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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntire. What's up, everybody, Monday,

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Speaker 1: October twelve, Straight Fire, folks, I gotta just start here.

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Speaker 1: Sunday was one of the all time great sports days

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Speaker 1: of the last six months, and I gotta keep it

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Speaker 1: real with you, Like listen, it's been a bleak run

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Speaker 1: for sports this year, and Sunday was just incredible. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you had an unbelievable NFL day with great games, Russell

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Speaker 1: Wilson capping the night going nine yards and two minutes

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Speaker 1: to win the game. And you know, my fantasy team's

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Speaker 1: both too. And oh I was on fire in the

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Speaker 1: gambling contest at one point four million dollar contest. Your

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Speaker 1: boy went four and one, a little bouncing my step

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Speaker 1: and um NBA Finals Game six, Lakers win by seventy

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Speaker 1: And and before we start there, I know some people

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Speaker 1: the NFL. I talked with the Big Boss who runs

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Speaker 1: the podcast network on Friday. You know, they're glowing reviews

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Speaker 1: for Straight Fire and how we're ahead of schedule and

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Speaker 1: we've got these new ads coming in and they're all geeked,

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Speaker 1: and they gave me some interesting numbers, and I want

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Speaker 1: to start here. Obviously, the podcast of the audience is

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Speaker 1: in America three percent in Canada, two in Australia, down

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Speaker 1: under one percent in the United Kingdom, and on on

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Speaker 1: and on. But obviously in the US is good. Now

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Speaker 1: the state by state background is interesting and this leads

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Speaker 1: me to why we are going to open with the

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Speaker 1: Lakers today. Okay, largest audience for this podcast after two

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Speaker 1: months California percent. Now that could be because I live

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Speaker 1: Cent of the audience in California. Eight percent in Texas, US.

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Speaker 1: We will get to Dak Prescott shortly. Florida. Shout out

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Speaker 1: to all my family in Florida who listens and text

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Speaker 1: me every day about the podcast. Thank you. Five percent

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Speaker 1: in New York, four percent in Ohio. Three in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Georgia,

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Speaker 1: go through every state, but those are just I find

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Speaker 1: those numbers interesting. I don't know, uh, if you guys

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Speaker 1: care about that stuff, but I thought i'd tossed it

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Speaker 1: out before we get to the Lakers blood bath victory

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Speaker 1: in Game six. We didn't get to talk about Game

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Speaker 1: five and the heroic effort from the heat just a

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Speaker 1: marvelous performance to extend the series. But it was pretty

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Speaker 1: clear heading into Game six they had nothing left in

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Speaker 1: the tank. And you could see that in the first quarter.

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Speaker 1: Crusoe starts for Howard, Lakers jump all over them and

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Speaker 1: you know, keeping it real with you guys. By the

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Speaker 1: second quarter, I was like, Okay, this is not that

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Speaker 1: NFL endings and you know, uh, if you guys follow

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Speaker 1: the food to pick it up. Pause the game, like

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Speaker 1: there was no urgency. Lakers were up by a million,

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Speaker 1: came back, fast forward and through the commercials and there's

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Speaker 1: really no story here. The Lakers win the championship. I

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Speaker 1: consider it the toughest championship of my time as a fan. Um.

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Speaker 1: And I don't want to hear that they had four

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Speaker 1: months off Jason. It was a global pandemic. It's not

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Speaker 1: like they had four months off to jet set and

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Speaker 1: lot of these guys were cooped up in their house.

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Speaker 1: which would have been advantageous to the Lakers obviously UM

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Speaker 1: against the heat, but they didn't need it and Lebron

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Speaker 1: more you can say about the series, it's over the

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Speaker 1: Lakers role, the two prevailing storylines that I know Rob

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Speaker 1: um Lebron versus Jordan's and then can the Lakers run

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Speaker 1: too early to get that into lake. Can the Lakers repeat?

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Speaker 1: too much talent on this team. There's too much depth

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Speaker 1: many questions for me to dive deep. Sorry, rob Gi,

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Speaker 1: phenomenal until the injury. And it's just such a tough offseason,

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Speaker 1: rob G. I I can't make any sweeping conclusions about

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Speaker 1: what world are the reigning Eastern Conference champions with that

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Speaker 1: But as a basketball player, I mean is accomplishments are unsurpassed.

