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CFB Playoff Drama and NFL Week 18 Predictions
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I got Justin with me. I got Jimmy with me. Mike is sending his in, so you do not get to hear his picks. You will have them. Yeah, he's hanging out with A-Rod, you know doing, he's doing.
Speaker 2Iowa.
Speaker 1Yeah, he's gonna go get that and then, uh, we'll have all the standings, we're gonna lay it on you. Next week, finals for the regular season, we'll do playoff picks, but we'll also have where everyone stands, so we're just gonna go pick these games. Uh, sat game tonight. So it starts Saturday and it is the Browns and the Ravens. The Browns look terrible. They're moving on. They were going to play Dorian Thompson, robinson or Zappy.
Speaker 2They're bad. The Ravens are getting.
Speaker 1The Browns are getting 18. Jeez, 18. They're bad. The Ravens are getting.
Speaker 2The Browns are getting 18, geez wow 18 everything except for the last playoff spot is between Dolphins, bengals and and Denver. Right, all right. So the seedings all said everything like that, so you got to imagine nobody's really playing most of their starters, right? Well, actually I did hear something that there's some way that the Steelers, so you got to imagine nobody's really playing most of their starters right?
Speaker 2Well, actually I did hear something that there's some way that the Steelers can win the division this weekend. So the Ravens are going to pour it on the Browns dude, yeah, okay, that's really all. Yeah, If they're actually going to try. That's a lot, Doesn't matter man.
Speaker 1So where are we going?
Speaker 2Jimmy, who you got? I'm going Ravens man, wow alright, justin yeah, I'm going. Ravens dude, you can brown them so bad and the Ravens need this win to win the division. So they're gonna come out and just destroy them. Remember the last time they played, jameis beat them right. There's gonna be be some. Get back. And they got something to play for with the playoffs, so I know 18 is huge.
Speaker 1Well, the Browns can't score.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1So I mean yeah, I think I'm with you, god wow.
Speaker 2You really want to try to tackle Derrick Henry when there's nothing on the line.
Speaker 1All right. All right, so we'll get Mike's in later. So we're all three going, ravens minus 18. Okay, all right, let's go to Pittsburgh, where the Bengals have a slim chance and they're going to go to the Steelers. So this is going to be a competitive game here, as the Steelers want to try to get the division. So the Steelers win, they get the division, and if they lose and the Ravens win, they get the division. Is that how it is? Yep, all right, so the Bengals still have a chance. Those games are on Saturday, so they'll still be fighting it. Steelers are getting a point and a half at home. Justin, who you got?
Speaker 2Really outside of that. What was it? Maybe like six, seven-week run with Russell Wilson? Dude, the Steelers' offenses looked pretty bad here as of late and the Bengals are like scalding hot right now. Right, Dude, give me the Bengals. I think the Bengals are like scalding hot right now. Dude, give me the Bengals. I think the Bengals get it. Jimmy, I'm taking Cincinnati too, man. I just I don't know. It's like Justin said, in the offense it looks like Russell Wilson had one last little five-game stretch in him and they've come back down to earth and the bingos gotta get it, man like this is it?
Speaker 1yeah, you know it's all gonna come down to that broncos chiefs game to see if the chiefs actually can. You know that's what it's all coming down to. I I think the uh steelers playing at home for the division getting points. I'll take it. Give me the steelers with the point and a half. Um, all right, let's go to tampa where they win and they get to the nfc south and they're hosting the, the god-awful saints who have nothing to play for. Uh, the saints are getting 13 and ahalf division opponent. I guess you know you're playing to ruin the season here, but I don't see it. I see the Bucs rolling big, just like they did last week. Give me the Bucs minus the 13-and-a-half.
NFL Teams Playing for Nothing
Speaker 2Jimmy. Yeah, I doubt anybody on that Saints team even wants to play football right now. They just go through the motions. But I think the Bucs whooped that ass, justin. Yep, same thing, dude. The Bucs, that's another team. That's offense is just crazy hot right now. Playing for something? The Saints are playing for nothing. I think the Bucs are in a rout. All right, let's see. Playing for something? The Saints are playing for nothing. I think Bucs in a route.
Speaker 1All right, let's see. Let's see, hold on one second. All right, let's go to Texans. Titans, ugh.
Speaker 2All right, let's see.
Speaker 1It sounds like another two to three touchdown spread in spread in that game.
Speaker 2Yeah, no, actually it's not because some bangers for the last.
Speaker 1Texans have already locked up the division with the Colts losing, so the Texans are already. They really don't have anything to play for. Um, that's why this they're only get they're actually getting one and a half on the road oh, I mean, yeah.
