 The Chargers have lost 13 of 16 against the Chiefs, so you're saying there's a chance. All right, let's get the TNF party started. Eric Weddle, Sean Merriman, Dante Hall in studio, touchdown Palooza. Let's get it. Two touchdowns. Hallelujah. I think it'll be Oprah's style. And you, and you, and you get one all hands on deck. Plenty of receivers for the ball, too. Chiefs, no Tyreek, no problem. Mahomes dealt to nine receivers. Eleven players touched the ball in their week one. Impressive. When Herbert hit nine guys, too. Now he is down Keenan Allen, game time decision on Stud J.C. Jackson, making his Chargers day blue view. I think day blue, not day blue. It'll be day celebration. I think the Chargers might win this one, but you'll get my pick at the end of the show. Both squads loaded, both coming off big wins. Both quarterbacks have the best passer rating in the game to start, and both average the most passing yards per game in NFL history. That is right there, number one. And number two, there's some thousand pass qualification to that that we don't really want to get into right now. So, of course, this game is going to come down to defense. Kondurwin James, bottle up Travis Kelsey. Khalil Mack, three sacks last week. Can Chris Jones do his thing for KC to keep them alive? Well, it turns out I have the perfect person to ask. All-Pro 45 and a half sacks, a nightmare, hurting and haunting and hunting quarterbacks as a Chargers legend. And then, of course, eroding the last shred of their confidence with a soul-crushing dance of death at the end, lights out Sean Merriman in the building. Hello. What's up, K? How you doing? Good. I'm not Matt Money-Smith, voice of the Chargers, but that was my nice intro try. I really tried there. Tell me about your lights out logo back there. I know you were always up to something. That's right. Lights out extreme fighting. We're back here in a couple months. We're going to announce probably three different days. Looking to sign a few former NFL guys as well. So, can't wait to make that announcement because that's something I've been working on for the past two years. And as you see these former athletes, they like to get in the rink and cage. So, it's going to be pretty cool when I announce this one. All right. We'll have to come back and tell us who those NFL players are. Huge game tonight. Let's dig right in. Both teams loaded. For LA, this squad is finally balanced and stable. You were on some special Chargers teams. I know that it's early, but do you think this squad has the qualities that compare to some of those, like your 0-6 squad? No, absolutely. And I said it all the time. And one thing I used to hate as a player is to get compared to, like, someone who did it before me, because I know those guys in a locked role. They're a new team. It's a new era. But if you look across the board and how this team is built now, they're very close to how we were, right? You've got two outside linebackers like Ash Rush really well. You've got Cornerbacks and DB. So across the board, these little guys look very similar. I know the game has changed and things like that. But let me tell you, a guy like Justin Herbert only comes around every 10 or 15 years. And so that's why I think that not only us former Chargers, but Charger fans are feeling confident because of Justin Herbert and what he can bring to the table. Well, 0-6 was memorable, but they didn't get to the promise land. Nowhere near it. How far can this squad go from the quarterback like Justin Herbert? Well, there's no doubt about it. They have an opportunity with a championship. I think what it's really going to come down to, for them, Kay, to be honest, is health. You know, when those guys are banged up, can they win football games? Now, J.C. Jackson, you know, he missed the first game and guess what? They were playing against probably arguably the best wide receiver in football and Devontae Adams. They came out with a win. And that was my first time seeing Devontae Adams up close in person. He is next level. I don't think I've seen anybody like that period, so if they can go and escape and get a win against the best wide receiver in football, you know, these are the games they need to win and they're going to go down and get a big win in KC, in my opinion. Yeah, J.C. Jackson, as far as we understand, he'll be out there in warm-ups. He wants to make his debut coming from New England. They're as a Charger tonight, but we'll see what he looks like and stay tuned to Amazon Prime for that, where the game is tonight. It's all very exciting. But let's, you know, back in 0-6, there wasn't a guy named Patrick Mahomes making defenders look silly out there. That's a huge difference between this world and that one. So, give me the goods, Mariman. How specifically would you contain him? You know, you really can. Because the big question coming into this year was, were they going to be able to step up because of Tyreek Hill? Losing Tyreek Hill, people don't understand is it was a major, major blow to how that team was built. Okay. Because he's such a deep threat. Now, I thought for sure they wouldn't come into struggle, but to see it, see Patrick Mahomes throw the ball to nine different wide receivers and then finding a way to get the ball out their hands quick and Travis Kelsey doing what he does, I mean, it's scary because they made that transition. They pivoted it that fast with a guy like Tyreek Hill gone. Again, this game is going to go down the match-up. The Chargers pass trust. They've got defensive players, they cornerbacks, they can match up against everybody across the board. They're going to have the time to throw these balls so it's going to come down to a match-up problem. I think they have the studs to get it done. I think if there's one team in the NFL, NFC, you know, you can maybe talk about what they have there with the Raiders, too, with Chandler Jones. But you have Khalil Mack, who had an incredible debut as a