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NFL 2023 - Week 1
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It's here. We made it. Football is finally upon us. Buckle up for the start to five months of touchdowns, highlights, and buco bucks. It all starts Thursday night. Join Mack and Bob as they break down every matchup for week one of the 2023 NFL season.
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Transcript
Podcast Introduction and Season Opener
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Week one, ready or not, here we come.
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Let's dive right in.
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Go!
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Week one, welcome back to Making Waves, an NFL confidence pool podcast.
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I'm your host, Mech.
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And I'm your host, Bob.
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Football is officially upon us tomorrow.
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We are recording this as of Wednesday night, 7.23 p.m.
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Eastern Standard Time.
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And football is back in a little over 24 hours from now.
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We're going to be watching my Detroit Lions in the kickoff season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs in Arrowhead.
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I am one happy camper.
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I'm not going to be able to sleep
Offseason Changes and Interactions with NFL Stars
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tonight.
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I'm going to be like a kid on Christmas Eve.
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Man, it's insane that we're finally back.
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We've had Thursday, September 7th circled on the calendar for months.
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Ever since the Chiefs won the Super Bowl back in February, we've been waiting for this day.
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All the long, hot months, all the monotonous tasks and things in life that come up, and we finally made it.
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And man, oh man, tomorrow night, under the lights, and the Lions are one of the two teams kicking off the season.
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Yep, you heard it correctly.
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The Lions are kicking off the season in Kansas City.
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And I think it's going to be a good one.
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Can't wait.
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I'll probably sleep a little bit tonight because I'm excited, but my boys aren't playing.
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But I'm very excited as well.
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Oh, yes.
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Well, I'm glad to hear that you still have some excitement.
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It's probably a little bit more so just because football is back.
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And I just got to say, buckle up, folks, because you got five months of Bob and I coming up at you for the next season, 2023, 2024 NFL season.
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We've got a lot to look forward to.
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As we said last week, a lot of great teams this year, a lot of transition and moves that were made in the offseason that are just really propelling some of these teams forward.
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I think it's going to be a competitive season across the board.
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I am excited.
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I know you are excited, Bob.
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And I hope that the Wave Riders are also pretty excited to join us on this journey through this upcoming season.
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I think everybody's excited.
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It goes without saying that we're excited.
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I think all of our fans are very excited.
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And I know the players are excited.
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I've been going back and forth with a lot of the superstars the last couple of days.
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And they've been telling me.
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Oh, yeah, of course.
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I don't know why you weren't in those group chats, but they texted me and they were talking about making waves.
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So that's weird.
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Who have you been in communication with?
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Oh, all the fellas.
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Dylan Burks reached out to me, Justin Fields, Travis Kelsey.
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Wow, some big names on that list.
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I know, all the big guys.
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They just let me know, like, good luck for another season, season three of Making Waves.
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I don't know why they reached out to me, but I wanted to pass along the message.
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They're pumped.
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I sent them some swag with the company credit card and budget, so I hope that's okay.
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Oh, that's weird.
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I didn't see that come across my desk here in HR, Mickey Waves HR.
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I just did that like right before we logged on.
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So you'll be seeing it soon.
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Probably like in business hours tomorrow morning.
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Let's make sure you fill out your expense report this time.
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I mean, last year we had some expenditures hit the bank account that, I don't know, it was all sorts of stuff like bears gear.
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And I was like, who in the world is buying all of this with our company credit card?
Catchphrases and Confidence Pool Explanation
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Yeah, well, that was fraudulent.
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Oh, fraudulent charges.
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Those were the fraudulent charges.
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That wasn't me.
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I did get a lot of gear, but I paid for that with my own credit card.
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Sure, sure.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Okay.
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It's weird.
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I do notice also you're wearing a brand new Bears hat, brand new Bears jersey.
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Oh.
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I'm just kidding.
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No.
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I was going to say, this is news to me.
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I wish I had one on, but maybe I'm going to have to use the good old company CC and make that happen tonight.
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So good idea.
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Number is 123-456-789.
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Kiss my butt.
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Oh my God.
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That's a long credit card number.
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What the heck?
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That was kind of sick.
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That was sick.
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You're sicko.
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We got to say that at least once an episode this season.
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I think that might be our new, I feel like each year we have like a saying or a term that one of us uses over and over and over again.
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The other, you know, sometimes uses it myself.
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But one of us uses them a lot and I love it.
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And you're a sicko.
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I have listened to that multiple times back because you actually had me wheezing.
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I don't know what it was.
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I think it just caught me off guard, but I like it.
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We got to stick with it.
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You were wheezing, then listening yesterday, I was wheezing.
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I know you said when you were listening back, you were wheezing.
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Hopefully all of our fans were wheezing.
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So, yeah, that might be the new pants on the ankle, egg on the face for season three.
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Oh, it might be.
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How could I forget about pants on the ankle, egg on the face?
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I'll say that a couple times.
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I'll probably say it after a couple of Detroit Lions losses.
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Oh, I don't know.
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I think you're going to be saying it once you're looking back at your standings and you put Detroit for third.
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I don't think I'm going to be saying it.
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I think you're going to be saying it.
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I think so.
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Your pants are going to be around your ankles for sure.
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Bear buns out.
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Oh, bear buns.
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Oh, my gosh.
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Explicit already.
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Five minutes and 53 seconds in.
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Oh, we're just getting started.
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Buckle up.
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Like I said, five months of this.
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So get ready.
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Five months.
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Lucky wave riders.
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That's for sure.
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Boy.
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Well, I know we have a lot to cover.
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Obviously, in these first couple weeks, there are no buys.
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So we are going to be touching on...
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Every single game per usual.
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Just a quick reminder how it works for everybody.
Waffle House Challenge Proposal and Logistics
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Bob and I have signed up for confidence pool, a confidence pool league as the hooligans.
