1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up 2 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: Straight Fire Family. It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire for Friday, 3 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: January one, And as you turn up this podcast on 4 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: an early Friday morning, you have to wonder, is Frank 5 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: Vogel still gonna be employed by the end of the 6 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: weekend with the l A Lakers. That's a big question 7 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,840 Speaker 1: right now in the NBA Lakers head on the beginnings 8 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: of what looks like a brutal six game road trip 9 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: at Orlando tonight, then Sunday in Miami against the Soaring 10 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: Heat who are getting healthy and looking good. Then they 11 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 1: travel to the Nets, no Kevin Durant. Then it's down 12 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: to Philly where Joel embiad is. Uh, let's just say 13 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: playing well. And then it's Charlotte, LaMelo Ball, Atlanta and 14 00:00:55,160 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: Trey Young and they return home on February second. Uh um, listen. 15 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: I was obviously very very clear on this on on 16 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: social media after that loss to Indiana where they choked 17 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 1: late Wednesday night. You can't fire Frank Vogel. It makes 18 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: no sense right now. Anthony Davis has been heard for 19 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: over a month. Vogel is not the guy who brought 20 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: in Russell Westbrook. So what are we doing here? Lakers 21 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: are struggling, there are a game under five hundred. What 22 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: do you think they would be without Anthony Davis take 23 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: away the second best player from any team? How are they? 24 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 1: I mean, look at the Sixers until a recent odds streak, 25 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: the Sixers are five hundred team without Ben Simmons. He 26 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: hasn't played at all for them. And by the way, 27 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: the Lakers I believe returned three or four of their 28 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: like ten rotational guys from last year they were upheavaled 29 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: the entire roster. And oh, by the way, Lebron and 30 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: A d are the ones who brought in Westbrook. That 31 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: is a fact. That's I mean, you could the stories 32 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: have been written about the meeting that they had and 33 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: I don't know, you know, it's funny. Rob Polinka is 34 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: catching no heat for this. I mean, let's be realistic. 35 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: Lebron made this happen. Can Lebron fix it? Well? The 36 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: problem is, as everybody's tried to unearth, can you, in 37 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: any way, shape or for him trade Westbrook for anything? 38 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: And the answer is one guy, John Wall who hasn't 39 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: played yet for the Rockets, but is Houston taking back 40 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook. At this point, you gotta attach something to Russ. 41 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: It's a mess. Ultimately, they're gonna have to figure out something, 42 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: and it's gonna mostly involve Russell Westbrook running the second unit. 43 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: He can still play minutes tonight, that's fine, maybe even 44 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,959 Speaker 1: more when Lebron's out, but running with the first unit 45 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: does not make sense. It just doesn't. He doesn't play defense. 46 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: He's not a team player. He wants his volume shots. 47 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: I think if he's gonna try to get his numbers, 48 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: do it against backups around the league, because that's what 49 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook is right now. And and Vogel benching him 50 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 1: down the stretch against Indiana, even though they lost, was 51 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: the right move. I'm sure Westbrook was pissed off, but 52 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: that's reality. Russ. Welcome to your mid thirties, and just 53 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: just to put a cap on this before we get 54 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: to the NFL. It's it's funny. This is pretty much 55 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: the same Westbrook that Kevin Durant left in Okay. See. Yeah, 56 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 1: maybe he was a little bit of a better score, 57 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: but it's not like he was a much better shooter. 58 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: He was still a high volume guy. Where I've got 59 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 1: to have the basketball in my hands. I don't play 60 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: any defense except try to steep make steels by reading 61 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: the passing lanes. I don't set screens like this is 62 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: not that different of a guy. And remember the upheaval 63 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: when Kevin Durant left. I was like, how could he 64 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: do that to rouss? Like? Uh, NBA fans, they're so silly. 