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TSH Ep. 3 - 2023 Schedule Pick 'em · The Skol Hop

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Hey, welcoming Vikings fans to another episode of The School
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Hop. My name is Evan.
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Got Austin here. Hi guys.
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How's it going? And we are just a couple of
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dudes from Iowa who love the Vikings.
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And we love drinking beer. And you bought the beer today,
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My friend did. What'd you get us?
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This. We've.
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We've got a good one. One of my favorites, actually.
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From 5 Cities Brewing in Bettendorf, IA, this one is
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Schwifty Hippie. It is a double dry hopped New
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England IPA and this beer falls right smack dab in the middle of
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my favorite category of beers. This is exactly what I would get
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you if I were trying to get you a beer that I knew you would
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like. So fans, all of our loyal fans,
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if you ever want to send anything in, this is a good one.
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Yeah, there you go. And not too far from where we
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live. Correct.
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Right down the street. Yeah.
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Which is great. So good stuff.
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All right, well, today's episode is all about picking games,
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schedule, time. Yeah.
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So we have asked our wives, we've asked our kids, and we've
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also dug deep into our own Vikings fandom.
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And we've selected each game, win or loss.
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And we're also going to let fate decide with a coin flip.
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So right now, if you were with us, you would see on the screen
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that we've got our wives pics and our kids pics all listed
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out. But Austin and I have not shared
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our pics together yet. We're going to reveal those to
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each other as we go here, and then as we go week by week,
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we're also going to flip the coin and see what fate decides.
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So I figured Austin, we would start with our wives and our
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kids and just kind of really quickly go through their picks
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and kind of just compare contrast and then we'll get into
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the nitty gritty of revealing our picks.
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Sounds good. I like it.
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So your kids were the only ones that picked the Buccaneers to
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win instead of the Vikings in week one?
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That's kind of interesting. Yeah, yeah.
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So I'll preface this this way. I've talked about the Medician
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ice cream rule before and how whenever the Vikings win, my
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family gets ice cream. Great tradition, yeah.
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Something my all of my kids, but especially my 5 year old and my
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3 year old have really latched on to.
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So while I did ask specific each kid their picks each week.
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My five and three-year olds just wanted ice cream, so they
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predicted a fully undefeated, what, 17 and O season?
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Hey, I'm not opposed to that. And so we're going with my
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oldest picks, my 8 year old. And yeah, she picked the the
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Buccaneers game as a loss. Wow.
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Well, I'll just tell you how my kids picked, so I rounded them
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up. I only have two.
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I figured maybe you'd do it like just like.
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Altogether democratically and have a tiebreaker.
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I tried, but was quickly told no, we should do it with each
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individual kid and we saw how that turned out.
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So, well, I just, I put each game before each kid and I said,
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you know, Buccaneers or Vikings. And if they both agreed, then I
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just went with what they both agreed on.
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If they disagreed, they had a rock paper, scissor and the
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winner got their pick. Yeah, so that's how we ended up
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with my kids picks. And I have no idea what my wife
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did picking her games, but anyways.
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Yeah, So are we gonna continue on?
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Yeah. So your wife, my wife and my
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kids week one bikes win over the Buccaneers.
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Austin's kids have picked a loss there.
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Week 2. This is rough.
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Yeah, this is a rough one. So at the Eagles.
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Yeah, I will preface this, when I started asking my wife, she
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tried to dig in a little bit more and she said, well, how are
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they supposed to be? Are they supposed to be good
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this year? And all I would tell her is that
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I think in some ways they may have over achieved a little bit
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last year. And so she kind of took that and
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ran with it and. As I asked her each each game, I
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told her whether it was home or away.
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Obviously the team we were playing, we, I hate when I say
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we the team they were playing and like the time of day.
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So I did give her a little bit more of that information.
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So that influenced her thoughts. But she chose, yeah, a loss for
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the Eagles. I would.
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I would just add neither of our wives are very like football
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minded. They will watch games with us
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mostly for the entertainment value, spending time with us.
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Sure, cuz they love us so much. Exactly.
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Yeah. Most of the time they like if we
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all watch a game together, it's you and me on the couch in the
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basement and they're up with the kids just hanging out.
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So not very football minded, but I think they had fun.
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At least my wife had fun. Yeah, picking the games.
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So yeah, yeah, my family did too.
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So week two at the Eagles, we've got 3 losses.
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Only my kids picked a win here. They're smart, so we'll see.
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They could be on to something there.
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Week 3, we're home. We they the Vikings.
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Our home against the Chargers. And it's flip-flopped,
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flip-flopped. Only my kids picked a loss.
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Everybody else chose a win, everybody else chose a win.
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So we'll see how that goes. Week 4 at the Panthers, same
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thing. Everybody but my kids picked a
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win. Well, I feel like your kids
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aren't Vikings fans, man. Well, here's here's the other
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thing with my kids is they love to rile me up.
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Oh yeah. And so like, you know, have the,
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like purple LED lights around my Viking stuff in my basement and
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they like to come in and grab the remote and change it to
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green and say, hey dad, look, it's the Packers.
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And then I, you know, react all disgusted and mad and Yep, of
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course it's all for fun. Your.
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Kids are lucky. They're cute.
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I'll say that. That's true.
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That is true. But they they like to be.
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They like to be brats sometimes when it comes to being a Vikings
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fan. That's good.
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Week 5 Chiefs at home again. My kids with the the pick for
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the Vikes to win. Everybody else picks a loss
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there, which is interesting. So Eagles and Chiefs, arguably 2
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of the better teams in the league and both of my kids
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picked the win there, so I don't know they could be on to
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something, but. Yeah, I'm, you know, there's a
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couple of times I hope your kids are right.
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There's a lot of times looking at this selection.
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I hope your kids are wrong, but only times I like to be the
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contrarians do they like to do the opposite.
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So it's infuriating sometimes, but it is what it is.
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Week 6 is no different, though. Your wife, your kids, and my
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wife all picked a win at the Bears and my kids picked a loss.
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Yeah. At the Bears, well, there's
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something to be said cuz like the Vikings in the last couple
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of decades have had some rough times playing in Chicago.
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So maybe maybe your kids are the smart ones here.
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Maybe. Maybe you have to wonder if,
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like all the drama around the Chicago stadium stuff makes
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Soldier Field feel less like home for them.
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Maybe, I don't know. That might be a little deep
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there up. Maybe it's the thought.
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It's the beer talking. It is the beer talking.
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Week 7 49ers at home. We're split.
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Yeah, we're split. My kids and wife both selected a
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win for this 49ers game, and your kids and wife both chose a
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loss. Yeah, so your family thinks win
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and my family thinks. Yeah, hopefully the Medicians
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are right here. Let's hope so.
