Nick Wright shares his prediction for who Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs will take on in Super Bowl 60. Will it be a rematch with Jalen Hurts' Philadelphia Eagles, Jordan Love's Green Bay Packers after acquiring Micah Parsons from the Dallas Cowboys, Jared Goff's Detroit Lions, Baker Mayfield's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, or someone else from a deep NFC? Later, Nick shares his best bets and predictions ahead of Week 1 of the NFL season including his Kansas City Chiefs taking on Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers, Lamar Jackson's Baltimore Ravens rematching Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills on Sunday Night Football, Joe Flacco's Cleveland Browns looking to upset Joe Burrow's Cincinnati Bengals, and more! Next, Nick reacts to Bill Belichick's disastrous 48-14 loss to TCU in his debut as head coach of North Carolina. Nick breaks down what went wrong for UNC, why Belichick's relationship with Jordon Hudson raises questions, and what North Carolina fans can expect moving forward. #Volume
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Best of the Week for What's Right
with Nick Right the best takes and moments from this
week on the show. Enjoy. I want to recap what
we've done and then get to demand's picks and my
final picks. So we did six official If you want
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It's on YouTube, it's on iTunes', on Spotify, everywhere you
can get your podcasts, and you can hear my picks
for all thirty two teams. But there are six bets
that we are making. Okay, we are betting the overs
for the following teams with the following Juice Jags over
seven and a half minus one twenty five. I think
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the Jags are going to make the playoffs. I think
Trevor is going to have a bounce back year. I
also think he knows this is kind of a make
or break year for him. He luckily already got paid,
but as far as him being concerned, are like a
no doubt franchise quarterback. They've got to be good. I
think they will be, and they only have to win
eight games. The Bears over eight and a half at
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plus one point fifteen. I like everything about the team.
I love the coach at least this. I love their
offensive coordinator who's also their head coach. I can't yet
say if I know Ben Johnson will be good at
the head coaching stuff. I know he's good at the
play calling stuff. I don't mind the tough love on Caleb.
So they'ren over. I have Kansas City. You just bet
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the Chiefs over every single year. I mean it's since
Andy's been there pri Ma Homes. It has failed to
hit one time, and they if they only win, if
they go twelve and five, people would consider that a
bit of a disappointment and it would hit their over.
Tampa over nine and a half is probably my favorite
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bet of all of these. I think the Bucks have
a real shot to be the one seed in the NFC,
and I think that they are going to win at
least eleven games, maybe twelve or thirteen. That's minus one twenty.
The Raiders over six and a half at minus one
forty five. They're the team everyone thinks it's going to
be bad that I think it's going to be good.
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And Atlanta over seven and a half at minus one
forty Again, they won eight games last year with Cousins
falling apart, and I think you know year or two
of Raheem Morris with the defense. Those are my overs demons.
Of those six, what is your favorite and what is
your least favorite of my six overs?
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Then favorite, I gotta say, man, I think it's the
Jags over seven and a half. Least favorite. Uh, I
don't really. I guess if like, if I had to
choose one, my least favorite would be the Bears.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
But like I like, I don't, but you don't hate it? Right? Yeah?
All right? Now? The unders six unders as well, Bengals
under nine and a half at minus one fifteen. I
just don't see a team with those. I think they
have real question marks on the O line and obvious
question marks all over the defense. And I think Zach
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Taylor's seat is very hot. I don't think they're getting
to double digit wins. The Colts under seven and a
half at minus one thirty. This is my favorite of
the unders. I think they could end up with the
number one pick of the draft. I think that is
absolutely on the board. The Broncos under nine and a
half at plus one ten. I I think the Broncos
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are going to get out to a decent start, people
are going to be crowing. I think the final two
months of the season are going to be brutal for them.
I also think people have overestimated what they're going to
get from bo Nicks this year, and they're two major
Their two major defensive editions are such injury risks of
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me that I don't think. I don't know that they're
going to get the boost from them that people expect
under ten and a half weeks. Oh, if they get
off to a good start, Yeah, sure, absolutely, Yeah, that's
on the board. Cowboys under eight and a half minus
one forty five. I did this before the Parsons trade.
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I assume you know, odds have shifted on this, but
we've made these bets already. Vikings under nine and a
half minus one twenty five. I just think it's a
lot to ask in that division for de facto rookie quarterback.
And I just think the Niners win totals wrong. I
think the Niners are looked at miners in the schedule
soft as like a Tier two Super Bowl contender. I
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don't look at them that way. I think that they are,
you know, a seven to eight win team, so I
will take under ten and a half for the Niners.
My favorite there is, as I mentioned, the Colts demands
your your favorite, your least.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Favorite, least favorite, there is angles favorite favorite. Yeah, I
agree with the Niners. Yeah, the forty nine.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
It's just a big number, man. They can win the
division and hit there under like that. It's just a
big number, all right, make miss playoffs, do it quickly.
Jags plus one eighty, Chiefs minus three eighty Raiders plus
three forty for a half unit, Giant Giants five to
one for a quarter unit, and the Bucks minus one seventy.
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Those are make playoffs, miss playoffs. Steelers minus one forty,
Colts minus two sixty, Broncos plus one thirty, Cowboys minus
two to ten. Again, that one has moved, but I
got it in time. The Vikings plus one hundred two
units on that one, and the Cardinals minus one forty
and then a miss playoffs parlay. I did a few
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of these last year. That screwed me. I'm only doing one.
Four teams that I think are likely to finish in
dead last in their division, Saints, Jets, Brown's, Colts all
to miss the playoffs minus one thirty five to two units.
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I am acutely aware, demons that the Colts have a
chance to be the Jags for me this year or
two years ago. You remember, two years ago, I would
have had a hugely profitable preseason, you know, gambling shows.
But I had the Jags involved in four separate bets.
