WEBVTT - Playoff Seeding predictions! 0:00:04.299 --> 0:00:06.699 NFL Game Deview is a production of the NFL in 0:00:06.739 --> 0:00:11.659 partnership with iHeartRadio. 0:00:12.899 --> 0:00:15.259 Well in the Game Debut present about Mercedes been Patrick 0:00:15.299 --> 0:00:17.939 playbound here with Greg Rosenthal and Cynthia Freeland, who have 0:00:17.979 --> 0:00:21.699 gone back and forth all season long, but Cynthia, something 0:00:21.739 --> 0:00:22.899 has changed this week. 0:00:22.979 --> 0:00:24.779 Well, we kind of haven't gone back and forth all season. 0:00:24.899 --> 0:00:27.059 That was nice of you, but it doesn't matter. It's 0:00:27.099 --> 0:00:28.819 how you finish, right, It's not how you start, it's 0:00:28.819 --> 0:00:31.259 how you finish. And right now things are okay. I 0:00:31.259 --> 0:00:32.019 didn't even know. 0:00:32.179 --> 0:00:35.699 How to Apparently this Pittsburgh Steelers, of this operation looking 0:00:35.739 --> 0:00:37.739 good all year and then at the end it just 0:00:38.579 --> 0:00:41.059 sinks and I'm getting drummed all of a sudden. 0:00:41.219 --> 0:00:44.619 Yeah, the dueling flexes there, Cynthia flexing that she didn't 0:00:44.619 --> 0:00:46.699 even know, Greg flexing that he's been on top all 0:00:46.739 --> 0:00:51.139 season long. But yes, with a three game lead that 0:00:51.219 --> 0:00:53.659 she was apparently not aware of at all until our meetings. 0:00:54.139 --> 0:00:55.499 I don't buy that. I don't. 0:00:55.539 --> 0:00:56.979 I don't remember some of your He's. 0:00:56.859 --> 0:00:59.179 Checking what the picks are, but it's not done yet. 0:00:59.219 --> 0:01:01.419 We got a big Week eight team. There's weird spreads 0:01:01.459 --> 0:01:02.299 all over the place. 0:01:02.539 --> 0:01:05.539 I just look at my own they focus on myself, Greg, 0:01:05.579 --> 0:01:07.379 you know, only me, I compet. 0:01:07.019 --> 0:01:09.459 With Don Drapered me. I don't even think yeah, yeah. 0:01:09.259 --> 0:01:10.579 Don't think about you at all. 0:01:10.659 --> 0:01:12.779 We got more sneak diss is coming on this edition 0:01:12.819 --> 0:01:15.699 of the game debut High stakes though. When the Vikings 0:01:15.699 --> 0:01:18.139 face off against the Lions on Sunday Night Football, the 0:01:18.179 --> 0:01:21.139 winner gets the one seed in the NFC. Loser falls 0:01:21.219 --> 0:01:23.939 all the way down to five. These teams throwing haymakers 0:01:24.099 --> 0:01:27.019 when they met back in week seven. The Vikings at 0:01:27.059 --> 0:01:29.339 fourteen and two could be right there where the Lions 0:01:29.379 --> 0:01:32.699 are if they get this win on Sunday Night Football. Also, 0:01:32.899 --> 0:01:34.819 you know, keep an eye on the Falcons and the 0:01:34.859 --> 0:01:38.579 Buckses win loss situation could change that, But we're focused 0:01:38.619 --> 0:01:42.339 on the Vikings. Lions rematched in Detroit, steaks huge. As 0:01:42.339 --> 0:01:44.019 we said, very close the first time. 0:01:44.219 --> 0:01:44.979 You just saw it. 0:01:45.219 --> 0:01:49.099 What about this time in this matchup, Cynthia, what happens? 0:01:49.419 --> 0:01:53.019 Well, it was kind of interesting to see that koc 0:01:53.259 --> 0:01:56.379 that coach o'connells said that to stay healthy, because that 0:01:56.459 --> 0:01:59.619 certainly hasn't happened. But I still somehow have Detroit coming 0:01:59.619 --> 0:02:04.779 out on top by one measily point twenty seven, twenty 0:02:05.099 --> 0:02:08.539 six in the Motor City. I don't like this from 0:02:08.579 --> 0:02:10.579 the standpoint of like I'd rather hedge and like have 0:02:10.619 --> 0:02:12.739 picked Minnesota and then like just be cheering for the 0:02:12.779 --> 0:02:14.739 Lions and just be happy about it. But you know 0:02:14.739 --> 0:02:16.539 who else likes to take risk more than me? 0:02:16.859 --> 0:02:18.059 That would be the coach. 