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00:00Welcome, everyone, to Coach Potato Diary.
00:09Happy Tuesday.
00:10My name is Peter Klein.
00:11Thank you all very much for tuning in today.
00:14It is going to be another busy one, and I kind of got a heart out today, so we're going
00:18to run through a few things.
00:19But coming up, the New York Jets have fired their coach, plus fantasy football waiver
00:23wire advice.
00:24We have the fantasy football dumpster darlings of the week as well.
00:27WWE Monday Night Raw recap, and we will continue the NBA preview and wrap up of the Calgary
00:35Flames previews here today.
00:36So a lot to cover.
00:37We got a poll right now talking about the New York Jets coaching situation and who could
00:42be next.
00:43So let's start with that.
00:47All right.
00:52So the big news of the day is that Robert Salah has been fired by the New York Jets
00:57following a 2-3 start with the exclamation mark, the cherry on top, a loss against the
01:03Minnesota Vikings in England Sunday morning.
01:07And honestly, I was a little surprised and not totally sure how to feel about it.
01:12Because we were on here yesterday with Walt Grizzley chatting about how I didn't think
01:19Salah was that good.
01:21I didn't think that he was making a difference.
01:23I thought that he had a pretty good roster and was making it a pretty good football team
01:26at its peak.
01:28So I don't think that there is a whole lot there going on.
01:31Also, I have said, and said yesterday, that there was, um, that there has been a bit of
01:37a copy and paste formula.
01:39And so whenever a coach that is outside of that formula doesn't work, it bums me out.
01:45And so that is where I kind of come down on this one.
01:48And when you look at both sides, I just, I don't think he proved he was a good coach.
01:55And that is basically what this all comes down to.
01:57He had a good defense, and he kept it a good defense.
01:59He is 12th in DVOA.
02:02But I just, I don't think that he did anything to elevate the talent on the defensive side
02:08of the football.
02:09Like, this, with this roster, 12th in DVOA, doesn't seem like a mastermind on the defensive
02:15side that you just simply cannot let go.
02:19And then you see the undisciplined penalties that are happening, and you're blaming it
02:23on the cadence, and it's all of these things, and it's just nothing's, nothing's improving.
02:28Nothing is getting better.
02:30And that is where I think a lot of the blame for him lies.
02:35And I think that is where a lot of, if he were to look back with any form of regret
02:41or anything of that nature, I think a lot of it would be based on, um, a lack of improvement,
02:48a lack of growth.
02:50And when you are a coach that is brought in based on being hard-nosed in the vibes, you
02:56kind of have to do really well.
02:58And you have to get the little things right.
03:00And if you're going to be that hard-nosed, defensive-minded coach, the little things
03:03have to be right.
03:04And they just weren't here.
03:05Right?
03:06That's, that's a fact.
03:07They just, they have not been perfect in those areas.
03:11On the other hand, this does seem like a panic move.
03:14I don't think he's been all that good, but I also don't think at 2-3, you needed
03:19to freak out in this way.
03:22I just, I don't think that this has been so off the rails that it, they had no other choice
03:30but to go out and hire a new head coach and make this move.
03:34I still don't think it's enough to fire a guy.
03:36And honestly, if you were going to fire him after a 2-3 start, why didn't you fire him
03:41after last season?
03:42Like if I get 2-3, like you'd rather be 3-2.
03:45And we've talked on here before.
03:46It hasn't looked all that impressive.
03:48And again, I don't see where it's not his fault.
03:53Like I see, I see where there's blame to go for others, for sure.
03:58But I don't see what he has done to elevate it.
04:00And so in this last defense here, I don't want to be you guys to like clip this or whatever
04:05and just be like, oh, well, this guy thinks that Robert Salah did a good job.
04:08Because overall, I don't think he did.
04:10It's a failing grade more than a passing grade, I think, for Salah with the Jets.
04:15But at 2-3, with still like figuring some things out and trying to get everything on
04:21track and all of those things.
04:24If you were going to fire him now, why didn't you fire him in the offseason?
04:28When you very plainly could have.
04:30Like last season didn't go all that great.
04:31I know you can explain it away as, well, the quarterback, whatever.
04:35But you had an out.
04:36You could have fired him.
04:37You have Vrabel out there.
04:38You have Belichick out there.
04:40Why not do this now?
04:42Or why do this now?
04:43Why not do this at the beginning of the year?
04:46And so that's why, like you see the picture of Belichick in a Jets hoodie, and it's like,
04:52oh, could this be happening soon?
04:54Bill Belichick is not joining something in the middle of the season.
04:57I don't think anyway.
04:58I think that he is going to wait until he has a full grasp of a full season and has
05:04an opportunity to help control things in the offseason and help bring in his own talent
05:10and all of those things.
05:11So I think the Belichick stuff just isn't.
05:12I don't think it would make sense right now.
05:14Same thing with Vrabel, right?
05:15Like, those are not coaches that you bring in midseason, I don't think.
05:18And I get the Jets have high expectations this year, but I think when you are bringing
05:22in a Bill Belichick or a Mike Vrabel, that is a culture changer.
05:25And you don't do that, I don't think, in the middle of the season.
05:29And I don't think Belichick would allow for his hands to be on something that he didn't
05:33have a whole lot of control of in terms of roster and all of that.
05:37I think the big thing that everyone is having some issues with is, A, Robert Salah seems
05:43like a fairly likable human being, right?
05:45He seems like a guy who I would like to have coaching my football team.
05:49The Raiders have one of these right now in the Vibes defensive coach thing, and it's
05:53going great.
05:54But he seems like a guy who you would want around.
05:57And so people kind of fall for that, right?
05:59And I'm not saying, like, get tricked for it.
06:00I'm saying in like a, huh?
06:03People fall for that.
06:04Hey, Toxic, how's it going?
06:05And so you get kind of sucked into that a little bit.
06:09And also, their quarterback is really easy to dislike.
06:14And so that makes things pretty easy to just be like, eh, you know what?
06:17No, not gonna.
06:18Don't.
06:19Not gonna.
06:20Not gonna approve of this.
06:21Because it does feel like an Aaron Rodgers thing, right?
06:23Like, there was obviously some discomfort there between these two guys.
06:28And the other part of it is, I don't think Salah is only to blame.
06:33Because if you were looking at kind of divvying up the blame pie for this football team, most
06:40of it goes, I think, to the offense.