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Same thing for Week 8 at Green Bay.
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Man split right down the middle and your family with the winning
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pick and my family with the losing pick.
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So wow. Yeah, well, that was one of
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those where both of my kids were like, Packers are gonna win that
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one. Yeah, I think your kids are
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secretly Packer fans, man. You guys are sleeping out in the
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backyard. Tonight, they should be.
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Just kidding. They're cute, this one I will
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say. My wife said, Well, I'm pretty
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sure I have to say that the Vikings are gonna beat the
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Packers. I mean, I didn't disagree, but
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also doesn't really play into the nature of the bit we're
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doing here. So yeah, either way, they're
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gonna win. Hopefully, hopefully.
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Week 9 at Falcons. Yeah, so this was, if you
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remember right, one of my locks from last episode.
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This was yes, I do recall. Did you remember your locks when
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you were making your picks? I may have had to go back and
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just double check. I I was pretty sure I knew, but
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I wanted to double check, make sure I wasn't going back on what
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I said. Yeah, I'm just gonna fill that
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in. Yeah, he's filling in my lock to
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win. So I I still stand firm with
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that lock to win Week 9 at the Falcons.
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My wife chose a loss for this one, showcasing her football
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knowledge. My kids said win and then your
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wife and kids will said win on that too.
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So everybody but your wife. Well, she's not wrong a lot, but
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let's hope she's wrong here. There you go.
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Week 10, Saints at home. My kids again.
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The contrarians think the Vikings are going to lose.
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Everybody else thinks a win. Yep.
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Well, your kids aren't the smartest.
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We've established that, at least when it comes to the Vikings,
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they are cute, though. And I'm sure they're smart.
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Week 11 at the Broncos, My wife, man, the contrarian.
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This time, she thinks they lose. Everybody else thinks they win.
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That's all right. And then this week 12 game with
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the Bears at home. This is the only one if I'm
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looking at it right. Correct me if I'm wrong, the
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only game that everybody picked the same.
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Correct. Everyone except for you, except
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for me. This was my lock to lose.
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This was your lock to lose, and this was your lock to win.
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This was my lock to win. Yep.
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So I'm hoping we're one that thinks the Bears are gonna beat
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the Vikings in Week 12. And I will be happy if I'm
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wrong. Let's hope you are.
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Let's hope you are. It is going into the bye week,
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Week 13, and then coming off of the bye.
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We go to Vegas. They go to Vegas.
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See, look what you started. My kids are contrarians again,
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but this time they've got the Vikings winning.
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Yeah, and everybody else says a loss coming off the bye week,
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Week 15 at the Bengals. Split.
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Yeah, split. But the kids, all the kids think
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we win this game. And all the wives think we lose
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that game. Interesting.
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Well, let's hope the wives are wrong.
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Let's hope that I think that game, if I remember right, that
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was one of the ones that came down to rock, paper, scissors.
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Makes sense. So.
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And we may have manipulated our youngest a little bit.
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She's four and she doesn't quite understand the rules to rock,
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paper, scissors. So anyways, all right, three
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games left at home against the Lions.
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Your kids picked a loss there. And they were the contrarians.
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Everybody else said Win. Everybody else says win.
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Man, those Lions games, they're gonna be tough in having them
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two games in three weeks. That's just gonna be, it's gonna
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be very interesting, especially at the end of the season, Week
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17, Packers at home. And your kids, My kids, I'm
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telling you, they're secretly Packers fans.
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I'm gonna have to deal with that, yeah.
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Yeah, there's probably some therapies You can get them in.
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Yeah, your kids are the only one that said the Vikings would
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lose. Yep.
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And then Week 18 at Detroit split.
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But your wife thinks loss. Your kids think win.
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My wife thinks win. My kids think loss.
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Yeah. So interesting.
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Kind of interesting indeed. So overall, my wife thinks the
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Vikings will have an 11 and six record and.
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She definitely stands by that. She put a lot of thought and
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effort into making these pics. Just kidding.
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She doesn't remember what she picked right now.
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And my kids think a 12 and five record are coming.
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And again, my oldest thinks a 12 and five record because my
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youngest two, they just want ice cream.
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So they think it's going to be an undefeated season.
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I'll take 17 and oh. Yeah.
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I mean, yeah, and ice cream every week.
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Yeah, that's fine. That's fine.
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Yeah. My wife and kids were both a
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little less forgiving. My wife even made the comment to
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me. She's like, I just don't think
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they're gonna be that good. Like, I still think they'll be
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OK. Yeah, but my wife thinks 10 and
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seven, and my kids think 9:00 and 8:00.
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Yeah, which nine and eight? That might not even make the
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playoffs. Probably not, especially if we
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lose to the Lions. Twice.
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Yeah, that would be. That would be rough.
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Although your kids version of nine and eight has a splitting
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with the lion. That's true.
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That's true. But losing the last two games of
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the season? That could be losing.
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Losing to the Packers at home and then going on the road week
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18 with the loss to the Lions. So yeah, I like your kids,
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though. There's a there's a nice How
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many game win streak there next game win?
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Streak all the way up to the bye week?
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Yeah, I like that. Yeah.
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All right, it's time to switch gears.
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And we're gonna reveal our picks to each other, and we'll also
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get the coin here. And we'll coin flip.
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I'm gonna let you flip for Week 1, OK?
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And then we can alternate. OK, are we doing the coin flip
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as we reveal our picks or after? Let's do it after.
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OK, yeah, that's what I thought. But I didn't know.
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So let's start with your week one pick.
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Buccaneers at home winner loss. All right, I said.
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That's a win. Buccaneers don't even know who
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their quarterback is right now. Good.
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Yeah, that's all I need to know. They've had some stuff with
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their coaching and I think it's gonna relate to a Vikings win.
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Sounds like maybe Baker is. Could be, but they've also said
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who's the backup? Is it Kyle Trask?
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I might be wrong on that. Don't quote me fans, but yeah, I
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said a win. What'd you say?
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I've I also said a win. Nice.
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I think for similar reasons, I think we get started off on the
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right foot. Week one, we're at home.
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We typically play well at home. If I recall, this game isn't.
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Yep, it's a noon game. So it's kind of just business as
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usual. There will certainly be things
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that we're still figuring out. It'll be interesting to figure
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out, like the run game. Our defense will be, you know,
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really adjusting to a new look and a new coach.
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But yeah, I think all things considered, you're right.
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The Buccaneers are dealing with a lot more post Tom Brady trying
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to figure out their identity after all that.
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And yeah, yeah, So yeah, I'm pretty confident in a win.
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Almost lock worthy, but not not quite.
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There. Yeah, not quite.
