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Speaker 1: Oh did you think I was talking about Aaron Rodgers?
Speaker 1: I mean, say, Juan Barkley. Did you see him taking
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Speaker 1: trying to stay unbeaten in Glendale, the first of what
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Speaker 1: Rachel here, every buddy, Welcome to game Day. Back on
Speaker 1: week five, Patrick Enthal is back at Cynthia and we
Speaker 1: were we were here without you, Greg, and we missed you.
Speaker 1: Rachel and I held it down on the other side
Speaker 1: of the pond. But we need her back. It's like
Speaker 1: they might not let her back in. It's been so
Speaker 1: long we got We're concerned with like customs and all
Speaker 1: of these other things. We will hear from Rachel sell
Speaker 1: way over there getting ready for Sunday night football. We're
Speaker 1: looking forward to that London game as well, but we're
Speaker 1: also Cynthia looking back at one particular game and one
Speaker 1: particular pick from week four. In here, we're turning on
Speaker 1: the way back machine enhanced Cynthia. Between the Eagles and
Speaker 1: the Jags and the even number coalition, Cynthia was all mad.
Speaker 1: We haven't talked about Sunday. That's the score. So here's
Speaker 1: your chance again to take a victory lap over the
Speaker 1: people who complained about numbers looking funny. Don't even look
Speaker 1: at all the other fifteen ones right now. I look
Speaker 1: in reality, that's not how that actually works. You just
Speaker 1: want to you like being completely right, exactly right. But
Speaker 1: you know it's more about we're the trends right. What
Speaker 1: the things that I thought were going to happen. How
Speaker 1: far off was it? And how do you get better
Speaker 1: each week? So now we need too that are right
Speaker 1: this week. That's the new goal. Plus like how this
Speaker 1: light is wild and hearing, you know because your teammates.
Speaker 1: We all nailed that Eagles game two four for four.
Speaker 1: I mean, if the Jaggers had one that gave the thin,
Speaker 1: we got the right winner and we had the winner.
Speaker 1: I was wondering if Cynthia was going to feel some
Speaker 1: pride in her victory laugh. And it took Greg being like, hey,
Speaker 1: we got it right too. Well that fire out and
Speaker 1: I was just like what we were saying got completely right,
Speaker 1: saying we went four for four. Jacks fans wouldn't let
Speaker 1: us know if we did. And we appreciate all of
Speaker 1: you taking the screenshots of the movie with us. We
Speaker 1: love that and you'll get a chance to do that here.
Speaker 1: We got some games this week, including one coming up
Speaker 1: on NFL Network, the London game between the Giants and
Speaker 1: the Packers coming up nine thirty a m. Eastern Tom,
Speaker 1: six thirty am Pacific. Also some fun Game Day kickoff
Speaker 1: coverage coming up at seven am Easter Tom right here
Speaker 1: on NFL Network. Let's get to the game. Let's get
Speaker 1: to some picks. The Packers giving up eight Greg eight
Speaker 1: folks are really confident? Are you that confident? I am?
Speaker 1: I have the Packers winning this game by ten points.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it could be interesting for a while.
Speaker 1: But the reason I like the Packers so much is
Speaker 1: if you see this offense, you see it coming together.
Speaker 1: Romeo Dobbs is about to have the best season any
Speaker 1: rookie has ever had with Aaron Rodgers. Better than James Jones,
Speaker 1: better than Davante Adams, better than Jordy Nelson. This kid
Speaker 1: can do it all. And then I watched and Alan
Speaker 1: Lazard is doing Alan Lazard things again. Randall Cobb, I
Speaker 1: gotta say you had a little bit of juice last week.
Speaker 1: The running game has been great. I feel like they're
Speaker 1: slowly putting it together, and this offense is going to
Speaker 1: be all the way back soon. I think this is
Speaker 1: the week they might do it. They might go over thirty,
Speaker 1: even even higher than my projection. So we want to switch. Okay, okay,
Speaker 1: might as well rocket hit for you. I mean that
Speaker 1: does change other things, but whatever. Um I have a
Speaker 1: nine point when in favor of the pack in this one.
Speaker 1: When I look at this matchup, and yes, we have
Speaker 1: Daniel Jon's back, which is very good for the Giants,
Speaker 1: and the Giants are for real at three and one.
Speaker 1: This is not to take anything away from them, but
Speaker 1: one area that they're not so great is allowing rushing
Speaker 1: yards between the tackles. So when I look at A J.
Speaker 1: Dillon's opportunities and Aaron Jones, but specifically A J. Dillon
Speaker 1: rushing between the tackles, the Giants are giving up five
Speaker 1: point seven yards per rush in between the tackles. This
Speaker 1: is a key area for you know, both running backs,
Speaker 1: but specifically Dylan. This is a big mismatch which is
Speaker 1: going to force more throwing downs for the Giants, which
Speaker 1: is going to lead to unfavorable outcomes. So like you're like,
Speaker 1: I don't want to take anything away from him, but
Speaker 1: we all have them losing by nine or ten points
Speaker 1: neutral site game, but they're missing We're missing a lot
Speaker 1: of pieces, right, They're missing a lot of pieces. Daniel
Speaker 1: Jones is banged up. It's not like he's sitting there
Speaker 1: and be like I'm the healthiest I've ever been, right,
Speaker 1: And that is the most yards per Russial alloted between
Speaker 1: the tackles. So yeah, and we talked about me and alerts.
