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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 2 (00:04):
Oh good morning, everybody.

Speaker 3 (00:05):
Welcome in here, as we've got ball underway in Germany.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
Yet again, Colts lead the Patriots seven to three. Got
Jeff Schwartz fired up after a Duck's win.

Speaker 4 (00:21):
Late last night, Long night, Buddy, long night. I stayed up,
and so good boy is about to have a stuck
in coffee and try to make it through three hours
of somebody before took a nap. So it's been these
late night games matter full jeez, not good for it,
and especially when organ doesn't cover, Man, it's even worse.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
Don't get me started, crack on. It was weird.

Speaker 4 (00:44):
Man.

Speaker 3 (00:45):
I don't know if you're watching late last night crack,
but Oregon had these unbelievable plays like Bo Nicks, Bucky Irving,
sensational plays at times, and the most sloppy play I've
ever seen in what it was so strange to watch
that Oregon.

Speaker 4 (01:03):
Oregon had five hundred and fifty yards in offense before
the nail downs, averaged nine yards of play, had no turnovers,
punted once in ten drives, and scored thirty six points.
Like that's a game you scored fifty five? It made
no sense whatsoever. I will say, though, Brian, that that
fourth down pass interference they called him Organ. It was

(01:24):
thirty six fourteen. That was not a pass interference. And
if if not Organ scores, it goes up forty three fourteen.
And you know we're not talking about the weirdness of
this game. Now. You know, those are some places to have.
But I mean USC was down what nine with five
minutes left in the Organs win percentage was one hundred percent.
I mean, there wasn't even the game wasn't even close,
even though it felt close at times, which is college football?

(01:46):
Maybe about college football, I mean Jimbo Fisher getting the
Axe they won by forty one yesterday.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
Eight years and seventy five million left on his contract,
Yeah you can.

Speaker 4 (01:59):
What are we what are we doing so it? Uh? Yeah, man,
I mean college football must be nice, you know, like
it to be able to do that.

Speaker 5 (02:10):
Hey, good morning, guys. Yeah, it looks like Oregon. And
you know, I continue to sustain in the National Championship
race beating USC. But I did not watch the game.
I just so they didn't cover obviously, and I know
it was a pretty big spread.

Speaker 4 (02:25):
No, No, they were us. He scored late basically and
that was it. I mean it was they were with
Organ was basically a head by. It was again it
was thirty four to fourteen, with fourteen minutes left. Us
gets the ball back. They go fort crack On. They're
on their minus forty or third minus thirty five. It's
fourth and four. Williams scrambles those some you know pass

(02:46):
like office back foot. Both guys are wrestling. It was
not a they call pass interference and then of course
they get another you know, they end up scoring and
it just Organ missed a field goal. It was with
twelve penalties. It was not the best of nights for
the Ducks. Still handlely won the game.

Speaker 5 (03:01):
If Oregon makes it that this last championship game here
in Vegas, you're coming out.

Speaker 4 (03:06):
Jeff, Probably not. My parents are in town, and that's
probably gonna be. I just, you know, crack It's a
lot of time and money to go watch your team lose.
And I've been pretty fortunate in the last couple of
games I've been to, where like I went to the
Chief Super Bowl they won. I went to a Giants
World Series game in fourteen they won. I've also watched

(03:26):
Orgon lose to All Bernan thatsha. It's just I'm not
going I'm just gonna sit at home by myself, don't
talk to anybody I have to do, and just quietly
consume the game as a fan. I just can't do it.

Speaker 5 (03:41):
I gotta tell you something. I'm a guy that likes
to sit home and watch games. You know. I had
some friends in town last week, and the fifteen of them, actually,
that guy's from Myrtle Beach area, and they flew out
and for the Raiders game. And a friend of mine
hooked them up with tickets for the game, and he
gave him free tick imagining it in fifteen tickets. I mean,
I didn't I didn't know there was fifteen free tickets available.

(04:04):
So he gave him fifteen free tickets for the game.
And he's an executive in the casino business, and they said, oh,
we got an extra ticket. You're gonna come with us.
I'd rather watch it right here. I'd rather watch it.
I'd rather watch it right in my office and and
and just watch the game from the house. Yeah, it is,
it is.

Speaker 4 (04:23):
I understand. I understand why you want.

Speaker 5 (04:25):
The home office here, and and it is I'm a
ways away from everybody in the house, so it's like
they're way over they can't hear me if I scream.
But anyway, I like my home man cave compound and
you said something good there. I like to watch games alone. Oh,
I actually like to watch games alone. Brian. How about you?

(04:45):
You're you a lone guy. Do you watch it alone?
Or do you have people in the room or your
girl in the rock? How does it work over there?

Speaker 2 (04:51):
I'm a people person, you know, well, I'm a.

Speaker 5 (04:53):
People person too, But I like to watch the games alone.

Speaker 3 (04:56):
I made watching games, you know, cool with people being around?
Does depend though, right?

Speaker 5 (05:01):
Like?

Speaker 3 (05:01):
Are you pointing out something about the game or are
you pointing no?

Speaker 5 (05:06):
From a betting standpoint, you bet a lot of live bets.
Prim you got all these bets like written down. Are
you like trying to concentrate on that already? You have
people talking and handing you with dorito? I'd rather have.

Speaker 2 (05:17):
You know, Well, I'm focused on the game no matter what.

Speaker 3 (05:20):
But it's like, if someone's in my ear talking to
me about the game itself, that's cool. If someone's in
my ear talking about the most non football things ever,
that annoys me. That if you're into boring, great at it,
but you're talking about something else. I don't care about that.
I thought about you last night, Crack and your family.

Speaker 5 (05:40):
Thank you people thinking about me at night.

Speaker 3 (05:41):
That's that I thought about you when I was losing,
because you hit us with the hashtags.

Speaker 2 (05:47):
So you want to be a gambler.

Speaker 5 (05:49):
So you want to be a gambler.

Speaker 3 (05:51):
I don't know how you take this where first half line,
Oregon goes for two, doesn't get it. Later on they
score again, they're chasing the two they make. They missed that.
I needed those two points for the first half line.

Speaker 2 (06:05):
I was right, and I got screwed. I hate when
that happened.

Speaker 5 (06:09):
Oh that's terrible. And you're watching the game there you're
just like, oh, I'd like to flate you. It really does.
But that's that is that's so you want to be
a gambler. You know you hit me out shot doing
Saturday night shopping with the missus, spending money or or
trying to grind a little profit in college football.

Speaker 2 (06:25):
You know, you set me up perfectly.

Speaker 3 (06:27):
You're you're like John Stockton throwing an alley to the
mailman with deflating. We've got the Patriots in action, right,
now in Germany and they're forced to punt.

Speaker 2 (06:38):
I'll tell you what, man.

Speaker 3 (06:39):
I know you don't like the word lock crack, but
the last leg of a uh an extensive barlay last
week was Jonathan Taylor's rushing over didn't get it against
the Panthers, toppled the whole parlay's plural and so he's
borderline a lot to just go ballistic. Today he actually

(07:02):
looked very good in the first drive. He had what
thirty one yards on nine carries in the first drive
for the Colts.

Speaker 2 (07:09):
So did he get the touchdown to I heard scoring
the touchdown to?

Speaker 5 (07:14):
Big big movement on this line. By the way, again,
this is the second week. Last week, last week the
line they were wrong, and this week they looked like
they might be wrong again. Well, the live line is
actually forty and a half, but this line dropped right
before game time from forty three down to forty two under.
So a lot of under money coming in, a little
bit of New England money coming in. It was two closed,

(07:36):
one and a half to even one in a couple shops.
But yeah, they might be U might be wrong again here.
The more I'm looking at the live line, you know,
I try to look at the live line door in
the commercials. And I always recommend people if you're betting
a game live, probably should bet during commercials. That's that's
important to me. You're you're on like a seven to
ten second delay when you're watching TV. It's probably longer

(07:59):
than that now everyone's streams stuff. Oh my god, you're
up to a minute. So you want to make sure
you're betting during the commercials when you have, you know,
an equal share with any with your sports book.

Speaker 3 (08:10):
So crazy to see just the Patriots record, Jeff, you
look two in seven and I'm just looking at the
AFC standings. They're dead last. They're sixteenth in the AFC.
That's where the Patriots are right now. They're a two
and seven football team. It's crazy.

Speaker 4 (08:24):
Uh, they're just not going to quarterback, right And I
think the question becomes, you know, is belichicking to be
the coach that leads them with another quarterback next season? Right?

Speaker 6 (08:36):
Like?

Speaker 4 (08:36):
That's the question. Now, is is he the guy that
they trust to rebuild with a new quarterback? I would
argue no, I wouldn't do that, which is odd to say,
because I think builds the best coach of all time
but very clearly just you know, it's it's really it's

(08:57):
a personnel thing too, right, Like, here's the thing, it's
he's still he can still coach. In my opinion, he's
just really bad as a personnel guy. How about this,
how about they he gets he he gets let go
or he decides to leave and uh, the Chargers call him, Hey, Bill,
come to Los Angeles. You cannot have player personnel control.

(09:18):
We will control the players. You just come and coach
justin Herbert you hire, you know you're bringing you known
Bill o' briant coach offense. I'm not worried about the
coaching of this. You coach, we build the roster, let's
do it. You tell me they're not gonna win in
Los Angeles with with that setup. I also think there's
an idea that maybe you know, Belichick might be Commanders.

(09:39):
I don't see him as a commander's head coach. I
think the Chargers would be interesting. Right. He goes to
l A. He just gets to you know, no one
cares what the Chargers in LA. It just gets to
coach football and not worry about the roster.

Speaker 5 (09:51):
What did they do? Didn't they just sign him to
three years though, did they?

Speaker 4 (09:56):
Yeah, but it's yeah, yeah, buy it.

Speaker 5 (10:01):
It doesn't matter right too.

Speaker 3 (10:03):
There's the thirty five mil I owe you Bellichick or
whatever it is.

Speaker 4 (10:06):
That doesn't matter. Plus I think you know some of
the some of the contracts have offsets, right, so if
he goes somewhere else, they owe him less money and
the Chargers have to pick up the table or whatever,
you know what I mean. So that doesn't really Jimbo Fisher,
by the way, who stuff, has no offsets, so they
own the money no matter what. He goes somewhere next year,
crack and get this nine million dollars a year and
get paid by both right and wherever he goes next year.

Speaker 5 (10:29):
Yeah. So yeah, someone just text me and said, doesn't
this game remind you of years ago Indianapolis, New England
Brady versus Man. No, no, no, I mean like and
today the Germans get Gardner Misshu versus mac Jones. So
it's just it is a difference. So but yeah, I
guess that was great games years ago.

Speaker 3 (10:50):
I'm sure your friend was being sarcastic. Yeah, okay, just
making ju right there. But yeah, no, I hear you,
Jeff on that with Belichick and listen, man, some of
the rumors are just stupid. I've heard, Hey, how about
Belichick to Chicago. Belichick is not starting over fresh at
his age with a team like the Bears, even if

(11:11):
they have the top pick.

Speaker 2 (11:12):
There's no way. I like what you're saying.

Speaker 3 (11:14):
A team like the Chargers that has pieces in place
where he could win right away, I could see something
like that, but starting from scratch, from from ground zero,
I don't see that at all with Belichick.

Speaker 4 (11:28):
I don't either. That's why I think that that You
know that, that's why you're like Los Angeles. It's already
like put together for you, right.

Speaker 2 (11:36):
Yeah, yeah, that makes a whole lot more sense to me. Yeah,
no doubt.

Speaker 5 (11:40):
He's seventy one. I just checked his age, seventy one.
He's not going to Chicago. No cold now. I mean,
then again, he's in the cold now. But I mean,
he's just not going to go with that team and
try to start over. I agree, And I really never
heard these type of rumors. I just thought he signed
for three years, But you're right, that doesn't mean anything.
And you know he could, you know, he definitely could
could make the trip over to l and help out

(12:00):
that team. So we'll see what happens.

Speaker 2 (12:02):
Colts had to punt.

Speaker 3 (12:03):
We're just at about twelve minutes left in the second
quarter and Patriots didn't have a punt returner.

Speaker 2 (12:10):
It was a little bit different.

Speaker 3 (12:11):
Tried to block the kick while the Colts were booting
it from their own end zone.

Speaker 2 (12:15):
And it just rolled and rolled and rolled.

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Speaker 3 (14:36):
We are following the money with Christian Sipolini, BETMGM Trading Manager.
Good morning, Christian. So I was just looking at this
Texans Bengals game. Both were impressive last week, CJ Stroud
five touchdown passes. Are you seeing a decent amount of
Houston money or is it mostly Bengals money today?

Speaker 6 (14:58):
Throughout the week we had Bengals money. But it's starting
to turn around now with the Jamar Chase news are
at least questionable that he might play. So this is
where we're starting to get sex and twenty. I think
I think by the end of this, we're going to
end up a little bit closer to fifty to fifty,
but right now still a little bit offside.

Speaker 4 (15:14):
At Bengals, San Francisco and Jacksonville's the probably the best
game of the day. It's in an early slot. It
looks like there it might go to three and a
half for the Niners. Where do you see the money
coming in there on the Niners?

Speaker 6 (15:26):
So that explains if it goes there, you know, it
would make a lot of sense for what we've been seeing.
We're taking about sixty to sixty five percent of money
so far on the forty nine ers. So yeah, not
as many as I expected. On the Jags at home
three point dogs. I guess it's not not biting people yet.
I'm sure once we go to that three and a
half there'll be some sharpest fighting there though.

Speaker 5 (15:46):
Hey, Christian John Ewing always sends us this insights and
he says, here, the most bet teams and the handle
and ticket wise are both on the Lions. Is that
still the case this week? At all the games at
the biggest bets, it maybe give us top two or three.

Speaker 6 (16:04):
Yeah, that's that's like our most lopsided game at the moment.
Usually we have a couple games a week where we
have like eighty ninety percent of money, but it's really
only the Lions in this one, that Bengals game. We
had a lot this morning. Right now, we have a
lot of Colts money about seventy seventy five percent, and
then we've got a lot of Falcons money as well here.
So those are the ones at least right now that

(16:25):
we got the most lopsided.

