Bets, Spreads, And Bold Calls Across A Wild NFL Slate

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Chapters

• 0:00 Records Recap And Lions–Cowboys Setup
• 2:28 NFC Showdown: Lions vs Cowboys Picks
• 3:40 AFC North Stakes: Steelers At Ravens
• 6:36 Spreads Swing: Bucs–Saints And Vikings–Commanders
• 10:42 Bengals Revived And Bills Tested
• 12:43 Colts–Jags For The South Lead
• 14:35 Browns–Titans And Miles Garrett Factor
• 16:20 Seahawks At Falcons And Lopsided Lines
• 17:55 Dolphins–Jets Cold-Weather Debate
• 19:20 Broncos–Raiders And Trust Issues
• 20:38 Bears At Packers And Home-Field Stakes
• 22:30 Rams At Cardinals Momentum Check
• 24:00 Texans At Chiefs And A Defense Question

Transcript

SPEAKER_03: 0:00

Let me ask you one question.

SPEAKER_08: 0:48

Five. Mike in myself, eight mate. Jimmy, Jimmy, Junior. 21 and 9 in the last two weeks, ever since we started doing it. Yeah, boost it.

SPEAKER_04: 1:10

The opposite. And it worked for George. It got him in job at the 90s.

SPEAKER_08: 1:13

I know, right? Right. Well, let's go uh we did the overall. That puts the records at I'm still in the lead. At 104 and 89. Mike 97 and 96. Jimmy 91 and 102. But Justin's only three back at you, Jimmy, at 88 and 105. Look at that.

SPEAKER_04: 1:39

Look out, Jimmy. Castanza's coming.

SPEAKER_08: 1:42

I'm going right back to the seller. Alright, um, well, it starts tonight. It's a good one. It's a playoff elimination game, I would say, as the Lions are hosting the Cowboys. Both teams have five losses. One has six wins. One has seven. One has a tie. The Cowboys are getting three on the road in Detroit. Costanza.

SPEAKER_04: 2:18

George, what do you got? Oh man, both coming off their Thanksgiving, their Thanksgiving game, so it's not a short week either way. Nope. Normal week. Lions at home. Man Campbell. Give you the Cowboys.

SPEAKER_08: 2:39

Mike.

SPEAKER_06: 2:44

I'm going to go with the Lions to get right up. I think this guy Tesla. I think he's going to score a couple touchdowns. So I'm going live.

SPEAKER_08: 2:51

Is St. Brown going to give it a go?

SPEAKER_06: 2:53

I hope not. I just picked up Tesla on my band team. So I really hope he does.

SPEAKER_08: 2:58

Well, you know what? I think I'm going with Cowboys, man. The Lions aren't direct, it's just not going in the right directions. The Cowboys are beaten. They beat the Super Bowl teams. I mean, they beat the Chiefs. They beat the Eagles. And they're trending in the right direction. They've made a big trade on defense. That's paid off. And that offense is humming. They got two number ones. Give me the Cowboys, man. How about it? Jimmy?

SPEAKER_07: 3:27

I'm going to get to fighting Brian Schottenheimers. Give me the Cowboys.

SPEAKER_08: 3:31

Wow. Alright. Okay. So let's um that's gonna be a good one. Let's go to Sunday. As the this is gonna be uh a good game, and the AFC North is up for grabs. The Steelers are going to Baltimore. Both teams just say divisions there to get. So this is a huge game. The Steelers are getting five and a half in Baltimore. Jimmy, who you got?

SPEAKER_07: 4:03

And Rogers is gonna play? No?

SPEAKER_08: 4:06

Well, he started the game and then he came out and uh oh god, they're just so bad.

SPEAKER_07: 4:12

Man, I I'm gonna take Baltimore. I know that's uh it's a big line for both of these teams, but I'm taking the Ravens. All right. Uh Justin.

SPEAKER_04: 4:23

I don't even know what Costanza would do on this one.

SPEAKER_08: 4:26

Yeah, I know, right?

SPEAKER_04: 4:28

Both teams kind of look like ass here lately. Right. And that's a big spread. Give me the Ravens to cover it. All right.

SPEAKER_08: 4:36

Yep. Uh Mike.

SPEAKER_06: 4:40

You guys see Aaron Rodgers get smashed the other day? That was the worst hit I've seen in a while from a quarterback. I'm gonna go not them. I'm gonna go with the uh Baltimore, Baltimore Ravens.

SPEAKER_04: 4:55

That was the worst hit you've seen on a quarterback in a while. You must have missed the Jackson Dart hit.

