Speaker 1: Hey everybody, Welcome back to the Betting Pros podcast. I'm
Speaker 1: your host, Dan Harris. Find me on Twitter at Dan
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Speaker 1: the week six NFL lines, and to break it all
Speaker 1: down with me is my friend Mike Randall from the
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Speaker 1: thanks for coming on the show.
Speaker 2: How you doing, Dan, I'm doing great. It's an honor.
Speaker 2: Week six here, refreshed and replenished from an exciting Week five,
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Speaker 1: All right, Mike, we walked through it a little bit.
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Speaker 1: The Bucks are visiting the Eagles on Thursday Night Football.
Speaker 1: The Bucks are currently laying seven. The total is fifty
Speaker 1: two and a half. We obviously have some unknowns a
Speaker 1: little bit here. You've got maybe Rob Gronkowski plays. Hopefully
Speaker 1: we'll know that soon. Brady has the big rap apparently
Speaker 1: on his thumb. Chances are he's going to play. What
Speaker 1: do you think here with the point spread of seven.
Speaker 2: Well, I'm going towards the Bucks. Do you know Dan
Speaker 2: that the Buccaneers have allowed to opposing quarterbacks a grand
Speaker 2: total of thirteen yards this year on nine attempts. On
Speaker 2: the other side, we have Jalen Hurts here second among
Speaker 2: all quarterbacks and rushing yards. Something has to give. I'm
Speaker 2: gonna go with the Bucks defense. The Bucks play at
Speaker 2: a real fast paced Philadelphia has been tough. They battled.
Speaker 2: They had the great comeback win against Carolina this week.
Speaker 2: But Tampa Bay has just been clicking. Has so many weapons,
Speaker 2: Antonio Brown, Tom Brady, the offense is so efficient. I
Speaker 2: just don't see a way that Philadelphia is gonna be
Speaker 2: able to generate enough points if they're not dominant on
Speaker 2: the ground, and they're not going to be. Jalen Hurts
Speaker 2: has been oppressive for fantasy owners. They love him because
Speaker 2: he finds a way to get to those twenty to
Speaker 2: twenty five fantasy points, but I don't trust their passing attack.
Speaker 2: The Eagles always play hard, have a strong defense. It
Speaker 2: looks like they'll be without Dallas Goddard this week, also,
Speaker 2: who was just placed on the COVID list. Bucks are
Speaker 2: also four and one to the over this year in
Speaker 2: their games. This game is hovering in that low fifty range.
Speaker 2: I think it's gonna go well. Over games in prime
Speaker 2: time were really hot going to the over, then they
Speaker 2: slowed down in Week four. I think this one picks
Speaker 2: up again. The Eagles always can score points late. I'm
Speaker 2: gonna take the Bucks and lay the points. I wish
Speaker 2: it was at six and a half, which it was
Speaker 2: at earlier in the week, but I'll lay this here
Speaker 2: for the Buccaneers on the road.
Speaker 1: It is oddly enough, it is at six and a
Speaker 1: half at my book, thankfully at DraftKings, so I will
Speaker 1: be able to take it. But I am in agreement
Speaker 1: with you all the way around. And again, people have
Speaker 1: been listening to this podcast now, I basically back the
Speaker 1: Eagles every week we have our three best bets. I
Speaker 1: took the Eagles this week against the Panthers.
Speaker 3: I like, sort of.
Speaker 1: I think there's so much more under the surface with
Speaker 1: the Eagles, but not in this game right now. I
Speaker 1: really don't see how it's gonna happen. And again, the total,
Speaker 1: you're right, do you think it's gonna move by the way,
Speaker 1: I mean, I assume it's probably seven. I feel like
Speaker 1: it's probably where other than DraftKings. Seven is probably where
Speaker 1: it lands in the end. I mean, we all have
Speaker 1: a couple of days at this point, but.
Speaker 2: I think it's seven. You don't want to give that
Speaker 2: seven and a half. And we saw last night with
Speaker 2: the Colts and the Ravens how important that seven is.
Speaker 2: That's the place it's gonna end up. I just see
Speaker 2: this game being very similar when the Chiefs played at
Speaker 2: Philadelphia and it just gets away from them late couple
Speaker 2: turnovers there. They will battle with Hurts, but I don't
Speaker 2: see a situation Dan where Hurts and the Eagles offense
Speaker 2: can dominate on the ground. And if that's the case,
Speaker 2: this game could get blown wide open.
Speaker 1: I mean, they're not even gonna Nobody even attempts at
Speaker 1: this point to run the ball whatsoever. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: interesting to see what Hurt says. But it was a
Speaker 1: great sat that you gave there about quarterbacks rushing. Let's
Speaker 1: go to the Dolphins visiting the Jaguars. Dolphins are laying
Speaker 1: three and a half right now in the total is
Speaker 1: forty seven.
Speaker 3: What do you think.
Speaker 2: Favorites in the London game over in the pond nineteen
Speaker 2: to ten against the spread. That's sixty six percent. Jaguars
Speaker 2: have their bye week coming up, and there's a lot
Speaker 2: of reports that Urban Meyer will be fired, so you
Speaker 2: can argue he's a dead man walking here. Miles Gaskin
Speaker 2: came alive for the Dolphins. He was the PPR RB
Speaker 2: two and the Jags are just dreadful on defense, thirty
Speaker 2: first overall, only behind the Chiefs. I trust Brian Flores
Speaker 2: more getting his team ready. There's not gonna be Will Fuller.
Speaker 2: There's injuries on both sides. No DJ chalk for Jacksonville.
Speaker 2: I just think that the Dolphins right now are the
Speaker 2: more cohesive unit. I think they're better coached, and I
Speaker 2: think they find a way here with a little more
Speaker 2: talent than a Jaguars team that is just going in
Speaker 2: the wrong direction. I do like the under here, though,
Speaker 2: I have to tell you the Jags in Miami, they're
Speaker 2: both very slow in their pace. I know that the
Speaker 2: over got there last week in sort of an odd
Speaker 2: situation at the end of the game. But I like
Speaker 2: the Dolphins to win this game to cover the number,
Speaker 2: and I do like the under here. Over in the
Speaker 2: pond with this game between the Jags and Dolphins.
Speaker 3: This is where you think it ends up, by the
Speaker 3: way three and a.
