WEBVTT - SPECIAL EDITION! Benny vs The Penny, Round 11 0:00:01.480 --> 0:00:10.280 Welcome players, You're welcome. It's time now Betty Versus the Penny. 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:15.800 That it is. We are in Week eleven of the 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:20.520 NFL season. Betty versus the Penny. Every single NFL game 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:24.320 against the spread, all the numbers, all that for your 0:00:24.440 --> 0:00:28.520 dancing and dining pleasure. We will not talk about the Packers, Giants, 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:32.240 the Seahawks, and the Titans because they ain't playing. We 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:34.519 already gave you the pick on the radio of the 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:38.879 Cleveland Pittsburgh game, which was played back on Thursday night. 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:40.760 So the way this works. At his meet Ben along 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:45.600 with David Gascon who is dying, dying, to make an 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:47.960 announcement before we actually get to Betty versus the Penny, 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:50.240 guestcon right, you know you want to do this before 0:00:50.280 --> 0:00:52.320 because most people don't listen to the whole podcast. Right, 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:54.240 most people don't listen to the whole podcast. But I 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:58.120 thought this was a part of Benny Versus the Penny. Oh, 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:00.160 are we okay? All right? Yeah, we'll do that, right. 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:02.200 So here's the thing. All right, so before we get 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:05.080 to the actual NFL games, you want to hear guesscan 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:09.040 is recommending that we discussed this Friday night. I you 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:11.760 didn't hear the other podcast Friday Night. I have been 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:14.600 dragged back. I've been on television in a fair amount 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:17.360 of time, and I will be doing some television. I 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:20.440 will be doing some television on Friday Night, and it'll 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:23.560 be uh a high school game for Fox, right, so 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:29.319 you better watch that's right? Yeah, And I'm the color commentary. 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:34.880 I'm I'm adding the flavor. You're I'm flavor flavor. We're 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:38.080 gonna bring out a gold chain. Now. I sat next 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:41.120 to one time in a lake again. That guy's a trip. 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:43.440 It's a trip, man. I don't know. It's not even cool. 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:45.280 He's not even a cool guy anymore. Right, come on, 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:48.640 I don't know. He's still name dropping anyway. I learned 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:52.720 it from you. All Right, So there's a there's a 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:56.919 high school game Friday night. It's Jay Sarah versus Santennas, 0:01:57.120 --> 0:01:59.280 a Southern California high school game. And you can actually 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:04.680 watch this on what is the Fox Sports go app guest. Yeah, 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:06.520 so I mean, and so the way I'm thinking about this, 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:09.359 if a lot of malle militia people watch like they might, 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:11.880 they might bring me back. Right, this could become a 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:14.000 regular thing. What do you want to do ask Ben 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:17.160 during the game. Yeah, if it's a boring game, we'll 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:20.280 do ask Ben. That'd be great. We'll take questions from 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:22.639 like I'll put Doc Mike on, We'll get Lance the 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:27.800 bus Driver, We'll get J. Scoop from Seattle, Bill and Iowa. Yeah. 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:30.280 You want me to plug your fucking show during Justin 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:35.000 and Cincinnati? Yeah? Yeah, I want you to introduce me 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:37.200 a man that has been blocked by Deshaun Watson and 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:42.600 Dominican su William Shatner. And yeah, I still got to 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:44.920 figure the open and how I'm gonna introduce you. So 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.400 I understand, well, listen to handicap the game now, all right, 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:50.680 So there's no points spread as far as I know 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:52.480 in high school football. I don't think they put point 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:54.800 spreads out of high school football. But I would imagine 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:58.079 Centennial looking at the stats and the records, I would 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:03.600 think Centennial high powered offense to several blue chip recruits 0:03:03.600 --> 0:03:07.400 there on that team. The J Sarah team, a younger team, 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:12.400 I would think Centennial's favored by like seven to ten points. However, 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:16.040 I think there's value with Jay Sarah here guscot so 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:18.720 to handicap the game. To pick is in I'm gonna 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:21.720 take Jay Sarah to cover the points, but Centennial wins 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:25.480 the game, but Jay Sarah will be able to cover 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:27.440 the points. But I love this running But I was 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:29.120 watching some videos. I've never even heard of this guy, 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:32.560 Chris Street this running back for Jay Sarah. Who's uh 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:35.800 he's he looks like Darren Sprawls to me, a little 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:38.360 small guy with these huge thighs that runs through you 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:39.960 can't even see him, and then and then he just 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:42.880 bulls you over, and uh, I guess he's going to 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:47.400 cal right where beast Mode win. So I think the 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:50.240 key obviously, when you're on the road in a hostile environment. 