1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What's up, Straight Fire, Fam, 2 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: It's me Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire for Friday, January twenty eight, 3 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 1: The big weekend of football ahead. Uh, it should be 4 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: a really really good one. Very excited for. Fired up 5 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: for conference championship weekend. We will get to picks where 6 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: my money's at. I know we had a really really 7 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 1: strong divisional round weekend. Obviously the games were great, but also, um, listen, 8 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: it was a little over a five figure victory for 9 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: me last weekend with the Rams um and the Chiefs 10 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: coming through, and I just I didn't feel super confident 11 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: in Titans and Bengals, and then um, the Packers four 12 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 1: Niners game, and I have forty Niner futures, so I 13 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: kind of largely laid off those and the Rams of 14 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: Chiefs came through, and I don't feel as confident this weekends. 15 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: I don't have as much in play, UM, but I'm 16 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: excited for We're going to the Rams game. We have 17 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: been able to secure tickets, the squad, the FAM fan 18 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: bad we will be in attendance. UM. We had to 19 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: do that funny thing where it's like, oh, we're gonna 20 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: go to the Rams game, and you know, I started 21 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: looking around. I'm like, oh man, I have no gear, 22 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: Like I don't have one RAMS T shirt. And of 23 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 1: course you go to the local sporting good store chain 24 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: and they have like six options and they're all like 25 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: triple extra large and not good. So the wife went 26 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: scoring around was able to secure some Rams gear. We 27 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: have a couple of Rams hats. Um. But you know, 28 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: you wait till the last minute, and the T shirts 29 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: are sold out everywhere because the Rams are on the 30 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 1: custo going to the Super Bowl. UM. So it should 31 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: be a fun experience this weekend. Rams niners. UM. We'll 32 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: get to all that shortly. Not not a ton of 33 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: other action in sports. There was a Carmelo Anthony incident 34 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: late last night in the Lakers loss to the Sixers. 35 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: I can't get too worked up about it. A couple 36 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: of dudes mouthed off to Carmelo Anthony, oh shocker, like 37 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: some he said something. Nobody dumped the beer on it, 38 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: and nobody said in any obscenities, and we talked about 39 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: his family. I don't I I again, based on the 40 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 1: information that's out there early this morning, I can't get 41 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: that worked up about Carmelo Anthony. Like, you know, imagine 42 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: if I got huffy and puffy at every idiot who 43 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: yelled at me on social media. You know I would 44 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 1: waste all my time. Uh, you know, Carmelo's in the arena. Obviously, 45 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: if somebody's yelling really really bad stuff, derogatory stuff, get 46 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: him kicked out. Lebron has done that before. You know, Um, 47 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: you know, the guy made a statement a couple apparently 48 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: it's two groups. I don't I don't know why to 49 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: pick it on mellow, but nevertheless, Lakers lose to the 50 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: Sixers and life goes on. I also another story I 51 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: can't get too worked up about. And again this is kinder, kindler, 52 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: gentler Jason. As we are in two, try not to 53 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: get too worked up. Um, Andrew Wiggins is a starting 54 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: All Star, and all these people are like, oh, you've 55 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: gotta bash Wiggins tomorrow, You've gotta crush it. Like, why 56 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: you know there's a former number one pick. He's having 57 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:01,399 Speaker 1: a really good year with the Warriors. The Warriors were 58 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: dominant in the Western Conference until Draymond Green goes down. 59 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 1: I don't, I mean, like, honestly I do. I pay 60 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 1: very little attention to who the All Star starters are 61 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: pop quiz hot shot. Yes, I may or may not 62 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: have seen Speed on cable Thursday while working on some things. 63 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: Who were the starting All Stars three years ago? Go, like, 64 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: nobody knows, nobody cares it. Come on, it's an All 65 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,839 Speaker 1: Star game. I'm happy for Wiggins. You know, John rand 66 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: is gonna be a starter. He's playing grade, He's playing 67 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: his way into the m v P race. But again, like, 68 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: these are not things that are worth getting worked up 69 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: about to me, Now I will before we get to 70 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: the picks, I do want to talk about uh two 71 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: NFL coaching hires. First, hack Itt Um obviously going to 72 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 1: Denver with the potential to bring Aaron Rodgers significant. I 73 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: think it's a great, great, tremendous higher by um the 74 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: Denver Broncos. I thought, you know, like listen, I don't 75 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: particularly think much of Hackett, But as I explained earlier, 76 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: the idea that he can bring Aaron Rodgers potentially has 77 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: to make him an attractive candidate. Um. You know, he's 78 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: a lifer in football, even though he's kind of young. 79 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: He's I believe he's forty two years old. Just the 80 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 1: idea that they can deliver Rodgers. And by the way, 81 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: look at the Super Bowl ots. Guys, the Broncos earlier 82 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: this week with thirty five to one, they're now eighteen 83 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: to one to win the Super Bowl next year. They 84 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: don't even have Rogers yet. Now, I did take a 85 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: flyer on the this year to win the Super Bowl 86 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,160 Speaker 1: when the Rodgers rumors were out there. Didn't quite happen, 87 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: didn't come through. But uh, I don't hate that hacket higher. 