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Welcome in here. I hope you having a happy Sunday morning.
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morning to you will start there. The Chiefs get the win,
but Patrick Mahomes the ankle injury. He got it out.

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The chief survived seven to twenty. It's a reminder from me.
We talk about the X factor in football a lot,
like to turnover Battle, that the real X factor is injuries.
Because think of the games yesterday. Jalen Hurts, we didn't
know how healthy he was gonna be looked pretty good
all things considered, and then Patrick Mahomes goes down and

(01:51):
who knows what his status is going forward. The real
X factor. It's a reminder it's injuries in football. Good
more to everyone. It absolutely is, um and uh, we
will talk all about that. I hope you guys had
had a good Saturday. We'll have a good Sunday today. Um.
It is it is always the X factor, right. I mean,
if you look at at this time of the year,

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you know, most often the team who is the healthiest
is the one in the Super Bowl, right And we've
seen that so many years now, um, and it continues
to be the case. If you look at at the
six teams still left I would imagine there are six
of the most healthiest teams that are that are still
left right. Um, And we saw yesterday with Mahomes ankle Um.
You know that. You know, for a little bit of time,

(02:36):
looked like the Chiefs were in trouble. And I would argue,
even when he came back in the game, it looked
like for a while they were in trouble before he
kind of figured out how to play on that on
that bum anco. But look, adrenaline is a heck of
a drug, Vitamin T, which I'm sure he had with
the legal amount um that was allowed to be given
to a player, Um in the locker room at halftime,

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and uh, he sucked up. Look, generational players can play
through injuries other players cannot. Right, It's that simple. You know,
He's able because of his physical gifts and his mental
toughness to play through injuries that other guys cannot play through.
He's one of those guys. That is what he can do. Um.
It makes him special, it makes him different. And we

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saw yesterday that performance, especially the fourth quarter in that
on that last drive to go ahead by ten. The
special plays he can make even when he is hurt,
and he found a way. He didn't play great in
the third quarter when he came back into the game.
Wasn't it wasn't wasn't that great, But he figured out
a way to make it work. Obviously, that touchdown pass
at the end of the game, Um, you know found that.

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I think it was mvs in the back of the
end zone. It's just special, man. He's a special football player,
and he showed yesterday what he's made of. If you're
a Chiefs fan, look all week he's gonna play put
it like that. Um, it's a matter of how mobile
he will be, how effective he can be, and then
obviously what a defense might try to do against him.
On Sunday to test his ankle. Morning guys, boy, who

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didn't think they were in a lot of trouble when
my homes when when they showed the video of when
he when he actually uh you know, got hurt there?
Who didn't think it was broken? So I text you, guys,
I think I think at the time I broke my
ankle uh twice. Um, the first time a lot worse

(04:30):
than that. The second time was sort of like what
I thought he did refractured his his fibulous What I
thought he did UM, which is the outside non weight
bearing bone, which happens a lot when you have a
high ankle spray, and you can have that happen on
the outside the non weight bearing bone UM. And I
uh that because the way he was hobbling around. Typically

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if you if you have a high ankle spraying, after
a couple of hobbles, you kind of like figure it out,
like you just kind of like you bounced back. But
then he was like trying to hand the ball off
and he was hobbling the handleball off and like it
wasn't getting better. And that's why I thought it was broken.
Because when I broke my leg the second time I
broke my leg, I had a plate in my leg
and I broke my leg above the plate. So I

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got hit and my my bone broke above the plate,
and I was like okay, Like I was like, I
kind of hurts, and I thought it was like a
calf strain, and I was like, okay, I'm gonna try
to go back in the game. I was working with
the sidelines and I was about to go back in.
It just kept getting worse and worse and worse. I
was like, this is not normal. It's not like what
it And that's what it looked like to me with Mahomes,
and they kind of got worse and worse and worse.

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And then this reaction the sidelines of like, I'm not
like the reaction of I don't want to go in
the back because I know if I go in the back,
I'm not coming back in That's what That's what I
thought it looked like, as a former player who's been
that spot before, if I go back and we do
X rays or we take the tape off, I'm not
coming back in the game. Like I know I've been.
I'm an athlete. I get it. And that's why I

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thought he broke it. Now that strays are negative, it's
a huge plus. It's great he can play next week.
But I thought he broke it. And that's why I
thought they had no chance. Once I found out it
was negative, I thought, obviously they had chance. But the
chance hen he drive, he had nine yar touchdown drive man,
I was like, oh, maybe the Chiefs are okay in
this game. They would not have beat in the Bengals
or the Bills next weekend with Chad Henny, but in

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this game they could have been in Jackson. I think
I think what Chad Hendy in the game? What did uh?
Did it come out? Actually? That what's actually wrong with him?
I'm sorry? It's high. Um, it's a high ankle sprain.
So high ankle sprain. That's something you can come back
from though in a week, right and still be close. No,

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he would not No, No, I said close. I didn't know.
I don't think he'll be even close. I think what
we'll see is basically saw yesterday and probably a little bit.
You know, there was the throws he had the hardest
time with where those throws to the edgeway to kind
of plant off his right foot. Those are probably a
little bit better, crack. I don't think we're gonna get

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much more than because look, there's there's a adrenaline part
to this, right, Like there is a fact like so
I remember, uh, I hate being ex player guy because
I actually am like talking like this. But you know,
so you would play a game, obviously, right, and you
have so much adrenaline you would feel almost nothing even

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if you didn't get hurt. Okay, and let's let's say
the game was at one pm Eastern. Okay, I'm playing
for the Giants one pm Eastern. We play the game
and I'm fine, Like I don't really get hurt, you know,
be normal bumps and bruises. I go home, I go
to dinner. I'm enjoying myself at night. And then it's
like ten o'clock at night, I'm sitting in bed and
like everything just hits you, like all at once, and

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you're sitting there like in your bed and like you're
just you're wired, but you're sort of like in this
like your pain kind of hits you all at once,
and like you just kind of just sit there. You
can't sleep, and everything kind of just like creeps in.
All the pain kind of creeps in from the game,
Like it just kind of the adrenaline eventually wears off,
and so he can play through that on Sunday. The

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question is, now, how does he recover to get ready
to play next Sunday? Knowing that the swelling is gonna
increase his lap, He's gonna the lack of mobility. I mean,
if you saw you watched on the sides, he stopped.
He didn't sit down because he knows if he sits down,
he's gotta keep the ankle moving. He's gotta stay up
on his feet like he knew what he had to

(08:23):
do to keep his body going in that moment. Well,
now he's gonna have like he's gonna spend the night
in his bed tonight. Right, obviously he's he slept, so
his ankle mobility is gonna get worse. So there's a
lot to do to get ready to play next Sundight.
He will get He will play next Sunday. But the
question is the mobility. What can they do in this
eight days? And that the extra day is helpful. He
gets one extra day now because he put on Sunday
on Saturday to play on Sunday and be the best

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he can be. That was the crazy thing was to
see Mahomes struggle to throw a screen pass like he
he's short hopped the screen pass and it's just it's
freaky to see that and to not be able to
buy time and make special plays. We always talking about
the off script plays with Mahomes and he's magical and
to see him not have that ability to do so.

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Like you said, Jeff, it was enough to get by
the Jags, but the winner of this game between the
Bengals and Bills, man, they're in a much more favorable
position with Mahomes being hobbled than if Mahomes is full strength.
That's the most obvious takeaway from the game as you
can get. But it's true. And I don't know. You know,
Chad Handy had a nice drive but completed a couple

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of outs, and then it was Pacheco with the forty
yard run right around there. I don't know why Pacheco
doesn't get more touches. That guy is such a violent runner.
He had twelve carries for nine yards. Why is Jerick
McKinnon getting eleven carries? Give some of those who Pacheco?
So the way that that Andy we does his running

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back reps um is it's it's. This is why I
tell you us all the time when we talk about
props on Sundays, why I would never bet kandas Cinny
Chi running back props and you know they might hit
every now and then. I would never do because I
yeared to you and I know that crack. You bet
I believe Jerreed McKinnon under its yesterday? Right? Is everyone yesterday?

(10:11):
Every It's because everyone I would imagine bet Jared McKinnon
overs because he's been he's been on fire, score touchdowns,
receiving all those things that Jackson did a very specific
thing yesterday to to to mitigate the Chiefs using their
backs out of the backfield. We can talk about that
at some point, but um is that the Chiefs they

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rotate like that's what they do. They never have one
since Jamal Charles left and Cream Hunt left that they
never had like a bell cow. They that's not what
they do. They just kind of like rotate, you know.
And I think with Pacheco's fumbling issues this season, at times,
they're like, yeah, we're not gonna use him at the
end of the game because remember he fumbled in this

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game in Week ten as well. And I think at
times are like, you know what, we're just gonna McKinnon
doesn't fumble, We're gonna use him. But yeah, but check
was the the the angrier runner to steal Kyle Branson
line there, like he's the angry runner of the two.
But I think they just go with committee. And that's
why I tell you guys all the time, like Chiefs
running back props are so hard to wasise your on because, um,

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you don't know who's who's getting the ball at any
point in the game, and they're rely on their offensive line,
you know, and I mean rushing the ball at times
as an offensive line stat right and so. But Potcheko
to me is the better runner. And I'm with you, Brian,
I would play him more often in those in those
must run situations. Yeah, I will have a lot of unders,
just to let you know from here forward. I mixed

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in a good amount of overs this year, but yesterday
was all unders. I don't think I had a single
over yesterday. You picked the right day, crack, because day yesterday,
Super Wildcard weekend. There are a lot of points yesterday
that is much. Now, it was a good day for us,
you know. By the way, before we get Jason coming
on here in the next hour. Uh boy, the books

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got kill. Smile on your face, crack. You know, well,
no I want to hear anything. Yeah, the books got killed.
I see wisdom teeth that smile over there. Crack man.
I'm gonna I got the bucket out. I mean it's somewhere,
got double buckets in the house. So I'm gonna go
around later on connecting and collecting for the uh. I mean,

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you know, that's another thing to have buddies that came
in town this weekend. I almost have to pinch myself
and say, wow, what a difference. Now you guys are
much younger than me. So I don't know if you
know it or I don't know even though if you
even know what goes on in a place like Vegas.
Here on on a Sunday, So they come in and
they're trying to get seats on Friday. They want to
reserve the seats for Saturday and Sunday. In the sports books.

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There's not many sports books in this town. It doesn't
charge you, you know, five hundred bucks, sit down, thousand
dollars or a couch. I mean it's unbelievable. We have
to pay to watch the games. Like where we went
a couple of different sports books. We were at Guys
in Cincinnati and Biloxi. You can see you can just
walk in and watch the game. Vegas has learned to

(13:05):
uh capitalize on this legal sports betting frenzy. Everyone coming
into town and having fun drinking with their buddies. I
mean literally, you go to a place like one of
the one of the new spots and you go to
Caesars or Circle or something. It's they generate six figures
in revenue selling seats, and uh, just just to watch

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the games in their sports book, which a few short
years ago was free. Just you know, listen, I know
I'm the cynical guy that has to point out these
kind of things. I'm the aggravated gambler. That's what I
really am. I used to write a column under that
that really aggravates me. Um, that aggravates the aggravated gambler.
I used to write a column under I the aggravated gambler. Yeah,

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the books did get slightly lucky with them, Homes and drinks.
I feel like the Chiefs would have cover that game
if he doesn't get hurt. I mean right like that.
The Chiefs were the better team. And you know I
had said this week, I like the Chiefs over the
third you one points? Uh, they scored seven with the
backup quarterback having to play one full drive basically, and

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Mahomes coming on the third quarter and looking not like himself.
They scored a lot of points if he was healthy
and um in that and then we can talk about
the second game. I don't often get games exactly right, guys,
but I got that game. You had a big day,
You had a big day. I said, I expected something
different to see you today. I don't know. I expected
a gleam and I don't know, just maybe the Marty

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there's a clean man. Yeah, it's about swords. Now. If
Mahomes had been healthy, it would have nailed both games.
I mean I basically I called the Chiefs to I mean, look,
that wasn't a hard game. They were nine half point favorites.
But the night game was like, guys, maybe we can
come back and talk about that one. I don't want
to steal. Let me ask you real quick though. When
I because I didn't realize you had the over on

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the team total. So when I send you because I
send you, guys a ton of props, and I was like,
I send you under, do you get off your bet
or do you say, oh god, that screw crack. I'm
gonna I'm gonna win anyway. And by the way, by
the way, if Mahomes doesn't go down, you win. Yeah,
actually yeah, actually lucky. I mean I actually I should
should ask my book to avoid that pick, because they should.

