# The NFL Report: Can Sam Darnold Rescue The Rams? + Caleb Williams Injury Update

An episode of [NFL: The Insiders](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1543090622), 21 Sep 2026, 24 min.

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On the rundown for today’s The NFL Report Podcast: - Chicago Bears' Caleb Williams injury update - The top plays of week 2 - The return of Sam Darnold to Los Angeles Rams - Ja'Marr Chase's unreal catch - Los Angeles Chargers unable to handle Las Vegas Raiders The NFL Report is a production of the NFL in partnership with iHeart Media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:01] Speaker 1: After getting carted off on Sunday, is Caleb Williams guaranteed
[0:05] Speaker 1: to miss next Monday? We have the latest on the
[0:08] Speaker 1: most important hamstring in Chicago. If week one was all
[0:13] Speaker 1: about the offense and the scoring, week two was all
[0:15] Speaker 1: about the amazing and the defense.
[0:17] Speaker 2: What?
[0:17] Speaker 1: We have the top plays from 10 hours of madness
[0:21] Speaker 1: on Sunday. And look who's back on the field at SoFi.
[0:25] Speaker 1: It's the return of a Hall of Famer and the
[0:28] Speaker 1: return of the NFL report.
[0:29] Speaker 3: It's next.
[0:36] Speaker 1: I guarantee you there is no lightning, no weather delay
[0:39] Speaker 1: in this show. Welcome to the NFL Report, everybody. Hope
[0:41] Speaker 1: you enjoyed Sunday of week two across the street. They're
[0:44] Speaker 1: about to kick off on the final game. We'll tell
[0:46] Speaker 1: you who's in and who's out. A couple of very
[0:48] Speaker 1: big names. We're presented by Nationwide. Scott Hanson's coming up
[0:51] Speaker 1: shortly with his plays of the week. Hi, I'm Andrew Siciliano.
[0:54] Speaker 1: Let's tell you what's news to me. Let's get our
[0:57] Speaker 1: headlines in here. Somewhat encouraging. Those are the words that
[1:00] Speaker 1: Ben Johnson used. That's how he described Caleb Williams' MRI
[1:04] Speaker 1: today after Sunday's hamstring injury that silenced Soldier Field. Johnson
[1:10] Speaker 1: says it is a week-to-week injury, which, again, is encouraging.
[1:14] Speaker 1: And Williams has extra time this week because the Bears
[1:17] Speaker 1: play Monday night at home against the Eagles.
[1:22] Speaker 4: He's right now working through every avenue that he's got
[1:25] Speaker 4: available to get back on track here.
[1:29] Speaker 1: We'll see what that looks like. Here's what I know.
[1:32] Speaker 4: This guy's a little bit different than the average human being.
[1:35] Speaker 4: I said that last night. I'll double down on that.
[1:37] Speaker 3: He gets back.
[1:39] Speaker 4: He has in the past a lot faster than what
[1:41] Speaker 4: people can anticipate. I'm not putting a timeline on this.
[1:46] Speaker 4: We're going to say week to week. He's going to
[1:49] Speaker 4: attack this with everything that he knows. He's got a
[1:52] Speaker 4: great team around him, both in this building and outside
[1:55] Speaker 4: of this building.
[1:57] Speaker 3: And we'll see where it goes from there.
[1:58] Speaker 1: Ben, just to clarify, will Caleb practice this week?
[2:04] Speaker 3: I don't believe he will.
[2:06] Speaker 1: So are you ruling him out now for week three?
[2:09] Speaker 1: Are you saying that there's still a chance towards the
[2:11] Speaker 1: end of the week?
[2:12] Speaker 3: I did not do that, no.
[2:14] Speaker 1: Okay, if you can't go, then Tyson Bajent goes. Yesterday,
[2:16] Speaker 1: the Bears lost to the Vikings. That was Carson Wentz,
[2:19] Speaker 1: a quarterback. Kevin O'Connell says that Kyler Murray is back.
[2:22] Speaker 1: He has cleared concussion protocol, and Kyler is going to
[2:26] Speaker 1: go when the 2-0 Vikings visit the 0-2 Buccaneers Sunday
[2:32] Speaker 1: at Raymond James. Meantime, Jaden Daniels is going to be
[2:35] Speaker 1: out this week and maybe longer. Don't know how much longer,
[2:38] Speaker 1: but it is. Another dislocated elbow happens Sunday in Dallas.
[2:42] Speaker 1: It's the same injury as last year. The commanders host
[2:46] Speaker 1: the Seahawks this week.
