1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What's up, everybody, 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 1: It's me Jason McIntyre here on Straight Fire. Hope everybody 3 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: had a spectacular weekend. Listen Sunday night. How good was that? 4 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 1: I mean, it doesn't get any better than that? Seriously, folks. 5 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: You had Chiefs Chargers go into overtime Okay, really fun 6 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: come back by Pat Mahomes. Nice debut for Justin Herbert. 7 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: Then you had Lakers beating the Nuggets at the buzzer. 8 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: Will definitely talk about that a little later. Then you 9 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: had Seattle stopping New England on the goal line at 10 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: the final buzzer. Just an awesome night in sports. I'm 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: just so happy sports are back. This is I mean, 12 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: do you remember how bleak it was about four months ago? 13 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: There was like nothing to talk about, no sports happening. 14 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: I must have had four people who I ran into 15 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: this weekend who I maybe hadn't talked to a lot lately, 16 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: and they're like, so, how has your job been like 17 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: when there was no sports going on? I was like, well, 18 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: there's nothing to talk about it, absolutely nothing. Just it 19 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: was brutal and I'm just glad sports are back. Great weekend, 20 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: kept by a thrilling Sunday Night and for the new audience. 21 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: We probably had some new people dropped by the podcast 22 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: after what Colin Cowherd said on The Herd Friday. I 23 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: know you guys are just here for the gambling picks 24 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: and the best bet went two in one. Hooray lost 25 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: on the Eagles. Will I'll trash them in a little 26 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: bit um, just so you know. The best bet is 27 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 1: at the end of the podcast. But it don't just 28 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: come for the picks. Okay, you guys know the the 29 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: the ancient philosophy saying give a man of fish, you 30 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: feed him for a day. You teach a man to fish, 31 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: you feed him for a lifetime. I'm not just doing 32 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: the picks. We're talking through the process and how I 33 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: get there. The NBA run was hot. Okay, we're doing 34 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: well on the picks. But first let's get to the NFL. 35 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: And I gotta start with Sunday Night football, which was 36 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: an unlikely shootout Russell Wilson if TV passes, and he 37 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: outlasted Cam Newton, who was shockingly good for the Patriots. 38 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: Now I'll get to Cam in a sect, but I 39 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 1: have to start with Russell Wilson and the Patriots past 40 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: defense was number one in the league. Last year, they 41 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: gave up four touchdown passes two receivers all season. Russell 42 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: Wilson threw four touchdown passes to receivers Sunday night. I mean, 43 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: do you understand how good Russell Wilson was. He definitely 44 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: is the clubhouse leader in the after two weeks, who's 45 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: the m v P discussion? I have him over Kyler Murray, 46 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: my main man, Kyler Marie now also to and oh 47 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: at Aaron Rodgers, who has just been brilliant. But Russell 48 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 1: Wilson was just phenomenal. I mean he was. Listen, I 49 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 1: missed on the Seahawks. I did not think they would 50 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: be that good. The offensive line has some new pieces, 51 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: and russ started out with the pick six um on 52 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: his first pass, falling behind instantly, and he now has 53 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: been so good that after two games, Russell Wilson has 54 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 1: eleven incomplete passes and nine touchdown passes. I mean, the 55 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: guy is cooking. And um. This Patriots pass defense just 56 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: doesn't look like what it was last year. Underneath, they 57 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: got destroyed. The linebackers can't cover at all. The pass 58 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: rush was largely anemic and you know, we kind of, 59 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: I guess knew that the Seahawks past defense wasn't that 60 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: good either. I mean, remember Matt Ryan had a field 61 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: day and then to watch Cam Newton carve up Seattle 62 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: that was a little bit surprising. But folks, just so 63 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: you know, I know people are gonna be clamoring for 64 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 1: Seahawks in the Super Bowl. Their defense has been taken 65 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: apart pretty regularly through these first aid quarters. Okay, I 66 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: know Atlanta was in comeback mode in Week one and 67 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: Matt Mattie Ice had like four four hundred yards pass 68 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: and whatever it was. But Cam Newton carved up the 69 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: Seattle secondary. I mean, you cannot put Jamal Adams in coverage. 70 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: He was getting lit up. Uh. But overall, just an 71 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: awesome game. I guess my big takeaway is Bill Belichick 72 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: and Josh McDaniels once again coming out looking really, really smart. 73 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: Remember this is a duo that had Jimmy Garoppolo and 74 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 1: turned him into like an overnight sensation basically when he 75 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: was filling in for Tom Brady when he was suspended. 76 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: Jimmy g ended up making all this money and he 77 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: went to the Super Bowl last year with the Niners. 