 It's a brand new era in Cleveland. Nishan Watson will be making a season debut for the Browns against his former team. What are the expectations for Watson down the stretch? The Jets have officially named Mike White. They're starting quarterback. Can he lead the Jets to a postseason appearance? It's because of the postseason on this episode, we're going to be discussing three teams that could be making a miraculous run down the stretch and the playoffs. On a brand new episode of Time 2 Football, glad you guys are able to join us. My name is Hasan Khan, the host of this channel. I appreciate you guys watching. And if you guys have been tuning in every single week, waiting for this podcast, we didn't come out with a podcast last week just because it was Thanksgiving, had to go out of town, didn't have much time. And then this one, we usually come out on Tuesday nights, but I decided let's just experiment with Thursday. Right before the Thursday night football game between the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots, so if you guys were premiering this right before that game, how's everybody doing? In the comments, leave your picks down below. Who do you think is going to win? The Patriots, the Bills? Is it going to be another windy, bad element type of game as well? We love those AFC East battles between Buffalo and all the other cold weather teams. Love seeing all that. But hit that subscribe button so you can stay up to date when we come out with these podcasts every single week. And then also give me a follow on Twitter as well. At It's Hasan Khan, I love interacting with you guys. And I love to chat with you guys throughout the duration of Thursday night football. By the way, I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I know that I did. I was watching all those games, including the Giants and the Cowboys. And Nick Gates, the Giants offensive lineman, actually post-game, came out and said that Michael Parsons was punching him during the game. I don't know whether that's true or not true. I have no idea. But this is why social media sucks, especially Facebook. Dude, Facebook is the worst social media ever. And it's not because of like what Facebook does. It's because of the people that are on Facebook. Because you know how articles are. Okay, the headline will say, Nick Gates accuses Michael Parsons of punching him during the Thanksgiving game. No one actually clicks on the article and reads that. There could be other details we don't know about, but no one's going to find out about it. They're just going to read the headline and then they're going to comment down below. And Facebook is the worst. Because the kind of people that are on Facebook are these kind of people. Oh, it's about leadership. It's about integrity. Toughen up. Stop being a sissy. You're going to cry about it. Someone's punching you during a football game. Yeah, dude, someone was punching me. I'm going to complain about it. Hey, stop punching me, bro. Okay, so recently I announced that on my fantasy football channel that I'm going to be quitting fantasy football entirely. Not even on the new channel. I'm not doing a fantasy football at all after this season, right? So I stopped doing it on this channel, beginning of the season. And back in March I announced it, man. I announced, hey, no more fantasy football on this channel. So unsubscribe. Unsubscribe from this channel. We're going to have podcasts. We're going to have documentaries. We're going to have player interviews. But we're not going to have fantasy football on this channel. Well, nobody was unsubscribing. That hurt the algorithm because I come out with a video. They get the notification. They don't click on the notification. And they're just like, YouTube's like, okay, well, your video's. Nobody's interested in it. So we're not going to promote it to new people. Well, I need to get rid of all these people that were like ghost followers. And so then I kind of like clickbaited people. It's a click in this video where it said like had the thumbnail, like week 13 starts at 6, fantasy football had the whole title and everything. And then started with a five second intro saying time now for your fantasy football must starts and must sits for week 13. People clicked on it. Time now for a fantasy football must starts and must sits for week 13. And then it was me popping up saying, hey, unsubscribe. Gotcha. Hey, I don't do fantasy football on this channel. Stop asking me about it. If you're subscribed just for fantasy football, unsubscribe. Go on, get out of here. See you. Unsubscribe. And then I played Rick Roll. I've announced it probably 30 times in different videos on post. I don't do it. So unsubscribe. I would love if people unsubscribed if they only care about fantasy football. If you get rid of the other stuff, hey, welcome in. Welcome in. I would love for you guys to continue to watch. If not, get out of here. Sorry, it was a big heel move, made a little bit of a heel turn on the channel. But whatever. Anyways, let's just move on with today's topic. First, Deshaun Watson returning and making a season debut with the Cleveland Browns this weekend. Hey, guys, Deshaun Watson is back. Ruthless aggression, WWE the