[2:49] Speaker 5: He had imaging done today. Um, he'll see specialists early
[2:54] Speaker 5: this week, Tuesday and Wednesday. Um, and then we'll go
[2:57] Speaker 5: through the process from there. I know you'll have some
[2:59] Speaker 5: questions regarding timelines, but until we go through that process,
[3:03] Speaker 5: we just, I'd be guessing to, to give you any, um,
[3:08] Speaker 5: We will start Marcus on Sunday, and there's nobody easier
[3:14] Speaker 5: to rally around than him.
[3:17] Speaker 1: Okay, Michael Penix is back. Falcons are bad. They're 0-2.
[3:21] Speaker 1: They get primetime the next three weeks, but they made
[3:24] Speaker 1: it official today, this afternoon, which is surprising for a
[3:27] Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski team, that Penix will make his debut Thursday,
[3:32] Speaker 1: one of the The Falcons visit the Packers on TNF.
[3:36] Speaker 1: After that, they go Monday and Sunday night. Thursday, Monday, Sunday. Long,
[3:41] Speaker 1: long list of injuries. Waiting for news on Saquon Barkley.
[3:43] Speaker 1: It was a stinger. He wasn't able to finish the Eagles'
[3:47] Speaker 1: victory in Tennessee. David Njoku is going on IR. Charlie
[3:51] Speaker 1: Kohler not listed on this as well. Two Charger tight
[3:54] Speaker 1: ends going on injured reserve today. As the Chargers fall
[3:59] Speaker 1: to 0-2, we'll show you those highlights later. Coming up
[4:01] Speaker 1: a little bit later in the meantime, we'll show you
[4:03] Speaker 1: these highlights. These are the Saints and these are the Ravens.
[4:05] Speaker 1: And wow, the Saints won in Baltimore. They're down eight
[4:10] Speaker 1: fourth quarter when Tyler Shuck hits Chris Olave. He gets
[4:13] Speaker 1: to dance and everybody is happy. Again, the Ravens had
[4:16] Speaker 1: a lead. This is a theme. They blow leads, whether
[4:19] Speaker 1: it's under Harbaugh or Jesse Minner. And this time they
[4:21] Speaker 1: blew it with the Tyler Shuck fourth and one touchdown.
[4:24] Speaker 1: The Saints thought he got in on third down. The
[4:26] Speaker 1: Ravens didn't think he got in on fourth down.
[4:29] Speaker 3: It didn't matter.
[4:29] Speaker 1: They called it a touchdown and they couldn't overturn it.
[4:32] Speaker 1: There was no evidence. But there is evidence that Lamar
[4:34] Speaker 1: got picked off to end the game. Wanted Rashad Bateman
[4:37] Speaker 1: got picked off. And that is it. The Saints go
[4:40] Speaker 1: into Baltimore and they win. They win and stun. Just
[4:46] Speaker 1: stun the Ravens. How about the Cincinnati highlights? We've got
[4:51] Speaker 1: the Bengals in Houston. Joe Burrow is back. Joe Burrow
[4:55] Speaker 1: and the Bengals have a defense now as well, which
[4:57] Speaker 1: is a massive, massive, massive part of their early season.
[5:02] Speaker 1: Look at this catch. Scott, I'll tell you right now,
[5:05] Speaker 1: it's on Scott's top three plays of the week because
[5:08] Speaker 1: what Jamar Chase does here is, I don't know.
[5:12] Speaker 3: I thought it was AI.
[5:14] Speaker 5: AI.
[5:15] Speaker 3: It's otherworldly.
[5:17] Speaker 1: They're up 10-3, and the Texans' defense is a bit
[5:21] Speaker 1: of an issue. I mean, you face Josh Allen, you
[5:24] Speaker 1: face Joe Burrow. I realize it's not fair, but you
[5:27] Speaker 1: didn't really stop either. Jamar Chase gets two touchdowns, shuts
[5:30] Speaker 1: up all the fantasy doubters, and the Bengals get a massive,
[5:34] Speaker 1: massive victory.
[5:35] Speaker 6: 56 career touchdowns, the most since 2021, just leapfrogged Devontae Adams, okay?
[5:43] Speaker 6: He had seven catches for 75 yards, two touchdowns. Jamar Chase,
[5:46] Speaker 6: where you at?
[5:50] Speaker 3: Who that?
[5:51] Speaker 7: Who that?
[5:52] Speaker 1: Who that think gonna beat them Bengals?
[5:53] Speaker 8: Who that?
[5:54] Speaker 3: Who that?
[5:54] Speaker 1: Who that think gonna beat them Bengals?
