1 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: Welcome in What Driving nick Wright Episode four oh five, 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: as we are officially one week out from Christmas. This 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: episode is always of What Drivin nick Wright is presented 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: to you by our friends at boost Mobile. And I 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 1: should have asked to find out whether or not I'm 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: supposed to be talking about this or not. And since 7 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,920 Speaker 1: I didn't ask, I'm just going to you know, wink 8 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: and not and hint at something. But our friends at 9 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: boost Mobile, who have been amazing partners for twenty twenty five, 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be even better friends with us 11 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six. I'm really good news for the 12 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: pod and we greatly appreciate it. We greatly appreciate them 13 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: and everything they've done for the pod and continue to do. 14 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: And so the show, as always is brought to you 15 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: by boost Mobile and today and demon's great to see you. 16 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: How are you pal? 17 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 2: Good to see Pops. I'm doing amazing. I'm feeling good. 18 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: Listen for the father of you know, a newborn, I 19 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: think newborn is the classification until we get to three months. 20 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: I think I think it three months infant, yeah, and 21 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: then around one becomes toddler. 22 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 2: Uh. 23 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: For father of a newborn, you seem like you're doing 24 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: just fine. Yeah, also yeah, chugging along. I gotta I 25 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 1: gotta say something and then I'll get back to the show. 26 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: And I'm not gonna reveal details on this, but there's 27 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: sneaky proud parenting moments, and I have a lot of them. 28 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: I have a lot of proud parenting moments that aren't 29 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 1: like sneaky that it's just like, oh, that's when you're 30 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: supposed to be proud. But the other day demands hit 31 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: me up because there had been I'm just gonna it'll 32 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: be as vague as possible, Uh, an issue with his 33 00:01:55,360 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: bank account and money wasn't missing, but money was not 34 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: where it was supposed to be. And the fact that 35 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 1: you were so it now, I don't want to say nonchalant, 36 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: but that it was not like, man, if this money 37 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: doesn't show up, like I can't pay my car payment, 38 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: that's right, And that's like really, uh the buffer for real, 39 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: that's like a real part twenties. Having enough of a 40 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 1: buffer that if you know, if city banker whomever screws 41 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: something up, that it doesn't cause a catastrophe in your 42 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: life is like a real It's like a real moment in. 43 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 2: Feeling. Yeah. 44 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: Absolutely, And it wasn't an it wasn't a you know, 45 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: enoughing sum of money. It was a real amount of money. 46 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:49,839 Speaker 1: But it was like no, I mean, you know, I'm 47 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: not I'm not paycheck to paycheck, which, by the way, 48 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: no judgment on that for folks who are like it's 49 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: hard out there. I was, shoot, I think I was 50 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: paid check to paycheck the whole time we lived in Houston. 51 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: But that was really more of a spending issue than 52 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: a money making issue regardless, So it was that that 53 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: was really cool. It made me very happy, and I'm 54 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: very happy you're gonna get the first Christmas here in 55 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: a week with your daughter. I was saying, our friends 56 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: boost Mobile, they not only sponsor the show, they sponsor 57 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: our straight to voicemail segment, which typically we can throw 58 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: it up there. Typically are the stories that we're not 59 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: going to spend much time on because we have too 60 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 1: many other things to do today. Because I like at 61 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: least two of these stories, and has a little hat 62 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: tipped our friends of boost Mobile a little extra time 63 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: on those. So the Knicks win the NBA Cup, they 64 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 1: won't hang a banner. I have two, I have three 65 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: NBA Cup takes first one is this. It was nice 66 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: to see someone could beat the thunder. Shout out to 67 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: the Spurs for doing that and maybe giving, even if 68 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: it's false, hope, some hope to the rest of the league. 69 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: My other Spurs take is and I guess I'm gonna 70 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: be a man on an island on this. It seems 71 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: like me and the great writer Jay Caspian Kang are 72 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: the only people that feel this way. But I don't 73 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: need to be talked down to or lectures about ethical 74 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: basketball or which teams have sophisticated offenses from a twenty 75 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: year old French kid who's never wanted anything and and 76 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: so like I, Wemby has shown more than flashes of greatness. 77 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: He is, you know, bordering on just being a great 78 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: player already full stop. He obviously has seemingly limitless potential. 79 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: But I'd love to see the guy, you know, accomplish 80 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: literally anything before he's telling us about which teams have 81 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: a sophisticated offense and which teams play up back to 82 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 1: the well. He was asked about the Knicks and he 83 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: was like, well, listen, they don't have, you know, the 84 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: sophisticated offense like the heat or the thunder, but they 85 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 1: play really hard and it was like a nice sat 86 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 1: on the head. And then he was asked about the Thunder. 87 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: He was asked about the Spurs, and he talked about 88 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: how they play an ethical brand of basketball and that 89 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: it's the Spurs way and he thinks tactically correct. Listen, 90 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: call me and Neanerthal. I think a slightly more tactically 91 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: correct thing for the Spurs to do might be get 92 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: wimby the ball more so he can at seven to 93 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 1: six dunk on people a bit more. That's just my take. 94 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: He also had some spicy takes about the best player 95 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: in the league and whether or not it could be 96 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: Jokic because of the defensive end, like. 97 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 2: A lot, he said, once I get back, it's me. 98 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of talking. 