WEBVTT - Week 1 of the NFL with Ian Rapoport 0:00:03.840 --> 0:00:08.480 From the King of sports Books comes the Key Sports 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:18.880 podcast Unwashed, presented by the MGM. Here's your host, Jerry 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:30.840 Ferrara and Olivia Arlan Decker. The weight is over. Week 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:33.320 one is here. You know, Jerry, I have a take 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:38.400 that isn't quite as hot as your Super Bowl Sunday proposal. Sorry, 0:00:38.400 --> 0:00:41.280 super Bowl Saturday proposal. That's it's so acid and I 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:43.440 can't even say it. But I was thinking of something 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:46.920 this past weekend and I want your opinion on this. Okay, okay, 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:51.360 let's hear it. Why doesn't the NFL in college football 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:55.480 share week one? You know, Monday was Labor Day. Let 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:59.040 people party all weekend, watching their teams, going to games, 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:02.800 having parties, going to watch parties, whatever. Let college football 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:08.319 have your Thursday kickoff, Friday Slate, Big Saturday Slate, and 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:11.119 then the NFL has Sunday and the two Monday games 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:14.240 like usual. They could even do three or four games 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:17.240 on that Monday Labor Day. I I just don't get 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:20.200 why a league that's so centered around Sunday, why they 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:23.520 can't take advantage of a Monday holiday. Am I crazy? No, 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:26.479 You're not crazy? And I like the way you're thinking 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:30.440 because as asinine or trash, as you called my Super 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:33.840 Bowl Saturday. They take, and it is the moral of 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:37.160 the story is, let's separate a tiny bit from traditions. 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.840 I love traditions. I don't want to lose the traditions, 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:42.440 but we gotta. If we don't separate a little bit, 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:45.959 we'll never innovate. So I'm not gonna say this is 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:48.400 a trash take. I do like it. But to me, 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:51.480 that still feels like college football would be the even 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:53.760 though they're going first, they would be the main course. 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:57.960 It's almost like NFL would be dessert, whereas the way 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:01.200 it's lit up now, college football for me anyway, this 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:04.360 whole week is like the appetizer, and then next weekend, 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:06.840 this Sunday coming up, is like the main course. But 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:09.360 I wouldn't be against what you're saying. I like to 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:13.000 break some of these traditions in a small way. I 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:16.160 don't think NFL would be desert. I think NFL the 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:18.880 thing that people would worry about is that college football 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:22.680 would get overshadowed because the NFL is king. NFL has 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:27.320 the most absurd ratings, like they be NBA Playoffs, like 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:32.080 a random lower tier game beats big NBA playoff games. 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:35.400 NFL is king. I think you're not alone and being 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:38.919 someone who has a strong NFL allegiance but not a 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.560 college football team. Obviously, last week we found you one 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:44.040 the chant of clears, the fighting chant of clears. Who 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:45.640 are now want to know? We'll get to that later. 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:49.000 But do you think that people more or less are 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:51.480 kind of one or the other, Like they're more college 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:54.080 football than NFL and vice versa. I don't think there's 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:58.399 a ton of crossover, right, It's kind of a different audience. Yeah, 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:00.120 I don't. I don't know how many people are out 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:04.880 there that I love college football and NFL football the same. 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:09.640 I think, you know, for me, like I enjoy college football, 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.520 I really like college football. But yeah, I'm I'm not 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:16.880 scheduling my week around all the games. Maybe one or 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:19.519 two games I'll schedule around the college football. Yeah, I 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:21.919 don't think. I think with people it's either one or 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:25.120 the other. I just didn't think of one problem about 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:30.880 your proposal. You're talking full Saturday, full Sunday might not 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:34.200 be the greatest way to enter into a football season 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:36.880 with some relationships. I think a lot of relationships might 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:40.320 fail if the person who loves football is like, all right, 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:46.760 Saturday Sunday, I'm out. I'm not gonna bes romantic relationships. Uh. 