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Speaker 1: Straight Fire? Fam, it's your boy, Jason McIntire, Straight Fire

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Speaker 1: for Friday, October. What a night in sports. It isn't

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Speaker 1: often that Tom Brady in prime time is upstage, and

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers did just that for everybody on the East

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Speaker 1: The Dodgers win a thriller over the Giants. In Game five,

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Speaker 1: Just what an awesome game, awesome drama, and listen. Obviously

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Speaker 1: We'll get to that game shortly, but a hell of

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Speaker 1: a game and a series Dodgers Giants. Uh, you know, listen,

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Speaker 1: But before we get today today's podcast and a robust

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Speaker 1: that's all we've got today, a special treat. You know,

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Speaker 1: about grand Hill. So you know, we talked about everything, Lakers,

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Speaker 1: and and um, and so it is different. You know,

426
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Speaker 1: you didn't see that twenty years ago. And maybe if

427
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Speaker 1: a guy in recent years was going into a contract year,

428
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:08,600
Speaker 1: so I had a one year left on his deal

429
00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,399
Speaker 1: and didn't want to return to his team. Then he

430
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:14,760
Speaker 1: could you know, alert the team and kind of you know,

431
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,800
Speaker 1: kind of like what Carmelo Anthony did when he left Inver.

432
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,840
Speaker 1: You know, he was able to orchestrate getting moved to

433
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Speaker 1: New York where he wanted to be um. But it

434
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,800
Speaker 1: is different. I think it takes a different strategy. I

435
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:32,520
Speaker 1: think you have to manage players differently. Uh. You know,

436
00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,280
Speaker 1: it's about winning, but it's also about giving yourself a

437
00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:40,399
Speaker 1: chance to win, you know, giving yourself feeling like you

438
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Speaker 1: have a chance. And you know, I use Philadelphia as

439
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Speaker 1: an example. Great team, great regular season last year, circumstances

440
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Speaker 1: whatever that might be. It might be a young, upstart

441
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:57,040
Speaker 1: Hawks team. It might be in Beads Leg. It might

442
00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:59,960
Speaker 1: be Simmons not playing uh, you know, the best basket

443
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 1: ball this career. It could be a confluence of everything.

444
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Speaker 1: But they didn't meet the ultimate goal. You know, they

445
00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:09,800
Speaker 1: didn't get there, they didn't win, They lost in the

446
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Speaker 1: second round. Do you blow things up? Is then like

447
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,480
Speaker 1: you know, indeed knows, okay, we have a chance, Like

448
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,560
Speaker 1: we still have a chance, and they've had a chance,

449
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,560
Speaker 1: they've had a chance for a while, and I just

450
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Speaker 1: I think it it just says like it just shows

451
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Speaker 1: how hard it is to win. And you have other

452
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Speaker 1: great players on really good teams who are also striving

453
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Speaker 1: for the same thing. And so you know, Um, a

454
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Speaker 1: lot goes into players and making decisions to leave and

455
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Speaker 1: and you know, order to stay. Um. But I think

456
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Speaker 1: once you have a great player and they come of

457
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Speaker 1: age and you put the right pieces around them and

458
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Speaker 1: other great players, and you go for it, you know,

459
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Speaker 1: and you try to you know, you you you you know,

460
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Speaker 1: it's not an exact science, but you you, you go

461
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Speaker 1: for it, and you make tweaks there as you go. Um.

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Speaker 1: And I think, I just think as a player, if

463
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Speaker 1: I feel like we're trying, we're all swimming in the

464
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Speaker 1: right direction or the same direction, and we're all striving

465
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Speaker 1: to be champions, then as long as I feel like

466
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Speaker 1: we have a realistic chance, then you know, then that

467
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Speaker 1: then I'd personally, I'd be inclined to stick it out.

468
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Speaker 1: So yeah, I don't know if that makes any sense,

469
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Speaker 1: but now it does. We could wrap up with the Lakers,

470
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Speaker 1: because the Lakers are mandatory, you know, anytime you do

471
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Speaker 1: an interview, you gotta get asked about lebron Um Lakers,

472
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,359
Speaker 1: oldest team in NBA history, that's what they're being called.

