WEBVTT - AFC North Betting Guide: Coaching Changes, Division Winner & Win Totals (Ep. 718) 0:00:00.960 --> 0:00:03.280 Welcome in everybody to Betting Pros. It's time to place 0:00:03.320 --> 0:00:06.400 your bets. This me Joey p jop Zapia and this 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.240 is BP NFL Man. I've waited a long time to 0:00:10.320 --> 0:00:12.720 say that. It's so good to be back here. As 0:00:12.720 --> 0:00:16.720 we're kicking off our NFL shows preseason time, look at 0:00:16.720 --> 0:00:19.280 ahead to the twenty twenty five slash twenty twenty six 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:22.720 NFL season, and I'm here with my boys, My boys 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:26.520 Terrell Furman Junior and Andrew Erickson. Gang is all back together. 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:28.960 It just feels right and we're gonna be previewing all 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:32.440 the divisions. We're gonna start with the AFC North Division. 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:34.760 We're gonna look at the team win totals, look at 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:37.480 the future, look at the changes, break it all down 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:39.880 for you here. Don't forget to subscribe to the Betting 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.040 Pros YouTube channel right now, ring the belt till it 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:45.520 goes ding for notifications. See, you never miss a moment 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:48.200 of content because before you know it, the NFL season 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:50.440 will be here and we're here to make some money 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:53.279 on it. And gentlemen, let's start with a division that 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:57.920 has a lot of storylines. We have some some greatness 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:01.760 potentially in the Ravens, we have some revenge narrative with 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:05.319 the Bengals who just almost snuck in the back door 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:08.480 last year. And then of course we have the bottoming 0:01:08.520 --> 0:01:11.679 out potential of the Cleveland Browns, not to mention the 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:14.520 side show that might be the Pittsburgh Steelers. So let's 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:16.479 jump in with two feet and let's get going here. 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:19.160 Let's start with some of the changes in this division, 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:21.080 how it's going to impact some of our wagers we're 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:24.320 going to make. I let's start with as Aaron Rodgers 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:27.720 returns or to the NFL, but as Andrew Erickson so 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.480 astutely put it, the biggest changes he's the new offensive 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:33.240 coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers. So Andrew Rickson, I'm going 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:34.920 to credit you with that line because you've said it 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:38.000 before the show started, and it's funny because it's true. 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:42.279 So DK Metcalf is there, Caleb Johnson's there, Terrell Firman, junr. 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:44.600 The question is how many wins are going to be 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:49.200 there with all this changeover and Aaron Rodgers bringing his oh, 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:51.960 his Aaron Rodgers ness over to Pittsburgh. 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:56.360 At least nine at least a winning record. That's the 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:58.200 very least that is going to be. I mean, is 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:00.520 Tom Kauf with it? Not Tom Caffe When I'm over 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:02.200 here in my Giants mode. 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:05.280 Tomlin, shake the dust off here. 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:07.160 Man, I'm over here. I'm over here. 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:09.840 Reminants too much w NBA. 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:12.520 I was actually watching the two thousand and seven Giants 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:15.400 Super Bowl run DVD once again. You know I always 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:16.799 thumb it in there every now and then. 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:18.680 What were you wearing as you watched it? 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:21.200 As I was wearing. I was wearing a white T 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:27.200 shirt with Giants Giants draws on, no pants, and I 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:30.519 had a tub of ice cream, and I I was 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:33.440 living out the Dolory days, living out the glory days. 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:36.600 But yeah, Mike Tomlin here winning record, and I mean 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:38.880 we talk about all the quarterbacks that he's done it with, 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:44.320 Duck Hodge's, Mason Rudolph, all those subpar guys. And the 0:02:44.360 --> 0:02:47.560 thing about the Aaron Rodgers and why I love this 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:50.120 bet this year is because if I don't hit it 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:53.680 this year and it's Aaron Rodgers at the helm, I 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:59.880 get to have a life long amount of content that 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:02.560 I could say that Aaron Rodgers was the reason that 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:05.280 Mike Tomlin had his first non winning season. So for 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:08.080 that alone, the bet is good enough for me because 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:09.720 it's a win win. It's a win win at this 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:11.799 point bet because if I don't if I don't win, 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:13.840 I get to blame Aaron Rodgers because he's done it 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:17.560 with everybody. He's done it with absolutely no talent. And ultimately, 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:21.680 I think Aaron Rodgers is a psychopath, and I think 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:24.400 that he is so in his head that he doesn't 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:26.600 want to go out like how he did with the Jets, 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:30.080 like he wants some type of role of glory, some 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:32.480 type of blaze of glory or something like that. And 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.480 so I expect him to go out here and actually 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:37.640 play along with Mike Tomlin. He loves Mike C. Mike 