99 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 2: I mean, the world loves him. Can you blame the guy? 100 00:05:58,320 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 2: I mean it's I don't want to say it's gotten 101 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 2: to his because I don't think Womeny's that type of guy. 102 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 2: But it's like he's no. 103 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: He is. He is espousing wisdom like the Shaolin monks 104 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: he spent time with. The Thing is those guys are 105 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: sixty and so that's all right. So that's first. That's first. 106 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: From straight to voicemail. Second one is dolphins benching to 107 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: a tongue of Iiloa, and here is so obviously this 108 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 1: is a move that had to be made. Obviously, folks, 109 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: the old tuann folks and the folks that were really 110 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 1: in no, Actually, do you guys remember some of the 111 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: Tua arguments. It was stuff like no, you don't understand 112 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: how he moves defenses with his eyes. There were so 113 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: many now in retrospect, ridiculous to it defenses. Folks were 114 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: really convinced if he were right handed, you'd respect him more. 115 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: They showed us those flipped videos and they're like, no, 116 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: when in reality, it was always that he was an undersized, 117 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: not very strong armed player who tragically, because of the 118 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: injury history, became totally immobile and that drastically limited his effectiveness. 119 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: You then added to it that he might be the 120 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: worst quarterback I've ever seen behind a podium at press conferences, 121 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: and what you had was a fifty four million dollar 122 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: a year albatross. And here would be Here's where I 123 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: think people haven't gotten there on what's next for Tua, 124 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: because Miami's going to have to either cut him and 125 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: eat ninety nine million dollars of a dead cap hit, 126 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: they can split that up sixty seven and thirty two 127 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: for next year in the year after, or Demonse, when 128 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: he has a fifty four million dollar guaranteed salary next year, 129 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: they can trade him. But in order to trade him, 130 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: in order to get someone to pay fifty four million 131 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: dollars for a backup quarterback, you probably have to attach 132 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: multiple second round picks, like I, and so I don't 133 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: know if mya. I think Miami'd rather eat the dead 134 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: cap hit than lose the draft capital. So if they're 135 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: just if no one's gonna trade for him and they're 136 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: just gonna cut him, I think it's on the board 137 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:46,479 Speaker 1: that he's done. And here's why. I the quarterback reclamation 138 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 1: projects for the most part, Demonse, those guys had never 139 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: been paid, so they still had something to go. Chase 140 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: Baker hadn't been paid, Gino obviously hadn't been paid, Darnald 141 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 1: hadn't really been paid. Daniel Joe Zones had been paid. 142 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: But he also, you know, maybe correctly, felt like, you know, 143 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: I just got hurt a bunch. I'm good, I just 144 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: got hurt a bunch. Tua got paid top of market, 145 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: So will he be interested in playing for four million 146 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:23,959 Speaker 1: dollars the when. 147 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, if that's what it takes if he 148 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 2: wants to play. 149 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: But I so that's the thing. I don't when he's 150 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: been paid like that and been a starter, interested in 151 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,559 Speaker 1: making the least money you've ever made, And there might 152 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: even be an offset in it where he makes the 153 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:43,839 Speaker 1: same amount of money no matter what, Like if someone 154 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: pays him four million, then the fifty four million Miami 155 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: os and just drops to fifty. So I'm not even 156 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: sure if he makes an extra dollar be a backup. 157 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: And here's the other thing. For other teams, there's a reason, 158 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: and for you know, simplistic, I'll use this example like 159 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: Tyler Huntley is Lamar's backup, because you usually want your 160 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: backup quarterback to be a poor man's version of your 161 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 1: starting quarterback. There's no starting quarterback in the league like 162 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: to him, like he doesn't seamlessly step in. First of all, 163 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: he's left handed, which does hurt him as far as 164 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: being a backup. Yes, Pinnix is a lefty. Right Pinnix 165 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 1: is a lefty, But so the left handed thing already 166 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: is going to work against him a bit. As far 167 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,959 Speaker 1: as being a backup just in that the way your 168 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: play action works, the way your runs were, like everything 169 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: is reversed. The other one is because of his size 170 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: and the limitations on his mobility and all that, there 171 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 1: is a very specific style of offense he must run 172 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: that nobody else is really running. So like, could he 173 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 1: be the backup in San Francisco? Sure, Like that's where 174 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel came from. Except for this part of it. 175 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: The one trait you really need of backup quarterbacks is terribility. Yeah, 176 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: because if you're like you, nobody wants to go to 177 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: third string, you have to go to third string. All 178 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,839 Speaker 1: of a sudden, you're pulling Philip Rivers out of retirement. 179 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 1: So I just I don't know what's next for Tua, 180 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,439 Speaker 1: but I think this is a This is a tough one. 181 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: And then the last thing from the straight to voicemail 182 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: brought to you by our friends of Boost Mobile. I 183 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 1: didn't tweet about this, but I appreciate the show putting 184 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:43,559 Speaker 1: it in there. Awful announcing, which last year gave first 185 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: things first their annual award for Best Debate Show, gave 186 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: me the award for Best Debate Personality and the here's 187 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: thank you to the people AFO announcing it's very nice. 188 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 1: Here is what I will say. Do you want to 189 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: say something demant say? 190 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 2: It looked like no, I was gonna say, it's pretty 191 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 2: freaking cool. I mean, I read through this. 192 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: It was very nice write up. It was a very 193 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: nice write up, and I and I don't want to. 194 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: I don't want to act like it it's nothing. It's 195 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: not nothing. I also don't I also felt like tweeting 196 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 1: it out would be I'd look like a dork, like, hey, 197 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 1: work this thing, and so I didn't want to do that. 198 