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Hour 2 - Just Ram It · The Ben Maller Show

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  Speaker 1: And how do you do? It's hour number two. Hour
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  Speaker 1: two of the Ben Maller Show. And here in hour
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  Speaker 1: number two with the Fifth Hour Podcast up later today
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  Speaker 1: and all weekend. Here in hour two, is Devontae Adams
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  Speaker 1: right that anyone, anyone panicking over that pathetic Ram performance
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  Speaker 1: after the first game is a fool? It's the word
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  Speaker 1: Devontae Adams used. Also, what the hell was Bears defensive
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  Speaker 1: back Jalen Johnson thinking by saying that he doesn't really
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  Speaker 1: enjoy playing the NFL's top receivers? Who goofed? I've got
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  Speaker 1: to know. Also, how are things looking for wide receiver
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  Speaker 1: Nico Collins and his health in Houston? We'll go there
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  Speaker 1: as well. Well, it turns out you can just ram it.
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  Speaker 1: You can ram it. You can ram it. You can
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  Speaker 1: ram it. Welcome in the beginning of another hour of
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  Speaker 1: hour ahead, we've got the Maller monologue here. And then
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  Speaker 1: later this hour, no calls. It's Benny versus the Penny.
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  Speaker 1: We've got the eight featured games that we have time
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  Speaker 1: for on the radio show. We'll give out all the
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  Speaker 1: picks on social media, on Instagram and Facebook. for the
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  Speaker 1: games that are coming up in week two. But the
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  Speaker 1: eight highlighted games, that'll be coming up for you a
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  Speaker 1: little bit later this hour. We're excited about that. Had
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  Speaker 1: a winning week barely last week. Got off to a
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  Speaker 1: good start. We had Buffalo as they were favorite at home.
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  Speaker 1: Don't usually like favorites, so that was such a great
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  Speaker 1: spot bet that you had to do it. You had
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  Speaker 1: to do it, and we did it, and it worked
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  Speaker 1: out well. The Bills jumped out to a 21-point lead.
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  Speaker 1: And we're never in any danger, despite what Al Michaels
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  Speaker 1: was trying to tell you on the Amazon broadcast. They
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  Speaker 1: were never in any danger. So the Bills get the
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  Speaker 1: victory to begin the NFL week two schedule. And we
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  Speaker 1: move on now from that. And we head now to
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  Speaker 1: La La Land. La La Land lead story this hour
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  Speaker 1: from a team reeling. It's all over. You've told me
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  Speaker 1: it's all over. Well, Devontae Adams is having none of it.
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  Speaker 1: The Rams wide receiver who barely did anything in Australia.
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  Speaker 1: He must have been allergic to kangaroos and Vegemite. So
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  Speaker 1: Devontae Adams is pushing back on the panic button being
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  Speaker 1: pressed after the Rams rode the vomit comet against the
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  Speaker 1: 49ers in Australia. So if you didn't hear about this,
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  Speaker 1: perhaps not. Devontae Adams warning. Issuing a warning, Devontae Adams,
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  Speaker 1: against drawing sweeping conclusions from one bad game. Dismissing those
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  Speaker 1: who are making immediate judgments. Devontae Adams using the F-word.
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  Speaker 1: Not that F-word. He used the other F-word. He called
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  Speaker 1: them fools. Fools. Those that question the Rams. Adams himself...
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  Speaker 1: Was barely there. He caught three more passes than you
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  Speaker 1: and I combined for just 26 yards on six targets.
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  Speaker 1: All three receptions coming after halftime. And his message is
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  Speaker 1: rather simple. Pump the brakes. Pump the brakes now. Pump
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  Speaker 1: the brakes on the Rams' funeral procession. So that is
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  Speaker 1: a good jumping off point. Let us discuss the question,
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  Speaker 1: is Devontae Adams right that anyone... Anyone panicking over the
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  Speaker 1: Rams after one game is a, quote, fool, close quote.
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  Speaker 1: So my observations, I've got human resources, the Waze app,
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  Speaker 1: and termites. Termites. And we'll combine all those together, and
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  Speaker 1: we will celebrate the fuddy-duddies is what we're going to do.
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  Speaker 1: All right, so number one.
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  Speaker 2: Number one.
