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Divisional Showdowns: Picks, Props & Playoff Predictions!
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It's Divisional Round Weekend, and we're breaking down every matchup with expert analysis, bold predictions, and can’t-miss betting insights. From Mahomes' postseason dominance to CJ Stroud's rising star, and from the Lions' offensive juggernaut to the Bills-Ravens showdown, we’ve got every angle covered.
🔑 Saturday Matchups
- Chiefs vs. Texans: Will Houston's defense slow down KC's machine?
- Lions vs. Commanders: Can Jayden Daniels topple Detroit's blitz-heavy defense?
🔑 Sunday Highlights
- Rams vs. Eagles: Can Stafford outplay Hurts on the road?
- Ravens vs. Bills: Snow, MVP stakes, and a potential AFC Championship preview. Lamar Jackson vs. Josh Allen.
Stay tuned for player props, spreads, and game picks you won’t find anywhere else. Whether you’re here for fantasy football, sports betting, or just love the game, we’ve got you covered. Let’s huddle up!
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Wildcard Week Recap: Upsets and Victories
00:00:08
Fabio
Yeah, you drink that to me, Roger. Welcome back. Welcome back. Welcome back to another spectacular episode of the Bush league huddle. Fancy football podcast. I'm fab. I'm joined by my two exceptional co-host Roger Knack and guys. Wow. What a wild wildcard week.
00:00:28
Fabio
Uh, we saw some unexpected upsets. The Texans rolling over the chargers 31 12 and some more expected ones like the Rams cruising over the Vikings 27 nine. I guess you can take the player out of the jets, but you just can't take the jets out of the player.
00:00:39
Nacc
You've
00:00:41
Fabio
Am I right?
Sam Darnold's Struggles and Financial Impact
00:00:44
Nacc
seen ghosts!
00:00:44
Roger Emeka
Yeah, I was just gonna say seeing ghosts It was pretty bad walker weekend.
00:00:45
Fabio
it was You're seeing ghosts. Uh, geez, I wonder how much Sam Donald lost in the last two games, huh?
00:00:50
Roger Emeka
It's pretty bad pretty bad walker weekend
00:00:50
Fabio
My God. I'm like from a monetary standpoint.
Commanders' Victory Over Bucks: Game Highlights
00:00:54
Fabio
Anyways, the commanders also took care of business versus the Bucks, but that one was a bit of a nail biter, especially in the last four minutes. Baker's costly fumble really made the life a little bit easier for Jaden, who I think, uh, I don't know if we can call him a rookie anymore after that performance, but all accounts, it was a, it was a great weekend for sure for sports, but for NFL. But before we dive into this week's episode, we want to take a quick minute to thank.
00:01:16
Fabio
each and every one of our loyal listeners for your constant support and engagement.
Listener Appreciation and Social Media Engagement
00:01:21
Fabio
And please, please, please don't forget to like, share, subscribe to all of our social media. Even though the fantasy season is over, we'll continue you to post content and engage with you guys for sure. And here we go.
Divisional Round Preview: Chiefs vs Texans
00:01:32
Fabio
Here we are to preview the best weekend of the entire NFL season get hype everyone put down that AJ Brown book club read of the week and let's get you guys primed for an excellent weekend of some top tier games we're gonna we're gonna kick this off right away we're gonna get right into it right now
00:01:53
Fabio
Knack, we're going to start off with you. We have a beautiful, wonderful divisional round weekend starting off on Saturday. We got the Chiefs versus the Texans. The Chiefs are favored by eight and a half points. The over under is 42. Knack, what are your thoughts?
AG Brown Book Club: A Philadelphia Phenomenon
00:02:07
Nacc
Yeah, just quickly on the, uh, just running back to that AG Brown book club. Uh, I was actually in Philly this week, uh, for work and I was sitting at a, our hotel bar for a drink before we went for dinner and we were speaking with, the um, the lady and we we were, we saw it on TV. It popped up like him reading the book and whatever. And we totally forgot we were in Philly for a second and we were like making fun of, making fun of it. Me and my, my, my boss and the bartender,
00:02:34
Nacc
right Oh, yeah, we're in Philly.
00:02:37
Roger Emeka
and
00:02:46
Fabio
Has he? Yeah?
00:02:54
Nacc
These people care about their their egos, right?
00:02:56
Roger Emeka
karen
00:02:58
Nacc
You got to watch what you say. And it was just funny. She's like, no, she reads his book every week. He always has it.
00:03:02
Fabio
well
00:03:03
Nacc
It's not the first time. And all that stuff. So I thought that was I thought that was quite funny.
00:03:07
Roger Emeka
Great publicity.
