Speaker 1: Welcome players, You're welcome. Are It's time now Benny versus
Speaker 1: the Penny. Then it is Benny versus Penny for Week
Speaker 1: twelve in the NFL. As we are back at it
Speaker 1: on the fifth Hour with Ben Maller and the voice
Speaker 1: of the Penny, the Really Angry David Guest. I'm really
Speaker 1: angry about something I don't know. You complain it about
Speaker 1: because you're always upset with something I don't know. I'm
Speaker 1: cut into the weather. Just finished an exciting game of
Speaker 1: cal State Northridge basketball against Portland Women's basketball, women's basket.
Speaker 1: You sexist all of a sudden. I just want to
Speaker 1: point that out because you you hoodwinked me last week
Speaker 1: with a ce Sun game versus Virginia, and I was like, wow,
Speaker 1: Virginia won the Final Four a couple of years ago,
Speaker 1: and now now here they are in ce Sun in
Speaker 1: their little gymnasium. And then it turned out, No, that
Speaker 1: was false, false news, fake news, gascon, they call you.
Speaker 1: There was nothing I said that was inaccurate. There's nothing
Speaker 1: you said that was inaccurate. It did play in the
Speaker 1: Final Four a couple of years ago. Uh, they did
Speaker 1: play at the Matadome on the campus of cal State Northridge.
Speaker 1: So nothing in there was false. You led to believe
Speaker 1: that it was a men's game. That's your dumb asphalts,
Speaker 1: along with your fake voice of reason, Eddie Garcia. You
Speaker 1: guys are trying to trash me on the air on
Speaker 1: a national show. It's embarrassing. But whatever. Well, you know
Speaker 1: there's a term for that. It's lying by omission. In
Speaker 1: the court system. They call that lying by omission. So
Speaker 1: you are guilty. That is your mistake, a lie of omission.
Speaker 1: You deliberately withheld very important details that would have changed
Speaker 1: the story. So you hung yourself with your own rope.
Speaker 1: How about that? No, I again look it up. Lie
Speaker 1: of omission. It's a legal term. As you know. I've
Speaker 1: practiced law behind microphones for many, many years, and uh,
Speaker 1: I think I have met the standard of the burden
Speaker 1: of proof. I've proven that you are a dirty doll. No,
Speaker 1: that's not true, because you would need uh without a
Speaker 1: shadow of a doubt. You'd have to have beyond a
Speaker 1: reasonable doubt. Since we're in in a court a lot
Speaker 1: this was a civil suit, would be evidence. I understand that.
Speaker 1: Thank you very much for touching up my work here,
Speaker 1: But I the discovery phase was fascinating. When I looked
Speaker 1: into you here, it was a fascinating thing. Must you
Speaker 1: have been during your show to actually look up what
Speaker 1: game I did and verify if I actually did see
Speaker 1: Sun and Virginia? Well, listen, I don't do small talk.
Speaker 1: I tried to do small talk with Eddie. I thought, well,
Speaker 1: this will be pretty impressive. I'll talk about this season, Virginia.
Speaker 1: I was very proud of your little school ce Sun there.
Speaker 1: I was gonna celebrate season, and then you made me
Speaker 1: look like a donkey, So thank you appreciate that. Can
Speaker 1: we get to the damn games? Now? Can we get
Speaker 1: to the games? All right? We will not talk about
Speaker 1: alligator arms. Murray the Umpa Lupa has the week off.
Speaker 1: Good for him and the Chiefs. They're not playing, the Charge,
Speaker 1: the teams that played in Mexico, they're off. The Minnesota Vikings,
Speaker 1: the Bootleg King Kirk Cousins and the Vikings also not playing.
Speaker 1: So those four teams have the week off. Remember next
Speaker 1: week is Thanksgiving, so we will have a full monty
Speaker 1: of NFL game starting on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day next week.
Speaker 1: But let's get into We'll start with the early television.
Speaker 1: We have to go back. We can't go forward if
Speaker 1: we if we can't go back. Oh, now, all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, you want to you want to go back here. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's go back. Let's let's go back. I thought you
Speaker 1: didn't do your homework there. Let's go back and look
Speaker 1: at the week that was in the NFL. Another winning week,
Speaker 1: another above five week for yours, truly, go ahead, I'll
Speaker 1: take my victory lap. Go ahead, week number eleven, Benny
Speaker 1: versus the penny. You finished seven and six winning record.
Speaker 1: You won more than you lost. Boom done. At the
Speaker 1: prep level, you were oh and one as you took
Speaker 1: Jay Stert and cover they lost fifty six to nothing. Yeah,
Speaker 1: thank you for that. Fund of my one of my dreams.
Speaker 1: You know, I said, I want to be a middle
Speaker 1: aged man and I want to broadcast a fifty six
Speaker 1: to nothing high school football game on a Friday night,
Speaker 1: my night off with makeup, I hope exactly, and a
Speaker 1: clown suit. I I hope that I suffer from memory loss.
Speaker 1: I can block that out. I'd like to have amnesia
Speaker 1: from that all night. But that was what Centennial did.
Speaker 1: They rammed it. They rammed it all day they rammed
Speaker 1: it all night. But anyway, all right, so now I'm
Speaker 1: now allowed? Can I now all right? Miami two and
Speaker 1: eight at Cleveland four and six. It's on Fox. Are
Speaker 1: we playing the Dick Stockton game? Or are we not playing? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I think this is actually a Dick Stockton game too.
Speaker 1: And you again, guest, Gun, you're already wrong. You've ruled
Speaker 1: that you've lost the Dick Stockton game right off the bat.
Speaker 1: It's nut cutting time and you lost. I've been known
Speaker 1: to have a little premature excitement at that time. So
Speaker 1: what the ladies have said? I You're wrong? It's it's
Speaker 1: Chris Myers, my former colleague and part of the Fox
Speaker 1: Sports Radio Alumni Association. With Darryl moose Johnston on the call.
Speaker 1: The Browns opened and nine point favorite. The updated line
Speaker 1: here is ten and a half in favor of the
Speaker 1: home team, Cleveland. What's the weather gonna be like in
Speaker 1: Cleveland on Sunday West, not snow wing or anything like.
Speaker 1: That's gonna be sunny, forty one degrees typical weather this
Speaker 1: time of the year, although it usually gets a little
Speaker 1: colder in Cleveland. At First Energy Stadium to pick is
Speaker 1: in and I'm taking the Dolphins to cover the ten
Speaker 1: and a half. Now, my logic behind this number one,
Speaker 1: the Browns should not be favored by double digits against anyone,
Speaker 1: no way. Uh And and this, well, it's not a
Speaker 1: true trap game. It's got some of the makings of
Speaker 1: a trap game. The Browns are coming off a huge
Speaker 1: prime time win, plus they are reeling from that game
Speaker 1: Miles Garrett suspension for Thor's hammer toss uh there in
Speaker 1: that game. And they also now the Browns get the
Speaker 1: Steelers again next week, so this Dolphin game is sandwich
Speaker 1: between two Steeler games. And nobody gets up for the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins, and they haven't gotten up for the Dolphins
Speaker 1: since Dan Marino was playing for the Dolphins. And number two.