Speaker 2Well, give me the texans man titans, still suck so yeah, okay all right davis mills.
Speaker 1Yeah, uh, let's go. Uh, justin, who you got.
Speaker 2Yeah, I mean, neither team is playing for anything. This is going to be a god-awful game. A lot of beer drinking during this game.
Speaker 1Yeah, I'm going to go with the home team just to show some pride here. I guess, since the Texans aren't playing and they're not going to play anybody, I'll go with the Titans here. All right? So let's go to Green Bay and they are hosting the Bears. Bears are getting 10. 10. Anybody taking that? Justin?
Speaker 2no, caleb williams, bro, caleb williams all right uh jimmy, nah yeah, packers um, I mean, I think this is another, though, situation where uh, what what?
Speaker 1the packers really have nothing to play for uh, it's, it's.
Speaker 2You know it's still green bay in chicago, man and right and caleb williams is still the quarterback right and the bears an absolute dumpster fire right now. Man, they're focused on who's the? Who do we need?
Speaker 1a coach, I guess you could. You gotta who would get the higher c between the packers or the commanders? They're both have the same record and they're both going to be wildcard teams. That would be, I guess, one thing to play for. You're going Packers minus the 10?.
Speaker 2Yep.
Speaker 1Both of you huh.
Speaker 2Yeah, I picked the Bears one time this year and they lost by like 30. You can pick the Bears, fletch, I think I'm going to do it, I like 30. Pick the Bears Fletch.
Speaker 1I think I'm going to do it. Yeah, man, you know, I think this is going to be the little Super Bowl, the.
Speaker 2Bears will keep it close, lose by nine points. Nine points, there you go, not exactly.
Speaker 1Last week the Giants messed up the draft for people that wanted them to have the number one pick. They upset. Who did they beat last week? The Giants.
Speaker 2Yeah, they beat the.
Speaker 1Seahawks. No, it was the Colts. Yeah, they beat the Colts, they eliminated the Colts and they, they beat the Colts. Yeah, wow, they eliminated the Colts and they eliminated themselves from getting a top pick. This is another situation where I guess the Eagles I think the Eagles are locked in as the two.
Speaker 2Yeah, Saquon's not playing.
Speaker 1Yeah, so this is another one of those.
Speaker 2you know I mean if you're a Giants, you might as well go all out now. I mean, you're not getting the first pick Right.
Speaker 1I just, that was just insane man Giants are getting three in Philly.
Speaker 2So you're taking the Giants? Who's Philly's backup? Kenny Pickett, kenny.
Speaker 1Pickett, kenny Pickett.
Speaker 2He actually played pretty well the other game. I got stuck with that one on regional coverage and Pickett didn't look bad at all.
Speaker 1Yeah. Who you got Kenny.
Speaker 2Pickett against Drew Locke. Jeez, I'm taking Philly man. All right, philly minus three, uh, justin yeah, philly's backups are better than the giant starters yeah, I think it's at philly.
Speaker 1I think they don't want to get a bad taste in their mouth. They're gonna go to the motion. Oh god, you know what?
Speaker 2hey, man, hey. But see, the thing is is like it's the bears, it's the giants, like do you really want to let it ride with teams?
Speaker 1well, they have they. Well, yeah, you don't want to let it ride with them. But do you really want to let it ride with teams that are going to sit the player, like all of them? So like this could be where you have a game that's philly's up, 13 and nothing, and then all of a sudden giants win 16, 13. So I'm gonna go giants here, uh, give me the g-man plus the three.
Speaker 1Uh, let's go to atlanta yeah let's go to atlanta atlanta needs to win and have the saints pull off the miracle. Um, they're hosting the panthers. The panthers are getting seven and a half.
Speaker 2Justin who you got oh man, even with all the motivation factors in this one, I'm I'm still gonna take the panthers. I think the panthers lose, but cover that spread right, I don't think they're gonna be tanking.
Speaker 1You know, I think this is now the panthers.
Speaker 2Play hard, man.
Speaker 1Yeah, they're playing hard yeah, they got the quarterback back in there ever since he's come back. I think that this is they're trying to get better. Um, seven and a half's a lot, I think. The quarterback for, though atlanta I think they're gonna win, though. I think they're going to win, though I think they're going to win big. I think at home this will be a third start. I don't think he's going to want to show out in the home. I guess they still have a glimmer of hope. So give me the Falcons minus the 7.5. Jimmy.
