WEBVTT - Inside Fantasy Football with Matthew Berry 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 Unleashed, presented by the MGM. Here's your host, Jerry 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:30.880 Ferrara and Olivia Harlan Decker. So December brings back memories 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:33.879 for so many people of finals, like if you can 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:36.880 think back to high school college finals and the final 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:39.160 exams to end the semester, and I kind of think 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:43.879 it's the same in the NFL, like who's failing, who's passing. 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:47.920 We're going to dig into the current picture scenarios, betting, angles, everything. 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:51.920 Jerry Ferrara, do you ever think about these bad memories 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:54.920 of like final exams right before the winter holiday? You 0:00:54.920 --> 0:00:57.960 know what? I do remember all that, and I just 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:01.280 I do remember. Of course I couldn't wait for the holidays, 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:04.679 but I couldn't wait for football around the holidays is 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:07.080 the greatest. And the fact that the way these games, 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:10.360 along with college football all line up with the holidays, 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:13.119 like New Year's Eve is going to be insane. Christmas 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:16.440 It's all like it's sandwiched in all the holidays this year, 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:18.120 which I think is nice. I think it takes some 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:21.440 of the edge off of Santa and presents and all. 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:23.200 There's something in there for mommy and daddy. Let's just 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:26.840 say that I like that. This is my first, yeah, 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:29.119 first Christmas as a mom. And I already told Sam, 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:32.120 we're not getting the baby one thing. He's seven months old. 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:34.800 If I threw him like a piece of you know, 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:37.800 a Kleenex, he'd be thrilled. Yeah, he'll like the boxes 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:40.119 of your guys gift like you guys are open stuff, 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:42.039 and he'll just want the box of the wrapping paper. 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:44.320 And like, as an adult, I told Sam, don't get 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:46.039 me anything like take me to a nice dinner, you 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:48.280 know what I mean? That's all. Yeah, what do you 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:50.520 guys do gifts? Or do you just say, like, let's 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:54.440 you know, get that new garage door. We're doing that. 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:56.640 And I think what we're trying to go for is 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:59.040 and this is more of a brief thing. She wants 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:02.560 infrared anna in the house, which I'm like, yeah, that 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.080 sounds how are we supposing So this is all in 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:07.080 the spirit of like saving money or let's not go 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:09.760 crazy for Christmas. Let's go get an infrared spot up. 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:12.120 I don't know how to build Oh yeah, no, I 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:14.040 don't think you want to build that. That's I'm kind 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:16.600 of excited though. The three year old Jacob wants a skateboard. 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:19.840 I'm taking back the fancy dinner. Now just go infrared, Sanna. 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:21.880 I mean she's She's also telling me like, you should 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:23.760 reach out to them on Instagram. I'm like, oh, I 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:25.839 know where that what that means? You know she's right, 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:29.200 He's right. I'm the one the west of the word. 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:32.520 Oh my three year old. This is I found this excited. 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:34.560 He wants a skateboard. I don't know how he even 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:37.000 knows where the skateboard is. I'm I haven't been on 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:40.600 a skateboard since I was sixteen. He really wants a skateboard, 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.200 So I guess I have a I have a skater kid. 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:47.079 I didn't even know recipe for a broken arms. Look 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:48.920 at ready for that. We have a big show to day, 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:53.200 jaire As. We welcome in NBC's Matthew Berry, fantasy football guru. 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:56.720 He made the jump from ESPN to NBC after fifteen 0:02:56.840 --> 0:03:00.160 years over at ESPN. That happened this offseason, so we'll 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:02.840 get his take on the playoff picture, the career change. 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:05.760 I find that stuff really interesting, and the expansion of 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:08.680 legal sports betting and fantasy football everything. I can't wait 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:10.720 to talk to Matthew Berry. But let's take a look 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.600 at the playoff picture. I'm curious what you're gonna think 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:16.240 now is we're looking at updated odds starting with the 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:18.760 a f C. The Chargers now have the seventh seed 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:21.800 after a big win over Miami. It kind of quieted 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:25.080 people comparing Justin Herbert into a tongue of Valoa. I 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:27.160 thought that was kind of a bad comparison anyways, to 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:29.919 be honest, like, I think Herbert has the brighter future, 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:33.320 longer career ahead of them. Kind of a tangent, but 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:36.840 they owned the current typebreaker against the Jets. Bengals and 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:40.680 Ravens are both nine and four, but look like two teams. 