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Nick Wright reacts to the Indianapolis Colts and Dallas Cowboys' wild trades with the New York Jets for Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams. Nick breaks down why he believes Indy and Dallas gave up too much for the Jets' stars and what this means for both teams moving forward. Later, Nick reacts to Bronny James' playing time in the Los Angeles Lakers' wins over the Trail Blazers and Heat as well as Luka Doncic's historic start to the NBA season. Next, Nick shares his predictions for Week 10 of the NFL season including Falcons-Colts, Patriots-Buccaneers, Jaguars-Texans, Giants-Bears, and Steelers-Chargers! #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.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
After trading for Logan Wilson, Dallas followed up by trading
a Hall first in a second I believe for Quentinn Williams. Yep,
Jerry Jones is talking about how he wants to win
now because of his age. Doesn't kind of seem like
their season is already over.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Well, their season's definitely already over. And I explained this
in short form on TV, but I am going to
lay it out further here. They barely barely got more
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for Micah Parsons than they traded away for Quentin Williams.
So let's do the actual accounting of what the Cowboys
got for Micah Parsons. Okay, they got the next two
Packer first round picks, which we obviously don't know what
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picks those will be. But this year, the Packers right
now have the twenty fourth pick of the draft. It
would you know, it could go up if they go
on a real playoff run. It could go down if
they get bounced in round one. But that's what they have.
And then next year's Packers' first round pick, and they
(01:32):
got Kenny Clark more on him in a moment. For
Quinn Williams, they traded away their own second round pick,
which right now would be the forty sixth pick of
the draft. So again in the Mica trade and Quinn trade,
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they received what would be the twenty fourth pick and
sent out what would be the forty six next pick,
so a twenty two pick jump. Will see how those move,
but that's a good framework. And then they will be
sending out whatever is the better pick between their own
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first after next season and the Packers first after next season.
So there is no chance whatsoever none that for the
twenty twenty seven first rounder that they receive a better
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pick from the Packers than they give to the Jets,
because whatever the better pick is, they give to the Jets.
And then you add to it that because you have
traded for quinnin Williams and Oshia Digazua to an extension,
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you almost assuredly are this offseason cutting Kenny Clark. The
best case scenario for the Cowboys is the different in
draft compensation they gave up for Quinn Williams compared to
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what they received for Micah Parsons is the equivalent of
about a third round pick. And the worst case scenario
is they actually ended up giving up more for Quinn
Williams than they received for Micah Parsons. And you might say,
(03:44):
how could that be, Well, here's how.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
It could be.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
The Cowboys end up drafting tenth in this year's draft,
so that'd be second round pick forty two. The Packers
make it forget even win the Super Bowl, make it
to the conference championship game, they give up, so they
give to Dallas' first round pick twenty nine, so that's
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a thirteen pick delta. Next year, the Packers make it
back to the conference championship game, they give Dallas the
twenty ninth pick again. And next year Dak Prescott gets hurt.
The Cowboys have a year from hell and they end
up getting or hell. They just have the same year
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they had this year where Dak doesn't get hurt and
they but they have a bad year. They have the
tenth pick of that draft and they give that pick
to the Jets. It is absolutely on the board that
what they receive from Green Bay are two picks in
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the late twenties, and what they give to the Jets
is a pick in the low forties and a pick
in the teams, which is when you are sending out
a more valuable younger player. Just totally unacceptable. I understand
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Quinnin is cheaper than Micah, but that is not enough
to offset the difference in value of the players impact
on the field. And so this Cowboys move, even if
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Quinn Williams is really good, and I think he is,
is as baffling of an NFL trade as you'll see
for years, and it totally goes against demons Jerry's whole take,
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which was trading.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Micah deft the run, well.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
No, no, no, stop the run part of it. It does
work in because Corney Williams better at that than Micah,
but he kept saying we'll be able to get three
or four players. You got two extra picks for Micah,
you gave two extra picks up for Quinnin. And again
that the Cowboys agreeing to send the better of the
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two picks they have in the twenty twenty seven draft
is unfathomable because here's the other piece of it. Let's
say Jordan Love a year from now gets hurt and
the Packers fall off a cliff in a very difficult.
(06:57):
NFC North and the Packers have the sixth pick of
the draft two years from now. You don't get that now.
That goes to the Jets.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
So it's right in line with everything else that's been
going on with the Cowboys and Jerry. It makes sense.
It doesn't make sense, but it makes sense for Jerry
to be doing it.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yes, it's just awful business. Now the Colts piece of
it is more understandable, but somehow even riskier.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
So go ahead. The Colts are seeming to go all
in on Daniel Jones. They traded two first rounders to
get Sauce Gardner. Do you think that this is a
little bit too earlier for them?
Speaker 1 (07:44):
I I respect the guts and unlike the Dallas move,
you at least see the logic of it. The logic
of it is, we have our quarterback, we like our team,
We are trying to win right now, Let's add a
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blue chip player, which Sauce has been at the first
two years of his career. He has not been the
last year and a half. But you know, you know,
he's young, and he's on a cost control deal. You
believe they obviously believe you can get back to it.
So that's the logic of it. It is the exact
same logic that led to the Dolphins trading for Tyreek,
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that led to the Packers trading for Micah. We we
love our team, think adding one more piece can put
us over the top. So I understand it. I think
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it's one of the riskiest moves I have seen a
team make in ten years. So here are the circumstances
over the last decade. Demonse that teams have traded away
multiple first round picks for a player, not during the draft,
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but for an established player. The Chicago Bears traded two
first round picks for Khalil Mack. They did that one
year after spending the second pick of the draft on
Mitch Krubisky. They were wrong, but they thought, we've got
our quarterback, let's go add to the defense. The Rams
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traded two first round picks away for Jalen Ramsey. They
did that months removed from going to the Super Bowl
with Golf. They said, we've got our quarterback, let's add
to the defense. Again. They ended up souring on that quarterback,
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but they believed they had the quarterback. The Jets, I'm sorry.