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The hooligans are back.
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And each week, Bob and I are going to choose the winner of a team.
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We are going to of each game.
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I'm sorry, the winning team of each game.
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We are going to rank them from one being the least confident to 16, 15, 14, however many are playing in that week as our most confident.
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And at the end of each week, the team with the highest score total overall wins the Bucco Bucs.
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And if we have the most throughout the entire season, we win the mega Bucco Bucs.
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And I'm feeling pretty good about the Hooligans' chances this year.
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I'm feeling really good about the hooligan chances and it just feels right hearing buco bucks.
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It's been too many months since we've said that out loud.
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And yeah, I mean, the hooligans have won the buco bucks at least once every year.
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So I think this is going to be the year that we win a lot of the individual buco bucks and the overall mega buco bucks.
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So it better about you.
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You know what they say?
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Third time's a charm.
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Yes.
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I think, I think it's our charm year.
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I think we're going to take home the big W this year.
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And either way, I know we're at least going to win one week, if not a couple, because we've got, we've got to, we've just got to.
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Yeah.
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Mojo magic's going to stink this year.
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Chip shot's going to stink.
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And the hooligans are really going to take it.
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So yeah, third year's a charm and the hooligans are going to, you know, going to rain.
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Just, just listen to my picks and we'll be okay.
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Yep, listen in, and hopefully we will go against all of Bob's picks to win, and we'll make it through this season.
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That's not going to be a good recipe for success, but I guess if you don't want to win the Buga Bucks, don't listen to Bob.
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Well, I do have a bit of a proposal for you that I have been planning that I have not told you this about yet.
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Okay, I'm very intrigued.
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A nice little reveal on the podcast.
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Our listeners, our wave riders, as we so endearingly call them, have been pushing for quite some time for something known as the Waffle House Challenge.
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And my proposal to you is that each week we track...
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Both of our scores in an Excel spreadsheet or something of the sort.
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I'd be happy to put that together and share that with you.
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And at the end of the season, the host with the most confidence points gets to enjoy watching the host with the least amount of overall confidence points at the Waffle House Challenge.
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What do you say?
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What do you say to my terms?
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Wow.
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This is incredible.
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I'm very pleased knowing that I probably will be the host with the most confidence points per usual.
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I don't know about that.
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We haven't tracked overall totals yet, ever.
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Obviously, I was being sarcastic because usually I'm not, but this year's going to be different.
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But I have a question about the terms before I verbally accept, and obviously all of these people are going to be, you know...
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going to be, what's the word I'm looking for?
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Paying attention.
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They're going to be paying attention and they're going to be making sure it happens.
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Exactly.
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They're going to be paying attention.
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So before I do that and all these people are able to
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be an audience to that.
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You said the other person that has the most confidence points will get to enjoy the other
Player Injuries and Game Predictions
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one.
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Are we going to be together for this in person?
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Is this going to be like a zoom thing or what's, what's your thought?
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My, my thought was that maybe we do it at a time that we're together.
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I know we see each other a couple of times throughout the year.
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I figured it would be very fun to do.
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And even if it's, you know, an off brand version where we're doing it at home and maybe recording the podcast as we do it,
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Something like that I thought would be really fun while we were together at some point throughout the next offseason once I inevitably win this season.
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Well, I don't agree to you saying you will inevitably, inevitably, good word, win.
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But I officially agree to the terms.
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We have to be in person.
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We will air shake.
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Good.
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Air shake.
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Air shaking.
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And I'm probably going to also keep track of mine because.
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Oh, please.
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I'm going to make it a shared Google Doc so we can keep track of each other.
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It was obviously we have the proof is in the pudding.
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It's in every single recording.
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So I don't think there can be any messing with the overall totals.
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No tomfoolery.
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No tomfoolery.
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And we can give you a little update throughout the season and just keep you guys posted as to where we're at in the standings.
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Sounds fantastic.
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Cannot wait to start the road to having you eat a lot of waffles at the end of the season.
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And I, yes, I verbally accept.
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People in Norway heard it.
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All of our wave riders heard it.
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So this is a law-abiding contract now.
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This is.
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This is a law-abiding contract.
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It wouldn't have been if the people in Norway didn't hear it.
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But because they heard it, this is for real.
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This is traveling across the Atlantic Ocean, and that makes it a real contract.
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So, yes, very fun first little side bet, and I'm excited to do this.
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All right, sounds good.
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I know that's a long-term one.
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That's a pretty big punishment, so I figured let's make it the whole season long, and I hope you'd be on board, and I'm sure our Wave Riders would because we've been getting votes for that on Instagram ever since we started that.
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So, yeah, I think it's going to be a good one.
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I agree.
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I've seen you eat a ton of donuts on the podcast, and I'm really excited to see you eat a lot of waffles.
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So this is going to be great.
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All right.
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Well, without further ado, let's dive into week one matchups.
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Now that we have all of the steaks put forth and all the steaks are on the line here for us, we know what's at stake, and let's just dive in.
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Let's just make a little splash.
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Okay, let's make a splash.
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Starting off, as we do, I'm going to give a quick little injury and or contract holdout update for each individual who is pretty important on each of their respective teams and could potentially make a difference if they end up missing the game.
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First up for the Kansas City Chiefs, we have Travis Kelsey.
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Oh,
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Gasp, Travis Kelsey.
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Questionable.
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He hyperextended his knee and suffered a bone bruise at practice.
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There's a really good chance that he will not be ready to go by tomorrow night.
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And, oh, man, I hope you feel better on Friday, Travis.
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You know, get well, but hopefully not before tomorrow.
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Hey, that's better.
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My dad said feel better, Travis, in January.
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Dad, that's a whole season.
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What the heck?
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He'd be back just in time for the inevitable Chiefs playoff push.
