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Speaker 1: It's time to place your bets. Let's talk to the pros.

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Speaker 2: Welcome in everybody to betting pros. I'm your host, Joe

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Speaker 2: Piza Pierre. We got a great show for you today.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna be talking a little NFL futures, some team

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Speaker 2: win totals, a little overs, a little unders post free agency,

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Speaker 2: with the draft looming just a few weeks away now,

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Speaker 2: which is very exciting stuff. It might be some opportunities

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Speaker 2: here depending on which teams we think might be more

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Speaker 2: fully formed than others or have made some really interesting

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Speaker 2: offseason moves to talk about where some of those stand.

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Speaker 2: And we've got our top ten favorite ones to discuss here,

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Speaker 2: which teams that free agency really did impact in terms

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Speaker 2: of their twenty twenty one win totals. And one of

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Speaker 2: my favorite people to talk football with is one of

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Speaker 2: my old pals from Sports Grid, one of my TV brothers.

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Speaker 2: You know him from Sports Grid all the time, hosting

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Speaker 2: so many shows there. He does such fantasic work. You

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Speaker 2: know him from Football Full Circle, from In Game Live,

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Speaker 2: from Pro Football Today, he hosts college football there. He's

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Speaker 2: so versatile and that's why I love him. He's also

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Speaker 2: a handsome devil, and that's why you watch us over

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Speaker 2: on the YouTube channel as well for Betting Pros. He's

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Speaker 2: Mike Blewett. Mike, Welcome to the program, my friend. How

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Speaker 2: are you today?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, buddy, fired up, I'm ready to talk to some

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Speaker 3: win totals. Obviously, a lot going on in the football world,

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Speaker 3: as there always is, and I'm excited to be on

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Speaker 3: this pod with you. It's our first time working together

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Speaker 3: in quite a while.

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Speaker 2: I know, and that's just that's a shame. It's terrible.

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Speaker 2: I hate that. But that's why I said. You know

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Speaker 2: why I've been talked to in a while, my good

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Speaker 2: pal Mike, and I want to talk to him because

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Speaker 2: you are a big time Steelers guy. I'm a big

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Speaker 2: time Pats guy. We've had our fun throughout the years together,

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Speaker 2: you and I. But you are so passionate about football,

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Speaker 2: so passionate about wagering. I thought you'd be a really

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Speaker 2: good person to talk about some of these And you know,

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Speaker 2: obviously NFL free agency this year was fast and furious.

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Speaker 2: There was a lot of movement. So before you even

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Speaker 2: get into the team win totals, what were some of

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Speaker 2: your major takeaways from free agency that you really felt

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Speaker 2: like a certain team really did change their stars, maybe

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Speaker 2: potentially in some of the moves that they made, or

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Speaker 2: maybe move backwards in some of the players that they lost.

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Speaker 2: Because certainly the Raiders losing offensive linemen, the Titans losing

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Speaker 2: that kind of you feel like, I'm not sure where

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Speaker 2: they are right now. Maybe they can fill these holes

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Speaker 2: in the draft in a few weeks. But Mike, it

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Speaker 2: was a lot of movement this offseason.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's fair.

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Speaker 3: And I would say from a macro perspective, one thing

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Speaker 3: And I think because we are seeing an influx of huge,

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Speaker 2: And you could pay those new incoming wide receivers less

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Speaker 2: touched on changes a quarterback. And let's start with our

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Speaker 2: overunders here because over on bettingpros dot com we have

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Speaker 2: our consensus wagering. So basically it takes all the different

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Speaker 2: over under right now currently is sitting at ten. That's

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Speaker 2: the over under now. Last year this was an eleven

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Speaker 3: So I think that's everything you said is fair. And

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Speaker 4: It was a cool way to lose that.

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Speaker 3: But I think they're a very well built team. I

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Speaker 3: They've lost offensive lineman and Anthony Costanzo, their long time

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Speaker 3: I thought this was the only logical place really for

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Speaker 4: Am I bullish about it?

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Speaker 3: That's maybe a stronger term, But I feel good about

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Speaker 3: I think they're too good of a team top to bottom,

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Speaker 2: That's why I keep coming back to leaning the over

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Speaker 2: I think Houston's going to just be in chaos this year.

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Speaker 2: It's hard not to feel like that's the path that's going.

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Speaker 2: And look, this is why we're talking about these early

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Speaker 2: I've never been the biggest Jared Goff guy. I think

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Speaker 2: I think Matthew Stafford is one of the most underappreciated

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Speaker 2: been really tough in Detroit. Now you drop him here

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Speaker 2: Last year they were a ten win team, To me,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, best division football top to bottom. I think many

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Speaker 3: people would agree. You know what's funny, Joe, When whenever

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Speaker 3: we go to Twitter to see what the reactions are.

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Speaker 3: There are times when you disagree with the consensus and

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Speaker 3: you start to question whether or not you've thought this through.

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Speaker 3: And there are other times when there are millions of

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Speaker 4: That what's the big deal?

