1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up, 2 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen. It's me Jason McIntyre here on Straight Fire, Monday, December. 3 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: Hope everybody had an outstanding weekend. We are rapidly approaching Christmas. 4 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: Happy holidays to all, including the guy that I saw 5 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: in the Shake Shack parking lot who gave me a 6 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: shout out for the podcast. I don't know your name, 7 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: but you guys know obviously all restaurants are closed in 8 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: l A everywhere, I mean l A forever now. And um, yes, 9 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 1: I order off the shake Shack app give me that 10 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:47,319 Speaker 1: spicy chicken sandwich so good, and um I put down 11 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,480 Speaker 1: my window to get the bag from the person who 12 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: brings out your shake Shack bag. By the way, Shake 13 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: Shack for life, over in and out in a heartbeat. 14 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: Don't don't, don't even add me on social media about this. 15 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: There's no debate. Shake Shack crushes in and out. Um, 16 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: and I say thank you to the lady and then 17 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: I start reversing, and then you know, there's like people walking, 18 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: and then there's other cars and I have to like 19 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: pause in my car and looked to the side and 20 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 1: this guy has his window and he looks at me, 21 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: and then he looks again. He's like, yo, jake, straight fire, 22 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: and I just like I'm like frozen, like, oh, what's up? 23 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: And he gives me this keep on keeping on and 24 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: I was like, all right, man, all right, brother, thank you. 25 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 1: It was it. Listen. That ship check is weird because 26 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: it's kind of near where I live, and I've been 27 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: noticed there before and that one other times with like 28 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: my kids, which is a little embarrassing. And and again 29 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: I am small potatoes, but it is fun to know 30 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: that the podcast is getting some traction, and it's weird. 31 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: You know. Being in people's ears kind of creates a 32 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: level of intimacy. And even if I haven't met you, 33 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: you kind of you guys know what I am. I'm 34 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: not faking the funk out here. There's a lot of 35 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: guys who are studio gangster frauds out there on social 36 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: media who talk a lot of talk, and then you 37 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: meet them and it ain't the same person. This is 38 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: who I am. I mean, I'm gonna tell it like 39 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: it is. It's got me where I am. Authenticity rules 40 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: the day. All right. Let's get to Week fourteen in 41 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: the NFL by the way best bet chut Ching two 42 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: and one with Monday Night Football pending. But we'll get 43 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: to all the best bets later in the podcast, and 44 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: hopefully you'll like our Monday Night Football winner. But I 45 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: have to start the show not with the Raiders firing 46 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 1: their defensive coordinator. Rob g has a lot of thoughts 47 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: on that. I'm sure he's gonna can't wait to unload later. 48 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: But um, the New Orleans Saints had won nine straight 49 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: Sean Payton undefeated with Tayson Mill as the starter. They 50 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: are heavy favorites in Filthy Delphia against a rookie quarterback 51 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: with the top five defense in the Saints, and Jalen 52 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: Hurt Hurts put it on him. He put the hurting 53 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: on the Saints. I was stunted, folks. I gotta be honest, 54 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,839 Speaker 1: um in the Circle one point four million dollar contest. Yes, 55 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: I'm an idiot. I took this Paints, um, and I 56 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: was just shocked that Jalen Hurts was able to move 57 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: to football. Seventeen nothing lead at halftime, and it was 58 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: one of those games where you're just a little surprised, like, huh, 59 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: are the Saints really the team we thought they were? 60 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: They hadn't allowed a one hundred yard rusher in fifty 61 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: five straight games dating back to November. They all are 62 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: two to one hundred yard rushers for the Eagles. On Sunday, 63 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: h Jalen Hurts, the rookie quarterback in his first start, 64 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: hundred six yards and Miles Sanders, Yes, Miles Sanders broke 65 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: off an eighty two yard touchdown run. He ended up 66 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: going over a hundred yards. And listen, the Saints came 67 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: in as one of the best defenses in the NFL, 68 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: and you don't want to overreact and say they got exposed. 69 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: But I also have to bring this up. Carson Wentz 70 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: was the most sacked quarterback in the NFL coming into 71 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: this game. Jalen Hurt starts, He's not sacked once. Thirty 72 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 1: pass attempts, zero sacks they had. I saw the box 73 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: score last night, had them down for three quarterback hits. 74 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: Where was the pass rush? Was it something that Peterson 75 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: schemed up? Because let's play the Jalen Hurts his strengths. Yeah, 76 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: let's get the ball out, let's get design runs. If 77 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: the first option is not there, let's talk and run. 78 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: And Jalen Hurts had a game now let's not get 79 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: a twisted the Eagles. Uh, we're able to move the 80 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: football on the ground through the air less so much 81 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: less so. And I also need to add this was 82 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: the sat Saints third straight road game and we all 83 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: know that can be difficult. Although for Washington, third straight 84 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: road game did not matter to them. Uh, they deliver 85 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: in the desert, shocking win for Washington. Goodness gracious, um, 86 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: But the big picture we always like to do big 87 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: picture here. Um. The Saints now are out of the 88 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: driver's seat for home field advantage in the NFC. And 89 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: it's the swings in the NFC this season have been 90 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:58,359 Speaker 1: utter madness. Okay, Um, A few weeks ago was the 91 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks, Right, they got an inside track on the 92 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: number one seed and they lay an egg and lose 93 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,720 Speaker 1: to the New York Giants. So now it's the Saints. 94 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: They got the inside track on the number one seed 95 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: and they lose to the Eagles. And guess who slats 96 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: on in to the number one seed and the inside 97 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: track on home field advantage throughout the playoffs. It's your 98 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:28,480 Speaker 1: new m VP leader, Aaron Rodgers. Rogers was magnificent as expected, 99 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 1: three touchdowns and other flawless performance. He wore a tuxedo 100 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: in the pocket, he was not touched by the Lions. 