for them.
8:47So I would be cautious doing business with the Chiefs, just like, you know, when the Patriots were were in their their prime and they would make moves.
8:57And it just always felt like it worked out for them.
9:01I see what you're saying. Yeah. All right. I know.
9:04I think that's a very legitimate point about I mean, they're taking two former Chiefs corners, right?
9:10McDuffie and yeah, exactly. We will see if that works out.
9:14OK, so we got Seahawks, Broncos, Rams. The Bills are still on the board.
9:19That was the choice. I'm going to put them up against.
9:22The team that you just mentioned, the New England Patriots, this is higher than a lot of people have the Patriots.
9:30Yeah. But I think some of the reason why people are low on the Patriots has to do with their schedule.
9:37And remember, we're taking schedule out of the equation here.
9:40OK, we're just thinking about the team. They added A.J.
9:44Brown. You're three. Drake May. They came out on top of the Buffalo Bills last year in the division.
9:50So if you're going Bills versus Patriots, who would you pick for four?
9:55I'm going to go Bills just out of sheer optimism.
9:58I mean, I watched that Josh Allen golf swing video like a hundred times trying to figure out what that guy is doing, holding his butt.
10:07And I just think that that's a quarterback who's dialed in and willing to do whatever it takes to be perfect as an athlete.
10:16The Patriots, I mean, this offseason's been crazy. And I feel like it's got to affect them at some point.
10:23I think, you know, A.J. Brown, Romeo Dobbs. I like him coming over for New England.
10:28But we'll see. I think like. We watched them struggle in the playoffs against really good defenses.
10:34And part of that was their offensive line getting exploited, I think, a little bit.
10:39The other part of that was seeing Drake May is still a young quarterback.
10:44And I mean, is Mike, is Mike Vrabel a better coach this year because of everything that happened?
10:50And he's just going to be laser focused. He can not be leaving that facility, you know?
10:56Yeah. So, but to be fair, I mean, I don't know if Joe Brady is an upgrade for the Bills.
11:03Seems like McDermott was kind of scapegoated there. I get sometimes you just need to make a change.
11:09But I hope D.J. Moore is what they want on offense.
11:13But yeah, I'll go Bills. I like Buffalo. New stadium too?
11:17Yeah. Buffalo, I think a lot of people, they might be the favorite to come out of the AFC, right?
11:24I haven't looked at the odds. But we were talking about before we started taping how Denver's odds were kind of weirdly low.
11:32It's a little bit confusing given how stacked the team is.
11:36Plus, I think like Ed Oliver was hurt all year last.
11:39He played those first three games and we were like, dude, Ed Oliver is playing like we thought he would when he got drafted.
11:48And then he made it back for the Broncos game.
11:51I don't think he was still 100%. And they added my guy, Bradley Chubb, who I'll be rooting for.
11:58So, you know. Doesn't that feel like a million years ago?
12:02Oh my God, yeah. Crazy. Crazy. Chubb and Miller.
12:05Yeah, I know. They were so good. Okay. Maybe Vaughn Miller is still out there.
12:10We took Chubb instead of Josh Allen. So it's fitting Josh Allen gets Chubb.
12:15God. Was he six? Was that? What? We were at four.
12:19Where were we at? Five? Four or five? He was so early.
12:23That's right. Yeah. I got it. All right. Yeah.
12:26We have Paxton. What's he up to these days?
12:29Okay. The Patriots are still on the table. I'm going to put them up against another AFC team.
12:35The Baltimore Ravens. Patriots versus Ravens. Yeah, this is a fun one.
12:39I love Jesse Minter in Baltimore. I feel like watching the Chargers defense with him there, they were very frustrating.
12:46Extremely well coached. Annoying to play. And that's kind of like the last two years, they've been let down by their defense a little bit.
12:55So I like what he brings. Trey Hendrickson coming in is interesting.
12:59It feels like any team who would have gotten Hendrickson a year or two ago, it would have been a huge get.
13:07But with the Max Crosby situation, it felt like the consolation prize.
13:11So I'm kind of hoping Trey Hendrickson has a big year for Baltimore.
13:15But yeah, I'm going to go there. I'm going to go with the Ravens still.
13:20And I'm rooting for Derrick Henry to just continue to defy father time and just everything we know about human biology and running backs.
13:29I've stopped trying to call it with Henry. Like in the past, I'd be like, this is, you know, the history of backs.
13:37You carry the foot. Now I just don't do it.
13:40This is the last 1400 yard gear, right? Not going to do it.
13:45By the way, before we were talking about when you get told you look like people and you were saying you're what
13:52I like to call a universal donor, which is someone who gets told they look like a lot of people.
13:59You kind of look like Jesse Minter. Have you gotten that one?
14:03Not as much as I would think. All right.
14:06Ravens over Pats, which means the Pats are going to go up against a team in the NFC, the third team in
14:14the damn NFC West, the San Francisco 49ers, the most stacked division in football.
14:19But is it so stacked that the Niners finish top six over the Patriots?
14:24Are you going to take New England here? So it's the Niners or the Patriots?
14:29Very different teams. I mean, they're still by the substation, right?
14:33They're still by the substation. It looms. Ooh. I really, I want to pick the 49ers over the Patriots, but I think I'll take New England here.
14:42And I'm starting to think that the 49ers have a John Lynch problem.
14:47And that's just like really hard for me to say as someone who had him on the Broncos, who's been rooting for him.
14:55It just, let's just hope their draft was good for San Francisco.
14:59It's yeah. With the Niners, it's like we had, we were talking about the NFL live yesterday and I was like, they
15:06got Mike Evans and Ricky Pearsall should be healthy.