The Seahawks traded away two first round picks for Jamal
Adams in twenty twenty. They believed Russell's you know we're
gonna be our quarterback long term. Let's go at another
piece again. That trade was a catastrophe, but they had
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real reason to believe their quarterback was in place. Obviously,
the Packers traded away two first rounders for Micah and
I might be leaving one out for the Colts to
be doing this, not only when it's just been a
half season of good Daniel Jones, but and this part's
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important to manse, they don't even have Daniel Jones locked
up on a contract is stunning.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
I mean the Bears go ahead. I mean Daniel like
Daniel could leave or something, or leave them high and
dry or no.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
But they are now over a barrel on pape.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
Oh, it's ye one percent because when it comes time,
cap space is already too high.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
That's fair well, and it's it's the it's how are
you going to replace me? You don't have a first
round pick this year or next year, and the franchise
tag number is forty six million dollars.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Daniel Jones, I guess strikes me as a team friendly
type of guy.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
I buddy he already got four years one sixty from
the Giants when they were in this situation. I don't know,
know like the he the Colts have put themselves in
a position now where Daniel is gonna get I'll call
my shout on it right now. Four years, one hundred
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and eighty million dollars forty five million dollars a year.
And the other piece of it that is wildly risky
if you're the Colts.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Is they.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Even if you believe Daniel Jones is just good bad circumstances,
bad luck, bad coaching with the Giants, dating back to
his last year of college, there has been one season
he was fully healthy. So you are putting all in college.
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He broke his collar bone. In the pros, he's torn
his acl out, a neck injury, an ankle out, a hamstring.
You are putting all your eggs in this basket in
a way that is stunning to me, stunning. They have
painted themselves in a corner where yep, we saw eight
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good games from Daniel Jones. I know they've played nine,
but the last one was awful. Eight good games from
Daniel Jones, and now we are gonna remove any ability
we have to pivot at that position, and it's gutsy,
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it is. It's a real go all in move. I
just wonder how it's gonna feel if this season ends
with them hosting a wild card playoff game against the
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Patriots and getting beat and they're one and done and
it's like, Okay, this is just our team. Now. I
wouldn't have done it. I also think it is fair
to ask, is that too much to pay for anything? Yeah?
(14:05):
For any well, for any corner, pis a lot it
and so like, would it shock anyone? Here's the question
I would have because when the Packers traded for Micah,
it was it would have shocked people. If the Packers
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this year ended up with the ninth pick of the draft, right, Like,
that would have been stunning, Right? Would it shock? Would
it be shocking if next year at this moment the
culture three and six? Would that shock people? Wouldn't shock me?
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And so I it is their past defense was bad.
Lou Ana Roumo now has a great that probably the
best corner he's ever had since he's been a coordinator.
It's a hell of a move. But it would have
been too rich for my blood. That's the thing. The
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Cowboys and the Colts making moves that I think would
have been insane for the Chiefs or the Bills to make.
Is something else. All right, Let's get to the other
side of.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
These the Jets. They now have five first round picks
over the next two years, so surely they can't mess
this up, right, They're probably gonna get on the track.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
Well, I mean, this is the exact situation they found
themselves in which got him Quinnen and Sauce and Garrett Wilson,
and then they you know, they're now full blown blowing
it up.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
I just gotta get the quarterback, right, Yeah, So.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
I respect the Jets recognizing we are nowhere close, and
by the time we get close, Quinn is probably out
of his prime r he turns twenty eight here in
a couple of weeks. And Sauce, I'm sure they wanted
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to keep, but to first is just too rich of
a price, particularly when it's too first from again from
a team that's not like an established every year good team.
And so now, yeah, you've got a draft. Smart And
if i'm the Jets, I am potentially in this year's draft,
(16:44):
I'm open for business as well. I might move down
if there's not a quarterback I love. I might be
willing to trade my own pick, which could be you know,
the first, second, third, fourth pick of the draft, for
even more draft capital and try to full on fully
(17:05):
rebuild the team. It is good process. They just have
to hit on these players. And I understand people can say, oh,
the draft's a crap shoot. Here's the thing, Yes, the
draft is a crap shoot. But the fact of the
matter is this, if you have a no doubt franchise
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quarterback on your team, unless your team, unless your quarterback's
name is Dak Prescott or Jaialen Hurts, that quarterback was
taken in round one. Every people can talk all this
stuff about, oh, well you can find quarterbacks anywhere. No,
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every single team that has the no doubt franchise corputerback
that quarterback was a first round pick except for Dak
and Jail. That's it. Like, who are the no doubt
franchise quarterbacks. They were first round picks. So the Jets
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acquiring a bunch of first round picks for a team
that hasn't been able to get quarterback right is obviously
something they need to do, and so I don't begrudge it.
Begrudge them that I do feel badly for their fans
because it's just perpetual rebuild.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
To man, just we just gave away everybody because you're trash.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Well yeah, I mean we'll feel I mean, Fields isn't
the guy. I mean he just he isn't the guy.
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Speaker 2 (21:07):
We just wrapped up the first half of the NFL
season with Sunday, so this is a perfect time to
talk about Bronnie James. Let's do it.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
So here's the deal, and this is a little about
Bronni and this is more about media criticism. But a
little over a little less than a year ago, we
were in full blown Bronni James meltdown in the media
(21:43):
about the scourges of nepotism and Lebron forcing the Lakers
into such a mistake and pleading with Lebron as a
father to stop this farce, and folks claiming that their
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heart just goes out to the other potential draftees who
got snubbed because the Lakers wasted the fifty to fifth
pick on Bronni, And now the last two games, the Lakers,
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who are super shorthanded. Sunday night, we're in a tight
game with Miami, played Bronni in crunch time. He played
really good defense, had one awesome driving kick for a
critical three, and they won eighteen minutes solid you know,
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end of the bench performance. And then yesterday in a
game where lebron was out, Luca was out, and Austin
Reeves was out, they called on Bronni again against the
Blazers when the Blazers were double digit favorites, and Bronni
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played nineteen minutes, had six assists, had no turnovers, and
the Lakers won again. Now, do I think Bronni is
a great player, Obviously not. Do I think Bronni is
even going to be a rotation guy this year for
the Lakers when they're healthy. No. Do I think if
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we are going to be fair and we are going
to look at this objectively, we should say, hey, how
does his production up to this point in the season
compare to the other guys drafted in the second half
of the first I think that's fair. So if you
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go picks forty five through I think there were only
fifty eight in that draft, oddly instead of sixty, and
you're like, oh, so of those fourteen guys, seven of
them are not on an NBA roster, so you know,
he certainly is providing more value than those seven. Of
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those fourteen guys, only Quinton Posts, Jamal Shd and Cam
Spencer have played more minutes. Okay, of those fourteen guys,
only Jamal Shd and Cam Spencer have more assists. Of
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those fourteen guys, only Cam Spencer has more steals of
though now bronni Is is field goal percentas like twenty percent.
