Speaker 1: Ka boom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes
Speaker 1: a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants
Speaker 1: of the old republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He
Speaker 1: treats crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the
Speaker 1: rich pill poppers in the penthouse to clearinghouse of hot takes,
Speaker 1: break free for something special. The Fifth Hour with Ben
Speaker 1: Maller starts right now in the air everywhere, and it
Speaker 1: is a brain spanking new year. The first full weekend
Speaker 1: of the Fifth Hour with Ben Maller and Danny G
Speaker 1: as we officially kick off. I know we had the
Speaker 1: mailbag last week, Dandy, but this is the full Monty
Speaker 1: for the brand new year, as we kick things off
Speaker 1: and we do it the right way. The final full
Speaker 1: mission of Betty versus the Penny. Let's strike up the band.
Speaker 1: Welcome players, You're welcome. It's time now Betty versus the
Speaker 1: Penny and the crowd goes wild and all that, and
Speaker 1: Danny G we have reached the end of the regular
Speaker 1: season in the NFL. It's always odd because doing what
Speaker 1: we do for a living in sports radio, we pretty
Speaker 1: much make our entire lives. We mold our lives around
Speaker 1: the NFL. And so it's a weird thing because it's
Speaker 1: it's exciting the playoffs starting, but at the same time,
Speaker 1: you're like, now like most of the team's half the
Speaker 1: teams are being eliminated, um and more than half of
Speaker 1: the team. So it's a weird time of the year.
Speaker 1: First of all, I can't believe that we've already gone
Speaker 1: through an entire season. Secondly, does this mean I'm gonna
Speaker 1: now spend off of my life again chasing around Brian Billick. Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: I did get some email from people saying I can't
Speaker 1: wait till the interviews come back, and I'm like, well, yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know. On this side, it might not be
Speaker 1: the same. Well no, I mean we we can rotate through.
Speaker 1: We have we have friends at Fox Sports three. We'll
Speaker 1: figure it out. Brian bill Brian Billick. He used the whale,
Speaker 1: though it used to be Michael Jordan's. The whale is
Speaker 1: Brian Billick. I think what we should do is just
Speaker 1: just let's just funk around and we'll just put on
Speaker 1: a bunch of like old school NFL coaches, Like we'll
Speaker 1: track down Jerry Glanville, we'll put him on right well,
Speaker 1: you know, you know these guys that are they dead,
Speaker 1: are alive. You know the guys that we were we
Speaker 1: were younger. We'll track them down, we'll put them on.
Speaker 1: Just we had Jim, Jim Moron, who's God bless Jim.
Speaker 1: He's close to ninety, but we knew him. I knew
Speaker 1: him from his days at Fox Pus Radio. Baby, like
Speaker 1: these old school coaches. Man, that's the way to go.
Speaker 1: I think we'll do a bunch of those guys And
Speaker 1: if anybody wants to recommend. Now, we still have Benny
Speaker 1: Versus I want to clarify we will have a hybrid
Speaker 1: version of Benny Versus the Penny coming up because we've
Speaker 1: got the wild Card weekend next week, so that'll do it.
Speaker 1: And we can pretty much do this all the way
Speaker 1: up to the Super Bowl, with the exception in the
Speaker 1: week before depending on what's going on. So we will
Speaker 1: have a lot of a lot of Benny Versus the Penny. Still,
Speaker 1: we're gonna be broadcasting live from the Pro Bowl, right, Yes, yes,
Speaker 1: unless we don't. I'm sure. I'm sure that's in the budget,
Speaker 1: unless it's not. So before we get to the games
Speaker 1: on hand, let's look back and see what happened back
Speaker 1: in Week seventeen. Before you look ahead, you gotta look back,
Speaker 1: learned from me mistakes, and never make them again. So
Speaker 1: Week seventeen, I've been saying all year, at some point,
Speaker 1: the ship's gonna hit the fan. I've been winning way
Speaker 1: too many bets here, and it happened in Week seventeen.
Speaker 1: It was a debacle for yours, truly here. Everything I
Speaker 1: thought was going to happen didn't happen. Guys that I
Speaker 1: expected to play or play well didn't play well or
Speaker 1: got hurt. It was a total crap fest. I lost
Speaker 1: a couple of games on bad beats, and that's what happens.
Speaker 1: And so five there were fifteen games. They're supposed to
Speaker 1: be sixteen games. Obviously the story in Buffalo and Cincinnati
Speaker 1: that game was not played. But the fifteen games, I
Speaker 1: want five and ten Danny five and ten against the spread.
Speaker 1: That's any like performance. God, that blows man. I suck
Speaker 1: five and ten, three thirty three winning percentage half the
Speaker 1: Sign of the Devil. The Penny beat Me had eight wins,
Speaker 1: but only one game above five. Eight and seven for
Speaker 1: the Penny. That is now back to back winning weeks
Speaker 1: for the Penny, and three out of the last four
Speaker 1: weeks the Pennies had a winning record, and this is
Speaker 1: my first losing week I believe all actually since Week two,
Speaker 1: so I've had two losing weekends overall, Week two and
Speaker 1: Week seventeen, and so overall overall my record a hundred
Speaker 1: forty five wins, hundred four losses to five eighty two
Speaker 1: winning percent so I'm still within the margin of making
Speaker 1: money the penny hundred wins, hundred and thirty losses and
Speaker 1: four ties, that's a four eighty two winning percentage. Just
Speaker 1: to recap a couple of things. In Week seventeen, I
Speaker 1: mentioned I had some bad beats. The Patriots gave up
Speaker 1: a touchdown with a minute four left in the in
Speaker 1: the in the g D game on the clock, they
Speaker 1: lost the bet by a half point on the spread,
Speaker 1: and just brutal Carolina was up fourteen nothing early in Tampa.
