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Super Bowl LVII Predictions - Episode 1 · Banter with the Boys

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It's time for Bantor with the Boys.
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What's up everybody?
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Welcome to our first episode of Bantor with the Boys.
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Today we are going to be talking about the Super Bowl, but first let's get everybody
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in here.
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Mr. Kyle, how are you doing today sir?
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Oh I'm flying high man.
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I can't wait to get this thing going.
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It's been a long journey to get this rolling, but I'm very excited.
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What a great way to kick it off Super Bowl.
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So couldn't be more thrilled.
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Mikey?
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Also glad to be on, quite the honor, some fame to come out of this without a doubt.
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But yeah it's been a great day.
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Made a little road trip out to good old Diamond Joe's.
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Took me about an hour and thirty there and probably about an hour and forty back.
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But yeah we'll talk about that later.
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More to come.
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But how about you Derek?
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How are you feeling overall today?
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I'm doing great here.
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I'm happy to be a part of the inaugural podcast here.
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Thank you so much guys for having me be a part of it.
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Very honored.
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How about you Mr. Nick?
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Oh you know just over here enjoying the beautiful faces around me and you know ready to talk
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some sports.
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But what I really, really want to know is how you doing Tyler?
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I'm doing good brother.
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I could not be more happy to be here.
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It's setting the stage for this podcast we're going to get going here.
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Now I do want to do a special shout out to the man behind the scenes Mr. Kevin.
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We wouldn't be here today if it wasn't without this gentleman and he is doing all of the
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behind the scenes work so I just want to give you a round of applause here Kev.
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Amen Kev.
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Alright fellas let's get into the meat and potatoes here.
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We have the grand daddy of them all Super Bowl 57 taking place this Sunday February
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12th at 5.30 Central Time in the state of Arizona at the State Farm Stadium.
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We have the Chiefs taking on the Eagles.
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We have the Chiefs making their fifth Super Bowl appearance with two prior wins and the
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Eagles coming into their fourth Super Bowl appearance with one win.
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Both the teams coming in with a record of 16-3 and were the number one seed on the season
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and surprisingly enough they've actually both scored the exact same amount of points this
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year.
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So that's just a little tidbit going into this one pretty cool you don't see that very
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often but let's start talking about the game.
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First we're going to get into the quarterback play.
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We have two very high profile quarterbacks going at it this Sunday.
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So we're going to start with the Chiefs and Patty Mahomes.
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Why don't you kick us off Kyle.
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I got Patty Mahomes at 278 yards with two touchdowns and 24 yards rushing but I wouldn't
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be shocked if he got 300 plus.
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I think he'll be throwing quite a bit.
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I kind of just went bold here on just a you know two he still a decent production day
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278 yards two touchdowns.
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I just think the Eagles D is going to be very very tough on him and he'll have to make some
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dynamic throws use his arm talent which he obviously can do.
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He is a generational talent but I still have him at a solid outing.
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Derek what do you think?
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Yeah I'm kind of on the same boat with you Kyle.
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You know I think I'm a little bit conservative when we're talking about Patrick Mahomes.
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You know we know he can light up the scoreboard.
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He can throw for 400 plus yards.
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But in the Super Bowl I've got him at 262 yards for this one with three touchdowns and
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two picks.
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So the Eagles defense is pretty tough to pass on.
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They are the number one defense in the league when it comes to passing.
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You know they've blown out the league when it comes to recording sacks so the pass rush
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is going to be tough to overcome.
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You know they know how to get their picks.
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They got a great secondary.
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But we all know how the Chiefs can get when they get into that red zone.
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You know whenever Travis Kelsey is open that's when that team becomes a problem.
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So definitely look for Mahomes to get a couple of touchdowns and look for him to have a pretty
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good rapport with Travis Kelsey especially with their receiving corps being so banged
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up lately.
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What do you think Nick?
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Well I'm kind of on the same page as you guys but I'm a little bit more on the...
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I think he's going to have a pretty bad game overall.
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225 yards in passing yards is my prediction.
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Two touchdowns, two interceptions and eight rushing yards.
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So you know I don't really have too much faith in Patrick Mahomes being able to face that
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defense.
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I mean he is God.
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He is able to take a shot in any different way and angle but I just don't see him being
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able to outdo that Eagles secondary overall.
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So I think the difference maker is the two interceptions by Patrick Mahomes.
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But you know I'm kind of more wondering if anybody else has a little bit of a different
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mindset on this regard.
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Mr. Tyler?
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Yeah Nick I couldn't disagree more.
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I don't know when Pat Mahomes has never stepped up to the occasion especially when you have
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the grand of the granddaddy of them all.
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You know this is the biggest stage he's been on.
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Obviously he's been to two prior Super Bowls winning one of them.
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But I think Mahomes is going to well be Mahomes.
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I have him going for 310 yards passing with three touchdowns.
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I do have him throwing him interception.
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He does like to try to fit the ball in tight spaces which can lead him to some trouble.
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Now granted he does have the arm talent to complete those passes and make those throws
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that not a lot of people can.
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But I also think with the lack of his mobility with that ankle.
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Still kind of bothering him.
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He's not going to be able to extend the play quite as much there.
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So he's going to have to throw the ball into those tight spaces even yarder.
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And then touching on that ankle injury as well.
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I only have him at 15 yards rushing.
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I don't think he's going to offer much there unless he does get those one or two scrambles
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that he gets outside the pocket and just gets down pretty quick.
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With the emergence of MVS in the last couple of weeks.
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They've given him that deep threat that they have kind of missed the whole year ever since
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Tyreek left.
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He's kind of taken that role.
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Obviously to a lot smaller degree he's nowhere near Tyreek's level.
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But with the focus on Travis Kelsey being that focal point of the offense.
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I think MVS is going to eat on the outside.
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So I still think Mahomes is going for over 300.
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Now let's kick it over to the other team that we have here with the Eagles and Jalen Hurts.
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The young emerging quarterback.
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Where do you have him going for Derek?
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I've got him going a little bit more aggressive than Patrick Mahomes on this one.
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I think this Super Bowl is going to feature the Jalen Hurts show.
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It's been his offense all year long and I don't see why it would change in the Super
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Bowl here.
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I've got him going for almost 300 yards passing.
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Accumulating about four total touchdowns.
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I think he can certainly get some passing touchdowns to AJ Brown, Avante Smith.
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Elite pair of receivers right there.
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And of course when they get into the red zone he's always going to be a threat to run despite
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his shoulder injury.
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So because of that shoulder injury and because the Chiefs are pretty respectable in the running
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game, I do think Hurts does get a little bit limited on the rushing yards.
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So I've got him at about 50 yards rushing.
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If you look at his past couple games since his shoulder injury, he has been limited in
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terms of yard as compared to earlier in the season.