00:03:08
Fabio
Yeah. Great publicity.
00:03:09
Roger Emeka
Amazing publicity for that to author.
00:03:10
Fabio
Well, Philly fans.
00:03:10
Nacc
Yeah, apparently, apparently that book like sold out or something after after after that, it was like, ah yeah, it was it was it was crazy.
00:03:15
Fabio
Yeah. It it jumped the number one on Amazon for like, yeah.
00:03:19
Nacc
It was crazy.
In-Depth Analysis: Chiefs vs Texans Matchup
00:03:20
Nacc
But I digress um So yes, the Chiefs and Texans on Saturday So I think the Texans actually had probably one of their best games of the season last week versus the Chargers as you mentioned fab It was pretty unexpected. I think we're all on the Chargers last week as well as many people um However, they've been really inconsistent all season, you know, they beat the Bills way back at home way back in week five but they've also lost to the Titans and the Jets and
00:03:50
Nacc
I don't know, man, death taxes and Mahomes in the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game. I i just think that it's inevitable. they' They've had 24 days of rest and are the healthiest they've been all season. I think cannot the starter, should I say, have had 24 days of of rest. um I'm taking the points due to the fact that they have not really blown out anyone besides maybe the Steelers on Christmas Day.
00:04:20
Nacc
But um yeah, give me the points, but the Chiefs to win the game, and they've won 15 straight, one
Texans' Defense Shines Against Chargers
00:04:26
Nacc
score games. So i'm I'm definitely taking the Chiefs to win, but I'll i'll take i'll take the points. The Texans really surprised me on defense on defense last week. and As far as my prop bet, I have Travis Kelsey 60 plus yards at plus 130. I think that's a great value or for Saturday.
00:04:47
Fabio
Yeah, travis kelsey in the playoffs is money, right? So I don't think that's uh Hard to hard to argue against that and just to go back to the houss houston's defense, right?
00:04:50
Roger Emeka
Yeah, it's Travis Kelsey season.
00:04:54
Fabio
I mean that uh, jess and herbert threw four picks Last week and he's thrown Balls the season.
00:04:59
Roger Emeka
Three.
00:04:59
Nacc
Yes, yes, one more than he did all season.
00:05:01
Roger Emeka
It was three, no? I thought it was three.
00:05:02
Fabio
Yeah It was four.
00:05:03
Roger Emeka
Was it three or four? Oh my god, wow.
00:05:03
Nacc
No, for four, four picks.
00:05:05
Fabio
Yeah, you gotta give credit to houston's defense, but i don't think they're gonna have the same type of week.
00:05:08
Nacc
Stingly
Betting Insights: Texans vs Chiefs
00:05:09
Nacc
man, that guy is a baller.
00:05:11
Roger Emeka
Stingly, Will Anderson Jr.
00:05:13
Nacc
Yeah, man.
00:05:15
Roger Emeka
Dino Hunter. um So yeah, Texans have played the Chiefs tough the past two games, six point loss and I believe it in it was six point loss in 2022 and I believe it was an eight point loss this year. And as I just mentioned, Stingley, Will Anderson, Dino Hunter, I think they're going to have a massive impact against the Chiefs. But again, it's hard not to trust Mahomes, Kelsey and Reid.
00:05:36
Roger Emeka
I'd say the keys to this game, I think Stroud will have to win the game for the Texans because we know how Joe Mixon has been running has not been running very well lately.
00:05:46
Fabio
No.
00:05:46
Roger Emeka
And can the Texans win the turnover battle? I think that's the key. Stroud is due for like oh he's always due for one or two interceptions per game. And to beat the Chiefs, you're going to have to win a turnover battle.
00:05:56
Roger Emeka
so For me, it's it's ah Texans plus eight and a half, but similar to Knack, I'm gonna take Chiefs Moneyline.
Chiefs' One-Score Game Winning Streak Impact
00:06:03
Roger Emeka
At least considering that Houston has played a lot better recently. And in terms of the prop bet, ah CJ Stroud 20 rushing yards plus 160. Stroud had 23 rushing yards against Casey in the previous matchup and 42 last week against the Chargers. So I think he's bailing out of the pocket if he's starting to see the rush a bit more ah lately because of the the Texans O-line.
00:06:24
Fabio
Yeah, I like that probably a lot. ah So i' in my case here, I got Mohomes is 13 and five against the spread for his career in the postseason, including nine and five as a favorite. The Chiefs are completely rested and ready for a very late preseason, a postseason run like usual, I suppose. um And you read is also 20 and 12 at the spread with 13 plus days of rest between games.
