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Speaker 1: Papas and Olivia Arlan Decker. Welcome to Unleash. Thro Up
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Speaker 1: Happy Sinco to Mayo. Jannice, what are you getting into tonight?
Speaker 1: Do you like this holiday? I love Senco to Mayo.
Speaker 1: I have been celebrating it for the past couple of nights,
Speaker 1: so tonight I am going to be in recovery. I
Speaker 1: celebrated early. I gotta jump on it. Yeah, it was
Speaker 1: it a long, long weekend of drinking for me, so
Speaker 1: I am still in recovery. So shout out to everyone
Speaker 1: who's who's doing the second round. Since we're speaking about
Speaker 1: the draft again, I'm gonna say those people doing the
Speaker 1: second round of sick go to because for me, I
Speaker 1: already had my first round picks and those picks were
Speaker 1: bloody Mary's. Bloody Mary's. You mean a bloody Maria. Have
Speaker 1: you had a bloody Mary with tequila? Oh? That's so good?
Speaker 1: Can you tell him this? Yeah? I feel like you
Speaker 1: can't wait. I feel like they're gonna hand you drink
Speaker 1: as soon as the baby pops out, they're gonna have
Speaker 1: one in the room. My sister said, she's gonna bring
Speaker 1: me a picture of spicy skinny mes Cow Margharita's and
Speaker 1: they're amazing, and she's gonna bring it to the hospital. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I'd love to see a picture that you put on
Speaker 1: your Graham of you just holding the baby and Margharita
Speaker 1: in the other hand and just go my babies. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I like here, you're already giving me a captain too.
Speaker 1: That's genius. Yeah. I love Seco to Mayo. I wish
Speaker 1: so badly I could celebrate in full force this year.
Speaker 1: Obviously I'm like on the final days of pregnancy, but
Speaker 1: I'm I love this one. How do you like Sinco
Speaker 1: to Mayo compared to a similar drinking American holiday, St.
Speaker 1: Patrick's Day? I think that St. Patrick's Day is the
Speaker 1: Michael Jordan's of drinking holidays, And I would say Sinco
Speaker 1: de Mayo is the Kobe Bryant very close, very close second.
Speaker 1: But you know, as far as getting hammered and just
Speaker 1: being obliterated, it's got to go to St. Pat's number
Speaker 1: one all time. Both of them are cultural appropriation. Both
Speaker 1: of them have zero substance. Both of them are as
Speaker 1: American as it gets, and uh, just a lot of
Speaker 1: fun to like take off midday on a Thursday to
Speaker 1: go drink. Okay, I've a reason for anyone to raise
Speaker 1: a glass and toast who listens to our show. I
Speaker 1: have some big news and I'm just beaming with pride.
Speaker 1: Before we go any further, I just got to send
Speaker 1: out congratulations to the Phoeba europe Cup champions Basha Shear
Speaker 1: and my favorite player on that team, Sam Decker. What
Speaker 1: an amazing win, you honest, you call him the shish Kebabs.
Speaker 1: It was a crazy, tough, emotional year for my husband
Speaker 1: and I'm just so excited to see it end with
Speaker 1: confetti and I'm just so proud of him. Is the
Speaker 1: first ever winner from Turkey. Actually, so congrats to their
Speaker 1: whole squad. You honest, did you watch it? All? Is
Speaker 1: on YouTube? Of course I watched it, and I watched
Speaker 1: the Instagram post afterwards about how it's been an up
Speaker 1: and down year and just congratulation to the Shishka Bab's
Speaker 1: for beating the Babaganoshas. What a game you have too
Speaker 1: much fun with that? It's because you're Greek. Greek people
Speaker 1: on Turkish people just do not get along, and you're
Speaker 1: not going to let that end on our show. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that one made me laugh. The b played as hard
Speaker 1: as they can, but they had no answer for Sammy
Speaker 1: from Downtown. Baby. The kid could shoot. What a game
Speaker 1: had Baba is good luck next year, but it's you're
Speaker 1: no match for the Sam Decker lads. I'm glad the
Speaker 1: season's over so you can make no more jokes about
Speaker 1: Turkey at large. And I'm glad that Sam's on a
Speaker 1: flight as we speak, coming home so that no one's
Speaker 1: gonna get mad at him over there for listening to
Speaker 1: his wife's podcast. Oh but yeah, it's a it's been
Speaker 1: a big week. I mean big week in our house
Speaker 1: with obviously that win and Sam coming home and as
Speaker 1: I mentioned, Sinco to Mayo for your House was big.
Speaker 1: And NFL Draft is in the books. So coming up,
Speaker 1: we're going to talk to NFL analyst Adam Levittan to
Speaker 1: see who he thinks won the draft to lost the draft,
Speaker 1: which fan base probably had the worst time on the
Speaker 1: Vegas Strip and his biggest takeaways. So that's really exciting.
Speaker 1: But shout out to my Georgia Bulldogs. Man, if you
Speaker 1: missed the draft, all you gotta know is that Georgia
Speaker 1: dominated with a record fifteen players selected in the draft.
Speaker 1: That includes five in the first round. So I don't
Speaker 1: know for context. University of Texas the Longhorns, like America's
Speaker 1: college football team. I guess, had zero players drafted in
Speaker 1: the entire draft. That's wild. So that's very exciting. I
Speaker 1: just feel very good about the momentum of your world
Speaker 1: as your baby's coming out. Sam Decker with a championship,
Speaker 1: the Bulldogs fifteen players selected, the Packers, they resigned Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 1: I just feel like there's a lot of good Olivia Harland,
Speaker 1: Decker kind of universe stuff going on right now. The
Speaker 1: babies and then the baby just it's it is the
Speaker 1: cherry on top to a great year. Also, Kevin Harland
Speaker 1: calling the playoffs, making those games great. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: a good world he's coming into right now. Oh. I
Speaker 1: like that. I like the mojo, the the universe is
Speaker 1: aligning type thing. I kind of think you're right not
Speaker 1: to mention here in Kansas City, the day he's supposed
Speaker 1: to be born, it's going to be like eighty degrees
Speaker 1: and sunny, and I'm also thinking that's kind of a
Speaker 1: good luck sign. Not to mention the mes cal Margherita
Speaker 1: is coming into the hospital, but hey, your world also
Speaker 1: some good mojo. The Giants got rave reviews. A lot
Speaker 1: of people think they won the draft, getting Cavon Thibodeau
Speaker 1: at number five, the big offensive tackle Evan Neil from
Speaker 1: Alabama at seven. That was a big one, and then
Speaker 1: in the second round they got a wide receiver jan
Speaker 1: Dale Robinson from Kentucky. Mixed reviews on that. We'll have
Speaker 1: to ask Adam, but are you happy with your draft?
