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Hour 2 - Trade Action! · The Ben Maller Show

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  Speaker 1: Bibbidi-boppidi-boo. And how do you do? It's our number two.
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  Speaker 1: Ben Maller shall blockbuster trade in the NFL. How do
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  Speaker 1: you grade the Bears dealing for all-pro defensive tackle Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: Simmons from the Tennessee Titans? We'll go to the Maller scorecard.
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  Speaker 1: And what is your view on Robert Sala's Titans unloading?
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  Speaker 1: their defensive star for a couple of first-round picks. We'll
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  Speaker 1: talk about that. Micah Parsons' older brother, Terrence Parsons Jr.,
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  Speaker 1: once again mocking the Dallas Cowboys for trading his brother,
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  Speaker 1: the all-pro pass rusher, to Green Bay. How does that
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  Speaker 1: stick to your ribs? We'll discuss that as well. Also,
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  Speaker 1: Benny versus the Penny, hand-picked the eight most important games
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL this weekend. and handicapped all the games,
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  Speaker 1: told you who should win, who should win the games.
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  Speaker 1: We will give you all of that information. No calls
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  Speaker 1: this hour. It's hour number two of the Ben Maller Show,
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  Speaker 1: and here it is. We got trade action. Trade action.
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  Speaker 1: And we do have Benny versus the Penny coming up
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  Speaker 1: in a little bit. We'll break down every game in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL. Well, not every game will be picked, but
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  Speaker 1: we handpicked eight games on the Facebook page and Instagram page.
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  Speaker 1: You'll get all of the picks online. against the spread.
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  Speaker 1: So you have that to look forward to. But here
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  Speaker 1: on the radio, because of timing reasons, we'll pick the
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  Speaker 1: eight most important games, the eight most important games. It's
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  Speaker 1: a little thing we call Benny versus the Penny, and
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  Speaker 1: it'll be coming up here in a little bit. Our
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  Speaker 1: lead this hour, though, from the swap meet, the flea market,
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  Speaker 1: and another day, another trade.
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  Speaker 3: I'm in.
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  Speaker 1: I'm in. I like this new NFL, new world order.
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  Speaker 1: For years, the NFL was bad about making trades, and
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  Speaker 1: we've seen a good number of trades this week. Now, remember,
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  Speaker 1: we still have a little less than two weeks before
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  Speaker 1: the trade deadline, so typically things don't pick up until
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  Speaker 1: right before the deadline, but there's a lot of moving
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  Speaker 1: parts as we speak. If you've not heard, perhaps not.
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  Speaker 1: We learned. The Bears. The Bears went out and made
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  Speaker 1: a big splash move. They acquired all-pro defensive tackle Jeffrey Simmons. Yep,
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  Speaker 1: that guy from the Tennessee Titans. Now, it's being called
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  Speaker 1: a blockbuster trade. The reason is because Jeffrey Simmons has
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  Speaker 1: an all-pro, and the Chicago Bears gave up not one,
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  Speaker 1: but two, two first-round picks, 2027-2028, plus a fourth-round pick
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  Speaker 1: to the Tennessee football team in exchange for Jeffrey Simmons
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  Speaker 1: and a fifth-round pick. There will be a quiz on
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  Speaker 1: that later. Simmons, we are told, is 29th. And he
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  Speaker 1: had four sacks in seven games this season for a
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  Speaker 1: dog food, dog food team in Nashville and leads all
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  Speaker 1: defensive tackles with 28 pressures. That is according to the
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  Speaker 1: NFL nerd department, the dorkville USA next gen stats, 28
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  Speaker 1: pressures leading the NFL. In fact, he's the only NFL
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  Speaker 1: player we are told with three sacks against double teams
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  Speaker 1: this So he's got that going for him. It's a
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  Speaker 1: good jumping-off point. Let us discuss. You know how we
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  Speaker 1: operate in these parts when there's a big trade. We
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  Speaker 1: go right to the judges' scorecards. So how do you grade?
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  Speaker 1: Here's the question. Here's the question. Let's discuss. How do
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  Speaker 1: you grade the Bears' deal for all-pro defensive tackle Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: Simmons from the Titans? So I've got Monster Energy Drink,
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  Speaker 1: Hobby Lobby, and Louisiana Purchase. And we'll combine all of
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  Speaker 1: these things together. We're going to go full tilt boogie.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to do the boogie woogie is what we're
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  Speaker 1: going to do. Now, number.
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  Speaker 3: One.
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  Speaker 1: Number one. One, one, one, one, one, one, one. Number one.
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  Speaker 1: Number one. All right. Stop. Right to the Maller scorecard.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to start with Chicago. Chicago gets an A
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  Speaker 1: + + +. Let me repeat that for those of
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  Speaker 1: you a little slow in the back of the room.