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Speaker 1: because what is Jerry Jones gonna look heartless like an

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Speaker 1: ogre and not offer him a big deal. But is

426
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Speaker 1: it financially sounded give him a long term contract coming

427
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:10,479
Speaker 1: off a dislocated, grotesque ankle. So now the Cowboys are

428
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Speaker 1: really screwed. I tried to float the idea. Listen, Andy

429
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Speaker 1: Dalton had a nice running since maybe Jerry Jones's to

430
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:22,160
Speaker 1: make a trade. NFC East is a joke. Uh, Eagles

431
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,000
Speaker 1: lose again. Thanks to the Steelers for connecting on my

432
00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:30,760
Speaker 1: gambling winnings. Um, I think Dallas is probably gonna still

433
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Speaker 1: be able to win the division. But I don't know

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Speaker 1: if Andy Dalton can pull that off. And you have

435
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,040
Speaker 1: no defense to speak of. I mean the New York Giants,

436
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,919
Speaker 1: who were the dead last offense in the league in

437
00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,439
Speaker 1: the NFL, scored thirty four point Well, I guess they

438
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:49,520
Speaker 1: scored twenty seven points. Um that that the pick six? Like,

439
00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,679
Speaker 1: if the Giants are moving the football on you with ease,

440
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:57,879
Speaker 1: you stink and that defense is horrendous. I don't know. Like,

441
00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,000
Speaker 1: maybe you're able to in the division and get to

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00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,200
Speaker 1: the playoffs, but given the no home field advantage situation,

443
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 1: I don't think you're winning a playoff game against anybody

444
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Speaker 1: in the NFC. I mean, it's not like the defenses

445
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:12,200
Speaker 1: all of a sudden going to become awesome. Like it's

446
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,919
Speaker 1: just I mean the Giants three yards of offense overt

447
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:21,679
Speaker 1: on third down. Um, I don't know, it's grim If

448
00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:23,640
Speaker 1: you're Dallas, all right, let's move on to the other games.

449
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,760
Speaker 1: I gotta give Russell Wilson. Oh my gosh, um, is

450
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,640
Speaker 1: there anything Russ Wilson can't do? So at halftime, they're

451
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Speaker 1: down thirteen nothing, and you're like, oh, maybe they are

452
00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,840
Speaker 1: ready for the bye week. Maybe Seattle is not really

453
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Speaker 1: locked in. Uh, it's starting to rain, and the Vikings

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Speaker 1: then lose Dalvin Cook I think it was late first half,

455
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,680
Speaker 1: and you're like, oh, seez Well, Seattle will come back.

456
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,720
Speaker 1: And of course what happens in the third quarter, Boom boom, turnovers, touchdown,

457
00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,800
Speaker 1: Seattle takes the lead, and you think they're gonna fold

458
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Speaker 1: like Kirk Cousins normally does in prime time, and Kirk

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00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 1: Cousins does not. Kirkcausins comes back pretty amazing game. And then,

460
00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,879
Speaker 1: of course, the the play everybody's gonna be talking about today,

461
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,320
Speaker 1: fourth and one from the from the Seattle six yard

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00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:14,240
Speaker 1: line with a shade under two minutes left, and Zimmer

463
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,040
Speaker 1: went for it, and I think everybody would agree that's

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00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,880
Speaker 1: the okay call. Now, the interesting thing is the announcer

465
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Speaker 1: Collinsworth brought this up. If there are seventy thousand people

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Speaker 1: in the stands, do they go for it on fourth

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Speaker 1: and one? I don't think they do. I think you

468
00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:31,840
Speaker 1: probably kicked the field goal and you go up by eight,

469
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,720
Speaker 1: but it's fourth and one. Nobody in the stands, you're

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Speaker 1: not battling crowd noise, and you go for it, and

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00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:40,960
Speaker 1: Madison just picked the wrong hole. To run through. He

472
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:44,480
Speaker 1: got stopped, and as soon as he got stopped, you knew, okay, Ross,

473
00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:48,280
Speaker 1: he's gonna cook yards, no problem. And then it's all

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00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:51,040
Speaker 1: of a sudden, it's fourth and ten. Great stat, by

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Speaker 1: the way, great stat from the game, Seattle third down

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Speaker 1: conversions for the game, Oh for seven. They did not

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Speaker 1: convert a third down the entire game. That's crazy. But

478
00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,200
Speaker 1: they were two two for two on fourth down. Russ

479
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,000
Speaker 1: to DK Metcalf down the sideline for like forty on

480
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,720
Speaker 1: fourth down and then the fourth down touchdown pass to Metcalf.