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: But what I do want to say is this is 199 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: very I have I have been very honest with you 200 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:35,599 Speaker 1: guys and uh with anybody when they talk about like 201 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: career goals and that when I got into this field, 202 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: I had a very it wasn't nebulous, but it wasn't 203 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: It was going to be very difficult to ever prove 204 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: I achieved it, which was for there to be a 205 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: moment in time where if you asked family feud style 206 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: And this is what I've always said, one hundred sports fans, 207 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: who who's the biggest sports talk guy in the country 208 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: that I get the most votes? You know that I'm 209 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: the plurality, if not the majority. I want to be 210 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: very clear, not only have I not achieved that, it's 211 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: undeniable that I have not achieved that that question. If 212 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: it was asked right now, steven A would win it, 213 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 1: and win it rightfully. But I do think maybe that 214 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 1: if that were asked right now, I might come in second. 215 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: I certainly would be one of the handful of people 216 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: that would get you know, that I'd show up on 217 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: that board and that maybe that's shallow, maybe that's vapid, 218 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 1: maybe that shouldn't matter, but it's a career goal and 219 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 1: so awful. Announcing stamping me as you know, the best 220 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 1: was very nice and it was touching, and it was 221 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: like it was kind of the culmination of last week 222 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: ended up being a pretty random but very cool week 223 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: for me. Oh I, you know, I mentioned it. On Tuesday. 224 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: I was on Bill's pod for the first time ever, 225 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: which was a career goal. I had the little moment 226 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: on Levitard show that people seemed to really like, and 227 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: so I started the week in a hospital bet on 228 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: the show. So it was all really cool. So I 229 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: appreciate that. So a fun kind of end of twenty 230 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: twenty five. And you know the only thing that can 231 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: make it better to Monday. If people subscribe to our 232 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: YouTube channel and subscribe to us on iTunes and spot only, 233 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: we would great. It's the only thing. We would greatly 234 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: appreciate that, So thank you guys so very much. And 235 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: then I might at some point in today's show or 236 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: maybe it'll be better for next week. Oh, I'm glad 237 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: I'm doing that as well. Next week's schedule the next 238 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: two weeks because we usually do shows on Thursday. This year, 239 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: Christmas Day is Thursday and New Year's Day is a 240 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: course of Thursday. So each of the next two weeks 241 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: we're gonna do our regular Tuesday show and then Wednesday 242 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 1: we will drop our weekly gambling show, and so there 243 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: will be two episodes a week instead of three episodes 244 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: a week each of the next two weeks. But this 245 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: week we have this show, obviously, and then tomorrow's gambling show. 246 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: With all that said, let's get into one of the 247 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: games of the year tonight. 248 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 2: In the NFL Massive Game tonight, Rams Seahawks, with the 249 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 2: one seed on the line, Rams are potentially playing without 250 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 2: Devonte Adams. I think they should be playing without Devontae Adams, 251 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 2: but with the stakes. 252 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: Well, his hamstring three days ago, EI ask him to 253 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 1: play on a Thursday be insane. 254 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 2: With the stakes being clear, who would make a bigger 255 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 2: statement in a win here? 256 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: So, whoever wins this game will become the favorite in 257 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 1: the NFC, whether they should or not, they because what 258 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: it will mean for the one seed, And if the 259 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: Rams win it, Seattle is basically eliminated from anything but 260 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: a wild card, and they obviously would get a wild card. 261 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: If Seattle wins it, it's a little trickier because then 262 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: they'd have a split the they would have the same 263 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: divisional record, and so we wouldn't know, you know, what 264 00:16:25,760 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: would happen, except the Seattle would have the upperhand record wise. 265 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: Here to me is the story of tonight's game. The 266 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: story of tonight's game is Sam Donald must play well 267 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: because Seattle's a really good team. I think they have 268 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: an excellent coach. I know they have an excellent defense. 269 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 1: Jackson Smith and Jigba's been the best receiver in football 270 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: all year long, and Donald, to his credit, has been 271 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: for the majority of the season excellent. Like he was 272 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 1: excellent last year, he's been excellent this year. With that said, 273 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 1: if Donald plays poorly tonight, absolutely no one will believe 274 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 1: in the Seahawks, and I wonder if even internally there 275 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 1: will be some doubt because and it's not fair entirely, 276 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 1: it's not entirely unfair, but it's also not entirely fair 277 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:44,479 Speaker 1: that for Donald because Week eighteen last year, with the 278 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: division on the line, you know, all of that on 279 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: the line from Minnesota, he played poorly and then had 280 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: the disastrous playoff game, and then this year their first 281 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 1: game against the Rams, which is who the playoff game was, 282 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 1: again he threw four picks. People are just ready for 283 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: him to go pumpkin, and if he plays poorly again, 284 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: no one's gonna believe in Seattle. But the flip side 285 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:19,439 Speaker 1: to that coin is this, if he tonight at home, 286 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:26,199 Speaker 1: in a standalone window, can bounce back and play not 287 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 1: just fine, but really good, then you have to start 288 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: looking at Seattle and saying, hold on a second, they're 289 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 1: in the driver's seat for the one seed. They Darnald 290 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: just kind of slayed the one team he has had 291 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:50,840 Speaker 1: so much struggle with, in the Rams. That defense at 292 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:56,960 Speaker 1: home in the playoffs with that crowd is going to 293 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: be a monster for teams to deal with in one 294 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: of the only stadiums left that has a real home 295 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: field advantage, and that defense has been since they lost 296 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: to the Bucks thirty eight to thirty five. They allowed 297 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 1: twelve to the Jags, nineteen to the Texans, fourteen to 298 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 1: the Commanders, twenty two to the Cardinals, But that's a 299 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 1: misleading twenty two because that game they were up thirty 300 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: eight to seven at half, and so you know they 301 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: were in coast mode the rest of the way. Twenty 302 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: four to the Titans. But another game that's a little 303 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: misleading because they were up seventeen to three at the half, 304 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:48,199 Speaker 1: zero to the Vikings, nine to the Falcons, sixteen to 305 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 1: the Colts, and the one loss in that stretch they 306 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: allowed twenty one to the Rams in a game the 307 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:59,400 Speaker 1: defense was awesome to only allow twenty one because Darnold 308 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: was so bad with the four picks. So that, to me, 309 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: demand's is the flashing red light story for tonight. Can 310 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: Donald play a high level game in a high leverage 311 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: spot and really stamp Seattle as legitimate a list Super 312 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: Bowl contender. 313 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 2: It's the biggest question on the field, no doubt. 314 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: So I know we got some follow ups here, so 315 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: go ahead. 316 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 2: So we've got the gambling show tomorrow. But in this game, 317 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 2: where would you lean? With the line being Rams at Seahawks. 318 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 2: Seahawks is one and a half my favorites. 319 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: With all that said, I'd take the Rams because I 320 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 1: don't trust Darnald, but like I A, the no DeVante matters, 321 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 1: but the and the Rams had some travel issues which 322 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 1: I don't love, especially on a short week. They had 323 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: some issue with their playing. But I would I wouldn't. 324 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: I'm not going to bet this game tonight. I don't 325 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: feel so for the better quarterback here, but that yeah, 326 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: and I do think the Rams are the better team. 327 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 1: I think Seattle's excellent. I think the Rams are the 328 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 1: best team all year. Keep going on this. 329 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 2: Could do you think Stafford could lock up MVP before 330 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 2: he even get to the Sunday of week fifteen or sixteen? Sorry? 331 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:28,880 Speaker 1: A monster Stafford game tonight in a win, and I 332 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: think MVP is his Okay, the I mean his numbers 333 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:41,479 Speaker 1: this year are stunning in the overall. I mean thirty 334 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 1: seven touchdowns, five picks he should hit or four thousand 335 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 1: yards tonight, A one to twelve rating for a team 336 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 1: that if they win. Demonsee is gonna have the best 337 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: record in the entire NFC by themselves. 338 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 2: That to me, I mean they came in and they 339 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 2: were saying, the guy's shoulders messed up. 340 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, No, it's back shoulder, but mostly is back. Yeah. 341 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:13,159 Speaker 1: A huge win for the Amortal Chamber. Want to know 342 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: where it's bet on sports during the holiday season. 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All right, demand let's 371 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: get to pats. 372 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 2: Ravens Uh yeah, so Lamar Jackson's missing practice. I think 373 00:23:56,080 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 2: he's sick again. It's that time of year. The Patriots 374 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 2: are super relevant. Denver and Jacksonville are in the top 375 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,439 Speaker 2: teams of the AFC. You tie that in with Kansas 376 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 2: City and Cincinnati missing the playoffs? Is there a new 377 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 2: class of the AFC. 378 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:16,239 Speaker 1: So I listen, I don't. I think this is a 379 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: weird year. Yeah, and in a lot of different ways, 380 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 1: because it's not just the Chiefs, and we've talked of 381 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 1: and every year there's big turnover, but there's not typically 382 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 1: this level of turnover year to year. Where the the 383 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 1: best teams in the NFL last year the teams and 384 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 1: we've talked about this a bit, the twelve plus win 385 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 1: teams last year, Detroit one fifteen. They're on the outside 386 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:54,440 Speaker 1: looking in on the playoffs. Kansas City won fifteen, they're 387 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 1: eliminated from the playoffs, Minnesota one fourteen, they've been terrible, 388 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 1: the More one twelve, they're on the outside looking in 389 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,879 Speaker 1: on the playoffs. The Commanders won twelve, They've had season 390 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 1: from hell. The two to twelve plus win teams that 391 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 1: have maintained some level is Philly, which I think it's 392 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: fair to say is not the caliber of team they 393 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: were last year. And Buffalo, which might be you know, 394 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 1: Buffalo surging at the end of the year. So that 395 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: part is uh. I have talked a lot about how 396 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: This year reminds me a lot of eight sadly, in 397 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: that the Patriots coming off the undefeated season, Brady blows 398 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 1: out his knee, they missed the playoffs. Peyton Manning the 399 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 1: with the Colts, they're a wild card team because the 400 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans. God, I think that was the carry, was 401 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: that Carrie Collins Tennessee Titans. They end up uh being 402 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:04,400 Speaker 1: the one seed overall the and it feels like there's 403 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: a lot of upheaval, which then led to one of 404 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 1: the weirdest Super Bowls ever where the Steelers make it, 405 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: which isn't that weird, But they were pretty clear going 406 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: into the season third choice if that in the AFC, 407 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: behind the Patriots and the steel and the Colts, with 408 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:29,399 Speaker 1: really the Ravens being right there in that conversation. And 409 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: then in the NFC, a nine win Arizona Cardinals team 410 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:38,439 Speaker 1: made it and that was that Super Bowl. So I 411 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:42,639 Speaker 1: say that because then the next year things kind of 412 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,920 Speaker 1: went back to normal. The Patriots won their division again, 413 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: the Colts won fourteen games and won their division again. 414 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: The Steelers ended up missing the playoffs. The in the 415 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: NFC it Drew Brees and the Saints were dominant the 416 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: so it was thing got back to normal to a degree. 