Latest / TDUK / The Audible - 2025/26 Season - Ep 13
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- 0:00Heat. Heat.
- 0:49Right. Let me turn my camera. Let me
- 0:50turn my camera to the side first. I say
- 0:52I do this most weeks. And let me lift
- 0:55that up. And there we are. Welcome. The
- 0:58audible. We're back. How you doing, Ste?
- 1:00You good?
- 1:01>> Yeah, not too bad, man. Yourself? How
- 1:02was your holiday?
- 1:04>> Oh, mate. Oh, mate. I have some stories.
- 1:07Some of them not appropriate for a a uh
- 1:10a podcast. Some of them. Let me just
- 1:12turn this properly. Two sex. Oh, you
- 1:14know what? It was dead good, mate. It
- 1:15was dead chilled. We won't be going
- 1:16back, but it was lovely, mate. But by
- 1:19that it we did everything we wanted to
- 1:21do. Do you know what I mean?
- 1:23Um we went it was funny cuz when we went
- 1:26we were like right one trip each, you
- 1:28know, like cuz my wife's proper tourist
- 1:30and um we ended up doing like five
- 1:34trips. Um bearing in mind we were there
- 1:36for a week. But the funny part was was
- 1:38Sunday. Obviously the Broncos, don't
- 1:41know if you know
- 1:42the Chiefs last week and um obviously
- 1:46I'm I'm whacking away these whisies and
- 1:49cokes and there's a karaoke on but no
- 1:50one's getting up. So I said, "Um, what's
- 1:52going on here, mate?" He goes, "Well, no
- 1:54one wants to get up and I'll get up."
- 1:55Sweet Caroline turns around, there's
- 1:57about 30 people stood up. So I went to
- 2:00go back there. No, no, no. Sing some
- 2:01more. Sing some more. I was like, "No,
- 2:02no. I need a whiskey." But the good
- 2:04whiskey you had to pay for them good
- 2:06whisies will come. I think I sang about
- 2:0811 songs. Come get me off. What about
- 2:10you, mate? What have you been doing?
- 2:11What's going on with you?
- 2:13>> I'll be honest, it's been a pretty chill
- 2:14week this week. Um, not really done a
- 2:16lot. It's just been a lot of just me
- 2:18focus on stuff for me. Uh, funnily
- 2:20enough though, I did end up weirdly, so
- 2:23Lee was in Brunai last week whilst we
- 2:25recorded and then all of a sudden to
- 2:26yesterday he was in Chenham
- 2:29>> mod.
- 2:30>> And uh, so we had a little cup of tea
- 2:32and had a chat. It was nice to actually
- 2:33meet one of the co-hosts for the first
- 2:35time.
- 2:36>> There we go. Hey fellas, another crazy
- 2:38week in the NFL again. Coach Russ,
- 2:40you're not wrong, mate. And we're going
- 2:41to go over that a bit. Go on.
- 2:44>> But yeah, I was saying it's just nice to
- 2:45actually meet one of the co-hosts and we
- 2:47we were we were saying we uh need to
- 2:49find a reason for all of us to
- 2:50accidentally have to go up to Witness at
- 2:52some point.
- 2:53>> Do it again.
- 2:55>> Halt where the Hul Sp used to be based.
- 2:57What a team they were back in the day.
- 2:59Jesus.
- 3:01Well, listen. We're um we're going to
- 3:02get into it, folks. I appreciate a lot
- 3:05of you will be watching the game. I
- 3:06can't confirm the score is 1715 1714
- 3:11Halime. Detroit Lions just got a late um
- 3:13late score there. So, that's looking to
- 3:15be an interesting Thanksgiving game. And
- 3:16let's be Oh, happy Thanksgiving everyone
- 3:18by the way. Um yeah, I'm very thankful
- 3:21for this show, thankful for the people
- 3:23in my life, and I'm thankful the end of
- 3:25the month is nearly here so I can get
- 3:26rid of this horrendous mustache.
- 3:29I was going to That's what I was going
- 3:30to say. You You've You've spent some
- 3:32time in America, haven't you? Did you do
- 3:34a Thank
- 3:34>> Do we Do we do what?
- 3:36>> Was Was you there for a Thanksgiving?
- 3:38>> Me? Yeah. Yeah. I had every flavor of
- 3:40>> Have you tried Did you ever get to try
- 3:42the famous turducken?
- 3:43>> Well, what?
- 3:45>> The turducken.
- 3:45>> Is that like a bird and a bird and a
- 3:47bird?
- 3:48>> Yeah.
- 3:49>> The What is it? The chicken and a duck
- 3:51in a turkey. They have it on the game
- 3:53most normally on a Thanksgiving and you
- 3:55sit and eat it. I'm like, "What? That
- 3:56looks insane." So at the time I was a
- 3:59little bit young and immature and I got
- 4:01very drunk on Thanksgiving and I ate
- 4:02everything. I ate a bit of that but it
- 4:05was when it was after Thanksgiving after
- 4:08the meal we went to Walmart for like the
- 4:10black black Friday black Friday stuff
- 4:13and um we were like if we I was like and
- 4:15I'm drunk in the car like if you get
- 4:16lost just shout k.
- 4:19So I I completely lost I' I'd forgot the
- 4:21ki and then I've heard what one of the
- 4:24the girls the v going ki and I like k
- 4:27I'm cuz it was rammed like literally
- 4:30I've never seen Walmart that busy and
- 4:33just for bargains but they're not like
- 4:35they used to be back in the day used to
- 4:36get bargains now. No you don't.
- 4:38>> No you don't at all.
- 4:39>> Right. Let's get into week 12. We are on
- 4:42week 13. We're going to go over week 12
- 4:44first. Um, so the first game was the
- 4:48Texans against the Bills. 70% of the
- 4:52public vote back the Bills as well as
- 4:54Lee, as well as Ste. 30% in me, we back
- 4:58the Texans. What a game. I wasn't
- 5:01surprised by this result. Um, Texans are
- 5:04balling out, especially on the defense
- 5:06aspect. Um, you know, there are
- 5:09questions. Is Houston's defense the best
- 5:11in the NFL? Um, they're definitely up
- 5:13there. um Bills,
- 5:18it just wasn't great. The turnover
- 5:21turnovers, all these aspects not helping
- 5:23them. Um did you catch any this game? I
- 5:26know it was a late one, mate. I woke up
- 5:28and decided to watch it while I was on
- 5:29holiday. And what did you think, mate?
- 5:32>> Yeah, so I said last week to Lee that um
- 5:35I was like, "Oh, why did I keep putting
- 5:37rubbish games on a Thursday night?" I
- 5:39did sit and watch it because it was
- 5:41football. And then it turned out to be
- 5:42worth watching. Bro, listen. It wasn't
- 5:44windy this game, so it was fine.
- 5:47>> That's true. I Yeah. Do you know what?
- 5:50Yeah, it was uh I obviously I went for
- 5:52the Bills. This is also the only game I
- 5:55got incorrect this week, so it really
- 5:57annoying. I couldn't have got a clean
- 5:58sweep because Josh Allen
- 6:00>> decides to throw interceptions
- 6:02constantly. Um but stats wise, Texans do
- 6:05have the best defense. They're only
- 6:07allowing 16.3 points a game and 258.1
- 6:11yards and that's the fewest on both
- 6:12stats. Um, but the for me the question
- 6:16is what what what's what's Josh Allen's
- 6:19inconsistency about? He threw so
- 6:22previous week he threw six he had six
- 6:24touchdowns, three passing three on the
- 6:25ground
- 6:26>> and no interceptions.
- 6:27>> And then last week no passing
- 6:30touchdowns, no rushing touchdowns from
- 6:31him. Two picks, one of which was the
- 6:34wildest pick. He just threw it for no
- 6:35reason. I just What what's going on
- 6:38there? Getting sacked eight times was
- 6:40the pressure. Um and again with a Texans
- 6:44defense, Allen was pressured 33% of all
- 6:46drop backs and only two passes made in
- 6:49those.
- 6:51Uh coach Russ said he spent Thanksgiving
- 6:53at Fordfield watching the Lions the
- 6:54Patriots in the family and friends
- 6:56section. Bonjovi halftime show, players
- 6:59bar after the game. What a trip. That
- 7:00sounds like a trip and a half.
- 7:01>> That you were living on a prairie, eh?
- 7:04always going to say something like that.
- 7:06Sorry, mate. I have to throw two of them
- 7:08in there. Go on, mate. As you were.
- 7:11>> I was just going to say, do you reckon
- 7:12he starts partying master? I was like
- 7:13halfway there on the plane.
- 7:14>> He gives he gives love a bad name.
