Follow The Money | August 25, 2026 | Hour 1

**Mitch Moss** (0:09)
Here we go. Welcome on in. It is Follow The Money on VSiN, Vsports Betty. Network Mitch Moss along with Pauly Howard. We're live downtown Vegas, Circus Resort and Casino is the spot. Fun program. I'm gonna call it a three hour banger lined up today. Great guests on the show, tons of NFL news. I don't even know where this is gonna go in 30 minutes when Tony Rizzo comes on. ESPN Cleveland radio host, a legend in that city. When we get into more Deshaun Watson stuff, we have Browns props coming up in about 15 minutes, more that are available now.
I can't wait to hear what he's gonna say at that point. Brad Powers, two segments today coming up in 90 minutes, Pro Sports Better. We'll get into his analysis of week zero this weekend, week one as well. And Derek Stevens, I think is gonna have, well, I know this for sure because I was here and I talked to him before the show. Wait until you hear some of these tidbits about the popularity here of Circa with the fantasy drafts, what it was like last week and how this weekend actually might blow it away, Pauly.
But before we get into the Brown stuff, all this news to go over today in the NFL, I like what you said before the show. You want to share that?

**Pauly Howard** (1:13)
Does anyone look good? Can we get some positive news?

**Mitch Moss** (1:16)
Is that possible?

**Pauly Howard** (1:17)
I mean, how's everyone a train wreck in practice? There's no hope in Cleveland.
The quarterback competition wasn't even close and they wanted Sanders to win. So, there's no hope there and I'm sure they'll screw up the draft pick next year. The beat reporters say the Dolphins practice was so bad, Willis gathered everyone around and gave them a pep talk and that didn't work either.

**Mitch Moss** (1:36)
Got worse, evidently.

**Pauly Howard** (1:37)
And then two was so bad, they can't name them the starting quarterback.
As Pennex finally got cleared to work on 11 on 11 drills. How bad that's been.

**Mitch Moss** (1:45)
How's that going to go when Pennex actually gets out there?

**Pauly Howard** (1:47)
Yeah.
So, Evans has got the groin. Chase got hurt. He says he's going to be okay though.

**Mitch Moss** (1:54)
Yeah.

**Pauly Howard** (1:55)
And Baker Mayfield said we got out physical and the Jags punched us in the mouth all day. And it was eye opening what happened.

**Mitch Moss** (2:03)
Yeah.

**Pauly Howard** (2:03)
After last week, he said they're going to surprise and shock a lot of people.

**Mitch Moss** (2:06)
Sure. Yeah. He said today that if practice was an actual, if it was a game, they would not have come out on top. He called it eye opening. And as you said, Pauly, he thought they were out physicaled.
That is something that you, by the way, we haven't heard that about the Buccaneers in a long time, the way it seems. And that is definitely not a good thing, not to overreact all this stuff, but you probably don't want to have your star quarterback. Who, by the way, of any quarterback in the league to say something like that, it might be him, because he is one of the best sound bites and one of the guys that will just tell the truth. So if he's saying that, that could be something to absolutely put a red flag next to. And then you have this as well.
Running back Kenneth Walker for the Chiefs. Not expected to practice Tuesday with the foot issue. This came out a couple of hours ago. There is a Twitter doctor, Jeff Mueller.

**Pauly Howard** (2:55)
Twitter doctor?

**Mitch Moss** (2:56)
Right. Who tweeted this out. And this is a good reminder, folks.
The date was August 22nd, 2025
Kenneth Walker, the report was, unlikely to practice every day after dealing with foot soreness throughout camp, proceeded to be load managed throughout the entire season. August 25th of today, of this year. Yep. Expected to do the same thing as last year. And I know so many people are hot and heavy on Kenneth Walker this year. Fantasy, player props, maybe offensive player. Yeah. All of it.

**Pauly Howard** (3:25)
Yeah.

**Mitch Moss** (3:26)
Most rushing touchdowns, the whole shebang. But if that's, he's, that is supposed to be his backfield with a bullet and getting all the work every which way, but loose all the running, obviously pretty much all of the rushes. He's a good catcher out of the backfield. And certainly when they get near the goal line, that guy was expected to be the man. Well that linger.