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Speaker 1: Let's start with the NFC games. The final game of
Speaker 1: Divisional Weekend Niners, Cowboys, give me all of the nineties vibes.
Speaker 1: This is the closest game of the weekend. According to
Speaker 1: fan Duel, last year's game ended insane. I'm so excited
Speaker 1: for this one. So I'm looking at this one and
Speaker 1: I have a four point win for the forty niners
Speaker 1: to twenty one. We love some good weird scores with
Speaker 1: can't get out of it. But I really want to
Speaker 1: talk about Brock Purty here to Deebo Samuel, Why because
Speaker 1: to me, that's kind of the X factor. That's the
Speaker 1: thing where I don't know what the answer is going
Speaker 1: to be. But we you see some injuries to that secondary,
Speaker 1: and you see how versatile Debo has been, not just
Speaker 1: this year, but also last year. Last year he gave
Speaker 1: them fits. I think that's going to run it back
Speaker 1: and be the same thing again this time. I'm watching
Speaker 1: last game. You saw what the Cowboys tried to do,
Speaker 1: like switching over where their slot corner was, and then
Speaker 1: they switched up their safeties a little bit. And now
Speaker 1: that's going to be different because you're on curse has
Speaker 1: been on the injury report, so is he healthy? I
Speaker 1: don't know, but I do know that Deebo Samuel is
Speaker 1: going to have a big game. It is so hard
Speaker 1: to pick against his forty Niners team right now, they
Speaker 1: just feel like they're a bunch of superhumans. And I'm
Speaker 1: not going to do it, but I'm gonna thread the
Speaker 1: needle here. It's gonna be a theme. So threading the
Speaker 1: needle means we think the game's gonna be closer than
Speaker 1: that score on the screen. But I am taking the
Speaker 1: fort in the game anyways. The reason I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be close is Dak Prescott is by far the
Speaker 1: best quarterback in this game. I don't know why this
Speaker 1: became a debate. It's no slight to Brock Purty, but
Speaker 1: there is absolutely nothing Purty can do as well as
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott can do. Dak Prescott throughout his first what
Speaker 1: eight years in the league now has reminded me more
Speaker 1: of Peyton Manning than any quarterback to come into the
Speaker 1: league since. And it's because he wins before the snaps
Speaker 1: he had just during the game. He could do everything
Speaker 1: like that, And just like Peyton Manning back in two
Speaker 1: thousand and five, Dak Prescott is twenty nine years old
Speaker 1: right now, I just feel like he's I don't know,
Speaker 1: that's clear. So just trying to give Patrick a dance
Speaker 1: to catch up in the standings because it is hard
Speaker 1: to do have a bunch of super humans, but I'm
Speaker 1: gonna do it. Humans is Trent Williams because nobody's arguing.
Speaker 1: Nobody has anything bad to say about Trip Williams unless
Speaker 1: you're a disgraced former NFL executive in an email. But
Speaker 1: there is something that Trip Williams can't do, and that's
Speaker 1: playing multiple spots on the line at the same time.
Speaker 1: Because Michael Parsons can rush from the right side. We
Speaker 1: saw him do it earlier in this season against Joe
Speaker 1: Burrowing Company. We saw him do it last week against
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay. One problem facing the forty and ours is
Speaker 1: dealing with Trip was we just moved Michael Parsons over.
Speaker 1: And I think Dan quinn is going to solve that
Speaker 1: little bit of the equation. That Cowboys win at twenty
Speaker 1: to twenty one on a Brett Mark Felie. I can
Speaker 1: get behind that. I love that. But on the other side,
Speaker 1: Robbie Gold is absolutely perfect on field goal. You do
Speaker 1: have that working against you. I'm gonna come give me
Speaker 1: the forty nine over Christian McCaffrey this weekend. I think
Speaker 1: he is going to absolutely ball out. Dallas's ranked second
Speaker 1: in rushing defense. He's he's done nothing but be amazing
Speaker 1: since he has touchdown. I heard this incredible story of
Speaker 1: George Kittle. He was playing video games and his friend
Speaker 1: was like, oh, bro, have you seen Twitter? And he's like, no,
Speaker 1: what's going on Twitter? And they're like, you just said
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey and he's like, bro, I didn't even know
Speaker 1: it is happening. And he was just all rainbows and
Speaker 1: butterflies after that. So there he was like a really
Speaker 1: accurate depiction. I think that that is exactly how sound like.
Speaker 1: I think that that's what happened. And then they did
Speaker 1: one of these was oh I love wrestling this guy
Speaker 1: or that guy. Let's get into it. Greg. Both quarterbacks
Speaker 1: through for multiple touchdowns last week. Who is more likely
Speaker 1: to do it again on Sunday? Well, I just spent
Speaker 1: five minutes talking about Dak Prescott, so it's Dak Prescott,
Speaker 1: of course. But I do want to say why I
Speaker 1: think Black Purty will go under one and a half touchdown.
Speaker 1: It's not about Black Purty, It's about the is running game.
Speaker 1: That is ultimately why I picked the Cowboys to win
Speaker 1: this game. I think they're going to run the ball show.
