NFL Schedule Release Reaction: 49ers, Seahawks, Cowboys, Lions, Jets, Chiefs, TNF | Richard Sherman

Richard Sherman reacts to the release of the 2024 NFL schedule and breaks down the week-by-week matchups for the biggest teams in the NFL. Are the San Francisco 49ers going back to the Super Bowl? Are the Seattle Seahawks poised to challenge the Niners for the NFC West crown? The Dallas Cowboys have a pivotal year ahead of them with Dak Prescott’s upcoming free agency, but can they make a run in the playoffs despite the looming drama? How will the New York Jets fare with a healthy Aaron Rodgers? And will Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs become the first team in NFL history to win 3 straight Super Bowls?

Timeline:
00:00 – Start
00:48 – San Francisco 49ers
09:38 – NFC West
12:52 – Seattle Seahawks
17:24 – Detroit Lions
24:43 – Dallas Cowboys
32:45 – New York Jets
37:11 – Kansas City Chiefs
41:57- Thursday Night Football

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welcome to the new YouTube channel if you haven’t already done it hit the Subscribe button to follow us all season long for updates and content so happy that you’re here it’s going to be a great year welcome back you know what time it is Mitchell you know what time it is welcome back to the Richard Sherman podcast the schedule has been released and my goodness Mitchell our Thursday night schedule looks fantastic I think we got 12 divisional games but let’s talk about some of these schedules that we got for some of the teams that we love to follow Mitchell starting with r Richard the NFL does it right man there’s really no break ever you know we go right from the draft couple weeks later we got this schedule release everyone’s talking about it let’s Jump Right In on it the San Francisco 49ers they open at home against a Aon Rogers in the New York Jets Prime Time Richard this is going to be a much anticipated game what what are your thoughts going in right out the gates Monday night football against the Jets well I I it’s GNA be a great game first off um I think that’s a great matchup Robert tah coming back to San Francisco you know so many storylines um brick uh it’s it’s a great matchup figuring out what what Nick Sorenson’s going to be as a de coordinator you know how does Brandon Staley fit in you know the just Dynamic of the defensive makeup what they look like without Eric Armstead um what Aaron Rogers looks like you know what does Brock py look like in his third year uh so many storylines but I think the San Francisco 49ers get this game uh because Aaron just hasn’t played historically well against them at least in the last four or five years you know when he’s come to San Francisco whether it’s playoffs or a regular season it’s usually not gone well you know you always have the storyline of they should have picked him you know Hometown kid you know he had a shot at him but uh I got the San Francisco Ford diners winning that game then they go to Minnesota which is a tough place for some reason for San Francisco to play everybody remembers the game last year when they zero blitzed right before the half you know maybe why their de coordinator has a different job now um but it just wasn’t wasn’t great but I see them winning that game with against a Young quarterback um and McCarthy that you know will get that system down I’m sure Kevin oconnell keep it simple for him early they’ll run the ball but I don’t know if they got enough to beat him uh the Los Angeles Rams is just a tough game tough divisional matchup it’s in La um Sean and Kyle you know Kyle has gotten the better of Shawn majority of the time outside of that playoff matchup in NFC Championship um but again I have San Francisco winning that game so starting it off three and 0 then they play New England at home that feels like a win Mitchell I don’t believe in Drake May in that way and it doesn’t seem like he’s getting a lot of positive reviews coming out of New England right now so we got him we got him San Francisco 4 and0 I got him beat in Arizona uh at home the Seattle matchup I will be there Mitchell Thursday night that’s gon to be really fun you know that the Sherman Bowl the Sherman Bowl as as they call it uh I think that’s going to be a really fun game a tough game I’m excited to see what Mike McDonald Had draws up because he drew up a really great scheme for San Francisco last year when he was with Baltimore gave them a gave Brock py and that offensive line a lot of problems um so I’m sure he’s going to look back at that tape and try to draw up some of the same problems I’m sure K Shanahan is gonna look at that tape and draw try to try to find solutions to it um I got that game in the tie Mitchell uh the Kansas City game in San Francisco it’s gonna be another game how do you not have that in prime time like what are we doing what are we doing like what are we what are we actually doing that might be the game of the year and it’s a 125 kickoff a 125 kickoff yeah and and it’s not like like this was like before like you guys didn’t have time and you don’t know what that these teams just had played in the Super Bowl this is a Super Bowl rematch and it’s at 125 there there’s no way there’s no way you gota be kidding me you gota be kidding me first off I you know that’s crazy but uh I think I think that’s going to be a really good game you know I Patrick has been the ailles heel of this team you know both regular season and postseason