101 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: Packers win, Davante Adams gets a touchdown Rogers just he 102 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: makes it look effortless. The guy is on such a 103 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: hot streaking Listen, I've been a mahomes is the m 104 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: v P guy. Aaron Rodgers now up to thirty nine 105 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: touchdowns and four interceptions, staggering like he's unbelievable right now, 106 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: he's on a tear and yeah again Matt laflours his coach. 107 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: He's only been there a year and a half, but 108 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: it is pretty stark how much things have changed for 109 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. If you guys remember in twenty sixteen he 110 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: had forty touchdown passes. He was tremendousen he suffered the injury. Okay, 111 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: then everybody's like, oh, Aaron Rodgers getting old ones he 112 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 1: had left in the tank coming off an injury, and 113 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 1: the Packers were terrible in that's your McCarthy got fired. 114 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: Remember the stories about how they didn't talk in the building, 115 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: they just they hated each other and Rogers. You know, 116 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 1: he was good twenty five touchdowns, two picks um, but 117 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 1: they were not a good football team. There was the 118 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:41,039 Speaker 1: kind of tug of war as to whose team it is. 119 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: And we've seen that with Tom Brady and Bruce Arians, 120 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: and we saw it with Aaron Rodgers and McCarthy and 121 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: a lot of people, myself included, thought there would be 122 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 1: some of that with La Fleur and Aaron Rodgers. Well, 123 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 1: last year the Packers had no issues thirteen and three. 124 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 1: They made it to the NFC title game. Uh. Some 125 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: people want to say their defense was a little food 126 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: gaze and they got lucky. Okay, well are you saying 127 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: the same thing again? I know the defense isn't great. 128 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 1: Um Rogers thirty six touchdowns, hundred eight teen quarterback r Like, 129 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: what are we doing here? At some point we gotta 130 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: put some respect on the flour's name, don't we. I mean, 131 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: this is just it's the guy who's getting it done. 132 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: You could say, well he got handed Aaron Rodgers. Okay, well, 133 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: Bruce Arians got handed Tom Brady. And they're not steam 134 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: rolling towards the number one seed in the NFC. And 135 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: here's a scary part. Okay, Packers on deck, Panthers, Titans, Bears, Like, 136 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: that's not scary. This team looks like it's headed towards 137 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: thirteen and three. And if Green Bay gets the number 138 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: one seed at thirteen and three, who wants to go 139 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: to Lamb Drew Brees, You want to go to Lambo 140 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: in January? I don't, I mean, I don't think that's 141 00:07:55,440 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 1: gonna be a great atmosphere outdoors for Drew Brees in January. Um, 142 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 1: you gotta, you gotta. Right now, have the Green Bay 143 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: Packers as the favorite to come out of the NFC, 144 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: and I know the swings are rapid, and you could 145 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: say Jason was a flute game for the Saints. Their 146 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: defense travels Packers don't have a d okay, Well, Packers 147 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: still have some time for their defense to round out. Um. 148 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 1: And you know Aaron Rodgers is playing right now at 149 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: an m v P caliber level. And when you have 150 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes throwing three picks and yes I know two 151 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: were not really his fault against the Dolphins and another 152 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: non cover, I don't know if m VP cares MVP 153 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,559 Speaker 1: voters care about the noncover, but that's five noncovers in 154 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: a row for the Chiefs, who do have the best 155 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: record in the NFL. UM, it's gonna be a Mahomes 156 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: Rogers situation. The one blemish on Rogers's record this year 157 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 1: is the best opponent they faced, and they have played 158 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: a fairly easy schedule. The best opponent they faced outside 159 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 1: of New Orleans was Tampa Bay and Rodgers was awful 160 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: um in that game. Um, And unfortunately he's not gonna 161 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 1: get tested the rest of the way. And um. Pat 162 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: Mahomes has to go up against the top ten defense 163 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: in the Saints this week in another huge game with 164 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: with playoff implications. Saints went into this weekend inside track 165 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: on the number one seat if they lose to the Chiefs. Um, 166 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: and Seattle keeps on winning. I don't know. I mean, 167 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:21,319 Speaker 1: I don't know how far in New Orleans is gonna fall. 168 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: We don't know what's going on with Drew Brees. Um, 169 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 1: the guy busted up eleven ribs. Uh, Like, what do 170 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: we rushed Drew Brees back for the guy is a 171 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 1: fossil to begin with? Now. I know Taysom Hill look limited. 172 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: He was not really the reason the Saints lost to 173 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: the Packers, But the NFC is a bit of a 174 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: jumbled mess. I do want to I do want to 175 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: note a team that we've kinda been up on and 176 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: then they took a bit of a struggle there the 177 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: last few weeks that looked impressive Sunday was my main man, 178 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals. Kyler Murray back to 179 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: being the old Kyler Murray. And if you remember, a 180 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: few weeks back, Cliff Kingsbury said, oh, we should just 181 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: split the m v P vote for the next decade 182 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: between Mahomes and Kyler Murray. And uh, Aaron Rodgers didn't respond, 183 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: didn't take the bait. He just went out and through 184 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: three more touchdowns. Listen, I do have a future's ticket 185 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:14,599 Speaker 1: on Kyler Murray to win the m v P. He 186 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: will not win the MVP. He's not gonna do it. Um, 187 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,319 Speaker 1: it looks like Rogers is the guy right now. I 188 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 1: don't want to count out Mahomes. If he lights up 189 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: the Saints for five touchdowns, well, I'm definitely not voting 190 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: against Mahomes. Um. I would never bet against Mahomes again. Um, 191 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 1: he's just he's a winner. Man. That guy's good. Aaron Rodgers, though, flawless, 192 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 1: and I hate to keep bringing up the Lebron analogy. 193 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: I've made it many times that Aaron Rodgers is kind 194 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: of a forgotten guy like Lebron Will. Pat Mahomes in 195 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: a way is kind of the forgotten guy like Lebron James. 196 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: We we always want to look for Who's Who's the guy? 197 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: Who's the guy? And the guys staring right at you, 198 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: it's Pat Mahomes And it's also kind of Aaron Rodgers. 