With that said, why don't you talk a little bit about the Saints and Parish, your thoughts on the game against the Steelers on Sunday.

Oh, man, you know, I don't want to use profanity on your program, Eric, but it sounds like a different day, am I right? Like, man, saying you know what, different day.

Can't run the ball, can't stop the run, very slow start.

Quarterback, you know, showing yet again all of his potential and making salad out of chicken you know what, right? I mean, my gosh, brother.

I mean, that was just 18 rushing yards as a team, couldn't establish it.

Duck got picked off in the red zone for the first time in his career, which is, you know, he had 18 touchdowns with no picks before that.

And he's throwing on the Superman Cape trying to get anything going.

Your thoughts on the loss and, of course, now with a quick turnaround of Charlotte on Friday night, not a lot of time to lick your wounds if you're Tulane.

And then I want to kind of get into Trace Johnson and your thoughts on him as well.

All right.

So, number one.

massive, massive statement win for Will Hall.

I thought that Memphis, you could have made an argument that they were the best team in the American coming into this game.

Their only loss was to Boise State, who obviously is a top 25 team, and they lost to them on the road.

Besides that, they looked pretty good in Charles Huff's era.

Your thoughts on the win, which again was an up-and-down game for the New Orleans Saints, no doubt.

Army 20, Tulane 17, your thoughts.

Man, [sighs] you really, really thought that, um, the Green Wave was gonna have this one, right? I mean, they're up 17-10, 7:44 to go.

You got the Jalen Lucas touchdown.

You're thinking, "Wow, this is gonna be an impressive, good road win.

Maybe Caden Santra, he might have a little bit of confidence back after the Southern Miss deal." And then, you know, um, um, I don't wanna say a meltdown, but you just kind of...

You get outscored right after that.

I mean, you have no momentum from taking the lead in the fourth.

Kentucky over LSU 35 to 34 in overtime?

What are your thoughts about tonight's game as the Saints take on the Falcons? Let's start with, again, the Saints' offense and how they will attack this Falcons' defense, in your opinion.

Well, I will say this.

The Saints last week against the Raiders, that game, I know that they blew that game, but they had that team with a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter.

And if you watch the Raiders yesterday, man, they went toe-to-toe with the Chiefs, who I believe are going to win the AFC.

So, you know, that should make you feel better about it if you're a Saints fan.

Number two, I mean, Tyler Shuck just keeps finding a way, man.

Like, I think outside of Devon Bailey and Chris Alave, I think, you know, Bryce Lance has like a catcher too.

Talk a bit about their offense.

Give me your thoughts on the game.

Man, it seemed like things were going great until that fourth quarter, right, where the four turnovers on those four straight possessions.

You know, they scored a touchdown in the first quarter for the first time in seven games since December against the Bucs.

They also had a lead after the first quarter.

for the first time in 23 games, going back to Darren Rizzi and his Saints beating the Giants in 2024.

So it had been a while.

The vibes were good.

Give me your thoughts on the victory.

Break down what you saw.

Yeah, to be honest with you, Eric, I saw a team that, you know, did what it's done under Kellen Moore, had a slow start.

And that's been a common theme with this, with this team, even after shock took over pretty much the same deal.

But what I saw was a team that, you know, battled through some adversity and really fought through it and looked good despite, you know, obviously some issues and mainly.

The main ones to highlight were Kelvin Banks getting hurt at left tackle.

He's probably going to be out for an extended period of time, if not the year he's getting surgery for his high ankle sprain in the coming days, head coach Kellen Moore said.

But also there, again, another week where they could not run the football.

What are your thoughts now going into this three-game homestand?

First of all, your thoughts on Saturday's game.

Okay, so if you were to ask me after week one, I would say that Ole Miss would win comfortably, or excuse me, that LSU would win comfortably.

based on how all that looked and whatever.

The only thing that I came out of that Clemson game thinking, I was like, okay, well, Sam Levitt's passing wasn't that great.

So that was the only kind of gripe I really had.

But then this past weekend, obviously a little more concerning for him in his passing.

He had those picks.

Your thoughts on the game?

What are your thoughts on the first 53?

Well, the first thought that comes to my mind now is they need another receiver and they need another quarterback.

They've only got four receivers on the roster as of right now.

If you don't count the injured guys, it's Chris Alave, Devon Vele.

Bryce Lance and Barry and Brown.

And then as corners are concerned, you got Kool-Aid Quincy Riley, Martin Emerson, Jr.

And Jaden Price.

What are your thoughts on Tulane?

And so to your point, you don't have, really have any questions, because it feels like Brandon Staley has a pretty good pulse of said talent.

You can make an argument that, yes, number one, yes.

Number two, you can make an argument that the Saints had the best draft of any team in 2025.

Like, there is an argument to be made.

I'm not saying that I would plant the flag there and say it and that's it, but they took Calvin Banks, you took Tyler Shuck round two.

Jonas Sanker was a great safety for them.

He took on a big role, you know, after some injuries happened.

Mm-hmm

John, talk about Quincy Riley and also, again, the newcomer Martin Emerson Jr. and how they're looking as well, if you would.

Well, I'll start with Quincy.

Quincy, the reason they drafted him was his versatility at Louisville.

Inside and outside guy, good corner.

I think he showed a lot of great flashes last year, and he stepped up when this team needed him.

And, you know, Mickey Loomis even mentioned him by name the other day that they're excited about him.

Quincy Riley has looked very good these first few days.

John, let's talk about Tyler Shuck, his command of the offense, what he's looked like in terms of, again, throwing the football, but also, again, his leadership role and how he's taken that and also utilized that in camp as well.