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<v Speaker 2>Welcome in What's Right with Nick Wright Episode two eighty nine.

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<v Speaker 2>Pologies for the slightly late start today a ton to

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<v Speaker 2>Do Week eighteen gambling show in Demons. We head into

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<v Speaker 2>week eighteen with guaranteed profitability for the regular season. We

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<v Speaker 2>will also next week on Tuesday, we'll recap our preseason

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<v Speaker 2>gambling show where all the results are in as far

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<v Speaker 2>as division winners, losers make miss playoffs over unders. To

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<v Speaker 2>my recollection, we did great on preseason over unders. We

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<v Speaker 2>did okay on division winners, assuming not assuming they already

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<v Speaker 2>did because the Rams won their division and that was

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<v Speaker 2>like plus three point thirty or something, so that's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>save us there. And we did very poorly on the

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<v Speaker 2>make miss playoffs because we tied a lot to the

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<v Speaker 2>Steelers missing and the Steelers of course started ten and three.

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<v Speaker 2>But we're forty seven thirty seven and one on the year.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll get more to that shortly. I also am gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have a pitch to all gambling companies in America. By

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<v Speaker 2>the way, this show you and me, buddy, we're gambling

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<v Speaker 2>free agents. So maybe the in theory the you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll team up with whichever company, well, let'll just be

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<v Speaker 2>honest pays us the most money. But maybe what we'll

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<v Speaker 2>do instead is whichever gambling company agrees to embrace my

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<v Speaker 2>long held belief, which is, if you bet an underdog

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<v Speaker 2>in the NFL of more than a field goal and

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<v Speaker 2>they lose in overtime and don't cover, you get your

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<v Speaker 2>bet back. I'm not saying you win, and it's a

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<v Speaker 2>very niche circumstance where this would apply. But if you

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<v Speaker 2>bet an underdog of three and a half, four, four

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<v Speaker 2>and a half, five, five and a half and you

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<v Speaker 2>lose in overtime by six, just give us the betback.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all we're saying. We'll get more to that in

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<v Speaker 2>a bit, but first, before we get to any of that,

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<v Speaker 2>here's what's not on today's show. Bryce James, Lebron's younger

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<v Speaker 2>son commits to Arizona. Aaron Rodgers almost assuredly done with

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<v Speaker 2>the Jets. And we're not gonna do much college football

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<v Speaker 2>playoff reaction here because we have no much college football

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<v Speaker 2>on the show. And also I'm mad, Well I'm not mad,

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<v Speaker 2>it's actually quite the opposite. But I liked. I did

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<v Speaker 2>like that a losing player got MVP of a game,

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<v Speaker 2>because obviously that can happen, that a guy in a

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<v Speaker 2>series or a game can be the best player on

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<v Speaker 2>the field or on the court or in the NBA Finals,

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<v Speaker 2>not naming names, and be on the losing team but

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<v Speaker 2>still deserve the MVP. But demon's a speaking of deserving

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<v Speaker 2>MVPs in playoff games. Patrick Mahomes last two Super Bowls

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<v Speaker 2>won Super Bowl MVP. Today the Pro Bowl roster came out.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll let you take it from here.

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<v Speaker 3>Go ahead. Today the Pro Bowl roster came out and

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<v Speaker 3>Mahomes is left off. Uh yeah, this as you suspected.

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<v Speaker 3>Alan Burrow lamar the top three quarterbacks. Bow Nick's got

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<v Speaker 3>a little bit more love than Mahomes did. Did you

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<v Speaker 3>have asked for any more motivation going into the playoffs?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? So this is simultaneously outrageous, ridiculous and incredibly dumb

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<v Speaker 2>and all so perfect, like I.

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<v Speaker 3>Saw a lot more.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, it's just well and listen both the fan votes

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't really I don't really care. Fact of the matter

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<v Speaker 2>is Pro Bowl rosters were named and Patrick Mahomes, for

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<v Speaker 2>the first time in his career, is not not a

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<v Speaker 2>Pro Bowler. And this is very similar to people are

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<v Speaker 2>going to fill out MVP ballots and they are going

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<v Speaker 2>to justifiably leave Patrick Mahomes off of them, even though

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<v Speaker 2>everyone on understands he is the most valuable player in football.

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<v Speaker 2>And again people like, oh, the best player doesn't always win.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>He is the best, But that's what I'm saying. He

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<v Speaker 2>is the most valuable player in football. Teams fifteen to one,

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<v Speaker 2>what would they be with any other quarterback in the league.

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<v Speaker 2>Just tell me, I mean not fifteen to one. Tell

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<v Speaker 2>you that much right now. But that's the MVP. The

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<v Speaker 2>Pro Bowl stuff. You saw it coming a mile away.

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<v Speaker 2>So even though his passing numbers compare it, they're at

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<v Speaker 2>least in line with Josh Allens. Obviously, Burrow and Lamar

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<v Speaker 2>are having the best statistical seasons of any two quarterbacks

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<v Speaker 2>in the AFC. Burrow's team, by the way, this week

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<v Speaker 2>needs to win, needs help from the Chiefs, needs help

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<v Speaker 2>from the Jets. Patrick, on the other hand, is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be on like day ten of his twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>day mid season vacation because they locked it all up

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<v Speaker 2>or earlier, despite being in one of the toughest divisions

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<v Speaker 2>in football, despite sweeping the AFC North, despite sweeping the

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<v Speaker 2>AFC West, set all that aside. Mahome's not a pro bowler,

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<v Speaker 2>and of course it's ridiculous freaking Jim McMahon was a

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<v Speaker 2>pro bowler when his team was fifteen to one. There

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<v Speaker 2>is no precedent for a quarterback of a fifteen win

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<v Speaker 2>team who started the whole year being left off the

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<v Speaker 2>Pro Bowl. And the fact that it's happening to a

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<v Speaker 2>guy who is going to go down as the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>player ever and is in the midst of the greatest

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<v Speaker 2>start to a career in the history of the league

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<v Speaker 2>only makes it all the more outrageous. And folks today

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<v Speaker 2>are going. Here's what folks are going to say today. Listen,

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<v Speaker 2>nobody's denying how good Patrick Mahomes is. But here's why.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just fight. He's not a pro bowler, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>here to tell you, folks are denying how good Patrick

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<v Speaker 2>Mahomes is because they just held a vote and made

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<v Speaker 2>a ruling and said not one of the three best

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<v Speaker 2>quarterbacks in the AFC. That's what happened. Forget the fact

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<v Speaker 2>entirely that because he's so brilliant and because he is

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<v Speaker 2>the leader of such a great team that the Chiefs

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<v Speaker 2>can overcome by week four being without wide receiver, one

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<v Speaker 2>wide receiver, two wide receiver, four wide receiver, five running back, one,

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<v Speaker 2>never having a left tackle all year, any one of

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<v Speaker 2>those things. So go ahead, demonsey, who would you put.

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<v Speaker 3>Mahomes in there for? Then who would you take out?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, Mahomes got to be the first in there, like

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<v Speaker 2>the for the record, when you're a two time defending

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<v Speaker 2>Super Bowl champion, whose team is fifteen to one, who

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<v Speaker 2>has as good of fourth quarter and third down and

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<v Speaker 2>fourth down numbers as anybody in the league, and who

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<v Speaker 2>over the last nine weeks has eighteen touchdowns and two

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<v Speaker 2>picks he's the first guy in, and then Lamar's got

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<v Speaker 2>to be in there. And then it's a debate of

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<v Speaker 2>what do you care about more the raw numbers which

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<v Speaker 2>favor Joe Burrow, or the impact on winning, which favors

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<v Speaker 2>Josh Allen. For MVP, I value impact on winning. For

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<v Speaker 2>Pro Bowl, I value the raw numbers when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>down to those two guys. So because of that, I

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<v Speaker 2>would go Mahomes, Lamar Burrow, and Josh Allen would have

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<v Speaker 2>the very odd year of having right now my league

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<v Speaker 2>MVP vote but not being a Pro Bowler. But there

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<v Speaker 2>is not another quarterback in the league, maybe in league history,

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<v Speaker 2>that would have this Chiefs team in this position, given

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<v Speaker 2>the injuries, given the absolute debacle the left tackle position

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<v Speaker 2>was most of the year before they slid Joe Toney

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<v Speaker 2>out there. And it's another instance of folks taking for

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<v Speaker 2>granted what we're seeing. We are in the midst of

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest what will go down as the greatest dynasty

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<v Speaker 2>in the history of the NFL, at the peak of

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<v Speaker 2>their powers, and this team and it wasn't just mymes.

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<v Speaker 2>Trent McDuffie didn't make it. The Chiefs had half the

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<v Speaker 2>Pro Bowlers, the Ravens did half fewer Pro bowlers the Lions.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's it's the amazing thing about Kansas City. They

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<v Speaker 2>the quarterbacks evidently not playing that well. They don't have

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<v Speaker 2>that many talented players. Andy Reid's basically ineligible for Coach

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<v Speaker 2>of the Year. How do they win all these games?

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<v Speaker 2>The players aren't that good, quarterbacks not that good. Coach

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have that good of a year. They got that.

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<v Speaker 2>They've played as many playoff teams as anybody in the league.

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<v Speaker 2>They have the best record against playoff teams. They the

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<v Speaker 2>three toughest divisions in football are the NFC North, AFC West,

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<v Speaker 2>and AFC North. They didn't play the NFC North. They

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<v Speaker 2>did play nine of their sixteen games thus far against

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<v Speaker 2>the AFC North and the AFC West. They're nine to

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<v Speaker 2>zero in them, and so I just it' it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>a damn miracle they win all these games, considering the

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<v Speaker 2>team must not be that good and it's not. Oh well,

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<v Speaker 2>thequarterbacks carrying them like square the circle with me either.

