NFL Week 3 Power Rankings: Eagles Unbeaten, Colts Surge, Burrow Out 3 Months

2300:02:23.130 --> 00:02:40.400Mike Marcangelo: Ladies and gentlemen, it's missing the point, and it's the power ranking show. This voice may sound very unfamiliar, but I am Michael Marc Angelo filling in for our stalwart DK Sizzle, who is traveling, I would say, abroad, but he's just back home in Massachusetts. I am joined by the real DK, Bob Kelly. These are his power rankings.2400:02:40.400 --> 00:02:48.290Mike Marcangelo: Week 2 of the NFL was… was a wild fucking week, and we have a lot to go over, but Bobby, before we get into everything.2500:02:48.340 --> 00:02:57.820Mike Marcangelo: what's your, like, what's your overall thought of the NFL Week 2? It feels like they're more prepared for the start of the season than they have been in recent years.2600:02:58.370 --> 00:03:08.500Robert Kelly: Agreed. I think… well, the first big takeaway is the surprising, a few surprising 0-2 teams to me, which we'll definitely go over.2700:03:08.580 --> 00:03:10.850Robert Kelly: And I would say…2800:03:10.850 --> 00:03:31.210Robert Kelly: The other one would be… I'm very, a little surprised at all the injuries that I've seen so far. The quarterback injuries that happened in week two were… were a little over the top. I literally lost 3 quarterbacks on one of my fantasy teams. Literally all at once, so… so, the injuries… injury bug always comes… comes to bite early, and it seems like that's the case in 2025, for sure.2900:03:31.710 --> 00:03:49.560Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, I would agree with that too, but I think, for me, the most surprising thing was what I mentioned, is that I think every year, you know, we always talk on this pod about how the refs are blowing calls, or it just doesn't feel like that the players are ready for the regular season because of the shortened preseason, or whatever it might be.3000:03:49.660 --> 00:03:57.710Mike Marcangelo: But I'm not getting any of that based on all the games I'm watching. Like, this feels like, you know, pretty good, I would say, mid-season football so far.3100:03:59.330 --> 00:04:16.249Robert Kelly: Agreed, man, agreed. I think the offensive play is really what… what stands out to me. We've seen a lot of shootouts, and a lot of games come down to the end, not because of sloppy play like we've seen in past years, where it's field goal fest in the first few weeks. Red Zone… red zone has been top notch.3200:04:16.250 --> 00:04:23.200Robert Kelly: the past two weeks. Scott Hanson has been a very busy man in the witching hour for the first two weeks, so it's been exciting, for sure.3300:04:23.630 --> 00:04:26.329Mike Marcangelo: 7 hours of red zone football.3400:04:26.610 --> 00:04:29.589Robert Kelly: Oh, it's so sad. I don't… you don't notice it, though.3500:04:29.590 --> 00:04:34.050Mike Marcangelo: You don't even notice it, but they should have just not told people. Yeah. You know?3600:04:34.050 --> 00:04:42.029Robert Kelly: Yeah, it wouldn't have created an uproar if they just kind of did it, because they still show the games, you know what I mean? Right. So it's not like… so, yeah.3700:04:43.320 --> 00:04:50.359Mike Marcangelo: Alright, so typically how this works is we go through cross-offs, honorable mentions, and then the actual power engines. The cross-offs3800:04:50.420 --> 00:05:06.589Mike Marcangelo: I think, you know, this… this could be really early, to cross off some. I think some might actually fit, though. So yeah, we have all the 0-2 teams, right? And we'll just go by them one by one, and we'll leave the last one, which is by far the most surprising one, for the end.3900:05:06.680 --> 00:05:21.040Mike Marcangelo: So the New York Jets, Justin Fields had a great week one. It looked like that offense was kind of clicking against, against Pittsburgh. Week 2, not great. He's injured, he's out with a concussion. The defense doesn't look great either. And again, the Jets are 0-2.4000:05:21.680 --> 00:05:24.100Mike Marcangelo: Are we… is it too early to cross them off?4100:05:25.010 --> 00:05:31.859Robert Kelly: So, the Jets… it is a little early, but what scares me about the Jets is…4200:05:31.860 --> 00:05:35.839Robert Kelly: Coming up, they have Week 3 versus the Bucks.4300:05:35.840 --> 00:06:00.819Robert Kelly: And then, they could get a win week 4 against the Dolphins, so they… but they could start out 0-4 very easily. And 0-4 in the AFC East and in the AFC this year, I feel like, is a death sentence. I don't know if you can come back from that. So I think they're… they're… we're putting the pencil to start the cross-off on the Jets. If they get to 0-4, man, if they can't get a win against the Dolphins.4400:06:01.070 --> 00:06:08.300Robert Kelly: then, yeah, I think 0-4 is the line with them, because I don't see them coming back from that. I mean, I like Aaron Glenn a lot, but…4500:06:08.510 --> 00:06:15.190Robert Kelly: I think it was telling to see how bad that offense really was in Week 2. And…4600:06:15.390 --> 00:06:37.050Robert Kelly: I mean, I don't know if maybe the Steelers just have a bad defense, and that's why the Jets look kind of good week one, but we'll see. I mean, we'll see this week. I guess we won't see this week, because Taylor's playing, but once Field gets back in against the Dolphins, I feel like we'll see exactly what they are. But they're very close to being crossed off, for sure. Which was very sad. I had high hopes for the Jets coming into the season, I'm not gonna lie.4700:06:37.680 --> 00:06:57.480Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, me too, and I think offensively, especially based on what we saw in the preseason, I think Justin Fields has exceeded everybody's expectations. But he seems like a formidable quarterback, and he's… it feels like his release is better, his progressions are better, and, you know, it sucks that he got hurt.4800:06:57.630 --> 00:07:02.980Mike Marcangelo: All right, so we're not… we're not gonna cross them off, but I have a feeling we're gonna cross the next TBOD.4900:07:03.380 --> 00:07:04.600Mike Marcangelo: Cleveland Browns.5000:07:05.100 --> 00:07:06.110Mike Marcangelo: 02.5100:07:06.760 --> 00:07:07.860Mike Marcangelo: AFC North.5200:07:09.990 --> 00:07:24.350Mike Marcangelo: Joe Flacco looks like 64-year-old Joe Flacco. That offense looks anemic. Every time I see him roll out to the right and then try to throw crossbody, I'm thinking, like, does he still think it's 2013? Like, he can't…5300:07:24.460 --> 00:07:37.290Mike Marcangelo: He can't do that. I feel so bad for the players, I feel so bad for the fans, because regardless of what… and we're gonna shit on the Browns a lot for the rest of this podcast, and I would say in the remaining episodes.5400:07:37.840 --> 00:07:40.089Mike Marcangelo: Those fans show up. Always.5500:07:40.300 --> 00:07:44.969Mike Marcangelo: So, another 0-2 start. The only thing that… that's… that…5600:07:45.130 --> 00:07:50.389Mike Marcangelo: makes me not want to cross them off is, what if they start Shador? And what if they catch fire?5700:07:51.180 --> 00:07:57.970Robert Kelly: So, the thing with Shador is it seems like Gabriel is gonna be the first one off the bench, because he was…5800:07:57.970 --> 00:08:09.229Mike Marcangelo: It is stupid, but it does seem like that's what they're gonna do. So I feel like Gabriel's gonna get the first shot, and I don't know if Gabriel has it. I would rather see Shador, to be honest. Right.5900:08:10.250 --> 00:08:23.899Robert Kelly: But, yeah, I think we can cross them off. Coming up, they have, the Lions, the Vikings, and the Steelers. So, 0-5 is a very, very real possibility for them.6000:08:23.900 --> 00:08:24.750Mike Marcangelo: Yeah.6100:08:24.750 --> 00:08:33.650Robert Kelly: I don't… I don't… the Vikings, I guess, is possible with McCarthy out, with… I think Wentz is the backup in Minnesota, right? Yeah.6200:08:33.659 --> 00:08:34.629Mike Marcangelo: I think so, yeah.6300:08:34.630 --> 00:08:36.579Robert Kelly: Yeah, but…6400:08:36.580 --> 00:08:41.890Mike Marcangelo: And him and Kevin O'Connell, that could be… That could be interesting.6500:08:42.409 --> 00:08:47.789Robert Kelly: It could be. It could be. Maybe a little Wentz Renaissance, a little, like, Sam Darnold again. Yep.6600:08:47.909 --> 00:08:54.169Robert Kelly: But yeah, so, we'll see. But yeah, I think if anyone's getting crossed off, it's the Browns.6700:08:55.070 --> 00:08:55.700Mike Marcangelo: Okay.6800:08:56.370 --> 00:09:15.000Mike Marcangelo: Okay, well, we have two cross-offs in our… after two weeks of NFL action? Our next team, 0-2, the Miami Dolphins. They fought hard, but they did try everything in their power to lose that game against the New England Patriots, which they successfully achieved. I thought that was the second best game of the week.6900:09:15.360 --> 00:09:33.360Mike Marcangelo: this team feels like they don't care about the coach. The coach also feels like they don't… he doesn't care about the players, or about the team anymore. He's just the polar opposite of the type of guy that he was when he first… when he first got there. I mean, he was so full of life and joy, and just ripping vapes on the sideline, and now it's just like…7000:09:33.510 --> 00:09:41.179Mike Marcangelo: You know, you have to win a game, and if you don't win, you lose. Yeah, no shit, Yogi Berra. Okay, so… what are we gonna do?7100:09:41.180 --> 00:09:41.820Robert Kelly: Jen.7200:09:42.230 --> 00:09:44.820Robert Kelly: Pulling out… pulling out John Madden quotes on us.7300:09:46.210 --> 00:10:03.939Robert Kelly: Yeah, man, I don't know what happens with the Dolphins, because ever… it seems like… it's like, remember they scored 70 points on the Broncos? And then, ever since that point, I feel like the two franchises have just, like, split, where, like, now the Broncos are kind of going up, and the Dolphins just haven't been the same.7400:10:03.940 --> 00:10:04.580Mike Marcangelo: Yep.7500:10:04.580 --> 00:10:20.960Robert Kelly: and this is usually when the Dolphins are actually doing things, when it's warm out early in the season, the offense is usually firing on all cylinders. Two look better week two, so I don't know if we can cross them off, because they did look a lot better, but…7600:10:21.250 --> 00:10:33.390Robert Kelly: again, we're looking at a 0-3 start in the face, because they have the Bills this week, and there's no goddamn way that the Dolphins are beating the Bills, especially on a short week.7700:10:33.920 --> 00:10:34.759Robert Kelly: I'm not ready.7800:10:34.760 --> 00:10:38.160Mike Marcangelo: Some would argue that that's probably the only way they're gonna beat the Bills, right?7900:10:39.130 --> 00:10:46.290Robert Kelly: That's true, that's true. Thursday nights are really weird. But… I don't know, I just… If, if…8000:10:46.880 --> 00:11:01.400Robert Kelly: Tula… Tua can play some actual football moving forward, and Tyreek Caleb gets his head out of his ass. Maybe they can get something going and sneak into the end of the wildcard, but