65 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 66 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox Sports 67 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,839 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the I Heart Radio app 68 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,119 Speaker 1: search f s R to listen live. All right, let's 69 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: get to the NFL. Actually, a couple of quick shout out. 70 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: First of all, great, we guess Rob g making some 71 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: of these guys happen. You guys like Matt Moseley a 72 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: lot the Cowboys Doomsday podcast. Guy, you like Mike Jones 73 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: of USA Today's Sports. Obviously, David Baker is now a 74 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: straight fire favorite, good guy pumping up the podcast. He's 75 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: really sharp. Um, if you listen to the Baker Pod, 76 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 1: I'm sure you guys are wondering where you're gonna do 77 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,840 Speaker 1: the draft. Kings are new uh, which is rolling out 78 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: ads the last two weeks on the pot. I hope 79 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: you guys are taking advantage of that free money. Yes free, 80 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: it's actually free money if you're in one of those 81 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: three states. I do wonder how many of you are 82 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: just gonna put that bet if you listen to the ad, 83 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,559 Speaker 1: you get like a free bet with actual real money 84 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: that you can win. Literally, they're giving you money to bet. Um, 85 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: how many of you gonna put on Brady? How many 86 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: on Rogers? I listen, I know Baker makes a compelling case, 87 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: and I'll give out the bets I've already made in 88 00:04:55,880 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: a minute at the end. But um, I just going 89 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: against Matt Stafford here is going to be very popular, 90 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: and I people could get their lunch eat. I know 91 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: nobody wants to back Stafford here. I'm wanting. I think 92 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: I don't know anybody else who's really on them. We'll see. 93 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 1: But first, hey, remember I promised you guys there was 94 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: I had a fun story from over the weekend out 95 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: here in California. And again, I don't like to bring 96 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: in politics at all, but I thought this warranted to mention, 97 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: and I did run it by the wife to make 98 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: sure I could tell this story. Um, so you know, 99 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: we go out to dinner last weekend in Orange County, 100 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 1: and it was kind of like a last minute thing 101 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: where we gonna go? And um, I asked the kids, 102 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: like what kind of food you and of course they're 103 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: like pasta. You know, kids love pasta. So Jason the 104 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 1: simpleton just goes on, uh the map app on the 105 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: phone and I type in like Italian restaurant and I 106 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: get like a close one and I make sure it 107 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 1: has good. This restaurant had like four or four and 108 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 1: a half stars one of that, and I was like, 109 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: all right, boom call um. I was like, do you 110 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: guys have outdoor seating? That's obviously our top priority the 111 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: middle of COVID. Yes, again we're sitting outside. Yes, we 112 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: got outdoor seating. Great. So, you know, we go over 113 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: to the restaurant and you turn the corner and as 114 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: you're pulling up, there's this massive American flag. I mean, 115 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: you know, you couldn't miss it. It's not like a 116 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: standard American flag that people have at their house. You know, 117 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: it's probably like four or five times the size of that. 118 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: And instantly you see it and you're like, oh jeez, 119 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: it's one of those players. Okay, all right, let's let's 120 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: try to be positive. You know that's we get night out. 121 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 1: Let's keep a positive. So you know, there's outdoors, there's 122 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: we see the outdoor seating, which is fine. There's only 123 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: like one table taken and there's still like four or 124 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: five others and they have the heat lands. They're like, 125 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: all right, you know American flag aside. I know that 126 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: can be like a symbol. Now that is kind of 127 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: a misguided symbol. But I'm not gonna go down that 128 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: road at any rate. So we roll up and I 129 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 1: got the mask in hand. Kids have the masks, and 130 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: you know, this is what you do when you go 131 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 1: to restaurants. You wear the mask and then you get 132 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: to your table and take it off, and you walk 133 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 1: in the hotels you're wearing the mask and all this stuff. 