September 6, 2025 • 28 mins
Derrick and Diego Thompson return with their NFL Week 1 predictions, discussing all 16 matchups while reviving their friendly Pick'em Pros competition.
• This duo agrees on 10 games including Chiefs over Chargers, Bengals over Browns, and Panthers over Jaguars
• Diego enters confident after winning the past two seasons while Derrick looks to reclaim his title
• Key disagreements include Lions-Packers where Diego picks Detroit as his Super Bowl favorite
• Both analyze Commanders-Giants with mutual confidence in Jayden Daniels
• Diego believes in the Falcons at home against Tampa Bay while Derrick backs the Bucs
• Derrick wrongly & boldly predicts Cowboys will "shock the world" against the heavily favored Eagles
• Father/Son debate impact of coaching changes and coordinator losses across the league
• Announcement of upcoming Pick'em Pros Sleeper app where fans can compete alongside them
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Commander's got it.
(00:00):
Giants, I think, is going to beanother year.
That's not the best for themand Commander's got it for sure.
And I could argue that you know.
The spread should be over 6.5.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Ooh, no.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
That's what I would take.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Giants hey, they've got some weapons, so yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Well, they have one weapon.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
No, they've got weapons.
They've got neighbors, they'vegot, they've got.
They've got Russell.
Okay, russell is amultiple-time pro bowler.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
All right, how long, like six years ago?
You thought it was over.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Oh man, come on, football season is here.
We couldn't let you start thefootball season and not give you
these picks.
You know I'm going to dominatethis guy.
Oh no, no, got that thing wrong.
Special, who you Got edition,let's go, let's go.
This is former Chicago Bear,desmond Clark, and y'all hit me
on many podcasts, but when y'allhit me on Pick'em Pros, y'all
know it's all about family.
(00:58):
This ain't just business.
All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back.
You know who it is.
I am Derek Thompson.
I'm Diego Thompson and who arewe, the Pick'em Pros?
We are the Pick'em Pros comingback at you in the house with a
special episode of who you Got.
Who you Got is not dead,apparently.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Yeah, we're back.
It's like Cam said when he cameback as Panthers.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
That's right, we are back.
We were not planning on doing awho you Got really this year,
but we have some extra time.
We're here in the studio.
It's week one.
We're super hyped aboutfootball.
We've been going to a lot ofgames lately.
We went to the state ECU gameThursday.
We saw a guy, miles McCaleb, sowe saw him play.
(01:40):
So, yeah, we're in the footballspirit.
So we've got to give you ourpicks for week one.
Man you ready?
Oh yeah, I'm ready, let's do it.
Yeah, all right.
All right, you going to be aPanther homer this year?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Maybe a little.
Well, actually maybe not asmuch, since we traded Adam
Thielen and doing a bunch ofweird stuff, who knows?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
We'll see.
I got to Hunter Renfro go.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Yeah, I know Big losses, We'll see.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
We're going to see.
Shout out to everybody Thanksfor all you do for Pick'em Pros.
We got a lot of fire coming atyou this year.
Shout out to our guy, ChrisHenson, here in the building.
Thanks for checking us out.
My man, let's get into it.
Let's go right into week one.
Week one we're going to giveyou picks for all 16 games.
We agree on 10.
(02:27):
We did a quick look over.
We agree on 10 of the games.
We disagree on six games.
All right, so let's go aheadand go with the 10 that we agree
on.
First we've got a Friday game.
I didn't even realize there wasa Friday game, so that's going
to be cool.
So we've got a Thursday, Friday, and then you've got your
college on Saturday and thenyour Sunday, so it's going to be
a fire weekend.
But for Friday we've got ourKansas City Chiefs.
(02:51):
We've got Travis, Kelsey andcrew.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
They're going in to play the Chargers that should be
a good game.
I'm going with the Chiefs inthat one, coming back off the
Super Bowl loss, you know, Ithink they're hungry to get a
win.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah, I agree.
Yeah, I agree with you there,man.
I think the Chiefs are going tohave a good year this year.
I think Mahomes is going tohave a great season.
I think Kelsey will actually dobetter.
I think Kelsey will do better.
I think this will be his lastyear.
He's engaged now.
He's ready to go out on theright note.
I feel.
(03:28):
I'm excited about this season.
Harbaugh's got his troops ready, but I think the Chiefs are
going to take care of business.
The next game is Sunday that weagree on.
We've got the CincinnatiBengals traveling to Cincinnati
to play the Shador SandersCleveland Browns.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Who we got.
We're going with the Bengals inthis one.
They got to stack some wins upearly.
I think they learned from lastyear when they went 0-3 to start
the year off.
I think, they're going to tryand get as many wins as possible
, because you never know how thedefense is going to play.
So a big game for Burrow andChase and Bengals get the win.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, they've got to get off to a great start this
year.
So they've been playingpreseason, which they haven't
done before.
So a lot of people are pickingBurrow to be MVP this year
because of the numbers he put uplast year.
So, yeah, that defense issuspect, but this is a win
they've got to get.
So, yes, cincinnati Bengalsyeah, and I think the Bengals
are a five-and-a-half-pointfavorite.
(04:23):
So, yeah, bengals are going totake care of business Game three
Miami Dolphins are traveling toIndy to play the Colts.
The Colts are aone-and-a-half-point favorite,
actually, in this game.
All right, but we agree, who dowe have?
Speaker 1 (04:35):
We got the Dolphins I mean the Colts.
They got Daniel Jones as theirquarterback.
I think that's pretty much allyou need to know about that.
And the Dolphins it's early inthe year.
Nobody's got hurt yet.
So you know they still have alltheir speedsters and you know
they got Tua throwing the ballto them and Devon A Change
should have a solid year, atleast at the beginning.
(04:56):
So yeah, I think the Dolphinsgot it for sure.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Yeah, I need the Dolphins to do a little
something this year.
I've got Tua as one of myquarterbacks in one of the deep
leagues, like one of the teamswhere we have like 20 teams.
I had to get Tua.
I need him to do well.
I've got Tyreek in most of myleagues.
He slipped down to me so I needTyreek to do his thing.
I think they will get off to agood start.
Daniel, daniel Jones atquarterback, like you said, I
don't know I would have goneahead and wrote with Richardson
(05:25):
and tried to develop him alittle more.
They're not going anywhere.
All right.
Game four We've got Breonna'sArizona Cardinals traveling to
New Orleans to play the Saints.
The Cardinals are like what asix-and-a-half yeah,
six-and-a-half point favorite.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
So are you going with the favorite or are you going
with the favorite?
