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NFL Predictions and College Playoff Insights
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all right, welcome back. It's nfl picks plus a bonus. College football playoff the north brown one it's gonna be great, and it it's going to be great and it starts tonight. It's going to be great. But before we do that, let's go over the standings from last week. Mike 10 and 6. Pretty good, jimmy, pretty good 9 and 7. Oh shit, look at me. And then I recovered back to 500 with Justin. So everybody.
Speaker 3Still making money. Everybody's making money, yeah.
Speaker 1All right. Well, it does start tonight and it's a battle in the AFC West. As the Chargers try to rebound off a home loss to the Baker and the Bucks, they're going to be hosting the Broncos. Broncos looking good, they're getting two and a half on the road. Mike, you were the leader last week. Who you got?
Speaker 2Yeah, I think I'm riding this Denver train. I like Denver, I like the chargers too, but uh, I think denver's been doing it um okay, so you're taking it it's looking like happened to him last week yeah, yeah, they got him on, they got that defense on some.
Speaker 1Uh, they attacked him, got him on some. You know, they got him looking for underneath stuff and they hit him on the go routes.
Speaker 3Justin, who you got on this, I'm actually with Mike. I think that Denver's playing really well right now, and the past three weeks the Chargers have only scored 17 points a game. I think, Denver can score more than 17 and win.
Speaker 1Right. The trend is definitely going against the Chargers and the Broncos seem to be trending in the right direction.
Speaker 4Jimmy, how do you see it? I'm going to agree here. Man, I want to pick Milk Steak at home, but I think the Broncos Well, it looks like I'm going to pull up to the dinner table alone and have me some milk steak.
Speaker 1I think they've got to have it. Short week at home. This is a team that's going to be, you know, pissed off, and so I think they're going to get this game tonight against the Broncos Rookie quarterback. Still, that defense needs to have something to prove. Give me the Chargers at home, all right. Well, let's go to Saturday. Rodgers at home All right. Well, let's go to Saturday. And the NFL decided to put two of its better games on Saturday to rival the college football playoff, so they could get a short week for those teams that are going to play on Christmas, so they could rival the NBA. So they're just trying to take everything.
Speaker 2But anywho Are your teams playing on Christmas?
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 4Yeah.
Speaker 1Yeah, and they're playing. Those teams are playing Saturday as well.
Speaker 2I've got to play Saturday and Wednesday yeah.
Speaker 1The Chiefs and the Texans will start it off Saturday at 1. Texans going to Kansas City getting three and a half. Justin, how do you see it?
Speaker 3Bad hook dude.
Speaker 1Yep.
Speaker 3Give me the Texans.
Speaker 1Yeah, patrick Mahomes will play Really. They said for sure he's going to play.
Speaker 4Yeah, Andy Reid came out and said it. I don't think it matters who you got Texans yeah okay. They win ugly with or without. You think the Texans win this game. Me no but it's the hook man.
Speaker 1Okay, so you think the Chiefs win by a field goal, right or less than All Chiefs win by field?
Speaker 4goal Right or less than All right, Mike.
Speaker 2Yeah, I'm with these guys. Houston loses by field goal or less, right.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2I mean the Chiefs covered last week for the first time in so long, but I think that was against somebody, jameis. Oh, that's right, jameis.
Speaker 1Yeah, jameis Browns the bench, we'll get there yeah you're gonna go with the Texans as well?
Speaker 2yeah oh, wow the first two picks here all by yourself. I think I'm gonna go chiefs there you go for a quick two zero lead.
Speaker 1I don't like it, but I think they're gonna figure out a way to do it. That defense is impressive. I think they'll yeah, that's for dominion. I think they'll dominate um ah I don't know all right. Well, I'm gonna'm going to stick with it. First, two off the bat. Let's go to the second one on Saturday, and that's another division game, as the Steelers are going to Baltimore and they're getting six. Yeah, what do you think, jimmy?
Speaker 4Give me the Ravens.
Speaker 1All right, mike.
Speaker 4Actually, no, screw that, give me the Steelers. Oh wow, yeah, wow, getting crazy with it, whoa. They're coming off a loss. I got to do something. I got to do something, man.
Speaker 2Too many winning streaks. Yeah, these teams always seem like they're close to me. I don't know if it's true or not, but it just always seems like that. But Baltimore coming off a pretty big win. Pittsburgh got stomped last week, I think.
Speaker 1Well, they just played. Yeah, they got beat by two positions.
Speaker 2Two touchdowns against the Eagles. Yeah, 27-13. Yeah, I don't think it was that close.
Speaker 1The Eagles just dominated the ball.
Speaker 2Yeah, I'm going. I think I think Pittsburgh's getting too far ahead of that 500 record, so I think I'm going to take the Ravens to beat them. Pretty good, I'll take both.
Speaker 1Justin.
Speaker 3Justin Lamar Jackson's record against the Steelers is freaking, horrible, horrible dude. I don't know what the actual numbers are. It's something like he's only beat them like twice or some shit. He cannot beat Pittsburgh, dude. They just had a blowout win. The Ravens did. Steelers just had a loss. Steelers are going to bounce back. I think the Steelers went out right.