Speaker 3 (16:27):
Who are like the bottom three, Who are the bottom
three teams that you're having a hard time finding a
human being placing money on those squads.

Speaker 6 (16:37):
Yeah, this week, the Commander has been one and we've
been struggling. There's two teams playing Sunday Night that we
usually struggle with, but they're playing each other, so that
one helps Jets Raiders there. And then everyone's favorite of
the week is usually the Cardinals. We struggle to write
bets there a little bit more this week with Kyler back,
but not not too much.

Speaker 3 (17:00):
It's interesting, so it's like a little less action now
that Kyler's back.

Speaker 2 (17:03):
Is that how it's going.

Speaker 6 (17:05):
A little sorry, a little bit more of the Cardinals,
but nothing to the realm of We're starting to take
Cardinals action. There's still one of our least bet teams.

Speaker 4 (17:14):
All right, Giants are favored by seventeen and a half
and ECU mean the Cowboys are all right other than
just taking the points because it's seventeen and a half,
I can't make a case for the Giants, Like do
you see people at seventeen and a half today biting
on the Giants with the points because I think this
game is thirty eight to ten. I don't even know

(17:35):
if it's close.

Speaker 6 (17:37):
Yeah, I mean we are getting about fifty to fifty
action there, so seventeen and a half agains a lot
of points. I'm a bit with you. I still think
it's not enough to get me, but but we're getting
a little bit more. It is a lot of points.
I think historically these don't tend to go the favorites way,
at least covering wise, So maybe that's what people are seeing.

(17:58):
But I'm with you. There, hard one the stomach for me.

Speaker 5 (18:01):
Fifty to fifty action on the Giants. Wow, Yeah, that
actually surprised me. Yeah, let me ask you tonight's game
Jets Las Vegas. Here in Las Vegas for where I am.
I just don't see that being a big bet game
compared to previous of course primetime games. But I guess,

(18:25):
you know what, it's a standalone game at night. I
guess you'll get a lot of action tonight, but as
of right now, do you just get most the bulk
of the action will be tonight coming on on that game.
Also the Buffalo Denver game. Have you had anything on
that yet or no? It's the same thing you'll get Monday.
People love to bet, people love to go to the
window last minute. Is that same case here exactly?

Speaker 6 (18:48):
Yeah, So it's a little bit. I mean, right now
we're taking a little bit more Raiders money, so that's
going to be more of the sharp side. Same with
the Broncos. Actually we're taking a little bit more on
them at plus eight. But we'll see the bulk of
our action then things could really things will drastically change
from now to then.

Speaker 3 (19:03):
Cool by the way, Christian, how like, as far as
live betting goes with these early international games, what's the
live betting like compared to say, like a standalone primetime game.

Speaker 6 (19:17):
It all kind of depends on the game and sometimes
the game flow kind of what's happening that can change
things here I'll give you this game. For example, I
went and I pulled the five international games that we have.
This game is taking by far the least amount of
action of the five games. Last week's Dolphin's Chiefs took
fifty six percent more handle than this game did. So

(19:41):
when he got kind of a dud like this, it
can maybe have some people too now. But if it's
a big game like daltin Chiefs, we'll definitely see some
live action. And typically anytime the Chiefs go down, we
start seeing action on them. People want to get them
at a better number. So usually it's when a good
team goes down that's really what we'll see a lot
of a lot more action coming the other way.

Speaker 5 (20:01):
It's seven thirty in the morning, trust me, people are
getting up now. By halftime, they're going to want to
fire on something. Nothing better than a little action with
your cheerios in the morning. They will definitely you'll have
some second half action. You'll have some live wagering going
in the second half. I bet yeah.

Speaker 6 (20:20):
Well, hopefully it starts coming in on the Patriots, because
right now we're pretty lopside on the Coult so we're
rooting for them to come back.

Speaker 4 (20:27):
Here the Sunni Football game is Jets and Raiders, and
I'm looking at a kind of the ticket count right now.
It's a lot on the Raiders, which is just oh boy,
where do you see the money coming in there? I
feel like if you smoke Victory cigars after beating Tommy DeVito,
you're gonna lose the next weekend. So I'm on the
Jets here, But where do you see the money coming in?

Speaker 6 (20:49):
Yeah? A little bit more on the Raiders. We'll see
as we get closer. This one's going to be a
tough one too. A total of thirty six points is
not ideal for primetime game, which is where we take
most of our action. Like our primetime games take sometimes
three four times a handle that a normal one o'clock
Sunday game would take. So we like these games to
be a little bit better. We get a lot more handle,

(21:09):
more actions. But you know, that's all we can do.

Speaker 5 (21:13):
Christian, last thing for me, you said something maybe interesting
towards our listeners here for our listeners, you said, you
guys are looking for some New England money because of
Indianapolis money pre flop before the game, Will you guys
scw the line a little bit and maybe add an
extra half a point compared to the market to get
some action on the side you want.

Speaker 6 (21:35):
Yeah, I mean some each live trader might take things differently,
but yeah, we do try to get them to if
you know, if there's a half point we can lean
more towards yep, you know, getting more patriots action. That's
what we'll try to do. Sometimes we don't want to
go too far out of market because then we can
get ourselves in trouble there. But when we can, we
certainly try to.

Speaker 5 (21:52):
Good.

Speaker 3 (21:53):
Well, hey, Christian, good stuff as always. Man, hope you
enjoy week ten. We'll catch you soon.

Speaker 5 (21:58):
Thanks for having me for sure.

Speaker 3 (22:00):
There he is Christian Cipolini bet MGM Trading manager. Okay,
I like what he said. We do what we can do, right.

Speaker 5 (22:08):
You know, he's got a foul at the end of
his name. Do you who you think he's gonna do?

Speaker 2 (22:15):
We got is low? I got a vowel at the
end of his game. Hey, I lo, what's going on
over here?

Speaker 5 (22:22):
Yo?

Speaker 8 (22:22):
Hey?

Speaker 9 (22:23):
I have many many nicknames that end with vows and
confident consonants. Unfortunately, many of those nicknames not repeatable over
the airwaves. It's great to be able to talk about
live NFL football, because right now in Frankfurt, Germany, the
Indianapolis Colts have a seven to three lead over the
Eugland Patriots with five twenty and counting left to play

(22:44):
in the second quarter, Colts have a second down and
six at their forty five yard line. And here was
the only touchdown of the game on w f N
I thanks.

Speaker 10 (22:53):
You under thanks to stick Hits right side of Tompton Taylor.

Speaker 4 (22:57):
We're gonna break it out. Touchdown, Shut up Ben Taylor.

Speaker 5 (23:02):
Touchdown in lee y in Germany.

Speaker 9 (23:07):
Big developing story in college football where multiple outlets report
the Texas A and M will fire head coach Jimbo
Fisher sometime today. Fisher in his sixth season at Texas
A and M forty five and twenty five overall six
and four this year. Fisher's buy out expected to be
in the range of seventy five million dollars. In great days, Norman,

(23:31):
thank you Randy. On the field Saturday night, six to lanked.
Oregon defeated USC thirty six to twenty seven. Bow Knicks
through for four to twelve with four touchdown passes. Number
nineteen LSU over Florida fifty two to thirty five. LSU
quarterback Jaden Daniels accounted for six hundred and six total
yards and five total touchdowns. Finally, in the NBA, The

(23:52):
Athletic reports Philadelphia seventy six ers guard Kelly Oubre sustained
broken ribs and an assortment of bruises and cut after
being hit by a car while crossing a street on
Saturday night in Philadelphia. Ubre is expected to miss significant
time due to his injuries. Fella's back to you.

Speaker 2 (24:11):
That's crazy, Thank you.

Speaker 3 (24:12):
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Speaker 2 (24:18):
Let's dive into this.

Speaker 1 (24:21):
In game Betty.

Speaker 3 (24:25):
Okay, we're in game over here in Germany. A little
sleepy right now. Colts on the move. They're up seven
to three as we wind down here in the first half.
Anything you got your eye on here in game wise
crack looks.

Speaker 5 (24:37):
Like the live line at bet MGM. Colts are now
minus five and a half thirty five and a half.
So the under betters were look looks like they were.
They were definitely a touchdown ahead of the spread here.
You know me, I want to be on the book
side if they're putting up a five and a half
right now, and MGM is looking for you know, Patriot

(25:00):
it's money. I would I would give them that Patriots money,
to be honest with you. So, uh, it's not a
big bet or anything, but I kind of like the
uh the dog scenario this just think about it. The
public just sees the game from one side. They see
indian Now going ahead the yeah, they see that New
England's having a bad year. They may just continue to

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be betting Indianapolis here. So if anything, I would, I
would lean to the the underdog in this spot plus
the five and a half on the live line right now.

Speaker 3 (25:33):
Yeah, man, it's uh, it's one of these games where
it's interesting, right you got to figure out where the
game might change or where it will stay the same.
So the way it is right now, it's not a
high scoring first half, but you look at the second half.
The Colts are seven and two to the over when
it comes to the second half, and these both these

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play at high a fast paced right.

Speaker 2 (25:58):
They don't have a good defense.

Speaker 3 (26:00):
Some of that is you know, home cooking, you're at home,
you're not in Frankfurt, Germany. That in an early start time,
so I sometimes you fade these trends where I think
about last week, Jeff, where the Chiefs and the Dolphins,
especially the Dolphins high flying offense. And that's a twenty
one to fourteen games, So I don't know how much

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the scoring is gonna kick in here in the second half.

Speaker 5 (26:25):
See even more reason is to take the points. You
have a good point there. What's going on over there
in Germany compared to you know, if they were in
in you know, in New England.

Speaker 4 (26:34):
Can I give you two other live betting opportunities I
like today?

Speaker 5 (26:37):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (26:37):
Sure, I think Troit comes out super hot today. In
Los Angeles, they're off of buy right, the Chargers are
on a short week after playing minor football in New
York I, and the Lions come out and like blitz
the Chargers early, like it could be like fourteen to three,
twenty one to ten early, and grab some Chargers money
and like let Herbert cook in the second half and

(26:59):
see if you get the it's like, you know, plus
seven and a half, eight and a half, not like
something over plus ten and a half, even like over
ten will be great.

Speaker 5 (27:07):
I think in the same take the charges right, and
yees take the charge at some point points that yeah.

Speaker 4 (27:12):
And then secondly, I think if Dallas gets up big
at some point, Giants team total under which is like
it's like ten and a half before kickoff, I mean
anything above seven for the Giants at some point in
this game, Like if it's twenty seven nothing, it's like
the Giants aren't going to score. I don't know what

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the line would be for the Cowboys. There has to
be a way to play that game. That, by the way,
will be one of my crack challenges to tell you
right now. I know you're gonna hate it a lot,
but I have a little bit of leeway with some
of my victories. Even I was two and three last week, Brian.
I don't like it because I was three and two
in real life, but I had Kansas City and I
couldn't take Kansas City in our little thing and a
little thing we do. So I'm only like what sixty

(27:57):
five percent now this season?

Speaker 5 (27:58):
Yeah right, no, yeah, terrible, You're finished.

Speaker 4 (28:02):
I'm finished. So those are my live wagering, you know.
You know. I also think if the Niners get out
to a decent lead early it went to three and
a half, Wow, the Jaguars getting chiefs, I mean, getting
over a touchdown will be incredible. I think I don't
get this. The number of guys Jacksonville is really good.

(28:23):
I don't understand. It makes no sense to me. I'm
on jack lots of.

Speaker 5 (28:27):
San France support there. I don't get it.

Speaker 4 (28:30):
Jacksonville's also off of by Jacksonville is like fifteen to
five in the last twenty game to three those losses
with Kansas City.

Speaker 2 (28:36):
It's really a brand name thing.

Speaker 4 (28:38):
It has to be right, Like, people don't watch Jacksonville
because they're in the South. That's my guest, right, I
mean they're watching Florida and Georgia last night. They're not
paying attention to Jacksonville today.

Speaker 3 (28:47):
Put it this way, if Jacksonville was the team with
the three game losing streak and they were on the
road in San Francisco, they would not be favored by three.
I can guarantee you that. But that's the setup we
have today with the Niners losing three straight favored on
the road. So yeah, it's an interesting one right there. Yeah,

(29:08):
So there you go a little in game betting. I'm
looking for the Utah of the NFL. Jeff, you know, Utah,
I don't know, like a.

Speaker 2 (29:17):
Great in game under team is Utah?

Speaker 4 (29:20):
Did you did you take it yesterday the second half under?
I almost did. I took the I think it over
for the game. That number, yeah so low. It was
forty nine and a half. It went over a halftime.

Speaker 2 (29:28):
But it's just a track me in the first half.

Speaker 4 (29:31):
Oh, and then Utah in scoring the second half, Washington
either right? Washington was there one in the second half? Eleven?

Speaker 5 (29:36):
Nothing right?

Speaker 2 (29:36):
But it was the same thing in the USC game.

Speaker 3 (29:39):
Remember Utah at USC fireworks early on and then just
screeching halt.

Speaker 2 (29:45):
I'm looking for the Utah of the NF.

Speaker 4 (29:47):
Is it is it the Lions today? That might be
my my take on a Lion. It's like, I don't
know if it's a is it is it Baltimore today?
If they get up early?

Speaker 5 (29:56):
Yeah, maybe teams are definitely playing I read a whole court.
I read a great article about teams are playing the
clock more this year than any other year in the
second half. So if that means anything to you, guys,
you know, we have just playing vanilla every single game
under this year. If you bet them all sixty two
percent to the under, it's unbelievable. It's like never happened

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that I know of. So it's interesting the team that
they're saying that. This article was very in depth said
how much the teams are playing the clock, even in
the third quarter and ever by the fourth quarter. What
that means is playing the clock. Guys, they have a lead,
like you're saying, Baltimore comes out to a big leader,
Dallas comes out to a big lead, not necessarily put
the backups in, but definitely slow the game down with

(30:42):
a lot of running and more grind out type of game.
And let's get off the field, get everyone healthy, and
get them in the you know, in the locker room,
and look forward until next week.

