Speaker 1: Welcome players, You're welcome. Are It's time now penny versus
Speaker 1: the penny. Now many people thought I wouldn't do this
Speaker 1: after what happened in Week fifteen, but we are back
Speaker 1: for Week sixteen to the NFL regular season. It is
Speaker 1: Benny versus the penny. Amateur podcasting, amateur podcasting, picking NFL games,
Speaker 1: handicapping all of that. Oh, it's professional handicap with professional podcasting,
Speaker 1: amateur handicapping. I guess n last week was the I
Speaker 1: think the masterpiece. It was my my hope diamond. Uh
Speaker 1: it was perfection, is what it was. And I have
Speaker 1: one of these every NFL season where the ship hits
Speaker 1: the fan, and it happened last weekend. For me, the
Speaker 1: ship hit the fan. It was a disaster. Well can
Speaker 1: you can you describe it? For us? Then from start
Speaker 1: to finish, everything that should have happened didn't not happen,
Speaker 1: all right, literally everything, and uh, half the teams I
Speaker 1: picked didn't show up. They weren't motivated. I guess they
Speaker 1: were doing their hop their holiday shopping and his chowder
Speaker 1: heads all over the place. They just decided. You know,
Speaker 1: it's hard to bet on a team when they have
Speaker 1: no effort and no energy, you know, not that I'm bitter,
Speaker 1: not that I have resentment to teams that choose not
Speaker 1: to show up. There's no animosity there at all. It's
Speaker 1: just the way that it works. So that's the hardest
Speaker 1: part of gambling, is to figure out who's actually motivated
Speaker 1: to try to win the game. Yeah, and that was
Speaker 1: the best part of watching Monday night football at the
Speaker 1: Saints and the Colts, because that was the exclamation point
Speaker 1: on your weekend. And just a a lifeless dog that
Speaker 1: needs to be shot in the middle of the road.
Speaker 1: That was. Yeah, the Colts should have wasted They should
Speaker 1: have not wasted the money on traveling to the Bayou,
Speaker 1: or they should have been forced to take a Greyhound
Speaker 1: bus on the way back, you know, because it was
Speaker 1: the zombie apocalypse, is what it was. The night of
Speaker 1: Living Dead, watching Victoby Brissette play quarterback there and uh,
Speaker 1: the coach Frank Reich should have performed in exorcism to
Speaker 1: get rid of the demons at halftime that was possessing
Speaker 1: his team. Of course, by then the game was over.
Speaker 1: So yeah, but we're gonna try not to do a
Speaker 1: dance with the dead this week. Let's let's get right
Speaker 1: into it. Yes, Guescot, we have no obviously Thursday game
Speaker 1: this week, so all the games will be right here
Speaker 1: on the podcast. Three Saturday games. It's just good or bad.
Speaker 1: The three Saturday games. I think it's good because you
Speaker 1: can never get enough football. So if you can cover
Speaker 1: her and go on Saturday to Sunday to Monday, I
Speaker 1: think we're in a good spot. So let's do this.
Speaker 1: We're we're pressed for time because you're all right. Be
Speaker 1: sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meller Show
Speaker 1: weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on Fox
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Speaker 1: you were an hour late. That's why we're pressed for time. Saturday, Houston,
Speaker 1: nine and nine and five at Tampa Bay seven and seven,
Speaker 1: and this is on the NFL Network with Rich Eyes
Speaker 1: and Nate Burlson and Joe Thomas. The Texans opened up
Speaker 1: a one point favorite. They are favored by three. It'll
Speaker 1: be cloudy seventy three agrees at kickoff at Raymond James Stadium.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Buccaneers in this game. This is
Speaker 1: the kind of situation that screams to bet against the Texans.
Speaker 1: They're coming off an emotional win against the Titans last week.
Speaker 1: Now they play a non conference opponent on the road,
Speaker 1: against a team that nobody gets all up for in
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay. And this game is essentially meaningless, meaning that
Speaker 1: Houston can lose this game and still win the division
Speaker 1: next week against the Tennessee Titans. I also believe the
Speaker 1: line is inflated a little bit here. Even though it's
Speaker 1: three points. The Texans shouldn't be favored by that. And
Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien has coached a healter skilter team Houston. I'll
Speaker 1: give you an example. They've scored thirty points in the
Speaker 1: first quarter all season. That is tied with the Redskins
Speaker 1: for the worst first quarter offense in the NFL. But
Speaker 1: yet in the other three quarters they have the sixth
Speaker 1: best offense in the NFL. So during games they don't
Speaker 1: show up at times. I bet against the Buccaneers last week.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna hoppity hop on the pirate ship this week.
Speaker 1: Boomer bus Jamis Winston. The guy's been crazy. He put
Speaker 1: up the points. I like Tampa Bay. I like him
Speaker 1: to win the game outright. Buccaneers thirty, Texans twenty eight.