I just don't see it, man, because when you look at what they usually do, usually they're like.8100:11:01.830 --> 00:11:21.300Robert Kelly: 6-2, and finish 9-8, or 10-7, you know, and barely thinking for the playoffs. If we're starting 0-3 with this team, and when we're getting in December, we're under 500. There's no goddamn way the Miami Dolphins are going on a run at the end of November, December, and making the playoffs. So,8200:11:21.300 --> 00:11:25.419Robert Kelly: I still have Mike McDaniel as my first coach fired, as well, for sure.8300:11:25.480 --> 00:11:32.290Robert Kelly: He's, he's, he's, yeah, he's definitely the top, the top candidate for that at this point. If they get smoked.8400:11:32.380 --> 00:11:36.709Robert Kelly: by the Bills on Thursday, it's very possible that he doesn't make it to Week 4.8500:11:37.740 --> 00:11:39.830Mike Marcangelo: Which is so wild to think, I mean…8600:11:39.830 --> 00:11:40.980Robert Kelly: Yeah, yeah.8700:11:41.280 --> 00:11:49.190Mike Marcangelo: Do you blame him? Or do you think he's handcuffed by Tua? Or do you think that he's just lost the room?8800:11:50.820 --> 00:11:51.440Mike Marcangelo: First of all.8900:11:52.470 --> 00:12:15.829Robert Kelly: I think it's a… I think it's both at this point. Because Tua… Tua just always gets happy feet now. If he gets pressure in the pocket, he… he breaks down. He's so turnover-prone now, too, which is exactly what Tua wasn't before. You know, he was always, like, the accurate quarterback, the game manager who kept you in the game and would make plays over the top to Tyreek when he needed to.9000:12:15.830 --> 00:12:20.690Robert Kelly: But now this version of Tua just… it's… it's not there anymore, man.9100:12:20.690 --> 00:12:31.470Robert Kelly: And the defense, too, the defense was just atrocious. What… I think the stat was, like, they… they gave up points on their first 13 or 14 drives of the season.9200:12:32.000 --> 00:12:47.069Robert Kelly: So, it's like, bro, that's… you can't… you can't do that as a professional football team. It's just… it's not… it's not gonna work. Not gonna work. So, we're not crossing them off yet, but they're… But it's close. They're… they're in the lower half of the power rankings at this point, and I don't think they're coming out of that.9300:12:47.470 --> 00:12:50.710Mike Marcangelo: The pencil is sharpened. The Titans of Tennessee.9400:12:52.320 --> 00:12:53.870Mike Marcangelo: Camboards look pretty good.9500:12:54.480 --> 00:13:00.589Mike Marcangelo: You know, like, he hasn't looked bad. The offense, which I thought was going to be anemic coming into the season, again.9600:13:00.710 --> 00:13:19.369Mike Marcangelo: I think has exceeded my expectations. I had low expectations for this team, I think I, you know, on the prediction show, I think you all picked them, you and Ray, I think had them somewhere around, like, 3-4 wins. So it sounds like you kind of crossed them off at the beginning of the season, but I'd be interested to hear your argument to keep them uncrossed off.9700:13:20.040 --> 00:13:21.590Robert Kelly: So…9800:13:22.210 --> 00:13:36.150Robert Kelly: I mean, they're also very close to being crossed off. I don't see them make… I don't see them making the run. Camward does look pretty good. I really like that… that touch… his first touchdown pass across his body, that was pretty sweet. Yep. It… it…9900:13:37.280 --> 00:13:55.179Robert Kelly: Tony Pollard doesn't look like the Tony Pollard of old, and that's what they would have had to rely on to actually win some games this year, is that running game, and hopefully that he… hoping that he had something left in the tank, because the defense doesn't have it, and I don't know if I like McDonald, the coach. I'm not… I'm not sure if I'm a big fan of him.10000:13:55.180 --> 00:14:04.459Mike Marcangelo: I don't know that he matters. Like, he doesn't sway the game in one decision, in one way or another for me yet, right? Like, can you say that they've lost a game because of him?10100:14:06.300 --> 00:14:20.130Robert Kelly: No, he just, yeah, he… you just don't notice him, which is… which is something that you, you know, I feel like that's… that kind of sums up what the Titans are right now. It's like, they have so many guys that, like, they're just so,10200:14:20.880 --> 00:14:32.340Robert Kelly: they're just so unknown. Like, you look at that team, and you're like, like, Cam Ward, Tony Pollard, and Calvin Ridley. That's really all they have at this point. And that's just not doing it for me. That's not… that's not gonna get it done.10300:14:32.820 --> 00:14:34.589Mike Marcangelo: Ever seen the movie Liar Liar?10400:14:35.040 --> 00:14:35.849Robert Kelly: Yeah, yeah.10500:14:35.850 --> 00:14:40.820Mike Marcangelo: The Titans are, like, the ex-wife's new boyfriend, Jerry. Just, you know, Magoo.10600:14:41.000 --> 00:14:42.639Mike Marcangelo: Like, they're, they're fine.10700:14:42.640 --> 00:14:43.990Robert Kelly: He's just there, right, he's there.10800:14:43.990 --> 00:14:44.399Mike Marcangelo: Just that…10900:14:45.890 --> 00:15:04.240Robert Kelly: Yeah, I don't… I don't see them winning. I think 3 or 4 might get the job done. I think we might end up getting that point. But I don't think that that's necessarily a bad… if the Titans look okay moving forward, I feel like they're gonna see that as a positive season, to be honest. I don't think they're expecting much in Tennessee this year.11000:15:05.380 --> 00:15:09.789Mike Marcangelo: I think you are 100% right. Okay. I think this is a little surprising, though.11100:15:09.970 --> 00:15:12.329Mike Marcangelo: Carolina Panthers. 0-2.11200:15:12.470 --> 00:15:16.250Mike Marcangelo: Bryce Young has looked awful. Their offense has looked awful. Really bad.11300:15:16.360 --> 00:15:18.169Mike Marcangelo: I mean, everything looks bad.11400:15:18.930 --> 00:15:19.590Robert Kelly: Yeah.11500:15:21.570 --> 00:15:28.609Robert Kelly: They… they looked like they had some life against the Cardinals, at the end of that game, but…11600:15:28.730 --> 00:15:31.049Robert Kelly: That's… so the first…11700:15:31.410 --> 00:15:42.370Robert Kelly: 6 quarters, 7 quarters of football from the Panthers. They looked like they might be the worst team in the NFL. They looked really, really bad in the first 7 quarters of football.11800:15:43.040 --> 00:15:44.180Robert Kelly: I…11900:15:44.320 --> 00:15:53.239Robert Kelly: I would be okay with crossing them off, but I feel like DK wouldn't like it, because he does… he is a Bryce Young fan, so I feel like for DK's sake, we can… we can leave him on cross…12000:15:53.240 --> 00:16:08.739Mike Marcangelo: Well, I would actually argue the opposite, because he's not here, and because we're all about content, we should cross him off, and either I'm right, or they have a great season, and DK can just stuff that in my fucking face all off-season.12100:16:11.200 --> 00:16:14.579Robert Kelly: We don't like to uncross, though. Uncrossing is a no-go.12200:16:14.580 --> 00:16:17.370Mike Marcangelo: You know, you can't on Cross. I was told you can't do that.12300:16:17.730 --> 00:16:27.169Robert Kelly: Right, okay, so… fuck it, yeah. We like to do two. We'll get two done in the first… in the first one, so we'll cross the Panthers off. I'm okay with that. They will…12400:16:27.300 --> 00:16:31.540Robert Kelly: look really bad, and I don't see anything here. I really don't. I don't know if Canal.12500:16:31.540 --> 00:16:31.980Mike Marcangelo: Love it.12600:16:31.980 --> 00:16:34.550Robert Kelly: is the coach, that's gonna get it done in Carolina.12700:16:34.960 --> 00:16:48.909Mike Marcangelo: No, I don't think so either. We might actually get more than two cross-offs, by the way. It's your show. But I would just argue for the integrity of the show, for people that are listening right now, the integrity of this list is really predicated on the top 10. Bobby does a lot of research into that.12800:16:48.910 --> 00:17:00.159Mike Marcangelo: And the honorable mentions and the cross-offs are a collaborative adventure. Unless I'm hosting and DK's not here, then it's that speaker of the house take all over again. So, the New Orleans Saints.12900:17:02.040 --> 00:17:07.669Mike Marcangelo: I mean… I'm not sure that that quarterback knows how to play football.13000:17:07.990 --> 00:17:09.079Mike Marcangelo: I just don't…13100:17:09.089 --> 00:17:10.129Robert Kelly: around with? Yeah, bro.13200:17:10.130 --> 00:17:19.259Mike Marcangelo: Don't think he… he got… I mean, he got shown up by Mac… by Mac Jones. Mac Jones. And this isn't Mac Jones stepping into an offense with13300:17:19.450 --> 00:17:29.729Mike Marcangelo: Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle, Deebo, Brandon Ayuk, you know, it's literally just, you know, Mac Jones and…13400:17:30.030 --> 00:17:34.070Mike Marcangelo: Who the fuck knows who else? And Max… Max looked really good. Like, really good.13500:17:35.480 --> 00:17:55.190Robert Kelly: Yeah, he was at 300 yards, which is crazy. He looked really bad at the beginning, but he settled in nice, for sure. Yeah, throwing to Juwan… Juwan Jennings and Ricky Purcell, is not… and having Mack Jones throwing the ball is definitely not what the 49ers had envisioned for their 2025 season. I can tell you that.13600:17:55.430 --> 00:17:59.879Robert Kelly: a Kendrick Borden sighting in this game, too, which I thought was kind of funny.13700:17:59.880 --> 00:18:00.460Mike Marcangelo: Yep.13800:18:00.640 --> 00:18:09.420Robert Kelly: a couple… couple former Patriots, wide receivers showing up this week. But yeah, so, yeah, I'm okay with…13900:18:09.460 --> 00:18:24.929Robert Kelly: The Saints, we can. Listen, there's some… there's some really bad teams in the NFL, and the Saints are definitely one of them. They fight, though, which is the thing with them. They're gonna be in a lot of games. They're gonna be a team that's gonna upset a couple teams this year, I feel, I feel it. But they're not getting a 4 or 5 wins.14000:18:24.930 --> 00:18:28.640Mike Marcangelo: I was gonna say, they're gonna go… I think DK and I had them at 3 and 14, so, I mean…14100:18:29.050 --> 00:18:34.889Mike Marcangelo: They're gonna be scrappy little fighters, but… The Chicago Bears.14200:18:36.730 --> 00:18:41.089Mike Marcangelo: Now, I'm not gonna do it. I'm not even gonna suggest it. However…14300:18:41.890 --> 00:18:56.039Mike Marcangelo: this is not what we expected. And DK lowered expect… you know, lowered his expectations the entire time that we were talking about in the preseason. The offense has looked… I mean, they came out firing week one. They looked really good.14400:18:56.180 --> 00:19:04.139Mike Marcangelo: I would argue that, the reason that they're losing games now is actually because of Caleb.14500:19:04.720 --> 00:19:16.619Mike Marcangelo: It's not bad coaching, it's not bad scheming. He's taking far too long on the pocket to make his decisions. He's not being rushed, either. Not every single time. He has much more time than he did last year.14600:19:17.100 --> 00:19:21.139Mike