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  Speaker 1: Chicago gets an A + +. We'll get to Tennessee
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  Speaker 1: in a minute. The Chicago Bears did not just upgrade
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  Speaker 1: their defensive line. They have installed a 300-pound human wrecking
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  Speaker 1: ball that occasionally wears shoulder pads. Jeffrey Simmons. Now, if
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  Speaker 1: you were to say, what is this guy? He's a
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  Speaker 1: monster energy drink wearing a helmet, which is good because
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  Speaker 1: he is going to be deputized. The reason the Bears
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  Speaker 1: made this move, they're saying this guy is a monster
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  Speaker 1: energy drink, and he is going to put the monster
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  Speaker 1: back in the monsters of the midway defensively. Chicago had
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  Speaker 1: gone from overnight, just one day, it was a daytime trade,
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  Speaker 1: but essentially overnight, right, from a studio apartment with a
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  Speaker 1: broken toilet, to an 11-bedroom chateau with a moat and
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  Speaker 1: a drawbridge and a butler named Jeeves. They get all that, right?
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  Speaker 1: And yet, I love the fact that this is a no-brainer,
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  Speaker 1: home-run trade. Even I, who criticizes everything, think the Bears
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  Speaker 1: absolutely hit it out of the park on this, and
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  Speaker 1: it was a great trade for the Bears. And my
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  Speaker 1: friends from Chicago, guys like Tree and Faze and Eugene
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  Speaker 1: and all the guys that are friends of the show
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  Speaker 1: that support the show in the Windy City should be
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  Speaker 1: very happy, right? Yet the stat nerd brigade are hyperventilating.
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  Speaker 1: You gave up too much. You shipped away two first-round
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  Speaker 1: draft picks. What's wrong with you? Boo-hoo-hoo.
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  Speaker 2: Please.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we have a word for people that obsess
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  Speaker 1: over first-round draft picks. It's called loser. Okay, loser, loser, loser, loser.
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  Speaker 1: F them picks. F them picks. Teams trying to win
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  Speaker 1: trophies make trades for all pro players because all pro
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  Speaker 1: players are good at football. I'm not talking Pro Bowl
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  Speaker 1: because they don't even do the Pro Bowl anymore. The
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  Speaker 1: Pro Bowl is a joke. I'm talking about all pro status.
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  Speaker 1: That matters. And if you want to have the man,
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  Speaker 1: you got to pay for the man. And draft picks
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  Speaker 1: are the currency and they're a tool in your toolbox
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  Speaker 1: to improve the roster, whether that's five years from now
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  Speaker 1: or right now. And it's like, well, I'll pay on
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  Speaker 1: the credit card and I got to give up some
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  Speaker 1: draft picks. Well, who cares? This is the window. of opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: That is the message. I love it because the message
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  Speaker 1: from ownership and from the front office is this team
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  Speaker 1: is good enough to win a Super Bowl this year.
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  Speaker 1: And this is our way of giving you a vote
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  Speaker 1: of confidence and validating what is going on is legit.
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  Speaker 1: That's what this is. And so the draft pick, it's
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  Speaker 1: not a family heirloom. It's not. It's something you can trade,
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  Speaker 1: and the Rams trade almost all their picks, and they win,
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  Speaker 1: and they win, and they win, and they're in the
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  Speaker 1: playoffs just about every year. And occasionally they'll win a
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Chicago's not building a master plan for 2032.
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  Speaker 1: This is going to shock a lot of you, but
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  Speaker 1: they're trying to win a Super Bowl in the hood,
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  Speaker 1: in Englewood, and up to no good on Valentine's Day
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  Speaker 1: of next year. All right? They want to win a
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl before we're all in a nursing home collecting
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  Speaker 1: Social Security. They would like to actually win before that happens.
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  Speaker 1: All right, now to the other side of the aisle,
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  Speaker 1: page two, Music City. This is definitely not the Music
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  Speaker 1: City miracle. So the question for the team from Tennessee,
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  Speaker 1: what is your view on Robert Sala's Titans unloading Jeffrey
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  Speaker 1: Simmons for football? A couple of first-round picks. So on
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  Speaker 1: the Maller scorecard for Tennessee, I wrote down a C-,
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  Speaker 1: a C- for the Tennessee Titans. Here's why. You have
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  Speaker 1: traded a proven commodity, a Picasso. You have a Picasso.
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  Speaker 1: You have gone down... And made a deal. You've sold
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  Speaker 1: your Picasso for a Hobby Lobby gift card. And maybe
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  Speaker 1: you'll be able to paint something nice someday. But this
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  Speaker 1: is a classic suck and dump. You suck, you draft,
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  Speaker 1: you develop. Every once in a while you get a
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  Speaker 1: good player, you dump the player and repeat the process.
