GMFB Monday Hour 2: Broncos thriller, Trades Brewing, Game Balls, and MNF Preview

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0:25 Welcome to Good Morning Football, presented by Old Trapper Beef Jerky. It is Monday, November 2nd. I am Sarah Walsh, alongside Manti Teo. We got Sam Macho here in Los Angeles, and we got Kyle Brandt holding down the fort in New York.

0:37 From his basement.

0:38 Kyle, good morning.

0:39 Look, we just spent this commercial break, Kyle, going over a play that you are about to show us that we were all discussing. Let's just discuss it on television, what happened at the end of this Broncos-Chiefs game.

0:49 Get us there, Kyle. Time for the lead block. Let's do it.

0:53 This is a really, really good game, and especially an electric fourth quarter, so let's get into it. Broncos 3-0 at home this season. All right, if you win this game, you're in first place in the West. Mahomes usually never loses the Broncos, but he does there sometimes.

1:05 This guy's incredible. Emmitt Johnson.

1:08 This guy's great. Rookie from Nebraska. That is not Pacheco. That is not Tyreek Hill. That is Emmitt Johnson, who was awesome in this game.

1:16 Not just one play.

1:17 He was all over the field. And it's like the Chiefs found themselves a weapon. Would be enough, though. Broncos down 24-13 with nine minutes left to.

1:24 Go on a fourth and goal.

1:25 Knicks. Bootleg. Got it. Touchdown. Nate Adkins.

1:31 They get the two-point conversion. And now Harrison Butker trying to put them up six. And it's a dead push with two minutes and change left.

1:39 A bad miss.

1:40 He leads the NFL in missed field goals. You know there's a lot going on. The name Justin Tucker is involved. It's a very loaded topic. But he has not been good. Next, Jonah Coleman, who was amazing for the Broncos.

1:51 Just really, really good.

1:52 11 for 41. He scores a touchdown there. Broncos take the lead. They make the extra point they're up for. So Mahomes has to do the Mahomes hero thing. And right off the bat, it's a time warp. He goes to Kelsey after the defender falls down.

2:04 Good yardage. Remember, they need a touchdown, not a field goal.

2:08 Third and goal.

2:08 Biggest play of the game.

2:09 Boom!

2:10 Walker gets absolutely planted.

2:14 Incredible wrap-up and tackle from the Broncos front. I think Bo Nix thought they won the game there. But one more play. Four seconds. Got to throw it. And he does, and it's a touchdown, and the Chiefs are going to win.

2:25 But wait. A flag, a false start. J.J. Watt was all over it on the call. Look at this.

2:31 We're going to get into this afterwards. But now, the true end of the game.

2:35 Mahomes looking.

2:36 They get to him. He throws it up. Alignment catches it, which he can't do.

2:40 And it's irrelevant anyways because they called Mahomes.

2:42 Down, which he was.

2:44 His backside watch is going to hit the ground. And there, the game's over. The Broncos stare into the eyes of their enemy and turn them away on the goal line. with the help of a penalty that was a little bit controversial. But anyway, we're going to have Sean Payton, who is now coach of the first-place Denver Broncos.

3:07 Who get to 6-2.

3:07 Take it away, coach.

3:10 You know, every one of us at some point has to get off this thing, but you don't want to. And we're all better having been on it than never at all. So I've been fortunate to have been a part of a lot of good players and a lot of good organizations.

3:25 You know, people... that make that happen. So it was emotional.

3:33 And like the timing of the game and everything else, you know, I'm screaming at Vance one second and then I'm hugging Vance and shaking Andy's hand. Like, there's nothing like it.

3:45 The Broncos now hold sole possession of first place in the AFC West. The Chiefs have lost two straight after starting 5-0. Remember all the writing off Bo Nix, writing off the Broncos. They're right back where they want to be. Manti, what did you see in this one? Specifically, take us through that play that's causing a lot of talk today.

4:04 Yeah, I don't know what the controversy is over this.

4:07 Because he flinched.

4:08 The right tackle flinches and I know he tried to play it off. We see this all the time with running backs when they're in the backfield. Sometimes they'll flinch and then they'll act like they're going in motion. I think the right tackle flinched and he.

4:19 Tried to play it off. Watch.

4:21 So he'll twitch a little bit.

4:24 Right there, boom.

4:24 And then he tries to play it off as if he was waiting to see when the cadence was, right?

4:28 Obviously, it's a loud... They're in Denver. It's a loud environment. And he tried to play it off. It was smooth enough for people to say, like, oh, that was an encroachment, so shout out to him, but.

4:39 Sam, I look at that play, I say it was clearly an encroachment by the right tackle.

4:42 Yeah, it was smooth enough for me, too, because when I was watching it, I was looking at the right guard, Trey Smith, and saying, okay, why is that a penalty? Trey Smith is looking back to try, you know, oftentimes that right guard, solid count, to let.

4:53 The center know when to snap it.

4:55 But then if you go back and watch again, and I love your point that you made, watch again, the right tackle flinches before he looks back.

5:01 Yes.

5:01 And so to your point, like, it's like a criminal, right? Like, you know, if you don't steal something, you're not going to make it, like, so obvious. You're going to do it so subtly, so smoothly, where it's like, did he actually steal?

5:10 Like, in the broad daylight, the best criminals do it in broad daylight.

5:12 Not that I would know.

5:13 You look like you're talking from experience.

5:16 I'm just saying, man. I got some thoughts in my head. Right?

5:18 But this was in broad daylight. So my eyes were all on Trey Smith. And, man, I thought it was a bad call initially. But that little flinch before the look is a correct call.

5:27 Yeah, it's not much. I mean, I think letter of the law. Yeah, he flinched.

5:32 Watching the game last night, they didn't do a ton on it on the.

5:34 Broadcast because the game was happening so quickly, but it was a little bit like the old move where you pretend you're yawning and then put your arm.

