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NFL Week 7 Picks: Everybody Takes Detroit + Can Seattle Stop Mahomes?! · Banter with the Boys

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Get laced up. Let's go. It's time for Banter
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with the Boys. Hey, welcome back to Banter with
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the Boys. Gridiron Updates. This is our week
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seven preview and picks episode. I am your host,
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Smelty. Did I say this is Gridiron Updates? Yes,
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you did. I just said it. I just said it, man.
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I seriously have to ask that every time. Roberto
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over here to my Randy. Oh, I missed it. There
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it is. Skull to the bowl. And then Jake. Yep.
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Kev, you're up. Getting everything done for us,
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as always. Let's just, you know, jump right into
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it here. The Cincinnati Bengals traveling to
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the Baltimore Ravens. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, you don't
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want to cacao with your flock over here? Flock?
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He's nervous about it. Yeah, he is nervous about
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it. Let's talk about it. Let's talk about it.
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That's why I'll go first. AFC North battle. Yeah.
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Really, is the Ravens' offense truly centered
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around Lamar Jackson? I mean, at this point,
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do you have to have him to feel confident? Because
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you picked against them when they didn't have
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him. So do they seriously have to have Lamar
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Jackson to feel confident, especially in any
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of these AFC North games that are still yet to
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come? Yeah, I think so. It just seems like they're
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trying to make Derrick Henry do everything. Wow.
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yes but also i mean snoop can make plays i love
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that drop it like it the snoop can make plays
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and we we need him to make plays but um yeah
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i mean unfortunately he's a backup for a reason
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he's a pretty darn good one but um fits the system
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nice Man, I had my point here. Where was it here?
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Let me just check my notes. No, no. This is my
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biggest thing for this week. Joe Burrow versus
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your secondary. Joey B's had a pretty solid start
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to the year, at least by himself, and that Cincinnati
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offense. So I do feel that Cincinnati will topple
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the Ravens here in this game in Baltimore, which
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is going to be a tough place to play. I feel
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like this is a toss -up, truly, a 50 -50 game.
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You said Vegas was at what, two and a half? Ravens?
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Yes. Yeah, I'm right on. Did you say it already?
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No, I told you pre -show. Well, I forget, though.
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Come on, now. I forget who I'm picking. You picked
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the Bengals already. I'm going Bengals here,
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but the Bengals are a team. Nah, they have no
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money. Never mind. Anyway, moving on. What's
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money got to do with it? I was going to say the
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Bengals are a team that if they could move somebody
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like maybe I don't think I'd want to move T.
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Higgins for a Saquon or a JT. But getting a running
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back of that quality could really help that offense.
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So I don't know. How long is Chase Brown out?
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Because he's banged up. Yeah. You're not a Chase
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Brown guy? No, I am. I talked him up all last
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year. But I'm just saying, I would keep an eye
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on the Bengals as we approach the trade deadline
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a little bit. Could be a little sneaky one in
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there that could be a bigger trade than one would
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think. I mean. I don't think the Bengals ever
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really want a 20 -25 carry kind of guy. Joey
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Burrow likes to toss the ball too much. He does.
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It's a running game. Chase Brown fits perfect
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in that style of offense. I know he's been banged
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up a little bit, so that's interesting. I think
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whether the Bengals are going to compete in the
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game is that running game to offset a little
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bit of how much Burrow likes to throw. It's not
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a division matchup. This one goes flip -flops
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like every other year. But I have a feeling this
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one, if Lamar plays, they'll fit in the room,
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whether that offense. If Lamar doesn't play,
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it's going to be tough because I think this has
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always attracted me a little bit. Historically,
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the last couple of years. I think the Ravens
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will have to score in the high 20s without Lamar,
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so that's going to be a lot for Snoop and his
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crew to carry. But if Lamar plays, I mean, a
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couple weeks off, but he typically always can
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get in. He's riding a bike for him. He never
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really struggles coming off a week or two injury.
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But if he does play, which I'm thinking he's
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going to play, hopefully he's going to play.
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I'm going Ravens here. 34 -31 and a big shootout.
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Yeah, that's typically how this play goes, and
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we're all depending on Lamar playing. Right on.
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Yeah, facts. Is the Flock Doc planning on Lamar
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playing? You would know that if you listened
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to the last episode. Yeah, in the last episode
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in the tent. Did you wait until I was done drinking?
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Yeah, I did. What a guy. What a guy. I like it.