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  Speaker 1: Let me try that again. Number one. Number one. It's
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  Speaker 1: a little better. So to answer Devontae Adams, I am
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  Speaker 1: giving this the old stink eye. Welcome, Devontae. You've been
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  Speaker 1: around a while, but welcome to modern professional sports. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: perform poorly. with a lot of hyperbole around your team,
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  Speaker 1: and then if you don't perform well, you lecture the
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  Speaker 1: customers for noticing that you didn't live up to the advertising?
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  Speaker 1: Come on. Now, the Rams look like they flew coach
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  Speaker 1: to Australia in the overhead compartment. They were running on fumes,
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  Speaker 1: and they showed up at the last minute, and they
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  Speaker 1: played like they were bedraggled. And San Francisco took full advantage.
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  Speaker 1: They cruised. Through the easy pass lane, they were in
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  Speaker 1: good shape. So the question is, was that temporary jet
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  Speaker 1: lag the hangover from a bonehead decision by Sean McVay
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  Speaker 1: and the smartest people in the room? The Rams, like
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  Speaker 1: all these teams, love to brag about how they have
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  Speaker 1: cracked the code and they hire all the top experts
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  Speaker 1: with all the big degrees. Sometimes you just have to
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  Speaker 1: use common sense, and they don't like to brag about that.
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  Speaker 1: We hired somebody that doesn't have all the degrees but
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  Speaker 1: knows what he's doing. Okay, can't brag about that person.
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  Speaker 1: That's no fun. And you wonder, did the 49ers expose
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  Speaker 1: some legitimate weaknesses? And we saw that Myles Garrett already quit.
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  Speaker 1: He's gone in to have a procedure done. So he's
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  Speaker 1: giving up for the next month. Now, look, nobody's bearing
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  Speaker 1: the Rams. Nobody that knows ball is bearing the Rams. However,
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  Speaker 1: after that performance.
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  Speaker 1: It is absolutely fair game. We are allowed to check
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  Speaker 1: to see if there's a pulse because it did not
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  Speaker 1: look like there was a pulse. And so welcome to
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  Speaker 1: what happens in football life. It's called human resources. They
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  Speaker 1: hand out 17 employee performance evaluations during the season. The
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  Speaker 1: Rams have had one. One, employee performance evaluation from human resources.
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  Speaker 1: And that one, they did terribly on. Now, we certainly
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  Speaker 1: believe the Rams will be okay. I think it'll be
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  Speaker 1: a struggle against the Giants. We'll get to that game
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  Speaker 1: later on, on Benny versus the Penny. I think it'll
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  Speaker 1: be a struggle for them against the Giants on Monday night.
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  Speaker 1: But you don't get to stink up the joint and
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  Speaker 1: have wet farts all over the field and then complain
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  Speaker 1: because somebody noticed the smell. All right. Rams went out.
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  Speaker 1: I know they didn't plan on doing this, but they
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  Speaker 1: went out there and they serve Purina, the dog food.
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  Speaker 1: They did. They serve dog food. Now, they did put
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  Speaker 1: it on a silver platter. They put it on a
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  Speaker 1: silver platter, which is very kind. So they did that.
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  Speaker 1: And then they insult. Devante Adams insults the customers for
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  Speaker 1: noticing that it was dog food on the silver platter.
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  Speaker 1: What is that?
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Meanwhile, we go down to Chicago. where Yafimi in Chicago
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  Speaker 1: is all giddy, all excited there. The Bears, greatest offense
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  Speaker 1: we've seen ever. Well, the story in Chicago, Bears and
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  Speaker 1: Vikings this weekend, and defensive back Jalen Johnson causing a
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  Speaker 1: bite-sized hullabaloo as the Bears get ready to take on Minnesota.
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  Speaker 1: He had an oddly phrased answer about matching up with
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  Speaker 1: Minnesota star wide receiver Justin Jefferson. So if you see this, no,
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  Speaker 1: you didn't. Okay, good. You didn't see it. Okay. So
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  Speaker 1: Johnson was asked whether he enjoys playing the Vikings and
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  Speaker 1: matching up with, with the, the great Justin Jefferson. He said, quote,
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  Speaker 1: this is a quote from Jalen Johnson of the bears.
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  Speaker 1: He said, I don't enjoy going against the best guys
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  Speaker 1: in the league. What?