0:02:18.299 --> 0:02:20.179 And when you're looking at what Jared Gossman doing on 0:02:20.219 --> 0:02:23.059 third and fourth down last week, that was something where 0:02:23.419 --> 0:02:26.099 Dan and I guess Ben Johnson too, they're like, Hey, 0:02:26.299 --> 0:02:28.419 who cares if it's third or fourth down, We don't care. 0:02:28.499 --> 0:02:31.019 We can throw touchdowns on every single down and we're 0:02:31.019 --> 0:02:33.139 gonna keep going for it and not let our defense 0:02:33.179 --> 0:02:35.819 stay on the field because there's pretty much no one 0:02:35.819 --> 0:02:39.179 playing on the defense. So ultimately using those downs, those 0:02:39.259 --> 0:02:41.819 later downs kind of the way that you'd use second 0:02:41.899 --> 0:02:44.979 down or sometimes even first down a very interesting. Throwing 0:02:45.019 --> 0:02:49.939 touchdowns on fourth down. That's a risky strategy, but if 0:02:49.979 --> 0:02:51.659 you're going to be in the position where your entire 0:02:51.699 --> 0:02:54.339 defense is banged up, it's a risk worth taking. 0:02:54.379 --> 0:02:55.419 And it paid off last week. 0:02:55.459 --> 0:02:57.139 And that's gonna be something I think we see here too, 0:02:57.259 --> 0:03:00.419 especially considering Minnesota and later downs. They don't blitz as often, 0:03:00.499 --> 0:03:03.539 so you're gonna get better looks potentially with less blitzing. 0:03:03.579 --> 0:03:04.659 It's interesting. 0:03:04.739 --> 0:03:07.459 So you're hedging a little bit, you are, you are 0:03:07.539 --> 0:03:09.539 picking the Vikings to cover the spread. 0:03:09.619 --> 0:03:11.379 I am to cover that three AM. 0:03:11.419 --> 0:03:13.579 And I went into this week and I was almost surprised, Oh, 0:03:13.619 --> 0:03:14.459 the Lions are favored. 0:03:14.539 --> 0:03:14.819 I don't. 0:03:14.859 --> 0:03:16.659 We just kind of see that the Vikings are a 0:03:16.659 --> 0:03:18.939 better team now. And yet when I looked at this, 0:03:18.979 --> 0:03:20.859 sometimes this is not about the team. It's not about 0:03:20.859 --> 0:03:22.859 the numbers, it's not about hedging. I want to watch 0:03:22.899 --> 0:03:25.099 Sunday night. I want to root on the lines, and 0:03:25.139 --> 0:03:28.059 I believe there's something beyond the numbers that the model 0:03:28.139 --> 0:03:29.819 can't even replicate. 0:03:30.059 --> 0:03:31.379 Lions win this game by four. 0:03:31.459 --> 0:03:33.979 They cover the number, and it's because of Dan Campbell, 0:03:34.019 --> 0:03:37.619 because he's made us all believe in something greater than 0:03:37.739 --> 0:03:41.179 just the x's and o's and the Jimmy's and the 0:03:41.299 --> 0:03:44.779 Joe's and the blocking and the going for fourth down. 0:03:44.899 --> 0:03:47.579 And I just have enjoyed being part of this journey. 0:03:47.619 --> 0:03:50.779 They are America's team. I'm sorry Vikings, like I can't 0:03:50.779 --> 0:03:53.459 remember a team that had this many people that aren't 0:03:53.499 --> 0:03:54.819 Lions fans backing them. 0:03:54.859 --> 0:03:56.299 And so even though I kind. 0:03:56.099 --> 0:03:58.779 Of think the Lions aren't as good because of their 0:03:58.819 --> 0:04:02.699 defensive talent ultimately in the back seven, especially at cornerback 0:04:02.739 --> 0:04:03.499 and linebacker. 0:04:03.739 --> 0:04:04.739 Ultimately, I look. 0:04:04.619 --> 0:04:08.099 At the just the games they've been in. They've been 0:04:08.139 --> 0:04:10.459 making this journey for three years. You think about a 0:04:10.499 --> 0:04:12.419 couple of years ago on Sunday Night Football when they 0:04:12.459 --> 0:04:14.659 beat the Packers, and I just feel like they are 0:04:14.739 --> 0:04:17.699 hard and just like Dan Campbell said, they've got special 0:04:17.739 --> 0:04:20.699 players in golf and Gibbs, and they find a way 0:04:20.779 --> 0:04:23.859 somehow to get it done and get themselves a little break. 