WEBVTT - Week 12 Matchups, Cruising 49ers, Eagles respect, Buccaneers back on track, Quick Picks and Over/Unders 0:00:04.299 --> 0:00:06.659 NFL Game Debut is a production of the NFL in 0:00:06.739 --> 0:00:14.539 partnership with I Heart Radio. We hope that you are 0:00:14.619 --> 0:00:19.179 still all snuggled on your couch post Thanksgiving. I know 0:00:19.219 --> 0:00:21.139 that's what we all are kind of doing that thing. 0:00:21.139 --> 0:00:24.899 All these are considered pretty snuggling. My name is Rachel Vanda, 0:00:24.899 --> 0:00:30.219 Greg Russell, Alli, Cynthia f Lynn, and Birthday. But we're 0:00:30.219 --> 0:00:33.939 gonna celebrate you today and later on in the show, 0:00:34.259 --> 0:00:35.979 but first we have to do something else. Look, this 0:00:36.019 --> 0:00:38.819 week is all about family, and I think I think 0:00:38.819 --> 0:00:41.379 of the four of us as family. Okay, a little bit, 0:00:41.739 --> 0:00:43.859 you know, a little bit angry at each other, sometimes 0:00:43.859 --> 0:00:47.659 a little bit yelly. We get there, but on behalf 0:00:47.699 --> 0:00:52.659 of all of us, we do. Oh, Greg, an apology. Greg. 0:00:52.659 --> 0:00:54.779 I'm gonna be honest. It has been hard to watch 0:00:54.859 --> 0:00:57.819 these last three weeks. I'm talking about both the Raiders 0:00:57.939 --> 0:01:01.299 and you taking the cheese every single week. Enough is enough, 0:01:01.379 --> 0:01:03.579 give me a break. I'm not giving up on the Raiders. 0:01:03.579 --> 0:01:05.939 I'm sticking with them this week. I mean they're way 0:01:05.979 --> 0:01:09.739 in the Broncos speak to Jacob's car floats up and 0:01:09.819 --> 0:01:14.459 I'm just open walked off touchdown. I'll sweep of the Pods, 0:01:14.699 --> 0:01:18.179 Hold on Vegas, this group. You should believe in yourself. 0:01:19.019 --> 0:01:33.939 Long season. It's November, it's Thanksgiving week. We gotta we 0:01:34.059 --> 0:01:37.219 made a mistake, Greg as yours. What do you want 0:01:37.219 --> 0:01:39.659 to say? I mean, yeah, if you can associate me 0:01:39.739 --> 0:01:43.459 with anyone, it's the three and seven Raiders. We stuck 0:01:43.539 --> 0:01:45.099 with it. You know, I've learned on the show and 0:01:45.099 --> 0:01:47.419 in life, like you need to celebrate your victories. You 0:01:47.499 --> 0:01:49.659 gotta let people know when you're ahead. So let's let's 0:01:49.659 --> 0:01:51.219 see that board too, because I had a great week. 0:01:51.259 --> 0:01:54.699 It wasn't just all about the Raiders. Put that crown 0:01:54.779 --> 0:01:57.739 on me. Put it on. It is like the first time. 0:01:57.939 --> 0:02:00.979 I'm just gonna enjoy it and then I'm gonna start 0:02:01.019 --> 0:02:03.899 losing again. This week. Well done, Cynthia and I are 0:02:03.939 --> 0:02:06.859 to this week and Patrick is probably still on the 0:02:06.899 --> 0:02:09.859 tippity top. No, it was a bad week, but you 0:02:09.859 --> 0:02:15.139 know what, like Greg said, we celebrate the previous. I think, like, 0:02:15.179 --> 0:02:17.499 what's the total? I think I've caught up. I think 0:02:17.579 --> 0:02:22.299 you're you might be overall and oh we shall see. Okay, 0:02:22.699 --> 0:02:25.659 let's get to some of these games. Playoff rematch on Sunday. 0:02:26.179 --> 0:02:30.899 Last year's Divisional and a j Brown touchdown tied to 0:02:30.939 --> 0:02:34.019 game heading into the fourth quarter. The Titans got the 0:02:34.059 --> 0:02:36.739 ball back late with a chance to take the lead, 0:02:36.779 --> 0:02:39.939 but a Ryan Tannell later ze yet the Bengals to 0:02:40.099 --> 0:02:48.379 kick a game winning field goal. Bengals won nineteen to sixteen. Okay, 0:02:48.379 --> 0:02:50.499 so not quite the same sex in Week twelve, obviously, 0:02:50.899 --> 0:02:53.219 but Greg two Bengals are. The Bengals are two and 0:02:53.259 --> 0:02:55.179 a half point favorites on the road. Who do you 0:02:55.219 --> 0:02:57.939 like in this one? I struggled with it, and then 0:02:57.979 --> 0:03:01.539 I thought the Titans are underdogs at home. With the 0:03:01.539 --> 0:03:04.139 way they're playing, all the disrespect needs to stop. I'm 0:03:04.219 --> 0:03:07.259 taken the Titans to win this game by a field goal, 0:03:07.299 --> 0:03:10.259 and it's partly because Ryan Tannehill finally has some weapons 0:03:10.259 --> 0:03:13.019 around him to throw to. Trail On Burke's came off 0:03:13.059 --> 0:03:15.419 injured reserve last week and made a couple of deep 0:03:15.419 --> 0:03:19.499 plays against the Packers that really opens up their offense. 