Speaker 1: Hey there everyone, Welcome back to the Betting Pros NFL podcast,
Speaker 1: brought to you by bet MGM. I'm your host, Dan Harris.
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Speaker 1: It is time to take an early look at the
Speaker 1: week fourteen NFL odds and with me to talk about
Speaker 1: it all is Matt Parral, host of Pushing the Odds
Speaker 1: on Espionation Radio and The Better Network and one of
Speaker 1: my favorite podcasts covering the number. You can find them
Speaker 1: on Twitter at Sports Talk Matt.
Speaker 2: Matt. Thank you for joining me today. How's it going?
Speaker 3: Thank you for the intro. It's going great. Happy thanksgiving
Speaker 3: up your holidays it to you and everybody.
Speaker 2: Thanks.
Speaker 1: So you're out in Vegas, right, correct? But you're originally
Speaker 1: from Boston, is that correct?
Speaker 3: Correct?
Speaker 2: All right?
Speaker 1: Well, I am out here in New England and I
Speaker 1: can tell you that we are under roughly a foot of.
Speaker 2: Snow at the moment.
Speaker 1: So if you ever want to extend an invite to
Speaker 1: me to come join you out there, I'd be happy
Speaker 1: to meet you because it's getting rough.
Speaker 3: I always tell people, whatever they're like, so do the heat.
Speaker 3: I'm like, you can't shovel heat. So I'm Okay with
Speaker 3: July one hundred and fifteen. If I'm avoiding two feet
Speaker 3: of snow in December or in your case early December.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well we had to uh schools close today, late
Speaker 1: opening tomorrow.
Speaker 2: It's just joyful.
Speaker 1: So let's talk about something that's going to make us happy,
Speaker 1: and that is each game on the week fourteen NFL Slate. Now,
Speaker 1: Matt and I are going to be using the consensus
Speaker 1: odds over at bettingpros dot com. Those are the aggregate
Speaker 1: odds from a variety of sportsbook The lines are going
Speaker 1: to move throughout the week. That's part of what we're
Speaker 1: going to talk about. As bets come in, odds makers
Speaker 1: are going to adjust, So pay close attention in case,
Speaker 1: like us, you particularly like or.
Speaker 2: Do not like a line.
Speaker 1: All right, Matt, let's dive in here with the Thursday game,
Speaker 1: Cowboys visiting the Chicago Bears. Cowboys here laying three with
Speaker 1: an over under at forty three, both teams coming off
Speaker 1: the minibi. Here with the Thanksgiving games, Bears have to
Speaker 1: come from behind win against a hapless Lions team, while
Speaker 1: the Cowboys get pushed around a bit by the Bills.
Speaker 1: Dallas still controls its own destiny in the NFC East.
Speaker 1: The Bears need to basically win out and have some
Speaker 1: How do you feel here looking at it with the
Speaker 1: Cowboys laying three and the total at forty three.
Speaker 3: Look, I hate both these teams. I think both these
Speaker 3: teams are betting nightmares. But the thing with Dallas is, Look,
Speaker 3: they can control the clock and they can run the
Speaker 3: football with Elliott. So when it comes to betting on
Speaker 3: a road favorite, I don't always hate it with the
Speaker 3: Cowboys because, look, their defense is good enough. The Bears
Speaker 3: defense has been so inconsistent. And Mitchell Trubitsky, I mean,
Speaker 3: I think if you can get this thing under three,
Speaker 3: if it ever goes down to two and a half,
Speaker 3: jump on it. I know there's a book here, and
Speaker 3: there's one book here in Vegas that's got it at
Speaker 3: two and a half. I would love it at two
Speaker 3: and a half. Three, I'm okay with it, but I
Speaker 3: don't love it. I just think Dallas is a mess.
Speaker 3: I do believe they're gonna make a coaching change at
Speaker 3: the end of the year. I think there's gonna be
Speaker 3: some real questions about the future for Dak Prescott. He
Speaker 3: doesn't have the extension, so the team may actually move
Speaker 3: off of him. I mean, the Bears are stuck with Trubitsky.
Speaker 3: I don't believe Matt Nagy is a great football coach,
Speaker 3: a great head coach in the NFL. So I think
Speaker 3: there's potential there for changes in Chicago. So, I mean,
Speaker 3: both these teams I don't think are really gonna do anything.
Speaker 3: But if you have to bet this game, I would
Speaker 3: prefer Cowboys minus two and a half if you can
Speaker 3: get it.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: For me, the total strikes me as something where I
Speaker 1: might look at the under. I mean, you're gonna be
Speaker 1: in Chicago. I'm sure it's.
Speaker 2: Gonna be windy. You know it's gonna be cold.
Speaker 1: Neither of these teams at this point have offenses that
Speaker 1: I'm particularly excited about. The Cowboys obviously have some explosion,
Speaker 1: but the Bears defense has you know, it's taken a
Speaker 1: step back, but it's remained overall solid. A Keem Hicks
Speaker 1: is back to practicing this week, so that's going to
Speaker 1: really help them in the run defense if is able.
Speaker 2: To show up.
Speaker 1: So I have no faith in Mitchell Trubisky to be
Speaker 1: able to move the ball, despite what he did against
Speaker 1: the Lions on Thanksgiving and again the Cowboys right now,
Speaker 1: they just you know, things seem a little disjointed to
Speaker 1: Mark Cooper fighting through injury. So if anything at this
Speaker 1: right now, I lean towards the under, but I don't
Speaker 1: expect this to move all that much either way. Let's
Speaker 1: move on to the Redskins at the Packers. Packers here
Speaker 1: laying a bunch thirteen and a half with the total
Speaker 1: at forty two and a half. So the Packers coming
Speaker 1: off the big and predictable win against the Giants in
Speaker 1: the snow, it really looked like they probably could one
Speaker 1: by forty points if they were so inclined to do so.
Speaker 1: They still don't really look to be hitting on all
Speaker 1: cylinders to me, at least on either side of the ball.
Speaker 1: They're a strong team, not quite as dominant as I
Speaker 1: looked early on. Meanwhile, the Redskins beat the Panthers relying
Speaker 1: primarily on their running game, with Darius Guice and Adrian
Speaker 1: Peterson combining for three rushing touchdowns. They will try to
Speaker 1: do the same thing here against the Packers team that
Speaker 1: isn't great against the run. So thirteen and a half
Speaker 1: at home over under a forty two and a half,
Speaker 1: what do you think.
Speaker 3: I opened up at fourteen and a half, it's come down.
Speaker 3: I would love if it goes back up. I doubt
Speaker 3: that's gonna happen. In all honesty, here in the month
Speaker 3: of December. Should anybody be laying two touchdowns? Anybody? I mean,
Speaker 3: I don't care who they are. This is professional football
Speaker 3: late in the year. Your system should be in place,
Speaker 3: your plays should be well known. I mean, it's just
Speaker 3: it's kind of crazy. I mean, there are two lines,
Speaker 3: and I know one's a look ahead line here with
Speaker 3: the Vikings game. We'll get to later with the Lions,
Speaker 3: but anybody, I mean, fourteen is nuts. Thirteen and a
Speaker 3: half is kind of nuts. I mean, this is almost
Speaker 3: an auto fire for me. I don't care who's playing.
Speaker 3: It's a NFL football team putting on a uniform with pros.
Speaker 3: I just think the Redskins, I kinda hold your nose
Speaker 3: and take the points just because. I mean, if if
Speaker 3: the Packers win, the back door could be open in
Speaker 3: this one. I just don't think you can lay this
Speaker 3: many points with anybody in the NFL this late into
Speaker 3: the season. So I know I'll be on the Redskins
Speaker 3: almost just as a system play. Taking the two touchdowns.
Speaker 3: But I mean, the Packers are the right side. They're
Speaker 3: gonna win this game. In my mind, it's just a
Speaker 3: matter of how many points are they gonna win it by.
Speaker 3: And I don't really trust the Packers to blow anybody
Speaker 3: out here unless the weather just is completely disastrous. But
Speaker 3: like you mentioned, the Redskins are running the football, so
Speaker 3: krummy weather actually might favor the dog here in this one.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I really, I completely agree with you.
Speaker 1: There's no circumstances where I would take the Packers given
Speaker 1: where the spread is at this point.
Speaker 2: But I have such a difficult time.
Speaker 1: Some of these teams with the Redskins, you know, for
Speaker 1: a while with the Dolphins are playing better now, it's
Speaker 1: so difficult to think about Dwayne Haskins going in there
Speaker 1: and scoring any points whatsoever. But I agree, you can't
Speaker 1: take the Packers with this number. It's just too my.
Speaker 2: But I mean, this is probably where I.
Speaker 1: Think it would stay, and in the end, there's even
Speaker 1: at this number, there's probably more value on the Redskins,
Speaker 1: but I doubt I'll be able to pull the trigger
Speaker 1: on it. And let's talk about the other game with
Speaker 1: the big spread that you mentioned. The Lions at the Vikings. Currently,
Speaker 1: Vikings are laying thirteen and a half the total at
Speaker 1: forty two and a half. You mentioned we're recording this.
Speaker 1: Actually we started at halftime of the Monday night game.
