Packers vs. Falcons preview, Bears ‘not written off’, Cowboys underdogs, Faith in Chiefs restored?
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Why are the Cowboys considered underdogs against the Ravens in Brazil?
Live from New York, it's first things first overtime. I'm Danny Parkins with Coach Man Gini and Jeff Schwartz. Gentlemen, we will be talking a lot of football today, but shout out to the City of Chicago. Great baseball day. Cubs and White Sox clinch the playoffs within minutes of each other. And PCA, seventh player ever to join the 40-40 club. That's 40 homers, 40 stolen bases in a season. My last stolen base was in sixth grade. What about you?
Uh probably in eleventh or twelfth grade.
Eleventh or twelfth grade? Yeah.
I played high school baseball.
I know you did, but you were like a power hitter.
Was it stolen bass in baseball or kickball?
All
right.
Come on, Charles. When was your last stolen base? Uh high school. High school? Oh right. That backfired. Figured I had the most recent still steal on the show. Big show today. Mistake speaking of Chicago to already write off the Bears. They got the Eagles on Monday night football. Meanwhile, the Chiefs, they look good. If our faith has already been officially restored and they're back to being a full-time contender in Kansas City. And finally, will Josh Allen continue his offensive dominance? Nine touchdowns through two games is pretty good, I would say. I don't know that anyone's playing football better than him. Right now, we got a busy show today, and we don't get to say this often. We're gonna start in Rio, where the Ravens and Cowboys are facing off Sunday.
Both teams one and one. Ravens a three and a half point favorite, despite the game being on a neutral site. Lamar Jackson was asked, you know, your Got this opponent's Dallas Cowboys. Everyone talks about them being America's team. That matter to you ahead of this game? Take a listen.
This America, that's Brazil, so we'll see. We'll see. But um yeah, I seen the uh their pass rushes are unbelievable. You know, um they get after the quarterback a lot, disrupt the uh pass game a lot. Um but it's football at the end of the day, you know, um we just gonna have to go out there and do what we supposed to do.
He makes a good point. It is not America, but the Cowboys defense. has really not been incredible through two games and the injury report not being very kind that's uh three different starters already have been ruled out for the game in Brazil. So with all of that context here, but it is a neutral sight, Jeff, I'll start with you. Are you surprised the Cowboys are this big underdogs already to the Ravens?
I think I'm surprised because of my preseason priors, but if you look at how the teams have played so far this season, it makes a lot of sense. The Ravens have basically played seven great quarters or good quarters and one bad one, right? Against New Orleans in the fourth quarter, where they allowed multiple touchdowns and lost that game. The Cowboys defense, which I thought would be better, and it might have a chance, right? It's it's a Vic Fangio disciple. Those defenses take a little bit of time to grow into themselves, but the injuries are already happening. The defensive line is not playing well. Coach, they're allowing traversions on third down. 68%. Sixty eight percent. I mean that breaks your heart.
I can see right there. Like it's too much. They can't really stop the run. The Ravens can run the football. So if you run the football well on a first and second down, third down becomes shorter. To play a team that can't rush the passer that well, that is not playing well on defense. Like I understand why the Ravens are a big favorite.
Yeah, I I'm so I mean big favorite it's what three and a half. I d I I'm surprised it's not a bigger line th than it is going into this game because of how poorly the defense is played and and it's it's all aspects of the defense. I I know Lamar said they have great pass rushers and they can get after quarterback, but they're twenty first and pressures. I think they have one sack on the on the season. You haven't seen that that uh off season investment. anywhere near come close to to paying off the the way we expected it to. Now the last time these two play two teams played it i it was a pretty wild game, uh where Baltimore went up twenty eight to six early and then Dallas came soaring back and had a chance at the end and ended up being twenty eight, twenty five.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why are the Cowboys considered underdogs against the Ravens in Brazil?
0:00–5:17
2
Can the Bears bounce back after being written off early in the season?
5:17–10:36
3
What matchup factors shape the Bengals vs. Steelers preview?
10:36–15:12
4
Which player could be the Week 3 X‑Factor according to the coaches?
15:12–21:15
5
How will the Packers' offense fare against the Falcons in the neutral‑site game?
21:15–26:31
6
Has the faith in the Chiefs been officially restored after early‑season doubts?
26:31–32:31
7
Will Josh Allen continue his offensive dominance into week 2?
32:31–38:13
8
What are the key predictions for the rest of the NFL season?
38:13–43:28
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