obviously won two Super Bowls on their back uh I think San Francisco have a good plan I thought they had a good plan for him in the Super Bowl what they didn’t have a good plan for is Chris Jones because they let him run Scott free a few times that they shouldn’t have I mean you never you I’d rather you triple team him than let him run free um but I think I think San Francisco finds a way to get that game Dallas historically doesn’t play well at at San Francisco I mean I don’t think they’ll get blown out this time but I don’t think they’ll win I think the Tampa game is kind of a trap game one of those games you fly all the way out to Florida you’re lethargic you’re tired you know stuff it’s a 10: a game I feel like they they find a way to lose that game Mitchell they do find a way to lose talk about that rich I mean two two elements here you got the bye settled that week nine like you being a a former player you know the riggers of of this season how important is it to have a later bye in right here dead middle of the season I mean that’s a perfect by week I mean you you with with with the with the 17th game you could maybe go push it a week or two but I think you feel pretty good about that game uh you know eight eight weeks of the Season you pretty much smack dab in the middle um you feel good about that plenty of time for guys to rest you come out of the buy and you play you travel and we hear about it all too often we in college football right when these West Coast teams come east coast and they just get blown out because they’re starting at 9:00 am their body time Richard how tough is it realistically you being a West Coast guy to go and play at 10: a.m. I mean is your body adjusted or you is that tough for you guys uh it’s it I don’t know you you try not to ever make an excuse about it Mitchell because you you just got to deal with it you know so I guess you don’t really know you know what I mean I couldn’t tell you if my body’s adjusted my body’s not adjusted um you just go out there and play because we played some 10: a.m. games when we beat the heck out of teams and then you play some 10 a.m games where you’re getting beat by bad team we played Miami one time at 10 o’clock and I want to say they won three games that year with tah Hill three or four and we lost to them and we went went on to I want to say we went to the playoffs that year we might have went to the Super Bowl that year but but you know those are tough games I think especially Florida I mean that’s about as far as or of a way as you can travel uh I think them coming back at home versus Seattle will be another tough game anytime it’s in a division it’s going to be a dog fight you got Green Bay in November again I got them tying Seattle you know two ties in the season Mitch they’re going to break the NFL record for that uh Green Bay I think it’s going to be a really good game another rematch in the play playoff rematch at Green Bay and Lambo in December or in November it could get dicey Bell I got to give you that it could get dicey I know I know Brock played at Iowa State and you got pretty cold out there but Lambo in in November December is you know it could be tough and it could be tough for everybody um so I think that’s going to be a tough game that may be a potential loss um so we got two losses on the schedule Buffalo I think they can go to Buffalo and get a win you know especially coming off that loss I think Chicago coming in young team lot of weapons but the Young quarterback I don’t think he’s gonna he’s going to have some Growing Pains against this defense I think that’s a win I think they beat beat uh the Rams again I think they beat Miami I think they lose to your Detroit Lions on Monday night at home Detroit gets their revenge and I think they finish the season with a win at Arizona so Richard we’re we’re gonna have to clip the last 10 seconds of that I I need that I need the I need a re for that you need that injected into your veins oh yeah yes sir yes sir we’re this close to crowning an NBA champ and with the action heating up on the court it’s even hotter at DraftKings Sportsbook an official sports betting partner of the NBA there’s only so many games left and DraftKings has you covered with same game parlays live betting odds boost and even more don’t miss out or you’ll have to wait until next NBA season to place your bets it’s super easy for first timers to get started try betting on something something simple like picking a team to 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another running back and Blake corm you pair him with Williams and all of a sudden the Rams offense looks pretty Dynamic and then the Seattle Seahawks I know it’s easy to say sam Fran is going to win this division but how tough is this division now I mean is the I feel like it’s sne getting sneaky good Rich Mitchell in the last decade it’s it had to be known as one of the best you know from 200 10 to to 2021 2022 it had to be the toughest division in football I mean I think over half the Super Bowl you know I mean half the NFC contenders came from the NFC West I think you know the Niners went twice to the Super Bowls in Seattle we went twice uh actually the Niners went yeah twice yeah twice and then Arizona went once the Rams went once you know what I mean it’s it’s no Arizona lost in NFC Championship to uh to Carolina but they were in it the Rams went what did the Rams go twice oh they lost to uh yeah they they went