Speaker 1: Welcome players, You're welcome. It's time now Betty Versus the Penny.
Speaker 1: That it is. We are in Week eleven of the
Speaker 1: NFL season. Betty versus the Penny. Every single NFL game
Speaker 1: against the spread, all the numbers, all that for your
Speaker 1: dancing and dining pleasure. We will not talk about the Packers, Giants,
Speaker 1: the Seahawks, and the Titans because they ain't playing. We
Speaker 1: already gave you the pick on the radio of the
Speaker 1: Cleveland Pittsburgh game, which was played back on Thursday night.
Speaker 1: So the way this works. At his meet Ben along
Speaker 1: with David Gascon who is dying, dying, to make an
Speaker 1: announcement before we actually get to Betty versus the Penny,
Speaker 1: guestcon right, you know you want to do this before
Speaker 1: because most people don't listen to the whole podcast. Right,
Speaker 1: most people don't listen to the whole podcast. But I
Speaker 1: thought this was a part of Benny Versus the Penny. Oh,
Speaker 1: are we okay? All right? Yeah, we'll do that, right.
Speaker 1: So here's the thing. All right, so before we get
Speaker 1: to the actual NFL games, you want to hear guesscan
Speaker 1: is recommending that we discussed this Friday night. I you
Speaker 1: didn't hear the other podcast Friday Night. I have been
Speaker 1: dragged back. I've been on television in a fair amount
Speaker 1: of time, and I will be doing some television. I
Speaker 1: will be doing some television on Friday Night, and it'll
Speaker 1: be uh a high school game for Fox, right, so
Speaker 1: you better watch that's right? Yeah, And I'm the color commentary.
Speaker 1: I'm I'm adding the flavor. You're I'm flavor flavor. We're
Speaker 1: gonna bring out a gold chain. Now. I sat next
Speaker 1: to one time in a lake again. That guy's a trip.
Speaker 1: It's a trip, man. I don't know. It's not even cool.
Speaker 1: He's not even a cool guy anymore. Right, come on,
Speaker 1: I don't know. He's still name dropping anyway. I learned
Speaker 1: it from you. All Right, So there's a there's a
Speaker 1: high school game Friday night. It's Jay Sarah versus Santennas,
Speaker 1: a Southern California high school game. And you can actually
Speaker 1: watch this on what is the Fox Sports go app guest. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so I mean, and so the way I'm thinking about this,
Speaker 1: if a lot of malle militia people watch like they might,
Speaker 1: they might bring me back. Right, this could become a
Speaker 1: regular thing. What do you want to do ask Ben
Speaker 1: during the game. Yeah, if it's a boring game, we'll
Speaker 1: do ask Ben. That'd be great. We'll take questions from
Speaker 1: like I'll put Doc Mike on, We'll get Lance the
Speaker 1: bus Driver, We'll get J. Scoop from Seattle, Bill and Iowa. Yeah.
Speaker 1: You want me to plug your fucking show during Justin
Speaker 1: and Cincinnati? Yeah? Yeah, I want you to introduce me
Speaker 1: a man that has been blocked by Deshaun Watson and
Speaker 1: Dominican su William Shatner. And yeah, I still got to
Speaker 1: figure the open and how I'm gonna introduce you. So
Speaker 1: I understand, well, listen to handicap the game now, all right,
Speaker 1: So there's no points spread as far as I know
Speaker 1: in high school football. I don't think they put point
Speaker 1: spreads out of high school football. But I would imagine
Speaker 1: Centennial looking at the stats and the records, I would
Speaker 1: think Centennial high powered offense to several blue chip recruits
Speaker 1: there on that team. The J Sarah team, a younger team,
Speaker 1: I would think Centennial's favored by like seven to ten points. However,
Speaker 1: I think there's value with Jay Sarah here guscot so
Speaker 1: to handicap the game. To pick is in I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take Jay Sarah to cover the points, but Centennial wins
Speaker 1: the game, but Jay Sarah will be able to cover
Speaker 1: the points. But I love this running But I was
Speaker 1: watching some videos. I've never even heard of this guy,
Speaker 1: Chris Street this running back for Jay Sarah. Who's uh
Speaker 1: he's he looks like Darren Sprawls to me, a little
Speaker 1: small guy with these huge thighs that runs through you
Speaker 1: can't even see him, and then and then he just
Speaker 1: bulls you over, and uh, I guess he's going to
Speaker 1: cal right where beast Mode win. So I think the
Speaker 1: key obviously, when you're on the road in a hostile environment.
Speaker 1: I learned this from the NFL Gas Scout. You have
Speaker 1: to yeah, play conservant, run the ball, take time off
Speaker 1: the clock right and they have a great running back. Now,
Speaker 1: obviously Centennial is gonna bottle up and try to stop
Speaker 1: Chris Stewart and and and force Jay Sarah to to
Speaker 1: win the game through the air. But I I love
Speaker 1: that this guy has been been great and uh, I
Speaker 1: think you can you can hang around, keep the game close,
Speaker 1: playoff game guys will be nervous. So I'm gonna take
Speaker 1: Jay Sarah plus the points to cover the spread against Centennial.
Speaker 1: But Centennial will win the game at Husky Stadium, which
Speaker 1: I thought was in Seattle, but apparently it's in Corona, California.
Speaker 1: I had no idea. How about that for a handicapping job. Guest,
Speaker 1: you didn't give the temperature. You didn't give the broadcasters.
Speaker 1: It'll be seventy five degrees that kick off. And to
Speaker 1: make sure they spell my name right. All right, they
Speaker 1: gotta spell my name correct. Please. You forgot the score too,
Speaker 1: I forgot the score. Ah, the final score, alright, the
Speaker 1: final score will be Centennial thirty eight. J Sarah one
Speaker 1: that boom and the penny Picksennial. Oh we have disagreement.
Speaker 1: I just picked underdogs. Yes, that's what I do. I
Speaker 1: pick underdogs. I'm an underdog player. That's what that's how
Speaker 1: I roll. Plus, I gotta I gotta pick my o C. Guys.
Speaker 1: You know Jay Sarah, which was a high school I'm
Speaker 1: so old that didn't even exist. But this this conference
Speaker 1: they're in, it just blew me away. When I was
Speaker 1: doing some research here and I saw modern day in St.
Speaker 1: John Bosco and all the Santa Margarite. When I was
Speaker 1: in high school, we played Santa Margaritya and they were amazing.
Speaker 1: Brian Finneran who was a receiver for the Atlanta Falcons.
Speaker 1: He had a twin brother. He played at Santa Margarita.
