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Weekend Preview, NFL Trade Deadline, CFP Playoff Rankings Release
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The boys break down all of the action for the upcoming weekend in sports including the NFL Trade Deadline and all of the drama that happened over the course of the week, the release of the first Playoff rankings for college football, and an NFL midseason check-in.
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Introduction and Weekly Sports Preview
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and What is up? Welcome back to the Next Sky Podcast You've got Zach and Tins here today And we have a week of football ahead of us We have some NFL, we have some college, we got some college basketball
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tins
that Basketball, maybe it's back.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's back officially ah We've got some college playoff rankings, the first ones ah We have NFL kind of rounding into midseason form at this point.
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tins
Yeah.
NFL Trade Deadline Chaos
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We have a little bit of better picture where we're at.
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tins
Just had the, yeah. Had the trade deadline. Craziest trade deadline we've probably ever had. i remember last year's episode, me and Mason talking about it. It was before the trade deadline like was official, and it was pretty quiet. But this one, not so much. We'll we'll definitely get into it. cause there was Some people are making moves, some contender moves.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Hmm.
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tins
And some people doing something dumb. And we'll definitely get into that.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
talking about Titans?
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tins
No. Titans didn't do anything. I mean, they didn't do anything this week other than trade that defensive lineman. But they, I guess they could have traded Jeffrey Simmons and Calvin Ridley and freed up some more cap space, but they wanted to keep those guys.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
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tins
All-time shot, though, from your GM. I know you didn't see this because you hate the Titans right now, but your GM had a press conference today?
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm very well.
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tins
No, he had the ah he had a press conference talking about why he traded the players he did last week.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
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tins
And he like pretty much said that, uh, Brownlee jr. Was traded because he doesn't fit what they want. Cause he's not in the film room and he's lazy at practice. Like, like straight up called him out. I was like, that's why we traded him.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Well.
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tins
And the player responded on Twitter with a bunch of laughing faces.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh.
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tins
So, you know, it's good. Just, i don't know, really good vibes and and stuff coming from the Titans organization.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Listen, we we understand. Yeah, Titans are in shambles, and it's fine. We're okay with it.
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tins
And it's fine.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's triple tank.
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tins
Live in the mud. You got a new stadium coming. That's all that matters.
College Football Rankings and Analysis
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
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tins
And I'm glad I helped pay for it.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Turns out people will just come to games in a new stadium.
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tins
And if not, at least you can get all the country artists to have your concerts there. Make some money that way.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Bingo.
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tins
Bingo, bongo.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's the plan. Forget the team.
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tins
d
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, it seems going to good eventually. Don't worry. If you build it, they will come. They're good players.
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tins
You have to start with the stadium first.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's how you build an organization. It's from the stadium down.
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tins
I like that, actually. It's a good motto.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Thank you. it's I should pitch it to the Tennessee Titans organization. We're building it, so please come, good players.
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tins
ah That's funny. I like that.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep.
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tins
But, ah yes, we got the first playoff prediction or playoff rankings.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yep. Yep. Playoff rankings.
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tins
Yes. So no longer do we care about the AP poll. It's out. Who cares?
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, it's pretty much worthless.
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tins
Playoffs this year. Yeah. It's always worthless, but extra now that we have the playoff rankings.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
True.
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tins
Anything really jump off the page you to begin with? I i had two. had to
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, Yeah, a couple things. I don't know. The Ohio State-Indiana of it all, I mean, it's not really surprising.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They've been dominant in pretty much all of their games. Texas A&M maybe you could feel a little bit snubbed potentially out of that top three.
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tins
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm not sure it's going to matter long term. um They're also undefeated in the SEC. So I don't know. And then you have Bama and Georgia both with one loss. Obviously, Bama beat Georgia.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And they had that first loss at the first game their season. So none of that's really surprising. Oregon slots in at number six with their only loss being to, Indiana. So you do, I mean, I'm not surprised by that. Your top seven is three big 10 teams and four sec teams.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Then you've got BYU, Texas tech at eight nine. They play each other this week. So that's going to change. Um, I mean, I think this is not an unpopular opinion. um Notre Dame at 10 just feels disgusting.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Uh, another Dame team that, that truly just has not really beaten anyone of of any sort.
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tins
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i mean, they beat USC, I guess, but their, their losses were, I mean, I guess good losses, but the Miami loss is aging a little bit worse nowadays. Um,
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tins
Mm-hmm.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And so Notre Dame is there at 10, Oklahoma at 11, Virginia at number 12, Texas at 13, just on the outside. ah
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Obviously, Georgia Tech would have been there. They're at 16 now until they lost this past weekend. Vanderbilt's there at 15, kind of lurking in the shadows. um You don't have to worry about Vanderbilt after their last game. They're not going in.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah Notre Dame, just lock them in. Their schedule is just charm and soft from here on out.