Speaker 1: They had a lead fourth quarter, end up losing by
Speaker 1: six and they were three point underdogs, which seems hard
Speaker 1: to do, but Sam Donald puked it up the Bears.
Speaker 1: That was not a close game, but they led after
Speaker 1: the first quarter, and then Justin Fields got dinged up
Speaker 1: and from that point from the time Justin Fields got hurt.
Speaker 1: To the end of the game, Chicago was outscored thirty
Speaker 1: four nothing by the Lions. I had some some investment
Speaker 1: in the Colts. Nick Foles got hurt on the snow
Speaker 1: Angel Sack uh covon Thip Thibodeau, and that did in
Speaker 1: the the Colts. Mike White stunk for the Jets, he
Speaker 1: got hurt. Carson Wentz garbage for the Commanders. I go
Speaker 1: on and on um anyway, so it was it not
Speaker 1: a great weekend for We made a good call on
Speaker 1: stid Um though. Remember how I told you really spinning
Speaker 1: the ball in McDaniel's system. Yeah, he looked great. That
Speaker 1: was That was one I didn't have to sweat. Even
Speaker 1: though the Raiders lost the game, they were right there
Speaker 1: neck and neck, and they were they were leading the game,
Speaker 1: playing very well. And I guess the number one defense
Speaker 1: in the NFL. All right, let's get to it. Here
Speaker 1: we go, final full weekend for twenty two slash three.
Speaker 1: We'll have to wait till next year for the full Monty,
Speaker 1: but here is week A team Remember sports handicapping for
Speaker 1: the regular guy Wench The Numbers spent a lot of
Speaker 1: time looking over these games. Home team is heads. Road
Speaker 1: team is tales. The penny does not speak, so representing
Speaker 1: the penny, that would be Danny G. Radio, Daddy or
Speaker 1: Daddy G Radio as we're calling him. Now. All right,
Speaker 1: here we go Kansas City thirteen and three at Las
Speaker 1: Vegas six and ten, This game kicking off Saturday afternoon,
Speaker 1: the final game for Danny G's Raiders this season. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I got got flexed. The Chiefs opened up a ten
Speaker 1: point favorite. The line on this is nine and a
Speaker 1: half Chiefs favored by the public, almost se of the
Speaker 1: handle in favor of Kansas City at Allegian Stadium, the
Speaker 1: house Danny G visited a couple of weeks ago. The
Speaker 1: Chiefs one in ten against the spread, their last ten
Speaker 1: against the a f C. They've been miserable owen seven
Speaker 1: on the road their last seven against conference rivals, and
Speaker 1: the Raiders have been very good as an underdog, although
Speaker 1: most of that with different players who are not currently
Speaker 1: playing for the Silver and Black. But I'm gonna take
Speaker 1: the Raiders in this game. I was a little concerned,
Speaker 1: Danny I saw Jared stidn't miss some time and practice
Speaker 1: this week. We believe he's going to play. He better play.
Speaker 1: He got off to a blazing start against the Niners
Speaker 1: last week. Just mentioned that three sixty five yards, three
Speaker 1: touchdowns against the supposed number one defense in the NFL.
Speaker 1: He did have the two interceptions. This is it the Stidhum.
Speaker 1: You realize what's on the line in this game. If
Speaker 1: he goes out there and has three more touchdowns and
Speaker 1: passes for three yards and looks great against the Chiefs,
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, the Raiders have to say, wait
Speaker 1: a minute, what do we do next year? Do we
Speaker 1: allow this guy to have a legitimate chance to win
Speaker 1: the starting job? I mean that that's that's what's on
Speaker 1: the line here for this audition for Stidham. So it's
Speaker 1: a big f and deal for him and the Raiders
Speaker 1: looking to end on a positive note for whatever that's worth.
Speaker 1: The Chiefs have shown a tendency here to not blow
Speaker 1: the doors off opponents that yet think they're gonna blow
Speaker 1: the doors off here. I'm I might be crazy on this, Danny,
Speaker 1: but I actually like the Raiders a lot. Getting that
Speaker 1: many points, almost double digits, So I'm gonna take the
Speaker 1: Raiders with the points, Chiefs will win the game. Raiders
Speaker 1: win the bet, Chiefs seven, and the Raiders twenty four
Speaker 1: the final and the Penny lands on Heads agrees with you,
Speaker 1: going with Las Vegas. All right, Now, keep in mind
Speaker 1: this is the hardest week in the NFL. The handicapped
Speaker 1: Danny because you don't know the motivation. Now this next game,
Speaker 1: you do know the motivation. Tennessee seven and nine, you're
Speaker 1: the only ten I see at Jacksonville eight and eight,
Speaker 1: and this game being played in Jacksonville, and the Jaguars
Speaker 1: opened up a six and a half point favorite. They're
Speaker 1: favored by six. What kind of bizarro world is this
Speaker 1: where Jacksonville's favored by six points in a key game
Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. But that's the story. At t
Speaker 1: I a a bank field as temperatures in the sixties
Speaker 1: that kick off her Titans and won eleven of the
Speaker 1: last fourteen meetings. Mike Rabel has been so good as
Speaker 1: an underdog. We give the stat all the time. Great
Speaker 1: record one and nine as an underdog with three or
Speaker 1: more points. And I'm gonna take the Titans in this game.
