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Speaker 3: Welcome to the Action Network Podcast. I am your host,

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Speaker 3: Evan Abrams, and this week for our week seventeen recap episode,

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Speaker 3: I am joined by the one and the Only, Philly Ward.

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Speaker 3: Philly is a part of our predictive analytics team. He's

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Speaker 3: in for Brandon tonight. So Billy, first of all, what's up, man,

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Speaker 3: how are you?

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Speaker 2: I'm good. I was really hoping the Vikings would lose,

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Speaker 2: and I could say that's why Brandon without too sad

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Speaker 2: about a Vikings loss, but unfortunately that's not the case. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Well yeah, fourteen and two this year, they've only lost twice,

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Speaker 3: so you're you know, obviously a tough game tonight. But

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Speaker 3: we'll get into all of that stuff. So we're gonna

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Speaker 3: go game by game here, talk a little playoff scenarios.

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Speaker 3: We'll even dig into some week eighteen lines as you know,

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Speaker 3: you've got you know, Ravens up to like eighteen point favorite.

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Speaker 3: Some wild stuff out there, but we will start with

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Speaker 3: Sunday Night football, so a wild one. Maybe the game

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Speaker 3: of the week so far. I mean we got overtime.

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Speaker 3: You kind of got the whole kit and kaboodle in

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Speaker 3: this one, but Washington ends up winning the game thirty

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Speaker 3: to twenty four in overtime. Let me actually check the

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Speaker 3: closing line here, So the line closed at three and

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Speaker 3: a half for Washington, which they end up covering in overtime,

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Speaker 3: But to me, the story of this game was Ilumide Zachias, who.

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Speaker 2: Honestly went off.

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Speaker 3: I mean in our projections tool, we had him for

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Speaker 3: He ended with eight for eighty five in a touchdown.

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Speaker 3: So even in the first half he had six for

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Speaker 3: the game, so it wasn't like they were trying. They

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Speaker 3: Think the thing everyone will talk about from this game

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Speaker 3: would be the clock management by Raheem Morris, obviously coming

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Speaker 3: up going to overtime. Maybe could have gotten more points

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Speaker 3: out of it, but to me, that's probably the scenario.

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Speaker 3: The fifty six yard field goal obviously about eight to

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Speaker 3: score though, before I toss it over to you, Jane

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Speaker 3: Daniels two hundred and twenty seven passing yards, one hundred

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Speaker 2: Yeah. The big takeaway for me is how much sooner

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Speaker 2: should the Falcons have switched to Michael Pennix, Because no,

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Speaker 2: I'm a big fantasy guy I drafted Kyle Pitt and

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Speaker 2: to say about Kirk Cousins seems like a little bit

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Speaker 2: too little, too late for the Falcons. I think they

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Speaker 2: can still make the playoffs. I haven't ran through all

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Speaker 3: The second most important game of the day probably Green

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Speaker 2: So Minnesota wins the game five.

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Speaker 3: They actually ended up closing as one point favorite, so

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Speaker 3: they covered the spread. There. Total goes over forty nine

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Speaker 3: Minnesota's won nine straight and over their last seven games.

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Speaker 3: Donald eighteen touchdowns, two interceptions. I mean, what else were

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it really wasn't as close I thought,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean Campbell has said yeah, and Campbell has

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Speaker 3: that with this scenario today and listen next week. Minnesota

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Speaker 3: did that is a three point spread. Total is fifty

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Speaker 3: So they are now fourteen and two straight up. They

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Speaker 3: Darnold has done there and a really fun one that

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Speaker 3: I had in my article. So Minnesota does win this

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Speaker 3: So everything comes down to Week eighteen, one seed in

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Speaker 3: After Washington one tonight on Sunday Night Football and they

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Speaker 3: ended up covering in overtime, Favorites are now fifty nine

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Speaker 3: week six, favorites of just three points or more eighty

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Speaker 3: week after week, it just feels like we keep seeing

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Speaker 3: the same thing. This is crazy, Billy, So I'm just

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Speaker 2: guess it's the real question there, because on the one hand,

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Speaker 2: maybe markets are just getting more efficient, right, We're we're

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Speaker 3: Oh god no. And I think history would show and

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Speaker 3: the sixth this season favorite that covers an ot, second

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Speaker 3: to you here. He has eight straight games of three

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Speaker 2: So that is the company he keeps.

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Speaker 3: And he probably won't even win MVP this year because

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Speaker 3: you have some ridiculous other athletes. What else you got here, Billy?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean hard to win the MVP in a

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Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, that's exactly what I was going to say.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it'll be interesting if they do get the first pick,

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Speaker 2: The big thing that I'm coming away with this coming

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and for what it's worth. I mean, you know

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Speaker 2: win this game.