Speaker 1: Rachel us have a ten point when for the Green
Speaker 1: Bay Packers, but I believe in the Giants. I believe
Speaker 1: that they will lose this game by thin points. I've
Speaker 1: also got the Packers, so that is a meme alert. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it is good that Danny Dimes is back, and it
Speaker 1: is not good that he's hurt. A couple of weeks.
Speaker 1: The Packers rushing defense has looked pretty good. They don't
Speaker 1: look as good. The numbers kind of get thrown off
Speaker 1: because Tampa only ran for thirty or four yards, so
Speaker 1: maybe Dimes gets involved in the run game. Either way,
Speaker 1: there's just not a left talent on the outside to
Speaker 1: bother the Packers. So I've got them by tin. Let's
Speaker 1: get to a game that we see as a little
Speaker 1: bit more competitive game we're looking forward to coming up
Speaker 1: on Sunday Night Football. That is Joe Burrow and the
Speaker 1: Bengals against the Margins and Mark Andrews and the Baltimore
Speaker 1: Ravens Sunday Night Football. We've wanted a primetime game that's good.
Speaker 1: We feel confident that these teams will deliver two of
Speaker 1: the best in the A f C. The Ravens lost
Speaker 1: a tough one a week ago Cynthia. Here they are
Speaker 1: at home again. How do you see this one going? Well,
Speaker 1: I'm not going to be popular in Baltimore because I'm
Speaker 1: picking the upset here to twenty five. I have the
Speaker 1: Bengals winning this matchup. One area that's interesting when I
Speaker 1: look at the Bengals Devens, which is cause for concern,
Speaker 1: which could make me wrong, is the fact that they
Speaker 1: haven't seen a design quarterback run this season. They're the
Speaker 1: only defense in the NFL who hasn't seen a design
Speaker 1: quarterback run. They can run in Baltimore, and you know
Speaker 1: what happens with run. Play action another area where on
Speaker 1: a RUMO needs to make an opportunity to create a
Speaker 1: stop here because if you look at this play action situation,
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson averaging ten yards per attempt using play action
Speaker 1: that's tied for fourth best, and where the Bengals rank, well,
Speaker 1: they're tied for twenty second in allowing passing yards off
Speaker 1: of play actions. Yeah, and Rachel has picked the Baltimore
Speaker 1: Ravens to win seven. I am going to join Rachel
Speaker 1: on that. Cynthia was just har number prime and some problems.
Speaker 1: I think Jason Pierre Paul coming to this team and
Speaker 1: playing from the jump of the snaps and one of
Speaker 1: their best defensive performances of the year against Josh Allen.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's a coincidence. Peters, despite that agitation
Speaker 1: with the play calls that is going to be discussed
Speaker 1: at nauseum if things go south this season. He's getting
Speaker 1: better his third game back. I think there's a lot
Speaker 1: of reason for Baltimore to be optimistic. I just think
Speaker 1: that the number of three and a half that it's
Speaker 1: got betted up to is a little bit too much.
Speaker 1: I think they do hop over that number, though. I
Speaker 1: believe in the Ravens. These two teams are surprising. I
Speaker 1: have the Ravens winning this game toe and I'm surprised
Speaker 1: that neither one of these teams has run the ball well,
Speaker 1: and it's why I'm not picking the Bengals. They're averaging
Speaker 1: three point one yards per carry this year. That is
Speaker 1: the worst in the NFL. I don't think they're gonna
Speaker 1: be able to run on this Ravens team. Even without
Speaker 1: Michael Pierce, you can get it done. The Ravens also
Speaker 1: have struggled. JK Dobbins just doesn't look like the same guy.
Speaker 1: I think they'll actually miss Justice Hill, who's now out
Speaker 1: with an injury. At least he had some explosi development.
Speaker 1: But you mentioned the design runs that the Bengals haven't
Speaker 1: faced from a quarterback. It's the difference. One of these
Speaker 1: teams says Lamar Jackson and the other doesn't. And this
Speaker 1: Ravens team remembers that the Bengals dropped eighty two points
Speaker 1: on him and two blowout wins a year ago. I
Speaker 1: don't think that's going to happen again. Watching this game,
Speaker 1: and he's like, you just said, they don't have a Lamar,
Speaker 1: They've got Joe Burrows. Yeah. Is he getting it done
Speaker 1: on the ground right now? I mean one thing that
Speaker 1: j K. Dobbins does is it takes the tells away.
Speaker 1: I think the play the play options with Justice Hill
Speaker 1: were a little bit limited, okay, And so j K.