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.000 They look like they're headed in the opposite direction. Now 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:46.320 Ravens might be on their third quarterback this weekend. But 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:47.720 what do you think about the a f C for 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:49.640 teams who are on the cost Well, I was certainly 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:51.880 a little off. I was worried about the Charges when 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:53.720 we talked about it a few weeks ago because of 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:56.920 their schedule and their health. Although they seem to be 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:59.960 getting healthier. There's talk of Bosa, which that would be 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:03.480 huge for them. You know, Herbert with the lead throwing 0:04:03.560 --> 0:04:07.000 like forty three passes was was crazy. Look, I'm with you, 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:09.240 there's not I don't see the debate of who's better. 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:11.360 I think both quarterbacks are very very good. I think 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:14.120 Herbert has the chance to be one of the best. 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:16.560 And to A, who has the stats to back up 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:19.559 all the hype that he's gotten, we are really gonna 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:22.160 learn a lot. Because I heard the rumors that they 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.400 had like heaters on because it was like fifty five 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:27.479 degrees in l A. So the Dolphins that, well, they're 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:30.320 going to Buffalo this Saturday at eight o'clock at night, 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:32.600 and that is gonna be a real like. If to 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:36.840 A plays with Miami wins or just even loses, but 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:39.880 to if it's like a duel too, I think well, 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.240 or I think everyone could shut up about two. Is 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:44.440 he good? Is he not? That being said, even if 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:46.680 he has a tough game, I would not say all right, 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:48.760 we're all out on to I just certainly would say 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:51.800 it might be really hard for you in that division, 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:53.520 being that you should be in the a f C South. 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:55.800 Let's be honest, you should be in the South. You 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:57.800 should not be in the NFC East. You are on 0:04:57.800 --> 0:04:59.760 the East Coast. You should be in the South. It's 0:04:59.839 --> 0:05:02.040 it's a it's a disadvantage for them in my opinion. 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:05.400 When it comes to December. Yeah, yeah, that's not a 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:07.839 good sign when you've got the heaters on the side 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:11.200 and fifty degrees. Come on. So Ravens are minus one 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:14.360 when the n f C North Bengals plus one ten. 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:18.120 The Bengals are the highest ticket percentage and handle over 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:20.920 at bet MGM, so people are still loving the Bengals. Okay, 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:23.960 let's look at NFC. Vikings will win the North, Eagles 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:26.520 will probably win the East. The Niners should win the West. 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:30.560 The South is a ship show. Beyond the Cowboys. The 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:32.520 last two spots I think are up for grabs. So 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:36.040 who do you think it's those last two spots? Giants, Commanders. 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:38.599 Well we're gonna get that. I mean that game, which 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:40.800 we know is coming Sunday night. So for me, this 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:44.480 Sunday nights big. I hate to say that the Giants 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:46.440 took the week off against the Eagles. They didn't. The 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:49.120 Eagles are just significantly better. The Giants do not have 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:52.360 the firepower to go into battle, but they could still 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:55.640 kind of control their own destiny if they beat the Commanders. 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.200 I do like the Giants to do that, even though 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:00.400 it's on the road. What gets me about this whole 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:03.960 wild card situation is I actually think of the Giants 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:06.320 and the Commanders and a team like the Panthers. I 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:09.080 think the Panthers are the best of all three. And 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:12.160 yeah they have just been so snake bit, but they 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:15.200 really are. Like the DJ Moore helmet thing could actually 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.120 be the reason why the Panthers don't get it's as 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:19.599 simple as that. That might be the thing that screwed 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:21.920 them out of the playoffs. But my money would be 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:25.760 on the Giants still right now. But of course I 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:28.000 just I just like where they're where they're at. But 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:29.479 this game is gonna tell us everything. This is a 