twice yeah they went twice they went with gol and then they went with Stafford so if you think about it like that Mitchell that’s that’s a lot of Super Bowl appearances that’s what six Super Bowl appearances in the last 10 12 years like that’s a really tough division from three different teams three different teams you know San Francisco just went again so that’s that’s four so that’s I mean that’s three so that’s you know what I mean and so yes this is a really tough division it’s been a tough division it could go any way I think San Francisco is obviously the favorite because of what they’ve done in the past five six years they deserve that kind of credit um new head coaching Mike McDonald um great defensive mind great defensive scheme but it has to be seen what how it will translate in Seattle uh Gino Smith had a really good year the year before Pro Bowl year you know had a little bit of an off year a little little banged up offensive line got banged up see if he can rebound because they got more weapons offensively your boy K9 got banged up a little bit and then the Rams the Rams did a lot with a little bit last year you know a lot of unknowns and puka noua kyen Williams you know the offensive line some of the pieces on defense and they showed up in a really big way uh and I think that they’ll continue with that momentum so it’s going to be a fun division to watch no question yeah so where are we at Rich how many what’s the grand total of wins and losses uh let’s just say for your sake that they split with Seattle so I don’t know if two ties is realistic what San Francisco yeah I got San Francisco with 13 wins 13 and four I got Seattle I got Seattle going I could see going tendance up MIT so they got they got some games in there that they have to win I still feel like that Atlanta game is kind of a traish game but I feel like they can beat New York um Miami’s in Seattle you know that’s a long trip for that team that’s a really talented team but I think again Mike McDonald has some experience seeing these teams in the AFC uh he’ll have a good plan drawn up I think they can beat New England I think they can beat Denver you know I think that’s four wins right there that I could see him getting they they they catch a break with with Buffalo coming to Seattle again it’s a winnable game for him I think Chicago is a winnable game I think Minnesota’s a winnable game I think New York’s going to be a dog fight going all the way to New York to to I mean to uh meti and getting a win but it’s a winnable game um and then you got Arizona twice again they could split those games I think they could split with the Rams they usually struggle with the Rams for some reason even last year but I got Seattle getting 10 wins I like that I mean we were talking about it off air the first two games of the season I mean there’s a lot of question marks around Denver right now they got a rookie quarterback and Bo Knicks um you know you think another year under Shawn pton the team’s going to probably be a little bit better going into this year but you got a rookie quarterback at home I think you penciled that in as a win and then you go play another rookie quarterback in New England on the road I mean Seattle could get off to a hot start at 2 and 0 and I know Miami is a tough team but you got him at home again and you know the tws are going to be live and active I I could see him in theory Rich starting 3 and 0 uh a lot of Buzz around this team going into a Monday night game in Detroit and unfortunately as big of a lion fan as I am I’ve also been well aware that they’ve struggled against the Seattle Seahawks both home and away uh this game right here it could really tip the scales for the Seattle Seahawks and how they traj throughout the rest of the year because right after that they follow up New York who knows rich I mean they could be 4- one going into to your Thursday night Sherman Bowl against San Francisco and it could be 4- one versus 4- one or Five-0 versus F four and one or you know it could be really a really cool matchup what what are your true I mean outside of you know win losses what are your true like what’s the bar like what are your expectations what goals are you setting out to achieve if you’re a player on the Seattle Seahawk team what what realistically do you think they can achieve right now under a first year coach with the roster that they have well I think your goal is always to win a division you know I mean at least when Pete Carol was there usually for every team that’s the goal because that guarantees you a playoff spot but I think 10 wins is definitely something that that you you’re you’re playing four rookie quarterbacks um you’re playing a an Arizona team that has underwhelmed even when Kyler Murray plays it’s not like Kyler Murray is just like the the magic potion that he when he play plays they’re unbeatable I mean he has a very unique and and very full skill set um very Dynamic player but it’s not like when he plays they’re just World beaters I mean they you you saw last year when he wasn’t playing they ran the ball well they beat some really good teams and then they kind of fizzled out um so I don’t I don’t know if they can’t you know they’re going to improve dramatically with Kyler you know what I mean just because Marvin Harrison Jr is there you know I think he’ll have a good season he’ll do well he’ll make an impact but they’re going to need to continue to run the ball and uh