- 7:20>> Um, yeah. So, just Josh Allen's
- 7:22inconsistency. Like I said, pressure 33%
- 7:25drop backs and he only managed to get
- 7:26two passes out of them. Sacked eight
- 7:28times, two interceptions. He's not
- 7:31liking the pressure. But also, Bills
- 7:33went to sign Brandon Cooks this week and
- 7:35I can't decide why if that's going to be
- 7:37even worth. I don't know what what
- 7:39they're thinking with that.
- 7:40>> Yeah, a bit of a mad one. I mean, look,
- 7:45both teams are still going to be
- 7:46fighting for absolutely everything. It
- 7:48was a great win for Texans. You only
- 7:50have to look at the public vote to see
- 7:52that not everyone, you know, was backing
- 7:55them. Um, let's let's move on to the
- 7:58next game, um, which I know you'll want
- 8:00to talk about. um Kansas City Chiefs um
- 8:04against the Colts and it was 23-20 to
- 8:08the to the Chiefs. Um I thought this was
- 8:11a brilliant game. It had me, you know,
- 8:13on the edge of my seat. Um I backed the
- 8:16Colts as well as 55% of the public. 45%
- 8:19of the public backed the Chiefs as well
- 8:21as you and um you and Lee. Um great
- 8:25game. Um, is this the start of a
- 8:29comeback to, you know, to save the
- 8:31Chiefs season? I'll be honest with you,
- 8:33I don't think you're going to make the
- 8:34playoffs.
- 8:36>> Yeah. And I've I've said this I've said
- 8:38this is kind of like not a rebuild year,
- 8:40but you've you've had so many injuries
- 8:42for such a part of the season. It It's
- 8:44not like you've just turned rubbish. It
- 8:46does it doesn't work like that unless
- 8:47you're losing such a clinical part like,
- 8:49you know, Mahomes or something. But
- 8:51you've had a lot of injuries in in
- 8:53really important parts of the season.
- 8:54And now don't get me wrong, but coming
- 8:55up to the most important part. So if you
- 8:56can do if anyone can do it, it'll be you
- 8:58guys. But you know, it was a great win.
- 9:01Um is exactly what you needed. Colts,
- 9:05they just switch they just look switched
- 9:07off. It was one of the more
- 9:09disappointing defeats of the season. I
- 9:11do think Colts have been quite lucky a
- 9:12few times this season. I've said that
- 9:14before. Was they maybe found out? I
- 9:16don't know. But they've got a chance to
- 9:19dust themselves off this week. um they
- 9:23got very pass heavy the Colts and I
- 9:24think that's when
- 9:27Chiefs kind of like took over the game.
- 9:28Um I'd be interested to get your
- 9:30thoughts on it mate though.
- 9:33>> Yeah, so I've had way too many people
- 9:34messaging me saying that the Colts lost
- 9:36this game, not the Chiefs won it, but
- 9:38you just have to look at the numbers and
- 9:39actually pay attention to realize that
- 9:41it was the other way around. Um,
- 9:44defensively, Spags decided it must have
- 9:47been over 70% that he just drew up run
- 9:50defense players, which forces Daniel
- 9:54Jones to throw. And he's not the best
- 9:55thrower in the world.
- 9:56>> Definitely not.
- 9:57>> But on top on top but on top of that,
- 9:58once you've once you've got that box
- 10:00full and they're stopping the run, that
- 10:03kept letting Chris Jones just break
- 10:04through, which was making Daniel Jones
- 10:06just throw the ball willy-nilly
- 10:08constantly. And that's what happened in
- 10:10the second second half in the overtime
- 10:12where we where we forced them to have
- 10:14four consecutive three and outs. It was
- 10:16just Chris Jones in his face and he was
- 10:19just like I'm getting rid of this. I'm
- 10:20getting rid of this. I'm not I'm not
- 10:21holding on to that. Um but they only had
- 10:2310 first downs all game and we held
- 10:26Taylor we had Taylor to 58 yards. Like
- 10:29defensively we destroyed that. Um but I
- 10:33wouldn't be a good pundit without saying
- 10:34the negatives on the Chief side of
- 10:36things. Patrick Mahomes needs to slow
- 10:38down. He's trying to go through his
- 10:41progressions too fast.
- 10:42>> Do you think
- 10:44because this was a mustwin game for me?
- 10:47Do you think
- 10:48>> Yeah.
- 10:48>> panic stations are kicking in because
- 10:50you know yes um yes you won this game
- 10:55but you've not got an easy set of
- 10:57fixtures coming up. Um
- 10:59>> we do
- 11:00>> like
- 11:03let's have a look. I mean, I don't want
- 11:04to go too much into next week, but
- 11:07>> I know we got Cowboys. We've not played
- 11:09the ear. No, we got the Cowboys and
- 11:10Raiders. You again, the Chargers.
- 11:13>> You know, you're going to win, you know,
- 11:14you're going to win the Raiders game,
- 11:17>> but tonight is so important. I don't
- 11:19think the pressure is on the Cowboys. I
- 11:20think it's on you, but we'll get into
- 11:21that later.
- 11:22>> But for me,
- 11:23>> I feel like
- 11:24>> panic stations are well and truly kicked
- 11:26in there.
- 11:28>> Yeah, there's there's two things for me.
- 11:30Patrick Mahomes needs to slow down. He's
- 11:32throwing the he he's releasing the ball
- 11:34quicker than any quarterback in the
- 11:35league. Brilliant. But what he's also
- 11:37doing is on the passes he's not making
- 11:40you half a second later someone suddenly
- 11:43they've broken free. And if he' slowed
- 11:45down on his progressions rather than
- 11:46trying to do it too quick, he'd have
- 11:48seen that
- 11:50>> bear down or bear down.
- 11:52>> Nathan said bear down.
- 11:55>> Okay.
- 11:56>> Bit more into context in that one,
- 11:57buddy.
- 11:59And um the other thing I I was I want to
- 12:02see the Chiefs playing outside the
- 12:04numbers. That's how we beat the Colts
- 12:07rather than Yes, I'm liking the run play
- 12:09and Kareem Hunt's been amazing, but our
- 12:12pass play is inside the numbers and
- 12:13that's where things just not working.
- 12:15Whereas when as soon as the second half
- 12:17came and every pass to Rashi Rice was
- 12:20outside the numbers, we would we that's
- 12:22when he went from nine yards in the
- 12:24first half to 140 yard in the second
- 12:26half. like just stop playing inside the
- 12:29numbers. Get the ball out wide, beat the
- 12:31quarterbacks because we've got the wide
- 12:32receivers for it and then if we have to
- 12:35in the numbers, you got Kelsey. We don't
- 12:37have Noah Gray this week, which is a
- 12:39shame. We're now down to the one main
- 12:41tight end, but yeah, that's what we
- 12:45need. Mahomes, slow down, start looking
- 12:48wide again.
- 12:49>> Interesting one, mate. Interesting. Um,
- 12:52next up, we had the Seahawks case of
- 12:54Titans. Um, now 90% of the public backed
- 12:56the Seahawks. Um, I backed the Titans
- 13:00and you and um, you and Lee backed the
- 13:02Seahawks. Listen, this was a great game.
- 13:03I don't know if anyone watched this. It
- 13:04was a brilliant game. Um,
- 13:07and Titans at one point I think had a
- 13:10good little lead. Um, again, I was
- 13:12consuming alcohol, so I might be wrong.
- 13:14Um, but it was a good game. Titans were
- 13:17really unlucky. They can take some conf.
- 13:19Look, this the season's over. Um,
- 13:21Seahawks, they're in a great great
- 13:22rhythm, great routine. It's going to be
- 13:24interesting, you know, obviously how
- 13:25they develop in the playoffs. Um the
- 13:29vic, you know, obviously they won 90% of
- 13:31pull back win. Um did you catch this
- 13:34game? Can you can you see where I'm
- 13:35coming from on that? Mom, I mean, if
- 13:37anything,
- 13:38>> the result didn't help. I know Seahawks
- 13:39won
- 13:40>> and we we talk about like, you know, I
- 13:42said the other day, well, no one's going
- 13:43to look back at it and think,
- 13:45>> oh well, you know, it was the world's
- 13:46worst game. They won. That was it. They
- 13:48won. Um but it it made them look a
- 13:50little bit vulnerable considering how
- 13:51poor the Titans have been all season.
- 13:54>> Yeah. Yeah. Did but also on the flip
- 13:56side, the Titans and stuff like Cam Ward
- 13:58is starting to show a little little
- 13:59hints of improvement and actually
- 14:01looking like a good quarterback.
- 14:03>> So I actually made a note of one of the
- 14:04players. I don't know if you seen the
- 14:06highlight. So when uh Titans had the
- 14:08ball on 10 yardd line
- 14:10>> and he rolled out to the right through
- 14:12caught a crossing route 25 yard gain and
- 14:14all I was watch that watched that play
- 14:16and I was like oh actually he's a good
- 14:17quarterback.