He hasn't shot much, but I he's you know, I
think he's one for I think he's two for eleven
on the season, So obviously he's not he's not shooting
(25:08):
the ball. Well, he's not shooting the ball much. But
you look at that draft and all the crying that
was done. Pick forty seven has not played, is not
on a roster. Pick forty eight has played eleven minutes.
(25:30):
Pick forty nine, Pick fifty, Pick fifty one has not
played or on G League teams. Pick fifty two. Quinton
Post has actually been solid for the Warriors and pick
fifty three. Cam Spencer's been solid for the Grizzlies, pick
fifty four, not on a roster, pick fifty five, Bronnie,
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pick fifty six, pick fifty seven g League or not
on a row uster, and pick fifty eight. Hut Porty
apologies has played forty minutes for the Knicks and has
been given you know, slightly less production than Bronni. Right
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in line with it. Whole point is, Bronnie James has
been a slightly above average late second round pick. That's
what he's been as a pro, A slightly above average
late second round pick. That's it. And the folks that
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used him as a cudgel because they hate lebron should
be embarrassed. That's the Bronnie James update. Good for him
for being pressed into service for all of a sudden,
the frisky Lakers team that gotta win as a double
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digit under dog without its three best players, And good
for him for playing his first ever crunch time NBA
minutes the night before and just looking the part of
oh yeah, that looks like the eleventh best guy on
an NBA team. That's what he looks like. Happy, Yeah,
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I'm happy for him and so.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
It was. It was.
Speaker 1 (27:39):
I thought embarrassing some of the coverage last season when
he had that bad five minute stretch. I forget even
who it was against. And I'm glad that he didn't
let that throw him, and so good for him. Luca's
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been absolutely historically great in the games he's played. Only
Wilt has ever scored more points through the opening five
games of a season, and he did it twice. Then
Luca's even two hundred through the first five games this year,
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and the listen, the Spurs have been excellent, and I
understand the Spurs are dealing with injuries of their own,
but it is hard not to look at the Lakers
with no Lebron, with Austin having missed time, and obviously
(28:41):
Luca's missed some time as well, sitting at seven and
two alone in second place in the Eastern Conference, only
behind the Thunder and obviously I shouldn't say obviously and
shockingly the Chicago Bulls for overall record in the NBA.
(29:03):
But it's very hard to look at Luca doing what
he's doing and the Lakers sitting at seven and two,
and then not also look at the Mavericks doing what
they're doing. Sitting in dead last in the Western Conference
at two and six and not revisit what is will
(29:27):
go down in history as one of the most inexplicable, indefensible,
unforced errors a franchise has ever made. And I know
there was a very brief moment when people were like, well,
now that they've gotten Cooper Flag, maybe it all works out. Demons.
(29:50):
I'm here to tell you if Nico Harrison today called
up Rob Polenka and said we will trade you Anthony
Davis and Cooper Flag for Luka Doncic, they would say, no,
that is And the how good is Luca really? Conversation
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that was briefly had last year was categorically insane from
start to finish, and up to this moment of the season,
he's been either the best or the second best player
in the sport. Giannis is playing at a just incomprehensible
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level and Luca has missed time. But Luca giving you
a nice tidy forty eleven and nine on fifty percent shooting,
despite shooting thirty percent from three has just been not
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shocking because you know how good he is, but remarkable
And it's why you know a lot of people this
isn't me picking on Bill, but Bill probably the most
noteworthy of the folks that coming into the year, we're
just totally, unabashedly, unequivocally writing the Lakers off as having
(31:27):
any chance, any chance to be a real contender. And
the reason that struck me as a little myopic was, Man,
if you had all of NBA history tells us, if
you have a clear cut top three guy, unless the
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team is just in total shambles around him, you're at
least contender adjacent. And Luca has been a lear cut
top three guy obviously, Again, Gianness has been great, Shay
has been unbelievable, and the thunder losing last night's shocking
because it's shocking that they lose. That team is going
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to win seventy games if they want to. But the
Lakers surviving this stretch of no Lebron, Luca in and
out of the lineup, beating the Spurs who have been
red hot, and now say it again, guys, yeah, I mean,
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and Reeves obviously playing great. And now if you're the Lakers,
I don't know when Lebron's coming back, but over the
next two weeks you have Atlanta, Charlotte, OKC brutal New Orleans, Milwaukee,
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it's a road trip, and then Utah, Utah. So you've
got seven games over the next two and a half weeks,
all of them on the road, except for one game
against Utah before you start a homestand which is maybe
where they would hope Lebron could come back. And the
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expectation should be to go five and two in that
seven game stretch, at the very least four and three
and be eleven and five, twelve and four through the
first month and a half of the season through well,
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really the first month of the season, which would be phenomenal.
And so Luca's just playing out of his mind, just
absolutely out of his mind. And Austin, when Luca wasn't there,
was playing out of his mind, and you thought I
was gonna skip it. Demonse, credit where it's due.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
You got your got last night.
Speaker 1 (34:10):
No, No, I'm not talking, Bronnie. I'm talking. I'm talking.
I don't know if it's fair to call him your guy.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
DeAndre Ayton. Yeah, yeah, he show up last night. He's
been good.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
Yeah, he was really rough very early on. But twenty
two and ten last night when they were super shorthanded
twenty nine and ten against the Blazers. The no, he's been,
he's he's played well for him, and so fair is fair.
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Credit to Balinka, a lot of credit to JJ Reddick,
who has this team ready to play every night, and
Jake la Ravia has done well. They're legit. They're legit
seven and two beating the Spurs, uh without Austin Reeves
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and obviously no Lebron, and they did try to blow
it at the end.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
But whatever, like you expected, did you?