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I agree. All right, let's let's see what
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the coin thinks here. All right.
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And we're gonna do Tails never fails.
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Which means tails equals a Vikings win.
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I like it. Heads equals the opponent's win.
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Okay. So here we go.
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Ooh, that was a good spin. Tails.
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Tails never fails. As tails, so the coin says.
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Vikings are gonna win. So we did kind of steal this
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idea, the coin flip idea. There was a Jets fan last year,
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I think. So I saw it on Twitter.
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Somewhere he's pretty famous on social media for a minute
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because he had done this similar idea and was eerily accurate.
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He was. We're hoping to recreate the
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magic of the coin flip even into the playoffs.
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Like he just kept it going into the playoffs.
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It was strange, but all right, Week two at Eagles, I think I
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know what you're gonna say, but go ahead.
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So for a few reasons, just logistically, you're traveling
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to Philadelphia for a night game Thursday night, four days after
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your first game. So all of those add up to me as
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a loss. And it's the Eagles like they
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were on fire. They made it to the Super Bowl
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last year like they're a good team.
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And Evan, I can see you. You let the cat out of the bag.
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We agree that this will be a loss.
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This is a loss. Yes, that is confirmed.
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Almost lock worthy. Almost lock worthy.
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My kids, my kids still think it's a win.
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I hope they're right. So we'll see.
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I would love it if they're right.
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But again, for all the same reasons.
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Night game at Philly. I don't even When's the last
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time we won? At Philly.
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I don't know. I'm not gonna look it up.
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Just just. Tear the stadium down.
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It doesn't matter. Oh, you're gonna flip.
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I'm gonna flip. All right, coin flip for Week 2
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at the Eagles. Here we go.
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EV, I gotta move this out of the way.
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Might make some noise, but that's OK.
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That's all right. Tails never fails.
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The coin says Tails, Which means the coin says Vikings are gonna
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win. So, all right, Fate and my kids,
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I hope they're right. Vikings win, All right, Week 3
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Chargers at home. All right, yeah, I said.
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This is gonna be a loss. I think Justin Herbert really
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starts figuring everything out. Chargers is gonna be a good team
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this year. I think so.
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I'm gonna say this is a win. Okay.
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And I don't disagree with you. I do think in a lot of ways the
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Chargers are a good team. But I feel like we've been
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saying that for the last couple of years.
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Yeah, that's true. And I feel like every year the
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Chargers look good until they don't.
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Yep. You know.
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And so I I don't know. I just think, especially, again,
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being at home, coming off of probably a loss on the road at
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Philly. I think our guys are going to,
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they're gonna want some retribution, they're gonna wanna
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set the ship in the right direction.
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Yeah, yeah, that's true. I mean, you make some good
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points, but let's see what the coin says here.
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I'm gonna put it for Week 3. Week three.
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You're not gonna believe it. Tails.
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It's tails. Wow.
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At some point, these odds have to turn.
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You'd think so, but so far the coin has selected three wins in
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a row. The Vikings will start out three
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and oh. Yeah, I like the coin so far.
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It's probably gonna turn on us. Probably, Yeah.
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It'll flip on us. There's a good spot to mention,
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though, that we will keep track of this during the season.
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Yeah, yeah. And at least make mention of the
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various picks each week in our weekly episodes.
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And we'll see who's the most right the coin.
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Me, Evan. Our wives or our kids, That's
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right. It'll be fun.
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That's right. All right.
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Week four at Carolina Revenge game with so I did say.
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This one, it's gonna be emotional.
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It will be. For Vikings fans, it will be for
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a lot of Mr. Thielen's former teammates #19 on the other side.
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Yeah, so I did say this is gonna be a win for the Vikings.
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I think they usually play pretty well in Carolina.
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The Panthers, with their new coach, they should be better
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this year than they have been. Obviously they will go where
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Bryce Young takes them, but it's still going to be early in the
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season. They can blitz that rookie
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quarterback all they want and come away with a win.
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It'll be a deciding win, too. Yeah, I agree.
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I think it's a win. I don't know.
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I think we build some nice momentum in those weeks three
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and four. Yeah.
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I don't see any scenario really where we lose that game.
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I don't see it. So all right, let's flip it Week
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4. The coin likes our team of
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sweet. The coin so far says we're gonna
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be undefeated 4 weeks in. So the coin did say tails and O.
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Four and OI like the coin. Hopefully it doesn't turn on us
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all right. We got to get real with
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ourselves though. Here cuz week five, we host the
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Chiefs. Yes, we do.
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But we don't. We will be in one of our
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basements, probably. Yeah, the Vikings host the
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Chiefs. Vikings host the Chiefs at U.S.
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bank Stadium. Is this a win or a loss?
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I say this is going to be a loss.
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The only one so far, unless you have a different opinion that
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thinks they're going to win is your kids.
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That's true. That is true.
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And I think this one may have come down to some rock, paper,
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scissors too. I think it's a loss as well.
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I mean, it's pretty hard to argue against the Chiefs,
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especially with Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey.
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Jarek McKinnon. Yeah, he resigned in the
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backfield. I read something today that, you
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know, this could be kind of a a grudge match for him.
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A little bit, yeah. Former Viking wanting to stick
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it to his old team a little bit, So yeah.
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Yeah, I agree. Definitely be a loss.
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So you're gonna flip it? All right, I'm gonna flip it
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this time. I'm gonna keep it here.
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You won't hear the sound effect probably.
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Man, man does the coin, the coin said Tails.
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Gentlemen and ladies like Good grief, this coin likes our team.
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I like this coin. I do too.
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We need to like, frame this coin.
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So far, this is the lucky coin. And this is totally real.
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We are just flipping it. We're not.
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Yeah. We're not doing anything
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special. All right?
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We gotta keep moving on here. Week 6 at the Bears.
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Yes, I think that the Vikings will leave Chicago victorious.
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The last time they played in Chicago, Evan, you and I were in
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attendance. We were there, yes, And they won
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so, so much that we'd lost interest in the game.
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Yes, we did. But yes, and it looks like.
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What do you think of? Yeah, I think a win as well.
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It's early on in the season, Week 6, October 15th, it's a
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noon game. You know, Chicago isn't that far
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of a road trip. I don't know.
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I think again, business as usual for our guys.
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And yeah, we've we've played fairly well in Chicago recently.
24:45
The last, what, two years, couple years.
24:47
There was a dark time. There was, yeah, there was a
24:49
time where it had been like five or six seasons since we'd won a
24:53
game in Chicago. But I don't know.
24:55
I I like our chances there. And like I mentioned earlier, I
25:00
don't know, maybe Chicago's feeling a little less like
25:03
Soldier Field is their home and maybe it's more of a rental
25:06
space while they're trying to figure out.
