Dan's No. 1 Observation From the Football Weekend | Hour 3 (feat. Amin Elhassan)
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What is Dan’s opening observation about the Chargers‑Cardinals game bug on the helmet?
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Amin El Hassan will be in here shortly to do his weekend observations. In the interim, I have my tenth rank number ten observation from the football weekend, and that observation is that Darien Mensa has eight touchdowns this season and four incompletions.
We're gonna track that throughout the season.
Number nine, I don't know if you guys saw this or not, but it's not something I've seen before. They cut away, so I do not know what happened. But in the Chargers Cardinals game, it was clear at one point that the field goal kicker ran out there and was ready to take the kick, and there was a giant bug on his helmet that was climbing toward a hole in his helmet, and then they they went away from it, but he didn't know it was there. And I thought to myself, if that's a hole in the helmet that that bug can actually get into the helmet, that could be really distracting when he's kicking to have it didn't look like a fly, it looked like a large insect of some sort. It's gonna lay eggs in his ear. I don't think that that's what was going to happen.
I just think it was. No, I think he's right. It was going to distract him, but I believe that game also leads me to number eight on my observations, uh, which is the Cardinals had the biggest upset in the sport this weekend, correct? Uh that of it not just professional football, uh all the all of professional football. The biggest upset in the sport, I don't know if it was by point spread or not, but the biggest surprise That
was almost a double uh digit spread. That was nine and
Was the Cardinals beating the Chargers, which leads me to observation number eight, which is seven. Herbert and Mike McDaniel, how's that gonna go? Because that did not look like anything other than passes to the tight end. I mean they have Lad McConkey, but when they had McConkey and Keenan Allen and Mike Williams, uh Justin Herbert looked a certain kind of way, and I thought Mike McDaniel was gonna have something and Joku is there now and uh and they also have Aronde Gadsen and they were just throwing to the tight end and And they got beat by a Cardinals team at home and that did not look like the Chargers team from last year.
We should mention McConkey got drilled. Yeah. And and that seemed like a bad injury. And they were moving the ball better when they had him to target. Well, dude, in the first half,
the first drive, Herbert was three for three for sixty yards all to McConkie. And it's like their offense runs through him. Like in Mike McDaniel's scheme, like he is the Tyreek Hill of what they want to do. Moving him short, getting him lateral, like then you get hurt and popped, like, all right, who do we have to throw to? We have nineteen tight ends, like I use them.
It's not flashy, but the center is very important in the Mike McDaniel. I'm not kidding. And they have a they have a rookie center from Florida. And I actually think that that is a huge with the with the run game, a lot of pulling. The Aaron Brewer became a pro bowler under Mike McDaniel's system. So I just think that rookie center is actually a big factor. Good
on
you. One catch for Harrison, huh?
He stinks. I don't get it. He stinks. He was so good in school. He's so slow. He works hard. He's so slow and just has zero hands. He caught one from a miracle ball that Jacoby Brissett threw it to the opposite sideline. But like he's got no juice whatsoever. Kendrick Bourne, who's thirty one years old, went eight for seventy five. Marvin Harrison Jr. has never had an eight reception game in his life.
That's not true. At least at the at this level. That's not true either. Oh look.
You're just saying things.
You are just saying things. I don't think that that's true. I know people are down on him, but I don't believe that what you're saying is uh technically factual. Why do you just say things?
Part of the reason why he's so overrated is because Gus Johnson. He kind of saw gas stop on
Mazerati Marf.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Dan’s opening observation about the Chargers‑Cardinals game bug on the helmet?
0:00–4:52
2
How did the Cardinals pull off the biggest upset of the NFL weekend?
4:52–8:26
3
Why does Dan think the Chargers’ offensive line and rookie center are key to their future?
8:26–14:30
4
What are the main arguments for and against Jalen Hurts as the best comp for the season?
14:30–19:46
5
Which unique weekend observations does Amin El Hassan share about the NFL games?
19:46–24:19
6
What bizarre off‑field moments (bug on helmet, poop incident, cross‑fit collapse) stood out this weekend?
24:19–28:30
7
How does the panel compare Jalen Hurts to baseball pitchers like Mark Burley and John Lackey?
28:30–32:04
8
What final takeaways does Dan give about the NFL week‑one performances and his missed #1 observation?
32:04–36:58
Speakers
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