5:42 Around the girl like that.

5:44 I don't know if that move is canceled now or something, but Listen, Walker had a shot.

5:48 Mahomes had a shot. They were both stopped, okay?

5:51 If the Chiefs fans want to scream about that call, and I know there's a lot of some high-profile people who didn't like it, it does look like he flinched a little bit. This was the play of the game to me. God, is that a great tackle. What a great stand by everybody on the defense. And then Mahomes has his shot, and I think... A lot of people watching and probably a lot of people in that building expected him to hit Rice or Kelsey for a touchdown.

6:11 They got to him. All right?

6:13 It's not the end of the cheap season.

6:15 It's not the end of anything.

6:16 It was a good stand by the Denver Broncos in which they stopped their two best players in two separate downs.

6:21 And then on one, they got a call that was small, but I think fair.

6:24 I can't imagine the Chiefs fans are rampaging about that call. He did twitch. It's all it takes is a little twitch. Maybe in other situations you get away from it, and that one you didn't. Your two best players had a shot and didn't score. It was a great stand by Denver, and I hope these two teams play again in the playoffs.

6:39 I'm flustered right now because I'm going through all the little non-subtle moves.

6:43 That you try to do. Yeah, when you fall asleep, too.

6:46 When you're trying to take that test, and you're looking, and then you look up, and the teacher's looking at you, and you do one of those.

6:50 You just look at each other.

6:53 I got that one and you act like, we all been there.

6:58 All the little non subtle movements. You know what wasn't subtle was Jonah Coleman last night.

7:03 You know when you go to like Chipotle or something and you got that, hey, can I just get a little cup for water?

7:09 And you go over and fill it up and then you're like.

7:11 We got a little sprite in there. No, no, no, it's just a little sprite. Make sure it's- It's all good.

7:18 It was that kind of move, you know?

7:20 All the non-suttles, all the non-suttles.

7:23 I love it. Yeah, thank you, KB, for that.

7:24 You got me going down all little non-subtle movements. But Jonah Coleman last night, I know this past offseason, we were talking about the Broncos offense and the acquisition of Jalen Waldo and how he's the Joker guy and what this could mean.

7:36 If Jalen Walters is a joker, then Jonah Coleman is Batman. Like, he's the guy that creates peace on the offense.

7:42 Because leading up to this game, you look at Bo Nix, and there's a lot of questions about Bo Nix.

7:46 Like, what is going on with this guy?

7:47 That was the most calm I saw Bo Nix in a long, long time. And I don't think it is by accident that Jonah Coleman goes out there and he leads the team in rushing and in passing. So now you have a very young running back that can be a true three-down running back. You can take him off the field if you want to, but he belongs on the field from first down, second down, third down.

8:11 Obviously, J.K. Dobbins was there. He's been riddled with injuries. And then R.J. Harvey was there, but he's been inconsistent.

8:17 So Jonah Coleman, to me, stole the show for me, Sam, because when you have a guy like that that you can depend on in Bo Nix, that brought out the best in Bo Nix. And, you know, shout out to the Denver Broncos for winning a great AFC West game.

8:29 Yeah, Jonah Coleman didn't steal the show. And if I get it like Batman and Robin and Superman, I get all that. But like defense wins championships. That defense stole the show for me because what happened? Fourth quarter, less than two minutes left. You give Patrick Mahomes the ball, touchdown and win it. It's like the things you dream of when you're a Chiefs fan or things you do consistently for the last decade if you're Patrick Mahomes.

8:48 But all of a sudden, what do we see? Not only a goal line stand, Kyle said it was a play of the game, but also a Malcolm Roach, big-time players make big-time plays in big-time games. Malcolm Roach isn't this huge quote-unquote superstar that you would think of, but he's making the plays that matter the most. We saw, what was it, Josh Sweat for the Cardinals make a game-changing sack in overtime. We saw Dexter Lawrence, Sexy Dexy, doing his thing for Cincinnati to help them win the game.

9:11 And all of a sudden.

9:12 defensive stand, when you're playing against one of the GOATs in football, your defense stands up at the goal line, at the two-yard line, three-yard line, time and time again. And you don't make the mistake. They make the mistake. And so for me, I understand what Jonah Coleman did. I understand that Joe Bo Nix is coming off of an injury, right? We're all talking about, man, he's got to be better X, Y, and Z. He had a severe leg injury in the last season. So, of course, it's going to take him time to get back healthy.

9:35 So offense is great. Running back, I get it. But that defense, that stuff of champions, defense wins championships.

9:41 Sean Payton's got them right where they want them. By the way, Kyle, it's very clear when you go to get the water at the Chipotle. It's in very tiny plastic cups.

9:49 You can't swing it over to the soda.

9:51 The soda cups are obvious.

9:52 No, no.

9:53 But the water, you got to press the button, though.

9:56 The water button. You just get the soda on accident. It's lemonade sometimes.

9:59 I've never done this before.

10:00 It's like the cup of shame that you're taking over there.

10:02 Because you wouldn't sprinkle.

10:04 Highlights Kyle.

10:24 I used to fill that sucker with Sierra mist.

10:26 I go back to the old days. All right, here we go.

10:28 Burrow versus the Titans. Bengals, Titans.

10:31 Joe Burrow has been unconscious lately. Back-to-back games, four.

10:34 Passing touchdowns, no interceptions. That would not continue.

10:37 Second quarter, the Bengals are down to the upstart Titans, 13-0.

10:40 Joe, do something.

10:42 He's like, all right, all right.

10:43 Chase 11 catches for 141 a monster day but i have to say i got a shout out to.

10:49 My new favorite titan i'll get to him.

10:52 Shortly first it's tony pollard who also had a very good day ran very aggressively the titans tie it they get the two-pointer it's a very good game here's my favorite titan now Joe Burrow throws. It's picked off by Amani Hooker. Amani Hooker had three interceptions in this game.

