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September 23, 2022 • 40 mins

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ka Boom. If you thought four hours a day, minutes
a week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants
of the old republic a sole fashion of fairness. He
treats crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the
rich pill poppers in the Penthouse, the clearing house of
hot takes. Break Free for something special. The fifth hour

(00:23):
with Ben Maller starts right now. In the air everywhere,
and welcome back to the PODCAST, do Joe. This is
not your normal run of the mill edition of the
fifth hour, not that it ever is a run of
the mill edition of the fifth hour, but it is Friday,

(00:47):
that's when we're recording this, and it's NFL week number three,
so let's strike up the band and bring in the penny.
Here we go. Welcome players, you're welcome. It's time now

(01:08):
penny versus the penny. All right now, we are welcome and,
as always, the voice of the Penny back again for
week number three, is Danny G radio. So before we
look ahead, Danny, we've got to look back at what
happened in week number two. Not Not a good week.

(01:31):
I got burned on not one, not two, but three games.
I had three bad beats. I gave you Cleveland against
the jets and was winning that game with a couple
of minutes to go and the Browns decided to drop
a Turd right on the logo there, Danny. So they
lost that game. Your raiders. Your raiders decided to not

(01:57):
finish the game against the cardinals. I gave the eighters
out as a selection. So I lost that. And the
L A rams at a three lead over the Atlanta Falcon.
I guess they decided at a halftime that was unfair.
So they decided that they would just go out and
not really try for a stretch in the second half.
So I lost that one. So I was looking at

(02:18):
for a good stretch, Danny. I was looking at a
ten and six week. Again, the bad beat spit me
and it took us. So I went seven and nine.
It's a losing record. The Penny, the beneficiary. The penny
went nine and seven against the spread. So with no knowledge,
no information, the penny had a winning week yet again.

(02:39):
And so overall. Now if you look at the overall records,
I'm still got a winning record thanks to week one,
seventeen and fifteen. That's a five thirty one winning percentage
against the spread. The Penny, though, has now taken a
two game lead. The Penny is nineteen and thirteen and

(03:00):
that is a five ninety four winning percentage, Danny. So
the penny has yet again gotten off to a good
start here after that crazy week. I am the pennies representation.
The penny had a little sit down with me and
it's talking about wanting Aaron judge money right now. Yeah, well,
at some point the penny is gonna demand to be
on television or something like that. At that point we

(03:22):
might just throw the penny away. It just just might happen.
So the way this works again, if you're new to
the PODCAST, if you've never heard penny versus the penny,
it is sports handicapping for the regular guy. We crunched
the numbers. I crunched the numbers. It's man versus versus
an adamant object. Who can pick more winners, someone who
spends time researching the game has no life like yours truly,

(03:46):
or a piece of copper? Uh, and we'll find out.
So let's get right to it here for a week.
Number three will start out in the early television window.
Baltimore One and one at New England one on one.
It's on fuck with Joe Davis, the Voice of the dodgers,
and Darryl Moose Johnston on the call. The Ravens opened
a three point favorite in this game. They are favored

(04:08):
by three. That line has stayed flat. It's the Patriots
home opener. As far as the handle is concerned, over
sixty of the money is on Baltimore. Supposed to be
a typical September day there in New England. No in
Clement weather, temperatures in the high sixties at Gillette Stadium

(04:29):
at kickoff, and the Patriots, since Tom Brady left, as
a home underdog, are three and two against the spread.
The ravens are seventeen eight in two with Lamar Jackson
when he has started on the road. So those are
some of the trends. The pick is in. I'm taking
the Patriots and I'll tell you why I don't trust

(04:51):
the Ravens, even though they've been so good on the
road with Lamar Jackson. That defense is atrocious. In Baltimore
they've got the worst past defense in the NFL. To
a tongue about low lit him up late JOE FLACCO
had over three hundred yards the week before. Uh, this
is what we call a slump buster game. Mac Jones

