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Speaker 1: Straight Fire? Fam, It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire. Friday,

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Speaker 1: September kind of a snoozer on the Thursday night Football Front.

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Speaker 1: Not exactly the Washington Giants thriller from a week ago. UM,

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Speaker 1: power was out on our block all day Thursday, and

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Speaker 1: So that I had to basically go to my gym,

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Speaker 1: to UH soccer practice. Um, so I missed the Christian

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Speaker 1: McCaffrey injury. Obviously, that's stunk big time, especially if you

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Speaker 1: have been fantasy like my son does. Um, but I

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Speaker 1: started Robbie Anderson in two leagues and Robbie Anderson did

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Speaker 1: absolutely nothing. I joked on social media that, like, did

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Speaker 1: Robbie Anderson hit on Sam Donald's girlfriend or something? Because

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Speaker 1: he got two targets the entire game, and every time

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Speaker 1: the Panthers role to three and o three, not against

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Speaker 1: type downs. More fantasy news you don't care about. I

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Speaker 1: surprise me if Donald in his first big spot. I

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Speaker 1: to get to ahead of myself. Um, we have a

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Speaker 1: lengthy best bet segment coming up, a lot of college

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Speaker 1: and NFL picks. But first, I I you know, we

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Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe you float some total, ludicrous, insanely

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Speaker 1: Now I didn't run this theory by you, Rob. You

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Speaker 1: took four with Miami. Um. I definitely am on Tampa

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Speaker 1: Bay in the Marquee Game of the Day against the Rams.

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Speaker 1: You guys know, I really like the Rams a lot

427
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Speaker 1: this year. I just don't like him in this spot.

428
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Speaker 1: The defense still has a lot to work on. I mean, seriously, guys,

429
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Speaker 1: this is a Rams defense that got run on basically

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Speaker 1: by Carson Wentz up and down the field. And you know,

431
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Speaker 1: if you look real close, yeah, I know they crushed

432
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Speaker 1: the Bears, but look closely like Andy Dalton moved the

433
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Speaker 1: football on them and Tom Brady and this Bucks offense

434
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Speaker 1: is way better than Andy Dalton slash Justin Fields and

435
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Speaker 1: Carson Wentz and it's not even close. Those two are

436
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Speaker 1: probably bottom twelve cornerback quarterbacks in the league. Brady's top five.

437
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Speaker 1: You could say Brady's the MVP leader. He comes in

438
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Speaker 1: with Gronk and Evans and uh, even though Antonio Brown

439
00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:02,800
Speaker 1: is out, you know, they're just plug in one of

440
00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,040
Speaker 1: their other guys. I mean, they they're so deep at receiver.

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00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,600
Speaker 1: I like the Bucks a lot. Um I took. I'm

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00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,120
Speaker 1: looking at the Bucks team total. I think it will

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Speaker 1: all be twenty seven and a half. Eight. Um, I'll

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Speaker 1: take the Bucks on the money line. I don't know

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Speaker 1: how this isn't higher than UM. I got him at

446
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:20,879
Speaker 1: plus one, it's now minus one. I still like that

447
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,160
Speaker 1: minus one and a half. They're gonna win this game.

448
00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:28,120
Speaker 1: I like Tampa. UM, I kind of like Washington. I'm

449
00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,680
Speaker 1: not sold in Washington yet. I like Atlanta at four

450
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Speaker 1: and three and a half. Nobody else likes Atlanta. Um,

451
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Speaker 1: Danny Dimes, this is fun, so Fox will dig up

452
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Speaker 1: any stats that I like. Hey, Daniel Dimes, I know

453
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Speaker 1: he plays really good on the road, like last week

454
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Speaker 1: against Washington, but he kind of poops his pants all

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Speaker 1: the time at home four and ten against spread, at

456
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Speaker 1: home ten and four against the spread on the road

457
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Speaker 1: for whatever reason. In New York, Danny Dimes is not

458
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Speaker 1: performing well. And UM, I think Atlantic and hang tough.