88 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: I mean, if the other option was dan Quinn. And 89 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: by the way, the story is coming out of there, 90 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,239 Speaker 1: um are dan Quinn did not interview? Well, I guess 91 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: he's still a little arrogant. Hey, I went to the 92 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: Super Bowl with the Falcons, um, and now I've got 93 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: to be Mike McCarthy's Aaron boyd d C. I'm gonna 94 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: go interview everywhere. So he goes interviews with the Bears 95 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: and the Broncos and they pass on him, and you know, 96 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: you feel a little bit I don't know dan Quinn personally, 97 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: you feel a little bit bad that he has, you know, 98 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: kind of suck up as ego and um go back 99 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: to Dallas. He'll be the d C. And Mike McCarthy 100 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: is still gonna be the head coach. By all accounts, 101 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: Kellen Moore's the alleged coach in waiting, and then there's 102 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: Sean Payton waiting in the wings. So Dallas, while they 103 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: were a great story on the field, imploded in the 104 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: playoff loss to the four Niners, and worse yet, now 105 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: have Kellen Moore sitting there waiting because he's the new 106 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: Jason Garrett. He's going to be the future head coach. 107 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: Dan Quinn thinks it should be him, nobody really likes McCarthy. 108 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: And then oh yeah, Sean Payton is doing TV and 109 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: you know if he's coming back anywhere, it's to the 110 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. So some fun happening in uh in Dallas. Um. 111 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: But I think the one I'm gonna say my teeth 112 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: into here for a second in Chicago bears hiring the 113 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: kid ebra Flus, and I say kid, he's not a kid. 114 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,799 Speaker 1: He's fifty one years old, but he's a relative newcomer. 115 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 1: I feel like the first time I recognized his name 116 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: was when the Colts traveled to Kansas City. I think 117 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 1: it was two years ago and there was a Sunday 118 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: night football game and Eber flews through some junk defense 119 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 1: at Patrick Mahomes totally flustered him, rattled him and he 120 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: could do nothing. And Patrick Mahomes lost to the Colts. 121 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 1: And that was the game where it was like, Oh, 122 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,159 Speaker 1: this ebra Flus guy knows what he's doing. And I 123 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: think this was two years ago, and then last year 124 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: he I think, interviewed for a couple of head coaching jobs, 125 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: and then this year gets the Bears. He's gonna be 126 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: working for a guy that I am, and maybe the 127 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: hardcore Bears fans will know him. I personally don't this 128 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: guy polls. His story is interesting and again I talked 129 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: earlier this week about how I always root for the underdog. 130 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 1: You guys know me. I feel like I'm a career 131 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: underdog myself. I got one of the best jobs on 132 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: planet Earth, and I'm extremely happy. But you know this, 133 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: my kind of job goes to a lot mostly former athletes, 134 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: like that's who's doing this, and I feel like I'm 135 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: extremely fortunate. Now as an outsider, I can say it 136 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 1: can be stressful watching other people get jobs, and you know, 137 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: maybe I think, I, why am I not doing that? Um? 138 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: But you can't harp on and worry about other people 139 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: everybody has their own path. Uh, sometimes it takes time. 140 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: Sometimes you can leap the line like it's it's an 141 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: ever evolving process that I try to stay grounded. I've 142 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: been very hashtag blessed um to get where I am 143 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: and work my butt off, frankly, and I'm sure there's 144 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: people out there saying that guy's in over his head. Well, 145 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: you know, on my I think third contract at Fox 146 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: and extremely happy with how things are going, love life 147 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: out here, like working for the people I do UM, 148 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 1: and things seem to be going well. That being said, 149 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 1: if you look at the Chicago Bears adding ebra Floos 150 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: and this new GM Ryan Poles, and I had to 151 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: really look into this polls guy Um and his hiring. 152 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: He's been with the organization forever. He's still pretty young. 153 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: But it's like this guy has never been a GM, Like, really, 154 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: does he have enough experience? Well, he's been in Chicago 155 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: a long time and this is his first whack at 156 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: being a GM. And it's so funny because, uh, if 157 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: you guys follow me on the Graham Um, I had 158 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: my kid. I organized a little basketball game from my 159 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: kid and his fifth grade buddies at our at our 160 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: court and Um. One of the dads there was telling 161 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: me that he's building a house and he's telling me 162 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: the story, and I think there's a relation kind of 163 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: to this Poles movement in um Chicago who ended up 164 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: hiring Eberflus. UM. So, my guys building a house and 165 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: they're going through the process of finding a general contractor 166 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: and this one of their connections introduces them to someone. 167 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: And you know, they take this meeting with this guy 168 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,319 Speaker 1: and he just talks such a good game, totally blows 169 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: them away. UM. And he's got all these experienced building 170 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:04,959 Speaker 1: houses in this sen that and ultimately near the end 171 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: of the conversation and they're like, all right, great, let's start. 172 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: Let's talk turkey. UM. He's like, okay, so, how many 173 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 1: times have you been a general contractor? And and ultimately 174 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: it comes down to what will you, guys, will be 175 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 1: my first I've I've been a part of a million projects. 176 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: I've been the four men on a ton of projects. 177 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:28,079 Speaker 1: I've done this, but I've never been the lead guy. 178 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,199 Speaker 1: And it was like, my buddy was like, WHOA, that 179 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: was kind of jarring, but we liked the guy and 180 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: this my buddy does listen to this. I hope, I'm 181 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 1: not speaking out of pocket. Um, And we like the guy, 182 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: so we went with him, and what do you know, Uh, 183 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: didn't go great and you know, eighty percent of the 184 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: way through building now, so they fired the guy and ultimately, 185 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: you know, hey, no regrets, you move on, live and learn. 