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Sorry, someone just texted me.
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Oh, it was Travis.
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Yeah, sorry, continue.
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Oh, that's weird.
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It's not even, this isn't even live.
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This is getting released tomorrow.
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Oh, he's on the Discord.
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Oh my God, he said that was classless.
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Oh, he's on the Discord.
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Okay.
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I agree.
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Sorry, continue.
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Next up for the Kansas City Chiefs, another pretty big one, Chris Jones on their defensive line.
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He has been holding out to try and get paid big money, big money.
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He hasn't gotten it.
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Even if he got it at this point, the likelihood of him playing tomorrow is slim to none.
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So I think we can safely assume he will not be participating tomorrow night.
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Oh, man, once again, Chris Jones.
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Sorry, man.
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Hope it works out.
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On Friday...
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Oh my gosh, he did it again.
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Next up, big name.
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Kyler Murray has been placed on the PUP list.
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He's set to miss at least the first four games due to his injury last season.
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Still recovering through that.
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The Cardinals are just in trouble.
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I hate to say it.
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Spoiler alert for later on down the line.
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Von Miller of the Buffalo Bills is also on the PUP list.
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Also set to miss at least the first four games.
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Another big name, Joe Burrow questionable with a calf injury for this Sunday.
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He is on track to potentially play.
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I've seen that he's been participating in a limited capacity at practice.
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Think he should be okay, but that's just something for us to watch because if he misses, obviously that completely switches the whole approach to the game.
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I mean, he is a huge part of their team.
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Sorry, were you going to say something before I continue on?
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I was just going to comment that I think it's funny that it's called the Pup List, but then I quickly realized that that was a silly comment.
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So you can continue.
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That's fine.
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The Pup List.
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For anyone listening that doesn't know this, I'm sure you do, Bob.
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Pup List is the physically unable to perform list.
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Typically, it has to do with injuries, but sometimes they use that when other contract negotiations are going on as well.
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Jonathan Taylor, another member of the PUP list.
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He's also dealing with some of that contract stuff that we just talked about.
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That's a big one for the Indianapolis Colts.
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He will likely get traded at some point, but as of right now, they're still working through that.
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Cooper Cup, we just learned just before this, my co-host let me know that he got a news alert that Cooper Cup was placed on injured reserve.
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That is really unfortunate for a lot of fantasy managers, a lot of Rams fans.
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Obviously, if you'll remember, he missed almost the entire last season along with Matthew Stafford.
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He's their biggest weapon.
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So for him to be placed on IR, that is extremely unfortunate.
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Taron Armstead, offensive tackle for the Dolphins.
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That's a big one.
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He is questionable with a leg injury.
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We'll see if he plays.
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They have a big game coming up against the Chargers.
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Nick Bosa had a contract holdout until, once again, just prior to this podcast recording.
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My co-host gave me some deets on that.
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What did you say he negotiated, Bob?
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I think I saw it was like $170 million.
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So he got quite the bag.
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Payday.
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Big time payday for Bosa boy.
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And yeah, he better have at least one sack per million that he got.
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So that's a lot of sacks this season.
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All right.
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Bosa with the Bucco Bucs.
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I think he deserves it.
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Good for him.
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49ers are looking good.
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Unfortunately for the 49ers, on the other end, George Kittle is questionable with an undisclosed injury.
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We don't know if he's going to be playing on Sunday.
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Hopefully he'll be okay.
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And finally, Chase Young for the Washington Commanders is questionable with a neck injury.
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He is a big force to be reckoned with on their defensive line as well.
00:17:15
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So some different things to look out there in terms of injuries.
00:17:18
Speaker
There's obviously a ton more, a ton more questionable.
00:17:21
Speaker
These were just big ones that are looking to be possibly not on track for the most part.
00:17:28
Speaker
Kittle and Burrow, I think, are likely going to play.
00:17:31
Speaker
The other ones are either for sure out or likely not on track.
00:17:35
Speaker
Man, yeah, there's some big names in that list.
00:17:38
Speaker
I wish I would have taken a harder look at some of those because, yeah, those are some big absences.
00:17:46
Speaker
But I guess we'll find out what happens week one.
00:17:50
Speaker
But, yeah.
00:17:50
Speaker
I guess we will.
00:17:51
Speaker
That's tough for some teams already having guys on the pop list.
00:17:55
Speaker
Yeah, for sure.
00:17:56
Speaker
Couldn't be the Bears or Lions.
00:17:58
Speaker
It is tough for sure, but hopefully those guys get healthy when they're not playing either of our boys.
00:18:06
Speaker
And speaking of who's playing our boys, let's just dive into week one, Thursday night, 8, 20 p.m.
00:18:12
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The Detroit Lions are taking on the Kansas City Chiefs.
00:18:17
Speaker
As I just said, they have a couple key injuries.
00:18:22
Speaker
Obviously, I'm not.
00:18:23
Speaker
You seem excited.
00:18:25
Speaker
I am pretty excited.
00:18:26
Speaker
Obviously, I'm not getting ahead of the game here.
00:18:29
Speaker
It's still Patrick Mahomes we're talking about.
00:18:31
Speaker
It's still Kansas City.
00:18:33
Speaker
It's in Arrowhead.
00:18:34
Speaker
They're reigning Super Bowl champs.
00:18:36
Speaker
All of this needs to be taken into consideration.
00:18:40
Speaker
However, I will say I am confident in my boys' ability.
00:18:50
Speaker
I know you're shaking your head.
00:18:51
Speaker
You're a sicko.
00:18:54
Speaker
I feel like, and let me just real quick preface this with a quick sidebar.
00:18:59
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I'm not going to get out of control.
00:19:00
Speaker
I'm not going to be crazy.
00:19:02
Speaker
She's getting crazy already.
