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NFL Week 4 2026 Picks & Predictions | Chiefs-Raiders, Dolphins-Vikings & More · Banter with the Boys

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Get laced up. Let's go. It's the boys. Welcome
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back to Banter with the Boys. Gridiron updates.
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Week four. Preview and picks. Four? That's right.
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Four. Four. That's right. To my left, I got the
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flock duck. To my right, I got Roberto. And behind
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the camera, getting everything done for us, is
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Kev Yerp. Before we move on, how we work here
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is we pick four games every week. Pick each game,
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the winners of each game. We, you know, banter
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a little bit about it. Nothing too crazy, but
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we dig into it a little bit. Depends. Depends
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on the matchup. Yeah. And, yeah, we give our
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picks. If you want to give your picks, you can
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comment wherever you listen to the banter. You
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can message us on Facebook or whatever. Drop
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them in there. I said that last episode, and
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then I forgot to check, so I don't know. There
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was a few of you. There was a few of you. Was
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there actually? Yeah. Oh, my God. But we didn't
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have any crazy takes. Did they pick all four?
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All games? No, we didn't get any predictions.
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We just got a couple. I want to keep track. If
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you want to give your list of four, all four
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games, we'll keep track. Whenever Smelty starts
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freaking doing that. That's how you're working
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on it. It's in progress. It's there. It exists.
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Let's start with game one. The Chiefs at the
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Raiders. The battle of the 3 -0s. You know what?
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Screw it. I'm going to start it off, actually.
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Attaboy. Everybody keeps saying the Raiders are
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a fake 3 -0 compared to, like, maybe the Chiefs
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are being, like, a more realistic 3 -0, as in,
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like, let's talk Super Bowl contention or long
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-term, you know, playoff contention, you know.
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Chiefs, yeah, you see that more. Do you just
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not see it more for the Raiders, for those that
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don't see it for the Raiders as much, because
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we're not used to seeing them at 3 -0? Excuse
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me? Voices dying. I'm just flabbing, blabbing
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away here. Love it. I love it. Yeah. But I don't
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know. I'm just wondering why the Raiders are
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just getting so much flack at 3 -0. Is it because
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of, you know, maybe who they played? They haven't
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played. Like, this is the real first test for
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the Raiders at this point. And I'm going to be
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honest with you. I am a little bit concerned
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about. Specifically, the Raiders defense being
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able to keep up with the Chiefs offense. I think
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the Raiders defense has actually been pretty
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solid all season to start, but keep up with the
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Chiefs offense, which is putting up like 29 points
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a game on average or whatever it is. So I feel
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like for the Raiders to win, they got to be underneath.
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They got to allow 21 points or less to the Chiefs,
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and I'm just not sure they're going to be able
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to do that. So unfortunately, I got to pick the
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Chiefs to stay perfect. here, even though they're
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going to Vegas. But I got to pick the Chiefs
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to stay perfect right now. For me. Well, the
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local business is casinos, and they have them
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at four and a half. What do you think about that,
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Jake? Oh, you don't know what you're picking
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yet? They have who at four and a half? Chiefs.
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Chiefs at four and a half. Oh, I know where I'm
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going. Oh, I don't know. Actually, I think I
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do know where I'm going. But I think the Raiders
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are a false three, you know, and I think a lot
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of that perception is, has more to do with the
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expectations of the team going into the, going
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into the year where we're like, well, they're
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rebuilding. We don't know. First round overall
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pick going into the season. And so you're not
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necessarily and spending a whole bunch of money
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in free agency. So you're not certain how everything's
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going to shake out in a really tough, AFC West
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as far as competitive. So it's surprising to
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see him there. And I think that that's why I
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and a lot of other people out there think that
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they're probably not a legit three, you know,
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fair point, but it's a nice story to begin the
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season. Cause it's just like, nobody had this
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on their bingo cards, most likely. And I think
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we talked about it earlier this year, maybe in
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the, the preseason show Kenneth Walker the third
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is probably the most valuable free agent pickup
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this year and we've seen it the these first three
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these first three games he's leading the league
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in rushing right now Patrick Mahomes what has
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never had a thousand yard rushing or running
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a thousand yard run excuse me running back his
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entire time there and it's just something very
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new to them And Spagnola is still really good
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at scheming, even with all of the turnover that
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they have on the defensive side year after year
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after year and trading away their really good
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corners for more draft capital because they're
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not not wanting to pay them. So they're just
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drafting replacements, sliding them in and then
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just continuing to go. So that's like a hats
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off to Spags for that. I take Chiefs. I probably
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take the over on the four and a half, although
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I would love to see Max Crosby prove us wrong
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as far as. Hey getting after my homes keep like
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and really is trying to stymie that offense.
