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Get started now sign up. 10 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: Please use the promo code Colin so they know we 11 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: sent you. Please use the promo code Colins c O 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: l I in FanDuel Sports Book App. Sign up. This 13 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: is Prime Cuts, the best of the Colin Coward Podcast. 14 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: A lot of rants this week. Matt Mosley hopped on 15 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: talking about Dak who's been terrible on certain downs. Also 16 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: Chad Millman, Action Network, another edition of Sharp or Square. 17 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: A lot of things to talk about this week. One 18 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: of the things that always amuses me about social media 19 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 1: is that social media simplifies everything. It takes new out. 20 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: One of the things about social media that always amuses 21 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: me is that it simplifies everything that success is easy. 22 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: It's just simple. Success is not easy in any industry, law, medicine, media, entertainment, agriculture, manufacturing, sales. 23 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: Success is hard. I bring this up because I hear 24 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: all these people that want Josh McDaniels fired as head 25 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: coach of the Raiders on Twitter. Coaching the Raiders is 26 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: so easy. Do you realize the organization he inherited? Gruden fired, 27 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: Mayock fired, Henry Ruggs killed a civilian, another first round 28 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: pick on Instagram showing guns got rid of him. Of 29 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: their first round picks in the last five six years, 30 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: four are busts. One still around but is a bust. Yeah, 31 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: four were cut. One's a bust around. The other one 32 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs last year of his contract. They probably won't 33 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: resign him. And then Josh McDaniels had to give up 34 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: a first and a second round pick to make a 35 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: big swing to get Davante Adams at wide receiver, So 36 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 1: he inherited a franchise with most of the talent on 37 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,959 Speaker 1: one side of the ball because of the draft whiffs offense. 38 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: And then two of the best players got hurt Hunter 39 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: Renfro and Darren Waller that said, The Raiders have only 40 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: been blown out once. They lost close to the Chargers 41 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 1: over time, to the Cardinals twenty four, twenty two to 42 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: the Titans thirty twenty nine, lost to the Chiefs at 43 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: Kansas City, lost close to the Colts and Jags oh 44 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: in six and one possession games. Those things tend to 45 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: be kind of random. My point is Twitter makes everything 46 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: seem so simple. It's not success. Doing anything takes work right. 47 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: The Raiders are a poorly run organization that Josh McDaniel 48 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: inherited in chaos. Six close losses not terrible. That's not fireable. 49 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: Take a deep breath before you claim running a bad 50 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: company in six months from taking it over is easy. 51 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: I don't spend a lot of time talking about ratings. 52 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: It's kind of an inside the industry discussion. But the 53 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: Cowboys Packers got twenty nine million people on average watching 54 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: that game. That is three times the average of an 55 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: NBA Finals game. And I thought about that because I 56 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: like the NBA. When I get off this podcast, I 57 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: will jump on the treadmill and I will watch half 58 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: of an East Coast NBA game. Four or five times 59 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 1: a week. I watch half of an NBA game. I 60 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: like the league I have since I was a kid. 61 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: In fact, it may have been the first sport. Baseball 62 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: was the first sport I fell in love with. Basketball 63 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 1: was the first one I started collecting cards. Believe it 64 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: or not, Football is the one I've graduated too. But 65 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 1: as much as I like the NBA, I've always felt 66 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: the media covers it more than it's probably earned. The 67 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: NBA Finals will get a third of a regular season 68 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: Cowboy packard game. Packers aren't even good. Cowboys aren't really 69 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl bubble team. It's interesting, right, I like 70 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: the NBA a lot, But TNTs CEO the other day said, 71 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: you know, we can live without the NBA. You would 72 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: never say that about the NFL in Canada. You would 73 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: never say that about hockey in Europe. You would never 74 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 1: say that about the English Premier League right right in 75 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: England the UK. Sometimes I think the media lacks a 76 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 1: little self awareness. I'm sure I'm guilty of this. We 77 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: cover what we like more often than what the fans like, 78 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: and NBA regular season basketball simply doesn't get a number. 79 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: I watch it, I do my homework, I enjoy it. 80 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: But if you go look at the NBA over the 81 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: last five years, they've lost big chunks of their fan base, 82 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: and right now there is only one player in the league, 83 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: believe it or not, one Steph Curry that consistently moves 84 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: the television needle. Lebron no longer does. Laker games don't 85 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: get big ratings even in Los Angeles. Kevin Durant doesn't. 86 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: Nets games don't get big ratings in Brooklyn. In fact, 87 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: last year, the second highest rated NBA team in a 88 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: local market was the Cleveland Cavaliers, mostly starless unless you 89 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: count Evan Mobley as a big star. Steph Curry is 90 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: at one guy moves the needles, flashy, fun three point 91 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: artist on a great team, leader of a dynasty. That's it. 92 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,359 Speaker 1: I watched the coverage of the NBA and I like it, 93 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: and I'm guilty, but it far exceeds, in my opinion, 94 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: the interest of the NBA. I think the Warriors are very, 95 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 1: very interesting. I think there's four or five franchises, Boston, 96 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: Golden State at the top of that list that are interesting. 