October 4, 2024 • 40 mins
In Hour 4 of The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon, Jason and Mike open the hour reacting to the Thursday Night Football overtime thriller between the Falcons and Buccaneers! Vegas insider Todd Fuhrman joins the show to talk through some of the biggest storylines in sports through a betting lens.
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win the World Series. We had to vance coming up
in about twenty minutes. All the reaction to tonight's game,
this big weekend in sports. What are some of the
big plays ahead of us? But what we saw tonight? Now, hey,
I see you won. Pete Alonzo ninth inning home run
and raise you one Kirk Cousins overtime touchdown pass and
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a five hundred yard night. What an unreal thriller tonight
between the Bucks and the Falcons, all kinds of offense.
The game comes down to the final minute of regulation.
The Falcons are able to drive down spike the football
with a second left on the clock. They get a
delay of game penalty. Doesn't matter because young Wayku. I
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remember him when he was missing kicks for the charge.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Remember when he got fired?
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Yeah, remember when he was a bad kicker and now
it's one of the best in the NFL. Doesn't matter.
He makes one from fifty to tie the game, and
then in overtime Kirk Cousins finds Hodge open for a
game that I'm telling you, Kadari Hodge. It looked like
this was going to be about a fifteen yard game,
right the Falcons win the coin toss, the start overtime,
they're driving pretty well. It looked like, okay, this is
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going to be a first down, get them in field
goal range, and he just ran that slant to the
middle of the field and he ran away from everybody
into the end zone for the game winning touchdown. Four
touchdowns for Cousins, five hundred and nine yards passing. The
Falcons beat the Bucks thirty six thirty.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Everybody plays. Everybody wins, man, everybody got fed. We had
Ray Ray McLoud on you'll be able to hear that
in the podcast that'll go up in about an hour's time,
talking about past distribution, what those practices are like, and
Zach Robinson and having a veteran quarterback like that. I mean,
because Kirk was slinging it. Man, I don't know that
he had a three or a five step drop. I
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think most of them were nine to eleven step drops
to give himself space from the getting tangled up with
the lines. But I mean, he was throwing darts all night. Robinson,
you know, had a great call sheet going the OC
and they executed brilliantly. I mean, this was a fun
game back and forth and watching Kirk Cousins dispel some
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of the old myths and winging around. You know, me,
whatever the older guys do, well, Jason, I smile a
little bit. That means I ain't that old yet.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Now let's steal Le's speak of the old guys. Let's
deal with the quarterbacks here, because there's two hot takes
for two quarterbacks tonight. Baker Mayfield plays a great game tonight.
Rights not as great as Kirk Cousins, but it doesn't
matter because Tampa was able to run the football a
little bit more so. They had a little bit more
balanced play calling. Mayfield still goes for one eighty and
three touchdowns nineteen out of twenty four. He also runs
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for forty yards. He is having a terrific season. And
you look at his numbers and where he is through
now four let's say four and a half week, so
we go through Thursday night. I told you before the
season started, Mayfield's going to be the NFL MVP, all right.
He was my pick because he had a great year
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last year. What is going on? What he does in
Tampa fits with what they're doing. This is the best
football he has played. He's going to pick it up.
Everybody's sleeping on Tampa, and yeah, Tampa's three and two.
But look, it's early in the season. We were talking about.
They've played five games, and you're looking at the guy
that's thrown eleven touchdowns already. He's at the top in
every category in the NFL, touchdowns, touchdown passes, quarterback rating, everything,
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he is at the top. Right, quarterback rating tonight was
new it was almost perfect, one hundred and forty. Right,
this is the night he had, This is the game
he has. But it's not that he's having a season
so far that is unlike anybody else. Other quarterbacks having
big seasons too, right, Sam Donald's having a big year
as well, you know, coming back. But Mayfield has the storyline,
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and the storyline we don't love anything more in sports
other than a redemption story or someone who has falling
all the way off and worked their way all the
way back up. And that's Baker Mayfield. And it's also
Sam Donald to an extent, though a little bit less
sample size for Donald, it is for Mayfield, who had
an entire twenty twenty three and now so far in
twenty twenty four. But the narrative that he has blows
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through everybody else. You know, you want to say, oh,
is really is Mahomes? Get all these other guys. Mahomes
is just a guy. Now he's a game manager. Oh boy,
hot take, I can't go to Kansas City. Yeah, but
when you have the narrative, that does a lot for you.
And Mayfield has the narrative right away that not only
is he one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL,
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he's at the helm of a really dynamic offense. Like
this is an offense that I can't believe they're this
good with Mayfield. This is not a Hey, he's a
game manager and and you know, we get up and
down the field and once in a while I can
throw for a couple of touchdowns a game. No, this
is where every week we can win and lose on
my right arm because you know, running the ball tonight
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was a little bit better for them, But it's been
a struggle so far. You know. You know, Rashad White
is just okay. Bucky Irving has turned out to be
a guy that you know, he gets about nine or
ten carries a game and runs for you know, fifty six.
I was about five yards of carry. But overall it's
still on Baker Mayfield's right arm. And Godwin is still
a superstar, and Mike Evans is still a superstar. And
I'm telling you he's got the narrative and I believe
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in him to continue that this season. Mayfield's still a
big star. Baker Mayfield NFL MVP.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
In the last eleven games, twelve games, he's been fantastic.
And remember Godwin was hurt for a good chunk of
last year, either out or playing, you know, a little
bit down. Mike Evans is just ridiculous. What it was,
ninety ninth and one hundredth scores. He passed Michael Irvin
on the all time receiving yardage list. I think he's
now twenty ninth or thirtieth in NFL history with Field.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Doesn't it feel like he's like forty six years old.
He's only thirty two. No, But that's the thing, right,
you've been around for like what Mike Kevin's is good.
He's gonna be forty five. Mike Evans still running routes
at forty five.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Okay, yeah, I mean but it's one of those things
with where we're at in the NFL. Now, there were
guys that had long careers before, but we didn't really,
i think, pay attention to It's the same way we
were just used to.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
It was offensive defensive.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
Lineman, and then you'd have some outlier quarterbacks that would
hang around and have long careers. Now you look at it,
a lot of these guys like man, they're taking care
of their bodies, they're avoiding the big injuries, and then
they're suddenly in you're fourteen, you know that kind of thing.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
I mean, Baker's too.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
What was his draft class?
Speaker 3 (07:43):
What two thousand and eight, right, I mean, think about
how long he's been hanging around or twenty eighteen, I
should say, I'm going Joe Flacco conflating.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
The two two thousand and eight for him, twenty eighteen.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
For Baker Mayfield.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
But the fact that you know, we're already this far
into his career, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, whatever, and we're
just really seeing the tip of the iceberg of what
maybe they can be. Right with Baker Mayfield, last year
it was Dave Canalis. So it's like, all right, Liam
Cohen comes in as Canallis goes off to be the
coach of the Carolina Panthers. You know, this is a
guy that had them winging it around in Kentucky and
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they're setting some records and touchdowns all over, and you're
seeing it with Baker. He's picked up right where he
left off a year ago. Still tried to find continuity
with White and Irving in the backfield. You know, the
fumble from Irvings certainly didn't help matters. They finally got
a big explosive playout of Rashad White. They've been waiting
on that, but you've got enough in the offense to
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make some noise.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
I mean, look, I bring up Sam Darnold just for
the fact that you know, when we're talking narratives, we
certainly are watching the redemption. It's not an anti Jet take.
It's just a here's a guy that bounced around and
at least through four weeks he's sluinging it.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Now.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
Am I putting them anywhere near a starting lineup this
weekend in Fantasy foot against the Jets? Hell No, We'll
talk about it a lot on the iWatch Flex podcast,
that'll be up.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
But I mean both those quarterbacks, that's a yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
I'm adding a little something in my coffee and I'm
just gonna watch that game.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
What's the over under forty? I mean, really, I think
that's the over under.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
I believe it is forty.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
But but it's that kind of thing where we're we're
going through the process season and we love storylines and
Baker had last year and then it was all right,
prove it, do it again, new coordinator. Everybody has watched
you now for a full year with this offense. Let's
see what you do. And he's been up to the task.
And if he's going to be able to scramble and
use his legs to to set some other things up,
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then they become that much more dangerous. For Darnold, it's
just fun because he's had to bounce around and you're waiting,
and obviously he's a guy that he's still so very
well thought of. Now, Bill Belichick did the anti Jet
thing by going, yeah, everybody loved him except the Jets. Uh,
And then he took to the poda.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Is this him deciding I want to throw this at
the Jets?
Speaker 3 (10:02):
Of course, man, come on, come like everybody likes to
pile on and it's been easy to do.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
Let's call it what it is. So he did it
as well.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
But yeah, I mean, those are the two stories that
stand out. That and you got the kid Jayden Daniels. Like,
out of the first four weeks of the NFL season,
those are the three guys that stand out head and
shoulders above everybody else.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Of my goodness, there's something cool going on here.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
So now, what about Kirk Cousins, Right, he has the
bigger night and going for five hundred yards, the fifteenth
most yards passing in a game in NFL history. Nobody
needed a big night more than Kirk Cousins did. Because
whatever you want to say about Cousins and that he
is a bridge quarterback right, doesn't matter how much money
he's getting paid. He is a bridge quarterback to Michael
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Pennick junior and Michael Pennix junior who had a really
good summer that you know, the team wants to see him,
The players love what they saw out of him. You
can only hold him back for so long. For everybody
who thinks, oh, Kirk Cousins has this year. No, if
he plays poorly, they're gonna go to Penick Junior earlier,
it's going to happen. And when the Falcons won in
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Week two and Cousins had the really big game winning drive,
was you know what, he saved his job for a
couple of weeks because you talk about another loss after
a really bad game one against the Steelers, they were
going to get antsy from Michael Pennick Junior for a while,
So he bought himself a little bit of time. But
the last two weeks for Cousins, they've been awful. It
was kind of hidden by the fact they were able
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to win last week, but they don't score an offensive
touchdown and Cousins was brutal. So now you have two
you have three bad games, three truly bad games for
Cousins out of the first flour. How much longer would
it have been until Michael Penick Junior until you realize,
maybe Cousins doesn't have it anymore. Maybe Cousins needed not
going to make it back from the injury. He doesn't
really have what he needs with the chemistry, with the weapons,
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I don't know. And now now he saved his job
till the till the middle of the season. Maybe a
little bit further, like you talk about he saved his
job to like maybe week eight, Week nine, Week ten,
Now he has that kind of that's what he bought
tonight because not only did he have a big game,
but he made everybody into a weapon. Right, you had
Drake London with a huge night. Darnold Mooney also had
a big night. He turned Kyle Pitts into a weapon.