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<v Speaker 2>The Kansas City Chiefs should have had a dozen Pro

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<v Speaker 2>Bowlers and that's why Mahomes didn't make it. Well, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>the team is just so stacked, so even though they're

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen to one, they were able to do it despite

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<v Speaker 2>their quarterback, or the team has five Pro bowlers, as

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<v Speaker 2>it does, and Mahomes does make it because he carried

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<v Speaker 2>evidently just a good but not great roster. Instead, it's neither.

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<v Speaker 2>And so here's what I know. If the Chiefs prior

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<v Speaker 2>to this demanse were the slight favorite to win the

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<v Speaker 2>Super Bowl, they're now the massive favorite. Patrick is gonna

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<v Speaker 2>get sixteen days to sit on the fact that the

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<v Speaker 2>guys he's gonna have to go through, whomever he faces

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<v Speaker 2>in the AFC Championship Game, that quarterback is gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>a Pro Bowler and he wasn't. And you can say, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't care. This is a guy who counted off

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<v Speaker 2>his NFL one hundred ranking after a touchdown a few

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<v Speaker 2>years ago. This is a guy who we saw it on.

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<v Speaker 2>Quarterback was asked who do you want to play in

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<v Speaker 2>the next round when he had just sprained his ankle.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bills are the Bengals, and he was like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bills would probably be easier, but I'd rather play

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<v Speaker 2>the Bengals because they've been talking so much. So this

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<v Speaker 2>is great for the Chiefs. But it's idiotic. And if

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<v Speaker 2>people care about Pro Bowls, they're gonna look back historically

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<v Speaker 2>and be like, wait what, They're gonna look at Patrick

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<v Speaker 2>mahons football reference page and right now at read like

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<v Speaker 2>this twenty eighteen, Pro Bowl, twenty nineteen, Pro BOL twenty twenty,

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<v Speaker 2>Pro Bowl twenty twenty one, Pro Bowl twenty twenty two,

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<v Speaker 2>Pro Bowl twenty twenty three, Pro Bowl twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 2>Not people will be like, oh man, was that a

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<v Speaker 2>bad year for Him'd be like, no, it was actually

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<v Speaker 2>the three p year and they were fifty Homes.

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<v Speaker 3>As far as wrong numbers, though with those three quarterbacks,

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<v Speaker 3>they all have better numbers than he does.

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<v Speaker 2>So listen, Josh doesn't have Josh doesn't have much better

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<v Speaker 2>passing numbers. Now, he's way better at touchdowns. No, there's

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<v Speaker 2>no doubt about that. But again, if someone explain why

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<v Speaker 2>are the Chiefs fifteen and one, tell me if it's

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<v Speaker 2>because they just have a ton of awesome players, then

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<v Speaker 2>why are they six then Pro bowlers? And if it's

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<v Speaker 2>because they have Patrick Mahomes, then why is he not

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<v Speaker 2>a Pro Bowler?

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<v Speaker 3>What?

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<v Speaker 2>Those two things can't happen, You can't. Here's what can't

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<v Speaker 2>happen the Ravens. The Ravens are eleven and five, eleven

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<v Speaker 2>and five, And the argument is Lamar might be League MVP.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way, per the Pro Bowl, they have

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<v Speaker 2>the most talented roster in football, Then why do they

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<v Speaker 2>lose so much? So the quarterbacks playing better than Patrick?

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<v Speaker 2>They have double the Pro bowlers, they have five times

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<v Speaker 2>as many losses and lost to the Chiefs. So you

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<v Speaker 2>just the there needed to be a laying pick either

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<v Speaker 2>Chiefs galore on the Pro Bowl or oh okay, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Patrick kind of did do more with less and his

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<v Speaker 2>real impact is not reflected fully in the numbers. So

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<v Speaker 2>Patrick's there. This makes no sense. But whatever I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't it Actually what go ahead? Well, there's you

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<v Speaker 2>want to say something.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a I don't know this, but if a Chiefs

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<v Speaker 3>player opted out, would Mahomes be the next step? By default?

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<v Speaker 3>I could?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, you mean no, if a quarterback opted out, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>because uh, I mean he is the first alternate. But

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<v Speaker 2>that's but he'll be too busy getting ready for the

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<v Speaker 2>Super Bowl. So like and and and then they're they're

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<v Speaker 2>also asking how much does this really matter? It's all

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<v Speaker 2>part of your resume it all matters. You know, a

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<v Speaker 2>guy Lebron James, the greatest athlete I've ever seen, the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that he has been an All NBA guy for

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<v Speaker 2>twenty consecutive years is important. No gaps. There's now a

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<v Speaker 2>gap for Mahomes. And it's both this stuff matters and

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<v Speaker 2>so we and like even if it's not the bigger

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<v Speaker 2>picture stuff. And it's also just illogical, and it's further

0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:03.280
<v Speaker 2>evidence that folks are already just so thirsty for the

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<v Speaker 2>next thing in the NFL. They don't want to acknowledge

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<v Speaker 2>the thing that's happening right now, and so there's no

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<v Speaker 2>rationale too. But the it and again I don't I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know who's in the dock making these idiotic arguments,

0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:26.080
<v Speaker 2>but the yet the writing Tyler Huntley's a pro bowler,

0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:28.640
<v Speaker 2>Mac Jones is a pro bowler. Oh yeah, this matters.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the flip side to it. Yes, it is true

0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:38.800
<v Speaker 2>bad players sometimes make the Pro Bowl. That is not

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<v Speaker 2>in conflict with the idea that great players at this position.

0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:49.960
<v Speaker 2>It because the point that's being made in the dock

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<v Speaker 2>is actually further evidence that what I'm saying is true.

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<v Speaker 2>Because a guy like Tyler Huntley and Mac Jones have

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<v Speaker 2>been Pro Bowl quote unquote on their resume. It looks

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<v Speaker 2>even worse when a great player doesn't have one on

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<v Speaker 2>his for that year. Next.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you said on your show that the Vikings Lions

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<v Speaker 3>game might be one of the most important history. Darnald

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<v Speaker 3>and Golf have obviously had some great revivals of their

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<v Speaker 3>career this year, but with revivals comes a low point.

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<v Speaker 3>You had these guys on Pumpkin Watch, and you know

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<v Speaker 3>with the Pumpkin Watch thing, there's always a possibility you

0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:33.439
<v Speaker 3>can go back to that. Which quarterback do you trust

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<v Speaker 3>more in this game? And going into the playoffs?

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk listen for the we'll get into

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<v Speaker 2>this in this We'll get into this game in the picks,

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<v Speaker 2>but I want to talk for the playoffs. You have

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<v Speaker 2>to trust golf more in the playoffs. The guy's been

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<v Speaker 2>to multiple conference championship games, has been to a Super Bowl,

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<v Speaker 2>has been to the playoffs, has played poorly in the

0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:01.560
<v Speaker 2>playoffs with the Rams, and played well in the playoffs

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<v Speaker 2>with the Lions. Donald's never played in a playoff game,

0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:10.840
<v Speaker 2>and so you know they're like that. That's not even

0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:16.320
<v Speaker 2>as far as the individual player. There's no doubt that

0:18:16.720 --> 0:18:19.760
<v Speaker 2>Golf has earned way way more trust, and I think

0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:27.439
<v Speaker 2>Golf is god like the five interception game. Notwithstanding, Golf

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<v Speaker 2>is in a different spot than Donald when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to Pumpkin Watch. Like we talked about him. First things first,

0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:37.520
<v Speaker 2>which is he has done this for long enough and

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<v Speaker 2>in now two different places that it does feel like

0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:47.040
<v Speaker 2>if he's in the right situation, you can expect a

0:18:47.200 --> 0:18:52.000
<v Speaker 2>pretty high baseline level of performance from him. Like so

0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:57.360
<v Speaker 2>that to me is very different than Donald, which is

0:18:57.480 --> 0:19:02.520
<v Speaker 2>he's having this MVP caliber season and it is so

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<v Speaker 2>unlike anything we've ever seen from him in his entire

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<v Speaker 2>career that it does make you nervous that the clock's

0:19:12.240 --> 0:19:15.720
<v Speaker 2>gonna strike midnight. But I mean they're fourteen and two

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<v Speaker 2>and a game from the one seed, and so go ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>Give golf the higher floor. I think, yes, just saying there, yes,

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<v Speaker 3>I see.

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<v Speaker 2>And Golf has the higher floor. And right now you've

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<v Speaker 2>got to say Donald has the higher ceiling. Donald's been

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<v Speaker 2>making some big boy throws, high level stuff they're asking

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<v Speaker 2>him to do. What sucks for the Lions is they

0:19:43.160 --> 0:19:46.200
<v Speaker 2>now right now have only one way to win. They

0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:49.200
<v Speaker 2>just have to outscore you. We saw it Monday night

0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:51.840
<v Speaker 2>in that game. They shouldn't have been playing their guys,

0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:54.480
<v Speaker 2>but they did for reasons that still make no sense,

0:19:56.440 --> 0:20:00.360
<v Speaker 2>which is that the second string Niners move the ball

0:20:00.440 --> 0:20:02.480
<v Speaker 2>up and down the field on him before perty you know,

0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:04.800
<v Speaker 2>started throwing those picks all right.

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<v Speaker 3>Next, Oh yeah, so the AFC North title stuff for grabs.

0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:11.600
<v Speaker 3>All four teams are gonna play on Sunday. The Ravens

0:20:11.640 --> 0:20:14.000
<v Speaker 3>can lock it up with a win, but Pittsburgh could

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<v Speaker 3>screw over Cincinnati. How do you see this division battle

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<v Speaker 3>playing out?

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<v Speaker 2>So listen, I mean, obviously the Ravens are gonna win

0:20:23.640 --> 0:20:26.399
<v Speaker 2>the division. Now, I mean, have you, I assume you

0:20:26.480 --> 0:20:30.919
<v Speaker 2>have Demanse seen the line for Ravens Browns. I mean

0:20:30.960 --> 0:20:36.000
<v Speaker 2>it's seventeen and a half points and dtr is not

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<v Speaker 2>an NFL quarterback, And I don't understand how you can

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<v Speaker 2>in good faith start him in games. It seems like

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<v Speaker 2>a nice enough guy.

