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Speaker 1: It was a colossal success. And then we came back
Speaker 1: and we were like a defensive back doing a moonwalk
Speaker 1: drill as we we went backwards last week. But I
Speaker 1: have the penny is Gascon? David Gascon? Who is there? Gascon?
Speaker 1: So before we look ahead, we must look back. How
Speaker 1: bad was Weak two? It was the Hindenburg, It was
Speaker 1: the Titanic. It was all of that I had. You
Speaker 1: had six and ten it was bad. So it was
Speaker 1: four games, which means I am still six games above
Speaker 1: five D on the year. Yes, I mean, I think
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Speaker 1: Let's do round number three. Week number three, let's kick
Speaker 1: some maths this week. I know you don't often reach
Speaker 1: the summit like I do with these picks every once
Speaker 1: in a while, but it's very easy for you who
Speaker 1: don't give anything. Well, I'm gonna take out the trivia
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Speaker 1: know trivia this week. Maybe I'll bring it back next week.
Speaker 1: Denver oh and two at Green Bay two and oh
Speaker 1: it's on Fox. Chris Myers and Darryl Moose Johnson Packers
Speaker 1: opened up a six and a half point favorite. They
Speaker 1: are currently favorite by seven and a half. The pick
Speaker 1: is in, I'm gonna take the Broncos in this game.
Speaker 1: I actually like the Broncos. This is one of my
Speaker 1: stronger picks, which is means the Broncos should be very scared.
Speaker 1: But Joe Flacco has been as advertised, he's a marginal
Speaker 1: NFL quarterback. The reason I have confidence in in Denver
Speaker 1: is I believe this is the week that the defense
Speaker 1: is gonna perform. Aaron Rodgers has been off so far,
Speaker 1: even a green bas won both games, but you know
Speaker 1: he's really been off. His Vaughan Miller and Bradley Chubb,
Speaker 1: they have yet to get started. We're two weeks in
Speaker 1: and these two dynamic uh supernova's of defense have combined
Speaker 1: with a defensive coach, Vic Fangio to have zero sacks
Speaker 1: and only two quarterback hits between them against the Raiders
Speaker 1: and Bears. That's unacceptable. I expect a coming out party
Speaker 1: at Lambo for Von Miller and Bradley Chubb this weekend.
Speaker 1: And the second thing here, I'm not completely behind the Packers. Now,
Speaker 1: I will admit the two wins were the most meaningful
Speaker 1: of all the two and oh teams because they're against
Speaker 1: two divisional opponents, two teams that will be in the
Speaker 1: race for the playoffs, the Vikings and the Bears. So
Speaker 1: that's that's a that's a good schedule to win with.
Speaker 1: But nevertheless, the Packers have flaws like every other team
Speaker 1: that this game should be tight. Green Bay's defense is
Speaker 1: off to a great start. We'll see how that continues here.
Speaker 1: But Aaron Rodgers is averaging just six point four yards
Speaker 1: per attempt. He's actually been worse than Joe Flacco, Josh Allen,
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton. This is a sneaky good spot for Denver
Speaker 1: from the gambling if you look at all the criteria here,
Speaker 1: they're they're gonna be desperate trying to avoid now and
Speaker 1: three start. Also, the Packers have a short we I
Speaker 1: believe they play I think it's Philadelphia the next Thursday game. Uh,
Speaker 1: they play next Thursday night. So from a motivational standpoint,
Speaker 1: you look at all the things that would indicate which
Speaker 1: sides the value the Vegas edge, the public betting the
Speaker 1: Packers even as a big favorite there, Uh, It's all
Speaker 1: about Parker the snow Dog. I'm taking the Broncos in
Speaker 1: the upset. They'll win the game outright twenty twenty over
Speaker 1: the Packers and the Penny picks. Penny likes the Green
Speaker 1: Bay Packers. It's on because you like the dever Broncos Gascons.
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Speaker 1: Detroit one oh and one at Philadelphia one and one,
Speaker 1: It's on Fox. You better watch Tom Brenham and Chris Spielman.
Speaker 1: The Eagles opened up a seven point favorite. The line
Speaker 1: I have here is at seven at this moment here
Speaker 1: as we're doing the podcast recording the podcast, I've got
Speaker 1: the Lions. This is another one of my stronger picks
Speaker 1: this week. I like the Lions a lot. The Eagles
Speaker 1: have yet to look all that impressive. They played like
Speaker 1: they had concrete cleats on the first game against the Redskins.
Speaker 1: They were able to pull out a flute comeback, big,
Speaker 1: big second half there Uh, they didn't cover the number
Speaker 1: because of a backdoor touchdown by the red Skins but
Speaker 1: and then they blow a game, a close game against
Speaker 1: a suspect Falcons team and Carson wins. Not exactly like
Speaker 1: in the World on Fire is twenty three yards per
Speaker 1: attempt in the NFL with no big guns. The the Eagles,
Speaker 1: it's of the fifty three man roster is either out
Speaker 1: of this game or injured. Eleven of the fifty three
Speaker 1: man roster is on the injury report in Philadelphia. And
Speaker 1: then secondly, uh, you on the other side of the Lions,
Speaker 1: you can play the ifs and butts game, which I
Speaker 1: love to play. Only Matt Patricia and the Lions had
Speaker 1: avoided the time out fiasco in Arizona in the fourth quarter.
Speaker 1: They win that game there two and oh. But ifs
Speaker 1: and butts were candy and nuts, the Lions would be
Speaker 1: winning every week and they're not. We know that. That's
Speaker 1: it to me the Lions. I have them in the
Speaker 1: underrated category. You're mostly based on their win against the
Speaker 1: Chargers last week. That's a signature win for them. A
Speaker 1: defense is played really good. They appear to have a
Speaker 1: solid secondary, and I expect this game to be closed.
Speaker 1: Philadelphia is shorthanded, but the Lions are the healthier team.
Speaker 1: The Eagles have problems in their secondary, so you figure
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford should be able to exploit that. Here. The Eagles,
Speaker 1: as I said, shorthanded, they could be down multiple starters
Speaker 1: at several positions on the both sides of the ball.
Speaker 1: We know they're not gonna have the spark plug DeShawn Jackson.
Speaker 1: He ain't gonna play. And also, Philadelphia, they do play
Speaker 1: the Packers next Thursday night, so it's a short week.
