Kickoff with Boomer Esiason and Mike Valenti for Week 2 in the NFL | 'Kickoff with Boomer and Valenti'

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It's time for kickoffs. With Boomerosai and Mike Valenti.

Mike Valenti 0:39

And we are back. It is week two in the National Football League kickoff with Boomer and Villeneuve. Booms, what's going on, buddy?

Boomer Esiason 0:45

You know, it's so great to see you, Mike, again and be back on the show with you. And unfortunately we had some uh technical difficulties last week. Not your fault or my fault. We're just talent. We just show up, we do a show, and we expect the people behind us to make us look better than we really are. So I don't know how you felt about last week, but I was frustrated.

Mike Valenti 1:01

I missed you. I was undefe I was underf undefeated. So it worked out perfect. Uh no, look, we got a lot of good stuff to get to. So let's just let's dive in, let's party, let's get to the rundown.

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The NFL rundown.

Mike Valenti 1:15

Start out with Thursday night football. The Bills dropped a bomb on the Lions. I mean the score looked better than it really was, but Boomer here here's two things. You take it where you want to go. One It's the Lions defense is a complete bleep show. I mean, the last six quarters they've given up seventy-one points, a thousand yards basically. Uh, and by the uh here, how about this for third downs?

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Mike Valenti 1:36

Opponents are sixteen of their last twenty. In regulation on third and fourth down. For the Bills, here's the flip side. It's enjoyable, it's fun. Josh Allen's incredible, but it's more of the same. It's it's it's a defense that just wants to play too high, soft shell. I don't know. What what do you make of it? Because I I I think the Lions are good. I don't think they're Super Bowl good. And the Bills, it's always going to come back to is that defense gonna get a big stop for Josh Allen?

Boomer Esiason 2:02

You know, it's oddly enough, uh, on FanDuel earlier in the the year, I picked the Lions and the Bills to be in the Super Bowl just 'cause I did want to pick the Rams. I really do believe in the Bills and and Josh Allen is playing amazing football these last two weeks. Uh the game against Houston and the number one defense or number two defense in football last year was quite amazing, Mike. And he just looks like Superman. He looks like he is completely unstoppable and listening to Aiden Huff. Hutchinson talk about Josh from Thursday night football says he's impossible to stop. I mean, you think you got him, and he's so big and he's so strong and so quick that he'll get away from you. And in the past, the running was frenetic.

Boomer Esiason 2:40

Now the running it has been the last couple of years. It's more when he wants the run, when he feels like he can take off and make, you know, either score a touchdown or get a key a key first down. As far as the lines are concerned, I think both of these defense. Defenses, by the way, are not very good. I think there's a much better pass rush in Buffalo than there is in Detroit. But when I look at the Lions and I look at their schedule, I still look at one of the easiest strength of schedules going forward for the rest of the season. And that's exactly what propelled the Patriots to the Super Bowl last year. So I'm not off of them by any stretch of the imagination. And look, their defensive coordinator has got to get his act together.

Boomer Esiason 3:16

They look confused. much like the Cowboys did on on Sunday night against the Giants. So yeah, the Lions have defensive problems for sure, but they're gonna be able to score with anybody.

Mike Valenti 3:26

Yeah, that that's it's spot on. Look, they need Kirby Joseph back. I don't know if Kirby's ever gonna play again. And Brian Branch is off a torn Achilles. So I don't know what I can expect. But th they'll get fat and happy off some bad teams, but reality it's I I think the NFC North's best division in football, but We'll have all year to bicker about that. Let let's go back for a second. I want to go to that debacle in Australia.