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  Speaker 1: It is a pyramid scheme is what it is. It's
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  Speaker 1: a Ponzi scheme with shoulder pads running on a hamster
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  Speaker 1: wheel of mediocrity. And how about Robert Sala? This guy
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  Speaker 1: was brought in. There were two things that he was
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  Speaker 1: supposed to do. fix the defense, and have Cam Ward
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  Speaker 1: playing at a high level. Those were the two things
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  Speaker 1: he was deputized to do. How is that going? Can
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  Speaker 1: we do a wellness check on how that's going for
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  Speaker 1: Robert Sala? Again, two things. The defense, you've got to
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  Speaker 1: get that going, and you've got to figure out Cam Ward.
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  Speaker 1: All right, so let's start with Cam Ward. So Cam
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  Speaker 1: Ward was the number one overall pick. Number one. And
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  Speaker 1: at this moment, Cam Ward is the 31st ranked quarterback
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL. He is worse than Jameis Winston, who's
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  Speaker 1: the backup for the Giants, and Malik Willis, a former
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  Speaker 1: Tennessee Titan bust of a quarterback. And yet Cam Ward,
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  Speaker 1: with Robert Sala and his positivity and Brian Dayball and
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  Speaker 1: all that, is still, you look, you got to go
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  Speaker 1: page down. And you've got to go page down and
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  Speaker 1: all that. Now, you say, well, the defense, I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: the defense is doing really well. So you've got to
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  Speaker 1: give them credit on that, the Tennessee defense. Well, let's
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  Speaker 1: see here. Oh, they're 26th in the NFL.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: That sucks. Yeah. So the Titans, of course, not only
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  Speaker 1: bad now, they have naturally gotten rid of their top
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  Speaker 1: defensive player, which is frickin brilliant.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 1: What's next? The Nashville Fire Department's going to say, hey,
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  Speaker 1: we don't need fire trucks anymore. Why don't we sell
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  Speaker 1: our fire trucks? I guess what they did in L.A.
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  Speaker 1: when the mayor allowed the city to burn down. Well,
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  Speaker 1: they got just got rid of water. They said, we
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  Speaker 1: don't need water anymore. Let's just let the Palisades burn.
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  Speaker 1: And that's great. Wonderful.
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  Speaker 4: Wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: Anyway, the Titans, the Titans are basically the triple-A Nashville
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  Speaker 1: sounds of professional football. They're a feeder franchise, and it's
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  Speaker 1: the oldest trick in the book, the con, the big
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  Speaker 1: con of professional sports. You sell the future so nobody
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  Speaker 1: examines the present, and people always buy the future. They
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  Speaker 1: always buy the future. And the Tennessee Titans are the
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  Speaker 1: NFL's version of a government construction project. You know, the
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  Speaker 1: pork barrel spending, billions of dollars spent, years of promises,
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  Speaker 1: kind of like the high-speed rail in California, right? Ah,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to give you a high-speed rail by 2020. Really? Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Find me where that is. Yes. How much money? Is
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  Speaker 1: it $ 20 billion? Okay, that seems like it's good spending there.
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  Speaker 1: That's essentially what this is, right? The NFL's version of
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  Speaker 1: government construction spending. where billions are spent, a lot of promises,
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  Speaker 1: and as soon as something finally works, like you actually
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  Speaker 1: draft somebody that knows how to play Jeffrey Simmons, you
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  Speaker 1: tear it down and start over. You tear it down
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  Speaker 1: and start over. That's the way to do it. All right,
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  Speaker 1: final point to the family room we go. Now, shortly
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  Speaker 1: after the Bears acquired Jeffrey Simmons in this blockbuster trade,
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  Speaker 1: which the media elites tell me is a blockbuster trade,
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  Speaker 1: Micah Parsons' brother decided to enter the chat. What? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so the reason I'm bringing this up, I thought it
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  Speaker 1: was hilarious. Because his brother, Micah Parsons, who's a former
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  Speaker 1: NFL player, he's a cheerleader and a podcast guy. He
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  Speaker 1: lives in Green Bay, though. So his brother posted a
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  Speaker 1: not-so-subtle shot on social media. He said the following. This
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  Speaker 1: is after Jeffrey Simmons was traded from the team in
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  Speaker 1: Nashville to the team in Chicago. He said, man, that
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  Speaker 1: Micah Parsons trade just looks better and better. No way
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  Speaker 1: the Cowboys don't get three firsts and two firsts and
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  Speaker 1: a second for a 26-year-old pass rusher. And he's just
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  Speaker 1: talking out of his ass. That was from somebody named
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  Speaker 1: Terrence Parsons Jr., the brother of Micah Parsons. So here's
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  Speaker 1: the question on this one. You've got Micah Parsons' older brother,
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  Speaker 1: who is once again mocking the Dallas Cowboys for trading
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  Speaker 1: his brother to Green Bay. So how does that stick
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  Speaker 1: to your ribs? Well, kind of like a brotherly shove.
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  Speaker 1: It's like a push. It's like a shove right there, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So Terrence Parsons Jr. is back running, not with the
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  Speaker 1: Bulls in Pamplona. He's not running a marathon. He's just
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  Speaker 1: running his mouth about the Cowboys, like the family purchase deal.