- 14:18>> Well we need
- 14:19>> and then the next play I can't believe
- 14:20he was some useless but
- 14:21>> we need to talk we need to talk about
- 14:22the Giants
- 14:24>> plays later they were brilliant. I I
- 14:26will say this uh I'm I'm not going to
- 14:27say his last part of his name, but
- 14:28Jackson Smith um he is going to break
- 14:30the NFL record um receiving record like
- 14:33>> Well, he's already he's already beaten
- 14:35the Seahawks record.
- 14:36>> It's crazy.
- 14:37>> They've played 11 played 11 games and
- 14:39he's beaten uh who was it now? It was
- 14:44DK Metaf's record 1,33 yards in 16
- 14:48games. JSN's done 13 thou 1313 in 11
- 14:53games.
- 14:54He's going to do it. I reckon he's on
- 14:56track for it. Um,
- 14:59yeah. I mean, the punt the punt returns
- 15:02on Titans though that Dykes has had two
- 15:05punt return touchdowns on a season
- 15:07already. And obviously last week he ran
- 15:09a 90 yard punt return touchdown on the
- 15:11Seahawks who have at least a top three
- 15:14defense.
- 15:14>> Yeah,
- 15:16this is I mean the Titans are showing
- 15:17some fight. It
- 15:20>> like you have a lot of teams I think we
- 15:22can both agree there's a lot of teams
- 15:23who don't necessarily have anything to
- 15:25fight for, but they're still fighting.
- 15:27Like you you look at like the Raiders,
- 15:29like you imagine that like I mean they
- 15:31always have a good fan base anyway in
- 15:32terms of, you know, attendance and
- 15:33stuff, but their tickets will be dirt
- 15:36cheap at the moment,
- 15:37>> but like it's good to see the Titans
- 15:39still giving a bit of fight. Um let's
- 15:42move on to the next result, which was
- 15:45shocking shocking game. Um in terms of
- 15:48terms of fight, that's what I mean that
- 15:50aspect. Um, all three of us backed the
- 15:53Packers to beat the Vikings. Um, they
- 15:54didn't just beat the Vikings, they
- 15:56slayed the Vikings sleigh. Um, 23-6. It
- 16:00was an absolute atrocity from the
- 16:02Vikings. Um,
- 16:05sorry, two sex. Um, and
- 16:10yeah, um, we all three of us backed the
- 16:12the Packers. 94% of the public backed
- 16:14the Packers. I haven't really got
- 16:16anything else to say other than it
- 16:18wasn't it wasn't a it wasn't a great
- 16:20game to watch. You don't like games like
- 16:22this. Um,
- 16:23>> what were your thoughts, mate? The 8
- 16:25and0 Packers are now sub something to
- 16:29>> I don't even know what they are now. Was
- 16:31it 56? Yeah,
- 16:32>> 621 or something like that. That doesn't
- 16:34even make good maths. Um, I don't know.
- 16:36Like it's Michael Parsons and Co looking
- 16:39good.
- 16:39>> Really good.
- 16:40>> But the only the only thing I've really
- 16:42got about this game is just like what
- 16:44has happened to JJ McCarthy. He seems to
- 16:46just be regressing all of a sudden. He
- 16:49went he what? 87 yards, two touchdowns.
- 16:52And uh oh, and on that one of my stats
- 16:55of the week, one of my favorite stats of
- 16:56the week, I've seen it a long time. If a
- 17:00quarterback spikes the ball on every
- 17:02single play, their quarterback rating is
- 17:0439.6.
- 17:06JJ McCarthy got 34.2.
- 17:10He would have had a better quarterback
- 17:11rating if he spiked the ball on every
- 17:13single play. Oh,
- 17:16honestly, I've not really got anything
- 17:17to say in this one because it was that
- 17:18much of a bad game. Should we move on?
- 17:21>> Yeah.
- 17:22>> Yeah, let's do it.
- 17:22>> Okay. Um, next up, um, the comeback of
- 17:26the season is on. I believe they're now
- 17:28top in their division. The Ravens beat
- 17:31the Jets 23 points to 10. All three of
- 17:34us and 80% of the public backed the
- 17:37Ravens. Um, the Ravens just look so
- 17:40good. like they're a team that I do not
- 17:42want to play in the playoffs. Um they
- 17:45just look, you know, any any team
- 17:47doesn't want to play in the playoffs. Um
- 17:49because that that's a team that can just
- 17:51go from zero to 100 like that. Um since
- 17:54Jackson's been back, they've just been
- 17:56>> it's it's like a different team and you
- 17:58consider how bad the start was without
- 18:00him.
- 18:01>> Um Jets Jets doing Jets things. I've
- 18:05already talked about my dislike of the
- 18:07football they play. Um, obviously
- 18:08they've had I think they've had a few
- 18:09coaching changes, but nothing's
- 18:11changing. Did you see this one, mate? I
- 18:13mean, look, you know,
- 18:16Ravens won pretty much by two scores.
- 18:18Oh, I'm gone. Wait there. Where was I
- 18:20all day? I was in Inisia, mate. Would I
- 18:22recommend it? Yes. Would it recommend to
- 18:23leave the hotel? Absolutely not. Um, now
- 18:27what me? I forgot to mention we stayed
- 18:28at the hotel where the shooting was,
- 18:30which was, you know, they have a plaque
- 18:32there, but we didn't realize till we got
- 18:33there.
- 18:35>> Jesus Christ.
- 18:36Um but going back to it, um
- 18:41>> yeah, I mean
- 18:42>> I I do think I do think Raven's going to
- 18:45do well this season. Really well.
- 18:47>> They are. But what so I don't think
- 18:49Lamar Jackson's fully fit yet
- 18:51>> if I'm completely honest.
- 18:52>> Because he's not running. Not like he
- 18:53used to.
- 18:54>> No, he's not running. He's not there's
- 18:56not going a lot going on there. And so
- 18:58watching the game, so what I like to do
- 18:59is I'll watch the games on a Sunday and
- 19:01I'll make a few notes if something
- 19:03spectacular happens and then I go back
- 19:04through and look at the numbers
- 19:05afterwards on a different day.
- 19:07>> Yeah.
- 19:07>> So when I watch the game, I was like
- 19:09convincing win from the Ravens. And then
- 19:10I look back, I found out that Lamar
- 19:12Jackson has been held to under 200
- 19:14passing yards of three straight games,
- 19:16which is very unlamar. And he's also
- 19:18backto-back games without a passing
- 19:20touchdown. It's it's their defense. It's
- 19:22their defense getting their players back
- 19:24which is really helping them win. Um,
- 19:27Tyrod Taylor made the Jets look like a
- 19:29relatively interesting team to watch,
- 19:30but just not enough for the season.
- 19:32>> Yeah. No, I agree. I agree.
- 19:34>> Um, and I I can't I can't remember what
- 19:36podcast it was, but I heard on a podcast
- 19:39this week that there was a discussion
- 19:40with um NFL officials about whether they
- 19:43should make um a minimum amount of wins
- 19:46that you can have to have the number one
- 19:48draft spot. So, say you had to have
- 19:49three wins.
- 19:52So, that would stop people tanking. And
- 19:54I thought I I quite like that idea. If
- 19:55they were to They're not going to bring
- 19:57it in, but I like the idea. If they were
- 19:58to stop people tanking, they had to
- 20:00fight for
- 20:01>> if they had to fight for that last win
- 20:03to get the first draft spot.
- 20:04>> I I I still think they should there
- 20:06should be a relegation thing. Um you
- 20:08know,
- 20:09>> send them to Canada
- 20:12>> because because straight away you're
- 20:14making another league. Very interesting.
- 20:16You know, the fact that they're
- 20:17guaranteed to stay in that league no
- 20:19matter how bad they are,
- 20:20>> it's just Yeah. It's too much. Yeah.
- 20:23>> Um right onto the next game. Um we had
- 20:26the Lions against the Giants. Um 76% of
- 20:29the public and all three of us
- 20:30unfortunately coach Russ backed the
- 20:33Lions and I believe it made the Giants
- 20:34the first team to not be able to make
- 20:37the playoffs. The first team that went
- 20:38out.
- 20:39>> Yeah. Mathematically um unlimit
- 20:41unlimited which is wild when you've
- 20:43still got teams like the Raiders who are
- 20:44somehow
- 20:45>> mathematically in we we both know that's
- 20:48not happening. Um but yeah, look this
- 20:51was this was
- 20:52offense scoring game. Both defenses
- 20:54didn't have the best of times. The Lions
- 20:57are on now as well. Um and would you
- 20:59believe it? We conceded a bunch of
- 21:00points already and scored a bunch. Um
- 21:04yeah, I had red zone on so I was
- 21:06watching as much of it as I could. Um
- 21:09Lions, you know, stacking up these wins
- 21:11to get in the playoffs. How far can he
- 21:13go? We say this every year.