473
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Speaker 1: Grant Are they too old to win a title? And

474
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Speaker 1: if if if not, why are people saying that they're

475
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Speaker 1: just too old to handle an eighty two game season

476
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Speaker 1: in the playoffs? You know, they're they're they're not too

477
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Speaker 1: old to win a championship. I think the season will

478
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Speaker 1: be you know, it's gonna be all about managing the

479
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Speaker 1: season for this team. You know, last year they were

480
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Speaker 1: they were limping into the playoffs and lebron On wasn't right,

481
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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis was obviously hurt. They had such a short

482
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Speaker 1: off season from the year before, and I think it

483
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Speaker 1: really had an effect on them, uh and not being

484
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Speaker 1: able to get back to that level. So for them,

485
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Speaker 1: it's all gonna be about being healthy and at their

486
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Speaker 1: best uh when the playoffs start. And so I think

487
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Speaker 1: regardless of of of where they're they're seated, it doesn't matter,

488
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Speaker 1: you know, because when you are old, you have experience,

489
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Speaker 1: and things slow down and you don't play every other

490
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Speaker 1: night and at a different pace in the playoffs, and

491
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Speaker 1: so that's where I think that experience will serve them well.

492
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Speaker 1: But look, with all that talent, the one thing is

493
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Speaker 1: gonna be three point shooting. You know, That's the game

494
00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:47,040
Speaker 1: that we're in right now. Uh can guys knockdown shots,

495
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,920
Speaker 1: But more importantly than that, it's gonna be Anthony Davis. Now,

496
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Speaker 1: even with the challenges of last season, even with the

497
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Speaker 1: Porsche three point shooting from the Lakers in the playoffs

498
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Speaker 1: against the Suns, if Davis is healthy, they beat the

499
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Speaker 1: Suns in my opinion. And then the games that he

500
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Speaker 1: was healthy and he played in that series, he dominated

501
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,760
Speaker 1: in the Lakers one and and so if he can

502
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Speaker 1: be at that level of dominance on both ends of

503
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Speaker 1: the floor, then that gives them a great chance I

504
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:22,800
Speaker 1: think too. Not just get through the seas and he

505
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Speaker 1: gets to the playoffs, but get back to the NBA finals. Definitely.

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Speaker 1: All right. He is Grant Hill, Uh doing some great

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Speaker 1: stuff with legal Zoom check it out, providing legal and

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Speaker 1: basketball player. Thanks for taking the time, Grant, Hey, I

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Speaker 1: appreciate the compliment, and uh, thanks for having me. Jason

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Speaker 1: Tremendous stuff from Grant Hill, the Legend. The first memory

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Speaker 1: I have of Grant Hill obviously before he made it

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Speaker 1: to college in the pros. You know, you'd heard about

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00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,399
Speaker 1: him in my area growing up, and it was a

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Speaker 1: huge deal and it was like, oh, Grand Hill, this

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Speaker 1: guy's gonna be a superstar. Duke wants him, Everyone wants him.

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Speaker 1: So he gets the duke as a freshman. He's incredible,

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Speaker 1: And it was the alley oop against Kansas, I think

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Speaker 1: in like the first minute of the National title game.

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Speaker 1: It was like, oh my gosh, Like you've seen Grant

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Speaker 1: Hill do some things all season. He's really good, but

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Speaker 1: he was on a stacked team and to see him

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Speaker 1: go up and get it and flush it, nance freaked

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Speaker 1: out and it was like Grant Hills arrived. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I was like a poster everywhere, and you know, it's

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Speaker 1: just a bummer. The guy had to deal with those

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Speaker 1: injuries to cut his career short. Real stinker, but nevertheless, um,

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Speaker 1: thank you for Grant Hill for dropping by. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's get to the best bet here on straight fire

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Speaker 1: and if fell in college a college weekends pretty weak,

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Speaker 1: no lies. Last weekend was amazing four and one in

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Speaker 1: my picks column for Fox Sports, and there's not as

539
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 1: many good games this week in college. I did fire

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Speaker 1: on Texas. Remember I got a little bit you get

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Speaker 1: you need to get a little lucky. Last week I

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00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:18,360
Speaker 1: had Oklahoma dead in the water down twenty one. They

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Speaker 1: benched their starting quarterback, come back and win and cover

544
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Speaker 1: with a TV in the final minute. I'll take it.

