 It's Wednesday, serving in two week three with Matt Money-Smith and the best of the beat. That's right, Rick Stroud, Kelsey Conway, and Tom Kerr, and oh boy, I don't know if I'm ready for that, then that's not all kids. I am talking golf. That's right, golf with one of the most versatile players in my memory, let's see here. He scored a touchdown in the Super Bowl. He went to the same school as Don Bebe. I just learned that this morning. Hit me at Up in Adam's show with your guesses. Someone I love and I'm actually kind of nervous to interview because I've never met him, but let's get right to it. Time for the show. It's off tomorrow, of course. Let's get to some reporters from around the NFL. I love the time and appreciate it so much, Rick Stroud, as you were in Tampa covering the Buccaneers ahead of their week three tilt against the Packers. Tampa Bay Times is all over it. Good morning to you. Give me an update on that receiver room. Ew. It's a mess, Kay. I mean, we're not gonna know about Julio Jones. He doesn't practice on Wednesdays, obviously, but they've got a ton of injuries and they're waiting to see as we talk now whether Mike Evans is gonna be successful to appeal his suspension. He's looking at a one game suspension for pushing Marshawn Lynch. This is the second time that happened since 2017. Chris Godwin, obviously, is out. We're not sure if he's gonna make it back. So they've signed Cole Beasley, who we all know was out there on the street waiting for an opportunity. He's on their practice squad. Probably gonna be activated this week. It is a mess. Tom Brady's running out of targets. I mean, as you call it, Edelman, is Amandola on line two. Dion Branch, what's Dion Branch up to? Maybe he'll see if he's available this week. You know, Tom Brady, it's been a lot of adversity. He's been in the headlines a lot as well. I'm just gonna ask a simple question. How is Tom Brady? Kay, I don't really know. I mean, I'll tell you this. You know, when he got here, they won a Super Bowl. He was like that Disney dad, right? He was taking to the theme parks every weekend. He was playing with his friend, everything was great. And then all of a sudden, you know, he retires, he unretires. He comes back, he's, you know, on some kind of a mysterious 11 day vacation. Nobody knows where he is. Now he's screaming at the receivers. He's throwing tablets and he's losing weight. People are worried about him. He's looking more like Kevin Bacon every day. So I don't know what's going on with Tom personally, but he is, you know what he is? He's 2-0. He's 2-0 with wins at the Saints and against Dallas on the road. And that's what he does the best, right? Yeah, those Saints wins never come easy for him, especially in that Bucks uniform. So I mean, you're giving a bright light and there's a lot of jokes flying around. I know you don't mean to joke with the Kevin Bacon thing, but like, we don't know what's going on. It's a bit scary and worrisome as we've all watched him and enjoyed him throughout the years. The supreme champion, like the biggest star in our sport. So whatever it is, we'll be monitoring it closely, of course, and wishing him all the best and everything that's going on, on the field and off. This weekend, he's gonna have his hands full. He's got the Packers with that wide receiver issue. Do you see the Bucks defense matching up well against Aaron Rodgers and this new run heavy sort of snooze-fest offense as far as what we're expecting as usual from Aaron Rodgers? I do, Kay. I think the Bucks defense has a chance to be elite. They've not given up just one touchdown in the first two weeks and they've matched up well against Aaron Rodgers, particularly now that Rodgers doesn't have his full complement of his normal receivers. He's got young guys. The Bucks have 10 sacks in two weeks. If you look at their secondary, they're an experienced group. They're really communicating back there. Three interceptions last week against James Winston. They have really done a nice job under Todd Bowles of forcing turnovers and forcing the issue. So if they can stop the run, they've given up some runs to start the game in each of the last two weeks, they gotta put a clamp on that. But I think they match up well against his team. It's a home opener. So they should give Aaron Rodgers a fit. And then we, of course, on the other side, the Bears runners got going a little bit in that game. They didn't win. They didn't have much offense, but there's some holes. There's some questions I have about the run defense on the Packers side. So maybe Leonard Fournette and company can get it going with the lack of receiving options for that Tom Brady. Rick Stroud, we appreciate you Tampa Bay Times. You hung out with Tom Curran. He'll be joining us in just a second, but let's get and turn our attention to the Bengals. Chris Collinsworth had this to say on our show yesterday. I think that Joe Burrow has to take a little bit of it and just go, I'm not gonna make my guys look bad anymore. You know, I'm gonna get this ball out of here. Tom Brady, you know, is under 25 sacks every year for a reason because Tom Brady knows how to get rid of the football. Collinsworth preaching accountability. Kelsey Conway from the Cincinnati Enquirer enters the chat. Welcome, Kelsey. So excited to see you this morning. I'm not excited about the 0-1-2 starts. Am I in full panic mode with my Bengals? Well, it was funny listening to you tell Rick that the Packers offense was a snooze fest. So I have no idea what you're about to call the Bengals offense in these last two games. But I would say do not push the panic button yet. We're at like a yellow light. If they lose to the Jets though this weekend, then I would say panic is appropriate. Yeah, that panic is appropriate is right. And we talked about the sacks with Chris Collinsworth. Everyone's talking about it. He's taken 13 so far this season. Have you seen anything? You're there every day. You're in the building. You're at training camp. The appendix, all of that, the new offensive line. Is there anything about Joe Burrow this season that is different from that 2021 stud we saw out there? I think you nailed it when you said the appendectomy that he had. I think it was underplayed