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But he certainly is still a threat and he can scramble pretty well.
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The Chiefs do struggle against the pass so that's why I do believe that Hurts will throw
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for almost 300 yards.
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I certainly think he can.
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You know, he's got that capability.
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He's shown that his shoulder hasn't bothered him so he's certainly capable of making those
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deep throws.
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What do you think Nick?
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I'm a pretty firm believer in the Hurts show.
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After what he did in college, battling back from the multiple injuries, I think this is
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his year.
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I don't think he's going to be going off as much as a lot of people are thinking.
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I think he's only going to get about 230 yards passing himself.
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But I do see him getting a total of three touchdowns, two passing, one running for sure,
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about 65 yards rushing.
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But I think the difference maker that really shows the Hurts show is the zero interceptions
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I predict.
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I think that's going to be the difference between the two games.
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I think this is going to be a battle of defense.
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We do have two of some of the most generational talents in Hurts and Mahomes.
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But man, it's going to be tough on that side.
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So that's my predictions.
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With that, what do we got on that side, Mr. Tyler?
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Well I don't know if I would go as far as to say that Hurts is a generational talent
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yet.
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I think it's still too early in his career to kind of establish that.
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No, Mahomes definitely is.
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Hurts has the potential to be that.
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Don't get me wrong.
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But I don't think he's going to have as good of a game as you guys are expecting in the
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passing game, with I only have him throwing for 215 yards and getting two touchdowns,
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but also throwing one interception.
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Where I think he's going to make a lot of his plays are on the outside, with 75 yards
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rushing and another touchdown.
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The big thing with that is it's going to depend on how Frank Clark and Carlos Dunlap protect
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the edge for that Chiefs defense and see if they can get him in the containment.
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As you mentioned, Derek, he hasn't really had much of a focal point in the running game
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since that shoulder injury.
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They haven't necessarily been designing as much runs for him, but he still has that one
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play ability to get outside and pull off a 40-50 yarder at any point in time.
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I think that's going to be a deciding factor for the Eagles offense is how much he has
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ability to get outside and run.
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The one thing with the Eagles this year is they haven't really played from behind a whole
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lot, so his passing numbers are a lot easier when you can only focus on, you know, they
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have that run game element, which the Eagles are the best running team in the league, hands
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down.
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But I think if the Chiefs get ahead, I don't know if Hertz has that ability in the big
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game to, you know, take that step up.
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Just because he's not proven to do so, he hasn't had to yet.
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So I'm going to take the experience of the Chiefs defense in that regard.
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I know I'm probably one of the few that hasn't performed in as little as he does here.
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So Tyler, you question Jalen Hertz's ability to become generational talent.
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What if he wins the Super Bowl, wins Super Bowl MVP?
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Is he generational talent?
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Because keep in mind, Jalen Hertz is in his second year, second full year.
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So that's quite a lot to do in a short time, and that's pretty impressive.
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So what do you think about that, if that were the scenario here?
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I would agree that it takes him a step further.
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I want to see what he has more to offer with the less good of a team around him before
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I go to the generational talent aspect of it.
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If you look at the Chiefs when Holmes was, you know, came in, they were a really, really
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good team and he kind of took them to that next level as a playoff, perennial playoff
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caliber team and then taking them to the Super Bowl.
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They didn't really have a top tier defense at that time.
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Now they turned it around in the second half of the year and became that.
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They were extremely good towards the end of that year.
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And he's had a lot of weapons around him and one of the best play callers of all time
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in Andy Reid.
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Like that goes very under quer, under, he doesn't get as much praise as he should as
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a head coach with how successful he has been.
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But I think, I mean, I would definitely have to reevaluate depending on how we would play
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in this game.
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In terms of the MVP, that's essentially a quarterback's award.
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So I mean, it's going to be whatever quarterback wins is most likely going to get that.
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Now Cooper Cup, the exception last year, but that was also, you know, Cooper Cup going
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for just an insane game.
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So I don't think a player on each, either team's offense will kind of take them to that
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level where a quarterback's not going to win the award.
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But I would definitely have to rethink it, you know, but I just need to see more than,
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you know, two full years before I can kind of pin them on that.
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So I mean, I see where you're coming from with that in general.
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But the reason why I say generational talent, he does have a little bit of that Lamar type
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of rushing ability, but yet still has the arm to me, kind of like Mahomes, where he's
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able to, he's able to throw it in some spots that most other quarterbacks aren't able to
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do.
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I see him turning into that next level quarterback just because he's just as versatile as Mahomes,
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but he's also been in the big stage just as much as Mahomes and I, throughout his college
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career.
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I mean, I think that's, I think that's respectable because that's a lot of pressure on you, especially
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in that time in the SEC Championship game when he came up clutch after Tua got hurt
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in that SEC Championship game.
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I mean, the guy steps up in big moments for sure.
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He also got benched for Tua in the national championship game that same year though.
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So how much is, was he going to get benched if he's having that good of a game?
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And then he goes to Oklahoma and the Sooners weren't, they were good, but they didn't take
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that next time to top tier step.
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And I mean, to say, I'm not, I'm not discrediting that by any means, don't get me wrong, but
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to say he's been in that spotlight as much as Mahomes, who's been to two Super Bowls
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and won one of them, granted didn't have the collegiate career, not even close.
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But I mean, I'm taking that Super Bowl pressure over college football national championship
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pressure any day.
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All right, boys, enough about these quarterbacks.
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I think we've covered pretty much everything on them.
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Now let's go to how this game's actually going to be decided and we're going to pick our
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X-Factors.
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We're going to break it down with an offensive player and a defensive player from each team.
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But first let's get over to our degenerate, Moneyline Mikey.
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Start us off, bud.
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Thank you for the warm intro there, Tyler.
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This is Moneyline Mike.
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I want to call him degeneracy per se, more of a habit or a hobby is probably the best
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way to put it, right?
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A professional hobby.
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Yes, I don't win money yet, but we're going to get into it later.
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I think it is finally my time.
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But yeah, I like to bet on the sports.
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It takes me an hour and a half of my time every time I drive off to Iowa.
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With gas prices, that's a little rough, but it's okay.
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But the horse season's around the corner.
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Luckily that's more local and shouldn't be so bad.
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But let's get into the X-Factors here.
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Enough about me being degenerate here.
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Obviously we just talked a whole lot about quarterbacks.
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I didn't obviously have much to say, but because who cares about my opinion here?
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Because I'm just the local gambler here.
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I'll joke aside, actually.
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There's a reason why.
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They actually gave me a little crap for this in the pre-production, especially Tyler.
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If you haven't noticed yet, Tyler is my nemesis here.
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But yeah, for my X-Factor, I picked Patrick Mahomes.
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Usually an X-Factor, as we've recently discussed, is your unique player, someone unpredictable,
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someone out of the ordinary.