15:09And George Kittle's coming back from injury. As I was naming them all, I was like, everybody I've named is either over 30 or coming from injury.
15:19So like on paper, they're awesome. Yeah. But you know, laughs in substation.
15:23No, it's just like, you just worry, but they should, I mean, still good.
15:28They were so far last year with like insane injuries.
15:32But they, they lose Robert Sala, right? Who I think got a lot of credit for coaching up their, their injured defense.
15:39And when you think about so many of their, their playmakers, their guys who are coming off injury or who are getting
15:47older, they bring back Drake Greenlaw who was here in Denver and we were super excited to get it linebacker, but he
15:54was injured for most of last year. The last, I think like since 2020, uh, Brock Purdy and who Fonga were the
16:02only pro bowlers John Lynch drafted and who Fonga is here in Denver as well.
16:07And he was amazing last year. So it's like every time you're right.
16:12Like you think about the guys coming back and then you're just like age injury.
16:17Those are two things that a lot of important positions, even Nick Bosa, like.
16:22Yeah. Right. We assume he's going to be healthy and good, but I don't know.
16:27All right. The Niners are an option for you at seven and I'm going to put them against the Houston Texans potentially
16:35the, well, this is a sore subject for Broncos fans, but best defense in football.
16:40Yeah. I mean, no, it's the Texans defense was really good.
16:44They were y'all up there, but yeah, insane. They were fun to watch.
16:48If you put Brock Purdy on the Texans, I think they're the Superbowl favorites at this point.
16:54It's a make or break year for CJ Stroud in Houston.
16:58Um, the good news is like their defense really became elite last year in Houston and elite defensive windows are so short because there's so many moving pieces.
17:07You never know how long, but they're, they're still in their elite defense window in Houston.
17:13Uh, and that's, uh, I'll, I'll lean on that.
17:16Okay. Texans. I think my, um, I saw my Ben Solak who's on the show a lot.
17:22I picked them to win the Superbowl. Wow. That's fair.
17:25I mean, it's, it's Stroud, but it's the run game too.
17:29Right. Um, needs to be better. Yeah. I'll be a huge David Montgomery fan.
17:34Uh, he's getting, he's gonna get more carries. Hopefully.
17:37I don't know if he's a true, like number one guy to have there, but like they, if they can run the
17:45ball as like a middle of the road team, I think that's almost enough.
17:50Just average, just average, please. Okay. The Niners remain an option and we're going to go, we're going to go AFC West here.
17:58Niners versus Chargers. Ooh. Um, cause I have the Chargers is at two behind Denver in my personal AFC West.
18:04Yeah. I'm going Chargers. Uh, are you afraid in the division?
18:08No. Talk to me. No. Mike McDaniel. I love Mike McDaniel.
18:12I think I wish he would have come back.
18:15I'm just tying everybody Denver. Cause he's from, he's from Denver.
18:19Uh, he's a, you know, he's friends with Dan Soder and he, I think McDaniel's got pretty strong comedy chops as well,
18:27which is why I actually like him. Um, but I think we get this fun sort of conclusion to the, the, the Tua Herbert debate.
18:35Cause we have the constant and Mike McDaniel. And I don't know if people still argue about Tua and Herbert anymore.
18:42It's now it's just like, it feels like. I think that war has ended.
18:47They both get made fun of for not winning in the playoff somehow, but we're going to see Justin Herbert play his best football at quarterback.
18:56And I think Mike McDaniel is going to do a great job calling an offense.
19:02That's actually like fun and explosive for the chargers, which we just have not really seen consistently for, for quite some time.
19:09So yeah, I love that, that addition, but they lose Jesse mentor on defense.
19:14So there's your trade-off. That's how I feel chargers often step forward charges defense, potentially a step back.
19:20That's kind of where I've netted out as well, but I am excited about that offense.
19:26All right. Niners are still an option for you at nine.
19:30I'm going to put them up against the Philadelphia Eagles.
19:33Ooh. Yeah. Eagles. I'm going Eagles still. Really? Oh, the Niners are falling.
19:37Okay. Talk to me about the Eagles. Well, they got my guy Vic Fangio there still, right?
19:43Thought he was going to retire, but he's coming back for another year.
19:48Let's see. I think change at offensive coordinator is what Eagles fans are praying saves, saves their offense.
19:54Who's their, their new quarter coordinator, Manion. Yeah. Manion.
19:57Yeah. First time, very dramatic change. I mean, it's, I think this is the reason why the Eagles aren't higher for me is this just so unknown, right?
20:07Like we just don't know. I mean, I, we know the defense is going to be good.
20:13Vic Fangio, everybody's, most people are coming back. They've added some players, Rick Willen from Seattle.
20:18I think they're going to be awesome, but I just, I think this offense might take a second to really click.
20:26Yeah. And I think, um, Sean Manion needs a ring doorbell if he's going to coach in Philly.
20:32And I mean, to me, it's like their, their offensive line, if it's close to as good as we've gotten accustomed to,
20:39I think the run game functions like it did just a year ago when Saquon was, was running for 2000 yards.
20:47Um, losing AJ Brown is like, how big of an impact is that for the offense overall?
20:53Uh, they draft what Makai Lemon. So, and I mean, that's if Makai Lemon is not good in Philly, having like the
21:00last name Lemon, that's a tough fan base to, to deal with everything.
21:05Yeah. You said like the thing with the coordinator too, like Sean Manion is either going to, they're going to be calling
21:12for him to be fired or he's going to be hired as coach.
21:17Right. Like there's like no in between in Philadelphia.