0:04:24.059 --> 0:04:26.859 Yeah, a little brick that's needed for a team that's 0:04:26.899 --> 0:04:29.099 dealing with all these injuries. Guys, that's unanimous. I have 0:04:29.139 --> 0:04:31.939 the Detroit Lions winning also by one. I'll give both 0:04:31.939 --> 0:04:35.099 teams one more point than Cynthia. There might score twenty 0:04:35.179 --> 0:04:37.299 eight to twenty seven, because I think there's going to 0:04:37.339 --> 0:04:40.139 be high scores. The Lions clearly have those problems with 0:04:40.219 --> 0:04:42.779 injuries on defense, but there are two parts of this 0:04:42.899 --> 0:04:45.419 Lion's defense that are there and playing well. 0:04:45.619 --> 0:04:49.019 It is Kirby Joseph who leads the NFL in interceptions. 0:04:49.139 --> 0:04:52.099 Talking about Pro Bowl snubs, i'n't the way that he 0:04:52.139 --> 0:04:55.739 has played this season. Also, Brian Branch in the secondary, 0:04:56.579 --> 0:04:59.499 Sam Donald almost half of his attempts are past the 0:04:59.539 --> 0:05:04.379 sticks and the intermediate defense for the Detroit Lions secondary 0:05:04.739 --> 0:05:08.379 top three in the entire NFL. I know they are hurt, 0:05:08.699 --> 0:05:10.819 but if we're gonna pick the quarterback to make mistakes, 0:05:10.819 --> 0:05:14.259 we saw Donald with those high throws last week against 0:05:14.259 --> 0:05:16.939 the Green Bay Packers. Jared Goff hasn't made those mistakes. 0:05:17.139 --> 0:05:19.939 I think Jared and the Lions gonna win here. 0:05:19.979 --> 0:05:23.179 They're gonna meme us, meme away. Viking spander the most 0:05:23.219 --> 0:05:23.899 likely to meme. 0:05:26.219 --> 0:05:29.499 Look at the blowouts that we have collectively six points 0:05:29.539 --> 0:05:30.059 between us. 0:05:30.379 --> 0:05:32.779 We respect the Vikings. Just feel like the Lions are 0:05:32.779 --> 0:05:33.779 gonna win this game at home. 0:05:33.819 --> 0:05:36.619 Moving to the AFC, the Bengals might be the one 0:05:36.659 --> 0:05:39.819 team opponents do not want to see in the postseas 0:05:40.019 --> 0:05:42.739 they are still alive. Here's what they need. This list 0:05:43.099 --> 0:05:45.939 was a lot longer a couple of weeks ago, but 0:05:46.019 --> 0:05:48.339 the Bengals need to get a win against the Steelers 0:05:48.579 --> 0:05:50.979 and then see the Broncos lose to the Chiefs and 0:05:51.019 --> 0:05:54.819 the Dolphins lose or have a tie against the New 0:05:54.899 --> 0:05:57.619 York Jets, but those things will happen afterwards. With the 0:05:57.659 --> 0:06:01.259 Bengals Steelers on Saturday night, Pittsburgh already clinched the playoff spot, 0:06:01.339 --> 0:06:03.459 since he needs that win to keep their dream alive. 0:06:04.219 --> 0:06:05.059 Do they get that winger. 0:06:05.539 --> 0:06:07.379 I don't think they do. It would be better for 0:06:07.459 --> 0:06:11.459 our entertainment purposes. On Sunday, but I think the Bengals 0:06:11.659 --> 0:06:14.939 lose for the first time in a while since they 0:06:14.979 --> 0:06:17.979 last played the Steelers Pittsburgh wins twenty three to twenty 0:06:18.219 --> 0:06:20.779 because sometimes you got to believe that there's a character 0:06:20.899 --> 0:06:23.019 to a team, and it doesn't make sense you add 0:06:23.099 --> 0:06:25.619 up fifty three different guys and yet the same thing 0:06:25.819 --> 0:06:28.699 keeps happening over and over. And what I keep seeing 0:06:28.739 --> 0:06:30.619 happen this season if you go all the way back 0:06:30.659 --> 0:06:33.179 to the beginning with this Bengals team, is they just. 0:06:33.259 --> 0:06:35.379 Find ways to lose close games. 