Marcangelo: I think you can't help but say, like, Roma Doomsday looks great.14700:19:21.590 --> 00:19:23.440Mike Marcangelo: Like, the weapon… he has weapons.14800:19:23.940 --> 00:19:28.629Mike Marcangelo: But 0-2, man. I mean, we're not gonna cross them off, obviously, but it's… it's not a great start.14900:19:29.600 --> 00:19:32.959Robert Kelly: Right, no, it hasn't looked good at all. I don't know if…15000:19:33.160 --> 00:19:41.509Robert Kelly: he was to blame, because the Lions came out absolutely on fire in that game. The Bears didn't stand a chance, but the…15100:19:42.140 --> 00:20:00.479Robert Kelly: Yeah, the Bears… the Bears look like a mess right now. It looks like the same old Bears. I thought Ben Johnson was gonna come out and actually have some fire on this offense. The offensive line is what's mostly surprising to me, because Caleb, man, he's under fire almost every time he drops back, and they spent so much money on that offensive line.15200:20:00.480 --> 00:20:03.989Mike Marcangelo: You think… you think it's every time? Like, have… have you…15300:20:04.290 --> 00:20:09.090Mike Marcangelo: Do you think it's better? I think it's better than it was last year. Maybe it's not as good as we thought it was gonna be.15400:20:10.310 --> 00:20:12.410Robert Kelly: It is better, but,15500:20:13.340 --> 00:20:31.659Robert Kelly: it's still… it's not good enough. It's definitely not good enough to get the job done. Roman Dunze does look like a bright spot so far, though, for sure. First two weeks, Roma Dunze has looked very, very solid. Like, he's actually number one wide receiver, and has taken that role over from DJ Moore. I'd be intrigued to see what DK thinks about that.15600:20:33.090 --> 00:20:37.550Mike Marcangelo: Me too. Alright, so we're not gonna cross them off, that would just… that'd be unfair. The Giants.15700:20:37.670 --> 00:20:52.799Mike Marcangelo: I mean, Russell Wilson throws for almost, you know, 500 yards in a wild game against the Cowboys. I mean, between, between Malik Neighbors, Robinson, Russell Wilson, that game was…15800:20:53.230 --> 00:21:00.009Mike Marcangelo: far more entertaining than it should have been, but then, at the end, he's just… I think Russell's just like, you know what?15900:21:00.170 --> 00:21:12.770Mike Marcangelo: they're looking for me to lose this game, I'll do it, and I'll just throw it. I'll overthrow Malik Neighbors, who has, like, a 12-foot vertical by about 10 feet, right into the arms of the Dallas Cowboys, and lose that game.16000:21:13.310 --> 00:21:17.400Mike Marcangelo: 0-2, they know how to be 0-2 in fantastic fashion.16100:21:18.090 --> 00:21:20.300Robert Kelly: They do. They absolutely do.16200:21:20.440 --> 00:21:36.549Robert Kelly: It's… it's crazy that Wilson looked that good. You have to remember, though, the Cowboys' defense is atrocious. Their secondary… their secondary is just really bad right now, especially since Bland went down,16300:21:37.340 --> 00:21:49.560Robert Kelly: Diggs is not the same guy that he was, with… in any stretch of the imagination, so I don't want to overblow it too much, because I think, what we saw in week one of the Giants was more what they are.16400:21:49.560 --> 00:22:13.849Robert Kelly: But, at the same time, we can't… we can't cross them off just yet, because if Russ plays like that, they have a chance to win some games, for sure. They do. If they can put up 30 points, because Russ is throwing 250, 300 yards a week, like, they have a chance to win some ballgames. They have a good offense. Sure. And their defense hasn't lived up to expectations so far. That front 7 was supposed to be a lot better than that.16500:22:13.850 --> 00:22:15.850Robert Kelly: happened so far.16600:22:15.850 --> 00:22:16.270Mike Marcangelo: Yeah.16700:22:16.270 --> 00:22:21.470Robert Kelly: Them giving up 40 to Cowboys, I did not expect. I did not expect a shootout in that game, with any… in any.16800:22:21.470 --> 00:22:21.880Mike Marcangelo: Neither.16900:22:21.880 --> 00:22:22.560Robert Kelly: match.17000:22:23.710 --> 00:22:26.250Mike Marcangelo: What a great game it was, too.17100:22:26.250 --> 00:22:26.890Robert Kelly: Oh.17200:22:27.150 --> 00:22:28.590Robert Kelly: Game of the week, for sure.17300:22:28.910 --> 00:22:31.090Mike Marcangelo: The Houston Texans, 0-2.17400:22:33.340 --> 00:22:47.189Mike Marcangelo: I mean, this might be the most… this might be the second most surprising, 0-2 team to start. Obviously, we're gonna finish out with the last one, but, this team, it feels like they haven't recovered from that, from their, from CJ Stroud's, you know, rookie season.17500:22:47.300 --> 00:22:58.550Mike Marcangelo: and all the injuries that happened last year, it doesn't feel like, their skill players are anywhere close to, like, what they were at the beginning of last year.17600:22:58.780 --> 00:23:12.349Mike Marcangelo: I worry about the defense. I also worry that… that they could go 7-10, or 8 and 9, and then D'Amico Ryans is fired, because that's just what happens, to minority coaches in that league. And I think he's a good coach.17700:23:12.780 --> 00:23:17.649Robert Kelly: unbelievably stupid if they fired D'Amico Ryan, so I think he's a great coach. Same.17800:23:17.840 --> 00:23:28.930Robert Kelly: Yeah, the offense is very scary in Houston right now. I don't know what the hell is going on. Putting up 14 and 20, your first two weeks is not… not gonna get the job done.17900:23:29.630 --> 00:23:50.889Robert Kelly: I don't know what happened to Stroud, man. He looks lost. Nico Collins is almost invisible, which is wild, because I thought Nico was gonna have an amazing season coming off the injury from last year. But man, he does not… he does not look like the same guy. He's not getting opened the same. It's tough in Houston right now. We're obviously not crossing them off, but…18000:23:50.890 --> 00:23:54.719Robert Kelly: It's, it's, it's a tough look in Houston right now. They gotta rebound quick.18100:23:55.650 --> 00:24:09.060Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, you can't… like, your stat line as a quarterback cannot be 13 to 24 for 200 yards and a touchdown. Like, that… that's not… it's just not gonna do it, especially when you have somebody like Aniko Collins as your skill player. And by the way, like.18200:24:09.160 --> 00:24:26.119Mike Marcangelo: They got Nick Chubb, you know, he's not… he's not who he was before, but he's not terrible. Joe Mixon's on the shelf, obviously. They just need to hold this thing together and get healthy again. I think it's smart not to cross them off. Now, the biggest…18300:24:26.120 --> 00:24:26.640Robert Kelly: Fair.18400:24:26.940 --> 00:24:28.380Mike Marcangelo: The biggest surprise…18500:24:28.700 --> 00:24:35.760Mike Marcangelo: Of it all. But obviously, you know, I would honestly say that, this team has been, shamed18600:24:35.800 --> 00:24:49.029Mike Marcangelo: by you on the show, for the duration of this show for, I would say, 5 years, and they usually proved you wrong, but they kind of look like the team that I called them back in our terrestrial days, the Kansas City Shitty Chiefs. They're 0-2.18700:24:51.280 --> 00:25:05.759Robert Kelly: not looking great in Kansas City at all. The offense looks bad. Travis Kelsey is costing this team big time. That drop was… changed the entire game, in the end zone. I don't know what's going on with them.18800:25:05.760 --> 00:25:15.829Robert Kelly: We're obviously, in no way, stretching the imagination, crossing this team off, but this is the first time in literally the start… since the power ranking started.18900:25:15.940 --> 00:25:17.650Robert Kelly: that the Kansas City Chiefs.19000:25:17.910 --> 00:25:19.880Robert Kelly: Are not in the top 10.19100:25:19.910 --> 00:25:38.609Robert Kelly: The first time in… how long are we doing this? Five years now? The first time in five years that they are not a top 10 team. And I thought some people might see it as an overreaction, but I don't think it can at this point, because they don't look good. They don't look like a playoff football team right now, in any way.19200:25:39.580 --> 00:25:44.070Mike Marcangelo: I mean, two weeks in a row, Patrick Mahomes leads the team in rushing.19300:25:44.210 --> 00:25:51.869Mike Marcangelo: This, this past week, he went 16-29 for 187 yards and a touchdown and a pick, and Travis Kelsey with that, with that drop.19400:25:52.180 --> 00:25:54.600Mike Marcangelo: And meanwhile, he,19500:25:54.940 --> 00:26:06.879Mike Marcangelo: Mahomes had to throw, like, 4 straight moon balls to Tyquan Thornton, just to get that offense going. Again, another former Patriot. So when you're relying on Tyquan Thornton.19600:26:07.320 --> 00:26:18.439Mike Marcangelo: Hollywood Brown, who just doesn't look good anymore. Juju is looking exactly like he did in New England, which is actually making me happy. Yeah, Kansas… Kansas City, like, they got a lot to, a lot to worry about here.19700:26:18.550 --> 00:26:19.610Mike Marcangelo: Honorable mentions.19800:26:19.610 --> 00:26:20.080Robert Kelly: Man.19900:26:20.080 --> 00:26:21.939Mike Marcangelo: We're gonna plow through… plow through these.20000:26:23.300 --> 00:26:27.950Mike Marcangelo: I'll do it in this order. We'll save our two teams, right? The commanders.20100:26:30.340 --> 00:26:34.209Mike Marcangelo: What do we think about them, Bobby? Like, I feel like I'm higher on them than you are.20200:26:35.990 --> 00:26:45.279Robert Kelly: Yeah, I thought about taking them and putting them in that Bengals spot, to be honest, just because of the injuries that the Bengals have, and…20300:26:45.520 --> 00:27:03.549Robert Kelly: what I think the Commanders can do moving forward, but starting out 0-2, man, is… is rough. They're 1-1, yeah. 1-1, yeah. And… but the Packers just absolutely dominated them. Daniels is already banged up, which is something that DK predicted coming into the season.20400:27:03.550 --> 00:27:15.809Robert Kelly: They look old, which is, again, exactly what the, knock was coming into the season. They already lost Eckler. You know, Jackson… Ja'Cory Krosky Merritt, or Bill, as they like to call him,20500:27:15.810 --> 00:27:40.770Robert Kelly: isn't gonna be an RB1 by any stretch of the imagination? And then Terry doesn't look like the same guy either, man. So I am a little worried about Commanders. I mean, being in the East, worried, I guess, is a relative term. But if I was a Commanders… if I was a Commanders fan, I would be a little worried, because it's not looking like the same upside that they had last year, and if Daniels is gonna be banked up already.20600:27:40.770 --> 00:27:42.740Robert Kelly: They could be in trouble, man.20700:27:43.510 --> 00:28:02.490Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, it doesn't sound like you're, like, you're at all celebrating the fact that, that this team is going up against it right now. You're right, Terry McLaurin does not look… like, he does not look like the guy that just signed that deal, and I don't know if they're gonna have virus remorse. I think… I think Deebo looks fine. I mean, 7 catches, 50 yards, like, he looks fine. Like, that's… that's what you can expect right now.20800:28:02.490 --> 00:28:04.760Robert Kelly: Yeah, touchdown, touchdown first two weeks.20900:28:05.070 --> 00:28:07.170Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, I think losing Eckler.21000:28:07.370 --> 00:28:16.669Mike Marcangelo: But this, like, if you've ever picked up Austin Eckler as a fantasy football manager, you know that he is the same risk21100:28:17.120 --> 00:28:28.969Mike Marcangelo: But a less… a lower ceiling as, as McCaffrey. He's gonna get hurt every year. He's never gonna start 17 games, just not gonna happen. And it sucks that… he tore his Achilles, right?21200:28:29.360 --> 00:28:30.239Robert Kelly: They lose ya.21300:28:30.650 --> 00:28:35.270Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, so he's done. I mean, he's probably done first. I mean, that's a tough injury to come back from.21400:28:35.450 --> 00:28:40.120Mike Marcangelo: Let's go with, the Minnesota Vikings.21500:28:40.290 --> 00:28:41.220Mike Marcangelo: Now…21600:28:41.720 --> 00:28:56.389Mike Marcangelo: I think JJ McCarthy might not be able to be an NFL quarterback. I think he's had some… I think we've seen, what, 7 quarters? 