186 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: But his number one takeaway was I will say this, 187 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 1: you pay for what you get and you want guys 188 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 1: with experience that matters. Uh. And I'm not gonna go 189 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 1: rip the new general contractor, but like, I feel like 190 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 1: that's kind of what's happening in Chicago. Polls has never 191 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: been a GM, and I know, well, Jason, how are 192 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: you going to ultimately get to be a GM if 193 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: you've never been a GM? And I get this question 194 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: all the time from people who want to get a job, 195 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: and they come to me on Instagram and in the 196 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 1: d M s and say, Jay, I want to do 197 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,319 Speaker 1: what you're doing. How do how do I get a 198 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 1: job in radio and TV? Like, well, what have you done? 199 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: And they're like, well, how do I do anything? Like 200 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: how do I gain that experience if I don't have it? 201 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: And it is a tough question. It's not easy. I 202 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 1: know a lot of guys listening to this really want 203 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,719 Speaker 1: to get into sports media. And I've talked about this 204 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,319 Speaker 1: at nauseum for about fifteen years. You have to find 205 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: what you're great at, where you can find almost like 206 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 1: gambling and the edge and cut through and you it's 207 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: it's difficult, it's extremely You have to find an in 208 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: you can try to be a generalist and slowly climbing 209 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: the ladder. And the old formula was you go to 210 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: you know, Des Moines, Iowa for two years in radio, 211 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: then you move up to Double A in Topeka, uh, 212 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,320 Speaker 1: and then you maybe get to Triple A in like Minneapolis, 213 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 1: and now you're like forty five years old and apparently 214 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: put in your dues and you put in your time, 215 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: and now you're ready for one of the major markets, 216 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: assuming you get that opportunity. So like that with a 217 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: lot TV radio that you that's like the old model. 218 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 1: The new model is how can you get noticed by 219 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: the Triple A and the majors without single A double 220 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:47,679 Speaker 1: A experience? And my perspective was I was fortunate. I 221 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 1: made a website that was kind of popular um two 222 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: thousand six. It started two thousand eleven. I sold it. 223 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: You know, it was written about in the New York 224 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 1: Times and all this, so like I was able to 225 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: find my way in other people. Now you can build 226 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,559 Speaker 1: a massive following on social media, you gott but again, 227 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: you can't just go on social media and people aren't 228 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 1: gonna follow you. What is unique about your content? What 229 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 1: are you giving people? What are you building that they 230 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 1: can't get anywhere else? And I just wonder with this 231 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: higher in Chicago, like, think about this. You have a 232 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 1: kind of a GM who has never done this. He 233 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:30,319 Speaker 1: is in a city that's kind of unforgiving. He just 234 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: hired a head coach who has is a defensive guy. 235 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: Your quarterback just finished his rookie year. He's gonna need 236 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: a new offensive coordinator. And you guys know how this goes. 237 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:44,760 Speaker 1: If any offensive coordinator in the league is good or great, 238 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,199 Speaker 1: he's gone within two years to be a head coach. 239 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: So and then what you're gonna have to start to 240 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 1: cycle over with Justin Fields getting a new OC. I'll 241 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 1: be I'll be frank. The Brian table situation in Buffalo 242 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: has to be really concerning for Bills fans, right, Brian Dable, uh, 243 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: johsh Allen, go look at those first two years, like, Okay, 244 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: we don't know what he is. It looks okay, then 245 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 1: he makes to jump to light speed with Dable and 246 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: then this year and again borderline you know, m V 247 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: p ish candidate. Then we go look what he did 248 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: in the playoffs at Dable And now Dabble's leaving, and 249 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: you can say, well, come on, Josh, Allen's fine? Is 250 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 1: he do? We know? Like? It ain't that easy, guys, 251 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: And it's I just don't know if. And again I'm 252 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: not bashing he refluce. I'm not bashing poles Um And 253 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: I know that. The theory is, hey, we're we're gonna 254 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,559 Speaker 1: come in, We're gonna build, and you've got a lot 255 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: of ship to do in Chicago. Guys, the defensive tackle Hicks, 256 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 1: the thirty two Khalil Mack coming off a bad injury season, 257 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,599 Speaker 1: thirty Robert Quinn thirty one. So that's three guys in 258 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: your front four on the wrong side of thirty. Maybe 259 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 1: you can builder our real Kwan Smith. But you got 260 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:54,839 Speaker 1: a young quarterback no O c as of yet, you've 261 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: got Allen Robinson. Your best receivers probably bouncing almost certainly 262 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:01,439 Speaker 1: in free agency. Uh, Jimmy ends gone. Maybe Cole commits 263 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: pretty good, it ends up being good. I like the 264 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: running back Montgomery Um, but there isn't a ton of 265 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: talent on this team. Two playoff trips in the last 266 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: eleven years, and I you never want to say people 267 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: are set up to fail, but I talked about this 268 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: last year with the enemy when he was with uh, 269 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: you know, the Chiefs, and everybody was outraged. Why is 270 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: he not getting looks, what's going on here? This is racism. 271 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: That's like, all right, well, what job do you want 272 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: the enemy to take? Because I would say six of 273 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: these eight jobs, these guys are gonna be fired in 274 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: three years. Everybody loves the idea of building something, but 275 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, in two you're not allowed to let 276 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: anything bake. Remember, Zach Taylor of the Bengals came into 277 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: this season on the hot seat. He was one of 278 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: the leading candidates to be fired according to the gambling odds, 279 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: and Joe Burrow saved his ass. And it's just it's 280 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: the league is real weird. If you don't have a quarterback, 281 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: good freaking luck. If you do have a quarterback, you've 282 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 1: got to play almost everything right now. Obviously, not everybody 283 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: can be the Chiefs, but listen, Momes wasn't the number 284 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: one overall pick. Remember they traded up to get him 285 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: in the Deshaun Watson draft. Mr. Trobiski went ahead of 286 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and Troubisky. I think it is a backup 287 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: somewhere now, maybe in Buffalo Um. But I just I 288 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: look at that Hebrew flues higher. I'm like, I just 289 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: don't know, And yes, to go full circle before we 290 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: get to my picks, it kind of comes back to 291 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: my jets. You guys hired Sala Sala, Sala Sala. However 292 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: you want to say it. It wasn't a good first year. Now. 293 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: I know you needed to bring in a positive, upbeat, 294 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: raw raw guy after the negative Adam Gaze situation. You 295 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: wanted to go opposite. But it wasn't a good oh 296 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: year for the O C la Fleur until late in 297 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: the season when they had nothing to lose and they 298 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: were just you know, dicking around on offense and they 299 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: had all of a sudden they brought out good plays. 