0:06:35.419 --> 0:06:37.619 And it's mostly because of those guys in the secondary 0:06:37.819 --> 0:06:40.139 in the defense, and they've been better defensively lately, but 0:06:40.139 --> 0:06:42.499 it's mostly because they're getting turnovers. They're not really getting 0:06:42.539 --> 0:06:46.099 a lot of stops or forcing mistakes. And you're watching 0:06:46.179 --> 0:06:49.059 all these games over the course of the season, whether 0:06:49.099 --> 0:06:52.419 it's in the division to the Ravens or the Steelers, 0:06:52.739 --> 0:06:53.259 and they're. 0:06:53.099 --> 0:06:54.259 All good opponents. 0:06:54.259 --> 0:06:57.459 Well here's another one, Pittsburgh, and there's something I believe 0:06:57.459 --> 0:07:00.179 that's in their DNA in Pittsburgh. I want to believe 0:07:00.179 --> 0:07:02.619 they're different than the other Mike Tomlin teams that have 0:07:02.659 --> 0:07:05.139 been nine and eight, ten and seven, not really that good. 0:07:05.179 --> 0:07:07.339 I want to believe this team is an eleven and 0:07:07.419 --> 0:07:09.899 six type of team that actually finishes the season strong 0:07:09.979 --> 0:07:11.819 and gets this win on Saturday. 0:07:12.139 --> 0:07:14.459 I agree with you, Greg, I think the Pittsburgh Steelers 0:07:14.939 --> 0:07:17.459 win as well. I've got a twenty nine to twenty 0:07:17.459 --> 0:07:20.499 eight win by this Steelers team. I would probably feel 0:07:20.499 --> 0:07:24.179 different if both Nicks and the Broncos didn't absolutely evaporate 0:07:24.499 --> 0:07:28.459 through the Bengals and score that touchdown on Saturday last week. 0:07:28.499 --> 0:07:30.899 And I look back at the very last time these 0:07:30.899 --> 0:07:34.619 two teams played when other than an interception on the 0:07:34.619 --> 0:07:37.659 opening drive, which could have easily been defensive pass interference, 0:07:37.859 --> 0:07:40.619 this was the best game that Russell Wilson has played, 0:07:41.099 --> 0:07:43.379 maybe in the last five years. He was incredibly through 0:07:43.459 --> 0:07:45.659 for four hundred yards. The Steelers could. 0:07:45.539 --> 0:07:46.339 Not be stopped. 0:07:46.779 --> 0:07:49.419 And yeah, I saw this Bengals pass rush not being 0:07:49.419 --> 0:07:51.299 able to cause a whole lot of problems. There were 0:07:51.339 --> 0:07:54.179 some mistakes, as Greg mentioned, has been the only reason 0:07:54.259 --> 0:07:56.179 the Bengals have been able to get off the field lately. 0:07:56.219 --> 0:07:59.059 The opposition hasn't been that well. I can't get this. 0:07:59.019 --> 0:08:01.459 Out of my mind. I'm going with the Steelers winning, Cynthia. 0:08:01.619 --> 0:08:05.779 You guys are letting me take the bank ah by myself. 0:08:06.219 --> 0:08:07.059 Okay, good fine. 0:08:07.219 --> 0:08:10.859 Cincinnati wins twenty six to twenty for prime number, this one. 0:08:10.899 --> 0:08:14.499 I like as far as prime numbers go. Why because 0:08:14.539 --> 0:08:16.859 you don't just have Joe Burrow who's playing out of 0:08:16.899 --> 0:08:19.459 his mind. You don't just have Jamar Chase also playing 0:08:19.459 --> 0:08:21.099 out of his mind, probably gonna win the Triple Crown. 0:08:21.299 --> 0:08:23.099 You also have number five. 0:08:23.099 --> 0:08:25.939 Who recently just signed with the same agent as Number one. 0:08:25.939 --> 0:08:26.979 That would be Jamar Chase. 0:08:27.179 --> 0:08:28.859 And I think this is going to be an interesting 0:08:28.939 --> 0:08:31.899 situation where both of these guys, maybe not on the 0:08:31.939 --> 0:08:34.819 same team, but get a huge payday. In large part 0:08:35.059 --> 0:08:37.459 because of how the end of this season has looked. 0:08:37.579 --> 0:08:39.179 T Higgins since returning for injury. 