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:32.320 playoff game on Sunday. We're getting our first, our first 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.039 real playoff game this Sunday. I know, we kind of 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:36.920 thought this last weekend was going to be like our 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:39.479 playoff preview. The Panthers look like the only ones who 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:44.919 want to win it. Like, yeah, they're physical, they're the 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.760 defense is good, the running backs are good. Quick thing 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:49.600 on Heineke. I'm I don't know if our listeners no this, 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:51.320 I don't know if you know this. I found this 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:53.719 to be interesting as a sneaker head. This goes back 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:59.320 to last year with Heineke. He after he slays a team, 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.640 goes out and buys a pair of Jordan's that are 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:04.560 the same color way as the team he just beat. 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:06.960 So I thought that that's something I would do if 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:08.800 I was an NFL corp, Like if you beat the Vikings, 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:11.800 you're coming home with some like bel Air Jordan's, you know, 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:15.920 so I would completely or actually grape fives would be 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:18.080 maybe something like that. I just thought that was cool. 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:19.880 Be Heiniki. I don't want to like him, but that 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.760 makes me like him. Oh, I like him. I'm all on. 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:25.400 And remember last last year this got more hyped the story. 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:27.360 But we should remind our listeners and remind you if 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:29.920 you forgot that he was sleeping on his sister's couch 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:33.160 before he got picked up. Like he's a what we 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:36.000 call rags richest story as far as NFL players go, 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:38.600 I mean pretty good. So I'm always cheering him on. 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:40.600 I like that he's got a good head on his shoulders. 0:07:40.640 --> 0:07:43.080 And now I love I love his Jordan's story. That's 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.280 pretty good. I love a sleeping on the couch story. 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:47.480 Jeremy Lynne was my favorite one when he was sleeping 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:50.200 on Landry Yield's couch. But if I slept on the 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.480 couch at forty three years old, I could not I 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:55.200 could not play NFL quarterback the next day. Let's just 0:07:55.200 --> 0:07:57.920 say that. No, And I don't don't think anyone's asking. 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:00.960 You don't want me off the couch? Yeah, I know. 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:03.840 Commanders can be dangerous with him, though they've got playmakers. 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.400 I like scary Terry McLaurin. They're running the ball well, 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:09.640 good defense. He can be a gunslinger when he needs to. 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:14.160 So I'm watching the Commanders pretty closely. What about NFL 0:08:14.240 --> 0:08:16.200 wind totals? Did you? Did you do any of that 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:18.920 this offseason? I did, in addition to the Seahawks for 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:20.680 the division which we know about. It did take the 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:23.200 Seahawks over, which I think was a five and a 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:25.880 half at the time. I did take the Giants over, 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:28.400 which I think they've already hit or they need one 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:30.600 more win to hit. I definitely had a loss in there. 0:08:30.600 --> 0:08:32.800 I think I definitely took I think that two Bears 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.320 over with Stupid, which was a loss. But there's been 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:37.360 a lot of variants, to say the least, in these 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:40.200 over other winds. I remember you kind of hyping up 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:42.000 the Bears a little bit. I mean, see how you 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:45.080 were hyping up the Texans a little bit. Listen, I 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:48.320 hyped up the Texans to upset to be have one 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:50.840 of the biggest upset wins of the year, which almost 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:54.880 did this past weekend. Doesn't It didn't feel like they 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:58.079 like called down to love E. Smith when they were 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:01.080 on ninth that for first and from the one after 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:03.839 that interception, and then they just ran through four the 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:06.520 worst places I've seen for the Cowboys to stop them. 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:08.439 It's like there's draft picks on the line here, love 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:10.520 you, you you don't want to win this one. I know 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:12.480 they don't, and you've got to look at that. You've 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:14.680 got to know that's in the back of their minds. 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.120 Not so much a head coach, though, I always think 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:20.120 this about players to players cannot tank, you know what 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:24.520 I mean? You can in the NFL. It's like not trying. 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:26.760 I feel like you're more likely to get hurt that way. 