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I lost them all, and because the Jags weren't as
good as I thought the Colts if the Cults are
really good, I lose this. I lose to miss the
playoffs bet and I lose. They're under Luckily, Daniel Jones
is greatly involved, so I'm not worried about that.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
I'm still I'm still getting accustomed to the betting and stuff. Yeah,
parlaying four things to is just getting minus one? Is
that not terrible odds? Oh no, no, no, it's terrible value.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Okaym yes, you you're you're you are correct in telling
me that is a square wager. Okay, together, putting four
things together just for the opportunity that lay minus one
thirty five is terrible process.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
But I'm seeing I just.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Feel yeah, no, you're right. I just feel like Saints, Jets,
Browns are just do a for the playoffs, and so
it's it's I have the Cults to miss the Platoves
at minus two sixty and then I have them basically
again to miss the playoffs at minus one thirty five.
So that's that's the way I'm doing it. It's not
good process. You're right, all right. The new picks. Before
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we get to Demands's picks, which were wildly profitable last year,
we are only doing three division winner bets. And I
can't believe the first two of these demands are only
minus one fifteen. Tell the audience the first one.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
All right, no surprise here. We got the Chiefs to
win the West of the AFC West, sorry, at minus
one fifteen.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Yeah, they win it every year. Mahomes is thirty five
and five in his career in the division. They win
it by an average in Mahomes' career by four games.
Last year, the AFC West had three playoff teams. It
was such a tough division. They won it by four games.
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Despite throwing week eighteen, minus won fifteen. I'll take the
Chiefs over the field. The next one. Another team, Demonse
that wins their division every year, only minus won fifteen.
What is it?
Speaker 2 (08:51):
We've got the Bucks to win the NFC South at.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Minus one fifteen, like the Saints and Panthers to me
are no shot no shotters, and the I just think
the Bucks are gonna be really good. And then the last,
So that's I love. I might like that even more
than I like the Chiefs one. But I the just because.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
How weak the division is.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Yeah, exactly right. And then I found I found a
plus money parlay here Demons only two teams.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
So we got a division winner. We got Baltimore plus
Buffalo at plus one oh six. I'd say that's another
safe one.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
I mean, that's really to me, just fading the Bengals.
Maybe I'm wrong. I'm not worried about the Steelers. It's
just maybe, you know, maybe the defense somehow with the
new decordinator is average. The offense is the same, and
they have an awesome year. But Baltimore and Buffalo are
such regular season juggernauts that putting them together at plus
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one oh six to me makes sense. And then our
annual tradition Super Bowl EXACTA. Three years ago we had
Chiefs Niners, and the Niners found themselves in the conference
championship game. Last two years ago we had Chiefs Cowboys
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and the Cowboys found themselves with twelve wins. Last year
we had Chiefs Bears, and the Bears had a season
from hell and missed the playoffs. This year, the Super
Bowl EXACTA at fifty five to one is drum roll please, Demonse.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
We got Kansas City versus Tampa Bay and the Super
Bowl exact plus fifty five hundred.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
How about the and then obviously spoiler Super Bowl exactly
with the winner.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Right, Kansas City defeat Tampa Bay at plus eleven thousand.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
Indeed, So, Demanse, here's something I didn't even think about
when I made this pick. Brew mentioned it. The Chiefs
with Mahomes have been to five Super Bowls, all rematches,
played Philly twice, played San Francisco twice. The one other
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team they played Tampa Bay, another Super Bowl rematch bake
show against Patrick revisiting the greatest, the craziest college football
game ever played. Do you know about their college game.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Demonse, against each other? Yeah, I'm sure they each other up.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Hold on, well, let me, Demonse, so let me just
tell you real quick twenty sixteen, because they have played
in the playoffs before. All right, so the final score, Tomanse,
let me, I'm just actually hold on, let me just
go to Patrick Mahomes college stats. Final score was sixty
six to fifty nine, so that gives you a little
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bit of a preview. It was Texas Tech where Baker
started against Oklahoma, and hold on, where is it here?
It is? The final stats are as follows. Uh. Joe
Mixon was in the game. He ran for two sixty okay,
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and four touchdowns, but that wasn't the story. The story
was Baker. Baker was twenty seven of thirty six only
through thirty six passes for five hundred and forty five yards,
seven touchdowns, no picks.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Jesus okay, okay.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Patrick Patrick was fifty two of eighty eight for seven
hundred and thirty four yards five touchdowns running well, No,
they did have running back go twelve carries for eighty
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five yards and two touchdowns. That running back's name was
Patrick Mahomes. So Mahomes in that game combined for eight
hundred and ten yards, seven touchdowns, one pick. Bake Show
in that game never ran the ball through for five
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forty five and seven touchdowns on just thirty six attempts.
Mahomes threw at eighty eight times. It is an all
time legendary college football game. Yeah, yeah, October twenty second,
twenty sixteen all timer. And so they've played in the
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playoffs before Patrick got hurt against the Baker was there
in the Browns and yeah that's my uh, that is
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Speaker 2 (15:38):
Twenty twenty four regular season, you went forty eight forty
and two, and your overall record was fifty six forty
four and three, and that also we got in the playoffs.
You also went undefeated in touchdown Genie. Now this wasn't
every week, but we were undefeated.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
I was very picky with when I went with the
Bruisers love a good touchdown, Genie. They love an octopus
bet in the Super Bowl. They we'll have a touchdown, Jeannie.
They love all these things. I was very choosy on
when I wanted to do it, and I didn't realize it,
but I did go undefeated on it. All right, five
picks every week? What's my first pick?
Speaker 2 (16:13):
First pick? We've got Kansas City minus three versus the Chargers.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Yeah, it's a neutral site and they're only laying three.
It's not I think the Chiefs are the best team
in football. I think the Chargers are around the fourteenth
best team in football. I do not think any team
is more used to handling odd environments than Kansas City.
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Patrick is five and two against the spread and openers.
I understand Herbert is a really good against the spread
quarterback early in the season ten and five, but part
of that is Patrick being five and two is even
more impressive when you consider the fact that the Chiefs
have become such a public team. Those lines are usually inflated.
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Chargers in the other direction. You know, they haven't had
a ton of early season high high level expectations. I
just think I do not see I think that Trent
McDuffie is going to be able to neutralize Lad McConkie.