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They should give me a curtsy. Yeah, should be courtesy,
because that's what we're doing now right, We're avoiding that
big game. We're avoiding game now? Yeah, okay, sure, Um
that's bad that that there's a channel for that on
this one. Probably Yeah. You know, like I had Kings
and uh Philly in game over last night and Harrison
Barnes missed the first of three free throws down by three.

(15:34):
That bet should be avoided. It's screwed up the over
right there. You know he shouldn't hit that. Yeah, you
should be done. Um No, I was like, oh man,
I thought like, oh man, crack jeez. The first time
I sent a team total all year, I know. I
it was the first wage I made this week. I
wouldn't look at the homes and healthy would have hit that.
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on this. Philly win. Philly smacking around the Giants thirty

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eight to seven. Eagles rushed for two hundred sixty eight yards.
Brian Dabole, the head coach of the Giant, said it
was a crash landing in the playoffs, which was a
very good description. Danny Dimes turned into Danny Penny's. I
like the under his passing totally. He was nowhere near
a hundred thirty five passing yards and to pick. But

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it's all about Philly and the thing I wonder Philly
looked great. That was an outstanding performance by their offensive line.
I just wonder, for a second straight week, how the
Giants looked a lot better than they were offensively against
the Vikings horrible defense. I just wonder how good the
Eagles look offensively next week, because whoever they face Cowboys

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or the Niners, that is going to be a heavyweight
prize fight and those defenses going to perform a lot
better than the Giants did last night. Well sure, but
the guys, I mean, the Eagles are built in the trenches.
Like the reason why I like this the Eagles to
win this game so much. I bet the Eagles first half,
I bet them second. I bet him uh full game. Um,

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I bet the Daniel Penny's under um that we joked
about our text messages. Um, I told you guys on Sunday,
like the Eagles to blow out the Giants, is the
we when you are built in the trenches. And yes
the Eagles have Jalen Hurts and a J. Brown all these,
but they're built in the trenches. Right. Offensive defense lies

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what they do best. You're never coming out flat off
of bi right because those guys are ready to play football.
They're ready to beat someone up at the line of scrimmage,
and that carries each week. So now they're gonna play
someone next weekend. I think the forty nine ers who
can match them on the defensive line, now, not as
offensive line as not what the Eagles are on their

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offensive line. But yeah, they're not gonna run for two
or sixty four yards, but they're gonna be competitive against
whoever they play because they're good in the trenches. Now,
last night was very simple, guys. It was a team
that is much better than another team. It was like,
it's not that hard. I do not know why, like
why why we do this? Sometimes? I know that we

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get wrapped up with storylines. Are the Giants are a
great story? They're well coached, yes, well coached. Agreed, they're
they're underdogs. Yeah, underdogs who they want a playoff game
against a bad Vikings team. Like, we have so many
better ways to evaluate teams now than their records. I
know it sounds weird to be like thirteen and four team.
I know we guys there were twenty seven efficiency Like

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we had better ways to evaluate a team in Minnesota
is not very good. They kind of they had a year.
The Packers were down, the Lions started slow, the Bear
stunk if he's just kind of like got there. And
the Giant the Eagles are just better. They're better, and
they blew the Giants out. It was gonna happen. It happened.
By the way, is Daniel Jones still getting forty million
dollars a year? Is that we are we doing that still?

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Or is that like a thing that that's not happening now? Brian,
not a great performance last night thinking up the brain struck.
The Giants are just not as good and that's fine.
But here I say this whole time, guys, good teams,
great teams, elite teams blowout bad football teams. And the
Eagles dominated a poor football doesn't mean the Giants aren't

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gonna be good next year. It doesn't disqualify what they
did this season. But the Giants are not good, okay,
and the Eagles blew out a team that is inferior
to them and crack. That's what they should do. They
should beat a team like the Giants when they're off
of by at home like they did last night. Well, listen,
you know the the Well, first, the Giants have played

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well down the line here and and and the Eagles
I've played kind of poor down the line. But then again,
the quarterback was out. I understand Hurtz was out. I
understand that when she was in. But they just looked
a little susceptable. And they they you know, bring on
the kryptonite. And and uh, the the the Eagles really
showed how strong of a team they really may be

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going into the next week. Let me just tell you something.
I'm around a lot of sharp guys, a lot of
sharp groups I talked to every week. And the two
groups that are they're winning groups. Both both have San
Fran winning the Super Bowl, both of them. And they
have like this next week's game. When if San Fran
wins today, it's nothing, it's good. It should be easy.

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It's not gonna be easy. And I'll probably have the
Eagles in that game. And I don't do a lot
of sides but Eagles, and you know, the Eagles in
this particular situation. Let me tell you the Link, man.
We've talked about it all seasons. You know, I have
a lot of experience. I fly into Philly all time.
I'm flying into there for the Super Bowl. Um, the
Link is just a place of uh. I'll literally say,

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it's probably the toughest place, you know. One thirty in
the afternoon yesterday my boys called me from the parking lot,
two guys and said, man, we wish you were here
because I'm usually there by the way this time of
the year, this round of the playoffs, I'm usually in
Jersey and New York Philly and uh one thirty, and
I'm like, it's one thirty. The games eight thirty. These
guys were Yeah, okay, I'll say it. They were hammered

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one thirty. What's gonna happen in eight thirty? Thank God
the Eagles won the game like they did. It might
have been trouble over there in South Philly from for
some Eagles fans, for some Giant fans. Let me tell
you something I've seen Giants jerseys. What balls, he guys,
I've seen some Giants jerseys. I almost did the VET

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in the Link. Oh my god, of that the Vet.
There were no giant series of the Vet. Well did
you hear last night? The reason why they were there
so early the tailgate because there was a lacrosse game.
So for those who who who do not who do
not know, the Phillies set up all the pro sports
stadiums are in one location. So they have like the basketball,

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they have the Link, and they have the baseball all
in like one complex and they all share parking all
by the way and the brand new big casino in
the middle of it all. Yeah, so that's all. They
all share one parking lots like one giant complex where're
all like that all by the Navy are down there,
and so if there's one event, they're like, you can
go to the one event and you're in the same

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parking lot as the football stadium. It's a lake and
so you can. So they're just they're tailing. They look,
there was lacrosse game like the baseball field, and they
just all went early to tailgate and drink and so
um ye the hack hack smart hack Yeah, um it's
hard to play vets. I played their dude, and I
was I've been one of those. You know, they played
the stat last night. The Giants haven't won the link.

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It's I was part of two of those teams that
lost in fourteen. That's a hard place to play. Many
on the on the on the Chiefs with you talking
about the link, you know, Lincoln Financial. It reminds me
of the link meaning the chains that broke last and
the Philly fans booing. This is the best piece of

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audio I think you'll hear all day. This is on Fox.
Listen carefully after the announcement from Cleete Blakeman that the
chain broke, and the Philly fans are even booing that.
Here you go, this is an administrative stoppage. The chain
broke on the line of game equipment. I think, what
this is, Dean Blandino, just they're booing even the chain

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breaking Land is amazing. They are they are over there.
Don't forget the snowball Santa Claus. You know they booed Santa.
They would not boo this man though, that is the
one man on the face of the year that Philly
fans would not boo. That would be Isaac Lowan Kron
with the latest I Loo, what's going on? But actually
I have a score to pass along. Philadelphia turns out lost. Yesterday.

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The Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League lost the
aforementioned game that allowed all the fans to tailgate to
the Toronto Rock four team to five, but kudos for
them naming the team the Philadelphia Wings. Of course, Philadelphia
the home of the Wing Bowl. But fortunately for the

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city of Philadelphia, later Saturday, the Eagles not only beat
the New York Giants, they thoroughly beat the New York
Giants thirty eight to seven to advance to the NFC
Championship Game for the first time in five years, scoring
touchdowns on four of their five first half possessions, rushing
for two hundred sixty eight yards as a team, a
hundred and twelve of them by Kenneth Gainewell and Miles

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Sanders ran for another ninety. Earlier Saturday, the Kansas City
Chiefs to beat at the Jacksonville Jaguars twenty seven to
twenty to advance to their fifth straight a f C
Championship Game. Patrick Mahomes suffered a right ankle injury in
the first half, and while he was sidelined and being treated,
backup quarterback Chad Henny led the Chief's offense on a

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yard touchdown drive, earning the praise of head coach Andy
Reid and draw mustache the players fixes when they're asleep. Oops. Sorry,
sorry guys, I pressed the wrong button there it happened,
Yes it did, Patrick anyway, X rays on mahomes were negative.

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He will have more tests coming up today. And by
the way, we'll give you a third result of a
Philadelphia sports team in the NBA. On Saturday night, the
Philadelphia seventy sixers were in Sacramento and without Joel embiad
or James Hardenley Riley from twenty one down on the
road to beat the Kings seven, completing a five and
oh road trip and breaking Sacramentos six game winning streak.

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v P of Trading joining us here this morning. Good
morning to you, Jason Hope all is well, Um, who

(27:15):
do you need today. I'm always curious who the books need.
We got two huge matchups. Who do you need the most?
Between the four teams in action today? All the dog
We've got quite a lot of poll Low Billy, the
worst Kisari brought this weekend would be all full favorites winning.
So I'm not fussed which one. It probably doesn't make
a hell a lot of difference, but that we made

(27:36):
one of them. Which one do you you think has the
best chance to win? The Bengals or or the Cowboys.
I personally think the Bengals. I think there was a
lot might about how bad the isline is, but the
Miami isline was pretty bad as well, and the Bill
didn't get to them, and I put up thirty with
a backup quarterbacks. I kind of think the Bills will scrap.