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00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 1: And then I was on Iowa against Penn State and

546
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 1: it was pretty clear for about a half Iowa was

547
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Speaker 1: not the right side. Penn State looked really good, especially defensively,

548
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 1: and then the quarterback gets hurt. I was storms back

549
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 1: and wins and covers. I gotta take it that. My

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00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 1: loan loss was oh Miss, which lost amazingly by giving

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Speaker 1: up a touchdown with no time on the clock at

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Speaker 1: the end. And even if it had gone overtime, a

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00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,480
Speaker 1: super slim chance I think it was six might have

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00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 1: been six and a half but either way lost. That

555
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Speaker 1: was a four and one. I'll take it profitable weekend

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00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 1: this weekend in college, Um, I did lay it with

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Speaker 1: Texas against Okay State. I just didn't. Okay States kind fraudulent.

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00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,560
Speaker 1: I know they're undefeated. Sorry to my man Doug Gottlieb

559
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Speaker 1: and all the Cowboys fans out there. Texas is the

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Speaker 1: better side. Only concern is Okay State off of by

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Speaker 1: and so they'll be rested and ready, probably have some

562
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 1: new gadget plays for that ugly offense. And you know

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Speaker 1: Texas is kinda they had to. That's a tough defeat

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Speaker 1: against your rivals. Losing in the final minute leading by

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Speaker 1: twenty one, that's a rough loss. And you hope they

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Speaker 1: bounced back. Oklahoma State might jump on him early, but

567
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: ultimately Texas too much offense from sark and the guys.

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Speaker 1: I took Arkansas smaller play on Arkansas favorite by three

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Speaker 1: and a half at home against Auburn, but the big

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Speaker 1: one and you got it. Sometimes you gotta write them

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Speaker 1: until it ends. And if you guys remember, I think

572
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,400
Speaker 1: it was two years ago, Alabama first halves were just

573
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Speaker 1: such an easy cash cow. It would be like, uh,

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Speaker 1: twenty one and a half and they would easily get

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Speaker 1: four touchdowns and be twenty three and a half. And

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00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:53,959
Speaker 1: they get four touchdowns. I mean, you know, I think

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00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,600
Speaker 1: it was eight straight wins Alabama first half two years ago,

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Speaker 1: and it might have even been last year as well,

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00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,920
Speaker 1: because that offense was a juggernaut. I think you gotta

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00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 1: ride Georgia here, number one defense in the country. And

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00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 1: I know I mentioned Oklahoma States undefeated and a bit fraudulent.

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00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 1: What about Kentucky They're undefeated, but they are I mean,

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Speaker 1: come on you you look at this team. They got

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Speaker 1: so lucky to beat Florida, Okay, and even in their

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00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 1: other games they're barely scraping by Georgia. Mild concern and

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Speaker 1: that Georgia goes into a bye week. And if you

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Speaker 1: remember your time in college, anytime there was like an

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00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 1: upcoming holiday, you were heading out of town like you

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00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 1: did way worth less schoolwork. You're probably going out three

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00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 1: nights that week, and it was like you were building

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Speaker 1: up towards the departure. Well, just Georgia football team off

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00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:46,160
Speaker 1: some pretty big wins Auburn, Arkansas. I mean, they're looking

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Speaker 1: good and now they have a bye week ahead, and

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Speaker 1: you just wonder can Kirby Smart keep them locked in.

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00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 1: I believe they can their favorite by twenty two and

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00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 1: a half against Kentucky. But I saw one line that

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00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,120
Speaker 1: the Kentucky point total for the game was nine and

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Speaker 1: a half, nine and a half. This this reeks like

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00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 1: thirty two, six, thirty three to three, something like that.

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Speaker 1: I I laid it with Georgia and um, I think

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Speaker 1: that's probably my best bet of the weekend in college football.

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00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: Now to the NFL, and again I should not sit

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Speaker 1: here and bemoan the fact that the Vikings led by

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Speaker 1: ten last week with like four minutes left and had

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00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 1: the ball like the Detroit thirty five, ended up getting

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Speaker 1: no points, blew the cover, nearly blew the game f

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Speaker 1: the Vikings. That being said, I oh, I still want

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Speaker 1: to take him this week against Carolina, But as we

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Speaker 1: record this early Friday morning, I don't know if McCaffrey's playing.