Speaker 1: Dobbins opens things. I think I feel good. Gregg's making
Speaker 1: me feel better about the Baltimore Uh and this one,
Speaker 1: let's get to a fun game here on game dabut
Speaker 1: it's called discard that guy. It's a game with two choices,
Speaker 1: but even more options. So we've got two or more
Speaker 1: passing touchdowns on Sunday Night Football, Cynthia, Joe Burrow or
Speaker 1: Lamar Jack's Usually I say neither, but this time I'm
Speaker 1: going to say both. Yeah, both guys specifically like this
Speaker 1: for Joe Burrow. Why because when I look at what's
Speaker 1: going on with this Ravens defense, guess the completion percentage
Speaker 1: they're allowing to downfield passes their ten plus area attempts
Speaker 1: fifty eight point three. That's ten percentage points higher than
Speaker 1: we've seen from last season, and it's their highest since
Speaker 1: next Yew started tracking in. That's a lot Joe brow
Speaker 1: throws downfield. Do you guys still feel good? They haven't
Speaker 1: had a lot of prime numbers here. No, I'm not
Speaker 1: joining you. Not a lot of explosive plays this here,
Speaker 1: But this is the week. Cynthia's right, both of them.
Speaker 1: I'm all about it. Touchdowns. I just you know, Baltimore
Speaker 1: playing at home. That's what I feel good about the tape.
Speaker 1: Both teams are good. It could go either way, but
Speaker 1: both both guys will have two or more passing touchdowns.
Speaker 1: I do believe that as we got a chance to,
Speaker 1: you know, look forward to Sunday Night Football, looking forward
Speaker 1: to it. It is a battle of the birds this week,
Speaker 1: the Eagles and the Cardinals. One of us sees Jalen
Speaker 1: Hurts airing it out. Who I mean, I did have
Speaker 1: them winning the super Bowl before the season. That's looking
Speaker 1: pretty good. I took the Bills from the Drive to
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Speaker 1: the most excellent win and loss wise that is Philly.
Speaker 1: Right now, Greg, they're getting five and a half in
Speaker 1: the desert against Kyler in company. How do you feel
Speaker 1: about that number in the game. I feel like five
Speaker 1: and a half is and nearly enough. I'm going way
Speaker 1: over that. The Eagles win this by a couple of touchdowns.
Speaker 1: The Cardinals, to me, are one of the worst two
Speaker 1: and two teams. The reason they blitz so much is
Speaker 1: because they don't have the personnel. Some teams do it
Speaker 1: because you know, it fits with their mindset. Now they're
Speaker 1: going to do it against Jalen Hurts, and I gotta
Speaker 1: say Jalen Hurts actually has struggled against the blitz. Relative
Speaker 1: to everything else he's done this year, He's just a
Speaker 1: fift completion. All of his numbers are down. That's how
Speaker 1: the Bucks beat them in the playoffs a year ago.
Speaker 1: So the Cardinals probably look at this, they're gonna go say,
Speaker 1: we're gonna blitz them like crazy. But it's also because
Speaker 1: they don't have any true pass rushers. They don't have
Speaker 1: enough cornerbacks you can cover one on one and a J.
Speaker 1: Brown DeVante Smith when you blitz him, you're gonna leave
Speaker 1: your cornerbacks in single coverage and they're gonna make you pay.
Speaker 1: To me, this is one of the best teams in
Speaker 1: the league against one of the worst teams in the
Speaker 1: league in terms of the Cardinals in terms of being
Speaker 1: two in balance where they just don't have enough personnel.
Speaker 1: I don't think it will be close. Okay, so let's
Speaker 1: put some numbers to that, because I kind of think
Speaker 1: the same thing. But I came up with a different
Speaker 1: a little bit closer for me, just a three point
Speaker 1: win to twenty four in this matchup. So the blitz
Speaker 1: you talk about that, you're right, the Cardinals do blitz.
Speaker 1: They actually they ranked twenty one and pressure percentage, which
Speaker 1: is not great, and they blitz at the third highest rate,
Speaker 1: not great. Then you also have the fact that Jalen
Speaker 1: Hurts has these outside threats you've got Davonte Smith and
Speaker 1: you've got a j. Brown. You've got these deep threats
Speaker 1: on every down, and then of course you always have
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts can beat you on the ground two and
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders to start to really look good as well.
Speaker 1: So the coverage must change. I believe Vans Joseph when
Speaker 1: you look at his past history of how he's adapted,
Speaker 1: takes about four games. What game were we on? Yeah,
Speaker 1: the model always kind of like we're on game five, right, Well,
Speaker 1: that's because we've made it to game five. Yes, four
Speaker 1: games where there's not a lot of adjustment, but in
Speaker 1: game five there tends to be more. You're right, they
Speaker 1: don't have the pressure front personnel, but there are some
Speaker 1: other solutions that they could come up with. They do
Speaker 1: have their linebacking corps a little bit stronger than maybe
Speaker 1: And of course we can't get through the segment without
Speaker 1: me talking about Buddha Baker Contra actually obligated because he's excellent, Yes, excellent,
Speaker 1: and he is right you talk about the horses for
Speaker 1: the Cardinals, that is Booty Baker would be the source.