Speaker 1: We played them my senior year in high school. I
Speaker 1: believe we lost that game, just kicked our ass and
Speaker 1: uh so that was that was kind of cool. I
Speaker 1: bet you didn't think that in you'd be handicapping a
Speaker 1: a prep game. No, I have not done a high
Speaker 1: school game since I was at like Saddleback College. This
Speaker 1: is this is crazy, but I'm actually kind of excited
Speaker 1: about because, as my wife says, you have to go
Speaker 1: outside your comfort zone from time to times. So I'll
Speaker 1: just have fun and it'll be fun. We'll have a
Speaker 1: good time with it. And remember we need the Mallard
Speaker 1: Militia because I think if the Mallard Militia watches this,
Speaker 1: because they can count how many people are watching the scream,
Speaker 1: that that will encourage them to uh maybe pay us
Speaker 1: more and and use me. Again. I don't want to
Speaker 1: do it every week, but once in a while. I
Speaker 1: think it would be fun. Once they play once a week.
Speaker 1: What you very busy man, I'm a very busy man,
Speaker 1: guest gun very very busy. All right, are we done
Speaker 1: with that? Then we actually get to the NFL games
Speaker 1: that people wanted to hear. Yes, you could, of course,
Speaker 1: be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller
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Speaker 1: Right now, before we look ahead, we must look back.
Speaker 1: I did not lose a game last week, and we
Speaker 1: tend guest God, not a single incorrect pick. It's the
Speaker 1: first time in my life I've gotten every game correct.
Speaker 1: Thank you very much. Where's my congratulatory tweet? I had
Speaker 1: a perfect week last week. That's right, perfection. I'd like
Speaker 1: to give an applause to the nurses, the doctors, dance tsiologists,
Speaker 1: everyone that was able to get you in the upright
Speaker 1: position and eventually out of the hospital with it. Well,
Speaker 1: it's good I didn't get like staff infection or gang
Speaker 1: green or something like that. You hear these stories about
Speaker 1: people who go to the hospital. You're like, oh man,
Speaker 1: especially out of Cleveland, right, wasn't like a span of
Speaker 1: three or four players and a two year span. Yeah, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was Tampa Bay. It was Tampa Bay that had that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: had a big all right. Uh so it's we go, Levin.
Speaker 1: We did the Thursday game on the radio, so we'll
Speaker 1: start out with Dallas at Detroit. Now, the way this
Speaker 1: works on the handicapping side, we break down every game.
Speaker 1: We give you some information on every game, and and
Speaker 1: then if you if you agree the way it should work.
Speaker 1: If you agree, you do your own work, and if
Speaker 1: we line up, that's a game you should probably been on.
Speaker 1: So Dallas five for Detroit three five and one. It's
Speaker 1: on Fox with Kevin Burkhardt and Charles Davis. I'm sorry
Speaker 1: this is not a Dick Stockton game, guesscon. But you've
Speaker 1: got the Cowboys who opened up a two and a
Speaker 1: half point favorite. They have skyrocketed all the way up
Speaker 1: to six and a half as a road favorite. It's sunny,
Speaker 1: thirty three degrees outside of ford Field, Detroit at kickoff
Speaker 1: on Sunday afternoon, the early TV window. The pick is
Speaker 1: in and I am taking the Detroit Lions. I am
Speaker 1: taking the Lions here now, Matt Patricia and Detroit are
Speaker 1: going to attempt to do what everyone does against the
Speaker 1: Cowboys and stop Zeke Elliott and forced Dak Prescott to
Speaker 1: beat them. Even if they are successful, it won't matter.
Speaker 1: Why is that because it's it's looking like Matthew Stafford
Speaker 1: he's gonna miss this start, which means Jeff Driskell we'll
Speaker 1: get another opportunity to start for Detroit. In his first
Speaker 1: start with the Lions, his claim to fame as he
Speaker 1: ran for thirty seven yards and uh. And the reason
Speaker 1: that's interesting is because he led the Lions and rushing.
Speaker 1: He's the fifth different player the last five games to
Speaker 1: lead the Lions and rushing. That's not good, especially only
Speaker 1: had thirty seven yards. Now now, Secondly, the Lions Achilles
Speaker 1: Heel happens to be in their second there and so
Speaker 1: while they would like to force Dak Prescott to beat them,
Speaker 1: I think we all know that that likely is something
Speaker 1: that Dak will be able to do. Everyone is polarizing
Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions defense. Detroit is twenty eight in past defense.
Speaker 1: They're allowing two hundred and seventy two yards per game. Uh. Now,
Speaker 1: the reason I'm taking the Lions. Uh. You know, Jason
Speaker 1: Garrett's team lost to the Jets, so anything is possible.
Speaker 1: If you lose to the Jets and you're the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: you can certainly lose to the Lions, who I believe
Speaker 1: are about the same maybe a little better than the Jets. Right,
Speaker 1: and the beleaguered Cowboy coach you figure out even he
Speaker 1: can't screw it up. But then you're like, well, I
Speaker 1: think this game will be a closer game. I love
Speaker 1: home dogs. I like the home doggie and the Cowboys
Speaker 1: they have a much more important game for them against
Speaker 1: the Patriots. So this is a peek a boo game
Speaker 1: where Dallas. You figure they'll be focused because they lost
Speaker 1: to the Vikings last week and they've not been playing
Speaker 1: very well lately. But it's a much bigger game with
Speaker 1: the Cowboys next week with a lot of national flavor
Speaker 1: to it. There's no national flavor to this Dallas Detroit game.
Speaker 1: So the Cowboys will win, but they won't cover the spread.
Speaker 1: Cowboys twenty eight. Jeff Drisco on the Lions twenty four.
Speaker 1: Penny does not like your decision. Go on with the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys, all right? Next up New Orleans at Tampa Bay.
Speaker 1: The Saints seven and two, the Bucks are three and six.
Speaker 1: It's on Fox, and are we playing the Dick Stockton game? Yeah?
Speaker 1: We can, Uh, this is not a Dick Stockton game.
Speaker 1: That is correct. It is a Tom Brennaman Chris Spielman game.
Speaker 1: They will have a call down the line on this game.
Speaker 1: The Saints open and up a five point favorite. There
Speaker 1: a five and a half point favorite. The New Orleans
Speaker 1: Saints favorite by five and a half here. The weather
Speaker 1: mostly sunny, sixty five degrees. That kick off at Raymond
Speaker 1: James Stadium. For Bruce Arians my brother from a different mother.
Speaker 1: We wear the same hat. Uh, And I'm gonna take
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers here. And I admit this is not one
Speaker 1: of my greater picks, but I I I'm just feeling
Speaker 1: the bucketeers, and I'll tell you why. Drew Brees not
Speaker 1: only did you look old against the foulcon's last week,
Speaker 1: but he also apparently has some kind of rib problem.
Speaker 1: And I believe he's so stubborn he's just gonna continue
Speaker 1: playing and try to play through it because he doesn't
Speaker 1: want to go to the bench and then have Teddy
Speaker 1: Bridgewater light up the scoreboard again. So something bizarro is
Speaker 1: happening here. I would agree with most casual people that
Speaker 1: the on paper, the Saints should win this game by
Speaker 1: forty points, but they still got to play the game
Speaker 1: it's a road matchup. Generally, that's problematic over this great
Speaker 1: run of Saints football. They're not nearly as lethal outside
Speaker 1: the Buyou as they are in Louisiana. Most teams are
Speaker 1: not as good on the road as at home. But
Speaker 1: the Saints also, as road favorites by four or more points,
Speaker 1: have a three eight five winning percentage under Sean Payton
Speaker 1: in the recent years. And that's that's also something the factory,
Speaker 1: and that's not great. Road favorites generally not a great
Speaker 1: formula to make a lot of money. And secondly, Tampa,
Speaker 1: now they're not a good team. They should be able
Speaker 1: to stop the running game. Alvin Kamara uh that they've
Speaker 1: been effective against run because no one's even trying to run.
