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- 0:00You're listening to Bantor with the Boys, talking all things sports.
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- 0:13Get laced up.
- 0:14It's time for Bantor with the Boys.
- 0:38What's up everybody?
- 0:39Welcome back to Bantor with the Boys.
- 0:41It is just me today.
- 0:43Unfortunately Smelty has come down with the sickness.
- 0:45Everybody kind of is having and going around right now.
- 0:48So unfortunately for the next hour or so you're going to have to deal with this voice and
- 0:51this voice only.
- 0:52As always we do have Mr. Kev Dogg on the X's and the O's.
- 0:55We'll see if he makes any guest appearances today.
- 0:58Only time will tell.
- 0:59But let's get right into it.
- 1:01First off we wish you the best in recovery here Smelty.
- 1:03Get better soon.
- 1:04We hope to see you next week.
- 1:07Week 14 has come and gone.
- 1:10We're going to start today's pod with the Vikings taking on the Bengals.
- 1:14Bengals were coming into this game as a three and a half point favorite.
- 1:19Smelty and I both did take the Bengals to cover that three and a half the way the Vikings
- 1:23have been playing.
- 1:24Nick Mullins has you know has yet to really prove anything.
- 1:28But the Vikings actually were in control of this game pretty much the whole time.
- 1:31They did end up losing in the fourth quarter.
- 1:33The defense kind of fell apart and ended up taking the dub 27-24.
- 1:38I'm sorry they did not take the dub.
- 1:40The Bengals took the dub 27-24.
- 1:43The story of this game really was Jake Browning's perseverance.
- 1:46He came back he showed what he's kind of capable of and what he's done the last couple of weeks
- 1:50the last in the fourth quarter.
- 1:51They just kind of took over the game.
- 1:53It was nice to see you know Mullins.
- 1:55He did have over 300 yards.
- 1:58Two touchdowns.
- 1:59He did throw two picks.
- 2:00Unfortunately I was not able to catch much of this game as I was at the Minnesota Wild
- 2:04game on Saturday.
- 2:05That was a blast.
- 2:07But Wild did take the win so there was some some fun on the Minnesota side of things on
- 2:11Saturday what a thriller it was.
- 2:13Wild ended up winning that one in a shootout.
- 2:15But I believe we already have a podcast out that actually covers that.
- 2:18So we'll get back into what I know about and that's football.
- 2:21What a game by Ty Chandler for the Vikings though.
- 2:2423 carries for 132 yards and one touchdown with the longest rush being 30 yards.
- 2:29Nice good chunk there.
- 2:31And Justin Jefferson coming back on the field and played the whole game.
- 2:34He had seven catches on 10 targets with 84 yards.
- 2:37That's really respectable.
- 2:39Jordan Addison continued his dominant rookie season here with six catches for 111 yards
- 2:44and two touchdowns on six targets.
- 2:46So every ball that was thrown to him was completed and caught.
- 2:50And then if you look over on the Cincinnati side as I said with Jake Browning another
- 2:53great performance by him.
- 2:55324 yards two touchdowns did have the one pick and was sacked four times.
- 2:59So that Vikings front seven definitely got to him.
- 3:02And Joe Mixon not a lot of carries with only 10 carries 47 yards or a respectable 4.7 yard
- 3:08average but I would expect more out of Joe Mixon.
- 3:11Now granted they weren't able to run the ball too terribly much as they were in a deficit
- 3:15for the majority of this game and then come fourth quarter when they put it on they you
- 3:20know had to only pass the ball in that case which they did.
- 3:24But Jake Browning with his ability to distribute the ball we had 12 different receivers.
- 3:28I'm sorry 11 different receivers that ended up with a catch in this game and 11 that 12
- 3:34was a targeted receiver Drew Sample didn't end up catching that one.
- 3:38But T Higgins with that play that he made stretching the ball over that was pretty incredible.
- 3:43I did see the highlights of this game and definitely noticed that.
- 3:47But the Vikings couldn't finish it off.
- 3:49They should have won this game.
- 3:51They had control throughout the whole entire game.
- 3:53Nick Mullins looked respectable and then they just lost it which kind of puts them in a
- 3:57little bit of a pickle for the playoffs here.
- 3:59You know they don't have the easiest schedule coming with the end of the season.
- 4:02They play the Lions the Packers and then the Lions again.
- 4:05That's a tough three game stretch.
- 4:07Now we'll get to one of those games might not be as tough as I was hoping here in a
- 4:11little bit.
- 4:12But I was quite impressed with Mullins.
- 4:15You know he's going to have the inexperience those two picks weren't horrendous.
- 4:21But you know he's young.
- 4:22He still has to kind of prove himself grow the rhythm grow that chemistry with the receivers
- 4:27it was nice to see JJ back on the field.
- 4:29He's good for the NFL.
- 4:30He's one of the best at his craft.
- 4:32So I really liked seeing him back out there and what a duo they are going to have with
- 4:37Jordan Addison and Justin Jefferson going forward.
- 4:40TJ Hockinson locked up.
- 4:41They have a triple threat in the receiving core but unfortunately just not enough this
- 4:45game not enough this game.
- 4:47Now the Bengals improving to eight and six this year.
- 4:50They are you know in third place in the NFC AFC North which has come out to be a pretty
- 4:55tough tough division this year.
- 4:58As it stands right now they are the sixth seed.
- 5:00But as we discussed last week with all those ties it went down a little bit.
- 5:04There's only five teams now that are tied for that last spot or the last two spots shall
- 5:08I say.
- 5:09One of those teams being the Jacksonville Jaguars or three of those teams being the
- 5:12Jags the Colts and the Texans.
- 5:14So that AFC South is just crazy this year.
- 5:18But the Bengals I don't I don't know how anybody could expect them to continue the success
- 5:24that they've had when Joe Burrow went down for the year.
- 5:27Now if you look at their last three games they got the Steelers Chiefs Browns Steelers
- 5:31they should be able to dog walk them pretty easy.