300 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 1: But I just, yeah, I think in these days, you 301 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: really have to hire an offensive guy. You you, you 302 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: really do. That's got to be the moving whoever gets table, 303 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: whether it's the Giants, the Dolphins obviously, two teams I 304 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: don't like at all. Sorry Miami Dolphins fans. Um, they're 305 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: gonna be sitting pretty now, neither of them as a quarterback. 306 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: Sorry too, it's not a quarterback. But um, I just 307 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: I've found that interesting, Like I know, the idea of, hey, 308 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: let's give it a shot with poles and eber flues, 309 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: like all right, It's just I can't get excited if 310 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: I'm a Bears fan, and I know a lot of 311 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: Bears fans listen to this podcast. I just don't know 312 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: if it's a great day today in Chicago, especially weather wise. 313 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: Just kidding, all right, without further ado, let's get to 314 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: the picks for Conference Championship weekend. Fox Sports Radio has 315 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all 316 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: of our shows at Fox sports Radio dot com and 317 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: within the I Heart Radio app search f s R 318 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: to listen live. The only thing better than sitting on 319 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: your couch watching the game. He's making money while you 320 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: do it. Here's your best bat. Alright, So final, good 321 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,360 Speaker 1: weekend of the NFL season. I'm not counting. Super Bowl 322 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: weekend is good because it's one freaking game. At least 323 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 1: we get two on Sunday. I hope everybody enjoys their 324 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: Saturday wide open. No NFL watch a lot of college basketball, um, 325 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: but I want to get in picks for Sunday. And 326 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: I have been waffling a lot and it's been a 327 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 1: good playoff run. Made some money, very happy with Rams 328 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 1: last week and Chiefs. Of course there was some luck 329 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: involved at the end, but there's luck in almost every game. 330 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: So I'll go through the two games, uh, Rob, who's 331 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: still probably a little devastated, right Rob from the Raiders loss. 332 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 1: What you have to be a little bit right, not 333 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 1: that I has to start with the early games Bengals 334 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,160 Speaker 1: and Chiefs. And my thought before, like when the Bengals 335 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: won against the tight, right, my thought, Rob, was well, 336 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna hammer. The Chiefs are Bills. They're gonna 337 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: kill this team. They're not good. And then you see 338 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: it open at six and a half, which is kind 339 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: of low, like less than I touchdown. What what do 340 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: they know in the books that nobody else does? And 341 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 1: all the professionals hit it at seven and then we're 342 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 1: recording this Thursday, Uh, early Thursday. Limits are raised around Vegas, 343 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden it's like there's some extra 344 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: juice on the seven zo. It's headed towards seven and 345 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: a half, and I'm I just start wondering Rob, like, yeah, 346 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,880 Speaker 1: are we overvaluing the Chiefs after last week's thrilling game? 347 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 1: It was the last game, it was the best game. 348 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: We did this with the Bills the week before, Remember 349 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: the perfect game against the Patriots. Everybody loves the Bills. 350 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: Everybody loves the Bills. I mean I would say the 351 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 1: Chiefs were the side in that game. They lead for 352 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: much of it. Um, Obviously the Bills were incredible late, 353 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,400 Speaker 1: but something tells me again, we're later in the week. 354 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: I think I want to bet the Bengals seven and 355 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: a half here, not a huge bet, because again this 356 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: is there's a scenario where you know this is um, 357 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: what was the game a couple of years ago? Uh, 358 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes against the wasn't against the Titans when the 359 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 1: Titans were like a surprise entrant and Titans took a 360 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: lead early and then I think the Chiefs scored like 361 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 1: fifty points or something insane like that. I don't have 362 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:18,719 Speaker 1: the box score in front of me, but they just 363 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: pulled away and dominated and I can kind of sort 364 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: of see that. But I the only reason Rob I 365 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 1: like the Bengals a little bit to cover, not a lot, 366 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 1: is I look at this Chief's defense and it's not great. 367 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,879 Speaker 1: We know that. And they've only faced a couple of 368 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: good quarterbacks late. I'm not counting like Ben Roethlisberger. Okay, 369 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 1: they got lit up by Joe Burrow, they got lit 370 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: up by Justin Herbert, and they got torched by Josh Allen, 371 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:45,439 Speaker 1: And I mean they these good quarterbacks eviscerated the Chief's defense. 372 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 1: I don't see why Burrow wouldn't have a ton of 373 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: success against his Chief's defense again. And Rob, the one 374 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 1: thing that I keep looking at. One of my biggest 375 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,439 Speaker 1: edges last week in that Rams Bucks game was what 376 00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 1: does Todd Bowles do? It's in his d n A. 377 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,120 Speaker 1: He blitzes all the time, highest rate in the league. 378 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,199 Speaker 1: That's what he loves to do. Stafford kills the blitz. 