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  Speaker 3: Whoa.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. The comment immediately says, picked up some steam here,
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  Speaker 1: generated a lot of criticism for obvious reasons. It sounded
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  Speaker 1: like Johnson was admitting he would rather play tomato cans
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  Speaker 1: than the top players. So the question, what the hell
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  Speaker 1: was Bears defensive back Jalen Johnson thinking by saying he
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  Speaker 1: doesn't really enjoy playing the NFL's top receivers? So after
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  Speaker 1: a minutes-long deliberation of the available information, we have determined
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  Speaker 1: And we're never wrong. about this, the smart money says
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Johnson got the talk from his coach, Ben Johnson.
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  Speaker 1: Stop feeding the other team, dummy. Stop feeding the Vikings.
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  Speaker 1: Every married guy recognizes that vibe. Every married guy. We're
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  Speaker 1: going in. You're going to behave. And you will not
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  Speaker 1: embarrass me. You will not embarrass me. And that's the talk.
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  Speaker 1: And so you got to do it. You shut up.
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  Speaker 1: Keep your head down. Take a punch to the stomach.
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  Speaker 1: And so Ben Johnson, the coach in Chicago, it would
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  Speaker 1: appear that he wanted some diplomacy. And what he got
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  Speaker 1: was a public relations fender bender from Jalen Williams. No
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  Speaker 1: good deed goes unpunished. So Jalen tried to sanitize the
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  Speaker 1: bulletin board material and accidentally became the bulletin board material himself,
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  Speaker 1: feeding the entire industrial complex of sports talk, the entire
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  Speaker 1: industry instead. So somewhere between I want the best and
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  Speaker 1: I don't enjoy the best, management clearly installed a muzzle.
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  Speaker 1: And that's just the way it is. But you can't
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  Speaker 1: advertise yourself as a premier shutdown defensive back and then
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  Speaker 1: grab the Waze app and suddenly hit avoid tolls, that
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  Speaker 1: particular setting for Justin Jefferson. Because a couple years ago,
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  Speaker 1: he was the opposite. He was 180 degrees the other direction,
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Johnson. Remember, we talked about it on the show,
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  Speaker 1: and I think it was against Devontae Adams and the Packers,
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  Speaker 1: and Jalen Johnson was talking the talk and all that,
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  Speaker 1: and It's fine. So clearly somebody, again, pulled him aside
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  Speaker 1: and said, listen, we don't want you doing that. So
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  Speaker 1: he didn't do it. And that's it. And it just
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  Speaker 1: sounds so bizarre. He went from hunting the biggest game
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  Speaker 1: out there in the forest. to asking if there's a
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  Speaker 1: petting zoo available. Can I go to the petting zoo? Well,
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  Speaker 1: you can't go to the petting zoo. Why do I
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  Speaker 1: want to go to the petting zoo? Well, no, no,
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  Speaker 1: you said you were big game hunting out in the Serengeti.
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  Speaker 1: I know I'd like to do that before I go
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  Speaker 1: to the Serengeti and go big game hunting, but now
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  Speaker 1: I want to go to the petting zoo. You can't
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  Speaker 1: do that. So it's safe to say the muzzle backfired,
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  Speaker 1: at least in terms of the conversation around the bears
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  Speaker 1: and the Vikings. All right, final point. Final point. To
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  Speaker 1: Houston we go. And, yes, Houston, we have a problem
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  Speaker 1: yet again. Yet again, yet again, yet again. Texans wide
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  Speaker 1: receiver Nico Collins has been diagnosed with a grade 1.
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  Speaker 1: Number 1. Number 1. He was injured in practice this week.
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  Speaker 1: And according to, I just looked with our insider Scooby-Doo, whoa,
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  Speaker 1: Collins did not practice this Did not practice on Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: And as we are doing this in real time, his
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  Speaker 1: availability is in doubt for the Texans game this weekend
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  Speaker 1: against the Bengals. So the question is this. Here's the question.