Speaker 1: You need a little bit more energy from you. Penny
Speaker 1: is going with the Houston, Texas. Be sure to catch
Speaker 1: live editions of The Ben Meller Show weekdays at two
Speaker 1: am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. Al Right, Next up, Buffalo
Speaker 1: at New England. The Bills are ten and four, Patriots
Speaker 1: are eleven and three. It's on the NFL Network with
Speaker 1: Mike Rico and Kurt Warner. The Patriots open to touchdown favorite.
Speaker 1: They are favored by six and a half. It'll be
Speaker 1: partly cloudy thirty one degrees that kick off at Jillette
Speaker 1: Stadium in Foxboro on a Saturday, And I'm gonna take
Speaker 1: the Bills here to call or do not win the game.
Speaker 1: It has been depressing to follow the trial and tribulations
Speaker 1: of the Patriots offense. Tom Brady is doing what he
Speaker 1: can do, but he's got a bunch of water guns.
Speaker 1: He doesn't have any guns, real guns. Uh. And he's
Speaker 1: trying these games with very limited weaponry. And is this
Speaker 1: the week where Bill Belichick and the Josh McDaniels and
Speaker 1: Brady figure it out the light bulb goes off. Probably not.
Speaker 1: Buffalo has got a good defense, uh. And I have
Speaker 1: a love hate thing with the Bills. I love the
Speaker 1: Bills defense, I hate the offense. Josh Allen has been
Speaker 1: horrible against good teams. He's he's got some decent numbers
Speaker 1: this year against bad teams, but against the three top
Speaker 1: defenses he's played Patriots, Ravens, and Steelers, He's completed fifty
Speaker 1: one of his passes three yards per attempt, two touchdowns,
Speaker 1: one interception in three of those you know the games combined,
Speaker 1: and had a passer rating of sixty. So both these
Speaker 1: teams will struggle to score. Patriot sixteen, LS thirteen Tenny
Speaker 1: go with the Buffalo Bills. Fox Sports Radio has the
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Speaker 1: listen live. Al Right, Next up the l A Rams
Speaker 1: at eight and six at Santa Clara eleven and three.
Speaker 1: It's on the NFL Network with Kevin Burkhardt and Charles
Speaker 1: Davis the forty Niners. This game open to pick him,
Speaker 1: believe it or not, but the forty Niners a six
Speaker 1: and a half point favorite. The the before the game
Speaker 1: line was to pick him. Mostly cloudy fifty five degrees
Speaker 1: in Santa Clara at Levi's Stadium. I'm gonna take the
Speaker 1: Niners here. The Rams collapse last week in Dallas. Jared
Speaker 1: Golf is dealing with a bruise on his right thumb.
Speaker 1: Although he is going to play, I don't know how
Speaker 1: effective he's gonna be against that Niners defense. And the
Speaker 1: Rams are all but dead to make the playoffs. I'm
Speaker 1: I don't know how much motivation they're gonna have in
Speaker 1: this game. The injuries are starting to pile up. It's
Speaker 1: not only Golf tight end Jared Gerald. Everett has heard
Speaker 1: cornerback Troy Hill, who's been playing pretty well. He's also
Speaker 1: hurt Greg's urline. The kicker is hurt as well, and
Speaker 1: and in the fort If the forty Niners had had
Speaker 1: one against Atlanta last week, I would consider going the
Speaker 1: other way. But the fact that they lost, and if
Speaker 1: they lose this game, that that really opens up Pandora's
Speaker 1: box for Kyle Shanahan. Uh. The Niners need to win
Speaker 1: this game, really because it sets up the Mallard Man
Speaker 1: March in Seattle next week. I believe they will forty
Speaker 1: Niners thirty four Rams, twenty penny go at the l
Speaker 1: A Rams, all right, we get to the games on
Speaker 1: Sunday and the early television window. Jacksonville five and nine
Speaker 1: at Atlanta five and nine, it's on Fox. Is this
Speaker 1: the Joe? Is this the wrong name? The Joe Rogan game? Though?
Speaker 1: Is this the uh? Is it the Dick Stockton game? No,
Speaker 1: it's not, Yeah, it is not. This is Joe Davis
Speaker 1: and Brady Quinn, our Fox Sports radio colleague, Brady Quinn,
Speaker 1: who we're gonna call this game. Falcons opened a touchdown favorite.
Speaker 1: They are favorite by seven and a half, rainy and
Speaker 1: forty five in Atlanta, but perfect inside the Mercedes Benz Stadium.
Speaker 1: They're the dome. Boy. This is a hard game to handicap,
Speaker 1: and we shouldn't spend too much time on it's two
Speaker 1: dog food games. But I'm gonna take Jacksonville. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take the Jacks here. They seemingly are coming apart of
Speaker 1: the seams right they've they've already imploded. Tom Coughlin the
Speaker 1: overload or overlord, rather overload, the overlord is out. Doug Morone.