11:09 Three!

11:10 That's incredible! A Burrow!

11:12 Burrow hasn't had a three-interception game in four years. Amani Hooker was fantastic. Fourth quarter, Titans trailing by two.

11:20 Cam Ward!

11:22 Shibare Dike, naturally. If you have Shibare Dike in fantasy, you should. Burrow. Mike Gesicki. Shibare Dike Gesicki.

11:31 I'm speaking in tongues. 29-28, the Bengals are winning.

11:36 And look at this.

11:37 Cam Ward refusing to go quietly down.

11:39 To the night.

11:39 That's Wandale. Touchdown.

11:43 Ward, all six of his passing touchdowns this season come in the fourth quarter.

11:45 He should probably try to throw a few early. Now T.

11:48 Higgins gets involved. Burrow threw five touchdowns. They couldn't stop him. Higgins had 10 for 155 and two. They couldn't stop him. 36 all in the third and three.

11:56 30 seconds to go.

11:58 Throw it, Cam! No. Couldn't do it.

12:01 Dexter Lawrence makes the play.

12:03 That's why you get him.

12:04 We're going OT.

12:04 That's what you do in 2026.

12:07 Bengals with the ball first. First and goal from the nine. Joseph Burrow. He's like, I got five touchdowns throwing.

12:12 I'm going to run one.

12:13 How about the day for Burrow? How about the month that Burrow is having? Really, really good. He runs it in. Bengals take the 43-36 lead in overtime, which means the Titans have to score a touchdown.

12:23 And on fourth and three, you know where this is going. Nowhere.

12:28 The Titans, our game, they came to compete.

12:32 They went toe-to-toe with that man. and they lost. They've been playing good football the last few weeks. They only had one win.

12:37 More importantly, though, the Titans at 5-2. They're not in first place. They're not playing in prime time right now, but they are winning, and this.

12:45 Man is cooking. I mean, we found a way to win today. You know, we're 5-2.

12:54 We lose that game for the last three years, and like I said, it's hard to win. Obviously, you want to be great, snap in, snap out.

13:03 That's not the reality of it.

13:06 All we can do is keep working hard and try to get better, and you learn from all your wins and your losses and every good play and every bad play, and that's what the NFL is. That's what getting better is, and we'll just continue.

13:19 To do it.

13:20 Absolutely insane numbers by Joe Burrow. Crazy game in Cincy. The Bengals have now won three straight. Sam, we'll go to you first. What stood out to you?

13:26 Well, what stood out to me was Dexter Lawrence.

13:28 He changed the game.

13:29 But before I go there, I do want to talk about the offense, right? Because everyone talks about T. Higgins, that he was outstanding, and Jamar Chase, outstanding. But Micah Cicchi is the unsug hero of this offense. Five straight games with a touchdown. And he's unselfish, too, right? Maybe he might have one catch. A couple games ago, one catch. Touchdown, another catch, touchdown, right? This last week, four catches.

13:47 So Mike Isiki, to.

13:48 Me, is the unsung hero, but the sung hero is Dexter Lawrence, right? Like, that's why you brought him in.

13:53 Think about this.

13:54 This is a game-changing sack, game-winning plays by Dexter Lawrence. And it's not just him. It's like the whole mindset of why a guy like Leonard Williams with Seattle has been so dominant, why Jeffrey Simmons was just signed or just traded for by the Cowboys. But this is a game on the line. You cannot be blocked, right? Dexter Lawrence is like, I'm going to go win this game, right?

14:15 They say big-time players make big-time plays in big-time games.

14:18 That's a big-time player, and you might not call.

14:20 It a big-time game because it's Tennessee Titans, but it's still a win, and you needed that win, especially in that division with the Pittsburgh Steelers winning as well. And so for me, Dexter Lawrence's addition, Joe Burrow said it best.

14:31 He said.

14:32 Over the last three years, we lose that game. What's different this year?

14:36 It's not T. Higgins.

14:37 It's not Jamar Chase. It's not Joe Burrow. It's not the offensive line. It's not Mike Gasicki. It's Dexter Lawrence. And so for me, his addition, all the other guys they got, but him specifically.

14:46 Game-changing, game-wrecking.

14:47 That's why they can be competitive, not just in the AFC, but also in their chance to run for a Super Bowl.

14:52 Yeah, I like Mike Kosicki. I love Dexter Lawrence. I love what Joe Burrow did. But I look at the Bengals, and they're the Minnesota Vikings of the AFC to me. And what I mean by that is they are so good in the second half of games.

15:05 They're not good in the first half. And just like how we talked about the Minnesota Vikings is you're.

15:09 Going to run across the team. That's going to put up a lot of points on the board. And can you sustain a game that way? When you look at Joe Burrow, he had five passing touchdowns, one rushing touchdowns, and three interceptions. Those three interceptions, if you play a really good football team, you're not coming back from that.

15:24 They remind me of, and your husband, Sarah, he's in baseball, correct?

15:28 Yes.

15:28 There's a thing called the freeze by.

15:30 It's the Atlanta Braves where they run a race against this guy named the freeze. And the freeze is this fast guy that's dressed in like this turquoise outfit. And he allows the opponent, the fan, to get a head start. And they almost banked that the freeze is going to catch up. There are some times where the guy that he's racing is fast too, right?

15:47 And he doesn't catch him. So when I look at the Tennessee Titans, I'm like, yes.

15:52 You're going to outscore them, right? This is a team that's trying to build something. This is a team that has some frustrations, offensively especially. You're going to run into a Kansas City Chiefs. You're going to run into a team like... the Seattle Seahawks or the San Francisco 49ers that aren't going to allow you to recover from three interceptions.