Speaker 1 (35:16):
No, not at all? Now, I didn't. I didn't write
them off because of the respect for Luca and because
I felt like when Lebron comes back, they'll still be
one of the only teams in the league with two
top ten guys, because that's what we'll see what Lebron
is this year. But last year he was a clear
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top eight guy. But no, I didn't think they'd be
able to handle Lebron missing the first ten games, plus
Austin being out of the lineup some, Luca being out
of the lineup some, and I mean they've been they've
been excellent.
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of course do apply. All right, Deman's all our lines
from hard rock. Bet. We've got five games here. Let's
go to the first one.
Speaker 2 (36:50):
First off, you've got Atlanta plus six and a half
versus Indy.
Speaker 1 (36:55):
Yeah, so this was Atlanta or plus five and a
half plus this Berlin game. Yes, Sunday morning, this is
Atlanta plus five and a half before the Colts traded
for sauce. That's stupid. That is a fans overreacting to
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a trade. A corner does not move the point the
game a full point.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
It just doesn't.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
And so I'm getting a little extra value. I also
feel like I know the europe game's favorites tend to
win and win outright and cover. I think I know
they went out right a lot. It feels like this
is a one possession game. I do think that Atlanta's
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defense might be able to slow down a bit this
prolific Indie offense. I also feel like this Indian team
is different on turf on a fast track than it's
going to be in Berlin. And I could see Atlanta winning.
I certainly can see Atlanta having this game be tied
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at halftime or a four point game in the fourth quarter.
Bijon's gotta get going. Drake London was awesome, unbelievable this
past week, and I Panix worries me. But I'll take
the extra point I'm getting because of the sauce trade,
and I'll take it. Lanta plus the six and a half,
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all right?
Speaker 2 (38:39):
Next Tampa Bay minus two and a half versus New England.
Speaker 1 (38:44):
Yeah, I think I think New England's really good, but
Tampa I think is better. They are off a bye.
The Patriots were flirting with a loss last week that
you know they are kind of due for a so
to speak, Drake May is getting hit a ton, and
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he admitted some of that's on him. That concerns me
a bit. Baker off of bye four and oh straight
up is a favorite. Uh and six and four against
the spread with extended rest with the Bucks again, I'm
getting what I think is the better team, and there's
no disrespect to New England, the better team with the
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better quarterback at home off a bye, and I'm laying
less than a field goal, so as good as New
England's been, I think Tampa wins this game, and I
think Tampa wins this game by at least a field goal.
So I've got Tampa minus two and a half next.
Speaker 2 (39:45):
Jacksonville minus won at Houston.
Speaker 1 (39:48):
Yeah, this is just purely a.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
Who has the better offensive line?
Speaker 1 (39:55):
Well? Oh yeah, fading Davis Mills. I mean the Texans
offense was awful with CIJ.
Speaker 2 (40:03):
I wasn't even thinking about CJ. Stroud not playing. Yeah,
that being my one for the Jags. I think it's
kind of crazy.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
Yeah, I mean, Davis Mills has started amazingly twenty five
games in his career. They're five to nineteen and one
in those games, and so the Jags defense is really good.
I understand there. It's, you know, a road divisional favorite,
but the the Broncos offense was awful this past week. Now,
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Houston's defense had something do with it, to their credit,
but Houston could do nothing because CJ was out of
the game and CJ's already been ruled out. So I'll
just swallow the point with the Prince. It's bad for
the Chiefs. By the way, if the Jags win this game,
the Chiefs need one of those teams in the playoff
picture to fall out. The Jags are the one most
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likely to do so. But I just think the Jags
are the.
Speaker 2 (41:02):
Yeah, that line could have been three and a half.
I feel like, yeah, weird with Davis.
Speaker 1 (41:08):
With Davis Mills being the quarterback. I'll just take Houston
just to win. It's all I need. At minus once.
I'll take Jacksonville next.
Speaker 2 (41:16):
Uh. Next, you got Chicago minus three and a half
versus the Giants.
Speaker 1 (41:21):
So I'm going to continue fading the Giants because my
belief that the Giants season ended with that devastating Broncos
loss has just been validated by their last two performances,
getting annihilated by the Eagles and getting beat by double
digits by the Niners Jackson, but he's hurt right now. Yeah,
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that's a great point. Yeah, Jackson darts banged up. Scataboo's
out obviously for the year. Neighbors has been out. Brian
Davell after starting seven and two as a rookie head coach.
They have started too and seven each of the last
three years. He's just always mad at everyone who is
mad at himself, and the Bears have an explosive offense.
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And by the way, a little benefit this line is
four and a half in most other places it's three
and a half at hard Rock Bet. My my theory
on that for the record is hard Rock Bet. Obviously,
you can use it in Jersey, so Giants fans there.
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It's also the exclusive betting provider in Florida. A lot
of New York transplants there. So I think it has
been bet down from four and a half plus four
and a half to three and a half because all
that money's coming in on the Giants. They're trying to
get some Chicago money will take advantage of it. Chicago
minus three and a half, and I just don't trust
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the Giants Stevens right now, and I think that their
spirit was stolen in that Broncos loss. So all lay
three and a half with Caleb Now one might be
my favorite.
Speaker 2 (43:06):
Uh Pittsburgh plus plus three at the Chargers.
Speaker 1 (43:11):
Yeah, I the Chargers without Joe all against and all
of a sudden one game but rejuvenated Steelers defense. And
I'm getting three points with Tomlin. And so obviously the
Steelers have to go east to west, which is an ideal,
but I'll deal with it. Tomlin again sixty seven forty
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and four against the spread as an underdog. Uh, and
the week after winning outright as a dog, he's thirteen
six and two against the spread. I think the charge.
I think the Steelers win this game, and if they don't,
I think it's a last second type of game. I'm
getting three points. So our five games are Atlanta getting
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six and a half against India and Berlin, Tampa laying
two and a half at home against the Patriots, Jacksonville
laying one on the road against Houston, Chicago laying three
and a half at home against the Giants, and Pittsburgh
getting the full three on the road against the Chargers. Oh,
one other thing about that Steelers game. That's gonna be
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a silent count game for the Chargers demanse. That's gonna
be all Steelers fans taking over so far in LA.