SPEAKER_06: 5:00

Well, in the yeah, I I probably have missed a lot, but uh that was a game I was actually watching, and he just got completely blindsided, and then his face got all bloody.

SPEAKER_04: 5:10

So yeah, you're probably right. It looked like Sean Taylor and that punter in the uh Pro War War.

SPEAKER_08: 5:19

He's not gonna last. He's not gonna last. Um, all right, so you got we're all you're all on the Ravens here. Yeah, just because the Steelers got nothing at quarterback, man. I'm going with Steelers. You would. I mean, this is just and they're gonna cover. They're gonna lose, but they're gonna cover. All right, uh, five and a half's too much. All right, no, it's six now. Six. I can get in six. Yeah, anybody else want to change? Nah. All right. All right, all right. Uh let's go to Tampa as the Bucks coming off the win against the Cardinals to get back right. Now they have the Saints coming in. The Saints are getting eight and a half. And I'm gonna take the Saints to cover. You like that win over Atlanta, huh? Impressed you? No, I just think they're eight and a half's too much. Yeah. Mike.

SPEAKER_06: 6:20

Oh man, I'm gonna go with you. You're better than everyone at this this year, so I'll I'll take the big big points, I guess. Yeah.

SPEAKER_08: 6:28

Yeah. But I mean, I don't know. All right, all right, Justin. Well, if you flip, I'm flipping, so he's calling the piggyback host flip. All right, Justin, who you got?

SPEAKER_04: 6:45

Yeah, no, eight and a half is way too much, which means the Bucks are gonna cover.

SPEAKER_07: 6:50

All right, Jimmy. Yeah, give me the Bucks. Yeah. Saints suck. Yeah, they do. And it's in Tampa. I don't care. I don't care. They got it, they gotta stay ahead of the Panthers. That just sounds funny.

SPEAKER_08: 7:06

Yeah. They gotta stay ahead of the Panthers. All right, all right, yeah, I'm gonna stick with it. I'm not I'm not. You know you're gonna flip. Nope. Flip it! All right, let's go to Minnesota. Is it gonna be Brosmer, Brosmer? Oh is it uh then the Washington's coming into town. They're getting one and a half. Who is uh Washington Vikings are favorite? Yeah, at home. Holy shit. Jimmy, who you got? Taking Washington. All right, uh Justin.

SPEAKER_04: 7:49

Who's gonna watch this other than friends and family of the players?

SPEAKER_08: 7:53

All right, all right. It's expecting JJ McCarthy to return. So no Brosmer. Does that change your pin?

SPEAKER_04: 8:03

Is that an improvement? So that's probably why. Oh Jesus, man. This is another one that's like a toss-up. I guess I'll uh uh Jesus. I don't know. Give you what Costanza, give me the Vikings and JJ McCarthy.

SPEAKER_08: 8:20

All right. All right, uh, let's go with Mike.

SPEAKER_06: 8:27

I'm gonna go with the uh Washington Commanders. Is uh Daniels out for the year?

SPEAKER_08: 8:33

No, he's he hasn't been ruled out because he's still listed as questionable for this game.

SPEAKER_04: 8:38

Um they're I mean they're they might as well just hit him out for a second.

SPEAKER_06: 8:45

It probably doesn't make any sense to play him, right? Yeah. Uh yeah, I'll go with the fighting.

SPEAKER_08: 8:51

Marcus Mariota. Uh yeah uh give me the yeah, give me the give me the give me the commanders. Vikings suck. All right. Um you got that one, Justin. Who'd you go with? Vikings. Oh, oh, I went with JJ McCarthy, man. You know what? Oh, he's flipping. Yeah, I think I'm doing it. I'm with you, George.

SPEAKER_05: 9:22

Oh, give me the scroll.

SPEAKER_08: 9:25

I'm taking the Vikings at home. All right, let's go to Buffalo as Joe Burrow and the Bengals beat the crap out of the Ravens 32 to 14 last week. And you know, they got it, you get they're only two games back in that division. You know, so they're getting five and a half in Buffalo.

unknown: 9:48

Wow.

SPEAKER_08: 9:49

Mike?

SPEAKER_06: 9:51

I'm gonna go with the Bengals. I'm I'm losing faith in Buffalo.

SPEAKER_08: 9:56

I think I'm going with you on that. I think I think the Burrow being back is just like a shot of adrenaline to the team. And and uh five and the Bills. I don't know about five and a half. I'll go with the Bengals to cover Justin.

SPEAKER_04: 10:12

Yeah, dude, I like you guys were saying, man, this is what the Bengals hoped they could be. It was what they showed last week with uh Burrow coming back. Yep. Five and a half points is too much, but the wagons are circling, baby. Give me the Bills.