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:39.920 C doesn't care for Aaron Rodgers, but he wants to 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:41.520 win games, and he says, oh, yeah, I can make 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:43.960 it work with Aaron Rodgers. So I trust Mike Tomlin 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:45.680 here to get it done. And then you look at 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:48.720 the Steelers. They're dogs in ten games this season, So 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:52.240 I mean, I'm already feeling good. I got ten games 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:54.840 where I'm like, all right, that's that's a good chance 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:57.200 for ten wins right there, not to add the games 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:00.600 that the books actually think the Steelers can win. Yeah, 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:03.000 they could stumble on a nine to eight record and 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:05.280 it could not be that good. And Aaron Rodgers feels 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:08.160 really good about himself because he kept Mike Tomlin's winning 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:08.800 streak alive. 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:13.040 Well, it feels like we never left because automatically, I'm 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:14.680 going to just pick apart some of the things you 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.680 just said. Terrell no talent. Ben Roethlisberger, I think he's 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:19.320 going to the Hall of Fame. I'll love Big Ben, 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:22.279 but geez, I mean, he did have a quarterback that 0:04:22.320 --> 0:04:25.600 played for a decade plus and got to a couple 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:27.040 of Super Bowls and won a couple of them. 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.080 So that's not the point I was making. 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:32.080 But he got with no talent. He did it. 0:04:32.000 --> 0:04:34.360 With no talent. He had Mason Rudolph and Duck Hodges 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:36.200 for a season and had a winning record. So yes, 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:38.280 he did it with no talent. So whether he has 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:40.320 talent or no talent, he gets a winning record. 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:42.560 All right, all right. I do like the fact that 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:44.000 they're unders in a lot of games. I can't wait 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:45.960 for Week one. Everybody knows that I can't wait for 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:50.000 the Jets, Steelers game, the Fields, Rogers game. That's honestly, 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.159 I don't know why, Like I just I can't wait 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:55.839 to watch that debaccle But in all seriousness, too, DK 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:59.400 Metcalf's there now ericson, You've also got a Cale Johnson 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:03.080 in the draft here to take over the Najie Harris 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:04.680 role in this backfield, and who knows, maybe a little 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:06.839 bit more too. So what do you think of the Steelers' 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:08.440 off season before we start to look at the numbers? 0:05:08.720 --> 0:05:11.080 I mean, I think that if they kept Mason Rudolph 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:13.559 as the starting quarterback, would their win total have really 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:16.360 drastically altered that much? We talk about Mike tom and 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:18.679 he always finds a way to get eight to nine wins. 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:22.159 I get that the win totals were when they were created, 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:24.440 they were still baking in the idea that Rogers would 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:26.640 probably be the quarterback. When it's all said and done, 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:29.680 that end up being winning happening. But I just think 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:31.240 that it's going to be eight to nine wins kind 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:32.880 of like Trail laid out, that's what this team just 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:33.680 does every single tea. 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.080 He said minimum, I say maximum. See, I think that's 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:36.719 I think I'm. 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:39.360 Probably more on the maximum side of things because I 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:42.200 just don't this offense to me is going to be 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:44.400 slow and they want to run the football, so not 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:47.960 super exciting. I think to they're going to light at 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:51.000 the scoreboard with points. No, they want to plague defense, 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:54.080 win in the fourth quarter, don't turn the ball over. 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:56.760 So I don't think it's going to be exciting. But 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:58.640 at the end they're going to be in the AFC 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:01.000 playoff hunt. They have a lot of divisional games down 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:02.960 the stretch and we'll see how things shake out against 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:05.080 the Ravens and the Cincinnati Bengals to kind of break 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:07.560 down the rest of these teams. But for me, I 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:10.640 think that getting Rogers in there puts an adult at 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:13.080 the quarterback position, which which is good for fantasy purposes 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.280 that I'm always looking at. I mean, it's he's still 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:16.280 better than Mason Rodoff. 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:17.840 Question mark on adult. 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:19.880 I was gonna say adult might be down with the 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:26.640 best choice of words, but I mean, people were accurate. 