WEBVTT - Mahomes vs Stroud, Cousins Benched & Nick’s Picks Week 16

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<v Speaker 2>All right, welcome in What's Driving the Great? Episode two

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<v Speaker 2>eighty seven. Uh, today you are not going to be

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<v Speaker 2>way we used to do our gambling shows on Thursdays

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<v Speaker 2>or Fridays, where Demanse and I will go through every

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<v Speaker 2>game on the slate and then eventually get to the

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<v Speaker 2>actual but five picks we're making demands will do his teaser,

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<v Speaker 2>so we'll do it that way. Also, I guess this

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<v Speaker 2>go live for these things. Demonse, how are you?

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<v Speaker 3>I'm pretty good, Pops. How are we doing today?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing well. It is one of the most important

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<v Speaker 2>Thursday night football games of the year tonight. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>first one. We'll start with Denver at the Chargers. The

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<v Speaker 2>Chargers laying two and a half. So here's the weird

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<v Speaker 2>spot for this game before I give any analysis of it.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bengals have been left for dead. However, they're not

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<v Speaker 2>for the bank. There's like, oh, there's all these different

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<v Speaker 2>scenarios they need and I'm not saying Cincinnati is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to execute the following scenarios, but it

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<v Speaker 2>is quite simple. What Cincinnati needs to make the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>They need to win their remaining games. And why am

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<v Speaker 2>I talking about Cincinnati here, because they need to win

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<v Speaker 2>their remaining games, and they need the loser of tonight's

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<v Speaker 2>game to lose its remaining games, and so they need

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<v Speaker 2>to win out, and whoever loses tonight, they need them

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<v Speaker 2>to lose out, which is why from a playoff pictures standpoint,

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<v Speaker 2>the team with eight wins in this game is actually

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<v Speaker 2>in far better shape than the team with nine wins.

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<v Speaker 2>So let me explain that the Chargers come in eight

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<v Speaker 2>and six, the Broncos come in nine to five, but

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<v Speaker 2>the Chargers after tonight, and if the Chargers win tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>they're locked in. The Chargers after tonight have the Patriots

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<v Speaker 2>and the Raiders, So even if the Chargers lose tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>if they can just win one of those games, they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be fine. Denver, on the other hand, after

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<v Speaker 2>tonight is at Cincinnati and then has the Chiefs in

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<v Speaker 2>Week eighteen, in a game the Chiefs may or may

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<v Speaker 2>not neat, and so the loser of tonight is up

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<v Speaker 2>against it. Oddly, the loser of tonight is more up

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<v Speaker 2>against it. If the nine win Denver team loses, than

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<v Speaker 2>if the eight win Charger team loses. I this is

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<v Speaker 2>not one of my picks, but I do like the

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<v Speaker 2>Chargers in this spot because I think these are two

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<v Speaker 2>of the best defenses, and while Denver's offense has been

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<v Speaker 2>humming statistically speaking, I watched them this past weekend against

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<v Speaker 2>the Colts in what was a massively important game for

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<v Speaker 2>them in their playoff chances, and they try desperately to

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<v Speaker 2>give that game to the Colts, and the Colts simply

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't take it. So I if I again, not one

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<v Speaker 2>of the picks, but my lean tonight would be that

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<v Speaker 2>the Chargers get the win. And I'm here to tell

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<v Speaker 2>you if that happens, it is on the board that

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<v Speaker 2>Denver misses the playoffs entirely. Let me ask you this demanse.

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<v Speaker 2>Of these two teams, let's say Baltimore and we'll get

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<v Speaker 2>to them later ends up winning the AFC North and

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<v Speaker 2>Baltimore gets the three seed. They beat Pittsburgh this week

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<v Speaker 2>and they end up winning the AFC North, they get

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<v Speaker 2>the three seed. Which of these two teams would you

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<v Speaker 2>rather your Ravens playing Round one? Because one of them's

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<v Speaker 2>almost assuredly gonna be the sixth seed, So Denver or

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<v Speaker 2>the Chargers.

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<v Speaker 3>I'd have to lean Denver. I'd rather play Denver Er honestly,

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<v Speaker 3>you know what, I'm sorry, wrong, wrong, I'd rather play

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<v Speaker 3>the Chargers. I've seen some meltdowns the Broncos. It's it's

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<v Speaker 3>it's a tough one for me, just because you know,

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<v Speaker 3>obviously a rookie quarter But the Sean Payton situation, I

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<v Speaker 3>think they've got something going on over there. But I've

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<v Speaker 3>seen some bad.

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<v Speaker 2>So so here totally fair. You were sitting with me

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<v Speaker 2>when they had the meltdown against the Jags. Here's what

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<v Speaker 2>I do want to say about the Chargers and the

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<v Speaker 2>overarching story of the Chargers and Justin Herbert. So, Herbert

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<v Speaker 2>is going to finish his fifth year of his career

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<v Speaker 2>with basically all of the records for quarterbacks through five seasons, yards, touchdowns,

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's gonna have the most of any quarterback

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<v Speaker 2>in either of those categories. He also, this year it's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be another year he doesn't make the Pro Bowl.

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<v Speaker 2>It's potentially another year they don't win double digit games,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is going to be an odd spot if

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<v Speaker 2>five years into his career, Justin Herbert has one double

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<v Speaker 2>digit win season ten and seven, one playoff appearance, one

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<v Speaker 2>Pro Bowl appearance, zero playoff victories, and zero A level

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<v Speaker 2>seasons that aren't grated on the rookie curve. I know

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<v Speaker 2>the talent is there, and I'm not the you know

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of those seasons previously that went at Rye.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not laying totally at his feet, but five years in,

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<v Speaker 2>you would have liked to see more improvement from Justin Herbert.

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<v Speaker 2>His passer rating and that's not everything, but his passer

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<v Speaker 2>rating by year ninety eight, ninety seven, ninety three, ninety three,

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<v Speaker 2>ninety seven. His yards per game have plummeted this season.

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<v Speaker 2>That's more a stylistic thing. His completion percentage has hovered

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<v Speaker 2>right around sixty five sixty six percent his whole career.

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<v Speaker 2>His yards per attempt have been right in the low

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<v Speaker 2>sevens every year throughout his career. He just seems so

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<v Speaker 2>much like the same player he was as a rookie.