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And it has been such a huge fantasy bust since
he was gonna be the best tight end in the
history of the NFL. Even Kyle Pitts had seven catches
for ninety yards tonight. Everybody he fed everyone tonight, and
Hodge with the game winning touchdown a forty five yard
pass in overtime. He saved his job. Until you're getting
the week nine week tennis. At this point, now it's okay,
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Kirk has figured things out. Let's see if we can
keep rolling. If the Falcons don't keep winning and he regresses,
they will revisit that. But now after week two, he
bought two or three weeks, and now after this week
he's bought another month or five weeks.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Yeah, I think part of it is you look at
how much time it takes to get things moving right.
Training camps one thing don't do a lot in the preseason, shortened, preseason, whatever,
and so for a lot of teams, it's just the
question of how much of it is the feeling out right,
and it's not it's preseason, not preseason, like playing directional
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schools in college before you get into your big conference
matchups some of that. And for Kirk Cousins in this offense,
I'm curious to see where it can go from here.
Obviously this is as crisp and clean and efficient as
you can be. But even last week, you know, the
numbers weren't gaudy, but you did enough to win a game, right,
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succeed and proceed and timing when you've got this many
weapons takes time to develop. The offensive line has had
some issues. That was one of the big question marks
tonight and how much he was going to be under duress. Well,
he got to dance a little bit, They got a
little bit of rolling out the pocket, and he showed
more mobility because that was one of the other questions,
just like we talked about with Aaron Rodgers, going back
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to that game against New England, which we'll see how
much that you know, pushes forward because certainly last week
against Denver didn't matter. He didn't have time to move.
But for Kirk Cousins coming off his injury, how much
of that was the limitation too, Not that he was
ever the nimble guy that was gonna scramble for thirty
yards in a game, mind you, but just being able
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to get off the spot a little bit, still being
able to deliver downfield.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
Here.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
He had a pretty clean pocket most of the day,
So good job there. We'll see how that flows. They
get to see these Buccaneers again at the end of
the month, so a couple of opportunities for him to
make some hey.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
But yeah, Pennix.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
Junior certainly waiting in the wings. He's circling because he's
looking at that five wide and going, yeah, that's fun.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
I remember that in college.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
I can do that.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Let's go, hey, and the pocket's gonna be clean all
the time, right like it was in college. I mean,
not the Michigan game, because boy, you guys really let
me down. But this pocket's gonna be clean all the time. Right.
I'm gonna get it. I'm gonna get like seven eight
seconds to throw it, like when I was at Washington.
That's how it's gonna work right, Exit out bout of Fresco,
Exit swollen down. The Jason Smith Show with My best
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We head to Vegas. Coming up next, find out where
the odds have shifted for the baseball playoffs now that
we're into the divisional round. What about big action in
college football in the NFL coming up Friday, Saturday Sunday.
Get all the picks, all the thoughts coming up next,
Right here, Jason and Mike. You are listening to Fox
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Speaker 2 (15:29):
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Speaker 1 (15:39):
Fox Sports Radio. The Jason Smith Show with My best
friend Mike Harmon Live from the Tyrack dot Com Studios. Yep, yep,
that kind of night. Maybe Now the Mets are even
money to win the World Series. Even money, really even money.
Let's head to Vegas right now. Welcome into the show.
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Long time friend of the show, host so the About
the Board podcast, former odds maker at Caesar's. Check them
out on CBS now as well. It is Todd Furman, Todd,
what's happening? Buddy? How are you?
Speaker 5 (16:12):
I'm doing all this eve and gentlemen, hopefully you boys
are holding up?
Speaker 1 (16:16):
Wait, holding up? Did you you know what's happened?
Speaker 6 (16:18):
No?
Speaker 4 (16:18):
No, that was for me.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
Come on, he was speaking directly to me and to
America Smith.
Speaker 5 (16:25):
Smith. That wasn't for you. In this contrary despite contrary belief,
or whatever the phrase goes. You guys didn't win the
World Series tonight. You just advanced to play the Philly.
So you may not want to douse yourself in three
dollars bottles of prosecco that you pick up from Costco
first thing in the morning tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Hey, first of all, I am going to Costco tomorrow. Secondly,
it's diet coke, not prosecco. Come on, man, you know me?
Speaker 5 (16:45):
All right, That's that's.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
How I love.
Speaker 5 (16:47):
You can doubt yourself in as many eight ounce dia
co committee and you can get your hands on first
thing in the morning.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Then. All right, So before we get to football, let's
do this. Now. We saw the teams, uh the end
of the early round. Now we're into the Division series.
Anything you've seen odds for these teams improve go anywhere
over the last couple of days seeing how things broke out.
You know, like we talked about last night, I can't
believe the odds for the Yankees to win didn't go
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didn't improve well because the two teams that were really
in their way are both out now in the Astros
and the Orioles.
Speaker 5 (17:19):
They shortened to touch. But that's the fickle nature of baseball,
more so than any other sport that's out there. We've
seen these wildcar teams get hot in the past, and
we're not sure even in the current format. We just
have a sample size to know if it's a disadvantage
for the teams that are sitting at home, allowing other
teams to build some of this momentum going forward. The Yankees, though,
are indeed the favorite of most shops, priced anywhere from
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five to two upwards of three to one, tightly followed
by the Dodgers and Phillies. You look at the Padres,
they have become the most interesting team side that you
could have bat upwards of thirty five or forty to one.
Not too long ago, number has come crashing down, and
the same can be sad about the Cinderella story brewing
with the Detroit Tigers when you talk about a number
upwards of sixty seventy five to one as early as September,
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knowing the uphill battle they have. But my biggest takeaway
from all of this, Smith is we can now begin
to understand why the White Sox finished with the worst
record ever. Apparently, the American League Central is the best
division in the history of baseball.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
That's right.
Speaker 5 (18:15):
Why they have three teams in the ALDS, so the
White Sox we can put an asterisk by their thirty
two win performance this year, knowing how good Tigers, the
Guardians and Royals had been and the ability to fatten
up their records against them putting on the board.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Yes, yeah, but wait a minute, But couldn't you just
say maybe the American League Central has inflated records because
they all got to play the White Sox. I mean, think,
oh hundred percent.
Speaker 5 (18:38):
But we're talking about spin here, and we're trying to
make hard feel better.
Speaker 4 (18:42):
That's right.
Speaker 5 (18:42):
I'm a fan of the Seattle Mariners right now. I'm
absolutely furious going If we played in the American League
Central and we got three hundred games against the White Sox,
we would have found to wait in the postseason, and
we could have been around the story.
Speaker 3 (18:55):
No matter how horribly we played in the back end
of the season, dude, have still found our way into
the dance. But as we look at that Todd anything
else in the exotics world that we get into in
terms of player performances or anything, you know, not so much.
Speaker 5 (19:10):
When you're talking about some of the MVP awards and
all of that. The markets will start to come up
a little bit slowly when you look at some of
the prices year and you try and identify, you know,
what the betting market is saying about these four upcoming series.
At least on paper, the Yankees are the biggest favorite,
but they've taken money against already. As you've seen a
little bit of a nibble on Kansas City. You've seen
the Dodgers price come down from a dollar forty to
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the dollar thirty range. I think the biggest question surrounding
them is how that pitching staff will hold up. And
even a price on the Mets Phillies that was posted
not too long ago. The Phillies opened up right around
a two dollars favorite, and you're seeing the Mets take action,
and I think it just speaks to the unpredictable nature
of the Major League Baseball playoffs that if you're consistently
backing underdogs, whether it's on a game by game basis,
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a full series or big picture, you're going to put
yourself in a much more advantageous position than trying to
lay some of these robust prices knowing it's it out here.
It's an out there and typically dominated by the staff
that gets it all together for twenty seven.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Ounce All right, now, looking ahead, we got action tomorrow
night in college football, got a couple of top twenty
five teams playing Syracuse invades UNLV. Take it easy, honest,
because I know I used up all my Carmen with
the Mets tonight. So like maybe like wind tomorrow, like
like thirty thirty four, let McCord throw like four touchdowns.
I'll b im okay with that.
Speaker 5 (20:24):
I mean, look, Smith, if you were a true diehard fan,
you'd get the family in the car, or you'd find
a flight for twenty nine bucks on a Legion or Frontier,
and you'd be making an appearance at Allegiant Stadium for
the first time ever that UNLV will host an acc opponent.
Interesting number on this game with UNLV almost out to
a full touchdown favorite questions abound with UNLV and the
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resume that they've been able to compile. This will be
the largest number that the Rebels have laid against the
team from a power for conference, going all the way
back to two thousand and three where they close they
double digit favorite against Kansas. If you believe in coming
full circle as a Syracuse fan, when U and LV
did close it double did you favorite against Kansas? They
lost that game by three touchdowns. Don't think it'll get
that lopside of tomorrow, but I do think the Orange
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will provide a very stiff test.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
For the running reps in that undefeated record.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Look at that he gave you some positivity about Q's
what did you think?
