NFL Real or Fake: McCarthy & Caleb rollercoaster debuts, Chiefs & Lions in trouble?

09/09/2025 1h 43min
NFL Real or Fake: McCarthy & Caleb rollercoaster debuts, Chiefs & Lions in trouble?

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The nerds are joined by Anthony Lawson to discuss which major NFL Week 1 storylines are "real or fake", discussing what to make of the wild, confusing game between J.J. McCarthy's Minnesota Vikings and Caleb Williams' Chicago Bears, breaking down how concerned we should be about the Detroit Lions, arguing whether the Los Angeles Chargers have surpassed the Kansas City Chiefs as the AFC West's best, debating if the LA Chargers or Las Vegas Raiders are bigger playoff threats and diving into how the glorious Jacksonville Jaguars could be set to supplant the Houston Texans as AFC South champs.Timestamps00:00:18 - Vikings-Bears00:32:11 - Las Vegas is a bigger playoff threat than Denver00:43:00 - Chargers are the best team in the AFC West00:57:50 - Dolphins are the worst team in the AFC01:13:57 - We need to be concerned about the Lions01:24:43 - The Texans will be dethroned as AFC South championsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.