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00:00Look, I understand crazy things happen in week one of the NFL, and to be honest, I kind
00:09of like taking the points with a lot of these teams.
00:11It was worth doing in a lot of cases in the NFL in week one, but to think that the Patriots
00:15could go to Cincinnati and win the game, and by the way, win very convincingly, it wasn't
00:22like the Bengals had the ball kicking a field goal at the end of the game where they were
00:25near the goal line or anything like that.
00:27I got to tell you, I want to say it's embarrassing for the Bengals, but I'm going to say great
00:31job to the New England Patriots for coming out very prepared to win this game.
00:35Yeah, they were definitely prepared on both lines.
00:38That's where they kind of dominated the game, offensive line and defensive line, and I don't
00:42care what the Bengals said, this distraction with Jamar Chase and Tee Higgins and not all
00:49being out there together, Joe Burrow coming off an injured end to last season, I think
00:54they came out rusty, but this is the case all the time with the Bengals.
00:58I mean, Joe Burrow, I believe, is now one and four in openers.
01:01They're not very good under Zach Taylor in the first two games, and now they get the
01:05Chiefs in Kansas City in the next game, so it's brutal.
01:09I mean, it's potentially digging themselves out of an 0-2 hole now that they didn't expect
01:14in a game against, quite frankly, what everyone has pegged as the worst team in the NFL, so
01:20I think we know the Panthers are now that team, but the Patriots, credit to them, and
01:24a good matchup this week against Seattle, who was impressive in Denver, or beating Denver
01:29this week.
01:30So I'm excited for that game.
01:31Two 1-0 surprise teams this year, the season with rookie coaches there, Drogba and Mike
01:36McDonald.
01:37Yeah, I'm probably going to pivot the contrarian side on both those games this week, Vinny,
01:43because again, if I've learned anything in week one of the NFL is ignore it.
01:47My guess is I'll probably end up taking Seattle, and I'll probably end up taking Cincinnati
01:51with as many points as they're going to give me against Kansas City this week, because
01:54I got to tell you, Vinny, I want to give credit to the Patriots, but here is where I'm certainly
01:58not a believer.
01:59I don't believe the Patriots in any other game this season, Vinny, call me crazy, are
02:05going to rush for 170 yards in an NFL game.
02:08I just don't think it's going to happen.
02:09Credit to them.
02:10They had the right game plan.
02:13This is the only way they're going to win games in the NFL, but Vinny, 170 yards, the
02:17Bengals should be embarrassed.
02:18Yeah, I mean, that's the only path to victory, as you mentioned.
02:23I mean, they're going to run the ball a lot.
02:25I mean, their leading receivers are Austin Hooper and Hunter Henry at tight end.
02:29They're telling you that we're going to put these guys in line and try to run down their
02:33throat.
02:34That's the only way we can win games, and they know that with defense in the running
02:37game.
02:38Now, that's what was atrocious about the Bengals.
02:40They just weren't prepared for that, and I think, clearly, they were out of sync offensively.
02:44All these times missed in practice, and Joe Burrow needed to get on the page with his
02:49receivers, and then the mysterious absence of Jamar Chase Layton, and Teagan's not playing.
02:55That told you that the Bengals were not prepared to play.
02:58If we had all that information going in, they were not the lock.
03:01I had the Bills as the lock this week.
03:03Luckily, they were able to escape late that one.