199 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, rob g I'm torn between this one. 200 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: I had been riding Mahomes for a while. I don't 201 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: want to gas up Rogers because he ripped the Detroit 202 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 1: Lions to shreds. I mean, ship Mitch Trobinsky ripped up 203 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions last week, Like, let's not go gaga 204 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: over this bit of a setback from the Homes. But 205 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,839 Speaker 1: it's not like they lost their twelve and one. They 206 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: have the best point differential in the NFL. Let's stop 207 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,599 Speaker 1: putting this team down like, oh, my Homes lost the 208 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: m v P. I don't know. This is against a 209 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 1: good defense on the road and he still won the game. Yeah, 210 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think there's anything you can really 211 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: say negatively about the Chiefs or my Homes, even if 212 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: it was a rough game by his standards. But going 213 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 1: back to what you said, about Aaron Rodgers when it 214 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 1: comes down to the m v P, it's gonna come 215 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: down my Homes and Rogers, and I think the difference 216 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: is and again when you're when you're comparing guys at 217 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: this level, you gotta really split hair because they're both 218 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 1: having great seasons. Is Aaron Rodgers did a lot of 219 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: damage this season without his two only offensive weapons. Davante 220 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: Adam missed some games. Aaron Jones made some games and 221 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: he's still trucking along. Thankfully for the Chiefs, well un 222 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 1: thankfully came a Raider fan, But for them, they've been 223 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: healthy the whole season. I think Clyde Edwards Hilaire was active, 224 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: but he sat out a game. I think that's the 225 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: only one. But even then, he's not a huge part 226 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: of their office. And like they were ever missing Kelsey, 227 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: they weren't missing Hill at any point this season. So 228 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,839 Speaker 1: that's where I lean Aaron Rodgers, and especially if he 229 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: ends up winning the NFC, which I believe is tougher 230 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 1: at the top than the a f C is, then 231 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: I think you gotta go with the Aaron Rodgers. Yeah, 232 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: speaking of your Raiders, they fire their defensive coordinator Paul 233 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: Gunther after a gutless performance against the Colts. My gosh, 234 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 1: Frank Wright put him in a body back. Dude, you 235 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: look at I mean, I watched the game and it 236 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: was like pretty clear from the jump the culture going 237 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 1: to get what they wanted. Um. They had four hundred 238 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: and fifty six yards of offense seven point seven yards 239 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: per play, They punted once, three touchdowns of forty plus yards, 240 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: and I sound like a jackass if you go listen 241 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: a lot this week's podcast about Jonathan Abram of the Raiders. Yeah, 242 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: he's banged up, he missed a game, he's missing practice. 243 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: Jonathan Abram was out there and Rob I saw your 244 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 1: tweet about him, and you're going after Abram like he 245 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: looked lost out there. Jonathan Abram sucks, dude. I hate 246 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: to say I talk about my own guys like that, 247 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: but I'm legitimately concerned that he is not gonna be 248 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: in the NFL in two seasons. I'm serious, because he 249 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 1: is a box safety who gets way too many penalties 250 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: for you know, helmet and helmet usually knocks out his 251 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: own guys, to be honest, if he's done that more 252 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:40,200 Speaker 1: than once, and he can't cover. So unless you're Jamal Adams, 253 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 1: who gives you extra uh value as a pass rusher. 254 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 1: There's no place in today's NFL for a box only safety. 255 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: So that's number one. But going back to Paul Gunther, 256 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: I mean, yesterday it was bad, but it wasn't even 257 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 1: the worst performance I've seen from them this season. But 258 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 1: let me let me give you some numbers. You know 259 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: you're a big numbers guys to put is the perspective 260 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: on Sunday. It was the fifth time since uh Gunther 261 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: has been the defensive coordinator that they had a zero sack, 262 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 1: zero takeaway games, since they only had five of those 263 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: games total in the previous seven seasons before that. In 264 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: three seasons as the defensive coordinator under Paul Gunther, the 265 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: Raiders were lasting points per game, last in sacks, second 266 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: to lasting yards per play, twenty nine in passer rating against, 267 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 1: and takeaways like they have been bad since he got here. 268 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: And the one thing that I keep hearing him say, 269 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: or some of his defenders say, as well, you know 270 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: we're really young, we're really young on the defensive and 271 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: so you know, what do you expect? And that only 272 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: works and when you have a young team in period, 273 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: whether it's any sport, NBA, NFL, major League soccer or whatever. 274 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: If you have a young team, which you gauge them 275 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: on is how are they developing? How are they coming along? 276 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 1: Whether they want to lose, it's not important. How are 277 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: they making not making the same mistakes again as they 278 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: were making before. The Raiders have been the same shitty 279 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: defense fromen through. They make the same dumb mistakes. They 280 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: can't rush the passer, they can't cover anybody, they can't 281 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: tackle well, like, at what point do you look at 282 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 1: the coach? And thankfully they finally did because John Gruden 283 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: had been hyping it up in Hard Knocks as the 284 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: next head coach in the NFL was And I'm glad 285 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: that now, well I'm not glad he's in the point line, 286 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: but I'm glad that he's not running the defense anymore 287 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: in Vegas. So they've lost three or four. The one 288 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: win was a lucky one over the Jets, and they 289 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 1: have a big game against the Chargers this Thursday. This 290 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: will probably be the playoffs for them. Rob g. You 291 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: can't lose this game against the Chargers. Um the quick, 292 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: quick glance at the a f C playoff picture, Raiders 293 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 1: are the ninth seed right now. Ravens have a monster 294 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: game tonight against the Browns. Will dig into that in 295 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: the best bet. Dolphins sitting at seven Colts sick Colts 296 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 1: could jump up. UM. It's kind of a crowded five, six, 297 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: seven UM mess there. But I will say this, the 298 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: way the Pittsburgh Steelers are trending and the lack of 299 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: defense on the Tennessee Titans, and let's be real, the 300 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 1: Colts defense is not what it was early this season. 301 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: If you're in that six seventh spot, you're gonna have 302 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: a shot at an upset because there is no home 303 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: field advantage in these playoffs. And if the Raiders are 304 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: able to sneak in the way Derek Carr moves that offense. UM, granted, 305 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: everybody can get healthy and that's not that's not a given. 