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00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,800
Speaker 1: I mean, Metcalf is crazy. Okay, this guy is so

482
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Speaker 1: skilled and talented. If you remember at the draft he

483
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,440
Speaker 1: was coming out of I think it was uh Mississippi. Yeah,

484
00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:24,240
Speaker 1: it was coming out of Ole Miss and he was shredded.

485
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,320
Speaker 1: I mean, the guy is so jacked. He's like six

486
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,000
Speaker 1: rocked up and they're like, oh, but he can't he's

487
00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,120
Speaker 1: dumb and he can't run routes. That was the big knock.

488
00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,959
Speaker 1: The perceived knock was he's he just he's a straight

489
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,720
Speaker 1: line runner, that's it. And now here we are he

490
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:43,399
Speaker 1: falls to the second round. DK Metcalf is torching everybody

491
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Speaker 1: over the middle. Deep get it to him in space.

492
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,000
Speaker 1: He's gonna make people miss He's gonna stiff arm. You

493
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:54,560
Speaker 1: Metcalfs a monster Seattle with a lucky victory, and they

494
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,960
Speaker 1: moved to five and oh they don't cover the spread.

495
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,760
Speaker 1: Though I I did, I should have taken the vikings,

496
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Speaker 1: but I didn't. Um a quick word on my jets.

497
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Speaker 1: As we record this, the Jets have not fired Adam

498
00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,359
Speaker 1: Gaze yet. Dan Quinn did get fired Sunday night by

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Speaker 1: the Falcons. I don't see how you could have kept

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00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:18,000
Speaker 1: him after that loss to Carolina. Um just unimpressive performance

501
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,800
Speaker 1: from the Falcons. The interesting note they fired the GM

502
00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,080
Speaker 1: Dimitroff as well. Now he's well liked by the media.

503
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 1: So when you can you can tell who's well liked

504
00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,320
Speaker 1: by the media is who gets a lot of coverage,

505
00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:33,160
Speaker 1: which gms, the guys that play nice with the uh

506
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,920
Speaker 1: you know, the big time reporters, they get a lot

507
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Speaker 1: of coverage and Dimitrof even though the Falcons roster it's good,

508
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 1: but like it's he still was living off being friendly

509
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,160
Speaker 1: with reporters and going to the Super Bowl three years ago.

510
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,480
Speaker 1: And now you're looking at the Falcons, You're like, jeez,

511
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:56,280
Speaker 1: these guys, where are they going? Winless coach and GM fired.

512
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Speaker 1: I actually, I think this is a better job than Houston,

513
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 1: only because there is a little more talent on the

514
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Speaker 1: roster than Houston. But I would still say the Jets

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00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,360
Speaker 1: as soon as they fire Gays, that becomes the most

516
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,879
Speaker 1: attractive job. And I can hear you snickering, ha ha,

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Speaker 1: you're saying that because you're a Jets fan. No, because

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Speaker 1: they're probably gonna get the number one pick. They've got

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00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,720
Speaker 1: Seattle's first and second round I think his first and

520
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,199
Speaker 1: second round picks in the Jamal Adams trade. They have

521
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 1: a great cap situation. They don't They're not paying a

522
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 1: quarterback a ton of money like Watson and like Matt Ryan.

523
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 1: Atlanta has also got to deal with Julio Jones aging.

524
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 1: We don't know how he how that's gonna work out.

525
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Speaker 1: And I just think when you look at the Jets

526
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:37,800
Speaker 1: situation in that division, yeah, Buffalo is pretty good, but

527
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 1: we'll see Patriots. I don't know how long this camp

528
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,959
Speaker 1: thing will last. In The Dolphins stink, although they had

529
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,240
Speaker 1: a great win over San France. UM, so hopefully Gays

530
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 1: gets fired this week. Just to point out, Okay, the

531
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,720
Speaker 1: Jets could do nothing on offense. And this is what's

532
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,240
Speaker 1: telling and why I think Greg Williams probably gets fired

533
00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 1: to the defensive coordinator. The defense quit. They couldn't pressure

534
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:05,080
Speaker 1: Kyler Marie. One quarterback hit, one sack, one tackle for loss.

