WEBVTT - Championship Sunday with Gregg Rosenthal 0:00:03.840 --> 0:00:08.480 From the King of sports Books comes the Key Sports 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:18.880 podcast Unleashed, presented by the MGM. Here's your host, Jerry 0:00:18.920 --> 0:00:29.560 Ferrara and Olivia Harlan Deeker. The NFL Conference championships are set. 0:00:29.880 --> 0:00:33.240 They are ready to go, and so are we. As 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:35.919 exciting as it is, it's also kind of sad. It's 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:38.760 also kind of depressing. There's only three games left in 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:42.120 the NFL season. But look, it's all blue blood logos. 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:44.519 I love it. It's you know, no Cinderella's here. This 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:48.239 is This looks like a good final four and young 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:54.080 quarterback royalty including Mr extremely Relevant. So much to get 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:57.200 to Jerry Ferrara. Three more chances to win some money 0:00:57.360 --> 0:00:59.880 in the NFL. But how did you do last weekend? 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:03.400 I did all right. My ten point teasers, which most 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:05.880 people frowned, the palm, which I've been shouting on all year. 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:09.360 I have an impeccable record. I didn't even the only 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:12.919 game I actually needed the points was our beloved Kansas 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:15.600 City Chiefs because Doug Peterson took the three points instead 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:17.520 of going for the touchdown, so that blew the cover. 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:19.600 But I had them. I just put the Chiefs and 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:23.240 the teaser all year long. And that's been very, very successful. 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:25.000 So I did all right, and I'm looking to make 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:27.240 some money in the last three games, that's for sure. 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.800 I also like how you said our chiefs, I don't 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:35.040 have a team left anymore. I gotta adopt now, that's 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:37.720 what happens. See, that's why I always say, you gotta 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:39.600 have two teams, and I like to have one in 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:43.640 each conference. Listen to this. Someone in Indiana cashed in 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:47.480 on a five dollar four leg parlay for each game's 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:52.240 first touchdown score five dollars paid out seventy two thousand 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:57.680 seven bucks, and he tweeted like this is life changing money. 0:01:57.720 --> 0:02:00.640 I mean, it's that's amazing. That's a really good weekend. 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:03.920 That's a great weekend. And also cheers to him for 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:05.600 having the guts. I don't know if he had to 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:09.520 cash out option on this bet, but I'm sure once 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:12.040 he hit the third out of the fourth leg or 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:14.400 whatever he had, I'm sure the cash out was kind 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:16.600 of That's where it becomes deal or no deal. Realize 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:18.839 you could you could take this money or you could 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.559 open up what's in the in the case. So congrats 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:25.120 to someone in Indiana who that's an amazing run and 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:27.840 I'm gonna do something like that, I think this weekend 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:29.639 because it just sounds fun. Let's do it. It does 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:31.760 sound fun. And I was just thinking what would I 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.040 do if the first three cashed out? I feel like 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.080 if I only put five bucks on it, I'd be like, 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.840 why stop now, let's just see this one through. Right. 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:40.639 But if you're saying, like, okay, what did he win? 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.560 He won seventy two grand, seventy three grand, I don't 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:45.880 know what the cash out is, but there's just say, 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:50.920 let's say or something, I mean cash out for you know, 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:54.920 twelve tho dollars? Take it right? Maybe I don't know. 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:57.480 I wonder. I'm sure someone maybe let us know on 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:01.960 Twitter what the buyout was in that. So here's something significant. 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:04.480 Also as it pertains to betting for this coming weekend, 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:06.960 both points spreads in the a f C and NFC 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:10.200 Championship are less than a field goal. Again, it's Tuesday. 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:12.040 I doubt it's going to change much right now. I 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:14.280 think both games are two and a half, so that's 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:17.920 only happened twice before in the Super Bowl era. And 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:19.840 these lines are on the move to like I mentioned, 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:22.920 especially in Kansas City, Cincinnati and a lot of that 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:24.919 has to do with Patrick Mahomes ankle injury. So we'll 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:27.520 talk about how all of this is shaking out at 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:29.720 the end of the show with bet MGMs betting analyst 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:33.600 Peter Andrew. He also may be gloating because he went 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:36.360 out to San Francisco. He's a big Niners fan, so 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:39.280 he had himself a really good weekend. But in Chiefs Bengals, 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:41.840 the original line is what they call a bad opener 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:45.119 um because kan City was favored by I want to say, 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:47.360 like four or five points when it first opened, and 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:51.480 then Vegas quickly realized that was not right. In addition 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:54.080 to Peter earlier in the show, coming up, we've got 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:59.000 NFL insider Greg Rosenthal. He's from NFL Network NFL dot Com. 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:01.600 He writes in a on the NFL podcast he is 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:05.160 all over it and he knows everything. So we're gonna 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:07.240 get him, get him on the show, and get us 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:11.320 ready for Championships Sunday. Okay, Jerry. Overall, though, I mean 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.800 great weekend, Yes, and I'm very excited to talk to Greg. 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:17.640 I'm very excited to talk to Peter, But for the 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.680 moment right now, I'm most excited to talk to you 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:24.720 because you, as we mentioned last week, we're covering the 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:27.720 game for what Westwood won, right the Chiefs Angles game. 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:30.279 Your dad was calling the game. You were covered Chief 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:36.040 Chiefs Jaguar. Sorry, I'm already far ahead. I'm already Jags 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:38.839 are completely out of my brain already. But I couldn't 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:41.080 help but think of you as I was watching that 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:45.159 game and the Mahomes injury happens, and the whole place 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:47.599 goes what feels like silent for a playoff game, although 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:50.719 it wasn't silent. What is going on in your world 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:54.640 covering that game and Patrick Mahomes, biggest star NFL star 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:57.520 in the world arguably goes down with an injury. What 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.839 is going on in your mind? Jerry? I never going 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.400 to forget this moment. I've I've seen a lot of 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:06.600 big injuries in my time, and there's something different when 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:09.520 it's happening in real time in front of you, and 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:12.640 you're right. The place goes quiet. The loudest NFL stadium 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:16.719 going quiet is quite eerie, and it's nighttime and it's 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:20.240 missing and the lights are on, and the whole thing 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:24.799 was just very cinematic. And I am right by Patrick 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:28.040 Mahomes like I thought he could spit on me as 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:31.520 he was yelling. And the coolest thing for me is 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:34.000 how I'm always going to be left with this impression 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.640 of his lack of quit. And I know that is 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:39.920 kind of overused. I know people say, oh, he's such 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:42.840 a competitor about athletes all the time, But my god, 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:45.520 after seeing it right in front of me, he was 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:49.240 significantly hurting. I mean he was in pain, like I 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:51.440 could see it on his face. You could even see 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:53.200 after he threw a touchdown when he went back out 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.120 and his teammates go to celebrate, I mean, the zoom 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.000 and shot of his face was in so much pain. 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:01.080 But he gets to the side the mine and of 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:03.919 course athletic trainers first swarmed him. They taped up his ankle. 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:07.480 They retaped it up, and he's kind of hobbling. He's 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:10.040 kind of doing like caphrases, trying to get that ankle 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:13.960 warmed up. And his offensive coordinator Eric b Enemy, his 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:17.360 quarterback coach Matt Nagy, and head coach Andy Reid all 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:19.960 it looked like an intervention. The three of them come 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:22.159 up around him and are like, you gotta go in 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:24.440 the locker room. They wanted him to get next Ray, 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:30.400 and he's just shaking his head adamantly, vehemently, vigorously saying 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.839 I'm good, I'm good, I'm good, like basically telling him like, 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:37.480 f off, I'm going back on this field, and teammates 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:39.280 coming up to him like you're good, and he's just 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:41.919 not talking to anyone unless he's saying the words I'm good, 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:45.240 I'm good, and yeah. I've never seen anything like that, 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:49.640 the determination to stay not only on the field but 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:51.039 on the sideline. He did not want to go in 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.880 that locker room. So then ultimately Eric b Enemy comes 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:56.000 up to him and kind of puts his arm around him, 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:59.919 and Patrick turns around. He rips off you know those 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:03.680 Superman capes that they were on the sideline, yells an expletive, 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:06.680 throws down his helmet, and Jerry I think I'm the 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:10.680 closest person to him in this moment, and I'm just 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:13.600 I'm like speechless. And he runs in the locker room 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:15.680 and I hit up my producer and I say, hey, 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:17.320 come down to me, come down to me, because as 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:19.840 a sideline reporter, you have to convince them to open 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:23.120 up your mic, which is another conversation. And then they 0:07:23.160 --> 0:07:25.400 come down to me. And I just I have the 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:27.800 first report, and I say, Patrick Mahomes is in the 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:30.840 locker room. He's really upset about it, blah blah whatever 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:33.400 I said, And I mean, it was just amazing. And 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:35.880 then he comes back out and he immediately puts his 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:38.040 cape back on and his helmet on, so the crowd 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:41.520 didn't see him run back out, so there was no reaction, 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:43.560 which was almost crazy. And so I go back on 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:46.640 the air and I say, Patrick Mahomes is back on 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:51.080 the sideline, same tape job, and he's got his cape 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:53.280 on and his helmet on, and I don't think this 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:56.320 crowd knows he's back out here, kind of implying that 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.680 when he takes a field, which looks like he's planning 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:01.600 to do, it's going to be like again, it's going 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:04.360 to be like Superman taking his cap off. Everyone still 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:06.320 thought he was in the locker room. It was wild. 