(05:13):
played better in Pittsburgh last week and now he's going
against a rag tag secondary, no consistent pass rush for
the Ravens. Should be plenty of time to pick apart
the Baltimore defense. Now I expect Lamar Jackson to do
his thing, but patriots will win their home over their
New England and the Ravens. Twenty Four. The final penny

(05:39):
is also going with the Patriots. Okay, so we agree
on that game. The penny clearly feeling like they need
to piggyback off my work. Next Up, Baltimore two and
Oh at Miami two and Oh. It's on CBS with
Kevin Harlan and Trent Green. And I don't know about you,
Danny and the penny, but this is a game that
I circled. I want to watch this game. I'm interested

(06:00):
to see what Miami can do against the big bad bills.
Who are I had to check my notes on this.
The bills opened a four and appoint favorite and they
are favored by six in this game and everyone and
their uncle betting on Buffalo. overight of the handle is

(06:21):
on buffalo side. Typical Miami Weather, rain showers, light rain showers,
temperatures in the mid eighties at hard rock stadium a kickoff.
So if you look at some of the trends coming
into this game, that tells you what has happened, not
what's going to happen. Buffalo is seven and Oh straight
up and five and two against the spread in their

(06:42):
last seven against Miami. The bills against the A F
C East over the last ten Games are eight and
two against the spread. But Miami, Miami, Miami, and the
two a tongue of Baloa era. When the dolphins have
been a home underdog, they've won seventy percent end of
the time. They are seven in three against the spread

(07:04):
in Miami. Overall. Their last fifteen games at hard rock
stadium has been eleven and four against the numbers. So
there's a lot of different ways you can look at it,
you can slice it up, but I'm taking the dolphins
here at home. I know everyone loves the bills and
the bills have been great the first couple of games.
Josh Allen has treated these defenses like Plato, but the

(07:24):
dolphins have the kind of talent that can throw a
monkey wrench into all that. It's a short week for
the bills. They go to South Beach, so you've got
all those mini distractions, and Miami has the long range
missile launchers with tyree kill and Jalen waddle, and so
this should be a shootout. I love getting almost a

(07:47):
touchdown with Miami, a good offensive team. So I say
the bill's wagon hits a pothole here. Final score. Bills
will win, but not cover. Buffalo Forty one and the
dolphins thirty eight. The penny says you're crazy. The bills

(08:07):
are gonna take this the bills. News Flash to the penny.
The bills are not going to win and cover every
game of the season and the playoffs. So knock it off,
as Ryan Leaf said back in the day, that old
charger quarterback. Next up for us we go to New
Jersey and that is the scene where the Cincinnati Bengals,

(08:31):
at Oh and two, take on the New York jets
at one and one. It's on the CBS with Iron
Eagle and Charles Davis. They have the call. The bengals
opened up a six and a half point road favorite.
Then people realize, wait a minute, they lost to the
cowboys last week and their backup quarterback. But the line
hasn't changed that much, e. A five point line, Cincinnati

(08:54):
favored on the road. Almost eighty five percent of the
money is on the bengals. This is one of those
games where everyone seems to think the bengals just show
up and they collect to win, an easy win, a
blowout win. Sunny, mostly sunny, seventy three degrees that kick
off at metlife stadium. Now, if you look at some
of the trends on this game, the Bengals, in the

(09:16):
Joe Burrow era, have played four games as a road
favorite there, two and two against the spread. The jets
are five, one and one their last seven against the Bengals,
but I think that goes back to the boomer Ossias
in here. They don't play that often. That said, the
pick is in and I am gonna take the J
E t S. jets, jets, jets. The main reason is

(09:39):
I don't believe Joe Burrow is there and he's got
rubbery legs. If you lose to Mitch Drabinsky and Cooper Rush,
you can certainly lose to Joe FLACCO. I've been burned, though,
by the jets. I Bet, I bet on the jets.
In Week one I lost. I bet against the jets.
In week two I got burned by that comeback in
Cleveland like gang green's gotta do a better job of

(10:02):
getting into the quarterback. Something's going to give here, because
the jets only have five quarterback pressures and three sacks
this year, while Cincinnati's offensive line is allowed thirteen sacks.
So I said last week I wasn't gonna bet on
the jets again, and here I am. I'm taking the jets.
I'm a glutton for punishment, but I'm betting against Cincinnati

(10:26):
until I see a pulse, until I see some heart.
With that Bengal team, they need a flea bath. I'm
taking the Bengals to win, but the jets to win
the money getting those five points. I'll take the five points.
Bengals twenty seven, jets twenty six. The final the penny
is also living dangerously on this one. Going with the jets.