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Looking out for you. Appreciate you. Lamar's
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status currently is just he could potentially
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practice this week. So maybe we're looking at
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he's questionable. Bateman's out, right? Bateman,
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I believe, is going to be out. Jury is still
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out on whether or not Cam Juergens is actually
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going to be cleared from concussion protocol
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to play. Voorhees is questionable to play. So
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there's still a lot of offensive line health
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questions that the Ravens have. I get some better
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Bengals front seven. Bengals themselves, this
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is going to be a theme coming from me. Bengals
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are coming off of a bye, so they're going to
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be a little bit fresher, less beat up. Bengals
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obviously have that dynamic duo of Jamar Chase,
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T. Higgins. And the Ravens are going to, I believe
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the Ravens are going to make Chase Brown try
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and beat them. And they're going to be just doing
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four. Two deep. Yep. Four coverage rushing four.
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Yep. And then just trying to leverage Trey Hendrickson
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because it'll be a Trey Hendrickson revenge game.
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He finally gets to hit Joe Burrow for real, for
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real. I'm sure he's going to relish the opportunity
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for that. The fact that Lamar is questionable,
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I'm going to go with the Bengals. He's picking
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against the flock twice in one season. Which
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I did, too, if Lamar doesn't play. For sure.
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But you did, huh? You're assuming he will. I'm
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taking the chance. We're a few days away from
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the game. Right. Yeah, right, right. And we're
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recording a day earlier than we normally do as
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well. So who knows what will come out tomorrow.
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Maiden. No, it's not here. All right. Boo. Whoa.
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Nah. You have 200 seconds to call the studio
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to win your prize. That's right. No, I just truly
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think the Bengals got to get off to a really
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quick start, man, to have a chance. And if they
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do, I do think they can pull that off. But anyway,
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sorry. All right. Second game. Colts at the Minnesota
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Vikings. Roberto, is Minnesota contender or pretender?
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Don't be a fan. I mean, this is set up well.
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just watching a little daniel jones play in the
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last few weeks if you can get him throwing off
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his back foot that's that that's when you're
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winning against him so it's whether they stop
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jt jt is going to be the big elephant in the
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room which the vikings defense has you know stepped
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up against the running game there really hasn't
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been a team but he's kind of guy that you sleep
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on him one play he i mean he's 80 yards quickly
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down the field so um i i gotta go with the vikings
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defense here that they're gonna play well enough
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to slow down that defense. And Jones has been
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making some dumb throws, some dumb errors lately.
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He hasn't been playing hot. Their receiver core
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is really banged up. Downs is looking pretty
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nice inside for them. On the outside, there's
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nothing really that scares me. They got another
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slot, number 80. Durbin, I can't remember his
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last name, but he showed some, you know, the
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Vikings show a lot of pressure, like those little
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quick slants that could hurt us. So look for
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them to do that. But we'll see whether maybe
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the Vikings will just sit back a little bit more,
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which they've done a couple times. They haven't.
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fully dialed up full like everyone's kind of
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got a vision of week one against the packers
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where we just brought the house every day we've
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dialed it back against a few teams it's we're
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not full we're watched five consistently but
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it's not and which is considered into the blitz
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rate but it's not six seven we're bringing a
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super ton we've sat back a little so And us getting
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back Jordan Mason, I think it's huge. You know,
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that reduces a few carries for Jones. Longevity
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a long time. I hope Hawk's back. We should have
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the full arsenal. So I think it's going to be
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a big game against the Colts' defense. It'll
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be fun. We're going against how old can bite
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them. So that'll be fun to see J .J. and them
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going at them. They do play a lot of man -to
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-man, so there's going to be some opportunities.
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But I think the Vikes are going to get it done
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here. But I think it's going to be closer. I
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don't think they're going over 10, but I don't
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even know what the spread is. Yeah, good. Good
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call. Three? Five and a half, but it might have
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moved. I'm seeing six and a half for the Vikes.
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It's obviously moved since then. Yeah, opened
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at three. Ooh, it's really moved. Yeah, interesting.
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What do they know that we don't? JT's out. No,
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I don't know. Flock Doc. Yeah. What's popping
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in this game for you? What's popping is that
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the Colts are falling apart right now. I don't
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think that Daniel Jones is what the Daniel Jones
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that we saw at the beginning last year season
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last year before. Some of that may still be coming
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back from the injury. I'm a believer of Flores's
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defense. Again, Vikings coming off a bye week,
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so they're a little bit healthier. That week
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off is going to be good for Aaron Jones. I don't
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know that Jordan Mason's going to be playing
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this week. What? Tell me something different,
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Doc. Well, he's still sitting on the IR. Okay.