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Speaker 3: Terrible and from your incentive point of view, though, it

436
00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:06,800
Speaker 3: did feel like they were trying to get the ball

437
00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,199
Speaker 3: the Neighbors here, and I think Neighbors is kind of

438
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,400
Speaker 3: on the tail of Bowers for some of these records,

439
00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,560
Speaker 3: and obviously I think he's a little back. I haven't

440
00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,200
Speaker 3: looked at the updated numbers, but it did feel like

441
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,800
Speaker 3: Neighbors was getting maybe a few more looks they played

442
00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:20,840
Speaker 3: Philly next week.

443
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Speaker 2: I believe.

444
00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,240
Speaker 3: I believe Philly has literally nothing to play for their

445
00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,919
Speaker 3: three and a half point favorites in that game, the

446
00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:30,320
Speaker 3: Eagles at home. So maybe just an opportunity there for

447
00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,640
Speaker 3: some more neighbors. All right, let's keep rolling here. Miami

448
00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,879
Speaker 3: at Cleveland. So Miami wins the game twenty to three

449
00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,600
Speaker 3: in Cleveland as a three point road favorite. Total goes

450
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Speaker 3: under thirty two.

451
00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:42,120
Speaker 2: And a half.

452
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Speaker 3: Thirty two and a half. Unbelievable the game. This one's

453
00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,320
Speaker 3: pretty simple. So the game had twenty penalties and twenty

454
00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,000
Speaker 3: three points, and that was exactly how the game felt

455
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,800
Speaker 3: the entire time. It was pretty terrible, except for Tyreek Hill,

456
00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,119
Speaker 3: who goes for nine receptions in one hundred and five yards,

457
00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,479
Speaker 3: second most receptions in the game this year, only his

458
00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,879
Speaker 3: third one hundred yard game, but it felt like he

459
00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,080
Speaker 3: had the opportunity to do well here Cleveland, at least

460
00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:13,480
Speaker 3: from DVOA perspective. Struggles against number one wide receivers. I

461
00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,159
Speaker 3: think we preferred hunt Lee to Skyler in terms of

462
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:20,080
Speaker 3: trying to get Tyreek the ball. But listen, Miami six

463
00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:23,159
Speaker 3: and two in their last eight. Their defense has been

464
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Speaker 3: pretty good. Yes, DT are today, but facing Purty facing

465
00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:31,080
Speaker 3: Stroud allowing twenty or less points than those. I mean,

466
00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:33,639
Speaker 3: that's kind of the situation. I mean, Cleveland goes zero

467
00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:35,840
Speaker 3: and three in the red zone, Miami goes two for two,

468
00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,679
Speaker 3: and that feels like the entire game. The only thing

469
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Speaker 3: I'll say before tossing it to you, I believe two

470
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Speaker 3: is questionable next week, says McDaniel. Entering the week, they

471
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Speaker 3: are minus two and a half. I believe. Yeah, minus

472
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Speaker 3: two and a half at the Jets. And we saw

473
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Speaker 3: what happened with the Jets today, so we and that's

474
00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,720
Speaker 3: in met life, Sony. Any thoughts here, Billy.

475
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's an interesting you'd have to imagine with everything

476
00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:03,760
Speaker 2: on the line, that Tua gets out there because he

477
00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,800
Speaker 2: was supposed to play until on Thursday or something this week. Yeah,

478
00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,240
Speaker 2: now that was an interesting one. Other note, I think

479
00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:12,720
Speaker 2: the Browns going to DTR is kind of one of

480
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:16,320
Speaker 2: the more blatant tankings I've seen in a recent memory.

481
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:18,159
Speaker 2: You know, the narrative is they want to get a

482
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Speaker 2: look at them and see what they have for the future.

483
00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,480
Speaker 2: They know what they have and Dorit and Thompson Robinson

484
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,600
Speaker 2: right like if they were playing to win these games,

485
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,920
Speaker 2: Jameis Winston would be out there, we'd all be having

486
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,240
Speaker 2: more fun with it. But they're they're playing for a

487
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:31,160
Speaker 2: draft pick, not to win the games here, and it's

488
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,600
Speaker 2: the right move, it's obviously what you should do. But yeah,

489
00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:36,320
Speaker 2: that was my read on the Browns here is they

490
00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:37,399
Speaker 2: don't want to win these games.

491
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Speaker 3: I mean, all you have to know abillity is like

492
00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,760
Speaker 3: Jamis threw for five hundred yards and dtr in his

493
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,560
Speaker 3: five starts, has thirty seven total points. I mean, I

494
00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,680
Speaker 3: think they know what they have with both of those quarterbacks.