Speaker 1: So everybody's healthy for now, so that's all we're really
Speaker 1: looking for in the look ahead lines. So we don't
Speaker 1: know what the Vikings are going to come out of,
Speaker 1: assuming they come out healthy. Look, they've been playing extremely
Speaker 1: well on both sides of the ball, generally speaking. Once
Speaker 1: they've opened up the pass offense, even without Adam Feelin,
Speaker 1: they you know, the offense is scary with Dalvin Cook
Speaker 1: back there. For the Lions, it sounds like they're just
Speaker 1: going to have to roll with David Blau at this point.
Speaker 1: Jeff Triscoll has been placed on ir Stafford is still
Speaker 1: weak to week, but it's highly unlikely you're going to
Speaker 1: see him at least this week. Not overally impressive football team.
Speaker 1: So again, we just talked about it. Addiefield here almost
Speaker 1: two touchdowns, thirteen and a half over under at forty
Speaker 1: two and a half. Are you taking the Lions? Are
Speaker 1: you gonna buye the ball?
Speaker 3: Yes? Yes, system play. I mean it's it's December. The
Speaker 3: Detroit defense. I mean, I know it's a third string quarterback,
Speaker 3: but again, I don't think you can lay fourteen points
Speaker 3: with anybody. And we'll see what happens with the Vikings
Speaker 3: and whether this line changes at all, if there's an
Speaker 3: injury or something, if you know, Cousins were to get
Speaker 3: hurt or something in the second half of the game
Speaker 3: against the Seattle Seahawks. But it is a again, in December,
Speaker 3: we're talking about two teams. These teams know each other.
Speaker 3: I mean that this is not a situation where I'm
Speaker 3: comfortable laying two touchdowns and two dome teams playing in
Speaker 3: a dome. I know the Vikings defense is ferocious and
Speaker 3: tough to play at home, and the lines may have
Speaker 3: a difficult time scoring. So maybe the under is a
Speaker 3: better play with that one. You know, at forty two
Speaker 3: and a half, it's not the you know, anywhere near forty.
Speaker 3: I get nervous for unders. But I still think the
Speaker 3: dog is the side, just because it's too many. But
Speaker 3: it's two touchdowns, my goodness, fourteen points. It's crazy at
Speaker 3: this one.
Speaker 1: I honestly feel a little better about the Lions because
Speaker 1: there's still I.
Speaker 2: Mean, a competent football team.
Speaker 1: I mean, blow isn't it's certainly far from impressive, but
Speaker 1: they have playmakers at least on offense, you know, you know,
Speaker 1: with Kenny Galladay. Marvin Jones is still there. I mean,
Speaker 1: they did just place T. J. Alkinson on IR, so
Speaker 1: they are you know, dropping like flies a little bit.
Speaker 1: But I you know, same thing basically as the last game.
Speaker 1: There's no way I'm taking the Vikings.
Speaker 2: In this game. There's just no way.
Speaker 1: I mean that the spreads and it's a divisional game
Speaker 1: of all things, right, that two teams know each other well.
Speaker 1: So I agree that, you know, sort of grudgingly, I
Speaker 1: would take the Lions if I had to choose a side,
Speaker 1: but it's probably a game and I'm going to stay
Speaker 1: away from Let's movan go ahead.
Speaker 3: Sorry, it's it's a no play I mean, both those
Speaker 3: games are no play games. I mean to be quite honest.
Speaker 3: But you know, if you're if you're looking at you
Speaker 3: gotta play it. If if you if both these teams
Speaker 3: are left in your pick them in your in your
Speaker 3: survival pool or something, and you got to go ahead
Speaker 3: and play and play one of them. But I think
Speaker 3: the dog is desided to be on.
Speaker 1: All right, let's move on here to the Panthers at
Speaker 1: the Falcons. Falcons here are currently laying two and a
Speaker 1: half in our consensus odds with a high total of
Speaker 1: forty eight. The Panthers just try ending in the wrong
Speaker 1: direction here. They lose to the Redskins. Kyle Allen is
Speaker 1: showing very clearly that he is not the long term
Speaker 1: mantar quarterback for the Panthers. That defense has started to struggle. Meanwhile,
Speaker 1: after a brief resurgence, the Falcons have come back down
Speaker 1: to earth in their past two games, latest one against
Speaker 1: the Saints on Thanksgiving. There is some optimism that Julio
Speaker 1: Jones is going to return here. It sounds like they'll
Speaker 1: get their right guard, Chris Linstrom back. It's a divisional
Speaker 1: game between two teams. Both of them are out of it.
Speaker 1: What do you think Falcons under a field goal two
Speaker 1: and a half over under at forty eight.
Speaker 3: You know, the Falcons are the weirdest team in the
Speaker 3: NFL because so many professional betters them men the Lions. Really,
Speaker 3: professional betters have been on both these teams all year long,
Speaker 3: and whether whatever the number was, they've been taking them,
Speaker 3: betting them, and they've been burned consistently. But they don't care.
Speaker 3: They keep on going back to the well. And then
Speaker 3: last week they almost got depending on where you got
Speaker 3: the number opened up at nine and a half. It
Speaker 3: was bet all over down to six and a half
Speaker 3: against the Saints and they have those crazy, ridiculous on
Speaker 3: side kicks, and you know, I'm watching it in a
Speaker 3: bar in San Francisco and somehow I stumbled onto a
Speaker 3: Saints bar with my brother. We were like, where the
Speaker 3: hell are we in San Francisco, But it was you know,
Speaker 3: they were throwing up in their beer because of how
Speaker 3: here come the Falcons and so many of them, A
Speaker 3: bunch of them had nine plus and minus nine and
Speaker 3: to throwing their you know, there's really angry and the
Speaker 3: fact that the team can't cover the line, and it
Speaker 3: is it is tough to take Carolina here simply because
Speaker 3: Kyle Allen, as you mentioned, is regressing so fast and
Speaker 3: it is wild to see some of these guys who
Speaker 3: we thought were going to be taking the jobs of
Speaker 3: you know, former MVPs and oh my goodness, how in
Speaker 3: the world, you know, Cam Newton should be on the
Speaker 3: trading block and now everyone's like, well, wait a minute,
Speaker 3: maybe we should keep Cam Newton. Maybe this Kyle Allen
Speaker 3: guy is not actually you know, maybe he was undrafted
Speaker 3: for a reason. So this has been a weird couple
Speaker 3: of weeks for certain quarterbacks. To Kobe Brisett hasn't played well,
Speaker 3: you know, coming in to replace Andrew Luck with the Colts.
Speaker 3: I if I'm gonna take a side here, I think
Speaker 3: you gotta take the Falcons because dan Quinn's coaching for
Speaker 3: his job, and I think he has a defense that's
Speaker 3: you know, playing at least competently, and the offense is
Speaker 3: still you know, there's still better playmakers right now on
Speaker 3: the Atlanta offense than the Carolina offense overall. I know
Speaker 3: McCaffrey is an amazing player, but they're really one dimensional.
Speaker 3: If you can stop the run, you can stop the Panthers.
Speaker 3: So I'll probably if you can get it at one
Speaker 3: or even a pick, I would take Atlanta. The movements
Speaker 3: on the Falcons right now, some books here in Vegas
Speaker 3: are uped all the way to all up to three,
Speaker 3: So I'll lay the points. I don't want to go
Speaker 3: over three here, but I will lay the points to
Speaker 3: the Falcons.
Speaker 1: Yeah, one hundred percent agree. I'm not going to a
Speaker 1: field goal if you can get it. Our consensus odds
Speaker 1: are two and a half. I take it at that point.
Speaker 1: I mean the Panthers to me, just look click a
Speaker 1: team that's about ready to mail it in. I'm sure
Speaker 1: Ron Rivera is going to be done. You know they
Speaker 1: have playmakers. DJ Moore is one of my favorite players
Speaker 1: in football. Christian McCaffrey is awesome. But you know, the
Speaker 1: one thing is we all called for dan Quinn to
Speaker 1: be fired for several weeks and then the team, Look,
Speaker 1: they play hard. They may not get it done, but
Speaker 1: they are playing hard. And if Julio Jones comes back,
Speaker 1: I you know understand that he could easily shut it
Speaker 1: down just because you know it's a lost season. He's struggling,
Speaker 1: but he's a gamer. He wants to play. I think
Speaker 1: they're gonna put up a good effort here at home.
Speaker 1: So if you can get it under a field goal,
Speaker 1: I agree with you. I would lay the points. Once
Speaker 1: you get up to three and the key number, I
Speaker 1: get a little nervous.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's true, but it also I am curious what
Speaker 3: happened during the bye for the Falcons because something changed.
Speaker 3: I don't know who said what to whom, but they
Speaker 3: came out much different. They won those two games right
Speaker 3: out right off the bye. You know something, at least
Speaker 3: dan Quinn showed signs of life with his team more
Speaker 3: than other coaches, so that may have kept his job.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, one hundred percent. I mean, everybody was calling
Speaker 1: for him to be fired, couldn't believe he wasn't. And
Speaker 1: then somehow they come out and they put up these
Speaker 1: two kind of really big performances, particularly defensively. So it's
Speaker 1: good to see. I mean, it's good to see them
Speaker 1: putting in the effort. And that's really why, because I
Speaker 1: feel like the Panthers are three seconds away from just
Speaker 1: being like, all right, we're done. We'll just you know,
Speaker 1: go through the motions. Ronovero will be gone, We'll find
Speaker 1: a new quarterback and we'll move on there.
Speaker 2: Forty nine ers at the Saints.
Speaker 1: Ooh, this is a good one, Matt Saints slaying three.