Speaker 2: Half, Yeah, I think so. They're gonna those key numbers
Speaker 2: are three and seven, so they're gonna want to keep
Speaker 2: it there to try to attract the fifty to fifty action.
Speaker 2: But I just don't think it's gonna matter because I
Speaker 2: think the Dolphins here finally have found a running back
Speaker 2: that they need, Jacoby Brissett, is very solid. Trevor Lawrence
Speaker 2: has had some turnover problems. They still should have beat
Speaker 2: the Cardinals in that game except for that ridiculous flea
Speaker 2: flicker at home that was a pick six. So I'm
Speaker 2: just trusting the better team. Other Jaguars going to break
Speaker 2: through here for a lame duck coach over in the
Speaker 2: pond against the Dolphins, I don't see it.
Speaker 3: Hey, can I ask?
Speaker 1: Because I think and again I'm being as totally honest
Speaker 1: with our audience as possible as I said. I was
Speaker 1: visiting family in New York. I've been keeping up with
Speaker 1: the news. I've still been working, but I've been driving
Speaker 1: pretty much all day. I there seems to be some
Speaker 1: kind of remote optimism that Tua could potentially play in
Speaker 1: this game.
Speaker 3: Or am I totally off on that? Is it just
Speaker 3: definitely preset in.
Speaker 2: This I'm hearing that I think it's gonna be Brissett.
Speaker 2: If it was Tua, I would feel even stronger about
Speaker 2: this because I think he comes back and he gives them,
Speaker 2: you know, he still has that talent. People are down
Speaker 2: on two are very polarizing in Miami. If he comes back,
Speaker 2: I like it even more. I'm making this pick based.
Speaker 3: On Bressett perfect.
Speaker 1: That's exactly what I thought, by the way, because I
Speaker 1: also like it more if Tua comes back, and I
Speaker 1: agree like I was very high, again mostly from a
Speaker 1: fantasy perspective, but on what we were going to see from
Speaker 1: two and now they've got injuries. Who who knows a
Speaker 1: Parker is going to play, and as you said, they're
Speaker 1: already down Will Fuller. I don't think it matters. I
Speaker 1: think they can easily take this game. The Jaguars are
Speaker 1: in disarray, and you're right after that bye week, we're
Speaker 1: going to see what's coming up. The Vikings now are
Speaker 1: visiting the Panthers. The Panthers are laying a point and
Speaker 1: the total is forty six.
Speaker 3: What do you think about this one?
Speaker 2: I like the Vikings here. I have had some strange
Speaker 2: attraction to the Minnesota Vikings all year. I trust Mike Zimmer.
Speaker 2: I think this defense is going to improve. They should
Speaker 2: have had a couple more wins. Of course, the miskick
Speaker 2: against Arizona. They were gaming at Cincinnati in the opening game.
Speaker 2: Both Carolina and Minnesota are great against the pass. The
Speaker 2: Vikings do need Dalvin cookback. I'm hoping he returns here.
Speaker 2: Alexander Madison is fine. But I like this Vikings team.
Speaker 2: I think they're gonna get better as the year goes on. Now,
Speaker 2: the line opened at three and dropped despite the overwhelming
Speaker 2: amount of bets and money are coming in on the Panthers.
Speaker 2: I think the Vikings are very live underdog here. People
Speaker 2: are going to be off them because you can argue
Speaker 2: they should have lost against Detroit last week. No problem,
Speaker 2: I like the Vikings. I think the Panthers are a
Speaker 2: little overrated right now. Sam Darnold's been fantastic. I don't
Speaker 2: think last week is going to repeat itself. But I
Speaker 2: think this is a very close game. I think it's
Speaker 2: a low scoring game and I will take the Vikings
Speaker 2: here to pull the upset straight up against the Panthers.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's right. Again.
Speaker 1: I actually thought very disappointing with the Vikings because I
Speaker 1: mean they were laying I think it might have closed
Speaker 1: at ten. It was nine and half when I saw
Speaker 1: it early on the week. I thought they were gonna cover.
Speaker 1: I thought they were gonna absolutely blow the doors off
Speaker 1: that game, and they didn't. And they just couldn't put
Speaker 1: the lines away. Now admittedly they should, I mean, you
Speaker 1: know they fumbled at the end. The fact that they
Speaker 1: won on the last second field go like they also
Speaker 1: fumble the ball away that allowed the Lions obviously to
Speaker 1: score and take the lead. But I agree, I've kind
Speaker 1: of look, man, I get that the Panthers start out hot,
Speaker 1: their defense played has played better than expected generally, and
Speaker 1: it's fairly strong. But realistically, I've seen Sam Donald play
Speaker 1: for years. This does not look like a different version
Speaker 1: of Sam Donald right now. So I'm all about fading
Speaker 1: the Panthers. I agree with you right now, even on
Speaker 1: the road, I would. I do like the Vikings here.
Speaker 1: Bengals are visiting the Lions. The Bengals are laying three
Speaker 1: and a half. The total is forty seven and a half.
Speaker 3: What do you think?
Speaker 2: You know, the Lions have played very tough and if
Speaker 2: you look at the stats, they don't look that great
Speaker 2: with DVOA. But I like the Lions at home here
Speaker 2: getting that number. That is a key number you're going
Speaker 2: to give to me. The Bengals are going on the road.
Speaker 2: They fought against that Packers team. The Lions should have
Speaker 2: won this game. They are still fighting for Dan Campbell.
Speaker 2: DeAndre Swift has been absolutely fantastic and the Bengals get
Speaker 2: gashed by opposing pass catching running back second most targets,
Speaker 2: third most receptions. I think this is a possible win
Speaker 2: for the Lions at home. I think they're gonna get
Speaker 2: off the schneid here and find a way to beat
Speaker 2: a Bengals team that still has troubles Dan on that
Speaker 2: offensive line, Dan Campbell gets that defense fighting Jared Goff.
Speaker 2: Hopefully Hockinson is able to play and can be effective.
Speaker 2: I like the Lions here. That's a lot of points
Speaker 2: to be laying with a Bengals team on the road.
Speaker 2: They have played well, the defense has played well, so again,
Speaker 2: I like the under here, but I'm not at the
Speaker 2: point where I'm laying points with the Bengals on the
Speaker 2: road yet, not against the team that will respond positively
Speaker 2: to that Dan Campbell press conference after the loss last week.
