Which 2-0 teams will let fans down by seasons end?
Tank and Simms debate the top three fanbases that should prepare to be let down by their teams come seasons end.
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TANK WILLIAMS: I'm feeling like some teams are in that 2-0 range, maybe feeling themselves a little bit too much, and setting themselves up for failure. So here's my list of the three teams that are bound to disappoint their fans come the end of the season. Number three-- the Buffalo Bills.
CHRIS SIMMS: Ooh.
TANK WILLIAMS: Number two-- the Seattle Seahawks. And number one-- how about them Cowboys?
CHRIS SIMMS: What? What? What? What? What? You went crazy on all of those, OK? I mean, first off, OK, I hear you a little with Buffalo, right? They're unproven. They beat the Jags. So what? They beat the Giants. So what? We don't expect any of them to be going to the Super Bowl. But man, their defense was top three in football last year, and then you got a weapon in Josh Allen. He's my boy, too. I like him, so I'm sticking up for him.
Now, OK, let's get to the other two. The Seahawks--
TANK WILLIAMS: The Seahawks.
CHRIS SIMMS: You're going to go against Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson? And you think they're going to disappoint?
TANK WILLIAMS: Yeah. And this is why. This is why.
CHRIS SIMMS: Please tell me.
TANK WILLIAMS: They had a really solid running game last year. Running game has just been sputtering. They're about middle of the pack this year, and what alarms me the most-- Russell Wilson has been sacked eight times already. Like, if Russell is getting his head beat in like that, they're not going to make it.
CHRIS SIMMS: Well, it is ugly. I'll give you that. It certainly is, but I've never seen a team who wins more ugly games than the Seattle Seahawks. I feel like they've been winning that way for a long time.
TANK WILLIAMS: But see, that's the reason why I feel like the fans are going to be disappointed because they're used to being the underdog, winning ugly. But then, when it doesn't happen this year, oh, man, it is going to be bad for the Seahawks.
CHRIS SIMMS: Well, I'll give you that, too. There's some high expectations there, especially when you've got the highest paid player in football in Russell Wilson at your quarterback position. And then, it is Seattle, so they've--
TANK WILLIAMS: And that changes a little bit, too, now because before he got paid, he was dangerous. Now, he's making all these videos with three chains on and stuff like that.
RUSSELL WILSON: Hey, Seattle. We've got a deal.
TANK WILLIAMS: Like, I don't know if he's still got that same dog he was playing with before.
CHRIS SIMMS: I don't know. But hey, he looked dog enough for me last week in Pittsburgh. I'll say that. It was bombs away, OK? So I'm going to wait before I judge that. Now, let me just get you totally out of Crazyville, OK, because with the Cowboys one, like, you explain yourself to me, Tank. Explain yourself. I don't get that one.
TANK WILLIAMS: Well, it's pretty simple because the Cowboys expectations are always high as a giraffe's ass, so it's Super Bowl or bust. Now, they're a really good team, yet they've only beat the team from Washington and the New York Giants. So I'm not saying they're not going to make the playoffs because I think they're a solid team, but do they have the ammo to beat the Kansas City Chiefs or the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl to get that ring for Jerry? No. Therefore, they're going to disappoint a lot of fans, including their owner. How about them Cowboys.
CHRIS SIMMS: OK. OK, OK. I could deal with your logic there because you're saying they're going to disappoint because they might be in the Super Bowl, and they just won't win the big one. They've got a little creativity to me at least this year, so that gives them a fighting chance. And we know their defense has got some talent. But you're right-- I'm not so sure I'm ready to put them above the Chiefs or the Patriots in that kind of match-up.
TANK WILLIAMS: Yeah, but who else would you add on this list, then?
CHRIS SIMMS: If we were going to go other 2-0 teams that disappoint, ones that I'm not sold on yet, all right? The Green Bay Packers-- all right, that's been two kind of ugly type of wins. They do have Aaron Rodgers.
TANK WILLIAMS: But they played against two solid defenses, probably two of the better defenses in the league.
CHRIS SIMMS: They did. And their defense is real, too. I just-- I guess I'm not sold on their own offense yet. I know it's Aaron Rodgers, but I want to go, OK, who else is going to help out Davante Adams if he's double-covered? Who's the other weapon on that offense that scares me?
TANK WILLIAMS: Aaron Jones looked pretty good last week.
CHRIS SIMMS: He did look pretty good. He did. I'll give you that. And then I think if I had to go with my next one that I just go maybe could disappoint-- I mean, the 49ers. They beat the Bucs and the Bengals. Shanahan's my boy, OK? So I'm rooting for them. But I don't think any of us expected the Bengals or the Bucs to like be in the playoffs or Super Bowl contention this year, and I'm still not in the trust tree with Jimmy Garoppolo yet. I'm still not there yet. So I guess I'd like a little bit more time before I totally buy into that.
TANK WILLIAMS: Yeah, I agree. And I feel like the Niners fans, too. I mean, they've been disappointed the last couple of years with all these injuries, so they're really not expecting too much in the way. They're just happy to have two wins, and so if they can just keep on stacking them up, whether they make the playoffs or not, as long as Jimmy G stays healthy, and they show like a little bit of progress so that Shanahan, Lynch, and all those other guys can keep their job, hey, that's a success for them this year.
CHRIS SIMMS: Yeah, you're right about that. I won't deny that. You're still crazy, but I agree with most of what you said.