SPEAKER_08: 10:31

All right, Jimmy.

SPEAKER_07: 10:33

I will take the Buffalo Bills.

SPEAKER_08: 10:36

Table that shit, Jay Bo. All right, there we go. Need the tables back. All right, um let's go to Jacksonville, right? This is a big game right here. This might be the game of the week. I'm serious. You got the Colts and the Jags, both eight and four. I mean, how the hell are the Jags doing it? I mean, it just shows you that quarterback's overrated. You know, like if you you can do it with good coaching and defense, analytics, defense, turnovers, you know, uh, because they don't have their top draft pick either. And they are they are eight and four, they are officially in first place in the three seed now. Colts, a little bit of a struggle. Jags are getting one and a half at home. And you know what? I'm gonna take them because I think they this is a matchup that the Jags have owned the Colts, usually, if I remember correctly. I'm gonna go with Jags here at home. Mike?

SPEAKER_06: 11:43

Yeah, I can't believe I'm doing this, but you said you wouldn't do it.

SPEAKER_03: 11:47

You said you wouldn't do it. You said you wouldn't do it.

SPEAKER_06: 11:55

I can't do it. I'm taking the Colts.

SPEAKER_08: 11:57

All right, there you go, there you go. All right, uh Jimmy. I will take the Jags. All right, because of that defense. Yeah. And then Pumpkin Jones. That's right. Yeah. I don't believe in them. Yeah. All right, uh, all right, Justin.

SPEAKER_04: 12:14

Yeah, I can't, I I can't trust the Jags, but Indiana Jones leads them to a win on the road. Give me the Colts.

SPEAKER_08: 12:22

All right. Let's go to Cleveland. As we got a stinker, as the Titans are gonna be in Cleveland. Ugh. It's Cam Ward versus Shedwar Sanders. Titans are getting four. Justin, who you got?

SPEAKER_04: 12:41

Actually, I heard this morning, uh, Deshaun Watson is cleared for practice. Oh, boy. Back from that Achilles. Back from that Achilles, man. All right. Yeah, he had the Meuses working extra long hours on his Achilles to get it back. And that's why Cam Ward wins outright. Give me the dice.

SPEAKER_08: 13:06

All right. Uh Mike, who you got?

SPEAKER_06: 13:11

I want to go not the Titans, whoever they're playing.

SPEAKER_08: 13:13

I'll show you an email, but I don't even know what. Cleveland.

unknown: 13:16

Yeah.

SPEAKER_08: 13:16

Minus four at home.

SPEAKER_05: 13:18

Oh shit. Cleveland?

SPEAKER_08: 13:19

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05: 13:21

Alright, I'll still take them. I'll still take them.

SPEAKER_07: 13:24

Uh Jimmy. Yeah, I mean, I Miles Garrett. The only reason. The only reason I'm picking Cleveland.

unknown: 13:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07: 13:35

They got no help for Cam Ward. Line sucks. They've gotten rid of all their receivers.

SPEAKER_08: 13:41

Yeah, I'll take the Browns. All right. Uh, let's go to Atlanta. Seahawks are making the trip, which they do well. The one team that does not get affected by the East Coast, uh West Coast, East Coast is the Seahawks. Even when they're playing Kirk Cousins? Yeah, and they're gonna be in Atlanta. Atlanta's getting seven at home. Mike, what do you got?

SPEAKER_02: 14:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_08: 14:08

Yep. Jimmy. I'm going Seahawks. Big. Big, big, big. Yeah, me too. Justin?

SPEAKER_04: 14:21

Yeah, Atlanta is terrible. And seven and a half is not enough. Not enough. Not a big enough spread. So I am going. Yeah, seven, seventeen and a half, twenty-seven and a half wouldn't matter. The Falcons are freaking terrible, which is why they covered the spread. Give me the dirty birds.

SPEAKER_08: 14:42

All right. Let's go to New York as the Dolphins are going to be taking on the Jets. Your Jets. This is going to be a good game. The Jets coming off the game. Yeah. I think this will be a competitive game. Competitive. Yeah, I think that's not good. Well, uh, the Jets are getting two and a half at home. Mike, who you got?

SPEAKER_06: 15:04

I am, golly. I can't believe they keep putting us in this situation, but I'm going to be picking the Miami Dolphins. I think they I said they might win four or five in a row. I think we're still in the middle of that streak, so I'm going Dolphin.

SPEAKER_08: 15:17

All right, uh Jimmy.

SPEAKER_07: 15:19

Yeah, they're five and seven. They got a couple more, you know, two, three more wins to get.

