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Speaker 1: and not Danny g Radio. He is away on assignment.
Speaker 1: We'll tell you who's in here in a second. But
Speaker 1: this is not like the other Fifth Hour, said, you know,
Speaker 1: it's our Friday show, and it's a big NFL weekend ahead,
Speaker 1: And so that means Benny versus the petty welcome players.
Speaker 1: You're welcome, are you? It's time now, penny versus the penny. Alright,
Speaker 1: the big open right there. So that was the big
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Speaker 1: We told you a big name. We said we were
Speaker 1: going to get the biggest name possible, a star. The
Speaker 1: fs are insider. I mean, how lucky are we to
Speaker 1: have this guy? He's a Vegan Alex Tysher, also known
Speaker 1: affectionately as Alex the Vegan, who's the voice of the Penny.
Speaker 1: And it's good to have you Alex here, as you
Speaker 1: will be your first maiden voyage as the face of
Speaker 1: the Penny. Bennet's an honor. But right now, getting a
Speaker 1: phone call from my insiders at FSR. Should I take
Speaker 1: this caller? Should I hold on? Oh? I don't know,
Speaker 1: this is I mean, this is important here. You're you
Speaker 1: are You're the man that knows all. You're the Harvey
Speaker 1: Levin of Fox Sports Radio. You know where all the
Speaker 1: bodies are buried. My man, Well, my man. Also the
Speaker 1: roaches too, but that's for another story. Well, yes, they're
Speaker 1: right behind you. I think right now that is amazing.
Speaker 1: They have not well we'll talk about that in another episode.
Speaker 1: Of the fact that roaches have lived, well not they're
Speaker 1: not living, but they haven't degraded. It's a fascinating thing. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think they're on the same thing. The McDonald's French
Speaker 1: fries are ben It lives. It lives up to the
Speaker 1: legend of the cockroach surviving a nuclear event, which I
Speaker 1: heard is is not true. But I don't know. I
Speaker 1: look at that anyway, those cock roaches are are stuck
Speaker 1: in glass are It's amazing. But Bennett's an honor. I
Speaker 1: have a coin here. It is sparkly. It's a brand
Speaker 1: new quarter. I don't know what year it is, but
Speaker 1: let's have some fun, dude, Let's do this. So it's
Speaker 1: it's Benny versus the quarter now, not Benny versus the penny.
Speaker 1: All right, well we'll get it, all right, So here
Speaker 1: we go. Let's get started. In the first game, Carolina
Speaker 1: and Baltimore on Fox with Kevin Coogler and Mark Sanchez,
Speaker 1: the guy from the butt fumble on the call and
Speaker 1: Carolina three and seven Baltimore six and three. The Ravens
Speaker 1: opened a third teen point favorite. They're favored by twelve
Speaker 1: right now. Most of the money is on Baltimore Sunny
Speaker 1: forties a kickoff at MMT Bank Stadium the Ravens. You
Speaker 1: look at some of the numbers on this game, Baltimore
Speaker 1: eight and two against the spread as double digit favorites
Speaker 1: with Lamar Jackson as the starter. But overall in the
Speaker 1: NFL this year, double digit underdogs since Week seven or
Speaker 1: six and one and have a winning record. And I
Speaker 1: want to take the Carolina Panthers. Now, I can't tell
Speaker 1: you I love Baker Mayfield. I don't. I don't. That's
Speaker 1: a downgrade from p J. Walker, which is shocking in itself.
Speaker 1: Mayfield was the NFL's fifth worst quarterback when he last played.
Speaker 1: That fun fact almost caused me to take the Ravens
Speaker 1: and lay the massive point spread, but I simply cannot
Speaker 1: do it. Part of my DNA as a gamer gambler
Speaker 1: as I've been doing this is I I cannot. I
Speaker 1: very rarely will I lay more than a touchdown and
Speaker 1: this is there's almost two touchdown is in this game.
Speaker 1: So how can Carolina keep this game close? Well, the
Speaker 1: way I would approach it Deante Foreman, who has been
Speaker 1: wonderful the last month at running back Manna from Heaven.
Speaker 1: He's got to keep that going. Obviously, long time consuming drive, short,
Speaker 1: high percentage passes underneath where Baker can't fff it up.
Speaker 1: Couple of fumbles by Lamar Jackson or interceptions or some
Speaker 1: kind of turnovers by the Ravens. It's not that complex
Speaker 1: to keep a game like this close. And the Panthers
Speaker 1: also could play Sam Donald, which is not really that
Speaker 1: big a deal at all, but Baltimore has not been
Speaker 1: a great home team. They're owing three against the spread
Speaker 1: at home as a favorite this season, and Lamar Jackson,
Speaker 1: in his career at home as a favorite has a
Speaker 1: losing record these six games under five against the spread,
Speaker 1: not straight up, but against the spread. Ravens thirty one,
Speaker 1: Panthers twenty the final, and a penny or Carter or
Speaker 1: whatever picks salesman. The penny goes tales, alright, the penny
Speaker 1: going tales. So that means the road team as home
Speaker 1: team heads and road team tales because you're sitting here
Speaker 1: behind on the road. So the penny picking the Carolina
Speaker 1: Panthers in that game. Next up here we go Cleveland
Speaker 1: at Buffalo, the Browns three and six, the Bills six
Speaker 1: and three on CBS with Andrew Catalan and James lofton.