- 21:18>> Yeah. So
- 21:20this game for me was all Jamar Gibbs.
- 21:23Um what 219 rushing yards, three
- 21:26touchdowns, 11 receptions for 45 yards.
- 21:28Like he it was like no one else was on
- 21:30that team that week. Um so this is going
- 21:34to be bittersweet now because I put down
- 21:36a notice saying we should everyone
- 21:37should watch Aman Ra this week because
- 21:39he had two drops last week. So that puts
- 21:42him for four for the season. So is he is
- 21:44he starting to regress? He dropped two
- 21:45passes
- 21:45>> and then
- 21:47>> he dropped two passes, but last season
- 21:49he dropped one in 152 targets,
- 21:52>> dropped two last week,
- 21:53>> but um yeah, and so I my point was going
- 21:56to be let's watch him because I think
- 21:57he's going to start aggressing for the
- 21:58rest of the season.
- 22:00>> Uh and then pre going live, I said to
- 22:02Matteo that Amamra had a target this
- 22:05game and then had an ankle injury and
- 22:06he's out for the game. So I was right to
- 22:08say he's not going to do well. I didn't
- 22:10want him to get injured. I want to
- 22:11mention uh Jake Bates 59 yard field
- 22:14goal.
- 22:16Sweet. Absolutely sweet. Great. Great.
- 22:20Um Giants though losing in such soul
- 22:24destroying way. Hang on. We've got to
- 22:26come here. Uh all the points the Giants
- 22:28score 30 plus in several games. It's
- 22:30soul destroying but they finally got rid
- 22:31of the DC as I predicted.
- 22:34It's true
- 22:35>> that that I I still think they're
- 22:36hurting from that brand loss because
- 22:40>> that's that's a momentum killer that
- 22:42one. Le let's move on to let's move on
- 22:44to the next one. Um so this was a great
- 22:46game next one. Um it was the 50/50 um
- 22:49poll. So the 50% of the public backed
- 22:51the Bears, 50% of the public backed the
- 22:53Steelers. For some reason I beat Lincoln
- 22:55too much and I picked the Steelers. You
- 22:57two picked the Bears and it was 31 to
- 23:0028. Brilliant, brilliant game. I want to
- 23:02go to you first on this one, mate. What
- 23:04was your thoughts on this one?
- 23:07>> Um, yeah, it was a good game and I've
- 23:10been saying all season the Steelers
- 23:13could be the win or the loss depending
- 23:14on what defense turns up.
- 23:17>> And again, it was all the Steelers fall
- 23:20down, penalties, special teams mistakes,
- 23:22defense allowed 345 yards from Caleb
- 23:25Williams.
- 23:26>> Hey, we we we got a we got a good
- 23:28comment here, mate. We got a good
- 23:30comment.
- 23:30>> We got Denver. I love that. And then we
- 23:33got another one. Hang on. Right there.
- 23:34>> We've got um Don't know anything about
- 23:37this sport, but that's Sun Sash. Yes, it
- 23:38is, mate. Yes, it is.
- 23:42>> Are you paying people?
- 23:44>> No, mate. That
- 23:45>> How much are you paying?
- 23:46>> Let me just do that bounce transfer now.
- 23:47Do you know what? There's a girl I work
- 23:48with and um I always get, you know, I
- 23:51get customers go, can I see a question
- 23:53customers? Just look at both of us. And
- 23:55she's there like not knowing what's
- 23:56going on. Who's got the better mustache,
- 23:57B or A? And she's like, we don't want
- 24:00them. Anything to wind anyone up?
- 24:02Anything to wind anyone up. As you hear,
- 24:04mate. As you hear.
- 24:06>> It's the way forward. Yeah. So, I was
- 24:08saying that there. Yeah. Caleb's looking
- 24:10decent. Although, that was his fourth
- 24:12straight game where he recorded a less
- 24:14than 59% completion rate and all and 26%
- 24:18of his passes were off target. Anything
- 24:21over uh like a 15 yard pass. So, it's is
- 24:25it Caleb looking good or is it just the
- 24:27OC knowing how to draw up plays for him
- 24:30just to drop the ball off, not really
- 24:32throw it too far down very often? Um,
- 24:37oh, that the the dumb one though, the
- 24:40problem was this. I think one of the
- 24:42turnout points was when the Steelers,
- 24:44they said the Steelers punted uh and the
- 24:47kicking team decided to pull off a hold
- 24:49and the ball landed at the 10 and then
- 24:51smartly enough the Bears head coach
- 24:53went, "Do you know what? I don't want
- 24:55the 10 yards. I want you to rekick it.
- 24:58Punted it, mis misped it, went out of
- 25:00bounds at the 40." So that hold cost
- 25:02them 30 yards of offense or defense if
- 25:05you're looking at that. I I think with
- 25:07>> stupid
- 25:08>> I think with anything like that because
- 25:09you'd expect them to take it take go to
- 25:12the 20 yard line whatever it was.
- 25:13>> Yeah.
- 25:14>> Um you're just putting a little bit of
- 25:16extra pressure and no matter what level
- 25:19of athlete you are it can get it can get
- 25:21there and Steelers are under a hell of a
- 25:23lot of pressure at the moment. You know
- 25:24you considering where people thought he
- 25:27would be. You know Aaron Rogers is
- 25:29there. He's desperate for that that ring
- 25:30which isn't going to happen. But very
- 25:33good game but I want to move on. This
- 25:36one was a it this one was a really good
- 25:38game. Um Patriots vers Bengals. Let's be
- 25:41honest, none of us backed the Bengals.
- 25:44Um we all thought it would be a
- 25:45whitewash and it wasn't. It was a lot
- 25:47closer to what people thought. The the
- 25:49Patriots won 26 to 20. All three of us
- 25:51backed the Pats again, 95% of the
- 25:53public. It was a good game, but the
- 25:55Patriots for me, I don't think this game
- 25:58made them look particularly great
- 26:00considering how poor and we've got a we
- 26:02look, Bengals have a fan base, that's
- 26:04all that, but they've looked poor all
- 26:06season. They look consistently poor.
- 26:09What were your thoughts, mate, on this
- 26:11one?
- 26:13Um, I mean the first the first thing was
- 26:15that uh obviously we I think all three
- 26:17of us said after Joe Flacker's first
- 26:19game at the Bengals that he's going to
- 26:20be a flash in a pan and it's just
- 26:22proving us all right at this point. He's
- 26:24just slowly going downhill. Um I said to
- 26:28Lee last week uh when when Stevenson
- 26:31returned to Patriots was Trayvon Trayvon
- 26:33Henderson going to stop being RB1? Turns
- 26:36out no. He was still RB1 last week.
- 26:39There's going to be a fight for RB1,
- 26:40which is good to have be in a position
- 26:41for the Patriots, but Drake May in that
- 26:44game lost his left guard and his left
- 26:46tackle. So, his entire blind side of his
- 26:49number one or number two.
- 26:50>> This is my invisible violin, mate.
- 26:53>> At this level, at this level of sport,
- 26:56>> you need that backup there. Especially
- 26:58the big boys. Like, do we know where the
- 27:00backups are? Is it going to be a problem
- 27:02going forward that he's going to have a
- 27:03blind side rook like backups? Is it a
- 27:06charge that on like the A string O line?
- 27:09Yes. So if you're a child, it's fine.
- 27:10You're like, get deal with it. You got
- 27:11your second string over and shoot. No.
- 27:14>> I suppose the question here as well is
- 27:16do we think the Bengals are out of the
- 27:17playoffs now? They're not mathematically
- 27:20eliminated. Joe B may be starting
- 27:22tonight against the Ravens, but
- 27:24>> if they get if they get beat tonight.
- 27:25Yes. If they get beat tonight and I'll
- 27:27be I'll be back on the the Ravens.
- 27:30>> Yeah. Yeah. Um Okay, next one. Um, I
- 27:36need to know what drugs Lee was on for
- 27:37this one. Um, the Browns against the
- 27:39Raiders. It was a horrendous game to
- 27:42watch. I know you got some stats on the
- 27:44Browns. That's why I'm not skipping it.
- 27:46Um, 65% of the public backed the Browns.
- 27:48The other 35% of the public were clearly
- 27:50Raiders fans and the Browns won 24 to
- 27:5310. It was an awful game. Um, I've seen
- 27:56better football in div. Um,
- 27:59>> me and you back the Browns. I have not
- 28:01really got anything else to say in it,
- 28:02mate. um goal.