Speaker 1: And how much does Vance Joseph need the blitz? Well,
Speaker 1: as Greg mentioned, the Cynthia mentioned maybe a lot. We'll
Speaker 1: see if the numbers play out, but five and a
Speaker 1: half is a bit rich for my taste. Road Favorite.
Speaker 1: Shout out to Miles Sanders finally getting the touches and
Speaker 1: the opportunity as we do have a meme alert because
Speaker 1: Rachel has picked the Yagles as well. I'm a huge
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts guys five point three average and yards per
Speaker 1: carry is great. Miles Sanders is averaging five point four
Speaker 1: yards per carry right now since he's entered the league.
Speaker 1: I think he goes over Bill yet again. Eagles. Okay,
Speaker 1: So to me, Mallerro were split on the number. You
Speaker 1: and Cynthia have a close game. Yeah, because we believe
Speaker 1: in Vance Joseph and and it sounds like we believe
Speaker 1: in we believe in Kyler Murray. Actually, to be honest
Speaker 1: with you, there's a lot of goods that Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: can basically do. It takes away a lot of it.
Speaker 1: We didn't talk about him just by himself. If your
Speaker 1: teammates aren't necessarily working out, the play calls not working out,
Speaker 1: like Kyler run around for twenty six seconds and throw
Speaker 1: a touchdown. A tweet from the Chiefs. They say it's Raider.
Speaker 1: We remember the Raiders one in Arrowhead and then they
Speaker 1: drove around the stadium in celebration. Next says it was
Speaker 1: a top speed of not weird, but it was a
Speaker 1: disrespectful trip around the stadium. It was weird. But it's
Speaker 1: a weird thing to do. So you think it's weird. Definitely,
Speaker 1: like go home, you live in Last Vegas, Go have fun.
Speaker 1: What are you doing? Okay, so it's it's weird to
Speaker 1: drive around the stadium. Coaching staff knew everything, whatever, so
Speaker 1: this is weird. Maybe Rachel is taking that into consideration
Speaker 1: as well, because she's got thirty five one a win
Speaker 1: for Kansas City at home, Cynthia. They're favored by a
Speaker 1: touchdown and a half point. What is your view of
Speaker 1: this particular football of it? I have a touchdown and
Speaker 1: a full point eight points. I want to give a
Speaker 1: big shout out to the Chiefs oh line, which looked
Speaker 1: incredible last week against the Bucks. It allowed this run
Speaker 1: game to look like something that we really didn't expect.
Speaker 1: I mean, you and I are in a fantasy show.
Speaker 1: Patrick do we Ever was like dicey at best, but
Speaker 1: both Clyde Edwardsilaire and Isaiah Pacheco combined for a hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty five yards. The nextion stats showed that ch
Speaker 1: earned twenty rushing yards overexpected and ptako eighteen, both good.
Speaker 1: That's really good anytime it's overexpected. This is good stuff.
Speaker 1: Under expected not so much. I'd like the Raiders to
Speaker 1: keep this closer, and it's because of their running game.
Speaker 1: I do have the Chiefs winning this game thirty three
Speaker 1: to twenty seven. I think it's gonna be an offensive game.
Speaker 1: But you mentioned how Vance Joseph takes about four weeks
Speaker 1: to get ready. Josh McDaniels in his running game, actually
Speaker 1: one we glass. He gotta go in a week ago,
Speaker 1: I started to see some old school Patriots power gap running,
Speaker 1: and that's completed when you have a running back like
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs who is moving like he did as a rookie,
Speaker 1: where not only is he running people over, but he's
Speaker 1: making people miss. I'm not gonna say that's Ladanian Tomlinson like,
Speaker 1: but it's not. With the lateral juice. I love it.
Speaker 1: And this is a good Chief's run defense, so it's
Speaker 1: not an easy matchup at all. But I really mean
Speaker 1: it that I saw something in terms of the cohesion
Speaker 1: with a really undermanned offensive line that they really knew
Speaker 1: what they were doing a week ago. I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a weapon. They're gonna be a good running team,
Speaker 1: and that can keep the game closer, Yes, closer. I
Speaker 1: think we can go ahead and him alert this because
Speaker 1: I am also taking the Kansas City Chiefs at home
Speaker 1: in this divisional game. Thirty four thirty one, not not
Speaker 1: a blow up, not a touchdown plus you're a touchdown
Speaker 1: plus the whole point and Cynthia gave. But I do
Speaker 1: respect what Josh Jacobs did a week ago. I also
Speaker 1: saw Davante Adams get a whole lot of targets against Patricks.
Speaker 1: He was wearing him like a tuxedo. Derek Carr was
Speaker 1: still throwing him the ball, still are giving him options.