Speaker 1 (21:13):
Look, I'm feeling pretty Look, I know we're gonna put
points on the board because McCord is terrific. He's the
best pure throwing quarterback we've had in thirty years. I
mean serious that, that's how good he is. He's he
I mean that also the kind of players we've had
a quarterback the last thirty years. So it's kind of
a guess, but I look, I'm happy. I know we're
going to score, but I'm glad we got good stuff
from Todd right then.
Speaker 5 (21:33):
I mean, I can't sit idly by and listen to
this Ryan Nacid slander that you're exposing me to right
now when we talk about the great Pantheon Eyracuse Orange quarterbacks.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Go back a decade.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
I actually just found an old Nasid Bud Giants rookie
card still sitting in a box for some reason.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
All right, Miami coming.
Speaker 5 (21:49):
Off with a hopefully that card is going into the
spoke of your ten speed also sitting in your garage.
Speaker 3 (21:55):
It's a little too thick for that, but we'll figure
maybe I'll just use it as a throwing star for practice.
Miami ten and a half point favorites on the road
at cal controversy over their win a week ago and
traveling to the West coast.
Speaker 4 (22:10):
Is does that matter?
Speaker 5 (22:11):
No, it does in my opinion, very difficult road trip
from South Florida to uncharted territory. At Berkeley, we talk
a little bit about the body clock and what's going
to feel like a ten thirty kickoff, not something that
Miami is all that used to, although look, Miami football
players are used to be now after hours, it's just
not playing football, so it's a question of shifting focus
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in that capacity. I don't quite have the appetite to
try and back to Justin Wilcox, despite his strong track
record as a double digit underdog. But what I can
say about this game is some unique storyline. When you're
looking at mendozas a quarterback for cal his dream was
the beatest starting quarterback on Miami. So I have to
imagine during the bye week this game is extra special.
But I think defense can dominate the day. And it's
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part of the reason that we've seen the total kickdown
from fifty five now in that fifty three and a
half fifty four range. And we'll see if Miami can
keep they're perfect season going.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
All right now, you knew bet the Board podcast is
up for college football and the NFL. Let's get to
the NFL here. You know, one of the five games
you like the spotlight the London game with the Jets
and the Vikings. Are people nervous about I can't believe
people like and feel good about games in London, just
because there's so many there's so many things that are
that you could get a team that doesn't fly well,
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you get a team that doesn't travel. There's so many
different things out here. And the over under for this
game is at forty points.
Speaker 5 (23:29):
Todd and we've seen the total takedown from Fapeka forty two.
There could be some inclement weather in the forecast, so
that'll be something worth monitoring for Breakfast Football nine thirty
Easter then you know, six thirty Pacific for those of
us out here on.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
The West Coast.
Speaker 5 (23:42):
You look at this Jets team and I think there
are plenty of questions that have to be answered. Last
week against the Denver Broncos not exactly a ringing endorsement
for what this offense is going to look like. But
defensively for the Jets, you look at the last three
opponents they face, and this could be a little bit
of a jolt to the system. Against Sam Darnold and
a Kevin O'Connell at offense, we Brissett a couple weeks
ago on a short week, the Jets took care of business.
(24:03):
They did a good job in the first half against
bon Nicks and to a lesser extent, Will Levison Nashville.
But the only living breathing offense that this defensive line
has had a face was the forty nine ers and
San Francisco ran the ball right at him. So you
have to imagine they're going to do everything they can
to sell out, take Aaron Jones out of the game,
and figure out what they'll do on the back end
with Justin Jefferson. What I can say about this number
(24:23):
is that it's borderline ridiculous the way the betting market
has adjusted accordingly. But you can understand for a Minnesota
team that's not won three straight games outright as an underdog,
they've trailed for a grand total of about three minutes
so far this season, or three minutes and twenty six
seconds to be exact, and they're the first team in
NFL history to win three straight games within a season,
all without trailing, all versus teams who won playoff games
(24:45):
the previous year. But what goes up must come down,
and I have to imagine this Jets team will play
with a sense of purpose. If the number gets out
to three, I would be intrigued back to the underdog
and make a slight case to go over at Tottenham
Hotsper Stadium.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
Todd Curious game on the other end of Sunday Sunday
Night football. The Cowboys at the Steelers. When it opened,
Steelers were getting a point and a half. Now we're
swinging the other way all the way to two and
a half. Steelers the favorites at home, Cowboys missing a
couple of big defenders. Justin Fields runs for what sixty yards?
Speaker 5 (25:16):
I mean he may have to. When you look at
how banged up the Steelers are in the backfield, it
doesn't appear they're going to get Quarterrell Patterson out there
or Jalen Warren and Naje Harris hasn't exactly been the
model of efficiency running behind that banged up offensive line.
But you mentioned the number harm and one and a
half where Dallas was a short favorite that game. Before
we saw a kickoff of the Cowboys Giants game the
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last Thursday night. The injuries on the defensive side of
the Marcus Lawrence Micah Parsons changed that dynamic. And then
of course the Cowboys get further bad news with no
Brandon Cook, so a wide receiver room that didn't have
much to offer after Ceedee Lamb gets a little bit
more depleted, and you'd have to think the Steelers a
little bit more focused and a potential bounce back spot
for them, but they're not the model of health. Should
(25:58):
be a great game, and I'm very curious to see
if this number actually ends up touching three and if
there is an appetite from professionals to back Dallas. But
reminiscs of what we saw last Sunday night, where the
general public wants to back the road underdog, but the
home team has been the one attracting money in the market.
We'll see if the Steelers can replicate what this Baltimore
Ravens did last Sunday against the Mufflo Bills.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
He's on Twitter at Todd Ferman. That is at Todd Furman.
Check out the Bet the Board podcast. Got more on
the Bills and the Texans, the best bet of the week,
great stuff. Todd has always appreciated good luck tomorrow night,
And like I said, I like what you said. Take
it easy, honest, and if Syracuse wins, that's okay too.
Speaker 5 (26:34):
Hey, you know, it gives the perfect excuse for the
Orange alumni base to track out to Vegas under the
auspice of a quote unquote business trip. So I figure
you've got a creative account over there. Smith. You can
always write it off as a business expense. We'll call
it R and D. Whatever needs to be done. I'll
make sure we save you seed the legion if you
happen to make.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
It nicely done. Hey, happy to year, brother, Thanks for
stopping down with us.
Speaker 5 (26:54):
Always a pleasure. Boys. Enjoy the games this weekend.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
That great stuff from Todd for I mean, I got
to be next to you tomorrow night, buddy, I mean
I can't. I can't just you know, take off on
a whim here and yeah, teams play.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
You know, I mean you could. I mean you can
say I'm riding the high. I gotta parlay it, just
use all the Vegas terminology in doing so.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
I liked that he gave me the sign I'll save you,
I'll save you a seat. I feel I actually playing
with my tie, Pete. I don't go to the games.
What are you talking about? No, No, I'll say, all of.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
A sudden, you're in the back and you're you're hitting
the Latin machine.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
I don't go to the games on the treadmill. We
got more coming up in ninety seconds, but first special delivery.
Steve de Saga has what's trending in the wide world
of sports tonight and when I say, nothing bigger than
Pete Alonzo's game winning home run. No, no, no, it's
actually true. Nothing bigger tonight than Pete Alonzo's game winning
home run. That's deep.
Speaker 6 (27:47):
Oh, I think Falcons came close with that overtime comeback
when against Tampa Bay was thirty six thirty and.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
It was close. That was great. It was closed. In
the Super Bowl era.
Speaker 6 (27:57):
Kirk Cousins now the only NFL quarterback to throw for
two hundred and fifty yards before halftime and another two
fifty after halftime because he threw for five oh nine
tonight four touchdowns one interception, won the game on a
forty five yard TV pass Cadaryl Hodge with the catch
and run. Drake London had twelve catches one hundred and
fifty four yards in a score Falcons three and two
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after the overtime win thirty six thirty against a Tampa
Bay team that had entered three and one. Baker Mayfield
had connected on three touchdown passes in the first half,
two to Mike Evans. Falcons tied it though, on a
fifty two yard field goal on the final play of regulation. Guys,
we're pretty early in the season already. There have been
over sixty made field goals of at least fifty yards out,
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which is, by the way, more than were made in
entire seasons before two thousand and eight, Like literally every
NFL season for the six decades before two thousand and eight,
the Chiefs placed wide receiver Rashi Rice on injured reserve
Texans running back Joe Mixon practice due to his bad ankle.
Running back Jonathan Taylor, the Colts misspractice due to an
(29:04):
ankle injury. Running back from Washington Brian Robinson miss practice
with a knee injury, and Giants running back Devin Singletary
did not practice due to a groin injury. Elsewhere well
Ya and Tonio Pierce was in the news. The Raiders
head coach was given by the NCAA an eight year
show cause penalty for his violations as an assistance at
Arizona State. There is college football Friday Night on Fox TV.
(29:28):
Number six Oregon hosts Michigan State and Yes on half
as One Friday Night, Number twenty five UNLV host Syracuse
Vegas four to OHO for the first time in its
Division I history. It is ranked for the first time ever,
tied for twenty fifth. The Reds are hiring Terry Francona
as manager. He'd stepped down in Cleveland a year ago.
The Phillies hosts the Division Series Game one this Saturday
(29:50):
against the Mets on Fox TV. That'll be four pm
Eastern Time Saturday. The Mets came back to eliminate the
Brewers in Milwaukee tonight four to two. Did the wildcard round.