a little bit because it's such a common surgery that regular people have. But for a professional athlete that plays at the level that he had, he was really hurting when he first made his way out to practice. Like you could see him, he couldn't even stand up the first couple of days. But when you ask if I see anything different in Joe Burrow, it's really all about the fact that he did not get to practice with full pads with this offensive line and they're four of their five new starters until the Rams practices, which was the final week of the preseason. And you know, they're not hitting as they are in a regular season game. So I really think that the fact that they did not get meaningful game snaps and enough practice reps together as a unit is a big issue for them. And I think he's trying to sort it out with them upfront. And I do think it's going to take a little bit of time, but they know that they don't really have a lot of time to afford this. So I think we're kind of trying to configure it. You said it and you could stop there. They got to get right against the jets. I'll ask you this though, we're talking Joe Burrow and there's so much about his accountability. What about Zach Taylor, where is he in all this? Well, I asked Zach Taylor, where are you at? With the fact that when I asked him in the spring last year, your goal for the offense was to be one of the most explosive offense in the league. And they did that, as you know. And so I said, so what's this year's goal? And he said to be even more explosive, which is the opposite of what they've been. So when I brought that back up, he kindly said, it's a long season. We have things that we need to get corrected, but he didn't seem overly worked up. But it is notable that they have not been able to hit on the deep shots that you saw them hit last year. I don't know that defenses have figured him out, but there's something they certainly have to adjust to. And we'll see what the jets do. Excellent work from Kelsey Conway. We appreciate you giving us all the goods as the Bengals beat reporter for the Cincinnati Inquirer. Talk to you soon as we welcome in the goof troupe. Here he is. Yes, dear friend of mine. Oh, here we are. This Tom Curran, this clip has gotten so much play. My hair is so, what is this color of my hair, Tom? That was a mauve. I think that was a mauve. And I really liked it. It is so ugly. Then you have this. No, it's not. You have this deep part. I used to run to, I used to go up to New England to take the train. I would go to Mac makeup at the counter of the Macy's and plop down $60 for them to do my hair. Like I was going to a club in Boston late night and then I'd go to the studio. It was outrageous, but I love you. And you were here. You talked to Rick Stroud yesterday on your podcast, which I listened to. It's appointment listening for me. You and I do quick slants together every day at Tuesday. Give us a little plug. Oh yeah. Quick slants has been tremendous. That was a skit, of course. When I think 2015, we were reenacting training camp fights and how they can just spill over so quick. So that's what happened on that. But quick slants has been great. You are great. We really appreciate having you. And it's funny to listen to Rick, okay? Because that affinity for Tom Brady still remains for so many. I think a lot of people have Brady fatigue up here and they're like, whatever, he's changed, he's different. But I think you look at those pictures and you see how drawn he is. And he's a member of the family. He brought people in awful lot of good times. There's a lot of dogs, a lot of boys, probably a lot of girls named Brady up here because of him. So it's tough to watch, you know? Yeah, but what's going on? Like when you see these pictures and these images and you see some of the things we've seen before, him throwing the surface, him being frustrated, especially in a sticky prickly matchup that has a lot of drama to it, like that one. We've seen those things, but just it's something looks off and it's not something to joke about. And I wanna remind people, as I talked to Rick, like it's not like a funny thing at all. 45 is a weird age. It was nine years ago for me. But you do get to a point, and we've never seen a guy get to a point in his life where he's at age and mid-life crises are a real thing. What does he want? What does he wanna be? How does he wanna spend his next 30 or 40 years on the planet? And I think there's a real confluence of, well, maybe I wanna have a production company. Maybe I wanna be in acting. Maybe I wanna be- He's doing it all! An analyst for Fox. It's everything, right? Yeah, I mean, I'm mid-30s, and I just wanna go on a hike every morning, and I just wanna live in the mountains. And he's adding so much on his plate while he's still wanting to play. And then it's playing out, but I mean, this is, you know, it's all very worrisome. And I like to hear you say he's like a family member because I'm sure that fatigue does exist in covering him for everybody working the beat up there, but also for fans. And it's just, I guess we're just gonna have to watch and pray as it goes. Yeah, I mean, honestly, you get to know him. You get to know his family. You get to know who he is and what he's about. And I've always said this to people, like, what's Brady like? I'm like, and I've always said this, Kay, he is better one-on-one in front of his locker than he is at the podium. And he's excellent at the podium. Because he engages with you. You've experienced it. I'm sure in one-on-one conversations, it's just you and him, and he engages. It's not as if, so he is genuinely a good person. And I think that's why, as with anybody, you hope for the best for him. And I think he's going through probably, obviously, not the greatest period in his life, but I'm sure he'll sort it out. And he's been through a lot and he's lived it all through camera. And then there's the iceberg under the water that we don't even know about. We wish him the best. He's got a big one against the Packers this week. And I think, you know, and people ask me in interviews all the time, like, what's going to happen with him? I don't know. And I just want it to be whatever he wants it to be. Like, what does he want? Do you want to have the Cinderella? Do you want to win another championship? Was last year not enough? Because your face was bleeding and you almost led the comeback against the Rams and it didn't quite happen for you. Like, will one more Super Bowl ring be enough for you to walk away? I'm not quite sure. I don't want the game taken away from him, but sometimes that's the way it has to end for somebody to walk away and somebody as competitive. And as I think I can say this, obsessed with the game as he is. Let's talk a little bit about the Patriots. You cover this team, of course, for NBC Sports. You've done it for so long. And I want to know if you're impressed by the Patriots win. Hey, they got a win, buddy. 