Speaker 1: Very happy with the draft, especially now where it seems
Speaker 1: like the way the games played, not one player like
Speaker 1: Sae Kwon Barkley or another star player is gonna make
Speaker 1: that big of a difference when you're rebuilding a team.
Speaker 1: I love the trading down to get more picks. I
Speaker 1: love the big boys that were selected on both sides
Speaker 1: of the line. Just looking forward to this new era
Speaker 1: and see what we can do. Fingers cross optimistic, Let's
Speaker 1: go big blue. Oh yeah, I think there's a lot
Speaker 1: to be excited about. I'm excited for you, and we're
Speaker 1: really going to talk to Adam to about the wide receivers.
Speaker 1: They dominated the draft as teams try to keep up
Speaker 1: with having depth at that position. We've seen so many
Speaker 1: teams season end due to that, so big trades to
Speaker 1: including some key receivers Hollywood Brown to the Cardinals, A J.
Speaker 1: Brown to the Eagles. Note relation. And of course, as always,
Speaker 1: the big talk was the quarterbacks. Only Kenny Pickett who
Speaker 1: stays home and went to the Steelers as many expected.
Speaker 1: We talked about that on the show last week, but
Speaker 1: another quarterback didn't go again until the third round when
Speaker 1: the Falcons took Desmond Ritter and then Malik Willis finally
Speaker 1: at pick eighty six to the Titans. Matt Corral from
Speaker 1: all miss to nine four at the Panthers. So that
Speaker 1: was kind of surprising. We did not expect that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's the last two weeks we've had draft experts on
Speaker 1: and we've heard mixed reviews. Malik Willis is gonna go
Speaker 1: you know, top ten or like just crazy. That's why
Speaker 1: betting on the draft is a lot of fun. But
Speaker 1: when you're betting, you've got to be prepared to lose
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Speaker 1: the Mayor of Trash. Oh. So he had the Angels
Speaker 1: at minus one point five against the Chicago White Sox,
Speaker 1: who were up six oh going into the bottom of
Speaker 1: the ninth in baseball, that's a lock, but no, the
Speaker 1: Halos gave up five runs in the ninth and our
Speaker 1: beloved Mayor lost. That one's gonna be tough to get over.
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Speaker 1: I love it now. In addition to the NFL Draft,
Speaker 1: the NBA, and now the NHL playoffs are in full
Speaker 1: swing and we've got to get to our favorite part
Speaker 1: of the show. You honest, without wasting any more time,
Speaker 1: it's time to unleash. I was waiting for you. You
Speaker 1: were gonna say it. I know you want to say it.
Speaker 1: I like the way you said unleashed, so I just
Speaker 1: let it live. It's my last show for a while.
Speaker 1: Give me an it's time to it's time to say
Speaker 1: could keep my friend. Okay, it's a good last one
Speaker 1: before your stunted sports. Yea, his his ears are probably ringing. Okay.
Speaker 1: I want to unleash on the controversy at the NFL Draft.
Speaker 1: I'm not talking about trades or players falling or anything,
Speaker 1: but it's analysts who are on Twitter tweeting the picks
Speaker 1: before they're announced. Now, it's nothing new. We've seen this
Speaker 1: for a wild woes and Sham's basically doing it in
Speaker 1: the NBA Draft and trying to be the first one
Speaker 1: to break news. Fans don't exactly love it. It kind
Speaker 1: of ruins the experience because then you know, if you
Speaker 1: get a pin on your phone from whatever sports apps
Speaker 1: you have. I mean, we all know it. And if
Speaker 1: you're watching the draft, it's such a great production. It
Speaker 1: really is. I've been there for it. It's it's a
Speaker 1: huge deal. I thought Vegas looked amazing, I thought the
Speaker 1: TV coverage looked amazing. I was eating it up the
Speaker 1: first day especially. I didn't really watch after that, to
Speaker 1: be honest, because everything's on Twitter and probably faster. So now, oh,
Speaker 1: in the NFL, you have guys like Albert Brere, another analyst,
Speaker 1: tweeting this election before it's announced on TV. I get it.
Speaker 1: I see why people don't like it, but personally I
Speaker 1: don't mind. I'm on Twitter. I want to know as
Speaker 1: soon as possible. I don't need to hear it get
Speaker 1: announced really past the first couple of picks, I guess.
Speaker 1: And it's not like an episode of Game of Thrones
Speaker 1: or right now. I'm watching This is Us and crying
Speaker 1: every episode, but it's not a huge spoiler alert. But
Speaker 1: I don't know. That's just me, honest. What do you think?
Speaker 1: Do you think it ruins the draft experience for fans?
Speaker 1: I am all about Elon Musk and no censorship, so
Speaker 1: let him tweet, baby, let it happen. I agree, it
Speaker 1: doesn't bother me one bit, especially in the later rounds.
Speaker 1: Who cares? So stop being a baby about it, and
Speaker 1: Elon Musk let people tweet? All right, got you should
Speaker 1: unleash just on that on Elon Musk Twitter, Yah, Elon
Speaker 1: must free speech, Jesus listen, I'll aw it's my turn
Speaker 1: to unleash. I am so immersed in the NBA playoffs
Speaker 1: right now. Love when the game gets kicked up to
Speaker 1: a another level of physicality and competitiveness. And I've been
Speaker 1: watching every single game. Lucas Bananas right now the youngest
Speaker 1: player to have forty five points I think since Kolobe
Speaker 1: or Jordan, I can't remember, but it's just amazing. It's
Speaker 1: good to see Booker back playing at a high level.
Speaker 1: Teams look really good, the matchups are really good, and
Speaker 1: I've really been enjoying Golden State and they're run, they're
Speaker 1: all healthy. Seeing their big three all on the court
Speaker 1: at the same time has been a pleasure. Obviously. Game
Speaker 1: one that got kind of cut short as Draymond Green
Speaker 1: got kicked out of a game. Again. We saw this
Speaker 1: back in the playoffs against Lebron when he got suspended
Speaker 1: for that Game six for kicking him in the nuts.