Mets win the best of three, two games to one.
Milwaukee is out Pete Alonzo a three run homer in
the top of the ninth, an absolute stunner. Francisco Lindor,
to say the least, contributed again two hits at a walk.
(30:13):
He was the offense in the first eight innings. The
rest of the team was oz for twenty six at
the time, and they still advanced. The Brewers with runners
in scoring position.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
Went oh for to nine.
Speaker 6 (30:24):
Milwaukee at back to back homer's bottom of the seventh
for a two to nothing advantage, but closer Devin Williams
took the loss. He hadn't blown to save in six weeks.
The top seeded Dodgers host a Division Series openers Saturday
night against San Diego on FS one. Dodgers and Phillies
are coming off first round bys. The Dodgers announced the
Yoshinobu Yamamoto will be their Game one starting pitcher, and
(30:45):
then Sunday for Game two, LA native Jack Flaherty. The
two Al division series each starts Saturday as well, Detroit
at Cleveland, Kansas City at the Yankees. Kaitlin Clark is
the WNBA Rookie of the Year. She received sixty six
of the sixty seven o Clerk led the league and
assists average nineteen points per game as well. The WNBA playoffs,
By the way, the best of five semifinals continue tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
Back to you, Thank you, Steve. The Jason Smith Show
with Mike Carmon live from the tyreck dot Com Studios.
Thanks to Todd Furman. Always great to get up with
him and get a big preview of the weekend and
all his best bets speaking of Vegas and parlays and
all kinds of fun stuff. One leg, Why is it
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We get you. So we got that. The crown is yours. Now.
Every week, Mike and I give you our parlays ourself.
We each give you a leg of a parlay. And
I am going Monday a Sunday. Mike and I both
won for you last week. So yeah, let's go. I
am going to go. Speaking of over low over unders,
pet not come on, Jason, No, no, John The over
(32:14):
under for Browns commanders is eight. Okay, I'm not doing
take me over. I'm gonna go over forty for the
Panthers and the Bears. Right, I get the Jets Vikings
forties low. Both defenses are really, really good. But the
Bears are starting to get it. They're putting points on
the board. The Panthers are putting points on the board.
(32:34):
It's a different offense with Andy Dalton. You know they
found a couple of weapons. Now Deontay Johnson has a
big game. You know you got your first round. Rookie
Lagett had a big game too. He's gott he had
a touchdown last week. Forty is not a lot. I
think both teams put points on the board. So I'll
go over for the Bears in the Panther.
Speaker 3 (32:51):
I like that Leaguett. He was riding the pony. Look
you went, positivity. You're riding high off your Mets victory.
I'm gonna be Christian Bail betting against the housing market
in the big short. In other words, the guy that
bets the don't pass line at the You know, I'm
gonna say the Dolphins and New England, thirty six and
(33:12):
a half is the over under. We're going under all
day long. You know those squads right now, they're averaging
we take their eight data points together, they're averaging twelve
points a game each. No, thank you, I want no
part of it. Under thirty six and a half. We're
gonna watch some paint dribe people, dude.
Speaker 1 (33:31):
So there it is. There's our parlays for the week
in the NFL. Jason Smith Mike Harmon live from the
tire rack dot Com studios coming up next a moment
from tonight. I'm gonna watch just as much as I
watch Alonzo's three run Homer, What is it that's next?
Right here? Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
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Speaker 1 (34:01):
The Jason Smith Show with My best friend Mike Harmon. Love.
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(34:38):
Mike Harmon. The Hobo. You know, maybe we call this
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we renamed the show that.
Speaker 4 (34:45):
That's fine.
Speaker 3 (34:47):
On a given night, I can look a little a
little more disheveled than I do even right now.
Speaker 1 (34:51):
But the only way you speak is with a clown horn.
Like that's it, Like that's the only way you.
Speaker 3 (34:57):
Can That's how I now have to communicate. I'm gonna
learn a whole other language.
Speaker 1 (35:01):
What do you think about that? Oh? You know like that?
He sounded really sad there. Oh that was long.
Speaker 4 (35:07):
He was angry.
Speaker 3 (35:08):
Today was one of those days where we had the
girls were off school school holiday, and I forgot so
the the alarm way too early.
Speaker 4 (35:19):
I call back asleep.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
H So, you know, run around with a little bit
of extra caffeine, a little extra juice, and then you
get the home run of home runs everything driving the world.
So I got to deal with your positivity and happy ass.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
Listen, let me just say, let me just say, yeah,
you got years in happy ass now because I thought, yeah,
because I've been I'm rubbing off on you with that.
I really like that one. I'll tell you a moment
that I'm going to watch just as much as Alonzo's
home run. And we spent a lot of time on
a Lonzo's home run tonight. But after the game was over,
Francisco Lindor did an interview with MLB Network and he's
(35:55):
he's doing the interview and the Mets are all on
the field posing for the team photo because after every
round of the playoffs, team goes on, they post for photo.
Now it's a thing. And I remember all the questions
about lindor what kind of leader is he? He needs
to be that guy and we're not getting enough out
of Lindoor And yeah, you have the story earlier this
year where hey, Mets are eleven games under five hundred
(36:16):
and he has a team meeting and the Mets turn
things around and the best record in baseball since June.
And look at the escapes and look at what he's
done this week, the home run against Atlanta, two hits
in a walk, tonight, getting on for Alonzo's home run,
and you say, okay, well maybe he's a little bit
bigger of a leader than we expect. All you need
to see and this gives me goosebumps when I see it,
(36:38):
like Alonzo's home run when he screams and I know
the ball is gone. Is that he does the interview
and he says, okay, Mets Nation, Hey, we did it
for you. We'll see in Philadelphia, and he takes off
the headset and he goes running over to take the
team photo, except a couple of guys grab him and
give him a hug, and he's running in and he's yelling,
and he runs in front of the team and he
(36:59):
just start with his with his back to the camera
because we're seeing it from this angle, and he's yelling
and he's pumping his fist and he's pointing at the
guys and they're all standing up and yelling and smiling
and pointing back at him, and it's just an unbelievable
moment where I go, Okay, now I know everything I
need to know about about what kind of guy and
what kind of player he is. There just that moment
right there just tells me everything I need about him
(37:21):
being a leader. Them following him, I mean, it was
it was like a political thing. It was like when
when Grega, you know, we talked about it earlier shows,
like when Howard Dean said we're gonna go here and yeah,
everybody's going yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, and then he couldn't
run for president. Point we take you down, yeah, twenty
years ago. Think about that being enough to take you
down twenty years ago.
Speaker 3 (37:41):
Now you can say whatever the hell you want regardless
of affiliation. When we fact checked out, he's like, he said,
what are you gonna do?
Speaker 1 (37:50):
What was the line from the Simpsons? They are doing
the only a bill. Now he can make all sorts
of crazy laws and everybody starts running. Yeah, but doors open, boys, right,
every he comes in. No, but look, that's all I
needed to know right there, because it's such a small moment,
but it tells me so much about him. We talked
about the small moments with Bryce Harper last night about
(38:11):
how much he's matured over the last few years, and
Manny Machado too, And I think back to a Rod
when the Yankees won the World Series in two thousand
and nine. After the final out, they all ran to
him on the field for the pile instead of the
pile being at the pitcher's mound. Like it tells me
how the Yankees really felt about him, rather than Oh,
this guy's a jerk and nobody likes him and Gin
you don't get along in all of this, Like it
(38:32):
tells you. It shows you, Hey, this is a naked
moment and this is how they feel. And I saw
that Ti. I mean, Lindor is just yelling and he's
pumping everybody up and they're all smiling, and there is
not one guy looking at him that's not all full
of Hey, as far we'll go, as far as you
take us like, that's the entire look that everybody has
towards him. And yeah, when you're making thirty some one
(38:53):
million dollars a year, they really want you to be
that guy. But everybody comes to that point in their
career naturally, and Lindor clearly where they wanted him to
get there earlier. He is absolutely there right now. I'll
watch this just as much as I watch Elon's home run.
Speaker 4 (39:07):
Wow, look at you.
Speaker 3 (39:08):
I'm gonna go watch Captain kirk yell you like that
again after his five hundred yard perform. Maybe listen to
the brilliance of Ray Ray McCloud as part of the
podcast that'll Ian'll put up here in a couple of
minutes as we finished, thanks to Steve Disaga, Ian Roddy
in tonight and our guy Alex Teischer making us sound
so pretty. But yeah, we talked about it a little
bit with Manny Machado and Bryce Harper earlier in the week.
(39:29):
Jason like, sometimes it takes a little longer. In the
early success. Maybe you don't feel like you can be
that guy. Right, you're the young guy, even if you're
in the most high profile, the guy that's on all
the magazine covers, maybe the highest paid, but you're still
a junior member of the clubhouse. Maybe you don't have
that same level of comfort. Clearly he's the guy.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
Now.
Speaker 3 (39:49):
I would have expected more from Pete Alonzo. It's my
last damn year here. Maybe let's go. They're gonna kick
me to the curb.
Speaker 1 (39:56):
Man Alonzo, after that awful run he has had, how
could you not be romantic about I mean, just think
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By the way, we're getting calls, emails, texts, faxes to
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Speaker 1 (00:55):
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Speaker 3 (01:00):
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win the World Series. We had to vance coming up
in about twenty minutes. All the reaction to tonight's game,
this big weekend in sports. What are some of the
big plays ahead of us? But what we saw tonight? Now, hey,
I see you won. Pete Alonzo ninth inning home run
and raise you one Kirk Cousins overtime touchdown pass and
(01:45):
a five hundred yard night. What an unreal thriller tonight
between the Bucks and the Falcons, all kinds of offense.