00:19:03
Speaker
In my opinion, no matter which way the game goes tomorrow night, I think it is a win-win unless the only way I think it cannot be a win-win is if we get absolutely destroyed.
00:19:18
Speaker
I think, and hear me out, if we lose and it's close, I think that actually could potentially benefit my boys in the long run because there is so much hype around the Lions right now.
00:19:30
Speaker
Hype, noise, distractions, which typically is what it causes when there is all this hype in this noise.
00:19:37
Speaker
So if we keep it close but potentially lose...
00:19:41
Speaker
I'm hoping that some of that fades away.
00:19:43
Speaker
So to me, that's still a positive that could come out of that game if we were to lose.
00:19:49
Speaker
If we were to win, obviously I'm going to be running up and down the street screaming.
00:19:54
Speaker
I'm going to be one happy camper.
00:19:56
Speaker
Obviously that's a win in and of itself.
00:19:58
Speaker
I am slightly concerned about what that will do to our long-term, the hype and the noise if we come out and we just beat the Chiefs.
00:20:07
Speaker
But hey, if we beat them and they have these key players missing, I think people will still use that to reel it back in.
00:20:15
Speaker
So I think as long as we don't get blown out,
00:20:18
Speaker
Obviously, I'm going to be a lot happier if we win.
00:20:21
Speaker
But as long as we don't get blown out, I think this could benefit the Lions one way or the other.
00:20:27
Speaker
All that to be said.
00:20:28
Speaker
Sorry, go ahead.
00:20:30
Speaker
No, I was just saying, I think that's some good insight.
00:20:32
Speaker
I have a follow-up question.
00:20:34
Speaker
Yeah, please.
00:20:35
Speaker
From that, what would you consider getting blown out?
00:20:37
Speaker
What would be keeping it within how many points would still be successful if the Chiefs are able to win?
00:20:44
Speaker
I think if we could keep it within a one to two possession game, I would be okay with that.
00:20:53
Speaker
So if it was like 20 to 14.
00:20:54
Speaker
If the Chiefs come out and win 40-0, I'm going to be pissed.
00:20:58
Speaker
40-0.
00:20:58
Speaker
Oh, my goodness.
00:21:00
Speaker
I need to change my rank from here.
00:21:02
Speaker
Holy smoke.
00:21:03
Speaker
Maggie just said the Chiefs are going to beat the Lions 40-0.
00:21:05
Speaker
Oh, no.
00:21:07
Speaker
I said if they did, I would be pissed.
00:21:11
Speaker
JK.
00:21:12
Speaker
Okay, so one to two scores.
00:21:14
Speaker
If it was like 20 to 14, I would feel good about the way my boys performed in Arrowhead against the reigning Super Bowl champs in Patrick Mahomes.
00:21:24
Speaker
Yes, I would feel great about that.
00:21:26
Speaker
I mean, I'd feel better if you win, but...
00:21:30
Speaker
You would rather have a win than a loss.
00:21:32
Speaker
What?
00:21:33
Speaker
What the heck?
Game Picks and Predictions
00:21:35
Speaker
Now, wait, I'm confused.
00:21:36
Speaker
Wait, what?
00:21:37
Speaker
I'm doing the meme in my head when the lady's looking at all the equations.
00:21:40
Speaker
All the calculations behind wins versus losses.
00:21:45
Speaker
Yeah.
00:21:46
Speaker
All that to say, I am trusting my gut and I'm going the key playmakers here, especially Travis Kelsey, who is hurt.
00:21:55
Speaker
If he does not play tomorrow,
00:21:58
Speaker
I don't know.
00:21:58
Speaker
I've got to go.
00:21:59
Speaker
I've got to go big.
00:22:00
Speaker
I've got to go with my boys.
00:22:02
Speaker
You've got to give me something this season.
00:22:04
Speaker
You don't have to go big.
00:22:05
Speaker
You don't have to go big.
00:22:05
Speaker
This is the best roster that you and I have probably ever seen on the Detroit Lions.
00:22:11
Speaker
Head to toe, A to Z. You've got to give me something this season.
00:22:15
Speaker
And I'm just kicking it off with a bang.
00:22:17
Speaker
I'm going Lions.
00:22:17
Speaker
But I'm being very reasonable, and I've got them at one.
00:22:20
Speaker
Okay.
00:22:22
Speaker
So, I have – Obviously, we sent each other to the picks.
00:22:27
Speaker
No.
00:22:28
Speaker
Pete is not happy already.
00:22:31
Speaker
I already knew you would.
00:22:32
Speaker
There's no doubt about it.
00:22:34
Speaker
People know that we send each other just like our picks.
00:22:38
Speaker
The waybrotters already know that.
00:22:40
Speaker
Oh, my God.
00:22:41
Speaker
The cat's out of the bag.
00:22:41
Speaker
Yes.
00:22:43
Speaker
At any time, we send our picks so that way the other person can prepare an effective rebuttal.
00:22:49
Speaker
Yes, but we don't have the confidence level.
00:22:51
Speaker
No, no, no.
00:22:52
Speaker
Just a choice.
00:22:55
Speaker
Yeah, so you do know that I'm going Chiefs.
00:22:57
Speaker
I'm not outrageous, man.
00:22:59
Speaker
It's still Patrick Mahomes.
00:23:02
Speaker
I'm not like you.
00:23:04
Speaker
When the Bears play the Chiefs later this year, you're going to be like, Bears for 15.
00:23:08
Speaker
Do I talk like that too?
00:23:09
Speaker
Yeah, that's what I hear.
00:23:11
Speaker
Oh my God, Bears for 15.
00:23:12
Speaker
Yeah, I do think I would say Bears for 15, but that's neither here nor there.
00:23:17
Speaker
Wow, really good statement.
00:23:18
Speaker
But this is my question for you.