Speaker 2Yeah, I mean I just keep coming back to the roster on the Panthers. There's just not much there With the rookie quarterback playing for the Falcons. They're going to want to show out. I'll take the birds, all right, so.
Speaker 1Justin's there with seven and a half for the Panthers. That's a good pick, but not enough. All right, so let's go to Indy a game that's terrible the Jaguars. Another terrible Jaguars are coming to Indy. They're getting four and a half.
Speaker 2Sorry, they should just let some team opt out of this. This is what sucks.
Speaker 1You know, like this week. I know it's going to be close, but it's going to come down to these stupid games where, yeah, like nothing, that happened all season has really has anything to do with these games. But here we go, jacksonville's four and a half into indy jimmy, who you got you know, give me the calls, dude.
Speaker 2They're gonna run anthony ridgerton 40 times from the qb spot all right, somehow he got a victory. All right, justin yeah, I mean like who freaking cares?
Speaker 1but I guess I'll just go with the colt?
Speaker 2uh, for no reason at all.
NFL Teams Playing for Playoff Position
Speaker 1Yeah I think jacksonville they would be. That would be totally jacksonville of them to win this game when you you need to lose this game and get a best draft pick available for yourself. So give me the Colts, all right, minus the four and a half. Let's go to New England where the Bills are going to play the Pats. This is another one where the Bills really have the two seed locked up. I don't think they have anything to play for, so this is kind of their bye week. The Pats are getting two at home.
Speaker 2I seen Josh out sitting out.
Speaker 1I don't care. I saw Trubisky come in and I think they're playing well enough? I don't think the Patriots are good and I think I'm going Bills here to win, minus the two Justin.
Speaker 2Give me Drake May oh yeah All right, I knew it. So here's my question Are they going to feature Travis Hunter on offense next year, or are they going to just, you know, like package play with him?
Speaker 1Maybe, like 15, plays a game on offense, you'll play defense. Yeah, I play him on defense with, like you said about it'll be like even 20 hours with the cowboys, maybe you know.
Speaker 2Yeah, a hundred is a better receiver than anybody I know. But just they use Deion a lot on offense the most they ever used.
Speaker 1Deion on offense was like the mid-90s when he went to the Cowboys.
Speaker 2My only argument to that and I know we're sidetracked, but he's clearly much closer to being a Deion-level player at the receiver position right now. Right, yeah, but is there value there? Yeah, yeah, that's what? Yeah, so they'll just assume that he'll eventually learn to be that lockdown corner kind of bang for your buck, two for one anyway, though still smoking them all right.
Speaker 1all right, let's go to dallas where, uh, the commanders are minus six going into Dallas, dallas, getting six. Justin, who you got?
Speaker 2You know, are the Commanders even playing for anything? Or is this another one where I think it's kind?
Speaker 1of like what we were saying. It's more of the seeding between them and the Green Bay Packers. Yeah, the seeding between them. And what's the other in it, the green Bay Packers?
Speaker 2Yeah, like so you never want to lose to the Cowboys Right and I was going to say I think they're.
Speaker 1they're just playing. This is a rivalry game. I think they want to keep it rolling, Rookie quarterback, but you're already in the playoffs, so another?
Speaker 2how much are they going to push right, no matter what?
Speaker 1right. Do you really want to risk it when you know you have a game that matters the next week? So, dallas, plus six at home, justin, who you got?
Speaker 2Jaden Daniels is going to pull a Cam Ward. All the starters come out at halftime.
Speaker 1Yeah, I'm going there too. I think it's just with nothing to play for. I think Dallas will be at home. They'll want to end on a good note. So the six points too many. I'll take the six and the Cowboys at home.
Speaker 2Jimmy, I'm going to go the other way because Mike McCarthy is not going to return to Dallas by his own choice. He's going to take the Chicago job and he's already checked out. The Washington covers, even with their backups in the second half.
Speaker 1I like it.
Speaker 2Cowboys suck.
Speaker 1All right. Well, let's go to New York the Jets. We've been playing okay on offense, like now that there's nothing to play for. They're getting one point against the Dolphins. Yeah, I guess this is A-Rod's last game. Who you got, Justin?
Speaker 2I heard something on the radio today that Tua might not be playing again.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2If Tua's out, then I think Rodgers tries to get signed by another team and throws for like 500 yards.
Speaker 1Yeah, and if Tua's there, then I'm going to take the Dolphins to get signed by another team and throws for like 500 yards.
Speaker 2Yeah, I was just. And when? If? If two was there, then I'm gonna take the dolphins because they're still playing for that glimmer of hope in the playoff, but with no two, I mean hunley ain't doing shit, man, I got stuck this game will be going on the same time that the chiefs broncos will game.