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Speaker 3: Stafford sucks just like golf sucks. And I know I'm

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Speaker 3: right because I disagree with them. Matt Stafford's a very

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Speaker 3: is it's still a very competitive division. There's no easy

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Speaker 4: Last few years. They have no depth.

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Speaker 3: They are extremely top heavy, but.

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Speaker 2: That's they're top heavy in the cap too, and that's

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Speaker 2: the thing that you're paying Aaron Donald. You're paying those

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Speaker 2: Where's the depth? Your one hundred percent correct. That's why

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Speaker 3: Mike, Yeah, there's a stat that we often look at

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Speaker 3: So even if Aaron Donald doesn't get hurt, I'm just

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Speaker 3: Even though I think they're a very good team and

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Speaker 2: Last year, this was eleven win team. Now I kind

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Speaker 2: what I'm looking at. I don't know if they're eleven

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Speaker 2: I kind of lean towards the over here with the Titans,

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Speaker 2: I think Vrabel does a terrific job, But Mike is

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Speaker 2: Can they continue to sustaining what they've done here? Because it's

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's totally fair. Now.

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Speaker 3: It's why they went out and got bud Dupree, but

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Speaker 3: they paid a premium for bud Dupree was coming off

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Speaker 4: But it's a very top heavy.

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Speaker 3: I keep using this term team in terms of touches, right,

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Speaker 3: this is an AJ Brown Derrick Henry team, a very

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Speaker 4: If you were so, I would have the Colts winning

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Speaker 3: I would have the Colts winning that division again. Keep

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Speaker 3: so some tough games in there. This one's a little

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Speaker 3: closer for me. For the Titans to get to ten

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Speaker 4: I don't know Sam's like I think it is.

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Speaker 2: I think the NFL is pretty good. I mean yeah,

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Speaker 3: I think he's accomplished something, and I think that's the

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Speaker 3: do I think they'll clear it easily? Eleven to twelve

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Speaker 2: I agree with you. I think I have more confident

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Speaker 2: the high end low end of the Tennessee Titans. Right now,

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Speaker 2: Nine is the number for them, no more Drew Brees.

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Speaker 2: So obviously you knew this was going to take a hit.

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Speaker 2: We'll get to the Patriots at a second in what

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Speaker 2: right now with Winston and Taysom Hill. Does this seem

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Speaker 2: going to take I feel like, a year to reappropriate

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Speaker 3: I think so a little bit. I have a lot

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Speaker 3: they lost Trey Hendrickson and we knew that was potentially

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Speaker 3: I think that Saints are really well built top to bottom.

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Speaker 4: I don't think.

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Speaker 4: I don't buy it.

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Speaker 2: I never bought it either.

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Speaker 3: I think Jamis is coming in here at some point,

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Speaker 4: And I can't argue with you. He threw thirty interceptions

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Speaker 2: But you know what, you know, look at the end

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Speaker 4: Are the second best team in the division.

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Speaker 2: Well, that's that's why I keep coming back to it.

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Speaker 2: You either have the coach or you don't. NFL, you

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Speaker 2: consensus number is right now. Over under last year they

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Speaker 2: I think there's certainly every reason to believe he can

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00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,880
Speaker 2: be a playmaker for them. They still lack a little

437
00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,439
Speaker 2: bit of playmaking ability, which hopefully they'll make up four

438
00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,000
Speaker 2: in the draft. We'll see how that goes. They could

439
00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,480
Speaker 2: even potentially take a quarterback yere if somebody slips. It's

440
00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:29,720
Speaker 2: very possible. They're in a weird spot in this draft

441
00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,399
Speaker 2: where they could take advantage of a player that falls

442
00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,760
Speaker 2: a couple spots longer than they should. They went for Agalore,

443
00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,200
Speaker 2: they went for Kendrick Bourne, two receivers that have played

444
00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:42,040
Speaker 2: well but nobody expected them to and this is fascinating

445
00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,560
Speaker 2: to see if they can get anything out of them.

446
00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,359
Speaker 2: But overall, I gotta tell you, I think the biggest

447
00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:48,439
Speaker 2: addition for the Pats is getting all those players back

448
00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,480
Speaker 2: year over year that sat out. They had the most

449
00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,080
Speaker 2: players sit out for COVID last year. So for me,

450
00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,880
Speaker 2: looking at the nine wins, I look at this division,

451
00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,600
Speaker 2: I think Buffalo is still the class of it. Miami's

452
00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:01,480
Speaker 2: going to be tricky, but.

453
00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:03,800
Speaker 4: The rest of us know what their QB play is

454
00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:04,080
Speaker 4: gonna be.

455
00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,200
Speaker 2: Like this number feels about right to me on the nine.

456
00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:09,600
Speaker 2: And that's another one where I think I just stay

457
00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,880
Speaker 2: away from this nine with the Pats. Do you see

458
00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,320
Speaker 2: the bottoming out of Cam Newton here? Like or is

459
00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:16,960
Speaker 2: this year two in the offense and all of a

460
00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,520
Speaker 2: sudden they blow this nine away and become an eleven

461
00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:20,359
Speaker 2: or twelve win team.