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:52.640 I learned this from the NFL Gas Scout. You have 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:56.280 to yeah, play conservant, run the ball, take time off 0:03:56.320 --> 0:03:58.600 the clock right and they have a great running back. Now, 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:01.080 obviously Centennial is gonna bottle up and try to stop 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:03.960 Chris Stewart and and and force Jay Sarah to to 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:05.920 win the game through the air. But I I love 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.560 that this guy has been been great and uh, I 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:12.040 think you can you can hang around, keep the game close, 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:14.760 playoff game guys will be nervous. So I'm gonna take 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:20.200 Jay Sarah plus the points to cover the spread against Centennial. 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:24.040 But Centennial will win the game at Husky Stadium, which 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:26.760 I thought was in Seattle, but apparently it's in Corona, California. 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:31.360 I had no idea. How about that for a handicapping job. Guest, 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:35.279 you didn't give the temperature. You didn't give the broadcasters. 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:38.560 It'll be seventy five degrees that kick off. And to 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:40.600 make sure they spell my name right. All right, they 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:43.720 gotta spell my name correct. Please. You forgot the score too, 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:46.560 I forgot the score. Ah, the final score, alright, the 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:52.600 final score will be Centennial thirty eight. J Sarah one 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:59.240 that boom and the penny Picksennial. Oh we have disagreement. 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:06.680 I just picked underdogs. Yes, that's what I do. I 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:10.080 pick underdogs. I'm an underdog player. That's what that's how 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:12.919 I roll. Plus, I gotta I gotta pick my o C. Guys. 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:15.280 You know Jay Sarah, which was a high school I'm 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:18.919 so old that didn't even exist. But this this conference 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:20.719 they're in, it just blew me away. When I was 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:24.080 doing some research here and I saw modern day in St. 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:27.440 John Bosco and all the Santa Margarite. When I was 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:30.200 in high school, we played Santa Margaritya and they were amazing. 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:33.440 Brian Finneran who was a receiver for the Atlanta Falcons. 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:35.839 He had a twin brother. He played at Santa Margarita. 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:38.000 We played them my senior year in high school. I 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:43.640 believe we lost that game, just kicked our ass and 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:46.560 uh so that was that was kind of cool. I 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:50.360 bet you didn't think that in you'd be handicapping a 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:52.880 a prep game. No, I have not done a high 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:56.320 school game since I was at like Saddleback College. This 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.559 is this is crazy, but I'm actually kind of excited 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:01.080 about because, as my wife says, you have to go 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:04.240 outside your comfort zone from time to times. So I'll 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:05.919 just have fun and it'll be fun. We'll have a 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:08.200 good time with it. And remember we need the Mallard 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:10.880 Militia because I think if the Mallard Militia watches this, 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:14.200 because they can count how many people are watching the scream, 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:16.960 that that will encourage them to uh maybe pay us 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:19.320 more and and use me. Again. I don't want to 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:20.800 do it every week, but once in a while. I 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:23.120 think it would be fun. Once they play once a week. 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:26.200 What you very busy man, I'm a very busy man, 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:29.400 guest gun very very busy. All right, are we done 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:31.680 with that? Then we actually get to the NFL games 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:34.440 that people wanted to hear. Yes, you could, of course, 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:36.960 be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:40.159 Show week days at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:43.520 on Fox Sports Radio and the I Heart Radio app. 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:45.640 Right now, before we look ahead, we must look back. 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:47.800 I did not lose a game last week, and we 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:51.599 tend guest God, not a single incorrect pick. It's the 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:54.440 first time in my life I've gotten every game correct. 