Speaker 1: The Bills opened up an eight and a half point favorite.
Speaker 1: The line has stayed the same most of the money
Speaker 1: on the Bills. But a big change, a big change,
Speaker 1: And we would not have known this if we had
Speaker 1: recorded the the benny versus the penny at the normal time.
Speaker 1: But the big change here the snow, the blizzard. Let
Speaker 1: us know, let us know, let us know. We're so
Speaker 1: excited to watch this game at High March Stadium in
Speaker 1: Buffalo because of the blizzard this weekend. But no, the
Speaker 1: lawyers have gotten involved in The NFL has relocated the
Speaker 1: particular game out of western New York. The Bills Mafia
Speaker 1: will have to travel across the Upper Midwest there to
Speaker 1: d Detroit, Michigan. The game moved to Ford Field. I
Speaker 1: always love this one. Tysher out of an abundance of caution,
Speaker 1: which you can say about literally anything in life. You
Speaker 1: can do anything you want. Am I correct? Yes? We
Speaker 1: heard that a lot during the pandemic, didn't We had
Speaker 1: about can't you can't eat a steak at a restaurant?
Speaker 1: You can't. You can't you know, talk to your friends
Speaker 1: because it's in a you know, it's like, come on,
Speaker 1: can't see grandma, Ben, Yeah, grandma's ninety years old, but
Speaker 1: you can't see grandma out of an abundance anyway, all right,
Speaker 1: So that's the games have moved to Detroit. Some of
Speaker 1: the numbers on this game, Cleveland. You look at Kevin
Speaker 1: STEFFANTSI seven and one against the spread as an underdog
Speaker 1: of at least three and a half points. His largest
Speaker 1: mark as an underdog the Cleveland coach eight points in
Speaker 1: the Division no playoff game at Kansas City, which Cleveland
Speaker 1: did cover in that game in Buffalo, oh and three
Speaker 1: against the spread their last three games with back to
Speaker 1: back upset losses as at least a six and a
Speaker 1: point favorite. Now check this out. Only two teams in
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl era have lost three straight games, all
Speaker 1: as at least a six and a point favorite. Uh.
Speaker 1: And that goes back to New Orleans and O two
Speaker 1: twenty years ago. Miami almost thirty years ago did it,
Speaker 1: and Buffalo they've been favored in every game this year. Anyway,
Speaker 1: get to the point, please, I want to take the
Speaker 1: brows now. Originally, when I handicapped this game, I was
Speaker 1: expecting blizzard like conditions with multiple feet of snow on
Speaker 1: the ground and all that. But I still don't trust
Speaker 1: the Bills. Josh Allen has been turning the ball over.
Speaker 1: He's got two turnovers per game each week. The schedules
Speaker 1: all messed up, uh, changing last minute changes. We'll see
Speaker 1: which team adjust the better. But I like the Cleveland
Speaker 1: running game. We saw the Vikings have success on the
Speaker 1: ground last week, and you imagine that Cleveland's gonna mimic
Speaker 1: that it's a copycat league. We always hear that. With
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt premium running backs there. The
Speaker 1: Bills run defenses ranked twentieth, so that very good. You're
Speaker 1: mixing a couple of interceptions here. Uh, And it's just
Speaker 1: the kids that the Bills don't really run the ball.
Speaker 1: They don't even try to run the ball that much.
Speaker 1: So I expect this to be a low scoring game,
Speaker 1: even though it's now been moved to Detroit. I'll take
Speaker 1: the Bills twenty and the Browns thirteen the final and
Speaker 1: the Penny Pecks tails again. Man, all right, so that
Speaker 1: would be the Cleveland Browns there, the road team. So
Speaker 1: we've agreed all this handicapping. We're agreeing. What's going on?
