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

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Speaker 1: Welcome in everybody to betting pros. It's me joeyp Joe Pizipia.

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Speaker 1: And today officially kicks off what our NFL coverage. I

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Speaker 1: know you've all been waiting for it. We've had so

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Speaker 1: much going on, Baseball, Olympics, so many things, But it's

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Speaker 1: a football season, that's right. Training camp is here and

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Speaker 1: from now on, I promise you we're gonna have a

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Speaker 1: all leading up into the season, and of course in season,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna take you through everything you need to know

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Speaker 1: all week long in terms of the lines, where they're moving,

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Speaker 1: course today we want to kick things off with our

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Speaker 1: AFC preview. We're gonna talk to you about the win totals,

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Speaker 1: the props, the division and also those conferences as well.

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Speaker 1: Who we think might come out of that AFC And

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Speaker 1: of course those division winners are really important too. There

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Speaker 1: might be a few divisions that are really more up

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Speaker 1: for grabs than we might think. And of course there's

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Speaker 1: nobody better to talk about all this with the one

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Speaker 1: of my favorite people. She is a rising star or

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Speaker 1: to talk a little AFC preview with you. How are

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Speaker 1: you this fine afternoon, Joe piece Apia.

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Speaker 2: I am so excited to be here today. Also, I

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Speaker 2: had no idea when you invited me on that this

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Speaker 2: was going to be kicking off your NFL coverage. No pressure.

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Speaker 2: At least I don't have to go up against anyone

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Speaker 2: else's opinions yet, so that's good. I get to start

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Speaker 2: it off.

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Speaker 1: Maybe a little of mine, but who cares. A good

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Speaker 1: difference of opinion makes for good radio, for a good podcast,

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Speaker 1: for good TV. Steel sharpened steel areals. That's what it's

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Speaker 1: all about. It's about all of us getting some good

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Speaker 1: fish or whatever. The hell that used to be about.

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Speaker 1: So today, like I said, it's AFC time, so we're

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Speaker 1: Ravens fan, I'm a Patriots fan. Somehow, we will try

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Speaker 1: make it all work. There have been some great battles

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Speaker 1: But I want to start with the AFC East. And

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Speaker 1: obviously the Bills, who last year had quite a run,

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Speaker 1: came real close to the Super Bowl, fell a little short.

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen had a great season. They clearly are leading

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Speaker 1: things off here at minus one fifty five, and that

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Speaker 1: is of course our betting consensus pros number. And for

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Speaker 1: all the betting consensus pros numbers, you go to bettingpros

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Speaker 1: dot com and you could see where all the different

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Speaker 1: sports books are pushing you towards where the lines are,

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Speaker 1: They're so adorable, aren't they? The Jets trying to get

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Speaker 1: Don't you love it? Areo when they try to get

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Speaker 2: They just signed their quarterback Josh Allen to a huge

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Speaker 1: But all of a sudden, it's a little different dynamic

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Speaker 2: The Browns on paper should have a shot at this thing.

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Speaker 2: The problem is that they're the Browns. Even though last

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Speaker 2: I'm still concerned. I love this Browns team on paper,

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Speaker 2: keep it close. Can they take the next can they

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Speaker 2: because you're right, the Ravens are a team that even

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Speaker 2: though they've added young wide receivers, they added Sammy Watkins,

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Speaker 2: this thing is over. But apparently Mark Andrews and Lamar

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Speaker 2: The problem is last year, it's hard to judge because

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Speaker 2: the Ravens didn't really have camp, they didn't have much

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Speaker 2: they needed Lamar Jackson to excel in the passing game.

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Speaker 2: The good thing the Ravens can't get worse at the

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Speaker 1: Let's not even talk about the Texans. Okay, they do

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Speaker 3: I do think the Colts have a chance to compete.

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Speaker 2: The thing is, I wouldn't be betting the Colts right

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Speaker 2: If you get no Carson Wentz for the first let's

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Speaker 2: the beginning. The Colts are gonna lose early games anyway,

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Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure they get the Rams early on. I

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Speaker 1: Well, the start of the season begins with, yeah, the

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Speaker 2: De right, but you look at so now I haven't

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Speaker 3: The Tennessee Titans.

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Speaker 2: You have four games against two teams that should finish

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Speaker 2: really just focusing. Yes, you have Tampa Bay tough, Buffalo tough.

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Speaker 1: This is why I have you on the show, so

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Speaker 1: you could say smart things like that to make everybody

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Speaker 1: let's move on to the West. Is it really anything

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Speaker 2: But I have to point something out to you. And

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Speaker 2: this is more going AFC broad picture. And I don't

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Speaker 3: That would just be crazy.