Speaker 1: Everyone can throw against The Bucks have the NFL's worst
Speaker 1: pass defense. They're allowing two point nine yards per game.
Speaker 1: So for me, I'm gonna need Jamis winst did to
Speaker 1: make a bunch of big plays. He's also throwing a
Speaker 1: bunch of big past numbers up. In fact, Winston has
Speaker 1: got the longest active streak of three D plus passing
Speaker 1: games four straight. Divisional games are generally close by nature.
Speaker 1: I am gonna cover my eyes here, and I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take the Buccaneers to hang around, hang around, take that
Speaker 1: home dog divisional game. It's not seven points, but it's
Speaker 1: five and a half Saints twenty six bucks, twenty three
Speaker 1: penny going that way, going with the Buccaneers. So do
Speaker 1: we have time to get trivial? Should we knock trivial
Speaker 1: stuff out of there? Yeah? You know, I have a
Speaker 1: question for you, but I'll ask you when we come
Speaker 1: to that game in in d C. But yeah, let's
Speaker 1: get trivial day, all right. Matt Ryan needs two hundred
Speaker 1: fifty four yards to surpass Blank for the tenth most
Speaker 1: passing yards in NFL history. Mattie Ice, he needs two
Speaker 1: hundred fifty four yards this weekend to pass Blank for
Speaker 1: the most or the tenth most passing yards in NFL history.
Speaker 1: Give me the answer in a couple of minutes. Here,
Speaker 1: speaking of Atlanta, the Falcons two and seven Carolina five
Speaker 1: and four. Is this the Dick Stockton game? It is not.
Speaker 1: You are wrong, you lose the Stockton This is the
Speaker 1: game our friend Dick and Mark lay Writh have the
Speaker 1: call on Fox. I bet you Dick Stockton wishes he
Speaker 1: was doing the Prep Zone game on Friday. But he's
Speaker 1: not he's not allowed to do it. I think his
Speaker 1: paychecks probably a little bit heavier. I do not think.
Speaker 1: I do not think that at all. Anyway, this and
Speaker 1: the Panthers opened a seven point favorite. Carolina is favored
Speaker 1: by five and a half. The weather here mostly sunny,
Speaker 1: fifty two degrees. That kick off at Bank of America
Speaker 1: Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. It's a divisional matchup. The
Speaker 1: Falcons are my pick. I'm gonna take Atlanta here, uh
Speaker 1: And I'll give you my logic behind it now. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey a is a great player. He's been MR consistent.
Speaker 1: He's gone seven straight games with a rushing touchdown. He'll
Speaker 1: get his numbers here against Atlanta. But I am banking
Speaker 1: on the Falcons trying to build on what they did
Speaker 1: last week and not just being satisfied that was their
Speaker 1: super Bowl. They won a game against the Saints. They're
Speaker 1: gonna come back and commit, commit to the thing as
Speaker 1: they did last week. They changed the defensive play calling
Speaker 1: and I don't know who the guy is. I don't
Speaker 1: have his name everybody, but they took it away from
Speaker 1: the head coach and it obviously worked. The Saints had
Speaker 1: nine points. That's it. Nine points. Now, this is a
Speaker 1: game that you would figure Atlanta, if they follow those
Speaker 1: same principles, should be able to attack Kyle Allen, who
Speaker 1: cooled off a bit after playing pretty well the first
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. He's been okay, but he's he hasn't
Speaker 1: gotten better, hasn't got better? Now be the big difference
Speaker 1: is defensive tenacity if you look at the numbers, but
Speaker 1: you can. The Panthers lead the NFL and sacks they've
Speaker 1: got the most by any team through nine games since
Speaker 1: the Chiefs back in the Falcons. They are thirty in sacks,
Speaker 1: which means that Kyle Allen should have plenty of time
Speaker 1: to do his theam his thing. But Atlanta had six
Speaker 1: sacks against the Saints last week. So that's why I'm
Speaker 1: saying you gotta throw the numbers out because if that
Speaker 1: Atlanta team shows up, if you get six sacks against
Speaker 1: the Aints, you should be able to get four or
Speaker 1: five sacks against Carolina using simpleton knowledge. Uh so uh.
Speaker 1: Despite all that, there is also a Peaka boo situation
Speaker 1: for for Carolina, they have a key NFC South matchup
Speaker 1: with the new Orleans Saints next week, and they're they're
Speaker 1: still thinking Carolina they can catch New Orleans in the division.
Speaker 1: New Orleans is seven and two, Carolina is five and four.
Speaker 1: Carolina wins this game, they get the six wins. Let's
Speaker 1: say New Orleans stumbles in Tampa and all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: next week's matchup becomes unbelievably important and can shake up
Speaker 1: the NFC South. So when you got the peek a
Speaker 1: boo situation and all that, and Atlanta team feeling pretty good,
Speaker 1: hopefully they don't just pack it and start sucking their
Speaker 1: thumb in the fetal position. I am going to take
Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers to win, but I'm gonna take the
Speaker 1: Falcons to cover. So I had the pregnant pause there.
Speaker 1: It's all good because you don't look pregnant anymore. He's
Speaker 1: going with the Panthers. I feel pregnant, though I do alright.
Speaker 1: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller
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Speaker 1: Let's get trivial. Matt Ryan needs two or at fifty
Speaker 1: four yards to surpass Blank for the tenth most passing
Speaker 1: yards at NFL history. Fill in the blank, gust guard,
Speaker 1: show me your lightning bull? Does it? Dan Fouts? Dan
Speaker 1: Founts a great name. Nineteen seventies, eighties Chargers football, San
Speaker 1: Diego Chargers. I love the San Diego Chargers. Uh No,
Speaker 1: correct answer? Warren move Hall of Famer Warren moves. The
Speaker 1: Oilers and a bunch of other teams bounced around Chiefs.
Speaker 1: I think you played with the Seahawks also at the
Speaker 1: and is he still a Seahawks broadcaster? Who knows Jacksonville
Speaker 1: four and five at Indianapolis five and four? It's on CBS.