[5:56] Speaker 3: Nobody!
[5:59] Speaker 1: Bengals go to Pittsburgh next week. We go to SoFi now.
[6:02] Speaker 1: Puka Nakua is out. He missed a game last year.
[6:06] Speaker 1: He missed six games. in 2024, and he is inactive
[6:10] Speaker 1: today with a groin injury. The Rams, back from Australia,
[6:15] Speaker 1: try to even their record. They get the Giants. Look
[6:17] Speaker 1: who is up.
[6:18] Speaker 3: Aaron Donald is back.
[6:20] Speaker 1: The future Hall of Famer out of retirement is going
[6:23] Speaker 1: to be in uniform and play a game, Bucky Brooks,
[6:26] Speaker 1: for the first time in 981 days, if you are
[6:30] Speaker 1: counting at home. What is reasonable and fair to expect
[6:38] Speaker 1: from a guy that hasn't played in nearly a thousand days.
[6:42] Speaker 8: Oh, Andrew, this reminds me of my NBA days when
[6:44] Speaker 8: I used to watch Michael Jordan, and he came back
[6:46] Speaker 8: wearing the 45. After a 17-month layoff, he came back,
[6:50] Speaker 8: had 19-6-6, maybe 7 for 28, and it didn't look great,
[6:54] Speaker 8: and they lost, but he came back. And so I
[6:56] Speaker 8: think Aaron Donald's going to provide some of that. He's
[6:59] Speaker 8: going to show you flashes of what has made him
[7:02] Speaker 8: a three-time defensive player of the year, but it's still
[7:05] Speaker 8: going to take him ready to get in game reps.
[7:07] Speaker 8: And I've seen that the pitch count is probably about
[7:09] Speaker 8: 30 plays, I just think given a two year layoff
[7:13] Speaker 8: at his age, it's going to be a slow burn
[7:16] Speaker 8: before he's able to be an impact player. But I
[7:18] Speaker 8: think he will flash on occasion. But I don't think
[7:21] Speaker 8: he's going to take over the game right away in
[7:22] Speaker 8: his first game back.
[7:24] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[7:24] Speaker 1: For the record, when Jordan came back. The Bulls did
[7:27] Speaker 1: go to the playoffs, and they were one and done. Now, granted,
[7:30] Speaker 1: the next year they started another three-peat, but they were
[7:33] Speaker 1: one and done that year. All right, the Giants are 1-0.
[7:35] Speaker 1: They stunned the Cowboys last Sunday night. Everybody is happy.
[7:38] Speaker 1: Now they've got to come out here. They've got to
[7:39] Speaker 1: face the Rams as the Rams look for a bounce back.
[7:41] Speaker 1: What is the recipe for an upset tonight for the Giants?
[7:45] Speaker 3: Oh, they got to beat them up.
[7:47] Speaker 8: They got to beat them up at the line of scrimmage.
[7:48] Speaker 8: And that front line has to dominate like they did
[7:52] Speaker 8: against the Dallas Cowboys. And when I mean that front line,
[7:54] Speaker 8: Brian Burns, Kayvon Thibodeau, Abdul Carter, Arville Reese, they have
[7:59] Speaker 8: to make their presence felt early and often.
[8:02] Speaker 3: Here's what we know about the Giants. When the Giants
[8:04] Speaker 3: play great.
[8:05] Speaker 8: Defense, it allows them to get into that complimentary football
[8:09] Speaker 8: game plan that they want to do.
[8:10] Speaker 3: They want to play great defense. They want to run
[8:11] Speaker 3: the ball. They want to shorten it.
[8:13] Speaker 1: They want to shrink it.
[8:13] Speaker 8: And they want to find a way to win the
[8:15] Speaker 8: game in the last five minutes. But to do that,
[8:18] Speaker 8: they got to stop the run early. And then they're
[8:20] Speaker 8: going to have to knock the reigning MVP around. John
[8:23] Speaker 8: Harbaugh has his work cut out for him. But, man,
[8:25] Speaker 8: he has the tools to make this thing happen tonight.
[8:29] Speaker 1: Second consecutive year, the Rams host break the fast. Last year,
[8:32] Speaker 1: they lost on Thursday night football to the 49ers. Tonight,
[8:35] Speaker 1: it is the 1-0 Giants. Bucky Brooks, Mike Yam, right here,
[8:38] Speaker 1: NFL Channel, NFL Game Day Preview, after this show. Thank you, Bucky.