Speaker 1: And people are saying it's his reputation for why he
Speaker 1: got thrown out of the game, and I gotta say,
Speaker 1: I gotta agree, He's not the first one. This has
Speaker 1: happened to the Mahorns, the Rodman's and now Draymond is
Speaker 1: of that elk where he does something that's borderline, and
Speaker 1: grabbing a guy's jersey when he's in the air is borderline. Okay,
Speaker 1: it's definitely a flagrant one or two. It's definitely a
Speaker 1: flagrant foul. Whether he should get kicked out of the
Speaker 1: game for it, that's what was the source of contention.
Speaker 1: I believe it was the right call. It was the
Speaker 1: right call because just because the guy happened to not
Speaker 1: land in a compromising position where he could have gotten hurt,
Speaker 1: doesn't mean that the foul wasn't a non basketball play
Speaker 1: that could have very well hurt somebody. So he got tossed.
Speaker 1: And you gotta know, Draymond, you do have that reputation
Speaker 1: and that's how it works, and you're a veteran and
Speaker 1: you can't do that to your team. So you know what,
Speaker 1: it wasn't like it was like the fourth quarter and
Speaker 1: there was like thirty seconds left or a minute left,
Speaker 1: and it was a tight game, and you had to
Speaker 1: put the guy on the line, and that's the only
Speaker 1: option you had was to grab his jersey so he
Speaker 1: couldn't get a shot off. This was early in the game,
Speaker 1: in the first half, and you really put your team
Speaker 1: at risk of losing that first game without you out there.
Speaker 1: You're the defensive anchor. So I just want to say
Speaker 1: to all the people. Obviously, I know players on his
Speaker 1: team and in the organization are gonna say it was overreached.
Speaker 1: But I'm gonna say, hey, guys, you know better. You
Speaker 1: know better. You're a veteran team, and you guys gotta
Speaker 1: have a talk with Draymond and tell him to stop
Speaker 1: podcasting and given so much opinions and just play a
Speaker 1: little smarter so he doesn't get suspended. This really hurt
Speaker 1: them a against the Cavaliers when they lost. I mean,
Speaker 1: if Draymond Green plays that game and he doesn't get
Speaker 1: suspended that one game, you know, maybe they win that,
Speaker 1: maybe they get another chip. So it's a real big
Speaker 1: deal and he needs to know better. So I'm just
Speaker 1: I am in the minority opinion that it was a
Speaker 1: stupid play, and I do not blame the referees. He
Speaker 1: has to know better, get smarter. Ended that that's that's
Speaker 1: that's a very fair take, a very fair take, And
Speaker 1: I just love you at all heated, don't you agree.
Speaker 1: I mean it's like, did you see the play? I mean,
Speaker 1: he grabs a jersey it's an obvious flagrant. Why put
Speaker 1: yourself in that position with your reputation that early in
Speaker 1: the game. Yeah, yeah, I know. Very heated. These playoffs
Speaker 1: very heated. There's a lot to keep up with. That
Speaker 1: was a good one, Honest, that was pretty good. You
Speaker 1: had my full attention. I like that one because the
Speaker 1: last two weeks we've paid so much attention to the
Speaker 1: draft offt and really paid it off. We've got to
Speaker 1: finish it off right and evaluate what teams did well,
Speaker 1: what teams didn't do well, and most importantly in betting,
Speaker 1: how it affects the futures market. So, without any further Ado,
Speaker 1: let's get to Adam Levitan. Okay, let's bring in our guest.
Speaker 1: He's the co founder of Established the Run, and today
Speaker 1: he's going to help us established who won the draft,
Speaker 1: to lost the draft, and what it means for next season.
Speaker 1: He's won multiple Fantasy Sports writers awards. Adam Levitan is here. Adam,
Speaker 1: thanks for joining us. Hey, thanks for having me. How's
Speaker 1: it going. We're good. I'm kind of surprised you are
Speaker 1: even doing a podcast appearance right now. You must be
Speaker 1: exhausted after the draft. No, uh yeah, it's um. The
Speaker 1: draft It used to be all Saturday and that's it,
Speaker 1: and then they made it two days, and then they
Speaker 1: made it three days. So I like the way they've
Speaker 1: broken it up now makes a little bit easier to
Speaker 1: digest making a primetime event on Thursday and then on
Speaker 1: Friday too, and then the rest of it on Saturday.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's good. I think people overreact a lot
Speaker 1: to some of the later round stuff, but yeah, I
Speaker 1: think Thursday and Friday it was fun for sure. Adam
Speaker 1: just right up to Battom, a Giants fan, tell me,
Speaker 1: I feel like they won the draft. Do you agree
Speaker 1: we're rebuilding. We didn't go after one big star. We
Speaker 1: got the big boys we needed. We're a little short
Speaker 1: at tight end, but otherwise we're looking good. No, just
Speaker 1: give me some good news. Well, the good news is
Speaker 1: Dave Gentleman is no longer the GM of the Giants,
Speaker 1: and I think you saw immediately that's the start. That's
Speaker 1: I mean, that was just like, I mean, that guy
Speaker 1: was just stone cold donkeys, So to get rid of
Speaker 1: him and bringing Joe Shoon and Brian Dable, they legit
Speaker 1: know what they're doing. I liked everything that they did
Speaker 1: except for one thing. I loved getting Kevon Thibodeaux at five. Overall.
Speaker 1: You know, you could have made a case for some
Speaker 1: other players, but Kevon Thibodeau had some all field kind
Speaker 1: of rumors around him that tanked his stock a little bit.
Speaker 1: He was the consensus number one pick or supposed to
Speaker 1: be for much of the draft process. To get him
Speaker 1: at five, I think it is really good. And then
Speaker 1: they desperately needed offensive line help. And Evan Neil is
Speaker 1: like I don't want to say can't miss, but like
Speaker 1: on paper, just an incredible prospect. Going back to when
Speaker 1: this dude was like sixteen years old at I amg
Speaker 1: then he goes to Alabama, he can play guarden tackle.
Speaker 1: I mean, he has like protypical size, seems like a
Speaker 1: good dude. I mean it seems like a slam dunk,
Speaker 1: really high floor pick. And Evan Neil. The one that
Speaker 1: I didn't like from the Giants was Randale Robinson, who
Speaker 1: you know, there's a ton of guys who have been
Speaker 1: drafted in the NFL who are five eight on the
Speaker 1: chances of them hitting and being good pick is so
Speaker 1: low and SOT overall is a lot of draft capital
Speaker 1: to me to use on a guy who's five eight
Speaker 1: one five didn't even test well. I mean, he's not
Speaker 1: even that fast. And so I thought the draft as
Speaker 1: a whole was fine. I didn't like the wan Dale pick.