and play good defense I mean that’s what it’s going to come down to when Kyler’s going to again have to manage the game better than he has in the past but yeah I think 10 wins is is a is a reasonable goal is a reasonable expectation I think defensively that’s where my questions are if Mike McDaniel I mean Mike McDonald has the kind of impact that he had in Baltimore with this Seattle defense and they play anywhere in the in the stratosphere of what Baltimore was able to do this division is going to be have have their hands absolutely full um because if if grub can do with Gino and Tyler Lockett and and DK medf and K9 and jsn uh if he can do anything anything close to what he was able to do at at Washington Washington Mitchell the Seattle team is going to be an issue for a lot of teams they got a lot of weapons Richard um we got to talk about my hometown Detroit Lions I I for one the game that sticks out to me most on this schedule is when you’re going to be in Detroit rich I get to host you for like two days we’re going to have a ripper in time Green Bay comes to Detroit Thursday Night Football in December I I could not be more excited for that game that’s the number one game on the schedule for me Richard they open at home against Matthew Stafford uh Sunday Night Football I just as a Detroit fan there’s already conversations started here right rich I mean we saw it last year with the the playoff game I don’t know what you know Matthew Stafford’s expectation were and coming in I you’re definitely not going to be getting some tribute video in the playoffs but I don’t maybe they give it to him now I I don’t know if he’d even wanted at this point know if you can you you you could not ask for a better weak one opponent the LA Rams come in Sunday Night Football just walk me through all these games Rich I’m very anxious to hear what your impression is because I think I’ve rubbed off on you a little bit I think you’re starting to to bleed a little Honolulu blue and silver Mitchell Mitchell there are a lot of matchups you could have asked for that would have been the Rams to open the season and sea McVey and all his nonsense but I think it’s going to be a a a good barometer for both teams yeah I think it’s going to be a good measuring stick for both teams um I think there’s some some Revenge aspect in there for Shawn McVey and those Rams those young Rams that were were were fighting a little bit out of their weight class last year when they came up to Detroit um and they were a bit you know you they were out of their depth they were overperforming um but still I think they’re going to have a good plan for for Jared and what they have to do and and Jared and this team running the ball well with with jir Gibbs um in that attack and now you you you sewn up Amon ra St Brown you sewn up Pano you’ve you’ve added some some weapons um you’ve added some guys defensively some cornerback help um and Carlton Davis and you drafted a good corner but I think this is going to be an absolute dog fight but they’re both teams are going to run the ball it’s going to be a really short game because of that um but I think your Detroit Lions are are now in a class of the elites and I think they win that game well we got to clip that too guys this is this is unreal rich I don’t know what the hell’s going on I gotta give him credit while we got it Mitchell I’ll take it all right so we just give me a laundry list here Rich what walk me down through the schedule win loss on each game I got to know where you stand with these lines at the end of the year Well Baker comes to town Mitchell I think you know I Jared’s not not I mean you guys got still got a good offensive coordinator Jared’s no no stranger to Todd BS and what he likes to do so I think you pull that game out I think you walk over Arizona I think Arizona’s going to be picking top five in the draft again this year I mean I could be wrong I could easily be WR but I just don’t see them you know I they they had some really good games last year um and then they had some games that they struggled but I think they struggle again next year um they play Seattle again we talked about that game I think Seattle can has their number for some reason it’s one of those matchups I think Seattle gets that win so I think they start off the season three and one I think they go to Dallas and get some Sweet Revenge um I think they go to go to Minnesota and beat the rookie quarterback and McCarthy uh I think tenee has a down year they go in there and beat them so what are they now Mitchell six and one one yeah one loss yep I think they go to Green Bay and and beat them and start establishing the dominance of this division that they that they need to um you know they went from kind of laughing it was a joke biting people’s knees off to now it’s on shirts Mitchell and they’re in coming off NFC Championship game birth um so I think they win that game I think they take a tough loss in Houston I think that Houston team just has something special going um I think the Young quarterback is is in a realm of his own and playing really Dynamic I think he’s going to pick up where he left off um with more weapons more experience um tank Dale coming back into the fold uh I think they’re going to come in with a lot of experience think you lose that game think you beat Jacksonville because they’ve been Jacksonville a little overrated for the last couple years um I think you go into Indie in a tough game