134 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: It's pretty normal that we've been doing it for almost 135 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: two years. And we walk up the stairs and the 136 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: hostess or the manager whatever this guy is rolls up 137 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: and I go, you guys, these outdoor tables aren't taken 138 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: for reservations. And he's like, oh yeah, they're totally available. 139 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: But you know what we don't do here. We don't 140 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: do masks. And between the American flag and this like 141 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,559 Speaker 1: first sentence out of his mouth. We don't do masks, 142 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: you can go ahead and get rid of him, is 143 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 1: like jeez. And so you know, we're like, oh, He's like, yeah, 144 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: no mask here, we do not need the mask. It's 145 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: all good or whatever is saying is uh. And then 146 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 1: my wife, who is very smart and funny, goes, I 147 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: thought you guys were all about freedom, and the guy 148 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: is kind of taken aback. I guess he's used to 149 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: people just falling in line and says something along the 150 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: lines of yeah, our kind freedom and our our version 151 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 1: of freedom, our version of freedom. And at that point 152 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: I kind of stopped and I was like okay, okay uh. 153 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: And you know, then he hands the menus to us 154 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: as we're sitting down. He turns to go inside and 155 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: he says to me kind of on the side, yeah, 156 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: oh maya, the owner would kill me if he came 157 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: and saw anybody wearing masks. And I'm just like, oh, 158 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: my goodness. Um, and then he, for whatever reason, says 159 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 1: like thanks sweetie as we're taking off the mask, and 160 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: then walks inside and my wife's like, we're not eating here, 161 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: and we just kind of got up. It was one 162 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 1: of those weird moments. Where it's like, wait, in two years, 163 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: nobody's told us you cannot wear masks even walk into 164 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: your table. And it was like, it's just one of 165 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: those weird moments. So I waited behind the wife and 166 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,320 Speaker 1: the kids go to the car and I tell the guy, yep, 167 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: we're gonna we're gonna take off. He's like, okay, I understand, 168 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: and I just we left, and it was just one 169 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: of those moments where you're like, man, you know this 170 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: is where we are. This signaling like that basically putting 171 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: up the American flag and said hey, there's a no 172 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: mask zone and to say like you can't wear masks 173 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: is really idiotic. I took a peek in the place, 174 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: and you know how a lot of tables are kind 175 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: of spaced out so you're not right up on top 176 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: of each other when you're talking. This place did not 177 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: have that, and I was just like, you know, this 178 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: is just a COVID den. It's good. I mean it 179 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: did not look. Yeah, it did not look like a 180 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: place you'd want to just be eating wall to wallpacked 181 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 1: in like sardines. Who cares? But now with this stuff 182 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: spreading so bad, like nobody wants that, nobody needs that, 183 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 1: and it was just one of those weird it's almost 184 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: sad moments, you know. It just felt a little depressing, 185 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: Like we've gone up to restaurants and I get it, 186 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: like the hostess not wearing a mask, the waiters, waitresses 187 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: not mask. That's fine, I get it. But to tell 188 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: people you can't wear the mask, that's a little troubling, 189 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: you know. And I'm one of those weirdos who's always 190 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: wondering like, damn, but these people screwing with my food? 191 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: You know, I am. I know a lot of people don't, 192 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: so I'll never forget. When I was in college, you know, 193 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: we were kind of broke college kids. We ordered food 194 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: and we wouldn't really tip the pizza guys much. And 195 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: eventually one of our roommates was like, why aren't you 196 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 1: guys tipping? You know, they're gonna if you keep ordering 197 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 1: from there and you don't tip, they're gonna mess with 198 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,599 Speaker 1: your food. And I had never really thought about that 199 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: because growing up, you know, my mom basically cooked like 200 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: six days a week, so we didn't order out a 201 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: lot um. And it was one of those things where damn, 202 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: I get that. And then you go to these restaurants 203 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: and if the people are real strange like that at 204 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:42,559 Speaker 1: the door and just getting all up in your business 205 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: with like take off your mask, like I just I 206 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: don't know. We didn't feel comfortable, so we went elsewhere. 