Speaker 1: All right? Next up Philadelphia eight and one at Indianapolis
Speaker 1: four five and one is on CBS with Iron Eagle
Speaker 1: and Charles Davis. They have the call. The Eagles opened
Speaker 1: up a ten a ten point favorite. They are six
Speaker 1: and a half point road favor Rits seventy five degrees
Speaker 1: are but inside Lucas Oil Stadium, but seventy of the
Speaker 1: money on the Eagles. That's a big number, Sonny, and
Speaker 1: in the twenties outside the Dome Stadium in Indianapolis, and
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Colts in this game. Jalen Hurts
Speaker 1: and the Birds served up a bag of slop in
Speaker 1: the Monday night football clunker against Washington. Now they have
Speaker 1: a chance to get the taste out of their mouth
Speaker 1: right away, right t V t V hot teg Artist
Speaker 1: Jeff Saturday and Indy on the other side. But the reason,
Speaker 1: the many reason I'm going with the horse shoes is
Speaker 1: the injury starting to pile up for Philadelphia. They'll be
Speaker 1: without tight end Dallas Goddard, bad shoulder, He's out, and
Speaker 1: that has been the safety blanket for Jalen Hurts, who
Speaker 1: has not been a good play on the road. Hurts
Speaker 1: is five and ten for Gamblers against the spread in
Speaker 1: his career on the road, two and six as a
Speaker 1: road favorite this season. The Eagles, even with that great
Speaker 1: record at eight and one, are one in three against
Speaker 1: the spread. So I know that tells you what has happened,
Speaker 1: not what's going to happen. But with God it out,
Speaker 1: some other injuries in the secondary and whatnot defensive front,
Speaker 1: it's not a good set up on this short week
Speaker 1: for the Eagles and the Colts. You look at that
Speaker 1: ability to run the ball with Jonathan Taylor. They got
Speaker 1: their mojo back last week against the Raiders, who are
Speaker 1: not particularly good. But nevertheless, I'm gonna take the Colts
Speaker 1: here to win the game. Eagles will be on a
Speaker 1: two game losing streak. Eagles go down. Colts twenty six,
Speaker 1: Eagles twenty three. The final and the penny picks, Ben,
Speaker 1: You'll never believe this tails again? Is that right? So?
Speaker 1: Three for three on? Are you sure it's not a two?
Speaker 1: It's like the tails on. There is a there is
Speaker 1: a just doesn't use its heads, alright, So the road
Speaker 1: team three for three on the penny picks. By the way,
Speaker 1: Jeff Saturday trying to be the eighth coach in the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl Era to win each of his first two games,
Speaker 1: both as an underdog. No coach none in the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl era has won each of the first two games
Speaker 1: as at least a four point dog. So, for whatever
Speaker 1: that's worth, Saturday has a chance to do it. Next
Speaker 1: up Washington five and five at Houston one, seven and one.
Speaker 1: It's on Fox and a member of the Fox Sports
Speaker 1: Radio Alumni Association, Chris Myers has the call with Robert Smith.
Speaker 1: The Commanders opened up a two and a half point
Speaker 1: road favorite. They are favorite by three, and everyone thinks
Speaker 1: now the Commanders are just gonna roll the rest of
Speaker 1: their games here, certainly this week over of the Handle
Speaker 1: in favor of Washington. It is a dome at NRG
Speaker 1: Stadium in Houston, temperatures in the in the forties in
Speaker 1: the greater Houston area at kickoff, not that that will
Speaker 1: affect the game in a way. And the Washington football team,
Speaker 1: formerly known as the Redskins, two and eight their last
Speaker 1: ten games on the road versus teams that suck, bad
Speaker 1: teams with a winning percentage similar to Houston, and the
Speaker 1: Texans have been a good dog both at home and
Speaker 1: wherever they play. With Davis Mills last fifteen games, they
Speaker 1: have a winning record. I'm gonna take Houston in this game,
Speaker 1: and I'm betting a mental angle to this, So bear
Speaker 1: with me. The Commanders. They get their signature win on
Speaker 1: Monday Night, they beat a the Big Bad Eagles. Now
Speaker 1: they have to go back to reality, back to the
Speaker 1: duldrums of the NFL's they play. They went from the
Speaker 1: best team, the top team, the Eagles. Now they play
Speaker 1: the worst team in the Texans and while Brian Robinson
Speaker 1: and Antonio Gibson were great running the ball, now they
Speaker 1: go against the last ranked run defense. This is so easy.
Speaker 1: Show up Pasco, collect two hundred dollars and a win,
Speaker 1: but I expect a flat forms. They've been smelling themselves
Speaker 1: all week. Everyone's on the television has been kissing their ass.
Speaker 1: The internet, Oh you're so good. Wait now the the
Speaker 1: Taylor Heinecke mistake. I would start Heineke. He's gonna continue
Speaker 1: to start here, but he has been mistake prone. The
Speaker 1: Eagles had a couple of interceptions, a couple of turnovers
Speaker 1: there they blew last week. So I'm gonna ride the
Speaker 1: running game. Damian Pierce the only really good player that
Speaker 1: Texans have, and the Texas have have won the statueet
Speaker 1: in most of these games. They've just made the big
Speaker 1: boo boo, the big whoopsie to cost them the gambling
Speaker 1: money in some of these recent losses. But I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take them to hang around. This is gonna be a
Speaker 1: grinded out kind of game. Washington will win the game
Speaker 1: twenty to nineteen over the Texans, but because of the
Speaker 1: point spread, the Texans will win the money, and that
Speaker 1: penny picks Ben. We have our first heads of the nights,
Speaker 1: all right, So the penny's picking the Texans. So there
Speaker 1: you are, right, penny picking the Texans on that. Next up,
Speaker 1: the New York Jets at New England Jets six and three,
Speaker 1: New England five and four. It's on CBS with Kevin
Speaker 1: Harlan and Trent Green. And the Patriots opened a four
Speaker 1: and a half point favorite, their favorite by three and
Speaker 1: a half as most everyone betting on the Patriots on
Speaker 1: this particular day, Sonny in the forties in the Commonwealth
Speaker 1: at Gillette Stadium, and I'm gonna take the Patriots in
Speaker 1: this game. I'm going with the public, which is always dangerous.