Speaker 1Wow, here we go. Wow, alright. So somebody's picking with me on this one, and that person is Mike, because I'm going with the Ravens. I think they're going to get it at home. I think they're due.
Speaker 4What about this, though? Todd Munkin his name is being brought up for some coaching jobs in the college ranks.
Speaker 1Great.
Speaker 4Yeah.
Speaker 2Not focused.
Speaker 4Well, I don't think that um you don't think it affects the game, the preparation you know, uh, man may have to come back to this one.
Speaker 1Yeah, put it in the pool, man all right, let's go to carolina, because they got, actually were. Well, I'm sorry. They were actually favored last week for the first time in a long time and they blew that yeah, Big time. The Cowboys dusted them up. This time they're hosting the Cardinals and the Cardinals are getting no wait. The Panthers are back to being the crap and they're getting four and a half at home. So a road dog to the Cardinals, Mike.
Speaker 2Yeah, I think I'm back on this. I think I got it right last week and picked Dallas, but I think Carolina is going to bounce back and cover the spread, while losing by less than four and a half points.
Speaker 1Yeah, All right Justin.
Speaker 3God man, this game is garbage. Yeah, I guess I'll just go with Mike, because I honestly don't know what either of these teams actually have. I honestly don't know what either of these teams actually has. I mean, they're both kind of.
Speaker 1Looks like he's trying to create it.
Speaker 3Yeah, Arizona's burned me too many times. Dude, I don't trust Kyler Murray. He's been playing like shit the past like month. Yeah, four and a half is a big number when your quarterback's playing like shit.
Speaker 4Right, jamie, big number when your quarterback's playing like shit. Right, jimmy, I'm gonna go cardinals because they gotta win games to even yeah, that's my season alive in there too also because I need them to lose games they're better.
Speaker 1They need to win this. This is, uh, it's the it's make or break time for the cardinals. They, they, they gotta show up. I think the Panthers, you know, they made a nice little effort.
Speaker 3Yeah.
Speaker 1But I'm going to go Cardinals by over a touchdown here.
Speaker 2Why does Jim want Arizona to lose? Is that for?
Speaker 4Jim's picking Arizona. I just don't like Arizona man. I need him not to be in the playoffs.
Speaker 2Oh okay, All right. Yeah, he's taking Arizona to reverse G-Stick though.
Speaker 4Yeah, oh, wow, there you go. See, I feel like if I go heavy with him.
Speaker 1Ah, yeah, there you are See.
Speaker 2That's old.
Speaker 1Jimmy.
Speaker 4That's old.
Speaker 1Jimmy man. Not this year. I got nothing left to go. Nine and seven last week, yeah, a lot of wins coming in. We'll have to see all right. So uh, oh man, let's go to a big stinker in cincinnati as the browns. The browns go with another guy quarterback, I don't care who it is, it's not Jameis, they're going to lose. Bad, give me the Bengals. It's minus eight now. It was seven and a half, it's now eight. Give me the Bengals, minus eight.
Speaker 4Jimmy, I can't believe they benched him before they played Cincinnati man.
Speaker 1I can the season's over.
Speaker 4You know the season's over, I know, but it's the interstate he's throwing turnovers.
Speaker 1They need to see this other guy's under contract next year already.
Speaker 4Well, we need to see him against the worst team in the league to see how he's.
Speaker 3I don't get the line taken.
Speaker 4Man, give me the Bengals by 100 points, all right.
Speaker 1Justin, justin.
Speaker 3Are we done with the Jameis Winston starting quarterback discussion?
Speaker 1finally no, no this year.
Speaker 4I'm going to need him out in the Bay Area next year.
Speaker 1He's the same guy he's the same guy dude, yeah, he is.
Speaker 4He's fun as hell, but you don't want him as your starting quarterback right, but if you know you're gonna suck anyway, why not just have a good time?
Speaker 1watching I'm just saying that the other team they're not. This browns team wasn't gonna give anybody a chance. They're definitely not. And I think the bangles, joe burrow and jamar chase is going for money. He's trying to put up a statement here, so I'm taking that more than oh no, I'm actually with you.
Speaker 3Yeah, um, I think jamar chase goes for like 250 and like three it's getting up to eight now.
Speaker 1I don't. I don't like it that much because that Bengals defense sucks.
Speaker 3Yeah, but Dorian Thompson Robinson is the quarterback for the.
Speaker 1Browns, you're right and he's not good. His numbers are actually. He throws the picks without throwing the touchdowns, right.
Speaker 3Yeah, he's just shitty, he's not fun.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 4Nobody wants to see the interception and a guy go out of balance. Well, yeah, you're right, I don't think.
Speaker 1I think jamis has cemented himself as getting another job, definitely as a backup. So hopefully for him he goes to a place like san francisco or somewhere oh man that would so awesome, where they just kind of have the set play and you can't go off.
Speaker 4You cap his throws at 15 a game.
Speaker 2Who you got in this, Mike. I'm just taking the Cleveland Browns.