535
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,200
Speaker 1: That's it. They could They could win at the line

536
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,000
Speaker 1: of scrimmage. I guess the Cardinals team that had just

537
00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 1: getting pushed around by the Lions and then last week

538
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,040
Speaker 1: by Carolina, the Jets defense felt like it quit. Now

539
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:20,160
Speaker 1: big injury. This is for the Gamblers out there. Chandler Jones,

540
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 1: the best defensive linement on Arizona biceps injury. Out for

541
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,920
Speaker 1: the season. That's a big loss, and Arizona has I

542
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 1: was looking at the schedule. Arizona has a big one

543
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 1: next week. UM, let me look at the schedule. Arizona plays. Oh,

544
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 1: they played Dallas on Monday night football, big, big game.

545
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 1: We'll be talking about that one later in the week. UM.

546
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 1: I don't want to go too much into Washington. I

547
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 1: whipped badly on Washington. UM we'll talk about that in

548
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 1: the best bet later. But just a quick Washington had

549
00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: a hundred and eight yards of total offense. That's all

550
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say the Rams three and o against the

551
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Speaker 1: NFC East, Um, okay quickly on the Brown's Colt and

552
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,960
Speaker 1: this will lead into uh, I'm gonna give you two

553
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,920
Speaker 1: games super early that I'm gonna look at um one

554
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 1: of them. I already bet Brown's beat the Colts. And

555
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 1: what was a pretty good game. People are gonna say

556
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,040
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers is washed, they need to trade for Sam Donald.

557
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 1: Rivers wasn't really the problem. He did have a safety. Uh,

558
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,000
Speaker 1: he did have a terrible pick six and he had

559
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 1: another interception. The problem is they don't have anybody dynamic

560
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 1: on the outside. T Y Hilton does not look like

561
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 1: the t Y Hilton from three years ago. Campbell's out,

562
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 1: and uh, the other guy they got, I'm spacing on

563
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,640
Speaker 1: his name in the draft, Pittman. He's hurt. So they

564
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,480
Speaker 1: have nobody. All you gotta do is hug up on

565
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 1: the tight ends and the running backs and they can't

566
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,959
Speaker 1: do anything. So Rivers is really limited with that offense.

567
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 1: The defense is pretty good. Baker Mayfield not a good

568
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 1: performance in the second half. I was worried he was

569
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:55,720
Speaker 1: gonna blow the cover. The look aheadline on Brown Steelers

570
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: next week, which is now a huge game Steelers four.

571
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 1: Now Brown's four and one for the first time since

572
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,760
Speaker 1: the look ahead was Steelers by four. I think the

573
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,760
Speaker 1: Steelers are definitely the side this week, like a hundred

574
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Speaker 1: thousand percent. If you remember the last meeting Miles Garrett.

575
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,200
Speaker 1: Maybe that wasn't the last meeting. I'll have to check that,

576
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 1: but last year Myles Garrett swinging the helmet at the

577
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,800
Speaker 1: backup quarterback Ben did not get to face the Browns.

578
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:23,600
Speaker 1: Last year, um that Cleveland secondary can be had a

579
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 1: lot of injuries. They lost a safety in the second half.

580
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,920
Speaker 1: They were so beat up and Rivers couldn't take advantage

581
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 1: because they can't beat you vertically. Pittsburgh camp. And I

582
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 1: know people are gonna look at that Eagles Steelers game

583
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 1: and say, well, Eagles were in it. Okay, they had

584
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:42,280
Speaker 1: a seventy four yard touchdown run by Miles Sanders, thank

585
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 1: you to my fantasy team. Outside of that, I think

586
00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:49,280
Speaker 1: they had twenty four yards rushing last week the Steelers

587
00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:52,000
Speaker 1: gave up or two weeks ago, the Steelers gave up

588
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 1: something like twenty nine yards rushing. If the Browns can't

589
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,560
Speaker 1: run the football and the Steelers, who are gonna be

590
00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: very ampt for this game obviously huge rivalry. Then I

591
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 1: don't trust Baker Mayfield to win in the secondary against Pittsburgh.