0:08:39.219 --> 0:08:42.179 Oh, all he's done is score touchdowns at least one 0:08:42.619 --> 0:08:44.979 in games and then at least seventy five years this 0:08:45.099 --> 0:08:47.619 is the only wide receiver duo with ten or more 0:08:47.659 --> 0:08:48.379 touchdowns each. 0:08:48.779 --> 0:08:51.099 Chase has sixteen, t Higgins has ten. 0:08:51.379 --> 0:08:53.219 I think that the dual threat there is going to 0:08:53.259 --> 0:08:55.139 be too much for the Pittsburgh Steelers to overcome. 0:08:55.259 --> 0:08:58.859 All right, so no, it's no meme, but we do 0:08:58.939 --> 0:09:01.539 have Cynthia all by herself with the favorites, and the 0:09:01.539 --> 0:09:02.699 Cincinnati Bengals will see it. 0:09:02.739 --> 0:09:05.899 Hell thumbs down, Jamar t I'll. 0:09:05.699 --> 0:09:07.219 Take a better rate if you guys want to sign 0:09:07.259 --> 0:09:10.059 with me. It's time for expert playmakers presented by into 0:09:10.099 --> 0:09:11.019 It Tobo attacks. 0:09:11.139 --> 0:09:12.459 We talked about the other option. 0:09:12.899 --> 0:09:15.859 Cynthia, Well, Jamar Chase have over ninety two receiving yards 0:09:15.859 --> 0:09:16.379 in this game. 0:09:16.459 --> 0:09:19.139 I have ninety nine, which is more than ninety two. 0:09:19.379 --> 0:09:21.259 I think that this game is really going to come 0:09:21.259 --> 0:09:23.059 down to I think it's going to be a nice 0:09:23.139 --> 0:09:25.739 game with lots of passing yards. If you're looking at 0:09:26.019 --> 0:09:28.219 where in the game you're going to get these yards 0:09:28.219 --> 0:09:31.539 coming from, well, it's what happens when Joe Burrow is 0:09:31.579 --> 0:09:33.659 not under pressure, which his O line has kept him 0:09:33.699 --> 0:09:35.179 from pressure, and they kept TJ. 0:09:35.219 --> 0:09:35.739 Watt and check. 0:09:35.779 --> 0:09:37.739 So look, here's what I'm gonna say Jamar Chase ninety 0:09:37.779 --> 0:09:38.179 nine yards. 0:09:38.219 --> 0:09:42.099 I like it all right, A fun game in the AFC. 0:09:42.259 --> 0:09:45.579 Let's take a look at that AFC playoff picture where yeah, 0:09:45.619 --> 0:09:48.099 the Kansas City Chiefs have wrapped up the bye, but 0:09:48.419 --> 0:09:51.819 this game between the Chiefs and the Broncos determines the 0:09:51.819 --> 0:09:53.779 future for both of those teams in the hunt, the 0:09:53.819 --> 0:09:56.339 Dolphins and the Bengals. So let's dive in to this 0:09:56.459 --> 0:09:59.139 matchup between the Chiefs and the Broncos. Casey gets the 0:09:59.139 --> 0:10:01.739 one seed, they will be wrestling starters. No Patrick Mahomes, 0:10:01.739 --> 0:10:04.859 no Chris Jones. If Denver wins, they lynch the final 0:10:04.899 --> 0:10:06.179 wild card spot in the AFC. 0:10:06.259 --> 0:10:07.459 How do you see this going something? 0:10:07.819 --> 0:10:10.019 I think it's a closer than expecting game out, but 0:10:10.179 --> 0:10:12.579 that way, I have twenty five to sixteen in favor 0:10:12.939 --> 0:10:16.059 of Denver. I'm looking at bo Nix and his evolution 0:10:16.179 --> 0:10:18.219 from the beginning of the season. I think we need 0:10:18.259 --> 0:10:20.339 to kind of believe Sean Payton a little bit more. 0:10:20.379 --> 0:10:21.819 Before the season started, we were. 0:10:21.779 --> 0:10:23.699 Kind of like, well, he's played a whole bunch of 0:10:23.779 --> 0:10:26.619 he's old, you know, bo Nick says in he's old, 0:10:26.659 --> 0:10:28.179 and we've seen some turnovers. 0:10:28.219 --> 0:10:30.139 We don't know what to expect and then Sean Payton. 