Speaker 1: But besides that, I think that they're gonna play spread
Speaker 1: and and they're gonna be fun to watch for sure.
Speaker 1: M hm, you're you're coming in hot Adam, Wow, already
Speaker 1: the bat. You know, we were talking about this in
Speaker 1: the open, and I think you'll have an interesting perspective.
Speaker 1: What do you think about analysts tweeting the picks before
Speaker 1: they're announced on TV? Do you want to know a
Speaker 1: pick a sap or do you feel like it kind
Speaker 1: of ruins the fan experience for those who maybe aren't
Speaker 1: watching or are Yeah. I live my life on Twitter,
Speaker 1: so I don't even have I don't even watch TV.
Speaker 1: Everything that happens in the world I hear about on Twitter.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, to me, Twitter is the best
Speaker 1: because it has the information. First, I totally understand people
Speaker 1: not wanting tip pics on television doesn't bother me too much,
Speaker 1: but you know, when you're a reporter, and and that's
Speaker 1: what these guys do. If they have information, they release it,
Speaker 1: and so you know, the information, they release it and
Speaker 1: it ruins the experience a little bit. I think, didn't
Speaker 1: they like ban like Adrianozanowski and those guys from like
Speaker 1: tweeting the NBA picks or something like that. Yeah, they
Speaker 1: could do that if they wanted, I guess, because that's
Speaker 1: when it got a little ridiculous. I mean, can't come
Speaker 1: in like a minute before, you know, minutes before it's announced.
Speaker 1: I mean, they got to keep the appeal of the
Speaker 1: TV broadcast because it's a it's programming, it's a show. Yeah,
Speaker 1: if they want ratings that they need to stop it
Speaker 1: for sure. Yeah, Elon Musk will fix it. Yeah. You know,
Speaker 1: everyone studies and does these mock drafts for months, and
Speaker 1: now that the draft is over, what's the one thing
Speaker 1: you still can't believe happened? What's something everyone was wrong about? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Probably Malik Willis. I mean I thought that Malikilis didn't
Speaker 1: dominate at Liberty, and obviously, like the type of competition
Speaker 1: and facing at Liberty is relatively low compared to what
Speaker 1: a lot of these guys face. So I knew that
Speaker 1: there was some fragility and where Malik Willis could go.
Speaker 1: NFL clearly thought that Malik Willis's ceiling or skills are
Speaker 1: not going to translate very well to the NFL. I
Speaker 1: still think that he has a chance. I mean, guys
Speaker 1: who can run like that and throw the butt like
Speaker 1: that don't come around very often. So I was shocked
Speaker 1: that no one was when take a chance on him
Speaker 1: late first second round me and he lasted all the
Speaker 1: way until middle end of the third round. And I
Speaker 1: think that was pretty shocking considering how important the quarterback
Speaker 1: position is, you know, in the second round of the
Speaker 1: third round, Like if you take Molik Wilson, he doesn't
Speaker 1: hit well, you didn't really lose that much relative to
Speaker 1: the upside that you have if you can hit on
Speaker 1: a quarterback in the second or third round. So yeah,
Speaker 1: that was surprising to me for sure. Let's talk about
Speaker 1: some of those big trades. Lamar Jackson tweeting or you
Speaker 1: know what the f when Hollywood Brown was traded to Arizona.
Speaker 1: They're best friends, that's this guy. What does this mean
Speaker 1: now for Baltimore and Jackson? Yeah, you know, I think
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson knew. I mean, Marcus Brown did an interview
Speaker 1: afterwards and said he told Lamar Jackson the last couple
Speaker 1: of years that he wanted a uh system change. He
Speaker 1: didn't like the system that the Ravens were running. And
Speaker 1: people say, oh, it's because they're so run heavy. They
Speaker 1: weren't even that run heavy last year and Marcus Brown
Speaker 1: had a ton of targets last year. They were in
Speaker 1: the top ten and pass right over expectations. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think it's that. I think Lamar knew.
Speaker 1: But now Lamar's left with like, I mean, really nothing.
Speaker 1: I mean Mark Andrews and Rashod Bateman, and then not
Speaker 1: much after that, they drafted a couple of linemen and
Speaker 1: I think that they're gonna be very good running the
Speaker 1: football again, and they'll probably revert back to the way
Speaker 1: they were two or three years ago where they lead
Speaker 1: the league in Russia attempts, and they'll be dead last
Speaker 1: and pass right over expectations. So I think that's what
Speaker 1: you can expect from the Ravens. For sure. There are
Speaker 1: some guys out there still, you know, I don't think
Speaker 1: they can help too much, but guys like Odell Beckham
Speaker 1: and Julio Jones are still out there with the Ravens.
Speaker 1: Wanted to do that. On the cardinal side of that trade.
Speaker 1: Do you think it was a consolation prize to Kyler Murray,
Speaker 1: who's yelping for more money right in the longest PR
Speaker 1: announcement letters ever. Yeah, I don't know what's going on Kyler.
Speaker 1: He seems kind of piste off. I mean, I don't know,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't like the scheme that Cliff Kigsbury
Speaker 1: runs there. I thought their talent level was fine. Kyler
Speaker 1: is just so awesome. I understand he wants better weapons.
Speaker 1: Him and Marcus Brown played together at Oklahoma in eighteen,
Speaker 1: so obviously they know each other. Well. They're just they're
Speaker 1: kind of small. I mean, ron Dale Moore, Kyler, Marquis Brown,
Speaker 1: they're all, you know, undersized significantly for their positions and
Speaker 1: it's hard to win I think in the NFL like that.
Speaker 1: But you know, they certainly have plenty of speed right now. Honest.
Speaker 1: Remember what Michael Lombardi called Kyler Murray. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: he called him a little person if I remember correctly,
Speaker 1: he called him the mayor of Munchkin Town. Michael Lombardi
Speaker 1: on our air. It was horrible bullying. Yeah, undersized team
Speaker 1: to say the least. But sticking with the Cardinals now
Speaker 1: with a healthy Dehap Hollywood Brown, plus a new tight end,
Speaker 1: new lineman, new running back, all acquired in the draft.
Speaker 1: Do they finally have that depth? I know, you don't
Speaker 1: like their scheme, but the depth to sustain success later
Speaker 1: in the season. That's where they always fizzle out. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I think they have schematic problems and now
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins suspended for the first six games of the season. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, not great. I think that they're probably the
Speaker 1: third best team in that division. I think the Rams
Speaker 1: are better. I think the forty nine ers are better,
Speaker 1: and then it's probably a pretty significant step back to
Speaker 1: the Cardinals, I think. So I'd be surprised if they're
Speaker 1: able to make a lot of noise. You know, I
Speaker 1: think they're one of these teams that's gonna win eight, nine,
Speaker 1: ten games, and you know that will kind of be
Speaker 1: the extent of their season. MHM. Wide receivers dominated the draft.