(27:58):
They might be a chance. He says, I'm wrong, and
Jason been a big year for all the sports books. Yesterday,
I'm sure I'm guessing. But then again, with the secondary
markets and stuff, maybe I'm wrong. I'm guessing yesterday was
a losing I'm guessing yesterday was a losing day for
the sports books. Am I correct for yourself? Yeah? I
think this is a funny bill. We've got two really

(28:19):
distinct businesses, the retail business of the digital business. The
retail is the digital was a big winner. But that's
because we've got the value of all the losing polities
yesterday that I want to play the winning Polies. So
that's gonna amaze in front, probably with the running out
ability against the Polies were behind. Okay, good because I
have a collection bucket. I put on Twitter a lot

(28:40):
for a lot of the books. I'm not going to
use it this week. Great once or twice a year. Um,
I have to tell you, Jason, I can't find anybody
that you know. I talked to some of the good
groups that that bet, and I really don't bet a
lot of size in the NFL. But everyone today I know,
Sharps and Squares alike, seemed to be on Buffalo. Is

(29:00):
that the bigger liability for you guys today is the
Buffalo game? Or or is it the Dallas San franc game?
Right now, it's the Buffalo game. But that's also to
be expected given them that it's played first a year.
In terms of the angle of the money, the build,
the bills are pretty ugly. I'm gonna going from three
and a half to six. Uh, there's not too many

(29:23):
fans of the Bengals, Jason. What do you make of
the line movement? It's been subtle, but you'll see in
the Bengals Bills it's around five and a half. Then
you'll take up to six. Same thing in Dallas, in
San Francisco three and a half and four. That's a
big adjustment right there, even though it's subtle. What do
you make of the subtle line movement throughout the week? Yeah,

(29:43):
well I thought the Bills went up to three and
a half wasn't enough. I mean three weeks ago and
I've only played one game since that. They were bet
on that Monday night from sort of place the pick
of the minus two and a half in Cincy, So
I didn't make a lot of sense to me that
now when we've moved from since the part Can we
went up for and a half, so I kind of
expected the movement. I think the line probably, I'm not

(30:04):
sure we went up the right price, and and the
forty nine is what I live in A twelve in Arise,
I was not surprising. You've say money there either, certainly
from the public um. So we're seeing this trend with
sports books um kind of refunding or um you know, issuing,
like like non wagers for props when guys get hurt. So,

(30:28):
for example, Mahomes gets hurt yesterday and some sports books
decided to like refund all losing wagers that included Mahomes
with you know, mahomes problems. How do you feel about
some books doing things like that? We don't really tend
to get involved in because basically I don't like it.
I mean, you have an option to bet under my
homes and injuries one of those things that helps the

(30:48):
under you know, the unders props of fires, and then
I have the time helps those a bet over. So
we very very rarely do I think. I think we're
in an era where, certainly in a little digital market,
it's it's a marketing game as much as sport a
betting game customers. That's the way some books do. I mean,

(31:09):
I don't have a strong opinion against it. Probably do
a lot on the digital side, though, Jason, just I'm
sure you realize this bet mgm UH does give lots
of good uh bonuses and incentives and different things like that,
which will will will will make up for Uh, certain
books do certain things certain ways. So I like one thing,

(31:31):
you said you could bet under two. So, um, you
know you have sports books here that that give I'll
tell you what I really don't. I really want to
get in this with someone. But you have sports books
that are posting five million dollar quarterly losses given refunds
and in the board of director meeting wanting wondering why
they lose money. I'm uh so, I definitely understand and that.

(31:52):
But going back to today's two games, Um, do you
find that uh, you know, by the end of the day,
if if you don't if both favorites do win this game,
which you said you're gonna need one of the two, Um,
you know, why not push up the line a little
bit then maybe to get some dog action. Or do

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you say, hey, chalk it up, if they both win,
they both win, we go on the next week, or
or do you just kind of stay in line with
the market and uh and not you know, draw that
that that line there to to bring in some dog
money and maybe get off some of the position you have. Yeah,
I do think let me touch you said do a
minute ago about the books losing five million dollars and

(32:34):
give me away all these things. If I was a
sports but I'll get in there. I'll get in there
right into all these bonuses now because it will stop.
I think a lot of the sports books are right
now fighting for scale, but at some staying very very
soon profitability is going to come back, some were reported,
and all these presidents and gifts will stop. I can
guarantee you, uh. In terms of my bookwating philosophy, I

(32:56):
prefer to try and better price where we can see
money coming with both eyes from and for maybe thirty
forty customers that moved the market, and wherever at Lands
a wandes like we'll offer over five million markets this
year of pen MGM. So before we've just spent play
the prices um in each game or over the liability
lands at Lands try to buy back to balance the book.

(33:20):
Out of curiosity. Jason, this might be a stupid question,
but what would be the best result in terms of
next week's handle? Would it be the Bengals winning or
the Bills? Would it be Dallas winning or San Francisco
in terms of getting the most money generated next week?
Certainly Dallas Dallas again, not neither, We're not none of

(33:43):
the digital Sports are obviously in California or Texas. The
Dallas are very very popular, Threa in terms of in
terms of what I would like to see the Bengals
A purely because we've just gone into Ohio the business
that the activity in Ohio is the biggest state we've
since so far. I'd like to keep that. So I
think the handle would be better with the NGOs, No sure,

(34:06):
no doubt. Well, Hey, Jason, thanks for popping on with us. Man.
Always appreciate your time. Hope you enjoyed the day. There
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(36:38):
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We each have one selection. Jam that thing's tight, try
to get a bigger payout. Let's start with you, Crack.
What do you like today? But listen, I'd love to
throw a propping or something like that. I got a

(36:59):
lot of a lot of funky good things today that
I think I have real good, positive ev spective value.
If I know, guys like a side or a total
in the game, so'll I understand. I'm gonna go with
the first half. Dallas san Fran over. So let's go
over twenty three and the first half hopefully some points
scored there and there there you have it, first half

(37:20):
over Dallas half ran. So we're not doing we're not
doing props in this in this parlay. Well, they like
sides are totals. I mean that you can't later, I'll
do well, this is not a lot to choose from today,
so I will do um. Okay, so I will throw

(37:40):
in here. Um, let's do Bengals plus five and a half. Um,
I will understand it. Oh, maybe I'm in Maybe I'm
wrong here is that MGM has a six? So okay six,
I see five and a half? Six? Okay six plus six? No? No, maybe,
I mean I've been wrong before, but it seems like

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a lot of points the Bengals. The Bills offensive line
is not good either. Guys like I don't I don't
get it. So, Jeff, you're the only one to meet
sports media I know that likes the Cincinnati this week.
Thank you. I'm I'd like them the entire post. They're
they're they're the one. I They're were my favorite to
win the a f C this year. The problem is
they have to go through Buffalo and and can City,

(38:22):
which is hard to do, right. That's why the one
seed was so important. You gotta beat both of them.
And I'm not saying they can beat can't say next weekend.
But I do hold a Bengals FC champions tickets, so
I feel like, personally feel fine doing that. But nonetheless, okay, um,
is that like the Bills oftentimes not good either. Here's
the thing about this game. We'll talk a lot about it,

(38:42):
of course. Like the Bills make a lot of mistakes,
the Bengals don't. There's a quality to that to give
me Bengals plus six today for this part way, Okay,
I hear you. I you know you guys are talking
about the NFC Championship Game already, Eagles hosting the San
Francisco forty. I don't understand it. There's a heavyweight title

(39:03):
match tonight and it's got the Cowboys written all over it.
I'm gonna take the four. I won't go money line
and be too daring in our parlay ladder over here.
I'll take the Cowboys plus four. The Cowboys have so
much talent to be getting four points against the rookie quarterback.
I know, I know, Brock Purty love Fest Brock for

(39:24):
love pretty polluts over here. Yeah, when the windows are tighter,
I expect his numbers to go downward. So yeah, the
Cowboys are an absolute live dog. Give me him plus
four all day today. I want to talk about this game.
We have two hours let talking about this game. I
have a lot of thoughts on this game and what

(39:45):
I think happening. I I it kind of made me
cringe a little bit side when I heard Crack take
the over at first half of this game a little bit.
He kind of like ruin my thunder a little bit
of how I feel the scheme might go. So I'm
a little bit worried now that my week long analysis
of this game, Crack just crumbled it in three seconds
with his take about the first half over here. So
we'll see, we'll see. Uh good, It's just one game, though,

(40:09):
I meant, and plus, you're running good. You had a big,
big day yesterday. I wish I was in Charlotte with you.
We could have went out partying last night. I was
big time. I'm starting to even though I haven't drank
in like thirty years, I'm gonna start sooner or later.
You're good at finding these hidden gem first half overs crack.
There are some matchups they're like, give me the over.

(40:31):
We're thinking like there might be ten points combined at halftime.
You're like, no, give me the over twenty three and
a half and it'll get there somehow, some white it'll
get there. We'll see if today is the same. Alright,
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(41:17):
matchup Bengals at the Bills. Very much looking forward to that.
Let's dive on into that matchup, fellows, where you've got
the Bills favored by six right now at bet MGM.
I just think of it like this, if you look
at that Bengals offensive line, three starters injured, both of
their tackles are out. That is huge. And you just

(41:38):
think about the Eagles game last night. That was a
dominating performance by their offensive line. They rushed for two
hundred sixty eight yards. You're just not gonna see that
kind of control from Cincinnati today. Doesn't mean they can't win.
But when you're able to control the line of scrimmage
the way Philly did, that's why you win thirty eight

(41:59):
to seven. That was a ak walk yesterday and you're
not gonna see that from the Bengals today. Again, doesn't
mean they can't win, but Joe Burrow is gonna have
to be special. I think you're gonna see a lot
of short, quick passes from Burrow and I'm curious if
they can at least crank up the running game with
Joe mixing. That's gonna be a big part for Cincinnati
to not just keep it close, but win the game today.

(42:19):
Burrow has got to be special, and I think you
gotta mix in some mixing as well. All Right, So,
I've never seen a quarterback and offense be able to
overcome offensive line issues quite like the Bengals. Right, Like,
remember back to the Chief Super Bowl against the Bucks,
right they were down three offensive linemen and they had

(42:42):
to shuffle a whole bunch of guys on they stunk,
right that that's what's expected when you play with three
backup offensive lineman. Well, the Bengals are playing with three
backup offensive linemen in this game. Traditional traditional wisdom would
be they will sting today. Like that's just like okay, yeah,
they're gonna score thirteen points if they're lucky, and they're

(43:03):
gonna get their butts swooped. But we see that. We
saw that last year and didn't have her at all.
They got Joe Burrow got sacked nine times in a
playoff game on the road, and they won that playoff game.
But that game absolutely absolutely okay, so um. But also

(43:24):
it's worth noting that that the Bengals game plans certainly
changed after he got hurt. Joah Williams and left tackle
did against the Ravens last weekend, and we saw too
that the Ravens defense and look, we're not gonna pressure anymore.
We're gonna kind of press up on the Bengals wide receivers,
and the Ravens assume, but yeah, we're gonna press some

(43:44):
of the Bengals wide receivers and we're gonna try to
get home with four and not let Burrow pick us
apart quickly. And it changed so that the game plan changed.
The Bengals did struggle a little bit more offensively. Now
the Bills know this. Of course, the Bills past defense
not as good as the Ravens, but white back has
been helpful. Um. But on the flip side, the Bill's

(44:06):
offensive it's not very good either. So you have two
offensive lines that aren't They aren't very good in this game.
I trend unduring this game. I think it's a low,
lower scoring game, even though even with two great quarterbacks.
But I think what makes this game so interesting to me, guys,
is you have a Bill's team the sort of thrives

(44:28):
in chaos, right, Josh Don has the most turnovers of
any player in the NFL this season, fumbles and interceptions,
and they thrive in kind of this chaos where Alan
has incredible plays and then turnover plays, and like he's
running down the field making these crazy plays and he's
fumbling the ball and like there's a high variance to Buffalo,
where the Bengals are rock solid. Man, they don't have

(44:50):
a lot of turnovers. They don't have dumb penalties, they
don't have blown coverages on defense, like they're just a
steady team, guys, and the Bengels feel war like a
team I like to bet on. I know what they're
gonna be today. We're Buffalo crack at times. The turnovers
like concern me. The game like today when you have

(45:11):
a Bayels team that doesn't make mistakes. If this game
goes down like the sharps and squares both alike. By
the way, opened up four and a half forty nine
and a half, Jeff's right undergot the action, which shocks me.
I just figured the public was gonna be betting over
so uh it's down to forty eight and a half
and most of the sports books now, including bet MGM.
If this game goes down like it's supposed to, though,

(45:35):
Brian is actually correct about those short passes, and that's
gonna lead to a prop I like later on. Um yeah,
this this is a very uh situational game here where
I actually don't listen. I can't overbet my bankroll situationally
because they only take so much on prop bets. But
there's a couple of props man, I would just unload today,

(45:58):
as long as everything's helped. You know that shows you
yesterday that uh when when when you see Mahomes go down,
it shows you that anyone. So it is really acceptable
to injury and these key major guys. That's the reason
why I don't like betting over on a lot of
things because of injuries. However, the only really good over

(46:19):
I really only like one over today that I really
like and it involves um Burrows. So um, if this
game goes down like it's supposed to go down, I
think it's a really good bet when and I will
talk about that later on that that situation. But listen,
I cannot believe that this game actually just one a
six and a half just came up on my screen. Here,

(46:40):
I mean here, here we are eight oh seven am
in Las Vegas. Who's getting up at eight in the
morning at the sport walking down to the sports book
betting enough money to move Buffalo from six to six
and a half. I have no idea, but I'll tell you.
If I could buy Cincinnati plus seven plus seven points
in a game like this minus it's twenty or even
twenty five, I've man, I tell you I might really

(47:02):
like that bet. And even though I don't do a
lot of side betting. Uh, well, we'll see what Hey, listen,
what a town this is we have? You can lay
five and a half of two different sports books five
and five or six have six and one and six
and a half. Really if this this is an amazing
thing that living in a town like this, having on
your apps and fire in a way, Um, it's a

(47:22):
fun time of the year to be in the sports
book business. And that's why bet MGM is legal on
all the states they are. They know what's up. You
know what's funny about this matchup is you love the
movie Donnie Brasco Crack. You might also love it too, Jeff.
But we always talk about made men like made guys.
It's like the Bengals are a made guy. You like,
they're a made man right now, making it to the

(47:44):
super Bowl in spite of giving up nineteen sacks in
the postseason alone last year. That's almost five a game.
That's ridiculous. And what stands out to me is how
would we feel about the Bengals heading into this game
minus three starting offensive lineman had they lost to let's
just say the Titans. Let's say they beat the Raiders.