Speaker 1: And considering the couple of weeks before that where it
Speaker 1: was like it's Davante being incorporated into this offense, I'm
Speaker 1: not as worried about that. I am uh not necessarily
Speaker 1: saying they're they're playing good enough football to beat Casey
Speaker 1: at home right now. So thirty four thirty one, Harrison
Speaker 1: Butker is Butker playing in this game. He field gold
Speaker 1: by somebody from the Chiefs to win this one. So
Speaker 1: here's an opportunity for us to um take a look
Speaker 1: at this next game that's coming up. In fact, more
Speaker 1: than just the next game that's coming up. Quarterbacks, backup
Speaker 1: quarterbacks playing like Cooper Rush. Who's Cooper Rushing to pick
Speaker 1: the Cowboys? Who doesn't think that is necessary? It's one
Speaker 1: of the people defends his pick next on game debut,
Speaker 1: looking forward to the Cowboys moving so far stadium to
Speaker 1: take on Matt Stafford and the Rams, who have had
Speaker 1: a rough go in these past couple of weeks but
Speaker 1: are still are getting five and a half at home
Speaker 1: against the Dallas Cowboys. And I am looking at these quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: Cooper Rush is a winner. He's one. Wins aren't a
Speaker 1: quarterback stat You say, well, they are with Cooper Rush,
Speaker 1: because we have the best research department in the world
Speaker 1: and they're really good. And the best numbers they have
Speaker 1: for Cooper Rush are that he's four and oh it's
Speaker 1: like the only thing that I think Stafford plays better.
Speaker 1: Rachel says the Cowboys when this one, I've got the
Speaker 1: Rams winning it to fourteen because Matt Stafford has done
Speaker 1: more than just win. He's occasionally been a good quarterback,
Speaker 1: and I think he bounces back and the Rams win
Speaker 1: this one. I disagree. I have the Cowboys winning this.
Speaker 1: I know that I'm not going to be popular at
Speaker 1: home at all with this one. Like I'm sorry the
Speaker 1: Rams won the Super Bowl last You remember that it's
Speaker 1: week five. It doesn't matter. But when I saw this matchup,
Speaker 1: I thought, this is the worst possible matchup. This Cowboys
Speaker 1: defense against this Rams offensive line, which is still banged up.
Speaker 1: They get David Edwards back, but it's all mixed up
Speaker 1: in the middle. Remember that old you know canard, like, hey,
Speaker 1: never blitz Matthew Stafford. Matthew Stafford versus the blitz is unbeatable.
Speaker 1: You know what the Fortyers said about that last week.
Speaker 1: They said, yeah, that makes sense. When your offensive line
Speaker 1: is functional, it is no longer functional. You know who
Speaker 1: blitz is a lot more than they used to. The
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. They don't even need to Their pressure right
Speaker 1: sky high there, blitz rate surprisingly high. You know why
Speaker 1: they can mix it up each and every week because
Speaker 1: they've got a great coordinator, and they have great continuity,
Speaker 1: and they have great talent. They've got everything so they
Speaker 1: can change what they do on a week to week basis.
Speaker 1: When you've been together as long as most of this
Speaker 1: Cowboys defense has, you can change your game plan each week.
Speaker 1: It's like us, Cynthia, We've been doing this show so long.
Speaker 1: We have such great continuity. You can throw anything into
Speaker 1: the rundown. We're gonna roll with it. We're gonna excel
Speaker 1: like the Cowboys. Is that why you ditched me last
Speaker 1: week for London? Because I don't even need her anymore.
Speaker 1: I'm over this. Whenever I go to London, things are better.
Speaker 1: Um well, we're on the opposite side of this, and
Speaker 1: I'll be more popular in your family than you will
Speaker 1: be because I have This is for Greg's daughter. So
Speaker 1: when I look at this one, I also want to
Speaker 1: point out that the Cowboys old line has been a
Speaker 1: little bit dicey too, and Aaron Donald still is Aaron Donald.
Speaker 1: Both of these old lines are troublesome to me, especially
Speaker 1: considering how strong the defensive fronts are for both We've
Speaker 1: seen all of this run stuffing. I don't think Aaron
Speaker 1: Donald gets enough love in the run stuffing department either.
Speaker 1: Both of these things matter. I think Cooper Rush will
Speaker 1: have a much harder day against Aaron Donald. Perhaps we'll
Speaker 1: get that dreaded number one in the l column here,
Speaker 1: I love it, or evenly spit split, we've got the
Speaker 1: two folks went to London taking Dallas, and then the
Speaker 1: two folks were here next to Sofi Stadium, which is
Speaker 1: right behind us taking the Rams, and I feeling Cowboys
Speaker 1: fans are gonna be taken over Sofi Stadium. It's a
Speaker 1: little prediction, a little little insight into people moving. It's
Speaker 1: so fun. So split here, let's talk about where we agree.
Speaker 1: These are our sweeps. Get the mean alert For all
Speaker 1: these games, our teams are playing each other. Yeah, Patriots Lions.