(10:48):
All right, we agree on that. Next up, as we do,
Benny versus the penny exclusively on the podcast. Tell a friend,
as we give you inside information every game against the spread.
Sunday Monday we got you covered. New Orleans, one and
one at Carolina in an NFC south Donnie Brook Panthers

(11:08):
come in and Oh and two, it's on Fox. Dan
Helly and Matt Millen have the call. The saints opened
up a two and a half point favorite. The line
on this game is favorite by three. That this is
not going to have a wide television audience. Uh, this
game the Panthers surprisingly getting over seventy of the money.

(11:30):
Mostly Sunny, eighty two degrees that kick off at Bank
of America Stadium, and so Jamis Winston has played Carolina
a lot, going back to his Tampa days, and he's
been in this division his entire career. In the last
ten matchups, Jamis Winston's just four and six against the
spread when he's played Carolina and since this has been

(11:52):
a back and forth seesaw type of situation as the
last six games. If you've been on Carolina, I know
you won three. If you've been on Atlanta, you won three.
Head to head and the pick on this game. I've
gone back and forth on this, but I'm taking Carolina.
It's really a game set up for the penny here.
Both these teams have been befuddled heading this matchup. Carolina

(12:15):
just playing well enough to lose on late field goals. Uh.
The Saints One and one, needing a helter skelter come
back to beat the Lowbi Falcons back in week one.
So again it's even match up. A slight lean to Carolina.
They have the healthier quarterback, although not a good quarterback,
in Baker Mayfield. Alvin Kamara is supposed to be back
for New Orleans, but Jamis Winston's got a bad back.

(12:39):
He's got another injury now on top of that. Carolina.
They win, this time by a field goal. Panthers Twenty
three and the Saints Twenty. Your final take the panthers
plus the points and the penny goes with the saints

(13:00):
to the Penny going the other direction. On that game. Well,
press on Detroit one and one at Minnesota One and one.
It's on Fox Brandon Gowden and some guy named Brady
Quinn who I think does some radio show or something like.
I don't know. I never heard of him. Kind of

(13:20):
big time. He was in studio the other day. He
usually doesn't show from Florida. I was hobbling. I'll explain
why later on in the weekend, and he he walked
by me, you know, did not say hello. That was
not the proper respect, but he probably left as signed
football for you. Of course. Who doesn't need a Brady
Quinn Autograph Football? All right, the vikings are a six

(13:42):
point favorite. They opened up an eight point favorite. As
far as the handle on this game, the money part
of it, over SI is on the lions. Mostly Sunny,
sixty four degrees that kick off at US Bank stadium.
If you look at some of the trends in this
game with jared golf and Dan Campbell, the Lions are

(14:03):
eight and two their last ten against the spread and
they're also eighting to their last ten as an underdog,
so that's pretty good. Minnesota is just two and five
against the spread their last seven when they've had less
than six days of rest. Remember, the Vikings played not
well in the Monday night game. So the pick is in.