Speaker 1Game will be going on. So basically you won't be able to. Dolphins are playing to get in and if they win and the Chiefs win, they're in. So it's not that big of a stretch there. I think that they're going to bring it. Give me the Dolphins minus the one, Jimmy Screw, the Jets man. I don't want anything to do with them.
Speaker 2Yeah, I'm not going to pick the Jets, but I do agree that it kind of hinges all on who's playing quarterback for the Dolphins.
Speaker 1I'll take them without Tua.
Speaker 2Oh yeah, huntley did make a Pro Bowl one time 's right I'll take him without him.
Speaker 1Screw it all right, um, all right. So, uh, let's go to the big game. Um, that has a lot of. I guess the bangles and the dolphins will are interested here. Their playoff hopes really hinge on this game and that's the Chiefs going into Denver. Denver is minus 10.5. Chiefs are getting 10.5. Chiefs don't need it. They already locked up the one seed. The Broncos have to have it. If they don't, they're out unless the dolphins and the bangles lose. But I doubt that's going to happen. Um so, 10 and a half points in denver. Justin, who you got?
Speaker 2see, that's a double digit spread when you're back up for playing against a team that needs to win and get in.
Speaker 1I mean my God, what's going on? No, no, no. The Broncos are minus 10.5.
Speaker 2Oh yeah yeah, I was about to say, like what the hell is going on?
Speaker 1No, no, no, the Chiefs are getting 10.5 here.
Speaker 2Chiefs cover that spread dude. I mean the Broncos are playing well, but they're not 10 points better than the Chiefs backups.
Speaker 1Right.
Speaker 2Andy Reid's still the coach. He's not going to just call handoffs up the middle of the whole game.
Speaker 1Unfortunately, I think the Broncos are going to win, you're still going to have a guy like Carson Wentz.
Speaker 2You know who's got talent.
Speaker 1Yeah, it'd be another Sam Bradford type thing and I think you're still trying to. You're going to play to get those guys ready in case you need them, you know, because you're like one injury away. So I think there's still a little bit of play for ten and a half too many for me. I'll take the chiefs and ten and a half jimmy you know what used to be different.
Speaker 2Give me the bronco all right I think bonix is gonna go off off. Why not? All right, you know, screw it.
Speaker 1Give me the brush All right.
Speaker 2I mean, Chris Jones isn't playing man. To me, that's huge. Yeah, I know Mahomes isn't playing. Yeah, that is huge. No, no, you're right on this.
Speaker 1And this is really just, we're kind of just guessing here, I mean we don't know what's going to happen on some of these games with who's playing and not, but that's not that crazy of a pick. All right, let's go to LA, where the Seahawks are going to be in Los Angeles, taking on the Rams. Rams are getting six and a half. I mean minus six. Wait, the Rams are getting six and a half. So they already won the division. They must not be. They're not playing anybody.
Speaker 2Nobody.
Speaker 1Yeah, I mean they wouldn't be six and a half minus. Wait, I'm sorry. Yeah, no, they're plus six and a half the Rams.
Speaker 2Yeah, I mean, if you're sitting everybody.
Speaker 1I'm taking the seahawks in, minus six and a half justin yeah, I mean the seahawks.
Speaker 2I I think these teams that are like a team, like the seahawks, I don't see them pulling their starters well, they're gonna win the coach.
Speaker 1Yeah, the new yeah, exactly, coach.
Speaker 2Yeah, first year, coach. He's gonna come strong, dude. He's not gonna bench metcalf or smith and jigba or gino smith, any of these guys, dude. Uh, give me the seahawk all right, uh, jimmy.
Speaker 1Yeah, seahawk man. All right, uh. Vegas plus four and a half against the charges in Vegas.
Speaker 2Justin, who you got? Oh God, the chargers are locked into the playoff and Vegas has actually totally screwed themselves, going from like the number one pick that I think they dropped down to eight with that win the other day. They're going to screw themselves more and they're going to drop out of the top 10 with the wind.
Speaker 1Oh, so you're taking loss.
Speaker 2Pick another tight end.
Speaker 1All right, jimmy, who you got on this four and a half. Yeah, I'm going Raiders man All right?
Speaker 2Well, I'll take the milk steak then. I just think he's going to win this game.
Speaker 1They're going to take care of business. They want to get it rolling. Uh, they're just. That's what they did against the patriots. That's kind of what it will be. They'll take care of it. Um, all right, let's go to arizona. The niners are getting four and a half in the desert jimmy, is that enough?