306 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: I think your Raiders will have a quick crack uh 307 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: pulling an upset in the playoffs. I want to quickly 308 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: go back to the NFC because rob g, you know 309 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: we haven't done a lot on the NFC East. I 310 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: grew up in the Northern Virginia area and I think 311 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: I've talked about this. When I was a kid. Everybody 312 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 1: loved the Washington Redskins. That was like the team in 313 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: the area. And I've always been, you know, kind of 314 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: one of these guys who go against the grain. Um, 315 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,160 Speaker 1: and I didn't. I just decided early on, I don't 316 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: like Washington. Everybody likes them. What do we want to 317 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: do what everybody else is doing. There's no win for me. 318 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,400 Speaker 1: There there's no website. I like the New York Jets. 319 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: That was my team. I decided I like the Jets, 320 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,439 Speaker 1: and I went I was like, hey, I'm born in 321 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:19,479 Speaker 1: New York. Let me pick a New York team. And 322 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 1: the Giants were kind of on top, uh you know 323 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: at the time they won like the Super Bowl and 324 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: what eighties six maybe with sims or eighty eight something 325 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: around there. And I just said, no, I want to 326 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: I like an underdog because I'm an underdog. Give me 327 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: the Jets. And I never really liked Washington, but all 328 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 1: my friends did. And I go on Facebook every week 329 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: shout out to people who still go on Facebook. And 330 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 1: I got all these friends in in DC hyping Washington, 331 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 1: and they were so geeked at the Chase Young performance. Today. 332 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: Washington now vaulting into the lead. Washington Alex Smith, Rob 333 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: I don't know how much of this game you watch. 334 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,400 Speaker 1: Alex Smith gets hurt at halftime and they gotta put 335 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: in Dayne Haskins, who right Rivera did not like remember, 336 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 1: they like banished him from the facility for like two months. 337 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: They just did. They just didn't want him near there. 338 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 1: They didn't think he was studying up on the playbook 339 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: and being a good teammate. It's a second year guy, 340 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: and they really treated him like garbage. I don't know 341 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: the inside details. Um, We're we're gunning to get a 342 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: former GM on the podcast later this week. Who um, 343 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: shall we say they know a little something about that 344 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: front office in Washington. Um? And then Chase Young right 345 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 1: before halftime has this scoop and score. By the way, 346 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 1: Chase Young had one of the best defensive performances of 347 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: the weekend. He was phenomenal, unlike t J. Watt, who 348 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: was on a frigging milk carton on Sunday Night football. 349 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 1: But I'm not gonna go there yet. Um, Chase Young 350 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 1: gets a scoop and score from about fifty yards out. 351 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: He just picked up the football like he was picking 352 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 1: up a nerf ball, like I would palm a nerf ball. 353 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 1: And just start sprinting and You're like, Oh, what a 354 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: freak this guy is. And that gave them the cushion. 355 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: And Dwayne Haskins was serviceable and Nick Mullins was Nick Mullins. 356 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: He threw in pick six. Um, the guy I've championed 357 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: is one of the best backup quarterbacks in the league. 358 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: You know, Uh, maybe he's not one of the best. 359 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 1: Maybe he's one of the best third string backups in 360 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:14,440 Speaker 1: the league. And I gotta say, I'm stunned that Washington, 361 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 1: the Washington Football Club is now in position to win 362 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 1: the NFC least Dallas also won, but they're they're way 363 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: out of it. Uh. The Giants with a bad loss. 364 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 1: Danny Dimes turned into a pumpkin, and um, he was 365 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: sacked like six times. They mercifully took him out. That 366 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: was I guess the Arizona defensive stinks. And now Washington, 367 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: which has lost to the Giants twice, I believe right, Rob, 368 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: that's correct. Yeah, Washingtons lost to them twice, and now 369 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: they have the inside track. That's a great story. That 370 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: is a phenomenal story. The Giants have a chance, though 371 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: they next have Brown's Ravens Cowboys. Washington of course, you 372 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: know Seahawks, Panthers, Eagles. I give them a slight edge. Uh, 373 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: Washington coming off the three game road trip, get Seattle 374 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:06,000 Speaker 1: at home. Not a layup for Seattle. Russ and that 375 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: shaky offensive line against Washington's menacing front seven will not 376 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 1: be an easy game for Russell Wilson. I'm gonna go 377 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 1: ahead and say Washington's gonna steal that playoff birth that 378 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:19,119 Speaker 1: that that is a great story in the NFL to 379 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: go from second overall pick and what does Ron Rivera 380 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: do down to his third string quarterback and he's somehow 381 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 1: able to get them into first place. And yes, it 382 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: took Dak Prescott going down, and it took Carson Wentz 383 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: getting benched. A lot of stuff had to happen. But 384 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: you know what getting to the playoffs for a franchise 385 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 1: that's been this downtrodden and beat up. I mean, you 386 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 1: guys have read all the stories about the owner there, 387 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: Dan Snyder. I mean we had um former running back 388 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: Clinton Portis on the podcast a couple of weeks ago 389 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,159 Speaker 1: talking about what it's like in that organization. And you 390 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: got to give it up to Ron rivera man only 391 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: team with a positive point differential in the worst division 392 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:01,719 Speaker 1: in football. They won four straight kudas to Ron Rivera. 393 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: So rob g those are the biggest storylines that jumped 394 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,119 Speaker 1: out at me from this week. Um, it was a 395 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: good Sunday uh in the NFL. For me, financially, it 396 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,959 Speaker 1: was listen, I'm gonna quickly talk about the Jets briefly. 