Speaker 1I knew it. They're going to respond to the rookie. That's a lot of points.
Speaker 2This is a bounce back. Yeah, no eight points is a lot.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2Jim. I wanted to get Jim's weather forecast. I'm not going to tell you which city it's in.
Speaker 4Jim, it's just going to be so gross.
Speaker 2Somewhere in.
Speaker 4Ohio.
Speaker 2What do you think the weather's going to be? I'm looking at it now.
Speaker 4Oh man, I mean, if they get one of the ah dude it's been icy and gross up there in the last couple of weeks they might actually get a sunny day. I don't know what time of day is it 32.
Speaker 2I think it's one o'clock yeah, 32 with a chance of rain.
Speaker 1Oh, that's going to be awful Slush.
Speaker 4That's one of's called in Ohio.
Speaker 2Not even nice snow, okay Miserable.
Speaker 1It sounds like a drink at a gas station.
Speaker 4You can take piss and ice and combine it and have it just hit you in the face constantly. That's what it's like. All right Well that sounds bad.
Speaker 1Yeah, almost as bad as the Bears. That sounds bad. Yeah, almost as bad as the Bears. Ooh, and the Bears suck. They're looking for a new coach. Some names have been thrown out.
Speaker 4Vrabel, mike Vrabel, I can't believe that, dude yeah. I mean.
Speaker 1I can. It's the NFL.
Speaker 4He kind of reminds you of Ditka huh. Yeah With the Saints. Ditka with the Saints. Yeah With the Saints.
Speaker 2Dick with the Saints.
NFL Game Picks and Analysis
Speaker 1Yeah, all right. Well, the Bears are getting six and a half at home against the Lions.
Speaker 2Ooh, I do not understand what's going on with this spread. Yeah, so why don't you start us off on this? Yeah, 28.
Speaker 1Detroit.
Speaker 2You're taking Detroit, I see.
Speaker 1Minus 28. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got detroit big time?
Speaker 3yeah, I don't think. Yeah, justin. Yeah, I would take detroit if it was 16 and a half yeah, yeah, I think this is a division game.
Speaker 1I guess the line being and then the lions have their like, whole defense is hurt, and so maybe the bears yeah, that's true, they did lose three starters, yeah and that's seven total now. So they're pretty much playing with backups on defense, but I'm still struggling. But I just think the Bears are struggling and they haven't. Oh yeah, caleb Williams isn't throwing the ball downfield, and so they just go on. They're like drought and they just don't move the ball at all.
Speaker 2This is another 30-degree game with a chance of rain, so maybe that has.
Speaker 1Yeah, I'm telling you, Soldier Field's actually a good home field for them. You know they can muck it up, but the Lions need this game to hold off the Eagles for the bye, so I'd see the Lions winning this big Is everybody taking the lines here yeah, I don't think anybody like very few people in the bears organization are even focused on winning right, right, and I don't know.
Speaker 1There's something up, though, with this line. Though, when we come back to the bears upset, yeah, all right, all right. So, uh, let's go to. Let's go to new york as the jets your another my shit jets, your shit jets. Uh, they're hosting the rams and this is another one.
Speaker 1Uh, this is a sneaky good game actually. I I think this is going to be. You got two old veteran, probably Hall of Fame quarterbacks in Stafford versus Rogers. Both have won one Super Bowl. One still got a chance this year, one's definitely not. But Jets have been playing okay offensively they you know, but losing they're only getting three at home. But Jets have been playing okay offensively they you know but losing they're only getting three at home. That's another line I didn't understand. I guess the cross country.
Speaker 3What do you see here, justin? I actually like the Jets. Aaron Rodgers actually looks really good for the past couple of weeks now, man, I mean it's like something's starting to click. I mean he's got weapons to throw too.
Speaker 1Right, you got the cross-country thing and the smelly number on the line and he's starting to talk about if he even wants to play anymore, so that that's right up his alley.
Speaker 3Yeah, that's pretty usual.
Speaker 1Yeah, so you're going Jets here. I actually like the Jets to cover that number.
Speaker 3Yeah dude, I like them to cover that.
Speaker 1All right, so that's three. That's only three, mike.
Speaker 2Yeah, I was thinking about taking the Jets too. Do it, do it, it's going to be cold and windy. That's one factor.
Speaker 4Yeah, I am not going to be taking the LA cold and windy against you know that's something.
Speaker 1Yeah, exactly, you've got a guy who's played his whole career, though, in Green Bay and that stuff and knows how to play in that weather, probably better than anybody against a guy, stafford, who's played in a dome and then la. So I'm going rams, though I'm not taking the jets. Screw them, they suck. Uh, rams are winning the division. Now they got to figure out a way to win this game, whether, however, the weather is I'll tell you yeah, puka, it's with defense.
Speaker 4Yeah, their secondary may suck, but let me tell you who's used to playing in cold weather and shitty conditions. Uh-oh, that's braden, braden, fiskey yeah, and another guy by the name of jared verse born and raised they didn't miss on those picks.
Speaker 2In Buffalo. Right, he's Vers from Buffalo. No, that's where they got him from the transfer portal.
