1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: Kaboom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes a 2 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants of 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: the old republic a sole fashion of fairness. He treats 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: crackheads in the ghetto gutter the same as the rich 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 1: pill poppers in the penthouse to clearinghouse of hot takes. 6 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: Break free for something special. The Fifth Hour with Ben 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 1: Mallard starts right now in the air everywhere. We welcome 8 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: you into a special edition of the Fifth Hour with 9 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: Ben Maller and Danny g two guys. Is enough for me? 10 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 1: By request, we have moved the penny right here. It 11 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: is the beginning of a new season of Benny Versus 12 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: the Penny Man versus Metal. And if you've never heard 13 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: this before, it is one of the more unique bits 14 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: that we've done. I've done this on terrestrial radio and 15 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: on YouTube and the podcast for many, many, many years, 16 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: and it's very simple. I spend a good amount of 17 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: time handicapping NFL games. It's become a bit of a 18 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: passing fad, if you will, for me over the years. 19 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 1: But it's really more than that, because I've done it 20 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: for so long. And and then we have an inanimate object, 21 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: a penny, and we determine who can do a better job, 22 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: someone that actually invests the most valuable resource we have 23 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: time into this or an object which has no knowledge 24 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: of anything going on. So that is the premise behind 25 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: Benny versus the Penny, and it's a season long battle. 26 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: And Danny G, you are representing the penny. You're the 27 00:01:55,760 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: keeper of the penny, a hollowed, hollowed position and to 28 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: have where legends like Turk Stevens and Guesscon and so 29 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: many other people over the years, I wish I could 30 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: pull off those suits have represented the penny. So it's 31 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: a big honor for you, Danny G. I know this 32 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: is a big accomplishment. You've done so many great radio 33 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: jobs and now you are the keeper of the Penny. 34 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: I can't wait until I can put this on my 35 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: broadcasting resume, the Penny Keeper. And you know, one of 36 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 1: the benefits of working on your live show all these 37 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: years is I know where Coop hid the penny in 38 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: the studio cool last, and so when I was in 39 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: there this past weekend, I made sure to go to 40 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: the hiding place. I got the penny and it's in 41 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: my hand right now. Wow. Well that's good and you 42 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: I look, it looks very nice. And so that is 43 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: the magical penny marijuana residue on it, though it has 44 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: been tarnished a little bit by the coop bloop. So 45 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 1: normally at this point we look back at our record 46 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: last week. I did not lose a game last week. Uh, 47 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: and the Penny did not win a game last week. 48 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 1: Depending on how you look at I'll be many bright 49 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: side on this because it's a brand new week, it's 50 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: a brand new season. Let's strike up the band. Welcome players, 51 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: You're welcome. It's time now, Penny versus the Penny now. 52 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: A mini Mallard monologue for Week one of the NFL. 53 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: There are some themes in Week one as we get 54 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: to these games here, and it's the same theme we 55 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: get every year in Week one, although it feels like 56 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: it's a little bigger this year. It's old faces in 57 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: new places, or depending how you look at it, new 58 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: faces in old places. But the quarterback roulette. Number of 59 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: veteran quarterbacks have changed teams. Baker Mayfield going from Cleveland 60 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: the Carolina, and you've got Russell Wilson now in Denver. 61 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: They play against their old teams this week Matt Ryan 62 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: making his debut when we get to the Colts game. 63 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: So there are a lot of those type of storylines. 64 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: We have new coaches in the NFL this season who 65 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: are making their debuts, and these are all things that 66 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: you have to factor in when you handicap a game, 67 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: because if you have a season coach versus a new coach, 68 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: typically the advantage goes in a large way to the 69 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: coach that's actually done it before. It's kind of like 70 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: your first school play, Danny, if you if you ever 71 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: acting in school, the first time you do a school play, 72 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: probably not gonna be that good. But the third or 73 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: fourth time, you kind of get it. You kind of 74 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: understand what's going on. So with that said, we'll get 75 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,239 Speaker 1: right to the games. That will start with the early 76 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: games and the first game on the board, New Orleans 77 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: at Atlanta. It is a on Fox. Kenny Albert and 78 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: Jonathan Vilma have the call. The Saints opened up a 79 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: three and a half point favorite. They're favored by five 80 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 1: and a half in this game at the Mercedes Benz 81 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: Stadium and the pick I'm gonna take the Falcons in 82 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: this game. Now I'll tell you why. Jamis Winston Number one, 83 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 1: returning as the Saints starter, coming off a torn to 84 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: a c L. He does have to demonstrate to me 85 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 1: that he is up to the challenge because of the 86 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: the injury, lost a lot of weight, and Sean Payton 87 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: never took the training wheels off Winston last year. He's 88 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: not walking through that door now. Dennis Allen, who is 89 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 1: a debacle or was it Debaco coaching the Raiders back 90 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: in the day. The Saints still have Alvin Kamara. He 91 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,039 Speaker 1: didn't get suspended. He's playing in this game. He dodged suspension. 92 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: Michael Thomas is back. But even in the glory days 93 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 1: of the Saints, they've always been a bad team early 94 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: in the in the season, certainly last last and full 95 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: of years last eight seasons. New Orleans is just three 96 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: and fifteen against the spread in weeks one and two, 97 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 1: and a lot of that with Drew Brees and Sean Payton. 