Speaker 1: You start peeking ahead there, You're like, oh crap, we
Speaker 1: don't get any time off this week. We've gotta come
Speaker 1: right and play on Thursday. So I'm gonna take the
Speaker 1: Lions twenty seven Eagles twenty six Detroit in the upset.
Speaker 1: Impending going with the Philadelphia Eagles, all right. Next up
Speaker 1: we go to Baltimore's Penny versus the Penny. Baltimore to
Speaker 1: know at Kansas City. No, it's on the city. As
Speaker 1: I an Eagle and Dan Fouts have the call. The
Speaker 1: Chiefs opened up a six point favorite. This line is
Speaker 1: at six and a half and the pick is in.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Chiefs here. I I don't believe
Speaker 1: the Ravens are the real McCoy. I still have I
Speaker 1: still have them in the mirage category. They beat the
Speaker 1: Dolphins and Cardinals. Okay, these teams will be lucky if
Speaker 1: they combine when three games this year, three or four games.
Speaker 1: So they did what they were supposed to do against
Speaker 1: the lightweights. Kansas City is a heavyweight now. They don't
Speaker 1: have a good defense in Kansas City. We know that,
Speaker 1: but it's it's never easy in boxing to go up,
Speaker 1: in boxing parlance, to go up a weight class like,
Speaker 1: it's very difficult to do that. Keep an eye on
Speaker 1: the weak link in Baltimore, which right now appears to
Speaker 1: be the past defense. You know you're not doing great
Speaker 1: when Alligator Arms Murray throws for almost three d fifty yards,
Speaker 1: that's all that seems to be a vulnerable spot. You
Speaker 1: don't have to be Jay Glazer Adam Schefter to know
Speaker 1: that this does not bo well for the Ravens who
Speaker 1: go against Patty Patty Mahomes who sports. I think he's
Speaker 1: four hrd yards a game or something like that the
Speaker 1: first couple of weeks and he's he's like sixty yards
Speaker 1: better than everyone else. And another thing about Lamar Jackson secondly, uh,
Speaker 1: you know he he trade, He will trade punches with
Speaker 1: Mahomes for a while. I don't doubt that, but he
Speaker 1: is due for a regression. Does it happen this week
Speaker 1: against the butter soft Kansas City defense. Uh, we'll find
Speaker 1: out about that, but we we know it's gonna be
Speaker 1: a madhouse at Arrowhead this week and the Ravens will
Speaker 1: be in a food comma from all that delicious barbecue,
Speaker 1: the Ben Mallar chicken fingers, which is available in Kansas
Speaker 1: City as well in that area. Um So, I actually
Speaker 1: did go back and forth on this. I wasn't all
Speaker 1: in on the Chiefs because I don't like laying points.
Speaker 1: I don't like taking the chalk. But the public seems
Speaker 1: to like the Ravens in this game. They're buying in
Speaker 1: the Ravens. I'm not Kansas City thirty four Baltimore twenty three,
Speaker 1: year five compending like some casey as well go with
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Be sure to catch live editions of The
Speaker 1: Ben Maller Show week days at two am Eastern eleven
Speaker 1: pm Pacific alright, next up Cincinnati, oh and two at
Speaker 1: Buffalo two and oh it's on CBS. This is not
Speaker 1: one of the better games for CBS. They have Tom
Speaker 1: McCarthy and j Feely. I feel like Jay Feely is
Speaker 1: the Dick Stockton of the CBS. You know, when Feely
Speaker 1: is doing a game, it's not a game. It's gonna
Speaker 1: get a lot of of attention. Anyway, the Bills opened
Speaker 1: a four point fIF There are six point favorite. Buffalo
Speaker 1: is a six point favorite. The number I have in
Speaker 1: front of me, I'm gonna go the other one. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna take the Bengals here. And I actually like the Bengals,
Speaker 1: which should scare the crap out of people. I don't
Speaker 1: love them as much as the other two five star
Speaker 1: picks I gave out, But I like Cincinnati in this spot.
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you why. This game. I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a mistake filled mess. Andy Dalton and Josh
Speaker 1: Allen are turnover prone quarterbacks. And while I love the
Speaker 1: Bills defense, I've been a big advocate of the Bills mafia,
Speaker 1: you know, for their for their defense and all that.
Speaker 1: I expect a much better effort from Cincinnati. And there's
Speaker 1: a theory in gambling, in sports wagering, which I have.
Speaker 1: It's one of the things I look at when I
Speaker 1: when I'm handicapping game. It's the zig zag theory. Right,
Speaker 1: it's not just swinging in the dark. You look for
Speaker 1: certain certain trans clertain theories that have have still held
Speaker 1: the test of time. Uh And and the zig zag
Speaker 1: theory is one which means if a team plays really
Speaker 1: poorly one week, generally they come back and play better.
Speaker 1: And and you look at a Cincinnative played a great
Speaker 1: game in Seattle, they lost, came back at home, they
Speaker 1: were no show. They were tardy against the forty niners
Speaker 1: in that game, and so now you expect the zig
Speaker 1: zag thing to kick in. They were embarrassed. Everyone's trashing
Speaker 1: the Bengals, saying, wow, Bengals aren't that good. They're own
Speaker 1: two and they deserve it was a fluke. They played
Speaker 1: well in Seattle. This is an opportunity at some redemption
Speaker 1: and get some some good will back if assuming they
Speaker 1: still have the fighting spirit here and then be there's
Speaker 1: there's a lot of money on the bills and they're
Speaker 1: breaking tables there at the sports books. And but this
Speaker 1: is again a good spot for some Sinnati because of
Speaker 1: the bounce back redemption situation. Trying to you try to
Speaker 1: look for these advantages and you're gonna have to ride
Speaker 1: Joe Mixon, Stonewall Jackson type of defense against that Bills
Speaker 1: where down that Bills defense. But also Buffalo has got
Speaker 1: a key game for them next week. You look ahead
Speaker 1: that the peek a boo and it's just a peekaboo
Speaker 1: trap because the Bills play the Patriots, and that's a
Speaker 1: game where if Buffalo were to beat the Patriots next week,
Speaker 1: that would be a jaw dropping thing that could change
Speaker 1: their entire franchise for this year. So do they start
Speaker 1: peeking ahead to Tom braiding the Patriots. Either way, the
Speaker 1: Bills will win the game. But that's too many points.