97 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: But when you see that number for an NFL regular 98 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 1: season game and it's not even a good Packer team, 99 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: I mean, they're all losing streak entering that game. It 100 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: tells you what the consumers truly interested in. My buddy 101 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: Matt Moseley, co host of The Doomsday Podcast with Edward Er, 102 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: long time rider. Now he's at Fox Sports. We use 103 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: him at the volume all the time. Matt, you and 104 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: Edward are do this podcast very popular with the kids. 105 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: The kids love it and you text me from time 106 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: to time and you said this one was a doozy, 107 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: The Doomsday Podcast. So what was the after you lose 108 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: to the Packers? What was the most intense subject? Because 109 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: I think you're a common sense guy. The fourth down 110 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy move didn't bother me. He didn't love the 111 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: play call, but it didn't bother me. Was there anything 112 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 1: in that game that you and word are agreed with? 113 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: It really deeply bothered you about McCarthy, Dak or the performance. 114 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: I would say that das much like Tony Romo before him, 115 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: is always the biggest lightning ron and I think there 116 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: are people, Boy, if you criticize him at all, some 117 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: people will label you a hater. We've been huge Dak 118 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: supporters over the years, ed and I really liked him 119 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: even coming out of college and all that kind of thing. 120 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 1: But well, when you when you put that kind of 121 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: performance out there, and then you watch Rogers, who's been 122 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: down this year and he's got his own thumb injury, 123 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: and how efficient he was, and you would throw a 124 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: guy you know, you need a quarterback to take you 125 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: to a different level and maybe help you to win 126 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: that game. And he throws forty six times two picks. 127 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: We can blame that on some of the receivers or whatever, 128 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: but I mean, you can't be late, you can't be 129 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 1: throwing in the middle of the end zone. So I 130 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: would say always the quarterback is the biggest point of 131 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: contention when he comes to the Cowboys. There really anywhere 132 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: in the league, but this particular quarterback. And then you've 133 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: seen it in talking about Daku. The fact that you're 134 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 1: not the biggest It's not that you can't don't like 135 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: the guy or think he's a good player, but the 136 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,439 Speaker 1: fact that you don't have him as a top ten quarterback. Um, 137 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: some people label well, he's a Dak hater kind of deal. 138 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: And uh so this was the game where they really 139 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: needed to win. I mean they would they would be 140 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: right there with the Eagles. Now looking back, with the 141 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: Eagles losing, So I would think that's the that that 142 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: was what kind of brought the most reaction, and also 143 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: the fact that Ed you know, found some kind of 144 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: nugget that showed, um, these numbers so far this year 145 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 1: on third and fourth down for Dak or Tim Tebow esque, 146 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: I mean, his his completion percentage on third and fourth 147 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: down the most crucial downs are somewhere in the neighborhood 148 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: of forty three percent completion percentage. And it's embarrassing. And 149 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: we got to bring back a guy who was known 150 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: for being wildly inaccurate to have a comparison. And again, 151 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: people react, act, and they get angry in Dak's defense, 152 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: and that's what Jerry was doing today. Jerry went on 153 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: one of his radio shoots and was immediately saying, this 154 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: is the biggest reason we have to win the Super Bowl. 155 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: I hear echoes of even the Romo era, when they 156 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,080 Speaker 1: decide to pay somebody huge money, they have to dig 157 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: in and always go on the defense. And I promise 158 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: you behind closed doors, Jerry is sitting there like, oh 159 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 1: my gosh, I mean, I can't believe. I can't believe 160 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: we had that kind of performance. Now, it wasn't all 161 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: on Dak, but again, he wasn't special, He wasn't great 162 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: on a day. It would have helped if he was 163 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: really good. Well, I was just saying this that college football, remarkably, 164 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: the average is one a year. College football in the 165 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: twenty twenty draft gave us four franchise quarterbacks Jalen Hurts, Burrow, Herbert, 166 00:10:55,160 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: and Tua. Twenty one draft, Matt gave us fields, Mac 167 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: Jones has already made the playoffs, and Trevor Lawrence. That's 168 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,559 Speaker 1: seven guys that look like they can be franchise quarterbacks 169 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: in two drafts. And so I think the talent at 170 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: quarterback these kids are better now. They've got ten thousand 171 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: throws by the time they're in ninth grade, they're in 172 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: summer camp, seven on seven drills. The quality of the 173 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 1: quarterback play in this league is getting better faster. And 174 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: I look at Dak. I said this today on my show. Younger, cheaper, 175 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: healthier Dak was better than this Dack because that Dak 176 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 1: you could surround him with better players. Now Dak is older, 177 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: expensive and more brittle. He hit his ceiling. He's Kirk Cousins, 178 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,679 Speaker 1: but more popular. He hit his ceiling in mid year two. 179 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: Dak never had a huge ceiling. His strength was leadership, toughness, guile, mobility, winning. 180 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,079 Speaker 1: He hit that middle of second year. The more expensive 181 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: Dak gets, the less you can supported him with. I 182 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: think the less you get from Dak, he's the rare 183 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 1: quarterback Kirk Cousins. Is this. The more expensive he is, 184 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: you think you're getting a better version the longer he's 185 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: in the league. Now, Kirk's having a good year, Matt. 186 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 1: But the more you pay Kirk or Dak, the less 187 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: you surround him with, and you get arguably a worse 188 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: version of them. Now again, Cousins is having a very 189 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: good year. But I look at Dak now and I'm like, well, 190 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 1: because of what they pay him and Zeke, they can't 191 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: get him a second and third great receiver, and Dak 192 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 1: is left to sort of carry the offense and he's limited. 