00:23:21
Speaker
is you said I got to give you something this year and I agree.
00:23:24
Speaker
I do think this is on paper the best Lions team in a while.
00:23:28
Speaker
But also speaking of things on paper, what on paper is the Lions hardest game of the season?
00:23:33
Speaker
This game.
00:23:34
Speaker
Okay.
00:23:35
Speaker
So if you're wanting me to go with the Lions in the hardest game, then putting one plus one equals two, then when the heck am I supposed to go against the Lions?
00:23:45
Speaker
I am by no means suggesting that you would ever in a million years choose the Lions in this game.
00:23:52
Speaker
Absolutely not.
00:23:53
Speaker
Oh, thank you.
00:23:54
Speaker
Oh, because you were just 45 seconds ago.
00:23:56
Speaker
You were pleading with me to give you something.
00:23:58
Speaker
I'm saying give me something, Mr. Oh, Lions are going to come third in our division.
00:24:05
Speaker
And I already know that it's going to be an absolute battle with you week to week with the Lions.
00:24:09
Speaker
No.
00:24:10
Speaker
I was talking more long-term.
00:24:12
Speaker
You got to give me something with the Lions.
00:24:14
Speaker
I fully understand if it's not this week, but I'm talking long-term.
00:24:19
Speaker
I'm prefacing for the season here because I already know it's going to be a battle, and then you're over there choosing Bears week after week after week.
00:24:26
Speaker
No, I never do that.
00:24:27
Speaker
Oh.
00:24:29
Speaker
It's like pulling teeth with this girl, folks.
00:24:32
Speaker
Lions are going to win this.
00:24:34
Speaker
I should roll the tapes all from last year.
00:24:36
Speaker
You don't have to do that.
00:24:38
Speaker
I think all the footage got lost anyways in translation.
00:24:40
Speaker
All the footage is gone, thankfully.
00:24:41
Speaker
Shoot.
00:24:42
Speaker
Thank goodness.
00:24:42
Speaker
Thank you.
00:24:43
Speaker
Shout out Zencaster.
00:24:44
Speaker
But...
00:24:46
Speaker
Yes, I agree with you that the Lions on paper seem like they have playoff aspirations.
00:24:52
Speaker
I'm not going to say anything crazy, but yes, playoff aspirations.
00:24:55
Speaker
I'm not a crazy person.
00:24:58
Speaker
I read things.
00:25:00
Speaker
I see projections.
00:25:02
Speaker
Sometimes I don't want to see them.
00:25:03
Speaker
He's shaking in his boots, folks.
00:25:06
Speaker
I'm not wearing boots.
00:25:07
Speaker
I ain't shaking, folks.
00:25:09
Speaker
But yeah, I see projections.
00:25:11
Speaker
Somebody in particular sends me Instagram reels about the Lions all the time, whether I want to see it or not.
00:25:17
Speaker
So I see stuff.
00:25:19
Speaker
And yeah, I know that the expectations are pretty high, but I also live in the Windy City, aka Chicago, aka the best city in the Midwest, aka the best city in the
00:25:28
Speaker
in the United States, a.k.a.
00:25:28
Speaker
the best seed in the world.
00:25:30
Speaker
And I also hear and read things.
00:25:33
Speaker
And the Bears also have some lofty projections.
00:25:35
Speaker
Here he goes again talking about the Bears.
00:25:36
Speaker
This is Lions Chiefs.
00:25:37
Speaker
So with all that to be said, now that we're at 26 minutes and we haven't done one game yet, I...
00:25:43
Speaker
I'm going with Chiefs, as you know, and me being respectful and, you know, knowing this is a primetime game, knowing that Kelsey is questionable, knowing that Chris Jones is not going to be playing.
00:25:54
Speaker
I have them for one.
00:25:55
Speaker
Wow.
00:25:55
Speaker
That was really, really good of Bob to keep that at one.
00:25:59
Speaker
That was very respectful.
00:26:01
Speaker
I will also say if Travis Kelsey comes up tomorrow and he's like, woo, it's a miracle.
00:26:05
Speaker
I'm healthy.
00:26:06
Speaker
I mean, yes, we have to go with the chiefs.
00:26:08
Speaker
The reality of the situation is we, we have to, the chiefs are an unreal team.
00:26:14
Speaker
Do I think the lions are, I don't even think they're in that top five discussion.
00:26:17
Speaker
Like we talked about last year.
00:26:19
Speaker
What,
00:26:19
Speaker
I already, not last year, last week, I already listed the top five.
00:26:23
Speaker
So I'm not even, I'm not crazy.
00:26:25
Speaker
I'm not wild.
00:26:26
Speaker
But it's week one.
00:26:27
Speaker
I'm feeling good about my boys.
00:26:28
Speaker
There's all these injuries and these holdouts.
00:26:31
Speaker
Hell yeah, I'm going to go with them.
00:26:32
Speaker
Oops, explicit.
00:26:33
Speaker
Don't care.
00:26:34
Speaker
Hell yeah.
00:26:35
Speaker
She just said hell yeah twice.
00:26:38
Speaker
Mike, last question for you.
00:26:39
Speaker
Is Mahomes playing tomorrow night?
00:26:40
Speaker
Is he healthy?
00:26:42
Speaker
Yes.
00:26:43
Speaker
Okay, so we'll probably go Chiefs.
00:26:44
Speaker
All right, on to the next game, folks.
00:26:47
Speaker
No, couple jokes aside.
00:26:49
Speaker
you have lines one.
00:26:50
Speaker
We have, I have chiefs one.
00:26:52
Speaker
Sorry.
00:26:52
Speaker
I said we, because that's like I'm foreshadowing or something.
00:26:56
Speaker
I had cheese for one.
00:26:57
Speaker
You have lines for one.
00:26:58
Speaker
We will discuss offline.