100% because on the curve, it's significant. They were inept offensively throughout the summer. And you could say, well, they still only scored one touchdown on a drive. The other one they picked up after a fumble on a punt. Yeah, you're right. But the way they closed the game, Kay, a six-minute drive that included Neil Downs at the end because they were able to cobble together a running game that was non-existent in the summer, that's a massive stride for this team. I'm not saying that they're a wagon, but at least some of the stuff that Bill Belichick asked for in terms of patience has been rewarded. So it's interesting to watch Matt Jones do this here, Kay, in just people watching. Tell me about him because he's taken some shots. I saw the 50-50 ball situation. Like, he's being encouraged to do that. What do you got? There's a lot of conversation right now this week about Max, quote-unquote, regression. OK. And there's a lot of different things that he's being asked to do. And let's throw down the field more often. Take more shots. The offense is different. Obviously, Josh McDaniels is gone. You see this great reward here with a catch by Nelson Aguilar. And he goes in, but he's also had two picks Matt Jones has on throws down field to Devante Parker. So while the regression might show up in stats and it might show up to the naked eye, it's not like he got dumber. It's not like he got worse. It's not like he got weaker in his arms, not as good. It's just a natural transition away from Josh McDaniels to a new offense and new coaches. And I still don't know who's doing the plays up. I mean, Matt Patricia is all over it. Everybody's all over it. Quickly, is this defense ready to handle Lamar Jackson? Because he was incredible in a loss, incredible. He is insane. And do you know what we threw the stat up yesterday on Quick Smites? He is already in 60 games, the sixth most prolific runner at quarterback in NFL history. All right, Devon McCordy! So Devon's in trouble. Yeah. Devon will have to be chasing his posterior all over the place. But I do think they tried to get faster on defense in the off season. So at least they're a little more equipped to chase Lamar. I have one quite, so I have this guest coming on. You know, I don't get nervous about it. So Danny Woodhead I think is coming on the show after the break. You know, I loved it. I'm scared I'm gonna fangirl a little bit because he's just one of my favorite players. He played for the Patriots, the Chargers, my favorite teams. And that was my first quicksland skit, was I had Kevin Knowles, a little kid come in and pretend he was Danny Woodhead and put a helmet on him in shoulder pads and he ran around hysterical. But he almost weighed the U.S. open and he's always tweeting and I'm just so excited to have him on. Is there anything that I should ask Danny Woodhead? He might even be listening now. Ask Danny, let's see. Ask him about seven man football and ask him how thick his thighs are. I'm sorry, would you say that one more time? I couldn't hear that one. Ah! There he is. I hear it's him. Wait, ask him the question. Seven man football, that's what you played up there in Nebraska, right? Tom, I mean, it's a good thought. No, but there is eight man football up here. Eight man. Without a doubt, there is. I never played that. See, everyone thinks that I grew up in a town of 25. And I think probably people in New England still think that because Tom is telling people that. It's a media these days. No, imagine that, right? Bill said don't tell him anything so I've always had to go off of Bill. But no, there is eight man and it's interesting. I've never played it. I think it looks like a disaster because it's just like a track me. It looks terrible. Oh, you would have dominated. I'll go out, let Danny come in. Ask him what's on his thighs are. This is the best thing ever. Ask him about his massive thighs on his tiny body. I'm not kidding. I'm literally never going to do that. Like literally. I will ask you what's going on. I'll answer it if you need me to. Danny, while we have Tom here, Cole Beasley signs with New England. Yeah. Signs with the Bucks. The same thing. You hung it up in 20. I just want to know in 2017, 18, 19, 20, did Tom Brady light up your phone and try to get you to come somewhere? He did not. He did not. I don't know. I mean, you know, he probably forgot about me. He might not have remembered that we played together. Maybe that's what it was. I don't know. Tom, I think it's tough to it's tough to hear. Well, hold on. He did lose his phone when he smashed it that one time. So maybe he got a new number. I didn't have it. I have his old number. Tom Curran, I love you. Danny Woodhead, do not move. Lots of fun with you. I want to talk golf. I want to talk Don Beebe. I want to talk Nebraska. I want to talk the small school you went to that I can't pronounce. All after this, I'm up in Adams. Drafted to unsung hero. Doesn't get an invite to the combine. Doesn't care. Makes a name for himself anyway. For the Jets, the Patriots and the Chargers and Ravens, by the way, is a dynamic weapon. He caught the first touchdown in Super Bowl 46 from none other than Tom Brady. Didn't get the win there, but you're going to talk about everything from not from a small city in Nebraska that has more than 25 people. Danny Woodhead, right? Fair. I mean, it was more like 20,000 people. Yeah. Tom, I mean, it was nice of him to act like he knew who I was. But I played no eight man football. It wasn't a little, little town. It