Speaker 1: Currently in our consensus odds over under at forty four
Speaker 1: and a half, forty nine ers is a very tough
Speaker 1: game in the right whether to Baltimore. They remain one
Speaker 1: of the strongest all around teams in the NFL, as
Speaker 1: do the Saints, though their offense is not quite clicking
Speaker 1: right now. You know, they're more relying on their defense.
Speaker 1: They are home here, so laying the field, go, what
Speaker 1: do you think Saints playing three total at forty four
Speaker 1: and a half.
Speaker 3: You know, this is the stretch for the forty nine
Speaker 3: ers where we get to know and find out a
Speaker 3: lot about them. So you know a lot of their
Speaker 3: wins early in the year were against teams like the
Speaker 3: Redskins and the Bengals and the Box and the Panthers,
Speaker 3: and it's kind of like, all right, they're running through
Speaker 3: some people, and then they get beat by the Seahawks
Speaker 3: and you're like, okay, Seahawks. They turn around and they
Speaker 3: have a tough game against the Cardinals. They have that
Speaker 3: ridiculous you know, depending where you got the line, but
Speaker 3: that lineman for the Cardinals chucking the ball in the
Speaker 3: end zone lately either a push at ten or maybe
Speaker 3: you had a ten and a half like I did.
Speaker 3: You won, But that game was ridiculous that the review
Speaker 3: never happened. We all learned a lesson about instant replay
Speaker 3: at the end of that game. And sports gamblers, look,
Speaker 3: you should review every scoring play. I don't care when
Speaker 3: it is okay if you're taking money, and the NFL
Speaker 3: is in bed with sports books. What the hell are
Speaker 3: you doing that review that play? That's got to be Yes,
Speaker 3: I'm still mad and bitter about that. But then you
Speaker 3: go Packers, Ravens, Saints, right, I mean, you're starting to
Speaker 3: get into into this. You know, you're going all right,
Speaker 3: you know, And this is the last game here on
Speaker 3: the road at New Orleans. They end with the Falcons
Speaker 3: Rams and at the Seahawks. I this is a big
Speaker 3: game for the Saints. This is a big game for
Speaker 3: them to kind of get back up into the home
Speaker 3: field homefield advantage conversation. This is hard for me. I mean,
Speaker 3: I think the forty nine ers are the better team,
Speaker 3: but I think at home in the Dome, I think
Speaker 3: this is a monster game for the Saints, a chance
Speaker 3: to kind of send a message. I'm okayle in three
Speaker 3: here and taking New Orleans and and and I think
Speaker 3: it could be back to back losses for the forty
Speaker 3: nine er. It's in particular Jimmy Garoppolo on the road
Speaker 3: in the Dome. Uh oh, I'm petrified about some some
Speaker 3: turnovers and interceptions and mistakes from Garoppolo that might lead
Speaker 3: to the victory for the Saints. So I'm gonna lay
Speaker 3: the three points here. This is a game I probably
Speaker 3: will play with New Orleans at home.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think think I'm gonna play it. If
Speaker 1: I had to pick a side, I would take the Saints. Actually,
Speaker 1: what I kind of like here, by the way, depending
Speaker 1: on what happens to night, and you know, we at halftime,
Speaker 1: we don't know if the Seews are gonna win.
Speaker 2: The forty nine Ers might be looking.
Speaker 1: At the five seed right now, especially if they don't win,
Speaker 1: So they're gonna be desperate just as well both teams.
Speaker 1: It's just it's a wonderful game rightly, just to watch
Speaker 1: because both teams are good teams. Both teams are going
Speaker 1: to be desperate for the win. The thing I like
Speaker 1: a little bit is I lean a little bit towards
Speaker 1: the under. It's forty four and a half. It's not
Speaker 1: a huge number, but you know, the Saints do not
Speaker 1: turn the ball over ever, and you know they're on
Speaker 1: pace right now with potentially the lowest amount of turnovers
Speaker 1: I think for any team in the NFL ever, maybe
Speaker 1: unless I misread that, but in the end, I think
Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers defense, you know they're opportunistic right,
Speaker 1: they cause turnovers, the forty nine Ers get some short fields,
Speaker 1: are able to score. I think with the lack of that,
Speaker 1: with the Saints tough defense, and again the forty nine
Speaker 1: ers strong defense, Saints offense is not what it once was.
Speaker 2: I kind of see.
Speaker 1: This as a close, low scoring game. I don't think
Speaker 1: either team. I agree with what you said about Garoppolo.
Speaker 1: So to me, the under is the even though it's
Speaker 1: not a huge number, it sticks out to me as
Speaker 1: maybe the play that I would like more than the total.
Speaker 1: I just I feel like, man, I don't have both
Speaker 1: these teams are just gonna be absolutely not desperate for
Speaker 1: this win.
Speaker 2: So it makes me a little nervous.
Speaker 3: It could be a I mean, there could be an
Speaker 3: NFTY Championship preview. I mean the heat, the heat is
Speaker 3: definitely on Garoppolo here, and you know, to go into
Speaker 3: a hostile environment and play well and not turn the
Speaker 3: football over. I just think that the Saints in that
Speaker 3: home field advantage. I'm always it's kind of like the
Speaker 3: Patriots in Foxborough. If I'm looking at three or less
Speaker 3: and it's a quality Saints team, I have a tough
Speaker 3: time saying they're not gonna win that game out right.
Speaker 1: Well, that's a little preview of what you're gonna be
Speaker 1: thinking when we get to the Patriots game later then.
Speaker 1: But first, let's get to the Bengals at the Browns.
Speaker 1: Browns here are currently laying eight and a half, the
Speaker 1: total at forty and a half. This has moved significantly
Speaker 1: from the Look headline. From what I could see, it
Speaker 1: looks like the Look headline was seven and a half.
Speaker 1: It's eight and a half. The total was forty three
Speaker 1: from what I'm seeing, and now it's forty and a half.
Speaker 1: Let's just break up the Bengals here. They beat up
Speaker 1: on my hapless Jets. Andy Dalton understand they should get
Speaker 1: John Ross back. They add another layer to their passing offense.
Speaker 1: The offensive line is a little bit healthier, you know.
Speaker 1: All the Browns los a tough one to the Steelers.
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield bangs up his hand. He's supposed to be fine.
Speaker 1: Didn't have his best day against an admittedly tough defense.
Speaker 1: How do you feel here about the Browns laying eight
Speaker 1: and a half with the total at forty and a half?
Speaker 3: Just a clown show for the Jets. By the way,
Speaker 3: how do you lose that game. I mean, this is
Speaker 3: just not that's the Jets. That's just the Jets. You
Speaker 3: just can't lose that game. I mean, there's just absolutely nothing.
Speaker 3: You can't lose that game.
Speaker 1: Yes, when you score thirty four points in three straight games,
Speaker 1: you're bound to just put up six against a tough
Speaker 1: defense like the Bengals. Man, I mean, get on board.
Speaker 1: This is my life, by the way. It's a Jets fan.
Speaker 1: It's fun to do it, by the way, in the
Speaker 1: betting context, so that I can have betters who sort
Speaker 1: of want to back the Jets understand what my life
Speaker 1: has been like for the last forties or so years.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I had just some typical for fun
Speaker 3: things going and I'm like, yeah, I'll just throw the
Speaker 3: Jets game in there, you know, for the hell of
Speaker 3: it on a money line. They're not gonna what like,
Speaker 3: how do you lose that game? Just my I mean
Speaker 3: my fall for not you know, expecting the Jets to
Speaker 3: be the Jets. But you know that this is a
Speaker 3: I mean, the Browns are the side right because the
Speaker 3: Browns are five and seven, they're fighting for a playoff opportunity.
Speaker 3: They're probably not gonna make it, but you know, they
Speaker 3: they've got to end this year on an upswing after
Speaker 3: all the nastiness and all the crap they've gone through.
Speaker 3: You know, I'm not a very big Baker Mayfield fan anymore.
Speaker 3: I like guys that you know who kind of go
Speaker 3: quietly through the NFL. And sure, he's being offered contracts
Speaker 3: to do commercials and whatnot. So I would say yes
Speaker 3: to it too if I was getting paid that much money.
Speaker 3: But you know, it's really put a big bulls out
Speaker 3: on his back, and he's not lived up to the
Speaker 3: hype by any means. But you know, if they end
Speaker 3: the year and they wound up eight and eight till
Speaker 3: they wind up nine and seven, I think the Browns
Speaker 3: can save some face here. But you know, the Bengals.
Speaker 3: This is a classic fate spot, right because the Bengals
Speaker 3: get their first win. Zach Taylor, who is the worst
Speaker 3: coach in the NFL. He's thirty six years old. I
Speaker 3: harp on this all the time. Kid never should have
Speaker 3: gotten the job. I covered him at Nebraska. Bill Callahan
Speaker 3: shouldn't be a head coach. Zach shouldn't be a head coach.
Speaker 3: They're both head coaches in the NFL right now, which
Speaker 3: is absolutely ridiculous, But fade the Bengals for the rest
Speaker 3: of the year, and look, eight and a half's a
Speaker 3: little high, but as long as you're not going near
Speaker 3: double digits, I think the Browns of the safe side.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm inclined to agree. I think the Bengals got
Speaker 1: their win and now they're good to just sort of
Speaker 1: sit back and enjoy it. And again, their win was
Speaker 1: as kind of you alluded to, far less about them
Speaker 1: and much more about the Jets.