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:48.720 You know, the force rate might already be high in 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:51.640 this country, it might go higher if that's how we 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:54.120 enter I just like just be like this way, we're 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:58.200 slowly entering the season, as opposed to the mass hysteria 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:01.000 that would be. You know, I don't know, Yeah, that 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.040 could be a problem. I know my wife wouldn't love it, 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:06.640 and she's a football fan, she would not love that much. 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:10.840 Opening weekend well, as always, we know there's money involved 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:15.600 and that deciphers everything. But so many networks broadcast both 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:17.640 college football and NFL, so I feel like they could 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:20.359 cross promote, and there's I don't know. I'm that just 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:22.560 my husband and I disagreed on this one this weekend, 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:24.799 so I wanted to ask your opinion. We can also 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:27.920 ask the opinion of someone much higher up and more 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:31.279 informed than us. It's NFL insider from the NFL network, 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:33.839 Ian Rappaport. He's coming on the show. I'm excited for 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:38.080 that one. Jerry. Yeah, there's so many other things to unpack. 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:41.479 I even had an unbelievable moment. I know, we talked 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:43.120 about our kids on this show. And I don't want 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:44.680 to jump too far ahead, but I had a great 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:48.120 moment with my my three year old revolving around college football. 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.120 I saw that on your Twitter that you you guys 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:53.200 were watching the game together and what he was like 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:56.440 asking questions and was into it. Right. Yes, I I 0:04:56.920 --> 0:05:00.680 definitely don't do pressure. I've never been a pressure guy 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.560 my whole life. Like, I've not been like, come watch 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:05.800 football with me, like just I let him kind of 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:08.400 do his own thing, but I watched football. So yeah, 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:10.320 nine o'clock at night, he kind of came out of 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:12.520 his room. He's like, oh, hey, Dad, what are you doing. 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.919 You're watching some football. I'm like, yeah, can I watch 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:20.080 with you? Sure, sit down and have a seat. He went. 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.520 He's like, he went and got his pillow. He laid 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:24.240 it down next to me, and he was laying down. 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:27.560 I was explaining Ohio State, you know the red jerseys 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:30.200 there from where you're from Ohio. He thought tackling was 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.880 the funniest thing you ever saw. He just kept going, oh, 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:36.200 you tripped, And he loved punts because the ball he 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:39.159 could actually really see the ball in the air, So 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:42.839 asked a few great questions. He made it a whole quarter. 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:45.960 He watched the whole second quarter, and just when I 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:48.039 thought he was gonna like settle in for the whole game, 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:50.800 it's like, all right, Jacob, it's halftime that he's gonna 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:52.960 make us some popcorn. He's like, no, I'm gonna go 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:55.160 and Ben sleep with Mama. Good night. And he just 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:58.440 took his little pillow and he walked off into the night. 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:02.440 And it was I think maybe top three dad moments. 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:05.320 There was no pressure. He just did it on his own. 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:08.800 Oh that is so adorable. So you're never going to 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:15.800 be like, hey, kids, get an acting class. Definitely not No, no, yeah, yeah, yeah. 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.520 Maybe some school plays and stuff here and there, but no, 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.480 I'm not going to be the you gotta be. Yeah, 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:24.120 we're gonna be an actor. If he loves it, we'll 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:26.680 talk about I'll actually discourage it, if I'm being honest. 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:30.520 Speaking of that Ohio State game, though Notre Dame covered, 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:33.719 and our friend Peter Andrew, he told you they would. 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:37.560 Even Pat Forty, who was much more knowledgeable than Peter Andrew, 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:40.640 thought that Ohio State would cover as a seventeen point spread. 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.720 But the Friday in Irish hung in there and they 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:46.280 did it. Yeah, that was a big number. We all 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:49.560 knew that. In Ordered Dame. It's not nearly as good 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:51.400 as Ohio State, but they have a good defense that 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:54.480 they're well coached. They definitely had Ohio State playing their 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:57.080 game in that first half. Ohio State was missing their receiver, 0:06:57.720 --> 0:06:59.599 so they slowed it down, but you kind of knew 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.680 it was a I actually ultimately think that type of 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.240 game long term for Ohio State will be good. They 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:09.640 beat a quality team and kind of a grind out game. 