495
00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,680
Speaker 3: It's just one hundred percent tanking and we would rather

496
00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:55,840
Speaker 3: see Jamis play some football, all right, Jets at the Bills.

497
00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,760
Speaker 3: So Buffalo wins this game forty to fourteen as a

498
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Speaker 3: ten point home favorite. Total goes over forty four. There's

499
00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 3: really not many forty to fourteen games that actually felt

500
00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,600
Speaker 3: like it was more of a blowout than the final score.

501
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:14,679
Speaker 3: But that's exactly what this was. This was an absolute disaster.

502
00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,280
Speaker 3: And if you go back to last week with the

503
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,119
Speaker 3: Rams game looked like and I added this up, I

504
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,800
Speaker 3: believe Aaron Rodgers had fourteen drives between the Rams and

505
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,960
Speaker 3: Buffalo game without a touchdown and then the first drive,

506
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:29,920
Speaker 3: Tyrod comes in, goes down the field for seventy five

507
00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:34,119
Speaker 3: yards and a touchdown drive. And even in the postgame

508
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 3: press conference, Billy Rodgers basically said at thirty three to nothing,

509
00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,160
Speaker 3: he gave up and said, Tyrod just go into the game.

510
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,840
Speaker 3: So I have zero idea how this is going to

511
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Speaker 3: play out. I mean, maybe he'll start, maybe he won't

512
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:50,240
Speaker 3: next week. But this is the eighth game where the

513
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,600
Speaker 3: Jets have scored twenty points or less. They've lost all

514
00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,159
Speaker 3: eight games, and their defense since they fired Sala thirty

515
00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,600
Speaker 3: first in the EPA per play thirtieth and dropped EPA,

516
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,879
Speaker 3: they just flat out stink and got kind of just

517
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:08,320
Speaker 3: embarrassed today. The other record I was referring to earlier

518
00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:10,840
Speaker 3: before I toss it to you believe Josh Allen is

519
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:14,879
Speaker 3: a rushing touchdown away from the Bills franchise record. I

520
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,159
Speaker 3: don't even know how that's possible, but I just read that,

521
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:21,119
Speaker 3: passing Therman Thomas at this point through seven seasons. But

522
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,000
Speaker 3: that might be some sort of motivation. You might play

523
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,880
Speaker 3: the first drive next week. I know McDermott's gonna try

524
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,680
Speaker 3: to sit a bunch of people, but what's your thought here,

525
00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:33,280
Speaker 3: if anything on this masterpiece, it's funny.

526
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:34,879
Speaker 2: I thought you were going to bring up another record.

527
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:37,320
Speaker 2: I think Aaron Rodgers is at four hundred and ninety nine.

528
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,760
Speaker 2: Well yeah, yeah, and he threw I want to say

529
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Speaker 2: the two hundredth and three hundredths for both the DeVante

530
00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:48,960
Speaker 2: Adams or something in there, something to that effect. I

531
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,080
Speaker 2: wouldn't be surprised. I think Adams left the game with

532
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,600
Speaker 2: the injury at one point, but it didn't seem too serious.

533
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,760
Speaker 2: I wouldn't be surprised if they come out and try

534
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 2: to get that connection one more time, just to get

535
00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,320
Speaker 2: five hundred and then set both those guys. But Rogers

536
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,280
Speaker 2: has made it pretty clear he wants out. They fired

537
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,480
Speaker 2: the wrong person, right. The defense was not the problem.

538
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:09,239
Speaker 2: Their defense was great earlier in the year when they

539
00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 2: fired Salad. So yeah, not looking great for New York

540
00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,240
Speaker 2: football in general, but at least the Giants are kind

541
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,680
Speaker 2: of fun and give you some hope. I know Buffalo's

542
00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,040
Speaker 2: in New York too, but New York City, I should say.

543
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, I was gonna say. But the other part that

544
00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:24,399
Speaker 3: I saw funny today was the fact that you know,

545
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,000
Speaker 3: if Rogers, if the Giants blew the top few picks.

546
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,840
Speaker 3: Maybe Rodgers can just stay in the metal lands and

547
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,080
Speaker 3: go play for the Giants next year. He'd look great

548
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:37,120
Speaker 3: with Malik Neighbors. That is half a joke. Okay, Cowboys

549
00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:41,199
Speaker 3: at the Eagles. Eagles win the game forty one to seven,

550
00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,159
Speaker 3: as seven and a half point favorites total goes over

551
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 3: thirty seven and a half the fund oute here, which

552
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,000
Speaker 3: kind of ended up coming true even without Hurt. So

553
00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,679
Speaker 3: the Cowboys Eagles games kind of go the way of

554
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 3: the favorite over the last decade. The favor in the

555
00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,879
Speaker 3: series is sixteen and four straight up and against the spread,

556
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,800
Speaker 3: eight and three with Philly, eight and one with Dallas.