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tins
ye
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Ohio State, Indiana are essentially locked in. I think A&M basically is as well. They play Texas, I know, but I think if they lost the game, they'd probably still make it.
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tins
Because then they would probably
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tins
lose what if they lost another game, it would with the SEC championship game, right? I mean, Texas A&M feels like they're, I don't know, really.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
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tins
i guess if they lost to Texas, that makes it interesting on who's going to play. In Atlanta. Because you got a bunch of one loss SEC teams.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Texas only has one loss in the SEC as well because A&M, Bama, Georgia, yeah, they're Ole Miss given they they all win now, obviously.
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tins
And... um
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tins
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Ohio State, Indiana, Oregon are basically locked in, I would say. I think Notre Dame is essentially locked in as well unless something crazy happens.
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tins
Yeah, because I guess
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tins
Oregon's last... real game is this week against Iowa, right?
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
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tins
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's the last even decent team they play. Indiana and Ohio State don't play any more decent teams. Their schedule's over.
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tins
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They'll probably play in the Big Ten Championship against each other, and then they'll both still go. It won't matter.
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tins
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So...
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tins
is Is there... I read people throwing out the theory that the best thing for the big 12 to try and get two teams in is whoever wins this weekend, Texas Tech and BYU for the loser for there be a rematch.
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tins
And then the loser of that game, then winning the big 12.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Definitely.
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tins
And then you would, you think they would, you think they're going to get like, if that perfect scenario were to happen.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Yes, because um i think the Big Ten's only sitting in three. So i think it opens up some slots.
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tins
Okay. Yeah, because I guess coming into the season, you thought four for the Big Ten with Penn State.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
mean, Nebraska was talked about, Penn State was talked about. Both those are pretty bad at this point. So, i mean, it's it's a it's a very, very top-heavy league there.
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tins
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um Like, there's no one even really very close to to jumping in. I mean, USC is the next highest out of the Big Ten at 20.
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tins
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And that's just USC, Michigan are right there.
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tins
I guess, yeah, because Georgia Tech's loss puts them in a bad spot for the ACC. Really, the ACC is only going to get one again. it can only be.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think if Georgia Tech wins out, and then, yeah
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tins
Because look
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think ACC will get one.
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tins
Louisville, yeah. Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think Big 12 could get two. um But, I mean, Utah is their lurking. But they have two losses, but I think one of them was a very – was like really early, pretty good loss.
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tins
Yeah.
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tins
Yeah, i was at a conference.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They lost to BYU, and then they lost to Texas Tech.
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tins
Yeah, BYU.
00:08:28
tins
Oh, both conference, actually.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Actually, they have two conference losses. Yeah. I don't know. um Big 12 is interesting. um
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tins
Always is.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Honestly, I think Texas Tech and BYU both in the playoffs would be pretty fun.
00:08:38
tins
Last year, too.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm not mad about that.
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tins
Yeah. I feel like they they had a chance to do this last year because we were talking about Colorado, and then they just eat each other alive. That's what the Big 12 does.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, at this point last week, I was really worried about that because of Tennessee's chances to get in, and now I just want chaos.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I wouldn't care if there are three big 12 teams make it to be honest.
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tins
Oh, less SEC.
00:09:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's great. I really am just, I am hate watching Vanderbilt right now. Pretty hard.
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tins
oh no.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's all that I care about is Vanderbilt not making this playoff.
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tins
That would sting a little extra, right?
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
they They can't, they can't. Yeah. ah Under no circumstances. Okay.
00:09:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah Yeah, so overall, I mean, it is what it is at this point in the season. I think Notre Dame is, unless they drop a bad one, is ah is is a foregone conclusion, unfortunately.
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tins
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um i hope... I don't know. It's not a secret that I'm pretty biased against, ah oh, your boy, it's over there at Notre Dame.
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tins
Notre Dame.
00:09:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So that is what it is. But... Yeah, I think it's pretty interesting to look at, talk about some possibilities, because I think there are a lot of them in how things could shake out.
00:10:03
tins
And then that also brings us to our, you know, we've get the one G5 spot open. And right now that'd be Memphis. Who has a huge game on Friday.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, they...
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They do. um So Michigan, despite taking that loss to UAB, are now, because they beat USF, are poised to be that G5 spot.