417 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: So this is a weird year and there are now 418 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: you do have to take more seriously that young gun 419 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: quarterback led teams in the AFC. But I don't think 420 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,640 Speaker 1: it's a full blown changing of the guard. So that's 421 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: first of all. Now let's talk about this game specifically. 422 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:24,440 Speaker 2: Come. 423 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna start with Lamar and I do not care 424 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:42,439 Speaker 1: if people think I'm a hater. I just don't. This 425 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 1: is gonna sound that whatever. Gotta grow up. Man can't 426 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:54,160 Speaker 1: get sick every year in misswork. Just can't what other quarterbacks, demanse, 427 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: what other quarterbacks? Since we've been doing the show, can 428 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: you remember us talking about all critical playoff push time 429 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 1: and he's sick again? I can't. It's it's every year. 430 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 2: It's every year. I'm thinking, yeah, I'm thinking something else 431 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 2: is going on, but uh but yeah, I. 432 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: Mean every year gets every year when it gets called 433 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:26,880 Speaker 1: out if you're a pro athlete. He just can't. It's 434 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:31,240 Speaker 1: every year the guy is sick and we could you 435 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: can't be like, ah, well, what does it matter? He 436 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 1: plays on Sunday like missing practice this year has hurt him. 437 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: He missed four weeks of practice with different injuries, or 438 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: four weeks of in four weeks in a row. He 439 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: missed a practice, he didn't was you know? Then last 440 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: week he missed a practice because of a rest day. 441 00:28:53,160 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: Yesterday flew like symptoms like I'm sorry, but I know 442 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: that this is this is me being an old man, 443 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: and I understand. I say this walking into it knowing 444 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 1: that Ravens and Lamar fans are going to clip this 445 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 1: and see it and say, this guy, he's the only 446 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 1: quarterback in the league that would get criticized for getting sick. 447 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: And it's like, you know what, that's true because it's 448 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 1: every year the guy got COVID a dozen times and 449 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: then and since then, every year has the seasonal flu. 450 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 1: Can't have it. So that's like the I know I'm right. 451 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: I don't care if it sounds bad. I know I'm right. 452 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: So that's first of all. Second of all, I'm not 453 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: sure whether or not Lamar healthy or not is back. 454 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,760 Speaker 1: This past week was such a weird game because he's 455 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:03,560 Speaker 1: a of twelve but it's for one hundred and fifty yards. 456 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 1: But he threw one pick but that wasn't really his fault. 457 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 1: But he also took four sacks, and four sacks when 458 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: you throw twelve passes means sacked on the court of 459 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 1: your dropbacks, so that part's a little concerning. Also, Pittsburgh 460 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 1: winning all these games, these last couple of games has 461 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: really put the Ravens behind the April. So none of 462 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 1: that makes me feel good about Baltimore, which leads me 463 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 1: to the Patriots. So go ahead and ask me the 464 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: Patriots question. Because these two tie into each other. 465 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 2: Should Patriots fans be concerned if they drop a second 466 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 2: game in a row. 467 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 1: Yes, because Baltimore is not that good. That's the I 468 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 1: think that the Patriots were crushing these bad teams, and 469 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 1: the one knock on him was you haven't played anybody, 470 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: and they're like, but we played the Bills and we 471 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 1: beat them, and then you're up twenty one nothing on 472 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 1: the Bills and they walk you down and beat you. 473 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 1: You then respond respond to that by Sunday Night Football 474 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: National TV. A Ravens team that has been shaky, you 475 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: lose that game, then, to me, I am putting you 476 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: in the category of awesome season, something to build on, 477 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: not real contender. Does that you seem like you think, I'm. 478 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the same thing with the Bills. How 479 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 2: the Bills just came back and beat them just because 480 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 2: I just think they're older guys. I think they're more experienced. 481 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 2: Same thing with the Ravens. I think Patriot fans should 482 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 2: be disappointed if they lose to the Ravens. It's a 483 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,800 Speaker 2: good squad. You've seen how Lamar Jackson play, and if 484 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson comes back and he's good in this game, 485 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 2: I think that it'd be pretty understandable. 486 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:56,840 Speaker 1: But I guess here's here's would be my counter to that. 487 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: You're right, there's no shame in losing to Baltimore. It 488 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 1: doesn't mean you're a bad team. But even your two 489 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 1: playoff dress rehearsals, you play playoff caliber teams and you 490 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:16,719 Speaker 1: lose them both. Do I then think you're going to 491 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 1: win three straight playoff games to make the Super Bowl? 492 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: I don't. It's the Patriots, you know, fall to one 493 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 1: in three on the year against teams above five hundred, 494 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 1: which is what it would be. 495 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 2: That's well because first you were saying, like all the 496 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 2: Ravens are cheeks, like you know, if you can't if 497 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 2: you lose to them. 498 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 1: Listen, it's a bit of It's not that the race, 499 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 1: and I won't call them that. I was born in 500 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 1: the eighties. It's not that I think the Ravens are terrible. 501 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 1: It's that the Ravens we have seen over the course 502 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,240 Speaker 1: of the season. I think it's fair to say they're 503 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 1: not a great team, you know what I mean? Like, 504 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 1: Ravens are a high upside team, but we just haven't 505 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:15,120 Speaker 1: seen that upside and even last week. The defense was 506 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:20,959 Speaker 1: awesome last week, but they scored seventeen offensive points against Cincinnati, Like, 507 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 1: that's not a game that afterwards you're like, man, we 508 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: are rolling. And so I'm very interested to see it. 509 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:33,800 Speaker 1: This game will be featured in Knicks Picks in tomorrow's show. Uh, 510 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 1: all right, what other follow up you got before we 511 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: move on? 512 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:40,160 Speaker 2: I mean, do you think that the Ravens are likely 513 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,280 Speaker 2: to get a head coach a new head coach next 514 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 2: year for Lamar if they crap out this season. 