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First Take

Hour 2: Best of the Best

First Take

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.05.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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0:31.1

Back to the NFL and after week five, we have no unbeaten teams left, but we have seven four-in-one teams. There they are. One that really stands out is in the middle and the AFC, the Indianapolis Colt, maybe the surprise team of the year. Chris Mad Dog Russo. Are you buying the Colts? No, I'm not. I am not buying it. I know Daniel Jones has played well. They got a great running back. Pittman's a good receiver.

0:55.4

But they have, let's be honest. They were very fortunate to beat Denver on that leverage call. I'm not saying it was a bad call, but they were lucky to win the game. They beat Miami, who's awful. They obviously, the Raiders, you and I were discussing them. I mean, it's a train wreck out in Vegas. You know, they played pretty well against the Rams.

1:11.7

They could have won a game.

1:12.4

So if they don't drop the ball, I mean, that is a train wreck out in Vegas. You know, they played pretty well against the Rams.

1:11.7

They could have won a game. So if they don't drop the ball in the middle of the end zone, who knows. AD Mitchell, yeah. But I am not ready to say. And a division's bad. That division isn't great. You know, Jacksonville, Houston, obviously Tennessee, not a great division. but I am not ready to go out there and sit there on a limb that the Indianapolis coach are a big time threat to Kansas City, to Buffalo, teams like that as far as the AFC West is going.

1:37.1

I'm not ready to go out on the limb with that either, but I do think you have to give the division credit where credit is due in terms of you just acknowledge Jacksonville's on the come up. And so because they only have one loss on the season, they've got a running game, they've got a pass a game, they've got a quarterback to answer the call on national TV Monday night against the greatest quarterback of this generation. You got to take that into consideration. And still in all, you can't ignore what you're seeing from Daniel Jones.

2:18.4

Only two interceptions on a year, complete better than 71% of his passes. You see how they can run the football. Jeff Saturday pointed out how they got not one, not two, but three receivers all doing different things. One can spread the field. One can sit up there and be in the slot. You got a tight end that's the lead as well. You look at all of these things and the way that they're playing right now.

2:20.4

You can't summarily dismiss them.

2:35.9

And then last but not least, you have to take into consideration the house money effect. The fact that nobody's really expecting much from the Indianapolis Colts. If they continue on this trend, let's say they win the AFC South. And we're still of the mindset. I mean, it's Daniel Jones.

2:39.1

I mean, it's Indianapolis. Oh, please, please, please, please.

2:41.8

What do you have to lose going up against Buffalo?

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