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Speaker 2: The Vegas Raiders have been one of the sharpest teams

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Speaker 2: this segment called Market Movers on the morning after, we

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Speaker 2: When I was snapshotting the AFC odds back to about

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Speaker 2: I snapshoted these odds of the AFC picture. The odds

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Speaker 2: No one had odds move in their favor that significantly

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would agree with that as well. And I'll

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Speaker 3: All right, week one, though hopefully.

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Speaker 1: After week well, of course, of course, I want to

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Speaker 1: I personally think the Bills have a really good shot here.

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Speaker 1: I like the plus five to fifty on them.

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Speaker 3: I love the Buffalo Bills. Told you, I'm I.

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Speaker 1: We both look at us coming together on the Bills.

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Speaker 2: I'm right there with you at the Bills to have

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Speaker 3: To win the AFC.

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Speaker 2: I even love the Bills to win the Super Bowl

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Speaker 2: went over that nine win so easily. Let two years

435
00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,359
Speaker 2: ago that I couldn't believe last year's win total was

436
00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,480
Speaker 2: still just the nine and a half. I bet the

437
00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,400
Speaker 2: over and it ended up hitting. This year, they caught

438
00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:03,800
Speaker 2: up to us, and they're one of the best teams

439
00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,080
Speaker 2: in the AFC. Rightfully, so I still believe that the

440
00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,240
Speaker 2: Kansas City Chiefs, Now, you're gonna tell me they're gonna

441
00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:12,200
Speaker 2: go three straight Super Bowls. I mean that's a lot.

442
00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,640
Speaker 2: This is wide open in the AFC. Someone's coming out

443
00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:17,600
Speaker 2: of it. I know it's not going to be the Chiefs.

444
00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,480
Speaker 2: I'm just willing to say that the Chiefs are not

445
00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,720
Speaker 2: making the Super Bowl for a third straight year. This

446
00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:23,920
Speaker 2: is the same team.

447
00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:25,920
Speaker 1: It's very difficult to teach.

448
00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,040
Speaker 2: Much except the offensive line. It's the same team that

449
00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:31,760
Speaker 2: we've seen when it comes to skills players for the

450
00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,400
Speaker 2: last few years. I'm gonna say someone else is coming

451
00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,640
Speaker 2: out of this division. It's just a matter of which

452
00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,000
Speaker 2: defense out of the AFC is.

453
00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:38,640
Speaker 3: Going to be the best.

454
00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,399
Speaker 1: Well, I think you also got some clarity last year

455
00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:44,560
Speaker 1: because I think you saw the deficits of the Bills

456
00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:46,280
Speaker 1: and I think they realized what they needed to work on.

457
00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:48,199
Speaker 1: But you also saw a team like Cleveland go hey,

458
00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:50,720
Speaker 1: we can hang with this team. I think that builds confidence.

459
00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,480
Speaker 1: Even though they lost. I feel like you kind of

460
00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,280
Speaker 1: come away going, well, maybe we're better than we realized

461
00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,560
Speaker 1: and we're actually should be. In this conversation, look if

462
00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,080
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson plays up like a said, to his abilities

463
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,600
Speaker 1: and also people forget it, he was a good pocket

464
00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,000
Speaker 1: passer in college. The offensive lines that really built for

465
00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:09,159
Speaker 1: pass protection is built for running. So that's gonna be

466
00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,879
Speaker 1: a fascinating evolution. But like you said, and we were

467
00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,240
Speaker 1: talking about before. It's about the health. If the health

468
00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:15,919
Speaker 1: of the wide receiving corep isn't there, then we're right

469
00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:17,560
Speaker 1: back to where we used to be, which is predictable.

470
00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:19,360
Speaker 1: I think that build A plus five fifty is where

471
00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,200
Speaker 1: I want to go. But you know what, that's no fun.

472
00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,200
Speaker 1: Those are favorites. Let's talk about the long shots. Let's

473
00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,760
Speaker 1: go with the Titans plus thirteen hundred, the Patriots plus fifteen.

474
00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,280
Speaker 1: The Dolphins are at plus fifteen, the Chargers at plus sixteen.

475
00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:32,879
Speaker 1: It's all about the Titans. For me, I'm drinking the

476
00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:36,320
Speaker 1: kool aid. It's music City. I'm here for it. I

477
00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,720
Speaker 1: love what they did. Add in Julio Jones. I don't

478
00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,320
Speaker 1: think people realize how devastating that combination of those two

479
00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,720
Speaker 1: wide receivers going to be. Bud Dupree is an incredible

480
00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:49,440
Speaker 1: pass rusher. Also, they're not giving enough credit to that move.

481
00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,680
Speaker 1: I understand there's still deficits on the defensive side, but

482
00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:57,399
Speaker 1: can I sell you on Ryan Tannehill, Mike Rabel, Derrick

483
00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,280
Speaker 1: Henry and this group of wide receivers of Age Brown

484
00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,680
Speaker 1: and Julio Jones being this team maybe that people don't

485
00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,399
Speaker 1: realize is going to come through and just whoop on everybody,

486
00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:07,800
Speaker 1: get hot at the right time and go all the

487
00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:08,520
Speaker 1: way to the super Bowl.