98 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 1: And uh, this is more of a play against the 99 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 1: Saints than it is on the Falcons. I don't like it, Lant. 100 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: I think they're bad team like everyone else. Marcus Mariota 101 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 1: returns as the starter, A former Raider backup, former Tennessee starter. 102 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: He is playing with a parade of horribles. The Falcons 103 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: are in Nomad's land at this point under center uh 104 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: and also they have a coach in Arthur Smith, who 105 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 1: is in year two. They've been bad in September, They've 106 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: been bad in October and November and pretty much every 107 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: other month there. There's a couple of reasons though, to 108 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: think they can hang around. Typically, these divisional games are close, 109 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: their nail biters, even when one team is much better 110 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 1: than the other. And Kyle pitts very productive. You can 111 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: get in the ends on a lot last year only 112 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: one touchdown. Cordarrell Patterson has been very good as a 113 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: running back, and they're very excited about Drake London, who's 114 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: been dinged up here. But that The main reason to 115 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: like the Falcons other than the divisional angle is their 116 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: defensive backs A. J. Terrell and Casey Hayward very good, 117 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: and so they should be able to slow down Michael 118 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: Thomas and the rest of the Saints receivers. Saints will 119 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: win the game, but the Falcons will cover Saints thirty 120 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 1: and the Falcons twenty six. And the Penny picks all right, 121 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: this is exciting. My very first flip of the penny 122 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: and the penny is taking New Orleans. Alright, the penny 123 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: taking the road team New Orleans at Atlanta. There in 124 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: the a t L al right. Next up San Francisco 125 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: at Chicago. It's on Fox. Joe Davis, the Dodger broadcaster, 126 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: and Darryl moose Johnson have the call. The forty Niners 127 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: opened up a six and a half point favorite, and 128 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: they are a seven point favorite. Mild weather in Chicago 129 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: as we start moving into the fall part of the calendar, 130 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: although not quite yet into fall, seventies seven at kickoff 131 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: on the shores of Lake Michigan and Soldier Field, mostly cloudy. 132 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 1: Uh And I am going against my better judgment here, Danny. 133 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Chicago Bears plus the points in 134 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: this game. Yeah. Mainly I'm betting against Trey Lance. I 135 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: don't trust him. His first real opportunity as the man 136 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: for the team from the Bay area there, and he 137 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: doesn't have much rope with Jimmy g hanging on the sidelines. 138 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 1: I know all the rhetoric that the Niners fancy themselves 139 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl contender, and they have a tremendous amount 140 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: of talent on defense. I get all that, but there's 141 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: no way that the Niners should be this bigger favorite 142 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: with a neophyte at quarterback. And if you look at 143 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:01,599 Speaker 1: these Niner teams last five years, they're only eight and 144 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: eight as a road favorite, So even when they've had 145 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: some good teams, they haven't exactly dominated as a road 146 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: favorite here. And uh, I realized that Justin Fields has 147 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: a terrible offensive line and he also stinks as the 148 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:18,680 Speaker 1: quarterback for Chicago. Uh So I'm gonna need for to 149 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: win this bet. I'm gonna need special teams and a 150 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: couple of mistakes by Lance, a few timely turnovers here, 151 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,560 Speaker 1: and some oddities, some real oddities to take place. But 152 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do it anyway. I'll take the Niners to 153 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: win the game on the road, but not cover the spread. 154 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: Forty Niners twenty three, Bear seventeen the final, and the 155 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: penny picks. The penny also goes with the Chicago Bears, 156 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: all right, So the Penny and me agree, so either 157 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: I can't lose on that one, all right? Next up 158 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: Philadelphia at Detroit. It is on Fox as well. Adam A. 159 00:09:57,559 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: Mean and Mark slay Rith have the call from the 160 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,719 Speaker 1: Motor City. The Eagles opened up a three and a 161 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 1: point favorite. They are favorite by four. It's inside the 162 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: dome at Ford Field, mild temperatures in Detroit. Also, not 163 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: that it matters, but I'm gonna take the Lions in 164 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: this game. I like the Lions as a home doog 165 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 1: and the Eagles are riding the trendy train right now. 166 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 1: They're the popular pick bipopular people. Jalen Hurts has has 167 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: shown last season very good fantasy player, very good regular 168 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: season player. Uh at least if you look at the 169 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: the Gaudi statistics that he put up running the football, 170 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 1: mixing with the past, people are saying he's an m 171 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: VP candidate. I don't buy it. I'm on the other 172 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 1: side here. I think the Eagles will win their share 173 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 1: of regular season games, but I like the Lions this week. 174 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: The Birds as a road favorite have a losing record 175 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:56,559 Speaker 1: since seventeen. Philly also has been a terrible team in September. 176 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: They're three and thirteen against the spread their last six 177 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: team games in September, and the Lions, despite all of 178 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 1: the suckage in the Motor City Detroit, is nine and 179 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: four their last thirteen games in September. So against the spread, 180 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: those numbers So that's all we care about his gamblers, right, 181 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: I don't care if they win straight up, it's do 182 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: they cover the spread? And so the Lions coming off 183 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: that hard knocks life here. Uh, they also got destroyed 184 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: by the Eagles and the regular season last year. You 185 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 1: have a casserole of middle of the road players in 186 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: the Motor City. But we are going to take the 187 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: Lions over a field goal at home, getting four points. 188 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: In fact, stunner of the week. Lions upset the darlings 189 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: of the NFC, the Eagles. Lions twenty nine Eagles, and 190 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: expect Philly coach Nick Siriani to have some explaining to 191 00:11:54,960 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: do after this game. And the Penny picks Danny Penny 192 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,439 Speaker 1: goes with the Eagles, all right, So the Pennies going 193 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 1: the other way, going with the talk of the Philadelphia Eagles. 