- 5:33Now it is an AFC North game that's always a thriller there especially between those
- 5:36two teams going back to the Juju Smith the Vontez Burfitt fight as you would call it
- 5:43per se.
- 5:44I don't know what you really label that.
- 5:45It wasn't really a fight it was just kind of them going at each other.
- 5:48But Steelers Bengals is always going to put on a good game and then you have the Chiefs
- 5:52who knows what the Chiefs are.
- 5:54You've kind of digressed during the season.
- 5:56But that week 17 game against the Browns the way Joey Flacco is playing right now is going
- 6:01to be fun to watch.
- 6:02I can tell you that much.
- 6:03Well let's move on from this game.
- 6:05The Bengals did take the dub for the record.
- 6:07Smelty and I took them at that three and a half point favorite they didn't cover so we're
- 6:11all both on one on the week.
- 6:13And we have some good news for you.
- 6:14After the recap here of last week's slate.
- 6:17We do have some total standings.
- 6:18It's been long awaited.
- 6:19I know we appreciate your guys's patience.
- 6:22Just wanted to throw this little teaser in there.
- 6:24We will be getting that to that here shortly.
- 6:27On to the next game.
- 6:28We had my Packers taking on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
- 6:33Oh boy oh boy.
- 6:35What a terrible game this was for Packers fans.
- 6:39The Packers were actually favored in this game by three and a half points same spread
- 6:42as the previous game.
- 6:44Smelty and I both took the Packers to bounce back after that loss last week and cover that
- 6:49three and a half and they did the opposite of that.
- 6:51They ended up losing this one thirty four to twenty.
- 6:54Story of this game was Baker Mayfield.
- 6:56Now that's what a casual football fan would say as a Packer fan.
- 7:00The story of this game is why the hell is Joe Berry still our defensive coordinator.
- 7:05I'm going to get to that here in a little bit.
- 7:07I do want to give Baker his flowers.
- 7:09Two twenty two of twenty eight for three eighty one four touchdowns.
- 7:14For those of you that aren't aware that is a perfect passer rating of one fifty eight
- 7:18point three.
- 7:20You can't get better than that.
- 7:22For anybody else that is in wondering that has only happened by one quarterback in the
- 7:27history of Lambeau Field as we know how iconic and old that is and that is Aaron Rodgers.
- 7:32So Baker is the first opposing quarterback to come into Lambeau and have a perfect passer
- 7:35rating.
- 7:36How he did that Chris Godwin had himself a game.
- 7:41Ten receptions on twelve targets and one hundred and fifty five yards.
- 7:45For whatever reason we could not figure out that wide receiver screen.
- 7:49Well we could actually probably figure it out as anybody watching the game would see.
- 7:53We're playing 10 to 15 yards off the line as we have historically done under Joe Berry.
- 7:58He doesn't.
- 7:59I don't know.
- 8:00I just I can't I can't comprehend how you can consistently make the exact same mistake
- 8:05and consistently get beaten by the exact same thing and expect to win games and expect to
- 8:11keep your job.
- 8:13Rushing wise Tampa Bay still had twenty seven carries for ninety nine yards.
- 8:16That's not a great average.
- 8:18But for the Packers not letting up a hundred yard game as a team is you know that's a win.
- 8:23Now J. Love did look halfway decent in this game.
- 8:26Again he had those throws that he just for whatever reason doesn't hit when they're pretty
- 8:29obvious throws.
- 8:30But he was twenty nine to thirty nine for two eighty four and two tuds.
- 8:33Was only sacked two times the line played pretty good and that was a passer rating of a very
- 8:37very respectable one eleven point five.
- 8:40With Dontavian Wicks we've kind of spotlighted him a couple of times this year on the pod.
- 8:45This turning into be a what looks to be a steal in the later rounds of this draft.
- 8:49Six receptions on seven targets with ninety seven yards with a long of twenty two.
- 8:54So it's not like he had one big bomb that just kind of took over.
- 8:57And then Jayden Reed doing what Jayden Reed is kind of kind of shown what he's going to
- 9:00do this year.
- 9:01Six receptions for fifty two yards and that beautiful catch for the touchdown.
- 9:07Probably Jordan loves best throw of his career.
- 9:09I don't think very many would disagree with that.
- 9:12But we couldn't stop the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for whatever reason we could not stop them.
- 9:18They have not shown to be a very great offense this year.
- 9:22We even had you know the lead going into the second quarter.
- 9:25So I thought we were on pace to do pretty good.
- 9:27We haven't really been a first half team and going into half we were only down three and
- 9:32then we just we just couldn't stop Baker.
- 9:35Like for whatever reason he wasn't even doing it on his feet which the last couple of quarterbacks
- 9:38has kind of taken advantage of and gotten us on.
- 9:41You know he had two rushes for negative one yards.
- 9:43He was just completing every one of his passes.
- 9:47You know is it.
- 9:49I just don't get what our defensive mindset was going into this game.
- 9:53I really don't.
- 9:54The game planning the strategies it's just crazy to me.
- 9:58I mean when you when you have a guy like Devondre Campbell who's been no issues whatsoever for
- 10:02the history of his career he's coming off of a you know he's two years removed from
- 10:06an all pro season.
- 10:07He's expected to be a leader of this defense.
- 10:10He's battled through injuries this year and just shown the grit to get on the field.
- 10:13He came out afterwards with a you know a cryptic I think it was a tweet either tweet or Instagram
- 10:18whatever the social media platform he used and saying that he's not going to go.
- 10:21He's not going to continue to play through injuries anymore.
- 10:23You know I don't have it in front of me to read it verbatim but as somebody that has
- 10:27already lost faith in our defensive coordinator and kind of that defensive locker room that's
- 10:32not a good sign when one of the leaders is coming out and saying that you hate to see
- 10:35that you just wonder how Joe Berry has a job.