(14:23):
I'm taking the lions in this game Detroit. I love
this aiden Hutchinson. He's been a great gift, Manna from
Heaven there for the Lions Defense. He's living up to
the building of a top draft pick and he should
wreck havoc on kirk cousins. Not Neither one of these
teams has a great defense. The good news is this
is not a prime time game, so cousins will not

(14:46):
seemingly poop the bed like he does in every other
primetime game. This is not that. It's early. The lions
are averaging over thirty five points per game. They've got
some sneaky good playmakers. This game figures to be who
has the ball lass is going to win. It should
be a track meet. I love me Detroit plus the

(15:08):
points here with Dan Campbell. This comes down to the
bitter end. Lions the right side here as a live
road dog. Detroit. The dogs are marking Detroit thirty eight,
Minnesota thirty five. The final. The Penny says the Vikings

(15:28):
are gonna be the victors and the penny's a dumbass.
All right, please, none of that nonsense with the penny. Alright,
moving on as we continue. Benny versus the penny. The
next game up. Any meany mighty mall. Let's go now
to in the Annapolis Canah City, two and Oh at Indianapolis, Oh,

(15:50):
one and one. It's on CBS with Jim Nance and
tone knee role mall. That is the match up. That
is the broadcast team. The line on this game. The
chiefs opened a three point favorite. Then, after watching Indianapolis
Puke all over the field and Jackson will get shut out,

(16:11):
the chiefs got bumped up to a five and a
half point favorite. A five and a half point favorite
for Kansas City, and this game being played at Lucas
Oil stadium, a dome, so the weather not a factor.
Kansas City you think of them blowing everyone out, dominating.
But when the chiefs have been favorite on the road

(16:32):
by seven or more points with Patrick Mahomes, they're just
five and five against the spread. And the last ten
games the chiefs have played against teams with a losing record,
they are three and seven. The colts, for whatever reason,
have had Andy Reid's number of late. Last eight matchups.

(16:52):
The colts are six and two against the spread and
I am gonna take the colts in this game and
tell you why. You throw caution the win. It's part
of this this gamming. I know he did a monologue
this week ripping the Indianapolis Colts Quarterback, Matt Ryan. He
has looked old, he has looked slow, he has looked
like he should go to the glue factory, and indie

(17:15):
overall has been an embarrassment. There is no excuse for
not being able to go off to a tour, and
I start with Houston and Jacksonville. That said, everyone is
betting their their mortgage, it seems like, on Kansas City
and there's a lot of big bets that have come
in on the chiefs and Patrick Mahomes has been living
on a high wire act. If you look at the

(17:38):
some of the advanced stats, he has the eighth highest
turnover worthy play rate among quarterbacks, but he has no interceptions.
Eventually that is going to catch up to you. Those
receipts become due and you're gonna have to pay the man. Uh.
Is this the week? The Culture gonna need some of that.
They're getting guys back. They've had a lot of players
out wide, receivers, defensive players who are allegedly they're getting

(18:01):
some of those players back, uh, and we'll see if
that happens or not. But Jonathan Taylor will be able
to get some yards there against the Kansas City defense,
and there's a rule if it looks too easy, it
probably is to go the other direction. The chiefs win,
but the colts win the money. Kansas City thirty three,
Indianapolis thirty the final and the penny is gonna go

(18:28):
with the chiefs. Okay, so the penny taking the chiefs
on that one. We move on now to Danny G's
Las Vegas Raiders. The raiders, they're traveling circus, heads to Nashville,
Tennessee and match up with the titans. Couple of Oh
and two teams. It's on Fox, so you better watch.
Our old pal friend of the show, Kenny Albert, along

(18:50):
with Jonathan Vilma, have the call. The Game Open. To
pick them. The raiders are actually a two and a
half point favorite. The money is almost even. There's a
slight lean to the titans and the forecast calls for
some light rain in the area. Temperatures in the mid
seventies at Nissan Stadium for kickoff. Not Too many trends

(19:12):
on this game. The raiders are two and five against
the spread their last seven as a road favorite. They've
been a terrible bet as a road favorite. But what
the hell, I'm taking the raiders here. This is more
of a play against the Tennessee titans than it is
on Las Vegas. The titans are a disorganized bunch. Now
they have a short week. They're a battle scarred team.