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I want the Raiders to win the game. They be gone.
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But I'm picking the shoes out. So both of you
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are hard on the Chiefs winning this game both
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above four and a half. That doesn't matter for
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the sake of the pick. But yes. That's a dominating.
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Yes. But both dominant a game. Yeah. I mean interest
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is divisional matchup. So technically most of
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them are always a little more competitive than
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any other game in the NFL. I feel like the Raiders
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can manage and shorten the game by like kind
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of dominating possession with Kirk Cousin being
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quick passing a lot of Brock Bowers. That'll
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be a really interesting matchup with the Chiefs
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linebacker crew. I mean this guy's certainly
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like JSN of the tight ends right now how much
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they're using him and being I'll get to the ball.
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So Kirkle's rolling right now. We all kind of
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remember him as Vikings that, you know, if he
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gets good and then they got the running backs
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to kind of establish. So that's going to be where
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Chris Jones and crew are and maybe be the difference
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maker. Yeah. Chiefs are hot right now. Everyone's
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kind of likes to think of it. I think this game's
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going to be really close. I'm going to go as
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and go under the spread of it. But I still think
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last minute. Pat Mahomes style, you know, very
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similar to Lamar, to Flowers, timeout, Buckner
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for the win. Chiefs. Oh, Buckner for the win.
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Okay. All right. Right on. Right on. Okay. Going
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with the Chiefs. So that's three Chiefs across.
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Hey, I don't think there can be three Chiefs
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on the table, buddy. But three of us up here
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taking the Chiefs. I'd imagine, Dom, you know,
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if you listen to. episodes in the past. Dom has
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gone undefeated. He did not. Yeah, undefeated,
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I guess. I suppose in his picks. He did not last
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week, though. He finally took an L after the
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first two weeks. Jake, the flock dock landed
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on him. I didn't do so hot either. But you did
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better. You went two and two. Dom, you went one
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and three, buddy. Ben also, he's a Packer fan.
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He's a listener. He puts in the picks. He went
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one and three as well. Roberto went two and two.
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And Smelty coming in at three and one to lead
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the week. Trust me, Smelty needed it bad. We
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have overalls. Where are we at? Smelty has not
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computed those. It's on the list. But it's on
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the list. But it's in process. So it's there.
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It should be there by next weekend for sure.
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Or next week, whatever. But, yes, anyway, we
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should have done that prior to opening the show.
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But, anyway, whatever. Excuse me. Jeez. Throat.
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It's throat season here. Whatever that means.
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All right. Sorry. All right. Dolphins. 0 -3 Dolphins
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traveling to the 3 -0 undefeated Minnesota Vikings.
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I mean, I already know where I'm going to go
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on this. But does anybody else want to start?
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Otherwise, I'll roll with this. Go for it. All
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right. H hands out. I mean, I feel like you had
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one in the chamber. I was like, I'm not going
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to stand over here with one in the chamber for
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a while. No, I mean, that's probably the most
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glaring thing for me for the Dolphins. The biggest
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threat. That and having to play in the bank,
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going up against that defense. When they go on
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defense, it's loud, especially in undefeated
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defense. Currently, it's going to be absolutely
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crazy in there. I don't anticipate the Dolphins
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coming away victorious. Who's going to be the
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running back? Jalen Wright. Looks like maybe
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a mixture of Jalen Wright and Ollie Gordon. Oh,
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there you go. Roberto's spoken. Pick up Jalen
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Wright in fantasy. He's questionable right now.
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He should already be in your roster if you have
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a spot. Well, if you're a real player. Yeah.
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If you're active. Right on. Right on. But, yeah,
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I mean, it's no question for me, Vikes, this
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week. But I do hope that we see some extra stuff
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from Kyler Murray, which you'll touch on, Roberto.
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Is this when we get the clips, when you start
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talking? Sure. Okay, good. I mean, I can go first.