21:20Um, I just think that the defense is a stabilizing force enough where I'm comfortable with them in the top 10, even though I have questions.
21:29Uh, okay. The Niners dropping. Will their fall continue?
21:32They're like, um, Chador Sanders in the draft room right now.
21:36I'm going to take them all the way to the fifth round of these power rankings.
21:41Um, we'll see, because I'm going to bring in a team from the NFC who made it surprisingly far last year, Chicago bears and Johnson Niners bears.
21:51Who you got? Yeah. I'm going to go bears.
21:54Woo. We just did a bears video trying to like downplay the, uh, the regression police.
21:59If I can quote big cat, um, the regression police, that's me.
22:03I feel like I I'm attacked. Yeah. I mean, it's like, I'm one of those nerds.
22:09It's like, brr, turnovers, brr, winning close games. Uh, and Broncos fans get it as well.
22:15They won a ton of close games, third year quarterback.
22:18Uh, I just, I think Ben Johnson's the, the truth is the real deal.
22:23We saw it pretty quickly in Chicago. I don't think their defense is going to lead the league in turnovers again, but
22:30I think overall their defense is just going to be, it just has to be like average has to be maybe just
22:38a little bit above average, a competent defense. And Ben Johnson, he'll dial up plays for Caleb in the offense.
22:45All right. That's your top 10. I'm going to mention another team where I think the fan base, right?
22:52So the Niners are falling out of the top 10.
22:55This other team, I think would probably think they should be in the top 10, the Cincinnati Bengals.
23:01Bengals versus Niners. Let's get another Niners Bengals Superbowl and put them both there.
23:06That would be actually kind of sick. Man. Um, all right, pick, make a pick.
23:11Okay. I'll, I'll leave, I'll leave the Niners here.
23:14Okay. I'll finally, I'll leave them here. Levin's not that bad.
23:18Yeah. Let's keep it moving. I'm going to go back to the NFC East, no North.
23:24And I'm going to bring in the Packers. I've had trouble picking Packers bears and I, I'm saving the NFC North for
23:31one of my last pods because of the quarterback competition in Minnesota.
23:35Um, but I think these two teams are very close.
23:39The Micah Parsons injury makes this tricky. Yes. But would you take the Bengals or Green Bay for 12?
23:46Um, Ooh, I'm going to go the Bengals right now.
23:49And it's because of the injury to, to Parsons and, uh, Tucker craft.
23:53Like when's he going to be back from his ACL?
23:57He was such a key. It should be early in the season, but like he was on pace for like a thousand
24:05yards, a lot of touchdowns last year. And then, and he was, you know, this is my rare.
24:11That was a guy I was really solid about on my fantasy teams.
24:15I was like, I am so right about him.
24:18I was so right about craft. Those seven weeks were magical.
24:22Um, yeah. So it's just the question mark for the Packers.
24:26And I think the Bengals, and I've been very critical of the Bengals because of the way that they've been run, but
24:34it feels like their defense was constructed by, I don't know, grownups this off season.
24:39Nothing like flashy, but I like Brian Cook going over there.
24:43I think boy, a mafia was a solid addition, especially paired next to, you know, Dexter Lawrence.
24:48So the thing that's really ruined them besides injuries to Joe Burrow, um, I think their defense will be good or at least respectable.
24:57I knew you were going to, the second you said good, your voice kind of went up at the end of that.
25:04I was like, he's going to walk that back.
25:08And then you, you did immediately. I was like, you went, I thought your defense would be good.
25:14Yeah. Respectable. Yeah. It was close. Um, I know that was how it's a TV where you're like, say something and you're
25:21like, that was stronger than what I believe. Like you said, the grownups comment, I think is very astute because it's like, Oh, these are capable veteran players.
25:31It's not like that, but like mafe is good.
25:34Cook is good. Obviously Dexter Lawrence is, is a very good player.
25:38So I think average is a very realistic goal.
25:41Um, okay. The Packers remain and I'm going to put them against the Dallas Cowboys.
25:47Packers versus Cowboys. That's kind of the perfect pairing considering they tied each other last year.
25:52And we've got the, the Micah trade that happened.
25:55Oh, I don't know if I could show up and do another live stream.
26:00With Tom grassy. If I picked the Cowboys, um, over his Packers.
26:04So I'll go green Bay because I think once they get healthy, they they're going to be competitive and that's not to knock the Cowboys.
26:13I kind of like what they've done. Sans just not having Micah Parsons, but yeah.
26:18Give me the Packers there. I also think the Packers are a team that's gonna be better at the end of the year.
26:26Yeah. You know, the beginning, we might be like, Ooh, I don't know this defense.
26:31And then at the end, I wouldn't be surprised if they look really good.
26:36And that's when you want them to be good.
26:39Right? Yeah, exactly. Right. Yeah. I mean, I, I, I'm still a Packers optimist.
26:44I just think it might take a second. Uh, okay.
26:47Cowboys versus the team that I, I think I'm higher on than many nationally.
26:52The Jacksonville Jaguars. Ooh. Yeah. I'm going the Jags.
26:55I'm super high on Jacksonville. I think they played, they played better than I think any opponent the Broncos had all of last season when we faced Jacksonville.
27:05Uh, I like Liam Cohen and what he got out of, you know, Trevor Lawrence in the offense and, uh, my guy, Travis Hunter's over there.
27:14And I think they're going to be using him appropriately at corner first and then letting him kind of work in at receiver.
27:22It was crazy to me that they, they didn't do that last year because if you watched him at CU, he was
27:30a better corner than he was a wide receiver and he was great at both.
27:35And it was just him never coming off the field was one of the most insane things you would watch out of a player.