78 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: And then of course Belichick had Matt Castle when Brady 79 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 1: was injured in Week one, and Castle looked like a 80 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: looked like an NFL player. He made a lot of money, 81 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: uh in just a few years based on fifteen games 82 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: with Bill Belichick. And here comes Cam Newton looking like geez, 83 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: he's the stealer of the off season. They got him 84 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 1: on a minimum deal. Now his carries were down. He 85 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 1: had fifteen carries in week one. I said, folks, this 86 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 1: is not sustainable. He only had eleven in week two. 87 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: I did not like the play call on fourth and 88 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: not fourth and goal. I think it was first and goal. 89 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: But with three seconds left, I had one play and 90 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: if you look closely, the Seahawks dialed up the touchdown 91 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: play that they ran right before it on the last possession, 92 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: where the fullback in the tight end kind of running 93 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: motion the pre snap, and then Cam just find the 94 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,479 Speaker 1: hole and runs right in and Seattle saw it coming 95 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: and blew it up pretty easily. And a little disappointing there, 96 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: but um overall, just a phenomenal game. And Seattle in 97 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 1: the toughest division in football NFC West. Have you looked 98 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: at the standings Seattle to the rams of surprising too, 99 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: and oh and the Arizona Cardinals also to and oh 100 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: San fran one and one after curb stomping my Jets. 101 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: But I guess second big takeaway from the week has 102 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: to be um the Atlanta Falcons historic collapse against the 103 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: Cowboys and listen, I don't think much of the Cowboys 104 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 1: this year. I think they're a playoff team. But I'm 105 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: not a believer in dak Uh. You guys know, I'm 106 00:05:56,400 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 1: not a believer in this Dallas defense. Atlanta's guy some problems. 107 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,039 Speaker 1: They were leading twenty to nothing at the end of 108 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: one quarter, they led twenty nine to ten at the half, 109 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: they led by fifteen with seven and a half minutes 110 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: to go, and they blew it. The craziest stat of 111 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: Sunday in the NFL, the Atlanta Falcons scored thirty nine 112 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 1: points and at zero turnovers. Since nineteen thirty three, teams 113 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: that scored thirty nine points and have zero turnovers are 114 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:30,719 Speaker 1: four hundred and forty and zero in the NFL. The 115 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons and the first team since three to score 116 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: thirty nine points, zero turnovers and lose the football game. 117 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: That comes courtesy of ESPN Stats and info. That's how 118 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: bad of a loss it is for Atlanta. And I 119 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: don't know how dan Quinn ShakespeRe of this. Remember last 120 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: year he was able to finish strong. They went six 121 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: and two down the stretch and he saved his job. 122 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: But this is a guy who came up as a 123 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator in Seattle and he's his Falcons have given 124 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: up seventy eight points in two games. Now, Atlanta Falcons 125 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: defenders will say, hey, we faced um. You know, we 126 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: face Russell Wilson and the opener. He's an MVP candidate, 127 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: and we just faced Dak Prescott, who a lot of 128 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: people think is a fringe MVP candidate. So cut us 129 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: some slack um. But obviously the Falcons inexcusable on side kick. 130 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 1: If you watch the replay, essentially the Falcons were watching 131 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:27,400 Speaker 1: the football spin like they were hypnotized. It's crazy. It's 132 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: like the way my kid and all his little fourth 133 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: grade buddies stare at the at the iPad watching roadblocks. 134 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: If you if you're a dad out there and you 135 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: know your kids are playing roadblocks, you know what the 136 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: hell I'm talking about, Just staring at the game hypnotized, 137 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: and the Falcons if you watch their the special teams, 138 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: the onside hands team, they're just staring at the football 139 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: spinning and a cowboy just sneaks in, waits for it 140 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: to go ten yards and and grabs it. I mean, 141 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: it's just an unbelievable meltdown by the Falcons. Now, I 142 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: don't think you can fire Dan Quinn after two games. 143 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: I mean, listen, this is this is embarrassing. It's two 144 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: but it's two weeks. Okay, again, they faced two pretty 145 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: good quarterbacks. It's a meltdown. And you know something about 146 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: these Falcons. It's it's something every week with these guys. 147 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: It's like your kid forgets his math homework and then 148 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: the next week he forgets a pencil, and he forgets 149 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: a calculator, and he forgets his notebook, and it's just 150 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: always something. It's always something with the Atlanta Falcons. You know. 151 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: It's the defense, it's the injuries, it's special teams, it's 152 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: blowing a twenty eight to three Super Bowl lead. It's 153 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: just always something with these Falcons. I don't know, uh, 154 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: you know, I feel bad for Mattie Ice, but it 155 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: just feels like the ship has sailed on the Atlanta Falcons. 