Speaker 1: Joshua Dobbs making his second start. I learned a little
Speaker 1: bit about him this week. He played against the Cowboys
Speaker 1: and it was okay. He wasn't great. He's okay in
Speaker 1: that game. Uh, the Cowboys ended up covering the spread.
Speaker 1: But Dobbs isn't He's got an aerospace degree. He was
Speaker 1: an intern at NASA. So that's all kind of interesting crap.
Speaker 1: And it's the a f C championship game. These teams
Speaker 1: played back in Week fourteen. Jacksonville won that game thirty two,
Speaker 1: but that game misleading. Jacksonville scored twenty of their thirty
Speaker 1: six points directly off turnovers from Tennessee. The Titans very
Speaker 1: generous in that game. They were in the holiday spirit.
Speaker 1: They gave They gave the ball away four times. Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry had two fumbles, and certainly expect a cleaner game here.
Speaker 1: Despite Dobbs not having much experience, Tennessee will be able
Speaker 1: to move the ball. Henry average seven yards per carry
Speaker 1: against Jacksonville the last time out. I know some new
Speaker 1: players in the lineup. Things are a little different than
Speaker 1: they were back then, but the choke factor is very big.
Speaker 1: I don't completely trust Jacksonville. They've looked great lately. I'm
Speaker 1: not sold that's legit. This should be a nip and
Speaker 1: tuck game. Even with the backup backup quarterback third stringer
Speaker 1: plan for the Titans. Remember the Titans in this game Tennessee.
Speaker 1: They win the game Jacksonville the final and the Penny
Speaker 1: says that it looks like Trevor Lawrence is going to
Speaker 1: be the one who looks like an astronaut going with
Speaker 1: the Jags. Well, the NFL would like that because I
Speaker 1: was talking to I was actually texting. I don't talk
Speaker 1: to anybody's you know, Danny, but I was texting somebody,
Speaker 1: and they were like, oh yeah. The NFL, they they're
Speaker 1: ready to hype up Lawrence next year that Jacksonville is
Speaker 1: gonna be one of those teams that gets those extra
Speaker 1: prime time games. You know how they've been doing it
Speaker 1: with the Chargers where they're trying to hype up Justin
Speaker 1: Herbert and building up the mythology of Herbert. Will keep
Speaker 1: an eye on Jacksonville next year, especially if they win
Speaker 1: this game. Watch out. All right, Let's get to the
Speaker 1: Sunday card. The New York Jets wicked bad in the year.
Speaker 1: At seven and nine. They are at Miami eight and eight.
Speaker 1: It's on Fox. Joe Davis and Darryl Johnson have a
Speaker 1: call on Fox and the Jets. This game opened up
Speaker 1: Dolphins by four. Jets are actually favored in this game
Speaker 1: by one. Hello at hard Rock Stadium, temperatures in the
Speaker 1: high seventies at kickoff, and the reason the Jets are
Speaker 1: favorite because of the injury situation with the Dolphins. But
Speaker 1: the Jets two and five against the spread their last seven,
Speaker 1: they've been a miserable team going back several years when
Speaker 1: they've had to travel more than a thousand yards, more
Speaker 1: than a thousand miles. Thousand yards, I think they'll be
Speaker 1: all right. Thousand miles probably not so much. But anyway,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Dolphins in this game. There's two
Speaker 1: main reasons here. Let me tell you my my logic
Speaker 1: behind this is how I came up with this as
Speaker 1: I dissected this game. So the Dolphins, there's two reasons.
Speaker 1: Like Miami, they still have a shot at the playoffs
Speaker 1: even with their backup Skyler Thompson. I'm not sitting here
Speaker 1: saying Skylar Thompson is good. I don't think he is
Speaker 1: nors Mike Glenn in the draft, who they just signed
Speaker 1: with that long neck as the the emergency quarterback. But
Speaker 1: this is a vote of no confidence for Gang Green
Speaker 1: the Jets. Mike White poop the bed in Seattle. He
Speaker 1: had no control over his passes. I don't think that
Speaker 1: changes much here. This has Debacco written all over it.
Speaker 1: We would not be shocked if this Jets team just
Speaker 1: goes through the motions and and plays safe and not
Speaker 1: to get hurt. You know, I hear that a lot.
Speaker 1: We've worked with a lot of NFL guys over the years,
Speaker 1: and they always, they often have said, in week eighteen
Speaker 1: or it used to be week seventeen, just be week sixteen.