Are you going with the underdog?
Yeah, I'm definitely going withthe cardinals this week.
Um, the saints, they don't noquarterback, you know.
Just so many too many questionsfor me to rattle off in the
time we have.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
So, yeah, I'm just gonna go with the cardinals, for
sure yeah, yeah, they lostderrick carr yeah, late, you
know, to his season endinginjury.
So, yeah, yeah, it's definitelyKyler.
Kyler's got to do it this year.
So, yeah, I hope the carton isgoing to take care of it.
Yeah, they definitely got it.
Ooh, okay, game five man, thisis going to be a good one.
I know the NFL hates they putthis one at 1 o'clock.
(06:16):
Yeah, so Steelers travel to NewJersey to play the Jets MetLife
Stadium.
Believe the Jets MetLifeStadium.
Believe the Steelers are twoand a half.
Yeah, steelers are a two and ahalf point favorite in this game
.
Mike Tomlin has never had alosing season, so one o'clock
game.
Sunday you think this is goingto be the first losing season.
Possibly, possibly, it could beReally good, all right, what
(06:39):
you think, chris Steelers allday Steelers.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Yeah, yeah, I'm taking the Steelers too.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Yeah, Steelers.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Because they're playing the Jets and Justin
Fields and all that.
Yeah, I'll go with the Steelersfor sure.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Yeah, man, yeah, I'm going to have to go Steelers.
I have to go Steelers with youas well.
I was thinking Jets, I wantedto say Jets, but yeah, steelers,
tomlin, they always start offwell.
Their defense is going to playvery well.
They always start off well.
The defense is going to playvery well and I believe the Jets
will struggle to score still.
So that will be the difference.
They'll start off 1-0, and,yeah, tomlin will most likely
(07:12):
keep that streak alive.
We'll see, we'll see.
All right, we'll see AaronRodgers plays.
All right, all right.
So the sixth game.
We've got the Giants at theCommanders.
Okay, commanders are asix-and-a-half-point favorite.
You got Jaden Daniels, probablybe more honestly.
Okay, Jaden Daniels is goinginto his big sophomore year.
He's going to be smiling.
(07:33):
He's got his receiver McLaurin.
So man they're stacked andready to go.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
One NFC East team paid their guy.
So, yeah, yeah, the Commandersgot it.
Giants.
I think it's going to beanother year.
That's not the best for them,and Commanders got it for sure.
And I could argue that you know.
The spread should be over 6.5.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Ooh, no.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
That's what I would take.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
No, I wouldn't go that far Now.
Okay, we know week one, thereare a lot of upsets in week one.
A lot of people don't playpreseason.
You know, jaden, is there goingto be a little bit of a
sophomore slump.
Lauren, is he ready?
Is he going to, you know, pullsomething at some point?
He didn't play preseason.
And the Giants, hey, they'vegot some weapons.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
So uh, yeah, I well, they have one weapon.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
No, they've got weapons, they've got neighbors,
um, they've got, uh, let's seeThey've got a Russell.
Okay, russell is a multipletime pro bowler.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
All right, how long Like?
Speaker 2 (08:41):
six years ago.
Hey, the guy the Cowboys got,you know, is a couple-time pro
bowler and he wasn't a probowler last year.
So you know, once you're a probowler, you know they can't take
that away from you All right,you know All right man, it's
like me being a fantasy footballchamp.
I've got that on my resume, youknow.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
So now, when you mention me, you have to say that
my time's gone.
I'm winning this year.
I'm trying to win at least onethis year.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
That's my goal All right, we're going to see yeah,
we're going to see.
Seventh game.
We've got the Panthers.
Carolina Panthers are going toJacksonville to play Travis
Hunter's Jaguars.
Okay, I was actually just goingto go against you, just to do
it.
But you know what?
I have too much integrity withmy picks.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
We all know you want to pick the Panthers.
You know you can't afford thisloss.
Okay.
I don't know about that youlost last year.
When was the last time you wonlike a season?
Speaker 2 (09:41):
I won the first one, the first one.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
So this is like the fourth season of who you got
right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, technicallyso it's been like three years.
It's crazy yeah, two.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
So last year you ran.
So season three, you ran awaywith it.
You did your thing last year.
I have to give you props,really did.
I gotta give you props on that.
Yeah now season two, season twoyou tied with Dez.
So Dez was with us, you tiedwith him.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Yeah, but I'm talking about you.
So you haven't won since seasonone.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Well, see I was focused on other things.
I was focused on, you know,growing the show.
You know things.
I have a lot of responsibility,so I was focused on all that,
yeah.
But now things are stable so weall know you need every single
game you can get.
Yeah, but anyways, get back tothe panthers.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Yeah, I definitely got the panthers, even though
they got rid of a few keyreceivers and, and just the last
few days, um, yes, I stillthink they have enough to beat
the jags.
Travis hunter try to get, tryto guard T-Mac.
That's not going to happen.
T-mac could probably get 100yards, a touchdown or two.
(10:50):
I'd just totally dominate onhim.
Bryce Young, I could go all day, but we don't have a day.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
I'll just leave it at that.
Panthers for sure, I agree withyou Panthers are going to get
this win.
I hope they get this win.
Yeah, yep, yep.
Chris says they're going to winas well.
So we all agree on thisPanthers are going to get the
win.
All right, carolina, we'll seeif we're being the Carolina
homers or not.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
All right Nice.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
So eighth game okay, that we agree on.
We agree on 10 out of these 16.
So we got the Tennessee Titansplay the Broncos.
Bo Nix man a lot of peoplepicking him to do big things
After that solid opening season.
Broncos are what Aeight-and-a-half point favorite
Good gracious At home.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
I mean, the Titans did go like 2-15 last year, but
they do have Cam Ward now.
Cam Ward, bo Nix, he should.
I mean, I'm not projecting himto do big things, maybe just
about what he did last year,yeah, yeah.
So I'm sticking with theBroncos.
They got a really good defense.
They got solid QB and the homefield advantage.
(12:00):
Also, cam.
Ward's probably going to need afew games to adjust to the
league and his O-line and to thespeed of the O-line, so yeah,
yeah, I agree.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
I think people are rating the Denver defense very
high.
A lot of people are saying bestdefense in the NFL.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
I don't think I think they're one of the best, but I
definitely don't think they'rethe best.
I agree with that, all right,okay, definitely don't think
they're the best.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
I agree with that.
All right.
Okay, you can book this.