00:10:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I think it's probably still going to come down
Super Bowl Predictions and Betting Insights
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
to the Atlantic um championship game, probably.
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tins
Okay.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Because it's they have to be a conference champ in order to make it. So it doesn't really matter what their what the record is, as long as they make the conference champion. And they kind of picked the best team out of all the G5 conference champions.
00:10:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's kind of how that goes. Um, so at the end of the day, if USF or were to win the championship game, they would probably still go. Uh, but you, but Memphis does have a big time matchup this week against Tulane. Uh, Tulane's having a very good season as well. They only have two losses on the year and they're still competing for that. Um,
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
If Tulane could win this game, the AAC all of a sudden is pretty wide open with Memphis with two losses. um And there's a lot of two-loss teams there kind of eating each other. Could be very fun.
00:11:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
We've talked about the Memphis team a good bit, but yeah.
00:11:27
tins
Yeah. They, uh, yeah, right now, Tulane's odds to make the playoffs are at plus 1200. Um, Memphis is sitting at three 50, actually USF at two 30 and then North Texas, uh,
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Wow.
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tins
I actually kind to throw this out as a pick. i think
AFC and NFC Playoff Picture
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tins
I think this is a team that maybe sprinkle it on here at plus 250. So the second lowest odds of like these, the G5 school, like the last kind of um playoff spot is North Texas.
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tins
North Texas's freshman quarterback is absolutely insane. He is going to be on an SEC roster next year. He was a walk-on over the summer and earned a earned a scholarship, battled his way up the the depth chart.
00:12:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
wow
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tins
Apparently, he's been working with Patrick Mahomes' private um QB coach since he graduated high school and is just like –
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
My gosh.
00:12:24
tins
he he looks He looks every bit of like a big-time college quarterback. He's 18. He's leading college football in pass yards. I mean, he's just and insane. So I like North Texas to actually steal.
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tins
um
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
What are they, 10s? 250? 250?
00:12:39
tins
Come out of the American. ah come ah It's come out of the American. Yes, they are at plus 250. Yeah.
00:12:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay. So South, so North Texas lost to South Florida, 63 to 36 back in early October.
00:12:51
tins
yeah That was one of our easier ah best of the rest overs we ever hit.
00:12:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um,
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yes, but now North Texas beat Charlotte and they beat a UTSA and they beat Navy who was previously unbeaten, I think. Uh, and so now all they have left is UAB rice and temple.
00:13:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Um, And I think there's a pretty – I think their odds are so good because there's a pretty good chance if they went out that they're playing for the championship there in the Atlantic. So,
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tins
yeah
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
um yeah, Navy 5-1 in conference. Memphis is 4-1 in conference. North Texas is 4-1 in conference. So think there's a pretty good chance Navy drops another one.
00:13:30
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, Navy plays Notre Dame this weekend.
00:13:33
tins
Yeah, that nail is.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And they still have to play Memphis.
00:13:37
tins
Yeah, Notre Dame is currently.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah And the South Florida. Holy cow, Navy's got all their – Navy plays Notre Dame, South Florida, Memphis, backed back to back to back.
00:13:45
tins
It's a tough little stretch for the servicemen.
00:13:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So I think most people are just counting Navy's there. So I think, ah but so other than Navy, your top four teams are Memphis, North Texas, South Florida, Tulane.
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tins
and
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So we, there's, it's going to come down to some tiebreakers probably, honestly, to see who makes that championship game there. A lot on the line. The game is going fun.
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tins
Yeah, that that last spot, I yeah i think it's going to be fun.
00:14:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That'll be a playoff game, like a playoff play-in game, essentially.
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tins
Yeah, and Memphis kind of kicks it off this weekend i'm playing Tulane on Friday.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
sorry
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tins
like that's That's a big one for them.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Big one.
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tins
um So, yeah, i't know I'm kind of having more fun watching those games and trying to see who's like the the sneaky team that's going to that's gonna get in like the boys.
00:14:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Who's going to lose by 100 to Ohio State?
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tins
Yeah. Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
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tins
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
No, not even Ohio State, probably, but.
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tins
Probably not. Probably oh Miss.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Probably, yeah, or Indiana, Georgia.
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tins
A&M.
00:14:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Who knows when USF beat Florida, so that was fun. Good times.
00:14:53
tins
It's true. It's true. back Back when things were great.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Fond memories.
00:14:57
tins
The season was going well.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Back when the season was right on track.
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tins
ah
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Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Okay, well, Ten's
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tins
phase on yes is i mean
00:15:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I know we had a big, ah it feels like it was a heavy, heavy NFL news cycle in the last couple of days.