0:03:19.539 --> 0:03:21.459 I think he looks more ready than he was early 0:03:21.579 --> 0:03:24.619 in the season. Robert Woods, Bobby Trees also with a 0:03:24.619 --> 0:03:26.979 little extra juice. Some of these receivers that tore the 0:03:27.099 --> 0:03:30.059 RACL last year, they've taken a little while to get going. 0:03:30.099 --> 0:03:32.659 But you can see more explosion. And when you protect 0:03:32.859 --> 0:03:36.579 Ryan Tannehill and Derrick Henry running as well as he 0:03:36.659 --> 0:03:40.339 does helps protect Ryan Tannehille, then he can still spin it. 0:03:40.419 --> 0:03:43.899 And like, when's the lack of respect for the Titans 0:03:43.899 --> 0:03:46.099 ever gonna stop this season? How many more games do 0:03:46.219 --> 0:03:48.099 they have to win? Cynthia, I feel like they feed 0:03:48.099 --> 0:03:50.859 off of that. They probably still want to be disrespected. Cynthia, Well, 0:03:50.899 --> 0:03:52.619 I have them winning too, so I have kind of 0:03:52.619 --> 0:03:56.019 the same exact argument I have three. I also think 0:03:56.019 --> 0:03:58.259 the missing pieces for the Bengals do matter. Of course, 0:03:58.299 --> 0:04:00.259 I like some my g P Ryan, but no Joe 0:04:00.379 --> 0:04:03.339 Mixon and probably no Jamaar Chase. That's a problem for 0:04:03.379 --> 0:04:05.619 them as l But I really want to talk about 0:04:05.619 --> 0:04:08.659 trail On Burke's in his return because you're talked about it. 0:04:08.659 --> 0:04:11.299 It spreads the field. And remember the Bengals are without 0:04:11.379 --> 0:04:14.379 Chitnubey Woozier, which is a big loss in that secondary. 0:04:14.379 --> 0:04:16.739 They're also see some other pieces as well. So when 0:04:16.739 --> 0:04:19.859 you have that combined with the fact that oh, I 0:04:19.859 --> 0:04:22.019 don't know when there's pressure and Joe Burrow and there's 0:04:22.059 --> 0:04:24.219 not enough, that's just a mess. So when I look 0:04:24.259 --> 0:04:26.299 to see what's going on with this trail on Burks 0:04:26.339 --> 0:04:29.899 adding that vertical threat. That vertical element creates an opportunity 0:04:29.899 --> 0:04:31.979 for Derrick Henry to have even more space to run. 0:04:32.179 --> 0:04:34.619 Those two things combined, to me, means this is kind 0:04:34.619 --> 0:04:36.539 of a team that I don't know. You're right, they're 0:04:36.539 --> 0:04:38.659 not getting a ton of this as much respect getting 0:04:38.659 --> 0:04:41.139 better every week, Well yeah, but they're just not getting there. 0:04:41.219 --> 0:04:43.139 They're maybe getting better every week, but they're not getting 0:04:43.179 --> 0:04:46.219 respect every week. See the line this week, Respect or 0:04:46.219 --> 0:04:48.699 disrespect comes from the birthday boy. And I think that 0:04:48.699 --> 0:04:50.219 the sad thing is the Titans won't be able to 0:04:50.299 --> 0:04:52.379 use this show as an example of national media not 0:04:52.419 --> 0:04:54.739 respecting them. I've got them winning as well by a 0:04:54.779 --> 0:04:57.819 field goal twenty six because I'm looking back at the 0:04:57.859 --> 0:05:00.979 Cincinnati Bengals defense. In the past three weeks, both Naji 0:05:01.059 --> 0:05:04.099 Harris and Nick Chubb have gone over a hundred yards 0:05:04.179 --> 0:05:08.219 from scrimmage against this Bengals defense. Cynthia mentioned that Joe 0:05:08.859 --> 0:05:11.819 Louisier is out and they're giving up a whole lot 0:05:11.819 --> 0:05:13.739 of yards, especially on the ground. Both of those guys 0:05:13.779 --> 0:05:16.099 had two rushing touchdowns and now they're