Speaker 2: So I agree with you here.
Speaker 1: I think the Browns bounce back in a big time
Speaker 1: when and if you can get it for under double digits.
Speaker 2: Look, you knew, I mean that game.
Speaker 1: You knew they were going to go in there, there's
Speaker 1: all the bad blood. You knew that they were just
Speaker 1: going to put up a stinker offensively going into there.
Speaker 2: It was really whether or.
Speaker 1: Not Duck Hodge was going to be able to put
Speaker 1: up any points, and he did just enough. But I
Speaker 1: agree with you here. I think the Browns are going
Speaker 1: to be you know, whatever faint playoff hopes that they
Speaker 1: still have, I think they're going to come through here
Speaker 1: and keep it going with a big win again under
Speaker 1: double digits. Completely agree with you. It is a big line,
Speaker 1: but for me, I'm okay with it. Let's move on
Speaker 1: to the Colts at the Bucks, Buck here are currently
Speaker 1: laying two and a half with the over under at
Speaker 1: forty seven and a half. Again, both of these have
Speaker 1: moved from what I can tell from the look ahead,
Speaker 1: it was Bucks laying three and a half and the
Speaker 1: total at fifteen and a half. So down there, Colt's
Speaker 1: starting to fall apart. At the seams here, they're dealing
Speaker 1: with a ton of injuries on the offensive side, including
Speaker 1: Marlon Mack and t Y Hilton, though at least Mack
Speaker 1: may return in this game, although not sure he'll be
Speaker 1: able to do all that much against the bucks vaunted
Speaker 1: run defense. They like to run the ball. That's tough
Speaker 1: to do against the Bucks. I mean, while the Bucks
Speaker 1: they come up with a strong win against Jacksonville, you
Speaker 1: know they're going to be able to move the ball
Speaker 1: with Jameis Winston. You know there's going to be at
Speaker 1: least one critical turnover, and you know that their pass
Speaker 1: defense is pretty weak. So how do you feel here
Speaker 1: under a field goal? Bucks laying two and a half
Speaker 1: at home total at forty seven and a half.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think this team was holding things together post
Speaker 3: Andrew luck retirement with a lot of hope and optimism,
Speaker 3: and I think their will got broken last week. I
Speaker 3: don't know how three guys get through the line of
Speaker 3: scrimmage to block Adam Vinteri's kick, but they somehow managed
Speaker 3: to do it, and then I only blocked the damn thing.
Speaker 3: They returned it for a touchdown and ended the game.
Speaker 3: And then Ryan Tannehill all of a sudden has just
Speaker 3: I mean he is wally pipped Marcus Mariota. I mean,
Speaker 3: I mean, you are not going back to Marcus Mariota
Speaker 3: unless Tannehill just throws up all over himself. With the
Speaker 3: way he's passing him. He's the best quarterback in the
Speaker 3: division right now. And that's I know Watson is there,
Speaker 3: but this means on paper, Ryan Tannehill is the best
Speaker 3: quarterback in the division. So I don't understand what's going
Speaker 3: on with the Colts, but I think everything, including the injuries,
Speaker 3: I think t Y Hilton's done. I mean they thought
Speaker 3: he was done if you go back, and not to
Speaker 3: combine basketball and football, but remember when Kevin Durant had
Speaker 3: the calf injury and they thought it was a it
Speaker 3: was a calf. It was a calf, and it turned
Speaker 3: into a into a pretty significant injury to his achilles. Well,
Speaker 3: this goes back to a statement that was made to
Speaker 3: me by an injury expert on my radio show, where
Speaker 3: he said, there is no right now, there's no scientific
Speaker 3: data that determines when the calf ends and where the
Speaker 3: achilles begins. So if it's somewhere in that range, it
Speaker 3: might be both. And I think that's what t Wise got,
Speaker 3: and he's gotten achilles. I think that they're going to
Speaker 3: shut him down and not risk it for or long
Speaker 3: term injury, much like what happened with Kevin Durant coming
Speaker 3: back and finally snapping the damn thing. So I think
Speaker 3: t Y is gonna be done. I don't know if
Speaker 3: they rushed back back. I mean, the dude had a
Speaker 3: broken hand, he had surgery, he's trying to play on it.
Speaker 3: So I think this is a team that just is
Speaker 3: too banged up in the wake of Andrew luck. I
Speaker 3: on the road at Tampa, I can't back Indianapolis here.
Speaker 3: I think Tampa Bay, even though they're five and seven
Speaker 3: at home, I think the Colts might be toast and
Speaker 3: I think the Buccaneers of the side.
Speaker 1: Yeah, everything you're saying is correct. And they also lost
Speaker 1: Erik key Brown, Let's not forget that. So they're really
Speaker 1: down offensively. And you know, Hilton was not only battling
Speaker 1: the cav injury, but early in this season he was
Speaker 1: battling the quad injury, so he's really been dealing with.
Speaker 2: A lot of stuff. I agree with you.
Speaker 1: If there is a side, I think it's the Bucks,
Speaker 1: particularly under three, but I'm not willing to risk it.
Speaker 1: I've lost too much money on the Bucks this season,
Speaker 1: you know, going on.
Speaker 2: It's just one of these things where I don't know.
Speaker 1: I could see certainly them coming out in Winston just
Speaker 1: throwing like two pick sixes or something, but I can't.
Speaker 1: You can't back the Cults at this point. They also,
Speaker 1: I mean, Frank Reich, you know, is one of, if
Speaker 1: not the best coach in the NFL.
Speaker 2: I won't, of course, you're Bill Belichick.
Speaker 1: I want you know bad about that, but you know,
Speaker 1: Reig is great.
Speaker 2: He's gonna hold them together enough.
Speaker 1: But I just don't think they have the talent at
Speaker 1: this point to keep it going, especially with the division
Speaker 1: slipping away from them. So if there is a side,
Speaker 1: I'm inclined to agree with you that it's the bucks.
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Speaker 1: Broncos at the Texans. As you might expect, the spread
Speaker 1: moves a little bit after last night's big win by
Speaker 1: the Texans. It's currently Texans laying nine and a half.
Speaker 1: The look ahead was eight total stays, where it is
Speaker 1: at forty one and a half. The Broncos look they
Speaker 1: took one from the Chargers, but Drew Locke was hardly impressive.
Speaker 1: The defense continues to play, you know, fine, as well
Speaker 1: as they can the Texans, though, you know that's the
Speaker 1: big story. They really took it to your Patriots on
Speaker 1: Sunday Night football. The secondary is healthier they're playing well.
Speaker 1: They've got all their wide receivers healthy. How do you
Speaker 1: feel here about a big number nine and a half
Speaker 1: with the total of forty one and a half?
Speaker 3: Fade the Houston Texans. This is one of my favorite
Speaker 3: plays of the week. All right, Look the Broncos. They
Speaker 3: have covered for the last five weeks. The Broncos defense,
Speaker 3: with Vic Fangio really maligned for most of the season,
Speaker 3: they have come around. I know the offense has got
Speaker 3: some real issues, but they've got two very good running backs. Look,
Speaker 3: this number is approaching double digits. I'm sorry, No way
Speaker 3: are the Texans. No way should they be laying ten,
Speaker 3: ten points, nine and a half points. The Broncos might
Speaker 3: be four and eight, but they've got a lot of
Speaker 3: fight in them, and they got a lot of pride
Speaker 3: with some great veterans on that defensive side of the football.
Speaker 3: Texans are gonna win the game, I think, But I
Speaker 3: think they're gonna be in for an absolute war here
Speaker 3: with the Broncos. Give me the points plus nine and
Speaker 3: a half with the Broncos. I love it, and I
Speaker 3: would even wait because I think the public's gonna come
Speaker 3: in with both fists on the Texans. It's it's classic,
Speaker 3: what have you done for me lately? I think the
Speaker 3: Texans it's recency bias, Broncos plus ten or more. Give
Speaker 3: it to me, it's Denver all day.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 1: I was legitimately, I was about to jump in with
Speaker 1: if you do like the Texans, just don't bet it yet,
Speaker 1: because there's the the I mean, I think this is
Speaker 1: gonna be probably the game where there's gonna be the
Speaker 1: biggest differential between the number of bets that are placed
Speaker 1: and the money that's actually placed. Right because the sharp
Speaker 1: betters are gonna come in. They're gonna take the points.
Speaker 1: That Texans have a thing where they like to just
Speaker 1: sort of lay an egg right after you start to
Speaker 1: dress them. This is the prime spot for them. That's
Speaker 1: a huge win. This is gonna be a massive letdown
Speaker 1: for them.
Speaker 2: So I agree.
Speaker 1: I don't think you know, we've moved from eight to
Speaker 1: nine and a half. I'm sure that movement is not
Speaker 1: done yet. The public, especially on a you know, a
Speaker 1: nationally televised game beating the Patriots, they're gonna pound the
Speaker 1: Texans up at least another half point, if not you know,
Speaker 1: a full point, a point and a half something like that.
Speaker 1: So it's gonna get larger. So if you like the Texans, diagree,
Speaker 1: is the right side. If you like the Broncos, I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: which I agree is the right side in this game.
Speaker 1: I don't feel as confident quite as you do, just because, man,
Speaker 1: I watched that Broncos game closely, and you know, Courtland
Speaker 1: Sutton is incredible, but Drew Locke really just you know,
Speaker 1: sort of, you know, I didn't see all that much
Speaker 1: of a difference between him and you know, David Blau
Speaker 1: basically when when they first came out and stuff like that.