Speaker 1: This strikes me as a game where the public is
Speaker 1: going to be more on the Bengals and the sharp
Speaker 1: betterers are going to be more on the Lions, right
Speaker 1: because as long as you are getting that hook, there's
Speaker 1: going to be value with that on lines at home.
Speaker 1: Who again, as you mentioned, they play their butts off
Speaker 1: all right. They may not have the talent right now.
Speaker 1: Their offensive line has been decimated another injury a wide
Speaker 1: receiver right now with quint Stivas and the collar bone,
Speaker 1: but they have enough.
Speaker 3: Sort of wherewithal I think to keep this game close.
Speaker 1: So if you are getting overfield goal out of curiosity,
Speaker 1: do you think, because I'm assuming right now, that when
Speaker 1: you're going to count the number of bets that come in,
Speaker 1: it's going to be heavily on the Bengals. When you're
Speaker 1: gonna count the money, it's going to be closer to
Speaker 1: fifty to fifty, maybe even lean the Lions. Do you
Speaker 1: think the Lion stays at above the field goal? Do
Speaker 1: you think there's any possibility of the books putting it down,
Speaker 1: in which case it's better to grab it now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the bets are probably about two to one to
Speaker 2: the Bengals right now, but the Lions are getting the
Speaker 2: majority of the money. Of course, I love those situations
Speaker 2: where the majority of bets are going one way and
Speaker 2: the line moves in the favor of those people that
Speaker 2: are betting, because it sort of gives you an idea,
Speaker 2: if Vegas has an idea how this is going to go.
Speaker 2: But the Lions three and two against the spread despite
Speaker 2: not having a win and two and zero against the
Speaker 2: spread at home. Those bets are going to come in
Speaker 2: on the Bengals. But I like the underdo here grabbing
Speaker 2: the points.
Speaker 3: Love it.
Speaker 1: Texans are visiting the Coults. Killer for the Colt I
Speaker 1: feel so bad right the Cults. The Cults are laying
Speaker 1: nine and a half here at home against the Texans.
Speaker 3: Total is low forty two and a half. What do
Speaker 3: you think?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I like the Colts. The Cults are gonna make
Speaker 2: some noise in this division when all is said and done.
Speaker 2: I remember seeing Dan beginning of the year, like ninety
Speaker 2: five percent of the bets in that AFC South were
Speaker 2: going on the Titans. It was almost like a FATA
Speaker 2: comp play that the Titans are going to win the division.
Speaker 2: I still think the Cults are going to have something
Speaker 2: to say about it. That was a tough, tough loss
Speaker 2: last night. Yeah, they found some things. Jonathan Taylor's over
Speaker 2: under proper receiving yards is twelve and a half. He
Speaker 2: goes right away, goes seventy three yards right to start
Speaker 2: the game.
Speaker 3: I love it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, they've been Michael Pittman should do some things.
Speaker 2: And I also believe in something I call the law
Speaker 2: of efforts. So the Texans really came out against the Patriots.
Speaker 2: They gave it there all. They almost had that game won.
Speaker 2: Now they have to go on the road against the
Speaker 2: division rival that's going to be angry, that has not
Speaker 2: won a lot of games to start the year, that's
Speaker 2: having a disappointing season. This one reeks to me to
Speaker 2: be a blowout. I understand Davis Mills played well. I
Speaker 2: think they can scheme something for Brandon Cooks. This is
Speaker 2: a cult win, I think comfortably by double digits. I
Speaker 2: know I have to lay a lot of points, but
Speaker 2: I'm gonna do that here With Indianapolis.
Speaker 1: This is interesting to me, Mike, because of the fact
Speaker 1: that I think there's probably a line of thought out
Speaker 1: there that just said the Colts not only are they
Speaker 1: going to be on a short week, of course, but
Speaker 1: they just got their guts ripped out in like the
Speaker 1: most painful way. Pageant you might be thinking they might mail.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's one in four at this point. The
Speaker 1: fact that you're talking about the division is fantastic actually
Speaker 1: just for discussion points. But you think that despite that,
Speaker 1: despite the short week, they are gonna come out here
Speaker 1: and make a statement in conjunction with the fact that
Speaker 1: the Texans probably poured their heart and soul into that
Speaker 1: game against the Patriots and maybe a due for a
Speaker 1: little bit of a letdown.
Speaker 2: Dan, I've seen it before. I think Frank Reich is
Speaker 2: a solid coach. If this was a situation like Jacksonville
Speaker 2: with Urban Meyer, no way. But I think Frank Reich
Speaker 2: is a good coach. They come home, He's going to
Speaker 2: have this team ready. They're not going to mail it in,
Speaker 2: and they've started to unleash Jonathan Taylor. Paris Cambo was
Speaker 2: involved as well. Moley Cox at a couple of receptions,
Speaker 2: I think this is a surprise. I know most people
Speaker 2: will grab the points. To me, I was a little
Speaker 2: surprised that it was high, but then I realized, I
Speaker 2: like the Colts. I feel like they're almost tempting you
Speaker 2: to take the Texans. Yeah, Texans almost beat the Patriots,
Speaker 2: so they can certainly cover ten. I'm gonna go the
Speaker 2: other way. It reminds me of the Washington Buffalo game
Speaker 2: from a couple weeks ago, when everyone was wondering what's
Speaker 2: wrong with Josh Allen. That line was nine and a
Speaker 2: half and then the Bills ended up blowing him out.
Speaker 2: I think the Colts have a big game here on Sunday.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I love it actually, And I love what you're
Speaker 1: saying because when you do look at the line, you
Speaker 1: do say this is a you have to take the
Speaker 1: Texans on this line like that, that's what it's telling.
Speaker 1: And whenever you see something like that, you're like, Okay,
Speaker 1: I probably don't need to be taking the Texans. And
Speaker 1: again with the Colts, even with all of that, there
Speaker 1: are so many positives that you could have taken away.
Speaker 1: I mean, Rodrigo Blanket Ship got hurt in the game
Speaker 1: or early on in the game. If he's not hurt,
Speaker 1: they win that game. They suffered a massive amount of
Speaker 1: injuries just as that game went on on defense and
Speaker 1: stuff like that. Maybe they hold the ford of that,
Speaker 1: so it's not as if it was a pure choke
Speaker 1: job like they obviously could have. And Carson Wentz like
Speaker 1: looked fully healthy. Jonathan Taylor is running extremely well. Now
Speaker 1: I'm starting to buy into this and it's making me
Speaker 1: a little annoyed. So let's get to the next game,
Speaker 1: which is the Chiefs visiting Washington. The Chiefs are laying
Speaker 1: seven on the road. The total fifty five and a half,
Speaker 1: by the way, just came across the wire as we
Speaker 1: were recording this that Clyde Edwards Hilaire. We knew he
Speaker 1: was going to be out, but he's officially been placed
Speaker 1: on injured reserve, so he's gonna be out for at
Speaker 1: least three weeks. God Chiefs saying.