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So unless something happens. Well, tomorrow's
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the day where the designations change. So as
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it stands, it's Monday night. Yeah. He's still
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on the IR. I don't know if that really makes
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or breaks things. He's designated to return from
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IR. But that doesn't mean he will. No, it just
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means he can practice, I think. It's just his
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thumb. He's been running around. He should be
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in game shape still. Yeah, but I mean. People
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are going to be punching at that thing. I mean,
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how many carries is he going to get right away,
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too? Aaron Jones is definitely the number one.
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So did you pick Vikings? No, I haven't picked
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any. So he's going Colts. You really want me
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to pick the Colts, don't you? I do. Yeah, I'm
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not going to. I'm picking the Vikings. I knew
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that was coming. Well. Well, you know, Minnesota's
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offense seems to be hiding behind that, dare
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I say, elite defense right now in the way they've
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been playing. But I will say the offense is finally
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starting to trend in that right direction. I
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do hope Mason plays just to take some weight
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off old Jones' shoulders because they get cracked
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like every freaking play. I'm also a little bit
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concerned about the Vikings' offensive line.
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It's not like the Colts have an outstanding pass
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rush, but they got obviously Buckner's there,
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but Latude is there too. I mean, they got a couple
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somewhat decent enough pieces that they can maybe
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take advantage of some of the Vikings' injuries
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on their O -line as well. Yeah, it's not going
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to happen. I mean, the Colts lost a really bad
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game last week, and they didn't play well at
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all. I anticipate them not playing well this
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week. I would hope the Vikings defense can hold
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JT to, like, under 60 yards. And that would be
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a wrap at that point for me. I am curious to
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see, like, touching on your point, to see if
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the Vikings drop back a little more and just
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see a little bit different coverage from them
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than we've seen the rest of the season. I would
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think that Flores probably personally, I think
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Flores should be stacking the box and just doing
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like run blitzes and be like, hey, we're going
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to we're going to blitz and we're going to hit
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Taylor first and then make Daniel Jones until
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he can prove it. I feel like if you're the Colts,
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you assume that's going to happen. But at the
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same time, like might as well put the ball in
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the best player's hands. You know, yeah. But
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I mean, I'm just watching the tape on them. They
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run a lot of pistol. They'll run out of center
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a bunch, too. And then obviously shotgun and.
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The interesting matchup, the right tackle, what
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was his name, Javon Travis, he got kind of worked
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last week a little bit, so I think that'll be
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an interesting side on a matchup, too. On the
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fun side, also, too, really, they didn't have
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a first -round pick. Their second -round pick,
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their linebacker, C .J. Allen, he's mostly in
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there on rundowns, but he looks pretty fun, so
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just something to look at during the game on
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Sunday. Right on. Sorry, I just made me think
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of watching tape, and he was just flying around
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on the tape, and it was kind of fun. Love it,
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love it, love it. All right, game three. Game
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three. Man, it's throwing me off that we only
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have three of us up here right now because we're
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just motoring along here. Game three. Yes, the
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fudge packers traveling to the Motor City Kitties.
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I'm cute. This game actually is kind of intriguing
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to me. Packers coming off of a big win. Big win.
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Big win. Huge win. And played well, actually,
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in that win. You know what? I was about to just
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go into it. Why don't you go? Jake? The Doc Flock.
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Flock Doc, yeah. I think the Packers, well, you
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see it too, I hope. The Packers are getting hot
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right now. Offensively, throwing the ball deep.
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They're playing huckum -chuckum football. I think,
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Rob, you were saying that you were at least stealing
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your numbers that you shared. They have like
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20 -plus passes of over 20 yards. So they're
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really stretching the ball down the field even
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without like a run game. Josh Jacobs could possibly
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return because he was taken off the commissioner's
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exempt list and he's going to start practicing
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this week. He may be back. He could be back.
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Do you have to wear an ankle bracelet during
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the game? I think so, yeah. It'll make it easier
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to track whether or not he gets a first down
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or a touchdown. Tracking the speed. Just about
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what we were talking about off camera. Tracking
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the AI. Lock it down. You know what? You guys
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give me... No, wait a minute. You guys give me
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crap for not having my pick ready, and you're
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over here. You don't know who you're going to
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pick in this NFC North showdown. I know who I'm
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going to pick. I'm just processing what I'm going
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to say next. Oh, right on. Because... When I
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look at the Lions over the course of this season,
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I mean, they've been hot and cold as far as their
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offense goes and really on the defensive side.