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But honestly, no, it isn't.
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None of this go around.
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It's Mahomes.
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Mahomes, for many different reasons, mainly just because of this ankle injury.
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This ankle injury, people are making way light of it because it's Mahomes.
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Mahomes is Superman.
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No, he's human here.
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Let's not forget that.
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Most people in this injury don't finish the game, first off, and win.
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And second off, most people, they miss weeks.
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If you look at Tony Romo, identical ankle injury.
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Missed six weeks.
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And he is, literally, this is one of his main things in his career he's known for, is dependency
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and reliability.
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He doesn't miss games.
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And here's Mahomes two weeks later.
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He's listed as questionable, but all systems are listed as go.
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That's just how he's listed, but he's still going to be playing.
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And that's obviously going to determine the game.
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This is the Super Bowl.
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He's going against one of the number one, I mean, top defenses of all time.
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Some people are comparing them to the 1985 Bears.
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Obviously, that's a little bit of a stretch, but seriously, with their defensive line and
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their secondary that they have, he's got to cut it against him.
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And with that leg, the biggest thing is he's always been known for his scramble.
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He's been known to be able to go out of pocket and create plays out of nothing with Travis
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Kelsey and his receiving core and scramble and get that first down.
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And that's not going to be there.
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I doubt it in nine to two weeks.
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Now when most QBs either miss six to nine weeks or have to get surgery or have to get
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major rehab after the injury that he had here.
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So he is my X factor.
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The last thing I would just finish with him is really hits his legacy at stake.
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He's won one out of two Super Bowls, 50 percent cool.
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This is the beginning of his legacy.
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What is his story going to be?
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We get paid on results.
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We get judged on results.
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It's the same thing in my job.
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It's the same thing in most people's lives.
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What you deliver is how you get judged.
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It doesn't matter what you do in the regular season.
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It doesn't matter what the stats are.
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It's about what Ricky Bobby says.
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If you're not first, you're last.
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Just kidding.
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But he's trying to create a legacy though.
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And yeah, I just think a lot with his contract.
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And then the biggest thing, and I'll leave it with this, it's that big moment doubt.
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If he wins this game, he starts that legacy.
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If he loses this game, the professionals, the pros, all the analysts in the league are
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going to start questioning him in big moments.
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In the biggest moments that count.
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But yeah, that's what I got to say.
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Let me pass it back to my nemesis here.
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Hopefully he doesn't call me any more mean words tonight.
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But let's pass it back to this Wisconsinite.
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He smells like cheese.
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His name is Tyler.
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Well, I don't know.
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We were going down that road here the first podcast, Danny, but I love you, bud.
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That was quite the take, quite the take.
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It's interesting they put the star quarterback as the X factor, but hey, that's all right.
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For me with the Chiefs offense, I'm going to go with their offensive line.
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This Eagles front seven is just vaunted this year.
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They have 68 sacks, which is third of all time to those 84 Bears, which had 72.
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So they were four sacks short of it.
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It was insane with their front seven.
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Really their front four was able to do.
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They had 10 players with 10 sacks each, which has had never happened before.
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And what did they do?
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They went out and gotten it.
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I'm a consume and Robert Quinn.
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So what can this Chiefs offensive line do?
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It's not a focal point or strong point of this team.
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That Eagles front seven and front four, especially just scares the crap out of anybody that's
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in front of them.
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So how well are they going to be able to protect Patty Mahomes?
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But the more importantly, how well are they going to be able to get the run game going
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so they can have some resemblance of a balance on offense so they don't just have to rely
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on Mahomes because those those edges are coming fierce.
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If they can pin back on fourth or sorry, third and, you know, seven or longer and just get
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after the quarterback.
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I don't know if those Chiefs offensive threats outside can beat this Eagles secondary.
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So I really think this this game is going to come down to the Chiefs offensive line,
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at least from the scoring sake on the Chiefs themselves.
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That's really all I have for the Chiefs offensive factors, though.
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What do you think, Nick?
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Who's your factor?
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Well, because of every single point that you just put off, I have the beast, the the man
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known as Kelsey.
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I think the only way the only way the Chiefs are going to be successful successful is if
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Kelsey decides to find the monster inside that man and he plays extremely physical while
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getting off the line and getting some harder yards.
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I mean, there's no other way you're getting through this Eagles defense.
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In my opinion, that man is going to have to break out and you have to break out with an
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attitude.
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So my X Factor is definitely Kelsey.
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It's pretty obvious.
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But man, this is going to have to be his biggest game at the biggest time at the biggest stage.
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So we'll see if that happens.
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I have enough confidence in that man, but that's my prediction.
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Mr. Kyle, I've been wondering what's on that tinker of yours.
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Yeah, I think Kelsey is going to be really productive against the Eagles in this game,
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but someone else has got to step up and I think it's Marques Valdez-Skantling.
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He's I believe last game he had close to 10 targets, 116 yards and one touchdown.
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He's definitely the deep threat guy now with Tyreek out of the equation, but he's got to
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step up this game if the Chiefs really want to win this one.
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Derek, what do you think here?
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Yeah, so it sounds like a lot of you guys like the receivers or for Travis Kelsey, but
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my X factor in this one is going to have to be the Chiefs running game.
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So whether that's going to be Pacheco, McKinnon, or even Clyde Edwards-Halair.
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So now there's a name you probably have not heard of in several weeks.
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That guy was kind of an afterthought.
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He probably still won't be much of a factor in my opinion.
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He's probably going to be the third string behind Pacheco, McKinnon, but I think those
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guys are definitely going to have to step up.
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As I've said before, the Eagles past defense is the best in the league.
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They've recorded a ton of sacks.
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They'll definitely pressure Mahomes.
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They have a really, really good secondary and the Chiefs are banged up at receivers,
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so it's going to be tough to pass.
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So I think those guys are going to have to really step up.
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The Chiefs like to bend the running game, but I think they're going to have to against
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the Seagulls defense because that is actually probably their weak point as a defense is
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against the running game.
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They gave up still a pretty good number of yards to San Francisco who didn't even have
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a quarterback.
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So I think that speaks volumes right there.
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So I think the Chiefs really should run if they want to have a good chance in this game.
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So those were some diverse takes I think on the Chiefs.
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Why don't we go on over to the Eagles.
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So I think Nick, you've got a pretty big take here on your X Factor.
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I got a big one in my opinion.
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So we all know who AJ Brown is.
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We know what that man does to defenses and we know what Jalen Hurts does on that ground.
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So if I'm the Chiefs, I'm doubling up AJ Brown all day long and I'm stacking that box
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and I'm trying to make sure that we contain Mr. Jalen Hurts.
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So what does that open up?
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To me, where does the biggest game come from?
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I think it's going to be Devontae Smith.
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I think he takes advantage of that weak defense secondary with the Chiefs.
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I think he goes for two big deep touchdowns.
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My X Factor is Devontae Smith.
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And I can already tell that I got another fellow podcaster here who has a similar mindset
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over there.
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What you got over there, Mr. Kyle?
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Yeah, you took my guy Devontae Smith.
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Last few games, actually I should say the last 10 games he's had the same target share
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with AJ Brown, eight targets a game over 80 yards.
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I think the Chiefs are going to try to double up AJ Brown in a way, but it's almost kind
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of a pick your poison with AJ Brown, Devontae Smith, Dallas Goddard.
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The Eagles are really, really good offensively and the Chiefs do have a pretty weak secondary.
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So I do think Brown gets a deep ball.
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I think he goes a hundred yards, actually 112 yards with the touchdown.
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That's my prediction.
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I'm going bold here.
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But yeah, he's going to have a good game.
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I will say great minds do think like Mr. Kyle.
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So with that in the place here, I feel like we might have somebody else who might have
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a different mindset.
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I can already just see you staring at me, Mr. Wright over there.
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So Tyler, let's see what you got.
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Yeah, I'm going to go with somebody else on the Eagles offense here.
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Actually Derek and I agree on this one.
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So we, we are, we agree that AJ Brown is going to be the focal point of that offensive passing
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game for the Eagles.
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But we also think that, or I also think that Devontae Smith is going to be the second best
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option there.
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So they're going to do their best to shut him down.
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So I chose Dallas Goddard.
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He's going to be able to eat on the inside there.
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If you shut down those two offensive threats, the Chiefs passing game is not very good.
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So that will mean that the Eagles are going to have to get a little bit more creative
25:25
if they're taking away those top two threats outside.
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And that gives Goddard an ability to eat underneath.
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So I think he's going to have to have a big game here for that Eagles offense to truly
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come to their full form.
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But what do you think, Derek?
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I know you agree with me on this one.
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Yeah, 100%.
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No, I, I think that this is going to be a very interesting Super Bowl in the fact that
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I think this is going to be a tight end show.
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Those who have participated in fantasy football this year, you've seen that, you know, tight
25:50
ends were kind of an afterthought this year.
25:52
You know, they, they were kind of just non-existent.
25:54
You know, I, I own Mark Andrews this year and that guy kind of fell off towards the
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end of the year, which is super unfortunate, but he still finished, you know, what, two,
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second, third in the league in fantasy scoring.
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So you know, I think that this is going to be an interesting game and I think, yeah,
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tight ends will definitely show up in this one.
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You know, the chiefs are going to be getting back with Jerry Snead, who is their top corner.
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So I think, you know, he's going to be helping shut down AJ Brown, Devontae Smith.
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And of course, you know, like I've said before, the chiefs are pretty porous on pass defense.
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So I definitely think Goddard will be the guy they may not account for and he can be,
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he can be pretty sneaky just like Travis Kelsey can be.
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So we've kind of got the room split down the middle here.
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So Mikey, what are you going to go with?
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So I got a different X factor for the Eagles.
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Now in the name of splitting the tie in the name of my financial wallet of driving to
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Diamond Joe's, I would pick Dallas Goddard.
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Now as far as who I actually picked, I did pick Miles Sanders.
26:57
Let's not forget this is the Super Bowl.
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I know it's a pretty generic statement, but it's a grind.
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It's going to be about who controls the ball, who has the possessions the most, who owns
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that clock.
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And with Miles Sanders, I mean, they got to establish a run game early.
27:15
They have to, to control that momentum, to open up the play action option, the option
27:20
up hurts and his ability to scramble.
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And it's just going to be a long game.
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Like don't forget halftime twice as long.
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It's just going to drag out, right?
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And if they can just establish a run game and wear that defense down, it's going to
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create a lot for them in the fourth quarter, in the third quarter.
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But yeah, that's who I have from my X factor.
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Let's pass it on over back to Tyler here to break us back into the defensive side of the
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ball here.
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All right.
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Thank you, Stan.
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We're going to start with the chief side of the ball here.
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I'm going to go with the inside backers for the chiefs.
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We got Nick Bolton and Willie Gay Jr.
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They're going to need to close those rushing lanes and force the Eagles to beat them in
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the passing game.
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They're not going to, if they're not keeping their commit and filling those holes, they're
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not going to be able to be productive as a defense with the Eagles running all over them
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because that in turn will open up that play action game, open up the passing lanes.
28:15
So they're going to have to stay committed to the, to stopping the run and not over committing
28:19
to any rushing lane because that Eagles offensive line is just insane with their running schemes
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and just big maulers.
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They are just wild how good they truly are.
28:30
They're going to have to have a big game in the middle and be able to also kind of keep
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containment on Jalen if they do or if they are in a spy situation, keep containment on
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them, not allow them to get outside and beat them with the run or beat them with their
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legs.
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So I think they're going to have to have a big game and they also play a role in stopping
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Dallas Gowder over the middle.
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So I think a lot of the chiefs off the defensive success is going to come from Nick Bolton
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and Willie Gay and just filling those run holes.
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What about you Kyle?
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What you thinking on this one?
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I'm thinking Chris Jones.
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He's got 15 sacks on the year and he'll be tough to stop, but at the same time Philly
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has a really good offensive line.
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So the, it'll be pretty hard on Chris Jones to apply pressure, but if he gets to the quarterback,
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that's going to be huge, that'll be huge for the chiefs defensive side of the ball.
29:24
So I believe Nick, you have someone similar.
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Oh man, do I?
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Chris Jones is definitely to me the X factor on this defense.
29:37
There are some solid edge rushers that Mr. Wright over there mentioned, but I think the
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biggest difference is Chris Jones because really what's going to come down to are they
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going to shut down that offense and the way that they're going to be able to shut down
29:58
that offense is being able to get at Mr. Hertz, getting him out of the way, getting him flustered
30:03
and I don't know if anybody's seen Chris Jones, but that's a big boy.
30:08
That's a big man and he has done it in the past.
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He's done it at Super Bowl.
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I think he is the man to really make that big difference play when well, she's needed
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the most.
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So I couldn't agree with you more.
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Mr. Kyle.
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Thanks pal.
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Yeah.
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That is, that is working very nice.
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So with that, I'm kind of wondering what's going on over there.
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Mr. Derek, what's your thoughts on this, this area?
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I mean, there's no doubt in my mind that Chris Jones is the guy on defense.
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I mean, he's obviously the guy everyone looks to, you know, he's double teams almost all
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the time and we'll see how Philly's offensive line can keep up with that.
30:56
But where I'm looking to is in the Chiefs, very, very young secondary.
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So obviously like what I've said before, you know, I'm a firm believer that the Eagles
31:04
are going to be passing a lot.