194 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: It's Betty versus the Penny. Next up New England at Miami. 195 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: It's on CBS. Greg Gumble and Adam Archiletta have the call, 196 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: and the Dolphins opened up a two and a half 197 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,839 Speaker 1: point favorite. They're favored by three in this game. Light 198 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: rain temperatures in the nineties at kick off in South 199 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,559 Speaker 1: Florida at Hard Rock Stadium, and that's a big factor. 200 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: Many people saying that that will sway this game to 201 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: the Dolphins, but I'm going the other way. I'm gonna 202 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: take the Patriots in this game. I mentioned in the 203 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: open rookie coaches versus veteran coaches. There's no greater mismatch 204 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: this weekend than Mike McDaniel, who I'm pulling for. I 205 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: hope I'm wrong, but Mike McDaniel's first game as Dolphins coach, 206 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: never a play caller in the NFL, it was an 207 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: assistant with the Niners is he's got a very odd 208 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: personality and he's a good sound bite, and he takes over. 209 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: Miami is getting a lot of love with Tyree Hill 210 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: as he begins life in South Florida. And you've got 211 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 1: to a tongue of Bloa, who's three and oh in 212 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:20,719 Speaker 1: his career against New England but bewilderedly bad numbers individually 213 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: for two despite being three and oh, two touchdowns, two 214 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: interceptions in his career passer rating below eighty two. But 215 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,440 Speaker 1: yet the Dolphins have been able to find a way 216 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: with him under center to win those games New England. 217 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: If you look at the recent trend here the last 218 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 1: ten meetings. For the last five years, New England has 219 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: won the first matchup and the Dolphins have won the 220 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: second matchup in nine of the last ten seasons. So 221 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: that's a trend. Trends are made to be broken, but 222 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: it tells you typically these things go to the Patriots 223 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: in round one, Round two goes to the Dolphins, and 224 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 1: that the Patriots have a bunch of questions. The The 225 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 1: Boston media has been going, sky is falling, Mac Jones 226 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 1: not looking great. The offense, uh, not very good. Zombies 227 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: under Matt Patricia's too lege as he's the de facto 228 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. People bringing up the weather lot this the sticky, 229 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: icky weather of September in South Florida, that will wear 230 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,119 Speaker 1: down the Patriots as they wear those navy blue uniforms, 231 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: those jerseys in the second half. But I've learned over 232 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: the years not to bet against Belichick, and he's always 233 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: gotten the most. He's been able to squeeze the most 234 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: out of the toothpaste tube and get all that toothpaste 235 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: out at the end. He's got a huge coaching edge 236 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: over the no name out of nowhere Mike McDaniel. Uh 237 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: So I'm taking the patriotsy. I think this is a 238 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: back and forth game. It will come down to a 239 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: late field goal. I love getting the points here, even 240 00:14:55,160 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: though it's only three points. Patriots twenty seven and the Dolphins. 241 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: It's the final and the Penny picks Penny picks the Dolphins, 242 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: all right, the Dolphins. These are two teams that your 243 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: raiders Danny g might run into down the line if 244 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: they make the playoffs. The Dolphins. Yeah, the Patriots are 245 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: like a fringe playoff team that they made the playoffs 246 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: last year. The Dolphins kind of in that weird both 247 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: those teams fighting you would think for a wild card 248 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: behind the Bills in the a f C East, all 249 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: eyes on Mac Jones and coordinators. And on the other 250 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: side to and Tyreek. Yeah, it's a it's a game. 251 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: I will I will definitely have that in my rotation 252 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: in the early television window. Next up, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. 253 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: It's on CBS. Iron Eagle and Charles Davis teaming up 254 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: on this game. The Bengals. We had Charles Davis on 255 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: this podcast not that long ago. Friend of the Bengals 256 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: opened up a six and al point favorite. They have 257 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 1: stayed a six and a half point favorite the newly 258 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: named pay Corps Stadium, whatever that is, uh seventy five 259 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: at kickoff in Cincinnati, right on the border of Kentucky. 260 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: And I'm taking the Steelers in this game. Not because 261 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: I love Mr Biscuit. I do not love my my 262 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: Mr R Bisky as he begins under center. But I 263 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: do believe in Mike Tomlin, and I know that Tomin's 264 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: gonna run a very basic, rudimentary offense, a lot of 265 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: Naja Harris and the running attack for Pittsburgh. Try to 266 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: milk the clock as much as you can, let the 267 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: defense and special teams win the game. Steelers defense should 268 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: be top five in the NFL. I am not anti Bengals, 269 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: though they have my name in their name. I'm not 270 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: anti ben Gals. I don't trust Cincinnati though by this 271 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: many points. I know they were in the Super Bowl 272 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: last year. But Joe Burrow, he had a pretty big 273 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: procedure and appen deck to me not that long ago. 274 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,679 Speaker 1: He supposedly lost twenty pounds or so had an infection 275 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: obviously during that and uh, Mike Tomlin as a road 276 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: underdog since has a six thirty six winning percentage been 277 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: very good to play the Steelers on the road, although 278 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: the last couple of years have not been that great. 279 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: And the stat of status here Danny and the Penny 280 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl loser going back over twenty five years, 281 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: last twenty six years, the team that lost the Super 282 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 1: Bowl in their first game the following season five and 283 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: twenty one against the spread. That's a less than two 284 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:47,119 Speaker 1: hundred winning percentage. I'm gonna ride that twenty five plus 285 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:51,239 Speaker 1: year trend and I'll take the Bengals to win the 286 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: game but not cover the spread. Bengals thirty three, Steelers 287 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: thirty and the Penny chiming in on this one. The 288 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: Penny goes with the Steelers, alright, So disagreement on this 289 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,199 Speaker 1: game and we'll keep the train movement here. Next up, 290 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: we stop out in New Jersey, the swamp Lands of Jersey. 