8 quarters of him so far? And he's looked good in one of them.21700:28:56.800 --> 00:29:07.480Mike Marcangelo: And for Kevin O'Connell, who I would argue is a quarterback whisperer, I mean, he made Sam Darnold look far better than Sam Darnold actually is. They have good, skilled players.21800:29:07.550 --> 00:29:17.029Mike Marcangelo: the defense is showing up, like, I do worry about, if I was a fan of the Vikings, that you made the wrong pick there, and you should have maybe just kept Sam Darnold, but…21900:29:17.490 --> 00:29:18.729Mike Marcangelo: Open to your take.22000:29:19.970 --> 00:29:37.850Robert Kelly: Yeah, no, he definitely doesn't look like a QB1 and a guy that can lead a team to the playoffs, especially if he can't stay healthy, because he's hurt… again. Right. It's a high ankle sprain. He's out for, like, two to four weeks, so we're getting the Carson Wentz show in Minnesota. We'll see what happens there.22100:29:37.850 --> 00:29:48.489Robert Kelly: It's just… it's not great when you have weapon… a weapon like Justin Jefferson, a coach like O'Connell. You know, the running back situation's not great, Jordan Mason, Aaron Jones, but…22200:29:48.600 --> 00:29:56.330Robert Kelly: if you can't at least look respectable when you have a wide receiver one, like Justin Jefferson, and a schemer like…22300:29:56.410 --> 00:30:13.739Robert Kelly: O'Connell. It's not a great sign whatsoever. And if you're not staying healthy, man, if you're not on the field, you're not winning games. You know what I mean? That's just the, like, nail on the head right there. So, we'll see what happens with them moving forward. If I was in Minnesota, I'd be very nervous. For sure.22400:30:14.410 --> 00:30:23.560Mike Marcangelo: You know the wild thing about that game against the Falcons is JJ McCarthy was the passing leader between the two teams, and he threw for 158 yards.22500:30:25.660 --> 00:30:26.510Mike Marcangelo: I mean…22600:30:26.510 --> 00:30:29.290Robert Kelly: I don't know about Padix either. Yeah.22700:30:29.290 --> 00:30:33.880Mike Marcangelo: Pennix 13-21 for $1.35, and that team put up 22 points.22800:30:35.320 --> 00:30:49.809Robert Kelly: They have… they have Bijan… they have Bijan, and that's literally it. I don't know about London, either. I've never known about London, man. He… he seems more like a tight end than a wide receiver to me. I just don't think he has the Jets and the Burners to be…22900:30:49.810 --> 00:31:12.559Robert Kelly: a true wide receiver one in the NFL. He's like a… he's like a Keenan Allen with a lot lower ceiling, that isn't the red zone target that Keenan Allen is, you know what I mean? If Keenan Allen didn't have the ability to go up and get the ball like he does, and didn't have the route running, and didn't have that red zone ability, he wouldn't be23000:31:12.560 --> 00:31:18.699Robert Kelly: key to know. And that's exactly what Drake wanted it, so… I don't know. Yep. I don't like the Falcons,23100:31:19.090 --> 00:31:20.679Robert Kelly: I don't like the problems either, yeah.23200:31:20.680 --> 00:31:28.759Mike Marcangelo: I will say on the positive side, though, Kyle Pitts looks the best that he's looked since being drafted. Like, he actually looks like a tight end in the NFL now.23300:31:28.760 --> 00:31:33.929Robert Kelly: Yeah, which isn't saying much, which is because he's looked really bad for a few years.23400:31:33.930 --> 00:31:39.060Mike Marcangelo: Correct, as someone who's taken them every year at Fantasy. The Steelers.23500:31:40.450 --> 00:31:46.789Mike Marcangelo: What do we think? I really wish DK was here. Because I do think that DK actually cheered when they beat the Jets.23600:31:46.900 --> 00:31:57.569Mike Marcangelo: I do. I believe it in my heart of hearts. I can't prove that it happened. He says it didn't happen, but I just… I don't… I can't imagine him rooting against him next to… next to, his beautiful bride.23700:31:57.830 --> 00:32:06.240Mike Marcangelo: But again, we should set up… we should set up cameras just to see that, but… how do you think the Steelers have looked two weeks into the NFL season?23800:32:06.620 --> 00:32:30.650Robert Kelly: Well, it's been a tale of two weeks for them, right? Week one, they looked awesome. Rodgers looked great. They beat the Jets, and, you know, everything was great. We thought, you know, the renaissance was back on again, just like it was first couple weeks last year. But then went right back to 2024 Rodgers in week two. He didn't look good, he looked old. The Seahawks had him running all day.23900:32:30.650 --> 00:32:34.570Robert Kelly: The Steelers had literally no running game, and…24000:32:34.570 --> 00:32:39.630Robert Kelly: when Jalen Warren is your leading receiver, that's definitely not a good thing.24100:32:39.850 --> 00:32:58.649Robert Kelly: And at the same time, they also had one of the stupidest plays I've literally ever seen in my entire life, on that kickoff, where Caleb Johnson just lets the ball go over his head, and the Seahawks recover it for a touchdown. I've literally never seen that in my entire life. I, like, I was very confused when it happened. I was like, what?24200:32:58.650 --> 00:33:04.209Mike Marcangelo: Why would… I couldn't understand that either. It's like, if he's not fired… Know what you do.24300:33:04.270 --> 00:33:17.129Mike Marcangelo: Instantly. No one… no one loves Aaron Rodgers failing more than me. Maybe DK does. But the fact that he was on the run so much, and 5 years ago, 6 years ago?24400:33:17.130 --> 00:33:26.750Mike Marcangelo: when you get Aaron Rodgers moving out of the pocket like that, bad things happen to you if you're a defense, but he just… he can't do it anymore. They cannot throw on the run like he used to.24500:33:26.750 --> 00:33:29.440Robert Kelly: That's the goal, man. If you're… if… if…24600:33:29.720 --> 00:33:34.859Robert Kelly: Yeah, now it's… now it's what you do to stop Rodgers. You get him on the run, you make him… you…24700:33:34.920 --> 00:33:44.950Robert Kelly: get him outside the pocket, and he's in trouble. He's not gonna be able to pick apart the defense like he used to. That was literally, like you said, bro, that was what made him so special.24800:33:44.950 --> 00:34:01.610Robert Kelly: I mean, if you remember, back in the day, man, him and Devontae Adams, I've never seen a wide receiver be able to break off a route when Rodgers was on the run and get open like he did. It was literally what made them such a special tandem, and that part of his game is just gone. So, you know, completely agree.24900:34:01.610 --> 00:34:12.119Mike Marcangelo: He also made Jordy Nelson a millionaire when then he went to the Raiders and was exposed for not being that good, right? I mean, he had the talent. I've never argued that.25000:34:12.350 --> 00:34:19.069Mike Marcangelo: Alright, so I think our teams are the last remaining teams I want to talk about for honorable mentions, unless you want to throw up any other team names.25100:34:20.479 --> 00:34:28.479Robert Kelly: I think the Rams are intriguing. They, they almost took the Bengals spot as well. But…25200:34:28.889 --> 00:34:34.469Robert Kelly: I just… I haven't seen enough from them yet, and I just… I wanted to give the Bengals their credit, but…25300:34:35.309 --> 00:34:48.769Robert Kelly: The Rams are definitely right there. McVeigh is still, you know, a top-notch coach. Stafford's still, the top 10 quarterback, and I think they're gonna be in it until the end. So the Rams definitely, were a contender for the top 10.25400:34:49.139 --> 00:34:53.299Mike Marcangelo: Let me ask you right now, who would you rather have at quarterback? Matt Stafford or Aaron Rodgers?25500:34:54.920 --> 00:34:56.650Robert Kelly: Matthew Stafford, without a doubt.25600:34:57.350 --> 00:34:59.010Mike Marcangelo: Oh, it's not… it's not even close for you.25700:34:59.970 --> 00:35:02.320Robert Kelly: No, no, not even close, bro.25800:35:03.160 --> 00:35:13.609Robert Kelly: Stafford can still pick apart a defense, and I feel like Rodgers has to be in the right situation to be able to do that at this point. So, yeah, definitely Stafford.25900:35:15.160 --> 00:35:33.099Mike Marcangelo: Alright, the New England Patriots, man, 1-1, hell of a win down in Miami. They've done something. They did something that they haven't done, in 6 years, since the 2019 season. They beat a, like I said, a feisty Dolphins team, 33-27,26000:35:33.200 --> 00:35:36.960Mike Marcangelo: I thought that Drake May looked really good in this game.26100:35:37.120 --> 00:35:49.849Mike Marcangelo: I thought, you know, 19-23 for, like, 2.30 or something. No turnovers, which is the key. If he doesn't turn the ball over, the Patriots will have a shot to win games. Against teams that they should be.26200:35:49.910 --> 00:35:59.880Mike Marcangelo: Not against, like, the Bills, or, you know, like, the top upper echelon teams in the NFL, but against Miami, against the Jets, against the Steelers.26300:36:00.020 --> 00:36:04.860Mike Marcangelo: they should win games like that. I thought Ramondre had the absolute26400:36:05.030 --> 00:36:09.780Mike Marcangelo: Clutch moment of that game, with that catch in the fourth quarter.26500:36:09.960 --> 00:36:26.459Mike Marcangelo: I… I was… I was really happy. I was on a plane watching it, and I… I think I was the only one yelling, but it was… it was great. I loved watching that, but I think… I think they should be honorable mention. I think that… that was a… that was a tough win for that… for a team that hasn't had many tough wins in… in quite a long time.26600:36:26.990 --> 00:36:50.160Robert Kelly: Yeah, no, agreed. I think Vrabel showed up for this Week 2 game. He had something to prove after week one. Get no coach, but Pete Carroll was a little