WEBVTT - The Year In Review Show 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:08.559 From the King of Sports Books comes the Key Sports 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:19.000 podcast Unleashed, presented by Bet MGM. Here's your host, Jana's 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:28.600 Papas and Olivia Arlan Decker. Welcome in everybody. This is 0:00:28.720 --> 0:00:31.720 Unleaked by Vet MGM, the King of Sports Books, and 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:34.280 oh my gosh, I can't believe it. This is our 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:36.880 final episode of the year. We did it, you guys. 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:39.559 We made it to the end of the year. In 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:42.640 what a strange year it has been. At that we're 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:44.839 all going to take a look back at the action, 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:48.479 the good bets, the bad beats, and everything in between. 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:53.000 I'm just really glad that really is behind us. COVID 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:56.240 is officially over. You know, I'm eight hours ahead of 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:58.880 New York and I can report that COVID is officially over. 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:01.920 It's incredible. Just start writing the history books right now 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:05.240 about the abrupt and sudden end to the COVID nineteen 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:10.280 pandemic on December one. It's amazing. Just kidding, I guess 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:12.720 we're all still on this crazy train of sticking swabs 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:15.039 up our noses and never being able to smile at 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:19.800 strangers again. But truly, what would we do without sports? 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:23.440 This past year especially, it has been incredible. It gave 0:01:23.520 --> 0:01:26.839 us something to discuss, something to come together, something to watch. 0:01:27.360 --> 0:01:29.959 Really a welcome distraction. Your honest, papas you are my 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:31.920 co host, You've been with me throughout all of this. 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:34.080 I can't wait to pick your brain a little bit 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:37.000 about the highs in the sports world for you this year. 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:40.800 First off, what comes to mind? Well, at the beginning, 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:44.800 let me just say my favorite moment was starting this 0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:47.039 podcast with you. Let's just get that out of the way. 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:52.080 That's the number one sports moment. Then second, my lobbying effort, 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:55.160 my lob my lobbying efforts. Sorry, I had a half 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:57.400 a cup of coffee, so I just called it an effort, 0:01:57.720 --> 0:02:00.720 my lobbying effort to get bet MGM to change it 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:03.240 from the King of sports books to the Queen of 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:06.800 sports book. I think we need to be inclusive of 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:13.000 all genders what we consider the hierarchy and the feudal 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:18.160 system that is this organization. So we are the queen 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:24.960 of sports books on this podcast. Heymn, yes, yes, can 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:28.760 we stop assuming genders? Please be honest? YEA, oh oh, 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.840 who's that? You might wonder? Well, that is our third 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:35.400 co host, Peter Andrew. He's become a regular. It was 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:38.080 kind of accidental. Again, I told him, he has not 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:40.480 been in this broadcasting business long enough. He has not 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:44.919 negotiated his contract to get some dividend of this podcast appearance. 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:47.359 The poor guy does this for free. You guys for free. 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:50.760 So Peter Andrew, welcome back. Yeah, we've been through a 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:54.519 lot this year. I think nothing better than the extensive 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:57.840 interview process we went to get Jest on board, but 0:02:57.919 --> 0:02:59.280 we are able to do it. And look where we're 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:02.480 at now, number one podcast in the world. It's crazy. 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:05.359 It is crazy, And I mean, how do you think 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:07.240 he's done so far? I think I think he can't 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:09.320 hear you. Your audio has been so sketchy all year, 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:10.840 so you probably can't hear you. Anyways, how do you 0:03:10.840 --> 0:03:13.960 think he's done effort? I give him an A plus. 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:16.960 I think he's getting there. He's taking the steps to 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:20.680 be an excellent podcast host. He started off swinging, bringing 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:22.760 stay Mos on, So I mean, right then and there, 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:24.720 you knew he was gonna come in hot guns blazing. 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:27.680 But we're getting there. We're We're almost there where he's 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:32.000 a a perennial powerhouse, kind of like Olivia and the 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:35.680 rest of the Harlan n Decker family. Wow, high praise. 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:37.240 You know who we really can ask is the guy 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:39.600 who hired all of us. He's on with us as well. 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:41.960 Me Hall Nago, Me Hall, this is your first appearance 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:44.920 on the show. What do you think? He O'm really 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:47.240 happy to be here, really happy. Pete's here as well. 