156 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: And I guess the third big takeaway in the NFL, 157 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: and this is not one you love to talk about, obviously, 158 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: it's the injuries. And if you play fantasy football, there's 159 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: a good chance somebody on your team got hurt. Last week. 160 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 1: For me, it was Marlon Mack and um, this week 161 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: it's essentially you know, a lot of star players in 162 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: the league went down and folks, last week I opened 163 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: on Monday saying, who needs a preseason? These guys are fine. 164 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 1: This looks great that his football was sharp, it was crisp, 165 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: it was well played, and the games were thrilling. And 166 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: here you go in week two and you've got players 167 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: dropping like flies and you can't just tell me it 168 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: was an unlucky weekend for injuries. I'm sure these sports 169 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: scientists are gonna come out here today on Monday and 170 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: Tuesday and say, listen, this is just too much too soon. Um, 171 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: it's pretty clear the players bodies weren't ready. And it 172 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: reminds me, you guys, know, pre pandemic. I would play 173 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: a lot of pickup basketball out here in l A. 174 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: And I had a friend who has a kid in 175 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 1: fourth grade with my son, and he heard I played 176 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: pick up and he's like, oh yeah, let me come 177 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: out and play. I was like, all right. You know, 178 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: this guy was like a college golfer. He played high 179 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: school baseball at a high level. He's good, good athlete, 180 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: and he serves a ton. So he comes out and plays. 181 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: He's fine. He's like, that was so much fun. I 182 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: can't wait to come next week. Now. He hadn't played 183 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 1: basketball in years. First week fine, second week, pulls a 184 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: calf muscle and isn't a walking boote for like six weeks, 185 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: and he's like, Jay, I'll never playing basketball again. That 186 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: was fun. This is I can't do this And I 187 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 1: was like, that's weird. He he was fine the first week, 188 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: and then the second week. It's just the overuse. Uh 189 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: your body is just not used to that. And you 190 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: see see Kwon Barkley done for the season, and I 191 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 1: feel really bad for sake one um. He had that 192 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 1: brutal first week fifteen, carries six yards against the Steelers, 193 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: and yet idiots like Tiki Barbera coming out and ripping him. 194 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: And here we go week two against the Bears and 195 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 1: it's it's by all accounts a knee injury that's going 196 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: to sideline him for the season. So he went on 197 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 1: his Instagram and he deleted every single post except the 198 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: tribute to Kobe Bryant. And you just feel for sake 199 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 1: Kwon Barkley man, he's in a crappy organization. Sorry giants, 200 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 1: that's where you guys are. And now he's hurt and 201 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: he's done for the season, and you know, I would 202 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: say he's the biggest loss. Obviously. Nick Bosa of the 203 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: fort is a massive loss for their defensive line. You 204 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: also had Um Solomon Thomas of the forty Niners go down. 205 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo high ankle spraying. Looks like he's gonna be 206 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: out two to four weeks. Drew lock Uh shoulder injury. 207 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: He got drilled by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He looks to 208 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,199 Speaker 1: be out a couple of weeks. Looks like Jeff Driscoll 209 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: is going to be the starter at Denver next week. 210 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: You had Anthony Barr leave the Vikings defense. Anthony Barr, 211 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,839 Speaker 1: probably the best player on an awful Vikings defense. Had 212 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 1: Paris Campbell leave for the Colts. Malik Hooker, the great 213 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,560 Speaker 1: cold safety who was a studded Ohio State. He's toast 214 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: cam Akers, who's on my fantasy team rams running back. 215 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: He's out Byron Jones, who the Dolphins paid a ton 216 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: of money to in the off season. He goes out 217 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: I think in like the first or second series, okay, 218 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: and have Stefan Diggs proceeds to just eviscerate the um 219 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 1: Dolphins secondary Byron Jones. I mean like it was really 220 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 1: sad and disappointing how many players got hurt? Um, I listen, 221 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: I I'm sure the carnage will come out later today, 222 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: but overall, a brutal week two for injuries. I know 223 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 1: you don't want to hear about my fantasy team, but 224 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: Jared Cook, I need about twenty five points tonight from you. 225 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: I ran into the Tyler Higbee machine. Of course, Tyler 226 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: Higbee has like four catches, three for touchdowns, and and 227 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: my my good fantasy team and my five league is 228 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: about to fall to oh and two unless Jared Cook 229 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,839 Speaker 1: can pull me out of the ashes. So um, I'm 230 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: not gonna buzz through all the games. I did want 231 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: to hit on a couple, okay, so I didn't miss 232 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 1: on the Philadelphia Eagles, and I just quickly want to 233 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: touch on how awful the Philadelphia Eagles look. Listen, I 234 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: picked them to win the division. And yes, the NFC 235 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: East is a dumpster fire, but particularly the Philadelphia Eagles 236 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: look like total garbage. Carson went specifically was atrocious against 237 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 1: the Rams, and you know, they took a seventeen nothing 238 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: lead the Eagles did in Week one against the Redskins 239 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,959 Speaker 1: against the Washington Football Club. Since that moment, since the 240 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: seventeen nothing leaked, they've been outscored sixty four to nineteen. 241 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 1: And it's it's I mean, Doug Peterson's got some real 242 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:17,599 Speaker 1: big explaining to do. Uh defensively, Jared Goff. If you 243 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: guys remember in the sixteen draft, Goff went one and 244 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: Wentz went to golf, got paid, golf, got to the 245 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: super Bowl, and then everybody doesn't think golf is very 246 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: good because if you pressure golf, he you know, crumbles 247 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: and he's not good on the road. Jared Goff. If 248 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: you were in a coma for the last four years 249 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 1: and you had never seen Jared Goff or Carson Wentz play, 250 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: you would have said, oh my gosh, Jared Goff looks 251 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:45,920 Speaker 1: like a superstar. Seven three touchdowns, hundred and forty two 252 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: quarterback rating. I mean, and he wasn't dinking and dunking. 