And with if that happens, how else are the Chargers
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who are they throwing it to? Like? How are they
moving the ball? And don't I know hardball is going
to want to run the No Rashwan Slater is a
big deal. The Chiefs minus three against the Chargers is
my first bet of the year and spoiler a bit.
It is the only favorite I am taking in Week one.
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Next pick Demonse, next Weick.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
You got Miami plus one at Indian.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Yeah, this is a pretty simple for me. You get
the Dolphins indoors, controlled climate, obviously fast track like that,
You get too a healthy like that, You get Tyreek
something to prove early in the year like that, and
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then you get a team in the Colts that I
believe might end up being the worst team in football
this year. It's certainly it's possible. I am getting a
point now. Obviously getting one point doesn't help you a lot.
It's you're really just picking a winner. Excuse me, I apologize,
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But if the Dolphins, the Dolphins have any chance of
having a better season than I think the general public expects,
from them. They must start fast, Colts, Pats, Bill's tough, Jets, Panthers, Chargers,
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Browns like that. That's their opening slate because late in
the year we go, you go Ravens, Bill's Commanders, Saints, Easy, Jets, Steelers, Bengals, Bucks,
Pats like and a lot of cold weather games in there.
This is a as close to a Week one must
win for a team's playoff hopes as exist. I don't love, obviously,
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the the Colts quarterback in Daniel Jones. I think Miami
wins the game outright, and I think Miami's gonna be
able to move the ball in the Colts defense. I'll
take Miami plus one at.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Indy, and next you've got Cleveland plus five or Cincinnati.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
I do I love this? I don't.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Does it feel good including the Cleveland Browns and my
Week one picks? Of course not. However, what was lost,
what's lost in the shuffle about the Browns in Week
one is this, they'll be fine at quarterback this week now,
once Flacco starts taking some hits, once the season starts progressing,
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you know how fine are they going to be? Probably
not at all, but this will probably be the best
quarterback situation they have all year. Cincinnati has Trey Hendrickson
coming off missing most of training camp, Shamar Stewart rookie
pass rusher, missed a lot of the offseason, the first
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game for a new defensive coordinator, and maybe most importantly,
and this is a point I have been trying to make.
I have real concerns about since he's offensive line and
you got Miles Garrett, since he also so just desperately
needs a win, that I don't think this is at
any point going to be a style points type of game.
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I think this is going to be a man, if
we're up three late, suck the air out of the stadium,
get out of there with a win. So I think
I think that, you know, twenty one to seventeen Cincinnati
is a pretty likely outcome for this game. I'll take
the five points. I'm it's a home divisional dog against
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a team that is awful every single year in Week one,
and so Cleveland plus five against Cincinnati is the way
I'm going. It's not calling a Cleveland win. I just
don't think Cincinnati is gonna dominate the game because they
never dominate early in the season.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
Next to look there to you, pops, we got Vegas at.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
Plus two and you don't like that one.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
It's it's yeah, because what if Cincinnati does what if
they don't come out slow like they usually do.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Well, then I'll lose the bet.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Yeah, Divisional.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
I will also say, is here's the other thing we
know about Flacco. Flacco loves chucking it deep and going
for a back door cover like that is that's the
other piece, Like could this be Cincinnati up twenty seven
seventeen with ninety seconds left and Flacco is you know,
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throwing bombs and we end up stealing a back door
cover for sure? All right?
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Next next you've got a Vegas plus two and a
half at New England.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
Yeah. So this is, you know, basically just going with
my preseason feel that the Raiders are better than people
think they are now. I also think New England could
be good, but iing New England is going to have
real trouble scoring points this year. I like the rookie
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running back, I like Drake may I don't like the
receivers at all. And where the Raiders are gonna be
in trouble is against teams with explosive offenses. The Patriots
do not have that, So I think that this is
one of the few matchups all year where the Raiders
defense is not going to be exploited. I think Max
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Crosby could have a big impact on that Patriots offensive line.
And if I know Vrabel, he's going to game plan
to just not let Max Crosby stripsack flip the game,
which leads to conservative play calling and a lot of
what he did at times in Tennessee, which is just
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keep it close and try to out execute them late.
I think Geno is gonna come out firing. I obviously
really like Ashton genty and I think the Raiders win
this game. And I'm getting two and a half points.
This feels to me like twenty one to twenty Raiders.
So I'll take the Raiders plus two and a half. Also,
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Patriots won four games last year teams that won four
if you were the previous year, and our Week one
favorites are zero to five against the spread and the
last five it's it's a rare thing that happens, and
so I will go with the Raiders plus two and
a half.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
Last, lastly, you've got Buffalo plus one versus Baltimore.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
Yeah, I mean, here's the thing. This is not anti
Lamar at all. He's a great player and a great, great,
great regular season player. No, it's it's simply this. If
Buffalo is at home, they shouldn't be underdogs, that's all,
you know what I mean, Like Buffalo is too good
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of a team to be a home dog, and I
think that that is I also saw Baltimore last year
when people thought, oh, they have an extra chip on
their shoulder because that's the team that knocked him out
of the playoffs in the Chiefs and the Chiefs controlled
that game. And so this, by the way, is a
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very similar situation. Last year, it was Kansas City minus
one and a half? Was it minus no? Yes, it
was Kansas City minus one and a half against Baltimore
in Kansas City. And that was why that likely play
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was almost such an awful beat because I had KC
minus one and a half, case was up seven. They score,
they think they score that touchdown, and then they're gonna
go for two, which would have killed the bet. You know,
Like if they go for two and they make it,
they win. If they go for two and they miss it,
they lose. Either way, the Chiefs couldn't win by a
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point and a half. But I just don't think Buffalo
should be home dogs. And this'll be the only time
where do they play the Chiefs, And by the way,
they wouldn't be home dogs against they play the Chiefs
in Buffalo, but they'll be favored in that game. Like
this is also a little too much, a little too
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much respect for Baltimore. Like anytime this year, Buffalo is
a home dog all betam which means right now is
the only time. This is the only time all regular
season they'll be a home dog. So my five picks,
and a lot of this does have to do with
preseason priors, but what else can you do in Week one?
