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It's time to go around the league.

All right, now that we're up to speed on the Jets and the Giants, let's tackle the rest of week one, and it continues tonight. Chiefs Chargers, tonight ain't in Brazil. Chargers getting three and a half. Naji Harris, back from that eye injury off of the 4th of July, going to get the start at running back for the Chargers. The draft to tomorrow and Hampton, remember.

Nellarushie Rice, obviously, for the Chiefs. He's suspended. And Kansas City, I haven't talked a ton about him this off season off that Super Bowl loss. How about this? Pat Mahomes, 82% win percentage in the month of September, second best all time in the NFL. I don't know why, Rick.

It feels to me like people are, this is a weird thing to say, almost sleeping on Kansas City. It's like Baltimore and Buffalo is such a monster game. The AFC in my mind goes through Kansas City. And if it's not going to be Kansas City, maybe it'll be the Chargers. This is a massive game tonight. Yeah, it's a massive game.

I think probably bigger game for the Chargers than the Chiefs. Right. Like, I mean, this is, we check the schedules. This is the Chargers home game. Right. Correct. So neutral site. Yeah, I mean, for a 15-win team that was in the Super Bowl, I mean, you haven't seen a lot of love. I mean, hell, you had Joe Montana picking his, you know, his four favorite quarterbacks, and Patrick Mahomes wasn't on his list. So, you mentioned old Rishi Rice. She's still got Xavier Worthy. You got Hollywood Brown. They drafted a tackle. Yeah, I mean, if I'm the, if I'm the Chiefs, like, getting absolutely slaughtered in the Super Bowl doesn't sit well with me right now. And you've got a team that you're playing against in your division that's kind of coming on its way up that has something to prove. So, yeah, I mean, you've seen the – Archie gave you the numbers. Andy Reid's numbers, too, in September. A guy doesn't lose in September.

Rick, Mike, take the Chiefs tonight, just to let you know. Go Chargers, go. No, that number, it went up to three and a half. And also, let's not forget, one of the biggest losses of the offseason. Guy gets paid and Rishon Slater, done. For the year, yeah. That's a huge loss. Huge loss. Sunday 1 o'clock, Bucks, Falcons, Michael Penix.

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