27:43Uh, at least I've seen. So just putting him over there, they lose Devin Lloyd, which is kind of huge for that
27:51defense, but I think they're a good team and a well coached team.
27:55All my DB friends are very excited about Travis Hunter.
27:59Like Ryan Clark, when he, when he was drafted, it was like, he should be like, and he was so frustrated.
28:06And now we're, and I think this quarter, this secondary could be kind of good.
28:11So yeah, I like, I like the Jags. Okay.
28:14Cowboys, will they finish in the top half? Uh, well, this is spot 15 and let's do it.
28:21Cowboy. No, I'm not gonna do it. Cowboys chiefs where you say cowboys.
28:25I was going to do that. I'm not gonna put the chiefs here.
28:30I'm with the lions here. Cowboys lions. Oh man.
28:33I weird. I just shot a lions video and I've like started to convince myself.
28:38Like I'm down on the lions and I've been.
28:41Defense dude. I bet. I know. I mean, what, what's like, what happened?
28:45The significant news with the lions and their defense and their secondary.
28:50Our lads, which I do way too much. And you see like red names, you know?
28:55And like, cause they're just like, Oh God, it's a lot of red on that.
29:00Our lads chart. But the offense still slaps. That's all I looked at this morning.
29:05You know, it was our lads to remind myself of all the players.
29:10I forgot changed teams this off season. Um, but yeah, there, I mean, Kirby Joseph questions about his knee moving forward.
29:17Brian branch is coming off Achilles red. Um, Terry and Arnold is dealing with, uh, just, just robbery and kidnapping charges.
29:25Although the Texans worked them out. So who knows?
29:28I think it's the lions are cursed. That's their problem.
29:31Um, so if their defense can stay healthy, I would take them, but I don't, I'm not sold, but they, they can.
29:39So we go in Cowboys here. Uh, I don't like it, but yeah.
29:43Yeah. All right. Well, now I'm going to bring the chiefs lions chiefs for the first end of the first half.
29:50Sure. I'll go, I'll go lions. And I'm going to be spiting the chiefs to get them down as low as possible.
29:58Oh, glad you're just telling everyone. Uh, okay. Well, we'll save that for when you actually do rank them.
30:05Let's take a quick break, come back and see who the chiefs go up against for pick 17.
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30:43We got the first half of the NFL ranked 17 is next.
30:47The chiefs are an option for you. I'm going to go chiefs versus bucks.
30:52Oh, the Buccaneers. That is a team. I, I'm just so uncertain about like, I mean, the whole NFC South is a
31:00little tricky because you could argue any team can win that division and any team could be at the bottom of that division.
31:08You picked like probably one of the few teams I would put below the chiefs.
31:13But, uh, Baker Mayfield kind of in a contract year ish.
31:17Right. I feel like there's like a weird did taunt or impasse.
31:21That's not like where nobody knows what's in there.
31:24I think Baker plays his best when nobody believes in him.
31:28So I'm going with the Buccaneers. I'm going with the world's favorite draft pick, Reuben Bain, to make all the difference in the world on that defense.
31:37All right. I think the defense would be good.
31:40So I'm, I'm with it. Yeah. I don't like picking NFC South games.
31:45And when the Bucs play the chiefs in, in big moments, the, the Bucs have, you know, delivered.
31:51It's true. Um, all right. You talked yourself into it.
31:54Can you talk yourself into the Vikings over the chiefs?
31:58Oh my God. You're testing. You're testing. Well, we're in this tier, like six, 17 through 24 is like, like this could go even way tier.
32:07And then we get into, there's no, you know, yeah.
32:10Oh man. No, I'll put the chiefs ahead of the Vikings.
32:14Honorable and honorable. I love Kevin O'Connell and I'm going to be rooting for, for Kyler Murray just as a short man.
32:22Myself. I pull for the short guys in the league and I need to believe a short man can play quarterback at
32:29an elite level every single week of a football season.
32:33And that's just kind of what Kyler needs to do there.
32:37Right? Like be that insanely talented dude every single week.
32:40And then the Vikings will be, they'll be very competitive.
32:43But he also like kind of doesn't have to be elite.
32:47Don't you think? Like this is the Vikings fin.
32:50It was there eight, nine or nine and eight.
32:53Well, something like either eight or nine or nine last year with nine.
32:58So like Kyler just kind of has to be above average.
33:02I think you would think it took a while for their defense to like return to form.
33:08But I felt like their defense was really good the second half of the season.
33:13And yeah, you've got, you've got Justin Jefferson to throw to.
33:17I just want to see Kyler run a little more.
33:20That'd be nice. That would be nice. But no, I want the short guy to be elite.
33:26Don't take that away from me. There's a few of them in the league.
33:31Is Bryce Young shorter than Kyler Murray? I feel like.
33:34We, I mean, nobody's ever seen him together. So we don't know.
33:38Well, I have taken pictures with both of them.
33:42Okay. Let's. So I can put those photos side by side.
33:45Just for me. A little bit. All right. There are some who say I tanked Bryce Young's draft stock.
33:52Let me finish first. Okay. 19. Vikings are still an option.
33:56Let's go Vikings versus Saints. Saints. Ooh. I like the Saints.
34:00Yeah. I'm going to take. I'm going to take the Saints.
34:03Yeah. Because of Tyler Shuck. And do you ever form an opinion and you just continue to kind of push your way
34:11through it because you want to be right? We were, we were early in hyping up Tyler Shuck and even Spencer Rattler.
34:19Like we do like draft videos about players in the off season.
34:23And when we were doing Tyler Shuck, we're like, we kind of really liked this guy and think he might be decent.