Speaker 1: His new nickname is Lame Duck. I think he'll be
Speaker 1: updating his LinkedIn page during the game. But despite that,
Speaker 1: Jacksonville showed a little bit of moxie coming back to
Speaker 1: beat the Raiders last week, and I'm going with minshue
Speaker 1: Mania to have another gutty effort here to my linger
Speaker 1: in this game. Now, if Jacksonville gives an honest effort,
Speaker 1: I believe this game will be a one score close
Speaker 1: game within a within the marginal era here uh And
Speaker 1: the Jaguars have not turned the ball over in their
Speaker 1: last two games, unfortunately having forced to turn over. And
Speaker 1: I also think this is a classical letdown spot for
Speaker 1: the Falcons coming off a big win. You know they're
Speaker 1: they're super Bowl, their Bowl game win against the forty
Speaker 1: Niners last week, and now they come back and play
Speaker 1: a team in Jacksonville that you know you're not gonna
Speaker 1: get up for Jacksonville. So the Falcons will win, but
Speaker 1: they won't cover. I expect the lethargic effort from Mattie
Speaker 1: Ice and friends, and that'll be enough for the Jacks
Speaker 1: to wiggle, wiggle, wiggle wiggle into a cover. Falcons thirty,
Speaker 1: Jags four, depending on the opposite way with the A
Speaker 1: t L all right, next up New Orleans eleven and
Speaker 1: three at NNESC eight and six. It's on Fox. Is
Speaker 1: this the Stockton game? It is not the Dick Stockton game,
Speaker 1: of course, because this is two teams that have a
Speaker 1: good record. Uh. Kenny Albert and Ronde Barber have the call.
Speaker 1: Kenny Albert, friend of the show. Shout out Kenny. Not
Speaker 1: a friend of yours, friend of mine. Uh. The Saints
Speaker 1: opened a one and alf point favorite. They are favored
Speaker 1: by three gas gon, cloudy and fifty one degrees at
Speaker 1: kick off. You'll get cooler than that throughout the day
Speaker 1: at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. I'm gonna take the Titans here.
Speaker 1: The Saints are mere mortals when they leave the dome.
Speaker 1: This game is going to be playing the great outdoors.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be chili. Not horrifically cold, but chili. And
Speaker 1: I don't know that the Saints have been done with
Speaker 1: the bubble bath they gave for Drew Brees, and they
Speaker 1: you know, slabber, slabber lick lick. Uh. He's got the
Speaker 1: cleanest ass in the Bayou Drew Brees. After what happened
Speaker 1: last week, but since week tend the tight they're scoring
Speaker 1: thirty four points per games, second highest average in the NFL.
Speaker 1: The Saints are right there This game is gonna be
Speaker 1: a shootout, and Derrick Henry should do his thing. Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry's got thirty five scrimmage yards uh fifteen scrimmage touchdowns
Speaker 1: this season. That is very impressive. And Ryan Tannhill had
Speaker 1: a terrible first half last week. He played better in
Speaker 1: the second half. I think Tennessee matches up very well
Speaker 1: with the Saints secondary. There's some holes there. That's why
Speaker 1: the Saints got generous Jenkins. I love my home dogs
Speaker 1: with good teams. Titans thirty four, Saints thirty one. Penny
Speaker 1: also going with Tennessee al right. Next up the New
Speaker 1: York Giants three and eleven Washington Redskins three eleven. It's
Speaker 1: on Fox, not the Dick Stockton game. Tom Brennanman and
Speaker 1: Chris Spielman are being forced to broadcast this dog with
Speaker 1: fleas and the Redskins opened a three point They're favored
Speaker 1: by two and a half. It will be mostly cloudy
Speaker 1: forty three degrees that kick off at FedEx Field. Now,
Speaker 1: we shouldn't spend too much time in this game. Because
Speaker 1: Gascons showed up an hour late. We don't have as
Speaker 1: much time. But I'm gonna take the Redskins. And this
Speaker 1: is a man your battle station situation in terms of
Speaker 1: jockeying for position. I'm talking about the draft right now.
Speaker 1: These teams have the same record. The Giants currently have
Speaker 1: the number two pick in the draft based on strength
Speaker 1: of schedule. If they lose this game and the Dolphins
Speaker 1: also lose, the Giants could still slip down the number three.
Speaker 1: But if they win this game, they're guaranteed to drop
Speaker 1: likely all the way down to the number five pick
Speaker 1: in the draft. So you talk about a pressure situation
Speaker 1: where it's better off if you lose if you're the
Speaker 1: front office. UM, I can give you all kinds of
Speaker 1: other numbers here that I don't trust the Giants offense.
