January 10, 2024 • 41 mins
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It's time for the fantasy football guysdropping loads of fantasy football knowledge all up
in your ear drums. Here theyare Lyle con Keel and Kevin Moore,
the fantasy football guys. That's right, where the fantasy football That fantasy football
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guys. Kevin. I'm Lyle,but I cannot believe that the Titans fired
Mike Ravell. I think I can'thorrible move myself. But isn't uh you
know, I mean, isn't thatthis season here that we're in. Yeah,
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I'm just thinking like there there werea couple of coaches that I considered
to be pretty much unfireable, andthat's you thought Rabel was one of them.
I thought Rabel was one of them. You were incorrect, apparently,
So I also thought Pete Carroll wasone of them. Well, Pete Carroll
is going to stay on as anadvisor. Yeah, but you know,
what does that mean exactly? Doesthat mean like he wanted to leave the
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sideline? No? Probably not,but yeah, I mean, dude,
seventy two years old. But like, you know, like Robbie was saying
before, you know, this guy, you know, runs sprints on the
sideline before the game and he worksthe gum so so much he probably has
a jaw of a twenty five yearold. He does, burns eight hundred
calories a game just just working thegum and the officials. Oh yeah,
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so crazy coaching stuff. I mean, we knew, you know, some
of these were going to be ofsome of these coaches and these teams are
going to have openings, like weknew Carolina was obviously they got rid of
Reich early. Not real sure whowould want that gig. We talked about
that a little before about you know, guys had a lot of tempers,
had a lot of coaches over ashort period of time. It's going to
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be somebody looking to break into theNFL or you know, get I don't
think any coach that has another optionwill do that. But as we talked,
there are only thirty two of theseon the planet Earth. Yeah,
right, A head coach job inthe NFL is pretty darn good on your
resume, And if you can stepin there and actually make it work,
then you can be ahead. Youknow, a coach for a long time,
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they will not make it. Theywill not make it work. Got
you, Well, I don't disagreewith that. I mean, obviously,
you know, winning start to thetop and the top is a bit of
a dick to be water. Butyou know what, he's like the richest
or the second richest owner in theleague. So three hundred thousand dollars fine
to that dude is really nothing,not a big deal. It's like a
ticket. It's like me pulling afiver out of my wallely, you know.
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Indeed, so Raiders still have ajob opening. I'm not sure what's
going to happen there. I youknow, I guess Pierce could get the
gig, but he's other teams areasking to talk to him, so we'll
see what happens with that. Butuh, I don't know. Is the
Raiders an attractive job? Do youthink it's in Vegas? I think I'm
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not sure that answers my question togo Yeah, I mean, you know,
I guess, like you said,any NFL city is a good place
to go for the head coach.But I don't know. Not only that,
man, it's a like it's astoried franchise too, the Raiders.
Yeah that's true, you know.I mean, I know that they haven't
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had the success of late that theyhad in the seventies and eighties, and
stuff. But it's I mean,that's you know, that's NFL roots right
now, the Silver and Black.Well, actually it's NFL roots, but
I'm not gonna speaking of NFL roots. Chargers gig has to be one of
the plums for an NFL head coachingprospect. You're in LA. Gotta be
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honest with you. I mean,yeah, for sure, I gotta be
honest with you. I don't know, man, like I would be scared
to go there. I wouldn't saythat it's like a top three at this
point because they have have Justin Herbertand what else do they have? Walking
into a court? Walking into aa top notch quarterback is most of the
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game, really, but the restof the team is like not. I
mean, you know somehow Keenan Allenis still amazing. Yeah, but is
that going to happen? Yeah,both of your your top receivers are twenty
nine and thirty two next year,right Angler's gone. Your running back is
going to be twenty nine. Probablyisn't going to be there. Your backup
running backs have not really been thatgood when they've had to play, and
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you have zero defense. Yeah,both Sadden Mac or high cap figure dude,
so but like I said, youknow this LA. The Spanos family
not known for being the you know, biggest spenders in free agency, et
cetera, and a little bit flakyas we know. But number one,
you're in LA. You're the secondor third most popular football team in Los
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Angeles behind of course the Rams andthe Trojans, right and probably probably the
Raiders still at this point, rightright, and you know, the Bruins
might have a you know, stillbig fan base. So who knows where
the Chargers land. But still youget to live in Los Angeles, be
rich, and you know, theweather's fantastic today right now, the weather's
great in Los Angeles. It isso okay. So Seattle, apparently dan
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Quinn is the hot commodity there.I was watching Colin Coward earlier. They're
talking about you know, he's talkingabout all these defensive coaches. Now,
you know, Belichick probably gone atleast from the sideline. Pete Carroll defensive
coach, Rabel defensive coach. Allthese guys are the defensive coaches getting shown
the door, you know, clearly, and we all know this. It's
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not like it's anything new, butit's an offensive league and all these teams
seem to want to, you know, bring the the young, hot,
you know, innovative offensive mind inand and here Seattle wanted to maybe bring
dan Quinn in, which probably wouldn'tbe a bad idea, but dan Quinn
probably won't be able to resurrect thatoffensive line that Pete Carroll wasn't able to
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fix in the last twenty years.For fourteen years. Yeah, so I
have to imagine it's still a youknow, a pretty desirable gig once everybody
gets past the shock of Carol beingout for sure, the real question is
where's Rabel gon I go? Becausehe's not He's going to be uh hired
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immediately. I think Rabel's going togo wherever the hell Rabel wants to go,
and he knows it. To behonest with you, he's you know
he is. As soon as hisname hit the wire, he was the
hottest commodity on the planet as faras as far as the head coach goes,
I'm sure as soon as that newsbroke, his agent's phone must have
just been ringing. Yeah, Sowho would want the Titans gig? When
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your quarterback is Will Levis? Ishe good enough to attract? So you
have to you have to start allover again, you know. Yeah.
Plus Amy Adams Strunk the owner isis uh you know, she she fires
a GM in the middle of theseason. She brings in a guy who
doesn't necessarily get along with with thevrabel and maybe that's why he's gone.
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So the front office is in abit of a rebuild slash shambles. So
stadium's being rebuilt, the teams beingrebuilt, and at the end of the
day, you're in Tennessee. Yeah, so we know Derek's gone. He
was given a microphone and said goodbye to the mostly empty stands. They
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do have the seventh overall pick,though, so could do worse. Yeah,
I mean, you know, weknow that probably bo Nicks will be
available if you want that, dude, and if you want to trade up.
You know, it's a short stepfrom seven to say three. I
think they probably take defensive line atseven. Depends on who the coach is
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and how much how much influence thatperson has over the GM and last of
the seven so far, maybe aneighth. If the Eagles get blown out
on Monday night, maybe it'll bean eighth opening Uh Commanders so Falcons,
Oh yeah, I forgot about thefalcon that I think is the most attractive
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job. It's got to be oneof them, right, you've got Well,
they still haven't figured out the quarterbacksituation, so that's scary. Yeah,
but what what draft piece do theyhave? Do you have that up?
I think they're in the top ten, right, Well, let me
think they're top Yeah, I thinkthey're like six or seven. Let me
confirm that because they have the wholeoffense around them, they just need the
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quarterback defense is pretty good. Theyhave a decent roster if you can get
they almost made the playoffs with witheighth the eight. Yeah, so we'll
have a shot at one of thosequarterbacks. They might I mean from what
we're seeing in Chicago, they mightbe able to get just In Fields.
Yeah, that's gonna be the draft. That's gonna be where that dude ends
up. Whether it's you know,in Chicago, it's going to push another
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if he if they keep him,Uh, they're gonna it's gonna push you
know, all the quarterbacks back aspot. Well, Chicago's got the number
one pick right via Carolina. Yeah, and then they have the ninth pick.
Uh is it nine or is iteight? Nine? Yeah, all
right. So I mean, sothere will be a quarterback there for him.
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It's not gonna be Caleb Williams.It's not going to be you know,
Daniels. But you know, bowKnicks may be there, Pennix probably
will be there. You know,maybe you want to take a shot at
McCarthy. McCartney from Michigan. Imean, that guy, he was a
lot faster than I thought he was. He took off that one time.