291 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: The j E t S Jets, Jets Jets the home team, 292 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: Baltimore the road team in this game. It's on CBS. 293 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 1: Andrew Catalan and James Lofton have the call. The Ravens 294 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: a big road favorite. They opened up at four and 295 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: a half, their favorite by seven and a half. We 296 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: call this the Flacco factor in this game and the 297 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 1: game being played at MetLife Stadium, mild temperatures in the 298 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 1: high seventies and cloudy at kickoff in this one, and 299 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: I'm actually gonna go against the Tide. I'm gonna take 300 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: the Jets in this game. I'm betting on Joe Flacco. 301 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: I don't love this game. It's not one of my 302 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,959 Speaker 1: it's not one of my favorite players, Danny. But I'm 303 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 1: gonna take Joe Flacco in this game against his old team. Uh, 304 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: mainly because I believe the Ravens have some issues here 305 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: that have not been addressed. I don't love the Jets. 306 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:13,479 Speaker 1: Nobody loves the Jets year two under Robert Sala Lamar 307 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: Jackson beginning the season as he's just coming off this 308 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: contract negotiation which didn't really go his way. Every good 309 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: game he has this year, he's gonna earn more money. 310 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: Every bad game he's gonna lose a few shekels. And 311 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: John Harbaugh's team as a road favorite. They actually have 312 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: a winning record, but only three games above five hundred 313 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: as a road favorite. Since he's been very good in 314 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: season openers. John Harbaugh against the spread ten and four 315 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 1: in his fourteen years coming into this year as the 316 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: Ravens coach against the spread in the season opener, and 317 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 1: they Jets have been bad and all that, I understand it, 318 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 1: but I'm looking for some rust from Lamar. He didn't 319 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: play at all really in the priests season, and the 320 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 1: Jets just they're ugly ducklings. They gotta play ugly. That's 321 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: the only way they can play. I also love betting 322 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 1: against the public here. Over of the money is on 323 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,199 Speaker 1: the side of Baltimore. They think this is just a 324 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:20,880 Speaker 1: broken money machine handing out free money, taking the Ravens here. 325 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 1: The reason I've learned over the years doing benny versus 326 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,239 Speaker 1: the penny. One of the reasons the sports books are 327 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: so profitable is the public loading up thinking a game 328 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: is just a gimme like this and uh and more 329 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 1: times than not, when you see that amount of money 330 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 1: on one side, you don't even really have to handicap 331 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: the game, Mutch. You just go the other way. So 332 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 1: I think the Ravens win the game. But that's two 333 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:48,919 Speaker 1: many points Ravens twenty three, Jets seventeen. In an ugly 334 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 1: matchup early season, Jets and Ravens and the Penny picks, 335 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,719 Speaker 1: and he goes with the Ravens alright, Penny into the Ravens. 336 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 1: It's penny versus the penny, Danny G representing the penny. 337 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:09,719 Speaker 1: Every Friday, tell a friend, but listen all weekends, Saturday, Sunday, 338 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: doesn't matter when you listen. I do know over the years, 339 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,400 Speaker 1: Danny many a listener love to go back on Monday 340 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: and Tuesday and listen to how shitty the picks are. 341 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: So they they like the fact that I spend so 342 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 1: much time handicapping and then it looked like a total 343 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 1: jackass when the games are actually played. So yeah, exactly, exactly, 344 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: because they don't do that when I have a good week, 345 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:38,199 Speaker 1: which happens every once in a while too. All right. 346 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: Next up, Jacksonville at Washington. It's on Fox with Chris 347 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 1: Myers and Robert Smith, our old colleague Chris Myers part 348 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: of the Fox Sports Radio Alumni Association, and the Commanders 349 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,679 Speaker 1: opened up a three and half point favorite. They're favored 350 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,719 Speaker 1: by two and a half and again, temperature is kind 351 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: of my high seventies. At kickoff at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, 352 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,120 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna take the Jags in this game bet 353 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: against Carson Wentz. I think these teams are actually very similar. Uh, 354 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: that's not a compliment for Washington. I don't think they're 355 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:20,920 Speaker 1: all that much more talented than Jacksonville is. And Carson 356 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:23,679 Speaker 1: Wentz has to show that he no longer has the 357 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: brain farts which have haunted him his entire career. I'm 358 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 1: I'm going against common sense. Jacksonville's riding a seventeen game 359 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: road losing streak coming into this game. They're fresh off 360 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: the Urban Meyer era and the Nomad's land once they 361 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 1: got rid of Urban, so Doug Peterson Vanilla ice cream. 362 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: Doug Peterson takes over as the head coach. He makes 363 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: his debut in UH in a Jags hat and polo shirt, 364 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 1: and he was hired to salvage the career of Trevor Lawrence, 365 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 1: who seemed like he was going to be a prodigy 366 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: coming out of Clemson and just was not that good 367 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:10,199 Speaker 1: last year. Understand. James Robinson, the running back for the 368 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:14,560 Speaker 1: jackson Is expected plays got an achilles situation Sean uh 369 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: coming off an achilles, but he's supposed to play. And 370 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: this is also the debut of the big money free 371 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: agent receiver, Christian Kirk, who came over from Arizona. So 372 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 1: he'll he'll he'll try to start making some money back 373 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: earning the money that he got paid. And again, these 374 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:33,119 Speaker 1: teams are pretty even. Shouldn't spend too much time on 375 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,199 Speaker 1: this game. Uh, Jacksonville. The only thing that scares me. 376 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 1: I like jackson I think there is talented, if not 377 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: more talented than the Commandos, But the public also loves 378 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: the Jags, and that scares me the amount of public 379 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: money that is on Jacksonville, because as I've said, the 380 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: public is usually wrong, but still handicapping the game. I'm 381 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 1: gonna take Jacksonville to win the game outright, even though 382 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 1: they're an underdog by two and apt points. Jags on 383 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:05,920 Speaker 1: a late field goal, win it twenty four, Commandos twenty three, 384 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:14,199 Speaker 1: and the Penny picks and he selects Jacksonville. Alright, So 385 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: we agree on that one. And again the Benny versus 386 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: the Fame of the West works if you just somehow 387 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: did not listen to the beginning. The home team is Heads, 388 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,400 Speaker 1: the road team is Tales, and that's how we've done 389 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 1: it for many, many years, and that's how we'll do 390 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 1: it this season as well. On Benny versus the Penny. 