25:08
Maybe their stadium. Maybe by Week 6, Chicago has
25:11
lost all of this pretend hype that they've built up for their
25:15
young quarterback. Yeah, maybe just a running back,
25:19
pretty much. Maybe he gets hurt because he's
25:22
running so much. Maybe.
25:23
But honestly? He gets hurt.
25:25
They probably have a better chance, cuz he's not that good.
25:29
All right, let's see what the coin says.
25:30
All right, the coin says I. Don't like this coin anymore, it
25:35
said Heads. The coin thinks the Bears are
25:38
gonna win. Well, we knew at some point the
25:41
odds had to shift. Right.
25:44
I still like the coin. I shouldn't have said that.
25:46
I'm sorry. Coin, but it's OK.
25:48
I mean five and one. That's all right.
25:51
The coin is wrong on this one. All right, Week seven, we host
25:57
the Vikings, host the 49ers. And they're gonna win.
26:01
That's my prediction. Wow, this is a Monday night
26:03
game. Yeah, they're doing it.
26:04
They're gonna win Monday night after a nice ego boosting game
26:10
against the Bears Monday night in a place an hour away from San
26:16
Francisco. No, it's at home.
26:18
Okay. It's a home game.
26:19
Yeah, it's a home game. Yeah, that'll be good.
26:22
I'm typically optimistic, but for this game I'm not.
26:27
Okay, I think. Even despite.
26:32
I mean, let me just back up and say, don't you wish that the
26:38
Vikings could have the quarterback problems that the
26:40
Niners are having? Like, we just have three really
26:42
good guys that could do it. Who do we pick?
26:45
Who? Who was it that was famous for
26:47
saying if you've got two quarterbacks, you've got no
26:50
quarterbacks? I don't know.
26:52
Who said that? I don't know.
26:53
It's some coach. But maybe, maybe there is some
26:55
wisdom there. Yeah, I.
26:57
I like having. I like Kirk.
27:00
I like having Kirk. And, well, there's knowing
27:03
rumors swirling around that there could be a trade at the
27:06
end of this season between the Niners and the Vikings for Kirk.
27:10
So Pro Football Talk. Here's a tangent for it.
27:14
They had a story sometime the last few weeks that basically
27:18
said the Vikings can't do anything other than either let
27:23
Kirk walk at the end of the season or because of his no
27:28
trade clause. Because they won't be able to
27:30
trade him because his contract will expire at the end of the
27:34
season and they can't franchise tag him because his contract
27:39
will expire before the date that you're allowed to franchise tag
27:42
player. Interesting.
27:43
Some void year or something like that.
27:45
And Kirk, if he's franchise tagged again, what would that
27:51
be? His third tag?
27:52
And the percentage goes up every time you get tagged.
27:56
He would be a very expensive franchise tag, which is a moot
28:00
point because they can't do it anyways.
28:02
So they're either going to extend him or he's going to be
28:05
playing for somebody else next season, or maybe he just
28:09
retires. Probably.
28:10
I don't think so. Anyways.
28:14
You think when I think loss, I'm typically the optimist, but I'm
28:18
a little pessimistic here. I just don't know.
28:22
The 49ers are a good team. Yeah, so I don't know.
28:27
I don't know that the Vikings can make it past them,
28:29
especially on Monday night. We struggle in those prime time
28:33
games. Yeah, and that's concerning to
28:35
me. The saving grace for me is that
28:37
it's at home, yes, agreed. That'll be a good game.
28:40
So hopefully, like, injury fans show up and show out.
28:43
My goodness, they're loud. Yep, so.
28:46
All right, what's the coin? Thing.
28:47
Coin says, Here we go. I gotta reflift that, man.
28:52
I dropped it. Now it's gonna be wrong, Tails.
28:56
Ooh, the coin says. The Vikings win, all right and
28:59
says win. As a recap so far, the coin
29:02
thinks after the 49ers game, the Vikings will be 6 and one, and
29:08
I'm on board with that. And you think the Vikings are
29:12
four and three? Yep.
29:14
And I think they are also four and three.
29:16
And a little bit different wins and losses out in some different
29:19
ways, but. All right.
29:22
Week eight against the Little Brothers the Packeters at Green
29:26
Bay. What do you got?
29:28
This is this is absolutely going to be a win this year for the
29:32
Packers. Who knows?
29:33
Maybe Jordan Love is going to turn into the third straight
29:36
Hall of Fame quarterback that the Packers have.
29:39
But this year, with all the transition they're going to be
29:42
going through, this might even be a coach firing worthy season
29:46
for the Packers is going to be bad.
29:48
Wow for them. And them's fighting words
29:50
almost, yes, fighting words over there.
29:53
No, I agree with you though. I think.
29:56
I think the Vikings take this one in Green Bay.
29:59
It's just going to be an entirely different team without
30:04
#12. And the Packers will have to do
30:08
some soul searching. They'll really have to figure
30:10
out who they are. They're not going to have a
30:12
coach on the field anymore. They're not going to have the
30:17
guy under center who can read a defense as good as anybody,
30:21
maybe better than anybody, and make audibles and make
30:26
adjustments in the moment on the field based on what he sees.
30:29
They just, they're not going to have that with Jordan Love.
30:32
I don't care who you are. I don't care how many years you
30:34
sat behind him learning, I mean, and similar to how we've been
30:40
flipping a coin, eventually the odds are going to run out on the
30:44
Packers and they're not going to have a Hall of Fame caliber
30:49
quarterback under center like they have for the last 25 years
30:53
or whatever. It's been, oh it's hasn't it
30:55
been longer It's been it's been too long.
30:58
Effectively, our entire lives been too long.
31:00
Yes. So anyways, yeah, I think we're
31:04
both on the same page there. Vikings win at Green Bay Week 8.
31:09
The other thing I like about that game is it's October 29th,
31:13
so it's almost Halloween, which means it's not gonna be bitter
31:18
cold yet. Yeah, so?
31:20
Well, that's the theme of the schedule this year.
31:21
No cold games, no cold games. I love it.
31:24
All right, let's see what the coin thinks about this Packer
31:26
game. All right, Do not let me down.
31:28
Coin. The coin did not let me down.
31:34
The coin says tails, which means it's a Vikings win.
31:37
All right, it's a pretty good coin.
31:41
Like I said, we may frame this coin.
31:45
We might have to. We might have to.
31:47
It might go down. I have my Vikings display case
31:50
over there. It might have to like go in
31:51
there. We can sharpie whatever record
31:53
it says. We gotta wait and see if it was
31:57
actually right. That's true.
31:58
But yeah, that's true. Either way, we have to keep it.