Speaker 1: I like to go against the public. But Bill Belichick
Speaker 1: has been an absolute ninja. He hasn't lost his superpower
Speaker 1: since Tom Brady left. When it comes to playing the
Speaker 1: Jets and the mind games that he's gonna play with
Speaker 1: Zach Wilson. Zach Wilson will be like play Doh in
Speaker 1: his hand, and Belichick can shape this anyway. He wants
Speaker 1: Wilson oh in three with two touchdowns, seven interceptions against
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick's defense in his career. They just played a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, and Zach Wilson was terrible. Now,
Speaker 1: the concern here is that for the Patriots, Mac Jones
Speaker 1: blows and he's the obviously the guy starting for New
Speaker 1: England in this game. So the quarterback matchup seems to
Speaker 1: be washed. Whatever team can hide the quarterback more efficiently
Speaker 1: will win the game. I'm betting on that, being the
Speaker 1: Patriots were counting on Romandre Stevenson and the running game
Speaker 1: mixed with the past defense to get the job done.
Speaker 1: Patriots are eight and two against the spread their last
Speaker 1: ten against the Jets with Belichick, and even though mac
Speaker 1: Jones has not been statistically very good at all at home,
Speaker 1: the Patriots are five and two against the spread their
Speaker 1: last seven games, and so there there are some positives
Speaker 1: there for the Patriots. Pat Pats will win the game.
Speaker 1: Patriots seven and the Jets twenty one, And the Penny
Speaker 1: picks heads again Ben alright, so the Penny going with
Speaker 1: the Patriots piggybacking my work there in this game. Next
Speaker 1: up Detroit the Lions at three and six at the
Speaker 1: New York Giants seven and two. It's on Fox. Kevin
Speaker 1: Burkhardt and greg Olsen have a call. That's the A
Speaker 1: team for Fox. The Giants opened a four point favorite.
Speaker 1: They are favored by three and a lean in favor
Speaker 1: of the Giants. Here about six of the money on
Speaker 1: the Giants. That forecast calls for light rain in New Jersey,
Speaker 1: temperatures in the forties. It's a beautiful chamber of commerce
Speaker 1: kind of day in New Jersey there at MetLife Stadium.
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna take the Lions in this game. The
Speaker 1: Giants are seven and two, as we said, but they're flimsy.
Speaker 1: NFL's worst. Texans out gained them last week. They struggled
Speaker 1: to get by the Titans and Panthers earlier this season. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: the Lions, they're not very good. They're three and six,
Speaker 1: but they have one two straight and I love the
Speaker 1: Lion defense, which is statistically terrible. But Aidan Hutchinson up front,
Speaker 1: They've gotten guys back Detroit and they should be able
Speaker 1: to mess up Sequon Barkley in that running game and
Speaker 1: also get to Danny Dimes or White Vic or whatever
Speaker 1: they're calling them there, uh, light Chocolate, whatever his nickname is.
Speaker 1: But the the interior of the Detroit defense will cause
Speaker 1: some heartache and the Lions should be able to move
Speaker 1: the ball. That combo of aman ras St Brown, the
Speaker 1: white out DeAndre Swift, that they're those guys are playmakers.
Speaker 1: I think the Lions actually win this game. Everyone's been
Speaker 1: what's wrong with the Giants? I can't believe they lost
Speaker 1: the Lions. The Lions will be four and six, Lions
Speaker 1: twenty four, Giants twenty three. The final and the penny pick.
Speaker 1: The penny is going tales Ben all right, going to
Speaker 1: so the penny going with the Detroit Lions in that
Speaker 1: particular game. Dan Campbell a winning record over the last
Speaker 1: twenty six games. He's seven games above five hundred against
Speaker 1: the spread. And Jared Goff, the much maligned former Ram quarterback,
Speaker 1: last ten games, six games over five four gamblers against
Speaker 1: the spread. Alright, Moving on l I am is it
Speaker 1: three and six in New Orleans? Three and seven? It's
Speaker 1: on Fox A friend of our overnight show. Kenny Albert
Speaker 1: and Jonathan Vilma have the call, as they will try
Speaker 1: to upsell this game. The Saints favorite Rams open to
Speaker 1: one point, Favorite Stants for favorite by four, and the
Speaker 1: handle on this it's as high as I've ever seen.