34:30And now it's just like, I need him to be good so that we were right that one time on that video.
34:38So that's a hundred percent why I'm pulling for the Saints.
34:42I not famously, but famously amongst listeners. The meantime show coined the term Shuck boys.
34:47Okay. Yeah. If you're, it sounds like you're a Shuck boy.
34:51Yeah. Describe myself as a Shuck boy very early in the process.
34:55Although I kind of like Rattler too. I don't think he's that bad, but yeah, I liked what I saw from Tyler Shuck.
35:03I, the Saints defense sneaky decent at the end of the year.
35:07So I don't think this is crazy. I'm the saints are one of those teams where I'm like, this team could actually
35:15surprise people finish with a winning record. And I would not be shocked.
35:19Uh, okay. The Vikings are still on the board.
35:22Let's go Vikings versus Jaden Daniels commanders. Oh, kind of slept on.
35:26Yeah. I'll go Vikings here. I'll put them ahead.
35:29There's so much that we're just hoping for, for Jane Daniels, like just stay, stay healthy.
35:35And it seems like they're trying to retool that entire defense.
35:39It's getting younger, which was, was good. Um, but yeah, I mean, Jane, Jaden was so fun to watch as a rookie
35:46and conversely, like to Tyler Shuck, I get, I get annoyed when I really double down on guys.
35:53And I did it with CJ Stroud. I'm like his rookie year was, was not a flaw at all.
35:59This guy's going to be even better next year.
36:02I felt the same way about Jane Daniels and then injuries get in the way.
36:08And now I'm, I don't know, indifferent. Yeah. Well, it's hard to know what this offense is going to look like.
36:15He's just like changing. They didn't really add, they had drafted a receiver in third round, but like felt like they needed another receiver.
36:23Brandon Iuke is making Instagram videos. So that doesn't seem to be happening.
36:28So I, there's a reason why they're here. They're kind of hard to put your finger on.
36:33I do love the fact that the defense got younger.
36:37I like the players that they added. So that I think will get better, but I just don't know what, and I
36:45just feels like the Cowboys and the Eagles have separated.
36:48If Kendrick Bourne is a 1500 yard receiver, they're going to look so smart.
36:5321 commanders are still an option. Let's go Steelers here.
36:56Steelers or commanders. This is easy. Commanders. Are you very low on Pittsburgh?
37:01Yeah. Unless Mike McCarthy is a physicist and knows how to travel back in time and steal the younger version of Aaron Rodgers to bring into the Steelers.
37:10It just feels like we're waiting for them to actually plan for the future next year.
37:16I don't know. Yeah. It's funny because I like a lot of stuff they did around Rodgers, but the notion that he's
37:24going to be better at 42 seems unlikely. Michael Pittman, a really good ad, I think, for their offense.
37:30Run game could be good, but yeah, it's like he's 42, dude.
37:34Is DK going to stay away from the fans?
37:37The Christopher Maloney law and order meme. He's 42.
37:41You know, like I just, I mean, I'm, he's older than me.
37:45That's not good. Can I pose a question for you?
37:48Yeah. On a five day tournament on Jeopardy, regular Jeopardy, not sports Jeopardy.
37:53Who's winning? You or Aaron Rodgers? I would smoke him.
37:56Good. Good. Absolutely. Good. Okay. 22. So Steelers are still getting the option for you.
38:01I'm going to put the Carolina Panthers here. I had a saying last year, Brandon, which is the number one rule of
38:09picking Panthers games is never pick Panthers games. And I feel the same way this year.
38:14Fair rule. Just like, but, but they made a lot of cool additions on defense.
38:20Yeah. I'll go, I'll go Panthers over the Steelers.
38:23Okay. Sure. Let me see. What did I, where are we at?
38:27You were talking about shorties. Where, where, where are we at on Bryce Young?
38:32Is it over? Or do you think there's a chance?
38:35I think my hot take is Bryce Young is going to outperform CJ Stroud this year.
38:41So, and they've been statistically pretty close the last two years.
38:45This is the year Bryce Young breaks away. And I think they, they signed Devin Lloyd, right?
38:50I'm not crazy. Yeah. Yeah. No, Devin Lloyd and Jalen Phillips.
38:54Yeah. Which is like nice. Very nice additions. Yeah.
38:57Yeah. I kind of like all the defenses in the NFC South.
39:02Something I realized doing this, but. And I like the Panthers ball catchers.
39:06Like Tet was great. Um, Jalen Coker. You co-cad.
39:09I didn't want to say it, but yeah, the co-cads are, they're rooting for Jalen.
39:14All right. 23. Okay. Oh, I'm going to mention this team.
39:18I just, this of every team in the NFL, I cannot get my arms around the Indianapolis Colts.
39:24Oh yeah. I don't know. Colts. So Colts versus Steelers.
39:28Two quarterbacks coming off of Achilles. He's one, two years removed, three years removed from it.
39:33One is less than a year removed from it, which is what makes this so hard.
39:39Yeah. To figure out. I, I said like the, the Bengals felt like they're making smart decisions.
39:45It feels like the Colts are, you've got Chris Ballard and Shane Steichen, and it feels like everything they've done this off
39:52season was just to try and save their job for this next year.
39:57And it's, it's really unfortunate because I think Daniel Jones was the best story in the NFL last year.
40:03I think everybody was rooting for him, but coming off the Achilles and then paying him when we watched Kirk cousins and
40:11Aaron Rogers really just not look the same for the entire season after that injury.
40:16It's just, it's tough. So, uh, I'll take the Steelers over the Colts.
40:21He sounds so confident. Yeah. Okay. I mean, Steelers defense should be good.