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:50.360 He was probably fifth in line up an MGM, but 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:54.640 people like Colvin stick and couldn't make it, so even 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:57.520 actually got to in the list and you're unark to 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:00.800 the jam. I think, so really happy with how things 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:04.480 are going, really happy with with our Tree co hosts. 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:07.760 A year it's been. I'm looking forward to next year 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:10.720 as well well. If anyone is wondering what they're hearing 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:13.520 in his voice right there, that is an Irish accent, 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:15.800 ladies and gentlemen, and it's kind of become a joke 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:18.640 within our bet MGM social team to do me haul 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:22.360 impersonations and I think my best one is and then 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:24.840 we can talk at Tree on Thursday, and I think 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.520 that's my favorite line to work about. Let me I'll 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:29.680 tell us a little bit about where you are in 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:33.359 Ireland and how even got involved with bet MGM and 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:36.640 where you were before because your path to this point 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:41.000 is pretty interesting. Yeah, so I'm actually a Corkman living 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:44.520 in Dublin. Um, that's an important point to make that 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:47.240 car people are very very proud of where we come 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:50.160 from and where we're from the South of Ireland and 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:54.160 we're a strong sporting county despite me living in Dublin. 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:57.920 I need to make it clear that from Cork. But yeah, 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:00.400 a long story short. I work in the gamblet industry 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:03.200 for a long time. Worked for a company called Patty 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.160 Power over here in Europe for for ten years. Did 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:09.279 lots of stuff there and got to know a few 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:11.719 people working at MGM, but starting about the work on 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:14.479 the side with them, and then was brought in to 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.520 head up their content efforts and been here over a 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:20.240 year and it's been a really fun time. Got to 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:23.680 be lots of fun people like Pete and New Olivia 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.880 and bringing Adison board as well. So building a dream 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:29.760 team over by MGM and really excited about where things 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:31.720 are going now. I've got to ask when you were 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:34.000 at Patty Power, I know you guys were able to 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:37.400 pull off some pretty big stunts. What's the craziest thing 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:41.040 you all did for marketing social media while at Patty Power, 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:47.200 but some fun stuff sending Dennis Rodmands. North Korea played 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:53.000 basketball with pretty good. Yeah. It was called the Big 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:56.520 Bang in pyeong Yang. It was going pretty well until 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:00.360 he perhaps killed off his own cale and we kind 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:02.920 of had to pull the book on that. But yeah, 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:05.680 that was good. But we also did a nice one 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:10.320 with Stephen Hawking before he passed away for our World Cup, 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:15.240 a social content called Hawking Talking. He came up with 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:19.120 a former to take the perfect penalty durning the soccer team. 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:21.839 There's a lot of funs, little stuff like that. It 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:27.159 was a pretty pretty impormen, right. I think I think 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:31.839 those two uh people you just mentioned represent the opposite 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:40.400 spectrums of human intelligence. Oh gosh, well, this is our 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:44.000 crew for today to wrap up what's been in incredible years. 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:47.000 Now you know who everyone is. We're all getting settled in. 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:50.279 I've got to ask everyone just to go around their 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:53.360 top moment in sports this year. Jana's kind of skirted 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:55.960 the question, but maybe now something's come to your mind, 0:06:56.320 --> 0:07:01.040 something that from a betting perspective or just watching absolute 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:05.680 magic happened in front of you. What stands out as 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:10.800 you start, I'm gonna have to go with uh combat sports. 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:13.560 I think it was It's been an incredible year. I 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:17.960 think the Fury Deontay Wilder fight the trilogy was incredible. 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:21.840 It was great for boxing. I think the big upset 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:26.480 with my Greek patriati from Australia, George Combustas was just 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:29.920 an incredible fight. I think Amanda nunia Is getting upset 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:34.400 finally getting beat in the UFC was you know, unexpected. 