515 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:48,200 Speaker 1: If they missed the playoffs. I think the hardball's out right. 516 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 1: I just think that you can have a new team doctor. 517 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, team doctor as well. 518 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe, or maybe have Lamar put a cote on. 519 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:00,960 Speaker 1: I don't know, cold. 520 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,800 Speaker 2: Ones explain football outside. What do you mean? 521 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 1: No, I'm talking about I don't I have a theory 522 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,439 Speaker 1: as to why Lamar gets sick so often, but I'm 523 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:12,239 Speaker 1: not sharing it. 524 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 2: You don't think he addresses appropriately for the weather. 525 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:22,839 Speaker 1: I don't know. I I have a theory, but I'm 526 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:28,719 Speaker 1: not the I'm this is okay. It's too hot of 527 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:32,759 Speaker 1: a take, so I'm saving it. Let's go. Speaking of 528 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,320 Speaker 1: cold weather, let's go to green Bay, Chicago. 529 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:38,879 Speaker 2: So a few weeks ago, Caleb threw a game inning 530 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,399 Speaker 2: interception in green Bay. He gets his chance to get 531 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,719 Speaker 2: revenge back on green Bay this weekend. Jordan Loves looking 532 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,360 Speaker 2: been looking pretty shaky. He's throwing three interceptions and he 533 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:49,680 Speaker 2: only has six this whole year, in the last two 534 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:53,400 Speaker 2: over the last two weeks. Yeah, which quarterback do you 535 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 2: trust more at this point of the season. 536 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,879 Speaker 1: Listen, I trust Jordan Love more, and I don't think 537 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,799 Speaker 1: Jordan Loves all that trustworthy. But I do think that 538 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,319 Speaker 1: he went the first dozen games of the year and 539 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,439 Speaker 1: only threw three picks, so I'm not going to kill 540 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:12,839 Speaker 1: him for the last couple of weeks. Like, and you know, 541 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 1: one of them was an unbelievable play by Pat Sartan, 542 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:20,279 Speaker 1: Just an unbelievable play. Another one got popped up in 543 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,879 Speaker 1: the middle of the field. So I think Caleb has 544 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:30,040 Speaker 1: higher upside than Jordan Love. I think Caleb has showed you, 545 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,480 Speaker 1: you know that he is starting to put it together, 546 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:35,879 Speaker 1: because the second half of that game against Green Bay, 547 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,759 Speaker 1: he was awful in the first half, and then in 548 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,000 Speaker 1: the second half of that game two weeks ago, he 549 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:44,800 Speaker 1: was sensational and then he threw a game losing pick. 550 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 2: So you know, it's weird, like he had been so 551 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 2: good better over there in Chicago. It just seems like this. 552 00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:57,040 Speaker 1: And also I think that's the Ben and Caleb getting 553 00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:01,520 Speaker 1: on the same page, winning the run game, rolling defense, 554 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:07,000 Speaker 1: forcing these turnovers, and green Bay Mike is down done 555 00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 1: for the year, and it's just devastating. Yeah, And is. 556 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,720 Speaker 2: It surprising to you that they're favored in this game 557 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:16,040 Speaker 2: going down? 558 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:20,160 Speaker 1: Vegas still really likes Green Bay and doesn't really like 559 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:26,600 Speaker 1: the Bears, and I understand it to it like the Bears. 560 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:31,840 Speaker 1: Caleb has not been steady enough this year to where 561 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 1: you fully trust him in a big spot. 562 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:34,440 Speaker 2: Yet. 563 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:40,319 Speaker 1: With that said, finished the game against Green Bay, as 564 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:44,080 Speaker 1: I mentioned, playing great, made the one mistake, played awesome 565 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,279 Speaker 1: the whole game against Cleveland, and I know Cleveland's weird 566 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,560 Speaker 1: because Cleveland's a bad team, but the defense isn't bad 567 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:53,399 Speaker 1: and Caleb was excellent. If he then follows that up 568 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,359 Speaker 1: with a great game against the Packers, then you do 569 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:01,600 Speaker 1: feel like, oh man, he is peaking at the exact 570 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 1: right time as we head into the postseason. And by 571 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:14,400 Speaker 1: the way, the Bears the Bears. Right now, everything feels 572 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:20,279 Speaker 1: all good. You lose this game and things start to 573 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:26,239 Speaker 1: get very you start to get very well. It's not 574 00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:32,480 Speaker 1: just ceiling. It is ten and four going to become 575 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 1: ten and seven and miss the playoffs. So here's why. 576 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:41,080 Speaker 1: I know that sounds crazy, but demon's say, here's their again. 577 00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:46,280 Speaker 1: If they lose this game, here's their next two at 578 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:52,200 Speaker 1: the Niners home for the Lions in Week eighteen, a 579 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:57,000 Speaker 1: Lions team that could right well definitely is going to 580 00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:59,799 Speaker 1: be fighting for their lives. I mean, while let me 581 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,239 Speaker 1: praise it the Lions' best case scenarios, they're fighting for 582 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:09,800 Speaker 1: their lives. But so the Lions have home stealers this week, 583 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:15,799 Speaker 1: then at the Vikings on Christmas. Do we think the 584 00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:19,000 Speaker 1: Lions are going to win those two games? They're favored 585 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:21,719 Speaker 1: in both of them, so that puts them at ten 586 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:28,160 Speaker 1: and six. The Lions annihilated the Bears earlier this year 587 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:35,160 Speaker 1: fifty two to twenty one. So if you're if you're Chicago, 588 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: you if you lose this game, you run the very 589 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:50,800 Speaker 1: real possibility of running into the Lions when you're both 590 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,719 Speaker 1: ten and six and the final playoff spot is on 591 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:59,919 Speaker 1: the line, And so that would be my that would 592 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:08,799 Speaker 1: be my concern. And I'm trying to see what the 593 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:13,719 Speaker 1: playoff who do they think? Oh, it's the Packers, That's 594 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:15,799 Speaker 1: what it was, because I was trying to see even 595 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,040 Speaker 1: if the because even if the Bears win this game, 596 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:22,040 Speaker 1: demanse and you feel like, oh, then they're eleven and four, 597 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:28,319 Speaker 1: they're golden. Yeah, but they play the Niners and then 598 00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:30,719 Speaker 1: the Lions. If they were to lose both of those 599 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:33,839 Speaker 1: games and fall to eleven and six, the Lions can 600 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 1: get to eleven wins, the Niners would be at at 601 00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:40,799 Speaker 1: least eleven wins, and those teams have the tiebreakers over them, 602 00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:42,839 Speaker 1: so you feel like, oh, man, would they be in 603 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 1: trouble there? But I think the answer to that question is, 604 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:48,560 Speaker 1: as I'm doing it kind of in real time right now, 605 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:54,000 Speaker 1: is if the team, if the Lions, you know, rally 606 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 1: down the stretch, the team that would be at risk 607 00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:02,000 Speaker 1: of being on the outside looking in would actually be 608 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:08,200 Speaker 1: green bet and that would be a devastating spot. So 609 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:17,400 Speaker 1: like this, the NFC playoff picture is tight, really unsettled. 