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:29.760 Let's get to the Bengals here. They brought back to Higgins, 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:33.000 that's huge. They did also make one adjustment here. They 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:37.159 got rid of lou and Oramo, who was well liked 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:39.760 for many years there in Cincinnati's the defensive coordinator, place 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:43.520 him with Al Golden and look, you know, you can 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:46.080 replace coordinators all you want. I don't know if they 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:49.640 Eric didn't necessarily have the horses on the defensive side 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:51.359 of the football here to get the job done at 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:52.920 the end of the day. But that's a good news 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.160 for the offense and fet fantasy and maybe for some 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:57.120 overs that we're looking at in the betting space. I 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:58.240 would agree with you there. 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:02.000 Al Golden is just being a terrible hand of a 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:05.000 team and defense that has no talent across the board. 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:07.159 And we can look at it and say, is this 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:08.040 worse than last year? 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:08.240 Right? 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:10.320 Trey Hendrickson, the guy who had all the sacks of 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:12.600 the Bengals last year, he may hold out. We don't 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.560 know if he's ever gonna play for the Cincinnati Bengals. 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.840 And then they decide, okay, well, we'll rebolster, we'll revamp 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:21.200 the pressure. In the NFL draft, We're gonna draft Shamar Stewart. 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:24.120 It's all gonna be great. Shamar Stewart is rings unsigned 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:26.520 because they're putting in these certain contract clauses when it 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:28.840 comes to suspensions, and they don't have their first round 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:31.120 pick on the team, and now he's being talked about 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:33.160 and discussed Oh, well, he's gonna re enter next year's 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:36.480 draft because he doesn't want to play with the Bengals either. So, yes, 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:39.280 this defense is still a mess, regardless of Al Golden 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.880 being an upgrade at defensive coordinator. I just don't think 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:43.040 the personnel is there right now. 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.120 Terrelle, anything here you want to add about the off 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:49.840 season of the Bengals before we move on to the Browns. 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:53.120 No, it's just the Bengals being the Bengals, right, Yeah, 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:55.760 fair enough. There's no reason, there's no reason to be 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:58.240 like this, Like, come on, guys, at the end of 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:02.000 the day, yeah, literally, just be better, Like that's the 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:05.080 only thing I have. Just be better. This is literally 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:08.080 the best person, arguably the best person on your team. 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:11.520 Like you could make the argument because of his impact 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:15.720 to the defense. I mean they go from maybe being 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:18.920 able to do something to just completely bottoming out if 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:21.200 Trey Henderson is not there. And then you have Shamar 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:24.720 Stewart and this weird clause that no other rookie has, 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.440 but you're trying to implement it now. And he's like, wait, 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:30.120 why why am I got to be the scapegoat for this? 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:32.840 Why do I got to be the first person? No, No, No, 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:36.440 they're just Bengals doing the Bengals. And you know what, 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:40.040 I wouldn't be surprised if the Bengals defense was okay, 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:42.400 because it's really hard to be as bad as they 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:44.600 were last year. That's the only thing that's really good 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:46.640 for them, the fact that the defense was so bad 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.120 last year. That is really really really really really hard 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.800 to be just as bad. And honestly, I think all 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:53.880 of this is just a mute point because the Bengals 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.360 are not starting the season without either one or two guys, 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:58.719 So they're doing all of this, dragging all of this out, 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:01.319 not having these guys through dough camps and all that, 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:05.040 just to eventually crack sign them both and then they 0:09:05.320 --> 0:09:07.440 end up playing in football for the Bengals. So I 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:09.000 don't think I think this is a non starter. I 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:10.520 think they're gonna end up playing and I think the 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:12.920 Bengals are gonna be slightly better. But who cares? 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:16.720 All right, Cleveland, Joe Flacco returns, Shdors Sanders gets drafted. 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:19.240 Uh was not the only rookie got drafted there, but 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:20.760 I don't even know if we need to talk about him. 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:27.040 Quinn John Judkins also drafted. I don't know, Uh, Terrell, 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:29.640 it's gotta be tough to the Browns fan base has 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:32.040 been through it. They've just been through it, and I'd 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:33.720 love to tell them it's gonna get better this year. 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:37.360 Maybe if Shador Sanders plays well at some point and 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:41.200 gets the opportunity to play, things could be getting better 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:44.000 on the horizon. But that's a big ifs and coulds 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:45.080 and all that kind of stuff. 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:48.600 I feel bad for the guy that has the jersey 0:09:48.640 --> 0:09:51.320 that has all the QB names on the back because 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:53.520 that started for the Browns, because he's gonna have to 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:55.240 add four more names by the time. 