(48:05):
They go on, they face the Titans on the road
and the one seed they win that game. They sack
Borrow nine times. Ryan Tannehill doesn't throw three interceptions. Even
if he just throws two, they might have won the game.
He threw a pick at the very end on their
final drive. If the Bengals lose in the divisional round
last year, what are we saying about them today? They

(48:26):
gave up nine sacks in that playoff loss. I'd love
to know what the point spread would be today Bengals Bills,
with the Bengals down three offensive lineman. Had they lost
in the same round last year, it would be evaluated
a lot differently. I've talked about this all offseason. I said,
the Bengals lost one of the four games they won
down the stretch last season by a field goal, Right, like,

(48:48):
if they lose the Chiefs, they lose. The time they
loose the Raiders, they lose the Chiefs the first time,
we talked about them so differently. Right, But because we
have the results from last season, I can come up
here and say maybe you'll ange. Doesn't matter because again
everyone else I would say, yeah, pretty bad. I would
not bet on a team down offensive alignment. Oh high cracks,

(49:09):
crack your dogs back there, high dog your little dog
back there. I would never bet on a team down
three offensive lineman, but it seems to not matter. I
can't explain it, man, I wish I could. I think
Joe Burrow is just so cool in the pocket, He's
so collected. But I will send you this guy's When

(49:30):
von Miller was signed by the Bills, I stayed at
the time that the whole purpose of him signing was
for December and January, and that I actually said he
shouldn't even play until December, Like, don't even play him,
just like sign him and let him sit in the sidelines.
He can practice only once. Don't even play him because

(49:52):
the purpose of him is now today. This is the
purpose of von Miller. It was for today. And if
von Miller was in this game, I bet Buffalo. I
bet Buffalo I would do it a heartbeat. I'd lay
the six crack if he was playing. I think he's
not important to the game. But he's not playing, and
the Bills pastors have struggled without von Miller. He's this
is what this is why von Miller's a Hall of Famer.

(50:13):
It's games like today, he is one of the better players.
It's showing up in these big games out of his career,
thinking about the Super Bowls, the games. He has been
a player in these games his entire career and he's
not in this game, and it's gonna hurt Buffalo. I
don't know how they got the six point favorite. I
really don't. I don't, even, Like I said, there's a

(50:33):
rogue six and a half here. Uh, they almost lost
to Miami as a fourteen point favorite. Uh, you can't
go by one game, I understand, But Buffalo just has
especially especially down the road. You know, Alan has has
shown control some picks this year too. I mean, I
just don't get the line. It's so fishy that I'm
probably staying away from the line. But I'll tell you

(50:56):
if I can get that, like buy on the seven
or alternative line and not laying a lot of juice
on the seven. Uh, that that that would be a
situation where I may dive into to Cincinnati. But you know,
um that being said, this is a traditionally, besides last season,
a favorite weekend. By the way, I said it on
many programs throughout the week on different networks. Here I'll

(51:17):
tell you this is a weekend the divisional playoffs. Historically,
favorites do very well. Um, just on the money line,
like I said, except for Latic last year they were
like one and three. But besides that, um, you know
this is when they come to play and and uh,
well yesterday's games more so than today because yesterday with
the with the the layoffs and then you know, having

(51:37):
the playoff advantage of of having the extra game off. Um,
this situation here might be a little bit different. I
just I can't meet I haven't met anyone except for
literally us because free amigoes here that actually leaned to
the dogs a little bit. Uh, Brian likes Dallas. I
do not lead to Dallas by the Okay, Briant like,

(51:59):
but Cincinnati a little bit. Be on your own on
that one for you. We'll talk about the reasons why.
But it's it's more like anti Dallas than like then.
Like I'm like, I think Brock is gonna play. Haven't
made them look better than they were last week? Right
to Tampa made them look good, by the way. Let

(52:22):
me ask you this though, while we're on this subject,
crack because we're talking about underdogs and it leads to
this question. If you were to bet on one of
the three teams Chiefs, Bills, Bengals who are still alive
in the a f C to reach the Super Bowl,
who are you betting on today? Now we know that
between the three teams in the a f C still

(52:43):
alive Chiefs, Bengals, Bills, who are you betting on to
make it to the Super Bowl? Now we know, we
know the Chiefs have the shortest if they are taking no, no,
no no, just as it is right now, the Chiefs
would have the shortest thodds because they can't look take
the They're already in the Bills, and so I got

(53:04):
the Bills. I would think the Bengals because they're gonna
have the longest odds and they own the Chiefs right now,
like the Chiefs, and you know I'm looking. It's funny,
Its funny. Brian's mentioned this at bet MGM. They actually
have some bets up already the outright winner of the
Super Bowl or the a f C. The Chiefs just
to win to get to get to the Super Bowl.

(53:25):
Chiefs are the favorite even money one to one. The
Bills are plus one fifty. I'm surprised it looks a
little high, but I'm sure it's a juice market, and
I usually hate these things. There's a bet here. I
don't mean to go over to the NFC, though there's
a bet here. I at bet MGM. I like to
win the NFC. Uh you know, I know that it's

(53:47):
San Fran wins today, It's gonna be a tight, close game.
But I still like the Bills that pick them, Bills,
it's to pick them. I'm sorry the Eagles. The Eagles
are a pick them at bet MGM in next week's game.
So if you want to bet the games through this app,
you can get to pick them on the app. But yet,
even if this, even if San Fran wins today, I

(54:09):
don't see that line coming out pick them. I I
see the Eagles being a one point favorite in that game.
I see Needles being a favorite in that game. You
have the Bengals. They're crack what their odds are to
make a plus four fifty because they have to get
pills today to win the a f C and uh yeah,
still still a healthy nine to one to win the
Super Bowl. They they do you think they're realistic? Odds

(54:32):
are that much longer than Buffalo you said, Buffalo is
plus one fifty, the Bengals are plus four fifty. You're
you're you're right. I don't I I don't I I
actually I actually lean Cincinnati in this game. So um,
you know, especially off of listen, Cincinnati probably shouldn't even
be here. Baltimore should have beat him last week. Baltimore,

(54:53):
you know, literally on the verge of upsetting them last week.
But then again, like I said, Buffalo, Miami, look look
what happened. Anything can happened today, guys. So um, six points,
the biggest spread office only two games, biggest spread of today,
A lot of points, a lot of points. It really
does show you the Mahomes impact because those odds be
a whole lot different that the Chiefs have already gone

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at the championship game. But because Mahomes has hobbled, that
changes things completely. How about we haven't mentioned this very quickly.
How about this. Mahomes has been a starter for five seasons.
They made five straight Cofference championship games. And guys, they
have like the fourth youngest team in the NFL. Like
they played four defensive back they played four rookies in

(55:35):
the defensive backfield this year, plus a rookie pass rusher.
Plus I believe both their linebackers are year two and
year three. They have two offensive linemen in year two.
They have what how many wide receivers that are on
rookie contracts? Like they have? They have a million dollar
hundred million dollars in cap space heading the next season,

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and their quarterback assigned to a ten year deal already.
Like that's they're in like really good shape for a
team that makes the playoffs the season. Well, yeah, they
should be not just getting to the a f C
Championship game. They should start stockpiling rings. Now. The Mahomes
injury that it might damage that. But they weren't supposed
to win this year. This was not a year they
were supposed to be in this game. You don't think

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to get to the a f C Championship game, not
after they not know, not with how many rookies are
I mean, how many of the teams are playing these
many rookies and and losing Tyreek Hill and being in
a Super Bowl. I don't think that. I don't think
they even thought they'd be in this spot this year. Wow,
that's interesting me. When you got my Homes, you got
a chance you know, but to but again, you're playing
seventh round rookies at corner. I don't think that you

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expect to be in a super Bowl when that happens.
Jalen Watson had another pick. You know, he had the
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over twenty MGM resorts. Alright, fellows, let's dive in Cowboys
at the forty niners. Forty niners favored by four at
bed MGM. Now here's the thing. I like the Cowboys
plus for a couple of reasons. A lot of talent.
They've got a real pass rush, talented roster, better quarterback.
I believe Dak Prescott at this stage is better than

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Brock Purty. I don't think people would dispute that. Maybe
they would. I don't know, it's pretty polls. Anything's possible.
I also think this the payback factor. I don't know
if you guys buy into this, but the Cowboys season
was ruined last year by the forty Niners. The Cowboys
were the team that were the favorite at home. The
Cowboys were the team that won twelve games, and they

(58:51):
had all this these expectations, and the Niners came in
as the underdog and they ruined the season. The same
thing could happen in reverse. Today. Everybody's forty Niners. Oh,
the forty Niners are riding high. They've got this fancy
eleven game winning streak, they're the favorites, all that stuff.
But the payback factor, I think it matters because look
at the a f C. The Chiefs lost last season

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in the a f C title game to the Bengals.
Should they play the Bengals next week, they will be
well aware of that fact. And it's a little additional motivation.
It's like when you were a kid and maybe you
played your dad in basketball. If you lost and you're competitive,
it burns, and the next time you play, the focus
is a little sharper, the hunger is a little greater.

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I think it matters. I don't know if you guys
buy into it, but I think it's one of the
factors today, and it's just a little cherry on top.
It's not the whole reason I like the Cowboys. It's
a little cherry on top an additional reason I like
him today. Um yeah, I could see them looking at
the film last year and being like, we should have
won that game. You know, we had that mistake at
the end of the game. Let's not do that again. Um.