462
00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:22,000
Speaker 4: I'm with you, Joe.

463
00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,320
Speaker 3: I think I'm gonna stay away here, if only because

464
00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:27,800
Speaker 3: I misread the Patriots pretty badly last year. Then again,

465
00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:30,240
Speaker 3: they dealt with a lot right Cam Newton got sick

466
00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:32,440
Speaker 3: in the middle of the year, they still won seven games.

467
00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:38,080
Speaker 3: I think what's interesting about their acquisitions this offseason is

468
00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:41,440
Speaker 3: some of them are a little head scratching. But at

469
00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,520
Speaker 3: the same time, here's what I ultimately think. I think

470
00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,240
Speaker 3: these transactions can help them get back on the right

471
00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:50,679
Speaker 3: track for twenty twenty one, and I don't know that

472
00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:54,560
Speaker 3: any of it really impacts them long term. Towards the positive,

473
00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,440
Speaker 3: I think they see a little bump and the Pats

474
00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,760
Speaker 3: get back to nine or ten wins. They're back in

475
00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,600
Speaker 3: the playoffs, and fans are like hoping this momentum will

476
00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,000
Speaker 3: keep rolling all the way through to twenty twenty two

477
00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,800
Speaker 3: and beyond and that might not be the case. I

478
00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:10,239
Speaker 3: think that could be the situation here. I think they

479
00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:12,760
Speaker 3: get a nice little bump in twenty twenty one, people say, ah,

480
00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,520
Speaker 3: we're back to normal, and then in twenty twenty two, well,

481
00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:17,640
Speaker 3: I still don't really know where a long term quarterback

482
00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,880
Speaker 3: is because Cam was fine, but not a pro bowler

483
00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,800
Speaker 3: and we're happy to be in the playoffs. That's just

484
00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,800
Speaker 3: not really the way the Patriots have been rolling for

485
00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,240
Speaker 3: the last twenty years. So I think you're right in

486
00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,840
Speaker 3: this draft. I think they can wait for somebody to

487
00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:31,760
Speaker 3: fall out of the top ten and then pounce. That's

488
00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,040
Speaker 3: really more the way that they do things as opposed

489
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,159
Speaker 3: to giving up a ton of assets to move to

490
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Speaker 3: number four. In terms of their win total, I would

491
00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,800
Speaker 3: lean towards the over, but I don't feel confident about

492
00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,200
Speaker 3: this at all because I think it could go sideways

493
00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:45,560
Speaker 3: for them.

494
00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,800
Speaker 2: It's very easy after last year to see it going sideways,

495
00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,920
Speaker 2: especially with Cam Newton. So I'm gonna just stay away

496
00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:53,760
Speaker 2: from this one. Let's talk and stay in this division

497
00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,960
Speaker 2: with the Dolphins too. This is another nine win team. Now,

498
00:21:56,960 --> 00:21:58,320
Speaker 2: they have a ton of draft picks, they have a

499
00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,800
Speaker 2: quarterback in progress, with two. He's got a ton of talent.

500
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,119
Speaker 2: We've seen him in college, We've seen what he's capable of,

501
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,160
Speaker 2: but we also saw him struggle at the NFL level

502
00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,920
Speaker 2: last year at times, and I think you saw some good,

503
00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,119
Speaker 2: little good moments there at times as well. So I

504
00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,480
Speaker 2: don't want to say that Tua can't overcome this and

505
00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,600
Speaker 2: make this a ten win team if they do end

506
00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:17,439
Speaker 2: up with a Kyle Pitts or somebody like that. I mean,

507
00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,560
Speaker 2: they're in a position where they could really load up here.

508
00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:21,639
Speaker 2: It's just whether or not you can get everything to

509
00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,720
Speaker 2: work together at once. And I think Flores has done

510
00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:28,080
Speaker 2: a tremendous job of making them bringing credibility to the Dolphins,

511
00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,560
Speaker 2: which they've lacked, you know, in that Adam Gase era

512
00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,160
Speaker 2: quite a bit. And it's nice to see the Dolphins

513
00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:35,359
Speaker 2: kind of get back to that standard because they're historic

514
00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,480
Speaker 2: NFL franchise. But that nine number, for you, this is

515
00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:42,119
Speaker 2: another tricky one, I think, where you know, free agent wise,

516
00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,280
Speaker 2: you know, I don't know what kind of you know,

517
00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:47,080
Speaker 2: big moves besides Will Fuller on the offensive side that

518
00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,879
Speaker 2: you can look to. But the draft, I feel like

519
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:51,960
Speaker 2: is going to tell the tale. Is this the number.

520
00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,359
Speaker 2: You want to get in now before they get Kyle

521
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,360
Speaker 2: Pitts and somebody else, Like if they get Kyle Pitts

522
00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,320
Speaker 2: and Nase Harris or something like that. I feel like

523
00:22:58,359 --> 00:22:59,560
Speaker 2: this nine is going to go to a nine and

524
00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,600
Speaker 2: a half or maybe even at ten because people are

525
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,480
Speaker 2: gonna be very bullish about them. What are your thoughts

526
00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:05,359
Speaker 2: on the Dolphins. Is the time to get in or

527
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,680
Speaker 2: is it stay away because it's still work in progress.