best. Deshaun Watson is back, but is he better than ever? This is his first action in over a year. Well, maybe I shouldn't have word it like that. But this is the first time that he's playing football and well over a year. Meaningful football, because the only sample size that we have of him, thankfully, is from him on the Cleveland Browns, was back in preseason when he played against the Jacksonville Jaguars. He went one for five and only seven yards passing. So is it fair to assess Deshaun Watson based off that sample size? Like what are the expectations for him for the remainder of the six game stretch and him going into 2023? Well, you may look at the stats and say, ah, he looks rusty. He might be rusty this weekend against the Texans. Maybe he could be. I'm not doubting that. But if you look back at the preseason game, two of those incompletions were dropped by the ever so lovable Anthony Schwartz. Hey, Cleveland Browns fans are really, really absolutely 100% love Anthony Schwartz. Like I cannot think of a better person that the Browns could have drafted in the third round. But Anthony Schwartz or was it second? I don't know. Schwartz dropped a couple of passes and that's why he went one for five and only seven yards. So that's not a fair assessment for Deshaun Watson. The only sample that we have is him and his tenure with the Houston Texans, which he was absolutely amazing with. So the remaining schedule for the Browns as they sit at four and seven is they got the Texans this weekend, then the Bengals, the Ravens, the Saints, Washington and Pittsburgh. Pretty tough stretch. So you could realistically see them going three and three, four and two. Because let's say the Texans, let's just choose the favorites in all of these. They beat the Texans. They lose to the Bengals. They lose to the Ravens. They beat the Saints. Washington is like the only toss up. Like maybe they could beat Washington. Maybe not. Let's say that they lose to them and then they beat the Steelers. But if they beat Washington, then that's two losses for wins. They could go seven and 10, eight and nine. So pretty much more than likely they are done and they're probably not going to be making the postseason with the competition with like the seventh seed being the New York Jets sitting at seven and four. It's got to be hard to make a wildcard spot or earn a wildcard spot at this point. So you're just starting him just to see what he's got, what he's capable of, get him some action, get him some quality reps, get him some experience for the Cleveland Browns as they move forward into 2023. This weekend against the Houston, Texas, I do think it's going to be close. I don't think that it's going to be a blowout by any means. I don't think if you're thinking he's going to go in there and throw five touchdowns, more than likely it's probably not going to happen. I think the Browns escape it and they probably win by like three or four points or something like that. But he is going to look a bit rusty, but it's because it's his first action. Like if you look at week one of any given season, everybody that you expect to be good is just rusty in week one. Same deal. This is his week one of NFL playing time. But after this week, I do believe that he is going to go back to normal. You're going to see the Deshaun Watson of the past. Like he's still young. He's still talented. He has, I mean, he's taken a year and a half however long off. He hasn't suffered many hits. He's healthy. You're going to see the Deshaun Watson of the past and Cleveland Browns fans. You should be excited. But I want to hear from you guys. Like what are your expectations of Deshaun Watson of the Browns in the six-game stretch? Do you think that they can make that miracle turnaround and they win six games in a row, go 10-7, make the playoffs? I don't think anyone's really believing that. But going into 2023, like do you think Watson is like, oh my gosh. Like if we can see the Deshaun Watson just a glimpse of it in the past in 2023, like that'll be huge for free agency. Like everybody wants a sign with us. Like leave your comments down below. I would love to interact with you and hear your opinion on Deshaun Watson. Moving on to our next topic, let's talk about another quarterback that has been named the starter that is Mike White, replacing Zach Wilson as the starting quarterback of the New York Jets. But who is Mike White? We saw a little bit of a sample size last season. Started three games. But we're not too familiar with who Mike White is. Let me go ahead and tell you guys about his past. He didn't become a starting quarterback in football until his senior year of high school, where he threw for 22 touchdowns to just two interceptions. That was good enough for him to get an offer and commit to the University of South Florida. But his freshman season kind of struggled just a bit. Three passing touchdowns to nine interceptions. Decided to transfer after a sophomore year to Western Kentucky, where he excelled, throwing for 8,500 yards, 63 touchdowns to only 15 interceptions. He was good enough to be projected as a third or fourth round pick in the 2018 NFL draft. However, he was invited to the NFL Combine and he struggled. And that hurt