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- 0:25Speaker 1: Week five episode. We're going to break down the entire
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- 1:27Speaker 1: Holmes Studios and I'm joined as always buy my co host,
- 1:31Speaker 1: my companion Mike Compadre might BFF professional better sim In
- 1:35Speaker 1: Hunter Hello, so I.
- 1:37Speaker 3: Am in Hello, Chad off the top, we would be
- 1:41Speaker 3: messing up. We didn't talk about rested peace to our
- 1:44Speaker 3: legend Pete Rose, everyone knows passed away. This is a
- 1:48Speaker 3: gambling show. I know, we don't want to talk about
- 1:49Speaker 3: a lot of the real world stuff, but me and
- 1:52Speaker 3: Chatta both are namored with Pete Rose. We had a
- 1:55Speaker 3: writer on in the off season with a book written
- 1:57Speaker 3: about him, and yeah, I just wanted to bring it up,
- 2:01Speaker 3: get to say a little love and just you know
- 2:04Speaker 3: it's me and you think we both agree he probably
- 2:06Speaker 3: just because of the legalization of sports betting, should have
- 2:09Speaker 3: got into the Hall of Fame.
- 2:10Speaker 2: So a little bittersweet day.
- 2:13Speaker 3: Now they're here in October and playoff baseball this year
- 2:15Speaker 3: and the Philadelphia legend, Read's legend, Pete Rose has passed on.
- 2:19Speaker 1: Yeah, look, it's it's so interesting, right. We did have
- 2:23Speaker 1: a writer on during the spring talking about talking about
- 2:29Speaker 1: the book, Keith O'Brien who's written a bunch for the Atlantic,
- 2:31Speaker 1: and I thought the book was really good, and I
- 2:33Speaker 1: thought he was a great guest, and he had great
- 2:36Speaker 1: stuff in there. And one of the stories he told
- 2:39Speaker 1: was about how this was so well known what Pete
- 2:43Speaker 1: Rose was doing that they referred to the guys he
- 2:48Speaker 1: was hanging out with in the locker room Sparky Anderson,
- 2:52Speaker 1: the Reds manager at the time. They would joke about
- 2:56Speaker 1: the gamblers that were hanging out with Pete Rose in
- 2:59Speaker 1: the locker room, as if it was nothing right. And
- 3:02Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, and this was great context
- 3:04Speaker 1: for today because Keith came on and his book came
- 3:08Speaker 1: out right when the Otani interpreter scandal happened, and.
- 3:13Speaker 3: And Thenani goes up and puts out the greatest baseball
- 3:16Speaker 3: season we've ever seen.
- 3:17Speaker 2: So thanks didn't.
- 3:19Speaker 1: Right, But in that moment, like the contrast between it
- 3:22Speaker 1: was totally illegal, but everybody who Pete Rose hung out with,
- 3:27Speaker 1: who were his runners, basically the people he gambled with
- 3:29Speaker 1: all hung out in the locker room and everybody knew,
- 3:32Speaker 1: and now it's totally illegal. And the contrast of Otani
- 3:38Speaker 1: being connected to this guy and this being a scandal
- 3:40Speaker 1: that could potentially bring down baseball right now when it
- 3:43Speaker 1: happened was fascinating. Yeah, and Pete Rose was sort of
- 3:48Speaker 1: the first Domino in all of these conversations. Complicated guy, uh,
- 3:55Speaker 1: not just the gambling scandals, but scandals, personal scandals, domesstic scandals.
- 4:04Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 4:05Speaker 1: Then again, one of the greatest baseball players who ever played.
- 4:08Speaker 1: And that's why it's so hard when you're a fan
- 4:11Speaker 1: to separate the people from the performance. It really is.
- 4:16Speaker 2: And now, oh, as always, athletes are not role.
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- 7:34Speaker 1: to the NFL Week five. Okay, ready, Simon hard game
- 7:38Speaker 1: to start the week Tampa Bay at Atlanta. Lanta's a
- 7:42Speaker 1: one and a half point favorite. It's a fascinating game.
- 7:44Speaker 1: I can say five weeks into the season, was anyone
- 7:47Speaker 1: thinking these two teams would be among the class of
- 7:51Speaker 1: the NFC And yet Simon, here we are.
- 7:56Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's a game you were on Sunday night
- 7:58Speaker 3: you said you like tamp I think they're plus two
- 8:00Speaker 3: and a half. So I was a little wary of it.
- 8:03Speaker 3: I was like, of course, everyone likes Tampa. They just
- 8:05Speaker 3: looked amazing. This is kind of where I want to
- 8:07Speaker 3: sell them in a short week after that big win.
- 8:09Speaker 2: But I have no real filth for this game.
- 8:12Speaker 3: I'll probably end up taking Atlanta just because of their
- 8:13Speaker 3: home team on Thursday night, and it's only they're only
- 8:16Speaker 3: a one and a half point favorite. But there's a
- 8:18Speaker 3: lot of trends that point to the Bucks. There's a
- 8:20Speaker 3: lot of things alike about this Bucks team compared to
- 8:21Speaker 3: to Atlanta team. So I totally get where you're coming from.
- 8:24Speaker 3: What a lot of people are thinking here. And you know,
- 8:27Speaker 3: looking at the Action app, a lot of the money
- 8:28Speaker 3: and the tickets have come in on the Bucks. It's
- 8:30Speaker 3: moved down a point, makes sense right, they look like
- 8:33Speaker 3: the better team right now.
- 8:34Speaker 2: So yeah, this is a game We're happy we don't
- 8:37Speaker 2: have to pick or really put in our contest.
- 8:39Speaker 1: Yeah, it's actually interesting, Like I'd honestly want to fade
- 8:42Speaker 1: both of these teams. Mentioned it seriously, like the Bucks
- 8:47Speaker 1: have been a pretty predictable team to bet. I think
- 8:52Speaker 1: up until this week. You know, we nail them as
- 8:56Speaker 1: a fade against the Broncos, classic spot, and then we
- 9:00Speaker 1: got him right against the Eagles. Well, you got him right,
- 9:03Speaker 1: I followed along. Meanwhile, Atlanta, they're just grinding out games,
- 9:10Speaker 1: I know, and so like it's hard to discount the
- 9:16Speaker 1: fact that they are playing to their strengths. They are
- 9:20Speaker 1: playing well defensively. Raheem Morris is a really good coach.
- 9:25Speaker 1: They barely lost that game to the Chiefs. They ground
- 9:29Speaker 1: out another win last week with the last second field goal. Like,
- 9:33Speaker 1: I don't want to play either of these teams, neither
- 9:35Speaker 1: of the trends that you just mentioned. You want to
- 9:39Speaker 1: play the home teams on Thursday nights. You want to
- 9:43Speaker 1: play against the division dogs when they are You want
- 9:48Speaker 1: to play against division dogs, especially short dogs, you know,
- 9:53Speaker 1: like forty five against the spread home division faves. I
- 9:58Speaker 1: don't know, man, Yeah, it's tough, the tough one. I
- 10:01Speaker 1: think it's it's a total like watch and enjoy and
- 10:05Speaker 1: maybe put together a ten dollars you know, SGP from
- 10:09Speaker 1: whatever we've got running on the Action Network. See what
- 10:11Speaker 1: Nick Giffen has to say. But I don't, I don't
- 10:14Speaker 1: really have an opinion on this game. I don't. I
- 10:16Speaker 1: can't force it. The New York Jets, Minnesota, it's the
- 10:21Speaker 1: London game. Minnesota is a two and a half point favorite.
- 10:26Speaker 1: And look, this one got hit really fast. We didn't
- 10:29Speaker 1: even talk about this on Sunday night. The game opened
- 10:34Speaker 1: late Sunday afternoon and the Vikings were like a half
- 10:38Speaker 1: point favorite, and within less than an hour the Vikings
- 10:43Speaker 1: were all of a sudden at two and a half.
- 10:46Speaker 1: And so what is that telling you right now.
- 10:51Speaker 3: That this game is over in Europe? That's really what
- 10:54Speaker 3: this line's telling me you. Historically, if you just are
- 10:58Speaker 3: trending better, you're always better the favorites when it's over
- 11:01Speaker 3: in England. It's just historically that's the team that usually
- 11:04Speaker 3: covers and wins. To me, this is a game I
- 11:06Speaker 3: wanted to be all over the Jets, and I was
- 11:08Speaker 3: pissed when I found out this was in England, because
- 11:10Speaker 3: it's like, Okay, if this was in Minnesota, you know,
- 11:14Speaker 3: this line probably would have been four and a half
- 11:16Speaker 3: five the Valley would have been on the Jets. And
- 11:18Speaker 3: this is a good matchup for Aaron Rodgers. Like this,
- 11:21Speaker 3: this defense that floors is running. It's really good against young,
- 11:25Speaker 3: inexperienced quarterbacks. I really haven't seen a lot of extic,
- 11:29Speaker 3: you know, type of defenses.
- 11:31Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers has seen it at all. He'd be able
- 11:33Speaker 2: to figure it out and pick it apart.
- 11:34Speaker 3: And you know, now I want to join the general
- 11:38Speaker 3: public and just take the Vikings because this is an
- 11:40Speaker 3: international game. I usually just blindly bet the favorites here,
- 11:43Speaker 3: but I'll wait. If this gets the three, I'll throw
- 11:46Speaker 3: a lit on the Jets. But same kind of thing.
- 11:49Speaker 3: It's just a game. I'm not gonna really be betting
- 11:50Speaker 3: heavy because I just hate betting these international games. And
- 11:53Speaker 3: there's any type of rain, there's no way I'm betting
- 11:56Speaker 3: on the Jets. They looked so horrible in that rain
- 11:59Speaker 3: last week. It just that's more reasons to bet this
- 12:02Speaker 3: Vikings team. They just look like the more comfortable and
- 12:04Speaker 3: more complete team.
- 12:05Speaker 2: Right now.
- 12:06Speaker 3: But this is usually the type of game we like
- 12:10Speaker 3: to go the other way on, especially against a team
- 12:12Speaker 3: that's four and oh against the spread and four and
- 12:13Speaker 3: oh against the season.
- 12:15Speaker 2: But I have to wait another week. CHAT don't know
- 12:17Speaker 2: if we're going to mess with this international one now.
- 12:20Speaker 1: Look, the favorites are thirty four and ten straight up
- 12:23Speaker 1: and thirty ten against the spread.
- 12:24Speaker 2: I know, right, that's crazy.
- 12:27Speaker 1: There is a bigger question here, and like you're right
- 12:31Speaker 1: about Brian Flores and what he has been able to
- 12:36Speaker 1: do this Jets team. I feel like when you have
- 12:45Speaker 1: to manage people as a boss, you have to be
- 12:50Speaker 1: so cognizant of what you're saying at all times, and
- 12:56Speaker 1: oftentimes you need to play to the nuance of language,
- 13:02Speaker 1: and I feel like to make sure that everyone is
- 13:06Speaker 1: on the same page, or to make sure that people
- 13:10Speaker 1: aren't getting upset about the way you're saying something or
- 13:12Speaker 1: what you're saying. I feel like Robert sala is at
- 13:17Speaker 1: that stage of the relationship with Aaron Rodgers where every
- 13:21Speaker 1: week they are trying to explain something to show that
- 13:25Speaker 1: their relationship is fine. Two weeks ago it was the Hug,
- 13:28Speaker 1: right this week, there's a story when he's talking about
- 13:33Speaker 1: the cadence, he's talking about the operation. Then he needs
- 13:37Speaker 1: to backtrack and say, our operation is great. We're trying
- 13:39Speaker 1: to push the edge of the envelope with the Cadence.
- 13:41Speaker 1: All because there were five fall starts for the Jets
- 13:44Speaker 1: this past week and they look like an undisciplined, poorly
- 13:48Speaker 1: coached team and Aaron Rodgers is getting frustrated with this.
- 13:53Speaker 1: But do you get what I'm saying, Like, have you
- 13:54Speaker 1: noticed that? Do you see that? To me? That doesn't
- 13:57Speaker 1: builde well for this Jets team right now?
- 14:01Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't mind that stuff at all. Honestly, I
- 14:03Speaker 3: think it's a good open dialogue. But I liked what
- 14:05Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers said back of well, maybe we should just
- 14:08Speaker 3: hold people accountable, which is the damn truth. It's like,
- 14:12Speaker 3: you're out of your mind, sal if you think Aaron
- 14:14Speaker 3: Rodgers should change the type of style he plays, especially
- 14:17Speaker 3: what he does the offensive line. It's a rhythm thing.
- 14:21Speaker 3: They'll they'll get it together. That's just a classic throw
- 14:23Speaker 3: the game out. You know, if their Kickerdy missed that
- 14:25Speaker 3: field goal, they would have won the game. Then who
- 14:27Speaker 3: really cares?
- 14:27Speaker 2: Right, But obviously it's not ideal, But at the same time, it's.
- 14:32Speaker 3: Like, yeah, I don't care, it's it's just that's the
- 14:35Speaker 3: way their team's gonna be, right. I think Aaron Rodgers
- 14:37Speaker 3: the type of guy that he will always speak his mind,
- 14:40Speaker 3: especially to the media.
- 14:42Speaker 2: We've seen that when he goes on his weekly show
- 14:44Speaker 2: every week.
- 14:44Speaker 3: So it's like he's not he doesn't worry, it doesn't matter,
- 14:47Speaker 3: put it out there. So if Sala is gonna open
- 14:49Speaker 3: himself up to that stuff, you know, Sala's gonna gonna
- 14:52Speaker 3: get a lot of pushback.
- 14:54Speaker 1: I mean, poor Sala. He finally gets a quarterback that
- 14:57Speaker 1: can maybe help this team win, and it just happens
- 15:01Speaker 1: to be the most unmanageable quarterback who's going to make
- 15:04Speaker 1: him look come on, he cannot control this team in
- 15:07Speaker 1: any way, shape or form. At any time.
- 15:10Speaker 2: I would say he can control his defense. But this
- 15:13Speaker 2: is Aaron Rodgers' offense.
- 15:14Speaker 3: So that's why I think Aaron was a little pissy
- 15:16Speaker 3: where it's just like, you know, he had a dog
- 15:19Speaker 3: shit game. The offense played like shit, the defense played great,
- 15:23Speaker 3: And I think that's why there's a.
- 15:24Speaker 2: Little bit of head button there.
- 15:25Speaker 1: But yeah, not ideal, like you're saying, all right, well,
- 15:28Speaker 1: we're over too so far. Normally this would be a
- 15:30Speaker 1: spot where we smash.
- 15:31Speaker 2: We can't put this in the contest anyway, No, well.
- 15:34Speaker 1: Why we can't put a Sunday London game in the contest.
- 15:38Speaker 2: I thought last year we couldn't, but I could be wrong.
- 15:40Speaker 2: That's that is correct, all right.
- 15:42Speaker 1: We can't do that.
- 15:43Speaker 2: We can't play get it together.
- 15:45Speaker 1: God, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Sorry. It's been a very
- 15:47Speaker 1: long day so far, Miami at New England. If we
- 15:51Speaker 1: wanted to put this in the contest, we could. I
- 15:53Speaker 1: feel like this is a game, one of those games where,
- 15:56Speaker 1: all right, somebody's got to win the game. We think
- 16:00Speaker 1: the line has flipped since last night, when the Dolphins
- 16:03Speaker 1: looked worse than they possibly could and Mike McDaniels actually
- 16:09Speaker 1: said after the game there will be some changes. And
- 16:13Speaker 1: yet the Pats looked there worse for a second week
- 16:17Speaker 1: in row, completely uncompetitive against the Niners. And I don't
- 16:22Speaker 1: like betting a flipped favorite. So it feels like this
- 16:26Speaker 1: is another pass.
- 16:27Speaker 3: Right it is, I know, and I mean there are
- 16:30Speaker 3: there are again, there are games coming up that I
- 16:32Speaker 3: absolutely love, So don't don't freak out people, But this
- 16:35Speaker 3: is another game you're right, It's like I wanted to
- 16:37Speaker 3: take the Patriots. They were going to be a home dog.
- 16:40Speaker 3: This was gonna be like a no brainer play. Now
- 16:42Speaker 3: it's flipped and it's like, at what point does their
- 16:44Speaker 3: value on this Miami team? Because you're right, these are
- 16:46Speaker 3: just two terrible teams. I guess we'll just bet the under.
- 16:50Speaker 3: Let's see what the total is down to now, because
- 16:52Speaker 3: I know it was it was moving last night. Yeah,
- 16:56Speaker 3: it's you know, it's down to thirty five and a half,
- 17:00Speaker 3: so probably not gonna take it, but it was it
- 17:02Speaker 3: was thirty seven last night, and it's like, oh, that's
- 17:04Speaker 3: there's some value there. So yeah, just both both teams
- 17:08Speaker 3: look like they're going to finish down towards the bottom
- 17:10Speaker 3: of the AFC this year. It's just not going well
- 17:13Speaker 3: for either team right now.
- 17:14Speaker 1: I hope Mike McDaniels doesn't get fired. I think the
- 17:18Speaker 1: NFL is more fun and more interesting with him in it.
- 17:22Speaker 1: You're not as sentimental like as I am on.
- 17:25Speaker 3: That no, and especially because like I liked him at first,
- 17:29Speaker 3: but I knew if there was any if there was
- 17:31Speaker 3: a if they're ever going to start losing games, people
- 17:33Speaker 3: are gonna hate this guy.
- 17:34Speaker 2: Immediately.
- 17:35Speaker 3: They're just there's a quality to him of like, why
- 17:37Speaker 3: are you so cocky nonchalant, dude, You've never even won
- 17:40Speaker 3: a playoff game? Like what is this always wearing white
- 17:43Speaker 3: with the cool shades down in Miami type of attitude.
- 17:46Speaker 3: So I get why their fans are just starting to
- 17:48Speaker 3: turn on this guy because if he was a Philly guy,
- 17:51Speaker 3: oh my god, I would I would absolutely hate this
- 17:54Speaker 3: guy if he was up in Philadelphia. But if he
- 17:56Speaker 3: was my offensive coordinator, kind of love him. Think he's
- 17:58Speaker 3: kind of a genius. So I'm with you, Chad. It's like,
- 18:01Speaker 3: I think the guy has the skills, I just don't
- 18:03Speaker 3: know if he's got the head coach qualities.
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- 19:43Speaker 1: dollars off. We're getting to a game, okay, Carolina at Chicago.
- 19:50Speaker 1: We cash betting the Bears in the exact right spot
- 19:53Speaker 1: last week, Simon. Indeed, this Sunday, the first game we
- 19:59Speaker 1: identified on the show Sunday Night Carolina plus five. The
- 20:04Speaker 1: line was down to three and a half Monday afternoon.
- 20:06Speaker 1: Now it's it's settled in at four. Give me your
- 20:11Speaker 1: thoughts here.
- 20:12Speaker 3: Yeah, it was your first bet, A game I loved
- 20:14Speaker 3: as well. I think, you know, a couple of books
- 20:16Speaker 3: had popped all way up to five five and a
- 20:18Speaker 3: half and we talked that was just way too high.
- 20:22Speaker 3: Now it's right where it should be. Like, I still
- 20:24Speaker 3: like Carolina, still think this is a nice number, especially
- 20:27Speaker 3: with Andy Dalton. You know, I think this is gonna
- 20:30Speaker 3: be a good back and forth. But it's all about Carolina.
- 20:34Speaker 3: Run the ball against your team, right, can Chrue Hubbard
- 20:37Speaker 3: and Miles Sanders the one two punch really dominate this
- 20:41Speaker 3: game because that's how they're gonna have to win this game.
- 20:43Speaker 3: They're not gonna be able to win it with any Dalton, right.
- 20:44Speaker 3: I just think your secondary is just too good. And
- 20:47Speaker 3: another side, Caleb's got to do it here. Like you know,
- 20:52Speaker 3: me and Evan did a show before this and Maven
- 20:55Speaker 3: had a great bet. It was like, who you gonna
- 20:56Speaker 3: bet this week to throw over a touchdown and a
- 20:58Speaker 3: half Watson against this terrible Commanders defense or Williams against
- 21:03Speaker 3: this horrible.
- 21:04Speaker 2: Secondary of Carolina.
- 21:06Speaker 3: And it was tough, but picking between those two guys,
- 21:08Speaker 3: it's like, man, Caleb's got to do it here, like
- 21:10Speaker 3: this is a good matchup for him passing, and why
- 21:14Speaker 3: so not not one of the games I'm like super
- 21:18Speaker 3: happy to take now that it's moved so much. But again,
- 21:21Speaker 3: if it's four to four and a half, I could
- 21:23Speaker 3: get there. Like it just feels like that's too much
- 21:25Speaker 3: respect to a rookie that really hasn't deserved that much respect.
- 21:28Speaker 3: And a team we've seen historically have you know, good
- 21:32Speaker 3: wins and then just played terrible the next game, right,
- 21:34Speaker 3: because they're a young team. It's just it's been up
- 21:36Speaker 3: and down this season with this Bears team. So yeah,
- 21:40Speaker 3: once again, great initial read by you, but the professionals
- 21:44Speaker 3: will follow it, and they've bet this down by two
- 21:46Speaker 3: points point and a half.
- 21:47Speaker 1: Well, the professionals often bible me. I know they're listening
- 21:51Speaker 1: to the show and they hear my insight. They're like,
- 21:54Speaker 1: we better get that number before it moves. I don't mind.
- 21:58Speaker 1: I thought it was two much at five. Having watched
- 22:02Speaker 1: every snap of every Bears game, I feel like I
- 22:05Speaker 1: know this team and when they're trending and which way
- 22:08Speaker 1: in that they shouldn't be five point favorites against anybody.
- 22:14Speaker 1: And if you've watched football the last two weeks. The
- 22:17Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers are just a better team with Andy Dalton right,
- 22:21Speaker 1: and their pass blocking is number two in the NFL
- 22:25Speaker 1: according to Pro Football Focus, and that does neutralize what
- 22:29Speaker 1: is probably one of the best elements of the Bears
- 22:34Speaker 1: defense right now, which has been their pass rush. And
- 22:36Speaker 1: we saw it last week. It's a bad offensive line,
- 22:38Speaker 1: like they were all over Matthew Stafford. So I think
- 22:42Speaker 1: four is probably a little bit too high. Still, it
- 22:47Speaker 1: feels like it should be three. If we can get
- 22:51Speaker 1: it four and a half in the contest, I bet
- 22:53Speaker 1: it gets in there. It will not be It will
- 22:56Speaker 1: not be my executive decision. All Indianapolis at the Jacksonville Jaguars.
- 23:02Speaker 1: This is a tough one, really tough one. On Sunday night,
- 23:06Speaker 1: we leaned Indie plus three. It's down to two and
- 23:09Speaker 1: a half. Good instincts by you. We have the classic
- 23:13Speaker 1: Bilo cell high philosophy versus the historical trend philosophy, the
- 23:21Speaker 1: culture high. Jags are low. Last week we bought low
- 23:25Speaker 1: or sold high on the Bears, Steelers, Raiders, Baltimore and
- 23:29Speaker 1: it totally worked. But we played the Division Dogs and
- 23:34Speaker 1: the Chargers and the Vikings, and we faded home division
- 23:39Speaker 1: faves in a bad spot in Houston and Green Bay.
- 23:43Speaker 1: So do we fade the division fave in the Jags?
- 23:46Speaker 1: Did we buy the failing team in the Jacks?
- 23:50Speaker 3: And I'm shocked, Like when I talked to you know,
- 23:52Speaker 3: I was in Atlantic City yesterday, I'm talking to bookmakers.
- 23:54Speaker 3: I'm like, you guys aren't getting any Jags money, right, Like,
- 23:56Speaker 3: no one's everyone's taking the Colts.
- 23:57Speaker 2: And he's like, shockingly, it's the cementa Jags money.
- 24:01Speaker 3: And I think everyone's looking the same thing where it's like,
- 24:03Speaker 3: are they really about to be zero for five? I
- 24:05Speaker 3: mean they're the only zero to four team right now
- 24:07Speaker 3: in football? And if this ain't it, this is it? Right?
- 24:12Speaker 3: Like this feels like this is the game for Doug Peterson,
- 24:15Speaker 3: Like if this team likes him at all.
- 24:17Speaker 2: They show up here. It's a lot, a lot to
- 24:20Speaker 2: put onto this team.
- 24:21Speaker 3: And obviously, you know, me and you both thought fright
- 24:25Speaker 3: away were like that's too high with the Colts.
- 24:29Speaker 2: Why is this number not down to one?
- 24:31Speaker 3: That's my big concern here, Like that means professional money
- 24:35Speaker 3: is still keeping this up on this Jaguars team. So
- 24:38Speaker 3: I'm with you, this is a game where I'll have
- 24:40Speaker 3: a better read on Thursday once we know what Anthony
- 24:42Speaker 3: Richardson's doing. Because to me, if it's Anthony Richardson coming
- 24:46Speaker 3: back from an injury being forced into this game.
- 24:49Speaker 2: I like the Jaguars.
- 24:50Speaker 3: If it's Joe Flacco after a full week of taking
- 24:52Speaker 3: first team reps, I kind of like the Colts there,
- 24:55Speaker 3: especially at a plus number. I just think that offense
- 24:57Speaker 3: will be better suited with a veteran like Joe Flah.
- 25:00Speaker 3: Then what me and you have experienced every time we
- 25:02Speaker 3: bet the Colts this year, right, you never know what's
- 25:04Speaker 3: gonna happen on the next play with Anthony Richardson, which
- 25:07Speaker 3: you know we didn't mind because we're like, you know what,
- 25:09Speaker 3: they'll figure it out. They have a good offense with
- 25:12Speaker 3: Joe Flacco. It's like, Okay, he might give us one
- 25:14Speaker 3: or two really bad throws that could turn into a
- 25:17Speaker 3: really bad interception, but the rest of it's just so smart.
- 25:20Speaker 3: Like even going back watching that game, he came off
- 25:23Speaker 3: the bench. I mean, that's why you get a guy
- 25:25Speaker 3: like that, like he came in no first team reps.
- 25:28Speaker 3: The offense isn't built around him, right, I know, obviously
- 25:30Speaker 3: they switch it up on the fly there, but it
- 25:32Speaker 3: was like, this is this is why he's such a
- 25:34Speaker 3: good guy to.
- 25:34Speaker 2: Have as a backup here.
- 25:35Speaker 3: So yeah, that's my view on this right now, Chad.
- 25:38Speaker 3: It's like a game I'll bet on Thursday, but right
- 25:40Speaker 3: now I'm just gonna keep holding our Colts plus three ticket,
- 25:43Speaker 3: not really doing anything with this game.
- 25:45Speaker 1: Joe Flacco is elite, as he likes to say. This
- 25:52Speaker 1: Jacks team is a freaking mess. So think about the
- 25:57Speaker 1: trends for a second home faves against division opponents since
- 26:02Speaker 1: twenty fifteen forty five percent against the spread, short home
- 26:06Speaker 1: faves since twenty sixteen against the division opponent forty five
- 26:10Speaker 1: percent against the spread. This Jacks team, Evan Ingram likely
- 26:16Speaker 1: still out. Josh heinz Allen left the game with a concussion.
- 26:21Speaker 1: The defense is terrible, and that was before they were
- 26:26Speaker 1: missing defensive backs who won't be on the field this
- 26:30Speaker 1: week as they were not last week. They are one
- 26:33Speaker 1: to nine since they won in Houston in November to
- 26:39Speaker 1: get to eight to three last season, thirty first in
- 26:44Speaker 1: point margin at minus forty nine, only above the Panthers,
- 26:49Speaker 1: who by the way, are getting better, Like would you
- 26:53Speaker 1: rather be a Panthers fan or Jaguars fan. Right now,
- 26:56Speaker 1: that's the problem with this Jacks team is like it is,
- 26:59Speaker 1: it is just so so ugly, and yet we might
- 27:04Speaker 1: want to bet him.
- 27:05Speaker 2: Yeah, might not bet them this week.
- 27:08Speaker 1: That's terrible, that's awful. So kind of another one Buffalo
- 27:14Speaker 1: with Houston. Houston is now a one point favorite. Neither
- 27:18Speaker 1: of these teams are making it really easy, right, Like
- 27:20Speaker 1: the Ravens were really exposed, really exposed the Bill's weaknesses,
- 27:24Speaker 1: especially in the middle field, especially against the run. Derrick
- 27:29Speaker 1: Henry finished the game with almost two hundred yards one
- 27:32Speaker 1: ninety nine and nearly ten yards per carry. Like, the
- 27:37Speaker 1: Texans are not as good without Joe Mixon, but CJ.
- 27:40Speaker 1: Shroud like should be able to carve up this defense
- 27:43Speaker 1: with Nico Collins, who is a giant of a human
- 27:46Speaker 1: being running over the middle.
- 27:50Speaker 3: Yeah, brutal too, and Nico Collins mean chat made a
- 27:53Speaker 3: bet on Cooper Cupp who's going to lead the league
- 27:55Speaker 3: in receiving yards and the other guy on my list
- 27:58Speaker 3: was Nico.
- 27:59Speaker 2: Collins And now, oh, you never told me that.
- 28:01Speaker 3: Yeah, And the only reason I didn't want to hammer
- 28:03Speaker 3: him on the show was just because of Stefan dis
- 28:06Speaker 3: like I let that get me too scared off, or
- 28:07Speaker 3: it's like, well they'll spread the ball around or at
- 28:10Speaker 3: least Cooper Cup. If Puka goes down, he's the guy
- 28:12Speaker 3: we don't have to deal with the tank Dallas Dick.
- 28:14Speaker 3: So I think Nego Collins is like two hundred yards
- 28:16Speaker 3: up on the closest guy and second something crazy like that.
- 28:20Speaker 2: You're right.
- 28:21Speaker 3: We talked Sunday night. I said, grab the Bills plus
- 28:24Speaker 3: two right now, just in case they roll this Ravens
- 28:27Speaker 3: team and you get a good number. They got blown
- 28:29Speaker 3: out and this number has moved three points in that direction.
- 28:32Speaker 2: Chet. So the professionals don't care. They love the Bills in.
- 28:36Speaker 3: The spot, and I think they kind of have the
- 28:38Speaker 3: same view a lot of us did coming in the
- 28:40Speaker 3: year of Okay.
- 28:41Speaker 2: CJ.
- 28:42Speaker 3: Stroud did great last year, but he was so great
- 28:45Speaker 3: because no one saw it coming, and defense doesn't have
- 28:47Speaker 3: a ton of tape to build off of it. This year,
- 28:50Speaker 3: it all feels like it's been a grind for them,
- 28:52Speaker 3: right that all their games they win are close. Right now,
- 28:55Speaker 3: they're three to one with a minus fifteen point differential,
- 28:58Speaker 3: like it's the only team with that, Like they're the
- 29:01Speaker 3: only team that has that type of record with that
- 29:03Speaker 3: type of point differential on. It's just because you know,
- 29:05Speaker 3: they've won close games and they got rolled against that
- 29:07Speaker 3: Vikings team. So to me, this is now at the
- 29:11Speaker 3: point where Evan's gonna have the trendses too. But like,
- 29:14Speaker 3: we're gonna have to take Houston, especially if this number
- 29:16Speaker 3: keeps going. If this touch is two two and a half,
- 29:20Speaker 3: this is an automatic play in the contest because that's
- 29:22Speaker 3: just too much disrespect for this Houston.
- 29:24Speaker 2: Team at home.
- 29:26Speaker 3: And me and you like to bet CJ is a
- 29:28Speaker 3: dog like that. Till last year we kind of were
- 29:31Speaker 3: stayed away from as a favorite, but as a dog,
- 29:34Speaker 3: we love CJ. He's just really good when he's kind
- 29:36Speaker 3: of counted out in these positions. So this is like
- 29:39Speaker 3: a perfect spot for a Houston team that they're zero
- 29:42Speaker 3: to four against the spread. Because the books, they knew
- 29:45Speaker 3: the public will keep coming in on them. They could
- 29:47Speaker 3: set the line and every week, whether it was a
- 29:49Speaker 3: half a point they wouldn't cover by or they were
- 29:51Speaker 3: a getting rolled, they kept not covering. I think we're
- 29:53Speaker 3: finally gonna get caught up here with the book chat.
- 29:55Speaker 3: I think we're gonna finally get a good number year
- 29:57Speaker 3: on Houston. That's gonna have the value for them and
- 30:00Speaker 3: top you said the name Joe Mixon, That to me
- 30:02Speaker 3: is what I'm waiting for here. Like, if he's guaranteed
- 30:04Speaker 3: to play this game, he's good to go. That to
- 30:07Speaker 3: me is a huge dealt to this Houston team. You
- 30:09Speaker 3: just seen his identity really changed his team early in
- 30:11Speaker 3: the season when he was playing, how they could just
- 30:14Speaker 3: lean on their run and make everything else so much
- 30:16Speaker 3: easier on offense. So I like that you brought up
- 30:18Speaker 3: his name. Just that's something people to keep an eye
- 30:20Speaker 3: on this week. If Joe Mix is going to be
- 30:22Speaker 3: finally practicing.
- 30:26Speaker 1: The line flip also is something, yeah, a trend that
- 30:29Speaker 1: we always like to look at it, And now it feels
- 30:32Speaker 1: like we're getting a at least a comparable team to
- 30:37Speaker 1: the Bills at home. Also might be getting them at
- 30:40Speaker 1: a little point. So I like the idea of playing
- 30:43Speaker 1: Houston here. I do think it has a good chance
- 30:46Speaker 1: of getting into the contest, depending on how this number moves.
- 30:49Speaker 1: I think it's optimistic to think it might get to
- 30:51Speaker 1: two or two and a half. I think it's probably
- 30:54Speaker 1: settling in at that one. To two range. I still
- 30:57Speaker 1: wouldn't be that afraid to play the Texans, though, if
- 30:59Speaker 1: I can get them as underdog in the contest, I
- 31:01Speaker 1: kind of like it either way.
- 31:03Speaker 3: You're right, the books will eventually take a stand, but
- 31:04Speaker 3: I think I'll just keep moving because it's professional money
- 31:07Speaker 3: moving it right now, like action app it's what bets.
- 31:11Speaker 3: Eighty percent of the money right now is on the bills.
- 31:12Speaker 3: So yeah, you know, eventually you're right. The pros will
- 31:15Speaker 3: come back in on it, but they're going to keep
- 31:17Speaker 3: moving it eventually.
- 31:18Speaker 1: I'm always right, just sometimes it takes time, but I
- 31:21Speaker 1: tell my wife, eventually I'm going to be right. Give
- 31:25Speaker 1: it five years, ten years, thirty years, whatever it takes.
- 31:28Speaker 1: One of these days, it's gonna happen. You know, what
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- 32:48Speaker 1: Simon Baltimore's Cincinnati we got a good spot here, Cincinnati
- 32:56Speaker 1: plus three home dog. It's a good spot for home dogs.
- 33:02Speaker 1: Are we primed to sell high on the Ravens here
- 33:08Speaker 1: and buy a struggling Bengals team.
- 33:12Speaker 2: Simon says, grab the plus three right now. When Simon says,
- 33:18Speaker 2: we do what Simon says.
- 33:21Speaker 3: There's no way this last. It's gonna go to plus
- 33:23Speaker 3: two and a half. It has to come back down.
- 33:25Speaker 3: This is just way too much movement. I knew coming
- 33:28Speaker 3: into this week we were probably gonna be on them.
- 33:30Speaker 3: I think we talked Sunday night. I said the number
- 33:32Speaker 3: was plus one on Cincy. Don't touch this weight. Even
- 33:37Speaker 3: if they lose the Ravens Rockets still see that number moving.
- 33:40Speaker 3: And they went the other way where they blew that
- 33:42Speaker 3: team out, And now it's moved the whole point in
- 33:43Speaker 3: a half and now it's two and a half. Some
- 33:45Speaker 3: books up to three. Like you just said, so too
- 33:49Speaker 3: much of a reaction to this team. And we talk
- 33:52Speaker 3: all the time, these divisional games are just different. You
- 33:54Speaker 3: have to think about them differently. You have to view
- 33:56Speaker 3: it differently because these teams are just so familiar with
- 33:58Speaker 3: each other. And you know, as dominant the Ravens looked
- 34:01Speaker 3: in that game, there was still some part of me
- 34:04Speaker 3: that's just like, there's still a way to attack this team,
- 34:07Speaker 3: and there's still a way to get away with why
- 34:09Speaker 3: they're not you know, this overwhelming the league diminant team
- 34:12Speaker 3: like they were last year. So to me, the line
- 34:15Speaker 3: reflects the public reaction to this. But I am shocked
- 34:19Speaker 3: and moved this much. I'm just shocked professionals that have
- 34:21Speaker 3: moved this much because I already loved Sinceanty come to
- 34:24Speaker 3: this game, and now you know, when you really dive
- 34:26Speaker 3: into the numbers, Joe Burrow, he's playing an MVP level.
- 34:30Speaker 3: It's another little bet I'm gonna steal from Evan. If
- 34:32Speaker 3: you like me and you like the Bengals to pull
- 34:34Speaker 3: the upset off and win this game, you might as
- 34:37Speaker 3: well go through a little bet on Joe Burrow to
- 34:39Speaker 3: b MVP because if he wins this game and he's
- 34:42Speaker 3: all right, so this team starts zero for three this year,
- 34:44Speaker 3: they win this divisional game. Now they're two to three,
- 34:47Speaker 3: you know, just like the Ravens, and we see the
- 34:51Speaker 3: season play out and he does win this division. I
- 34:53Speaker 3: could see it being a great value bet right now
- 34:55Speaker 3: in Joe Burrow because he just played so well this
- 34:57Speaker 3: season and just the way their defenses as well. I
- 35:00Speaker 3: feel like he's always gona keep putting up stats. Right
- 35:02Speaker 3: He's got seven touchdowns win interception right now, I see
- 35:05Speaker 3: that keep being getting better throughout the season because there's
- 35:07Speaker 3: just going to be so much put onto his shoulders
- 35:09Speaker 3: to lead this offense. So I love the offensive style
- 35:13Speaker 3: Cincinnati matching up for this Baltimore defense. And then on
- 35:16Speaker 3: the flip side, we've just seen it before, like Cincinnati
- 35:19Speaker 3: always plays them really tough, Like defensively, Eve only had
- 35:22Speaker 3: their backup in last year that came down to the
- 35:24Speaker 3: last possession type of game. So I do like the
- 35:28Speaker 3: Cincinnati team, but I am shocked. Shocked you can get
- 35:30Speaker 3: a plus three right now.
- 35:32Speaker 1: Yeah, Joe Burrow has been playing great. We loved this
- 35:35Speaker 1: team heading into the season. It's been disappointing that they
- 35:37Speaker 1: are zero and three and look for talking about one
- 35:41Speaker 1: in three now, I mean one in three Home division
- 35:44Speaker 1: dog trends September October the division dog in the last
- 35:51Speaker 1: decade at home sixty percent against the spread fifty four percent,
- 35:56Speaker 1: so a slight ROI positive since twenty two, three to
- 36:01Speaker 1: zero to one against the spread this season home division dogs.
- 36:05Speaker 1: So yeah, it's the exact right spot to play the Bengals.
- 36:09Speaker 1: You gotta do it. Here's a crazy stat though about
- 36:13Speaker 1: Derrick Henry. Forget about how well he played the other
- 36:16Speaker 1: night against Buffalo, one hundred and ninety nine yards first
- 36:20Speaker 1: play the game, eighty seven yard touchdown run Simon he
- 36:25Speaker 1: reached twenty one point two nine miles per hour when
- 36:31Speaker 1: he was running for that touchdown. According to Next Gen Stats,
- 36:35Speaker 1: that's the fourth fastest speed by anyone any ballcarrier this year.
- 36:41Speaker 1: I don't think of Derrick Henry and automatically think, oh, yeah,
- 36:45Speaker 1: this guy's so speedy. He's reached a speed of twenty
- 36:49Speaker 1: miles per hour or faster twenty seven times since twenty eighteen.
- 36:54Speaker 1: Only one player has done it more than him. We kill.
- 37:01Speaker 1: Is that insane?
- 37:02Speaker 2: It is.
- 37:03Speaker 3: He's just when you think of like the great freak
- 37:04Speaker 3: athletes ever played this sport, you know, Calvin Johnson, Derrick
- 37:08Speaker 3: Henry is like right up there. Like I always think
- 37:10Speaker 3: of all those old bow Bow Knows commercials when it
- 37:13Speaker 3: was like, yeah, this is what we envisioned him to be,
- 37:16Speaker 3: and it's like, Derrick Henry's him times ten. Right. It's
- 37:19Speaker 3: just especially what it's a year thirty he's I mean,
- 37:21Speaker 3: he's thirty years old this year.
- 37:23Speaker 1: It's year it's year thirty for him in the NFL.
- 37:27Speaker 2: I mean I just thought he would be dropped off.
- 37:28Speaker 3: I was one of those people where was like, uh,
- 37:31Speaker 3: it's an upgrade for the Ravens at the running back position,
- 37:33Speaker 3: but how much tread does he have left in.
- 37:36Speaker 2: The tires apparently a lot.
- 37:38Speaker 3: Apparently last year he might have taken the year off,
- 37:40Speaker 3: and he's got a plenty left. So yeah, that first
- 37:43Speaker 3: play was just it's the best. I like, there's nothing
- 37:46Speaker 3: like first play. Run, hits the whole right, and then
- 37:49Speaker 3: they're just gone. I think it's I'd have that fact check,
- 37:53Speaker 3: but I believe it was like the longest play or
- 37:55Speaker 3: running back has ever had in Ravens history.
- 37:57Speaker 1: So fat he's running. Evan says that is correct simon
- 38:02Speaker 1: the fact he's running twenty miles an hour and doing
- 38:05Speaker 1: it more often than anybody in the league's since since
- 38:09Speaker 1: other than Tyreek Hill. Is phenomenal because you only think
- 38:14Speaker 1: about him as being the guy who gets the hard yards,
- 38:17Speaker 1: who stiff arms people, who runs people over, who makes
- 38:20Speaker 1: people look bad. I don't think I really had a
- 38:23Speaker 1: full understanding or appreciation of just how superhuman he is
- 38:27Speaker 1: as an athlete. I'll tell you what those State Farm
- 38:28Speaker 1: commercials don't do it.
- 38:31Speaker 2: You're alive.
- 38:33Speaker 1: Cleveland at Washington. Washington is a three point favorite. I
- 38:36Speaker 1: want to fade the Commanders so badly here. But this
- 38:41Speaker 1: Browns team, it's not even Deshaun Watson. It's their offensive line,
- 38:46Speaker 1: like now Ethan Poseick, the center who left the game
- 38:48Speaker 1: last weekendst the Raiders. He's day to day with an
- 38:51Speaker 1: ankle injury. And when you look at the Browns, don't
- 38:53Speaker 1: forget last week we had the Raiders at like a
- 38:57Speaker 1: short number is a favorite, one, one and a half, two,
- 38:59Speaker 1: whatever it was. I don't know, I don't remember talking
- 39:02Speaker 1: to you about this. When the Raiders all of a sudden,
- 39:05Speaker 1: we're underdogs because Crosby was out, Adams was out whatever.
- 39:08Speaker 1: I didn't buy out of my bet. I just let
- 39:10Speaker 1: it ride with the Raiders that win and a AX,
- 39:12Speaker 1: I'm like, I don't think it matters. I don't think
- 39:14Speaker 1: this Cleveland king team can do anything.
- 39:18Speaker 3: Yeah, we actually we did talk a upon of contentst
- 39:20Speaker 3: because they're two and a half in our contest. We're like,
- 39:21Speaker 3: should we take it?
- 39:22Speaker 2: And then we just again we didn't want to lose
- 39:24Speaker 2: the numbers we.
- 39:24Speaker 1: Had, But yeah, that's that Cardinals bet in there.
- 39:28Speaker 3: Yeah. Now, I think it was honestly because we didn't
- 39:30Speaker 3: want to lose the seven and a half on the
- 39:32Speaker 3: charger because that was six and a half, which being
- 39:34Speaker 3: the right move.
- 39:34Speaker 2: But yeah, it's I don't know what to deal with
- 39:39Speaker 2: this one.
- 39:39Speaker 1: Because it's really you want to bet the Browns.
- 39:42Speaker 3: It's honestly, we're making a bet though on Schwartz in
- 39:44Speaker 3: this defense. That's that's like the position here.
- 39:47Speaker 1: It's like, okay, the defense that is getting crushed right now.
- 39:51Speaker 2: I know, and we talked coming in the year.
- 39:52Speaker 3: This is why I didn't like the Browns though, because
- 39:55Speaker 3: we've seen in his circle of data with Schwartz, his
- 39:58Speaker 3: defense is really dominant one year and then the next
- 40:00Speaker 3: year they're they're completely not the same, like whatever that is.
- 40:04Speaker 2: They just don't carry it over from year to year.
- 40:05Speaker 3: And that's usually how it is with defenses, right, It's
- 40:07Speaker 3: just so hard to carry that type of momentum from
- 40:10Speaker 3: year to year, you know, mixing that MOUs Garrett's you know,
- 40:13Speaker 3: gonna have to get Shurger're on his feet whenever this
- 40:15Speaker 3: whenever he is and ever the season is over.
- 40:18Speaker 2: What are we betting here?
- 40:19Speaker 3: Like everything in my body, even my model likes Washington, Like,
- 40:24Speaker 3: I still think this number is too low fishy and
- 40:27Speaker 3: like someone someone messages me like, oh, it's because Nick
- 40:29Speaker 3: Chubb's coming back.
- 40:30Speaker 2: I promise you.
- 40:32Speaker 3: The sports books aren't holding this number here because Nick
- 40:34Speaker 3: Chubb's coming back. That's that they do not care, and
- 40:37Speaker 3: I'm the same thing. I him coming off a major
- 40:40Speaker 3: knee injury in his first start. Yeah, it's good for Cleveland,
- 40:43Speaker 3: but like, does it really move the needle that much?
- 40:45Speaker 2: I don't think so.
- 40:46Speaker 3: So maybe I'll have the better read my talk to
- 40:50Speaker 3: some other professionals. But like, I haven't made a single
- 40:52Speaker 3: bet on this game. It got the three at one
- 40:54Speaker 3: point Washington. As soon as I called the book to
- 40:57Speaker 3: make a bet on it, they moved it right back
- 40:59Speaker 3: up to three, and so I never was able to
- 41:00Speaker 3: get the three on Washington.
- 41:02Speaker 2: So fishy, fishy line this week. This is one of
- 41:05Speaker 2: the fishy air lines this week, and.
- 41:07Speaker 3: I just have no read on it where it's like
- 41:09Speaker 3: the pro in me is like, dude, you got to
- 41:11Speaker 3: take Cleveland hearing me, But the guy who's watched football
- 41:14Speaker 3: through four weeks is just like one team has never
- 41:17Speaker 3: been more sure of itself and confident in its ability.
- 41:19Speaker 3: The other team has totally lost. And Chad just said
- 41:22Speaker 3: they have even more injuries now to that offensive line.
- 41:25Speaker 1: The Commanders are averaging thirty points a game and they
- 41:30Speaker 1: have scored more points each week than they did the
- 41:34Speaker 1: week before.
- 41:35Speaker 2: That's crazy.
- 41:36Speaker 1: Jaden Daniels, who I feel like you started talking about
- 41:39Speaker 1: him as potential offensive rookie of the year before the
- 41:42Speaker 1: season started. Am I remembering that correctly?
- 41:45Speaker 2: Yeah, we loved them.
- 41:46Speaker 3: We said it was just basically that why should Williams
- 41:49Speaker 3: be the odds on favorite guy? It's like their skill
- 41:53Speaker 3: level wasn't that different. I just my whole pushback was just,
- 41:57Speaker 3: at the end of the day, if they're both six
- 41:59Speaker 3: and ten, seven to ten, it's like if it's a
- 42:02Speaker 3: coin flip, they're gonna get it to every's a better
- 42:04Speaker 3: stat So I thought it should have been closer number.
- 42:06Speaker 3: But yeah, it wasn't a I wish it was a table.
- 42:08Speaker 3: I was like banging on the table, being like, you
- 42:10Speaker 3: have to bet Jaden Daniels, but nothing like that.
- 42:13Speaker 1: Well, Jaden Daniels has completed more than eighty two percent
- 42:17Speaker 1: of his passes. Crazy eighty seven for one oh six.
- 42:21Speaker 1: That's not that's like for the season. It's the two
- 42:27Speaker 1: most accurate back to back performances against Cincinnati and Arizona
- 42:31Speaker 1: the past two weeks by anyone. Ever. No one has
- 42:35Speaker 1: ever had a more accurate first four games. And by
- 42:39Speaker 1: the way, he's got two hundred and eighteen rushing yards.
- 42:42Speaker 1: It's the second most by a quarterback in his first
- 42:44Speaker 1: four games other than RG three. We talked about those comps,
- 42:49Speaker 1: like this guy is flashing CJ. Stroud vibes for this
- 42:55Speaker 1: Washington team, and after four games, I feel like the
- 43:02Speaker 1: projection what you see is what you get. It's not
- 43:06Speaker 1: he's going to all of a sudden crater. He might
- 43:08Speaker 1: toe play well like he's he's a good quarterback, like
- 43:13Speaker 1: he's fitting into this league. He's going to make the
- 43:16Speaker 1: right decisions. He's not a rookie quarterback who you need
- 43:18Speaker 1: to desperately be afraid of.
- 43:21Speaker 3: He will hit the rookie wall, though. That's inevitable. Everyone
- 43:25Speaker 3: everyone hits it. That's just why, Like you know, Ev't
- 43:28Speaker 3: had that amazing stat a couple of years ago, and
- 43:29Speaker 3: pretty minute the NFC Championship game, and they lost because
- 43:33Speaker 3: no rookie ever makes it pass that championship game.
- 43:37Speaker 1: Even they lost that because they tore his arm off.
- 43:40Speaker 3: Yeah, but I'm saying, just historically, even go back further,
- 43:42Speaker 3: I'm saying it never happens, just because eventually you do
- 43:45Speaker 3: hit that wall, Like eventually they do get enough film
- 43:48Speaker 3: on these rookies that a team they run into a
- 43:50Speaker 3: team that is good enough to figure out that game
- 43:52Speaker 3: plan right now. It's like, even if they it's the
- 43:55Speaker 3: best defense in football, how do you not feel confident
- 43:59Speaker 3: right now in this kid? Even I know he's beat
- 44:00Speaker 3: up on bad defenses, but he just looks so cool, calm, collected,
- 44:04Speaker 3: and you just right off to all those numbers. It's like,
- 44:07Speaker 3: even if he takes a little step down, it's still
- 44:10Speaker 3: an all pro level. That's what's so impressive about this
- 44:12Speaker 3: kid right now.
- 44:13Speaker 1: If he takes a little step down, then all of
- 44:15Speaker 1: a sudden, he's having a slightly worse start to his
- 44:18Speaker 1: career than Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes right right, Seriously,
- 44:22Speaker 1: that's what happens.
- 44:23Speaker 2: So I don't know what to deal with it.
- 44:25Speaker 3: Like I said, I eventually it's gonna come the other
- 44:27Speaker 3: way though, because teams will get more film on them,
- 44:29Speaker 3: and it just like, there's a reason these coaches are getting.
- 44:32Speaker 2: Paid millions of dollars.
- 44:33Speaker 3: They're really good at what they do, and they do
- 44:35Speaker 3: eventually figure you out and how to make you uncomfortable
- 44:37Speaker 3: and get in your head a little bit. But he's
- 44:39Speaker 3: playing like a quarterback that is not thinking totally immersing
- 44:43Speaker 3: the offense and he looks like someone that's never taken
- 44:45Speaker 3: a really bad hit in the pocket, right He just
- 44:47Speaker 3: he's so confident in the pocket right now. Even in
- 44:50Speaker 3: games where he's gotten blown up, he gets back up
- 44:52Speaker 3: and he's just so cool. Calm doesn't even phase him.
- 44:55Speaker 3: So again, Washington fans, you just I can't imagine being
- 44:58Speaker 3: a fan of Washing right now.
- 44:59Speaker 2: It's gotta be the best filling in the world.
- 45:01Speaker 1: Bears fans might disagree with you about. These coaches are
- 45:04Speaker 1: really good at what they do and that's why they
- 45:05Speaker 1: get paid millions a million. These defenses are right, Yeah,
- 45:11Speaker 1: I'm not talking about that. I'm not talking about our
- 45:13Speaker 1: defensive coordinator Las Vegas and Denver. Denver is a two
- 45:17Speaker 1: and a half point favorite. Look, this is a spot
- 45:20Speaker 1: where we should probably want to fade the home division favorite.
- 45:24Speaker 1: I've said this a bunch of times. What's weird to
- 45:27Speaker 1: me is we both talked about this on Sunday. It
- 45:30Speaker 1: was a two and a half. It's the game we
- 45:32Speaker 1: wanted to bet at two and a half. This number
- 45:35Speaker 1: went down to two, but then all of a sudden
- 45:37Speaker 1: yesterday it went up to two and a half, and
- 45:39Speaker 1: then it was at three, and I don't understand now
- 45:43Speaker 1: it's back down to two and a half. I don't
- 45:44Speaker 1: understand why it went up to three and why the
- 45:47Speaker 1: wise guys aren't pouring in on this game because I
- 45:50Speaker 1: think I still love the Raiders here.
- 45:54Speaker 2: Yeah, I do too. I think it's a view of it.
- 45:57Speaker 2: The vibes might be horrible in Las Vegas and what's
- 46:00Speaker 2: going on with all the injuries there.
- 46:01Speaker 3: So I'm sure you saw this morning, DeVante Adams is
- 46:05Speaker 3: getting asked all these questions by Ky Adams. It's like,
- 46:08Speaker 3: why is your coach liking post about you being traded?
- 46:11Speaker 3: Have you have you heard anything from the team? And
- 46:12Speaker 3: Adam Schefter is reporting that apparently this team's exploring trade
- 46:15Speaker 3: options for Devonte Adams. So you know, maybe this guy's
- 46:19Speaker 3: a cancer and he's helping drag this team down this week.
- 46:21Speaker 2: And that's what guys are thinking.
- 46:22Speaker 3: It's like, well, I don't want to bet this team
- 46:24Speaker 3: with all this turmoil going on where they're trying to
- 46:25Speaker 3: trade their number one receiver.
- 46:27Speaker 2: I kind of look at the other way. It's like
- 46:29Speaker 2: he didn't play last week.
- 46:30Speaker 3: In the offense, they seem like they moved the ball
- 46:32Speaker 3: pretty well, right, and obviously they'd be better if he
- 46:34Speaker 3: was in there, but they're not totally reliant on him.
- 46:38Speaker 3: I think, I mean you, the biggest reason we wanted
- 46:40Speaker 3: to take this is we're getting to fade. Bo Nicks
- 46:43Speaker 3: is a favorite, yes, like automatically right already, where it's
- 46:50Speaker 3: like we want to be on divisional dogs in the
- 46:52Speaker 3: first place. Now you're mixing that it's a rookie QB
- 46:55Speaker 3: favoriteed same reason we kind of like like the Panthers,
- 46:59Speaker 3: it's like, as much as respect we want to give
- 47:01Speaker 3: you these rookies, all three of them are favored right
- 47:03Speaker 3: now this week, and it's like that usually does not
- 47:06Speaker 3: bode well for a bunch of rookies, And the only
- 47:08Speaker 3: one we're really terrified to fade is the best looking one,
- 47:11Speaker 3: right Jay and Daniels and the other two, I think
- 47:13Speaker 3: we're both in the same mentality of like, yeah, i'll
- 47:16Speaker 3: take that plus three on the Raiders, I'll take that
- 47:18Speaker 3: plus two and a half. So it's another bet where
- 47:22Speaker 3: I bet it. No need to put any more on
- 47:24Speaker 3: it if you've already bet it. Let's wait and see
- 47:26Speaker 3: what if Max Crosby's back, Like what the injury report
- 47:29Speaker 3: is for this upcoming week for this Raiders team, but
- 47:32Speaker 3: this is like a game I was like, this is
- 47:34Speaker 3: probably be one of me and Chad's five. Now, if
- 47:36Speaker 3: this gets up to three three and a half and
- 47:38Speaker 3: we can put in our contest at that number, this
- 47:41Speaker 3: is a no brainer play if we're catching over three
- 47:43Speaker 3: against boon Nicks in a divisional game. So yeah, this
- 47:46Speaker 3: is a game I really like. Only fear is we
- 47:51Speaker 3: don't really know what's going on with the health wise
- 47:53Speaker 3: of this Raiders team.
- 47:55Speaker 1: I'll be very interested to see what the sharp calls
- 47:57Speaker 1: are here, because this also might end up being a
- 48:02Speaker 1: foxhol Like you and I just might be liking the
- 48:04Speaker 1: Raiders and everyone else might be seeing something. And it's
- 48:08Speaker 1: not about the Broncos offense. It's really about is their
- 48:11Speaker 1: defense better than people think.
- 48:15Speaker 3: I do have a really good pass rush, I'll say, like,
- 48:17Speaker 3: thanks for bringing that up. They do have some dogs
- 48:19Speaker 3: up front.
- 48:20Speaker 1: They've got like their defense is much much better than
- 48:23Speaker 1: I think people are giving them credit for. And it's
- 48:26Speaker 1: why they've been able to stay in games against the Seahawks.
- 48:29Speaker 1: It's why they were able to stay in the game
- 48:31Speaker 1: against the Jets and ultimately win that game. Obviously the
- 48:34Speaker 1: weather held, But when you've got a quarterback who is,
- 48:38Speaker 1: by the way, having the worst outing in a game
- 48:43Speaker 1: since nineteen sixty five. He had a whopping sixty yards
- 48:50Speaker 1: and averaged two point four yards per pass, the third
- 48:55Speaker 1: lowest average YPA by any quarterback with twenty five or
- 48:59Speaker 1: more pass in modern history. In the Super Bowl, I
- 49:04Speaker 1: love him.
- 49:04Speaker 2: And guess what your early four games, four wins away
- 49:07Speaker 2: for Denver hitting their win total over So yeah, that's
- 49:10Speaker 2: that was a pretty big win last week.
- 49:12Speaker 1: We love us some Sean Payton, We truly do. He's
- 49:16Speaker 1: the better's friend Arizona at San Francisco. San Francisco seven
- 49:20Speaker 1: and a half point favorite. A couple of trends are
- 49:24Speaker 1: forcing us to take the Cardinals seriously right now, Home
- 49:27Speaker 1: division faves forty five percent since twenty fifteen, dogs of
- 49:32Speaker 1: six or more, eight and five straight up against the spread,
- 49:35Speaker 1: twelve and one through twelve and one against spread through
- 49:39Speaker 1: the first few games. I'm sorry, I got update that
- 49:43Speaker 1: it's nine to eight straight up, fourteen to two to
- 49:47Speaker 1: one against the spread through the first four weeks. We
- 49:52Speaker 1: don't want to take the Cardinals, but I think we
- 49:53Speaker 1: have to take the Cardinals.
- 49:54Speaker 3: I think we might have to take the forty nine
- 49:57Speaker 3: ers some well respected guys, friend, like the forty nine ers,
- 50:01Speaker 3: and I don't want to go against them. I know
- 50:04Speaker 3: I wanted to be on the Cardinals here, like this
- 50:06Speaker 3: is a big number. Big big dogs have been covering
- 50:09Speaker 3: this number. Big dogs have been winning outright at this number.
- 50:12Speaker 3: I might be getting bullied into the forty nine ers,
- 50:14Speaker 3: your brother, just some I'm just telling on you to
- 50:17Speaker 3: be careful with this.
- 50:17Speaker 1: Listen, you be careful. You be careful. You know why.
- 50:22Speaker 1: You know why. We've been getting bullied all season on
- 50:26Speaker 1: some games, and every time we get bullied and go
- 50:29Speaker 1: against our instincts, we end up being wrong. Number of
- 50:32Speaker 1: the Packers. Yes, the Packers last weekend talking Minnesota. True,
- 50:38Speaker 1: we were talking Minnesota the whole week.
- 50:39Speaker 2: I love them.
- 50:41Speaker 1: We talk on Sunday morning. You're like, I'm getting bullied
- 50:44Speaker 1: right now, kind of like the Packers.
- 50:47Speaker 2: I'm like, these guys guys win big money.
- 50:49Speaker 3: Brother, you wanted to make the forty nine ers our
- 50:51Speaker 3: foxhole bet, and I wouldn't let you do it because
- 50:54Speaker 3: a big time sharp message meing was like stay away
- 50:57Speaker 3: from the forty nine ers. Now, I fucked up by
- 50:59Speaker 3: some because I was like, well, we go ahead and
- 51:01Speaker 3: fade that guy and take this team against the Vikings,
- 51:04Speaker 3: which was an idiot move.
- 51:05Speaker 2: But yeah, that I just want to throw caution.
- 51:08Speaker 3: There's there's there's some really smart people right now in
- 51:11Speaker 3: this forty nine ers team, and it's just I need
- 51:13Speaker 3: more time in this one because right now I got
- 51:15Speaker 3: this model at six. So it's like I got a
- 51:17Speaker 3: point in a half of value on this Cardinals team.
