Kevin Clark, my ESPN colleague, the host of This is Football. Now that Sunday's games

are in the rear view, Kevin, my question to you is, you know, how much do you think about

the Roman Empire?

Uh, a lot. I probably probably more than the, like, I also think of HBO's Rome quite

a bit as well. Say, you know what? This is why we're friends. I love that show. Um, thanks

for rolling with the punches on that opening question. Now we know you do think about

the Roman Empire. I feel like everybody does.

We're now two weeks into the NFL season, and we're here to help you figure out what's

happening. For example, are the Rams actually better than we thought? Are the Bengals

worse? Have the Cowboys finally arrived? Can anyone slow down the dolphins? And are the

giants ever going to score? Spoiler alert. They scored a lot, eventually. So today, Kevin

Clark, host of This is Football, joins the show to help us separate fact and fiction across

everything we saw on Sunday. I'm Michelle Steele. It's Monday, September 18th. This is ESPN

Daily. Let's talk about recent history now, uh, what we just watched, right? The dolphins

beating the patriots by 24 to 17 at Foxboro. We're game. We're at end of that game. Um, felt

like Miami was in control for much of it, but it basically almost came down to a fat guy

first down at the end. Here is what your initial takeaways are here. Uh, I don't know where

to start. Cole Strange, the offensive lineman, who whose pick was so when he was drafted,

his pick was so controversial that if you remember, the Rams like, like reacted in real

time, being like, what the heck is going on? Yeah. So all that led to him getting a lateral

from Micaseki, uh, and then getting a rule to first down that would have extended the

game in a huge primetime game. Yeah. I did not expect any of this. And I bet Cole Strange

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