tough environment and beat them so what are we at two losses yeah I don’t believe lose to Chicago I think Chicago’s going to have a down year with some special plays from Caleb Williams but a down year overall um I think he’s gonna gonna have some tough learning curves even with the talent and the weapons they have and Keenan Allen and DJ Moore and you know the guys that they have they have a lot of weapons but at the end of the day these guys are in a different class I don’t I I didn’t see them really Shore up their offensive line in a way that they needed to to protect them everybody was blaming Justin Fields but I think everybody after this year will understand no matter what weapons you have if there’s nobody blocking for them then they’re not getting that ball out they’re not going to have success um so I think they win that game I think they Thursday night in the spotlight big stage 50,000 fans screaming in a rage I think they lose to Green Bay in front of us Mitchell I’m not going to I’m definitely going to pick Detroit but I got some in my in my in in my TR about that game um I think they beat Buffalo I think they beat Chicago again I think they go into San Francisco in a really tough game you already said they’re gonna win it they already gonna said they were gonna win it and then uh they win beat Minnesota so they’re going to be be at what 14 and three 14 and three Mitchell 14 and three you heard it here first I love it Richard I mean do you think they’ve done obviously last season ended in a heartbreaking F fashion for Detroit fans they blew a huge lead I mean the additions that they’ve made defensively does it convince you that they can withstand you know some of these uh runs in the future because that was really what held them back they had no secondary their pass rush was very mid uh as the Next Generation says Richard I I don’t I I did they do enough because that’s two positions that they did address this off season I think I think they did enough I think they did enough I think they did enough in keeping their offensive coordinator um retaining their offensive coordinator was huge that was probably the biggest move of this whole offseason for them um because I think you know just another year of continuity another year of understanding with the same players um another year what jir gives another year uh understanding the players that they have their strengths their withth weaknesses uh Jameson Williams um getting another year even even health year I think that’s going to be the biggest barometer I think they’re going to take the next step now I don’t know about those playoffs MIT those playoffs get get really wicked out there but um I have this team having a really good season I love it I love it we got to talk about Dallas I know you love Dallas so much you actually just recorded uh Undisputed out of the team facility down in Dallas I know you love that Richard what are your expectations of this team um my expectations of of the Dallas Cowboys I think they I think they got 11 wins in them Mitchell I don’t think they have a particularly strong schedule um so I got them in 11 wins those they play a lot of these the rookie quarterbacks the young quarterbacks I you know we were talking about this on the other show uh the Pittsburgh game I got them winning that game I think Pittsburgh defensively have have gotten a little beat up a little worn down TJ watt obviously you still have him and he’s a menace um cam Hayward still a menace uh but uh Minka Fitzpatrick really really good safety one of the best in the National Football League but I think there are some weaknesses that can be exposed on that defense um I think offensively they’ve just been inconsistent uh with their blocking and their running the football um you know and a lot of it was was put on the offensive coordinator this year last year but they’ll have Russell Wilson an experienced quarterback not under a ton of salary restraints so I think they’ll you know they’ll ride him unless something crazy happens I’m sure he’ll get the ball to George Pickins a lot more than Kenny picket did um I think they got Deontay Johnson you know a really good receiver but it’s just something he got he got traded Carolina Deontay did w well Mitchell I don’t they are they are short-handed at wide out but I don’t see them winning that game I don’t see them winning that game I think they I think Dallas goes has 11 wins this season but still goes to the playoffs and makes me do my dance they kept me away from my dance last year and that’s that’s that’s a different kind of hate to keep me away from my dance that you know I didn’t have any answer for the Wild Card done like get to the divisional and done Richard is this the last year for for McCarthy if they don’t win a playoff game or two is he out Mitchell Dallas has a lot more questions than that like I I’m with you on that what the f are you guys doing in general like and early in offseason you’re like oh okay they’re just taking their time but you have yet to pay the guys who play the best on your team you have three all Pros on your team three actually Four I think and you have not paid them you have not paid them they’re goingon to hey I told you guys last year Dallas fans were oh yeah CD lamb you were so wrong I was like oh yeah you guys so excited about that I love it I love it they’re just not gonna be excited when he’s making $31 million and you’re handicapped with the rest