Speaker 1: Somebody called the show you have to switch it. You
Speaker 1: can switch Okay, I guess I'm switching it. Why not,
Speaker 1: let's under on part I love that saying, Okay, Tony
Speaker 1: Pollard was the more effective runner against Tampa, but they
Speaker 1: will likely go with Zeke near the goal line. Who
Speaker 1: was more likely to score against the Nighters? I mean,
Speaker 1: is Fred Werener still playing? Because I don't think either
Speaker 1: they were super likely to play. However, between the two,
Speaker 1: I actually think Tony Pollard has a better opportunity. Why
Speaker 1: because he's the guy who breaks more tackles. I understand
Speaker 1: a lot of the red area carries go to Z,
Speaker 1: but I think if a rushing touchdown is going to
Speaker 1: be scored, it's not going to be on a goal
Speaker 1: line stand. It's going to be on something where he
Speaker 1: kind of breaks for more yards, maybe a deeper red
Speaker 1: area like ten fifteen yard type of situation. So more
Speaker 1: likely Tony Pollard, but neither are particularly likely. Also, he's
Speaker 1: much better at football than Ezekiel Elleton. I would like
Speaker 1: to Tony Pollard's agent because I've been singing his praises
Speaker 1: and I'm like, what this guy? Pay Tony, Hi, you
Speaker 1: can call me at see Freeland. I Tony Pollard needs
Speaker 1: to be grace this offseason. Okay, Patrick, over to you.
Speaker 1: Big days for both Brandon Aouke and Debot against the Seahawks.
Speaker 1: Who has the bigger day against Alice? I'm going to
Speaker 1: take Deebo Samuel, especially if we're talking and receiving yards.
Speaker 1: There's just so much opportunity for Debo to get a
Speaker 1: yard age after the catch, in which I think that
Speaker 1: Cal shanahan is going to get Debo the ball early
Speaker 1: and in space, and it's it's Debo Samuel, especially Deebo
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. Just look corners trying to move with him. Linebackers.
Speaker 1: I just don't see it. I think Debo has a
Speaker 1: big game, but but again, it can all be Debo.
Speaker 1: Forts are going to come up with just a little
Speaker 1: bit short, and officially, I think it was my sure
Speaker 1: the change. We'll check in later in the show if
Speaker 1: you're regreted. Okay, Let's take a look at some of
Speaker 1: Cynthia's numbers in this game. She's got a Christian McCaffrey
Speaker 1: going for over a hundred yards from scrimmage and a
Speaker 1: Seedee lamp touchdown. Cynthia talking through it, she got alright,
Speaker 1: So when I'm looking at Christian McCaffrey, I completely agree
Speaker 1: with you, Rachel think I think it's good, bro. I
Speaker 1: think it's going to be like a big game. Bro.
Speaker 1: It's me trying really hard. Not that does work. Um,
Speaker 1: but look, when I look at Christian McCaffrey's opportunity, this
Speaker 1: is what has kind of been the straw that stirs
Speaker 1: the drink. When he came here, it changed everything on
Speaker 1: that forty Niners offense with the obviously change at quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: So Christian McCaffrey's utility I think is going to be
Speaker 1: really on showcase here. So yes, I think both scrimmages,
Speaker 1: so both types of script years rushing and receiving yards.
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna be a nice big day for him,
Speaker 1: potentially even a touchdown as well. And then on the
Speaker 1: other side with Ceedee Lamp, I think that is the
Speaker 1: matchup that you want. I saw some shar various world.
Speaker 1: I think he is a very good corner, but he
Speaker 1: is beatable and i've Ceedee Lamb turn people around. It's
Speaker 1: no slight on Jevarious Word, who's had a good season,
Speaker 1: but Lamb is just really really good. Alright, it is
Speaker 1: time for Pizza Pizza pregame predictions presented by Little Caesar's
Speaker 1: Iron those m v P chants. I don't know about you, guys.
Speaker 1: Eagles Giants, the primetime game on Saturday, Gregg, the Eagles
Speaker 1: swet them and the regular season is it a clean
Speaker 1: swee I believe it will be. It's another thread the
Speaker 1: needle game for me, where the Giants keep it close
Speaker 1: for a while, but the Eagles win, and it's because
Speaker 1: of the guys up front. You think of Philadelphia as
Speaker 1: this analytically driven team with Howie Roseman and this big
Speaker 1: analytics department. But what do the numbers say, Cynthia. Often
Speaker 1: they say pay the big men, like give all your
Speaker 1: money to offensive lineman and defensive lineman, and that's where
Speaker 1: they're at their best. And I think that's where they
Speaker 1: win this game. We're watching Jalen Hurts throw these dimes
Speaker 1: down the field because he has all day to throw.
Speaker 1: They make it easier on him, and he is one
Speaker 1: of the best deep ball throw hours in the league.
Speaker 1: Their defensive line is also incredible and can win their
Speaker 1: matchup up front. So the numbers, Cynthia, big men, I
Speaker 1: feel like that's underrated. Absolutely pay BigMan, but also pay
Speaker 1: a really good wide receiver. Hey, the entire defense like
Speaker 1: the more better players, the more better than math. That's
Speaker 1: just kind of happen. There was a team that elected
Speaker 1: to not pay a wide receiver, and he's one of
Speaker 1: the reasons Philadelphia has been pretty good. You know, analytics
Speaker 1: is a big umbrella. I think sometimes people get included
Speaker 1: in that umbrella, maybe because before DeVante Smith was drafted,
Speaker 1: there were a lot of B M I fans that
Speaker 1: were like, Oh, he's too skinny, he won't get off
Speaker 1: press covers. Well, teams tried to press cover DeVante Smith
Speaker 1: this season. It did not work. It also didn't work
Speaker 1: with A. J. Brown, especially when the Eagles blew out
Speaker 1: the Giants in Week fourteen. So what do they do?
Speaker 1: They came back and they played off coverage in the
Speaker 1: Week eight teen game. Yeah, I know it was a
Speaker 1: lot of backups playing, but I think we're gonna see
Speaker 1: a lot of DeVante Smith, a lot of a J.