The game comes down to the final minute of regulation.
The Falcons are able to drive down spike the football
with a second left on the clock. They get a
delay of game penalty. Doesn't matter because young Wayku. I
(02:07):
remember him when he was missing kicks for the charge.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Remember when he got fired?
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Yeah, remember when he was a bad kicker and now
it's one of the best in the NFL. Doesn't matter.
He makes one from fifty to tie the game, and
then in overtime Kirk Cousins finds Hodge open for a
game that I'm telling you, Kadari Hodge. It looked like
this was going to be about a fifteen yard game,
right the Falcons win the coin toss, the start overtime,
they're driving pretty well. It looked like, okay, this is
(02:33):
going to be a first down, get them in field
goal range, and he just ran that slant to the
middle of the field and he ran away from everybody
into the end zone for the game winning touchdown. Four
touchdowns for Cousins, five hundred and nine yards passing. The
Falcons beat the Bucks thirty six thirty.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Everybody plays. Everybody wins, man, everybody got fed. We had
Ray Ray McLoud on you'll be able to hear that
in the podcast that'll go up in about an hour's time,
talking about past distribution, what those practices are like, and
Zach Robinson and having a veteran quarterback like that. I mean,
because Kirk was slinging it. Man, I don't know that
he had a three or a five step drop. I
(03:09):
think most of them were nine to eleven step drops
to give himself space from the getting tangled up with
the lines. But I mean, he was throwing darts all night. Robinson,
you know, had a great call sheet going the OC
and they executed brilliantly. I mean, this was a fun
game back and forth and watching Kirk Cousins dispel some
(03:30):
of the old myths and winging around. You know, me,
whatever the older guys do, well, Jason, I smile a
little bit. That means I ain't that old yet.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Now let's steal Le's speak of the old guys. Let's
deal with the quarterbacks here, because there's two hot takes
for two quarterbacks tonight. Baker Mayfield plays a great game tonight.
Rights not as great as Kirk Cousins, but it doesn't
matter because Tampa was able to run the football a
little bit more so. They had a little bit more
balanced play calling. Mayfield still goes for one eighty and
three touchdowns nineteen out of twenty four. He also runs
(04:02):
for forty yards. He is having a terrific season. And
you look at his numbers and where he is through
now four let's say four and a half week, so
we go through Thursday night. I told you before the
season started, Mayfield's going to be the NFL MVP, all right.
He was my pick because he had a great year
(04:24):
last year. What is going on? What he does in
Tampa fits with what they're doing. This is the best
football he has played. He's going to pick it up.
Everybody's sleeping on Tampa, and yeah, Tampa's three and two.
But look, it's early in the season. We were talking about.
They've played five games, and you're looking at the guy
that's thrown eleven touchdowns already. He's at the top in
every category in the NFL, touchdowns, touchdown passes, quarterback rating, everything,
(04:48):
he is at the top. Right, quarterback rating tonight was
new it was almost perfect, one hundred and forty. Right,
this is the night he had, This is the game
he has. But it's not that he's having a season
so far that is unlike anybody else. Other quarterbacks having
big seasons too, right, Sam Donald's having a big year
as well, you know, coming back. But Mayfield has the storyline,
(05:09):
and the storyline we don't love anything more in sports
other than a redemption story or someone who has falling
all the way off and worked their way all the
way back up. And that's Baker Mayfield. And it's also
Sam Donald to an extent, though a little bit less
sample size for Donald, it is for Mayfield, who had
an entire twenty twenty three and now so far in
twenty twenty four. But the narrative that he has blows
(05:31):
through everybody else. You know, you want to say, oh,
is really is Mahomes? Get all these other guys. Mahomes
is just a guy. Now he's a game manager. Oh boy,
hot take, I can't go to Kansas City. Yeah, but
when you have the narrative, that does a lot for you.
And Mayfield has the narrative right away that not only
is he one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL,
(05:51):
he's at the helm of a really dynamic offense. Like
this is an offense that I can't believe they're this
good with Mayfield. This is not a Hey, he's a
game manager and and you know, we get up and
down the field and once in a while I can
throw for a couple of touchdowns a game. No, this
is where every week we can win and lose on
my right arm because you know, running the ball tonight
(06:12):
was a little bit better for them, But it's been
a struggle so far. You know. You know, Rashad White
is just okay. Bucky Irving has turned out to be
a guy that you know, he gets about nine or
ten carries a game and runs for you know, fifty six.
I was about five yards of carry. But overall it's
still on Baker Mayfield's right arm. And Godwin is still
a superstar, and Mike Evans is still a superstar. And
I'm telling you he's got the narrative and I believe
(06:33):
in him to continue that this season. Mayfield's still a
big star. Baker Mayfield NFL MVP.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
In the last eleven games, twelve games, he's been fantastic.
And remember Godwin was hurt for a good chunk of
last year, either out or playing, you know, a little
bit down. Mike Evans is just ridiculous. What it was,
ninety ninth and one hundredth scores. He passed Michael Irvin
on the all time receiving yardage list. I think he's
now twenty ninth or thirtieth in NFL history with Field.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Doesn't it feel like he's like forty six years old.
He's only thirty two. No, But that's the thing, right,
you've been around for like what Mike Kevin's is good.
He's gonna be forty five. Mike Evans still running routes
at forty five.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Okay, yeah, I mean but it's one of those things
with where we're at in the NFL. Now, there were
guys that had long careers before, but we didn't really,
i think, pay attention to It's the same way we
were just used to.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
It was offensive defensive.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
Lineman, and then you'd have some outlier quarterbacks that would
hang around and have long careers. Now you look at it,
a lot of these guys like man, they're taking care
of their bodies, they're avoiding the big injuries, and then
they're suddenly in you're fourteen, you know that kind of thing.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
I mean, Baker's too.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
What was his draft class?
Speaker 3 (07:43):
What two thousand and eight, right, I mean, think about
how long he's been hanging around or twenty eighteen, I
should say, I'm going Joe Flacco conflating.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
The two two thousand and eight for him, twenty eighteen.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
For Baker Mayfield.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
But the fact that you know, we're already this far
into his career, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, whatever, and we're
just really seeing the tip of the iceberg of what
maybe they can be. Right with Baker Mayfield, last year
it was Dave Canalis. So it's like, all right, Liam
Cohen comes in as Canallis goes off to be the
coach of the Carolina Panthers. You know, this is a
guy that had them winging it around in Kentucky and
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they're setting some records and touchdowns all over, and you're
seeing it with Baker. He's picked up right where he
left off a year ago. Still tried to find continuity
with White and Irving in the backfield. You know, the
fumble from Irvings certainly didn't help matters. They finally got
a big explosive playout of Rashad White. They've been waiting
on that, but you've got enough in the offense to
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make some noise.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
I mean, look, I bring up Sam Darnold just for
the fact that you know, when we're talking narratives, we
certainly are watching the redemption. It's not an anti Jet take.
It's just a here's a guy that bounced around and
at least through four weeks he's sluinging it.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Now.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
Am I putting them anywhere near a starting lineup this
weekend in Fantasy foot against the Jets? Hell No, We'll
talk about it a lot on the iWatch Flex podcast,
that'll be up.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
But I mean both those quarterbacks, that's a yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
I'm adding a little something in my coffee and I'm
just gonna watch that game.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
What's the over under forty? I mean, really, I think
that's the over under.
Speaker 4 (09:17):
I believe it is forty.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
But but it's that kind of thing where we're we're
going through the process season and we love storylines and
Baker had last year and then it was all right,
prove it, do it again, new coordinator. Everybody has watched
you now for a full year with this offense. Let's
see what you do. And he's been up to the task.
And if he's going to be able to scramble and
use his legs to to set some other things up,
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then they become that much more dangerous. For Darnold, it's
just fun because he's had to bounce around and you're waiting,
and obviously he's a guy that he's still so very
well thought of. Now, Bill Belichick did the anti Jet
thing by going, yeah, everybody loved him except the Jets. Uh,
And then he took to the poda.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Is this him deciding I want to throw this at
the Jets?
Speaker 3 (10:02):
Of course, man, come on, come like everybody likes to
pile on and it's been easy to do.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
Let's call it what it is. So he did it
as well.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
But yeah, I mean, those are the two stories that
stand out. That and you got the kid Jayden Daniels. Like,
out of the first four weeks of the NFL season,
those are the three guys that stand out head and
shoulders above everybody else.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Of my goodness, there's something cool going on here.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
So now, what about Kirk Cousins, Right, he has the
bigger night and going for five hundred yards, the fifteenth
most yards passing in a game in NFL history. Nobody
needed a big night more than Kirk Cousins did. Because
whatever you want to say about Cousins and that he
is a bridge quarterback right, doesn't matter how much money
he's getting paid. He is a bridge quarterback to Michael
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Pennick junior and Michael Pennix junior who had a really
good summer that you know, the team wants to see him,
The players love what they saw out of him. You
can only hold him back for so long. For everybody
who thinks, oh, Kirk Cousins has this year. No, if
he plays poorly, they're gonna go to Penick Junior earlier,
it's going to happen. And when the Falcons won in
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Week two and Cousins had the really big game winning drive,
was you know what, he saved his job for a
couple of weeks because you talk about another loss after
a really bad game one against the Steelers, they were
going to get antsy from Michael Pennick Junior for a while,
So he bought himself a little bit of time. But
the last two weeks for Cousins, they've been awful. It
was kind of hidden by the fact they were able
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to win last week, but they don't score an offensive
touchdown and Cousins was brutal. So now you have two
you have three bad games, three truly bad games for
Cousins out of the first flour. How much longer would
it have been until Michael Penick Junior until you realize,
maybe Cousins doesn't have it anymore. Maybe Cousins needed not
going to make it back from the injury. He doesn't
really have what he needs with the chemistry, with the weapons,
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I don't know. And now now he saved his job
till the till the middle of the season. Maybe a
little bit further, like you talk about he saved his
job to like maybe week eight, Week nine, Week ten,
Now he has that kind of that's what he bought
tonight because not only did he have a big game,
but he made everybody into a weapon. Right, you had
Drake London with a huge night. Darnold Mooney also had
a big night. He turned Kyle Pitts into a weapon.