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Yeah, we're going to go to you first. That's
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why I'm going to save Roberto for last. Okay,
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perfect. But if we're going to touch on Kyler
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Murray, I'll wait. Until we get to him. But I'm
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picking Vikes. I mean, it's clear as day. It
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should just go to the ball. It should be 4 -0
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coming out of this game. No problem. I mean,
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it seems like a no -brainer to pick the Vikings.
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Oh. Their ears picked up. Made my list. I mean,
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it's another Brian Flores revenge game against
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the Dolphins. And that organization and why it's
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just like they made a mistake in firing him and
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letting him go. That's a great take. I didn't
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even think about that. Missed opportunity. I
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think we'll see a lot more fun and clever scheming
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from that side. I'm still on the fence about
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Kyler Murray. The stuff in Arizona, the game
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in eight minutes that we've seen this year in
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Minnesota. I'm still not sold or bought into
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it. I get that he's cheap. I get that he's cheap.
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But, like, I don't know that I'm sold enough
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on it. And Miami started the game off last week
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against the Chiefs and kind of gave them a run
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for their money, kept it close for a significant
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portion of the game. The A -chain injury is really
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critical, as you alluded to, because he was really
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the engine of that entire offense. So how is
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that going to get replaced? You're putting more
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pressure on Malik Willis, who's... had four turnovers
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over these first three games. So he's making
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some money. So he's turnover prone right now.
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Um, and when Brian Flores gets pressure, he's
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likely to create more turnovers or have more
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turnovers. Um, but really there's this weird
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stat that I came across. It was super odd. Tell
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me more. Yeah. He's one to know against the Vikings.
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So you. So it makes total sense that because
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he's undefeated against the Vikings that we should
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be picking the Dolphins. But that's crazy talk.
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No chance. But for the sake of being different,
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you know, maybe just throw a flyer out there.
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No. The old doc doesn't tell me there's flat.
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Yeah, this is the, you know, kind of a set up
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a scenario. I didn't even think about him coming
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back to Miami or the thought process. Well, it's
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not in Miami. I don't know. But it's still sticking
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it to the franchise. It is. It is on the aspect.
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Yeah, I want to see a lot more, obviously, out
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of the offense here. Running game definitely
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has been a, it's going to be a scenario how much
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Jones, definitely Claiborne or Dallas. It was
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just Mason back. After watching last week, I
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do not trust. DJ Dallas at all in the past protection,
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especially on his effort on some, a few of the
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special teams seems it was kind of weak, but
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JJ, if whether he plays, I know the doc wants
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to see them another week. Addison, you know,
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he definitely showed that he can play and take
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the number one spot. So we're going to have to
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see a little more, a little Hawk, more price
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or Jenkins is definitely Jenny. Is that the step
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up? Definitely this week. to establish this,
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but Kyler, it mainly is the number one thing
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that doesn't keep this off. It's going. So we've
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got a couple of clips of him last week and you
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just see a couple of the things that, that I
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noticed just watching a little bit of film where
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just like, I just kind of want to pull, have
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him pull the trigger more. Like the play is kind
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of, we set up right there is that you can see
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Jenny's on a little curl, right? Like that's
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NFL wide open right there. And you already can
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see he's kind of already a back foot, but you
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just play it through. Now he just kind of. brings
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it back down. Yeah. So he ends up, you know,
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gaining some positive. Well, this is the, I don't
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think it's the 12 yarder, but yeah, it's a positive
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yard, but he doesn't need to make those hits.
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You know, if he just steps back there, boom.
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connects on it so that's just one of the plays
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in the referral the next one here it's just another
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play real play actions sets up back foot right
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there you can see Addison on the top coming across
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the old logo there I mean that's that's wide
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open in the NFL you see the the safety down in
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the corner on the bottom trying to But if that's
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right down the hash throw, neither of those are
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going to get an opportunity to get it in there
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and just roll it through there. And this is where
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it's like that's a throw. You throw deep, and
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then there's nothing really else available. He
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kind of just throws it on the ground. Or maybe
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this is where he should use his feet and run
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a little bit. So if he cleans that up, there's
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opportunities there. The bank's going to be rocking.
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You just want him to get the ball out sooner.
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There's just throws that he needs to make. He
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threw for $1 .60. He makes a couple throws like
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that. The numbers are at $2 .40, $2 .50. The
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fan base gets off of him on his production. The
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numbers on the offense that everyone's going
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to judge on how well the offense is moving. That
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conversation will come back down in a little
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bit. J .J., you know, him playing would be huge.