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:36.960 Then you had the McGregor fight and his ankle falling off, 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.760 losing to Dustin Pourrier again, just the way the UFC 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:44.640 kind of adapted to COVID protocols and had fights every 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:47.920 weekend on Fight Island and Dubai. I think it was 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:52.239 a big year for mm A for the UFC, and 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:54.600 it really gave people a lot of joy that every 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.000 weekend they could tune in and see someone get their 0:07:57.200 --> 0:07:59.840 face torn off, which is always fun during a pan. 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:04.320 So a lot of fun moments in combat sports. That's 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:06.960 what I'm going with. My highlight has been just fist 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:10.600 the cups, Baby. I like it because you've educated me 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:13.520 a lot on the whole world of fighting. I I 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:15.280 didn't know anything, and I've got to say that's one 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:17.320 of my highlights of the year was going to Vegas 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:20.120 with our bed MGM family. We purposely we all got 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:22.720 together actually and decided who and who would not be invited. 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:26.000 I'm sorry the three of you made the naughty list. Really, 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:28.200 you all didn't get invited. A fury of you, Wilder. 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:30.800 We had a blast, We got a joke. We're the 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:33.920 under thirty crew. We had like five of us, and 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.600 it was a ton of fun. Really regretting being pregnant 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.920 during that trip, we gotta say, because that trip was 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.560 a lot of fun and just really cool to see 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.360 my first fight in person and it being that one 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:48.640 the trilogy and you know, Fury one, so it's a 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:51.000 good day for the sports book. He was the favorite 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:53.520 from a betting perspective. Can you guys weigh in at 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.360 all on what that looked like and I mean how 0:08:56.360 --> 0:08:59.280 it ended up playing out for the sports book, Yeah, 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:02.120 I mean, especially in McGregor fight. When we talk combat 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:04.000 sports as a whole, that was one of our bigger 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:07.840 events for the year for we know how much people 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:11.320 are all over McGregor and Poor was actually favorite, but 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:13.160 a lot of dog money there, so that ended up 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:15.559 being really good for us as a whole combat sports 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:18.200 is always pretty positive. The Newness fight was another example. 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:21.560 I think the Wilder Fury fight was pretty even. So 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:23.679 that's one of the ones where I think there was 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:25.280 a lot of money coming on both sides and you 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.439 saw the line start to shift as the fight got 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:31.000 a bit closer. But UFC, I mean, you never know 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:33.400 what's going to happen, and obviously what happened to Connor 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:37.520 Le basically chopped in half. That was that was a 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:40.439 good result for the book. I love it and me Hall, 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:42.920 what about you, what's coming to mind as a top 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:46.679 sporting moment in one now in your new role, especially 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:51.360 maybe paying a little bit more attention to American sports. Yeah. 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:53.640 I was quite a fan of McGregor ga beat to 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:59.760 be honest as an irishman. That does not alone for 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:03.360 any over here in the last year too, based off 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:08.160 some of his outside the octagon adom ticks. But I 0:10:08.160 --> 0:10:10.680 would say looking back at the year the whole, probably 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:14.000 the two things that stand out to me was first up, 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:18.760 the Euros Final, England losing to Italy on penalties and 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:21.160 soccer was huge, especially as an Irish guy. He was 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:24.640 nice to see England do so well, get so far 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:29.520 and lose beautifully and penalties was was pretty sweet. But yeah, 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:31.160 from a U S sports point of view, I would 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:35.440 say the Super Bowl going back to February and Brady 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:39.800 winning Super Bowl with the Buccaneers after moving for from 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:43.400 from the Patriots and a lot of people saying is 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:46.240 this all about Bill Belichick or Brady and Brady going 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:50.040 they're improving that he didn't need Belichick too to win 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:53.480 a super Bowl, winning Super Bowl MVP for the fifth time. 