592
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,280
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh secondary did get beat up by that. How do

593
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: you say his name? Flu gam fl flem whatever his

594
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 1: name fulham Fulham for the Eagles, he had a monster day.

595
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 1: He's your big fantasy pickup if nobody has Claypool, but

596
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:24,800
Speaker 1: hopefully have Claypool. Um. I I like the stealers a lot. There.

597
00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:26,960
Speaker 1: The other game I've already circled and I have bet

598
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:32,000
Speaker 1: it um it's the Detroit Lions. Yes, coming off the

599
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 1: by they play the Jags, and I watched that Jags

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00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 1: um who was Jacks Texans game very closely. Okay, the

601
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,760
Speaker 1: Jags defense is beat to high hell, they are so

602
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:46,480
Speaker 1: injured right now. They had a safety ejected and Houston

603
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 1: rolled them. I mean Deshaun Watson three nine yards passing

604
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 1: two touchdowns. He had two dumb interceptions. Hopefully Stafford doesn't

605
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 1: do that. What's even crazier is David Johnson was able

606
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: to run the football nineties rushing yards. Texas had eight

607
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 1: and almost eight and a half yards per play. They

608
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,960
Speaker 1: moved the ball with ease against the Jacksonville defense. That

609
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 1: was down three starters technically five, and you would count

610
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,720
Speaker 1: the ejection and another starter who's on I R the

611
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 1: Jacks defense can't stop a nosebleed right now. And I

612
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 1: like the Lions. I I mean, I got the I

613
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 1: already bet it Sunday night. Um did Jack's gonna have

614
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 1: to find a new kicker? He stinks? Minshew? Is you

615
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 1: know still cardiac? Minshew? But Detroit coming off to buy

616
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 1: I jeez, they better show up. That's all I'll say.

617
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Speaker 1: All right, So a fun week five in the books,

618
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 1: Rob G. Did I miss any games that you think

619
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Speaker 1: we're worthy of discussion? I mean, do we need to

620
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 1: talk about Jimmy G getting kind of benched? Yeah, with

621
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Speaker 1: the excuse that, oh, his ankle wasn't Yeah, I'm sure

622
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 1: if his they were down thirty to eight, that had

623
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 1: thirty to seven and a half times, think would have

624
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,920
Speaker 1: been just fine. Dude. He had two picks three times,

625
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:02,040
Speaker 1: and I was facing him in fantasy. The guy got

626
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 1: one point. I mean, I don't know why you'd start

627
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 1: Jimmy G coming off the injury. I guess you could

628
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:11,000
Speaker 1: argue the Miami Dolphins stink, but that that Dolphins team

629
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Speaker 1: is I don't you never know who's gonna show up

630
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: for Miami. Dude, Fitzpatrick, I mean at a monster game,

631
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:24,960
Speaker 1: fifty yards passing, three touchdowns barely, I mean two Harvard's finest.

632
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,239
Speaker 1: I saw you going after my guy, Mark Willard. So

633
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,799
Speaker 1: how they look at Mark? Listen. I hate to break

634
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,400
Speaker 1: it to forty Niners fans, and I whipped on them too.

635
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,239
Speaker 1: I thought they were going to the playoffs. They are

636
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:40,440
Speaker 1: not going to the playoffs. Their next five games, oh

637
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,720
Speaker 1: my gosh, next six games verse the Rams. The Rams

638
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: are good at the Patriots, good luck at Seattle versus

639
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:55,320
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and the Packers at Drew Brees at the Rams,

640
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 1: then versus the Bills. That takes you into December, the

641
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:01,959
Speaker 1: real rob g on. Sure you saw this. They don't

642
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: have any pressure on the defensive line because everybody's hurt,

643
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 1: and it puts extra pressure on the defensive backs who

644
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,400
Speaker 1: were all hurt. So they're playing a total like j

645
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,960
Speaker 1: V unit, all backups, and they just got smoked. They

646
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: can't stop anybody, and the offense looked really shot. I

647
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 1: don't know, man, they're trying to say this wasn't a

648
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 1: benching at Jimmy g but it definitely was a benching. Yeah,

649
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:27,719
Speaker 1: you definitely cannot scheme your way through and then well

650
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,759
Speaker 1: they did it last season with Jimmy g you can't

651
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 1: do it again. Yeah, remember the defense last year will

652
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 1: get them great feel position, and then their running game

653
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 1: was unreal and it's like you can only get away

654
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: with that for so long before the league catches up

655
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 1: to you. And we've seen that. We've seen that with

656
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins, We're seeing that a little bit with Lamar Jackson.