- 51:20Speaker 3: I'm clearly missing something here, and maybe it's me being
- 51:24Speaker 3: too high on Kyler and not probably rating him because
- 51:28Speaker 3: we all got sucked in. He played great against the Bills,
- 51:31Speaker 3: you know, first half wise, and then he dominated the Rams,
- 51:35Speaker 3: had literally a perfect game, and it's just been shit
- 51:38Speaker 3: since then. Like you know that that was a brutal beat,
- 51:41Speaker 3: specially for me last week where he drove the field,
- 51:43Speaker 3: I just over a touchdown and a half first drive,
- 51:46Speaker 3: drives a field, throws a touchdown pass, and then he
- 51:48Speaker 3: just does nothing the rest of the game. So I
- 51:51Speaker 3: think that's the hesitation chat. I think the pros are
- 51:54Speaker 3: hesitating on him. Where Brock Purdy, he's sneakily what the
- 51:59Speaker 3: third or fourth best playing quarterback right now football, Like,
- 52:04Speaker 3: I know he's not getting the flowers because they're two
- 52:06Speaker 3: and two. But man, he's been playing incredible this season
- 52:09Speaker 3: rock Purty, So I think that's hesitation here. We have
- 52:12Speaker 3: one team playing the best they've looked all season. On
- 52:16Speaker 3: the flip side, we don't know what the hell of
- 52:19Speaker 3: this Cardinals team is. They just have now looked right
- 52:21Speaker 3: these last two weeks.
- 52:23Speaker 1: This is when you buy.
- 52:25Speaker 2: I agree.
- 52:27Speaker 1: What are the stats when you are betting on the
- 52:30Speaker 1: team that just blown out versus the team that just
- 52:36Speaker 1: blew so right? This is the exact spot to bet
- 52:41Speaker 1: the Cardinals. Evan. If before the end of the show,
- 52:43Speaker 1: you can give us the blowout stats, that would be amazing.
- 52:47Speaker 1: Because I like this. This makes no sense, it makes Please.
- 52:51Speaker 2: Get me on the Cardinals. Man, I don't I want
- 52:53Speaker 2: to get there.
- 52:54Speaker 1: It makes no sense at all. Nobody bullies my bff Simon.
- 53:00Speaker 2: Nobody, they do. They do Chad New York.
- 53:04Speaker 1: Giants at Seattle. Seattle's minus six and a half look
- 53:07Speaker 1: before before the game last night. Brandon Anderson on his
- 53:11Speaker 1: show with Evan Abrams Sunday Nights Action netwrapot download listen,
- 53:15Speaker 1: great show. He has his hot reat segment. He liked
- 53:18Speaker 1: the Giants or he liked the Seahawks. That I think
- 53:20Speaker 1: it was minus five or five and a half. That
- 53:22Speaker 1: number lasted for about as long as it took Brandon
- 53:24Speaker 1: Anderson to say, take the Seahawks at minus five or
- 53:27Speaker 1: five and a half. It's settled in at six and
- 53:29Speaker 1: a half. Hasn't really moved since the Seahawks were blown
- 53:31Speaker 1: out last night. I kind of think Seattle is the
- 53:34Speaker 1: right side. The Giants aren't very good, the Seahawks. They
- 53:38Speaker 1: just met the Lions team at the exact right time.
- 53:41Speaker 1: It never made sense to me why wise guys were
- 53:43Speaker 1: buying the Seahawks. We talked about this. Now they get
- 53:46Speaker 1: to go back to playing bad quarterbacks and bad teams
- 53:48Speaker 1: and fooling professionals into thinking they are amazing.
- 53:52Speaker 3: But at what point is this number two high? I
- 53:53Speaker 3: think you just said it. It's like it's up the
- 53:55Speaker 3: plus six. How much respect do we want to give
- 53:58Speaker 3: this Seahawks team? Do they just deserve all this respect
- 54:02Speaker 3: that this team is getting right now, and especially where.
- 54:07Speaker 2: They're on a short week.
- 54:08Speaker 3: I know they're at home, but they're playing They're on
- 54:10Speaker 3: a short week, playing against a team that had extended rest.
- 54:13Speaker 2: And we're getting late.
- 54:15Speaker 3: I know it doesn't feel like we're getting late to
- 54:16Speaker 3: the season here, but this is week five, Like that's
- 54:18Speaker 3: a big deal to these guys' bodies to heal that way.
- 54:22Speaker 3: So ah, man, I want to be in the Giants,
- 54:26Speaker 3: but I'll just wait. Give me, give me a six
- 54:28Speaker 3: and a half, sports books. Let me get a six
- 54:29Speaker 3: and a half so I can come in the summer.
- 54:31Speaker 2: But it's six.
- 54:32Speaker 3: I guess I'll just wait here at this point, Chad.
- 54:34Speaker 3: But yeah, I actually kind of like the Giants in
- 54:36Speaker 3: this spot.
- 54:38Speaker 1: All right, let's go back to the Cardinals for a second,
- 54:40Speaker 1: because I think I like thee I like I like
- 54:42Speaker 1: the Seahawks in this spot. I like it up to
- 54:44Speaker 1: seven Cardinals. I don't even know what the final score
- 54:48Speaker 1: of that game was. I stopped watching it because.
- 54:50Speaker 2: I was forty five fourteen.
- 54:51Speaker 1: I think forty five to fourteen. Teams to lose by
- 54:55Speaker 1: seventeen versus a team who won by seventeen the previous
- 55:01Speaker 1: week sixty percent against the spread the past twenty years.
- 55:07Speaker 1: One matchup meets this criteria this week Arizona Cardinals, Evan.
- 55:16Speaker 1: How about teams that have been blown out by thirty
- 55:20Speaker 1: points or more the following week against the spread? Let's
- 55:24Speaker 1: see what that one is. And while you look that up.
- 55:27Speaker 2: All I heard was I have a four and ten
- 55:28Speaker 2: chance of hitting that forty nine ers.
- 55:30Speaker 1: But well, that that's, by the way, that's the beauty
- 55:34Speaker 1: of the betting, right. It is like, and we've talked
- 55:37Speaker 1: about this. We go two and three, we go two
- 55:39Speaker 1: and three, we go one and four. We just as
- 55:42Speaker 1: easily could have gone three two three, two, four and
- 55:44Speaker 1: one if not for the tiny, most infinitesimal percentages, the
- 55:50Speaker 1: best probabilistic thinking. Green Bay at the Los Angeles Rams.
- 55:55Speaker 1: Los Angeles Rams are three and a half point home underdogs. Look,
- 56:00Speaker 1: I think the Packers in the second half last week
- 56:02Speaker 1: with Jordan Love started to get back into form. I
- 56:06Speaker 1: think this Rams team is unhealthy mentally, unhealthy physically. They're struggling.
- 56:13Speaker 1: I think if Jaye Alexander comes back. He did not play,
- 56:17Speaker 1: and that was a big deal in the loss of
- 56:18Speaker 1: the Vikings, justin Jefferson with them up. I like the
- 56:21Speaker 1: Packers here.
- 56:22Speaker 2: Yeah, I took the Rams of three and a half.
- 56:25Speaker 3: I'm with you, though I thought I was gonna be
- 56:27Speaker 3: in the Packers just because it's like, Okay, Jordan Love
- 56:29Speaker 3: Hardy got his little you know, bad game out of
- 56:32Speaker 3: the way. He should tear up this Rams secondary. Then
- 56:36Speaker 3: you kind of dive into it. It's like, this actually
- 56:37Speaker 3: isn't that bad of a matchup for this Rams team
- 56:41Speaker 3: who wants to run the ball, and it seems like
- 56:43Speaker 3: Green Bay that's kind of their weakness right now. Teams
- 56:47Speaker 3: could kind of run the ball against him and that
- 56:48Speaker 3: sets up the pass, which is what Stafford needs. I mean,
- 56:51Speaker 3: you just saw it against the Bears team. It's like
- 56:54Speaker 3: once the Bears finally took away the run, that's how
- 56:56Speaker 3: they shut down that team last week. So this is
- 57:00Speaker 3: a very telling line Chat that it's it's heavy professional
- 57:05Speaker 3: money coming in on the Rams. Seeing a couple of
- 57:09Speaker 3: books already move this to three, So.
- 57:12Speaker 1: Great, great, then I'm taking the package at three.
- 57:16Speaker 2: Don't get cocky, Chat, this is where they get you.
- 57:19Speaker 2: Don't get cocky. This is where they get you. So
- 57:22Speaker 2: just be careful.
- 57:24Speaker 1: You gotta clip that and if the Packers don't cover three,
- 57:27Speaker 1: you got play that back on Sunday night.
- 57:31Speaker 2: Oh just everyone be careful. Like I already was like,
- 57:34Speaker 2: what is this line?
- 57:36Speaker 3: I'm in total agreece with Chat where I initially wanted
- 57:38Speaker 3: to just hammer this, especially now that Jordan loves back, but.
- 57:42Speaker 2: There's something something going on here. I got this number
- 57:44Speaker 2: at three, so if it's three and a half, I'm
- 57:47Speaker 2: gonna I'll be on the RAMS side.
- 57:49Speaker 3: If it gets down to two and a half, me
- 57:50Speaker 3: and Chad will take that value on green Bay here.
- 57:52Speaker 3: So this is this is a big, big about the
- 57:54Speaker 3: number kind of line.
- 57:56Speaker 1: I hate when you when you say it like that.
- 58:00Speaker 1: We have been doing this show long enough for me
- 58:04Speaker 1: to know when you say be careful watch out. It's not, oh, Chad,
- 58:12Speaker 1: like you're being silly. It feels like you know something
- 58:15Speaker 1: more about this than you probably feel comfortable saying.
- 58:20Speaker 3: No, it's a money thing. If I say what I
- 58:22Speaker 3: want to say, I have to pay someone a lot
- 58:23Speaker 3: of money for give them out their info. So it's
- 58:26Speaker 3: basically just my tongue in cheek way of not having
- 58:28Speaker 3: to pay someone six figures for using their good info?
- 58:32Speaker 2: Is the truth?
- 58:33Speaker 1: Interesting? We feel, but I'm not wrong. It's like you're
- 58:38Speaker 1: telling me something I am.
- 58:40Speaker 3: Okay, Yeah, this is one of these that jump off
- 58:42Speaker 3: the board to me this week. Wow, Yeah, this is
- 58:46Speaker 3: big man. The big Man bets Chad.
- 58:49Speaker 2: This is probably can be a big balls better of
- 58:51Speaker 2: the week. Shut up, Come on, this takes balls. Look
- 58:55Speaker 2: at you right now, you're hating every moment of this.