06:41They're 12th in DVOA on defense, 23rd on the offensive side of the football.
06:47And so I do think that there is a lot that needs to be looked at on that side of things,
06:53and there needs to be, I think, a big adjustment.
06:55But again, when you're dealing with Aaron Rodgers, and all that comes with that, I don't
07:00think you can make that change and do a deep philosophical shift on the offensive side
07:04of the football midseason.
07:05He just wouldn't go for it, and quite frankly, you'd be creating more problems than you'd
07:09be solving.
07:10And yes, that is a problem.
07:12But I think if the Jets wanted to solve this right now, this was kind of the move that
07:17they had to make.
07:18Again, I don't think Salah did anything that would keep you from firing him, but I don't
07:22think he did anything that would make you fire him either.
07:24So it's a weird spot, for sure.
07:27But again, it does feel like it is the Aaron Rodgers show out there in New York, and this
07:32isn't going to change that.
07:34And now, I do think that it kind of takes away one layer of protection for Aaron Rodgers.
07:40Because a bit of this, you could be like, okay, yeah, it's a coach who doesn't really
07:42know what he's doing, maybe isn't all that good to begin with, and maybe you can't really
07:48blame it on Rodgers.
07:50But now that's gone.
07:51And I get you are not bringing in Bill Belichick tomorrow, and look, maybe they bring him in
07:54tomorrow, and I could be wrong.
07:55But I just, I don't think that's the way it would go.
07:58But I do think that there is a, there is a lot of blame that I think goes to Rodgers.
08:06I've seen some people pointing to the roster construction.
08:08I'm still not there.
08:10I don't think you can go in five weeks from, hey, look, this team is only a quarterback
08:14away, guys.
08:15Look at all the talent they have.
08:16Look at, offensively, defensively, look at all these great, talented players they have.
08:20And then five weeks in, be like, ah, what, it's not the coach's fault, they got no talent
08:23out there.
08:25I think we're over-exaggerating a little bit to try to put more of the blame away from
08:28Robert Salah today than there needs to.
08:31This is a good roster.
08:32I do think it is a fairly well-constructed football team.
08:36But it was on Aaron Rodgers to elevate this group, and he simply hasn't.
08:41And maybe you can blame the Jets for entrusting a 40-year-old quarterback coming off of his
08:46leg exploding, that, um, that is going to be the guy who is going to elevate you.
08:50But this is on Aaron Rodgers now.
08:53This offense is basically in the same spot that they were last season, with one of the
08:58worst quarterbacking situations in the league.
09:00And currently, he has this group at, again, 23rd in offensive DVOA, simply not good enough
09:09if they are going to make any kind of noise here in the AFC and in the NFL.
09:14And so now, all the pressure is on.
09:16There is no more safety blanket for Aaron Rodgers, although there shouldn't be any
09:21more safety blanket for Aaron Rodgers, although there probably will be.
09:25But look, like, Miami and New England suck.
09:27And we'll see.
09:28Like, Tua sounds like he's going to be coming back.
09:30Buffalo is coming back down to earth.
09:32I still think there's a pretty good football team there, but not best in the league like
09:36it looked in the first three weeks of the season.
09:38There is a lot that is right there for this team to be able to go out and make the most
09:44of it.
09:45So now they have to.
09:47And I don't know if this new coach, the interim cat who they brought in, is the guy to lead
09:51the charge.
09:53This honestly feels like a move that would kind of demoralize more than it would motivate.
09:58And that is a little bit rough because now, like, coming into the season, one of the big
10:02things around the Jets was they were projected to have the fourth easiest schedule in the
10:06league.
10:07Well, they kind of played the part of the schedule that was supposed to help that the
10:10most.
10:11And they came out of it 2-3, which I suppose is a bit of a knock to my, they're 2-3, why
10:14would you fire him now?
10:15And also, if you do think that this guy is a bit of the problem, you kind of got to do
10:19it right now.
10:21Because they have two gigantic games coming up.
10:23And really three of their next four are huge and are going to dictate the season for the
10:28New York Jets.
10:29They have back-to-back primetime games coming up against Buffalo and Pittsburgh, then an
10:32easier one against the Patriots, followed by a game against Houston, who look like they
10:37are at least figuring a couple of things out.
10:39So those three of those four games are the, if you want to prove to us how good you are,
10:45now is the time.
10:46There is a very real world where they're like, okay, we got this, here we go, now they're
10:50back on track.
10:51There is also a world where they lose three of four, and all of a sudden they are, what
10:56would that be, 3-7, and it has just been a completely unmitigated disaster.
11:01And then after that, you have Arizona, Indy, Seattle, then you close out at Miami, at Jacksonville,
11:07home Rams, at Buffalo, and home Dolphins.
11:10It is not the toughest schedule in the world, but it is a whole lot of 50-50 for this Jets
11:16team.
11:17And so now is the time where they get to decide what type of a football team they are.
11:23I don't have a lot of confidence.
11:24I didn't have a lot of confidence coming into the season, and I still don't now.
11:27I think that it is a bit of a disaster out with the New York Jets right now.
11:33So that is the story from one of the, I was going to say one of the marquee teams, that's
11:39not true.
11:40It would be weird to have New York and it not be a New York team, or a marquee team,
11:43but one of the bigger market teams in the league, anyway, with the New York Jets.
11:46Alright, let's now shift into the fantasy football talk, where, I mean, look, if 2 and
11:513 is getting you fired, I'm getting fired in a lot of places.
11:53It's been a bit of a grind, fantasy football-wise, but we're here to try to correct it in the
11:57fantasy football waiver wire.
11:59Alright, this week, there are a lot of options out on the waiver wire to help us out.
12:11That doesn't pertain to quarterback, we, you know, I like to give you help all I can.
12:17This week, it's tough.
12:19The best option out there is Daniel Jones, 9% owned.
12:23I don't love it.
12:24I don't think he's very good.
12:25I have been very aggressive in my thinking that he is not good.
12:29The Bengals defense have been giving up some big games so far, and he's kind of the best
12:34option that is out there.
12:37So maybe keep an eye on Derek Carr's injury situation.
12:39They have a...
12:41I seem to recall them having a pretty good matchup, I didn't write it down, nor did I
12:44apparently lock it into the old memory box here, but that is one coming off of the injury
12:52late in the game.
12:53Yeah, they got Tampa Bay.