I was like, man, thiskid's got wheels. So anyway, so
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there's gonna be guys out there totake. It's probably too early to take
that dude in the first round atall. But yeah, there's there's some
opportunities out there in Atlanta for sure. Yeah. And and the division is
kind of wide open too, soyeah, a little bit. Yeah,
I think you can go in thereand do some damage. I think that,
you know, all of the teamsare kind of rebuilding in that division,
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and out of all of them,Atlanta's got pieces in place that are
fairly young and you can build on. Yeah. I think they probably do
have the best roster in the division. Yeah, if you if you have
if you have everything but the quarterback, you know, it's puts a little
pressure on you to get the rightguy. But I don't know if they
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have everything. Like how good isDrake London? I don't know yet because
they haven't had a quarterback. Howgood is Coppits on paper? You know,
we've seen, we saw great thingsout of Bijeon and al years still
a good running back. So hegot two running backs, you know,
allegedly good tight end and an allegedlygood wide receiver. Don't forget about John
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who Smith now okay, I'm sorry, You're right, a passable backup tight
end. Yeah, so it's gonnabe interesting to see. You know.
One thing that gets lost in allthis, and you know, try to
touch on this, is that thereare staffs behind each one of these head
coaches that gets blown out and allthose people are now their futures are in
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doubt. You know, the peoplethat were coordinators or highly respected position coaches,
et cetera. Will land somewhere,no doubt. Because it's a small
community. I mean, everybody knowseverybody and knows what everybody's capable of.
But some you know, dudes thatare on the fridge, the fringe,
the you know, assistant strength coach, the you know, the guy who
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loads up the the iPads with theplays from the last series. I mean,
those guys. Who knows what happensto those dudes. You know,
they could be out of the outof the NFL forever. So I guess
it kind of to have to dealwith that and put housing houses on the
market and all that. But Imean that's the that's the gig you sign
up for. Yeah, that's thejob, man. Yeah, it kind
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of sucks. One thing I wasI was looking at. I came across
this, uh this a little bitearlier today, and it's never too early
to think about next year, right, So unrestricted free agents going into the
off season, Kirk Cousins, BakerMayfield. Only two starting quarterbacks this year
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that are actually unrestricted free agents.I mean, Joe Flacco's on the list,
but most of the season he wasnot even in the league, so
you can't really count him. Uh. Allegedly, Minnesota really wants Cousins back,
but they don't have to pay thatdude and the lot. But I
mean, what are the alternatives,you know? Yeah, I mean they
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didn't do poorly enough to bring anotherdude in. Obviously, the Dobbs experiment
didn't work that well. Uh,they're picking at eleven, so they probably
aren't going to get one of theyou know, top tier five dudes.
And allegedly Tampa once Mayfield back,so you know, maybe this fast on
the way he's played, I can'tblame them, especially if they win a
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playoff game, which I fully expectthem to do. Yeah yeah, uh,
and then they'll go to San Franciscoand then it'll be over. But
it is what it is, sowide receiver. So there's a long list
of dudes here that can help teams. T Higgins, I don't know that.
I don't know that he's a youknow, wide receiver one, but
he's a he could be wide receiverone A for sure. It depends on
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the team he goes to. Ithink he very much could be a wide
receiver one. Well, he goesto Denver, Well, Courtland Sutton's pretty
damn good. Still, he's gonnabe twenty nine next year. Who knows
if they keep him the Giants,they could use him. Wandelle Robinson dude,
Uh huh yeah right. Michael PittmanJunior from Indy. That guy overachieved
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this year with question suitable Gardner Minshewquarterback play Mike Evans, who's what thirty
thirty one? Still got his thousandyards and a bunch of touchdowns. There's
some guys still in the tank onthose guys, but you know, I
don't they're long in the tooth.The last two they are Calvin Ridley,
Marquise brown Is Kevin I thought he'ssent a three year deal, says he's
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an unrestricted free agent here, Somaybe there's an out for one of them.
Gave Davis your boy, Robbie MichaelThomas, the slantman is available,
Odell Beckham junior again, Tyler Boyd, who could end up being somebody's second
receiver and do really well. KurtSamuel, same thing. That guy's a
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baller. Chark I don't know.Darnell Mooney, you know, has been
okay, kJ Osbourne. Then westart getting into the Kendrick Bourns and DeMarcus
Robinson's who will land somewhere and catchyou know, thirty five passes to touchdowns
whatever. Running back Saquon Barkley.I have to imagine he's going to get
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the tag, don't you. Theyhave to. They have to, I
mean, they don't have anybody else? Who else are going to throw the
tag on? Yeah? Yeah,I don't see it. They have to
Josh Jacobs out of Vegas him,I think interesting. I think he might
be gone. I don't think they'llI think they're gonna tag him. I
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wouldn't imagine sa Mere White strongs everybodyWoh. We've talked about Eckler. He's
twenty nine and not really running back. He's more of a wide receiver in
the backfield. Derrick Henry's thirty.Yeah, I still think he's got,
you know, a season left inhim, But I don't know anybody's gonna
grab him to be to be theirlead guy. Yeah. I see him
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doing what Dovin Cook did this yearfor a team, but just better,
just just better yet with you know, with hopefully more carries. Dude,
look great this last week against JacksonvilleFresh Yeah. Uh DeAndre Swift, who
knows what Philly's gonna do with him? Maybe the new head coach will want
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to keep them. You think they'regonna have any of that coach? Do
you really think so? If dude, if they lose, you know,
it's it's clear that just watching thatteam that they're not you know, Sirianni
cannot motivate them now. It's clearbecause and the whole coaching staff is not
putting those guys in a position tosucceed. Now, maybe by firing the
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coordinators he can save his gig.That's possible. It happens. Ebraflus has
done it in Chicago, blew outhis coordinators. He was able to keep
his job, So maybe that's whatit'll be. I think the team likes
him, but I just don't thinkthat the message is resonating with the team
anymore. I don't think it is. And it's weird because last year they
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were so good. Yeah, thisyear they have been consistently bad. They
won a bunch of games early onbased on their talent, but they're just
horribly coached. Horribly coached. Yeah, I remember people going, why are
you complaining? They're ten and one. I'm like, they've not looked good
all year. The only reason they'vewon is they've gotten the ball bouncing the
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right way, et cetera. Yeah, Pollard's a going to be a free
agent. I don't think they'll resignhim. I don't think so either,
but they really what are they gonnago with Rico Daubtel, Derrick, Henry
tell God that would suck. AntonioGibson's gonna be loose. JK Dobbins or
the corpse of JK. Dobbins willbe available, Zeke Elliott, Devin Singletary,
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Zach Moss never getting to the dragsguys. Zach Moss did really well
this year. Yeah, Zach actuallydid really well when it was just him.
But I mean, those are thekind of guys that I see Philly
signing if they don't keep swift.Is the dudes that aren't going to be
super expensive. But you know,Zach mos is like twenty four to twenty
five signed him to Is he reallygot that young? Yeah? I think
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so. Yeah, But you know, you signed him to a couple year
deal. He did really well inIndi Indy last year. Sign him in
Singletary. You've got a six milliondollar backfield that could potentially put up a
thousand yards. Yeah. Well,by the way, Rico Dawdle also a
free agent. Oh wow, DaltonSchultze a free agent hunter. Henry Noah
Fan. I'd like to see Fango somewhere that actually uses a tight end.
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Yeah. I think Schultz gets resignedin and they would be silly not
to resign him. Yeah, unlesssomehow Cleveland has or not Cleveland Houston,
I'm looking at Houston has Cleveland's draftpick. If Houston somehow manages to like
draft Brock Powers or something at twentyseven, No, Brock Powers is going
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to be He's going to be gone. He's not going to make it past
the Chargers. Dude, seriously.At five Yeah, that's a little early
for a tight end. But Idon't see him lasting into the twine.
He's he's too much of a beast. Really. Only one piece of news
today, guys, is that MasonRudolph confirmed starter against the Buffalo Bills.
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Got to tell you, though hehadn't looked bad, he has not looked
Rudolphish as we've seen in the past. Rudolphish was not good in a couple
of starts this year. Not awful. I know that's not a ringing endorsement,
uh t. J Watt ruled outfor the wild Card game. Jalen
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Hurt's finger X rays and negative.It was clearly a dislocation. But I
love how he's like flipping off everybodyon the sideline with a distorted looking finger
as well. He should. Allright, boys, let's get into these
games here. It's playoff time.So we just talked football, pick the
games and clap out. Are wedoing a league? Are we going to
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try to find one because NFL dotcom is not doing it. They're not
doing it. Here's what I'll doif a you know, I would love
to play something. Apparently there's thereis somebody said something to for them.