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So even though it's a division rivalry game,
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I think this has the potential to be high scoring,
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lots of points, kind of similar to what Bill's
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Raiders ended up being. So probably like 31 -28,
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34 -31 -ish. That's crazy. Yeah. That's very
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close to my score. Right. To the Lions' advantage,
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Jared Goff in that passing scheme, he just throws
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to whoever's open. He doesn't really care. Whereas
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this past week when you watched the Packers playing
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defense, Dak Prescott was trying to feed CeeDee
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Lamb. The Packers knew it, and then they were
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double -teaming him. One wasn't Dak's fault because
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CeeDee slipped and fell or whatever. The other
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one. Yeah. The defense was swarming and focusing
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on that because they just knew. And Green Bay
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can't get away with that against the Lions. And
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Jameer Gibbs is just such a dynamic player. High
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scoring. I'm picking Lions. For some reason,
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I thought you already said Packers. My bad. My
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bad. Let me belay a lot. Right on. Right on.
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Fixed. Yes. I feel the Packers are a slightly
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better team than the Detroit Lions right now.
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Wow. The Detroit Lions, who are favored by three
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and a half. The Lions are? Yeah. That's not the
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reason why I'm picking them, but I am picking
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the Lions, and it is going to be because I feel
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like they're going to... I feel like they are
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going to get the... That was good. That was almost
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like yours. Not as good as yours, though. I do
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feel like they're going to get Gibbs going early,
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which I do feel is going to open up that play
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action for Goff, who does absolutely... just
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shred in that offense, still is doing it. What
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I am concerned about, of course, is that Detroit
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defense and the way that Jordan Love has been
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throwing the ball. But I feel offensively, 30
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-27 was my score, by the way. But I do feel the
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Lions will be able to hold them off long enough.
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But I feel like Detroit's kind of got to score
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first and then kind of not look back, just continue
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to stay ahead of them, even if it's only one
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score, just continuously stay ahead of them.
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And they'll pull this off. I am concerned about
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maybe Green Bay's ability to stop that pass rush
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as well against the Lions this week. But that's
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me. Yeah, this is a good old divisional North
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matchup here at the Nordic Lodge. This one's
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going to be a shootout. I think this is where
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we're going to get in the 40s. 45 -41 style.
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Both secondaries are just going to get it. Ain't
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a lot. Just absolutely annihilated. It's going
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to be a fantasy football feast. It's going to
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be all over the place. But it is going to come
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down to the end of it. I mean, the running games
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will be really interesting. If anyone, sometimes
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both these teams don't really. It's more the
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Packers, whether they can establish a little
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bit. And then stop Hutchinson on the outside
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is whether that opportunity is to be. But I just
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don't see an opportunity to the Packers defense.
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How banged up they are that they're going to
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slow down this Lions offense because it's in
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Detroit, I believe, too, is the Nordic Lodge.
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But yeah, yeah, yeah. So and the way this the
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Lions play on turf is it's at a different speed,
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you know, so I'm going. 45 -41, the Lions. Wow.
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I did not anticipate all of us picking Lions,
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to be completely honest. And every Packer fan
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that listens to us, which is zero, is just, like,
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hating us right now anyway. The one we had. Hey,
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it's 45 -41. Justin's going to be on next week.
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He'll be able to tell us. Hopefully. I think.
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Maybe. Now I forgot. I don't know. I'll call
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him. I'll call you, Justin. Okay? All right.
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Anyway, geez. Rolling right along here. The old
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Chiefs. Wait, did you? Yeah, we did. Yeah, we're
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good. Chiefs traveling to the Sea Chickens. Now
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the Sunday night football Sea Chickens are at
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home. With the 12s. With the 12s, and they're
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going to need all of the 12s this week. If you
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don't think Kenneth Walker's going to come in
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there and try to run that thing all over the
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place, I think he's leading the league right
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now, isn't he? At least in yards. Probably not
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touchdowns, maybe, but at least in yards. Just
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absolutely having an outstanding season. So this
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is a tough one here. Only because Seattle's at
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home. What's the Vegas? It is two and a half
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for your Seachickens. Oh, it is the Seachickens.
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That is interesting. I figured it would actually
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lean the Chiefs. What did it open at, does it
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say? Three. Three, okay. Well, I don't know.