(59:58):
But I don't really know if it's gonna change the
way they prepare or motivate themselves. I think they probably
feel like, hey, I would say that brand the bigger
motivation is like why is everyone loving on brock Purty?
Like why is he getting all the attention and we're
not getting any attention? Right? Like? I could see that
being a motivating factor more than anything else, Like like, look,

(01:00:20):
if you're Dak Prescott, You're like, what has he done
to get more love than me? Right? Um? And and
why you know, what have they done to get more
attention than than than than we have? And so I
can certainly see that being a motivating factor in this
game as well. Uh. You know, for Mike McCarthy, you know,
to go back to last year, right, trying to avoid

(01:00:40):
being a situation where you know, a decision like Doc
made at the end of that game cost you and
you have to answer you know for months and months
and months whether or not you know decision that you
made to call that sneak, whoever did Kellen Moore did
ends up costing you an opportunity to win that game.
So there's many what is from last year, there's many
motivating factors heading into Heading into this game. I think

(01:01:03):
this is a game that is dominated by defensive lines,
and I think we could see quarterbacks making mistakes because
both defensive lines I think have extreme advantages in this game. Uh,
it's just a bad matchup for two offensive lines. I
think that have We know they have really good pieces,
but in in totality, these defensive long thing you're gonna

(01:01:25):
have huge days today. Let me ask you, guys, I
have to say it. Do you guys both have action
already on both games or you just uh, we're still waiting.
I have the under, I have the Bengals, and I
have Bengals first to score, which has been very good
for us for a while. Um, I have Bengals plus

(01:01:46):
six and I have the under in the and the
have some props here and there. I have a problem
I really like in the Cowboys game. So I was
more meaning aside in the total. Do you guys both
have action on both games? Okay, Brian, I've got a side,
yes on the Cowboys plus four? Yeah, okay, good, all right,
so you you you listen. That's what I like about us.
By the way, there's so many people in media. And

(01:02:07):
by the way, I probably didn't know it. Tell went
the Mississippi with you guys. There's so many people in
media talking heads that want to give out picks on games,
give out the lines, the numbers, and why did you win? Why?
And don't have a grocery dollar involved. I'll tell you yeah,
I'll tell you one thing. The ag Yes, us three guys.
We we when we talk something, we put our money

(01:02:31):
where our mouth is. By the way, we don't always win.
You know. I give Swarts like nine grand of my
money down in Mississippi and and and we didn't win
a bet. Uh, you know, but nothing. I gave it
to him. But he went, you know, he was he was.
I had him bearding in running around town making bet
from me. We look, I didn't look as good as
the people you normally have doing that for you buddy, Yeah,

(01:02:51):
he was by Beard, but uh, but no, we we
put our money up so I just wondered, And you
guys have action on these games. And one thing good
about us guys, we do put our money up absolutely
and and I'm glad that you know, uh, you know
you you you're talking about Dallas, Okay, you bet DALLASTI
you're talking about Buffalo or Sam Cincinnati. We bet Buffalo Cincinnati.
We're not just talking about it just from a handicapping

(01:03:13):
standpoint without putting our our money where our mouth is.
So I just wondered what situation was. Yeah, so many
things to watch today. And Jeff, I like what you're
saying about the defensive lines. You think about, uh, Dallas
where Connor McGovern he might be the guy blocking Nick Bosa.
That that's advantage forty niners there. I'm really curious if

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Dak Prescott uses his legs a lot more. You saw
it a little bit last week against Tampa and post injury,
Doc hasn't done that nearly as much as he did
pre injury. But if that pass rush is putting heat
on him, if it's getting home, you've got two options.
You got throw it away, scramble around and throw it away,

(01:03:56):
or scramble and run for yardage. And I want to
see if Dak uses his legs and becomes a threat
running the ball today, because he very well might have to. Yeah,
so I can explain the matchups um on that side
real quick. So Jason Peters out. So you have Tyler
Smith at left tackle, who is the rookie for the

(01:04:17):
Cowboys to play a left tackle most of the season now.
He is um a very physical and capable rookie. Most
often he is best in the run game. Pass game
struggles a little bit, and they were able to help
him a little bit this season. Mcconnor McGovern and left
guards a liability and be honest. At center played well
this year, but he's dealing with agle injury. He struggled

(01:04:38):
against Tampa Bay dealing aggle injury. Zack barn is really
good obviously right guard, and then Smith toront Smoth and
left tackle excuming right tackle future Hall of famer. He's
knowing me. The left tackle, which hurt most of the
season is a right tackle. He's not as good at
right tackle as he's a left tackle. So now you
have Bosa being basically able to choose which Smith to
go against Armstead in side choosing really what guard, but

(01:05:02):
probably the left card, like, there's an advantage for the
Niners up front in this game when the Cowboys off
its line for so many years was what they did
so well. And so to your point about Dak rushing
the ball, he might have to run the ball because
of the pressure. But I will say though, if you
get him on the move, is when the mistakes happen. Man, Like,
you get him on the move and then he starts

(01:05:22):
kind of like looking downfield and make plays, the mistakes
come out, you hit him, the fumbling comes out, Like,
I don't think Dak wants to do that. He might
have to die necessity. I think Dac is not if
you get to him early in this game. And really,
if every quarterback watch watch football, if you watch for
this early on guys, and in any game, if quarterbacks

(01:05:45):
get hit early, they're not the same quarterback the entire game.
Trevor Lawrence all the time it happens. And so if
Dad gets early in this game, man already bet the
interception prop. It's like minus two didn't care over interceptions. Like,
I think he gets rattled super That's why about the
under two. I think gets rattled super early in this game.
Cowboys have to find a way to game plan easy throws,

(01:06:10):
first downs, ways to move the ball because third and eight,
third and six is a bad spot to be in
for the Cowboys in this game. I thought you saw
it for the next couple of series with Trevor Lawrence
last night when they didn't block the three hundred thirty
pounder Saunders and he got a free shot. Yeah. He

(01:06:31):
All of a sudden, there's a little out pattern to
Christian Kirk wide open and it's short hops there, and
it's like, was it was it miscommunication? Was it that
Kirk slipped a couple of times, or is it that
you know Trevor Lawrence subconsciously or consciously doesn't want to
get smacked in the mouth again, it's trying to get
rid of the football, like you get real skittish when
you start getting banged around like that. You're right, both

(01:06:54):
of you guys have brought up to make both of
your points here. One of the sharpest guys I know
in the industry sent me something. I did not bet it.
I did not bet it because I just didn't bet
it because I know Doc doesn't want to like like
Jeff said, Dak really doesn't want to run. But like
you said, Brian, you brought this up. Good point. I'm
gonna read you exactly word for word with my guy

(01:07:16):
just sent me, Um, I like the over fifteen and
a half rushing yards by Dac. Dak runs more in
the playoffs, and Dallas has talked about him running more today.
Now that being said, I didn't bet it yet, I'm
going to look for that line. I'm gonna you know, look,
it's just fifteen and a half, he said, I want
to see what the rushing yards are across. My my,

(01:07:38):
my plethora of outs to play in and uh again
these rounds, I don't like betting overs too much. I'm
more of an under good. I'll have a ton of
unders towards game time. And that's, by the way, guys,
that's the reason why I haven't sent you, guys, uh
your list yet. I send the list there just to
show the guys my mom well, because today is a
good day where everyone's betting over. So no one likes

(01:08:00):
to bet unders. It's not fun. Everyone wants to bet
over that route against it. So today's a day towards
game time. More towards game time, you could find little
points and half points and and when I say points,
I mean yards and half yards and two yards in
five yards. You know, everyone's betting over in little chunks,
small little bets. Those little bets apple big bets, and

(01:08:20):
the sports books are forced to maybe move, uh those
yard egips up. But going back to what you guys said,
I wasn't even gonna menagtion next. I didn't bet it,
and I don't like doing that. But you guys both
said it. You may coax me into betting this Dallas
over rushing yards. There you go, we like it very
nice over there. Now you also talk about like little
pieces of information that add up to a lot of information, right,

(01:08:42):
you could do it. You could apply that to Isaac
Lowan Kron with the latest nuggets of info, and then
all of a sudden, we're incredibly knowledgeable. We've got that
coming up in just a few moments, especially the very
latest from the scene of High Marks Stadium in Buffalo,
where the Bills will be hosting the Bengals later today.
But the party is already beginning. We start though in

(01:09:03):
the NFC. We're on Saturday night. The Philadelphia Eagles ran
wild over the New York Giants thirty eight to seven,
advancing to the NFC Championship Game for the first time
in five years. The Eagles rushed for two hundred and
sixty eight yards. Giants head coach Brian dave All sums
up the evening soil crap. It's flash season. Be you know,
you worked extremely hard to get to this spot. You

(01:09:25):
do not take it for grant. This is a hard
place to get to, this division round and to move forward.
And I feel more for the players and the coaches
because we put everything we had into it and we
just we needn't get it done. Earlier Saturday of the
Kansas City Chiefs advanced to their fifth straight a f
C Championship game with the twenty seven to twenty victory
over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Patrick Mahomes suffered a white ankle

(01:09:47):
injury in the first half. X rays were negative. He
will have more tests today. Coming up at three pm Eastern,
the Bills host the Cincinnati Bengals. If Buffalo wins, they
will face the Chiefs in a neutral site a FC
Championship game in Atlanta. If the Bengals win, then Kansas
City will host them in the a f C Championship
Game at Arrowhead. But right now let's check in on

(01:10:09):
the tailgating scene in the high Mark Stadium parking lot
with a Bell's fan who goes by the name Pat Man.
Drove eleven hours from North Carolina all the way to
Buffalo to be with my family at the biggest game
of the year, Baby Mafia Best Buffalo. Where else would

(01:10:30):
you rather be but right here, right now. Meanwhile, elsewhere
in the high Mark Stadium parking lot, Sarah and three
of her fellow fans are tailgating in an inflatable hot tub. Now,
I didn't know, fellows, that this existed. I know that
they're like inflatable pools, like inflatable kittie pools, but the

(01:10:53):
size so like four grown ups can fit in them.
But I didn't know that there was such a thing
as an inflatable hot tub. But it's made by one
of those same companies who make those uh coolers and grills.
I didn't think it was possible to have an inflatable
hot tub. Wouldn't it like melt the plastic? If you
guys heard of inflatable hot tubs, Josh Rosen knows about able.

(01:11:14):
Oh right, alright, okay, legend point. Yes, Unfortunately, not an
Arizona Cardinals legend, but that's another story or a dolphin's
legend either. Yeah. If this inflatable hot tub is a thing,
can we get one for the studio. I'm just saying.
I didn't saying I think actually want He told me

(01:11:36):
this morning he was aing. They probably have those in Iowa.
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and save at Progressive dot com. Hey real fast, but
before we get to all of our prop bets and
we it sounds like we both have grocery lists as
far as that goes. But um, if you're the Chiefs,
who would you prefer to play? Would it be the
Bengals or would it be the Bills? To me, I
don't know what they think. I would want the Bengals
because you get an actual home game. I'd rather be

(01:12:18):
at home in Arrowhead than at a neutral site in Atlanta.
And plus you get the payback factor over here. The
Bengals ended your season last year. I want come. I
want payback when it comes to that. It's not about
cowering in fear. The Chiefs are like, oh no, we
hope it's not the Big bad Bills. They're like, screw
the Bills. Bring them on if that's the matchup. But
I'd rather see the Bengals if that's the way it

(01:12:39):
shakes out. I think that's the more preferred matchup for them.
I am a Chiefs fan. I want the Bengals. I
want the Chiefs to beat the Bengals. I think the
Chiefs have to beat the Bengals to earn a trip
to the Super Bowl. Um. They're over three and the
last two years, I think they have to beat them.
I want them to beat the Bengals. UM. So I

(01:13:00):
love for them to play the Bengals. UM. Also to
a little selfishly. I promised my I didn't promise my kid,
but I told my son we would go to Atlanta
for the Chiefs and the Bells game next weekend. And
then I saw the ticket prices and and then I uh,
and my wife's out of town next weekend, and then

(01:13:22):
we have to pay for nanny for my my daughter
who's not gonna know the game, A couple of thousand
bucks for this trip, yeah, and then the nanny. So
and and also, Jeff, you couldn't book end the football
season Oregon got by Georgia and you were there, and
you could book end it with the Chiefs losing to
the Bills brutal in Atlanta. And then I have to

(01:13:43):
obviously fine, and then I have to call our boss
and get a set up for radio Sunday in Atlanta
as well. So I kind of hope the ban to
avoid all of this, all of this head No, but
my son doesn't see anything about my my son is
not that big of he's like Morgan fan like he like,
if this oregan, he'd be like we're going like I'm

(01:14:05):
taking him already a week when we're going next year
to the Portland State game, like we're ready to go Chiefs.
Not as much like if I was like, dude, we're
gonna watch the game at home, he'd be like, okay, cool.
Like so I feel like I could be like Finesse
it a little bit like that sort of that direction.
Plus he has Hebrew School, so I can't I can
be like you can't miss Hebrew School by chemists Camiss
sub School. But so that's your out. You're using Hebrew School.

