#479: 2024 Week 3 NFL Preview (with Hal Bent)

Sports Krunch w/DKROM

1. Week 2 Takeaways

-DKrom: NFL defensive play could be on the rise again

-Hal: Super teams missing in action thus far

2. Week 2 Honors

-GOAT of the Week (DKrom: Matt LaFleur, Hal: Klint Kubiak)

-Dunce of the Week (DKrom: Bears OL, Hal: David Tepper)

3. Contenders or Pretenders?

-Saints

-Bucs

-Vikings

-Seahawks

-Chargers

4. Panic or Patience

-Rams

-Colts

-Jaguars

-Ravens

-Bengals

5. Truth or Exaggeration

-The Panthers will end up trading Bryce Young at some point before the 2025 NFL Draft

-Tua Tagovailoa will only play one more season at most and then retire

-Saints OC Klint Kubiak will be a head coach in 2025

-The Chiefs offense will take a small yet significant step backwards due to the injuries to Isiah Pacheco and Hollywood Brown

-Regardless of how many games they win, the Bears MUST fire head coach Matt Eberflus if Caleb Williams isn't where he's supposed to be by season's end

-The Broncos will finish the 2024 season with the worst record in the AFC

-The NFC South will have a better combined record than the NFC East this season

-The Texans will win the 2024 AFC South crown by a pretty comfortable margin

6. Texans at Vikings Preview

7. Week 3 Game Picks

-Lock: (DKrom: Bucs over Broncos, Hal: 49ers over Rams)

-Upset Special: (DKrom: Cardinals over Lions, Hal: Giants over Browns)

-Patriots at Jets

-Bears at Colts

-Packers at Titans

-Eagles at Saints

-Chargers at Steelers

-Ravens at Cowboys

-Dolphins at Seahawks

-Panthers at Raiders

-Chiefs at Falcons

-Jaguars at Bills

-Commanders at Bengals

8. Week 3 Bold Predictions

-DKrom: Colts rookie DE Laiatu Latu will sack Caleb Williams five times, and the fifth will be a strip-sack that's recovered and returned for a TD by Zaire Franklin to win the game late in the fourth quarter

-Hal: Trevor Lawrence throws for 5 TD's...with 4 of them and 200 yards going to former Bills WR Gabe Davis

9. Challenge Flags

-DKrom: Skylar Thompson...be a point guard

-Hal: All 0-2 teams not named the Panthers or Broncos...PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS!!!