Speaker 1: These teams aren't that that far apart. Bills twenty three,
Speaker 1: Bengals twenty So you're throwing there's a cough button. Guess
Speaker 1: guy Penny Legs pay legs the Bills go with the
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Speaker 1: Benny Versus The Penny Atlanta one and one at Indianapolis.
Speaker 1: One and one is on CBS with Andrew Catalan and
Speaker 1: James Loft In the Colts open to two point favorite,
Speaker 1: their favorite by one and a half. The pick is
Speaker 1: in and I am gonna take Indie in this game.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take Indie here. Uh. The logic behind it,
Speaker 1: my hypothesis on this game. But we have Jacobe Brissette
Speaker 1: who has been surprisingly effective, not great, but effective. He's
Speaker 1: the ninth ranked quarterback in the NFL. He's ahead of
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, doesn't play well, and several other big name quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: The reason I say it's a it's somewhat good. He's
Speaker 1: not completely been great. It's because the passing yards are
Speaker 1: not solid. He has made some big throws in key
Speaker 1: spots for Indianapolis. But the Colts. The reason I like
Speaker 1: Indianapolis here is the mac attack of Marlon Mack as
Speaker 1: the security blanket here. He's been able to run over defense.
Speaker 1: Is at a big game against the Chargers. He can
Speaker 1: run over defenders. He can run with some agility there.
Speaker 1: And remember where the Vikings did to Atlanta in Week one. Uh,
Speaker 1: And I see a Dalvin Cook two point oh in
Speaker 1: the form of Marlon Mack this week. And plus Atlanta
Speaker 1: is coming off a big win for them prime time
Speaker 1: game with Michaels and Colin's worth their Sunday night football
Speaker 1: and this is just a regular, typical one o'clock start
Speaker 1: Eastern Standard time there for the Falcons. And the public
Speaker 1: seems to be all smitten with Atlanta because of that
Speaker 1: win against Philadelphia, and it's always good to bet against
Speaker 1: the public. And the formula over the Matt Ryan years
Speaker 1: in Atlanta has been that you bet on the Falcons
Speaker 1: at home in the Dome and against them on the road.
Speaker 1: Uh that. And then they've also had problems against a
Speaker 1: f C opponents. I've seen that over the last few
Speaker 1: years here. I think they're owing eleven against the spread
Speaker 1: their last eleven games and against the nf A f C.
Speaker 1: Uh if that means anything. If you're a trend player,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Colts. Colts thirty, Falcons twenty three.
Speaker 1: Penny likes the home team is well going with Indie.
Speaker 1: I like that you're letting me be the star of
Speaker 1: this podcast, guest, and you're not commandeering the podcast. You're
Speaker 1: not trying to take possession of it and bogart the podcast,
Speaker 1: which I like. I will try to be like your
Speaker 1: Wedday night and be quick. Wow. Alright, Oakland and my
Speaker 1: wife doesn't listen to this podcast. Oakland at Minnesota, both
Speaker 1: teams one and one. It is on Fox. You better watch.
Speaker 1: Dick Stockton and Mark schlay Writh have the call. So
Speaker 1: this is the game that they think it's gonna be
Speaker 1: very good. Actually, Stockton's had some good games. He didn't
Speaker 1: he have the Broncos game last week, Stockton in the
Speaker 1: Arizona game against the Lions, so he's he's actually two
Speaker 1: for two. All my cheap shot, my good two is
Speaker 1: cheap shots at Dick Stockton. I love the guy, but
Speaker 1: he seems like he's always doing the worst matchup. Anyway,
Speaker 1: this game, Vikings opened a seven point favorite. They are
Speaker 1: currently an eight point favorite, and that's two much. I
Speaker 1: am gonna take the Raiders here. I don't love this play,
Speaker 1: but if I had to pick a side, I'm and
Speaker 1: take the Raiders. The Raiders played biblically bad in the
Speaker 1: second quarter against the Chiefs and that was enough to
Speaker 1: to drown their that game. They give twenty eight points.
Speaker 1: Mahomes had like two seventy passing yards in the second quarter.
Speaker 1: They were gobsmacked by Patty Mahomes for fifteen minutes, but
Speaker 1: the rest of the game. They actually we're okay, Uh,
Speaker 1: you know you're picking your spots here. But the main
Speaker 1: reason to bet against the Vikings is Kirk Cousins. Until
Speaker 1: this guy gets a kick in the ass and comes
Speaker 1: around and plays better football, it's very difficult to win
Speaker 1: a game by over a touchdown with that kind of
Speaker 1: passing offense, which is ranked thirty feet in the NFL
Speaker 1: tied with the Dolphins. The Vikings are tied with their Dolphins.
Speaker 1: Not a lot of that is because of Game one
Speaker 1: where they just didn't throw the ball, but still embarrassing. Uh,
Speaker 1: They've got the Bears next week. Also, the Vikings. You
Speaker 1: look at the schedule, you look for an advantage. You say,
Speaker 1: Minnesota's a key divisional game for them, Vikings and Bears
Speaker 1: next week. So you're like, hey, this they must win.
Speaker 1: A loss to Oakland would be catastrophic for Minnesota. Now
Speaker 1: that doesn't mean they can't lose, but you said, well,
Speaker 1: it's it must win situation. But again, the Peekaboo, the
Speaker 1: Peekaboo factory. Not Secondly, I have been drinking the purple
Speaker 1: cool aid with the Minnesota defense, and I believe that
Speaker 1: to be legit. Uh. Aaron Rodgers got off to a
Speaker 1: good start last week, and then the rest of the
Speaker 1: of the bulk of the game, they're the Vikings, the
Speaker 1: purple people. Eaters just shut down the Packers offense. It
Speaker 1: was punt turnover on downs, just regular turnover. Uh So
Speaker 1: I love that the defense, But I'm just so pessimistic
Speaker 1: about Kirk Cousins. I think we used this stat on
Speaker 1: the radio show this week. I don't remember. I think
Speaker 1: I I planned on using it. Kirk Cousins has thrown
Speaker 1: twenty seven percent of his passes that have been uncatchable.