Speaker 1: Miami did win a couple of games a few weeks back,
Speaker 1: but they lost last week and they are one in
Speaker 1: ten in their last eleven road games. So it's not
Speaker 1: like they're gonna win the game. All the Dolphins have
Speaker 1: to do is compete. Now that's a dangerous proposition because
Speaker 1: we're talking about the Dolphins here, but if they just
Speaker 1: show up, they're gonna cover the number. Ryan Fitzpatrick has
Speaker 1: actually had some success. He's got ninety plus QB rating
Speaker 1: two of his last three starts here, he's he's had
Speaker 1: some some good numbers, uh well compared to what he
Speaker 1: had done earlier. And he has five touchdowns no interceptions
Speaker 1: in three career starts against the Browns. Browns a little
Speaker 1: better than they have been. But Baker Mayfield, Now, Baker
Speaker 1: Mayfield's numbers have gotten a little bit better. But here's
Speaker 1: my argument against Cleveland. The Browns played down to everybody.
Speaker 1: I don't see this game being a blowout, even with
Speaker 1: a warm weather team going to Chile Northern Ohio right
Speaker 1: on the lakes. Or I'm taking the Browns to win
Speaker 1: but not cover. Browns twenty seven Dolphins twenty depending on
Speaker 1: the opposite way going with the Browns alright. Next up,
Speaker 1: Gascon's Denver Broncos at three and seventies of Bronco Fanboy
Speaker 1: and the Buffalo Bills at seven and three. It's on
Speaker 1: CBS with Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon. They have the
Speaker 1: call now. The Bills opened to five and a half
Speaker 1: point favorite. The line is at four and it's to
Speaker 1: be partly sunny, thirty nine degrees, no lake effects, no
Speaker 1: forecast for New Era Field, although we could see some fog.
Speaker 1: There's a chance of fog early in this particular game. Now,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Broncos here plus the four points
Speaker 1: for here's here's my reason. And first of all, Denver
Speaker 1: has been playing well enough to lose close. They slipped
Speaker 1: on the banana peal last week in Minnesota, that dominating
Speaker 1: first half and they played d to playing zombies the
Speaker 1: rest of the way. The Broncos have led in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, as Gascon told me before the podcast, in
Speaker 1: seven of the ten games, but the seven of ten
Speaker 1: they have led in the fourth quarter, but they have
Speaker 1: held on the win just three of those. The Broncos
Speaker 1: also are one of three NFL teams this season without
Speaker 1: a comeback win. Congratulations. They joined the ben Gals, who
Speaker 1: haven't won a game, and the Washington Redskins. So that's
Speaker 1: the contemporaries of the Denver Broncos of nineteen. How's Uncle
Speaker 1: Vick doing there? The coach of the Broncos. The key
Speaker 1: this week, We said it last week. We gotta cover
Speaker 1: against the Vikings again, Philip Lindsay. Lindsay the running back
Speaker 1: to get that engine going in Upstate New York. Well,
Speaker 1: I liked the Bills defense, the weak link in Buffalo
Speaker 1: has been stopping the run. Buffalo's nineteenth against the run,
Speaker 1: and they have been even worse the last three weeks.
Speaker 1: The Bills are getting gouged. They're allowing four point eight
Speaker 1: yards per carry. So run, Philip, run is the mantra.
Speaker 1: It's gotta be the mantra of the Broncos. Here Lindsay
Speaker 1: has four eight yards from scrimmage hundred and seven per game,
Speaker 1: three rushing touchdowns passed four on the road for the Broncos.
Speaker 1: And since Brandon Allen is the quarterback, is Allen versus
Speaker 1: Allen at the quarterback matchup? And Brandon Allen very limited,
Speaker 1: which is a nice way of saying he stinks, uh quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: They don't anticipate him playing very well in this game.
Speaker 1: So it's all about the running game. And uh ride
Speaker 1: Lindsay around the mountain, around the mountain, they come. All right,
Speaker 1: now a second, you can never trust Josh Allen, the
Speaker 1: Buffalo courtback. While the numbers indicate he has played better,
Speaker 1: certainly recently he's played better. He's had some mistake free games.
Speaker 1: He he has enough red flags to keep me away.
Speaker 1: The wise guys have loaded up on the Broncos. Also,
Speaker 1: I always like to be on the side of the
Speaker 1: wise guys in away from the public. This is the
Speaker 1: last cupcake for the Bills before things get cranked up.
Speaker 1: If you look at the Buffalo schedule coming up, they
Speaker 1: play the Cowboys on Thanksgiving, so it's four days after
Speaker 1: this game on Sunday, and then they still have games
Speaker 1: left down the line with the Ravens and the Patriots.
Speaker 1: So expect this to be a sluggish, lack of daisical
Speaker 1: type performance by Buffalo at home, half hearted effort if
Speaker 1: you will, Broncos pull the shocker Denver twenty, Buffalo seventeen.
Speaker 1: Penny also go on that way, go with the Broncos,
Speaker 1: all right? Next up, be sure to catch live editions
Speaker 1: of The Ben Meller Show weekdays at two am Eastern
Speaker 1: eleven pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the I
Speaker 1: Heart Radio app. It is Pittsburgh five and five at Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: oh and ten. It's on CBS. Andrew Catalan and James
Speaker 1: lofton call. Steelers opened a seven point favorite. The line
Speaker 1: we have here now is six and a half. At
Speaker 1: the time we are doing this podcast. The weather partly sunny,
Speaker 1: forty five degrees at kickoff Paul Brown Stadium, the location there,
Speaker 1: the pick is in, I'm gonna take I'm taking the Bengals.
Speaker 1: I'm taking the Bengals here. Uh and and I'll tell
Speaker 1: you why now, Ryan Finley, Ryan Finley there. Who's Brian
Speaker 1: Finley who works with us? The great Brian Finley? Why
Speaker 1: I think our top anchor is Brian Finley. So we
Speaker 1: don't have an employee that is by the name of
Speaker 1: Brian Finley. Just a heads up. He is. He is
Speaker 1: so good. He's a Brian Finley that works here. And
Speaker 1: that's the same the same concept and the same concept
Speaker 1: the guys have stud everyone. He's moving off. He's gonna
Speaker 1: replace like Dan Pot someday. He's amazing talent. Anyway, Ryan
Speaker 1: Finley has been displaying Blayton football maupractice since he took
Speaker 1: over for Andy Dalton in Cincinnati. Finley is the NFL's
Speaker 1: lowest ranked quarterback in that stretch's passer rating, his fifty
Speaker 1: two point eight UM. The top passer ready are over
Speaker 1: a hundred. Perfect would be a hundred and fifty three,
Speaker 1: and he's at fifty two uh and more impressively, a
Speaker 1: starting quarterback over the last couple of weeks in the
Speaker 1: NFL is averaging three point three yards per attempt. It's
Speaker 1: member the old thing used to be three yards in
Speaker 1: a cloud of dust when you ran the ball. Well,
Speaker 1: when Ryan Finley throws the ball at three yards and
Speaker 1: a cloud of dust, the stage appears to be too big,
Speaker 1: and much like myself when I first started in radio,
Speaker 1: he's got flop sweat Ryan Ryan Finley. So so then
Speaker 1: you have the defensive excuse. The Bengals have allowed sixty
Speaker 1: five plays of twenty or more yards of this season.