40:25So, yeah. You know, they're, they're probably fine. Oh wow.
40:29We had the Saints at 19. I was like the Saints and I was like, no, we picked them 19.
40:36That's high. Okay. Uh, Colts. We're at 24 now.
40:39Colts versus let's, let's throw the Raiders here. Ooh, that's kind of a fun one.
40:44I'm going to go, I'm going to go Indian.
40:47Uh, yeah. I'm going to go Indianapolis. I'm going to go Indianapolis.
40:51I think one thing that happened late to Indy was DeForest Buckner also got hurt last year.
40:57And I think he's such an important player for their entire defense to function.
41:02Sauce Gardner has just also got to be good.
41:05If those, if he's healthy and sauce is, you know, the guy we saw very early in his career, I don't like Indy.
41:13And I think, I think Jones will be healthy at some point.
41:17I think I'm not a doctor. I mean, yeah, at some point he will be healthy.
41:23It could be in six years. It could be in 20.
41:26At some point I agree. He will be healthy.
41:30No, no. No, I'm going to leave it vague like that.
41:33It's perfect. Um, you're never wrong. If you leave it vague enough, when you think about it, if you're like, at some
41:41point, this team's going to win a game. In his retirement ceremony, Daniel Jones looks spry.
41:47All right. Uh, Raiders are on the board. Let's throw them against the Giants.
41:51Oh, man. This is when it gets really like, you know, you really got to work.
41:57The Giants are a tough team to figure out for me.
42:01I'll, I'll put the Raiders above the Giants. That's probably going to be, that's probably a controversial take.
42:07I think. I mean, I think it's defensible. We're assuming John Harbaugh is going to save the Giants.
42:13I think that process might take time. Malik neighbors.
42:16We don't know when he's going to be healthy.
42:19That's an injury that seems to not have had positive news to the course of the off season in terms of his recovery.
42:27Um, still a lot of like, I loved watching Jackson dart last year, but question marks Raiders got Kirk cousins who was
42:35playing well at the end of the season for Atlanta.
42:38I don't know. I don't trust, I don't trust the Raiders.
42:42I feel like Tom Brady is going to make them all drink his, his new coconut water, good nut or whatever.
42:49And there's going to be backlash. Although good nut.
42:53Yeah. He's got a, a coconut water out now.
42:56You're really doing him a favor by putting the emphasis on the first word instead of second when you say it.
43:03Yeah. The way he wanted. Has the Lord intended.
43:06Uh, the neighbors thing is so brutal, man. Like if, if, if you could tell me Malik neighbors will be a go
43:14week, even we, by week three, then I have a totally different view.
43:18Pardon me. And, but it's just like, it, like you said, it's not, it's been pretty murky.
43:24Yeah. And, uh, even though there isn't, you would say like Harbaugh coming in, in theory is an upgrade, right?
43:31But when you're switching coaching staffs on a quarterback after his rookie year, it's a tough transition and it has worked recently with Caleb Williams.
43:40But I think usually it takes another year or two before it starts to feel like, oh yeah, they, they got it
43:47figured out and they lose Dexter Lawrence on defense.
43:50Ben Johnson also just is kind of different. I think he's, he's kind of him.
43:56All right. Giant's still on the board. Let's go giants Falcons for 26.
44:00Ooh, I'm going Falcons. Okay. Two are Michael Penix.
44:03Well, I mean, I just like that. We've got a battle between two left-handed quarterbacks.
44:08QB number three, Trevor Simeon, former Denver Bronco. What I want the Falcons to do is bring in Tim Tebow so that
44:16they have three left-handed quarterbacks all on the same roster.
44:19And I think that, that just guarantees winning the division.
44:23Also, I've read this stat like nine times, but I forget that the Falcons had the second most sacks last season.
44:30Like that seems like a fake thing to me every time I see it.
44:35But you know what's so weird about that defense brand is like, they were kind of up and down at times, but
44:43they gave a lot of good quarterbacks. Like Josh Allen had his like maybe worst game again.
44:48Matthew Stafford had a bad outing. May was better, but they challenged him.
44:53So like they did cause problems and I think drafted well, kept their defensive coordinator.
44:58So that's what I was saying. Like the NFC South defenses are all kind of good.
45:04Um, I think it's defensible. I just, you know, to, uh, I gotta, I can't, I can't really do it right now.
45:11It'll be fun. Do you like watching left-handed quarterbacks or do you just like the bit?
45:17I like the bit. Um, I find it unnatural.
45:20Yeah. I think the other bit I do is that like, there's nothing that, um, I find more disturbing than a left-handed quarterback.
45:28You said, okay. So you want it. Yeah. It's like, I don't think left-handed quarterbacks should be allowed to play football.
45:35Like I like to go that, that, that deep on it.
45:39My, I, I never thought I had a bias towards lefties until I had a child.
45:44And so my, he's only two and a half.
45:48And so he's not really writing yet. He's kind of like scribbling.
45:52My husband is left-handed and I'm right-handed and I have noticed myself and I don't love this.
45:58Maybe even unconsciously trying to get him to become right-handed.
46:01And I, but not even, I'm really like, Hey, whatever's easiest.
46:05And I've noticed, like, it seems a little easier for you with the right side to scribble.
46:11Just like to shift the pen a little bit.
46:14Scribble with this hand. It's still unclear what direction he's going to go in, but I'm just trying to like lead the
46:22horse to the water because his life's going to be a lot easier if he's right-handed.
46:27I mean, if Ned Flanders taught us anything, you know.
46:31Exactly. But it's a, it's a lonely life. You have to shop at the leftorium.