Speaker 2: Seven desperate time for Kansas City. Here. They are in
Speaker 2: last place in the AFC West. Go figure that after
Speaker 2: five weeks they are one in four against the spread.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna take the Chiefs in a desperation situation. Look, Washington,
Speaker 2: I think could be a lot better than their two
Speaker 2: and three record if they had a different quarterback. Taylor
Speaker 2: Heineke is fine. He's a backup. He's doing what he can,
Speaker 2: but he is sort of the issue here. One of
Speaker 2: the most disappointing units, I would say in the NFL
Speaker 2: has been Washington's defense. I expected a very big performance
Speaker 2: against the Saints. That it was a limited Saints team,
Speaker 2: Winston conservative game plan, coming off a loss to the Giants,
Speaker 2: I expected them to play well. I was disappointed. They're
Speaker 2: going to give up deep passes and bombs to the Saints.
Speaker 2: What's gonna happen with the Chiefs. They need to win
Speaker 2: in the worst way. I would like it if this
Speaker 2: number can get under that seven, stays under that seven,
Speaker 2: because of course it's a great teaser play. You can
Speaker 2: argue teasing this with the Bucks. Both of those games down.
Speaker 2: But let's keep in mind here before we bury the
Speaker 2: Chiefs or think that maybe they're a notch below their
Speaker 2: slate of opponents that have started this year. They started
Speaker 2: with the Browns, who are legitimate contender, at home, and
Speaker 2: they won that game. They played at the Ravens, another
Speaker 2: AFC contender, and lost by one. The Chargers, another really
Speaker 2: solid team and a contender for the Super Bowl, lost
Speaker 2: by six. Then they hung forty two on Philly, and
Speaker 2: then they lost to Buffalo, who may be the best
Speaker 2: team in the NFL right now. I think this is
Speaker 2: a King of the Little People situation with the Chiefs.
Speaker 2: I think they go in here and cover it. I
Speaker 2: do not see how Washington can generate enough offense and look,
Speaker 2: if their defense was going to show up and change
Speaker 2: the script, they would have done it against a limited
Speaker 2: Saints team. I don't like this game at all. I
Speaker 2: think the Chiefs role let me.
Speaker 3: Ask you something.
Speaker 1: You've got a Chiefs offense that is almost certainly going
Speaker 1: to come out and just go ape right, like that's
Speaker 1: just they know they have to because their defense is terrible.
Speaker 1: But their defense is terrible. The total is an astronomical
Speaker 1: fifty five and a half. Is that a stay away
Speaker 1: for you? And do you expect it to probably hang
Speaker 1: around there for most of the week.
Speaker 2: I think it'll hang around And I don't like going
Speaker 2: over high numbers. But Washington's defense twenty eighth and DVA
Speaker 2: overall ninth against the run, twenty ninth against the pass.
Speaker 2: So here we have a Washington defense that struggles against
Speaker 2: the pass against the desperate Patrick Mahomes led team, and
Speaker 2: the Chiefs defense, which is the worst for football outsiders
Speaker 2: in DVA. I don't see the contrarian play here. I
Speaker 2: don't see how Washington's defense, who could not stop the
Speaker 2: Bills and could not stop the Saints, is now going
Speaker 2: to stop the Chiefs. So they're going to have to
Speaker 2: score Antonio Gibson's explosive, so is Terry McCain. So I
Speaker 2: lean to the over there. If I'm gonna have to
Speaker 2: make a pick.
Speaker 1: So do I, which makes me feel disgusting because I
Speaker 1: don't ever like to go into these high numbers. But
Speaker 1: give me, I don't care what it is at this
Speaker 1: point because you're right, you got and you mentioned it.
Speaker 3: Mike Washington's defense.
Speaker 1: Probably like I mean, I know people talk about it
Speaker 1: generally speaking, and I deal with it from a fantasy perspective,
Speaker 1: but probably like the most disappointing I mean overall unit,
Speaker 1: just that there is, like this was supposed to be
Speaker 1: like a top unit right now, a unit that you
Speaker 1: faded generally speaking when you were betting against them and
Speaker 1: in fantasy, and it is neither. You pick on them
Speaker 1: right now. Skim's gonna be fun to watch. I think
Speaker 1: they're gonna be a lot of fireworks. And I agree
Speaker 1: with you if I have to go to over fifty
Speaker 1: five and a half, I've never bet a spread over
Speaker 1: that high, Like I just I can't. Like it's very
Speaker 1: difficult for me, but I would if I were somebody
Speaker 1: other than me. Chargers are visiting the Ravens now who
Speaker 1: Chargers are getting three in this game in the totals fifty.
Speaker 3: One and a half. Real interesting one here? What do
Speaker 3: you think? Like?
Speaker 2: I think the Browns brought a different level of physicality
Speaker 2: and the overall rushing attack against the Chargers. I think
Speaker 2: Brandon Staley's going to adjust to that. I like the
Speaker 2: Chargers here going on the road. Ravens had a big comeback.
Speaker 2: They have a short week. This Charger team is very,
Speaker 2: very strong. I know the Ravens are gonna pound the ball,
Speaker 2: and if you look on the surface, you're gonna say, well,
Speaker 2: the Browns just ran all over the Chargers. What are
Speaker 2: the Ravens gonna do? I think their secondary can limit
Speaker 2: Marquise Brown. I think that Staley will learn from the
Speaker 2: Browns game, which were they were lucky to escape, and
Speaker 2: I think they will come out here and continue. The
Speaker 2: Ravens defense does have trouble with big plays. This Chargers
Speaker 2: offense is at a different level. We saw what happened
Speaker 2: with Jonathan Taylor with pass catching running backs and now
Speaker 2: here comes Austin Eckler. I like the Chargers, even though
Speaker 2: you would look on the surface and say the Browns
Speaker 2: just put all those numbers up. Ravens will do better
Speaker 2: not coming off a short week. I like the Chargers
Speaker 2: to went now right, and I would love the points
Speaker 2: there as well.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll take them on the money line.