wasn't a city, but I mean 20,000 people in the middle of Nebraska is still, still a little bit bigger. Yeah. Well, he also brought up your thighs, which this is an awkward conversation, but it's apparently the full picture. I'm here for it. I'm here for it. So, I mean, this is, you know, 50 shades of Saquon Barkley going on over here with these, what's going on? Well, that's where we got the hat too. Okay. Right? Oh! I don't know. Yes. Yes. Without a doubt, Golf sub 70.com. Okay. And you can check it out. We are selling the hats. So for any of the fans, any of the fans that I have still, so. Okay. I'm not gonna, I understand the undrafted, undersized mentality, but that's gonna end right here because everyone, I told you were coming on the show. And I mean, everyone. Oh my God, no way. I love him. What is it like and what is the key to being universally beloved by NFL fans because it is especially hard to do as a former patriot? Yeah, it's been really interesting. I mean, even when I was with the Jets for the first couple of years, I mean, people embrace me and I think it's, for some reason, people believe that they are me, right? Like I'm five eight. I'm a small guy, I'm just a hard worker with absolutely zero talent, you know? That's what everyone's thought was. And I think I was just very relatable and I tried to be relatable even as I don't wanna say rose up to be like a main offensive player, but kind of ended up happening. I think people related to me because I'm a regular dude. I don't take myself very serious and I just enjoyed the game of football and I enjoy being around people. Yeah, I think for, you know, I loved watching you and it was just, you know, I love Philip Rivers and I like the connection you two had very much and it was more about you being really tough and you having toughness and you playing really tough and then being used all over the field that I liked so much, but everyone is just so excited to have you on so we really, really appreciate it as we sort of flip the page and talk a little football here. We'll get to the golf here in a second. There's golf clubs by me, which are making me uncomfortable because I don't know anything about it, but I do know about your former squad. So here in 2022, the Chargers showdown with the Chiefs last Thursday night. Justin Herbert speaking of toughness, such a gutsy performance, right? State in the game is rib injury, all of that. You're known for toughness. You know, you were always out there doing your thing. Quarterbacks these days don't really get touched, right? They don't have that same mentality. So when you see that from a quarterback, what's the effect in the locker room? Well, I mean, the thing is with what he was dealing with, I mean, it affected everything that he did. It affected his throwing motion, it affected his movement. If you saw him scrambling, he could have thrown it away, but it obviously was put him in a lot of pain and then he throws a strike on fourth down. Yeah, I was fortunate to play with the quarterback before him and he's one of the toughest players I've ever been around. So they've kind of been fortunate to have guys that could play and even before that, it was Drew Brees. So they had guys that were tough, that loved the game of football and obviously you can tell they study the game of football and that kind of puts them ahead. Justin Herbert, I thought it was a terrible move when they got ready to fill up, but they look really good now. Because Justin Herbert's a star and he's gonna be a star in this league for a long time just because of not only does he have the talent, but he has the mindset. He has the mental awareness. He studies the game. That makes a difference in a quarterback. That if you don't have, especially if you don't have the elite of the elite coaches. Now I think I really believe they got that now, but not everyone in the NFL is a great coach. And if you have a quarterback that can cover up things, that helps. Right. Do you talk to Phillip? Do you guys communicate? We haven't talked about Herbert. Yeah, but I mean, like you guys talk, he's kind of missing. It's just still through like tech. So Phillip was one of my, I mean, he was one of my closest friends that I ever played with him and like Eric Weddle. And there are a few others, but those were the guys that I did everything with. I mean, we worked out early. We would cold tub, hot tub, sauna. Like it was just, that's just what we did. And he ended up becoming a very close friend. So I'm fortunate that he's still a friend because with the NFL, you retire and everyone goes back to the places they live or to their hometowns. And you, I mean, we were also conditioned that people are getting fired every other day. So it was hard to get close. He's one of the ones that I'm fortunate that I, you know, I still have a relationship with. I love it. We have Eric Weddle on to the show tomorrow. So I'll definitely tell him that you say hi. He's the best. He is the greatest, yeah. And he's like taking his kids to school in a minivan and doing like vacuuming. He talks to us all about that. It's absolutely incredible to think about. But one more on the chargers. You know, these demons, I thought were finally exercised, right? They continue to show themselves. They lose the double digit lead. You know, on Thursday night, what we saw, what goes through your head watching that? Is it a, here we go again? Just as somebody who sort of lived through some of that as a charger. Unfortunately a little bit. I mean, I dealt with that. But I mean, it's a whole new group. It's a whole new group. And they have won games obviously last year ended a little rough. But they have the talent. They still have, they have loads of talent. Their defense is amazing. I thought they dominated the Chiefs. The Chiefs are a little different. They're still great. Mahom's still great. But it's, I mean, you look at the Tyree Kill effect in Miami right now. Like there's something that he does. Now, it just gives you like the second, third, fourth options. You don't have to beat anyone. Like the thing that was great when I was playing with Gates, like we'd be on the same side and they had to decide who to cover. So it's the same, I'm not Tyree Kill, but