playing against Derrick 0:05:16.139 --> 0:05:18.579 Henry the last time these two teams played, Derrick Henry 0:05:18.619 --> 0:05:21.379 was coming off of the injury played in the playoff game, 0:05:21.499 --> 0:05:24.699 the game where Jeffrey Simmons was basically in the backfield 0:05:24.699 --> 0:05:27.379 the entire game. I think the Titans win this one 0:05:27.859 --> 0:05:30.139 field goal may not be enough. And I'm with you, Greg, 0:05:30.179 --> 0:05:34.019 I don't understand how they're dogs at home and huh Patrick, 0:05:34.059 --> 0:05:35.739 you said you know they're gonna have to keep on 0:05:35.779 --> 0:05:37.939 looking to find that disrespect. Oh no, no, no, no, 0:05:37.939 --> 0:05:42.179 now further, baby, Leo, no further. I am going Bengals. 0:05:42.219 --> 0:05:45.819 I am taking a favorite twenty seven to twenty four. Yes, 0:05:46.179 --> 0:05:49.539 sing my national anthem, Cynthia. I know that you said 0:05:49.619 --> 0:05:52.459 maybe no, Jama Chase, I say nay. I'm gonna be 0:05:52.459 --> 0:05:54.899 positive about it. I think that he is coming back, 0:05:54.939 --> 0:05:57.859 they said. Zachalis said he looked great this week when 0:05:57.899 --> 0:06:00.059 he was playing the last game, he played in two 0:06:00.139 --> 0:06:02.219 touchdowns over a hundred and thirty yards of the game 0:06:02.299 --> 0:06:05.259 right before that one two touchdowns him are hundred thirty yards. 0:06:05.299 --> 0:06:07.339 I think he comes back. I think they ball out. 0:06:07.379 --> 0:06:09.539 We think of this team as the Super Bowl hangover team. 0:06:10.179 --> 0:06:12.459 I think they've put up over seventy nine points in 0:06:12.459 --> 0:06:16.699 the last few games. Today, She's like, Canada's got the 0:06:16.739 --> 0:06:19.859 better Thanksgiving and I got the Bengals. That's right, that 0:06:20.099 --> 0:06:22.899 is true, Titans. Take a screen grab of that, and 0:06:22.939 --> 0:06:25.659 if I'm wrong, don't send it to me. Okay, I 0:06:25.699 --> 0:06:28.219 know we had three games yesterday, but can we please 0:06:28.259 --> 0:06:31.179 just go back to Mexico City four days ago. Sure, 0:06:31.219 --> 0:06:33.419 we'll talk about it here in a second, but there's 0:06:33.459 --> 0:06:36.059 no way we will do it with this kind of enthusiasm. 0:06:36.139 --> 0:06:43.859 Take a look at this. They're three kolon come in, 0:06:43.179 --> 0:06:51.499 come on in, but dot it's a play action and 0:06:51.579 --> 0:06:54.339 flipped devol coming back together way left left by Croft 0:06:54.379 --> 0:07:05.739 and Frank Leggan And Okay, so m j Acosta was 0:07:05.779 --> 0:07:07.019 at this game. I was just talking to her and 0:07:07.019 --> 0:07:09.099 she said that this was the closest atmosphere to a 0:07:09.179 --> 0:07:11.499 super Bowl outside of the super Bowl that she has 0:07:11.579 --> 0:07:15.219 ever experienced in her life. So much fun, Cynthia, good 0:07:15.299 --> 0:07:17.699 luck matching that energy. But I love to see you try. 0:07:17.939 --> 0:07:22.059 What do you like the super Bowl at at end point? 0:07:22.099 --> 0:07:25.899 When for the forty nine to seventeen in this matchup. 0:07:25.899 --> 0:07:28.379 But I do want to talk about Chris Lava because 0:07:28.419 --> 0:07:30.099 I think there's a lot of good things that my 0:07:30.179 --> 0:07:32.739 other co workers here are going to say about the Niners, 0:07:32.739 --> 0:07:34.299 So I do want to talk about Alava and how 0:07:34.299 --> 0:07:36.659 he's been such this deep threat. And if there's one 0:07:36.739 --> 0:07:39.459 area that I'm looking at the San Francisco forty Niners 0:07:39.459 --> 0:07:41.099 on and I'm trying to see, are they going to 0:07:41.179 --> 0:07:43.979 be like the NFC representative in the Super Bowl and 0:07:44.219 --> 0:07:47.459 stopping those deep passes and those deep attempts that a 0:07:47.619 --> 0:07:50.339 Lava has been so great at catching? The secondary is 0:07:50.419 --> 0:07:53.299 one area where I am like, is this the one 0:07:53.419 --> 0:07:56.059 spot that the Niners could be beat? So Chris Olavia 0:07:56.099 --> 0:07:58.499 could step up big here? All those are yards, all 0:07:58.499 --> 0:08:01.539 those receptions, He's having a great season. He should definitely 0:08:01.619 --> 0:08:04.139 be in consideration for Offensive Rookie of the Year if 0:08:04.219 --> 0:08:06.379 you haven't thought of it already. He's my pick so far. 0:08:06.579 --> 0:08:11.779 I love, but I don't love anything else about right. 