WEBVTT - The 8 Best Player Prop Bets for Week 18 (Ep. 278)

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<v Speaker 1>Hey everyone on Pat Fitzmorris, managing editor of Fantasy Pros

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<v Speaker 1>and Betting Pros, here to run through some of my

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<v Speaker 1>favorite Week eighteen player props and trying to wash last

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<v Speaker 1>week's bad taste out of my mouth. I think we

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<v Speaker 1>are now at seventy one and fifty for the season.

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<v Speaker 1>Still a pretty solid season overall, but yeah, last week

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<v Speaker 1>was bad. Let's turn things around, and let's start with

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Dobbs under two hundred and four point five passing yards.

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<v Speaker 1>So Dobbs made his first NFL start in Week seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>and completed twenty of thirty nine passes for two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and thirty two yards with one touchdown in one interception

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<v Speaker 1>against the Cowboys. With Ryan Tannehill uninjured reserve after ankle surgery,

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<v Speaker 1>and with rookie Malik Willis having played poorly in his

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<v Speaker 1>stint as Tannehill's replacement, Dobbs is going to get another

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<v Speaker 1>start here in an attempt to save the Titans season.

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<v Speaker 1>They've lost six straits, but they can still get into

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<v Speaker 1>the playoffs Saturday night with a win over the Jaguars.

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<v Speaker 1>The Jaguars are twenty ninth in DVA against the pass

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<v Speaker 1>this year. Their pass defense has generally not been good,

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<v Speaker 1>but over their last four games they are seventh in

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<v Speaker 1>DA against the pass. They have been better lately. The

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<v Speaker 1>Titans have been one of the run heaviest teams in

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<v Speaker 1>the league this year. They are running on forty eight

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<v Speaker 1>point seven percent of their offensive snaps. I think they're

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<v Speaker 1>just going to pound away with Derrick Henry in this

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<v Speaker 1>game and try to minimize the burden on the inexperienced Dobs,

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<v Speaker 1>So I think Dobbs under two hundred and four point

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<v Speaker 1>five yards is a pretty good bet here. I'm also

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<v Speaker 1>taking the under on Kenny Pickett's passing yardage, which is

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<v Speaker 1>set at one hundred and ninety six point five yards.

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<v Speaker 1>He is going against the Browns this weekend, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Browns pass defense has been quietly excellent for the last

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<v Speaker 1>two months. Over Cleveland's last ten games, only four of

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<v Speaker 1>their opponents have thrown for more than two hundred yards

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<v Speaker 1>and only one has thrown for more than two hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and twenty nine yards, so they've basically just been shutting

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<v Speaker 1>down every other passing game they've faced. Since Week seven,

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<v Speaker 1>the Browns are number two in DVA against the pass.

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<v Speaker 1>Pickett in his starts and We're not going to count

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<v Speaker 1>the Week fourteen start against the Ravens, where he was

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<v Speaker 1>knocked out early with a concussion. In his ten other starts,

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<v Speaker 1>he's averaged two hundred and eight point nine passing yards.

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<v Speaker 1>Look for him to finish pretty well below that number

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<v Speaker 1>this week against this excellent Cleveland defense, which, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>has been a run funnel this year. Cleveland is not

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<v Speaker 1>very good against the run, and the Browns have faced

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<v Speaker 1>the sixth fewest pass attempts this season. So can he

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<v Speaker 1>Pickett under one hundred and ninety six point five passing yards.

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<v Speaker 1>I like Isaiah Pacheco, the Chiefs running back, to go

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<v Speaker 1>over sixty one point five rushing yards this week. Pacheco

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<v Speaker 1>has fallen short of this number in his last two games,

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<v Speaker 1>but before that he had rattled off six straight games

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<v Speaker 1>with better than sixty one and a half rushing yards.

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<v Speaker 1>So six of his last eight he has cleared this number,

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<v Speaker 1>and over those eight games he's averaged fourteen point eight

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<v Speaker 1>rushing attempts and seventy one point one rushing yards per game.

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<v Speaker 1>He is facing a Las Vegas defense that ranks twenty

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<v Speaker 1>first in DVA against the run, and the Raiders have

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<v Speaker 1>given up an average of one hundred and sixty point

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<v Speaker 1>seven rushing yards over their last three games. They were

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<v Speaker 1>completely trampled by the Patriots Ramondre Stevenson in week fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>he had one hundred and seventy two rushing yards against them,

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<v Speaker 1>and Christian McCaffrey of the forty nine ers had one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and twenty one rushing yards against them last week.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Pachecko can top sixty one and a half

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<v Speaker 1>rushing yards pretty easily here, so I like Pachecko over

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<v Speaker 1>sixty one point five rushing yards. We will get to

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of this week's plays in just a minute,

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's get to the rest of this week's selections.