All right.
Ninth game we've got theHouston Texans, diego's Texans,
led by CJ Stroud, all rightGoing to LA to play the Rams.
The Rams are a two-and-a-halfpoint favorite.
Who we got in this one, diego.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Well, we all got the Rams.
This is easy, easy, easy,no-brainer, just like the
obvious pick right here.
Wow yeah, with the addition ofDevontae and Puka.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Combined with learning game, stafford QB and
Sean McVay coaching.
I think they're one of thecontenders for the NFC actually,
so I think they definitely gotthis game against CJ.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Sure, I love how the Rams they have a young defense
now they definitely havetransformed that team from an
older team to a younger team.
I love how the defense waslooking.
They really could have takenthat game from the Eagles and
gotten to the Super Bowl lastyear.
So that was really close.
But yeah, this is going to be agood one.
So I mean the Texans theydefinitely underperformed last
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year, so they're going to try toget out of the gates strong.
But yeah, I think the Rams takecare of business this week and
the last game that we agree on.
We've got to check with theother pick and pros here, but
between you and me, we've gotthe Baltimore Ravens, we've got
C Pay Pains Ravens going toBuffalo to play the Bills.
(13:46):
The Bills areone-and-a-half-point favorite.
All right the hard-knock BillsOkay At home
one-and-a-half-point favorite,but who do we have in this one?
Speaker 1 (13:57):
We got the Ravens.
Is this a regular season?
Yeah, it's thear's time toshine.
He's probably about to win100th straight MVP.
And yeah, it's their time theirtime to get their revenge from
last year in the regular seasonYep.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Yeah, yeah, I actually agree.
I mean the Ravens are stackedand the Bills I love the Bills,
big fan of the Bills.
But I'm concerned they're goingto actually take a step back
this year.
Last year I said everybody wasunderrating the bills.
Um, I saw that they had someweapons in that receiving core
(14:34):
but, um, I don't like some ofthe moves that they've made.
They've made some good movesdefensively, but offensively I
don't think they're going to beas strong and the AFC is loaded.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
It is.
I don't know if they have thepieces to go as far as they did
last year.
If the Ravens decide to step itup, they have the tools always,
and I think Cincinnati couldmake some noise if they just
stop messing around on defense.
For sure, for sure.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
And week one, lamar's probably going to scramble a
little more than he normallywould.
So, yeah, they're going to tryto come out the gates and get a
win.
So, ravens, get this one.
You can book it.
All right, man.
So now we're going to get tothe six games that we disagree
on.
All right Time to go to these.
So somewhat island, althoughit's two of us.
(15:27):
Yeah, yeah right, but the gameswhere we disagree.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
First game we've got the tampa bay bucks traveling to
atl.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
Yeah, play the falcons.
Uh, tampa is about a two and ahalf point favorite at time of
recording.
So who do you have, man?
Speaker 1 (15:35):
I got the falcons.
Um, I I actually think thebucks are the better, a better
team, but but these NFC Southgames can go either way,
especially between the Bucs andthe Falcons.
These are two teams that kindof go back and forth.
Usually it's 1-1.
Yeah, with it being the ATL, Ithink it's going to be hype out
there and yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
I think the Falcons got it.
Man, I'm going Bucs All rightand.
I'm shocked you're not goingBucs here.
All right, you was talking allthat stuff about the quarterback
.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
All right, I think the better team is just like.
These NSC South games are goingto go either way.
Okay, big robberies out there.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Really yeah, really Okay.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
That's when the Panthers started getting
involved.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Now you're really tripping.
Nah, man, I'm going Tampa,tampa.
This is where I gain a game,all right.
So I wasn't really paying muchattention to picks last two
years, but now this year I'mback, all right, just like week
one.
So I'm going to go ahead andget a lead, take care of
business and take this one, takethis one to the bank.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Bucks got it.
You need to look, man.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
All right.
So the second.
Again, we disagree on six games.
So the second game we disagreeon we've got the Raiders, all
right, traveling to New Englandto play the Patriots all right.
Patriots are atwo-and-a-half-point favorite at
home, all right.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
So I'm sure you're going with the favorite.
You just look at the line.
I am.
Yeah, I am going with thefavorite.
I actually think the.
I thought the Raiders would bethe favorite, though they got a
good team this year, but I gotthe Patriots.
I like what they did.
The offseason Got Mike Vrabelas the coach, stephon Diggs and
who's it?
Mac Hollins too.
They got some good receivers.
I hate the.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
Bills, let him go, they need him.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
They got some good receivers Got I forget the name
they got Ohio State running back.
The second round is really good.
Yeah yeah, drake, may mightstep it up in week two, and I
think Vrabel is going to helpthe defense too, and it's a home
game, so I mean that home fieldadvantage should be pretty good
for them.
So yeah, I got the PatriotsOkay.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Yeah, no, that home field only meant something.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
That was all they still got a good fan base.
No, that was never.
What's the Raiders' home fieldadvantage, being in Vegas?
True, true.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
No man that was.
Trust me.
There was not a New England fanto be found.
Back in the day when you knowwhat I'm saying when I was
living in Chicago and the Bearsbeat them down right, there was
no fan base, no, nothing.
Then Tom Brady showed up, wonsix Super Bowls and totally
different situation, nothing.
Then Tom Brady showed up, wonsix Super Bowls and totally
different situation.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Maybe Drake May can change things.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Yeah, good luck with that.
I don't know about that.
But yeah, man, I'm going to go,raiders, raiders, like you said
.
You thought they were thefavorite.
They should have been thefavorite, so I'm going to go
ahead and snatch this one.
So that's two.
I'm going to be up 2-0.
All right, yep, see what I'mtalking about.
Alright, okay, next one, thirdone.
Here we got the 49ers ChristianMcCaffrey, 49ers, alright
(18:32):
traveling to Seattle to play theSeahawks.
The Niners are a two and a halfpoint favorite, alright.
So, uh, you sticking with thefavorite.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
Uh, no, I'm gonna go with the underdog in this one.
Um, yeah, again, it's sort oflike the nfc south, like nfc
west.
Games can go either way,because a lot of the teams are
kind of evenly matched there atthis point.
Um, and the niners, they're.
They're not what they used tobe back in the day, I think.
Well, not back in the day, butlike two years ago, right.
Um, yeah, mccaff, but I doexpect a big year for mccaffrey
though.
But like purdy just got paidand I'm still not really sure
(19:03):
about him, yeah, I don't knowabout that.
And the Seahawks they got homefield advantage.