488
00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,280
Speaker 3: You can sell me on it.

489
00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:14,639
Speaker 2: This team has proven they can get there. Coaching is everything.

490
00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,200
Speaker 2: That's what scares me a bit with the Browns too,

491
00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,440
Speaker 2: because they won a playoff game without a head coach

492
00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,879
Speaker 2: and then they ended up having their head coach and loseig.

493
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,439
Speaker 3: I mean, like, what's the problem here.

494
00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,560
Speaker 2: So for me to see that Tennessee has their head coach,

495
00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,080
Speaker 2: mec Brabel, who was able to out coach Bill Belichick

496
00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:34,320
Speaker 2: in a playoff game, It's that alone is impressive. But

497
00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,800
Speaker 2: then you look at this team who defensively they were

498
00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,520
Speaker 2: able to play up two years ago and that's what

499
00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,520
Speaker 2: got them to where they did an the AFC Championship game.

500
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,800
Speaker 2: And then for the new wide receivers coming in where

501
00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,240
Speaker 2: you have one of the best wide receivers coming over

502
00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:50,480
Speaker 2: from Atlanta and Julio Jones and you have him alongside

503
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,040
Speaker 2: some top notch receivers. Oh, and you're running back Derrick

504
00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,680
Speaker 2: Henry and then you have that guy, Yeah, that guy.

505
00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:59,800
Speaker 2: And Ryan Tannehill has proven himself to be a to

506
00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,800
Speaker 2: be a reliable quarterback and his completion percentage in the

507
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:07,240
Speaker 2: playoffs has been fine. He hasn't done anything to throw.

508
00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,120
Speaker 2: He hasn't done anything to make me believe that he's

509
00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,480
Speaker 2: not the quarterback that can get them there. I do

510
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,600
Speaker 2: believe out of all these teams that you were listing,

511
00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,920
Speaker 2: that the Tennessee Titans are that long shot at thirteen

512
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,600
Speaker 2: to one to win the AFC because they have the

513
00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,840
Speaker 2: opportunity to be the most well rounded team. The real

514
00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,680
Speaker 2: question is special teams. Did they improve special teams from

515
00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,879
Speaker 2: last year? Because last year, watching Goskowski and watching this

516
00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:34,840
Speaker 2: team continue to blow games because they can't get special

517
00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,880
Speaker 2: teams right, that's gonna be the difference. This Tennessee team

518
00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,800
Speaker 2: last year could have had three more wins at least

519
00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:42,480
Speaker 2: if they were able to make field goals.

520
00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,760
Speaker 1: Now, the special teams were absolutely atrocious for that team.

521
00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,640
Speaker 1: And you're right, it all is all about coaching. That's

522
00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:49,159
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, gonna have all the

523
00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:50,960
Speaker 1: talent on a roster you want in the NFL. If

524
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,520
Speaker 1: you don't have the coaching, you don't have the schemes,

525
00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,119
Speaker 1: you don't have the game plan, the adjustment, you're not

526
00:22:55,320 --> 00:23:01,359
Speaker 1: going to be the team. Belichick. Andy Reid, Right, Andy

527
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,760
Speaker 1: Reid is a coach who historically doesn't make good adjustments.

528
00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:06,359
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick is the king of adjustments. That's why he

529
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,560
Speaker 1: ends up winning games so often. And I think when

530
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,920
Speaker 1: you look at the other coaches, the great coaches in

531
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,840
Speaker 1: the last twenty thirty years, those are the guys that

532
00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,200
Speaker 1: are able to go in there and say, Okay, this

533
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:19,439
Speaker 1: was our game plan, it's not working. Let's do this instead.

534
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:21,160
Speaker 1: Because they came out with that, and it's that second

535
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,320
Speaker 1: half adjustment. I think variable is a tremendous coach. I

536
00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:25,160
Speaker 1: think you're right, and that's why I love this number.

537
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,320
Speaker 1: So for me, you get a little bit of the Bills,

538
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,800
Speaker 1: maybe with a smaller you know, with a bigger wager,

539
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,480
Speaker 1: a little bit you're holding hands together running through the

540
00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,399
Speaker 1: meadow on the AFC. Let's go Bills and Titans is

541
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,320
Speaker 1: gonna beautiful. I'm all about this, And I'm glad because

542
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,400
Speaker 1: I was very excited to talk about the Titans today

543
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,480
Speaker 1: and I'm glad that somebody else besides me is excited

544
00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,880
Speaker 1: about them. And like I said, drinking the kool aid,

545
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:50,320
Speaker 1: let's get to some of the win totals that you

546
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:53,680
Speaker 1: mentioned before, because obviously there's some really good ones out there.