379 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 1: So it comes down to what do you think is 380 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: gonna happen. Is Bowl's gonna suddenly not blitz or is 381 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 1: he gonna continue to blitz? Well, he kept blitzing, and 382 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: Safford killed him, including on the game deciding played a 383 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: Cooper Cup look at the Chiefs. Spagnolo, He's not some 384 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: young guy. These young guys are a little more flexible. 385 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 1: They're willing to change and adapt. Spagnolo sixty two. They 386 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: have blitzed top ten percentage in the league the last 387 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:31,880 Speaker 1: two years. They love to blitz. What happened last week 388 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: when the Titans, who don't blitz a lot, What happened 389 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: when they blitz Burrow? Are you ready for this? Rob 390 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: this number staggering. They blitz Burrow eleven times. He was 391 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: ten for ten for a dwo yards in her touchdown. 392 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 1: The other time he got sacked. Blitzing Burrow is stupid. 393 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,120 Speaker 1: He will put up points on you. He's got great 394 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: receivers to win one on one is spagnol logo. To 395 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 1: continue to blitz, or we'll mask it, will disguise, it 396 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 1: will come from this side, and that side will come 397 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 1: with the middle will rattle Burrow. We know the offensive 398 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,159 Speaker 1: line stinks and you're gonna get to him. But I 399 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:06,119 Speaker 1: give Higgins and Boyd and Chase, all of them to 400 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 1: me have a big edge on the outside anywhere against 401 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,640 Speaker 1: the Chiefs, So I think Burrow can kind of sort 402 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 1: of keep up. I think the backdoor is going to 403 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,679 Speaker 1: be open, and I think if I can get a 404 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: seven and a half, Rob, I'm gonna bet the Bengals. 405 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 1: I just don't see Spagnola all of a sudden stopping 406 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 1: the blitz, dropping back in his zone. Now they can 407 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: maybe get there with four with Clark and Chris Jones 408 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: and Ingram, maybe they can. But the Titans could not 409 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,919 Speaker 1: hesitate or we gotta blitz, we gotta blitz, and they 410 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,479 Speaker 1: got lit up. Rob. I think I liked the Bengals 411 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:38,240 Speaker 1: at seven and a half. You know what, when I 412 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,400 Speaker 1: saw the line open up to your point, I think 413 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: I saw it it opened up at what that six 414 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 1: and a half? Six and a half, And so when 415 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: I saw six and a half, my first thought was, Okay, 416 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tak the Chiefs because I think they're gonna 417 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: win this one by a touchdown. To your point, I 418 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 1: was like, I'm expecting the Chiefs to get out on 419 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,400 Speaker 1: them early, just like they did in week seventeen, and 420 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 1: you know, we'll see what happens from there. Once I 421 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 1: saw the line moving up, and once it crossed over 422 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: that seven point threshold, my my line of thought completely 423 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 1: shifted over to the Bengals. And if you look back 424 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 1: to weeks seventeen, there were nine drives offensively for the Bengals. 425 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 1: Half of them were over four and a half minutes long. Okay, 426 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: So the Bengals, just like Sloot said on the pot yesterday, 427 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: they have a recipe that works for them against this 428 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 1: Chief's offense. That is, control the ball and they're still explosive. 429 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: It's not like they're just running the ball three yards 430 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: three yards, three yards and then you know, work the clock. 431 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 1: That way, they can control the ball, control the pace 432 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: while also still living off of Joe Burrow's arm, you 433 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 1: know what I mean. And so I think that what's 434 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: going to have to happen for Kansas City is, to 435 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,359 Speaker 1: your point, Steve Spagnola is going to have to fundamentally 436 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: change what he likes to do in order to ensure 437 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: that the Chiefs are gonna win this game. And I 438 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 1: think they're gonna win either way. I think they're gonna 439 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 1: I just don't know they're gonna cover the spread. But 440 00:22:57,160 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: early on in the season, Pat Mahomes was struggling mightily 441 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: like Joe Naman struggling against the new team safety. Look 442 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: all right, you know, because it took away what made 443 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:09,360 Speaker 1: Pat Mahomes. Pat Homes, he wanted to push the ball 444 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: down the field. He wanted to take the big shot 445 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: to Tyreek Hill. He wanted to go deep to McCole Hardman, 446 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: and when teams put that too deep shell on him, 447 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 1: he it went against his nature to take the check down. 448 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: Flash forward to the divisional round against the uh the Bills. 449 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 1: The Bills played over of the game into deep shell, 450 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: daring Pat Mahomes to check it down, and that's exactly 451 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 1: what he did, and he still had was it three 452 00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 1: some yards and a bunch of touchdowns. He was stop 453 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: of Tyreek off the yak. Yeah. I mean, when when 454 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: you have weapons like that, you can be patient. You 455 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: just have to make sure that you pick your spots. 456 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: And Spagnolo, to your point, loves to blitz. He that's 457 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,160 Speaker 1: one of the things that his his calling card going 458 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: back to the Giant days. But with that front four 459 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: with Chris Jones and Malvin Ingram especially and as porous 460 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 1: as that Bengals offensive line is, if you're patient, you 461 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 1: can get home with four guys. You don't need to 462 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: blitz to try to, you know, rush Joe Burrow into 463 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: making a decision. So I think if he can be patient, 464 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 1: kind of go against what his nature is. I think 465 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 1: that the Chief's cruise in this one. If he doesn't, 466 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,160 Speaker 1: I think that Chiefs won a close one. Yeah. The 467 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: great point about Mahomes and verse to two deep. So 468 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,919 Speaker 1: the other aspect is early in the season, he was 469 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 1: still trying to make those yolo plays. And I looked 470 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 1: this up and that loss to Baltimore, which was brutal, 471 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,120 Speaker 1: I had the h I had the Chiefs in that game. 472 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: He had one carry in that loss to the Chargers 473 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: at home. He was reluctant to run. He was trying 474 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: to make plays, forcing ship four carries. You watch a 475 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,479 Speaker 1: game against Buffalo, I didn't see any forces rob he 476 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:50,360 Speaker 1: was running the football. Seven carries, sixty nine yards, touchdown six. 477 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,680 Speaker 1: It just seems like Mahomes, maybe maybe the Chiefs, even 478 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:57,360 Speaker 1: during the regular season, We're like, you know what, Hey, 479 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: this is the regular season. We have been to two 480 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: straight Super Bowls. We don't want you getting hurt. Stay 481 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: in the pocket, try to make plays. Uh, let's not 482 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 1: put you out there getting decked by linebackers and safeties. 