his draft stock. He fell all the way to the fifth round to the Dallas Cowboys. After a couple years with them in 2019 preseason, he was fighting for a backup quarterback job behind Dak Prescott. The Cowboys decided to keep two quarterbacks and they cut Mike White. Just a month later in 2019, the Jets decided to sign him. And after the craziness of releasing, waving him, signing to the practice squad, rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat, he eventually landed on the 53-man roster for the Jets in 2021. And once Zach Wilson got hurt, he came in and was named the starter for three games. He surprised everyone, including a tied, come-from-behind victory against the Cincinnati Bengals, the same Bengals who made the Super Bowl as an AFC representative that same year. But this season, Zach Wilson showed us on-the-field struggles, questionable post-game comments. Robert Sala, under a lot of fire from the media, decided to name Mike White's their starting quarterback. And against the Bears, he lit it up. Over 70% of his passes completed, over 300 yards passing, three touchdowns and zero interceptions. Mike White has now been named the starter against the Minnesota Vikings. And if he continues to do well, we presume that he'll be the starting quarterback for the remainder of the season. Will he lead the Jets to a post-season appearance? But not only a post-season appearance, but something that the Jets haven't seen in a very long time, a post-season victory. Mark Sanchez, over a decade ago, was the last quarterback to lead the Jets to a post-season victory. Can it happen with Mike White under center? Currently, they are the seventh seed sitting at seven and four. The schedule coming up is Minnesota, Buffalo, Detroit, Jacksonville, Seattle, and Miami. It's a tough six-game stretch. Realistically, they need to win three more games to guarantee themselves a playoff spot in a tough AFC wildcard race. I'm a big fan of Mike White because he utilizes his offensive stars the way that they should be utilized. Zach Wilson and Tyler Conklin didn't have the connection like Joe Flaccoon Conklin did, but White, with his first game back with Conklin against Chicago, had him involved in the offense. Elijah Moore is the perfect example of someone who's unhappy, wanted a trade, didn't like playing with Zach Wilson. They kind of hatched it out, talked it out. Now he's staying in New York and he was very well utilized in that game against the Chicago Bears. They use their star players the way that they need to be used. He unlocks the potential in its receivers in a very great way. I want to hear your thoughts. What do you think of Mike White? Do you think that he should be named the starter moving forward? Do you think that Zach Wilson is going to be the jet starter anytime soon? Maybe even next year in 2023? Or do you think that his days in New York are over maybe in his career? Like, is it going to be a starter somewhere else, kind of bounce around from team to team, not really have a permanent home? Leave your comments down below. I would love to interact with everyone. I'm going to talk about three teams that could go on a miracle post-season run. We've all seen it before. 2007 New York Giants, 2010 Green Bay Packers, 2011 New York Giants, 2012 Baltimore Ravens. These teams get hot at the right time and use that momentum to help them advance through the wild card, through the division round, conference championship, and eventually a Super Bowl title. Which teams could do the same in 2022? First, let's talk about team number one, the Los Angeles Chargers. Hold on. They're 6 and 5. And if the playoffs started today, they would be out of it. Why do you have the Chargers on this list? What would it be 6 and 5 and go through the amount of injuries that they've gone through? Justin Herbert, Fractured Ribs, without Kenan Allen, without Mike Williams, their defense suffering some injuries as well. Sitting at 6 and 5, it could be a lot worse. And the reason why I have them as a miracle team now is because once I saw that two-point conversion against the Arizona Cardinals to win the game, I thought, okay, Brandon Staley really actually does not care what everybody else thinks. He's going to do what he feels like. It's a right move. Staley is known for dumb moves. Okay, let's just call it what it is. Going for it on fourth down in his own territory in the third quarter, when the game is on the line as well, he's known and criticized often for these boneheaded decisions. But that two-point conversion, at first, you could have been like, okay, why don't you just tie the game, go into overtime and play it safe. You could have said it was a pretty dumb decision. But I mean, at the end of the day, it paid off. And if he's willing to take risks like that, believes in his team, let's just go for it. Let's win this game. I know that we can win this game. It tells me that a miracle could be happening for the Los Angeles Chargers. Who knows? The remaining schedule for the Chargers, the Raiders, the Dolphins, the Titans, the Colts, the Rams, and the Broncos. They were favored to win in four out of those six games. Go four and two in the six-game stretch. You end up being 10 and seven. That is