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<v Speaker 2>And the reason we loved him as a rookie was

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<v Speaker 2>because it's like, man, he's already this good think of

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<v Speaker 2>how good he's going to get, and we didn't quite

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<v Speaker 2>to me, we haven't seen that leap all right, next

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<v Speaker 2>game is Texans Chiefs. And that's not one of my

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<v Speaker 2>official five picks, Demanse, but it is because I made

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<v Speaker 2>what I think is one of the sharpest bets anyone

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<v Speaker 2>has made in the NFL all year. So, and I

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<v Speaker 2>have the text history to show it to prove it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to We're not on camera right now,

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<v Speaker 2>so I can't post it anyway. Monday afternoon at work,

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<v Speaker 2>was it Monday or Tuesday? No, it was Tuesday, Tuesday

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<v Speaker 2>at work, I said to Wilds and Greg. I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>the Chiefs are gonna practice today. The practice report's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>come out. Mahomes is going to have practiced in some capacity,

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<v Speaker 2>and this line is gonna flip. And I texted my

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<v Speaker 2>gambling kind of group chat, and I texted my bookie,

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<v Speaker 2>who's You're like, why do you need a bookie? Gambling's legal. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes you're trying to get stuff in last minute, or

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes you're out of state. I texted all of them

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<v Speaker 2>and I was like, Hey, I'm not gonna try to

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I don't have inside information here, but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>telling you guys, right now, I believe Patrick Mahomes is

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<v Speaker 2>playing in this football game. And the Chiefs at that

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<v Speaker 2>moment were plus two points and plus one ten on

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<v Speaker 2>the money line, and around two pm Tuesday, I fired

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<v Speaker 2>a nice three unit bet on the Chiefs money line

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<v Speaker 2>at plus one ten. It now sits at minus one

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<v Speaker 2>seventy and the Chiefs are three and a half point

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<v Speaker 2>favorites based purely off the belief in the indication that

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<v Speaker 2>Mahomes is going to play. Which has have you? Have

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<v Speaker 2>you seen come across your timeline these lunatic fans of

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<v Speaker 2>other teams that are now claiming Mahomes fakes these injuries.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I have seen it. Just to make the dove

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<v Speaker 3>that much more spicy or the pathway, whatever you want

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<v Speaker 3>to call it. But I'm also super surprised that you're

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<v Speaker 3>so like, you know, get Mahomes out there. He's gonna play,

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<v Speaker 3>and as opposed to like, oh, you know, him taking

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<v Speaker 3>a step back for a game.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me be clear, if we're up to me, he

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<v Speaker 2>would not play. I think Carson Wentz can be. The

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<v Speaker 2>Texans to me are not a great team, and I

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<v Speaker 2>think that their offensive line problems with Chris Jones and

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<v Speaker 2>now Charles Aminahu back healthy and George carloftis I think

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<v Speaker 2>the Chiefs can get after CJ. Stroud in a very

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<v Speaker 2>real way and cause real problems. So it's not about

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<v Speaker 2>what I want to have happen. It's about what I

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<v Speaker 2>think is going to happen. Now. The Mahomes injury stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>I do have to say it is it adds to

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<v Speaker 2>my list of man I worry about the literacy literally

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<v Speaker 2>and figuratively of society. When there are conspiracy theories about

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<v Speaker 2>injuries that we saw take place, people were like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>the like the the only other time Mahomes suffered a

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<v Speaker 2>significant ankle injury. We saw it happen in the playoff game.

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<v Speaker 2>We saw him barely be able to walk. We saw

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<v Speaker 2>afterwards him fighting not to get an X ray, the

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<v Speaker 2>whole thing. We saw how he looked. We saw it

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<v Speaker 2>when the Jackson player did right, did the knee drop tackle,

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<v Speaker 2>and on Sunday we saw it. You saw his legs

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<v Speaker 2>get bent back, him get crushed, get high loaded. We

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<v Speaker 2>saw it happen. So it's not like a situation where

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<v Speaker 2>it's like, oh, report out of Kansas City Mahomes got

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<v Speaker 2>dinged in practice and they're worried he's not going to

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<v Speaker 2>be able to play like that. That isn't what's happening here.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm legitimately surprised that this narrative exists, but maybe

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<v Speaker 2>I shouldn't be. I So, with all that said, they're

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<v Speaker 2>not one of my picks demands because I don't the

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<v Speaker 2>Chiefs don't cover field goal spreads and listen, I do

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<v Speaker 2>think they're gonna win. But on general gambling principle, if

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<v Speaker 2>you could have gotten the Chiefs getting two and a half,

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<v Speaker 2>betting them now laying three and a half is insane.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna spit skip Pittsburgh Baltimore because that's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>one of the picks. Brown's Bengals's next one. And Bengals

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<v Speaker 2>now find themselves in this very weird spot. They're seven

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<v Speaker 2>and a half point favorites. Let's just assume, okay, for

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<v Speaker 2>the sake of argument, that they win this week. They

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<v Speaker 2>could demand be facing in back to back weeks teams

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<v Speaker 2>with nothing to play for, which here's the spot they

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<v Speaker 2>could be in. If the Broncos win tonight, the Broncos

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<v Speaker 2>lock up a wild card spot tonight, and they play

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<v Speaker 2>the Broncos next week this they play the Steelers in

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<v Speaker 2>Week eighteen, which very well could be at that point

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<v Speaker 2>locked into the three seed, can't go higher, can't go lower,

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<v Speaker 2>and how that will play out now, as I talked

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<v Speaker 2>about earlier, if the Broncos lose tonight, then Bengals Broncos,

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<v Speaker 2>damn near becomes a playoff game. It is a playoff

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<v Speaker 2>game for Cincinnati, and it becomes maybe one for Denver.

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<v Speaker 2>Not quite because Denver would have another chance the following week.

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<v Speaker 2>But a you know, a tricky spot. I don't love

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<v Speaker 2>the way Cincinnati's played, but Cleveland going to DTR, who

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<v Speaker 2>they have this odd fascination with Dorian Thompson Robinson over

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<v Speaker 2>Jamis tells me Cleveland's not trying to win, And it's

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<v Speaker 2>not that Jamis has played great, but he's clearly better

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<v Speaker 2>than DTR. So I wouldn't lay the seven and a half.

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<v Speaker 2>But I would be shocked if Cincinnati loses this game,

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<v Speaker 2>like truly shocked. Cardinals Panthers and Eagles commanders are both

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<v Speaker 2>picks of mine. So we're gonna wait on those Giants.

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<v Speaker 2>Falcons is the next one. Have you seen the line

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<v Speaker 2>for Giants Falcons?

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<v Speaker 3>It's I've got it's minus nine and a half of

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<v Speaker 3>the Falcons. I assume you're saying that's crazy with them

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<v Speaker 3>putting Pinnis in.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just such an indictment on the Giants. Yeah, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>the Falcons have not looked good. The Holkins are starting

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<v Speaker 2>a rook it's a rookie's first start ever, and they

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<v Speaker 2>are damn near double digit favorites. Like that is a

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<v Speaker 2>truly baffling one to me. Not baffling, but baffling's wrong word.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just such a stinging indictment on the Giants team

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<v Speaker 2>as a whole. That you're playing a team that was

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<v Speaker 2>so underwhelming in last week's game that they benched their

0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:36.680
<v Speaker 2>quarterback in a win, they're gonna eat the contract, and

0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:42.200
<v Speaker 2>you're getting nearly ten points. You're getting more than two scores.