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00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: I can't. I really think what's McCaffrey comes back. Donald

611
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 1: will look better because he looked good in the first

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Speaker 1: three games. I know the opponents were trash, sorry not trash,

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Speaker 1: the opponents were inferior. But McCaffrey is gonna add a

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Speaker 1: total Another dimension I'm sure the Vikings will play better

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00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 1: than last week. I don't really have a handle on them. Remember,

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Speaker 1: I like the Cardinals against the Vikings, and I against

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00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 1: had the Kings last week, and they just they're a

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Speaker 1: bit of a bugaboo? Can I use Can I use

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Speaker 1: that correctly? So I'm gonna pass on Vikings Carolina as

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Speaker 1: much as I want to take Minnesota. If McCaffrey's at'll

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Speaker 1: take Minnesota. But I think there's way better value on

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Speaker 1: the board starting with the Cleveland Browns. And you guys know,

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Speaker 1: I am bullish on the Arizona Cardinals. I've mentioned I

624
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 1: have a connection to the Arizona front office. I like

625
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: that team a lot. Okay, I think they are super

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00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 1: Bowl worthy, But big concern with the COVID and Chandler

627
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,280
Speaker 1: Jones doesn't look like he's gonna play. He will need

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00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,640
Speaker 1: two negative tests here in the next what forty eight

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Speaker 1: hours to play. I don't I don't know if there's

630
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Speaker 1: he's gonna be able to and without him, like that's

631
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Speaker 1: a massive loss. He's arguably your best defensive player. And

632
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray is hurt. Okay, he was hurt last week.

633
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 1: He did not look good. He turned up on the

634
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Speaker 1: injury report. Like we saw the big difference between Arizona

635
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Speaker 1: with Kyler healthy in the first part of last season

636
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Speaker 1: and then the second part of last season Kyler Murray

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Speaker 1: injured and Arizona's offense stunk. So I'm going with Cleveland here.

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Speaker 1: Ever by three, I got him at two and a half,

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00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 1: I got him at three. This is also going to

640
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 1: be a weather game. It looks like twenty to wins

641
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,320
Speaker 1: in Cleveland, so I I just think this is another

642
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,760
Speaker 1: monster run game for Nick Chubb. By the way, Chubb

643
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,560
Speaker 1: leads the NFL in twenty plus yard carries. He's probably

644
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,879
Speaker 1: gonna go for a buck fifty here. Kareem Hunt another

645
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,080
Speaker 1: I just Arizona has had a good run too, tough

646
00:34:24,120 --> 00:34:26,960
Speaker 1: Divisital matchups, they could get blown out here. Also, their

647
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 1: center Rodney Hudson looks like he's not gonna play this week.

648
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,439
Speaker 1: Just everything lining up for a Cleveland win. I would

649
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,160
Speaker 1: look at the under two, but maybe you want to

650
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 1: wait too closer to game time, depending on what the

651
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,359
Speaker 1: If there is rain, which looks like it's just gonna

652
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,960
Speaker 1: rain Friday and today and Saturday. Um, but win for sure.

653
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,919
Speaker 1: So I like Cleveland and the other one. I'm sorry

654
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 1: I had to. I had to take the Packers favorite

655
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 1: by five and a half. La fleur four no against

656
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 1: the spread against the Bears. Okay, Rogers has owned the

657
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,440
Speaker 1: Bears in his career, and if you you look close,

658
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,800
Speaker 1: the Bears are doing some new interesting things since the

659
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,879
Speaker 1: season opener. What happened its rams. They got torched over

660
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 1: the top. The big plays killed him to TVs of

661
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,239
Speaker 1: over fifty yards and they had another play, I think

662
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:10,240
Speaker 1: thirty seven yard pass play. Bottom line, the Bear secretary

663
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 1: got lit up. So what did they do? The DC there?

664
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:16,720
Speaker 1: Shawn Desai Um shout out to the Indian guy. First

665
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:21,479
Speaker 1: year as a defensive coordinator, he has adjusted and now

666
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,399
Speaker 1: playing three safeties. Um and some of the Bears beat

667
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,480
Speaker 1: writers covered this earlier this week. They're playing more three safeties.