Speaker 1: I know they won last week and all that Redskins
Speaker 1: twenty Giants six team oh Man, Petty's going with the
Speaker 1: red Washington Redskins, all right. Next up Pittsburgh eight and
Speaker 1: six and the New York Jets five and nine. It's
Speaker 1: on CBS. I An Eagle, the dad of the Clipper broadcaster,
Speaker 1: and Dan Fouts have the call. Now. The Steelers opened
Speaker 1: up a three point favorite. They are currently favored by three.
Speaker 1: The weather sunny forty four degrees at kickoff at MetLife
Speaker 1: Stadium in Jersey. The pick is in. I'm gonna take
Speaker 1: the j e t s Suck. Suck, suck is what
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take. And this is mainly a bet against
Speaker 1: Duck Hodges. Duck Hodges was so terrible against Buffalo and
Speaker 1: he's back again. Now will he rebound or continue the
Speaker 1: vomit comment? Express Hodges is through? You know, he threw
Speaker 1: into triple coverage multiple times against the Bills defense last week.
Speaker 1: Now I realized the Jets defense it's not as good,
Speaker 1: but the Jets. That is the strength of the Jets.
Speaker 1: The Jets defense and the Steelers offense is riding the
Speaker 1: short bus again this season. In fact, did you know
Speaker 1: that Pittsburgh the only team in the NFL this year
Speaker 1: that has yet to score twenty eight or more points
Speaker 1: in a game. They've yet to go four hundred plus
Speaker 1: yards of total offense in a game. In a league
Speaker 1: with the ben Gals and the Redskins and the Giants.
Speaker 1: The Steelers, who have a winning record, haven't hit any
Speaker 1: of those benchmarks. There's no way that Duck Hodges, the
Speaker 1: way he's been playing, deserves to be a field goal
Speaker 1: favorite on the road against anyone, even the Sisters of
Speaker 1: the Blind, unless Mike Tomlin has some kind of Warlock
Speaker 1: potion that we don't know about. I will take the
Speaker 1: Jets to bounce back at home as a home dog
Speaker 1: and compete, assuming the Jets given honest effort. Here the
Speaker 1: music stops for Pittsburgh. Chaos ensues for that final a
Speaker 1: f C playoff berth Jets twenty three, Steelers seventeen penny
Speaker 1: going at the New York Jets. All right, next up,
Speaker 1: Cincinnati one in thirteen, Miami three and eleven. It's on CBS.
Speaker 1: It's on CBS. Andrew Catalan and James lofton Dolphins a
Speaker 1: one point favorite. I'm gonna take the Miami Dolphins here.
Speaker 1: The Bengals can wrap up the number one pick in
Speaker 1: if they lose this game, they can choose between Joe
Speaker 1: Burrow and to a tongue of by Lower or some
Speaker 1: other schmuck um. But these teams are pretty even. It's
Speaker 1: kind of like splitting hairs. I like the Dolphins at home.
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick has been very good lately at home. Last
Speaker 1: three home games. He's averaged eleven yards per attempt completed
Speaker 1: seventy percent of his passes, so I'm going with some
Speaker 1: Fitz magic, and I hope the Bengals all go out
Speaker 1: and hang out with weed Man Hippie in South Beach
Speaker 1: before the game. Dolphins twenty seven, Bengals twenty penny go
Speaker 1: with the Miami Dolphins. Al right. Next up Carolina at
Speaker 1: Indianapolis five and nine, Carolina six and eight Indianapolis. It's
Speaker 1: on Fox. Is this the Dick Stockton game. I guess
Speaker 1: it's got to be in right, Yeah, it is the
Speaker 1: Dick Stockton game. Dick Stockton and Mark Labor have the
Speaker 1: call in the Fox box that rocks. You've got the
Speaker 1: Colts a seven point favorite, Colts open to six and
Speaker 1: a point favorite. Sonny and forty one degrees that kick
Speaker 1: off outside in the dome. It will be fun boy.
Speaker 1: This is a hard game to handicap because I think
Speaker 1: both these teams have given up. I think both these
Speaker 1: teams have just decided they don't want to compete. Right.
Speaker 1: They're they're like playing on Xanex or something like that.
Speaker 1: The way they're running around there. It's let sleeping corpses lie,
Speaker 1: as they say, But you gotta pick somebody. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take the Panthers here. Even before Ron Rivera was impeached
Speaker 1: as coach. In Carolina, the Panthers have been essentially bouncing
Speaker 1: down a never ending staircase, lower and lower and lower.