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But I got the Vikes, you know, taking this one.
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With or without jealous. Yeah. A little hesitation
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there, though. Well, I mean, obviously, I mean,
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Kyler can still definitely have a game. And,
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you know, like, there's always weird bounces
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in a game. You never know. For sure. For sure.
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You know, so. Right on. Our offense is not good
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enough right now to be like... We could totally
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take over this game. This is a great opportunity
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for that offense to finally get going a little
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bit. Let's go into our third game that we're
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going to take a look at here and predict a little
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bit, or at least pick. The Atlanta Falcons traveling
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to the New Orleans States. Obviously, tough place
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to play, but we have not started with... Technically,
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Roberto yet. So I love this game. This one's
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super fun for me just because the Falcons after
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their first two weeks, obviously Cooper Rush
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wasn't getting that offense moving. And then
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you see panics come back last week and just put
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up some really good numbers against the Packers,
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you know, and now seeing the Saints and they're
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having a quarterback a lobby going off. This
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is going to be a fun game, and I think this is
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going to be a high -scoring one, 31 -35. It's
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kind of a flip a coin. I don't really love one
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team more than the other, really, but by the
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sake of the picks of the Moneyline or the Vegas
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odds, two and a half. I just said I'm going to
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go with the home team with the Saints. This is
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going to be the main difference maker on there.
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And fourth quarter, Saints have been kind of
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hot. And I think this is a game where it's just
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going to be close enough where fourth quarter
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hot's going to get her done. Yeah. Right on.
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Go for it. I feel like you want to get right
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into it. I love the opportunity that this game
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presents for both teams trying to continue to
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make their own statements as far as who they
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are and what they do. Bijan and Drake London
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had themselves a game. It was just. Great to
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see them come out and excel and do great. But
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still no pits. Where the heck is pits continue
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to be? Especially when the offense was humming
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against the Packers. Maybe you would have thought
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you would have seen some more Kyle Pitts there.
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But you had both B. Robinsons eclipsing 100 yards,
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which was crazy in and of itself. Packers defense
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is just in a world of hurt. right now and that
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field all day and then that Saints offense that
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passing game as you alluded to Tyler Tyler Shuck
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is just slinging it around he's like Drew Brees
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2 .0 as far as like getting the ball out Kellen
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Moore is I think a great play caller for for
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for Shuck in his own growth and development Doc
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approved? And we've been continuing to see it
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last year, his progression when he started, and
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then over the course of these last three games.
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There's still some stuff that he needs to clean
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up a bit. He's thrown some picks that are kind
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of questionable. Like, well, what were you seeing
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there that made you think that that was the right
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read? And it's Saints at home, rivalry. The Superdome
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is going to be loud. It's going to be crazy.
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That fan base has so much to be excited for this
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year. I'm taking states at home. I think they're
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going to hold Bijan to under a hundo. And I think
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Penix isn't going to be able to sling it around
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enough. Pass. What are you smelling over there,
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coach? Not what he's stepping in, to be honest
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with you. Tell us why. What's the difference
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maker? He's writing a couple things. It's going
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to be extremely tough to play. There's going
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to be extremely loud. It's going to be tough
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for Pennix to sling it around in there. B. John
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Robinson is for sure going over 100 yards because
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the Saints rush defense is very concerning. On
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the other side of things, Atlanta's pass defense
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is also concerning. So I think it's going to
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be the battle between New Orleans passing offense
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and Atlanta's rushing offense. Who's going to
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get the better of the two? I don't know. I'm
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actually leaning a little bit more towards Atlanta.
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I don't think we're going to see numbers that
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we saw against the Packers. I don't think it's
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going to be insane like that. I don't think both
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bees will get over 100 yards. But I do think
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Bijan will. Oh, man. I don't know. This is an
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intriguing game. I think this is actually going
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to be a fun game to watch. I think it is, too.
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If it's available in your area or whatever. Or
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no, this is Monday night, isn't it? This is a
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Monday night game, so it will be available in
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your area, I would think. Hopefully. If they
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keep it on ABC. Other than our listeners that
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are in South Africa or whatever. Thanks for tuning
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in. I'm taking Falcons in this, actually. Taking
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chances. How did you know? You sniffed out a
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bad pick from a while away. Did we all pick?