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<v Speaker 3>Same team that didn't cover a fourteen point spread last

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<v Speaker 3>week too.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, the Giants absolutely Titans Colts. The Titans seems

0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:54.240
<v Speaker 2>like they're done with the Will Lovice experience, and the

0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:58.600
<v Speaker 2>Colts might be approaching being done with the Anthony Richardson experience.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know that the Colts can fully recover from

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<v Speaker 2>the type of loss they had this past week. Just

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<v Speaker 2>as bad as it gets where you're about to go

0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:11.560
<v Speaker 2>up thirteen points, Jonathan Taylor drops the ball before the

0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:14.400
<v Speaker 2>end zone. Then you run that stupid double pass. Nick

0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:18.520
<v Speaker 2>Benito returns it, and you know you went from being

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<v Speaker 2>a coin flip to make the playoffs to being on

0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:24.680
<v Speaker 2>life supports make the playoffs. Then a really interesting one

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<v Speaker 2>Demons Lions Bears, with the Bears getting six and a half.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's why it's an interesting one. The Bears offense, particularly

0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:39.879
<v Speaker 2>in the first half of games, has been just horrific,

0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:43.960
<v Speaker 2>just as you know, and Caleb's been bad early, and

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<v Speaker 2>that further leads to credence to my theory that Caleb

0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:52.320
<v Speaker 2>is just being way too cautious. You know, how many

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<v Speaker 2>interceptions do you think he has on this eight game

0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:58.840
<v Speaker 2>when losing streak? It's none, right, I think it's zero

0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.320
<v Speaker 2>zero zero. Now he has a couple of strip sacks,

0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:05.920
<v Speaker 2>but zero intercept They've lost eight in a row. He's

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<v Speaker 2>thrown no picks, seventeen touchdowns, five interceptions on the year,

0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:15.399
<v Speaker 2>which sounds really good, but he is just refusing to

0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:18.480
<v Speaker 2>take chances with the ball down the field, which is

0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:21.560
<v Speaker 2>hurting him. And it's also why in the first half

0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:23.760
<v Speaker 2>they've been able to do nothing. But then in the

0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:26.720
<v Speaker 2>second half they're trailing, there's a deficit and he's willing

0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:29.560
<v Speaker 2>to let it rip a little bit more. Here's why

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<v Speaker 2>I say this is an interesting one. The Packers offense

0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:36.840
<v Speaker 2>is really good. The Bills offense is great. So the

0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:40.639
<v Speaker 2>Lion's allowing seventy nine points the last two weeks to

0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:45.800
<v Speaker 2>those two teams. Yet it's concerning, but it's like, well,

0:18:45.800 --> 0:18:49.120
<v Speaker 2>those are some of the better offenses in football. If

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<v Speaker 2>the Lions defense, who I don't care what Dan Campbell

0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:57.679
<v Speaker 2>tries to say publicly the Lions, He's clearly has no

0:18:57.800 --> 0:19:00.280
<v Speaker 2>faith in them, as evidence by the on site kick,

0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:02.440
<v Speaker 2>the fourth down call at the end of the previous game.

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<v Speaker 2>If the Lions defense lets the Bears offense look hell,

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<v Speaker 2>just functional, the Lions are cooked. And I don't This

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<v Speaker 2>is almost unfair. It's a cruelty of the NFL. But

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<v Speaker 2>the at some times there's a year where a championship

0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:27.040
<v Speaker 2>level team has so many injuries concentrated on one side

0:19:27.040 --> 0:19:30.040
<v Speaker 2>of the ball, they're just done ey. To this day,

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<v Speaker 2>if you ask me what's the best Chiefs team ever,

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<v Speaker 2>my answer is the twenty twenty Chiefs. They didn't win

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<v Speaker 2>the Super Bowl. In fact, they got blown out in

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<v Speaker 2>the Super Bowl. Why because they had cluster injuries on

0:19:43.560 --> 0:19:47.600
<v Speaker 2>their offensive line, and they just they all of a

0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:51.199
<v Speaker 2>sudden had replacement offensive linemen in the Super Bowl and

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<v Speaker 2>it couldn't overcome it. And I worry that something similar

0:19:55.440 --> 0:19:58.400
<v Speaker 2>has happened with Detroit. So I'm not so concerned. I'm

0:19:58.400 --> 0:20:01.080
<v Speaker 2>not concerned at all, even with the day Montgomery injury,

0:20:01.080 --> 0:20:04.320
<v Speaker 2>which sucks for them about the Lions offense, but that

0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:10.000
<v Speaker 2>Lions defense, that's something to watch this weekend, pending you

0:20:10.000 --> 0:20:13.200
<v Speaker 2>know how they are able to look against Caleb and

0:20:13.800 --> 0:20:16.000
<v Speaker 2>the Bears. All Right, Rams Jets is gonna be one

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<v Speaker 2>of my picks this week, so we'll get to that

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<v Speaker 2>in a minute. Vikings Seahawks is a really fun one

0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:27.720
<v Speaker 2>where the Seahawks are getting three points at home Seattle

0:20:28.520 --> 0:20:34.960
<v Speaker 2>after a really rough Geno game and getting blown out

0:20:35.000 --> 0:20:38.480
<v Speaker 2>by the Packers after having a nice four game winning streak,

0:20:38.960 --> 0:20:45.200
<v Speaker 2>finds themselves really on the ropes now. It is a

0:20:45.240 --> 0:20:49.399
<v Speaker 2>weird spot because their big game obviously is the Rams

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<v Speaker 2>in Week eighteen, but they have to at the very

0:20:52.200 --> 0:20:55.080
<v Speaker 2>least win one of their next two in order for

0:20:55.119 --> 0:20:59.760
<v Speaker 2>that game to be a big game. The Vikings quietly

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<v Speaker 2>just hanging out with a twelve and two record, one

0:21:04.720 --> 0:21:10.399
<v Speaker 2>seed and division still available to them, controlling their own destiny,

0:21:10.800 --> 0:21:15.040
<v Speaker 2>but a brutal final stretch of in Seattle home for

0:21:15.119 --> 0:21:18.640
<v Speaker 2>the Packers. Then at the Lions they went out. They're

0:21:18.640 --> 0:21:24.080
<v Speaker 2>the one seed, but those are also all incredibly losable games.

0:21:24.520 --> 0:21:27.840
<v Speaker 2>I'm really curious what Brian Flores is and that defense

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<v Speaker 2>does against Gino. Coming off one of Gino's worst games

0:21:31.480 --> 0:21:34.840
<v Speaker 2>of the year. I probably lean Minnesota in this spot.

0:21:35.280 --> 0:21:38.840
<v Speaker 2>Patriots Bill's gonna be one of the picks. And then

0:21:39.400 --> 0:21:45.320
<v Speaker 2>we get to some ugly games Niners Dolphins, which should

0:21:45.359 --> 0:21:48.159
<v Speaker 2>have been sounded like it was going to be a

0:21:48.280 --> 0:21:53.639
<v Speaker 2>marquee game at the beginning of the year, and everybody

0:21:53.680 --> 0:21:57.520
<v Speaker 2>knows I'm interested in how Purty looks. I'm you know,

0:21:57.640 --> 0:22:01.560
<v Speaker 2>the Tua. I think the jury is out on Tua.

0:22:01.920 --> 0:22:04.600
<v Speaker 2>The jury is in. Pardon me on Tua. When things

0:22:04.640 --> 0:22:09.280
<v Speaker 2>aren't perfect, he's going to look in over his skis Dolphins.

0:22:09.280 --> 0:22:12.600
<v Speaker 2>Some Dolphins fans are still in denial, some have come around.