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:28.640 And let's be real, at the end of the day, 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:31.480 as an athlete, as a player, you're considering your future 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:34.360 before you are. The franchises, so like you want to 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:36.280 put up your stats. Do you want to provide for 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:38.439 your family, you want to sign a good contract in 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:40.199 the off season. You kind of don't care about their 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:44.160 draft picks, you know, Yeah, I wouldn't want to. I 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:46.720 would have to really have a long term contract with 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:48.520 t I don't even know. Yeah, I don't think. I 0:09:48.559 --> 0:09:51.880 just don't think athletes players think in that way. Like, hey, 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:53.959 if we lose these two, we've got a great draft pick. 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.439 There's so much pride on the line and also their 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:59.840 own safety. But also if you're the Texans, you gotta 0:09:59.880 --> 0:10:03.040 just love, love, love the Browns losing and the Gen 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:05.480 Watson not looking good, because even if you do win 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:07.400 a game, that pick just gets better and better by 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:10.680 the week, oh, by the by the second. Yeah, and 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:12.840 it feels good, just like get him out of here 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.520 and let's watch him lose. So yeah, we keep mentioning 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:17.920 it was a weird weekend, and we talked before we 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:20.160 started recording it was kind of a sad weekend, a 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:24.400 sad week with the passing of Mike Leach. I cannot 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:27.199 believe I'm saying that that's as someone who is so 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:30.400 in love with college football and so ingrained in college football, 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:33.679 that one feels like a major loss in the world 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:36.920 of college football. That's tough. I was following that story 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:39.559 because the first people thought he passed and they're saying, no, 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:43.080 we didn't. But it's just awful. That's I've been watching 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:46.120 some highlights of his Uh, it's the worst part of 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:48.280 it all. It's really what you start to say, like, 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:51.320 we love sports, sports are the best, but there's just 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:53.840 a family element to this and a human element that 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:56.400 sometimes it's a good it's just a good reminder to 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:59.000 all of us. So, yeah, it was definitely a tough 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:01.480 week with Mike Lee and then also obviously everything going 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:03.520 on to the World Cup with Grant Walls, one of 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:08.360 the you know, most prestigious he is the soccer football journalist, 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:11.000 and then I know another journalist passed away to It's 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:14.920 so coming off those tragedies, then the Mike Leach tragedy, 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.640 it just was a tough week in sports. So going 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:20.360 into this holidays, let's let's enjoy the football and let's 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:23.880 do all that, but let's also give our family a hug. Yeah, 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:27.000 that's well said. It's funny. Just it's people at the 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:28.360 end of the day, you know what I mean. As 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:31.600 we cover these sports, it's it's people, it's families, it's 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:34.560 it's everything. And that's the weird part. And Jerry, I 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:37.920 know you're kind of new to being a sports journalist. 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:40.320 We can call you now. I think officially you do 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:42.320 have to cover a lot of ugly things, a lot 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:45.240 of sad things, and yeah, this week was kind of 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:47.880 one of those. But on a positive note, a great 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:50.760 story to come out of this weekend was Baker Mayfield. 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:53.440 And I don't know if this will be sustained. A 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:55.880 lot of people saying that final drive ninety yards that 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:58.959 he led the Rams on was they were in press coverage. 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:01.439 It was kind of a gimme. They were in prevent defense. 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:03.079 Like there are a lot of people who are like, oh, 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:05.960 it wasn't that hard. But you've got to admit a 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:08.640 guy who landed on a Tuesday and played on a Thursday. 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:10.480 I think he wore a game jersey before he wore 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:13.960 a practice jersey and pulling that off for a career 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:17.720 that's been kind of riddled with injuries and haters and 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:21.680 some drama and everything, I was just really happy for 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:24.720 Baker Mayfield in that moment. I was too, And look, 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:28.440 he's not the first player to leave the Cleveland Browns 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:31.360 and end up having success with the l A Rams, 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:35.440 Odell Beckham, we're talking about you. Yeah, I just it's 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:37.480 great to see people are gonna try to poke holes 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:39.480 in it. I do think the Rams are in a 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:44.280 pretty precarious situation without having their draft picks, with all 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:46.839 the payroll that they have, Like this could be a 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:50.120 good way too, if it is a blow up situation, 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:53.360 soften the blow or even the retool because Stafford, who 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:56.400 I love, I don't know, are you secure on how 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:58.920 much longer Stafford plays for and what he has left? 