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Yeah, we did because you guys both took Saints.
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So let's move into our final game. Titans traveling
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to the flock docs home team. Should we? Yeah.
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You know what? Let's start with Jake. Actually,
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let's start with the purple lights. Usually we
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make them go last. But it's against the own three
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Titans, so this should be easy for them. Yeah,
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yeah. You would think so. But they're going to
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blow that center up. Lamar's going, I don't want
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to say anything. You're stealing my notes. Go
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for it. And then I stole something off of Rob's
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notes. We were having pre -recording conversations,
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and he was like, trap game. And I'm like, yeah,
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it 100 % is with 0 -3 Titans. That Titans defense
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is still pretty legit. They play hard. They play
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fast for Robert Sala. That Ravens offensive line
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is beat up as I'll get out. As I alluded to in
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the tent talk. You guys make fun of me for being
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fast. That was a little quick little tent talk
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on him. I was listening to him. All right. But
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so Venga Iona is most likely going to be starting
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at center. Hopefully. Yeah. Yeah. You Ronnie
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Stanley fingers crossed is going to be back at
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left tackle. But that offensive back Stanley.
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Yeah. That offensive line is going to be banged
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up. I anticipate that Lamar is going to be facing
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a lot of pressure and that's going to be throwing
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him off his spot. He's going to be having to
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make. quicker decisions, do some ad -libbing,
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which is something that he's really good at doing,
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extending the play, making something deep. Zay
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Flowers, surprisingly, was back this past week.
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I expect at this point he'll continue to play.
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Very dynamic. And we should continue to see them
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handing the ball off to Derrick Henry, which
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is part of their identity. and 20 plus carries
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you think yes yes i do i do also think 20 plus
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carries i don't know if he'll break this break
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the the 100 yard mark again this this week um
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but again the the idea with derrick henry is
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to get him over 20 20 touches keeps that defense
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honest um it allows uh lamar to get those deeper
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passes to to flowers to bateman to andrews um
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and like cam ward was just like So baffling to
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watch this past week. It was a tough game to
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launch. Yeah, that I think that the Ravens defense
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is going to be pretty good as far as stopping
23:17
it. Although my one concern with the Ravens defense
23:20
that I have is they have not been tackling well.
23:24
And if that continues to happen, I mean, broken
23:28
tackles turn into big, crazy plays. Yes, sir.
23:31
Real quick. So that's a concern. But yeah. Ravens,
23:36
no -brainer. Ravens, no -brainer? Yep. No -brainer.
23:41
Vegas agrees, 10 .5. 10 .5? I think this current
23:44
day, I'm assuming, we were talking earlier off
23:47
air, I always feel like the numbers are going
23:49
to come down on it just because of the money's
23:51
going to move. But we don't have any betting
23:54
advice, FYI. No, no. Don't do it. For sure. If
23:59
you do it, there's an 800 number for you. Sorry,
24:04
I guess I'm just coughing in the mic. Shall I
24:09
go? Yes, sir. What you got? You're picking Titans.
24:15
The Titans have played a couple tough games,
24:20
man. They've been in it completely. That last
24:23
drive was actually looking good for Cam Ward,
24:27
to be honest with you, until that interception,
24:29
to be fair. When it was crunch time. Unfortunately
24:35
for him in this game, it's... The whole game
24:37
is going to be crunch time. So, yeah, this feels
24:45
like a game that the Ravens lose last year. But
24:49
they had a lot of injuries last year defensively.
24:53
Yeah. I don't decide clearly who I'm going to
24:57
pick until the moment comes. Moments or minutes.
25:03
Hours. Yeah, you know what? Give me the Titans.
25:07
Give me the Titans. Oh my goodness. You're ready
25:10
to go 0 -4 this week. But that would mean the
25:14
Vikes lose. I hope the chat gets all of them.
25:18
For sure. I'll make sure that's it real. I hope
25:22
they can somehow limit Derrick Henry down to
25:25
100 yards. I don't see that happening. I think
25:29
the only way this is happening is that Tony Pollard
25:31
finally has his breakout game on the other side
25:33
to match that. And that Cam Ward can just...
25:36
Protect the football. Make smart plays with the
25:39
football. Not like what we saw at the end of
25:41
the Giants game, trying to fit into a window
25:43
that's not there. Just take care of the ball.