0:20:46.800 --> 0:20:49.600
<v Speaker 3>But they're playing him to take maybe the situation.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's he's now in the almost never before

0:20:55.640 --> 0:21:02.159
<v Speaker 2>seen club of one touchdown ten picks for career. I

0:21:02.160 --> 0:21:06.159
<v Speaker 2>mean that's the Tim Boyle college club, like the I

0:21:06.200 --> 0:21:11.879
<v Speaker 2>mean he has a his passer rating this year. Yeah, No,

0:21:12.000 --> 0:21:16.600
<v Speaker 2>it's really really bad man. H his his passer rating

0:21:16.680 --> 0:21:19.560
<v Speaker 2>this year is worse than what you get if you

0:21:19.680 --> 0:21:24.159
<v Speaker 2>spike the football every play, And so I just don't

0:21:24.840 --> 0:21:29.520
<v Speaker 2>the So the Ravens obviously are gonna win the division. Uh,

0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:35.119
<v Speaker 2>what I will say is this I and this is

0:21:35.160 --> 0:21:41.160
<v Speaker 2>where the Bengals conversation gets so odd. Everyone talks about

0:21:41.200 --> 0:21:46.560
<v Speaker 2>how scary the Bengals are and how Pittsburgh is not scary,

0:21:47.359 --> 0:21:50.639
<v Speaker 2>and at surface level you understand what they mean. They're like, oh, well,

0:21:50.680 --> 0:21:53.680
<v Speaker 2>the Bengals Chase and Burrow and t Higgins and then

0:21:53.760 --> 0:21:58.440
<v Speaker 2>score those points in Pittsburgh, you know, is kind of boring,

0:21:58.560 --> 0:22:01.919
<v Speaker 2>and you know, we know what we're gonna get. But

0:22:01.960 --> 0:22:05.119
<v Speaker 2>they play each other this weekend with the Bengals season

0:22:05.160 --> 0:22:10.200
<v Speaker 2>on the line, and I think Pittsburgh probably beats them.

0:22:10.400 --> 0:22:16.000
<v Speaker 2>Like so, it's a weird thing where people can when

0:22:16.040 --> 0:22:20.240
<v Speaker 2>people say scary, what they really mean is awesome offense.

0:22:20.960 --> 0:22:25.639
<v Speaker 2>But that doesn't always translate to good football team. The

0:22:25.640 --> 0:22:31.800
<v Speaker 2>Bengals are. You know, the were in a dogfight with

0:22:32.240 --> 0:22:34.800
<v Speaker 2>They have two wins. The Bengals do this year two

0:22:34.880 --> 0:22:40.200
<v Speaker 2>wins over teams that have more than four wins, right,

0:22:40.480 --> 0:22:43.920
<v Speaker 2>so they have eight wins six of them came against

0:22:43.960 --> 0:22:46.879
<v Speaker 2>teams that are drafting in the top ten right now,

0:22:47.000 --> 0:22:49.639
<v Speaker 2>teams that have three or four victories on the season.

0:22:50.440 --> 0:22:55.200
<v Speaker 2>The two wins they have against non total bottom feeders

0:22:56.119 --> 0:22:59.919
<v Speaker 2>was the Cowboys game that the Cowboys blocked a punt

0:23:00.560 --> 0:23:03.600
<v Speaker 2>to essentially win that game and then screwed it up

0:23:03.640 --> 0:23:06.480
<v Speaker 2>by trying to recover it and the Bengals pulled it

0:23:06.520 --> 0:23:10.240
<v Speaker 2>out of the fire, and the Broncos game, which the

0:23:10.280 --> 0:23:14.159
<v Speaker 2>Broncos had the ball twice in overtime to win. So

0:23:14.600 --> 0:23:18.080
<v Speaker 2>they have two wins this year over non awful teams

0:23:18.480 --> 0:23:20.800
<v Speaker 2>and both of those were skin of their teeth wins.

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<v Speaker 2>So listen, I think that the AFC playoff seating is

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<v Speaker 2>I'll just do this right now. We'll see if I

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, Yeah, I'll just do the AFC playoff

0:23:32.320 --> 0:23:37.320
<v Speaker 2>seating real quick, because this is I think the way

0:23:37.440 --> 0:23:45.320
<v Speaker 2>it is sitting right now is the way it is

0:23:45.440 --> 0:23:50.120
<v Speaker 2>going to land, with one possible exception. So I think

0:23:50.119 --> 0:23:53.680
<v Speaker 2>it's going to be Kansas City one, they're locked, Buffalo two,

0:23:53.760 --> 0:23:57.280
<v Speaker 2>they're locked. Baltimore stays at three, they're locked with a win,

0:23:57.840 --> 0:24:02.400
<v Speaker 2>Houston stays at four. They are there, Pittsburgh stays at

0:24:02.440 --> 0:24:05.760
<v Speaker 2>five because I think they beat the Bengals this weekend.

0:24:06.480 --> 0:24:10.280
<v Speaker 2>The Chargers stay at six because Harball's taking that game

0:24:10.359 --> 0:24:14.680
<v Speaker 2>seriously and he wants to win. Oh well, that's a

0:24:15.800 --> 0:24:18.959
<v Speaker 2>something just occurred to me on that Gosh darn it

0:24:20.400 --> 0:24:27.240
<v Speaker 2>that if they see the Steelers win on Saturday. Oh

0:24:27.320 --> 0:24:31.800
<v Speaker 2>this could impact my picks. I forgot those games aren't simultaneous,

0:24:33.160 --> 0:24:41.160
<v Speaker 2>because if they see the Steelers win on Saturday, then

0:24:41.240 --> 0:24:44.760
<v Speaker 2>they are then locked into the six line, right they

0:24:44.840 --> 0:24:50.000
<v Speaker 2>can't move up? Oh boy, So I wonder what Harball

0:24:50.040 --> 0:24:54.360
<v Speaker 2>would do with that is that is a tricky element. Luckily, though,

0:24:54.400 --> 0:24:57.040
<v Speaker 2>they're playing the Raiders, so it might not matter, but

0:24:57.080 --> 0:25:01.399
<v Speaker 2>the Chargers will be six. And then I would like

0:25:02.000 --> 0:25:05.959
<v Speaker 2>for Miami to find a way to get into the playoffs.

0:25:06.359 --> 0:25:12.280
<v Speaker 2>And I would like for the Chiefs to beat the

0:25:12.320 --> 0:25:16.199
<v Speaker 2>Broncos because I just want to have a chance at

0:25:16.200 --> 0:25:19.679
<v Speaker 2>the first ever nineteen win regular season or nineteen win season.

0:25:19.760 --> 0:25:23.520
<v Speaker 2>Pardon me, no one's ever done it. But I don't

0:25:23.640 --> 0:25:27.679
<v Speaker 2>think the Chiefs' backups are gonna beat the Broncos. I

0:25:27.680 --> 0:25:29.520
<v Speaker 2>don't know that. I think it's gonna be a blowout

0:25:29.560 --> 0:25:32.639
<v Speaker 2>the way Vegas does. But so I think The way

0:25:32.680 --> 0:25:37.200
<v Speaker 2>the AFC playoff picture looks right now is the way

0:25:37.240 --> 0:25:40.200
<v Speaker 2>the AFC playoff picture is going to look one through seven.

0:25:40.640 --> 0:25:42.760
<v Speaker 2>I think the way it is going into this weekend

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<v Speaker 2>is what it is actually going to be going into

0:25:46.280 --> 0:25:51.800
<v Speaker 2>the actual postseason. All right, let's the hold on so

0:25:53.359 --> 0:25:59.520
<v Speaker 2>saying the Chargers can only climb if Cincinnati wins. That's right, Yeah,

0:25:59.560 --> 0:26:02.600
<v Speaker 2>because they need the Steelers to lose. That's and that

0:26:02.680 --> 0:26:05.520
<v Speaker 2>game's on Saturday, which is a weird spot. All right,

0:26:05.600 --> 0:26:07.960
<v Speaker 2>let's go to tanking demonte.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so Week eighteen isn't just important for the playoff seeding,

0:26:10.840 --> 0:26:13.720
<v Speaker 3>but the top draft also, the top draft picks will

0:26:13.760 --> 0:26:16.920
<v Speaker 3>also be decided. New England. Who's currently at the number

0:26:16.920 --> 0:26:18.800
<v Speaker 3>one pick? It started Drake May. It doesn't really seem

0:26:18.800 --> 0:26:21.480
<v Speaker 3>like they plan on tanking. The Titans are next in line,

0:26:21.520 --> 0:26:23.560
<v Speaker 3>but they play the Texans and they're already locked into

0:26:23.600 --> 0:26:25.840
<v Speaker 3>their seating. Who do you think ends up with that

0:26:25.920 --> 0:26:26.600
<v Speaker 3>number one pick?

0:26:29.520 --> 0:26:36.760
<v Speaker 2>So I gotta go to I mean, right now, I

0:26:36.920 --> 0:26:47.359
<v Speaker 2>think the money would have to be on Cleveland because

0:26:49.080 --> 0:26:55.439
<v Speaker 2>the Patriots, Like, here's why, Cleveland has no shot at winning,

0:26:56.000 --> 0:27:01.680
<v Speaker 2>none whatsoever? Right, everyone else that has three wins has

0:27:01.720 --> 0:27:05.679
<v Speaker 2>a real chance to win. The Patriots are playing the

0:27:05.720 --> 0:27:09.840
<v Speaker 2>Bills backups and are gonna play their guys. Tennessee is

0:27:09.880 --> 0:27:12.800
<v Speaker 2>gonna be playing the Texans backups, and I think that

0:27:12.920 --> 0:27:16.960
<v Speaker 2>Brian Callahan, I'm not saying Year one hot seat, but

0:27:18.320 --> 0:27:23.000
<v Speaker 2>they're gonna be trying to win. And the Giants are

0:27:23.040 --> 0:27:26.199
<v Speaker 2>gonna be playing the Eagles backups, and they you know,

0:27:26.240 --> 0:27:29.040
<v Speaker 2>they're only two and a half point dogs, and they

0:27:29.280 --> 0:27:35.280
<v Speaker 2>just gotta win. And so Cleveland, to me, would be

0:27:35.359 --> 0:27:39.400
<v Speaker 2>the safest bet because now, listen, the only way Cleveland

0:27:39.520 --> 0:27:43.280
<v Speaker 2>can do it is if Tennessee and New England win.