528
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,680
Speaker 3: I think probably stay away. But I think you made

529
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,239
Speaker 3: a really good point there. This is the type of

530
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:17,320
Speaker 3: line that could be severely impacted, significantly impacted by the

531
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Speaker 3: transactions that they make.

532
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:20,920
Speaker 4: Look they're at six, I'd be.

533
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,600
Speaker 3: Stunned if they don't end up with Pits or Jamar Chase,

534
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,679
Speaker 3: So I think it's probably more likely chased in Pits

535
00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,879
Speaker 3: to me. But we'll see how this draft plays out

536
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,680
Speaker 3: in the next couple of weeks. I do think that

537
00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,640
Speaker 3: this is a very well coached team. I think Flores

538
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,439
Speaker 3: is still being underrated with what he's been able to do.

539
00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,840
Speaker 3: Along with Jim Chris Greer in a fairly short period

540
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,359
Speaker 3: of time, they're able to remake this franchise.

541
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:46,840
Speaker 4: I like the way they are built.

542
00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,480
Speaker 3: I think there's still a ways to go before they're

543
00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,880
Speaker 3: consistently in front of the Patriots and competing with what

544
00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:57,680
Speaker 3: is now a very well respected Bills team. But I

545
00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,960
Speaker 3: would lean towards the over with Miami. I have faith

546
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,879
Speaker 3: and Flores. I think there's enough good pieces here. I

547
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:06,399
Speaker 3: think they play solid d the Will Fuller thing, like

548
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,800
Speaker 3: we're fantasy football players on this pod as well, and

549
00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:14,520
Speaker 3: they'll never be a year where somebody won't buy in

550
00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:18,720
Speaker 3: to will Fuller. So it's all about Will Fuller stayed

551
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 3: healthy for seventeen games well, because he doesn't.

552
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,040
Speaker 2: Because he doesn't. He answered whatever he was taking last year,

553
00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,000
Speaker 2: they kept him on the field. Now he can't take it.

554
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:27,879
Speaker 4: So what are you gonna do?

555
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,840
Speaker 2: Now, Let's talk about the Arizona Cardinals. They just made

556
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,280
Speaker 2: an acquisition, actually just yesterday, James Connor coming into the

557
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 2: fold to join Chase Edmonds. They also brought in aj

558
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,240
Speaker 2: Green in the offseason. But you know, the Cardinals, everything

559
00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,560
Speaker 2: just hinges on the health of Kyler Murray and whether

560
00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:44,680
Speaker 2: or not Cliff Kingsbury can kind of get better a

561
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:47,240
Speaker 2: little bit with the play calling. I think there's still

562
00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,280
Speaker 2: some issues there on the defensive side of the football. Opportunistic.

563
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,800
Speaker 2: I would call this defense. They create turnovers very well.

564
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,640
Speaker 2: They're aggressive sometimes, but sometimes it costs them. Also, you've

565
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,160
Speaker 2: seen them blow games as well. What are your thoughts

566
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,440
Speaker 2: on this Cardinals number? Basically they're till you know, they're

567
00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,040
Speaker 2: a little less than a five hundred team. This is

568
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,240
Speaker 2: the swing. Now it's very different. So you see the eight.

569
00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:09,239
Speaker 2: Now that's not five hundred anymore. So we got to like,

570
00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,520
Speaker 2: we got to like reprogram our brains. Now there is

571
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,080
Speaker 2: no five hundred. So what do you think they're gonna

572
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,959
Speaker 2: go here? With the seventeen game schedule? Do you think

573
00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,240
Speaker 2: they get to that nine or is the eight where

574
00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,640
Speaker 2: you'd want to realistically kind of keep them.

575
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,439
Speaker 3: I would say that they get to the nine, I

576
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 3: would pick them as an over. I don't think it's

577
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,359
Speaker 3: a hard over necessarily, but I do pick them to

578
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 3: go over. The disturbing part about the Cardinals is what

579
00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,000
Speaker 3: you mentioned. There are moments where we saw which is

580
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:38,639
Speaker 3: ironic because Cliff Kingsbury is a very aggressive offensive coach

581
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,439
Speaker 3: and there were times in game situations where he became

582
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:47,480
Speaker 3: timid or conservative, which bugged me a lot and bugs

583
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,600
Speaker 3: me for their potential long term success because I think

584
00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,920
Speaker 3: Kyler obviously being in place and acquiring weapons like DeAndre Hopkins,

585
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,359
Speaker 3: and some of the other things they've even done this

586
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,960
Speaker 3: offseason which you mentioned, are interesting.

587
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,440
Speaker 4: But this was six and three team.