Speaker 1: But the main goal when you're not making the playoffs
Speaker 1: is to not get hurt because you want to go
Speaker 1: on vacation. You don't want to have to rehab when
Speaker 1: you're when you're in the off season, and if you
Speaker 1: get hurt in week seventeen or week eighteen, you gotta rehab. Anyway,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be an ugly game. Dolphins will end up
Speaker 1: winning it nineteen ten, Miami in the win column, l
Speaker 1: end up nine and eight in the regular season, and
Speaker 1: the penny goes again in the other direction, going with
Speaker 1: the J T J E T S suck sucks suck,
Speaker 1: all right. See, it would have been better if you
Speaker 1: misspelled it. Then we could have used that as a
Speaker 1: drop Dandy almost gonna j U c K sucks b
Speaker 1: B L O W blow. All right, uh, all right,
Speaker 1: next up Cleveland. Hello, seven and nine at Pittsburgh. And
Speaker 1: they come into this game with a miserable record themselves.
Speaker 1: They are a game better than Cleveland. The Steelers opened
Speaker 1: up a one and a half point favorite. They're favored
Speaker 1: by two and a half in this game. And uh
Speaker 1: the slight lean on the money to the Browns at
Speaker 1: the stadium formerly known as Heinz Field, temperatures in the
Speaker 1: thirties and cloudy at kickoff in the Berg. And I'm
Speaker 1: gonna take the Steelers in this game now when you
Speaker 1: boil things down. Kenny Pickett has been captain come back,
Speaker 1: Captain clutch every want to say it, but he's also
Speaker 1: been crummy for seventy of these recent Steeler games. And
Speaker 1: then he's been, you know, been amazing late in the game,
Speaker 1: these these drives against Baltimore and your Raiders. Sorry Danny
Speaker 1: the week before, but living on a wing and a prayer,
Speaker 1: and I expect much of the same in this game.
Speaker 1: There's gonna be a close game, and then the Steelers
Speaker 1: should be able to actually have more success on the
Speaker 1: ground with Nag Harris against a very suspect Cleveland run defense.
Speaker 1: In the passing game, Deshaun Watson had a had a
Speaker 1: big game the creepy quarterback last week against Washington. However,
Speaker 1: that was more of a byproduct of the secondary for
Speaker 1: the Commanders being dinged up. I don't I don't think
Speaker 1: we'll see the similar result here. T J. Watt will
Speaker 1: be in the face of Watson early and often, but
Speaker 1: this will be another nail biter. And the fact that
Speaker 1: you're getting over you're getting two and a half. So
Speaker 1: if the number was three, I would likely go the other.
Speaker 1: I think that's how close this game is. I think
Speaker 1: it comes down to the field. I think Pittsburgh. I
Speaker 1: believe Pittsburgh the better team here, and you will have
Speaker 1: a mix of Cleveland guys that are not gonna be
Speaker 1: playing with pride. They'll be like worried about going on vacation.
Speaker 1: So Steelers sixteen and the Browns thirteen. The final penny
Speaker 1: fittingly lands on tails where the poop color Brown's helmet
Speaker 1: comes from. Going with Cleveland alright, Cleveland is the team
Speaker 1: next up Houston to and one boy. This is a
Speaker 1: game designed for the penny to and one Houston at
Speaker 1: Indianapolis four eleven and one. It's on CBS Game of
Speaker 1: the Week. Ye oh yeah, who's gonna be watching this?
Speaker 1: And it with Spirodidas and Jay Feel you have the
Speaker 1: call over there on CBS. The Colts opened at two
Speaker 1: and a half point favorite, and they are favored by
Speaker 1: two and a half. Still, the money's pretty even on
Speaker 1: this game. Both teams would be better off long term
Speaker 1: by losing at Lucas Oil Stadium a dome. And I'm
Speaker 1: not going to give you any kind of numbers on
Speaker 1: this because across the board the numbers are irrelevant. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna take the Texans in this game. This is a game,
Speaker 1: as we said, design for the penny, not for me.
Speaker 1: Both these teams as will be better off higher draft picks.
Speaker 1: Houston can wrap up the number one pick. They'll screw
Speaker 1: themselves over though they will end up blowing the number
Speaker 1: one pick. The Bears will get the number one pick,
Speaker 1: and then Lovey Smith will end up losing his job.
Speaker 1: The main reason I like the Texans is because Sam
Speaker 1: Ellinger is going to start for the Colts and I've
Speaker 1: seen this guy and he stinks. And Davis Mills should
Speaker 1: be able to use the play action. The Colts can't
Speaker 1: stop the run. The play actions should open things up,
Speaker 1: but who are we kidding? This game is gonna be
Speaker 1: unly the capital you Texans. It's twenty and the Colts ten.
Speaker 1: The final. There goes the number one pick. Congratulations Chicago. Yea,
Speaker 1: the penny lands on heads going with the Colts. Alright, Colts,
Speaker 1: it is next up Tampa Bay at Atlanta. It's on
Speaker 1: Fox with Adam Amine and Mark Slabor. They have the
Speaker 1: call All and Bucks come in eight and eight, Atlanta
Speaker 1: six and ten. Falcons favored by four. This game open
Speaker 1: to pick him. Everyone's like, why is Atlanta favored by four?