Gates was more like the Tyree Kill. But like when you have someone that's great and there's a problem, it just makes it easier for everyone else. So it's the Chiefs, the Chiefs are great and they're going to continue to be great. But the Chargers are good. They're really good. And if they can pull things together, stay healthy, get Keenan Allen back, stuff like that. I think they have a real opportunity to maybe even compete for the AFC West. We love it. The Chiefs are great. The Chargers are good. What are the Patriots? You know Bill Belichick. I cannot guess. I would guess that you have blind faith in him. Does he deserve that or are the Patriots cooked? I don't think they're cooked. I mean, it's, I know everyone in Boston is probably freaking out. But I mean, without a doubt, this is year two without, or not year two, year three without Tom. They did some good things last year. The thing you have to take in consideration is Josh McDaniels is unreal. One of the best offensive minds that have been around. And not that Maddie P or Joe Judge or Bill or whoever's calling the place. It really doesn't matter. It's different. And you can tell the offense is a little bit different too. Tom had like, he had however many years of, I mean, it was the same scheme, but he was with O-Coordinators, the same O-Coordinators for a long time. The offense was very similar. Now, maybe certain years we'd run a little bit more or we'd pass a little bit more. But it was the same scheme, the same comfort building. When we had Billy O, Bill O'Brien, I mean, it was still like Josh. I mean, there were some differences, but a lot of things were the same. I believe, I mean, this could be a terrible take right now. But come November, that's what Bill cares about. How are we playing after Thanksgiving? If they can kind of even keep it around 500 and then around Thanksgiving, they're playing their best football. That's really what matters. You know what he has said that year in, year out, that's always Bill's take on it. It's a little different now and people are starting to doubt what's going on up there and some regression for Mac Jones and company, but they are 500, just what you're saying. So if they can keep that up, they got a tough one against the Ravens and Lamar Jackson though this week we'll see how it all shakes out here. We're talking Patriots, you're talking about Tom. Does Tom look right to you? That's a tough question kind of. Does it look different? Yes. Is he frustrated? I don't know. There's injuries with his receivers. There's a lot going on. Then you have everything going on with retirement coming back, you have everything going on with any sort of rumors. I mean, if you think about it being in the limelight, like that would just be tough anyways. Then you add personal stuff. You add, should you have retired or not? Are you still in it? If I'm him, I'm just annoyed. Like I just think, this is annoying. I have to deal with it. And maybe that's, maybe it's getting to him. I don't know, but I will say this. Now I'm retired and I love it. It's amazing. And I'm not saying he's second guessing it, but a lot of people do have a tough time retiring and they don't know what's next. And he's playing now and I think he has an opportunity to still win a Super Bowl just with the talent that they have. But it's always interesting the next step for players. Guys that have played forever and hopefully once it's time to step away. Would it surprise you just knowing him and how he operat that he's struggling? Like he's struggling to take that next step. It was easy for you. You moved on and you have golf and you've got family and you've got friends. Is it surprising to you that it might just be that that he's having a tough time walking away? Like so many NFL players do. Yeah. No, I think it's a, I think my situation is not normal to be completely honest. I love football. I loved it, but I had four kids. I had my oldest was in kindergarten. Then she'd have to change schools again. And then we'd go back to Nebraska for part of it. And I was like, you know what, this is it. I mean, could I have played a couple more years? Sure, but like I was ready. My family, like my wife could have cared less. She was like, do what you want to do. So like I had all the support in the world. I was like, you know what, I've, I've gotten older. I've been injured. Let's, let's move on. Let's move on. You moved down to this up top. We got to talk about this. Yes. A lot of players go into who knows broadcasting or different directions that you went into serious golf like almost qualified for the US open golf. So let's manifest this thing. Say you do make it into a major, I don't know what to say, turn. No, that's good. That's good. A major? He's called a major. Great, yeah. That's good. So you have to pick someone. Let's just play this game. You have to pick someone from your NFL career to be your caddy for that major. Who would it be and why? It would be Eric Weddle. 100% of the Eric Weddle. Because so he gets me. He's a brother. Like he's, he's literally family to me. And, and then he also knows my golf game. We've played a lot of golf together. We've played some competition golf now just against other teammates and we were on the same team. Okay. But he knows my golf game and we just have fun. That's okay. So it would just give me, I don't know. It'd be very relaxing for me and we'd be very serious. We'd be doing everything we could to like stomp on people's throats, but we'd also laugh and yeah, that's what you do. Okay. But like I'm saying like, we would do everything we could to win and, and make other people look bad, but we'd also like be able to joke and hang out. Yeah. I love that. We're going to have to play this for Eric Weddle tomorrow when he's on the show. Okay. But so in honor of your love of golf and my lack of knowledge to the producers delight of the sport, we're going to play a little game. I'm going to show you a couple of clubs. Please tell me this is the right one. Yes. This is a driver. Everyone's taking me and my, and my wetsuits. Wetsuit Wednesday here on the show. We'll get to that in that money Smith. This is a big hitter I understand, right? So I'd like to know what current running back