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:07.880 I know him going on and on about this, but 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:10.440 it's a moment I'll never forget. This is great, and 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.240 some of this, you know, you can't really say in 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:14.840 real time, like my producer even got in my ear. 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:16.720 Make sure, and this is kind of a funny thing. 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:20.560 Make sure I'm not reporting on anything that I can 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:22.920 see with my access that people in the front row 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:26.640 can't see. Your here. It's really a funny thing. And obviously, 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:28.960 like you don't want to make a player look bad, 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.320 coaches look bad at anything, So you're kind of doing 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:34.000 a dance in real time as I'm reporting it. But 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:37.600 that that's what happened, and it was amazing, Patrick Mahomes 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:40.320 is amazing. I would be. I think I would be 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:45.200 terrible at your job because I just reliving that with you. 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:49.640 I put myself in that position. And here's how all right, 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:51.920 we're gonna her Dad's throwing to me right, and this 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:56.640 is what I oh, Kevin O, Kevin, shit, it's bad. No, 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:59.200 I don't know. My bet is out the window. My 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:03.720 bet is Jeeves are not going to cover it's bad. 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:07.400 And he's telling everyone funk off. He's not getting it's 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.560 crazy down here. N And let me also add in 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:14.640 the Chiefs are NFL teams can tell you what they 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:16.439 want to because you have to wait for the official 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:19.640 word from the team. The Chiefs are notoriously tight lipped, 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:23.280 and so I'm waiting for their head of communications to 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:25.160 come over. And it's me and Melissa Stark who's doing 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:28.160 the game for ENDBC. So he they have to tell 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:32.559 us one thing and one thing only questionable to return 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:37.840 or will return or won't return. They can say lower 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:40.240 body injury, even though everyone can see it's an ankle, 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:42.600 you know what I mean. So and they come up 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:45.079 to me and Melissa Stark and they say ankle injury, 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.600 questionable to return. And the first thing we both ask 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:50.800 is did he get next ray in the locker room? 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:53.679 And they say, we can't say. I mean, it's just 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:57.640 so you're you're playing detective down there. It's it's wild. 0:09:57.760 --> 0:09:59.679 And then Melissa and again we kind of go our 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:02.079 different ways. We're on two different broadcasts. And then later 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.840 I saw that she reported that he got next Ray 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:06.800 and I honestly don't know how she got that information. 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:09.520 So it was I mean, it's just a lot. It's 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:12.880 it makes the profession really exciting. It also you have 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:16.120 to do a lot of investigative work and then you 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:19.600 cannot put your foot in your mouth. Yeah, you can't 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:23.640 speculate on anything. You cannot speculate. See again, we're gonna 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:25.840 throw it back down to the sideline that Jerry Ferrar. 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:28.400 You know, they're telling me he didn't get an next ray. 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.280 But I think that's bullshit. I think he actually got 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:34.800 I think they're lied to me and I have been 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:38.680 lied to before, and I mean, yeah, anyways, it was crazy. 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:43.200 I was wondering, as someone who is really um constant better, 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:47.320 had you had significant futures bets on the Chiefs, would 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:55.839 you consider hedging at that point? Yeah, yes, but again 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:59.760 we're talking about My instincts would be yes. But then also, 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:03.040 hearing you tell the story about Mahomes is courage and 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:06.760 it's cool under pressure, just knowing what something like that 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:08.960 could do for a team. You will talk about leading 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:13.160 through example. Is there any way now going into this 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:15.520 Bengals game, And we'll get into who we like in 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:17.880 that game, but is there anyone who's going to be 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:21.400 taking their film work lightly, or their practice lightly, or 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:25.040 their rehab and treatment lightly, knowing that their leader, who 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:27.640 again probably the biggest NFL star in the world. Also, 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:31.000 the talent backs up. I've had an high ankle sprain 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:33.520 playing pick up basketball and I was out for eight weeks. 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:37.200 I couldn't imagine if if a if a linebacker landed 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:40.000 on my ankle. So to show that kind of toughness, 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:42.000 I just think that that's gonna go a long way 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:44.240 with that team. Not that they need any more inspiration, 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:47.000 but yeah, how do you uh not do the extra 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:50.240 hour of film work knowing that your quarterback just gut 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:52.000 it out a game that they could have lost. They 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:55.800 could have lost that game and it felt like they 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:57.400 were going to And I've got to say I'm really 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:00.120 impressed with Jacksonville and talking to Doug Peterson and a 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:03.200 halftime he said, we got him right where we want him. 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:05.480 I think at that point they were down seven or ten. 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:08.520 I think they were down ten, came back, scored a 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:10.360 field goal, and then they were down seven. And I 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:12.640 talked to Doug Peterson on the field before the game. 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:16.400 Could not be more loose and comfortable. That guy is 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:19.520 just cool. Trevor is cool. We had a Dog Peterson 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:21.880 love fest. What Andrew Brandt last week? If you were 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:28.720 I did, I said, I I host a podcast. Uh sorry, 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:33.280 I co host a podcast and we had Andrew Brandt 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:36.320 on and he immediately lit up. He loved Andrew. So yeah, 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:40.280 I and props the Dog Peterson for saying we got 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.080 him right where they want him in an age where 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:44.560 like similar you're talking about how as a sideline reporter, 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:46.679 you have to be very very careful what you say. Well, 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:48.679 coaches don't want to say anything in any of those 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:51.320 we know that we've seen it. So even having the 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:53.840 courage to say we got him right where we want them, 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:56.640 I don't think we get a better SoundBite. Really, And 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:59.319 as far as NFL coaches, gol So, what a game 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:02.200 hap before you? That was awesome. I mean so much 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:06.000 to to unpack with that game. Obviously my heart broke 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:09.240 a little bit with the Giants. I felt for you, Yeah, 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:12.480 but I wasn't all that heartbroken or shocked. I again, 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:15.199 like the minute you go into a game saying, oh, well, 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:17.400 Hurts is a little banged up and Lane Johnson is 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:20.120 not that healthy, and can they beat us three times 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:22.400 and throw It's like, yeah, yeah, they can because it's 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:26.040 a really terrible matchup for you. They're really strong on 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:28.280 both lines, both sides of the ball, and they have 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:31.800 weapons all over the place. So, but cheers to Philly 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:33.360 because they've kind of been the best team, or at 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:35.320 least in the NFC, you could say the NFL for 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.200 most of the year. They had their little slide, which 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.240 still wasn't a slide. It was injury based and it 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:43.480 seems like they're back to peeking at the right time 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:47.040 for sure. I mean a thirty eight to seven victory, 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:50.040 and really that score makes it sound like it was 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:52.560 a game almost more than it was. It was. It 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:54.960 was horrible and Jalen Hurts looks so strong right from 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:58.160 the jump, two past touchdowns, one rush. What gave me 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:01.240 a lot of confidence in his oath was they had 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:04.520 so many designed runs for him, so they're confident in 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:07.360 where he's at healthwise. And yeah, like you said, that 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:10.559 Philly offensive line gave him so much time. But either way, 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:12.520 cheers to the Giants. That was a great year. As 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:15.600 a fan, I'm completely grateful. That is way more than 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:18.320 I expected. I know some people don't like to live 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:21.640 their fanhood like that, like being satisfied with a loss. 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:26.320 Um just a great, great, enjoyable season. So thank you 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:29.240 to all the Giants coaches and players. That was an 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:32.880 awesome season for me for sure for sure. Okay, looking 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:37.360 at Cowboys forty Niners defensive battle first and second NFL 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:41.160 and defense squaring off, and it can be really exciting 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:44.120 to watch this forty Niners defense played this weekend and 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:46.280 I think beyond because I think the forty Niners are 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:50.520 winning this game this weekend. They were so impressive, so fast, 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:52.640 Like that's the word that everyone keeps using with this 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:56.240 forty Niners defense. Obviously the matchup Fred Warner with Ceedee Lamb, 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:59.520 Like what that was the patch up the Cowboys wanted. 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:01.240 They were like, oh good, we got the linebacker on 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:04.800 CD and wow, I mean that was that play alone 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:07.720 had a lot of people talking. And then offensively for 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:11.000 San Francisco, the George Kittle bobble off the face mask. 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:14.400 That will be an image we see over and over 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.720 and over and him staring down the camera. I mean, 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:21.800 just fantastic. And when you look at Kittle, McCaffrey, Deebo, 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:26.200 I mean, these weapons that they have in the backfield, 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:29.920 let alone catching the ball, I mean, it's it's exciting. 