483 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: And it just it felt like last week I didn't 484 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 1: I'm not seeing Mahomes forcing stuff Um. And remember, by 485 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,480 Speaker 1: the way, as much as we love this Chief's offense, 486 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 1: Rob uh, Pittsburgh Steelers for a quarter totally bottled them up, totally. 487 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: They could do nothing. In fact, they were trailing seven 488 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: nothing in that game. Now, obviously they broke out of it. 489 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 1: They scored forty two points in two straight games. I 490 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: don't think you're gonna make a lot of money betting 491 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: against Mahomes and Reid. Um, that's a dominant combo. I 492 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 1: did do the teaser earlier in the week. I mentioned 493 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,040 Speaker 1: to you guys, I'll do a little on Bengals seven 494 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 1: and a half. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports 495 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows 496 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 1: at Fox sports Radio dot com and within the I 497 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 1: Heart Radio app search f s R to listen live. 498 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 1: Forty rams is the really, really interesting game. Um, I 499 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: would say there's a better than fifty percent chance we 500 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: get tickets and the family makes the trip over to 501 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: so far for this one. I hate the three and 502 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 1: a half, but Rob, this is another one where explained 503 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: the line to me. So everybody knows Shannahan owns McVeigh. 504 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:15,959 Speaker 1: That's obvious. Sixth straight, Yes, four of them were against 505 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: golf um. But essentially Shanahan has dominated this series. They 506 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: want to this year, but in the second one they 507 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,360 Speaker 1: trailed seventeen nothing. And it's funny because McVeigh has this 508 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,679 Speaker 1: really like bulletproof thing where when he's leading at halftime 509 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 1: was automatic right forty five and oh when he was 510 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: leading at halftime, and then came we k teen where 511 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: he gets ultra conservative. They blow the seventeen three halftime 512 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 1: lead and lose. So like everything McVeigh has, Shanahan it 513 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:47,560 Speaker 1: just dominates him. And Okay, I get that that's out there. 514 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 1: Everybody knows that a lot of like professionals have been 515 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: on the forty niners. A lot of people are betting 516 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: the Niners. Yet Rob this line is hanging tough at 517 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 1: three and a half. Now we'll see where it goes. 518 00:26:57,359 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 1: Maybe it goes to three, at which point I love 519 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 1: the Rams, But I keep asking myself, why isn't this 520 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 1: going to three? If it's so obvious that san Fran 521 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 1: dominates and they got Debo and Kittle, why is this 522 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: three and a half? And I keep coming back to 523 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 1: this that I do believe that the books are okay 524 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: with everybody betting san Fran because they know that. In 525 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: the history of the NFL, and Fox Research looked this up, 526 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: no team is won four straight road games. Ever. Now 527 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,400 Speaker 1: there's a small, tiny sample size because it's never gonna 528 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: happen in regular season you basically have to go final 529 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 1: week and then playoffs. But four straight road games, yes, 530 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: two of them are just down the coast to l A. 531 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: But almost more importantly, seven of nine road games, seventh 532 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,399 Speaker 1: road game in nine weeks. And let me just remind you, guys, 533 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,120 Speaker 1: they got a little lucky against the Packers, right rob. 534 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a team that did nothing offensively against 535 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:50,719 Speaker 1: a you know, i slightly above average defense, nothing and 536 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,680 Speaker 1: then they get a punt block for touchdown in a 537 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,239 Speaker 1: field goal in the final five minutes and pull off 538 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,920 Speaker 1: a stunning win when they were pretty much dominated for 539 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,880 Speaker 1: much of not dominated, but they were hind for much 540 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: of that game. And I'm not gonna like over read 541 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 1: into that game is just one game, but the offense 542 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: did not look sharp. Now, obviously, when you look at 543 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 1: the match up against the Rams, the Rams are built 544 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 1: to rush the passer right and win in the secondary. Well, 545 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: that's not the forty Niners game. They're kind of zagging 546 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 1: They're like, we're gonna win with a ground attack, uh, 547 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 1: and play action right, We're gonna we're gonna grind Debot, 548 00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,679 Speaker 1: We're gonna go over the middle to to Kittle. And 549 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 1: it's funny, Rob. I did look this up on Pro 550 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 1: Football Focus. I might have mentioned it earlier in the weeks. 551 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: I've done a lot of media this week and I'm 552 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 1: forgetting what I'm saying. But in the first meeting Rams Niners, Rob, 553 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 1: this is a crazy stat. Garoppolo did not attempt one 554 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,239 Speaker 1: pass to the left side of the football field. Now, 555 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:47,719 Speaker 1: I didn't throw a lot of passes because they won 556 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 1: thirty one tent but did not attempt one pass to 557 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:52,400 Speaker 1: the left side of the field. Now, I don't know 558 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: if Ramsey was parked over there, because it's weird. When 559 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 1: Ramsey faces the Niners, there's not like a great matchup 560 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 1: like last week Ramsey stick with Mike Evans. Evans did 561 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 1: get the better of him late, but you know, if 562 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 1: Ramsey is just locking off one side, just throw to 563 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,200 Speaker 1: the other side, or throw to the middle, which is 564 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 1: where Garoppolo eats and the mat that matchup is not great. 