Charger. You have Joy Bosa there. They've got the artillery to get it done and we'll see if they can. You were at practice, at training camp earlier this summer, you saw Khalil Mack. What stood out to you? You know, I've always been a fan of him just outside of the game. When you retire, you turn into fan of these guys and watch them. People would always ask me all the time. They say, hey, who reminds you the most of your time playing? I would say Khalil Mack. Because he's really that dominant, right? He can do multiple things. He can play the run well. People only give him enough credit for how he plays the run. And one thing I saw about him at practice, he has this thing where he can ball rush you with the same arm, with the same leg. And I was sitting there looking all the time. I said, man, if I would have did that, I'll probably tour both my ACLs. Because he has this time at the bottom and this tenacity. Even when he's not making a play, he's disruptive. Well, one or two of those interceptions that Derrick Carr threw. Yes, Khalil Mack didn't make the sack, but he could not step up. Derrick Carr couldn't step up and deliver a great ball because he was just so damn disruptive. So I'll read you a quote. He had three sacks and he stopped the run. He did all the things he needed to do. This was Mack's quote. Quote, it wasn't good enough. I left a lot of stuff out there and I have to get it corrected. That is insane to me. And I know there's his pass rushing ability and his mental obviously. How does his presence out there impact the defense as a whole? Because this team sucked at stopping the run yesterday. And then Khalil Mack, that's something that I know specifically he was focused on in the off season training camp and we even saw it last week with bottling up Jacobs and company. Yeah, like I said before, he doesn't get enough credit as a run stopper, but when you have two guys out there who can hold the edge and you can't bounce it outside and have too many plays inside, everything is going to be forwards back inside. Then you've got Kenneth Murray who's stepping up, Tranquil who made an unbelievable interception. I mean, that wasn't even Derrick Carr's fault. That was just a really good play. So they have Minteria guys now that now presents a problem. Also, you know, Joey Bolson, you can't go out and double team them every game anymore. He's going to have some one-on-ones. That's when he's going to make his plays. And like I said, I don't want to compare these guys to the old 16. But it's hard not to because they're so talented across the board. Why did you hate playing at Arrowhead? I saw that you tweeted that. Well, first of all, I hate that chant. I mean, I couldn't stand it because once they scored or they had something, it was like that chant got so loud that it would just ring in your head all and you're just like, man, don't let them have a touchdown or anything because they'll never stop. Also too, it's fun playing them this time of year there, right? Because in December, you can forget about it. That ground is so hard. I still to this day have, you know, marks in my forearms and sliding around on that tundra out there. Every time I see you, I just think that you are the one that can take the goat down. Like you've sacked Brady, many times that can't be easy. Take us inside the experience of sacking TV 12. You know what? I was told a long time ago, Ray Lewis, you know, his younger brother, Keon Lattimore, went to University of Maryland. So Ray, I remember telling him, he said, you want to be great. You have to have great games against great quarterbacks. And I always stepped up to the plate when I saw Tom Brady, paid man and those type of guys. Because if you look at my stats, that's probably what I've had in my stats because I knew that in order to get mentioned up there, to be in the same breath of sentence as them, I had to go out and have these games. Let me tell you, it's nothing like sacking Tom Brady. You don't get many opportunities. You don't get a whole lot of shot downs. No, but you know, Tom actually looks at you like he's not supposed to get hit, right? He does. And so even though he didn't talk much back, talk back much to me, he always gave me that look like I wasn't supposed to get hit. I was like, how dare you? It was definitely a how dare I... Does he make a noise? So there's no, there's none of this? Oh, yeah. Payton, all those guys had different noises. I would say Tom Brady was a little bit more of a heath, like a, like, you know, one of those hard coughs kind of thing, like a deep one. No, please, no. Give it to me. Give me Tom Brady's reaction and getting back. Put it this way. It was a lot different than hitting anyone else. Oh, my gosh, the guy, I mean, he is the goat. He stands alone. I love that. Okay, I love that we have you laughing. Sean Merriman joining us. We've got chiefs welcoming the Chargers to town hours from now in Kansas City to celebrate the kickoff to week two and the kickoff to Amazon's coverage of Thursday Night Football. Now you do something on Instagram. Let's have a little fun here. You judge altercations, kerfluffles, bro-ha-has, as I like to call them. And you either sign them up if they're tough or don't sign them if they're not. So I'm going to show you some plays that I picked out. I like the context of this one. Of course, the Darius Smith sacking Aaron Rodgers. What do you got? Take a look at this. This is his first game as a Viking after three seasons in Green Bay. There were some extra curriculars. Are we signing them up? We're signing them up. And actually, I saw after this play, the shoulder bump, one of these next plays is coming up here. So you've got to sign them up, man. It's coming out, getting some against your team like that. Aaron Rodgers, they're struggling. They can't make those big plays. No way I received the throw two and you go out and start the game like this. That's definitely a sign them up. And they got the win and