588
00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,080
Speaker 3: Kyler got banged up and it started to slip slide away,

589
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 3: and they went two and five down the stretch, which

590
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,919
Speaker 3: is a horrible way to close out. I think people

591
00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,800
Speaker 3: will sometimes not realize that they were in six and

592
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:17,400
Speaker 3: three and in an unbelievable position based on the hail

593
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,959
Speaker 3: mary that was caught by DeAndre Hopkins. But nonetheless they

594
00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,240
Speaker 3: won that football game. So six and three is what

595
00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,720
Speaker 3: I'm going to focus on. When Kyler was healthy, I

596
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 3: do think he's that much of a difference maker. They

597
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,720
Speaker 3: continue to add pieces. You're right, the defense needs to

598
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,960
Speaker 3: get better. I think Cliff needs to get better in

599
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 3: situational game calling, but I absolutely shade to the over

600
00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:39,000
Speaker 3: I don't think.

601
00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 4: They regress at all.

602
00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,399
Speaker 3: The only issue for them is the things we've mentioned,

603
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,280
Speaker 3: plus how competitive the division is. But you can't just

604
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,720
Speaker 3: assume that somebody's going to dominate the division. They If

605
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,960
Speaker 3: they end up going five hundred to the division, that's

606
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:52,560
Speaker 3: just fine.

607
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,440
Speaker 2: Well, especially because historically, you know, They've played some of

608
00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,239
Speaker 2: their better football against the forty nine ers and some

609
00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,200
Speaker 2: other division. They show up to play Seattle for the

610
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,200
Speaker 2: most part, you know, I remember that's un they get

611
00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:04,800
Speaker 2: up for the big games. I think they got to

612
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,399
Speaker 2: take care of more business and the teams they are

613
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,800
Speaker 2: supposed to beat sometimes, and that's comes. I think that

614
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:11,960
Speaker 2: comes with maturity. And we'll see if that takes a

615
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:12,400
Speaker 2: step forward.

616
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:12,720
Speaker 4: I'm with you.

617
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,000
Speaker 2: I'm a slight lean towards the over on the Cardinals

618
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,120
Speaker 2: as well. The Washington football team got themselves a new quarterback,

619
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,960
Speaker 2: a new old quarterback in Ryan Fitzpatrick. This was the

620
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,600
Speaker 2: under five hundred team that went to the playoffs. And

621
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:25,840
Speaker 2: you know, for all the buzz everyone's talking about Hurts

622
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,160
Speaker 2: and the Eagles, for all the buzz on the Giants

623
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 2: signing Kenny Galladay and all that, I come back to defense,

624
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,479
Speaker 2: and I come back to you know, they had no

625
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:37,560
Speaker 2: quarterback play last year. I mean the quarterback play Alex

626
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,159
Speaker 2: Smith was admirable at times, but let's be honest, I

627
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 2: mean at times this was dreadful. So Ryan Fitzpatrick still capable.

628
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 2: I kind of feel like this this eight is actually

629
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 2: not giving them enough credit and that's how good they

630
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,200
Speaker 2: are defensively, and how much faith I have in Ron

631
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,000
Speaker 2: Rivera in what they're doing there. I think this is

632
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:57,679
Speaker 2: an over and this is one of the few that

633
00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,160
Speaker 2: I kind of look at it and I go, you know what,

634
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,480
Speaker 2: the missing east was the quarterback. The missing piece was

635
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,919
Speaker 2: the leadership. And everybody loves Fitzpatrick. It seems like all

636
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 2: his teammates love him, and I think that's kind of

637
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 2: the thing you need right now. And it feels to

638
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 2: me like Washington is not getting the respect that they

639
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,439
Speaker 2: deserve just because they didn't, you know, win in you

640
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,200
Speaker 2: know a lot of games to win that division. And yeah,

641
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 2: we'll see what the Cowboys are this year with Dak back.

642
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,960
Speaker 2: But well, again, defensively, that team struggles mightily regardless. So

643
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 2: I don't know, I think Washington football team's kind of

644
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:26,320
Speaker 2: getting them short end of the stick here.

645
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:29,119
Speaker 3: What do you think fitz should just be selling T

646
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 3: shirts with his big face on it, with his huge

647
00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,960
Speaker 3: bushy beard with Yolo written across it, because that's.

648
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:37,800
Speaker 4: That's the embodiment of Yolo.

649
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 3: He's like, I'll grow my hair as long as I

650
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,000
Speaker 3: want on my face and I'll just throw for four

651
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 3: hundred yards in a given game. We all know if

652
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,360
Speaker 3: Fits got seventeen starts, there's gonna be some clunkers in there.

653
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,959
Speaker 3: But we're gonna have a lot of fun watching him,

654
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 3: and I do. I'm with you on this one as well.

655
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:57,480
Speaker 3: We're agreeing a lot here, and my only concern is that,

656
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:02,120
Speaker 3: you know, Fitz have a really bad stretch and they

657
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,880
Speaker 3: dump a couple of games that they're supposed to win.