Speaker 1: It's been trending that way. But is it now officially
Speaker 1: a wide receiver's league. Yeah, so, I mean this has
Speaker 1: been going on for a while ever since, you know,
Speaker 1: the rule changes that the NFL is implemented to to
Speaker 1: get more offense in the game. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: you can see it if you're watching, Like defensive backs
Speaker 1: can't even touch the wide receivers. And so you have
Speaker 1: all these rule changes, and also you have players who
Speaker 1: maybe would have been running backs in the past understanding
Speaker 1: that career longevity, uh ceiling of how much you can
Speaker 1: make in terms of financially is so bad at the
Speaker 1: running back position. So I think you're getting a lot
Speaker 1: of these guys that are are really good talents that
Speaker 1: want to play wide receiver, not running back. And so,
Speaker 1: I mean, you get so much talent the wide receiver position.
Speaker 1: Seemingly every year we saw six wide receivers go in
Speaker 1: the top eighteen of the draft. And the way to
Speaker 1: win in today's NFL is throw the football and defend
Speaker 1: the pass. And so yeah, I think we've seen a
Speaker 1: really big change in the NFL of the last five, six, seven,
Speaker 1: ten years where wide receivers are some of the most
Speaker 1: valuable players on the field. And we saw that in
Speaker 1: the draft for sure. Yeah, we talked about Malik Willis,
Speaker 1: we got to talk about Kenny Pickett, first quarterback off
Speaker 1: the board twenty overall to the Steelers, which a lot
Speaker 1: of people did expect. They didn't even have to trade
Speaker 1: up to get them. If the Steelers didn't take him
Speaker 1: in the first round, where do you think he goes?
Speaker 1: Or could they have gotten him in the second round
Speaker 1: even later at pick fifty two? Could he have fallen
Speaker 1: that far? Maybe? I thought the Titans might have been
Speaker 1: Initially the Titans ended up taking Malik Willison in round three,
Speaker 1: I thought maybe they would have been interested in Kenny
Speaker 1: Pickett in late round one with Ryan Tannehill being able
Speaker 1: to save around eighteen million off the cap if they
Speaker 1: cut Ryan Tannell after this year. So yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think if you like Kenny Pickett
Speaker 1: and you need a quarterback, I thought it was fine
Speaker 1: to take him at twent Overall, I just don't need.
Speaker 1: The ceiling on Kenny Pickett is very high. Like he's
Speaker 1: not gonna end out being, you know, a Hall of
Speaker 1: Famer or an NFL m v P. Maybe he can
Speaker 1: be a Kirk Cousins type or something like that. And
Speaker 1: I think that's totally fine and you can certainly win
Speaker 1: with that. But yeah, I mean, and in of their
Speaker 1: quarterback class, there's no way that Kenny Pickett would have
Speaker 1: been the first quarterback off the board. Yeah, Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 1: I saw you tweeted concern about Christian wattson to the Packers.
Speaker 1: He only averaged like two catches of game last season
Speaker 1: at North Dakota State. What do you make of the
Speaker 1: Packers selection this weekend? Yeah, I mean, you know, they
Speaker 1: Packers desperately after losing Davante Adams just so desperately need
Speaker 1: wide receiver help. They lose Marks Valda Scandling, who I
Speaker 1: thought was like a fine role player, and they lose
Speaker 1: Davanta Adams, one of the best wider series in the league.
Speaker 1: You know, Christian Watts and nobody ever heard of him.
Speaker 1: He went to North Dakota State. He only caught a
Speaker 1: little bit over a hundred balls and fifty two games.
Speaker 1: You know, they didn't run a past friendly scheme at
Speaker 1: North Dakota State. But for him to be asked to
Speaker 1: go from North Dakota State's extremely run heavy scheme to
Speaker 1: playing for Aaron Rodgers and having a big role in
Speaker 1: year one, I'm just skeptical that that's gonna work out
Speaker 1: for them. I think that the Packers at this point
Speaker 1: are going to try to win with Aaron Jones and
Speaker 1: A and A J. Dillon in the run game and
Speaker 1: then they have a really good defense, and they used
Speaker 1: they had two first round picks, using both on defense.
Speaker 1: They've been using defensive picks high for a long time now.
Speaker 1: They have a really good defense, and so I think
Speaker 1: that's the way they'll try to win. And then Aaron
Speaker 1: Rogers tries to try to be efficient around the red zone,
Speaker 1: and that's how they'll try to win. I'm skeptical that
Speaker 1: Christian Watson will be good in year one. He does
Speaker 1: have all the tools. I mean, just from a size
Speaker 1: speed perspective, he looks like a freak. Yeah, yeah, you know.
Speaker 1: I tweeted a very different take on that pick that
Speaker 1: Christian Watson was going to think Green Bay was very
Speaker 1: glamorous after spending the last couple of years in Fargo,
Speaker 1: and I got a couple of nasty replies to that one.
Speaker 1: But as someone who has covered in D s U
Speaker 1: a lot and as a huge Packer fan, I've spent
Speaker 1: a lot of time in both, and I think that's
Speaker 1: a pretty fair uh analysis from my perspective. What do
Speaker 1: you think? Well, I've never been to either. I've obviously
Speaker 1: seen Fargo one of my favorites, but yeah, I'd love
Speaker 1: to go to a game a game Bay one day
Speaker 1: for sure, but yeah, I've never been to either. I
Speaker 1: will say the Bison fan base are about the best
Speaker 1: I've seen in college football, and that goes against L
Speaker 1: s U, Alabama, Georgia. I mean, they're they're wild. I
Speaker 1: had a bunch of their playoff games and National championship games.
Speaker 1: But yeah, as a Packer fan, I like to see
Speaker 1: a little upside with Christian Watson, but still nervous for
Speaker 1: the season at large. I guess yeah, yeah, because the
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz thing. I'm sure you were probably referring to
Speaker 1: the Carson Wentz Ers. I mean, they were there. I
Speaker 1: don't deny that they're good. I just I'm skeptical that
Speaker 1: Christian Watson actually step right in. But yeah, they're definitely
Speaker 1: a fun team. No, I'm actually referring to the Eastern
Speaker 1: Stick Trey Lands here as they go the nexhip every
Speaker 1: year every year, the Wild they're a fun team to watch.