46:36Yeah. Yeah. I, I, anyways, Falcons defense is going to be kind of fun.
46:41All right. The Giants are still on the board.
46:44I was like, who's the team is. Okay. The Giants.
46:47Giants versus let's stay in New York. Giants versus jets.
46:51Yeah. I'll go giants. No offense to the jets.
46:54They've added a lot of guys. We've added a lot of guys.
46:58The most damning thing you can say about an NFL off season.
47:02There's a lot. They added a lot of guys.
47:05Guys with names. Guys who play football. Exactly. That's what I say when I can't remember the notes I made two hours ago about the jets.
47:14No. No. Well, it's there. I mean, how much time is anyone spending talking about jets?
47:20However, like fun ones, right? Like from the draft, you know, like Kenyon Sadiq, Omar Cooper, Jr.
47:26The drafted David Bailey. It's a very young team.
47:29D'Angelo Ponds. There's a name I remember. Fun. Fun little guy.
47:32Yeah. I think Geno Smith's kind of having a rough off season as well.
47:37Yeah. I keep seeing stuff on like for you, but it's not like reported.
47:42It's not like Adam Schefter, you know, explaining stuff.
47:45It's like a, like a random. So I don't know what's going on.
47:50I should probably dig into that. But yeah. I think it's okay to be down in the jets.
47:56Yeah. All right. Speaking of Gino in, in New York.
47:59Well, I've already taken a mountain of L's on him.
48:03But you know, like I feel that he's going to be better than what we last saw.
48:09We talked about this at length. Cause I did the AFC East pod.
48:13Like, I just think the situation in Las Vegas was so nasty for everyone.
48:18I don't think he's that bad. I don't think he's as good as he was first two years in Seattle, but I
48:26feel like if it's just even somewhere in between those, it's probably going to be at least watchable.
48:32Right? So we'll see. Um, it's a better situation.
48:35I do think I firmly believe that. Uh, okay.
48:38Five teams left with the jets are still on the board.
48:42Let's go jets versus I'm always afraid, uh, that I'll like leave out like a good team.
48:48And I just forgot to bring them back and I'll be like, oh shit Niners.
48:53Okay. No. All right. The jets are still on the board.
48:57Let's go jets versus Titans here. Ooh, that's, that's also a fun one.
49:01I'm going to go Titans over the jets. I feel like part of the jets plan is to be in position to draft a quarterback.
49:10Right. A few teams are playing a lot right now.
49:13The Titans. Where are you on cam Ward? Yeah.
49:17Do you think they have their quarterback? Yeah. I think everybody likes cam Ward.
49:21I watched him week one last year, play against a good Denver defense.
49:26And like every game he flashed, it wasn't like a great game.
49:30Be like, yeah, I think there's something there. I think what I get jealous of with cam Ward is he just, he's
49:38gotten, it feels like he's gotten a pass by everybody.
49:41And if, if Bo Nix took 55 sacks, like cam Ward, we would never hear the end of it.
49:48So it's nothing to do with. Bo Nix plays behind the Broncos offensive line.
49:53Still, still. Um, uh, no, I get it. Uh, this is the, there's no one who hates each other more than teams fan bases with young quarterbacks.
50:02Sure. Have you noticed this? Yeah. Like the craziest fan bases in football.
50:06And you and I both been covering this league are any fan base that has a team where the quarterback is on
50:14a rookie contract and they love him and that they act the way I act the playground.
50:20When I see someone, if another kid pushes my son, I turn into, I go beast mode.
50:26Right. And that's how y'all are with your young baby quarterbacks.
50:30And it's, it's not a Broncos problem. It is not a Titans problem.
50:34It is. It's any team. And this is, this goes back to, you talked about two overs server.
50:40This was what drove that when they're pitted against each other in any way, it turns into the most toxic warfare you
50:48will ever see on the end of it. Do not experience this in your own media.
50:53Like those are the craziest fans, right? Oh, a hundred percent.
50:57And if you have a young quarterback that plays well and other fan bases thinks he's getting too much credit.
51:04Um, I get reminded by chiefs fans quite a bit that Bo Nix hasn't done anything yet.
51:10So, uh, but yeah, you watch like, I don't know.
51:13I think that first season bears fans and commanders fans with, with Jaden and Caleb and Jaden.
51:19Yes. It happens every time. Drake may Patriots fans returned to form this year.
51:24Last, last year. Yeah. We're angry. We are ready to be really toxic.
51:29It's just, yeah, it's just toxic. It's fun though from a, from a distance.
51:34Um, all right. Titans jets are still on the board.
51:37We've got four spots left core for the race for arch manning is what I've called this section of the draft, uh, jets versus Browns.
51:46Ooh. Wow. Yeah. Oh, uh, as dysfunctional as they are, I'll put the Browns over the jets.
51:52Really? Yeah. Defense so good. Yeah. I mean, they won the Jared verse trade.
51:56So the Browns won the Jared Verse trade and they Denzel Boston, Casey conception on add a couple receivers there.
52:03Uh, Harold Fannin, I thought was playing pretty well.
52:06Judkins was playing well. Who's going to be quarterback week one.
52:10I don't know. I'm hoping it should do her.
52:13Um, I think I just want to watch you do or play every game next season and just see what happens.
52:21Did you see that clip of, I think it was Usher wearing like a Browns Jersey that said four.
52:27Oh no. And people were like, turn around, turn around.
52:31And then he turned around and it was a custom Usher Jersey.
52:35And everybody was like, Oh my God, that's pretty funny.
52:38Turn around. Uh, I can't remember. I think it was Usher.
52:42Uh, yeah. The Browns defense, the Browns have drafted really well.