Speaker 1: That's the most in the NFL, and in even close
Speaker 1: because the next closest team is all right as and
Speaker 1: they're at fifty six. The Steelers only have thirty offensive
Speaker 1: plays though of twenty plus yards, fewest. Fifth yewist in
Speaker 1: the NFL is not the worst, but the fifth yew
Speaker 1: wist and now that's it Cincinnati. The reason I liked
Speaker 1: the Banks they did over against the Raiders last week
Speaker 1: on the road since despite their oh and ten record,
Speaker 1: there four and six against the spread this season, so
Speaker 1: that they don't have the worst against the spread record
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Right in the middle, there's a lot
Speaker 1: of teams that are four and six or five and
Speaker 1: five or six and four right in that area against
Speaker 1: the number and be Pittsburgh. Now, I know they're gonna
Speaker 1: have more fans, just like a Charger situation. Everyone the
Speaker 1: Charges play in l A and have more fans. Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: will have more support here. Steeler Nation travels. It's not
Speaker 1: that far to get down to Cincinnati. But unfortunately those
Speaker 1: people don't play. Mason Rudolph and the Steelers have a
Speaker 1: struggle every week on offense, and for this reason, and
Speaker 1: pretty much this reason alone, they should not be favored
Speaker 1: by almost a touchdown. That is nuts. Divisional games, by
Speaker 1: their nature are typically close, even when boss in home
Speaker 1: dogs providing value. So give me Cincinnati to win this game,
Speaker 1: at least against the number. Behind Joe Mixing and the
Speaker 1: power running game. Steelers a win on the scoreboard, But
Speaker 1: for the gambler, Cincinnati is the right side here. Pittsburgh twenty,
Speaker 1: the Bengals sixteen. The penny picks. The penny is going
Speaker 1: the opposite a way. No chance are going with the
Speaker 1: Bengals in this one. Steelers Baby, be sure to catch
Speaker 1: live editions of The Ben Meller Show weekdays at two
Speaker 1: am Eastern Pacific. Alright, let's get trivial. Let's get trivia.
Speaker 1: Which quarterback has a seven sixty nine winning percentage as
Speaker 1: a starter when having a passer rating of eighty one
Speaker 1: or better, but is winless when finishing below that particular mark. Again,
Speaker 1: we're looking for the name of a starting quarterback in
Speaker 1: the NFL who has a seven sixty nine career winning
Speaker 1: percentage as a starter when a passer rating of eighty
Speaker 1: one or better, but winless when finishing below that mark.
Speaker 1: The answer coming up next up the New York Giants
Speaker 1: two and a at the Chicago Bears four and six.
Speaker 1: It's on Fox with Tom Brennam and Chris Spielman. So
Speaker 1: you better watch the Bears open to seven point favorite
Speaker 1: Chicago favorite by six and a half. It will be
Speaker 1: sunny forty two degrees at kickoff at Soldier Field with
Speaker 1: Doc Mike and the people of Chicago. I am gonna
Speaker 1: take the Giants in this game. I saw the Bears
Speaker 1: play the Rams last week. I just can't. You can't
Speaker 1: go with Chicago at this point. The first thing he's
Speaker 1: got Mr Rubinsky, who was benched the Bears, afraid to
Speaker 1: admit that for Chase Daniel in the final minutes against
Speaker 1: the Rams. Matt Naggy, though, doesn't have the balls to
Speaker 1: talk about that. Now we are told that Rabinsky is
Speaker 1: going to remain the starter. Health permitting. Wink wink, wink,
Speaker 1: health permitting. In air quotes, Uh, Trubisky has been dogshit. Uh.
Speaker 1: He has been a dog with fleas all season, but
Speaker 1: even worse lately, he's thirtieth. Uh. He's the thirtieth ranked
Speaker 1: quarterback in the NFL last four weeks. What does one
Speaker 1: have to do to lose their job? He's terrible. Not
Speaker 1: only is your quarterback, he sucks. Uh, and he continues
Speaker 1: to go out there. Now. The secondly, the Bears. The
Speaker 1: reason I like the Giants. The Bears have struggled against
Speaker 1: the run since they said bye bye because a Kee
Speaker 1: Knicks got hurt. Todd Gurley, who has been miserable for
Speaker 1: the Rams pretty much all year, he had a breakout
Speaker 1: game against the Chicago defense last week. So connecting the
Speaker 1: dots right, connecting the dots, you would suspect even the hobbles.
Speaker 1: Sequon Barkley, who has had some miserable performances himself, will
Speaker 1: be able to be the wrecking ball through that imperfect
Speaker 1: run defense. He is going to need to be since
Speaker 1: the Giants only real ammunition on defense is the defensive line.
Speaker 1: They got Leonard Williams and they're teaming him up with
Speaker 1: Dexter Lawrence. That's a pretty good one to punch for
Speaker 1: the Giants defensively in the middle. So the Giants the
Speaker 1: only way they're gonna do anything is trying to pounce
Speaker 1: the weak offensive line of the Bears, and that is
Speaker 1: the weak link for Chicago along with Drabinski. These teams
Speaker 1: are way too close right now to have almost a
Speaker 1: touchdown spread that the reason the number is so high
Speaker 1: is because of public perception of the Chicago Bears. Uh.
Speaker 1: And also the Bears are a team that plays on
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving in four days as well, so you think about
Speaker 1: four days after this game, so you think there'll be
Speaker 1: a distraction. Bears will win, but it will be by
Speaker 1: the skin and their chinny chin chin. Chicago twenty six
Speaker 1: the Giants twenty three. The penny picked. Penny's going with
Speaker 1: the Giants to win? Outright, Oh, it went out right,
Speaker 1: like I don't think the penny said that. I think
Speaker 1: now people were asking if you actually flip the penny.
Speaker 1: People think that you're a fraudster and a scamster, and
Speaker 1: you don't actually squeeze the penny. I think the penning.
Speaker 1: I think if anyone asked or saw me last week
Speaker 1: on Fox, they would know that I'm not a fraud. Uh.
Speaker 1: I think I would. Uh. I got showered with flowers
Speaker 1: and compliments and desserts and cheese, steak and everything else. Well,
Speaker 1: you strong armed yourself steak a sniveling child having a
Speaker 1: hissy fit. All right, let's get trivial. The answer which
Speaker 1: quarterback Escohn has a seven sixty nine winning percentage as
Speaker 1: a starter, and and that's when he has a passer
Speaker 1: rating of eighty one or better, but his winless in
Speaker 1: his career when finishing below that mark. I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: with Captain Kirk Kirk Cousins. Kirk Cousins, all right, that's
Speaker 1: that's not a bad answer. Cousins is typically been hot
Speaker 1: and cold, but it's not Kirk Cousins. The answer is
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. Baker Mayfield is ten and three is Cleveland
Speaker 1: starting quarterback When he has a passer in eighty one
Speaker 1: or better. He is oh in ten, He's yet to
Speaker 1: win a game when finishing below that number. All right,
Speaker 1: next up, Oakland six and four at the j e
Speaker 1: t s sucks sucks, suck three and seven. It's on CBS.
Speaker 1: Uh and uh listen. I'm gonna take the Raiders here.
Speaker 1: I don't know who's doing this game. I'm gonna take
Speaker 1: the Raiders. You don't know who's doing this game. You
Speaker 1: want me to look you want me to to look
Speaker 1: it up here? I didn't. I didn't write it down.
Speaker 1: I don't know what you want. We can't have an
Speaker 1: entree about utensils. Really, yes, all right, why don't you
Speaker 1: talk for a second. I'm gonna look it up here,
Speaker 1: all right? So we got the We got the Raiders
Speaker 1: at the Jets. Jets three and seventh season, Raiders six
Speaker 1: and four playoff bound. Maybe the one area that you
Speaker 1: gotta look at us what they do on the road
Speaker 1: this season, even with Derek Carr and Josh Jacobs, are
Speaker 1: just one and three on the road from the Bay Area.
Speaker 1: And I keep in mind they have had a lot
Speaker 1: of road games early on this season. So after this
Speaker 1: game against the Jets will return to their happy confines
Speaker 1: of the toilet known as the what is it the
Speaker 1: Oakland That's not the Oakland Alimeda Cola seat Some corporate name. Now, no,
Speaker 1: this is actually this is Andrew Catalan. Uh, this is
Speaker 1: Andrew Catalan and James Lawton. I had them doing a
Speaker 1: different game, but this is their game. Now the magic
Speaker 1: number in this game. Wait a minute, I gotta correct that.