0:27:43.720 --> 0:27:48.440
<v Speaker 2>If Tennessee or New England lose, they stay ahead of them.

0:27:48.840 --> 0:27:52.879
<v Speaker 2>But Cleveland's drawing dead to win the game. And so

0:27:55.359 --> 0:27:59.359
<v Speaker 2>I think right now, even though you know the math

0:27:59.400 --> 0:28:02.800
<v Speaker 2>would say New England would be the pick because that's

0:28:02.800 --> 0:28:06.480
<v Speaker 2>where they are right now, I think Cleveland's gonna has

0:28:06.520 --> 0:28:09.960
<v Speaker 2>a sneaky chance at ending up with the number one pick.

0:28:10.000 --> 0:28:12.080
<v Speaker 2>That's a bet I might make. I guess the way

0:28:12.119 --> 0:28:15.560
<v Speaker 2>you bet that is very simple is I just would

0:28:15.640 --> 0:28:19.960
<v Speaker 2>be If I think that, then I I would just

0:28:20.040 --> 0:28:24.520
<v Speaker 2>be saying I'm betting on the Patriots, uh and Titans

0:28:24.560 --> 0:28:28.520
<v Speaker 2>to win the game. So a Patriots Titans moneyline parlay

0:28:29.119 --> 0:28:31.560
<v Speaker 2>this week. Let me just do it real quick and

0:28:31.920 --> 0:28:33.920
<v Speaker 2>not actually bet it, but look at it real quick.

0:28:34.359 --> 0:28:39.400
<v Speaker 2>A Patriots. So Patriots are plus one ten and the

0:28:39.440 --> 0:28:43.200
<v Speaker 2>Titans are minus one twenty six. So yeah, plus two

0:28:43.240 --> 0:28:51.040
<v Speaker 2>seventy five. So that's an implied, like twenty five percent chance.

0:28:52.160 --> 0:28:55.560
<v Speaker 2>That's a yeah, I think, And I guess technically I

0:28:55.640 --> 0:28:59.480
<v Speaker 2>have to include Baltimore on the money line, which makes

0:28:59.480 --> 0:29:02.400
<v Speaker 2>it plus two cause you need Cleveland to lose. But

0:29:02.480 --> 0:29:06.080
<v Speaker 2>that's an obvious piece of it. Yeah, I think. I

0:29:06.520 --> 0:29:08.840
<v Speaker 2>think that's a bet I might make. That's a little

0:29:08.880 --> 0:29:12.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm throwing out to the audience. A Titans Patriots Ravens

0:29:13.000 --> 0:29:15.360
<v Speaker 2>moneyline parlay for the Browns to get the number one

0:29:15.360 --> 0:29:19.840
<v Speaker 2>overall pick that pays plus two ninety. I don't mind

0:29:19.840 --> 0:29:22.040
<v Speaker 2>that one. I actually like that one a lot. Quit

0:29:22.320 --> 0:29:26.160
<v Speaker 2>all right, So we've got our gambling show and we'll

0:29:26.160 --> 0:29:30.800
<v Speaker 2>do our picks. Six straight winning weeks and a plead

0:29:30.840 --> 0:29:34.560
<v Speaker 2>of sports books out there to do what's right for

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<v Speaker 2>their customers. We'll do that next as well. What's Right?

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<v Speaker 2>All right? Welcome back in What's Right with Nick Wright,

0:29:46.000 --> 0:29:50.800
<v Speaker 2>and so listen I said it before the I don't

0:29:50.800 --> 0:29:53.000
<v Speaker 2>want to get into it too much right now because

0:29:53.040 --> 0:29:55.200
<v Speaker 2>it's not really I don't know how much the audience

0:29:55.280 --> 0:29:58.440
<v Speaker 2>right now this moment cares. But part of the new

0:29:58.520 --> 0:30:04.800
<v Speaker 2>year is there will be some you know, potential nothing seismic,

0:30:04.880 --> 0:30:08.680
<v Speaker 2>but changes to the podcast. And one of them is

0:30:09.280 --> 0:30:15.440
<v Speaker 2>that we are gambling sponsor free agents. So well, you know,

0:30:15.480 --> 0:30:20.800
<v Speaker 2>if you're an American sports book and you know you're

0:30:20.840 --> 0:30:24.680
<v Speaker 2>looking for well, let's just be honest. The most accurate

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<v Speaker 2>Picks podcast YouTube show out there some pretty damn good

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<v Speaker 2>teasers as well, nice little father Son combo. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>have your people talk to my people and see if

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<v Speaker 2>some work out. I would imagine phones are already ringing

0:30:38.160 --> 0:30:41.640
<v Speaker 2>off the hook, and so you know, I'll be able

0:30:41.680 --> 0:30:45.960
<v Speaker 2>to be choosy with this. And yeah, money's always nice,

0:30:46.000 --> 0:30:48.640
<v Speaker 2>but you know, I want to be in business with

0:30:49.480 --> 0:30:56.320
<v Speaker 2>someone that shares my values. And while election season may

0:30:56.360 --> 0:30:59.840
<v Speaker 2>be over, there's one issue that hasn't been talked to

0:31:00.280 --> 0:31:07.840
<v Speaker 2>nearly enough, and that is the scourge of being on

0:31:07.880 --> 0:31:12.120
<v Speaker 2>the right side of an NFL game, picking an underdog

0:31:12.800 --> 0:31:15.720
<v Speaker 2>of more than a field goal but less than a touchdown,

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<v Speaker 2>watching that game go to overtime, only to then see

0:31:24.320 --> 0:31:32.040
<v Speaker 2>a crushing overtime touchdown unjustly costs you your wager. So

0:31:32.120 --> 0:31:36.640
<v Speaker 2>I am here on January TEWOD twenty twenty five calling

0:31:36.680 --> 0:31:42.160
<v Speaker 2>on all sportsbooks to do the right thing and just

0:31:42.320 --> 0:31:47.320
<v Speaker 2>have part of your house rules be if you bet

0:31:47.440 --> 0:31:53.160
<v Speaker 2>an underdog against the spread of three and a half, four,

0:31:53.960 --> 0:31:59.040
<v Speaker 2>four and a half, five or five and a half points,

0:31:59.080 --> 0:32:06.920
<v Speaker 2>and that team loses by six in overtime, we'll refund

0:32:06.960 --> 0:32:10.240
<v Speaker 2>your wager, not call it a win. I'm not saying

0:32:10.360 --> 0:32:14.640
<v Speaker 2>not getting crazy here, We'll refund the wager. And you

0:32:14.720 --> 0:32:18.160
<v Speaker 2>notice I'm not saying an underdog of any amount. I'm

0:32:18.160 --> 0:32:20.160
<v Speaker 2>not saying it a y'all. Well, it was tied at the

0:32:20.200 --> 0:32:21.920
<v Speaker 2>end of regulation. I had a team plus one and

0:32:21.920 --> 0:32:25.960
<v Speaker 2>a half, that'd be ridiculous. I'm not even saying if

0:32:25.960 --> 0:32:28.880
<v Speaker 2>you have them plus three, you deserve to have your money.

0:32:28.880 --> 0:32:29.040
<v Speaker 3>Beck.

0:32:29.120 --> 0:32:36.880
<v Speaker 2>Nope, not that. But what happened to me on Saturday

0:32:36.920 --> 0:32:41.280
<v Speaker 2>evening with the Denver Broncos getting three and a half

0:32:42.560 --> 0:32:47.640
<v Speaker 2>and watching every possible way for that bet to win

0:32:48.720 --> 0:32:52.960
<v Speaker 2>happen and then still lose. And I you know, we

0:32:53.040 --> 0:32:56.960
<v Speaker 2>don't have to rehash it, but I will quickly ways.

0:32:57.520 --> 0:33:00.560
<v Speaker 2>Denver plus three and a half would have won if

0:33:00.600 --> 0:33:02.680
<v Speaker 2>after they score the touchdown at the end. Well, no,

0:33:03.000 --> 0:33:06.080
<v Speaker 2>let me back up even further. At the end of regulation,

0:33:06.640 --> 0:33:09.920
<v Speaker 2>the Bengals are trying to run out the clock to

0:33:10.120 --> 0:33:14.920
<v Speaker 2>kick a field goal. The guy goes down instead of scoring,

0:33:15.000 --> 0:33:19.000
<v Speaker 2>Chase Brown. He gets hurt doing that, so they have

0:33:19.120 --> 0:33:22.680
<v Speaker 2>to use a timeout. Denver gets to keep theirs, and

0:33:22.720 --> 0:33:25.440
<v Speaker 2>now they can't run out the clock if he just

0:33:25.520 --> 0:33:28.200
<v Speaker 2>doesn't get hurt. They're kicking a field goal with eight

0:33:28.320 --> 0:33:32.200
<v Speaker 2>seconds left, so that happens. Denver then scores a touchdown.

0:33:32.560 --> 0:33:34.760
<v Speaker 2>They could go for two. They don't. It was actually

0:33:34.800 --> 0:33:36.440
<v Speaker 2>smart because the tie would have been good for them.