00:15:16
tins
yes
00:15:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah Do you want to break down any of the action from the trade deadline?
00:15:21
tins
Yeah. Yeah. so normally the trade deadline in the NBA is always popping. You always got big players moving around and forcing trades. That's a normal thing in the NBA. In the NFL, it's really, you see these big trades happen in the off season around the draft um time. That's really the only time it happens. But this year you saw a few teams
Fantasy Football Strategies and Reflections
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tins
go and say, Hey, let's, uh,
00:15:44
tins
Let's make a big splash. Let's try and do something here. So ah first off, the Jets. The Jets are complete and totally in rebuild mode. um They just traded away two cornerstones of their team in Sauce Gardner and Quinton Williams.
00:16:01
tins
um We'll go Quinton Williams first. 26-year-old defensive tackle, former top 10 pick. he's one of He is probably the best defensive tackle in the NFL. Gets traded to the Cowboys.
00:16:14
tins
The Cowboys are so weird because they trade away Michael Parsons for two first round draft picks. We all know Michael Parsons is great player. ah The Cowboys offense has not been the issue this year. They've been putting up points, have been scoring, but their defense is just absolute. It's non-existent. There's no pass rush. They can't stop the run.
00:16:34
tins
They made two trades this week. um They traded for Logan Wilson, middle linebacker from Cincinnati. He's going to, He'll be fine. he'll He'll help stop the run. He's a solid player.
00:16:44
tins
But adding Quentin Williams to a team that is desperate for defensive help was a really good idea. was really smart. um If you still had Micah Parsons rushing off the edge, you still don't have much of a pass rush.
00:16:57
tins
Quentin Williams can get a lot of that done at the defensive tackle spot by pass rushing up the middle. But
Kyler Murray's Future: Football or Baseball?
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tins
ah just it's just poor team building. as far as not keeping Micah. Cause you still could have made this trade with your own draft picks and gotten Quentin Williams, but that's the Cowboys.
00:17:15
tins
um I mean, good trade for them. The, ah Really good trade for the Jets because now the Cowboys can't trade. the The Jets get the best pick of the Cowboys and Packers for the next two years um for this trade.
00:17:31
tins
So that means the Cowboys can't trade either one of those first round picks they got from the Packers or their own because the Jets get the get the better of the picks for from the Cowboys.
00:17:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Oh, interesting.
00:17:42
tins
So smart, smart trade from the GM of the Jets doing that. And then... I know Sauce Gardner is a very good corner. He's, you know, he's highly regarded as one of the better corners league. He's probably, he's top 10 corner in the whole league.
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tins
You traded, you got two first round draft picks for him and you got rid of his contract. He was making the most money for the cornerback position. That contract started after
Podcast Wrap-Up and Future Preview
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tins
this one because he's still on his rookie deal for this season.
00:18:15
tins
And you trade him to the Colts for two their their next two first-round draft picks. The c Colts, this says to them, this is them saying, Daniel Jones is our guy. They're going to probably re-sign him in the offseason because he is on a one-year deal.
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tins
And this is them just loading up and saying, hey, we're going to go get another player to help our defense, which their defense is playing well. Sauce Gardner is just going to add to that. He's a little rich in my opinion, but the Rams did the same thing for Jalen Ramsey.
00:18:43
tins
When they saw that they they they thought they had a Super Bowl window, they went and got Jalen Ramsey, traded two first-round draft picks, it worked out for them. They got a Super Bowl out of it. um So that is that's all dependent on Daniel Jones being Indiana Jones and not Danny Dimes, which we saw a little bit of Danny Dimes this weekend.
00:19:06
tins
would be really unfortunate if daniel daniel Danny Dimes back. um So, yeah.
00:19:14
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Yeah, tend to dig himself in a hole in that
00:19:18
tins
I may have, I may have, uh, yeah, we'll see.
00:19:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
one.
00:19:22
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Could be. Could have.
00:19:26
tins
We'll see. Let's just say there's, there's strength, strength of schedule to this point. Wasn't super great. And it's about to get significantly harder. So we'll see what happens.
00:19:38
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Okay.
00:19:38
tins
Daniel Jones.
00:19:43
tins
And then the Jags traded for Jacobi Myers.
00:19:43
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I like that.
00:19:46
tins
Um,
00:19:47
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Yeah.
00:19:48
tins
I'm excited about that. A fourth and a sixth round pick.
00:19:50
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Me too.