Speaker 1: But but yeah, overall, you mentioned just the Packers getting
Speaker 1: defense in the first round, and I think in general
Speaker 1: Packer fans are happy with that. But then I see
Speaker 1: a lot of pundits saying, you know, great, you're gonna
Speaker 1: have a good season. You're probably gonna go close to undefeated,
Speaker 1: and then in the playoffs when it matters, all your
Speaker 1: first round draft picks are standing on the sideline and
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is no going to throw to Do you
Speaker 1: kind of agree with that take? Uh? The NFC is
Speaker 1: so bad, you know, I think there's been a lot
Speaker 1: of talk all offseason about how like, I mean, outside
Speaker 1: of Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, you know, almost all
Speaker 1: of the best quarterbacks are in the a f C now,
Speaker 1: and not just quarterbacks, I mean, it's so loaded. So
Speaker 1: I don't want to say that the Packers cantor or
Speaker 1: won't win the NFC. I think the Bucks are likely
Speaker 1: better on paper, and maybe the Rams, but like beyond that,
Speaker 1: I don't know, like the Packers are for the NFC
Speaker 1: are are pretty good now. I do think the Bills,
Speaker 1: the Chiefs, the Chargers, maybe even like the Broncos, Brown's Bengals.
Speaker 1: You can make a case to me that all those
Speaker 1: teams are better than the Packers, but they're all on
Speaker 1: the NFC. So I hear you. I don't think there
Speaker 1: are any better than they were last year, maybe worse.
Speaker 1: But the division the conference is so bad they could
Speaker 1: still go to the Super Bowl. I like end on
Speaker 1: high note. There you go. Who are your favorites for
Speaker 1: Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year this year? Coming
Speaker 1: m my Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, I think the favorite, whateverbody would say, would
Speaker 1: be Kenny Pickett, just because he's likely to start, you know,
Speaker 1: eleven twelve third team games for a pretty good team
Speaker 1: in the Steelers. I mean, I think Briest Hall for
Speaker 1: the Jets can step right in and make a pretty
Speaker 1: big impact on a team that has gotten a lot
Speaker 1: more talent this year. So I think that's one. Drake
Speaker 1: London is gonna have a very good year for the Falcons.
Speaker 1: They just have no one else to throw two outside
Speaker 1: of Cole Pits. I think those are both interesting. I
Speaker 1: will throw out James Cook as kind of a long shot.
Speaker 1: He went in the second round. They're running back to
Speaker 1: the Bills, and I mean, he's such a good pass
Speaker 1: catcher and the Bills love to throw. And the Bills
Speaker 1: are gonna be one of the best teams in the league,
Speaker 1: and they're gonna be one of the best teams in
Speaker 1: terms of scoring touchdowns, and so if somewhere to happen
Speaker 1: to Devin Singletary. You could see James Cook's role expanding
Speaker 1: and him putting up enough numbers Defensive Rookie of the
Speaker 1: Year guy. I mean, I assume that one of one
Speaker 1: of the edge rushers. I mean this, this draft had
Speaker 1: so many edge rushers, and the best way to win
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year is just to pile up a
Speaker 1: lot of sacks. Right, So, Hutchinson, Thibodeau, Trayvon Walker, like,
Speaker 1: they're all gonna have chances. Jamaine Johnson too, They're all
Speaker 1: gonna have chances to rack up a lot of sacks
Speaker 1: and get one of them. I think for me will
Speaker 1: be one of those four edge rushers to just pile
Speaker 1: up like ten sacks and win Defensive Rookie of the Year.
Speaker 1: So this is kind of an awkward question as we
Speaker 1: do work for a sports book, but I also like
Speaker 1: to think that we're just regular Joe's who want other
Speaker 1: regular Joe's and Josephine's to win money. It was a
Speaker 1: really bad weekend for the books. The first three picks
Speaker 1: of Trayvon Walker, Aidan Hutchinson, Derek Stingley Jr. Were all
Speaker 1: the biggest liabilities. Did you project that exact lineup. Did
Speaker 1: you win some money personally? Yeah? So draft betting is
Speaker 1: like the easiest softest market in all of the sports
Speaker 1: betting world, you know, and it's like, you know, there's
Speaker 1: no way books can keep up with what's going on
Speaker 1: with all the rumors and reports and aggregating on the
Speaker 1: mocks and stuff like that and understanding where guys ranges.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, you know, once it was clear
Speaker 1: that Traymont Walker was going to go number one, there
Speaker 1: was a lot of rumors out there that Derek Stingley
Speaker 1: was who the Texans one, and some people that were
Speaker 1: close to Houston kept talking about they like Stingley more
Speaker 1: than Sauce gardeners. So yeah, you know, just logically, Traymont
Speaker 1: Walker one, Adian Hutchinson to Derek Stingley three. The problem
Speaker 1: for the books is, you know, they were lagged behind
Speaker 1: on the trail on Walker stuff, and they were lagged
Speaker 1: behind on the Stingley stuff. So we were able to
Speaker 1: get forty two one on on that trifecta hitting Walker
Speaker 1: hutch Stingley. We also had a good bet on Sauce
Speaker 1: Garden to go exactly fourth at sixteen to one, and
Speaker 1: so you know, I think I don't think the books
Speaker 1: the limits are are low, you know, so I don't
Speaker 1: think the books care too much about losing money on it.
Speaker 1: It's a marketing expense and they're competing for customers and
Speaker 1: they have to put up these books these markets, and
Speaker 1: I don't know if it'll lasts forever, but yeah, I'd
Speaker 1: certainly encourage people while these markets are up to to
Speaker 1: try to beat them and beat them as hard as
Speaker 1: they can, because it really is like so so so soft,
Speaker 1: and I don't I don't want to hear their complaining.
Speaker 1: I don't feel bad for for them without losing money.
Speaker 1: So who do you think overall won the draft? Who
Speaker 1: do you think overall lost the draft? Who got the
Speaker 1: right pieces? Who got the wrong pieces? Yeah? I like
Speaker 1: what a couple of bad teams did. I liked what
Speaker 1: the Jet did. I think you can make a case
Speaker 1: the Jets got three of the best at their position
Speaker 1: in the entire draft, even though they didn't go first year.
Speaker 1: You can make k Garret Wilson is the best wide
Speaker 1: receiver in the draft. You can make a case Sauce
Speaker 1: Gardner is the best corner and and I think you
Speaker 1: can make kids Romain Johnson is the best edge rusher.