of your roster because you’re gonna have to pay him 30 million then you’re gonna have to pay Micah what did what did Nicholas John Bosa get because they’re gonna have to pay him a little bit more than Nicholas John Bosa so that’s two players for $60 million Mitchell and guess what you’re going to have to pay one more player just one for probably $60 million a year Mitchell guess who that is Dakota Prescott the deck Mitch Mitch I I know that the market dictates how much money these guys are gonna make but Richard CD lamb isn’t just million CD Lamb’s not just gonna make 30 million a year rich he’s not he’s gonna probably be making 35 a year because you just saw Aman Ross sign for 30 immediately the next day AJ Brown signs for 32 so you know what his agent’s gonna do hey I need a couple more million than that and then Jared gof and this is why it’s a lot of money to pay we didn’t even talk about the extension with Jared Goff but the guy’s making $ 53 million a year which is just a ridiculous amount of money but the reality is a year from now he’s probably going to be the e highest paid quarterback in the league and Dak Prescott’s probably going to be the highest so it’s just like every season the money keeps going up and up and up but how do you handle this cap situation in Dallas because they don’t have a running back Rich they don’t have they didn’t draft one they didn’t sign one I don’t who’s the the I don’t even know who’s in their running back room now but that’s a pretty vital position for their team don’t you think Mell very vital because they need to be able to run the ball well but three players Mitchell and and this is and I was being fair with all of them I wasn’t overpaying any of them like maybe maybe you you can get daked for 55 million I guess maybe I guess so you could have three players cost you a $120 million of cap space Mitchell that’s a little under half of your cap three guys yep everybody was so excited that I was wrong y’all y’all gonna be wishing I was right you’re gonna be wishing I was right because you’re G to spend $120 million on three guys and you have to you have to or you let them walk you let them walk and you become a worse team okay let them walk say say they’re replaceable tell tell me that Michael Parsons you can find another Michael Parsons let me find find you another CD lamb yeah go go ahead find it not out there like that okay just I guess find you another franchise quarterback he was second team on Pro last year I know you guys said he’s not a winner but nobody can tell me who the winning quarterbacks are nobody can tell me everybody tells me dak’s not a winner but nobody can tell me who the winners are Mitchell who’s the winners are are you gonna tell me you gonna tell me who who are the winners because y y’all talk about you talk about him and you talk about my guy Kirko good quarterbacks but you say they’re not winners but who are the winners are is Josh Allen a winner where is he gone what is he won just hasn’t I’m sorry who who’s your winners who’s your winners Brock py got as many wins as all of them if not more only one you can say is Patrick momes that’s the winner in this league right now Mitchell that’s the winner outside of him who’s winning who’s winning consistently in these playoffs Mitchell so when you talk about this and people always make this argument deck’s not a winner well until y’all can tell me somebody other than Patrick Mahomes that’s a winner and do not give me Joe burrow because he is right now he’s on the injured injury-prone list for me you got two seasons when when Lamar missed 10 games two seasons in a row they said he shouldn’t be paid Mitchell because he was injury-prone when Joe burrow misses games nobody tells me that he shouldn’t be paid because he’s injury prone he is aan fantastic Talent when he is on the football field Mitchell makes that team a contender but when he is not on the field which is which is pretty often these days they are not as good or you know what I mean Jake Browning did pretty good last year he held he held it down but they’re a different team without him and nobody’s saying that so can you say he’s a winner I mean they were five and five when he went out so like what are we saying now I’m with you because you is you can’t just let a franchise quarterback walk I mean there’s going to be debates all day where you would put him in the the hierarchy of uh of QBs out there reality is he’s probably a top 10 guy you cannot let a top 10 quarterback in this leag simply walk out the door it doesn’t work like that um Richard we’ve got to talk a little bit about the Jets we haven’t talked about them it was was supposed to be this amazing experience for this this franchise last year you brought in one of the goats and Aaron roders and four snaps into the season uh he’s sidelined for the season blown out Achilles tries to make a comeback obviously doesn’t but Richard what are your expectations of Aaron Rodgers and the JS Jets Jets Jets this year well I think the best part of their schedule mro is they avoid the AFC North that’s the best part I give them that that is a blessing they get the South instead of the North and and there’s parts of the South you don’t want to deal with but it’s better than the North you rather deal with the South than burrow and lar and Cleveland and everything that that has to do make sure that you don’t want to deal with that so you instead get you get Houston which is going