Oct 8, 2026 · 47 min · 19 segments
Ed Troup and Brian Batko are joined by Tom Opferman, host of SNR’s The Blitz, to discuss the Steelers season so far and look ahead to this weekend’s matchup against the Colts. The guys also debate…
Ed TroupHost
Brian BatkoHost
Tom OpfermanGuest
Well, we're talking leftovers because I have some leftover terrible takes for you, but these ones involve the NFL.
I think the Chiefs are, are the best 4-0 team in my mind, and it's, it's partially the, the health, but it's also, and, you know, they're not as healthy as they were coming into the season.
There, to me, there's some comfort in the, the Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Chris Jones nucleus has been to the mountaintop and, and won it all, what, three times is it now, I think? So yeah, I mean, it, they would get the nod for me.
Uh, the 49ers have been very good, but no, I d- I, I, I wouldn't really vacillate too much between those two.
And I tell you what, I love that defense of the Vikings that you've been selling me, uh, the last few weeks, and I finally bought this week when we did our power rankings yesterday.
They had a defense, the best in the NFL, one of the best ever in the NFL, and they rode that all the way to a Super Bowl title.
The Dolphins are the worst of the 0-4 teams left, with the Houston Texans, the LA Chargers, the Tennessee Titans, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Although, if the Bu- you know, if the Bucs don't get Baker Mayfield back soon, it, it might be Tampa, surprisingly enough, my preseason NFC South, uh, winner choice, uh, to take that division.
Well, we're talking leftovers because I have some leftover terrible takes for you, but these ones involve the NFL.
I think the Chiefs are, are the best 4-0 team in my mind, and it's, it's partially the, the health, but it's also, and, you know, they're not as healthy as they were coming into the season.
There, to me, there's some comfort in the, the Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Chris Jones nucleus has been to the mountaintop and, and won it all, what, three times is it now, I think? So yeah, I mean, it, they would get the nod for me.
Uh, the 49ers have been very good, but no, I d- I, I, I wouldn't really vacillate too much between those two.
And I tell you what, I love that defense of the Vikings that you've been selling me, uh, the last few weeks, and I finally bought this week when we did our power rankings yesterday.
They had a defense, the best in the NFL, one of the best ever in the NFL, and they rode that all the way to a Super Bowl title.
The Dolphins are the worst of the 0-4 teams left, with the Houston Texans, the LA Chargers, the Tennessee Titans, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Although, if the Bu- you know, if the Bucs don't get Baker Mayfield back soon, it, it might be Tampa, surprisingly enough, my preseason NFC South, uh, winner choice, uh, to take that division.
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