reminds you of this bad boy, a driver, a guy who can go the distance when you need like a, an 80 yard run. So I mean, I would also go with, with power and you have to, and speed. So that would be, that would be accurate, right? I would, I would, and you use it pretty much every hole. I would make that, probably I'd go with like a Derek Henry because he's powerful. Yeah. And he's fast as he had long runs without a doubt. I mean, he had a 99 yard touchdown run a couple of years ago against Jacksonville. I remember on a Thursday night. This is like the, get this, the Callaway big Bertha. That's, that's what Derek Henry is, right? Yeah, I would, I mean, why not? Let's go. How do you guys think I know what a pitching wedge is? Which one is that? This one? That's the one that I was going to say that's not the part of it. This is the one I would use in the big Lebowski to beat up the car. Like the kids, you know, like when he comes out and he Walter subchecks that car. Like you guys, you know what I'm talking about? This is a versatile club. Like everyone knows. Everyone knows. Yeah. It can be used in many a way. Give me your all around back who can do it all over the field. I'll allow a pitching wedge. I would say Alvin Kamara. And cause he can, he can do pretty much anything. He can run the ball. He can catch the ball. Pitching wedge is a club that you don't use it every hole, but you're using it a lot. And you want it to be versatile. You can use it around the green or you can use it in the fairway to hit it close. You can spin. You can do whatever. You got to be very versatile. And I would say Alvin Kamara. It's very heavy. I think much heavier than I thought it would be. But yeah, speaking of Kamara, he did miss last week's game. Mark Ingram stopped by the show yesterday and he said to your point, Alvin is the offense. And that's a running back saying that about another running back. That he's everything that they do. And he had 40, 480 catch seasons. We shouldn't sleep on that, right? Saints have the Panthers this week. And I hope that this fuels Christian McCaffrey on the other side and say, hey, I'm the driving wedge. Pitching wedge. I'm the pitching wedge, not Alvin. We'll see what happens. All right, this last bad boy is one that I'm familiar with because I'm a frequent first date. Go to the old putt putt. Gal, this is the putter. This is the money club. You need to convert on fourth and inches. You go to this. You need to punch the ball in the end zone from the one yard line. Which running back are you giving this club to? And you're using it the most. So he's always in the game. I'd go with Jonathan Taylor. He can do everything. And you need the putter in order to shoot a very good score. You need the putter in order to win. And he does everything. I mean, you could still go with a Kamara or a Henry on this, but I think Jonathan Taylor represents this because you always want him in the game, no matter what. This price is right wedge. Could be yours. This is a putter. And Jonathan Taylor, I'm going to Indy. I might see him. They got a big game against the Chiefs, but he led the league with 18 rushing touchdowns last year. Slow starts for these running backs. These studs this year. But I think Danny Woodhead just gave them all the motivation they need to get it done. Danny Woodhead, thank you for joining us and you have to come back. Let's do it. You guys have to reach out to me. Deal, you're the easiest to get. You're like the best. You're the best. Danny Woodhead on the show, perfect. And we'll be back after this and we have to get in my surf gear. That's right. Wet suit. When we come back, at least we have cool shoes on. Or at least everybody says they're cool. Are they cool? Oh, Jesus Louisa. Not to overreact, but I loved having Danny Woodhead on the show. If we get Darren Sparles on, I can go to football heaven and die and be fine. All right, this is what you're looking at. My under reactions. We are under reacting to Nelson Aguilar. Tom Curran was awesome on the show, but he's making plays Aguilar. And I love a rewrite. I'm always here for a second act. And that's what you can get. Remember Aguilar down in Philly, that whole storyline with the unlike Aguilar when there was the fire and the man was helping children escape the fire. That's the storyline on him. And now they're encouraging 50-50 balls up in New England. I'm clutching my pearls because I'm weirded out by that, but I'm also very here for it. He had a game-winning play. I see you, good luck. And that Raven secondary banged up. So Aguilar, I would expect to have a good game. And he will be in my daily fantasy lineups over at FanDuel. All right, the next thing that I think everyone is under reacting to is George Kittle. Listen, everybody's talking about Shreylans and Jimmy G. And I totally get it, but we're totally under reacting to when we get Kittle back, which might be in the next couple of weeks here. It's not just the catching passes that he does, right? It's not just the run blocking or the pass protection. He does it all. But he's just a different animal. And this offense, this team, looks different when he's out there. It's his presence that matters. And when you think about his importance and his bond with Jimmy G, that needs to be thought about as well. This is a super real contending squad. We can talk about the quarterbacks all we want, but I'm just excited to welcome Kittle back to the party. This is the guy who's BFFs. I think we got the T-shirts right. Yeah, I mean, come on. Jimmy G's not just autographing fans after his average win yesterday last week. He's autographing this guy. They were in shirts of each other. Let's not forget the clicking that happens with Jimmy Garoppolo and George Kittle. I'm looking forward to that. And 49ers with George Kittle, as you saw in that 28 and 14 without George Kittle since 2019, six and nine. Grunk would love that stat, but we do not like it if we're nine or stands. We want Kittle out there. We'll get that. The last thing that we're under reacting to is, when you think high scoring offenses, you think Packers, you think Chiefs, you think Bills, you think Rams. We're under reacting to the Lions in such a big way. Take a look at the top scoring offenses