And so that's the other piece that's not really a
road game for them,
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
After trading for Logan Wilson, Dallas followed up by trading
a Hall first in a second I believe for Quentinn Williams. Yep,
Jerry Jones is talking about how he wants to win
now because of his age. Doesn't kind of seem like
their season is already over.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Well, their season's definitely already over. And I explained this
in short form on TV, but I am going to
lay it out further here. They barely barely got more
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for Micah Parsons than they traded away for Quentin Williams.
So let's do the actual accounting of what the Cowboys
got for Micah Parsons. Okay, they got the next two
Packer first round picks, which we obviously don't know what
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picks those will be. But this year, the Packers right
now have the twenty fourth pick of the draft. It
would you know, it could go up if they go
on a real playoff run. It could go down if
they get bounced in round one. But that's what they have.
And then next year's Packers' first round pick, and they
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got Kenny Clark more on him in a moment. For
Quinn Williams, they traded away their own second round pick,
which right now would be the forty sixth pick of
the draft. So again in the Mica trade and Quinn trade,
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they received what would be the twenty fourth pick and
sent out what would be the forty six next pick,
so a twenty two pick jump. Will see how those move,
but that's a good framework. And then they will be
sending out whatever is the better pick between their own
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first after next season and the Packers first after next season.
So there is no chance whatsoever none that for the
twenty twenty seven first rounder that they receive a better
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pick from the Packers than they give to the Jets,
because whatever the better pick is, they give to the Jets.
And then you add to it that because you have
traded for quinnin Williams and Oshia Digazua to an extension,
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you almost assuredly are this offseason cutting Kenny Clark. The
best case scenario for the Cowboys is the different in
draft compensation they gave up for Quinn Williams compared to
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what they received for Micah Parsons is the equivalent of
about a third round pick. And the worst case scenario
is they actually ended up giving up more for Quinn
Williams than they received for Micah Parsons. And you might say,
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how could that be, Well, here's how.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
It could be.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
The Cowboys end up drafting tenth in this year's draft,
so that'd be second round pick forty two. The Packers
make it forget even win the Super Bowl, make it
to the conference championship game, they give up, so they
give to Dallas' first round pick twenty nine, so that's
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a thirteen pick delta. Next year, the Packers make it
back to the conference championship game, they give Dallas the
twenty ninth pick again. And next year Dak Prescott gets hurt.
The Cowboys have a year from hell and they end
up getting or hell. They just have the same year
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they had this year where Dak doesn't get hurt and
they but they have a bad year. They have the
tenth pick of that draft and they give that pick
to the Jets. It is absolutely on the board that
what they receive from Green Bay are two picks in
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the late twenties, and what they give to the Jets
is a pick in the low forties and a pick
in the teams, which is when you are sending out
a more valuable younger player. Just totally unacceptable. I understand
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Quinnin is cheaper than Micah, but that is not enough
to offset the difference in value of the players impact
on the field. And so this Cowboys move, even if
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Quinn Williams is really good, and I think he is,
is as baffling of an NFL trade as you'll see
for years, and it totally goes against demons Jerry's whole take,
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which was trading.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Micah deft the run, well.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
No, no, no, stop the run part of it. It does
work in because Corney Williams better at that than Micah,
but he kept saying we'll be able to get three
or four players. You got two extra picks for Micah,
you gave two extra picks up for Quinnin. And again
that the Cowboys agreeing to send the better of the
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two picks they have in the twenty twenty seven draft
is unfathomable because here's the other piece of it. Let's
say Jordan Love a year from now gets hurt and
the Packers fall off a cliff in a very difficult.
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NFC North and the Packers have the sixth pick of
the draft two years from now. You don't get that now.
That goes to the Jets.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
So it's right in line with everything else that's been
going on with the Cowboys and Jerry. It makes sense.
It doesn't make sense, but it makes sense for Jerry
to be doing it.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Yes, it's just awful business. Now the Colts piece of
it is more understandable, but somehow even riskier.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
So go ahead. The Colts are seeming to go all
in on Daniel Jones. They traded two first rounders to
get Sauce Gardner. Do you think that this is a
little bit too earlier for them?
Speaker 1 (07:44):
I I respect the guts and unlike the Dallas move,
you at least see the logic of it. The logic
of it is, we have our quarterback, we like our team,
We are trying to win right now, Let's add a
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blue chip player, which Sauce has been at the first
two years of his career. He has not been the
last year and a half. But you know, you know,
he's young, and he's on a cost control deal. You
believe they obviously believe you can get back to it.
So that's the logic of it. It is the exact
same logic that led to the Dolphins trading for Tyreek,
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that led to the Packers trading for Micah. We we
love our team, think adding one more piece can put
us over the top. So I understand it. I think
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it's one of the riskiest moves I have seen a
team make in ten years. So here are the circumstances
over the last decade. Demonse that teams have traded away
multiple first round picks for a player, not during the draft,
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but for an established player. The Chicago Bears traded two
first round picks for Khalil Mack. They did that one
year after spending the second pick of the draft on
Mitch Krubisky. They were wrong, but they thought, we've got
our quarterback, let's go add to the defense. The Rams
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traded two first round picks away for Jalen Ramsey. They
did that months removed from going to the Super Bowl
with Golf. They said, we've got our quarterback, let's add
to the defense. Again. They ended up souring on that quarterback,
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but they believed they had the quarterback. The Jets, I'm sorry.
The Seahawks traded away two first round picks for Jamal
Adams in twenty twenty. They believed Russell's you know we're
gonna be our quarterback long term. Let's go at another
piece again. That trade was a catastrophe, but they had
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real reason to believe their quarterback was in place. Obviously,
the Packers traded away two first rounders for Micah and
I might be leaving one out for the Colts to
be doing this, not only when it's just been a
half season of good Daniel Jones, but and this part's
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important to manse, they don't even have Daniel Jones locked
up on a contract is stunning.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
I mean the Bears go ahead. I mean Daniel like
Daniel could leave or something, or leave them high and
dry or no.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
But they are now over a barrel on pape.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
Oh, it's ye one percent because when it comes time,
cap space is already too high.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
That's fair well, and it's it's the it's how are
you going to replace me? You don't have a first
round pick this year or next year, and the franchise
tag number is forty six million dollars.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Daniel Jones, I guess strikes me as a team friendly
type of guy.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
I buddy he already got four years one sixty from
the Giants when they were in this situation. I don't know,
know like the he the Colts have put themselves in
a position now where Daniel is gonna get I'll call
my shout on it right now. Four years, one hundred
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and eighty million dollars forty five million dollars a year.