0:22:13.440 --> 0:22:17.560
<v Speaker 2>The pretty thing that I find interesting is he actually

0:22:17.720 --> 0:22:22.359
<v Speaker 2>has been able to do okay with different receivers, like

0:22:22.400 --> 0:22:25.520
<v Speaker 2>Ayuk goes out, Juwan Jennings plays well, Deebo's not the

0:22:25.520 --> 0:22:29.679
<v Speaker 2>same guy whatever. But when Trent Williams hasn't been there,

0:22:30.080 --> 0:22:35.080
<v Speaker 2>He just has been a totally different player. Shanahan opened

0:22:35.160 --> 0:22:39.399
<v Speaker 2>the possibility this week that Trent Williams doesn't play again

0:22:40.080 --> 0:22:44.640
<v Speaker 2>this season, and then we remind you Trent Williams this

0:22:44.760 --> 0:22:50.240
<v Speaker 2>summer before next year turns thirty seven years old. And

0:22:50.280 --> 0:22:55.200
<v Speaker 2>the Niners obviously have a very interesting offseason ahead. Kirk

0:22:55.240 --> 0:22:59.920
<v Speaker 2>Cousin's availability, Sam Darnold's availability, the report that party won

0:23:00.000 --> 0:23:02.840
<v Speaker 2>on top of market money, all of that is going

0:23:02.880 --> 0:23:06.040
<v Speaker 2>to make John let what what's crazy demand?

0:23:06.119 --> 0:23:08.080
<v Speaker 3>Say many he wanted like fifty to fifty five million

0:23:08.160 --> 0:23:09.399
<v Speaker 3>or something like that out of it?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I think he wants he wants. I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>closer to sixty. Buddy, he's next up. And so here's

0:23:17.720 --> 0:23:19.880
<v Speaker 2>the thing on quarterback money that I want to talk

0:23:19.880 --> 0:23:23.199
<v Speaker 2>about for a second that I think gets lost in

0:23:23.280 --> 0:23:28.040
<v Speaker 2>the conversation a bit. It does not really matter if

0:23:28.119 --> 0:23:30.520
<v Speaker 2>you pay the guy fifty or if you pay him sixty.

0:23:31.040 --> 0:23:33.200
<v Speaker 2>I mean it does in that that's ten million a

0:23:33.280 --> 0:23:36.520
<v Speaker 2>year he's spent another player. But that's not what makes

0:23:36.520 --> 0:23:40.119
<v Speaker 2>it good or bad. There isn't a quarterback in football

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<v Speaker 2>that if he was making fifty million a year you

0:23:43.640 --> 0:23:47.119
<v Speaker 2>feel good about. But it's sixty million a year, You're like,

0:23:47.160 --> 0:23:51.000
<v Speaker 2>what did we do? It's is he the guy? Is

0:23:51.040 --> 0:23:54.239
<v Speaker 2>he not the guy? If he's the guy, then the

0:23:54.280 --> 0:23:58.400
<v Speaker 2>price is the price, and sixty million or fifty five

0:23:58.440 --> 0:24:01.800
<v Speaker 2>million or fifty two million, it's not distinction. If he's

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<v Speaker 2>not the guy, then you're not gonna feel good at

0:24:05.080 --> 0:24:08.880
<v Speaker 2>forty five million. Forget fifty forty five million. If he's

0:24:08.920 --> 0:24:11.760
<v Speaker 2>not the guy, you're not gonna feel good about many. Well, yeah,

0:24:11.920 --> 0:24:13.600
<v Speaker 2>of course you get.

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<v Speaker 3>Making like thousand a year, right now, I take twenty two.

0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:18.359
<v Speaker 3>You need those guys around you.

0:24:18.680 --> 0:24:22.360
<v Speaker 2>He's not gonna take twenty That's not happen. So the

0:24:22.359 --> 0:24:27.560
<v Speaker 2>the Niners could play real hardball with him with the

0:24:27.640 --> 0:24:30.960
<v Speaker 2>leverage of you haven't made any money. Man, you've made

0:24:31.000 --> 0:24:35.600
<v Speaker 2>three million bucks in this league, Like what? And you

0:24:35.600 --> 0:24:38.920
<v Speaker 2>could play another year at a million bucks and then

0:24:38.960 --> 0:24:42.080
<v Speaker 2>we decide. But you've already suffered a bunch of injuries.

0:24:42.400 --> 0:24:45.560
<v Speaker 2>So maybe they will try to say, hey, man, you're

0:24:45.560 --> 0:24:49.560
<v Speaker 2>gonna have Baker Mayfield's deal three years, one hundred million bucks.

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<v Speaker 2>But the reporting is he wants Trevor's deal, and then

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<v Speaker 2>some five to seventy five and by the way, he

0:24:58.800 --> 0:25:01.720
<v Speaker 2>has a better resume than try. I understand that, but

0:25:02.480 --> 0:25:04.800
<v Speaker 2>he looks at what Tua got, what Trevor got, what

0:25:04.920 --> 0:25:08.080
<v Speaker 2>Dak got, and said, I'm more accomplished than certainly Tua

0:25:08.080 --> 0:25:12.000
<v Speaker 2>and Trevor. It's an argument with Dak and so it

0:25:12.240 --> 0:25:17.520
<v Speaker 2>is a very interesting spot that becomes more interesting if

0:25:17.560 --> 0:25:19.919
<v Speaker 2>after one of the worst games of his career this

0:25:20.000 --> 0:25:24.320
<v Speaker 2>past Thursday, he has another bad one against a kind

0:25:24.320 --> 0:25:28.359
<v Speaker 2>of floundering Dolphins team. Jaggs Raiders is interesting only in

0:25:28.400 --> 0:25:31.520
<v Speaker 2>this regard the Raiders desperately need to lose it. Now.

0:25:31.560 --> 0:25:33.800
<v Speaker 2>You can say the Jags need to lose it too,

0:25:34.359 --> 0:25:38.680
<v Speaker 2>but the Jags draft position is not the same level

0:25:38.720 --> 0:25:42.800
<v Speaker 2>of importance for teams that aren't drafting a quarterback. Yeah,

0:25:42.880 --> 0:25:45.200
<v Speaker 2>Jacksonville would love to be able to take Travis Hunter

0:25:45.320 --> 0:25:47.919
<v Speaker 2>or whoever you know. The top non QB on their

0:25:47.960 --> 0:25:52.080
<v Speaker 2>board is the Raiders, though right now are fighting with

0:25:52.119 --> 0:25:55.440
<v Speaker 2>the Giants for the number one overall pick. But there

0:25:55.480 --> 0:26:01.560
<v Speaker 2>are amazingly seven teams right now seven two or three wins,

0:26:02.080 --> 0:26:05.199
<v Speaker 2>so the Raiders are one win away from all of it,

0:26:05.320 --> 0:26:08.320
<v Speaker 2>going from potentially the number one pick to potentially the

0:26:08.400 --> 0:26:11.720
<v Speaker 2>sixth or seventh pick. So this is a must lose

0:26:12.200 --> 0:26:16.040
<v Speaker 2>for both teams, There's no way around it. But it's

0:26:16.160 --> 0:26:23.560
<v Speaker 2>more of a must lose obviously for the for the Raiders,

0:26:23.600 --> 0:26:27.280
<v Speaker 2>pardon me, Bucks Cowboys. Cowboys getting three and a half,

0:26:27.560 --> 0:26:32.080
<v Speaker 2>the Bucks have to keep winning. Baker's top six in

0:26:32.200 --> 0:26:35.840
<v Speaker 2>every passing category. I like the They're not one of

0:26:35.840 --> 0:26:38.200
<v Speaker 2>my picks, but I like the Bucks in this spot.