Kansas City minus one in Brazil against the Chargers, Miami
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plus one at the Colts, Cleveland getting five at home
against Cincinnati, Las Vegas getting two and a half in
New England, and Buffalo getting one at home against Baltimore.
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started good hell of an opening drive, and then the
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Speaker 2 (27:42):
He bamboozled in that opening drive, got that opening touchdown,
and it was pretty much downhill from there. It was
this is a historically bad opener for you and c Actually,
what's the what's the state of Bill Belichick? That was?
That was pretty rough him obviously, yes, NFL coach.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
So this was I when we were talking and we're
going to get to Arch Manning in a second, but
when the discussion surrounding Arch Manning over the weekend was
a lot of well, what do you expect from him,
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it's up against that Matt Patricia pro style defense. And
I said yesterday, I think that is underselling the impact
the Ohio State players had and over selling the impact
the actual coach had, because to me, that was more
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about a young player who'd never played on the road,
playing in a brutal environment and the other team having
all these pros on defense than it was about Matt
Patricia's brilliant scheme. But that was not a popular take.
The popular take was that Patricia was Dick Lebou mixed
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with Vince Lombardi out there, which would lead you to believe, well,
if that's what Patricia's defense looks like, holy smokes, wait
till you see his mentor Bill Belichick's defense, you know,
Monday night against TCU. And then what happened. What happened
Monday night against TCU was his team with the seventy
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new players, with all the hype, with Jordan and Mia
Hamm and Lawrence Taylor and all the North Carolina royalty
in the stadium got absolutely dog walked for three hours.
Because here's the truth, more than anything about college football,
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scheme matters, to a degree, talent matters more than anything.
Why is college coaching so important for the recruiting for
the in this day's NIA, the ability to acquire the talent,
and it is colored. I looked at yesterday's game and
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I said, TCU has a veteran quarterback who's been with
the program for three years. North Carolina is starting a
kid that transferred from South Alabama. I don't care that
it's at North Carolina. That is not exactly a super
scary or intimidating place to play. And I thought TCU.
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I didn't think they were gonna win by thirty, but
I thought they'd cover the three and a half. And
I think folks that expected Belichick to come in and
do a snap turn them into a contender turnaround were foolish. Now, oddly, Demonse,
I think this actually makes it more likely that Bill
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Belichick is the North Carolina head coach in a year. Yeah,
because the only way he wasn't going to be the
North Carolina head coach in a year was if this
went so well that an NFL team was like, Okay,
that's you know, that's he's had his time off, we
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now want to bring him in. I don't think it's
going to go that way, and I do think that
it is totally fair and totally in bounds to ask
the question, does seventy something year old Bill Belichick have
his eye on the ball here? That how much of Belichick,
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mister no distractions? Do your job, keep the main thing,
the main thing? How much of that has been weakened
by this three plus year at this point relationship with
wanna be starlet Jordan Hudson. That's fair, that's not out
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of bounds. That isn't I you're bringing up the guy's
personal life because they have made their relationship super public
via Instagram posts, podcast interviews, the CBS Morning News, and
via the weirdest business run of trademarking attempting to trademark
(32:30):
gold Digger and other weird stuff that you just know
is going to shine the spotlight on the coach and
his girlfriend. Who is the coach is older than Demonse's
grandmother and the girlfriend is younger than Demonse. That's all fair,
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and the only way to knock that out and have
it just be a side thing is to be great.
And not only do I not think they're going to
be great, I think they are going. I think the
expectations were a touch too high. You watch that game
last night and you said to yourself, Oh, are they
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going to have competent quarterback play? That's a fair question.
Then you watched that game last night and you said
to yourself, oh, does that defense. You've got to assume
the defense is well coached, So how do we explain
what we saw? Do they just really not have the personnel?
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Then you ask yourself the question of how long has
it been since we have known Bill Belichick is a
an above average talent evaluator. All those things come together
for some very nervous times. So now listen, they get
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Charlotte Richmond and then UCF. I'll be totally honest, I
don't know how good UCF is supposed to be this year.
They will beat Charlotte and Richmond, and they don't have
because they're in the ACC and because of the draw,
they have the only juggernaut on their schedules, Clemson. But
in a month when they host Clemson, it's going to
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look like the TCU game but works. And if TCU,
a team on the fringes of the top twenty five
but outside of it, can do that to you, then
you really worry about what any of the legitimate power
five programs are going to do to them. And so.
Speaker 2 (34:46):
I think that anything that happens throughout this season is
going to affect his legacy. Can it do that positively
or negatively? Or is it too early?
Speaker 1 (34:57):
No. Listen, if he went to college football and was awesome,
that would positively affect his legacy. Him going to college
football and being awful will not, in my opinion, negatively
affect his legacy, except it will be it will affect
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it like this in thirty years demonse, when you're talking
sports with young people and they're talking about the greatest
coaches of all time and they're like, yeah, you know,
and Bill Belichick at that point is like Vince Lombardi,
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you know what I mean, where they act like what
was you know, what made him greater? Whatever? You'll be
like and really weird end for him, Right, he went
and coached college and dated this twenty year old and
like it kind of.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
You know, it's the last thing you remember about him.
Speaker 1 (36:00):
Right. But it won't be a thing. My point is this,
It won't be a thing that actually sticks to the legacy.
It will just be a thing that people who were
here for it remember, bring it, that's it. You know
what I mean, but it won't it won't stick to
it for those in the history books. Now here's where
it does hurt his legacy to a degree, at least
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in my mind. And sorry, if we're taking some internet hits,
we got nothing open but the script. So there's I
got no way around that. Oh there is one thing
I can do, hold on the he needed to be
really good at North Carolina Demandsay to have a chance
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to get back to the NFL and run down Shula. Yeah,
so that part, you know what I mean, That part
hurts him. But no, this is not his NFL legacy.
And listen, I know people are gonna throw up the
record with Brady, record without Brady. The problem for that
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is we all saw, like those of us that saw
those first three Patriot Championships understand how great they were
defensively and that Brady wasn't Brady yet. And those of
us that are being fair also remember the final Patriot
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Championship where they scored thirteen points in the Super Bowl
and Belichick's defense made Sean McVeigh and Todd Gurley and
Jared Goff look totally inept on the biggest stage. So
like that, I'm not gonna allow like the revisionist history
on that, But this is a really a very auspicious
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inn or beginning to the final chapter.