0:08:12.019 --> 0:08:14.539 I know, I just don't even think that's gonna be close. 0:08:14.659 --> 0:08:19.219 I have a thirty eight to ten Finals heading in 0:08:19.299 --> 0:08:22.579 the opposite directions. Yet, I mean, this Saints team I 0:08:22.579 --> 0:08:24.699 think are ready to give up. And when teams play 0:08:24.739 --> 0:08:27.379 against the Rams these days, you feel like they're kind 0:08:27.379 --> 0:08:29.979 of slump busters. The Rams. The fact that the Saints 0:08:30.019 --> 0:08:33.219 beat the Rams isn't going to solve anything. Jimmy Garoppolo 0:08:33.299 --> 0:08:36.299 is playing with a little more creativity, a little more verve. 0:08:36.419 --> 0:08:38.739 You saw last week here when he went up to 0:08:38.779 --> 0:08:40.779 the line of scrimmage, got them to think he was running, 0:08:40.819 --> 0:08:44.299 then goes deep. When Jimmy Garoppolo starts adding in the 0:08:44.419 --> 0:08:49.019 second reaction improvisational skills, it's over for the defense. I 0:08:49.059 --> 0:08:52.819 think he's got a little more extra juice lately. Playbun's laughing, 0:08:52.899 --> 0:08:56.379 that's how little he respects Jimmy Garoppolo. Since those cheerleaders 0:08:56.579 --> 0:08:59.099 went over to Garoppolo and they didn't even act like 0:08:59.259 --> 0:09:02.259 Christian McCaffrey was there, I think Garoppolo has gone to 0:09:02.299 --> 0:09:06.739 another level back No, I was laughing at the kind 0:09:06.739 --> 0:09:12.899 of sneak dis It's like Jimmy garoppolos making an unscripted play. Actually, 0:09:13.139 --> 0:09:15.979 it's my second most lopsided game of the week as well. 0:09:16.059 --> 0:09:19.219 I have the Fortys winning this one to eleven because 0:09:19.259 --> 0:09:21.499 while the scoreboard might not always reflect it, this is 0:09:21.539 --> 0:09:25.459 the top total defense in the entire NFL. And also 0:09:25.979 --> 0:09:28.779 since Elijah Mitchell came back after the Christian McCaffrey trade, 0:09:28.779 --> 0:09:31.819 they've been running the ball really well over a hundred 0:09:31.819 --> 0:09:36.139 and fifty yards in back to back games. The Saints offense, 0:09:36.219 --> 0:09:38.699 other than crystal lava, like Cynthia mentioned, doesn't have a 0:09:38.739 --> 0:09:41.179 lot to speak of. I feel like this was one 0:09:41.179 --> 0:09:43.179 of the easier games for me to pick this make 0:09:43.219 --> 0:09:45.379 it a clean sweep. I am going the forty Niners 0:09:45.419 --> 0:09:46.899 as well, same with Cynthia. I think I have a 0:09:46.939 --> 0:09:48.899 ten point win, thirty four to twenty four. I will 0:09:48.899 --> 0:09:53.339 say this Sunday yesterday on Thanksgiving, we got a do over. 0:09:53.339 --> 0:09:55.619 We got a mulligan for Super Bowl picks, and Cynthia, 0:09:55.899 --> 0:09:59.819 both her and I put the forty Niners in the 0:09:59.859 --> 0:10:06.499 Super Bowl. Oh yeah, mulligans are allowed. We write this script. 0:10:07.139 --> 0:10:11.859 Got the Kansas City Chiefs are fifteen and a half 0:10:11.899 --> 0:10:14.899 point favorites against the team that won the Super Bowl 0:10:15.219 --> 0:10:22.139 nine months ago. Football's wild, baby, football is wild. I 0:10:22.139 --> 0:10:24.259 don't need a mulligate on mine. I got the Chiefs 0:10:24.259 --> 0:10:29.459 in the Super Bowl with the Eagles. No really, Okay, 0:10:29.539 --> 0:10:32.819 Time for the Drive to Excellence presented by Mercedes Ben 0:10:32.859 --> 0:10:36.059 Cynthia Christian Watson has been excellent for the Packers lately. 