(01:14:28):
Hebrew School is the way to get out. You know.
I wanted you to play the Bengals. I want you
to be I think they have to beat them to
earn the right to go again in the Super Bowl,
and they have to beat him, like they just need
to beat the Bengals. Interesting, good stuff, all right? Coming
up next, Well, we've got Jeff Schwartz, eight year NFL
veteran Bill Krackenburger from crack wayns dot com. I'm Brian No.

(01:14:49):
The three of us will be back. And it's almost
like Jeff, you and I are kind of like the
Devil's the over Devil's on crack shoulders. He wants the
bed unders. I want to bet unders, and we're come
on over, buddy, come on over to the over dark side.
We'll see if we can get him on a couple
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Radio's Campdown to Kickoff presented by bet MGM, just a
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because I do like the Bengals to come out here

(01:16:18):
in this game. Bengals plus just a half in the
first quarter. Bengals plus a half in the first quarter.
Over nine and a half points in the first quarter
by both teams. That's gonna be the the little curdle
to get over there, over nine and a half points
and erase the five points the Bengals. This is correlated though,
so race the five points Bengals first quarter, Uh fifty

(01:16:41):
bucks get you back three nine. So this is a
this is a little long shot here. I have some
fune want it, throw a peanut on it and enjoy it.
I'm sitting back chilling now. It's not a bad bet
at all. Cracks like that. Which one are you nervous
about the most? The minor over night and a half? Yeah, yeah,
not of us. But I mean I'm looking at if

(01:17:02):
Satantic can come right out and maybe would a touchdown
and then you know, even like I'm looking for to
score first anyway in the game. We've done like like
Jeff said, we've done so good this year. So I'm
looking for Cintinnton come out seven up and maybe like
seven seven and of the first quarter. There you go.
All right, we'll see what if it hits or not.
Let's do this prop it up player plays man the

(01:17:27):
prop bets. I feel like we bond over prop bets. Guys.
Let's start with you, Jeff, what do you think of today?
Prop wise? I know you were teasing one a little
bit earlier. I'm curious what it is. So this number
keeps coming down. It's thirty three and a half now,
it's thirty five and a half earlier this week because
Zeke Elliott under for rushing today. Um um, what's so funny? No, No,

(01:17:50):
I just like how you said that. Yeah, well, what's
going it's a mob guy there, let's go what's so funny?
What's your vote of my funny? One of my cloud over?
What's so was? It was thirty five and a half.
It's gone. It's done that getting here's the companies wife.
We know the Niners have the best rushing second second,
best rushing defense in all the NFL. Second, it's second
at least rushing attempts, like no one rushed against them

(01:18:11):
because they're always behind. But more anything else, guys, Zeke
Elliott has lost a step, right, He's not the same
rusher as anymore. So you're not getting those explosive runs anymore.
And that's bad. It gets the Niners defense. They're a
fast defense. You're not going to get those long explosive runs.
And with Tony Pollard back healthy now he's getting ten
to twelve rushes at the most and in this game

(01:18:32):
they're gonna be behind. I think it's gonna be kind
of a back and forth, and he's not gonna get
thirty five. I got, I got thirty five and a half,
thirty three and a half. I'm a I have a
computer like crack in my brain to tell you if
that's good or bad. But I'll go under thirty three
and a half year nice? There you go? What are
you thinking? Crack? Where you laughing at whatever? That's what
I'm thinking. What are you laughing at? It's like, yeah,

(01:18:56):
make that quote, fee to go. I love it. He's great.
One of those things in there. It's like I felt
like I was involved, like Louis Louis Lepke, bulk Halter
or Meyer Lanski or something. There. For a second I
got nervous. Uh but yeah, So so anyway, what do
I like today? Man, I'll tell you I'm gonna release
that right away. So so the over we know, we
talked about it earlier. I think if if, just in case,

(01:19:17):
they even even if they do, uh, even if they don't,
even if they come out with a lead and and
sit it and he's winning the game, I still think
I like the over completions for Burrow twenty five and
a half over completions. Um, I just think that he's
going to be it's almost he's healthy, gets out there,
doesn't get hurt. After we've seen that yesterday. It's so
hard to bet overs, but this will be the only

(01:19:38):
over up giving out Burrow over class completions. Very similar
for me, Crack. We talked about it on the podcast
this week, but I'm on the Borrow overpassing attempts thirty
nine and a half. They only had fifty offensive blaze
last week against the Ravens, and the bill is a
little bit more a quick strike. I think there are
a lot more than fifty offensive plays for the Bengals today,

(01:19:58):
and when the Bengals are throwing it with that banged
up offensive line, gonna be a lot of quick, short stuff.
So I look for Burrow to get to at least
forty passing attempts. I think that's gonna hit. I think
that's a strong play. See how it works out. Probably
have thirty nine. I get hooked right there, all right?
Coming up next, we get back to the games today,

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(01:20:41):
than three hours away until the Bangals and Bills get
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Love the best intros for any type of sporting event,
right there, prest in peace. But yeah, we dive on.
We dive in here, guys to the Sunday matchups here Bengals, Bills,

(01:21:04):
and I think the Marquis matchup of this entire weekend.
Cowboys and Niners and the Brock Purty fanboys are out
in full force. Purty Paloza is alive and well here
got a tweet here? Let me find it here. Oh yeah,
Blake checks in. He tweeted you, Jeff. He said, your
boy Brian is not going to stop hating on Purty
until he wins a Super Bowl. At what point are

(01:21:26):
you going to admit he's a baller, which which to
me is just hysterical. I'll say it's real fast, Jeff,
because I think we're on the same page for the
most part here for these Purty fan boys, you have
to realize this, The best case scenario for Dallas is
to make Brock Purty have to do more. Like the

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Niners have averaged a hundred and fifty yards rushing since
Purdy took over as the starting quarterback. If the Cowboys
can hold the Niners two under a hundred yards rushing
and Purtty has to do more, that's good for Dallas.
What actual baller of a quarterback can you say that about? Like, Hey,
if we can just make Patrick Mahomes have to do more,

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that's good for us. No, that's bad for you, you
know what I mean, It's good for Dallas if they
make Purty have to do more, all right, he So, look,
obviously not a lot of quarterbacks can do what Mahomes
did last night. But let's say that um an ankle
is hurt for Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, and Dak Prescott right,

(01:22:32):
the quarterbacks left left standing right now, okay, and Jalen Hurts.
Let's say, okay, how many of those guys can sort
of like make it happen. Still, I would argue probably
most of them can still make it happen. Rights brock
Purty making it happen still ankle, No, he's not. It's
okay to admit that. It's fine to admit that. Right.

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Part of a football is the scheme you're playing. We
saw last night Chad Henny scored when a nine of
our touchdown drive. The scream is important, coaching is important.
That is not to be ignored. Okay, But then we
also saw the special plays that fifteen can make last night.
Like there is a delineation between being in the right system,

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being in the right place, being with the right weapons.
The Niners have Christian McCaffrey, Deebo, Samuel Kittle, Juice Brandon.
I like, that's two of those guys. Two of those
guys would be like, yeah, I got and then we're
not catting Elijah Mitchell, right, Like, they have all these

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guys available to them, um, and that allows them to
be so multiple on offense. But we haven't seen to
employ a defense like Dallas at all. Right, and the
ability for what here's what I'm looking forward to today.
Trent Williams is lockdown, so move him aside. The rest
of the Niners offensive line, the four guys against the

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Dallas defensive front. If they can pressure Purty. What happens
to Brock Purty? We haven't seen that yet this season
because guess what, when the Niners are mostly ahead in games,
they avoid those situations where Brock Purty has to be special.
They had one game this year against the Poultry Raiders
defense right was and Park played well? Is the Cowboys?

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Now what happens when it's Micah Parsons and the next
place to Marcus Lawrence And there's Micah Parsons again, and
now it's just uhuhh. And now it's vander Esha on
a pressure and now it's a defensive tackle like it's
so what happens in those situations? I'm with you, Brian.
I think Purty is good, not great, and the Cowboys
can press him today. If they press him and make

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it uncomfortable, you force him in hearress. Let me ask
you guys, have an alternative way to bet these type
of situations. I just logged in I wanted to see
what bet MGM had on this and so in this game,
if you like san Fran, there's an alternative way to
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or whatever it is, to eighty on money line UM
or even the four points you can bet san Fran
to win the NFC plus one ninety. At bet MGMC,
you can bet them plus one nine and then next
weekend you're in a situation where you could, uh, you know,
I don't like scalp in our middle link, but you're

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in a situation where you have plus one ninety in
a game that's not gonna be plus one nineties. So
makes sense that just a different way to bet this
game rather than laying points or something. Maybe I don't
like that these future market of markets normally just just
an idea. I just what you today and roll that
over to next weekend? Would you make it? And you
can do that too, you could just so you'd have
to bet. Now when people do that, they don't realize this.

(01:25:50):
They have to bet. Literally, let's get the money, let's
get the updated money. Okay, you have to like two
to I'm sorry, guys, two to one and the game
was taking the Buffalo game is toot six. So you
have to like two to one on San Fran today
and then you actually take the lay money plus the
profit to roll over to next week. Um, you could

(01:26:10):
do that too, but I think that this may be
a little bit of a better way of taking the
one ninety or even plus two to one. Um, it's
just a different way to bet the game. I listen,
I know everyone has to have a bet on the game.
God for bit, we don't have a bet on a
TV game and they were in the playoffs. Um, but
you know, I mean I like to attack it from
different secondary markets and markets that are much more beatable

(01:26:32):
than the side. But it's just an option to uh
to get there today, you know. But then again, if
if if Dallas be you know, there's a big guy
out here in the media that is down in Houston
there and he bet like two million bucks to win.
Did you guys see that. I don't know what he has.

(01:26:53):
He just does that for fun. I don't think he
has any swears. He's not sharp, he's not he's not.
I mean, I wish I had that much money to
lose hit on the Astros. So this is just play money, yeah,
I And like, you know, there's a fun ways Like
I I took a wager that I found out a
sports book that I use the two Giants to lose

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in division around a plus two hundred. So like I
was like sweet, I'll take that. I'm surprised the odds
weren't longer on that, you know, or was that just
since the had to be since the players the playoffs.
I got before when the playoffs started with Giants losing
division around plus two hundred. Yeah, that was a good beat,
like sweet, Yeah, I wonder what those odds would have

(01:27:35):
been before the season begins. I mean, I had to
make a lot of money back on the Giants postseason
back last night because Crack and I faded him a
lot this year did not work for it. I think
this is an important point to highlight, though, is what
you laid out, Jeff. If brock Purty has to be special,
this is the disconnect. And this is what a lot

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of people aren't seeing with brock Purty. They're just seeing
him beat teams like the Arizona Cardinals and the Raiders
and the Seahawks twice who don't play good defense Like
this is Jimmy Garoppolo. Jimmy Garoppolo won a bunch of
games doing the same stuff, and it just drives me
crazy that when you are in these moments and it

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might happen today against Dallas where your quarterback needs to
be special. Jimmy Garoppolo showed that you can win a
lot of games when he didn't need to be special,
but when he needed to be special, he left a
lot to be desired him throwing overthrowing Emmanuel Sanders, or
the final drive last season against the Rams down by three,
he threw an interception in the final minute, Like this

(01:28:38):
is Jimmy Garoppolo two point oh is best case scenario
for brock Purty. That's what he is. He's a poor
man's Jimmy g And if he needs to be special
today or if they survived this week and in the playoffs,
I'm betting he's not going to be as a rookie.
And it's never been done before, a rookie getting to

(01:28:59):
the super Bowl. But they just see, oh they beat
the Raiders. This guy is a ball. Are like, no,
he's not. You guys are mistaken. He is through gay
Zy and over him. I agree, I agree. I I
think that Look, it's the moments that's that you know
that that that that's set the quarterbacks apart, right like
we saw yet I hate going back to last night,

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but you know we saw you know mahomes, you know
they're they're they're down three, and you know we saw
his ability to the up three. You know, he and
he leads that that big comeback, I mean that big drive.
The end of the game ends with him throwing on
one ft to MVS for the touchdown to basically on
the game, Brock. Party is not doing that. You're just not.
And you know, Party benefits from having a great defense.