embarrassing for week one. So, having him, show up for week two and put together the game plan he did was definitely a good sign for the Pats. I… the only thing that scares me about the Patriots right now is their secondary without Christian Gonzalez. Whoops.26700:36:50.160 --> 00:36:57.729Robert Kelly: just fucking lost. They look lost, man. Tua… Tua… oh, I think Tua threw for 300 on them, right?26800:36:57.730 --> 00:37:03.090Robert Kelly: Yeah, sure did. So… so, I mean, that's, that's definitely not a great sign, but…26900:37:03.360 --> 00:37:12.929Robert Kelly: I think the needle's definitely pointing up. They need to get better wide receiver play, which has been such a trend for so goddamn long with them, but…27000:37:12.930 --> 00:37:28.610Robert Kelly: when Ramondres, I know he had the catch in the fourth quarter, and he was, you know, he was great in week two, for sure. But when he's your leading wide receiver, that's definitely not what you're looking for. When you have Diggs, when you have booty, we have these guys that… that should…27100:37:28.610 --> 00:37:35.869Robert Kelly: be doing something. I'm not sure if it's maybe just the game plan, what it was, but the wide receivers need to play a little better, for sure.27200:37:36.690 --> 00:37:49.529Mike Marcangelo: Preach, I've been saying that for, I think, 4 years now. But, I do love the connection that Drake May and Keyshawn Booty have, it's clear. Agreed. Agreed. He dropped… he put that ball where only Booty could catch it in the end zone.27300:37:49.530 --> 00:37:59.270Mike Marcangelo: for that one catch, 16 yards, like, he just dropped it right in. I loved it. Alright, Dallas Cowboys, Bobby. 1-1, I would say the game of the week, against…27400:37:59.330 --> 00:38:04.429Mike Marcangelo: Those giants from New York. Dak looked… like a…27500:38:04.680 --> 00:38:15.489Mike Marcangelo: I would say a top 10 quarterback, again, and your defense sucks, we already talked about that. But talk to me about… I mean, Javonte Williams looks like a serviceable running back.27600:38:18.240 --> 00:38:19.540Robert Kelly: It's so…27700:38:19.700 --> 00:38:38.390Robert Kelly: I'm very encouraged at what the offense looks like, for sure. I'm not getting ahead of myself here. It is nice to have a running game. That's something that the Cowboys haven't had, literally, since Zeke was in his prime, so it's nice to have a running game again that can actually do something and move the ball, take a little pressure off Jack.27800:38:38.680 --> 00:38:52.760Robert Kelly: Dak looks awesome. My buddy texted me, he was like, is Dak a top… not just top 10? For the first 2 weeks, he might be a top 5 quarterback in the league right now, because if you look around the league… well, no, if you look around the league.27900:38:53.120 --> 00:38:58.220Robert Kelly: There's not… there's not many quarterbacks that are taking a team.28000:38:58.390 --> 00:39:01.640Robert Kelly: that… Has literally no defense.28100:39:01.920 --> 00:39:09.919Robert Kelly: And making it look like the Cowboys have looked weak. They almost beat the Eagles, and then they just put up 40 points on the Giants, so…28200:39:10.190 --> 00:39:16.540Robert Kelly: maybe top 5 is a stretch, but he's definitely top 10 so far this year. He's definitely top 10.28300:39:16.920 --> 00:39:29.249Robert Kelly: It's so frustrating, though, because looking at this offense, it's so clear what this team had coming into this season, and it's so glaringly obvious.28400:39:29.480 --> 00:39:36.060Robert Kelly: that what this team is missing is fucking Micah Parsons. You know what I mean? It's so…28500:39:36.060 --> 00:39:42.660Mike Marcangelo: And a weak pass rusher, bro, and it's… it's so clear, because Russell Wilson was sitting back there.28600:39:42.660 --> 00:39:46.619Robert Kelly: Oh, goddamn dang. Like, I literally…28700:39:46.770 --> 00:39:59.020Robert Kelly: that final drive, I sent into the Discord and was like, I have no faith that the Cowboys are actually going to make a stop here, because they don't have the game changer on defense anymore.28800:39:59.020 --> 00:40:12.649Robert Kelly: They don't have the guy that's gonna go in and just completely wreck a drive, and it just shows every single time now. I was listening to Cowboys play, and they were like, well, at least they stopped the run, and it's like, bruh.28900:40:13.180 --> 00:40:22.129Robert Kelly: That's such a Jerry Jones take, because that's what he said about the Michael Parsons. Well, at least we've got a good run-stopper. But yeah, I don't know, man.29000:40:22.290 --> 00:40:28.259Robert Kelly: I… great game. Brandon Aubrey is a kicking god. I… I…29100:40:28.920 --> 00:40:33.840Robert Kelly: I would… I would do dirty… I would do dirty things to Brandon Auburn's leg, for sure.29200:40:34.120 --> 00:40:37.530Mike Marcangelo: Not his foot, but his leg.29300:40:37.530 --> 00:40:39.899Robert Kelly: His entire life.29400:40:40.660 --> 00:40:46.220Robert Kelly: Yeah, I mean, the offense looks great, defense looks garbage, exactly kind of what we expected,29500:40:46.510 --> 00:40:49.290Robert Kelly: I think they're exactly what we expect. They're gonna be 9 and 8.29600:40:49.520 --> 00:41:02.469Robert Kelly: 10 and, you know, 8 and 9, right in that area, fighting for a playoff spot at the end, and… and that'll be a good season for the boys this year. If they can get 9, 10 wins out of this team, I'll be very happy.29700:41:04.250 --> 00:41:22.710Mike Marcangelo: Just remember, if you want to go back and listen to my prediction for the Cowboys, for the NFC Prediction Show, or NFL Prediction Show, you can find those in the show notes. I predicted that the Patriots would win more games than the Dallas Cowboys. So, and their defense looks… I mean, listen, the Cowboys' defense is looking like they want to prove me right.29800:41:22.790 --> 00:41:29.499Mike Marcangelo: I mean, they make the Patriots defense currently look like the 04 Patriots defense. It's so bad.29900:41:29.660 --> 00:41:30.830Mike Marcangelo: So bad.30000:41:30.980 --> 00:41:35.620Mike Marcangelo: However you're one-on-one, so that's… that's a good place to be. It could have been a lot.30100:41:35.620 --> 00:41:40.380Robert Kelly: Well, we got the Bears… we got the Bears Week 3, so, you know… That'll be fun.30200:41:40.380 --> 00:41:42.650Mike Marcangelo: I can't… I can't wait to hear the show next week.30300:41:42.900 --> 00:41:52.049Robert Kelly: So I know we'll put up some points, at least, so we'll see. But maybe we'll make Caleb Williams look like a pro bowler this week, so, you know, we'll see.30400:41:52.050 --> 00:41:55.599Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, Caleb might throw for 450 yards, but that's… that's fine.30500:41:55.760 --> 00:42:04.789Mike Marcangelo: Alright, so in the actual power rankings, the top 10. This is… I think this is the most surprising. Number 10th pick, Bobby, tell us who you have and why.30600:42:05.500 --> 00:42:11.430Robert Kelly: So I got the Bengals, I picked them over the Rams. I just think… with…30700:42:11.430 --> 00:42:11.990Mike Marcangelo: Stop.30800:42:12.620 --> 00:42:26.079Robert Kelly: It is tough, man. With Burrow being out, it is very tough. I want to see them make a move. I don't think Browning, is the guy to hold it together for the next 3 months that he's out.30900:42:26.600 --> 00:42:32.570Robert Kelly: Because he's out until at least November, they're saying. So, it's gonna be a while,31000:42:33.010 --> 00:42:38.959Robert Kelly: I want to see them make a move, man, because if they won that game, Jamar Chase looks as good as he does. They have Tee Higgins.31100:42:39.030 --> 00:42:57.860Robert Kelly: the name that jumps out to me is the guy who's the QB3 in New York right now, and I think would be so fun to see him in Cincinnati, and that's Jameis Winston. I want to see them go get him, because that would be… that would be so goddamn fun, man. You know he would just be chucking that thing up to those two. Lots of interceptions.31200:42:57.860 --> 00:43:03.059Robert Kelly: But Brown and Sterling picks too, so, I mean, what do they have to choose? I just…31300:43:04.060 --> 00:43:06.500Robert Kelly: This is more of, like, a,31400:43:06.650 --> 00:43:20.329Robert Kelly: symbolic number 10, because honestly, this probably should be the Rams, or… Right. It should be the Rams, but I just… I felt so bad for the Bengals, because the season was looking so up…31500:43:20.330 --> 00:43:41.540Robert Kelly: And then for Burrow to go down like that, I had to give him at least the one shout-out, put him in at 10. I don't know if we're gonna see him here much longer, we'll see what Browning does moving forward, see if they make a move, but yeah. The Bengals, man. It's… it's the Bengals' funeral tour. We're giving him a funeral, we're putting him at number 10 as a symbolic.31600:43:41.590 --> 00:43:42.800Robert Kelly: Cool Joe.31700:43:43.000 --> 00:43:46.140Robert Kelly: you know, We'll see you later.31800:43:46.140 --> 00:43:48.299Mike Marcangelo: Is it time to have a conversation about Joe Burrow?31900:43:49.460 --> 00:43:57.680Robert Kelly: Yeah, I feel… I feel bad for the guy, man. I don't know, is he injury-prone, or is it… or is it… is it the offensive line? Is he… is he Andrew Luck 2.0?32000:43:58.230 --> 00:43:59.550Mike Marcangelo: I think he's Andrew, let's 2.0.32100:43:59.680 --> 00:44:06.619Robert Kelly: Right? That's what it looks like, man. Because he has the talent. Or is he injury-prone? Because year one, tore his ACL.32200:44:07.320 --> 00:44:10.480Mike Marcangelo: Year two, the only year that he's been 100% healthy, they made the Super Bowl.32300:44:10.660 --> 00:44:15.950Mike Marcangelo: Right? I would argue that, but every… I mean, 3 out of his 4… I know.32400:44:16.150 --> 00:44:18.509Mike Marcangelo: Four out of his five seasons, he's missed games, right?32500:44:19.670 --> 00:44:23.590Robert Kelly: Yeah. Yeah, because he had the wrists, he had the foot.32600:44:23.960 --> 00:44:29.000Robert Kelly: head to toe, the ACL. So yeah, that's 4, yeah.32700:44:29.040 --> 00:44:44.870Robert Kelly: It's tough, man. It's tough, because he's so good. He's so good. And he's so fun to watch. I feel bad for the guy, I really do. I feel like Cincinnati's just cursed with quarterbacks at this point, because every time you feel like they have a uptick, you know, Carson Palmer back in the day.32800:44:44.870 --> 00:44:47.270Mike Marcangelo: He was the Steelers. That Steelers game?32900:44:47.270 --> 00:44:47.650Robert Kelly: Right.33000:44:47.650 --> 00:44:53.419Mike Marcangelo: That Steelers game still haunts me. Like, you just saw his, like, his ankle just snap.33100:44:53.420 --> 00:44:54.540Robert Kelly: Yep.33200:44:54.870 --> 00:44:56.159Robert Kelly: Yeah, not good.33300:44:56.550 --> 00:45:03.799Mike Marcangelo: Listen, I think we're gonna be surprised. I think we're gonna be surprised. This list is very surprising, I think, especially, like, the bottom half.33400:45:04.150 --> 00:45:11.020Mike Marcangelo: I never expected to say this team, alright, but