0:33:36.800 --> 0:33:42.720
<v Speaker 2>In overtime, the Bengals go three and out. Okay, now

0:33:42.800 --> 0:33:45.880
<v Speaker 2>touchdowns really off the board because field goal wins it.

0:33:46.360 --> 0:33:51.760
<v Speaker 2>Denver can't score. The Bengals then have a thirty yarder

0:33:52.080 --> 0:33:55.520
<v Speaker 2>once again for me to win my bet. He shanks

0:33:55.520 --> 0:33:58.960
<v Speaker 2>it off the upright Denver. Then again, a tie is

0:33:59.000 --> 0:34:01.760
<v Speaker 2>as good as a win. Needs one first down to

0:34:01.760 --> 0:34:05.200
<v Speaker 2>be able to run out the clock. They don't get it. Cincinnati.

0:34:05.240 --> 0:34:08.439
<v Speaker 2>Then every team in that spot they get the ball

0:34:08.480 --> 0:34:11.360
<v Speaker 2>down to the four. You send out the kicker. But

0:34:11.520 --> 0:34:14.000
<v Speaker 2>because they're Juice and Burrows stats and the kicker has

0:34:14.080 --> 0:34:17.640
<v Speaker 2>missed one, they just throw another pass touchdown. Bet should

0:34:17.640 --> 0:34:21.120
<v Speaker 2>have been refunded. It's all I'm saying. I'm just saying, yeah,

0:34:21.160 --> 0:34:24.560
<v Speaker 2>I don't win. Bet should have been refunded. Some sportsbook

0:34:25.040 --> 0:34:28.520
<v Speaker 2>is gonna agree with me on that, and listen, they

0:34:28.560 --> 0:34:30.520
<v Speaker 2>might be the What's Right with Nick Wright and Demonse

0:34:31.080 --> 0:34:36.839
<v Speaker 2>podcast partner for twenty twenty five. Lines are open. You know,

0:34:37.160 --> 0:34:40.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm represented by the good people at UTA. Some of

0:34:40.160 --> 0:34:42.279
<v Speaker 2>the clutch folks help out a bit. You guys know

0:34:42.280 --> 0:34:44.919
<v Speaker 2>what to do, all right, Demonse, Let's do a pis

0:34:45.000 --> 0:34:45.760
<v Speaker 2>recap please.

0:34:47.080 --> 0:34:47.880
<v Speaker 3>That was excellent?

0:34:48.840 --> 0:34:49.279
<v Speaker 2>Thank you.

0:34:50.040 --> 0:34:53.000
<v Speaker 3>Uh. First off, you had a Chicago plus four and

0:34:53.040 --> 0:34:55.480
<v Speaker 3>a half versus Seattle. That was a winner.

0:34:55.600 --> 0:35:00.560
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, uh easy winner six to three. What a

0:35:00.600 --> 0:35:04.319
<v Speaker 2>horrific Thursday night game, but still an easy winner. It's

0:35:04.400 --> 0:35:09.279
<v Speaker 2>tough when your bet on it. It's very rare that

0:35:09.640 --> 0:35:13.360
<v Speaker 2>your team is laying or getting less than a touchdown.

0:35:13.680 --> 0:35:16.960
<v Speaker 2>They score less than a touchdown and to win, but

0:35:17.080 --> 0:35:19.840
<v Speaker 2>it happened. The Bills minus eight and a half against

0:35:19.840 --> 0:35:23.080
<v Speaker 2>the Jets maybe the easiest bet of the year. Minnesota

0:35:23.120 --> 0:35:27.239
<v Speaker 2>plus one against green Bay felt easy and then got

0:35:27.320 --> 0:35:30.360
<v Speaker 2>a little nerve racking late. We just went over Denver

0:35:30.440 --> 0:35:33.120
<v Speaker 2>plus three and a half at Cincinnati. I was obviously

0:35:33.440 --> 0:35:35.799
<v Speaker 2>all over that one. And then the Rams minus six

0:35:35.840 --> 0:35:38.560
<v Speaker 2>and a half first Arizona. Bad bet they you know,

0:35:38.600 --> 0:35:40.440
<v Speaker 2>they weren't really covering the whole game, but that was

0:35:40.440 --> 0:35:43.480
<v Speaker 2>a seventh straight winning week, forty seven to thirty seven

0:35:43.560 --> 0:35:46.640
<v Speaker 2>and one overall three and two on the week. Now

0:35:46.880 --> 0:35:49.840
<v Speaker 2>my five picks this week, demonse.

0:35:50.200 --> 0:35:53.600
<v Speaker 3>Uh, First off, you've got Pittsburgh plus two versus Cincinnati.

0:35:54.760 --> 0:35:57.919
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, listen, I know it's week eighteen, but it's still

0:35:57.960 --> 0:36:02.959
<v Speaker 2>Mike Tomlin as a home dog in a divisional game,

0:36:04.040 --> 0:36:07.960
<v Speaker 2>thank you very much. And that fight. Now, they are

0:36:08.080 --> 0:36:13.680
<v Speaker 2>going to see earlier on Saturday that the Ravens locked

0:36:13.760 --> 0:36:16.360
<v Speaker 2>up the division. So you might be like, oh, so

0:36:16.400 --> 0:36:18.759
<v Speaker 2>they're not going to be that motivated. Here's why they

0:36:18.760 --> 0:36:22.480
<v Speaker 2>will be motivated. The five The difference between having the

0:36:22.480 --> 0:36:26.279
<v Speaker 2>five seed and the sixth seed in the AFC is enormous.

0:36:27.880 --> 0:36:31.960
<v Speaker 2>Assuming the Ravens beat the Browns, the five seed means

0:36:32.280 --> 0:36:36.560
<v Speaker 2>you go to Houston. The sixth seed means you go

0:36:36.600 --> 0:36:43.840
<v Speaker 2>to Baltimore. So you know, Lamar's playoff foibles be damned.

0:36:44.160 --> 0:36:47.560
<v Speaker 2>You'd rather be going to Houston than going to Baltimore,

0:36:48.040 --> 0:36:51.920
<v Speaker 2>so that to me is a no doubter. Also, the

0:36:51.960 --> 0:36:54.480
<v Speaker 2>Steelers three and oh straight up and against the spread

0:36:54.480 --> 0:36:58.240
<v Speaker 2>when they're on extended rest this year, the public loves

0:36:58.280 --> 0:37:05.200
<v Speaker 2>the Bengals and again and I Tomlin home divisional dog,

0:37:05.480 --> 0:37:07.600
<v Speaker 2>will take it. Pittsburgh plus two next.

0:37:08.120 --> 0:37:09.920
<v Speaker 3>Of have you got Kansas City plus ten and a

0:37:09.920 --> 0:37:10.880
<v Speaker 3>half at Denver.

0:37:12.080 --> 0:37:16.160
<v Speaker 2>It's just too many points. It's just the the The

0:37:16.239 --> 0:37:19.839
<v Speaker 2>Chiefs are going to make this a low possession game.

0:37:20.920 --> 0:37:23.279
<v Speaker 2>They just want to get out. They want this game

0:37:23.320 --> 0:37:26.080
<v Speaker 2>to go as fast as possible. As my point, so

0:37:26.320 --> 0:37:29.040
<v Speaker 2>a lot of running the ball. So it's hard to

0:37:29.080 --> 0:37:33.520
<v Speaker 2>cover big spreads in games that have you know, six

0:37:33.640 --> 0:37:36.680
<v Speaker 2>or seven possessions per team rather than eight or nine,

0:37:37.080 --> 0:37:40.920
<v Speaker 2>So that works in their favor. Carson Wentz, I'm sure

0:37:41.840 --> 0:37:44.120
<v Speaker 2>is looking at this game as the chance to be

0:37:44.280 --> 0:37:48.279
<v Speaker 2>next year's Sam Darnold, go to a good spot for

0:37:48.400 --> 0:37:52.640
<v Speaker 2>ten million bucks, try to reclaim my career, so you know,

0:37:52.840 --> 0:37:58.719
<v Speaker 2>so he's hyper motivated in this game. I just I

0:37:58.880 --> 0:38:04.040
<v Speaker 2>Denver right now is going in the wrong direction. And

0:38:04.880 --> 0:38:09.600
<v Speaker 2>the you know, after Sorry, I just pulled up the

0:38:09.640 --> 0:38:12.480
<v Speaker 2>Denver Nuggets because I was and I was gonna talk

0:38:12.480 --> 0:38:15.680
<v Speaker 2>about Daniel's team for a moment. After the great start,

0:38:17.000 --> 0:38:20.399
<v Speaker 2>the defense has worn down a bit, allowing thirty four

0:38:20.440 --> 0:38:23.360
<v Speaker 2>to the Chargers and then obviously last week thirty to

0:38:23.400 --> 0:38:27.880
<v Speaker 2>the Bengals. I would expect Denver to win this game,

0:38:28.480 --> 0:38:32.239
<v Speaker 2>but I actually think this is like an ugly seventeen

0:38:32.239 --> 0:38:35.960
<v Speaker 2>to thirteen type of game. And because of that, the

0:38:36.080 --> 0:38:42.680
<v Speaker 2>Chiefs plus the ten and a half. And evidently since

0:38:42.680 --> 0:38:45.960
<v Speaker 2>two thousand and seven, Andy Reid has been a double

0:38:45.960 --> 0:38:49.560
<v Speaker 2>digit underdog five times. And while those teams are one

0:38:49.600 --> 0:38:53.000
<v Speaker 2>and four straight up, they're five and zero against the spread.

0:38:53.320 --> 0:38:56.239
<v Speaker 2>I wonder how many of those games are games like this,

0:38:56.360 --> 0:38:59.799
<v Speaker 2>these Week eighteen matchups, because Andy maybe his last year,

0:38:59.800 --> 0:39:03.160
<v Speaker 2>and but Andy historically is only you know, all his

0:39:03.280 --> 0:39:06.279
<v Speaker 2>seams have been good. So being a double digit dog

0:39:06.320 --> 0:39:08.520
<v Speaker 2>makes me think it's a lot of Week eighteen matchups.