- 10:39It's not a lack of talent.
- 10:40We certainly have that on the defensive side of the ball but it's forever our Achilles
- 10:44heel.
- 10:45Now in the same regard 20 points having on offense that's not going to win a lot of games
- 10:48in the NFL.
- 10:49You need a top tier defense to only score that many points to consistently win.
- 10:52But we shouldn't allow 34 points to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
- 10:55We simply shouldn't.
- 10:56You know it's.
- 10:58It just sucks.
- 10:59I guess is that the worst way to see it is as much progress the Packers have made this
- 11:03year we lose to the Giants and the Buccaneers.
- 11:05Now again our offense hasn't been stellar in that time but we should expect the way that
- 11:09the defense is playing going into those two games to at least show what they were capable
- 11:13of and they just haven't shown up the last two weeks.
- 11:15It's as simple as that.
- 11:17So with that from the rest of the season outlook Packers have a halfway decent schedule to
- 11:21end it here.
- 11:22You know they end this season we have the Panthers coming up this week.
- 11:25We should be able to win that game but who the hell knows what we can do right now.
- 11:29Then we have the Vikings in Minnesota and then we finish the season with the Bears.
- 11:33Bears are looking pretty damn good right now as well.
- 11:36So you know that's I would say that's a favorable three games to end if we win those three games
- 11:41we finish with the 500 record this year which is kind of right around what I expected.
- 11:45I expected us to be you know a six to nine win team but we have to win those three games
- 11:50sneak into the playoffs and I really don't know how I feel about going into the playoffs
- 11:54you know when our offense is clicking it's clicking but I just don't think we'll be able
- 11:57to even compete.
- 11:58So I'd rather be on the side of getting a better draft pick this year which kind of
- 12:03hurts to say but at the end of the day we're not going to be able to beat a Cowboys a Niners
- 12:08even the Eagles as poor as they look right now.
- 12:10I don't think we could beat any of those three teams to even compete.
- 12:13So when we look at the Buccaneers they are tied for the Saints for first in their division
- 12:18at seven and seven.
- 12:20So if we look at their remaining schedule we have the Jaguars then at New Orleans I'm
- 12:25sorry we have the Jaguars and then the Saints both at home and then we are at Carolina to
- 12:29end the season.
- 12:31The Jaguars are playing pretty good right now.
- 12:32You know they didn't show out too well against the Ravens but they are in control of their
- 12:36own destiny in the playoffs right now as well so you can expect a good game out of that.
- 12:40But that week's 17 game against the Saints is what I think is going to decide this division.
- 12:45That should be a good one.
- 12:46Luckily the Bucs get them at home.
- 12:48We all know how hard it is to play in the Superdome in New Orleans and then you know
- 12:52as we should expect them to win that week 18 game.
- 12:56It should be a pretty fun rest of the year.
- 12:58Should be the pretty fun rest of the year.
- 12:59Let's see if my Packers can bounce back next week but that's enough of them this week for
- 13:03the record as well.
- 13:04Smeltzi and I both had the Packers winning and covering that three and a half so we started
- 13:07off the week 0 and 2.
- 13:09Let's move on.
- 13:10We had the Steelers taking on the Indianapolis Colts.
- 13:14Colts came into this game as a two and a half point favorite and they dominated.
- 13:17There wasn't any point in this game that the Colts weren't in control.
- 13:20I guess that's not true.
- 13:21At the end of the first quarter the offense was stagnant but they turned it around in
- 13:24the second quarter and then kind of took control from there.
- 13:26Gardner Minshew had himself what you would expect out of Gardner Minshew.
- 13:29He's make or break.
- 13:30He's electric.
- 13:31He's electric.
- 13:32You had 18 to 28 for 2.15 and three tuds.
- 13:36Quarterback rating a 1.23.4.
- 13:38On the opposite side Trebesky is terrible as he always has been.
- 13:42You don't expect anything much out of him with two interceptions on the 169 yards and
- 13:45that one touchdown to Deontay Johnson.
- 13:48Mason Rudolph came in at three yards.
- 13:51So story of this game.
- 13:52Steelers offense.
- 13:53It has been the whole year.
- 13:54It'll continue to be.
- 13:55They just cannot get it going.
- 13:57And stop the Colts rushing game without Jonathan Taylor.
- 14:01Colts racked up 170 yards on 34 carries for averaging five yards as a carry per carry as
- 14:07a team.
- 14:08And that's what Trace Sermon and Tyler Goodson taking the bulk of those yards like you would
- 14:11never expect that against the vaunted Steelers defenses they always kind of have.
- 14:16And then Michael Pittman continuing to show that young promise as a running as a receiver
- 14:20with four receptions and 78 yards.
- 14:22Like I said this game wasn't too terribly exciting.
- 14:26Just dominated and they're in control of their their own destiny here finishing out the season
- 14:30as well.
- 14:31They are right in the thick of the AFC South standings currently tied with the Texans and
- 14:37the Jaguars with the Jags currently holding that tiebreaker.
- 14:40But as we stand without even having to go into the division if the season ended they
- 14:44would be the seventh team in the AFC.
- 14:47Boy what a fun conference that AFC is turning into.
- 14:50It really really is.
- 14:51Then if we go over and we look at the Steelers this loss was tough.
- 14:54You know it bumps them down to the 10th seed sitting at seven and seven and they are last
- 14:58in their division.
- 14:59Now last in your division at five hundred tells me that's a pretty damn good division.
- 15:03But I just don't think the Steelers are going to be able to do enough offensively for the
- 15:06rest of the year to even you know have a shot at anything.
- 15:09If we look at their last three games knowing going into it here that is the AFC South North
- 15:13they usually have a game or two division games towards the end and that's exactly it.
- 15:18You got the Bengals at home then you travel up to Seattle and then you finish the season
- 15:21down in Baltimore.
- 15:23So that's a tough three game slate.