at number 9 in the week 3 power rankings for Bob Kelly.33500:45:11.640 --> 00:45:13.200Mike Marcangelo: Indianapolis Colts.33600:45:13.560 --> 00:45:14.939Robert Kelly: Yeah, it's wild. It's wild.33700:45:14.940 --> 00:45:15.970Mike Marcangelo: Daniel Jones.33800:45:15.970 --> 00:45:16.760Robert Kelly: Nope.33900:45:17.390 --> 00:45:27.759Robert Kelly: Bro, he… he looks… he looks like one of the better quarterbacks in the first two weeks. It's unbelievable. They scored on their first… I don't… this might be a…34000:45:28.350 --> 00:45:37.309Robert Kelly: a New Orleans Saints from last year. We'll see, because remember, they started out 2-0, made the power rankings, and then it was just downhill from there. But…34100:45:37.500 --> 00:45:39.840Robert Kelly: The first two weeks, man, Daniel Jones has looked…34200:45:39.840 --> 00:45:57.940Robert Kelly: awesome. He's looked great, and it's just… it's crazy to me. Definitely not… this is definitely the biggest surprise in the league so far. It's the Chiefs being 0-2, and the Colts being 2-0, or the number 2… are the biggest two surprises, for sure. Jonathan Taylor looks revived. Michael Pittman looks awesome.34300:45:57.940 --> 00:46:07.020Robert Kelly: Steichen, looks like he might actually be a good coach. Making the right decisions, choosing Jones over Richeson, took some cojones.34400:46:07.020 --> 00:46:13.960Robert Kelly: Took some serious balls, and it seems like it's paying off so far, man. The team's responding to Jones,34500:46:14.200 --> 00:46:17.169Robert Kelly: My buddy called him the White Mike Vic, so…34600:46:17.700 --> 00:46:21.890Robert Kelly: you know, he's got that going for it. It's not great. It's not great.34700:46:22.020 --> 00:46:34.769Robert Kelly: Yeah, man. And that was… that was a crazy win, too. So, when… when fate seems like it's on your side like that, when you're getting penalty calls, like, like, what was it? I don't even… what was the call? I forget.34800:46:35.090 --> 00:46:38.960Robert Kelly: Oh. Leverage. Leverage, right? Leverage, or something like that. Leverage.34900:46:38.960 --> 00:46:43.909Mike Marcangelo: I wish I've never heard… well, it's been a long time since I've seen that called.35000:46:44.420 --> 00:46:47.640Robert Kelly: Yeah, yeah, that was wild. I couldn't believe it.35100:46:47.930 --> 00:47:04.319Robert Kelly: Yeah, so they're definitely the second biggest surprise of the NFL so far. They deserved a spot on the list, though. They've looked awesome. Like I said, they did something in the first two weeks that we haven't seen since the Peyton Manning days. Like, they literally scored on their first.35200:47:04.320 --> 00:47:04.790Mike Marcangelo: Pacific.35300:47:04.790 --> 00:47:05.169Robert Kelly: It was like.35400:47:05.170 --> 00:47:07.320Mike Marcangelo: the Saints… the Saints last year.35500:47:07.320 --> 00:47:12.730Robert Kelly: Well, no, I mean… I mean, like, scoring… so they scored on, like, their first 14 possessions, I mean, so it's wild.35600:47:12.730 --> 00:47:13.290Mike Marcangelo: Yep.35700:47:13.490 --> 00:47:19.529Mike Marcangelo: No, I agree. Another question. Who would you rather have as your quarterback if you're starting a team right now, Bo Nix or Daniel Jones?35800:47:20.080 --> 00:47:21.180Mike Marcangelo: Because you like Bonex.35900:47:21.180 --> 00:47:21.890Robert Kelly: Oof.36000:47:22.440 --> 00:47:24.850Robert Kelly: Bodex. It's still Linux.36100:47:24.850 --> 00:47:25.570Mike Marcangelo: Is it, though?36200:47:25.570 --> 00:47:37.929Robert Kelly: We need to see more than just two weeks from Daniel Jones, but what 2 weeks would I take? I'd take Bo Nix's first two weeks, for sure. I mean, Daniel Jones' first two weeks, my bad. Yeah, I'd take Daniel Jones' first two weeks, for sure.36300:47:38.320 --> 00:47:39.040Mike Marcangelo: Alright.36400:47:39.410 --> 00:47:42.999Mike Marcangelo: I would, you know, I think I'd take Tango Jones.36500:47:44.680 --> 00:47:53.920Mike Marcangelo: I think he has more ta- I think he has more God-given talent. Now, whether that's gonna, give him the abilities to have a better overall career, I don't know.36600:47:54.090 --> 00:48:09.920Mike Marcangelo: because, I mean, I would argue that there were plenty of quarterbacks that had more God-given talent than Brady or Manning, but, you know, those two are the top two in my opinion. But yeah, I would say, listen, he's fast, he can fucking throw. If you can protect him, he won't make mistakes. He…36700:48:10.050 --> 00:48:17.769Mike Marcangelo: he doesn't have to win you a game in Indy, right? Like, he did with New York. He had to once Saquon was gone. He just can't lose you the game.36800:48:17.910 --> 00:48:22.560Mike Marcangelo: And I think if you're in that situation, I think he's pretty good.36900:48:23.000 --> 00:48:32.939Robert Kelly: we've seen him win before. It's not like it's out of the realm of possibility for Daniel Jones to be a winning quarterback. Like, it happens. I said, where did they go? They went 11-5 that season, I think?37000:48:33.450 --> 00:48:35.869Robert Kelly: Whatever, 12 and 5.37100:48:36.070 --> 00:48:38.259Mike Marcangelo: No, 10-7, and they beat Minnesota.37200:48:38.570 --> 00:48:41.119Robert Kelly: Independence, okay. Yeah, so…37300:48:41.460 --> 00:48:52.890Robert Kelly: he can do it. It's been done before, so we'll see what happens moving forward, but they deserve a spot at number 9 on the list so far. They look great the first two weeks. Definitely the biggest surprise.37400:48:53.380 --> 00:48:58.190Mike Marcangelo: Also, when Daniel Jones has a top 10 running back, he typically does pretty well. Number 8.37500:48:58.620 --> 00:49:09.460Mike Marcangelo: Another surprise, I think you could be surprised that, that they somehow made it on the list, despite all the negative talk that I've given them, on this show over the last 3 weeks.37600:49:09.640 --> 00:49:13.459Mike Marcangelo: Or, that they're so low. But, number 8, Bobby.37700:49:14.360 --> 00:49:18.100Robert Kelly: Detroit Lions. So…37800:49:18.330 --> 00:49:31.659Robert Kelly: They're here. So, the Rams are on the list, by the way, I don't know why we thought they were. The Rams are on the list, just for the record. But, so, the Lions, yes. So…37900:49:32.550 --> 00:49:42.589Robert Kelly: They look great, week two. They looked like the Lions that we thought they were gonna be coming into the season, putting up a 50 burger, Amid Rava's back, the running game was back,38000:49:42.810 --> 00:49:49.440Robert Kelly: Goff looked like the No Mistake quarterback, like he did almost all last year. He was almost perfect.38100:49:49.600 --> 00:49:51.370Robert Kelly: But again, it was…38200:49:51.420 --> 00:49:56.979Robert Kelly: the Bears' defense, and the Bears' defense looks atrocious right now, so we'll see what happens moving forward.38300:49:56.990 --> 00:50:08.130Robert Kelly: But at the same time, it looks like they got over the coordinator problem from week… week one. It looks like they settled in, and they got back to Detroit Lions football, and they looked like the team they did last year.38400:50:08.130 --> 00:50:19.430Robert Kelly: So I'm definitely optimistic for the Lions moving forward. I think this is the team that we're gonna see. They got Ravens Week 3, which is definitely the game of Week 3, I can't wait for that.38500:50:19.890 --> 00:50:37.280Robert Kelly: But… so obviously we're gonna learn a lot about them in week 3, but yeah. I think the Lions have some solid upside moving forward. Didn't want to move them up too much because of what they looked like in Week 1, and losing those coordinators, but 8 seemed like a good spot for them.38600:50:38.020 --> 00:50:54.299Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, but then they dropped… they put up 52 points. So if you put a… if you drop a 50 burger on any team in the NFL, like, that is… regardless of the situation. But they dominated this… this game. It was pure, pure domination. Jared Goff threw 28 passes, completed 23 of them.38700:50:54.510 --> 00:51:03.199Mike Marcangelo: I mean, if you get that out of him, they're gonna be a really tough team to beat. Oh, and by the way, you know, you have, Gibson Montgomery running for 150 yards.38800:51:03.310 --> 00:51:06.370Mike Marcangelo: But that's… That's gonna be really tough, yeah.38900:51:06.370 --> 00:51:17.339Robert Kelly: That's… that's their formula to win, man. If Goff's playing like that, they're, like you said, they're so tough to beat when Goff's… if his completion percentage is above, like, 75 to 80%,39000:51:17.340 --> 00:51:28.359Robert Kelly: the Lions are gonna be putting up 30 to 40 points, without a doubt, yeah. They're a tough team to beat when they're rolling. So, we'll see what happens in Week 3. Very intrigued for that game. I think it's gonna be the best one of the week.39100:51:29.830 --> 00:51:39.450Mike Marcangelo: Which means it will either be that, or it will be the worst game of the week. There's no in-between when we say this on the air, because you and I always have the highest hopes for games, and then it either does live up to that.39200:51:39.500 --> 00:51:58.830Mike Marcangelo: Or it's the worst. It's not in between. It will be the fucking worst game of the week, so I hope that you're right. Number 7 is a team that we've already honorably mentioned. It's like we forgot that they were on the list. It's almost like one of us put the list together, and the other one reviewed it, and we still forgot it, but number 7,39300:51:59.010 --> 00:52:01.269Mike Marcangelo: The other LA team, the Rams.39400:52:01.610 --> 00:52:03.380Robert Kelly: Yeah, the Rams are here.39500:52:04.010 --> 00:52:15.399Robert Kelly: Like, like we already said, man, Stafford looks awesome. They have McVeigh, and that's… that's just a formula that's gonna be good to make you a top 10 team in the league right now.39600:52:15.650 --> 00:52:18.569Robert Kelly: It's been a known formula for the past39700:52:18.750 --> 00:52:34.060Robert Kelly: 3-4 years. Even last year, they started out 3-6 and still end up… end up winning 10 games. So, starting out 2-0 this year, definitely a good sign for them. I think that they are a contender in the NFC. Devonte looks, renewed in LA.39800:52:34.060 --> 00:52:34.490Mike Marcangelo: That's awesome.39900:52:34.490 --> 00:52:50.670Robert Kelly: Puka is being puka, so they, they definitely have, a very good shot in the NFC, because if they can end this year like they did last year, but they start off hot, man, they're… they're… they're, they're… it's in business, for sure.40000:52:51.290 --> 00:52:59.609Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, I didn't… I guess I did not expect the duo of Devonte Adams and Puka Nakua to be as lethal as it's shown to be so far, but…40100:53:00.020 --> 00:53:13.290Mike Marcangelo: I mean, if Devontae plays like this all year, this is a better 1-2, and obviously Puka's still number one, than Puka's ever been involved in, right? I mean, I… I just…40200:53:13.600 --> 00:53:25.360Mike Marcangelo: Devontae can stretch the