00:19:52
tins
ah Yeah. um Zach has Jacobi Myers on his fancy team.
00:19:57
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Trying to offload him.
00:19:57
tins
He's pretty, and yeah, trying to give me the trade for him.
00:19:58
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Yeah.
00:20:00
tins
I, there's no more room in the end. I have too many Jaguars and um we're in a situation where my team is not performing well in fantasy.
00:20:12
tins
ah Christian McCaffrey can only do so much for me every week. And the thing is, if I, if I don't win at least one more game, I'm going to be at a Waffle House for 12 hours.
00:20:23
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Yeah.
00:20:23
tins
um That's just how it's going to end up. So I, I have no more room for any more Jaguar players. Um, this just is what it is.
00:20:36
tins
And then I'm trying to think if there's,
00:20:36
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What if the Jags go off, though? Jags.
00:20:40
tins
then I, I have, I have Trevor, so it's, it's whatever at this point.
00:20:40
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Who knows? This could be the secret sauce.
00:20:44
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I kind of like I've got Jacoby, though, because it's it's the same thing as when I drafted Trevor. It's like if that if he if he is a great player and does well, then it's just helping my fantasy team.
00:20:58
tins
Right. Yeah, exactly.
00:20:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So a part of you, every touchdown, has to think, ah, Zach has him on his fantasy team.
00:21:03
tins
Yeah, I know.
00:21:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Game point.
00:21:04
tins
And he's going to be a, he's going a red zone target. He's a very big guy. he does zero
00:21:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I know. I might actually play him now. He's a good, decent quarterback.
00:21:11
tins
zero, 0% drop rate the last two years.
00:21:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
pretty good.
00:21:15
tins
He's not afraid to go over the middle, like Brian Thomas Jr. is apparently. So yeah, I think he's, yeah, it's great. I'm going to,
00:21:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i think this is this is the ultimate... um This is a good test for us to see if... There's been a lot of conversation lately. um Most of it driven by tens.
00:21:33
tins
Oh, no. About what?
00:21:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and
00:21:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
One of two things can be true. um the The true stat is... The Jaguars drop a lot of balls. um One line of thinking says all of the wide receivers on the Jaguars are just bad at catching.
00:21:49
tins
Scientifically proven.
00:21:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
The other line of thinking is the guy throwing the ball has something to do with it, possibly.
00:22:02
tins
Hmm.
00:22:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
This is going to help us test it because we have a new person who doesn't drop balls.
00:22:04
tins
Right.
00:22:07
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
So if he shows up at the Jacksonville and starts dropping balls everywhere, I think we have an answer.
00:22:08
tins
Right.
00:22:12
tins
Maybe. ah But, I mean, this has been a stat that's like three years in the making. It's not like it's just happening. it's been many different guys. Christian Kirk, Zay Jones, the list.
00:22:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:24
tins
The list is so long of guys that have contributed to drop passes.
00:22:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right. The list. Okay.
00:22:31
tins
Yeah.
00:22:32
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm excited to settle this once and for all personally. So.
00:22:36
tins
Also, sneaky move. this one This one I like a lot. The Seahawks. I wasn't big on the Seahawks going into the year. I'm not. i was really down on last year. I kind of thought they hired the wrong guy and Mike McDonald. i was like, who defensive coordinator hires just never do it for me.
00:22:53
tins
um This guy's legit. The Seahawks are a wagon. Sam Darnold, turns out he's not just a um Kevin O'Connell merchant. like He has improved.
00:23:06
tins
Even after leaving the Vikings, he stayed good. um So shout out to him. The Seahawks are awesome. And they traded a fourth round pick for Shahid Shahid from the Saints.
00:23:18
tins
So giving...
00:23:18
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Also my fantasy game.
00:23:20
tins
Oh, well, he's about to have an uptick because Sam Darnold loves to chuck the ball.
00:23:23
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I like that.
00:23:25
tins
You get another outside threat, another another option for him to throw to outside of JSN, who is having the best receiver season so far this year.
00:23:37
tins
um So, yeah, the Seahawks are dangerous, and the whole NFC West is dangerous outside of the Cardinals, who are a dumpster fire.
00:23:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Huh.
00:23:47
tins
um
00:23:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:48
tins
Kyler Murray... went on IR today.
00:23:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Also my fantasy team.
00:23:55
tins
Part of it is, in my opinion, part of it is, yeah, he is hurt, but at the same part, ah head coach, um, Gannon, I can't think of his first name, but doesn't matter. He's getting fired.
