All-Pro

Josh Allen, way more rushing touchdowns.

Uh, Lamar Jackson was first team All-Pro over Josh Allen, who was second team All-Pro, and Josh Allen won the MVP.

Obviously, I was very happy about it.

I think Josh Allen, what he does for, you know, the Bills and how he was able to put the team on his back and win games, very much MVP caliber.

Do you think, uh, b- m- which is the worst Which is the biggest hole on a resume, Jackson or Allen not winning a Super Bowl?

Ooh, I mean, like, le- genuinely, Lamar Jackson has a better resume.

He's got more MVPs, he's got more first-team All-Pros, but he also has way less playoff success.

Mm.

But before all that, before all those proceedings get started, we got some big news, some breaking news, some heavyweight news to lead into our week one edge rush.

Coming from a card-carrying, died in the will, All-Pro member of the NC Show crew, and of course, an inaugural, an enduring, a perennial edge rusher, Mr. Ben Isaacs.

Already a bar or two higher than me and Prop because he can write, let alone write actual books, [laughs] so, so Prop, he's already got an edge on us.

And speaking of books, Ben, give us the breaking news.

You're starting two rookies in the secondary.

Like, we've been focusing on so, so much on the concerns that we're forgetting that the Bears' best defensive player is back and healthy, and having him back and healthy, playing at an All-Pro level, can change a lot of things for Dennis Allen just in terms of what he can do.

I think it's that last part, the All-Pro level idea though, that I just, I still need to see it, you know? I do like what the, uh, the...

For Ben to put it on the record the other day and say that he thinks Jalen could potentially play his best football this season, and then Jalen in the locker room saying, "Yeah, I think my best year was 23, and I'm hoping I can top that," like, that's, that's what you wanna hear going into the season.

Now, now we'll see how, what it actually looks like.

You know, I think if I made a list, like league-wide, 10 under-the-radar players that could actually swing who's in the Super Bowl, I think Maxwell Hairston might be on that list.

Like, if you told me right now, "You're getting, like, just solid," they don't need to be an All-Pro, "You're getting solid cornerback play from Maxwell Hairston," and like this isn't gonna be someone that Bills fans are just ev- you know, every week being like, "Oh my gosh, he got toasted.

That cost us," like that kind of cornerback, I would feel really good about the Bills' chances, I think-

Mm

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Michael Wilson, uh, you know, I think i- it's, you know, kind of take your chances, uh, with those receivers when you have guys like Trey McBride, who's a first-team All-Pro and just had one of the best tight end seasons we've ever seen.

Yeah, a monster.

It's like, okay, well, we know we...

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Marvin Harrison Jr. is a top five pick.

You just used another top five pick on Jeremiah Love, right? Trey McBride is a All-Pro first team tight end.

Yeah.

As five-star guard Navarro Bowman Jr., uh, announced that he will be playing his college basketball in stores for the UConn Huskies.

Uh, top 15 recruit in the country, the highest ranked recruit to commit, um, so far in this cycle, and the son of a former, uh, All-Pro NFL linebacker, Navarro Bowman.

Played for the 49ers, played for the Raiders.

Um, Navarro Bowman Jr. is one of the more talented scoring guards, uh, that you're gonna find in high school basketball, and in, in this high school basketball recruiting class.

They're talking about that defense.

Patricia, I, I would love to talk about the defense, but the big storyline has to be Tyler Smith, the Cowboys' best offensive lineman, their All-Pro left guard, who injured his thumb at some point over the last week and a half, two weeks, and now he's gonna miss at least the next four to six weeks.

I think it's gonna be closer to the next six weeks and maybe even longer.

That's a, that's a bad injury to have just a week before the games kick off, and now the Cowboys are shuffling their offensive line, and that's tough when you're going up against a defense that has players like Brian Burns, Abdul Carter.

Yeah, man, because th- I think they're gonna have to run the ball, but see, that's the problem for this being a guard especially-

Yeah, yeah

... a dude that's replacing an All-Pro.

Can you still get the running game going with a dude that hasn't played very much or hasn't been greased up, uh, even though they're just coming out of training camp with the expectation of playing a bunch of snaps? If you can't run, then you become primarily a passing team, which most people think Dallas is gonna be anyway because of the way their weapons are set up.

Because with the Jets in 22 and 23, he was the NFL defensive rookie of the year in 22.

He was two-time first-team All-Pro in 22 and 23.

Two-time Pro Bowler in 22 and 23.

All-rookie team in 22.

You were pretty good, but you were swag, and kids dug you, and you were in New York.

You were in the market and had the swag.

So how much of that did you get into the All-Pro Pro Bowls? I think if you probably looked at the metrics, they're closer than their accolades would say they were.

Is it two ones? Maybe not.

So, yeah, but I'm saying that he is.

So why do we constantly think that he's disrespected? Why do we constantly think he needs our reassurance or his teammates' reassurance that we want to get this for him and I can't wait for this to happen, then he's going to get his respect? How is he disrespected now? Because he's not first-team All-Pro? Did he deserve to be first-team All-Pro last year? Yes or no? I mean,

probably not.

Okay,

probably not.

I mean, the MVP of the league was first-team All-Pro.

Okay? And it's taken Matthew Stafford 16 years to get there.

Yeah, right.