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:57.240 That's pretty incredible performance, I would say, So that definitely 0:10:57.240 --> 0:11:00.840 stands out at the top moment. I would say it's 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.199 for me, it's coming out of COVID or coming out 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:04.920 of the start of the first wave of COVID and 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:10.160 NBA playoffs. He started with Lakers losing Round one, that 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:12.760 Hawks series versus Knicks, kind of the rise of Trade. 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.440 You saw a lot of opsets. Oh my god, it 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:19.880 was awesome, and he became the heel. And now people 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:21.720 are doing crazy because he might not be able to 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.320 play on Christmas in in New York because of COVID protocol. 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:26.679 So it's built a rivalry that will probably be there 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:29.120 for the next five ten years. And then you go 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:32.120 as you get later into the playoffs kind of the 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:35.040 evolution of what the Sons became in the box where 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:39.080 you don't have these two powerhouse super teams three four 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:42.160 bona fide superstars. You actually have a lot of core guys. 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:45.320 You know, you've got studs like Devin Booker or the Honest, 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:47.959 but but you're building these teams that are actually winning 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:51.199 without three max deals or or guys taken less money 0:11:51.200 --> 0:11:53.640 to be able to just join their buddies. And again, 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:56.760 favorable results of the book, because who the hell thought 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:58.920 the Bucks and Sons would be there? You know, Nets 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:02.440 losing in the second round and then Clippers losing as well, 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:05.600 Jamal Murray losing in or going out for the season 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:08.480 during the playoffs, so the Nuggets. So a lot of wackiness, 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:11.440 but it was really fun and nice to see that 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:13.840 we're getting away from those super teams just slightly and 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:15.720 actually some other guys have a shot and I think 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:19.640 at one point they were both plus I'm sorry, the 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:22.640 Sons were plus win it all. I think Bucks were 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:25.600 around that thousands of fifteen hundred, So if you cashed 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:27.320 in at the right time, you made a pretty penny 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:29.400 either getting into the finals of the the Bucks obviously win 0:12:29.400 --> 0:12:32.400 in the NBA Championship. Yeah, And I'll just say right now, 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:35.880 I just last night I did it. I ordered the 0:12:36.000 --> 0:12:40.679 NBA League Pass, So last time I did that, I 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:45.800 really don't remember doing anything else during the day. So 0:12:45.880 --> 0:12:49.599 now I have access to every single basketball game that 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:52.360 will be happening every single night. So I'll just say 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:55.760 last night I watched the Utah local broadcast and it 0:12:56.000 --> 0:13:02.880 is boring, all right, they're hard people. They had a 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.199 bear who was playing on pipes, and he was playing 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:07.760 jingle bells on pipes. That was the halftime show in 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:11.320 Salt Lake City. They need some acrobats or some fired throwers. 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:13.560 I mean, I was bored out of my mind, but 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:16.719 I am excited to watch hoops. Yeah, because when you 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:18.880 have lead past, you have to watch like the commercial 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:22.560 break right, like you're watching what's actually happening in the arena. Yeah, 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:24.880 And the funniest part is watching like the local commercials. 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:28.280 So like some Salt Lake City used car dealer would 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:30.600 be like, hey, how you guys doing. My name is Mormon, 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:33.640 Mormon in I got fifteen kids, my wife, I got 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:36.960 sixteen wives, and come down and buy yourself a good 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:41.880 old American Buick here in Salt Lake City. Man. Sixteen wives, 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:45.640 fifteen kids. That's not good math. One of them is superfluous. 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.360 That's not right. I told you a long time ago, Olivia, 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:50.280 I'm a picture guy. I'm not a math guy. I'm 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:53.839 a picture guy. You know, I'm really glad we're doing 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:55.440 this because some of the moments you all brought up 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:58.000 I had forgotten about, Like England, Italy, that seems so 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:00.520 long ago. The Super Bowl, Tom Brady went name. You know, 0:14:00.559 --> 0:14:02.720 it feels like it is almost a year ago. It 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.680 feels so long ago. Let's talk about super Bowl this year. 