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And it has been such a huge fantasy bust since
he was gonna be the best tight end in the
history of the NFL. Even Kyle Pitts had seven catches
for ninety yards tonight. Everybody he fed everyone tonight, and
Hodge with the game winning touchdown a forty five yard
pass in overtime. He saved his job. Until you're getting
the week nine week tennis. At this point, now it's okay,
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Kirk has figured things out. Let's see if we can
keep rolling. If the Falcons don't keep winning and he regresses,
they will revisit that. But now after week two, he
bought two or three weeks, and now after this week
he's bought another month or five weeks.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Yeah, I think part of it is you look at
how much time it takes to get things moving right.
Training camps one thing don't do a lot in the preseason, shortened, preseason, whatever,
and so for a lot of teams, it's just the
question of how much of it is the feeling out right,
and it's not it's preseason, not preseason, like playing directional
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schools in college before you get into your big conference
matchups some of that. And for Kirk Cousins in this offense,
I'm curious to see where it can go from here.
Obviously this is as crisp and clean and efficient as
you can be. But even last week, you know, the
numbers weren't gaudy, but you did enough to win a game, right,
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succeed and proceed and timing when you've got this many
weapons takes time to develop. The offensive line has had
some issues. That was one of the big question marks
tonight and how much he was going to be under duress. Well,
he got to dance a little bit, They got a
little bit of rolling out the pocket, and he showed
more mobility because that was one of the other questions,
just like we talked about with Aaron Rodgers, going back
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to that game against New England, which we'll see how
much that you know, pushes forward because certainly last week
against Denver didn't matter. He didn't have time to move.
But for Kirk Cousins coming off his injury, how much
of that was the limitation too, Not that he was
ever the nimble guy that was gonna scramble for thirty
yards in a game, mind you, but just being able
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to get off the spot a little bit, still being
able to deliver downfield.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
Here.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
He had a pretty clean pocket most of the day,
So good job there. We'll see how that flows. They
get to see these Buccaneers again at the end of
the month, so a couple of opportunities for him to
make some hey.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
But yeah, Pennix.
Speaker 3 (14:34):
Junior certainly waiting in the wings. He's circling because he's
looking at that five wide and going, yeah, that's fun.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
I remember that in college.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
I can do that.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
Let's go, hey, and the pocket's gonna be clean all
the time, right like it was in college. I mean,
not the Michigan game, because boy, you guys really let
me down. But this pocket's gonna be clean all the time. Right.
I'm gonna get it. I'm gonna get like seven eight
seconds to throw it, like when I was at Washington.
That's how it's gonna work right, Exit out bout of Fresco,
Exit swollen down. The Jason Smith Show with My best
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We head to Vegas. Coming up next, find out where
the odds have shifted for the baseball playoffs now that
we're into the divisional round. What about big action in
college football in the NFL coming up Friday, Saturday Sunday.
Get all the picks, all the thoughts coming up next,
Right here, Jason and Mike. You are listening to Fox
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Speaker 2 (15:29):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
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Speaker 1 (15:39):
Fox Sports Radio. The Jason Smith Show with My best
friend Mike Harmon Live from the Tyrack dot Com Studios. Yep, yep,
that kind of night. Maybe Now the Mets are even
money to win the World Series. Even money, really even money.
Let's head to Vegas right now. Welcome into the show.
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Long time friend of the show, host so the About
the Board podcast, former odds maker at Caesar's. Check them
out on CBS now as well. It is Todd Furman, Todd,
what's happening? Buddy? How are you?
Speaker 5 (16:12):
I'm doing all this eve and gentlemen, hopefully you boys
are holding up?
Speaker 1 (16:16):
Wait, holding up? Did you you know what's happened?
Speaker 6 (16:18):
No?
Speaker 4 (16:18):
No, that was for me.
Speaker 3 (16:20):
Come on, he was speaking directly to me and to
America Smith.
Speaker 5 (16:25):
Smith. That wasn't for you. In this contrary despite contrary belief,
or whatever the phrase goes. You guys didn't win the
World Series tonight. You just advanced to play the Philly.
So you may not want to douse yourself in three
dollars bottles of prosecco that you pick up from Costco
first thing in the morning tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (16:39):
Hey, first of all, I am going to Costco tomorrow. Secondly,
it's diet coke, not prosecco. Come on, man, you know me?
Speaker 5 (16:45):
All right, That's that's.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
How I love.
Speaker 5 (16:47):
You can doubt yourself in as many eight ounce dia
co committee and you can get your hands on first
thing in the morning.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Then. All right, So before we get to football, let's
do this. Now. We saw the teams, uh the end
of the early round. Now we're into the Division series.
Anything you've seen odds for these teams improve go anywhere
over the last couple of days seeing how things broke out.
You know, like we talked about last night, I can't
believe the odds for the Yankees to win didn't go
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didn't improve well because the two teams that were really
in their way are both out now in the Astros
and the Orioles.
Speaker 5 (17:19):
They shortened to touch. But that's the fickle nature of baseball,
more so than any other sport that's out there. We've
seen these wildcar teams get hot in the past, and
we're not sure even in the current format. We just
have a sample size to know if it's a disadvantage
for the teams that are sitting at home, allowing other
teams to build some of this momentum going forward. The Yankees, though,
are indeed the favorite of most shops, priced anywhere from
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five to two upwards of three to one, tightly followed
by the Dodgers and Phillies. You look at the Padres,
they have become the most interesting team side that you
could have bat upwards of thirty five or forty to one.
Not too long ago, number has come crashing down, and
the same can be sad about the Cinderella story brewing
with the Detroit Tigers when you talk about a number
upwards of sixty seventy five to one as early as September,
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knowing the uphill battle they have. But my biggest takeaway
from all of this, Smith is we can now begin
to understand why the White Sox finished with the worst
record ever. Apparently, the American League Central is the best
division in the history of baseball.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
That's right.
Speaker 5 (18:15):
Why they have three teams in the ALDS, so the
White Sox we can put an asterisk by their thirty
two win performance this year, knowing how good Tigers, the
Guardians and Royals had been and the ability to fatten
up their records against them putting on the board.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Yes, yeah, but wait a minute, But couldn't you just
say maybe the American League Central has inflated records because
they all got to play the White Sox. I mean, think,
oh hundred percent.
Speaker 5 (18:38):
But we're talking about spin here, and we're trying to
make hard feel better.
Speaker 4 (18:42):
That's right.
Speaker 5 (18:42):
I'm a fan of the Seattle Mariners right now. I'm
absolutely furious going If we played in the American League
Central and we got three hundred games against the White Sox,
we would have found to wait in the postseason, and
we could have been around the story.
Speaker 3 (18:55):
No matter how horribly we played in the back end
of the season, dude, have still found our way into
the dance. But as we look at that Todd anything
else in the exotics world that we get into in
terms of player performances or anything, you know, not so much.
Speaker 5 (19:10):
When you're talking about some of the MVP awards and
all of that. The markets will start to come up
a little bit slowly when you look at some of
the prices year and you try and identify, you know,
what the betting market is saying about these four upcoming series.
At least on paper, the Yankees are the biggest favorite,
but they've taken money against already. As you've seen a
little bit of a nibble on Kansas City. You've seen
the Dodgers price come down from a dollar forty to
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the dollar thirty range. I think the biggest question surrounding
them is how that pitching staff will hold up. And
even a price on the Mets Phillies that was posted
not too long ago. The Phillies opened up right around
a two dollars favorite, and you're seeing the Mets take action,
and I think it just speaks to the unpredictable nature
of the Major League Baseball playoffs that if you're consistently
backing underdogs, whether it's on a game by game basis,
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a full series or big picture, you're going to put
yourself in a much more advantageous position than trying to
lay some of these robust prices knowing it's it out here.
It's an out there and typically dominated by the staff
that gets it all together for twenty seven.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Ounce All right, now, looking ahead, we got action tomorrow
night in college football, got a couple of top twenty
five teams playing Syracuse invades UNLV. Take it easy, honest,
because I know I used up all my Carmen with
the Mets tonight. So like maybe like wind tomorrow, like
like thirty thirty four, let McCord throw like four touchdowns.
I'll b im okay with that.
Speaker 5 (20:24):
I mean, look, Smith, if you were a true diehard fan,
you'd get the family in the car, or you'd find
a flight for twenty nine bucks on a Legion or Frontier,
and you'd be making an appearance at Allegiant Stadium for
the first time ever that UNLV will host an acc opponent.
Interesting number on this game with UNLV almost out to
a full touchdown favorite questions abound with UNLV and the
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resume that they've been able to compile. This will be
the largest number that the Rebels have laid against the
team from a power for conference, going all the way
back to two thousand and three where they close they
double digit favorite against Kansas. If you believe in coming
full circle as a Syracuse fan, when U and LV
did close it double did you favorite against Kansas? They
lost that game by three touchdowns. Don't think it'll get
that lopside of tomorrow, but I do think the Orange
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will provide a very stiff test.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
For the running reps in that undefeated record.
Speaker 3 (21:09):
Look at that he gave you some positivity about Q's
what did you think?