397 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: It's so funny if you, if you guys follow any 398 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 1: New York media members on social media for whatever reason, 399 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: they're really trying to talk about this year's Jets, right, 400 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: and that's not relevant to anybody. Nobody cares, Nobody gives 401 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,679 Speaker 1: a rats ass that they're owing thirteen and stink. So 402 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: people are trying to say, is just the worst football 403 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: team ever? Well, no, of course it's not. It's a 404 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 1: terrible team. They're only thirteen. We get that the wheels 405 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,199 Speaker 1: have come off. Adam Gaze sucks. But this idea that 406 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: like the New York media is gonna try to paint 407 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: the Jets is the worst team ever. So we could 408 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: get clicks and like making a story. No, there's no 409 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 1: story here. They stink. They're gonna get Trevor Lawrence. The 410 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: goal is let's keep Adam Gaze in his head coach. Okay, 411 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: he's terrible. He's gonna prevent us from winning that. We'll 412 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: have a kicker out here who misses three field goals 413 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,439 Speaker 1: against Seattle. I need to thank him because I had 414 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 1: the under and it hit um. And you know, Sam 415 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,919 Speaker 1: Donald another performance Ory was not great, and you know 416 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: you still hope you can get a second round pick 417 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 1: for him when you trade him. Um. And by the way, 418 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 1: there there's gonna be some new teams in the mix 419 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,199 Speaker 1: for Sam Donald. I'll just I'll leave it at that. 420 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 1: As we head into a week fift what are we 421 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: on Week fifteen. Yeah, if you look around the league closely, 422 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:32,320 Speaker 1: there's a couple of teams that definitely have openings, and 423 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:34,479 Speaker 1: I think there could be a market for Sam Donald. 424 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: But the big picture is nobody cares of the jet stink. 425 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: All anyone cares about is, oh, we're finally getting Trevor Lawrence. 426 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: The franchise that hasn't had a franchise quarterback. It wasn't 427 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: Sam Donald. We wanted him to be when he wasn't. 428 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: It wasn't Mark Sanchez. We drafted him high in the 429 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,440 Speaker 1: top ten. It doesn't mean you're a franchise quarterback. You've 430 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: got to prove that you are one. You know, just 431 00:22:57,840 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 1: because Baker Mayfield was drafted number one, he's not a 432 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: ranchise quarterback. Jared Goff was drafted high then got the 433 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 1: big contract. He is their franchise quarterback. To get the 434 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: franchise quarterback status, you've got to get to that big 435 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 1: money contract. Okay, Chad Pennington was not the franchise quarterback. 436 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: Ken O'Brien was not the franchise quarterback. You see what 437 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: I'm getting at. The Jets have never had one. Nobody 438 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 1: cares if they go on sixteen. They don't. Jets fans 439 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: want them to lose games. Jacksonville went out late in egg. 440 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: We finally started the return of Gardner Minshew because Jacksonville 441 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 1: they want in on Trevor Lawrence if they can. Looks 442 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: like they're gonna have to settle for Justin Fields, which 443 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: is not a bad consolation prize. Um, so I don't 444 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: know that that's where I was, rob Ge. If there's 445 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 1: anything else you want to get off your head, chest, 446 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 1: off your head? Uh in Week fourteen before we get 447 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: to one college football story, um, go for it. Well, 448 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 1: two things quickly. One of them. I hate that you 449 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:55,719 Speaker 1: brought up the Jets again. I was listening to your 450 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: Saturday show and I was taking my dog for a 451 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 1: walk on the radio and thank you, thank you. I 452 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,400 Speaker 1: heard you book a Jet specific guest for that ship. 453 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: And I thought about texting your producer Gavin and be like, 454 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: why are you letting Jason ruin his ratings like this? 455 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: But nobody cares about the Jets. And again on the 456 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: show that I produced, now you find a way to 457 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: work in a four minutes a lookally about the Jets. 458 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 1: So I'm mad at you, but I'm mostly mad at myself. 459 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,919 Speaker 1: That's number one. Number two. We touched on it quickly 460 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: with the Steelers and and the kind of down spin 461 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,199 Speaker 1: that they've been in the last two weeks, and we 462 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 1: both kind of agree that they weren't as good as 463 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: their eleven and old record said. But finally we see 464 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 1: something a little bit of a crack in their armor. 465 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,880 Speaker 1: With the Big Bend. After the game, he kind of conceded, Hey, 466 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 1: we don't run the ball well enough. We're not a 467 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: balanced enough team. And I think that's been clear to 468 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:46,160 Speaker 1: anybody who watches them play. But to hear Big Bend 469 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 1: kind of voices frustrations out in the media like that, 470 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: I think is a really telling thing. And that's something 471 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: to think that if you're a Steelers saying should be 472 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: concerned about, because whatever they give you in the media, 473 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: we know this, it's a lot worse behind the scenes. 474 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 1: There only gonna give you the surface level of whatever, 475 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,159 Speaker 1: positive or negative. So if he's willing to go on 476 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: the record in the media and say that we need 477 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:07,959 Speaker 1: to do a better job running the football and being 478 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: more balanced, it means that behind closed doors, he's really 479 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 1: piste off at the way that their offense is performing. 480 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 1: And I think he knows that they can't play like 481 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,199 Speaker 1: that if they're gonna have any chance of making them 482 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: ride the Super Bowl. I was gonna save this for 483 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,320 Speaker 1: best bet when I tore apart the Steelers for ruining 484 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: my one of my bets this weekend. But that loss 485 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,119 Speaker 1: is on Big Ben. Okay, I don't want to hear 486 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: him blame We're not balanced. Okay, they're leading seven nothing 487 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: in the late in the first half, they give up 488 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 1: a field goal. Okay, fine, you go seven three, all right, 489 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: let's get a drive. Let's see if we can get 490 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: a field goal. And then Ben throws a pick six 491 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,199 Speaker 1: and that ruined the game. He lost the game for 492 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh on the pick six because the defense has played 493 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 1: well in the first half, okay, and in the second 494 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 1: half Brian Dable figured it out and they went up 495 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,360 Speaker 1: and down the field on that defense and Big Ben 496 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 1: could not respond. Yeah, that we know that they're not balanced, 497 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: but you lost the game, Bed. Don't try to twist it. 498 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: Don't try to say, oh, well, we're not balanced. You 499 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,239 Speaker 1: had a two minute drill and you failed and you 500 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,640 Speaker 1: gave the other team a touchdown. That was the game. Yes, 501 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh's not balanced. Can they come through in the playoffs? Schall? 502 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: I don't know, man. They were down four defensive starters. 