Welcome to the Best of the Week for What's Right
with Nick Right the best takes and moments from this
week on the show. Enjoy. I want to recap what
we've done and then get to demand's picks and my
final picks. So we did six official If you want
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It's on YouTube, it's on iTunes', on Spotify, everywhere you
can get your podcasts, and you can hear my picks
for all thirty two teams. But there are six bets
that we are making. Okay, we are betting the overs
for the following teams with the following Juice Jags over
seven and a half minus one twenty five. I think
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the Jags are going to make the playoffs. I think
Trevor is going to have a bounce back year. I
also think he knows this is kind of a make
or break year for him. He luckily already got paid,
but as far as him being concerned, are like a
no doubt franchise quarterback. They've got to be good. I
think they will be, and they only have to win
eight games. The Bears over eight and a half at
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plus one point fifteen. I like everything about the team.
I love the coach at least this. I love their
offensive coordinator who's also their head coach. I can't yet
say if I know Ben Johnson will be good at
the head coaching stuff. I know he's good at the
play calling stuff. I don't mind the tough love on Caleb.
So they'ren over. I have Kansas City. You just bet
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the Chiefs over every single year. I mean it's since
Andy's been there pri Ma Homes. It has failed to
hit one time, and they if they only win, if
they go twelve and five, people would consider that a
bit of a disappointment and it would hit their over.
Tampa over nine and a half is probably my favorite
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bet of all of these. I think the Bucks have
a real shot to be the one seed in the NFC,
and I think that they are going to win at
least eleven games, maybe twelve or thirteen. That's minus one twenty.
The Raiders over six and a half at minus one
forty five. They're the team everyone thinks it's going to
be bad that I think it's going to be good.
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And Atlanta over seven and a half at minus one
forty Again, they won eight games last year with Cousins
falling apart, and I think you know year or two
of Raheem Morris with the defense. Those are my overs demons.
Of those six, what is your favorite and what is
your least favorite of my six overs?
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Then favorite, I gotta say, man, I think it's the
Jags over seven and a half. Least favorite. Uh, I
don't really. I guess if like, if I had to
choose one, my least favorite would be the Bears.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
But like I like, I don't, but you don't hate it? Right? Yeah?
All right? Now? The unders six unders as well, Bengals
under nine and a half at minus one fifteen. I
just don't see a team with those. I think they
have real question marks on the O line and obvious
question marks all over the defense. And I think Zach
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Taylor's seat is very hot. I don't think they're getting
to double digit wins. The Colts under seven and a
half at minus one thirty. This is my favorite of
the unders. I think they could end up with the
number one pick of the draft. I think that is
absolutely on the board. The Broncos under nine and a
half at plus one ten. I I think the Broncos
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are going to get out to a decent start, people
are going to be crowing. I think the final two
months of the season are going to be brutal for them.
I also think people have overestimated what they're going to
get from bo Nicks this year, and they're two major
Their two major defensive editions are such injury risks of
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me that I don't think. I don't know that they're
going to get the boost from them that people expect
under ten and a half weeks. Oh, if they get
off to a good start, Yeah, sure, absolutely, Yeah, that's
on the board. Cowboys under eight and a half minus
one forty five. I did this before the Parsons trade.
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I assume you know, odds have shifted on this, but
we've made these bets already. Vikings under nine and a
half minus one twenty five. I just think it's a
lot to ask in that division for de facto rookie quarterback.
And I just think the Niners win totals wrong. I
think the Niners are looked at miners in the schedule
soft as like a Tier two Super Bowl contender. I
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don't look at them that way. I think that they are,
you know, a seven to eight win team, so I
will take under ten and a half for the Niners.
My favorite there is, as I mentioned, the Colts demands
your your favorite, your least.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Favorite, least favorite, there is angles favorite favorite. Yeah, I
agree with the Niners. Yeah, the forty nine.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
It's just a big number, man. They can win the
division and hit there under like that. It's just a
big number, all right, make miss playoffs, do it quickly.
Jags plus one eighty, Chiefs minus three eighty Raiders plus
three forty for a half unit, Giant Giants five to
one for a quarter unit, and the Bucks minus one seventy.
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Those are make playoffs, miss playoffs. Steelers minus one forty,
Colts minus two sixty, Broncos plus one thirty, Cowboys minus
two to ten. Again, that one has moved, but I
got it in time. The Vikings plus one hundred two
units on that one, and the Cardinals minus one forty
and then a miss playoffs parlay. I did a few
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of these last year. That screwed me. I'm only doing one.
Four teams that I think are likely to finish in
dead last in their division, Saints, Jets, Brown's, Colts all
to miss the playoffs minus one thirty five to two units.
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I am acutely aware, demons that the Colts have a
chance to be the Jags for me this year or
two years ago. You remember, two years ago, I would
have had a hugely profitable preseason, you know, gambling shows.
But I had the Jags involved in four separate bets.
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I lost them all, and because the Jags weren't as
good as I thought the Colts if the Cults are
really good, I lose this. I lose to miss the
playoffs bet and I lose. They're under Luckily, Daniel Jones
is greatly involved, so I'm not worried about that.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
I'm still I'm still getting accustomed to the betting and stuff. Yeah,
parlaying four things to is just getting minus one? Is
that not terrible odds? Oh no, no, no, it's terrible value.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Okaym yes, you you're you're you are correct in telling
me that is a square wager. Okay, together, putting four
things together just for the opportunity that lay minus one
thirty five is terrible process.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
But I'm seeing I just.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Feel yeah, no, you're right. I just feel like Saints, Jets,
Browns are just do a for the playoffs, and so
it's it's I have the Cults to miss the Platoves
at minus two sixty and then I have them basically
again to miss the playoffs at minus one thirty five.