field, Puka does so well on the underneath routes, he's such a physical wide receiver. This is… this can be tough, and if Kyron Williams stays healthy, Matt Stafford stays healthy.40300:53:25.540 --> 00:53:33.269Mike Marcangelo: We already know about the coach, so… I mean, it's weird to say that, like, they're not gonna miss Cooper Cup, or they haven't so far.40400:53:34.230 --> 00:53:36.120Robert Kelly: Yeah, it's wild, isn't it?40500:53:36.260 --> 00:53:48.389Robert Kelly: It's… well, so it's… it's the formula of what they wanted it to be with Cooper Cupp, but Cupp could never stay healthy. Having the two top wide receivers and Stafford swinging the ball to him,40600:53:48.690 --> 00:54:01.300Robert Kelly: they haven't been able to capitalize on that, so now we finally are getting to see it. It's been awesome through two weeks, so we'll see what happens, for sure. I think the Rams, have… have a very positive season ahead of them, 100%.40700:54:01.840 --> 00:54:13.199Mike Marcangelo: Alright, so with number 6, I think this is a team that's, that's always overhyped at the end of the season. They turn out to be, like, feisty towards the end, but… go ahead, Bobby, number 6 in the power rankings.40800:54:13.790 --> 00:54:27.679Robert Kelly: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I am on the goddamn Baker Mayfield train like no other. I love Baker Mayfield, man. He just pulls games out of his ass right now. And…40900:54:28.180 --> 00:54:32.600Robert Kelly: The two games that he won so far were games that…41000:54:33.040 --> 00:54:40.860Robert Kelly: the… they had no business winning. Evans hasn't looked great so far, and Abuka looks like he's the one.41100:54:40.870 --> 00:54:53.880Robert Kelly: But they still pull these games out, man, and I think Baker Mayfield is showing that he's absolutely a top 10 quarterback in the league. I would take him over a lot of quarterbacks right now. I would take him over Stafford, I think. I would take him over…41200:54:54.400 --> 00:54:58.449Robert Kelly: Definitely Knicks, I would take him over David Jones, I would take him.41300:54:58.450 --> 00:54:59.590Mike Marcangelo: What about Mahomes?41400:55:00.720 --> 00:55:05.240Robert Kelly: So far, and this season so far, yeah, I would take one of my home.41500:55:05.530 --> 00:55:09.939Mike Marcangelo: In the last 3 years, he's put up the same or better numbers than Mahomes.41600:55:10.870 --> 00:55:13.900Robert Kelly: Yeah, man. Baker's… Baker's baller.41700:55:14.060 --> 00:55:22.369Robert Kelly: I… my… when I jumped on the Baker train was when he won that game with the Rams, after he'd only been there for, like, 48 hours.41800:55:22.370 --> 00:55:22.970Mike Marcangelo: Right.41900:55:22.970 --> 00:55:36.069Robert Kelly: So, being here, man, and being in the hunt, I really think the Bucks are gonna make some noise. They're absolutely the best team in that division. They're gonna run away with that, for sure, in my opinion.42000:55:36.100 --> 00:55:43.770Robert Kelly: So, so, they're gonna be in this list pretty much all season. Starting out 2-0, is definitely…42100:55:43.960 --> 00:55:50.139Robert Kelly: definitely on the right track, because they're against two pretty solid teams, too. I mean, Falcons, maybe not.42200:55:51.500 --> 00:55:53.519Robert Kelly: But, beating the Texans,42300:55:53.520 --> 00:55:55.610Mike Marcangelo: And the Texans also, maybe not.42400:55:55.610 --> 00:55:58.970Robert Kelly: Yeah, we'll see, I don't know, you're right.42500:55:58.970 --> 00:55:59.980Mike Marcangelo: I guess…42600:55:59.980 --> 00:56:01.720Robert Kelly: What if the Texans were supposed…42700:56:01.930 --> 00:56:04.159Robert Kelly: what the Texans were supposed to be, I guess.42800:56:04.160 --> 00:56:19.570Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, against two solid teams that we almost crossed off 30 minutes ago, but yeah, no, you're right, it's been just a strenuous schedule. All right, we're in the top half, and I think we all expected this team to be here because of the coach and his pedigree. But go ahead, Bobby.42900:56:20.540 --> 00:56:23.280Robert Kelly: So, the LA Chargers,43000:56:23.300 --> 00:56:37.679Robert Kelly: Herbert's looked awesome so far. He definitely looks like the guy that we thought he was gonna be, you know, starting last year, year before, so he definitely looks like, the number one43100:56:37.680 --> 00:56:55.859Robert Kelly: In the West right now, which is crazy. They're 2-0, first place in the West, and the Chiefs are 0-2 right now, so they're… they're already got 2 games up on the Chiefs. They beat the Chiefs, and if… if Herbert in the run game is gonna look like that, man, they're gonna be tough to beat.43200:56:55.860 --> 00:57:03.789Robert Kelly: I really like the Chargers this year. I really, really do. I think they're gonna surprise a lot of teams and compete in that AFC. Especially with Burlow.43300:57:04.010 --> 00:57:05.630Robert Kelly: Especially with Burlow.43400:57:05.980 --> 00:57:15.059Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, I 100% agree with that. I guess my only thing is that it feels like this team was built by Harbaugh to be a run-first, explosive pass team.43500:57:15.250 --> 00:57:18.930Mike Marcangelo: But I don't… I don't love Amari and Hampton yet.43600:57:19.550 --> 00:57:25.050Mike Marcangelo: And we already know what Najee Harris is, so could they have a problem43700:57:25.300 --> 00:57:30.779Mike Marcangelo: and have to be forced to throw too much, and then the same Herbert appears.43800:57:33.850 --> 00:57:50.040Robert Kelly: Possibly, but I don't know, man, the weapons… weapons look really good down there right now. Quinton Johnson looks like he's finally showing out. McConkie looks awesome. So, I mean, we'll see. But so far, so good. Without that running game, they're already 2-0. But you're right,43900:57:50.630 --> 00:58:05.379Robert Kelly: He got stuffed 3 times at the goal line. I know. Which is definitely not what I… is definitely not what I was expecting out of Hampton. He's a great goal at back, man. He was great in college, so I don't know what's going on with him.44000:58:05.400 --> 00:58:13.060Robert Kelly: We'll see. But, yeah. I do like Chargers. I like Herbert a lot moving forward, so that's why they got to number 5.44100:58:14.040 --> 00:58:15.589Mike Marcangelo: Number 4, I think…44200:58:15.830 --> 00:58:23.310Mike Marcangelo: I think this is too low. I think they should be top 3. I think it's your bias that keeps them out of it, but go ahead.44300:58:24.090 --> 00:58:29.680Robert Kelly: The Green Bay Packers. I totally understand why you think they should be number 3, number 3. They've looked…44400:58:29.860 --> 00:58:43.519Robert Kelly: So good. That defense looks unbelievable so far. I can only imagine why. It's only like they got traded, the best pass rusher in the league coming into the league, coming into the season. That might make a small difference. But yeah, man…44500:58:43.880 --> 00:59:00.429Robert Kelly: They are definitely one of the better teams in the league right now. Jordan Love looks awesome. I wish they had a little more at wide receiver, because they don't have much, especially with Jaden Reed's out now. Golden doesn't look great. I don't know, I mean, they haven't really utilized him too much, but…44600:59:00.600 --> 00:59:04.589Mike Marcangelo: They're gonna have to now. I think between him and, Dobbs…44700:59:04.720 --> 00:59:20.109Mike Marcangelo: I think… I think they should be okay, but I mean, their running game, if they can… if they can get 80 to 100 yards a game out of… out of Josh Jacobs and kind of sprinkle in Savion Williams, because he's been, like, their other running back so far, then I think he should be okay, and that defense…44800:59:20.470 --> 00:59:23.150Mike Marcangelo: It does look scary. And they are better…44900:59:23.150 --> 00:59:23.600Robert Kelly: It's ugly.45000:59:23.600 --> 00:59:26.950Mike Marcangelo: You know that. You know it. You just couldn't put him there.45100:59:28.820 --> 00:59:37.250Robert Kelly: You think they're better than the Ravens? So right now, Ravens vs. Packers, 100 bucks, neutral field, you would put it on the Packers?45200:59:40.410 --> 00:59:41.000Mike Marcangelo: Yeah.45300:59:41.690 --> 00:59:42.400Robert Kelly: Yep.45400:59:42.860 --> 00:59:49.519Mike Marcangelo: Like, big game, you have to… you have to win it. I know what Lamar's gonna do, so I'll take my chances with Jordan, for sure.45500:59:50.210 --> 00:59:57.500Robert Kelly: Okay, okay, I totally get it. I just… Seeing what the Ravens did.45600:59:57.690 --> 01:00:16.430Robert Kelly: week one, they looked great, although they turned into the old Ravens in the end. Derrick Henry fumbling that ball, definitely not what we're looking for out of him. But Week 2, they went right back to the regular Ravens. Lamar looked awesome in week two. Granted, it was against the Browns, I know. Right, right.45701:00:16.950 --> 01:00:17.790Robert Kelly: But…45801:00:18.680 --> 01:00:30.319Robert Kelly: I just have more… more optimism for the Ravens moving forward in the season than I do for the Packers. I think the Ravens have a better shot at winning the Super Bowl, which is why they got that. Plus for the Packers.45901:00:30.550 --> 01:00:44.130Mike Marcangelo: yeah, you have less bias, towards the Ravens, which is it, because if you look at who the Packers have beat this year, so far, I would argue that their two opponents are a little bit better than the Ravens. One victory.46001:00:44.440 --> 01:00:47.239Robert Kelly: They probably have the two best wins in the league so far, to be honest.46101:00:47.880 --> 01:00:58.380Robert Kelly: To be honest, because they dominated the Lions, and then the Lions came out and scored 50 points, and they dominated the Commanders.46201:00:58.380 --> 01:01:00.580Mike Marcangelo: Oh, really? And it's a telegame, I sure.46301:01:00.580 --> 01:01:05.759Robert Kelly: Right, so… Yeah, they've looked awesome first two weeks, but fuck the Packers.46401:01:05.760 --> 01:01:08.710Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, yeah, but go ahead, sell me in your top 3.46501:01:09.550 --> 01:01:20.329Robert Kelly: So, number 3, Baltimore Ravens. Listen, bro, it's… it's the Lamar show. He looked awesome week two. He looked awesome week one. It wasn't his fault they lost that game week one.46601:01:20.330 --> 01:01:38.499Robert Kelly: That game did not turn on anything Lamar did. That was… that was the Derrick Henry fumble, and then it was all downhill from there. And then Josh Allen just took that game over, so I don't pit that on Lamar, although it does seem like it just adds to his resume of the big games and blowing it in the big moment. I understand. But…46701:01:39.140 --> 01:01:44.070Robert Kelly: Look at this team, man. They scored 40 points two weeks in a row.46801:01:44.420 --> 01:01:46.230Robert Kelly: And I just, I just think…46901:01:47.460 --> 01:02:03.610Robert Kelly: with Lamar leading the way, man, the ceiling is the limit for them. You know what I mean? And