They got Sam Donald at QB, theygot a few good receivers in JSN
and Cooper Cup.
Yeah, so yeah, I'm going to getrolling with them.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
Okay, all right, all right.
Well, man, again disagree.
I'm going with the 49ers.
All right, they had an off yearlast year, but they'll be a
little better this year, enoughto definitely take care of
business with the Seahawks.
And Seahawks will be making acoaching change, uh, next year
really, yeah, all right.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
Yeah, yeah, they're gonna fall short.
Just get this coach, like ayear or two ago yeah, yep but
you haven't done anything wrong.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
I mean, no, no, but see, they will underperform yet
again and again.
The easiest person to blame isthe coach, so that that's
what'll happen.
Yeah, watch, it's just like thebears every two years with
chicago bears they either it'sthe quarterback's fault or it's
the coach's fault, and they justrotate every two years.
So, uh, yeah, man, same thing.
All right, okay, fourth gameout of six that we disagree on,
(20:04):
we've got the Minnesota Vikingstraveling to Chi-Town to play
the Bears.
All right, minnesota is aone-and-a-half point favorite.
Who you got in this one?
Speaker 1 (20:12):
I'm going with the Vikings.
I think JJ McCarthy's in for abig year coming off the injury.
They got a good defense, goodreceivers.
Adam Thielen should help themwhile jordan addison is out with
from suspension.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
So, uh, yeah, go with them.
All right, man, oh man, it'stoo much riding on this man.
Chicago, caleb williams he's,you know, stepping in to a big
role this year.
He's got the um, he's got thenew coach all right, coordinator
came over from the lines, yeah,and yeah, he had an interesting
camp.
But I think they're going tostep up and show everybody that
(20:49):
they're about to have a muchbetter year and they'll be
probably third, I think.
Actually, minnesota finisheslast.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Really.
Yeah, I'm still kind ofconcerned with Chicago.
I don't really know.
This training camp looks alittle iffy, I think.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Chicago's third, I think actually Packers Lions.
I mean we'll kind of get tothat next, but you know they'll
be one and two, and then you'vegot the Bears and Vikings
battling out for three and four.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
Yeah, yeah, I think that's like it's kind of stacked
up between like two tiers Lionsand Packers are top, top tier
and bears and like they're stillgood, but like they're right,
lower tier for sure for sure.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Okay, all right.
So you've got the um in thatgame.
So you got the, you got thevikings and I've got the bears.
Yeah, okay, all right, yeah,okay.
So the fifth game here.
Oh man, we got the detroitlions.
We were just talking about this.
The Detroit Lions are travelingto Green Bay to play Micah
Parsons' Packers.
All right, so, man, you know,left the Cowboys.
(21:48):
He's there, so there's no wayyou can pick against the Packers
.
Speaker 1 (21:52):
I'm picking against them.
Yeah, micah Parsons is going tohave all this hype, all this
anticipation and is not going toget past that Detroit O-line.
Or to Jared Goff no, I'mrolling with Detroit.
They got the most balanced teamin the NFL and I think they're
winning the Super Bowl, so ofcourse I'm picking them.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Oh man, you know I think the Lions.
I love the Lions Family.
You know, we know Detroitfamily's watching, so I don't
want to get in trouble with thishere, but they missed a big
opportunity two years ago.
That was a big opportunity.
I think they got the formula nowI don't know, man.
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I think they're going to take astep back this year.
I do not see them getting tothe Super Bowl and I think this
game is going to show some ofthe holes that they have and I
think they're quite as balancedas people think and then, losing
both coordinators, this game isgoing to expose a lot.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
Eagles lost both coordinators.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
Yeah, you know what?
That's a great point.
I give you that, but this doesnot feel the same.
This doesn't feel the same.
Yeah, I think they're going totake a step back.
We're going to see.
So yeah, this could.
This game could determine whowins between the two of us.
We're going to see.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Are you talking about overall?
Yeah, this week.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
Yeah, this week, this week, oh, that's me then.
I'm winning Confident in that.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
See.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
I got to break your streak man, I got to break your
streak, I got to take some ofthat confidence out.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Yeah well, I mean, I won two years in a row.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
You did, you did, but again, like I said, I won the
first one.
You know what?
Speaker 1 (23:29):
I mean First one like three.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
That was like three years ago, that one, so that
first one counted for so muchand just kind of ride that one
for a minute.
But now again, like I say, I'mfocusing, I'm training.
You know what I'm saying.
Me and Kobe we've been in thegym.
You know what I'm saying.
We're doing our, I'm ready,we're doing our thing man.
Ready man, all right, okay.
Well, let's get to the last one, the last game that we disagree
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.
It's the Dallas Cowboystraveling to Philly to play the
Eagles.
Oh man, okay.
So how could we possiblydisagree on this one?
The Eagles are aseven-and-a-half point favorite.
Who?
Speaker 1 (24:07):
you got.
I got the Eagles.
I mean the Cowboys.
I thought it would be a bettergame.
I would have picked the Eagleseven if the Cowboys hadn't had
Micah.
But with Micah being gone andwith all the drama that's going
to surround them and the fanbase, and all that happening so
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close to the start of the season.
Speaker 2 (24:30):
I think that's just going to make it even more in
Philly's favor.
Man, you know, see a lot ofpeople, especially the fan base
in Dallas.
They're down right now,everybody's down.
They let Parker Michael Parsonsgo, everybody's down.
They let you know ParkerMichael Parsons go, so
everybody's down.
You know Cowboys fans, theydon't have the chest puffed out
right now.
Everybody's kind of hot.
But we know how Cowboys fansare.
All they need is a littlesomething, just a little crack.
(24:51):
Okay, so Cowboys are going toshock the world, win week one
and then all the fans are goingto come out playing Super.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Bowl.
If they win week one, then yeah, that's expected, but like it's
not happening, that's nothappening.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
Yes, yes, it will happen.
Watch, watch.
All right, we'll see I guess Ican see it to the future.
All right, cool man.
Well, man, like I said, thiswas fun, Just kind of going back
going through week one in thenew studio, so we'll do this
from time to time.
I know we've been getting a lotof requests to give our picks,
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so we'll definitely do this fromtime to time when we can and
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So, hey, tune in, keepsupporting subscribe, like share
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All right, man, all right.
All right, we'll get to ournext show.
Hey, let's do it.
Yeah, we got to talk to Kobeman.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
Yeah, southern wake Academy Next up.
Make sure you check that showout.
That show is out now as well.
