00:00If it's Lamar against Michael Penix Jr., I think that's a really fun matchup in Atlanta.
00:05I think it could be really high scoring.
00:08I think there could be a lot of fireworks.
00:09If it isn't, like you said, John, I think you said last week when we were talking about the Falcons,
00:15they have a path here to maybe ring off some wins.
00:18Absolutely.
00:19What do you got?
00:22Whether or not Lamar Jackson plays, I'm taking the Falcons.
00:28From what I've seen, they've scored 70 points in two weeks.
00:31And what they're doing is, and again, I'm not a Kevin Stefanski fan.
00:36I'm not.
00:37But I give people credit where credit is obviously due.
00:40And Kevin Stefanski for the last two weeks has looked like they made the right hire.
00:44After the first two weeks, it looked like they made the wrong hire.
00:47The difference in what Michael Penix Jr. has made for this franchise and this team is night and day.
00:54Drake London looks energized.
00:56Kyle Pitts is running wide open, even though they're not throwing it to him.
00:59But Kyle Pitts is finding himself wide open again.
01:02And B. John Robinson looks like Barry Sanders, but faster.
01:06So what they're, and then you got Brian Robinson Jr. coming in as a wrecking ball behind him.
01:12And so what they're doing offensively is very, very impressive.
01:15And I got to anticipate them keeping that going because as good as the Ravens are defensively, they've taken a
01:22massive step back from what they used to be defensively.
01:25And so if Lamar Jackson can't play, then you got to put everything on Derek Henry.
01:30And it just doesn't seem to show up in a positive way when teams do that anymore.
01:35Yeah, this Atlanta team, like I was talking about with other teams, there's a certain momentum and a certain kind
01:42of swing of energy that you get when you win a primetime game.
01:46You go on the national stage or you go into an opposing division.
01:50Two weeks in a row.
01:51Two weeks in a row.
01:52And you put up the performance of the, I mean, when you do it once, it's like, oh, okay, we'll
01:57see where this goes.
01:58When you do it back to back weeks, now you have something.
02:00And I think this Falcons team has something.
02:03And with the Ravens, I just don't know what kind of football team they are right now because they do
02:10have weapons.
02:11You look around, Zay Flowers, awesome.
02:13Lamar Jackson, awesome when healthy.
02:15Derek Henry, really good still.
02:17Like you said, defense, okay, but definitely a step back.
02:21I mean, I think Trey Hendrickson is questionable right now.
02:24Chris Moore is also questionable for the Ravens.
02:27So you have a lot of ifs in that lineup, but I just don't know how I can project them
02:34yet.
02:34I think I need to see a little bit more from them.
02:36This is a good test for them.
02:37It's a good test for both teams, actually.
02:40You don't need to see no more Snoop Huntley.
02:43Sorry.
02:43I don't think I do.
02:44I don't think I want to.
02:45I don't think any of us do.
02:47I don't think he wants to get out there.
02:49I think he hopes that Lamar Jackson is ready to go because last week he was embarrassing to the point
02:57where the Titans almost made a run at the game.
03:00So when that starts happening to you, come on, Lamar.
03:04Don't do this to your team.
03:05Oftentimes when Lamar Jackson is projected to miss a game, I always pencil in two.
03:10They say Lamar Jackson is going to be out one week.
03:12I always pick my pencil up and I go two weeks.
03:14I'm sorry.
03:16And he's looking for a new contract.
03:19He is.
03:20So I might put down three.
03:21I might put down three.
03:23So they got a new coaching staff and they're depending on his leadership.
03:27And I've my biggest complaint about Lamar Jackson is that he has not shown the ability to lead the team
03:33when he's nicked up.
03:35When he's got any form of injury, he doesn't appear again.
03:39I always get sick.
03:41Something always happens to him.
03:43And he doesn't seem to be able to tough it out.
03:46So until I feel like I've seen the opposite of that, I have to continue to go with what I've
03:52seen.
03:53The previous time he wanted another contract and they were struggling on giving it to him.
03:57They were making a decision on giving it to him.
03:59He decided not to play.
04:02He had a he I think his it was either his knee or his calf.
04:05He had a lower extremity.
04:07Something was banged up and he just decided not to play.
04:09And by the time he actually played, he looked awful.
04:13And he talked about the I think it was the Falcon signing him.
04:17Yeah.
04:18You remember that?
04:19I do remember that.
04:20Yes.
04:20And so, you know, whenever Lamar Jackson is injured and there's some money behind it in the near future, when
04:28there's some contract negotiations, I don't put one down.
04:31I'll put two down.
04:32Okay.
