Caleb Williams took his talents across the pond and led the Bears to a 19-point victory over the Jaguars, 35-16 with a performance worthy of his draft status as the No. 1 overall pick.
Not one to be captive to the moment, Stugotz has something he wants to get off his chest — for the second week in a row, Williams had a better performance than Washington’s celebrated rookie Jayden Daniels! You heard that right — Stugotz says Caleb Williams is playing better right now that Jayden Daniels. Now, Stugotz says you couldn’t say that the first few weeks of the season, but you can say it now. The Bears have a quarterback, they have receivers and even knowing Stugotz predicted the Bears to be in the Super Bowl, he wants to go on the record saying Williams looks BETTER than Daniels.
Now, that isn’t to say that Daniels had a bad game on Sunday, in fact Stugotz says he had a good game. He was fine. Which leads Jessica to ask an important question:
“Is it possible they’re both just very good?”
Hmmm….
Chris wants to know why we have to pit the two against each other, and Stugotz says we’re going to put them against each other for the remainder of time. Stugotz says he is just pointing out that for the first three weeks of the season Bears fans might have been thinking they took the wrong guy and now they may not be thinking like that anymore.
Jessica doesn’t necessarily buy that Bears fans were thinking like that. She says there might have been some grumbling about “the same old Bears” but she doesn’t think they were ready to close the book on Williams. She points out that her family of die-hard Bears fans weren’t freaking out about Caleb. Stugotz is sticking to his guns though and says when you have a QB at 1 and another team takes a QB at 2 and they get off to the start that Daniels did in Washington you might think to yourself that Caleb might still be good but you didn’t take THE guy.
Jessica closes out the segment by pointing out that the Bears upcoming schedule — at Washington, at Arizona and home vs. New England — should give Caleb the chance to look pretty good. But games against the Packers, Vikings and at the Lions could bring him back down to Earth. And that’s just the ups and downs of living with a rookie QB under center.
Make sure you tune into The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz Monday-Friday at 11 a.m. ET on DraftKings Network!
SHOW BREAKDOWN
Monday Hangover: Maye Be, Maye Be Not
Stugotz and Mikey A are really nervous for the Monday Night game between the Bills and Jets. Does Mike McCarthy survive the season? Nick Sirianni is the sole Winner and Loser of the week. Would you take Myles Garrett if it meant you also had to take Deshaun Watson? Lucy stops by after her trip to Oregon for the game against Ohio State. Lucy thinks Ryan Day’s job will depend on the game on against Michigan this year. What is a bigger game this Saturday: Bama/Tennessee or Georgia/Texas? Billy gives his BBBBBB with some help(?) from Mikey A. Do the Patriots have a quarterback in Drake? Maye be.
Local Hour: Go Pee Pee, Go Potty, Go Poop
Today’s cast: Stugotz, Greg Cote, Chris, Billy, Jessica, and Roy. Dan is out this week covering the Clippers in Los Angeles, so Greg Cote is in the driver’s seat after a weekend home alone without his wife or Dolphins football. Stugotz’s lazy river takes the crew right toward what he’s calling the best day of his sports life with afternoon Mets playoff baseball, and a Jets Monday Night Football game for 1st place. Then, 1 p.m. hockey on Indigenous People’s Day, Nick Sirianni goes after Eagles fans, Greg says Londoners don’t know anything about the NFL, and the crew shares how they tell their dogs to go No. 1 or No. 2. Plus, who will be the next NFL coach fired? Also, the Ice Cats, the Heat’s preseason game, Chris Cote’s issue with LSU night games, and Greg Cote’s commute to work.
The Big Suey: Frank Azaria & The EZ Street Band
Hank Azaria (briefly) joins the crew to discuss his Mets, his Jets, and his Bruce Springsteen cover band. Then, Stu and Greg are starting to come around on the 12-team College Football Playoff as Jess and the Shipping Container take us through an unreal weekend of College Football. Plus, the potential Yankees-Dodgers World Series, Paintin’ Manning, and road trips. Also, after referencing his extended family, Greg Cote is furious that the crew wants to know more about his extended family.
Hour 1: Life Is Worth Living
We kick things off with Lucy’s trip to Oregon vs. Ohio State which was one of the best experiences of her work life and one of the best games of an incredible College Football weekend. Greg and Stu discuss the game that Greg claims to have watched every snap of, but Chris is stuck on the way Greg pronounces Oregon. Then, Caleb Williams showed up and showed out in London, and Stugotz believe he may be inching ahead of Jayden Daniels in the rookie QB rankings. Also, what does the Caleb Williams experience tell the crew about Tua Tagovailoa and the Dolphins? Plus, it’s time for Stugotz’s Weekend Observations.
Hour 2: Punting Circles
Is it possible to hear things from the NFL “punting circles?” Then, Peter Rosenberg of Ebro In The Morning and the Michael Kay Show joins us ahead of a huge day in New York sports. He chats with the crew about Mets fans and Yankees fans rooting for each other, which New York fans hate the other New York teams in their respective sports, WNBA fandom in the city, the Karl-Anthony Towns trade, and what Jets fans will do if they get blown out tonight. Plus, Roy had a great time at the Savannah Bananas game on Saturday, Stu and Greg learn about A.J. and Big Justice, and the crew reveals their first crushes.
Postgame Show: Chris Cote’s Potential Trip To The World Series
Stugotz and Greg Cote discuss the cowardice in rooting for your rival team after you’ve been eliminated, but Chris Cote explains why he’s willing to pull for a team he doesn’t care about all that much just for a potential trip with his in-laws. Plus, Lionel Messi has a new cologne. Enough.
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