Speaker 1: And I know that's saying a lot because he went
Speaker 1: so much later than these other guys, but I think
Speaker 1: it's at least possible. The Lions, you know, Lions are good,
Speaker 1: like outside of the quarterback position. Lines are are building
Speaker 1: a team, and they're not great on defense. They use
Speaker 1: a ton of picks on defense, though I'd like that
Speaker 1: they traded up for Jamison Williams. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: they're being aggressive and if they can slide a quarterback
Speaker 1: in there, and not that Jared got the worst quarterback
Speaker 1: in the league, but he's certainly I think sub average. Um,
Speaker 1: they're gonna they're they're gonna surprise Peo, but I think
Speaker 1: the Lions will. And it's the draft class. I think
Speaker 1: um speaks to that. Oh yeah, absolutely. You wanna who
Speaker 1: lost the draft? Right? Yeah? Who lost? Yeah? Yeah? I
Speaker 1: mean who who? Who did it all wrong? Yeah? I
Speaker 1: don't know if the Seahawks are doing. I mean, I
Speaker 1: honestly don't they trade away. They trade away Russell Wilson,
Speaker 1: And you know, I wouldn't have done that. I think
Speaker 1: it's so hard to find a franchise quarterback. I would
Speaker 1: have not traded away Russell Wilson, especially for for what
Speaker 1: they got. But they did, and then at that point
Speaker 1: they have to go into like full blown rebuild mode.
Speaker 1: But they haven't. You know, they they've spent money on
Speaker 1: tight end. They used you know, forty one overall pick
Speaker 1: on a running back, which is you know, a borderline waste.
Speaker 1: They didn't take a single quarterback in the draft, even
Speaker 1: though they have like Drew lock and and Gino Smith.
Speaker 1: So I don't know what the Seahawks are doing. It's
Speaker 1: like they have almost almost no plan whatsoever. I didn't
Speaker 1: love the way they drafted either, So yeah, Seahawks are
Speaker 1: just uh sinking ship, it seems like, and with a
Speaker 1: seventy year old head coach, Like why are they doing
Speaker 1: all of this now and wasting Pete Carroll's last couple
Speaker 1: of good years? I don't get it. Yeah, it's a
Speaker 1: good point. I don't know, I you know, I think
Speaker 1: they actually think they can still win. I don't know,
Speaker 1: They're like delusional, So so yeah, it doesn't make any sense. Okay,
Speaker 1: last question for you, Adam, did any team's draft night
Speaker 1: change things so much for you? When it comes to
Speaker 1: betting the futures market? I bet uh the Lions stuff.
Speaker 1: So I took Lions twelve to one to win the division,
Speaker 1: plus four eight to make the playoffs, and over six
Speaker 1: wins on the Lions, you know, not just because of
Speaker 1: their their draft, but I did think their draft was
Speaker 1: really strong, and also because I think the NFC is
Speaker 1: so bad and and their division is so bad. You know.
Speaker 1: I don't think the Packers or anything spectac here, like
Speaker 1: we already talked about Bears had a disastrous draft. Also,
Speaker 1: I don't know what the Bears are doing either. I
Speaker 1: forgot to mention that. I mean, I don't even know
Speaker 1: what the Bears are doing. And then the Vikings I
Speaker 1: think are just okay. So yeah, I think the Lions
Speaker 1: have chance to win you know, eight nine, ten games
Speaker 1: and maybe and maybe more. You know. So the Lions
Speaker 1: were one that I was already wanted to be kind
Speaker 1: of high on them, and then the draft kind of
Speaker 1: pushed it over the top. There. You haven't I thought
Speaker 1: you were gonna say, win the NFC North. You don't.
Speaker 1: You don't mean that far, do you? Yeah? Twelve to one,
Speaker 1: twelve to one hundred wins, twelve hundred easy? Come on, man,
Speaker 1: you now you're delusional. You're just like the sea. That
Speaker 1: was awesome. You can follow Adam on Twitter at Adam Levitan. Adam,
Speaker 1: thanks so much for being here. That was a lot
Speaker 1: of fun. All right, thanks for having me. Good luck. Well,
Speaker 1: we mentioned that the sports books lost big on Draft night,
Speaker 1: but this guy, your bet MGM betting expert who is
Speaker 1: on the show every week, had himself a night, Peter Andrew,
Speaker 1: tell us about your draft betting success. That's why all
Speaker 1: the other sports books lost because I took him for
Speaker 1: everything they got. They you know, you know, I resent
Speaker 1: the fact that we always talked about my losses, the
Speaker 1: things that never hit. But now it's time for me
Speaker 1: to unleashed a little bit and talk about some of
Speaker 1: these winds. So yeah, it was a good day for me.
Speaker 1: I think everything we everything I took, we talked about
Speaker 1: last week on on here on unleashed a lot of chalk.
Speaker 1: But the chalk hit Trayvon Walker, mortal Lock. I think
Speaker 1: when we were recording it was minus five. I went
Speaker 1: up to like four or fifty. Like I'd mentioned, it
Speaker 1: was gonna so a nice little start. Sauce Gardener had
Speaker 1: him at the Jets at four, which was great. Jamison Williams,
Speaker 1: I skin of my teeth under twelve. Yeah, skin of
Speaker 1: my teeth there. I was thinking about you on that one.
Speaker 1: I had Garrett Wilson over nine and a half and
Speaker 1: I think he went ten to the Jets. So like
Speaker 1: when you talk about right at the cusp, I hit him.
Speaker 1: I think the only thing I missed on was I
Speaker 1: thought Kenneth Walker might go first running back and then
Speaker 1: Charles Cross the offensive alignment. I thought Michael the Panthers
Speaker 1: at six. Those two didn't hit Kenny Pickett spot on
Speaker 1: first quarterback drafted two. So a little little pat on
Speaker 1: my back here, But now it was. It was a
Speaker 1: fun draft, but we took a beating. It was a
Speaker 1: tough day for the sports book, but it's one of
Speaker 1: those events you gotta cover, and you know, we had
Speaker 1: good fun with it. Yeah, you bought yourself a nice
Speaker 1: haircut with your winnings. That's it. It's expensive enough over here,
Speaker 1: so apparently. Yeah. I mean, you guys are lucky you're
Speaker 1: listening to the show. I mean, p D. Andrew brought
Speaker 1: the goods. He told you what the deal was. If
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Speaker 1: your predictions. Let's talk the action, baby. Yeah, So this
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Speaker 1: this guy is just the best fighter of our generation
Speaker 1: minus four fifties, so very chalky, but hold off a second,
Speaker 1: wait till we had everything else. I like, justin Gaese,
Speaker 1: you over Charles olivera plus one thirty five right now,
Speaker 1: so just outright when and then thug rows thug Ros
Speaker 1: I think is minus to fifty or right now against
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Speaker 1: to one. Then put your token. You're looking at a
Speaker 1: nice payout. So a little bit of chalk there. But
Speaker 1: I think two of those favorites I think are clear
Speaker 1: cut winners. And and I think case she's got a
Speaker 1: pretty good shot against Oliver and the main card. I agree,
Speaker 1: if anyone does, he's got a puncher's chance. Literally, I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, if the fight gets on the ground, it's
Speaker 1: a rap. But I mean if anyone can just you know,
Speaker 1: throw a haymaker and stop that, he's like a snake.