547
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,520
Speaker 1: Let's start with the Ravens. The number is eleven plus

548
00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,200
Speaker 1: one hundred on the over, minus one twenty on the under.

549
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:01,520
Speaker 1: You want to go over under on this eleven or

550
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,199
Speaker 1: stay away from the Ravens? Eleven?

551
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:04,720
Speaker 3: Why do you do this to me?

552
00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,679
Speaker 1: Because I'm fun, because I'm well? Then you could say pass.

553
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,600
Speaker 1: You could say pass. Honestly, eleven sounds like a good number,

554
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,000
Speaker 1: and that can pay vision numbers. I wouldn't bet it.

555
00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,639
Speaker 1: I would walk away from it. Sometimes the best advice

556
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:19,359
Speaker 1: is don't bet. You know that.

557
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 3: No, I know, I don't.

558
00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,280
Speaker 2: I don't bet my own team. I'm just one of

559
00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:24,920
Speaker 2: those people. I won't even throw a dollar.

560
00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:26,760
Speaker 1: I bet against my own team.

561
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:28,200
Speaker 3: It's called hedge.

562
00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,200
Speaker 1: That's what I do. Exact. Oh, hiding your happiness. I've

563
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:32,160
Speaker 1: never heard anyone cool.

564
00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,280
Speaker 3: That's what I call it. I love that happiness.

565
00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,520
Speaker 1: Can I do that in life? Can I huge my happiness?

566
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:38,160
Speaker 3: Of course?

567
00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:40,680
Speaker 2: So here's the thing, Like, I do this all the time.

568
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,359
Speaker 2: And actually it was my favorite thing to do two

569
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,320
Speaker 2: years ago at the Ravens. Didn't work out as much

570
00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:46,760
Speaker 2: last year. Two years ago my favorite thing to do

571
00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,400
Speaker 2: because the Ravens were always the team that scored first.

572
00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,959
Speaker 2: They were the best first quarter team in football two

573
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,680
Speaker 2: years ago. I would go wait for the live opportunity

574
00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,119
Speaker 2: for the Ravens to score in the first quarter, and

575
00:24:58,240 --> 00:24:59,960
Speaker 2: then I would take the points with the other team,

576
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:01,760
Speaker 2: not asking for the Ravens to lose.

577
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:03,200
Speaker 3: I was just saying that they're not going to cover

578
00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:04,439
Speaker 3: this double digit spread.

579
00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,119
Speaker 2: Usually the Ravens are favored by six seven points, so

580
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,000
Speaker 2: I would end up waiting for it to hit about

581
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,160
Speaker 2: ten because the Ravens scored early in the first quarter,

582
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,200
Speaker 2: and take the points with the opposite team. Ravens hopefully win,

583
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,679
Speaker 2: but the opposite team ends up covering, and I end

584
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:18,840
Speaker 2: up hedging my happiness.

585
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,639
Speaker 1: I love it. Let's head your happiness with the Buffalo Bills.

586
00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,080
Speaker 1: Eleven over under is the number plus one hundred on

587
00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 1: the over minus one twenty on the under. I'm going

588
00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,159
Speaker 1: over on this. Your thoughts, that's my lean right now.

589
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:32,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm going over because how do I not go

590
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:33,919
Speaker 2: over when I say that this team's going to win

591
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:34,480
Speaker 2: the AFC.

592
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:36,840
Speaker 3: I also wouldn't be surprises.

593
00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,639
Speaker 1: Money, Ariel. Don't forget about the plus money side on

594
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:40,440
Speaker 1: the over too, which I'm actually kind of surprised about.

595
00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:42,960
Speaker 3: Oh, I do like the plus money on that over.

596
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:44,200
Speaker 3: I'm looking at their schedule.

597
00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,640
Speaker 2: Now Buffalo, they have to face the NFC East, which

598
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,119
Speaker 2: is great, that's awesome.

599
00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,480
Speaker 3: But I mean they face Washington, so that's good.

600
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,640
Speaker 2: They have to face let's see, they get the Jets,

601
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,119
Speaker 2: which is great because you know you had Jets twice.

602
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,840
Speaker 2: You get your jack you get the Jack Wars this year,

603
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,119
Speaker 2: the Patriots, the Saints that aren't that daunting.

604
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 3: So they're facing the NFC South.

605
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,080
Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean, I actually could see this being

606
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,280
Speaker 2: an over because I'm looking at these games. Pittsburgh they

607
00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,680
Speaker 2: should win at home. Kansas City is a tough game

608
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 2: Week five, that's in Kansas City. They'll probably lose that game,

609
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:19,879
Speaker 2: but if they win that game, that's huge.

610
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:21,280
Speaker 3: Then they have money.