Hold. Yeah, I have noreal interest in investigating and trying to set
up something new, but if alistener wants to do it, I'll jump
into their league. Let's Robbie,you want to coordinate this in the next
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two days. Yeah, please doinvestigate. It was it looks like season
dot com, so Thumper said,it looks like season dot com has something
similar but hasn't checked it out extensively. Are we looking to do something NFL
does a playoff thing, but it'snot the same. Yeah, I'm looking
for like the same sort of thingwhere you pick players each week and it
rolls over. Or we're just tryingto do any sort of playoff thing because
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I ESPN has like a bracket league. You can put a bracket together and
like I said, like marks madnessbut I mean, obviously the time to
do it would have been like lastWednesday to give us a you know,
more than two days to uh toyou know, especially if it's going to
be a money league to collect moneyand all that kind of thing. So
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Rob, if you want to investigateit tonight, we can send something out
tomorrow probably just be freely for thisyear to start, and we'll do a
tryout. You know, we coulddo money. You're gonna you're gonna organize
that, bro, I'm not right. So there you go. It's easy
to make a commitment for somebody else, Bubba. I think you guys should
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do that. I appreciate your uhyour candor so Rob, if you could
see I'm making a commitment for aRobbie right here. So if you could
check that out, Rob, andwe'll throw it out on Discord and Twitter
and stuff like that and see whatwe can find. All right, boys.
The first the first game of theweekend. It's the Saturday four thirty
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game Browns at Texas. It's absolutelywild that this is a game. Yeah,
I know, Brown, I mean, who knew the Texans we're going
to back in and host a playoffgame. But the Browns are our road
favorites by two and a half points. This that comes from Draft Kings Sportsbook.
Two and a half point favorites withan over under of forty four point
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five for this game. Interesting,it's not the it's not the highest over
under of the week, but it'snot the lowest either. So Rob,
you're you're the nube in the group. So you get to choose Browns or
Texans against the spread. So Ihave some questions. I know they didn't
rest questions. The Browns didn't playtheir starters really the last game, but
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I know that Amaro Cooper and ElijahMoore were banged up coming out of Week
seventeen. I think they're both slatedto play. I think the team is
healthy if that is true, andI have not confirmed that, but if
that's true, I am taking theBrowns. Well, you have to make
your pick now. It's not contingenton somebody's health. Okay, Well,
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I'm taking the Browns minus two anda half on the road. I think
they are probably the better team inevery facet of the game. Do you
think Flacco's better than Stroud? Ithink Flacco plays quarterback this right now better
than Stroud does. Yeah, Ithink you're right for what they need him
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to do. He's better at it, all right, And but I am
taking the under. You are goingto take the under forty four, Okay,
I'm going to take the Texans.I'm going to take the home team.
I think they're going to be They'regoing to be on fire. I
think there. I mean the wholething is going to be electric. And
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I think that they're they're well coached, and I think he's going to have
him fired up. I'm going totake Texans in the over. I don't
think it's going to go over.I think it's going to be an under.
And it comes down to one thingfor me right now, and it
might surprise you, but it's JoeFlacco because he's just got that veteran presence
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and he's not going to be rattledby a playoff game. It's not going
to be a big deal to him. He's done this many many times at
the very highest level. I knowhe's not the greatest quarterback they ever play
in the NFL. He what you'resaying, Joe Flacco's elite. He's a
veteran. No, you remember thequestions back in the day, is Joe
fla elite quarterbin. Yeah no,buddy, I mean he was a Super
Bowl MVP, so yeah, youknow, at one time he was the
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highest paid player in the NFL.There was a reason for it, and
I don't disagree with that. ButI think if the Texans were on the
road, I think it would beI think that would be a bigger factor.
But I think the comfort of beingat home in this game is going
to put it closer to the Texansfavorite. Plus I get two and a
half points, so right, Ilove it? All right? Uh,
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the Saturday evening game. And Ithink this game is only available on the
Peacock network. You can you can'tdo that, Peacock. You can't watch
this on broadcast television. I knowone of these games is in there.
So it's this is presented by Peacock. There you go. So Dolphins the
Chiefs, Chiefs giving up four ina hook? Rob is it four?
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What? I'm looking at the three? But I went off draft King sports
book. I'm going first again.Well we're just kind of round robbin this.
I mean, the Chiefs have notlooked would you would you like somebody
else to go first? I justwanted to confirm what we were doing.
Well, I did ask you,so, yeah, I didn't know if
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you're talking to the other rockey.Yeah, Chiefs have not really looked good.
Have they looked good in any gamethis year? Or should I say
have they looked like? Have theylooked like? Yeah, that's what I'm
thinking. Have they looked like theChiefs of the past? They've not.
The offense has none. So Iknow we're not talking about college here.
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But I just got a text fromsomeone that said Nick Saban is retiring.
Oh good god, what a week? What a week? Don't know if
that's true. I did not seeit on a news site, but someone
texted it to me. But there'ssomething for while I while I'm going,
you can look that. Is thata good source or is that Kyle?
Uh No, it's a looseidnews dotcom says Nick Saban retireds as Alabama football
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coach. Wow, what is goingon this week? I don't know.
Well, you heard it here almostlive, because you're probably not listening right
now. But yeah, the onlypeople listening are two years old. He's
seventy two years old. I getit. Yeah, maybe Pete Carroll will
go down there and coach Bama.Maybe Saban comes to the Birds. Oh
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god, no, I don't think. I don't think. I remember making
in the NFL. I remember Sabanat Miami wasn't good. Speaking of Miami,
I think that minus four and ahalf it'd be harder to do.
But I think Miami wins the game. But I think the Chiefs make it
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close enough that the Chiefs cover.So who you who to take Kansas City
plus four and a half? Whatwas the over case? Mine is four
and a half? You're giving fourand a half points. Oh, I
read this wrong. I've been definitelytaking the Dolphins. Okay, do you
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do you know point spreads work?Bro Yeah, the site that I'm looking
at, they're on two different lines. Anyway, that way that other site
is giving points to the Dolphins.No, are you giving points to the
chief giving points to the Chiefs?But I just I read it back.
Would it make more Would it makeyou more comfortable if we did money line?
No? Okay, I wasn't goingto do it. I just wanted
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to overrunders forty four. I willtake the over all the way, does
this whole playoff weekend seem a littlescripted to you? Guys a little bit.
So you got the Browns and theTexans, Right, Browns took d
Watt from the Deshaun Watson from theTexans. Then you got the Dolphins,
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Chiefs the Tyreek Hill thing. Right, you got the Packers and the Cowboys
current Cowboys coach, former Packers coach, the Matt Stafford going back to Detroit.
Deal. I don't know, itseems it seems like it's yeah,
a little too package. Yeah,you know, a little bit, all
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right, So I'm gonna take thegot It's it's hard to bet against.
It's hard to bet against the Chiefs. But if moster it's back and healthy
and Waddle is back in healthy,I just don't think there's enough speed on
the Chiefs to to contend. AndI'm getting points too. I'm taking the
Dolphins. And yeah, it's it'snot like your field goal at the end
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is gonna you know, win orlose it for me. So I'm taking
the over also, fair enough,Kevin, Yeah, right, So you
guys seem to forget, Like justa few weeks ago in November, these
two teams played. Both of thoseguys you mentioned were healthy and they were
in the game. This game wasalso at Kansas City and the Dolphins lost.
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Sure, you know, Pat mahomesfor me at home. Forget about
it. I'm taking Pat. Ithink they win. I think it's it
under. I think it's a similargame like it was last time, twenty
one to fourteen. It's probably goingto be colder probably this year this week.
All right, so I'll go.I'll go first this time. Rob.
I don't want to put you onthe hot seat each time. I
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appreciate that. Plus, it's gonnabe pretty easy. Yeah, the Bills
are giving up ten ten points ina playoff game. Yeah, I'm still
taking the Bills at home and youover unders thirty six. I'm actually gonna
take the under in this one.Steelers have a decent enough defense and I
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don't think they're going to let itbe a runaway. So yeah, I'm
laying ten points on freakin' Josh Allen. So come on, Josh, let's
do it baby, All right lyleI'll go next. The Steelers have a
lop side of defense. They're muchbetter against the run than they are the
past. They're actually twenty fifth againstthe pass. TJ. Watson and what's
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that? And t J. Watsonplaying. And the thing is, the
Bills are top ten in every category. They have the fourth best offense,
they have ninth best defense, theeighth best passing game, seventh best rushing
game. They are a complete NFLteam. I know they had a bumpy
road to get here, but they'reback and they're playing at a high level.
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They're definitely gonna win. They're definitelygonna win by ten, and it's
gonna go over. They're gonna blowthe Steelers out. I think, Yeah,
Well, Vegas seems to think so. Yeah. I agree. I
haven't kept track of the past coupleof leaks, but I think over the
past three years, when the Billshave a spread ten or more points,
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they cover like eighty nine percent endof the time. Is that real?