16:10 You're not going to be able to say, okay, I can do this in the first half and then score 35 points in the second half like how they did with the Baltimore Ravens last week. So I do like that they have the ability, KB, to put up a lot of points. I just think that they're rolling the dice similar to how we talk about the Minnesota Vikings defense with no offense that you're going to run across a team that's not going to allow you to come back in the second half and it's going to bite them in the butt in times that They can't afford to.

16:35 You know what I think?

16:36 I watched the Bengals play, and I just think, go get Jonathan Taylor.

16:40 Do it. Do it. Go get it. Let's finish this thing.

16:44 Jonathan Taylor can go to a lot of teams that really need help on offense or maybe a quarterback who's struggling, who needs a better running game. What if he went to a place that doesn't need help at quarterback or doesn't need help on offense.

16:57 And just took them from middling to good instead? No, from good to fantastic.

17:02 If Jonathan Taylor went to a few teams, some teams around the league would be like, oh, okay. If he went to the Bengals, they'd be like, oh, crap. What are we going to do now? You know what the Bengals rank in rushing yards? You know what they rank in the league?

17:13 31st.

17:14 They're way at the bottom.

17:16 As good as Burrow is and those receivers and all of that, if you put Jonathan Taylor on that team, it goes from being a great offense to a Super Bowl team.

17:24 Look what Dexter Lawrence has done for the defense.

17:26 Made the biggest play of the game yesterday because you brought him in. Imagine what it would do for Joe Burrow's psyche, and there's always this concern that maybe Burrow will want to leave because he's going to get sick of all this.

17:34 Make him an offer he can't refuse. We got these guys. We got the guy behind you.

17:38 We're going to win the Super Bowl. Go and do it.

17:41 Do it. He's sitting there.

17:42 Make the offer.

17:43 Get Jonathan Taylor to the Bengals and go to the Super Bowl. I watched them, and I'm like, their offense is great. The defense is better. probably just a little something missing. If you watch, if you give him the tail, that's my Rams. My super team becomes the bangles that Jonathan Taylor is a bangle.

17:58 Do it. Why the hell not? You can't run the ball. Get the guy.

18:01 They're dying to trade.

18:03 You know they are. Make him an offer and get him in there.

18:05 Well, you just mentioned KB the Rams when you said add Jonathan Taylor to that equation. I mean, the greatest show on turf had a two-headed monster running back with Isaac Bruce and Torrey Holt. You had Kurt Warner throwing the football, and then you had a man named Marshall Falk. So, Sarah, I look at that Bengals offense and what it could be in that scenario that they do get somebody like Jonathan Taylor. Could it be the greatest show on turf 2.0, you know?

18:30 We'll get Rapshi back in here in a couple minutes and say Rapshi, get these phones working. Up next for the Bengals, they are playing the Falcons in Madrid. They got a bit of a road trip next Sunday. Kyle, what else we got for highlights this morning?

18:42 Let's get into it. This is a really good game. If you like close games, a lot of points.

18:46 The Raiders come to Jersey.

18:48 Down 3-0 early.

18:50 Cousins. Bowers.

18:52 Fantastic.

18:54 I mean, when he's healthy and he's right, it's him and Trey McBride out there right now as the best tight ends.

18:58 It's fantastic. So good. Raiders lead 7-3. Just a casual, no-big-deal catch for Bowers.

19:04 All right.

19:04 He had 7 for 92 and two touchdowns, by the way.

19:07 Second quarter now. The Raiders are down.

19:10 J-E-T-S.

19:12 But there's a kickoff.

19:12 Something crazy happens on kickoff if we're including it in the highlight.

19:16 And in this case, it would be Dylan Lauby. He's gone.

19:21 95 yards.

19:24 First kickoff return touchdown.

19:25 Of the season in the league.

19:28 The latest by a week into the season since 1979.

19:31 Pretty cool. I like that guy.

19:34 Last chance for Gino, though, down 38 to 33. It's a Hail Mary, and it's going to be caught by the defense. Jeremy Chin wanted this interception so badly, he could have just deflected it.

19:47 He caught it, he toe-dragged it, and he got it. Gino slams his helmet.

19:51 I feel you, Gino. I like you, Gino.

19:53 Couple of good veterans there as the Raiders break a four game losing streak to get to 38.

20:00 To 33 and the win and we win.

20:03 By virtue of bringing in at rap sheet on social media in The Raiders win, and yet we're sitting here talking about Max Crosby as we did all through the offseason, and now we're doing it again.

20:15 Tell us why. No, we're not. We're not talking about Max Crosby.

20:18 There's really nothing to talk about, and that is very good news for the Las Vegas Raiders and for Max Crosby. Last year at this time, it was like, Max is upset, he's frustrated, does he want to leave? And then the offseason, it was the same thing, and it was like the Raiders didn't want to trade him unless they got a big offer, and then they did, and then the trade was off, and that took off years of my life and also probably Max Crosby's life. That is not where we are right now. Sounds like Crosby likes where the Raiders are, wants to be there, does not want to be traded, and the Raiders have no plans to trade him. Now, could something happen to jar the Raiders out of their thinking?

20:50 Of course.

20:50 We've seen crazy things.

20:52 Jeffrey Simmons got traded a couple months after signing a blockbuster extension that would make him a Tennessee Titan for life.

20:57 So anything can happen.

20:58 I don't sense anything happening here. Now, as far as some other players who could be traded, yeah, I would say the Raiders probably do have a couple expiring contracts.

21:09 Maybe they'd get rid of it.

21:10 But they won. They're still in it.

21:12 I don't really see them in sell mode at all.

21:14 What about the flip side of that highlight? We just saw the Jets, Ian. What can you tell us about Brees Hall?

21:18 Well, first of all, the health situation.

21:20 Brees Hall has missed the last several games with a quad injury. My understanding is he is now good to go and should play next week. Is he the subject of trade calls? I think it's probably what you're asking me. And if the New York Jets have no plans to trade some of their big-time players, Garrett Wilson.