391 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 1: Next up Cleveland at Carolina, This game getting a lot 392 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 1: of attention on CBS Spirodidas and Jay Feey. The Browns 393 00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: opened a three and a half point favorite, but that 394 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:47,159 Speaker 1: was when Deshaun Watson seemingly was gonna play. He's not playing. 395 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,959 Speaker 1: The Panthers are now a one point favorite. Rain showers, 396 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 1: temperatures hovering around eight agrees at kick off at Bank 397 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 1: of America stadiums, so the wet ball will be in 398 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: play here. The foot all be a little damp if 399 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 1: that forecast proves to be accurate in the Carolina's Panthers 400 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: are my pick. I'm gonna take Carolina in this game. 401 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:14,679 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield revenge game to start things off here. The 402 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: reason I'm optimistic for Carolina is not because of Baker Mayfield. 403 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: No, no no, no, He's gonna be so amped up he'll 404 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,360 Speaker 1: probably make a couple of mistakes. But I I like 405 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 1: me some Christian McCaffrey. When McCaffrey plays, which is typically 406 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: only six or seven games a year, Carolina is a 407 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,159 Speaker 1: playoff team when he's in the line of Remember they 408 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: got off to that fast start last year. I think 409 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: there were four and oh something like that, three and one. 410 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 1: Gotta to do a good start, and then McCaffrey went 411 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:45,160 Speaker 1: down and the whole team fell apart, the defense slightly 412 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: above average. I don't love the game because the Panthers 413 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 1: are favorite. It's down to one point. They were actually 414 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 1: favored by more than that, and the public is loading 415 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: up on the Brownies, so that part of it I like, right, 416 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: And they're they're betting on the fact that the Browns 417 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: defense is good, their offensive line is good. They're overlooking 418 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: Jacoby Brissette, who is a barf bag under center and 419 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 1: the guy that gets worse as the as he plays more. 420 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 1: And that's not really an issue right now because it's 421 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 1: the first game of the year, and we imagine that 422 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 1: the Browns will simply run a basic offense where they 423 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: hand off to Nick Chobb most of the time, and 424 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: then mix in the disgruntled Kareem Hunt and you've got 425 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: that defense. All of that Cleveland. If you look at 426 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 1: the history of the Browns, they have been a wonderful 427 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: team to bet against week one. The last twenty two years, 428 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:48,679 Speaker 1: they have only won six games against the spread in 429 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,919 Speaker 1: Week one. And I think this game goes back and 430 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,640 Speaker 1: forth and gets nip and talk, low scoring game. Both 431 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: teams are gonna try to be conservative and control the 432 00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: game as much as they can on the ground. But 433 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 1: I'll take the guys from Tobacco Road, Carolina Tree and 434 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 1: the Browns twenty the final and the penny picks. The 435 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 1: penny goes with the Panthers, alright, the pick. We agree 436 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 1: on that one. So another agreement on Benny versus the Penny. 437 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:30,120 Speaker 1: Next up Indianapolis at Houston. It's on CBS with Tom 438 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:34,360 Speaker 1: McCarthy and Ticky Barber will be in the booth there. 439 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 1: The Old Giant and the Colts opened up a seven 440 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: and a half point favorite. They're favored by eight eight 441 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 1: in this game. It's being played in one of those 442 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: retractable roof domes NRG Stadium in Houston, and the temperature 443 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: outside and they'll maybe they'll have the dome open eighties 444 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 1: six degrees that kick off the pick. I'm taking the 445 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: home team. I'm gonna take the texts of this game. Uh, 446 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,640 Speaker 1: Indie going with Matt Ryan, and I've got to see 447 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: it to believe it. Everyone's like, oh, Matt Ryan's gonna 448 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 1: be great. He looked like he was cooked meat loaf, 449 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: over cooked meat loaf in Georgia in recent years, and 450 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,639 Speaker 1: now he gets a fresh start as Frank Reich and 451 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 1: that run heavy Colts offense. Jonathan Taylor, who was in 452 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 1: the MVP conversation. Remember that last year seven seven eight 453 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 1: games in the year, Jonathan Taylor was the main, main guy. 454 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 1: He's the headliner again. Keep an eye on him. How 455 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 1: he goes will go the Colts. They'll get the rock 456 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: early and often. Indie historically has been a lousy Week 457 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: one team, going back to the Peyton Manning era of 458 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: Indie football. They are three twelve and one the last 459 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 1: sixteen years in Week one against the spread. They also 460 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: have a couple of guys who are dinged up. Some 461 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 1: of them I'm talking about defensively. Defensively here. Some of 462 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 1: them will play, but how well will they do? Others 463 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: will not. The Texans are a bad team, but I 464 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: think they're closer to being an average team than a 465 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 1: terrible team. I mean, they're a bad team, but they're 466 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 1: not like the worst of the worst like they were 467 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 1: supposed to be last year and did turn out to 468 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 1: be one of the worst teams in the NFL last season. 