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  Speaker 1: The family pulled off the Louisiana purchase. They went out
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  Speaker 1: and they made this move. Oh, my God, this is
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  Speaker 1: like the Louisiana purchase. It's psychoneurotic is what it is.
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  Speaker 1: We're guessing the Packers would love a mulligan. They would
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  Speaker 1: absolutely love a mulligan. They thought they were getting Lawrence
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  Speaker 1: Taylor 2.0. It turns out that Micah Parsons is guilty
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  Speaker 1: of false advertising. They have gotten a part-time pass rusher,
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  Speaker 1: full-time podcaster, influencer, and occasionally The highest paid male cheerleader
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL, certainly in the state of Wisconsin. So
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  Speaker 1: the Maller theory on this is it's bilateral. Bilateral, meaning
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  Speaker 1: that not only did the Green Bay Packers wish they
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  Speaker 1: could have that trade back, but deep down, the Parsons family,
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  Speaker 1: they miss Dallas more than Dallas misses them. And just
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  Speaker 1: from what we know of the public persona of Micah Parsons,
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  Speaker 1: Micah loves attention. Like a Kardashian loves a camera and
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  Speaker 1: a camera crew and a microphone. And in Green Bay,
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  Speaker 1: Micah Parsons is competing for headlines with the latest foam
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  Speaker 1: cheese products that come out and ice fishing on Lake
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  Speaker 1: Winnebago and the Friday fish fry. That's his competition. The
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  Speaker 1: Cowboys provided a 24-hour publicity machine. And now Micah Parsons'
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  Speaker 1: brother is desperately trolling Jerry Jones to try to stay
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  Speaker 1: relevant and all that stuff. They traded Jerry's World soap
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  Speaker 1: opera for a frozen dairy co-op is what the Parsons
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  Speaker 1: family did. And it's great. I love seeing Micah Parsons
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  Speaker 1: on the sidelines cheering. He really is. Packers don't have
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  Speaker 1: cheerleaders unless you want to just consider Micah the one-man
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  Speaker 1: cheerleading band. And then that's it. It is the Ben
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  Speaker 1: Maler show. We have Benny versus the Penny. And moments
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  Speaker 1: away from Benny versus the Penny, we're going to pick
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  Speaker 1: eight of the most important games. Must-see games this weekend
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL. We've handpicked those games, and we will
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  Speaker 1: handicap them, tell you who should win, who should win
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  Speaker 1: these games. We'll get to all of that. We also
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  Speaker 1: have the Insta trivia coming up a little bit later
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  Speaker 1: this hour. We've got a lot to look forward to.
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  Speaker 1: But Benny versus the Penny makes its triumphant return momentarily.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get to that. No calls. Your comments on X
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  Speaker 1: at Ben Maller. We'll get to all that. And we
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  Speaker 1: will do it next.
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  Speaker 5: Welcome to Football Doesn't Lie.
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  Speaker 2: Hi, I'm Bill Parcells.
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  Speaker 5: And I'm Catherine Zazzora.
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  Speaker 6: I have a lot of experience in the game of football, Catherine.
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  Speaker 5: And I'm learning the game with Bill's help. Every week,
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  Speaker 5: we're going to talk about the NFL slate through the
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• 19:34
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• 19:39
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• 19:43
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• 19:46
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• 19:47
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• 19:51
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• 19:54
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• 20:00
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• 20:04
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• 20:07
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• 20:10
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• 20:11
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• 20:15
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• 20:18
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• 20:23
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• 20:31
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• 20:36
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• 20:40
  Speaker 1: continue on and on and on. And our old friend,
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: the Penny, will be stopping by in a moment. Now,
• 20:46
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• 20:48
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• 20:51
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• 20:52
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• 20:57
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• 20:59
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• 21:03
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• 21:07
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• 21:10
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• 21:14
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• 21:18
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• 21:20
  Speaker 1: please act accordingly.
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: Time to roll.
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: Welcome in, militia.
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: Speaking of winners.
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: Can you handle more Malheur mayhem? Ladies and gentlemen.
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen. It's time now for.
• 21:31
  Speaker 5: Stay back.
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  Speaker 1: Benny versus the pennies. That it is, a week eight
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: in the NFL, and we started out 0. Each of
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: us is 0 and 1. We both told you to
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: take the Carolina Panthers on Benny versus the Penny. That
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: worked out well, so this is going to be another
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: great weekend of picks and whatnot. If you're new to
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: the show, Benny versus the Penny has been around for many,
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: many years. At one point, it was on cable television.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: Believe it or not, NBC actually picked this damn show up,
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: and for two years, it aired on national cable television.
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: And now we're back where it all started, right here
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: in Overnight Talk Radio. My God, what a success story. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: Koopa Loop is representing the penny. And before we look ahead,
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: we must look back. We'll tell you how this all
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: works so you understand. Play along with us. And we're
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: not telling you who's going to win. We're telling you
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: who should win. There is a difference there. Based on
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: the numbers, what has happened, we'll tell you who should
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: win these games tonight. Didn't work out last night as
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: the Panthers laid an egg. But Koopaloop, how did we
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: do in week seven of the NFL schedule?