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:00.680 Not man even saying that. I think he doesn't have 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:03.440 anything left. It's just hard to tell because the guy's 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:05.280 hurt and the guy's taking a lot of hits. So 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:08.400 to take a flyer and bring Baker in for whatever. 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:10.880 Michael Lombardi told us it was like one point one 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:12.880 million at that point for the Rams money. He's not 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:16.240 an object. Yeah, that's chump change. You know, he's still young, 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:18.400 he's a number one overall pick. I think it was 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:20.960 a great move by them to kick to kick the 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:23.080 tires there, and who knows, that could be their way 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:26.120 of rebooting without having you know, not gonna be able 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.040 to draft the quarterback in the first round this year, 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:30.839 so that might be a way to a sneaky way 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:33.800 to do it. Yeah, so that was a feel good story. 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:36.080 Later in the show, you know, we introduced the Audible 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:39.040 of the Week that's coming up. His postgame comments I 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:40.520 thought were a lot of funds that's gonna be are 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:42.280 Audible of the Week coming up. I have a question 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.360 for you, Jerry, sticking with New York, go into New 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:48.240 York the Bills. I feel like they're not as scary 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:50.800 as we thought they were a preseason von Miller is 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:52.920 now out the rest of the season. If they win 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:55.760 out and they have home field advantage, I think that's huge. 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:57.480 But I mean, I don't think they want to see 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:00.080 a team like the Jets again, even I feel if 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:03.080 they're looking kind of mortal, I think that's correct. I 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:06.319 will say I love to underestimate the Jets. No one 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:09.880 loves to underestimate the Jets more than I do. You 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:12.640 just can't do it in a weird way. If you 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:15.640 look at that win for the Bills, which normally have 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:17.720 Bills Jets game that ended that way, said, yeah, the 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:20.080 Bills might have been off. I don't. I think the Jets. 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.160 To beat the Jets, you almost have to kill them, 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:24.680 and they almost killed Mike White. Mike White almost died 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:28.120 the field he took. Yeah, he took two or three 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:32.720 of the biggest legal, no helmet to helmet hits that 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:35.360 I think I've seen a quarterback take in a long time, 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:39.120 and he still kept coming. Quinnin Williams even went down 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:41.400 and they were still fighting. I hate to give the 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:44.080 Jets all this credit, but I do. Yeah, you definitely 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:45.760 don't want to see the Jets again. But I also 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:48.760 think that I think the Bills will be okay in 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.240 home field for them. I just think that's huge in 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:54.400 case you do see a Dolphins or Chargers or the 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:56.480 Chiefs a high powered Although I don't think my Hoomes 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:59.080 cares where he plays, I think home field is probably 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:01.520 most important to them out of the teams that could 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:04.080 still get it because of weather, because of weather, and 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:07.000 just yeah, I just think that they are built for 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:10.560 for that exact type of game. And we're gonna learn 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:12.400 a lot by the Bills Dolphins this week and to 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:14.720 see a team who maybe not who knows if they're 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:16.080 built for that. So I think it could help the 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:18.160 Bills the most. I guess. I just feel like other 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:20.800 teams are hitting their stride now, and like when I 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.280 mentioned the Finals, analogy like this is kind of where 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:25.560 you have to be at your best this time of year, 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:27.120 and I feel like the Bills aren't at their best 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:30.560 right now, where other teams are streaking getting their act together. 