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I'm going with Seattle. I think the defense is
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going to be able to stand up and slow Mahomes
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down a little bit now. The Chiefs aren't coming
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out of a bye, are they? They are not. Okay, good.
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Very good. That wouldn't have changed it for
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me. They played the Chargers. They wouldn't have
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changed it. Oh, that's right. Yeah, and the Chargers
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looked like absolute crap against them. Because
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that was the 22 I watched of Herbert. The Chiefs
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didn't necessarily annihilate them, but I guess
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they didn't really have to because the Chargers
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were never a part of that game. They didn't even
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know there was a game going on. But, yeah, no,
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I got to go with the Seahawks here. I think Sam
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Darnold will clean it up a little bit this week.
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He'll go, you know, be back in front of the home
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fans and settle in. And I think it's going to
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be that defense, though. That defense is going
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to be the key for Seattle's victory this week.
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But it's going to be close. It's going to be
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like 17 -14, a little close matchup. A battle
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up there. Yeah, I think it's going to be a battle.
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I don't know what the weather is. We should have
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checked because it is Seattle, so that could
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absolutely. I'd just go with rainy. I mean, play
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the odds. Fall rain, cold and wet. Make the ball
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slippery. That's right. I mean, I'll fire away
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on this one. I think this is the game that the
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Seattle front seven has circled on the old Preserve
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Real calendar. Excited to play up against their
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old teammate, Kenneth Walker from the old Michigan
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State Spartans. Yeah, it's going to be whether
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the front, you know, Seattle's defense. I think
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Ken really frustrated Pat Mahomes because they
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can do a lot of things near the line of scrimmage,
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and the Chiefs like to do a lot of quick things
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and stuff to kind of set their extended running
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plays up to, to play off Kenneth Walker on the
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backside. And they have the ability to cover
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Travis Kelsey, so it's going to be Xavier Worthy
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on the outside against some really good Seattle
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cornerbacks. And like you said, it might be a
22:47
lower scoring game, but then Seattle also has
22:51
enough. offensive weapons whether does kc have
22:54
the opportunity so it's going to be a really
22:55
interesting matchup but then it's that rookie
22:57
cornerback versus jsn on that matchup so whether
23:02
seattle can get a running game going i'm going
23:04
seattle on this one just because i think the
23:06
12 and that front seven the seahawks is really
23:09
going to slow down that chiefs running game and
23:12
make it very uh frustrating from homes all all
23:15
night long yeah Love the takes. I share similar
23:19
thoughts and feelings about Seattle's front seven.
23:23
They're going to do a really good job of slowing
23:25
Kenneth Walker down and also containing Patrick
23:28
Mahomes. And we've learned over the years that
23:31
the best way to at least slow Mahomes down is
23:33
to keep him within the pocket. So when your edges
23:36
are getting pressure, instead of trying to continue
23:40
up, come back down as he's stepping back. going
23:46
back into the pocket. So just trying to keep
23:50
that contained. I still really worry about Seattle's
23:54
run game. It's abysmal. We saw how Sam Darnold
24:01
was operating this past week against the Broncos
24:04
without a really strong run game. Two picks.
24:08
Sam Darnold leads the league since last year.
24:11
Excuse me, he's tied for first since last year
24:13
in total turnovers. Hear that, Vikings fans?
24:16
no they don't hear you yeah he's he's had 22
24:19
turnovers since the start of last season tied
24:22
for first with herbert i believe is yeah because
24:25
he then towards the end of the year too he was
24:27
committing some turnovers that defense kept him
24:30
alive in a lot of games yeah but he doesn't have
24:33
a he doesn't have that running game to alleviate
24:36
some of that which is why the hey if sam darnold
24:39
is throwing 30 plus times odds are probably looking
24:43
good at least as far as the the team that's playing
24:47
them has got a chip in a chair to win. Even though
24:51
it's the Kansas City Chiefs, they don't need
24:53
a chip in a chair. Yeah, because they have enough
24:55
chips. Yeah, they have enough chips. They do
24:58
have Kenneth Walker. I think he's Offensive Player
25:00
of the Year. There's an argument that he's the
25:03
MVP of the league. I would love to see a running
25:05
back. I would love to see a running back be MVP
25:08
again, too. And it's really going to be low scoring.