that defense is no joke. Okay, this four net chip block that everybody keeps talking about. Joe Thomas told me yesterday it is an A plus. It was clean. Don't sign them up. I mean, come on. You know the guy is not looking. I'm not saying that the chip block should be illegal, but also it can't be celebrated, right? You're not looking at him. I had this talk with Parsons. I said, look, man, you're the guy. You're the guy coming into year two. You're not jumping onto the scene. People know how devastating you can be to their offense. This is going to happen. And I told him this and this happening right now. They're not done. So I'm not sounding this one. Just move to don't sign them up. I love this. You were on team Michael Parsons. I don't know you guys talked. I love that nugget. How about this? This is Derek for us. Welcome to the NFL. He lights up Travis ETN. What? Sign them up 100%. Hey, you know what? This is definitely a sign them up. All right. So we are signing up Derek for us. Welcome to the club. I'm going to my charges. Let's go. Kansas City. I'm not being home. I think it's just a better matchup. It's going to be tough for the chief to figure out who to block and what to do and try to spread the ball. I think charges at least by touchdown. It'll be close. You know a lot of people are going to play in the NFL. Just some more time. Justin Herbert does not have a win over my homes in that situation. We'll see if it changes on the road. I have to tell you, I like your pick but I'm feeling a little weird energy in the studio. What is going on? Could it be we have a guest joining us? What is this? Is this X factor? The baddest return specialist You two know each other, one's a happy family, huh? What's up, Lyssa? Wait, what's up, dude? Hey, we hated playing them. Trust me, I'm just glad I didn't have to go down and cover them, so, so good. We hated playing you. I remember playing you and you knocked our quarterback Trent Green out, and we had to put in dinosaur quarterback Warren Moon in. You remember that? Yeah. Oh, man. Sean, do you remember? Go ahead, tell me. Well, OK, so obviously, having a nickname like Lyssa, you got to live up to it, right? So I just went out and did my thing. I think also my rookie year, I got, you know, Priest Holmes as well. He did. And so, you know, I had some big kids, but they were always a great, you know, rivalry. And obviously Tony G. And, you know, whenever he touched the ball, I mean, it was instant fireworks. We're like, we're holding our breath. Every time they kicked you on the sideline, holding our breath. So now we have some good squad. You would be suspended for a year with those hits in today's game. I would. I joke around and tell people I would be playing for free, right? So after every game, I would go sign my check and send it right off to the NFL. But now, it was great times. And they had so many guys, and Jason Dunn, and people don't talk about enough. I mean, one of the biggest tight ends. I personally think they kept one of the teams just to block me. But, you know, they had so many guys. Tony, you know, Tony, you know, back there and priests and then Larry Johnson came in. I'm sitting around thinking like, you know, Larry Johnson getting a credit, you know, for what he's done in a short period of time. So they had so many guys at that time. It was a fun rivalry to go and see him every twice a year. I could listen to this all day. I actually don't want to go on. We do have to take a commercial break and get into the chief side of things. Obviously, he picked the chargers. But you two, I look at you and I see all the same things the priest homes, the roaring rivalry, but also two of the most iconic dance celebrations of all time. Let's take a look at the tape here, people. Oh, and we start with Don Tael. I mean, this is definitely less effort than Sean Merman had to put into his. But it was nice and casual. Do you miss that? I do miss it. I still throw it up every chance I get. But yeah, like you said, it's pretty casual. Yeah, and then we have, of course, we up the ante a lot here. A lot of adrenaline, Sean. Do you have a favorite time you did it that sticks up? I would probably say against the Raiders, Monday night football game. I got them like three or four times in that game. By the third or fourth sack, I was just like, I'm tired, man. I don't even want to do this anymore. And I did it. And right after I did it, I went to the salon, I grabbed the oxygen pump. So that's why I remember that last one. You guys still got it? You still got it, Sean? You still got it. That's easy. I got this one. I can do mine sitting down. Let's see it. I'll do it at the same time. I'll put it on Twitter. It's been a morning, so I see what I got sitting down, but. It doesn't look as good as sitting down. It doesn't look as good as sitting down. We're going to, we'll put a poll up. What was the more iconic celebration? No, Maryman winning 70% to 30%. And I actually agree with that. While I have you before we break, let's settle an age old question, gentlemen, as I have it here. Oh no, I don't want to go yet, guys. We can't go yet. Open field. Maryman, are you getting Dante Hall down or is Hall juking you? No, I'm not. But listen, I'll say this, and I used to tell Dennis Bros. this every day. I said, I'm going to hit you hard, or I'm going to miss you hard, but I'm leaving my PD the way. Because guys like that, you don't have a chance. You don't have a shot to get them in open fields. The only shot you guys, just closing your eyes and hope the best thing happens. So anytime I want to get it, I agree with that. I'll give you a celebration, but yeah, I don't, good luck talking to you. Yeah, I'm not, I need my knees, man. I don't really need my knees, so I'm not breaking down for that one. Sean, you're such an awesome guest. Great analysis, such fun. Thank you for being so up here on the West Coast. We're all excited for the game. Enjoy it, and we'll have you on