0:26:38.720 --> 0:26:43.840
<v Speaker 2>And then another massive line, green Bay laying fourteen and

0:26:43.920 --> 0:26:48.000
<v Speaker 2>a half at home against the Saints. With the Saints

0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:52.440
<v Speaker 2>quarterback situation in total disarray, obviously green Bay should take

0:26:52.440 --> 0:26:55.840
<v Speaker 2>care of business. Okay, that leaves us with five games.

0:26:56.080 --> 0:26:59.240
<v Speaker 2>Steelers Ravens is a game, Rams Jets is a game,

0:26:59.520 --> 0:27:03.440
<v Speaker 2>pat Bills is a game. Panthers, who are the Panthers?

0:27:03.480 --> 0:27:07.520
<v Speaker 2>The Cardinals Cardinals is a game. Pardon me? And Washington

0:27:07.640 --> 0:27:11.439
<v Speaker 2>Philly is a game. We'll do those five picks plus

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<v Speaker 2>Demonse's teaser, next quick break, right back, what's right? All right?

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome back in What's right with Nick right last week,

0:27:24.240 --> 0:27:28.879
<v Speaker 2>fourth straight winning week. Demonse three and two last week.

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<v Speaker 2>So that means we are fourteen and six in the

0:27:34.680 --> 0:27:38.199
<v Speaker 2>last four weeks of picks, which puts us six games

0:27:38.240 --> 0:27:41.920
<v Speaker 2>above five hundred on the year forty thirty four and one.

0:27:42.440 --> 0:27:45.080
<v Speaker 2>Last week, we had the Rams plus three at the Niners,

0:27:45.080 --> 0:27:48.400
<v Speaker 2>they went out right, the Jets minus three at Jacksonville.

0:27:48.640 --> 0:27:51.280
<v Speaker 2>That one was in question for a large portion of

0:27:51.320 --> 0:27:53.720
<v Speaker 2>the game. But we got the win Bucks plus three

0:27:53.760 --> 0:27:57.280
<v Speaker 2>at the Chargers. That one was never in question. And

0:27:57.359 --> 0:27:59.520
<v Speaker 2>then two ones that we were on the wrong side of.

0:27:59.800 --> 0:28:02.720
<v Speaker 2>Calnea laying two and a half against Dallas. Dallas played

0:28:02.720 --> 0:28:04.680
<v Speaker 2>one of the best games it's played all year. And

0:28:04.720 --> 0:28:08.840
<v Speaker 2>Detroit laying two and a half against Buffalo. Uh. Detroit

0:28:08.960 --> 0:28:12.000
<v Speaker 2>tried to get back in this game, but obviously could

0:28:12.080 --> 0:28:14.480
<v Speaker 2>never stop Josh Allen. So on the wrong side of

0:28:14.480 --> 0:28:17.520
<v Speaker 2>that one. All right, first one this week, Demons.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Yeah, You've got Pittsburgh plus six and a half

0:28:21.040 --> 0:28:21.680
<v Speaker 3>at Baltimore.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean this is I said this earlier in

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<v Speaker 2>the year. Mike Tomlin getting more than a field goal

0:28:30.440 --> 0:28:35.600
<v Speaker 2>in divisional games is an auto fire for me. Auto fire.

0:28:36.200 --> 0:28:42.480
<v Speaker 2>Amazing fact. This is the first game ever Lamar has

0:28:42.560 --> 0:28:46.960
<v Speaker 2>played at home against Pittsburgh with fans in the stands.

0:28:47.640 --> 0:28:52.320
<v Speaker 2>He has missed the home game against the Steelers every

0:28:52.440 --> 0:28:57.360
<v Speaker 2>year but the COVID year, which is seems impossible, but

0:28:57.440 --> 0:29:02.120
<v Speaker 2>it's true. Steelers are eight against the spread in the

0:29:02.160 --> 0:29:04.480
<v Speaker 2>history of their franchise when they're getting four or more

0:29:04.520 --> 0:29:10.280
<v Speaker 2>against the Ravens. Obviously, Lamar uh has played his worst

0:29:10.320 --> 0:29:14.040
<v Speaker 2>football against the Steelers, zero to five against the spread,

0:29:14.080 --> 0:29:19.600
<v Speaker 2>one and four straight up, and in this matchup underdog

0:29:19.720 --> 0:29:24.120
<v Speaker 2>is sixteen to two and one against the spread over

0:29:24.160 --> 0:29:27.920
<v Speaker 2>the last decade, covering by almost a touchdown each time.

0:29:28.360 --> 0:29:31.200
<v Speaker 2>And as we've said, Tomlin is an underdog against divisional

0:29:31.200 --> 0:29:36.800
<v Speaker 2>opponent twenty six, nine and two, So it's just an

0:29:36.880 --> 0:29:41.920
<v Speaker 2>auto fire Pittsburgh. Lamar struggles against this team. Now. I

0:29:41.960 --> 0:29:45.920
<v Speaker 2>don't love the Pittsburgh injuries, particularly George Pickens. We'll see

0:29:45.920 --> 0:29:52.840
<v Speaker 2>about TJ. Watt. That's not great. But the Steelers win

0:29:53.000 --> 0:29:57.440
<v Speaker 2>the division by winning this weekend. The Ravens stay alive

0:29:57.480 --> 0:30:00.840
<v Speaker 2>for the division by winning this weekend. I like Pittsburgh

0:30:00.840 --> 0:30:03.880
<v Speaker 2>plus the points. I know you're a Lamar guy, Demonse,

0:30:04.240 --> 0:30:06.160
<v Speaker 2>but I feel like you like my side of this

0:30:06.240 --> 0:30:06.680
<v Speaker 2>one too.

0:30:07.560 --> 0:30:11.040
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, flashing red lights when I saw this game. Yeah,

0:30:11.080 --> 0:30:14.520
<v Speaker 3>I mean, I think Lamar can get it done. Interested

0:30:14.520 --> 0:30:16.480
<v Speaker 3>to see how it is at home, but yeah, I mean,

0:30:16.520 --> 0:30:18.840
<v Speaker 3>the Steelers just beat them earlier this year. Six and

0:30:18.840 --> 0:30:21.800
<v Speaker 3>a half point undred dogs is kind of crazy, but.