Speaker 2 (30:52):
So is that crazy too?

Speaker 3 (30:54):
Where you look at these primetime games, the unders what
twenty two and seven.

Speaker 4 (31:00):
Well, part of the guys, is that we've had like
some some just some awful quarterback matchups. Like that's part
of it too. The standalone games in overseas tend to
go under anyways. They just they tend to be under
it all the time. So you're gonna throw those out.
Look at who we have in prime time like we did,
they just they're bad football games. The next tie we
will finally get Chiefs Eagles football. Finally something that's like

(31:23):
resembling a decent a decent contest. But most of this time,
the offenses and these games.

Speaker 10 (31:28):
Are are terrible.

Speaker 5 (31:30):
Yeah yeah, I mean the totals will look at look
at tonight's total thirty six. Who would have think? Who
would have thunk that these totals would be this low?
Thirty six points on games this We had a couple
of thirty fives this year. So the bookmakers are looking
for overaction. And let me just tell you this will
return to the mean a little bit as the season

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goes on, not saying that that the overs are gonna
come out bigger than the unders. This will return to
the mean, just like mister Schwartz will return to the mean,
and they go, no.

Speaker 2 (32:00):
The hecks.

Speaker 3 (32:02):
It's like a commentator saying, this kicker's made twenty two
straight field goal.

Speaker 2 (32:06):
You know it's going far left.

Speaker 4 (32:08):
You know?

Speaker 5 (32:08):
Is that what's happening? All right?

Speaker 3 (32:11):
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Speaker 2 (32:17):
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Speaker 2 (33:11):
We'll start with you, crack. What are you thinking here?

Speaker 5 (33:12):
Man? You know only because it's it's an ugly one
for me. I like these ugly sides. I see a
ten and a half, I see one, two, three, ten
and a half. Now give me the giants in the
first half plus ten and a half.

Speaker 4 (33:27):
I was gonna get to the giant at some point today.
There was no way he was letting this go without.

Speaker 5 (33:31):
Ten and a half points on the first half. Division arrival.
From that, I know it's gonna be a Listen, we
know Dallas is gonna win. I understand that, but come
on first half and then get the cobwebs out here.

Speaker 4 (33:43):
Tommy Devido, I'm looking call Tommy de Vido's college stats.
I'm kind of curious. That's Shepherd.

Speaker 5 (33:49):
His mother makes his bet.

Speaker 4 (33:50):
By the way, Illinois, Illinois. Let me see if he's Oh,
his Illinois stats are right. He completed uh oh, almost
a percent of passes. There you go, buddy, all right, nice, Okay, Well, Tommy,
to be you no action? Yeah? Uh what's your line?

Speaker 5 (34:09):
Crack?

Speaker 4 (34:09):
I wish you the best.

Speaker 5 (34:11):
Yeah, I'm rooting for you.

Speaker 4 (34:14):
Well, I guess we're rooting for each other all this together.
So I will take Jacksonville. There's a three and a
half at South Point. I just don't get this. I
don't get this. Guys. Maybe I'm maybe I'm the dummy
and the Sharks are smarter than me.

Speaker 5 (34:28):
It was a couple of three and a halfs out there.

Speaker 4 (34:30):
I'm but I just I don't get it. Jacksonville is
really good Brian. They're off a bye two everyone Like, no,
I was off a buy, so is Jacksonville. Like they're
off they're both off byes. So I don't know. I
think we're seeing a sort of look. You're never as
good as your best moment. Most often, you're never as

(34:51):
bad as your worst moment in football, probably in life too.
So brock Party is not as bad as he's been,
but he was never as good as he was, right,
And like I just he's on the road. It's a
hot I would imagine Jacksonville this time of year. I mean,
I know what it is here and it's what warmer
nine ers are used to. So I'm I've got Jacksonville here.
It's a little chillier today. It's high of the sixty

(35:13):
seven in Jacksonville today.

Speaker 3 (35:14):
Okay, yeah, just looking at the Colts, no good fifty
seven yard field goal at ten before half, a little
short seventh straight half, I mean.

Speaker 4 (35:27):
Off the logo, off the NFL logo in Germany? Is
it the same stadium? This is not the same stadium
as they played last weekend.

Speaker 5 (35:32):
Though, right, I'm not sure I've seen the roof of
that stadium. It's pretty cool.

Speaker 4 (35:36):
Yeah, the roof. That's why I think it's different, because
the roof is different. Oh, same stadium, okay, all right,
oh nice, nice. I have a buddy who's there. He's
been in Europe for a month's ish. He went to
game in London. In both Germany games, he said, Chiefs Dolphins. Brian,
last week was a fantastic atmosphere.

Speaker 5 (35:55):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (35:56):
I wish it would have been a fantastic tie score
heading into overtime.

Speaker 2 (36:00):
But that was not to be the unfortunately.

Speaker 5 (36:03):
Yeah, Brian, what's your last part of this platter?

Speaker 3 (36:06):
Yeah, I'm looking crack. I'm gonna go with the Packers
and Steelers. I'm going to first half under. This has
moved a little bit. I got it before at nineteen
and a half. It's at eighteen and a half, which
sounds really low until you're.

Speaker 5 (36:19):
A little small nineteens everywhere, though, you're good nineteen.

Speaker 2 (36:23):
Okay, we'll throw it at nineteen. That sounds good.

Speaker 5 (36:26):
Everybody like like twelve books have nineteen, So you're good man.

Speaker 3 (36:30):
Both of these teams are just dreadful. Dreadful in the
first half. You look at some of the stats. If
you want to look at points, you want look at yardage.
These are two of the worst teams in the first half.
You look at the Steelers, they had what four straight
three and outs and eight nine total yards to start
the game against Jacksonville a couple of weeks ago. Kenny

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Pickett's got the rib injury he's working through. And Jordan
Love and the Packers they are just allergic to scoring
in the first half.

Speaker 4 (37:01):
So it's so bad, right, the Packers cannot score at
all in the first half. It's like, that's supposed to
be the script, right, you come out. These are plays
you've practiced since Friday, essentially, like they're your best calls.
You go, you go over them Saturday and the walk through.
You know, you typically get the exact defense You've expect
to get in these plays. I've done this before. Like

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you get, oh, okay, great, then you go over it Saturday,
go over Saturday night, you look at it Sunday morning
before you kick off. Now, to be fair, sometimes they
give you a like a grouping of plays like these
might be the first couple of runs for a couple
but even then, like you know what you're getting most often, guys,
that's when you score points is early in the game.
And then it kind of Peters out. The Packers do

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the other thing. They suck in the first which means
Jordan Love to me, it doesn't grasp the purpose of
the plays.

Speaker 2 (37:51):
Yeah, I know, it's it's weird.

Speaker 3 (37:54):
How many times do you see success early on with
those scripted plays and then you start to go downhill
a little bit and it's been nothing. You look at
the Packers last two road games. They scored no points
at Denver. They scored three points against the Raiders on
the roads. It's obviously the road game for the Packers.

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I just look, man, eighteen and a half sounds very,
very low until it's like three to nothing at the
end of the first quarter, you know what I mean,
And you're like, who's gonna score a touchdown?

Speaker 2 (38:25):
Let alone two touchdowns? So I like the under man.

Speaker 3 (38:28):
I think it's a decent play, hopefully to be a.

Speaker 5 (38:32):
You know, I had I had big hopes for Green
Bay this year in Jordan Love, I had I have
season wins over which right now I'm like, I'm still
fifty to fifty because they started out okay, but uh yeah,
I have no faith in this knowing no confidence in
this team. But yet I would actually bet them today
if there was a hook, there was some earlier. I

(38:53):
maybe they throw a little peanut bet on Green Bay
plus three and a half versus Pittsburgh and to grind
him out type of game. And I think you're you're
under you may happen this maybe that type of grind
out game in the beginning. So let's see what happens today. Guys.

Speaker 3 (39:08):
You know there is a hook that disappeared in another
game we'll let you know about. And also a team
that's getting healthier and they need it because they've been
losing a lot.

Speaker 2 (39:17):
We'll get to their.

Speaker 3 (39:18):
Game as well. Ah, yes, welcome in here. Week ten.
We are already underway. Colts lead the Patriots seven to
three at halftime in Germany. Jeff, you've got your eye
on this game, Krack and I two. Where you look
at the Niners. They are at Jacksonville, so five and
three San fran against Jacksonville at six and two, Jacksonville

(39:40):
three point home underdogs. You look at San Francisco, they're
getting healthier. That's one thing to take into account. Deebo
Samuel back. They're expected to see their stud left tackle
Trent Williams back as well, so that matters. But I'm
with you, Jeff. A lot of people sleeping on Jacksonville.
They've been very good against.

Speaker 5 (39:57):
I'm what you guys sl so very good. I haven't
said it yet, but I am what you got.

Speaker 4 (40:02):
So DV O A D B o A has Jacksonville
six San Franco is three? Crack? What do you have
in power rated? Are they that they that far apart
where it's three points?

Speaker 5 (40:10):
No, you know, it's funny. I actually always have the
top you're supposed to do every team, A good handicapper
have every single team. Jacksonville definitely in the uh you know,
top five. It's probably like they're probably like fifth on
the list.

Speaker 4 (40:23):
Excuse me, oh all right, correct a little cough there.
But like, but the point is, like, are they are they?
So if this game was in San Francisco, jackson will
be getting six points? Were saying six and a half
seven points? I I didn't know. Again, maybe we're just

(40:44):
a bunch of dumb dumbs, but I I'm on, I'm
totally fine being on Jacksonville here. Offensively, they need to
get a little bit better. There's parts where you're still
like or like, you know, we need and you see
a little bit more from the offense, right, and maybe
the Niners defense after the bye, it's a little better.
They not a defense, right, just not as good this season, good,
but not as good with with Steve Wilkes calling it.

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You know, Steve Wilkes now is calling the game from
the sideline this week, and like this is one of
those moves where you know it's it's like the first
move to a firing Right, It's like, well, let's get
him down on the sideline. Maybe that'll help us be better.
I don't why would that change, right, I mean, he's
done things one way his whole career. Why would being

(41:27):
on the sidelines changed much of anything? Right? So it's
they have telephones, they call it, they can call down
like the coaches talked to players. So I think I
only played with one team that had the OC.

Speaker 5 (41:40):
No.

Speaker 4 (41:41):
Two teams had the OC on the ground. Everywhere else
they're upstairs. So like we functioned fine on those teams.
One of them was Andy Reid, he was the head coach.
Obviously he was down uh. And then I think McAdoo
was on the sideline. I think when I was with
the Giants, maybe he wasn't. But you don't need him
on the sideline like that, like that's just move that
screams like, I hope we can figure this out.

Speaker 5 (42:03):
Sorry, guys. One of the things living in Vegas is
called Vegas throat. You'll get that when the seasons change. Elvis, seriously,
Elvis President used to come to town and get that
and I used to actually know the doctor that today.

Speaker 3 (42:14):
Wow, that's great. So like la is June Gloom. Yeah,
learn these plate things.

Speaker 5 (42:19):
Yeah, you'll get about for September, October, November. And you know,
not only that, I'm friends with a lot of people
that have to perform on stage, and they all agreed, here,
you get that Vegas throat out here. I live here now,
I've been here nineteen years, and I still have to
have a cough drop in my mouth once in a while.

(42:39):
Literally they're with me at all times. I found these
little mini cough drops fantastic for that. But yeah, I
definitely have that a little bit right now. But let's
go back to the Jacksonville game, because this line probably
doesn't pass that smell test to be real, blunt. I
was going to talk about it when I was saving it.
I heard Jeff was talking about it a little bit.
San France it hasn't looked like the same team they were,

(43:02):
you know, a month ago. So you know this team,
they're over unders after they were like five and I
was like thirteen and a half. Now down to eleven
and a half. Yes, Deebo's been back, I understand, but
you know that that always works. They have to be
a little gingerly when you first come back. The Jaguars
have looked like one of the best teams in the AFC.
But still, let me blunt. I'm gonna say three and

(43:24):
a half because there's one, two, three, four, three and
a half's in front of me here in town. Every
other one is three minus twenty, which, if you you know,
buy it down, it's gonna be three and a half
plus three and a half minus fifteen. Uh yeah, and
again yeah, I do have them rated fifth. I went
and checked on my little Clough episode there. But it's

(43:44):
hard to always believe in my brain. I always say
to myself, you know, after week five, after week three,
everyone had Sam Fraan win in the Super Bowl, right,
So I even said, look at the future lines. I
wanted to lay the no. I talked about it in
this spot and any other spots in media during the
week after, like Week three, there were plus three to

(44:04):
one to win the Super Bowl. After like week three,
I wanted to lay the know, so I think about that.
I lean to Jacksonville in this spot though, guys, for sure, Yeah.

Speaker 4 (44:14):
Then only two way markets on those, right, just one
way markets on those.

Speaker 5 (44:18):
Only one way, only one way markets. There are a
couple of sports books that do put up two way
markets on a lot of things though here in town.
But that one I didn't see a two way market
at the time. That would have been you know, if
you could lay four to one on the know, that's
what it would have been, minus four to one plus
three to one. I know. I don't like laying that

(44:39):
type of juice on anything. I'm usually the guy that
takes the juice. That's why a lot of those two
way markets you're talking about on anything. Whenever you see
a two way market, mostly the bookmakers putting that up
there for the side to take the plus money. Always
think about that, especially when it comes to proposition bets.
I love betting on no, will someone score a touchdown?

(45:02):
Yes and no. I love betting those nose because you
know you have to lay money on that. But I
think it's a really good opportunity on the no on
a two way market almost any bet. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (45:13):
San Francisco they're a little like the Bills to me, right,
where they have high expectations, really talented roster, but as
of late the last three games for San Francisco, you're like,
they're just not quite right. And this is before the injuries, right,
they lost a PJ. Walker and the Browns, you know
what I mean, Like after they beat the Cowboys forty
two to ten on that Sunday night and you're like, wow,

(45:36):
this team is a juggernaut. They've lost three straight. I
just think they're a team that gets the headlines. They've
got a lot of talent, like for instance, getting Chase Young.
This is the first time we'll see Chase Young opposite
Nick Bosa and that could be a big deal. But
they have the headlines where Jacksonville doesn't. You know, we'll
talk about Deebo Samuel and George Kittle and Brandon Ayyuk.

