Overreaction Tuesday: Rich Talks Giants, Falcons, Colts, Kyler, Lakers, and PCA as NL MVP

Overreaction Monday landed on a Tuesday, and Chris opened by burning down the Atlanta quarterback room: the Falcons' 2027 starter is not on the roster.

Rich was not having it. Michael Penix Jr. is not getting drafted where he was drafted and then bounced to the curb, and Penix might already be the better quarterback at this stage than Tua.

The math is what makes it interesting. Tua has about a month to prove it, and it happens under lights. Atlanta goes to Green Bay on a Thursday night, then to New Orleans on a Monday night in week four, then hosts Baltimore on a Sunday night. Three straight nationally televised games, weeks three through five.

"Whatever Tua does, it's going to have a big white hot spotlight on it," Rich said, before circling back to his point that Penix still has that shot.

Next up was Kyler Murray as a top-five fantasy quarterback, which drew an immediate high-register overreaction from Rich, who started listing the names in the way. Josh Allen. Lamar Jackson. Drake Maye. Jayden Daniels, if healthy. Joe Burrow, who can throw for a gazillion yards. Justin Herbert.

Chris held the line, pointing to a high completion percentage, dope receivers and the rushing floor. Asked whether Murray or Dak Prescott has the better fantasy year, the room landed on Murray, because Prescott is not running anymore.

Keenan Allen signing with Indianapolis produced the next swing, with Chris predicting Allen leads the Colts in receptions. Rich said no, sir, though he liked the signing and called Allen a crisp route runner.

The Giants segment is where it got fun. Chris does not think much of Jackson Dart, but he does think Cam Skattebo is a top-10 running back this season if he stays healthy, and he waved off the Najee Harris signing as zero impact.

Rich's affection for Skattebo predates all of it. "When he was doing it for Arizona State, I want to talk to him out of anybody in the college football playoffs," he said. "He's going to make Jeremy Shockey look like a shut-in in the New York media."

The pushback was the résumé. Skattebo did not have a 100-yard rushing game last year, finished with 400 yards rushing in six games, and now shares a backfield with Harris, Tyrone Tracy and Devin Singletary. Top 10 is a reach. Rich thinks it is not out of the realm if the health holds.

Then came the Lakers, which Chris enjoyed a little too openly as a Celtics fan. His overreaction: with the sale a complete mess, Luka Doncic should ask for a trade and get out.

Rich could not follow the logic. The majority owner is set. Why would a player care about a succession fight involving 17 percent of the team and a room full of lawyers? The messy part is that the 17 percent belongs to Jeanie Buss, who has been in this city for four decades and is the front-facing image of the franchise.

Baseball closed it out, and nobody argued with this one. Pete Crow-Armstrong locked up NL MVP with a walk-off at Wrigley Field, joining the 30-30 club on a night that also included a leadoff home run.

"It's tough to argue that right now," Rich said, noting there is still a month to go and that Shohei Ohtani, who hit three home runs in a game to join 50-50, makes it a two-man race. For Chris, a Mets fan watching the player his team gave away for Javier Báez collect an MVP, the whole thing hurt his feelings a lot.