31:05
I think their run game is going to get shut down, which is what they're really comfortable
31:09
with in terms of running.
31:10
I think the Chiefs are going to make that a point to shut that down, try to get Philly
31:14
to pass more.
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So I'm looking to a guy in Ligeria Smead who has just recently cleared concussion protocol.
31:23
He's a young guy.
31:24
He's got a big weight on his shoulders.
31:26
You know, he's got two stud receivers that he's going to have to pick from.
31:29
I don't know if I'd want to go up against either guy, but now he's going to have his
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hands full all game.
31:34
You know, he could get torched for sure, but as long as he makes that one big play, you
31:39
know, the Chiefs offense definitely has his back.
31:42
So I think as long as he makes that one big clutch play, whether it be a pick, batted
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pass, anything, I think that could come up huge in what I think is going to be a pretty
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high scoring Super Bowl.
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So that's kind of my opinion on that.
31:55
What do you got over there, Magic Mikey?
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Magic Mike is only a weekend job.
32:03
My full time job is a money lines with Mike.
32:07
But no, all joking aside, I'll be short and sweet here.
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I got Nick Bolton.
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He's just a stud.
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He's one of four captains on the Chiefs.
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For the season of 22, he tied for second in tackles with 125 solo tackles, 49 assists,
32:25
which is also good for second, and was fourth in interceptions overall.
32:30
The stats don't lie.
32:31
We talked about results earlier and results are what you're judged on.
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And he has quite the proven stat lines and record book this season so far.
32:41
So yeah, Nick Bolton.
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It's up to him to kind of lead the defense, shut it down.
32:46
But yeah, that's what I got.
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And that is going to complete our X-Factor segment here for the Chiefs defense.
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Let's go ahead and go on to the Eagles side of the ball and let's actually reverse it
32:57
right on back to my good pal Derek here to start us off here on the Eagles side.
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Whoa, I didn't know we were playing an uno reverse card on me.
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Alright, well no problem.
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Well on the Eagles side, I think the pass rush is going to be the big X-Factor on the
33:13
Eagles.
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So I'm looking right at Hasan Reddick, the team's leading sack leader.
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He's going to have to really pressure Mahomes all game long.
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I'll make him really uncomfortable.
33:24
He's got a bad ankle so if you can get him to make bad throws in the pocket, that's
33:27
great.
33:28
Or if you can get him to scramble, he's probably not going to be tough to chase down given
33:32
that he's kind of hobbling a little bit.
33:33
So I think Reddick's going to have to live up to the hype that he's been all regular
33:37
season and he's going to have to make big plays.
33:40
We both have the same guy here.
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I'm looking at Hasan Reddick myself too.
33:45
16 sacks on the air, second in the NFL.
33:49
He will be tough to stop, I believe, if my notes are right.
33:55
He's already at 3.5 sacks in postseason play.
33:58
So he will, it's really, yeah.
34:02
So their Chiefs are going to have their work cut out for them for sure.
34:07
But their offensive line, the Chiefs offensive line is not bad.
34:11
But I do believe Hasan Reddick will apply the pressure and Mahomes, it will make Mahomes
34:19
life difficult with that bad ankle.
34:21
Mikey, what do you got for your X Factor on the defensive side of the ball for the Eagles?
34:27
Yeah, I have the D line for the Eagles overall to create that pressure obviously on Mahomes.
34:34
Obviously he's not going to be able to scramble.
34:37
So they should be able to eat.
34:38
They should be able to do better than you would typically expect against Mahomes, especially
34:43
with Brandon Graham leading the way as a captain on that defensive line at 6'2", 268 pounds.
34:50
I wouldn't want to go against that.
34:52
I know they got a good offensive line obviously, but we'll see.
34:57
Without Mahomes being able to scramble, how does that affect their offensive play?
35:02
How does it expect that offensive line, knowing that he's in the pocket.
35:07
He's not going to be able to get out of the pocket as easy.
35:09
So yeah, I got the Eagles defensive line and if I had to pick one person, I have Brandon
35:14
Graham overall.
35:16
But yeah, that's what I got to say.
35:18
Let's see what my ugliest of my two brothers, Nick here, has to say.
35:24
Well, we're going to use the term ugly.
35:27
I guess I don't know what your definition is, but I'll take it for now.
35:32
No matter what.
35:35
Jokes aside, I like to be right all the time.
35:38
So my right prediction on the X Factor is Slay Jr. and that Eagles secondary in general.
35:49
Man, I think the biggest difference between what is going to go down and why I think that
35:58
the Eagles are going to win, we'll get into that later.
36:01
It's going to be Slay Jr.
36:02
It's going to be that Eagles defense.
36:05
That's why I predicted two interceptions on Patrick Mahomes side earlier.
36:09
So that's my opinion on the X Factor for the Eagles defense.
36:13
What you thinking about there, Mr. Wright?
36:19
Well, so I am thinking of taking on this Eagles defense a one CJ Gardner Johnson.
36:27
He has to take Kelsey out of this game.
36:30
They're going to have to double team him.
36:32
He's the focal point of that passing game, so they don't really have a choice.
36:35
But CJ Gardner Johnson is one of the best slot corners that we do have in this game.
36:40
Before he got injured in the year, he was leading the league in interceptions.
36:43
And if I'm not mistaken, he finished second overall in the league still with being injured
36:47
in the regular season.
36:49
But Kelsey is this this whole team where they rely on Kelsey and the red zone, especially
36:54
he's the best red zone target we've seen in, I don't know, a lot, a lot of years.
36:59
So CJ Gardner Johnson is going to have to man up, take away that third down, him just
37:05
Kelsey just slipping out from a block and just they have to be able to recognize that
37:08
and stop that.
37:09
Otherwise, Mahomes is just going to be able to eat all day, regardless of what that pass
37:12
rush is doing.
37:14
He's always looking for Kelsey, especially when he gets under pressure.
37:17
If they have to turn him into a pocket quarterback, the guy still has the arm talent of one of
37:21
the all time greats.
37:22
So he can be a very, very good pocket passer as well.
37:26
And he's always looking at Kelsey first and Gardner Johnson's going to have to have a
37:30
big game to take this this game over for the Eagles defense and stop that chief's offense.
37:36
All right, boys, now we have one of my favorite segments.
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I love the guy, but he is my sworn nemesis.
37:44
We are kicking it over to our resident degenerate.
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We have money lines with Mikey.
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It's time to talk money, spreads, props and locks of the week.
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Get in on the action.
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It's time for money lines with Mikey.
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It is time to make some money with Mikey.
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It is money lines with Mike.
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And let's get right into it, guys.
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We are all here to spend a little pocket change and turn it into maybe a new TV.
38:33
Who knows?
38:34
I've already invested an hour and a half of my time to get old Diamond Joe's and gas prices,
38:39
you know, added maybe 40 bucks there.