658
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 3: But we're in a weak division where we still don't

659
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 3: even know what Daniel Jones and the Giants are going

660
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 3: to look like. Where Philly is admitting that they're in

661
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 3: a rebuild with Jalen Hurts, who's dynamic, but he can't

662
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 3: carry the team all by himself. Philly's got a ton

663
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 3: of holes, which I think is still underrated how much

664
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 3: they need to fix. But there was a moment last

665
00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 3: year when this division where nobody wanted to win the

666
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 3: division and Washington got into a stretch, and I remember

667
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:37,560
Speaker 3: saying on Sports Grid on various shows that the bet

668
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 3: right now is Washington And this is probably at a

669
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,080
Speaker 3: time where they had two or three wins, but they

670
00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 3: were heading into a stretch because everybody else in the

671
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 3: division couldn't do anything right. But Washington did one thing

672
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,320
Speaker 3: right every game. They pressured the quarterback, and they were

673
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,479
Speaker 3: good in the front four especially and the front seven.

674
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 2: So and they started to run the football a little

675
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,520
Speaker 2: well too, Gibbs It yeah, kiss. They had that intermediate

676
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 2: short game kind of going for them where they can

677
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 2: move the ball a little at a time to eat

678
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 2: clock and play defense. And that plays in December, and

679
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 2: it plays.

680
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 3: In Jesus too, and Joe, you and I would sit

681
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 3: here and say that they didn't even really utilize Terry

682
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,240
Speaker 3: McLaurin the way that any of us would want them to,

683
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:22,920
Speaker 3: and they still won the division. So imagine when he

684
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,400
Speaker 3: gets unlocked a little bit and they start utilizing some

685
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,960
Speaker 3: of these other pieces. Antonio Gibson obviously was great.

686
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,560
Speaker 2: And Kurtis Samuels now in the fold two there, which

687
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 2: is a really interesting piece of very loll I like it.

688
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 2: I could do a lot of things with.

689
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 4: I like it. I would never bet them under.

690
00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,880
Speaker 3: I do think that there's still an opportunity for Washington

691
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 3: to grab a long term piece at quarterback, but I

692
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 3: think Fitz gets the.

693
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:45,520
Speaker 4: Start to begin the year.

694
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,520
Speaker 2: Now we talk about the Giants in that same division,

695
00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 2: Their numbers at seven now. They did sign Kenny Golladay.

696
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,800
Speaker 2: This is the make or break year for Daniel Jones,

697
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 2: and it really hinges so much on Saquon Barkley because

698
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,400
Speaker 2: when Barkley's in the lineup, you see Daniel Jones's numbers

699
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 2: are completely different. And that's understandable. He is the you know,

700
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 2: possibly one of the best running backs in football. But

701
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 2: the problem is he hasn't been on the field much

702
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 2: in the last two years, and that's a distinct problem.

703
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 2: So you're betting on health here, and on top of which,

704
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 2: you're betting on whether or not Daniel Jones can cure

705
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 2: the ills of the turnovers that have plagued him throughout

706
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,800
Speaker 2: his career. This number is at seven right now. They

707
00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 2: were a six win team last year. To me, this

708
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 2: is a stay away because I don't think any of

709
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 2: us know the answer, and I don't see anything that's

710
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 2: leading me towards feeling really strong that it's going to

711
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 2: be better. And every NFL team will find a couple

712
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,920
Speaker 2: of those, you know, wins that nobody thought they would win,

713
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 2: and this kind of puts them around seven. I mean,

714
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,800
Speaker 2: this feels like a seven to ten team to me,

715
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 2: which again, like you said before, we got to get

716
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,600
Speaker 2: used to saying these things. That's kind of what it

717
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,160
Speaker 2: feels like. It feels like a team that's a little

718
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 2: under five hundred is going to get beat up a

719
00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,160
Speaker 2: little bit outside, you know, when they start to play

720
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 2: other teams that are better than them outside of their division.

721
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,840
Speaker 3: I think that's fair. We have to give Joe Judge

722
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,560
Speaker 3: some amount of credit. Right, this is an Owen Sure team.

723
00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 2: They rally the truth, They competed, no doubt.

724
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 3: You're right, Mike, Especially towards the end of the year,

725
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,120
Speaker 3: there was a lot of thought that, hey, the Giants

726
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 3: could steal this division. Right down to the last two weeks,

727
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 3: we thought the Giants had an opportunity to win the division.

728
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:13,280
Speaker 4: You're right on everything, he said.

729
00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 3: Say, Quan's got to be somebody that we expect to

730
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 3: be the superstar that he was.

731
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 4: Drafted to be.

732
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 3: Daniel Jones has got to be a little better at

733
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 3: making decisions. And I do give Joe Judge credit, and

734
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,800
Speaker 3: I have faith in him to get the team pointed

735
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 3: in the right direction. But do I have faith in

736
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:35,600
Speaker 3: the roster top to bottom?

737
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 4: Not really.

738
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 3: James Bradbury was really expensive for them, and he played

739
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:43,080
Speaker 3: really well. I have to give as much as people

740
00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 3: want to crap on Gettleman, you have to give him

741
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:46,400
Speaker 3: credit for some.

742
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 4: Of the wins.