[8:43] Speaker 1: Stay tuned afterwards for Bucky and Yammer. Let's get back
[8:45] Speaker 1: to the highlights here, if we could, and show you
[8:47] Speaker 1: what happened in Arizona. The Seahawks coming in well-rested, 1-0.
[8:50] Speaker 1: The Cardinals, 1-0 as well. No Sam Darnold, but can
[8:53] Speaker 1: I interest you in Drew Locke to JSN? That's an 80-
[8:57] Speaker 1: two-yard touchdown. He had three touchdowns on the day. And
[9:03] Speaker 1: with Darnold maybe, and I'm saying maybe, back next week,
[9:08] Speaker 1: Drew Locke did the job, and they held down the fort.
[9:11] Speaker 1: Twelve consecutive victories.
[9:12] Speaker 3: J.S.
[9:13] Speaker 1: Hit again here. Twelve consecutive victories for the Seahawks dating
[9:17] Speaker 1: back to last year, and they've beaten the Cardinals now
[9:19] Speaker 1: ten straight. Arizona hasn't beaten its division foe since Colt
[9:23] Speaker 1: McCoy was quarterback back in in 2021. Mike McDonald on
[9:28] Speaker 1: the podium moments ago said Darnold could be back at
[9:30] Speaker 1: practice this week in some capacity, and then he said
[9:35] Speaker 1: we will go from there. The Seahawks will go to Washington,
[9:37] Speaker 1: as mentioned. They'll play the Commanders in our nation's capital.
[9:42] Speaker 1: Let's do the highlights in Tennessee where it was hot.
[9:45] Speaker 1: I mean, 106 degrees with a heat index. Pick it
[9:47] Speaker 1: up here in the third quarter, a minute to go.
[9:50] Speaker 1: This game is far closer than anyone thought it would
[9:52] Speaker 1: be when Cam Ward tiptoes into the end zone, and
[9:55] Speaker 1: we are tied late in the third. Fast forward, end
[9:58] Speaker 1: of the game. Final minute. Again, look at the clock.
[10:02] Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts, who had thrown two picks on the day,
[10:05] Speaker 1: patiently in the back of the end zone, finds Darius Cooper.
[10:09] Speaker 1: First career touchdown of the Eagles. Without Saquon Barkley for
[10:13] Speaker 1: much of this game, get out of Tennessee with a
[10:16] Speaker 1: victory to go to 2-0.
[10:35] Speaker 9: Jeffrey Simmons comes through, make a big play, forces an interception.
[10:38] Speaker 9: I got a ton of respect for him. He's a
[10:40] Speaker 9: hell of a football player. And then, you know, he's
[10:45] Speaker 9: able to flush it. Jalen's able to flush it and
[10:47] Speaker 9: lead us down the field in a critical situation. and
[10:52] Speaker 9: just proud of the way he played and the way
[10:54] Speaker 9: he had his resolve, but that's who he is, right?
[10:57] Speaker 9: That doesn't surprise me.
[11:00] Speaker 1: Spoke of the injuries to Saquon. There's also an injury
[11:03] Speaker 1: to Dallas Goddard. He's got an MCL. He's going to
[11:05] Speaker 1: be out a while, so look who's back. Zach Ertz,
[11:08] Speaker 1: who dabbled in broadcasting, thought of hanging it up. He
[11:11] Speaker 1: is back, not only in the NFL, but back with
[11:14] Speaker 1: the Eagles to hold down the fort until Dallas Goddard
[11:18] Speaker 1: is back. We are back with more highlights. Let's get
[11:21] Speaker 1: to MetLife Stadium. Packers and the Jets. The Jets had
[11:25] Speaker 1: a huge lead. The Jets could not hold on to
[11:27] Speaker 1: that lead. They're up 17-7 of the fourth quarter when
[11:30] Speaker 1: Jordan Love hits Christian Watson, and we have a game.
[11:34] Speaker 1: We would eventually go to overtime. Aaron Glenn could have
[11:37] Speaker 1: mismanaged the end of the fourth quarter. Yes, I know.
[11:39] Speaker 1: They took the ball to start overtime, and then Geno
[11:42] Speaker 1: Smith got sacked on back-to-back plays, and then eventually the Packers.
[11:47] Speaker 1: Kind of, sort of were gifted this one. And Trey Smack.
[11:52] Speaker 1: Trey Smack. That's a real name. Ended it in overtime.
[11:56] Speaker 1: And these two teams are one and one. What could
[11:58] Speaker 1: have been for the Jets. But they gave it away.