Speaker 1: Once he gets a hold of you, it's wrapped so
Speaker 1: that we've seen it before. To just hope for that
Speaker 1: puncher's chance. Absolutely nice, pet nice. What about hockey? Dog?
Speaker 1: Tell the people a little bit about the hockey lines? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. I'm a biased hockey fans
Speaker 1: my number one sport. But playoffs, oh yeah, I didn't
Speaker 1: think I knew that. Oh I'm a sick and disgusting
Speaker 1: hockey fan. It's bad. Well, I knew you were sick
Speaker 1: and disgusting. I didn't know about that. I just always
Speaker 1: forget that other adjective. Typically, um, I think again biased,
Speaker 1: But hockey playoffs are the best. There is the energy
Speaker 1: to atmosphere, playoff beards fighting NonStop. You saw it in
Speaker 1: a couple of games last night. But it comes down
Speaker 1: to one thing. For me. It's it's goalies that get hot.
Speaker 1: So goalies that can take you and steal a couple
Speaker 1: of games, get you through a couple of rounds. You
Speaker 1: see this every year, the teams that don't have that goaltender,
Speaker 1: it's hard to win a Stanley Cup. So two teams
Speaker 1: for me, Calgary Flames in the last, New York Rangers
Speaker 1: in the East. Both teams have arguably the two best
Speaker 1: goaltenders in the league. I think Rangers right now are
Speaker 1: sixteen to one to win the Cup, and then Flames
Speaker 1: or seven and one. Both had excellent years and I
Speaker 1: think they both take their their way to the East
Speaker 1: and West respectively, meet each other in the finals, and
Speaker 1: then you can do a little hedging there because you
Speaker 1: gotta guaranteed win, but it's gonna be fun. You know,
Speaker 1: we have a lot of local teams and a lot
Speaker 1: of our bet MGM States. Toronto Maple Leafs won their
Speaker 1: first game. They haven't won a playoff series in like
Speaker 1: eighteen years. You got Nashville Predators, Colorado Avalanche, who are
Speaker 1: arguably best team in the NHL. So the best time
Speaker 1: of the year now that you have both playoff for
Speaker 1: NBA and NHL on and then everything else around it.
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be a really good weekend. Okay, p
Speaker 1: over to the NBA. We're in the semifinals and there's
Speaker 1: some great series going on. Yanna's just unleashed and Draymond Green,
Speaker 1: I know there's a movement with the Warriors walk us
Speaker 1: through what better should know. Yeah, it's a bit tricky
Speaker 1: right now. Obviously the Draymond drama. Nice alliteration there by
Speaker 1: me um well, um no, but but you honest, I
Speaker 1: was listening in before Janna is right, I mean something
Speaker 1: like that. I think he just needs a couple more
Speaker 1: flagrant points and he gets suspended for a game. I mean,
Speaker 1: things could change in the heartbeat. I mean, that was
Speaker 1: a great game the other day. Right now, the Grizzlier
Speaker 1: plus if they can steal one, I mean, I think
Speaker 1: that's a great bet because then you potentially run into
Speaker 1: that trouble for Draymond where they go next round and
Speaker 1: do they are they able to beat a team like
Speaker 1: the Sun's gonna be tough, but it's all about value.
Speaker 1: But looking on the other side, I think the Sun series,
Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna be close. That can end
Speaker 1: in four maybe five. And then the same thing for
Speaker 1: the Heat. The Heat are still I think there's six
Speaker 1: to one right now, and they very likely could sweep
Speaker 1: the Sixers, especially without embiad for the foreseeable future, probably
Speaker 1: for the rest of the playoffs. So I think if
Speaker 1: you focus on those two in terms of the Suns
Speaker 1: and the Heat, you can't really go wrong. But if
Speaker 1: you're looking for some value, maybe you go the Grizzlies
Speaker 1: route and and hopefully they steal one, get it back
Speaker 1: to one one and uh and we see what happens.
Speaker 1: I wanted to get your prediction early now because it
Speaker 1: gets obviously easier. What are we seeing in the finals?
Speaker 1: Is it the Bucks? When the Bucks and Heat met,
Speaker 1: Who you take in and who are you taking coming
Speaker 1: out of the West. Let's get it from Let's hear
Speaker 1: it right now official officially from Peter Andrew Heat Sons.
Speaker 1: That's I think. That's what I'm going with right now.
Speaker 1: Booker's back looks good. I just really can't you know.
Speaker 1: Bucks are great. Obviously they're going for a repeat. There
Speaker 1: clearly a top two team in the East. But I
Speaker 1: just really like this Heat team, and they've done nothing
Speaker 1: but persuaded me to bet for them. They blew out,
Speaker 1: blew the doors off the Sixers team. I get it
Speaker 1: without your all embiad, but they're not a bad team,
Speaker 1: and they blew the doors off, especially down at half
Speaker 1: and then able to come back and win by points.
Speaker 1: It's just one of those things you gotta ride the wave.
Speaker 1: I think it's a lot like hockey momentum takes you
Speaker 1: into the next round, potentially to the finals. So Heat
Speaker 1: soun's that's what I'm going with. Good call, Okay, so
Speaker 1: it's on record. I'll give my prediction. I like the box,
Speaker 1: but I think Golden State's coming. I think Golden State
Speaker 1: will figure it out with their veteran savvy been there before,
Speaker 1: and we'll see Golden State Bucks great bias too. Absolutely.
Speaker 1: I don't know how I ended up on this Greek
Speaker 1: sports gambling podcast. All right, that was a great week
Speaker 1: of sports betting advice and bragging from Peter Andrew. Thanks
Speaker 1: so much for joining us, Pete Pablo. That was a
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