668
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 1: They don't want to give up the big play. They're

669
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,319
Speaker 1: going with one linebacker ro Quan Smith, who we know

670
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: is excellent, and they're saying, we'll concede the run, We'll

671
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 1: give you the we'll give you the run even though

672
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 1: we don't have Hicks in the middle, our best run stopper,

673
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:40,799
Speaker 1: and we're just not gonna give up the big play

674
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 1: because our quarterbacks are not that good. The problem is

675
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:48,719
Speaker 1: a um. Their defensive line has been able to bully

676
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,440
Speaker 1: bad teams. The Raiders last week, they killed the Raiders

677
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,200
Speaker 1: offensive line. Last week they killed Lions offensive line and

678
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,880
Speaker 1: the Bengals. They're not gonna do that against the Packers.

679
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 1: It's just not happening. Packers are getting healthy on the

680
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 1: offensive line. And if you look last week, I have

681
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 1: a j Dillon and fantasy. The Packers are going more

682
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,000
Speaker 1: two backs, Dylan and Jones. Last year it was like

683
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:12,400
Speaker 1: Jones little Dylon. This year it's like Yon even caught

684
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 1: a touchdown pass. They have no problem just running all

685
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:18,479
Speaker 1: over this Bears team. And the second they say, okay,

686
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,279
Speaker 1: we gotta concede, we gotta bring a say safety off

687
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,600
Speaker 1: the field, get another linebacker, Roger's gonna kill him over

688
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 1: the top. And I mean Rogers and Adams are really something.

689
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 1: Adams leads the league in catches, yards and twenty yard catches.

690
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:35,640
Speaker 1: He is just destroying teams. Absolutely eviscerated the Bengals last week.

691
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,319
Speaker 1: I just I don't see a path to victory here

692
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 1: for the Bears. And by the way, they're not blitzing

693
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 1: at all. Third few splitzes in the NFL this year,

694
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 1: and they're not getting any pressure and pressure rate, so

695
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:51,160
Speaker 1: it's like, okay, we're not gonna blitz, we're not getting pressure.

696
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:52,920
Speaker 1: I know they lead the league in sacks, but again

697
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,799
Speaker 1: that's a that's like less of a predictive measure than

698
00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,720
Speaker 1: pressure rate and blitz percentage and hurry. All that stuff

699
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 1: adds up more than just getting sacks because saxs cauld

700
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: be flukey quarterback holds onto its scrambling um at. The

701
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:12,200
Speaker 1: advanced analytic guys are always just like listen, disregard sacks um.

702
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:14,320
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. You give him time in the pocket. You

703
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 1: don't pressure him, He's gonna pick you apart. I don't

704
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:18,760
Speaker 1: care if you've got six seven defensive backs like Aaron Rodgers.

705
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: Is that good? So I had to lay it. I

706
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 1: know divisional matchup and everybody likes the dogs. And be careful, Ja,

707
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 1: there's nine road underdog, nine road favorites this week. Be careful.

708
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 1: I'm laying it. I'm laying at with the Packers. I

709
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 1: think this will go up. Fun stat now that we

710
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 1: have five weeks of data in the NFL, net yards

711
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 1: per play becomes a thing. Right, You take your yards

712
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 1: per play and then you take your your defensive yards

713
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,799
Speaker 1: per play allowed. The Bears are dead last in the

714
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 1: NFL in net yards per play. Yes, worse than the

715
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 1: Jags and the Lions. That's really really bad. So I

716
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,280
Speaker 1: don't see a path to victory here for the Bears.

717
00:37:56,320 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 1: This to me feels like a twenty seven ten. I

718
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 1: I like the Packers to roll here. So those are

719
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 1: the two browns of Packers that I feel the most

720
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 1: comfortable with. I am gonna give a teaser because they've

721
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 1: just been so money this season. Three team, seven point teaser.

722
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,560
Speaker 1: I'm going with the Patriots on a teaser. A lot

723
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 1: of people like the Patriots this week. I know that.

724
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 1: I know the Cowboys are like the the popular fan pick.