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.120 While we're all on here. We all have our different 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:11.200 teams or fans of Maybe one of my highlights, sorry 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:13.240 to rub this one in, especially to Peter who's a 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:16.240 forty Niners fan. I think one of my highlights is 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:19.240 it's been a great year in Wisconsin, sports Bucks winning 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:23.400 it all. Packers are looking so dangerous. I just I 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:26.800 think they're a lock to make the Super Bowl. And 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:28.880 then Aaron Rodgers, and this is one of the more 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:34.920 interesting stories of the I'm immunized, vaccinated, not vaccinated. The 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:38.840 scandal around that, all the press and media that got 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:41.960 and I wondered at the time would this hurt his 0:14:42.120 --> 0:14:45.120 m VP odds, And there was real discussion about that 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:48.040 since it is a voted award and it's voted on 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:50.360 by sports writers, and I even was talking with my 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:52.240 dad on it, who's not an m v P voter, 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:55.320 and he said, honestly, I feel like people have a 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:59.440 short memory in his play is so good. I think 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:02.440 that that storyline will get buried. So this is kind 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.800 of a twofold thing that's bringing up what's an incredible 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:07.520 storyline of one that gave us a lot to talk about. 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:10.680 And two, now that we're looking forward at m v 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:13.440 P at Super Bowl, Defensive Player of the Year, Coach 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:15.640 of the Year, all the awards, what are some of 0:15:15.680 --> 0:15:19.120 the updated odds, And do you feel like Aaron Rodgers, 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:22.200 who's still a plus money, is a good spot to 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:25.040 put some money on. I think it's a great bet. 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:28.280 And to your first point about do people care, I 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:31.120 think you're starting to realize or see athletes now speaking 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:35.040 against the policies, whether it's vaccination or not, but the testing. 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:38.480 So it's actually going the opposite way where players are 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:42.200 getting visibly upset and even stop. Steve Iman, the GM president, 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:43.920 of the Red Wings the other day freaking out about 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:46.600 it and saying this is ridiculous. So not only do 0:15:46.640 --> 0:15:48.680 people have a short memory, I think they're actually probably 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:50.680 favoring the side that Rogers has been on for the 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.200 last year. So it's gonna be really interesting to see 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:56.120 how many people actually kind of switch gears a little 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:58.160 bit and are kind of in agreement with him and 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:01.280 the way he's routed this. The handle part in the 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:04.080 fake facts or not admitting it or whatever, that's one thing. 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:07.040 But you're right, people have fake vax. We'll get to 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:10.320 fake vacs later. That's a whole because now that that's 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:15.000 actually impossibility. Yeah, you know, listen, his play is what matters. 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:18.560 It doesn't matter what his immunization is or what he 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:21.760 speaks on or against. It's he's the guy going to 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:23.640 make it to there, and and he's got a shot. 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:26.200 He's going to lose to the Niners in the NFC Championship. 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:29.920 But but but he's gonna be right there again. He's 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:31.960 gonna be close like he always is until the Niners 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:34.600 come in and and stomp on him, stomp on the 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:38.920 local calliboys. So it'll be interesting. I've got an opinion there, Olivia. 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:43.080 I can agree with Peace. I think that might come 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:45.040 back to hold Rogers. In terms of the m v 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.480 P race, I think because it's voters, I think people 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:49.960 will think about that. But but on top of that, 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:53.760 more importantly, maybe he won the last year. It's pretty 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:55.720 rare to get back to back and the f L 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:58.880 m v ps. For me, he is the best player 0:16:58.880 --> 0:17:01.320 in the league this year. He does so like he 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:05.120 makes that team take. But as guys in my team, though, 0:17:05.280 --> 0:17:07.920 I've become kind of obsessed with the NFL VP raised 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:11.000 this year. I follow the markets actively. I've had lots 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:14.600 of beds on us, a Battle Lamar earlier on this season, 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:16.560 and back to Mark a couple of games like running 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:20.480 on Stafford as well. So I've a okay book. But 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:23.119 at the moment, I'm starting to think it might be 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:25.160 Jonathan Taylor is here, to be honest, for m VP. 