Speaker 1: Andrew Catalan and James Lofton have the call. Now. The
Speaker 1: Colts opened at three and a half point favorite. They
Speaker 1: are favorite now by two and a half to be
Speaker 1: mostly cloudy forty one degrees at kickoff at Lucas Oil Stadium,
Speaker 1: and the pig is in. I'm gonna take Jacksonville in
Speaker 1: this game. Now. A couple of things. Number one, Nick
Speaker 1: Foles pays back. I don't know if that's a good
Speaker 1: thing or not. I like Gardner Minshew, but Minshew mania
Speaker 1: ran out of gas. You know that whole thing. Is
Speaker 1: it a fat or is it a trend? Well, it
Speaker 1: appears that Minshew mania was a fad, not a trend. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: Hopefully he'll be back at some point. I like the guy,
Speaker 1: but he did not play as well. The more he played,
Speaker 1: the more teams figured him out. I have no idea
Speaker 1: what to expect from Nick Foles. He's a second rate
Speaker 1: quarterback in my book, who had an out of body
Speaker 1: experience in Philadelphia. If the Colts had a losing record,
Speaker 1: I was certainly like Jacksonville more in this game. The
Speaker 1: Jags are four and oh against teams with a winning
Speaker 1: percentage or lower, but oh in five against teams that
Speaker 1: are currently above five hundred, where Indianapolis is five and four.
Speaker 1: And you look at the numbers recently, it's not been good.
Speaker 1: The Jags are just two and seven against divisional opponents
Speaker 1: since the start of last year, and uh, the only
Speaker 1: teams worse have been the Bengals and the Jets. It's
Speaker 1: not good now. The second thing here for Indy it
Speaker 1: appears that Jacobe Brissette, who has had a knee problem,
Speaker 1: didn't play last week. He's expected to start, at least
Speaker 1: as the time we're recording the podcast, he's gonna start,
Speaker 1: and that's a relief because Brian Hoyer completely screwed up
Speaker 1: against the Dolphins. Hoyer has lost all all of his
Speaker 1: last ten starts with four different teams. And you lose
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. I mean, what are you doing? And you're
Speaker 1: at home and you've got that roster. I know, Vinitary
Speaker 1: has messed up and all that. The Colts roster has
Speaker 1: been crippled. It's not Brissette's coming back, but there's a
Speaker 1: bunch of other guys that are either playing injured or
Speaker 1: not playing at all on both sides of the ball.
Speaker 1: So I'm not that confident in nick Folds two point oh.
Speaker 1: But the fact that the Colts roster is dinged up
Speaker 1: and Jacobe Brissette likely will not be quite himself with
Speaker 1: the knee and all that, I am all about that action. Boss.
Speaker 1: Jacksonville will win this game out right. People say, what's
Speaker 1: wrong with the Colts? How do they lose back to
Speaker 1: back to back? Here, I'll take Jacksonville Colt sixteen. Penny
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Speaker 1: Denver three and six at Minnesota seven and three. It's
Speaker 1: on CBS. My tribute to Pat Summer All Kevin Harlan
Speaker 1: and Rich Gannon have the call. The Vikings opened up
Speaker 1: a ten and a half point favorite. They are currently
Speaker 1: favored by ten and a half. It's gonna be cloudy
Speaker 1: in thirty six in the Twin Cities outside of US
Speaker 1: Banks Stadium, would be fine inside the dome. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take the Broncos your Bronchos in this game. Now. First
Speaker 1: of all, Denver was able to squeeze past Cleveland, and
Speaker 1: it wasn't even really a squeeze past because they were
Speaker 1: leading by I think it was twelve points going to
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter in that game. That was Brandon Allen's
Speaker 1: maiden voyage in Denver and they then had to buy
Speaker 1: a week and now they get another chance to Alan
Speaker 1: does to show that he's not a bum. Good luck,
Speaker 1: because Drew Lock is lurking in the shadows there. He's
Speaker 1: gonna be the guy locked and eventually ends up taking over.
Speaker 1: But Alan, with a very con servative or medial game plan,
Speaker 1: was surprisingly solid. Uh they only attempted twenty passes, he
Speaker 1: completed twelve of them. He had a couple of touchdowns,
Speaker 1: no interceptions. The issue here is obviously gonna be much
Speaker 1: harder against the Vikings defense than it is against the
Speaker 1: Browns defense, and also Vic Fangio's team, the Fatal Fly.
Speaker 1: I would really like the Broncos more if they were
Speaker 1: able to create mistakes. The Broncos have not forced a
Speaker 1: single turnover in six games this season. That so there's
Speaker 1: only three games they forced to turn over. That is
Speaker 1: tied for the most zero takeaway games in any season
Speaker 1: in franchise history. This is historically bad Bronco defense, and
Speaker 1: for as far as forcing turnovers. Now. The second thing
Speaker 1: here Minnesota. My main reason for taking the Broncos is
Speaker 1: more against me, so I love Minnesota. They should win
Speaker 1: the game, but Minnesota has been celebrated, not as much
Speaker 1: as the Ravens, but close all week for beating the
Speaker 1: Cowboys in the Sunday night game. That's great, but I
Speaker 1: suspect they are going to have trouble focusing. They're gonna
Speaker 1: be caught looking in the mirror at how beautiful they look. Uh,
Speaker 1: and they don't because everyone's been kissing their ass here
Speaker 1: and as a result, I expect them to not fully
Speaker 1: be prepared in this game is a classical letdown spot
Speaker 1: against the team with a losing record. The Broncos defense,
Speaker 1: while they haven't forced turnovers, they've been pretty good against
Speaker 1: the past and all Denver has to do is find
Speaker 1: a little success with Philip Lindsay running the ball and
Speaker 1: they will cover the number. It's a double digit line.
Speaker 1: Here's a fun fact that Broncos are nine and two
Speaker 1: when Philip Lindsley rushes for at least seventy yards when
Speaker 1: he doesn't when he's held under seventy their own thirteen.
Speaker 1: That's my fun fact. It's a good fact. Thank you,
Speaker 1: Vikings twenty seven Broncos twenty some odor reason the penny
Speaker 1: is going with the Broncos too. Yeah, I think I
Speaker 1: know the reason for that. But we will not say.
Speaker 1: Next up the Jets, j E T s Suck Suck, Suck,
Speaker 1: Suck Suck two and seven and Washington. Now, see, here's
Speaker 1: the question I have for you today since you were
Speaker 1: on vacation last week at the hospital. Yeah, I had
Speaker 1: to pay homage to you, So I like to not
Speaker 1: to do the podcasts Um, I told you to do
Speaker 1: the podcast. I didn't want to. Well, I actually I
Speaker 1: did want to. What you wanted me to do the
Speaker 1: podcast with you from the hospital gurney, I did. Yes,
Speaker 1: you wanted me to wear my hospital gown like the movie. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but I also have a I have a female friend
Speaker 1: based in New York. Congratulations, you have a female and
Speaker 1: uh I was gonna have her come on and be
Speaker 1: alongside me for the journey, but she is a huge
Speaker 1: Jets fan and a huge utah Utes fans. So um,
Speaker 1: so I need to get permission from you that next
Speaker 1: time you're in the hospital, we can do this without you.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I don't. Well, I might be in the
Speaker 1: hospital next week. Who know. No, last time I brought
Speaker 1: you on the air with me, I lost a job.
Speaker 1: So I lost a job. Ye remember two thousand six, right,
Speaker 1: we were in baker We mean, that's right, we're in Bakersfield.