657
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,880
Speaker 1: Will probably get into that maybe later this week or

658
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 1: maybe next week. You know, he's definitely not having those

659
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 1: running lanes that he had last season. So even Pat Mahomes,

660
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:54,960
Speaker 1: I mean he's not if you look at the last

661
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 1: two seasons, he's nowhere near the fifty touchdown guy that

662
00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,359
Speaker 1: we thought he was. And that leads right into where

663
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 1: we're gonna wrap up with your Raiders against the team

664
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 1: I said a week ago today, Yeah, the Chiefs. I

665
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:08,920
Speaker 1: died like I'm gonna go undefeated. I looked at the schedule.

666
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:12,919
Speaker 1: Yeah I didn't quite work out. Yeah, you got old

667
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:16,279
Speaker 1: takes exposed quickly. Yes, they popped the podcast and I

668
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: got some new listeners. Uh listen, I gotta say shout

669
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:24,840
Speaker 1: out to Gruden and Car. I mean Carr was dealing

670
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:28,320
Speaker 1: jacobs is. It was a warrior. Davante Booker, Do I

671
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,759
Speaker 1: need to scoop him up in fantasy. He had a

672
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,200
Speaker 1: nice game, some big carries, you know what. I thought.

673
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 1: The biggest thing was rob G well to bringing getting

674
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 1: Trent Brown back on the offensive line. He is a

675
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,880
Speaker 1: hulking man on the offensive line, just massive. Car only

676
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,400
Speaker 1: sacked once and they were able to run for a

677
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,360
Speaker 1: hundred forty four yards. And the other one was getting

678
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 1: Henry Ruggs. I mean, Henry Ruggs is so fast that

679
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 1: you've got to respect to speed. He had a seventy

680
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 1: two yard touchdown. They only targeted him three times, but

681
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,640
Speaker 1: his mere presence opened up the middle of the field.

682
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:02,360
Speaker 1: Robbed g a couple of times. Darren Waller wide open

683
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:04,799
Speaker 1: over the like the safeties had to play super deep

684
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 1: for rugs and I mean that just opened up the

685
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,640
Speaker 1: middle of the field. Waller had a field day. Richard

686
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 1: out of the backfield. Somebody named in Gold who had

687
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 1: never heard of had four targets. Like I thought, it

688
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 1: was a good game plan from from from the Raiders.

689
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:19,480
Speaker 1: They held the ball. I think for like thirty eight

690
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:23,399
Speaker 1: minutes something. I'm scene sorry thirty five minutes and if

691
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: the Chiefs can't stop you putting a lot of pressure

692
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 1: on my homes, he threw his first pick of the season. Uh,

693
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 1: big day for you, Rob g Vegas. Raiders win and

694
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:35,040
Speaker 1: the Lakers win, and both my fancy teams won. So

695
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 1: I was four and oh on the on the day

696
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,320
Speaker 1: it was, it was a good Sunday for me. I

697
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:41,560
Speaker 1: just looking at the box score. The Kansas City Chiefs

698
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 1: longest run a ten yard Tyreek Hill run. That's it.

699
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: One carry of ten yards. That's something. And I had

700
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: just said on Twitter during the game because the Raiders

701
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,200
Speaker 1: defense was terrible. They were getting shredded in the first half.

702
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:56,759
Speaker 1: And I don't know what changed, and I don't know

703
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:58,320
Speaker 1: if they made some kind of schematic. Can have to

704
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:01,319
Speaker 1: go back and watch it again. But up until the

705
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: final drive when they went to pre event and Kansas

706
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:05,719
Speaker 1: City scored to kind of make it closer because they

707
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:09,279
Speaker 1: were up by sixteen, Kansas City only had twenty five

708
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 1: yards in the second half. Wow, up until that last drive.