Speaker 1: Brown in wide receivers screens. Jalen is gonna get the
Speaker 1: ball out early and quick in that off coverage that
Speaker 1: they're gonna eat up some yardage. I've got the Eagles
Speaker 1: winning twenty to twenty four the Giants making late push
Speaker 1: too much Philly offense as well as this pressure defense.
Speaker 1: I'm glad you kept it close because you upset the Giants.
Speaker 1: Fans had very nice things to say about you. He
Speaker 1: was not pleased with me. Yeah, I heard them. He
Speaker 1: read them aloud. Amazing the seventh point wind. So all
Speaker 1: three of us are keeping it closed to one is
Speaker 1: the score that I have and that one and I
Speaker 1: do want to talk about one of those giants. I
Speaker 1: want to talk about Isaiah Hodgens. I think I saw
Speaker 1: some pretty cool stuff from him, meaning ahead of the snap,
Speaker 1: they switched around the alignment, they moved him around the formation.
Speaker 1: They confused the Minnesota secondary by saying, okay, well is
Speaker 1: he in the wider reser one or where's he supposed
Speaker 1: to be on this play? And what happened was is
Speaker 1: he actually, like really tricked like Harrison Smith who's very good,
Speaker 1: and he tricked Pat Peterson. So the reality is is
Speaker 1: that he's getting better. He's really I think his b
Speaker 1: M I really ideal place. How did we get talking
Speaker 1: about b M I on this show? Because you know
Speaker 1: he's a perfect ways just a perfect weak but you know,
Speaker 1: look at Isaiah Hodges has been squorking touchdown so obviously
Speaker 1: has the trust of his coach and it's a good
Speaker 1: one to watch. But ultimately I think that it's it's
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles with they're very very strong defensive front
Speaker 1: and back and old line and white severs, all of
Speaker 1: the strong face and that's what they're I just think
Speaker 1: that they're a stronger team. Make it a clean sweep,
Speaker 1: a cross the board, mean alert all day long, twenty four.
Speaker 1: Just like you guys, I do think that the Giants
Speaker 1: keep it rather close. Brian Davils says, there is only
Speaker 1: one Jalen Hurts, and I'm sad that we got to
Speaker 1: We had to miss out on Jalen Hurts. And as
Speaker 1: much as I love Gardner Minshew, he was we weren't
Speaker 1: able to experience the full Jalen Hurts season because he
Speaker 1: was injured. I wish that he had one more I
Speaker 1: wish that they almost didn't have the buys that we
Speaker 1: could have seen a little bit more of Jalen Hurts.
Speaker 1: He could have gotten back into the rhythm of things.
Speaker 1: But he had one more. But you can look at
Speaker 1: it the other way. He had one more week to
Speaker 1: heal up, but I'm going Eagles over the GMN. Alright,
Speaker 1: Greg versus the Model. This Gregor is talking, talking, talking
Speaker 1: tuk Alright, lots of tension this year between Greg and
Speaker 1: the Model trying to bully Cynthia and changing trying to
Speaker 1: tell me that other people's models are better than I
Speaker 1: did nothing where Um, it's not going to change on
Speaker 1: your little whims, but we're gonna try. Okay, what's your
Speaker 1: first take? Care? I like this segment. Okay, I don't
Speaker 1: know what the Model thinks on Dallas Godder this week,
Speaker 1: but I just think from a football perspective, I look
Speaker 1: at those Giants linebackers and I look at them as food,
Speaker 1: you know. I think Jalen Hurts looks as them as food,
Speaker 1: Like they are the weakest part of this game, the
Speaker 1: Giants linebackers, And so I think Dallas Godder beats them
Speaker 1: and their safeties and coverage just lots of yards, all
Speaker 1: the yards for Dallas Gotter. I'm actually the model. The
Speaker 1: Model knows football, and the Model is completely aligned with you.
Speaker 1: It's not versus, it's Greg and the Model versus. It's
Speaker 1: Greg and the adel On in this one. We know
Speaker 1: one thing. We know that this Giant's team is going
Speaker 1: to blitz. You know how you stop the blitz You
Speaker 1: throw a shorter pass. That means that there's space at
Speaker 1: that linebacker level. So the food aka the linebackers and
Speaker 1: the space all aligned for Dallas Goddard to have a nice,
Speaker 1: big day. In fact, for DFS purposes, he is my
Speaker 1: absolute favorite pick at the position of This isn't what
Speaker 1: they want though, the skip in and like yelling at
Speaker 1: each other. I've never skipped. I'm Greg and I'm going
Speaker 1: against the model here. I hope I'm going points score
Speaker 1: fest in Jacksonville, Kansas City. I feel stronger about this
Speaker 1: than like any team winning this week, just that there
Speaker 1: will be so many points in this game, more than
Speaker 1: they expect. And I just think it's offense offense, and
Speaker 1: even if there's turnovers, it doesn't matter. I think this
Speaker 1: game is in the thirties for both teams. Okay, so
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know about thirties for both teams,
Speaker 1: but I think it's it's also Greg and the model,
Speaker 1: this one, this segment. Listen, it's it's all about being copasetic. No,
Speaker 1: let's be honest. I have a slightly lower number than
Speaker 1: perhaps a line that's drawn in a sandy sandy line.
Speaker 1: But I don't think it's going to be a low
Speaker 1: scoring game. I just don't know. Thirties a little too
Speaker 1: too rich for my blood in this one. Well what
Speaker 1: happens though? If I defeat the model? You know how these?
Speaker 1: Then maybe will the model becomes sentient and start hating you?