in the end of the, can we get a studio? Can we get a little, a little noise for the Lions? Thank you. Oh, a whistle. Listen, it's not just their run game dominance, which they have. It's not just goth who looked awesome. I'm on raw. The roster is great. Aiden's holding it down on defense as well. They get the hard knocks bump for me. They're beloved in that way. And nobody hates Dan Campbell. Big one against the Vikings. Jeff Ocuda. I'm looking at you. Darius Slate took care of business against Justin Jefferson. Can you, can this Lions defense sort of hold him in a divisional matchup? But we'll see what the future is. They're not going to be an easy out for anybody, this Lions squad. DeAndre Swift, very exciting to watch and look for a team that is very easy to root for in the NFL this season. There's my under reactions for your week two to week three pleasure. We've got more guests popping on the show and we'll be back after this panic room from fantasy perspective. What did you have Tom Brady? How many touchdowns did Tom Brady have to do? Two touchdowns? Two total touchdowns? Stop it. Now he's got no receivers. Danny Woodhead to the box. Make it happen. We'll be back right here on Up and Atoms. Don't go anywhere. It's wet suit Wednesday. He's the voice of Los Angeles Chargers and host of Petros Money on AM 570 here in LA. Matt Money Smith serves up, bro. Yeah, I want you. Give it a little you. You with the shotgun. Oh, I'm sorry. Guys, this is my face on that thing. Yeah, there we go. This is terrifying. Okay, two weeks in the books, you've updated your power rankings, some upsets this past weekend. Go, can we go worse to best this time? Sure. Absolutely. I think I know who's at the top, but go for it. Well, here we go. At the bottom in the 32 to 24, fourth quadrant. Two notables. I think the Colts, they could very well make fools of me. I dropped them 11 spots. I'm really worried about that offensive line being leaky, Matt Ryan getting beat up. Also the Raiders, as they slide a little bit. Actually, they're gonna be in the next quadrant up. I messed that one up. But the Colts are the most concerning because you see, they could very well bump up. There's the Raiders at the back end of 17 through 24. The Lions, I'm looking at. There's got eight, the Raiders. Yeah. Okay. Their pass rush fell off. If they have no pass rush, they have serious issues. Lions are feisty. The Lions, and they got an opportunity this week. That, look, 35 and a half points per week on offense. You mentioned I'm on Ross St. Brown of Southern California legend in high school with Bryce Young and J.T. Daniels at Monterey. I think Okuda's gonna do something. I think so. Again, really? Absolutely. The Justin Jefferson 200 yard game? They figured it out in Philadelphia, right? I know, I know. Are we gonna continue? Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's get into the meat of this, the playoff teams, if you will, look at the Cowboys. They were down 12 last week. They're up eight this week. Why? Micah Parsons very well may be the most dominant force on either side of the ball in the NFL right now. Exactly, so I think what you're seeing now, Dan Quinn is so underrated. He gets lumped in with that Pete Carroll, Gus Bradley, cover three. No, Dan Quinn is messing with teams. I mean, big time, especially because he has that weapon. One of the most indomitable forces we've seen since Lawrence Taylor, I don't think that's an egregious comparison. Yes, it's hyperbolic, but he can't be stopped. I mean, he basically injured Donovan Smith. He beat up on Jonah Williams at number one. He beat up on the big free agent acquisition, Lyle Collins, he can't be contained and that's what's gonna set the tone. Up nine spots, Cooper Rush. And they get three of their next four in division. Giants, commanders, then I believe it's Rams and then Eagles, so we're really gonna see what the problem's gonna be. Cooper Rush would be a good surfer name. I think so too, because you call me like, yeah, what's up, Kew? Yeah, what's up, Kew? You, you, Kew? All right, what's next? All right, let's go to one through eight. And when it comes to this category, look, this is where it's super tight. The Bucks take a big tumble. I'm just concerned about their offense, but you see what's highlighted there. The 49ers jumping up six spots, even with the injury to Trey Lance. And I think, like the key with the 49ers to me is we know what they are with Jimmy Garoppolo. We know how Kyle Shanahan, he is the best offensive play caller in the league. And you look at that game, you know, that game against Seattle, and what do you have? You've got five yards per carry, 189 total rushing yards, two touchdowns on the ground. Just keep us, just keep us out of trouble, Jimmy. And that's what it's gonna be with that dominant defensive front. I hope so, and then hopefully Kittle, like I was saying, comes back. Yeah, exactly. And you know, they've been doing this without him. And he is one of the great unique weapons in the NFL, because he does it all as a tight end. And I know, I think they're not, yeah. I don't think Aaron Rodgers was happy to see Jimmy G get back into the spotlight. Probably not. Probably not. All right, what else we got? Well, we got Chiefs and Chargers. I know people are looking at that like, wait a minute. The Chargers just lost on Thursday night, and you have them ahead of the Chiefs. Oh yeah, what are you doing? So our friend Danny Woodhead made the point for me. Tell me. The Chargers dominated that game. I mean, they absolutely dominated that game. Orlando Brown is an issue for the Chiefs. That offensive line is an issue. If they actually got holding penalties called against them, they'd be in a world of hurt. But Patrick Mahomes was under duress the entire game. He had four interception worthy plays. Unfortunately, the Chargers and the officials weren't able to cash those in. One got a flag that should not have been thrown. Adelie would have had that pick. And I thought Asante had his hand under that other one that would have been a pick. Both of those drives led to touchdown. So I'm concerned about the Chiefs up front. I'm excited about the Chargers defense. What's my lesson for today? You're doing well. I just like