709
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:16,840
Speaker 1: So I mean kudos to the Raiders defense finally showed

710
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:18,879
Speaker 1: up for once, and their offense is doing what they've

711
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 1: kind of might doing all season, so I wasn't really

712
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 1: shocked about that, but for their defense tightened up like

713
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:24,840
Speaker 1: that three and two, I did not expect them to

714
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 1: be three and two at this point of the season

715
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,759
Speaker 1: with that schedule. So shout out to me and the

716
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,800
Speaker 1: Raiders and shout out to me. So now they got

717
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: um while the schedule is not. I mean, they get

718
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,759
Speaker 1: the Bucks in two weeks and I guess they gotta

719
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 1: buy here and then the Browns. So if they can

720
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 1: get healthy, you know that Brown's game suddenly becomes massive because, um,

721
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 1: you know your Raiders are they They're gonna be in

722
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 1: the playoff mix in the a f C right now.

723
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 1: I guess you got to look at Kansas City in

724
00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:53,879
Speaker 1: Baltimore clearly the cream of the crop. But I'm looking

725
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 1: at this Pittsburgh team. Uh, you gotta watch Buffalo. You

726
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,359
Speaker 1: do have an extra playoff team this year. I think

727
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,880
Speaker 1: the Browns are gonna get in. Um, we'll see Tennessee

728
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 1: or the Colts, one of those two. I don't think

729
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:07,920
Speaker 1: both get in. And then they say we're able to

730
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 1: get all these games in. I We'll get to this

731
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,560
Speaker 1: later in the week. But when one COVID outbreak, at

732
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,640
Speaker 1: least the eight rescheduled games, I mean, oh, you know,

733
00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 1: that's right. That's another topic. We'll get to that later

734
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 1: this week, man. But it's looking at the NFL. I

735
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:25,359
Speaker 1: saw the NFL put out the schedule and they're like,

736
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: all these games are changing, and I'm like, why are

737
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 1: you guys announcing that in the middle of a Sunday again?

738
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 1: Do you think I have time to look at what's

739
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 1: happening in week nine? Let me focus on week five

740
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 1: and week six. So just an awesome Sunday in the league.

741
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,800
Speaker 1: NFL is amazing now, rob Gi, I gotta be honest.

742
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:45,080
Speaker 1: Is the Tuesday game even happening at this juncture right now?

743
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:47,359
Speaker 1: It is? But again, with the way things are going

744
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:51,359
Speaker 1: right now, it's a high wire act, to say the least.

745
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:53,400
Speaker 1: In the NFL, I think the move is to probably

746
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,280
Speaker 1: try to penalize them draft picks, because don't penalize the fans,

747
00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:00,360
Speaker 1: and canceling games or forfeiting means the players don't get paid.

748
00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:03,439
Speaker 1: And why should you punish the team where they don't

749
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:05,879
Speaker 1: have any COVID tests or any positives because the other

750
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,960
Speaker 1: team's screwing around, Like I don't want money taken out

751
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,480
Speaker 1: of my pocket because those Jagos are not following the

752
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 1: rules to bring a mask. That's not right. Well, we

753
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 1: may used to follow that Peter King outline that he

754
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,160
Speaker 1: said on the pod last week about adding just weeks

755
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 1: at the end of the season and pushing the playoffs back.

756
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 1: I don't think there's it's not realistic at this point

757
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:26,160
Speaker 1: for them to expect every sixteen, every team to play

758
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 1: sixteen games with the way these outbreaks are taken out.

759
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:30,279
Speaker 1: All right, don't depress me. All right, let's we gotta

760
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:33,440
Speaker 1: take positive. So a great sun in the books. And

761
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:37,560
Speaker 1: now let's get to the best bet. The only thing

762
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:41,439
Speaker 1: better than sitting on your couch watching the game. He's

763
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 1: making money while you do it. Here's your best bet, alright,

764
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 1: the best bet for Monday, October twelve. Fifth One's easy, folks.