00:24:09
tins
ah So he's irrelevant. um Said how the offenses looked better the last two weeks with Jacoby Myers as the quarterback. I just think, and Kyler's made a lot of weird comments in the media this year about like not being around.
00:24:24
tins
much longer.
00:24:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's not ideal.
00:24:25
tins
He like made the comment about the new training facility being, being built and it was going done in two years.
00:24:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ideal
00:24:30
tins
And he said, yeah, I might be around. ah Hopefully I'm around when it's here, but I doubt it. So ah he's definitely going to be somewhere else. He's going to be a jet. He's going a jet. He's, you know, he's kind of destined to be a jet quarterback. I think it just feels like the right, that feels like a jets move.
00:24:47
tins
They'll trade a couple draft picks for him since they have so many. mean, they have like, I think I saw they have eight first and second round draft picks in the next two drafts. That's pretty good.
00:24:59
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's feels like a lot.
00:25:00
tins
Yeah. um So, yeah. So, Shahid going to the Seahawks. And then the NFC West is just like the Rams. I think the Rams are the best team in the NFC.
00:25:11
tins
They look like a buzzsaw right now, offensively and defensively. I think it's time it's time for an exacta. And here you go.
00:25:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
00:25:22
tins
Rams over Chiefs Super Bowl. I don't know what the odds of that are. I saw some people throwing some around earlier, but go find that and bet
00:25:29
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Wow.
00:25:34
tins
that's my That's my prediction. I think that's what we're going to get.
00:25:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Rams over Chiefs.
00:25:40
tins
I think the Rams beat the Chiefs in the Super Bowl.
00:25:44
tins
Oh, here we go. I'll find it. Oh, wow. It's at the top. Plus 3,500 for the Rams to beat the Chiefs in the Super Bowl.
00:25:53
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
What about the other way around? What about Chiefs beat the Rams?
00:25:56
tins
That's actually the favorite of anything at plus 3,000. That's the number one. So what's crazy to me...
00:26:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I feel like they're not going to lose two in a row.
00:26:09
tins
Okay, but so Zach, if the season ended today, do you know who's not in the playoffs?
00:26:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and know it doesn't matter.
00:26:17
tins
It should matter
00:26:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Come on. They got Rishi. Their whole so their old team is different. I mean, come on.
00:26:22
tins
They still have to play the Broncos, I think, twice. um i mean, yes. i'm I know. But for for the fact that the that at five and four the Chiefs are not in the playoffs as the season ended today, and they are the Super Bowl favorites right now, if you go on to DraftKings, they're plus 600 with the Bills.
00:26:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That's wild.
00:26:48
tins
Like, that...
00:26:49
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
mean, they lost a tight game to the Bills if the Bills were at home. So, I mean, that's not a bad loss.
00:26:54
tins
No, it's not. but that
00:26:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Rasheed Rice is a huge part of their offense, clearly. I mean, if he plays a big role there, and him coming back changed the team, I feel, a good bit.
00:27:04
tins
For sure. it's just man It's just crazy. like ah Going into that game, Patrick Mahomes was the favorite to win MVP. Now it's not's Josh.
00:27:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Wow.
00:27:15
tins
jo It's flipped because he won the head to head.
00:27:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's crazy.
00:27:18
tins
But to me, i don't know.
00:27:19
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
okay
00:27:20
tins
That's just wild to me that the Chiefs are... The Super Bowl favorites right now, but the season ends today and they're not even in.
00:27:31
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You know the the narrative though that Travis Kelsey has to be at the Super Bowl with the confetti with Taylor Swift there. like That's the scene that the NFL wants. It's going to happen.
00:27:44
tins
Or he goes out sad and Matthew Stafford gets to go out with a win and retire because this is it for him.
00:27:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Come on.
00:27:55
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
She doesn't. It's not as flashy.
00:27:58
tins
That was flashy.
00:28:02
tins
Well, I don't know. This this season, it's just weird. Like the the Ravens, the Ravens are now the odds on favorite to win their division, even though their record, they a losing record up until, don't know, they still have losing record.
00:28:06
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah. it
00:28:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Crazy.
00:28:15
tins
Yeah. I was going to go into like the awards, but they're so cut and dry. like Jackson Dart, minus 200 to win Offensive Rookie the Year.
00:28:26
tins
Yeah, that makes sense.
00:28:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
if
00:28:28
tins
Defensive Rookie, Abdul Carter is the favorite. like He's the only defensive player that's a rookie you can hear about. Offensive Player of the Year, Jonathan Taylor.
00:28:34
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:37
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:38
tins
Jonathan Taylor should be getting more MVP talk. Jonathan Taylor has more touchdowns than the Tennessee Titans do as a whole.