Speaker 1: How can you go? They have no motivation, They appear
Speaker 1: to be sleepwalking, but they did at least change quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: Will Greer is gonna start over the benched Kyle Allen,
Speaker 1: So we'll see what this this guy, this, this a
Speaker 1: rookie can do. He's being thrown out to the Colts
Speaker 1: or the Wolves and all that stuff some on the
Speaker 1: job training, so expect a remedial game plan. Carolina may
Speaker 1: have met its match though this week. This December, the
Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts have allowed an NFL high thirty four points
Speaker 1: per game, while the Panthers have allowed thirty three points
Speaker 1: per game. That's the third worst in December. Only the
Speaker 1: Raiders have been there. There, there in the middle, there
Speaker 1: the cream filling in the Oriole Oakland there, but Indianapolis
Speaker 1: is in denial. If they think Jacobe bro said is
Speaker 1: the answer, this guy is a high end backup who's
Speaker 1: at the masquerade ball pretending to be a starting quarterback
Speaker 1: in the NFL. I'm gonna ride or die with real
Speaker 1: Greer for some beginner's luck. Panthers thirty three, Colts twenty
Speaker 1: three penny go on the Indianapolis Colts. All right, Next
Speaker 1: up Baltimore twelve and two at Cleveland six and eight.
Speaker 1: It's on CBS with Jim Nance and Tony Romo. The
Speaker 1: Ravens opened a touchdown favorite. They're favorite by ten sunny
Speaker 1: and forty five degrees. That kick off at First Energy
Speaker 1: Stadium in Cleveland. I'm gonna take the Browns, is what
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do here. Now, the Ravens keep plugging along,
Speaker 1: they can wrap up the number one seed, home field advantage,
Speaker 1: trying to get revenge and all that stuff if they
Speaker 1: beat the Browns. Blah blah blah blah blah. The ravens
Speaker 1: last loss came at the hands of the Browns. They
Speaker 1: give up forty points to Cleveland. Now, the argument is
Speaker 1: the Ravens are better now, the Browns are worse, and
Speaker 1: they don't have Miles Garrett because he donked a gain,
Speaker 1: donked the guy's head there with his helmet. But I
Speaker 1: just double digit lines I don't like. And John Harbaugh
Speaker 1: has a four and eight record against the spread in
Speaker 1: same season revenge games. So it's not like that Ravens
Speaker 1: have always done well in these revenge games. And the
Speaker 1: Ravens are nine and eighteen against the spread when favored
Speaker 1: by over a touchdown and a half in recent years
Speaker 1: under John Harball. So there's a lot of value with
Speaker 1: the Browns. Again, it depends on the Browns effort. They
Speaker 1: can run the ball with Nick Chubb, they can throw
Speaker 1: the ball. Baker Mayfield should have some confidence here. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna take the Ravens to win, but the Browns to cover.
Speaker 1: This will be a one score game. You're getting double
Speaker 1: digit points in a divisional game. Ravens thirty, Browns penny
Speaker 1: at the Cleveland Browns. I'd like to pat myself on
Speaker 1: the back. I feel like we're making very good time.
Speaker 1: Next up Dallas seven and seven at Philadelphia seven and seven.
Speaker 1: It's on Fox. This is the game of the weekend.
Speaker 1: Old Buck and Troy Aikman have the call the game
Speaker 1: open to pick them. The Cowboys are a two and
Speaker 1: a half point road favorite. It will be nasty, partly cloudy,
Speaker 1: thirty nine degrees that kick off a wintry blast. That
Speaker 1: Lincoln Financial Field in South Philly, that Sports complex. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna take the Eagles fly Eagles fly on the road
Speaker 1: to victory. I like the Eagles. The Cowboys have mostly
Speaker 1: been swimming against the current. That was until last week
Speaker 1: the blowout win against an injured Jared Golf and the Rams.
Speaker 1: Neither one of these teams has earned my trust Now
Speaker 1: I like the home team here. Philadelphia has had a
Speaker 1: slightly more impressive resume head to head. And you've also
Speaker 1: got Dak Prescott, who who the Cowboys, says both his
Speaker 1: hands are injured. They're all messed up. If true, that
Speaker 1: would seemingly be a huge advantage to the Birds. The
Speaker 1: week this on Philadelphia is They've got to be the
Speaker 1: dumbest team in America. A bunch of idiots are there.
Speaker 1: They get burned by trick plays, and they've got a
Speaker 1: parts galore. That said, the last three weeks, the Eagles
Speaker 1: and Cowboys are both allowing the same amount of yards
Speaker 1: per game, three and forty two yards per game. They're dead.
Speaker 1: Even the Eagles are lacking playmakers, but they found one.
Speaker 1: This guy Greg Ward, who you're last week if you
Speaker 1: saw the Eagles game, uh, save their bacon came out
Speaker 1: of nowhere. I want to see him again. Zach Ertz,
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders the Cowboys have weaknesses in the middle of
Speaker 1: their defense. We'll see if the Eagles can exploit that.
Speaker 1: I believe they will. Keep in mind, though, Dallas is
Speaker 1: seven and all when they scored twenty five points or more.
