A couple of fun talkers just to start the show.

Some of the ticket texters have been out of shape, but they live their life permanently bent. It's just how they are. Oh, you said something that isn't dreamy. Cool. You're the one texting a radio show. Figure it out. The whole point is, Laporta being out? Yeah, it's a big deal. How they're going to fix it? I don't know that they do.

The other angle is you watched two teams last night in Houston and Buffalo. Buffalo feels like the

AFC version of you where things are teetering a little bit. And with Houston, no, I don't think

Houston's a Super Bowl team. Then again, their quarterback's dead. But watching a team heavily

invest in two elite edge rushes and you go, damn, that's what it can look like.

It's the same thing that Philly basically did with their interior.

And obviously, they had to replace a 10-sac player in Josh Sweat.

Well, they have with Jalen Phillips.

And you go, that's what that looks like.

Now, I know, I'm sure on ticket tech, someone's burping out a hot take about sack totals. Sacks and pressures are not the same thing. Sacks and true pressure rate against a four-man rush are not the same thing. So pipe down. When Brian Branch gets a sack, it's cool, but you can't rely on that. When your linebacker level gets sacks. Also cool, fun, productive.

Can't rely on that. When your linebacker level gets sacks, also cool, fun, productive, can't rely on it. There comes a time you need to rush four and drop seven. And that's how you win a Super Bowl. That's how it gets done. Let's go to people. Yeah, go to Jay. 971. Jay, what's going on? How you doing? Yo, yo, what's going on, Big Mike, Rico.

Hey. go to jay 971 jay what's going on how you doing yo yo what's going on big mike riko hey yeah i was one of the five people that watched last night thank you for making me know i wasn't

alone thank you yeah but i was watching it and I was like, am I only one seeing this?

Like I hope Brad is Brad Holmes watching this?

Because I knew right then and there watching that game because I watched the entire game because I was in all of the defense.

And it wasn't that they could stop the run and it was just nailing the run because James Cook had some nice runs.

But every time James Cook had a nice run, it's like they got more angry and just wanted to hit them harder.

Every time Josh Allen got a good run or made a good play or got in the red zone, it's like they got angry.

And they just said no, and they put it into it. We don't have that capability because all we have is hutch. Well, up front, yeah, I mean. Oh, go ahead. No, no, no, Jay. I mean, look, Aleem on paper is a really good football player, but I need to see a little bit more. You know, he flashed in that first game back. Need to see more. I mean, Ty Leak Williams has basically disappeared. Your first round draft pick, they started a guy no one had ever heard of on Sunday night. You need some pieces. And obviously Davenport's out. Pascals out. But again, the lions in the red zone have been overwhelming.

That has to get fixed if they're going to make a meaningful run.

Yeah, that's totally correct.

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