52:46Yeah. They've added a lot of really fun young players, but the quarterback plays pretty.
52:51And I'm rooting for Todd Monken. Like it feels like nobody was like, I like Todd Monken.
52:57Yeah. I think he kind of got written off and I root for the guys that I don't think got to get enough consideration.
53:05So I want, I want the Browns offense to be really good.
53:09We should do her in Todd Monken's like the, they're like, man, this guy's a genius.
53:15That's what I want for Browns fans. That would be a very fun.
53:19Okay. I, I learned something. I don't know why I didn't know this.
53:24So we're going to go jets versus Cardinals. I didn't know this.
53:28So there's no shame in not knowing this. I don't know.
53:32He's, I don't think he's a play caller. Do you?
53:35Cause I think Michael Fleur is calling the place.
53:38Do you know who the offensive coordinator of the Arizona Cardinals is?
53:43No. And I looked it up. I'm so excited to tell you.
53:47I looked it up like a month ago. His name is Nathaniel Hackett.
53:51Oh my God. Yes. Of course. I literally. Yeah.
53:54I did not know that. I did literally did not know that.
53:58It's worse. I knew that. And I forgot it already.
54:02That is crazy. All right. Anyways, Nate dog. Hey Cardinals versus jets.
54:06I'm going jets. Sorry, Nate dog. That information alone.
54:09No. Jets. Yeah. We need to get into it.
54:12Okay. Cardinals. Okay. So the last two spots. Cardinals and dolphins who is 31 and who is 32.
54:19We can put above the other. Yeah. It's both, both the Fleur ties, right?
54:23One. Yeah. By genetics. I've thought about this a lot.
54:27And I think, I think I'm going to put the dolphins at two.
54:31Okay. Oh, wait. You're going to put them above.
54:34Above. Yeah. Sorry. I'll put them above the Cardinals.
54:38I think the Cardinals are the worst team. Yeah.
54:41It's, I mean, honestly, Cardinals fans, this is what you want to happen.
54:45Let's be real here. Right? Like this is, this is, this is not what you want to happen.
54:51This is what you want to happen. So he just gave, this is a gift.
54:57Yeah. I feel, I feel bad for Malik Willis because he went to Miami and they just continued to dismantle the roster.
55:04I think you said he knew what their plans were.
55:08I, but I feel like you couldn't have known that.
55:11But I think, I think Jeff Halfley has a good shot at being a good head coach.
55:17I am not. I will take that flat top alone.
55:20Makes me, that guy is business. And I feel like the dolphins needed a business guy to swing the pendulum in the
55:28opposite direction of the King of vapes. So could there be any more discrepancy though, in terms of coaching hair matchup between
55:36Jeff Halfley's flat top and Michael LeFleur's like, like baby faux high.
55:40I don't even know how to describe, like he's got the like zoomer.
55:44It's not even zoomer because it's like a zoomer.
55:47It's like 2013 hair. And then Halfley's got like 1950, like a haircut that you could set your watch to.
55:54Like that is oil and water. LeFleur's got the one where like you go to the barber and you're like, I want
56:02you to try to make me look a little younger, just a little younger.
56:07I've asked for that. I have asked for that.
56:10And my guy's like, I can't, I can't do that.
56:13I can't do that to you. I said two hard parts.
56:17Give me two. Somebody needs to talk to whoever does his hair.
56:21Um, that said, uh, I thought that I don't think I'll be a good coach.
56:27In fact, I'm going to talk about it this week because we're doing the NFC West and I promise you Cardinals fans.
56:34I know you're like, no, you're just laughing at your jokes off.
56:38We're going to talk about your roster. We're going to take it seriously.
56:43I'm going to talk about all of that, but, uh, you are at the bottom of, of Brandon Perna's power rankings.
56:50I'm going to read all the teams back to you.
56:54And I want to ask you one last question, which is which fan base is going to be the most mad at you.
57:01Okay. Seahawks, Broncos, Rams. Well, maybe the Rams, but don't answer.
57:05Don't say the Rams. Bills, Ravens, Patriots, Texans, Chargers, Eagles, Bears is your top 10.
57:10Niners, Bengals, Packers, Jags, Cowboys, Lions, Bucks, Chiefs, Saints, Vikings.
57:14Next, that's through 20. And then Commanders, Patriots, Steelers, Colts, Raiders, Falcons, Giants, Titans, Browns, Jets, Dolphins, Cardinals.
57:20I honestly, I think Chiefs fans are going to be disappointed that I didn't commit to the bit and put them all the way at 32.
57:29It's been a long road, but you broke so quickly.
57:33Chiefs fans and I, we understand each other. Um, they, they have accepted me into their lives and, uh, I feel like
57:40they're going to be let down a little bit.
57:43I was actually hoping this would help heal me, heal my relationship with Broncos fans because they're always mad that I don't respect Bo Nix.
57:52Even though I think the team is so good.
57:55It's a team sport. I put you so high.
57:58I have you winning the AFC West. Well, you could say, you know, I think Bo Nix is going to be the
58:06second best quarterback in the NFL this year. And Broncos fans would be like, what about number one?
58:12Why didn't you put him at number one? Second to whom?
58:16What the hell? Brandon, can you tell folks about all the stuff that you make and where people can find it?
58:23Uh, yeah, here on YouTube. That's good. Sports is my channel.
58:27Um, we've got a bears video that went up last week and a lions video coming out next week.
58:33So check that out. All right, go check that out.
58:37Thank you so much for joining us. As I mentioned later this week, Danny Kelly joins the show to preview the NFC West.
58:45Woo. The NFC West. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo.
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