(45:59):
We're not gonna talk about out Christian Kirk and Calvin
Ridley and right, but Jacksonville's just effective, even though they
don't have household names the same way San Francisco.

Speaker 4 (46:08):
Does correct, you know, but you know, Jacksonville, I think
their their pass rush is not the best. So I
just that's my sort of concern, Like, if you're gonna
affect brock Party in this game, you know, is their
pass rush able to do that? Yeah, they're a sound

(46:30):
pass rush, right, They're not a great pass rush, and
I think that would be a little concerning if you're
trying to back back Jacksonville.

Speaker 3 (46:39):
Here, by the way, the hook has left town. If
you're looking at Monday night, the Bills are down to
a seven point favorite. They were favored by seven and
a half.

Speaker 5 (46:49):
Yeah, so that's a solid Denver solid seven year right
that there was eight and eight and a half that
open up nine actually quickly went down to eight. Everywhere
a couple of wise guys took the eight. I did not.
Buffalo is not the same team. We'll talk about them later,
but they're just not the same team they were the
last couple of years.

Speaker 4 (47:04):
What do you probably not? What do you do? What
do you do with the line movement in Cincinnati? Guys,
it's like going, it's a lot of money in Houston?
Is that like the overreaction of Tea? Is it? T
Higgins being out today.

Speaker 5 (47:14):
Lots of money on Houston definitely for it to move there.
That was seven now it's down to five and a half.

Speaker 4 (47:19):
Are we looking at this? Okay? How much how much
do you crack to you or and Brian, I love
to get your periers. How much do you put into
look aheads in college and in the NFL? Because in
college football it's one of my favorite things, right, Like,
for example, I had Arizona as you made Colorado covering
ten and a half. Yesterday they lone, got steamed to eight,
but they covered that anyways, because Arizona had two home

(47:40):
games against ranked teams. They won both those games. And
this week they host Utah and I know Utah lost
to Washington, but still Utah. Right, they're gonna be ranked
twenty four to twenty five somewhere around there. And the
look head spot was too good to pass up. Right,
it's always you know, the Bruins last night the same
spots last season. They lost Arizona at home last year
before USC lost Asu last night before USC. Right, the

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Bengals go to Baltimore Thursday night. It's in Baltimore, I believe, right,
they play Baltimore Thursday night is there a look ahead
situation where you just beat the Niners, you just beat Buffalo,
you got Houston coming, and who's good? But you know
they're okay, Right, They're not good, They're not bad, They're
just okay. Is there a look ahead situation here in

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the NFL? I don't bet look ahead in the NFL.
I don't think that's a thing, but it certainly would
be one right where like they just try to get
through this game and get ready for Thursday.

Speaker 5 (48:30):
I mean they don't think Dallas is looking ahead right now.
I mean Dallas that they may overlook the Giants.

Speaker 4 (48:36):
Yeah, but but I think that that's a different situation
where the Cowboys just think the Giants suck and know.
But like this is what I'm talking about, Like the
Giants aren't looking at the Cowboys aren't looking ahead to
like next week's game. I'm talking about specifically, Like the
Bengals know they play baltim next week on Thursday, so
not Sunday. They play on Thursday, and I think it's
in Baltimore. I think that's where it is. Yeah, And

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like is there a little bit of that? I personally
never wage right down in the NFL. I don't think
that's a thing in the NFL, even though you know
it probably is. But I don't look at it that way.
So I'm curious if you guys ever look at it
that way.

Speaker 5 (49:12):
I do.

Speaker 2 (49:13):
I check it out.

Speaker 3 (49:14):
I think it's good to have in the back of
your mind because sometimes in the NFL it's such an
overreaction league. Sometimes the overreaction is so great where it
surpasses the reality and you can profit off of that.
But I think that what you're bringing up with the Bengals,
you're looking at just next week against Baltimore. If you
look at the nine remaining games for the Bengals, they

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play one team with the losing record. They have a
really tough slate here, so I mean, they can't afford
to just kind of go through the motions and not
beat the Texans. They got to win this game. They
only face the Colts, who are for they're four and five.
The Colts might win today and get to five hundred.
They don't face a team with a losing record from

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here on out. As it stands right now, that.

Speaker 4 (50:00):
Happened when you start slow every game. This now feels
like a must win, right because when your division is
so good, as it is. Obviously, you know Cleveland or
Baltimore will lose today. But when your division is that way,
you know, you you feel like you know you got
to win every game. You know, the Chiefs, for example,
Tom Brady with the Patriots have this for years where

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if you drop a game, like the Chiefs are up
put three in the division right now, right drop a game?
Oh well, I mean it sucks, we might have the
one seed. But oh well, you know, if you're if
you're Baltimore, right to me, if you're the Bengals right now,
like every game, if you want to be especially the
division winner, right, but even have a you know, get
to the one seed, which I know everyone wants to be.

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You better start. You know you're right now, you're two
behind Baltimore if they beat you this week, barring should
be next week, barring a Lamar Jackson injury, you're not
winning that division.

Speaker 2 (50:52):
Yeah, and they're last place. How crazy is that?

Speaker 4 (50:55):
In the they're tied, they're tied for last.

Speaker 2 (50:57):
I think it like the Ravens are seven and two,
everybody else is five and three.

Speaker 4 (51:03):
The weird time, the Steelers are minus thirty in point differential.
They haven't alcated team all season.

Speaker 2 (51:09):
That's crazy.

Speaker 4 (51:10):
They're favored by what is it three and a half,
yet it's a threes threes across. It looks like some
might go to three and a half soon. If you
reverse the result of all their one score games this year,
they'd be zero to eight, the Steelers would be and
they might be six and three after today. And that's

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the best wager I make every year. I take this
Mike Tomlin over take the Steelers over eight and a
half wins? Like, what are we doing here? It's It's
the best wager you can have every year.

Speaker 2 (51:40):
It's ridiculous.

Speaker 5 (51:41):
You know, guys, this Cincinnati game that we just started
talking about, uh, there's no situation. We're I'll still buy
Cincinnati Houston. You know, Stroud's having a good season here,
the better. Yet they're grinding out games where they're close
to I mean, just just look at their games here.
Texas beat the Bucks. Last week they lost by two

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at home to the Panthers, which is really that that
was an upset there. Texans beat the Saints. They they
covered for they played the Falcons, saying I don't know
if they covered. It was twenty one to nineteen a
close game. They destroyed the Steelers by twenty four. They
beat the Jaguars that's the game, and knocked me out
of the suicide pool. Costs me ten rand. By the way,

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I had ten entries thousand each. I had them all
on the Jaguars that week for our suicide survivor pool.
Here in town. Texans won by twenty in Jacksonville. They
they so they had some grind out games this year.
That's the reason why they're there. They're staying in games.
And this game was the seven Ers though.

Speaker 4 (52:40):
Crack.

Speaker 5 (52:41):
That's what I just said, right, Wow, how did they
lose that? That was like an upset?

Speaker 4 (52:44):
Well that's why to me, Houston is a team that
you expect. They have a rookie quarterback with a new coach,
They're gonna have ups and down. Strout obviously looks very good.
I mean, they should have won against Tampa. They were
they need foot one hundred yards in fifty seconds and
just playing Tampa. Let let him do it. Mac Jones,
by the way, is not an NFL quarterback. What do

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we do with this? Like this is so ridiculous, which
is crazy because he didn't he play over to a
at one point like he was, what are we doing here?

Speaker 3 (53:15):
Yeah, it's it's crazy, man, and it just shows I'm
not gonna get you off track real fast.

Speaker 2 (53:19):
But well I'm thinking about it.

Speaker 3 (53:20):
That's a scene that has to stay on schedule, and
they have a chance to move the chains and keep
it drive going in the first half, sack Drive over
three and out like no chance.

Speaker 4 (53:31):
One tackle for loss, just like like you drive Drive
is completely over, which is jeez, it's a I can't
believe we sent this product to Germany last week. Luckily
they got dolphins and cheese, which is an electric game
for well, at least depends on what you're for. This
is he just missed like a chip shot, Like what are.

Speaker 5 (53:55):
We like whom I'm not watching the game? Who miss
the field?

Speaker 4 (53:58):
The Patriots stage of the yard field goal wasn't even
just I pushed that.

Speaker 5 (54:03):
How do you go to that? I'd be on my
third plate of sour Broughton the schnitzel. That's it. It's over.
I'm mad, I mean, seem is just gross.

Speaker 4 (54:11):
We need apologized. We apologize to the German citizens.

Speaker 5 (54:14):
Yeah, sorry about that.

Speaker 3 (54:15):
Yeah, it's a rough matchup and it's super early as
far as their body clocks and it looks like it,
you know what I mean?

Speaker 2 (54:22):
It just looks awful.

Speaker 5 (54:23):
Hey.

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Speaker 2 (55:01):
I'm Brian No.

Speaker 3 (55:02):
Coming up next, there's a team that has a great
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We've We've got these goofy Chargers hosting the Lion. I
love this stat. This stat is amazing to me. The Chargers,
they have played eleven straight games without losing the turnover battle.
They have not lost a turnover battle for eleven straight games.
So just take the eight this year and they're four

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and four, right, like they're either even or they're ahead
in the turnover margin. And they just have a five
hundred record. That is wild to me. And you look
on the other side, Dan Campbell, He's been a monster
against the spread in games in November. He is sixteen
and three against the spread as the Lions head coach.
Right there, So a couple of stats if you care

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about those to apply to today's game.

Speaker 4 (56:41):
I just mentioned situations when it comes to the Bengals,
and this is I wrote this week on Monday for
Fox Sports that I really like the Lions in the
first half in this game because of the spot right.
See the Lions off of by right, so they're well rested.
We know Ben Johnson, the offensive coordinator, is in a
right he's gonna have some very fun things to attack

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the Chargers defense with. Right like they they're they're they're
gonna they're gonna have, in my opinion, a pretty good
start to this game. Because of that reason, the Chargers
beat the Jets pretty handily. Guys, But when anyone considered
that game to be like well played by the Chargers,
I certainly did think so. It's more about the Jets
just not being very good and now they have to

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travel late Monday night in New York back to Los
Angeles on a short week. I think the Lions come
out super fast in this game. I really like Lion's
first half as one of my favorite wages of the weekend.

Speaker 5 (57:39):
Jeff, did that affect you when you guys played uh
that that travel on the Monday night? Coming right back to.

Speaker 4 (57:46):
So, I don't remember Monday night. I do remember we
had a a week one game in UH in Dallas,
the Sunni Football game. Because you know, Giants and Cowboys
always play primetime. It's like, you know, even today, it's
like a it's a mid afternoon like stand alone games.
We so we played at night. We lost. Get to

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the airplane. So now it's what like twelve thirty central ish? Sure,
right am? We have a three hour delay because of
a plane issue like the and then they said that
the emergency shoot off the door wasn't working properly or whatever.
So lo and behold. I walked in to my house

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at nine am in the morning back in Jersey and
wait to be at the facility at noon because we lost.
Couflin didn't give us any didn't give us Monday off.
It's so silly. Wow, So like you basically spend Tuesday
just sleeping to catch up. That was week one though, right,
you know, a lot later in the season it's a
little bit different, right, So you know, you're not practicing

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as hard right now. A lot of practices more. You know,
the Chiefs right now, they're practicing. I know my brother
obviously was there for so many years. Like it's just
not a walk through every day, right, So it's it's
it's so it's how you recover, right, cracket, it's if
you have bumps and bruises, it's one it's one less
day to recover. Yeah, a little sore, a little beat up.
So I yes, yeah, are interesting, yes, right this time

(59:19):
of year, especially when you're playing a team off of
buy in. The NFL tried to basically have buys play buys, right,
and they've done that very well this year and this situation.
The lots have a big uh have a big I
have a big advantage in my opinion.

Speaker 5 (59:35):
Yeah. They're healthy too, very healthy, probably the healthiest they've
they've been in a while, because I.

Speaker 4 (59:39):
Mean they're off a by It's part of the part
of being healthy, right, is you're off that buy right.

Speaker 5 (59:43):
Yeah. Yeah, the Chargers are getting a lot of love here.
I mean all two and a half's across my screen.
It looks like bet MGM is still plus three minus
a dollar twenty But two and a half is everywhere.
Chargers getting a lot of love in this game. Uh
this is I guess this is probably the best game
of the day I get to look for if you

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had to go with a game of the day to watch,
this is probably the game of the day. And I
don't see any other game of the day Jacks maybe
San fran Jacks.

Speaker 4 (01:00:15):
Yea.

Speaker 2 (01:00:16):
I like Cleveland b.

Speaker 1 (01:00:17):
Moore.

Speaker 11 (01:00:17):
I think that's a great interesting I'm on Baltimore in
this game because the Browns are very injured, like you,
you know, playing with two backup tackles and a quarterback
who's pretty shaking.

Speaker 4 (01:00:29):
It's Baltimore feels like a bad recipe for for if
you're the Browns, right, I mean, six and a half
is the number you gonna play a number obviously, but
I mean, I just I think Browns can't move the
ball in this game.

Speaker 3 (01:00:40):
You might be right. The Ravens are playing fantastic defense.
Uh so, yeah, you might be right. I love this
real fast. Before we get to Ilo, I thought of you,
Jeff so bet MGM. They send out these emails this morning,
and I just looked at the most popular underdog's bed
on to win outright. Take a wild guess who the

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most popular underdog is to win outright today? That would
yeah today, What do you think it is?

Speaker 4 (01:01:09):
I mean probably the Giants, right, it's.

Speaker 3 (01:01:11):
The Giants at eleven to one. That's why we went
out right.

Speaker 4 (01:01:16):
It's so dumb.

Speaker 5 (01:01:17):
I just.