00:06:50
Fabio
So I don't know, I like the Chiefs to cover on this one, actually. I really think they're going to take, they're going to win by, I don't know, two touchdowns, I would say. I like this one a lot. And for my prop bet this week, I've dealt in Schultz over 36 and a half receiving yards, paying minus 110. I'm seeing a lot of.
00:07:08
Fabio
a lot of Dalton Schultz once C.G. Stroud gets hurried and in the pocket and and the last week he had a very nice game too against the Chargers so i I think this bet comes in pretty nicely but I guess we're kind of split on this one hey like you guys think the Texans are gonna be able to beat the spread I don't know
00:07:17
Roger Emeka
I love that.
00:07:24
Roger Emeka
Just because they played them close and the I mean, the defense has been, I feel like the Texans have played better lately, similar to what Nax said. Like I was actually surprised at not just the win, but how they play it as well.
00:07:34
Roger Emeka
And again, the defense was fantastic against the Chargers.
00:07:36
Nacc
i I just like I said I just go back to I know playoffs it's you know record is you know it's wiped clean but yeah yeah for sure but I mean they they didn't kill anyone this year like they'd never really beat anyone consistently by nine points so that's what leads me to take the points here I think I think the spread is a little bit too high I think if it was closer to six and a half I'd be more eager to to to jump on it but
00:07:44
Fabio
you throw it out the window a little bit yeah
00:07:50
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:08:05
Nacc
Yeah, I don't know, man. I think besides the Steelers, they didn't really, they didn't really beat anyone by, you know, 14 points this year.
00:08:09
Fabio
You throw it out the window a little bit, right?
00:08:11
Nacc
It was, it was really, okay. There are 15, 15 straight one score games that they've won. So they're always pretty close. And I think personally, I think the trend continues.
00:08:23
Fabio
Alright, I guess we're gonna find out this weekend.
Lions vs Commanders: Game Preview
00:08:26
Fabio
We're gonna move on to the next game where we have the Lions versus the Commanders. The Lions are favored by nine and a half points. The over-under is 55 and a half. Not how you feel like about this one.
00:08:36
Nacc
Man, I don't remember Divisional visualal Weekend having such high spreads like almost across the board. It's like it's crazy to see. Usually, at Wildcat Weekend, you do see them because it's just it's it's you know there's said there's there's a you know there's ah there's there's a difference between the teams at the top and the teams at the bottom, but it's it's super weird and in Divisional Round.
00:08:55
Fabio
Yeah.
00:08:58
Nacc
um look with all their injuries on the defensive side of the ball I feel like the spread is a little too high and especially since the commanders were able to beat the league's third best offense in Tampa Bay a week ago and per Evan Abrams Home teams in the divisional round coming off a bye are 33, 42, and 1 against the spread ah since 2003. Additionally, there's 17, 24, and 1 as a favorite of 7 or more after a bye. And even versus a team playing in its second straight postseason road game, the team coming off the bye is 15, 22, and 1 against the spread.
00:09:33
Nacc
So I think you know where I'm going with this. I definitely like the Lions to win, but I'm i'm also taking the points in this one. Give me the nine and a half. I think Jayden Daniels keeps it close. There's going to be, I think it's going to be the battle of who converts the most fourth down conversions.
00:09:48
Nacc
I think both teams are going to be going for these things.
00:09:51
Fabio
Mm hmm.
00:09:51
Nacc
If couldnt Cliff Clingsbury on one side and, um, ah Ben Johnson on the other, who ah always like to go for for it on fourth down.
00:09:57
Roger Emeka
Mm.
00:10:00
Nacc
So I think if Daniels can steal some possessions from away from the Lions, I think they can keep the number pretty close. um And my prop bet for this one is going to be Jaden Daniels over 22.5 passing completions, and that's minus 115.
Commanders' Strategies Against Lions
00:10:20
Roger Emeka
i I think it's going to be a great OC matchup. I love that call, the Ben Johnson, Cliff Kinsbury aspect.
00:10:24
Fabio
Yep.
00:10:26
Roger Emeka
For me, first of all, and when thinking who to pick in this matchup, can the commanders stop the Lions running game? Because you know how Goff feasts off that from a play action perspective.
00:10:37
Roger Emeka
And to your point, Nack, can the commanders make the Lions play three down football? If it gets to third third and 11, you know, and and and fourth and short, fourth like how much fourth and short, fourth and five, fourth and seven, at what point will Dan Campbell go for it? Because that is it that is a killer for teams when you're able to stop them on fourth down, Dan Campbell's just like,
00:10:57
Roger Emeka
I don't care I'm going for it even on his own 20 yard line right so um I feel the commanders will keep it close to your point Knack again they've won six straight by a touchdown or less and a key stat that I found on PFF Detroit is first in man coverage rate at 45% and second in blitz rate at 35%
00:10:58
Nacc
Yeah.