Speaker 1: It's over nine of the money is on New Orleans
Speaker 1: at the super Dome, temperatures in the fifties outside in
Speaker 1: the Bayou. And you look at some of the numbers here,
Speaker 1: the Rams two and eight against the spread their last
Speaker 1: ten games on non grass fields. Sean McVeigh overall last
Speaker 1: fifteen games, six games under five. But I'm a glutton
Speaker 1: for punishment. I doubt play nice in the sandbox. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna take the Rams in this game. And this is
Speaker 1: a game I've gone back and forth on the main
Speaker 1: reason I'm betting on the Rams, and again it is
Speaker 1: because I'm betting against the Saints. I just can't bet
Speaker 1: on Dennis Allen and I cannot trust Andy Dalton. The
Speaker 1: Rams have the top unit in this game. They have
Speaker 1: the top defense. The Saints are completely ravaged by injuries,
Speaker 1: and so are the Rams. Cooper Cups not playing in
Speaker 1: this game, and say, how are the Rams possibly going
Speaker 1: to generate offense? Matthew Stafford's coming back from concussion protocol
Speaker 1: and he hasn't been good. And the Rams you look
Speaker 1: at us like if no one's been any good moving
Speaker 1: the ball. The Rams might not get a first down
Speaker 1: in this game, but they'll figure out a way and
Speaker 1: and the great equalizers the turnover and the Rams defense
Speaker 1: should be able to pick off Andy Dalton one or
Speaker 1: two times. This is going to be in terrific before
Speaker 1: it could be like a biblically bad offensive game. Dennis
Speaker 1: Allen three and seven against the spread in his career
Speaker 1: as a favorite, and that includes a losing record with
Speaker 1: the Saints New Orleans one and four against the spread
Speaker 1: their last five games. And I want to take the
Speaker 1: Rams Rams thirteen Saints twelve the final, and the penny
Speaker 1: picking the penny is going tales Ben alright, So the
Speaker 1: penny picking the Rams in that game as well. Next
Speaker 1: up Chicago, Sweet Home Chicago on the road, three and seven.
Speaker 1: The Bears versus Atlanta four and six. It's on Fox.
Speaker 1: Joe Davis and Darryl Moose Johnston have the call. The
Speaker 1: Falcons opened a four point favorite. They're still favored by
Speaker 1: four slight lean on the money to Chicago, although it's
Speaker 1: not overwhelming, sunny temperatures in the forties at the Georgia
Speaker 1: Dole Home whatever they're calling it now. Mercedes Benz doome
Speaker 1: uh in Atlanta, and I'm gonna take the Bears in
Speaker 1: this game. Now, the Bears have been bad at the
Speaker 1: basics blocking and tackling, but so have the Atlanta Falcons,
Speaker 1: and Justin Fields has been a one man band. He's
Speaker 1: been styling and profiling the last month. Fields last three
Speaker 1: weeks has seven touchdown passes, one interception. You're mixing the
Speaker 1: ten yards per carry the four rushing touchdowns. He's got
Speaker 1: eleven touchdowns and one interception the last three weeks. He's
Speaker 1: been great. The Bears defense, though, has been equally terrible. Regardless, uh,
Speaker 1: even though Chicago hasn't won the game, these games have
Speaker 1: all been high scoring, back and forth games in Atlanta
Speaker 1: is so bad they're owing four against the spread their
Speaker 1: last four. They started the year six and oh against
Speaker 1: the number. Atlanta is one and four as a home
Speaker 1: favorite under their head coach Arthur Smith. And I just
Speaker 1: see this going back and forth, act and forth, and
Speaker 1: because of that, we're getting over a field goal. The
Speaker 1: Falcons eventually will come apart at the seams here. Chicago's
Speaker 1: defense is weak sauce, so expect this to be another
Speaker 1: arcade at the midway type game. End up Bears. The
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears get in the wind column Bears thirty one
Speaker 1: and the Falcons thirty in that fun House of Mirrors
Speaker 1: and the penny picks. The penny is going heads Big Ben. Alright,
Speaker 1: the penny is going ahead, So Penny taking the Atlanta Falcons.
Speaker 1: A disagreement in that game. Moving to the late television window.
Speaker 1: We're doing good on timing, by the way, Alex, We're
Speaker 1: doing very good on sensational Ben. Alex has places to
Speaker 1: go and things to do. So Las Vegas two and seven,
Speaker 1: Denver three and six, it's on Fox with Adam Aman
Speaker 1: and Mark slay Rick. The Broncos opened a two and
Speaker 1: a half point favor They're still favored by two and
Speaker 1: a half in this game, and most of the money
Speaker 1: is on the Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High.
Speaker 1: That is a great outdoors. I know you're in awe.
Speaker 1: They're actually playing football in the great outdoors in cold weather,
Speaker 1: sunny and temperatures in the thirties at kickoff. It's on
Speaker 1: like Donkey Kong and I'm gonna take the Raiders in
Speaker 1: this game, even though the Raiders are owing three their
Speaker 1: last three games here. Josh McDaniels has been terrible in
Speaker 1: his NFL career. After that six and oh start for gamblers.