503 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: I saw another starter got hurt. Um. This is just 504 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 1: a beat up team. They haven't had a buy. We 505 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: talked about this. I'm upset with Pittsburgh. I I wanted 506 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 1: to see them against um Pat Mahomes at full strength 507 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,120 Speaker 1: and they're not. I mean you if you it's too bad. 508 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 1: You can't bring Bush back and dupre Joe Hayden didn't 509 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 1: play and Stefon Diggs had like seventy five catches, Like, 510 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,679 Speaker 1: I mean, they're just too hurt right now. It stinks. 511 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:41,679 Speaker 1: Listen This is a war of attrition. This is a 512 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 1: brutal season, and it sucks because Ben had been fairly 513 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: well about average ish coming off the injury. You just 514 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 1: hope he can do it again next year. You're concerned 515 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,719 Speaker 1: with him every offseason is that he's not gonna like, 516 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: you know, go all grizzly man and not shave and 517 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: gain like thirty pounds. And I mean the guys in 518 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: Bill in the pocket. They had to change how the 519 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 1: offense is designed because of his lack of mobility. I mean, 520 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: he's got to unload the ball quickly because he can 521 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,719 Speaker 1: barely move. And that's a team I would love for 522 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 1: Sam Donald to get traded to. I know it's in 523 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: the a f c um, but yeah, they need to 524 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,199 Speaker 1: get younger at quarterbacks. So um yeah, I don't know. 525 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: I'm disappointed in Ben Roethlisberg. I'll just leave it at that, alright. 526 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 1: I quickly wanted to touch on one college football topic. 527 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,679 Speaker 1: We haven't done a ton of it outside of Jim Harball. 528 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 1: But Saturday night, L s U and Florida are playing 529 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: kind of a heated game, and obviously Florida was a 530 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 1: big favorite, and then their star tight end got ruled out. 531 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: I mean, the guy's gonna be a first round pick. 532 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: I had him in my mock draft at sixteen. Uh 533 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,400 Speaker 1: to the Patriots, of course, who loved tight ends. And 534 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 1: Florida gets what appears to be a late game stop 535 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: and an L s U player's shoe came off on 536 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: the tackle, and the Florida kid was so fired up 537 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: he picked up the shoe and did and he got 538 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: a fifteen yard penalty. And the poor college kid is 539 00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: getting I'm sure destroyed. I hope he's not checking his 540 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: social media mentions. Ultimately, it keeps the drive going. Ls 541 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 1: You gets a field goal and they win by three. Um. 542 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 1: I don't know what you could say about the kid. 543 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 1: But after the game, Dan Mullen, the often insufferable coach 544 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: of the Florida Gators, basically was so ticked off that 545 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 1: the loss is gonna keep Florida out of the football playoff. 546 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: And his argument was, well, maybe we should not have 547 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 1: played this many games. Maybe if we it was hinting 548 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 1: at hey, Ohio State's gonna play half the games we played, 549 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 1: they're gonna get in. Uh. If we had played half 550 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: the games like they had, then, UM, we'd probably would 551 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: be undefeated. He that's what he's insinuating. And he's not wrong. Uh, 552 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 1: he's not wrong at all. But I don't know what 553 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 1: what the alternative is. Like, this is a weird season, 554 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 1: you know. I'm sure the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA 555 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: are like, you know what, we got screwed. We had 556 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: the best record in the league. We had a massive 557 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 1: home court advantage. Um, nobody was beating us in a 558 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 1: seven game series if we had home court advantage, and 559 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 1: now we gotta go play in a bubble, Well that sucks. Oh, 560 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 1: I guess what hanging in the balance is Janice and 561 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: the super Max deal. Like, yeah, the Bucks got screwed. 562 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: Everybody's getting screwed. I mean, Dan Mullen likes you know, 563 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 1: you guys know, I coach my kids a lot in sports, 564 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 1: and one of the things I try to tell him 565 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: is like, don't blame the refs, don't blame the outside circumstances. Um, 566 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 1: you win or you lose, and then you know what, 567 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: you go into the next game. It's not the end 568 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 1: of the world. Yeah, it stinks for Dan Mullen. You 569 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: know that they're not going to get to the playoff. Um, 570 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,280 Speaker 1: they've had a great season, there's a lot to build 571 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 1: on you. They're gonna lose their quarterback um to the NFL. 572 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 1: I don't think he's a first round pick. Everybody seems 573 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: to think he's in the mix, but I don't know. 574 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: I don't see it. Um. It sucks and that's like 575 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: a nutshell. You don't think Ohio State would have liked 576 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: to have played Michigan. You don't think Ohio State wanted 577 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,240 Speaker 1: all its games to happen. I don't think Ohio States 578 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: a juggernaut. They're really good neutral field. Ohio State certainly 579 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 1: favored over over Florida. Um. But I don't know, Robin 580 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 1: am I defending Ohio State too much here, Like I 581 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 1: just Dan mullins kind of a jerk. Look, I think 582 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 1: Dan Mullen is a big jerk, But in this case, 583 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: I agree with him. Now. I think that he should 584 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: have took his loss like a man, like you'd expect 585 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:44,160 Speaker 1: him to tell his players to do. Because they lost 586 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 1: the game fair and square. It was that that call 587 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 1: at the end. It was kind of sketchy, but you 588 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 1: know that's not the reason that they lost. I should 589 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: have never even been that close of a game. But 590 00:30:56,080 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 1: I believe that the College Football Playoff Committee bought this 591 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 1: whole season. Oh whoa, whoa. We definitely so the fact 592 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: that a team can play ten games and it's going 593 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 1: to have their losses hurt them more than a team 594 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 1: that doesn't even get to six games or whatever it is. 595 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 1: They're gonna be playing six games total Ohio State and 596 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: they're gonna be rewarded with the championship. To me, doesn't 597 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:24,040 Speaker 1: make any sense. It's not fair. It's it's it's clearly 598 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: and our buddy Dan Patrick says is on the show 599 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 1: all the time, this is just the money grab. It's 600 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 1: just we're gonna get the four most marquee marketable teams 601 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 1: in and that's the way it's gonna work. So Alabama, 602 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: thankfully they're undefeated. Though it's easy decision. Notre Dame is 603 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: undefeased was the easy decision. Clemson, I don't know if 604 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,040 Speaker 1: who have they've beaten that you can definitively say that 605 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: they're the third best team in the country other than Hey, 606 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,440 Speaker 1: they got the most likely number one pick and the 607 00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: best quarterback we've seen in thirty years. So we got 608 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 1: to get them into and then Ohio State. Who what 609 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 1: they beat Indiana, that's their claim to fame as maybe Indiana. 