38:41
And I may have stopped at the blackjack table and lost 60.
38:45
But let's get into where I can make some big money where I was there for the whole reason
38:49
that brought me an hour and a half south, because good old Minnesota, of course, does
38:54
not have illegal yet and probably never will.
38:57
Who knows?
38:58
Let's get into the point, though.
38:59
Drove an hour and a half south to make some bets, to do a little investigating and to
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turn some pocket change into spending money.
39:06
But yeah, overall for the game, we have a total predicted points of 50 and a half points.
39:16
To me, seems a little high.
39:17
I personally would bet the under on that with the defenses that are on the field there.
39:24
But who knows?
39:25
As far as total predictions, though, we do have the Eagles favorited by one and a half
39:32
points, which I agree with.
39:34
We will discuss that after this segment here and why I agree with that.
39:38
But I definitely think the Eagles are going to cover in then some, at least by three points
39:43
here.
39:45
As far as bets go, of course, we have discussed the MVP favorite and they're going to discuss
39:53
that.
39:55
It's a quarterbacks award.
39:56
Jalen Hurts in my home is probably going to win that.
40:00
You bet five bucks on that, it ain't going to pay you much.
40:03
It's only plus 130.
40:05
Now there obviously was going to be quite some other vast opinions on this.
40:13
One of the predictions that I don't want to get into the reasons why, but who knows?
40:18
Someone predicts possibly might be predicting Kelsey.
40:22
If you didn't already know, he's playing with his brother, first time a player's ever played
40:25
with his brother in the Super Bowl.
40:28
But anywho, Travis Kelsey, not Jason, of course, Travis Kelsey is at plus 1600 as the MVP favorite.
40:36
If you put five bucks on that, that'll turn to 80.
40:40
Put that in a little parley action.
40:42
Who knows?
40:43
It's going to pay out quite well.
40:45
Not too unpredictable, especially with the Kansas City Chiefs and their lack of the wide
40:51
receiver depth right now and the injuries that they've suffered this year.
40:54
But yeah, moving on.
40:56
One of the most common bets in the Super Bowl and one of the best, in my opinion, arguably
41:01
the best bet to make money in, again, that's what we're here for, is Moneylines and Mike
41:06
and making money, is going to be the first touchdown of the day.
41:10
First touchdown of the day is pretty hard to predict.
41:11
It's going to be ahead of the higher payoffs.
41:13
It is an essential, essential part of anybody's parleys.
41:18
Let's just slow down and talk a little bit about Dallas Goddard, as I successfully pronounce
41:23
hopefully, at plus 1200.
41:25
1200 is pretty good.
41:27
You bet five bucks on him, pays you 60.
41:30
Now that's not the bet I'm saying.
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Crucial bet when it comes to the parley.
41:34
The first touchdown is one of the highest odds, one of the toughest to predict, and
41:39
I just think he has it.
41:42
They're predicting the run.
41:43
They're predicting Hertz to get it outside.
41:45
They're going to be double covering their wide outs.
41:48
He's going to be open.
41:49
He's going to be on one-on-one coverage.
41:51
When he gets the ball, he's elusive.
41:54
He's in mind of all the tight ends out there.
41:56
God, when he gets the ball, it kind of feels like a halfback in a way, which is kind of
42:00
weird to say.
42:01
But that's just how I feel.
42:03
But let's get into Money Mike.
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The real why this segment has such a hype and such a little buildup here is we're here
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to make money.
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I got three $5 bets I just want to briefly discuss that I think you can make money on.
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You're not your typical bets.
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Of course, they're quite high odds, but this is the Super Bowl.
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Why would we not go for super bets here?
42:29
So let's just dive in here.
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One of my favorite ones at plus $17,965.
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You heard me right.
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But this is, again, first podcast, Super Bowl, super bets.
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Here we go.
42:43
I got Mr. Dallas, who we just discussed, as the first touchdown scorer.
42:49
Obviously, if you're getting the first touchdown, it makes those odds.
42:53
If you're getting the second one, quite high.
42:55
If you're getting that first one in the first quarter, first couple of minutes, you've got
42:58
a lot of ball left.
42:59
Odds if you get a second, quite high.
43:01
So I got a parlay with him the first touchdown going into him getting a second touchdown.
43:09
Now to juice it up and on the other side of the ball, because obviously it's not going
43:13
to be a one-sided affair.
43:14
I think it's going to be quite high scoring in the first half.
43:17
We got Juju Smith Schuster anytime.
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Doesn't matter if he scores the last second or if he scores shortly after Dallas.
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That's what I got.
43:26
Five bucks pays you $903.
43:30
That sounds a nice 45-inch Samsung QLED TV if I've ever seen one, hoping to be sponsored
43:36
by Samsung one day.
43:38
But let me bring it over to Tyler just for a second here.
43:40
What do you feel about that, Tyler?
43:41
You know, out of all your wild bets here tonight, Mikey, I am actually kind of a fan of this
43:47
one.
43:48
As you guys all know, Dallas Goddard is indeed my X factor for the Eagles offense.
43:52
So for him scoring first, that does not surprise me.
43:54
It wouldn't surprise me.
43:55
I think that is a likely possibility and him getting another touchdown throughout the rest
43:59
of the game.
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Which you very well see happening.
44:01
Juju Smith Schuster has not really done much for the Chiefs this offense this year.
44:06
They were expecting a lot more out of him.
44:07
What better time to break out and perform than the Super Bowl?
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Get him a touchdown.
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I do not hate it.
44:13
Out of all the bets you have here, Mikey, I'd put my five bucks on this one for you,
44:17
buddy.
44:18
Sweet.
44:19
I could definitely use the five bucks for sure.
44:20
But such the life of your local degenerate.
44:24
Let's go on to my next bet here.
44:27
Of course, I talked about the first touchdown being the most crucial part of the legs.
44:32
And I have first touchdown here going on the other side of the ball.
44:36
We have Jereck McKinnon running back for Kansas City Chiefs.
44:40
I just think it's going to be him.
44:43
Holmes can't scramble.
44:44
It's going to be a tough game.
44:46
I could see it getting all the way down to the goal line, especially with the Eagles
44:49
defense.
44:50
But I could see it being tough and see McKinnon running in for the last two yards for the
44:56
first.
44:57
From there, we already talked about Dallas G, Mr. G as I like to call him, for an anytime
45:02
touchdown.
45:03
He's going to score one.
45:04
He's a weapon.
45:05
He's there.
45:06
He's ready.
45:07
He's due.
45:09
From there, we got a Clyde Edwards Hilaire, definitely pronounced that wrong, for an anytime
45:17
touchdown.
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I apologize about my pronunciation.
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Twice college dropout here of your local UW stout.