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:12.200 Worried because they got off to that slow start, I don't. 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:15.120 I think it's actually long term a good thing. How 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:18.080 jacked up are you about Georgia? That must have been 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:21.160 a good feel for you this weekend. Oh, it was incredible. 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:24.880 It was incredible beating a number eleven team and only 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:28.040 allowing three points. I mean, they were so great. I 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.680 was thinking of our friend Pat Forty because he writes 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:34.520 this cover story on steps and Bennett, and then of 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:36.960 course even in Sideline Red fort in which I did, 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:40.840 is sometimes after you give a great story about let's 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.640 say a second string running back or something, and then 0:07:43.720 --> 0:07:45.960 right after you finish your story, they score a touchdown, 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:49.080 Like you're like Yes, that timing couldn't have worked better. 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:51.880 And I was thinking of Pat when Stetson had an 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:55.640 incredible game. He had three sixty eight and two past touchdowns, 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:58.960 one rushing. I mean, he he was on fire. And 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:01.480 it just it just to find the article, you know 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:04.560 what I mean. Yeah, it's it's hard to say men 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:08.600 amongst boys and college football because those are all large, strong, 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:12.800 athletic fast men playing. So but he does look like 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.240 I have remember thinking this watching the game. It's like 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:18.080 he's like that kid who rolls up to the little 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:20.120 league field and you look at the other you look 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:21.520 at the other dugout and you're like, oh my god, 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:23.760 the kid's got a mustache and he has a car 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:26.000 keys in his pocket to be dried. Here he's supposed 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:28.680 to be twelve years old. That's just kind of how 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:32.040 at ease he looks playing quarterback right now. Just looks 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:37.160 and I know they're loaded, but he's also playing just high. 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:39.600 High level of confidence is the word I would use 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:43.640 with him. He just looks unafraid of every situation. Oh, 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:46.800 it was glorious to watch. And we talked last week 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:49.440 about how most of the defense departed for the NFL. 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:52.800 Well that doesn't seem to matter. It's it's a strong 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:55.959 Georgia defense. Again. Last year they're best in the nation. 0:08:56.200 --> 0:08:58.640 I'm curious to see how they play out. This year 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:02.360 they looked out, so I'm really hopeful about the Dogs. 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:06.040 I'm excited about that one. Your second team his Michigan 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:09.520 More despite your in laws were big Buckeye fans, but 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:13.000 we were following the story of their quarterback of they 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:15.360 were gonna have two different starters for the first two weeks. 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:19.360 I believe you're starting week three, but Cade McNamara started 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:22.360 last week Firs Colorado State. He went nine for eighteen, 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:25.680 one six and a touchdown. J. J. McCarthy is going 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:29.560 to start this weekend versus Hawaii. Did you follow this 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:33.960 at all? Do you care? I do care because and 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:36.880 Pat really did help us out. We mentioned Pat forty 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:39.560 fifteen times already. He definitely did help. It was a 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:42.600 great episode. I've been talking about it all week. He 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:45.679 definitely helped me with the why are they playing too, 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:48.600 Why they're announcing two different quarter they're basically announcing their 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:51.400 starting lineup for the season now, and it's different quarterbacks, 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:54.600 and he mentioned the whole transfer situation. He said, hardball 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:58.559 is kind of genius with this, however, and Cade was fine. 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:00.760 That game was over before it's arted, and it was 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:02.319 all kind of mop up duty. Even then, J J 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:05.360 McCarthy does come in, he goes four for four. He 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:08.960 did rush for fifty yards and a touchdown on three rushes, 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:12.319 so I think he actually still won the first week, 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.520 even though it was kind of mop I don't want 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:16.360 to call it mop up duty because the whole game 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:19.559 was mop up duty. So I'm really interested to see 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:23.080 what JJ does next week, because at some point someone's 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.440 gonna play better and you have to Yeah, you know, 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:28.920 they're not going to be playing Colorado State every week. 