469 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: Davis Mills, I'm not as excited about some other people 470 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 1: at at quarterback with Davis Mills, but all we need 471 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 1: is a couple of drives that that takes some time 472 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 1: off the clock and result in touchdowns. Here and Lovey 473 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: Smith making his return as an NFL head coach, and 474 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: he's looking at twelve losses by the time, somewhere around 475 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: twelve loss maybe if everything goes right, ten losses, but 476 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 1: probably around twelve. And so you know, maybe they squeeze 477 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: out a couple more here there. But I'm gonna take 478 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 1: the Texans. The cardinal rule, if you've followed Benny versus 479 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: the Penny, anytime you get over seven points in a 480 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,200 Speaker 1: divisional game, which this is, you don't ask questions, you 481 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 1: take the points. You should be happy. Either that or 482 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 1: you don't bet the game. So we bet every game 483 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 1: on Benny versus the Penny. So I'm gonna take the 484 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: Texans plus the points. Colts win the game. But people 485 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: will be saying, well, Matt Ryan's not quite back yet. 486 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: Colts Texans twenty three, and the penny picks the penny, 487 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: says Indie, alright, so the penny going with the chalk. 488 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: It's a lot of points, a lot of lumbered, a 489 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: lot lay there in a road team, all right. Next up, 490 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: we go to the late television window, the new York 491 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: Giants at Tennessee. It's on Fox. Kevin Coogler and Mark 492 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: Sanchez have the call. Who Sanchez the great butt fumble guy? Yeah? 493 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 1: I know, light rein seventy nine degrees. That kick off 494 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 1: at Nissan Stadium. Will your buddy Clay Travis be at 495 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 1: this game, Danny, you think he'll be in the crowd there? 496 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 1: Who's there one of those Gucci umbrellas that he's got 497 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: because he's got Limbaugh's old chair talk? All right? Uh Titans. 498 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 1: Titans opened up a six and a half point favorite, 499 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: their favorite by five and a half. I'm want to 500 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,719 Speaker 1: take the Giants in this game. It's the beginning of 501 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 1: a new era. I'll tell you why. Giant football Brian 502 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 1: Dable takes over there on the sidelines. His pet project 503 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: is fixing Daniel Jones. But as a gambler, Daniel Jones 504 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 1: was okay last year, even in the darkness of The 505 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: Giants have been a bad team for five or six years, 506 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: but when Daniel Jones played, they were six and five 507 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 1: against the spread with Danny Dimes under center. It's hard 508 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: to get a read on the Giants because it's the 509 00:31:56,120 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 1: an exhibition season and they've they've got their core guys. 510 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 1: All those high falutin first round picks in recent years 511 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:09,400 Speaker 1: are playing. How effective they're going to be is open 512 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: for interpretation. Uh, but I'm gonna take the Giants. I'm 513 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 1: I'm not sold on the times. Even when the Titans 514 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 1: play well, they typically grind games out. They have a 515 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: very methodical, surgical approach with the great running back Derrick Henry. 516 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: And if Ryan Tannehill starts slinging the ball around, good luck, 517 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: it's last chance alone. A J. Brown has gone. The 518 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 1: new number one receiver is likely Robert Woods, who was 519 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 1: the number three receiver on the Rams and now he 520 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 1: becomes the number one receiver in in Nashville. Uh, it's 521 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 1: it's It's a game where I I could make an 522 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: argument for Tennessee because I think the Giants are still 523 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: bad team. Uh. The money is pretty even on this game. 524 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: But I'm gonna take the point, all things being equal 525 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 1: here first game. I have a theory on bad teams. 526 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,120 Speaker 1: You like betting on bad teams early because they don't 527 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: realize they're bad. So I will take the Titans to 528 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: win the game, but the Giants to cover the spread. 529 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:22,959 Speaker 1: Titans thirty and the Giants and the Penny picks. Penny 530 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,560 Speaker 1: has the Titans. Alright, Penny has the Titans. There next 531 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 1: up Green Bay at Minnesota. It is on Fox. You 532 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:35,280 Speaker 1: better watch Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen. This is the 533 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: number one crew for Fox. Now remember Joe Buck and 534 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 1: Aikman skidaddle. They took that money, the bag of money 535 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: over to ESPN. And so they're gone, and Burkehart now 536 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 1: has the number one chair as the Fox NFL play 537 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,280 Speaker 1: by play guy and Greg Olsen has the chair until 538 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:56,280 Speaker 1: Tom Brady decides to retire allegedly. All Right, so the 539 00:33:56,440 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 1: Packers a two point favorite. They opened as a one 540 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:04,640 Speaker 1: and app point favorite. US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis. It's a dome. 541 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 1: It'll be nice, mild temperatures in the low seventies in 542 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 1: Minneapolis at kickoff. Here, I'm taking the Vikings in this game. 543 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: I'm going against one of my theories. But it is 544 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:20,920 Speaker 1: a rookie coach versus a established coach. Kevin O'Connell, the 545 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 1: old Aztec making his maiden voyage in this game for 546 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 1: the Purple People Eaters and the Vikings oozing with offensive talent. 547 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:35,879 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson Adam Feeling at receiver Dalvin Cook in the backfield. 548 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:41,080 Speaker 1: And now they have someone who touched Sean mcveigh's hat, 549 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: So Kevin O'Connell he is he's held the clipboard of McVeigh, 550 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:49,799 Speaker 1: and so that should bode well for the Vikings as 551 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 1: the season goes on with Kirk Cousins Minnesota. Though, if 552 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:56,719 Speaker 1: you look at the numbers last twenty one meetings with 553 00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:00,840 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers outside of a tie Minnesota to his six 554 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:07,600 Speaker 1: and fifteen, so history says, well, the Packers own the 555 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 1: Vikings the cheeseheads of the way to go. But I'm 556 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,240 Speaker 1: not I'm not all in on that. Davante Adams is gone. 557 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:17,880 Speaker 1: The three musketeers now for Aaron Rodgers are Alan Lazard, 558 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:22,359 Speaker 1: Sammy Watkins, and Randall Cobb. And so this will give 559 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:27,319 Speaker 1: Minnesota a chance to to sneak sneak up on on 560 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,960 Speaker 1: the Vikings on the Packers right there, they seemingly have 561 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:36,759 Speaker 1: a better offensive list of weapons the Vikings in this game. 562 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 1: So I believe Aaron Rodgers will need extra psychedelics after 563 00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:46,400 Speaker 1: this game. And it's Vikings seven Packers twenty three. Sky 564 00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:54,840 Speaker 1: is falling over Lambeaux and the Penny Picks Penny is 565 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:58,360 Speaker 1: going with the Vikings. All right, Penny going the Vikings 566 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,480 Speaker 1: on that one. Next up, Kansas the at Arizona. It's 567 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,840 Speaker 1: on CBS in the late television window. This is the 568 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:09,040 Speaker 1: big game for CBS. Jim Nance and Tony Romo have 569 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 1: the call from the Valley of the Sun and oh my, 570 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:15,760 Speaker 1: is it going to be sunny? Temperatures a kickoff one 571 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:21,160 Speaker 1: hundred degrees at kickoff in Glendale, Arizona at State Farm Stadium. 