Speaker 1: Brought you in the air, and then I lost a job,
Speaker 1: like the whole team franchise closed down. Yeah, that that
Speaker 1: was what was a horrible night. It was oppressively hot.
Speaker 1: You put me in the cool zone where it I'm
Speaker 1: meeting listeners. It dripped the thing, the cooling fan dripped
Speaker 1: down and it made it look like I peed my
Speaker 1: pants and I'm meeting listeners with this wet spot because
Speaker 1: the fan thing broke. And uh yeah, good times, good times.
Speaker 1: Hard to believe that team is not around. That's where
Speaker 1: they ought to make the Houston. I think it was
Speaker 1: our friend in Bakersfield, Rod in Bakersfield who pointed this
Speaker 1: out there to me the other day. He said, they,
Speaker 1: the Major League Baseball people should force the Astros to
Speaker 1: move to Bakersfield for a couple of years and play
Speaker 1: with the sun in center field, and they have to
Speaker 1: play day games with the sun in center field, and
Speaker 1: then the other team can play and they can have
Speaker 1: their at bats at night when the sun goes down.
Speaker 1: That'd be perfect. Yeah, alright, Jets are two and seven,
Speaker 1: Washington's one and eight. It's on Fox. You better watch
Speaker 1: this had Dick Stockton written all over. You know who's
Speaker 1: doing this game? This is gonna be come on, come on,
Speaker 1: come on, I'm gonna say Mark Schlareth and uh, who
Speaker 1: does Schlath work with? No? He Schlarth works with Dick Stockton.
Speaker 1: So um, no answer. This is someone that you you like,
Speaker 1: this person Kenny Albert. There you go, plots and fans.
Speaker 1: How did this game? Because it's a New York team,
Speaker 1: doesn't it seem like Kenny Albert? He he does like
Speaker 1: the Giants or the Jets. Every other week he's doing
Speaker 1: a New York Day And I don't normally do the
Speaker 1: Jets on Fox, but this for some reason, even though
Speaker 1: his games in Washington, it's a Fox game. Well that's right,
Speaker 1: because he does like the Capitol's a lot he does
Speaker 1: the Rangers. Yeah, okay. I I text my Buddy Sports
Speaker 1: with Coleman, who were mutual friends with Kenny Albert, and
Speaker 1: like every night Kenny is in a different city, it's insane,
Speaker 1: like and I'm I'm asking, like, how does he remember
Speaker 1: what hotel room is in? You know, I would not remember.
Speaker 1: I always have to take a photo with my phone
Speaker 1: and and Kenny Albert, I don't believe he's there yet,
Speaker 1: but Kenny Albert likely is. Remember that movie with George Clooney,
Speaker 1: like ten years ago, up in the air with ten
Speaker 1: million frequent flyer Miles. Kenny Albert's gotta be closing in
Speaker 1: on ten million frequent flyer miles. It's insane. We need
Speaker 1: to have dinner with them. I need that. I need
Speaker 1: to pick his brain. Well, he's gonna be in Vegas
Speaker 1: next weekend for a fight. You want to go to
Speaker 1: Vegas for the fight? I doubt when you get are
Speaker 1: you gonna be allowed to go? I don't know about that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure about that. If a check, see if
Speaker 1: I'm put on probation or not have allowed out the
Speaker 1: terms of the probation. This so the Jets are two
Speaker 1: and seven. Washington's wonted eight on Fox the We could
Speaker 1: probably get really good tickets because Kenya hook is up.
Speaker 1: Not from your buddy Tom Looney, No from him, not
Speaker 1: from Redskins opened up a one and appoint favorite their
Speaker 1: favorite by one mostly Cloudie forty one a kickoff at
Speaker 1: FedEx Field. I'm taking the Jets j e ts Jets
Speaker 1: Jets debt. Now, I don't love this pick because it's
Speaker 1: two bad teams. Both these teams have been unsatisfactory and inadequate,
Speaker 1: and that's an understatement, but you take the lesser of
Speaker 1: two evils here and you go with it. Yet, Sam
Speaker 1: Donald will not see any ghosts this week against the
Speaker 1: Redskins defense, even though they're getting some guys back. I
Speaker 1: saw that Adam Gaze received a vote of confidence for
Speaker 1: some reason for the Jets, and uh, good luck on that.
Speaker 1: Now part be the rookie Dwayne Haskets. He is going
Speaker 1: to now be the Redskins starter for the rest of
Speaker 1: the year. He provided in all out comedy of errors
Speaker 1: in some of these games he's played in. Now. I
Speaker 1: loved Haskins in Ohio State, but he has that's call
Speaker 1: call it is. He's been a dirty diaper in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Washington now they are coming off a bye week, so
Speaker 1: they had a little extra rest. I lost a Buffalo
Speaker 1: nine back in Week nine. Washington has failed to get
Speaker 1: to ten points in any of their last three games.
Speaker 1: They've gone a month without scoring a touchdown. Very impressive.
Speaker 1: The only concern is that the public is loading up
Speaker 1: on the Jets. I'm never comfortable being on the side
Speaker 1: of Joe Schmo. But it is two bad teams. The
Speaker 1: Jets should win this game. I'm gonna take the Jets
Speaker 1: thirteen Redskins nine in honor of Felix the Cat. We're
Speaker 1: going with the j E T s Jets, Jets, Jets
Speaker 1: all my old producer, Felix the Cat. Very nice of you.
Speaker 1: I had a producer named Felix. Did you get fired? Uh? No,
Speaker 1: he left. He's about to have a kid though. He's
Speaker 1: h knocked up the old lady there. It's coming out
Speaker 1: in January. Yeah, this Felix is a little bit different.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I guess so. All right, Buffalo six and
Speaker 1: three at Miami two and seven. It's on CBS, Spiroudidas
Speaker 1: and Adam arch Aletta. We'll be putting lipstick on pigs
Speaker 1: calling this game. The Bills open up a seven and
Speaker 1: a half point favorite. They are favored by six. It
Speaker 1: will be partly sunny seventies seven degrees at kickoff at
Speaker 1: hard Rock Stadium in South Florida. I'm gonna take the
Speaker 1: Bills here. And I don't normally like betting favorites. I
Speaker 1: try to avoid betting favorites. But the Dolphins blow for
Speaker 1: Borough or Tank for two a campaigns have taken a
Speaker 1: beating here with back to back wins, and if they
Speaker 1: have any hopes here of maintaining that top three or
Speaker 1: four pick status, they gotta get back to the losing ways.
Speaker 1: Brian Flores could be fired they keep winning. He's going
Speaker 1: against the franchise business charter here in Miami. I believe
Speaker 1: it is back to reality this week. Ryan Fitzpatrick and
Speaker 1: friends have been playing above their means lately. There will
Speaker 1: assuredly be a bunch of Buffalo Bills fans here from
Speaker 1: Western New York. I think this will be like a
Speaker 1: Charger game, where there's more fans of the other team.