610 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 1: Well though, I mean with the non conference, nobody's really 611 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 1: played anyone, right, right, but have they really even been 612 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 1: that impressive in the games that they want? Yeah, it's like, 613 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,800 Speaker 1: I mean that's fair, It's just hey, but Ohio State, 614 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 1: it's a big draw. You know, they they're gonna help 615 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: us compensate for a big chunk of that region in 616 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: the ratings. So let's get them into I just don't 617 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 1: know what the You know, if they came to me 618 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 1: and said, Jason, you know you're so smart. We love 619 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: your podcast. You're just so talented and everything you do, Jason, 620 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: what should we do? I mean, this is easy. Expand 621 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: the playoff to eight games. One off, Let's see what 622 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: happens making eight games. We had Peter Burns on and 623 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: he said that, you like, if it was if there 624 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 1: was ever a year to expand it, this was the 625 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,480 Speaker 1: year to do it. But these don't. I I can't 626 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 1: get too fired up about these college football idiots, um, 627 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:52,600 Speaker 1: just because they consistently make dumb decisions. Um. And it's 628 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: an old boys network, you know that. It's just a 629 00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 1: bunch of old white dudes who make the decisions to 630 00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 1: benefit a handful of schools and keep the pockets line 631 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:02,959 Speaker 1: of their friends who have been in the industry forever. 632 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 1: It's ugly and it's disgusting and behind the scenes is gross. Um. 633 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: I hate what college football has become. I like the games, obviously, 634 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 1: root for the players. I like it as a farm 635 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 1: system for the NFL. I like the pageantry of college football. Um. 636 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,240 Speaker 1: But yeah, it's it's it's it's a billion dollar business. 637 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 1: And you know I'm going on a rant, rob G 638 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 1: why did you get me started on our college football rant? 639 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 1: It's an NFL Monday, Come on, um Alright. So anyways, 640 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 1: that that is a kind of a recap of Week fourteen, 641 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 1: a smattering of college football. I think we're gonna do 642 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: some some college football this week. I have a feeling 643 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 1: that's just a gut um. So anyways, there you have it. 644 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: It's time for the best bet. The only thing better 645 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 1: than sitting on your couch watching the game is making 646 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 1: money while you do it. Here's your best bet, alright, 647 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 1: it's best bet time. Here on a Fire had a 648 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: profitable NFL weekend, recapping the best bets that we gave 649 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 1: out on Friday. Hit the Jets, Seattle under forty seven 650 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:12,040 Speaker 1: and a half, a bit of a sweat there as 651 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,400 Speaker 1: the New York Jets defense just started giving up in 652 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 1: the first half. It was seventeen three Seattle, early second quarter, 653 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 1: and I'm like, oh my gosh, almost halfway there at 654 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,960 Speaker 1: the half um, you just assumed there was gonna be 655 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:29,280 Speaker 1: a Jets pick six or a fumble scoop and score. Luckily, 656 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:33,040 Speaker 1: that never happened. Donald really was not awful. Obviously wasn't good. 657 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 1: But Seattle thirty seven three, hitting into the fourth and 658 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 1: they kind of just mailed it in. They were like, 659 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,239 Speaker 1: all right, Geno Smith, mop things up. He didn't try 660 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,080 Speaker 1: to win the game. The Jets under hits. That was 661 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,359 Speaker 1: a nice one easy teaser cash for you. I mean, 662 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:50,760 Speaker 1: Tennessee green Bay was cupcake city. Tennessee never threatened at all. 663 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 1: Um and green Bay, I mean they it didn't get dicey, 664 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,640 Speaker 1: they didn't cover for the game, but given out the teaser. 665 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 1: I mean, that was the easy easy, And those favorites 666 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,359 Speaker 1: are tough because remember two weeks ago Seattle lost out 667 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,080 Speaker 1: right that teaser leg would not hit. And then if 668 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,799 Speaker 1: you had the Saints in a teaser that missed. So 669 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 1: Tennessee Green Bay and easy winner. The loss, of course stung. 670 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 1: It was the Pittsburgh Steelers, and listen, I didn't go 671 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:19,640 Speaker 1: in on them earlier in the podcast because I was 672 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,520 Speaker 1: so frustrated and sometimes you needs some time, uh to 673 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: just relax an unwind um. Big Ben lost that game, folks. 674 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,680 Speaker 1: He was pretty terrible with that pick six at the 675 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,920 Speaker 1: end of the first half. Think about this. Pittsburgh was 676 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 1: in total control of the first half. Buffalo's offense was confused. 677 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,759 Speaker 1: Josh Allen three and out, wacky interception that wasn't Josh 678 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:44,719 Speaker 1: Allen's fault three and out, five place punt fumble, three 679 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:47,880 Speaker 1: plays punt. They could do nothing their first six possessions, 680 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,320 Speaker 1: fifty nine yards of total offense. And then at the 681 00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 1: end of the half, you know they're got to get 682 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:53,440 Speaker 1: in the quasi two minute drill and they get the 683 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,120 Speaker 1: field goal. Steelers get the ball back under a minute, 684 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,000 Speaker 1: like about a minute left, and Ben does what he 685 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,200 Speaker 1: did at the beginning of the game. If you remember, 686 00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 1: the third down pass was nearly picked off. It was 687 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,000 Speaker 1: like just a late pass. He kind of blamed the receiver. 