- 28:05>> Yeah, I mean it was not not necessarily
- 28:07an interesting game. It is literally
- 28:08just a stat fest for this game,
- 28:11>> but Miles Garrett is now on 18 sacks in
- 28:1311 weeks. So that breaks the Browns
- 28:15single season record. He now only needs
- 28:17five in the next six games to break the
- 28:20NFL record. Um, Shir Sanders became the
- 28:24first start first the first quarterback
- 28:27to play like as a starter for the
- 28:29Browns, first ever start to win his
- 28:31first game since 1995.
- 28:35>> Wild Gino Smith got sacked 10 times.
- 28:38>> That's great.
- 28:39>> Like what's the problem there? Is it
- 28:40Gino? Is it the O line? What? What's
- 28:42going on?
- 28:42>> 10 times. It's the old line, mate.
- 28:44That's there is no other excuse for if
- 28:47you do you know what if if that's
- 28:51horrendous
- 28:5310 10 times.
- 28:56>> Yeah.
- 28:57Only three of them was Miles Garrett.
- 29:01>> So I think the other seven Miles Garrett
- 29:02might have just sat down and just
- 29:04waited.
- 29:04>> I I reckon Miles Garrett could have had
- 29:06a a number two and done all the cleaning
- 29:08up business and got up and still would
- 29:10have got a sack. That is that's
- 29:11horrendous.
- 29:13>> Yeah. Yeah. Can you sack someone twice
- 29:14in one play? I reckon you could have
- 29:16tried it.
- 29:18>> Um, should we move on?
- 29:20>> Yeah.
- 29:20>> Um, next up we had the uh Cardinals
- 29:23against the Jags. 55% of the public
- 29:25backed the Jags as well as all three of
- 29:27us pundits. And it was a close game. Um,
- 29:31Jags winning 27 to 24.
- 29:34Um, you know,
- 29:37can the Jags take the AFC South? We we,
- 29:39you know, we don't know. Um Trevor
- 29:42Lawrence had a good, you know, he
- 29:44bounced back from a little interception
- 29:45again. Um again, very inconsistent. Um
- 29:49and then they had there was at one point
- 29:50they had a 65 yard drive. Uh 11 yard
- 29:53touchdown pass to wide receiver Parker
- 29:55Washington. So for me, the Jags are very
- 29:58much a momentum team. You know, if
- 30:00they've got the momentum, they're
- 30:01brilliant. It's when they haven't, it's
- 30:04it's kind of difficult for them to find
- 30:06that spark. Um Cardinals
- 30:11I I think their season's pretty much
- 30:12done and dusted. Technically, maybe not,
- 30:15but they've got some tough fixtures
- 30:17coming up. Um, I want to go to M. What
- 30:19are your views here, mate?
- 30:22Honestly, this is one of the games of
- 30:23the week where even watching it, I I
- 30:25feel like I was just falling asleep.
- 30:26Like, it wasn't that exciting. And my my
- 30:30two points, and I think I've been making
- 30:31these same points about both teams all
- 30:34season. So, my point, Jags point, is
- 30:36Lawrence is still not convincing me.
- 30:39like they've got a good record, they
- 30:40could win that division, but just long
- 30:42he's just not giving me that elite
- 30:44quarterback like feeling. It's just
- 30:47>> you don't know what's going to happen.
- 30:48>> I agree. For me, this is a make or break
- 30:50season. Um
- 30:51>> yeah, absolutely a make or break season.
- 30:54>> Um okay. Um
- 30:58the other one with the Cardinals, I'm
- 30:59not going to do it, but if I flip
- 31:01through every week on my notes and I've
- 31:02written this down again, Cardinals
- 31:04keeping a game close and lose. And I
- 31:06think I've written that six or seven
- 31:08times this season. They just they can't
- 31:10do anything.
- 31:10>> Yeah.
- 31:11>> Well, let's move on because I really
- 31:13want to talk about this game. And this
- 31:14is the most probably the reason why Lee
- 31:16Lee is not here. Lee, if you're watching
- 31:19and go, you're not here for this because
- 31:22we had the them boys, the Cowboys
- 31:26against the Eagles. And the Eagles were
- 31:28weren't just spanking them. They were
- 31:31killing them at one point. You we were
- 31:32going to turn off at half time. Clad
- 31:34didn't. The Cowboys won 24-2.
- 31:3885% of the public backed the Eagles. And
- 31:42the one person who backed the Cowboys
- 31:43was was
- 31:46um I've got a headache. I've got a bit
- 31:48lightheaded doing that.
- 31:51Oh my god. Lee, if you're watching this
- 31:53later on, mate, comment what you want.
- 31:55Absolutely brilliant from the Cowboys.
- 31:57Can they revive their season? Yes, they
- 32:00can. And I think they're going to win
- 32:01tonight, but we'll talk about that
- 32:02shortly. Mate, you're up. You're up.
- 32:06>> Honestly, I I was going into this game,
- 32:08I was that confident that the Cowboys
- 32:10were winning this that I started Dak
- 32:11Prescott in every fantasy league I had.
- 32:15>> At Halime, I thought I was done.
- 32:17>> You were.
- 32:20And at the end of the game, I was like,
- 32:21you know what? I've got a load of points
- 32:23from that. Um, it's the Cowboys biggest
- 32:26ever comeback, which is wild that that's
- 32:27their biggest comeback.
- 32:29>> It's It's the manner of the comeback,
- 32:30though, as well. like like that's
- 32:33>> 24 unanswered points
- 32:35against the Super Bowl like the
- 32:38defending Super Bowl champions.
- 32:40>> It's not the first time where the Eagles
- 32:41have crumbled.
- 32:43>> Look what happened. Look what happened
- 32:44against us. Um it's interesting because
- 32:48Eagles after a defeat don't really tend
- 32:50to bounce back very well. So it's going
- 32:51to be interesting to see how how that
- 32:53that season how they finish the season.
- 32:56>> 100%. Um, and for me though, the
- 32:59Cowboys, it's George Pickings is really
- 33:02looking good. He's got more yards than
- 33:04like I think it's like the Titans or
- 33:06some something like that on just on
- 33:08receiving alone. Um, and then Ferguson
- 33:11just clutched down the middle inside
- 33:12those numbers whenever Dak just needed a
- 33:14quick get rid of the ball down the
- 33:15middle. Ferguson was just there in the
- 33:17air. Um, but that Gibson Fun on that
- 33:19crucial kick return,
- 33:23that's the at least the seconds that I'm
- 33:25aware of. That could be the third team
- 33:26he's had a kick return fumble for this
- 33:28season cuz I know that he did it for the
- 33:31Jets and he got dropped by the Jets and
- 33:33the Eagles for some reason decided to do
- 33:35that.
- 33:35>> Was this the game? Was this the game
- 33:36where he got manhandled well five times
- 33:38then eventually got caused the fumble?
- 33:41Oh man, you're playing that clip to to
- 33:44to people who want to play special
- 33:46teams. Brilliant. Brilliant.
- 33:48>> Yeah,
- 33:49>> absolutely brilliant.
- 33:51>> Great great work on the Cowboys. um they
- 33:54do it every now and then. They just show
- 33:55up and just show that they are a good
- 33:57team, but they've just been they have
- 33:59been inconsistent this week this season.
- 34:01If you remember like I think the first
- 34:03eight weeks they didn't have a repeated
- 34:05record.
- 34:06>> You're I'm surp when when we do get
- 34:09Lee's power rankings, it wouldn't
- 34:10surprise me if um the Cowboys QB is on
- 34:14the picture of the the power rankings.
- 34:16Um,
- 34:17>> to be fair, I'm the one who does the
- 34:18graphics. So, I I I know what I nor me
- 34:20do is literally choose who I think was
- 34:21the best quarterback that is out of the
- 34:23top 10. I just accidentally curs.
- 34:25>> Yeah. So, if you look back on all the
- 34:27power rankings, every single QB that's
- 34:28been on the power rankings. Um, oh yeah,
- 34:31I got a comment here. Bears own the NFC
- 34:33North. We're going to talk with them in
- 34:35a minute.
- 34:36>> Um, but yeah, they get beat. Um, right,
- 34:39let's move on. Um, Saints against the
- 34:41Falcons. I'll be honest, it wasn't
- 34:42Falcons. It wasn't a game I was
- 34:45interested in. The kit just makes me
- 34:46want to vomit. Saints got beat 24-10. Me
- 34:50and you backed the Falcons. Lee backed
- 34:52the Saints. I ain't got no to saying
- 34:54this. Have you you know?
- 34:56>> Not really. I think I just wonder if
- 34:58they're going to get rid of Blake Group
- 34:59because two miss field goals puts him on
- 35:01eight for the season. That's just that's
- 35:04>> you've got one job. That's literally
- 35:05your entire job.