to be a very tough game for them to win but you got Aaron You Got Talent you got you got things you could get that you got them you got uh Jacksonville a winnable game you got Tennessee a very winnable game Mitchell what I’m saying you got Tennessee a very winnable game um and you got Indie a very winnable game so you those are games where you’re like hey if you have to substitute those two conferences those two divisions you take the one you got in a heartbeat then you got you got a game against Denver I think they can win that game you got a game against new you got two against New England I think those are two wins I think you got to take advantage why New England dominated this division for what two decades while they’re down you got to take full advantage of it you got to win both of these games and I think they will I think they’ll get both of these games I think Buffalo was headed for a little bit of a Down year even in even in Josh Allen’s Prime you got rid of your two top two receivers and you you replaced them with young guys and I’m not sure you did enough I’m not sure you replaced the kind of production that you lost and I I don’t think you replace the kind of production defensively that you lost so you got young guys that say are ready to step in and make a difference we’ll see but I think they could get those two games I think in that division Miami it’s Miami are the Jets to lose I think that those are it’s going to come down to Miami and the Jets um tough games though tough games they got tough games Minnesota could be a toss up these rookie quarterbacks anytime you’re playing rookie quarterbacks I mean you should be able to have success but sometimes they overachieve but I think this is a very favorable schedule I think wins is is definitely doable for this team could get all the way to 12 but I don’t really want to go all the way there I think 10 wins is is fair to say for the New York JS Jets Jets Jets well let’s not forget about this time last year you predicted the Jets to make the Super Bowl if Aaron roggers can stay healthy Richard how realistic is that possibility it’s it it’s it’s very realistic it’s just their defense were performed at such an incredible level last year can they match that can that defense match what they did last year that’s the question if they can match or or exceed what they did last year then oh my God this is I mean this is definitely a Super Bowl contending team I mean can can Bree Hall be the dynamic player that he was and stay healthy can that offensive line can you not lose three four tackles in one season I mean can you stay healthy there that those are the questions that dine can they be as ferocious as of a pass rush as they were last year um quinnon Williams had a great season um so I think those are the questions can s Gardner and DJ Reed you know salson Reed can they can they play up to the standards that they were able to play up to last year um so I I I if that defense can play up to that level then yeah they would be a Super Bowl Contender but that’s a big if and Aaron’s performance is a big if you gota I mean we got to see coming off in ailles is not an easy injury even if it’s all the way healed up a lot of things change you know firsthand about that speaking of Super Bowl contenders let’s go to the Super Bowl champ the Kansas City Chiefs Richard What’s it gonna take to knock this team off their pedestal because everyone’s going to be gunning for him this year they’ve got a very difficult schedule they’re playing on every day of the week except for what is it Tuesday um Richard what are your expectations of the Kansas City Chiefs this year will they repeat it it really doesn’t matter honestly Mitchell that’s the thing about this team because we used to think it mattered we we had questions hey can they do it can they do it from home can they do it away can they can they go through the gauntlet of of on the road and win game yes Mitchell the answers were emphatically emphatically yes they went on the road last season in really tough environments and won so they went to Baltimore didn’t they go to Baltimore and win Mitchell yeah they did so like I I how can we question this team like so that’s where it was like hey they kind of Lolly gaged through the season last year it was a down year you’re like man even I was like I mean they look like they’re going a team going home in January like they should be going home in January the way they’re playing right now they don’t look like a team that’s going to win a Super Bowl and then Patrick Mahomes got into the playoffs playoff Patty Mitchell and he willed his team to the Super Bowl he along with that defense and Chris Jones they made a lot of great plays throughout these playoffs their defense uh Justin Reed um their Corners their young Corners um made a lot of huge plays throughout this playoff throughout these playoffs and it overcame everything that they had to deal with early on that was a difference that was a difference the defensive scheme in the playoffs the defense carried the them to to a lot of wins but I don’t know Mitchell I mean they can be I mean you got Carolina on the schedule you know Carolina’s not a great team right now I mean I would guess it’s a two three win team um you got multiple rookie quarterbacks on the schedule I don’t know Mitchell you got Denver on the schedule twice with a with a rookie quarterback um and and traded away some of their weapons I don’t