Speaker 1: And this has been a tough one for me because
Speaker 1: Bailey Zappy is expected to start this game. And yet
Speaker 1: I think I hear something. I think that's Bill Belichick's music.
Speaker 1: Here he comes, he's coming out. I think I need
Speaker 1: to change this pick forget about me. Alert here this
Speaker 1: is the spot where Bill Belichick ignored all those Lions fans.
Speaker 1: There he is. I really do think the Patriots have
Speaker 1: played better the last couple of weeks. They've looked like
Speaker 1: a better team to me than the Lions. So even
Speaker 1: with Zappy and I'm taking the Patriots. I mean the
Speaker 1: number one offense in the entire and in the higher NFL. Well,
Speaker 1: you know how you lose games with the number one
Speaker 1: offense when you can't stop anyone on defense, So that
Speaker 1: counts to yes, Bailey Zappy just lightening it up. I'm
Speaker 1: thinking more Romandre Stevenson. I'm thinking Damien Harris. The Patriots
Speaker 1: have been moving the ball quite well. And you know
Speaker 1: the Lions, Yes, they have the number one offense, but
Speaker 1: they fall down by twenty every week and then they
Speaker 1: just throw out day stop disrespecting my Lions like that.
Speaker 1: That's readily available, and there's a coffee here that you
Speaker 1: can't see. This is like the first time in four
Speaker 1: years that you've actually picked the Lions. That don't exactly,
Speaker 1: it means something. It means I'm taking the favorite team
Speaker 1: in this alright, alright, in the middle of the show,
Speaker 1: let's get some quick picks. We'll see if Gregg changes
Speaker 1: some of these uh Bills favored by fourteen, Cynthia, how
Speaker 1: do you feel? Um? I feel as though the Bills
Speaker 1: are going to win this one in a very strong matchup. Fifteen,
Speaker 1: So that's sixteen points when I look at Kenny Pickety
Speaker 1: did a lot of good things last week. Did see
Speaker 1: he stood in pressure, But I saw a lot of
Speaker 1: really especially on the past to Pat friar Muth where
Speaker 1: he was an eighteen yard reception. Here it is right
Speaker 1: there exactly. Just just pause your DVR and slowed down
Speaker 1: to hap speed. So ultimately I think that he's going
Speaker 1: to be better than expected. But this is a very
Speaker 1: strong Bills team despite missing some pieces, and their secondary
Speaker 1: Jordan player is not playing in this one, so that
Speaker 1: would be a big problem. Auson Knox and i Z
Speaker 1: McKenzie out for the Bills too. I think it could
Speaker 1: be closer than expected. One big takeaway from that video.
Speaker 1: No ball hit the ground. No, it was either picked
Speaker 1: off or was caught. Unfortunately for the Jags, Trevor Lawrence
Speaker 1: could not say that he was putting the ball on
Speaker 1: the turf a ton in the rain. Now it's got
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans, though, Greg, what do you see in
Speaker 1: this one where the Jags are giving up seven? I
Speaker 1: have the Texans keeping it a little closer than expected,
Speaker 1: but the Jaguars winning this game twenty one to seventeen.
Speaker 1: The Texans have won eight straight games in this matchup,
Speaker 1: So like, you know, the Jaguars have had the number
Speaker 1: one over I'll pick two straight years. I'm not really
Speaker 1: ready to just be handing out seven points. And well,
Speaker 1: last week, when the Texans fell away behind, Davids s
Speaker 1: Mill started throwing on first and second down a little
Speaker 1: more often instead of love Smith just being like, oh,
Speaker 1: we're gonna we're coming off the bus running, We're gonna run, run, run,
Speaker 1: And you know what, David s Mills looked better than
Speaker 1: he did all year. Let's throw the ball a little
Speaker 1: more first and second down. Let's remember those good times
Speaker 1: when he beat the Jaguars a year ago, and at
Speaker 1: least keep it close. I mean, I have an eight
Speaker 1: point win here, so a little bit more than seven.
Speaker 1: But I think the difference is is you're gonna have
Speaker 1: to get if you want to beat the Jags, you
Speaker 1: need to get to their quarterback and they need to
Speaker 1: give a lot of pressure. That was the formula. That's
Speaker 1: what we saw with the Eagles, and I just don't
Speaker 1: think that the Texans will be consistently able to get
Speaker 1: to that point where they're really pressuring Trevor Lawrence that much.
Speaker 1: So they own the Jaguars. They're gonna run the ball.
Speaker 1: I see the score fest. I'm looking forward to this
Speaker 1: one coming up, looking forward to a lot of games,
Speaker 1: and folks looking forward to the London game. The biggest
Speaker 1: stars in the game going international, including the league's leading
Speaker 1: rusher at the moment, se Kwon Barkley. How what does
Speaker 1: he run for? We talked about that next on game debut.
Speaker 1: Then there's the game coming up right here on NFL
Speaker 1: Network and NFL Plus the Giants and the Packers live
Speaker 1: from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Cannot wait to see this one.