572 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:25,520 Speaker 1: Chiefs opened a two and a half point favorite. They 573 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 1: are a six point road favorite. Six point road favorite. 574 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:35,000 Speaker 1: Uh man, I'm I'm gonna take alligator arms. I'm taking 575 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,799 Speaker 1: the Cardinals in this game. Tyreek Hill, I'll tell you 576 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,680 Speaker 1: why he's not walking through that door. Uh Andy Reid 577 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:45,040 Speaker 1: attempting to sort out who will pick up the targets. 578 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:49,240 Speaker 1: It's either gonna be Marquez, Valdez, Scantling or Juju Smith Schuster, 579 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:53,360 Speaker 1: one of them. You don't have to be Lombardi to 580 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 1: figure that out. And Arizona's got some issues. That's why 581 00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:00,080 Speaker 1: this is such a big line here. DeAndre Hopkins, the 582 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 1: steroid cheat. He's out for the first six games, and 583 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:08,680 Speaker 1: Arizona just is lacking the wow factor they have Hollywood Brown, 584 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:13,360 Speaker 1: A J. Green who's old, and ron Dale Moore as 585 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:17,279 Speaker 1: the past Catchers. There's also some players dinged up on 586 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:22,440 Speaker 1: defense but getting almost a touchdown. Arizona has been with 587 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,239 Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury and Alligator Arms Murray. They've been a much 588 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:28,479 Speaker 1: better first half team. They usually get off the pretty 589 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:32,120 Speaker 1: good starts. So I'm gonna put a little bit of money. 590 00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 1: I don't love this game, but I put a little 591 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:37,200 Speaker 1: bit on the twitch gamer Kyler Murray and his little 592 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,320 Speaker 1: arms and his little band of friends here Chiefs thirty 593 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:48,200 Speaker 1: one and the Cardinals and the Penny Picks. Penny goes 594 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:54,360 Speaker 1: with the Chiefs. You'r a f C rival Chiefs. Danny 595 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:59,480 Speaker 1: has a proud member of Raider Nation. Check put baby alright, 596 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 1: net stop Las Vegas. Speaking of the Raiders, I can't 597 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,759 Speaker 1: believe you took Kyler Murray by the way. Well, you know, 598 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:10,400 Speaker 1: I'm a gambler and I have to do Las Vegas 599 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:14,880 Speaker 1: at the l A Chargers on CBS with Kevin Harlan 600 00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:19,880 Speaker 1: and Trent Green. Danny g I've heard that this this 601 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:24,919 Speaker 1: game is gonna be eighty five Raider fans will be 602 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:28,759 Speaker 1: in attendance at this game. In the hood and Inglewood. No, 603 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,480 Speaker 1: you gotta work for half the game. I'll be at 604 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:35,840 Speaker 1: the FSR studios. Oh man, it's gonna like a Raider 605 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,120 Speaker 1: home game. Yeah. That are you gonna be able to 606 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,759 Speaker 1: get to any Raider games this year? Trying to fly 607 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:47,279 Speaker 1: to New Orleans? Really? Yeah? Okay, very good? Alright, so 608 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:52,040 Speaker 1: Vegas and the Chargers. Charges opened up a four point favorite. There, 609 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:56,320 Speaker 1: favorite by three so Fi Stadium. Not a doll's supposed 610 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,919 Speaker 1: to cool off. There's been a big heat wave. It's 611 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 1: kind of gotten some city in California here, but by 612 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:06,280 Speaker 1: the time they kick off on Sunday, temperatures in the 613 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:11,359 Speaker 1: high seventies at kickoff, it's so far And you're either 614 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,040 Speaker 1: gonna like this or you're not gonna like this, dandy, 615 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:16,719 Speaker 1: but I'm taking the Chargers in this game. A rematch 616 00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:19,440 Speaker 1: of that classic Week eight team game last year, the 617 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:25,520 Speaker 1: Raiders winning the Chargers eliminated the debut of Josh McDaniels 618 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:30,480 Speaker 1: as coach. Davante Adams the Silver and Black and I 619 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:35,800 Speaker 1: like the l a offense against the Charger against the 620 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,319 Speaker 1: Raider defense, the Chargers should be able to with their 621 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:42,160 Speaker 1: offensive line, at least if you buy the hype they'll 622 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:47,360 Speaker 1: be able to contain Chandler Jones and Max Crosby for 623 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,319 Speaker 1: most of the game. And and the Raiders. You gotta 624 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:53,240 Speaker 1: think the big advantage that Chargers have is Austin Ekeler, 625 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,640 Speaker 1: and I don't know that the Raider linebackers will be 626 00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,160 Speaker 1: able to keep up with Eckler. That should be the 627 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:02,239 Speaker 1: secret sauce, which is really not all that secret. It's 628 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:05,080 Speaker 1: a Khalil Mack revenge game. The old Raider who went 629 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:07,480 Speaker 1: to Chicago now and the Chargers back in the a 630 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:11,319 Speaker 1: f C West, And this game will be close, but 631 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:15,759 Speaker 1: I believe a late score by the Chargers, little separation 632 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:20,600 Speaker 1: their Chargers thirty three and the Raiders the final and 633 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:28,480 Speaker 1: the penny picks come on, Penny, come on, h The 634 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:32,600 Speaker 1: penny goes with you and says Chargers. Hopefully you'll both 635 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:36,479 Speaker 1: be wrong. Look at that. See, that's how you prove 636 00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:39,400 Speaker 1: you have integrity, Danny, Because I have worked with some 637 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:43,120 Speaker 1: guys who did the penny and when it came to 638 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,960 Speaker 1: their favorite teams. I'm not gonna name names here, but 639 00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:49,280 Speaker 1: when it came to their favorite teams, somehow the penny 640 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:53,080 Speaker 1: always picked their favorite team. But not you, Danny. You 641 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:56,439 Speaker 1: are a man of morals, a man of integrity, as 642 00:40:56,440 --> 00:41:00,000 Speaker 1: you hold the penny, just the proud servant of the penny, 643 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,720 Speaker 1: whatever it lands on. That's what I'm gonna tell you, 644 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:08,680 Speaker 1: all right. Next up Sunday Night football, Tampa Bay at Dallas. 645 00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:15,680 Speaker 1: It's on and b CE Mike Tarico and Chris Collinsworth 646 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:18,640 Speaker 1: supposed to do double duty this weekend. They did the 647 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:22,280 Speaker 1: Thursday night game the Rams and Bills. You got Josh 648 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:27,960 Speaker 1: Allen stiff armed? Dare you? They've got the game Sunday 649 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:31,960 Speaker 1: night Box opened up at two point favorite, their favorite 650 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,000 Speaker 1: by two and a half. Clear skies eighty four degrees 651 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,560 Speaker 1: that kick off at a T and T stadium in 652 00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:41,759 Speaker 1: Jerry's world, and this is a very tough game to handicap. 