Speaker 1: Whold on a second, I gotta correct it was an
Speaker 1: injustice here the Pittsburgh Cleveland game, which I thought, Wait
Speaker 1: a minute. Here they are listed the NFL. But this
Speaker 1: is the NFL. Sends me who's doing the games? And
Speaker 1: they have the TV broadcast, the serious broadcas s on
Speaker 1: XM radio, and they have this is a mistake by
Speaker 1: the NFL. They have Andrew Catalan listed with James Lofton
Speaker 1: to do two games that start at the same time.
Speaker 1: How about that. It's pretty awesome. Yeah. Catalan is apparently
Speaker 1: gonna do the Browns Steelers game, and he will also
Speaker 1: be able to broadcast the Jets and Raiders. He's gonna
Speaker 1: clone himself. Well, on today's digital age, we can watch
Speaker 1: one game and watch another, so not might be a
Speaker 1: bad option, right, do it digitally? There you go. All right,
Speaker 1: let's just get to the damn game. You already talked
Speaker 1: about us. I don't need to I don't need to
Speaker 1: talk about. You preview the game, you went through all
Speaker 1: that and no, all right, I'm gonna listen light rein
Speaker 1: at kick off? Did you say that? Forty four degrees
Speaker 1: at MetLife Stadium? The Raiders a three point favorite. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna take the Jets. I am gonna take the Jets
Speaker 1: in this game. I'll tell you why. First of all,
Speaker 1: this has all the secret ingredients of a disaster for
Speaker 1: the Raiders. You're talking about in gambling parlance, what do
Speaker 1: you look for? What do you look for? The signal?
Speaker 1: This could go the other way? The the wrong team
Speaker 1: is favored, or at least the underdog is a live dog.
Speaker 1: You've got look at all these factors. West coast team
Speaker 1: playing an early game on the East Coast, warm weather
Speaker 1: team in chilly, rainy conditions on the East Coast. You expected,
Speaker 1: You're expected to win this game. This is a peek
Speaker 1: a boo game because on the horizon, if the Jets
Speaker 1: do not win this game, the Raiders win this game.
Speaker 1: Next week is a showdown for the Ages and a
Speaker 1: f C West blood bath with Kansas City for first
Speaker 1: place on the line. But to get to that game,
Speaker 1: you've got to beat the Jets all of Oakland's victories
Speaker 1: this year have been by a single possession. They play
Speaker 1: everyone close, even the Bengals. As we said earlier last week,
Speaker 1: the Raiders have generated just twenty feet downs and that
Speaker 1: in that particularly twenty feet downs against the Cincinnati Bengals,
Speaker 1: who are oh intent now. On the positive side, John
Speaker 1: Druden got crucified for trading Khalil Mack last year for
Speaker 1: a bunch of draft picks. Not only can the Raiders
Speaker 1: get a top ten pick this year in the draft
Speaker 1: for Khalil Mac, but their defense that had only thirteen
Speaker 1: sacks last season, the Raiders have twenty five this season.
Speaker 1: That is the largest sack increase by any team from
Speaker 1: last year to this year. So they've improved the most.
Speaker 1: Of course they were the bar was pretty low now. Secondly,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sit here and say that the Jets
Speaker 1: have turned the corner. I know that the Hyperboleada New
Speaker 1: York is the Jets still have a path to get
Speaker 1: to the playoffs. Uh No, they don't. But at least
Speaker 1: the George Washington Bridge is no longer falling down on
Speaker 1: Adam Gaze. Sam Donald has stopped seeing ghosts because he's
Speaker 1: been playing some bad teams. After being held to eight
Speaker 1: team points of last seven of their first eight games,
Speaker 1: the Jets have now scored thirty four points in back
Speaker 1: to back games of coorse to playing the week sisters
Speaker 1: of the NFL the week in the Blind that the
Speaker 1: Jets beat the Cowboys a few weeks back at home.
Speaker 1: This is a value play the Jets. I really, I
Speaker 1: really liked them in this spot. As Dave Roberts was,
Speaker 1: the Raiders have lost their last five games. If you
Speaker 1: look at the trend against the Jets, that goes way back.
Speaker 1: Last time the Jets and Raiders game went the way
Speaker 1: of the Raiders at the meadow Lands was back in
Speaker 1: when Rich code Tight was coaching the Jets and the
Speaker 1: quarterback matchup with Jeff Hosteddler versus Frank Reich Hosteller for
Speaker 1: the Raiders, right, who's now a coach in Indianapolis, was
Speaker 1: playing for the the Jets at that time. So I'll
Speaker 1: take Gang Green to win the game outright. Jets twenty
Speaker 1: Raiders seventeen Penning to go with one of our loyal
Speaker 1: subscribers to the podcast going with the New York Jets,
Speaker 1: all right, Next up de Gun, Greg Gumbel, Trent Green
Speaker 1: and Melanie Collins on the call Jets and Raiders since
Speaker 1: you did not properly do your homework. But again, I
Speaker 1: can send you the thing the NFL sends me, but
Speaker 1: that does not to have them list. Showing up for
Speaker 1: work is one thing, but given the extra effort as another,
Speaker 1: I do just that for your podcast. Well, showing up
Speaker 1: on time is a problem. Just let's move forward. Alright,
Speaker 1: we'll move forward. Carolina five and five at New Orleans
Speaker 1: Knowlans eight until it's on CBS. Have you been down
Speaker 1: there before? New Orleans? No, I've not spend any time
Speaker 1: a New Orleans, you know, I haven't. I need to
Speaker 1: go there and get my wife wants to go to
Speaker 1: New Orleans. But I don't like seafood, and I don't
Speaker 1: like eating like alligator and crap like that. I feel
Speaker 1: like a lot of the food in New Orleans is
Speaker 1: like so exotic. In the buyou, I don't know that
Speaker 1: it would be ben friendly, although they do. They do
Speaker 1: deep fry a lot of stuff, which I like. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but can your insides actually hold that down? I told
Speaker 1: you on the other podcast, gastcount I wish I had
Speaker 1: that problem. Everyone that has their gallbladder taken out tells
Speaker 1: me the food goes right through you. I have yet
Speaker 1: to experience that, but I don't understand why I wish
Speaker 1: that would happen, because then I feel like I wouldn't
Speaker 1: gain much weight from eating food all of a sudden.
Speaker 1: Believe it like you want to just be I don't
Speaker 1: want to be believing, but I'm but I'm. What I'm
Speaker 1: saying is like everything I've read is when you have
Speaker 1: your gallbladder taken out like I had, that you you
Speaker 1: can't eat certain foods. It goes right through you. Um,
Speaker 1: Mike Harmon, our colleague was telling me that I have
Speaker 1: not had that experience. I'm not. And it's been a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks since I had this taken out, and
Speaker 1: I wish I've had the opposite. As I said, I
Speaker 1: can imagine eating anything in the Bayou is probably a
Speaker 1: little heightened sense of intensity to the bowel movement. So
Speaker 1: let's not test that anytime soon. Alright, though, Well they
Speaker 1: go down, you want to do us? Maybe see son
Speaker 1: will play a game in New Orleans. You can go
Speaker 1: do the game. You can be alongside doing well. I'm
Speaker 1: all for that. I will suddenly. Maybe there's a high
Speaker 1: school football game in Louisiana. We can all right. Moving on.