12:54That one, I think, could be a matchup that he is able to exploit a little bit, so I think
12:59that there is something you can take away from that one.
13:01So if Derek Carr is healthy and available, I would do that over Daniel Jones, but like
13:06Andy Dalton and some of the other ones, a lot of teams I have seen now, a lot of quarterbacks
13:11who are available aren't very good, and a lot of teams have kind of scooped up some
13:16backups as this season has gone on.
13:18At wide receiver, we got a bunch.
13:2020% owned.
13:21Alec Pierce.
13:22He made some big plays in the deep passing game.
13:24He is a little boomer bust, but whether it is Flacco or whether it is Anthony Richardson,
13:30this team really likes to push the football down the field, and so you are not going to
13:34get big target games for this kid, but he has, I think, some game-breaking ability,
13:39and so if you are in a spot where you need a home run swing this week, he's a pretty
13:44good home run swing to take.
13:45Trey Tucker of the Vegas Raiders at 18% owned.
13:49He's had at least five targets in each of the last three weeks.
13:53They are trying to get him the football.
13:55He is one of their, and I always hated these types, the, oh, just get him the football
13:59in space and look what he can do.
14:01It's like, yeah, that's everyone, man.
14:03That's football.
14:05So that analysis always bugged me, and that was the justification for taking a lot of
14:10players when it really shouldn't have been, but Trey Tucker is a very quick receiver,
14:15and I think that we are going to see maybe a little bit more of an expansion of his role
14:19as it becomes very apparent that Devontae Adams isn't coming back for the Raiders,
14:24and so they're going to start to, I think, work him in as a legitimate number two.
14:28Now he's the obvious number three in the passing game behind Jacoby Myers and Brock
14:33Bowers, but he provides a speed element that those two guys, not that Myers is slow, or
14:38even Bowers being slow, but those guys don't have what he has, and also they have run it
14:43with him a couple of times out of the backfield.
14:45I could see a little bit more because they do not have, like, Thunder and Lightning,
14:50that was the old thing.
14:51They have three running backs that are all Thunder.
14:53They have no Lightning, and even the Thunder is just a little bit of a...
14:58Like there isn't...
14:59The running backs suck in Vegas, is what I'm trying to tell you.
15:01And Trey Tucker, I think, I don't think he becomes a featured back or anything like that,
15:05but I do think that they look to get him the football a little bit more as the seasons
15:09go on.
15:10Michael Wilson, 13% owned.
15:11I keep telling people about this kid.
15:14At least six targets in the last three weeks, double digit points in two of those three
15:19weeks.
15:20He is the clear number two receiver in Arizona, an offense that we have high opinions of,
15:25and I think can continue to grow.
15:27So that is a player that I think really does help out some desperate teams, and a guy that
15:33you can plug in right away.
15:36At 8% owned, it's Jalen Tolbert.
15:38This one, it feels like chasing with the Dallas Cowboys when he had the big game against Pittsburgh
15:43last week, but Brandon Cooks has been placed on the IR, and ten targets is tough to ignore.
15:49So this is one that I think if you are desperate, you can put him right away.
15:52If you have the luxury, I would still pick him up and stash him and just kind of hope
15:56that maybe you can scout it a little bit and see what they actually do with him going forward.
16:02But I do think that he's okay talent-wise, and that offense needs something, desperately.
16:08On the Kansas City side, I'm going Juju Smith-Schuster, 7% owned.
16:12Not a lot of work last week.
16:14That may have been a defensive game plan to try to take away whoever or whatever, but
16:18I mean, the defensive game plan didn't really work with the Saints last game, and yes, Kansas
16:23City is on a buy, so this is a stash, and even then, probably, and if you're desperate
16:28because we have seen this movie before, I just do think that with Rice going down with
16:34the injury, and Xavier Worthy maybe not necessarily being the refined route runner that Kansas
16:39City needs at this moment, I think Juju is going to have a lot of options now in this
16:45passing game.
16:46Moving on to the running backs.
16:47At 31% owned, it is Justice Hill.
16:50He's getting 48% of the snaps, and the game against Washington, again, should be a shootout
16:55this week.
16:56And I understand, I kind of projected that last week, and we didn't necessarily hit the
17:00home run with it.
17:01So that is a little bit frustrating, for sure, but I still think that this is a player that
17:07has some value, especially for those who are a little bit desperate at running back.
17:11This one's a bit more of a stash because Minnesota is on a buy this week, but Ty Chandler, at
17:1528% owned.
17:17Aaron Jones a little bit banged up, and is kind of just perpetually banged up, so even
17:21if Jones is healthy, I do think we maybe see a little bit more of Ty Chandler in this offense.
17:27He's a good football player, he's not great, but I do think that he is talented enough
17:30that if he gets the reins, he could be a really big player for this team moving forward.
17:35Tank Bigsby, at 24%.
17:37Plain and simple, he looks like the better running back in Jacksonville right now.
17:40He is not getting close to as many looks as ETN, but it is shrinking a little bit, and
17:46I think everyone is seeing that Bigsby right now is at least a viable option for Jacksonville,
17:52and I think that this is a number that is going to rock it up.
17:55This one's a bit more projection-y.
17:57Actually, the next two are.
17:58Tyrone Tracy, at 23% owned.
18:00After we did the show the other day, it came out that Singletary wasn't going to be in
18:04the lineup, and so Tracy took over, I guess.
18:08And I thought he looked pretty good.
18:10I thought that there was some real speed for him to the outside.
18:13I thought he ran it really hard, and I mean, he is significantly younger than Singletary,
18:18and for a Giants team, for a Giants team that is going to look to the future, I would say,
18:28that is certainly more Tracy than it is Singletary.
18:31So I think that this is a guy who gets more and more as the season goes along.
18:36Now, it could be a Chase Brown-Zack Moss situation, and we end up getting frustrated that the
18:41more talented back isn't getting the rock every week, or as often as we would like,
18:45but I do think that he is worth at least a speculative add in most leagues.
18:48And Jalen Wright, at 8% owned.
18:50Again, Miami is on the buy, but with HN banged up last week, he and Mostert really started
18:56it was the only thing that was working for Miami, was running the ball against the New
19:00England Patriots, and they did it with some success, and Jalen Wright did.
19:03And he looked fine.
19:04And so I think as that offense goes, this is not a bad option to have in a Jalen Wright.