610 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:22,840 Speaker 1: As far as the three NFC North teams, all three 611 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:28,480 Speaker 1: of them could still, in theory win the division. The 612 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:32,840 Speaker 1: Lion's shot of winning the division is very slim, but 613 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:37,240 Speaker 1: like I think it's like twenty percent, and all three 614 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:42,840 Speaker 1: of them could miss the playoffs. And so Packers Bears 615 00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:48,439 Speaker 1: becomes just one of the biggest games of the year. 616 00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:51,440 Speaker 1: And obviously Shaane Mike is not going to be there, 617 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:56,360 Speaker 1: and I'm very curious see what Caleb looks like. Excuse 618 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,759 Speaker 1: me in that game. All right, guys, I told you 619 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:07,200 Speaker 1: guys about this the other day. 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How high 652 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,160 Speaker 2: would your confidence be if Trevor came out of this 653 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:08,600 Speaker 2: game and dealt with that defense with a win. 654 00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:15,160 Speaker 1: Oh here's the thing. It's not just that my confidence 655 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:21,400 Speaker 1: would be high. They win this game. They are super alive, 656 00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:24,080 Speaker 1: demands to be the one seed. 657 00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:30,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, their next two colts Titans. 658 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:36,080 Speaker 1: So let's just go ahead and ship them those wins. 659 00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:41,359 Speaker 1: Then all you need is for Denver to slip up 660 00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:44,879 Speaker 1: one once in the final two weeks. Now, that's gonna 661 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:49,840 Speaker 1: be hard to do because Denver faces what's less left 662 00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:55,040 Speaker 1: of the Chiefs on Christmas and then the Chargers in 663 00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:59,759 Speaker 1: a game the Chargers might not need. So in that 664 00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:07,040 Speaker 1: reguard that you know that it's unlikely that Denver falls, 665 00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:11,360 Speaker 1: you know, loses one of those two games, but it's possible. 666 00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,080 Speaker 1: The other thing for the Jags is this, and I 667 00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:20,399 Speaker 1: do think for Trevor in particular, that matters. If they 668 00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:31,040 Speaker 1: win this game, they have a great chance of not 669 00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:34,440 Speaker 1: necessarily getting the buye but being the two seed, So 670 00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:38,560 Speaker 1: why does that matter. I don't think Trevor and this 671 00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:42,600 Speaker 1: Jags offense, which also is a super potent, wants to 672 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:47,840 Speaker 1: go to New England or I guess in theory Buffalo 673 00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:51,880 Speaker 1: in round two, like they want it in Florida, like 674 00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:54,520 Speaker 1: that is where for this team. I think staying out 675 00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:58,160 Speaker 1: of the cold as long as possible is a real benefit. 676 00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:03,360 Speaker 1: And Denver it just came off it's best game of 677 00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:06,880 Speaker 1: the year, and Denver is playing it's best football of 678 00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:09,239 Speaker 1: the year. And I've talked about this enough. No one 679 00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:11,920 Speaker 1: can say I'm running from it. I am staring in 680 00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:16,600 Speaker 1: the face potentially being as wrong about Denver as I've 681 00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:19,920 Speaker 1: been about any team. Going from where I was on 682 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,439 Speaker 1: them going into the year to the end of the year. 683 00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:24,759 Speaker 1: You can say, you know, it's kind of Denver and 684 00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,960 Speaker 1: the Raiders right now are the Raiders though I was 685 00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:31,720 Speaker 1: just stone wrong on but and maybe the audience agrees 686 00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,279 Speaker 1: with me on this, I don't know. I feel like 687 00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:36,799 Speaker 1: a team that everyone expects to be bad, that you 688 00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:40,799 Speaker 1: think can be good and then they end up being 689 00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:45,439 Speaker 1: bad is not as embarrassing a type of wrong as 690 00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:49,000 Speaker 1: a team that a lot of people think can be 691 00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:52,640 Speaker 1: really good. Everyone thinks will be kind of good, and 692 00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:55,600 Speaker 1: you're like, they're gonna stink, and then that team ends 693 00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:59,000 Speaker 1: up being awesome. That's like the most embarrassing type of wrong. 694 00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:01,640 Speaker 1: And that's what I'm say staring at with Denver. Uh 695 00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:07,080 Speaker 1: i uh. But if the Jags go to Denver and 696 00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:11,799 Speaker 1: win that game, you have to start opening up the 697 00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:20,399 Speaker 1: possibility that don't know why the Super Bowl, Yes, yeah, 698 00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:24,160 Speaker 1: that don't know why. It took Trevor this long for 699 00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:28,680 Speaker 1: it to click in for him. But post Thanksgiving, he's 700 00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:32,400 Speaker 1: got ten touchdowns, no picks, they're scoring thirty five a game. 701 00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:40,399 Speaker 1: He's been awesome and they Liam Cohen has just done 702 00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:44,000 Speaker 1: an awesome job and so and Trevor, by the way, 703 00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,799 Speaker 1: was not playing very well earlier in the year. They 704 00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:52,080 Speaker 1: were winning earlier in the year despite him, and so 705 00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:58,560 Speaker 1: this would be obviously just a massive, massive win. Now, 706 00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:04,920 Speaker 1: the flip side is this, they lose this game Demanse 707 00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:13,319 Speaker 1: and it becomes on the board that the Texans run 708 00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:17,920 Speaker 1: them down for the division. So like that's the that's 709 00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:21,480 Speaker 1: the other. So this is a huge we're talking about 710 00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:24,239 Speaker 1: could the playoffs go through Jacksonville, could they be the 711 00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:27,160 Speaker 1: two seed. The flip side to all of that is, 712 00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:31,680 Speaker 1: if they lose this game, the Texans path to winning 713 00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:35,640 Speaker 1: the division opens up quite a bit. And so they 714 00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:40,360 Speaker 1: did split, and it's a bad split because the Jags 715 00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:43,840 Speaker 1: beat them early and then when they played again, that 716 00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:46,239 Speaker 1: was the game the Jags were up twenty six to 717 00:47:46,440 --> 00:47:52,480 Speaker 1: nothing entering the fourth quarter against Davis Mills and they 718 00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:53,360 Speaker 1: lost that game. 719 00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:57,720 Speaker 2: So you know that is heavily of note. 720 00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:03,040 Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, that's a huge spot. I mean, it's just 721 