253 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: I mean, everything was on point. The Rams offense looked awesome, 254 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 1: and this is an offense that lost cooks and Girly 255 00:13:55,679 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 1: Goff came out cooking. And meanwhile, Carson Wentz two in receptions, 256 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: dinking and dunking, missing open guys, got some major problems. Folks, 257 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: I know that Eagles fans are passionate between the injury woes, 258 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: how bad he's looked. I don't understand what Doug Peterson 259 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 1: could do, but right now, Carson Wentz has some major 260 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 1: problems and the Eagles are gonna have to rebound the 261 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: other game. I want to touch on and it's just brief. 262 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 1: My New York Jets. Everybody knows I'm basically the king 263 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 1: of the New York Jets fan club on social media, 264 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: and folks, I don't really I'm at a loss for words. 265 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: I didn't think it would be this bad. But what 266 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: really really hurts is Sam Donald, who I was ecstatic 267 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: when the Jets drafted out of USC. I thought it 268 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: was the steel of the draft. I mean I laughed 269 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: when the Giants got Sake Juan, Oh my gosh, they 270 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: passed on Sam Donald. I know he has no weapons 271 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: but to watch Sam Donald struggle to move the football 272 00:14:56,480 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: down the field against what essentially was the forty miner's 273 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: backup defense. No, Richard Sherman, both are left, Tom Solomon 274 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 1: Thomas left. He couldn't do anything. And then you look 275 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: at Gardner Minshew against Tennessee, and Gardner Minshew for the 276 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: second week in a row, is moving the football like 277 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: a machine. And and don't tell me it's the coaching, 278 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: don't don't tell me it's the scale position players. Gardner 279 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: Minshew has an undrafted running back out of Illinois State. 280 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: I don't know who this guy is. I don't know 281 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: who James Robinson is. He's throwing two dudes I've never 282 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: heard of. And Gardner Minshew I know he's twenty four, 283 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: a little older than Donald. They had thirty first downs. 284 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 1: They were ten for fourteen on third down. When Gardner 285 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: Minshew drops back, there's confidence that he's gonna make a 286 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: play with his feed or his arm. They had four 287 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: and eight yards of total offense against the Tennessee team. Hey, 288 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: the defense isn't great, but Tennessee is a player team. 289 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: Last year they I don't know what to say. It's 290 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: disappointing that when Gardner Minshew gets the ball, You're like, 291 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: all right, Gardner, Minshew's gonna make some magic happen. And 292 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: Sam Donald gets the ball anywhere on the field and 293 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: it's like, Paul, They're not going anywhere. And listen, Adam 294 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: Gaze stinks I was dead wrong. And now I've said 295 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 1: too much about the Jets because I'm getting worked up 296 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: and it's still early in the podcast. So there's my 297 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: quick takeaway from week two in the NFL. Overall, from 298 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: a gambling perspective, it went pretty well. I went four 299 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: and one in the circuit contest. That's the one point 300 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: four million dollar contest. Um. My big whiff was the Eagles. 301 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: I got super lucky with the Bucks getting a lake 302 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: cover the Dolphins coming through the back door. So I'm now, 303 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: uh seven, two and one. I'm right about one hundred, 304 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: maybe right outside the top one. UM thirty people enter, 305 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 1: and UM I will be spending a lot of time 306 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: digging into week three and talking about it on the podcast. 307 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 1: Let's get to the NBA, all right. We got to 308 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 1: take a couple of minutes here and talk about the 309 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: Lakers beating the Nuggets at the Buzzer. Lebron the decoy, 310 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis drains the three yells out. If you guys 311 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: have seen this, Lomo replay Kobe and then celebrates that 312 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:18,120 Speaker 1: the Lakers listen. That was a pretty awesome moment. I 313 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 1: was watching it with my son, and I gotta say, NBA, 314 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 1: I know people are gonna crap on the ratings today. 315 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: I don't care. I don't care that people didn't watch 316 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 1: the Lakers against cam in Seattle on Sunday Night Football. 317 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: It was so perfect that we got to watch the 318 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 1: first half. Then you switch over to Sunday Night Football 319 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: and then Sunday A Football at halftime, and boom, you 320 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 1: get the final five minutes of Lakers Nuggets. Now, the 321 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: final five minutes were fascinating. Yokich was unstoppable. I didn't 322 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: love what Frank Vogel did down the stretch. UM he 323 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: would not play Kuzma for some reason. And you had 324 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,919 Speaker 1: several non shooters. You had Alex Caruso, and then you 325 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 1: played Rondo in the final minute, and Caruso of course 326 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:58,880 Speaker 1: this day wide open three that the Nuggets will give 327 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: him all day long. That was right before Anthony Davis's 328 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:05,679 Speaker 1: game winning shot. UM. But essentially Yokich had the final 329 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: eleven for the Nuggets. Anthony Davis had the final ten 330 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 1: for the Lakers. Now I looked this up on the game. Look, 331 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 1: the Lakers only had ten points in the final five minutes, 332 