0:10:36.099 --> 0:10:39.299 Will they have enough juice against the nine and one 0:10:39.339 --> 0:10:41.859 Eagles to get this done, not to win, but I 0:10:41.899 --> 0:10:44.379 do think it's only a five point win twenty four 0:10:44.539 --> 0:10:47.819 to nineteen, which is maybe a little closer than some 0:10:47.859 --> 0:10:51.139 people are anticipating. Why because I think that they'll use 0:10:51.219 --> 0:10:54.459 them Aaron Jones, I think rushing against this Eagles team. Yes, 0:10:54.499 --> 0:10:56.179 they have in domakong Wu. They brought him in, They 0:10:56.179 --> 0:10:58.059 brought they tried to figure out how to fill in 0:10:58.099 --> 0:11:01.859 those defensive tackles. But I do think advantage to Jones here, 0:11:02.059 --> 0:11:04.259 mostly because they're going to need to and especial you 0:11:04.299 --> 0:11:06.739 with some shorter passes. This is not a defense that 0:11:06.779 --> 0:11:08.499 I want to pick against. This is not a defense 0:11:08.699 --> 0:11:10.579 that I think is a fun one to face as 0:11:10.619 --> 0:11:13.059 a quarterback. But I think Aaron Jones does give them 0:11:13.139 --> 0:11:14.579 a bit of an edge to keep things a little 0:11:14.619 --> 0:11:17.179 bit closer. Oh, we're on the same page against I'm 0:11:17.179 --> 0:11:18.459 trying to get you back on my good side. You 0:11:18.499 --> 0:11:22.019 didn't seem happy about the whole Crown thing earlier. I was. 0:11:22.259 --> 0:11:26.179 I feel bad it was from something. Now I could 0:11:26.219 --> 0:11:28.219 feel it. It doesn't like it because she's leading. We 0:11:28.299 --> 0:11:34.899 gotta give her crown. I know. I'm actually fine. Let's 0:11:34.899 --> 0:11:41.379 go Eagles that I love how can you and I will. Okay, 0:11:41.459 --> 0:11:44.339 let's make it either way. I'm with Cynthia that it's 0:11:44.379 --> 0:11:47.179 going to be closer than people expect in this game. 0:11:47.779 --> 0:11:50.579 I expect the Packers to be competitive, but Jalen Hurts 0:11:50.579 --> 0:11:53.379 winning from the pocket is ultimately the difference. We know 0:11:53.419 --> 0:11:55.339 that they can run the ball, they'll probably give up 0:11:55.379 --> 0:11:57.579 yards on the ground, like Cynthia said, but watch that 0:11:57.699 --> 0:12:00.659 touchdown late in that Colts game. I love how Jalen 0:12:00.739 --> 0:12:03.539 Hurts read the middle of the field. It's everything everyone 0:12:03.579 --> 0:12:06.099 said Jalen Hurts couldn't do. This was a third and 0:12:06.099 --> 0:12:08.659 two later in the game winning drive. He stayed in 0:12:08.699 --> 0:12:12.739 the pocket forever, waiting for a receiver to uncover. The 0:12:12.859 --> 0:12:15.339 big problem for Hurts, I think in his rookie year 0:12:15.379 --> 0:12:17.899 and his second year was not being patients, staying in 0:12:17.939 --> 0:12:20.859 the pocket and going through his reads. He's really developed. 0:12:20.899 --> 0:12:22.979 We know he's one of the best running quarterbacks in 0:12:22.979 --> 0:12:25.259 the league and sets up one of the best running games. 0:12:25.299 --> 0:12:28.539 But now he's making better decisions and he's just more comfortable. 0:12:28.939 --> 0:12:33.019 He's calm, he's like he's a good looking guy. They're 0:12:33.059 --> 0:12:37.139 starting to give him national television at people are recognizing 0:12:37.339 --> 0:12:40.899 let's get on with Let's get on with it. I'm 0:12:40.939 --> 0:12:43.139 just saying, like the rest of the country is everybody's 0:12:43.139 --> 0:12:46.779 finally catching on to tagline. Let's get on with it. 0:12:46.899 --> 0:12:50.139 Let's get on with being attractive too. And honestly, the 0:12:50.219 --> 0:12:52.539 late rushing touchdown, because of course the deniers and the 0:12:52.579 --> 0:12:54.299 haters will say, oh, that's all he does is one 0:12:54.339 --> 0:12:56.579 that was a tendency breaker for the Eagles to call 0:12:56.619 --> 0:12:58.779 a quarterback draw in that situation. And the game winner 0:12:58.979 --> 0:13:01.499 against the Colts, and that rushing offense, I think it's 0:13:01.539 --> 0:13:03.699 a big factor in this game. With top tim the 0:13:03.899 --> 0:13:06.379 pack there's bottom ten in terms of rushing defense, so 0:13:06.379 --> 0:13:08.059 they're gonna load up the box and that creates a 0:13:08.099 --> 0:13:10.859 situation where A J. Brown is going to be matched 0:13:10.939 --> 0:13:12.899 up one on one and it's going to be a 0:13:12.899 --> 0:13:16.099 bounce back game for him after two slower games, especially 0:13:16.219 --> 0:13:18.179 the Monday night game where he had the ankle injury. 