• 22:36
  Speaker 4: Not great.
• 22:37
  Speaker 7: But interestingly enough, both you and the Penny had a
• 22:42
  Speaker 7: record of 6-7-1.
• 22:43
  Speaker 4: So another losing week.
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: We tied. That's our second tie, I believe, this year, right?
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: I believe that is our second tie. Yes, that is correct. Overall,
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: I have a winning against the Penny. I have a
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: winning record overall. not good. In fact, I might as
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: well just flip a quarter. It should be a quarter
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: versus a penny. That'll be what, next year, Coop, if
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: I continue the way I'm going, I'm just going to
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: have a quarter, and then you'll have the penny, and
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: then we'll move it up to like a dime. We'll have,
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: what else can we have? You know, a half dollar,
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: a dollar, you know, all that. All right, so the
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: way this works, explain to the guy driving around Sheboygan
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: right now, Coop, how does Benny versus the penny work?
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: You flip the penny. What does it mean? Explain to
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: the common man what they're about to experience here, Coopaloop.
• 23:29
  Speaker 7: Well, you put in hours of research and, you know,
• 23:33
  Speaker 7: Look at all the trends, the stats, even the weather.
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: I waste my life, Coop. Someday I'll be on my
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: deathbed saying, why did I do that? I'm a loser.
• 23:42
  Speaker 4: And you pick the game based on your extensive knowledge.
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: That's right.
• 23:46
  Speaker 7: And then I flip this penny, which is barely even
• 23:51
  Speaker 7: legal tender anymore.
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: That's right. It's expired.
• 23:54
  Speaker 4: If it lands on heads, we go with the home team.
• 23:57
  Speaker 4: If it lands on tails, the away team.
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  Speaker 1: All right, so that's it. That's how it works. We
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: pick the eight most important games in the NFL. Let's
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: get right to it. We start out in New York.
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: The only team that plays in New York, the Buffalo Bills,
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: and they're hosting the Baltimore Ravens on CBS. Ian Eagle
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: and Ross Tucker have the call. These lines courtesy of DraftKings,
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: by the way. The Buffalo Bills, a three-point favorite at
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: home on DraftKings. Last we checked. in this game against
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: the Ravens. There is a slight chance of rain temperatures
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: in the 60s, at least at kickoff, in New York
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: for the Bills and the Ravens. And I'm going to
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: take Buffalo in this game. To me, Josh Allen, the
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: ultimate equalizer head-to-head here. And he doesn't have to be perfect.
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: In just a couple of those explosive plays, I believe
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson is going to play. I don't think it's 100%.
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: He's supposed to be back. That's the The word on
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: the street is he's going to come back. Now, the
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: biggest concern for me with Buffalo is the Bills have
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: allowed at least 29 points in five of six games.
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: That's not good. That's not a championship-level defense. Lamar Jackson,
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: he is questionable. And even if he plays, how good
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: is he going to be? Has he got an ankle problem?
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: We'll see about that. And Buffalo offensively should be able
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: to move it. The Ravens have been a Dr. Jekyll, Mr.
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: Hyde team. They've blown leads. They've blown more leads. That's
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: the DNA of the Ravens. That's Ravens football, blowing leads here. But, again,
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: I'm going to take Buffalo in this game. The Bills
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: should be able to score. They lead the NFL in offense,
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: averaging almost 33 points per game. Baltimore averaging about 24.
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: I know the numbers are a little off because of
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: the fact, Lamar Jackson has been out. And the Ravens
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: have been terrible against the spread. They're 2-5 this year
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: against the spread. Buffalo a winning record in the spread game.
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: So I'm taking the Bills and the penny picks.
• 25:58
  Speaker 4: We start off with disagreement. The pennies go with the Ravens.
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: All right. I'll win that game. Next up, we go
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: to Jerry's World. The Arizona Cardinals, they suck. And the
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: Cardinals 2-5. Cowboys come in 3-5. And on DraftKings, the
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: Cowboys are a seven-point favorite. And you've got Dodger broadcaster
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: Joe Davis calling this game on Fox. You better watch
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: Greg Olson. Mr. Popular also. Games indoors, so it doesn't
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: matter that it might rain in Dallas or in Arlington
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: because they have the roof thing, so you don't have
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: to really worry about that. So after careful analysis, I'm
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: going to take the Cardinals in this game. Dallas actually
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: opened as high as a 10.5 point favorite in some
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: of the books, and the line has gone downhill. a
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: movement down towards seven, which is where we have it
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: on our numbers here. It's hard to take the Cowboys seriously.