- 15:24I don't expect them to win any of those games to be honest.
- 15:27The Seahawks need that win.
- 15:28They're still in the playoff hunt and we know the Ravens are the Ravens.
- 15:32They might have to they might even be sitting their starters at that point but they're still
- 15:35going to play their all because they are the Ravens you know.
- 15:38And then as we discussed with the Bengals they need these wins as much as anybody also.
- 15:42And if you flip the side to the Colts they are a little bit more favorable to end the
- 15:49year here.
- 15:50They're at the Falcons at home against the Raiders and then at home against the Texans.
- 15:54That week 18 game could decide the final playoff spot or that AFC South crown.
- 15:58But I fully expect them to beat the Falcons and the Raiders as long as they can get that
- 16:02route ground game going and not have to rely on Gardner Minchew to you know bring that
- 16:06Minchow magic as we have not really seen much.
- 16:09But for the record Smelty and I both took the Colts covering that two and a half and
- 16:12they did more than that.
- 16:13So Smelty and I got to win.
- 16:17Alright moving on to the Cowboys and the Bills our game of the week.
- 16:20Bills were favored in this one two and a half points.
- 16:23Boy did they not need those points.
- 16:25They dominated the Cowboys just dog walked them.
- 16:28Won that game 31 to 10.
- 16:29I had the Cowboys covering that two and a half but I really did have them actually winning
- 16:33this game.
- 16:34So I had that one on the wrong side.
- 16:36Smelty had the Bills.
- 16:37He was covering that two and a half and they did just that.
- 16:40So Smelty took the lead on me this week.
- 16:42But as we'll get into later that might not mean a lot.
- 16:47So looking at this game Dak Prescott kind of lost his shot at the MVP I think with this
- 16:50game unless he just throws it together the last three weeks here.
- 16:54You know he did not play good at all.
- 16:5621 to 34.
- 16:57134 yards.
- 16:58One interception no tuds.
- 17:00And then Josh Allen didn't need to do anything with the way that the Buffalo's rushing game
- 17:04was.
- 17:05It was absolutely insane what James Cook did to this defense.
- 17:08Josh Allen had seven completions on 15 attempts for 94 yards in one touchdown.
- 17:13What?
- 17:14That's wild that he was only you know didn't throw for 100 yards and they won so dominantly.
- 17:19The reason for that is Sir James Cook's.
- 17:22Sir James Cook not Cook's.
- 17:2425 carries for 179 yards in one touchdown.
- 17:29Not only that Ty Johnson nine carries for 54.
- 17:34What was this Cowboys team doing?
- 17:36Their defense has been phenomenal this year.
- 17:38To allow 266 yards to the Buffalo Bills who are not a run dominant team is just absolutely
- 17:47wild.
- 17:48Just wild.
- 17:49You know there's no there's really nothing to talk about for the Cowboys on this one.
- 17:54They know they didn't get a lot of pressure on Allen but again 15 pass attempts they weren't
- 17:58really attempting passing to get the pressure.
- 18:01They did get one sack on him.
- 18:03You know as as Mazzie Smith got in there for their rookie out of I believe Michigan if
- 18:08I'm not mistaken.
- 18:09But Micah Parsons was nowhere to be found in this game.
- 18:12He really you know just didn't show up and again James Cook not only did he have 179
- 18:21yards rushing but he had two catches for 42 yards and that one 24 yard touchdown that
- 18:25was a thing of beauty.
- 18:26So over 200 yards for this guy you know he's he's I've been waiting for him to just break
- 18:31out he's so just electric as a runner.
- 18:35I loved him coming out of Georgia.
- 18:37I was really hoping the Packers would take him as I do with a lot of offensive people
- 18:40that my hopes and dreams just get burned and just thrown to the garbage.
- 18:44But it is what it is.
- 18:45The Bills found themselves their future running back.
- 18:47I think he kind of showed that in this game and the Bills are just buzzing right now.
- 18:51Just buzzing.
- 18:52If we look at the playoff picture I don't think they're going to be able to win their
- 18:55division you know the two games behind Miami.
- 18:58But in the overall grand scheme of things they're right there in the playoff on you
- 19:02know they currently hold the nine seed with that eight and six tie.
- 19:05They just haven't had a lot of conference wins this year to you know separate that that
- 19:09tiebreaker.
- 19:11But if we look at their remaining schedule it's pretty favorable.
- 19:15We have the Chargers the Patriots and then in Miami.
- 19:18I think they can win the Chargers Patriots that puts them to 10 wins.
- 19:21I don't know if that's gonna be enough to win depending on how the rest of the team
- 19:24shake out here.
- 19:25They're sorry to not win but to squeak into the playoffs and get that seven seed.
- 19:29But you know even if they go two and three they that's kind of all they can do.
- 19:32They they haven't really had that consistency this year until really the last two weeks
- 19:37I mean even against the Eagles they played their heart out.
- 19:41But I don't know I think they could do it the way Josh Allen's kind of just not turning
- 19:47the ball over as much he's still obviously turning the ball over because that's what
- 19:50he's done this year.
- 19:51But I just think that the Bills can can squeak this out and make that last little playoff
- 19:55push that they need.
- 19:57And I kind of hope they do you know I like Josh Allen I'm a Josh Allen fan I like the
- 20:01way he plays football the way he just there's no regard for his body.
- 20:06I love that love that.
- 20:08So let's see if the Bills can can win here and I think then I tell you what if they get
- 20:10in the playoffs that's a dangerous team to meet regardless of what their record is or
- 20:14what their seed is.
- 20:16Switch over on the other side here we have the Cowboys ending the year with the Dolphins
- 20:20Lions and Commanders.
- 20:21I think you could win two of those three games the Dolphins gonna be really tough especially
- 20:25playing in Miami.
- 20:26Now they don't get affected by the warm weather as much as you know like a Packers team does.
- 20:31But Dolphins Lions Commanders that Commanders game they'll probably be resting their starters
- 20:35at this point.