193 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,560 Speaker 1: I think Romo is a far more talented thrower of 194 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: the football than Dak. That is that an outrageous thought? No? No, 195 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: I think Dad just has uncommon leadership traits. Yes, and 196 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: if this was about making speeches and talking after games 197 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: and rep resenting the franchise, and there is some of 198 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:07,199 Speaker 1: that component, but it's a quarterback that right, now doesn't 199 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: like when he has to go into a cold weather situation, 200 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:16,959 Speaker 1: doesn't perform particularly well. Is that true? Yeah, yeah. I 201 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: think if you go back and you look at some 202 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: of his performances over the last few years, and you 203 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: look at this one is about twenty five or thirty, 204 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: he looks very uncomfortable. There are times people will rally 205 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 1: and tell you, well, it's you know, ankle or whatever 206 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: injuries he's had in the past. Now you know, we'll 207 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 1: find out if he's brittle. The Cowboys push back heavily 208 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: against that. But some of the things that made him 209 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: really good early on was the fact that you could 210 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 1: run him. Now, there were some moments in this game 211 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 1: even where like on in short yardage situations where you 212 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: could he did use that girth. I mean he's a big, 213 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 1: strong guy. Oh yeah, yeah. And if you can use 214 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: him every once while, they'll put smart po stuff in 215 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: and it looks really nice. There are some throws he 216 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,839 Speaker 1: can make. But boy, late across the middle, let me 217 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 1: think about that. CD ended up having a great game, 218 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: ten or eleven catches for one hundred and fifty yards, 219 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: best game in a while. But I mean, you look 220 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: at Jefferson with the Vikings are getting ready to play 221 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: the Vikings. He's already had in three years, like twenty 222 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: times hundred yards or more. Cowboys had their first hundred 223 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 1: yard wide receiver in like a year. I mean, it's 224 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: been forever. And part of that has to go home 225 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: the quarterback. Okay, I sure mean it's everybody talks about 226 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: Amori and they do kind of miss him around here, 227 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: but let's not act like he was just over and 228 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: over and over one hundred yard days. Some of these 229 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: wide receivers, like the guy we just saw with the 230 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: Vikings what they did a Buffalo, are gonna get you. 231 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: No matter if you think Cousins is the greatest quarterbacker 232 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: or not. This receiver is gonna they're gonna elevate each other. 233 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: He's gonna make Cousins look great because Cousins can throw 234 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: it up there, and this guy will make phenomenal catches. Um. 235 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: You know, CD kind of wanders around sometimes, you know, 236 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 1: and again you'll see these quarterbacks and you know it. 237 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 1: And Tony used to do it himself. When they go 238 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: back over there and they're got their hands up and 239 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: boy and both the announcers are quick to say, bad route, Oh, 240 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: bad route, there by CD, but at some point quarterbacks 241 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: got to take ownership for that. And uh, he is 242 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: a tremendous leader. Um, I don't know if I would 243 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: agree with you that he's brittle, and I still think 244 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: you know the Again, the best thing you can say 245 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: about the Cowboys right now is this, This NFC doesn't 246 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 1: look that great. Eagles kind of exposed a little bit. 247 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: I don't know if the vikings are that great. Um 248 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: that you there's a team that could break through here 249 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 1: that's really not that awesome, and that's the that's the 250 00:15:57,120 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: greatest hope the Cowboys have right now is a kind 251 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: of watered down to NFC football seasons underway. 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Okay, 280 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: let's play a game with Dak because he's been a 281 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,920 Speaker 1: bad you know, you said it on third and fourth down. 282 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 1: He's been in these high leverage situations. He's been poor. 283 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: So let me ask you. We judge quarterbacks a lot 284 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: of ways, but Matt isn't fair if I said, two 285 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: minutes to go in the game against a reasonably solid 286 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:11,880 Speaker 1: defense with reasonably solid receivers. So I'm gonna ask you, 287 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna put quarterbacks out and you tell me if 288 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,719 Speaker 1: you like that quarterbacker Dak. There's two minutes to go 289 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: in the game. All these quarterbacks, this isn't baseball. We 290 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: don't care about stats. We care about winning games, high 291 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: levelage situations, moving the chains, getting into the end zone, 292 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: and winning games. That's what Brady does, That's what Mahomes does. 293 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna put and let's say they all have 294 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: even talent. Okay, So Mahomes Dak is an easy one, right, 295 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: I'm taking a cage Burrow. Dak to me is an 296 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: easy one. Yeah, yeah. Recent struggles aside josh Allen Dak, 297 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,399 Speaker 1: who would you choose? Okay, so let's get those three 298 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: or easy one? Those are easy, Okay, we saw it Sunday, 299 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,959 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers or Dak. He has to go with Rogers, 300 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: Brady or Dak. Okay, we're at five. I'm going slow. 301 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: I don't want to rush the audience or you mostly, 302 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 1: So we're at five down. We would take for sure, 303 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: Justin Herbert or Dak. That was close. I'd probably take Herbert. Okay. 304 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: We're at six, Okay, Lamar Jackson or Dak. Lamar Okay, 305 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: So now we start getting into an interesting territory. Kirk 306 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: Cousins or Dak. I think I'd almost say that's a 307 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: pick him, but I would I would go with Dak. Okay, 308 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 1: I would go with Kirk, who I think is simply 309 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: a more accurate thrower, consistently over his career, is a 310 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 1: more accurate distributor of the ball. So I'm at one, two, three, 311 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:04,680 Speaker 1: four or five six. You're at seven, so at best 312 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 1: you'd have Dak. Now I'm trying to think of who 313 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 1: am I missing here, Jalen Hurts or Dak. That's a 314 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 1: difficult one. Based on how he's played for much of 315 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: this season. I'd probably lean Jalen right now, Tuah or Dak. 316 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Dak. I'm gonna go to Ah 317 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,639 Speaker 1: simply because I think he's a more accurate distributor of 318 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 1: the football. Okay, So you're eight of ten, I'm ten 319 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: of ten. Okay, now it gets dicey. Now I'm gonna 320 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna press you a little bit here. Okay, Deshaun 321 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: Watson when he comes back, or Dak, Um, I'm gonna go. 322 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with with with Watson. Okay, you're nine 323 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: of eleven, I'm eleven of eleven, Ryan Tannehill or Dak. Yeah, 324 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: I would take Dak. Okay, so that's my first DAC. 325 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 1: So I am eleven of twelve, not Dak, Tannehill, Dak. 326 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 1: I'd take Dak. You're you're closer to nine of twelve, Dak. Yes. 327 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 1: And by the way, you paused Onta. You paused on 328 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins. I like them simply because they're really high 329 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 1: percentage completion percentage guys. Let me throw one more at you. 330 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo, Jimmy Garoppolo or Dak. Jimmy Garoppolo or DApp. 331 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 1: We kind of saw this last year in the playoffs. 332 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: This is this is a tough one, but I would 333 00:21:55,040 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 1: probably I'd probably go with Garoppolo just honestly been in 334 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 1: bigger games and he's done it. He's he's made it 335 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: happen in bigger games. Yep, I'm twelve of thirteen. So 336 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: I guess my point in this exercise was this, we 337 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 1: love the leadership of Dak, but this league, this is 338 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:19,679 Speaker 1: not baseball where we romanticize numbers, or basketball where flare 339 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 1: and style matter. Two minutes left, maybe one time out, 340 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:30,200 Speaker 1: reasonably solid defense, equal weapons. Dack's like the twelfth best 341 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: quarterback in the league twelve thirteen, he's paid like he's 342 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: top five's. That to me is the rob that's the problem. 343 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: And it's interesting because Romo we knock him for not 344 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 1: winning more, not winning more playoff games, Yet if compared 345 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:51,120 Speaker 1: to the people of his day, I think Romo would 346 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:56,199 Speaker 1: have fared much better now. Yes, if the exercise became 347 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: like kind of what Jerry likes to bring up, who 348 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: am I starting my team with or who am I 349 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 1: trying to start the season with, or who could I 350 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: build around? I might answer it differently than just the 351 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: two minute question. I mean, he does have. It's remarkable 352 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: the intangibles, but they're now having to retreat and go 353 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: back to trying to win with him to the era 354 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: where you're talking about actually his rookie season. They're trying 355 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:28,360 Speaker 1: to take a twenty eight, twenty nine year old quarterback 356 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: and go back and recapture what he was at twenty two. 357 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: It said a very strange thing. It doesn't happen with 358 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 1: most quarterbacks because that was when Zeke was great, and 359 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 1: that was when Dak, you know, came in and they 360 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: managed them extremely well, and boy Garrett, that was the 361 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: zenith of his time with the Cowboys. And so it's 362 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 1: a very very strange thing you ask a guy who 363 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,879 Speaker 1: doesn't like being in charge of run based offenses in 364 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy, to try to reverse time and take a 365 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: quarterback back to who he was as rookie. But that's 366 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: that speaks to your point of, well, Dak was at 367 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:11,439 Speaker 1: his best now, I wouldn't I leave the ceiling open 368 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: to him still doing something big with the Cowboys. And 369 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:20,400 Speaker 1: part of that is because nobody's great. Nobody's great this year, 370 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: and it's kind of like, well why not, why not 371 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 1: the Cowboys? Why couldn't they get on a roll. Cowboys 372 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 1: are always on. I mean, it's like this thing could spiral. 373 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 1: They could lose to the Vikings. They gotta play immediately, 374 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 1: and before you know it, they're sitting there six and five. 375 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 1: Are they gonna be in the Are they gonna be 376 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:42,000 Speaker 1: in the playoffs? Or they win? They win Sunday, turn around, 377 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: win again, and you look up in their eight and three, 378 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 1: they're great, They're chasing the Eagles down and then they 379 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: go into Eagles Land with a chance to truly get 380 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 1: back into division race. I mean, this is the this 381 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: is the ultimate boomer Bus team in the NFL right now. 382 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: There are probably several that we could identify, but I mean, 383 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 1: I don't know that either to and so McCartney's either 384 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: going to get an extension or get fired. There's just 385 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 1: no in between at all. And he's there's a chance, 386 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: there's a chance this team mex is the NFC Title game. 387 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: And you know what people would do around here if 388 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: they made a the NFC title Game, they would treat 389 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: it like the super Bowl, because it's been twenty six 390 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: years since they've been to an NFC title game. Like 391 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 1: it wouldn't people sometimes go with cowboysper measure by Super Bowls. 