Speaker 1: For sure, because I do think the Chargers are actually
Speaker 1: gonna win this game, and again, it has all the
Speaker 1: makings of a put aside the public sort of thing.
Speaker 1: I mean, the Ravens have to be completely after that win,
Speaker 1: like win great, like fantastic, but you've got to be
Speaker 1: absolutely drained after that win. And the raven like, their
Speaker 1: defense is nothing really that you need to be afraid
Speaker 1: of anymore. And even if it were, the Chargers are
Speaker 1: obviously a strong enough unit that they can attack anyone.
Speaker 1: I worry a little bit about how vulnerable the Chargers
Speaker 1: are on the ground, But again, the Ravens are sort
Speaker 1: of more like they're putting their running backs on the
Speaker 1: block at this point, like in real life, they're just like,
Speaker 1: you know whatever, we're gonna have Lamar throw the ball
Speaker 1: or have Lamar run.
Speaker 2: I agree with you.
Speaker 1: Do you think, by the way that this ends at three?
Speaker 1: Like I honestly I expected it to be within a
Speaker 1: field goal. And maybe it's because the fact that Ravens won,
Speaker 1: you know, in such a dramatic fashion last night, But
Speaker 1: I expected this to be within a field goal. So
Speaker 1: do you think it's gonna move either way? Or do
Speaker 1: you think it basically sits here at three.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I expect the money to come in on the
Speaker 2: Ravens because betters tend to have that recency bias, you know,
Speaker 2: you just it's vividness to you. You saw it last
Speaker 2: night Lamar Jackson and Scott Fishbell had like sixty four points.
Speaker 2: He broke the whole thing. So I expect that the
Speaker 2: Ravens will get money and the Ravens will get bets.
Speaker 2: And I wouldn't be surprised if we see Vegas. As
Speaker 2: we said, adjust that line and sort of make it lower.
Speaker 2: The Chargers are very live. They have no trouble going
Speaker 2: on the road. Everyone talks about the home field advantage,
Speaker 2: which may be an oxymoron, but I like this team.
Speaker 2: They're very solid, they're very well coached, and they have
Speaker 2: no problem with big play. Who's hotter than Mike Williams
Speaker 2: right now as a wide wide receiver two in fantasy.
Speaker 2: And we're forgetting about Keenan Allen, who will dominate that
Speaker 2: intermediate short to intermediate area against this Ravens team. I
Speaker 2: expect both defenses to play well, go towards the under,
Speaker 2: but I will grab the points with the Chargers. Like
Speaker 2: you said, money line is a great bet yep.
Speaker 1: Packers are visiting the Bears. The Packers are laying four
Speaker 1: and a half total forty five.
Speaker 3: What do you think?
Speaker 2: Packers have won nine of the last ten against Chicago.
Speaker 2: Chicago is thirty first in pass offense DVOWA. They really
Speaker 2: struggle justin fields hyper extended. D may be a little
Speaker 2: banged up. I expect him to play here come the
Speaker 2: Bears without David Montgomery with a limited justin fields, the
Speaker 2: Packers defense should play very well. And what I think
Speaker 2: dan is without Vic Fangio. When they've played four games
Speaker 2: here Packers and Bears. Without Fangio as a defensive coordinator,
Speaker 2: Green Bay is four and zero and the last three
Speaker 2: games besides the opener in twenty nineteen, they have won
Speaker 2: by an average of seventeen and a half points while
Speaker 2: averaging themselves thirty eight points. I don't think the Bears
Speaker 2: was a nice road win Khalil Mack revenge game against
Speaker 2: the Raiders that all the chaos going on. I don't
Speaker 2: think they changed the script here with justin fields. Great
Speaker 2: staff from JJ Zacharison on FanDuel today. DeVante Adams has
Speaker 2: forty five targets in the last three weeks. The entire
Speaker 2: Bears team has fifty seven targets. Packers are four and
Speaker 2: one against the spread. I think they'll contain fields here.
Speaker 2: I also love the under. The Bears are four and
Speaker 2: one to the under. Yeah, Green Bay plays at a
Speaker 2: very slow pace. This reeks to me to be like
Speaker 2: sort of a Browns Bears game from a couple weeks ago.
Speaker 2: Packers cover under as well with the total.
Speaker 3: I agree.
Speaker 1: I bet both now and I probably will usually Mike,
Speaker 1: I do it during the podcast. That's when I said
Speaker 1: something that I like, I'm gonna wait out of just
Speaker 1: sheer respect for you.
Speaker 3: I completely.
Speaker 1: I mean the Bears, they you know what I think,
Speaker 1: justin fields. Unless I'm either make some numbers. It might
Speaker 1: be seventeen twenty seventeen or twenty seventeen twenty either way
Speaker 1: for pass attempts in his three starts right now, they
Speaker 1: have no interest in passing the ball. And he's banged up.
Speaker 1: As you mentioned, he is going to play. I agree
Speaker 1: with the hyper extension, but he's banged up. The receiver's
Speaker 1: doing nothing. You know, again, from a fantasy standpoint, everybody
Speaker 1: get really excited about Darnell Mooney. I didn't get it
Speaker 1: because there's just I understand that when Fields does throw,
Speaker 1: he pushes the ball down the field, but he doesn't
Speaker 1: want to throw.
Speaker 3: That's just what it is. That's not how they want
Speaker 3: to run their offense. They want to rely on their defense.
Speaker 1: Which is good, not great though, because you can't exploit
Speaker 1: that secondary pretty easily that Monta Adams can exploit any secondary,
Speaker 1: but especially you know in the slot.
Speaker 3: They can do some things there.
Speaker 1: But the Packers as well, coming off you know, a
Speaker 1: tough game against the Bengals, they're not that explosive anymore
Speaker 1: offensively or anything like that. So I agree with you
Speaker 1: that I lean the under and I will take the points.
Speaker 1: I don't think you have to run to bed at
Speaker 1: four and a half, Like the move is not going
Speaker 1: to be someplace that I think is going to put
Speaker 1: you off it either way, right, it's not going to
Speaker 1: get to seven, it's not going to get to three.
Speaker 1: So I think you're fine to wait if you want.
Speaker 1: But I'm in total agreement with you on the sides.