19:13But again, this is much more of a stash, because they're on a buy, and there's a chance
19:17when they come back, a chance healthy.
19:19But if you have some depth, and you have some standings wiggle room, I think that Jalen
19:24Wright is a player you can absolutely trust.
19:26At tight end, the only one that was really jumping out was Zach Ertz, 31% owned.
19:31He had 8 targets last week, only converted on a couple of them, but they're going up
19:36against the Ravens who have been giving up points to tight ends this year.
19:40And so I think Washington, again, this one screams shootout to me, so I think you can
19:45trust him with Jaden Daniels and helping them move the ball up the field against a Baltimore
19:51secondary that has been exposed at times this year.
19:54And on defense, I am surprised how many people dropped this defense on their buy week, but
19:59the LA Chargers against the Denver Broncos, that is one that you can pick up and probably
20:03roll with for a lot of the season, and feel really comfortable.
20:06It is a talented defense, it is a very, very good defense, and one that I think will help
20:11you out in fantasy.
20:12So I think there is a real value in that ad this week.
20:20So now, those are the players who you should be picking up this week.
20:24But we always like to look back, and sometimes it can be a little bit cruel.
20:27So that's where we come in, to just make it feel even worse.
20:31And this week's Fantasy Dumpster Darlings might take the cake as the most random assortment
20:39of guys who put up an unbelievable week this week.
20:41Let's get into the Fantasy Football Dumpster Darlings.
20:50So each week, I like to go through and see who of the lesser-owned players had the biggest
20:56weeks in fantasy football, and what type of a team could you put together with guys who
21:01were tossed away to the scrap heap.
21:03And for Week 5, it was wild.
21:07We begin at the quarterback spot, 8% owned, Joe Flacco, 26.56 fantasy points.
21:13At wide receiver, Darius Slayton, still in the league, only 3% of fantasy owners knew
21:18that, and he put up 22.2 fantasy points.
21:21Alec Pierce, 20% owned, 20.9 fantasy points for the Indianapolis Colts in that wild game
21:27against Jacksonville.
21:29Speaking of Jacksonville, Tank Bisbee, 24% owned, 25 fantasy points.
21:37Beastin' out this week.
21:39Roshon Johnson, 20% owned with the Chicago Bears, 14.5 fantasy points.
21:45At tight end, the third Baltimore tight end, the second one to outscore Mark Andrews, it's
21:52Charlie Kolar, or Collar, or something, 0% owned, 14.1 fantasy points.
22:00How dare you?
22:02At wide receiver, 7% owned, Jalen Tolbert, with 18.2 fantasy points for the Dallas Cowboys.
22:10Our defense, the New York Giants.
22:12I don't know why 2% of you owned the New York Giants, but it paid off with 18 fantasy
22:17points.
22:18And every week we do this, there is a kicker in the top three who is barely owned.
22:23This week, it's Chase McLaughlin, who is owned in 16% of leagues, and he put up 16 fantasy
22:29points.
22:30So this team, whose ownership percentage added up to 100.
22:37So this whole roster, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 players, basically averaging 10 point
22:46something owned percent, comes up with 169.86 fantasy points.
22:54Every single week, there are guys just off on the scrap heap who are going to put up
22:57some monster numbers for you, and it becomes very frustrating.
23:02So that is the NFL talk.
23:04Let's wrap up the football with some 3-down football.
23:07Oh dude, could have been my, I think, looking at all of those, I think Alec Pierce in the
23:14Vampire League was owned, I think Bigsby in the Vampire League was owned, and that was
23:20it.
23:21So I, like, SHOULD be nailing these a little bit more than I am with all of these, like,
23:25every single week, and all of that.
23:27The one thing I have ran into in that Vampire League, it just feels like, it's a 10-team
23:33league, and so it feels so dumb cutting some of these guys when, like, you're going out
23:38and making these pickups for the week, and I think I have to separate that, it's like,
23:42you know what?
23:43No.
23:44I'll let go of Ezekiel Elliott when there are other leagues where I would be, like,
23:47just scratching and clawing to try to get Ezekiel Elliott.
23:51But this one, it has a bit more depth than that, and so if you're not going to start
23:54him in one week, off you go.
23:57And so I think I need to be a little bit more aggressive with that, for sure.
24:00But again, came so close.
24:01I was one touchdown away from any of my guys.
24:04One touchdown away, and I would have got Gino.
24:07But I think we're getting closer, we're getting closer each week, but time is certainly running
24:10out on me in that league.
24:12Okay.
24:13As I was saying, we're going to wrap up the football talk, looking at some 3-down football.
24:16It's time for CFL Power Rankings for the week.
24:32Power Rankings in the Canadian Football League have been very difficult to put together,
24:36but now, we got a new No. 1.
24:39We do not have a new No. 9, and it's going to be tough to usurp the Stampeders from the
24:44No. 9 spot.
24:45It is Calgary as the worst team in the Canadian Football League.
24:49Eliminated from the playoffs for the first time in a very long time.
24:52There is no aspect of this game that looks like it is going well for the Stampeders right
24:58now.
24:59It feels like beating a dead horse, that every week, it's like, yeah, team sucks.
25:04There isn't a whole lot that we can really go with that.
25:07At 8, it is Hamilton.
25:09The clock striking midnight, and all of those sorts of things, on the Hamilton Tiger Cats.
25:14And now, it gets, the hole that they dug for themselves early in the year, gets much more
25:19difficult to dig out of, as the last 3 weeks of the season pick up.
25:23At 7, it's Ottawa.
25:25It has fallen, and it has fallen very quickly, for the Ottawa Red Blacks.
25:29I had said coming into the year, I think this is an improved football team.
25:33But it wasn't as improved as we saw at the early part of the season.
25:37And I kind of warned people, as we were going through the season, they, I know that this
25:42was used as something in our NFL talk yesterday, they aren't beating anybody.
25:47Like, the wins that they have are not as impressive as you think.
25:51And they have a couple impressive wins in there, but a lot of the wins that they had
25:55kind of made the record seem a little bit fraudulent, and I think that is catching up
25:58to them very, very quickly.
26:00At 6, it's the Edmonton Elks.
26:02Again, the playoff push falls short for the Edmonton Elks, but I do think that there is
26:07a little bit of optimism for the future.
26:09And I don't know why McLeod Bethel-Thompson would play another snap for this football
26:12team.
26:13Honestly, ever.