And the other piece of it that is wildly risky
if you're the Colts.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Is they.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Even if you believe Daniel Jones is just good bad circumstances,
bad luck, bad coaching with the Giants, dating back to
his last year of college, there has been one season
he was fully healthy. So you are putting all in college.
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He broke his collar bone. In the pros, he's torn
his acl out, a neck injury, an ankle out, a hamstring.
You are putting all your eggs in this basket in
a way that is stunning to me, stunning. They have
painted themselves in a corner where yep, we saw eight
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good games from Daniel Jones. I know they've played nine,
but the last one was awful. Eight good games from
Daniel Jones, and now we are gonna remove any ability
we have to pivot at that position, and it's gutsy,
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it is. It's a real go all in move. I
just wonder how it's gonna feel if this season ends
with them hosting a wild card playoff game against the
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Patriots and getting beat and they're one and done and
it's like, Okay, this is just our team. Now. I
wouldn't have done it. I also think it is fair
to ask, is that too much to pay for anything? Yeah?
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For any well, for any corner, pis a lot it
and so like, would it shock anyone? Here's the question
I would have because when the Packers traded for Micah,
it was it would have shocked people. If the Packers
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this year ended up with the ninth pick of the draft, right, Like,
that would have been stunning, Right? Would it shock? Would
it be shocking if next year at this moment the
culture three and six? Would that shock people? Wouldn't shock me?
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And so I it is their past defense was bad.
Lou Ana Roumo now has a great that probably the
best corner he's ever had since he's been a coordinator.
It's a hell of a move. But it would have
been too rich for my blood. That's the thing. The
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Cowboys and the Colts making moves that I think would
have been insane for the Chiefs or the Bills to make.
Is something else. All right, Let's get to the other
side of.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
These the Jets. They now have five first round picks
over the next two years, so surely they can't mess
this up, right, They're probably gonna get on the track.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
Well, I mean, this is the exact situation they found
themselves in which got him Quinnen and Sauce and Garrett Wilson,
and then they you know, they're now full blown blowing
it up.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
I just gotta get the quarterback, right, Yeah, So.
Speaker 1 (15:57):
I respect the Jets recognizing we are nowhere close, and
by the time we get close, Quinn is probably out
of his prime r he turns twenty eight here in
a couple of weeks. And Sauce, I'm sure they wanted
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to keep, but to first is just too rich of
a price, particularly when it's too first from again from
a team that's not like an established every year good team.
And so now, yeah, you've got a draft. Smart And
if i'm the Jets, I am potentially in this year's draft,
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I'm open for business as well. I might move down
if there's not a quarterback I love. I might be
willing to trade my own pick, which could be you know,
the first, second, third, fourth pick of the draft, for
even more draft capital and try to full on fully
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rebuild the team. It is good process. They just have
to hit on these players. And I understand people can say, oh,
the draft's a crap shoot. Here's the thing, Yes, the
draft is a crap shoot. But the fact of the
matter is this, if you have a no doubt franchise
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quarterback on your team, unless your team, unless your quarterback's
name is Dak Prescott or Jaialen Hurts, that quarterback was
taken in round one. Every people can talk all this
stuff about, oh, well you can find quarterbacks anywhere. No,
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every single team that has the no doubt franchise corputerback
that quarterback was a first round pick except for Dak
and Jail. That's it. Like, who are the no doubt
franchise quarterbacks. They were first round picks. So the Jets
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acquiring a bunch of first round picks for a team
that hasn't been able to get quarterback right is obviously
something they need to do, and so I don't begrudge it.
Begrudge them that I do feel badly for their fans
because it's just perpetual rebuild.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
To man, just we just gave away everybody because you're trash.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
Well yeah, I mean we'll feel I mean, Fields isn't
the guy. I mean he just he isn't the guy.
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Speaker 2 (21:07):
We just wrapped up the first half of the NFL
season with Sunday, so this is a perfect time to
talk about Bronnie James. Let's do it.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
So here's the deal, and this is a little about
Bronni and this is more about media criticism. But a
little over a little less than a year ago, we
were in full blown Bronni James meltdown in the media
(21:43):
about the scourges of nepotism and Lebron forcing the Lakers
into such a mistake and pleading with Lebron as a
father to stop this farce, and folks claiming that their
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heart just goes out to the other potential draftees who
got snubbed because the Lakers wasted the fifty to fifth
pick on Bronni, And now the last two games, the Lakers,
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who are super shorthanded. Sunday night, we're in a tight
game with Miami, played Bronni in crunch time. He played
really good defense, had one awesome driving kick for a
critical three, and they won eighteen minutes solid you know,
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end of the bench performance. And then yesterday in a
game where lebron was out, Luca was out, and Austin
Reeves was out, they called on Bronni again against the
Blazers when the Blazers were double digit favorites, and Bronni
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played nineteen minutes, had six assists, had no turnovers, and
the Lakers won again. Now, do I think Bronni is
a great player, Obviously not. Do I think Bronni is
even going to be a rotation guy this year for
the Lakers when they're healthy. No. Do I think if
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we are going to be fair and we are going
to look at this objectively, we should say, hey, how
does his production up to this point in the season
compare to the other guys drafted in the second half
of the first I think that's fair. So if you
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go picks forty five through I think there were only
fifty eight in that draft, oddly instead of sixty, and
you're like, oh, so of those fourteen guys, seven of
them are not on an NBA roster, so you know,
he certainly is providing more value than those seven. Of
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those fourteen guys, only Quinton Posts, Jamal Shd and Cam
Spencer have played more minutes. Okay, of those fourteen guys,
only Jamal Shd and Cam Spencer have more assists. Of
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those fourteen guys, only Cam Spencer has more steals of
though now bronni Is is field goal percentas like twenty percent.