Speaker 2: On both the Bears are going to have to force turnovers,
Speaker 2: and Rodgers is just the king. He milks that clock
Speaker 2: to the very end. You have Damian Williams and Khalil
Speaker 2: Herbert who are trying to do a decent job in
Speaker 2: the backfield. But it's not the same as having Montgomery
Speaker 2: Alan Robinson mi Ia right now. There's no chemistry with
Speaker 2: him and fields. It just seems like they would have
Speaker 2: to force a lot of turnovers and I don't see
Speaker 2: that happening with an intra division game here where Rodgers
Speaker 2: are very used to the Chicago defense.
Speaker 1: I think it's got to be something flugy realistically for
Speaker 1: the Bears to be able to win this game or
Speaker 1: really keep it that close.
Speaker 3: So I'm in total agreeing with you.
Speaker 1: And again, it's not a game in my opinion that
Speaker 1: you have to run out to do something now, because
Speaker 1: I don't expect.
Speaker 3: It to move all that much. I think the numbers are.
Speaker 1: Fine, but I'm definitely with you on both the side
Speaker 1: and the total. The Rams are visiting the Giants, the
Speaker 1: Rams are laying ten and a half and the totals
Speaker 1: forty seven and a half. Obviously, we have questions about
Speaker 1: here about the Giants as to who's going to start
Speaker 1: at quarterback, which receivers are going to be healthy. You've
Speaker 1: obviously already got Saquon Barkley out we know Kenny Galladay
Speaker 1: is out, So what do you do here with the
Speaker 1: line that's over ten points?
Speaker 3: Ten and a half here at forty seven and a half.
Speaker 2: Really tough one for me. Dan, It's to stay away.
Speaker 2: If I had to lean, I would lean towards taking
Speaker 2: the points at home. This Giant team plays hard. Daniel
Speaker 2: Jones can do some things as a mobile quarterback that
Speaker 2: can throw off the defense. The Rams are just playing
Speaker 2: at a different level though. Stafford and that offense are clicking.
Speaker 2: They struggled last week, but they found a way to
Speaker 2: get a win on the road Cooper Cup. There's a
Speaker 2: lot of receiving options, so I think the Rams win.
Speaker 2: I have no interest in taking the Giants on a
Speaker 2: deep money line or something. It's just that number is
Speaker 2: right there. If that number was seven, I would like
Speaker 2: it eight even, but ten is an awful lot. Jones
Speaker 2: can do a backdoor cover lead them down there in
Speaker 2: garbage time. I don't want any part of that. Kadarius
Speaker 2: Tony looks fantastic, So it's a stay away from me.
Speaker 2: The line is a really good one set here by Vegas.
Speaker 3: It's too many question marks for me there.
Speaker 1: I completely agree with you, like there is just there's
Speaker 1: no path that I see, absent multiple major injuries for
Speaker 1: the Giants to be able to win this game. But
Speaker 1: it's ten and a half, Like I have no interest
Speaker 1: in taking the Giants like, there's just no chance. There
Speaker 1: are no circumstances under WHI I would feel comfortable regardless
Speaker 1: of the spread. But it's just too much for me
Speaker 1: to go. Really interesting game here, a game that everybody's
Speaker 1: gonna be watching. The Cardinals are visiting the Browns. The
Speaker 1: Browns home favorites two and a half, the total fifty
Speaker 1: and a half. What do you think, Mike, I.
Speaker 2: Love the Browns. I think the Browns have a style
Speaker 2: that's very unique in today's NFL. Everyone's doing the short,
Speaker 2: quick passing attack. They are gonna pound that ball, They're
Speaker 2: gonna go strong, and then Baker Mayfield's going to make
Speaker 2: enough place to win the game. The Arizona's defense is
Speaker 2: legit fourth overall in DVOA, but thirteenth in run defense.
Speaker 2: That's bad against the Browns, who when they come home,
Speaker 2: they are going to be an issue. They just pound
Speaker 2: that ball down your throat. Second in volume to the
Speaker 2: Saints as well. Kyler Murray was much less effective last
Speaker 2: year when he got injured, and what was interesting is
Speaker 2: he had one rushing yard last week. The key to
Speaker 2: this game, I think is the health status of center
Speaker 2: Rodney Hudson, who came over from the Raiders. He's done
Speaker 2: a fantastic job for the Cardinals. When he came out
Speaker 2: of that game, Bosa came in hit Kyler Murray. You
Speaker 2: saw him on the on the bench moving his arm
Speaker 2: trying to get it loose. That to me means they're
Speaker 2: going to have a conservative offensive game plan, which is
Speaker 2: what happened last year. If you look at his box
Speaker 2: scores once he had a little bit of an injury,
Speaker 2: his rushes went down nineteen yards, thirty one yards, fifty yards.
Speaker 2: When he's rushing a lot is when their offense is clicking.
Speaker 2: Baker Mayfield rumors about his shoulder, I think that was
Speaker 2: Kevin Stefanski trying to do some some questionable things there
Speaker 2: to throw us off because he looked fine, especially on
Speaker 2: the Hail Mary. Bets are about fifty to fifty, but
Speaker 2: the heavy money is on the Browns. Sign of a
Speaker 2: sharp play. I really like the Browns here.
Speaker 1: I was surprised, I guess a little bit. I mean,
Speaker 1: there's a three out there at Fandle by the way,
Speaker 1: which is fine. I mean that no, I get it,
Speaker 1: but that's I was surprised a little bit about it.
Speaker 1: I thought that it would be maybe you pick him,
Speaker 1: you know, because I think the I guess, you know, the.
Speaker 3: Public is whatever.
Speaker 1: I thought the public would be all over the Cardinals
Speaker 1: if I've no Cardinals Kyler Murray.
Speaker 3: We love it, so exciting, so explosive getting points.
Speaker 1: But I agree with you. The Browns are great. I
Speaker 1: mean they should have won that game against the Chargers.
Speaker 1: They are extraordinarily well coached. They are Their defense is
Speaker 1: very regardless of all the points they gave up last week,
Speaker 1: their defense is highly above average.
Speaker 3: Mayfield, you're right again.
Speaker 1: We talked to doctor David Chow, who's on our fantasy
Speaker 1: podcast every Friday, and he said, this is nothing like.
Speaker 1: The injury to Mayfield is nothing like. It's his left shoulder.