Speaker 1: Uh this season, they're owing seven when they score less
Speaker 1: than than twenty five points. Twenty four points or fewer.
Speaker 1: Eagles twenty six the Dallas Cowboys. Penny and Gill at
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles. Al Right, Next next up Arizona four
Speaker 1: nine and one at Seattle eleven and three. It's on
Speaker 1: Fox with Chris Myers, Darryl Moose, Johnston in the Fox Box.
Speaker 1: That rocks. Now. This is the last Seahawks home game
Speaker 1: before the Mallard Man March, so they better not fuck
Speaker 1: it up. The Seahawks opened a nine and a half
Speaker 1: point favorite. They're still favored by nine and a half
Speaker 1: mostly cloudy forties seven degrees at kickoff at Century lincoln Field.
Speaker 1: I'm so excited to check out the stadium. Uh. Not
Speaker 1: this weekend, obviously, but next weekend. I'm gonna take the
Speaker 1: Cardinals here. I don't love the pick, but that's the
Speaker 1: right side. Seattle's ten wins are in a ten of
Speaker 1: the eleven wins are in one possession games. That is
Speaker 1: tied with the nineteen seventy eight Love Me Blue Houston
Speaker 1: Oilers for the most wins in one possession games in
Speaker 1: a single NFL season games decided by eight points since
Speaker 1: or uh and seven points before. To give you the metrics,
Speaker 1: but the reason I was gonna originally take the Seahawks
Speaker 1: in this game, and then I looked at the injury chart.
Speaker 1: I said, wait a minute, je Devon Clowney might not play,
Speaker 1: Ziggy Ansa might not play. The two pass rushers that
Speaker 1: could get all over Kyler Murray alligator arms Murray. Stop
Speaker 1: the Opa Loopa, Theopa Loopa cannot handle pressure. Uh, he's
Speaker 1: the worst quarterback in the NFL. He's clueless, he melts
Speaker 1: down under pressure. And remember he's the most sacked quarterback
Speaker 1: in the NFL. A lot of sacks are on not
Speaker 1: on the on the offensive line, They're on the quarterback
Speaker 1: for not making proper decision, not getting rid of the ball,
Speaker 1: not throwing it away. Uh whatnot? Now I'm gonna take Arizona.
Speaker 1: I I'm a little worried about their defense. Also their
Speaker 1: thirty second rank, but the injuries Bobby Wagner has heard
Speaker 1: Quadre Diggs likely will not play in this game. At
Speaker 1: the time of recording the podcast, Cardinals will hang around.
Speaker 1: They're not gonna win the game. Seahawks Cardinals twenty one.
Speaker 1: Penny is going Arizona, al right. Next up, we've got
Speaker 1: Detroit three ten and one against David Gascon's loser, Broncos
Speaker 1: Denver five and nine. It's on CBS. We're wasting the
Speaker 1: talents of Kevin Harland this week on this game with
Speaker 1: rich Gannon. The game opened to pick him. The Broncos
Speaker 1: are a six and a half point favorite. That's wild.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be mostly cloudy and fifty six degrees that
Speaker 1: kick off at Empower Field at Mile High. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: take your Broncos. These both these teams are the walking
Speaker 1: wound of the injury report will likely decide who's gonna
Speaker 1: win this game. And since we're recording this podcast now
Speaker 1: and we don't know who's actually in and who's out,
Speaker 1: we don't have that intel. I'm gonna take the Broncos.
Speaker 1: Denver was absolutely hornswoggled last week against the Chiefs. Uh.
Speaker 1: They are not in Kansas anymore, thank God. The degree
Speaker 1: of difficulty goes down the Broncos trying to avoid ten
Speaker 1: plus losses for the third straight season. They should be
Speaker 1: able to do it this this week and then they
Speaker 1: got the Raiders next week, so those are two winnable games.
Speaker 1: The Lions defense is ranked thirty one. They're they're like antibiotics.
Speaker 1: They cure whatever is wrong with you on your offense
Speaker 1: when you play them in a hurry. Uh. Denver and
Speaker 1: their rookie quarterback Drew Lock, he had the masterpiece against
Speaker 1: the Texans. He was like a finger painting child in
Speaker 1: kindergarten against Kansas City. This is a matchup of rookie quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: David Blow I like to call him David Blow Uh
Speaker 1: is the other quarterback for the Lions. And Uh, it's
Speaker 1: very even Detroit though. They they're just horrible right now.
Speaker 1: They started the year three three and one. Since then
Speaker 1: they have lost seventh straight and make that eight in
Speaker 1: a row. Broncos twenty six, Lions Seventeam Penny also go
Speaker 1: with the home ten of Denver Broncos. We have a
Speaker 1: little let's it to let's get trivial real quick. Raiders
Speaker 1: quarterback Derek Carr three thousand three D seventy two passing yards.