00:11:17
Roger Emeka
Daniels, his passioning efficiency is in the 19th in those situations, but if they blitz that much and they play man, he is going to run like hell. He will he will scramble many, many times.
00:11:26
Nacc
Yeah.
00:11:27
Fabio
Yeah.
00:11:28
Roger Emeka
So for me, from a prop bet perspective, I have Jayden Daniels 60 yards plus 120. And I don't know man, like there's something about him. I heard mark mike Micah Parsons say it too, I'm going Moneyline lines.
00:11:42
Roger Emeka
I know it's crazy, I know it's crazy, but like the way he's playing, the moxie has, there's something about him.
00:11:49
Nacc
Well, you mean you mean commander's money line, you're going.
00:11:51
Roger Emeka
Oh, sorry. Commander's Moneyline. Yeah, Commander's Moneyline.
00:11:52
Fabio
Yeah.
00:11:55
Roger Emeka
It's a gut feeling. It's probably stupid. But I'm actually going to put money on the Commander's winning outright. Because the way Jaden's playing, man, it's i think I think it's a bit of destiny with him.
00:12:03
Nacc
As.
00:12:07
Nacc
I know a rookie has never been as never won the Super Bowl, but has a rookie been to the Super Bowl? I don't think so either, right?
Rams vs Eagles: Game Preview
00:12:15
Fabio
ah Ben Roethlisberger.
00:12:17
Nacc
No. the AFC championship they lost to the Patriots.
00:12:21
Fabio
That's the only one I can think of a memory.
00:12:22
Nacc
Yeah, I know that I was thought i thought about it and ah he didn't he it was his second year where where he made the Super Bowl.
00:12:28
Fabio
Right.
00:12:31
Nacc
Rookie? No.
00:12:34
Fabio
Rex Grossman.
00:12:37
Nacc
I don't think he was a rookie. No, Brock Purdy, I think it was his second year.
00:12:41
Fabio
Actually, was he a rookie?
00:12:43
Nacc
the
00:12:54
Fabio
a
00:12:58
Fabio
Yes. Yes.
00:13:02
Roger Emeka
You're right, you're right.
00:13:04
Nacc
And Daniel, to your point to stop the running game, David Montgomery is off the injury report and he's playing. So another weapon to that offense that they get back to the Lions.
00:13:12
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:13:13
Nacc
lost a member member he got injured and they lost the
00:13:16
Fabio
Yeah, well, I don't um I don't disagree with you guys. I do think this game is going to go back and forth from like one possession to the next. I think the Lions D is a little bit decimated this by being rested. um And the commanders have proven that they can go punch for a punch. I like the commanders to beat the spread here, but I think the Lions are lines of fact the number one in the league in points per game, number two in yards per game, number three in expected points per attempt per game.
00:13:39
Fabio
I don't see the Lions losing this game at all. um i I do think the come commando is going to be the spread though. As far as my prop is concerned, I'm taking the over 55 and a half points. It's paying minus 110. Nice little stat for you guys. Indoor postseason overs are 36 and 18 since 2003.
00:14:00
Nacc
Ooh, that's a nice one.
00:14:01
Fabio
So that's a cute, that's a cute little nugget there. So yeah, I'm the the over sounds really nice to me. And I think that's gonna really go back and forth. So yeah, yeah, this is this is gonna be my i'm I'm really looking forward to this game, apart from the one on Sunday night, we're gonna get to but before we get to that one, we got the the Rams at the Eagles Eagles are favored by six points over under is 44.
00:14:08
Nacc
I definitely like it more now.
00:14:26
Fabio
The surging Rams neck we got for this one.
Rams' Performance and Playoff Potential
00:14:30
Nacc
Yeah. So I think the Rams are one of the hottest teams in league ah down the stretch from going from, you know, potentially trading Cooper cup at the deadline to riding a five game winning streak and minus the week 18, where they, they rested their starters to a playoff win versus a 14 win team. The defensive front led by a Kobe Turner and Jared verse is a problem.
00:14:53
Nacc
Those guys are dogs.
00:14:54
Fabio
yeah
00:14:55
Nacc
If you guys look at the list of who they've drafted in the in the last couple of years, they've hit on some huge, huge players. They have playmakers all over the yard. If they can limit Saquon Barkey's output, because as we know, they like to run him into the ground, they have a real shot of not only covering, but winning straight up.
00:15:15
Nacc
They are 7-3 against the spread in their last 10 games and Matthew Stafford is 18-3 straight up in December, January and fe February excuse me as a member of the Rams.