- 35:06>> Yeah.
- 35:07>> Get get them through the uprights and
- 35:08that's it. Move on. And even even though
- 35:10the Falcons the Falcons again have been
- 35:12inconsistent, but they've only got a 2%
- 35:14chance of making the playoffs at the
- 35:15minute, which is wild cuz they I don't
- 35:18think their record's that bad. I can't
- 35:20remember what it is off the top of my
- 35:20head. I didn't write that down.
- 35:23>> Look, it'll be interesting. Again, I'm
- 35:26not bothered about it. Like, it's not me
- 35:28being lazy or neglecting this podcast.
- 35:30It's just you get this point of the
- 35:32season.
- 35:33>> This was this was 100% a game. I don't
- 35:35even think I watched it. I just went
- 35:36back.
- 35:37I did laugh though that two times the
- 35:39Saints were at the one yard line and
- 35:41they went, "Do you know he needs this
- 35:43ball? Taesm Hill, our tight ends."
- 35:45>> Yeah.
- 35:47>> We just need to be losing at two minute
- 35:49warning.
- 35:49>> They went a lot.
- 35:51>> They went a lot. Um, right. Next up was
- 35:54the spanking of the week. Uh, LA Rams
- 35:57against the Buccaneers. 52% of public
- 36:00back the Rams as well as you and Lee. Me
- 36:03being a Buccaneer, I'm not um I'm a
- 36:06Lancaster Buccaneer. Um but me being a
- 36:08Buccaneer, uh I'm I backed them. I
- 36:11thought they'd win. They've been pretty
- 36:12good all season. And they got absolutely
- 36:14spanked. 34 points to seven. It wasn't
- 36:16even close. It was not even close.
- 36:19>> Um
- 36:21what you thought?
- 36:23>> Well, Stafford continued his streak. Um
- 36:26so it's the longest active streak in the
- 36:28NFL ever. 27 touchdowns without an
- 36:30interception.
- 36:32which is wild and and it's not like it's
- 36:36a win streak. He's he's actually
- 36:37throwing the ball. He's releasing that
- 36:39ball. He's just not getting picked off.
- 36:41The Bucks are in a slump, but they have
- 36:42got the Cardinals and the Saints coming
- 36:44up. Is that going to help them get them
- 36:46back into a momentum? Uh but a lot of
- 36:49the problem here was Baker Mayfield
- 36:51getting injured.
- 36:52>> Yes,
- 36:53>> they brought in Teddy Bridgewwater, who
- 36:55is, I'll be honest, an awful backup. You
- 36:58don't want to have to use him.
- 37:00>> I don't know if he's playing this week.
- 37:01I don't know what's going on there, but
- 37:03even when Baker was playing, he didn't
- 37:04have a good good uh didn't have a good
- 37:08anything going on. So, I don't know.
- 37:09They've been in a slump for a few weeks,
- 37:11but the Rams are looking good.
- 37:14>> Yeah,
- 37:14>> Rams are good. I can I can see them
- 37:16being Super Bowl, if not nearly there.
- 37:19>> It will.
- 37:20>> Well, because Lee's not here this week,
- 37:22folks, I'm going to do a makeshift power
- 37:23rankings. Okay.
- 37:25>> And Broncos on first. Don't worry. You
- 37:28can all chill.
- 37:29>> Oh, okay. my second.
- 37:31>> No, but we're going to go for that mate.
- 37:33You're gonna be really big surprise. Um,
- 37:35next up we had the 49ers against the
- 37:37Panthers. It was another game I wasn't
- 37:38really interested in. Um,
- 37:41um, 49ers won 20 points to nine. You and
- 37:44Lee backed the niners. 66 66% of the
- 37:48public and myself backed the Panthers.
- 37:50Panthers have been very inconsistent
- 37:51this season. Some games look great. Some
- 37:52games they just look horrendous. It was
- 37:54one of them games where they just looked
- 37:55horrendous. Um, you got anything to say,
- 37:57mate?
- 37:58>> Uh, a few things to say. Brock Herdy
- 38:00three picks. Should they just put him
- 38:02back on the bench for a bit because
- 38:03they've been playing all right? I mean,
- 38:04they've won anyway, but and on the flip
- 38:07side of that, the Panthers had three
- 38:09interceptions and nothing to see from
- 38:10it. But again, that's just inconsistent
- 38:13from them. Bryce Young was somehow the
- 38:15worst of the two quarterbacks, even
- 38:17though Brock Purley threw three
- 38:18interceptions.
- 38:20But it's CMC for me. He's leading the
- 38:23league in receptions. Just to remind
- 38:25everyone, he's a running back. He's got
- 38:28the most catches of any player this
- 38:30season and the most touches as a as a as
- 38:32as a rushing attempts. Uh but Lee last
- 38:35week and he's not here, but I'm going to
- 38:37call him out anyway. He said he reckons
- 38:39so there was a stat he said last week
- 38:40where uh CMC hasn't ran for anything
- 38:43longer than 18 yards per play yet. And
- 38:46Le said he was going to CMC is going to
- 38:48pull off a 50 yard touchdown. He didn't.
- 38:50His touchdown was 12 yards. So you're
- 38:52wrong, Lee.
- 38:54>> Have you been waiting all week to say
- 38:55that?
- 38:57pretty much
- 38:59I literally made a note of it as well
- 39:00like you said that I'm going to see if
- 39:02that comes through.
- 39:03>> Just an update. It's 2414 to the not so
- 39:058 and0 Green Bay Packers. We know some
- 39:07of you might be watching both at the
- 39:08same time. We appreciate you all joining
- 39:10in on us on this one. Uh right, so
- 39:14power rankings. We're going to get
- 39:16Matteo's power rankings. I I want you to
- 39:19write this down because instead of these
- 39:20power rankings, we're going to do
- 39:21Matteo's power rankings. Are you ready?
- 39:25>> Yeah. Go on then. Grab a pen. Okay.
- 39:27Okay. Okay. Call the cops and off me
- 39:30chop 10 or you going to go for
- 39:31>> I'm I'm going from one, mate. I'm going
- 39:34from one. I might give you a reason. I
- 39:35might not. Um but what you going to do
- 39:38about it? It's it's my show. I'll just
- 39:39do do what I want. So, uh number one, we
- 39:42got the Rams. The LA Rams.
- 39:45>> I think that result against the
- 39:47Buccaneers. Absolutely. Yeah, they've
- 39:50been absolutely brilliant. Um number
- 39:52two, I've gone for the Seattle Seahawks.
- 39:56Okay. Yeah, I can I can back that as
- 39:58well.
- 39:58>> Um, I'd like an argument against it.
- 40:00I've not got one. If you have, I'm not
- 40:02going to post a comment anyway because I
- 40:04I get to approve the comments and I am
- 40:05the captain. Number three, I've gone for
- 40:07the Denver Broncos. Um, I I just we just
- 40:11keep winning. The two games we've lost
- 40:12have been last second field goal kicks.
- 40:15Um,
- 40:15>> it's all defense. The defense wins
- 40:17championships. Like, so I can see why
- 40:18you put that
- 40:19>> PS2 is due back shortly. We are going to
- 40:22do it. Um,
- 40:24>> number four, I've gone for the Pats, New
- 40:26England Patriots. Um, they're 10 and
- 40:28two. A lot of people should argue they
- 40:30should be higher. I just think some of
- 40:31the performances haven't been as
- 40:32consistent. I mean, look, some of the
- 40:33Broncos performance have been
- 40:34consistent, but wins a win. Number five,
- 40:37I've gone for the Colts. Um, minus the
- 40:40ugly loss last week. Um, they've been
- 40:43pretty consistent all season. Number
- 40:45six, I've gone for the Eagles.
- 40:49>> Okay.
- 40:49>> Seven, I've gone for the 8 and0 Packers.
- 40:56Eight, I've gone for the Lions.
- 41:00>> Nine, I've gone for the Ravens.
- 41:05And 10, I've gone for the Bills.
- 41:08Wow.
- 41:09>> So, Matteo's power rankings this week
- 41:12have that.
- 41:15>> How did you work that out? And have you
- 41:17just gone what you think like like
- 41:19similar to Le or you just gone for
- 41:20random?
- 41:22Lee Le is I've said this before. I I
- 41:25don't think your team will make the
- 41:26playoffs. I I don't think he will. Um
- 41:29>> so, you know, it's it's who's going to
- 41:30be there like do I see the Lions being
- 41:33there? Yeah. Do Do I see the um
- 41:36do I see the Ravens being it? Yeah. And
- 41:38I think the Ravens do very well. I think
- 41:39Ravens are only going to go up in power
- 41:41rankings. Obviously, my power rankings
- 41:42is only going to be a one-off. Le's back
- 41:44next week, folks. I can show you that.