Speaker 4 (01:01:19):
This is a pet peeve of mind. I've mentioned this before.
Crack knows you, Brian, you guys know this. The idea
of just betting on a plus number for quote unquote value,
that's not There has to be a wager you think
can win. You betting on a big number just to
bet a big number makes no Now, if you want
to done that big number, then you have another way
to get off that big number at some point, like

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if you have a plan to like get off of
that number, or you just or you take it. You know,
there's I do the Bare Bets podcast, we talk about
the Heisman, right, Like you make a few wagers Heisman
here and there some big numbers, but that's more like
a sprinkle and like you can get off of that
somehow and get some like you just don't just don't
bet the giants. To bet the giants this weekend? Why
are they gonna win this game today?

Speaker 5 (01:02:01):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:02:01):
The Cowboys being every bad team throw they one bad
loss Arizona. Otherwise they's smashed the Patriots, the Jets, the Giants,
the Rams. They beat everyone by a lot of points.
Who sucks. Give me your money. I'll just take your money.
I don't give it.

Speaker 2 (01:02:15):
I know, I'll take your I want to be the
sports book at this.

Speaker 4 (01:02:17):
Yeah, I know, right we started sports. We make a
lot of money. Mug today, guys, look at that.

Speaker 2 (01:02:23):
Thing and let me see this thing go going.

Speaker 4 (01:02:27):
I just it's all my all I have is with
my wife's mugs is in this house. It's coffee for
the two am, you know, late night. An organ game
last night was late guys.

Speaker 2 (01:02:37):
Wow, that kills me.

Speaker 3 (01:02:39):
If someone's like, hey, I got Ghana to win Olympic
gold in basketball, it's like cool, Oh they're forty three
to one or whatever.

Speaker 2 (01:02:47):
It's I don't care. They could be nine million war
gonna win, dude.

Speaker 4 (01:02:51):
People love that, like like I have to, Like, you know,
I write obviously it's articles or Fox Sports, and I
really love it. But like every down they're like, can
you write us like a long shot article about like
the long shot MVPs for the NFL and I'm just
making up like, oh, plus three thousand, Quentin Nelson, Sure
he can win, just like making stuff up right, like

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just people, people, guys. I get the numbers back on
those at least, o't nobody tell me. People love love
those articles like long shot Heisman, long shot MVP. They
love that stuff.

Speaker 5 (01:03:27):
That's the reason why the sportsbooks make all the money.
People love to go to the dice table and bet,
you know, come out yo eleven too. I mean, they
love that stuff.

Speaker 4 (01:03:35):
I love. I love the dice too, though I can lie.

Speaker 2 (01:03:38):
There you go, yeah, tastefully done.

Speaker 4 (01:03:42):
I'm not sure. Every tenth time I play craps, you know,
one person has a hot hand and I get some money. Otherwise.

Speaker 3 (01:03:50):
You know, the funniest thing. I gotta tell this story
real fast. We're in Mississippi. We're in Biloxi last year
and Jeff and I go to the craps table and
literally crack. It was like our first bet was wrong,
and Jeff's like, we're right of here, let's go. I've
learned if you start off cold, just leaf, just just
get out of there.

Speaker 2 (01:04:10):
There's a vibe.

Speaker 4 (01:04:13):
There's a vibe at the table when you play crack,
when you play crack. When you play craps, yes, and
if you go to the table and me the vibe
is bad, just bounced, like, go somewhere else. It's not
worth thicking around. It's there's too much money. You have
to put a lot of money on the table and
craps to win money, right like, you can't, just you can't.
You could sit there and milk it and bet the
pass line for hours if you wanted to. That's boring.

(01:04:35):
You gotta put money everywhere, all over the table. And
if it's a bad if it's bad crack, just get
up and leave.

Speaker 5 (01:04:40):
This dice has broken many a good person. Man. It's
a really tough, tough game. And I have a tough
time dealing with just walking in the dealers. They're all miserable,
they're all burnt out. They have to split tips and
you go in and they're like, oh this guy here,
change two hundred. I can't deal. But I just can't

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deal with these people. I really can't deal with them,
to be honest with you, you know, I like a happy,
vibrant crowd though positive energy. You know, I'll always go
in there and if my buddy's coming to town, I'll
come right in and say, listen, guys, I'm telling you
right now, if we win any money, we're tipping you
in the parking lot, all right, So I'll follow you
out after work. Yeah, make them, get them on your
side a little bit parking. Yeah, you give a little look.

Speaker 4 (01:05:24):
I've seen those movies. I don't know if that's what.

Speaker 5 (01:05:26):
Yeah. Yeah, you know what I really do though, is
it's true during Christmas time, people I like in town,
I know they have to pull tips. I'll tell you what.
In the gaming business, I'll go out and get Every
year I get a thousand dollars in Walmart gift cards,
twenty five dollars cards, and I'll give them the certain tellers,
certain dealers. They cannot split them. And every year my
wife finds the pile and says, what is it? Is

(01:05:47):
there some left? No? No, no, it's done.

Speaker 3 (01:05:50):
I just love the vision in my head. It's like
Sharon Stone in Casino. Yes, she kind of gives the
one handshakes. Yes, you give the Walmart gift cards.

Speaker 5 (01:05:59):
I give the wall it's the greatest dog. I actually
asked the management, is okay I give him? Yes, they
can't split that. I give gift cards to lots of
people that I know they don't have to split with
the miserab that's you know, twenty two years getting ready
to retire, and he hates everybody. I don't want to
not give it him. You know what.

Speaker 3 (01:06:15):
We get a gift card every hour from Isaac loewen
Kronh and his gift card is information and charisma. He's
got more of that right here. What's going on.

Speaker 9 (01:06:24):
Ilow always a large balance of that, Thank you so much.
We start in Frankfurt, Germany, where the Indianapolis Colts have
a seven to three lead over the New England Patriots
inside fourteen minutes left to play in the fourth quarter.
But right now the Patriots are lining up for a
second down and goal from the Indianapolis five yard line.

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The Patriots had one hundred and thirty eight yards of
offense in the first half on this present drive, they
have eighty nine yards on second and goal. However, they
hand it off and get stuff, so they're looking at
a third down in goal from the five yard line
of the Colts, with Indianapolis still leading seven to three
early in the fourth quarter. Domestically, Bengals receiver Jamar Chase

(01:07:04):
is active today against the Houston Texans. He'd been questionable
with a back injury. Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey is
active against the Cleveland Browns. He'd been questionable with a
hamstring injury. Receiver Deebo Samuel and offensive tackle Trent Williams
are both active for the forty nine ers at Jacksonville.
The Minnesota Vikings holding out receiver k J Osborne and

(01:07:27):
active for their game against the New Orleans Saints. Osborne
had cleared concussion protocol but is still being held out
for safety reasons. Meanwhile, Mac Jones a near interception in
the end zone on third down and goal, So it's
fourth down and goal right now for the Patriots from
the Indianapolis five, and their offense headed off the field

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for a field goal attempt. Finally, in college football, ESPD
reports that Texas A and M has fired head coach
Jimbo Fisher. Fisher was forty five and twenty five and
five plus seasons at Texas A and M, including six
and four this year. The Fisher's buyout expected to be
in the range of seventy five million dollars. Guys, if

(01:08:12):
you'll give me a second, let me just update our
audio files to see if Fisher has any comment on
that buyout. Let me try this, great coach.

Speaker 10 (01:08:23):
You got seventeen point one million dollars on your contract.

Speaker 4 (01:08:26):
We're gonna give it to you. I said, what time
you want me to leave?

Speaker 5 (01:08:30):
What do you want me out?

Speaker 2 (01:08:33):
Oops?

Speaker 9 (01:08:34):
Sorry, press the wrong button there. That was actually Ed
Orgeron talking about his buyout, but for comparison purposes, Orgeron's
buyout was four and a half times less than Jimbo
Fisher's buyout.

Speaker 3 (01:08:49):
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Speaker 2 (01:09:13):
All right, let's do.

Speaker 1 (01:09:13):
This same game, parlanks.

Speaker 2 (01:09:20):
Okay, crack, you've been in the lab cooking one up.
What do you have for us today?

Speaker 5 (01:09:23):
I built it under Tonight's GEME the Jets and Las
Vegas Raiders We're gonna start out with the under. It's oh,
we know. If I have to build these things, I'm
building them correlated jets under well, actually the full game
under thirty six at at bet MGM, under the player
stats O'Connell under you have options to go under two

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twenty four and a half or two four and a half.
I'm gonna build it up under the two hundred and
twenty four and a half and then player stats Myers
under sixty four and a half receiving yards that returns
plus two to one, three to one with you're one
hundred dollars back, So, uh, plus two to one on
a three team are They're all correlated? In here we go?

Speaker 4 (01:10:04):
You went h you went Myers under last week too, right?

Speaker 5 (01:10:06):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (01:10:07):
Pretty easily, I.

Speaker 5 (01:10:08):
Think, yeah, yes, yes, yeah. The last week was a
sick week. Oh my god. I'm having some really good
week saw in the NFL on some of these player
pops so and just in general having a good season, guys,
And just like you, guys, just just like Jeff with
his sixty five percent track challenge. I'm not quite sixty five,
but I'm getting up there.

Speaker 4 (01:10:27):
You've surprised when I had already bet on the underpassing for.

Speaker 3 (01:10:31):
Today, so ye seoan like you took an under on
a young quarterback, Jeff, I.

Speaker 4 (01:10:36):
Have Tommy Devido under like one fifty.

Speaker 5 (01:10:39):
Today and you always have you always have Mac Jones
under too, right, or you have that.

Speaker 4 (01:10:43):
I didn't woke up this morning. I forgot to bet this.
Oh so okay, but yeah, I know I I uh again,
I go over this all the time, like it. What
ire for Jacobe Myers? Did you adjust that number?

Speaker 5 (01:10:55):
I did adjust it.

Speaker 1 (01:10:56):
You know.

Speaker 5 (01:10:56):
That's one thing about they see the same game parling
is you can you can go up and down on
the sportsbook. Doesn't don't think no, no sortsyl Yeah no, there.

Speaker 4 (01:11:04):
With other ones too. That's smart play here. What what
total do you get to?

Speaker 5 (01:11:08):
The total on the game six? It was actually thirty
six and a half. I want to go put it in.
When I went to go build it, it's thirty six.
Now under thirty six a lot of thirty five and
a half on the screen.

Speaker 4 (01:11:19):
Off shore it's thirty five and a half. Yeah yeah, yeah, wow,
that's a that's a low. That's low.

Speaker 5 (01:11:25):
So that is so low, I mean it really is.
I like it. I lean under tonight though I have
to grind out. Look, look at these two teams.

Speaker 2 (01:11:32):
It's low.

Speaker 3 (01:11:33):
But man, I can't get Justin Herbert doing nothing against
the Jets defense out of my head.

Speaker 2 (01:11:39):
And it makes me wonder what they know? Connall gonna
do you know?

Speaker 4 (01:11:42):
I have I have this game being like being ten
tos of it, like ten to nine. I mean, the
Jets I think win the game. I don't the Raiders.
They had that bounce last weekend. They beat Tommy DeVito
and the Giants, and we're smoking cigars and like they
won the super Bowl. Now, I'm with you, I'm with
them on the idea. You read yourself with Josh McDaniel,
you're happy you won the game. Yeah, but pacting like

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we just won the.

Speaker 5 (01:12:03):
Super Bowl, right right?

Speaker 3 (01:12:05):
Yeah, that just shows you how little they thought of
Josh McDaniels.

Speaker 2 (01:12:09):
Oh good, fine, Right, they're.

Speaker 3 (01:12:12):
Lighting up cigars after beating the Giants. Do you think
the Cowboys are doing that today if they win?

Speaker 2 (01:12:18):
No, I don't think they are. I don't think they're
all right.

Speaker 3 (01:12:21):
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Speaker 2 (01:13:23):
All right, let's do this.

Speaker 5 (01:13:26):
Drop it up.

Speaker 1 (01:13:27):
Let's don't fly player plays.

Speaker 3 (01:13:30):
Okay, prop bets. Go Lord, We'll start with you crack.
What are some of the things that you like.

Speaker 5 (01:13:35):
Here, I got two of them for you guys. One,
we'll go to the Steelers game. Pickings over receiving yards.
He's been complaining more and more about knocking, you know, knock,
getting the ball, wanting the ball. So the Packers' top
corners out could be some fe a little of vulnerable
to a deep ball or two. But like pickings over
there and this one. You know, you guys probably know already.

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I like the O'Connell under passing yards. Listen, this is
a very tough matchup. Like you guys said earlier about
last week's game two, I just think that, uh, this
is you know, it's funny. It went down, it went,
it went down. Then I actually found it again. I
bet this three three separate times. So under under his

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passing yards anywhere from I don't know, two oh four.
I found a tool eight and a half, I believe.
So there we go. What do you guys got there?
You go?

Speaker 2 (01:14:32):
What are you thinking about there? Jeff?

Speaker 4 (01:14:34):
Well? One under I have a call under what else?

Speaker 2 (01:14:41):
What did you say? The Vito was like one fifty
seven or something.

Speaker 4 (01:14:44):
Look, I'm gonna look at what it is on bet
m gen now it. Took it. I took it the
other day. Let's see passing yards. It's not even listed
on bet MGM. I don't know why I took it.
I took it other places. That's what I have. It's
time I can't find I'm trying to find this. Sorry, guys.

Speaker 5 (01:15:03):
This is the best that's low though.

Speaker 4 (01:15:05):
One for sure somewhere. I took Jordan Love by the
way under two eleven and a half on the road
one fifty eight and a half for Tommy DeVito. I
just don't I don't see it, so.

Speaker 3 (01:15:18):
I don't blame you. I don't blame you on that one.
I'm gonna take an obscure one. I'm going with the
Bengals receiver, my guy, Trent Irwin. Oh okay, I'm gonna
take him over thirty one and a half. Okay, he's
in for T Higgins. T Higgins is out. Happened earlier
in the season. I hit on him against Arizona. He
hit a couple of times last year when he was

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in for T Higgins. Like he's not T Higgins, but
Joe Burrow throws him the ball. He looks for Irwin
and also with Jamar Chase, not one hundred percent. I
think Irwin getting to thirty two receiving yards.