we're gonna see this week when they play the Lions. I think it's gonna be another high-scoring game, but I think the Ravens come out on top. I really do. I think the Ravens are gonna show a lot this week.47001:02:03.740 --> 01:02:08.719Robert Kelly: On… it's Monday Night Football, too, so it'll be in front of the whole world, and you know Omar's gonna show up, so…47101:02:10.110 --> 01:02:21.369Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, because it's the regular season. Listen, I'm just trying to save you from yourself. You know, like, this happened… you have, like, a sort of love for Lamar, not as deep an affection as you are for Cowboys.47201:02:21.490 --> 01:02:25.340Mike Marcangelo: But it's there, like, you… you just believe that he's gonna do it.47301:02:25.640 --> 01:02:41.680Mike Marcangelo: And then, for 17 straight regular season weeks, you're like, Mike, fuck you, I told you he's gonna do it, I told you he was gonna do it, and then he doesn't do it! And he… yeah, that team scored 40 points two weeks in a row, and they're 1-1, okay?47401:02:42.900 --> 01:02:49.149Mike Marcangelo: I would just say, I think… I think it's completely plausible for Lamar to ball out against Detroit.47501:02:49.740 --> 01:02:52.490Mike Marcangelo: I think it's gonna happen. I think he could win the MVP again.47601:02:53.280 --> 01:02:57.939Mike Marcangelo: I'm, like, I'm here for that. That actually will help my narrative moving forward.47701:03:00.930 --> 01:03:02.270Robert Kelly: Depends on they're gonna blow it in the playoffs.47801:03:03.420 --> 01:03:04.130Mike Marcangelo: Right.47901:03:04.810 --> 01:03:11.959Robert Kelly: No, I get it, I get it. And it's gonna be to the… it's gonna be to the team that we have at number 2, but…48001:03:12.110 --> 01:03:25.960Robert Kelly: Yeah, so we'll see. I couldn't agree more, that he's not a playoff quarterback, alright? When it comes down to it, it doesn't seem like that he can win that big game, especially against those top quarterbacks in late in January.48101:03:26.270 --> 01:03:28.260Mike Marcangelo: Correct. But right, the power rankings…48201:03:28.260 --> 01:03:30.489Robert Kelly: R, A, a regular season list.48301:03:30.630 --> 01:03:31.849Robert Kelly: And B.48401:03:32.090 --> 01:03:35.630Mike Marcangelo: Heavily biased, yes. Right, right.48501:03:36.520 --> 01:03:40.210Mike Marcangelo: I'm also here for that, too. Alright, number 2, those bills up in Buffalo.48601:03:40.470 --> 01:03:46.339Robert Kelly: Yep. They, look… as advertised, through 2 weeks. That's true.48701:03:46.470 --> 01:03:59.420Robert Kelly: They look unbelievable, man. Josh Allen is just unreal. He has taken the reins as a top quarterback in the NFL, without a doubt, right? He's number one.48801:03:59.600 --> 01:04:01.819Robert Kelly: Who'd you put above Josh Allen?48901:04:02.350 --> 01:04:06.739Robert Kelly: You're not putting Mahomes there anymore. It's not Mahomes. It's not Lamar.49001:04:07.150 --> 01:04:09.070Mike Marcangelo: Of course it's my horse, it's Mahomes.49101:04:09.720 --> 01:04:11.160Robert Kelly: You think he's so…49201:04:11.640 --> 01:04:12.340Mike Marcangelo: Be the man.49301:04:12.340 --> 01:04:12.740Robert Kelly: right now.49401:04:12.770 --> 01:04:14.350Mike Marcangelo: To be the man, you gotta be.49501:04:14.350 --> 01:04:18.280Robert Kelly: You gotta beat the man. Okay. Understood. Understood.49601:04:18.450 --> 01:04:22.599Mike Marcangelo: And by the way, like, I don't think Josh Allen is better than Joe Burrow when he's helping.49701:04:23.140 --> 01:04:30.810Robert Kelly: Yeah, the only one… Joe Burrow's the only one that has beat my hopes, by the way. I know. He's literally… he's literally the only one in the group. But…49801:04:31.900 --> 01:04:39.509Robert Kelly: if any year… I know we've said this before, but it looks like this… it looks like this could be it for the Bills.49901:04:39.660 --> 01:04:46.389Robert Kelly: Listen, he looks awesome, and… I love the defense. I love the Bosa addition. He looks…50001:04:46.500 --> 01:04:55.320Robert Kelly: like, revived in Buffalo. He looked awesome in weed, too. Do you see the mic'd up, where they put a tight end?50101:04:55.550 --> 01:05:01.520Robert Kelly: on Bosa, and he's just over on the side, he's like, bro, did you see that? They put a goddamn tight end on me!50201:05:02.570 --> 01:05:10.550Robert Kelly: Yeah, so, they look awesome. Bills look great. I wish I could put them at number 1, because…50301:05:11.370 --> 01:05:20.019Robert Kelly: fuck the Eagles, but we can't do that. We can't… we can't take the chance off… off the top spot at this point. So, we'll just get to that. Number one.50401:05:20.610 --> 01:05:22.680Robert Kelly: The Philadelphia goddamn Eagles.50501:05:23.450 --> 01:05:32.979Robert Kelly: I don't know how they do it, man. I really don't, because two weeks in a row, they have no passing game. No passing.50601:05:33.240 --> 01:05:39.099Robert Kelly: But I just want to ask you, who would you take right now if this was the Super Bowl? This is why I jumped in.50701:05:39.280 --> 01:05:44.160Robert Kelly: Eagles or Bills. Because the Bills look better.50801:05:44.500 --> 01:05:45.410Mike Marcangelo: Eagles.50901:05:46.040 --> 01:05:48.200Robert Kelly: But it's the Eagles still, right?51001:05:48.200 --> 01:06:03.069Mike Marcangelo: Silly Eagles, because, again, like, this is a… I feel like it's an exhausted narrative, but we've seen those two quarterbacks in big-time games, and more often than not, Josh Allen does not win big-time games, and Jalen Hurts does.51101:06:07.750 --> 01:06:12.110Robert Kelly: But it's because of the system in Philly. In my opinion. I don't know if Jalen…51201:06:13.470 --> 01:06:18.119Robert Kelly: Is Jalen a top 10 quarterback? I'm so confused about Jalen Hurts.51301:06:18.120 --> 01:06:18.530Mike Marcangelo: Are you doing?51401:06:19.170 --> 01:06:22.070Mike Marcangelo: to a Super… went to a Super Bowl without Saquon Barkley.51501:06:22.990 --> 01:06:26.750Robert Kelly: That's true, he did, he did. But…51601:06:27.550 --> 01:06:29.160Robert Kelly: I don't know, man. I don't know.51701:06:29.160 --> 01:06:33.880Mike Marcangelo: Okay, so who would you take right now as a head coach, Sean McDermott or Nick Sirianni?51801:06:36.580 --> 01:06:38.510Robert Kelly: I hate Nick Sariano, but Nick Sariano.51901:06:38.800 --> 01:06:41.620Mike Marcangelo: Right, so then… I mean…52001:06:41.810 --> 01:06:49.329Mike Marcangelo: I think… I do think Josh Allen is hampered by having Sean McDermott as his head coach. I've been saying that for a very long time, I don't think he's a good coach.52101:06:50.200 --> 01:06:58.919Mike Marcangelo: But I don't think Sirianni's a savant, either. I don't, because they've… they had two Super Bowl appearances with two different sets of coordinators.52201:06:59.960 --> 01:07:04.099Mike Marcangelo: So the only two constants are Sirianni and Jalen Hurts.52301:07:05.010 --> 01:07:06.490Robert Kelly: True. True.52401:07:06.690 --> 01:07:09.349Robert Kelly: Hey, listen, there's no one better.52501:07:09.470 --> 01:07:29.000Robert Kelly: At that goddamn tush push, that's literally the most effective play in the league, and it's so goddamn frustrating and annoying, it's so fucking annoying. And they're cheating. Every week now. Just, as a Cowboys fan, I need to point that out. The Eagles, on that tush push, it's already been pointed out, literally the entire offensive line fall starts. The entire goddamn offensive line.52601:07:29.210 --> 01:07:32.390Robert Kelly: But they're never gonna call it, so it doesn't fucking matter.52701:07:32.530 --> 01:07:37.779Mike Marcangelo: If the Eagles are in the top 4 teams of the league, they're never gonna ban it.52801:07:37.940 --> 01:07:48.929Mike Marcangelo: Because then it would look like they're trying to knock them down. What would have to happen is, like, they have to be in the middle tier, and now prove that it's not, like, it's not effective anymore, and then the NFL would ban it.52901:07:50.950 --> 01:07:53.010Robert Kelly: Yeah, it's tough. It's tough.53001:07:53.010 --> 01:07:59.440Mike Marcangelo: Don't be the Packers and get trounced by them, and then say, oh, I want to ban that move, or I want to ban that… you know, that's just stupid. Don't be a pussy.53101:07:59.790 --> 01:08:00.859Robert Kelly: Yeah, yeah.53201:08:01.230 --> 01:08:03.479Robert Kelly: That's such a bitch move, you're right.53301:08:03.480 --> 01:08:05.170Mike Marcangelo: Not the Packers, Bobby, you're right.53401:08:05.400 --> 01:08:10.349Robert Kelly: Fuck the Packers. Indeed. That's for DK, he's not here. Fuck the Packers.53501:08:10.520 --> 01:08:11.130Mike Marcangelo: Yeah.53601:08:11.310 --> 01:08:12.500Mike Marcangelo: But I love Micah.53701:08:13.640 --> 01:08:23.119Robert Kelly: Yeah, I do love Micah, but it's… it pains me. Pains me to see him in that goddamn uniform. I literally can't even look at it. I can't… I can't watch… when Micah is on the field…53801:08:23.120 --> 01:08:23.850Mike Marcangelo: I might.53901:08:23.850 --> 01:08:24.880Robert Kelly: I turn it.54001:08:25.620 --> 01:08:27.050Robert Kelly: Don't do it. I won't wait.54101:08:28.300 --> 01:08:29.720Mike Marcangelo: I might get one for the girls.54201:08:30.750 --> 01:08:39.069Robert Kelly: Oh, that would hurt. I don't know what… I don't know what to do with my Micah Parsons jersey. I… I've loved it for so long, and now I just haven't, and I'm like, ugh.54301:08:39.260 --> 01:08:41.860Robert Kelly: I didn't even want to put it on, but it was just so sad.54401:08:43.310 --> 01:08:52.930Mike Marcangelo: It's like, oh god, who was the quarterback for the Raiders that won a Super Bowl for them? But we had him and he sucked. Plunkett?54501:08:53.450 --> 01:08:55.969Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, it's like, if you had a Plunkett jersey for a Patriot, like, what do you do?54601:08:55.979 --> 01:08:57.979Robert Kelly: What is it plunge? Yeah, it was plunge, right?54701:08:57.979 --> 01:08:59.079Mike Marcangelo: Yeah, let's plug it.54801:08:59.789 --> 01:09:00.589Mike Marcangelo: Yep.54901:09:01.119 --> 01:09:17.509Mike Marcangelo: Well, Bobby, I was… I would say I… I usually come into these pretty, confrontational, shocker. The only… the only, the only thing I had for you was the Bengals. I don't… I don't understand why they're number 10. I… I do get it, why you would do it, because it's probably the last time we're gonna see them.55001:09:17.509 --> 01:09:25.959Mike Marcangelo: But in no… in no way, shape, or form are the Baltimore Ravens better through two weeks than the Green Bay Packers.55101:09:26.099 --> 01:09:27.199Mike Marcangelo: Like, they're just not.55201:09:27.479 --> 01:09:28.969Mike Marcangelo: But that's why it's your list.55301:09:29.169 --> 01:09:41.589Mike Marcangelo: That's why it's your show. That's why I was… I was honored to be here with you. So, we did it. Another Power Ranking show is done for the real BK, Bob Kelly. This is Mike Marc Angelo saying thank you so much for listening to Missing the Point. Talk to you later.