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:33.400 At some point, tough decisions against good teams are coming. Yeah. 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:35.720 Something we didn't ask Pat about last week that I 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:39.120 wish we had. Of course it didn't break until the weekend, 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:43.920 but still a really interesting topic that has been anticipated 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:47.120 for years is the new college football playoffs. So it's 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:50.480 expanding finally. A lot of people wanted that, myself included 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:55.440 to twelve teams, implemented no later than so it's coming. 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:58.600 I think people wish it was here sooner than later, 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:01.600 because this is going to make college football that much 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:05.240 more interesting. So much so that I think it's time 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:14.280 two on which I think it makes the whole season 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:18.480 more interesting start to finish, because otherwise a team who 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:20.720 lost Week one, you know, we just finished Week one, 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:24.200 you'd be pretty much out of it. And remember, Jerry. 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:28.080 In college football, it's much more nuanced. You you have 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:30.280 to have a resume. It's not how many wins you have, 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:32.360 it's who you beat. You know, in the NFL, it's 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:35.360 kind of a numbers game. It doesn't matter if people 0:11:35.480 --> 0:11:37.720 respect the team you just beat. You just gotta beat him, 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:40.280 got a win your division, got to win your conference 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:44.200 to advance to the super Bowl. In college football, it's like, well, 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:48.840 you know, they beat Notre Dame week one, but Notre 0:11:48.920 --> 0:11:51.640 Dame was really shorthanded, so it's not as impressive as 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:53.960 it might have been. Like that, truly is the type 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:56.920 of conversation that we're having as we get closer to 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:59.240 selecting the four teams who play in the playoffs. So 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:02.800 I like that it makes everything more juicy, you know 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:05.560 what I mean. It's not like a single elimination Week one, 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:08.800 which has happened, so it makes the whole season more important. 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:12.800 I think it's way more attractive for players to play 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.920 in this now playoff. Let's say you're the twelfth team 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.160 to make it. Well, you might have been playing in 0:12:18.240 --> 0:12:21.240 the good Year Tire Bowl, and if you're a guy 0:12:21.280 --> 0:12:23.080 who's wanting to go to the draft, you would skip 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:25.480 it because you want to make sure you don't get hurt. Well, 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:27.840 now instead of playing in the good Year Tire Bowl, 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:30.199 you're playing in a playoff game. You're gonna play. It's 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:32.360 important to you, it's important to your team. You're not 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:34.559 going to sit out. So I think that is so 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:38.240 much more enticing to the viewer of stars playing longer. 0:12:38.800 --> 0:12:41.760 And then with n I l more teams and players 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:44.000 in the playoff. Now they've more of a chance to 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:47.760 cash in. If your star running back on I keep 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:51.080 kind of using this reference. But the twelfth team in well, now, 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:53.520 maybe he's just signed a nice little deal for an 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:57.440 extra ten twenty grand to do something in your town 0:12:57.600 --> 0:12:59.600 for you know what I mean. It's just this stuff 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:03.920 at up but accumulates, and then I think most importantly 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:06.400 it's the chance of an upset. It makes it more 0:13:06.520 --> 0:13:09.760 like March madness. When you have more teams you have 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:11.959 you never know who's going to get hot at the 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:16.040 right time. And you know, injuries really play a big role. 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:19.359 When you think of Alabama last year, their top two receivers, 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:21.960 one went down in the SEC championship, one went down 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:24.440 in the National Championship. I think if there was a 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:26.960 third game in there, I think if those had been 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:31.400 too playoff games before they got to national championship game, 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:35.280 that's interesting. That's really interesting. So I think all of 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:38.360 it makes college football a little sexier. You know, you want, 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:41.560 you want a bigger playoff. It just feels like more's 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:45.040 at stake. So I'm off for it. I'm excited. Look 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:49.520 as someone who self admittedly I like college football, I 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:51.199 don't love it because I just don't have the band 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:53.880 with yah. But if you're telling, if you're using that 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:59.079 magic word that we all love playoff games and say sexy, right, 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:01.440 it's odd because you know, baseball was kind of the 