0:30:22.480 --> 0:30:26.520
<v Speaker 2>I mean, yeah, this this line should be two and

0:30:26.560 --> 0:30:29.800
<v Speaker 2>a half, and it's six and a half. It is

0:30:29.920 --> 0:30:31.480
<v Speaker 2>just And if you want to say because of the

0:30:31.520 --> 0:30:34.440
<v Speaker 2>Pickens injury and potential Watt injury, you want to say

0:30:34.440 --> 0:30:38.520
<v Speaker 2>it's three and a half, fine, But this is disrespectful

0:30:38.560 --> 0:30:41.840
<v Speaker 2>to Pittsburgh. And it's Vegas continuing to tell you they

0:30:41.840 --> 0:30:45.240
<v Speaker 2>think Baltimore is awesome and Pittsburgh's not that good, and

0:30:45.360 --> 0:30:47.440
<v Speaker 2>I disagree with that. All right, next game.

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<v Speaker 3>So next we've got the Rams at the Jets.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Rams laying three last week for the first time

0:30:56.040 --> 0:30:59.320
<v Speaker 2>all year. We bet the Jets, and I understand this

0:30:59.360 --> 0:31:03.560
<v Speaker 2>is a West Coast team going east. However, the Rams

0:31:03.800 --> 0:31:08.960
<v Speaker 2>have to have this win. The Rams since their bye, Demons.

0:31:09.160 --> 0:31:12.560
<v Speaker 2>How about this for the Rams, they started one and four.

0:31:13.400 --> 0:31:17.320
<v Speaker 2>Since the bye, they are seven and two, the same

0:31:17.400 --> 0:31:20.760
<v Speaker 2>record as the Vikings and the only teams with a

0:31:20.840 --> 0:31:23.640
<v Speaker 2>better record than the Rams over the last ten weeks

0:31:23.640 --> 0:31:28.600
<v Speaker 2>of football Eagles, Lions, Chiefs, Bills. So they have been

0:31:29.400 --> 0:31:33.200
<v Speaker 2>for the last two and a half months one of

0:31:33.240 --> 0:31:37.680
<v Speaker 2>the very best teams in the NFL. I don't trust

0:31:37.720 --> 0:31:43.600
<v Speaker 2>the Jets defense against Stafford and Company. And the Jets

0:31:43.720 --> 0:31:46.200
<v Speaker 2>just got their win. They're not going to finish the

0:31:46.280 --> 0:31:49.960
<v Speaker 2>year on this horrific losing streak. The Rams have to

0:31:50.000 --> 0:31:54.600
<v Speaker 2>have it. McVeigh by the way oddly seven to zero

0:31:54.760 --> 0:31:58.280
<v Speaker 2>going west to East as a favorite, and they've always

0:31:58.320 --> 0:32:00.200
<v Speaker 2>been a really good covering team. At the end of

0:32:00.200 --> 0:32:03.080
<v Speaker 2>the year, fourteen and two against the spread in December,

0:32:03.400 --> 0:32:07.280
<v Speaker 2>I think the Rams could could They're one of the

0:32:07.320 --> 0:32:10.959
<v Speaker 2>teams that could win the Super Bowl. The Jets are

0:32:10.960 --> 0:32:13.040
<v Speaker 2>one of the seven or eight worst teams in football.

0:32:13.400 --> 0:32:16.120
<v Speaker 2>I'll take the Rams minus three next one.

0:32:16.600 --> 0:32:19.200
<v Speaker 3>You've got New England plus fourteen and a half at Buffalo.

0:32:19.440 --> 0:32:22.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So this story went a little under the radar,

0:32:23.280 --> 0:32:28.720
<v Speaker 2>which was after the game, Josh Allen got an X

0:32:28.840 --> 0:32:31.760
<v Speaker 2>ray I think on his back because of a fall

0:32:31.840 --> 0:32:33.920
<v Speaker 2>he took. Now he said he was fine and it

0:32:34.000 --> 0:32:37.680
<v Speaker 2>was precautionary Soviet. Here's why I'm bringing that up. In

0:32:37.760 --> 0:32:42.200
<v Speaker 2>a game they have no business losing there and Josh

0:32:42.520 --> 0:32:46.280
<v Speaker 2>having such high usage the last couple weeks, They're just

0:32:46.360 --> 0:32:49.720
<v Speaker 2>gonna keep the ball as much as they can out

0:32:49.720 --> 0:32:53.880
<v Speaker 2>of his hands. No design. Josh Allen runs get the

0:32:53.920 --> 0:32:56.480
<v Speaker 2>ball out, quick, run the football, just get out of

0:32:56.520 --> 0:33:00.200
<v Speaker 2>there with a win that doesn't lend itself to a blowout.

0:33:00.760 --> 0:33:03.360
<v Speaker 2>Drake May, on the other hand, has been trying to

0:33:03.400 --> 0:33:07.200
<v Speaker 2>cover back doors spreads all year. It's a divisional game.

0:33:07.720 --> 0:33:11.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm getting more than two touchdowns. It is not that

0:33:11.520 --> 0:33:14.640
<v Speaker 2>I think New England can win. It's that I just

0:33:14.680 --> 0:33:17.960
<v Speaker 2>think Buffalo is going to have a methodical, boring game

0:33:18.040 --> 0:33:23.960
<v Speaker 2>plan as they go Patriots, Jets, Patriots to end the year. Also,

0:33:24.680 --> 0:33:28.640
<v Speaker 2>bonus take here, I think that they are going to

0:33:28.760 --> 0:33:33.680
<v Speaker 2>see on Saturday the Chiefs beat the Texans, and the

0:33:33.800 --> 0:33:37.760
<v Speaker 2>dreams of the one seed will basically be dead if

0:33:37.760 --> 0:33:41.280
<v Speaker 2>that happens. If the Chiefs beat the Texans, then the

0:33:41.320 --> 0:33:44.600
<v Speaker 2>Bills path to the one seed would be they have

0:33:44.680 --> 0:33:47.520
<v Speaker 2>to go undefeated and the Chiefs have to lose their

0:33:47.560 --> 0:33:50.800
<v Speaker 2>final two games. And so I just don't think they're

0:33:50.840 --> 0:33:54.880
<v Speaker 2>going to be you know, in laser show, blow the

0:33:54.920 --> 0:33:57.880
<v Speaker 2>other team out mode. I'll take New England plus fourteen

0:33:57.920 --> 0:34:00.160
<v Speaker 2>and a half, all right, Last time.

0:34:00.800 --> 0:34:03.840
<v Speaker 3>You got Carolina plus four and a half versus Arizona.

0:34:04.640 --> 0:34:10.680
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so Arizona is in a weird spot where if

0:34:10.719 --> 0:34:14.400
<v Speaker 2>you look at weird spots, the wrong word. But Arizona

0:34:14.960 --> 0:34:20.760
<v Speaker 2>week two blew out the Rams when the Rams didn't

0:34:20.760 --> 0:34:23.600
<v Speaker 2>have any of their didn't have their guys. Since then,

0:34:24.239 --> 0:34:28.600
<v Speaker 2>they have wins by They beat the Niners by one,

0:34:28.680 --> 0:34:31.280
<v Speaker 2>they beat the Chargers by two, they beat the Dolphins

0:34:31.280 --> 0:34:36.360
<v Speaker 2>by one, They blew out the Bears and the Jets,

0:34:36.360 --> 0:34:39.319
<v Speaker 2>and they obviously blew out the Patriots earlier or this

0:34:39.360 --> 0:34:44.760
<v Speaker 2>past week, but earlier in the year, their wins were close.