00:28:46
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:48
tins
He who does by himself.
00:28:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Well, who cares?
00:28:50
tins
And also has more than the Raiders.
00:28:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It's tough. Yeah.
00:28:57
tins
Like, I mean, he's just a one-man wrecking crew, but he' they never let anyone but quarterbacks win the stupid MVP award. But it's been a very interesting NFL season.
00:29:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Give it to Baker.
00:29:12
tins
Oh, man, I wish.
00:29:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm still on the books. I have their Super Bowl future.
00:29:15
tins
like The buck NFC is so... It's it's loaded. You've got the Rams, the Seahawks, you can throw the 49ers there.
00:29:26
tins
so That's three in one division. You've got the Bucs. They're going to win their division pretty easily. Their division stinks. The Falcons are fake. like They're never actually good. Yeah. You got the whole NFC North with the Bears actually being good.
00:29:41
tins
So no one up there, like the Vikings are the bad team this year up there.
00:29:41
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
yeah
00:29:46
tins
The Bears are good. The Lions and Packers, obviously. And then the Eagles and Cowboys, great. Like, I don't know. It's just been, the NFC is, ah the Rams are now the favorite.
00:29:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Who's the favorite who's the favorite to win the NFC?
00:30:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Really?
00:30:03
tins
Mm-hmm.
00:30:03
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Are the Lions second?
00:30:06
tins
Nope. Eagles. And then Packers.
00:30:09
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That is, i mean, they are, it is at the top of that, it's stacked.
00:30:14
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Because the AFC still feels like, it did last year, it feels like, maybe have the Broncos in there, right?
00:30:14
tins
Yep.
00:30:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
And the c Colts, I guess. The Colts are in there.
00:30:22
tins
The Colts. Yeah, but the Colts kind of just took the Texans spot.
00:30:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
They've shook it up. Yeah.
00:30:26
tins
because Because the Texans, it's like we get one team from the AFC South.
00:30:28
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and
00:30:30
tins
um um But the Colts are playing ah much better version of football than the Texans were last year.
00:30:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Right, they look very good.
00:30:36
tins
Yeah, I mean, they're they're the second favorite to be the one seed behind the Bills.
00:30:36
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Wow.
00:30:42
tins
I like the Patriots for that, though. The Patriots remaining schedule is a joke.
00:30:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Patriots. Yeah, there's some fun teams.
00:30:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Patriots are fun. Broncos are fun.
00:30:52
tins
that The AFC is lucky. Joe Burrow is hurt.
00:30:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:57
tins
I'll say that because I know the Bengals defense is really bad.
00:31:01
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Although Joe Flacco.
00:31:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Bengals might be back.
00:31:06
tins
Yeah, he's still doing it. jeff flaco Joe Joe Flacco and Aaron Rodgers or no Joe Flacco and Tom Brady are making it seem like anyone can play quarterback at the age of 42.
00:31:10
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Looks pretty good last week.
00:31:22
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, it's wild.
00:31:23
tins
Not Aaron Rodgers. He stinks. I don't care. The Steelers are
00:31:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He kind of looks like he's 42. Hmm.
00:31:28
tins
Yeah, the Steelers, trash, garbage. I can't believe I bought into the hype of the Steelers this offseason.
00:31:38
tins
Just for them to go 9-8 again.
00:31:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
i feel like that last ah Jags competing for that last wildcard spot. It's going a battle.
00:31:52
tins
ah Yeah, I mean, that might be what we're competing for. We might be competing for a top four seed.
00:32:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Wow.
00:32:01
tins
AFC South is wide open, in my opinion.
00:32:04
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Is it? How many games back are you?
00:32:08
tins
I don't know. We've not lost a divisional game either.
00:32:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You got to play them twice, though, I guess so.
00:32:14
tins
Yeah, we still have to play the Colts twice. That's the We get to play the Colts twice.
00:32:16
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
you
00:32:18
tins
And they still have some tough games on the schedule.
00:32:21
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
like the Titans
00:32:23
tins
As for the Jaguars, our toughest two games are quite literally the Colts and then the Broncos.
00:32:27
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
time.
00:32:32
tins
I don't look forward to that Broncos game.
00:32:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Bonex.
00:32:35
tins
It's in Denver. Yeah, Bo Nix going to do something dumb, but it's also going to make us look dumb, so I just don't look forward to that at all.
00:32:46
tins
ten and ten and seven That's my Jaguar prediction. think we get five more wins for sure.