Speaker 1: I'll tell you because the gambling market they understand that
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay is not going to play their starters. Todd
Speaker 1: Bowles said He's going to play as starters, but the
Speaker 1: the insiders say that's not the case. Falcons. My I'm
Speaker 1: taking the Falcons because I would rather have my money
Speaker 1: on the starters for Atlanta then the backups Blaine Gabbard
Speaker 1: and Kyle Trask and those guys for the Tampa Buccaneers.
Speaker 1: But Brady'll like the start this game. You'll play a
Speaker 1: couple of series and then that's it. And even when
Speaker 1: he's in there, you'll talk about a very conservative vanilla offense.
Speaker 1: Falcons twenty seven bucks seventeen. I must be I must
Speaker 1: be high. Yeah, an he going the other way again,
Speaker 1: taking the bucks. All right? Next up Carolina at Orlans.
Speaker 1: It's on Fox with Jason Bennetti and Fox Sports Radios
Speaker 1: Brady Quinn. They will have the call there. Yeah, well
Speaker 1: on the Fox box that rocks. The Saints open a
Speaker 1: three point favorite at the Superdome. They are favored by
Speaker 1: three and a half. And I actually like Carolina. Both
Speaker 1: these teams not going to the place, but I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take Caroline. Actually have a strong opinion on this game,
Speaker 1: which makes no sense, but uh, styles make fights. Carolina
Speaker 1: matches up very well with the Orleans and the Panthers
Speaker 1: should be able to box up Alvin Kamara and Taysom Hill,
Speaker 1: forcing Andy Dalton to throw and that is a recipe
Speaker 1: for despair. Also, the Panthers offense, they are able to
Speaker 1: move the ball on the ground here. The Saints have
Speaker 1: shown some weak spots on that run defense, so Deonte
Speaker 1: Foreman and Cuba Hubbard. Uh, those two guys should be
Speaker 1: able to move the ball, it's gonna be closed. But
Speaker 1: the Saints should not be favored by more than a
Speaker 1: field goal. So I'll take the Panthers and the Saints
Speaker 1: twenty three as Carolina ends the year on a winning
Speaker 1: note and the Penny go in the other direction again.
Speaker 1: What a battle so far this week, taking the as
Speaker 1: a lot of disagreement, A lot of disagreement, all right.
Speaker 1: So this next game is up in the air. It's
Speaker 1: New England eight and eight at Buffalo twelve and three.
Speaker 1: It's on CBS with Jim Nance and Tony Romo. The
Speaker 1: Bill's favored in this game. They opened up a tenant
Speaker 1: a point favorite. They're favored by six and a half.
Speaker 1: At the time we are recording Venni versus the Penny,
Speaker 1: it is green light go. This game will be played.
Speaker 1: That is obviously something that could change, but at this moment,
Speaker 1: as we're talking right now, this game will be played
Speaker 1: at High March Stadium in Buffalo, temperatures in the twenties
Speaker 1: that kick off. It is a must win game for
Speaker 1: the Patriots, and the Patriots have not done well against
Speaker 1: running quarterback acts. And obviously this story here is what
Speaker 1: happens with Buffalo and the game Monday night postponed because
Speaker 1: Damar Hamlin was injured in Cincinnati hospital and all that
Speaker 1: just a horrible, horrible situation. And this is a a
Speaker 1: mind bendor to handicap. I'm gonna take the Patriots. Now,
Speaker 1: this is gonna go one of two ways here, uh
Speaker 1: this game. Either Buffalo comes out flat, emotionally spent, just
Speaker 1: not wanting to play the game, and they come out
Speaker 1: like zombies, and the Patriots win this game either comfortably
Speaker 1: or that they end up winning the game outright, does
Speaker 1: Josh Allen rally trips? The other scenario is that the
Speaker 1: Bills rally around their falling teammate Damar Hamlin, and they
Speaker 1: stampede the Buffalo Rome past the Patriots. And if if
Speaker 1: all things were equal, you would take Buffalo and they
Speaker 1: would win this game by a wide margin. But all
Speaker 1: things are not equal here. Uh and and so I'm
Speaker 1: gonna take the page. I don't think Buffalo they play
Speaker 1: this game. I don't think Buffalo's got much in it.
Speaker 1: So I'll take the Patriots twenty and the Bills seventeen.
Speaker 1: And the penny says the Bills are gonna storm out
Speaker 1: like the Sabers and win it for Hamlin. All right,
Speaker 1: let's get back to it here and the next game up.
Speaker 1: Next game up for US Baltimore ten and six at
Speaker 1: Cincinnati eleven and four. The Bengals another one of these
Speaker 1: teams affected by obviously what happened in Monday Night Monday
Speaker 1: Night Football, and the Bengals game postponed against Buffalo on
Speaker 1: Monday Night. The Bengals opened up a six and ap
Speaker 1: point favorite. They're favored by seven in this game at
Speaker 1: ay Core Stadium in the Natty, mostly cloudy temperatures in
Speaker 1: the thirties that kick off. I'm gonna take the Ravens
Speaker 1: in this game. And here's why Joe Burrow has been
Speaker 1: playing grade. He's been painting the Mona Lisa on a
Speaker 1: weekly basis. The Ravens off will not be able to
Speaker 1: keep up in a shootout situation. Lamar Jackson still not playing,
Speaker 1: malingering with that knee injury, not practicing, not gonna play here.