00:27:00
Speaker
We'll see the injury report tomorrow.
00:27:02
Speaker
We've got, wow, 24 hours from right now, the game will be starting in 30 minutes.
00:27:06
Speaker
So we've got about 24 hours to decide.
00:27:09
Speaker
And, uh,
00:27:11
Speaker
We'll figure it out tomorrow, but I have a feeling we might be going with the home team.
00:27:15
Speaker
I'm sure we'll go with the Chiefs and that's fine.
00:27:17
Speaker
But if the Lions win tomorrow, oh, my friend, my friend, you are in for a long season ahead.
00:27:25
Speaker
And I am just so excited.
00:27:29
Speaker
Oh, that doesn't sound great.
00:27:30
Speaker
Moving into Sunday, 1 o'clock p.m.
00:27:34
Speaker
Sunday, Sunday.
00:27:35
Speaker
Sunday, Sunday.
00:27:37
Speaker
We're kicking it off with the Panthers at Falcons.
00:27:43
Speaker
I forget how this works.
00:27:44
Speaker
Do I do this one first time?
00:27:46
Speaker
It's like he's never done a podcast before yet, folks.
00:27:49
Speaker
Yeah, you do.
00:27:50
Speaker
You go next.
00:27:52
Speaker
Okay.
00:27:52
Speaker
Sorry, I keep looking at my beard.
00:27:53
Speaker
It's really long.
00:27:54
Speaker
I got to shave.
00:27:54
Speaker
Okay.
00:27:55
Speaker
First game in Hotlanta at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium at the Dome.
00:28:01
Speaker
We got Panthers and Falcons, two crappy teams in the NFC South playing each other.
00:28:07
Speaker
Sorry, Carolina.
00:28:08
Speaker
Sorry, Atlanta.
00:28:09
Speaker
We were crapping on both of you last week.
00:28:11
Speaker
I don't think there's going to be many wins between these two teams, but...
00:28:15
Speaker
I do think one team is a little better than another, and I do have a rooting interest in this game.
00:28:21
Speaker
As the Bears do have the Panthers' number one pick, I'll be rooting against every team that plays the Panthers this season.
00:28:26
Speaker
But this is kind of like a weird game because we have Bryce Young, rookie quarterback.
00:28:31
Speaker
You never really know what to expect with rookie quarterbacks.
00:28:33
Speaker
There's a new look offense in Carolina with Thielen.
00:28:37
Speaker
You got Sanders.
00:28:39
Speaker
So they had some good pieces-ish.
00:28:41
Speaker
Falcons have Ritter, who's going to be having his first season starting.
00:28:45
Speaker
B. John Robinson's coming in.
00:28:46
Speaker
A lot of people are expecting big things of him.
00:28:49
Speaker
And Kyle Pitts in his third year.
00:28:51
Speaker
And a lot of people say third year's a charm.
00:28:53
Speaker
So I think...
00:28:56
Speaker
Just because this game's in Atlanta, I do think Ritter's got a little bit of sneaky upside.
00:29:01
Speaker
And I think B. John Robinson's going to be a top three or four running back in the league this season.
00:29:06
Speaker
I have the Falcons winning this game at home.
00:29:09
Speaker
I have them beating a Panthers team that's kind of in disarray.
00:29:12
Speaker
And I have them at five.
00:29:14
Speaker
So those five-ish to ten games are usually pretty hard.
00:29:18
Speaker
But there's a lot of pretty tight games this week.
00:29:20
Speaker
So I put this one at five.
00:29:22
Speaker
And I'm sticking to it.
00:29:25
Speaker
Okay.
00:29:26
Speaker
Yeah, that sounds good.
00:29:28
Speaker
I also have the Falcons winning.
00:29:30
Speaker
I think they've sneakily been putting together a little bit of a better team than I think some people give them credit for.
00:29:37
Speaker
Obviously, like you said, they've got Pijan, they've got Drake London, they've got Kyle Pitts.
00:29:42
Speaker
I think it's all going to come down to quarterback play if Desmond can do a good job and keep playing.
00:29:47
Speaker
the team together at the very least be a good game manager.
00:29:50
Speaker
I think that the pink or the Falcons have put like a quietly decent roster together, especially for a division that seems wide open.
00:30:00
Speaker
But I agree with all that you said.
00:30:02
Speaker
I think unfortunately Bryce Young is going to have a little bit of a rough welcome to the NFL, to the big stage and Falcons are likely going to take this one on Sunday.
00:30:13
Speaker
I have them at eight simply because there are,
00:30:17
Speaker
so many difficult games this, this week.
00:30:20
Speaker
And honestly, week one is nearly impossible to predict.
00:30:25
Speaker
It's really difficult because we really don't know what these teams are made of.
00:30:28
Speaker
And so they're actually going and showing up week one sometimes can be very fluky.
00:30:33
Speaker
So really once we start to get into week two, week three, we start to see what these teams are actually made of.
00:30:39
Speaker
But right now I'm going with the Falcons and yep, I put them at eight.
00:30:43
Speaker
And so not too far off.
00:30:45
Speaker
Eight.
00:30:45
Speaker
Great.
00:30:46
Speaker
Eight is great.
00:30:49
Speaker
Next game we have on the docket for Sunday, 1 o'clock p.m.
00:30:53
Speaker
Eastern Standard Time is the Bengals at Browns.
00:30:57
Speaker
The battle for the...
00:30:59
Speaker
Terrible state.
00:31:00
Speaker
Sorry, Vincent Maddy of Ohio.
00:31:03
Speaker
I'm so sorry, Vincent Maddy.
00:31:05
Speaker
I was trying to stop you from saying it.
00:31:06
Speaker
I know.
00:31:07
Speaker
I've already said it before.
00:31:08
Speaker
And I know you told me, hey, they're great people.