32:01
Yeah, we'll keep it for sure. All right.
32:04
So Week 9 at Atlanta, you called this as your lock for the
32:09
Vikings to win. You've actually got the Vikings
32:12
on a four-game win streak here. Yeah, most good years for the
32:16
Vikings. I mean, any good year for any
32:18
team, they have a win streak. But most good years for the
32:21
Vikings, they string together some good sections of wins and
32:27
then maybe pepper a few losses in some areas.
32:29
But this is our string of good wins for this team.
32:33
I like it. I think it's a win as well and
32:37
probably a lock. I just the Falcons aren't gonna
32:41
be strong and they play indoors. Maybe the Oculus will be open,
32:49
who knows, maybe maybe it won't be.
32:51
Cuz this will be what, November 5th, November 5th?
32:56
So the first Sunday in November. This would be a fun one to go
33:00
to. The stadium is pretty sweet.
33:02
It would be. Anyhoo, let's see what the coin
33:05
thinks here. Did you say that it'll be a win?
33:07
I'm sorry. Yes, I did.
33:10
It's a win, All right. Maybe a lock, too.
33:13
All right. Remember, my wife said it'd be a
33:15
loss. She's the only one.
33:17
Yeah, she's just the only one. All right, here we go.
33:19
Coin tails. Nice.
33:24
Wow. This is real, folks.
33:27
Like this is yeah, man. And we're switching it up so
33:31
it's not even like the same person's flipping it every time.
33:33
Yeah, it's truly up to fate. All right, so the coin so far,
33:38
after nine games, thinks we're eight.
33:41
And one I like this coin. I'd take eight and one after.
33:44
We have seen full seasons where the Vikings don't get eight
33:47
wins, So thank you, Coin. All right, next game, Week 10,
33:52
hosting the Saints. Is this a nooner?
33:54
Is this one of those 325 games? This is a noon game at home.
34:01
All right. Well, that must be why I said
34:03
the Vikings are gonna win this game.
34:07
Who's their quarterback again? They signed Derek Carr, didn't
34:10
they? Did they really?
34:11
Yeah, gosh, I don't even know. Yeah, I don't.
34:15
I don't follow things as closely as you do in the offseason.
34:18
Wait till the season and then I'll be.
34:20
I'll be in the mix again. You hosted NFL Podcast, So I
34:23
know I should probably get better at that.
34:26
I think this is a win as well, yeah.
34:31
New quarterback, apparently for the Saints.
34:33
So they're gonna be kind of soul searching a little bit as well.
34:38
And I don't know. I mean, we're at home, It's a
34:41
noon game. Everything's just kind of right
34:44
there for us. So, all right, flip it.
34:49
Well. It's my turn.
34:50
All right. Coin.
34:53
What's it say? Tails never fails.
34:58
This coin made. I don't know, maybe this coin is
35:02
starting to be a little delirious.
35:04
But the coin says we're gonna win.
35:08
I agree with it. I'm rolling with it.
35:09
Yeah, let's go. I'm rolling with it.
35:11
I like it. All right from Sean Payton's
35:14
former team to. His current team, when we host
35:18
the Broncos. I need to stop this.
35:20
No, no. We're at the Broncos.
35:22
It's a road game. Yep.
35:24
Thank you. We go to Denver, and that's kind
35:28
of an interesting thing about the schedule, too, is we really
35:31
don't have a homestand until Week 16 and 17 when we host the
35:37
Lions and Packers back-to-back. That's true.
35:40
Holy cow. So it's kind of an alternating
35:42
schedule. HomeAway, HomeAway, HomeAway.
35:45
We have two away games at Atlanta or Sorry, at Green Bay,
35:50
then at Atlanta, and then it's home against the Saints, at
35:55
Denver, and then home the Bears before the bye week.
35:58
Although I did see something, there was something on Twitter
36:01
that tracked the distance each team will travel this year.
36:05
And the Vikings are, they're in the lower part of travel miles,
36:11
so they don't travel that's good near as much as other teams
36:14
will. And we're not going overseas
36:16
this year. That's true.
36:17
So that is true. That helps.
36:19
All right, So the Broncos. I picked this as a loss.
36:25
It's hard to go in a Mile High and when they're going to be in
36:29
their bounce back year. I really think last year with
36:34
Russell Wilson, my goodness, I forgot his name for a second.
36:38
I think that was kind of forgettable year last year.
36:41
He had a pretty forgettable year last.
36:43
Year. Oh yeah.
36:43
Yeah, he was. He was terrible.
36:45
The whole team was terrible. Their coach got fired.
36:47
I think as much as I don't like Sean Payton, I think he's going
36:51
to correct a lot of things. I think the Broncos are going to
36:53
be better. I'm not saying they're going to
36:55
win the Super Bowl, but I think they're going to be better than
36:57
they were last year. So this is going to be a tough
36:59
game. And by this point, Week 11, the
37:03
Broncos will have at least established themselves.
37:05
We'll know who they are at that point.
37:07
And I think the Vikings are going to lose.
37:10
I disagree. I think the Vikings win this
37:12
game. All right.
37:13
I hope you're right. And for things that I've already
37:18
mentioned for like the Packers and the Saints, like, it's just
37:23
going to be an identity, an identity thing This year for the
37:29
Broncos, I have not looked at their schedule.
37:31
I don't know if this game is like a trap game for the Vikings
37:36
necessarily. I just think Year 2 with a
37:45
pretty good head coach, new defensive coordinator for the
37:48
Vikings this year, that's proven himself.
37:53
I don't know. I think we put the pieces
37:55
together here. I think we get the win.
37:56
Yeah, so. And I've got us on with the
37:59
Vikings on a little five game win streak here now.
38:03
So going all the way back to Week 8.
38:06
Yep, That's including their lock win against the Bears.
38:09
Yes, I like it. So.
38:11
I think you make a good point too.
38:13
You didn't say these words exactly, but when you get to be
38:16
in week 1011. Barring injury, you really know
38:22
who these teams are. You know if Jordan Love is good.
38:26
You know if Justin Fields is actually good or if he's just a
38:31
running back, Like at this point, you know, the routine you
38:36
get a feel for. Oh man, this team actually is
38:39
good this year. Maybe, you know, the Chiefs are
38:43
terrible this year and we just won't know that until later in
38:46
the season, right? But yeah.
38:48
This this is a good gut check time this part of the season.
38:51
It's kind of why it's fun though to do this yeah, before the
38:54
season and just to kind of speculate what could happen and
38:57
and then track it right. And that's gonna be the goal
38:59
with this is to kind of see how we fare with our picks over the
39:03
course of how the games actually play out.
39:06
So all. Right.
39:07
Let's see what the coin thinks about this Broncos media.