00:15:19
Fabio
Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:25
Nacc
I also just found out recently that Kellen Moore is set to interview for the Cowboys head coaching job ahead of this game. so strange that philly would actually let him do that but I think very strange timing with a big game coming up and I think that's going to be really talked about in Philly if they lose this game where his where his focus has been especially interviewing not only interviewing for a job but interviewing for a division rival job head coaching job so I found that to be very very strange I didn't even think they were allowed to to interview
00:15:56
Fabio
Yeah, that's what I was gonna say.
00:15:56
Roger Emeka
I thought ahpping into felt the league was stepping in doing something about this because it's it's been an issue over the past few years, I found.
00:15:57
Fabio
I wasn't sure that we're allowed.
00:16:03
Nacc
Yeah, but I thought that they weren't like they weren't allowed or like teams teams will step in and say like, no, there's a game to there's a game to coach.
00:16:07
Roger Emeka
Yeah. Yeah, that's what I thought too.
00:16:11
Fabio
Yeah.
00:16:11
Nacc
Like, why are you going to interview in the middle of the week?
00:16:13
Fabio
But it's such a it's such an unnecessary distraction, even for like Ben Johnson, right, has been his name is flying around all over social medias and all over the news about being interviewed for this head coaching job and that head coaching job.
00:16:25
Fabio
And I'm like, do you really want to have that conversation now? Do you really want to entertain these discussions now when you're in a postseason run and you know, you're part of a team that can actually make it to the big dance and and win the whole thing?
00:16:35
Roger Emeka
yeah
00:16:36
Fabio
Like I don't see the benefit in having those conversations and that distraction. I really, really don't.
00:16:42
Nacc
Well, I mean, look, for for the teams that were on by, you don't even know your opponent yet. So it's tough to even come up with a game plan. So I don't see it as a huge problem then. But you're telling me that this guy is going to go interview on Friday or Saturday ahead of a game that he's going to play on Sunday?
00:16:57
Roger Emeka
Is in person?
00:16:57
Nacc
Like i that, I'm not sure. I just I just heard that it he was it was confirmed today that he has a meeting with the Cowboys. So it's either Friday or Saturday.
00:17:08
Nacc
So I think
00:17:08
Roger Emeka
It's definitely in person because there's no way Jerry Jones knows how to use Zoom.
00:17:08
Fabio
Plus.
00:17:12
Nacc
Yeah, good call on that one.
00:17:12
Fabio
That's true. Yeah, but then what's going to happen to Dion Sanders though, isn't he going to get the job?
00:17:15
Nacc
um Yeah, I don't i don't think he won.
00:17:18
Roger Emeka
No, he's staying in Colorado.
00:17:23
Fabio
How do you want an 11 and 13 coach being the head coach of a Dallas Cowboys?
00:17:28
Nacc
What?
00:17:30
Fabio
Isn't he, he's what like 11 and 13 or 13 and 11, like his reckoning college is not exactly.
00:17:33
Roger Emeka
ah twelve and I think it's 12 and 13.
00:17:35
Fabio
Oh, there it is.
00:17:35
Roger Emeka
Yeah, but like the first year was like a rebuilding year. like
00:17:38
Fabio
Still, it's not as if he has a ridiculous acumen.
00:17:41
Nacc
Well, I mean, look, Colorado's not like, hey, I'm going to go to Colorado, you know? It's not like...
00:17:45
Roger Emeka
Also, Raheem Morris was like 29 and was like 29 and like 40 when he got the Falcons dropped.
00:17:45
Fabio
No.
00:17:52
Roger Emeka
So, what's your prob bet, Knack, anyways?
00:17:53
Nacc
Yeah, well, let's... Yeah, well, look, I'm um i'm definitely going to take... I'm taking the points once again here. I like the the Rams plus six, and my prop bet is Jalen Hurts one plus INT at plus 140.
00:18:01
Roger Emeka
You think they'll let him throw that much?
00:18:12
Roger Emeka
That he'll even get a 90?
00:18:13
Nacc
well think that my thing is they're probably going to try to limit barckeley and i think they do ah with the
00:18:24
Roger Emeka
Yeah, so.
00:18:34
Roger Emeka
I think it's good. i Yeah, i've I've read that he's, I don't know if he shadows, but obviously I see him more on Nakua because just the impact he has, <unk> the the way Puka plays, way more physical.
00:18:48
Roger Emeka
um On my side to that point, Knack, Eagles, the last time they played the Rams, which was just a few weeks ago, they absolutely bludgeoned them, 37-20.
00:18:59
Nacc
Dominated.