Speaker 1: You know what's unique about his year. He does not
Speaker 1: have a three yard passing game this season, but he's
Speaker 1: at over three thousand yards passing. The NFL record for
Speaker 1: the most passing yards in a season without a three
Speaker 1: hundred yard game is held by Blank. I think this
Speaker 1: is a fun trivia question, and you think about all
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks in the history NFL. Who's had the biggest
Speaker 1: year without going to three hundred yards? No? Not, no,
Speaker 1: I'll give you the answer in a second. Yeah, i
Speaker 1: gotta get the people think about it all right. Next
Speaker 1: up Oakland six and eight at the l A Chargers
Speaker 1: five and nine. It's on CBS, Greg Gummel and Trent Green.
Speaker 1: Another game that is just atrocious, Right, I'd rather watch
Speaker 1: a bunch of clowns and tramps, artists and costume dogs,
Speaker 1: uh than this game. Bringing on right Demolition Derby would
Speaker 1: be more entertaining. Chargers are a seven point favorite. They
Speaker 1: opened six and a half mostly cloudy, sixty four degrees
Speaker 1: at Dignity Health Sports Parks. Supposed to be some rain
Speaker 1: later in the day in l A, but not during
Speaker 1: the game. I'm gonna take the Raiders here. We've got
Speaker 1: a couple of lightweights playing out the string. This is
Speaker 1: the hottest ticket on the secondary market. I think it's
Speaker 1: like the second or third hottest ticket. There are so
Speaker 1: many Raider fans in the l A Area gag on
Speaker 1: that they're gonna form a second black hole in the
Speaker 1: stadium here at Dignity Health Sports Park. Raider fans are
Speaker 1: scum anyway. So now that said, we heard of a
Speaker 1: private tiff this week we talked about on the radio
Speaker 1: show between Derek Carr and John Gruden. Now is that
Speaker 1: real or contract? I believe it's really. I believe it's
Speaker 1: real too. Yeah. I don't think they like each other.
Speaker 1: And John Gruden, this guy has really done nothing this
Speaker 1: you're coaching the Raiders. When you look at the halftime adjustments,
Speaker 1: nothing has changed more in my lifetime than half my
Speaker 1: halftime adjustments. The Raiders must be watch cartoons at halftime.
Speaker 1: They have been outscored by eighty one points in the
Speaker 1: third quarter this season. That would be the worst third
Speaker 1: quarter point differential for any team since when the Raiders
Speaker 1: franchise did it back then. Now, listen, the Chargers are
Speaker 1: more talented. Uh we know that, but they're a walking,
Speaker 1: talking turnover and they didn't play well last week when
Speaker 1: they still had a chance. Uh you know, I against
Speaker 1: the Vikings that kind of save some of their their
Speaker 1: respect this year. The Raiders of course fell apart at home.
Speaker 1: Now that the carrot has been eaten by bugs, bunny,
Speaker 1: there's no more care and on the stick for these teams.
Speaker 1: So it's tough to figure out who's gonna play. But I,
Speaker 1: you know, over seven points too many Chargers twenty four Raiders,
Speaker 1: Raiders cover penny also going with the silver and bleak.
Speaker 1: All right, let's get trivial the answer and the quarterback
Speaker 1: that had the most yards passing without hitting a three
Speaker 1: hundred yard game was blank? Is it Brad Johnson? No,
Speaker 1: believe it or not. It is the goat, the original goat,
Speaker 1: Joe Montana one. Montana had three thousand, five hundred sixty
Speaker 1: five yards. He did not have a three hundred yard
Speaker 1: passing game. That's interesting, right that records held up? All right?
Speaker 1: Next up Sunday Night football Cansah City ten and four
Speaker 1: at Chicago seven and seven. It's on n b C.
Speaker 1: Did I say that right? Yeah, just like pig vomit
Speaker 1: wanted me to say, Uh, al Michaels and Chris Collinsworth
Speaker 1: have the call the line on this game. The Chiefs
Speaker 1: opened a four point favorite. They're favored by six. This
Speaker 1: is another one of those games that you should wait
Speaker 1: to bet on. I'll tell you why. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: forty degrees at kickoff that Soldier Field Sunday night. Now,
Speaker 1: for now, I'm picking Kansas City, but listen closely. Now
Speaker 1: I know the storyline is, this is the teacher versus
Speaker 1: the pupil. Andy Reid goes against the disciple, Matt Naggy,
Speaker 1: his former one of his former assistants. But the subplot
Speaker 1: here is better than that. You've got Patrick Mahomes going
Speaker 1: against the team that passed on him to draft Mitch Drabinsky,
Speaker 1: and Mahomes can continue to haunt Mitchell Rabinsky, the quarterback
Speaker 1: in Chicago. And remember Trabisky had that big game against
Speaker 1: the Cowboys and people said he turned the corner. He
Speaker 1: then vomited last week against the Green Bay Package. I
Speaker 1: don't trust him the I'm picking Kansas City, but you
Speaker 1: gotta wait till Saturday night. I'll tell you why only
Speaker 1: if the game matters, right, it depends what happens on Saturday.