21:37 That is one of them.

21:38 I know last year was kind of a little bit of a fire, so they were basically the Colts. I don't see that happening here. The reason Brees Hall is an interesting name is because Braylon Allen has really come to the forefront and established himself as a starting running back. I don't know what is going to happen to Brees Hall, but I would imagine a team or two would call and just say, how interested are you? Especially because in his absence. The Jets have developed depth and a lot more.

22:03 Ian with the very latest on a busy trade deadline that is fast approaching. And we have one game left on this week. Eight slate could be the best of the bunch. It's the Seahawks playing host to the Chicago Bears that could potentially be an NFC championship preview game.

22:20 We don't know.

22:20 Bear Seahawks tonight on the ESPN family of networks.

22:24 Manti, you know, that's going to be a must watch. You know, there's going to be a whole bunch of game balls talking about game balls. Who stood out in week eight? We still have our game boss to hand out. Could it be Kirk Cousins?

22:34 Could it be Gusecki?

22:36 I don't know. You got to wait to find out, KB.

22:39 Yeah, and you want to wait for this one. Odd times right now with Jim Harbaugh. Great for John Harbaugh. Very strange for Jim. They lose every single week, and the post-game press conferences are getting even stranger now. Do you want to keep watching the program after I tease that?

22:58 Yes, you do. Don't go anywhere.

23:10 Let's go to Miami, Florida, where the Patriots took on the Dolphins. There was a lot of rain in the state of Florida yesterday.

23:18 Will it rain points?

23:19 Well, Drake May in the third quarter says, yes, it will. He takes it in for a two-yard touchdown. He fakes the pitch and takes it in himself. Next drive for the Miami Dolphins.

23:29 Malik Willis gets his ball.

23:31 Batted up in the air, and it's intercepted by Kevin Bayard with his 37th career interception. That is three behind Harrison Smith, who has 40. Great career for that man.

23:42 Now, without A.J.

23:43 Brown, without Romeo Dobbs, and without... Matt Collins, Drake May says, no problem. I still got Pop Douglas, and Pop Douglas goes.

23:51 For 48 yards in the tutty. No problem for Drake May and the Patriots.

23:56 They would win big 24-19 against an AFC foe.

23:59 In the Miami Dolphins. KB.

24:01 All right, here we go.

24:04 Chargers-Rams, they've combined for one win in that stadium so far this year. The Arizona Cardinals have had two. Justin Herbert, sure, why not? Just throw it right to Charlie Kohler. There was no chance of completion. There's not even any chance of incompletion on that. It was a 100% guaranteed interception.

24:22 The Chargers offense is sick, and I don't mean it like that in the cool way. I mean like it's ill, and I don't mean that in the cool way.

24:28 I mean it's just bad, and not in the Michael Jackson way.

24:31 I can't come up with words to describe it other than Puka Nakua, who's just like gallivanting through the defense, and they're doing silly skits in the end zone, and that's what you do against the Chargers.

24:40 Even a team that struggled like.

24:41 The Rams just kind of rolled over and beat up the Chargers like it was nothing. 24 to whatever, completely irrelevant final score. The Chargers score nine points. basically at home.

24:53 They're 0-7.

24:55 Justin Herbert is unrecognizable. Head coach Jim.

24:58 Harbaugh, something probably has to change maybe involving Mike McDaniel, right?

25:05 Our motivation is.

25:06 And dedication to getting it changed, to getting it fixed.

25:13 So you don't want to answer the question?

25:16 I said I'm focused on this game. I will go watch this tape and and I believe in our guys. I believe in our players, our coaches. And, yeah, it's us who are the ones that the challenge is with, and we're the only ones that can fix it.

25:39 Been tough sledding in those pressers for Harbaugh after these games. We got a guy that's going to answer some questions for us, though. Rapshi, get back in here. We got some questions about players, potential returns. Are we getting any closer to the return of a couple of NFC defensive stars?

25:52 What do you got, Ian?

25:52 All right, we'll start with Miles Garrett, obviously the biggest name not on the field so far. Now, I know last week we talked about the optimism that Miles Garrett would be back Ended up not being comfortable enough in his rehab to return after knee surgery right after week one. Remember after the Australia game where he labored greatly. Similar optimism, but probably a little more this week that Myles Garrett will be on the field in practice. potentially even playing.

26:17 In the game.

26:18 This really is about.

26:19 Now, Garrett's been.

26:19 Working insanely hard in rehab, but really just about when he feels like he can be that dynamic piece again.

26:25 The hope is that it is this week.

26:28 The Rams have stayed alive and stayed alive, and his return will be very welcome. As far as the Green Bay Packers go, I would say there is optimism and more from Micah Parsons being back.

26:38 In the field.

26:39 He's expected back at practice this week. Remember, recovering from ACL and a meniscus tear is a significant injury, and one of the most conservative medical staffs in the NFL is running points on this. Here's my understanding of the plan. Back in the practice field this week doing individual drills.

26:54 Team drills next week. Then they have that weird kind of mini-bye in the Wednesday pre-Thanksgiving game. The target for Micah Parsons' return is the showdown against the Rams on Thanksgiving Eve, which Kyle calls the makeout Olympics. And believe me, if Micah Parsons is out on the field playing for the Packers, looking like the superstar he is, everyone's going to be making out with everyone in Green Bay.

27:19 It's a tough segue for me, Ian, cuz I'm not sure I really wanna touch any of that. So I'm going to just professionally make.

27:26 The turn off of that unless.

27:28 Kyle wants to jump in here.

27:29 I love it.

27:29 I feel as the only female here, I'm gonna just leave that one untouched. Yeah, so I flew out here, change of subject yesterday.

27:35 I love it, Ian, I love it.

27:37 The only thing I would say is that I actually call it make out Christmas, but I love that you're up on the medal stand making it the Olympics. It's even better, and that tells me you've had a few gold medals over the years, my friend.