611
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 2: They actually have two really tough games back to back

612
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,879
Speaker 2: Kansas City Tennessee, but then they have a bye to

613
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,280
Speaker 2: look forward to, which is really helpful because they could

614
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,280
Speaker 2: say we'll make it through these two games, we go

615
00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 2: to the bye, and.

616
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 3: Then everything after that's really easy.

617
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,000
Speaker 2: Aside for Tampa Bay, I say that loosely because it's

618
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,400
Speaker 2: the NFL, but realistically, you look at the next half

619
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,160
Speaker 2: of their schedule. In the second half off the bye.

620
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,360
Speaker 2: It's really an easy schedule for Buffalo. I would take

621
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:43,960
Speaker 2: the over on their win total for sure.

622
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:45,959
Speaker 1: And we have to adjust our brains too, because it's

623
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,159
Speaker 1: a seventeen game season now. And that's the thing. I

624
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,920
Speaker 1: think people see these old numbers and they're still It's

625
00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:54,040
Speaker 1: not that they forget it, but they're not really equating

626
00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,520
Speaker 1: it properly, whether it comes to the totals for the

627
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,639
Speaker 1: players or whether it comes for the win tis to say, well,

628
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:00,439
Speaker 1: it's only one more game, but you know it makes

629
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,160
Speaker 1: a difference. Eleven's kind of low in a seventeen game season,

630
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,440
Speaker 1: actually for a team that we have expectations for, like

631
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,720
Speaker 1: we do the Buffalo Bills. All right, let's go with

632
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:09,920
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns. Here. Ten and a half is the

633
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,440
Speaker 1: number for them. The over is minus one oh five,

634
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 1: the unders one to fifteen. This one's tricky, all the volatility,

635
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 1: all the characters, if you will, in Cleveland. Can they

636
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,560
Speaker 1: all put it together and get to that eleven mark,

637
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,320
Speaker 1: because that's what they'd have to do to go over.

638
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 1: Where your thoughts on this number for Cleveland.

639
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,960
Speaker 2: I just automatically, without looking at the schedule, want to

640
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,480
Speaker 2: fade Cleveland because everyone is always public on Cleveland.

641
00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,359
Speaker 3: The public always wants to back this team.

642
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,200
Speaker 2: This is a division in the AFC Nord that has

643
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:41,760
Speaker 2: one of the toughest division schedules in football. The Steelers

644
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 2: actually have the hardest schedule in football this year, and

645
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure the Ravens are second toughest, which means

646
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,160
Speaker 2: the Browns have to be up there too because they're

647
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:49,760
Speaker 2: going to play the same opposite conference.

648
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:50,840
Speaker 3: There are same divisions.

649
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,359
Speaker 2: Now, they have a game against the Chiefs right off

650
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 2: the bat in Arrowhead, which again a bunch of head

651
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:58,720
Speaker 2: cases on this Browns team. You'll lose that game in

652
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,240
Speaker 2: Arrowhead and you're going to be oh no 'or Onhing one.

653
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 2: How does this team bounce back? But then they have

654
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:08,119
Speaker 2: some pretty easy games. They have Houston Chicago, but defensively

655
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,600
Speaker 2: Chicago could be tough. Minnesota maybe they're better. But the

656
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,879
Speaker 2: first half's not that bad for Cleveland. It's gonna be

657
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 2: down the stretch. Cleveland schedule is not that bad. Honestly,

658
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:19,480
Speaker 2: then I'm looking at it.

659
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,920
Speaker 1: Well they I mean, it's a very tough division. This

660
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,800
Speaker 1: is the this is the hyper competitive division in the AFC.

661
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,200
Speaker 1: You know what, if you handle your business against the

662
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh or not. You handle your business against Pittsburgh and Cincinnati,

663
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,720
Speaker 1: then I think this is an over. If you struggle

664
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,520
Speaker 1: against Pittsburgh, I think this is gonna be.

665
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,359
Speaker 2: Here's why I think it's an under because I think

666
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,360
Speaker 2: that the book is being I think the book's undervaluing Pittsburgh.

667
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 2: I still see a lot of value on Pittsburgh. The

668
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,120
Speaker 2: run game can't get worse. The only real issue in

669
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,840
Speaker 2: Pittsburgh is who's stepping up in defense, because, as you

670
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 2: mentioned earlier, they lost some of their key linebackers. If

671
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 2: the Steelers defense can be what it normally is a

672
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,520
Speaker 2: top ten unit, it's supposed to have the second best

673
00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 2: front seven in football this year according to Warren Sharp.