Speaker 1: The only concern is the great equalizer of turn over
Speaker 1: sin Josh Allen is the compass rose. He you don't
Speaker 1: know where he's throwing the ball. The receivers don't know
Speaker 1: where he's throwing the ball. But Miami has not been
Speaker 1: very good at forcing mistakes. This is one of those
Speaker 1: odd things. For example, last week they had three takeaways
Speaker 1: the Dolphins in Indie that almost doubled their entire season
Speaker 1: total of takeaways in one game last week, and that
Speaker 1: was because Brian Hoyer played there. And then at thirteen
Speaker 1: takeaways nearly tripling their season total to seven. They went
Speaker 1: seven to twenty. Uh, there's a lot of numbers. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna ride with Buffalo and they should win this game comfortably.
Speaker 1: Bills thirty four Dolphins twenty. Penny is going that way,
Speaker 1: going with the Buffalo Bills in the mafia al right.
Speaker 1: Next up Houston six and three at Baltimore seven and two.
Speaker 1: It's on CBS with Iron Eagle and Dan Fouts, who
Speaker 1: was already referenced in this show. The Ravens opened up
Speaker 1: a four point of actually a five point favorite, their
Speaker 1: favorite by four. Now cloudy and forty three degrees. That
Speaker 1: kick off at M ANDT Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland,
Speaker 1: with Sports with Coleman, our friend in attendance. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take the Texans in this game, and I'll tell you
Speaker 1: my logic behind it. Now. First of all, Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: has the cleanest took us and the cleanest toes in
Speaker 1: all of the NFL. Because the media has just been
Speaker 1: lick lick lick. They've been giving him a bubble bath
Speaker 1: and all because he feasted on the Bungles. Now he
Speaker 1: fattened up his stats like a turkey before Thanksgiving, and
Speaker 1: we pointed this out on the radio show, but this
Speaker 1: is an amazing factory. I know you don't listen to
Speaker 1: the radio show, guest gun, but Lamar Jackson is the
Speaker 1: greatest quarterback in NFL history. Against the worst of the worst.
Speaker 1: He is mortal against average to above average teams. Now
Speaker 1: my evidence against the Dolphins and Bengals, he has average
Speaker 1: in two games almost fifteen yards per attempt, eight touchdowns
Speaker 1: know own receptions. Against the seven other opponents the Ravens
Speaker 1: have played as a passing quarterback, Lamar Jackson's averaging less
Speaker 1: than seven yards per attempts, seven touchdowns, five in or
Speaker 1: sept Now, I'm not here to sing the praises of
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans, but they're certainly better a playoff team
Speaker 1: right now, and they're better than the Dolphins and the
Speaker 1: Bankers now. And the other thing Houston is coming off
Speaker 1: a bye. They had a win over Jacksonville in London,
Speaker 1: so they've had a little bit of extra time. This
Speaker 1: is a good matchup for Deshaun Watson, who I have
Speaker 1: been critical of over the years. Watson is one of
Speaker 1: the better quarterbacks in the NFL. Against the Blitz, what
Speaker 1: are the Ravens do on defense blanche blaze, blitze, blaze, bledze,
Speaker 1: bledze blitz. Uh, they blitz more than any other team
Speaker 1: in the NFL. And this should be another close game.
Speaker 1: The numbers only four points here in this game. The
Speaker 1: the Texans are one of two teams that has not
Speaker 1: lost by more than seven points over the last two seasons.
Speaker 1: So you think maybe monster teaser or something like that.
Speaker 1: The other team, by the ways, the Chiefs. But here's
Speaker 1: another spot we say, just is this where Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: uh gets caught shamelessly staring at his reflection in the
Speaker 1: mirror himself after that big victory last week? And uh,
Speaker 1: I say a little of that does happen. Plus they
Speaker 1: have a West coast trip. The Ravens play the Rams
Speaker 1: next week in a primetime game. I'm gonna take the
Speaker 1: Texans to win the game outright, Houston thirty seven Baltimore
Speaker 1: thirty six penny going that way as well with the
Speaker 1: Houston Texans al right. Next up Arizona three six and
Speaker 1: one at Santa Clara eight and A. We start the
Speaker 1: late portion of the television window here with this game.
Speaker 1: Late games, we don't have any no more trivia from
Speaker 1: you I have more What the hell, we only have
Speaker 1: three more games left. We'll relax, Okay, all right, I
Speaker 1: know that people want to use the studio, so anyway,
Speaker 1: it's it's on Fox. Chris Myers, my former colleague, a
Speaker 1: respected member of the broadcast community, and Darryl moose Johnston,
Speaker 1: former Cowboy, have the call. Now. The game opened up
Speaker 1: the Niners and up fourteen point favorites down to eleven.
Speaker 1: So the Niners are favorite by eleven. Mostly sunny sixty
Speaker 1: nine degrees that kick off at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara,
Speaker 1: where the Niners play their home games. The pick is in.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Cardinals. And here's why. It is
Speaker 1: not a mortal sin to lose to the Seahawks. But
Speaker 1: if the Niners start losing this, if they lose this game,
Speaker 1: that becomes a problem. Now I think that the Niners,
Speaker 1: you figure, should win the game. They need to get
Speaker 1: their mojo back against an inferior opponent. Jimmy Garoppolo has
Speaker 1: been fine against the lightweight of the NFL. He had
Speaker 1: good numbers when these teams played a few weeks ago.
Speaker 1: Uh and Arizona is twenty seven in scoring defense, so
Speaker 1: it's not like they have a ball hawking amazing defense.
Speaker 1: They don't. But the Niners are still shorthanded. They have
Speaker 1: no George Kiddle this week. Who knows what, if anything,
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders will be able to provide. It sounds like
Speaker 1: he'll be playing, but it could change between now and
Speaker 1: the the kickoffs, so keep an eye on that. The
Speaker 1: other thing, Kyler Murray Alligator Arms. Murray has been great
Speaker 1: in garbage time. Of this guy's passing touchdowns and of
Speaker 1: alligator Arms Murray's yards have come when the Cardinals have
Speaker 1: trailed by multiple scores, and he's got a ninety eight
Speaker 1: point to passer rating in those games, so he's very
Speaker 1: comfortable when the Cardinals are way behind. And then when
Speaker 1: the Cardinals are ahead, which doesn't happen all that often,
Speaker 1: he's got a passer rating of below seventy nine, so
Speaker 1: his numbers have been inflated by the Cardinals being down
Speaker 1: and teams playing a soft defense against him. I expect
Speaker 1: even more dumpster diving here the old backdoor cover. Any
Speaker 1: time you get over seven points in a divisional game,
Speaker 1: you don't ask questions to take the points. I love
Speaker 1: the double digit dogs and I will take the forty
Speaker 1: Niners to win thirty three. The Cardinals will cover penny
Speaker 1: going with the team from the Desert Arizona Cardinals. Al Right,
Speaker 1: next up, we'll get trivial in honor of Gascon. You
Speaker 1: should get this because you're a Broco fan boy. Broncos
Speaker 1: quarterback Brandon Allen became the first quarterback with a touchdown
Speaker 1: pass of seventy five plus yards in his first career
Speaker 1: start since blank. All Right, the answer coming up here
Speaker 1: in a couple of minutes. Next game up for US
Speaker 1: New England eight and one at Philadelphia five and four.