Speaker 1: I'm sure his career will be a little brighter. So
Speaker 1: it makes me a little nervous. But I agree sharp
Speaker 1: side is certainly the Broncos. But I would wait. I'd
Speaker 1: wait because I do think, as you said, that the
Speaker 1: spread is going to continue to rise. Let's move on
Speaker 1: here to the Dolphins at the Jets.
Speaker 2: Jets who he needs to Yes, we have to.
Speaker 1: I am contractually obligated to discuss every game on this slate.
Speaker 1: Jets laying six total of forty four. The Dolphins with
Speaker 1: the big win over the Eagles, they led primarily by
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick and Devonte Parker. They continue to play hard
Speaker 1: despite an immense lack of talent.
Speaker 2: While we have.
Speaker 1: Talked about the Jets, they squander all their goodwill a
Speaker 1: lifeless performance there. They scored just six points. Jamal Adams
Speaker 1: also hurts his angle. His status is a little bit unclear.
Speaker 1: Dolphins won the last game these two teams played, and
Speaker 1: now they're getting six points.
Speaker 2: How do you feel here?
Speaker 3: Look, this is Dolphins football in December in New England
Speaker 3: slash New York. All right, this is fade Dolphin City
Speaker 3: in particular after their win. I mean, this is a
Speaker 3: game I'm going to play. I'm going to be on
Speaker 3: your Jets, and I love it that it's under a
Speaker 3: touchdown here. I don't like it at six and a
Speaker 3: half or seven, but at six I think you gotta
Speaker 3: roll with the Jets here. And look, the weather will
Speaker 3: watch it. I mean nor'easter is blasting through New England.
Speaker 3: We'll see what the backside of that looks like. Normally
Speaker 3: it's a cold front that makes it frigid. So if
Speaker 3: that's happening, you've got Dolphin football players who just are
Speaker 3: basking in all that Miami sunshine and their victory, their
Speaker 3: third win, which was monstrous for the books, that had
Speaker 3: that at one and a half or two for a
Speaker 3: win total for Miami. So now they're at three. So
Speaker 3: here they go up to New York. Jets got embarrassed. Look,
Speaker 3: I don't think Adam Gay should be a head coach
Speaker 3: in the NFL. He was bad in Miami, but this
Speaker 3: is a rivalry game for him. He mentioned the first loss.
Speaker 3: I just think the Jets are gonna play for pride here.
Speaker 3: Not much of it with the Jets this year, but
Speaker 3: I think this is a pride game for the Jets
Speaker 3: and they do wind up winning and covering.
Speaker 1: Yes, that is correct. All of what you said is correct.
Speaker 1: The Jets are gonna win the game. They're going to
Speaker 1: cover it. This is what the Jet and Adam Gay
Speaker 1: should not be a head coach. Everything you said I
Speaker 1: will double down on. Yeah, No, I completely agree.
Speaker 2: This is what the Jets do.
Speaker 1: If you trust them, they're certainly going to break your
Speaker 1: heart and put up a complete stinker. It has been
Speaker 1: my entire life as a Jets fan. But this is
Speaker 1: also what they're gonna do. It's gonna be a game
Speaker 1: where some people are gonna look at look that people
Speaker 1: are gonna like the Dolins. It's not gonna get back
Speaker 1: up to seven. By the way, I think the look
Speaker 1: headline might have been seven. It's not gonna get back
Speaker 1: up there. It's gonna stay below the touchdown, in which
Speaker 1: case I will be all over the Jets as well.
Speaker 1: They're gonna bounce back in this game. They're not nearly
Speaker 1: as bad as they look. Sam Darnold's gonna have a
Speaker 1: good game. Le'Veon Bell is gonna probably have his last
Speaker 1: hurrah before the Lake. You don't really want to face
Speaker 1: the Ravens or any like that. Let's just you know,
Speaker 1: relax you here. So I agree, this is gonna be
Speaker 1: a big game. I think the Jets are going to
Speaker 1: come out and play well.
Speaker 2: So if you can stomach.
Speaker 1: It, I agree the Jets at the right side, and
Speaker 1: I'll certainly be playing it this weekend. Let's move on
Speaker 1: to the Ravens at the Bills.
Speaker 2: A really good game.
Speaker 1: Here, Ravens laying five down from six and the total
Speaker 1: at forty three and a half. This is gonna be
Speaker 1: a fun one. It's in Buffalo, both teams coming off
Speaker 1: big wins. The Ravens win against the forty nine ers
Speaker 1: in the nasty weather. They continue to hit on all cylinders.
Speaker 1: They've got the top seed now, as you know in
Speaker 1: the AFC. Meanwhile, the Bills, look, they make a statement
Speaker 1: against the Cowboys. They are on the pats heels. They
Speaker 1: are headed home. That is a very difficult place to play.
Speaker 1: But their achilles heel is the run. That's what the
Speaker 1: Ravens strength is. So how do you feel here about
Speaker 1: the Ravens laying five with the total at forty three
Speaker 1: and a half.
Speaker 3: All right, So this has been a ongoing Twitter battle
Speaker 3: I've been having with Bills mafia because I don't believe
Speaker 3: the Bills are any good. And so last week I
Speaker 3: had a bunch of people say, Okay, if we beat
Speaker 3: the Cowboys, will you finally acknowledge that the Bills are good?
Speaker 3: I said, yeah, this game in primetime, you beat the
Speaker 3: Cowboys on the road, I'm gonna say, yes, the Bills
Speaker 3: are good. So the Bills win that game. So they
Speaker 3: showed it. They showed me a little bit that they've
Speaker 3: got more going on to maybe I'm giving them credit for. However,
Speaker 3: if the Ravens lose to the Buffalo bleeping Bills, okay,
Speaker 3: I'm gonna lose my mind. This game should be a blowout.
Speaker 3: The Ravens should take the Bills behind the woodshed and
Speaker 3: beat the living tar out of them coming up. So
Speaker 3: if this game is even close in the fourth quarter,
Speaker 3: I will be irate. So the Ravens should kill Buffalo,
Speaker 3: and as a Patriot fan, I need the help. Okay,
Speaker 3: So I need to bleed the breathing room here because
Speaker 3: the chief game, which we'll get to here in a second,
Speaker 3: I need the help. So Ravens big it. It better
Speaker 3: happen because if it doesn't, I'm gonna hear it, and
Speaker 3: I'm gonna have a lot of explaining to do it
Speaker 3: at my hatred of Bill's mafia in the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: Okay, Well, a lot of Ravens players listen to this podcast,
Speaker 1: so you're in luck that they're gonna be all fired
Speaker 1: up now you've got them ready to go. Look, I look,
Speaker 1: you know, I've been agreeing with you a lot on
Speaker 1: this podcast by but I'm not going to pretend that
Speaker 1: I don't. Just to make it, you know, sort of
Speaker 1: a fun show.
Speaker 2: I agree.
Speaker 1: I've been fading the Bills a lot this year, and
Speaker 1: it hasn't really worked out for me all that well,
Speaker 1: They've they've just continued. I had a nice big preseason
Speaker 1: bet on them. I think there were six and a
Speaker 1: half wins. I thought they'd sail over that. But you
Speaker 1: know this, they're They're better than I expected. But look,
Speaker 1: I do not think that they were in the Ravens class.
Speaker 1: I mean, realistically, you can beat the Bills pretty handily
Speaker 1: on the ground. That's a real big Achilles heel, and
Speaker 1: that is what the Ravens are going to do. And
Speaker 1: they're just they're unstoppable.
Speaker 2: At the moment.
Speaker 1: And I think, you know, the Bills will be able
Speaker 1: to put up some points, but realistically, Josh Allen, you know,
Speaker 1: continues he hasn't thrown them any picks, but he's, you know,
Speaker 1: hardly the most accurate quarterback. The Ravens can stop the run.
Speaker 1: I don't think John Brown's gonna be able to do
Speaker 1: all that much. I just don't see the Bills really
Speaker 1: being able to hang with this team, so especially getting
Speaker 1: it under a touchdown. Yeah, I'm all over it. I'm
Speaker 1: certainly going to be in on it right now. I
Speaker 1: think you're on the right side. But again, you know,
Speaker 1: Ravens players, all of you guys who are listening to
Speaker 1: Matt's big on this. He needs the help, So get
Speaker 1: on it there. Let's move on to the Chargers that
Speaker 1: the Jaguars. Chargers here are laying two and a half
Speaker 1: the over under at forty three and a half. If
Speaker 1: you can back the Chargers in any game, you're probably
Speaker 1: a better man than I am. Both these teams look
Speaker 1: dead in the water. Philip Rivers just looks dune.
Speaker 2: See.
Speaker 1: The offense is stagnant, the defense is far from imposing.
Speaker 2: Ditto with the Jaguars.
Speaker 1: They're going to turn back here to Gardner Minsho has
Speaker 1: already been announced after the Nick Bolls run goes nowhere.
Speaker 1: They do have pieces on offense, but they're not explosive.
Speaker 1: Their run defense is highly beatable. So how do you
Speaker 1: feel here about the Chargers on the road laying two
Speaker 1: and a half of the total of forty three and
Speaker 1: a half.