674
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 2: If that's the case, Pittsburgh is gonna have over eight

675
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,600
Speaker 2: and a half wins, which means, my guess, based on

676
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 2: how the book is handling this, giving the Browns two

677
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 2: more wins than the Steelers, at least one of those

678
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 2: games is getting split. I mean one of those games

679
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 2: going to Pittsburgh. At least, I'm gonna say under for

680
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 2: the Browns win total. Even though the schedule isn't that

681
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,480
Speaker 2: daunting now that I look at it, it's still a

682
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 2: tough division, and I'm very curious to see how this

683
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 2: offense does against some top notch defenses, like if Minnesota

684
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:29,280
Speaker 2: or Chicago are improved.

685
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,120
Speaker 1: All right, let's have some fun here. How about the Texans.

686
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 1: The numbers four. Again, it's a seventeen game season, so

687
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,160
Speaker 1: the four sounds I know, what's minus one forty on

688
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:43,160
Speaker 1: the over, plus one twenty on the under. See, to me,

689
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 1: this is all about if Deshaun Watson plays or now

690
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 1: Shaw Watson plays. Obviously it's no but if you believe

691
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,960
Speaker 1: that somehow that's just not gonna happen, you hammer this

692
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,720
Speaker 1: under because they are just atrocious. This is possibly the

693
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,480
Speaker 1: worst roster in football that I've seen in quite some time.

694
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,040
Speaker 1: And again taking off the frank quarterback from it does

695
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 1: not make it better. So anything here for you with

696
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:05,200
Speaker 1: the four number.

697
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 2: I would go under for Houston's four and a half

698
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,240
Speaker 2: because they were four and twelve last year with Deshaun

699
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 2: Watson at quarterback.

700
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 3: Now you're gonna have a Taradre Taylor.

701
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,520
Speaker 2: It's we've seen for the last two years that the

702
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:21,200
Speaker 2: worst team in football has had one win. I mean Cincinnati, Jacksonville.

703
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,760
Speaker 2: I could see the Houston Texans being that team, And honestly,

704
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,600
Speaker 2: why not if Watson's not going to be there, which

705
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 2: by the way, he's not traveling to the preseason game.

706
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,200
Speaker 2: If Watson's not going to be in Houston and they're

707
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 2: going to try to trade him, then go for a

708
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 2: number one quarterback. Go for your next franchise quarterback. Let

709
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,040
Speaker 2: your team stink this year and find someone out of

710
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 2: the college ranks who you can go and draft with

711
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 2: the first overall pick.

712
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 1: Last one here, let's see the Dolphins. Nine and a

713
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,960
Speaker 1: half is the number. The over is plus one fifteen,

714
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,280
Speaker 1: the unders minus one thirty five. This is really about

715
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:55,960
Speaker 1: the development of Tua. Can he get to that next level?

716
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,000
Speaker 1: And like we said before, we were talking about everything

717
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,080
Speaker 1: that could possibly be against him last year was so

718
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,120
Speaker 1: this is a full regular, healthy offseason, a full regular

719
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:09,000
Speaker 1: preseason for him. Can they get to this level? Because

720
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,479
Speaker 1: that was a very competitive team. The Dolphins were very

721
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,200
Speaker 1: competitive in all of their games. They were a team

722
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 1: that really showed up to play defensively as well. The

723
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,240
Speaker 1: offensive line still in question, but they did add some

724
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 1: more talent in the wide receiver corps. Is that enough

725
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,920
Speaker 1: here to help kind of pull two along in year two?

726
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 1: In the NFL and maybe pull them over nine and

727
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 1: a half or is this an easy under.

728
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 3: I wouldn't say it's an easy under.

729
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 2: I could see this one going over because the nine

730
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 2: and a half is still below where this team was

731
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 2: last year. Last year was a ten win team and

732
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 2: that was only sixteen game season, and now we're going

733
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 2: to go to seventeen. You still again have to factor

734
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,960
Speaker 2: in that extra game. I could see that extra game

735
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 2: helping Miami get over the nine and a half wins.

736
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 2: The problem is that they are going up against certain

737
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 2: teams like the Giants, who I could see being a

738
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,440
Speaker 2: better defense than people are giving them credit for. It

739
00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 2: was a top ten defense last year. Carolina also could

740
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 2: be improved. They were a young defense last season, but

741
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 2: still improved. And Sam Darnold maybe and he knows Miami.

742
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 2: So looking at who these who they have to play.

743
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 2: Of course, Buffalo is gonna be their toughest competition and

744
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:15,480
Speaker 2: they have them week two. Uh, Jacksonville they get to

745
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 2: play this year, Houston they play, so they're playing the

746
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 2: South and then New Orleans.

747
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 3: Isn't that daunting? I mean, not too many.

748
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 2: I could see this team two games against the Jets. Obviously,

749
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 2: You've got two games against Buffalo, which will be tough,

750
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,360
Speaker 2: and then two games against New England, which I could

751
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 2: see them splitting. I would say I lean over just

752
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 2: because I'm not one hundred percent sure that Miami's gonna

753
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,920
Speaker 2: get worse than last year. Now, you do have to

754
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 2: factor in Ryan Fitzpatrick and how he had some fitzmagic.