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: Their defense ranks 29th in the NFL. You've got to
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: win by a touchdown with a 29th-ranked defense. Now, I
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: realize they just did it against the Eagles on Monday
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: night and all that, but the Cowboys allow 373 yards
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: of offense. They're also the 31st-ranked run defense here. And
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: Arizona's got their own issues. They're actually somehow worse in
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: a lot of categories than the Cowboys. So both teams
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: are bad defensively. And Jacoby Brissett's been able to get
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: the Cardinals into the red zone pretty much at will.
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: They just can't get touchdowns, which seems to be problematic.
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: And as long as Arizona can avoid the early knockout,
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: Dallas does have the firepower to just blow them off
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: the field and win this game by 20 points. I
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: don't see that happening. Expect this to be much closer
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: than it should be. The bottom line on this, the
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: Cowboys should win this game by two touchdowns. They won't.
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: This will be a much closer game, even though Arizona's
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: got this terrible defense. I don't think Dallas is going
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: to be able to turn this into a blowout with
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: Dak Prescott. I can give you all kinds of other
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: numbers on this and the stats and break it all down.
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: Trey McBride's going to have to have a huge game,
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: and Arizona might actually have to score a touchdown. because
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: they've been terrible in the red zone. But we don't
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: have tons of time, so I will take the Cardinals
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: plus the seven and the Penny picks. What do we
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: got here?
• 28:11
  Speaker 4: Penny agrees with you on this one, going with the Cardinals.
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: All right, next up we have Miami, Miami, Miami, or
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: the Miami area, and the Dolphins hosting the New England Patriots.
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: And New England, a seven-point road favorite. This game on
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: CBS with Andrew Catalan and Logan Ryan. They have the
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: call there from beautiful South Florida. Paradise, the tropical life,
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: and chance of rain. In fact, they say definitely rain
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: showers during the game. Temperature's around 80 degrees. Sounds nice.
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: Sounds nice. I'm going to take the Dolphins. I'm going
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: to cover my eyes and try not to puke in
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: my mouth and take the Dolphins. It seems like AJ
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: Brown is hurt and not going to play. Not that
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: he's played well when he has played for the most
• 29:02
  Speaker 1: part here. And there are some turnover issues. New England
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: is minus 7 in the turnover differential, which is 31st
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: in the NFL. Miami's actually better than that. And in
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: a game like this, Drake May getting fast and loose
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: with the football, that's a good way not to cover
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: a big number. But there's a general rule we've had
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: on Benny versus the Penny. In an divisional game, when
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: you get a touchdown or more, you either take the
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: points or you don't bet the game. This is an
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: divisional game. I know Miami's terrible, and they're god-awful and
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: all that. And the Dolphins are one in five. They're
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: actually a little better than that, again. the spread they've
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: won a couple of games against the spread new england
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: is four and three straight up and four and three
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: against the spread this game actually opened as high as
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: eight and a half and it has dropped down on
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: draft kings to seven so that's a one and a
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: half point line movement in this game. The Dolphins are
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: going to have to make this an ugly game. Slow
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: the tempo, long drives with Malik Willis. He's got to
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: also use his legs here. And I believe he will
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: be able to do some of that. Dolphins should be
• 30:08
  Speaker 1: able to have some success on the ground. I will
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: take Miami. The Patriots will win, but I'm going to
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: take the Dolphins to cover the spread and the penny picks.
• 30:18
  Speaker 4: And he agrees with you again, going with the Dolphins.
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: All right, next up, we move on on Benny versus
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: the Penny. We go to the land of the Yinzers.
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: We go to Pittsburgh, PA, and divisional matchup, the Browns rematch,
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: Browns and Steelers. And this game on CBS, friend of
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: the show, Kevin Harlan. I saw him at his dad,
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: got his name on the ring of honor at Lambeau.
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: That's pretty cool. His dad was a longtime Packers employee,
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: Kevin Harlan, a longtime broadcaster who has admitted, I met him.
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: And he's a fan of the show. He admitted that.
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: I thought he was lying. But then he named some
• 30:50
  Speaker 1: of the idiots that called the show. So I thought, well,
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: he's not lying. He's not lying. Trent Green, Kevin Harlan, CBS.
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: This game in Pittsburgh. How's the weather looking? Well, as
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: you know, I have the Roberto left. You know, Coop,
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: Roberto left the Mexican Doppler 2000 when he left to
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: become a bus driver.
• 31:05
  Speaker 4: He left it with you?
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. He let me use it. So I have
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: the Mexican Doppler 2000. Remember that weather with Roberto? That
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: was one of the dumber things we've done. But it
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: was great.
• 31:16
  Speaker 4: My Doppler don't work.
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: I love Roberto. He's a character. Slight chance of rain.
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: Temperatures in the 60s in Pittsburgh. Steelers and the Browns.
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: I'm going to take the creepy quarterback. I'm going to
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: take the Cleveland Browns. I'm a points whore. My name
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: is Ben Maller. I'm a points whore. I love my points.
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: And the Browns are 5-2 against the spread. Pittsburgh's actually
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: somehow 5-2 against the spread as well. coming into this game.