Speaker 1: It's on CBS with Jim Nance and Tony Roman. Is
Speaker 1: a big game for CBS. Patriots open to three point favorite,
Speaker 1: their favorite by three and a Half's gonna be cloudy,
Speaker 1: thirty nine degrees on Broad Street, just off Broad Street
Speaker 1: there in southfiliate Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles the Burdens.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Eagles in this game. And here's why.
Speaker 1: Now you assume the Patriots are gonna buy ounce back
Speaker 1: in a big way coming off a bye week after
Speaker 1: being molly wopped by the Ravens. Bill Belichick getting extra
Speaker 1: time often has been lethal, but the Eagles also are
Speaker 1: coming off a bye week, so both teams are coming
Speaker 1: in even in this and they should get a big
Speaker 1: boost as well. Doug Peterson twelve and seven against the
Speaker 1: spread when having extra time to prepare for an opponent.
Speaker 1: Now that the reason to like Philly is home dog,
Speaker 1: and the Eagles have a pretty good pass rush. The
Speaker 1: Patriot offensive line not very good. So Tom Brady who
Speaker 1: will cover for the offensive line by throwing the ball quickly,
Speaker 1: but he's gonna be under siege. Okay, he's gonna Unesta
Speaker 1: is now. Secondly, Philly should be able to control the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage on offense as well. They have a
Speaker 1: pretty good offensive line. Carson Wentz is obviously not a
Speaker 1: dual threat quarterback. Sorry if you think he's like Lamar Jackson,
Speaker 1: he's not. Uh and Lamar gave him fits the last
Speaker 1: game the Patriots played. But the Eagles can run the
Speaker 1: ball effectively with Jordan Howard and Uh Sanders. I believe
Speaker 1: they'll be able to run the ball a little bit
Speaker 1: in this game. And I just have to see the Patriots,
Speaker 1: after that stank in Baltimore, come out and just kick
Speaker 1: the snot out of somebody. They gotta show me that
Speaker 1: before I get back to the Patriot bandwagon, because the
Speaker 1: Eagles are not a bad team. Uh So there's like
Speaker 1: an average NFL team. I'm gonna take the Eagles to
Speaker 1: win the game, out right. Eagles thirty Patriots seven Fly Eagles,
Speaker 1: Fly Fly Eagles on the road to victory. All right,
Speaker 1: let's get trivial. The answer Bronco's quarterback Brandon at in
Speaker 1: the first QB with a touchdown pass of seventy five
Speaker 1: plus yards in his first career starts since blank. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go with Dante Culpepper, good name Vikings, Randy Moss,
Speaker 1: big touchdown passes back in the day before he needed
Speaker 1: a medicine man um no. The correct answer, r G three,
Speaker 1: Robert Griffin the third when he had that breakout rookie season.
Speaker 1: His first game he had an eighty eight yard touchdown
Speaker 1: pass back in twenty twelve. Back all right, Next up Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: oh and nine at Oakland, don't do it. Five and four.
Speaker 1: It's on CBS with Greg Gumbel and Trent Green. The
Speaker 1: Raiders open an eight point favorite, their favorite by ten
Speaker 1: and a half sixty seven degrees in the Bay Area
Speaker 1: kickoff at Ring Central Colisseum not corporately named at all.
Speaker 1: I just called the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum. The pick
Speaker 1: is in gascon. Don't do it, don't do it. Bang Gals,
Speaker 1: Betting Gals, Bend Gals, Betton Gals. I'm taking the Bengals
Speaker 1: the Bungles, I am. First of all, listen the Raiders.
Speaker 1: You assume I was like, they can't screw this up ride.
Speaker 1: Come on, this is a show up to win situation here.
Speaker 1: Just don't commit penalties. Well, the Raiders lead the NFL
Speaker 1: and penalties per game, so it's possible. Now you would
Speaker 1: think Derek Carr will make enough plays here to win
Speaker 1: this game against a second rate Bengals defense. This is
Speaker 1: a big points all right. Now. I'm not gonna sit
Speaker 1: here and tell you that Ryan Finley is any good
Speaker 1: that you've been better off with Brian Finley playing quarterback
Speaker 1: if your Cincinnati. He looked completely overmatched against the Ravens
Speaker 1: a very small sample size. Guys can obviously get better
Speaker 1: from the first start to the second start, because once
Speaker 1: the Raider defense looks at that tape, they're gonna start
Speaker 1: laughing and say, we don't have to do anything. This
Speaker 1: guy sucks and uh now, Finley's trying to audition for
Speaker 1: the Bengals starting job in twenty but really he's just
Speaker 1: ensuring them that they get a shot at Joe Burrow
Speaker 1: in the April draft. Now that said, I'm gonna take
Speaker 1: two points here for two reasons. The Raiders have yet
Speaker 1: to beat anyone by more than eight points, and they
Speaker 1: played some bad teams. Plus, over the long run, betting
Speaker 1: on double digit dogs has proven to be a pretty
Speaker 1: good gambling strategy and it's been very effective for me.
Speaker 1: Plus the Bengals, even though they're they're terrible now, they
Speaker 1: were decent in recent years. Over the last decade. They
Speaker 1: are four and one in California. The Cincinnati Bengals have
Speaker 1: a foreign run record against the teams in California, they've
Speaker 1: done very well. Raiders will win, but they won't cover.
Speaker 1: Raiders twenty eight Bengals twenty. Penny's going with the Raiders,
Speaker 1: all right. That just got a pain you as a
Speaker 1: Bronco fan. I'm not a fan. I'm just an observer.
Speaker 1: You're an observer, yeah, an independent observer. Not putting any
Speaker 1: money on the Bengals. Something you have died over several weeks,
Speaker 1: have taken the Dolphins well yeah, but then the Dolphins
Speaker 1: all of a sudden started covering. I bet on the
Speaker 1: Dolphins the last three weeks. I would have won won
Speaker 1: all those games, all right? Next up Sunday Night football, Chicago,
Speaker 1: four and five at the l A. A A. R i
Speaker 1: Ums five and four. It's on and be see you
Speaker 1: think al Michaels can join us on Friday. He's calling
Speaker 1: this game, so he's not traveling anywhere that high school
Speaker 1: game we're doing. That'd be great. Yeah, al Michael's and
Speaker 1: Chris Collinsworth on the Peacock Network, The Rams opened a
Speaker 1: seven and a half point favorite. There you brought you
Speaker 1: brought this up? Should we do it? Open like they
Speaker 1: do it? Like? Should I wear a sweater like al
Speaker 1: Michael's then slide you in? Yeah? You know what we should?
Speaker 1: I would. I'd like to do it. Can I slide in?
Speaker 1: I would that? That's a great idea. Guess we we
Speaker 1: gotta do that. You got let's do it? Can we
Speaker 1: do it? We can't. I want to slide in and
Speaker 1: I'll have this goofy smile on my face too, like
Speaker 1: Chris Collinsworth, this goofy, creepy smile. I gotta do it.