Speaker 1: The Saints open a seven point favorite. They are favored
Speaker 1: by nine and a half. It'll be sunny in fifty
Speaker 1: nine outside the Mercedes Bends super Dome in this game. Now,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Panthers. I don't love the pick,
Speaker 1: but that's the right side. You know that old line,
Speaker 1: it's raining, it's snoring, the old man is snoring. The
Speaker 1: old man in this case is Kyle Allen. Wait, you
Speaker 1: gotta say it right. It's raining, it's pouring, the old
Speaker 1: man is snow I didn't. I said it's raining, is pouring.
Speaker 1: You said it's raining, It's it's snowing. Did I say snowing? Yeah?
Speaker 1: I thought I said. Point that's all right because last
Speaker 1: not in your show, you were talking about the hair
Speaker 1: of your chinny chin chin, which is the or you
Speaker 1: said the skin of your chin something like that. You
Speaker 1: really totally left it up, but I like it was
Speaker 1: embarrassed and turned off the show. Yeah, but that's fine. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm here is the guy that was late to the
Speaker 1: podcast to do a was it a noons start on
Speaker 1: the tip of time for the Matadome, which is the
Speaker 1: home of karate Kid Part one the Matta Dome. What
Speaker 1: a cute name. So Kyle Allen has been vile, he
Speaker 1: has he has fallen into Dante's inferno. He's the Carolina quarterback.
Speaker 1: Last four weeks, this guy's managed to put up a
Speaker 1: passer rating of sixty point three, second worst in the
Speaker 1: entire NFL. Over that stretched shout out Ryan and Finley,
Speaker 1: who's dead last. It goes without saying that he's obviously
Speaker 1: gotta find a way to get his confidence back in
Speaker 1: a hostile environment. It's the unforced mistakes that have been
Speaker 1: the backbreaker for Ron Rivera's quarterback here and and be
Speaker 1: Drew Brees and the Saints. Now I get that public
Speaker 1: perception as they should win this game by twenty five
Speaker 1: or thirty points. And I bet against him. Last week
Speaker 1: they covered the spread against Tampa on the road. Um,
Speaker 1: and Carolina is gonna have to play a cleaner game.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of mistakes misques from Carolina. Nevertheless, the Panthers,
Speaker 1: I believe we're kind of looking at it. This was
Speaker 1: supposed to be a big game. Carolina had one last
Speaker 1: week and the Saints had lost which was on the table.
Speaker 1: This would have been a much bigger game in the division.
Speaker 1: And the Panthers did not compete against the Falcons. And
Speaker 1: so if you don't show up to the game before
Speaker 1: the game you're looking at, you better win that game.
Speaker 1: The game that you're peeking a head to look at.
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey is going to have to also have the
Speaker 1: game of his life against the pretty good Saints defense.
Speaker 1: Kyle Allen make some quicker decisions. You don't normally get
Speaker 1: blown out back to back to back games, uh in
Speaker 1: the division. So if you're trying Carolina and you want
Speaker 1: to compete here, any time you get over seven points
Speaker 1: in a divisional game, what do I always say? You
Speaker 1: don't ask questions. You take those points. You put a
Speaker 1: smile on your face. So the Saints will win, but
Speaker 1: they won't cover almost double digits. New Orleans thirty, Carolina
Speaker 1: twenty threepenny. Go with the Bayou and go with the
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints, all right, Next up Tampa bay three
Speaker 1: and seven at Atlanta three and seven. And this should
Speaker 1: have been your pick for the Dick Stockton game, because
Speaker 1: this is the Dick Stockton game with Mark schlay Riff.
Speaker 1: They have the call here from Georgia now the Falcons
Speaker 1: open to three point favorite. Atlanta is favored by four
Speaker 1: the sunny fifty three degrees at kickoff outside the Mercedes
Speaker 1: Bands Stadium in Atlanta. I'm gonna take Tampa in this game. Now.
Speaker 1: I know Jamis Winston is hobbled with an ankle problem.
Speaker 1: He has expected to play. That's not you know, that's
Speaker 1: not going to derail the Buccaneers. The problem is he
Speaker 1: has not been the fastest ship in the fleet. As
Speaker 1: they say. Winston is leading the world in negative plays
Speaker 1: for a quarterback. He's boom or bust. There's a lot
Speaker 1: of touchdowns, throws a lot of interceptions. The Bucks quarterback
Speaker 1: leads the NFL not only in interceptions with a team,
Speaker 1: but also in sacks. Has been sacked thirty six times.
Speaker 1: I don't know if he gets a bonus for negligence,
Speaker 1: but if he did, he would certainly cash. And it
Speaker 1: is craziness. Now, Bruce arians was brought in as the
Speaker 1: quarterback whisperer, and how is that working at Winston has
Speaker 1: actually done well though against the Falcons. That's something I'm
Speaker 1: gonna hang my microphone on here. Last five games in
Speaker 1: the vision against the guys from jar you Jamis Winston
Speaker 1: has had three or more touchdown passes and he passer
Speaker 1: rating of a hundred and ten plus. So he's got
Speaker 1: some confidence when he sees that falcon helmet. Uh and
Speaker 1: hopefully that spills in for me this week and too,
Speaker 1: I get that something has clicked in Atlanta. The last
Speaker 1: two weeks. They have looked like a legit team. They
Speaker 1: were a dumpster fire the first part of the NFL season,
Speaker 1: but they took the Saints and Panthers down. They slayed
Speaker 1: the Giant Saints a couple of weeks ago, and they
Speaker 1: followed that up within another road win. Now they have
Speaker 1: to figure out how to win a game at home
Speaker 1: in the Dome in Atlanta in Division it has it
Speaker 1: has been a happy place for Atlanta. I think they've
Speaker 1: won fifteen of their last nineteen games against NFC South opponents,
Speaker 1: and Matt Ryan has the perfect opponent to keep the
Speaker 1: good karma growing and going up and all that. Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay is the NFL's thirty first ranked past defense. The
Speaker 1: last three weeks, they've allowed over three yards per game passing,
Speaker 1: just passing, forget the running game. Despite all that, uh,
Speaker 1: I I don't fully trust that this balloon is not
Speaker 1: going to burst on the Falcons here. They also play
Speaker 1: the Saints on Thanksgiving in four days. I look at
Speaker 1: that matchup, I say, well, that's a layer of distraction.
Speaker 1: This line feels too high Atlanta while they are playing better,
Speaker 1: should they really be a four point for their three
Speaker 1: and seven? These teams are both three and seven Bucks
Speaker 1: twenty seven Falcons twenty six Tampa with the road wind.
Speaker 1: Awful pick, Penny going with Atlanta Falcons and not at all,
Speaker 1: it's a great pick. It's a wonderful pick. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: think we just did Detroit. You and I, oh the
Speaker 1: cheese streak cheese. We could we could up the Anny
Speaker 1: if you want um. Detroit three, six and one at
Speaker 1: Washington one and nine. I heard that on Fox with
Speaker 1: Kenny Albert and ron Da Barbera. The hardest working man
Speaker 1: in sports television. Kenny Albert amazing, he was in. I
Speaker 1: watched him do a Knicks sixers game this week in Philly,
Speaker 1: and then, uh, you know the whole thing. Anyway, I
Speaker 1: don't get any credit for the hard work that I
Speaker 1: put in. Yeah, well, yeah, show up late here. I
Speaker 1: don't showed up late here, showed us at start until
Speaker 1: eleven PM. I don't know what you're talking about. We're
Speaker 1: recording this at Friday morning, unless we're not, unless we're
Speaker 1: not so all right, Washington Detroit. This is the game.
Speaker 1: We mentioned this on the radio show this week that
Speaker 1: you can get a ticket for four dollars for the
Speaker 1: price of a cup of coffee, like two cups of coffee.