(19:33):
They lost their top Lineman, the rock of that offensive line,
Taylor Luwan, he's gone, and Eric Henry, as good as
he has been. Are you going to be able to
run the ball if you fall behind? They fell behind
against Buffalo and Henry was averaging less than two yards
for the balance of that game. The raiders should have,

(19:55):
could have, would have beaten Arizona. It's the same old
raiders like get a big lead, blow it, and I
know that Derek Carr can't give me an entire game,
but one good half from car should be enough this week,
because Ryan Tandell is that bad and all the injuries,
the raiders defense should be able to keep tannehill under wraps.
So the raiders get their first win and the Josh

(20:17):
mcdaniels Hera at Raiders Thirty and the Titans Twenty three
is your final. Wow, this is the very first time
that the penny has picked the raiders. Is that a
good omen? Oh well, we'll find out on Sunday afternoon
whether or not you're in a good mood or a

(20:38):
bad mood. All right, next up, PHILADELPHIA. Oh my God,
the Eagles are some God. Oh my God, that's what
everyone's saying right now. Eagles two or old hey. They
did kick the snot out of the Vikings of the
money night game and Washington is one and one. It's
on Fox with Adam Amin and mark slayer. They have
to call. The Eagles opened up a three point fat

(21:00):
and they went up to their nest and they're now
a six and a half point road favorite. Down six
and a half point road favorite. Slight lean as far
as the handle to the birds. And again the forecast
year's rain showers overnight, but by the time kickoff comes around,
temperatures in the mid seventies at Fedex field. Some of

(21:23):
the trends on this game. Ron Rivera's coach. Washington has
a winning record as a home underdog. They're six five
and one, and the team formerly known as the Redskins
is ten four and one their last fifteen when they
play a team that is coming off short rest like Philadelphia.
So I am gonna take the commanders in this game.

(21:45):
That's right, I'm taking come at Carson Wentz revenge game,
although I'm not betting this game because of Carson Wentz.
Not a big selling point. Although he has gone over
three hundred yards, he makes a lot of mistakes. Three
yards every game. Jalen hurts put on a clinic against
the Vikings. I don't think you can play any better
than that. There's gonna be a bit of a regression
to the mean. Everyone is loading up on the eagles now.

(22:08):
In general, there's been a lot of big bets on Philadelphia.
The value is on Washington divisional game. You're getting almost
a touchdown and I realized that Washington is a pedestrian team.
They're not really good. They're not really bad in any
area offense and defense, but getting that almost a touchdown
here at home too much for me to pass up.

(22:31):
So the eagles will win it, but the commanders will
win the Bet Philly and the commander's twenty one. The
final penny likes jalen hurts and the eagles. Alright, the
Penny's going with the chalk. Living dangerously betting big road favorites.

(22:54):
Next up for us the last of the early games
and the television window. Houston all one on one at
Chicago at one on one. It's on CBS with Andrew
Catalan and James Lofton. The bears opened up a three
point favorite. The bears are still favorite by two and

(23:14):
a half and the handle UH slight lean to the
Houston Texans, as temperatures in the low seventies, a kickoff
at soldier field, and Chicago with Josh or Justin Fields
under center. They are three and seven, three and seven

(23:36):
against the spread their last ten with Mr Fields. The
bears are also one in six against the spread their
last seven after playing Green Bay. So this is a
very tough game to handicap because both teams blow. The
bears suck more than the Texans, slightly, slightly, although the
game is in Chicago. Neither quarterback here is worth their salt.

(24:00):
Certainly not telling you to bet on the Texans because
if Davis Mills the guy's a bum, but at least
Houston will attempt the forward past justin fields isn't hiding
for Chicago, and you have to continue to bet against
the bears. They are the quintessential hot mess. They don't

(24:20):
really run the ball well, they don't even try to
throw the ball well. They have a pretty mediocre defense
and now as we get later in the season, still
early in the season, but as we get further on,
the injuries start piling up. So I will take the
Texans Seventeen and the bears sixteen. Houston the right side

(24:41):
in this game. The Penny is going with the Texans. Okay,
so agreement on that particular game. Next up for US
Jacksonville at the Los Angeles chargers of Inglewood, and both
these teams coming in one and one. It's on CBS.