Speaker 1: We gotta do it. Come on, think of the rate
Speaker 1: people will be tuning in just for the open, guest
Speaker 1: on to see me slide in like Collinsworth, you come on,
Speaker 1: how are you on stand ups? Are you good on opens?
Speaker 1: I haven't done one in like ten years? But yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean it's all right. I mean it's pretty simple, right,
Speaker 1: just throw a bunch of cliches out there and all
Speaker 1: that and uh yeah, well, I remember when I was
Speaker 1: in college and we used to do the saddleback football
Speaker 1: and basketballs. This guy Brad Hoysteff who I worked with,
Speaker 1: and Brad it was always funny because he was the
Speaker 1: play by playgoun. I was the color commentator, and he
Speaker 1: would say something and I said, that's right, Brad, you know,
Speaker 1: because he'd lead me into something with some stat you know,
Speaker 1: that's right. So that's the key when your color commentator,
Speaker 1: whatever you say, guest, like, you'll lead me into an
Speaker 1: answer about the running back for Jay Sarah, Right, this
Speaker 1: high school kid, that's right, David. He's a great player,
Speaker 1: you know, Like that's how you do it. We just
Speaker 1: don't be like what's his name? Was it money in
Speaker 1: Major League? Oh? He just doesn't talk at all. Yours
Speaker 1: like dye to my color money. Yeah, well we'll see
Speaker 1: get that flops white going anyway? Bears and Rams, Bears
Speaker 1: and Rams here, you know clear, seventy two Sunday night,
Speaker 1: late evening at the Colosseum in Los Angeles at kickoffs. Now,
Speaker 1: I love the Rams, I'm all about the Rams. But
Speaker 1: there's no way in hell I'm betting on the Rams
Speaker 1: this week. Uh No. I hope they win. I hope
Speaker 1: I lose this bet, but I'm taking the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 1: Uh And, and I'll tell you why. First of all,
Speaker 1: it is impossible for me, having watched the Rams, to
Speaker 1: take the Rams and lay this number. Jared Goff has
Speaker 1: eight interceptions seven fumbles over his last seven games. Chicago's
Speaker 1: got a ball hawking, opportunistic defense led by Khalil Mack.
Speaker 1: The Rams have a battered and broken offensive line. This
Speaker 1: is a recipe for a whole lot of mistakes, right,
Speaker 1: a whole lot of mistakes. Now. Secondly, the Rams defense
Speaker 1: has been fine. It's the offense that is is broken.
Speaker 1: In my opinion, statistically, they haven't been that bad. The
Speaker 1: Rams have the NFL's number one defense over the last
Speaker 1: three weeks. Did you know that, yeah, number one. Last
Speaker 1: three weeks, they're allowing just twelve points per game, and
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to play like that to have a
Speaker 1: shot here. Mitch Rubisky is no good I know that. Uh,
Speaker 1: and the l A offense has been more of the
Speaker 1: middle of the Bell curve in recent weeks. And history
Speaker 1: is not on the side of the Rams. The Rams
Speaker 1: have lost six of seven to Chicago. And check this out.
Speaker 1: I looked it up because I know, being a Ram
Speaker 1: fan over the years, that they always seem to lose
Speaker 1: against the Bears. And it turns out that the Rams
Speaker 1: have a three ninety nine winning percentage historically against Chicago.
Speaker 1: That is their worst record against any NFC opponent enfranchise history.
Speaker 1: They have not been worse against anybody other than the Bears.
Speaker 1: So I hope I'm wrong, but I'm gonna take Chicago
Speaker 1: twenty four the Rams twenty. No way, the pain is
Speaker 1: going with the Rams either going to Chicago Bears, Dog Bears.
Speaker 1: Al Right, next up, Monday Night Football. I wanna tell
Speaker 1: you I'm watching that game. I'm pulling for the Rams,
Speaker 1: even though I picked the Bears. Alright, Monday Night Football,
Speaker 1: Cansa City six and four at Mexico, the Mexico Chargers,
Speaker 1: the l A Chargers of as Teca Stadium. Yes, the
Speaker 1: games in Mexico City. It's on ESPN. So Booger, imagine
Speaker 1: going through customs with a name Booger. Joe Testator and
Speaker 1: Booger McFarland have the call. I was taking some notes
Speaker 1: from Joe Testator, who's a walking, talking cliche gascout, so
Speaker 1: I might use some of his material. Don't do that.
Speaker 1: He's a bit of a hardough uh. Anyway, that the
Speaker 1: Chiefs opened a three point favorite. They are favored by four.
Speaker 1: It'll be mostly cloudy in Mexico City, sixty five degrees
Speaker 1: at kickoff. We don't have a lot of time, so
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm gonna take the Chiefs in this game.
Speaker 1: Taking Kansas City a couple of reasons why a Kansas City.
Speaker 1: Kansas City blew a game against the Titans last week.
Speaker 1: The Chargers are of a similar pedigree, so you would
Speaker 1: expect Patrick Mahomes to slice up the injury ravaged Chargers
Speaker 1: secondary in this game. But the key is obviously in
Speaker 1: the game you limit the turnovers there. That's the key
Speaker 1: in all these games with the Chargers are a mash unit.
Speaker 1: They're hobbled, twisted, mutilated, all of that. They need a
Speaker 1: witch doctor themselves at this particular point. And be while
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson have gotten a lot of
Speaker 1: love from the media, do you know Philip Rivers is
Speaker 1: the quarterback that is actually ad libbed for an NFL
Speaker 1: leading ten created receptions? How about that pretty good number?
Speaker 1: That is pretty good by Philip Rivers, one of the
Speaker 1: advanced statistics from the NFL. Uh. Listen, the Chiefs, if
Speaker 1: you lose to the Titans, you can lose to the Charges,
Speaker 1: as we said, but I think this is a field
Speaker 1: good situation. If the Charges win this game, they're right
Speaker 1: back in the divisional race. The Raiders are right back
Speaker 1: in the thick of it right there as well, because
Speaker 1: you figure they're gonna beat the Bengals. So the Chiefs
Speaker 1: there's this is actually a big pressure spot because if
Speaker 1: you lose, the Ramifications are are huge Chiefs thirty three
Speaker 1: Chargers twenty three penny not cough upon a mash unit.
Speaker 1: But we'll go with the l A California Chargers of
Speaker 1: San Diego. There you go, and that is it. That
Speaker 1: is a wrap for this edition of benny versus the penny.
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Speaker 1: you win a lot of money, remember us if you
Speaker 1: lose a lot of money. This is just for entertainment
Speaker 1: purposes only. We're not held responsible for your bad picks
Speaker 1: at all. We'll be back in the Magic Radio Box
Speaker 1: on Sunday night on the West coast at eleven o'clock
Speaker 1: and that would be of course two am in the East,
Speaker 1: and we'll talk about all these NFL games in the
Speaker 1: post mortem. Have a great weekend, be safe. I'll try
Speaker 1: to avoid the hospital, so we'll do it again next week. Thanks.