39:10
I don't remember. But it's you.
39:11
We'll go with you. That didn't even flip.
39:14
Now, right? Better.
39:17
Man, the Broncos, according to the coin, are gonna win this
39:21
game. Well, okay then.
39:25
That's Okay. That's Okay.
39:26
Just a second loss in 11 games. I'll take it.
39:31
I'd be very happy if the Vikings are two, nine and two at Week
39:35
11. I'll take it.
39:38
I will too. Losing my love for the coin,
39:40
though. All right.
39:41
So 12, Yeah. And this was my lock to win.
39:47
Yeah, And this was my lock to lose.
39:49
That's right. And just to remind you guys, we
39:52
chose those locks without talking to each other.
39:55
We didn't know what our locks would be before we announced it.
39:58
So this isn't mine was. I kind of picked mine in the
40:01
moment, Sure. I mean, I I had picked mine
40:04
already, but we were. Looking at it last week, I kind
40:06
of just like that one, but I think you make a good point
40:12
about this being a win. I think I have some good points
40:16
about it being a loss. I think.
40:18
I mean, obviously it's why they play the game.
40:20
And as you said just a minute ago, we'll know a lot about who
40:25
the Vikings are and we'll know a lot about who the Bears are at
40:27
this point in the season. So, you know, if Justin Fields
40:30
turns out to be the next Tom Brady, it's gonna be pretty
40:34
obvious at this point going into this game.
40:37
Yeah, him especially. This is a big year for him.
40:39
It is what, Year 3 Huge. Gotta be healthy.
40:43
That's the whole caveat to all of this was injury.
40:47
Let's see what the What's that? I was just gonna say, when you
40:49
run the ball as much as he does, you really put yourself in a
40:53
vulnerable spot. Yep.
40:54
So, all right. Coin.
40:56
Coin for the Bears, man. It's heads, man.
41:03
The coin thinks the Vikings are gonna lose this game.
41:06
Two losses headed into the bye week.
41:08
That's all right. Get to reset a little bit.
41:11
You and the coin both picked that, Yeah.
41:13
But the coin has been a lot more optimistic than I have been this
41:17
season. It's true.
41:18
All right. In Week 13, we got the buy.
41:20
It's a good time for the buy you.
41:22
Like a later buy, I feel like it give.
41:24
Your guys, a chance to rest before the latter part of the
41:29
season, get healthy again? Especially if you're gonna make
41:31
a push for the playoffs. Yep.
41:33
And a later buy means you're leaving, theoretically leaving
41:37
Minnesota in a cold weather time of year.
41:41
So these guys will get the chance, if they do, to go to
41:44
Hawaii or wherever they want to go somewhere warm, reset a
41:47
little bit, get a little bit healthier and then really ramp
41:50
it up for what's hopefully a good playoff push.
41:53
Yep, I agree. All right.
41:56
Post by Week 14 at Las Vegas. Yep, you are leaving a cold or a
42:04
nice tropical area and you're going to a nice warm desert area
42:08
in Las Vegas. And that's why I think the
42:11
Vikings are going to win this game.
42:13
Nice. I don't have a lot of faith in
42:15
Garoppolo. Even if he is healthy, I'll
42:20
never have any faith in their coach McDaniels.
42:24
Once he got caught cheating and couldn't do what he was doing
42:27
anymore, he never had any success, success on his own
42:29
after that. So Yep, Raiders is a win.
42:33
I agree. I think it's a win as well.
42:36
Similar to what you've said. I don't know that Jimmy
42:39
Garoppolo will do a whole lot. It'll be interesting to see how
42:44
his season develops. And I also just like the Vikings
42:49
playing indoors in a warmer place, It is on the West Coast.
42:53
The Vikings historically don't perform well.
42:56
On the West Coast, I mean it's not necessarily the coast, but
42:59
it's West and it's gonna be Western time zone.
43:02
Western time zone. So it is a three O 5 kickoff,
43:05
which means true what? I don't know the time difference
43:08
between Central and Vegas, but it could be like a 5:00 kickoff.
43:15
5:00 local time, Yeah. 3:00 Central time?
43:17
Yep, Yep. So yeah, and that'll probably
43:21
be. If I had to guess, that will be
43:25
a nationally televised game. Probably.
43:28
Yeah. It will definitely be one of
43:29
it's in the quote, UN quote game of the week slot that 3:05 PM.
43:34
Yeah, on Fox. Yeah, I think you got something
43:37
there. Most people will be watching
43:39
this game and this again, This would be a fun one to go to.
43:43
It would be Vegas. Flights might be cheap.
43:46
Begin to keep that in mind. That's what is that December
43:49
10th? Yeah.
43:51
I'm a teacher that gets a little.
43:53
Dicey. Never know.
43:54
Don't brakes usually start around then.
43:56
Like I said, way early. That's another week too.
43:59
I don't think we're done until probably like the 21st or 22nd
44:03
okay, so that makes sense, but. All right, Coin, what do you
44:07
say? Coin says tails.
44:11
Nice. Likes win Coin in Vegas.
44:14
I like you again. So after 14, well, 13 games,
44:20
Coin says We're gonna be 10 and 310 wins.
44:25
I need to stop this wee stuff. It's my biggest pet peeve and I
44:28
can't get out of it right now. I'm not as self-conscious about
44:32
it. It is what it is.
44:34
The Vikings are my team. Yeah, And you're quote, UN
44:38
quote, one of us. I'm not.
44:40
Well, you're you are a Biden. Extension, Sure.
44:44
I'll take it. You were born in a state that
44:46
touches Minnesota, so that counts for something, right?
44:52
That's a little weird. All right, we moving on.
44:57
Week 15, traveling to Cincinnati.
45:01
Let's let's switch it up. Evan, what do you think?
45:03
Oh, okay. I think this is a loss.
45:06
Yeah, I mean, the Bengals are the Bengals.
45:09
They're good. Joey B, really good quarterback.
45:14
Absolutely, really good team. Came off a really good season
45:17
last year. Yeah, I just.
45:22
I don't know that the Vikings have what it takes to get past
45:26
them. A lot of very good points and in
45:29
the nature of knowing who a team is, firing injury, I think this
45:34
is a win. I think this is gonna be a solid
45:37
win for the team to beat a really good team.
45:41
It could be. I mean, if you're right, this
45:43
could be a defining win. For the Vikings, and this one is
45:48
to be determined on what day and time it is.
45:50
So this could be could be one of those Saturday games.
45:54
They like to do that when college season ends.
45:58
So we might be watching this game on a Saturday afternoon or
46:01
Saturday evening and you'd think the Bengals are going to be
46:04
good. I'd like to hope the Vikings are
46:06
going to be good. They may be a nice prime game to
46:10
put into prime time. So agreed, and I think the
46:14
Vikings are gonna walk away with win.