All right, until then, toMorris Jordan, we'll be right
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back.
Thank you, you.
Commander's got it.
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Giants, I think, is going to beanother year.
That's not the best for themand Commander's got it for sure.
And I could argue that you know.
The spread should be over 6.5.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Ooh, no.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
That's what I would take.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Giants hey, they've got some weapons, so yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Well, they have one weapon.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
No, they've got weapons.
They've got neighbors, they'vegot, they've got.
They've got Russell.
Okay, russell is amultiple-time pro bowler.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
All right, how long, like six years ago?
You thought it was over.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Oh man, come on, football season is here.
We couldn't let you start thefootball season and not give you
these picks.
You know I'm going to dominatethis guy.
Oh no, no, got that thing wrong.
Special, who you Got edition,let's go, let's go.
This is former Chicago Bear,desmond Clark, and y'all hit me
on many podcasts, but when y'allhit me on Pick'em Pros, y'all
know it's all about family.
(00:58):
This ain't just business.
All right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back.
You know who it is.
I am Derek Thompson.
I'm Diego Thompson and who arewe, the Pick'em Pros?
We are the Pick'em Pros comingback at you in the house with a
special episode of who you Got.
Who you Got is not dead,apparently.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Yeah, we're back.
It's like Cam said when he cameback as Panthers.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
That's right, we are back.
We were not planning on doing awho you Got really this year,
but we have some extra time.
We're here in the studio.
It's week one.
We're super hyped aboutfootball.
We've been going to a lot ofgames lately.
We went to the state ECU gameThursday.
We saw a guy, miles McCaleb, sowe saw him play.
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So, yeah, we're in the footballspirit.
So we've got to give you ourpicks for week one.
Man you ready?
Oh yeah, I'm ready, let's do it.
Yeah, all right.
All right, you going to be aPanther homer this year?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Maybe a little.
Well, actually maybe not asmuch, since we traded Adam
Thielen and doing a bunch ofweird stuff, who knows?
Speaker 2 (01:55):
We'll see.
I got to Hunter Renfro go.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Yeah, I know Big losses, We'll see.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
We're going to see.
Shout out to everybody Thanksfor all you do for Pick'em Pros.
We got a lot of fire coming atyou this year.
Shout out to our guy, ChrisHenson, here in the building.
Thanks for checking us out.
My man, let's get into it.
Let's go right into week one.
Week one we're going to giveyou picks for all 16 games.
We agree on 10.
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We did a quick look over.
We agree on 10 of the games.
We disagree on six games.
All right, so let's go aheadand go with the 10 that we agree
on.
First we've got a Friday game.
I didn't even realize there wasa Friday game, so that's going
to be cool.
So we've got a Thursday, Friday, and then you've got your
college on Saturday and thenyour Sunday, so it's going to be
a fire weekend.
But for Friday we've got ourKansas City Chiefs.
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We've got Travis, Kelsey andcrew.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
They're going in to play the Chargers that should be
a good game.
I'm going with the Chiefs inthat one, coming back off the
Super Bowl loss, you know, Ithink they're hungry to get a
win.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Yeah, I agree.
Yeah, I agree with you there,man.
I think the Chiefs are going tohave a good year this year.
I think Mahomes is going tohave a great season.
I think Kelsey will actually dobetter.
I think Kelsey will do better.
I think this will be his lastyear.
He's engaged now.
He's ready to go out on theright note.
I feel.
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I'm excited about this season.
Harbaugh's got his troops ready, but I think the Chiefs are
going to take care of business.
The next game is Sunday that weagree on.
We've got the CincinnatiBengals traveling to Cincinnati
to play the Shador SandersCleveland Browns.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Who we got.
We're going with the Bengals inthis one.
They got to stack some wins upearly.
I think they learned from lastyear when they went 0-3 to start
the year off.
I think, they're going to tryand get as many wins as possible
, because you never know how thedefense is going to play.
So a big game for Burrow andChase and Bengals get the win.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, they've got to get off to a great start this
year.
So they've been playingpreseason, which they haven't
done before.
So a lot of people are pickingBurrow to be MVP this year
because of the numbers he put uplast year.
So, yeah, that defense issuspect, but this is a win
they've got to get.
So, yes, cincinnati Bengalsyeah, and I think the Bengals
are a five-and-a-half-pointfavorite.
(04:23):
So, yeah, bengals are going totake care of business Game three
Miami Dolphins are traveling toIndy to play the Colts.
The Colts are aone-and-a-half-point favorite,
actually, in this game.
All right, but we agree, who dowe have?
Speaker 1 (04:35):
We got the Dolphins I mean the Colts.
They got Daniel Jones as theirquarterback.
I think that's pretty much allyou need to know about that.
And the Dolphins it's early inthe year.
Nobody's got hurt yet.
So you know they still have alltheir speedsters and you know
they got Tua throwing the ballto them and Devon A Change
should have a solid year, atleast at the beginning.
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So yeah, I think the Dolphinsgot it for sure.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Yeah, I need the Dolphins to do a little
something this year.
I've got Tua as one of myquarterbacks in one of the deep
leagues, like one of the teamswhere we have like 20 teams.
I had to get Tua.
I need him to do well.
I've got Tyreek in most of myleagues.
He slipped down to me so I needTyreek to do his thing.
I think they will get off to agood start.
Daniel, daniel Jones atquarterback, like you said, I
don't know I would have goneahead and wrote with Richardson
(05:25):
and tried to develop him alittle more.
They're not going anywhere.
All right.
Game four We've got Breonna'sArizona Cardinals traveling to
New Orleans to play the Saints.
The Cardinals are like what asix-and-a-half yeah,
six-and-a-half point favorite.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
So are you going with the favorite or are you going
with the favorite?
Are you going with the underdog?
Yeah, I'm definitely going withthe cardinals this week.
Um, the saints, they don't noquarterback, you know.
Just so many too many questionsfor me to rattle off in the
time we have.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
So, yeah, I'm just gonna go with the cardinals, for
sure yeah, yeah, they lostderrick carr yeah, late, you
know, to his season endinginjury.
So, yeah, yeah, it's definitelyKyler.
Kyler's got to do it this year.
So, yeah, I hope the carton isgoing to take care of it.
Yeah, they definitely got it.
Ooh, okay, game five man, thisis going to be a good one.
I know the NFL hates they putthis one at 1 o'clock.
(06:16):
Yeah, so Steelers travel to NewJersey to play the Jets MetLife
Stadium.
Believe the Jets MetLifeStadium.