Is that true? Are you justmaking up numbers? Well? I mean,
how often are you going to havea ten plus spread? And when
you do it's against a team it'sbad. Yeah, they have a dynamic
offense, I guess enough to makeit. You know, eighty nine is
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supposed to just like eighty percent,you know. Yeah, Like they they've
only not covered like four times inthe past three years when they have a
spread ten or more points. Howmany times does that happen for it to
be dude? A lot? Likethree years ago, I think the Bills
only had well, they played theJets twice a year or so. Yeah,
well they played the Jets twice ayear, and then they played the
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Dolphins when they were bad, andthen they were played the Patriots right after
Tom left. That's true. Theyhad like, I think only three or
four games that they didn't have likea nine plus spread. So I'm taking
the Bills. I'm taking the over. I think the Bills could work the
over by themselves. Really, youthink they're going to score thirty six just
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by themselves? Absolutely, they couldall right at home? Yeah, I
got yeah, all right, soall by himself. Yeah, that's right.
Why I'll go first on Packers andCowboys. Please, Cowboys favored by
seven and a half over under hisfifty point five. I think it's gonna
stay under fifty. That's kind ofa lot. The Cowboys are gonna blow
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them out. They're gonna do whatthey do to bad teams, and they're
gonna blow out. The Packers arean average team, and the Cowboys have
the fifth best offense in the NFL, and they're gonna they're gonna smell them,
all right, Rob, I dothink the Cowboys are gonna win,
but I think it's gonna be closerthan we think. It's gonna be closer
than seven and a half points.I think I think the Packers are still
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gonna be able to cover, allright, And I'm going to take the
under. Fifty points is a lot. Yeah, that's what I said.
I I can't bet the Cowboys ifit was if it was under seven point,
it was six and a half points, I might go. I might
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go with the Cowboys here, butI can take the Packers and I'm gonna
take the over. It's being contrariant. Well, you know, guy's got
to break out from the pack somehow. Boys, All right, Robbie got
Rams at Lions. Lions giving upthree to the Rams over under fifty one
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and a half highest point total ofthe week. I think this is probably
the hardest game to figure. Iagree, which is weird because you got
the number seven seed or with numbersix seed going to the number three seed,
But figure it'd be easier. Yeah, But my gut's telling me the
Rams aren't great, but they reallyare. And I don't know this one.
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I think he's gonna end up beingreal close. But I think I'm
gonna take the Rams. I thinkDetroit, if they're going to win,
it's going to be at the lastsecond with a field goal to go up
by one or score to go upby one. Okay, I do think
this is going to be under though, I mean fifty one. Like again,
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it's a lot, but twenty sixto twenty five, yeah, both
of these teams could definitely do that. I'm gonna I'm gonna stay under.
I'm gonna standard the Rams in theunder, all right, I'm going to
take the Lions at home. Ithink I think the you know, this
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is a really obviously a tight game, but I think I'm gonna just take
the home team in the playoffs,and I'm going to take the under as
well. And so that's a lotof points for because I think that,
you know, for the Lions towin it, they're gonna have to run
the ball, and we all knowthat that shows up clock. So they
would be foolish to to try toget a shootout with with staff right here.
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So and I'd love the Lions towin. Like, my dream super
Bowl matchup is Browns Lion. Oh, that'd be fantastic, would be so
good. Shit, NFL, I'llnever let that happen. Nobody watch it.
That's true. So this game ispretty hard to figure. I agree
with you, Kevin. I thinkI'm just going to take the home team
here. I really want the Lionsto win this game, just for their
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franchise. Here's the thing, though, The most Lions thing in the world
to do would be to lose thisgame. Yeah, it would be,
and hopefully hopefully it's a different Lionsteam like the Browns and the Lions are
in the playoffs fellas for God's sake. Yeah, but let's not. They're
still the Lions anyway. But thething is, you have the seventh best
offense and the third best offense inthe NFL going head to head, and
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these defenses are mid af Rams defenseis twentieth, Lions defense is nineteenth.
I'm taking the over, guys.I think this should easily be thirty five
to twenty five. Nice, allright, So who's up for the Eagles?
Bucks? Who wants to do thatone first? I'll go first.
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We can just skip this one,all right, go ahead, Lyle.
The Eagles giving three on the road, and Eagles favored by three over under
forty four. I'm gonna take theBucks and the under. There is no
way, no way the Eagles winthis game playing the way that they've played
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over the last six weeks. Noway, and I have no reason to
believe that they will change at all. Yeah, unless they've been sandbagging for
sixteen I'd love to be pleasantly surprised. I would love to be totally wrong
about this. I'd be surprised ifthe Eagles scores seventeen points in this game.
Their offense is that bad. Yeah, and they're missing their areab be
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their best player, hey j Yeah, I don't think he's going to be
in there. He ruptured as ACLso yeah, so you know it.
It doesn't look good. The Buckshave a really good defense too. It's
not like we're going to be playingagainst like a Paddy K team. They're
they're good. So I think theBucks the Bucks. I think if the
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Bucks were minus three, I wouldstill take the Bucks. Uh, I
would too, But I do thinkit will be under. So you're gonna
take You can take the Bucks,Bucks and the under. Yeah, yeah,
I just don't think the Eagles canscore any points I don't think they
can do anything. Is there anyreason the Bucks wouldn't blitz every down?
I mean they kind of do thatanyway. Yeah, so you know,
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yeah, I have no reason tobelieve that Jalen will be upside or have
any time or have anybody open.Their offense is so predictable in anemic.
The only reason that I'm going togive the three and take the Eagles here
is the fact that the Bucks couldonly get three field goals against the Panthers.
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Yeah. So the thing is ifthe Giants couldn't score against the Panthers
either, and look what they didto the Eagles, understood. So I'm
going to take the Eagles. I'mgonna take the over. Just trying to
throw some positive energy out there,fellas. No, I want them to
lose. Well, if that means, you know it, we'll get some
some major changes in the coaching staff. Fine, gotta happen, man got
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to happen. I agree, Sowe've got you know we did. We
didn't all go the same way.We split. We only were complete on
the bills, and I think that'sthe way it should be. But I
went, didn't I go opposite onthe over under in that one. Yes,
you you you, Oh well youand Robbie were over in that game.
I went opposite. I'm on theunder. So uh yeah. You
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know, if you guys are listeners, want to post their their own picks
on these games the way we didit in Discord, we can compare next
week and see what happens. So, uh is that it? I guess
that's it? Right? You know? I mean? Is that is that
the show those beat them games?Bitch is enjoy playoffs? How about that?
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Like playoff foot? This season justwent boom gone. Oh god,
I'm so happy it's over. It'sbeen a rough ride. I can't.
I can't watch these Eagles anymore.Man, It's just it's too much.
It's too much from blood pressure.You're right now, I'm like, go
Brown's go Lions, you know whatI mean? Because the thing is,
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if the Eagles somehow do manage toget past the Bucks, they're not gonna
win next week. You know that'syou know, it's it's over. Get
to watch a televised beating next week. I do. It's more than possible
we're gonna watch a televised beating Mondaynight. Yeah. I don't wanna watch
too. It's true watching them allseason. Yeah, ah, it's rough.
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Of course. The people I knowwho are Cowboy I'm sure Angie's like,
let's talk to Kevin and viol andRobbie. People are like, yeah,
you guys still fly high. Yeah, they shut up and they lose
the Packers this week. Oh,that would be fantastic. That would be
fantastic. You know. At thispoint, I'm just rooting against the Cowboys.
I don't care who wins it.It's not gonna be the burnt championship
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games they could. I don't thinkanybody can get past I don't think so,
especially since it's going to be inFrisco. But I also think the
Cowboys are a better team now thanthe one that lost to Frisco earlier in
the season. I don't. Idon't agree with that. Yeah, I
think they should have lost the Lions. They should have lost to uh the
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Charge. They did lose to theLions. They did, and the Lions
don't. Everybody knows that. Theonly people that go well the referee.
The only Cowboys rematch coming up.I would love to see that rematch again.
Yeah, all right, boys,enjoy your weekends. People out there
and listener land, you know,all six of you. Please enjoy weekend
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as well. We'll be back nextweek with the divisional round. Until then,
Lyle loves you and he means it. I like you, my friend,
and Robbie, who knows what's goingon with that dude? All right,
So I'm just here so I don'tbe fine, so
It's time for the fantasy football guysdropping loads of fantasy football knowledge all up
in your ear drums. Here theyare Lyle con Keel and Kevin Moore,
the fantasy football guys. That's right, where the fantasy football That fantasy football
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guys. Kevin. I'm Lyle,but I cannot believe that the Titans fired
Mike Ravell. I think I can'thorrible move myself. But isn't uh you
know, I mean, isn't thatthis season here that we're in. Yeah,
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I'm just thinking like there there werea couple of coaches that I considered
to be pretty much unfireable, andthat's you thought Rabel was one of them.