Speaker 1: I don't know. This is too much for me to
Speaker 1: think about. I'm freaking out a new movie. We're putting
Speaker 1: everyone in an awkward business. I get to be Shannon.
Speaker 1: Oh boy. Okay, coming up after the break, we're talking
Speaker 1: Bills Bengals. I'm sure this is going to be an
Speaker 1: emotional roller coaster for absolutely everybody involved. But I am
Speaker 1: very excited to watch this football game. Don't go anywhere.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna talk about it next. Who it is? Dog
Speaker 1: Bard him of the cap presented by New Era. We
Speaker 1: want pizza on this show, okay, and we also love
Speaker 1: hats and props. We were all split on how this
Speaker 1: game would play out a few weeks ago. But what
Speaker 1: do we think about this Sunday? Since? Okay, I got
Speaker 1: it cute. It's so cute on the back too, It's perfect.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna put it on because somebody spent a
Speaker 1: lot of time on my hair. But let's I got
Speaker 1: the Bills. I've spent too much money for that. I
Speaker 1: spent too much perfect this is fantastic. So I've got
Speaker 1: the Bills winning this game to twenty three. I looked
Speaker 1: at the injury report and the Bengals are missing not one,
Speaker 1: not too but three of their starting Oh lineman Lyle
Speaker 1: Collin's obviously already on. I r Alex Cappa not playing.
Speaker 1: Who's on the left side. He's not playing either, John Williams.
Speaker 1: So look, at the end of the day, I don't
Speaker 1: like the opportunity to sack Joe Burrow when I'm looking
Speaker 1: at Joe Burrows. Opportunities to complete short passes. Absolutely, Jamar
Speaker 1: Chase and space is a thing. But I still think
Speaker 1: it's just it's too much. You can't you can't lose,
Speaker 1: lose too many. Guess Oh, she's gonna actually put the
Speaker 1: hat on. Oh that's a good buck. Yep, this is
Speaker 1: this is great. Congratulations shady figure over. So don't like
Speaker 1: good hair, you know, I'm also going to take uh
Speaker 1: take my talents to New York with the Buffalo Bills
Speaker 1: here in a win in a fun game. But as
Speaker 1: Cynthia mentioned, the losses up front from the Bengals have
Speaker 1: put Joe Burrow in a situation where he's gonna need
Speaker 1: to throw short passes and number two in the league
Speaker 1: in terms of short touchdown passes, trailing only Tom Brady
Speaker 1: with with nineteen. But Leslie Fraser, who oddly enough hasn't
Speaker 1: gone on like everybody's going on coaching interviews except the guy.
Speaker 1: It's weird. Defensive coordinators need to be somebody interviewed these guys.
Speaker 1: They're gonna be busy trying to win a super Bowl.
Speaker 1: But this Bill's defense has been so good all season
Speaker 1: and missing all the guys are I think Fraser is
Speaker 1: going to be able to adjust even without Vaughan, who
Speaker 1: we wish was playing in this game, which everybody was
Speaker 1: healthy and be able to play in this game. But
Speaker 1: I've got the Bills here. Too many losses, too good
Speaker 1: of a defense, fun game. I don't like this. I
Speaker 1: like the Bengals this week. I can't believe they're five
Speaker 1: and a half going underdogs, This Bengals team, who might
Speaker 1: be the best team in the entire RNFL. I think
Speaker 1: everyone's overreacting here to the offensive light. I couldn't talk
Speaker 1: about Joe Burrow getting rid of the ball quickly. He will,
Speaker 1: but let's talk on a room. Well we're Sharon Hats potentially,
Speaker 1: I don't even know. Okay, I don't know. Okay, here
Speaker 1: we go. That does look pretty good. I'm gonna talk
Speaker 1: at Rum here like the Bengals are the reason they're
Speaker 1: gonna win this game. I think he's better at adjusting
Speaker 1: in game than given credit for. Maybe they'll go all
Speaker 1: out in terms of blitzing the Miami did, and then
Speaker 1: they'll change it right back up. But it's the players. Ultimately,
Speaker 1: it's Jesse Bates. You can bring him on the blitz,
Speaker 1: but you can also have him protecting the deep ball.
Speaker 1: I love their linebacker group. Everyone talks to Milano and Edmunds,
Speaker 1: but Logan Wilson is getting it done week after week.
Speaker 1: His guy Jermaine Pratt is the one who stood up
Speaker 1: Tyler Huntley last week to set up the play, the
Speaker 1: fumble and the jungle. That's what we're calling it now.
Speaker 1: And just this group, to me, is the best defense
Speaker 1: in this game. And I think that Josh Allen Bills
Speaker 1: have shown a little vulnerability. Greg did you did you
Speaker 1: bring out the cigars I brought. Maybe I'm going Bengals,
Speaker 1: and you know what, I will talk about Joe Brow
Speaker 1: under pressure. Hasn't he always been under pressure? I feel
Speaker 1: like over the past since he started in the league,
Speaker 1: we're like Joe Burrow has just been hit and sacked
Speaker 1: the most times every single season. He made it into
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl last year. Wasn't he also missing some guys?