207 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: It actually found a great spot that was that was delicious. 208 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: But enough of um COVID two stories. Let's get to 209 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,439 Speaker 1: the NFL weekend. The lines are pretty much locked in. 210 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 1: First game up is Bengal Tennessee. I told you guys 211 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: earlier this week, I bet Tennessee minus three. It's up 212 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: to three and a half. I doubt we'll see a four. 213 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: I had a guy on Instagram on the d m 214 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 1: s try to convince me about the over over. I 215 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know what to expect from Tennessee. 216 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: Like there's there's two games. I don't really I don't 217 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: know what to expect, and Tennessee cincinnais one of them. 218 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: Like Cincinnati just wanted home, like barely. Joe Burrow first 219 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: road playoff game Bengals. You know, I don't have much 220 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: outside of Burrow in Chase. Uh mixing is okay, but 221 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 1: this is a good Tennessee front. Um Tennessee is I 222 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:39,119 Speaker 1: think they have eight wins against teams that made the playoffs. 223 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure that's the highest in the league. Or 224 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: maybe it's eight wins over teams that are over five. 225 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: Either way, the Tennessee Titans have done like real good 226 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: damage this here, and I know they played down to 227 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: their competition a lot. So I can't take the Bengals here, uh, 228 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: Or I'm sorry, I can't take Tennessee at three and 229 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: a half because they've won six games. Tennessee has by 230 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: a field or less, So like, are they gonna play 231 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 1: their best and Vaybel's gonna coach them up against Buffalo 232 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: and casey, oh of course, and then what happens against 233 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: like the Jets, and I know they're down some guys 234 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: and um, they also look pretty rotten against the Texans 235 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: and I know, again down a j Brown And it's 236 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: just tough to handicap this team. They seem fully healthy. 237 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,680 Speaker 1: So I guess I would say, if you can't find 238 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: a three, maybe you know, good luck if you want 239 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: to take three and a half. But I took the 240 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 1: three out and I would, you know, consider them in 241 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: a teaser. Teasing through zero doesn't do a lot. I 242 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: don't see Cincinnati winning this game. I don't see them 243 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: going from dregs of the league to a f C 244 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:42,679 Speaker 1: championship in a year. Um, you know this is not 245 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: really relevant to the game, but the franchise, Cincinnati's never 246 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: won a road playoff game in the history of the franchise. 247 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: Just to put that in perspective, Mark stanche haz won 248 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 1: four in two years with the Jets. Like that's that 249 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 1: to me is crazy. It's just insane that the Bengals 250 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,040 Speaker 1: have never won a road play off game. Anyways, I 251 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: think the I think the Tennessee Titans win. Um, I 252 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,719 Speaker 1: can't give him the oh they're gonna blow him out. 253 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: I could say it could happen, but I do Tennessee 254 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,439 Speaker 1: doesn't really Yes, they blow it, blew out case, but 255 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,439 Speaker 1: they don't always crush bad teams. Even look at that 256 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: late late season game. I know, no Derrick Henry, but 257 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: they're leading the Texans and they kind of fall asleep 258 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: and take their foot off the gas. And would they 259 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 1: do that here? I don't remember. They laid an egg 260 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: last year at home in the playoffs against Lamar Jackson, 261 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: took an early ten nothing lead and then had like 262 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: I think like eighty yards of offense the rest of 263 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: the game and lost. And you know we are talking 264 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: about Ryan Tannehill here, so buyer beware the second the 265 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: Saturday night game. I kind of love forty nine Packers. 