00:31:12
Speaker
Just the state.
00:31:13
Speaker
We're from Michigan.
00:31:14
Speaker
We have to hate Ohio.
00:31:15
Speaker
It's just a law.
00:31:16
Speaker
They live there now.
00:31:16
Speaker
They don't live in Chicago anymore.
00:31:18
Speaker
They live in that state.
00:31:19
Speaker
Doesn't matter.
00:31:20
Speaker
Doesn't matter.
00:31:21
Speaker
We are from Michigan.
00:31:22
Speaker
We are born and bred and raised to hate Ohio.
00:31:27
Speaker
Yep, we were born and bred, but sometimes people from Michigan and people from Ohio become close.
00:31:33
Speaker
And because of that, I'm going to have to give them our credit card number tonight and let them have a spending spree.
00:31:37
Speaker
Hey, you know what?
00:31:38
Speaker
I'm not saying the people from Ohio are bad.
00:31:40
Speaker
I never said that.
00:31:41
Speaker
It's the state.
00:31:42
Speaker
It's the state.
00:31:42
Speaker
It's the physical state lines.
00:31:45
Speaker
Doesn't one of your nieces and nephews live in Ohio right now too?
00:31:49
Speaker
Oh my God, this is bad.
00:31:51
Speaker
That's weird.
00:31:51
Speaker
Actually, they live in Indiana.
00:31:53
Speaker
Oh, jeez.
00:31:54
Speaker
I forgot that that city's in Indiana.
00:31:55
Speaker
Sorry, Kovacs.
00:31:57
Speaker
Bob doesn't know where to live, apparently.
00:31:59
Speaker
Pants on my ankle, egg all over my face.
00:32:01
Speaker
Egg all over your face, you sicko.
00:32:03
Speaker
Moving along to the Bengals-Browns.
00:32:08
Speaker
Let's take a little trip down memory lane.
00:32:10
Speaker
If you look back at last year, the Bengals and the Browns actually split.
00:32:14
Speaker
the season down the line one for one in this battle for the state of Ohio.
00:32:20
Speaker
But if you look a little bit closer, Jamar Chase was not playing during that game.
00:32:25
Speaker
So I don't think that's going to tell us too much as we head into it.
00:32:29
Speaker
Again, like I said, week one can lie at times.
00:32:32
Speaker
Sometimes there are weird flukes.
00:32:34
Speaker
Ultimately, I'm going with the proven quarterback, even if he may be injured.
00:32:39
Speaker
The proven roster that's been showing up time after time after time, I think has another shot to go extremely far again this year.
00:32:48
Speaker
And spoiler alert, we told you.
00:32:52
Speaker
Last week, we were going to reveal our AFC champ, our NFC champ, and our Super Bowl predictions.
00:33:00
Speaker
I think the Bengals are taking it all this year.
00:33:04
Speaker
I'm going with the Bengals this week against the Browns for 11.
00:33:09
Speaker
Wait, okay.
00:33:10
Speaker
I just dropped a lot on you.
00:33:13
Speaker
Sorry, I'm over here eating my blueberries.
00:33:14
Speaker
I'm trying to get it down with two.
00:33:15
Speaker
I know, you almost choked there.
00:33:17
Speaker
Wait, so you have Bengals winning the AFC and you have them at 11.
00:33:21
Speaker
I have them winning at 11.
00:33:23
Speaker
I have them going all the way to win the AFC and I have the Cincinnati Bengals winning the Super Bowl.
00:33:32
Speaker
You have them winning the Super Bowl?
00:33:34
Speaker
I think it's time.
00:33:35
Speaker
I think it's time for the Bengals.
00:33:37
Speaker
They have gotten far year after year after year.
00:33:40
Speaker
Their roster has not changed that much.
00:33:42
Speaker
I think they're only improving.
00:33:44
Speaker
Again, we talk about that window that these teams have.
00:33:47
Speaker
I think they're still in the prime of it.
00:33:49
Speaker
I think the Bengals have a really good chance at taking it all the way.
00:33:52
Speaker
I'm going Bengals this year.
00:33:54
Speaker
Super Bowl champ prediction.
00:33:55
Speaker
Wow, folks.
00:33:56
Speaker
That was a huge splash.
00:33:58
Speaker
The first big splash of the season.
00:34:00
Speaker
Mack has a Bengals winning the Super Bowl.
00:34:01
Speaker
That was an absolute cannonball.
00:34:04
Speaker
That was a massive cannonball into the deep end, playing with the torpedoes underwater.
00:34:09
Speaker
Stuff's going crazy.
00:34:10
Speaker
Torpedoes underwater.
00:34:12
Speaker
Cincinnati rejoice.
00:34:14
Speaker
Mac has you winning the Super Bowl.
00:34:16
Speaker
Cincinnati, get ready.
00:34:17
Speaker
Your first Super Bowl win.
00:34:19
Speaker
Here we go.
00:34:20
Speaker
Oh, there's no point to play the season.
00:34:22
Speaker
Was that in the script?
00:34:23
Speaker
I think it's in the script.
00:34:24
Speaker
Yeah, I got a copy.
00:34:27
Speaker
Why didn't I get a copy?
00:34:28
Speaker
You didn't send me a copy.
00:34:29
Speaker
Well, you didn't tell me that you were hanging out with the boys, so...
00:34:32
Speaker
I guess a tip for a tad, huh?
00:34:35
Speaker
Tip for a tad.
00:34:36
Speaker
So what do you think about this weekend?
00:34:38
Speaker
I know that's obviously some big reactions for my whole season predictions.
00:34:41
Speaker
We promised the Wave Riders they would get it this week.
00:34:44
Speaker
There's my first big reveal.
00:34:46
Speaker
One thing about making waves is we always deliver on promises and we did promise that.