I thought Rabel was one of them. You were incorrect, apparently,
So I also thought Pete Carroll wasone of them. Well, Pete Carroll
is going to stay on as anadvisor. Yeah, but you know,
what does that mean exactly? Doesthat mean like he wanted to leave the
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sideline? No? Probably not,but yeah, I mean, dude,
seventy two years old. But like, you know, like Robbie was saying
before, you know, this guy, you know, runs sprints on the
sideline before the game and he worksthe gum so so much he probably has
a jaw of a twenty five yearold. He does, burns eight hundred
calories a game just just working thegum and the officials. Oh yeah,
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so crazy coaching stuff. I mean, we knew, you know, some
of these were going to be ofsome of these coaches and these teams are
going to have openings, like weknew Carolina was obviously they got rid of
Reich early. Not real sure whowould want that gig. We talked about
that a little before about you know, guys had a lot of tempers,
had a lot of coaches over ashort period of time. It's going to
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be somebody looking to break into theNFL or you know, get I don't
think any coach that has another optionwill do that. But as we talked,
there are only thirty two of theseon the planet Earth. Yeah,
right, A head coach job inthe NFL is pretty darn good on your
resume, And if you can stepin there and actually make it work,
then you can be ahead. Youknow, a coach for a long time,
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they will not make it. Theywill not make it work. Got
you, Well, I don't disagreewith that. I mean, obviously,
you know, winning start to thetop and the top is a bit of
a dick to be water. Butyou know what, he's like the richest
or the second richest owner in theleague. So three hundred thousand dollars fine
to that dude is really nothing,not a big deal. It's like a
ticket. It's like me pulling afiver out of my wallely, you know.
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Indeed, so Raiders still have ajob opening. I'm not sure what's
going to happen there. I youknow, I guess Pierce could get the
gig, but he's other teams areasking to talk to him, so we'll
see what happens with that. Butuh, I don't know. Is the
Raiders an attractive job? Do youthink it's in Vegas? I think I'm
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not sure that answers my question togo Yeah, I mean, you know,
I guess, like you said,any NFL city is a good place
to go for the head coach.But I don't know. Not only that,
man, it's a like it's astoried franchise too, the Raiders.
Yeah that's true, you know.I mean, I know that they haven't
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had the success of late that theyhad in the seventies and eighties, and
stuff. But it's I mean,that's you know, that's NFL roots right
now, the Silver and Black.Well, actually it's NFL roots, but
I'm not gonna speaking of NFL roots. Chargers gig has to be one of
the plums for an NFL head coachingprospect. You're in LA. Gotta be
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honest with you. I mean,yeah, for sure, I gotta be
honest with you. I don't know, man, like I would be scared
to go there. I wouldn't saythat it's like a top three at this
point because they have have Justin Herbertand what else do they have? Walking
into a court? Walking into aa top notch quarterback is most of the
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game, really, but the restof the team is like not. I
mean, you know somehow Keenan Allenis still amazing. Yeah, but is
that going to happen? Yeah,both of your your top receivers are twenty
nine and thirty two next year,right Angler's gone. Your running back is
going to be twenty nine. Probablyisn't going to be there. Your backup
running backs have not really been thatgood when they've had to play, and
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you have zero defense. Yeah,both Sadden Mac or high cap figure dude,
so but like I said, youknow this LA. The Spanos family
not known for being the you know, biggest spenders in free agency, et
cetera, and a little bit flakyas we know. But number one,
you're in LA. You're the secondor third most popular football team in Los
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Angeles behind of course the Rams andthe Trojans, right and probably probably the
Raiders still at this point, rightright, and you know, the Bruins
might have a you know, stillbig fan base. So who knows where
the Chargers land. But still youget to live in Los Angeles, be
rich, and you know, theweather's fantastic today right now, the weather's
great in Los Angeles. It isso okay. So Seattle, apparently dan
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Quinn is the hot commodity there.I was watching Colin Coward earlier. They're
talking about you know, he's talkingabout all these defensive coaches. Now,
you know, Belichick probably gone atleast from the sideline. Pete Carroll defensive
coach, Rabel defensive coach. Allthese guys are the defensive coaches getting shown
the door, you know, clearly, and we all know this. It's
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not like it's anything new, butit's an offensive league and all these teams
seem to want to, you know, bring the the young, hot,
you know, innovative offensive mind inand and here Seattle wanted to maybe bring
dan Quinn in, which probably wouldn'tbe a bad idea, but dan Quinn
probably won't be able to resurrect thatoffensive line that Pete Carroll wasn't able to
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fix in the last twenty years.For fourteen years. Yeah, so I
have to imagine it's still a youknow, a pretty desirable gig once everybody
gets past the shock of Carol beingout for sure, the real question is
where's Rabel gon I go? Becausehe's not He's going to be uh hired
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immediately. I think Rabel's going togo wherever the hell Rabel wants to go,
and he knows it. To behonest with you, he's you know
he is. As soon as hisname hit the wire, he was the
hottest commodity on the planet as faras as far as the head coach goes,
I'm sure as soon as that newsbroke, his agent's phone must have
just been ringing. Yeah, Sowho would want the Titans gig? When
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your quarterback is Will Levis? Ishe good enough to attract? So you
have to you have to start allover again, you know. Yeah.
Plus Amy Adams Strunk the owner isis uh you know, she she fires
a GM in the middle of theseason. She brings in a guy who
doesn't necessarily get along with with thevrabel and maybe that's why he's gone.
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So the front office is in abit of a rebuild slash shambles. So
stadium's being rebuilt, the teams beingrebuilt, and at the end of the
day, you're in Tennessee. Yeah, so we know Derek's gone. He
was given a microphone and said goodbye to the mostly empty stands. They
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do have the seventh overall pick,though, so could do worse. Yeah,
I mean, you know, weknow that probably bo Nicks will be
available if you want that, dude, and if you want to trade up.
You know, it's a short stepfrom seven to say three. I
think they probably take defensive line atseven. Depends on who the coach is
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and how much how much influence thatperson has over the GM and last of
the seven so far, maybe aneighth. If the Eagles get blown out
on Monday night, maybe it'll bean eighth opening Uh Commanders so Falcons,
Oh yeah, I forgot about thefalcon that I think is the most attractive
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job. It's got to be oneof them, right, you've got Well,
they still haven't figured out the quarterbacksituation, so that's scary. Yeah,
but what what draft piece do theyhave? Do you have that up?
I think they're in the top ten, right, Well, let me
think they're top Yeah, I thinkthey're like six or seven. Let me
confirm that because they have the wholeoffense around them, they just need the
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quarterback defense is pretty good. Theyhave a decent roster if you can get
they almost made the playoffs with witheighth the eight. Yeah, so we'll
have a shot at one of thosequarterbacks. They might I mean from what
we're seeing in Chicago, they mightbe able to get just In Fields.
Yeah, that's gonna be the draft. That's gonna be where that dude ends
up. Whether it's you know,in Chicago, it's going to push another
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if he if they keep him,Uh, they're gonna it's gonna push you
know, all the quarterbacks back aspot. Well, Chicago's got the number
one pick right via Carolina. Yeah, and then they have the ninth pick.
Uh is it nine or is iteight? Nine? Yeah, all
right. So I mean, sothere will be a quarterback there for him.
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It's not gonna be Caleb Williams.It's not going to be you know,
Daniels. But you know, bowKnicks may be there, Pennix probably
will be there. You know,maybe you want to take a shot at
McCarthy. McCartney from Michigan. Imean, that guy, he was a
lot faster than I thought he was. He took off that one time.
I was like, man, thiskid's got wheels. So anyway, so
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there's gonna be guys out there totake. It's probably too early to take
that dude in the first round atall. But yeah, there's there's some
opportunities out there in Atlanta for sure. Yeah. And and the division is
kind of wide open too, soyeah, a little bit. Yeah,
I think you can go in thereand do some damage. I think that,
you know, all of the teamsare kind of rebuilding in that division,
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and out of all of them,Atlanta's got pieces in place that are
fairly young and you can build on. Yeah. I think they probably do
have the best roster in the division. Yeah, if you if you have
if you have everything but the quarterback, you know, it's puts a little
pressure on you to get the rightguy. But I don't know if they
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have everything. Like how good isDrake London? I don't know yet because
they haven't had a quarterback. Howgood is Coppits on paper? You know,
we've seen, we saw great thingsout of Bijeon and al years still
a good running back. So hegot two running backs, you know,
allegedly good tight end and an allegedlygood wide receiver. Don't forget about John
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who Smith now okay, I'm sorry, You're right, a passable backup tight
end. Yeah, so it's gonnabe interesting to see. You know.