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: all Anthony Davis, and I quickly, I gotta just get 333 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 1: this out of the way because I don't want to 334 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: say it and come off like I'm complaining. But I 335 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,879 Speaker 1: noticed this after the game. You know, you go on 336 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: social media and you talk about it, because that's just 337 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 1: what you do in go on your Instagram and Facebook 338 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 1: and Twitter and blah blah blah, probably for me, mostly Twitter, 339 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: because I'm in the media, and this weird thing happens 340 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: where if you think that pre social media, when a 341 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: game winning shot like that happens, the takeaways, oh that 342 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 1: was amazing, Oh my gosh, Anthony Davis, Nuggets, they blew it. 343 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: They had. All you gotta do is cover Anthony Davis 344 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: and Lebron and they couldn't. And it's all about the 345 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 1: Lakers winning. At the buzzer going up to oh Ken, 346 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: the Nuggets win a game in the series and you 347 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,640 Speaker 1: it's just like exciting. But here we have social media 348 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: where the hate for Lebron James is so strong that 349 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:20,439 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis was like number one for I don't know, 350 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: three minutes and and then instantly was like, well, you know, 351 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: that's why Janice wins m v P over over Lebron 352 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,719 Speaker 1: because Anthony Davis has just shot at the buzzer like somebody, 353 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: like a credible guy who's a play by play announcer 354 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: or whatever in Boston like tweeted that out. And you've 355 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: got all these people bashing Lebron for how bad he 356 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: was in the second half. Lebron did have a bad 357 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 1: second half. He had twenty in the first half, and 358 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: the second half he didn't have it. I think he 359 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: had two air balls, six turnovers in the game. He 360 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: wasn't great in the second half. But who cares? Who 361 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 1: gives a shit that Lebron played poorly in the second 362 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: half when they won and Anthony Davis carried them down 363 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: the stretch. I mean, do you have you guys forgotten 364 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 1: how many times guys like Robert Ory bailed out Check 365 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: and Kobe and how many times Derek Fisher hit buzzer 366 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: shots or super clutch shots down the stretch. I remember 367 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: a Game seven where Kobe against the Celtics was something 368 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 1: like six eight or six for twenty four and Ronard 369 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: test was the hero. Throughout NBA history, We've seen other 370 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:26,879 Speaker 1: guys delivering I mean, Ray Allen hit a three to 371 00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 1: save the heat. Um how many times Clay Thompson had 372 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 1: what forty something odd pointing at like three points whatever 373 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: the number is in Game six against the thunder Just 374 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 1: because the superstar isn't amazing, it's not the end of 375 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: the world. That should not be the focus. And it 376 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: kind of piste me off. I don't know, Rob g Am, 377 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 1: I going overboard here getting upset that people try to 378 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: make Lebron not being dominant down the stretch a story. No, 379 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: I don't think so at all. But I think you 380 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 1: also have to understand that Lebron James aimes. The NBA 381 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: begins and ends with Lebron James. Every story that you 382 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: think that you want to talk about that they will 383 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: talk about the Blazers, you want to talk about the Bobcats. 384 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: There's gonna be a Lebron James connection somewhere because he's 385 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: the one who drives clicks. He's the one who drives eyeballs, 386 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: He's the one who drives ratings. So if you want 387 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:23,640 Speaker 1: to tweet about the game when everybody's tweeting the best 388 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: way to cut through is go after Lebron exactly. And 389 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: that just comes with the territory. I mean, it was 390 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: like that when he was in Cleveland. It's even worse 391 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: now that he's a Laker because the Lakers are the 392 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:38,440 Speaker 1: biggest brand in basketball, so it just kind of comes 393 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 1: with it. I'm disappointed in people for doing that and 394 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: trying to tear down a guy like Lebron. He was 395 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: not great in the second ouf, but who gives who cares? 396 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis was brilliant by the way. I listen. I 397 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: don't want to go too deep into this. It was 398 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: like a Saturday kerfuffle brush fire if you will, on 399 00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:01,680 Speaker 1: on SoCal on social media. But the NBA voting came 400 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 1: out for m v P All NBA and everything, and 401 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:08,120 Speaker 1: the ballots were revealed and a sideline reporter slash host 402 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: at ESPN named Maria Taylor. I don't know where I've 403 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: never met her. Um she left Anthony Davis off her 404 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 1: all NBA ballot. Her All NBA first center was Yokich, 405 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,959 Speaker 1: her second was Joel Embiid, her third was bam At 406 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: a Bio and some guy you know, noticed this and 407 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,719 Speaker 1: was like, Maria Taylor left Anthony Davis off her All 408 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 1: NBA ballot and would I mean eventually somebody would have 409 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: probably noticed it. And instantly it was like, wait, what, 410 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 1: how how is that possible? Anthony Davis is I mean, 411 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: he's a phenomenal player, he's obviously he was first team 412 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: All NBA. But this person left Anthony Davis off the ballot, 413 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: off all three teams. Now, maybe that was a mistake. 