00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:07,000 Speaker 1: an absolutely huge spot that because had they just held 722 00:48:07,040 --> 00:48:10,480 Speaker 1: onto that game demanse, then they would be playing this 723 00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:13,920 Speaker 1: weekend to be the one seed. They would be eleven 724 00:48:13,960 --> 00:48:17,080 Speaker 1: and three, Denver's sitting at twelve and two, and then 725 00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:20,879 Speaker 1: you beat Denver and get the tiebreaker and basically lock 726 00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:25,160 Speaker 1: up the one seed. So yeah, that loss is brutal 727 00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:30,640 Speaker 1: for them. But aside from that game, the Jags have 728 00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:36,560 Speaker 1: been what they here's what they've done since that game. 729 00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:41,440 Speaker 1: They beat the Chargers by twenty nine, a pretty lucky, 730 00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:50,000 Speaker 1: ugly overtime win against Arizona, annihilated the Titans, annihilated the Colts, 731 00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:54,160 Speaker 1: annihilated the Jets. Now, if you're looking at that, I mean, like, 732 00:48:54,239 --> 00:48:57,920 Speaker 1: that's a lot of bad teams, agreed. But early in 733 00:48:57,960 --> 00:49:01,200 Speaker 1: the year, they beat Houston, they beat San Francisco, they 734 00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:06,839 Speaker 1: beat Kansas City. There they have the best if such 735 00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:09,760 Speaker 1: a thing exists in the NFL. They have the best 736 00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:13,440 Speaker 1: losses this year. As far as who they played, they 737 00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:16,600 Speaker 1: lost to Cincinnati in Week two when Burrow was still there. 738 00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,759 Speaker 1: They but I guess Browning, you know, Burrow got hurt 739 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:22,440 Speaker 1: in that game. They lost to Seattle, they lost to 740 00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:25,520 Speaker 1: the Rams, they lost to the Texans, So they don't 741 00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:31,359 Speaker 1: have they haven't lost to any awful yeah, Natio, but 742 00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:34,600 Speaker 1: Cincinnati was with Burrow at least he Burrow started that 743 00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:41,040 Speaker 1: game and they so this is massive spot for them. 744 00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:44,319 Speaker 1: And on the Broncos side of things, I mean, they've 745 00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:47,359 Speaker 1: just been excellent all year. I just I gotta call 746 00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:52,359 Speaker 1: it like it is, and they've just been excellent all year. 747 00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:56,560 Speaker 1: Hey guys, are you thinking about upgrading to the all 748 00:49:56,600 --> 00:49:59,839 Speaker 1: new iPhone seventeen Pro designing the most powerful iPhone ever? 749 00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:01,879 Speaker 1: But you're also thinking about the traffic on your way 750 00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:05,080 Speaker 1: to the store transferring all your data? Good news, when 751 00:50:05,120 --> 00:50:07,480 Speaker 1: you order a new phone online with Boost Mobile, they'll 752 00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:10,239 Speaker 1: send an expert to your Homer work to deliver your 753 00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:12,719 Speaker 1: brand new iPhone seventeen pro and get you all set 754 00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:17,040 Speaker 1: up on boost Mobile within minutes, no hassle. 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Well you have to say, so. 764 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:54,920 Speaker 1: Here's the thing right now, and maybe the producers can 765 00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:59,160 Speaker 1: put in there what this is on hard rock At 766 00:50:59,200 --> 00:51:04,280 Speaker 1: the moment last I saw it, It's like Jake Paul's 767 00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:07,200 Speaker 1: like around eight to one, I think, and Joshua was 768 00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:17,520 Speaker 1: like minus twelve hundred. Yeah if this is eight, oh, 769 00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:22,719 Speaker 1: hold on, and so Paul is, I mean, this is crazy. 770 00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:26,240 Speaker 1: So Jake Paul's five minutes, So it moved Jake Paul's 771 00:51:26,320 --> 00:51:30,240 Speaker 1: five and a half to one, and Anthony Joshua's only 772 00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:39,160 Speaker 1: minus eight hundred. I I don't want to tell people 773 00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:47,319 Speaker 1: to bet this because the fact that there is a 774 00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:53,080 Speaker 1: line and the fact that it's not Joshua minus forty 775 00:51:53,239 --> 00:51:57,200 Speaker 1: thousand makes me worried that this is a work and 776 00:51:57,320 --> 00:52:01,560 Speaker 1: not a real boxing match. If this is a real 777 00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:10,879 Speaker 1: boxing match, I would put every dollar I have available 778 00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:16,720 Speaker 1: to me on Anthony Joshua minus eight hundred. I would 779 00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:20,120 Speaker 1: I if this is if you were to if someone 780 00:52:20,120 --> 00:52:23,520 Speaker 1: were to con like, tell me beyond a shadow of 781 00:52:23,560 --> 00:52:27,799 Speaker 1: a doubt that this there isn't this isn't you know, 782 00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:30,560 Speaker 1: just made for TV. There isn't something worked out behind 783 00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:35,480 Speaker 1: the scenes that this fight is on the level, I, 784 00:52:35,719 --> 00:52:44,040 Speaker 1: honest to god, would feel comfortable. I I would bet 785 00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:46,439 Speaker 1: if I could get if I could get the bet down, 786 00:52:46,560 --> 00:52:49,879 Speaker 1: I would put eighty thousand dollars on Anthony Joshua and 787 00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:53,160 Speaker 1: just take the free ten and be annoyed. I didn't 788 00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:58,759 Speaker 1: put more down like I I'm gonna reach out. I'm 789 00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:03,680 Speaker 1: gonna tower by boxing expert Nick Shulman, because I've got 790 00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:10,120 Speaker 1: to imagine, like he I, if he has bet this game, 791 00:53:10,239 --> 00:53:12,839 Speaker 1: I could see I bet this fight. I could see 792 00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:17,920 Speaker 1: Nick putting considerably more down than what I just said. 793 00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:21,200 Speaker 1: Like just all the cash he has access to if 794 00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:24,080 Speaker 1: he thinks it's real, Like this feels like a once 795 00:53:24,120 --> 00:53:29,719 Speaker 1: in a lifetime gambling opportunity. And mine is eight hundred 796 00:53:30,200 --> 00:53:33,560 Speaker 1: right and minus eight hundred. It's a lot of Jews. 797 00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:36,320 Speaker 1: But that's still a twelve and a half percent return 798 00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:39,799 Speaker 1: on your money. Twelve and a half percent. People kill 799 00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:42,520 Speaker 1: for that in the stock market over a year. Just 800 00:53:42,560 --> 00:53:46,800 Speaker 1: get it in a night. With that said, I don't 801 00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:49,640 Speaker 1: trust it. I would trust it more if it was 802 00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:56,719 Speaker 1: Joshua minus fifty thousand, minus eight hundred. I I don't know, man, 803 00:53:57,160 --> 00:54:04,040 Speaker 1: that feels duels. Something feels weird, and so I I. 804 00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:04,920 Speaker 1: But but if it's a. 805 00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:07,959 Speaker 2: Really put a little taste on Paul plus five point fifty. 806 00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:13,120 Speaker 1: No, see, no way, no way. I'm not betting a 807 00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:14,880 Speaker 1: fight that I can I'm not making a bet that 808 00:54:14,920 --> 00:54:19,480 Speaker 1: I can only win if it's rigged. I'm just I'm 809 00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:23,960 Speaker 1: just not doing that. Uh, Paladine says, Duval, welcomes you 810 00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:26,799 Speaker 1: on the wagon for the playoffs. Uh, let's get the 811 00:54:26,920 --> 00:54:31,640 Speaker 1: you know what, great take Dusty's watching, I'm sure Dusty hubbs. 812 00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:34,480 Speaker 1: He says, we should get the Prince or Liam Cullen 813 00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:40,040 Speaker 1: on the show. Absolutely get him on the show, and 814 00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:45,040 Speaker 1: Daytona's asked as Herbert finally get a playoff win. I 815 00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:48,760 Speaker 1: mean if they if they draw the Steelers, maybe against 816 00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:51,759 Speaker 1: anyone else. I don't believe in them. Reminder, everybody like 817 00:54:51,840 --> 00:54:56,800 Speaker 1: rate subscribe review to the show. Gambling show Uh coming 818 00:54:56,880 --> 00:55:00,160 Speaker 1: up tomorrow, so check that out there. 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