0:39:09.000 --> 0:39:10.879
<v Speaker 2>All right, next one, Demonse.

0:39:11.239 --> 0:39:14.680
<v Speaker 3>You've got Miami minus one at the Jets.

0:39:15.120 --> 0:39:19.360
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So listen, First of all, what you've got to

0:39:19.440 --> 0:39:27.319
<v Speaker 2>do every time you're talking about the Miami Dolphins this

0:39:27.400 --> 0:39:31.720
<v Speaker 2>time of year, you have to check out the weather

0:39:31.800 --> 0:39:37.360
<v Speaker 2>report in the city they're playing, So that is a

0:39:37.480 --> 0:39:42.280
<v Speaker 2>very important say it again, Well, it's gorgeous here right now,

0:39:43.320 --> 0:39:45.880
<v Speaker 2>But what will it be on Sunday is the question

0:39:46.200 --> 0:39:50.040
<v Speaker 2>people are gonna have. And it's not let me make

0:39:50.080 --> 0:39:56.520
<v Speaker 2>sure it hasn't changed. It's not freezing by NFL standards,

0:39:56.560 --> 0:40:01.040
<v Speaker 2>it's pretty called by Miami Dolphins standards. High of thirty eight,

0:40:01.120 --> 0:40:04.120
<v Speaker 2>low of twenty nine on Sunday in the Greater New

0:40:04.200 --> 0:40:08.320
<v Speaker 2>York area. However, TWOA is not playing. Tyler Huntley's playing,

0:40:09.080 --> 0:40:12.440
<v Speaker 2>and I thought he actually played decent this past week.

0:40:13.080 --> 0:40:16.880
<v Speaker 2>And the Jets. This is really less about the Dolphins

0:40:17.280 --> 0:40:21.040
<v Speaker 2>and more about the Jets just being done with all

0:40:21.080 --> 0:40:25.680
<v Speaker 2>of it. And so the Dolphins are gonna be playing hoping,

0:40:26.120 --> 0:40:30.120
<v Speaker 2>thinking they could make the playoffs. The Jets are gonna

0:40:30.120 --> 0:40:33.800
<v Speaker 2>be playing hoping this season. From hell ens, I only

0:40:33.840 --> 0:40:37.040
<v Speaker 2>have to lay one point. It's a tough one and

0:40:37.080 --> 0:40:39.560
<v Speaker 2>a weird one. And I don't love the fact that

0:40:39.600 --> 0:40:42.160
<v Speaker 2>as I'm talking through this, I am laying a point

0:40:42.160 --> 0:40:46.560
<v Speaker 2>with Snoop Huntley. However, Mike McDaniel, you gotta find a

0:40:46.560 --> 0:40:51.080
<v Speaker 2>way to win the game. The oh yeah, yea once

0:40:51.160 --> 0:40:57.600
<v Speaker 2>on a time, yeah. In the past, and so I

0:40:57.600 --> 0:41:00.279
<v Speaker 2>I think Miami's gonna win. I don't think they're gonna

0:41:00.280 --> 0:41:03.160
<v Speaker 2>make the playoffs because I don't think the Chiefs are

0:41:03.160 --> 0:41:06.960
<v Speaker 2>gonna beat the Broncos, but Miami won't know that. Of

0:41:07.000 --> 0:41:10.200
<v Speaker 2>course they'll be playing simultaneous. I'll do Miami minus one.

0:41:10.360 --> 0:41:13.400
<v Speaker 3>Next, you've got the Charges minus four and a half

0:41:13.440 --> 0:41:14.120
<v Speaker 3>at the Raiders.

0:41:15.440 --> 0:41:18.080
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So I don't like. Once I talked through this

0:41:18.200 --> 0:41:20.200
<v Speaker 2>and I and I, you know what occurred to me.

0:41:20.280 --> 0:41:22.000
<v Speaker 2>I should have thought of this before. I was, for

0:41:22.080 --> 0:41:25.480
<v Speaker 2>some reason, thinking all of the AFC playoff Picture games

0:41:25.480 --> 0:41:28.960
<v Speaker 2>were gonna be played simultaneously. But the AFC North games

0:41:29.000 --> 0:41:33.960
<v Speaker 2>are played on Saturday, which oddly means the Chargers will

0:41:34.040 --> 0:41:38.040
<v Speaker 2>know before kickoff whether or not they're locked into their seat.

0:41:38.760 --> 0:41:44.680
<v Speaker 2>Despite that, I don't mind. I don't mind laying these

0:41:44.760 --> 0:41:48.480
<v Speaker 2>points for the picks portion of this. As far as

0:41:48.480 --> 0:41:52.440
<v Speaker 2>an actual bet goes, I will just tell the audience

0:41:52.520 --> 0:41:55.680
<v Speaker 2>right now, I would wait. If you like the Chargers,

0:41:55.760 --> 0:42:01.800
<v Speaker 2>I would wait to make this bet because after the Steelers, well,

0:42:02.600 --> 0:42:08.200
<v Speaker 2>let me rephrase it. If you like the Chargers and

0:42:08.480 --> 0:42:11.879
<v Speaker 2>you think the Steelers are gonna win, you should wait

0:42:11.920 --> 0:42:15.640
<v Speaker 2>to make this bet because here's the deal. If the

0:42:15.680 --> 0:42:21.080
<v Speaker 2>Steelers win, this line is gonna go down to like

0:42:21.160 --> 0:42:25.960
<v Speaker 2>two and a half. If the Steelers lose and the

0:42:26.040 --> 0:42:28.799
<v Speaker 2>Chargers then know, oh, if we win, we get the

0:42:28.840 --> 0:42:32.000
<v Speaker 2>five seed, this line will go up to probably seven

0:42:32.040 --> 0:42:35.560
<v Speaker 2>and a half. So really, whether or not you want

0:42:35.560 --> 0:42:38.640
<v Speaker 2>to bet this game right now has to do with

0:42:38.719 --> 0:42:40.759
<v Speaker 2>what you think is gonna happen in the Pittsburgh game.

0:42:41.160 --> 0:42:43.520
<v Speaker 2>But the other piece of it is, I just don't

0:42:43.520 --> 0:42:45.839
<v Speaker 2>think the Raiders and Antonio Pierce are gonna win three

0:42:45.880 --> 0:42:50.719
<v Speaker 2>straight games. And even if the Chargers don't have peak motivation,

0:42:51.600 --> 0:42:57.840
<v Speaker 2>the Chargers aren't there. They're just such a better coached

0:42:58.000 --> 0:43:01.239
<v Speaker 2>team that it's very hard for me to see them

0:43:01.280 --> 0:43:05.200
<v Speaker 2>preparing all week and then losing to this Raiders team.

0:43:05.640 --> 0:43:07.919
<v Speaker 2>And this is a Raiders team they played in Week

0:43:08.000 --> 0:43:11.879
<v Speaker 2>one and beat by twelve. So it's a weird one

0:43:12.239 --> 0:43:15.359
<v Speaker 2>that the line is gonna move. If the Steelers win,

0:43:15.480 --> 0:43:18.680
<v Speaker 2>this line will get a lot smaller. If the Steelers lose,

0:43:18.719 --> 0:43:21.000
<v Speaker 2>this line will get a lot bigger. All just go

0:43:21.040 --> 0:43:23.600
<v Speaker 2>ahead and take Chargers minus four and a half for

0:43:23.880 --> 0:43:26.480
<v Speaker 2>you know, for the podcast. But because I think the

0:43:26.480 --> 0:43:29.520
<v Speaker 2>Steelers are gonna win, I'm gonna wait to actually bet

0:43:29.560 --> 0:43:31.440
<v Speaker 2>this in real life and then the game of the

0:43:31.520 --> 0:43:33.080
<v Speaker 2>year demonse, you.

0:43:33.120 --> 0:43:35.440
<v Speaker 3>Got Minnesota plus two and a half at Detroit.

0:43:36.760 --> 0:43:40.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I just think that Detroit's defense is past the

0:43:40.920 --> 0:43:45.440
<v Speaker 2>point of no return. And I think that Dan Campbell's

0:43:45.480 --> 0:43:50.600
<v Speaker 2>decision to instead of giving some of his key guys

0:43:50.640 --> 0:43:54.640
<v Speaker 2>a bye, having his whole team be on short rest

0:43:55.000 --> 0:43:59.720
<v Speaker 2>was a colossal mistake. And I think having just further

0:44:00.000 --> 0:44:03.520
<v Speaker 2>evidence for his own players that the team can't defend

0:44:04.040 --> 0:44:06.680
<v Speaker 2>by letting the Niners score thirty four was not good

0:44:06.680 --> 0:44:10.160
<v Speaker 2>for their confidence going into this game. And I sadly

0:44:10.280 --> 0:44:15.520
<v Speaker 2>think for the Lions this magical season could end in

0:44:15.680 --> 0:44:20.040
<v Speaker 2>nine days. I think they're gonna lose Sunday Night and

0:44:20.080 --> 0:44:24.759
<v Speaker 2>then be on the road in Round one against I

0:44:24.800 --> 0:44:28.520
<v Speaker 2>think the four to five is gonna be Rams Lions,

0:44:29.480 --> 0:44:32.920
<v Speaker 2>and I will be in so far and I'll be

0:44:32.960 --> 0:44:35.719
<v Speaker 2>picking the Rams in that game, and so.

0:44:37.160 --> 0:44:37.560
<v Speaker 3>It is.