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:32.440 I've I've got to admit, for as many times as 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:35.000 the forty Niners have broken my heart as a Packer fan, 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:40.000 I'm on the forty Niners bandwagon. I like Mr relevant 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:45.160 brock Purty. He is pretty great. He's definitely not afraid. 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:48.640 I could tell you that even Cowboys defense is good. 0:15:49.160 --> 0:15:52.720 And I was watching that game knowing like, Okay, these 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:54.560 are the two. This is the kind of defense the 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:57.760 Giants would need to beat the Eagles. So already, not 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:00.520 like it my chances there, but all so just look 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:03.560 like the play, the kiddle, the bobble those as as 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:06.200 a Giants fan who seen plays like that, go my way. 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:08.840 Those are the type of bounces you have to get. 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:11.680 It's those. It's the fumble that you just your guy 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:14.520 gets right back on. It's the off the face mask 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:19.160 bobbling catch, like those little plays that start making you believe, Okay, 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:21.120 this is meant to be. It's breaking our way because 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:24.360 both those two teams are pretty evenly matched. I mean, 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:27.080 I know Dallas and Dad did not have the outcome 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:29.640 they wanted, and the two picks definitely hurt and some 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:32.080 weird play calls, but overall, I thought it was a 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:35.480 really good season for the Cowboys. Disappointing for sure. I 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:39.880 still think they're loaded with talent, but the Niners have 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:43.360 the at least to me, the kind of defense that 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:47.000 could at least really make Philly work. So I'm I 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:49.640 can't wait for that game to great gate the storylines 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:53.160 and if Rock Purty goes to the freaking Super Bowl undefeated, 0:16:53.360 --> 0:16:56.160 Mr Irrelevant if I was taller, I'd be like I 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:58.160 and younger. I'd I wish I could play this guy 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:01.040 in his movie, but I can't because I'm short and old. 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:04.760 You can write it. You can write it. The Kurt 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.840 Warner story, Kurt Warner story was so good it got 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:11.360 a movie American Underdog. This I think as well. Now 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:16.800 Kurt was undrafted. Technically, Brock was drafted. Okay, before we 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:19.159 go on to look at the forty Niners ahead, we 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:20.960 I've got to stay on this game for one more 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:35.480 second because I've got to unleash on these Cowboys. It's unleash. Okay. 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:41.400 Another disappointing end of the Cowboys season. Mental errors, bad decisions, 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:45.160 Dak Prescott. Two interceptions should have been three, They dropped one. 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:48.600 Brett Mayor poor the kicker, My god, there was never 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:52.320 more bets placed on a kickers missing extra points or 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:55.879 more camera work on the kicker's face. I was watching 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:58.720 that game with my family and we're all just like this, 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:01.720 poor guy. And then a course it's blocked with a 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:04.879 bad kick, a low kick, and it also didn't look 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:07.680 like it was going the right direction. I mean, if 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:09.359 that wasn't blocked, I don't think that was going in. 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:13.600 I think he's actually lucky it was blocked, But my god, 0:18:13.680 --> 0:18:16.640 I just it was five to one odds at one 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:19.240 point Jerry for him to miss an extra point, I mean, 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:23.359 just absolutely crazy. But just in general, with this, a 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:29.159 lot of Cowboys fans wake up this week seething furious. 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:33.200 I've seen people burning jerseys and it feels like a rerun. Really, 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:35.159 the forty Niners ended their season last year in the 0:18:35.200 --> 0:18:37.720 wild Card felt like deja vous with how it ended, 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:40.560 and the Cowboys now have back to back twelve and 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:43.920 five seasons. Now, I ask you, is twelve and five 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:49.800 a successful year? One playoff win a successful year? Yeah? Yeah, 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:53.639 maybe it is, But with Dallas, it just doesn't feel 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:56.840 like that. With a team that is as hyped as 0:18:56.880 --> 0:19:00.880 any every year. We're thinking they said that we hear 0:19:00.920 --> 0:19:03.080 about him so much, we have to see him all 0:19:03.119 --> 0:19:06.760 the time, and dac led the league in interceptions this season, 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:08.480 so it's not like it was a big surprise that 0:19:08.520 --> 0:19:11.560 it came down to this in the final game. They 0:19:11.640 --> 0:19:14.800 might be losing their defensive coordinator Dan Quinn to Arizona. 0:19:14.960 --> 0:19:18.240 He's already on a second interview there. Their offensive coordinator 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:20.560 Kellen Moore interviewing with the Panthers, and I think a 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:24.040 few others, So it kind of looks like at least 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:26.119 one of those two is leaving. I think dan Quinn. 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:28.440 They have a lot of free agents. Cooper Rush, the 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:30.679 backup quarterback who filled in for Dac when he was 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:33.720 injured this year. He's a free agent. And I don't 0:19:33.760 --> 0:19:36.479 mean this completely joking. A lot of people wanted Cooper 0:19:36.480 --> 0:19:38.920 to play because remember they were winning some games with him. 0:19:38.960 --> 0:19:43.960 Tony Pollard, whose ankle injury was gruesome to watch it, 0:19:44.200 --> 0:19:46.840 and when they were showing the replay, they kept comparing 0:19:46.880 --> 0:19:50.080 it to Mahomes injury. I thought it looked worse. He's 0:19:50.200 --> 0:19:54.200 gonna be having surgery and significant rehab, and just as 0:19:54.280 --> 0:19:57.600 free agency should really be heating up when he's supposed 0:19:57.680 --> 0:20:00.440 to get his bag, that's when he he is gonna 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:02.679 be doing all his rehab. So I really hope this 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:05.720 hasn't set him back, because that guy deserves a lot 0:20:05.720 --> 0:20:08.520 of money. He played so well the season. He played 0:20:08.560 --> 0:20:11.960 better than Ezekiel Elliott. Would Zeke have like twenty six 0:20:12.040 --> 0:20:15.240 yards or something in that game. I'm such a disappointment 0:20:15.680 --> 0:20:18.040 for a guy who makes like a couple of million 0:20:18.080 --> 0:20:22.560 bucks to carry. It seems like, and I just my 0:20:22.680 --> 0:20:25.600 unleash is on Dallas in general. Even their own Twitter 0:20:25.720 --> 0:20:28.199 was taking shots at them. I'm kind of sick of 0:20:28.240 --> 0:20:31.760 the Cowboys. I'm sick of the Cowboys underachieving. I guess 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:34.960 I feel like, if you're gonna be so show body 0:20:35.080 --> 0:20:38.480 and be such a show, then when you know and 0:20:38.480 --> 0:20:40.280 and I guess to me as someone who's not a 0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:42.880 fan of the team, I think twelve and five, two 0:20:42.880 --> 0:20:47.240 seasons in a row, early playoff exit is a disappointment, 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:49.760 and I'm just annoyed with them. I agree with everything 0:20:49.760 --> 0:20:52.480 you said. It's a great unleashed I do feel bad 0:20:52.680 --> 0:20:55.840 for the kicker there, because that might be a career 0:20:55.880 --> 0:20:58.880 that we might not see much longer. I start talking 0:20:58.880 --> 0:21:01.439 about people's careers, it's like, all right, I know it 0:21:01.600 --> 0:21:03.960 like was a joke a couple of weeks ago, but 0:21:04.000 --> 0:21:05.560 now it's like, all right, this guy might be out 0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:08.440 of the the NFL. Tony Pollard completely And don't don't listen. 0:21:08.720 --> 0:21:11.880 The two interceptions, for sure hurt and the Niners were 0:21:11.880 --> 0:21:14.520 just a little bit better, but losing Tony Pollard at 0:21:14.520 --> 0:21:17.880 that point in the game was huge. So but I'm 0:21:17.920 --> 0:21:21.120 with you like, yes, it's enough of already. Like now, 0:21:21.160 --> 0:21:23.760 it's almost like the new thing that's assumed every year 0:21:23.880 --> 0:21:26.600 is like the Cowboys will be a disappointment and won't 0:21:26.600 --> 0:21:29.120 go as far as everyone thinks they should. Jerry, Look, 0:21:29.160 --> 0:21:32.960 it's been twenty seven straight seasons without a conference appearance. 0:21:33.800 --> 0:21:37.280 That's tough. When you start looking around in the in 0:21:37.320 --> 0:21:39.639 the title game, you start thinking, like, the Panthers have 0:21:39.680 --> 0:21:43.120 made a super Bowl, you know, the Cardinals have made 0:21:43.520 --> 0:21:47.280 the Super Bowls. Like, start looking around, I mean I think, yeah, 0:21:47.280 --> 0:21:51.080 the Commanders might have just the draught the walk off play, 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:56.760 the walk off plate was watching Zeke just get drilled flattened, 0:21:58.280 --> 0:22:00.480 and you you understand they obviously going to try to 0:22:00.520 --> 0:22:03.840 laterally a bunch. They didn't even get one. I mean more, 0:22:03.880 --> 0:22:06.320 you know, like, don't maybe leave that party out of 0:22:06.359 --> 0:22:11.280 your interview wherever teams you were interviewing for Yeah, yeah, 0:22:11.320 --> 0:22:13.200 maybe they just fell asleep at that part, but I mean, 0:22:13.280 --> 0:22:18.680 same thing as last season. So yeah, anyways, I feel better. 0:22:18.840 --> 0:22:21.040 I feel ten pounds later. I feel like you got 0:22:21.080 --> 0:22:23.040 something out there. I don't even want to follow that. 0:22:23.080 --> 0:22:26.399 I don't even have the No, this doesn't even qualifies 0:22:26.400 --> 0:22:28.199 in the least, this is like a quick one. I 0:22:28.200 --> 0:22:30.080 hate to keep going back to the Giants game. But 0:22:30.560 --> 0:22:33.399 for everyone criticizing Dable for the fourth and eight that 0:22:33.480 --> 0:22:35.880 early in the game, like I understand, it didn't work out, 0:22:35.920 --> 0:22:37.760 so it's easy to criticize that Giants have been doing 0:22:37.800 --> 0:22:40.760 that all year. Go look at the Titans game, going 0:22:40.800 --> 0:22:44.520 for to walk off win like that. So at that point, 0:22:44.560 --> 0:22:47.760 I think Dable knew early on we got to score 0:22:47.800 --> 0:22:49.879 a bunch of points that our offense might not be 0:22:49.880 --> 0:22:52.639 built for. We were at you know, I think we 0:22:52.720 --> 0:22:56.159 finally crossed midfield or almost at midfield. I think he 0:22:56.240 --> 0:22:58.119 saw the storm come in, and I think that was 0:22:58.160 --> 0:23:00.639 just a guy trying to get every one out of 0:23:00.680 --> 0:23:03.600 the storm safely. And it didn't work out. But let's relax, 0:23:03.720 --> 0:23:06.239 and now we're going to turn on Dable already as 0:23:06.280 --> 0:23:13.080 a coach. Calm down, everyone. Yeah, I'm sad. I know 0:23:13.200 --> 0:23:17.960 you were getting in some Twitter wars turned to twitter fingers. 0:23:18.320 --> 0:23:20.800 The guy he made a bad call, alright, move on. 0:23:21.040 --> 0:23:24.720 Is that really what influenced the game? Coach? Yeah, I 0:23:24.720 --> 0:23:26.400 don't think. I think he was doing anything he could 0:23:26.480 --> 0:23:28.840 to just smoke in mirror his way through that game. 0:23:28.920 --> 0:23:32.200 But all good, Giants, all good. I like your optimism. 0:23:32.240 --> 0:23:35.280 You know it's to sit here and be right your team. 0:23:36.000 --> 0:23:38.080 I think you're right. I think it was a successful season. 0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:41.879 What they end up doing at quarterback will be no. 0:23:42.040 --> 0:23:44.680 But were we just sitting here last week saying how 0:23:44.680 --> 0:23:47.320 great Daniel Jones was and I kept saying last week 0:23:47.400 --> 0:23:50.000 he's he looked more like Josh Allen than Josh Allen, Like, 0:23:50.440 --> 0:23:52.760 I don't think the Daniel Jones ara is over. No, 0:23:53.000 --> 0:23:54.840 he might have just gave a few million bucks back 0:23:54.880 --> 0:23:57.639 to the organization, which is fine, which we said it 0:23:57.720 --> 0:24:00.000 to brand last week, or like you know, every company's 0:24:00.640 --> 0:24:04.200 like a dred thousand dollars more on war. He might 0:24:04.240 --> 0:24:07.480 have given back a few million bucks. But either way, 0:24:07.720 --> 0:24:12.840 the Giants haven't necessarily treated him the most fairly in 0:24:12.960 --> 0:24:17.320 his time. They're like all those offensive coordinators, coaches all that. 0:24:17.400 --> 0:24:19.960 You know. It just was been bizarre until Dable and 0:24:20.000 --> 0:24:22.760 Shane got there. So I think everyone will be on 0:24:22.800 --> 0:24:26.080 the same page. I love it. So in the a 0:24:26.240 --> 0:24:29.520 f C, a lot of people were upset about the 0:24:29.560 --> 0:24:33.960 potential neutral site game in Atlanta. Tickets were sold, flights 0:24:33.960 --> 0:24:37.320 were booked, all of this, but the Bengals had another idea. 0:24:37.440 --> 0:24:40.959 They ended what was going to be a lot of controversy. 