Speaker 3: See this is why sports gambling is so necessary for football,
Speaker 3: because there is nothing about this game that's attractive. There's
Speaker 3: nothing about this game that's interesting. Both these teams suck.
Speaker 3: Both these teams are boring. Both these teams blow games
Speaker 3: like crazy. They turn the ball over crazy. Philip rivers career,
Speaker 3: for all intentsive purposes, is over. Okay, correct, and he
Speaker 3: might be back next year because they're moving in to
Speaker 3: a new stadium, But this Charger team is not gonna
Speaker 3: do anything. I'm with you. I don't know how you
Speaker 3: back the Chargers. I think the Jaguars have quit, but
Speaker 3: I think the La Chargers also have quit. I mean,
Speaker 3: they just lost to the Broncos. I just don't I
Speaker 3: just can't get behind either one of these two teams.
Speaker 3: If I'm gonna play it, I probably would play the
Speaker 3: under because I don't think either team wants to be
Speaker 3: a part of this game. So forty three and a half,
Speaker 3: I probably will say it's like a twenty to seventeen
Speaker 3: type of victory for one of these two teams. But
Speaker 3: this is a disgusting game between two teams I have
Speaker 3: no interest in watching.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm avoiding this game entirely because I'm not going
Speaker 1: to be forced to have an interest in this game,
Speaker 1: where otherwise I could just enjoy many other games. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there's no way i'd back either one of these teams,
Speaker 1: regardless of the spread. You could do whatever you want.
Speaker 1: I'm just staying far away from it. On the spread, yeah,
Speaker 1: I agree. If there is a play, it's probably the
Speaker 1: under at forty three and a half because I think
Speaker 1: both teams are gonna heavily rely on the run. I
Speaker 1: mean that's where you attack the Jaguars, so you'll see
Speaker 1: a lot of Melvin Gordon, and I think you know
Speaker 1: that they've committed to giving Leonard Fournette a ton of carries,
Speaker 1: So that's going to eat up into the clock. That's
Speaker 1: going to have longer drives, and so I think probably
Speaker 1: the under is the play, if there is one. But
Speaker 1: I'm just avoiding it all together and I'm going to
Speaker 1: be a happier man for it. Let's move on to
Speaker 1: the Titans at the Raiders. Titans here are laying three
Speaker 1: with a total of forty seven and a half. Two
Speaker 1: teams head in opposite directions. Here.
Speaker 2: You mentioned it earlier.
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill is playing about as well as any quarterback
Speaker 1: in the NFL right now. I mean, it's good to see.
Speaker 1: I don't know whether or not this is the same
Speaker 1: guy that was in Miami and he just needed to
Speaker 1: get out of there, but he's playing like really, really
Speaker 1: really solid football. Not just the fact that they're winning.
Speaker 1: I mean, his passes are crisp, they are accurateies fitting
Speaker 1: it into tight windows. He's just playing extremely well, and
Speaker 1: then it's getting colder and no one really wants to
Speaker 1: tackle Derek Henry, so their offense is clicking on all cylinders.
Speaker 1: The defense remains solid. Meanwhile, the Raiders record is finally
Speaker 1: catching up to their point differential. They've had a brutal
Speaker 1: schedule with all the road games. Derek Carr never plays
Speaker 1: well in the cold, as it has been shown recently.
Speaker 1: But they are going back to Oakland here things seem
Speaker 1: to be falling apart a bit. It struck me as
Speaker 1: I thought the spread would climb higher toward the Titans,
Speaker 1: but right now they're laying three with a total of
Speaker 1: forty seven and a half.
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're owned three the last three games against the spread,
Speaker 3: going back to that win over the Bengals where they
Speaker 3: didn't cover, and then they've scored twelve points in the
Speaker 3: last two weeks. The loss to the Jets was the
Speaker 3: real eye opener, losing thirty four to three on the road,
Speaker 3: and you know that that's just kind of you can
Speaker 3: excuse the loss to the Chiefs. And you know, the
Speaker 3: second of the weather forecast came out, you know, I
Speaker 3: you know, here in Vegas we get a lot of
Speaker 3: Raiders stuff because they're moving here next year. So you
Speaker 3: know Derek Carr's record when the temperature is below forty
Speaker 3: it's pretty well documented. So I you know, I laid
Speaker 3: the eleven points pretty quickly with the Chiefs once I
Speaker 3: saw the weather forecast for the game, and you know that,
Speaker 3: you know, it was over pretty much up to the
Speaker 3: first quarter and turnovers, fumbles, interceptions, it was just really ugly.
Speaker 3: I I really don't know what to make of the
Speaker 3: Raiders except that if I'm gonna bet this, I think
Speaker 3: the Titans are the side. They're alive in the division.
Speaker 3: They've got a defense that travels, they can run the football,
Speaker 3: and I feel like the Raiders are starting to kind
Speaker 3: of mail it in. He mentioned all the travel. I
Speaker 3: think they're getting a little tired of John Gruden, and
Speaker 3: I don't really know what Gruden thinks again of Derek Carr. So,
Speaker 3: I mean, things are not going well with the offense.
Speaker 3: They're not moving the football the way they used to.
Speaker 3: And look, Jacobs is a phenomenal rookie. You only had
Speaker 3: an a one hundred yard game basically last week. But
Speaker 3: you know, they just are Injuries are catching up to them.
Speaker 3: Raiders are gonna be an interesting team for the next
Speaker 3: couple of years because I do like the young Corps,
Speaker 3: but injuries and I just don't think they're that good.
Speaker 3: I think the Titans on the right side here, even
Speaker 3: though it's a road road favorite here.
Speaker 1: No, absolutely, I laying three. I'm all over the Titans. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: I'd probably feel fine with it up to four, maybe
Speaker 1: even four and a half. I think they're they're gonna
Speaker 1: have a big game here.
Speaker 2: I agree.
Speaker 1: I look the Raiders, you know, they they the future
Speaker 1: is not you know, it's fairly bright. I really do
Speaker 1: like Jacob's Waller has shown that he's a real player,
Speaker 1: but you know, without Hunter renfro and you know, they're
Speaker 1: just not you know, they just they weren't as good
Speaker 1: as they looked, essentially from the beginning. So when they
Speaker 1: struggle to run the ball and the Titans run defenses
Speaker 1: solid overall, it's hard for them to get stuff going.
Speaker 3: But they kind of and I think people actually started
Speaker 3: to take them seriously. I think part of the thing
Speaker 3: was that people weren't really taking the Raiders seriously and
Speaker 3: kind of thought, oh, that's an automatic victory, and then all
Speaker 3: of a sudden they were playing hard. Because I do
Speaker 3: think they've got young talent. I mean Cluton Ferrell, their
Speaker 3: top pick, has played pretty well from the defensive line perspective,
Speaker 3: and Abram there could I missip be state the safety
Speaker 3: that got hurt early in the year was a big blow.
Speaker 3: But you know, they've got some guys that play hard
Speaker 3: and like playing football. I like what Mayock is doing.
Speaker 3: I think next year, moving into the new stadium, I
Speaker 3: think they'll probably be an over five hundred football team.
Speaker 3: But I just think right now, late in the year,
Speaker 3: in December, knowing the playoffs are a long shot, and
Speaker 3: the injuries and the travel and the opponents, I just
Speaker 3: think they're not gonna I don't think players want to,
Speaker 3: you know, make a business decision as to whether or
Speaker 3: not they want to tackle Derrick Henry on Sunday. So
Speaker 3: I just think the Titans of the right side.
Speaker 1: No, I completely agree. And again, remember, you know, just
Speaker 1: kudos to the Raiders. Remember they lost Antonio Brown right
Speaker 1: before the season start, right right, I mean Tyroll Williams suddenly,
Speaker 1: who by the way, is battling Planter Vasciitis has been
Speaker 1: their number one wide receiver and he's not a number
Speaker 1: one wide receiver at all. And they lost Hunter Rent
Speaker 1: for so kudos to them for hanging in there, but
Speaker 1: I agree, they just look like they're about to completely
Speaker 1: fall off a cliff. And again, it's as much about
Speaker 1: the fact that I really like what the Titans are
Speaker 1: doing right now.
Speaker 2: I think they're really dangerous with Tennail back there.
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Speaker 1: big one here. Matt Chiefs at Patriots Patriots Laying three,
Speaker 1: already know what you're gonna do because you basically said it.
Speaker 2: The total at forty eight and a half.
Speaker 1: Look, Patrick Mahomes, he looks healthy coming off the buy
Speaker 1: the Chiefs running backs are dropping like flies, and their
Speaker 1: defense still is are very good, but they're able to
Speaker 1: put up points. Meanwhile, you saw it last night the
Speaker 1: Patriots defense struggled against the Texans. It's kind of becoming
Speaker 1: a little bit of a thing for them against mobile quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: They play a lot of man so their backs there.
Speaker 1: Their offense looks a little out of swords here, Matt,
Speaker 1: So what do you think you're the Pats fan? You
Speaker 1: said you take them at home lank three or less,
Speaker 1: So laying three forty eight and a half, you're all
Speaker 1: over the Pats here.
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is the classic bounce back spot. Everyone says,
Speaker 3: this guy is falling. Tom Brady's angry. Look, this is
Speaker 3: on paper, one of the worst Patriot offenses in the
Speaker 3: last twenty years. I just if you look up and down,
Speaker 3: what they're asking for Mohammed Sanu and you know, Julian
Speaker 3: Edelman to do is quite remarkable. But I think this
Speaker 3: is a team that when they go back home, their
Speaker 3: defense tends to score, they tend to turn the football over.