- 20:36Actually no probably not because they won't be you know if they're locked into the playoffs
- 20:39maybe but I don't know if the seeding is gonna matter too much there depending on what Philadelphia
- 20:43does the rest of the year as the Dallas does currently hold the tiebreaker.
- 20:48But I think Dallas is gonna rebound next week.
- 20:50Their Dak hasn't really shown that lack of ability like he did in this game at all this
- 20:55year he was right in the running for MVP maybe even the front runner going into this week.
- 21:00But we'll see we'll see if the Cowboys can can pull it all together here and make a run
- 21:05for it these last three games and get that playoff spot locked in.
- 21:09So Smelty won that one as we discussed I had the Cowboys even winning this game I don't
- 21:13even really care about the two and a half points and they did not do that.
- 21:18Moves us to our fifth and final game of last week's slate.
- 21:22We had the Ravens going down to do the taking on the Jaguars.
- 21:28The Ravens were a three and a half point favorite in this game I took the Ravens to cover that
- 21:31three and a half points Smelty did not he had the Jaguars covering their you know either
- 21:36winning or not losing by three and a half.
- 21:39So the Jaguars the Ravens were took this game and ran with it.
- 21:42They won 23 to seven they were in control of this game from start to finish poured it
- 21:46on a little bit in the fourth quarter sucks that Keaton Mitchell went down with that torn
- 21:51ACL that was tough to watch it just look gruesome he is just electric in the backfield.
- 21:57But the story of this game is Lamar Jackson doing Lamar Jackson things he had that sloppy
- 22:01pick but he threw for 171 yards and he ran for 97 on 12 carries they just could not contain
- 22:07this guy.
- 22:08He hasn't shown a lot of that running ability this year we obviously know he has it nobody
- 22:12would ever question that if you were any smart but he just really hasn't had to really do
- 22:18it a lot this year he's been kind of winning the games and controlling the games with his
- 22:20arm and did a little switch on him this week and just tore him up on the ground that's
- 22:26an 8.1 yard per average or yards yards per rush if anybody was wondering and the Ravens
- 22:32defense kind of shut down this Jaguars offense now Trevor still had 264 yards but it was
- 22:36on 43 pass attempts so that's really you know kind of controlling them there and then rushing
- 22:41wise the Jaguars only had 75 yards of total rushing and that's Trevor Lawrence for four
- 22:46carries and 41 yards so he had the bulk of those you know in those four carries Travis
- 22:50Etienne was just taken out of this game 10 carries for 31 and then on the Raven side
- 22:55of the ball Isaiah likely he's kind of come on a little bit with Mark Andrews going down
- 22:59he was not mistaken it's his second year and last preseason he was as touted as this rookie
- 23:04to watch rookie to watch you know he was kind of tearing up in the preseason and then Mark
- 23:08Andrews it does what Mark Andrews is and he just dominated the league as he always does
- 23:15but it's good to see Isaiah likely getting his name in the hat here he had five catches
- 23:18for 70 yards in the touchdown and then Rashad Bateman or Minnesota listeners will remember
- 23:23him as a Minnesota Gopher alum he three catches for eight sorry three catches for 39 yards
- 23:31but again the Ravens really didn't pass that much they only had 24 attempts and 14 completions
- 23:35and they didn't need to they were in control of this game they couldn't stop the run game
- 23:39not only did Lamar have 97 yards but the team as a whole had 251 yards on 42 carries as
- 23:45a team they averaged six yards per carry that's wild even Keaton Mitchell before he went down
- 23:50you know nine carries for 73 yards I do want to know what's kind of happened to Gus Edwards
- 23:55he had the touchdown on 58 yards but he had a little stretch there we had like six or
- 23:59seven touchdowns in three or four games and really that's been his season he hasn't done
- 24:03much since so that's gonna be interesting to see if he's able to kind of get back into
- 24:08form with Keaton Mitchell going down and then the Ravens are in control of the AFC at this
- 24:13point you know in my opinion it's not even close to the best team in the AFC the Dolphins
- 24:17I think would give him a run for their money especially the way the defense is playing
- 24:20right now but they've already clinched a playoff berth so they really can just kind of coast
- 24:25the rest of the season I don't expect them to do that as they have the Niners Dolphins
- 24:30and Steelers wow that's a tough three game slate to end the year now granted they don't
- 24:33really need any of those games because they did win I'm sorry they locked in playoffs
- 24:38already but they still are if they lose all three of those games and Cleveland wins all
- 24:43three of their games Cleveland would actually win the division so there's a little bit to
- 24:46play for yet surprisingly they don't have any AFC North games for the remaining three
- 24:51usually the oh I'm sorry they do they have the Steelers weeks at week 18 but at that
- 24:55point again the Ravens are probably resting their starters well that's all we got for
- 25:00week 15 for the games now let's give you which you've all been waiting for we've been teasing
- 25:05it for I don't know three or four weeks at this point now granted with these numbers
- 25:09we haven't done a podcast every week that will change next year we're gonna get this
- 25:14thing rolling full force for the week Smelty and I both finished at two and three so for
- 25:19the year that brings us to a total of myself at 13 and 15 and Smelty at 11 and 17 that's
- 25:28a pretty close battle that's a pretty close battle we'll see how the rest of the season
- 25:32folds out here or unfolds but that's that's kind of closer than I expected now granted
- 25:38we're both doing pretty bad so if you're betting people don't go with us we will not win you
- 25:42money this year you will have lost it we'll turn that around this week though I'm pretty
- 25:46confident 9-1-1 what's your emergency well let's get into some tent talk we'll start