0:13:18.619 --> 0:13:20.779 I think it's a big day for a J. Brown. 0:13:21.059 --> 0:13:23.779 The Eagles win, not quite big enough to get the 0:13:23.779 --> 0:13:28.019 cover only one Philadelphias. We are all sharing the same 0:13:28.019 --> 0:13:30.779 brain today, same same Eagles. But I feel like the 0:13:30.779 --> 0:13:33.139 Packers kind of stay in it. We saw Aaron Rodgers 0:13:33.259 --> 0:13:35.779 kind of like not looking like Aaron Rodgers on Thursday 0:13:35.859 --> 0:13:37.899 Football a couple of weeks ago, and he was just 0:13:38.059 --> 0:13:40.539 kind of, you know, a little bit wonky. But I 0:13:40.619 --> 0:13:44.659 feel like after the game he actually took ownership of 0:13:44.699 --> 0:13:46.499 his mistakes and maybe he was a little bit hurt. 0:13:46.539 --> 0:13:49.619 But the Aaron Rodgers that we've been seeing lately, he's 0:13:49.659 --> 0:13:52.179 throwing everybody under the bus. But this time around, he's like, 0:13:52.219 --> 0:13:54.339 this was my fault. I feel like, you know, a 0:13:54.379 --> 0:13:56.299 guy like Aaron Rodgers isn't gonna have two games in 0:13:56.299 --> 0:13:57.899 a row like that. I think he bounced back here 0:13:57.899 --> 0:14:00.339 and keeps it close again. The Eagles. Okay, guys, do 0:14:00.339 --> 0:14:04.379 you remember February? The Winter Olympics were a thing, and 0:14:04.499 --> 0:14:08.219 so were the Rams. They were great, so fun to watch, 0:14:08.339 --> 0:14:11.459 played in the Super Bowl right over there. I just 0:14:11.459 --> 0:14:16.579 want Rams fans to remember the good times because the boy, yea, 0:14:16.859 --> 0:14:18.899 he might be grinding for a different reason right now. 0:14:18.899 --> 0:14:22.139 The season is not so great and and hey, look 0:14:22.179 --> 0:14:24.939 they've got the Chiefs this week. Okay, how bad is 0:14:24.979 --> 0:14:27.859 it gonna be? The spread is fifteen and a half. 0:14:28.499 --> 0:14:30.659 I believe that that's the biggest underdog to Sean McVeigh 0:14:30.659 --> 0:14:33.259 has been with the Rams. Who wants to start us 0:14:33.259 --> 0:14:35.939 off here will start us off because fifteen and a 0:14:35.979 --> 0:14:39.139 half points is disrespectful. I've got a fifteen point Chiefs 0:14:40.419 --> 0:14:42.699 and the reason is I think the Rams are gonna 0:14:42.779 --> 0:14:45.979 keep this one on the ground. Uh no, Matthew Stafford 0:14:46.219 --> 0:14:49.939 out with the concussion, and then this got Kiren Williams 0:14:50.179 --> 0:14:53.019 comes in and get seven carries, you get plays fifty 0:14:53.579 --> 0:14:55.379 of the snaps. They also throw them the ball two times. 0:14:55.539 --> 0:14:58.499 Darrell Henderson, who have wondered like the Sean McVeigh not 0:14:58.579 --> 0:15:01.579 like him. Well something happened because Darrell Henderson is no 0:15:01.619 --> 0:15:04.379 longer on the team. He's now in Jacksonville. I think 0:15:04.419 --> 0:15:06.619 it's a lot of Karen Williams again. For some reason, 0:15:06.619 --> 0:15:08.419 the Ramps keep the ball on the ground and it's 0:15:08.779 --> 0:15:11.779 it's really these are still professionals. Fifteen and a half 0:15:11.819 --> 0:15:17.499 points just feels like too much for too much. Seventeen 0:15:17.579 --> 0:15:20.619 for me, so that's kind of wild. Thirty three to 0:15:20.779 --> 0:15:23.179 sixteen is my final score. I actually want to talk 0:15:23.219 --> 0:15:26.059 about the other running back because this cam Acres drama 0:15:26.099 --> 0:15:28.579 has been really interesting and I think when you're facing 0:15:28.619 --> 0:15:31.139 and what are you laughing at when you're facing a 0:15:31.259 --> 0:15:33.739 Chiefs defense like this one. I an, you're what you're 