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: Pittsburgh actually at one point opened up, even on DraftKings,
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: they were five and a half point favorites. The line's
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: gone down to three and a half. This is a rematch.
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: The first meeting, Cleveland upset Pittsburgh by a field goal.
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: You look at the side-by-side on this, to me Cleveland
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: is the right side as long as this is a
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: slugfest of a game, low-scoring physical football, which is typically,
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: I don't think the Steelers can blow anybody out. The
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: Steelers have also allowed 22 sacks. Cleveland's defensive front should
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: be able to make Aaron Rodgers uncomfortable. The Browns, listen,
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: they're not a good team. They're an average team. But
• 32:22
  Speaker 1: average team, you're getting over a field goal. That hook,
• 32:25
  Speaker 1: I love the hook on that, the three and a half.
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: This should be a field goal game, which means you
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: win either way. This is a very attractive underdog play.
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: Do I have confidence Deshaun Watson's going to go out
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: and light the Steelers' defense up? Hell no. And I
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: feel bad betting on him, but that's the right side here.
• 32:44
  Speaker 1: The Browns already beat this team, and so they're very similar,
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: which is pathetic for Pittsburgh. And what happened to the Steelers'
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: running game? My God. It's a one-dimensional outfit there for
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers, so that'll help Cleveland out. Anyway, I'm
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: taking the Browns plus the points and the penny picks.
• 33:07
  Speaker 4: The penny picks Pittsburgh. Going with the Steelers.
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: All right. Next up, a game very important for the
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: Koopa Loop. In fact, I'm surprised he's not going to
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: this game. I thought maybe this would be one of
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: the games he would go to. We go to Denver
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: and an AFC West hullabaloo. Kansas City and the Broncos.
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: Chance of rain showers, temperatures in the 60s in Denver.
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: Denver in this game on CBS with Jim Nance and J.J. Watt.
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: They have the call. Chiefs a one-and-a-half point road favorite
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: on DraftKings from Empower Field at Mile High. Kansas City 5-1,
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: suffered a loss for the first time on Sunday Night Football.
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: Broncos are 5-2. And so if you put these records together,
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: Denver should win. Okay, we got a little something. The
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: first meeting, Kansas City absolutely demolished Denver. 31-10 back in
• 34:00
  Speaker 1: Week 1. Outgained the Broncos by almost 400 yards to
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: like 175. It was something like that. It was a
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: very large total separation there. Kenneth Walker dominated in the opener.
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: Had 173 yards and a touchdown. You would assume Denver
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: will win. Put everyone up front and say, all right,
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: Mahomes is going to have to beat us now. Mahomes
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: coming off a clunker last week in Seattle. I like
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: the Chiefs here to bounce back. I like betting on
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: good teams coming off a loss. That would be, I believe,
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: Kansas City. They're not a great team until proven great.
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: They're a good team coming off a stinker. Andy Reid
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: will have this team ready to go. The Broncos also
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: are 31st in yards per play. Third down conversion percentage.
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: They're also, I believe, 31st. They don't convert third downs.
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: Bo Nix has been a problem for the team so
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: far this year. He's just a mediocre quarterback. That's what
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: the numbers indicate. Denver does lead the NFL in sacks,
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: so that screws up drives. You get sacks, obviously that's
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: a problem there. But Mahomes is going to have to
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: play better in this game. Kenneth Walker, I'm going to
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: go out on a limb and say he's not going
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: to have 170 yards. Rushing until I see Bo Nix dominate.
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: If you're Kansas City, make Bo Nix beat you. It's
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: not that hard. Denver ranks near the bottom in the
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: NFL in passing efficiency. You've got to force Bo Nix
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: into obvious passing situations and make him make plays. The
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: Broncos convert 31% of third downs, 31st in the NFL.
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: I've got a bunch of other numbers here. But anyway,
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: we don't have time for all that crap. So I'm
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: going to take Kansas City. I'll lay the one and
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: a half. I'll take them as a slight road favorite.
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: And Koopaloop wearing his Bronco onesie. Who does the penny pick?
• 35:44
  Speaker 7: You and the Penny both lost last week picking against
• 35:46
  Speaker 7: the Broncos, and you both are going to lose this
• 35:49
  Speaker 7: week picking against the Broncos.
• 35:50
  Speaker 1: More agreement on that. All right, so we agree. We'll
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: pause for the cause here. We have three more games
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: to get to, including the Island Games and the big
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: game on Fox. This weekend, and as you know, when
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: it comes to football, there's nothing like live. This fall,
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: every NFL on Fox game streams live on Fox 1.
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: Every Sunday, every rivalry, miss it live, you're just watching
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: a highlight catch. Every play as it happens, NFL on Fox,
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: streaming on Fox 1. All right, straight ahead. We got
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: the Insta trivia. We got three more games to get to.