Believe the Steelers are twoand a half.
Yeah, steelers are a two and ahalf point favorite in this game
.
Mike Tomlin has never had alosing season, so one o'clock
game.
Sunday you think this is goingto be the first losing season.
Possibly, possibly, it could beReally good, all right, what
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you think, chris Steelers allday Steelers.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Yeah, yeah, I'm taking the Steelers too.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Yeah, Steelers.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Because they're playing the Jets and Justin
Fields and all that.
Yeah, I'll go with the Steelersfor sure.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Yeah, man, yeah, I'm going to have to go Steelers.
I have to go Steelers with youas well.
I was thinking Jets, I wantedto say Jets, but yeah, steelers,
tomlin, they always start offwell.
Their defense is going to playvery well.
They always start off well.
The defense is going to playvery well and I believe the Jets
will struggle to score still.
So that will be the difference.
They'll start off 1-0, and,yeah, tomlin will most likely
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keep that streak alive.
We'll see, we'll see.
All right, we'll see AaronRodgers plays.
All right, all right.
So the sixth game.
We've got the Giants at theCommanders.
Okay, commanders are asix-and-a-half-point favorite.
You got Jaden Daniels, probablybe more honestly.
Okay, Jaden Daniels is goinginto his big sophomore year.
He's going to be smiling.
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He's got his receiver McLaurin.
So man they're stacked andready to go.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
One NFC East team paid their guy.
So, yeah, yeah, the Commandersgot it.
Giants.
I think it's going to beanother year.
That's not the best for them,and Commanders got it for sure.
And I could argue that you know.
The spread should be over 6.5.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Ooh, no.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
That's what I would take.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
No, I wouldn't go that far Now.
Okay, we know week one, thereare a lot of upsets in week one.
A lot of people don't playpreseason.
You know, jaden, is there goingto be a little bit of a
sophomore slump.
Lauren, is he ready?
Is he going to, you know, pullsomething at some point?
He didn't play preseason.
And the Giants, hey, they'vegot some weapons.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
So uh, yeah, I well, they have one weapon.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
No, they've got weapons, they've got neighbors,
um, they've got, uh, let's seeThey've got a Russell.
Okay, russell is a multipletime pro bowler.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
All right, how long Like?
Speaker 2 (08:41):
six years ago.
Hey, the guy the Cowboys got,you know, is a couple-time pro
bowler and he wasn't a probowler last year.
So you know, once you're a probowler, you know they can't take
that away from you All right,you know All right man, it's
like me being a fantasy footballchamp.
I've got that on my resume, youknow.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
So now, when you mention me, you have to say that
my time's gone.
I'm winning this year.
I'm trying to win at least onethis year.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
That's my goal All right, we're going to see yeah,
we're going to see.
Seventh game.
We've got the Panthers.
Carolina Panthers are going toJacksonville to play Travis
Hunter's Jaguars.
Okay, I was actually just goingto go against you, just to do
it.
But you know what?
I have too much integrity withmy picks.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
We all know you want to pick the Panthers.
You know you can't afford thisloss.
Okay.
I don't know about that youlost last year.
When was the last time you wonlike a season?
Speaker 2 (09:41):
I won the first one, the first one.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
So this is like the fourth season of who you got
right.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, technicallyso it's been like three years.
It's crazy yeah, two.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
So last year you ran.
So season three, you ran awaywith it.
You did your thing last year.
I have to give you props,really did.
I gotta give you props on that.
Yeah now season two, season twoyou tied with Dez.
So Dez was with us, you tiedwith him.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Yeah, but I'm talking about you.
So you haven't won since seasonone.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Well, see I was focused on other things.
I was focused on, you know,growing the show.
You know things.
I have a lot of responsibility,so I was focused on all that,
yeah.
But now things are stable so weall know you need every single
game you can get.
Yeah, but anyways, get back tothe panthers.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Yeah, I definitely got the panthers, even though
they got rid of a few keyreceivers and, and just the last
few days, um, yes, I stillthink they have enough to beat
the jags.
Travis hunter try to get, tryto guard T-Mac.
That's not going to happen.
T-mac could probably get 100yards, a touchdown or two.
(10:50):
I'd just totally dominate onhim.
Bryce Young, I could go all day, but we don't have a day.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
I'll just leave it at that.
Panthers for sure, I agree withyou Panthers are going to get
this win.
I hope they get this win.
Yeah, yep, yep.
Chris says they're going to winas well.
So we all agree on thisPanthers are going to get the
win.
All right, carolina, we'll seeif we're being the Carolina
homers or not.
Speaker 1 (11:16):
All right Nice.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
So eighth game okay, that we agree on.
We agree on 10 out of these 16.
So we got the Tennessee Titansplay the Broncos.
Bo Nix man a lot of peoplepicking him to do big things
After that solid opening season.
Broncos are what Aeight-and-a-half point favorite
Good gracious At home.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
I mean, the Titans did go like 2-15 last year, but
they do have Cam Ward now.
Cam Ward, bo Nix, he should.
I mean, I'm not projecting himto do big things, maybe just
about what he did last year,yeah, yeah.
So I'm sticking with theBroncos.
They got a really good defense.
They got solid QB and the homefield advantage.
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Also, cam.
Ward's probably going to need afew games to adjust to the
league and his O-line and to thespeed of the O-line, so yeah,
yeah, I agree.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
I think people are rating the Denver defense very
high.
A lot of people are saying bestdefense in the NFL.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
I don't think I think they're one of the best, but I
definitely don't think they'rethe best.
I agree with that, all right,okay, definitely don't think
they're the best.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
I agree with that.
All right.
Okay, you can book this.
All right.
Ninth game we've got theHouston Texans, diego's Texans,
led by CJ Stroud, all rightGoing to LA to play the Rams.
The Rams are a two-and-a-halfpoint favorite.
Who we got in this one, diego.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Well, we all got the Rams.
This is easy, easy, easy,no-brainer, just like the
obvious pick right here.
Wow yeah, with the addition ofDevontae and Puka.
Speaker 2 (12:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Combined with learning game, stafford QB and
Sean McVay coaching.
I think they're one of thecontenders for the NFC actually,
so I think they definitely gotthis game against CJ.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Sure, I love how the Rams they have a young defense
now they definitely havetransformed that team from an
older team to a younger team.
I love how the defense waslooking.
They really could have takenthat game from the Eagles and
gotten to the Super Bowl lastyear.
So that was really close.
But yeah, this is going to be agood one.