Speaker 1: The same guys are back now this year. Oh where
Speaker 1: the cigars? Why them off? I have got the Bengals
Speaker 1: winning this one. Although I will say if Tamar Hamlin
Speaker 1: comes out before the game, which is a possibility, I've
Speaker 1: heard that he has been walking around the facility. If
Speaker 1: he does, that place is gonna lose its mind and
Speaker 1: it is going to be one of the most most
Speaker 1: beautiful things that we have ever seen in football. And
Speaker 1: I cannot wait. Um Sin sticking with this game for
Speaker 1: a minute, you like big things for Gabe Davis and
Speaker 1: with the Bengals offensive line struggling, work to establish show
Speaker 1: mix in early play off, Gabe, play off. Look, I
Speaker 1: think that we see the playoff Gabe Davis. We saw
Speaker 1: a little glimpse of it last week. But Gabe Davis
Speaker 1: in this interesting matchup the corners. You didn't mention, you know,
Speaker 1: in your in your amazing defensive argument, Greg you didn't
Speaker 1: mention either corner because they're not as good as the
Speaker 1: other players. That that was helping to prove my point, right,
Speaker 1: got it? So the opportunity for Gabe Davis to not
Speaker 1: just get more than fifty five rush or receiving yards
Speaker 1: but also score a touchdown goes way up. And then
Speaker 1: on the other side, you gotta run the ball to
Speaker 1: stay away from the pature. Obviously the Bills would have
Speaker 1: more pressure von Miller were there, but running the ball
Speaker 1: early and often it will be one way to keep
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow upright, which is what That's how he throws
Speaker 1: past this when he's standing up, not on his back.
Speaker 1: It's time for quick big. Let's take a look at
Speaker 1: all the games this weekend. Everyone's in agreement about who
Speaker 1: the top quarterback will be this weekend? Will everyone except
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow? I do, because honestly, if the Bengals are
Speaker 1: gonna move the ball at all, it's gonna be Joe
Speaker 1: Burrow throwing the ball. I think Patrick Mahomes is gonna
Speaker 1: have a great game. I also think the Chiefs are
Speaker 1: gonna be able to run the ball. Maybe there's some
Speaker 1: tight end runs for Travis Kelsey, Jerk McKinnon, get Andy
Speaker 1: Reid's gonna do a whole bunch of stuff because they can.
Speaker 1: The literal only way that the Bengals are gonna move
Speaker 1: the ball is Joe Burrow throwing, maybe even throwing on
Speaker 1: his back. Who knows, but that I think that's the
Speaker 1: only way it happens. So I've got Joe Burrow with
Speaker 1: the most passing yards, right. I love to see is
Speaker 1: the one where in the Bengals hats we loved like
Speaker 1: you look confused your talking. He's already know we're gonna
Speaker 1: that they're playing from behind and have to pass. Yeh.
Speaker 1: Then let's look at the running backs. I'm the only
Speaker 1: one not riding with Miles Sanders this weekend. Tell me
Speaker 1: why I am wrong. Christian McCaffrey against that Dallas rushing defense,
Speaker 1: I feel pretty good about it. I think Christian mccafre
Speaker 1: will have the most scrimmage yards, but for rushing yards,
Speaker 1: I think that Miles Sanders will have the most in
Speaker 1: this matchup. The Giants have been the most susceptible to
Speaker 1: the run, especially outside runs, and I'm pretty sure that
Speaker 1: that running back room absolutely knows that. Plus when you
Speaker 1: see where the running backs are actually a little bit
Speaker 1: maybe not as great. It's picking up the blitz and
Speaker 1: figuring out on the passing out run a lot, so
Speaker 1: you're in like third and short and then you can throw.
Speaker 1: You can keep it all nice enough and obvious so
Speaker 1: that the defense can't clue in on what's going on.
Speaker 1: I just took Sanders because I thought everyone would take McCaffrey,
Speaker 1: and I thought it'd be cute. Now I got all right,
Speaker 1: it's not funny. I switch it alright. Greg. Absolutely no
Speaker 1: common ground between the four of us on who have
Speaker 1: most receiving yards this week? Tell us why a Ceedee Lamb,
Speaker 1: and we will all look at you with books of
Speaker 1: oh why would you do that? When it comes to
Speaker 1: Cede Land, he wins everywhere he wents in the middle
Speaker 1: of the field. I kind of think this defense is
Speaker 1: vulnerable there. Who Fonga has given up a lot of
Speaker 1: big places this year. I know he made the All
Speaker 1: Pro list. Gifts in their other safety like Ceedee Lamb
Speaker 1: gets it done after they catch, and he's the true one.
Speaker 1: All these other teams spread it out a little bit.
Speaker 1: It's all about I'm just saying you up. You know
Speaker 1: what I mean. Alright, it's time for in it to win.
Speaker 1: It presented by into a Turbo tax. Greg was the
Speaker 1: only one that didn't believe in the Jags last week. Greg,
Speaker 1: I think that they take the floor. Find your camera,
Speaker 1: and I think you've got some apologies to make right now.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not apologizing to anyone. When he's seven
Speaker 1: to nothing. I was looking at that, just Gregg and
Speaker 1: celebrating in my kitchen and I'm picking against you again
Speaker 1: thirty seven to thirty. I do think it's gonna be close.
Speaker 1: This is the fourth straight thread the needle game I pick.
Speaker 1: But there's only one Patrick Mahomes in this game to
Speaker 1: talk about. Trevor Lawrence is exciting, Like is he a
Speaker 1: top ten quarterback or not? What a great improvement. Think
Speaker 1: about what Patrick Mahomes was doing in his second season.
Speaker 1: He was the m v P and he is better
Speaker 1: now than he's ever been. The game has slowed down
Speaker 1: for him, and I know the Jaguars pass rush has
Speaker 1: been better lately, but I'm just not worried about it
Speaker 1: when it comes to Mahomes because he sees the plays
Speaker 1: evolving in slow motion. Andy Reid creates plays for him,
Speaker 1: but he creates more plays on his own than Lawrence does.
Speaker 1: In a high scoring game, you gotta take Mahomes at home.