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  Speaker 1: How are things looking for Nico Collins' health at this
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  Speaker 1: moment in Houston? So we've actually seen this movie before.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if you watched it. I've watched it
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  Speaker 1: pretty much seemingly every year here. The Texans are trying
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  Speaker 1: to put on a happy face. Woo-hoo! Put on a
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  Speaker 1: happy face. They're doing a little happy dance there. However,
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  Speaker 1: seeing is believing. Now, a grade one hamstring injury. I
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  Speaker 1: went to the Internet because everyone does that. And usually
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  Speaker 1: everything on the Internet says you're going to die. You're
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  Speaker 1: not going to die from a grade one pulled hammy.
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  Speaker 1: The hammy went whammy, but it didn't go full whammy.
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  Speaker 1: So if you look at the medical jargon, Grade one,
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  Speaker 1: they say, well, that's not that bad. Just don't make
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  Speaker 1: any dinner plans. Do not make any dinner plans. So
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  Speaker 1: hamstring injuries are they're unpredictable. You can ice it. You
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  Speaker 1: can massage it. You can wrap it. However, eventually, this
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  Speaker 1: is always the Debbie Downer. You're going to have to
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  Speaker 1: go out and run full speed. Man, that's a kick
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  Speaker 1: to the kick to the you know what? And that's
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  Speaker 1: the issue. And so Nico Collins, his entire business model,
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  Speaker 1: and I'll have to check with my Texans insider, Mr. Irrigation,
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  Speaker 1: but I believe the entire business model is acceleration. And
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  Speaker 1: so you make this guy who's dependent on his speed here,
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  Speaker 1: and you make him have to double and triple check everything.
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  Speaker 1: It's a lousy time for the old accelerator cable to
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  Speaker 1: fray a little bit. And besides hamstrings... are the NFL's
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  Speaker 1: version of termites. Now, what does that mean? Yeah, the
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  Speaker 1: hamstring injury, the slight injury, in this case a hamstring,
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  Speaker 1: it's like termites because just when you think you've handled
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  Speaker 1: the problem, you've killed the termites, you hear that scratching
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  Speaker 1: from inside the walls. Yikes! And at the end of
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  Speaker 1: all of this, Nico Collins, if he's running at 80%,
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of like paying for HBO streaming and you
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  Speaker 1: end up with PBS. What are you doing? It's a
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  Speaker 1: much different product. It's a much, much different product. And
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  Speaker 1: these type of things generally linger. So good luck. Good
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  Speaker 1: luck on that. It's going to be week to week.
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  Speaker 1: Is he going to play? Is he not going to play?
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  Speaker 1: And the whole thing. The man made of glass. And
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  Speaker 1: when you're made of glass, you're often as dependable as ass.
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  Speaker 1: That's the way it is. It's the Ben Maller Show.
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  Speaker 1: not doing that because we have Benny versus the Penny. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: it's back where it all started, back in its old
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  Speaker 1: home here on the radio. And so for the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the hour, we've handpicked the most important matchups, the
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  Speaker 1: eight most important matchups in the NFL card on Sunday
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  Speaker 1: and Monday, and we will pick these games against the
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  Speaker 1: spread of and tell you who should win against the
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  Speaker 1: That's right. And Koopaloop at a Bronco fan. That's a
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  Speaker 1: Welcome in, militia.
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  Speaker 3: Speaking of winners, can you handle more malar mayhem?
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  Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, it's time now for Benny vs. the Penny.
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  Speaker 1: And we have handpicked the eight games that are the
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  Speaker 1: most important games, the featured games on week two of
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  Speaker 1: Benny versus the Penny. Now, before we look ahead, we
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  Speaker 1: must look back to get this party started properly. We
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  Speaker 1: had our first full week of the NFL, mano a
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  Speaker 1: mano each week. It's a battle in a steel cage
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  Speaker 1: death match, man versus metal, or in this case, a
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  Speaker 1: piece of copper. Benny versus the Penny. Who won? Did
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  Speaker 1: old Abe Lincoln beat me, or did I beat the Penny?
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  Speaker 1: Let's go to the keeper of the Penny, the Koopa Loop,
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  Speaker 1: for the tale of the tape from last week. Koopa Loop,
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  Speaker 1: who was the big winner in week number one?
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  Speaker 4: Well, it's a good start for you, Ben, at least
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  Speaker 4: in terms of versus the Penny. It looks like you
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  Speaker 4: were 8-7-1, while the Penny was a lowly 5-10-1.