0:44:38.760 --> 0:44:42.799
<v Speaker 2>It's now. If they win this game, they can make

0:44:42.840 --> 0:44:45.719
<v Speaker 2>the Super Bowl, they being Detroit, but I don't think

0:44:45.760 --> 0:44:49.200
<v Speaker 2>they're going to. I think the Vikings are playing too well,

0:44:49.480 --> 0:44:52.120
<v Speaker 2>and the Vikings don't have a gaping hole in the

0:44:52.160 --> 0:44:54.560
<v Speaker 2>defensive side of the ball. The way Detroit does, so

0:44:54.719 --> 0:44:58.560
<v Speaker 2>I'll actually do that as well, real quick. So my

0:44:58.840 --> 0:45:04.600
<v Speaker 2>projected AFC playoff field one through seven, some of these

0:45:04.640 --> 0:45:11.360
<v Speaker 2>are not projections, they're locks, but Chiefs, Bills, Ravens, Texans, Steelers, Chargers, Broncos.

0:45:11.600 --> 0:45:14.600
<v Speaker 2>The exact one through seven right now is what I

0:45:14.640 --> 0:45:18.040
<v Speaker 2>think it will remain after this weekend. In order, my

0:45:18.239 --> 0:45:23.360
<v Speaker 2>projected NFC playoff field will go like this. The Minnesota

0:45:23.440 --> 0:45:27.920
<v Speaker 2>Vikings are your one seed, Eagles are your two. The

0:45:27.960 --> 0:45:31.480
<v Speaker 2>Bucks win this weekend, and the Rams lose because they're

0:45:31.520 --> 0:45:36.240
<v Speaker 2>resting their guys, so they flip flop. Tampa goes to three,

0:45:36.400 --> 0:45:41.640
<v Speaker 2>the Rams go to four, the Lions slide all the

0:45:41.640 --> 0:45:46.839
<v Speaker 2>way to five, and then it's then is it? And

0:45:46.880 --> 0:45:50.040
<v Speaker 2>then the Commanders stay at six and the Packers stay

0:45:50.080 --> 0:45:53.240
<v Speaker 2>at seven. That's how I see this thing playing out,

0:45:54.160 --> 0:46:00.839
<v Speaker 2>and if that happens, I will like the Rams a

0:46:00.880 --> 0:46:04.200
<v Speaker 2>lot as a home dog in Round one against Detroit.

0:46:04.840 --> 0:46:08.040
<v Speaker 2>So my five picks for this week are as follows.

0:46:08.120 --> 0:46:12.560
<v Speaker 2>Pittsburgh getting two at home against Cincinnati, Kent City getting

0:46:12.600 --> 0:46:15.520
<v Speaker 2>ten and a half at Denver, Miami laying one at

0:46:15.560 --> 0:46:18.399
<v Speaker 2>the Jets, the Chargers laying four and a half at

0:46:18.560 --> 0:46:22.480
<v Speaker 2>the Raiders and Minnesota plus two and a half at Detroit.

0:46:22.880 --> 0:46:27.600
<v Speaker 2>I am a half game behind Danny Parkins in our

0:46:27.719 --> 0:46:30.680
<v Speaker 2>picks contest. Had I demons, I gotta tell you one

0:46:30.760 --> 0:46:33.520
<v Speaker 2>other thing. Had I gone three and oh this weekend,

0:46:34.239 --> 0:46:36.239
<v Speaker 2>I would have been a half game ahead of him

0:46:36.320 --> 0:46:40.000
<v Speaker 2>if the Denver game had gone my way. And you

0:46:40.040 --> 0:46:43.320
<v Speaker 2>know what I was really considering doing. If I had gone,

0:46:43.560 --> 0:46:46.000
<v Speaker 2>If I was a half game ahead of him, what

0:46:46.239 --> 0:46:50.719
<v Speaker 2>you would You would probably lose respect for me. But

0:46:50.800 --> 0:46:53.640
<v Speaker 2>it would have been so funny because Danny has taken

0:46:53.680 --> 0:46:55.640
<v Speaker 2>this picks thing so seriously, I have two, but he's

0:46:55.640 --> 0:47:01.000
<v Speaker 2>coming out on a thrown. He has to make his

0:47:01.080 --> 0:47:04.720
<v Speaker 2>TV picks before me. So if I had a half

0:47:04.760 --> 0:47:07.959
<v Speaker 2>game lead, I was just going to make the same

0:47:08.480 --> 0:47:11.879
<v Speaker 2>three exact picks he did to just guarantee I won

0:47:11.960 --> 0:47:16.200
<v Speaker 2>the year, to just lock it in, even I didn't

0:47:16.320 --> 0:47:21.840
<v Speaker 2>like the games, just to absolutely guarantee that he couldn't

0:47:21.880 --> 0:47:24.560
<v Speaker 2>beat me. And just I mean, it would have been

0:47:25.040 --> 0:47:29.440
<v Speaker 2>it would have been dirty, very low. It would have been.

0:47:29.480 --> 0:47:33.280
<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's I'm not I wouldn't. It's a smart strategy.

0:47:33.520 --> 0:47:35.480
<v Speaker 3>It makes you guys are watching.

0:47:35.200 --> 0:47:39.040
<v Speaker 2>That yeah, oh yeah, that's right. You know what's not

0:47:39.080 --> 0:47:42.160
<v Speaker 2>a smart strategy demonse, including the Jets and the teas.

0:47:42.239 --> 0:47:43.720
<v Speaker 2>How'd your teaser go last week?

0:47:44.200 --> 0:47:46.239
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, it was a two team seven and a

0:47:46.280 --> 0:47:49.160
<v Speaker 3>half way teaser. Yeah, Jets screwed me over. I mean

0:47:49.239 --> 0:47:53.319
<v Speaker 3>they were down forty year old one. Uh yeah. Then

0:47:53.360 --> 0:47:56.480
<v Speaker 3>I had green Bay plus nine at Minnesota that hit.

0:47:58.000 --> 0:48:01.160
<v Speaker 3>But this is to finish five on. I mean, this

0:48:01.320 --> 0:48:02.879
<v Speaker 3>is all I could ask for. I don't know. Last

0:48:02.920 --> 0:48:04.759
<v Speaker 3>year was bad year before that.

0:48:05.440 --> 0:48:10.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, listen, a five hundred year. It's not profitable, but

0:48:10.400 --> 0:48:13.400
<v Speaker 2>it's not a debacle like last year. And so what

0:48:13.520 --> 0:48:14.480
<v Speaker 2>are we doing this week?

0:48:15.200 --> 0:48:17.040
<v Speaker 3>Uh? This week is a two team seven and a

0:48:17.040 --> 0:48:20.480
<v Speaker 3>half point teaser. It's at minus one sixty three. I've

0:48:20.520 --> 0:48:24.200
<v Speaker 3>got Pittsburgh. I teased them up to plus nine and

0:48:24.480 --> 0:48:27.320
<v Speaker 3>obviously they're playing Cincinnati, and then I teased up Chicago

0:48:27.920 --> 0:48:32.000
<v Speaker 3>to plus eighteen at Green Bay. I love it.

0:48:32.640 --> 0:48:36.040
<v Speaker 2>I don't hate it. I don't hate it. And by

0:48:36.080 --> 0:48:38.880
<v Speaker 2>the way, if yours, you get Pittsburgh plus nine and

0:48:38.920 --> 0:48:41.239
<v Speaker 2>a half, because that line's two now it was one

0:48:41.280 --> 0:48:43.640
<v Speaker 2>and the half. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, so you get

0:48:43.760 --> 0:48:46.040
<v Speaker 2>you get them plus nine and a half. Uh, I

0:48:46.080 --> 0:48:48.160
<v Speaker 2>don't hate it. I'll give you an ad in the year,

0:48:49.120 --> 0:48:50.759
<v Speaker 2>and then what's the offer this week?

0:48:51.239 --> 0:48:53.919
<v Speaker 3>Uh So the producers are calling this one a one

0:48:54.040 --> 0:48:57.760
<v Speaker 3>last FU. So it seems like Aaron Rodgers is probably

0:48:57.840 --> 0:49:00.160
<v Speaker 3>not gonna be playing with the Jets next year. You know,

0:49:00.239 --> 0:49:02.480
<v Speaker 3>Aaron Rodgers's a little could be a little spiteful, so

0:49:03.239 --> 0:49:05.440
<v Speaker 3>you might want to win this game to squander their

0:49:05.520 --> 0:49:09.080
<v Speaker 3>draft pick. So the Jets money line and Jets over

0:49:09.239 --> 0:49:12.680
<v Speaker 3>twenty three and a half and Jets race to ten

0:49:13.040 --> 0:49:16.160
<v Speaker 3>is I don't know that plus ten team to score ten?

0:49:16.800 --> 0:49:20.080
<v Speaker 2>Okay, yeah, yeah, So first of all, I don't do

0:49:20.160 --> 0:49:23.200
<v Speaker 2>any race two bets ever in the NFL or the NBA.

0:49:23.320 --> 0:49:31.560
<v Speaker 2>That sounds ridiculous. But second of all, whatever Rogers wants

0:49:31.600 --> 0:49:36.279
<v Speaker 2>to do doesn't matter. He's not capable anymore. So no,

0:49:36.560 --> 0:49:40.480
<v Speaker 2>I won't be taking this offer. I and so I

0:49:40.719 --> 0:49:46.480
<v Speaker 2>just I am very I have the Dolphins in my picks,

0:49:46.680 --> 0:49:49.480
<v Speaker 2>so I'm not including the Jets money line in the

0:49:49.560 --> 0:49:52.719
<v Speaker 2>offer like that would act in conflict. But I also

0:49:52.920 --> 0:49:56.480
<v Speaker 2>think that Rogers just doesn't have the ability anymore, and

0:49:56.600 --> 0:49:58.960
<v Speaker 2>there is a chance he is stuck at four ninety

0:49:59.040 --> 0:50:02.400
<v Speaker 2>nine touchdo down forever because there is a chance that

0:50:02.520 --> 0:50:05.359
<v Speaker 2>this Sunday is the last game of his career. It's

0:50:05.440 --> 0:50:07.320
<v Speaker 2>certainly going to be his last game with the Jets.

