So, do you agree that the Steelers won't be
playoff contenders with Rodgers? You know, I think
they will be playoff contenders. Hell, they was
playoff contenders with Doc Hodges or whatever his name is
. Doug Hodges. Like, come on, Mason
Rudolph, they were playoff contenders. They, they
, they split quarterbacks a year ago and made it
to the playoffs. So I think they're in the
same position, maybe a little bit better than they
were a year ago with Russell Wilson and Justin Fields
. That's kind of where I see them at,
um. But Brady has some He has some interesting
takes on Aaron Rodgers and looking at the rush versus
the field and, and, and where his receivers
are. That happens. Dude's been playing football for
20 something years. You know, at some point
. He can't get out of his own way.
He's worried about getting teed off on it and it
happens. I mean, you know, Sam Darnold
made it interesting when he said he was seeing ghosts
. Aaron Rodgers just hasn't said he's seeing ghosts,
but most older quarterbacks, that's what is he going
to be 42, 3 years old or whatever it
is, come on, think about it. I
mean, that thing, that, that thing's coming
fast. It's moving around you so fast and he
can't get out of his way like he could 15
years ago. So it's totally different, totally,
totally different. Yeah, I gotta believe, I
gotta believe there'll be a playoff contender based on pretty
much the same squad as last year, minus,
you know, picket, and you bring in uh
DK. Uh, the line will be good,
defense will be good. Uh, Yeah, and
Russell Wilson brought him to the playoffs. I gotta
think if Russ can do it, Russ and Justin
, and when I look at the numbers and I
brought up this a couple weeks ago about the numbers
, his numbers overall was better than Mahomes. Like
when you look at the pass and the touchdowns,
it don't even sound right. Why do it?
It's just that my homes had a defense that carried
him and now hopefully that a Pittsburgh defense that can
help carry him. Like I don't think he got
to pick up big numbers, you know, they're
gonna run the ball a lot. You know,
they're gonna probably pass a little more than normally,
but the defense is gonna have to carry them.
And I think they got a shot. I think
they, they had a shot last year. I
think they got a shot this year, and I
think they upgraded from Russell Wilson at the quarterback.
It's, it's not a great upgrade, but it's
, I feel like it's a slight upgrade from Russ
. I think it's a complete wash. You think
it's a wash between them two, so they will
make the playoffs then. No, I don't think
they're going to make the playoffs. But if it's
a wash and Russ and Justin Fields are able to
make the playoffs, then that means that, you
know, every year is different. I think,
I think Cincinnati will be better this year. Cincinnati
wasn't a factor last year. Um, I think
that the whole of the AFC West will be a
factor this year. That wasn't the case last year
. The Raiders are better, um. Yeah,
I mean, the Jets are better. I think
the Patriots are going to be better. We'll see
what the Dolphins do. I, I don't think
that they are a playoff contender in that they will
go to the playoffs and do make any noise.
I think that the ceiling for them is to win
a playoff. Do you think they can win the
division? No. They could have won it last
year I think the boat I think they can win
the division. I do not believe that Cincinnati will
miss the playoffs again. I don't think that the
Ravens are going to take a step back and look
again, for all the numbers that he's put up
for all the, you know, greatness that he
had in the last 5 games where they went 2
and 3, he won 5 games last year.
5 Yeah, I just, I don't, I
don't see it. I think that they will be
at best it will be what they did last year
. I don't think it's going to be a catastrophe
. I don't think it's going to be, you
know, something embarrassing, but I just, I
don't see it. I don't see how he makes
them better. I think this is a A band-aid
for the Pittsburgh Steelers to not have to go into
rebuild mode yet because they have to find their franchise
quarterback, which they still do not have, and
I think it allows Aaron Rodgers to have, you
know, a nice landing out of the league.
They got a nice cool schedule to start the season
though. When you're starting at the Jets, we
don't really know what the Jets are, although I
believe in Aaron Green and company. Seattle, new
quarterback, new situation up in Seattle. New England
, new situation there, new situation at the quarterback
spot in Minnesota. So you start looking at that
before they buy. Those 4 games before they buy
. I wouldn't be shocked if they have a nice
start to the season. 18. Week 10 to
week 18, now we're talking about football. Now
we, now, now we start talking a little
bit about football when you get into the back of
the schedule. But if I can jump out front
and put thatly that pressure to those teams in my
division because all of a sudden I look up and
I'm 3 and 1, I'm 4-0, before my
buy, those other teams are gonna be looking,
you know, and they ain't no telling what they
wind up doing those first several weeks of the season
. We'll see, we'll see. I mean,
they do have a, if he does get tired
, if he does want some time, you know
, if he wants to like come out for a
couple of plays like he did last year. Mason
is a serviceable backup. I think they can win
10 games.