414 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: And if it was a mistake, you know she come 415 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,679 Speaker 1: out and say it. And and what happened was this 416 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 1: instantly involved devolved into everybody bashing Maria Taylor. How does 417 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:10,159 Speaker 1: she have a vote? Why does she have a vote? 418 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: She doesn't know basketball? Blah blah, and people went ballistic, 419 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:17,199 Speaker 1: and you know that's what they're gonna do. Just my 420 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: two thoughts And Rob G as a producer, you try 421 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: to keep me out of trouble in topics like this. 422 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 1: And again, I don't know Maria Taylor. I'm sure she 423 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: knows basketball. You can't host a show if you don't 424 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: know if you don't know basketball, So she knows what 425 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 1: she's talking about. Maybe it was a mistake that if 426 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: it's a mistake, come out and say, man, I screwed 427 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 1: up my ballot. This is part of the job. It 428 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,679 Speaker 1: comes with the territory that you're gonna get ripped for 429 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: your sports opinions. If you have opinions, you better be 430 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 1: ready to defend them. That's that's the name of the game. 431 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 1: If you're going on TV, radio, podcast, social media, whatever, 432 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: and you have opinions, you back them up. That's just 433 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: how it goes. And I've told this story multiple times 434 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 1: on the podcast. I got to FS one. I'm going 435 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 1: on the TV shows and there were times where I'm 436 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 1: at the desk and I look across and it's a 437 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: guy like Kenyan Martin. I mean, Kenyan Martin was like 438 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: the number one pick in the draft. Um, he was 439 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: destined to be a superstar, and then he had that 440 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: that bad injury at Cincinnati, and he was still a 441 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: really good NBA player, went to the finals with the nets. 442 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:25,119 Speaker 1: Um good player. I mean, he's all time good college 443 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: basketball player in in his conference. I think Cincinnati was 444 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: a Conference USA. And I'm sitting across the desk from him, 445 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: and I'm sure he's looking at me, like, who is 446 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,239 Speaker 1: this guy? He didn't play in the NBA. What are 447 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 1: we doing? Why? Why is he coming? Why is he 448 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 1: saying this stuff? And I went after Carmelo Anthony, who 449 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: I didn't know was super tight with Kenyan Martin. They 450 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: were like boys. And again I'm not not crushing Carmelo Anthony, 451 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,680 Speaker 1: but I'm back, I'm bashing him. He's not a team player. 452 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 1: He's a black hole on offense. He don't pass, he 453 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,120 Speaker 1: doesn't make anybody better. He's a great all a great 454 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 1: one on one player, but he doesn't make teammates better. Like, 455 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: I don't know, what can you do with him? He's 456 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: three in D but there doesn't play defense. And Kenyan 457 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: Martin was like, you know, aggressive towards me on the 458 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: set and um defending his guy Carmelo Anthony. But again, 459 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go by the numbers. I'm gonna trust the 460 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:17,160 Speaker 1: numbers and I'm gonna trust you know, my eyes. And 461 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 1: it was fine, you know, Ultimately afterward, I was like, 462 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: damn Kenyan coming after me. He's like, well, that's my boy, 463 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 1: you know. And ultimately I got to be friendly with 464 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: Kenyan Martin. If I saw him out, he'd probably knuckle 465 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 1: bumped me, and you know, we're friendly other guys would 466 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: come at me hard. Chris Carter, who was that FS 467 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: one uh four, that guy's in the Hall of Fame. Um, 468 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 1: we went toe to toe over Dak Prescott and UM. 469 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: Ultimately I I you know, I had all the numbers. 470 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 1: I backed it up. I said listen, this that the 471 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 1: other and Chris Carter didn't like it, and he was 472 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: like listen, um, and he basically played that I played 473 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: football card. And I know when I'm arguing sports with 474 00:25:57,119 --> 00:26:00,400 Speaker 1: somebody or debating or whatever and they have to lean 475 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 1: into the well I played and you didn't, I know 476 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: I've won essentially at that. That's like me. That's them 477 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: signaling to me that let's to listen, I'm not gonna 478 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 1: argue with you. I played, And for me, it's like 479 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 1: I know that I've done a good job if if 480 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:17,880 Speaker 1: it gets to that, and Maria Taylor probably should come 481 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: out and say, yeah, hey, I screwed up my ballot 482 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,160 Speaker 1: or this is what I saw from bam Ada bio. 483 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: Because I can tell you right now, rob G, I 484 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: don't know if you agree with me, but there ain't 485 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 1: no way in hell anybody in any GM in the 486 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: league is taking Joel and beat over Anthony Davis. There's 487 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,639 Speaker 1: no way. Bam Adebio is a really nice young player. 488 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to maybe bama Auta Bio against Anthony 489 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: Davids in the finals. And bam is young, maybe he 490 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 1: holds his own a little bit. But Anthony Davis is 491 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,399 Speaker 1: a top ten player in the league, no doubt. And 492 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 1: for her to leave him off the ballot, it opens 493 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 1: her up for criticism, right, and I agree with you. 494 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,679 Speaker 1: And what I will give her credit for is that 495 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: she did admit that she just made a mistake. She 496 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 1: just said she completely botched it and forgot it. So 497 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: credit to her, I guess for owning that mistake. It's 498 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: a big mistake, but at least she owned it. Um. 499 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:11,400 Speaker 1: There was another voter who somehow lost in this, Maria Taylor. 