00:18:59
Roger Emeka
Saquon ran for 255 yards.
00:18:59
Fabio
Yeah.
00:19:03
Roger Emeka
I agree that the Rams defense has been much better, but that history aspect I think is really key. So in terms of how the Vikings defense played against um Sorry, the Vikings offense played against the the Rams. I trust Serena and Kellan more and more than KOC in this instance. I feel like they know who they are as an offensive team and they're gonna focus more on Saikon Barkley versus I felt KOC try to really throw the ball more with Sam Darnold which did not work at all. So I think so one of the keys is can the Rams force Eagles into 30 long situations and to your point put the onus on Jalen Hurts to actually win the game for them and also the Rams they run the third most zone in the league
00:19:48
Roger Emeka
And I've said this many times on this pod and I've talked to you guys about it. Hurts versus man coverage is a different QB versus hurts. Again, versus hurts and zone. So against man, he's second in yards per attempt, third in QBR, third in completion percentage. But against zone, he's 26th in success rate this year against zone.
00:20:09
Roger Emeka
so
00:20:09
Nacc
Hmm.
00:20:10
Roger Emeka
To me, I've said this many times, it's the same with Russell Wilson. If you want to beat Hertz, if you want to make him confused, do not play as little man as possible um against him. And then maybe the one more key is Stafford versus play action.
00:20:25
Roger Emeka
So Stafford has a 90 plus PFF grade on play action over the last two years, and Eagles are allowing the fewest yards per play against play action. So that's one more key in this game.
00:20:37
Roger Emeka
Ultimately, I think the Rams, they're not gonna be able to start stop Barkley. They're not gonna be able to make Hertz throw the ball as much as he wants to. And for me, I'm gonna take ah Eagles minus six.
00:20:48
Roger Emeka
They have the third third best point differential in the league this year, 9.6, it's nuts.
00:20:51
Fabio
Yeah. And what's your prop bet?
00:20:56
Roger Emeka
ah Dallas could dare anytime TD plus 300.
00:21:00
Fabio
ah Let's go there.
00:21:01
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:21:03
Nacc
that's a good one.
00:21:03
Fabio
Yeah, after that.
00:21:04
Nacc
yeah He had a sick, he had a sick TD last week.
00:21:05
Fabio
Yeah, that angry run last week was nice.
00:21:07
Roger Emeka
Amazing.
00:21:08
Nacc
I think he won. He won the angry run that last this week I think.
00:21:10
Fabio
As good, good. He should have definitely, definitely worth winning. Yep. Uh, yeah. So I'm seeing a trend here for the Eagles, uh, run the hell out of Barkley and don't let her throw all that much. I think it's a recipe for success. And I see that repeating, uh, Eagles were also one of the two teams to pick up a real win versus the rounds late in the season. Like we just mentioned stretch where, uh, they won the rounds, won eight, the last 11 games. My drew week 18 was a bit of a meaningless game, but still.
00:21:35
Fabio
Hurts you can tell is off, but I mean the Eagles depth and the line play is good enough to get the win here But I don't think they cover so I'm gonna take the Rams over here Rams plus six and my prop bet for the week is Barkley 130 rushing yards paying plus 180 I think the game is is one and lost Through a Barkley. So um I see him. I see them running him into the ground quite frankly I think he's gonna get a lot of usage on this playoff run
00:22:03
Nacc
They were another funny tidbit from the 76ers game. they were as When they lost and everyone was leaving, everyone was yelling, say, Juan Barkley.
00:22:13
Roger Emeka
Yeah.
00:22:14
Nacc
And everyone was saying, like at least at least we have the Eagles who are who are good. you know
00:22:17
Roger Emeka
Yeah, sixes are a dumpster fireman.
00:22:17
Fabio
it's Yeah, the Sixers are gonna be good for a long time.
00:22:21
Nacc
Yeah.
00:22:24
Fabio
We're gonna move on to what is most likely being called the game of the week, potentially even the game of the playoffs, quite frankly. ah Kind of sucks we're getting this matchup in the divisional round, but such is life.
00:22:35
Fabio
The Ravens at the Bills. ah ah The Ravens are favored by one point. The over-under on this one is 51 and a half. uh snowy conditions and very cool conditions are expected with the lake effect as they call it in buffalo uh so this is gonna be a very very interesting game nak nak what do you got
00:22:56
Nacc
i i so I don't understand how the Ravens gained
Ravens vs Bills: Game Preview
00:22:59
Nacc
two points. I think that the bills opened up as a minus one. That was one point favorite. So it was it was kind of real, but they're they're underdogs at home.