Speaker 1: And it's time for us here on game debut to
Speaker 1: get to more or less because I hold in my
Speaker 1: hand a set of numbers relating to the game, guys,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna we didn't get our things. They took
Speaker 1: our politicals away from us. We could guess we're bad.
Speaker 1: We're gonna have to my hands more or less. Uh,
Speaker 1: first numbers for you, Cynthia more or less than two
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty passing yards for one Aaron Rodgers more.
Speaker 1: When I look at this matchup, I don't necessarily think
Speaker 1: they're gonna be a ton of deep shots, but I
Speaker 1: do believe that using those passage is going to be
Speaker 1: a smart strategy because Aaron Rodgers has been taking some
Speaker 1: gnarly hits this year. So they're gonna need to get
Speaker 1: ball with the runs. Oh look, ask and I shall receive.
Speaker 1: I got my little lollipop here. Um, they're gonna need
Speaker 1: to use more runs and more. There is also I
Speaker 1: don't know how this Giant's defense gets it done every week.
Speaker 1: When artin Dale is doing a great job, at some
Speaker 1: point it has to run out. I mean they're missing
Speaker 1: a bunch of pieces. There's a lot of injury injuries,
Speaker 1: which it's the second year in a row for a
Speaker 1: Wink and his defense having to deal with that. I'll
Speaker 1: take this next one because I'm a big fan of
Speaker 1: this guy. Eighty rushing yards against the Packers for se
Speaker 1: Kwon Barkley, more, more and more of the NFL's leading rusher.
Speaker 1: Right now, the kuanaissance is in full effect. He's back
Speaker 1: and truly considering the injuries on the outside, the injuries
Speaker 1: to the quarterback. If it's not say Kwon, who is
Speaker 1: it going to be for this Giant's offense in London?
Speaker 1: I think it's more for se Kwon Greg your turn. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm going more, but I'm also going to go more.
Speaker 1: When it comes to Aaron Jones going over sixty rushing yards,
Speaker 1: aardone is running the ball so well this year. He
Speaker 1: doesn't have the volume because A J. Dillan's right there.
Speaker 1: But there aren't many running backs in the league. I
Speaker 1: think that go from zero to sixty as quickly as him.
Speaker 1: Who has the vision, who can get outside, who can
Speaker 1: run inside? And this Giant's defense plays so aggressive. They
Speaker 1: blitz not only against the past but against the run.
Speaker 1: And sometimes when you have those run blitzes, everyone gets
Speaker 1: past the running back and there goes thereon Jones. So
Speaker 1: he only needs about a one fifty yard or I
Speaker 1: think he's gonna get it way over, way over. We
Speaker 1: all be playing with the lead. I'm gonna I'm gonna
Speaker 1: add a touchdown rushing total to plus sixty plus a
Speaker 1: touchdown a rushing touchdown. And the Londoners they love the
Speaker 1: kicking game and they love the running game. They love
Speaker 1: they love it when it gets a little ugly, it's
Speaker 1: a little more, a little more like soccer. Then agree
Speaker 1: all the thumbs. We just think more. It's all more
Speaker 1: in London. But that's that's upfront. Let's get sneaky. Let's
Speaker 1: look this sneaky, sneaky. Good picks good players, and Greg,
Speaker 1: you've got one in Hollywood. Yeah, well in Arizona this
Speaker 1: week Markis Brown. I gotta say, you know, in Hollywood
Speaker 1: Brown asked to get out of Baltimore. I was like,
Speaker 1: that kind of hurt my feelings. I like Lamar Jackson's like,
Speaker 1: is that really that smarter move? It really was. I've
Speaker 1: never seen Marquis Brown look this good. I think he's
Speaker 1: gonna go over sixty two and a half receiving yards
Speaker 1: because I think they're gonna be trailing in this game.
Speaker 1: He has made more contested catches this year, I think
Speaker 1: maybe than the rest of his career combined. He looks
Speaker 1: fantastic and he's gonna get paid paid at the end
Speaker 1: of this year. If Christian Kirk is worth seventeen millionaire,
Speaker 1: let's give Marquis Brown about twenty three. When he goes
Speaker 1: for fifteen hundred yards this year, he is bawling out
Speaker 1: love what he's doing. I think he has a big
Speaker 1: game on Sunday. What do you what are you paying
Speaker 1: twenty two? I mean, if Christian Kirk seventeen, Markis is
Speaker 1: going over twenty I'm not I'm not mad at anybody's
Speaker 1: money get paid. I wanted to get paid. I that's
Speaker 1: just I'm saying he's not looking fantasting. Also, Christian Kirk
Speaker 1: leaves that offense and now he's in a better sitch.