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:58.640 Gabriel in there. Yea, yeah, well Flacco on again, Flacco 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:00.719 and all fairness has already been there. Well that's it's 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:01.560 only okay. 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:03.760 So so he only got three more names, So okay, 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:05.920 so it's not as bad as I thought. But I mean, 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:07.920 all three of those guys are gonna end up playing 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:09.960 snaps for some reason. I have no idea why they 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:13.040 drafted Dylan Gabriel. I don't know why they are playing 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:16.079 with Shador Sanders' name, Like, I think he's really really 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:18.960 good quarterback for Kevin Stefantasy's system of getting the ball 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:21.880 out quickly and hey, lean on the run game. We 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:23.760 don't have to ask too much of this guy, and 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:26.480 you'll be able to grow in the position. And I mean, 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.320 it just seems like this is another carryover year for 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:31.520 the Browns of we don't know what we're doing, so 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:34.040 we're just gonna take another year figure it out. Be okay, 0:10:34.200 --> 0:10:36.280 maybe we win a couple of games, maybe we don't. 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:39.520 Like this Brown team is completely unseerious, Like they're completely 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:42.839 unserious with quarterback position. And I'm just waiting for the 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:47.120 day that Stefanski swallows every out sopriet he has and 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:49.839 says Shador Sanders, you're the starting quarterback because you give 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:51.120 us the best chance to win games. 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:53.800 Yeah, And it feels like Eric said that's probably gonna 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:55.679 happen at some point. I'm just you know, I don't 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:58.600 think if it's a mind reader here to figure that out. Uh, 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:01.040 But what's your take on the Cleveland Browns? So this 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:02.720 quarterbacks and earraw how it is going to impact them 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:04.880 this season before we start looking at win totals, And 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:07.920 I want to say the futures for them, because I 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:09.880 don't think there's much of a future for them in 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.680 twenty twenty five making the playoffs. But I mean, let's 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:15.040 talk about, you know, just did they become a more 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:17.360 competitive team potentially on the horizon Wi should or Sanders 0:11:17.480 --> 0:11:19.240 or is it just like the rookie learning lumps kind 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:19.720 of situation. 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:22.400 I think that will be more competitive in twenty twenty five. 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:24.280 You look at Stefanski what he's done with the brown 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:26.160 since he arrived there as the head coach. This team 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.840 has won a lot of games. Now, the bottom really 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:32.560 fell out last year, but they're over the Deshaun Watson. 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:35.400 It's over, like that era has finally ended. They're ready 0:11:35.400 --> 0:11:37.839 to move on. So they don't have to take the questions, 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:40.000 is Deshaun Watson gonna be the quarterback anymore? We're gonna 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:41.760 because they were purposely playing him even though he was 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:44.520 the worst quarterback, because the ownership was saying, you know, 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:46.200 you got to play Deshaun Watson. Well that's no longer 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:49.000 the case now, so Stefanski is in a position to, oh, 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:51.440 I can actually play the best quarterback. And I think 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:52.960 when it's all said and done, we're going to see 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.480 Shirar Sanders suit up as the QB one for the 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:59.080 Cleveland Browns. And again, this was guy wants viewed as 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:00.920 a top five quarterback this past year's draft, and I 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:03.200 fell to the fifth round for maybe not all on 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:06.280 field reasons. So I think that the Browns are going 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:07.679 to be better, and they were last year thick. Their 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:10.480 defense is still really good. They're also really injured last season, 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:12.600 so if they have better injury luck, they have some 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:16.439 good skill players. And I do like the Tommy Reese promotion. 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:19.319 So he was the tight ended pass game coach last season. 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:22.760 He's the new offensive coordinator, and he was in the 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:25.920 college ranks the offensive corner for Notre Dame. And we 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:28.080 saw Michael Mayer get used in a lot of really 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:30.560 unique ways during his time there. That's why he was 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:33.200 viewed as a top end tight end prospect coming out. 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:35.000 So I think that we're going to see a lot 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:37.679 of David and Joku in this offense as the vocal point. 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:44.520 Last time good Yeah, well the last time and Joku 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.320 was good, it was Flacco, so that's also you know, 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:49.200 so maybe started looking at some of those in Djoku 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:52.680 season props for yardage, maybe take some of the overs there. 