00:23:04
Fabio
yeah i think so yeah
00:23:08
Nacc
ah It's going to be cold. And as you said, they're calling for snow in the forecast and a a fa a formula that ah favors the bills. ah One thing is for certain, the NFL wins. That's for that's for sure.
00:23:18
Fabio
Yeah.
00:23:19
Nacc
We get the front runners for MVP on an evening on an evening playoff game. Uh, and I think Peter Schrager was one who said this on, um, the morning football, the winner should win MVP on the spot. They should award it to him on, on the 50 yard line after the game. Uh, yeah, this is going to be a hell of a game. The bills are going to have to limit Derek Henry, if they have any chance and make sure he does not to ah do it he did did to them at the beginning of the season when he ran for 199
Bills' Strategy: Limiting Derrick Henry
00:23:49
Nacc
yards.
00:23:49
Nacc
The Ravens also have a good run D, so the Bills are going to have to find creative ways to get Cook the ball. This is going to be going back and forth and it may come down to who has the ball last. I think the key factor here is the absence of Z-Flowers may have not been missed last week against the Steelers, but I think he's going to be surely missed Sunday when they're going to be needing a big play. Man, you're giving me Buffalo at home with points. I'll take the points.
00:24:19
Nacc
get ready for another Mahomes Allen fight in the AFC championship. And as far as my prop that goes, give me Khalil Shakir six plus receptions for ah that's paying plus 130.
00:24:35
Roger Emeka
I like that one a lot. um I think the history, I'm not sure how much we could take into account that first game because a lot of the builds players were indeed injured.
00:24:37
Fabio
Yeah.
00:24:46
Roger Emeka
And yeah, like, this one's so tough because it's, I hate, I just hate the fact that we're gonna hear from ESPN and all the talking heads, even if both players have amazing games, we're gonna hear how one of them is ah is a dog, one of them One of them sucks.
00:25:00
Roger Emeka
We're going to hear the narratives about Lamar Jackson or Josh Allen.
00:25:00
Nacc
Yeah.
00:25:01
Fabio
Yeah.
00:25:04
Roger Emeka
But for me, the keys you mentioned in Knack, can they stop Derek Henry? 199 rushing yards in the previous meeting. The Bills, however, they've had a really strong run game with Cook, obviously with Allen, with Ray Davis, and even Ty Johnson.
00:25:19
Roger Emeka
But we know how good the Ravens are stout against the run. I think for me, one of the key aspects is which running back which ancillary running back will make key plays in the passing game.
00:25:31
Roger Emeka
So Cook or Johnson or Justice Hill. Justice Hill had I believe 78 passing yard receiving yards in the previous game and the Bills are giving up 42 and a half receiving yards per game to running backs this season.
00:25:39
Fabio
Yep.
00:25:43
Roger Emeka
And of course, which QB is going to be Superman? We know Allen and Lamar. They're amazing out of structure. They're amazing on the run. They're amazing rushing. Which defense is going to be able to curb them from getting outside the pocket and making extended plays? so I think this is extremely, this is obviously the toughest game to call. It's the game of the week. I like the Ravens money line. I expect Allen and Lamar to have monster games. I think it's going to come down to the the last second. And prop bet. Yeah, go ahead.
00:26:15
Nacc
Yeah, just don't take the Steelers formula for stopping Lamar Jackson and and and Derek Henry.
00:26:18
Roger Emeka
No, yeah. i Yeah.
00:26:20
Nacc
Please just don't don't do what they did.
00:26:22
Roger Emeka
yeah
00:26:22
Nacc
Just do the exact opposite of what they did.
00:26:25
Roger Emeka
Yeah, exactly. ah Prop bet, Justice Hill 50 plus rushing and receiving yards pays plus 260.
00:26:32
Nacc
Cute.
00:26:32
Roger Emeka
Again, he had 78 receiving yards last game.
00:26:34
Fabio
I like that a lot.
00:26:35
Nacc
That's cute.
00:26:36
Fabio
Yeah, that's a great prob bet.
00:26:37
Nacc
That's cute.
00:26:38
Fabio
I like that a lot. Ah, yeah. Well, same thing with me. I mean, the Ravens obviously have a very good D, but then, you know, last week the Broncos did too. And then look what Josh Allen did to them, right? I mean, Allen is playing lights out, even though likely lose the MVP, I think. That's just my opinion. I think he wins here where it counts and goes to the AFC championship game was probably the most important thing from anyways. Run game will be crucial, like you guys mentioned, but I do think the Bills win and take this one at home. We're going to see another Mahomes versus Josh Allen rematch, which is going to be very, very exciting.