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Speaker 1: Remember listen, they were right there with Tampa last week

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Speaker 1: moving the ball. UM. I don't think Atlanta is necessarily

461
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Speaker 1: gonna win this game, but there is a path to

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Speaker 1: success for them, and uh, they've got some offense. They've

463
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Speaker 1: got as good as skill position players as the Giants

464
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Speaker 1: and it's not like their giants are ever anywhere. Uh

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Speaker 1: So I took Atlanta on the points. Um, I think

466
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Speaker 1: the obvious teaser is Arizona seven down to zero or

467
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Speaker 1: down to one. Cleveland seven, also down to zero or one.

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Speaker 1: The only problem with backing those two teams at you

469
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Speaker 1: know they're full spread, is there's a history of owing

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Speaker 1: two teams in Week three, and they like to rebound.

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Speaker 1: Because nobody wants to bet a team that's lost two

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Speaker 1: games or oh and two against the spread. Nobody wants

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Speaker 1: to back them. Everybody's seeing Arizona well ing. I like Arizona.

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Speaker 1: I know they killed Tennessee, but guys, did you did

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Speaker 1: you see what happened? Like what happens If Minnesota makes

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Speaker 1: that kick UM at the buzzer and Arizona is one

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Speaker 1: and one, I would say this spreads probably six. It's

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Speaker 1: just I don't think it's certainly not seven, maybe six

479
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Speaker 1: and a half. But Arizona got kind of lucky there

480
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Speaker 1: in Minnesota is not a very good team. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: probably take the end up taking the Seahawks, but um,

482
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Speaker 1: just to be safe, I'm bringing Arizona down from seven

483
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Speaker 1: in the teaser to pick them or one whatever you

484
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Speaker 1: want a six or seven point teaser are I can't

485
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Speaker 1: see Arizona losing this game. I can see Jacksonville fighting

486
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Speaker 1: really hard. Uh, Trevor Lawrence having some success against the

487
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Speaker 1: defense that's not as good as the one that we

488
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Speaker 1: saw in the opener against Tennessee. Um a sneaky good

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Speaker 1: uh teaser team this week is Eagles against the excuse

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Speaker 1: me Cowboys. Um, you know the strategy on teasers go

491
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Speaker 1: through the seven and the three. Well, if you can

492
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Speaker 1: bring the Eagles up from three and a half for

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Speaker 1: whatever whatever you're seeing up to eleven, I I think

494
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Speaker 1: that's a really good good move because this is a

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Speaker 1: Dallas defense that Philly should move the ball on. Like

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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts will have success. I know all he does

497
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Speaker 1: is short stuff, but he's going to have success with

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Speaker 1: his feet and with his arm because we've seen Dallas

499
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,760
Speaker 1: like folks, they just they can't stop anybody. Um, the

500
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: Chargers rolled. I'm not sorry, not the Chargers, Um, Dallas.

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00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:24,680
Speaker 1: Dallas's defense did not force the Chargers to punt last week,

502
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Speaker 1: not once. Justin Herbert up and down the field. I mean,

503
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Speaker 1: Jitalen Hurts is not that good. The offense is not

504
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Speaker 1: that skilled, but they should have a lot of success,

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Speaker 1: So I would look at the over there, but I

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Speaker 1: definitely have Eagles in a teaser. At Fox Sports Radio

507
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Speaker 1: has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch

508
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510
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Speaker 1: R to listen live. Yeah, I cannot give out a

511
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Speaker 1: best bet without putting the Denver Broncos in a teaser. Like, guys, um,

512
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Speaker 1: they're playing my Jets and we're talking about a spread

513
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Speaker 1: in Denver at altitude home opener, I had I took

514
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,160
Speaker 1: a peek at the weather. It's gonna be high eighties,

515
00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:07,720
Speaker 1: high eighties and altitude for the Jets. For a defense,

516
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Speaker 1: it's banged up, Like ten is a large number, you know.