to pretend. That's the key is you want to get your head up. So long borders put their head down and their feet down. Short borders. Don't use words. I don't understand. What's a long border? So you're on a little, you're on a 6-0 fit. I brought in my kids' boards today because we were kind of rolling them down them. So they're no longer fiberglass. They're just foamy. Give me a little something. While you tell me about it, we're not going to do that. Well, let's hang out. So a lot of people keep their hands on the rails when they pop up. You don't want to do that. Just so the sharks can come nibble on them. Yeah, it'll be great. You want your hands here. And then the idea when you pop is, and I'm not going to do the full burpee, but you want your front foot when you pop up to be right between your hands that way. Oh, it's like a yoga move. Oh, exactly. It's like Warrior II. It's exactly like Warrior II. I'm not doing that. I'm just burying myself. Come on, dude. Come on. Come on. Tell me about a match if you're excited about this week and want me to do this. I know you like Jack's Chargers. I do, yeah. So I love that. Oh, you know what? You were just about to do a duck dive. So you put your one foot up and push down. Oh, yeah. That's what I was trying to do. Hold on. I'm doing a duck dive. I've run a duck dive. There you go. You got it. That's how you push under the wave and you can paddle up. This is a terrible idea. Tell me about the Jack's Chargers. That Jack's front. It's super. I'm going to move this way. I'm feeling really awkward. The Jack's front against the Chargers offensive line, Corey Linsley banged up, Trey Pipkin's banged up. We saw Trey von Walker and Josh Allen really wreck the colt. So that's going to be something to keep an eye on. God damn it. You're all out of it. The good news is you're not even battling yet, Dave. Oh, my god. I can't handle this. OK, tell us quickly. Better break up. This is a surf move. This is known as the two board map. Packers Bucking Ears. Sounds like a good thing. OK, and Packers Bucking Ears, do you like that one too? Hey, don't go anywhere. Come back with me. He's 6'1", probably 2'25", 2'30", and just he runs. I mean, when he catches the ball, he's just very violent with how he runs. And yeah, he just has that dog in him. I think he sets a tone for the run. Oh, let's get into it, K. He got that dog in him. When he said that, it brought the house down. I was dying, Conrad. I mean, how could you not? I mean, AJ Brown does have that dog in him. Oh, wait, hold on. Oh, you got puppies in your background. I do have puppies. Now, Matt Lemony Smith has never been part of this segment. It's something that our Southern Bell likes to do. And we had a guy who has that dog in him on the show. We definitely did, K. The first ever historical got that dog in him with Danny Woodhead. Because Danny Woodhead got that dog in him. All right, K. This guy, he does it all. OK, you want running? He got you. You want receiving? Danny Woodhead got you. Let me see. Let me see the play. Oh, absolutely. Look at this. This is what Danny Woodhead would do. He would dip, dive, dunk, whatever. And look at this. Just outside laying out linebackers. He blocks. He catches. Matt Lemony, you have this guy. He does it all. You know what, K? He was a true do-it-all-back. Look at that. So many ways to describe this man right here, Gritty, fast, skilled, but there's only one true way to describe the essence of Danny Woodhead, K. And that's a dog. He got that dog in him. He got a golden retriever in his chest. You know, kind of do-it-all dog as well. That's what Danny Woodhead is. I always thought to myself, what could possibly make Danny Woodhead better? And I didn't know until I saw a golden retriever in his body. All right, I got somebody who might, in fact, have that dog within that. He certainly does. And his name is Aman-Raw Swing-Bred Equanimous. Nothing to sneeze at either. But let's roll the tape on Aman because he is amazing. Second-year receiver not only had nine catches for over 100 yards and two touchdowns. And the Lions went over the commanders. He added 68 yards on the ground. Listen, he's emerging as one of the best road receivers in the league as far as 2022 is concerned. And a big reason why the Lions have the second highest scoring offense in the land. And you like the Lions and your power rankings. I do, and I love Aman-Raw St. Brown. I said it during the draft. He's Southern California legend, modern day monarch, two national championships. He does everything. He's just a winner. I love the Lions. He is a massive player. Can we see if he has the dog? He got a dog in him. Oh, yeah. Let's see. Let's check him out. We got it. Yeah, look at that. Look at that. Happy pup. This is so stupid. Conrad, take it away. We got one more. We got one more. Let's get into Darius Slay. You know why? Because after what we saw on Monday Night Football, Darius Slay locked up Justin Jefferson. Nobody saw it coming except Darius Slay. This guy had two interceptions. Two interceptions. Should have had four interceptions. Handed the ball off to James Harden. Gave the other one to his son. But you know what? Darius Slay. NFC defensive player of the week. And for right reasons, because Darius Slay got that dog. And for the first time ever, double dog. Two interceptions, double dog for Darius Slay. A double dog in him situation. His heart is an English bulldog. And his right lung is a pit bull. That's a serious dog. That's a serious dog. Double dog, reference. OK, that's fine. Give me a gutter or a dog, Jay. Give me a dog. Packers at Buccaneers. Who's got that dog in him this weekend? I love what the pack are doing. Run the ball. Look, that's what Lambo's built for in the playoffs, right? They've fallen short in the post-season. Let's get Dylan going. Let's get that running game going. Aaron Jones. Love Aaron Jones. But we need Odell. Listen, we're Air Rogers. We don't know how long we have him. I'm just going to put this little nugget out there and manifest as we do with Matt Money-Smith. We'll put a pin in there. And Odell. Make it as fun as it can be, Packers. We'll see you guys tomorrow. Fun show. Absolutely. I'm dying. I feel like a dog. I feel like a puddle of sweat.