46:17
Well, it'll be interesting to go West Coast to East Coast, cuz
46:20
I'm pretty sure Cincinnati's Eastern Time zone are, yeah,
46:23
they're probably, I mean, obviously teams go back home in
46:27
between games. It's not like they're a baseball
46:29
team, just go from one game to the next or one series to the
46:33
next. But I don't know, maybe there is
46:36
some whiplash and I think that was a little bit of my logic to
46:39
why this is a loss. Despite picking the Vikings to
46:42
win the previous week at Vegas. Yeah, maybe a little bit of
46:46
travel weariness from travel, things like that.
46:51
I don't know. You make a good point, though,
46:53
changing time so much. Like that's where good coaches,
46:58
being good coaches off the field can show themselves too.
47:00
Like, yeah, deciding when you travel and how you go about
47:03
things. Like we've seen teams, you know
47:07
stay in a location rather than travel home and then travel
47:11
back. So this this could be one of the
47:13
scenarios where maybe they just go straight to Cincy.
47:15
And that's been really interesting.
47:18
Now that these international games are happening more
47:20
frequently, it's been interesting.
47:22
And I know like ESPN and Pat McAfee and all the other talking
47:26
heads they get really into, like when when did when did they
47:30
leave? And this team left on Friday,
47:31
but this team left on Saturday and is that going to benefit
47:34
them? Is that going to hurt them?
47:36
You know, there's all this analysis and all these little
47:38
sub storylines in addition to the normal game.
47:42
So I don't know. Maybe that's nothing.
47:44
Maybe playing in Vegas Week 14 and then playing in Cincinnati
47:49
Week 15. Maybe that's nothing for the
47:51
Vikings. Maybe Kevin O'connell's got it
47:54
figured out and he and his crew will get it all sorted out and
47:57
they'll get all the traveling stuff figured out and the guys
48:01
will get good rest and good recovery back at TCO.
48:05
Yeah, I don't know. I don't know.
48:07
I still think it's a loss. I just think the Bengals are the
48:09
better team on paper going into this season.
48:12
Yeah, so yeah, hard to argue. Flip the coin.
48:15
See what they say or it says. It says we're gonna win of all
48:19
right. Tails never fails.
48:21
Good grief. That's why I said we gotta go
48:24
tails. Vikings win.
48:25
Let's do it. So there you go, The coin says.
48:29
The Bengals are gonna lose that game as we head into our longest
48:34
homestand of the entire season prior to hosting everybody in
48:38
the playoffs. A.
48:38
Whopping 2 games and they're both divisional games.
48:42
Yeah, so Week 8 or sorry, week 16 hosting the Lions.
48:48
I said this is gonna be a win. Last year the Lions, you know at
48:54
the end of the season were the best team in the NFC N the 2nd.
48:58
Half they were, and I think that deflates a little bit.
49:01
I think they're gonna get hit with with some bad things.
49:05
Maybe they'll be unlucky with injury.
49:07
Maybe Jared Goff really shows everybody who he really is.
49:13
I think they were on a high with their coach, players, coach,
49:18
people like playing for him. I think all that runs out.
49:20
I think the Lions are false this year, so.
49:24
No more biting kneecaps. No more biting kneecaps.
49:27
Out there in Detroit. So I think the Vikings are going
49:30
to win this one handedly. I agree.
49:33
I think this is a win. And again, I picked this one as
49:36
a win because I picked the previous week as a loss.
49:39
I think at this point in the season, players, coaches,
49:44
they're going to be looking at the playoffs.
49:47
They're going to know that you know, hey, we've got the Lions
49:51
at home coming off of a loss against the Bengals on the road,
49:57
coming off of A2 game road trip. To Vegas.
50:01
To Cincinnati. Ooh, getting another one here.
50:06
I like it. Yeah, I I think this is a win as
50:09
well. Pretty easy to to kind of chalk
50:12
this one up as a dub for the Vikes.
50:16
I don't see, I don't see a scenario where we lose this
50:19
game. I don't know if I go as far as
50:21
to say it's a lock, but I'm. I'm pretty confident the Vikings
50:25
get the dub. I agree.
50:27
What does the coin say? The coin says.
50:33
I think isn't it my my turn to flip anyways?
50:35
And maybe you should have, because the coins said the Lions
50:38
are gonna win this. All right, well, we gotta go
50:40
with what the coin says. So the coin says a loss, even
50:46
though Austin may have taken the coin flip out of turn.
50:49
That's OK. Should we put an asterisk next
50:51
to that one? I think we can just remember
50:52
that the coins wrong on this one.
50:54
All right. OK, we've got two games left.
50:58
Week 17. Posting the Packers at home,
51:01
Week 18 at Detroit, which that's just another weird little nuance
51:05
of our schedule. Of the schedule.
51:07
See. Look at me using those pronouns
51:09
again. Geez.
51:11
But yeah, Week 16, Lions at home, Week 18 on the road at
51:17
Detroit. It's that's just a weird little
51:19
nuance in the schedule that I don't know that I like a whole
51:22
lot. But I like The Division games
51:24
being backloaded. But yeah, I agree.
51:26
Well, it's like one of them heavily backloaded.
51:29
And in theory, when this stuff happens, you could have if one
51:34
team is a wild card team and the other one is obviously the
51:37
division winner, you could have back-to-back games against the
51:41
same team in the playoffs, you know?
51:44
Well, yeah, there's definitely a scenario where the Vikings play
51:47
the Lions again in the Wild Card round.
51:49
Yep, I believe it happened a handful of years ago with the
51:52
Vikings and the Packers. Yes, it played back-to-back
51:54
weeks because of how the Vikings got the Wild Card.
51:58
And yeah, and the sitting worked out.
52:00
Hope that doesn't happen because I don't want to be in that
52:02
situation necessarily, but it could very well happen.
52:06
But we're getting ahead of ourselves.
52:07
Week 17 Packers at home. What are you going?
52:10
The Vikings are going to host the Packers, and they're going
52:12
to keep the crap out of the Packers.
52:15
This will be a decidedly embarrassing when I think second
52:20
stringers are going to come in at some point for the Vikings.
52:24
They're going to win, no doubts about it.
52:27
Wow. You seem confident.
52:29
Yep, I'd put my I will probably put money on this game.
52:32
Evan, you think they're going to win two?
52:34
I do. All right.
52:35
Yeah. It's a dub.
52:37
I I think we sweep the Packers. I think truthfully, the Packers
52:42
could be the bottom feeder this year in the NFCN and it'll be a
52:46
trend for a few years. It could be.