0:24:41.040 --> 0:24:43.920 I know if if the Bills had made it, that 0:24:43.960 --> 0:24:45.920 would have been the talk all week. Is this really 0:24:45.960 --> 0:24:49.920 isn't fair? This should go through Arrowhead or whatever people thought. Anyways, 0:24:50.720 --> 0:24:53.639 that is going to go through Arrowhead, and Joe Cool 0:24:53.800 --> 0:24:55.960 had something to say about it in our audible of 0:24:56.000 --> 0:25:02.040 the week talk about it yesterday. Just that chip on 0:25:02.080 --> 0:25:06.040 your shoulder, everyone talking about a neutral a NFC championship game, 0:25:06.119 --> 0:25:08.359 not even thinking about you. Guys, how much did that 0:25:08.440 --> 0:25:23.600 motivate you coming into this? You better send those refunds. Okay, 0:25:23.680 --> 0:25:26.679 Let's bring in our guests from around the NFL podcast, 0:25:26.880 --> 0:25:29.480 NFL Analyst. You also see him on NFL Network. It's 0:25:29.560 --> 0:25:33.119 Greg Rosenthal for his second appearance. Greg, what made you 0:25:33.200 --> 0:25:37.840 come back? I wanted to brag. I wanted to brag 0:25:37.880 --> 0:25:40.359 because I think I actually could be totally wrong. But 0:25:40.400 --> 0:25:43.600 you had me on when the Russell Wilson trade went down, 0:25:43.640 --> 0:25:47.200 and I feel like I was relatively like low key, mixed, 0:25:47.280 --> 0:25:49.679 like not that excited for the broadcast. I might just 0:25:49.720 --> 0:25:52.359 be lying and wishing that's what That's what it was? 0:25:53.119 --> 0:25:55.520 My recollection? Is it was the day that that happened, 0:25:55.560 --> 0:25:57.760 which on the same day, Am I right? Aaron Rodgers 0:25:57.760 --> 0:25:59.560 said he was staying in Green Bay, which kind of 0:25:59.560 --> 0:26:02.520 stole the thunder from the move in general. But so 0:26:02.560 --> 0:26:04.679 we had all these questions for you. But I do 0:26:04.760 --> 0:26:07.439 remember saying that you were you were running around, as 0:26:07.440 --> 0:26:10.840 I remember in the offices. Right now, I'm at home 0:26:11.160 --> 0:26:13.800 and we're right back to not knowing where Aaron Rodgers 0:26:13.840 --> 0:26:15.280 is going to be next to sisod. It's kind of 0:26:15.280 --> 0:26:18.760 every pie. Actually, can we start there before we get 0:26:18.760 --> 0:26:21.560 into this weekend's games and all the playoff action, When 0:26:21.560 --> 0:26:23.480 we look at all the quarterbacks who are going to 0:26:23.600 --> 0:26:27.560 be making moves, whether they're free agents or looking to 0:26:27.600 --> 0:26:30.399 be free agents, what are you most excited for in 0:26:30.440 --> 0:26:33.600 this off season? Because once you know that final, the 0:26:33.680 --> 0:26:35.639 final whistle of the Super Bowl, I feel like that's 0:26:35.680 --> 0:26:38.720 when you really get cracking. Yeah, I'm very into the 0:26:38.760 --> 0:26:41.240 free agency period. Already put out like a top fifty 0:26:41.280 --> 0:26:44.240 one free agents. We end up doing a hundred of them. 0:26:44.320 --> 0:26:46.040 I'm into that off season. But you know what's crazy 0:26:46.080 --> 0:26:50.359 I've learned is like it starts now. The trade of 0:26:50.440 --> 0:26:54.280 Matthew Stafford happened in Super Bowl week the trade, or 0:26:54.280 --> 0:26:57.080 at least it started to pop up there. Alex Smith 0:26:57.400 --> 0:27:00.119 to Washington happened during Super Bowl Week two, so like 0:27:00.680 --> 0:27:02.600 it could start popping out and you hit it. It's 0:27:02.600 --> 0:27:05.280 the quarterbacks the most excited about because it's it's not 0:27:05.359 --> 0:27:08.200 just Brady and Rodgers, who are great to talk about, 0:27:08.280 --> 0:27:13.520 but it's Geno and Daniel Jones and Jimmy g And 0:27:13.920 --> 0:27:17.040 it's a weirdly long list, like even like the second 0:27:17.160 --> 0:27:20.600 level guys Derek Carr obviously available for trade, but then 0:27:20.640 --> 0:27:24.400 backups like Jake Jacoby Brissett and Teddy Bridgewater, and it's 0:27:24.440 --> 0:27:26.040 just if you go on and on, I've never seen 0:27:26.040 --> 0:27:29.680 this many quarterbacks available. Cooper Rush. Everyone wanted Cooper Rush 0:27:29.720 --> 0:27:32.760 to play this last weekend. He's on the block. Ah, 0:27:32.840 --> 0:27:35.439 he'd be a little lower on my list. I actually 0:27:35.480 --> 0:27:37.200 have it right here. I got Gardner Mins, You've got 0:27:37.200 --> 0:27:39.760 Sam Donald who look good for a couple of games. 0:27:39.920 --> 0:27:43.399 You got Baker could be out there, Mike White, Taylor, Heinik. 0:27:43.560 --> 0:27:46.199 It's like kind of like all the filling quarterbacks of 0:27:46.240 --> 0:27:49.040 the of seasons past are going to be available. Yeah. 0:27:49.080 --> 0:27:51.600 I've always said this is like the closest to you know, 0:27:51.640 --> 0:27:54.280 everyone talks about the NBA off season when free agency 0:27:54.359 --> 0:27:57.760 kicks in and tracking players planes and who's going where, 0:27:57.800 --> 0:28:00.520 who's having lunch with who. I think the NFL's finally 0:28:01.280 --> 0:28:04.280 they're at least just at the quarterback position, because you 0:28:04.320 --> 0:28:06.359 start looking around, you named all the quarterbacks, and you 0:28:06.400 --> 0:28:08.439 start looking at the teams. It's one big puzzle, like 0:28:08.440 --> 0:28:10.480 what are the Jet's gonna do? What are the Raiders 0:28:10.560 --> 0:28:12.800 gonna do? And you probably have a lot better of 0:28:12.840 --> 0:28:14.800 a beat on it, but I mean it's too it's 0:28:14.840 --> 0:28:18.280 too hard to even make a prediction right now, I think. 0:28:18.320 --> 0:28:20.400 But hopefully something shakes out in the next two weeks. 0:28:20.400 --> 0:28:22.800 Would be really fun. During Super Bowl Week, someone steals 0:28:22.800 --> 0:28:26.560 the Thunder, I would love it, especially if it's Rogers 0:28:26.760 --> 0:28:29.680 or car which feels like the biggest trades possible. I 0:28:29.720 --> 0:28:32.440 think someone's getting traded in Green Bay. I think it's 0:28:32.440 --> 0:28:35.720 gonna be Jordan's Love more likely than Rogers, just because like, 0:28:35.720 --> 0:28:38.920 the next team that gets Rogers has to pay him 0:28:38.960 --> 0:28:42.720 sixty million dollars next year, and that's just that's a lot. 0:28:42.800 --> 0:28:44.960 Some teams could figure it out, but it's a lot, 0:28:45.000 --> 0:28:47.480 and I think some people might want Jordan's love after 0:28:48.040 --> 0:28:50.600 he showed a little more UH this season, but it's 0:28:50.600 --> 0:28:52.600 not too early to have like a feel like your 0:28:52.720 --> 0:28:56.440 your Giants there, Jerry, Like I got a feeling after 0:28:56.480 --> 0:28:59.520 their press conference. Daniel Jones is more likely to stay 0:28:59.600 --> 0:29:02.960 with the Giants then sae Quon Barkley, for instance. I 0:29:03.120 --> 0:29:05.560 you definitely get a feeling from the Seahawks. They'll probably 0:29:05.640 --> 0:29:07.400 keep Gino Smith. They'll find a way to do that. 0:29:07.400 --> 0:29:10.120 Whereas with Tom Brady, you know, I know he's you know, 0:29:10.200 --> 0:29:12.840 dropping f bombs on his podcast that he doesn't know 0:29:12.880 --> 0:29:14.240 what he's doing. But I feel like I know what 0:29:14.280 --> 0:29:16.480 he's doing and it's not gonna be on the bus. 0:29:16.520 --> 0:29:19.040 I'm just not sure where. Well, what do you feel 0:29:19.040 --> 0:29:21.080 like he's gonna do? You can't just dangle that in 0:29:21.080 --> 0:29:23.400 front of us. Well, I mean, I think he's gonna 0:29:23.400 --> 0:29:27.760 look for the best non bucks situation. Most like it 0:29:27.840 --> 0:29:30.800 felt like a Vegas I I was on that corner 0:29:30.840 --> 0:29:34.400 a long time ago. Just because it's so logical. Mark Davis, 0:29:34.440 --> 0:29:38.960 their owner, wanted Tom Brady like it's out there, it's 0:29:39.000 --> 0:29:42.640 public there at the UFC thing. There's been good reporting 0:29:42.640 --> 0:29:45.360 that John Gruden did not and which is really funny 0:29:45.400 --> 0:29:47.840 to think back on it because Brady almost want an 0:29:47.880 --> 0:29:49.800 m VP won a Super Bowl, and I think it 0:29:49.840 --> 0:29:52.320 was an ego thing that Gruden didn't want Brady running 0:29:52.360 --> 0:29:54.760 the show. But Mark Davis is still there, John Gruden 0:29:54.880 --> 0:29:57.640 is not, and who's the coach is Josh McDaniels. Sometimes 0:29:57.640 --> 0:29:59.480 I think we make it a little too complicated, and 0:29:59.560 --> 0:30:02.040 it feels that's the best spot for him. You mentioned 0:30:02.040 --> 0:30:04.800 being here for the Russell Wilson news and then now 0:30:04.840 --> 0:30:07.680 we're all hearing about Sean Payton meeting with Denver and 0:30:07.720 --> 0:30:11.240 all that, And I just can't imagine if I'm Sean Payton. 0:30:11.280 --> 0:30:12.640 First of all, what a position to be in. If 0:30:12.640 --> 0:30:15.720 you're Sean Payton just sitting back. He could sit another 0:30:15.800 --> 0:30:18.680 year and his value will only probably grow. But that 0:30:18.760 --> 0:30:21.440 Denver job, which they have a very talented roster, But 0:30:21.720 --> 0:30:23.640 I don't know if you see Russell Wilson bouncing back 0:30:23.640 --> 0:30:25.360 from this year but also maybe having to give up 0:30:25.560 --> 0:30:29.480 picks which the Broncos don't really even have. So is 0:30:29.760 --> 0:30:32.440 is Denver really a place for Sean Payton? Or she 0:30:32.720 --> 0:30:36.200 just chill and wait for more amazing job opportunities to 0:30:36.240 --> 0:30:39.960 open up. So, yeah, he's talking with Carolina this week, 0:30:40.040 --> 0:30:44.280 or he did. He's talking with Arizona, which to me 0:30:44.360 --> 0:30:46.960 made some sense because of Kyler Murray. But if if 0:30:46.960 --> 0:30:49.720 you take Sean Payton at his word, and I don't, 0:30:49.720 --> 0:30:54.440 to be honest, he says, like ownership, front office matters more. 0:30:54.560 --> 0:30:56.600 We didn't have a quarterback. When we got to New Orleans, 0:30:56.600 --> 0:30:58.239 we figured out. I think he thinks he can make 0:30:58.280 --> 0:31:02.360 any quarterback work. I still think that Russell Wilson contract 0:31:02.440 --> 0:31:04.080 is a mess because if you keep him another year, 0:31:04.120 --> 0:31:06.800 it's like you're committed another year. So it's a contract thing. 0:31:06.840 --> 0:31:10.400 It's a trade thing. But man, Walmart money, like that's 0:31:10.480 --> 0:31:14.040 long money. And I feel like the way Sean Payton 0:31:14.040 --> 0:31:16.800 has worked this is very interesting to me. I'm kind 0:31:16.800 --> 0:31:18.800 of a closet Saints fan. I'm a little annoyed how 0:31:18.880 --> 0:31:21.120 he's worked it. I think there's more going on behind 0:31:21.160 --> 0:31:23.000 the scenes that they're both playing these games in the 0:31:23.040 --> 0:31:25.480 media in terms of well, I might not take a 0:31:25.560 --> 0:31:28.240 job this year, or you know, and then my trade 0:31:28.280 --> 0:31:30.479 value will go down, so you better just get this 0:31:30.560 --> 0:31:33.080 trade done. But he's kind of got the Saints over 0:31:33.120 --> 0:31:35.680 a barrel. He's got all these billionaires over a barrel, 0:31:35.720 --> 0:31:38.320 and no shade to him that he's not being totally upfront. 0:31:38.560 --> 0:31:40.640 You said it, Jerry, like more power to him. He 0:31:40.720 --> 0:31:43.720 learned from uh, your guy Bill Parcels on how to 0:31:43.800 --> 0:31:46.840 kind of work the media and and get everyone interested 0:31:46.920 --> 0:31:49.560 and and he's done a great job. I was joking 0:31:49.560 --> 0:31:52.600 earlier about Cooper Rush, but for real, Dallas is losing 0:31:52.720 --> 0:31:55.520 some players and maybe coordinators. As we're talking about head 0:31:55.520 --> 0:32:00.240 coaches and coordinators interviewing. Both Dallas coordinators are interviewing this week. 0:32:00.520 --> 0:32:03.320 Do you think Dallas takes a step backward? Oh? Man, 0:32:03.480 --> 0:32:05.800 Everyone thought that this year because they've been really bad 0:32:05.840 --> 0:32:08.560 at handling success, and they ended up being I think 0:32:08.600 --> 0:32:11.400 a little better this year overall. You know, it ended 0:32:11.520 --> 0:32:16.400 similarly twelve wins. Though. I think dan Quinn gets a 0:32:16.480 --> 0:32:19.280 job in this cycle, I think Denver. If I had 0:32:19.320 --> 0:32:21.440 to guess who Denver ends up hiring, I think it's 0:32:21.520 --> 0:32:24.520 dan Quinn. Just because I'm with you, Jerry that I 0:32:24.520 --> 0:32:26.640 don't know if Sean Payne's gonna want that job. Carolina 0:32:26.680 --> 0:32:29.440 makes more sense to me for him. I think dan 0:32:29.760 --> 0:32:33.880 Quinn has done an incredible job making all that talent 0:32:33.960 --> 0:32:36.280 on defense sing and they do have a lot of needs, 0:32:36.280 --> 0:32:39.000 So you're right. I think Zekiel Elliott should be gone. 0:32:39.040 --> 0:32:41.800 We'll see if Jerry Jones actually can be unemotional and 0:32:41.800 --> 0:32:46.040 do it. Tony Pollard is a free agent. Uh, They've 0:32:46.040 --> 0:32:48.160 definitely got questions on defense. I think that they have 0:32:48.240 --> 0:32:50.480 some holes to fill, all right. I think we gotta 0:32:50.800 --> 0:32:53.200 focus on some of the stuff that just went on 0:32:53.280 --> 0:32:55.600 this past weekend. I mentioned earlier, as you know, I'm 0:32:55.640 --> 0:32:58.800 a Giants fan. Um, semi heartbroken. I mean I saw 0:32:58.800 --> 0:33:02.480 it coming. I knew everyone's on table about the fourth 0:33:02.480 --> 0:33:05.160 and eight go for that. My opinion as a fan, 0:33:05.440 --> 0:33:07.960 they were doing that all year and that's the furthest 0:33:08.000 --> 0:33:10.440 I saw them maybe even getting to in the first half. 0:33:10.760 --> 0:33:13.640 I was all for it, even though it didn't work out. Um, 0:33:13.800 --> 0:33:16.440 is it okay as a Giants fan to not be 0:33:16.640 --> 0:33:19.160 crazy disappointed? I have Giant fans on Twitter mad at 0:33:19.200 --> 0:33:23.120 me because I'm not crazy disappointed we didn't beat the Eagles. No, 0:33:23.400 --> 0:33:26.040 I think you have to be realistic and obviously there 0:33:26.040 --> 0:33:28.600 were high hopes. Like I know some Giants fans too, 0:33:28.680 --> 0:33:31.600 and they were wild confident. I was surprised by that, 0:33:31.720 --> 0:33:34.840 just because you look at the talent on these two teams, 0:33:34.840 --> 0:33:38.160 and yeah, Philly didn't have a healthy quarterback, we thought, 0:33:38.240 --> 0:33:41.320 but they ended up looking pretty great. They remind me 0:33:41.400 --> 0:33:44.920 the Giants of the Bills in their first year under 0:33:45.000 --> 0:33:48.640 Brandon Being and Sean McDermott, where they made the playoffs 0:33:48.720 --> 0:33:51.080 with Tyrod Taylor and I don't know if there'll be 0:33:51.120 --> 0:33:54.120 a quarterback switch there, but that was like a show 0:33:54.200 --> 0:33:56.400 that like, hey, we're not the old Bills were still 0:33:56.400 --> 0:33:58.040 a little while away, and they did take a step 0:33:58.080 --> 0:34:01.120 back actually before they became the Bills that we know now. 0:34:01.520 --> 0:34:03.040 But I've said it for a while with Giants fans, 0:34:03.080 --> 0:34:05.600 I've been so down on the Giants for more than 0:34:05.640 --> 0:34:08.239 a decade. It's probably the Patriots fan in me, but 0:34:08.320 --> 0:34:10.480 I really meant that that. When they brought in Shane 0:34:10.640 --> 0:34:13.280 and Dable, I thought like, this is a start of something, 0:34:13.760 --> 0:34:16.040 and I kind of just trust these dudes to make 0:34:16.080 --> 0:34:18.799 the right decisions. I'm fascinated to see what they do 0:34:18.880 --> 0:34:20.600 with se Quon, though I think it's gonna be tough 0:34:20.640 --> 0:34:22.880 to keep them. You mentioned the Bills. What did you 0:34:22.960 --> 0:34:26.080 make of the Stefon Diggs kind of storming out of 0:34:26.080 --> 0:34:29.680 the building and really the banter between him and Josh 0:34:29.680 --> 0:34:32.360 Allen on the sideline. I mean, you're you're an insider, 0:34:32.480 --> 0:34:35.040 So what did you read between the lines there? Well, 0:34:35.160 --> 0:34:37.799 just that he's like an emotional wide receiver. We saw 0:34:37.840 --> 0:34:40.960 this in Minnesota. I think it just kind of comes 0:34:40.960 --> 0:34:43.840 with the package. I'm with Stefon Diggs where he tweeted 0:34:43.880 --> 0:34:46.440 out like it's easy to criticize the reaction instead of 0:34:46.440 --> 0:34:49.320 the play and in the long run, like the play 0:34:49.440 --> 0:34:52.840 does kind of matter more and you don't want that reaction. 0:34:52.920 --> 0:34:54.840 But I think they all know Stefon Diggs like what 0:34:54.880 --> 0:34:56.960 a competitive is, what a pro he is in terms 0:34:56.960 --> 0:34:59.399 of the work that he puts in that you live 0:34:59.440 --> 0:35:03.400 with that off now over time, Like if that keeps happening, 0:35:03.400 --> 0:35:05.600 if they keep losing, is it something that ends up 0:35:05.600 --> 0:35:08.080 grading on you more and then you make a change? 