[12:01] Speaker 1: And the Packers will happily take it. All right, let's
[12:06] Speaker 1: get to Tampa. I was there for this one. Todd Munkin,
[12:08] Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson in the Baker Bowl, a Baker Mayfield revenge game.
[12:13] Speaker 1: Not the first time he's faced his former team. Happened
[12:15] Speaker 1: in 22, but this one meant more seemingly. But the
[12:18] Speaker 1: Browns are hanging around. And Blake Whiteheart gets a touchdown
[12:21] Speaker 1: with four minutes to go. go, and the Browns have
[12:24] Speaker 1: the lead, but then we had a weather delay. A
[12:25] Speaker 1: weather delay of over two hours, and I almost missed
[12:28] Speaker 1: my flight, but nobody cares about that. But they finally
[12:30] Speaker 1: got back after the lightning cleared, and the Bucs were
[12:33] Speaker 1: on the 28, and the Bucs had four plays to
[12:35] Speaker 1: get in the end zone. And it didn't happen. The
[12:38] Speaker 1: Browns held on. Deshaun Watson won a game for the
[12:41] Speaker 1: first time in two years. Baker is 0-2 against the Browns,
[12:45] Speaker 1: and yes, the Browns are the Browns, and the Browns
[12:48] Speaker 1: are winners. Browns are going to Browns.
[12:52] Speaker 3: Okay, so the guys took that to heart.
[12:57] Speaker 9: Thank you.
[12:59] Speaker 1: That was a message to Mike Tomlin. Speaking of Mike Tomlin,
[13:01] Speaker 1: without him, the Steelers were in Foxborough to face Drake
[13:06] Speaker 1: May and the defending AFC champion Steelers with a win
[13:10] Speaker 1: over the Falcons a week ago. But the Falcons are
[13:12] Speaker 1: bad and the Patriots are slightly different. This is Travion
[13:14] Speaker 1: Henderson who missed the opener against the Seahawks. He gets
[13:17] Speaker 1: a 39-yard touchdown. And honestly, that's really all the Patriots
[13:21] Speaker 1: needed because Pittsburgh's offense is just, what's the word? Adrian
[13:26] Speaker 1: in research, what's the word? It's awful. The Steelers have
[13:30] Speaker 1: one touchdown in 25 possessions through two games. This is
[13:35] Speaker 1: a sack of Aaron Rodgers and Elijah Ponder. Scoop and score.
[13:40] Speaker 1: And afterwards, Rodgers says, I will take the blame. I
[13:43] Speaker 1: have to be better telling other people to be better.
[13:46] Speaker 2: In a game like today where there wasn't a lot
[13:50] Speaker 2: of flow to it, we need to be better. And
[13:52] Speaker 2: it starts with me at like, making sure Mike knows
[13:56] Speaker 2: what's working, what's not working, our coaches know. And so
[13:59] Speaker 2: we can call stuff that, you know, we feel like
[14:02] Speaker 2: has a better chance.
[14:05] Speaker 1: New level of passive aggressive. I got to be better
[14:07] Speaker 1: telling other people that they need to be better. Okay.
[14:11] Speaker 1: Drew Locke going deep down the middle towards the sideline.
[14:16] Speaker 3: It's a Jigma.
[14:17] Speaker 10: Jackson Smith and Jigma will take it down the sideline.
[14:21] Speaker 1: And that is a Seahawk touchdown.
[14:23] Speaker 3: He's the one dude you've got to cover.
[14:25] Speaker 1: He's so damn dynamic. He's incredible.
[14:28] Speaker 3: And you're just going to let him run right through
[14:29] Speaker 3: your secondary? That's a mistake that would cost you a
[14:33] Speaker 3: football game.
[14:36] Speaker 1: Also, what was great about that, too, The head fake
[14:39] Speaker 1: from JSN. This is not a head fake. This is
[14:40] Speaker 1: actually Scott.
[14:42] Speaker 3: I'm like, you looked the wrong way.
[14:43] Speaker 1: I'm going this way. And then JSN is still running.
[14:46] Speaker 1: What a day yesterday.
[14:47] Speaker 3: Oh, yeah.
[14:48] Speaker 1: You kind of, not that week one's always a liar,
[14:51] Speaker 1: but week two kind of settles things. It kind of
[14:54] Speaker 1: brings it back to earth.
[14:55] Speaker 3: A little bit. With defense.
[14:57] Speaker 1: All of a sudden, wait, wait, there's defense here. And Scott, obviously,
[15:02] Speaker 1: and you with Scott had red zone all day long.
[15:05] Speaker 3: You want to give me your top plays? Yeah, we
[15:06] Speaker 3: got a few plays that we picked out here.