Speaker 4He was at Albany. Yeah, at Albany. Born in Dayton, grew up in Pennsylvania, I think.
Speaker 1All right, so we got Mike, who you got in that.
Speaker 2I got the Rams Three to one, justin. All right, all right.
Speaker 1Let's go to Atlanta, as they have now made the change. Yeah, they're going with the rookie, michael Phoenix. They're paying Kirk all that money. Yeah, come in and take them to seven and seven.
Speaker 4I bet he likes that though.
Speaker 1Yeah, I would love it. We'll start again next year, yep, but this year the Falcons are at home, are at home against the Giants. I guess it's a good team to get your NFL debut against, but the Giants are getting 8.5. Mike, what do you got?
Speaker 2Yeah, that's crazy. I'm going with not the rookie starting his first game to lose by less than nine points.
Speaker 1Right.
Speaker 2I'm going to take the New York Giants.
Speaker 1All right, yeah, that's a lot of points, justin. Who's that?
Speaker 3And it's not like Atlanta, Detroit or anything.
Speaker 1Right, I mean I know they're making the change. They have something to play for.
Speaker 4They're making the change because they've sucked yeah.
Speaker 1Eight and a half Now, the Giants are probably outright tanking, there's no question about it. So that's probably why. So this is a tough game to try, but at the same time the bears would be doing the same, and and they well they have their first. They drafted a quarterback, number one overall. Yes, in the. In the giants case they've already cut daniel jones. They know they're going for a quarterback. They're trying to improve their draft stock as much as possible. So there's that.
Speaker 2They're tied with the Raiders for last.
Speaker 1Now you're going to have. You know, I don't think the coaches will try to do that Like that's, so you know you haven't. Famously, what was it? Lovie Smith who screwed that draft up, but it actually worked out, you know, in their favor, because they ended up getting. They didn't get, they didn't draft. They got the number two pick, which was the Texans. Now, all right, so anywho, welcome back.
Speaker 4Welcome back Atlanta eight and a half, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1Eight and a half, yeah, eight and a half. Who's going, jimmy? Who you got?
Speaker 4I got the Giants man oh really, justin, it's the NFL dude, it's his first start.
Speaker 3Justin yeah dude, I want to go with the Falcons. So bad because. I actually dude. Last week I actually called for them to bench Kirk Cousins and bring in Pennix at halftime dude, I was just off by one. The Falcons so bad because I actually dude. Last week I actually called to an event Kirk Cousins and bring in Pennix at halftime dude, I was just off by one half.
Speaker 1Right.
Speaker 3And they got a bunch of talent. And the Giants I mean dude, shador Sanders was throwing passes with the league gamers in the streets during the Heisman. Presentation dude, the Giants are in full fucking tank mode, dude, yeah, you know what I talked myself into it. Presentation dude, the giants are in full fucking tank mode, dude, yeah, you know what I talked about?
Speaker 1something new, give me the falcon. Yes, I'm with you and I was just thinking that, like that tank mode right there against a team that's in a playoff desperation mode now, um, the rookies out, so you have everybody like stepping up their game. Um.
Speaker 3You got a ton of weapons on that. Yeah, I think he's actually better right now than Cousins.
Speaker 1Cousins, just a little bit. It's always been just Kirk Cousins, we'll find out. Eight and a half is a lot, but I'm going to go Falcons here too. We got two against two here. Let's go to Washingtonhington. Good game here, one of the few good games of this one o'clock slate, and that is the eagles going to the commanders. The commanders are getting three and a half at home. Mike, who you got?
Speaker 2It's Washington versus Eagles, right? Yeah, sorry, I got it. Last time they played, philly won by eight. I'm going Philly here.
Speaker 1Philly, yeah, all right.
Speaker 4Jimmy, I'm going to go Eagles too, man. Yeah, they look good. Right now they're steamrolling everybody. Yeah, jimmy, I'm going to go Eagles too, man. Yeah, they look good right now, they're steamrolling everybody.
Speaker 1Yeah, all right, all right, home dog here. What do you got, justin?
Speaker 3I'm going to keep the ball rolling. I got.
NFL Game Picks and Analysis
Speaker 1Billy Rolling it too. Damn it. I'm not taking that. I'm with you. I think they're playing for that number one seed. They seem to have that they can just control the ball and muck it up Is it like oh, did we have the lead with a quarter left.
Speaker 4Right, and wouldn't you agree that as? Soon as the coach starts trying to think outside, of just dumb football, of just pound smash football is when they get in trouble. And he's gone back to just being a dumb guy and it's working for him.
Speaker 1Just do this, make it simple. I mean you have and then you have not to mention Saquon putting up one of the best seasons. Shit's ridiculous. You know it's a sneaky MVP pick if you had someone other than Josh Allen.
Speaker 2But you don't.
Speaker 1Yeah, but I think Saquon's definitely in the top three or five. All right, let's go. So I'm going Eagles there, we're all going Eagles. We're going to go to Indy. They're battling the Titans in this game Sucks bad. The Titans are getting three and a half. Let's just pick it. Justin, who you got you?