Speaker 1: That is tied for the second worst mark in the
Speaker 1: entire NFL. And other words, it's gonna be Mike Zimmers
Speaker 1: team that has to ride the defense. Obviously, Dalvin Cook here,
Speaker 1: and what's the point. And it got some good receivers
Speaker 1: in Minnesota, But what's the point. You can't throw the
Speaker 1: ball to theeling if he can't catch it. But the
Speaker 1: Vikings will win this game, but it's too many points.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna take the Vikings. Nineteen Raiders thirteen. Penny
Speaker 1: believes in the Vikings going Minnesota. All right, Next up,
Speaker 1: we got the big underdog games. Will stack these back
Speaker 1: to back and double digit underdogs. Just the perfect bet
Speaker 1: for many games. I've been a big underdog guy. This
Speaker 1: is gonna test my limits here because we have the Jets,
Speaker 1: j E t s Suck Suck, Suck, oh and one
Speaker 1: at the Giant at the knowing the Patriots rather two
Speaker 1: and all the CBS game, Kevin Harland, we love him,
Speaker 1: and Gannon Rich Gannon have the call Patriots. This game
Speaker 1: opened up. Originally, the original line was like a pick them, uh,
Speaker 1: and then Donald got motto and all these the Patriots
Speaker 1: got off the great start, and so now the Patriots
Speaker 1: are a twenty two and a half point favorite. It's
Speaker 1: as high as twenty three twenty three and a half
Speaker 1: in some spots. Uh. And I am gonna take the
Speaker 1: Jets in this game. I'm gonna take the Jets, and
Speaker 1: I know every indicator says, uh, Pagrits gonna Page's gonna
Speaker 1: win the game. It's a question if can they Can
Speaker 1: they win the game in blowout fashion? That would be
Speaker 1: their third straight blowout win. Blew out the Steelers, blew
Speaker 1: out the Dolphins. Can they do it again? Can they
Speaker 1: stack three? And ron Jets played the money night game.
Speaker 1: I understand why people are betting on the Patriots. Even
Speaker 1: with that big line, they didn't play very well against
Speaker 1: the Browns. It's like a cartoon anvil was dropped on
Speaker 1: their head. There's several guys that are as we're doing
Speaker 1: the podcast, could still be out for the Jets in
Speaker 1: the short week and they're starting a third stringer, Luke
Speaker 1: Falk first start. Guys been released by two different NFL
Speaker 1: teams already. He looked okay, although the numbers were miss
Speaker 1: leading at some zombie stats. If you watch the Money
Speaker 1: Night game, you know there's between the forties where he
Speaker 1: fattened up some of his passing numbers and he completed
Speaker 1: a high percentage, but they were dump off short passes,
Speaker 1: thinking Dad Dunk type passes. I was not impressed because
Speaker 1: I like numbers that lead the points. They didn't lead
Speaker 1: the point. The Jets had a stinking field goal, uh
Speaker 1: in sixty minutes, and historically rookie quarterbacks against the Patriots
Speaker 1: with Belichick, it is just, Uh, it's like a paradha
Speaker 1: blood in the water. Uh. It's it's terrible. Uh. The
Speaker 1: other thing, the Patriots defense, which has wrecked, having on
Speaker 1: their first a couple of points, that's the meat and
Speaker 1: potatoes here, and they're wonderful and great. The offense doesn't
Speaker 1: have to carry the load. They can mix and max
Speaker 1: the run in the past. They are a perfect team
Speaker 1: at this moment, the New England Patriots, and they will
Speaker 1: they will win the Super Bowl again and everyone will
Speaker 1: be upset and all that. But you know that's at
Speaker 1: this moment. That's the reality. But the Patriots as a
Speaker 1: franchise are owing four against the spread when giving twenty
Speaker 1: or more points to the opponent. So that's this spot. Now,
Speaker 1: that's not all under Belichick. That goes back. I believe
Speaker 1: the numbers are since nine, but most of that is
Speaker 1: under Belichick. And three of the four three of the
Speaker 1: four are in the Belichick era and they've not covered.
Speaker 1: Now that doesn't mean they can't cover this week. But
Speaker 1: this point spread is insane to the membrane. It's way
Speaker 1: too high that the Jets. The reason it's too high
Speaker 1: because the Jets will actually be trying, right, unlike that
Speaker 1: other team we're gonna talk about a minute. Typically, if
Speaker 1: you get over a touchdown in a divisional game, you
Speaker 1: take the points. This is three touchdowns. This is not
Speaker 1: what two. This is three. So as long as the Jets,
Speaker 1: go out there and fight. Feed the ball to Levi
Speaker 1: on Bell. Get a couple of of odd bounces from
Speaker 1: from Tom Brady, passes, deflecting and interceptions and all that.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna close my eyes, cover my ears, shut my mouth,
Speaker 1: and I will take the j e t s suck, suck,
Speaker 1: suck to cover Patriots thirty one Jets thirteen. Bennett's ugly,
Speaker 1: but someone's gonna do it. Penny's rolling with the New
Speaker 1: England Patriots. How great is it, GUESSCN that you can
Speaker 1: take the Jets and have them lose thirty one thirteen
Speaker 1: and still cover the spread? Isn't that wonderful? And this
Speaker 1: is like a college football spread you get like Alabama
Speaker 1: versus the Citadel. This is a gross line, but it is.
Speaker 1: It's nuts. I mean, this is so it is so foreign,
Speaker 1: it is so left handed. It's uh, it's odd. It's
Speaker 1: it's just man anyway. Uh, speaking of odd, the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: Do you like that thing? I sent you? Like that photo?
Speaker 1: It was? It was really good. That's pretty funny. I
Speaker 1: don't usually laugh at those things. There was a meme
Speaker 1: going around and it's somebody driving and it they took
Speaker 1: a photo out there their front front of the car
Speaker 1: there and it says, what a cool experience. I got
Speaker 1: to travel alongside the Miami Dolphins team boss on their
Speaker 1: way to practice this morning, and it showed this truck
Speaker 1: carrying porta potties deo porta potties. It was pretty funny.
Speaker 1: That's Funnypatrick on that thing though. That's uh yeah, he's
Speaker 1: not there, he's left. He got traded Miami at Dallas.
Speaker 1: What do you get this game, Gascon? I think I
Speaker 1: think Josh Rosen will have a lot of fun being
Speaker 1: the starting quarterback for this game. Yeah, exactly, Well, it's
Speaker 1: on Fox, Kevin Burkhart and Charles Davis. Dolphins obviously going
Speaker 1: two are on their way to Owen sixteen. They're trying
Speaker 1: for that. They're trying for the imperfect season. Will be
Speaker 1: the third imperfect season in my lifetime. Here. Wow, I've
Speaker 1: lived in the golden age of the tanking in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Dallas is two and oh. Cowboys have been playing great
Speaker 1: beaten up on dumpster teams. They're doing some dumpster diving
Speaker 1: on these bad teams. Dolphins opened a sixteen point underdog
Speaker 1: that the Cowboys are now a twenty or twenty and
Speaker 1: a half point favorite in favor of Dallas. There and
Speaker 1: and I am gonna break protocol here. I've always said
Speaker 1: that when you get double digit points, you take the
Speaker 1: underdog no matter what. But I've I've reached my limit.