good enough to lock in a wildcard spot. At that point, you know, it just depends on the matchup who they face. But more than likely, you could see the Chargers pushing for a postseason appearance come week 18. So the Chargers, don't count them out. The second team that could be making a miracle postseason run. I mean, we're just talking about Mike White, the New York Jets. Their schedule coming up, like we mentioned, the Vikings, the Bills, Lions, Jacksonville, Seattle, Miami. They could go three and three. It's going to be tough. Maybe two and four. So they could fall to nine and eight. Maybe 10 and seven. But I believe in the miracle just because of the season that they're having so far. Nobody really believed in the Jets in the beginning. People thought that they'd be competing for a top five draft pick. But not only are they in contention in this current seventh seed in the AFC playoff race, but a switch at quarterback, a better switch at quarterback that ended up being a good move for them could catapult them. I mean, you see miracles all the time with quarterbacks leading their teams to Super Bowl appearances. Kurt Warner, Tom Brady, maybe Mike White could be that guy for New York who hasn't seen a Super Bowl appearance since 1969. The New York Jets, do you guys believe that they could pull off that miracle run? That is team number two on this list. And the last team, we got to give them credit. The Washington Commanders. The things that they're doing with Taylor Heinecke as opposed to Carson Wentz is amazing. And it's kind of baffling because you look at Carson Wentz and say, okay, they got more yards. They got more touchdowns. They were scoring. Like, why is it that Taylor Heinecke all of a sudden is a difference maker? I couldn't tell you, man. They just win games. That's just how it is. Heinecke has been this kind of guy that he'll grit through it, won't put up the best amount of numbers, best stats, maybe only 200 yards passing, one touchdown, one interception, but he gets it done. He knows what he's doing and all he cares about is just winning games. And if you blinked, you would have missed it, but they currently sit at 7 and 5. They sit at 7 and 5, and they are currently the 7th seed in the NFC wildcard race. Their schedule remaining for the season, the New York Giants by week, New York Giants, San Francisco, Cleveland, and Dallas. That's a pretty tough schedule coming up, but they have the benefit of playing the Giants and back-to-back weeks with a by week mixed in there. So you play the Giants this weekend, see what they're capable of, then you take all that information into the by week and you spend an entire week dissecting that and then beating them in the second game. I say beating them because more than likely they would be the favorite if you have two weeks to prepare, but they could split or they could sweep the New York Giants. I don't see them going 0-2 against the Giants. San Francisco is going to be tough, Cleveland with Deshaun Watson, maybe Dallas is going to be tough, we know that, but they could finish 9-8, 8-9. There's going to be a tough hill to climb, but Heineke, his entire career has had a tough hill to climb, jumping around from team to team, and finally Ron Rivera seeing something that he likes bringing him from Carolina to Washington and is now the starting quarterback for the remainder of the season, hoping to lock in the Commanders a post-season berth. So those are my three teams, the Chargers, the Jets, and the Commanders. Leave your comments down below. I want to hear your potential Miracle Super Bowl post-season runs and do you believe in these three teams as well? And to wrap up the show, let's go ahead and talk about week 13 picks. Before Thursday night football between the Bills and the Patriots, we want to go through each game, give you our picks, and let you guys know who we think is going to win each game. So between the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots, this game has taken place in New England. The Bills are 5-point favorites, and Bills minus 5 would be the spread that I would take. I believe that the Bills are going to win this game. The Pittsburgh Steelers versus the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons at home are actually minus 1.5-point favorites. I think the Steelers are going to pull this off. Their defense is much better with T.J. Watt and Mika Fitzpatrick. Arthur Smith just announced that Kyle Pitts is going to be out for the remainder of the season. Not that Kyle Pitts was even in for the season, it felt like. So the Steelers plus 1.5 would be the spread that I would take here. The Denver Broncos versus the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens are 8-point favorites. It's going to continue to look bad. The Ravens defense has actually gotten much better. I will give them credit against the Denver Broncos offense. Every week, it's like, this is the week, this is the week, this is the week that the Broncos are going to get together. No, just for the whole season, they're not going to get together. We got the Ravens minus 8 as the pick. Agreement Packers versus the Chicago Bears. The Packers are 2-point favorites. And I think they could actually do some