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Hacksaw’s Great Sports Weekend Podcast
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“NFL WEEKEND #2..PICK EM PAL
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You won’t be able to top what we saw on the opening weekend of the NFL-the great matchups and the blockbuster TV ratings for a couple of games. Now we settle in with some good games and some you won’t probably watch.
CHARGERS-RAIDERS..Jim Harbaugh-Pete Carroll..last seen yelling at each other on opposite sidelines…Two very different personalities and styles. Could be a throwing contest, Justin Herbert vs Geno Smith. Could be two defenses under duress. How do the Bolts cover Brock Bowers-Jakobi Myers-Mike Mayer. At the same time, do the Raiders have enough people to deal with Herbert’s pass catching brigade (McConkey-Allen-Johnston and the TEs). The unknown, both OL have unsettled situations. Herbert single handedly bdat the Chiefs. Geno went wild (362P) in a road win. Might be a (39-37) game?
CHIEFS-EAGLES..Could you imagine Andy Reid’s team being (0-2) by Sunday night? Might happen. Week two has to be different than the opening loss. The Chiefs have to get the ball down the field. Have to protect Patrick Mahomes. Have to survive the test of manhood they will get from Saquon Barkley. Have to contain Jalen Hurts. The Eagles-vs-Mahomes-they will chase him alot. Eagles to win.
TAMPA BAY-HOUSTON…Pretty good matchup-Baker Mayfield’s firehouse passing attack against a Texans pretty fierce pass rush.
ATLANTA-MINNESOTA…Young guys QB matchup. Michael Penix coming off a (298Y) outing vs JJ McCarthy who lit it up with 3TD drives in the fourth quarter in their win..Lots of firepower on both sides of the ball.
LIONS-BEARS…Detroit will create chaos for Chicago QB-Caleb Williams, and he was running for his life last weekend. Likely turnovers, sacks and some ill-will too. This Bears offense is a great mystery as is where Caleb is along the learning curve with new coach Ben Johnson?
RAVENS-BROWNS..Baltimore’s defensive collapse was epic-bet you don’t see that again. Bet they bring the heat on Joe Flacco. Lamar Jackson-vs-Myles Garrett-will be pretty cool QB-DE pass rush matchup too.
COWBOYS-GIANTS…Dallas and Dak Prescott come off a pretty good first game, even it was a loss. The Giants did not have a good first game, and unless Russell Wilson does better, he might lose his starting job to rookie Jaxson Dart. The only bigger cry in NY, aside from Dart, is to fire Brian Daboll.
SEATTLE-PITTSBURGH..Aaron Rodgers debut infront of the Iron City Beer drinking crowd will be wild. So will Pittsburgh’s pass rush. Sam Darnold had a really poor opening debut in Seattle colors. This could be messy.
BILLS-JETS..Josh Allen takes this high wire act on the road. Justin Fields will need to make more plays than a week ago.
BENGALS-JAGUARS..A bizarre weekend win, when Joe Burrow won, despite throwing for (113Y). The Jaguars think there will be more catches and yards for Travis Hunter after a so-so debut last week
PATRIOTS-MIAMI…Big trouble brewing in Miami Gardens, after a dismal first weekend. Can you believe, the Dolphins had (43Y) in offense at halftime, a team with Tua and Tyreek on the field. Now Hill has off field problems on top of a wrist injury, and mess with the roster. New England was sloppy in Mike Vrabel’s debut, but Drake Maye will make things happen.
49ers-SAINTS…The injury toll keeps growing, now Brock Purdy and George Kittle are out. Mac Jones starts at quarterback. The Saints have to be better than the 13-penalty filled loss last weekend. How long before Tyler Shough gets the starting call at QB.
ARIZONA-CAROLINA…Kyler Murray needs to stack good starts on top of good starts. Bryce Young and his coach Dave Canales, the jury is really out on this tandem.
DENVER-COLTS…Bo Nix had an odd-turnover-marred game so things will get better. Daniel Jones played really well in his Colts debut, as did his do everything tight end-full back-H back-Tyler Warren. Keeping RB-Jon Taylor on the field-healthy is important
RAMS-TENNESSEE…Oh boy-Cam Ward. If he thought last week’s (112Y) passing day was hard- wait till he gets a load of the Rams defense. And Matthew Stafford has lots of weapons to use. Could be a bad blowout in Nashville.
PACKERS-WASHINGTON…Micah Parsons, Jordan Love, the Packers pass rush and big play receivers-just way too much for Jayden Daniels to deal with in that Thursday night game.
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