[15:08] Speaker 7: On Red Zone, we show anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 plays,
[15:12] Speaker 7: something like that, across all these NFL games.
[15:14] Speaker 3: We'll start with defense for you at number three here.
[15:17] Speaker 7: Let's go to the Carolina Panthers. You know, in the offseason,
[15:19] Speaker 7: everyone wonders who wins the offseason Super.
[15:22] Speaker 3: Bowl and whatnot. There was an acquisition of a linebacker
[15:24] Speaker 3: by the name of Devin Lloyd, who.
[15:26] Speaker 7: Is probably maybe the best pass-defending inside linebacker ever in
[15:33] Speaker 7: his generation, perhaps. This pickoff, one-handed stab, the stiff arm angry.
[15:39] Speaker 7: He won't win the 40-yard dash at the combine anytime
[15:42] Speaker 7: soon on the return, but what a play.
[15:45] Speaker 1: And what a reversal for the Panthers after giving up
[15:48] Speaker 1: 59 points in week number one.
[15:49] Speaker 3: The Eagles had.
[15:52] Speaker 1: slightly more trouble in Tennessee than we thought.
[15:55] Speaker 3: Slightly more trouble.
[15:56] Speaker 7: 150 degrees or whatever they say it was on the
[15:59] Speaker 7: field there. The cleats were melting. They were hosing down
[16:02] Speaker 7: the cleats and whatnot. But when it came down to
[16:04] Speaker 7: crunch time at the very end, the man who was
[16:07] Speaker 7: required to step up this year in the absence of A.J.
[16:10] Speaker 3: Brown stepped up right there. Here. Stepped up and stepped down.
[16:15] Speaker 7: I don't know how Devontae Smith kept both feet inbounds
[16:17] Speaker 7: in between two Tennessee defenders.
[16:19] Speaker 3: This is third down. They're only up by three.
[16:22] Speaker 7: So if this thing goes incomplete, they've got to kick
[16:24] Speaker 7: the field goal and then go to overtime.
[16:25] Speaker 3: But he gets one. He gets.
[16:29] Speaker 7: Two down just before the hand makes the play that
[16:32] Speaker 7: ultimately leads to the game-winning touchdown. Devontae Smith, 10 catches,
[16:36] Speaker 7: 117 yards, and a touchdown earlier in the day.
[16:40] Speaker 3: Wide receiver one in Philadelphia. I think we got that
[16:43] Speaker 3: on lockdown. Yeah, absolutely.
[16:44] Speaker 1: So that was amazing. But wide receiver one maybe in
[16:46] Speaker 1: the entire NFL is Jamar Chase. When I was watching this,
[16:50] Speaker 1: I was at the Browns-Buccaneers game. We saw this corner
[16:52] Speaker 1: of the screen. We had it up on monitor in
[16:54] Speaker 1: the booth. When I saw it, I didn't think.
[16:57] Speaker 3: It was real.
[16:58] Speaker 1: Like, it almost looked like it was AI.
[17:01] Speaker 3: I was almost going to say the same exact thing.
[17:03] Speaker 3: He does that, you know that meme or whatever that
[17:05] Speaker 3: little stunt is that kids do?
[17:07] Speaker 7: His left foot does like one of those air walk
[17:10] Speaker 7: things that the teenagers are doing on social media. Because
[17:14] Speaker 7: it's going out of bounds, and he pulls it back inbounds.
[17:17] Speaker 3: Look, there was so much about this. He's going against
[17:19] Speaker 3: Derek Stingley Jr.
[17:20] Speaker 7: one of the excellent corners in the game.
[17:23] Speaker 3: He pushes off. They tangle their feet at the nine-yard line.
[17:26] Speaker 7: Most receivers fall down at that point.
[17:29] Speaker 3: He didn't fall down. He gets his head back around,
[17:32] Speaker 3: finds the football, makes the grab. That was a 40-yard
[17:35] Speaker 3: pass in the air as well that had some pace
[17:37] Speaker 3: on it, taking him out of bounds. If we do this.
[17:41] Speaker 7: In January, and you asked me for top three plays,
[17:44] Speaker 7: number one from week two might be number one of 2026.
[17:46] Speaker 1: It's probably the leader in the clubhouse at this point,
[17:49] Speaker 1: to the point where Joe Burrow said afterwards, when the
[17:50] Speaker 1: ball's in the air, he's about to argue for pass interference.
[17:53] Speaker 3: Nice.
[17:54] Speaker 1: Because there's no way that Jamar Chase is going to
[17:55] Speaker 1: catch the ball.