Speaker 1: He's ten and twenty one his last thirty one games.
Speaker 1: But this matchup is Russell Wilson, who's the snail versus
Speaker 1: Derek Carr, the three toed sloth. Neither one of these
Speaker 1: teams can score much at all. The Raiders and Broncos
Speaker 1: over the last month are both averaging thirteen point three
Speaker 1: points per game. P you what stinks? Man? Is that
Speaker 1: bad boy? They both blow Denver's got the elite defense
Speaker 1: that said, we are going with the wretched Raiders, and
Speaker 1: I'll tell you why everyone thinks this is free money.
Speaker 1: All you have to do is bet on the Broncos
Speaker 1: and you win. Blah blah blah blah blah. So we're
Speaker 1: going against the public. We're going with the wise guys.
Speaker 1: And Derek Carr be much maligned Derek Carr, who stinks
Speaker 1: he's Jekyll and Hide, but he's mostly been Jekyl and
Speaker 1: in this game the one team. It's like two or
Speaker 1: three teams, but this is one of the teams that
Speaker 1: Car has not had problems with. He has played very
Speaker 1: well against le Broncos. That's his happy place. In fact,
Speaker 1: the Raiders are nine and one against the spread with
Speaker 1: Derek Carr and others in their last ten meetings against
Speaker 1: the Broncos, doesn't matter where. They play, five and all
Speaker 1: against the spread as an underdog in that span, and
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson so wonky, so messed up. You're getting a
Speaker 1: couple of points, not a ton, not a ton here.
Speaker 1: But the Raiders also beat the Broncos earlier this year.
Speaker 1: The the juries are piling up, but again, get to
Speaker 1: the point here, as I stare down the penny, I
Speaker 1: am taking a right and the Raids, the Raiders are
Speaker 1: gonna win the game, out right. Raiders twenty seven, Broncos six,
Speaker 1: and my man Alex the face of the penny slash
Speaker 1: quarter this week, Ben actually did call somebody got a
Speaker 1: penny in here for this too? Ben? It is tales tales, yes,
Speaker 1: all right, So that the penny shadowing me. I noticed
Speaker 1: that the pen, but I didn't even give the record.
Speaker 1: I should probably give the records here at some point. Overall,
Speaker 1: we'll get to that in a minute before we get
Speaker 1: to the Sunday night game, which is in a few
Speaker 1: all right. Next up Dallas six and three at Minnesota
Speaker 1: eight and one. It's on CBS. Now, this is the
Speaker 1: a game with Jim nance Antonio Romo the Cowboys. This
Speaker 1: game open to pick and the Cowboys are a one
Speaker 1: point favorite. Dallas not getting the money. It's surprisingly the
Speaker 1: Usually the Cowboys always have the majority of the money.
Speaker 1: The Vikings, though, getting the money, and I have a
Speaker 1: theory on why that is now Sonny and nineteen degrees
Speaker 1: in Minnesota, but this is a dome at US Bank Stadium,
Speaker 1: so that does not matter. I'm gonna take the Cowboys
Speaker 1: here all right now. I don't normally do that, but
Speaker 1: I'm taking the Cowboys this week. Dallas is coming off
Speaker 1: the heartbreaking loss to Green Bay in overtime, which they blew.
Speaker 1: The Vikings were given a gift in Buffalo. Josh Allen
Speaker 1: gave the game to them on a silver platter, and
Speaker 1: they took it. Good for them. The Vikings won their
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. They legitimized the record beating the Bills last week.
Speaker 1: But normally when you win your Super Bowl, you don't
Speaker 1: have to come back and play another game right away.
Speaker 1: And I expect them to come crashing back down to
Speaker 1: Earth a Bender type situation, but not Aaron Bender, my
Speaker 1: old friend in radio. These are both flawed teams. However,
Speaker 1: the Cowboys I actually trust them more in this in
Speaker 1: this game because of their defense and the fact that
Speaker 1: they'll be able to get to Kirk Cousins that Dallas
Speaker 1: pressure and Kirk Cousins statistically has been dreadful. That's his
Speaker 1: kryptonite when pressured, and so I don't expect that too
Speaker 1: many turnovers from the Cowboys. This will be a back
Speaker 1: and forth game, but in the end, I love the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: Dallas thirty on and the Vikings seven the final Bennet's
Speaker 1: Tales again, all right, So man, this is an odd situation.
Speaker 1: So the tails again. So that means you sit on
Speaker 1: your butt when you travel. So Dallas. Keep notes on this,
Speaker 1: but Dallas is the pick, all right. Next up, Cincinnati
Speaker 1: five and four at Pittsburgh three and six on CBS.