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:04.679 first to expand the playoff system. People balked out of 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.080 it first, and it's probably the best thing baseball has 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:10.640 going right now. Obviously the NBA is now messing with 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:14.080 this plan, which everyone loves. For the most part, I 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:16.080 just think, like you said, they're taking a book at 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:18.920 a play a page out of college basketball's book, and 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:22.680 now you have the cinderella story. College football never had 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:25.840 the cinderella story. Can't be like fifteen and two. That's 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:28.080 not a cinderella story. But in college football, if you 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.920 were to sneak out in national championship at fifteen and two, 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:32.840 you were probably the underdog going and if you had 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:37.720 two losses on your scheduleinati last year. Cincinnati last year 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:41.160 was a quote college football cinderella story because they're a 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:45.920 lower tier right school. But I agree, yeah, so you 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:48.640 like it to dumb guy question here, are they gonna 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:50.560 go right to twelve? Or do we not know? Are 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:54.600 they gonna slowly? Are they gonna go for eight and 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.080 then twelve? Are they jumping right from four to twelve? 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.880 They're gonna jump for to twelve. That is a lot, 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.840 that is the side note. And we've got to get 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:05.720 Pat forty back. Maybe do one year with eight, test 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:08.040 the waters and then maybe up at the twelve. He's 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:10.520 jumping right to twelve. I don't know, but they are 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:13.160 a lot smarter than I am. So well, that is 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:19.640 for sharp. I'm all for it. But yeah, I feel like, 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:22.400 you know, obviously it was just voted on. Is just 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:24.800 agreed upon, So it's too late to have it for 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:26.800 this season, but I just wish they do it next season. 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:29.920 Just let's go. Let's do it, because then if you're 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:32.200 let's say, you're a team that probably would have made 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:36.080 the top twelve, but right now you're a junior, you know, 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:39.760 you're like, I'm never going to see the playoff because 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:41.720 my team is not gonna be a top four team 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:43.800 this year or next year, but we would be a 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:45.960 top twelve team, Like we're one of the twelve best 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.800 in the country. So it's you know, like, just now that, 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:51.800 now that it's dangling right in front of these guys, 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:54.680 let's get to it. Yeah, it's gonna affect so many 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:56.920 like it will affect the NFL draft, WHI would be cool. 0:15:56.920 --> 0:15:58.400 We all know we've am a prisoner of the moment 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:01.080 with the playoff system and the now National Championship game. 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:03.560 So now there'll be something, like you said, ten eleven 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:07.160 twelve seeds who we would not be watching play playoff games. 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:09.560 We're gonna get a look. So it's gonna even affect 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:11.920 the NFL draft. So this is really cool. That was 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:15.200 the unleashed section and now we have a new game, 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:18.240 and I'm excited for this one. It's called That's the ticker. 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:24.560 So as we are going to talk Week one games 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:26.840 with Peter in a little bit. First, we're gonna have 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:29.520 some fun with some futures and they're going to be 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:32.600 kind of random, which I love because I love picking 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.400 either a bad team to bet, like a low under 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:39.040 on for win totals, or you know, a random player 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.120 prop like These are the fun ones because then you 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:44.720 have interest in something otherwise you wouldn't you know what 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:47.120 I mean from a betting angle. Do you want me 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:51.040 to throw the first random one at you please? Yeah? Okay, 0:16:51.200 --> 0:16:53.520 And these are random, but actually these are some kind 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:56.360 of props that I love. Okay, let's start with one 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:58.920 that actually will start up pretty much Thursday, because we're 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:01.800 gonna have at least a player or two involved in 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:06.639 this Thursday Night Rams Bills. Most regular season receptions, we 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:09.159 have Cooper Cup plus four hundred. Obviously, I think he 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:12.440 had four hundred receptions last year. Davante Adams now on 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:15.600 the Raiders plus a fifty Justin Jefferson getting a Lot 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:20.120 of Love plus nine hundred or Stefon Diggs plus nine hundred. 