266 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: The good news is it sounds like Garoppolo is going 267 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: to play. He was limited in practice Tuesday, full practice Wednesday, 268 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: and Thursday the shoulder of the hand. The real concern 269 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 1: now is how does the guy who's never played in 270 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: a game where it's colder than thirty two degrees go 271 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: in injured to lambeau and it's supposed to be like 272 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: seven degrees or three degrees that kick off some insanely 273 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 1: low number at lambeau Field never played in a game 274 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: below thirty two degrees, and now he's gonna play in 275 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: freezing temperatures while injured. I don't know Otherwise, I like 276 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 1: the Niners. What the Niners can do here with Debot 277 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 1: and Kiddle over the middle and their front four should 278 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: get pressure on Rogers. I don't like the matchups against 279 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: Davante Adams, But overriding sense here is if you look 280 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: at the season long numbers, four Niners are the better team. 281 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 1: I know that nobody would nobody could credibly argue that 282 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: they're better. But the over the course of the entire 283 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: season net yards per play, d v o A, defense, 284 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: d v o A overall special teams like the Niners 285 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: are better. The Packers have not destroyed teams. I mean, 286 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: look at that game against the Browns. Baker throws four 287 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 1: interceptions and it's still Cleveland down to driving for maybe 288 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 1: the game winning field goal. I think, how does that happen? 289 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: You know, La Fleur gets all this credit. It's such 290 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 1: a great coach. It's gott Aaron Rodgers. You know La 291 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: Fleur late game playoffs, we'll see. I mean he did 292 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: get choked out badly by Shanahan two years ago in 293 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: the NFC title game where they threw the ball I 294 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: think famously eight times with Garoppolo uh, and then Garoppolo 295 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: uh beat um another time in the regular season and 296 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: then they lost by two. The late Rogers drive this 297 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: year six is a lot um. You know, if if 298 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 1: you know Garoppolo subhow doesn't play. Obviously the huge edge 299 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: for the Niners, But I'm sorry for the Packers because 300 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: Trey Lance would have no chance, as we talked about 301 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: earlier this week, But it feels like, if you want 302 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: to tease any team this weekend. Green Bay has gotta 303 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 1: be involved. If you think they just win at home, 304 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: should be noted. Aaron Rodgers has never beaten the Niners 305 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, and Aaron Aaron Rodgers has had his 306 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: issues in the postseason um, especially in the NFC Championship game. 307 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: And I know it's weird stuff happens the on side 308 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: kick in Seattle. Uh, it was a bad New York 309 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: Giants loss where they were I think fifteen and one, 310 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: and you know, is there some rust coming off the 311 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: bye week? Uh? Niners third straight road game. Remember they 312 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 1: had to go to the Rams win that just to 313 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: get in, and then go to Dallas survive. And now 314 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: they go to Green Bay like it's a lot. This 315 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 1: is a real tough game. I would just say, yeah, 316 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: if you're looking for two teams to tease, I think 317 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: the Saturday ones are probably safest. Tennessee and Green Bay 318 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: I think win those games. I'd like to see the 319 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 1: Niners for for some futures bets that I made when 320 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: I went to Vegas to sign up for the contest. 321 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: I have Niners to win the Super Bowl would be 322 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: awesome for me, would be excellent. Fox Sports Radio has 323 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all 324 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: of our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot com and 325 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: within the I Heart Radio app search f s R 326 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: to listen live. Another team would be excellent is the Ramps. 