00:27:11
Fabio
And for my prop, I have, I have a Bateman, Rashad Bateman, anytime TD plus 137. He's been, well, Z-Flowers out, you know, I kind of like this a lot more. And he's always seems to be, you know, looked at for, from Lamar Jackson in the red zone. So that's my prop bet for the week. I mean, I'm definitely looking forward to watching this game more than, definitely more than any other ones, but there's a, it's the best weekend of football, man. Like they're, they they got some nice match ups all across the board here.
00:27:40
Fabio
Rams and Eagles is gonna be a sneaky good one I feel Lions and commanders can be super high scoring The only one that's like more meh is the Chiefs versus the Texans But you never know Houston can make life very difficult for patch more homes so They're in that division it's that division It's always Saturday at 3 30
00:27:52
Roger Emeka
I'm really tired of the the Texans making the playoffs.
00:27:55
Nacc
ah division That division is just so terrible.
00:27:55
Roger Emeka
I find their games are boring. They are always at home. I feel like they're at home every single year. They're always playing on the the the first Saturday game.
00:28:06
Nacc
And it's always at 430.
00:28:07
Roger Emeka
It was at 4.30.
00:28:08
Fabio
Yeah, yeah.
00:28:08
Nacc
430, always 430, always 430.
00:28:10
Roger Emeka
I'm tired of that.
00:28:10
Nacc
And look, our art they're playing Saturday again at 430.
00:28:13
Fabio
Yep.
00:28:14
Nacc
It's kind of funny. But did you guys see that the the NFL may look into using a win percentage for the top four seeds?
00:28:20
Roger Emeka
i i I hope they don't do that.
00:28:23
Nacc
I think it would be, well, it would make the division games meaningless, right? like what would be that What would be the point of a division game anymore?
00:28:27
Roger Emeka
I hate it.
00:28:27
Fabio
Yeah, exactly.
00:28:31
Roger Emeka
Another thing I heard someone say is that teams build their rosters to win the division.
00:28:36
Nacc
Of course.
00:28:37
Roger Emeka
What what ends up happening is you have different styles of teams.
00:28:37
Fabio
Yeah.
00:28:41
Roger Emeka
depending on the division, right? Like you we know all know the AFC note is more like black and blue, whatnot.
00:28:43
Fabio
yeah Yep.
00:28:45
Roger Emeka
So you're going to lose that aspect if you change that where division winners don't matter.
00:28:47
Fabio
Yep.
00:28:49
Roger Emeka
I hate that. I really don't stop changing stuff.
00:28:50
Nacc
Yeah.
00:28:50
Fabio
No, I don't like the idea at all.
00:28:51
Nacc
i'm i'm
00:28:52
Fabio
That's a bad idea.
00:28:52
Roger Emeka
We don't have to change everything.
00:28:52
Nacc
I'm super against that for sure. Yeah, I i don't like it.
00:28:56
Fabio
Well, hopefully doesn't happen. And, uh, there we have it, ladies and gentlemen, that's it for us. So thanks for sticking, ah thanks for sticking around for another episode of the Bushley huddle fans football podcast. Once again, don't forget to like, share, subscribe to all of our social medias. Please, please, please download and listen to our episodes on Spotify, Apple podcasts on YouTube. Enjoy the games this weekend. I'm going to be parked in front of my couch, in front of my TV on my couch all weekend. That's for sure.
00:29:21
Fabio
And as always, thank you. Thank you for spending your time with us. I'm fab. He's Raj that snack with the mustache. We are out cue of the music.
00:29:33
Roger Emeka
Sorry for the delay there.
00:29:36
Nacc
You know what I really like about divisional is Sunday games are 3 and 6.30.
00:29:42
Roger Emeka
Yeah, the 631.
00:29:43
Fabio
Yes.
00:29:44
Roger Emeka
I got
00:29:44
Nacc
It's like it's so much better.
00:29:46
Fabio
Yeah, it is. It's nice. Also, I don't believe for a second that AJ Brown was reading that book the entire season.
00:29:48
Nacc
You know, you.
00:29:52
Fabio
I don't believe that for a second.
00:29:55
Roger Emeka
another one.
00:29:56
Nacc
We got
00:29:58
Fabio
It's like to accuse the musics. I don't believe for a second.
00:30:00
Roger Emeka
To cue the musics, I put it in an infinity.
00:30:01
Fabio
and That's fine.
00:30:04
Nacc
Nice.
00:30:05
Fabio
Uh, go bills, go bills, go bills, go bills.
00:30:05
Nacc
Yeah.
00:30:12
Fabio
Thanks everybody.
00:30:12
Roger Emeka
Bye guys.
00:30:13
Fabio
Peace out.