- 25:57with the injuries the Bengals lost a key piece of their defensive line with DJ Reader being
- 26:03done for the season Bengals defense has been pretty solid this year they've definitely
- 26:07kept him in games especially with Browning coming in that's a pretty big loss he's he's
- 26:11kind of the anchor of that inside a unit there obviously you got the two studs on the outside
- 26:15but that that's a big one now we have Jamar Chase also on the Bengals he's day to day
- 26:19right now with a lingering shoulder injury I fully expect him to play you know they're
- 26:24not at a point in the season where they can really afford to lose him at this point and
- 26:28the Browning needs all of the help he can get lead this over to my Packers Jaden Reed
- 26:34left the game with a toe injury hasn't practiced at all this week as of Wednesday we'll see
- 26:39what happens tomorrow if he practices that's gonna kind of might tell the story of if he's
- 26:43gonna play on Saturday but we need him we need him I don't know if Christian Watson's
- 26:49gonna be back or whatnot this week but he has been such that the reliable kind of target
- 26:54for love and that touched on last week was just incredible I love seeing that that moves
- 27:00us over then back to the Jaguars Trevor Lawrence is in concussion protocol fully expect him
- 27:04to pass concussion protocol protocol and play this week the Jaguars really really do need
- 27:09him then sir for some news one of the biggest news articles this week was the Pittsburgh
- 27:18safety Damante Casey suspended for the rest of the season for his hit on Michael Pittman
- 27:23jr. a lot of discussion a lot of thoughts on this one I am all for player safety but
- 27:29if you listen to what Casey said in his presser I don't know if it was the day after or after
- 27:33the game even I can't necessarily disagree with him it what more are you really supposed
- 27:39to do you know if Pittman would have continued on and Casey wouldn't have tried to touch
- 27:44him his knees would have been blown out so I just don't know what you're really supposed
- 27:50to do in that situation now was it an aggressive hit absolutely that thing looked brutal but
- 27:56what are you supposed to do ejecting from the game can't necessarily disagree with that
- 28:00it's obviously a penalty but to suspend him for the rest of the year blows my mind I just
- 28:06don't get why he would be suspended for the rest of the year he's losing a lot of money
- 28:11doing that and I don't know I just don't agree with it like I said fine him it's a penalty
- 28:17eject them I'm not even mad about him being ejected but you can't suspend him for the
- 28:20rest of the year going down to the NFC South we had Artie Smith come out and say that the
- 28:25Falcons are starting Taylor Heinecke over Desmond Ritter for the remainder of the season
- 28:29Arthur Blank came out and said that he'll let the rest of the season play out before
- 28:32deciding on Artie Smith's future with the team that's surprising I'm a big fan of Artie
- 28:37Smith I think he's done pretty good in Atlanta he did they don't really have a ton of talent
- 28:42now his use of Bijon Robinson this year just blows my mind but I think I think it's too
- 28:47early to let go on him he's never had a quarterback so I think that team is a quarterback away
- 28:51from being a pretty damn good team so I'd like to see him with you know even a decent
- 28:56quarterback let alone a top tier quarterback to see what he can do and that leads us then
- 29:00to Artie Smith's old team the Titans Derek Henry becomes a free agent after the season
- 29:04and is now considering what life would be like outside of the Titans after the Titans
- 29:09were eliminated from playoff contention so in 14 games this year he's sitting at 884
- 29:14yards in 12 touchdowns that's not really Derek Henry esque as we would expect this year
- 29:19he's been an absolute stud in his career but the Titans offense has also just been absolutely
- 29:23terrible Jalen Hurts calls out his team for not being committed enough that's not surprising
- 29:28out of somebody like Hurts he's a very very dedicated competitive just pure grit guy so
- 29:34I that might be what the Eagles kind of need right now they've been very very shaky the
- 29:37last handful of weeks and they just need to turn it around and show what that form was
- 29:41from last year to make a push for the rest of the year and then so we're gonna finish
- 29:46up the 10th talk this year this week with Rogers watch unfortunately there is no longer
- 29:51any Rogers watch the Jets were eliminated from playoff contention so Rogers is activated
- 29:56he is a member of the team but that's just so we can practice with the team get those
- 29:59reps in build that chemistry for next year and he came out in McAfee and said that 2024
- 30:04will not be his last season in the NFL so I'm excited for next year to see what we get
- 30:07out of him we still might bring it up the last couple of podcasts just because it has
- 30:12been a segment kind of throughout the year but at this point Rogers watch has ended that
- 30:20leads us to my favorite segment of the week bonehead move of the week unfortunately this
- 30:25week with Tyler not with Smeltzer but Smeltzer still had his input on this one he was the
- 30:31one who decided it the bonehead move of the week is really the bonehead move of the last
- 30:35two years and why the hell has Brandon Staley not been fired until this point now granted
- 30:39he was let go now as was Joe Tolesco if I'm not mistaken no it's not Joe Tom Tolesco
- 30:45ah that could be wrong too that's gonna bug me but that's okay Tom Tolesco the GM of
- 30:49the car of the Chargers why is it taking this long Brandon Staley has done nothing but disappoint
- 30:54in his tenure they are loaded with talent across the board it is Tom Tolesco thank you
- 30:59Kev got my back as always all of the blunders with his just decision-making alone let alone
- 31:05like the the play calling the lack of of really being able to close games but it shouldn't
- 31:10have taken this long if anything it should have taken the collapse against the Jaguars
- 31:13in the playoffs last year and he should have been shit-can then now Tom Tolesco I don't
- 31:17necessarily think that it was his time to go he's built a pretty damn good team like