27:49 Great job.

27:50 We moved the make-out up by a couple of weeks.

27:53 Excellent. We love it. Yes. Take it.

27:57 All right, let's get to some more highlights. Let's make out to Tampa in the rain. It sounds kind of hot, actually.

28:04 Here we go.

28:05 The Bucs have lost four straight at home, but no matter. There's like 12 inches of water on the field.

28:10 Baker, this is one of the most unusual games ever.

28:12 Already up 6-0.

28:13 Cool pass.

28:14 Oh, no. He picks it up. He's covered in mud. I really liked this game.

28:17 I don't care what anybody says. Tries to throw it. Can't.

28:21 I'll just tell you now, if you didn't see, he didn't complete a pass.

28:24 In the game.

28:24 So they got killed, right?

28:25 Nope.

28:26 They're up 9-0. And just give it to Bucky.

28:29 Bucky felt like he had 300 yards rushing in that game. He actually had 27 carries for 170. And the Bucks ran for over 300. All right, so the Falcons can do it too, right? They have good running backs.

28:39 No.

28:40 Michael Penix threw four picks. He said afterwards, he's like, I can't remember throwing four.

28:44 Interceptions at a game ever.

28:46 16 to nothing.

28:48 Baker Mayfield 0 for 3 passing.

28:51 Here we go.

28:52 First team with zero to win a game since the Bills in 74.

28:55 Was that like O.J. era?

28:57 First team to win with zero completions and a 16-plus win since the Steelers in 1945. First team this, first team that. It was a really incredible thing. If you watch the game, it was bizarre to watch on Red Zone because Scott Hansen didn't know what to do. But here we go.

29:12 Here's the Bills.

29:13 Look at that camera man trying to cover up his... That camera probably.

29:16 Cost $ 60 back then. It was very expensive. I.

29:19 joe ferguson i do not see oj out there and that's broadway joe are you kidding me joe intercepted by the bills this is that western new york it's early in the season too so this is like september weather but this is this is it guys from this to tampa now in 2026 again i feel for that camera operator that's his livelihood right there that's the last time it happened a team won a game without completing a pass pretty.

29:44 Fun Also, I asked Kendall, our researcher, this question because you brought up it wasn't just Bucky that ran for over 100 yards.

29:50 Kenny Gainwell did it.

29:52 Bucky and Kenny Gainwell, first teammates in NFL history with 25 rushes at least and 125 plus rush yards.

29:58 I asked our researcher, is there.

30:00 A team that hasn't had a single player go over 100 yards? There are 12 teams that have not had a player.

30:05 12 of them.

30:07 I can name them right here for you. Bengals, Browns, Broncos, Packers, Texans, Colts, Rams, Chargers, Patriots, Saints, Eagles, 49ers have not had a single-player rush for over 100 yards. The Buccaneers had two guys do that yesterday. That is absolutely crazy. And yet, are any of them getting game balls from us?

30:22 We will discuss.

30:23 We got our game balls.

30:24 Coming up next.

30:25 You are watching GMFB on a Monday. Just run the ball in Tampa. The new identity there.

30:30 That was the mud bowl.

30:31 That was like that scene from Longest Shard where the guards, like, They just put a whole bunch of water on the practice field of the players, and then they go out there and play this mud ball. That's what it looked like yesterday over there in Tampa Bay.

30:42 Shout out to the Bucs. Good job.

30:47 It is time for Game Balls. Manti, start us off with a running back that came to the rescue for the Broncos.

30:52 Yes, we had him on our show around May after the draft that he got drafted fourth round out of the University of Washington. Jonah Coleman from the Denver Broncos was the receiving leader, had a receiving touchdown, and he had a rushing touchdown and a rushing leader for the Denver Broncos. He gets my Game Ball for multiple reasons, not only because of his performance, but because what he meant to Bo Nix and that offense. And now Sean Payton has somebody in the backfield that he can trust.

31:18 And I'm excited to see what this could mean for him because if he can do that against the Spags defense that has been very, very good this year, what could that mean for this Denver Broncos offense in more particular with Bo Nix? So my game ball, Sam, Jonah Coleman.

31:33 I love that game ball.

31:34 I'm going to go to a different player who saved his team yesterday, and I'm going to give the game ball to Gardner Minshew from Arizona Cardinals.

31:42 Gardner Minshew, they were down 17-3. Comes in the game.

31:45 Jacoby Brissett gets benched. Gardner Minshew goes on to lead his team to four straight touchdown drives, three passing touchdowns. And, oh, by the way, give a shout-out to Tyler Algier, too, because Zonovan Knight gets injured.

31:56 Bam Knight, he gets hurt. Mm-hmm. Jeremiah Love gets hurt.

31:59 Tyler Algier shows up in a big way. But more than anything, the confidence in this team. You could tell that Mike LaFleur was frustrated. He's an offensive-minded coach. Offensive hadn't been really clicking since the preseason. And now all of a sudden, you have a quarterback who helped the offense get activated. So my game ball goes to Gardner Minshew.

32:17 Good chance he's probably going to be the starter. Moving forward, we'll see what happens, but give Gardner the game.

32:23 Minshew mania.

32:24 I also would have liked it if they just showed in slow motion him at the podium with the hat and just the zippy shirt underneath. We could have gone that way, too. Okay, so my game goal. Okay, Gardner Minshew obviously has not gotten game balls recently on the show. This guy probably has and does all the time because he saves his team.

32:38 Joe Burrow.

32:40 He had three interceptions, and you're like, well, is he getting a game ball? He also had five touchdowns, threw for five, ran for one, came to the rescue of his team, as he always does. But I want to show you something cool, and I don't know if we can cut to this.

32:49 This is after the game.