26:14But, for the rest of this season, no.
26:16At 5, it's the BC Lions.
26:19As I have said before, I think that there is a very talented football team in there.
26:22They just have a tough time dragging it out every single week.
26:26But I think now that, you know, it's another week of getting ready and getting used to
26:29everything and all of these things, I do still, they are a I-can't-quit-you team.
26:34And odds are, they are going to be playing the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the West Semi-Final,
26:37whether that be out in BC or over in Regina.
26:43And I do not feel comfortable with that at all.
26:46At 4, it is the Toronto Argonauts.
26:50They are another one where I just kept waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for the
26:54defense to get better.
26:56And it was kind of like, there's probably a more recent reference than this, but back
27:01in 04, in WWE, when Randy Orton and Mick Foley were doing their Legend Killer thing, and
27:10Mick Foley, like he, I think it was when Randy Orton spit in his face, and Foley, like, backs
27:15up, and he keeps backing up, and he keeps backing up, and they kept being like, oh,
27:18he's going to take a running charge at Randy Orton, he's setting him into whatever, and
27:21then he just backs up and he just leaves.
27:23That's kind of what my thought is on Toronto, and how my opinion on them has gone.
27:27It's like, alright, here it comes.
27:29Here it comes.
27:30It's going to go.
27:31It's going to get you.
27:32No, you know what?
27:33I think it's just bad.
27:34As they, it just, it doesn't, nothing there has really clicked in the way that I thought
27:37it would this season.
27:39At 3, it's Saskatchewan, they have won 3 in a row.
27:42I think the defense is still obviously the star of the show with this team, and if the
27:48offensive line could have stayed healthy this year, I think that this would have been a
27:52really, really dangerous football team.
27:54As it is, they are kind of peaking at the right time, and the defense is good enough
27:58that they can, I think, steal a game, or maybe even two, in the postseason, which gets you
28:03to a championship and then anything can happen.
28:05I do think that, um, some predictable play calling, and offensive line injuries, and
28:12just some relative inconsistency have held this offense back, but I do think there's
28:15a lot of talented pieces on the offensive side of the football for Saskatchewan, it's
28:19just not executing still, but, like, 3 feels very high for them, I will admit that.
28:24And there's probably some bias in this, but, like, the way Toronto is playing right now,
28:28do you take Toronto over Saskatchewan?
28:29I don't.
28:30Same thing goes with B.C.
28:31Edmonton.
28:32Like, Saskatchewan just beat Edmonton.
28:33So, I, I have a tough time putting Saskatchewan lower than 3.
28:37At 2, it's Montreal.
28:39And it's more what No. 1 has done than what Montreal hasn't done, but, since Cody Fitzgerald
28:44came back, and honestly, since they clinched a playoff spot, this team has not clicked
28:48in the same way.
28:50Even when they win, it still doesn't look as impressive as you would want it to.
28:54And I think the Philpott injury really is hindering this offense in more ways than we
29:00want to give credit to, and I do think that that is kind of holding them up a little bit.
29:04So we will see if they can flip the switch, because this was kind of the thing they benefited
29:09from with Toronto in the previous year, right?
29:13Where the Argos kind of were able to take their foot off the gas and kind of cruise,
29:17and then they played a meaningful game, and 8 pick-sixes later, all of a sudden, the Alouettes
29:22are going to the Grey Cup, and then they're winning the thing.
29:24So, can the Alouettes avoid the same pitfalls that they took advantage of last season?
29:31But at No. 1, it is Winnipeg.
29:33This defense went from being underrated to very much appreciated, and now the offense,
29:37which kind of went from being overrated, is now appropriately rated, because they're ballin'.
29:42And they are lightin' it up.
29:43And so this is an offensive football team that I think scares people.
29:48And it is now looking like the most complete team in the Canadian Football League.
29:52That would be the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
29:54So I do think they are the No. 1 team in the league, and rightfully so, I would say.
30:01Okay, we are going to get now into the previewing portion of things today.
30:08We will begin with some basketball.
30:09We do have some Calgary Flames still to come, and then we'll put a bow on things with the
30:13world of professional wrestling, but we'll go into basketball as the season gets going
30:17here this month.
30:19And obviously, expectations for each team, a little bit different.
30:23But some teams have all of the pressure on them.
30:26So, here are the top 5 teams that have the most pressure on them in the NBA this season.
30:39The NBA season is right around the corner, and some teams are going to be feeling the
30:44heat, so to speak, with all of that.
30:46So here are the top 5 teams that are under the most pressure in the NBA this season.
30:54Coming in at No. 5, it is the New York Knicks.
30:57When you are the Knicks and you are good, there is always pressure.
31:00When you are the Knicks and you had a seemingly promising playoff run last year, there's a
31:05ton of pressure.
31:06So it's cut short from injuries, and you bring some of the key pieces back even more, and
31:10then you make the two biggest trades of the offseason.
31:13It's going to pile up.
31:14The reason I only have them at 5 is because I still think there is the slightest bit of
31:19a honeymoon with this group this season.
31:22Now, if this year doesn't end with, honestly, probably two playoff series wins, then this
31:29team ROCKETS to No. 1 next year.
31:32The pressure is going to build very, very quickly in New York, but I still think there
31:37is a bit of a honeymoon with how good this team is and how out of nowhere that came.
31:42So I don't think all of that pressure is there, but there is still quite a bit on them.
31:45At 4, it's Miami.
31:48The expectations in Miami aren't as high as they are with the Knicks, but I do think that
31:53with Jimmy Butler's contract coming up, and everyone was like, heat culture, heat culture,
31:58heat culture.
31:59Since that Finals, they haven't done a whole lot, and I think there is now a little bit
32:03of pressure on this team to try to stay relevant.
32:06Because if this season doesn't go well, I think that it could be a little bit, and
32:11I know Miami doesn't rebuild.
32:14They never do.
32:15And they somehow always, they get Dwyane Wade, and off they go.
32:18And they get a Bam Adebayo, and look at that, and they trade for a Jimmy Butler, and off
32:22they go.
32:23But I do think that if this year doesn't go well, we could see just the slightest step
32:27back for the Miami Heat.
32:29At 3, it's the Phoenix Suns.
32:31I think that they have kind of escaped some of the headlines since the postseason, but
32:36now once this season ramps up, it's gonna be like, oh yeah, they did spend a whole lot
32:42of money on this team, to go nowhere.