Speaker 1: Greg Gumbel, who Ate Sports Radio, and Adam arch Aletta
Speaker 1: have the call. The Bengals old up in a six
Speaker 1: point favorite. They're favorite by four as this game being
Speaker 1: played at the stadium formerly known as Heinz Field, and
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Steelers in this game. I love
Speaker 1: me some Steelers. With t J. Watt back in the
Speaker 1: line of Pittsburgh is a different team with what in
Speaker 1: the lineup up front. He is a disruptor for that
Speaker 1: Bengal offense. The Bengals have the worst offensive line this
Speaker 1: side is Sheboygan, and they have allowed thirty two sacks,
Speaker 1: tied for the most of the NFL. Since he is
Speaker 1: dinged up without Jamaar Chase, the playmaker wide receivers. Several
Speaker 1: starting defensive backs and defensive tackles also on the injury list.
Speaker 1: And I don't love Kenny Pickett, but he should play
Speaker 1: well this game. With all those injuries in Cincinnati, Deonte Johnson,
Speaker 1: George Pickens, the passing games should get going here. But
Speaker 1: the main reason I like Pittsburgh is the the defense
Speaker 1: with t J. Watt. And you're getting Pittsburgh at home
Speaker 1: as a dog, and you look at the numbers here,
Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin very good at home as a dog, Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: very successful in that situation. I don't know that tells
Speaker 1: you what has happened, not what's going to happen. But
Speaker 1: I will take the Steelers twenty six and the Bengals
Speaker 1: twenty three the final and the penny the penny went tails, Ben, Alright,
Speaker 1: the penny goes tails against the penny. Are you sure
Speaker 1: the penny just it's it's all tales all the time.
Speaker 1: It seems to beat today. All right, well that is
Speaker 1: a Cincinnati pick. Next up, let's get to the season
Speaker 1: log here and then we'll get to the Sunday night
Speaker 1: in the Monday night game, and we'll put the baby
Speaker 1: to bed, as we like to say. So back in
Speaker 1: week ten, I should have done this earlier. Bad job
Speaker 1: by me. But back in week ten, how did I
Speaker 1: do versus the penny? I went eight and six against
Speaker 1: the spread, which is not great. I should do better
Speaker 1: than that, But that's a winning record. Eight and six
Speaker 1: against the spread. That's a five seventy one winning percentage. Now,
Speaker 1: to beat the penny overall, you have to have a
Speaker 1: five four winning percentage. You have to win fifty two
Speaker 1: point four percent of your bets because of the way
Speaker 1: the gambling is with the veg and all that, so
Speaker 1: you have to win fifty at least over fifty two
Speaker 1: percent of your bets fifty two point four to make money.
Speaker 1: So I was in that safe zone, but not by
Speaker 1: a lot. The penny went five and nine last week,
Speaker 1: a three fifty seven winning percentage. So overall, and I
Speaker 1: know Roscoe the Parrot with David in Florida, and Robin
Speaker 1: Vegas and Mike and all you other guys that are
Speaker 1: keeping track. You contact me on social media and email
Speaker 1: every week to tell me if if these numbers are
Speaker 1: right or not. But the overall total on the scoreboard,
Speaker 1: and I'm sure this will end at some point. But
Speaker 1: my record, my record every game against the spread, I
Speaker 1: am eighty eight fifty seven and five. That's a six
Speaker 1: oh seven winning percentage through ten weeks of the season.
Speaker 1: The penny the worst the penny has ever been. I've
Speaker 1: been doing this for probably fifteen years. Over fifteen years
Speaker 1: and the penny one and three under five hundred a
Speaker 1: four sixty winning percentage for the penny. So we've built
Speaker 1: up a little equity. Will it all come crashing down
Speaker 1: here in Week eleven? Stay tuned dot dot dot. But
Speaker 1: back to the games we go, tysher and Sunday Night football.
Speaker 1: I may actually be at this game. What well, maybe
Speaker 1: I've not. I've not heard yet whether or not I'm
Speaker 1: allowed in or not by the Chargers, so I don't know.
Speaker 1: But if if they tell me I'm allowed, I'll make
Speaker 1: a bee line for the stadium. Now, Kansas City seven
Speaker 1: and two at the Chargers five and four on and
Speaker 1: be See the Peacock with Mike Tariko and Chris Collinsworth.
Speaker 1: The Chiefs open a five and at point favorite. There
Speaker 1: a six point favorite in this game. Slight lean on
Speaker 1: the money to the Chargers, and I'm gonna go with
Speaker 1: the slight lean of the money. Sixty four degrees. That
Speaker 1: kick off at so Fi Stadium, which is not a dome,
Speaker 1: even though it's got a roof on it, not a
Speaker 1: dome because it's open on both sides. Things that make
Speaker 1: you go, things that make you go. But I'm taking
Speaker 1: the charges. The Charger's depth chart is beaten and broken,
Speaker 1: but we trust Justin Herbert to keep it close. He's
Speaker 1: played some of the best ball in his career against
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Herbert three and one against the spread against
Speaker 1: Kansas City. This is the second largest home underdog situation
Speaker 1: for Herbert in his career. And now listen, Patrick homes
Speaker 1: thirteen and no outright in road Divisional games nine and
Speaker 1: four against the spread. There's a lot of numbers that
Speaker 1: say Kansas City, Kansas City. But I loved getting this
Speaker 1: many points, getting almost a touchdown, and I'm gonna ride
Speaker 1: with the Chargers to hang around and blow the game
Speaker 1: lead that late. That's normally how these things work out
Speaker 1: for the Chargers. They can hang around for three quarters
Speaker 1: and then things go haywire in the fourth quarter. Chiefs
Speaker 1: seven and the Chargers twenty three. Ben, I don't know
Speaker 1: how I feel about representing the penny after you're telling
Speaker 1: me it's a record right now. That's not very reassuring.