653 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:45,759 Speaker 1: I do not love this game because of injuries and 654 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:49,440 Speaker 1: a malaise that both teams have gone through. But I'm 655 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,719 Speaker 1: gonna give an edge, a slight edge. The Bucks is 656 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,880 Speaker 1: a small road favorite. Both these teams made the playoffs 657 00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:58,879 Speaker 1: last year. The Cowboys have developed a reputation of being 658 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:02,440 Speaker 1: a paper tiger. They beat up the good teams, struggle 659 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:06,480 Speaker 1: against the better teams. Both Dallas and Tampa have some 660 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:12,799 Speaker 1: offensive line um, shall we say bruises, issues, hiccups, whatever 661 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:17,880 Speaker 1: you wanna say. They're also at receiver for Dallas, and 662 00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:21,040 Speaker 1: so it's a hard game to handicap. But all things 663 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:25,120 Speaker 1: being equal, even though Tom Brady has looked very old 664 00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:28,279 Speaker 1: at his news conferences and appears to be having some 665 00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:33,439 Speaker 1: personal issues, if you believe the tabloids, I trust him 666 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:36,560 Speaker 1: more late in the game if it's a close game. 667 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:40,160 Speaker 1: The Bucks get the ball back in in the hypothetical, 668 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:43,000 Speaker 1: with say three minutes to go in the game, down 669 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:48,040 Speaker 1: by two points, I trust that Brady will lead the 670 00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:49,759 Speaker 1: Bucks back, and I think they'll even get them in 671 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:52,359 Speaker 1: the end zone. But I I'm taking Tampa to win 672 00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:55,080 Speaker 1: the game by a field goal, So I'll take the 673 00:42:55,120 --> 00:43:03,600 Speaker 1: Buccaneers thirty and the Cowboys in the penny picks who 674 00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:10,840 Speaker 1: the penny goes with Tampa Bay? All right? So penny 675 00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:13,200 Speaker 1: going the other way or going with me, I should 676 00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,640 Speaker 1: say with Tampa Bay, all right. Last game Monday Night 677 00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:23,160 Speaker 1: Football and it's Denver at Seattle on EESPN with Joe 678 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:26,759 Speaker 1: Buck and Troy Aikman. How awkward is that? Well, it's 679 00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:29,560 Speaker 1: that gonna really awkward. Other than when they do promos 680 00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:32,560 Speaker 1: for ESPN shows that will be awkward, but then the 681 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,799 Speaker 1: mic flags will be a little weird. But other than that, 682 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:39,080 Speaker 1: it's been used to bucking Aikman. Broncos opened up a 683 00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:42,040 Speaker 1: four point favorite. They're favored by six and a half 684 00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:46,759 Speaker 1: mostly sunny temperatures in the sixties. That kick off at 685 00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:51,799 Speaker 1: Looming Field in Seattle, a stadium that I've been to 686 00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,279 Speaker 1: but only outside of because the Seahawks would not allow 687 00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:57,239 Speaker 1: me in. But I'm still gonna take the Seahawks in 688 00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:59,359 Speaker 1: this game. I know they suck, I know they're likely 689 00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:03,760 Speaker 1: the worst team the NFL. But Russell Wilson, he's gonna 690 00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:05,680 Speaker 1: have a whole bunch of nerves coming out early in 691 00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:10,000 Speaker 1: that game. I anticipate a couple of mistakes here, a 692 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:13,040 Speaker 1: couple of bumps in the road, and all you need 693 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,839 Speaker 1: when you're getting that many points with the home team, 694 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:20,440 Speaker 1: couple of turnovers go your way, maiden voyage for Russell Wilson, 695 00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:25,120 Speaker 1: and you gotta think here. Pete Carroll knows all the 696 00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:29,200 Speaker 1: weaknesses of Russ so coaching edge for Seattle. Denver's got 697 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:33,160 Speaker 1: a rookie coach, the old packer assistant who takes over 698 00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:36,880 Speaker 1: here and so this becomes an interesting chess match. The Seahawks. 699 00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:39,640 Speaker 1: I'm not making the argument they're good. I don't think 700 00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:42,840 Speaker 1: they're good at all. And raw talent, clearly Denver's the 701 00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:48,200 Speaker 1: better team here, and Geno Smith is is a liability. 702 00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:50,680 Speaker 1: The fact that he's starting. Somebody needs to be court 703 00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:55,000 Speaker 1: martial in Seattle. The offensive lines got injuries. I mean, 704 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,719 Speaker 1: there's a whole bunch of arguments to take Denver and 705 00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:02,400 Speaker 1: say Denver wins this game forty five to three, that 706 00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,600 Speaker 1: it could be that terrible the game, and Joe Buck 707 00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:08,480 Speaker 1: and Aikman are doing filler at the end. But I'm 708 00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:10,800 Speaker 1: gonna be Benny bright Side on this. I'm gonna say 709 00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:14,160 Speaker 1: that again early on. You like the bad team, they 710 00:45:14,200 --> 00:45:18,600 Speaker 1: don't realize they're bad. Also, it's another one of those 711 00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:23,280 Speaker 1: games where the public thinks it is a broken cash machine. 712 00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:26,560 Speaker 1: It's a broken ATM machine and you just simply type 713 00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:30,160 Speaker 1: in a few numbers there and you get your guaranteed 714 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:33,880 Speaker 1: to win your bat over of the money. As we 715 00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:39,200 Speaker 1: are doing Benny versus the Penny or nine is on Denver, 716 00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:43,520 Speaker 1: the road team favored by almost a touchdown. I don't 717 00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:47,759 Speaker 1: get it. You're getting six and a half with Seattle 718 00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:50,440 Speaker 1: at home. You're gonna have to get every one of 719 00:45:50,480 --> 00:45:55,920 Speaker 1: those points and the half point Broncos thirty, the Seahawks 720 00:45:55,960 --> 00:46:01,400 Speaker 1: get the cover at and the penny picks the final 721 00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:08,880 Speaker 1: game all week one, and the penny pick is smoke 722 00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:13,279 Speaker 1: Weed every day. Clearly, this penny is still loyal to 723 00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:17,640 Speaker 1: de Coup Delupe because it goes with the Broncos. Alright, 724 00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:21,719 Speaker 1: go on with the blue and orange of Denver. And 725 00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:25,960 Speaker 1: so those are the picks. And again we provide just 726 00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:29,840 Speaker 1: marginal handicapping on every game against the spread. But marginal 727 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:34,520 Speaker 1: handicapping beats no handicapping, you would think, because the penny 728 00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:38,600 Speaker 1: has no handicapping. We'll see how we did, Danny, thank 729 00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:43,520 Speaker 1: you great job as the keeper of the penny, and 730 00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,160 Speaker 1: we'll see how this does, and then we'll be back. 731 00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:48,960 Speaker 1: We have a fresh group of podcasts all weekend long, 732 00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:52,360 Speaker 1: and if you like this, try the other Fifth Hour 733 00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:57,880 Speaker 1: podcast and we will catch you next time later. Skater 734 00:46:59,040 --> 00:46:59,200 Speaker 1: fl