He hasn't shot much, but I he's you know, I
think he's one for I think he's two for eleven
on the season, So obviously he's not he's not shooting
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the ball. Well, he's not shooting the ball much. But
you look at that draft and all the crying that
was done. Pick forty seven has not played, is not
on a roster. Pick forty eight has played eleven minutes.
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Pick forty nine, Pick fifty, Pick fifty one has not
played or on G League teams. Pick fifty two. Quinton
Post has actually been solid for the Warriors and pick
fifty three. Cam Spencer's been solid for the Grizzlies, pick
fifty four, not on a roster, pick fifty five, Bronnie,
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pick fifty six, pick fifty seven g League or not
on a row uster, and pick fifty eight. Hut Porty
apologies has played forty minutes for the Knicks and has
been given you know, slightly less production than Bronni. Right
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in line with it. Whole point is, Bronnie James has
been a slightly above average late second round pick. That's
what he's been as a pro, A slightly above average
late second round pick. That's it. And the folks that
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used him as a cudgel because they hate lebron should
be embarrassed. That's the Bronnie James update. Good for him
for being pressed into service for all of a sudden,
the frisky Lakers team that gotta win as a double
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digit under dog without its three best players, And good
for him for playing his first ever crunch time NBA
minutes the night before and just looking the part of
oh yeah, that looks like the eleventh best guy on
an NBA team. That's what he looks like. Happy, Yeah,
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I'm happy for him and so.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
It was. It was.
Speaker 1 (27:39):
I thought embarrassing some of the coverage last season when
he had that bad five minute stretch. I forget even
who it was against. And I'm glad that he didn't
let that throw him, and so good for him. Luca's
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been absolutely historically great in the games he's played. Only
Wilt has ever scored more points through the opening five
games of a season, and he did it twice. Then
Luca's even two hundred through the first five games this year,
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and the listen, the Spurs have been excellent, and I
understand the Spurs are dealing with injuries of their own,
but it is hard not to look at the Lakers
with no Lebron, with Austin having missed time, and obviously
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Luca's missed some time as well, sitting at seven and
two alone in second place in the Eastern Conference, only
behind the Thunder and obviously I shouldn't say obviously and
shockingly the Chicago Bulls for overall record in the NBA.
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But it's very hard to look at Luca doing what
he's doing and the Lakers sitting at seven and two,
and then not also look at the Mavericks doing what
they're doing. Sitting in dead last in the Western Conference
at two and six and not revisit what is will
(29:27):
go down in history as one of the most inexplicable, indefensible,
unforced errors a franchise has ever made. And I know
there was a very brief moment when people were like, well,
now that they've gotten Cooper Flag, maybe it all works out. Demons.
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I'm here to tell you if Nico Harrison today called
up Rob Polenka and said we will trade you Anthony
Davis and Cooper Flag for Luka Doncic, they would say, no,
that is And the how good is Luca really? Conversation
(30:17):
that was briefly had last year was categorically insane from
start to finish, and up to this moment of the season,
he's been either the best or the second best player
in the sport. Giannis is playing at a just incomprehensible
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level and Luca has missed time. But Luca giving you
a nice tidy forty eleven and nine on fifty percent shooting,
despite shooting thirty percent from three has just been not
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shocking because you know how good he is, but remarkable
And it's why you know a lot of people this
isn't me picking on Bill, but Bill probably the most
noteworthy of the folks that coming into the year, we're
just totally, unabashedly, unequivocally writing the Lakers off as having
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any chance, any chance to be a real contender. And
the reason that struck me as a little myopic was, Man,
if you had all of NBA history tells us, if
you have a clear cut top three guy, unless the
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team is just in total shambles around him, you're at
least contender adjacent. And Luca has been a lear cut
top three guy obviously, Again, Gianness has been great, Shay
has been unbelievable, and the thunder losing last night's shocking
because it's shocking that they lose. That team is going
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to win seventy games if they want to. But the
Lakers surviving this stretch of no Lebron, Luca in and
out of the lineup, beating the Spurs who have been
red hot, and now say it again, guys, yeah, I mean,
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and Reeves obviously playing great. And now if you're the Lakers,
I don't know when Lebron's coming back, but over the
next two weeks you have Atlanta, Charlotte, OKC brutal New Orleans, Milwaukee,
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it's a road trip, and then Utah, Utah. So you've
got seven games over the next two and a half weeks,
all of them on the road, except for one game
against Utah before you start a homestand which is maybe
where they would hope Lebron could come back. And the
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expectation should be to go five and two in that
seven game stretch, at the very least four and three
and be eleven and five, twelve and four through the
first month and a half of the season through well,
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really the first month of the season, which would be phenomenal.
And so Luca's just playing out of his mind, just
absolutely out of his mind. And Austin, when Luca wasn't there,
was playing out of his mind, and you thought I
was gonna skip it. Demonse, credit where it's due.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
You got your got last night.
Speaker 1 (34:10):
No, No, I'm not talking, Bronnie. I'm talking. I'm talking.
I don't know if it's fair to call him your guy.
Speaker 2 (34:17):
DeAndre Ayton. Yeah, yeah, he show up last night. He's
been good.
Speaker 1 (34:24):
Yeah, he was really rough very early on. But twenty
two and ten last night when they were super shorthanded
twenty nine and ten against the Blazers. The no, he's been,
he's he's played well for him, and so fair is fair.
(34:46):
Credit to Balinka, a lot of credit to JJ Reddick,
who has this team ready to play every night, and
Jake la Ravia has done well. They're legit. They're legit
seven and two beating the Spurs, uh without Austin Reeves
(35:06):
and obviously no Lebron, and they did try to blow
it at the end.
Speaker 2 (35:11):
But whatever, like you expected, did you?
Speaker 1 (35:16):
No, not at all? Now, I didn't. I didn't write
them off because of the respect for Luca and because
I felt like when Lebron comes back, they'll still be
one of the only teams in the league with two
top ten guys, because that's what we'll see what Lebron
is this year. But last year he was a clear
(35:37):
top eight guy. But no, I didn't think they'd be
able to handle Lebron missing the first ten games, plus
Austin being out of the lineup some, Luca being out
of the lineup some, and I mean they've been they've
been excellent.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
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of course do apply. All right, Deman's all our lines
from hard rock. Bet. We've got five games here. Let's
go to the first one.