Speaker 1: I've reached my limit. I feel the fate is sealed here.
Speaker 1: All roads lead to Rome, all roads lead to the
Speaker 1: Dolphins not caring. Uh So I'm gonna take the Cowboys.
Speaker 1: I think they I don't think they can make the
Speaker 1: line big enough on this game the way they Dolphins
Speaker 1: have played. Uh, Dak Prescott's to his credits, played well
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. I think that's more of an
Speaker 1: illusion than a long term time. The more more of
Speaker 1: a fad that a long term of thing. And Zeke Elliott,
Speaker 1: you know he he can you know, get his his
Speaker 1: yards and all that. Cowboys can pretty much follow the
Speaker 1: Navy slogan. It's by land, by air, by sea, and
Speaker 1: it's the Cowboys can score defensively because of interceptions from Rosen.
Speaker 1: They can score through Dak Prescott touchdowns and also on
Speaker 1: land by Zeke Elliott, and by sea would be like
Speaker 1: special teams. I mean, all options are on the table here.
Speaker 1: And the Dolphins will put up a futile resistance as
Speaker 1: they continue to be on the highway to hell. Uh,
Speaker 1: the imperfect season all that, but this has been an obscenity.
Speaker 1: It's it's it's made the Cleveland Browns and the Lions
Speaker 1: who were owing sixteen this it's only two games, but
Speaker 1: this is worse. Is that's possible They're off to a
Speaker 1: worst start than those team that the Browns were actually
Speaker 1: in some of those games they would lose back back
Speaker 1: in the day. And now it's it's a center of
Speaker 1: instead of having a gatorade, I believe gascon, they've switched
Speaker 1: out bleach on the sidelines. Uh. I think they're drinking
Speaker 1: bleach as a performance and answer. But I uh yeah,
Speaker 1: Josh Rosen starting that doesn't do anything for me. That's uh,
Speaker 1: that's an Apple's apples thing with uh with Fitzpatrick and
Speaker 1: but how upset of the Dolphins sough Fitzpatrick had shown anything,
Speaker 1: he would have likely been traded to one of these
Speaker 1: teams that lost their quarterback. He would have been traded
Speaker 1: this week. And he's been so bad because everyone around
Speaker 1: him sucks that he hasn't been he's stuck there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but what about Josh Roseen. He goes from a bad
Speaker 1: situation in Arizona to an even worse situation now in Miami.
Speaker 1: You got a mutiny there and everyone's leaving. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: not a big rose And guy. He annoys me. He's
Speaker 1: got that elitist kind of vibe to him. Snotty, arrogant,
Speaker 1: preppy kind of guy. I don't like those kind of guys.
Speaker 1: He he annoys me. But but there's no need. You can't.
Speaker 1: You cannot put lipstick. It's not a lipstick and deodorant
Speaker 1: for the Cowboys. The ownership wants to lose. The coaching
Speaker 1: staff is complicit. The players are following along, fighting with
Speaker 1: each other. It's a football monstrosity. Eat is puke, it is.
Speaker 1: It is the Texas chainsaw massacre. What's gonna happen again
Speaker 1: this weekend? Now? I will tell you historically you should
Speaker 1: take the points, but I'm gonna go against the trends
Speaker 1: four There have been eight NFL favorites of twenty points
Speaker 1: or more and none of those teams have covered the spread.
Speaker 1: Their oh and eight against the spread. So historically you
Speaker 1: would say that the Dolphins will stumble into this and
Speaker 1: they'll win. But the Cowboys rather win, but they won't
Speaker 1: cover the spread. But I believe the streak ends. Again,
Speaker 1: I there's no reason as a game. But if you're
Speaker 1: gonna bet on this game, you have to bet on
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. Typically I'd say you bet on the underdog.
Speaker 1: But it's Tank for for twa Tank for two A
Speaker 1: talk about Lawa, the Alabama quarterback, and Dak Prescott continues
Speaker 1: his march to Babylon for his big pay day there.
Speaker 1: I I can't see any scenario where the Cowboys lose
Speaker 1: the game. Obviously they'll win the game. Cowboys fifty two
Speaker 1: Dolphins three man Penny is also go with the Dallas
Speaker 1: Cowboys Penny versus the Penny, the extended version. But we
Speaker 1: are going quick here because guess Garrett has something else
Speaker 1: to do and you have to hurry up. Uh, Giants
Speaker 1: are owing to Tampa Bay one and one. It's on Fox.
Speaker 1: Friend of the show, A Mallard Militiaman Kenny Albert. We
Speaker 1: love Kenny Albert and he's working with the barber's Ronde
Speaker 1: Barber and Tikey Barber. I believe Tikey Barber is you
Speaker 1: know Ronde Barber is going in the Obviously Ranney is
Speaker 1: going in the Buccaneers Hall of Fame at halftime of
Speaker 1: this game, but Tikey Barber is gonna be there as well.
Speaker 1: Uh Now, a couple of the Bucks are a six
Speaker 1: and a half point favorite, and they opened to four.
Speaker 1: It's up to six and a half. The line I
Speaker 1: have here, no line movement after the quarterback change for
Speaker 1: the Giants. I'm gonna take the Giants here, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: I'm gonna. I don't love this game, but I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take the Giants. That's the side I like. Keeping up
Speaker 1: with the Joneses is the headline. This game is all
Speaker 1: about Daniel Jones. Will he have beginner's luck here? Doesn't matter?
Speaker 1: Can he play well and still lose? Of course, Tampa
Speaker 1: looked pretty good last week against the Bucks, but I
Speaker 1: believe that's misleading because Cam Newton was limping around and
Speaker 1: all that. The Giants have not been competitive the first
Speaker 1: two games. They continued to be a dog food franchise.
Speaker 1: That's not gonna change just because you changed quarterbacks. But
Speaker 1: but this is actually a pretty good spot for New
Speaker 1: York again, because Tampa Bay is being overvalued because of
Speaker 1: the public's overreacting to what they did. Against Cam Newton.