(25:02):
Greg Gumbel, who ate sports talk radio, and Adam Arch Aletta,
oh I worked with years ago at NBC. Those are
the broadcasters for this game and the game open up
the chargers a nine and a half point favorite, a
massive number. It's went down. The chargers are still favored
by seven and the handle in this game. The numbers

(25:23):
that we have about seventy, little more than that on
the side of the chargers. Typical l a day so
fi stadium, not a dome. So Fi, it's not a
dome because it's open on both sides. Eighty one degrees
and Sonny in the hood in Inglewood. And as far
as the trends are concerned, couple of stand out here.
chargers are seven and all against the spread their last

(25:45):
seven head to head with Jacksonville, but remember they don't
play that often and the Jags, with Trevor Lawrence under center,
have been one in six against the spread on the
road their last seven. So it has not gone well
for Lawrence on the road. It hasn't gone well for
Lawrence just about anywhere in Jacksonville. But I'm gonna take
the Jackson this game. Justin Herbert's got bad ribs. He

(26:08):
is expected to play, as we're doing. Benny Brusus the penny,
but what version are YOU gonna get? The chargers do
have a little bit of extra rest. That should give
them a bump. They played on the Thursday night game.
But I've liked what I've seen from Jacksonville. They had
the lead in week one, they blew it against Washington
and then in week two they played a complete game

(26:29):
against the banged up colts team. But you look around
and you're like, Hey, wait a minute, defense, we'll be
able to get some pressure. Jacksonville's defense against Herbert forced
him into some mistakes. Meanwhile, we love Trevor Lawrence. He
had the best game, the greatest game he's had as
a pro since coming out of Clemson. He finally looked
like the guy that was the Unicorn quarterback, and so

(26:55):
we are going yet again with Jacksonville this week. We'll
take the jazz EGS. Third Week in a row we're
on the side of the team from Duval County, but
the chargers will win. The jags will cover the line
and win the bet. chargers thirty Jaguars the final. Did

(27:20):
you miss that breaking news for Montery the other day? No,
I did not hear that. What was the breaking news
from our friend months Herbert was seen at practice skipping.
Oh really, was he skipping like like an elementary school
playground skipping? Are you sure that he wasn't eating skippy

(27:40):
peanut butter, that that was what he was he was
possible he was eating that and the peanut butter. The
Penny says fuck, you're skipping and his going with the JAGS.
All right, so we agree on that game. Next up,
Green Bay at Tampa Bay. It's on Fox Kevin Burkhard
and Greg Olsen. The bucking years opened up a three

(28:01):
point favorite. They are favored by one in this game
and about seventy over seventy percent of the money is
on the cheeseheads. If you look at the handle at
Raymond James Stadium Sonny and temperatures in the mid eighties.
That kick off some of the trends going into this game.
The buccaneers eight and two against the spread their last

(28:23):
ten home games on Sunday. That's a lot of qualifiers.
Tampa is ten, four and one against the spread the
last fifteen at home in Tom Brady's reign. Uh. And
you go back and forth on these things and I
I have settled on the home team. I'm gonna take

(28:45):
the buccaneers in this game. It's the game I went
back and forth on. Tom Brady has looked his age.
He's played more like the guy at the end when
he was with the Patriots then he he has like
the guy that showed up in Tampa the first couple
of years. He's been sluggish. Mike Evans is not playing.
He got suspended and I think that Danny G radio

(29:05):
is actually starting as the third receiver in the Bucks Office.
They're going flotsam and Jetsam at receiver. So despite that,
I just I'm going with Tampa here. I don't trust
the packer wide receivers. A ween over the teddy bears
the last week does not give you any kind of
street cred in my book. So these teams are evenly matched.