0:15:33.779 --> 0:15:35.619 laughing about here in a second here, Greg, But when 0:15:35.619 --> 0:15:37.579 you're facing a Chiefs defense like this and you have 0:15:37.699 --> 0:15:40.099 a lot of just keep Patrick Mahomes off the field 0:15:40.219 --> 0:15:42.019 is kind of We're gonna hear that over and over 0:15:42.059 --> 0:15:43.699 and over again. You do want to run it, but 0:15:43.739 --> 0:15:45.539 I think you're gonna need to use both running backs 0:15:45.539 --> 0:15:47.499 and cam Akers getting back in the good graces or 0:15:47.499 --> 0:15:50.099 whatever whatever the drama is. I think we're gonna see 0:15:50.099 --> 0:15:52.059 a good game out of this kid. I've heard really 0:15:52.059 --> 0:15:54.539 good things about him just in general, about kind of 0:15:54.579 --> 0:15:58.139 the rapport the fixed relationships. So I mean, you're not 0:15:58.139 --> 0:16:00.059 playing any of these people in fantasy, but in terms 0:16:00.059 --> 0:16:01.939 of what actually makes a difference of this game, I 0:16:01.939 --> 0:16:05.339 think both running backs, guys, I want to take you back. 0:16:05.539 --> 0:16:08.379 I want to take you back to I remember this 0:16:08.419 --> 0:16:10.779 is the first year that I was covering football and 0:16:10.819 --> 0:16:12.259 I was in a bar. This was like what a 0:16:12.299 --> 0:16:18.379 Thursday night football? It meant absolutely nothing, but the defense 0:16:18.459 --> 0:16:22.339 took the night off on both sides. This score was 0:16:22.499 --> 0:16:27.259 fifty four to what fifty two? Rams winning in those 0:16:27.699 --> 0:16:32.339 weird jerseys. Gosh, those are ugly, Uh, This is not 0:16:32.379 --> 0:16:35.459 going to be like that. This is no more. Okay, 0:16:35.499 --> 0:16:38.659 we don't we don't circle the calendar for this game anymore. 0:16:38.899 --> 0:16:42.539 I have the Chiefs winning thirty five to seventeen. Just 0:16:42.579 --> 0:16:45.419 way too many injuries. Cooper Cup, no, Matt Stafford, no, no, 0:16:45.619 --> 0:16:48.099 even John Woolford. They got the backup of the backup 0:16:48.099 --> 0:16:51.019 of the backup, Rice Perkins. I'm going Chiefs. So what 0:16:51.139 --> 0:16:56.819 we went from fifteen to eighteen, I will go to twenty. 0:16:56.859 --> 0:16:58.899 But I'm gonna make it more fun. It's four dy 0:16:58.979 --> 0:17:02.099 to twenty Chiefs, and I feel bad. My daughter is 0:17:02.139 --> 0:17:04.699 actually here today and she's a huge ran. So let's 0:17:04.739 --> 0:17:08.539 talk positive about the rams with Perkins is gonna start 0:17:08.579 --> 0:17:10.659 in this game, and I think that's gonna make it watchable. 0:17:10.819 --> 0:17:12.819 I've been lucky enough to watch a lot of Bryce 0:17:12.899 --> 0:17:16.859 Perkins in the preseason in person, and you know what, 0:17:16.979 --> 0:17:20.499 He's feisty. I think Sean McVeigh, with a full week 0:17:20.619 --> 0:17:23.339 to prepare with him as the starters, can just start 0:17:23.339 --> 0:17:26.459 getting funky, start getting weird. Use his legs. He's a 0:17:26.619 --> 0:17:28.619 he's a playmaker. I think they put up points in 0:17:28.619 --> 0:17:30.979 this game. I do think he'd be a sneaky fantasy 0:17:31.019 --> 0:17:32.739 pick up for this game, because I think you get 0:17:32.779 --> 0:17:35.619 fifty sixty rushing yards, that they can score points. Because 0:17:35.619 --> 0:17:38.779 Steve Spagnola, the Chief's defensive coordinator, he's just gonna blitz 0:17:38.819 --> 0:17:41.139 them like crazy, get aggressive, and I think Perkins can 0:17:41.219 --> 0:17:43.339 make some place and at least it'll be fun. Like 0:17:43.419 --> 0:17:46.019 let's see it, Sean McVeigh. We've heard it out smart 0:17:46.339 --> 0:17:49.579 sometimes when when quarterbacks are having their first official NFL start, 0:17:50.139 --> 0:17:53.299 there's some magic that could happen. There's some magic. Can 0:17:53.339 --> 0:18:00.139 we gotta do you? Do you agree? Are you? Thumbs up? Okay? 0:18:00.219 --> 0:18:03.099 Thumbs up? Maybe they stay in the game a little bit. Okay, 0:18:03.139 --> 0:18:07.019 