So that's that's the way I'm doing it. It's not
good process. You're right, all right. The new picks. Before
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we get to Demands's picks, which were wildly profitable last year,
we are only doing three division winner bets. And I
can't believe the first two of these demands are only
minus one fifteen. Tell the audience the first one.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
All right, no surprise here. We got the Chiefs to
win the West of the AFC West, sorry, at minus
one fifteen.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
Yeah, they win it every year. Mahomes is thirty five
and five in his career in the division. They win
it by an average in Mahomes' career by four games.
Last year, the AFC West had three playoff teams. It
was such a tough division. They won it by four games.
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Despite throwing week eighteen, minus won fifteen. I'll take the
Chiefs over the field. The next one. Another team, Demonse
that wins their division every year, only minus won fifteen.
What is it?
Speaker 2 (08:51):
We've got the Bucks to win the NFC South at.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Minus one fifteen, like the Saints and Panthers to me
are no shot no shotters, and the I just think
the Bucks are gonna be really good. And then the last,
So that's I love. I might like that even more
than I like the Chiefs one. But I the just because.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
How weak the division is.
Speaker 1 (09:18):
Yeah, exactly right. And then I found I found a
plus money parlay here Demons only two teams.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
So we got a division winner. We got Baltimore plus
Buffalo at plus one oh six. I'd say that's another
safe one.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
I mean, that's really to me, just fading the Bengals.
Maybe I'm wrong. I'm not worried about the Steelers. It's
just maybe, you know, maybe the defense somehow with the
new decordinator is average. The offense is the same, and
they have an awesome year. But Baltimore and Buffalo are
such regular season juggernauts that putting them together at plus
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one oh six to me makes sense. And then our
annual tradition Super Bowl EXACTA. Three years ago we had
Chiefs Niners, and the Niners found themselves in the conference
championship game. Last two years ago we had Chiefs Cowboys
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and the Cowboys found themselves with twelve wins. Last year
we had Chiefs Bears, and the Bears had a season
from hell and missed the playoffs. This year, the Super
Bowl EXACTA at fifty five to one is drum roll please, Demonse.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
We got Kansas City versus Tampa Bay and the Super
Bowl exact plus fifty five hundred.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
How about the and then obviously spoiler Super Bowl exactly
with the winner.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Right, Kansas City defeat Tampa Bay at plus eleven thousand.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
Indeed, So, Demanse, here's something I didn't even think about
when I made this pick. Brew mentioned it. The Chiefs
with Mahomes have been to five Super Bowls, all rematches,
played Philly twice, played San Francisco twice. The one other
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team they played Tampa Bay, another Super Bowl rematch bake
show against Patrick revisiting the greatest, the craziest college football
game ever played. Do you know about their college game.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Demonse, against each other? Yeah, I'm sure they each other up.
Speaker 1 (11:39):
Hold on, well, let me, Demonse, so let me just
tell you real quick twenty sixteen, because they have played
in the playoffs before. All right, so the final score, Tomanse,
let me, I'm just actually hold on, let me just
go to Patrick Mahomes college stats. Final score was sixty
six to fifty nine, so that gives you a little
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bit of a preview. It was Texas Tech where Baker
started against Oklahoma, and hold on, where is it here?
It is? The final stats are as follows. Uh. Joe
Mixon was in the game. He ran for two sixty okay,
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and four touchdowns, but that wasn't the story. The story
was Baker. Baker was twenty seven of thirty six only
through thirty six passes for five hundred and forty five yards,
seven touchdowns, no picks.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Jesus okay, okay.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Patrick Patrick was fifty two of eighty eight for seven
hundred and thirty four yards five touchdowns running well, No,
they did have running back go twelve carries for eighty
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five yards and two touchdowns. That running back's name was
Patrick Mahomes. So Mahomes in that game combined for eight
hundred and ten yards, seven touchdowns, one pick. Bake Show
in that game never ran the ball through for five
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forty five and seven touchdowns on just thirty six attempts.
Mahomes threw at eighty eight times. It is an all
time legendary college football game. Yeah, yeah, October twenty second,
twenty sixteen all timer. And so they've played in the
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playoffs before Patrick got hurt against the Baker was there
in the Browns and yeah that's my uh, that is
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Speaker 2 (15:38):
Twenty twenty four regular season, you went forty eight forty
and two, and your overall record was fifty six forty
four and three, and that also we got in the playoffs.
You also went undefeated in touchdown Genie. Now this wasn't
every week, but we were undefeated.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
I was very picky with when I went with the
Bruisers love a good touchdown, Genie. They love an octopus
bet in the Super Bowl. They we'll have a touchdown, Jeannie.
They love all these things. I was very choosy on
when I wanted to do it, and I didn't realize it,
but I did go undefeated on it. All right, five
picks every week? What's my first pick?
Speaker 2 (16:13):
First pick? We've got Kansas City minus three versus the Chargers.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Yeah, it's a neutral site and they're only laying three.
It's not I think the Chiefs are the best team
in football. I think the Chargers are around the fourteenth
best team in football. I do not think any team
is more used to handling odd environments than Kansas City.
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Patrick is five and two against the spread and openers.
I understand Herbert is a really good against the spread
quarterback early in the season ten and five, but part
of that is Patrick being five and two is even
more impressive when you consider the fact that the Chiefs
have become such a public team. Those lines are usually inflated.
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Chargers in the other direction. You know, they haven't had
a ton of early season high high level expectations. I
just think I do not see I think that Trent
McDuffie is going to be able to neutralize Lad McConkie.
And with if that happens, how else are the Chargers
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who are they throwing it to? Like? How are they
moving the ball? And don't I know hardball is going
to want to run the No Rashwan Slater is a
big deal. The Chiefs minus three against the Chargers is
my first bet of the year and spoiler a bit.
It is the only favorite I am taking in Week one.
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Next pick Demonse, next Weick.
Speaker 2 (17:52):
You got Miami plus one at Indian.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Yeah, this is a pretty simple for me. You get
the Dolphins indoors, controlled climate, obviously fast track like that,
You get too a healthy like that, You get Tyreek
something to prove early in the year like that, and
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then you get a team in the Colts that I
believe might end up being the worst team in football
this year. It's certainly it's possible. I am getting a
point now. Obviously getting one point doesn't help you a lot.