So I mean the Texans theydefinitely underperformed last
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year, so they're going to try toget out of the gates strong.
But yeah, I think the Rams takecare of business this week and
the last game that we agree on.
We've got to check with theother pick and pros here, but
between you and me, we've gotthe Baltimore Ravens, we've got
C Pay Pains Ravens going toBuffalo to play the Bills.
(13:46):
The Bills areone-and-a-half-point favorite.
All right the hard-knock BillsOkay At home
one-and-a-half-point favorite,but who do we have in this one?
Speaker 1 (13:57):
We got the Ravens.
Is this a regular season?
Yeah, it's thear's time toshine.
He's probably about to win100th straight MVP.
And yeah, it's their time theirtime to get their revenge from
last year in the regular seasonYep.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Yeah, yeah, I actually agree.
I mean the Ravens are stackedand the Bills I love the Bills,
big fan of the Bills.
But I'm concerned they're goingto actually take a step back
this year.
Last year I said everybody wasunderrating the bills.
Um, I saw that they had someweapons in that receiving core
(14:34):
but, um, I don't like some ofthe moves that they've made.
They've made some good movesdefensively, but offensively I
don't think they're going to beas strong and the AFC is loaded.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
It is.
I don't know if they have thepieces to go as far as they did
last year.
If the Ravens decide to step itup, they have the tools always,
and I think Cincinnati couldmake some noise if they just
stop messing around on defense.
For sure, for sure.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
And week one, lamar's probably going to scramble a
little more than he normallywould.
So, yeah, they're going to tryto come out the gates and get a
win.
So, ravens, get this one.
You can book it.
All right, man.
So now we're going to get tothe six games that we disagree
on.
All right Time to go to these.
So somewhat island, althoughit's two of us.
(15:27):
Yeah, yeah right, but the gameswhere we disagree.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
First game we've got the tampa bay bucks traveling to
atl.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
Yeah, play the falcons.
Uh, tampa is about a two and ahalf point favorite at time of
recording.
So who do you have, man?
Speaker 1 (15:35):
I got the falcons.
Um, I I actually think thebucks are the better, a better
team, but but these NFC Southgames can go either way,
especially between the Bucs andthe Falcons.
These are two teams that kindof go back and forth.
Usually it's 1-1.
Yeah, with it being the ATL, Ithink it's going to be hype out
there and yeah.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
I think the Falcons got it.
Man, I'm going Bucs All rightand.
I'm shocked you're not goingBucs here.
All right, you was talking allthat stuff about the quarterback
.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
All right, I think the better team is just like.
These NSC South games are goingto go either way.
Okay, big robberies out there.
Speaker 2 (16:11):
Really yeah, really Okay.
Speaker 1 (16:13):
That's when the Panthers started getting
involved.
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:16):
Now you're really tripping.
Nah, man, I'm going Tampa,tampa.
This is where I gain a game,all right.
So I wasn't really paying muchattention to picks last two
years, but now this year I'mback, all right, just like week
one.
So I'm going to go ahead andget a lead, take care of
business and take this one, takethis one to the bank.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Bucks got it.
You need to look, man.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
All right.
So the second.
Again, we disagree on six games.
So the second game we disagreeon we've got the Raiders, all
right, traveling to New Englandto play the Patriots all right.
Patriots are atwo-and-a-half-point favorite at
home, all right.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
So I'm sure you're going with the favorite.
You just look at the line.
I am.
Yeah, I am going with thefavorite.
I actually think the.
I thought the Raiders would bethe favorite, though they got a
good team this year, but I gotthe Patriots.
I like what they did.
The offseason Got Mike Vrabelas the coach, stephon Diggs and
who's it?
Mac Hollins too.
They got some good receivers.
I hate the.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
Bills, let him go, they need him.
Speaker 1 (17:15):
They got some good receivers Got I forget the name
they got Ohio State running back.
The second round is really good.
Yeah yeah, drake, may mightstep it up in week two, and I
think Vrabel is going to helpthe defense too, and it's a home
game, so I mean that home fieldadvantage should be pretty good
for them.
So yeah, I got the PatriotsOkay.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Yeah, no, that home field only meant something.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
That was all they still got a good fan base.
No, that was never.
What's the Raiders' home fieldadvantage, being in Vegas?
True, true.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
No man that was.
Trust me.
There was not a New England fanto be found.
Back in the day when you knowwhat I'm saying when I was
living in Chicago and the Bearsbeat them down right, there was
no fan base, no, nothing.
Then Tom Brady showed up, wonsix Super Bowls and totally
different situation, nothing.
Then Tom Brady showed up, wonsix Super Bowls and totally
different situation.
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Maybe Drake May can change things.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Yeah, good luck with that.
I don't know about that.
But yeah, man, I'm going to go,raiders, raiders, like you said
.
You thought they were thefavorite.
They should have been thefavorite, so I'm going to go
ahead and snatch this one.
So that's two.
I'm going to be up 2-0.
All right, yep, see what I'mtalking about.
Alright, okay, next one, thirdone.
Here we got the 49ers ChristianMcCaffrey, 49ers, alright
(18:32):
traveling to Seattle to play theSeahawks.
The Niners are a two and a halfpoint favorite, alright.
So, uh, you sticking with thefavorite.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
Uh, no, I'm gonna go with the underdog in this one.
Um, yeah, again, it's sort oflike the nfc south, like nfc
west.
Games can go either way,because a lot of the teams are
kind of evenly matched there atthis point.
Um, and the niners, they're.
They're not what they used tobe back in the day, I think.
Well, not back in the day, butlike two years ago, right.
Um, yeah, mccaff, but I doexpect a big year for mccaffrey
though.
But like purdy just got paidand I'm still not really sure
(19:03):
about him, yeah, I don't knowabout that.
And the Seahawks they got homefield advantage.
They got Sam Donald at QB, theygot a few good receivers in JSN
and Cooper Cup.
Yeah, so yeah, I'm going to getrolling with them.
Speaker 2 (19:15):
Okay, all right, all right.
Well, man, again disagree.
I'm going with the 49ers.
All right, they had an off yearlast year, but they'll be a
little better this year, enoughto definitely take care of
business with the Seahawks.
And Seahawks will be making acoaching change, uh, next year
really, yeah, all right.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
Yeah, yeah, they're gonna fall short.
Just get this coach, like ayear or two ago yeah, yep but
you haven't done anything wrong.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
I mean, no, no, but see, they will underperform yet
again and again.
The easiest person to blame isthe coach, so that that's
what'll happen.