0:34:45.000 --> 0:34:48.560
<v Speaker 2>In the margins late game, you know, it could either

0:34:48.600 --> 0:34:52.560
<v Speaker 2>team could win. I don't love. I didn't love honestly

0:34:53.000 --> 0:34:56.120
<v Speaker 2>how they played, even in that Patriot game. It's just

0:34:56.200 --> 0:34:59.400
<v Speaker 2>the Patriots can't get out of their own damn way,

0:35:00.160 --> 0:35:03.000
<v Speaker 2>and they end up, you know, being up thirty to

0:35:03.080 --> 0:35:06.360
<v Speaker 2>ten late in that game, end up winning thirty to seventeen.

0:35:07.239 --> 0:35:13.120
<v Speaker 2>I could see the Panthers winning this game. I thought

0:35:13.120 --> 0:35:16.879
<v Speaker 2>the Panthers had been playing really well and then obviously

0:35:17.160 --> 0:35:20.719
<v Speaker 2>play Laiden egg against Dallas. But the Panthers, I don't

0:35:20.719 --> 0:35:22.279
<v Speaker 2>think they are going to end their year on a

0:35:22.320 --> 0:35:24.600
<v Speaker 2>seven game losing streak. I think they're gonna get a win.

0:35:25.160 --> 0:35:29.040
<v Speaker 2>And even if they don't get a win. Uh, this

0:35:29.280 --> 0:35:33.879
<v Speaker 2>feels like a yeah, this feels like a field goal game. Yeah,

0:35:33.960 --> 0:35:39.279
<v Speaker 2>feel a divisional game in Carolina. Uh, not a divisional game.

0:35:39.320 --> 0:35:42.200
<v Speaker 2>Pardon me. Arizona's in the West, Carolina's in the South.

0:35:42.440 --> 0:35:46.800
<v Speaker 2>But in Carolina, getting four and a half points feels

0:35:46.880 --> 0:35:50.760
<v Speaker 2>like a twenty one to seventeen, twenty four to twenty

0:35:50.800 --> 0:35:55.040
<v Speaker 2>one type of game. This was, I will admit, the

0:35:55.120 --> 0:35:58.480
<v Speaker 2>hardest one. I found four games I loved, and then

0:35:58.560 --> 0:36:01.120
<v Speaker 2>one game I was like, well we need This was

0:36:01.160 --> 0:36:04.440
<v Speaker 2>the fifth so if you're not tailing all my picks,

0:36:04.800 --> 0:36:06.839
<v Speaker 2>this would be the one to leave out. But I

0:36:06.920 --> 0:36:10.080
<v Speaker 2>like Carolina getting four and a half in this spot.

0:36:10.200 --> 0:36:12.920
<v Speaker 2>And then the last one a game. This was my

0:36:13.000 --> 0:36:14.799
<v Speaker 2>fourth one and a game I like a lot.

0:36:14.880 --> 0:36:18.320
<v Speaker 3>Go ahead, you've got Washington plus three and a half

0:36:18.480 --> 0:36:19.920
<v Speaker 3>versus Philly.

0:36:20.080 --> 0:36:22.879
<v Speaker 2>Yeah you don't like this one, Demonsey. I can tell

0:36:22.920 --> 0:36:24.040
<v Speaker 2>from the tone of your voice.

0:36:24.239 --> 0:36:26.480
<v Speaker 3>Uh yeah, that's a that's a pretty up in the

0:36:26.520 --> 0:36:32.800
<v Speaker 3>air one for me. Philly's humming. I mean they're looking

0:36:32.960 --> 0:36:36.160
<v Speaker 3>very good, but but yeah, I trust you.

0:36:36.200 --> 0:36:43.160
<v Speaker 2>There listen, Philly is humming Washington after their tough three

0:36:43.200 --> 0:36:47.120
<v Speaker 2>game losing streak. You know, it's gotten back on track

0:36:47.160 --> 0:36:49.359
<v Speaker 2>to a degree. The Saints game they were in full

0:36:49.440 --> 0:36:51.919
<v Speaker 2>control of kind of took their eye off the ball,

0:36:52.040 --> 0:36:54.400
<v Speaker 2>so to speak, and all of a sudden they're trying

0:36:54.400 --> 0:36:58.200
<v Speaker 2>to stop a two point conversion to avoid or horrific loss.

0:36:58.640 --> 0:37:05.000
<v Speaker 2>They also need one more win to lock up their

0:37:05.040 --> 0:37:08.560
<v Speaker 2>playoff spot now, and I think even one more win

0:37:08.640 --> 0:37:11.839
<v Speaker 2>officially won't lock it up, but to facto it would

0:37:11.880 --> 0:37:15.319
<v Speaker 2>lock it up. I don't think Washington's going to win

0:37:15.400 --> 0:37:18.279
<v Speaker 2>this game, but I do think getting three and a

0:37:18.320 --> 0:37:21.680
<v Speaker 2>half points, I think they could win. And getting three

0:37:21.760 --> 0:37:26.320
<v Speaker 2>and a half points is too big of a spread

0:37:26.840 --> 0:37:32.520
<v Speaker 2>when Washington is healthier than it was during its losing streak, Jade,

0:37:32.560 --> 0:37:36.439
<v Speaker 2>and I think is the Ribs finally aren't bothering him

0:37:36.960 --> 0:37:41.320
<v Speaker 2>and he's playing great. And when you look at Washington

0:37:41.440 --> 0:37:47.840
<v Speaker 2>this year, they their losses. Take out Week one to Tampa,

0:37:48.560 --> 0:37:51.719
<v Speaker 2>they lose the Ravens by a score, the Steelers by one,

0:37:52.200 --> 0:37:54.880
<v Speaker 2>the Eagles. That Eagles game the first time around was

0:37:54.960 --> 0:37:59.120
<v Speaker 2>really weird because that game late in the third quarter

0:37:59.719 --> 0:38:04.160
<v Speaker 2>was ten three Washington, and then there were some turnovers,

0:38:04.200 --> 0:38:08.800
<v Speaker 2>some weird plays. Saquon scored two long touchdowns within thirty

0:38:08.880 --> 0:38:11.520
<v Speaker 2>seconds of each other, and all of a sudden, Phillies

0:38:11.520 --> 0:38:14.160
<v Speaker 2>blowing them out, and so I mean by a win

0:38:14.360 --> 0:38:21.640
<v Speaker 2>probability standpoint, Washington was the favorite in that game with

0:38:21.800 --> 0:38:24.640
<v Speaker 2>ten minutes left and they end up getting you know,

0:38:24.760 --> 0:38:28.760
<v Speaker 2>they're down twenty six to ten, five game minutes left

0:38:29.200 --> 0:38:33.280
<v Speaker 2>or five game minutes later. I think this is twenty

0:38:33.360 --> 0:38:36.640
<v Speaker 2>seven to twenty four Philly and maybe twenty seven to

0:38:36.640 --> 0:38:41.080
<v Speaker 2>twenty four Washington. So I'll take the divisional dog getting