0:35:08.160 --> 0:35:12.719 Like sure, But Jerry, you mentioned how the n b 0:35:12.880 --> 0:35:14.759 A and the like, the NFL is becoming more like 0:35:14.800 --> 0:35:17.960 the NBA, Like, I'm with you because those wide receiver 0:35:18.080 --> 0:35:20.960 trades last year and these big names now getting traded, 0:35:21.400 --> 0:35:24.080 I think that showed the mistake of trading them, Like 0:35:24.280 --> 0:35:27.120 every receiver that went to a new place changed their team. 0:35:27.160 --> 0:35:28.839 I know the Raiders didn't have a good season, but 0:35:29.080 --> 0:35:31.880 they would still do that trade anytime. And like you 0:35:31.920 --> 0:35:33.880 do not want to get rid of a Stefan Diggs. 0:35:33.920 --> 0:35:36.399 Big time receivers to me are just just about worth 0:35:36.440 --> 0:35:39.600 more than anything except for a quarterback. Yeah, I always 0:35:39.600 --> 0:35:42.520 talk about that Digs trade. Was that may be the 0:35:42.560 --> 0:35:45.399 most even trade that we can talk about for years 0:35:45.400 --> 0:35:47.880 to come, because there's not a winner but the Digs 0:35:47.880 --> 0:35:50.799 for the pick, which becomes justin Jefferson. It's only even though, 0:35:50.800 --> 0:35:54.080 because the Eagles took Jalen Reagor though, like it's only 0:35:54.120 --> 0:35:57.239 even because they had the best wide receiver pick of 0:35:57.320 --> 0:35:59.879 the last like ten years, so like, more power to them. 0:36:00.120 --> 0:36:03.200 They got lucky that the Eagles took Jalen Reagor right 0:36:03.239 --> 0:36:04.960 before them or else that picked. I would not have 0:36:05.000 --> 0:36:08.400 traded stuff on things if I was them either. So Okay, 0:36:08.480 --> 0:36:10.759 now I think I don't know how much love you 0:36:10.800 --> 0:36:12.480 have for the Cowboys. You know, I don't have any 0:36:12.520 --> 0:36:15.239 love for the Cowboys at all. That was certainly a 0:36:15.239 --> 0:36:18.640 winnable game, not the most fun game to watch, and 0:36:18.719 --> 0:36:21.520 so but it came down to the wire. But in 0:36:21.920 --> 0:36:26.520 what on earth is the Dallas Twitter account doing tweeting 0:36:26.520 --> 0:36:31.120 out article? I'm just very confused. Is this the sign 0:36:31.160 --> 0:36:33.640 that there's gonna be major changes in Dallas. Like I know, 0:36:33.680 --> 0:36:35.880 we just talked about it, but I'm still afraid of 0:36:35.920 --> 0:36:38.080 them too. Was a Giants fan. They're a loaded roster. 0:36:38.200 --> 0:36:41.760 I think they're closer than further away. But in this generation, 0:36:41.800 --> 0:36:44.279 how do you do that? As the gold check mark 0:36:44.480 --> 0:36:47.560 Dallas Cowboys Twitter account, I mean, I kind of loved it. 0:36:47.600 --> 0:36:50.759 I'm gonna push back here just because please do so. 0:36:50.840 --> 0:36:54.000 I worked for NFL dot com and everyone thinks, you know, 0:36:54.080 --> 0:36:56.120 I don't write as much as they used to, but like, oh, 0:36:56.160 --> 0:36:58.719 you guys are biased. You're always carrying the water for 0:36:58.760 --> 0:37:01.959 the shield, and and we just say what we feel 0:37:02.040 --> 0:37:04.680 on our podcasts, and we were critical when we can. 0:37:04.760 --> 0:37:07.920 And there's certain third rail issues like ownership that are 0:37:08.000 --> 0:37:10.400 you definitely gotta be a little more careful than if 0:37:10.440 --> 0:37:13.279 you were elsewhere. But like I know people that work 0:37:13.360 --> 0:37:17.240 for team sites and like some actually are pretty critical 0:37:17.280 --> 0:37:20.040 and and get good get give good information, and then 0:37:20.040 --> 0:37:23.200 there's others that are like pr arms that add no value, 0:37:23.200 --> 0:37:26.520 and everyone's like those guys are useless. So now when 0:37:26.560 --> 0:37:28.560 one is out there, I kind of Jerry Jones. It 0:37:28.560 --> 0:37:31.240 doesn't surprise me that Jerry Jones. I've heard some people 0:37:31.280 --> 0:37:34.720 talk that. Jerry Jones basically told his website like in general, 0:37:34.960 --> 0:37:36.680 do whatever you guys want, and they have some really 0:37:36.680 --> 0:37:40.040 good writers over there and stuff, and like he doesn't mind, 0:37:40.120 --> 0:37:42.360 Like if Jerry Jones, if you I know you're not 0:37:42.440 --> 0:37:44.760 a fan, but if nothing else, he wants that smoke. 0:37:44.920 --> 0:37:47.640 Like he like doesn't care if you talk trash on 0:37:47.680 --> 0:37:50.160 the Cowboys apparently even if you work for the Cowboys. 0:37:50.160 --> 0:37:52.520 It's amazing. Oh man, Jerry, how can you say that 0:37:52.640 --> 0:37:54.799 wasn't a fun game to watch? That was such a 0:37:54.840 --> 0:37:59.479 fun game, Like I just I'm telling you, I knew 0:37:59.560 --> 0:38:02.319 my face going into my night game as a Giants fan, 0:38:02.520 --> 0:38:05.360 So I just I just didn't see it being that competitive. 0:38:05.440 --> 0:38:09.400 So it was like eighties ninet nineties football when people 0:38:09.520 --> 0:38:12.960 ask like like the good old days, and I like 0:38:13.080 --> 0:38:15.879 scoring more ultimately, but when they asked for the good 0:38:15.880 --> 0:38:18.719 old days, it's kind of like games like that, you 0:38:18.760 --> 0:38:21.160 know what I mean, where it's like two great defenses 0:38:21.200 --> 0:38:23.799 and timely offense. Well that's how I was watching it 0:38:23.880 --> 0:38:26.239 to Greg and Olivia. I was watching it kind of 0:38:26.280 --> 0:38:30.800 already no defeatist attitude, but watching and watching it scouting 0:38:30.840 --> 0:38:33.160 the defenses because then watching that Giants Eagles game. I 0:38:33.239 --> 0:38:35.240 knew the Giants were gonna have a hard time stopping 0:38:35.239 --> 0:38:39.560 that offense, but then seeing the surgical ease that they 0:38:39.560 --> 0:38:42.239 had with that defense, I really do think that the 0:38:42.280 --> 0:38:45.239 best team won Niners Cowboys wise. As good as the 0:38:45.280 --> 0:38:47.759 Cowboys defenses, I think the Niners defense might be a 0:38:47.920 --> 0:38:53.840 slightly better matchup for that Eagles offensive defense. It is 0:38:53.960 --> 0:38:57.160 necessary you need a Fred Warner because I don't know 0:38:57.280 --> 0:38:59.960 that the Eagles have six guys on offense that could 0:39:00.000 --> 0:39:02.879 touched the ball in short yardage and turning into big 0:39:02.880 --> 0:39:05.919 plays at any time. It's the matchup I've wanted to see. 0:39:06.080 --> 0:39:08.200 I was kind of rooting for the Cowboys just because 0:39:08.320 --> 0:39:11.360 I feel seeing I feel bad for Dak, who's like 0:39:11.480 --> 0:39:15.320 an incredibly successful person and what he does is ridiculous. 0:39:15.880 --> 0:39:18.560 Like I'm just saying, like, as a human, he's achieved more. 0:39:18.800 --> 0:39:20.640 It is better at what he does than than I'll 0:39:20.680 --> 0:39:22.680 ever be at what I do. I think he's a 0:39:22.680 --> 0:39:26.360 great quarterback, maybe not a top five, top six quarterback, 0:39:26.760 --> 0:39:29.000 but I kind of want to see him have his moment, 0:39:29.080 --> 0:39:31.600 and so for him to shrink in that moment was 0:39:31.680 --> 0:39:33.960 hard for me to see. But just as a football fan, 0:39:34.080 --> 0:39:37.680 forty Niners Eagles is the better matchup. These are the 0:39:37.719 --> 0:39:40.360 two teams. These are the two matchups in both conferences 0:39:40.360 --> 0:39:43.160 that I wanted to see the most, and that one 0:39:43.200 --> 0:39:46.239 in the NFC especially, Like I have no idea how 0:39:46.239 --> 0:39:48.839 it's gonna go, but I'm with you, Jerry. Like their 0:39:48.960 --> 0:39:52.360 pass rush and especially their linebackers being able to maybe 0:39:52.400 --> 0:39:56.280 contain Hurts in the running game. Um, it helps stop 0:39:56.360 --> 0:39:58.560 Dallas Gotter w where who I think is just even 0:39:58.560 --> 0:40:01.000 bigger than you realize for the goals is huge, and 0:40:01.200 --> 0:40:02.960 I think it'll be much more of a defensive game, 0:40:03.040 --> 0:40:05.359 certainly than that. The Giants put up well when we 0:40:05.400 --> 0:40:07.800 looked at what Jalen Hurts was able to do, again 0:40:07.880 --> 0:40:10.719 with a lot of question marks around him, definitely benefiting 0:40:10.760 --> 0:40:13.400 from the bye week. I think he had so much protection, 0:40:13.640 --> 0:40:16.600 he had so much time his offensive line dominated. They 0:40:16.600 --> 0:40:19.120 had to sixty eight on the ground six point one 0:40:19.239 --> 0:40:22.240 per rush. So as you look more at that matchup 0:40:22.280 --> 0:40:24.719 on that side of the ball and Nick Bosa in 0:40:24.760 --> 0:40:26.840 this forty Niners defense, do you think it'll be a 0:40:26.880 --> 0:40:29.640 different story. Yeah, They're not gonna be able to run 0:40:30.000 --> 0:40:32.480 that well. The Giants were a great matchup for them. 0:40:32.480 --> 0:40:35.000 They knew it, and it was almost like a light 0:40:35.040 --> 0:40:38.640 warm up for this NFC Championship. I didn't think that 0:40:38.680 --> 0:40:40.959 going into the game. I picked the Giants to cover, 0:40:41.160 --> 0:40:43.720 so I was crazy. I mean I had the Eagles winning, 0:40:43.760 --> 0:40:46.719 but so it's not like I knew. But the way 0:40:46.760 --> 0:40:48.719 it played out, now you look at this matchup, there's 0:40:48.760 --> 0:40:50.319 no way they're going to run the ball that well. 0:40:50.680 --> 0:40:54.160 They're gonna have to win on the outside. Jalen Hurts 0:40:54.600 --> 0:40:58.000 still doesn't get the credit for what a good pocket 0:40:58.040 --> 0:41:02.560 passer is. He's different than Maho Homes or Josh Allen 0:41:03.760 --> 0:41:06.520 or you know, even some of the running quarterbacks in 0:41:06.600 --> 0:41:09.840 that like when he wins throwing the ball, it is 0:41:09.960 --> 0:41:12.440 really from the pocket and he's kind of a hit 0:41:12.719 --> 0:41:15.799 his back foot and throw some beautiful deep balls. That's 0:41:15.800 --> 0:41:18.480 actually not what you necessarily see out of Mahomes or Allan, 0:41:18.560 --> 0:41:22.239 Like he's not a second reaction thrower Jalen Hurts. So 0:41:22.760 --> 0:41:25.200 to me, that's where the mismatches in terms of them 0:41:25.200 --> 0:41:27.600 against their cornerbacks and the safety. So I think it's 0:41:27.600 --> 0:41:29.880 gonna have to be much more of a DeVonta Smith 0:41:29.920 --> 0:41:32.920 A G. Brown got her too, But winning on the 0:41:32.960 --> 0:41:36.800 outside and Hurts kind of showing that he really has improved, 0:41:36.840 --> 0:41:39.319 like I'm talking about compared to where he was in 0:41:39.320 --> 0:41:42.719 the playoffs a year ago when the Bucks really confused him. Yeah, 0:41:42.760 --> 0:41:45.600 anytime you're a fan saying, oh, well, you know Hurts 0:41:45.680 --> 0:41:48.640 is injured and Lane Johnson is not. You know, that's 0:41:48.680 --> 0:41:51.120 not the things you need to be talking about before 0:41:51.120 --> 0:41:53.040 a game. All right, last thing on the NFC, and 0:41:53.239 --> 0:41:55.040 we'll definitely kick over to the a f C. And 0:41:55.080 --> 0:41:57.520 we talked a lot about quarterbacks. I think one of 0:41:57.560 --> 0:42:02.479 the more fascinating potential decisions to be made is if 0:42:02.600 --> 0:42:05.920 the Niners do run the table right and pretty will 0:42:05.920 --> 0:42:10.240 step into uncharted territory going undefeated, winning a Super Bowl. 0:42:10.800 --> 0:42:13.680 He has to keep his job, right, Greig like, could 0:42:13.680 --> 0:42:15.560 they go into next season saying, well, it's an open 0:42:15.600 --> 0:42:19.400 competition here, Trey Lances back healthy, Jimmy G's parted ways, 0:42:19.800 --> 0:42:22.880 it's a think you have a quarterback competition when a 0:42:22.920 --> 0:42:25.520 guy who's never lost and won the Super Bowl. No, 0:42:25.760 --> 0:42:30.520 they won't. I wonder unless he totally bombs out this week, 0:42:30.960 --> 0:42:33.960 that might already be settled. Not that Trey lances future 0:42:34.200 --> 0:42:37.600 is done there, but that Brack Purdy goes into it 0:42:37.800 --> 0:42:40.279 as the starter. I think they love the way he 0:42:40.360 --> 0:42:44.600 runs the offense. I think he has a higher ceiling 0:42:44.600 --> 0:42:47.440 than Jimmy G. I think he's already playing at a 0:42:47.560 --> 0:42:50.600 similar or better level to Jimmy G. Certainly there's some 0:42:50.680 --> 0:42:54.080 veteran things Jimmy G knows that Pretty doesn't. But like 0:42:54.360 --> 0:42:57.560 Pretty makes extra plays. I think he doesn't play scared, 0:42:57.760 --> 0:43:00.719 and I think they love him. And it's weird because 0:43:00.719 --> 0:43:02.480 he's a late seventh round pick, But if he was 0:43:02.520 --> 0:43:04.839 a second round pick, you'd just be like, Okay, that's 0:43:04.840 --> 0:43:07.400 the dude, and we move forward, not that he's going 0:43:07.440 --> 0:43:09.480 to be a top five quarterback, but that he's going 0:43:09.520 --> 0:43:12.200 to be the guy next year. I feel like almost 0:43:12.239 --> 0:43:14.520 in any scenario and that they're gonna have lands there 0:43:14.560 --> 0:43:17.080 and it's gonna be awkward, but you know, there they 0:43:17.080 --> 0:43:20.200 can handle it. Okay, let's go over to the a 0:43:20.320 --> 0:43:23.399 f C. I live in Kansas City. I'm a Chiefs fan. 0:43:23.520 --> 0:43:26.640 I was working the game and I was right by 0:43:26.680 --> 0:43:29.640 Patrick Mahomes as this happened. When he threw off the helmet, 0:43:29.680 --> 0:43:32.799 throw off the cape. It was a moment I'll never forget. Really, 0:43:32.800 --> 0:43:35.279 I'm so impressed with him as a competitor. But now 0:43:35.320 --> 0:43:37.560 this ankle sprain, which he was basically on one leg 0:43:37.600 --> 0:43:39.680 to finish that game, and I promise you it was 0:43:39.719 --> 0:43:42.160 even worse up close than it was on TV. He's 0:43:42.200 --> 0:43:44.560 saying it's not as bad as the one in twenty nineteen. 0:43:45.239 --> 0:43:47.960 And he's not practicing this week, and he's never played 0:43:48.000 --> 0:43:50.520 without practicing that week, But it looks like that might 0:43:50.640 --> 0:43:53.359 kind of be the plan. What are you expecting from 0:43:53.360 --> 0:43:56.040 Mahomes and the whole Chief's offense and what they're gonna 0:43:56.040 --> 0:43:58.320 be able to do without him or with him limited 0:43:58.360 --> 0:44:00.640 even I have this theory that it's almost like a 0:44:01.760 --> 0:44:05.200 like a great artist sometimes does his best work, like 0:44:05.239 --> 0:44:08.040 if you put limitations on it, like writers talk about 0:44:08.040 --> 0:44:10.960 the authors, and that now you're asking Andy Reid and 0:44:11.000 --> 0:44:13.000 Patrick Mahomes to come up with a way to win 0:44:13.880 --> 0:44:17.800 without his mobility. And this Chief's team, to me, feels 0:44:17.840 --> 0:44:20.760 better suited than ones in the past because they're running 0:44:20.760 --> 0:44:23.560 the ball well, really well. I mean that that won 0:44:23.600 --> 0:44:25.680 them that game. They ran the ball with even Cincinnati 0:44:25.760 --> 0:44:28.560 last time really well in week thirteen. That that that 0:44:28.719 --> 0:44:31.799 was huge. And then Mahomes is different than he was 0:44:31.840 --> 0:44:34.359 in when he won the m v P he can 0:44:34.360 --> 0:44:36.600 win from the pocket. He can kill you with his 0:44:36.680 --> 0:44:40.160 decision making, and like his numbers actually got better Olivia 0:44:40.160 --> 0:44:41.680 in that game. I don't know how it happened, but 0:44:43.080 --> 0:44:45.040 if you look at the yards per attempt, they went 0:44:45.120 --> 0:44:48.000 up and he wasn't he wasn't incredible, but man, he 0:44:48.120 --> 0:44:51.920 still made some big throws with good velocity, made good decisions. 0:44:51.960 --> 0:44:55.560 There was the last touchdown. I just never count that 0:44:55.640 --> 0:44:57.799 dude out. I still think it's gonna be tough to win, 0:44:57.880 --> 0:45:00.560 but I feel like their offense, I'm still more worried 0:45:00.600 --> 0:45:02.799 about their defense than I am about their offense. Even 0:45:02.840 --> 0:45:05.440 with Mahomes with his ankle injury. That's sort of what 0:45:05.480 --> 0:45:07.640 I worry about cause I think back to the last 0:45:07.680 --> 0:45:10.400 time Mahomes had this injury. In the last time you 0:45:10.440 --> 0:45:12.560 saw Chad Henny, you come in and break all the 0:45:12.560 --> 0:45:16.160 Browns fans hearts and then you know, heroically he got 0:45:16.160 --> 0:45:18.160 them to the Super Bowl. But then against a good 0:45:18.239 --> 0:45:21.920 defense with Tampa, you just saw his mobility was limited. 