(29:28):
I do like the Tampa Defense, which has been the
real deal here. To rock the boat, the packer boat, buccaneers,
packers one the final and the penny is going with Tampa. Okay,
so another game where we agree on next up, ATLANTA

(29:50):
AT SEATTLE. Atlanta Falcons coming oh into Seattle. One and one.
It's on Fox. Part of the Fox Sports Radio ALUMNIS
those station. Chris Myers has the call and Robert Smith.
Robert Smith as also in the booth there, the old
Ohio State Buck Guy Back in the day. So the

(30:11):
lion opened up Seattle by three. This game is a
pick them and a large, large percentage of the handle
is on the side of the Falcons over close to
n and that normally raises a red flag to me,
as this game will be played at Lumen field, has
had a lot of names over these by couple lumen

(30:33):
field there in Seattle, sunny and temperatures in the seventies
of kickoff. Trend in this game Seattle five and ten,
the last fifteen as a favorite of seven points or less.
And so against my better judgment, I'm gonna take the Falcons.
But the real reason here is I'm betting against Geno Smith.
The Real Geno Smith has arrived. Get the vomit comment ready.

(30:56):
He's a pilot of the vomit comment. Neither one of
these teams is really any good, but Atlanta has has
shown some some push here on offense. They did take
advantage of some Ram mistakes last week to get back
in the game. They also had a big lead that
they blew against New Orleans, and so these teams are
relatively even and I say Atlanta gets their first victory

(31:21):
of the season. They will win this game outright. Falcons
twenty and the seahawks thirteen. The final and the Penny
is going with the sea chickens. The sea chickens, it
is all right. Next up we get to the last

(31:42):
game in the early television window of the L A
R I am is at one and one in the
Arizona Cardinals, also at one on one. It's on Fox,
Kevin Coogler and Mark Sanchez, sanchies, the Butt Fumble Guy,
on the call. Yeah, you know the rams are not
playing well right now when Mark Sanchez is calling a
lot of their games there that's that's the sign things

(32:03):
are not going particularly well. The rams opened up a
four and a half point favorite. They are favored by
three and a half now, and the money mostly on
the cardinals. The public was smitten with Arizona's comeback in
Vegas last week, cardinals getting almost seventy of the action.
I don't understand. Now the rams have done very well.

(32:27):
There was that one hiccup against Kyler Murray, but there's
six and one against the spread with kyler Murray as
the opposing quarterback, and the last ten matchups that the
rams have had sean McVeigh against the cardinals, the rams
are nine and one against the spread. So I'm on
the side of Los Angeles. I'm gonna take the rams

(32:48):
this week. Now the rams have been sloppy. They made
a lot of mistakes. Matthew Stafford's an interception machine, but
Sean McVeigh has to be licking his chops the great
offensive mine. The rams offense returned last week against the Falcons,
and Arizona has the second worst past defense in the NFL.
Matthew Stafford and that air attack with Cooper Cup and friends.

(33:12):
The cardinals win last week was much more of a
fluke than anything else. It is back to reality for
Alligator Arms Murray. No fans will be slapping him this week,
but the Rams Aaron Donald will on the field rams,
thirty three and the cardinals the final, and the penny

(33:35):
is also going with your lambs. Alright, so the penny
on the right side of history. There's been a lot
of agreement here, which is fine. That's good. Only a
few games so far that are separate and there's only
a couple of games left for us to handicap on
this edition of Benny versus the Penny, man versus coin,

(33:59):
as we throw it up and throw it down. If
you're you're just tuning in wondering what this is. I
don't know how you could just tune in because the
podcast you have to fast forward. So the way this works,
Danny is the keeper of the coin. He flips it
up and the home team is what, Danny, you remember
what the home team is? You've been flipping the penny here.
The home team is heads, yeah, and the visiting team

(34:21):
is tales. That is correct, and so you sit on
your butt when you go on the road. So the
visiting team is tales, and that's how we've done it.
That's how we've always done it, that's what we how
we will always do it, and that is how this
is going to go. All right. Next up, we had
the Sunday night football on and be cee Mike Tariko

(34:43):
and Chris Collinsworth have the call on this game. The
forty niners. Big Line change here. Broncos open a three
point favorite. They're not favorite by one and a half.
The forty niners are favorite by one and a half
and the public loves the forty niners. They they can't
get enough. Almost of the handle in favor of the

(35:06):
team from the bay area. Some of the trends in
this game. Russell Wilson, very good in his career in
night games. Twenty two and fourteen against the spread back
in his Seattle days, and Jimmy Garoppolo, whose statistics leave
a lot to be desired, much to be desired. A
Nineteen and eight, the forty niners record on the road

(35:30):
with Garoppolo as the starting quarterback. That is gonna get
or done. They just find a way to win. But
there's another side here. Russell Wilson, the forty niners on
the road against Russell Wilson back in his Seattle days.
Just two and eight in those games, different scenario, different city.