557
00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:06,560
Speaker 3: I mean I heard earlier went on the Favors with

558
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,919
Speaker 3: Simon and Chad. They were kind of talking about Cooper

559
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,960
Speaker 3: Rush and the fact that like he is formidable, and

560
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,919
Speaker 3: I believe at times he is. The thing that I

561
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:19,760
Speaker 3: struggle with is since he's gotten like the main workload

562
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,000
Speaker 3: this year since Week nine, twenty seventh, thirtieth and thirty

563
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:27,119
Speaker 3: fourth EPA per play success rate, completion percentage over expected,

564
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,560
Speaker 3: he's just and obviously no CD Lamb right, which I

565
00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 3: think is a large part of a missing offense here,

566
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 3: and kind of what Dallas is going through. At least

567
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,080
Speaker 3: in this game against Philly, I think it would have

568
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 3: been nice to have a big playmaker in there, But

569
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,680
Speaker 3: aside from that, I don't think we really learned much

570
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,160
Speaker 3: Philly's dominant. Dallas wants to get to the offseason. Kenny

571
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:53,560
Speaker 3: Pickett played, Okay, it looks like the Eagles, Chiefs, Bills,

572
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 3: and Texans are at least as I'm now a little

573
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,480
Speaker 3: bit earlier, the team's with nothing to lose or gain

574
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,600
Speaker 3: week eighteen, So, like we talked about earlier, Eagles minus

575
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,680
Speaker 3: three and a half. But I'm pretty sure that you're

576
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:06,920
Speaker 3: not going to see many guys.

577
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 2: The only thing I'd say on that is with Hurts

578
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,639
Speaker 2: missing you know, a week and a half at this point,

579
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:13,200
Speaker 2: I don't know that they want him that out of

580
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,159
Speaker 2: rhythm and sitting out three weeks in a row. I

581
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 2: would actually expect to see maybe like a half or

582
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,560
Speaker 2: so of Jalen Hurts next week. Looking ahead obviously way

583
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 2: too early for player props and stuff like that. Looking

584
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,119
Speaker 2: at some unders on Hurts if they get him in

585
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:30,120
Speaker 2: the game, but he doesn't play a full complement of snaps,

586
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,360
Speaker 2: I think that's interesting. Typically you don't want more than

587
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,679
Speaker 2: one week off. I hear it coaches say in season,

588
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 2: you know they don't want to do the double bye

589
00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,640
Speaker 2: week if they lock up the one seed early. Stuff

590
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,760
Speaker 2: like that is sometimes a concern. So I bet we

591
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 2: see a little bit of Jalen Hurts, maybe a little

592
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,720
Speaker 2: bit of Patrick Mahomes Beinano. He's doing next week for

593
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 2: similar reasons.

594
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 3: Which is interesting because there are first half lines out

595
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:54,520
Speaker 3: at a few books, and I think I see Philly

596
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 3: minus two and a half first half, which, if if

597
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 3: you're right, is an inch line against the Giants team,

598
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,080
Speaker 3: even a Giants team scored forty five points today. But

599
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:08,239
Speaker 3: it's a bit of a different Philly situation. All right,

600
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:12,880
Speaker 3: let's keep rolling here. Raiders at the Saints. So the

601
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 3: Raiders win this game twenty five to ten in New

602
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:19,160
Speaker 3: Orleans as two point favorites. Total goes under thirty seven

603
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:21,719
Speaker 3: and a half. I'm gonna keep this pretty short. I

604
00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 3: remember hearing late last night and this morning that the

605
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,480
Speaker 3: Raiders were the last flight out. They got stuck on

606
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 3: the tarmac and it took them literally forever to get

607
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 3: to New Orleans, and it absolutely meant nothing because they

608
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 3: were the only road team to win at one o'clock

609
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 3: on Sunday today. So Saints just literally couldn't get anything

610
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 3: rolling on offense. Bowers does everything he does and does

611
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 3: it again. He had five plus catches now in eight

612
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 3: of nine road games. He has broken Dick's record. He

613
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 3: broke Pooka's record, and that's kind of what neighbors felt

614
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,959
Speaker 3: like he was going after a little bit. But an

615
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:05,200
Speaker 3: incredible season and he's been much better with O'Connell back there,

616
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,800
Speaker 3: which I think he kind of saw today versus Minshew.

617
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,719
Speaker 3: But anything else on Saints Raiders.