725
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:21,479
Speaker 1: Like fans look at this and they're like, I'm gonna

726
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 1: ride the Cowboys five and against the spread. Okay, you

727
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 1: don't think Belichick has something cooked up. You'll think he's

728
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,920
Speaker 1: gonna be ready. The problem is, I don't know if

729
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 1: I trust the Patriots offense yet. Remember I like them

730
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,360
Speaker 1: against the Saints. They couldn't do anything, and the SATs

731
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:38,319
Speaker 1: have a real defense. Cowboys defense a little flukey right

732
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,440
Speaker 1: digs playing out of his mind Parsons. I think the

733
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,800
Speaker 1: Patriots will be ready, so I tease them up to

734
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:46,919
Speaker 1: from three and a half to getting ten and a half.

735
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 1: I tease the Ravens and I know the teaser, you

736
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:51,800
Speaker 1: guys are you know the key is going through seven

737
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 1: and three, So Ravens are favored by three over the Chargers.

738
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: We know the Ravens are playing all close games, primetime

739
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 1: close games. Charger all close games, that's all they do.

740
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 1: So I take the Raider Ravens from minus three to

741
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:07,520
Speaker 1: getting four at home. And I know you're saying, we'll

742
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:10,439
Speaker 1: jet doesn't go through the seven. What's the play here? Well,

743
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 1: special teams matters greatly, and the Ravens have Justin Tucker,

744
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:18,320
Speaker 1: who is probably the greatest kicker in NFL history according

745
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 1: to Football Outsiders, their number two and special teams. You

746
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 1: want to guess where the Charges are twenty nine. Nobody's

747
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:30,279
Speaker 1: missed more extra points than the Chargers. So at some

748
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,439
Speaker 1: point I think this is a three point game either way.

749
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,880
Speaker 1: If I get the Ravens getting four at home, I

750
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 1: gotta love that in the teaser. And just so you know,

751
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: the Chargers run defense is really really putrid, can't stop anybody.

752
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: I think I saw stat they've um their thirty one

753
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: in d v O A run defense and they've given up.

754
00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:52,760
Speaker 1: They've let three teams run for over a buck seventy

755
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:56,440
Speaker 1: five something insane like that, and I just the Chargers

756
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 1: worry me. But again, I like the Chargers, I just

757
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: don't like them in the spot and the third team

758
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,360
Speaker 1: Patriots Ravens. The other one is the Colts. You have

759
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:06,360
Speaker 1: to write nobody likes the Colts. I don't like Carson Wentz.

760
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,040
Speaker 1: We got listen. I write a column for Fox Sports,

761
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 1: and I said, at the beginning of the season, look

762
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:14,239
Speaker 1: at the schedule. The Colts could open oh and five.

763
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:16,920
Speaker 1: It's that rough. Well, now in game six, what do

764
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,840
Speaker 1: you got You're playing with the Texans? What are the

765
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:21,879
Speaker 1: worst teams in the league? Who just showed well? Last

766
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 1: week against Belichick was a great spot for them. Now

767
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 1: after that crushing loss, they've got to go on the

768
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,480
Speaker 1: road to Indie. This is a get right spot for

769
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,640
Speaker 1: Frank Reich and the Colts. I think the Colts win,

770
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:36,120
Speaker 1: They're probably gonna be my my pick in UH Survivor.

771
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:38,960
Speaker 1: I don't want I don't like doing all my survivors

772
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 1: the same team because it gives you a wiggle room

773
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 1: in case something flukey happens, like last week the Vikings.

774
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 1: I loaded up on him every survivor pick and nearly

775
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 1: blew it. Given a second chance that life in survivor leagues,

776
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:53,200
Speaker 1: I'll probably go Colts and most of them. I don't

777
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:54,720
Speaker 1: yet know what I'm gonna do on the other side,

778
00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:57,759
Speaker 1: but you take it. The Colts favored by three to

779
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,319
Speaker 1: win at home against Texans. You gotta figure that'll be good.

780
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,200
Speaker 1: The only problem with the Colts. Have you looked at

781
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 1: the injury report on the offensive line? Secondary, Um, everybody's

782
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:09,640
Speaker 1: banged up on this team. It's I do think they

783
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:11,279
Speaker 1: get right at home? Right? Is just too good of

784
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 1: a coach. Coullie, we know it is. Is a bit

785
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:15,319
Speaker 1: out of out of his elemant here the other ones.