Speaker 3know what? Who the hell is that you know what Titans?
Speaker 1Colts, colts. Colts are at home give me the Colts. I'm just taking whoever Colts minus three and a half Colts minus three and a half Titans are making a quarterback change. Oh, yeah, they're benching Bo Callahan. Yeah, they're benching Bo Callahan. Yeah, they're back to Mason Rudolph. Yeah, they're going with Mason Rudolph if that means anything, doesn't really they lost to the Jags. Dude, they're freaking terrible yeah, I'm going Colts here at home, mike yeah, colts. Jimmy.
Speaker 4I'm going to stand on my own here. I'm not picking anthony richardson, yeah it is painful watching him try to play quarterback in this league.
Speaker 1It's just some of the shit I think they're watching him in florida, yeah I don't know man, this, this, you know what I'm gonna put is that going in the pool too? It's just when you get tried like that. I heard some somebody call this team soft and that's like one of the worst things to call coach, so maybe well, they're all grown men too right.
Speaker 1So but yeah, all right, uh, all right, I'll stick with it. Let's go to uh vegas, as the jags are gonna to play the Raiders. Oh my God, the Jags are getting a point. Oh my God, somebody's got to win. I'm picking the home dog. No home favorite. I'm going with the Raiders, mike.
Speaker 2What did you say? It was a point or a point, and a half one point.
Speaker 1Jags are getting one point, oh god it's basically a pick on.
Speaker 2I think the Las Vegas Raiders have a little more heart, one point more heart than the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Speaker 3So I'm going to take the Raiders alright and it's the Raiders minus one, so I'm going to take the Raiders If it's the Raiders minus one, if they got one point more hard, you're calling for the tie.
Speaker 2Yeah, push, yeah I should.
Speaker 1Push.
Speaker 2Double bonus. I'm going back to check, but I think I always lose with Las Vegas, so I might as well make a treat.
Speaker 1All right, jimmy.
Speaker 4Both teams suck. Late in the season, crazy shit happens. Nobody wins more games with crazy shit than Oakland. They're used to it. You mean Vegas.
Speaker 1Whatever All right.
Speaker 3Justin, give me the Los Angeles Raiders, there we go.
Speaker 4Los Angeles, raiders of Anaheim. Los Angeles Raiders, there we go. Los Angeles, raiders of Anaheim, los Angeles.
Speaker 1Raiders of Oakland and Vegas. Oakland. Shia Las Vegas, new Las Vegas, all right, let's go to a blowout in the making in Buffalo, as the Patriots are going to visit the red hot Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills offense. Their defense is not that hot, but they're playing the Patriots now who don't really have a good offense. They're at home. Pats are getting 14 on the road, mike.
Speaker 2Yeah, this is normally one where I'd say that's just too big of a number, but I think Buffalo's out to just destroy people at this point. So I'm going Buffalo.
Speaker 1All right, justin.
Speaker 3Yeah, I've been on Buffalo all year. Dude, they're going to blow them out, they're going to be on. I mean, name your number, dude.
Speaker 2Yeah, buffalo destroys them. Oh dude, yeah, well, it's 14. Oh yeah, it could be.
Speaker 3I like pick a number by anything, any number is feasible. They could win by 15.
Speaker 1All right, justin's got them by 50. But no, all right, jimmy, you think the Pats can keep it respectable here.
Speaker 4I do not Division opponent, I do not man. They at times look like they don't even know what football is.
Speaker 1So no, it's a blowout. I'm with you, bills, all right. So that was All right. Let's go to Miami as the battle of our teams. Your Jets, my Dolphins yeah, Dolphins are hosting the Niners here. This is basically a pick-em as well, as the Niners are getting one.
Speaker 4One, one point. All right, jimmy, you go first give me the dolphins. Why? Because, uh, you know, fuck al shanahan.
Speaker 1That's why oh man, all right, uh, mike I'm going to take the uh.
Speaker 2Uh, I'm gonna take the Dolphins. This is a prime time. This is a 4 o'clock one, right? This is supposed to be a great game. Oh, are they playing 425.
Speaker 1No 425.
Speaker 4Oh okay, so they wait until the 49ers are eliminated before they give them a cross-country game at 4 o'clock? Are they officially eliminated?
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 4Are they In my head? That's all that counts.
Speaker 3It's like the Stu Goss record book yeah.
Speaker 1Oh, all right, justin.
Speaker 3Give me the Dolphins, because it's a pick-em and I'm a homer. Yeah, but both these teams suck.
Speaker 1I'm going to go Madden.
Speaker 4I need to know what you're basing that on Me.
Speaker 1Yeah, purdy, purdy, yeah, I think he's still got money coming up. I think they just I mean, it's the Dolphins man, they just they had their chance last week. That was their chance. If they win that game they have a shot at the playoffs. They've now blown that shot. I think the 49ers have.
Speaker 2Are we ready to move on from Tua yet? Are we ready to move on yet?
Speaker 1Well, I mean, they won't.
Speaker 3I'd trade Tua, I'd trade Tyreek Hill and I'd go DraftKam Ward. I think we had Christian Wilkins. I'd go DraftKam Ward. There you go, I think we had Christian Wilkins, wouldn't we?