0:10:29.899 --> 0:10:32.459 Comes along watches him throw like six passes, like this 0:10:32.539 --> 0:10:34.299 is the next Drew Brees. Now I'm not going to 0:10:34.339 --> 0:10:36.459 call him the next Drew Brees, but I am going 0:10:36.499 --> 0:10:38.939 to say we've seen such a stark contrast from the 0:10:38.939 --> 0:10:41.619 beginning of the season to the end and his evolution, 0:10:41.779 --> 0:10:45.019 his strategic use of the run game, his strategic I 0:10:45.099 --> 0:10:47.499 do want to see how overall the Broncos run game 0:10:47.499 --> 0:10:49.379 looks in this matchup, but I think it's a nice 0:10:49.379 --> 0:10:51.739 solid win, just maybe a little closer than the number 0:10:51.899 --> 0:10:52.459 is predicted. 0:10:52.659 --> 0:10:53.059 Yeah. 0:10:53.099 --> 0:10:55.899 So it's the first game we're talking about. We're talking 0:10:55.899 --> 0:10:59.819 about who's sitting and who's playing. Carson Wentz is starting 0:10:59.859 --> 0:11:02.179 for the Chiefs and that's why you see that monster number. 0:11:02.219 --> 0:11:03.739 I think the Chiefs cover that number. 0:11:03.899 --> 0:11:07.059 So Cynthia and I think the Broncos win and they 0:11:07.139 --> 0:11:09.419 ultimately go to the playoffs because they're different than old 0:11:09.459 --> 0:11:13.659 Broncos team, because they have superstar quality players. This has 0:11:13.699 --> 0:11:16.619 been such a one sided matchup Denver in Kansas City 0:11:16.859 --> 0:11:19.699 over the last six seven years, but if you think 0:11:19.739 --> 0:11:22.899 back to earlier this season, it was a very close game, 0:11:22.939 --> 0:11:25.619 and it's partly because they have premier talent. You're watching 0:11:25.779 --> 0:11:29.139 Zach Allen, who made the Pro Bowl, who might make 0:11:29.219 --> 0:11:32.179 All Pro, who if he had a different name, would 0:11:32.219 --> 0:11:34.059 be a star at this point because he's playing at 0:11:34.059 --> 0:11:36.219 a star level. You're looking at Patrick's. 0:11:37.219 --> 0:11:39.779 Back if his name was like Razor Allen. 0:11:39.899 --> 0:11:42.779 I came up as a third round pick and he's 0:11:42.779 --> 0:11:45.059 just not a well known guy because he comes from Arizona. 0:11:45.179 --> 0:11:48.739 Patrick's defensive Player of the Year, premier talent. And I 0:11:48.739 --> 0:11:51.539 would throw Quinn Miners in there, who probably should have 0:11:51.579 --> 0:11:53.699 been on the Pro Bowl team or an All Pro. 0:11:53.899 --> 0:11:56.219 But three guys who might be the very best at 0:11:56.259 --> 0:11:58.819 their particular position. That's enough to get them through what 0:11:58.899 --> 0:12:02.339 I think will be an anxious, closer game than Broncos 0:12:02.339 --> 0:12:03.139 fans really want. 0:12:03.339 --> 0:12:07.979 Yeah, I've also so got the Denver Broncos not necessarily 0:12:08.019 --> 0:12:11.019 covering that line because rosters are only so big in 0:12:11.059 --> 0:12:13.379 the NFL. The Chiefs have had injuries at skill positions. 0:12:13.379 --> 0:12:16.499 Some people have to play, and so I think it's 0:12:16.499 --> 0:12:18.459 closer there. I got a five point win. But we 0:12:18.819 --> 0:12:21.499 are meming here, and Greg mentioned all the talent on 0:12:21.539 --> 0:12:24.379 this Denver Broncos team. Let's discuss Courtland Sudden. What a 0:12:24.419 --> 0:12:29.099 season for him. He's making difficult catches. He's making he's 0:12:29.139 --> 0:12:30.619 like the only guy on the team. 0:12:30.419 --> 0:12:30.939 That's doing it. 0:12:31.059 --> 0:12:35.739 Thirteen catches this season with a sub fifty percent completion probability, 0:12:35.939 --> 0:12:40.579 more than all other Broncos receivers combined. Just a really 0:12:40.619 --> 0:12:43.979 good season for a really good player, for this old, 0:12:44.099 --> 0:12:46.899 elderly twenty five year old, twenty four year old quarterback 0:12:46.979 --> 0:12:49.819 who turned twenty five in February in Bonnicks. 0:12:49.859 --> 0:12:51.299 But it was the critiques and people. 