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.119 What do you think? Well, he didn't have four d 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:29.480 He had a hundred forty five up. Uh yeah, he 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:32.280 had a hundred forty five last year and that was 0:17:32.320 --> 0:17:34.840 sharing with oh b J when he joined the Rams 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:38.199 in November. So now, and I mean obviously other players, 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:40.919 but those two cut the bulk. Now it's just Cup 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:43.880 and Van Jefferson. And of course they added Allen Robinson. 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:47.400 I know you're big Allen Robinson fan. Those are the starters. 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:49.480 They also drafted to two at well who I think 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:52.560 will contribute. But Cup, we'll get the bulk of the 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:55.200 targets obviously. You know, oh b J was a star 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:57.640 and kind of brought in his own style. But now 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:00.400 I feel like cups receptions are even gonna go up 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:05.080 from So it's chalk he's plus four hundred. I like 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:07.920 Cup here. I also don't think Davonte Adams is going 0:18:07.960 --> 0:18:10.880 to be as great without Rogers. I hate to say that, 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:14.080 but it's uh. I probably sound like a biased, bitter 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:16.800 Packer fan when I say that. The only other one 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:20.160 that was kind of intriguing to me was Stefon Diggs. 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:22.960 And again we'll we'll find out sooner than later on 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:25.320 that one. You know, he's healthy and that's gonna be good. 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:27.639 But for me, I'm going Cooper Cup at plus four hundred. 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:29.439 Do you like that or would you leave it? I 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:32.760 do you it's hard to it's hard to not love 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:35.120 that I got a hundred forty five receptions last year. 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:38.080 If I were to make any other case, I would 0:18:38.160 --> 0:18:42.240 make the Justin Jefferson case. You know, different coaching situation there, 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:45.440 theiling hopefully back and healthy, which may help Justin Jefferson 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:47.879 not get fully double covered. I just think Justin Jefferson 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:52.440 is poised for this kind of maybe record kind of year. 0:18:52.600 --> 0:18:54.880 I don't know, but uh yeah, I'd like the plus 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:57.600 nine hundred. But Cooper Cup, you can't. You can't argue 0:18:57.600 --> 0:18:59.800 with Cooper Cup because there was no O b J. 0:18:59.880 --> 0:19:01.840 In Super Bowl. That was their only receiver, and he 0:19:01.920 --> 0:19:03.800 still had like a hunter and fifty receptions in the 0:19:03.800 --> 0:19:06.639 Super Bowl. So even with all eyes of O b 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:08.800 J had like what two catches and one of them 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:11.040 was for a touchdown right before he got hurt. Right, 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:13.440 I will say, oh b J didn't didn't start the 0:19:13.480 --> 0:19:16.920 season there, So Cooper Cup did have a solid month 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:20.040 month and ahead without O b J to pile up. 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:23.480 I mean, god, it was insane, but they got Stafford there. 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:26.000 I love it. I do love Grouper Cup. Most regular 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:29.920 season receptions. Okay, you brought up Stafford. Let's stick with quarterbacks. 0:19:29.920 --> 0:19:32.120 I'm gonna throw the next one at you. Most regular 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:35.600 season interceptions thrown. So we've got Zack Wilson at plus 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:39.119 eight hundred, Justin Fields a plus nine hundred, and Trevor 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:43.320 Lawrence plus one thousand. I think Trevor Lawrence was the 0:19:43.440 --> 0:19:45.720 leader in interceptions last year. Don't quote me on that. 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:47.560 I think or he was tied for the leading interceptions. 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:50.560 I think Trevor Lawrence takes a step up this year. 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:54.479 Hopefully that means less interceptions. I like Justin Fields on this. 0:19:54.600 --> 0:19:56.600 I like him as a player. I don't even really 0:19:56.640 --> 0:19:58.359 put this on him. I do think there might be 0:19:58.440 --> 0:20:01.600 a level of maybe for his life with that old line. 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:04.960 Although they're showing some signs. Zach Wilson plus eight hunter 0:20:05.119 --> 0:20:07.359 he may miss a game, although there are talks that 0:20:07.440 --> 0:20:09.600 he might be ready for Week one, which and I 0:20:09.640 --> 0:20:13.000 think helped report that, so that would be really really cool. 0:20:13.400 --> 0:20:16.520 I leaned Justin Fields plus nine hundred. I didn't check 0:20:16.560 --> 0:20:19.159 the odds on this other player who came to my 0:20:19.200 --> 0:20:21.879 mind and I'm gonna put our producer Joel Solomon on 0:20:22.000 --> 0:20:24.800 blast right now because I was kind of on the 0:20:24.840 --> 0:20:27.439 move getting the kid to school, and I said, anyone 0:20:27.480 --> 0:20:31.320 know what's Jamis Winston's odds on leading in this. We 0:20:31.400 --> 0:20:35.000 know Jamis, you know, famously threw a lot of inter sections, 0:20:35.040 --> 0:20:38.159 a lot of pick six is pretty much. And Joel 0:20:38.440 --> 0:20:42.600 sent me to Jamis Winston odds and then also just 0:20:42.640 --> 0:20:44.399 thought it would be fine to send me the Daniel 0:20:44.480 --> 0:20:48.160 Jones interception odds. I didn't ask for those. I don't 0:20:48.160 --> 0:20:49.720 know why you did that. I did not ask for 0:20:49.720 --> 0:20:52.160 the Daniel Joe. Daniel Jones is a fumbler. Let's get 0:20:52.200 --> 0:20:56.080 one thing straight. It's a fumbler. He's not necessarily he 0:20:56.160 --> 0:20:59.600 might not throw enough to have I I think justin 0:20:59.680 --> 0:21:03.480