32:51 The guy tracks Cam Moore down. He just threw for an insane amount of touchdowns, running, throwing, does it all. He goes like halfway across the field to track down Cam Ward, who, by the way, threw for a career-high 304 yards, two touchdowns, no picks. It has been a difficult situation, obviously, in Tennessee for Cam. Cam goes to Cincinnati, balls out, leaves obviously disappointed. And check out Joe Burrow just running this guy down.

33:18 He didn't have to do it.

33:19 It wasn't a situation, right, where you cross paths and they're walking each other and you kind of have to do the handshake. No, look, he goes way out of his way to go tell this guy, I don't know what he told him. I'm assuming keep your head up.

33:29 Yep. Good job. Great game. Hang in there.

33:32 I just thought that was really cool.

33:33 Joe Burrow after the game.

33:34 I love it. The humanitarian game ball.

33:36 It's the humanitarian ball.

33:37 It is. A couple of number one overall picks. That's respect. Yeah, I like it.

33:42 Listen, if you've been watching the show all year, you know that my 12-year-old son very, very, very badly wants a dirt bike. Kind of like Ralphie wants a BB gun in the Christmas story. And I've said, son, you can only get it if Jameer Gibbs wins Offensive Player of the Year because I've been predicting it for months and And if he doesn't, I'm gonna not look good, and I can't get you that bike, and I'm not gonna have the money and the equity. Yesterday was a very good day for my son, and my game ball goes to Jameer Gibbs. Jameer Gibbs was a tough guy yesterday, and it wasn't just all the flashy.

34:09 Razzle dazzle outside stuff.

34:10 That one was up the middle, several of them were up the middle. He's gonna lower the shoulder here. He's gonna do all the tough guy stuff that he needs to do. He is not just a flashy kind of like open field ankle breaker. Believe me, he is all those things. But he will run over you, he will run through you. And in a very, very tightly contested NFC North showdown yesterday, he was the best player in this game. And it was a very good day if you're a 12-year-old who wants a dirt bike because we're on our way, son. We got a long way to go, buddy.

34:37 But yesterday was a great day for you.

34:39 Kyle, you're talking about equity.

34:40 You got book money coming, Kyle.

34:42 That dirt bike's coming.

34:43 There's a book I pre-ordered.

34:45 So I pretty much contributed to the dirt bike fund.

34:48 Thank you.

34:48 Thank you, my friend.

34:49 I appreciate you. That will help. That is the book. And Sarah, thank you for ordering it.

34:53 But there'll be an extra chapter in that book about Jameer Gibbs if he wins Offensive Player of the Year, which I really think right now it's him and a couple others. It's early, but I like where we're headed.

35:01 All right, we've got to.

35:02 Look ahead to a great Monday night football game. It is Bears and it's Seahawks. It is coming up next.

35:18 Good morning football.

35:24 We got a monster matchup in Seattle tonight, guys.

35:28 We talked about it.

35:28 Potential to be an NFC championship preview.

35:32 Who knows? Kyle, what do you got? I think it'll be the Monday night football game of the year. I really do.

35:36 I'm so excited for this. So much going for it. Seattle's playing really well. Chicago's had a long, long rest. And listen, I want to see Caleb in that crowd, in that defense. It's probably the toughest place to play in the league, either that or Denver.

35:52 And, you know, Caleb's still pretty young, man. We've seen him in some big spots, but this is.

35:58 You can make a case this might be the biggest regular season game that he's played. You know, I know he's had some big ones against the Packers last year, but this is just.

36:05 A team that's been there.

36:06 Super Bowl champs, Super Bowl defense. They've been ready for him. They're prepared for him. There's no Kyle Menungai in this, so you're not getting back to that running game yet. Caleb's going to have to be spectacular in this game to win it. And I just have this feeling that we're going to be starting the show tomorrow and be like, that's the Monday night football game of the year.

36:23 A lot of factors here.

36:24 I don't know if the Bears' defense is going to show up or not.

36:26 Just so many questions, but I'm a giddy.

36:29 I'm not working in the NFL right now.

36:31 I'm just a fan.

36:31 I cannot wait to watch this tonight.

36:33 Yeah, this is one of those games, you know, you look at the Chicago Bears offense, you're like, man, this is one of the best offenses in the National Football League.

36:41 But are they legit, right?

36:43 This is one of those games where you look at it as like, if you can do this against the Seattle Seahawks defense, like, yes, for sure, right?

36:49 I know they're great.

36:49 I know Ben Johnson is going to have his guys going. I believe that Caleb Williams should be an MVP conversation for sure. But can you do that against the best defense in the National Football League in the Seattle Seahawks and how Mike McDonald has.

37:03 Those guys rolling at all levels of the football field? That's what I'm going to be looking for, Sam.

37:07 I'm just confused. Like, what did I miss? How come nobody's talking about Jeffrey Simmons? Like, y'all don't want to watch Jeffrey Simmons play in the Bears defense? Like, everybody's talking about the Bears offense, and they are legit. There's no questions about that. They've been legit since Ben Johnson got there. But the defense has been, for lack of better terms, this year, at times, the question mark. And all of a sudden, you're bringing in a guy like Jeffrey Simmons, one of the most dominant defense interior defenders in the game of football, in.

37:29 Our game of football.

37:31 And you listen to Ryan Poles, the general manager, say earlier in the week, he said, hey, man, every Super Bowl champion team has had, I forget what he called it, an A-plus player or whatever, but a game wrecker on the interior of the defensive line. What does Seattle have? They have Leonard Williams, a game wrecker on the interior of the defensive line. So I want to see what Leonard Williams does to wreck a game, but I also want to see Jeffrey Simmons in the Chicago Bears defense.

37:52 I played for the Bears. That's four years of my time was there. So I understand what it's like to play for that team in that city.

37:58 I get it.

37:59 And now all of a sudden you have a guy like Simmons. I can't wait to watch this one.

38:01 What's realistic for him tonight, though? You get shifted to another team, right? Everything's getting thrown at you right now. Obviously, he's so good at what he does, but now he's got to do it with different.