0:12:51.739 --> 0:12:52.539 I didn't make it up. 0:12:52.619 --> 0:12:55.499 I'm not like shaming. I'm not old shaming him. I'm 0:12:55.539 --> 0:12:57.539 just saying that that was one of the draft notes him. 0:12:57.699 --> 0:13:00.659 He's old. Yeah, I didn't say it. I just said it. 0:13:00.619 --> 0:13:03.299 Was like like a couple months older than Jaydon Daniels, 0:13:03.339 --> 0:13:05.659 like Jill Ever, Right, they're not going to dry up 0:13:05.899 --> 0:13:09.499 playing football. Saints Bucks in Tampa, Baker coming off a 0:13:09.499 --> 0:13:12.219 smooth five touchdown performance against the Panthers. 0:13:12.259 --> 0:13:13.979 If the Bucks win Sunday, they. 0:13:13.859 --> 0:13:16.739 Clinch the NFC South in a spot in the playoffs. 0:13:16.739 --> 0:13:17.819 Do they take care of business? 0:13:17.859 --> 0:13:21.099 Cynthia, Heck yeah, they do. Thirty to thirteen is my score. 0:13:21.099 --> 0:13:25.739 In Mike Evans, he gets his next one thousand yard season. 0:13:25.819 --> 0:13:28.259 That makes it eleven. He needs eighty five yards. 0:13:28.259 --> 0:13:30.299 That feels super manageable for him, maybe even in the 0:13:30.299 --> 0:13:32.099 first half. Then they can sid him in the second 0:13:32.139 --> 0:13:33.939 half well on their way to the postseason. 0:13:35.139 --> 0:13:37.819 I believe they do so as well. Baker plays well. 0:13:37.819 --> 0:13:40.099 But the guy that has been the big spark in 0:13:40.139 --> 0:13:42.699 this late season push by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as 0:13:42.699 --> 0:13:45.139 their rookie running back Bucky Irving, who I think has 0:13:45.499 --> 0:13:47.459 great things to look forward to. Tampa Bay wins at 0:13:47.459 --> 0:13:51.219 twenty four to thirteen, powered by their one thousand yard 0:13:51.379 --> 0:13:54.699 rusher and Bucky Irving, who has a whole lot of 0:13:54.739 --> 0:13:57.699 yards against the Carolina Panthers this season. And I recognize 0:13:58.179 --> 0:14:00.379 those helped statistically, but look at what he's been able 0:14:00.419 --> 0:14:03.859 to do down the stretch, especially those wins on the road, 0:14:04.339 --> 0:14:06.819 and now they're back at home. I think Bucky Irving 0:14:06.899 --> 0:14:08.819 powers this Bucks offense to another win. 0:14:09.219 --> 0:14:09.979 Yeah, it's going to. 0:14:09.979 --> 0:14:12.339 Be tough for Falcons fans watching this because they're just 0:14:12.379 --> 0:14:14.379 hoping for a chance, and I think there is no chance. 0:14:14.419 --> 0:14:17.859 I think the Bucks roll thirty seven to eleven is 0:14:17.939 --> 0:14:21.379 my score. And I'm going to talk about Shaq Barrett, 0:14:21.379 --> 0:14:23.539 who is now on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Yeah, one 0:14:23.539 --> 0:14:26.459 of the Super Bowl heros when they won back in 0:14:26.499 --> 0:14:29.299 the twenty twenty season, was so good off the edge 0:14:29.299 --> 0:14:32.019 for them. Retired, came out of retirement, was with the 0:14:32.059 --> 0:14:34.699 Dolphins for a little while, and eventually they'd let him 0:14:34.739 --> 0:14:37.339 go so he could play on a team he'd rather 0:14:37.379 --> 0:14:37.699 play for. 0:14:37.819 --> 0:14:39.579 He's very close with Todd Bowles. 0:14:39.579 --> 0:14:42.059 He's been through a lot lately in terms of his 0:14:42.139 --> 0:14:45.219 personal life, and he said when he was retired, it 0:14:45.379 --> 0:14:48.739 sort of reignited his. 0:14:48.659 --> 0:14:50.219 Love for the game. So I think that's pretty cool. 0:14:50.259 --> 0:14:52.299 They could use a pass rusher, just something to watch 0:14:52.339 --> 0:14:54.659 down the stretch, something they're someone they're really excited to 0:14:54.699 --> 0:14:55.259 have back. 0:14:55.059 --> 0:14:55.419 In the build. 0:14:55.459 --> 0:14:57.459 Yeah, quite a luxury, be like, oh yeah, let's bring 0:14:57.499 --> 0:15:00.779 Shaq Barrett back and go win this division. 