One thing that gets lost in allthis, and you know, try to
touch on this, is that thereare staffs behind each one of these head
coaches that gets blown out and allthose people are now their futures are in
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doubt. You know, the peoplethat were coordinators or highly respected position coaches,
et cetera. Will land somewhere,no doubt. Because it's a small
community. I mean, everybody knowseverybody and knows what everybody's capable of.
But some you know, dudes thatare on the fridge, the fringe,
the you know, assistant strength coach, the you know, the guy who
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loads up the the iPads with theplays from the last series. I mean,
those guys. Who knows what happensto those dudes. You know,
they could be out of the outof the NFL forever. So I guess
it kind of to have to dealwith that and put housing houses on the
market and all that. But Imean that's the that's the gig you sign
up for. Yeah, that's thejob, man. Yeah, it kind
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of sucks. One thing I wasI was looking at. I came across
this, uh this a little bitearlier today, and it's never too early
to think about next year, right, So unrestricted free agents going into the
off season, Kirk Cousins, BakerMayfield. Only two starting quarterbacks this year
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that are actually unrestricted free agents.I mean, Joe Flacco's on the list,
but most of the season he wasnot even in the league, so
you can't really count him. Uh. Allegedly, Minnesota really wants Cousins back,
but they don't have to pay thatdude and the lot. But I
mean, what are the alternatives,you know? Yeah, I mean they
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didn't do poorly enough to bring anotherdude in. Obviously, the Dobbs experiment
didn't work that well. Uh,they're picking at eleven, so they probably
aren't going to get one of theyou know, top tier five dudes.
And allegedly Tampa once Mayfield back,so you know, maybe this fast on
the way he's played, I can'tblame them, especially if they win a
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playoff game, which I fully expectthem to do. Yeah yeah, uh,
and then they'll go to San Franciscoand then it'll be over. But
it is what it is, sowide receiver. So there's a long list
of dudes here that can help teams. T Higgins, I don't know that.
I don't know that he's a youknow, wide receiver one, but
he's a he could be wide receiverone A for sure. It depends on
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the team he goes to. Ithink he very much could be a wide
receiver one. Well, he goesto Denver, Well, Courtland Sutton's pretty
damn good. Still, he's gonnabe twenty nine next year. Who knows
if they keep him the Giants,they could use him. Wandelle Robinson dude,
Uh huh yeah right. Michael PittmanJunior from Indy. That guy overachieved
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this year with question suitable Gardner Minshewquarterback play Mike Evans, who's what thirty
thirty one? Still got his thousandyards and a bunch of touchdowns. There's
some guys still in the tank onthose guys, but you know, I
don't they're long in the tooth.The last two they are Calvin Ridley,
Marquise brown Is Kevin I thought he'ssent a three year deal, says he's
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an unrestricted free agent here, Somaybe there's an out for one of them.
Gave Davis your boy, Robbie MichaelThomas, the slantman is available,
Odell Beckham junior again, Tyler Boyd, who could end up being somebody's second
receiver and do really well. KurtSamuel, same thing. That guy's a
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baller. Chark I don't know.Darnell Mooney, you know, has been
okay, kJ Osbourne. Then westart getting into the Kendrick Bourns and DeMarcus
Robinson's who will land somewhere and catchyou know, thirty five passes to touchdowns
whatever. Running back Saquon Barkley.I have to imagine he's going to get
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the tag, don't you. Theyhave to. They have to, I
mean, they don't have anybody else? Who else are going to throw the
tag on? Yeah? Yeah,I don't see it. They have to
Josh Jacobs out of Vegas him,I think interesting. I think he might
be gone. I don't think they'llI think they're gonna tag him. I
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wouldn't imagine sa Mere White strongs everybodyWoh. We've talked about Eckler. He's
twenty nine and not really running back. He's more of a wide receiver in
the backfield. Derrick Henry's thirty.Yeah, I still think he's got,
you know, a season left inhim, But I don't know anybody's gonna
grab him to be to be theirlead guy. Yeah. I see him
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doing what Dovin Cook did this yearfor a team, but just better,
just just better yet with you know, with hopefully more carries. Dude,
look great this last week against JacksonvilleFresh Yeah. Uh DeAndre Swift, who
knows what Philly's gonna do with him? Maybe the new head coach will want
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to keep them. You think they'regonna have any of that coach? Do
you really think so? If dude, if they lose, you know,
it's it's clear that just watching thatteam that they're not you know, Sirianni
cannot motivate them now. It's clearbecause and the whole coaching staff is not
putting those guys in a position tosucceed. Now, maybe by firing the
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coordinators he can save his gig.That's possible. It happens. Ebraflus has
done it in Chicago, blew outhis coordinators. He was able to keep
his job, So maybe that's whatit'll be. I think the team likes
him, but I just don't thinkthat the message is resonating with the team
anymore. I don't think it is. And it's weird because last year they
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were so good. Yeah, thisyear they have been consistently bad. They
won a bunch of games early onbased on their talent, but they're just
horribly coached. Horribly coached. Yeah, I remember people going, why are
you complaining? They're ten and one. I'm like, they've not looked good
all year. The only reason they'vewon is they've gotten the ball bouncing the
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right way, et cetera. Yeah, Pollard's a going to be a free
agent. I don't think they'll resignhim. I don't think so either,
but they really what are they gonnago with Rico Daubtel, Derrick, Henry
tell God that would suck. AntonioGibson's gonna be loose. JK Dobbins or
the corpse of JK. Dobbins willbe available, Zeke Elliott, Devin Singletary,
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Zach Moss never getting to the dragsguys. Zach Moss did really well
this year. Yeah, Zach actuallydid really well when it was just him.
But I mean, those are thekind of guys that I see Philly
signing if they don't keep swift.Is the dudes that aren't going to be
super expensive. But you know,Zach mos is like twenty four to twenty
five signed him to Is he reallygot that young? Yeah? I think
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so. Yeah, But you know, you signed him to a couple year
deal. He did really well inIndi Indy last year. Sign him in
Singletary. You've got a six milliondollar backfield that could potentially put up a
thousand yards. Yeah. Well,by the way, Rico Dawdle also a
free agent. Oh wow, DaltonSchultze a free agent hunter. Henry Noah
Fan. I'd like to see Fango somewhere that actually uses a tight end.
(18:26):
Yeah. I think Schultz gets resignedin and they would be silly not
to resign him. Yeah, unlesssomehow Cleveland has or not Cleveland Houston,
I'm looking at Houston has Cleveland's draftpick. If Houston somehow manages to like
draft Brock Powers or something at twentyseven, No, Brock Powers is going
(18:48):
to be He's going to be gone. He's not going to make it past
the Chargers. Dude, seriously.At five Yeah, that's a little early
for a tight end. But Idon't see him lasting into the twine.
He's he's too much of a beast. Really. Only one piece of news
today, guys, is that MasonRudolph confirmed starter against the Buffalo Bills.
(19:11):
Got to tell you, though hehadn't looked bad, he has not looked
Rudolphish as we've seen in the past. Rudolphish was not good in a couple
of starts this year. Not awful. I know that's not a ringing endorsement,
uh t. J Watt ruled outfor the wild Card game. Jalen
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Hurt's finger X rays and negative.It was clearly a dislocation. But I
love how he's like flipping off everybodyon the sideline with a distorted looking finger
as well. He should. Allright, boys, let's get into these
games here. It's playoff time.So we just talked football, pick the
games and clap out. Are wedoing a league? Are we going to
(19:56):
try to find one because NFL dotcom is not doing it. They're not
doing it. Here's what I'll doif a you know, I would love
to play something. Apparently there's thereis somebody said something to for them.
Hold. Yeah, I have noreal interest in investigating and trying to set
up something new, but if alistener wants to do it, I'll jump
into their league. Let's Robbie,you want to coordinate this in the next
(20:18):
two days. Yeah, please doinvestigate. It was it looks like season
dot com, so Thumper said,it looks like season dot com has something
similar but hasn't checked it out extensively. Are we looking to do something NFL
does a playoff thing, but it'snot the same. Yeah, I'm looking
for like the same sort of thingwhere you pick players each week and it
rolls over. Or we're just tryingto do any sort of playoff thing because
(20:40):
I ESPN has like a bracket league. You can put a bracket together and
like I said, like marks madnessbut I mean, obviously the time to
do it would have been like lastWednesday to give us a you know,
more than two days to uh toyou know, especially if it's going to
be a money league to collect moneyand all that kind of thing. So
(21:00):
Rob, if you want to investigateit tonight, we can send something out
tomorrow probably just be freely for thisyear to start, and we'll do a
tryout. You know, we coulddo money. You're gonna you're gonna organize
that, bro, I'm not right. So there you go. It's easy
to make a commitment for somebody else, Bubba. I think you guys should
(21:22):
do that. I appreciate your uhyour candor so Rob, if you could
see I'm making a commitment for aRobbie right here. So if you could
check that out, Rob, andwe'll throw it out on Discord and Twitter
and stuff like that and see whatwe can find. All right, boys.