32:44And to get just spanked in the first round of the playoffs.
32:48There aren't the, oh well they're new, it's whatever, this is now, no no no no no.
32:52You have two of the most talented players in the league, they played together all year,
32:56I get, like, you know, Beal was there too.
32:59But this, this has to start working.
33:02In Phoenix.
33:03They are paying way too much money to get just annihilated in the first round.
33:07Speaking of which, at 2, it's the LA Clippers.
33:09They are spending a ton of money, they are going into a new arena, everything now, from
33:15the offseason where they signed that guy, Kawhi Leonard, for those who are listening.
33:21And they made this push knowing that the new arena was coming, in 2024-2025, everything
33:27was building up to this moment.
33:29And so far, hasn't worked.
33:31They had one good playoff run, and otherwise it has been a whole lot of frustration.
33:35And they are still spending mucho dinero on this team, except they let one guy walk, and
33:41so now you are entering this new arena with Kawhi Leonard, who may, you know, walk on
33:46a court at some point this year, James Harden, and basically no other backup plan.
33:51So, I think from NBA, like, circles, there isn't a whole lot of pressure on them, because
33:56there's just not a whole lot of expectations.
33:58But given what this buildup was supposed to be, and what this year was supposed to mean
34:03for this team, in kind of branching out on their own, and moving out of mom's basement
34:08as the Clippers at Staples before, and now Crypto.whatever, they, they need this year
34:14to go well.
34:15And no one thinks it's going to.
34:17And if it doesn't, I don't know what happens.
34:20But, probably nothing good with the LA Clippers.
34:22And at number one, it is the Philadelphia 76ers.
34:28Joel Embiid has won MVPs.
34:31You have a team that has won a ton of regular season games, but the playoff success hasn't
34:36been there.
34:37They then won the offseason.
34:39Now they need to win playoff serieses.
34:42This isn't good, it's not good enough to beat the Raptors, or to beat the whoever's
34:46in the first round of the playoffs.
34:47You need to go out, and you need to actually win these series.
34:51And if they don't, like, I don't, I think Joel Embiid has escaped a lot of criticism.
34:59Because A, he's really good, right?
35:00But playoffs, it hasn't been good.
35:02And that, like, everyone's numbers take a dip in the playoffs.
35:04You are facing tougher competition, that's what it's going to be.
35:07But every year there has been an excuse.
35:10It's, oh, well, Ben Simmons, oh, well, that didn't give me enough support.
35:13Which is, I do think something you can poke some holes in a little bit.
35:16Someone commented that on one of the best players in the league videos that we did.
35:21And I, I think we're overstating that a touch.
35:25Because, um, like, you've had, I mean, they went out and they got James Harden.
35:29They had Jimmy Butler.
35:30They had, like, their, their starting five, when they lost to the Raptors, was actually
35:35quite good.
35:36And now, you've gone out and got Paul George.
35:38Even if you want to use the, well, they didn't really get him anyone.
35:42Well now they do.
35:43He looks like a superstar, and you brought in Paul George.
35:46So now you have a super team here that you need to do it.
35:49So that excuse is gone.
35:51Um, he's saying that we're going to be committed to a championship, so we're probably going
35:54to be load managing this cat a little bit more.
35:56There are no more excuses for Joel Embiid.
35:59I do not see a player or a team that is under more pressure this year to succeed than the
36:05Philadelphia 76ers.
36:06Because if this doesn't work, you guys know I'm not a big blow it up guy, and I don't
36:11even think you should out in Philadelphia.
36:13But you're kind of running out of different cards to try to pull to try to make this thing
36:18work.
36:19So the Philadelphia 76ers are the team that is facing the highest expectations in the
36:23NBA this season.
36:26As you may or may not know, I am a Toronto Raptors fan.
36:31And so now, we're going to start the Raptors portion of the NBA season preview here this
36:38year.
36:39So we started a Raptor specific podcast last year, wasn't the best time for it, but looking
36:44to do a few more of them again this year.
36:47And so we are going to start with our Raptor breakdown, looking at the players who have
36:51a chance to break out in the upcoming season.
36:53Yes, Dynomite, the Raptor podcast will be returning for another season, hopefully with
37:12more regularity this year as I try to iron some of those things out.
37:17But breakout players for the Toronto Raptors this season.
37:21Quite frankly, this segment for other ones, I tend to plan it as breakout and fall off.
37:29No one played well enough last year to fall off this year, so we're not going to do that.
37:32This is just the breakout portion for the Raptors.
37:35At three, I have Davion Mitchell.
37:37He is coming from a situation where he just kind of got forced out a little bit and didn't
37:42really have that playing time.
37:43I don't think that's going to be an issue with the Raptors.
37:46And I think a lot of the things that you liked about him as a prospect coming out of the
37:50draft could still be there.
37:52So I think A, it was a great pickup for the Raptors to go out and make that move.
37:56And B, I think that there is a world where he thrives in this situation, and the Raptors
38:01actually get a pretty decent player out of this.
38:04At two, this one seems like a bit of a gimme, but it's Grady Dick.
38:08He is coming off of a rookie campaign that was inconsistent, but showed a lot of flashes.
38:14And if you guys listened to Dynomite, you know that he was a player who I kind of gushed
38:17about a little bit.
38:18I really enjoyed what he was able to do, not just as a three-point shooter.
38:22I was impressed with how little he was actually looking for that.
38:25He was one who was looking to create his own shot off of the dribble, and really start
38:29to try to pressure teams a little bit more.
38:31So I think that there is actually a lot to work with when you're trying to mold that
38:38offensive game, and I think there is a relatively high ceiling.
38:42Like, I don't envision Grady Dick ever getting all-star votes, or anything like that.
38:46But I do think that there is a pretty high ceiling for this kid to be more than just
38:52a complimentary bench offensive piece.
38:54And at number one, it is Quickly.
38:58I have him as a potential breakout player in the entire NBA this year, but for the Raptors,
39:03I think that he has a chance to really thrive in an offensive system that I like, that Darko
39:09is running, and with Scotty Barnes, who he does seem like he would fit really well with.