Speaker 1: Carolina is just just brutal without Cam, and it's a
Speaker 1: matchup of two bad teams, much like we talked about earlier.
Speaker 1: I think it was the Bengals Bills game. I don't
Speaker 1: need as much difference in these teams, and you're getting
Speaker 1: almost a touchdown. It's a blessing. Now. Secondly, Jameis Winston
Speaker 1: versus Daniel Jones here this is like a kid picking
Speaker 1: between a plate of cauliflower that you know is bad
Speaker 1: and a mystery dish which you think is going to
Speaker 1: be suspect. You're not sure. You're gonna likely lose either way.
Speaker 1: But Winston was actually worth than Eli Manning, who got
Speaker 1: benched song H Statistically, he had a good first half,
Speaker 1: had a good first half I believe last week in
Speaker 1: the Carolina game, and then he did the face plant
Speaker 1: the second half, but it didn't matter. Winston's the thirtieth
Speaker 1: ranked quarterback in the NFL, and the turnovers the great
Speaker 1: equalizer here especially, you're getting the points that Giants will ride. Finally,
Speaker 1: sequon Barkley the Express train and Tampa. They will have
Speaker 1: some fun with Danny Dimes, but he will play well
Speaker 1: enough to hang around and both these teams bad defensively.
Speaker 1: Buccaneers thirty three, Giants thirty and Giants get the money.
Speaker 1: Penny Haynes doing this. It's going with Jamis Winston and
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers. I'll get some crab legs. Okay, yeah, have
Speaker 1: a good time. Caroline is also a late game, Carolina.
Speaker 1: All these the rest of these games are late games.
Speaker 1: Carolina owing to Arizona one on one or oh one
Speaker 1: and one. Rather, it's on Fox. Dan Helly and our
Speaker 1: Fox Sports radio colleague Brady Quinn have the call on this.
Speaker 1: Brady does a show with Jonas right, and they still
Speaker 1: work Saturday. Sunday's Yeah, Sunday's Uh, Carolina open a three
Speaker 1: point favorite and they are a two and the number
Speaker 1: I have here? Tell me if I'm wrong? Is I
Speaker 1: have two and a half? Uh? And if that's as
Speaker 1: a road favorite, And he said, well, how can you?
Speaker 1: How could Carolina be a road favorite with a backup
Speaker 1: quarterback who's likely to play here? I actually like the
Speaker 1: Panthers even with what appears to be Kyle Allen getting
Speaker 1: the start. And I'll tell you why. Carolina has served
Speaker 1: up cream of mushroom soup so far, right, there's no
Speaker 1: no no real backbone to any of this. With Drew
Speaker 1: Brees injured in New Orleans, there is still a legitimate
Speaker 1: path to win the NFC South even after an O
Speaker 1: and two start, because you know Atlanta is gonna lose
Speaker 1: a couple of games here. The Saints have already lost
Speaker 1: a game. Now you look around, Tampa's lost the game.
Speaker 1: The revival, the renaissance has to start this week. Oh
Speaker 1: and three is a much big good deal than owen
Speaker 1: to uh and so Cam Newton looks like he's gonna
Speaker 1: be out by all accounts. You guys in the damn
Speaker 1: walking boot at the time we're doing this, And and
Speaker 1: and Kyle Allen, who I had never really heard of,
Speaker 1: is going to get the start. The reason I like
Speaker 1: Carolina is that Arizona is a bad team. They were
Speaker 1: the worst team in football last year. They're a little
Speaker 1: better this year. I'm not optimistic with Kyler Murray, like
Speaker 1: the media loves this guy. Public is foolishly writing the
Speaker 1: Cardinals as a home dog here I have, I have
Speaker 1: Arizona is the favorite right now. Okay, so they flipped
Speaker 1: a lot. What's the line now? Yeah, so open at
Speaker 1: Carolina minus three. It's now Arizona minus two and a half. Okay,
Speaker 1: so then I like Carolina even more. I like Carolina
Speaker 1: even more because the public has been betting on Arizona
Speaker 1: a lot. They like that, and they're no longer a
Speaker 1: home underdog. But Kyle Allen, this is one of those
Speaker 1: Disney esque type stories. They're chicken soup for the soul
Speaker 1: is LOONI would say back in the day, Kyle Allen
Speaker 1: hometown kid. He's from Scottsdale. He returns to the Phoenix, Scottsdale, Glendale,
Speaker 1: Arizona area, the area there in the Valley of the Sun,
Speaker 1: and leads Carolina to a win. Panthers three Cardinals. No
Speaker 1: chance in hell penny of saying Arizona with this one
Speaker 1: and Kyler murder the upa Loopa knock about that? I
Speaker 1: don't know New Orleans want what you like him too?
Speaker 1: You're such a jocksonifer New Orleans one and one at
Speaker 1: Seattle too, And oh it's on CBS, Jim Nance and
Speaker 1: his burnt toast photo and Toney Row Uh Seahawks the
Speaker 1: line I have here. I wrote this down a few
Speaker 1: hours ago, so I hope it hasn't changed. Uh Seattle
Speaker 1: favored by four is that the correct all right, So
Speaker 1: I'm right on that. I'm a little gunshye now, but
Speaker 1: Seattle by four, uh, I'm actually gonna take the Saints here.
Speaker 1: They're not gonna win the game, but I'm gonna take
Speaker 1: New Ones. And I'll tell you why one Uh. Not
Speaker 1: to be a panic peddler, but the house is on
Speaker 1: fire in New Orleans. Teddy Bridgewater and Taysom Hill will
Speaker 1: take over for New four NU once which you know
Speaker 1: you have two quarterbacks, you don't have one as the
Speaker 1: old line goes there, and it's gonna be from a
Speaker 1: dynamic offensive perspective, it's gonna be a pointless endeaver. The
Speaker 1: Saints are gonna have to change the way they play offense.
Speaker 1: I would think common sense, and it's it's at best
Speaker 1: going to be a slippery slope. It's hard to imagine
Speaker 1: that Seattle is gonna overlook New Orleans. Outside of that,
Speaker 1: the the Saints they're gonna have to to do this
Speaker 1: with their defense. They're gonna have to play much better
Speaker 1: in the secondary. Hid Eli Apple, for example, win the
Speaker 1: special teams. The three prongs of football offense, defensive, special teams.
Speaker 1: You've gotta be able to hold your own defensively and
Speaker 1: on special teams if your offense has a backup quarterback.