The first the first game of theweekend. It's the Saturday four thirty
(21:44):
game Browns at Texas. It's absolutelywild that this is a game. Yeah,
I know, Brown, I mean, who knew the Texans we're going
to back in and host a playoffgame. But the Browns are our road
favorites by two and a half points. This that comes from Draft Kings Sportsbook.
Two and a half point favorites withan over under of forty four point
(22:07):
five for this game. Interesting,it's not the it's not the highest over
under of the week, but it'snot the lowest either. So Rob,
you're you're the nube in the group. So you get to choose Browns or
Texans against the spread. So Ihave some questions. I know they didn't
rest questions. The Browns didn't playtheir starters really the last game, but
(22:30):
I know that Amaro Cooper and ElijahMoore were banged up coming out of Week
seventeen. I think they're both slatedto play. I think the team is
healthy if that is true, andI have not confirmed that, but if
that's true, I am taking theBrowns. Well, you have to make
your pick now. It's not contingenton somebody's health. Okay, Well,
(22:52):
I'm taking the Browns minus two anda half on the road. I think
they are probably the better team inevery facet of the game. Do you
think Flacco's better than Stroud? Ithink Flacco plays quarterback this right now better
than Stroud does. Yeah, Ithink you're right for what they need him
(23:15):
to do. He's better at it, all right, And but I am
taking the under. You are goingto take the under forty four, Okay,
I'm going to take the Texans.I'm going to take the home team.
I think they're going to be They'regoing to be on fire. I
think there. I mean the wholething is going to be electric. And
(23:37):
I think that they're they're well coached, and I think he's going to have
him fired up. I'm going totake Texans in the over. I don't
think it's going to go over.I think it's going to be an under.
And it comes down to one thingfor me right now, and it
might surprise you, but it's JoeFlacco because he's just got that veteran presence
(24:00):
and he's not going to be rattledby a playoff game. It's not going
to be a big deal to him. He's done this many many times at
the very highest level. I knowhe's not the greatest quarterback they ever play
in the NFL. He what you'resaying, Joe Flacco's elite. He's a
veteran. No, you remember thequestions back in the day, is Joe
fla elite quarterbin. Yeah no,buddy, I mean he was a Super
Bowl MVP, so yeah, youknow, at one time he was the
(24:22):
highest paid player in the NFL.There was a reason for it, and
I don't disagree with that. ButI think if the Texans were on the
road, I think it would beI think that would be a bigger factor.
But I think the comfort of beingat home in this game is going
to put it closer to the Texansfavorite. Plus I get two and a
half points, so right, Ilove it? All right? Uh,
(24:44):
the Saturday evening game. And Ithink this game is only available on the
Peacock network. You can you can'tdo that, Peacock. You can't watch
this on broadcast television. I knowone of these games is in there.
So it's this is presented by Peacock. There you go. So Dolphins the
Chiefs, Chiefs giving up four ina hook? Rob is it four?
(25:06):
What? I'm looking at the three? But I went off draft King sports
book. I'm going first again.Well we're just kind of round robbin this.
I mean, the Chiefs have notlooked would you would you like somebody
else to go first? I justwanted to confirm what we were doing.
Well, I did ask you,so, yeah, I didn't know if
(25:27):
you're talking to the other rockey.Yeah, Chiefs have not really looked good.
Have they looked good in any gamethis year? Or should I say
have they looked like? Have theylooked like? Yeah, that's what I'm
thinking. Have they looked like theChiefs of the past? They've not.
The offense has none. So Iknow we're not talking about college here.
(25:48):
But I just got a text fromsomeone that said Nick Saban is retiring.
Oh good god, what a week? What a week? Don't know if
that's true. I did not seeit on a news site, but someone
texted it to me. But there'ssomething for while I while I'm going,
you can look that. Is thata good source or is that Kyle?
Uh No, it's a looseidnews dotcom says Nick Saban retireds as Alabama football
(26:11):
coach. Wow, what is goingon this week? I don't know.
Well, you heard it here almostlive, because you're probably not listening right
now. But yeah, the onlypeople listening are two years old. He's
seventy two years old. I getit. Yeah, maybe Pete Carroll will
go down there and coach Bama.Maybe Saban comes to the Birds. Oh
(26:34):
god, no, I don't think. I don't think. I remember making
in the NFL. I remember Sabanat Miami wasn't good. Speaking of Miami,
I think that minus four and ahalf it'd be harder to do.
But I think Miami wins the game. But I think the Chiefs make it
(26:57):
close enough that the Chiefs cover.So who you who to take Kansas City
plus four and a half? Whatwas the over case? Mine is four
and a half? You're giving fourand a half points. Oh, I
read this wrong. I've been definitelytaking the Dolphins. Okay, do you
(27:18):
do you know point spreads work?Bro Yeah, the site that I'm looking
at, they're on two different lines. Anyway, that way that other site
is giving points to the Dolphins.No, are you giving points to the
chief giving points to the Chiefs?But I just I read it back.
Would it make more Would it makeyou more comfortable if we did money line?
No? Okay, I wasn't goingto do it. I just wanted
(27:40):
to overrunders forty four. I willtake the over all the way, does
this whole playoff weekend seem a littlescripted to you? Guys a little bit.
So you got the Browns and theTexans, Right, Browns took d
Watt from the Deshaun Watson from theTexans. Then you got the Dolphins,
(28:03):
Chiefs the Tyreek Hill thing. Right, you got the Packers and the Cowboys
current Cowboys coach, former Packers coach, the Matt Stafford going back to Detroit.
Deal. I don't know, itseems it seems like it's yeah,
a little too package. Yeah,you know, a little bit, all
(28:25):
right, So I'm gonna take thegot It's it's hard to bet against.
It's hard to bet against the Chiefs. But if moster it's back and healthy
and Waddle is back in healthy,I just don't think there's enough speed on
the Chiefs to to contend. AndI'm getting points too. I'm taking the
Dolphins. And yeah, it's it'snot like your field goal at the end
(28:47):
is gonna you know, win orlose it for me. So I'm taking
the over also, fair enough,Kevin, Yeah, right, So you
guys seem to forget, Like justa few weeks ago in November, these
two teams played. Both of thoseguys you mentioned were healthy and they were
in the game. This game wasalso at Kansas City and the Dolphins lost.
(29:08):
Sure, you know, Pat mahomesfor me at home. Forget about
it. I'm taking Pat. Ithink they win. I think it's it
under. I think it's a similargame like it was last time, twenty
one to fourteen. It's probably goingto be colder probably this year this week.
All right, so I'll go.I'll go first this time. Rob.
I don't want to put you onthe hot seat each time. I
(29:29):
appreciate that. Plus, it's gonnabe pretty easy. Yeah, the Bills
are giving up ten ten points ina playoff game. Yeah, I'm still
taking the Bills at home and youover unders thirty six. I'm actually gonna
take the under in this one.Steelers have a decent enough defense and I
(29:49):
don't think they're going to let itbe a runaway. So yeah, I'm
laying ten points on freakin' Josh Allen. So come on, Josh, let's
do it baby, All right lyleI'll go next. The Steelers have a
lop side of defense. They're muchbetter against the run than they are the
past. They're actually twenty fifth againstthe pass. TJ. Watson and what's
(30:11):
that? And t J. Watsonplaying. And the thing is, the
Bills are top ten in every category. They have the fourth best offense,
they have ninth best defense, theeighth best passing game, seventh best rushing
game. They are a complete NFLteam. I know they had a bumpy
road to get here, but they'reback and they're playing at a high level.
(30:33):
They're definitely gonna win. They're definitelygonna win by ten, and it's
gonna go over. They're gonna blowthe Steelers out. I think, Yeah,
Well, Vegas seems to think so. Yeah. I agree. I
haven't kept track of the past coupleof leaks, but I think over the
past three years, when the Billshave a spread ten or more points,
(30:56):
they cover like eighty nine percent endof the time. Is that real?