743
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 3: The Leonard Williams trade looks good. The James Bradbury signing

744
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 3: looks good. Right now, those are very expensive players. Perhaps

745
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:57,400
Speaker 3: they're not worth their dollar amount, but they're capable and

746
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 3: productive and they're moving forward. The Giants' issues for the

747
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 3: last couple of years have a lot of times been

748
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 3: related to the offensive line. So there's no Nate Solder,

749
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 3: Kevin Zeidler, all these pieces moving in and moving out,

750
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 3: and then they draft Andrew Thomas, who didn't necessarily play

751
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 3: like a number fourth overall pick. I think you still

752
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 3: got some question marks there. It's not a team. I

753
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 3: can have a lot of faith in you.

754
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,320
Speaker 2: It's tough to invest. It feels like that's that's what

755
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 2: you and I are trying to say. It's not a

756
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 2: good investment right now. That number and where they are.

757
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:32,920
Speaker 4: I think, I think there's plenty of teams.

758
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 3: By the way that we've said during the course of

759
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,760
Speaker 3: his last type finance, i'd stay away, and some of

760
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,240
Speaker 3: you listening maybe saying, well, these guys aren't giving me

761
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:39,840
Speaker 3: any advice.

762
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:40,959
Speaker 4: Yeah, that is the advice.

763
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:45,479
Speaker 3: Wait wait, wait, wait, wait until the draft happens, right,

764
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 3: wait and see if somebody tears an ACL. There's plenty

765
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 3: of bets on totals that can be placed in August

766
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 3: where you're taking a strong position, you have all the information,

767
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,480
Speaker 3: you feel good about the coaching staff, and you can

768
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 3: move forward. I wait often, I'll wait. There's a certain

769
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,720
Speaker 3: numbers last year, and last.

770
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 4: Year was obviously a very funky situation. Well, they didn't

771
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 4: lockdown and everything else. We didn't know if we're going

772
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,680
Speaker 4: to play. But there was a couple of numbers that

773
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:11,560
Speaker 4: I grabbed.

774
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:14,640
Speaker 3: Really early, the Bills that once the Jets started making trades,

775
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 3: the power.

776
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 2: Was really early. That those are so low.

777
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I just thought the Colts and that and

778
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 3: the Bills were the easiest overs on the board, and

779
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,120
Speaker 3: the Jets were a hard under, as were the Bengals.

780
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 3: So those are the ones I took early. A couple

781
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,360
Speaker 3: of others I just waited until the last minute.

782
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 2: And I think what we're getting at here is telling

783
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,880
Speaker 2: you you know, how to react or not react or

784
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,640
Speaker 2: not overreact to free agency. We got one more team

785
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:40,560
Speaker 2: to do, but we're pretty clear here you know, the

786
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:43,040
Speaker 2: Colts looked like a good over. Uh you know the

787
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:45,319
Speaker 2: situations with the Saints where Mike brings up a lot

788
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,400
Speaker 2: of good points about coaching, and maybe that nine is

789
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,240
Speaker 2: a little low right now. The Dolphins. If you don't

790
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 2: like the nine and it gets to nine and a

791
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,040
Speaker 2: half or ten after the draft because there's so much buzz,

792
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:56,120
Speaker 2: maybe that's when you bet the under with this team.

793
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 2: You let it go up a little bit and then

794
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 2: go under it. And we give you the Cardinal too,

795
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,319
Speaker 2: which is a team we think could be over that

796
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 2: eight as well because of the kind of talent that

797
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,319
Speaker 2: they have, as well as Washington. So there's one more here,

798
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,560
Speaker 2: which is the Panthers at seven and a half. They've

799
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 2: got a quarterback they've brought in from New York, Sam

800
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:15,440
Speaker 2: Darnald and Teddy Bridgewater and looks like he's moving to

801
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 2: the back burner for now. Theoretically, get Christian McCaffrey back.

802
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,280
Speaker 2: This team won five games last year. The play calling

803
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:24,719
Speaker 2: was great, The defense was very young. They spent all

804
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,359
Speaker 2: their draft picks the previous season on defense, and I'll

805
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 2: tell you what that defense did play better as the

806
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:30,920
Speaker 2: year went on. You can see early on they were

807
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:32,920
Speaker 2: very green, but they have a lot of team speed

808
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 2: on defense, and this is a defense that I think

809
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 2: is going to get better as they go and start

810
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 2: to play together year over year. The Panthers, though this

811
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 2: is a tricky one seven and a half, it's actually

812
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 2: higher than I thought it was going to be already.

813
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:46,719
Speaker 2: Is this the time to get in on it now?

814
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 2: And are you buying the idea of just getting Sam

815
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 2: Darnold away from Adam Gase. I'm not saying he's going

816
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:55,799
Speaker 2: to be Ryan Tannehill, but my goodness, you're giving him

817
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,239
Speaker 2: Anderson more and CMC that's a pretty good situation.

818
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 4: Agreed.

819
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 3: So I'll say in general, I think everything the Panthers

820
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 3: have done.