[17:56] Speaker 5: Yeah.
[17:57] Speaker 3: He's beginning to argue, and then it's.
[17:58] Speaker 5: Like, oh.
[17:59] Speaker 1: He caught the ball. Can I add one more?
[18:01] Speaker 3: Lay it on me.
[18:01] Speaker 1: Okay. Can we do Cody White's first touchdown?
[18:04] Speaker 3: Oh, okay. Okay.
[18:05] Speaker 1: Because this did not– there's no way Cody White's coming
[18:09] Speaker 1: back for that ball.
[18:10] Speaker 3: So good. So good. Bang.
[18:13] Speaker 1: I just had to work the Raiders into the show
[18:15] Speaker 1: because I don't know how the Chargers are 0-2. That's
[18:16] Speaker 1: a different story for a different time. We'll get to
[18:18] Speaker 1: that in the C-block, TV term, C-block of the show.
[18:20] Speaker 1: But Scott Hansen's got his three best plays, and I
[18:23] Speaker 1: just said, hey, can we work Cody White somewhere into
[18:26] Speaker 1: the show?
[18:26] Speaker 7: He worked himself into the show with that type of
[18:28] Speaker 7: play right there. And the Chargers, oh boy, have fun
[18:30] Speaker 7: talking about them later.
[18:31] Speaker 3: Yeesh.
[18:32] Speaker 1: There's a bit of history which we'll bring to you
[18:34] Speaker 1: coming up shortly. Scott Hanson, Red Zone, every Sunday, Sunday, Sunday,
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[18:59] Speaker 1: course they do. I promise we'll show you the Charger highlights.
[19:03] Speaker 1: Want to show you the Jaguars and the Broncos first.
[19:06] Speaker 1: Both these teams now one and one. Surprisingly, how everything
[19:09] Speaker 1: kind of evens its way out in week number two.
[19:12] Speaker 1: This is a Riley Moss interception with the Jaguars driving
[19:15] Speaker 1: late in the third quarter. They were up at that point.
[19:17] Speaker 1: If they had punched it in, it's a different game,
[19:19] Speaker 1: but it wasn't. Because here comes 17 straight points for
[19:24] Speaker 1: the Broncos. Bo Nixton, Nate Adkins, Jalen Waddell goes over 100.
[19:29] Speaker 1: Jonah Coleman gets in the end zone. All of a sudden, everything,
[19:33] Speaker 1: everything seems right once again for the Broncos. They remembered
[19:37] Speaker 1: how to tackle as well. Funny how things change week
[19:42] Speaker 1: number two. But the story with the Chargers is that
[19:45] Speaker 1: they didn't change week number two. Again, they have a
[19:48] Speaker 1: team coming into town. In this case, it's the Raiders.
[19:50] Speaker 1: and Kirk Cousins that won only three games a year ago.
[19:52] Speaker 1: Last week, it was the Cardinals. They lost to the
[19:54] Speaker 1: Cardinals 26-14. What if I told you they would lose
[19:58] Speaker 1: again to the Raiders by the same score of 26-14?
[20:02] Speaker 1: Here's the first Cody White touchdown. We showed you the
[20:06] Speaker 1: other one earlier. And then how about two interceptions for
[20:10] Speaker 1: the fifth round rookie out of Cal? Hezekiah Masses. Hezekiah
[20:18] Speaker 1: Masses with two interceptions of Justin Herbert. And yeah. What's
[20:25] Speaker 1: with the long face? They lose again. Great game. Truly
[20:29] Speaker 1: great game on Sunday night in Kansas City. Pick it
[20:33] Speaker 1: up with a Jonathan Taylor touchdown to tie this game.
[20:36] Speaker 1: Look at the clock here. Late in the fourth quarter,
[20:38] Speaker 1: Taylor had another great game. He had two touchdowns, didn't
[20:42] Speaker 1: get 100 yards, but he's a massive factor in this game.
[20:45] Speaker 1: We go to overtime after both teams had kicked field goals.
[20:49] Speaker 1: There's still time for Mahomes to hit Kenneth Walker. He
[20:52] Speaker 1: had 117 on the ground, by the way. And still
[20:55] Speaker 1: time for a Harrison Butker game-winning field goal. The Chiefs
[21:00] Speaker 1: are 2-0 because, of course, they are.
[21:05] Speaker 3: It took everybody.