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:54.160 That could be a way to approach it. Last but 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:57.760 certainly not least the Baltimore Ravens, which looked to be 0:12:57.760 --> 0:13:00.920 again in the class of this division, maybe the class 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:02.720 of the AFC two. I love the draft pick of 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:04.839 Malachi Starks Erickson. 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Let's go to the Ravens win total here 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:45.440 you got nine and a half at minus three twenty 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:49.880 on the over under nine and a half plus two sixty. 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:53.000 Really the sweet spot here is the eleven and a half. 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:54.480 You get thirteen and a half at some other books 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:57.200 too here where you're looking, but eleven and a half. 0:14:57.280 --> 0:15:01.200 Let's sit with that one minus one ten over or under, Terrell, 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:04.440 I'm taking the over here on the eleven and a half, 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:06.800 I feel really good about pushing it to thirteen and 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:08.720 a half. I think is just pushing it just a 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:10.520 little bit beyond where I want to. If you want 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:11.920 to go to twelve and a half and get that too, 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:13.680 but to me, the eleven and a half at minus 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.680 one ten, you lock that in and barring a capis 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:20.000 traffic injury here with Lamar Jackson, I think the Ravens 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:21.360 get this easily. What do you think? 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:24.560 Yeah? And I mean it's gonna be a lot easier 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:27.120 with the news that just dropped while we're recording right 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:30.960 now of Jirelans, Alexander has signed with the Ravens, so 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:34.880 they keep him in a year six dollar deal. Breaking news. 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:37.360 Not what he was though t but right, I don't agree, right, 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:39.160 not what he was, but hey, when you're in a 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:43.000 situation that is not working out anymore, and sometimes you 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:44.840 need to change the scenery to kind of wake things 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:47.480 up and get things going again. So you could say 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.000 he doesn't look like himself anymore, but he could come 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:51.440 over here to Baltimore. 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:53.240 And look exactly like who he was. But the end 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:55.760 of the day is Alexander's a really good corner and 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:58.640 they needed help in that secondary, and so I think 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:00.920 this is a good spot for the raven I'm with you. 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:02.560 I like over eleven and a half. I think that 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:05.160 it is only injury. They have to have injuries across 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:07.720 the ball here that just makes it so that they 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:10.440 don't get to this total. But anything else, I like 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:13.200 the run game still, I like the offense still. The 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:15.400 only question that I have for the Ravens is how 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:17.640 far can they make it in the playoffs because John 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:20.240 Harball is going to have to coach this team at 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:22.880 some point. He can't just lean on Lamar Jackson and 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:25.120 lean on this team being good to be able to 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:27.520 get to a championship. So it's not the wins total 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:29.760 where I'm questioning the Ravens. It's what do they do 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:31.880 when they get into the playoffs. Can he coach this 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:34.240 team to get back to the mountaintop, because it seems 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:35.840 like that's the issue right here. 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:39.480 I think it can spoil alert more on that at 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:42.200 the end of the show, ericson Ravens win total, where's 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:42.840 your happy place? 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:45.520 I Am going to the under under eleven and a 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:49.000 half wins and so always guys. You guys kind of 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:53.000 previewed it talking about, well, only of injuries happen, it's 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.680 only injuries happened. Will the Ravens not get to twelve wins? 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.160 And I think injuries are going to hit this team 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:01.400 because last year they were the healthiest team in the NFL. 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:03.360 We were talking about this with the forty nine ers 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:06.200 in twenty twenty four. Fe the forty nine ers, they're 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:09.040 so healthy. What happened, Joe? We all know what happened 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:09.800 to the forty nine ers. 0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:10.560 I know, you know. 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:13.440 Say it fell apart. 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:16.520 I was I was such, you know, in a good 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:18.680 mood coming into this first big NFL show of the 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:21.480 year for us, and the Undertaker did not take long 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:22.480 to rise from the I'm. 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:24.800 Just I'm just spitting out the facts. Just the process 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:28.159 it says that suggests you can't chase the team that 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:30.760 was the healthiest depressing team, and given the fact that 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:32.800 it's such a big number anyway, eleven and a half. 0:17:32.920 --> 0:17:34.960 I when I was doing projections, going through game by 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:37.600