821
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 4: The last couple of years.

822
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 3: They got new ownership, they brought in new coaching staff,

823
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:12,399
Speaker 3: new GM. I've liked the way that they've built from

824
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:16,920
Speaker 3: the second David Tepper took over as owner until now,

825
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 3: including decisions like let's try Teddy Bridgewater. Okay, it didn't

826
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 3: work out the way we wanted, We're going to try

827
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,520
Speaker 3: another option. I think these are okay as you're building

828
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,520
Speaker 3: an organization to try things like this, especially in what

829
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 3: when they were caught in the place that they were

830
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,400
Speaker 3: in the draft. They couldn't trade up to four, and

831
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 3: I don't know if they want to trade up to four.

832
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 4: Maybe they liked the first three guys and not the

833
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:39,879
Speaker 4: other two that much.

834
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 2: In the things, that seems like that's the case. They

835
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 2: liked the three and then after that they didn't want

836
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:46,800
Speaker 2: to take on the Lance Project or mac Jones.

837
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,440
Speaker 4: That's right what they did. That's right, So which is great,

838
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,439
Speaker 4: Just go ahead and do that.

839
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,719
Speaker 3: It doesn't necessarily mean that the twenty twenty two quarterback

840
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 3: draft class is going to suck compared to twenty twenty one.

841
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:01,360
Speaker 3: It's people get really worked up over that, and they

842
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,919
Speaker 3: don't frankly, have any idea what the twenty twenty two

843
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,359
Speaker 3: class is going to look like twelve months from now.

844
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 3: But what I would say, in general from a betting standpoint,

845
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:13,280
Speaker 3: the number that you can look at with the Panthers

846
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 3: is they've lost seven or eight games by one score, right,

847
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 3: just doing the math, that is likely to have some

848
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,319
Speaker 3: positive regression to get them to where you need to be.

849
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:26,920
Speaker 3: Now you are you rightly stated the number is probably

850
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:30,200
Speaker 3: a little higher than I would have suspected. But I

851
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 3: like Darnold coming in with the fact that even if

852
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 3: they just get to back to five hundred with those

853
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 3: one score games you can get to. The number doesn't

854
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:41,360
Speaker 3: mean they have to win eleven. You're just trying to

855
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 3: get them to eight or nine, to a point where

856
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:47,120
Speaker 3: you're comfortable. Now, can this number move around, move down

857
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 3: a little bit?

858
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 4: Maybe?

859
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,799
Speaker 3: I just think that the Panthers number is going to

860
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,759
Speaker 3: become more bullish and less and I think this is

861
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 3: the number of all the ones that we've talked to,

862
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,120
Speaker 3: has an opportunity to move up as we start to

863
00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 3: get potential positive news about Donald and other weapons that

864
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:04,720
Speaker 3: they may have added through the draft.

865
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,800
Speaker 4: So I think it's an over if for no other.

866
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 3: Reason, just based on the mat that they lost so

867
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 3: many one score games.

868
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you. I have a lot of faith

869
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 2: in that rule and Joe Brady's play calling, and I

870
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Speaker 2: think even if it doesn't look good in the September,

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Speaker 2: I think it's gonna look better as time goes on.

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Speaker 2: And if Sam Donald can't succeed here in this situation,

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Speaker 2: then I think then they'll move on again next year

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Speaker 2: and find somebody else. But I think it's worth the

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Speaker 2: shot because I don't think Sam Donald ever got himself

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Speaker 2: into a fair situation there and getting out of New

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Speaker 2: York and away from Adam Gase and all that is

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Speaker 2: the best thing you could possibly ask for. So those

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Speaker 2: are our ten teams that are most effective potentially by

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Speaker 2: NFL free agency in terms of win loss totals. And

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Speaker 2: again you go to betting pros to get all that

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Speaker 2: information that can census over unders on all the teams. Mike,

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Speaker 2: tell everybody where they can find you on the Twitter machine,

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Speaker 2: and of course where all your shows are on Sports Great.

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Speaker 3: Sure at Mike Blewett, nothing fancy about that. Blitt Football

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Speaker 3: full Circle. I'll be hosting draft shows and I'm on

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Speaker 3: every Sunday live on Sports Grid during the football season,

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Speaker 3: Pro Football Today and College Football Today.

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Speaker 2: There you have it, Mike. It's so good to talk

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Speaker 2: football with you, just like the time flies. Man, it's

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Speaker 2: I missed this. Mike and I do this every Sunday

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Speaker 2: from the Metlands together doing pre show and hopefully this

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Speaker 2: year on Sportscrew we'll get to do a little bit

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Speaker 2: more stuff together hopefully come NFL season. But catch Mike

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Speaker 2: and the crew. They do a great job and they

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Speaker 2: got that live stream coming up for the draft as well.

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Speaker 2: Mike thank you for your time, your knowledge, buddy, and

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Speaker 2: again just great to have you on the show. That'll

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Speaker 2: do it for us here, but the story of the

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Speaker 2: game goes on. I'm Joe Piezapia. We'll see you next time. Kids,