North Florida Sports Network Podcast
North Florida Sports Network Podcast
CFB Playoff Drama and NFL Week 18 Predictions
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 2:Iowa.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 2:They're bad. The Ravens are getting.
Speaker 1:The Browns are getting 18. Jeez, 18. They're bad. The Ravens are getting.
Speaker 2:The 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 2:Well, 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 1:So where are we going?
Speaker 2:Jimmy, 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 1:Well, the Browns can't score.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So I mean yeah, I think I'm with you, god wow.
Speaker 2:You really want to try to tackle Derrick Henry when there's nothing on the line.
Speaker 1:All 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 2:Really 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 1:yeah, 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.
Speaker 2:Jimmy. 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 1:All right, let's see. Let's see, hold on one second. All right, let's go to Texans. Titans, ugh.
Speaker 2:All right, let's see.
Speaker 1:It sounds like another two to three touchdown spread in spread in that game.
Speaker 2:Yeah, no, actually it's not because some bangers for the last.
Speaker 1:Texans 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 2:Well, give me the texans man titans, still suck so yeah, okay all right davis mills.
Speaker 1:Yeah, uh, let's go. Uh, justin, who you got.
Speaker 2:Yeah, 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 1:Yeah, 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 2:no, 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 1:the packers really have nothing to play for uh, it's, it's.
Speaker 2:You 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 1:a 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 2:Yep.
Speaker 1:Both of you huh.
Speaker 2:Yeah, 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 1:I think I'm going to do it. Yeah, man, you know, I think this is going to be the little Super Bowl, the.
Speaker 2:Bears will keep it close, lose by nine points. Nine points, there you go, not exactly.
Speaker 1:Last 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 2:Yeah, they beat the.
Speaker 1:Seahawks. 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 2:Yeah, Saquon's not playing.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so this is another one of those.
Speaker 2:you 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 1:I just, that was just insane man Giants are getting three in Philly.
Speaker 2:So you're taking the Giants? Who's Philly's backup? Kenny Pickett, kenny.
Speaker 1:Pickett, kenny Pickett.
Speaker 2:He 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 1:Yeah. Who you got Kenny.
Speaker 2:Pickett 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 1:I 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 2:hey, 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 1:well, 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 1:Uh, 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 2:Justin 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 1:You know, I think this is now the panthers.
Speaker 2:Play hard, man.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 2:Yeah, 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 1:Justin'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 2:Sorry, they should just let some team opt out of this. This is what sucks.
Speaker 1:You 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 2:They'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 1:but I guess I'll just go with the colt?
Speaker 2:uh, for no reason at all.
Speaker 1:Yeah 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 2:I seen Josh out sitting out.
Speaker 1:I 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 2:Give 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 1:Maybe, 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 2:Yeah, 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 1:Deion on offense was like the mid-90s when he went to the Cowboys.
Speaker 2:My 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 1:all right, let's go to dallas where, uh, the commanders are minus six going into Dallas, dallas, getting six. Justin, who you got?
Speaker 2:You know, are the Commanders even playing for anything? Or is this another one where I think it's kind?
Speaker 1:of 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 2:Yeah, like so you never want to lose to the Cowboys Right and I was going to say I think they're.
Speaker 1:they'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 2:how much are they going to push right, no matter what?
Speaker 1:right. 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 2:Jaden Daniels is going to pull a Cam Ward. All the starters come out at halftime.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 2:Jimmy, 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 1:I like it.
Speaker 2:Cowboys suck.
Speaker 1:All 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 2:I heard something on the radio today that Tua might not be playing again.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:If Tua's out, then I think Rodgers tries to get signed by another team and throws for like 500 yards.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 2:Yeah, 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 1:Game 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 2:Yeah, 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 1:I'll take them without Tua.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, huntley did make a Pro Bowl one time 's right I'll take him without him.
Speaker 1:Screw 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 2:see, that's a double digit spread when you're back up for playing against a team that needs to win and get in.
Speaker 1:I mean my God, what's going on? No, no, no. The Broncos are minus 10.5.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah yeah, I was about to say, like what the hell is going on?
Speaker 1:No, no, no, the Chiefs are getting 10.5 here.
Speaker 2:Chiefs cover that spread dude. I mean the Broncos are playing well, but they're not 10 points better than the Chiefs backups.
Speaker 1:Right.
Speaker 2:Andy Reid's still the coach. He's not going to just call handoffs up the middle of the whole game.
Speaker 1:Unfortunately, I think the Broncos are going to win, you're still going to have a guy like Carson Wentz.
Speaker 2:You know who's got talent.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 2:Give me the bronco all right I think bonix is gonna go off off. Why not? All right, you know, screw it.
Speaker 1:Give me the brush All right.
Speaker 2:I 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 1:And 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 2:Nobody.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 2:Yeah, I mean, if you're sitting everybody.
Speaker 1:I'm taking the seahawks in, minus six and a half justin yeah, I mean the seahawks.
Speaker 2:I 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 1:Yeah, the new yeah, exactly, coach.
Speaker 2:Yeah, 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 1:Yeah, seahawk man. All right, uh. Vegas plus four and a half against the charges in Vegas.
Speaker 2:Justin, 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 1:Oh, so you're taking loss.
Speaker 2:Pick another tight end.
Speaker 1:All right, jimmy, who you got on this four and a half. Yeah, I'm going Raiders man All right?
Speaker 2:Well, I'll take the milk steak then. I just think he's going to win this game.
Speaker 1:They'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 2:yeah, 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 1:I'll take the cardinals here. All right, let's go to the game. This is the one to the game.
Speaker 2:This is the one. Finally, we got the one.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 2:Oh 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 1:It 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 2:As 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 1:Right.
Speaker 2:But 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 1:This 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 2:if 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 1:Yeah, you don't want to see. That's not a good matchup for them. No, it's a terrible matchup.
Speaker 2:That's what happens, dude. It's trouble for man Train.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 1:That 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 2:I 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 1:I don't get that. I think that just play the game or don't.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, no, they're coming out at halftime.
Speaker 1:I don't get all the heat that he's getting. Yeah, I don't really like it, by the way.
Speaker 2:All right, well, it's still a bowl game. All right, it's a meaningless bowl game, it's a Pop-Tarts bowl dude.
Speaker 1:Yeah, 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 2:Oh yeah, manny Diaz baby.
Speaker 1:Oh man, that'd be nice to see, oh, crybaby lane to lose.
Speaker 2:We're going to have two former Miami guys getting wins today. Manny Diaz upsets Ole Miss and Al Golden's defense dominates Georgia.
Speaker 1:Well, 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 2:I'm goddamn madder than shit.