517
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Speaker 1: I I don't advocate taking ten at home here for

518
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Speaker 1: a Denver team That was what favored by two and

519
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Speaker 1: a half against the Giants on the road in Week one,

520
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Speaker 1: maybe three. So I would add Denver to a teaser

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Speaker 1: just to be safe, like at some point the Jets

522
00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,119
Speaker 1: will play well and frankly, their defense has not played

523
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Speaker 1: that poorly. Remember Zach Wilson's four interceptions had the Patriots

524
00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 1: knocking on the door practically from the jump last week,

525
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Speaker 1: and the defense still held firm, and I think they

526
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Speaker 1: only gave up twenty six. So this Jet defense is tough.

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Speaker 1: And it's not like listen Teddy Teddy two gloves, Uh,

528
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Speaker 1: cover machine the thirties seven and fourteen against the spread

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Speaker 1: ridiculous as a starter, UM, but again a lot of

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Speaker 1: those were smaller numbers. A lot of those were in Minnesota,

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Speaker 1: New Orleans where he's got awesome deef. And yeah, Denver's

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Speaker 1: defense is good. They're down two starters this week though,

533
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Speaker 1: f y I Bradley Chub surgery, UM, and then a

534
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,879
Speaker 1: cornerback is out as well. And then there's Um one

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Speaker 1: of their linebackers, a Jewel, he's injured. So they're really

536
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Speaker 1: beat up. And I Fox pulled up a stat for me.

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Speaker 1: The Denver is just one and four against the spread

538
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Speaker 1: in the last five games as double digit home favorites.

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Speaker 1: That's a big number. Delay I do like them to win. Uh,

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00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 1: It's tough for me to root against my Jets, obviously, UM.

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Speaker 1: And and this last number, I'm gonna throw it. She's

542
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 1: kind of funny and it's silly. It's a weird thing.

543
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,000
Speaker 1: So I want to text chain with a couple of buddies.

544
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,360
Speaker 1: One of them just joined Fox doing some gambling stuff.

545
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 1: And four pm underdogs last year were a thing, okay,

546
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Speaker 1: And in Week one four pm underdogs, you know the

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Speaker 1: games that started four o'clock Eastern, they went four and

548
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Speaker 1: o against his Bread four PM underdogs. In Week two

549
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Speaker 1: one three and one against his Bread seven and one. Now,

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Speaker 1: I know that doesn't mean a whole heck of a

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00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 1: lot oh games at four o'clock under It's like primetime

552
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Speaker 1: underdogs or prime time overs or whatever. Not a huge deal,

553
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 1: but the schedule makers make it so that the games

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Speaker 1: at four o'clock are usually good ones. Uh. This week

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Speaker 1: we've got the Bucks and Rams two and Overs two

556
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Speaker 1: and oh uh Seahawks Vikings. I know the Vikings are

557
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,600
Speaker 1: owned too, but they are very feisty at home and

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Speaker 1: Seattle uh with a trip east again. Remember they were

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Speaker 1: there in Indi for the opener. So the underdogs at

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Speaker 1: four o'clock if if you're scoring at home, are the

561
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Speaker 1: Dolphins who I took the Rams who opened his favorites,

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Speaker 1: and then the Bucks became favorites. So the Rams are

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Speaker 1: technically underdogs right now. And the other game is Seattle

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Speaker 1: and Minnesota. So if you are into just you know,

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Speaker 1: the four pm games, for whatever reason, always end up chaotic.

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Speaker 1: You know that. I know that the one pm games

567
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Speaker 1: have the witching hour that everybody loves on red Zone,

568
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Speaker 1: but there's always some strange chaos at four o'clock. We

569
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Speaker 1: know Seattle is going to be involved in some some bizarreness.

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Speaker 1: They always are. Um, I'm almost certain Dolphins Raiders will.