Speaker 2 (01:15:52):
I like that bet a lot.

Speaker 4 (01:15:53):
I like you and you know, but they don't seem
to find some of these weird like wide receivers every
now and then you're like, oh, oh that guy he
caught forty he's forty yards.

Speaker 2 (01:16:02):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:16:03):
I saw a couple of Matthew Stafford like rushing props here.

Speaker 4 (01:16:07):
Oh, yes, we got what do we got?

Speaker 3 (01:16:09):
Give them to me, so we get my two favorites.
We've got Jared Goff it's set at.

Speaker 2 (01:16:15):
Two and a half rushing yards at the Chargers.

Speaker 4 (01:16:18):
Yeah, but he has he been running the ball all day.
Matt Stafford was actually doing it this year.

Speaker 2 (01:16:22):
Though, that's right.

Speaker 3 (01:16:24):
And then you also have someone who's not been running
at all but could aid.

Speaker 2 (01:16:30):
No O'Connell.

Speaker 3 (01:16:31):
He's at two and a half rushing yards also against
the Jets.

Speaker 4 (01:16:34):
So okay, So the golf one. The problem with the
golf one is that if they're if they kneel at all,
your screwed right done. Hey O'Connell's not kneeling at all today.
They're not winning that game. So he O'Connell could be
in play here. I think golf is unplayable for that reason, right,
Like I just they kneel the ball in the first
half or in the second half, you've lost your wager

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this season though he has rushed for only eighteen yards though,
so and.

Speaker 5 (01:17:00):
You know what, guys, you're you're right. Jeff's right. I
just went to a couple of different sports books. It's
amazing they have DAK listed, but not the veto at
the first book. Second books got DAK. It also has
the veto, has the veto touchdowns half of a over
under a half touchdown passes Tommy DeVito under one fifty
four and a half to the over one fifty four

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and a half over a dollar twenty. Someone actually bet
the over one fifty four and a half. Boy, I
remember when I used to weigh one fifty four and
a half. But you guys didn't know me when I
was a baby. So anyway, Yeah, that's unbelieve. If you
can't make fun of yourself, who can you make fun of?

Speaker 2 (01:17:35):
There you go?

Speaker 5 (01:17:36):
All right?

Speaker 3 (01:17:36):
Coming up next a key divisional matchup?

Speaker 2 (01:17:40):
Oh what's going on?

Speaker 5 (01:17:41):
Everybody?

Speaker 2 (01:17:41):
Week ten in the NFL.

Speaker 3 (01:17:45):
We are live as far as the game goes in
Germany right now? Patriots trying to score an offensive touchdown.
They take any type of touchdown right now, but they
have the ball trying to score an offensive touchdown. Losing
ten to six. Not the sexiest of games at all.
It's Mac Jones throws one of the worst interceptions you

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will ever see in the red zone and that's fitting
for this game.

Speaker 2 (01:18:11):
Is wow, that was in right there?

Speaker 4 (01:18:14):
Yeah? Wow? What?

Speaker 5 (01:18:17):
Oh God? The Germans. I feel bad for them. They
got they got an ugly game.

Speaker 2 (01:18:24):
Man, Jesus, is I don't know what happened. If someone
fall down.

Speaker 3 (01:18:29):
He's trying to target Gasicki and he doesn't see this
thing called a safety right there between him and Gasicki
and way underthrown. That's that's bad, man, That's that's really bad.

Speaker 2 (01:18:43):
It's like, this is it.

Speaker 3 (01:18:45):
You got to move on, I think, not just going
into next season, but right now, right with Mac Jones
after today, Jesus, it just.

Speaker 4 (01:18:56):
Needs something else, right, just like I've been this before,
Like you need someone else.

Speaker 5 (01:19:02):
Who do they have do they have it back on?
Who do they have?

Speaker 2 (01:19:06):
Bailey Zappy? Oh? Going zap yeah, zap attack right?

Speaker 5 (01:19:11):
He started some games though, he's I mean he's been
out there. I can't believe they're Well, you pay your
quarterbacks so much money you want to stick with him?

Speaker 2 (01:19:18):
I guess, man, boy rough all right, how about this.

Speaker 3 (01:19:21):
We got Brown's Ravens key divisional matchup obviously, and listen,
this Ravens defense has been sensational, but the Browns has
been really really good too. Can they slow down the
Ravens running game. If you can slow them down, I
think you have a chance to make it a fourth

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quarter game. It's just Deshaun Watson's got to show up
man against the blitz He has been dreadful and so
I'd expect the Ravens dial up handful of blitzes today
to try try to make him as uncomfortable as possible.

Speaker 4 (01:19:55):
I would think so as well. Watson just you know,
is not living up to that contract right, Like it's
it's pretty simple. And I think when you make them
uncomfortable as the Ravens could do with the pressure, then
you know, I mean, this year it's a he started
what four games this right, one hundred and fifty four

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yards two thirty five two eight nine nineteen. Yikes, Like,
make them uncomfortable, guys, dial up the pressure right, force
them in the turnovers.

Speaker 2 (01:20:29):
Yeah, you know absolutely.

Speaker 5 (01:20:31):
You know, since we've been on air, guys, there has
been nothing but Cleveland action. This was a solid six
and a half. There was actually a plus seven minus
twenty five that's gone. All solid six is now across
the screen, all Cleveland money, boy, I tell you I
Baltimore has been so they've been rolling. I guess this

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is the This is not the public, by the way,
I'm on that side. The public's not betting Cleveland plus
six and a half or Baltimore. They love you know,
these teams that are what have you done for me lately?
It's it's a huge game in the AFC North. You
could throw out the meeting in week four, you can
really throw that out. The Browns were starting Robinson a
quarterback and no prep. I think it's twenty eight, twenty

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three or something. It was a it was a blowout.
So the Browns defense listen that that's what they're gonna
have to go by today. And the totals thirty eight.
So the Raven d has also been outstanding too, So
I think they're ranked like number one in the red
zone or something. I read. Wow, So we might have

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a defensive game here and and you know, I'm not
laying it because I don't like being on public sides
that the books are probably gonna be rooting for Cleveland today.
And and there's a team I just don't know about.
I have over season wins and I'm a favorite to
win that. But boy, I tell you that that quarterback
situation there they gave that. You know, all these quarterbacks,

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they give these guys one hundred and fifty million, two
hundred million. I'll start with Seattle and go on to
you know, of course someone has mentioned the Giants given
one hundred and sixty million to Jones, and I can
even go as far as New Orleans. I mean, there's
so many guys. I can't believe the quarterback situation. What
they paid all these guys, and they're actually thinking of

(01:22:21):
ways around or how to get out of these contracts now.
I read also, I'll go to an article on that
last week. So see what happens today in this game.

Speaker 3 (01:22:29):
Something to keep in mind too, you'd love this. Jeff
is the O line of the Browns. Jedrick Fils, Yeah,
he's on ir. He got carted off last week. He's
got a knee injury and mcl it's not going to
be the rest of the season, they don't expect. But
he's on IR today and going up against the Ravens defense.
The Browns are down. I think their top three tackles.

Speaker 4 (01:22:50):
Yeah, yeah, great formula. Yeah, I think I think Juwan Jones,
Dreud the right tackles out as well. The thing about though,
is that the only, the only, the only thing that
I that I have a little bit of pause on
this game is this is you Everyone's hyping the Ravens

(01:23:10):
right like they're hyping the Ravens and hyping the Ravens,
hyping the Ravens. It just feels like the NFL we
talk about all week every week, right, sort of like
you kinda lose those games the NFL hypes you up
in and the Browns. I know, Brian, you follow DVOA
like there always a d v A Darling each year

(01:23:31):
and they never sort of live up to it. Right now,
maybe it's Samar Jackson being hurt or whatnot, but that's
the only thing that concerns about this game. It's sort
of like this idea that like they're supposed to be
really good now and they are really good. I'm not
saying they're not. But like you know, I don't know.
I have the Ravens in my contest, so I can't
say that I dislike it that much, or I wouldn't
I wouldn't do it. But it's more of a It
was more of an anti Browns you kind of wager

(01:23:54):
right now than is a pro Baltimore.

Speaker 2 (01:23:57):
Now I hear you.

Speaker 3 (01:23:58):
It's one of those deals where I think what you're
getting that is sometimes the NFL taps you on the
shoulder and reminds you it's not that easy. Like they've
had a couple of blowout wins. They crushed Seattle last week,
they crushed Detroit at home, and so you're thinking, Okay,
here comes to Shawn, who's been shoddy. You know this
has Ravens written all over it. I wonder if today

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is one of those games where you get the reminder
of it's not that easy.

Speaker 2 (01:24:22):
Well, we'll see how it chakes out. We'll stick in
the division. How about the.

Speaker 3 (01:24:24):
AFC North Steelers. They're hosting the Packers today and we
touched on this a little bit. Both teams allergic to
scoring in the first half, Like, what what's the total
for the game? Thirty eight and a half. This could
be I don't know if this is gonna be Colts Patriots.
I sore bad, but this could be a pretty ugly

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rock fight as well.

Speaker 4 (01:24:46):
I think, uh yeah, it's it's not gonna be a
game that been put on my my quadbox tell you that, right,
I just it's just not I'm gonna try to avoid
as best I can't. It might be a you know,
I'm gonna put the Baltimore Cleveland game up there. We'll
put some sign to Houston, San Francisco, Jacksonville, and I mean, jeez,
I mean maybe Minnesota, New Orleans. I just want kind
of watch, kind of want to watch Johnson. I guess

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Pittsburgh Green Bay might actually make it today with all
the teams on a buy for the early game, so
early games, I don't know. I I don't have any
feel for this game. I didn't wager anyway. Again, it's
it's gonna be gross man, somebody's it really is. The
quarterback situation in the NFL is not great right now,

(01:25:27):
which is why some of these games are bad. But
we will we will get though, guys. I'm gonna give
you a pre right now.

Speaker 3 (01:25:31):
Yeah, by the way, real fast, what's interesting to me
is the Steelers they're not good, but they find ways
to win, and the Packers aren't good and they find
more ways to lose.

Speaker 2 (01:25:42):
Well out of it what it comes down to.

Speaker 4 (01:25:44):
So there is a you're right, there's a certain quality
to winning football games, and I think a lot of
teams would love to have the Pittsburgh Steelers sort of
commitment to winning the way that Steelers win, right, I
mean it just they win ugly. But it's still hard
to predict them to win games when they win ugly
each week, right, Like, how do you continue to say, well,
I picked them to win, They're gonna win ugly only

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one sort of only winning in one sort of way.
So that's why it's hard for me. Again, as much
as I love the Steelers and I love them as
an underdog every time an underdog. I took the Steelers
home favorite though not my favorite situation to take them,
but Green Bay is you know they're not. It's not
good man. We're gonna get a treat. By the way,

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the three of us as we're talking today.

Speaker 2 (01:26:27):
Are we talking about Germany here?

Speaker 4 (01:26:29):
We're gonna get mac Jones in a two minute.

Speaker 3 (01:26:36):
I just think that the plus six to one? Are
we taking the it's cracked to go all the way?

Speaker 4 (01:26:41):
Is what's the interception prop right now? For mat interception
on this drive? Can you find that?

Speaker 5 (01:26:47):
Is there?

Speaker 4 (01:26:48):
Interesting? Is there a live interception prop? Because he's he's
with a thousand percent picker interception on this drive? Come on,
like we know that right he's there's no way the.

Speaker 5 (01:26:59):
Score time, great job at the background music gets perfect,
it's perfect.

Speaker 2 (01:27:05):
Can you find I don't know if Jim it's locked
right now?

Speaker 3 (01:27:09):
Like it depends when you when you get in right,
they'll give you little windows to get in right now too.

Speaker 2 (01:27:15):
Yeah, you're you're locked. But are they opening?

Speaker 4 (01:27:18):
They're showing both quarterbacks on the sidelines right now. Are
they going to? Are they putting someone else in? Are
they going Mac? Jonestill?

Speaker 5 (01:27:23):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (01:27:24):
I think you can't put in Zappy here. He's been
sitting the whole game. You go Zappi here instead of Mac.

Speaker 4 (01:27:31):
It looks like it looks like it could be Mac.
But no timeouts, two minutes left. What could go wrong.

Speaker 2 (01:27:37):
Everything?

Speaker 4 (01:27:38):
That's why I'm a wager on it's going wrong.

Speaker 3 (01:27:41):
Yeah, No, I don't see it. I don't see anything. Oh,
you would love to get in on a mac Jones?

Speaker 4 (01:27:47):
Right, what what crack? What do you think it's? It's
it's at right now Matchow's interception. If you were to, oh,
they put Zappi.

Speaker 2 (01:27:54):
In, they're putting way.

Speaker 5 (01:27:56):
We just talked about it.

Speaker 4 (01:27:57):
Yeah, what what's your what would your number be? An
interception here?

Speaker 5 (01:28:02):
Yeah? Right, I know it's it's uh, you know it's
so bad that they couldn't even play them, That's how
bad it would be.

Speaker 4 (01:28:08):
What's the biggest number that you would wagh dur interception here?
Do you do anything over plus one? Like less than
plus one hundred?

Speaker 5 (01:28:14):
You know I wouldn't do it. That's just not my saying, crack.
But if I had to bet it, yes, if I
had a bettit, yes, no, believe it or not at
that odds, I would bet the no.

Speaker 3 (01:28:25):
Right, So you're saying, I think the odds are more
so in your favor to do that. But to Jet's point,
it's very possible. What would you put the betting line
on Zappi throwing a game winning touchdown fifty two to get.

Speaker 5 (01:28:37):
Give me give me plus two forty on them? And
I needed to be a lot bigger, well, just just
to score a touchdown, for New England to score, not
not particularly a passing touchdown, but it would be a
passing touchdown. You're right, minute thirty. Yeah, where are they at? Guys?
Are they their own?

Speaker 4 (01:28:55):
They're the minus eighteen second and five forty six left,
no time out of the need a touchdown?