0:45:21.920 --> 0:45:24.319 They had offensive line problems as well, so it wasn't 0:45:24.320 --> 0:45:27.319 all the injury, And I'm just worried that this is 0:45:27.360 --> 0:45:29.480 a little bit of a repeat, meaning like if they 0:45:29.560 --> 0:45:32.320 do beat Cincinnati and it's heroic and I'm sorry, Olivia, 0:45:32.360 --> 0:45:34.359 and it can't happen, of course, But then are they 0:45:34.440 --> 0:45:37.560 just walking into the super Bowl? Those high ankle sprains, 0:45:37.640 --> 0:45:40.200 you know, they don't go away, even in two three weeks, 0:45:40.200 --> 0:45:42.640 still gonna be painful. I just wonder, even if he 0:45:42.640 --> 0:45:44.560 gets to the sup Bowl against forty nine or an 0:45:44.560 --> 0:45:46.880 Eagles defense that has a million sacks in the last 0:45:46.880 --> 0:45:50.480 ten games, you know, is he even in more trouble? 0:45:50.520 --> 0:45:55.120 And would the best Super Bowl be entertainment? Why? Sorry, Olivia. 0:45:55.239 --> 0:45:59.480 If it's the Cincinnati Bengals and Joe Burrow, I think 0:45:59.520 --> 0:46:01.640 either would just fan I don't love, I'm just a 0:46:01.680 --> 0:46:03.719 fan perspective. I think either would be great. I'm torn 0:46:03.760 --> 0:46:06.080 here because my instinct is to pick the Bengals too. 0:46:06.320 --> 0:46:09.439 I picked them to beat the Bills, and I think 0:46:09.440 --> 0:46:11.719 they might be a better team than the Chiefs. Anyways, 0:46:11.800 --> 0:46:15.799 like a neutral site that said, like Mahomes to me, 0:46:15.960 --> 0:46:18.120 is the best player I've ever seen play, Like he's 0:46:18.160 --> 0:46:20.240 the best player to enter the league since I started 0:46:20.239 --> 0:46:22.640 covering the league twenty seasons ago. And so I don't 0:46:23.320 --> 0:46:25.400 I don't try to pretend I know anything about the 0:46:25.400 --> 0:46:28.120 guys before I just saw them on NFL Prime Time 0:46:28.239 --> 0:46:30.680 or just hear what people say. But in those twenty years, 0:46:30.760 --> 0:46:32.799 he's the best player, so to me, Jerry, like, if 0:46:32.840 --> 0:46:35.520 he overcomes the high nicles, right and then wins this game, 0:46:35.560 --> 0:46:38.680 that's some Jordan's stuff, and you get excited about maybe 0:46:38.680 --> 0:46:41.200 he gets healthier for the super Bowl. So either way, 0:46:41.239 --> 0:46:44.040 I'm excited. I almost wish this was the super Bowl. 0:46:44.320 --> 0:46:47.880 But either way, like it's amazing. Okay, two things I 0:46:47.880 --> 0:46:51.680 think we're throwing out Michael Jordan's comparison to literally this 0:46:51.719 --> 0:46:55.920 week Jalen Hurts with Michael Jordan's said seriality. And another thing, Greg, Now, 0:46:56.000 --> 0:46:57.480 I'm trying to figure out how old you are. If 0:46:57.480 --> 0:47:01.280 you've been covering the league twenty years, you look much younger. 0:47:01.719 --> 0:47:04.080 I'm about to turn forty four. Is twenty years right? 0:47:04.080 --> 0:47:06.960 That might not even right. The first season I did 0:47:06.960 --> 0:47:09.760 a little bit was two thousand three. My first super 0:47:09.800 --> 0:47:13.480 Bowl though, was watching the Patriots finished off their eight 0:47:13.520 --> 0:47:15.839 seed in one season. Jerry, So I had to learn 0:47:15.880 --> 0:47:18.160 how to be a professional there in the crowd for 0:47:18.200 --> 0:47:20.520 that one. That was my first one. Listen, I'm I'm 0:47:20.560 --> 0:47:23.839 forty three years old with you, and uh, that's why 0:47:24.400 --> 0:47:26.319 the Giant. I find it hard to get mad at 0:47:26.400 --> 0:47:29.000 him because of that. Even going back to those years, 0:47:29.000 --> 0:47:32.200 and I skipped that Super Bowl like a total scared, 0:47:32.320 --> 0:47:34.560 thinking we were gonna lose. I had an opportunity to 0:47:34.600 --> 0:47:37.560 go as in Arizona, so full circle, and I said, 0:47:37.600 --> 0:47:39.279 and I said no, And I watched it with three 0:47:39.320 --> 0:47:41.600 people in my house while we all cowered in the 0:47:41.640 --> 0:47:44.799 corner because we were terrified of that game. Oh man, 0:47:45.080 --> 0:47:48.719 well the Giants fans showed up in Glendale and uh yeah, 0:47:48.800 --> 0:47:51.440 I have bad memories of that game. But yeah, I've 0:47:51.440 --> 0:47:53.480 never seen I don't need to see more to see 0:47:53.600 --> 0:47:55.920 save Mahomes is the best player I've ever seen. I mean, 0:47:55.960 --> 0:47:57.759 I know he hasn't played as long as Brady, but 0:47:57.800 --> 0:48:00.680 he's the best. So looking at the way teams are 0:48:00.800 --> 0:48:03.680 structured now and the way people are loading up their 0:48:03.760 --> 0:48:07.200 rosters also NBA like super team like and winning quickly, 0:48:07.480 --> 0:48:10.120 do you think this is now the age of aggressive 0:48:10.160 --> 0:48:13.080 gms like less need when all in last year, John 0:48:13.160 --> 0:48:15.920 Lynch did it this year, especially with Christian, Howie Roseman 0:48:15.960 --> 0:48:18.799 and Philly Is this just the way business will be 0:48:18.840 --> 0:48:23.680 done now? Yes? Because I just think the talk about 0:48:23.680 --> 0:48:26.680 window is overrated. I thought the Patriots proved that a 0:48:26.680 --> 0:48:29.000 little bit the way they sustained success. I think Green 0:48:29.040 --> 0:48:31.279 Babe and has to a much lesser degree. They didn't 0:48:31.280 --> 0:48:33.080 get it done in the playoffs, but they've always been good. 0:48:33.280 --> 0:48:35.959 If you have that quarterback, be aggressive around him because 0:48:36.000 --> 0:48:39.560 you can still make some mistakes. The Patriots almost won 0:48:39.560 --> 0:48:41.479 a Super Bowl where they had the thirty first best 0:48:41.520 --> 0:48:45.439 defense in the league. Like, so take big swings. And 0:48:45.520 --> 0:48:47.800 the reason I say yes is because I think trades 0:48:47.880 --> 0:48:50.239 is going to be a bigger and bigger part of 0:48:50.280 --> 0:48:52.919 the equation here, because look, I'm making this free agent list. 0:48:53.040 --> 0:48:55.879 It's not great, like teams don't let great players get 0:48:55.920 --> 0:48:59.000 to free agency. But since teams have done a good 0:48:59.040 --> 0:49:02.880 job managing having so much cap space, there's more flexibility 0:49:02.920 --> 0:49:05.200 for trades. And I think you saw the Patriots and 0:49:05.239 --> 0:49:08.680 the Eagles especially be on the forefront of that last decade. 0:49:08.680 --> 0:49:11.400 They were the two teams that traded the most I remember, 0:49:11.480 --> 0:49:13.680 and now you're just seeing more and more teams like 0:49:13.760 --> 0:49:15.840 make trades. It's better for fans too, but I just 0:49:15.920 --> 0:49:17.680 think it's like one of the only good ways to 0:49:17.760 --> 0:49:21.040 get good players now is making trades. So speaking to that, 0:49:21.160 --> 0:49:24.399 down of all the fan bases that had the tough 0:49:24.440 --> 0:49:30.319 weekend and lost, Dallas, Giants, Bills, Jaguars. You know, which 0:49:30.360 --> 0:49:33.359 of those four teams, if you're thinking about it from 0:49:33.360 --> 0:49:36.239 a GM perspective, has their work cut out for them 0:49:36.280 --> 0:49:38.200 most And you can make the case I will say 0:49:38.280 --> 0:49:42.080 to just remember, you know, with Dallas, obviously they're still loaded, 0:49:42.120 --> 0:49:45.480 but we're already now talking about the quarterback situation after 0:49:46.000 --> 0:49:48.400 one bad game. So which of those four teams you 0:49:48.440 --> 0:49:50.839 think that GM has the most cut outfit I'm going 0:49:50.880 --> 0:49:53.080 into the next season. Well, I think it's the Giants, 0:49:53.160 --> 0:49:55.840 just because they have the most talent to get, but 0:49:55.880 --> 0:49:58.160 they also have lower expectations. But they have the most 0:49:58.680 --> 0:50:01.440 holes to fill. Twelve their starters are free agents, and 0:50:01.480 --> 0:50:04.080 that they already weren't that talented. It's hard to find 0:50:04.120 --> 0:50:06.839 wide receivers as we know. I think the Bills, though, 0:50:06.840 --> 0:50:09.040 are the other team that stands out, just because you 0:50:09.120 --> 0:50:13.160 really saw a change in the expectations and the fan 0:50:13.280 --> 0:50:15.879 base with everything they went through this year with themar 0:50:16.000 --> 0:50:18.600 Hamlin and everything out. It's been a terrible year in 0:50:18.640 --> 0:50:24.000 Buffalo injuries but also just real life stuff. Um, you 0:50:24.040 --> 0:50:27.080 would think they would be somewhat understanding, but man, they're upset, 0:50:27.200 --> 0:50:31.120 like everyone wants people fired. They actually haven't drafted like 0:50:31.160 --> 0:50:33.600 a pro bowler in about four or five years, so 0:50:33.640 --> 0:50:36.720 that they've they haven't done a good job. They have talent, 0:50:36.800 --> 0:50:38.239 but they just kind of kept it. They need to 0:50:38.280 --> 0:50:40.239 find new talent. I just think the bar is so 0:50:40.400 --> 0:50:42.680 high with them now with Josh Allen that like any 0:50:42.719 --> 0:50:44.840 step back, and I think the ANFC East is tougher, 0:50:45.400 --> 0:50:48.040 people will really be hard on them. So just expectation wise, 0:50:48.080 --> 0:50:50.439 I think the Bills do have some holes to fill. 0:50:50.480 --> 0:50:52.600 Tremaine Edmonds as a free agent, Jordan Player is a 0:50:52.640 --> 0:50:56.520 free agent. They have some problems up front on offense too. Okay, 0:50:56.560 --> 0:50:59.720 what do you think, Jerry? Final prediction for this weekend? 0:51:00.040 --> 0:51:02.560 Do you want to go ahead and end there? Sure? 0:51:02.960 --> 0:51:06.440 I want to hear you guys first, Oh, go round, Robin. 0:51:06.680 --> 0:51:08.759 I actually, as much as I was hyping up the 0:51:08.840 --> 0:51:13.440 Chiefs and all that, I'm very concerned. I think I 0:51:13.520 --> 0:51:16.600 think Joe Burrow is exactly where he wants to be, 0:51:16.760 --> 0:51:19.120 and I think they smell blood and I like the 0:51:19.160 --> 0:51:22.600 Bengals here. I gotta say, wow, was that allowed that? 0:51:22.640 --> 0:51:27.160 You know what she's doing right? I'm not this week 0:51:27.400 --> 0:51:30.080 reverse psychology. You're doing reverse like I do this all 0:51:30.120 --> 0:51:36.560 the time. Greg, you got to tack against your team. 0:51:34.680 --> 0:51:38.640 And then I like San Francisco and I'm not talking spread. 0:51:38.640 --> 0:51:40.720 We're gonna talk that later in the show with Peter Andrew. 0:51:40.760 --> 0:51:42.480 Both games are two and a half point games. But 0:51:42.600 --> 0:51:47.840 I just money line. I like Bengals San Francisco. I 0:51:47.840 --> 0:51:51.360 I I also like the Bengals. I think that, um, 0:51:51.400 --> 0:51:53.400 this is just gonna be so much fun for hopefully 0:51:53.440 --> 0:51:56.400 the next ten years getting to watch Mahomes verse Borrow. 0:51:56.480 --> 0:51:58.759 I don't want to discount Josh Allen and whatever other 0:51:58.800 --> 0:52:01.080 quarterbacks will enter into the a f C because they 0:52:01.120 --> 0:52:03.239 all seem to be going over there. But I will 0:52:03.280 --> 0:52:06.839 say to your point, yeah, if Mahomes does this win, 0:52:07.000 --> 0:52:09.320 this win with the injury will rank up there and 0:52:09.480 --> 0:52:12.640 quarterback victories for sure. But I'm going with the Eagles. 0:52:12.800 --> 0:52:15.439 I saw enough. I have total respect for the forty 0:52:15.520 --> 0:52:19.200 Niners and Brock Purty, but I just really don't know 0:52:19.400 --> 0:52:23.600 how you stopped that offense. It's so confusing and everyone 0:52:23.640 --> 0:52:26.560 could get the ball. And also I think they have 0:52:26.600 --> 0:52:30.000 the best offensive and defensive line in football. No disrespect 0:52:30.000 --> 0:52:33.080 to Bosa just all around. I just think they have 0:52:33.160 --> 0:52:36.160 the two best lines in football. So I'm going Eagles 0:52:36.480 --> 0:52:39.359 Bengals Super Bowl. I have the same one. Sorry for 0:52:39.640 --> 0:52:41.400 throwing it back to you, guys. It's like earlier in 0:52:41.480 --> 0:52:43.120 the week, I'm like, do I want to lock myself 0:52:43.160 --> 0:52:45.439 in here? I gotta think about it. Uh No, I'm 0:52:45.480 --> 0:52:47.239 with you on the Eagles. So that's I had the 0:52:47.239 --> 0:52:49.359 Eagles winning the Super Bowl before the season. My pick 0:52:49.480 --> 0:52:52.000 was Eagles Chiefs before the season, which is looking like 0:52:52.120 --> 0:52:54.920 amazing right now. They have one seeds. I'm with you 0:52:55.000 --> 0:52:57.240 on the line play, like that's where they spend their money. 0:52:57.840 --> 0:52:59.520 You know, it's funny you think of them. They have 0:52:59.560 --> 0:53:03.759 a very forward thinking, analytics driven front office, and one 0:53:03.760 --> 0:53:07.480 of the their tenants is really like spend on lineman, 0:53:07.960 --> 0:53:11.080 offensive line, defensive line. That you can't have enough high 0:53:11.120 --> 0:53:13.800 draft picks. You can't spend enough money, Like if you 0:53:13.880 --> 0:53:16.320 just have seven of those dudes on each side, like it, 0:53:16.800 --> 0:53:18.879 spend it all there and everything else is gonna look better. 0:53:18.920 --> 0:53:20.440 And they've done a great job with that with some 0:53:20.480 --> 0:53:22.480 of their pickups. So I'm with you on the egos. 0:53:23.239 --> 0:53:25.600 It feels weird, but I think the Bengals are gonna 0:53:25.640 --> 0:53:26.960 win this game. Even though you know I had the 0:53:27.000 --> 0:53:29.200 Chiefs before the season. The injuries enough to make me 0:53:29.239 --> 0:53:31.919 flip it. I might have taken the Bengals anyway. It's 0:53:31.920 --> 0:53:34.319 just something about this team, man, and I'm all about 0:53:34.320 --> 0:53:38.400 wide receivers, and I think that mismatch them versus the 0:53:38.440 --> 0:53:41.360 chief secondary is what gets it done for them. Okay, 0:53:41.360 --> 0:53:43.920 good place to end, Greg, You're welcome back anytime. We 0:53:43.960 --> 0:53:45.799 have a lot of fun with you. Thank you so much. 0:53:45.920 --> 0:53:48.960 You can follow Greg Rosenthal on Twitter at Greg Rosenthal 0:53:49.000 --> 0:53:51.479 with two g's for a little something extract, Greg, Thanks 0:53:51.480 --> 0:54:13.920 so much, Thanks guy. I finally did it. I finished 0:54:14.040 --> 0:54:16.799 season six and it was very good. You warned me. 0:54:16.800 --> 0:54:18.839 It's just a lot of love triangles, and you're right. 0:54:18.880 --> 0:54:21.560 I cannot believe how it ends with an engagement. I 0:54:21.600 --> 0:54:24.440 guess I shouldn't say who in case it gives it away. 0:54:24.480 --> 0:54:28.040 But for your character, for Turtle, Jamie goes to New 0:54:28.080 --> 0:54:31.759 Zealand and she tries to test you and at the 0:54:31.800 --> 0:54:35.120 airport says, you can see other people blah blah, and 0:54:35.440 --> 0:54:38.200 you cry and she was mad that you didn't cry. 0:54:38.600 --> 0:54:40.920 And then this seems very dramatic. She leaves and you 0:54:40.920 --> 0:54:43.200 turn around and you do cry. I'm curious as an 0:54:43.239 --> 0:54:45.880 actor did you do because you do turn around? So 0:54:45.920 --> 0:54:47.719 I was thinking, oh, this could have been the eye 0:54:47.800 --> 0:54:54.760 drops or what do you do? Listen? That was real hears. 0:54:55.239 --> 0:54:57.160 It was something I've always been good at since I 0:54:57.200 --> 0:55:00.279 was a little kid. I can summon that up when 0:55:00.320 --> 0:55:03.080 I need it. It's actually funny. That's how we used 0:55:03.080 --> 0:55:05.200 that skill. One time. We went up to the schoolyard 0:55:05.200 --> 0:55:07.279 to play hoops one time, and we're like twelve years old, 0:55:07.280 --> 0:55:09.480 but we didn't have a ball, and we thought maybe 0:55:09.480 --> 0:55:11.040 it would be like an extra ball we could bumm 0:55:11.080 --> 0:55:13.440 from someone to shoot around. And there was like a 0:55:13.520 --> 0:55:15.759 game going on and they were finishing up and we 0:55:15.800 --> 0:55:17.960 needed a ball and they had one other one. Some 0:55:18.000 --> 0:55:20.160 guy was an older kid was shooting around. So I 0:55:20.239 --> 0:55:23.279 pretend I put the tears on and I ran up 0:55:23.320 --> 0:55:25.200 saying that was my ball, and I left it in 0:55:25.239 --> 0:55:27.600 the schoolyard. The night before, my mom's so mad at 0:55:27.680 --> 0:55:30.359 lost my I was hysterical crying in the older dude 0:55:30.400 --> 0:55:33.040 just like, here, take it, take the ball. I've always 0:55:33.080 --> 0:55:37.640 had that skill. But I will say, obviously entourage not 0:55:37.760 --> 0:55:39.920 a huge emotional show. It's a comedy. I think I 0:55:39.960 --> 0:55:43.239 was the first main cast member to tear up like that, 0:55:44.440 --> 0:55:45.920 And I will say I don't know if that was 0:55:45.960 --> 0:55:47.960 well received. I don't know if people liked all the 0:55:47.960 --> 0:55:50.959 male emotion back then. But those were real, a real 0:55:51.760 --> 0:55:53.239 to you. I might have been listening to boys to 0:55:53.320 --> 0:55:55.200 mend in between takes, to get in the mood, to 0:55:55.239 --> 0:55:58.600 get a little sad, real tears wells magice being stuck 0:55:58.600 --> 0:56:00.880 on a flight to New Zealand from l A and 0:56:00.880 --> 0:56:03.160 then you find out you're going to see It's like, 0:56:03.520 --> 0:56:06.920 don't come here, awful, Oh my god. And that's what 0:56:06.960 --> 0:56:09.839 happens to your character, and it sucks. It's funny too. 0:56:09.880 --> 0:56:12.680 One of the women who played one of the flight attendants, 0:56:12.719 --> 0:56:16.040 Nikki Wheel, and I end up doing a movie years 0:56:16.120 --> 0:56:19.520 later with her that takes place entirely on an airplane. 