soon, hopefully, okay? Thanks, thanks for having me. Sean Marion, what a stud. The human joyster, Chris here, breaking down the chief's side of things. We have to do that. When we get back, Eric Weddle joins us. It is Thursday night football baby hours away. ["Light Up On Light"] I gotta tell you, there's nothing I love more than watching great NFL players light up, watching their highlights. It's my favorite thing. I was actually lighting up for the song. Really? I like the song. I obviously know how it's like. Okay, we've got a lot of songs going on. You were at Kendrick Lamar last night here in LA. That guy's special. An artist. An artist, yes. What's the shirt you wear? Do you wear this to the conference? Well, this is what I found last year doing the playoffs. Bury me at Arrowhead, and I will cheer from the grave. Well, that's morbid, but I like it. I like it. So I take it you things will go well tonight. I do. I think it's gonna be tough on the Chargers, coming off a short week, going into Arrowhead, and getting that win. And you know, you're missing one of your stars, Kenan Allen, at Y Receivers. So I just think it's gonna be tough. It's always harder for the road team on a short week. That's a good call. I feel cheesy saying this, but I feel like I have to. What is the X factor for Kansas City? Justin Reed. Justin Reed, he's gonna have to kick, he's gonna have to defend, and he's gonna have to support the run. No honey badger, too. So he's got big shoes to fill. So Justin Reed is my X factor for the Chiefs. How about LA? Is there an X factor there? There he is. Austin Eckler. Okay. Because I think one of the greatest defenses against a guy like Patrick Mahomes, your Tom Brady's, is a good running game. So I look for Austin Eckler. If they can get a good running game going, they can give my Chiefs some issues. They, yeah. You cannot try to beat the Chiefs in the shootout, especially in Arrowhead. You know what I think? Buffalo found that on last year. You know what I think? Listen, Tyree Kill is gone. Ty who? Oh. I'm kidding, that's my boy. Oh! I'm kidding, that's my boy. I got to love the title. Why do you say Ty who? I'm just kidding. Well, there's a reason to say it, because they look great. They really do. And not to be, you know, I told you so, guy, but I felt like this was going to be the case because as I was looking at the assets that we got once Tyreek was traded, I started looking at what our team was going to look like. Solid. And I thought about, remember the New England Patriots when they had Randy Moss, and they were super explosive back in 2007? Yeah. And then he left. Then they went to a two tight end set, West Walker, and they became more balanced, and they started meticulously going down the field. That's what he did. That's exactly what the chief said. 11 different players touched the ball. I ask you, I'm surprised, I really am. I thought you were going to come here and be screaming, I mean, he's dynamic, he's fast, he reminds you of people of you. Pretty much. In that offense. Right, right. But they have a bunch of solid options. Is there a world in my crazy to say they might be better as an offense without Tyreek Hill? Yes, you're not crazy to say that. I actually thought that because, you know, you have a dynamic guy like Tyreek, you want to go to that guy all the time. You force it. And now his force to grow up and mature as a quarterback, I'm speaking of Patrick Mahomes, and also with Andy Reed's offense, you can pretty much not put anyone in, but I think Tyreek was a product of the system. He was a cog in the wheel, he was an amazing cog, but he was just a cog in the wheel. Andy Reed has been doing this for years, so. Tyreek's thriving out there so far in Miami, he's not, you know. He's the Patriots. The Patriots are not that good, right? They're not that good. They're not the only one that's thinking that? The Patriots are not that good. They're certainly not that good. They're rebuilding almost, so. He had some crazy catches, though. Let's see what happened against Baltimore this week. Well, okay, he got some takes. Ty who? That might fly out there in the Twitter world. Okay, we cannot not go back to 2003 because this just comes out. We can't do it in every with you without showing these insane highlights. Walk me through this. So this one, I remember just thinking, we need to make a play. We came out strong with offense, and I went into that particular play thinking, I'm catching it no matter what. Now I didn't realize I was gonna catch it inside the 10. Didn't realize I was gonna dance, one run back towards the end zone, but I remember going into that play thinking, I'm catching this, I'm not for a catcher. We're gonna make a play on special. When did you realize that this was going to be? Yeah, this is like sit back and enjoy some theater. I think I've got stickers on the bottom of my boots. I apologize to viewers at home. When did you realize this iconic play would be shown, I know, would be shown until the end of time? That's a great question, Kay. I've never been asked that. Probably once I retired while playing. Really? I didn't think it would be iconic. Yeah, it was after I retired, 10 years later, people are still, you know, talking about this play. And then I began to realize, oh, this was iconic. And I really knew it was cemented in NFL history when they did the 100 Greatest Plays. Yeah. I made it. I made it. Well, you're surprised. Do you see what you do? I mean. It was the juke that shook the world, the juke to end all juke's. Well, as a young kid growing up, watching all of these greats, I just never ever, you know, thought that one play that I made would be, you know, considered one of the NFL's all time great plays. You're very humble, but you're not too. You're very interesting, Dante Ha. Listen, they don't make game breakers like they used to. You are a rarity as you know, my friend. Appreciate that. But given the game versus the Chargers tonight, I ask