765
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:54,279
Speaker 1: It's obviously got to be the Chargers getting seven in

766
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:58,360
Speaker 1: New Orleans. Now, the issue is, this isn't the best

767
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 1: number you could have got. If you were bet six

768
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:04,399
Speaker 1: days ago, you could have had Chargers plus nine. Four

769
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,920
Speaker 1: days ago you could have had Chargers plus eight, and

770
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:09,439
Speaker 1: then it was seven and a half. And now here

771
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 1: as we get close to the game at seven, So

772
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,319
Speaker 1: that means there's a lot of money coming in on

773
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:15,160
Speaker 1: the Chargers. I feel like it's the right side. The

774
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 1: big news over the weekend, we didn't get into this

775
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 1: in the podcast earlier, but Michael Thomas, the Great Saints receiver,

776
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: has been suspended for the game against the Charges. Now,

777
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:29,120
Speaker 1: he was hurt and missed the Lions game, and he

778
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 1: missed the Packers game, but he was healthy and ready

779
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,319
Speaker 1: to come back. At practice over the weekend, according to

780
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: Albert Brier, they were doing a red zone drill and

781
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 1: he got into an argument with a cornerback, Gardner Johnson,

782
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 1: and like two plays later, Thomas was still hot and

783
00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:47,399
Speaker 1: punched him in the helmet. I mean, that's as dumb

784
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,319
Speaker 1: as it gets. Like Thomas could have easily broken his

785
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: hand or something, and the Saints said, all right, we're

786
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:55,200
Speaker 1: suspending you. You're healthy, you could have played, but you

787
00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: are being suspended for discipline. So no, Michael Thomas. That's big.

788
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 1: I mean, we seeing the offense struggle at times. I

789
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 1: know they got thirty against the Packers and thirty five

790
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:08,160
Speaker 1: against the Lions, um, but this offense has been known

791
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,879
Speaker 1: to sputter and I gotta just say that the home

792
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:14,719
Speaker 1: field advantage usually is huge for the Saints, especially at night.

793
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 1: You know, the Superdomes rock, and they didn't have that

794
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: against the Bucks. And if you know, Tom Brady has

795
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,239
Speaker 1: a little pick six, that's a close game. And then

796
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:27,400
Speaker 1: against the Packers, Aaron Rodgers went up and down the field.

797
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 1: Um and folks, I think Justin Herbert's gonna be able

798
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,279
Speaker 1: to move the football here. We saw them do it

799
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,280
Speaker 1: against the Bucks. Now, no, Austin Ekeler is a big loss,

800
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 1: but as long as Keenan Allen's healthy, I think they'll

801
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:41,960
Speaker 1: be able to move to football. Kelly the running back

802
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:44,239
Speaker 1: is pretty good. Justin Jackson I expect to get at

803
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:48,400
Speaker 1: least fifteen carries here, And remember the Saints kind of

804
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:50,880
Speaker 1: beat up. They were down six starters against the Lions.

805
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,279
Speaker 1: Will see how many are in for this one. That's

806
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 1: not to say the Chargers aren't beat up. Three offensive

807
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:59,000
Speaker 1: linemen out always risky to better on a rookie quarterback

808
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 1: down three offensive lineman on the road, But I think

809
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 1: Herbert could come in the back door here. I'll take

810
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:08,920
Speaker 1: the seven best bet, by the way, thirty eighteen and

811
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:11,719
Speaker 1: four ties. That's sixty two and a half percent. That

812
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:15,160
Speaker 1: is definitely profitable too. And one over the weekend hit

813
00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:18,520
Speaker 1: on the Arizona Cardinals. That was easy money and Pittsburgh

814
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:21,000
Speaker 1: had a minor sweat for that one, but thank you

815
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:24,720
Speaker 1: to Mr Claypool for that. Washington was just a terrible

816
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:28,360
Speaker 1: read by me. They were um frisky for a minute,

817
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:30,360
Speaker 1: and then the rain came and the quarterback injury and

818
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 1: they could do nothing. I mean, the offense in the

819
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:37,640
Speaker 1: second half was non existent. Uh, downright embarrassing performance from Washington,

820
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:39,760
Speaker 1: and um, I don't know that they're gonna be playable

821
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:43,799
Speaker 1: going forward, but best bet thirty eighteen and four and

822
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:46,400
Speaker 1: we'll take the Chargers getting seven tonight. We'll see you

823
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 1: guys tomorrow.