- 31:21I said they got studs pretty much at every position and they just can't put it together
- 31:27it's mind-boggling to me that he still does have a job now the Chargers aren't out of
- 31:30playoff contention they would need a hell of a lot of help and a hell of a lot of a
- 31:33strong push here but it's it's more than overdue the guys 24 and 25 with his Chargers in his
- 31:39head in his head coach career and after that absolute ass-licking they took last week he
- 31:44came out and said that every great coach in the league has had games like this nah motherfucker
- 31:50you let up the most points in Raiders history that is a long and tenured franchise y'all
- 31:56and ain't a new type team like the Texans but that's just crazy to me I'm excited to
- 32:01see who does take that gig though that's one of the coveted head coach openings right now
- 32:06you know like I said they have a franchise quarterback he's locked up they got studs on
- 32:10the outside once they're healthy they got studs on the defensive side of the ball with
- 32:14Mac Bosa, Derwin James, young stud in um Sante Samuel outside like they have foundational
- 32:21pieces everywhere you look they just need somebody that's gonna come in and put it all
- 32:24together and not blow it on decision making alone like his I don't know I'm excited to
- 32:31see it as Smeltie and I both have said you know they we like the Chargers because of
- 32:35Lydian Tomlinson so I'd like to see him get back in that Philip Rivers form and you know
- 32:39compete get to a Super Bowl and maybe even win one they have the they have the franchise
- 32:43cornerstone at Justin Herbert I'm a huge Justin Herbert guy one of my favorite quarterbacks
- 32:47to use in Madden and he's just all around just an absolute dog of a quarterback just
- 32:52dog for honorable mention this week we're gonna throw in George Pickens not wanting to block
- 32:57because he might get injured which is fair as wide receivers run blocking can be detrimental
- 33:02you look at Tank Dell this year and that's kind of who he complained to or could not
- 33:05complain but compared it to but that would have been a touchdown if Pickens would have
- 33:08just put a body on him Jalen Warren would have walked into the end zone and it's just
- 33:12George Pickens being George Pickens this guy's a diva for no reason you know he's highly
- 33:18touted yeah he has a lot of potential he has a hell of a lot of skill but he hasn't been
- 33:22able to really put anything together now granted poor quarterback players big part in that
- 33:26is the same thing you can be said for Deontay Johnson but to not give any effort on that
- 33:32play and then come out and say it's because you don't want to get injured for one you're
- 33:36a soft ass dude and two what do you expect your teammates to think of that oh I'm not
- 33:44gonna try to get injured I'm not gonna try to have a score and put my body on the line
- 33:47you look at back to what the Steelers receivers you just look at Heinz Warren Heinz Ward was
- 33:52taking bodies out putting his head on the line like Heinz Ward would have taken two
- 33:56guys out on that playing Warren would have walked in walked in he got a rolled in it
- 34:01don't even matter that's just the difference in well granted Heinz Ward also one of the
- 34:05best blocking receivers of all time let's not really go that far but I don't know it
- 34:11that's just kind of in indicative of what this team has been this year you know I don't
- 34:15know if Tomlin has full control of the locker room he doesn't allow this kind of shit to
- 34:18happen and it's gonna be interesting to see what happens with the Steelers is Kenny Pickett
- 34:23the answer I don't know but they sure as hell need to get a young bright offensive mind
- 34:28in that that team they sure do all right well let's move on to this week's slate we have
- 34:37week 16 coming at you we got a guest appearance for the picks here we don't have Smelty so
- 34:44we got our boy Kev Dogg how you doing how you feeling my guy you know what I'm not as
- 34:48good as Smelty is obviously with his record maybe he's not too great himself but we're
- 34:52gonna try to fill in I wish I had the record numbers from that one like the first week
- 34:55that we did a podcast for the NFL episode and I did the predictions that one week I'm
- 34:59sure I did terribly that week but we will go back after this one and we'll check and
- 35:03see how I do because you're not gonna make any money with me either on this Kev we've
- 35:07teased them enough with these records we tease them enough no we'll see we'll see in his
- 35:12defense he did put the effort in to put it all together for the most part and digging
- 35:16to get some of those numbers I know you dig dig in there as well too but I got two of
- 35:19the weeks and I didn't do shit plus one for Smelty big shout out to Smelty not only did
- 35:24he do that he put basically put together the agenda for this one made it a lot easier for
- 35:28me my work's kind of getting a little out of control right now but that's beside the
- 35:31point Kev Dogg I'm happy to have you brother happy to be here first game we have we got
- 35:36the Packers taking on the Carolina Panthers Packers in this game are a four and a half
- 35:41point favorite I think they're gonna take this game if they lose this game Kev Dogg
- 35:46I have no faith whatsoever in the hit in like our future with anybody on this team to be
- 35:51completely honest with you the Panthers are absolute shit show they barely squeaked off
- 35:55a win last week with four field goals like if we can't if the we if we allow the Panthers
- 36:00Panthers 275 yards of total defense I might just drive to Green Bay and like I don't know
- 36:08kneecap Joe Gary Barry you're gonna set a riot out there in Green Bay it's I mean we
- 36:14should already be right and we really should but saying that I got the Packers to win this
- 36:19one four and a half points I like I said this game should be a walk in the park if we can't
- 36:24put it together against the Panthers we need that momentum going into the last two weeks
- 36:27when we got the Vikings we got the Bears Smelty did phone in his picks here he has the Packers
- 36:33winning this one as well what do you think Kev?