500 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 1: I guess because Maria Taylor and she is a well 501 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,160 Speaker 1: known name. There was a voter. I'm trying to find 502 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 1: his name for you. What's his name, Greg Logan, don't 503 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,120 Speaker 1: know him. I don't know him either. He's probably never 504 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: gonna come on this show. But here's some of the 505 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: awards that he listed. Luca don Chich, Andre Drummond, First 506 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:40,960 Speaker 1: Team All Defense, Russell Westbrook, Hassan Whiteside, second Team All Defense, 507 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,880 Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year first and second. He has 508 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 1: Andre Drummond first, a Son Whiteside second, Andre Drummond the 509 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:53,119 Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year. Yes, second Team All NBA. 510 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: Three guys he has on there, Trey Young, Brandon Ingram, 511 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 1: Trey and Andre Dremmond. Again, he's really that must be 512 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: like his number one source in the NBA, or that 513 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: wasn't see here's the reason I got one more for you, 514 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 1: one more third Team All NBA guard the black hole 515 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: zach Lavine. I like zach Lavine and but he's not 516 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 1: He couldn't sniff third Team All NBA. I'm a zach 517 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: Lavine fan. Um, that's bad. But here's the thing, rob G. 518 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 1: Nobody's gonna rip that guy because A he's not on 519 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: TV be he you know, he doesn't work at ESPN. 520 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 1: And uh see, he didn't mention any Lakers. Uh you know, 521 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: like Maria Taylor hit the Triumbrate. They're going after Anthony Davis. 522 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, Robb G. Is Anthony Davis 523 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 1: playing at a level that if he could score thirty 524 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: seven in Game one and then he scores a final 525 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 1: ten points of Bailer Mountain Game two. We could be 526 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 1: looking at a scenario where he maybe wins the finals 527 00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 1: MVP is the allheaded because that's gonna be a whole 528 00:28:57,840 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: other story. If Anthony Davis wins the final m v P, 529 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 1: I can already tell you right now, people are gonna 530 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 1: go ballistic and oh Lebron can never be the greatest 531 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 1: player ever he didn't win finals, and you know, like 532 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,200 Speaker 1: I can already see us getting into that. If he 533 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 1: ends up facing off against the Boston Celtics, who are 534 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: still down in this series as of Monday, he should 535 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 1: be the focal point of the Lakers offense against that 536 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 1: team because they have nobody on their roster can hang 537 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: with him. At least the Heat have bam At a 538 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,959 Speaker 1: bio and he could give him some trouble. You know, 539 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler's big enough where you can kind of give 540 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 1: him some issues stuff like that. But I put this 541 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 1: out on Twitter after the game last night, and we 542 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: there's been this narrative now for a few years that 543 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: the best player in the world is not actually the 544 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: best player in the world. The best player in the 545 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: world is whoever had the best performance throughout the NBA playoffs. 546 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 1: So that was kind of where Lebron earned his stripes 547 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 1: all those years ago, making the making the finals every year, 548 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: even though there were you know, James Harden was putting 549 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: up big numbers two, you know, stuff like that. Kevin, 550 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,480 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant kind of assumed that role once he became 551 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: the alpha dog in Golden State and he was their 552 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: best players, and he's the best player in the best team. 553 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 1: He must be the best player in the world. Last 554 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 1: year with what Kawhi Leonard did, all of a sudden, 555 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 1: he was the best player in the world because Lebron 556 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: didn't make the playoffs. So it obviously can't be Lebrian anymore. 557 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant was hurt, so he obviously can't be the 558 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: best player in the world. Has got to be Kauai 559 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: hold the time out, time out, Rob. I don't think 560 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: that was the narrative, did you think? Did you think? 561 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 1: But that was what the narrative was. That was how 562 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: they defined the best player in the world. And by they, 563 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: you mean the social media social media. A lot of 564 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 1: people in mainstream sports media, you know, the consensus seemed 565 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 1: to be the majority of people thought that was the 566 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 1: way it worked out. In this postseason, Anthony Davis has 567 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,920 Speaker 1: been far and away the best player in the playoffs. 568 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 1: When you factor in what he does defensively along with 569 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: what he's doing offensively, it's not even close. If you 570 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,719 Speaker 1: look at the pr he's like three points higher than 571 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 1: the next closest person. If you look at win As, 572 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: he's half a point higher than Lebron James. I think 573 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 1: is second like what Anthony Davis is doing in this postseason, 574 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 1: and he probably shouldn't won Defensive Player of the Year, 575 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: but that's an argument for a different day. But in 576 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 1: this series, he's shooting over from the field, almost from 577 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 1: three from the free throw line, while also playing all 578 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: world defense. So if the argument is the best player 579 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: in the world is the guy who's been playing the 580 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,760 Speaker 1: best throughout the playoffs when it matters the most, which 581 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 1: is why jan Has can't be it, which is why 582 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: Kauai can't be it, James Harden can't be it, then 583 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 1: it really comes down to Lebron James and Anthony Davis. 