Speaker 1: And while the Seahawks are too and all the second
Speaker 1: thing here, they have not exactly been clicking on all cylinders.
Speaker 1: They got a lucky break against the Bengals. They played
Speaker 1: with fire when when the Steelers back up Mason Rudolph
Speaker 1: came in and he jumped in the frying pan. Played
Speaker 1: pretty well against Seattle's second here. So I'm gonna take
Speaker 1: the Saints here and the points for two reasons. Everyone
Speaker 1: and their mother in the public loves Seattle. They think
Speaker 1: the Saints have no chance. And generally speaking, when a
Speaker 1: new quarterback takes over, you have that kind of bump,
Speaker 1: that short term bump, uh, if you know what I'm
Speaker 1: saying here. So I I prefer the Saints, I generally,
Speaker 1: and if I had to choose, I would choose the
Speaker 1: underdog over there. I don't like bet in the chalk
Speaker 1: uh a week to prep for New Orleans. Here they
Speaker 1: will have laser like focusing, gonna trying to prove the
Speaker 1: doubters wrong. I'm a doubter by the way, but I'm
Speaker 1: still taking them in the points. I say they hang
Speaker 1: around another close game for the Seahawks, Saints and Seahawks.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna actually pick New Orleans to win this guy,
Speaker 1: I need they'll pull the upset. Saints twenty Seahawks seventeen.
Speaker 1: No chance in hell at this one. Pants going with
Speaker 1: the Seahawks home field advantage right there at Bengals went
Speaker 1: in there and lit up the seat and covered the spread.
Speaker 1: Thank you very much, Huston one and one. At the
Speaker 1: Los Angeles Chargers of Carson, California. We wish we were
Speaker 1: in San Diego. Uh uh the Charges in Texans. Here
Speaker 1: it's on Fox. Spiro Adidas, former voice of the Lakers
Speaker 1: and the Knickerbockers, and Adam Archiletta, who's claimed to famous.
Speaker 1: He worked with me years ago on an NBC. But
Speaker 1: the Chargers opened a four point favorite. They are a
Speaker 1: three point favorite, which means this game is pretty much
Speaker 1: even in the eyes of Vegas. The Chargers get three
Speaker 1: points because they're the home team. I'm gonna take the
Speaker 1: Chargers here. I actually liked the Chargers a lot in
Speaker 1: this spot. This is a nice bounce back for the
Speaker 1: team that should be in San Diego. They escaped against
Speaker 1: Jacksonville at the Texans. Dad at home. Uh. And I
Speaker 1: would think that those big pass rushers for the Chargers
Speaker 1: will be licking their chops at Deshaun Watson, who has
Speaker 1: no internal clock, holds the ball too long. Uh he uh,
Speaker 1: he goes away. That doesn't help the offensive line. You know,
Speaker 1: they say basic quarterback play, the ways you avoid sax
Speaker 1: obviously make quicker decisions. He's been bad about that. His
Speaker 1: internal clock is off, Deshaun Watson. The other thing is,
Speaker 1: if you really want to help the offensive line, you
Speaker 1: have to step up in the pocket. You can't he
Speaker 1: he goes right to left, he runs around. He's a scrambler.
Speaker 1: But if you look at what Tom Brady and the
Speaker 1: truly elite great quarterbacks do. Peyton Manning I hated him,
Speaker 1: but he used to do this also. You step up
Speaker 1: in the pocket. If if if Deshaun Watson just did that,
Speaker 1: when he's feeling pressure, just step up in the pocket.
Speaker 1: The offensive line blocks in lanes. I don't getting too
Speaker 1: much into excellence. I was a football which is not
Speaker 1: what this is about. Uh. But but it's it's annoying
Speaker 1: because Watson does this all the time. He's been sacked
Speaker 1: ten times in two games. Ten times in two games,
Speaker 1: the beat goes on here. Despite Laramie Tunzel being the
Speaker 1: new sheriff in town, Watson is the weak link. He
Speaker 1: sucked last week against Jacksonville's defense. It wasn't for a
Speaker 1: late turnover UH the and then Jacksonville and also that
Speaker 1: two point conversion that didn't go well. Jacksonville could have
Speaker 1: easily won that game. The book on him out of Clemson.
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson was this guy's fragile UH and he will
Speaker 1: struggle to stay healthy in the NFL, and so far
Speaker 1: that has been the case. He has always dinged up.
Speaker 1: He's always got some kind of ailment and it affects
Speaker 1: his performance. And I would expect a bullrush this weekend.
Speaker 1: I really do like the Chargers uh secondary also with
Speaker 1: guys like Casey Hayward and Desmond King who should be
Speaker 1: able to slow down Deshaun, Deshaun Hopkins UH and Deshaun
Speaker 1: Watson so good rebound spot zig zag theory betting on
Speaker 1: the Charges after a indignity losing to the Lions, the
Speaker 1: public's all over Houston as a dog. I'll take the
Speaker 1: Chargers thirty, Texans sixteen. Deshaun Watson gets knocked out of
Speaker 1: this game. Penny is going DeAndre Hopkins and the Houston Texans,
Speaker 1: all right. Next up we have Pittsburgh oh and two
Speaker 1: at San Francisco too and oh with Greg Humble and
Speaker 1: Trent Green on the call. The forty Niners. This game
Speaker 1: opened to pick him in. The Niners have them as
Speaker 1: a touchdown favorite on my big board. So Santa Clara, uh,
Speaker 1: laying a touchdown after the game opened, a pick him.
Speaker 1: That's a big number there, uh in this game. So
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the I'm gonna take the forty Niners here.
Speaker 1: Uh you know, actually no, I'm not. I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: the other on. I'm gonna take the Steers here on
Speaker 1: that that line is too big to me. That line,
Speaker 1: I don't think that line even with the backup quarterback here.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna take. I'm gonna take Pittsburgh. Same thinking
Speaker 1: with some of these other teams. Pittsburgh's owen too. Uh.
Speaker 1: They still think they're gonna be a competitive team even
Speaker 1: without Roethlisberger. They got Mason Rudolph, the red nose quarterback.
Speaker 1: It's his first dance as the Steelers quarterback. Will he
Speaker 1: have beginners luck? Will the forty Niners take advantage. They
Speaker 1: have been very opportunistic here the first couple of weeks. Uh.
Speaker 1: And you say, one of this a pretty good spot here,
Speaker 1: but you you gotta keep an eye on the wounded bear.
