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TKras breaks down what the Tampa Bay Rays need to do to finish the job and win the AL East! From pitching and bullpen consistency to timely hitting, staying healthy, and getting the most out of their key players, what is the recipe for success down the stretch? TKras shares what Tampa Bay must do to claim the division and enter October with a chance to make a serious run.

It’s time for Take It Or Leave It! TKras weighs in on the biggest Bucs and Rays takes heading into Sunday, including whether Baker Mayfield should treat Cleveland like a revenge game, if Tampa Bay must win convincingly against the Browns, whether the four turnovers in Cincinnati were a fluke, and how concerned we should be about Baker’s three fumbles. Plus, is Josiah Trotter a legitimate difference-maker, can the Bucs’ secondary become the strength of the defense, and are the Rays truly the AL East’s team to lose?

Nick Wize breaks down everything we learned from the Bucs’ Week 1 loss to Cincinnati, including Baker Mayfield’s turnover issues, a lack of pass rush, offensive-line struggles, defensive communication and the debate over Todd Bowles’ scheme versus the talent on the field. Nick and Tim dive into the ALL-22 to uncover what Baker did right and wrong, play Guess the Line with college and NFL matchups before previewing Browns-Bucs, and wrap the show with Chris Mathis explaining why he committed the ultimate fantasy football betrayal by leaving the iHeart group chat after Week 1.

TKras breaks down what went wrong for Bucs rookie pass rusher Rueben Bain Jr. in Sunday’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Was it simply rookie growing pains, a matchup issue, or something Tampa Bay needs to address quickly? TKras shares his take on Bain’s debut and why Bucs fans may—or may not—need to worry.

Nick Wize brings in Chris Mathis to explain the unthinkable: Chris actually LEFT the iHeart Fantasy Football Group Chat after only 1 week into the season. Nick is disappointed in the decision, especially after Chris claims he has better things to do with his time.

After a pair of calls about Week 1, Nick Wize tackles the growing criticism of Todd Bowles and Tampa Bay’s defensive scheme. Nick breaks down the logic behind dropping edge rushers into coverage, argues that it happens far more often than fans realize and makes the case that the Bucs’ defense was actually much farther from the problem than people want to admit.

The Bucs defensive debate heats up as Nick Wize takes a barrage of calls about what went wrong against Cincinnati. Nick gets into it with a caller over whether the problems are rooted in Todd Bowles’ scheme or the talent on the field before another caller delivers a wild—and completely off-base—theory about pass rushers dropping into coverage.

The ALL-22 breakdown continues as Nick Wize asks Tim what else stood out on film from Tampa Bay’s Week 1 loss. Nick explains why Alex Anzalone looked worse than a supposedly washed-up Lavonte David and why the offensive line’s lack of chemistry was impossible to ignore before opening the phone lines.

Ten minutes, a stack of football games and plenty of opinions. Nick Wize and Tim tackle the lines for this week’s biggest college and NFL matchups, spending extra time on the college games loaded with storylines before turning their attention to the Browns-Bucs spread and Sunday’s matchup.

Was Tampa Bay’s defensive disaster more about communication than personnel? Nick Wize hears from a caller who believes the entire defense was out of sync before Tim dives into the ALL-22 film to evaluate Baker Mayfield’s decision-making, downfield aggression and ability to consistently make the right read.