Speaker 2I would really like Christian Wilkins.
Speaker 1I love Christian Wilkins man. It sucked that he got rid of him.
Speaker 3He's just wasting away in Oak Vegas. Yeah, poor guy. Yeah, I know, All right. Well, let's go.
Speaker 2I think, my Steeler looks pretty good though.
Speaker 3Oh, steeler's great dude, but he's even better next to Christian Wilkins, right, yeah.
Speaker 1Yeah, so that game's just a bunch of underperforming teams with talent you know, and where the windows seem to be closing.
Speaker 4A lot of aging talent, yeah.
Speaker 1Does it seem like those teams like miss their windows too? Well, niners at least got close. All right, let's go to dallas, and this is the sunday night game. They didn't flex out because dallas, of course, and a playoff team's coming in and that's the bucks. Oh, the bucks are coming in after the big win in la baker has not slowed down. They get Mike Evans back. They already got him back, so that's good. They don't have Godwin still, but he's been playing really well. They're getting, they're not getting the Dallas. Dallas is getting three and a half. I'll tell you what the Dallas has been playing well, they got a real quarterback now. Yeah, isn't that funny. I know I've been saying that they're better team with cooper rush. Look at last year, remember they went like five and one or something. He lost one game yeah, that's it.
Speaker 4I think dac. Dac has the exact same problem jamis has, which is every play, every, every snap he takes, he's trying to throw the touchdown pass. Be the leader, be the superstar. You don't know how to play quarterback man.
Speaker 1Dak doesn't have any money problems or won't have any.
Speaker 4Well no, he got drafted by the Cowboys.
Speaker 1Right, well, all right. So Cowboys have been playing well and they beat, beat washington handily, and then they be. They went into carolina as the underdog and they took care of them. So they're getting three and a half at home here. Mike home, dog barking here no, I'm taking campers right.
Speaker 2Dallas plays good against shitty teams.
Speaker 1Yep, shitty against good teams, right yeah, justin.
Speaker 3I'm actually going to take the Cowboys because of that hook.
Speaker 1That hook will bring you back.
Speaker 3Yeah, I think Tampa wins by a field goal.
Speaker 1Well, Dallas has been showing heart.
Speaker 3Yeah, Dallas has been playing well the past couple of weeks.
Speaker 1I love Baker Mayfield and Mike Evans and all the famous there's just something to that, when you've got a quarterback that's getting paid so much money and he's out and the team's just he said that they.
Speaker 2Didn't he lip saying that?
Speaker 3we suck the past couple weeks, dude.
Speaker 1Didn't dad lip that this year like we suck or something, maybe? I kind of want the cowboys to win, so you know what. I'm not gonna take him, though. Give me the bucks. Um, all right, so you're alone on that pick with the Cowboys, jimmy, who you got.
Speaker 4What are the Cowboys? Oh?
Speaker 1Jimmy's going to the Cowboys too. All right, I almost went with them too, so I'm glad I didn't.
Speaker 4They're a better team with what's-his-face.
Speaker 1They are, they are and the NFC South lulls.
Speaker 4Right, it's still the Bucs.
Speaker 1Yeah, the Bucs are due for a loss to make it interesting, and the Falcons will probably win, so they'll probably have to, but I'm going to stick with the Bucs. All right, let's go to Green Bay Wait we got one more Sunday game, I think.
Speaker 4Did we?
Speaker 2do Minnesota and Seattle?
Speaker 1We did not Uh-uh, Is that under my line? Oh wow, oh wow. Is that the only one I didn't get?
Speaker 2huh yeah, I think so Minnesota. Oh, there it is. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1I'm sorry. Yeah, seattle's getting three at home there you go, yeah uh, I'll go first. I'm going Vikings. Yeah, I think they're sneaky team here. Um, I will say it's on the road, though, and Seattle's got the NFC West, so they're right in it with a win. So, jimmy.
Speaker 4I'm going to take the Seahawks just because of that fact. They got the urgency going. I know Minnesota does too. They're still alive for first place, Uh-oh.
Speaker 1That's an old Jimmymy pick, but he's going seahawks here don't see hawks justin yeah, dude.
Speaker 3Um, sam donald is making himself a lot of money, right? Now right, um, and the vikings are on fire and uh, yeah, I got the Vikings. What do you?
Speaker 1think happens there. You got the. Well, let's get Mike's pick real quick. Who do you got Mike? Yeah, I got Vikings on you.
Speaker 2Yeah, I'm going.
Speaker 1Yeah, uh, but what do you think about that? You know, you got Sam Darnold.
Speaker 3He balls out, and then uh you also drafted JJ McCarthy as McCarthy, so what does he have to do here to get a contract from Minnesota? If I'm Minnesota, I would do like they did with Kirk Cousins and hit him with the franchise tag.
Speaker 1There you go. I'd franchise him for a year. I think they're going to let him walk unless he wins the Super Bowl.