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:58.440 Thank you very much. Where's my congratulatory tweet? I had 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:12.000 a perfect week last week. That's right, perfection. I'd like 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:16.560 to give an applause to the nurses, the doctors, dance tsiologists, 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.720 everyone that was able to get you in the upright 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:23.800 position and eventually out of the hospital with it. Well, 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:26.280 it's good I didn't get like staff infection or gang 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:28.320 green or something like that. You hear these stories about 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.080 people who go to the hospital. You're like, oh man, 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:32.400 especially out of Cleveland, right, wasn't like a span of 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.160 three or four players and a two year span. Yeah, Yeah, 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:38.280 it was Tampa Bay. It was Tampa Bay that had that. Yeah, 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:40.880 had a big all right. Uh so it's we go, Levin. 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:43.600 We did the Thursday game on the radio, so we'll 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:46.000 start out with Dallas at Detroit. Now, the way this 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:49.480 works on the handicapping side, we break down every game. 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:52.800 We give you some information on every game, and and 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:55.320 then if you if you agree the way it should work. 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:56.960 If you agree, you do your own work, and if 0:07:57.000 --> 0:07:58.960 we line up, that's a game you should probably been on. 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:01.600 So Dallas five for Detroit three five and one. It's 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:04.680 on Fox with Kevin Burkhardt and Charles Davis. I'm sorry 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:08.680 this is not a Dick Stockton game, guesscon. But you've 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:11.520 got the Cowboys who opened up a two and a 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.000 half point favorite. They have skyrocketed all the way up 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:17.320 to six and a half as a road favorite. It's sunny, 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:21.520 thirty three degrees outside of ford Field, Detroit at kickoff 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:27.480 on Sunday afternoon, the early TV window. The pick is 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:33.000 in and I am taking the Detroit Lions. I am 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:36.520 taking the Lions here now, Matt Patricia and Detroit are 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:39.520 going to attempt to do what everyone does against the 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:43.719 Cowboys and stop Zeke Elliott and forced Dak Prescott to 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:47.959 beat them. Even if they are successful, it won't matter. 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:51.000 Why is that because it's it's looking like Matthew Stafford 0:08:51.400 --> 0:08:54.680 he's gonna miss this start, which means Jeff Driskell we'll 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:58.319 get another opportunity to start for Detroit. In his first 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:00.839 start with the Lions, his claim to fame as he 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:04.080 ran for thirty seven yards and uh. And the reason 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.720 that's interesting is because he led the Lions and rushing. 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:09.679 He's the fifth different player the last five games to 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:14.360 lead the Lions and rushing. That's not good, especially only 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:18.120 had thirty seven yards. Now now, Secondly, the Lions Achilles 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:20.840 Heel happens to be in their second there and so 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:24.400 while they would like to force Dak Prescott to beat them, 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:26.720 I think we all know that that likely is something 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:29.199 that Dak will be able to do. Everyone is polarizing 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:33.760 the Detroit Lions defense. Detroit is twenty eight in past defense. 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:38.240 They're allowing two hundred and seventy two yards per game. Uh. Now, 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:42.199 the reason I'm taking the Lions. Uh. You know, Jason 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:46.520 Garrett's team lost to the Jets, so anything is possible. 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:49.000 If you lose to the Jets and you're the Cowboys, 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:52.160 you can certainly lose to the Lions, who I believe 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:56.559 are about the same maybe a little better than the Jets. Right, 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:59.360 and the beleaguered Cowboy coach you figure out even he 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:02.280 can't screw it up. But then you're like, well, I 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:04.360 think this game will be a closer game. I love 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:08.280 home dogs. I like the home doggie and the Cowboys 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:12.600 they have a much more important game for them against 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:14.560 the Patriots. So this is a peek a boo game 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:17.640 where Dallas. You figure they'll be focused because they lost 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:19.720 to the Vikings last week and they've not been playing 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:23.480 very well lately. But it's a much bigger game with 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:26.640 the Cowboys next week with a lot of national flavor 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.760 to it. There's no national flavor to this Dallas Detroit game. 