618
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 2: It's just crazy looking back to Week two when the

619
00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 2: Saints had scored ninety one points in two games and

620
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,240
Speaker 2: we were talking about how great this offense was. Obviously,

621
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,040
Speaker 2: injury is a huge part of it. They lost pretty

622
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 2: much every confident, skill position player they had. But yeah,

623
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 2: just a weird season for the Saints. I feel like

624
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,920
Speaker 2: it's been three different years for them. It's a good point.

625
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 3: And after Week two everyone was talking about how they

626
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,360
Speaker 3: reinvented the play action right like it was something we

627
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,480
Speaker 3: had never seen before, and Derek Carr was doing things. Yeah,

628
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 3: that feels like at least two seasons ago. All right,

629
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 3: one game left here, Tennessee at Jacksonville. Jacksonville beats the

630
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,680
Speaker 3: Titans twenty to thirteen. Actually a little tight at the

631
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:55,520
Speaker 3: end there. Tennessee ends up closing minus one, so they

632
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,880
Speaker 3: end up losing the cover and the total goes under

633
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 3: thirty eight and a half. Story here as simple to

634
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 3: Titans now two and fourteen against the spread this season.

635
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,720
Speaker 3: That is the worst record for any team in the

636
00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,880
Speaker 3: Super Bowl era. We haven't seen any team lose fourteen

637
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 3: covers in a single season. Mason Rudolph goes zero to

638
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 3: five ats entering this week, Will Levis two to nine

639
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 3: against the spread. That's how they got there. But listen,

640
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 3: Tennessee just felt like they're just giving the game away.

641
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 3: And Calvin Ridley didn't seem to have the game. I

642
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 3: think we all thought he might in a revenge spot.

643
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 3: But just two teams that want to get to the offseason.

644
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was impressed by Brian Thomas. Think the Jaguars

645
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 2: have something there. But outside of that, not a lot

646
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 2: to be excited about for either team. We'll see what

647
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 2: the Jaguars look like if they kind of keep the

648
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 2: band back together with Trevor Lawrence. But it was promising

649
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:51,600
Speaker 2: a couple of years ago we were talking about the

650
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,840
Speaker 2: Jaguars and the Lions with the two ascenic teams, and

651
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 2: it's gone very different directions since then. Again, injuries happened,

652
00:31:58,040 --> 00:31:59,760
Speaker 2: but even when he was playing this year, I don't

653
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:02,200
Speaker 2: think Trevor Lawrence is what we hoped you would be.

654
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 3: Definitely not as of yet. And it's a good call

655
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,840
Speaker 3: on Thomas. I believe he is leading all rookies and

656
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 3: receiving yards, which we had given out early in the

657
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Speaker 3: year on action Eric, I know I have him at

658
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 3: sixteen to one, so hopefully he can hold on with

659
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Speaker 3: that one with one week to go. All right, let's

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Speaker 3: talk Monday Night football. Now Detroit and San Francisco. Now

661
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 3: this game doesn't mean what it could have potentially. Detroit

662
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,920
Speaker 3: really doesn't need this for anything. San Francisco obviously has

663
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 3: been eliminated. The one bet that I made and I

664
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,560
Speaker 3: put it in the app, is I like Ricky Piersoll

665
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:49,960
Speaker 3: over nineteen and a half receiving yards. We have bet

666
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 3: him in previous weeks over this mark. I also ended

667
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 3: up taking the nineteen and a half when I logged

668
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,640
Speaker 3: it because I saw the market moving from twenty to

669
00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 3: twenty one and a half a good matchup for him,

670
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 3: and I see him getting more targets recently, and I

671
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 3: think at this point San Francisco more trying to see

672
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:10,320
Speaker 3: what they have in a few of these players versus

673
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,080
Speaker 3: trying to force it to anyone to try to get

674
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Speaker 3: people hurt. So I do think he's gonna get some

675
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 3: looks here. The one motivational factor which is pretty obvious

676
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,320
Speaker 3: which might lead to Campbell playing more starters or actually

677
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 3: trying to win this one is obviously the lines losing

678
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 3: to the forty nine ers in a dramatic fashion in

679
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 3: their last game in the NFC Championship Game, and the

680
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,280
Speaker 3: fact that listen there, I look this up two and

681
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 3: seventeen in their last nineteen versus San Francisco. So they

682
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 3: have really struggled with this team. So maybe that is

683
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:45,040
Speaker 3: something that eats at Campbell a little bit. And from

684
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Speaker 3: San Francisco's point of view, before I toss it to you,

685
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 3: Billy two in thirteen against the spread this year in

686
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Speaker 3: the second half three and sixteen second half ats last

687
00:33:56,360 --> 00:34:00,000
Speaker 3: nineteen games, So they have really really struggled to close

688
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 3: the door in the second half. And this Lions team

689
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,840
Speaker 3: is kind of ruthless if they're bringing everyone out. But

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00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 3: you have any thoughts.