Yeah, watch, it's just like thebears every two years with
chicago bears they either it'sthe quarterback's fault or it's
the coach's fault, and they justrotate every two years.
So, uh, yeah, man, same thing.
All right, okay, fourth gameout of six that we disagree on,
(20:04):
we've got the Minnesota Vikingstraveling to Chi-Town to play
the Bears.
All right, minnesota is aone-and-a-half point favorite.
Who you got in this one?
Speaker 1 (20:12):
I'm going with the Vikings.
I think JJ McCarthy's in for abig year coming off the injury.
They got a good defense, goodreceivers.
Adam Thielen should help themwhile jordan addison is out with
from suspension.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
So, uh, yeah, go with them.
All right, man, oh man, it'stoo much riding on this man.
Chicago, caleb williams he's,you know, stepping in to a big
role this year.
He's got the um, he's got thenew coach all right, coordinator
came over from the lines, yeah,and yeah, he had an interesting
camp.
But I think they're going tostep up and show everybody that
(20:49):
they're about to have a muchbetter year and they'll be
probably third, I think.
Actually, minnesota finisheslast.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
Really.
Yeah, I'm still kind ofconcerned with Chicago.
I don't really know.
This training camp looks alittle iffy, I think.
Speaker 2 (21:03):
Chicago's third, I think actually Packers Lions.
I mean we'll kind of get tothat next, but you know they'll
be one and two, and then you'vegot the Bears and Vikings
battling out for three and four.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
Yeah, yeah, I think that's like it's kind of stacked
up between like two tiers Lionsand Packers are top, top tier
and bears and like they're stillgood, but like they're right,
lower tier for sure for sure.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Okay, all right.
So you've got the um in thatgame.
So you got the, you got thevikings and I've got the bears.
Yeah, okay, all right, yeah,okay.
So the fifth game here.
Oh man, we got the detroitlions.
We were just talking about this.
The Detroit Lions are travelingto Green Bay to play Micah
Parsons' Packers.
All right, so, man, you know,left the Cowboys.
(21:48):
He's there, so there's no wayyou can pick against the Packers
.
Speaker 1 (21:52):
I'm picking against them.
Yeah, micah Parsons is going tohave all this hype, all this
anticipation and is not going toget past that Detroit O-line.
Or to Jared Goff no, I'mrolling with Detroit.
They got the most balanced teamin the NFL and I think they're
winning the Super Bowl, so ofcourse I'm picking them.
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Oh man, you know I think the Lions.
I love the Lions Family.
You know, we know Detroitfamily's watching, so I don't
want to get in trouble with thishere, but they missed a big
opportunity two years ago.
That was a big opportunity.
I think they got the formula nowI don't know, man.
(22:31):
I think they're going to take astep back this year.
I do not see them getting tothe Super Bowl and I think this
game is going to show some ofthe holes that they have and I
think they're quite as balancedas people think and then, losing
both coordinators, this game isgoing to expose a lot.
Speaker 1 (22:50):
Eagles lost both coordinators.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
Yeah, you know what?
That's a great point.
I give you that, but this doesnot feel the same.
This doesn't feel the same.
Yeah, I think they're going totake a step back.
We're going to see.
So yeah, this could.
This game could determine whowins between the two of us.
We're going to see.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
Are you talking about overall?
Yeah, this week.
Speaker 2 (23:12):
Yeah, this week, this week, oh, that's me then.
I'm winning Confident in that.
Speaker 1 (23:18):
See.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
I got to break your streak man, I got to break your
streak, I got to take some ofthat confidence out.
Speaker 1 (23:23):
Yeah well, I mean, I won two years in a row.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
You did, you did, but again, like I said, I won the
first one.
You know what?
Speaker 1 (23:29):
I mean First one like three.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
That was like three years ago, that one, so that
first one counted for so muchand just kind of ride that one
for a minute.
But now again, like I say, I'mfocusing, I'm training.
You know what I'm saying.
Me and Kobe we've been in thegym.
You know what I'm saying.
We're doing our, I'm ready,we're doing our thing man.
Ready man, all right, okay.
Well, let's get to the last one, the last game that we disagree
(23:54):
.
It's the Dallas Cowboystraveling to Philly to play the
Eagles.
Oh man, okay.
So how could we possiblydisagree on this one?
The Eagles are aseven-and-a-half point favorite.
Who?
Speaker 1 (24:07):
you got.
I got the Eagles.
I mean the Cowboys.
I thought it would be a bettergame.
I would have picked the Eagleseven if the Cowboys hadn't had
Micah.
But with Micah being gone andwith all the drama that's going
to surround them and the fanbase, and all that happening so
(24:29):
close to the start of the season.
Speaker 2 (24:30):
I think that's just going to make it even more in
Philly's favor.
Man, you know, see a lot ofpeople, especially the fan base
in Dallas.
They're down right now,everybody's down.
They let Parker Michael Parsonsgo, everybody's down.
They let you know ParkerMichael Parsons go, so
everybody's down.
You know Cowboys fans, theydon't have the chest puffed out
right now.
Everybody's kind of hot.
But we know how Cowboys fansare.
All they need is a littlesomething, just a little crack.
(24:51):
Okay, so Cowboys are going toshock the world, win week one
and then all the fans are goingto come out playing Super.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Bowl.
If they win week one, then yeah, that's expected, but like it's
not happening, that's nothappening.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
Yes, yes, it will happen.
Watch, watch.
All right, we'll see I guess Ican see it to the future.
All right, cool man.
Well, man, like I said, thiswas fun, Just kind of going back
going through week one in thenew studio, so we'll do this
from time to time.
I know we've been getting a lotof requests to give our picks,
(25:29):
so we'll definitely do this fromtime to time when we can and
let everybody know.
So, hey, tune in, keepsupporting subscribe, like share
, and we're also going to bestarting up that app too, the
Sleeper app.
So we'll have a special Pick'emPro Sleeper app where you can
jump in and just compete again.
It's all for fun, not sportsbetting or anything, but we do,
from time to time, pick causesthat we support based on our
(25:52):
picks.
So if you have a cause that youwant us to learn about, let us
know and we'll definitely checkthem out.
All right, man, all right.
All right, we'll get to ournext show.
Hey, let's do it.
Yeah, we got to talk to Kobeman.
Speaker 1 (26:03):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:04):
Yeah, southern wake Academy Next up.
Make sure you check that showout.
That show is out now as well.
All right, until then, toMorris Jordan, we'll be right
(26:27):
back.
Thank you, you.
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