25:14
and Spagnola continues to be a great defensive
25:17
mind. He's going to scheme against Darnold really
25:23
well, cause turnovers. For me, it's Chiefs, and
25:28
it's going to be like 15 -12. Still going to
25:29
be super low scoring. I know we talked about
25:32
it in the last episode. Is Charbonnet going to
25:34
play or not? Do we know? No, no, no, no. This
25:36
says he might be back, but it's not a very trustworthy
25:40
source, in my opinion. No, the internet? Wow.
25:43
Right. The old internet. He is still technically
25:47
on the pup list this evening. He's coming off
25:51
a knee, too. So, I mean, a good, I don't know.
25:54
This fan put out something that said he is so
25:56
cooked on Sharpen A's injury. So, maybe he's
26:00
cooked. I don't know. He's still on the IR. They're
26:03
not expecting him back for at least another week.
26:06
Four, let's see, four hours ago, Mac McDonald
26:09
says. Charbonnet is slated for a full week of
26:13
work and has a good chance to play Sunday night.
26:15
There it is. Doesn't change my pick from Seattle,
26:18
then. No, but I feel like Charbonnet definitely
26:21
wants to play in this game. You know, going up
26:22
against Kenneth, too. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Because
26:25
they're probably still boys, I'd imagine. Oh,
26:28
for sure, yeah. But, like, I bested you. You
26:31
know, you want it. So, yeah, interesting. Speaking
26:35
of, no, that has nothing to do with it. Nothing
26:38
to do with it. I mean, it would have been great
26:40
to bring up last game. I was just going to say
26:41
Micah Parsons. Do we know? Is that dude ever
26:45
going to come back? I don't think he is. You
26:48
think he's just shut down for the year already?
26:50
He just got real comfortable on that couch for
26:52
his podcast. During the game, they were talking
26:58
about how he loves being Coach Micah, and I'm
27:01
like, how about you be Player Micah? You're more
27:04
valuable to the Packers as a player. Agreed.
27:08
Packers don't rule out week eight return. But
27:11
I feel like they can just continue to say that
27:12
every week. No, we're not going to rule it out.
27:14
And then it's the end of the season and he didn't
27:16
play. All right. They need him back. Yeah, of
27:19
course. Yeah, of course. Would that change your
27:22
pick? If Micah Parsons was playing, would that
27:24
have changed your pick? Yeah, it would have been
27:27
41 -38. Right on. Right on. For who? Still the
27:37
Lions? Lions. Yeah, that's what I thought. So,
27:39
no. And then you, I'm sorry, you picked Chiefs,
27:42
right? Yeah, I picked Chiefs. Oh, yeah, he was
27:44
different. Okay. Yeah. Well. Taking chances.
27:47
Curious what Dom's going to pick at this point.
27:49
Our leader in the clubhouse at 17 -8. I guess
27:52
I didn't mention the standings in this episode.
27:54
Dom, he was on our episodes week one and two.
27:58
He went undefeated weeks one and two, and then
28:00
he had a third undefeated week a little bit later.
28:02
So dude's just absolutely killing it. He's currently
28:05
overall 17 -8. A little rough week last week.
28:08
He went 2 -3. Same as Jake, also went 2 -3 last
28:12
week. But overall 13 -12 for Jake. Roberto over
28:15
here in second place, technically, at 15 -10.
28:20
They were about 500. That's all we have to talk
28:24
about. Nah, Smeltsy's 12 -13 in last place right
28:28
now. You're just one game out of five. I went
28:31
0 -5 last week. Kudos to you for owning that.
28:36
Am I the first 0 -5? That's what happens when
28:38
you get a free win for the Vikings on bye. Yeah,
28:41
uber quick. Damn. Way to get after me. Actually,
28:47
none of my weeks did I have. You know what? I
28:51
did have one win on one week, and it was the
28:54
week I didn't pick the Vikings, too. So that
28:57
statement doesn't matter for me. It doesn't count.
28:59
Anyway. It still hurts. Sorry. Yeah, of course.
29:02
Yeah, I know. Yeah. Anyway, I'm just delaying
29:05
the inevitable. Jake. Thanks for having me. Well,
29:09
yeah, I mean. Yeah. Yeah, thanks for being here.
29:13
I wasn't going to say thanks for being here,
29:15
Pop. Oh. But now that you said it, now it's going
29:18
to get awkward, so thanks for being here. Thanks
29:20
for having me. Caw -caw. It's never awkward with
29:21
you. Caw -caw. Roberto, yes. Score the ball.
29:26
Love it all. This motherfucker right here. Oh,
29:30
man. I'm smelty. Kev behind the camera getting
29:33
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