392 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 1: They aren't anymore. They aren't anymore like an NFC title 393 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: just qualify you know how we beat up Aaron Rodgers. Oh, 394 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 1: he can't do it, only won won Super Bowl. If 395 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:48,479 Speaker 1: if you could give Romo or Dak Rogers playoff record 396 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: or Rogers accomplishments in terms of getting to NFC title games. 397 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: I mean, every Cowboys fan would trade with him in 398 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:58,879 Speaker 1: a heartbeat, because you know what he does, he gives. 399 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: He gets shoot there over and over and over again. 400 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: And there's something to be said for that. Is Jerry 401 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: Jones popular in Dallas? How's he viewed? Well? Yeah, he's 402 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,360 Speaker 1: popular everywhere. I mean, it's kind of like we got 403 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 1: these the most popular owners and all the professional sports, 404 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 1: they are all down here. I mean, Cubans the same 405 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: way he's. Cubans love. Cuban's well liked, I believe, I guess. 406 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: I mean there's some there's Mavericks fans who would push 407 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 1: back on that. He's more beloved outside than he Jerry 408 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: is just sort of like everybody just has learned that 409 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,919 Speaker 1: they've got to put up with him. It's never going 410 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 1: to change the dynamic. The family dynamic is never going 411 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: to change. And although he just turned eighty, I think 412 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 1: everybody understands that he'll be doing this till he's ninety 413 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: six or ninety seven years old. He's not this thought 414 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: of like, oh, Jerry's gonna die someday. No, we don't. 415 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 1: I don't buy into that. I guess he has to 416 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:11,680 Speaker 1: at some point, but I don't think so. I think people, um, 417 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: there's a Jerry is the perfect kind of Texan, you know, 418 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: and and and being a guy from Arkansas, he just 419 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:24,560 Speaker 1: fits in beautifully because people like kind of huxters and 420 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: funny and he has all that and and so he 421 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 1: just fits in beautifully with all the oil and all 422 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,399 Speaker 1: that stuff. So at this point, people are just like, 423 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: it's never gonna change. I mean, that doesn't mean people 424 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: don't constantly year after year bring in somebody, let somebody 425 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 1: else make the decisions. But so, yeah, he's I just 426 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: think he's I mean, he's beloved by the media, maybe 427 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: more than he is, maybe that's the way to say it, 428 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 1: maybe more than he is actually from the fandom the media. 429 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:02,919 Speaker 1: There's there's no relationship in all of professional sports like 430 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: the one Jerry enjoys with local media here. And he 431 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:13,920 Speaker 1: furnishes you guys, good content. Correct. It's constant, and it 432 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: bothers I should I should put this out. It bothers 433 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 1: certain head coaches. Even though McCartney doesn't have a huge ego, 434 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: he notes it. I've I've watched this happen after he 435 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 1: will watch and see who's late getting to his rest 436 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,880 Speaker 1: conference because they've been out talking to Jerry. And he'll 437 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 1: even note it. He'll say it, and he kind of 438 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 1: does it in a little bit of a joking way, 439 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,600 Speaker 1: but but he's serious about it because I think an 440 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: old school Pittsburgh guy like him thinks, can you believe 441 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,120 Speaker 1: that people would be hanging out out there talking to 442 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: Jerry instead of in here talking to the head coach. 443 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 1: But you go where the best quote is, you go 444 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 1: where the best story is, and the coach is only 445 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 1: going to be here for a short time. We know 446 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: that Jerry's going to be here forever. It's well put 447 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: mostly all right. I didn't have the best week, but 448 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: I felt most of my games were go either way games. 449 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I lost that Bears game, but I still 450 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: thought I was on the right side. Chad Millman CCO 451 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: Action Network. All odds provided by FanDuel, so it's a 452 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 1: bounce back week. Didn't love all the lines. There's a 453 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 1: lot of plus three or minus three, and I think 454 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: the numbers are right. So as we venture into Sharper 455 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 1: Square on a Friday morning, I'll start with one of 456 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 1: those games. Texans getting three or three and a half. 457 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 1: The Texans have been in most of their games. Washington 458 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: short week comes off a highly emotional win where they 459 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 1: played nearly perfect football. We tend to get a little 460 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: hyperbolic if a team looks great on a standalone game 461 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 1: Texans at home getting a field goal or more, I'd 462 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 1: take that side. Go look at their results they've been 463 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 1: in games. Sharper Squire sharp one hundred percent sharp. This 464 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 1: was immediately bet. I betted at plus three. Unfortunately I 465 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 1: bet it too early. It went up to three and 466 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 1: a half. The wise guys have now come back and 467 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 1: taken it down back to three. There might be a 468 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 1: couple three and a half's out there. If you can 469 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 1: find a three and a half, take it three is 470 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: still the right side for me. It's a huge pros 471 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: Joe's game. About eighty percent of the money coming in 472 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 1: on the Texans and about fifty eight percent of the 473 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: money coming in on the Commanders. The Texans. You mentioned it. 474 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,239 Speaker 1: They outplayed the Giants. Look, they averaged six yards per 475 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 1: play against against the Giants. They completely outplayed them. There's 476 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: massive Washington inflation. After beating Philly on Monday night. This 477 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:51,160 Speaker 1: was the first game that I bet Tuesday morning. Looked 478 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 1: at the lines, saw the Texans at plus three. I 479 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 1: was worried it was going to go to two and 480 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:56,800 Speaker 1: a half. I was worried the wise guys would nail 481 00:30:56,800 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: it through a week ten. The Texans have been the 482 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 1: unluckiest NFL team per our Luck Rankings, which quantifies a 483 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: lot of different metrics that basically say this team will 484 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: regress back to the mean. They have been incredibly unlucky 485 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: against the Giants. Two red zone turnovers, two red zone 486 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 1: field goals did them in. You're getting a couple of 487 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 1: points of value based on the perception right now. Take 488 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 1: the Texans. Another game that jumped out to me later today, 489 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 1: Chargers plus five and a half at home. Keenan Allen 490 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 1: Mike Williams should both play offensive lines in better shape. 