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  Speaker 1: The penny, five games under 500 for the penny. Bad job.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 4: And I just want to point out real quick. Can
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  Speaker 4: you believe that we haven't done this on the Fox
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  Speaker 4: Sports Radio Airwaves since 2018? is that right yeah i
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  Speaker 4: yeah because it moved over to fifth hour and then yes.
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  Speaker 1: Yes tv for a little bit yeah yeah uh boy
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  Speaker 1: i kind of wish we weren't doing it go up
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  Speaker 1: i don't know That's fair. The kind people over there
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  Speaker 1: at NBC had picked it up again. But anyway, no,
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  Speaker 1: it's good to be back on the radio. And so
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  Speaker 1: let's get back to it. And the first game up
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  Speaker 1: here for us, the Minnesota Vikings. Off to the 1-0 start,
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: that crazy comeback against the Packers last week. And they
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: head now to Soldier Field in Chicago before those Bears
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: move over to Indiana in a number of years. Bears
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  Speaker 1: off to a 1-0 start. The high-powered Bears almost scored
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: 60 points last week against Carolina. Chicago a 4.5-point favorite.
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: The game is on Fox, so you better watch. Joe
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: Davis and Greg Olson have the call. on the Fox
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: Box that rocks. Weather will be a slight fact in
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: this game. Going to be in the 60s in Chicago
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: at kickoff and a 30% chance of rain for this
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: matchup and wind at about 12 miles an hour, so
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: they say, at the start of the game. So I
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: mentioned the Bears a four and a half point favorite
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: here after that 59 point domination situation. And everyone thinks
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: the Bears are going to score every time they touch
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: the ball. That's it. It's the Bears are the magic.
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: They got everything figured out. However, I'm going to go
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: against the public on this. I'm going to take the
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings, and I'll take the 4.5 points in this game.
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: And let me tell you why I like the Minnesota
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: Vikings here. I think that was an aberration. Obviously, you're
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: not going to score 59 points every game. It's kind
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: of obvious that that is the case. Chicago ran for
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: 291 yards against Carolina. that's not going to happen again
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: in this game they had two running backs top 100
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: yards in that game and so Minnesota boxes that up
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: and actually make Caleb Williams make plays Brian Flores loves
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: to you know he loves to blitz blitz Green Bay
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: I think it was almost 80 percent of the drop
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: backs in week one and if you can do that
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: get some pressure on Caleb Williams force him to obviously
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: make some mistakes and all that, and avoid the disaster. Now,
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: we don't know who's going to be quarterback for the Vikings.
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: Kyler Murray was limited Thursday. Not that it really matters
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: between Kyler Murray and Carson Wentz. Neither one of them
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: is very good. Minnesota, defensively, that's where I'm leaning towards. Chicago,
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: the Bears' defense was, my God. They were atrocious. Nobody
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: talks about that because they won. So as long as
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: you don't give freebies away, meaning turn the ball over there,
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: have Justin Jefferson make a couple of plays there, slow
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: the Bears rushing attack, easier said than done. But I'm
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: going to take the Vikings plus the four and a
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: half points. The penny picks.
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: The penny disagrees with the band going with the Bears.
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: That's a bad job by the penny. Next up, the
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers. The Yinzers, 1-0 at the New England Patriots.
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: The home opener for the... Patriots played like the Patsies,
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: blowing that lead late in Seattle, embarrassing to the backup quarterback.
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: Patriots off to the 0-1 start. New England, currently, if
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: you look at the gambling number there, on DraftKings, all
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: the lines courtesy of DraftKings, and the Patriots' 5.5-point favorite,
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: this game on CBS, with Jim Nance and J.J. Watt.
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: You think Tony Romo's going to watch this game? Probably not.
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: He'll probably be out golfing, right? Probably be out golfing. Well,
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: the weather's going to be a factor in this game
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: as well. Temperatures in the low 60s in the Commonwealth
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: at kickoff. They're saying a 40% chance of rain, although
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: I've seen some of the weather models that say it's
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: just going to pour. It's going to be like Noah's
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: Ark there. Who knows whether that is the case or not.
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: Mentioned the Patriots, a five-and-a-half point favorite. And in this
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: particular game, I am going to take the team from Pennsylvania.
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: Give me the Pittsburgh Steelers here. Just Drake May turnover
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: vending machine last week. The Steelers. Pretty good defensive team.