Speaker 3I'd franchise him. Give McCarthy a year off the knee injury, a year to learn the offense, learn the NFL, and then you let Sam Darnold walk. That's a smart move on the Vikings, yeah and we'll find out.
Speaker 1I think it does matter, though, how well he finishes the season.
Speaker 3Hey, jimmy, would you like to have Sam Darnold back in San Fran? I mean you let him walk this past offseason. Now you got Purdy. You want Purdy or you want Darnold.
Speaker 4I have this nightmare that he's going to try to go and get Kirk Cousins somehow. I would much rather have Darnold. I've been hearing that.
Speaker 1Yeah, that's going to happen. Kirk Cousins will be on the market next year. Well, there you go. So Kirk Cousins with the Jameis, backup somewhere. Huh, what do you say? Sure, in San Francisco, just get rid of Purdy. Get rid of Purdy, bring in Kirk Cousins to start and then bring Jameis.
Speaker 2Okay good bring.
Speaker 1James Alright. Sounds good, let's do it Alright so we're all going Vikings, except for Jimmy there. He's going Seahawks Home dog. Three points Alright. So last game here Monday night, the Saints are getting 14 in Lambeau. That's a lot. It is a lot. Who's going to be their quarterback, saints?
Speaker 4Yeah, it's not Spencer Rattler again.
Speaker 2Probably.
Speaker 3They had some other dude. I couldn't even pronounce his name.
Speaker 1I think Rattler did come in though oh man, he couldn't cut pronounce his name, I think Rather did come in, though oh man he couldn't cut it. Well, I don't know, but 14's a lot, but I think the Packers will win by more than that.
Speaker 3Give me the.
Speaker 2Packers Mike yeah, geez, that's a lot. I will take check the weather real, real quick 30 degrees and a chance of snow. I'm going with the guys that are used to playing and I'm going to green Bay Packers all right, justin I gotta go with the Packers.
Speaker 3They're my Super Bowl pick. They need to get on a roll all right, well, they look good last week.
Speaker 1And uh, jimmy, yeah, give me the Packers. All right, there you have it. All right, well, we got in for a treat. As we got bonus picks, we got round one of the inaugural 12-team college football made for television playoff.
Speaker 4Invitational.
Speaker 1Invitational Price is right, yeah, but it starts Friday, all right. And we got Indiana. Okay, they're going to keep it in state. Going to South Bend getting seven and a half Jimmy, getting seven and a half Jimmy, jimmy.
Speaker 4I think it's closer than that. Give me Notre Dame by three, but seven and a half seems like a lot. Are you believing that? Well, I mean it's just. You know it's Notre Dame. People get excited about them, but I think they can just grind Indiana down alright, alright, let's go to Mike, who you got in this what's the spread?
Speaker 2I don't pay attention to any of this seven and a half.
Speaker 1You don't have to Notre.
Speaker 2Dame is favorite yeah yeah, I'll pick, I'll pick Notre Dame.
Speaker 1Justin.
Speaker 3Yeah, Notre Dame in South Bend. You're going to love this little Miami reference. It's down to seven.
Speaker 1It's down to seven now.
Speaker 3That's big. That's how golden-legged defense of Notre Dame has been dominant.
Speaker 1Yeah, they really have.
Speaker 3Dominant dude.
Speaker 1Man, he's got the polar hair man like the gray and the white. Now, I'm sorry, Go ahead.
Speaker 3No, he looks great dude. Yeah, dude, that defense is so dominant dude. The one time I saw Indiana play any team remotely close to the Notre Dame level. They got exposed by Ohio State early and often.
Speaker 1Right.
Speaker 3That hook is going down too. I think Notre Dame wins by a couple touchdowns at home Friday night.
Speaker 1All right, mike, who did you pick in this?
Speaker 2Notre Dame.
Speaker 1All right, and then Jimmy.
Speaker 2You picked. Indiana, though to cover right, right, jim picked Indiana.
Speaker 1All right, yeah, we're going to go spread here, but you can give me a win or two, since it is a playoff. All right, let's go to Penn State. This will be the first one, as they rival the NFL schedule. On Saturday SMU's getting eight and a half in Happy Valley, justin, does Miami JV have a chance?
Speaker 3Do you even need to ask?
Speaker 1Yes.
Speaker 3Eight and a half is too big of a number. Yeah, franklin cannot beat a good team, right? Smu's offense is loaded Red Lashley not only covers the eight and a half, but they beat the Nittany Lions in Happy.
Speaker 1Valley. Wow, that would be fun to watch Mike who you got, get ready.
Speaker 2I'm going with Justin. I like his conviction. Oh wow, jimmy, I agree, man I think eight and a half is way too big.
Speaker 1I'm going to take Penn State here, penn.
Speaker 4State's backup quarterback is no longer with the team. That's true.
Speaker 1Yeah, he's forced to leave. So I just think man eight and a half is a lot.
Speaker 4Yeah, man.
Speaker 1But I'm going to go with the home field advantage here for the first time ever. I'm going to go with the team that really hasn't played anybody in smu. The teams they have played, they lost. So this will be an environment they haven't played against all year. I think james franklin it's not ohio state, so I'll pick him to win this um. He'll win the first round game and that'll be it so I'll take, I'll take uh penn state to win this, probably double digits.