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:31.880 So the Cowboys will win, but they won't cover the spread. 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:34.960 Cowboys twenty eight. Jeff Drisco on the Lions twenty four. 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:40.320 Penny does not like your decision. Go on with the 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:44.360 Dallas Cowboys, all right? Next up New Orleans at Tampa Bay. 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:46.600 The Saints seven and two, the Bucks are three and six. 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:49.840 It's on Fox, and are we playing the Dick Stockton game? Yeah? 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:52.720 We can, Uh, this is not a Dick Stockton game. 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:56.760 That is correct. It is a Tom Brennaman Chris Spielman game. 0:10:57.440 --> 0:10:59.199 They will have a call down the line on this game. 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:01.920 The Saints open and up a five point favorite. There 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.640 a five and a half point favorite. The New Orleans 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:06.880 Saints favorite by five and a half here. The weather 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:10.760 mostly sunny, sixty five degrees. That kick off at Raymond 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:15.320 James Stadium. For Bruce Arians my brother from a different mother. 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:18.240 We wear the same hat. Uh, And I'm gonna take 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:22.360 the Buccaneers here. And I admit this is not one 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:24.960 of my greater picks, but I I I'm just feeling 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:27.480 the bucketeers, and I'll tell you why. Drew Brees not 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:30.000 only did you look old against the foulcon's last week, 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:32.960 but he also apparently has some kind of rib problem. 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:36.120 And I believe he's so stubborn he's just gonna continue 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:38.240 playing and try to play through it because he doesn't 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:39.640 want to go to the bench and then have Teddy 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:44.280 Bridgewater light up the scoreboard again. So something bizarro is 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:47.720 happening here. I would agree with most casual people that 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:51.040 the on paper, the Saints should win this game by 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:53.440 forty points, but they still got to play the game 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:58.400 it's a road matchup. Generally, that's problematic over this great 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:02.079 run of Saints football. They're not nearly as lethal outside 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:06.040 the Buyou as they are in Louisiana. Most teams are 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:07.840 not as good on the road as at home. But 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:12.080 the Saints also, as road favorites by four or more points, 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:16.000 have a three eight five winning percentage under Sean Payton 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:20.400 in the recent years. And that's that's also something the factory, 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:23.960 and that's not great. Road favorites generally not a great 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:26.320 formula to make a lot of money. And secondly, Tampa, 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:29.120 now they're not a good team. They should be able 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:33.120 to stop the running game. Alvin Kamara uh that they've 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:35.520 been effective against run because no one's even trying to run. 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:38.280 Everyone can throw against The Bucks have the NFL's worst 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:43.280 pass defense. They're allowing two point nine yards per game. 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.319 So for me, I'm gonna need Jamis winst did to 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:49.320 make a bunch of big plays. He's also throwing a 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.800 bunch of big past numbers up. In fact, Winston has 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:55.000 got the longest active streak of three D plus passing 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:59.920 games four straight. Divisional games are generally close by nature. 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:03.559 I am gonna cover my eyes here, and I'm gonna 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:10.040 take the Buccaneers to hang around, hang around, take that 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:13.920 home dog divisional game. It's not seven points, but it's 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:19.320 five and a half Saints twenty six bucks, twenty three 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:22.240 penny going that way, going with the Buccaneers. So do 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.760 we have time to get trivial? Should we knock trivial 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:26.280 stuff out of there? Yeah? You know, I have a 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:28.520 question for you, but I'll ask you when we come 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:30.600 to that game in in d C. But yeah, let's 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:33.240 get trivial day, all right. Matt Ryan needs two hundred 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:37.360 fifty four yards to surpass Blank for the tenth most 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:41.280 passing yards in NFL history. Mattie Ice, he needs two 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:44.520 hundred fifty four yards this weekend to pass Blank for 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:48.079 the most or the tenth most passing yards in NFL history. 