(01:29:44):
You know, look at that Seattle game. If if genosn't
phone with that ball in the late in that third quarter,
you got a ball game. But like you know, the
defense got him in that. So if things aren't perfect,
to your point, I don't think Party is that guy
with the is are perfect. He can do it. He
can absolutely do it. So we'll see today if things
will be uh, he'll be perfect for pretty I don't

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think they will be, though, And I think what makes
it more difficult. By the way, how about this, speaking
of perfection, Robbie Gold the Niners kicker. He has not
missed a postseason kick, extra point, field goal, nothing. What
do you think about the kicking matchup? Lot has been
made about Brett Maher, who couldn't make an extra point.
He missed four of them last week. Against Tampa. And

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the funniest thing was at the end of the game,
it was fourth and three and he starts to run
on the field like field goal hug. Guys are like, no,
we're going for it. We're good with you. Brett Mahert,
what do you think about the kicking matchup there? Crack?
Do you think that every sport has put up will
he miss an extra point? You know that right? Every
sports book in Vegas has the line, you know, will
he miss an extra point this week? So I find
that kind of kind of interesting. Um, guys, I think, Okay, yeah,

(01:30:54):
he's a good kicker. He's just awful last week. Just awful.
By the way, I'm curious what you guys think about
this too. One of the other reasons that I'm actually
rooting for the Bengals if we go to the a
f C real fast. I don't want the NFL to
fall in love with the idea of championship games at
neutral sites. You know what I mean. If it's Bills

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winning today and it's Bills Chiefs at a neutral site
in Atlanta, I just I don't want that. I want
home playoff games all the way up to the Super Bowl.
I don't want them even thinking about a f C
NFC championship games at neutral sites? What do you guys
think about that? I'm with you, I absolutely hate it.
But I think the NFL depending on the attendance of

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this game. And again that's another reason root for the
Bengals today. By the way, we don't get the neutral
site game. Um. And what's kind of fascinating is is
Lamar Hunt, the first owner of the Chiefs, had said
that he thought the championship games should be neutral site.
And it's kind of ironic that his team now is
the one who keeps hosting the games and and they

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want to take it away from his team. Who who
who's hosting them every year? Um? I think that this
would be a bad idea for the NFL, right, Like,
you fight all season for that one seed right to
earn the right to get to host these games. And
I've been to one before. I went to Chiefs Patriots
and fourty the Chief's loss, but so cool, man like,

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it's why you fight all year for that, and to
lose that atmosphere, that environment, that would not be fearful.
It's not it doesn't make the sport better, No, it
doesn't guys. You know, I give you these fast breaks interruptions. Here,
I see it in front of me. The whole market's
gonna probably follow these two two big sports books that
make the lines have just moved from forty seven down

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to forty six and a half on Dallas San fran As.
I said, one, two, three, three more are now moving
on to the under there. So what do you think,
crack is that? Is that tied to yesterday? You think
Jeff Schwartz has given moved it. It's tied to Schwartz
more than yesterday. Yeah, what were you saying? I think
I was saying. Do you think that's tied to yesterday?

(01:32:59):
The unders hitting yesterday? You know this this this divisional
playoffs server a little bit tighter than than last week.
Of course during the wild card around the week. Um,
I think the numbers are about right. You know, even
though I come out and here, let me just see
if they moved the first half. Yet, even though I
come out here with the down, the twenty threes are
still pretty solid. Um, I kind of think maybe the

(01:33:19):
first half I've got some points here. I I'm not
surprised by all. I I think that. Uh, I am
surprised by one thing. I'm wrong. I'm wrong aurprisory. One thing.
I thought that the public would be all over the
Cincinnati Buffalo over. I just figured, you know, two offensive teams,
they're gonna come, and everyone's gonna bet over on this game.

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And it opened up forty nine and a half, quickly
went to it, quickly went to fifty and a half.
By the way, on Sunday night, fifty and a half's everywhere,
and now down to forty eight and a half. I'm
actually surprised. I thought the public will be on the
over in that game more than the Dallas San fran game. Well,
I my guess is people are scared away because the

(01:34:03):
potential for snow and even though it's not gonna be
that's supposed to two. But again, the wind right now,
it is only supposed to be at about ten miles
an hour, so it's a wind more than snow. And
then people just don't know that they see snow, game
immediately go under under under, under under, and it's it's
not always the case. It's the wind, right and um,

(01:34:25):
so that's why took to me again, like you have
to pay that to the wind, not just the snow. Hey,
be sure to follow bet MGM across all socials at
bet MGM before we go, Craig, you've got something to
add right there, but no, Brian, Brian Brown, I'm sorry.
Jeff's absolutely right. The wind means everything. Snow means nothing.
So the wind is everything in these games. And no, no, no,

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really potential ten miles no, nothing not gonna affect it.
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ESPN has just reported that an m R I Today
has confirmed the Chief's quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a high
white ankle sprain yesterday, but nothing more than that. And
that he does plan to play in next Sunday's a
f C championship game. There you go, there it is,
by the way, real fast, guys. There was a lot
on social media about that tackle being dirty. Guy, you

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for bringing us up. We have to stop doing this, everybody. Okay,
please please stop doing this. Okay, it is It is
ruining the way we talk about the game, all right.
Not every injury is an intentional foul, intentional play by
the defense. Okay. If anything, that he got hit in
the head. First of all, he want to argue about that. Fine,

(01:37:20):
That wasn't a penalty in my opinion. Anyways. The defender
I think was r and Key right. It was right.
I believe. I'm forty nine. Who was Who was that
who fell on his leg? I believe it was? Sorry,
sorry if I'm wrong. His feet. First of all, he's
not looking down in Mahome's leg anyways when happens. But
his feet land on the Chief's offensive player first, and

(01:37:43):
then he falls on the ground because his feet have
nowhere to go. He lands on the guy's feet and
then slips off his feet and falls down. Like, come on, guys,
why any any time you take a slow motion video
of anything, it could look malicious, right, like when when
you do everything in super slow motion. He and because
of the way we call these penalties now, you can't
tackle quarterbacks. If you were allowed to tackle the quarterback

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as usual, he might go for a rib shot, like
he might go leave with his head and try not
the guy out. But you can't do that anymore, so
you kind of do this awkward tackle thing. It's not
I am You're right, it's it was a fine tackle.
Not everything is malicious, it's not. There's not intent. Look,

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I know, guys on defense, you know there there have
been times obviously bounty Gate, like, yes, there are times
defensive players. Um, we'll go to try to hurt offensive players.
Now there's there's different levels, right, are they actually trying
to hurt players? Like are they really is their mind

(01:38:51):
set out to like I'm gonna injure Jeff Schwartz, Probably
not okay, but but if it happens, it happens, like
it is not as ardent Key go on that play
like I'm gonna hurt Pat Mahomes. Absolutely no, no, it's
it's not how and I just I hate, I hate
I hate that we do this like why not everything

(01:39:13):
is malicious? Not everything is is like is is out
to hurt somebody? It's not what happened on this play. Please,
we have to stop doing this. It's so nauseating. Man.
It's not the way the game is played. It's not
all the intent on this play. I just don't like this, man.
And if you're gonna play that card, you gotta have

(01:39:33):
a much better example than that. It's completely misapplied to
say that was intentional on that play to hit on Mahomes.
It's just it's a bad example for that, no doubt.
Um real fast, I've got a prople bet for you guys.
I don't know this is being offered at bet MGM
or around. Maybe it will maybe ride my coat tails crack. Okay,

(01:39:55):
now put your thinking caps on here, but it sound
a little bit worthy. Will that come by nine seeds
of the Super Bowl teams? Whoever ends up in the
Super Bowl? Are you taking over or under three and
a half? So put this very simply, if both one
seeds make it, it's the combined total is two. If
you have anything over a one seed and a two

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seed making it, it would be over three and a half.
So do you think anything more than that, Like, think
of the two seeds. Think if the Bills face the Niners,
that could be your matchup. That would be a combined
total of four. It would be over three and a half.
Would you take the over or the under when it
comes to that prop, I think the Eagles make it.

(01:40:41):
I'm gonna go Chiefs Eagles, so under whatever that is
right under? Yeah, you'd have uh yeah, both both top
seeds right there? What do you think, crack? Who makes
I high? Like the Eagles too. I hate to say it,
I like the Eagles too. I think the Eagles get there,
so um point this case. Get there? Now? Does this

(01:41:01):
kid play I say this kid, they are all kids.
Does he play up to his no? Does he play
up to his man? Does he get there? I gotta
tell you, I do think uh. I'm I'm almost agreeing
with Joe Public or we're all waiting for Purty to
to uh to blow up here. So I'm and I'm

(01:41:22):
just thinking that this is the sharp side crack. This
Joe public is all about Purty plus that they think
this jacket and I should say yeah, but I'm i'm
i'm i'm I'm agreeing with that, and I think that, uh,
the Eagles are probably the way to go to So
I may have to, boy, I may have to even
agree with Jeff Verbatim here, I may have to go

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as long as he comes out, you know, and and
and you know, he's a tough guy man. He wanted
to play. He was so mad. You see, did you
see the homes throwing things on the sideline yesterday, Well
he was. He got so mad that he wasn't in there.
And obviously it wasn't his choice there at that point.
They wanted to there's only five minutes left, let's get
him to the locker room. And uh so yeah, so

(01:42:06):
I kind of think it's less about in that moment.
In my mind, it's less about him not being on
the field and more about he kind of knew. I
think that if he went back in the back, he
might not play the rest of the game. And if
he kept, if he stayed in the game, he stays
in the game. But right the second well, no, I

(01:42:26):
think he was worried about x ray because it showed
any break at all. He was done and in that
in that situation, you know, and then also to like
you saw him, he never stopped moving and The reason
he never stopped moving was because he didn't want that,
you know, that the ankle to swell up at all,
and when you go in the back to get X ray,
you stopped moving, even if just for a minute, to

(01:42:47):
stop moving. And I think that he was worried all
those things would end up causing him more discomfort then
then he had previously kind of wanted to And I
totally get those feelings that he had, and that's in
that moment, That's what it was. It wasn't that he
was worried about coming out of the game. I'm sure
he you know. It was that he he coming out

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and then he might not go back in. Hey, by
the way, with this prople bed that hopefully bet MGM
will be picking up here anytime now. Over or under
three and a half combined seeds of the Super Bowl
teams Eagles Bengals could get you there. It would be
a one versus a three. You'd be over three and
a half. You know what the crazy thing is the
lowest seeds remaining. I want to be stunned at all

(01:43:29):
if it was Bengals of a three and a five
that one. I mean, the Cowboys are alive to make
it out of the end. People are giving them a
legitimate shot. They are alive, not just to win today,
but to make it out of the NFC facing a
divisional rival next week. I absolutely think they've got a shot.
Oh anything happened the Absolutely they absolutely have a shot.

(01:43:54):
I think anything. Yeah, they absolutely have a shot and
so um, but I think today is a it's a
good reminder. Now, obviously we had the games played yesterday, right, um,
but that look who's left? Some real good quarterbacks, really
good talented teams, like the most talented teams and quarterbacks
are there right well yeah, but the Niners are talented everywhere, right,

(01:44:16):
like quarterback and talent matters, and giants are a great
story vikings like those teams like talent quarterback, it really matters, guys.
And those are teams that are left right now, no doubt. Hey,
we'll get to some some mind bending questions here in
a second. First though, Isaac Lowen Crown with mind bending
information and pizzazz as well some comedy mixed in there.