Speaker 1: Tyler Huntley the backup quarterback who's not particularly good. He's
Speaker 1: got a messed up risk. So this could be Anthony Brown,
Speaker 1: the third string guy for Baltimore. But the Ravens the
Speaker 1: style of way play, the ground out games they run
Speaker 1: the ball. I mean considering that Cincinnati is also in
Speaker 1: this weird twilight zone situation because they were on the
Speaker 1: other side in the game against Buffalo, and Tee Higgins
Speaker 1: is the guy that was tackled by Tamar Hamlin when
Speaker 1: the fluke a situation happened with the cardiac arrest and
Speaker 1: all that, so I'm not sure how they're going to
Speaker 1: respond either. I do expect the distraction due to play
Speaker 1: into this with the Bengals, and it should be enough.
Speaker 1: This is gonna be a close game. These teams played
Speaker 1: earlier this season and Baltimore one nineteen to set and team,
Speaker 1: and I'm not convinced, even with the backup quarterback and
Speaker 1: all that, I'm not convinced that there's that much separation
Speaker 1: between the Bengals and Ravens. So I will take the
Speaker 1: Bengals to win, but the Ravens to cover that seven
Speaker 1: point number. Bengals twenty four, Ravens twenty the final and
Speaker 1: the Penny lands on heads for the third straight time,
Speaker 1: taking the Bengals out right, all right, so we uh
Speaker 1: we disagree on that. Next up, Minnesota at Chicago Vikings
Speaker 1: twelve and four, Bears three and thirteen. It's on Fox
Speaker 1: with Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma. The Vikings opened up
Speaker 1: a one point road favorite at Soldier Field. They're favorite
Speaker 1: by seven and a half in this game. Holy Canoli
Speaker 1: and most everyone betting on Minnesota, and I am too.
Speaker 1: I'm going with the mob here. I'm taking the Vikings.
Speaker 1: The main reason is justin Fields. The only player that
Speaker 1: makes any kind of plays for the Bears is out.
Speaker 1: So Nathan Peterman. It's a Peterman special, the point dexter quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: He will be under center for Chicago. Huge advantage obviously
Speaker 1: for the Vikings. Now, the thing that scares you a
Speaker 1: little bit, Kirk Cousin is not a great cold weather quarterback,
Speaker 1: not a great quarterback when you're expecting him to dominate.
Speaker 1: It is a Sunday afternoon game. Uh. And here's the
Speaker 1: deal in this, right, Minnesota, they've got something to play
Speaker 1: for if the forty Niners lose. But the Niners are
Speaker 1: playing Arizona, and Arizona's playing a bunch of backups, so
Speaker 1: that's very unlikely. So there is a possibility that we
Speaker 1: take Minnesota and they play a bunch of backups. But
Speaker 1: even the Viking backups are better than Nathan Peterman and
Speaker 1: I'll take the Vikings all day and twice on Sunday,
Speaker 1: Minnesota seven and the Bears ten. The final penny lands
Speaker 1: on tail says, I ain't no dummy going with you
Speaker 1: taking the Vikings. Let's get to the late game. So
Speaker 1: that that Cincinnati game, I believe it is an early game.
Speaker 1: There were there was a flip flop situation already talked
Speaker 1: about that game. So the late games will start with
Speaker 1: the Giants nine six and one at Philadelphia, and they
Speaker 1: come in here thirteen and three, but a couple of
Speaker 1: losses in a row for the Eagles. It's on CBS.
Speaker 1: I an Eagle and Charles Davis have the call. Eagles
Speaker 1: opened up a two point favorite that has gone up
Speaker 1: up by the way, fourteen point favorite now Philadelphia, the
Speaker 1: Giants getting slightly more of the money at Lincoln Financial Field,
Speaker 1: Cloudy in thirties seven degrees at kickoff in the Delaware Valley.
Speaker 1: And this is one of those games I I went
Speaker 1: back and forth. I wanted to pick the Giants. I
Speaker 1: wanted to take the Giants because of the points, but
Speaker 1: then I realized this week eighteen and you got the
Speaker 1: Giants who are gonna have a bunch of guys lollygagging around.
Speaker 1: They were there in the playoffs, are gonna be resting
Speaker 1: a number of starters, and Philadelphia has got to wrap
Speaker 1: up that number one seeds. So there's direct motivation here.
Speaker 1: And you always want to go with the team that's
Speaker 1: more motivated than the team that's not motivated. That's just
Speaker 1: common sense one oh one when you bet on these games.
Speaker 1: So I'm taking I can't believe I'm doing I'm taking
Speaker 1: the Eagles minus fourteen minus fourteen, and the Eagles have
Speaker 1: been very sloppy of late. They did not show up
Speaker 1: the first half against the Saints last week. Gardner Minshoe
Speaker 1: has been in a giving mood. He maybe starting again.
Speaker 1: He'll likely play. Jalen Hurts is a possibility at the
Speaker 1: time we are doing Benny versus the Penny to play,
Speaker 1: but even if he plays, how much is he gonna play?
Speaker 1: Lane Johnson, the tackle for the Eagles, is still out.