- 41:46And um a lot of people were going to
- 41:48thinking if I was going to do the power
- 41:49rankings it' be De Broncos one, Denver
- 41:50Broncos 2, Devon Broncos 3, Denver
- 41:52Broncos Reserve Team 4. It was never
- 41:54going to be like that. Um okay. Well,
- 41:58should we just get to the next week and
- 42:00you know watch Stranger Things?
- 42:03>> No spoilers. Um Oh god, that's the worst
- 42:06thing I could have said. Someone's going
- 42:07to do it now, aren't they? Right.
- 42:09>> They probably are, are you?
- 42:11>> I can kick it out and block you from
- 42:13this. Um give us
- 42:15>> What's worse? What's worse about that is
- 42:16you may not show everyone the comments
- 42:18and recording.
- 42:19>> Yeah, I can click on the bit that
- 42:21doesn't show the comments, so don't
- 42:22spoil it for everyone, folks. Right. Um,
- 42:25like we normally do, mate. Let's get to
- 42:27it. Right. Lions and Packers are playing
- 42:29right now. Um, I picked the Lions before
- 42:32this. The Lions are currently getting
- 42:33beat. You and Lee, I think, did pick the
- 42:35Packers. I'm going to just say you cuz I
- 42:37might not have wrote Lee's results down.
- 42:38I've been a busy boy this week.
- 42:39>> No, I did. I picked I picked the Lions.
- 42:41That's what I was saying. It's the worst
- 42:42first week I've not picked the Packers.
- 42:44>> Okay. So, you've picked the Okay, hang
- 42:46on. You're not You're blaming me for
- 42:48>> which I mean I could have let you keep
- 42:50it as the Packers whilst they're
- 42:51currently winning, but I'd rather be
- 42:53about this.
- 42:53>> They're going to come back on me. Don't
- 42:54worry, it'll be fine. Packers packers
- 42:56will crumble. Um, right. Okay. Um,
- 42:59they're not ruining it. Let me just do
- 43:01this properly.
- 43:03Um,
- 43:05sorry, I'm just checking the result as
- 43:06well.
- 43:09Adver adverts. Um, right. So, let's go
- 43:11to the next one. We've got the Cowboys
- 43:13against the Chiefs. For me, I genuinely
- 43:16think this is where your season finishes
- 43:17tonight. I think the Cowboys are going
- 43:19to do it. Um, and we were talking about
- 43:21taking clip snippets. I've got a feeling
- 43:24you're going to sniff at all the clips
- 43:25where I look like an absolute divy.
- 43:27Don't swear. Don't swear. So, I'm
- 43:29picking them boys, the Cowboys. Who are
- 43:32you picking?
- 43:33>> Yeah,
- 43:34>> we're also going to go for the Chiefs.
- 43:35Uh and not just from bias from last week
- 43:38if we can remember to keep the play
- 43:40outside the numbers. We've got them.
- 43:43Just depends what what we start doing.
- 43:44But if Yeah, it's Chiefs for me.
- 43:46>> You need Jesus, lad. Right. Next one. Uh
- 43:49Ravens against the Bengals. Oh, I I want
- 43:51to speak on both behalfs. We're going
- 43:53for the Ravens.
- 43:55>> Yeah. I haven't even seen these picks,
- 43:57but I'm just going to pick the Ravens
- 43:59for him because I know he's not that
- 44:00dafted.
- 44:01>> Um then we've got the Eagles against the
- 44:03Bears. was speaking about this before.
- 44:05I'm backing the Bears. The Eagles do not
- 44:07do well usually after a loss. I'm saying
- 44:10a lot of my predictions this week.
- 44:11There's going to be some funny snippets.
- 44:13Um I'm backing the Bears. Who you
- 44:15backing, mate?
- 44:16>> Um see, I I have gone for the Eagles,
- 44:18but I I do I do see what you're saying.
- 44:20They do definitely not
- 44:21>> I'm giving you one opportunity to change
- 44:22this. Who going for?
- 44:24>> I'm going to stick with it. It's nice
- 44:25and pretty and circled on my paper. I
- 44:27want to keep it like that. Look, look
- 44:28how neat this is. I'm not changing any
- 44:30of that. So, it can stay there.
- 44:32>> Nathan, I picked the Bears. That's all
- 44:34you need to know, fella. Um, next up,
- 44:36we've got the game that no one's going
- 44:38to care about. It's the Dolphins against
- 44:40the Saints. Um, I'm picking the
- 44:42Dolphins. Um,
- 44:45>> yeah, I've done the same. I've picked
- 44:46the Dolphins, but just
- 44:48>> it's pass.
- 44:49>> Yeah, who cares? Next
- 44:50>> pass. Okay, I think the next game is
- 44:52going to be a brilliant game. Colts
- 44:54against the Texans. Um, I'm back in the
- 44:56Texans. Defense wins games. Um, but I
- 44:59think this is going to be a really good
- 45:00game, potentially highlight of the week,
- 45:02um, for the games. Who are you backing
- 45:03here, mate?
- 45:04>> Uh, I have gone Colts, but I do I think
- 45:07it's I think it's going to be a
- 45:07lowscoring game. I don't think it's
- 45:09going to be Colts running away with it.
- 45:11Um, I just think that Taylor might just
- 45:14tire tar out their defense and just keep
- 45:16running and running and running until
- 45:17they keep making mistakes.
- 45:19>> So, you're going for the Colts?
- 45:20>> Yeah.
- 45:21>> Okay. Jets versus Falcons. Um, Falcons
- 45:24for me. Jets. The only thing that's
- 45:27looked worse than Jets this season is
- 45:29co.
- 45:32>> Just awful.
- 45:35>> I'm going Falcons. But for me, the only
- 45:36thing that's work looked worse than Jets
- 45:38this season is the Saints godamn
- 45:40uniform.
- 45:41>> Yeah, I agree, mate. Or some of the
- 45:44referee calls for the Eagles. Um, next
- 45:47up we got the Browns against the 49ers.
- 45:49Look, Browns have had some good wins
- 45:50last um few weeks. Not every week, but
- 45:52I'm still going to go for the 49ers
- 45:54here. Browns. They need that off season.
- 45:56They need a a good good off season. Um,
- 45:59what about you, mate? Who you back?
- 46:00>> Yeah, I I'm going 49ers as well, but I
- 46:03reckon that Miles Garrett's going to
- 46:05make a big chunk out of those five sacks
- 46:06he needs as well.
- 46:08>> Yeah, I agree. Um, okay, next one.
- 46:11Panthers versus the Rams.
- 46:15>> I've gone Rams.
- 46:18>> Obviously,
- 46:19>> I'm going Panthers.
- 46:21>> You've gone Panthers. Don't ask me why.
- 46:24>> You put Rams as your number one team on
- 46:25your power rankings.
- 46:26>> I know, mate. I know. But but but
- 46:28Panthers do stupid things against teams
- 46:30that are way better than them. For some
- 46:32reason, they turn up. So, don't ask me
- 46:33why. Look, I've just got a mad feeling.
- 46:35I've just got a mad feeling. I'm just
- 46:36going with it. My spidey senses. These
- 46:38snippets going to be great, aren't they?
- 46:40>> Um, next up, we've got the Titans
- 46:42against the Jags.
- 46:44I'm backing the Jags here. Um, Titans
- 46:46had a very
- 46:48>> convincing loss last week. Um, but Jags
- 46:52need wins.
- 46:53>> Jags need wins. Uh, yeah. I'm doing a
- 46:55saying. I going Jags.
- 46:56>> You say drags or Jags.
- 46:58>> I mean, both need Look, everyone needs a
- 47:00win, man, these days. All right. If you
- 47:01want to be a drag, be a drag. If you
- 47:02want to be a Jaguar, be a Jaguar.
- 47:04Whatever.
- 47:05>> Oh, that Jags. Okay.
- 47:07>> Yeah, the Jags need FYI.
- 47:11>> Protect the dolls. That's all I'm saying
- 47:12on that one. Okay. So, uh, right. So,
- 47:15we're going for Jags. Um, Books against
- 47:17the Cardinals. The Bucks have to come
- 47:19back and win. Um, I'm going for the box
- 47:21play.
- 47:21>> Yeah, and like I said whilst we were
- 47:22talking about the Bucks game, they've
- 47:23got the Cards and then they got the
- 47:24Saints coming up. I think this is where
- 47:26they turn the momentum back around.
- 47:27>> Yeah.
- 47:27>> Don't go Bridgewaters playing. I still
- 47:29don't really care. I'm still going for
- 47:31the Bucks regardless on that game.
- 47:32>> Okay. Uh, Seahawks against the Vikings.
- 47:34I can't see anything other than the
- 47:36Seahawks win here.