0:50:08.040 --> 0:50:10.399
<v Speaker 2>If we hadn't spent we've spent too much time talking

0:50:10.440 --> 0:50:12.440
<v Speaker 2>here Rodgers this year, maybe we should have spent more

0:50:12.520 --> 0:50:14.600
<v Speaker 2>time talking about the fact that this could be the

0:50:14.640 --> 0:50:16.520
<v Speaker 2>last game of his career. But I'm sure we'll have

0:50:16.600 --> 0:50:18.120
<v Speaker 2>plenty of time in the office. He's talking about is

0:50:18.200 --> 0:50:20.520
<v Speaker 2>he coming back? Is he not coming back? All that nonsense.

0:50:20.760 --> 0:50:28.759
<v Speaker 2>Answer a few listener questions. Next, What's right? All right?

0:50:28.800 --> 0:50:30.399
<v Speaker 2>Welcome back in What's right with Nick?

0:50:30.480 --> 0:50:30.600
<v Speaker 3>Right?

0:50:30.640 --> 0:50:33.000
<v Speaker 2>All right? Demanse? What are some of the listener questions?

0:50:33.960 --> 0:50:35.920
<v Speaker 3>Scott asked, If the forty nine ers are going to

0:50:36.000 --> 0:50:38.520
<v Speaker 3>resign party, shouldn't they just do it now before the

0:50:38.600 --> 0:50:39.600
<v Speaker 3>market spikes further.

0:50:40.680 --> 0:50:43.200
<v Speaker 2>Well, they can't resign him until a few days from now.

0:50:43.239 --> 0:50:45.720
<v Speaker 2>I think it's like January sixth, when you can start

0:50:45.800 --> 0:50:50.560
<v Speaker 2>resigning the people who have just finished year three. But

0:50:51.280 --> 0:50:54.080
<v Speaker 2>your point is valid all the same. Yeah, But I

0:50:54.239 --> 0:50:57.040
<v Speaker 2>just think that they You're right that if they know

0:50:57.120 --> 0:51:00.400
<v Speaker 2>they're going to resign him the earlier the chief I

0:51:00.440 --> 0:51:03.160
<v Speaker 2>don't know they're gonna resign him. Doesn't mean they're gonna

0:51:03.200 --> 0:51:05.120
<v Speaker 2>move off him, but it means they might make him

0:51:05.160 --> 0:51:07.680
<v Speaker 2>play next year at his current salary, which, by the way,

0:51:08.239 --> 0:51:11.839
<v Speaker 2>I found this out today, I forgot it. Even though

0:51:11.920 --> 0:51:14.120
<v Speaker 2>his salary is supposed to be a million bucks because

0:51:14.120 --> 0:51:17.400
<v Speaker 2>he was a pro bowler last year, his final year

0:51:17.440 --> 0:51:20.239
<v Speaker 2>of his rookie contract salary becomes like a second round

0:51:20.480 --> 0:51:24.680
<v Speaker 2>RFA tender salary. Regardless, it's five million instead of one

0:51:24.760 --> 0:51:26.839
<v Speaker 2>million next year for Purty if they don't resign him.

0:51:26.920 --> 0:51:29.080
<v Speaker 2>So that's nice. So he's got that going for him,

0:51:29.160 --> 0:51:29.480
<v Speaker 2>all right.

0:51:29.600 --> 0:51:33.440
<v Speaker 3>Next, Joshua ass should Baker have made the Pro Bowl.

0:51:35.320 --> 0:51:38.600
<v Speaker 2>One n I think that he should have made it

0:51:38.640 --> 0:51:41.360
<v Speaker 2>over Jaden. I think the NFC Pro Bowler should have

0:51:41.400 --> 0:51:45.920
<v Speaker 2>been Darnald Goff Baker. Jaden's having an unbelievable year given

0:51:45.960 --> 0:51:48.440
<v Speaker 2>that he's a rookie, but I don't think Pro Bowls

0:51:48.440 --> 0:51:51.800
<v Speaker 2>should get a rookie bounce. And so I think Jayden's

0:51:51.800 --> 0:51:54.160
<v Speaker 2>been excellent, but I think Baker's having the better season.

0:51:54.400 --> 0:51:58.000
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, that that to me was the biggest non

0:51:58.200 --> 0:51:59.480
<v Speaker 2>Chiefs related snub.

0:51:59.640 --> 0:52:03.240
<v Speaker 3>Next, Hervey asked Nick what is the biggest difference between

0:52:03.280 --> 0:52:06.399
<v Speaker 3>regular season and postseason and NFL Betty, do you put

0:52:06.480 --> 0:52:10.520
<v Speaker 3>more value on coaching or a player player playoff experience?

0:52:11.760 --> 0:52:14.800
<v Speaker 2>Well, listen, yeah, I mean coaching in the quarterback coaching

0:52:14.840 --> 0:52:17.879
<v Speaker 2>and quarterback coaching and quarterback coaching and quarterback every time,

0:52:18.120 --> 0:52:23.279
<v Speaker 2>like that is really you. Simmons used to always say,

0:52:23.360 --> 0:52:25.719
<v Speaker 2>don't bet an underdog unless you think they can win.

0:52:25.800 --> 0:52:28.560
<v Speaker 2>Out right, I think that's like in the playoffs. I

0:52:28.600 --> 0:52:34.200
<v Speaker 2>think that's pretty smart at times. But I yes, I

0:52:34.360 --> 0:52:39.560
<v Speaker 2>put massive value on the coach in the quarterback and listen,

0:52:39.640 --> 0:52:42.680
<v Speaker 2>we'll do We will be picking every single playoff game.

0:52:43.640 --> 0:52:49.800
<v Speaker 2>The dream of an undefeated postseason stays alive. Thirteen and

0:52:49.920 --> 0:52:52.719
<v Speaker 2>zero is what it would be for an undefeated postseason.

0:52:52.840 --> 0:52:55.600
<v Speaker 2>It's of course I've never done it. In the past.

0:52:55.640 --> 0:52:58.440
<v Speaker 2>It was eleven and zero is what you would have

0:52:58.520 --> 0:53:00.919
<v Speaker 2>to do. But now there's two extra games. But we'll

0:53:01.000 --> 0:53:02.520
<v Speaker 2>get more into that this coming week.

0:53:03.640 --> 0:53:07.080
<v Speaker 3>All right, Last one, Gabe, if you're up the point

0:53:07.160 --> 0:53:09.399
<v Speaker 3>five at the half point on Danny and he picks

0:53:09.440 --> 0:53:12.320
<v Speaker 3>the Jets, can your principles allow you to pick the Jets?

0:53:12.680 --> 0:53:15.080
<v Speaker 3>Or should you risk losing to avoid batting on Rogers?

0:53:15.960 --> 0:53:19.880
<v Speaker 2>Well, I to be clear, I'm not certain if I

0:53:20.000 --> 0:53:24.960
<v Speaker 2>would have done Danny that dirty by just mirroring his picks,

0:53:25.480 --> 0:53:28.279
<v Speaker 2>But man, it would have been hilarious. I gotten a

0:53:28.400 --> 0:53:33.440
<v Speaker 2>huge argument once. I don't play fantasy football because I gambled,

0:53:33.440 --> 0:53:36.960
<v Speaker 2>because I'm an adult. But back when I used to

0:53:37.000 --> 0:53:41.759
<v Speaker 2>play fantasy football, my producer of my radio show, he

0:53:41.880 --> 0:53:45.480
<v Speaker 2>and I were playing each other in the playoffs and

0:53:45.800 --> 0:53:53.320
<v Speaker 2>going into Monday night, his team was done and I

0:53:53.680 --> 0:53:59.040
<v Speaker 2>just had The only person I had left was my kicker,

0:53:59.719 --> 0:54:03.239
<v Speaker 2>and I was up by like zero point seven, And

0:54:03.400 --> 0:54:07.280
<v Speaker 2>instead I just benched the kicker for a vacant spot

0:54:08.600 --> 0:54:11.000
<v Speaker 2>so I couldn't get negative points if he missed kicks.

0:54:11.560 --> 0:54:16.160
<v Speaker 2>And he thought that was like a legit argument. He

0:54:16.320 --> 0:54:19.560
<v Speaker 2>was like, basically it was immoral, like unethical what I

0:54:19.719 --> 0:54:22.800
<v Speaker 2>was doing. I'm like, listen, man, this as the breaks

0:54:22.880 --> 0:54:25.080
<v Speaker 2>I can lock in a victory. Here, I'm locking it in.

0:54:26.120 --> 0:54:29.400
<v Speaker 2>This would have been Yeah, I think it's totally fair strategy.

0:54:30.000 --> 0:54:32.359
<v Speaker 2>This would have been about one hundred times worse than

0:54:32.400 --> 0:54:36.240
<v Speaker 2>that if I did this that to Danny. But instead

0:54:36.280 --> 0:54:39.600
<v Speaker 2>it's just listen, if Danny ties me or beats me

0:54:39.760 --> 0:54:44.799
<v Speaker 2>this week, he wins. If I beat him by one game,

0:54:45.680 --> 0:54:50.360
<v Speaker 2>I win. So he listen all he has to do

0:54:51.760 --> 0:54:55.799
<v Speaker 2>is go three and zero to guarantee he wins. Now,

0:54:55.920 --> 0:54:59.200
<v Speaker 2>maybe he could theoretically win by going oh and three

0:54:59.239 --> 0:55:01.680
<v Speaker 2>if I also do. But the only way he can

0:55:01.800 --> 0:55:06.560
<v Speaker 2>control it and no pressure Danny, is if he nails

0:55:06.560 --> 0:55:09.960
<v Speaker 2>all three picks in week eighteen. And so we'll see.

0:55:10.520 --> 0:55:13.879
<v Speaker 2>I've been coming on quite strong lately, so we'll see.

0:55:13.920 --> 0:55:15.400
<v Speaker 2>All right, I'll see you guys on TV in a

0:55:15.480 --> 0:55:17.719
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