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:28.560 It depends on what people now consider the m v 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:30.880 P of a team. I think in the league's eyes, 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:33.800 it's the it ends up being the person who has 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:35.720 the best record or gets them to the playoffs and 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:38.359 gets them to whatever stage. But if you're talking about 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:40.960 an actual guy that if you moved him from that team, 0:17:41.000 --> 0:17:43.960 that team would be absolutely garbage. It's probably Jonathan Taylor 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:47.280 because that guy attributes for what seventy percent of their offense. 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:50.560 Carson Wentz with his kind of costing mistakes, they don't 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:53.640 really have a solidified number one ride receiver. That guy 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:56.360 does it all and he's he's proven it. I think 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:59.119 he's got fifteen plus touchdowns this year well, leading the 0:17:59.200 --> 0:18:02.400 league and rushing our So it depends. It's I don't 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:05.320 know that that's the route the NFL takes, but that's 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:08.200 why I say, you know, if if they continue on 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:09.679 the path of gone the last five ten years with 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:11.680 the voting, I think it is Rogers. But if me 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:14.160 Nagels on the board and making that vote, I think 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:17.320 it's the opposite. It's shat Rogers is a plus two fifty. 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:20.160 When I'm placing a Benn m VP market, I want 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:23.520 to find a little bit of value for me. Rogers 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:25.520 a plus two fifty at the same price as Brady 0:18:25.560 --> 0:18:27.840 is plus to fifty is not good value. I would 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:32.840 order back Taylor of a privacy plus nine plus one 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:35.320 thousand around US. I would order back the year at 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:38.359 the odds right now, at the time of recording obviously 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:42.200 bat Stafford plays nice again, that's the Seahawks prime time 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:46.280 TV game. These odds could shorten up again, But yeah, 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:49.360 I wouldn't back Rogers based off of what happened early 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:51.120 this year and based off the fat with the last 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:54.440 year plus two fifties too short for me. That's interesting. 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:56.720 There's one interesting one that comes into play. It's the 0:18:56.760 --> 0:19:00.280 local boy for Olivia. It's Mahomes when they're there's some 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:02.840 recency bias when they've played as well as they have 0:19:02.920 --> 0:19:05.359 over the last couple of weeks. I mean, you always 0:19:05.400 --> 0:19:07.439 have to throw his name where he started, and you 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:09.600 know they had a tough let's call it, first six 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:12.280 weeks in the season, but he's been roaring. And what 0:19:12.359 --> 0:19:14.439 you saw on the fourth quarter the other day in 0:19:14.520 --> 0:19:17.560 that that Thursday night came against the Chargers plus twelve, 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:20.879 it's worth a flyer on it, I think, and picked 0:19:20.920 --> 0:19:23.800 umping into that. Like you said, the rough plus six 0:19:23.840 --> 0:19:26.240 first six weeks. He actually played quite well the first 0:19:26.280 --> 0:19:28.800 three or four games. So in first September, the Chiefs 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:32.160 played well. They may be a bad spot of October 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:34.960 and they played badly in two or three games and 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:37.679 he had like one touchdown and two touchdown games. But 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:40.480 for me, he should I agree with you. I think 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:42.240 he should be shorter than what it is. Like Josh 0:19:42.240 --> 0:19:45.000 Allen was favorite in depending until two or three weeks ago, 0:19:45.119 --> 0:19:47.520 Like I couldn't understand that. I don't my Homes has 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:49.639 had a much better season with Josh Allen, but the 0:19:50.240 --> 0:19:53.080 narrative and went against the Holmes for some reason. And 0:19:53.119 --> 0:19:54.679 if you think about the next couple of weeks, it's 0:19:54.680 --> 0:19:57.440 gonna be really hard for Brady as short priced favorite 0:19:57.480 --> 0:20:00.320 or co favorite without Godwin now out the year in 0:20:00.440 --> 0:20:04.399 Heavan's game to game decision for NET. Banged up Gronk 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:07.960 has not been the entire year. So without the targets, 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:13.560 Ken Brady plus two fifty favorite exactly can he actually 0:20:13.600 --> 0:20:16.280 solidify it and put up forty points with with no 0:20:16.400 --> 0:20:19.360 targets essentially, So it's gonna be really intriguing. And as 0:20:19.359 --> 0:20:22.360 a quarterback, can you get m v P voting if 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:24.639 you pitched a shut out? You know, I don't know 0:20:24.920 --> 0:20:27.439 if that's such an ugly mark on your record. At 0:20:27.480 --> 0:20:29.520 least Patrick Mahomes, they put up a whop in three 0:20:29.520 --> 0:20:31.719 points on the Titans, so they at least have that 0:20:31.880 --> 0:20:35.600 he didn't get shut out. Big time. Yeah, I'm sticking 0:20:35.640 --> 0:20:38.720 with the real sleeper, Davante Adams. I think they may 0:20:38.800 --> 0:20:41.200 give it. They may want to give it to Rogers 0:20:41.200 --> 0:20:44.480 because he's clearly the m v P. But it looks 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:47.439 like now defenses are putting two guys on Davante Adams 0:20:47.480 --> 0:20:50.440 for the whole game. He's the best wide receiver. I'm 0:20:50.440 --> 0:20:52.600 saying it's gonna be a huge upset. Put your money 0:20:52.680 --> 0:20:56.240 on Davante Adams. That's my call. And you know how 0:20:56.359 --> 0:20:59.320 right I've been this year. I throw haymakers and I'm 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:02.480 often right, So I go with my heart. I love 0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:05.439