Speaker 3 (01:29:03):
Oh god, they started with one fifty two at their
own fourteen, and it's like, you know what, guys, let's go,
uh screen pass for five yards, Let's let's start it off.

Speaker 4 (01:29:13):
He got other bounds though he got out the price.

Speaker 5 (01:29:15):
I was surprised Belichick would do that though, even is
Jo in that bed, Yes, you starting quarterback, like.

Speaker 4 (01:29:25):
Oh crack, here's what it is. I'll tell you what
it is. So I've only been in a situation once
on my cripen. Fortunate I play with really good quarterbacks.
But the one year I didn't in Carolina in twenty ten,
we had Jimmy Classon, a quarterback. I like Jimmy, but
just wasn't working out his rookie season, right, And we
had Matt Moore, who obviously we've seen he's been the

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playoffs before. Right, like he's he's a he's an okay
backup right, like he's you know, he's a good backup,
but back then he was a little bit better. He
was younger, and like we just couldn't play with Jimmy Classon.
He wasn't ready to play yet, huh. And we just
wanted to be able to get the opportunity to try
to win football games with someone else and Matt Moore game,

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like we begged the go can you please put Matt
back in because it gives us the best chances just
to win like we want to. We would have some
hope to be able to win this game. And right now,
the Patriots with Mac Jones have no hope to win.
And I'm not sure bailey'sz appy gives him that hope.
But it's something different, right, It's something to be like, Okay,
that guy's gone, let's try something else. It's about hope, which,

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by the way, as Red said, right, help will kill
you too, like it you know, like it's like you
know it it can it can do that too. But
but you have to like give your your yourself a
chance to win. And here's there's no chance with Mac
Jones to win right now.

Speaker 2 (01:30:44):
No, yeah, huh.

Speaker 3 (01:30:46):
And in a game like this when it's ten to six,
the interception that he threw. I can understand why he's
on the bench. I didn't think that Belichick would do
it to bring in a guy ice cold in the
in the final two minutes. That just shows you where
mac Jones is and how he's thought of in Foxborough
by Belichick.

Speaker 2 (01:31:06):
Right now, that is Wow. That's where we're at. Is
where we're at right now.

Speaker 5 (01:31:10):
Big money coming in on Houston, guys down to five
and a lot of the books.

Speaker 4 (01:31:14):
Wow.

Speaker 3 (01:31:14):
Hey, let's get to that one coming up because that's
a great matchup. I want to dive into that a
little bit more with you.

Speaker 2 (01:31:19):
Crack.

Speaker 3 (01:31:19):
He's Bill Krackenberger from crack wins dot com sports handicapper.
We've got Jeff Schwartz, eight year NFL veteran, happy about
the Ducks winning another one. Even though it's a blend
of electric offense and the sloppiest stuff I've ever seen.

Speaker 4 (01:31:35):
It was a weird weird. I mean, look, it's better
to win those and lose those.

Speaker 3 (01:31:38):
I'll tell you that right absolutely can't snap the ball
to the quarterback.

Speaker 2 (01:31:42):
There was a worm burner shotgun snap.

Speaker 4 (01:31:45):
Yeah. I think I think I center was hurt, But
it doesn't make any better.

Speaker 2 (01:31:51):
Oh yeah, it's crazy right there. I'm Brian though.

Speaker 3 (01:31:53):
All right, coming up next, this rookie has been crushing it.
Are we going to see another stuff performance today?

Speaker 4 (01:32:01):
Interception?

Speaker 5 (01:32:02):
You'll have.

Speaker 3 (01:32:04):
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Speaker 2 (01:32:37):
The Colts Patriots game is over.

Speaker 3 (01:32:40):
The Colts win ten to six, and Jeff Schwartz called
it Bailey Zappy with an interception on the final drive.
Remember when Dan Marino went with the fake spike and
famously threw a touchdown pass. Bailey ZAPPI tried to pull
a fake spike and then threw an easy interception right

(01:33:02):
over the middle.

Speaker 4 (01:33:04):
Oh wow, yeah, I mean look man, we we just
you know, the the books were saved from our from
our are you know are winning that that? Wage're right there? Crack?
I mean I called it right, interception, Let's do it
and then yeah, we won't put up because they knew better,
they knew knew better, they knew better. Jeez.

Speaker 5 (01:33:22):
I mean, well, either quarterback throw an interception, right, any quarterback.

Speaker 3 (01:33:28):
Whoever the pay that the Patriots have behind center, will
that guy through an interception?

Speaker 5 (01:33:32):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (01:33:32):
Yes, I'm going yes.

Speaker 4 (01:33:34):
Uh yeah, I am. Belichick is not the coach in
New England next year, I I I you know, I
think that's pretty obvious now right. I mean even I
got that extension, like, well, how do you bring him back?
It's you just can't, right, the team is not playing well,
it's this is his quarterback he drafted. You know, I've
drafted another quarterback.

Speaker 2 (01:33:53):
So but how does that go down?

Speaker 5 (01:33:55):
Right?

Speaker 2 (01:33:55):
I don't see him firing him. Is this a mutual
parting of ways?

Speaker 4 (01:33:59):
I think yeah. I think you just say like, hey, Bud,
we got we got.

Speaker 5 (01:34:01):
Someone else picking up that three year contract he just signed.
They're off next week, so there they got to have
a buy so they're just gonna they need a buy e.

Speaker 3 (01:34:12):
That's crazy two and eight for a Belichick coach team.
But here we are Howans, Yeah, it does power Texans Bengals.
You started to touch on this one crack where a
lot of line movement over here. There's some sharp money
coming in.

Speaker 5 (01:34:28):
The Sharp books still at five. Yeh the Sharp books
still at five. Just want nothing to do with Houston money. Uh,
I know, I know a real good gambling syndicate. That's
a winning gambling syndicate in the NFL, one of the
rare ones that beat NFL sides. There they uh they
are on Houston today, but uh they they snagged a
seven and then a second group came in and took

(01:34:50):
a six, and there is still two sixes on my screen.
But the Sharper books are are at five. You know,
Houston's a Let me tell you something. Houston's a pretty
good team. They're this this team is gonna go way
over on their pre flop season wins. So they've been
a surprise. Stroud has been as good as anyone can
I'll tell you what. He is, better than anyone expected,

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not not even good as you know he really is.
So he's he's doing good. On the other side, you
got Burrow, who looks a little. It looks back to
his normal self. And Chase looks like he's gonna play today,
So this will be an interesting game. I would I
would actually lean Houston in this game too, with the
points I talked about it earlier, the same thing, but

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uh yeah, this is one of the games. Actually, actually,
before I was wrong, I said there's only a big
games to watch that There is Detroit of course, and
the Chargers San Franz Jacksonville, and I'll even put these
two games u CIN Cincinnati and Cleveland Baltimore in the
mix there. So yeah, we got to do some action.

Speaker 2 (01:35:53):
I just look at I agree with you. Crack Stroud
has been fantastic. I was so wrong on that guy.

Speaker 3 (01:35:58):
I thought he would really struggle season, just surrounded by
a who's who of first round wide receivers and even
more talent at Ohio State, and he's killing it with
Tank Dell and Nico Collins and Dalton Schultz and it's like, Wow,
I'm really impressed. But is he ready for primetime? That's
the question. Is the Bengals. They've been on a heater lately,

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and that's great that they came back and beat Tampa
at home. Needing to go the full length of the
field to score a touchdown, but on the road at Cincy,
I just keep wondering are they ready for a big
time moment like this? And we'll get our answer today,
But I've got my questions team wise, not so much
about Stroud but the team collectively.

Speaker 4 (01:36:40):
CJ. Stroud is why the NFL draft is really tough sometimes, right,
because you had CJ. Stroud basically play one game in
his college career against Georgia where he looked like a
legitimate like you know he does now, right, versus the
twenty other starts when he didn't. Justin Herbert had the
same problem too, where Justin Herbert had like the Rose

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Bowl where he looked like Justin Herbert now, and you
have to wonder, like which player am I getting? And
the Texans got the Ohio State version, Who's really good.
I've stayed away from this game because you have a
couple of things happening here. Again, the Bengals are like
the COO hottest team in the NFL right now, right,

(01:37:22):
I think there are really good. It's not an overreaction,
but with the lookhead spot to Baltimore on Thursday and
then the Texans. They had this comeback against Tampa Strouds
getting all this attention as he showed for over four
hundred yards looked great. The previous week they lost the Panthers,
you know what I mean? So like, I just can't

(01:37:43):
do it. I can't put my money on any team
in this game because the Bengals are too hot for
me to wager on in my opinion, and the Texans,
I don't know what they are, right, I mean, good
week that they are exactly what I thought they'd be.
A young team right with a brand new head coach.

Speaker 3 (01:38:00):
Oh with this game, put your money on Trent Irwin
receiving yards instead of Aside.

Speaker 4 (01:38:05):
Exactly, yes, there you go, that's where should put your money.

Speaker 3 (01:38:09):
We're putting our money on Isaac Loehenkron right now. And
it's like you don't go broke taking a profit, you know,
like seven yards a year, eight yards there, boom, fifty
four yard bomb for a touchdown. That's how it goes
with Isaac lowan Krown, he's got deleted. It's what's going on.

Speaker 9 (01:38:24):
I low You know, usually I'm rather modest about these
sort of things. But put your money on me and
not on the new England Patriots. I think that's a
pretty safe bet, because you know, I don't really have
a dog in the fight. I'm almost inconsolable by the
bad football and bad quarterbacking. I am well, we and

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people in Frankfurt, Germany were just subjected to because the
Indianapolis Colts have just beaten the Patriots ten to six.
New England benched and battled quarterback Mac Jones after he
through an interception from the Colt fifteen yard line with
four to sixteen left to play. They brought in Bailey

(01:39:06):
Zappi for one last gasp. The Patriots had a first
and ten at their forty yard line with thirty six
seconds left to play. Here are and I hope they're
doing well. Bob soci and the typically irrepressible Scott Zolac
on WBZ.

Speaker 10 (01:39:27):
Zappi in his third appearance of this season. Two was
a starter last year. Now on a relief he snaps it,
faked it, takes the stapp he faked it.

Speaker 4 (01:39:33):
He throws down, the passes it on a break on the.

Speaker 10 (01:39:36):
Ball and an interception by Rodney Thomas. The Patriots tried
to fake the spike. Zappi floted one down the middle
and Thomas read it all the way in center field,
and the cults are gonna celebrate in Frankfurt.

Speaker 9 (01:39:51):
Now, you guys are all familiar with our friend and
colleague Scott Zolac. He's always very enthusiastic, never shot to
express his thoughts, even if it's something that the Patriots
did wrong. He's very honest and very passionate. I'm a
little concerned because after that, uugh, I didn't hear anything

(01:40:12):
from Scott Zolak. After that, he might have just been
so disgusted. Who knows what would have happened. Did he
sprint out of the stadium on the dead run. We
will be following that up shortly, but Indianapolis is five
and five and the Patriots are two and eight with
that result. State side, the Cincinnati Bengals, receiver Jamar Chase

(01:40:34):
is active for their game at the top of the
hour against the Houston Texans. He'd been questionable due to
a back injury. Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey is active against
the Cleveland Browns. He'd been questionable due to a hamstring injury.
Forty nine Ers receiver Deebo Samuel and offensive tackle Trent Williams,
both active for their game at Jacksonville Vikings receiver k
J Osborne inactive against the Saints, and finally, in college football,

(01:40:57):
multiple outlets report the Texas A and M is firing
head coach jimbo Fisher forty five and twenty five and
five plus seasons at Texas A and M, including six
and four this year. But the even bigger headline he gets.

Speaker 2 (01:41:10):
A buyout of.

Speaker 9 (01:41:13):
Seventy six million dollars.

Speaker 5 (01:41:16):
In great cash.

Speaker 9 (01:41:18):
Army, Thank you, Randy.

Speaker 1 (01:41:19):
Back to you, guys.

Speaker 5 (01:41:20):
Man.

Speaker 3 (01:41:20):
There's failing and then there's failing like that. You know
I've lost jobs and I haven't.

Speaker 4 (01:41:25):
I want to fail like this.

Speaker 3 (01:41:27):
I want to fail exactly like that to get seventy
five seventy six mil.

Speaker 2 (01:41:31):
To go away.

Speaker 3 (01:41:32):
Man, It's Fox Sports Radios Countdown to Kickoff, presented by
Bett MGM.

Speaker 2 (01:41:37):
We go through a few of these matchups.

Speaker 3 (01:41:39):
I'm interested in this game battle of five and four teams,
Saints at the Vikings. Storybook ending for Josh Dobbs last
week with Minnesota, where he was just there on Tuesday,
was traded on a Tuesday, didn't know all of his teammates' names,
didn't have one practice rep and then filled in after

(01:41:59):
Jared Hall had a concussion, and he.

Speaker 2 (01:42:02):
Leads him to a win against the Falcons.

Speaker 3 (01:42:04):
Now, against the Saints' defense, it's gonna be a lot
tougher sledding today.

Speaker 2 (01:42:09):
I think points could be at a premium.

Speaker 3 (01:42:11):
But the story of Josh Dobbs last week was sensational.
I just I don't know if he runs it back today.
But the Vikings have been playing very good football as
of late. Granted only one of those wins was with Dobbs,
the rest were with Cousins, who's done with an achilles.

Speaker 2 (01:42:28):
But I like this matchup, guys. I think this could
be a fun game.

Speaker 4 (01:42:31):
So I feel like a wagering principle should be if
Derek Carr is a road favorite, you bet the other side.
It was like a good a good position to be in,
Like that's a financially I look the numbers earlier. Then
I looked it up like he's like, yo, he's under
forty percent on the road as a favorite, like of
over three points. It's just ridiculous, right, or three points

(01:42:52):
are more?

Speaker 5 (01:42:53):
You know?