565 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: But Rob, this comes down to again, what do you 566 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: believe because none of this stuff is predictive. There is 567 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 1: no predictive NFL stats. There's some stats that may lean 568 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: toward predictive, but if it were predictive, everybody would be 569 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 1: bet again and the house wouldn't be winning. And the 570 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 1: only thing that I can I keep falling back on 571 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 1: is this is a tired forty Niners team Rams triple 572 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: revenge if you will, uh McVeigh getting the narrative monkey 573 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: off his back. I know the matchup and and what 574 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 1: Shanahan does is not great for the Rams, but rob 575 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 1: from my perspective, I just refused to believe that once 576 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 1: again McVeigh is gonna get coached into a body bag 577 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: and he's gonna coach Scare with the lead in the 578 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 1: fourth quarter, and there's gonna be fans of forty nine 579 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: at the game. Everybody's saying the same thing in their 580 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: handicap for this, And as a result, I think I'm 581 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: going the other way and I'm going to take the Rams. 582 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 1: And I don't want to lay the three and a half, 583 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: but I think I might if I don't get the three. Oh, 584 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 1: I'm definitely laying the three and a half. And you 585 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: know that there was this narrative. You know, I think 586 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 1: you're one of the guys who might have said it 587 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 1: as well, is that Sean McVeigh coach scared there at 588 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: the end of the game, you know, rather than trying 589 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: to win the game in the last two minutes, they 590 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: ran clock rand clock, and then it ultimately led to 591 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 1: the Jimmy g tied the game in regulation. I looked 592 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,240 Speaker 1: at the whole second half, though, not just you know, 593 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: the last four minutes. They had six drives the Rams 594 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: offensively in the second half. Five of them had fourteen 595 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 1: or fewer yards. Four of them had less than ten yards. 596 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: And were they all runs? And so that's the thing 597 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 1: is you would think, like, hey, you know, the narrative 598 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:56,200 Speaker 1: was he got a tight took his he didn't. He 599 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 1: didn't want to fource. He got the lead, He's gonna 600 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: play conservative. The opposite. They started out the first drive 601 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 1: it was to run to runs and then a uh 602 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 1: three and out, and then after that they just decided 603 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: we're gonna keep throwing the football with Matthew Stafford. And 604 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford, as he's been known to do outside of 605 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,960 Speaker 1: these postseason run through an interception that was costly uh 606 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,600 Speaker 1: and overtime through another interception. Obviously that kind of ended 607 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:27,160 Speaker 1: the game. But what made the Rams so difficult to 608 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 1: stop against Tampa Bay was the Bucks have the number 609 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:33,960 Speaker 1: one run defense in football. It's not a secret. And 610 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 1: even still despite all the fumbles, despite what Catmakers did 611 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: in that first half of the goal line, they gave 612 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 1: him the ball twenty three times, four times. Excuse me. 613 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 1: They had to have some sort of balance to their 614 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 1: offense so that they don't have to put the ball 615 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 1: in Matthew Stafford's arm every single play. You know, I 616 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 1: think that he has a lot of talent. Again, before 617 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 1: the season, I picked her out to win a Super Bowl. 618 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 1: But you don't want to have him be in a 619 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 1: situation where your entire offense is resting on his right shoulder, 620 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 1: especially against a team like San Francisco, who historically has 621 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: out coached you, is tougher than you, even if they 622 00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 1: don't have as much talent as you do. And so 623 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: I think that Sean McVeigh and the Rams offense, I mean, 624 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 1: they got asked on Wednesday McVeigh a reporter asking point Bank, period, 625 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 1: is Kyle Shanahan in your head because you've lost six 626 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 1: straight to him? Like that that's where they're at right now. 627 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: And I think that the Rams are gonna learn from 628 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 1: their mistakes in the last game or the last matchup 629 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,000 Speaker 1: against San Francisco. They're gonna apply more of what they 630 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 1: learned against Tampa, and that is we cannot be one 631 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 1: dimensional against this team. We have to be balanced. And 632 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:43,440 Speaker 1: if it comes down to the end of the game, 633 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 1: this is the only thing I will say, rather than 634 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 1: just trying to run clock, We're gonna go out and 635 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 1: win the game. We're not gonna just kind of run 636 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:51,640 Speaker 1: it in this out. Yeah, just because he has been 637 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,320 Speaker 1: ultra conservative in a bad way in two of the 638 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 1: last three games, that doesn't mean he's going to be 639 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:01,160 Speaker 1: ultra conservative again, right And this just popped up as 640 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 1: a recording. Trent Williams another d NP at practice, the 641 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 1: left tackle for the Niners, one of the best left 642 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: tackles in the league. Now, he did not play in 643 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 1: Week eighteen for the Niners, but it's undeniable that Trent 644 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: Williams is one of the best tackles in the league 645 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:18,880 Speaker 1: and that would be a big loss. Now, no word 646 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:22,480 Speaker 1: yet on Whitworth, but Rob for the forty Niners. I 647 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 1: don't know if you've seen the injury report. It ain't pretty. 648 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,440 Speaker 1: And and this is not just about Trent Williams again. 649 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 1: This speaks to these seven road games in nine weeks, 650 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: four straight on the road, sitting out practice Wednesday again, 651 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 1: Bosa sat out, Alex mac not injury related, but Elijah Mitchell, 652 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: the running back who's their built bell cow uh did 653 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 1: not practice. Trn Williams obviously, and Jeff Wilson. This was 654 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:49,440 Speaker 1: from Wednesday. Thursday, we're now hearing Trent Williams again did 655 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 1: not practice. Now it's just it's just one small note. Okay, 656 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 1: these injuries on a on a Thursday, are they not practicing? 