45:24
But hey, it's like misdemeanors.
45:26
Everyone has to.
45:27
But yeah, I got him for an anytime touchdown.
45:30
And then of course, your local powerhouse, the most predictable.
45:35
This literally almost doubled my bet, adding Travis Kelty.
45:39
Travis Kelty for an anytime touchdown.
45:42
Pretty much almost doubled my bet.
45:45
Turned a $5 bet to potentially pay $35.38.
45:50
Well, some people win the Powerball.
45:54
I personally don't think this is quite the Powerball.
45:56
I think this is a slam dunk.
45:58
But you know, again, twice college dropout here.
46:01
Who knows?
46:02
I might be wrong.
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Let me bring it over to my ugly brother though, Nick, just to see what comments he has on
46:06
this bet here.
46:07
Well, for a lottery ticket, I'll tell you what.
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I could spend $5 on this one and see some returns coming back because I've got $3,500.
46:16
We'll make for a pretty darn good night in Philadelphia.
46:22
So with the bet itself, Jerick McKinnon going into the first touchdown, that's a very solid
46:28
chance.
46:29
I see him really being able to get some goal line touches.
46:32
So that in itself I like.
46:34
Obviously, with Dallas Goddard touchdown, I feel like that's kind of going without it
46:40
saying.
46:41
Very high chance.
46:42
But I really do like this Clyde Edwards-Halair play here.
46:46
I mean, a lot of people are kind of looking past it.
46:49
His odds are $1,600 for it.
46:52
I think that's just a smart play for a possible lottery ticket.
46:57
And slam dunk with Kelsey.
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I mean, you couldn't go wrong here.
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So great bet.
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Again, I appreciate the support and I will gladly take that $5 because we're down on
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the hole on the day.
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But we'll take it.
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Let's finish this up here.
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My last par late.
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I'll be quick.
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I got Miles Sanders.
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Again, I think it's going to be a brutal, brutal defensive grind.
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I think there's going to be a lot of goal line red zone touches.
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So Miles Sanders for two touchdowns.
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Miles Sanders for the first touchdown.
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And of course, Travis Kelsey.
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Again, powerhouse is expected with his passing targets.
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He's going to get one at any time.
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And then again, Mr. G, any time touchdown.
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You put five bucks on that, those four legs, pays you $7.86 and 50 cents.
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Again, these bets are Super Bowl bets.
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They're super bets.
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Not your typical bets.
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Now I ain't trying to turn five bucks on Mr. Gaurik getting the first touchdown and only
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making 60.
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I personally rather make something big out of it and who knows?
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We'll see.
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But that is pretty much what I got for my parlays.
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The last thing I would just say is lock of the week.
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It's Travis Kelsey again.
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He's a monster.
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He's done it time and time again.
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He's an X factor.
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It's predictable, right?
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Now just don't forget about him, right?
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I was shocked by when you add Travis Kelsey on how much value it adds to the parlay.
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It can take an $800 parlay and take it to $1,500.
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Why would you not have an anytime Travis Kelsey touchdown as your lock of the week, especially
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if it's going to increase your pay that much?
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I think it's going to be quite the profitable day.
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We'll see.
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Now that's why they call me the degenerate.
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More times than not, you're not going to win it.
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So please don't spend your rent money.
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Don't spend your utilities.
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But that is all I got with Moneylines with Mikey.
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Well Mikey, I sure hope you still have some money left over for bills this month because
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you got some wild ones there, bud.
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But in all serious, let's get to the actual importance of this podcast.
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Let's make some prediction, boys.
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First off, we're going to start with the MVP prediction.
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Historically, this has been a quarterback award.
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What do you guys think?
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Are we a non-quarterback going to take it this year like last year with Cooper Cup or
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is it going to be again going back to that all important quarterback?
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Derek, why don't we start with you, sir?
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I'm probably going to make the biggest, boldest take of the night and going to say that we
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are going to see the first tight end in NFL history to win the Super Bowl MVP.
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There's no better time for someone to win like Travis Kelsey.
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Dude has been an animal all year long and this is probably his best shot to get a tight
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end to win that MVP award.
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Normally, that award is heavily favored to go to the QB, which is understandable.
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They're the leader of the offense, but as I've really just have hit on all night long,
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the Eagles are going to be coming after Mahomes.
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Their secondary is just unbelievably good, so they're probably going to take out those
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deep threats.
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I think Mahomes is going to lean on Kelsey a lot, especially in the red zone.
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That's always been just such a great connection.
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Of course, Chiefs, just a lot of injuries at wide receiver.
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Cole Hardman is back on injured reserve.
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Tony and Smith Schuster are questionable, although I think they will probably play.
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But will they be limited?
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Who knows?
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But obviously, Travis Kelsey is Mahomes' go-to and I think this is probably the best shot
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for a tight end to really win Super Bowl MVP.
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I know that was a very bold take to start with.
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Mikey, do you think you can one-up that one?
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I've been pretty bold on most of this podcast.
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Let's bring it back down a little bit here and humble myself a little bit here.
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I'm not always too crazy.
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But no, I got Jalen Hertz as the MVP.
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I know he's the obvious choice, but I think Philly is going to bring something different.
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They're the most healthy.
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We've talked about their past defense being the best this year and possibly in quite a
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long time in a generation.
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He's got the health on the side.
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Their team's healthy.
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They've got a great offensive line.
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To be honest, one of the big things I think too is since his injury, obviously they've
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been scheming different because it's about getting to the Super Bowl.
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They're not going to send him on his scrambles that he typically does.
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They're not going to send him on his running plays, designed running plays that he typically
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does.
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This is now the Super Bowl.
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This is everything.
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You put all the marbles in.
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You put all the chips in.
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If you're not all in 100%, it's over.
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Jalen Hertz, we're going to see a different game out of him this week than we've seen
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in the last couple.
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With that in mind, I think he's going to have some design run plays.
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He's going to have some game changing moments.
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With that, he's going to be bringing home whatever car they're giving out this year.
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I'm sure it's a Ford Fiesta.
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I'm just kidding.
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Something nicer than that.
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Whatever car they're giving out this year is going to be Jalen Hertz.
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Let's see what the guy over here that smells like cheese thinks here.
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Just kidding.
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What do you think here, Tyler, overall as the MVP here?
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As I mentioned when we kicked off this segment, it's a quarterback award to be won.
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I think this is going to be a good indication of who's going to win this game with our MVP
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predictions here.
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I have it going to Mr. Paddy Mahomes.
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The guy's just too good.
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He steps up in the biggest moments, unlike anybody we've seen in quite some time outside
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of that one guy who probably just retired.
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Other than that, I agree with you, Derek, that Kelsey's going to have to have a big
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game.
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I just don't know if he could have the level of production without Mahomes having the same
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level if not more to take that cake from him, especially with Mahomes just being the poster
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boy of the NFL right now.