Speaker 1: It's hard not to. It's hard not to. Am I
Speaker 1: going now, you go ahead? And he started talking to
Speaker 1: We're talking about Patrick home. So I'll talk about because
Speaker 1: he's very good and I'm not gonna get caught up
Speaker 1: in the quarterback comparison thing. But we should appreciate number
Speaker 1: fifteen while we can, because he's one of the best
Speaker 1: in the game. You could argue about the all times stuff,
Speaker 1: but there was one thing that happened when these two
Speaker 1: teams played earlier this season hasn't happened since the Jaguars
Speaker 1: only brought five guys one time. It's the fewest amount
Speaker 1: of blitz is that Patrick Mahomess faced all season. It's
Speaker 1: the fewest the Jags of blitz all season. And yes,
Speaker 1: Travon Walker, the number one overall pick, has come on more. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's played better as the season has gone on. But
Speaker 1: it's all Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs doing his thing running.
Speaker 1: We saw that Bengals bring three guys drop eight into
Speaker 1: coverage a whole lot. The last thing that was the
Speaker 1: last time the Chiefs had a playoff loss, and they
Speaker 1: saw it a lot. This season, they're better against that.
Speaker 1: Look thirty four nine. I do agree it's a score fest.
Speaker 1: But Patrick Mahomes running is the difference here. Oh, It's
Speaker 1: amazing that when you see the thing over and over
Speaker 1: again to get better against it. Right, So who would
Speaker 1: have thought, Look, I have a pretty I have a
Speaker 1: thread the needle situation here to thirty to twenty two
Speaker 1: and eight point win four the Kansas City Chiefs. And
Speaker 1: some things are different, like a lot of the past catchers,
Speaker 1: but some things are exactly the same, and one big
Speaker 1: one would be Travis Kelsey. And the interesting part about
Speaker 1: this game is that one of the most vulnerable areas
Speaker 1: of this Jags defense is their ability to allow slot
Speaker 1: receivers to catch passes. Not only do we see some
Speaker 1: interesting things where Travis Kelsey is obviously he aligns with
Speaker 1: a slat when he catches passes, but he's also out wide.
Speaker 1: He's also creating different looks and they have different pre
Speaker 1: snap formation. So I still think that, like you know,
Speaker 1: we're going to see this monstrous Travis Kelsey game yet again,
Speaker 1: because in this case, everything's still the same, right, Like
Speaker 1: there's a whole bunch of other guys and Patrick Mahomes
Speaker 1: has been spreading the ball so much this season, and
Speaker 1: absolutely he deserves to be the m v P. And
Speaker 1: I still think that Travis Kelsey, though, is a security
Speaker 1: blanket and that's what's gonna be the key to this
Speaker 1: game clean sweep. It's the Chiefs. I kind of love
Speaker 1: that we all have it. It's not a blowout, like
Speaker 1: we're all kind of giving the Jags a little bit
Speaker 1: of a shot here. I know that you saw Trevor
Speaker 1: Lawrence go and celebrate at the waffle house after his
Speaker 1: first playoff win. Patrick Mahomes was asked about that this
Speaker 1: week and he was just like, Yeah, that was really neat.
Speaker 1: I wonder what I'm gonna do when I win my
Speaker 1: next pot. Like it was already like he's like thinking,
Speaker 1: like this is anywhere he's going, little scene there's wow,
Speaker 1: Hey the woman her dollars. Okay, I've actually got more
Speaker 1: or less greggy. Travis Kelsey had a touchdown in every
Speaker 1: game during last year's playoffs, So let's make this interesting
Speaker 1: more or less than one and a half touchdown against
Speaker 1: the jack I mean, I feel bad because Cynthia just
Speaker 1: talked about how Travis Kelsey's gonna dominate and I don't.
Speaker 1: I don't have a model or anything, but Travis Kelsey scored.
Speaker 1: I really made some movement in your relationship. Earlier, Skip,
Speaker 1: I was about to do the math, and that was
Speaker 1: all I was saying about the model, was like I
Speaker 1: could do some simple math. Here it is. He scored
Speaker 1: twelve touchdowns. That's the most he's ever scored in a season.
Speaker 1: That's great, one of the best, but that's less than
Speaker 1: the amount of games played. So you see averaging less
Speaker 1: than one touchdown a game and you got to score
Speaker 1: too to get it over one and a half. It
Speaker 1: just seems good math. You know better at math. The
Speaker 1: model San Jerick McKinney. Jared McKinnon has a touchdown in
Speaker 1: six straight games, more or less than half a touchdown Saturday.
Speaker 1: I think he gets in the end zone. I think
Speaker 1: it's a really big and important thing in this game
Speaker 1: to establish the run in the playoffs. We've seen it
Speaker 1: at the end of the season. That's kind of how
Speaker 1: they got there. Plus, if you're running the clock out,
Speaker 1: you want to be mindful of how that clock works
Speaker 1: because we've seen Trevor Lawrence score very quickly, so you
Speaker 1: want to be in control. I'm not suggesting they're gonna
Speaker 1: play ball control. I'm not gonna suggesting it's going to
Speaker 1: be a slow paced game, but I do think it's
Speaker 1: going to be important, especially in the red area, to
Speaker 1: make sure zero turnovers. McKinnon's the way to do it,
Speaker 1: Okay Patrick. One oh nine hundred and nine rushing yards
Speaker 1: for Travis e t N last week against the Chargers
Speaker 1: more or less than sixty nine and a half. It
Speaker 1: was a bit of a layup last week against the
Speaker 1: Chargers rush defense a little bit tougher here, but I
Speaker 1: am going to take Travis Etn to have over sixty
Speaker 1: nine and a half after it was twenty seven to nothing.