coming up after the Brave, we're talking Raiders and give 0:18:07.059 --> 0:18:14.459 me the name Greg dude, oh writer Seahawks a little 0:18:14.539 --> 0:18:32.099 late there, but I was like, wait a, yeah, we'll 0:18:32.139 --> 0:18:35.259 see you bright and early on Sunday. Speaking up, we 0:18:35.379 --> 0:18:38.699 got a big Sunday coming up and then Steelers Colts 0:18:38.779 --> 0:18:42.019 on Monday night. Greg, the floor is yours. Who do 0:18:42.059 --> 0:18:43.619 you like in this one? I like the Steelers in 0:18:43.619 --> 0:18:47.339 this game. I like seventeen for Pittsburgh. I actually am 0:18:47.379 --> 0:18:49.539 more excited about this game than I you would think 0:18:49.579 --> 0:18:51.299 because the last couple of weeks, these two teams have 0:18:51.339 --> 0:18:54.539 gotten watchable. That includes Kenny Pickett, that includes Nase Harris 0:18:54.579 --> 0:18:57.579 having a little more juice. You've just seen a rookie 0:18:57.619 --> 0:19:00.179 coming out of there by just a little more confident 0:19:00.339 --> 0:19:02.859 going down the field. Get George Pickens involved more. Nase 0:19:02.979 --> 0:19:05.299 Harris just did not run with a lot of juice 0:19:05.339 --> 0:19:07.219 earlier in the season, and you've seen it the last 0:19:07.219 --> 0:19:09.739 couple of weeks. They're gonna have a lot of Jeff 0:19:09.779 --> 0:19:13.219 Saturday content. You know, they've got the inside scoop and 0:19:13.219 --> 0:19:15.699 wouldn't it just be fun to see the Steelers go 0:19:15.899 --> 0:19:18.379 ruin the party. That's just maybe makes me sound like 0:19:18.419 --> 0:19:20.659 a small person, but I I have a lot of 0:19:20.739 --> 0:19:23.819 Jeff Saturday. I worked with Jeff Saturday. Okay, I'm just saying, 0:19:24.139 --> 0:19:26.459 can't you imagine Mike Tomlin and the boys kind of 0:19:26.699 --> 0:19:30.419 going on? I mean, I guess what I think Jeff 0:19:30.459 --> 0:19:34.419 Saturday gets to win three twenty in this matchup? Why? 0:19:34.939 --> 0:19:39.819 John Nathan Taylor? That's it. Stay with me when you 0:19:39.859 --> 0:19:42.819 see the difference with him in a did you say gino, 0:19:44.379 --> 0:19:48.979 yeah no, yeah, no, I understand. Yeah, So Jonathan Taylor 0:19:49.579 --> 0:19:51.739 makes a big difference right when he's back in the lineup. 0:19:51.939 --> 0:19:54.059 There's a lot of good things that happened, not just 0:19:54.099 --> 0:19:56.619 for him, but also for Matt Ryan. I also think 0:19:56.659 --> 0:19:59.619 that when you compliment him and their secondary, I think 0:19:59.659 --> 0:20:02.459 that's a nice winning formula against the Steelers that we've 0:20:02.499 --> 0:20:05.379 seen some some some weirdness this year, a little bit 0:20:05.419 --> 0:20:08.459 of weirdness, and how do you stay away from t J. Watt? 0:20:08.859 --> 0:20:12.499 You run? They're gonna need to because earlier in the 0:20:12.539 --> 0:20:14.379 season when Matt Ryan had to move, that's when the 0:20:14.419 --> 0:20:16.499 Colts offense really had problems. I think t J. Watt 0:20:16.699 --> 0:20:18.259 is going to force him off of his spot. But 0:20:18.339 --> 0:20:21.179 over on the other side, it's it's George Pickens. George 0:20:21.899 --> 0:20:24.859 greg mentioned it going back talking about George Pickens. Since 0:20:25.099 --> 0:20:28.179 Kenny Pickett became the starting quarterback, he leads them in targets, 0:20:28.219 --> 0:20:31.579 receiving yards, and touchdowns. I think we see a lot 0:20:31.659 --> 0:20:35.019 of George Pickens in this matchup, and uh, the Steelers 0:20:35.019 --> 0:20:37.939 win it and what might feel like a score fest 0:20:37.939 --> 0:20:41.859 considering how these offenses were a few weeks ago Pittsburgh 0:20:41.859 --> 0:20:46.019 from I'm with you, Cynthia, I am going in this one. 0:20:46.059 --> 0:20:49.019 Listen with the Jeff the Jeff Saturday experiment and in 0:20:49.059 --> 0:20:51.139 the beginning, we're all like, what's this gonna be? They 0:20:51.179 --> 0:20:54.499 beat the Raiders, like, okay, that's fine, But then they 0:20:54.899 --> 0:20:57.379