584 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 1: And even though Lebron James is more valuable to the 585 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 1: Lakers for what they need, Anthony Davis has been the 586 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 1: best player on their team. He he is by that 587 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: whole argument the best player in the world right now, Yeah, 588 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 1: I mean I think ultimately it probably you could be 589 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 1: onto something. Um I just wonder, I just wonder if 590 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: Lebron will hit another gear in the finals, because again 591 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 1: he let Anthony Davis eat in the Western Conference finals. 592 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,920 Speaker 1: People are gonna remember the finals, um. And if he 593 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,240 Speaker 1: does go up against Anthony Davis, that is the Celtics. 594 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 1: They're gonna throw at him, Daniel Fiss who's he's capable, 595 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 1: but he's a body. And then their backup is Robert Williams, 596 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: who's nothing special. The heat as you said, bam out 597 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,840 Speaker 1: of Bio is good. His backup is the guy who 598 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 1: looks like a cafeteria lunch lady, Kelly ol nick uh. 599 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 1: And you know Anthony Davis is gonna eviscerate that guy, 600 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 1: so he's probably gonna eat heavily in the finals. We 601 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: know your Kich isn't gonna stop him, um Man, Can 602 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,280 Speaker 1: I can I just say this quietly? Maybe nobody else, 603 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:40,800 Speaker 1: Maybe if a lot of people have tapped out by 604 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 1: now and aren't listening as deep. I hope Lebron wins 605 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,520 Speaker 1: finals MVP. I really hope he does. Rock to I 606 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 1: don't want this. I don't want these idiots yelling he 607 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 1: can't pass. Jordan didn't win finals MVP. Okay, you only 608 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: get one thing that can. It's either Lebron wins finals 609 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:01,600 Speaker 1: MVP this year or Kevin Durand wins Finals MVP next year. 610 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 1: I know Kevin direct your guy. I know that you 611 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,000 Speaker 1: guys share a lot of d m s. And yeah, 612 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 1: he didn't respond to me. He was in town, invited 613 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 1: into your kid's birthday. You didn't want to show up, 614 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 1: but I know you're tight. You had to get only one. 615 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,440 Speaker 1: Which one are you? Are you want to? No? No, no, 616 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,840 Speaker 1: we need Lebron to get the finals MVP. That's the 617 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 1: better long tail discussion. In the off season, it becomes 618 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:23,200 Speaker 1: Lebron first. Jordan's which you know I could do on 619 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 1: the show. We're gonna have guests on it every day. 620 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,920 Speaker 1: The only thing better than sitting on your couch watching 621 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: the game. He's making money while you do it. Here's 622 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: your best bet, best bet for Monday, September twenty one. 623 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:44,160 Speaker 1: Let's quickly recap. NFL went two and one. Eagles failed 624 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 1: me badly. Colts was a no sweat and the Bucks 625 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 1: covering eight and a half thanks to Leonard four nets 626 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,840 Speaker 1: for like fifty yard touchdown. I went bananas in my house. 627 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:55,960 Speaker 1: My kids looked at me like I had three heads. 628 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,680 Speaker 1: It was a joyous moment. So two and one best 629 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 1: bet now up to seven teen ten and two. Nice 630 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:09,280 Speaker 1: little uh, nice little weekend. Let's go with the Las 631 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:14,080 Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders tonight Monday Night football, getting five and a half. 632 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,120 Speaker 1: They were at home. No Michael Thomas at least that 633 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 1: was the last I saw Michael Thomas. Not expected to 634 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:21,840 Speaker 1: play tonight. He was injured, but then he said he 635 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,719 Speaker 1: was gonna try to give it a go again. I 636 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:27,960 Speaker 1: need Jared Cook big in fantasy. I know the Raiders 637 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,120 Speaker 1: secondary struggles and if you look at the numbers against 638 00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater, they were not good. They allowed Bridgewater to 639 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 1: keep him in the game in Week one, and Drew 640 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:40,840 Speaker 1: Brees can take advantage underneath. I don't know if the 641 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 1: arm strength is their, folks. I'm sorry, I just don't now. 642 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 1: If you look in the off season, the Raiders picked 643 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:49,320 Speaker 1: up some linebackers. I like their safeties and they should 644 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:53,600 Speaker 1: do an okay job with camara Um out of the backfield. 645 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:56,880 Speaker 1: Emmanuel Sanders is the guy to watch. How will he 646 00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,640 Speaker 1: do against that Las Vegas secondary and not on the 647 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,600 Speaker 1: offense the side of the football, I think Derek Carr 648 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 1: can keep this close. I like the Saints defense. Um, 649 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: I just for for whatever reason, I think the debut 650 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:12,520 Speaker 1: in Vegas car We'll see what's up with Trent Brown. 651 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,799 Speaker 1: The offensive linement. That's that would be a big loss 652 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,360 Speaker 1: if he did not play. Otherwise this, you know, this 653 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:21,400 Speaker 1: Raiders offensive line should hold up well. I'm thinking somewhere 654 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:25,400 Speaker 1: along the lines of twenty three Saints with the victory. 655 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:29,480 Speaker 1: So I will take as the best bet the Las 656 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 1: Vegas Raiders getting five and a half. That's it for today. 657 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,320 Speaker 1: We will be back tomorrow. Peace.