Speaker 1: If the Patriots beat the Bills and the Texans lose
Speaker 1: to the Buccaneers, the Chiefs will have absolutely nothing to
Speaker 1: gain from this game. They will be completely locked in
Speaker 1: as the number three seed in the a f C,
Speaker 1: which will make this an exhibit game for Kansas City,
Speaker 1: which means Andy Reid will likely not play some of
Speaker 1: the starters. In that scenario, I will take the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 1: Are you making a note of this gas guard? But
Speaker 1: assuming that that does not happen and the Chiefs have
Speaker 1: something to play for, I'm gonna take Kansas City thirty one,
Speaker 1: Chicago twenty. Penny likes you on this one. Go with
Speaker 1: Kansas City last one. Hear the hell? All right? Next
Speaker 1: up Monday Night football, Green Bay eleven and three at
Speaker 1: Minnesota Tenant Forts on ESPN with Joe Tessa Tore and
Speaker 1: the Booger Booger McFarland. These guys what a cool man?
Speaker 1: I mean, that was embarrassing. I needed to take a
Speaker 1: shower after that game with U with the Saints. Man,
Speaker 1: that was some ball washing like we have rarely seen. Uh,
Speaker 1: that's a as we said, it was a manny and
Speaker 1: a petty situation. That was a rump swab, was what
Speaker 1: that was man. I think that was the full Swedish
Speaker 1: massage that uh that they gave anyway, Uh, enough of that.
Speaker 1: Vikings of five and a half point favorite. They opened
Speaker 1: at four and a half. It's in the dome, thirty
Speaker 1: two degrees and mostly cloudy outside in the Twin Cities.
Speaker 1: I'm taking the Vikings, all right, taking the Vikings in
Speaker 1: this game under Mike Zimmer. The Vikings are the number
Speaker 1: one team in the NFL against the spread at home
Speaker 1: there four and one against green Bay as well, the
Speaker 1: league best against the spread as a home favorite. In
Speaker 1: that span of games. Minnesota is the only remaining undefeated
Speaker 1: team at home. There's six and oh. So I believe
Speaker 1: they will win this game. The question is will they
Speaker 1: cover the spread. The one Red Flag is also being
Speaker 1: a night game. Teams quarterbacked by Kirk Cousins have not
Speaker 1: won a game on Monday Night there oh and eight.
Speaker 1: The Vikings are oh and two with Cousins on Monday
Speaker 1: Night football. That said, Cousins has actually been better than
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. He's at home and is the friendly on
Speaker 1: finds of US Bank Stadium. And to me, Green Bay
Speaker 1: is the worst team. I know they have a better record,
Speaker 1: but I believe the Vikings are the better team. The
Speaker 1: Packers schedules sucks. They have an inflated record against mostly
Speaker 1: inferior competition. And even though Aaron Rodgers made the Pro Bowl,
Speaker 1: he has been, in my opinion, a Hammond Egger. His
Speaker 1: numbers are misleading. He has not been great. He doesn't
Speaker 1: pass the eyeball test or the smell test. And I
Speaker 1: like the Vikings to beat the cheese Kurds and get
Speaker 1: revenge for that loss at Lambeau. Vikings seven Packers seventeen
Speaker 1: penny closing this thing out with a Minnesota Vikings. Well,
Speaker 1: there you go. We made it through another NFL regular season.
Speaker 1: We do not handicapped weeks seventeen because no one's trying
Speaker 1: to win Week seventeen. There's like one game, the Seattle
Speaker 1: forty Niners game that will matter. It's been fun, it's
Speaker 1: been real, but I gotta run. Uh And so thank
Speaker 1: you guys all. No podcast at least Benny versus the
Speaker 1: Penny next week. Maybe we'll do a different podcast. I
Speaker 1: don't know, check and find out. But have a great Christmas,
Speaker 1: a wonderful New year, honokah, And as we say, if
Speaker 1: you don't celebrate anything, just have a really good day
Speaker 1: and you know, treat yourself well and all that, and uh,
Speaker 1: thank you Gascon for rushing me through this podcast and
Speaker 1: spend all all week preparing to not go through of
Speaker 1: my notes, which I always like, always like that. But
Speaker 1: that's uh, that's you, So that's you in a nutshell.
Speaker 1: So have a great weekend and join next week. Be
Speaker 1: safe over the holidays, and thank you for being loyal,
Speaker 1: and good luck win some money this weekend.