0:56:19.600 --> 0:56:23.360 I I swear at her and I are we're married. 0:56:23.480 --> 0:56:25.360 We're a newly married couple in the movie. It's a 0:56:25.360 --> 0:56:27.480 horror movie that takes place on the plane. I'm not 0:56:27.520 --> 0:56:31.880 suggesting anybody go watch this movie, but I'm just saying 0:56:31.920 --> 0:56:34.080 iron ironic that her and I would then be on 0:56:34.120 --> 0:56:37.000 the plane for two months shooting a movie. Season six 0:56:37.040 --> 0:56:39.360 had some ups and downs, right, Like I told you, 0:56:39.400 --> 0:56:41.600 it was heavy with love triangles and relationships. But then 0:56:41.600 --> 0:56:44.239 there's also a lot of great cameos and stuff like that. 0:56:44.719 --> 0:56:48.120 Speaking of which, last question on season six, Lebron James 0:56:48.560 --> 0:56:51.840 and Matt Damon and Jim Edmonds the baseball player of 0:56:51.840 --> 0:56:55.600 all people quick cameo at the airport. Now, your character 0:56:55.680 --> 0:56:58.799 is not in that scene in New Zealand. I know, 0:56:59.280 --> 0:57:02.520 of course, like and look, we're all big sports fans, 0:57:02.560 --> 0:57:04.920 but I don't think anyone would argue who the biggest 0:57:04.920 --> 0:57:08.120 basketball fan is in the can. I mean, I don't 0:57:08.120 --> 0:57:11.480 like any of them argue Connolly's got hockey, Dylan's like baseball. 0:57:12.400 --> 0:57:15.120 And yeah, I wasn't there. It wasn't even like a visitor. 0:57:15.200 --> 0:57:17.680 So Lebron came worked on the show. But we did 0:57:17.720 --> 0:57:20.919 have a dinner. I think after we wrapped that, I 0:57:20.960 --> 0:57:22.919 was at uh it might have been like a back 0:57:23.000 --> 0:57:26.640 room at Mastro's something like that. In Beverly Hills. Lebron 0:57:26.920 --> 0:57:30.560 Maverick was there, Matt Damon. Funny quick story with Matt 0:57:30.640 --> 0:57:34.400 Damon and we mentioned like, you know, basketball. He was 0:57:34.480 --> 0:57:37.800 recently at courtside at the Knicks game, right and they 0:57:37.840 --> 0:57:40.080 always show, like even when I go like they do 0:57:40.240 --> 0:57:42.280 they show they go to Celebrity Row, they show a 0:57:42.320 --> 0:57:45.680 clip and they cut to the actor. They freaking showed 0:57:45.960 --> 0:57:50.000 this is Matt Damon. They showed his cameo from Entourage 0:57:50.120 --> 0:57:53.320 as his clip. Yes, if you go on and I 0:57:53.400 --> 0:57:55.440 actually have to get back. There's a couple of reporters 0:57:55.440 --> 0:57:57.560 who hit me up wanting to like do a story 0:57:57.640 --> 0:57:59.880 on it because they thought it was hilarious of all 0:58:00.000 --> 0:58:01.800 of things to pick, I love you New York Knicks. 0:58:01.800 --> 0:58:09.360 Maybe you were trolling everyone, but that Oven twelve Jason Bourne, 0:58:09.360 --> 0:58:12.720 a little someone named Jason Bourne good Will hunting, but 0:58:12.800 --> 0:58:15.439 they showed his cameo from Entourage. I'm sorry, I must 0:58:15.480 --> 0:58:20.280 fell off my chair. Um in my favorite, my favorite 0:58:20.320 --> 0:58:23.640 movie of all time is the talented Mr Ripley Awesome, awesome, 0:58:23.680 --> 0:58:28.120 Favorite mont And honestly, he was a prime example of 0:58:28.200 --> 0:58:32.080 someone who came on wanting to do something poke fun 0:58:32.120 --> 0:58:35.560 to himself a little bit. And there's even like a 0:58:35.560 --> 0:58:37.960 great did you stick around to like after the credits 0:58:37.960 --> 0:58:40.800 of that episode to see there's like a post credit 0:58:40.880 --> 0:58:44.480 scene where it's just him doing a bunch of different takes, 0:58:44.600 --> 0:58:46.520 yelling at Vince on the phone and he has a 0:58:46.560 --> 0:58:49.640 complete meltdown, screaming at him like I think all your 0:58:49.640 --> 0:58:52.320 movies sucking, suck. How do you get I come there, 0:58:53.040 --> 0:58:56.200 I'm calling you, like he's freaking out, go back. There's 0:58:56.200 --> 0:59:00.360 a post credit thing. Awesome. But yeah, Lebron him on 0:59:00.440 --> 0:59:02.720 and this was like not long after I think on 0:59:02.840 --> 0:59:06.160 like p t I Kornheiser when talking about like math 0:59:06.240 --> 0:59:09.400 and Lebron said like this is when they formed like 0:59:09.440 --> 0:59:11.360 their business and all that, and he said, this is 0:59:11.400 --> 0:59:14.880 exactly what Vince and E would do. Will Bon. He 0:59:14.960 --> 0:59:18.680 said that to Wilbon on PTI years ago. So just 0:59:19.120 --> 0:59:21.120 this is that. That's the high points of the season, 0:59:21.360 --> 0:59:23.760 for sure. It was. It was an interesting season six. 0:59:23.760 --> 0:59:26.560 I'm glad you finished it. Oh it was amazing. Love 0:59:26.600 --> 0:59:29.480 season six. Now I gotta start season seven again. I 0:59:29.480 --> 0:59:34.680 always sy this. I watched on T at like six am. 0:59:34.800 --> 0:59:36.400 It's like what I turned on in the morning when 0:59:36.400 --> 0:59:38.560 I'm up with the baby. I'm like, all right, and 0:59:38.600 --> 0:59:41.520 he I'm not kidding. He watches the show. His eyes 0:59:41.840 --> 0:59:49.080 are That's why season I can't wait. I'm curious for 0:59:49.120 --> 0:59:52.880 your thoughts on season seven. Controversial season all right, more 0:59:52.920 --> 0:59:55.400 to come But in the meantime, let's get to bet 0:59:55.520 --> 0:59:59.120 MGM betty expert Peter Andrew to talk about this weekend's game. 1:00:10.440 --> 1:00:14.160 All right, fresh and maybe not so fresh from a 1:00:14.280 --> 1:00:17.360 red eye flight back from the Bay Area, is our 1:00:17.440 --> 1:00:20.560 resident forty Niners fan who was just sitting here in 1:00:20.600 --> 1:00:24.320 a jersey and a hat, and I hope these have 1:00:24.400 --> 1:00:27.480 been washed maybe since the long flight. I'm not sure. 1:00:27.520 --> 1:00:30.440 It sounds like a great day in San Francisco. How 1:00:30.560 --> 1:00:33.880 was it, Peter? It was amazing, have been washed. I 1:00:33.920 --> 1:00:36.680 had to rock rock my guy George Kittle here after 1:00:36.760 --> 1:00:41.760 his stellar performance, amazing catch. We're clean here. I don't 1:00:41.800 --> 1:00:44.960 have the Niners Pa Jamazon, so it's just top. Don't worry. 1:00:45.400 --> 1:00:48.080 I'm so glad I went. It is amazing team look, 1:00:48.160 --> 1:00:50.520 great defense, was balling, got a little help from Dock 1:00:50.600 --> 1:00:53.760 on some questionable throws, but it was amazing experience at 1:00:53.800 --> 1:00:58.120 LEVI and what was your betting angle? I was I 1:00:58.200 --> 1:01:01.600 hit my straight bet minus three half, but I missed 1:01:01.880 --> 1:01:05.560 by five yards my big bet. I needed the Caffrey 1:01:05.680 --> 1:01:08.320 forty plus rushing yards. He had that calf bruise whatever 1:01:08.520 --> 1:01:11.200 was had Kittle yards. I had a spread. I had 1:01:11.200 --> 1:01:12.919 the under I had a lot of different things, so 1:01:13.600 --> 1:01:16.800 one easily run kind of cost me a couple hundred bucks. 1:01:16.840 --> 1:01:18.240 But it's okay as long as we get the w 1:01:19.040 --> 1:01:22.240 Tailgate was good. Tailgate was amazing. We did three and 1:01:22.280 --> 1:01:24.840 a half four hours. I met a couple of guys 1:01:24.880 --> 1:01:28.760 at the super Bowl. Um, a couple of met some 1:01:28.800 --> 1:01:30.640 guys at the super Bowl in Miami a couple of 1:01:30.720 --> 1:01:34.320 years ago, and every year they invite me back. So 1:01:34.400 --> 1:01:38.959 grateful for them to quell the shots. Mark's ribbed corn. 1:01:39.200 --> 1:01:41.480 I mean, you name it, we had it. So that's 1:01:41.480 --> 1:01:43.080 why the flight was so rough on the way home 1:01:43.160 --> 1:01:47.640 that this sounds like the sounds like Hangover four Part four. 1:01:48.120 --> 1:01:50.280 Met some guys at the super Bowl five years ago. 1:01:50.400 --> 1:01:52.840 Every year you go out, we think we just came 1:01:52.920 --> 1:01:56.280 up with a Hangover Part four. So okay, you got 1:01:56.320 --> 1:01:59.360 a chance now to watch everything now. The spreads have 1:01:59.440 --> 1:02:04.080 been changing like crazy this week. Okay, mainly that Bengals 1:02:04.160 --> 1:02:06.720 Chiefs game, obviously with the Mahomes injury. But when you 1:02:06.760 --> 1:02:11.080 saw that opening line Chiefs Bangles, what did you first think? 1:02:11.080 --> 1:02:13.080 Because I even thought I was even a little puzzled 1:02:13.120 --> 1:02:15.280 by that opening line, and now where it is now, 1:02:15.360 --> 1:02:19.080 I don't even I gotta check because it's changing so quickly. Yeah, listen, 1:02:19.120 --> 1:02:22.200 you take out the Mahomes injury and it makes more sense. 1:02:22.240 --> 1:02:24.840 But he looked pretty bad last week, and I think 1:02:24.840 --> 1:02:27.240 they're lucky he was able to come back in able 1:02:27.240 --> 1:02:29.680 to do what they needed to do. That line puzzled 1:02:29.680 --> 1:02:32.360 me too, But as many know that are part of 1:02:32.400 --> 1:02:36.000 the betting industry or or close to it, sharp money 1:02:36.040 --> 1:02:38.360 dictates a lot of these things, especially early on the week, 1:02:38.760 --> 1:02:40.840 whether you have some inside knowledge or these guys have 1:02:40.880 --> 1:02:44.280 a typically positive hunch. That's what dictated that line moving 1:02:44.320 --> 1:02:46.520 so where it was could have gone down too close 1:02:46.560 --> 1:02:48.840 to a pick um, but instead went the complete opposite 1:02:48.840 --> 1:02:51.120 way and ended up being a three to four point 1:02:51.200 --> 1:02:54.600 swing to the Bengals, which I think makes sense. It's 1:02:55.480 --> 1:02:57.400 you have to go with the healthy team. They're hot 1:02:57.480 --> 1:03:00.480 right now. They looked great against the Bills and and 1:03:00.520 --> 1:03:02.600 the Chiefs are dealing with a pretty significant injury. This 1:03:02.640 --> 1:03:07.000 isn't Darius Tony, this isn't some lineman. This is your 1:03:07.960 --> 1:03:11.160 probably the best quarterback of our generation that's pretty banged up, 1:03:11.880 --> 1:03:13.800 and they're gonna make him throw the ball and try 1:03:13.840 --> 1:03:15.000 to throw the ball, and he's gonna get a lot 1:03:15.000 --> 1:03:17.680 of pressure this week, especially if at ankles in your So, 1:03:18.160 --> 1:03:20.160 I think the line moved in the right way, so 1:03:20.160 --> 1:03:22.440 we'll see where it goes. Do you know, off the 1:03:22.480 --> 1:03:23.920 top of your head, is this the first time the 1:03:24.000 --> 1:03:28.120 Chiefs are underdog all year? I think so, I think 1:03:28.120 --> 1:03:30.800 it actually is. I mean, it's kind of hard to alry. Look, 1:03:30.840 --> 1:03:33.880 I I I've already feel pretty good about the Bengals, 1:03:33.880 --> 1:03:35.600 but it's hard to say, Like if you just think 1:03:35.640 --> 1:03:38.320 about like a restaurants, like, hey, today we're serving the 1:03:38.400 --> 1:03:41.320 Chiefs underdog plate. We haven't served it yet this year? 1:03:41.360 --> 1:03:43.280 Would you like to try? It's almost like you gotta 1:03:43.360 --> 1:03:48.160 try it, right, Yeah, it's any other team you maybe 1:03:48.200 --> 1:03:50.680 second guess it. I don't know, it's it's gonna be 1:03:50.720 --> 1:03:53.400 really interesting, the dynamic of the Bengals having their number 1:03:53.480 --> 1:03:55.160 last year. I mean, there's so many things you can 1:03:55.160 --> 1:03:57.800 factor into this. But it will be a close game. 1:03:57.840 --> 1:04:00.360 As much as Mahomes will make a difference with his injury, 1:04:00.400 --> 1:04:02.640 I think it's still a really tight game. So I 1:04:02.720 --> 1:04:06.160 highly doubt it goes anything more than three ish points 1:04:06.440 --> 1:04:08.439 in favor of the Bengals, and we'll see the money 1:04:08.520 --> 1:04:11.160 changes things as the week goes on. As soon as 1:04:11.160 --> 1:04:13.320 the news wire comes around, it comes out of his health. 1:04:13.520 --> 1:04:15.560 Things are gonna excuw it. So it's gonna be really 1:04:15.560 --> 1:04:17.920 interesting to see up until Thursday, Friday, and then obviously 1:04:17.960 --> 1:04:21.120 until the weekend. Yeah, both games are really close. As 1:04:21.160 --> 1:04:23.480 we record right now Tuesday, it's just two and a 1:04:23.560 --> 1:04:26.720 half point spreads for both of them, which is crazy, 1:04:26.800 --> 1:04:29.680 less than a field goal that's only happened twice before 1:04:29.680 --> 1:04:32.400 in the Super Bowl era. So do you have advice 1:04:32.480 --> 1:04:35.600 to betters when the line is that small and the 1:04:35.640 --> 1:04:38.880 games are this important, what to do to help sway 1:04:38.960 --> 1:04:41.440 your mind? I have a couple of pieces of advice. 1:04:41.520 --> 1:04:44.280 I don't know about the swaying, but I think value perspective. 1:04:44.640 --> 1:04:47.080 If you really feel good about a team that two 1:04:47.120 --> 1:04:49.960 and a half point is, it's tricky. So I would 1:04:50.000 --> 1:04:52.040 just say take the money line, get the extra value. 1:04:52.680 --> 1:04:54.720 The other thing you can do is take the alternate spread. 1:04:54.720 --> 1:04:56.280 So we talked about teasers a lot on the show, 1:04:56.400 --> 1:04:59.000 or some sort of alternate line, push it up a 1:04:59.040 --> 1:05:01.919 little bit. So if you you have it at let's 1:05:01.920 --> 1:05:03.600 say the Niners are plus two and a half and 1:05:03.600 --> 1:05:05.080 you think it's gonna be a field goal game, take 1:05:05.120 --> 1:05:07.840 the extra six points and combine it with something. So 1:05:07.880 --> 1:05:09.600 the six and a half points might be a minus 1:05:09.680 --> 1:05:12.560 to something at a prop that you think has a 1:05:12.560 --> 1:05:15.280 good likelihood of hitting. Get it back to that minus 1:05:15.360 --> 1:05:17.880 one ten amount. Buy yourself a little bit of flexibility. 1:05:18.160 --> 1:05:20.040 If I wasn't a Niners fan, that's probably what I 1:05:20.080 --> 1:05:22.240 would do for that game. Obviously, I'm confident in my 1:05:22.280 --> 1:05:26.600 defense and my team. But we saw and we were 1:05:26.640 --> 1:05:28.680 dead wrong. Where I was dead wrong about the Giants 1:05:28.800 --> 1:05:32.360 last week. We saw how powerful that that Eagles offenses. 