52:48
It could be. And it'll, it'll make the rest
52:51
of the NFCN very happy. Yes, very happy.
52:55
All right, I'm flipping this one.
52:58
All right, coin, here we go. Let us down.
53:04
Tails. Nice.
53:06
Like it. All right, coin, you didn't let
53:08
us down. So the coin has predicted both
53:11
Packers games as wins, and was it both Bears games as losses.
53:18
So let's see what it thinks about the Lions.
53:21
It could split with the Lions, or we could really struggle in
53:24
the division, yeah, but if it turns out the rest of the way
53:29
the coin thinks it will, that won't matter.
53:32
So Week 18? Closing out the season on the
53:36
road before our long homestand in the playoffs.
53:40
First round by travel to Detroit.
53:43
I think this game won't matter. So Kirk may not even play this
53:49
game. This will be a loss.
53:53
And your final record is. My final record is 10 and seven.
53:59
Which is what my wife said. Yep.
54:01
So I'm a little bit of a pessimist when it comes to my
54:04
team. I think I just don't wanna get
54:06
hurt. So if you have low expectations.
54:08
Manage your expectations. Yeah.
54:10
It's not necessarily low expectations, but you manage
54:12
that. Yeah, you manage.
54:13
It's more for my pain management really than anything else.
54:16
What do you think of? I think this is also a loss, not
54:19
for the reasons that you just mentioned.
54:22
I think the Lions are going to be pretty strong this year and I
54:27
think it's going to come down to Vikings Lions for the division
54:32
in this game and I think the intensity of the moment.
54:37
The fact that right now it's to be determined time, I don't
54:43
know. I think this game gets pushed to
54:44
prime time. I think the Vikings on the road
54:49
in prime time buckle under pressure and I just don't think
54:53
we make it out. But I do think we still in the
54:55
season 12 and 5. All right.
54:58
Very respectable. So you've got the last coin flip
55:01
there, my friend. Oh man, so much pressure on you
55:05
coin. Not on me.
55:08
It landed on your shoulder, though.
55:10
No, I can't. Look, hold on, man, the coin.
55:16
Let us down. It says the Lions are gonna win
55:18
this game, so it agrees with both of us.
55:21
Let's tabulate here. 123456789101112 wins.
55:31
The coin says 12:00 and 5:00. 12:00 and 5:00.
55:55
Especially with that extra wild card team that they added a few
55:58
years ago, yes. So with that record, though, the
55:40
Vikings are in the playoffs. I think with all of the records
55:45
that have been identified by you, me, our wives, our kids and
55:51
the Coin, they all make us eligible for the playoffs.
56:00
Now 9:00 and 8:00. Is what my kids predicted.
56:03
That could mean we're on the outside looking in, could be,
56:08
but. And every year is different too.
56:09
I mean, you sometimes see A10 win team, miss the playoffs
56:13
because of how the rest of their division.
56:15
And if so East last year, yeah. But then you also could have
56:19
like an 8 and nine team make it in too.
56:22
Or a lose it. Yeah, yeah, definitely.
56:23
Cuz an 8 and nine team could win a division, theoretically.
56:26
Didn't that happen? Last year, I think it did.
56:28
I forget who it was, but the NFC W maybe?
56:32
I don't remember. Could be it wasn't.
56:35
Yeah, it doesn't do any good to guess about it.
56:37
Yeah. So anyways, there's a lot to a
56:42
lot to look forward to in the season.
56:44
Yeah, I agree. So with this coin flip thing,
56:47
what do you say we continue it into the playoffs?
56:50
Just because the coin has the team in the playoffs at 12:00
56:55
and 5:00, that's not a wild card team.
56:57
That's the. First round by maybe, I don't
57:01
know, I don't know. You might have to win.
57:03
Well, how about this? Should we leave it up to the
57:05
coin tails? We get the first round by oh
57:09
man, yeah, go for it. It's your turn.
57:11
All right, so this is for the Wild Card game.
57:14
We're not picking the game with the coin.
57:17
We are determining whether or not the Vikings get a first
57:19
round. I I don't know.
57:20
I think a 12, but remember, 5. That's that's the one seed only
57:24
for the one seed. The two seed has to play in the
57:26
wild card. True, but could.
57:30
Could an NFC team be the number one seed at 12:00 and 5:00?
57:34
The AFC has been stronger. Yeah, for the last, I don't
57:37
know, three or four years. But I think, is it worth a coin?
57:41
Let's flip it. Let's see what it says.
57:42
Tails. We get to buy.
57:44
Yeah. Yep.
57:45
Heads. We don't.
57:49
It's tails, man. All right.
57:51
So Vikings, according to the coin, are not playing in the
57:54
Wild Card game. We get the by all, right?
57:57
What's the coin say for the divisional round?
58:00
Let's see if I can land it on my shoulder again.
58:04
The coin says the Vikings win the Divisional round.
58:08
Tails. All right.
58:10
NFC Championship. Did the coin end our season
58:17
there? Heartbreak.
58:18
So the coin says the Vikings will be 12:00 and 5:00 with the
58:22
first round by, and we'll eventually lose in the NFC
58:25
Championship game, something we've seen three times in our
58:30
life now. Too many to count in our
58:32
fanhood, because I. I watched the 98 game, 98 and
58:37
then 09, and then well, there was 2001, which was a little bit
58:44
before my immediate fanhood. So 980109 17. 17.
58:53
Dang. Four times in our lifetime?
58:55
Yep. Thanks Coin.
58:58
We might not be able to frame this.
59:00
We might actually have to, like, destroy it.
59:02
We gotta melt it down. Yeah.
59:04
All right. Well, that's gonna conclude it
59:06
for this episode. I think we're definitely, we're
59:10
in an hour, yeah. So, but that was good.
59:14
That was fun. I enjoyed doing that.
59:16
Just to kind of keep listeners updated as to where we're headed
59:20
from here. We're trying to do roughly one
59:22
episode a month over the summer, possibly going like biweekly
59:28
once we get into August, where we'd be in kind of the thick of
59:32
training camp and preseason, and then of course, every week,
59:37
weekly episodes in the season. During the season.
59:40
So that's the goal. And of course, we'll be coming
59:43
back to this Pick'em spreadsheet that we've now completed.
59:50
Week after week and recapping what actually happened in the
59:55
game versus what we picked, what our wives picked, what our kids
59:58
picked, what the coin picked, we'll see how all that stacks
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All right, EV, that was a good episode.
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Thanks for listening to us guys. Yeah, that was fun.
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And let's hope for the best this season.
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Let's hope for a Super Bowl. Well, we always hope for a Super
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Bowl. All right, that's it for this
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week. This episode.
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Thanks, EV. Skull.
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