39:14That was the big draw when they made that move in the regular season, trading OG Adernobe
39:21off to the New York Knicks, bringing in Quickly, instead of getting picks or whatever, it's
39:25that Quickly is young, he got expensive very quickly, pardon the pun, but he is someone
39:31who is supposed to fit really, really well with what was Scotty Barnes, and I think having
39:37a full training camp, and giving Darko a full offseason to try to mastermind how that's
39:41going to work, I think that there's going to be some really, really fun nights offensively
39:46for Quickly this year.
39:48So those are the guys who I think are going to breakout for the Toronto Raptors.
39:52We will continue team-specific previews, and move on to the Calgary Flames.
39:56The last portion of the Calgary Flames preview, looking at a couple, like, you guys know we
40:01like doing the win totals around here, but what about some player props?
40:04We got a couple on the Calgary Flames that I like going into the regular season, so let's
40:08look at it.
40:09It's dramatic as shit.
40:19So we always like to do, like I said, the look at team totals during the year, or during
40:26the preseason, and the previews leading up to the year.
40:29But don't always click with the player props.
40:33But there are a couple, when we're looking at it from a Calgary Flames standpoint, that
40:36I actually kind of think are a little bit interesting to look at.
40:40And so the first one, now, with the Flames this year, there aren't many.
40:45Like, if we were doing a Toronto Maple Leafs podcast, we have a lot to pick from.
40:50But for the Flames, there isn't actually a ton.
40:54But there are still a couple that I have my eye on.
40:56And the first is Dustin Wolf.
40:59You guys know I have been doubling, tripling, quadrupling down on my Dustin Wolf content
41:05this year, and so I do think that there is going to be a real resurgence for this guy.
41:12And his total for the year is at 21 and a half wins.
41:18I have concerns about picking an over on anything that goes with Calgary Flames wins this year.
41:25But I do think he is going to be the main goalie for this hockey club.
41:31And, I mean, 41 wins, sorry, 21 wins is 42 points.
41:36They're probably going to get 42 points at different points this year.
41:39So I think that he is still going to be good enough, that he is going to steal a couple
41:44of games.
41:45I think even without Sharon Govich, there is going to be enough offense to kind of steal
41:48a couple of games.
41:49Have concerns about the goal, or about the defense, 100% I do.
41:53But I think that they, I still think there are going to be enough wins in there that
41:57Dustin Wolf gets over this 21 and a half mark.
42:01So that is the first one that I'm looking at.
42:03The second is Nazem Qadri over 30 goals.
42:08Or just to reach, sorry, just to reach 30 goals.
42:10That is at plus 200 right now.
42:13So that is one that I like.
42:15Again, for those on the, you know, the regulatory side who may be watching, this is not gambling
42:20advice, this is just things that I like.
42:22Let's make that abundantly clear.
42:24I'm not saying do this.
42:25I'm just saying that, you know, it's something I'm thinking about.
42:28For the Flames last year, Nazem Qadri had 29 goals with this Flames team.
42:33Now, at least in the early part of the season, he is going to be starting with Andriy Kuzmenko
42:40on his side.
42:41That is a really good playmaker that Nazem Qadri has at his disposal.
42:45Also, the Flames power play was dogshit in the early part of last year.
42:48Kuzmenko comes in, fixed.
42:51So I think there's going to be more power play goal opportunities for Qadri this year.
42:54I think there are going to be more regular, even strength opportunities for Qadri.
42:58And so both of these are assuming health.
43:01But I do think that Nazem Qadri to get to 30 goals at plus 200 is something that I do
43:07like and I do have my eye on.
43:09Not telling you to do it, just, you know, something I have my eye on.
43:12So that is the last little bit of the Flames preview.
43:17If you haven't noticed, or if you are new here, I do the kind of mega previews for some
43:22of the things that I that I have done.
43:24And so every Flames preview bit that we've done on Couch Potatoes so far is going to
43:29be compiled and we're going to play that.
43:31And I think I'm going to try to stream that before the show tomorrow.
43:35That is going to be kind of the plan there.
43:37So get ready for that.
43:42Now let's shift to the world of professional wrestling, as it was Monday Night Raw last
43:47night, two hours.
43:49So let's do a quick breakdown of what we saw from Monday Night Raw last night.
43:59Monday Night Raw, the two hour variety, went down in St. Louis, Missouri.
44:05The show starts with CM Punk and immediately I was like, man, okay, because you guys know,
44:12if you were listening, I was saying last, yesterday, I don't want CM Punk coming out
44:18and being fine.
44:19And I don't want Drew McIntyre, like, these guys need to sell the damages from this.
44:24And now, to that degree, CM Punk did a great job.
44:27He looked genuinely hurt and looked very uncomfortable.
44:30I thought it was a good promo to just like, okay, this is putting a real bow on this and
44:36we're moving on now and it's off, it's in the, it's in the past and I'm moving forward
44:41looking for a championship and looking for a couple other things as well.
44:47So that, I thought it did a good job of selling the injuries.
44:50It did a good job of just like, let's get this guy on TV, really show how much damage
44:54has been done and now get him moving forward.
44:57And then you plant the seeds when Seth Rollins come out.
45:01So that is, I think a, I thought it was a good use of time.
45:04And this was something they did throughout the show.
45:07And I think it was a way to kind of still get some of the storytelling done that you
45:11wanted to in three hours and do it in two, where you had a crossover of Punk leaving
45:17and, oh, in comes Seth Rollins.
45:20And then they did it again with Jey Uso.
45:23And like, you just had a lot of crossover with those guys at different times.
45:27And that helped to kind of string together a few different things and also kind of visually
45:32pair up, all right, that guy with this guy, this guy with that guy, that guy over here,
45:35this and that.
45:36Like you, you did a good job of, I think, kind of mixing and matching all of those things
45:40together.
45:41So I thought that was, um, I thought that was a part of this show that they did really
45:45well.
45:46Seth Rollins comes out, he cuts a promo.
45:48It's a Seth Rollins promo.
45:50It's better than most promos you will see, but it doesn't get to the upper echelons of
45:54the epic promo doers of this generation.
45:59Like it's, it was a Seth Rollins promo and he challenged Bronson Reed to a match and
46:04thusly they will have a match at some point soon, I am sure.
46:07The Intercontinental title match was good.
46:08It wasn't a blow away match, but I, I don't think it should have been.
46:12When you have Jay, who is still like solidifying himself as the Intercontinental champion and
46:18as an upper midcard type of a performer, you don't need to have super competitive matches
46:23every night.
46:24And with the story that they are telling with Xavier Woods right now, I don't think this
46:27needed to be a five star drag him out classic.