786
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:17,680
Speaker 1: I like a little bit, not a lot. I like

787
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,919
Speaker 1: the Steelers. But did you notice that every single other

788
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 1: person on planet Earth likes the Steelers. It's like not

789
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 1: one person is giving Geno Smith a pete Carroll any

790
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:28,960
Speaker 1: credit saw some pretty good peak Carol numbers a t

791
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 1: s off a loss, but I would assume nine of

792
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:37,360
Speaker 1: those are with with Russell Wilson. Do you know Smith

793
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:39,520
Speaker 1: going on the road. Yeah, I'm not not trusting that

794
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,879
Speaker 1: at all. Um. I'm I really want to take the Rams,

795
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 1: But let's see what happens with Danny Dines. Shockingly, he

796
00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 1: was at practice this week. I want to take the Bengals.

797
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:51,160
Speaker 1: I just feel like that's another mush. Every single person

798
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:53,400
Speaker 1: on the on the planet Earth is taking the Bengals,

799
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:57,040
Speaker 1: and you know how that works. The House usually needs

800
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: a side. If everybody's on the other, you want to

801
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:01,839
Speaker 1: side with the House. And I will confess I bet

802
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:06,239
Speaker 1: the Chiefs pretty big minus six and a half. In Washington.

803
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 1: I'm sure Taylor Heineke is gonna be in the mix

804
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 1: to come in the back door against Daniel Sorensen and

805
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:14,200
Speaker 1: a joke of a secondary. But I don't see Washington

806
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:18,120
Speaker 1: stopping Pat mahomes here at all. Um, all the all

807
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:20,239
Speaker 1: the silly narratives there are playing Andy reidoff a loss,

808
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 1: Pat mahomes off a loss. Um. We saw them already

809
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,600
Speaker 1: bounce back from the Chargers and just totally run rough

810
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:29,440
Speaker 1: shot over the Eagles, even although the Eagles had a

811
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 1: couple of chances to come in late in the back door. Um.

812
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,400
Speaker 1: I just think Kanzie City goes on the road and

813
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 1: puts it on Washington and m Lastly, I know there's

814
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:41,160
Speaker 1: a lot of picks, but lastly, I had to I

815
00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 1: had to, on principle take the Denver Broncos. I'm sorry,

816
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:46,839
Speaker 1: I just had to do it. A lot of people

817
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:49,680
Speaker 1: will say, oh, teams rally around when the coach gets fired.

818
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:54,239
Speaker 1: This wasn't a coach getting fired, not even close. This

819
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:58,360
Speaker 1: is a team shell shocked because their coach resigned. Gruden

820
00:42:58,440 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 1: was well liked in that locker room. If you were

821
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:02,880
Speaker 1: what we talked about on the pot when he was

822
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:06,360
Speaker 1: going through it, players stepped up, they defended him all.

823
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: I like Gruten and now they kind of look like

824
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:10,319
Speaker 1: idiots because he had to resign. I don't know how

825
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:13,640
Speaker 1: the offense is gonna do. Vick Fongio's Broncos really up

826
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:17,879
Speaker 1: against it. Two straight losses Bridgewater seems fine, but they

827
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,359
Speaker 1: did seem to wake up late against the Steelers. I didn't.

828
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:22,759
Speaker 1: I don't know if that was Steelers getting lack of

829
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:26,720
Speaker 1: daisical with a big lead, or if the Broncos finally

830
00:43:26,719 --> 00:43:29,920
Speaker 1: figured out something offensively. But I think they will be

831
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,600
Speaker 1: able to move the ball with relative ease against a

832
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:35,800
Speaker 1: Raiders team that's just not very good guys. Justin Fields

833
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 1: did very well to backup running backs for the Bears

834
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:41,640
Speaker 1: did fine. I think the Broncos can win this one handily,

835
00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:45,840
Speaker 1: like a smothering to ten or they bounced back. Broncos

836
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 1: are not that bad. Everybody wants to kill the Broncos

837
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,080
Speaker 1: and Panthers because after three weeks they were three and

838
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:52,960
Speaker 1: oh getting excited their fans and now it's like two

839
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:55,680
Speaker 1: straight losses. Back to reality. Well that's the Wait a second,

840
00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:57,360
Speaker 1: the Broncos they're a good team. So those are the

841
00:43:57,360 --> 00:43:59,960
Speaker 1: best bets. College football, NFL. Everybody, have a great week

842
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:01,240
Speaker 1: and talk to you Monday.