Speaker 1: You can get a ticket in a land over Maryland
Speaker 1: to watch this game. Uh and the Lions open to
Speaker 1: one and app point favorite their favorite by three and
Speaker 1: a half. It'll be sunny forty nine degrees that kick
Speaker 1: off at FedEx Field the stadium. Dan Snyder ruined the
Speaker 1: pick is in. I am gonna take the Redskins in
Speaker 1: this game, and I'll tell you why. This is the
Speaker 1: ultimate test for the Lions past defense. They have been
Speaker 1: under siege. Detroit is thirtie against the past. So the test,
Speaker 1: the real asset test, is can be incompetent. Incompetent Dwayne
Speaker 1: hask find salvation against the Lions defense. The Motor City
Speaker 1: kiddies here, how bad has Haskins been. He is averaging
Speaker 1: four point one yards per attempt. Haskins has yet to
Speaker 1: take a snap when the Redskins have had the lead
Speaker 1: in this game. I believe that is about to change.
Speaker 1: And secondly, the other reason to not like the Lions
Speaker 1: here is the public is loading up on Detroit. People
Speaker 1: are dumb. Jeff Driscoll is a road favorite by over
Speaker 1: a field goal. Jeff Driscoll. Detroit's defense, as we said Incompetent,
Speaker 1: the casual better though, is loading up on the lines.
Speaker 1: This game will be as about about enjoyable as a
Speaker 1: time David Gascon had hemorrhoids. Uh is going to be
Speaker 1: at gan icing it'll be unwatchable. Why didn't you know
Speaker 1: I had that? Nevertheless, when two bad teams play and
Speaker 1: you have a home team who's a dog, you take
Speaker 1: the dog, our our our hell to the red Skins,
Speaker 1: hell to vic Dory. Washington gets their second win of
Speaker 1: the year. Redskins seventeen, Lions thirteen one. In doubt, Penny
Speaker 1: is going with the home team, going with the dead Skins.
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Speaker 1: let's get Trivial. Let's get since he ended the league
Speaker 1: in twelve. Russell Wilson has twenty eight game winning drives
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter and overtime. He had another one
Speaker 1: against the forty Niners recently, one more than Matthew Stafford.
Speaker 1: And I just gave away the answer. I just gave
Speaker 1: you happy about that fight. You are you much good
Speaker 1: job by me, So I guess you knew what I
Speaker 1: was if I telegraph that. So that worked out the
Speaker 1: great podcast. It's unbelievable. Actually, the good thing is that
Speaker 1: you'll you'll edit that out. No one will hear that,
Speaker 1: and this will all end up on the editing room floor.
Speaker 1: You professional, You're a good colleague here, man helping man.
Speaker 1: I look out for you, you look out for me.
Speaker 1: There's a brotherhood in the podcasting game, right. That's bullshit,
Speaker 1: But I will say that I can guarantee you you
Speaker 1: will have a listener that will hit me up on
Speaker 1: Twitter and say what was the answer to Ben's final question?
Speaker 1: I can guarantee you all right, So you now you're
Speaker 1: taking cheap shots at the fans of the show, A
Speaker 1: right of course, all right? Next up, since we got
Speaker 1: through the trivia question, Seattle eight and two, Philadelphia five
Speaker 1: and five, it's on Fox you better watch. Kevin Burkhardt
Speaker 1: and Charles Davis have the call. Now the Eagles opened
Speaker 1: at three point favorite, Philadelphia favorite by two and a half.
Speaker 1: Now it'll be cloudy forty six degrees that kick off
Speaker 1: at Lincoln Financial Field. I like the Eagles a lot.
Speaker 1: This is one of my stronger plays this week. And
Speaker 1: and and hey, the public. I was looking at how
Speaker 1: the public looks at these things. They seem to think
Speaker 1: that the wrong team is favorite. Right, The Seahawks are
Speaker 1: the choice of the people. Popular people's pick is Seattle.
Speaker 1: They are a massive public underdog. Seattle did beat the
Speaker 1: forty Niners that throwback come back Monday night football game,
Speaker 1: but they have also struggled. Look at Seattle's resume. They
Speaker 1: are over raid and they have struggled to win games
Speaker 1: against the Bengals and Buccaneers. Should have lost to the
Speaker 1: Rams at home. A missed field goal at the Buzzer
Speaker 1: did them in. They have only one blowout win, that
Speaker 1: was back in Week four against the Oopa Loopa Alligator Arms,
Speaker 1: Murray and Arizona. So other than that, it's been a
Speaker 1: white knuckle ride for Seattle. Why is that gonna chance here?
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson I understand he's gonna have to hold off
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. The m v P race's last nine starts
Speaker 1: on the road, Russell Wilson's got nineteen touchdowns and an interception,
Speaker 1: so I expect him to play well. But the key
Speaker 1: here for the Eagles, and as at the time we're
Speaker 1: doing this, we don't have all the injury reports and
Speaker 1: all that, but but they have to find their offense.
Speaker 1: And the defense has been good enough here. The Eagles
Speaker 1: had the NFL's number one past defense over the last
Speaker 1: three weeks. The issue is Carson Wentz, who fell apart
Speaker 1: when Lane Johnson left that game against the Patriots with
Speaker 1: a concussion. We believe he'll be back. The Philly receivers
Speaker 1: are also the freemasons of football, hands of stone. Uh.
Speaker 1: And we had the big scandal we talked about on
Speaker 1: the radio this week, Nelson Agilar and his burner burner
Speaker 1: account apparently got caught red handed. Uh. But if you
Speaker 1: depend on those with you, you're gonna end up in
Speaker 1: a body bag to catch pass. But I like Philadelphia. Nonetheless,
Speaker 1: the Seahawks, coming off of by an emotional key divisional game,
Speaker 1: West Coast team goes East Chili conditions. Although Seattle is
Speaker 1: not the warmest city, Seattle is not as good as
Speaker 1: their record. Eagles Fly, Eagles Fly on the road to
Speaker 1: vic Dory Eagles thirty three, Seahawks twenty seven. How's my singing?
Speaker 1: I don't know, but it's as bad as you're saying
Speaker 1: that this is a divisional game. Penny has gone with
Speaker 1: the Eagles as well. I didn't say you did. You
Speaker 1: can go back to the podcast. Why would I say
Speaker 1: this is a division Sometimes you miss speak. What do
Speaker 1: you want for me? I'm just paying attention to you. Yeah, okay, Well,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna send you know what to do. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: send you to broadcasting school so you can learn the nuance.
Speaker 1: You never correct your on air partner. Never, Well, you
Speaker 1: just did. You've done it twice. You've done it now twice.
Speaker 1: This is not a safe space for you. What do
Speaker 1: you do? Doche alright, I'm Middle America. But you can
Speaker 1: understand and check people. I agree with him, Alamlsia, you sucked.
Speaker 1: I agree with him. You're terrible. Alright. Uh. Last last
Speaker 1: part of the schedules the late television windows. So we'll
Speaker 1: get to that right now. Jacksonville only couple of eight games,
Speaker 1: Jacksonville four and six at Tennessee five and five. It's
Speaker 1: on CBS. I an Eagle, the dad of the Clipper broadcaster,
Speaker 1: and Dan Fouts have the call. Now the Titans open
Speaker 1: to two and a half point favorite. They are favored
Speaker 1: by three on the home field. It will be sunny
Speaker 1: forty nine degrees that kick off at Nissan Stadium, the
Speaker 1: house that Clay Travis pays for in Nashville. Now, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna take the Titans in this game. I actually like
Speaker 1: the Titans a lot in this game. It's one of
Speaker 1: my stronger plays as well. I like Tennessee. And I'll
Speaker 1: tell you why. Nick Foles, he I know, he know,
Speaker 1: ever has to worry about buying a meal in Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: The problem is he don't play in Philadelphi anymore. He's
Speaker 1: in Jacksonville. Folls returned last week and was shell lacked
Speaker 1: in the game last week. The numbers were not as
Speaker 1: bad as the eyeball test. He helped himself in garbage time.