Speaker 2 (36:50):
First off, you've got Atlanta plus six and a half
versus Indy.
Speaker 1 (36:55):
Yeah, so this was Atlanta or plus five and a
half plus this Berlin game. Yes, Sunday morning, this is
Atlanta plus five and a half before the Colts traded
for sauce. That's stupid. That is a fans overreacting to
(37:21):
a trade. A corner does not move the point the
game a full point.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
It just doesn't.
Speaker 1 (37:27):
And so I'm getting a little extra value. I also
feel like I know the europe game's favorites tend to
win and win outright and cover. I think I know
they went out right a lot. It feels like this
is a one possession game. I do think that Atlanta's
(37:52):
defense might be able to slow down a bit this
prolific Indie offense. I also feel like this Indian team
is different on turf on a fast track than it's
going to be in Berlin. And I could see Atlanta winning.
I certainly can see Atlanta having this game be tied
(38:15):
at halftime or a four point game in the fourth quarter.
Bijon's gotta get going. Drake London was awesome, unbelievable this
past week, and I Panix worries me. But I'll take
the extra point I'm getting because of the sauce trade,
and I'll take it. Lanta plus the six and a half,
(38:38):
all right?
Speaker 2 (38:39):
Next Tampa Bay minus two and a half versus New England.
Speaker 1 (38:44):
Yeah, I think I think New England's really good, but
Tampa I think is better. They are off a bye.
The Patriots were flirting with a loss last week that
you know they are kind of due for a so
to speak, Drake May is getting hit a ton, and
(39:05):
he admitted some of that's on him. That concerns me
a bit. Baker off of bye four and oh straight
up is a favorite. Uh and six and four against
the spread with extended rest with the Bucks again, I'm
getting what I think is the better team, and there's
no disrespect to New England, the better team with the
(39:27):
better quarterback at home off a bye, and I'm laying
less than a field goal, so as good as New
England's been, I think Tampa wins this game, and I
think Tampa wins this game by at least a field goal.
So I've got Tampa minus two and a half next.
Speaker 2 (39:45):
Jacksonville minus won at Houston.
Speaker 1 (39:48):
Yeah, this is just purely a.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
Who has the better offensive line?
Speaker 1 (39:55):
Well? Oh yeah, fading Davis Mills. I mean the Texans
offense was awful with CIJ.
Speaker 2 (40:03):
I wasn't even thinking about CJ. Stroud not playing. Yeah,
that being my one for the Jags. I think it's
kind of crazy.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
Yeah, I mean, Davis Mills has started amazingly twenty five
games in his career. They're five to nineteen and one
in those games, and so the Jags defense is really good.
I understand there. It's, you know, a road divisional favorite,
but the the Broncos offense was awful this past week. Now,
(40:35):
Houston's defense had something do with it, to their credit,
but Houston could do nothing because CJ was out of
the game and CJ's already been ruled out. So I'll
just swallow the point with the Prince. It's bad for
the Chiefs. By the way, if the Jags win this game,
the Chiefs need one of those teams in the playoff
picture to fall out. The Jags are the one most
(40:57):
likely to do so. But I just think the Jags
are the.
Speaker 2 (41:02):
Yeah, that line could have been three and a half.
I feel like, yeah, weird with Davis.
Speaker 1 (41:08):
With Davis Mills being the quarterback. I'll just take Houston
just to win. It's all I need. At minus once.
I'll take Jacksonville next.
Speaker 2 (41:16):
Uh. Next, you got Chicago minus three and a half
versus the Giants.
Speaker 1 (41:21):
So I'm going to continue fading the Giants because my
belief that the Giants season ended with that devastating Broncos
loss has just been validated by their last two performances,
getting annihilated by the Eagles and getting beat by double
digits by the Niners Jackson, but he's hurt right now. Yeah,
(41:46):
that's a great point. Yeah, Jackson darts banged up. Scataboo's
out obviously for the year. Neighbors has been out. Brian
Davell after starting seven and two as a rookie head coach.
They have started too and seven each of the last
three years. He's just always mad at everyone who is
mad at himself, and the Bears have an explosive offense.
(42:13):
And by the way, a little benefit this line is
four and a half in most other places it's three
and a half at hard Rock Bet. My my theory
on that for the record is hard Rock Bet. Obviously,
you can use it in Jersey, so Giants fans there.
(42:34):
It's also the exclusive betting provider in Florida. A lot
of New York transplants there. So I think it has
been bet down from four and a half plus four
and a half to three and a half because all
that money's coming in on the Giants. They're trying to
get some Chicago money will take advantage of it. Chicago
minus three and a half, and I just don't trust
(42:57):
the Giants Stevens right now, and I think that their
spirit was stolen in that Broncos loss. So all lay
three and a half with Caleb Now one might be
my favorite.
Speaker 2 (43:06):
Uh Pittsburgh plus plus three at the Chargers.
Speaker 1 (43:11):
Yeah, I the Chargers without Joe all against and all
of a sudden one game but rejuvenated Steelers defense. And
I'm getting three points with Tomlin. And so obviously the
Steelers have to go east to west, which is an ideal,
but I'll deal with it. Tomlin again sixty seven forty
(43:36):
and four against the spread as an underdog. Uh, and
the week after winning outright as a dog, he's thirteen
six and two against the spread. I think the charge.
I think the Steelers win this game, and if they don't,
I think it's a last second type of game. I'm
getting three points. So our five games are Atlanta getting
(43:59):
six and a half against India and Berlin, Tampa laying
two and a half at home against the Patriots, Jacksonville
laying one on the road against Houston, Chicago laying three
and a half at home against the Giants, and Pittsburgh
getting the full three on the road against the Chargers. Oh,
one other thing about that Steelers game. That's gonna be
(44:22):
a silent count game for the Chargers demanse. That's gonna
be all Steelers fans taking over so far in LA.
And so that's the other piece that's not really a
road game for them,
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