Speaker 1: It's a harness, totally fine, yet a bad day. It
Speaker 1: wasn't really the shoulder, and he looked fantastic here against it.
Speaker 3: I am in agreeing with you.
Speaker 1: I wish Baker and Odell Beckham Junior could get on
Speaker 1: the same page a little bit. But it's it's kind
Speaker 1: of irrelevant really really for their offense. They're playing extremely well,
Speaker 1: So go ahead.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a concern, and I'm looking for negative regression here.
Speaker 2: I mean, the Cardinal should have lost to the Vikings,
Speaker 2: and then if Jimmy Garoppolo plays that game instead of
Speaker 2: Trey Lance against the Niners, they probably lose at home there.
Speaker 2: So there's two games at home. They probably had a
Speaker 2: path to having two losses. I think we have the
Speaker 2: regression here. The Browns are good folks. They are legitimate
Speaker 2: Super Bowl contender, and they have a style with Chubb
Speaker 2: and Hunt that no one else has.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: No, they're a really, really good team and they're fun
Speaker 1: to watch. So I'm with you on that. The Cowboys
Speaker 1: now are visiting New England. They are laying four points.
Speaker 3: And the total is fifty and a half.
Speaker 2: What do you think give me the points? With Belichick,
Speaker 2: I said the same thing when they ended up playing
Speaker 2: Tampa Bay. The book said that was the game they
Speaker 2: needed the absolute most besides like a Super Bowl where
Speaker 2: all the money is being bet. Right now, the Patriots
Speaker 2: back against the wall, coming off a game that they
Speaker 2: almost lost to the Texans. Belichick scheme over the Cowboys.
Speaker 2: Cowboys have been fantastic and they probably should be undefeated
Speaker 2: except for that opening game against Tampa Bay. But you're
Speaker 2: gonna give me points of Bill Belichick at home, I
Speaker 2: will grab them. I think the Pats can find a
Speaker 2: way here to maybe win the game. You know they're
Speaker 2: going to shut down the top option Amari Cooper was
Speaker 2: injured at the end of that game last week, so
Speaker 2: we don't know how that's going to go. You know
Speaker 2: their run defense will be solid. I like the underheat
Speaker 2: and I love the points of Belichick. It worked well
Speaker 2: for me against Tampa Bay. I'm going back to it
Speaker 2: in Foxborough.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm I don't know how I feel about the spread.
Speaker 1: I don't want the Cowboys, I can tell you that,
Speaker 1: but I love the under. I love the under at
Speaker 1: fifty and a half for sure. I would take it
Speaker 1: now because wherever it's going to go. But this strikes
Speaker 1: me as a game that's going to see way fewer
Speaker 1: points than anybody expects.
Speaker 3: I think.
Speaker 1: You know, the public loves the Cowboys, that love their offense,
Speaker 1: but you're right, they've got some issues right now. You
Speaker 1: know Belichick is going to have a scheme that's going
Speaker 1: to work and again the New England offense like it.
Speaker 1: They don't try to be explosive. They don't want to
Speaker 1: be explosive. They want to kind of control everything. Make
Speaker 1: it that way.
Speaker 3: I love the under at fifty and a half. I
Speaker 3: was surprise that was that high.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the Raiders. Some turmoil with the Raiders
Speaker 1: visiting the Broncos. The Broncos are laying three and a half.
Speaker 3: The totals forty four.
Speaker 2: What do you think if you look at this the
Speaker 2: Denver Denver Raider game had usually gone the last couple
Speaker 2: of years for the home team. The Raiders had a
Speaker 2: run there where they were upsetting teams on the road. Again,
Speaker 2: I'm going to trust the better coach. I'm going to
Speaker 2: trust the one that's prepared. Vic Fangio Courtland Sutton into
Speaker 2: that game last week against the Steelers. He was a
Speaker 2: little banged up. I wasn't sure. He looked fine. I
Speaker 2: think he gets this defense rolling. This is a Raiders
Speaker 2: team that's in turmoil. If you want to say there's
Speaker 2: some benefit emotionally from firing Gruden, I don't think so.
Speaker 2: I think they were doing very well. The situation happened.
Speaker 2: He had to be let go. I understand that, but
Speaker 2: it's not the win one sort of for the new coach,
Speaker 2: which could happen in Jacksonville because that's drawn out. I
Speaker 2: just think the Broncos are better prepared. Teddy Bridgewater against
Speaker 2: the spread historically has been fantastic, especially at home. Denver
Speaker 2: has the home field advantage. I'm rolling with the Broncos
Speaker 2: here against the Raider team that right now is in
Speaker 2: a little bit of chaos.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I look for any reason, especially relatively early in
Speaker 1: the season. I know it's not real early, but to
Speaker 1: back the Broncos at home early in the season, four
Speaker 1: teams have fully gotten their conditioning all set and everything
Speaker 1: like that, I agree with you. I like the Broncos
Speaker 1: here in a game that they fought hard. I did
Speaker 1: think the Steelers were gonna win that game last week.
Speaker 3: I did have them. But I think that this is
Speaker 3: a game again.
Speaker 1: You're right that this is a bounce back sort of
Speaker 1: spot for them now after winning the three and then
Speaker 1: losing a couple, I think they bounced back here and again.
Speaker 1: The Raiders right now are just in such this array,
Speaker 1: and by the way, their offense does not look anything
Speaker 1: like it looked early on in the season.
Speaker 3: I mean, Derek.
Speaker 1: Carr has looked sort of skittish a little bit in
Speaker 1: the pocket and everything like that. So I agree with
Speaker 1: you here. I like the Broncos. Let's go to the
Speaker 1: Seahawks visiting the Steelers.
Speaker 3: Probably not the.
Speaker 1: Game that the NFL really envisioned it would be at
Speaker 1: this point when they made that Sunday Night Football. But
Speaker 1: the Steelers are laying four and a half and the
Speaker 1: total is forty two and a half.
Speaker 2: I grabbed it right away when it was three, and
Speaker 2: now it's climbed. I'm all over Pittsburgh. I think they
Speaker 2: turned a corner. Look if this was Russell Wilson, this
Speaker 2: is a spot that the Seahawks could step up. I
Speaker 2: think they turned a corner. Juju is out, I understand that.
Speaker 2: I think it streamlines the receiving options. I think pat
Speaker 2: Freyermuth is gonna have a big game here, and Najay
Speaker 2: Harris has just been clicking. That was a good Denver
Speaker 2: run defense, yes, and he ended up scorching them last week.