Speaker 1: The Giants have nothing to gain here and supposedly everything
Speaker 1: to lose, and the whis spers indicate that Brian Dable
Speaker 1: will be showcasing the backup, which means the Giants will
Speaker 1: be going with Matt Brita. The running back instead of
Speaker 1: Sequan Barkley and Tyrod Taylor the quarterback. I load betting
Speaker 1: big favorites, but this is the exception of the rules.
Speaker 1: We said Eagles thirty four, Giants seventeen the final, and
Speaker 1: Philly covers that big number. And the penny has been
Speaker 1: a big fan of the Eagles this season also taken Philly. Here.
Speaker 1: Next up Dallas twelve and four at Washington seven, eight
Speaker 1: and one on Fox with Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys opened up a road uh road fit four
Speaker 1: and a half, their favorite by seven now as seven
Speaker 1: point favorite for Dallas. Most people betting on the Cowboys
Speaker 1: in this game. Rain light rain throughout the early part
Speaker 1: of the day there in the Greater DC era and
Speaker 1: landover Maryland at FedEx Field, and I want to take
Speaker 1: the Commanders in this game. There's a shocker that Commanders
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys in recent years have been a dreadful
Speaker 1: team in January. It's like flogging a dead pony. The
Speaker 1: Cowboy three and twelve. They've been lifeless against the spread
Speaker 1: their last fifteen January games. Dak Prescotts played very well
Speaker 1: against the Commanders. I don't know how much Dax's gonna
Speaker 1: play in this game. The Commanders. I understand the argument.
Speaker 1: They're playing out the string. They have little motivations. Could
Speaker 1: be Ron Rivera's last game, but I expect Mike McCarthy
Speaker 1: to pull the starters at least midway through. So you're
Speaker 1: betting on Cowboy backups. Taylor Heineke was supposed to start
Speaker 1: this game for Washington. He tapped out, so the gig
Speaker 1: goes to the Greenhorns. Sam Howell. I don't know what
Speaker 1: you're gonna get from samhow All I know is he
Speaker 1: can't be much worse than Heineke, and I guarantee he's
Speaker 1: gonna be better than Carson Wentz who pooped the bed
Speaker 1: last week. It is possibly get a black effort from Washington,
Speaker 1: but I say they'll they'll duke it out here and
Speaker 1: they will play with some pride. And you're getting this
Speaker 1: many points and Dallas playing their backups. Cowboys will not
Speaker 1: cover the number. Dallas the Commanders smelling the roses and
Speaker 1: the penny. He is going with Dallas, alright, So we
Speaker 1: disagree on that one. Next up, Arizona at San Francisco.
Speaker 1: Arizona four and twelve, San Francisco twelve and four. It's
Speaker 1: on Fox FSR Alumni Association Active Dudes paying member Chris
Speaker 1: Myers and Robert Smith have the call. The forty Niners
Speaker 1: opened up a ten and a half point favorite in
Speaker 1: this game. They're favorite by fourteen at Levi's Stadium in
Speaker 1: the Bay in Santa Clara, mostly cloudy. It appears the
Speaker 1: bomb cyclone will stop raining for this game on Sunday.
Speaker 1: And the Arizona Cardinals have been a miserable team of late,
Speaker 1: and they've also been a bad team against good teams.
Speaker 1: Are four and eleven against the spread their last fifteen
Speaker 1: against teams with a winning record. Forty Niners lost last
Speaker 1: week against the number, but there's six and one against
Speaker 1: the spread. And this is the second time this is
Speaker 1: a Week eighteen special. Here I'm again gonna bet on
Speaker 1: a fourteen point favorite. The of my pick. I'm I
Speaker 1: I'm going crazy here dating. I'm losing my mind here.
Speaker 1: I just I can't bet on the Cardinals. They're gonna
Speaker 1: start David Blah who blows at quarterback. He's the third
Speaker 1: string quarterback. Trace mcsorley's the backup. He could play. Colt
Speaker 1: McCoy's out. DeAndre Hopkins is out. Several other starters are
Speaker 1: not playing for Arizona. I don't know how the Cardinals
Speaker 1: are gonna score more than ten points in this game,
Speaker 1: and they're gonna need a brock Purty turnover to get
Speaker 1: to that ten points. This has a monster mash written
Speaker 1: all over it. And uh, the forty Niners can pretty
Speaker 1: much right their score. Arizona is so bad at this
Speaker 1: point this will be Cliff Kingsbury's last game as Cardinals coach.
Speaker 1: Forty Niners seven and the Cardinals as the bell rings,
Speaker 1: the Cardinals twenty Cardinals seven, So seven to seven, the
Speaker 1: forty Niners with the win, and the penny is living
Speaker 1: on the edge, going with the weak Cardinals. That's a dumb,
Speaker 1: dumb pick, alright, even though it's fourteen points. Come on.
Speaker 1: Next up, the l A r i Am is at
Speaker 1: five and eleven. In Seattle comes in at eight and eight.
Speaker 1: It's on Fox. Kevin Coogler and Mark Sanchez have the call.