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: And we actually had a baseball Insta trivia. I know
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: we're doing football this hour, but we'll mix in a
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  Speaker 1: by blank atop the list of active MLB players with
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  Speaker 1: joined by blank atop the list the active MLB player
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  Speaker 1: with the most World Series championship rings. That's the Insta trivia,
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  Speaker 1: real quick, and then right back to it. Dodger star
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  Speaker 1: Mookie Betts has been joined by Blank atop the list
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  Speaker 1: of active MLB players with the most World Series rings.
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  Speaker 1: That is the question again. What is the answer? And
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  Speaker 1: who do we have? Steve Atwater, guessed by Michael in Tulsa. Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Johnny Fever from Mediocre Kabuki. Robbie, the Mariner fan, got
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  Speaker 1: it right. Bad job by him. So did Craig. Bad
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  Speaker 1: job by you. Lorena, do you have an answer? Quickly.
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  Speaker 1: Baby Ruth. Baby Ruth. That is incorrect. It's also not
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  Speaker 1: Bobby Thigpen, guessed by Alf. It would be the Redhead.
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  Speaker 1: Dustin May of the Milwaukee Brewers. Dustin May. They each
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  Speaker 1: have four World Series. Here we go.
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  Speaker 3: Here we go.
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  Speaker 1: Back to it. Benny versus the Penny. And next up
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  Speaker 1: on Benny versus the Penny, we now head where? Well,
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  Speaker 1: that would be none other than Then the one and only,
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  Speaker 1: the magical land of Motown, the Lions and the Vikings.
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  Speaker 1: That's the next game we're handicapping here on Benny vs.
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  Speaker 7: The Penny.
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  Speaker 1: It's on Fox. This is the big game. Lions a
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  Speaker 1: three-point favorite. Kevin Burkhart and Tom Brady have the call.
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  Speaker 1: It's in a dome, so the weather does not matter here. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I've been very critical of the Minnesota Vikings. and their offense,
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  Speaker 1: and I'll take some more shots at them later. So
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  Speaker 1: clearly I'm taking the Lions, unless I'm not. I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to take the team from Minnesota. The Vikings are 6-0.
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  Speaker 1: They're 4-2 against the spread. The Lions are 1-4-1 against
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  Speaker 1: the spread. That's not good. That is not good. The
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  Speaker 1: main reason I think Brian Flohr is going to mess
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  Speaker 1: with Jared Goff, and I know Jared Goff. When you
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  Speaker 1: put pressure on Jared Goff, I know he's got zero
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  Speaker 1: interceptions this season. I look for him to have at
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  Speaker 1: least one interception in this game, exotic pressures.
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  Speaker 3: And all that.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not betting on the Vikings because of their offense.
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  Speaker 1: They suck. They're terrible offensively. They play defense, though, and
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  Speaker 1: as long as they don't turn the ball over and
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  Speaker 1: just have one play on offense, one big play, they
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  Speaker 1: should be able to win this game. So I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to take them to Penny Picks.
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  Speaker 4: Penny agrees again.
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  Speaker 1: All right, next up, the Eagles and the Commanders. This
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  Speaker 1: game is the Sunday night game. Boy, that sucks. Collinsworth
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  Speaker 1: and Tirico have the call. The Sunday night game, chance
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  Speaker 1: of rain 55 degrees to kick off in Washington. And
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  Speaker 1: against my better judgment, I'm going to take the favorite here.
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  Speaker 1: I saw Philadelphia. They suck. They got too many injuries.
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  Speaker 1: There's no way I'm betting on Mr. McKee again and
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  Speaker 1: all that. So I'm going to take the team from
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  Speaker 1: Washington here. in Jaden Daniels to beat up Tanner McKee
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  Speaker 1: by 10 points. The Penny picks.
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  Speaker 4: Penny likes underdogs going with the Eagles.
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  Speaker 1: All right, good Sunday, a good Monday night game. Seattle
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  Speaker 1: and Chicago, slight chance of rain. Temperatures in the 50s,
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  Speaker 1: a kickoff here. And DraftKings has Seattle as a three-point
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  Speaker 1: favorite in this game. I can give you all kinds
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  Speaker 1: of numbers. We don't have a lot of time. I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to take the Chicago Bears in this game. I
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  Speaker 1: like the Bears in this matchup here. Chicago wins. Made
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  Speaker 1: the big trade here. They're 5-2 against the spread. Seattle's
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  Speaker 1: a losing record against the spread. And I'd give you
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  Speaker 1: all kinds of other numbers, but we don't have time.
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  Speaker 1: So the penny picks. Scoop a little quickly, please. What
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  Speaker 1: do we got?
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  Speaker 4: The penny is also going to go with the Bears.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: We agree on that. There it is. Another riveting eight games.
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  Speaker 1: I'll have all the picks up on the interweb. Watch
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  Speaker 1: for Sam Donald to turn the ball over early and
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  Speaker 1: often in that game and Monday Night Football. I'll be
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  Speaker 1: ripping him after the game. I don't know how that's
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  Speaker 1: going to go.