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: You'd think with TJ Watt and Alex Highsmith, who each
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: had two sacks in week number one, that they should
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: be able to cause some problems for Drake May. If
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: May is comfortable, the Patriots will win this game by
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: 10 points or more. I don't think he will be comfortable.
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: And the Steelers just have to make Drake May do
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: what he doesn't want to do, which is those dink
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: and donk long drives. He tries to go for the
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: The hero plays and just manage the game defensively, shorten
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: the game, which is obviously the formula there. And as
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: long as TJ Watt and some of those other guys
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: can make plays there and force May to at least
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: one takeaway. And Aaron Rodgers, who's the washed-up carcass at
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: this point, just Rodgers has to play that boring brand
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: of football, your standard Rodgers game where he throws for
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: like 230 yards or something like that and one touchdown
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: and he doesn't turn the ball over and they protect
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: the football and manage third downs and all that. They'll
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: be fine. So make this like visiting the dentist. is
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: what they need to do there, the Pittsburgh Steelers. But
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: I like getting that point total, five and a half.
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: This should be a field goal game. I'm going to
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: take the Pittsburgh Steelers here and the Penny Picks. Who
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: does the Penny?
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: Penny Picks the Patriots.
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: All right, Penny picking the Patriots. And by the way,
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: the wait is over. I am taking the Steelers in
• 25:41
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• 25:57
  Speaker 1: It's Benny versus the Penny. Next up, the Bengals and
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. That's the matchup here. And on DraftKings,
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: the Texans are a two-and-a-half point favorite. Again, all the
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: lines courtesy of DraftKings. And so the Texans a two-and-a-half
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: point favorite. This game on CBS with Kevin Harlan and
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: Trent Green. They have the call there. Friend of the show,
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: by the way. Friend of the show, Kevin Harlan, who
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: I've been a fan of for years. I met him
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: at the Super Bowl a couple years ago, and I
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: was introduced by the great Tony Bruno. And Kevin said
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: he listens to this show. He travels back. He lives
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: in the Kansas City area, and he travels back on
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: those red-eye flights after the games. And he knew some
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: of the dopes that call this show. I was blown
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: away by it. It was good for my ego. So
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of Kevin Harlan. He's got the
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: call there on CBS. This game, what's the weather going
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: to be like here? It doesn't matter. It's in a dome,
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: which is good. 91 degrees in Houston on Sunday and
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: a slight chance of some thunderstorms. I'm sure the humidity
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: will be perfect. Chamber of Commerce kind of day. I'm
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: going to take the Texans here. In this game, I'm
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: going to take the Texans at home, minus the 2.5. Now,
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: why on God's green earth would I take the Texans?
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: I certainly don't love C.J. Stroud. The reason here to
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: like the Texans, Joe Burrow, I don't know if you've noticed,
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: Burrow limited practice Wednesday and Thursday. He's got a bad back. What, whoa!
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: And that Houston defense, which didn't look nearly as good
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: as they were supposed to be, you figure they're going
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: to bounce back, play much better here with Will Anderson
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: and whatnot. They should be able to cause a lot
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: of problems for Joe Burrow and that Bengals offense. And Houston,
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: I'm not leaning into C.J. Stroud. I do like the
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: running game with David Montgomery and Woody Marks to give
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: the Texans a chance to win with physicality here. Little
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: bully ball in this matchup, and Montgomery.
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: The meat and potatoes kind of guy there just ground
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: and pound and wear down the Cincinnati Bengals defensively. I
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: don't love the fact that Nico Collins is out. That
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: does not make me warm and fuzzy. I still believe
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: this will be a close game and the Bengals at
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: home or the Texans rather at home. All they have
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: to do is win by a field goal. The line's
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: only two and a half. So I'm going to take
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: the Texans. To get into the win column, and I'll
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: lay the two and a half. And the penny picks.
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: Who does the penny like? Let's find out right now.
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: Here we go.
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: All home teams all the time for the penny. We
• 28:31
  Speaker 2: got the Texans.
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: All right. So, again, that is the deal. And what
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: is next on Benny versus the penny? Man versus coin.
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: Used to be called Ben versus the coin back in
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: the day. Next up.
• 28:47
  Speaker 4: Really?
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: I didn't know that.