[21:05] Speaker 10: You know, like, if you ask anybody in the locker room,
[21:08] Speaker 10: they probably said we could have played better on this
[21:09] Speaker 10: side or done better at this thing. The defense stepped
[21:12] Speaker 10: up when they needed to step up and made stops
[21:14] Speaker 10: or held them to field goals. The offense, we put
[21:17] Speaker 10: together drives when we needed to put together drives to
[21:19] Speaker 10: get field goals and to get touchdowns. And special teams, Harrison,
[21:23] Speaker 10: I mean, obviously he had to miss early, but then
[21:25] Speaker 10: he comes back and bangs all these field goals in
[21:27] Speaker 10: these high-leverage situations, and that's why we have him in
[21:30] Speaker 10: that situation. And so it took everybody on the entire
[21:33] Speaker 10: team to win that football game, and you want that.
[21:35] Speaker 10: You want those challenges because that's going to prep you
[21:36] Speaker 10: for the rest of the season.
[21:39] Speaker 1: Three on Patrick Mahomes chest. They could be three and
[21:42] Speaker 1: oh next week. They go to Miami. Got a really,
[21:45] Speaker 1: really good Monday night game here to wrap up week
[21:47] Speaker 1: number two. It is right across the street from where
[21:49] Speaker 1: we now stand. That is Jackson Dart warming up at SoFi.
[21:53] Speaker 1: Giants one week one. They won on a Sunday night.
[21:56] Speaker 1: Now they're in L.A. to face a well-rested, you would hope,
[21:59] Speaker 1: Devontae Adams and the Rams, who got back with the
[22:03] Speaker 1: date change last Friday, believe it or not, from Australia.
[22:06] Speaker 1: Puka Nakua was on that plane, but he's not going
[22:08] Speaker 1: to be on that field tonight. Nakua is officially inactive.
[22:12] Speaker 1: He has a groin injury, kind of flared up in
[22:15] Speaker 1: practice last week. Puka Nakua is not going to play,
[22:18] Speaker 1: but Aaron Donald is active. Mike Garofalo, friend of the program,
[22:24] Speaker 1: says look for roughly 30 snaps for the future Hall
[22:27] Speaker 1: of Famer back on the field for the first time
[22:29] Speaker 1: in a game since the Rams' playoff loss to the
[22:32] Speaker 1: Lions in Detroit in January of 2021. Let's get some
[22:38] Speaker 1: quick hits and tip of the cap to one Dak
[22:40] Speaker 1: Prescott who passed Tony Romo yesterday for the most touchdown
[22:44] Speaker 1: passes in Cowboys history with this lob to the end
[22:48] Speaker 1: zone to CeeDee Lamb. 249 career touchdown passes for Dak Prescott,
[22:55] Speaker 1: a new franchise record. Bad news out of New Orleans.
[22:58] Speaker 1: Kelvin Banks, left tackle, former Longhorn, a severe high ankle sprain.
[23:03] Speaker 1: According to Ian Rappaport, needs surgery. He's going to be
[23:06] Speaker 1: out a while. He is out indefinitely. Haseem Richards filled in. Oh,
[23:09] Speaker 1: no big deal. They just get Max Crosby and the
[23:12] Speaker 1: Raiders this week. Derwin Jones says he injured a pinky finger,
[23:16] Speaker 1: left hand. Derwin James, I beg your pardon. And he's
[23:20] Speaker 1: going to have to play the rest of the season
[23:21] Speaker 1: in a cast. Not bad in run support. Bad if
[23:25] Speaker 1: you're trying to intercept passes. When one of your hands
[23:29] Speaker 1: is in a cast.
[23:31] Speaker 3: All right.
[23:31] Speaker 1: Time for one more thing before we go. I mentioned
[23:33] Speaker 1: the historical context of the 0-2. This is from OptiStats.
[23:36] Speaker 1: Used to be known as Stats Inc.
[23:37] Speaker 3: You remember them.
[23:38] Speaker 1: The Chargers are the second team in NFL history to
[23:41] Speaker 1: lose back-to-back games by double digits where both of those
[23:45] Speaker 1: losses were against teams that last season had a sub-200
[23:49] Speaker 1: winning percentage. So both the Raiders and the Cardinals won
[23:52] Speaker 1: three games a year ago. The other team that did it,
[23:54] Speaker 1: the 1926 Racine Tornadoes. That was a team, at least
[24:01] Speaker 1: for one more week, because after the Racine Tornadoes lost
[24:05] Speaker 1: those two games, they folded a week later. We're folding
[24:09] Speaker 1: for now. We're back tomorrow, Tuesday, 7 p.m. Eastern time.
[24:12] Speaker 1: My name is Andrew Siciliano. So long, everybody.

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