755
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,400
Speaker 3: Last season in Miami. The Beard.

756
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,720
Speaker 2: I know it is all about Tua, but he does

757
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 2: have his wide receiver in Jalen Waddell that he's gonna

758
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 2: be able to play with.

759
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 3: So Miami over nine and a half.

760
00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,800
Speaker 1: Wins, well, boy, you can't shake the confidence of that call. Boy.

761
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: Oh boy, whatence the thing?

762
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 3: You didn't ask me about my favorite win total of

763
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:05,440
Speaker 3: the season?

764
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:06,680
Speaker 1: What is your favorite?

765
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,480
Speaker 2: See? Yeah, see under for the Jaguars under six and

766
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 2: a half wins. You're telling me that a team that

767
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,120
Speaker 2: had one win last year, all of a sudden's going

768
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,080
Speaker 2: to have a rookie quarterback, a rookie running back, and

769
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 2: essentially a rookie head coach in the NFL and Urban

770
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,720
Speaker 2: Meyer that they're just going to come into the NFL

771
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 2: and do six times better than they did last year. No,

772
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,400
Speaker 2: we saw it with Cincinnati. They had a new head coach,

773
00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 2: they had a new quarterback, first pick in the draft.

774
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:39,600
Speaker 2: They still only had four wins last year. I'm not

775
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 2: buying that you're gonna get six more wins because you

776
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,480
Speaker 2: have all those factors at play, there's still growing pains.

777
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 2: I will always tell this story, Joe, when I was

778
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,920
Speaker 2: covering local news. My favorite thing about covering local news

779
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 2: is that on a football weekend, I was able to

780
00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 2: go from high school football on Friday and I was

781
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:58,000
Speaker 2: shooting the games, like with a k camera on the

782
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 2: field by myself, shooting the games Friday from the field,

783
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,840
Speaker 2: shooting the game Saturday for college football, and shooting a

784
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:08,400
Speaker 2: game Sunday for the Carolina Panthers. Seeing the speed Friday

785
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 2: to Saturday, I mean, and I was in North Carolina,

786
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,080
Speaker 2: so these high school kids are like legit. And when

787
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 2: I would watch these Friday to Saturdays, they said, Okay,

788
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 2: there's a difference, but it wasn't anything that I wasn't

789
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 2: prepared for.

790
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 3: But then Saturday to Sunday was so ridiculously.

791
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 1: And everyone should get to be on a sideline once

792
00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:27,120
Speaker 1: so they could see just.

793
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,320
Speaker 2: What it's like because and compare it like go to

794
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,399
Speaker 2: each sideline be able to compare it day by day

795
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,040
Speaker 2: and see And I had Cam Newton at quarterback for

796
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,919
Speaker 2: Carolina Panthers at the time, so being able to see

797
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 2: what Cam Newton was doing from a field level. And

798
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 2: you're trying to shoot it because when you're shooting the games,

799
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 2: you're trying to be like a linebacker. You're trying to

800
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:47,239
Speaker 2: figure out what the quarterback is going to do. Is

801
00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:48,840
Speaker 2: he gonna pass, is he gonna throw? I mean, is

802
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 2: he gonna pass?

803
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,239
Speaker 3: Is he gonna run? And with Cam you just really

804
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:51,600
Speaker 3: don't know.

805
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,759
Speaker 2: I mean, the head coach doesn't even know what he's

806
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:55,640
Speaker 2: gonna do because the play call is probably to throw

807
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:57,560
Speaker 2: and he's going to try to dive headfirst into the

808
00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:58,080
Speaker 2: end zone.

809
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,040
Speaker 3: So you just don't know. On these players are so fast.

810
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 2: That's why when I talk about these these transition years,

811
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,759
Speaker 2: the quarterback trying to transition into the NFL. It was

812
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 2: so impressive what Justin Herbert was able to do last

813
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,720
Speaker 2: year because he came in on a whim, but coaching

814
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 2: a new head coach and a new quarterback for the

815
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 2: Jacksonville Jaguars, I'm not gonna get I'm not gonna bet

816
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 2: a over on this team to have seven wins. I'm

817
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 2: gonna say they're gonna wonder six and a half.

818
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:27,239
Speaker 1: I'm with you. Let's turn the keys once again. You

819
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 1: and I pretty much see the AFC the same. Maybe

820
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 1: I like the Browns a little bit more than you,

821
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 1: but I like a hot mess sometimes sometimes it's fun.

822
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:35,879
Speaker 3: I do think on paper they're really good.

