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Monday means all NFL all the time, and Coach opens with three from the weekend: Texas is the new No. 1 in the AP Top 25 after Arch Manning wiped out a 20-point fourth-quarter hole in Austin — the Longhorns' earliest in-season No. 1 since 1965 (AP); Myles Garrett will have knee surgery and land on IR for at least four games after the Rams' 27-7 loss to the 49ers in Melbourne (NFL.com, Rams); and Ben Shelton's breakout U.S. Open ended in his first Grand Slam final, a four-set loss to Alexander Zverev (ESPN). Brandon Combs joins and takes a victory lap on Tailgate Saturday, where the crew had Oklahoma State live as a massive underdog against Oregon — the Cowboys won 39-31 and dropped the Ducks out of the top five (NCAA.com). Note: the "24-point dog" line Coach and Brandon used on air is their number; none of the sourced recaps state the closing spread.

Into the Sunday night game, and both guys are off the Dallas bandwagon: the Giants beat the Cowboys 28-20 behind Jaxson Dart going 23-of-29 for three touchdowns (NBC Sports). Brandon, who had Dallas in his Super Bowl prediction, says he was wrong after one week and calls New York "a playoff caliber football team"; Coach zeroes in on Malik Nabers and Isaiah Likely as the difference makers. Then the winners and losers. Winner 1 — the Bears, who put up 59 in a 59-37 win over Carolina, the highest-scoring Week 1 game in NFL history (News Tribune); Brandon's take is blunt — "the Bears are who we thought they were," an elite offense that will have to outscore a bad defense, with Caleb Williams a top-five quarterback by season's end. Loser 1 — the Chargers, who scored 14 at home in a 26-14 loss to Arizona (Chargers), with Brandon putting some of it on an offensive line that let two rushers come free. Winner 2 — the Ravens, 41-23 over the Colts with Derrick Henry going 144 and three scores (Ravens); Brandon calls Baltimore a 13-14 win team headed to the Super Bowl, and the two argue Lamar Jackson's contract and playoff record — Brandon's position is that eight playoff games at 1,800 yards and ten touchdowns is not the indictment people