you, who are the three most electric players in the game tonight, today? I like Jalen Waddle. Okay, let's take a look here. So Jalen doing his thing, the penguin dance. You got grown men doing the penguin dance. So part of my list is, I like these players, they're dynamic, but it's also about the celebrations. I love the Waddle. Jalen Waddle is amazing. Yeah, we're talking about Waddle, not Tyreek. Ty who? Yeah, it's all about Jalen, baby. Yeah. That's kidding. Also like Jalen Waddle because he's a Texas boy. I don't think Texas, we grew up in the same area. Oh yeah, a lot of context. I thought you were gonna go more Xs and Osum, but that's okay. Justin Jefferson. Oh, love this kid. I think he's the new Randy Moss. He reminds me of Randy Moss, especially wearing that purple as Randy did. And I love his dance as well. The Gritty is one of the best all-time celebrations, but there it is, there it is. Even you saying that, you crowning something, the best celebration is huge, so that's big. I just find him to be super dynamic and he did it for his first couple of years in the league and then he comes right out in year three and he's right back at it. He'll be unstoppable all year. No one can defend it. Is there another one? Of course we gotta go with some home team flavor. Who got? My man, Patrick Mahone, Showtime. You don't get a nickname like Showtime or Electric. I mean, he's Electric. Look at that on, that's an Electric throw. He beats you with his brains, he beats you with his legs. That's a dynamic quarterback. Do you think the Chiefs are being counted out? I don't think so. Who's counting them out? I don't know. I feel like there was not a lot of hype in them. Everyone's talking about the Bills. You see the Super Bowl picks this year? I did, I did. Everyone's picking Buffalo. Every show I've been on, Bills, Bills, Bills, but that's okay because when that team is picked like that, that team never makes it. Leave the Bills, Bills, Bills, Destiny's Child. Let's say the championships in the rings for Patrick Mahone, one of the most electric players in the game. No Tyreek on your list of most electric players. No. I'm a shade out of you two. A little shade. I'm a little slightly upset with Tyreek for leaving us. Why? I mean, I'm slightly upset. All right, let's just open it now. Barbara Walters is here. Talk to me about this. What's the story? You think he could have stayed, should have stayed? No, I totally get it. You got to go get your money, you know? I get that. But I just wanted to keep that unit together. I feel like they still had a chance to fight for championships, but I get it. Money over championships. I get the time. Money over championships. I get the time. I get it. Dante, y'all, who's winning this game? The Chiefs. The Chiefs bury him at Arrowhead. He says, I loved you see that old school logo they drew? They put on the field. I'll show you at the commercial break. I don't know if we have it, but we'll show you. Okay, we got another guest coming. I mean, as if Sean Merriman and Dante Hall weren't enough. We have a friend of the show, Eric Weddle, joining the program. That's right, the bearded one. He's in the carpool lane at school right now, rushing to join us. What's the worry meter on the Rams? We'll be back. There he is loud. You made it. Great. What a show so far, Eric Weddle, on the way. Listen, we love values in fantasy football. We love your tweets. Everyone's asking, what do I do? Should I be so worried about cat makers? Ellen Robinson. Whoa. Time for you up, our Daily Fantasy segment for your season long and Daily Fantasy needs here. These are some guys I like that are values. We love values here on the show. DJ Shark. I won't sing the Baby Shark song. Oh, my hair's like out of place. That's fine. All right, ranked 45th at wide receiver on fantasy pros. This dude had four catches for 52 yards and a touchdown on eight targets last week. He was Goff's second most targeted receiver behind Amon Ross, St. Brown. So this week, going up against the Washington secondary that allowed the second most yards per game in the air last season. And based on what we saw from both these teams last week, I do believe we'll see a lot more passing and plenty of scoring DJ Shark 1000% in my lineup. How about Devin Singletary? He's ranked 29th right now at on fantasy pros at running back. He got off to a slower start week one, but come on, it's not surprising the Bills didn't try to pound the ball. They had Aaron Donald and that Rams front took a test with don't forget Singletary ended last season scoring nine touchdowns over his last six games and averaging close to 100 total yards per game over his last four regular season outings. So I think we see him go off this week against that tight in defense. They allowed the most rushing yards in the NFL week one, the most. But look what Saquon did to them. Come on, and that Giants backfield. Let's go. How about a wide receiver for you? Josh Palmer tonight. He goes short week, blah, blah, blah. Dante Hall of blah, blah, blah. Listen, I know he didn't have a great week one. He had five yards last week, but we're going to see him step up tonight. Remember, Keenan Allen is out in the one game without Keenan last year. Palmer posted five catches for 66 yards and a score expecting to get involved. And last but not least, hey, another one for tonight. We see new chargers tie then Gerald Everett. Step it up in Keenan's absence. He had three catches for 54 yards. He had a touchdown in his chargers debut last week. Gerald Everett, if you're looking for a tight end to play, this would be the one. Does he have better numbers than Kelsey up against Derwin James? That's quite a bold prediction. I might bring that back at the end of the show, but we'll hear Wettelstotz on Derwin James on Travis Kelsey in a bit. All right, this is it. Taking a review. These are some sleepers. Two of them in tonight's game. Get singles here in your lineup of confidence. Lee's and DJ Chark up