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He has that marketing aspect of him that goes behind it as well as much as we think we can
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take that out of it.
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He's the most marketable player in the NFL right now, and I really don't think it's kind
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of close.
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I think it's his to lose, and so long as the Chiefs do indeed win this game.
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If Travis Kelsey won, I would be floored.
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I'm a huge Kelsey believer, and I didn't know that a Titan has never won, so that's news
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to me.
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If he could take that, I would be ecstatic for him.
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I just don't think that would happen without Mahomes just going above and beyond.
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But if Mahomes goes out and throws two, three interceptions, they still win the game, and
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Kelsey goes for 140, 150 with 12 catches and two tuds, I could see Kelsey winning this
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as well.
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How about you, Nick?
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What do you think, man?
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Well, I'm going to kick it back seven years to a big name who's still around.
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Do you know who Von Miller is, Mr. Wright?
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Yeah, well, he was the last defensive player to win it.
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And I'm predicting a defensive player to win it this year.
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That's bold.
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It's a little bold.
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Kind of going back to my very first prediction, I think Patrick Mahomes throws two interceptions,
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and I think both go to my boy Slade Jr.
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Both.
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So I think the MVP goes to Slade Jr.
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If it doesn't go to Slade Jr., it goes to somebody in that Philadelphia defense, because
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I think that's going to be the ultimate determining factor of who wins this Super Bowl.
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We'll see what I think in my prediction, but until then, I'm wondering what Mr. Kyle has
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going on in that brain of his.
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Yeah, I got Jalen Hurts.
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In my opinion, if the Eagles win, he throws for two touchdowns, no picks, and has 260
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yards passing.
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I think that's enough for the MVP award.
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It's kind of unfortunate that we, I think, in my opinion, that it is a QB award.
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But I mean, it'd be super cool to see Dallas Goddard get it or someone else, but I just
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think it's a quarterback award for sure.
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So I'm picking Jalen Hurts because if the Eagles win, I believe it just starts with
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Jalen Hurts.
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All right, fellas, we're here.
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How is this game going to go?
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Let's hear the score and your prediction of the winner.
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Let's start with you, Nick, who's taken Super Bowl 57.
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Well, if you're asking me, there is going to be at least three to four cars on fire
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in the city of Philadelphia on February 12th.
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Why?
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Because the Eagles have won the Super Bowl, score 28 to 24, Patrick Mahomes throws a last
55:36
second interception while going for a touchdown to try to beat him.
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And at that point, Jalen Hurts submits himself as a generational talent, Mr. Wright.
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So let me let me just go ahead and set the scene up here real quick and transfer it to
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Mr. Wright, who is literally glaring at me like just I can't wait.
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What do you got?
56:04
What do you got over there, Mr. Man?
56:07
So I agree with the four point game.
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However, I think the light poles and Casey are going to have to be greased up rather
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than Pandy Mahomes is taking it home back to the barbecue capital of the states.
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I have the Chiefs winning this one 31-27.
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I think Mahomes is just too good.
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Hurts needs to have a little bit more experience for me to just start believing in that in
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the Philadelphia team.
56:30
That defense is freaking incredible.
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But it's Pandy Mahomes and it's Andy Reid.
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And I just think that they're going to do it, man.
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Chiefs 31, Eagles 27.
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Got to wait for next year, Philly.
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What you think, Kyle?
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Who do you got, brother?
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I got the Eagles winning this one 27-24.
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I think the Eagles have a better overall roster than the Chiefs.
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But again, I can't.
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Patrick Mahomes, he is that generational talent.
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But I do have the Eagles winning this one.
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I think Howie Roseman has built something special in Philly.
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He's done an incredible job drafting all these players and even what the young quarterback
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like Hurts, but I got the Eagles winning this one.
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Mikey?
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Yeah.
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Kyle, I think you're right.
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Pretty spot on here with the Eagles winning.
57:23
I think it's going to be a little bit less of a scoring game with these pretty good defenses
57:29
here.
57:30
I have the Eagles winning as well, though, 24.
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Chiefs 21.
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It's going to be a close game.
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I think it's going to be won by a field goal.
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And that's just how Super Bowls go.
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They're always super close.
57:42
They're always last minute.
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It's always that final second, that final drive.
57:46
And I think the Eagles are going to come on top.
57:48
They're the most healthy.
57:49
They got a defense with the pass defense that just is going to eliminate Mahomes, especially
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with his ability not to scramble.
57:57
They know what he's going to be doing and how to contain them.
58:02
But yeah, I got the Eagles winning.
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And I agree with Nick.
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I know I do disagree highly with Nick on the four car estimate.
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We're probably talking 23 cars plus, probably a loss of life of two to three people and
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probably damages in the thousands.
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And yeah, that's what we should expect out of Philly.
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But let's finish it off here with our final prediction here.
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Last but not least, Mr. Derek Russo over here.
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So I'm going to be the only guy that sides with Tyler here and thinks that the Chiefs
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are going to be Super Bowl 57 champs.
58:40
Overall, on paper, I do think the Eagles are the better team on paper.
58:46
Pretty elite defense, excellent offense.
58:49
They've been dominant all year long.
58:51
But the Chiefs are used to the Super Bowl stage.
58:54
They've been here a few times already in recent years.
58:57
So I think they've got that experience versus the Eagles, a lot of young players who haven't
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been here.
59:04
I think maybe that inexperience could come into play.
59:07
Tight game, totally agree with that.
59:09
I think it's going to come down to the wire.
59:11
I think Chiefs pull off a two-minute drive score, go up by four, and then maybe Hertz
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tries to lead the team to a victory but throws a last-minute pick, kind of torches the game
59:24
from there.
59:25
But I'm going to throw in some superstitious facts here.
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So in case if you guys haven't heard, white jerseys are the advantage in the Super Bowl.
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15 of the last 18 Super Bowls, teams that have worn white, have won the Super Bowl.
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And 36 of 56, all-time.
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Hard to argue with that.
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It is a superstition.
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Definitely no sports and nothing scientific about that.
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But hey, the stats don't lie.
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Chiefs are wearing white.
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Gotta go with the superstition there.
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As far as I'm concerned, I haven't seen any Chiefs fans vandalize the Rocky Statue.
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So they're holding off on that.
1:00:07
So I think that the Chiefs will prevail in the Super Bowl.
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Well, fellas, I had one heck of a time today and I don't know if we could have kicked this
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podcast off with a better start.
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What better opportunity than we had to talk about this next upcoming Super Bowl?
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I'm looking forward to the Super Bowl.
1:00:23
I'm looking forward to next week.
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We can recap everything that happened within the Super Bowl and see how exactly we did
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today.
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Until next time, everybody, this has been Banner with the Boys.