GMFB Selects: Kyle Brandt's Best Cuts Week of 08/18/2025
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🗓️ 23 August 2025
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Summary
A selection of the best Kyle Brandt cuts from the Week of August 18th:
- The vibe around Caleb Williams and Ben Johnson
- Dillon Gabriel speaking out?
- Jaxson Dart can play, but how long for Russell Wilson?
- The turnaround for Ashton Jeanty
- Baker Mayfield leading the Bucs
- Daniel Jones starting isn't a positive story
- Put a former QB with a current WR
- Trusting the Steelers
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
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| 0:24.1 | So if you didn't watch the game, Caleb played two drives. |
| 0:27.1 | The second one ended prematurely, at least for Bears fans, |
| 0:29.7 | not in no small part to the fact that Roma Dunzee had a big drop on the far sideline, |
| 0:33.9 | a drop that Caleb took responsibility for, even though we all know that wasn't true, |
| 0:38.4 | which is fine. The headline here is Caleb and Ben Johnson look smooth, they look efficient, |
| 0:43.1 | they look comfortable, they looked good. Let's put this in proper context. This is the first time |
| 0:47.6 | Caleb has ever played on an NFL field without an interim coach or an ill-suited coach with |
| 0:54.0 | like a proper coach to his skills. The last time he played a game, it was seven months ago. He was with his third coordinator, his second head coach. He's in Lambo Field winning, by the way. But this has been a long time coming. And listen, he had both tight ends. He hit the wide receivers. He hit the wide receiver one. Went to the wide receiver two. |
| 1:11.7 | Went to wide receiver three. |
| 1:12.7 | It's just, it's everything you could need. |
| 1:14.1 | It was smooth. |
| 1:15.3 | Getting the play in and out of the huddle was smooth. Everything was on time. They're trotting up to the line of scrimmage with tons of time on the play clock. And some of you winning teams of winning or fans of winning teams are like, what the heck? |
| 1:11.6 | They get the play out on time? |
| 1:13.1 | Yes. |
| 1:13.6 | It's a big deal that the Bears got the playoffs. Some of you winning teams of winning, fans of winning teams are like, what the heck, they get the play out on time? |
| 1:29.1 | Yes, it's a big deal that the Bears got to play out on time. |
| 1:32.5 | Give them credit. |
| 1:33.3 | It's baby steps. |
| 1:34.7 | You got to crawl before you can run, and he definitely crawled yesterday. |
| 1:38.2 | Now, listen, I will say this for Bill's fans. |
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