against the Commanders. Okay, after this, the guests keep coming. He's not all home to due lists and honeydews and ice cream people. No, no, no, we have Eric Wetteldisch and the analysis on week two. How about those youths, bro? Yeah, what did they score? A million points? Jeez, Louise. Turn it up, hey, we're fighting the time. You, yeah, we're the shots. I'm all of us on puts. I'm all of control, I'm all of control. I'm whipping the songs, so matter the cost, we're bringing it home. Turn it up, turn it up. He's the man and we are the luckiest show in sports to have this guest joining us as he will every Thursday. Safety for 13 seasons with the Chargers, Ravens, the Rams, Two Time All-Pro, and Super Bowl champion, the best beard in the business. Eric Wettel, hello. How are you, Kay? Great to see you. I'm so good. Look at you flexing with that hat. You were just there, right? At the University of Utah last weekend, you, my friend, were inducted into their Hall of Fame. I know how excited you were. What was the best part? Just to share the experience with the fans and the Crimson Club, the donors, everyone that's had a hand in this crazy career of mine, both college and NFL, I felt that I grew a lot at the University of Utah and I think the people that grew with me kind of stayed with me all my years in the NFL. So very special, felt loved, just tried to give as much time and thank everyone I could throughout that weekend. I'm sure it was amazing. And then they showed up. Those youths got a win for you. As they should, holy smokes. Of shellacking proportion. What was the score? 73-7. What have, what had happened? Did the other, was the team scared? Did they think you were playing and didn't show up? What happened? You know, it's, it's what you would expect from a good team going against a one to play. It's, we probably, we probably played them, paid them a good amount of money to come up there and give us a nice rebound wind after that tough Florida loss week one. But it's what we needed to move forward and high hopes for this season. It's amazing. What an incredible weekend and so well deserved. And you were on for the first time last week and we were previewing Bill's rams on Thursday night. Oh, yeah. I know how, how Super Bowl hungover are they? I don't, you know, I'm, I'm recently retired. So I'm still kind of in that mode of the players play, coaches, coach, and there are no excuses. And you go out there, you do your best and the bills were the better team. And rightfully so in all three phases. I mean, shoot, they didn't even punt all game. So we just got to get back to, to playing our style football and nobody wins the championship week one. It's a, it's a long season. There'll be a lot of ups and downs and you just look at the tape. You own it, any negative plays or bad plays. It was all me, I'll get better from it and you, and you move forward. There's no point of, of dwelling on it, worrying about it. You got another game in it, you know, at Atlanta. So you got to get back on the horse and go get a dub. And that's when I'll be nervous, right? Like they rested their starters in the pre-season, they, you know, lose the Falcons and I'll be worried. Sean McVeigh strikes me as someone who does sort of dwell on, you know, the one mistake in the game, even in the super. Like I picture him as being the guy who's, you know, he celebrates when he should, but he's like, damn it, why don't I get this one thing right? Even in a good game. So does he have that mentality to just like, let's leave it alone and build off of it? Do you, like, what's going on in that locker room all week? I, for sure, I think, I think early on in his career he let, he would let plays or sequences throughout a game, maybe affect them or keep them up all night. But I think he's, as he's matured and he's grown into the position, the leadership role, the driver in a sense of the entire organization, you just have to stay with what you know and stay consistent to your routine and how you work and how you approach the guys and how you lead. And at the end of the day, like you can't really control on Sundays. You could try to call the best game possible, but at the end of the day, it's on the players and the players got to go out there and execute the game plan and go make plays. And when it doesn't happen, it's, I've never been a proponent that the coaches lost us the game. It's always been about the players. It's always, you win and lose on the field. It's accountability, right? So let's talk about those players because Jalen Ramsey looked a little bit out of sorts out there. And then you and I talked about Matthew Stafford. That was not the Stafford that we all know and love. Do the elbow look okay to you after seeing the game? Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of turnover from year to year and the identity of who the Rams are in the moment is still in flux. Like we don't know what type of team we are. We don't know how this season's gonna be obviously from week to week or still trying to find the right mix at the offense. Line of continuity, play calling, what's best? How do we integrate Allen Robinson and so forth? So there's a lot that goes on throughout the season and this is our first live action for those guys. So you knew they'd be a little rusty. You knew one of the top teams in the league coming in, it was gonna be a tough game. You were gonna have to play at a high level when you don't against a really good team, you lose and then it's not close. So that's the reality. I don't see any issues that the team can't overcome by any means. I think you got to tighten up the screws on the back end. Obviously big plays lead to losses. The quickest way to lose in the NFL is giving up big plays but all those things are little tweaks that your eyes are in the right spot, communication on the back end, getting different looks on the defense. So offense can create some big plays. I don't see anything that gets me worried