491 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 1: You know, the Chiefs have not necessarily been a great 492 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 1: cover team. They win that don't necessarily cover. It feels 493 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 1: like a make or break game for the Chargers. This 494 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 1: one feels obvious to me. Five and a half Chargers 495 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 1: Sharper Square. Yeah, so this one opened at seven and 496 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: this one again. You know, we do that segment Sharp 497 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 1: calls on the Favorites, me and my bff, Simon Hunter, 498 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: where the wise guys will call us in the middle 499 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:01,600 Speaker 1: of the week after hearing the first episode of the week. 500 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: We get to the second episode. They're telling us what 501 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 1: they liked and what they didn't like about what we said. 502 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,720 Speaker 1: We love the Chargers in our first episode on Tuesday 503 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:13,600 Speaker 1: at plus seven. By late Thursday it was at five 504 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 1: and a half. I still like the Chargers at five 505 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 1: and a half. I like them a little bit less, 506 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: just because you're not getting the best of the number 507 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: and you want to get the best in the number 508 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: in these scenarios. The key here is that Patrick Mahomes 509 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:29,840 Speaker 1: historically does really well as a favorite of less than 510 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 1: three and a half is under five hundred. As a 511 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 1: favorite of more than three and a half, it's hard 512 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 1: to go on the road. The Chiefs have not been 513 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: winning by big numbers, and even against the Jags. I 514 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 1: like the Jags last week plus nine and a half. 515 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 1: They missed two field goals, right, so even then the 516 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,760 Speaker 1: score is not indicative of what happened on the field. 517 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 1: The Chargers are going to be the right side here. 518 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: I'm going to take the Eagals minus six and a 519 00:32:56,320 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 1: half at the Colts. So I think we're overplaying emotional 520 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: elevation of the Cults for Jeff Saturday. Dan Campbell briefly 521 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 1: was mister Magic in Miami. Philadelphia is a good team 522 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 1: that played like crap and could not get the ball 523 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 1: back in the first half. They're a much better team. 524 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:23,600 Speaker 1: We still have an MVP candidate quarterback, better O line 525 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,560 Speaker 1: and D line played to see. The Eagles picked up 526 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:29,040 Speaker 1: some interior D lineman this week. I think the Culture 527 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 1: a bad team. I know they're a favorite, but I 528 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 1: like the Eagles to blow them out. Sharper Square, there's 529 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: a reason why the Eagles had to pick up defensive 530 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 1: line help. There's a reason why the Commanders controlled the 531 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage for something like forty minutes. It's because 532 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 1: the Eagles defensive line is missing Jordan Davis and Fletcher 533 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 1: Cox had to play seventy plays and he was admitting 534 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,360 Speaker 1: in the middle of the week. He was feeling it 535 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 1: a little bit. Incomes in Domakan su who really who 536 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,760 Speaker 1: hasn't played this year. So now you're signing a guy 537 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:11,400 Speaker 1: off the street who's kind of got some tread on 538 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,280 Speaker 1: him and has past his prime, way past his prime, 539 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,960 Speaker 1: and plugging him in hoping that you're going to play 540 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: better against an offensive line that can be equal to 541 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 1: what Washington just did with a significantly better running back 542 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:31,040 Speaker 1: who's finally healthy. So I wasn't playing the emotional residence 543 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:34,640 Speaker 1: of Jeff Saturday coming in. I'm playing the fact the 544 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 1: Colts just have a better offensive line and have a 545 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 1: running game that I think can beat up on the 546 00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:45,920 Speaker 1: Eagles defensively. So you gotta take the Colts here. And 547 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,440 Speaker 1: this line has been coming down like it was at 548 00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:49,799 Speaker 1: eight and a half. It was at eight, it was 549 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:51,440 Speaker 1: seven and a half, it was seven. I took it 550 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,399 Speaker 1: at seven. I waited a little bit too long. It's 551 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:58,520 Speaker 1: getting a little bit lower. Like you're alone on this one, Kylin. 552 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: The wise guys like the Colts. I like the Cowboys 553 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,439 Speaker 1: minus one and a half at the Vikings, an exhausting, 554 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:10,279 Speaker 1: wildly emotional game against Buffalo, Dallas had opportunity after opportunity 555 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,200 Speaker 1: to beat Green Bay. They were controlling them at Lambo 556 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:17,839 Speaker 1: in the third quarter. Also, the left tackle for the Vikings, 557 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 1: who's been fantastic, could be hurt. Michael Parsons Office worst 558 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 1: game of the year. I take Dallas straight up to 559 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:29,160 Speaker 1: beat Vikings. Sharper square, totally sharp. The wise guys are 560 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,920 Speaker 1: in love, in love with this game. And this is 561 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:36,319 Speaker 1: like one of the biggest pros Joe's disparities that we 562 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 1: have on the board this week. When I'm talking about 563 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,239 Speaker 1: pros Joe's, I talk about tickets are the joes, the 564 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,320 Speaker 1: number of betting tickets ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars 565 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,400 Speaker 1: coming in on one side, and the money those are 566 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:52,719 Speaker 1: the pros coming in on the other side. Huge disparity 567 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 1: in this game. Look, everyone says it. The Vikings have 568 