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<v Speaker 1>Travis Etn under sixty one point five rushing yards. On

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<v Speaker 1>the surface, I don't love the idea of betting an

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<v Speaker 1>under on Etn since he's been so good lately, averaging

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<v Speaker 1>ninety eight rushing yards over his last three games. But

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<v Speaker 1>this is more about the Titans run defense than it

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<v Speaker 1>is about Etn himself. When Etn faced the Titans in

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<v Speaker 1>Week fourteen, he had seventeen carries for just thirty two

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<v Speaker 1>years yards. The Titans have held thirteen of their last

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen opponents under one hundred rushing yards. They've given up

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<v Speaker 1>only sixty five point four rushing yards a game to

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<v Speaker 1>opposing running backs this season, second lowest total in the

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<v Speaker 1>league behind only the forty nine ers, and Tennessee's defense

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<v Speaker 1>has just been a pass funnel all season. It has

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<v Speaker 1>faced a league high six hundred and thirty nine pass

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<v Speaker 1>attempts this season and only three hundred and seventy six

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<v Speaker 1>rushing attempts, third fewest, which means the Titans opponents have

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<v Speaker 1>run the ball on only thirty seven percent of their

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<v Speaker 1>offensive snaps this year. Teams attack the Tennessee Titans through

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<v Speaker 1>the air, not on the ground. I think ETN finishes

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<v Speaker 1>with under sixty one and a half rushing yards Dereck

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<v Speaker 1>Henry and yes, I'm hitting this Titans Jaguars game pretty

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<v Speaker 1>hard because motivation levels are always hard to gauge in

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<v Speaker 1>Week eighteen, but we know the Titans and Jaguars are

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<v Speaker 1>both going to be motivated in a game that will

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<v Speaker 1>settle the AFC South title and will give someone a

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<v Speaker 1>playoff spot and send someone home. So both teams very

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<v Speaker 1>motivated for this one. And as mentioned earlier, the Titans

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<v Speaker 1>are probably going to run the ball as much as

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<v Speaker 1>possible this week to try to minimize the Josh Dobbs

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<v Speaker 1>effect on this game. Dobbs is inexperienced. I think they'll

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<v Speaker 1>try to take the ball out of his hands as

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<v Speaker 1>much as possible. Dereck Henry has run for more than

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred yards in three straight games, and he is

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<v Speaker 1>averaging ninety five point three rushing yards for this season.

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<v Speaker 1>When Henry faced the Jaguars in Week fourteen seventeen, carries

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred and twenty one yards. I think he gets

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<v Speaker 1>over eighty nine point five rushing yards this week. Jeric

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<v Speaker 1>McKinnon over thirty two point five rushing or receiving yards.

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<v Speaker 1>Excuse me. McKinnon has cleared this number in three of

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<v Speaker 1>his last four games, and the one game where he

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<v Speaker 1>missed over that stretch, he only missed by one and

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<v Speaker 1>a half yards. So since the beginning of November, McKinnon

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<v Speaker 1>has averaged five point seven targets a game, four point

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<v Speaker 1>six catches a game, and forty four receiving yards a game.

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<v Speaker 1>On Saturday Night, he is going to be facing the Raiders,

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<v Speaker 1>who have given up a league high eight hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen receiving yards to running backs. I think McKinnon clears

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<v Speaker 1>thirty two and a half receiving yards pretty easily, Evan Ingram,

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<v Speaker 1>the Jaguars tight end over forty five point five receiving

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<v Speaker 1>yards maybe my favorite bet of the week. Ingram has

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<v Speaker 1>just been a monster over the last month, averaging six

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<v Speaker 1>point eight receptions and eighty eight point three receiving yards

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<v Speaker 1>over his last four games. One of those games was

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<v Speaker 1>an eleven catch, one hundred and sixty two yard two

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<v Speaker 1>touchdown outburst against the Tennessee Titans, whom he will face

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<v Speaker 1>again on Saturday nights. Tennessee has given up one thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>ninety two receiving yards to tight ends this season, the

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<v Speaker 1>most in the NFL. And finally, another tight end prop,

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<v Speaker 1>Haydenhurst of the Bengal under thirty and a half receiving yards.

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<v Speaker 1>Hurst has played seven games this season where Bengals wide

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<v Speaker 1>receivers Jamar Chase and t Higgins have both been active,

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<v Speaker 1>and in those seven games, Hurst has cleared this number

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<v Speaker 1>thirty and a half only two times. He's failed to

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<v Speaker 1>hit it in five of those games. And Hurst is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be going up against a Ravens defense that

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<v Speaker 1>has allowed the eighth fewest receiving yards to tight ends

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<v Speaker 1>this season. Yes, revenge game for Hayden Hurst going against

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<v Speaker 1>the Baltimore Ravens who drafted him, but I think his

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<v Speaker 1>old team keeps him in check this week and he

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<v Speaker 1>finishes under thirty and a half receiving yards. So let's

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<v Speaker 1>recap this week's plays one last time. Josh Dobbs Titans

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<v Speaker 1>quarterback under two hundred and four point five passing yards,

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<v Speaker 1>Kenny Pickett of the Steelers under one hundred and ninety

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<v Speaker 1>six point five passing yards, Isaiah Piccheko of the Chiefs

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<v Speaker 1>over sixty one point five rushing yards, Travis Eta of

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<v Speaker 1>the Jaguars under sixty one point five rushing yards, Derrick

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<v Speaker 1>Henry of the Titans over eighty nine point five rushing yards,

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<v Speaker 1>Jeric McKinnon of the Kansas City Chiefs over thirty two

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<v Speaker 1>point five receiving yards, Evan Ingram of the Jaguars over

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<v Speaker 1>forty five point five receiving yards, and Hayden Hurst of

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<v Speaker 1>the Bengals under thirty point five receiving yards. I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>issh you all. Good luck with your bets in Week eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>the final week of the NFL regular season, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course we will be back with you next week for

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<v Speaker 1>the wild card round of the playoffs. I can't wait

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<v Speaker 1>for the NFL playoffs. It's gonna be fun, and I

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<v Speaker 1>hope you will stick with us here on Betting Pros.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll be back soon, friends. Good luck,