823
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,919
Speaker 1: There's just such a roster. You should be nervous because

824
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: they are a bunch of knuckleheads. But at the same time,

825
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 1: it's a deep bunch of knuckleheads in terms of roster,

826
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,359
Speaker 1: and that's the one thing in the NFL you're gonna

827
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,840
Speaker 1: have injuries, especially on the defensive side. You're looking at

828
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 1: some of these guys too. The depth of that roster

829
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 1: so good that next man up is actually a pretty

830
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,839
Speaker 1: good man to put in there. All right, two minutes, real, leies,

831
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 1: you're ready, We're gonna do some props. Patrick Maholmes passing

832
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:04,359
Speaker 1: yards over under five thousand point five, seventeen games under.

833
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,359
Speaker 1: I agree. I'm with you. Under for me as well.

834
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:10,839
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson passing yards thirty four hundred point five over under.

835
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 3: Ooh, probably under.

836
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, Maybe I'm just depressed about Rashan Pateman today. But

837
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say under. AJ Brown receiving yards twelve hundred

838
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:24,680
Speaker 1: point five over under.

839
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 3: Oh, under, because he has Julia next to him.

840
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,320
Speaker 1: Now over over, it's gonna be a lot. Oh, I

841
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 1: love it. Let's go. AJ Brown's gonna be a top

842
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 1: three wide receiver. Julio Jones one twenty five and a

843
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:37,799
Speaker 1: half over under.

844
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 3: Oh, that seems pretty low, it does. We're gonna have

845
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:41,920
Speaker 3: two one thousand yard receivers.

846
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 1: Why no, we had one two years.

847
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:46,760
Speaker 3: Maybe he didn't want to play last year over.

848
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:50,640
Speaker 1: Who could blame him? Derrick Henry rushing yards after two

849
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:53,440
Speaker 1: thousand yard season the number is fifteen to thirty nine

850
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:54,880
Speaker 1: and a half on betting pros.

851
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,000
Speaker 3: Well, there are a lot more receivers for them to

852
00:36:58,120 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 3: pass to.

853
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:01,839
Speaker 2: Its sustainable. All right, we're going over.

854
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, let's go. It's over. Derek Henry and of course

855
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 1: my favorite guy, Naji Harris one thousand point five over

856
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:10,240
Speaker 1: under for Naji Harris.

857
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 3: Mmmm, rookie season.

858
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:15,120
Speaker 2: Over.

859
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:15,879
Speaker 3: They're gonna keep.

860
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:19,120
Speaker 1: Big Ben healthy over absolutely, I'm with you. There we go.

861
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:23,600
Speaker 1: Lots of agreements, a few disagreements, but more importantly, great information.

862
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 1: And that's why of course, I asked you to come

863
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: on the show, and you should all be following her

864
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 1: on the Twitter machine because Aero Epstein is absolutely beast there.

865
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:31,840
Speaker 1: Aerial epstcene is where you can find her on the

866
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 1: Twitter machine. She is the prop queen for a reason.

867
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868
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Speaker 1: your television. She does fantastic work. She does every single sport.

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Speaker 1: I'm jealous. I can't possibly do that. My head would explode. Ariel,

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Speaker 1: what else you got going on? Because I know you're

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Speaker 1: a busy lady, just a.

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Speaker 2: Lot on the morning after three hours a day, nine

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Speaker 2: am to now in the Eastern time, Monday through Friday,

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Speaker 2: and this weekend, our Pro Football Today is going to

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Speaker 2: start up on sports Grid, which is ten am east're

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Speaker 2: in to one pm usually when it starts football season.

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Speaker 2: It will be leading up to kickoff, which is great

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Speaker 2: because we bring on so many great analysts and people

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Speaker 2: that will help us, like doctor David chowprofootball dot dot com.

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Speaker 2: I absolutely love talking to him on game day because

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Speaker 2: he helps me more so with props than anything else.

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Speaker 2: Because think about it, whatever teams who cares about spreads

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Speaker 2: and meals.

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Speaker 3: And money lines.

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Speaker 2: We're all about the props and fantasy. And that's what

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Speaker 2: Doctor Chow is so good at. He helps us to tell, Hey,

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Speaker 2: this player is at one hundred percent and this player

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Speaker 2: is not, and that's great.

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Speaker 1: And once again, I'll be the opening act every year

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Speaker 1: like I am from eight to ten for Area.

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Speaker 3: I've heard it. I mean it's nacked.

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Speaker 1: Oh it's an act. Oh, it's an act alright. So

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Speaker 1: they let me kind of warm up the crowd and

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Speaker 1: then Ariel's the main show pro Football today starting get ten.

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Speaker 1: That's when the real experts come in there. So again,

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Speaker 1: go follow her on Twitter at Aera epscene and go

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Speaker 1: check her out everywhere you can. That'll do it for us.

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Speaker 1: But the story of the game goes on. For AERA epscene,

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Speaker 1: I'm Joe Pizapia. We'll see your next AIP kids,