691
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 2: Here, Yeah, a Ton actually obviously is a Lions fan. Here.

692
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,960
Speaker 2: The last time we had kind of a similar revenge

693
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:17,560
Speaker 2: spot was when the Lions played the Cowboys in October.

694
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 2: There was the whole thing last year with the tackle

695
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:23,759
Speaker 2: that maybe reported as eligible, maybe didn't. Lions came out

696
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 2: and won that game against Dallas forty seven to nine,

697
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:30,320
Speaker 2: just destroyed them. If you know anything about Dan Campbell,

698
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 2: if you followed this team at all, they're not gonna

699
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 2: let let up off the gas. I don't think they

700
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,719
Speaker 2: want to coming into a crucial Week eighteen game and

701
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 2: break that rhythm. I really like the Lions. I like

702
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 2: the Lions spread I put in our show sheet. I

703
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 2: like alt spreads up to six and a half from

704
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 2: a matchup standpoint. San Francisco's kind of a run funnel.

705
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,760
Speaker 2: So if the Lions get a lead here, they're gonna

706
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,320
Speaker 2: just pound the rock and be able to control the

707
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:55,680
Speaker 2: game expand that lead. Not only is Trent Williams out

708
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,280
Speaker 2: for the forty nine ers, Trent williams backup is out,

709
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,800
Speaker 2: and their right tackle didn't log a PRES this all week.

710
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 2: We're not super worried about the Lions defensive line with

711
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 2: all that, gonna be hard for the forty nine ers

712
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,239
Speaker 2: to play from behind here if they're missing their three

713
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:12,720
Speaker 2: best offensive tackles. And then funny you should mention Piersall.

714
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,800
Speaker 2: I've done some prize picks content the same game. Parlay

715
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 2: included him in both of those. His target rate more

716
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 2: than doubles against man defense, and the Lions play man

717
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 2: at the highest rate in the league by a huge margin.

718
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:26,600
Speaker 2: Like a lot of that man versone stuff is kind

719
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 2: of overblown because most teams play zone at such a

720
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 2: high rate, Detroit's one of the few exceptions where it

721
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:33,960
Speaker 2: really makes a difference. He's like, I think they're only

722
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,719
Speaker 2: wide receiver who sees a significant boost and target chair.

723
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Speaker 2: So I'm all over Rocky Piersall. Also for the let's

724
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 2: see what we've got reasons you mentioned, But I like

725
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,799
Speaker 2: the Lions to cover. I like Lions alt spreads, even

726
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 2: Lions second half stuff, because if they get a lead,

727
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 2: they're just gonna play. You know, there's gonna be a

728
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,760
Speaker 2: snowball rolling downhill once they get out in front.

729
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I admit, I'm sure you're aware of this, but

730
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,399
Speaker 3: this status absolutely blows my mind. So over the last

731
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 3: three seasons, the Lions are thirty eight thirteen and one

732
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 3: against the first half spread to seventy five percent, So like,

733
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,680
Speaker 3: forget all the cover stuff that they're about and how

734
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Speaker 3: Campbell's done, and you know, the last few years they're

735
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 3: kind of on record pace. That first half number just

736
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,279
Speaker 3: absolutely blows me away. So we will see how that goes.

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Speaker 3: Right now, the spread in that game is only minus

738
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,799
Speaker 3: three for Detroit, so I think they're expecting San Francisco

739
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 3: to kind of play everyone and fight as much as possible.

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00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,400
Speaker 3: All right, Before we wrap up, let's hear from Patrick

741
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 3: Everson from Vegas Insiders and how things looked in Las Vegas.

742
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:35,560
Speaker 1: All right, Evan, thanks a lot for having me back

743
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 1: on the Action Network podcast as we recap NFL Week

744
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:43,400
Speaker 1: seventeen Odds and Actions. Still got a game to go,

745
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,200
Speaker 1: and obviously one that's going to be pretty heavily bet

746
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 1: between the Lions and the forty nine ers, so though

747
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 1: a lot of that action is going to go to

748
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:51,880
Speaker 1: one side, which we'll touch on in just a couple

749
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:55,320
Speaker 1: of minutes here, but recapping the week that was, Look,

750
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 1: this has been the story of the last two and

751
00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: a half months, maybe even a little bit longer than that.

752
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 1: In the end fl on. That is, favorites winning straight

753
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,840
Speaker 1: up at a really consistent basis and generally winning against

754
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: the spread, maybe not quite as consistently, but certainly enough

755
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 1: to keep the public more than a float. The public

756
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 1: betting masses so far in week seventeen, if my calculations

757
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 1: are correct, you got thirteen and two straight up for

758
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: the favorites, thirteen to two straight up for the favorites,

759
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 1: and eleven and four against the spread for the favorites.