Speaker 2yeah, man, I'm taking the cardinals all right, uh, jesse yeah they're dumb. Yeah, oh god, yeah, no, no purdy, yeah, um yeah, I gotta the calamaro run around and do some video games like crap and win the game.
Speaker 1I'll take the cardinals here. All right, let's go to the game. This is the one to the game.
Speaker 2This is the one. Finally, we got the one.
Speaker 1Yeah, I know Of all the crap games that we've talked about, with who's playing and who's not playing. They've been crap. Well, this one is for all the marbles and this one is for the number one seed Flat out. You win this game, you get a bye. You get home field advantage throughout the playoffs. You lose this game, you get a buy. You get home field advantage throughout the playoffs. You lose this game, you're on the road next week. So this is a big game. It all comes down to this, and it's the NFC North, it's the Minnesota Vikings on the road in Detroit. Motor City man train is one win away. It's plus three for the Vikings on the road here. Jimmy, who you got?
Speaker 2Oh man, I'm going to roll with man Train on this one, yeah, but, but god, it's really just because they're at home, right? Donald is donald man.
Speaker 1It is well that whole advantage minnesota has is real now, the, the. If it was at Minnesota, I would say, but Detroit has the fact that it's not at Minnesota. I don't think they're going to have that same effect. Justin, who do you got in this? Minus three, detroit or plus three. Minnesota.
Speaker 2As of the past couple of weeks if I was just looking at it the past couple of weeks, minnesota's playing better right now.
Speaker 1Right.
Speaker 2But dude that, I mean that stadium might actually literally blow the roof off because it's going to be so goddamn loud in there, dude.
Speaker 1This is a train. Oh man, I'm not. You know what. I'm going to take some dangerous here. I'm going to get on the tracks when the train's coming through, with the Vikings and Sam Darnold, to ruin the whole season really, and to sneak in and to take the number one seed. Give me the Vikings to win and upset the Lions. How about that, dude?
Speaker 2if that happens, dude, if the Vikings beat the Lions and the Lions got to go on the road to Tampa, the Lions get bounced in the first round. A loss at home to Minnesota, losing the one seed would be crushing.
Speaker 1Yeah, you don't want to see. That's not a good matchup for them. No, it's a terrible matchup.
Speaker 2That's what happens, dude. It's trouble for man Train.
Speaker 1Yeah, this is a big game because either the losing team is going to have to go on the road, probably to Tampa. So, all right, that's it. What's that? I think I hear something we had to go. Got to get on out of here. All right, it's here, but the playoffs college football playoffs are in the thick of it. Arizona State Texas was a hell of a game. Damn the Sun Devils man. They outgained the Longhorns by like 150 yards, but the no by himself almost out-gamed the Longhorns there was a targeting that was not called at the end.
Speaker 1That would have gave Arizona State maybe a chance to kick field goal, but instead they went to overtime and the Longhorns won in two overtimes. Notre Dame Georgia is January 2nd, that's tonight Got postponed after a terrorist attack in New Orleans, which is crazy. You got Penn State taking care of Boise State, ohio State Wow, they look like nobody's beating them, they just look like a completely different team. Good luck with that one. Texas yeah, for real, gonna be an ass-whooping. Miami. Cam Ward sat out. What'd you think of that, justin?
Speaker 2I wouldn't have even played the first half if I was him. Way too risky to get hurt man, although it's not even the overall record, because, like 70 of his touchdowns were at a JUCO, so he doesn't even have the overall record.
Speaker 1I don't get that. I think that just play the game or don't.
Speaker 2Yeah, yeah, no, they're coming out at halftime.
Speaker 1I don't get all the heat that he's getting. Yeah, I don't really like it, by the way.
Speaker 2All right, well, it's still a bowl game. All right, it's a meaningless bowl game, it's a Pop-Tarts bowl dude.
Speaker 1Yeah, exactly All the games now are meaningless, although I'll tell you what I know Jimmy's going to be hoping and praying that Duke can pull off the upset tonight against old Lane Kiffin.
Speaker 2Oh yeah, manny Diaz baby.
Speaker 1Oh man, that'd be nice to see, oh, crybaby lane to lose.
Speaker 2We're going to have two former Miami guys getting wins today. Manny Diaz upsets Ole Miss and Al Golden's defense dominates Georgia.
Speaker 1Well, we got the games coming up. We'll watch them, We'll react to them and we'll give you the results for the whole season. Next time right here on the North Florida Sports Network on the North Florida Sports Network.
Speaker 2I'm goddamn madder than shit.