(35:51):
All that. The pick is in. I'm gonna take the
Broncos here. Now, technically the forty niners have the top
past defense in the NFL, but it is a misleading situation.
They've played justin fields and Geno Smith this game, all right,
this game looks too easy and we anticipate the broncos

(36:14):
closing the gap. They've made a lot of mistakes. They've
been a poorly coach team here, but they have won
the statute. They've been able to win the yardage game
and all that, and they've they've had some bad breaks
go against them, some of themselves created. But I believe
the Broncos will taste victory for the second consecutive week.

(36:36):
And their weird quarterback, who do you see the video
this week where Russ was on the sidelines and he
was like a pop warner coach encouraging the team to
yell out for the defense. What? What? What play runner? Pass?
Oh my God. Anyway, Broncos, Forty niners twenty four. The final. Ah,

(37:00):
the penny, you must love Jimmy g going with the niners. Alright,
the niners the pick for the penny in the last game.
Last call for gambling on the NFL. We head to
Monday night football and it's in Jersey. Couple of NFC

(37:23):
east rivals. If you're around my age, this was a
matchup that was like a really big deal when you
were a kid and it hasn't been a really big
deal in a long time, but it still gets national
TV players on ESPN. Dallas one and one, the giants
off to the two and oh start Joe Buck and
Troy Aikman. They took that live golf money and they

(37:43):
are over at ESPN rolling in the money, rolling in
the money. The giants opened up a four and a
half point favorite the spread on this game. The giants
are favored by one and a half, one and a
half points here in this game. Now some of the trends.
Mike McCarthy. Say What you want about the road ton

(38:06):
coach there, but Mike McCarthy has been rock solid. If
you bet on the cowboys on the road with Mike
McCarthy's coach, Dallas Eight and two against the spread, and
so that has been great. They've also done very well
over the last twenty five games against the NFC east.
The Division has been terrible, uh, and so Dallas has

(38:29):
put up an eighteen and seven record against the spread.
So there there is that. And also the giants on
the other hand, even though they're two and oh. This
season they have been pretty bad in the month of September.
Of course they've been bad in the month of October,

(38:50):
the month of November. You can go down list. The
Daniel Jones quagmire returned. He did not play well, even
though the giants beat Carol. So I'm gonna take the
cowboys in this game, taking Dallas Cooper rush with the
rudimentary offense versus the stumble Bum Daniel Jones and the cowboys.

(39:14):
A couple of key defensive plays. I'll get a couple
of mistakes from Daniel Jones. On what will be a cool,
rainy night at metlife stadium, temperatures in the sixties, light rain.
I'm taking the cowboys three and the giants twenty the
final and the penny is going with the giants. Okay,

(39:41):
so we disagree on that game and that is all
he said or all she wrote, or however you want
to do it. Please say the Penny is day. Oh
they yeah, you asked the penny what the Penny's pronouns are,
with their preferred PRONU and maybe they can be fluid

(40:04):
and bounce back and forth. The Penny. I don't know. Anyway.
All right, that's it. Good kick your ass this week. Yes,
good luck here. The Penny is going down. I will
put the Penny on train tracks. The train will come
down run over the penny. Have you ever seen what
happens to a penny when the train goes by? It
Ain't pretty. Uh. And so I will end up back

(40:25):
in the money, back eat the body wrong. Good luck, though,
don't don't go crazy, don't bet too much, but make
sure whatever you do bet turns out to be a winner,
and we will talk to you next time on the
Saturday podcast. Back at that, the life of mall or
the life of Danny g will catch you then later. Skaters,

(40:51):
up with it.
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