760
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,680
Speaker 1: Christmas Day was really good to the favorites. You get

761
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 1: a winning cover out of the Chiefs real easy, and

762
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 1: a winning cover out of the Ravens real easily. That

763
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 1: was popular the three Saturday games, with all three favorites winning. Granted,

764
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,759
Speaker 1: the Rams did not cover, but had a couple of

765
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 1: different odds makers tell me that there was a bunch

766
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:48,080
Speaker 1: of moneyline parlays just stringing the favorites together with the

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Speaker 1: Chargers Cincinnati, and in the nightcap the Rams who barely

768
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 1: held on against the Cardinals. You know, John Murray said

769
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:02,560
Speaker 1: that that. John Murray the super Book said that Broncos

770
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,399
Speaker 1: Bengals result right in the middle of those three games

771
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 1: Saturday was particularly disappointing because there was all sorts of

772
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,880
Speaker 1: opportunities for Denver to cover that number. If Cincinnati had

773
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 1: just won by a field goal, they could have won

774
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 1: by a field goal in regulation and basically run out

775
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:16,279
Speaker 1: the clock doing so. They could have won by a

776
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 1: field goal in overtime, but they jointed it off the upright.

777
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:22,719
Speaker 1: Denver ultimately could have played for a tie, and if

778
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:24,520
Speaker 1: it had been a tie, it would have went under

779
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,239
Speaker 1: and Denver would have covered, which would have been a

780
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 1: great outcome, not only for the super book, but I'm

781
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,800
Speaker 1: sure for several other books keeping that game under the total.

782
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 1: But instead the Bengals get a touchdown, the total goes over,

783
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:37,880
Speaker 1: the Bengals cover, so a great result for the public,

784
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,759
Speaker 1: a rough result for the books. And then John Murray

785
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 1: added up that Saturday night game Arizona was at the

786
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 1: five yard line looking to beat La outright on the

787
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 1: road and had a deflected ball end up getting intercepted,

788
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 1: so the Rams win salvage all those money line parlays,

789
00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:56,880
Speaker 1: and again multiple odds makers, the super book, South Point

790
00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 1: and certainly the big books nationwide had moneyline Harley's run

791
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 1: into all three favorites on Saturday betam gyms and DraftKings

792
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 1: of the world and so forth, so good for the

793
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,239
Speaker 1: public there and Sunday generally good for the public. A

794
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 1: lot of favorites obviously came through with that, with the

795
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: record they had again thirteen and two straight up through

796
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 1: fifteen games this week, eleven and four against the spread. However,

797
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 1: the New York Football Giants, who should be probably playing

798
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:26,240
Speaker 1: for the number one pick in the draft, decided to

799
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 1: get up off the mat beat the Indianapolis Colts outright

800
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 1: forty five to thirty three. Blew up a ton of

801
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:37,000
Speaker 1: money line parlays and teasers, probably as well at sports

802
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 1: books across the land. It's not that the Colts were

803
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:43,040
Speaker 1: a hugely popular play, but they were certainly seen, as

804
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,960
Speaker 1: you know, as a good spot in a money line parlay,

805
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,880
Speaker 1: and as it turned out, they were a bad spot

806
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:50,360
Speaker 1: in a money line parlay. And that's what helped the

807
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,360
Speaker 1: books kind of weather the storm. Even though again a

808
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:57,320
Speaker 1: lot of favorites did get there straight up and against

809
00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:02,400
Speaker 1: the spread this week, so that surprising outcome for sure,

810
00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 1: and the Colts were playing for a playoff spot. The

811
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,239
Speaker 1: Giants hadn't won a home game all season, and this

812
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 1: was their last chance to do so, and they do it.

813
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 1: So again that's a result that works out well. Packers

814
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,880
Speaker 1: were kind of a look. That game was right around

815
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:18,920
Speaker 1: pick most of the time. The Packers were favored, the

816
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,680
Speaker 1: Vikes were favored. It was pick them ultimately, I think

817
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:23,560
Speaker 1: the Vikes went off at one or one and a

818
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:27,160
Speaker 1: half one on one and a half point favorites. But

819
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:30,280
Speaker 1: the Packers were a trendy dog if that was the case,

820
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:33,759
Speaker 1: and the Vikings won in covered in that game. So

821
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:36,200
Speaker 1: that was one that certainly felt the book's way as well.