Speaker 1: The stark truth is that Nick Foles has been a
Speaker 1: lightweight outside of that out of body experience during the
Speaker 1: playoff run with Philadelphia. You add to the fact that
Speaker 1: the Jags defense has fallen into poverty, and it's not
Speaker 1: going to be a pretty afternoon, a late afternoon in
Speaker 1: Nashville for Jacksonville. And and to Ryan Tannehill, while he's
Speaker 1: not the long term answer, he is the short term
Speaker 1: answer in the micro. He's the guy better than Marcus Mariota.
Speaker 1: In fact, since week six, Ryan Tannehill is third in
Speaker 1: the entire NFL and completion percentage completing over his passes.
Speaker 1: Only Drew Brees and Kirk Cousins have been better in
Speaker 1: that stretch. But this week is not about Tannehill. The
Speaker 1: Jags have been the NFL's second best past defense the
Speaker 1: last three weeks. This game is about Derek f and
Speaker 1: Henry al Right, the running back in in Tennessee. Uh yeah,
Speaker 1: hit your wagon to Henry and let him play the
Speaker 1: role of the wrecking ball in this game. He should dominate.
Speaker 1: Jacksonville is dead last. They are the Omega of run defenses.
Speaker 1: In fact, the last three weeks, Jacksonville is allowing over
Speaker 1: six yards per carry. The Colts had I believe, two
Speaker 1: different running backs who were at a hundred yards or
Speaker 1: close to it last week. So I am writing the
Speaker 1: flame heads betting against Nick Foles Tennessee. They're only a
Speaker 1: three point favorite. They'll win this game by double digits.
Speaker 1: Titans thirty, jag seventeen the Titans as well. Do you
Speaker 1: want to bet on that game? You want to take
Speaker 1: a wagering that to win this game, Jacksonville, because you
Speaker 1: want to be we should go a game. We just
Speaker 1: we have dissension on al right. Next up that we
Speaker 1: gotta hurry with you look the clock, yeah, because I
Speaker 1: gotta work, and I you know I'm gonna work. But
Speaker 1: you showed up forty minutes late, so I want you
Speaker 1: to know you would have been done forty minutes ago.
Speaker 1: Al right. Next up Dallas six and four at New
Speaker 1: England nine and one. It's on Fox with Joe Buck
Speaker 1: and Troy Aikman. This is a massive game most of
Speaker 1: the United there's only two late games, so pretty much
Speaker 1: everybody's getting Cowboys and Patriots. They're expecting a massive rating.
Speaker 1: Patriots open to seven point favorite. They're favorite by six
Speaker 1: and a half. It's cloudy forty three degrees that kick
Speaker 1: off at Gillette Stadium. In this game, I'm a glutton
Speaker 1: for punishment. I'm gonna take the Dallas Cowboys here. Uh
Speaker 1: and I'll tell you why the Patriots first of all,
Speaker 1: are are again going to have to ride their defense
Speaker 1: to slow down Dallas. New England's offensive second rate now,
Speaker 1: Mohammed Sanu, how do you do is out? Uh, there's
Speaker 1: no separation, no separation from the receivers to the defensive backs.
Speaker 1: And as a result, Tom Brady is twenty nine and
Speaker 1: arts per attempt. Over the last four weeks, Brady is
Speaker 1: averaging just five point three yards per attempt. The bad
Speaker 1: news Bears is the Patriot offense. Now, despite that, New
Speaker 1: England owns an average home margin of victory of twenty
Speaker 1: point three points, beating up on the Jets and the
Speaker 1: other terrible teams in that division. That is a positive
Speaker 1: sign for the Patriots. And this is their first game
Speaker 1: at Gillette since October seven. They've been on the road
Speaker 1: of late. But the second thing, for some reason, Dak
Speaker 1: Prescott has been rolling along. He's trying to lose the
Speaker 1: moniker ding dunk Dak dancin dunke Dyak. He's trying to
Speaker 1: lose that moniker in Dallas. He has feasted on some
Speaker 1: bad pass defenses. Uh. And and I don't obviously the
Speaker 1: Patriots don't have a bad past defense here, I figure
Speaker 1: the Cowboys should be able to slow down Zeke Elliott.
Speaker 1: And and here's the thing. Dak Prescott's got a four
Speaker 1: game stretch of three seventy five plus passing yards in
Speaker 1: two plus passing touchdowns. That's tight for the second most
Speaker 1: in a single NFL season in history. And now Prescott,
Speaker 1: though he goes from the junior varsity to the varsity,
Speaker 1: in terms of competition, you would assume the position that
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick has a strategic advantage against Jason Garrett. I
Speaker 1: think that goes without saying if it comes down to
Speaker 1: X and os in the fourth quarter. But the Patriots
Speaker 1: right now are a two dimensional team. They're not a
Speaker 1: three dimensional team. Their defense and special teams. Tom Brady
Speaker 1: is playing like an old guy. He's got no weapons.
Speaker 1: So I just can't lay a touchdown. And I don't
Speaker 1: like Dallas is terrible. I don't think they're horrible. So
Speaker 1: I will take the points. Patriots twenty four, Cowboys twenty one.
Speaker 1: Penny going with the home team, Going with the Patriots
Speaker 1: all right? Next up Sunday Night Football, Green Bay eight
Speaker 1: and two at Santa Clara nine and one. Now, should
Speaker 1: I should I watch this game? Should I? Stay home
Speaker 1: and watch this game? Or should I go to watch
Speaker 1: an NBA game? And then why this on my laptop depends?
Speaker 1: Will you be getting any kind of inflammatory pictures on
Speaker 1: your laptop? Oh? Probably not? Probably not? Then yeah, you should?
Speaker 1: You should stay home? Then I should stay home? All right,
Speaker 1: I'll stay home. Then, uh, it's on NBC. Al Michaels
Speaker 1: and Chris Collinsworth your knucklehead forty Niners inside jokes gascon
Speaker 1: forty Niners opened a three point favorite. The line has
Speaker 1: stayed the same. It will be fifty nine and clear
Speaker 1: at kickoff at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take the Niners in this game. I don't trust the Packers.
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers still holds a grudge, I know, against the
Speaker 1: Niners for not drafting him back in the day. Now
Speaker 1: he has a chance at more vengeance here. Rogers has
Speaker 1: been the hope Diamond, right, he has been the hope
Speaker 1: Diamond in these primetime games. Rogers has eighteen touchdowns versus
Speaker 1: one interception in his last seven Sunday Night games. So
Speaker 1: not only does Chris Collinsworth get aroused and Al Michaels
Speaker 1: when they see Aaron, which Apparently it works both ways.
Speaker 1: Apparently it works both ways. Packers are arrested. They're coming
Speaker 1: off the bye week. That said, I don't trust as
Speaker 1: I said the Packers here. They got molly wopped by
Speaker 1: the Chargers the last time they went west on their
Speaker 1: stage coach to southern California. Secondly, the forty Niners, they
Speaker 1: are getting some reinformers, reinforcements back. Now. The key thing
Speaker 1: at the time we're recording the podcast, we don't know
Speaker 1: whether or not George Kittle is going to play, although
Speaker 1: it seems like he's tracking that way. Kittle is about
Speaker 1: of the Niners offense. If he plays, I love the
Speaker 1: forty Niners. If he doesn't play, I still like the Niners.