Speaker 1: It's like everybody wins. And that's why Christian Kirk is
Speaker 1: my good player, because I think there's gonna be I
Speaker 1: think this is going to be a score fast. Not
Speaker 1: that Davis Mills is just gonna run rough shot through
Speaker 1: uh the Jags secondary or anything like that. I just
Speaker 1: think there's gonna be points in this one, especially a
Speaker 1: bounce back game for Trevor Lawrence. Christian Kirk is the
Speaker 1: number one option for this team, and I think sixties
Speaker 1: six and a half receiving yards, it's not going to
Speaker 1: be a problem in a game that is gonna have
Speaker 1: points available, especially from the Jags point of view. Cynthia
Speaker 1: is gonna have points, especially from the JAG's point of view.
Speaker 1: They will score points Cynthia. Another team I think is
Speaker 1: going to score a lot of points is going to
Speaker 1: be the Bills, And I think that the game script
Speaker 1: will also indicate that Devin Singletary we used quite a
Speaker 1: bit the most reliable back we saw some others have
Speaker 1: some issues with maybe not hanging onto the ball, et cetera.
Speaker 1: But Singletary is really emerged as their primary back, the
Speaker 1: one who matters other than Josh Allen on the run
Speaker 1: game the most. So when I look at Devon sixty
Speaker 1: seven and a half, that could be like halftime fam like,
Speaker 1: this is a good opportunity for him, especially without you know,
Speaker 1: they're missing the pieces upfront, No t J Watt, So
Speaker 1: this is a strong on his line receivers either, So
Speaker 1: maybe he just more yeah, a lot of a lot
Speaker 1: of Yeah, but a lot of the receivers are pretty
Speaker 1: banged up. Their old line has had some issues to
Speaker 1: meaning banged up issues. So I think it's like, let's
Speaker 1: be smart, run, run the ball, and then run. It's
Speaker 1: more something you pointed out to me. Something the way
Speaker 1: the bills are being defended right now so much too high.
Speaker 1: It's just a lot of too high. Let's get to
Speaker 1: write this down because we have some fun picks. Greg
Speaker 1: is going way out on a limb. What are the
Speaker 1: people writing down? Greg? I am not that out on
Speaker 1: a limb. To me, this is a small inn and
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater is gonna swing this limb around while he's
Speaker 1: throwing for over two forty yards, I think he'll go
Speaker 1: over three hundred. Look to a tongue of voloa. I
Speaker 1: hope he's feeling better. I hope he gets back in
Speaker 1: the lineup. I think this offense is gonna work just
Speaker 1: fine with Teddy Bridgewater, just like it did when he
Speaker 1: came in during Thursday Night Football. This is a quarterback
Speaker 1: friendly off friends with Tyree Kill and Jalen Waddle. I
Speaker 1: know they're on the injury report, but it looks pretty good.
Speaker 1: Great matchup against these two uh Jets cornerbacks DJ Reid
Speaker 1: and Sauce Gardner. Don't care, Like, did anyone watch this
Speaker 1: Dolphins offense for the first four weeks? Do you really
Speaker 1: think two is a fair line here, Cynthia. I put
Speaker 1: it about three. They're gonna go up and down the field.
Speaker 1: Look at this bomb. Has Teddy Bridgewater ever thrown a
Speaker 1: prettier pass in the NFL? That was amazing. I mean,
Speaker 1: to forty means a lot of points, right, So if
Speaker 1: you're saying three hundred, that means we're gonna see like
Speaker 1: a really fast paced game. So like I'm very I
Speaker 1: think it could go back and forth very into a
Speaker 1: high high, high powered game. Like I like points, so
Speaker 1: let's go which make up for a Thursday where there
Speaker 1: were in a lot of points. So let's do that.
Speaker 1: UM write this down. Zach Ertz is playing his old team.
Speaker 1: I love a good revenge narrative, and also Kyler Murray
Speaker 1: loved throwing the ball to him, So I think this
Speaker 1: is the double situation here one Kyler Murray's best friend,
Speaker 1: red area target. We've seen him score, touched, ounce and
Speaker 1: to you get some revenge against you old team. So
Speaker 1: Zacher's touchdown, yes, and Kyler has to throw it to
Speaker 1: him because the options are kind of limited. Looking forward
Speaker 1: to seeing that game. My write this down is to
Speaker 1: the fantasy community. You know how much affinity I have
Speaker 1: for you, guys. You're worried about Travis E t N.
Speaker 1: He scores not once, but twice in an absolute score
Speaker 1: fest in Houston. I can't wait. I can't wait to
Speaker 1: see this is Texans rush defense has been the problem
Speaker 1: for Lovely Smith Squad, and I just see Travil breaking free, ma'am. Finally,
Speaker 1: here's the thing though, Like if you just said he
Speaker 1: scored once, like you would get a checkmark you got
Speaker 1: it right. Now he's got to score twice. That's how
Speaker 1: you get it wrong and you end up having to
Speaker 1: erase it Right's you know what I'd be willing to
Speaker 1: give him to checks though, Okay if it gets credit, yeah,
Speaker 1: you get double credit. You're picking something way harder. This
Speaker 1: is what I need. I need confirmation. Cynthia gives it
Speaker 1: to men does not. He's coaching me up. We'll see
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