Speaker 1I hope I'm wrong, though. All right, let's go to texas as dabbo and the clemson acc champion, clemson tigers are getting 12, 11 and a half and they're going down to Austin. Justin, who you got? What was the spread?
Speaker 311 and a half. Oh, that's a big number.
Speaker 2Yep.
Speaker 3I think Clemson's going to cover that number. I think Texas wins, but I don't see Texas winning by two touchdowns.
Speaker 1I do. I think Texas will overmat out-athlete them. I think the lack of recruiting, I guess, hits Jimbo I mean not Dabo, hits him right here in this game. Give me Texas, mike.
Speaker 2I'm going with the ACC here. I'll take Clemson Tigers.
Speaker 1All right, jimmy.
Speaker 4I'm going with Clemson man. I don't like Quinn Ewers. He can't run. Yeah, that defense is going to get after him. I think Clemson keeps it close. Ultimately, yeah, probably the athletes that they got at Texas, Once Arch Manning gets in the game and wins it for him.
Speaker 2Oh yeah.
Speaker 4Not a Ewers fan.
Speaker 1Yeah, that's a lot of points. Yeah, all right, give me Dabo Switching it points. All right, give me Dabo Switching it. Yeah, all right, we're all going Dabo there, all right. All right, let's go to a good matchup here in Ohio State hosting Tennessee, the Volunteers on the road at night in the horseshoe In the horseshoe Getting seven and a half, that's too many. I'm taking Tennessee to cover and to win. There you go. That's my upset pick, mike, who you got.
Speaker 2I'm going Tennessee. I don't know why you still like oh, you don't have to say that.
Speaker 3You can just say I got tennessee yeah you just gotta take the funk, man I'm like, my I'm like all right, uh, jimmy, who you got in?
Speaker 4this. I'm gonna take the buckeyes because if there is a more disappointing team than Ohio State, given the talent they have, it may be Tennessee.
Speaker 1Well, I mean to have as good a record as Ryan Day has and as bad a record as he has against Michigan. That means he bounces back against bad performances, which he has done throughout his career. So this is trends. You like the trends Trending? Another home game here to get it right. And but justin, who you got?
Speaker 3I got ohio state winning, but what was the spread? Uh, seven and a half yeah, that hook, I got ohio state covering. All right, I got them winning and covering.
Speaker 1Oh wow, okay, so I'm alone on that one. No wait, mike's with me, all right, all right, that's it, folks you mean that's it. Wait, you didn't hear we had to go. Is there another playoff?
Speaker 3game that's it.
Speaker 2That's all the games. That's the first round. Yeah, first round. We'll get to the next round later.
Speaker 1We got time for that Next week, so NFL playoff picture starting to come into play. Who do you think? I think the Lions have the inside track in the NFC.
Speaker 4Really Over the Eagles, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1If they're finishing the same record. I don't know, dude, that injury is a Detroit or, yeah, that's a feel for the finish and same record.
Speaker 3I don't know, dude, those injuries in Detroit are concerning. Yeah, that's a bummer man, it really does.
Speaker 1Have they peaked too soon? I mean, it's going to be hard to stop the Eagles, you know.
Speaker 3And they've got the leggings right on their ass too.
Speaker 1Yeah, I think that might be your NFC championship right there.
Speaker 2The Eagles have a super easy schedule.
Speaker 1Right, and if they get that home field. I don't see anybody going in and feeling beaten, so I'm hey who are the Super Bowl picks.
Speaker 3Who are the Super Bowl picks?
Speaker 1Oh, I picked the Rams. I had Rams-Bills with the Rams winning it.
Speaker 3I had Dolphins-Packers, all right, anybody remember mine?
Speaker 1We can pull it up. I do not, Jimmy bring that up. I think it might have been San Francisco, oh yeah.
Speaker 2I think it was Lions-Bills.
Speaker 1Lions-Bills. Okay, I know, I picked the Rams. That's what I'm hoping for.
Speaker 2Yeah, I don't know about that, but that's who I think it's going to be now dude.
Speaker 1Yeah, geez, I don't know I want Lions-Bills.
Speaker 3man, That'd be what we just thought. It's a fun game. Yeah, it's fun as shit.
AFC Playoff Predictions and Analysis
Speaker 1If the Rams winning, that would be your pick. That's what Jimmy picked. I picked the Rams to get there. It didn't look good. They have a puncher shot, maybe with the right matchup, but in the AFC it's going to look like it's going against Kansas City though, and that's a team that just wins, and they're just waiting around until the playoffs. They've won back-to-back. They don't really care about these games, except for winning and getting it by.
Speaker 2It's crazy to think they're 13-1, and we all just kind of think they suck.
Speaker 3Right, that's because they can't cover a spread, these gambling junkies over here are beating on the 13-1 team because they don't cover spreads. That's right.
Speaker 1Well, we'll watch these games and we'll react to them and we'll talk to you next time, right here on the North Florida sports network.
Speaker 3I'm goddamn mad at shit.