Is that true? Are you justmaking up numbers? Well? I mean,
how often are you going to havea ten plus spread? And when
you do it's against a team it'sbad. Yeah, they have a dynamic
offense, I guess enough to makeit. You know, eighty nine is
(31:17):
supposed to just like eighty percent,you know. Yeah, Like they they've
only not covered like four times inthe past three years when they have a
spread ten or more points. Howmany times does that happen for it to
be dude? A lot? Likethree years ago, I think the Bills
only had well, they played theJets twice a year or so. Yeah,
well they played the Jets twice ayear, and then they played the
(31:38):
Dolphins when they were bad, andthen they were played the Patriots right after
Tom left. That's true. Theyhad like, I think only three or
four games that they didn't have likea nine plus spread. So I'm taking
the Bills. I'm taking the over. I think the Bills could work the
over by themselves. Really, youthink they're going to score thirty six just
(32:00):
by themselves? Absolutely, they couldall right at home? Yeah, I
got yeah, all right, soall by himself. Yeah, that's right.
Why I'll go first on Packers andCowboys. Please, Cowboys favored by
seven and a half over under hisfifty point five. I think it's gonna
stay under fifty. That's kind ofa lot. The Cowboys are gonna blow
(32:22):
them out. They're gonna do whatthey do to bad teams, and they're
gonna blow out. The Packers arean average team, and the Cowboys have
the fifth best offense in the NFL, and they're gonna they're gonna smell them,
all right, Rob, I dothink the Cowboys are gonna win,
but I think it's gonna be closerthan we think. It's gonna be closer
than seven and a half points.I think I think the Packers are still
(32:44):
gonna be able to cover, allright, And I'm going to take the
under. Fifty points is a lot. Yeah, that's what I said.
I I can't bet the Cowboys ifit was if it was under seven point,
it was six and a half points, I might go. I might
(33:05):
go with the Cowboys here, butI can take the Packers and I'm gonna
take the over. It's being contrariant. Well, you know, guy's got
to break out from the pack somehow. Boys, All right, Robbie got
Rams at Lions. Lions giving upthree to the Rams over under fifty one
(33:25):
and a half highest point total ofthe week. I think this is probably
the hardest game to figure. Iagree, which is weird because you got
the number seven seed or with numbersix seed going to the number three seed,
But figure it'd be easier. Yeah, But my gut's telling me the
Rams aren't great, but they reallyare. And I don't know this one.
(33:53):
I think he's gonna end up beingreal close. But I think I'm
gonna take the Rams. I thinkDetroit, if they're going to win,
it's going to be at the lastsecond with a field goal to go up
by one or score to go upby one. Okay, I do think
this is going to be under though, I mean fifty one. Like again,
(34:16):
it's a lot, but twenty sixto twenty five, yeah, both
of these teams could definitely do that. I'm gonna I'm gonna stay under.
I'm gonna standard the Rams in theunder, all right, I'm going to
take the Lions at home. Ithink I think the you know, this
(34:38):
is a really obviously a tight game, but I think I'm gonna just take
the home team in the playoffs,and I'm going to take the under as
well. And so that's a lotof points for because I think that,
you know, for the Lions towin it, they're gonna have to run
the ball, and we all knowthat that shows up clock. So they
would be foolish to to try toget a shootout with with staff right here.
(35:00):
So and I'd love the Lions towin. Like, my dream super
Bowl matchup is Browns Lion. Oh, that'd be fantastic, would be so
good. Shit, NFL, I'llnever let that happen. Nobody watch it.
That's true. So this game ispretty hard to figure. I agree
with you, Kevin. I thinkI'm just going to take the home team
here. I really want the Lionsto win this game, just for their
(35:22):
franchise. Here's the thing, though, The most Lions thing in the world
to do would be to lose thisgame. Yeah, it would be,
and hopefully hopefully it's a different Lionsteam like the Browns and the Lions are
in the playoffs fellas for God's sake. Yeah, but let's not. They're
still the Lions anyway. But thething is, you have the seventh best
offense and the third best offense inthe NFL going head to head, and
(35:45):
these defenses are mid af Rams defenseis twentieth, Lions defense is nineteenth.
I'm taking the over, guys.I think this should easily be thirty five
to twenty five. Nice, allright, So who's up for the Eagles?
Bucks? Who wants to do thatone first? I'll go first.
(36:05):
We can just skip this one,all right, go ahead, Lyle.
The Eagles giving three on the road, and Eagles favored by three over under
forty four. I'm gonna take theBucks and the under. There is no
way, no way the Eagles winthis game playing the way that they've played
(36:28):
over the last six weeks. Noway, and I have no reason to
believe that they will change at all. Yeah, unless they've been sandbagging for
sixteen I'd love to be pleasantly surprised. I would love to be totally wrong
about this. I'd be surprised ifthe Eagles scores seventeen points in this game.
Their offense is that bad. Yeah, and they're missing their areab be
(36:51):
their best player, hey j Yeah, I don't think he's going to be
in there. He ruptured as ACLso yeah, so you know it.
It doesn't look good. The Buckshave a really good defense too. It's
not like we're going to be playingagainst like a Paddy K team. They're
they're good. So I think theBucks the Bucks. I think if the
(37:13):
Bucks were minus three, I wouldstill take the Bucks. Uh, I
would too, But I do thinkit will be under. So you're gonna
take You can take the Bucks,Bucks and the under. Yeah, yeah,
I just don't think the Eagles canscore any points I don't think they
can do anything. Is there anyreason the Bucks wouldn't blitz every down?
I mean they kind of do thatanyway. Yeah, so you know,
(37:36):
yeah, I have no reason tobelieve that Jalen will be upside or have
any time or have anybody open.Their offense is so predictable in anemic.
The only reason that I'm going togive the three and take the Eagles here
is the fact that the Bucks couldonly get three field goals against the Panthers.
(37:59):
Yeah. So the thing is ifthe Giants couldn't score against the Panthers
either, and look what they didto the Eagles, understood. So I'm
going to take the Eagles. I'mgonna take the over. Just trying to
throw some positive energy out there,fellas. No, I want them to
lose. Well, if that means, you know it, we'll get some
some major changes in the coaching staff. Fine, gotta happen, man got
(38:22):
to happen. I agree, Sowe've got you know we did. We
didn't all go the same way.We split. We only were complete on
the bills, and I think that'sthe way it should be. But I
went, didn't I go opposite onthe over under in that one. Yes,
you you you, Oh well youand Robbie were over in that game.
I went opposite. I'm on theunder. So uh yeah. You
(38:45):
know, if you guys are listeners, want to post their their own picks
on these games the way we didit in Discord, we can compare next
week and see what happens. So, uh is that it? I guess
that's it? Right? You know? I mean? Is that is that
the show those beat them games?Bitch is enjoy playoffs? How about that?
(39:08):
Like playoff foot? This season justwent boom gone. Oh god,
I'm so happy it's over. It'sbeen a rough ride. I can't.
I can't watch these Eagles anymore.Man, It's just it's too much.
It's too much from blood pressure.You're right now, I'm like, go
Brown's go Lions, you know whatI mean? Because the thing is,
(39:30):
if the Eagles somehow do manage toget past the Bucks, they're not gonna
win next week. You know that'syou know, it's it's over. Get
to watch a televised beating next week. I do. It's more than possible
we're gonna watch a televised beating Mondaynight. Yeah. I don't wanna watch
too. It's true watching them allseason. Yeah, ah, it's rough.
(39:51):
Of course. The people I knowwho are Cowboy I'm sure Angie's like,
let's talk to Kevin and viol andRobbie. People are like, yeah,
you guys still fly high. Yeah, they shut up and they lose
the Packers this week. Oh,that would be fantastic. That would be
fantastic. You know. At thispoint, I'm just rooting against the Cowboys.
I don't care who wins it.It's not gonna be the burnt championship
(40:14):
games they could. I don't thinkanybody can get past I don't think so,
especially since it's going to be inFrisco. But I also think the
Cowboys are a better team now thanthe one that lost to Frisco earlier in
the season. I don't. Idon't agree with that. Yeah, I
think they should have lost the Lions. They should have lost to uh the
(40:37):
Charge. They did lose to theLions. They did, and the Lions
don't. Everybody knows that. Theonly people that go well the referee.
The only Cowboys rematch coming up.I would love to see that rematch again.
Yeah, all right, boys,enjoy your weekends. People out there
and listener land, you know,all six of you. Please enjoy weekend
(41:00):
as well. We'll be back nextweek with the divisional round. Until then,
Lyle loves you and he means it. I like you, my friend,
and Robbie, who knows what's goingon with that dude? All right,
So I'm just here so I don'tbe fine, so
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