It's you're really just picking a winner. Excuse me, I apologize,
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But if the Dolphins, the Dolphins have any chance of
having a better season than I think the general public expects,
from them. They must start fast, Colts, Pats, Bill's tough, Jets, Panthers, Chargers,
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Browns like that. That's their opening slate because late in
the year we go, you go Ravens, Bill's Commanders, Saints, Easy, Jets, Steelers, Bengals, Bucks,
Pats like and a lot of cold weather games in there.
This is a as close to a Week one must
win for a team's playoff hopes as exist. I don't love, obviously,
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the the Colts quarterback in Daniel Jones. I think Miami
wins the game outright, and I think Miami's gonna be
able to move the ball in the Colts defense. I'll
take Miami plus one at.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Indy, and next you've got Cleveland plus five or Cincinnati.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
I do I love this? I don't.
Speaker 2 (19:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Does it feel good including the Cleveland Browns and my
Week one picks? Of course not. However, what was lost,
what's lost in the shuffle about the Browns in Week
one is this, they'll be fine at quarterback this week now,
once Flacco starts taking some hits, once the season starts progressing,
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you know how fine are they going to be? Probably
not at all, but this will probably be the best
quarterback situation they have all year. Cincinnati has Trey Hendrickson
coming off missing most of training camp, Shamar Stewart rookie
pass rusher, missed a lot of the offseason, the first
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game for a new defensive coordinator, and maybe most importantly,
and this is a point I have been trying to make.
I have real concerns about since he's offensive line and
you got Miles Garrett, since he also so just desperately
needs a win, that I don't think this is at
any point going to be a style points type of game.
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I think this is going to be a man, if
we're up three late, suck the air out of the stadium,
get out of there with a win. So I think
I think that, you know, twenty one to seventeen Cincinnati
is a pretty likely outcome for this game. I'll take
the five points. I'm it's a home divisional dog against
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a team that is awful every single year in Week one,
and so Cleveland plus five against Cincinnati is the way
I'm going. It's not calling a Cleveland win. I just
don't think Cincinnati is gonna dominate the game because they
never dominate early in the season.
Speaker 2 (21:45):
Next to look there to you, pops, we got Vegas at.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
Plus two and you don't like that one.
Speaker 2 (21:50):
It's it's yeah, because what if Cincinnati does what if
they don't come out slow like they usually do.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
Well, then I'll lose the bet.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Yeah, Divisional.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
I will also say, is here's the other thing we
know about Flacco. Flacco loves chucking it deep and going
for a back door cover like that is that's the
other piece, Like could this be Cincinnati up twenty seven
seventeen with ninety seconds left and Flacco is you know,
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throwing bombs and we end up stealing a back door
cover for sure? All right?
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Next next you've got a Vegas plus two and a
half at New England.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
Yeah. So this is, you know, basically just going with
my preseason feel that the Raiders are better than people
think they are now. I also think New England could
be good, but iing New England is going to have
real trouble scoring points this year. I like the rookie
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running back, I like Drake may I don't like the
receivers at all. And where the Raiders are gonna be
in trouble is against teams with explosive offenses. The Patriots
do not have that, So I think that this is
one of the few matchups all year where the Raiders
defense is not going to be exploited. I think Max
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Crosby could have a big impact on that Patriots offensive line.
And if I know Vrabel, he's going to game plan
to just not let Max Crosby stripsack flip the game,
which leads to conservative play calling and a lot of
what he did at times in Tennessee, which is just
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keep it close and try to out execute them late.
I think Geno is gonna come out firing. I obviously
really like Ashton genty and I think the Raiders win
this game. And I'm getting two and a half points.
This feels to me like twenty one to twenty Raiders.
So I'll take the Raiders plus two and a half. Also,
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Patriots won four games last year teams that won four
if you were the previous year, and our Week one
favorites are zero to five against the spread and the
last five it's it's a rare thing that happens, and
so I will go with the Raiders plus two and
a half.
Speaker 2 (24:17):
Last, lastly, you've got Buffalo plus one versus Baltimore.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
Yeah, I mean, here's the thing. This is not anti
Lamar at all. He's a great player and a great, great,
great regular season player. No, it's it's simply this. If
Buffalo is at home, they shouldn't be underdogs, that's all,
you know what I mean, Like Buffalo is too good
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of a team to be a home dog, and I
think that that is I also saw Baltimore last year
when people thought, oh, they have an extra chip on
their shoulder because that's the team that knocked him out
of the playoffs in the Chiefs and the Chiefs controlled
that game. And so this, by the way, is a
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very similar situation. Last year, it was Kansas City minus
one and a half? Was it minus no? Yes, it
was Kansas City minus one and a half against Baltimore
in Kansas City. And that was why that likely play
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was almost such an awful beat because I had KC
minus one and a half, case was up seven. They score,
they think they score that touchdown, and then they're gonna
go for two, which would have killed the bet. You know,
Like if they go for two and they make it,
they win. If they go for two and they miss it,
they lose. Either way, the Chiefs couldn't win by a
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point and a half. But I just don't think Buffalo
should be home dogs. And this'll be the only time
where do they play the Chiefs, And by the way,
they wouldn't be home dogs against they play the Chiefs
in Buffalo, but they'll be favored in that game. Like
this is also a little too much, a little too
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much respect for Baltimore. Like anytime this year, Buffalo is
a home dog all betam which means right now is
the only time. This is the only time all regular
season they'll be a home dog. So my five picks,
and a lot of this does have to do with
preseason priors, but what else can you do in Week one?
Kansas City minus one in Brazil against the Chargers, Miami
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plus one at the Colts, Cleveland getting five at home
against Cincinnati, Las Vegas getting two and a half in
New England, and Buffalo getting one at home against Baltimore.
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Speaker 2 (27:42):
He bamboozled in that opening drive, got that opening touchdown,
and it was pretty much downhill from there. It was
this is a historically bad opener for you and c Actually,
what's the what's the state of Bill Belichick? That was?
That was pretty rough him obviously, yes, NFL coach.