571
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Speaker 1: And then you got Rams and Bucks, which should be

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Speaker 1: a good one. Um, I'm kind of leaning toward. This

573
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Speaker 1: pains me to say. The Packers in Sunday Night football, Um,

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Speaker 1: they're getting three. You give me Aaron Rodgers. I know

575
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Speaker 1: nobody's gonna bet them because it's like short week, right,

576
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Speaker 1: short week for the Packers. They played on Monday night,

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Speaker 1: then they got to travel west. Everybody remembers two years

578
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Speaker 1: ago when San Franz had to go I'm sorry where

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Speaker 1: green Bay had to go west and they got smacked

580
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Speaker 1: twice badly by the Niners. Niners will be able to

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Speaker 1: run on them, but their defense is so beat up

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Speaker 1: that I've got to take points with Aaron Rodgers here.

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Speaker 1: I just absolutely have to do that. I don't know

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Speaker 1: who guards Davante Adams. Um, it feels like the Packers,

585
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Speaker 1: who everybody was off after the first week, and then

586
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Speaker 1: you know, one half they were not that impressive against

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Speaker 1: Detroit while everybody was awake, and then second half they

588
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Speaker 1: wake up, but half the country we fell asleep. The

589
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 1: game starts so damn late. Um, I think there's some

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Speaker 1: value in the Packers. I just you guys know, I'm

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Speaker 1: fully invested on the Niners to win the Super Bowl. Um.

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying it would pay pay for a new

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Speaker 1: car for my family, but it would be a very,

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Speaker 1: very very nice win. And uh, the only other game

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Speaker 1: I'm looking at in the one PM is Lamar Jackson

596
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Speaker 1: in Detroit Ravens coming off a huge win over Casey.

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Speaker 1: The problem is, like, if you haven't seen Lamar Jackson, um,

598
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 1: like facing him for the first time is extremely challenging.

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00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 1: And I don't know that the Lions have seen Lamar yet.

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Speaker 1: And he is going to run rough shot over this

601
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Speaker 1: Detroit team. I mean, he the schemes they're cooking up.

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Speaker 1: I also saw a stat that Lamar Jackson against below

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Speaker 1: five teams in his career, or something like sixteen and one. Um,

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00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 1: he crushes bad teams. Now. The problem, of course, is

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Speaker 1: I don't like this Ravens defense at all. Um, that's

606
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,080
Speaker 1: gonna be a problem. But it's a big number on

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Speaker 1: the road, so be careful there. I know that's a

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Speaker 1: lot of info, that's a lot of wagers, but what

609
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 1: can I say. I love gambling on the NFL. UM.

610
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 1: I also took the Patriots. I kind of had to

611
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Speaker 1: whisper that because nobody likes him this week. I'm missing

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Speaker 1: something on the line because I don't know why on

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Speaker 1: Earth this isn't larger. Uh Saints, the injuries, some of

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Speaker 1: the guys are coming back. But this is the third

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Speaker 1: trade road game. You back a team on a third

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Speaker 1: trade road game. I remember the first game was relocated

617
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Speaker 1: because the hurricane id to Jacksonville. Then they went to Carolina.

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Speaker 1: They looked fatigue, slow start, destroyed, and now they get

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Speaker 1: to face Bill Belichick, who bottles up not only young

620
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks but bad ones, and James Winston falls in that category.

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Speaker 1: So there you have it. I didn't I know, I

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Speaker 1: didn't touch on Chargers Chiefs. A lot of my l

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Speaker 1: A buddies who listen are are really wanting me to

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Speaker 1: take the Chargers. It looks like there was some k

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Speaker 1: C money in the market. Um yesterday when up from

626
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Speaker 1: six to six and a half all week and then

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Speaker 1: it bumps up to seven. I don't know if that's

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Speaker 1: based on an injury or uh some kind of released

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Speaker 1: by one of these syndicates, but UM, I would certainly

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Speaker 1: take seven if if I can get it. UM in

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Speaker 1: Arrowhead Chiefs should definitely be able to uh have some

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Speaker 1: success coming off the loss Andy Reid. You know he's

633
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Speaker 1: going to be there. But the Charger's offense will move

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Speaker 1: the ball with them, like there's no doubt about that.

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Speaker 1: Should be a fun one. I would bet the Chargers

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Speaker 1: are getting seven. Alright, guys, have a great weekend. We'll

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Speaker 1: talk to you Monday.