- 58:57Speaker 1: I am hating every moment of it. I was gonna
- 59:01Speaker 1: go with Arizona speaking of their teams to lose by
- 59:05Speaker 1: twenty eight plus points the previous week. More stats, and
- 59:09Speaker 1: our dogs are four plus points or more the following week,
- 59:14Speaker 1: sixty two percent against the spread the following week. Come on, Simon, like, no,
- 59:23Speaker 1: you know what, you know what.
- 59:26Speaker 3: It's gonna be a fun week of sharp cause I'm
- 59:27Speaker 3: already looking forward to our Thursday show.
- 59:30Speaker 1: Oh my god. Now I thought I knew what my
- 59:33Speaker 1: exact decision was gonna be, and now you know what.
- 59:36Speaker 1: I'm sticking with it, all right. So Green Bay Rams
- 59:39Speaker 1: like I don't know what we're doing. Clearly we're putting
- 59:41Speaker 1: it on a list.
- 59:42Speaker 2: I'm on the Rams. I know exactly what I'm doing.
- 59:45Speaker 1: Okay. Saturday Football Dallas at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh's two and a
- 59:50Speaker 1: half on Sunday night. My first instinct was down.
- 59:53Speaker 2: Who's your buddy? Who's your buddy?
- 59:54Speaker 1: It warned you, Yeah, you wore me off it. You
- 59:56Speaker 1: wore me off it, and you didn't like it for
- 59:59Speaker 1: the matchup. But also now, like Micah Parsons is doubtful.
- 1:00:02Speaker 1: DeMarcus Lawrence is out. Yes, So no strong opinion here.
- 1:00:07Speaker 2: No, Still, I still like Pittsburgh.
- 1:00:09Speaker 3: I liked him at two. My view of it was
- 1:00:12Speaker 3: they match up well with what this Dallas team wants
- 1:00:14Speaker 3: to do. That Dallas wants to pass the ball. Pittsburgh
- 1:00:17Speaker 3: wants you to pass the ball. That's where they get
- 1:00:19Speaker 3: their turnovers, that's where they make teams to make mistakes.
- 1:00:22Speaker 2: So I like that.
- 1:00:23Speaker 3: My only hesitation right now with Pittsburgh is, you know,
- 1:00:27Speaker 3: their number one, number two running back might be out
- 1:00:29Speaker 3: of this game. Cordella Patterson might end up being their
- 1:00:32Speaker 3: number one running back here, which it's not ideal but
- 1:00:35Speaker 3: lucky for us. Dallas is one of the worst run
- 1:00:37Speaker 3: defenses in all of football. So yeah, maybe I'll get
- 1:00:43Speaker 3: you there come Sunday, Chad, But right now I do I.
- 1:00:45Speaker 2: Don't feel Pittsburgh.
- 1:00:47Speaker 1: I don't feel like, well, you've gone from like I
- 1:00:50Speaker 1: kind of like Pittsburgh too.
- 1:00:51Speaker 2: I really like Pittsburgh just because of the injuries. You
- 1:00:54Speaker 2: just nailed it with injuries, Like I don't have their
- 1:00:56Speaker 2: best defenders are.
- 1:00:57Speaker 1: Out, I'm not, and their two best defender is on
- 1:01:00Speaker 1: a team that only has five guys that played different line,
- 1:01:03Speaker 1: So I don't I don't hate the Steelers in this
- 1:01:05Speaker 1: spot at all. I just didn't feel strongly about it.
- 1:01:08Speaker 3: I think you have good hesitation because this is usually
- 1:01:10Speaker 3: where Toman lets us down right exactly.
- 1:01:12Speaker 2: That's why I understand your hesitation prime.
- 1:01:14Speaker 1: A favorite as a favorite, and it's Justin Fields. And
- 1:01:18Speaker 1: we saw Justin Fields in his full Justin Fields three
- 1:01:22Speaker 1: hundred and sixty degree experience the other day against the Colts,
- 1:01:26Speaker 1: and thank god it worked out in our favor. But
- 1:01:28Speaker 1: he was brilliant, made terrible mistakes. Brilliant made terrible mistakes.
- 1:01:32Speaker 1: That's that's my hesitation here.
- 1:01:34Speaker 2: So I got that stat ringing in my head.
- 1:01:35Speaker 3: It's like, the real bad here is is Dallas gonna
- 1:01:38Speaker 3: scored more than twenty points because we know if they can't,
- 1:01:41Speaker 3: this is an easy one for Pittsburgh. If they can,
- 1:01:44Speaker 3: you're right, we'll probably lose this bet on Pittsburgh. So
- 1:01:46Speaker 3: that's that's definitely something that's ring in the back of
- 1:01:48Speaker 3: my head right now.
- 1:01:57Speaker 1: Monday Night Football. The New Orleans Saints are I mean
- 1:02:00Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs. The Kansasity Chiefs are five and
- 1:02:02Speaker 1: a half point favorites now in some spots still five
- 1:02:05Speaker 1: at three six five, but five and a half in
- 1:02:07Speaker 1: other places. Simon, Yeah, the New Orleans Saints.
- 1:02:12Speaker 2: There we go.
- 1:02:13Speaker 1: Are my executive decision.
- 1:02:14Speaker 2: Good man?
- 1:02:16Speaker 1: The choice between the unthinkable and the impossible?
- 1:02:20Speaker 2: Are you have your honor's text to kute number executive decision?
- 1:02:25Speaker 2: It was going to be the Cardinals.
- 1:02:26Speaker 1: I almost came off it. It's going to be the Saints.
- 1:02:29Speaker 1: Chiefs now have a ten game winning streak dating back
- 1:02:31Speaker 1: to last season. Do you know what their margin of
- 1:02:33Speaker 1: victory is in those games? Aggregate sixty one points? Yeah,
- 1:02:39Speaker 1: average margin of victory this season five point three points
- 1:02:43Speaker 1: through the first the first three weeks of this season.
- 1:02:47Speaker 1: They're now gone wide receiver for she Rice led the
- 1:02:51Speaker 1: league in receptions, was top two in yards, top two
- 1:02:55Speaker 1: in targets and team target share. Howwood Brown for the season.
- 1:03:02Speaker 1: He was expected to be a big contributor. Now knows
- 1:03:05Speaker 1: Rashid Rice still know Isaiah Piccheco. We saw what happened
- 1:03:10Speaker 1: when they didn't have these players and they were leading
- 1:03:13Speaker 1: into Kareem Hunt on Sunday, mahomes as a favorite three
- 1:03:20Speaker 1: or more thirty ninety three against the spread, Like you
- 1:03:26Speaker 1: just got to fade Mahomes as a favorite of this
- 1:03:29Speaker 1: number in games that are constantly close, when he is
- 1:03:32Speaker 1: consistently losing any of his weapons.
- 1:03:36Speaker 3: Yeah, and when I went to sportsbook yesterday, the Bills
- 1:03:39Speaker 3: were still a dog at that point, and the bookmaker said,
- 1:03:42Speaker 3: this is basically the number one teaser back to back
- 1:03:44Speaker 3: weeks is Bills in chief So last week it was.
- 1:03:47Speaker 2: A number one teaser.
- 1:03:48Speaker 3: Obviously didn't get there with the Bills getting blown out.
- 1:03:51Speaker 3: The public went right back to it. They went all
- 1:03:54Speaker 3: over this Chiefs team and their teasers right with the
- 1:03:55Speaker 3: Bills when the Bills were a dog. So I'm right
- 1:03:58Speaker 3: there with you this this feel it was a game
- 1:04:00Speaker 3: where me and you play the Saints, we play them
- 1:04:03Speaker 3: on the money line, and you know, we not that
- 1:04:07Speaker 3: we need a little bit of luck here, but we've
- 1:04:09Speaker 3: seen it, right, We've seen with this this Chiefs team
- 1:04:13Speaker 3: what they lack and skill they get with luck at
- 1:04:15Speaker 3: the end of these games. And it's like, yeah, okay,
- 1:04:17Speaker 3: can we just have the refs on our side in
- 1:04:19Speaker 3: this game, get the calls to go our way? And
- 1:04:21Speaker 3: really can we they take away Xavier Worthy in the
- 1:04:25Speaker 3: deep shot, like can they make Mahomes drive the entire field?
- 1:04:28Speaker 3: Because that seems like that's his issue right now, right
- 1:04:30Speaker 3: it's putting together these long, sustainable drives because he just
- 1:04:34Speaker 3: can't depend on Travis Kelce like he used to. Right,
- 1:04:36Speaker 3: He always had that kind of get out of jail
- 1:04:38Speaker 3: free car with Travis Kelser. It's like, oh, back against
- 1:04:41Speaker 3: the wall, third and six. I know I can dial
- 1:04:44Speaker 3: up to play here that Travis Kelce will get open
- 1:04:46Speaker 3: through impropervisation or whatever. It's just it's just a different
- 1:04:50Speaker 3: team this year. I mean you, we're gonna keep going
- 1:04:52Speaker 3: back to the well as long as it spreads above three.
- 1:04:54Speaker 2: We talk well at the time like this is when
- 1:04:55Speaker 2: we'd like to go after Mahomes.
- 1:04:57Speaker 3: So I love this pick, Chad, hoping it gets a
- 1:05:01Speaker 3: six for us, just because so much public money is
- 1:05:03Speaker 3: gonna keep coming in on this team. But I assume
- 1:05:06Speaker 3: the professionals are coming on the Saints team just like
- 1:05:08Speaker 3: we are, and bet the stumber down so happy to
- 1:05:11Speaker 3: grab it while you cant of five and a half.
- 1:05:13Speaker 1: All right, So the games that we really like so
- 1:05:15Speaker 1: far that we have found agreement on New Orleans as
- 1:05:20Speaker 1: my exec decision Cincinnati, Simon says, we're still leaning in
- 1:05:27Speaker 1: Las Vegas plus two and a half, but we probably
- 1:05:30Speaker 1: want to get some sharp calls on that. We will
- 1:05:33Speaker 1: look forward to hearing what people have to say about
- 1:05:36Speaker 1: the Cardinals and the Niners. And clearly you've got something
- 1:05:39Speaker 1: you want to say about the Rams A plus three
- 1:05:41Speaker 1: and a half.
- 1:05:41Speaker 2: That is I've said too much.
- 1:05:44Speaker 1: That is making me rethink my entire existence right now.
- 1:05:47Speaker 2: No so, and don't Houston. We like Houston too. Remember
- 1:05:54Speaker 2: to keep going up as well.
- 1:05:55Speaker 1: Houston, Houston, Houston plus one all right. As reminder, fun
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