00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:00,320 Speaker 1: been one of the luckiest teams this year, the inning 569 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,520 Speaker 1: in less than one score games. We saw it again 570 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:07,920 Speaker 1: this past week. This past week, their collective win probability 571 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,880 Speaker 1: in the game makes them the second luckiest winners in 572 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:15,759 Speaker 1: the NFL since twenty fourteen. Number one by the way 573 00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:20,799 Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins against the Baltimore Ravens earlier this year. This 574 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:25,520 Speaker 1: is a mediocre team in every single respect. This is 575 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 1: a mediocre team in the Minnesota Vikings. Look at the 576 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:32,440 Speaker 1: Dvoa Cowboys or fourth Minnesota's seventeenth estimated wins. So if 577 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:36,279 Speaker 1: you take away sort of the one score elements and 578 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:39,759 Speaker 1: you just look at the overall stats, Dallas should have 579 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:43,720 Speaker 1: seven point seven wins. Minnesota should have four point five wins. 580 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 1: Yards per play on offense Minnesota sixteenth yards per play allowed, 581 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:51,920 Speaker 1: their twenty eighth. This is Dallas. Every single wise guy 582 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,719 Speaker 1: will tell you Dallas should be favored by three in 583 00:36:53,760 --> 00:37:01,040 Speaker 1: this game. Okay, another game I liked. The Jets are 584 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,520 Speaker 1: able to get a rush with four people. If you 585 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:07,680 Speaker 1: look at Mac Jones' numbers, they are regressing badly. He 586 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,600 Speaker 1: is now no better than Zach Wilson on six or 587 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,320 Speaker 1: seven vital stats. If the numbers three and a half 588 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,240 Speaker 1: and what I think will be a very low scoring 589 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:20,600 Speaker 1: game between two very good defensive coaches, that's just too much. 590 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:24,360 Speaker 1: The weather could be choppy, New England just doesn't score 591 00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:26,239 Speaker 1: a lot, and the Jets don't allow you to score 592 00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:29,239 Speaker 1: a lot. They discombobulated the Packers at Lambeaux. If I 593 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,440 Speaker 1: get three and a half, I would take the Jets. 594 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:37,120 Speaker 1: That just seems again low scoring Jets front, real pressure 595 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:41,759 Speaker 1: on Mac Jones, who is acknowledged this year has been 596 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:45,800 Speaker 1: a struggle for him with no offensive coordinator. Jets plus 597 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:49,200 Speaker 1: three and a half Sharper square. The flip side is 598 00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:53,200 Speaker 1: that what is it? Three weeks ago the Jets and 599 00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 1: the Patriots played in New York, New Jersey. The Patriots 600 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,560 Speaker 1: were three point favorites in that game. They ended up 601 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,839 Speaker 1: winning by five. So three weeks later, after a big 602 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:10,160 Speaker 1: Jets win against the Bills, the Patriots now go home 603 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,320 Speaker 1: and they are three point favorites again. So you're telling me, 604 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:16,800 Speaker 1: in those three weeks, with one win that is dynamic 605 00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:18,960 Speaker 1: and gets the Jets a Bill's team that might not 606 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:22,360 Speaker 1: be as good as we thought it was, the Patriots 607 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,440 Speaker 1: are all of a sudden still just three point favorites. 608 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:27,240 Speaker 1: So that three point edge that you get by playing 609 00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:31,040 Speaker 1: at home is washed away in three weeks. That is 610 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:34,759 Speaker 1: a massive, massive adjustment. The Patriots are the wise guys 611 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:37,600 Speaker 1: side here. The Patriots have been betting. The wise guys 612 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,759 Speaker 1: have been betting the Patriots. They bet them at three. 613 00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:41,840 Speaker 1: It's why it's going up to three and a half. 614 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,120 Speaker 1: I would still take it at three and a half. 615 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,960 Speaker 1: I might even take it at four. I think the 616 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:50,799 Speaker 1: Patriots mac Jones might be complaining, but their running game 617 00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:55,480 Speaker 1: is doing really well. And I am not actually as 618 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:59,319 Speaker 1: big a hater on Matt Patricia running that offense as 619 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,480 Speaker 1: other people have been. I think he's kind of figured 620 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:05,800 Speaker 1: something out. So of the wise guys, they like the Patriots, 621 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,480 Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna take the Raiders plus two and 622 00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,440 Speaker 1: a half at Denver off a bye Denver is awful, 623 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,399 Speaker 1: could not get into the red zone. The Raiders are 624 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:17,319 Speaker 1: in six one possession losses, They're in games, they have 625 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:21,640 Speaker 1: a legitimate quarterback, they have a functional coach. I can't 626 00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:24,200 Speaker 1: Denver can't be a favorite over anybody. Can you imagine 627 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,919 Speaker 1: coming in off a bye week and you can't get 628 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 1: into the red zone again? If the Titan team missing 629 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,960 Speaker 1: five starters. The Raiders are the better team. This goes 630 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:39,200 Speaker 1: to my Arizona Seattle situation where twice Seattle got points. 631 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,000 Speaker 1: Seattle is a better team. The Raiders are the better 632 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:45,360 Speaker 1: team than Denver. Of course I'm taking point sharper square, 633 00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:50,760 Speaker 1: So yeah, the Raiders are the better team. The wise 634 00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,960 Speaker 1: guys will be betting the Raiders. It's a really interesting 635 00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:58,400 Speaker 1: game because when these two teams met earlier in the season, 636 00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,520 Speaker 1: you had almost an apparently a different lineup for the 637 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,440 Speaker 1: Denver Broncos. You won't have Randy Gregory in this game. 638 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,800 Speaker 1: You had him in that game. You won't have Bradley 639 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:09,359 Speaker 1: Chubb in this game. You had him in that game. 640 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,279 Speaker 1: You're not gonna have kJ Hamler, you had him in 641 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:14,359 Speaker 1: that game. Jerry Judy potentially injured. You have a lot 642 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,279 Speaker 1: of injuries on the offensive line, and as we know, 643 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:21,000 Speaker 1: this offense is terrible. Right the last time a team 644 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:24,560 Speaker 1: was last in scoring offense and first in scoring defense 645 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:30,880 Speaker 1: nineteen forty six. I think everyone saw the stat this week. 646 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:35,520 Speaker 1: If the Broncos had scored more than seventeen points in 647 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:40,800 