00:32:50
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
That should be good enough for the playoffs, I feel like.
00:32:52
tins
I think so. think we're hovering around the wild card unless the Colts implode.
00:32:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
It usually is.
00:32:57
tins
and think the Colts are going implode. That's my official statement.
00:33:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and All right. He's doubling down, everyone. Fake good team.
00:33:05
tins
and ah fake They are a fake good team. That's all I have to say about it.
00:33:12
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Is Jonathan Taylor fake good as well?
00:33:13
tins
Triple. no Jonathan Taylor's not. um That's thing. If you can just bottle him up, then the Colts all of a sudden have problems.
00:33:24
tins
Now, is it easy to bottle him up? No, it's not. I've seen a lot of people say that his little celebration thing he does where he like hops to one leg and skips into the end zone, he's going to pull a hammy doing that.
00:33:40
tins
Fantasy owners on Twitter are going wild.
00:33:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Wow.
00:33:42
tins
like tell Someone tell him to stop doing this.
00:33:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm not. i like it.
00:33:48
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I want him to keep doing it. I think it eight and adds to his swagger.
00:33:51
tins
He's done it a lot. Let's just say that. He had three games in a row where he scored three touchdowns.
00:33:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He scored a lot.
00:33:57
tins
He scored nine touchdowns in three games.
00:33:57
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Very true.
00:33:59
tins
This man's a menace to society. He was going in fantasy drafts at the end of the second round.
00:34:05
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Great for my fantasy team.
00:34:08
tins
I haven't been in my big money UPS league, so I'm also happy. I took him and CMC. Everyone thought I was a wild man.
00:34:17
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Kyler Murray was my big That was my big loss that was my only like real whiff.
00:34:23
tins
Can I say something about Kyler Murray?
00:34:26
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:27
tins
um Can he just go play baseball? I'm just kind of done ah believing in Kyler Murray as an NFL quarterback. like Go play baseball. Go play Call of Duty.
00:34:35
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
You think? The Cardinals just aren't bad.
00:34:37
tins
Yeah, dude.
00:34:38
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
in that
00:34:39
tins
think...
00:34:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He's not going to go somewhere and be much better. Like we've seen other quarterbacks too.
00:34:43
tins
No, I think it's him. like Marvin Harrison and him were beefing, and Jacoby Brissett talked about it in the press conference.
00:34:45
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Could be.
00:34:50
tins
He's like, yeah, me and him have a good relationship. like he's He's been having a hard few weeks, and i think you and Marvin Harrison has played very well with Jacoby. He's like, I think you can see that we've got a good connection and we communicate.
00:35:03
tins
Kyler and Marvin Harrison were like not talking on the sideline. They were kind of just like both pouting. don't know. just don't think Kyler has that... like leadership, quarterback, guys rally around him type thing.
00:35:22
tins
think he's too focused on Call of Duty.
00:35:25
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Could be.
00:35:26
tins
I think he needs just go play baseball. He was really good baseball player. He's a top five pick. Just go do that.
00:35:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'd like for him to play good football this year somewhere.
00:35:36
tins
He's done this year, Zach. You can just go and drop him.
00:35:40
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Wrong.
00:35:40
tins
He's on IR. He's going to miss the next four games.
00:35:45
tins
I just broke news to Zach that that's how that was going to work.
00:35:51
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
I'm so glad I picked up Jackson Dart or I would be cooked.
00:35:55
tins
Yeah, you're welcome.
00:35:56
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
and Thanks, Tins.
00:36:00
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
All right, folks. A little bit of a um little bit of a more casual episode today. um because you got anything else?
00:36:06
tins
Mason brings the seriousness, uh,
00:36:08
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, tim Mason actually does. he He brings some a lot of po player props that sometimes hit.
00:36:18
tins
A lot of the most absurd player props in the world.
00:36:20
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Shout out, Mason.
00:36:24
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
He picks the most obscure woods typically But sometimes it's fun Sometimes it's not
00:36:29
tins
Sometimes we're stretching TJ Hawkinson at 930 in the morning.
00:36:33
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
so
00:36:36
tins
While he's in London.
00:36:39
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
But We will be back to Breakdown this weekend in football ah Thank you for joining us ah We hope you all have a great week We hope Mason comes back soon
00:36:54
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
ah
00:36:56
tins
We don't know where he is.
00:36:58
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Yeah, he's gone. um
00:37:02
Next Guy Up Podcast Network
Actually, he has a solo pod coming tomorrow night. um All right. With that, we hope guys have a great week. See you later.
00:37:02
tins
The Vols murdered him.