0:38:41.120 --> 0:38:44.160
<v Speaker 2>at least three and a half. So the picks are

0:38:44.160 --> 0:38:47.760
<v Speaker 2>as follows Pittsburgh getting six and a half, the Rams

0:38:47.880 --> 0:38:51.799
<v Speaker 2>laying three, New England getting fourteen and a half, Carolina

0:38:52.400 --> 0:38:55.960
<v Speaker 2>getting four and a half, and Washington getting three and

0:38:56.000 --> 0:39:00.799
<v Speaker 2>a half in this game. Now to Demonse's teaser, which

0:39:00.840 --> 0:39:03.040
<v Speaker 2>I tried to warn him off of last week, I

0:39:03.120 --> 0:39:06.440
<v Speaker 2>gave it a d. It sadly didn't win, but not

0:39:06.560 --> 0:39:08.800
<v Speaker 2>for the reason that I thought it wouldn't. I didn't

0:39:08.840 --> 0:39:12.120
<v Speaker 2>love that you crossed the zero with Cincinnati. Yeah, that

0:39:12.239 --> 0:39:15.359
<v Speaker 2>one was the best leg. You were nervous about those

0:39:15.400 --> 0:39:18.719
<v Speaker 2>twenty four points with the Giants, but luckily it was

0:39:19.000 --> 0:39:23.040
<v Speaker 2>just enough sweat. But it was actually the Chiefs forcing

0:39:23.239 --> 0:39:26.400
<v Speaker 2>six turnovers and blowing out the Browns well, beating them

0:39:26.400 --> 0:39:29.200
<v Speaker 2>by fourteen. That ruined you. What do you have this week?

0:39:30.120 --> 0:39:32.040
<v Speaker 3>This week is a two team seven and a half

0:39:32.040 --> 0:39:35.400
<v Speaker 3>point teaser at minus one sixty three and the red

0:39:35.520 --> 0:39:38.080
<v Speaker 3>blaring red lights I was talking about earlier Pittsburgh. I

0:39:38.080 --> 0:39:41.160
<v Speaker 3>had to throw in there. We got them at plus

0:39:41.200 --> 0:39:44.640
<v Speaker 3>fourteen against Baltimore, and then I teased through the zero

0:39:44.760 --> 0:39:48.960
<v Speaker 3>again with Tampa Bay up to plus four against Dallas.

0:39:49.320 --> 0:39:54.000
<v Speaker 3>I mean, a we obviously everything we talked about with

0:39:54.040 --> 0:39:56.600
<v Speaker 3>the Steelers and the ravens Lamar needs to I mean

0:39:56.640 --> 0:39:59.480
<v Speaker 3>not Lamar, but the Steelers. This is a this is

0:39:59.480 --> 0:40:02.240
<v Speaker 3>a big spot. They're not gonna get blown out fourteen points,

0:40:02.280 --> 0:40:03.840
<v Speaker 3>come on out and then.

0:40:03.840 --> 0:40:09.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm fine with that. I'm no, I'm fine with the

0:40:10.000 --> 0:40:14.319
<v Speaker 2>Steelers leg not taking to him. But listen, I think

0:40:14.360 --> 0:40:16.759
<v Speaker 2>you're gonna win this one. I'm gonna be honest with you,

0:40:17.040 --> 0:40:21.720
<v Speaker 2>but I don't like it on general principle of teaser value,

0:40:22.120 --> 0:40:27.520
<v Speaker 2>where you're laying one sixty I you're I just don't.

0:40:27.040 --> 0:40:29.400
<v Speaker 3>Have a hunter, like you just know something you can't

0:40:30.000 --> 0:40:32.319
<v Speaker 3>You're like, oh, you know, remember the rule? Like if

0:40:32.320 --> 0:40:33.239
<v Speaker 3>you know it, you know it. You know.

0:40:33.880 --> 0:40:36.360
<v Speaker 2>I feel like you're going away from what got you

0:40:36.440 --> 0:40:39.080
<v Speaker 2>on your long winning streak. I'm rooting for you. I'm

0:40:39.080 --> 0:40:39.600
<v Speaker 2>giving you a.

0:40:39.920 --> 0:40:43.600
<v Speaker 3>C minus giving as.

0:40:43.000 --> 0:40:46.160
<v Speaker 2>On this one. It is an upgrade from last week

0:40:46.200 --> 0:40:48.839
<v Speaker 2>and hopefully it wins. All right, what's the offer this week?

0:40:48.880 --> 0:40:50.239
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you have it in front of you.

0:40:50.400 --> 0:40:54.200
<v Speaker 3>Uh yeah, So we are headed to Atlanta. So the

0:40:54.640 --> 0:40:57.040
<v Speaker 3>last two or three games of two or three of

0:40:57.160 --> 0:40:59.880
<v Speaker 3>Pennis's college football games, he led the team to a

0:41:00.440 --> 0:41:03.640
<v Speaker 3>fueld goal drive in the first play, I mean in

0:41:03.680 --> 0:41:06.320
<v Speaker 3>the first drive. So we're gonna go off that same logic.

0:41:08.000 --> 0:41:10.279
<v Speaker 3>So he's plus four hundred to lead them to a

0:41:10.360 --> 0:41:13.120
<v Speaker 3>field goal in the first first drive again, or since

0:41:13.160 --> 0:41:15.480
<v Speaker 3>young Wake who is out, you could take that they

0:41:15.560 --> 0:41:19.080
<v Speaker 3>miss it at plus nineteen hundred. Okay, you like either

0:41:19.120 --> 0:41:19.479
<v Speaker 3>of those?

0:41:20.840 --> 0:41:23.440
<v Speaker 2>No I I I'm gonna go ahead and say I

0:41:23.480 --> 0:41:29.520
<v Speaker 2>don't like either of those, and I'm going to I've

0:41:29.640 --> 0:41:33.719
<v Speaker 2>never done first drive result bet, and I'm gonna keep

0:41:33.760 --> 0:41:39.520
<v Speaker 2>that streak going and decline the offer. I would take

0:41:39.840 --> 0:41:45.279
<v Speaker 2>punt as the best option, but that's plus one point fifteen.

0:41:47.880 --> 0:41:51.920
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I gotta tell you, this feels like a

0:41:52.040 --> 0:41:57.040
<v Speaker 2>crummy market. You're touchdown. You gotta say if it's passing

0:41:57.120 --> 0:42:00.680
<v Speaker 2>or rushing your I don't think, guys, I'm telling you

0:42:00.760 --> 0:42:04.440
<v Speaker 2>right now, I don't think the sharp betters of America

0:42:05.040 --> 0:42:10.719
<v Speaker 2>are betting first touchdown for first drive results. And I'm

0:42:10.760 --> 0:42:14.759
<v Speaker 2>gonna go ahead and stay out of that one myself. Well,

0:42:14.800 --> 0:42:17.920
<v Speaker 2>I just don't like it. I'm just not I am

0:42:18.080 --> 0:42:20.919
<v Speaker 2>just personally not gonna have a part of that, all right.

0:42:21.120 --> 0:42:23.960
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0:42:32.840 --> 0:42:35.640
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0:42:35.680 --> 0:42:38.719
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