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:49.800 Give me the answer in a couple of minutes. Here, 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:53.920 speaking of Atlanta, the Falcons two and seven Carolina five 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:57.560 and four. Is this the Dick Stockton game? It is not. 0:13:58.720 --> 0:14:00.880 You are wrong, you lose the Stockton This is the 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:04.920 game our friend Dick and Mark lay Writh have the 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:08.680 call on Fox. I bet you Dick Stockton wishes he 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:10.880 was doing the Prep Zone game on Friday. But he's 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:12.880 not he's not allowed to do it. I think his 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:15.600 paychecks probably a little bit heavier. I do not think. 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:17.000 I do not think that at all. Anyway, this and 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:21.160 the Panthers opened a seven point favorite. Carolina is favored 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:24.720 by five and a half. The weather here mostly sunny, 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:29.120 fifty two degrees. That kick off at Bank of America 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:33.360 Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. It's a divisional matchup. The 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:36.960 Falcons are my pick. I'm gonna take Atlanta here, uh 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.040 And I'll give you my logic behind it now. Obviously, 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:42.000 Christian McCaffrey a is a great player. He's been MR consistent. 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:44.600 He's gone seven straight games with a rushing touchdown. He'll 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.760 get his numbers here against Atlanta. But I am banking 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:52.040 on the Falcons trying to build on what they did 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:54.600 last week and not just being satisfied that was their 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.240 super Bowl. They won a game against the Saints. They're 0:14:57.280 --> 0:15:00.120 gonna come back and commit, commit to the thing as 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.880 they did last week. They changed the defensive play calling 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:05.160 and I don't know who the guy is. I don't 0:15:05.160 --> 0:15:07.240 have his name everybody, but they took it away from 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.320 the head coach and it obviously worked. The Saints had 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:13.160 nine points. That's it. Nine points. Now, this is a 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:16.440 game that you would figure Atlanta, if they follow those 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:20.480 same principles, should be able to attack Kyle Allen, who 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:23.920 cooled off a bit after playing pretty well the first 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:26.520 couple of weeks. He's been okay, but he's he hasn't 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:29.760 gotten better, hasn't got better? Now be the big difference 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:33.680 is defensive tenacity if you look at the numbers, but 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:36.520 you can. The Panthers lead the NFL and sacks they've 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:39.200 got the most by any team through nine games since 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:44.480 the Chiefs back in the Falcons. They are thirty in sacks, 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:46.440 which means that Kyle Allen should have plenty of time 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:50.960 to do his theam his thing. But Atlanta had six 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:53.160 sacks against the Saints last week. So that's why I'm 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:56.600 saying you gotta throw the numbers out because if that 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:59.680 Atlanta team shows up, if you get six sacks against 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:01.760 the Aints, you should be able to get four or 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:07.400 five sacks against Carolina using simpleton knowledge. Uh so uh. 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.600 Despite all that, there is also a Peaka boo situation 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:15.360 for for Carolina, they have a key NFC South matchup 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:19.240 with the new Orleans Saints next week, and they're they're 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.840 still thinking Carolina they can catch New Orleans in the division. 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.480 New Orleans is seven and two, Carolina is five and four. 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:26.800 Carolina wins this game, they get the six wins. Let's 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:29.840 say New Orleans stumbles in Tampa and all of a sudden, 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:34.600 next week's matchup becomes unbelievably important and can shake up 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:37.000 the NFC South. So when you got the peek a 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:40.440 boo situation and all that, and Atlanta team feeling pretty good, 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:43.440 hopefully they don't just pack it and start sucking their 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:46.360 thumb in the fetal position. I am going to take 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:51.640 the Carolina Panthers to win, but I'm gonna take the 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:58.320 Falcons to cover. So I had the pregnant pause there. 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:02.280 It's all good because you don't look pregnant anymore. He's 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:06.000 going with the Panthers. I feel pregnant, though I do alright. 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.359 Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:11.600 Show week days at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:14.720 Let's get trivial. Matt Ryan needs two or at fifty 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:17.800 four yards to surpass Blank for the tenth most passing 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:20.080 yards at NFL history. Fill in the blank, gust guard, 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:23.560 show me your lightning bull? Does it? Dan Fouts? Dan 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:27.800 Founts a great name. Nineteen seventies, eighties Chargers football, San 0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:31.240 Diego Chargers. I love the San Diego Chargers. Uh No, 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:38.639 correct answer? Warren move Hall of Famer Warren moves. The 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:42.520 Oilers and a bunch of other teams bounced around Chiefs. 