Speaker 3: The Patriots run the ball more aggressively. They're just a
Speaker 3: different team at home. And look, the Patriots are known
Speaker 3: to do this. They last year, they were twelve and
Speaker 3: four and they won it all. They dropped back to
Speaker 3: back road games late in the year. Everyone thought they
Speaker 3: were done. They dropped two games early in the year,
Speaker 3: everyone said, oh, here comes to the cliff for Tom Brady again.
Speaker 3: I mean, they've been predicting this for five years now
Speaker 3: that the Patriots were going to be done. The Chiefs
Speaker 3: are definitely a dangerous team here. But the Chiefs defense
Speaker 3: is still garbage. Okay, it's still not a good defense.
Speaker 3: And the Patriots are gonna need to play, you know,
Speaker 3: don't turn the ball over, don't do what they did
Speaker 3: early in the game against the Texans where they threw
Speaker 3: an interception. Ni kil Harry needs to learn how to
Speaker 3: run routes with Tom Brady. That was a horrible play.
Speaker 3: It's just one of those situations where I think going
Speaker 3: home is a monster game. And remember I mean that
Speaker 3: entire coaching staff, the entire team. Basically, it's like the
Speaker 3: Patriots south in Houston. That was their super Bowl, so
Speaker 3: they were geared up primetime game. They walked in with
Speaker 3: that stupid whatever, you know outfit that the defense that
Speaker 3: we're wearing before the game that was shown on Twitter.
Speaker 3: I think this is a spot for the Patriots to
Speaker 3: get right. And it's a short line. It's only gonna
Speaker 3: be three. Everyone's gonna be on the Chiefs. You might
Speaker 3: even get it a two and a half. I was
Speaker 3: talking to a book maker today saying that you know
Speaker 3: they're not getting off of three because they know what
Speaker 3: happens if they do. But you know a lot of
Speaker 3: people are gonna be on Kansas City here. It's gonna
Speaker 3: be a big public play. Patriots are gonna be the
Speaker 3: professional side, and I'll stick with the Patriots at Foxborough.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I completely understand where you're coming from. And again,
Speaker 1: as a Jets fan, you can imagine how many texts
Speaker 1: I get every year to round this time saying this
Speaker 1: is the end. Finally you know Britty's going and every
Speaker 1: year he bounces back. I'm probably not gonna get involved
Speaker 1: in it. Everything you're saying is correct, But I'm a
Speaker 1: little nervous. I really, I admit I'm a little nervous
Speaker 1: right now about the offense and what they're able to do.
Speaker 1: I mean justifiably, of course, but I really don't know
Speaker 1: what they're gonna be able to do. I actually like
Speaker 1: the total and I think the defense is is gonna
Speaker 1: play well. But I think you know, when you go
Speaker 1: back to the AFC Championship game, you know, they completely
Speaker 1: shut down the Chiefs for the first half, and then
Speaker 1: you know Mahomes and Tyreek Hill they're able to just
Speaker 1: put up points. So I think the Patriots are going
Speaker 1: to score in this game. I think there's gonna be
Speaker 1: a lot of scoring, frankly from the Patriots offense, but
Speaker 1: I think the Chiefs are going to find a way
Speaker 1: to hang with them because a healthy Mahomes always finds
Speaker 1: a way to put a point. So for me, even
Speaker 1: with the high number at forty eight and a half,
Speaker 1: I like the over here. I think I'm probably staying
Speaker 1: away from the spread. I get it though. You know,
Speaker 1: I certainly I would not back the Chiefs. I will
Speaker 1: say that because there's no way the Patriots laying three
Speaker 1: to anybody at home. You know, there's just no way
Speaker 1: I would get on it. But I really I don't
Speaker 1: feel comfortable back in the Pats at that number. So
Speaker 1: for me, I'm going to be looking more at the total.
Speaker 1: But I get where you're coming from, and everybody's got
Speaker 1: it now he you know, Matt is big on the
Speaker 1: paths as long as it stays at three. And again,
Speaker 1: it's not gonna move up. I mean, it's not going
Speaker 1: past three for sure, if anything, going to move down.
Speaker 3: But well, it's funny too because because the unfortunately the
Speaker 3: Bills and the Ravens play before the Patriots. They're in
Speaker 3: the the late afternoon slot on CBS, so that I
Speaker 3: don't like because if the Bills lose, the Patriots will
Speaker 3: know that, hey, even if we win, we still have
Speaker 3: a game in hand over Buffalo, So I don't like that.
Speaker 3: I would rather had that game be played simultaneously. But
Speaker 3: but the Patriots in this spot, this is the prime
Speaker 3: time spot. This is you know, it gets dark in
Speaker 3: New England at basically four thirty in December, so that
Speaker 3: this is essentially a night game, and fans are going
Speaker 3: to be tailgating all game long. And the Chiefs they're
Speaker 3: not afraid to play in cold weather. But it's never
Speaker 3: fun to go on the road when it's cold.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, let's move on here to these Steelers at the Cardinals.
Speaker 1: Steelers here laying two over, by the way, every every
Speaker 1: single game that we get to, by the way, your
Speaker 1: first reaction is, oh man.
Speaker 3: Because there's some real crap games. This this is one
Speaker 3: of them. I mean, what the hell happened to Kyler
Speaker 3: Murray last week?
Speaker 1: It was really a disaster, which is why the line
Speaker 1: has moved from Pickham to Steelers laying two and the
Speaker 1: total from forty five and a half to forty three
Speaker 1: and a half. I mean, you talked about it, the
Speaker 1: Cardinals embarrassed by the rounds. Oh look to me, I
Speaker 1: don't know. I saw that game. That was my top
Speaker 1: pick on the Thursday show is the Rams laying three
Speaker 1: the Cardinals. It just seemed like an obvious spot for
Speaker 1: the Rams to have sort of a get right game
Speaker 1: with their offense. But the Cardinals were embarrassed on both
Speaker 1: sides of the ball. Their defense has always been weak. Murray,
Speaker 1: you know, he is a special talent, but he clearly
Speaker 1: cannot get anything done there. The Steelers, meanwhile, as we
Speaker 1: talked about the big win over the Browns, they're right
Speaker 1: in the playoff mix. Doc Hodges is not special. He
Speaker 1: does enough to keep them in the game with that defense.
Speaker 1: So what do you think here? Steelers going on the
Speaker 1: road to Arizona laying two forty three and a half.
Speaker 3: I just have a tough time and I did it
Speaker 3: last week. I have a tough time backing a quarterback
Speaker 3: named Duck. I just don't It's just like something out
Speaker 3: of like a bad fifties sitcom. I just can't stand it,
Speaker 3: like of all the nicknames you can pick, like, what
Speaker 3: the hell duck?
Speaker 1: No?
Speaker 3: But fine, Look, the only side to play is the
Speaker 3: Steelers here, because I think the Cardinals whatever happened during
Speaker 3: the bye week. This is what everyone said about the
Speaker 3: Arizona Cardinals this year. Every win they get is gonna
Speaker 3: happen before the bye because they have an absolutely horrific
Speaker 3: schedule after their bye week, starting with the Rams last week.
Speaker 3: So the team bought into it and listen to the hype,
Speaker 3: or Kyler Murray is still on vacation, or they're sick,
Speaker 3: kind of Cliff Kingsbury's crap already. I don't know what happened,
Speaker 3: but that's a team that came back from a bye
Speaker 3: week and was still on vacation. And I think taking
Speaker 3: on a Pittsburgh Steelers team that knows it to play
Speaker 3: in December, this is a bad recipe for the Cardinals here.
Speaker 3: This is a bad matchup for the Cardinals. One team's hungry,
Speaker 3: one team's done. You know, I think the line, as
Speaker 3: long as it's under three, I'll take the road favorite
Speaker 3: here in Pittsburgh.
Speaker 1: Correct under three Steelers is certainly the play for me. Look,
Speaker 1: I love Kyler Murray. I really like watching him play.
Speaker 1: But you know the fact that they were able to
Speaker 1: cover that first game with the big sp I mean,
Speaker 1: they were getting blown out in that first game against
Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers, they came back late. I think
Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers took their foot off the gas,
Speaker 1: and then you know the fact that they were able
Speaker 1: to keep it close in that second game. Again, I
Speaker 1: think it was a lot more about the fact that
Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers really just weren't clicking on all Sellmers.
Speaker 1: I just do not try. I have not trusted the
Speaker 1: Cardinals all year. I don't trust them now against any
Speaker 1: semblance of a strong defense. Again, love Murray as a player,
Speaker 1: but I do not expect them to come out on
Speaker 1: top of this game. So as long as it is
Speaker 1: under three, I'm totally willing to back the Steelers here,
Speaker 1: and I'm fine. Just want it on record, I'm completely
Speaker 1: fine with the Duck nickname. Okay, I mean it's fine.
Speaker 1: I mean I really don't mind it. Let's move on
Speaker 1: to the Seahawks at the Rams. Seahawks here are laying
Speaker 1: two and a half, the total at forty six and
Speaker 1: a half. Again, we were recording this right in the
Speaker 1: middle of halftime at the Seahawks Vikings game. So assuming
Speaker 1: nothing crazy happens tonight, I mean, you know, look, the
Speaker 1: Seahawks are not quite as good as their record has been.