know you got Atlanta on the schedule Kirk coming off in Achilles they weren’t a great team last year but I think it I really don’t think it matters for this team because they’ve proven that they can do it as the one seed they’ proven they can do it as H with if they have to go to the one seed and win they can still make it to the Super Bowl and they can still win even when they have an off year so regardless I expect them to be in the Super Bowl Mitch they can go nine and eight Mitch and I still think they they’re gonna have a chance they they proved that to me last year they look I’m off I’m off doubting them they they they shut me up well they had to make some tough decisions this off season too rich they had to part ways with lerus Sneed you know he was a shut down outside cornerback but they elected to pay Chris Jones over him uh then they get some discounts in the free agent Market Hollywood Brown comes over from Arizona which just frankly was not a good fit for him you know now Mahomes gets another vertical threat another speed guy you know not quite a a a a cheap Tyreek Hill but he can kind of play that same role uh and then they draft Xavier worthy a 4p 2-1 burner out of Texas um you got those two guys speed on the outside with Rashid rice and obviously Travis Kelce um this team offensively in my eyes got better we’ll see what happens you know defensively in that cornerback room if they can hold down the fort but Kansas City man like you said doesn’t matter the circumstances the weather on the road at home when the going gets tough Patrick momes gets it going year in year out and and this team it’s hard not to say hey yeah they’re gonna repeat repeat um although I would hate to see it Richard before we close go they always let their best corner go I don’t know why they just do it they did it with charvarius Ward they did it with lerus sne um they still have Trent McDuffy who looks like a freaking star in spaz’s defense um and they’ve used him really good they got Watson um on the outside they got they they just seem to develop defensive backs really really well so I don’t really bat an eyelash I’m really happy for lerus sne and his money he deserved it but I think they’re going to find a way to to to to cover up his loss um with other players but I mean at the end of the day Mitchell you cannot doubt this team it’s hard no it’s hard no Richard let’s turn the focus a little bit to Thursday Night Football um I know you were pumped when you saw the schedule release it seems like the NFL got things right um I don’t see a game on that schedule that I don’t want to watch uh this this schedule is prime uh pun intended and Richard what what what are your thoughts I know you get to get to go to some fun places have a have a good time every Wednesday and Thursday night when you get there what are your thoughts on this schedule well I look forward to the great games we got on this schedule Mitchell I mean it’s it’s fun places we get to go to New York three times which is I mean I’m not that’s a long flight every time six hours every both ways but um the ones that catch my eye the the initial Miami Buffalo game is going to be really fun um the Sherman Bowl between the Seahawks and the ners uh that can be a really fun game I think they’re going to both come in with Great Expectations great records um a lot of hype with the new coach and Mike McDonald a lot of expectations for Kyle Shanahan a lot of pressure on that team um I I think it’s a really good game late in the season between Cincinnati and and uh Baltimore I think that game we got ruined last year when Burl got hurt he hurt his thumb in that game last year exact same time of the year I believe uh exact same place but it’s it’s really cool to see so many division games uh on the schedule I think that’s what I’m really really happy about obviously going to Detroit the Green Bay Detroit game is going to be a really fun one the Black Friday game in Kansas City it’s going to be great see can to see Kansas City play the Raiders um see what the Raiders are going to do uh to see uh my guy Tony Gonzalez get some more love in Kansas City you know the Kansas City Legend um the Jets Houston game is going to be a really good game in New York you know getting to see CJ strad in person again that young team and all their Firepower get to see demo U I get to see coach Salah three times a year this year which is going to be great or twice this year get to see Kyle twice get to see the Seahawks twice um so those are some of the things I’m really excited about well Richard that concludes our NFL schedule release show I know we’re fired up to get back into the swing of things here we’re gonna have some guests for you guys along the way expect a lot more from the Richard Sherman podcast going forward uh Richard sign us off my friend well ladies and gentlemen boys and girls children of all ages it’s been an absolute pleasure giving you this information if you’re a Dallas Cowboys fan hope pray and wish for your team to pay the players that deserve to be paid but understand when they get paid your problems only just begun the romance is not over you got a whole lot of guys to pay let see I gotta I gotta write that one down Mitchell I gotta you know might have to we might have to tweak that one a little bit but you guys could be anywhere in the world but you’re here with us and we appreciate it we’ll see you next time with a special guest thanks for tuning in