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: Yeah, early on. The Raiders. Raiders. Raiders are 1-0, and
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: they take on the Chargers at 0-1. 0-1. And the
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: line on DraftKings, the line on this game is Chargers
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: minus 6.5. It is on Simeon with Andrew Catalan and
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: someone named Logan Ryan. I have no idea who that is.
• 29:16
  Speaker 1: They will have the call. On this particular game, and
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: generally speaking, Andrew Catalan, if he's doing the game, probably
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: not a big game. Probably not a big game. We
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: used to play, my guy Dick Stockton back in the day,
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: we used to say, well, every game Dick Stockton's doing,
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: it's not a big game. At the end, he called
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: many big games. And Dick Stockton's the guy that gave
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: us the line, which I still use, and I will
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: use the rest of my time in broadcasting, that stats
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: tell you what has happened, not what's going to happen.
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: That was gifted to me by the great Dick Stockton.
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: So the Raiders and the Chargers, this game, it's not
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: a dome. SoFi Stadium has a roof, but they say
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: it's not a dome. It's not a dome because it's
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: open on both ends. And this will be a Raider
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: home game in L.A., although Eddie and Karen Garcia will
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: be pulling for the Chargers for what that's worth. 80
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: degrees at kickoff, and there'll still be some overcast skies
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: in L.A. that, I don't know why they'd still have that,
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: but they say kind of a foggy morning, and then
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: it'll burn away. It's not June gloom, it's September. nonetheless
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: so who do we like mentioned the chargers a six
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: and a half point favorite in this game a six
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: and a half point favorite in this game and i
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: am going to take the road team i'm going to
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: take the race now there's a rule that we have
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: if you've listened to benny versus the penny over the
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: years the rule is anytime you get a touchdown or
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: more in a divisional game you either take the points
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: or you don't bet the game that's always been the
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: gold standard rule Now, this is obviously not that. It's 6.5.
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: It's close to 7, but it's 6.5. So I'm still
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: going to take the Raiders here, and here's why. Not
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: that I think the Raiders are great. I was so
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: blown away by how terrible the Chargers looked against a
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: really bad Cardinal team. They're going to fix some stuff here,
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: which is great and wonderful and good for them, but
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: are they going to fix everything here? Unlikely, unlikely that
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: they're going to be able to fix everything that quickly.
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: And here's the formula for our Raiders to get her done.
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: It's going to be Ashton Jenty and that Raider offense,
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: which is not the Raider offense is not. Let's be honest.
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: You're not not great. But the offense should be able
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: to run the ball a little bit with Ashton Genting.
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: And the Cardinals had some success. There were some big
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: plays at times the Cardinals had last week. Genting had
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: nearly 150 scrimmage yards in the opener. Granted, it was
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: against the Dolphins. The Chargers, though, allowed Arizona 393 yards.
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: You realize if they had played a good team, the
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: Chargers would have allowed 1,000 yards of total offense? Yeah, exactly.
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: So Vegas, you know, you play those long, methodical, sustained drives,
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: third down and short and all that. And you have
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: to make Jim Harbaugh's team prove that last week was
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: an aberration against the Cardinals. And it wasn't just the
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: charge of defense that was bad. The Chargers offense with
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: Justin Herbert only had 268 yards, 14 points. They only
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: ran for 81 yards against Arizona. That means they'll get
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: shut out and have no yards against a good team.
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: My God, how embarrassing. And now you add on to
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: that Ladd McConkie, the safety guy, the security blanket for
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: Justin Herbert, and he has not practiced, didn't practice Wednesday
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: or Thursday at And his availability is in doubt. So
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: good luck on that. Now, do I love Kirk Cousins? No,
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: I know he's washed up. And I'm worried about him
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: giving the game away. We've certainly seen that. But it's
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: not prime time. So that's a good thing. I'm going
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: way too long on this game. It's a crap game.
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: I'm going to take the Raiders. I will take the
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: six and a half points. And the penny picks.
• 33:03
  Speaker 2: The penny agrees again. Going to the Raiders.