- 36:35I'm thinking the same thing obviously I don't follow the football as much as you guys do
- 36:38but just looking at the records for the teams here right now Packers six and eight Panthers
- 36:42two and twelve I get your point covering the spread should be should be simple but obviously
- 36:47we know how that goes crazier things have happened this season with some of the games
- 36:51we've put that you guys have covered so we'll call the Packers in this one but you never
- 36:56know you do never know it's crazy to think when you just said their records that we only
- 37:01have four more wins than the worst team in the NFL I really hadn't kind of put that in
- 37:05the perspective until you just said that and that is so fucking Boris happy to help buddy
- 37:09it's what I'm here for oh boy behind the scenes I'm here to bring the realizations to you
- 37:15alrighty we're staying in the NFC North we got the Detroit Lions taking on the Minnesota
- 37:19Vikings the Vikings are at home on that one you know coming up here to the Twin Cities
- 37:24playing in the US Bank Stadium which is a pretty cool stadium to go to Vikings in this
- 37:28one are the underdog the books have Lions winning this one by three I think the Lions
- 37:35does win this one by at least a touchdown you know I didn't see enough out of the the
- 37:39Vikings last week to really just have a lot of hope and promise in that offense especially
- 37:44going against you know a not superior Bengals defense they're very mid-pack and the Lions
- 37:50need to put together some wins here you know Jared Goff went off last week he had a hell
- 37:54of a game but the Vikings defense is playing pretty good it to me this game comes down
- 38:00to are you gonna be able to contain Jameer Gibbs and David Montgomery for that reason
- 38:04I don't think the Vikings will be able to put it all together and I got the Lions when
- 38:08winning this one by touchdown Smeltie does disagree he thinks Minnesota is gonna cover
- 38:12that two that three points maybe even win this game they sure need it for their playoff
- 38:16hopes and to build the momentum towards you know week 18 but what do you think Kev I'm
- 38:22with Smeltie on this one I think Vikings coming back home with a potential playoff push three
- 38:28points isn't isn't a ton of points it is you know you got to get over the field go right
- 38:31three plus so I think the Vikings are gonna take it I know it's an odd hot take but home
- 38:37for the holidays I think there might be a little bit of magic in Minneapolis for him
- 38:40I love it bro I like being the one guy that just that opposes that opposes you know you
- 38:45got to split that tie somewhere and unfortunately I think you're gonna fall on the wrong side
- 38:48of it this week that's all right no one listen to me regardless so well let's move down to
- 38:53Texas we got the Cleveland Browns going down to Houston taking on the Texans surprisingly
- 38:59the Texans are in a two and a half point favorite in this game I'm I'm surprised it's not you
- 39:04know a pick them or even just you know a one one and a half in this game I think this is
- 39:08gonna be a really close game there's a lot of playoff implications for both teams but
- 39:12the Texans at home I think are yeah I like that it's a field goal game because that's
- 39:15all I need if I pick the Texans all I need to do them to do is win by a field goal but
- 39:20I think Joe Flacco is gonna come down to earth here at some point so I got the Texans winning
- 39:24this game by like I said I like a field goal maybe four or five I don't think it's more
- 39:28than a touchdown game I think it's gonna be a close good game as you would hope in week
- 39:3216 and Smeltie disagrees so it looks like you're gonna be the deciding factor again
- 39:36here Cav dog Spelty has the Browns in this one I got the Texans on this one I'm pretty
- 39:41confident don't get me wrong but I think I listen to these podcasts one than anybody
- 39:44like a thousand times every week when I edit them pretty sure the Texans have been red
- 39:48hot with a young stud quarterback this season am I right you sure are brother yeah I do
- 39:52pay attention I think he's gonna do well at home minus two and a half I think they're
- 39:57gonna take that no problem I think Texans got this one well I'm glad to have you on
- 40:00my side this go around brother just no don't get used to it let's go to the East Coast
- 40:05we got the Dallas Cowboys for whatever reason America's team that's dumb taking on the Dolphins
- 40:13Dolphins come into this one a one and a half point favorite I'm surprised that spread is
- 40:16not higher than it is due to the Cowboys ass licking they took last week against Buffalo
- 40:24but I think the Dolphins are gonna cover this game I think the Dolphins win this one pretty
- 40:27easily the way that Miami has been able to balance that offense for he most or it's had
- 40:31a hell of a year I just don't see the Cowboys really being able to stop Miami's offense
- 40:36at this point and the way the Dolphins defenses play those as as of late I think that the
- 40:42Dolphins win this one pretty handily and smells he agrees what do you think have so these
- 40:47teams are both 10 and four in the season record at the moment so that was kind of my deciding
- 40:51factor for some of the games before and some other different factors on this one I'm gonna
- 40:54break the time and go Cowboys in this one I just I don't know much about these two teams
- 40:58the records are solid you mentioned good things about both quarterbacks so I'm gonna
- 41:01go with the Cowboys and just see what happens my brother-in-law Don and I what would be
- 41:06appreciative of that one I love it I love it all right that wraps up week for the next
- 41:12game here wraps up this week with our game of the week we could be a potential Super
- 41:16Bowl preview it very well could be we got the Baltimore Ravens Ravens they're not the
- 41:22Ravens we have the Ravens traveling to the west coast taking on the San Francisco 49ers
- 41:28the Niners in this game are five and a half point favorites I think that's a little bit
- 41:32too much I think this should be more of a two and a half three and a half point spread
- 41:36they like a field goal game almost just a little bit more yeah I really do I really
- 41:39do now saying that I am gonna take the Niners to cover that five and a half because the
- 41:43Niners offense simply can't be stopped sure Brock Purdy has put himself back into the
- 41:46MVP conversation CMC has put himself into that MVP conversation and I just think the
- 41:55Niners are absolutely buzzing right now and I just don't think the Ravens have enough
- 42:00talent defensively to just stop the Niners offense or sorry stop the Niners deep yeah
- 42:06yeah stop the Niners offense and you know with the way that defense is playing right
- 42:10now Tardevius Ward is putting himself together a probable season at corner and I don't think
- 42:15a lot of people really give him that his flowers right now so I agree with Smelty on this one
- 42:21Niners are gonna take this one by five and a half yeah Tyler I'm gonna go with the Niners
- 42:25as well I think that both teams right now records are 11-3 you guys mentioned that Purdy's
- 42:30just been on fire I don't know too much about these guys but I got I gotta go with you guys
- 42:35I think they're gonna win minus five and a half it's a huge spread to cover I'm gonna
- 42:39let those guys take it well I like that you're sticking with this on this one I think five
- 42:43and a half might be a little bit too much you know this one worries me but I just that
- 42:48Niners offense right now man they are just fucking rolling just rolling brother well
- 42:55Kev dog I appreciate you hopping on for the last appearance here not the last appearance
- 42:58but the last segment here it's been a hell of a podcast man Smelty best of luck recovering
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