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:46.440 I think you played with the Seahawks also at the 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:51.879 and is he still a Seahawks broadcaster? Who knows Jacksonville 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:57.240 four and five at Indianapolis five and four? It's on CBS. 0:17:57.560 --> 0:18:01.560 Andrew Catalan and James Lofton have the call. Now. The 0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:04.560 Colts opened at three and a half point favorite. They 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:06.359 are favorite now by two and a half to be 0:18:06.480 --> 0:18:13.840 mostly cloudy forty one degrees at kickoff at Lucas Oil Stadium, 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:17.320 and the pig is in. I'm gonna take Jacksonville in 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:19.400 this game. Now. A couple of things. Number one, Nick 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:21.760 Foles pays back. I don't know if that's a good 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:25.440 thing or not. I like Gardner Minshew, but Minshew mania 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:29.000 ran out of gas. You know that whole thing. Is 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:30.720 it a fat or is it a trend? Well, it 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:34.879 appears that Minshew mania was a fad, not a trend. Unfortunately, 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:37.920 Hopefully he'll be back at some point. I like the guy, 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:40.080 but he did not play as well. The more he played, 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:42.960 the more teams figured him out. I have no idea 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:45.320 what to expect from Nick Foles. He's a second rate 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:48.520 quarterback in my book, who had an out of body 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:53.000 experience in Philadelphia. If the Colts had a losing record, 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:55.639 I was certainly like Jacksonville more in this game. The 0:18:55.760 --> 0:18:58.840 Jags are four and oh against teams with a winning 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:02.399 percentage or lower, but oh in five against teams that 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:06.000 are currently above five hundred, where Indianapolis is five and four. 0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:08.840 And you look at the numbers recently, it's not been good. 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:12.640 The Jags are just two and seven against divisional opponents 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:16.080 since the start of last year, and uh, the only 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:18.600 teams worse have been the Bengals and the Jets. It's 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:21.919 not good now. The second thing here for Indy it 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:24.560 appears that Jacobe Brissette, who has had a knee problem, 0:19:24.560 --> 0:19:27.639 didn't play last week. He's expected to start, at least 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:30.040 as the time we're recording the podcast, he's gonna start, 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:34.240 and that's a relief because Brian Hoyer completely screwed up 0:19:34.280 --> 0:19:37.480 against the Dolphins. Hoyer has lost all all of his 0:19:37.640 --> 0:19:41.240 last ten starts with four different teams. And you lose 0:19:41.359 --> 0:19:43.520 the Dolphins. I mean, what are you doing? And you're 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:45.960 at home and you've got that roster. I know, Vinitary 0:19:46.000 --> 0:19:48.680 has messed up and all that. The Colts roster has 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:51.240 been crippled. It's not Brissette's coming back, but there's a 0:19:51.240 --> 0:19:54.199 bunch of other guys that are either playing injured or 0:19:54.320 --> 0:19:57.159 not playing at all on both sides of the ball. 0:19:57.760 --> 0:20:01.800 So I'm not that confident in nick Folds two point oh. 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:04.680 But the fact that the Colts roster is dinged up 0:20:04.680 --> 0:20:09.720 and Jacobe Brissette likely will not be quite himself with 0:20:09.840 --> 0:20:14.000 the knee and all that, I am all about that action. Boss. 0:20:14.359 --> 0:20:18.200 Jacksonville will win this game out right. People say, what's 0:20:18.240 --> 0:20:20.359 wrong with the Colts? How do they lose back to 0:20:20.440 --> 0:20:27.320 back to back? Here, I'll take Jacksonville Colt sixteen. Penny 0:20:27.320 --> 0:20:30.840 likes the way you think going to Jacksonville Jaguars. 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My tribute to Pat Summer All Kevin Harlan 0:21:12.160 --> 0:21:16.679 and Rich Gannon have the call. The Vikings opened up 0:21:16.680 --> 0:21:19.520 a ten and a half point favorite. They are currently 0:21:19.560 --> 0:21:22.400 favored by ten and a half. It's gonna be cloudy 0:21:22.440 --> 0:21:25.160 in thirty six in the Twin Cities outside of US 0:21:25.240 --> 0:21:28.160 Banks Stadium, would be fine inside the dome. I'm gonna 0:21:28.160 --> 0:21:32.720 take the Broncos your Bronchos in this game. Now. First 0:21:32.720 --> 0:21:36.119 of all, Denver was able to squeeze past Cleveland, and 0:21:36.119 --> 0:21:37.800 it wasn't even really a squeeze past because they were 0:21:37.880 --> 0:21:40.119 leading by I think it was twelve points going to 0:21:40.119 --> 0:21:42.120 the fourth quarter in that game. That was Brandon Allen's 0:21:42.200 --> 0:21:46.000 maiden voyage in Denver and they then had to buy 0:21:46.000 --> 0:21:48.959 a week and now they get another chance to Alan 0:21:49.040 --> 0:21:51.640 does to show that he's not a bum. Good luck, 0:21:51.680 --> 0:21:55.800 because Drew Lock is lurking in the shadows there. He's 0:21:55.800 --> 0:21:58.800 gonna be the guy locked and eventually ends up taking over. 0:21:58.840 --> 0:22:01.800 But Alan, with a very con servative or medial game plan, 0:22:02.800 --> 0:22:07.439 was surprisingly solid. Uh they only attempted twenty passes, he 0:22:07.480 --> 0:22:09.840 completed twelve of them. He had a couple of touchdowns, 0:22:09.880 --> 0:22:14.119