SPEAKER_06: 15:25

Just enough. Yeah, just enough to be a crap draft figure, but not make a bull.

SPEAKER_07: 15:29

They're gonna take your Jets and mop the floor with them. Yeah. All right.

SPEAKER_08: 15:34

All right, Justin.

SPEAKER_04: 15:37

The Dolphins couldn't even use a mop correctly. Give me the Jets.

SPEAKER_08: 15:44

Oh man, home dog in New York. It's gonna be cold, man. You know, you know the Dolphins in the cold. Yeah, I'm taking the Jets. Give me my Jets. All right. Um they're gonna win out. Win outright that game. All right, let's go to Vegas. Oh my god. Just ass. But they're playing the Broncos, who don't beat anybody by more than like three. Right. I mean, no matter who it is. And the Raiders are getting seven and a half at home. Division game. Jimmy?

SPEAKER_07: 16:22

Oh, I just can't pick Vegas, man. I can't do it. I can't. So bad.

SPEAKER_08: 16:27

So freaking bad.

SPEAKER_07: 16:28

I can't either. Give me the Broncos.

SPEAKER_08: 16:31

Yeah. If you don't cover this, I mean they got Brock Bowers. I'm gonna count this as a loss. Yeah. No, you should. All right. Uh yeah. Jimmy. I mean, I'm sorry. Mike, who you got in this?

SPEAKER_06: 16:45

Did he say it was 17 in? All right, seven and no, it's seven and a half.

SPEAKER_08: 16:48

Raiders are getting seven and a half at home.

SPEAKER_06: 16:50

Yeah. All right. I will take. Oh, gosh. I'll take the Broncos.

SPEAKER_08: 16:56

I don't know.

SPEAKER_06: 16:57

Broncos.

SPEAKER_08: 16:58

All right, Justin.

SPEAKER_04: 17:01

Dude, the Raiders are battling it out for the worst team in football with my boy Cam Warden, the Titan. Yeah. So clearly they're gonna cover this friend. Let's go, Raiders. God damn it. He's gonna do it again.

SPEAKER_08: 17:16

Alright. This is the game of the week. NFC North. The Bears. The first place Chicago Bears. Not first place in the division. First place in the NFC. Right now. Well, they're going to Green Bay. To Lambeau. Lambeau, they can win this game and flip it. So this game is for home field. This game is for the division. They still have to play another game in Chicago later in the season. The Bears are in Green Bay. They are getting six and a half. Justin.

SPEAKER_04: 17:57

In Green Bay, in Lambeau, in the Coles. Caleb Williams sucks. Bears cover. Bears.

SPEAKER_08: 18:05

And Mike, you going Bears?

SPEAKER_06: 18:08

I am going Bears. I don't think they're going to win, but I think they'll cover.

SPEAKER_08: 18:13

Packers are playing good. Defense is starting to. Jimmy? Bears. Yeah, get on board. The Bears. I'm I'm I mean, dude, they handled the Eagles. Well, it's a big spread. Bradfilly. Division game. This will be this will be a tough game, but you're right. You're giving them six and a half. Yeah. Kidding me? I'll take it. Uh give me the Bears. All right. Let's go to Arizona. The Rams will be in town with a seven and a half point cover. So the the Cardinals are getting seven and a half at home. Mike, who you got?

SPEAKER_06: 18:59

I don't think that's enough. I think the Rams are gonna beat the crap out of them, so I'll take the Rams.

SPEAKER_08: 19:04

Yeah, coming off a loss, and they're gonna need they need this one, especially with the Bears playing in Green in Green Bay. The Rams could get that one C right back. I'll go Rams here. Jimmy? Yeah. Division opponent, though. Yeah, but it's the Cardinals.

SPEAKER_07: 19:21

Yeah.

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I hate the Cardinals.

SPEAKER_07: 19:25

They suck. Yeah.

SPEAKER_08: 19:27

All right, so you're going uh Yeah, I'm going Rams. All right, Justin. Who you got?

SPEAKER_04: 19:32

Yeah, I know y'all brought us some good points. Rams coming off a loss, being really, really good. Cardinals are terrible. Give me the Cardinals. All right. There's no in-between.

SPEAKER_08: 19:44

All right, let's go to Kansas City as the 500 six and six Kansas City Chiefs. Wow. Are fighting for their playoff lives. And they're playing another team that's fighting for their playoff lives in the Houston Texans. The Texans are gonna come and they're gonna get three points. Jimmy, here we go.

SPEAKER_07: 20:13

No. But you know what? I wouldn't blame you. That defense matters. I'm actually gonna take the Texans.

SPEAKER_08: 20:26

Texans are seven and five.