that this team won't be one of the top teams at the end of the year. Yeah, I think it's more of the bills are really good and they had a chip on their shoulder. They're mid season form. The Rams just came out the gate a little bit rusty. We'll see how it goes against those Falcons. Looking at just everything that happened in week one, week two kicks off tonight. We'll get to that in a bit. A lot of good defensive performances over the weekend. Anything in particular, catch your eye. Shoot, I thought a couple of new coordinators. I thought Mike McDonald for the Ravens did a great job against the Jets. Obviously the Jets a little bit short-handed but I thought they ran around, they played Raven football, stopped the run. I thought Wink at the giant, with the Giants new coordinator, new defense. How about the Vikings? Yeah, well, I'm getting there. I'm getting there, I'm going down the line. And obviously the Vikings, that nap might've been the biggest surprise of shutting down the Packers. The turnover was offensively new. A-Rod starts a little slow at times each year but Harrison Smith's been doing it for over a decade now. One of the guys I love to watch and support. So, they were, they're fun. They're, are they going to challenge the NFC North or the Packers that's going to walk through it like they've done for years on years? Yeah, so we gave you some homework last night because full disclosure, we'd love to show some footage of your choices. That's why I was pushing you to the Vikings. I got you, all right. Which you know. So then we asked you last night for your best safety in the game, in the game right now. And you sent, you send me a list of 14 with tears. What am I supposed to do with this? I know, well, I love, I love the game and it's hard for me just to pick three and all these guys I'd be there know or have relationships with and I'm sure I'm probably missing some. So I kind of just- You name every safety. You know, it's, hey, I'm not biased. I love, I love safety play. I love good safety play and I'm going to call it out when I'm a fan of guys. So all these guys have good traits, have played a high level, have shown to be really good football players that do it the right way. So why not, why not hype them all up? Okay, and I was dying laughing. I woke up to this text like, what am I supposed to do with this? Okay, I'll put it, let's only put it to you like this. You have to stop the bangles on a game-winning drive in the Super Bowl and you don't have Aaron Donald on the field. Who do you put in there? Oh gosh. Can I put myself in there? Nope. Do I, can I pick two? No, pick one. It'll feel so good. Yes! You're not saying they're the best safety in that situation. Who you got? I'm going Devon McCordy. Oh! I'm that Aaron from New England with three Super Bowl rings! Yeah, yeah, exactly. I know, I know he's gonna be in the right place. I know he'll get the guys lined up. He'll be able to mix and match the coverages and I'm just confident that, you know, he'll make a big play when we need it and he's been there. So nothing could take away experience. Now he may not be the most talented, I'm not saying that, but in that situation, in the big game, gotta take Dev. I love your love for the safeties. It was so hard, it was the hardest, my hardest journalistic thing was to pull that out of you. I was like, let's go, let's go. But I will say, I will say as someone in sports media, Devon McCordy, the perfect answer. Safe, everyone loves him universally, nobody can knock that pick, which is why, mwah, chef's kiss, excellent. Listen, Tyrone Matthews on that list. How badly will the Chiefs miss him tonight? You know, I think as older guys get to certain ages and teams make those decisions and they wanna move in a different direction, I think the most things that they'll miss is in the locker room, obviously the play, but there's just some guys that bring so much outside of playing that you just can't replace. The leadership, the work ethic, the accountability, the energy, the passion, like all the great ones in this league love ball, they love competing, they love practice. So I think they'll miss that. On the field, I think they're gonna be fine in the long run. But tonight, they miss just those instinctual, high level plays that he provided for that defense. I mean, he was the anchor and they'll be all right. They got a great team, great coach and staff, obviously. And the way Mahomes looked last week, I mean, shoot. They might be a team to be reckoned with. It's so true. It's just in games like tonight, I think that his presence will be missed even on the field. I think him being gone changes that defense when there's such a dynamic offense on the other side, even if they don't have Keenan Allen, Justin Herbert, I think that they might miss Tyrone Matthew tonight. Let me ask, so you think that I'm just gonna glaze over the fact that you, again, two weeks in a row talked about you going back to the NFL. I asked you who you'd put back on the field and you say yourself, so is there a defense? Go ahead. I mean, if I had the opportunity to put myself in the mix in that moment, I'm taking myself over anyone. I love that. I mean, that's just, that's a smart football, but. I don't, I don't really care about that. No, I'm not coming back. No, no, no, no. I just, I still reference the Rams because I feel still like I'm part of their team, even though I'm not, just cause I was there six months ago. Sure. Is there a defense that you like? If like, if you had to go back to one of the teams, are you gonna be, are you gonna give me a list of 32 teams or 31? I mean, a few teams. I love, obviously I love what Raheem's doing in LA. I love, you know, wink system in the Giants. They're gonna, he's gonna, he's gonna make that a top, top 10, top five defense. Obviously the Raven style of defense is, is something that brings out safety play. Marcus Williams first game, first pick, doing what he does. So there, there are