38:12 Everything is realistic. Because here's the thing, Sarah.

38:14 It's new, and I get it.

38:15 You have to learn the playbook and learn the plays, but you're trying.

38:17 To win the game.

38:18 You're playing against a Super Bowl champion, and it's not like Jeffrey Simmons was injured or anything.

38:21 No, he was playing great ball, and now all of a sudden he gets to do it with a different team. And so, if I'm Dennis Allen, the DC of the Bears, I'm putting him in from snap one to snap 80. Like, I'm not taking them out like and just hey man just figure it out have one of the guys next to him communicate what the plays are you're not it's not like a pitch count kind of thing and hey man i'm a quarterback or i'm a linebacker i have to know what the play call it bro just go wreck the game literally go and wreck the game and so honestly sarah all jokes aside realistic is putting them out there from the very very beginning you don't trade two first round picks to have them ease into the game if he makes a mistake because you don't know

38:54 the play then then simplify the play.

38:56 Call Yeah, I think he's probably going to be in there first and second down a lot. I think if they do get exotic on third down, they may take him out just a little bit.

39:04 You can't take him out on third down.

39:05 But the thing with Sam Darnold isn't a scrambler, right? So you don't have to really stir up that front all that much. So that does play to Jeffrey Simmons not needing to know that. But there's communication that needs to happen. If he goes right when he's supposed to go left.

39:17 It don't matter. He's Jeffrey Simmons. I mean, we both play defense, so I get it. But you bring Jeffrey Simmons in for third down. Like that's literally why you brought him in to go and wreck the game out there, Dana. So I would literally say, I'm with you, but simplify the play call.

39:30 Hey man, four-man rush.

39:31 Y'all call games on your own. Y'all call the calls on your own. Pass rush games, four-man rush. We got you on the back end.

39:36 I'll just go get the quarterback. Get the quarterback. That's why we brought you here.

39:39 Kyle, we were going to let you chime in, but never mind.

39:41 These guys had some things to say.

39:45 Well, there's always a handful of plays every week that leave us scratching our heads. So let's take a look at some of those from week eight.

39:51 Manti, kick it off.

39:52 Yes, I'm going to go to that Chiefs-Broncos game in the second quarter.

39:55 Bo Nix is trying to get rid of the football.

39:57 And sometimes these quarterbacks, in a desperate effort to do so, they'll dirt it, right?

40:01 They'll throw it at the feet of one of their teammates. Well, he threw it. I believe it was to his tight end, but it was backwards. So he goes to dirt and he throws it backwards. That's a fumble. That's a live ball.

40:13 And that happened early in the football game, but luckily his teammate was able to recover it. But see, he just tries to dirt it, but he doesn't realize.

40:20 I guess he was like his... orientation was off a.

40:23 Little bit that he didn't realize that he was throwing it backwards.

40:25 That was my head scratcher. Sam was that come on ball. Well, shout out to Adam Troutman for picking it up. My head scratcher is actually a play by Chris Johnson, Miami Dolphins playing against the New England Patriots. And all of a sudden, I mean, if you could say like it's a play.

40:38 Where Chris Johnson has a wide open sack camera on man time, please real quick. And all of a sudden he just kind of misses. Yeah, this will rotate rotate. Let's see what happens on this play. This would be a sack, right? First round pick. Oh, wait, hold on. It's almost like, you know, the Josh Allen commercials where he, like, kind of stands to the side on those little.

40:55 It's like... And I get it. Like, he's a rookie, and so it's like... And Chris Johnson's been playing great this year, so... But it was one of those things where it's like, you know, you're expecting, oh, he's gonna step up. He doesn't step up.

41:03 He's just kind of like... Grasp my head just a little bit. Good one, Sarah.

41:06 What you got, Sarah?

41:07 Okay, so I want to take us back to this Eagles game. There is a play being made on the field. I don't want you to watch the play on the field. You actually need to watch the sidelines because this head scratcher is about the person on the sidelines. All right, taking the ball down the field. Let's look over here.

41:21 Did we put a spot shadow on this thing?

41:22 Maybe we didn't. See the player that just got taken?

41:24 That's Devontae Smith. Watch this.

41:26 In the black hoodie. He's trying to come back from a hamstring injury. This could have been an ACL. I mean, this is Devontae Smith on the sideline who has been.

41:35 Out for a lot of this.

41:35 He's got a smile on his face afterwards.

41:37 Oh, my gosh. Exactly. Kyle, do you see this?

41:39 I saw this this morning and I'm like, what are we doing?

41:42 I mean, we have seen coaches taken out this way.

41:44 And again, he's all right.

41:46 He's got a smile on his face, but you don't sort of leap out of the way there. These guys are running full speed down the field. That's if I'm, I mean, if I'm anyone, I'm watching that and I'm scared.

41:59 I can't believe the Eagles have to play nine more games.

42:01 My gosh.

42:01 All right, my head scratcher is, what was the low point of the Cowboys losing to the Cardinals?

42:07 I have it.

42:08 It's on tape, and it's Trey McBride deciding to bully one of the young Cowboys verbally.

42:13 Go ahead.

42:14 First round pick! You a first rounder?

42:18 First round pick!

42:19 You a first rounder?

42:21 I mean, it's the first-round pick. You're a first-rounder?

42:24 And Caleb Downs is like, dude, I'm sorry. I was the 11th overall pick. I'm trying out here. Now, McBride was not a first-round pick. Plays a little chip on his shoulder. He's one of the best football players in the world. And we have an Arizona Cardinal just openly smack-talking a Cowboys first-round pick. That's probably the low point.

42:40 The worst is him throwing the ball over his head to the referee. That part is like, oh, dang, it's like a little kid.

42:45 Oh, man, I'm sorry. No, Trey was like that, Trey. Okay.