• 33:06
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• 33:09
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• 33:12
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• 33:20
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• 33:30
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• 33:32
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• 33:38
  Speaker 1: and who else? David or Deandre Swift, Deandre Swift. So
• 33:42
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• 33:44
  Speaker 1: Kyle Menungai and Deandre Swift, both went over a hundred
• 33:49
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• 34:12
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• 36:18
  Speaker 1: running backs Kyle Menungai. He had 100 yards. And DeAndre Swift,
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• 36:31
  Speaker 1: each with at least 100 rushing yards in the team's
• 36:34
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• 36:39
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• 36:43
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• 36:48
  Speaker 1: Very funny, Mr. Irrigation. Who else do we have? Page down. Alfie,
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: former Pats third-round pick, Logan Ryan. Defensive back Rutgers and
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: Andrew Catalan. Okay, I still don't know who it is.
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: Jim Kick and Mercury Morris from Eke in Roseville, Minnesota.
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  Speaker 1: and Ric Flair, my faves. from the legend Joe the
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  Speaker 1: Ghost Hunter, Lenny and Squiggy from JT the Wingman, Bo Jackson,
• 37:26
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• 37:30
  Speaker 1: and Tiki Barber. No. John Capoletti and Lawrence McCutcheon of
• 37:36
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• 37:41
  Speaker 1: Three games left and no time to waste. Next up,
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: Koopa Loops Broncos at 0-1, playing host to Jacksonville. The
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: Jags come in 1-0 as they went monster mashing there.
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: Jacksonville in week one. Well, they played the Browns. And
• 37:58
  Speaker 1: this game on CBS with Ian Eagle and Ross Tucker.
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: They have the call. The Broncos on the line provided
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: by DraftKings. Broncos are a minus 2.5 point favorite in
• 38:10
  Speaker 1: this game. Weather in Denver at kickoff. The forecast calls
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: for 70 degrees and a 27% chance of showers today.
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: in this particular game, and the pick is in, and
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: I'm going to take the Jaguars in this game. The Jaguars'
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: defense is pretty good. They're not great, but they're pretty good,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm so shocked by how bad Bo Nix looked
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  Speaker 1: in that game last week. I can't imagine he's going
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: to fix everything this week. It's hard to get a
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: read on Trevor Lawrence. He looked really good, had four
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: touchdowns in week one, but it was against the Browns.
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: It was against the Browns. But did you see the Broncos' defense?
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: My God! What happened? Right? What happened? And the Broncos
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: have some guys out with injury, mostly on the offensive
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: side of the ball. And so as long as Jacksonville
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: doesn't turn the ball over too much, which is always
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: the case in all these games, I don't know why
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: I even bother saying it, Trevor Lawrence should be able
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: to put some points on the board. I think this
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: will be a pretty close game. I don't I don't
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: think the Broncos are going to win. I think Jacksonville
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: wins this game. So I'm going to take the Jaguars.
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: I will take the two and a half points. Thank
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: you very much here. And the Jags taking advantage of
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: some early season blues for Bo Nix and the Broncos.
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: And the Penny Picks.
• 39:33
  Speaker 2: Penny agrees with you.
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: Sorry, Coop.
• 39:36
  Speaker 4: Sorry. Yeah, man.
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: Okay. Next up, the Colts 0-1 at the Chiefs 1-0
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday Night Football. NBC, Mike Tirico, and Chris Collinsworth.
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  Speaker 1: And the Chiefs a six and a half point favorite.
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: 75 degrees kickoff. Rain likely at Arrowhead. I'm going to
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: take the Colts here. Taylor in the backfield playing keep away.
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: There's too many points. Daniel Jones, not great. But I'm
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: going to take Indianapolis to keep this game closer than
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: it probably should be. What about the penny, Koopaloop?
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: The penny is a big Patrick Mahomes fan going with
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: the Chiefs.
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: All right, disagree on that. Giants and Rams. It's on ABC.
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: Joe Buck, Troy Aikman. Rams a seven-point favorite. I believe
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: the Rams are going to win this game, but I
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: don't trust them. Jackson Dart and the Giants will keep
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: it close. I'm going to take the Giants plus the seven.
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: The penny picks, Coop.
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: The penny agrees again. Picking the Giants.
• 40:34
  Speaker 1: All right. All right. There you go. Benny versus Penny.
• 40:36
  Speaker 1: All the picks will be up on social media for
• 40:39
  Speaker 1: those of the eight featured games. Benny versus the Penny.
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  Speaker 4: Woo!