damage here. And I think the Packers are going to win. Packers minus 2 would be the pick here on the spread. I don't know if Justin Fields is returning this week. I believe he is. He's going to be limited throughout the duration of this week. He was limited last week. Ended up being a game-time decision until Saturday. They activated another quarterback off the practice squad. It was Nathan Peterman that they activated. So I believe that he is going to be playing. But even if he plays Packers, they're often starting to get better Packers minus 2. Jacksonville Jaggers versus Detroit Lions. Lions minus 1 is the Lions are the favorites. And Lions minus 1 is the spread that we would take here. I think it's going to be close. Don't be fooled if it's a revenge game for DJ Chark and he ends up having a big day. The Cleveland Browns versus the Houston Texans. The Browns are 7-point favorites. And I think that's a little bit too much. Like we said when we were talking about Sean Watson, we believe that Watson is going to be a little bit rusty, might struggle just a bit. So we're going to go with Texans plus 7 as a pick for the spread. But I feel like the Browns are ultimately going to pull it off at the end. The New York Jets versus the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings are 3-point favorites. And we're going to roll with that. Vikings minus 3 as a pick on the spread. Maybe Soss Gardner locks up Justin Jefferson. But Jefferson is unguardable. We got the Vikings to win. Commanders versus New York Jets. The Commanders are minus 1.5-point favorites. Man, how much of a benefit is it for the Commanders to face the Giants, have a bye week, and then face the Giants again? I believe that the Commanders could sweep the Giants in the next three weeks. So I'm taking Commanders minus 1.5. Tennessee Titans versus Philadelphia Eagles is one of the games of the week. Minus 5.5 is the spread here for the Eagles. I got Titans plus 5.5. I think the Eagles are ultimately going to pull it off at the end. But Mike Vrable, one of the head coaches of the year candidates, he does a very good job adapting to his opponent. So Titans plus 5.5, I think this game is going to be very, very close. Seattle Seahawks versus Los Angeles Rams. The Seahawks are 5-point favorites. And I'm going to say that the Seahawks are going to beat the Rams minus 5.5. I think John Wolford might be starting in this game if I'm not mistaken. It might be Bryce Perkins, but it's the Rams season is over. Aaron Donald is actually out for this game. So that should go ahead and tell you. Miami Dolphins versus San Francisco 49ers. The other game of the week, the 49ers are 3.5-point favorites. I'm going with the Dolphins plus 3.5. I feel like this game is going to be pretty close. I don't know honestly who's going to win, but if you guys are picking spreads and things like that, Dolphins plus 3.5 would be a pretty safe bet with them being 8-3 at this point. The Kansas City Chiefs versus the Cincinnati Bengals. The Chiefs are 2.5-point favorites. I know that the Bengals have the Chiefs number back to last season. I'm still going to pick the Chiefs though. Chiefs minus 2.5. I think, you know, three times in a row, I don't think it happens. I think the Chiefs pull this one off. The Los Angeles Chargers versus the Las Vegas Raiders. Chargers minus 2 is the pick here that I have. I like Josh Jacobs. I think he's got to have a very good game again. They're killing him. They are killing Josh Jacobs because they know that they're not going to resign him. He's like, let's just go ahead and just see what he's got. But Chargers minus 2 is ultimately the pick that I have. Saturday Night Football, it happens close to the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys are 9.5-point favorites. That's a little bit too much. I think the Cowboys are going to win, but 9.5. I'm going to lead towards the Colts making this a close game. I mean, with Jeff Saturday, they've made every game so far a close one against the Raiders, against the Eagles. And then last week, who did they face last week on Monday Night Football? The Steelers. It was a pretty close one. So I think that this is going to be close as well. I got the Colts plus 9.5. And then Monday Night Football, the New Orleans Saints versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bucks are 4-point favorites, and they're probably going to beat them more by 4. I don't know why it's only 4. Maybe it's because both of them have losing records. Like, oh, the Buccaneers are only one game ahead of the Saints. Yeah, but have you seen the Saints play? Yeah, I'm going to go with the Bucks in this one. But that's going to do it for this episode of Time 2 Football. So I appreciate you guys watching. And remember, make sure you guys give me a follow on Twitter as well at It's A Son Con. And subscribe to this channel. If you guys aren't already subscribed, you can stay up to date with these podcasts come out. I love interacting with the guys. And thank you guys so much for watching this as a Thursday Night Football pre-game show between the Bills and the Patriots. With all that said, thank you guys so much for watching this episode. And I'll see you next week. Enjoy the game.