Speaker 1: But it went tails, Ben, it went tails, all right,
Speaker 1: So tails it is. Next up for us? Next up
Speaker 1: for us, the last game, last game of Benny versus
Speaker 1: the pain. We're making record time, by the way, dutiful
Speaker 1: record time on Benny versus the Penny. So the next game,
Speaker 1: San Francisco slash Santa Clara versus Arizona in Mexico KOs City.
Speaker 1: The forty Niners five and four, the Cardinals four and six.
Speaker 1: It's on ABC with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. They
Speaker 1: have the call and the forty Niners open and five
Speaker 1: and a half point favorite. The Niners are favored by
Speaker 1: eight in this game and most of the money almost
Speaker 1: eight is on the side of the forty Niners. In
Speaker 1: this divisional game at a Stadio as Teca in Mexico City,
Speaker 1: Sunny actually no, not Sonny. It's a night game, mostly cloudy.
Speaker 1: Check that, mostly cloudy, sixty three degrees at kickoff in
Speaker 1: Mexico City, and I'm gonna take the Cardinals in this game. Now,
Speaker 1: as we are doing this, Kyler Murray is day to
Speaker 1: day with a hamstring injury. Colt McCoy is dealing with
Speaker 1: a minor knee injury. The Cardinals haven't yet decided as
Speaker 1: we are doing Benny versus Defendy whether or not they're
Speaker 1: gonna start Colt McCoy or Kyler Murray. It doesn't necessarily matter.
Speaker 1: Although the forty Niners have had more issues with mobile quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: The Niners were owing two against Arizona last season. They
Speaker 1: lost against both Colt McCoy and and Kyler Murray. And
Speaker 1: you look at the Niners all offense, they get a
Speaker 1: lot of yards, but this the scoring has been rather spotty.
Speaker 1: They don't They don't score as many points as they
Speaker 1: should based on how many yards they have. You're getting
Speaker 1: over a touchdown in a divisional game. One of my
Speaker 1: cardinal rules is when you're in a divisional game, if
Speaker 1: you get a touchdowner more, you don't ask questions. You
Speaker 1: take the points. I don't believe this will be a
Speaker 1: very exciting game for our friends in Mexico. And I
Speaker 1: think this will be low scoring and a lot of
Speaker 1: turnovers and all that razmatazz. Kyle Shanahan four nine and
Speaker 1: one in the regular season as a favorite of It
Speaker 1: East seven points. But check this out. Cliff Kingsbury, the
Speaker 1: Arizona coach. He has a winning record as an underdog.
Speaker 1: He's seventeen sixteen and one outright as an underdog, eleven
Speaker 1: and fourteen outright as a favorite. He's the only coach
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl Era that is over five hundred
Speaker 1: as an underdog and below five hundred as a favorite
Speaker 1: and against the spread. Kingsbury's eleven games over five hundred
Speaker 1: against the spread. So I'm gonna take the Cardinals as
Speaker 1: I said, forty Niners twenty and the Cardinals sixteen. The
Speaker 1: final for the final penny pick Bend. It's is going
Speaker 1: heads alright, heads it is, and so that means, as
Speaker 1: we know, Benny versus Penny. As we said at the
Speaker 1: beginning of the era, Heads is the home team, Tales
Speaker 1: is the road team against all odds. So good luck,
Speaker 1: enjoy all of these games, and don't go crazy on
Speaker 1: how much. You better remember this is just a suggestion.
Speaker 1: I give you my picks. You do what you want,
Speaker 1: but good luck and if you win, you know you
Speaker 1: can tip your bartender. Is that what they say your barked, Well,
Speaker 1: then I'm actually taking all your picks, so you better
Speaker 1: be right. That's all I'm gonna say. How dare you?
Speaker 1: And I hope you're prepared, Tisher, because we have a
Speaker 1: full weekend, a full weekend all of action here with
Speaker 1: me and you guys. You will be giving us inside
Speaker 1: on the vegan lifestyle and I will be telling you
Speaker 1: about eating meat and you complained about that and you'll
Speaker 1: call me disgusting and all that. So I look forward
Speaker 1: to to those podcasts as well, but to have a
Speaker 1: great day and that we'll catch you next time.