SPEAKER_07: 20:27

Yeah, and that pass rush. Alright. I think they might hurt my homes a little bit.

SPEAKER_08: 20:34

Oh. Oh. Alright. Uh Mike, who you got?

SPEAKER_06: 20:41

Yeah, not uh because I can't believe I'm with Jimmy here, but I can't believe I'm thinking the Texans. The Chiefs here, but I'm thinking the Texans as well.

SPEAKER_08: 20:50

Yeah. Oh I they're at home. I'm gonna go Chiefs. This is it. You love the Chiefs. No, I don't, but I mean, God, they have to win this. I'm just gonna I'm gonna bet on it. Alright, Justin.

SPEAKER_04: 21:08

Chiefs have been like super mediocre all year. Both sides of the ball. Give me the Texans.

SPEAKER_05: 21:14

No. I almost went with my actual bot. I actually saw it. He went.

SPEAKER_08: 21:24

Alright, the Monday nighter is not bad. It's the Eagles making a trip out west to play the Chargers. The Chargers getting two and a half. Jalen Carter is out for this game. Well, I'm taking the Chargers in.

SPEAKER_07: 21:39

Nah, he's had a procedure on both shoulders. I don't know what's going on with the Eagles.

SPEAKER_08: 21:44

I'll take the Chargers. Jimmy? I'm gonna take the Chargers as well. Mike? What was this record? Two and a half. Chargers are getting it. Two and a half at home. Which is not really a home field advantage, though.

SPEAKER_06: 22:01

I'm gonna take the Eagles.

SPEAKER_08: 22:03

Alright. Uh Justin.

SPEAKER_04: 22:06

Yeah, no Jalen Carter means a whole lot for that defense.

SPEAKER_08: 22:17

Oh man. Well, milkstick.

SPEAKER_05: 22:23

We had to go. Oh, my Rod was here. We gotta uh show it.

SPEAKER_08: 22:29

Well, we gotta get on out of here, but before we go, we got your playoff rankings, Justin. You're 12. Miami's 12. Huh? Yeah.

SPEAKER_04: 22:42

We got the rankings for the SEC invitational.

SPEAKER_08: 22:44

Yeah, I know, right?

SPEAKER_07: 22:45

Yeah. I mean, man, Alabama, they moved up after the Auburn game. Yeah. After they got dominated in every aspect except that late touchdown. And they moved them up.

SPEAKER_08: 22:58

Yeah. Because they want them guaranteed a spot no matter what they do.

SPEAKER_04: 23:03

Yeah. Oklahoma barely beats LSU and doesn't drop.

SPEAKER_08: 23:07

I know.

SPEAKER_04: 23:09

It's infuriating, dude. They're doing everything they can to keep Miami out of the playoffs.

SPEAKER_08: 23:13

Right. I mean, honestly, you have to hope that it gets the shot that you need, I think, to happen. There's like a sliver of hope, and you have to hope that you get like the rankings where you can be right next to Notre Dame. So somebody like BY, I think BYU needs to lose.

SPEAKER_07: 23:32

Well, you're just basing it. You're just basing that off of what they've said.

SPEAKER_08: 23:37

Who knows?

SPEAKER_07: 23:37

But like they don't week to week.

SPEAKER_08: 23:40

If it gets close, you gotta go head to head. And like they have common opponents too. I know I know that Miami's Miami Boston are worse than Notre Dame's, but all they're focused on the Alabama plant. They're focused on two competitive. Yeah, exactly. It's just they don't give a shit beyond that. And if Duke wins, ACC's out. Now they think they might still give him a shot based on strength of record or whatnot, but it's just terrible, man. Who cares? Virginia, if they win, they're probably gonna get a bye. No, they're not getting a top four seed, man.

SPEAKER_07: 24:24

No, no, don't get in.

SPEAKER_08: 24:25

That's not happening. Yeah, you're right.

SPEAKER_07: 24:28

Virginia getting up.

SPEAKER_08: 24:29

Indiana plays Ohio State for the Big Ten Championship. Alabama plays Georgia for the SEC Championship. BYU plays Texas Tech for the Big 12, and then dude.

unknown: 24:42

Right.

SPEAKER_08: 24:43

And plays Virginia. So three of the three of those four in there. It would have been really a solid conference championship week with all the teams really probably making it. Right. But this stupid ACC and they're dumb. We're gonna go conference record inside. It's dumb. And I hate Miami, but hey, we got a lot of games to watch. We'll react to them. And we'll talk to you next time, right here on the North Florida Sports Network.

SPEAKER_00: 25:16

You gotta give us a shot. You know what? You bats!