Speaker 1: The Steelers are a wounded bear, and the wounded bear
Speaker 1: is very dangerous. Uh. Niners have been celebrated here in
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks with these winds or two
Speaker 1: and oh, Jimmy Garoppolo has played much better than I expected.
Speaker 1: He's put on a passing clinic last week. The Niners
Speaker 1: start to to get some buzz, they start buying into
Speaker 1: that hype, and then they slip up and don't play
Speaker 1: a great game. Niners will win, but they won't cover.
Speaker 1: I'll take the Steelers and the points forty Niners twenty
Speaker 1: six Steelers twenty three. Penny's going with the home team
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Speaker 1: you listen to this um So you go in with
Speaker 1: the minds, like for example, the Sunday night game Rams
Speaker 1: and Browns two and oh Rams oh and one Browns.
Speaker 1: If you have a side that you like in the game,
Speaker 1: you have to then decide do you want to take
Speaker 1: that Saturday Night it's Al Michael's and Chris Collinsworth. I'll
Speaker 1: tell you what I think. The Rams are a three
Speaker 1: point road favorite. Uh in this particularly actually it opened
Speaker 1: it two and a half. It's at three. The public
Speaker 1: is betting on the Rams. I think the publics on
Speaker 1: the right side. I like to bet against the public.
Speaker 1: I know home Dogs are good, but I just have
Speaker 1: not seen enough from the Browns here to leave me
Speaker 1: to believe they're gonna be great. Sean mcbay's team has
Speaker 1: been able to win ugly. Rams are two and oh
Speaker 1: they have yet to put everything together, like a diesel
Speaker 1: engine that takes time to warm up. It's trial and
Speaker 1: error right now. Rams arete and yards per game holy,
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh. Jared Goff has been at inadequate. He's provided
Speaker 1: shoddy and inferior quarterback plays, averaging a very average pedestrian
Speaker 1: seven yards per attempt, twenty in quarterback rating behind Derek Carr,
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco, guys like that. The saving race for the
Speaker 1: Rams is the defense Aaron Donald, who statistically has not
Speaker 1: been great, and but his teammates are collectively the ensemble
Speaker 1: cast fifth in yards allowed. The Rams are, and part
Speaker 1: of that is because of a very friendly schedule. I'm
Speaker 1: not naive to that. The second thing here, Baker Mayfield
Speaker 1: and the Browns have not impression. Mayfield has been played
Speaker 1: in terrible football to start the year. Uh. They did
Speaker 1: get a nice comfortable win against the Jets, but they
Speaker 1: didn't even score a lot of style points against the
Speaker 1: bottom feeder team like the Jets. They can only ride
Speaker 1: the coattails of Baker Mayfield so far because the coat
Speaker 1: tails are sour. They're rotting their sulfur. And you gotta
Speaker 1: think the Rams are going to be able to under
Speaker 1: my nine Baker Mayfield. He don't need some smelling salts
Speaker 1: with that Ram defense here. Rams have been a great
Speaker 1: road team under Sean McVeigh since he took over. There's
Speaker 1: a good spot earlier this season. Not gonna be ridiculously cold,
Speaker 1: nasty weather in Cleveland. It will be fine, calm, mild conditions.
Speaker 1: It's not like a West Coast team going to snow
Speaker 1: game if this game had been played in December in Cleveland.
Speaker 1: Rams Brown's twenty unanimous selection there. Penny's also going with
Speaker 1: the Rams alright. Last one Monday Night Football Chicago one
Speaker 1: on one at Washington, Oh and two. It's on ESPN
Speaker 1: with Joe Testa tour and Booker McFarland and the Chicago
Speaker 1: Bears opened a five point favorite. The line is currently
Speaker 1: at four here. And I don't love this matchup, but
Speaker 1: I am gonna take the Chicago Bears, and I'll tell
Speaker 1: you why. Chicago has a not so subtle problem. It's
Speaker 1: Mitchell Trobiski who has been in a death spiral as
Speaker 1: since the beginning of the year. He's got the second
Speaker 1: worst quarterback rating in the NFL. Only Ryan Fitzpatrick, who
Speaker 1: just got benched this week, has been worse. But wait,
Speaker 1: there's more. He's tied for the second most uncatchable passes
Speaker 1: with Kirk Cousins and uh, he's just been bad all
Speaker 1: the way around. So I don't love the Bears because
Speaker 1: of him, but I'm gonna take the Bears in spite
Speaker 1: of him, mainly because of the shortcomings of the Redskins,
Speaker 1: and I was on the Redskins last week. They just
Speaker 1: could not hang with Dallas and even having the spunk
Speaker 1: of case Keeno, which I do. I do think he's
Speaker 1: got that moxie that I like. Um, not that he's good,
Speaker 1: but there are limits that the Bears defense should man
Speaker 1: handle case Keenum. Chicago doesn't have to score that much
Speaker 1: if they're able to put a blockade up and have
Speaker 1: that old Stonewall Jackson uh situation going on against the Redskins.
Speaker 1: And and although true Bisky's follies make this a less
Speaker 1: than fully desirable situation to lay over a field goal
Speaker 1: with the Bear, however, the value is in the Chicago's defense.
Speaker 1: That's the most impressive unit on any team in this game. Redskins. Also,
Speaker 1: if you go by the trend, how about this for
Speaker 1: a trend. Since y years, the Washington Redskins have played
Speaker 1: eighteen Monday night football games at home in the Dan
Speaker 1: Snyder run here since you know how many of those
Speaker 1: games they've covered one one in seventeen against the spread
Speaker 1: in Monday nine games. That is unbelievable. They have changed
Speaker 1: coaches and quarterbacks and players, and they did not compete
Speaker 1: in Monday night. And they'll hang around this game. But
Speaker 1: take the Bears and ride that defense. Bears sixteen, Redskins
Speaker 1: nine penny on the other way, going with the Skins,
Speaker 1: all right, that's it. That's a rap. It is benny
Speaker 1: versus the penny for another week. Enjoy the games this weekend,
Speaker 1: have some some good time. Enjoy the college football as well.
Speaker 1: People want college football where not doing that on this
Speaker 1: at least not for now. But there will be a
Speaker 1: guaranteed winning week I'm gonna have a winning I'm calling
Speaker 1: my shot. I like the card this week. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be like pitch and putt. I will. I'll be all
Speaker 1: right here, so I have a great weekend. Thank you,
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