327 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: And uh, if you just say it out loud, Matt 328 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 1: Stafford takes down Tom Brady in Tampa to reach the 329 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: NFC Championship Game. It's tough to like say that and 330 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: speak it into existence because nobody thinks that Matt Stafford 331 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,119 Speaker 1: won his first playoff game. Tom Brady his nine and 332 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: oh in his last nine Divisional round games nine and 333 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: his last loss. By the way, because I need another 334 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:21,959 Speaker 1: Jets reference was to Mark Sanchez and the Jets one. 335 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: I remember that game like it was yesterday. Sean Green 336 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 1: around the end I think it was on third and 337 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 1: one touchdown run and then lays down in the end 338 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 1: zone and does like he's laying down pool side. It 339 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 1: was like it was just epic. I remember, um, I 340 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 1: think that was yes so my wife was pregnant and 341 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: I remember watching it in Pennsylvania. We had the fireplace 342 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 1: that I had a buddy over and I was just 343 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: absolutely freaking out. It was just awesome. I mean, again, 344 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: we're the Jets. We don't really, we don't do it. 345 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: We don't have a lot of playoffs success, and that 346 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 1: win was everything. That was probably one of my I 347 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: don't know ten favorite sports wins ever, eating Brady in 348 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: Foxborough and it was Mark Sentchez doing the job to 349 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: Um but again, and I wrote about this for Fox 350 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 1: Sports dot Com. I told me to Baker and I 351 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: went at this over and over. This is just I 352 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: don't think this is as good if a Tampa team. 353 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: Clearly not as good as they were last year in 354 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,199 Speaker 1: the playoffs. Clearly not as good as they were in 355 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 1: like October when they had Antonio Brown and Godwin and 356 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: for Nett was healthy. Um and it's Worth's injuries significant. 357 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: And then you just look at the I know people 358 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: want to say, oh, they just murdered Philly. Just it 359 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: doesn't even matter like Philadelphia not was not good. I 360 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: can't believe I even thought they had a chance of 361 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: money line. But look at the opposing defenses. Tampa's faced 362 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: thirty first in the league according to Football Outsiders. The 363 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: last time they faced the top ten defense was the Saints. 364 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 1: It was nine nothing the Saints, what do they do? 365 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: They put Lattimore on Evans, they get pressure up in 366 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 1: the middle and they try to make sure that Gronk 367 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: is not killing them. What can the Rams do? Well, 368 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: they got Aaron Donald up the middle, they got Floyd 369 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: and now von Miller. Von Miller was not in the 370 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 1: earlier game, by the way, neither was Odell Beckham Um. 371 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: And then you put Ramsey on Evans, and I can 372 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,640 Speaker 1: there's this scenario for me where this game goes under 373 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: and the Rams kind of just are able to pull away. 374 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: I mean, if you I'll never forget this one either. 375 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving we were on a little um we went to 376 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:35,160 Speaker 1: the desert out here with some friends Thanksgiving weekend, and 377 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: you know, we're watching the game and like an idiot, 378 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:41,680 Speaker 1: I had Tampa and I mean it was just Jared Goff, 379 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,880 Speaker 1: Cooper Cup and Robert Woods just eating. I think Goff 380 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: through for like three yards or four yards and Cooper 381 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: Cop got whatever he wanted. And guess what, the secondary 382 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 1: from tampa's not any better than it was last year. 383 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 1: It's just not And you saw Stafford carve him up 384 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 1: earlier this year. I mean, Dean and Um facing on 385 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: the other guy, Carlton David, They're they're just not that good. 386 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 1: And the reason is because they were hung out on 387 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: islands because the front flour can't get pressure. JPP go 388 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 1: look at his numbers this year terrible. So what do 389 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: they have to do. They have to blitz. And now 390 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 1: I will take Cooper Cup against any of those Tampa 391 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 1: defensive backs. Last week they look great against Philly because 392 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: guess what what do you worry about? Hurt tam making 393 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: them play. He's got happy feet in the pocket. He 394 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 1: was rushing everything. I mean they even slowed it down. 395 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: I think it was Dan Orlovsky pulled the clip and 396 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: put it on about how he had Quez Watkins wide 397 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: open early in the game deep no safety and Hurts 398 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:38,440 Speaker 1: just didn't want to make the throw, pulled it down 399 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: and ate a sack. Stafford ain't doing that again. I 400 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: know people think like the clown on Stafford. That's fine. 401 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: I mean, you never want to say a game can 402 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: define a guy's career, But for do too. As one 403 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: playoff when it was last week played in Detroit, everybody 404 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 1: held always the number one pick. He's got a great arm. 405 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,199 Speaker 1: This is the game going to Tampa, beat the defending champs, 406 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:02,160 Speaker 1: send Brady home, and nobody can say anything about Matt 407 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: Stafford anymore. Well, you never want to overreacted one game, 408 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 1: but this could be could be the game for Stafford. 