Speaker 1: any of their games this year, they'd be eight and one. 648 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:45,560 Speaker 1: So I think you're getting the right side in the Raiders, 649 00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:48,279 Speaker 1: all right. We always finished with two things. I ask 650 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,360 Speaker 1: you about a game that I'm not going to bet 651 00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:54,480 Speaker 1: you can potentially talk me into it. Bears plush three 652 00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:56,759 Speaker 1: at the Falcons. Chicago would have been my side. I 653 00:40:56,760 --> 00:41:00,080 Speaker 1: thought they outplayed Detroit, but Atlanta can take the ball 654 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,160 Speaker 1: away from you with a run game. And justin Fields, 655 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,239 Speaker 1: who's a little heavy legged now because they're depending on 656 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:10,160 Speaker 1: them a lot. Howl how would you play it? So 657 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:14,000 Speaker 1: I like the Bears in this game, but I'm waiting 658 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,040 Speaker 1: to see if it gets back to three and a half. 659 00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,040 Speaker 1: It was at three and a half. I think if 660 00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:21,480 Speaker 1: you can get there, I'd probably play the Bears at 661 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:24,360 Speaker 1: a field goal. It's a pass for me, but honestly, 662 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:28,879 Speaker 1: the Bears the last few weeks have been offensive juggernauts, 663 00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:32,640 Speaker 1: right and this is the one thing that Justin Fields 664 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:35,320 Speaker 1: has shown, other than his legs when he's not being pressured, 665 00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,960 Speaker 1: he's a pretty good passer. And right now, the Falcons 666 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:42,040 Speaker 1: can't get any pressure on the quarterback, the league's worst 667 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:46,439 Speaker 1: pressure rate, and their secondary is still shorthanded. Meanwhile, their 668 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:49,520 Speaker 1: offense has been fading a little bit. Marks mariotas sort 669 00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:51,879 Speaker 1: of becoming who he thought he would be, And so 670 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:54,759 Speaker 1: are the Falcons going to be able to score enough 671 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:58,239 Speaker 1: to keep up with the Bears. They're both incredibly bad defenses. 672 00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:00,640 Speaker 1: The Bears offense, to me, is a little more and 673 00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,839 Speaker 1: I think Justin Fields is a better quarterback. So I'm 674 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,000 Speaker 1: just hoping that the number as we get closer to 675 00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,839 Speaker 1: the game gets back up to three and a half. 676 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:10,479 Speaker 1: Finally in Sharper Square, Chad Millman, give me a game 677 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:14,439 Speaker 1: I haven't brought up that you think is a gem. Well, look, 678 00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:18,360 Speaker 1: you you brought up the Chargers, which I was surprised 679 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:20,799 Speaker 1: and pleasantly surprised that you brought them up. You threw 680 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,359 Speaker 1: the Broncos at me, which we hadn't even talked about, 681 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:25,600 Speaker 1: and sort of when I start to get word of 682 00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:29,439 Speaker 1: what you might be interested in, So the other game 683 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:32,800 Speaker 1: that is interesting to me. Let me see if I 684 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:35,840 Speaker 1: can convince you with this, because I am Last week 685 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:39,520 Speaker 1: we talked about the Niners and the Chargers, and I 686 00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,160 Speaker 1: told you I was making an executive decision. The wise 687 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:45,120 Speaker 1: guys were really all over the Niners. I loved the 688 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,880 Speaker 1: Chargers in this spot right. I'm going to do the 689 00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:52,799 Speaker 1: same thing this week, the Steelers and the Bengals. The 690 00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:56,880 Speaker 1: Wise guys love the Steelers. They love the T. J. 691 00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,480 Speaker 1: Watt is back, They love Mike Tomlin as a home dog. 692 00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,680 Speaker 1: They are impressed by their performance last week. So are 693 00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:06,719 Speaker 1: we both love the Steelers last week? This line has 694 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,560 Speaker 1: moved from five and a half down to five to 695 00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:11,600 Speaker 1: four and a half to four to three and a half. 696 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,640 Speaker 1: I'm taking the Bengals, right, I think I've got the 697 00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:19,640 Speaker 1: better quarterback. I've got the better team. I've got a 698 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:22,719 Speaker 1: team that one last week, coming off the bye with 699 00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:27,200 Speaker 1: a new quarterback, they're a little bit lower emotionally. I 700 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:30,960 Speaker 1: feel like this is a really good spot for the 701 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:34,640 Speaker 1: Bengals to taking the lead forward in their quest to 702 00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:37,200 Speaker 1: get back to the playoffs. Also, the Steelers, off a 703 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,920 Speaker 1: bye beat the Saints in a short week, so Kenny 704 00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:44,160 Speaker 1: Pickett had extra days to prepare. Now Kenny is the 705 00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:48,759 Speaker 1: quarterback with fewer days to prepare against the significantly better quarterback, 706 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:53,239 Speaker 1: so Burrow does. At three, I would take them. These 707 00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:57,160 Speaker 1: divisional rivalry games are close, but pick It now goes 708 00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:01,120 Speaker 1: from having that advantage of extra prep facing a significantly 709 00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:04,399 Speaker 1: better quarterback that has the advantage over him. It does 710 00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:07,480 Speaker 1: feel like the Bengals of the side. It does feel 711 00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:09,000 Speaker 1: like the Bengals of the side. I will tell you, 712 00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:10,799 Speaker 1: I don't know that it's going to get to three. 713 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:13,560 Speaker 1: I hope it does. I took it at three and 714 00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:16,719 Speaker 1: a half because I'm starting to see numbers out there 715 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:18,840 Speaker 1: where it could go back to be four before it 716 00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:20,920 Speaker 1: goes back down to three. So I took it at 717 00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:22,600 Speaker 1: three and a half. I might have rushed. I got 718 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:25,480 Speaker 1: a little antsy. I don't know. Sometimes I get impatient, 719 00:44:25,719 --> 00:44:29,760 Speaker 1: but it'll be interesting. Look when we do the podcast, 720 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:31,360 Speaker 1: when we do the favorites, when Simon and I do 721 00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:34,279 Speaker 1: the favorites, we will have one bet every week that 722 00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:36,480 Speaker 1: we call our big balls better the week. It's the 723 00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:39,760 Speaker 1: bet that nobody else is making that feels kind of ugly. 724 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:44,160 Speaker 1: And we were debating this week between the Chargers and 725 00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:49,960 Speaker 1: the Bengals, and we ultimately went with the Bengals. All right, Melburn, 726 00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:52,440 Speaker 1: good stuff. 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