Speaker 1 (21:13):
Look, I'm feeling pretty Look, I know we're gonna put
points on the board because McCord is terrific. He's the
best pure throwing quarterback we've had in thirty years. I
mean serious that, that's how good he is. He's he
I mean that also the kind of players we've had
a quarterback the last thirty years. So it's kind of
a guess, but I look, I'm happy. I know we're
going to score, but I'm glad we got good stuff
from Todd right then.
Speaker 5 (21:33):
I mean, I can't sit idly by and listen to
this Ryan Nacid slander that you're exposing me to right
now when we talk about the great Pantheon Eyracuse Orange quarterbacks.
Speaker 1 (21:42):
Go back a decade.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
I actually just found an old Nasid Bud Giants rookie
card still sitting in a box for some reason.
Speaker 1 (21:48):
All right, Miami coming.
Speaker 5 (21:49):
Off with a hopefully that card is going into the
spoke of your ten speed also sitting in your garage.
Speaker 3 (21:55):
It's a little too thick for that, but we'll figure
maybe I'll just use it as a throwing star for practice.
Miami ten and a half point favorites on the road
at cal controversy over their win a week ago and
traveling to the West coast.
Speaker 4 (22:10):
Is does that matter?
Speaker 5 (22:11):
No, it does in my opinion, very difficult road trip
from South Florida to uncharted territory. At Berkeley, we talk
a little bit about the body clock and what's going
to feel like a ten thirty kickoff, not something that
Miami is all that used to, although look, Miami football
players are used to be now after hours, it's just
not playing football, so it's a question of shifting focus
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in that capacity. I don't quite have the appetite to
try and back to Justin Wilcox, despite his strong track
record as a double digit underdog. But what I can
say about this game is some unique storyline. When you're
looking at mendozas a quarterback for cal his dream was
the beatest starting quarterback on Miami. So I have to
imagine during the bye week this game is extra special.
But I think defense can dominate the day. And it's
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part of the reason that we've seen the total kickdown
from fifty five now in that fifty three and a
half fifty four range. And we'll see if Miami can
keep they're perfect season going.
Speaker 1 (23:01):
All right now, you knew bet the Board podcast is
up for college football and the NFL. Let's get to
the NFL here. You know, one of the five games
you like the spotlight the London game with the Jets
and the Vikings. Are people nervous about I can't believe
people like and feel good about games in London, just
because there's so many there's so many things that are
that you could get a team that doesn't fly well,
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you get a team that doesn't travel. There's so many
different things out here. And the over under for this
game is at forty points.
Speaker 5 (23:29):
Todd and we've seen the total takedown from Fapeka forty two.
There could be some inclement weather in the forecast, so
that'll be something worth monitoring for Breakfast Football nine thirty
Easter then you know, six thirty Pacific for those of
us out here on.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
The West Coast.
Speaker 5 (23:42):
You look at this Jets team and I think there
are plenty of questions that have to be answered. Last
week against the Denver Broncos not exactly a ringing endorsement
for what this offense is going to look like. But
defensively for the Jets, you look at the last three
opponents they face, and this could be a little bit
of a jolt to the system. Against Sam Darnold and
a Kevin O'Connell at offense, we Brissett a couple weeks
ago on a short week, the Jets took care of business.
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They did a good job in the first half against
bon Nicks and to a lesser extent, Will Levison Nashville.
But the only living breathing offense that this defensive line
has had a face was the forty nine ers and
San Francisco ran the ball right at him. So you
have to imagine they're going to do everything they can
to sell out, take Aaron Jones out of the game,
and figure out what they'll do on the back end
with Justin Jefferson. What I can say about this number
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is that it's borderline ridiculous the way the betting market
has adjusted accordingly. But you can understand for a Minnesota
team that's not won three straight games outright as an underdog,
they've trailed for a grand total of about three minutes
so far this season, or three minutes and twenty six
seconds to be exact, and they're the first team in
NFL history to win three straight games within a season,
all without trailing, all versus teams who won playoff games
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the previous year. But what goes up must come down,
and I have to imagine this Jets team will play
with a sense of purpose. If the number gets out
to three, I would be intrigued back to the underdog
and make a slight case to go over at Tottenham
Hotsper Stadium.
Speaker 3 (24:56):
Todd Curious game on the other end of Sunday Sunday
Night football. The Cowboys at the Steelers. When it opened,
Steelers were getting a point and a half. Now we're
swinging the other way all the way to two and
a half. Steelers the favorites at home, Cowboys missing a
couple of big defenders. Justin Fields runs for what sixty yards?
Speaker 5 (25:16):
I mean he may have to. When you look at
how banged up the Steelers are in the backfield, it
doesn't appear they're going to get Quarterrell Patterson out there
or Jalen Warren and Naje Harris hasn't exactly been the
model of efficiency running behind that banged up offensive line.
But you mentioned the number harm and one and a
half where Dallas was a short favorite that game. Before
we saw a kickoff of the Cowboys Giants game the
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last Thursday night. The injuries on the defensive side of
the Marcus Lawrence Micah Parsons changed that dynamic. And then
of course the Cowboys get further bad news with no
Brandon Cook, so a wide receiver room that didn't have
much to offer after Ceedee Lamb gets a little bit
more depleted, and you'd have to think the Steelers a
little bit more focused and a potential bounce back spot
for them, but they're not the model of health. Should
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be a great game, and I'm very curious to see
if this number actually ends up touching three and if
there is an appetite from professionals to back Dallas. But
reminiscs of what we saw last Sunday night, where the
general public wants to back the road underdog, but the
home team has been the one attracting money in the market.
We'll see if the Steelers can replicate what this Baltimore
Ravens did last Sunday against the Mufflo Bills.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
He's on Twitter at Todd Ferman. That is at Todd Furman.
Check out the Bet the Board podcast. Got more on
the Bills and the Texans, the best bet of the week,
great stuff. Todd has always appreciated good luck tomorrow night,
And like I said, I like what you said. Take
it easy, honest, and if Syracuse wins, that's okay too.
Speaker 5 (26:34):
Hey, you know, it gives the perfect excuse for the
Orange alumni base to track out to Vegas under the
auspice of a quote unquote business trip. So I figure
you've got a creative account over there. Smith. You can
always write it off as a business expense. We'll call
it R and D. Whatever needs to be done. I'll
make sure we save you seed the legion if you
happen to make.
Speaker 3 (26:50):
It nicely done. Hey, happy to year, brother, Thanks for
stopping down with us.
Speaker 5 (26:54):
Always a pleasure. Boys. Enjoy the games this weekend.
Speaker 1 (26:56):
That great stuff from Todd for I mean, I got
to be next to you tomorrow night, buddy, I mean
I can't. I can't just you know, take off on
a whim here and yeah, teams play.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
You know, I mean you could. I mean you can
say I'm riding the high. I gotta parlay it, just
use all the Vegas terminology in doing so.
Speaker 1 (27:12):
I liked that he gave me the sign I'll save you,
I'll save you a seat. I feel I actually playing
with my tie, Pete. I don't go to the games.
What are you talking about? No, No, I'll say, all of.
Speaker 3 (27:22):
A sudden, you're in the back and you're you're hitting
the Latin machine.
Speaker 1 (27:27):
I don't go to the games on the treadmill. We
got more coming up in ninety seconds, but first special delivery.
Steve de Saga has what's trending in the wide world
of sports tonight and when I say, nothing bigger than
Pete Alonzo's game winning home run. No, no, no, it's
actually true. Nothing bigger tonight than Pete Alonzo's game winning
home run. That's deep.
Speaker 6 (27:47):
Oh, I think Falcons came close with that overtime comeback
when against Tampa Bay was thirty six thirty and.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
It was close. That was great. It was closed. In
the Super Bowl era.
Speaker 6 (27:57):
Kirk Cousins now the only NFL quarterback to throw for
two hundred and fifty yards before halftime and another two
fifty after halftime because he threw for five oh nine
tonight four touchdowns one interception, won the game on a
forty five yard TV pass Cadaryl Hodge with the catch
and run. Drake London had twelve catches one hundred and
fifty four yards in a score Falcons three and two
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after the overtime win thirty six thirty against a Tampa
Bay team that had entered three and one. Baker Mayfield
had connected on three touchdown passes in the first half,
two to Mike Evans. Falcons tied it though, on a
fifty two yard field goal on the final play of regulation. Guys,
we're pretty early in the season already. There have been
over sixty made field goals of at least fifty yards out,
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which is, by the way, more than were made in
entire seasons before two thousand and eight, Like literally every
NFL season for the six decades before two thousand and eight,
the Chiefs placed wide receiver Rashi Rice on injured reserve
Texans running back Joe Mixon practice due to his bad ankle.
Running back Jonathan Taylor, the Colts misspractice due to an
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ankle injury. Running back from Washington Brian Robinson miss practice
with a knee injury, and Giants running back Devin Singletary
did not practice due to a groin injury. Elsewhere well
Ya and Tonio Pierce was in the news. The Raiders
head coach was given by the NCAA an eight year
show cause penalty for his violations as an assistance at
Arizona State. There is college football Friday Night on Fox TV.
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Number six Oregon hosts Michigan State and Yes on half
as One Friday Night, Number twenty five UNLV host Syracuse
Vegas four to OHO for the first time in its
Division I history. It is ranked for the first time ever,
tied for twenty fifth. The Reds are hiring Terry Francona
as manager. He'd stepped down in Cleveland a year ago.
The Phillies hosts the Division Series Game one this Saturday
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against the Mets on Fox TV. That'll be four pm
Eastern Time Saturday. The Mets came back to eliminate the
Brewers in Milwaukee tonight four to two. Did the wildcard round.
Mets win the best of three, two games to one.
Milwaukee is out Pete Alonzo a three run homer in
the top of the ninth, an absolute stunner. Francisco Lindor,
to say the least, contributed again two hits at a walk.