46:31You give Xavier Woods a little bit of shine and then Jay gets the win.
46:35And then after Braun comes out, turns back into a monster.
46:37I thought that was really well done.
46:39And so there, again, in something that probably would have been two separate segments on a
46:44three hour show, they got over the Kofi and Xavier feud still in this match.
46:49They got Braun back to being a monster with this match.
46:52You got Jay a win.
46:53So you just, you did a whole lot in, in just one segment.
46:56So I thought they did a really, a really good job.
47:00We covered like four different things in the first like 30 minutes of the show.
47:03So I thought they did a good job with that.
47:06One of the things I didn't love was, um, R-Truth coming in and saying Miz like, look, you forgot
47:11I'm not in the judgment day anymore.
47:13And making it a bit of a jokey thing out of that.
47:15And I get we're hopefully fucking building to this thing, um, of this being serious,
47:22but I thought it kind of took away from the turn last week that everyone saw coming.
47:26Um, and you know, it was what it was, but I thought it took away from it a little bit
47:30that Truth is like, oh man, you thought I was with the judgment day.
47:33And then Miz kind of gets it back on track and that, you know, that was fine.
47:39Um, and now they're setting up a match and the, like our kids play together line, I thought
47:44was an interesting one.
47:46And so I do wonder if we're going to start to see a little bit more seriousness out of
47:50this potentially, but it doesn't really have me.
47:53I thought we had a good pre-match promo with Sheamus and Pete Dunn setting up their match.
47:57I thought they did a really, really school job.
48:00This one was a little old school in a lame way, like not old school in a, oh wow, this
48:04is Terry Funk and it's bleeding and it's all these different things.
48:07This was old school in a, remember that time there was like dog food and pumpkins and this
48:12guy wore a jack-o'-lantern and it was, it was that sort of like a Smackdown 2015 on
48:17a pre-taped Thanksgiving episode or something like that.
48:20Um, they did end up having a good match out of it.
48:23It was a bit more serious than what they used to do with those sorts of things.
48:27Like the finish would have been like Pete Dunn drowning in booze or something like that.
48:31So this one, they at least treated it with a little bit more seriousness.
48:35This was one of the ones where Joe Tessitore, I thought, went a little bit over the top
48:39on it.
48:40And I think his energy for big moments is really good.
48:43And I like him in boxing a lot.
48:45And maybe he was a little bit too 100% all the time for Monday Night Football.
48:50But I do think for the wild world of college football, he's pretty good at it as well.
48:55And for WWE, I think the emotion and the energy that he brings to big moments is actually
48:59really, really good.
49:01But when it's not actually a big moment and he's still going at it, it just, it's
49:05a little eugh.
49:06Like, he called Sheamus's win over Pete Dunn in the Donnybrook Brawl a historic win
49:11for Sheamus.
49:12It's like, yeah, he got his hands zip-tied, but this is a guy who's won multiple championships
49:17and was pursuing the Intercontinental title because he would have been a Grand Slam champion.
49:24So, in terms of the historic nature of Sheamus's career, winning the Donnybrook Brawl on a
49:30Monday in October against Pete Dunn, ah, it's probably not going to crack the top 50.
49:34So, I thought that was where Joe Tessitore was maybe being just a little bit over the
49:39top.
49:40Uh, we had our, and what is probably going to be a more constant thing, um, Get Everybody
49:45On TV match.
49:46A 10-woman tag.
49:48It didn't advance anything.
49:51And this is, I think, going to be, honestly, like these, these were the performers that
49:57I was wondering about when Raw got cut from two hours to three.
50:00This, all 10 women in this match, you just worry about where are they going to fit.
50:05And we have seen, just throwing different iterations of them out in matches every single
50:09week isn't going to build the storyline enough to get people to give a shit about
50:13any of this.
50:14So there needs to be a little bit more character development or any type of investment that
50:19is something other than, oh, they had a six minute match, check.
50:22There needs to be a little bit something built into that, I believe.
50:25And then we get to the main event.
50:26It's Gunther taking on Sami Zayn.
50:28I thought this was a really, really good match.
50:30They are hindered by the fact that no one was taking it seriously.
50:33That Sami Zayn was going to beat Gunther.
50:35They're already promoting Gunther against Cody Rhodes for, um, Crown Jewel as the, the
50:40Crown Jewel tournament to win the 8 billion pound belt, and I, and so you just, you couldn't
50:47take it seriously.
50:48Both put on a really, really good show, and obviously, like, you, you get past this hurdle
50:53for Gunther now.
50:54Um, you give Zayn a bit of plausible deniability that he never gave up, he just got choked
50:59out, and so maybe we get another Rocky montage or something, um, with him.
51:05I do hope that there is, I hope that Sami doesn't just fall down the card now.
51:10We have done, um, the booking to WrestleMania a couple of times on this show, and each time
51:18I have put Sami Zayn in the main event against Gunther again.
51:22I think that, like, obviously not THE main event, there's Rock and Roman Reigns and Cody
51:25and Punk and all them, but, um, in terms of being in the World Heavyweight Championship
51:29match, I think Sami Zayn has the claim to that right now, and I think you can build
51:34him kind of back up in kind of the way I wanted them to build up here, where he's actually
51:38winning matches and doing those things.
51:40I think you can build him back up into that challenger, so I'm very fascinated to see
51:43what they do next with him.
51:44But overall, like, Raw being two hours, blew by, man.
51:48I, like, you can zoom right through that thing.
51:51It was, I thought it was a good show, I still think they hit a lot of the main beats, but
51:55the concerns about the kind of secondary and tertiary storylines, I think are warranted,
52:01and I think definitely there could be an improvement on that going forward.
52:05That is going to do it for the show today.
52:07Thank you all so much for stopping by, shout out to Toxic in the chat, as always.
52:13Coming out tomorrow, it is another live stream for Couch Potato Diary, that is going to be
52:18starting at 10am, and then we'll be doing a video game stream later on in the day.
52:25I think I'm going to work with something later, Toxic, and so I think I'm doing those
52:30at 2 lately, I do think I'm going to push that now to starting at 3 o'clock.
52:35So 3 o'clock is going to be the video game stream, 10am is going to be the actual podcast
52:40stream tomorrow.
52:42So, thank you all so much for tuning in, have a great rest of your day, and I'll talk to
52:45all of you later.