688 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:09,799 Speaker 1: End of the first half. That was on Ben, a 689 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:13,800 Speaker 1: terrible pick six. So with two minutes left. The Steelers 690 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,120 Speaker 1: are up seven nothing, They're going to halftime down nine seven, 691 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,600 Speaker 1: and Buffalo at all the momentum. They come out in 692 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 1: the second half and whatever Pittsburgh was doing in the 693 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,640 Speaker 1: first half to confuse Alan, Brian Dable, the great offensive coordinator, 694 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:29,200 Speaker 1: figured it out. Buffalo comes out, touchdown, touchdown, and you know, 695 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:32,839 Speaker 1: basically that's a ball game Pittsburgh got. They did get 696 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:35,880 Speaker 1: one there to make it mildly interesting, but they did 697 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,839 Speaker 1: not cover. And um, Pittsburgh's in some trouble now. So 698 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,480 Speaker 1: two and one on the picks. I didn't realize this 699 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,920 Speaker 1: when I gave out the best bets, but Baltimore, uh, 700 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,040 Speaker 1: Seattle is the Monday night football game. I'm sorry that 701 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:52,080 Speaker 1: Baltimore Seattle Baltimore Cleveland is the Monday night football game. 702 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: And listen, I gave this out at two and a 703 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:59,000 Speaker 1: half on Friday. I got it earlier last week at one. 704 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,200 Speaker 1: I also got two, folks, This is one I feel 705 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:06,280 Speaker 1: pretty confident about. The problem is now the value seems 706 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,600 Speaker 1: to be gone. Like I can't sit here and say 707 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:12,000 Speaker 1: to you guys, like, yeah, go out and bet Baltimore 708 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,520 Speaker 1: favored by three. Um, because the most of the values gone. 709 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 1: You know at one or two. Yeah, great, so hopefully 710 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:22,080 Speaker 1: you got a Friday. I'm sticking with that pick um 711 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,080 Speaker 1: at two and a half here for the podcast and 712 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,440 Speaker 1: scoring purposes, because I know that there's a bunch of 713 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:30,520 Speaker 1: scoreboard lurkers out there. UM, I like Baltimore here, the 714 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,040 Speaker 1: total starting to tick down. We're looking at a cold weather, 715 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:38,160 Speaker 1: probably low scoring game in Cleveland, a lot of running. Uh. 716 00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,200 Speaker 1: You know Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt. You know we 717 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:44,239 Speaker 1: could trust Baker Mayfield. Cleveland could last week UM in 718 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:47,680 Speaker 1: an easy spot against an easy defense. I don't know 719 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:51,719 Speaker 1: if that's the case here primetime football game. UH. Feisty 720 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,120 Speaker 1: defense that has seen Baker Mayfield a lot in the 721 00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:58,040 Speaker 1: last two years. Aggressive defense that loves to blitz. Uh. 722 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,239 Speaker 1: Look at the pressure rate. I believe they're four within 723 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,600 Speaker 1: the league. I think they're number one or number two 724 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:07,840 Speaker 1: heading into this weekend. In most blitzes. Pittsburgh loves to 725 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:09,759 Speaker 1: get after the quarterback, and you know, we'll see how 726 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:11,879 Speaker 1: Baker handles pressure. I do want to remind you guys, 727 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,960 Speaker 1: I think it was the last time Buffalo at a 728 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:20,200 Speaker 1: primetime game last year Baker against uh Sanford. I think 729 00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:24,360 Speaker 1: it was San Francisco and Baker had gone across country 730 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,799 Speaker 1: and there was some excitement about the Browns and oh 731 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:29,840 Speaker 1: my gosh, did they get stomped? And Baker was atrocious 732 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:34,400 Speaker 1: And listen, Baker was a primetime quarterback in college, no 733 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,920 Speaker 1: doubt about that. Nfel is a bit of a different animal. 734 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,280 Speaker 1: And the books out on Baker at this point, folks, 735 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,400 Speaker 1: So Baltimore is not gonna be surprised by anything. I 736 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:44,759 Speaker 1: like the Ravens. Here, the name that you gotta watch 737 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,440 Speaker 1: for the rest of today is Wyatt Teller, the great 738 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:51,200 Speaker 1: guard of the Browns. Honestly, I'm not I know you're saying, like, oh, 739 00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:53,600 Speaker 1: come on, he's not great. This is a dude who 740 00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:58,040 Speaker 1: was the number one wank ranked guard according to Pro 741 00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:01,640 Speaker 1: Football Talk. I'm starting not Pro Football Talk, pro Football Focus. 742 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:03,880 Speaker 1: At Wyatt Teller is the number one guard. He was 743 00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:08,560 Speaker 1: on the COVID list. He was activated Sunday, So I 744 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,640 Speaker 1: didn't get to practice once this week. Um, it just 745 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,759 Speaker 1: monitored that he didn't He didn't have COVID. He was 746 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,279 Speaker 1: in there like the contact tracing situation. But you can't 747 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:19,279 Speaker 1: be a practice. You can zoom in on practice. So 748 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:22,520 Speaker 1: you know, some people would say Oh well, he's probably healthy, 749 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,359 Speaker 1: uh and refreshed since he wasn't at practice. He being 750 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,400 Speaker 1: used as a battering ram getting hit all week. Okay, 751 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,480 Speaker 1: Um the other side as well, I don't know. He 752 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:33,320 Speaker 1: hasn't had contact and now he's gotta go up against 753 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:36,439 Speaker 1: a feisty, aggressive defense. We'll see. I think that's a big, 754 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:39,600 Speaker 1: big decision there in the middle of the line. Teller's 755 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,560 Speaker 1: got to protect. He's got a run block. He's really 756 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:45,000 Speaker 1: good at his job, and Baltimore knows what's coming. So anyways, 757 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,240 Speaker 1: I got the Ravens in the best bet profitable weekend 758 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,680 Speaker 1: and um, no Tuesday night football this week. However, we 759 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,480 Speaker 1: do have the NBA coming up, and I'm gonna do 760 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:58,120 Speaker 1: my best to churn out some NBA best bets. I 761 00:39:58,160 --> 00:39:59,840 Speaker 1: do have to be careful at the beginning of the season, 762 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:03,279 Speaker 1: and but he's excited you want to fire. Just remember, um, 763 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:05,960 Speaker 1: when the NBA comes around, there is a COVID situation 764 00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:08,800 Speaker 1: in the league and in the NFL. You know you 765 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:12,279 Speaker 1: test positive, you're missing a week. In the NBA, with 766 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:16,080 Speaker 1: three games a week in a condensed season, there's a 767 00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,440 Speaker 1: chance you could miss twelve fourteen days, uh, meaning like 768 00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,400 Speaker 1: five six games, not because how long you have to 769 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:25,960 Speaker 1: be out, but also because of practice. You can COVID 770 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:29,280 Speaker 1: hits NFL players a lot differently than it does NBA players. 771 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:33,279 Speaker 1: We'll see what you know, what the time turnaround time 772 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,000 Speaker 1: is for that. I'm very curious to see, um, how 773 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:39,280 Speaker 1: the league handles that, because in a seventy two game season, 774 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:43,040 Speaker 1: if a star is missing six seven games, you know, 775 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:47,880 Speaker 1: that's that's much more significant than one game for you know, 776 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:51,400 Speaker 1: a guard or a you know, linebacker. In the NFL, 777 00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,759 Speaker 1: NBA much smaller roster, So a lot to consider. Very 778 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,680 Speaker 1: excited for the start of the NBA season, and um, 779 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,000 Speaker 1: we'll see what college football rings this weekend. There are 780 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:02,640 Speaker 1: some good games. I think we'll do a best bet 781 00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:06,319 Speaker 1: on Notre Dame Clemson. Uh, Notre Dame Clemson. I'm very 782 00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,319 Speaker 1: excited for that rematch. Um, a couple of good games 783 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:12,160 Speaker 1: this coming weekends. So college football, NBA, NFL rest of 784 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:15,400 Speaker 1: the month is going to be fire here on straight fire. 785 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:16,440 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow.