North Florida Sports Network Podcast
North Florida Sports Network Podcast
NFL Predictions and College Playoff Insights
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 3:Still making money. Everybody's making money, yeah.
Speaker 1:All 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 2:Yeah, 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 1:Uh, 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 3:Justin, 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 1:Right. The trend is definitely going against the Chargers and the Broncos seem to be trending in the right direction.
Speaker 4:Jimmy, 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 1:I 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 2:But anywho Are your teams playing on Christmas?
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and they're playing. Those teams are playing Saturday as well.
Speaker 2:I've got to play Saturday and Wednesday yeah.
Speaker 1:The 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 3:Bad hook dude.
Speaker 1:Yep.
Speaker 3:Give me the Texans.
Speaker 1:Yeah, patrick Mahomes will play Really. They said for sure he's going to play.
Speaker 4:Yeah, 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 1:Okay, so you think the Chiefs win by a field goal, right or less than All Chiefs win by field?
Speaker 4:goal Right or less than All right, Mike.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm with these guys. Houston loses by field goal or less, right.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:I 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 1:Yeah, jameis Browns the bench, we'll get there yeah you're gonna go with the Texans as well?
Speaker 2:yeah 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 1:I 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 4:Give me the Ravens.
Speaker 1:All right, mike.
Speaker 4:Actually, 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 2:Too 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 1:Well, they just played. Yeah, they got beat by two positions.
Speaker 2:Two touchdowns against the Eagles. Yeah, 27-13. Yeah, I don't think it was that close.
Speaker 1:The Eagles just dominated the ball.
Speaker 2:Yeah, 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 1:Justin.
Speaker 3:Justin 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 1:Wow, 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 4:What about this, though? Todd Munkin his name is being brought up for some coaching jobs in the college ranks.
Speaker 1:Great.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Not focused.
Speaker 4:Well, 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 1:Yeah, 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 2:Yeah, 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 1:Yeah, All right Justin.
Speaker 3:God 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 1:Looks like he's trying to create it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, 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 4:Right, 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 1:They 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 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:But I'm going to go Cardinals by over a touchdown here.
Speaker 2:Why does Jim want Arizona to lose? Is that for?
Speaker 4:Jim's picking Arizona. I just don't like Arizona man. I need him not to be in the playoffs.
Speaker 2:Oh okay, All right. Yeah, he's taking Arizona to reverse G-Stick though.
Speaker 4:Yeah, oh, wow, there you go. See, I feel like if I go heavy with him.
Speaker 1:Ah, yeah, there you are See.
Speaker 2:That's old.
Speaker 1:Jimmy.
Speaker 4:That's old.
Speaker 1:Jimmy 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 4:Jimmy, I can't believe they benched him before they played Cincinnati man.
Speaker 1:I can the season's over.
Speaker 4:You know the season's over, I know, but it's the interstate he's throwing turnovers.
Speaker 1:They need to see this other guy's under contract next year already.
Speaker 4:Well, we need to see him against the worst team in the league to see how he's.
Speaker 3:I don't get the line taken.
Speaker 4:Man, give me the Bengals by 100 points, all right.
Speaker 1:Justin, justin.
Speaker 3:Are we done with the Jameis Winston starting quarterback discussion?
Speaker 1:finally no, no this year.
Speaker 4:I'm going to need him out in the Bay Area next year.
Speaker 1:He's the same guy he's the same guy dude, yeah, he is.
Speaker 4:He'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 1:watching 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 3:Yeah, um, I think jamar chase goes for like 250 and like three it's getting up to eight now.
Speaker 1:I don't. I don't like it that much because that Bengals defense sucks.
Speaker 3:Yeah, but Dorian Thompson Robinson is the quarterback for the.
Speaker 1:Browns, you're right and he's not good. His numbers are actually. He throws the picks without throwing the touchdowns, right.
Speaker 3:Yeah, he's just shitty, he's not fun.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 4:Nobody wants to see the interception and a guy go out of balance. Well, yeah, you're right, I don't think.
Speaker 1:I 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 4:You cap his throws at 15 a game.
Speaker 2:Who you got in this, Mike. I'm just taking the Cleveland Browns.
Speaker 1:I knew it. They're going to respond to the rookie. That's a lot of points.
Speaker 2:This is a bounce back. Yeah, no eight points is a lot.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Jim. I wanted to get Jim's weather forecast. I'm not going to tell you which city it's in.
Speaker 4:Jim, it's just going to be so gross.
Speaker 2:Somewhere in.
Speaker 4:Ohio.
Speaker 2:What do you think the weather's going to be? I'm looking at it now.
Speaker 4:Oh 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 2:I think it's one o'clock yeah, 32 with a chance of rain.
Speaker 1:Oh, that's going to be awful Slush.
Speaker 4:That's one of's called in Ohio.
Speaker 2:Not even nice snow, okay Miserable.
Speaker 1:It sounds like a drink at a gas station.
Speaker 4:You 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 1:Yeah, 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 4:Vrabel, mike Vrabel, I can't believe that, dude yeah. I mean.
Speaker 1:I can. It's the NFL.
Speaker 4:He kind of reminds you of Ditka huh. Yeah With the Saints. Ditka with the Saints. Yeah With the Saints.
Speaker 2:Dick with the Saints.
Speaker 1:Yeah, all right. Well, the Bears are getting six and a half at home against the Lions.
Speaker 2:Ooh, 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 1:Detroit.
Speaker 2:You're taking Detroit, I see.
Speaker 1:Minus 28. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got detroit big time?
Speaker 3:yeah, 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 1:I 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 2:This is another 30-degree game with a chance of rain, so maybe that has.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 1:There'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 1:Uh, 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 3:What 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 1:Right, 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 3:Yeah, that's pretty usual.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so you're going Jets here. I actually like the Jets to cover that number.
Speaker 3:Yeah dude, I like them to cover that.
Speaker 1:All right, so that's three. That's only three, mike.
Speaker 2:Yeah, 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 4:Yeah, I am not going to be taking the LA cold and windy against you know that's something.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 4:Yeah, 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 2:In Buffalo. Right, he's Vers from Buffalo. No, that's where they got him from the transfer portal.
Speaker 4:He was at Albany. Yeah, at Albany. Born in Dayton, grew up in Pennsylvania, I think.
Speaker 1:All right, so we got Mike, who you got in that.
Speaker 2:I got the Rams Three to one, justin. All right, all right.
Speaker 1:Let'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 4:I bet he likes that though.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 2:Yeah, that's crazy. I'm going with not the rookie starting his first game to lose by less than nine points.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:I'm going to take the New York Giants.
Speaker 1:All right, yeah, that's a lot of points, justin. Who's that?
Speaker 3:And it's not like Atlanta, Detroit or anything.
Speaker 1:Right, I mean I know they're making the change. They have something to play for.
Speaker 4:They're making the change because they've sucked yeah.
Speaker 1:Eight 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 2:They're tied with the Raiders for last.
Speaker 1:Now 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 4:Welcome back Atlanta eight and a half, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:Eight and a half, yeah, eight and a half. Who's going, jimmy? Who you got?
Speaker 4:I got the Giants man oh really, justin, it's the NFL dude, it's his first start.
Speaker 3:Justin 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 1:Right.
Speaker 3:And 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 1:something 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 3:You got a ton of weapons on that. Yeah, I think he's actually better right now than Cousins.
Speaker 1:Cousins, 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 2:It's Washington versus Eagles, right? Yeah, sorry, I got it. Last time they played, philly won by eight. I'm going Philly here.
Speaker 1:Philly, yeah, all right.
Speaker 4:Jimmy, 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 1:Yeah, all right, all right, home dog here. What do you got, justin?
Speaker 3:I'm going to keep the ball rolling. I got.
Speaker 1:Billy 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 4:Right, 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 1:Just 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 2:But you don't.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 3:know what? Who the hell is that you know what Titans?
Speaker 1:Colts, 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 4:I'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 1:It'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 1:So 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 2:What did you say? It was a point or a point, and a half one point.
Speaker 1:Jags are getting one point, oh god it's basically a pick on.
Speaker 2:I think the Las Vegas Raiders have a little more heart, one point more heart than the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Speaker 3:So 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 2:Yeah, push, yeah I should.
Speaker 1:Push.
Speaker 2:Double 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 1:All right, jimmy.
Speaker 4:Both 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 1:Whatever All right.
Speaker 3:Justin, give me the Los Angeles Raiders, there we go.
Speaker 4:Los Angeles, raiders of Anaheim. Los Angeles Raiders, there we go. Los Angeles, raiders of Anaheim, los Angeles.
Speaker 1:Raiders 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 2:Yeah, 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 1:All right, justin.
Speaker 3:Yeah, 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 2:Yeah, buffalo destroys them. Oh dude, yeah, well, it's 14. Oh yeah, it could be.
Speaker 3:I like pick a number by anything, any number is feasible. They could win by 15.
Speaker 1:All right, justin's got them by 50. But no, all right, jimmy, you think the Pats can keep it respectable here.
Speaker 4:I do not Division opponent, I do not man. They at times look like they don't even know what football is.
Speaker 1:So 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 4:One, one point. All right, jimmy, you go first give me the dolphins. Why? Because, uh, you know, fuck al shanahan.
Speaker 1:That's why oh man, all right, uh, mike I'm going to take the uh.
Speaker 2:Uh, 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 1:No 425.
Speaker 4:Oh 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 2:Yeah.
Speaker 4:Are they In my head? That's all that counts.
Speaker 3:It's like the Stu Goss record book yeah.
Speaker 1:Oh, all right, justin.
Speaker 3:Give me the Dolphins, because it's a pick-em and I'm a homer. Yeah, but both these teams suck.
Speaker 1:I'm going to go Madden.
Speaker 4:I need to know what you're basing that on Me.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 2:Are we ready to move on from Tua yet? Are we ready to move on yet?
Speaker 1:Well, I mean, they won't.
Speaker 3:I'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 2:I would really like Christian Wilkins.
Speaker 1:I love Christian Wilkins man. It sucked that he got rid of him.
Speaker 3:He's just wasting away in Oak Vegas. Yeah, poor guy. Yeah, I know, All right. Well, let's go.
Speaker 2:I think, my Steeler looks pretty good though.
Speaker 3:Oh, steeler's great dude, but he's even better next to Christian Wilkins, right, yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so that game's just a bunch of underperforming teams with talent you know, and where the windows seem to be closing.
Speaker 4:A lot of aging talent, yeah.
Speaker 1:Does 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 4:I 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 1:Dak doesn't have any money problems or won't have any.
Speaker 4:Well no, he got drafted by the Cowboys.
Speaker 1:Right, 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 2:Dallas plays good against shitty teams.
Speaker 1:Yep, shitty against good teams, right yeah, justin.
Speaker 3:I'm actually going to take the Cowboys because of that hook.
Speaker 1:That hook will bring you back.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I think Tampa wins by a field goal.
Speaker 1:Well, Dallas has been showing heart.
Speaker 3:Yeah, Dallas has been playing well the past couple of weeks.
Speaker 1:I 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 2:Didn't he lip saying that?
Speaker 3:we suck the past couple weeks, dude.
Speaker 1:Didn'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 4:What are the Cowboys? Oh?
Speaker 1:Jimmy's going to the Cowboys too. All right, I almost went with them too, so I'm glad I didn't.
Speaker 4:They're a better team with what's-his-face.
Speaker 1:They are, they are and the NFC South lulls.
Speaker 4:Right, it's still the Bucs.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 4:Did we?
Speaker 2:do Minnesota and Seattle?
Speaker 1:We did not Uh-uh, Is that under my line? Oh wow, oh wow. Is that the only one I didn't get?
Speaker 2:huh yeah, I think so Minnesota. Oh, there it is. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1:I'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 4:I'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 1:That's an old Jimmymy pick, but he's going seahawks here don't see hawks justin yeah, dude.
Speaker 3:Um, 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 1:think 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 2:Yeah, I'm going.
Speaker 1:Yeah, uh, but what do you think about that? You know, you got Sam Darnold.
Speaker 3:He 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 1:There 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 3:I'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 1:I think it does matter, though, how well he finishes the season.
Speaker 3:Hey, 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 4:I 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 1:Yeah, 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 2:Okay good bring.
Speaker 1:James 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 4:Yeah, it's not Spencer Rattler again.
Speaker 2:Probably.
Speaker 3:They had some other dude. I couldn't even pronounce his name.
Speaker 1:I 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 3:Give me the.
Speaker 2:Packers 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 3:They're my Super Bowl pick. They need to get on a roll all right, well, they look good last week.
Speaker 1:And 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 4:Invitational.
Speaker 1:Invitational 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 4:I 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 2:I don't pay attention to any of this seven and a half.
Speaker 1:You don't have to Notre.
Speaker 2:Dame is favorite yeah yeah, I'll pick, I'll pick Notre Dame.
Speaker 1:Justin.
Speaker 3:Yeah, Notre Dame in South Bend. You're going to love this little Miami reference. It's down to seven.
Speaker 1:It's down to seven now.
Speaker 3:That's big. That's how golden-legged defense of Notre Dame has been dominant.
Speaker 1:Yeah, they really have.
Speaker 3:Dominant dude.
Speaker 1:Man, he's got the polar hair man like the gray and the white. Now, I'm sorry, Go ahead.
Speaker 3:No, 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 1:Right.
Speaker 3:That hook is going down too. I think Notre Dame wins by a couple touchdowns at home Friday night.
Speaker 1:All right, mike, who did you pick in this?
Speaker 2:Notre Dame.
Speaker 1:All right, and then Jimmy.
Speaker 2:You picked. Indiana, though to cover right, right, jim picked Indiana.
Speaker 1:All 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 3:Do you even need to ask?
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 3:Eight 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 1:Valley. Wow, that would be fun to watch Mike who you got, get ready.
Speaker 2:I'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 1:I'm going to take Penn State here, penn.
Speaker 4:State's backup quarterback is no longer with the team. That's true.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he's forced to leave. So I just think man eight and a half is a lot.
Speaker 4:Yeah, man.
Speaker 1:But 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 1:I 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 3:11 and a half. Oh, that's a big number.
Speaker 2:Yep.
Speaker 3:I think Clemson's going to cover that number. I think Texas wins, but I don't see Texas winning by two touchdowns.
Speaker 1:I 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 2:I'm going with the ACC here. I'll take Clemson Tigers.
Speaker 1:All right, jimmy.
Speaker 4:I'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 2:Oh yeah.
Speaker 4:Not a Ewers fan.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 2:I'm going Tennessee. I don't know why you still like oh, you don't have to say that.
Speaker 3:You 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 4:this. 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 1:Well, 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 3:I 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 1:Oh 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 3:game that's it.
Speaker 2:That's all the games. That's the first round. Yeah, first round. We'll get to the next round later.
Speaker 1:We 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 4:Really Over the Eagles, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:If 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 3:I don't know, dude, those injuries in Detroit are concerning. Yeah, that's a bummer man, it really does.
Speaker 1:Have they peaked too soon? I mean, it's going to be hard to stop the Eagles, you know.
Speaker 3:And they've got the leggings right on their ass too.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think that might be your NFC championship right there.
Speaker 2:The Eagles have a super easy schedule.
Speaker 1:Right, 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 3:Who are the Super Bowl picks?
Speaker 1:Oh, I picked the Rams. I had Rams-Bills with the Rams winning it.
Speaker 3:I had Dolphins-Packers, all right, anybody remember mine?
Speaker 1:We can pull it up. I do not, Jimmy bring that up. I think it might have been San Francisco, oh yeah.
Speaker 2:I think it was Lions-Bills.
Speaker 1:Lions-Bills. Okay, I know, I picked the Rams. That's what I'm hoping for.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I don't know about that, but that's who I think it's going to be now dude.
Speaker 1:Yeah, geez, I don't know I want Lions-Bills.
Speaker 3:man, That'd be what we just thought. It's a fun game. Yeah, it's fun as shit.
Speaker 1:If 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 2:It's crazy to think they're 13-1, and we all just kind of think they suck.
Speaker 3:Right, 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 1:Well, 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 3:I'm goddamn mad at shit.