a few out there that, that I can say any, any defense that puts the pressure on offense and it creates tempo, creates looks and is really wants to win the game. I'm all for. Those are landing spots. Ravens, you make it to the post season or wait. I mean, you have a lot of affection. They got plenty of safety there. They don't need this old guy. Well, they might. Things go crazy. You know, later on, I mean, yeah, they read a young one out there in Baltimore. Let me ask you quickly. You brought up wink twice. I know players have such affection for him and he is with the Giants. And you know, I haven't really heard many people talk about, everyone's talking about Saquon, everyone's talking about Dable and all of that. But to give, let's give wink some love here. You're saying they could be a top five, top 10 D? Well, I think first year out, the change, the system, the guys love to play for wink. He's, he's one of a kind. He's very innovative. He's willing to change. He's willing to give his players the opportunity to move on the fly to change, to improvise. And I love that time with wink and the, the responsibilities he allowed me to have within the defense to change butchers and change audibles, to give our defense the best opportunity to be successful playing and play out. So I know X, the safety over there is loving the defense. And the more as the season goes on, they're going to get better and better because the system takes a little minute to learn on the fly and to get really good at it. Eric Weddle goes to the Giants late in the season and I'm going to have to change my pick from the Eagles to the Giants. You're killing me, stop. I'm just, everyone knows I'm just having fun. Come on, Eric, you're like sweating over there. Easy. No, I'm cool as the other side of the pillow as the little cheeky baby would say. We have to make a pick here. Chargers, Chiefs, go. Chiefs. Because? A number of reasons, obviously, night game in Kansas City. You know, they're the team to be in this division. So it's hard for me to pick, even though the Chargers are talented, great coach, star of quarterback, got players across the board, but Chiefs are, they're like the Rams. They're the champs until otherwise and they're the division winners in the FC West until they get knocked out. We'll see who steps up. I think Travis Kelty might be in trouble with Derwin James who was on your list of top safeties of the millions of them, rompably, Eric Weddle. You are the absolute best. Thank you for playing along and being so awesome and we'll see you next week. Oh, yes, it's all going down at Arrowhead. So, so fun having him on the show. Look at this, happy anniversary to Arrowhead. Look at that logo in the end zone. We are loving it. We'll be back. All right, everybody. We're gearing up for a huge college football weekend headline by Texas A&M at Alabama. And you can get in on the action to win part of the $20,000 prize pool. It's part of Twisted Tee's College Football Picks Contest and it's free to enter. Just go to fanduld.com and sign up for your chance to win. I'm dying. All right, time for our SuperRando Tweet of the Week list. And we all know there's a lot of takey tweets out there. My favorites are the ones that make me say why the heck would you tweet this? Courtesy of Marlon Humphrey this week. A hawk can fly 120 miles per hour. That's crazy. Conrad, what? I mean, I heard of Ocho Sinko, racing horses, but apparently RG3 raced a hawk? Is that a thing? I know. I once on good morning football said I could race a Buffalo and win. And like that's how Buffalo Bills fans have been mad at me for like seven years because apparently they can run like 25 miles per hour. So Marlon Humphrey is a great source for Rando Tweets. If you see a SuperRando NFL Tweet, please hit us up. Wait, now hang on. Time out. With Marlon Humphrey, does he ever tweet something? I'm sorry, Marlon Humphrey. Easy there. You're doing reads. You're too big of a star. You can't even give us names right anymore. But is any of his tweets not SuperRandom? Yeah, he is good. He tweeted last night, I love you. Good night. And I said, I love you too. Good night right back at you. All right, what a show. That show flew. I'm so happy. I could not be happy. And tomorrow we've got crazy guests too. So that's not, do we have Ryan Sushman and Shmarshall potentially on the show? Maybe. Shmarshall. Yeah, we got him on the show. Brandon Marshall to start with the show. But I'm gonna get the Thursday preview. Yeah, let's get it. Let's get your preview. Here's not my preview. This is what I think is gonna happen. We didn't talk much about this. Derwin James against Kelsey is always fun. Always a bit of a battle. No Tyree kill there. There's a lot of like number twos trying to be number ones. A lot of depth that might rake up for Tyree kill. But if they can keep Travis Kelsey under 50 yards and I think that they do, and if Mike Williams steps up to plate without Keenan Allen, and I think that he will to the tune of two touchdowns and one big one. One like meaty 45 yarder for Mike Williams to rebound from a week one down week. I'm gonna say that they win this game in overtime. That's right. Oh. Herbert's two wins over the Chiefs. Mike Williams' average 115 yards per game. He has scored three touchdowns. Chargers win and overtime game finally. Herbert's two and two against the Chiefs. Both losses come in OT. He's going to flip the script. That's what I got. So I'm gonna pick the Chargers. So let's see what our awesome guests are about. Let's go to the full screen here. Everyone's picked. Let's see who everyone picked. All right. Sean picked the Chargers down to hell. The Chiefs Eric Weddle, former Charger. Given the Chiefs my favorite thing of the day was Ty Hill who? Ty who? Ty who? Ty who? All right. Enjoy. That's right. Brandon Marshall on the show tomorrow and enjoy tonight's action on prime video. We won't have highlights. We'll have Brandon Marshall. You make the choice. Bye.