25:48
I don't know. At the beginning of the season,
25:51
I didn't see the Titans starting 0 -4. I didn't
25:54
have them winning this game, per se. I'm sticking
25:56
to that. I don't see them starting 0 -4, which
25:59
means, unfortunately, they have to win this game.
26:03
The only way for you to stay true. That's right.
26:05
I'm rolling with that. This is kind of the game
26:12
between both teams' best parts of their team.
26:14
You have Titans. You would say their defense
26:16
is probably leading right now as their better
26:19
part, and then on the Ravens' side, their offense
26:21
and how dynamic they are is better than their
26:24
defense. I think we all could kind of agree on
26:26
that. So that's a fun matchup overall. But then
26:29
you have the opposite side where you have the
26:31
team's worst part of their things versus the
26:34
other team's worst part. So who wins that part
26:36
is kind of the fun aspect. So, yeah, big numbers
26:40
out of Vegas. So trap game you mentioned that
26:44
we kind of thinking about. So it's one of those
26:46
Jeffrey Simmons plays still football for the
26:50
Titans, which adds that really element of. trying
26:54
to stop Derrick Henry and that he's the type
26:56
of guy that you would want to be playing in a
26:58
game like that to stop Henry really like established,
27:01
especially we're talking about a center. We don't
27:03
know who is playing center and that's probably
27:05
who Simmons is and go out much of the game. So
27:08
that'll be interesting on that. But also the
27:11
Ravens kind of have a ace in the hole and his
27:14
name is Lamar Jackson's and him his ability to
27:17
get outside quickly and beat some of the speed
27:20
that the Titans defense does have. to find flowers
27:23
or Andrews and put it on him, which could be
27:27
the difference maker. So whether Cam Ward and
27:32
that offense can get up and establish against
27:34
the worst part of the Ravens team and make a
27:38
difference, that first half is really going to
27:41
be the determining factor. I don't think it's
27:43
going to happen. I think the Ravens are going
27:45
to get quickly, and then it's kind of a game
27:47
that's going to finish not as well. Coach wants
27:50
another supporting factor for me. It could be
27:53
wet. It could be wet, which, as we've seen this
27:56
year already, has been a leveler. The weather
27:59
has been a leveler of teams at times. That's
28:01
true. So now I'm riding that, too. Just like
28:05
that. Instantly. I'm going to advantage the wetness
28:08
for the Ravens because they know where they're
28:11
going versus the Titans. Defense does not. It's
28:15
fine. Also played in Baltimore. It'll be fine.
28:19
All right, you got it. Titans fan. No. Number
28:25
one Titans fan. Jumping on the train. I don't
28:28
think you could call it jumping on the train
28:29
on your own. Have a bandwagoner. That's right.
28:32
Just immediately. Hey, but it's a good time.
28:35
They're all on three. It's a good time to start.
28:36
Yeah, fandom's got to start somewhere. We won't
28:38
even call you a bandwagoner. Listen, I'm trying
28:41
to gain ground in our picks here. And I feel
28:45
like the only way is to pick opposite of you
28:47
guys. That was the worst gambling of all time.
28:53
I'll try it. I'll try it. You know what? Brick
28:56
by brick here. I like it there. There we go.
29:01
A little blood on your face. That was wild, by
29:04
the way. If you didn't see that. P .J. Fleck
29:08
of the Gophers. Yeah. Just go watch it. Just
29:12
Google P .J. Fleck. It'll probably be the first
29:13
thing that comes up, honestly, at this point.
29:15
Well, okay. Or you could just... Google PJ Fleck
29:18
blood, but that might take you to the dark web
29:20
or something. Yeah, yeah. But I have to watch
29:25
blood pathogen videos, blood -borne pathogen
29:28
videos in order to coach, but he just puts it
29:31
all over his face. It's wild. Not that I want
29:33
to do that, to be clear. All right, we should
29:35
wrap this up. Don't forget to like, comment,
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29:46
in there if you want to play along with us. If
29:50
you're going to pick Titans, please let me know.
29:51
I'd love somebody else to do that so I don't
29:54
fully look stupid. And if they win, then it went
29:57
exactly as planned. Titans fans. Thank you, Flock
30:02
Doc, Roberto, Kev. And until next week. I was
30:09
going to say banter on, but that sounds dumb.
30:11
That's like cliche, you know? Whatever. Bye.
30:17
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