Speaker 1: Travis Etn actually outtouched Austin Ekeler in the game. Doug
Speaker 1: Peterson is never going to get away from the run game,
Speaker 1: and why not when you have a guy that's this
Speaker 1: explode so they can do this kind of damage on
Speaker 1: the ground. I think Travis c t is gonna get
Speaker 1: the opportunities and I think it's going to get the yards.
Speaker 1: Love that you love to see it um coming up.
Speaker 1: I feel like we need to just keep on working
Speaker 1: on the relationship between Greg and the model. Forget about football.
Speaker 1: We need to really dive deep and see what is
Speaker 1: going on Greg like a VR helmet. Just need to
Speaker 1: be conflict is my love language? Fine? Alright, plenty more
Speaker 1: to discuss that. So you love the moddle whoa, It's
Speaker 1: the sixth love wing Samber over most of the game's
Speaker 1: hovering around fifty total points. According to Vanduel, Jags Chiefs
Speaker 1: is at fifty two and a half. It is the
Speaker 1: biggest over under of the weekend Builds Bengals at four
Speaker 1: to nine and a half, Giants Eagles at forty eight
Speaker 1: and a half, and Cowboys Niners smallest of the four
Speaker 1: at forty six and a half. Let's start with what
Speaker 1: the Desert says will be the highest scoring game on
Speaker 1: the weekend, and I say it is not high enough.
Speaker 1: Points fast points, fast points fast right, Yeah, I am
Speaker 1: the desert in this case. Like you could make this
Speaker 1: line at sixty, I think it will still go over.
Speaker 1: And I feel bad because you can mean alert US
Speaker 1: Jaguars fans, we picked against you. I've been down in here,
Speaker 1: but I had to you score in thirty points because
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence is awesome. I think it gets rid of
Speaker 1: the ball quickly and there's a lot of yards after
Speaker 1: the catch. The Chiefs aren't really good at tackling in space,
Speaker 1: and that's what the Jaguars make you do, so I
Speaker 1: think they'll make this a great You can try and
Speaker 1: make up. You can try and make it up to
Speaker 1: Jags fans by saying something nice about they're gonna remember
Speaker 1: what you said earlier in the shower. Then, I mean
Speaker 1: by half a point, I have just a lower in
Speaker 1: this one total points. You know, did you just booming?
Speaker 1: And the real tri very mean? Patrick? What are you
Speaker 1: going with? Ye? I wish we could make it unanimous.
Speaker 1: So if she gets in theater, Chane never not after
Speaker 1: him just a half point away. And Jacks fans aren't
Speaker 1: gonna be just because they know what's up, like Jacks
Speaker 1: fans perhaps better than any fan plase they get it
Speaker 1: and they understand that we're picking the Chiefs and they're
Speaker 1: not gonna like send us mean messages. And now I
Speaker 1: like Jacks fans there, passag I think you exactly turned
Speaker 1: off this program as soon as he started talking trash
Speaker 1: about twenty minutes ago, so they're not gonna hear any
Speaker 1: of these nice things. He was saying. All right, Giants
Speaker 1: Eagles is the next game? The point totals set at
Speaker 1: forty eight and a half. I have got the over,
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts Daniel Jones going back and forth. I think
Speaker 1: this game is gonna be very, very fun. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: think you look at these two teams, which side do
Speaker 1: you trust? Ultimately? I trust both offenses more than I
Speaker 1: trust both defenses. That's true of the Eagles as well.
Speaker 1: In their zone defense. I think they give up some
Speaker 1: points here. Everything Greg said was two I'm so nice
Speaker 1: to him and he just beats me. Overt love, I
Speaker 1: love love and points over over over love to see it.
Speaker 1: All right? This next one Bengals Bills forty nine and
Speaker 1: a half. I don't know how you go under. I
Speaker 1: am going way over. Oh is that a reaction as
Speaker 1: if you're going under? I am going under. I think
Speaker 1: it's going to be more of a defensive game, not
Speaker 1: just the offensive line for the Bengals struggling, but maybe
Speaker 1: the offensive line for the Bills. Both defenses little underrated.
Speaker 1: Does it mean it can't be a great game? Yes?
Speaker 1: Look at that look. Oh should not even speaking to
Speaker 1: you anymore. I'm actually Cynthia's a new representative, and I
Speaker 1: will be communicating to you from her. Patrick Burgs all alone,
Speaker 1: Cynthia says, Cowboys forty nine, forty six and a half.
Speaker 1: Why stop now? I am going for for im the
Speaker 1: overs points points points points points. Yeah, we had a
Speaker 1: lot of points last weekend too, we had a lot
Speaker 1: of overs. I'm going over on this one. I'm glad
Speaker 1: this game is last too. I feel like you can't
Speaker 1: follow this game this weekend. This is the perfect capper
Speaker 1: by a half a point. I have the under. I
Speaker 1: think both defenses are the strength of the team, and
Speaker 1: if you get those turnovers, maybe that pick six could
Speaker 1: mess up my under, but I think it's another nobody's
Speaker 1: alone here. I'll stay with Cynthia and take the under
Speaker 1: because I like the Dallas defense in this one. Okay,
Speaker 1: you love to see it, all right, and it is
Speaker 1: time for quick picks. Let's give the tight ends some love,
Speaker 1: shall we? Starting with Evan Ingram. Cynthia, Will he score
Speaker 1: a touchdown? Yes? He will. I think that this is
Speaker 1: a good one. If you look at those downfield passes.