1:05:32.840 --> 1:05:35.240 The pressure they put on Daniel Jones. I mean, he 1:05:35.320 --> 1:05:36.960 had no time to do anything. He wasn't able to 1:05:37.000 --> 1:05:38.760 run rampant like he was against Minnesota a couple of 1:05:38.760 --> 1:05:42.200 weeks ago. So they're gonna come out hot. I respected 1:05:42.240 --> 1:05:44.480 you for picking the Giants plus seven and a half 1:05:44.600 --> 1:05:46.240 last week. I also think that's part of the problem 1:05:46.240 --> 1:05:48.120 of one the Giants lost because we became a very 1:05:48.160 --> 1:05:50.320 popular pick. No offense. You went too and too. You 1:05:50.360 --> 1:05:52.680 were kind of robbed of three and one. Doug Peterson 1:05:52.760 --> 1:05:55.000 took three and one away from you, opting for the 1:05:55.040 --> 1:05:57.800 field goal instead of the touchdown a little backdoor cover, 1:05:57.960 --> 1:05:59.880 so you were on the wrong end of that should 1:05:59.880 --> 1:06:01.560 have been three and one. You were two and two. 1:06:01.960 --> 1:06:05.400 So you're still you're kind of keeping the momentum. So 1:06:05.760 --> 1:06:09.240 in our second to last week remaining of NFL football, 1:06:09.720 --> 1:06:12.400 which is which is awful, the awful thing to say. 1:06:12.440 --> 1:06:14.200 I don't even want to say that ever again, but 1:06:14.240 --> 1:06:16.520 I'm sorry I had to. I've been sticking with what 1:06:16.560 --> 1:06:19.200 we've been doing. Where are you at this week? What 1:06:19.320 --> 1:06:22.200 our ten unit plays here? Yeah, so I'm gonna keep 1:06:22.240 --> 1:06:25.120 the same style is last week. Two and a half 1:06:25.160 --> 1:06:26.960 of the ten units for each of these four bets 1:06:27.520 --> 1:06:30.840 start with the easy ones Bengals minus one and a half. 1:06:31.120 --> 1:06:35.320 I think injury, the way the Bengals played against the Bills, 1:06:35.360 --> 1:06:37.919 I mean they look phenomenal in a terrible weather game. 1:06:38.720 --> 1:06:41.120 Joe Burrow just getting hot again. I mean the right 1:06:41.160 --> 1:06:42.960 time of the season there. I think they're on the 1:06:42.960 --> 1:06:44.920 second biggest winning streak. They're probably eight in a row 1:06:45.000 --> 1:06:47.080 or something like that as the season ended and going 1:06:47.080 --> 1:06:51.000 into the playoffs. Ride the hot hand, the weapons between 1:06:51.440 --> 1:06:55.000 Chase Higgins, boy mixing, I mean, they had everything. I 1:06:55.000 --> 1:06:56.640 would take it now at one and a half. I 1:06:56.680 --> 1:06:58.560 think if the news comes out and starts to progress 1:06:58.600 --> 1:07:01.920 worse and worse that my homes is limited on Thursday, Friday, 1:07:01.960 --> 1:07:04.080 whatever it is, you're going to see that line change 1:07:04.120 --> 1:07:06.280 a little bit. Um. So the minus one and a 1:07:06.320 --> 1:07:09.760 half is where I'm at there the other side of 1:07:09.760 --> 1:07:11.560 the spectrum. So those are these are the two straight 1:07:11.640 --> 1:07:14.720 or single bets. Um. I think to the point I 1:07:14.760 --> 1:07:17.760 made earlier with the plus money the plus two and 1:07:17.760 --> 1:07:20.560 a half, I'm taking my Niners money lines, so I 1:07:20.560 --> 1:07:24.200 think it's plus one right now something around there. So 1:07:24.840 --> 1:07:27.760 on the Bengal side, next forty seven bucks. On the 1:07:28.080 --> 1:07:31.440 taking the money money line with the Niners being the 1:07:31.440 --> 1:07:34.440 the dog nets you around fifty seven dollars. So you 1:07:34.440 --> 1:07:37.400 see the value right there in what you're getting. You're 1:07:37.800 --> 1:07:39.880 losing a couple of points, But what are the chances 1:07:39.960 --> 1:07:41.760 that game comes down to one point or one and 1:07:41.760 --> 1:07:43.080 a half or two points, you know what I mean? 1:07:43.120 --> 1:07:46.680 I think there's more opportunity for that game to get 1:07:46.720 --> 1:07:48.480 blown out in either way based off how good those 1:07:48.480 --> 1:07:50.720 teams are. I don't know, that's just kind of kind 1:07:50.760 --> 1:07:53.880 of my take, but I feel really comfortable about the Niners. 1:07:54.240 --> 1:07:55.880 I think it is a high scoring game. I don't 1:07:55.880 --> 1:07:58.360 think it's what you saw last week. Where is Ene 1:07:58.600 --> 1:08:02.600 with a lot of issues and a lot of mis throws. 1:08:03.960 --> 1:08:07.760 I look at an Eagles run defense that just hasn't 1:08:07.760 --> 1:08:11.640 done well this year. You combine now Elijah Mitchell coming back, 1:08:11.680 --> 1:08:13.960 it looks like McCaffrey will be healthy. Get a bit 1:08:13.960 --> 1:08:16.080 of a calff bruders. Both are day to day though 1:08:16.640 --> 1:08:19.600 both are day to day. But I think, um, I 1:08:19.640 --> 1:08:21.880 think the scheme means more than anything there. I think 1:08:21.880 --> 1:08:24.160 they'll have their holes, and then on the other side 1:08:24.160 --> 1:08:26.280 of it, I think it's just containing Jalen Hurts. Again, 1:08:26.320 --> 1:08:28.720 if you can contain that guy, I don't know if 1:08:28.760 --> 1:08:30.160 they will, and you'll see that in one of my 1:08:30.200 --> 1:08:32.599 one game parlays here. But I think that's the name 1:08:32.600 --> 1:08:36.080 of the game. Because nine A shirt up the the 1:08:36.120 --> 1:08:38.479 back end really well between the corners and safeties there. 1:08:39.080 --> 1:08:42.400 I mean they came after dark, they played the position well. 1:08:42.600 --> 1:08:45.600 The two interceptions were pretty telling. Fred Warner has just 1:08:45.640 --> 1:08:47.719 proven I think he is the best middle linebacker in football. 1:08:47.880 --> 1:08:50.400 Just the way he's able to cover Ceedee Lamb or 1:08:50.439 --> 1:08:53.720 the way he's a being boxed. It's it's insane. Um. 1:08:53.760 --> 1:08:56.479 So yeah, Niner's money line Bengals minus one and half 1:08:56.479 --> 1:08:59.000 of the single bets there um. I know, Olivia, we 1:08:59.000 --> 1:09:01.920 were talking a little bit on this text, but interested 1:09:01.960 --> 1:09:03.840 in your guys thoughts on both of those games from 1:09:03.840 --> 1:09:07.719 a half biased and half non biased perspective. I suppose 1:09:08.120 --> 1:09:10.600 Jerry's laughing because already with Greg Ross with Thal, I 1:09:10.600 --> 1:09:13.639 said I was taking the Bengals, so the Cats out 1:09:13.680 --> 1:09:16.639 of the bag literally. I still think there's a little 1:09:16.760 --> 1:09:20.960 reverse psychology there, I feel like, but we'll see, alright, 1:09:21.000 --> 1:09:23.200 no games. I'm a little more clear on the Bengals 1:09:23.200 --> 1:09:26.040 than I am with the Niners Eagles games. I leaned Eagles. 1:09:26.040 --> 1:09:27.720 This might be just because of what I had to 1:09:27.800 --> 1:09:30.800 go through with that you know, beat down that the 1:09:30.800 --> 1:09:33.960 Eagles gave us. But you know, because I'm looking at 1:09:34.000 --> 1:09:36.320 those two bets that you want. Though it feels like 1:09:36.320 --> 1:09:38.840 the Bengals Niners from last week and now you're kind 1:09:38.840 --> 1:09:41.960 of on them again. I do like to, you know, 1:09:42.720 --> 1:09:44.479 to get with it if you're running hot. But I 1:09:44.840 --> 1:09:47.720 I lean Eagles just because I just I saw too 1:09:47.840 --> 1:09:49.719 much and I think those are the two best lines 1:09:49.800 --> 1:09:53.280 offensive defensive in football. No disrespect your boy Bosa. I 1:09:53.400 --> 1:09:57.320 love Bosa. Just think all around. But we're here for 1:09:57.400 --> 1:09:59.840 some single game, one game parlay as I should say, 1:10:00.439 --> 1:10:02.920 because that's where we really get some some good odds. 1:10:03.000 --> 1:10:05.280 You laid out a good case for your single bets. 1:10:05.400 --> 1:10:07.479 Those are two and a half units each five total. 1:10:07.560 --> 1:10:11.040 You have five units left for both games, so I'm 1:10:11.040 --> 1:10:15.880 hoping you got this one game parlay for each and 1:10:15.880 --> 1:10:17.960 we're getting a little crazy here with some good odds. 1:10:18.040 --> 1:10:21.040 So let's do it. First one, we're going a FC 1:10:21.160 --> 1:10:24.559 Championship plus twelve fifty on this one four legs, so 1:10:24.560 --> 1:10:26.439 you got Bengals minus one and a half. So again 1:10:26.560 --> 1:10:30.360 sticking with that momentum of where they're at verse healthwise. First, 1:10:30.360 --> 1:10:34.240 the Chiefs anytime touchdowns. I think Tee Higgins has proven 1:10:34.280 --> 1:10:37.320 to be constantly a guy who's find the end zone. Um, 1:10:37.520 --> 1:10:39.599 expect a little bit of more pressure on Jamaar Chase 1:10:39.640 --> 1:10:43.799 especially looked really good last week. Kelsey, just Travis Kelsey. 1:10:43.800 --> 1:10:45.240 I think when they get to the red zone, he 1:10:45.400 --> 1:10:47.080 is the guy that's just going to find the targets. 1:10:47.360 --> 1:10:50.280 So both of those guys to be anytime touchdowns and 1:10:50.320 --> 1:10:53.960 then Mahomes under three twenty nine and a half, I 1:10:53.960 --> 1:10:56.200 think there's gonna be a lot more of a dump 1:10:56.240 --> 1:10:57.960 off mentality. I think they're gonna have to be a 1:10:58.000 --> 1:11:00.479 little bit tricky in terms of what they do. You 1:11:00.479 --> 1:11:03.759 can expect an extra guy coming in the box, especially 1:11:03.760 --> 1:11:05.439 with that injury. They're gonna put pressure on him and 1:11:05.439 --> 1:11:08.400 force him to make some of those quicker throws, maybe 1:11:08.479 --> 1:11:11.200 find guys on the out routes, not looking for the 1:11:11.240 --> 1:11:13.080 deep ball that he's used to. I think he's just 1:11:13.120 --> 1:11:15.920 gonna have a lot of trouble with timing and obviously 1:11:15.960 --> 1:11:18.400 the injury. So um, I think he still gets his 1:11:18.479 --> 1:11:20.600 yards to fifty plus whatever it ends up being, but 1:11:20.960 --> 1:11:22.719 I think they limit him a bit and they're focused 1:11:22.760 --> 1:11:26.080 on just a little bit more trickery, making sure the 1:11:26.080 --> 1:11:28.519 backs are a little bit more active in the game. Um, 1:11:28.560 --> 1:11:31.600 so that's plus twelve fifty, that's twenty five. So the 1:11:31.600 --> 1:11:34.559 two point five units to win three forty or three 1:11:34.600 --> 1:11:38.759 thirty nine. Big pay day. Again, not getting too crazy, 1:11:38.800 --> 1:11:41.320 not asking for too much, but really nice odds there 1:11:41.360 --> 1:11:44.519 for that for that Bengals game. I like all that too. 1:11:44.800 --> 1:11:46.719 The only thing I will not worry about it because 1:11:46.800 --> 1:11:48.439 I'm just looking at from what I saw last week. 1:11:48.439 --> 1:11:51.280 If the Bengals don't put four guys on Travis Kelsey 1:11:51.280 --> 1:11:53.280 in the red zone, that would be the craziest thing. 1:11:53.520 --> 1:11:57.240 But if they do, they have so many other weapons 1:11:57.360 --> 1:12:00.320 it doesn't matter, no disrespect. I would rather to take 1:12:00.320 --> 1:12:04.360 my chances with Valdez Scantling or Cadarius Tony. Then then 1:12:04.439 --> 1:12:10.080 a wide open Kelsey was opened by yards like three 1:12:10.479 --> 1:12:13.880 three releases. Before this last week, Kelsey had a six 1:12:14.000 --> 1:12:17.080 game drought where he didn't score a touchdown. So I 1:12:17.080 --> 1:12:20.320 think that that great. Yeah, double him up. It doesn't matter. 1:12:21.000 --> 1:12:23.639 They still were winning games and Kelsey doesn't need to score. 1:12:24.000 --> 1:12:27.479 I'm thinking too about again, I'm assuming the homes is 1:12:27.520 --> 1:12:29.599 pretty banged up and they're going to find some trick 1:12:29.640 --> 1:12:32.280 things to do. Like we've seen Kelsey in the Wildcat, 1:12:32.320 --> 1:12:34.120 I wouldn't be surprised if he rush is a touchdown 1:12:35.400 --> 1:12:36.800 in here a little I thought we were have seen 1:12:36.840 --> 1:12:41.000 the Pacheco, Yeah McKinnon or yeah. I just never know 1:12:41.040 --> 1:12:44.439 who's gonna get the damn ball. They're so low that 1:12:44.479 --> 1:12:46.439 you gotta go with the shore of fire things. No, 1:12:46.600 --> 1:12:49.559 I do like it. And look, I've said many times 1:12:49.680 --> 1:12:53.000 when Kelsey's caught touchdowns, how is he? How are they 1:12:53.080 --> 1:12:55.680 letting him do that? He you know what's coming, but 1:12:55.920 --> 1:12:58.720 sometimes it's just so good you can't stop it. Uh, 1:12:58.800 --> 1:13:01.360 all right, let's shift over to the NFC where your 1:13:01.400 --> 1:13:05.920 heart lies. Let's hear what you got yep. So I'm sticking. 1:13:06.080 --> 1:13:09.320 I'm staying away for this one. With any spread er 1:13:09.360 --> 1:13:12.000 money line. I'm taking a little bit more conservative route 1:13:12.040 --> 1:13:14.719 because I think there's a winnable bet here even without 1:13:15.200 --> 1:13:18.599 the game going which way over fourty six and a half, 1:13:18.640 --> 1:13:21.040 I think explosive offense on the eagle side, Niner is 1:13:21.120 --> 1:13:22.559 gonna have to keep up with them. They're not gonna 1:13:22.560 --> 1:13:23.840 be able to just win a dog fight game. It 1:13:23.920 --> 1:13:26.400 just doesn't to me. It doesn't seem like it can happen. 1:13:26.680 --> 1:13:30.320 They're hating gonna put up three points, so over forty 1:13:30.360 --> 1:13:32.200 six and a half there, and then the theme is 1:13:32.240 --> 1:13:35.840 really around rushing here. So McCaffrey anytime touchdown, it looks 1:13:35.840 --> 1:13:37.719 like he's gonna be good to go. It's just a bruiser, 1:13:37.720 --> 1:13:42.160 should be fine. Hurts anytime touchdown and over forty four 1:13:42.160 --> 1:13:45.200 and a half yards, so they're gonna need to contain him. 1:13:45.240 --> 1:13:47.040 But what we saw with Dak last week, who's not 1:13:47.080 --> 1:13:51.120 the most mobile quarterback. Um, if if that's any indication 1:13:51.120 --> 1:13:53.120 of what's gonna happen this week with Jane Hurts. He 1:13:53.160 --> 1:13:56.000 will get fifty plus yards UM, and that's something they're 1:13:56.040 --> 1:13:57.439 just gonna have to live with. They're gonna have to 1:13:57.439 --> 1:14:00.760 protect the longer threat. But he's going to get his 1:14:00.800 --> 1:14:04.120 chunks of yards. That's his game. That's why he's one 1:14:04.200 --> 1:14:06.040 or two for m v P this year, probably finished 1:14:06.160 --> 1:14:09.600 number two. But um, but he will hurt us. No 1:14:09.720 --> 1:14:12.400 pun intended, it's it's gonna happen, um. And then the 1:14:12.479 --> 1:14:15.360 last one is just one I've seen, and I've taken 1:14:15.360 --> 1:14:17.439 a couple of games throughout the course this latter half 1:14:17.439 --> 1:14:20.320 of the year. Jowan Jennings, who's pretty much known as 1:14:20.400 --> 1:14:22.680 kind of their passing widers or their pass block or 1:14:22.720 --> 1:14:26.080 run block wide receiver. He always gets these small, little 1:14:26.120 --> 1:14:29.360 chunk yardage big place on third down. I expect a 1:14:29.360 --> 1:14:31.800 lot of pressure on Brock Purty, and I expect a 1:14:31.800 --> 1:14:33.559 lot of those dump offs to happen, those big clutch 1:14:33.640 --> 1:14:37.720 third downs fourteen and a half yards um. He is 1:14:37.800 --> 1:14:40.120 kind of a George Kittleish in terms of a security 1:14:40.120 --> 1:14:42.519 blanket for Purty. He's always just running those quick five 1:14:42.520 --> 1:14:45.640 ten outs and is sure handed, so I think he 1:14:45.680 --> 1:14:47.920 gets a couple of those big chunk yardage in big plays. 1:14:48.640 --> 1:14:50.479 I don't know what they're gonna do with Deebo, and 1:14:50.479 --> 1:14:54.000 I you, Shanahan always has something cooking up his sleeve 1:14:54.080 --> 1:14:56.280 for a big game like this, so I didn't want 1:14:56.280 --> 1:14:58.559 to mess with taking debot receiving yards when next thing 1:14:58.600 --> 1:15:02.400 you know, he's out of the backfield or or something crazy. So, um, 1:15:02.439 --> 1:15:04.920 fourteen and a half yards, that's one play, that's two plays. 1:15:05.640 --> 1:15:07.680 This guy has been super clutch for us as an 1:15:07.680 --> 1:15:11.280 on your fan for um those big third down especially 1:15:11.280 --> 1:15:14.320 to stretch fifteen yard big plays. Um, So I love that. 1:15:14.479 --> 1:15:17.800 And it's plus seven seventy five again the twenty five 1:15:17.880 --> 1:15:20.760 dollars that's to win two nineteen. So when one of 1:15:20.760 --> 1:15:22.320 these two we're in for a nice pay day and 1:15:22.320 --> 1:15:26.080 doubling up essentially what we have for the week. That's 1:15:26.080 --> 1:15:28.639 all right. Yeah, it's sad that we only have this 1:15:28.720 --> 1:15:31.280 and one more. And I don't know, maybe we could 1:15:31.400 --> 1:15:34.719 uh start segue and it's an NBA, but I'm gonna 1:15:34.720 --> 1:15:36.920 I'm gonna miss the I'm gonna miss the Niners jersey. 1:15:36.960 --> 1:15:39.559 I mean, you literally dressed like Turtle from Season two 1:15:39.880 --> 1:15:42.599 Vontarage buddy, and I I say that with all due respect. 1:15:42.680 --> 1:15:45.920 I love it making smile. I wish I was able 1:15:45.960 --> 1:15:47.800 to put the Giants jersey on and cheer from my 1:15:47.880 --> 1:15:51.800 team this Sunday. We'll listen, Pete, good luck. It's been 1:15:51.840 --> 1:15:54.519 a wild ride. I'm glad we got at least one 1:15:54.520 --> 1:15:57.000 more of these coming up. Good Luck to your niners, 1:15:57.280 --> 1:15:58.840 and good luck to all your bets, and good luck 1:15:58.840 --> 1:16:02.720 to everyone out there betting and uh, there's nothing left 1:16:02.760 --> 1:16:05.599 to do but play football, right. Thanks for joining us 1:16:05.600 --> 1:16:07.479 for another great week guys, and good luck with all 1:16:07.520 --> 1:16:10.600 your bets this weekend. M H.