822
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 1: Even though the more popular side was the Packers, they

823
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:42,400
Speaker 1: weren't necessarily the favorite by the time that game kicked

824
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Speaker 1: off depending on where he shopped, So that one, I know,

825
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,040
Speaker 1: worked out well for a couple of different sports books

826
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Speaker 1: nationally and also here in Vegas. The super books certainly

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00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:54,560
Speaker 1: enjoyed that one as well. And then you know, of

828
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:56,840
Speaker 1: course the Sunday night game, the Commanders are going to

829
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:58,719
Speaker 1: be popular coming off that went over the Eagles. They

830
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,920
Speaker 1: looked great against the Eagles and played a really exhilarating

831
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 1: game against the Falcons on Sunday night. Most books needed Atlanta.

832
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,000
Speaker 1: The Commanders were definitely a popular play. They needed Atlanta

833
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,280
Speaker 1: to cover that three and a half, and the Commanders,

834
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,399
Speaker 1: by getting the touchdown and overtime obviously went and cover there.

835
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,080
Speaker 1: So that was one where the public did well also,

836
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,759
Speaker 1: So again overall, probably not a bad week for the

837
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 1: betting public, but it wasn't like a blood letting for

838
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:23,719
Speaker 1: the sports books either. They did well by blowing up

839
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: those mondayline parleys and teasers. Chris Andrews at the South

840
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,280
Speaker 1: Point said, we finally had a dog, and a big

841
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 1: dog at that, in the form of the New York

842
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 1: Giants win a game outright, which is something they've been

843
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,440
Speaker 1: brooting for for weeks and perhaps even months and have

844
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 1: not been able to get now looking ahead to the

845
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 1: Monday night game, when they first scheduled this game lines

846
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Speaker 1: against forty nine Ers Monday Night Football Week seventeen, the

847
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:46,959
Speaker 1: last Monday Night football game of the season, they probably

848
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,239
Speaker 1: thought this is going to be awesome, a rematch of

849
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 1: the NFC Championship game of last year. Well it's not awesome.

850
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,719
Speaker 1: The Niners have been banged up all season, having a

851
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:58,000
Speaker 1: very disappointing year, are not going to go to the playoffs.

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00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:03,920
Speaker 1: At BETMGM heading into Sunday, they put numbers out on Sunday,

853
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,280
Speaker 1: ninety four percent of straight spread bets, ninety five percent

854
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:11,759
Speaker 1: of straight spread money on this game falling on the

855
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Speaker 1: Detroit Lions, who have obviously been a juggernaut against the

856
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 1: spread and straight up for that matter, for the last

857
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,799
Speaker 1: two plus seasons. And if you jump over to DraftKings

858
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:22,920
Speaker 1: just to see if there's any difference, the answer is no.

859
00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:26,759
Speaker 1: Ninety one percent of spread bets at DraftKings, ninety five

860
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 1: percent of spread handle at Draft Kings landing on the

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Speaker 1: Detroit Lions for this Monday light, Monday night game. So

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00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:34,120
Speaker 1: the public is all over the lines. The books are

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00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:36,839
Speaker 1: definitely going to need the San Francisco forty nine ers,

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Speaker 1: and again the last Monday night game of the twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty four to twenty five season. No Monday night game

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Speaker 1: in Week eighteen, so they're having a little recap of

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Speaker 1: NFL Week seventeen odds in action. Look forward to talking

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Speaker 1: to you next week with the playoffs getting set and

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Speaker 1: definitely some very interesting games on the schedule.

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Speaker 3: All right, Well, that has been Week seventeen. You got

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Speaker 3: anything else to add there, Bill, Yeah, No.

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Speaker 2: That's it for me. I'm kind of looking ahead to

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Speaker 2: Week eighteen as a Lions fan for Lions Vikings's gonna

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Speaker 2: be fun.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, honestly, we've got a few of the

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Speaker 3: playoff spots kind of been decided here. Not a ton

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Speaker 3: of drama next week, but Bengals Steelers ends up being

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Speaker 3: like a really good game for a few things. And

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Speaker 3: again I think everyone's looking forward to Minnesota and Detroit,

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Speaker 3: so a full. We got some Saturday games, then some

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Speaker 3: Sunday games, and all of a sudden, the playoffs are here.

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Speaker 3: So we will be back. We have Best Bets episodes

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Speaker 3: this week and Brandon will be back for a bunch

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Speaker 3: of that stuff, and then we have the recap episode

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Speaker 3: as well next Sunday night, where we will kind of

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Speaker 3: talk about everything that happened in week eighteen and preview

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Speaker 3: some of the playoff matchups and talk some stats and

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Speaker 3: different look aheads there with Brandon. But thanks everybody for listening,

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Speaker 3: and I am Evan Abrams that is Billy Ward, and

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