Speaker 1 (28:00):
So this was I when we were talking and we're
going to get to Arch Manning in a second, but
when the discussion surrounding Arch Manning over the weekend was
a lot of well, what do you expect from him,
(28:20):
it's up against that Matt Patricia pro style defense. And
I said yesterday, I think that is underselling the impact
the Ohio State players had and over selling the impact
the actual coach had, because to me, that was more
(28:42):
about a young player who'd never played on the road,
playing in a brutal environment and the other team having
all these pros on defense than it was about Matt
Patricia's brilliant scheme. But that was not a popular take.
The popular take was that Patricia was Dick Lebou mixed
(29:04):
with Vince Lombardi out there, which would lead you to believe, well,
if that's what Patricia's defense looks like, holy smokes, wait
till you see his mentor Bill Belichick's defense, you know,
Monday night against TCU. And then what happened. What happened
Monday night against TCU was his team with the seventy
(29:26):
new players, with all the hype, with Jordan and Mia
Hamm and Lawrence Taylor and all the North Carolina royalty
in the stadium got absolutely dog walked for three hours.
Because here's the truth, more than anything about college football,
(29:47):
scheme matters, to a degree, talent matters more than anything.
Why is college coaching so important for the recruiting for
the in this day's NIA, the ability to acquire the talent,
and it is colored. I looked at yesterday's game and
(30:08):
I said, TCU has a veteran quarterback who's been with
the program for three years. North Carolina is starting a
kid that transferred from South Alabama. I don't care that
it's at North Carolina. That is not exactly a super
scary or intimidating place to play. And I thought TCU.
(30:30):
I didn't think they were gonna win by thirty, but
I thought they'd cover the three and a half. And
I think folks that expected Belichick to come in and
do a snap turn them into a contender turnaround were foolish. Now, oddly, Demonse,
I think this actually makes it more likely that Bill
(30:56):
Belichick is the North Carolina head coach in a year. Yeah,
because the only way he wasn't going to be the
North Carolina head coach in a year was if this
went so well that an NFL team was like, Okay,
that's you know, that's he's had his time off, we
(31:17):
now want to bring him in. I don't think it's
going to go that way, and I do think that
it is totally fair and totally in bounds to ask
the question, does seventy something year old Bill Belichick have
his eye on the ball here? That how much of Belichick,
(31:41):
mister no distractions? Do your job, keep the main thing,
the main thing? How much of that has been weakened
by this three plus year at this point relationship with
wanna be starlet Jordan Hudson. That's fair, that's not out
(32:06):
of bounds. That isn't I you're bringing up the guy's
personal life because they have made their relationship super public
via Instagram posts, podcast interviews, the CBS Morning News, and
via the weirdest business run of trademarking attempting to trademark
(32:30):
gold Digger and other weird stuff that you just know
is going to shine the spotlight on the coach and
his girlfriend. Who is the coach is older than Demonse's
grandmother and the girlfriend is younger than Demonse. That's all fair,
(32:55):
and the only way to knock that out and have
it just be a side thing is to be great.
And not only do I not think they're going to
be great, I think they are going. I think the
expectations were a touch too high. You watch that game
last night and you said to yourself, Oh, are they
(33:17):
going to have competent quarterback play? That's a fair question.
Then you watched that game last night and you said
to yourself, oh, does that defense. You've got to assume
the defense is well coached, So how do we explain
what we saw? Do they just really not have the personnel?
(33:38):
Then you ask yourself the question of how long has
it been since we have known Bill Belichick is a
an above average talent evaluator. All those things come together
for some very nervous times. So now listen, they get
(34:01):
Charlotte Richmond and then UCF. I'll be totally honest, I
don't know how good UCF is supposed to be this year.
They will beat Charlotte and Richmond, and they don't have
because they're in the ACC and because of the draw,
they have the only juggernaut on their schedules, Clemson. But
in a month when they host Clemson, it's going to
(34:25):
look like the TCU game but works. And if TCU,
a team on the fringes of the top twenty five
but outside of it, can do that to you, then
you really worry about what any of the legitimate power
five programs are going to do to them. And so.
Speaker 2 (34:46):
I think that anything that happens throughout this season is
going to affect his legacy. Can it do that positively
or negatively? Or is it too early?
Speaker 1 (34:57):
No. Listen, if he went to college football and was awesome,
that would positively affect his legacy. Him going to college
football and being awful will not, in my opinion, negatively
affect his legacy, except it will be it will affect
(35:19):
it like this in thirty years demonse, when you're talking
sports with young people and they're talking about the greatest
coaches of all time and they're like, yeah, you know,
and Bill Belichick at that point is like Vince Lombardi,
(35:42):
you know what I mean, where they act like what
was you know, what made him greater? Whatever? You'll be
like and really weird end for him, Right, he went
and coached college and dated this twenty year old and
like it kind of.
Speaker 2 (35:57):
You know, it's the last thing you remember about him.
Speaker 1 (36:00):
Right. But it won't be a thing. My point is this,
It won't be a thing that actually sticks to the legacy.
It will just be a thing that people who were
here for it remember, bring it, that's it. You know
what I mean, but it won't it won't stick to
it for those in the history books. Now here's where
it does hurt his legacy to a degree, at least
(36:25):
in my mind. And sorry, if we're taking some internet hits,
we got nothing open but the script. So there's I
got no way around that. Oh there is one thing
I can do, hold on the he needed to be
really good at North Carolina Demandsay to have a chance
(36:45):
to get back to the NFL and run down Shula. Yeah,
so that part, you know what I mean, That part
hurts him. But no, this is not his NFL legacy.
And listen, I know people are gonna throw up the
record with Brady, record without Brady. The problem for that
(37:10):
is we all saw, like those of us that saw
those first three Patriot Championships understand how great they were
defensively and that Brady wasn't Brady yet. And those of
us that are being fair also remember the final Patriot
(37:34):
Championship where they scored thirteen points in the Super Bowl
and Belichick's defense made Sean McVeigh and Todd Gurley and
Jared Goff look totally inept on the biggest stage. So
like that, I'm not gonna allow like the revisionist history
on that, But this is a really a very auspicious
(37:59):
inn or beginning to the final chapter.
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