409 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: I like the Rams have on the money line, so'll 410 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,959 Speaker 1: be a big swing game for my for my NFL 411 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 1: season and then wrapping it up Sunday night a great one. Um. Oh, 412 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: by the way, Rams Bucks, remember how I started that 413 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,439 Speaker 1: girl's basketball league with another dad. Of course one of 414 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: our games is during Rams Bucks. So, uh, my assistant 415 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:33,439 Speaker 1: coach who was a massive forty Niners fan, Um, maybe 416 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,679 Speaker 1: I can get him to coach hopefully the forty Niners show, well, 417 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,760 Speaker 1: maybe even win Saturday night. He's in a guiney mood 418 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: and he can just handle everything while I'm watching the 419 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 1: game on the sideline because I'm really all in on 420 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: the Rams and everybody has a Buck, so it's kind 421 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: of good feeling, like, hey, it's me against the world. Anyways, 422 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:53,919 Speaker 1: Buffalo and Casey in the final game, a lot of 423 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: people on Buffalo drove this down. I thought getting too 424 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: for Kansas City was was great. I thought it would 425 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 1: head up, but it seems like everybody's on Buffalo Pros, casuals. 426 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: Everybody who's bet in this game likes the Bills, No 427 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: surprise right score forty seven on Belichick, don't punt perfect 428 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: game already beat Casey once, you know, maybe this is it. 429 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: Maybe Buffalo rolls in here wins, and then they'll they'll 430 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: go to Tennessee in the a f C Championship and 431 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: I think they definitely be favored by I don't know 432 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: three or three and a half maybe over the Titans. 433 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: The only problem is uh as as we talked about 434 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:31,439 Speaker 1: with um Baker yesterday, I just the Tevious White injury 435 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: will loom massive, just enormous, uh for the Bills. I 436 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: just I know the safeties are good. In the linebacker 437 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: Milano is great. If they're also great, why did Travis 438 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,920 Speaker 1: Kelsey kill this team in the playoffs last year? I 439 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: think you had like twelve catches on like sixteen targets 440 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: for like a buck twenty touchdown. Like you've got all 441 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 1: the players that you want, You're built to handle the Chiefs, 442 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: and now Tradevious White goes down and you've got a 443 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: seventh rounder on the outside. I mean, I'm waiting for 444 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 1: the prop numbers to show up for me. Cole, Hardman 445 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 1: and Pringle. One of those guys is going to go 446 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: off that's for sure. Maybe Tyreek Kill does too. It 447 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: feels like a shootout. I know some people are on 448 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,320 Speaker 1: the under. I think that's super risky. But there is 449 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 1: the case of familiarity. They played last January, they played 450 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: in a monsoon in October. If memory serves, that October 451 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,399 Speaker 1: game had like some kind of power outage or lightning stoppage. 452 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,399 Speaker 1: It was crazy, um And I think there was like 453 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,680 Speaker 1: a sense like it's gonna slow down Buffalo's momentum because 454 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: they're killing Kansas City. But sorry, and now there's the 455 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:39,400 Speaker 1: third matchup basically in twelve months. You don't get that often. Um, 456 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,119 Speaker 1: So there is a case for the under there, right, 457 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 1: they know each other so well. The defenses at this 458 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: point know what Alan and Mahomes want to do. I 459 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: just don't think Buffalo can get stops. And then on 460 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:52,199 Speaker 1: the other side, it's like, well, Casey's not great, but 461 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 1: Chris Jones didn't play in the earlier meeting. He's our 462 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: best defensive player. I think it was Ingram's first game. 463 