(30:13):
He was the offense in the first eight innings. The
rest of the team was oz for twenty six at
the time, and they still advanced. The Brewers with runners
in scoring position.
Speaker 1 (30:22):
Went oh for to nine.
Speaker 6 (30:24):
Milwaukee at back to back homer's bottom of the seventh
for a two to nothing advantage, but closer Devin Williams
took the loss. He hadn't blown to save in six weeks.
The top seeded Dodgers host a Division Series openers Saturday
night against San Diego on FS one. Dodgers and Phillies
are coming off first round bys. The Dodgers announced the
Yoshinobu Yamamoto will be their Game one starting pitcher, and
(30:45):
then Sunday for Game two, LA native Jack Flaherty. The
two Al division series each starts Saturday as well, Detroit
at Cleveland, Kansas City at the Yankees. Kaitlin Clark is
the WNBA Rookie of the Year. She received sixty six
of the sixty seven o Clerk led the league and
assists average nineteen points per game as well. The WNBA playoffs,
By the way, the best of five semifinals continue tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
Back to you, Thank you, Steve. The Jason Smith Show
with Mike Carmon live from the tyreck dot Com Studios.
Thanks to Todd Furman. Always great to get up with
him and get a big preview of the weekend and
all his best bets speaking of Vegas and parlays and
all kinds of fun stuff. One leg, Why is it
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(31:28):
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We get you. So we got that. The crown is yours. Now.
Every week, Mike and I give you our parlays ourself.
We each give you a leg of a parlay. And
I am going Monday a Sunday. Mike and I both
won for you last week. So yeah, let's go. I
am going to go. Speaking of over low over unders,
pet not come on, Jason, No, no, John The over
(32:14):
under for Browns commanders is eight. Okay, I'm not doing
take me over. I'm gonna go over forty for the
Panthers and the Bears. Right, I get the Jets Vikings
forties low. Both defenses are really, really good. But the
Bears are starting to get it. They're putting points on
the board. The Panthers are putting points on the board.
(32:34):
It's a different offense with Andy Dalton. You know they
found a couple of weapons. Now Deontay Johnson has a
big game. You know you got your first round. Rookie
Lagett had a big game too. He's gott he had
a touchdown last week. Forty is not a lot. I
think both teams put points on the board. So I'll
go over for the Bears in the Panther.
Speaker 3 (32:51):
I like that Leaguett. He was riding the pony. Look
you went, positivity. You're riding high off your Mets victory.
I'm gonna be Christian Bail betting against the housing market
in the big short. In other words, the guy that
bets the don't pass line at the You know, I'm
gonna say the Dolphins and New England, thirty six and
(33:12):
a half is the over under. We're going under all
day long. You know those squads right now, they're averaging
we take their eight data points together, they're averaging twelve
points a game each. No, thank you, I want no
part of it. Under thirty six and a half. We're
gonna watch some paint dribe people, dude.
Speaker 1 (33:31):
So there it is. There's our parlays for the week
in the NFL. Jason Smith Mike Harmon live from the
tire rack dot Com studios coming up next a moment
from tonight. I'm gonna watch just as much as I
watch Alonzo's three run Homer, What is it that's next?
Right here? Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven
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Speaker 1 (34:01):
The Jason Smith Show with My best friend Mike Harmon. Love.
That means a lot of hobos. That's a lot.
Speaker 3 (34:11):
I think that's lots of hobo. Yeah, no, it's lots
of hobo. That's a lot of me a lot of harmon.
Speaker 1 (34:17):
At a lot of a lot of a lot of
lots of hobo. Not a lot of hobos. That would
be harmon. That'd be a big hobo harmon, a lot
of hobo harmon. Can you say that faster? Cast? A
lot of hobo harmon, A lot of hobo harmon, a
lot of hobo harmon. All right, he's not got that
in the system forever. Yes, The Jason Smith Show with
(34:38):
Mike Harmon. The Hobo. You know, maybe we call this
show Jason and the Hobo. Maybe that maybe it's fine
we renamed the show that.
Speaker 4 (34:45):
That's fine.
Speaker 3 (34:47):
On a given night, I can look a little a
little more disheveled than I do even right now.
Speaker 1 (34:51):
But the only way you speak is with a clown horn.
Like that's it, Like that's the only way you.
Speaker 3 (34:57):
Can That's how I now have to communicate. I'm gonna
learn a whole other language.
Speaker 1 (35:01):
What do you think about that? Oh? You know like that?
He sounded really sad there. Oh that was long.
Speaker 4 (35:07):
He was angry.
Speaker 3 (35:08):
Today was one of those days where we had the
girls were off school school holiday, and I forgot so
the the alarm way too early.
Speaker 4 (35:19):
I call back asleep.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
H So, you know, run around with a little bit
of extra caffeine, a little extra juice, and then you
get the home run of home runs everything driving the world.
So I got to deal with your positivity and happy ass.
Speaker 1 (35:33):
Listen, let me just say, let me just say, yeah,
you got years in happy ass now because I thought, yeah,
because I've been I'm rubbing off on you with that.
I really like that one. I'll tell you a moment
that I'm going to watch just as much as Alonzo's
home run. And we spent a lot of time on
a Lonzo's home run tonight. But after the game was over,
Francisco Lindor did an interview with MLB Network and he's
(35:55):
he's doing the interview and the Mets are all on
the field posing for the team photo because after every
round of the playoffs, team goes on, they post for photo.
Now it's a thing. And I remember all the questions
about lindor what kind of leader is he? He needs
to be that guy and we're not getting enough out
of Lindoor And yeah, you have the story earlier this
year where hey, Mets are eleven games under five hundred
(36:16):
and he has a team meeting and the Mets turn
things around and the best record in baseball since June.
And look at the escapes and look at what he's
done this week, the home run against Atlanta, two hits
in a walk, tonight, getting on for Alonzo's home run,
and you say, okay, well maybe he's a little bit
bigger of a leader than we expect. All you need
to see and this gives me goosebumps when I see it,
(36:38):
like Alonzo's home run when he screams and I know
the ball is gone. Is that he does the interview
and he says, okay, Mets Nation, Hey, we did it
for you. We'll see in Philadelphia, and he takes off
the headset and he goes running over to take the
team photo, except a couple of guys grab him and
give him a hug, and he's running in and he's yelling,
and he runs in front of the team and he
(36:59):
just start with his with his back to the camera
because we're seeing it from this angle, and he's yelling
and he's pumping his fist and he's pointing at the
guys and they're all standing up and yelling and smiling
and pointing back at him, and it's just an unbelievable
moment where I go, Okay, now I know everything I
need to know about about what kind of guy and
what kind of player he is. There just that moment
right there just tells me everything I need about him
(37:21):
being a leader. Them following him, I mean, it was
it was like a political thing. It was like when
when Grega, you know, we talked about it earlier shows,
like when Howard Dean said we're gonna go here and yeah,
everybody's going yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, and then he couldn't
run for president. Point we take you down, yeah, twenty
years ago. Think about that being enough to take you
down twenty years ago.
Speaker 3 (37:41):
Now you can say whatever the hell you want regardless
of affiliation. When we fact checked out, he's like, he said,
what are you gonna do?
Speaker 1 (37:50):
What was the line from the Simpsons? They are doing
the only a bill. Now he can make all sorts
of crazy laws and everybody starts running. Yeah, but doors open, boys, right,
every he comes in. No, but look, that's all I
needed to know right there, because it's such a small moment,
but it tells me so much about him. We talked
about the small moments with Bryce Harper last night about
(38:11):
how much he's matured over the last few years, and
Manny Machado too, And I think back to a Rod
when the Yankees won the World Series in two thousand
and nine. After the final out, they all ran to
him on the field for the pile instead of the
pile being at the pitcher's mound. Like it tells me
how the Yankees really felt about him, rather than Oh,
this guy's a jerk and nobody likes him and Gin
you don't get along in all of this, Like it
(38:32):
tells you. It shows you, Hey, this is a naked
moment and this is how they feel. And I saw
that Ti. I mean, Lindor is just yelling and he's
pumping everybody up and they're all smiling, and there is
not one guy looking at him that's not all full
of Hey, as far we'll go, as far as you
take us like, that's the entire look that everybody has
towards him. And yeah, when you're making thirty some one
(38:53):
million dollars a year, they really want you to be
that guy. But everybody comes to that point in their
career naturally, and Lindor clearly where they wanted him to
get there earlier. He is absolutely there right now. I'll
watch this just as much as I watch Elon's home run.
Speaker 4 (39:07):
Wow, look at you.
Speaker 3 (39:08):
I'm gonna go watch Captain kirk yell you like that
again after his five hundred yard perform. Maybe listen to
the brilliance of Ray Ray McCloud as part of the
podcast that'll Ian'll put up here in a couple of
minutes as we finished, thanks to Steve Disaga, Ian Roddy
in tonight and our guy Alex Teischer making us sound
so pretty. But yeah, we talked about it a little
bit with Manny Machado and Bryce Harper earlier in the week.
(39:29):
Jason like, sometimes it takes a little longer. In the
early success. Maybe you don't feel like you can be
that guy. Right, you're the young guy, even if you're
in the most high profile, the guy that's on all
the magazine covers, maybe the highest paid, but you're still
a junior member of the clubhouse. Maybe you don't have
that same level of comfort. Clearly he's the guy.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
Now.
Speaker 3 (39:49):
I would have expected more from Pete Alonzo. It's my
last damn year here. Maybe let's go. They're gonna kick
me to the curb.
Speaker 1 (39:56):
Man Alonzo, after that awful run he has had, how
could you not be romantic about I mean, just think
about that man bolderbare Yo. Ninety percent of hiring decision
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