Speaker 4 (01:42:53):
Come on? The Dobbs story is super cool, right. This
kid got there on Tuesday after being traded didn't know
the snap counts, didn't know all the plays exactly. You
know his teammates names. He went in the huddle and said,
I asked, guys, like, what are you doing on this play?
And went out there in bald Man And he's played

(01:43:14):
well at times in Arizona. This Minnesota team is just betters.
Justin Jefferson playing today, Guys is he He's not not
on the line up yet, but Jordan Andison's better in
the ad in Arizona. Right, Like, I think this is
a really live dog today. Put it like that, I'm
very comfortable taking the three points, which which I have
done already. And I just don't trust the Saints as

(01:43:39):
a favorite either. Like, That's that's one thing that I
think with Car, I feel comfortable saying I agree.

Speaker 5 (01:43:44):
I agree. This game opened up. This is a rare
game opened up at three and hasn't moved. That's unbelievable
for an NFL game, you know, in Week ten, no
movement at all. And you're right, I'll listen again. I've
talked about it earlier in this I'm just not a
Car fan. Another guy that gave one hundred and fifty
million for four years ridiculous. But the Saints, you know,

(01:44:08):
both teams, they're both five and four and NFC. You
know in the NFC, both start trying to stay relevant
in the playoff race. Listen, the Vikings have won five
of six and got a big win last week Versutlanta
with Dobbs. Who doesn't love a story like this? Guy
overlooked so many teams, you know what I mean? So

(01:44:29):
and again, Brian said earlier, I looked for this to
be a defensive battle myself, so very good. This is,
you know what I overlooked at myself. I told you
the games of the day, that's good games to watch.
In good games, I'm looking forward to one of those somethings.
This is a game I want to see what's going
to happen to. So you're you're right, You're right.

Speaker 3 (01:44:46):
Good job, guys, Yeah, good matchup. And you know we
always talk about the quarterback rushing yardage.

Speaker 2 (01:44:52):
Yeah, Jeff is you look at Dobbs.

Speaker 3 (01:44:54):
It's not two and a half like Matthew Stafford's is normally,
but Dobbs it's a let me get it for you.
It's right around twenty eight roughly, it is twenty six
and a half but you think about the Saints. Tyson Bagent,
the Bears quarterback ran all over the Saints last week.
So Dops likes to tucket and run. I'm curious how

(01:45:16):
much he rushes for today. It's something to keep your
eye on.

Speaker 4 (01:45:19):
I don't thought about that. It's not a bad spot
to look at for a player, as you mentioned, who
who likes to run.

Speaker 3 (01:45:28):
I just think one of these things is like reputation
versus reality. Like you get these chunks during the season
where everything doesn't remain constant. Maybe for four weeks a
team is hot or their ice cold, or same thing
with players. You look at the the Vikings defense. They're
not known for great defense, but over their four game
winning streak, they're number three in defensive efficiency and it's like,

(01:45:52):
oh wow, you look the same span for Derek Carr.
He's leading the NFL in passing yards over the last four.

Speaker 2 (01:45:59):
Games, and it's like, wow, I agree with you, guys.

Speaker 3 (01:46:02):
I don't have the pompoms and I'm like d Car
d Carr, But over the last four games he's thrown
for a lot of yards.

Speaker 5 (01:46:07):
That's that's interesting. Interesting, Yeah, I just he always gets
so mad on the slide slamming his help, blaming his teammates, screaming,
and the all like a source sport. I mean, uh,
you know, it's just I'm not a car fan. Ye
I want a Car fan.

Speaker 2 (01:46:21):
Hey, how about Sunday night?

Speaker 3 (01:46:23):
We got Jets Raiders and the Jets defense. They just
held Justin Herbert to a career low one hundred and
thirty six passing yards. So I can't wait to see
what they do against Adon O'Connell over here. What do
you have you get your eyes on in this one?

Speaker 4 (01:46:38):
Here? Well, Jeff, I have the Jets in this one. Yeah,
any chance you can you can fade a team that
just smokes the card after being Tommy video. You have
to do it. You have to do it. You have
to do it like it's a It's a prerequisite for
for wagering. And I just think that you have to
you just you just have to, like.

Speaker 5 (01:46:56):
You have to.

Speaker 4 (01:46:57):
And so I, uh, I'm doing that today. Uh not.
It's not a play on the Jeff again, you can
tell you abound. Fading teams is sometimes just a way
to go right, And I'm just fading the Raiders stay.
The Raiders are very good right.

Speaker 3 (01:47:10):
By the way, Jeff, do you like to go more
so with the better offensive line or the better defense?

Speaker 2 (01:47:15):
If you're looking for a.

Speaker 4 (01:47:16):
Side in what contacts?

Speaker 5 (01:47:22):
Like?

Speaker 3 (01:47:22):
Like like, if you're picking a game, you're taking a
side in the game.

Speaker 2 (01:47:26):
You're betting, right, you're betting on a game.

Speaker 3 (01:47:28):
Do you like going with the better offensive line or
do you like betting on the better defense?

Speaker 5 (01:47:33):
Like?

Speaker 2 (01:47:33):
Which way do you lean more times than not?

Speaker 4 (01:47:36):
Probably? Better defense?

Speaker 5 (01:47:37):
Me too, Me too, especially if.

Speaker 4 (01:47:39):
Games are if if if it feels like it's equal,
I take the team with the better defense.

Speaker 5 (01:47:46):
Yeah, this game is a you know, we opened up
this morning Indie and New England with a snoo a
snooze fest. But I guess I got interested in at
the end. I don't know, but I mean it's still
a snooze fest. Ten six. I wouldn't be surprised if
this game tonight it also is a snoozefest. When the
scheduler arranged this game, this is probably going this. This

(01:48:07):
probably looked a lot better on paper though, yeah, than
what it is now. Yet I did see yesterday I
was in the casinos here in Vegas. I did see
people with the the you know, the fireman outfits on
the Jets on. Seeing a guy with with the you know, fireman,
I think it's sinking his names. Fireman. Ed, you've seen
a couple of guys. These three guys all had the
helmets on, so it was pretty cool the fireman helmets on. Listen, though,

(01:48:31):
people come to town. They planned their vacation around this.
Uh so you have a lot of New Yorkers all
in town. And don't be surprised again if we have
more Jet fans than Vegas fans in the stands here.

Speaker 3 (01:48:44):
I think it'll absolutely be that way. By the way,
real fast story. I was at a Jets Colts game.
This is around two thousand or something like that, and
I'm just at the urinal doing my thing, and I'm
staring straight ahead, which is what you do. But I
know if someone's wearing this like where you do or something, Yeah,
that's what you do.

Speaker 2 (01:49:03):
You stare straight ahead like you know.

Speaker 5 (01:49:08):
You know, you don't you don't peak. What you do
is you don't look at guys next to you.

Speaker 2 (01:49:12):
If that's right, looking ahead of horse crack.

Speaker 4 (01:49:16):
I know how it works.

Speaker 5 (01:49:17):
Oh you do, okay, I want to make sure.

Speaker 4 (01:49:19):
I will tell you though. Being in like a young
lad like a nine ten year old sure at the
Rose Bowl when they had the troughs littletimidated.

Speaker 2 (01:49:28):
Wow, the old troughs.

Speaker 5 (01:49:29):
You know, people don't you know, people just don't know
what that probably is. It's just a big thing of ice, right, No.

Speaker 4 (01:49:35):
No, it's it's a big it's a big like bowl,
like right right, the.

Speaker 5 (01:49:39):
Giant a communal bowl. I've seen him in Saratoga. Uh
and you know, and.

Speaker 4 (01:49:46):
Yeah, nine years old and going man, yeah, yeah, yeah, good.

Speaker 2 (01:49:52):
But I was next to a fireman. Ah okay, he
was wearing.

Speaker 3 (01:49:56):
The big fireman hat, and I just wanted to be like,
fire what's something to be stupid?

Speaker 5 (01:50:02):
You don't want him to turn, you know, like facia, Yeah.

Speaker 4 (01:50:05):
That would be awkward.

Speaker 3 (01:50:06):
I didn't even know his name at the time. Now
I know it's Fireman D. But I was gonna be like, hey,
you're that guy.

Speaker 2 (01:50:10):
What the heck?

Speaker 4 (01:50:12):
I'm just trying to piss Come on, leave me alone.

Speaker 5 (01:50:14):
I wonder if they give him do you think they
give him free he hasked that free tickets for him
and his family, right, I mean, I doubt it. He
might even be on the payroll. Who knows. They really
don't have a mascot I mean.

Speaker 2 (01:50:24):
He should be, but I kind of doubt he is.
I think he's out of pocket. Wow, we should find
out about that. The same thing with Marlin's man. You know,
shows up at all the games.

Speaker 4 (01:50:34):
Marlin's man, I think he pays for a tickets. He
also think of pocket. Is a bazillionaire.

Speaker 5 (01:50:39):
I'm sorry, guys, is Marlin's man you're Florida Marlins Baseball?

Speaker 4 (01:50:44):
No, he's so, yes and no, he's a guy that
is a Marlin's Baseball fan. But he goes to every
major sporting event, like every World Series game, super Bowl,
and he only wears a Marlin's jersey. So it might
be like Dodgers Braves and LCS and Marlin's jersey behind
home plate, first row, behind home plate in Jersey, the
Orange Marlins jersey.

Speaker 5 (01:51:06):
Crazy.

Speaker 3 (01:51:06):
All right, We've got Jeff Schwartz, eight year NFL veteran
Bill Krackenberger from Crackwings dot Com. I'm Brian No coming
up next, picks to Laura. Crack will have his best bet.
We'll all go rapid fire with the pick and the
crack challenge. Jeff and I five picks against the spread
right before kickoff.

Speaker 2 (01:51:27):
Find out what we come up with here.

Speaker 3 (01:51:29):
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Speaker 2 (01:51:38):
Props to the crew, Bo Benson, our trusted producer.

Speaker 3 (01:51:41):
Iowa Sam Beck. What is filling in for Chris today?
Very nice technical producer. Always love hanging with Iowa and
of course Isaac Lohenkron doing a tremendous job as always.
Top of the hour, Little Red Zone Radio Steve Hartman,
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Speaker 2 (01:52:02):
All Right, we got time to make picks wall to wall.
Let's do it.

Speaker 1 (01:52:08):
Five five games against the spread. We call it the
Crack Challenge.

Speaker 3 (01:52:16):
All right, Jeff, you're up off of surprisingly two and
three week and that's what I do. What are you
doing over here? He's gonna be back in his normal form.
What are you gonna do with here today?

Speaker 5 (01:52:26):
Jeff?

Speaker 4 (01:52:28):
All right, let's see here, jim me Baltimore minus six,
it was a minus six, right, crack any numbers minus six?
Give me the Jacksonville any three and a half still
or not anymore? An they're alright, Jacksonville plus three free
Minnesota plus three, give me the Giants. Any seventeens crack half?

Speaker 5 (01:52:53):
Okay, seventeen and a half, you said, the Giants.

Speaker 4 (01:52:56):
So I was like, I'm Cowboys, Okay. Any seventeen's an okay,
So John, Cowboys min seventeen and a half, give me
the Jets minus one.

Speaker 2 (01:53:07):
Okay, there you go.

Speaker 5 (01:53:09):
All right.

Speaker 3 (01:53:12):
So I'm with them on two. It seems like I'm
with Jeff on two of these. I like Jacksonville and
I like the Jets. That's where I'm with you on
those two. I've also got you know what, this could
be great, this could be an awful idea. I'm taking
the two and a half in three different games. I'm
taking the two and a half with the Titans. I'm

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taking the two and a half with the Kyler Murray
Arizona Cardinals.

Speaker 2 (01:53:37):
I'm taking the two and a half with the Chargers.
That's what I'm rolling with today. I don't even like it.
We'll see if it bears fruit.

Speaker 5 (01:53:45):
I'm taking this, but I don't like it.

Speaker 2 (01:53:48):
Welcome to betting sides in the NFL.

Speaker 5 (01:53:50):
Yeah, that's to do it. Yeah, eight minutes before kickoff?
Real tough to do, guys.

Speaker 3 (01:53:54):
That's what I always say, you gotta be comfortable being uncomfortable.
You know, the uncomfortable side is oftentimes the right side.

Speaker 2 (01:54:01):
All right, more picks. Let's do this.

Speaker 5 (01:54:06):
Rapid fire.

Speaker 2 (01:54:08):
All right, crack, We'll start with you. What do you
like man?

Speaker 5 (01:54:10):
That ugly game I talked about tonight the Jets Las
Vegas tonight under seventeen in the first half under seventeen
minus twenty first half. Not a lot of points, I understand,
but I don't think there's gonna be a lot of points.
So seventeen under seventeen.

Speaker 4 (01:54:27):
Like it? So you have the quarterback unders Tommy Devido,
An O'Connell, Jordan Love. I might add some mores as
we go here. I really like the lines first half
to me as my thingy, my favorite raitiar of the weekend.
I just like I like them come off off of

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by a little bit of a heater.

Speaker 3 (01:54:49):
Okay, I'm going Saints Vikings under forty and a half.
These are two of the best under teams in the NFL,
and I just don't see.

Speaker 6 (01:54:59):
A lot of points that one.

Speaker 2 (01:55:00):
I'm rolling with that under forty and a half. We
got this the best of the best. Let's do it.

Speaker 1 (01:55:08):
This is the best play of the days.

Speaker 2 (01:55:13):
All right, crack, what is it for us?

Speaker 5 (01:55:15):
This is amazing. I didn't say nothing about this. You
let the witness Minnesota New Orleans under forty one tonight today. Yeah,
look at that. It was Wow. Didn't even talk about
that earlier.

Speaker 3 (01:55:26):
Good job doing under air fist bump right now, from
Peoria to Vegas.

Speaker 2 (01:55:32):
Let's go. Not a whole lot of points today in
that one.

Speaker 5 (01:55:36):
I don't think hope to continue the trend of unders.

Speaker 2 (01:55:39):
Yeah, well, hey, fun stuff, guys.

Speaker 3 (01:55:41):
Hopefully we can rebound from the Germany game and we
get some good action ten to six. We got to
get these games kicked off right away. I can get
a I can wash u Mac Jones and Bailey Zappi
out of my hair over here. Great stuff, everybody, enjoy
Week ten and we will catch you next week.

Speaker 2 (01:56:00):
Make