Speaker 1: That is where the Chief's defense has been susceptible ten
Speaker 1: plus are yard passes. They have given up the second
Speaker 1: highest passer rating to them, one twelve. I think Evan Ingram,
Speaker 1: who has been a very reliable target Trevor Lawrence, will
Speaker 1: be the beneficiary of this. You said that Tony Pollard
Speaker 1: you wanted to be his agent. I want to be
Speaker 1: Evan Ingram's. Hey, this guy like we're making money free
Speaker 1: agency year. Ninety three yards and a touchdown at the
Speaker 1: Charges last week, So go Evan Ingram Patrick. How about
Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard? Does he get in the end zone? Yes?
Speaker 1: Did you gotta see t J. Hockenson against this Giants
Speaker 1: defense last week? I will take Dallas Goddard. We're over
Speaker 1: the camp everywhere. Pay everybody, but especially Dallas Goddard for
Speaker 1: what he does in this game against the jar Yes,
Speaker 1: get paid. No to the touchdown on mind, He's only
Speaker 1: got three touchdowns all season, so I'm gonna go now
Speaker 1: last one. Sorry, Travis Kelsey, no disrespect, but we've already
Speaker 1: covered it. You are good. How about Dawson Knox scoring
Speaker 1: on Sunday, Greg, I say no, I was just looking
Speaker 1: at my score. I think it's a defensive game. I
Speaker 1: think Josh Allen running, Devin Singletary, Steffen Diggs gave David
Speaker 1: They're all more likely to score than Dawson Knox, who
Speaker 1: had that drop in the end zone last week, or else.
Speaker 1: Maybe that game wouldn't have been as close as a
Speaker 1: good player. I know one of your faves, Cynthia, but
Speaker 1: I say, now we're together. Look at you and the model.
Speaker 1: You guys came back around. This guy scored a touch
Speaker 1: on the last five games. Wow, let's go. I didn't
Speaker 1: know that. It's like a romantic comedy where at the end,
Speaker 1: me and the model we get together. You guys right
Speaker 1: off from the sunset. Okay, it is time for write
Speaker 1: this down. I believe I get to go first. Travis
Speaker 1: Kelsey all day, all day, all year, Any game doesn't
Speaker 1: matter over for Travis Kelsey. Over eighty one and a
Speaker 1: half receiving yards and six and a half receptions, throwing
Speaker 1: a touchdown, throwing too, I don't even care anymore. The
Speaker 1: year of Travis Kelsey is great, great year of his career.
Speaker 1: He's a controllingst he really is. It's impressive. Greg, what's
Speaker 1: your rate this down? I'm gonna predict two games in one.
Speaker 1: I'm giving extra fighting. It's got to be the Bengals
Speaker 1: in the Chiefs in the a f C Championships. Well,
Speaker 1: however you want to combine these two teams whatever you
Speaker 1: want to do. You know, the Jackson have been saying
Speaker 1: it was always the Jacks, like it was always the
Speaker 1: Bengals in Chiefs. This is the a f C rivalry.
Speaker 1: We need to see this again. I feel for Bills fans.
Speaker 1: One of these teams has to lose Bengals Bills, and
Speaker 1: I just think this is the match of Joe Burrow
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. We gotta see it again and see if
Speaker 1: the Chiefs can get off the schnit against them. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm looking at this Giant's game and looking at a
Speaker 1: guy who I also would like to be his agent.
Speaker 1: So Isaiah Hodgens hit me up. You know I got you.
Speaker 1: But look when you're looking at this game and how
Speaker 1: brand Dable has used him and the reliability this over
Speaker 1: seems very low. Four and a half receptions against the Eagles.
Speaker 1: I expect the Giants to be playing from behind, which
Speaker 1: means more passes, which means more volume and targets for
Speaker 1: this guy who was not just been like a sure
Speaker 1: hand but also a sure red area target. And you
Speaker 1: can kind of tell who hasn't been watching when you
Speaker 1: hear people say, oh, the Giants have no receivers, It's like, no,
Speaker 1: they've got Isaiah Hodgens. He's a dude, perfect, am I.
Speaker 1: That's the thing. The way to bring it back, Yeah,
Speaker 1: all the way back, because it was earlier when I
Speaker 1: was talking about Vante Smith and all the people who
Speaker 1: were like his mass index in it doesn't necessarily, it
Speaker 1: turns out it's a horrible metric to gage somebody's health.
Speaker 1: It's even worse when you're trying to project all football players.
Speaker 1: Has been spectacular. Sixty five and a half receiving yard.
Speaker 1: That's not enough, it's not I think Devonte Smith goes
Speaker 1: off against the Giants just like he did back in
Speaker 1: week fourteen. There, yeh, they're gonna play off coverage is
Speaker 1: not gonna matter. They're gonna feed DeVante early and off
Speaker 1: in six five yards alf he's not enough. He's over
Speaker 1: that number easily. You two really quick. We just heard
Speaker 1: what Greg is predicting for a championship game. If there's
Speaker 1: a championship matchup that y'all are feeling really confident about
Speaker 1: what is it going to be. I buy my ticket
Speaker 1: to Atlanta. I think it's gonna be. I think it's
Speaker 1: going to be the Bills. I think of Bills. I
Speaker 1: like Cowboys, Eagles. It's something. The fans they're gonna be
Speaker 1: they hate. It's gonna be a whole lot Twitter. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be crazy Anna saying mean things about the quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: That's gonna be horrible. But I can't wait for the game.
Speaker 1: Would the Eagles play that home game? They would, I
Speaker 1: am saying. Colleen Wolf and Michael Irvin posting that show again,
Speaker 1: they were able to understand and I would watch that. Alright, guys,
Speaker 1: enjoy all of the football. We will be back next week. Yeah.
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