657 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 1: Are the Friday are they practicing? You know that's when 658 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 1: it it's real serious. Um. But for the purposes of 659 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,560 Speaker 1: this podcast and my wallet, I am gonna be betting 660 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:10,320 Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs team total. Yes, a little exotic 661 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:14,279 Speaker 1: team total over thirty one, thirty one and a half. 662 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,640 Speaker 1: I think that's fine. I don't know how the Bengals 663 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 1: really stopped them. Now, if rob strategy of run run runs, 664 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:23,279 Speaker 1: slow paced, uh, keep the Chiefs off the field, that 665 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 1: could kill me. But they scored twenty eight in the 666 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: first half against the Bengals. Last time they had a 667 00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:31,400 Speaker 1: kick return called back and they didn't really get chances 668 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:33,239 Speaker 1: in the second half, or they would have scored well 669 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 1: more than over thirty one. I can see this being 670 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,480 Speaker 1: another shootout. Um, weather doesn't look like it's gonna be 671 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,160 Speaker 1: a factor. I'll bet the Chiefs team total. I'll take 672 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:44,719 Speaker 1: a nibble on Bengals seven and a half betting the 673 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,239 Speaker 1: Rams at three. I kind of wanted Rams of money 674 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 1: line too, but that's getting greedy, you know. That's like 675 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: last week I had Matt Rams money line Rams plus three. 676 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:55,919 Speaker 1: It was a monster win. Felt great. Um, I'll look 677 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:59,120 Speaker 1: at props as we get closer. I do want to 678 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:02,359 Speaker 1: say the one thing rob about the Chiefs. There's no 679 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,120 Speaker 1: way that Spagnolo leaves his guys one on one with 680 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,680 Speaker 1: Chase again, right, I mean Chase at two Hunter sixty 681 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,160 Speaker 1: six in the first peak. That's one thing he absolutely 682 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 1: will not do, correct, I would hope not. I think 683 00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:14,520 Speaker 1: the biggest injury you mentioned Trent Williams with the Niners, 684 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: and that being a huge one obviously, but I think 685 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:18,960 Speaker 1: the biggest injury concerned heading into the weekend is Tarry 686 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,320 Speaker 1: Matthew because if he does not play. They're gonna have 687 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:23,960 Speaker 1: to change a lot of what they do in the secondary. 688 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:28,719 Speaker 1: Daniel Sorenson, as Salent Wilcotson noted, is not great in coverage. 689 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,799 Speaker 1: So that's this is probably the worst team to have 690 00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,680 Speaker 1: a liability and coverage to go against, because if they 691 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,799 Speaker 1: do not, Joe Burrow and Jamaar Chase will light them up. 692 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:41,160 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I would. I would just say, so, okay, 693 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,120 Speaker 1: let's say he still wants to blitz. He's not gonna 694 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,480 Speaker 1: leave Chase a look, he just will There's no way 695 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,759 Speaker 1: he would do that again. He'll probably be fired if 696 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:49,480 Speaker 1: he does that again and Chase goes for two in 697 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,040 Speaker 1: the chiefe loose, he'll be fired on on on Monday morning. 698 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:55,359 Speaker 1: So in that scenario where you have an extra dB 699 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:58,319 Speaker 1: over an extra safety, maybe you play a lot of nickel, 700 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:01,279 Speaker 1: a lot of dime. I mean, hell, the Bengals can 701 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 1: probably try out the three and four receiver sets a 702 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,400 Speaker 1: lot what wide receiver eats and that's where the props 703 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,560 Speaker 1: come into play. And I would look at Boyd and 704 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 1: I would look at Tee Higgins. Higgins, you know, a 705 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,120 Speaker 1: little slower, but the big body, uh can go up 706 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:18,359 Speaker 1: and get it. I just think Boyd could eat. If 707 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,680 Speaker 1: this Chief's do blitz, he's gonna want to get it 708 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:22,399 Speaker 1: out quick. That could mean the tight end. That could 709 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:24,560 Speaker 1: mean Boyd could be mixing out of the Backfiel, who 710 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,040 Speaker 1: had a big week last week against the Titans catching um. 711 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:28,799 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of opportunities and props. I know 712 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:31,279 Speaker 1: this is going a little overboard, but folks, this is 713 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:34,720 Speaker 1: the final real weekend to gamble in the NFL. Obviously 714 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:36,920 Speaker 1: the super Bowl you'll be will be huge, but that's 715 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:38,759 Speaker 1: a market that's out there for two weeks. It's tough 716 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: to find edges when everybody's betting. UM. I think I 717 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:44,319 Speaker 1: can find a couple in this one, and hopefully you 718 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,200 Speaker 1: guys can get to the window. Rob you want to. 719 00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:48,879 Speaker 1: We'll just go with final. With scores, I will go 720 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:56,719 Speaker 1: Chiefs forty two, yes games uh, Bengals thirty seven. And 721 00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:05,720 Speaker 1: I will go Rams twenty eight, Rams thirty or seventeen. Okay, 722 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,359 Speaker 1: I mean the forty two blew my mind there. They 723 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,520 Speaker 1: scored forty two. The other two games, Bengals defense, just 724 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:16,839 Speaker 1: write these down. Okay, that was okay. So I'm gonna 725 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:22,960 Speaker 1: go with Chiefs thirty four. And and that's a specific 726 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:24,759 Speaker 1: number because I don't know if you know this, but 727 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,000 Speaker 1: the Chiefs of average thirty three point two points per 728 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,840 Speaker 1: game in the playoffs with my homes at the starting quarterback. 729 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,839 Speaker 1: So I'm right there at their average thirty four. At 730 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:36,399 Speaker 1: thirty four, Bengals get twenty eight, which is why I'm 731 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 1: taking the Bengals and the points in the situation, because 732 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,239 Speaker 1: the number is currently at seven and a half. Um, 733 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:45,919 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the the Rams. I'm giving up the three. 734 00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,279 Speaker 1: I think this was gonna be a lower scoring game though, 735 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,840 Speaker 1: you know, relative than what people might expect with the 736 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:55,480 Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh Kyle Shanahan's bright trust. Um, let me get 737 00:37:55,560 --> 00:38:05,840 Speaker 1: the Rams seven forty niners twenty uh. Well, actually the 738 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,640 Speaker 1: total is forty six and a half. Forty seven and 739 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:12,680 Speaker 1: I forty seven too. That's funny, and we both like 740 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,040 Speaker 1: overs in both of them. All Right, guys, enjoy the games. 741 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,600 Speaker 1: We'll be back on Monday. Have a great NFL weekend.