- 47:37>> No Seahawks again, but the Vikings have
- 47:39done some random stuff with their
- 47:41defense. I have gone V Seahawks, but
- 47:43don't be surprised if the Vikings turn
- 47:45up on defense and get some picks because
- 47:48Sam Darnold, don't forget, not last
- 47:49week, the week before, did throw four
- 47:50interceptions.
- 47:52>> So, you think Vikings have a chance?
- 47:54>> If the right defensive squad turns up
- 47:56and the right plays are done,
- 47:58>> I wouldn't be surprised.
- 47:59>> Whatever drugs you're on, send them my
- 48:01way. Um, next up, we've got the Steelers
- 48:03against the Bills. Um, Steelers, even
- 48:06though they've got a few wins this
- 48:08season, they've just looked awful. I'm
- 48:09going to be back in the Bills in this
- 48:10one.
- 48:12I'm back in the Steelers
- 48:14and I don't know why I think I think
- 48:16>> you definitely need to send these drugs
- 48:17over.
- 48:18>> Well, at the moment it's um it's called
- 48:20a flatty latte. It's it's a it's a cold
- 48:22brew with no milk in it. I don't really
- 48:25know what this is.
- 48:29>> I went to uni in Edinburgh, so I'm
- 48:30always going to go for the
- 48:31>> I thought you were just going to just
- 48:32find the thing that matches your jersey
- 48:34the most.
- 48:34>> That mate who? What you Adam and Eve?
- 48:38>> No. Yeah, I'll go. I don't know what it
- 48:39is. Yeah, Bills weren't like they lost
- 48:41to the Texans and yes, the Texans have
- 48:43got a good defense, but Josh Allen is
- 48:45inconsistent. I don't know. Steelers
- 48:47need they need a bit of something to win
- 48:49that division. So,
- 48:52>> okay.
- 48:54>> Next up,
- 48:56this computer just gone a bit n. Next
- 48:58up, we've got the Chargers against the
- 48:59Raiders.
- 49:01Who are you back in here? I kind of
- 49:03don't want to pick either, but I have
- 49:05to. So, I'm going with Chargers. But
- 49:08just that's because I hate the Raiders
- 49:10more, not because I think the Chargers
- 49:12are a good enough team to mention at the
- 49:16moment. But yeah, I'm assuming you're
- 49:18going Raiders. Yeah, cuz you love the
- 49:19Raiders, right?
- 49:21>> You assume, right?
- 49:23>> What?
- 49:24>> I'm back in the Raiders.
- 49:26>> Wow.
- 49:27>> Yeah. Fall off the floor. Um yeah. Um
- 49:31I'm back in the Raiders. Um charges. Um
- 49:34lot of injury problems.
- 49:37Um, yeah. Uh, next up we've got the
- 49:39Commanders against the Broncos. Um, I'm
- 49:41back in the Broncos. Um, but I did say,
- 49:44and I'll be honest, I did say it would
- 49:46be the most Denver Bronco thing for us
- 49:48to do to get beat.
- 49:49>> I'm glad you said it cuz I was going to
- 49:50say it for you against a team like this.
- 49:53Um, they've been awful pretty much most
- 49:55of the season. Put them back in the
- 49:56Broncos.
- 49:58>> Yeah, I'm doing the same. Back in the
- 49:59Broncos, you got the good defense. your
- 50:01your offense like Bon Knicks. I reckon
- 50:04if you don't get anywhere this season,
- 50:05next season is going to progress and get
- 50:07better. But at the moment, you're sort
- 50:08of falling onto your defense and your
- 50:10special teams. And the commanders don't
- 50:11really have anything on any sort of side
- 50:13of the ball really.
- 50:15>> Okay. And for some reason, it's not
- 50:17letting me change that. So, Oh, yeah, it
- 50:18is. There we go. Um, last up we've got
- 50:21the Patriots versus the Giants. Um,
- 50:26I'm going to let you go first on this
- 50:27one.
- 50:29Is that because you know that I've gone
- 50:30for the upset or
- 50:32>> No, because we both agree.
- 50:34>> Yeah. Yeah. I'm going Giants. I think
- 50:36especially for Jameus Winston, man. I
- 50:38love watching him. He He just makes
- 50:40football so exciting. So much more
- 50:41exciting when he's playing than when
- 50:43he's not playing. Um the Patriots again,
- 50:47they're looking good, but there
- 50:48something's going to happen and the
- 50:50Giants aren't looking awful. So, I'm
- 50:52just going to go for Giants to throw up
- 50:54an upset.
- 50:55>> I I I agree. So, I I've gone for the
- 50:57Giants, too. Miff's not let me pick do
- 50:59do the picks at the moment. So I need to
- 51:01amend that. The reason being is exactly
- 51:03what you said. They've lost some games
- 51:05very
- 51:07they've been very lucky to lose some of
- 51:09the games. Um
- 51:10>> and you know playing with Alfia not to
- 51:12lose. Um like someone's happy.
- 51:16>> Happy now.
- 51:17>> Yeah. I knew you'd be happy mate. I knew
- 51:19you'd be happy. I'm still I'm still not
- 51:20wearing that jersey though, mate. I'm
- 51:21still not wearing that jersey. Um, but
- 51:24yeah, I just I can see it happening and
- 51:27when it happens, they'll drop down that
- 51:29power rankings. Broncos go up the power
- 51:31rankings.
- 51:34>> So, that's week what? We're on week 12.
- 51:37This is week 13.
- 51:38>> Week 13 going into Yeah.
- 51:40>> Yeah. We're going into week 13. Yes.
- 51:42This is episode 13. Yeah. I keep
- 51:43forgetting that. Um, thank you very
- 51:45much, folks. I'm now going to go watch
- 51:47Stranger Things. Thank you for not
- 51:48spoiling it, everyone. Um, you got any
- 51:51plans for the week, mate?
- 51:52>> Uh, well, I'm going to watch the rest of
- 51:54the Lions Packers and then obviously
- 51:56Chiefs are 9:35 kickoff. So, that's my
- 51:59uh that's my next part of the evening.
- 52:01Um,
- 52:02>> I'm going to FaceTime you deadly when
- 52:03you're getting spanked.
- 52:07>> 2421 Packers, by the way.
- 52:10>> Oh, it's getting close. And
- 52:12>> see, we we we just knew the lines were
- 52:14going to come back. We were right. Don't
- 52:15worry about it.
- 52:16>> Oh, there still played. Hang on.
- 52:20Oh, we got a comment here. Uh, I don't
- 52:22follow the sport, but you guys are so
- 52:23funny, bouncing off each other. That
- 52:25comic could be read a bit of a funny
- 52:27way. I've never met the guy. It's not
- 52:29happening yet. Um,
- 52:31>> I don't know which one of us has paid
- 52:32her for that one.
- 52:33>> Me. Um, no. No. I'm um
- 52:38I've got permission from to to do field
- 52:41goals.
- 52:42>> Oh.
- 52:42>> So, I bought myself some new boots. I
- 52:45bought myself tea, kicking off tea, you
- 52:47know, the ones practice field goals.
- 52:48another one to practice kickoffs. So, a
- 52:50few days a week I'm going doing that.
- 52:52Um, starting December the 1st, I'm doing
- 52:55100k um around the area that I live in.
- 52:58Um, but I'm dressed up as the Grinch.
- 53:01>> What is that? A 100k run or just
- 53:03throughout.
- 53:04>> We'll run power walk,
- 53:06but I'm dressed up as the Grinch. And I
- 53:08mean, full outfit mask. It is absolutely
- 53:11terrifying. So, maybe Sport Tank will
- 53:14share it for me. It's for a dear friend
- 53:16and work colleague of mine. and her
- 53:18partner has motor neural disease. Um,
- 53:20and it's it's it's such a sad thing and
- 53:22she's such a lovely girl. So, I'm going
- 53:24to try and raise as much money for her
- 53:26as possible. Um, so I'm going to be
- 53:27doing 100k over Christmas. Um, hey, I
- 53:30might even get booked as the Grinch and,
- 53:32you know, go scare people. You know, it
- 53:33is what it is. But no, I'm going to be
- 53:35doing that. I'm going to start
- 53:36practicing my field goals and stuff. Um,
- 53:38I want to try and, you know, lose a bit
- 53:40more weight and get, you know, run 100
- 53:43meters at a very good pace. U, but I've
- 53:45been given permission to do it. So, one
- 53:47is going for it. Um, but folks,
- 53:50>> thank you very much. I've been Matteo
- 53:54and
- 53:54>> I've been Steing. We're now going to
- 53:56watch Stranger Things as well as the
- 53:58game. Have a great Thanksgiving. Make
- 54:00sure you lock in your fancy football
- 54:02teams.