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson has really been making some magic happen. They
Speaker 1: find ways to win pretty much every game. The Rams
Speaker 1: keep their faint playoff hopes alive here with that big
Speaker 1: win over the Cardinals. We just talked about Jared Goff.
Speaker 1: He plays well because there's no pressure getting to him,
Speaker 1: which is really what causes him to completely fold tight
Speaker 1: game the first time these two teams met. Now you're
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles, how do you feel here about the
Speaker 1: Seahawks laying two and a half with the total of
Speaker 1: forty six and a half.
Speaker 3: Yeah, just real quick to kind of update earlier when
Speaker 3: we were talking about the low and the Vikings. So
Speaker 3: Dalvin Cook has left this game with a with a
Speaker 3: shoulder injury, so that could really impact what happens next
Speaker 3: week for the Vikings and the Lions. Just FYI to
Speaker 3: kind of scroll back on that line being you know,
Speaker 3: you may want to take the Lions right now at
Speaker 3: plus thirteen and a half plus fourteen if Dalvin Cook
Speaker 3: is going to be out for any length of time
Speaker 3: for Minnesota. But you know, nothing really serious happening for
Speaker 3: the Seahawks on an injury perspective at this point. Look,
Speaker 3: this is the game of the year for the Rams.
Speaker 3: This is Sunday night football. This is we find out
Speaker 3: whether or not the Rams are any good. I don't
Speaker 3: think the Rams are any good, and I think the Seahawks,
Speaker 3: you know, win or lose here. You know, hard fought
Speaker 3: game against the Vikings. They will either be ten and
Speaker 3: two or nine and three, and they're playing for a
Speaker 3: lot and they got to keep pace with the forty
Speaker 3: nine ers I under three. I think Russell Wilson and
Speaker 3: the Seahawks are the side here. I just can't trust
Speaker 3: the Rams. I know they've blew what they blew out
Speaker 3: the Cardinals last week, but I'm just not a fan
Speaker 3: of what's going on with this team. I think Gurley's
Speaker 3: not going to be the same player again due to
Speaker 3: the arthritis in his knee. I think everybody overvalued what
Speaker 3: happened with Jared Goff last year. Overvalued being b Sean
Speaker 3: McVay even I like the Seahawks here.
Speaker 1: Yeah, despite the fact that they're going to be coming
Speaker 1: off a short week. Look at the bottom line is this.
Speaker 1: There's no team I mentioned the Cardinals a team that
Speaker 1: I cannot trust. The Rams are right up there, other
Speaker 1: than when they played the Cardinals. You know, irresistible force
Speaker 1: meets immovable object. You get pressure on Jared Goff and
Speaker 1: he completely folds. At this point, it's basically been like
Speaker 1: this for a full season. The offensive line is abysmal.
Speaker 1: The Seahawks are slowly but surely upping their pass rush
Speaker 1: at this point, so I think just offensively, they're not
Speaker 1: going to be able to do very much. I have
Speaker 1: no problem backing the Seahawks here at anything less than
Speaker 1: the field goal without questioning. But gets above a field goal,
Speaker 1: I think the game is probably going to be tight
Speaker 1: because the Seahawks always played tight game, So if you're
Speaker 1: pushing the field goal or over, I'd get a little worried.
Speaker 1: But under a field goal like it is right now
Speaker 1: two and a half, I'm all over the Seahawks right now.
Speaker 1: I'm not trusting the Rams whatsoever. Let's move on to
Speaker 1: the final game of the the Monday Night Game, the
Speaker 1: Giants at the Eagles.
Speaker 2: This one deserves enough if you want to throw it
Speaker 2: out there.
Speaker 1: The Eagles here currently laying eight total at forty seven.
Speaker 1: The Eagles blow an absolutely golden opportunity here against the Dolphins.
Speaker 1: They've dealt with injuries all year, but there's just something
Speaker 1: not clicking with the team. Meanwhile, the Giants, they get
Speaker 1: beat up pretty good by the Packers. They're not a
Speaker 1: great football team. Daniel Jones is battling a mild ankle injury,
Speaker 1: but he'll play.
Speaker 2: How do you feel here?
Speaker 1: A divisional game obviously a must win for the Eagles,
Speaker 1: who also control their own destiny because they play the
Speaker 1: Cowboys or I'm not sure actually if they do anymore.
Speaker 1: But Eagles laying eight total of forty seven.
Speaker 3: So this is like a harken back to remember, like
Speaker 3: for a couple of years that ESPN's Monday Night Football
Speaker 3: had nothing but horrible football games and we all were like,
Speaker 3: my god, another awful game. Well, they had the pretty
Speaker 3: good games, like sign's a good game. This is one
Speaker 3: of those games where you're just like, really, this is
Speaker 3: the game we have to watch the Giants against the Eagles,
Speaker 3: Like we have to sit through this in primetime of
Speaker 3: all the game, Like this is horrible, Like flex this,
Speaker 3: give me Monday night football. Flex my gosh. But so
Speaker 3: the Giants. The Eagles are playing with the Giants, Redskins,
Speaker 3: Cowboys at home and then at the Giants to end
Speaker 3: the year, so they've got nothing about divisional games left.
Speaker 3: So you're right about controlling their own destiny. But I
Speaker 3: just feel like this is too heavy of a number.
Speaker 3: I mean, I eight just feels too too much. And
Speaker 3: I can't believe I'm saying this. But the Giants, I
Speaker 3: don't know what to make of this team. I you know,
Speaker 3: both offensively defensively. Pat Shermer's probably getting fired. I mean,
Speaker 3: who knows where that team is going right now. I
Speaker 3: don't mind Daniel Jones. I like Saquon Barkley a lot,
Speaker 3: but I I don't know. If I had to play
Speaker 3: this game, I probably would take the eight points. But
Speaker 3: I'm most likely just gonna have to, you know, shut
Speaker 3: this game, or have this game all in the background
Speaker 3: while I'm doing other stuff around the house and I
Speaker 3: have it on mute and this jacket to check in
Speaker 3: once in a while, because I really have no interest
Speaker 3: in this game on Monday.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Really, the only thing I could say here is that,
Speaker 1: under no circumstances would I back the Eagles. That's the
Speaker 1: only conclusion I can dry here, either on the total
Speaker 1: or on the spread. After what they did against the
Speaker 1: Dolphins in a game that was basically like you, you
Speaker 1: have to win this game, and it's against the Dolphins
Speaker 1: who are quote unquote plucky but not really going to
Speaker 1: be able to get it done. I don't see how
Speaker 1: you can back them at this number. It's sound like
Speaker 1: I love the Giants at this number. I could see
Speaker 1: talking myself into playing them, given that it's over a touchdown.
Speaker 1: But the only thing I know for certain is that
Speaker 1: there is no way you could take the Eagles laying
Speaker 1: a touchdown or more. It's just impossible. I whatever is
Speaker 1: missing with that football team, something is missing. And you know,
Speaker 1: I don't even know how healthy they're going to be,
Speaker 1: Asheon Jeffrey at the very end of that game walked
Speaker 1: off limping. He's battled injuries all year, so he could
Speaker 1: be down. You know, Jordan Howard is still out. They're
Speaker 1: just they're just not getting it done.
Speaker 2: So for me, it's probably a stay away. If anything,
Speaker 2: it's the Giants.
Speaker 1: But whatever you do, do not take the Eagles.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I'm a big believer. I don't know
Speaker 3: how you feel about two team teasers, but I'm a
Speaker 3: big believer in two team teasers in the NFL. After
Speaker 3: which it's a week nine and how difficult these lines are,
Speaker 3: and the fact that I mean when I tease the
Speaker 3: Eagles down to four and a half, the fact that
Speaker 3: I was like, they have to be able to beat
Speaker 3: the Dolphins. It's a must win game. I mean, maybe
Speaker 3: they win by three and I get burned, but teasing
Speaker 3: down to four and a half under no circumstances they
Speaker 3: ever say, Well, the Eagles are gonna lose the game
Speaker 3: outright to the Miami Dolphins, and they're gonna lose it
Speaker 3: with a bunch of trick plays and they're gonna be
Speaker 3: made to look like fools by Brian Flores. I completely
Speaker 3: that was of all we've had a bunch of like,
Speaker 3: oh my gosh moments in the NFL. That game was
Speaker 3: right up there where with everything on the line. The
Speaker 3: Eagles are now fourteen and fourteen since the Super Bowl,
Speaker 3: and Carson Wentz. I mean, I think we got to
Speaker 3: start at least beginning to ask ourselves questions about Cartson
Speaker 3: Wentz a little bit and what this team looks like
Speaker 3: with him out the quarterbacks spot going forward. I know
Speaker 3: injuries have played a huge role in the offense this year,
Speaker 3: but this entire team under Doug Peterson, I don't know
Speaker 3: what to make of the Eagles. It's quite embarrassing happened
Speaker 3: last week.
Speaker 1: I mean I was on them laying the ten. I
Speaker 1: mean really I was. I was like, they are gonna
Speaker 1: smash this team right now. Their offensive line had gotten
Speaker 1: back healthy, Alshon Jefrey was gonna play.
Speaker 3: Elsewhich was healthy.
Speaker 2: I know, I know, I know, just ridiculous.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm completely off the Eagles at this point,
Speaker 1: especially when you're at a number remotely close to this high.
Speaker 1: All right, that's gonna do it for today's show, Matt,
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