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:32.200 A team like the Bengals comes to mind, you know 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:34.400 what I mean, Like where you're kind of like, oh, 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:37.160 they're better than we thought they were. One team that's 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:39.080 really getting their act together at the right time. The 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:42.000 Lions one for the fifth time in the past six weeks, 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:45.080 meeting the NFC North leading Vikings. They were one and 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:48.320 a half point favorite at home. They covered, winning by eleven, 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:50.720 and it was the most bet game of the weekend. 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:53.280 Did you put money on this one? I did so. 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:56.720 I I had a parlay in the teaser. I've been 0:15:56.800 --> 0:15:59.160 hitting teasers all year long, folks, and I listen. I 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:01.720 know a lot of people have a lot of feelings 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:04.360 about teasers. If you believe in them that much, throw 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:06.400 them into parlay. Well. I had a parlay that I 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:08.600 went oh for three. I lost all three picks of 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:12.600 my money line parlay, but my teaser. I needed every 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:15.520 single one of those ten points. I actually pushed the 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:19.440 Vikings up to twelve or twelve and a half and 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:22.000 covered basically by that one point because the Lions in 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:24.600 the fourth quarter just destroy them. That was a close 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:28.080 game going into the fourth quarter and they just put 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:31.120 some separation. It is really impressive. What's going on with 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:33.000 the Lions and Olivia. I want to ask you this 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:36.920 because I got into a debate with Twitter, mainly one 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:39.800 person on Twitter who I thought had a terrible take, 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:41.960 and I called him out based off an Ian Rapp 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:45.080 Report article saying how what a mistake it would be 0:16:45.080 --> 0:16:48.080 for the Lions to stick with Goff and not draft 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:52.600 a quarterback with one of their two top fifteen picks 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:55.400 that they'll have. Okay, before and I didn't see your tweet, 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.400 so before you tell me your take on it, I 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:00.520 already have a take on this. And I think Jared 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:04.720 Goff right now is playing this game so well. And 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:08.000 I don't mean the game football, I mean the contract game. 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:10.160 I feel like he's in a great position to stick 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:13.280 around and earn some money. Now. I think Detroit would 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:15.760 be foolish to waste one of their draft picks right 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:18.440 now for a quarterback who right now they've got a 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:22.840 quarterback is getting it done. Listen, you could agree, no, no, no, 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:25.760 that is my perspective. I would maybe feel differently if 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:27.919 that Rams pick was going to be number one, then 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:30.119 I would maybe say, take a long, hard look if 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:33.200 there's a quarterback you love or number two. I don't 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:35.439 think it's gonna fall there. The Rams will probably be 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:39.200 somewhere between four and six. The Lions pick is getting better, 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:42.840 worse and worse because they're winning. I think Goff has 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:46.520 had a great season. I think that offense has played amazing. Yes, 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:48.760 you could say, well, maybe it's the emergence of amand 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:51.639 Ross st Brown. He hasn't even had DeAndre Swift for 0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:54.040 most of the season. Jamal Williams is the best goal 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:57.240 line running back probably in football. I think that it 0:17:57.440 --> 0:17:59.120 got off to a rough start. I think his last 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:01.520 ten games he's been task. He's top ten in yards, 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:05.119 he's top ten in touchdowns, that number and it's just 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:07.560 getting better and better. And they're on a windstreet. So 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:10.920 if you have say fourth or fifth overall, and then 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:14.720 say overall, I'm not saying you're building around golf, but 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:17.679 would it hurt you to take to add another defensive 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:21.680 player and maybe another wide that or another offensive lineman 0:18:21.720 --> 0:18:24.280 to go with what you already have. I think that 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:28.480 puts you squarely in control of the NFC North. No 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:31.440 disrespect to your packers, no disrespect to the Vikings, who 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:34.280 could easily be like I don't even know, like six 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:39.600 and six. So I'm in on golf. I'm in. I 0:18:39.640 --> 0:18:41.919 am too, And this offense is clicking. Like if you 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:44.919 were to ask us in August, if in December we 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:47.720 are saying how good the Lions offense is looking, I 0:18:47.760 --> 0:18:50.240