Speaker 2: I think at prime time at home, Geno Smith, I'm sorry,
Speaker 2: I just don't see Gino coming in. I don't think
Speaker 2: the Seahawks Dan can win. So if that's the case.
Speaker 2: Am I going to debate over four points or three points?
Speaker 2: I am not. I think the Steelers are starting to
Speaker 2: get it going. You know, their run defense is going
Speaker 2: to be solid, which means they'll probably have a conservative
Speaker 2: game plan with Gino here that's not going to work.
Speaker 2: They could hit a couple deep shots, but Gino's also
Speaker 2: a radic got picked off to end the game at
Speaker 2: the end against the Rams. I can't take Gino on
Speaker 2: the road. Give me the Steelers who are trending in
Speaker 2: the right direction now primetime at home with a solid
Speaker 2: defense that should stifle the Seahawks rushing attack.
Speaker 1: Yeah, this was This really was something where it did
Speaker 1: feel like I don't want to call it a get
Speaker 1: right game because the Steelers have plenty of issues, but
Speaker 1: the fact that Nagie Harris was able to succeed and
Speaker 1: looks so good running the ball against at Denver defens
Speaker 1: made me feel a little more just excited about him
Speaker 1: and the team generally, because the offensive line has had
Speaker 1: so many issues. You're right, you do is out for
Speaker 1: the season pretty much. I don't think it matters. He
Speaker 1: wasn't doing much anyway as long as Chase Claypole and
Speaker 1: Deante Johnson are healthy, and again, Pat Fryer, I would
Speaker 1: love it because we'd love to see the breakout happen.
Speaker 1: And for the Seahawks, look kudos to Gino who stepped
Speaker 1: in and looked really good. Step again, but I think
Speaker 1: right now, you're going to give a team Steelers at
Speaker 1: home on a primetime game a week to prepare for
Speaker 1: Gino Smith. They're not going to be able to run
Speaker 1: the ball they've got obviously the pass catchers and the
Speaker 1: Steelers are vulnerable through the year. But I think again,
Speaker 1: with Gino there, I agree with you. I will take
Speaker 1: it at four and a half right now. It's at
Speaker 1: five at my book. But again, I'm not going to
Speaker 1: qubble necessarily with that at that but kudos to you
Speaker 1: for grabbing it. At three Monday night football, last game
Speaker 1: of the week, the Bills are visiting the Titans. The
Speaker 1: Bills are laying five and a half and the total
Speaker 1: is fifty four.
Speaker 3: What do you think?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there's a little bit of letdown here.
Speaker 2: I like Tennessee at home getting those points, so that
Speaker 2: five to five and a half number always sets bells
Speaker 2: off in my head because it's sort of a no
Speaker 2: man's land there. The Bills look great. They beat the Chiefs.
Speaker 2: They struggled last year they came into Tennessee. I think
Speaker 2: it was a Monday night or Sunday night game, or
Speaker 2: maybe it was postponed. There was a postponeing because of
Speaker 2: a COVID issue, and they really struggled. I think the
Speaker 2: Titans defense has been rough this year, but I do
Speaker 2: think with Derrick Henry, they have the type of script
Speaker 2: that can frustrate the Bills. I think the Titans keep
Speaker 2: this game close. I think Mike Vrabel has Tennessee ready.
Speaker 2: Five is a lot of points. I expect the Bets
Speaker 2: to pour in on Buffalo here, but with aj Brown
Speaker 2: looking a little bit better, maybe Julio Jones is back.
Speaker 2: Ryan Tannehill's a mobile quarterback and you have the big
Speaker 2: dog back there running the ball into that Bills line.
Speaker 2: They just need a couple turnovers. Five as a frisky number,
Speaker 2: I'm gonna take it with the underdog Titans.
Speaker 1: Yet, despite the fact that the Titans obviously are coming
Speaker 1: off a nice win here, there is a lot of
Speaker 1: negativity around the team because they just don't look you know.
Speaker 1: It's basically a you've got Derek Henry and nothing else,
Speaker 1: and Ryan Tannehill hasn't really been gone because they haven't
Speaker 1: had the wide receivers and even when AJ Brown has
Speaker 1: been healthy, he hasn't quote unquote produced from you know,
Speaker 1: at least a fantasy standpoint or whatever.
Speaker 3: But I agree with you.
Speaker 1: I think this is a great spot for the Titans
Speaker 1: with the Bills coming off that you know, enormous win
Speaker 1: right now, and they're a great team. Okay, their defense
Speaker 1: is played better than I expected to see them necessarily,
Speaker 1: but there is no defense right now that can stop
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry and I think hopefully Julio Jones. Again, this
Speaker 1: is the third week I think for Julio Jones. He
Speaker 1: wasn't placed on injured reserve. That means that they probably
Speaker 1: expected him to be able to return at this point,
Speaker 1: and if they have him, then it really is a
Speaker 1: difference maker.
Speaker 3: But I agree with you. Again, it's a weird number.
Speaker 1: And again, you know, I talk about this with Matt
Speaker 1: Parult a lot, like the favorites at five and a
Speaker 1: half always a little weird.
Speaker 3: He always thinks that like the four and.
Speaker 1: A half to five and a half is Vegas, basically
Speaker 1: being like, oh, we don't really know, let's just see
Speaker 1: it out, yes, right, but I like the Titans in
Speaker 1: this spot as well, and again I do generally favor
Speaker 1: the Titans overall.
Speaker 3: All right, this was great.
Speaker 1: I appreciate you rolling with the punches, man, I know
Speaker 1: I'd originally wanted to do this on Monday. I appreciate
Speaker 1: you being able to squeeze us in here and to
Speaker 1: remind everybody where they can find more of you and
Speaker 1: your work.
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Speaker 2: college basketball previews. Also last word on NFL. I do
Speaker 2: some work for betting pros. Just all over the place,
Speaker 2: just working away here, loving the NFL. It's a great
Speaker 2: time of year, Dan. I appreciate you, myke.
Speaker 1: Youar superstar. I'm really glad we were finally able to talk.
Speaker 1: I look forward to doing it again soon. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: everybody enjoyed the rest of your week. Joe will be
Speaker 1: back with the College Football Podcast with Bagman. I'll be
Speaker 1: back on Thursday with our best bets. I will talk
Speaker 1: to you then,