Speaker 1: I don't love them. This is a chance for the
Speaker 1: forty Niners to get some cashet back in NFL circles
Speaker 1: after they lost to the Seahawks a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 1: They had to come back to beat the Cardinals last week.
Speaker 1: I expect Jimmy g to play well. Love Nick bo
Speaker 1: said the forty Niners defense to clog things up for
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. He is the better quarterback, but the Niners
Speaker 1: are the better team in this matchup from top to bottom.
Speaker 1: Plus the public is loading up on the cheeseheads as
Speaker 1: an underdog here, I like betting against the dumb dumbs
Speaker 1: forty Niners, thirty three Packers. Penny gone, go Pat go Alright,
Speaker 1: last game game, excited about this last week. We should
Speaker 1: take about twenty minutes to break your This last game
Speaker 1: is fitting for you because your team is awful right now. Offensively,
Speaker 1: that's all right, they're great defensively, So you look at
Speaker 1: your negative. I'm a positive guy. Look at the positive.
Speaker 1: You look at the negative now. Monday Night Football Baltimore
Speaker 1: eight and two, The L A r i AM six
Speaker 1: and four, and David Gascon's Hero Joe Testa Tour has
Speaker 1: the Call on ESPN with Booger McFarlan from the Los
Speaker 1: Angeles Colosseum in Los Los Angeles. Memorial comes. What do
Speaker 1: we memorializing now? The death of the Rams offense. It's
Speaker 1: a clear and sixty six degrees that kick off The
Speaker 1: Ravens opened a pick him. This game was a pick
Speaker 1: in Baltimore is now three and a half point road favorite.
Speaker 1: Are you kidding me? You gotta take the Rams in
Speaker 1: this game. That's the right side from pillar to post.
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson is the talk of the NFL. This guy
Speaker 1: is skyrocketed up the charts because of his play on
Speaker 1: the field and that the media there they can't say
Speaker 1: enough nice things and throw all kinds of accolades and
Speaker 1: platitudes at Lamar Jackson. And he has had some goose
Speaker 1: bump causing breathtaking plays. At times he has been a
Speaker 1: show stopper. He's also a ticking time bomb. Lamar is
Speaker 1: exposed to injury more than any other quarterback in the
Speaker 1: NFL because of all the running that he does. He's
Speaker 1: also got a bullseye on his back and he's going
Speaker 1: against a hungry, hungry old Aaron Donald and the Rams defense.
Speaker 1: They have the kind of defense that can send Lamar
Speaker 1: Jackson to the injury tent. And also under John Harbaugh,
Speaker 1: the Ravens as road favorites, only have a three ninety
Speaker 1: five winning percentage in this kind of a spot. Over
Speaker 1: the years be the Rams. They have gone from the
Speaker 1: greatest show on grass, which is what they were last year.
Speaker 1: The last couple of years, the Rams now have to
Speaker 1: win grinded out games. They have They have no muscle
Speaker 1: on offense. Jared Golf has been a dog's lunch. Todd
Speaker 1: Gurley's unreliable. The hope is that Brandon Cooks and Robert
Speaker 1: Woods coming back as receivers will inspire the spark of
Speaker 1: life here. But l a strength has been defensively. It
Speaker 1: has been against the run. How do you beat Baltimore?
Speaker 1: You gotta slow down the running game. Forced Lamar Jackson
Speaker 1: the beat you with the arm if he does find
Speaker 1: The Ravens lead the NFL and rushing yards. They're the
Speaker 1: first team since the seventies to have two thousand plus
Speaker 1: rushing yards the first ten games. Marcus Peters I saw
Speaker 1: his quote this week. He said he has no bad
Speaker 1: blood against the Rams. He's very well in Baltimore. He's
Speaker 1: he's had more big plays. Uh in Baltimore. They need
Speaker 1: his entire time with the Rams. Uh. He's a boomer
Speaker 1: Bus defensive back. He's as just as likely to pick
Speaker 1: off Jared Golf a couple of times as he is
Speaker 1: to get burned a couple of times. Uh in this game.
Speaker 1: But the Rams defense has been playing great the last
Speaker 1: four weeks in one of the top defenses in the
Speaker 1: National Football League statistically, and the Ravens. You look at
Speaker 1: this going from East to West. I think they're gonna
Speaker 1: be spending their their brief time in l A on
Speaker 1: rodeo drive in the Hollywood Hills and going over all
Speaker 1: over the hotspots in southern California. There and the Rams
Speaker 1: a good team Home Dog Baltimore is overdue for some
Speaker 1: regression to the mean Rams seven Ravens in a thriller.
Speaker 1: You can't really ram it all day and ram it
Speaker 1: all night. And the final pick of the Petty Petty
Speaker 1: also going that way with the Los Angeles Penny in agreement.
Speaker 1: All right, that'll put the bow, put the baby to bed,
Speaker 1: as they say here, put the bowl on the package.
Speaker 1: As the Benny Versus the Penny for week number twelve
Speaker 1: is in the books. Thank you for listening, Tell a friend.
Speaker 1: But yes, yes, we need to ask some of the
Speaker 1: the fans of Benny Versus the Penny to give us
Speaker 1: some of their results over the course of the first
Speaker 1: eleven and twelve weeks. Now one no, no, no, because
Speaker 1: everyone was sending, oh, you gotta send the picks in
Speaker 1: before games. Yeah, but didn't you had a listener last year?
Speaker 1: Didn't he take home like a jackpot prize from from
Speaker 1: following some picks? We well we had the guy that
Speaker 1: won the big gambling the Vegas contest was a mallar
Speaker 1: militia guy. Yea, And yeah, we had him on as
Speaker 1: a guest. He's a personal chef from Orange County and
Speaker 1: he won millions of dollars in Vegas picking NFL games.
Speaker 1: And he did say I believe he was being sarcastic
Speaker 1: that Benny versus the penny had influenced them maybe a did.
Speaker 1: I'm going with it. Why not? Of course, Man, we
Speaker 1: need to get this thing off the ground. Yeah, we
Speaker 1: we do. And and we need some some live commercial reads,
Speaker 1: paid live commercial reads. We need that, guscon do we
Speaker 1: have that as we we do not have that, as
Speaker 1: they would say in the industry, we were efforting that. Yeah.
Speaker 1: But the guy's name is Eric and cuisine. I don't know,
Speaker 1: he's like he was like a personal chef, but he
Speaker 1: he won, and uh we had him on the show
Speaker 1: and all that stuff, and uh he's he was he's
Speaker 1: called the show before before he became a celebrity and
Speaker 1: all that, and we had him I think that was
Speaker 1: back in January. Uh, so we had him on. He lives, Uh,
Speaker 1: I don't want to see where he lives. But he
Speaker 1: lives in a place I used to live. So you
Speaker 1: said Orange County exactly, I might say the city though,
Speaker 1: Newport Beach. I didn't live in Laguna. I didn't live
Speaker 1: in the good Yeah, I didn't live there either. I'm
Speaker 1: not like you. I don't live near the beach. You're
Speaker 1: you're a beach guy anyway. All right, thank you for
Speaker 1: listening supporting the podcast. Try the O their podcast if
Speaker 1: you haven't heard that. The pretty much guesscon just annoying
Speaker 1: everyone on that podcast. Also, uh, but have a great weekend.
Speaker 1: We'll be back after these NFL games on Sunday night
Speaker 1: to discuss that big showdown between the Packers and forty Niners,
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys and Patriots, all the other big stories
Speaker 1: of the NFL weekend. Be safe, tell a friend, and
Speaker 1: we'll catch you next time.