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: Um they were still playing and I wrote about this 464 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 1: for Fox. They were still playing Sorenson the safety like 465 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: heavy snaps, and I went into the Pro Football Focus 466 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 1: numbers and this is crazy. Um, Sorenson lined up in 467 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: the slot fourteen times. So if you go then look 468 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: at where Josh Allen targeted. He basically came to the 469 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, looked for forty nine, found him isolated 470 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: against Digs Sanders or Dawson Knox and said, I'm going 471 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,679 Speaker 1: at you. You know how, like pick up basketball, you 472 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: go to the courts, you find out pretty early, like 473 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 1: who's the weekly weak link on defense? You call for 474 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 1: the screen and get that is so against that weak guy, 475 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: take him to the hoop. There has to be helped. 476 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 1: Then you kick it to the open guy for shots 477 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 1: or if they don't help, he just got your star scores. Well, 478 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: the Bills went at Sorenson. He gave up the most 479 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: yards he's given up all season, hundred fourteen. I mean, 480 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: if you look at the YouTube video of that game, 481 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 1: Sorenson got so lit up. You felt bad for the guy, 482 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: like he's just trailing on every play. Uh. I think 483 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: Honey Badger was like arms extended, like bro, what are 484 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: you doing? Multiple times in the game. It was bad 485 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,120 Speaker 1: for Sorenson, you know, and since then he I don't 486 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: know if you want to say benched, but he's been 487 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: reduced to like a largely reserved role. They and then 488 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: look at his numbers. Again, this is deep in the 489 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,160 Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus, weeds, but this is what you gotta 490 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: do to win a gambling And you look at Sorenson's numbers, 491 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: they almost don't line them up in the stot. It's 492 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,560 Speaker 1: like five snaps a game, six snaps seven Maybe for 493 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: that game it was fourteen if you look. It has 494 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 1: never been close to that. It might have been twelve 495 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,479 Speaker 1: one week when someone was hurt, but in games that mattered, 496 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,040 Speaker 1: like and the defense got better. It also helped to 497 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,719 Speaker 1: get Jones and Frank Clark is playing better. I just 498 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 1: we're judging Kansas City too much on his early season 499 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 1: struggles and I think they're the side here. So I'm 500 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: on the Chiefs. I need the Chiefs. I want the 501 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: Ram more than anything. And you know, if you're looking 502 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 1: for a teaser, I think, uh, I think Tennessee and 503 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 1: Green Bay makes sense. I don't have any totals nothing 504 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: first half. But um, we also do this show uh 505 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: Fox bet Live. We're doing one tomorrow before the games 506 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: and then Sunday as well. And I gave out three 507 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 1: props Sunday before the games, and they went three, you know, 508 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 1: kind of obscure props. But again you gotta wait till 509 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,400 Speaker 1: like two days before to see the real numbers. I mean, yes, 510 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 1: some open in Vegas. I'm not living in Vegas. I 511 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 1: can't bet those. So what they do is the lines 512 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,640 Speaker 1: then settle and every other shop will post the settled 513 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 1: lines after they've been hit. So you're not getting the 514 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: best number, but the best number available to you, you know. Um, 515 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: so they will post those, uh probably on i G 516 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 1: Stories where I know you guys love tales of um 517 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: hashtag dad life. All Right, it's been a great week 518 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: and hopefully a great weekend of NFL. I hope Frank 519 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 1: Vogel doesn't get fired. He might. Lakers have two primetime 520 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 1: games next week, nationally televised games against Brooklyn and Philly, 521 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:56,159 Speaker 1: not back to back, Tuesday and Thursday. Um, it'll be 522 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: a big week. And then the February three they come back, 523 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 1: they have a big game against the Clippers. Then they 524 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:05,880 Speaker 1: have the Knicks at home February five. Um, by then 525 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 1: February we're Super Bowl, We're Valentine's. It's like, man, this 526 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 1: year is already just cruising by but you have a 527 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 1: safe weekend. Talk to you Monday.