0:15:00.859 --> 0:15:02.699 Let's take a look at the odds to win. It's 0:15:02.739 --> 0:15:03.939 not NFC. 0:15:04.659 --> 0:15:07.539 Yeah, right now, the Falcons are looking at this Bucks 0:15:07.619 --> 0:15:10.739 game against the Saints, the fourteen hundred. 0:15:10.899 --> 0:15:12.979 We should have been listened to me before the season. 0:15:13.059 --> 0:15:15.139 You can check out my division picks. I had the 0:15:15.179 --> 0:15:17.259 Bucks to win it when everyone was on the Falcons. 0:15:17.459 --> 0:15:19.259 Yeah, it wasn't even close. All it took was an 0:15:19.259 --> 0:15:21.099 over top loss to me. 0:15:21.619 --> 0:15:25.059 Washington Commanders for those Falcons who have the Panthers coming 0:15:25.099 --> 0:15:27.059 up in Lanta again, needs a win here plus the 0:15:27.059 --> 0:15:27.899 Bucks to lose. 0:15:28.059 --> 0:15:29.339 How's that one gonna go? Greg? 0:15:29.499 --> 0:15:31.459 I think the Falcons do win this game, and I 0:15:31.459 --> 0:15:33.859 think it's an important game for them to prove kind 0:15:33.859 --> 0:15:36.539 of they've taken a step. Losing two straight at the 0:15:36.619 --> 0:15:39.259 end would be disappointing, but Michael Pennox gets them a 0:15:39.339 --> 0:15:41.379 close win twenty six to twenty three. I like the 0:15:41.379 --> 0:15:44.499 Panthers a lot to cover this eight point spread because 0:15:44.539 --> 0:15:46.899 to me, the Falcons have not earned the right to 0:15:46.939 --> 0:15:49.619 be this huge and favorite against a good quarterback in 0:15:49.659 --> 0:15:51.819 Bryce Young. And yet what we've seen out of Michael 0:15:51.819 --> 0:15:54.099 Pennox the last couple of weeks I think will give 0:15:54.139 --> 0:15:57.419 the Falcons and their fans optimism heading into the off season. 0:15:57.499 --> 0:15:59.779 Look at that pass when he throws those out routes 0:15:59.819 --> 0:16:02.379 down the field, that it gets there so fast that 0:16:02.939 --> 0:16:06.899 the decision making is right, The poise is terrific. The 0:16:06.979 --> 0:16:10.259 movement ability and all that like that'll come with time, 0:16:10.299 --> 0:16:12.419 but he certainly is moving better than Kirk Cousins, So 0:16:12.699 --> 0:16:15.379 I think it's ultimately a positive how they finished. 0:16:15.419 --> 0:16:17.299 As long as they win this game, don't lose it. 0:16:17.619 --> 0:16:20.899 Yeah, and I think the winning opportunity comes easy here. 0:16:20.939 --> 0:16:22.179 I got the Falcons. 0:16:21.739 --> 0:16:26.259 Winning twenty four to sixteen, mainly not just taking shots 0:16:26.299 --> 0:16:28.699 at Bryce Young and his Panthers offense, but the run 0:16:28.739 --> 0:16:32.019 defense is historically bad in Carolina. They've given up twenty 0:16:32.059 --> 0:16:35.699 eight hundred yards rushing this season, and in terms of 0:16:35.899 --> 0:16:40.859 EPA against, they're the second worst rush defense in the 0:16:40.939 --> 0:16:42.979 history of the Next Gen Stats era, going all the 0:16:43.019 --> 0:16:46.299 way back to twenty and sixteen. And that means Bjeon 0:16:46.379 --> 0:16:50.539 Robinson will have an incredible opportunity. He's got six touchdowns 0:16:50.779 --> 0:16:52.939 in his last five games, one hundred and twenty five 0:16:53.019 --> 0:16:55.659 yards and one of them ninety four with two touchdowns. 0:16:55.819 --> 0:16:57.779 Ninety with two touchdowns a week ago. 0:16:58.099 --> 0:17:00.379 Big week for Bijon and the Falcons. 0:17:00.419 --> 0:17:02.099 Well, they have to rely on the Saints, which is 0:17:02.139 --> 0:17:03.939 a tough spot for Falcons fans to be in. 0:17:03.979 --> 0:17:04.899 Sid Yeah. 0:17:05.019 --> 0:17:07.419 I have Atlanta winning too, but only by seven points, 0:17:07.419 --> 0:17:10.459 so just one touchdown twenty six to nineteen, meme away. 0:17:10.939 --> 0:17:13.019