Speaker 1: Is it a trick or treat for Seattle? They can
Speaker 1: punch their ticket to the playoffs with a win in
Speaker 1: this game. Seahawks opened up a three point favorite. They're
Speaker 1: certainly not out of harm's way, but they are favored
Speaker 1: by six and a half in this game and Loomans
Speaker 1: Stadium in Seattle Cloudy in fifty degrees that kick off
Speaker 1: the Rams one four and two against the spread on
Speaker 1: the road with Seawan McVeigh this season, I don't take
Speaker 1: l a in this game. There's a lot of pressure
Speaker 1: on the line for Seattle. Their defense el stinko, he
Speaker 1: you what stinks, and the Rams will be able to
Speaker 1: metrick it the ball up and down the field with
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. These teams played earlier this year and Seattle
Speaker 1: won by four points and John Wolford started that game.
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield is a tangibly better quarterback than John Wolford,
Speaker 1: although he didn't play like that last week against a
Speaker 1: good Charger defense, Seattle does not present much of a
Speaker 1: challenge the Rams. Last time they played, Seattle ran for
Speaker 1: a hundred and seventy one yards as a team. I'm
Speaker 1: telling you getting six and a half an honest effort
Speaker 1: from the Rams staring Seattle in the face, and the
Speaker 1: Rams thirty they upset Seattle, meaning that Detroit can make
Speaker 1: the playoffs. In that Sunday night game, it's almost like
Speaker 1: it's all rigged. Rams thirty Seahawks seven. Oh my god,
Speaker 1: what a choke job for Seattle. And the penny says,
Speaker 1: Homer pick from you guarding the Rams. Yeah wrong, going
Speaker 1: with the Seahawks al right. Next up a last game
Speaker 1: in the late television window, the l A Chargers ten
Speaker 1: and six at Denver four and twelve. It's on CBS
Speaker 1: with Andrew Catalan and James Lofton. Chargers opened up a
Speaker 1: small underdog. Actually, Broncos were favorite by two, Charges favored
Speaker 1: by three in this game, and I'm gonna I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take the I'm gonna take the Broncos in this game.
Speaker 1: Is one of those games I went back and fourth
Speaker 1: on and then I realized, what are you doing here?
Speaker 1: If the Chargers were playing their guys, you take Joey
Speaker 1: Bosa and Khalil Mack to destroy Russell Wilson. But that's
Speaker 1: not what's going on here. If Austin Eckler was gonna
Speaker 1: play the entire game, he'd slice up the Broncos defense.
Speaker 1: But he's not gonna play the entire game. The Chargers
Speaker 1: are pretty much announced. The starters are gonna sit the
Speaker 1: bulk of this game, and the wise guys, the sharp
Speaker 1: gamblers are loading up on the Broncos, So I'll take
Speaker 1: the Denverse starters over the Charger backups. Sorry, Chase, Daniel
Speaker 1: and easton stick Broncos three Chargers twenty Mr unlimated into
Speaker 1: the wind call and I guess the Penny likes the
Speaker 1: depth of the Chargers going with the former San Diego team.
Speaker 1: A lot of disagreement on Benny versus the Penny here,
Speaker 1: all right? Next up Detroit Detroit Football eight and eight
Speaker 1: at green Bay also eight and eate Holy grilled Cheese
Speaker 1: Sandwich Batman. The Lions and Packers have the same record.
Speaker 1: It's on NBC with Mike Rico and Chris Colin's Worthy
Speaker 1: Flex Sunday night game. Packers opened a three and a
Speaker 1: point favorite, their favorite by four and a half. Most
Speaker 1: people betting on the Packers partly cloudy temperatures in the
Speaker 1: twenties at lambeau Field. And I am going to take
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers in this game. There's no I
Speaker 1: like the Lions, and I hope I'm wrong on this.
Speaker 1: I would love for me to be wrong in the
Speaker 1: Lions to sneak into the playoffs. Some now Seattle loses,
Speaker 1: but I am not betting on Jared golf who still
Speaker 1: got a lot of tinsel town. Enemy's not a cold
Speaker 1: weather greedy guy. Uh. We saw this against Carolina a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, cold weather game. He went out
Speaker 1: there and was like Frosty the Snowman. This is a
Speaker 1: recipe for disaster for the Lions. He's like pipes that
Speaker 1: freeze up. The Packers playing with a little bit of
Speaker 1: razmatazz these days. They will benefit from multiple turnovers by Detroit.
Speaker 1: And I hate to say it, but the Packers in
Speaker 1: a blowout as they study the ship. Here again, Packers
Speaker 1: thirty and the Lions thirteen. The final Finally an agreement
Speaker 1: as the Penny is also going with the pack Gonna
Speaker 1: smoke out with Aaron Rodgers after the win Ayahuasca side
Speaker 1: by side. All right, Well, that is it for Benny
Speaker 1: Versus the Penny. We will have wild Card Round edition
Speaker 1: of the Benny Versus the Penny Podcast and a full
Speaker 1: weekend of podcast. We'll spit our guts out talking about
Speaker 1: all kinds of random nonsense on the Saturday podcast, The
Speaker 1: Life of Mallard and Danny g and then the mail
Speaker 1: Bag on Sunday. So have a great rest of your Friday.
Speaker 1: If you're listening to us on Friday. If you're listening
Speaker 1: to us on Saturday, a great Saturday, whatever it is,
Speaker 1: just have a great day and we will catch you
Speaker 1: next time. Later. Skater gotta murder, Gotta go.