(01:44:39):
What's going on is ah, yes, the triple threat, if
you will. The information comes out of Kansas City, where
ESPN reports that an m R I today has indeed
confirmed Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a high right ankle
sprain yesterday, however, nothing more than that, and that he
does plan to play in next Sunday's a f C

(01:45:00):
Championship game two and a half hours from now in Buffalo.
It'll be the Bills hosting the Cincinnati Bengals. If Buffalo wins,
they will take on the Chiefs in a neutral site
a f C Championship game in Atlanta. If the Bengals win,
then Kansas City will face them in the a f
C Championship Game at Arrowhead. Then at six thirty Eastern,

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it'll be the Dallas Cowboys invading the San Francisco forty Niners,
the winner advancing to the NFC Championship Game at Philadelphia.
The Eagles earned the right to host it with a
thirty eight to seven victory over the New York Giants
on Saturday night, advancing to the NFC Championship Game for
the first time in five years. The Eagles scoring touchdowns

(01:45:46):
on four of their five first half possessions. Quarterback Jalen
Hurts two touchdown passes, also ran for a touchdown, earning
the praise of Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni. Hopefully that's
the biggest respect I can to him comparing to his
ability to being on the field until a Michael Turing
type like this guy leads. He brings this calmness to

(01:46:08):
the to the entire team. He plays great football. Um,
he's tough as as as as they come. And I
took that personally. Meanwhile, at high Mark Stadium, that's from
Joe Daneman of Fox nineteen, a TV sports reporter, as
Joe Burrow walked onto the field, a Buffalo police officer
as the Bengals are going through early pregame more of

(01:46:30):
said to Daneman, and I quote about Burrow, gotta love
that guy. He's cocky as bleep. Buddy backs it up,
unquote mutual respect coming even from the Buffalo Police Department
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this not live yet live Betty. Alright, fellows. So we're
looking for in game betting opportunities should this scenario play out.

(01:47:12):
We're looking to pounce. What's in your crystal ball today, Crack.
What do you think we might be able to take
advantage of? Well, listen, I like Cincinnati to come out
and uh and and take a take a lead here
first as as we know. So I think, uh, if
you guys are all on Buffalo today, that'll be the
chance for you to to bet Buffalo under three points

(01:47:33):
if Sinceinnanti comes out and takes a lead here. So um,
I'm not saying I'm going to do that, by the way,
but I'm saying that's going to be your chance to bet.
We'll be when Cincinnati comes out and hopefully scores first.
There you go. I kind of go to the opposite
side on this where you no, no, not no, no,

(01:47:53):
not not like against Crack. But like you know, Buffalo
gets out and scores and touchdown first the Bengals with
more points that you're saying, yeah, just do the opposite.
Yeah no, no, no, no, no, Buffalo scores first. Take
the Bengals plus seven and eight nine, whatever, it's gonna
be at That's what I would do. The nine is
Cowboys dance over seven. I don't know how you live

(01:48:15):
bet that one, honestly, Like I don't that one to me.
I mean maybe if the Cowboys you get more of
a touchdown, go that direction, I guess I would. That's
about it. The fade party train, Yeah, okay, crack. Do
you do you live bet as? I can't do this.
I don't live in a state that has a way
drinking my off shores. I can't really do you live

(01:48:36):
bet wagers props? I mean, do you live bet props
or halftime props? Do? No? I don't. They put up
props at halftime A lot of different prop market for halftime. No,
I absolutely don't. There's not enough window of time to
do that. I don't even really live bet a lot
because the juice is so much more than a pre
flop bet. I really don't do a lot of live betting, um,

(01:48:58):
But situationally, I may, you know, I do a lot
of The one thing I love to do is scour
different lines. So if I take the sharper sports book
lines and goal gets, maybe the slower moving lines, I
may do that with time, but I just haven't gotten
to that live betting like everyone else and live bettings
Giant Overseas by the way, and it's coming here. Everyone
is getting into live betting now. But you just have

(01:49:19):
to know you're laying one ten both ways on a game.
I'm not interested in late both ways on a live bet.
You know, I'm similar to you, guys. I'm looking at
the Bengals Bills game. I think, whichever team, if they're
down by over a touchdown, I'm looking to take the
team that's trailing. I think it's gonna be a tight game,
and um, I definitely don't see it being a double

(01:49:42):
digit game. I have hard time seeing it being over
a touchdown game. So if we've got a team that
leads by ten points or something like that, I would
definitely take the team trailing if that scenario plays out. Okay,
as we strike up the band here, how about this.
I was thinking about this, the most important non one
quarterback for each team today? If you just put the

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quarterbacks to the side, because we all know the importance
of those guys, who would you say is the Bengals
most important non quarterback? Right? And think of it this way.
If this player insert the blank plays really well, this
team's chances for success are a lot better. Like who
would you say, crack is the Bengals most important? None?

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You have to go to like a Chaser song. I mean, um,
yeah with with with the Bengals. I mean listen, boy,
if you watch that game yesterday and and and literally
when you watch Casey and you watched Kelsey, you watch
this guy and he's like you just watch these different guys.
The tight ends just seem like this year, are they

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just dominant? Are they getting the press? Do they look big?
Macho guys? They just look so much bigger than wide receiving,
which they are, but these uh, these guys just look
these tight ends just look like they're so important and
so dominant in a lot out of these situations. And
I think that you know, the in the in the
Cincinnati for Cincinnati too though, thinking about that across the

(01:51:08):
board here you go, literally, Kittle, I can know almost
every team's tight end today, really and I know I'm
talking about Chase the receiver, but it would have to
be one of those type of guys. Yeah, I would
go ahead, Jeff, what do you think there? Um? So okay?
For for like the Bengals it's easy to say like
Jackson Carmen in the backup left tackle. Um, to me,

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I think a guy like Trey Hendrickson, Like if he
can get home on Josh Allen a bunch today, that
would be very helpful for them, like like forcing a
strip sack, right, Like finding a way to get home
and and force us a strip sack. To me, like,
that's a huge push for them. Um. For for Buffalo,
you know their linebackers, like like a Matt Milano, because

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the Bengals have done a really good job of using
their running backs the last back half of the would
Jam Marches got hurt, it became a more efficient offense
where they used back to a lot on the backfield.
And if Joe, if they do that again today, quick
pass game Matt Long is gonna have to be good
for Buffalo to slow them down. It's it's a good
spot to look um for the later game. Um think not.

(01:52:15):
I think it's the sack artists. Man. I think it's
Micah Parsons and Nick Bosa. You could make an argument,
Jeff for Tyler Smith. He's gonna be really important for
the Dallas offensive line today. Yeah, I think so too. Um,
you guys are smart to go lineman. You know what
you guys are smart to go. I you know what
it really is. It's I'm looking at the marquee guys.

(01:52:36):
That's what we immediately go on to go to. But boy,
how important our lineman to these games and even these
defective guys like Jeff said there but you you guys
are just all right. These guys that get get to
get to the quarterback guys arey. Oh, I just seen it.
It was funny. I was. I was having a friendly
discussion with a Bengals fan, um about their offensive line.

(01:52:57):
He's like, man, I would I would love to have
a La Johnson or Trent Williams Like, well, he could
have drafted pin a sewell and he could. He was there,
could have drafted him drop to Jamrjas instead. He could
have done it. Um. Yeah, Like guys are important, right,
I mean Lane Johnson last night played with that with
that adductor, the the sporternion injury and played well. I

(01:53:19):
mean having a guy where you say, Okay, I'm not
worried about you anymore. It's crazy, Jeff, I thought of
you because at the beginning of the game he was
wincing and he was grabbing toward like his growing abdominal area,
and I'm like, oh, baby, that's not He just seemed
to get stronger and stronger as the game went a loop.
Maybe he got his vitamin T. I don't know. No, Well,

(01:53:41):
so that's an injury. I've had that injury before, not
the adductor, had the abdominal part of it before. And
it's just a pain management injury. And I think once
Lane figured out kind of how to move in the game,
I think he was okay, and once he kind of
got the juice phone a little bit. It's just a
pain management. He can't nothing worse can happen. It just

(01:54:01):
it just pay management. And I think once you figured
that out, um, he was able to do a lot better.
So yeah, he's he died out man. But you know
the important part So like you know, for the Niners,
for Trent Williams. So when you have a Trent Williams,
then you say, Okay, you're done. We don't have to
worry about you. Okay, I can We'll help Mike McGlinchey
the right tackle. I can figure out how to help

(01:54:22):
the rest of my guys. That's the importance of having
one guy like that. So if you have if you're
the Bengals and you had someone like that on your
tackle spot, Okay, I have Jonah Williams and left tackle
who struggled this season. But let's say he's good enough. Okay,
I can go help the right tackle. Now, that's the
importance of having one, even just one of those guys
on your offensive lie, no, no doubt. It's a good point. Hey,

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dive in rapid fire. Alright, Crack, We'll start with you, man,

(01:56:41):
what's one of your top plays today. Let's go with
a prop here, Eli Mitchell. This is some one of them,
one of these I haven't talked about yet. Eli Mitchell
under twenty eight and a half rushing yards you know, uh,
not playing as much as McCaffrey and McCaffrey's you know,
like of the snaps, the first half high leverature. We
have some situation here where I think that unders are

(01:57:05):
gonna be really prevalent today, So let's just give out
that one. This should win really as long as the
game stays close, which I think that actually may stay
closer to them. Some people think I like Eli Mitchell
under rushing yards. Um, I love it. I love Crack Staves.
He's like at the end of the day, like I
I have my account open all day waiting for Crack
to give me wagers to punch them in. I closed

(01:57:27):
the account. Twenty seven and a half done. Elijah Mitchell
under twenty seven a half rushing yards. Um, I like
my my z Elliott one. It's a thirty three and
a half. Now with the thirty five and a half,
I feel good about that one. I just think that, um,
he's just not gonna rush for aout yards and his
skill set doesn't match up well with the skill set
in this game. So I'll take that one as well.

(01:57:48):
I feel I feel pretty good about that one. I
hear you, I'm gonna double down. Like last week, Brady's
passing attempts were staring you right in the face. Burrow
isn't gonna throw at sixty six times like Brady did
last week, but I think he throws it at least
forty and he's got to throw it short, quick often.
I think against this Bill's defense minus is three starting

(01:58:11):
offensive lineman, so I think over thirty nine and a
half in terms of burrows passing attempts, I think it
gets there. Man, we'll see what happens here. But it's
not a bet MGM. But that Rock Purty is is
a favorite to have more passing touchdowns of Dak Prescott
in this game. That's that's that seems crazy to me,

(01:58:33):
right like at a principal much just be Dak Prescott.
I don't even think. I don't even like the wager,
but it just seems like, what are we doing? Yeah,
it's well, it's more so on the Cowboys past defense,
like some of these Deebo Samuels touchdown last week was
a complete joke. The seventy four yard er. No seahawk
was even close to debot, you know what I mean?

(01:58:53):
So like, guard these guys and Purdy is not going
to be the winning side. Like, just don't leave guys
wide open, Cowboys, please do that. All right, we've got this.
Let's dive in. This is the best play of the
daydown man, alright, crack, we're all ears. What do you think? Man, listen,
I like it. It's it's been getting us the money

(01:59:14):
all year. This week we could take money Cincinnati to
score first. I got plus one twenty you can still
at plus one ten one five plus money. I think
Cincinnati scores first. I like that. Also, I like all
the quarterback under touchdown passes today under under under under
under one and a half under, all the touchdown passes.
But I do like Cincinnati to score first. There we go.

(01:59:35):
There you go. Hey, everybody, enjoy the Divisional round two
marquee matchups. Hopefully they live up to the hype. We'll
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