00:34:50
Speaker
So the battle for the great state of Ohio.
00:34:53
Speaker
Good save, Bob.
00:34:54
Speaker
Making waves continues on.
00:34:56
Speaker
Wow.
00:34:56
Speaker
The great state.
00:34:57
Speaker
Don't you have a lot of Michigan friends?
00:34:59
Speaker
I think some people are going to be coming after you for that.
00:35:01
Speaker
I do a lot of Michigan friends, but Cedar Point's pretty cool and that's in Ohio.
00:35:04
Speaker
All right.
00:35:05
Speaker
Cedar Point is okay.
00:35:08
Speaker
And Kendo lives in Ohio as well.
00:35:11
Speaker
No, she does not.
00:35:13
Speaker
Indiana, baby.
00:35:16
Speaker
But yeah, it's a battle for Ohio.
00:35:17
Speaker
We got the Bengals and the Browns.
00:35:19
Speaker
I don't quite agree with Mac that the Bengals are going to win the Super Bowl.
00:35:23
Speaker
I think they're going to have a great season and I definitely could buy it.
00:35:26
Speaker
So I think that's a great choice.
00:35:29
Speaker
I don't have them winning the AFC or winning the Super Bowl, but I do have them winning this first game in Cleveland.
00:35:35
Speaker
I'm a little bit more confident.
00:35:37
Speaker
So I'm not as confident that they will make a Super Bowl run, but I am more confident that
00:35:43
Speaker
obviously assuming that Burrow does play, that they'll beat the Browns.
00:35:46
Speaker
I have them at 15.
00:35:49
Speaker
Oh, wow.
00:35:49
Speaker
Okay.
00:35:50
Speaker
So they were your second highest.
00:35:51
Speaker
Yes.
00:35:53
Speaker
I'm still assuming Burrow will play.
00:35:56
Speaker
I am mostly nervous.
00:35:57
Speaker
I don't know.
00:35:58
Speaker
These, these, um,
00:36:00
Speaker
Games this close in these like rivalry type games with a quarterback who we really haven't seen have a full offseason under his belt.
00:36:10
Speaker
You just never know.
00:36:10
Speaker
You really never do.
00:36:11
Speaker
And the Browns do have some really good defensive pieces in Miles Garrett.
00:36:17
Speaker
And, you know, I think they've I think they've got something going if they can keep it together.
00:36:22
Speaker
But we'll see.
00:36:24
Speaker
I definitely agree.
00:36:26
Speaker
the Browns are a weird team.
00:36:27
Speaker
They've got some talent.
00:36:28
Speaker
They got Amari Cooper.
00:36:30
Speaker
They still have Nick Chubbs, one of the best running backs in the league, and they've got some weapons.
00:36:36
Speaker
And Miles Garrett's obviously a good player.
00:36:38
Speaker
So they just can never can really put it together.
00:36:40
Speaker
I think people kind of, I don't know, the Browns are the Browns.
00:36:43
Speaker
I think that's one of those teams you just think is going to always lose in those games.
00:36:46
Speaker
But yeah, I guess we will find out.
00:36:48
Speaker
We'll have to definitely keep an eye on the injury report in that one.
00:36:51
Speaker
But yeah.
00:36:53
Speaker
Sounds like a plan, Stan.
00:36:55
Speaker
So we will work that one out offline.
00:36:59
Speaker
And moving along to the next game, we have the, however you pronounce them, Jaguars or Jaguars at Colts.
00:37:09
Speaker
Yes, we got the Jacksonville Jays at the Colts.
00:37:13
Speaker
I made some crazy statements last week that the Colts were going to be one of the worst teams in football.
00:37:17
Speaker
So I need to definitely...
00:37:20
Speaker
continue on that trend for week one.
00:37:22
Speaker
I also said the Jags were going to win the division.
00:37:24
Speaker
So on paper for me, this is a first place team versus a last place team.
00:37:29
Speaker
Anthony Richardson has a lot going on.
00:37:31
Speaker
I'm sure Joshua or if I said Joshua, it's,
00:37:35
Speaker
Taylor is, Jonathan is on the pup list as Mac alluded to.
00:37:39
Speaker
Awesome word.
00:37:40
Speaker
So there's just a lot going on in Indianapolis.
00:37:42
Speaker
There's a lot of inner team drama.
00:37:44
Speaker
So I've got the Jags going into Indy and winning this one big time.
00:37:49
Speaker
So I have them also in double digits.
00:37:52
Speaker
So I'm getting some of my biggest point totals out of the way early on.
00:37:55
Speaker
I have them at 14 beating the Colts in Indianapolis.
00:38:01
Speaker
Okay, sounds good.
00:38:02
Speaker
Yeah, we've got this one pretty close here.
00:38:06
Speaker
I also have the Jaguars beating the Colts with Anthony Richardson, rookie QB coming in.
00:38:15
Speaker
I think more often than not, it's probably a not very warm welcome to the NFL for a lot of rookie quarterbacks.
00:38:23
Speaker
I think that's unfortunately going to be the case here.
00:38:26
Speaker
I've got them at 15.
00:38:28
Speaker
Whoa, 14-15, our closest one yet.
00:38:30
Speaker
Very, very close.
00:38:32
Speaker
Very, very close.
00:38:33
Speaker
Very, very close.
00:38:34
Speaker
Sorry, Colts.
00:38:35
Speaker
Sorry, Colts.
00:38:37
Speaker
Sorry about it.
00:38:38
Speaker
I think Richardson might be able to do an okay job for them as a quarterback.
00:38:43
Speaker
Unfortunately, they haven't had a great deal of luck with keeping a quarterback.
00:38:47
Speaker
They've kind of had a QB carousel going there for a while in Indy.
00:38:51
Speaker
Um, but yeah, I don't know.
00:38:53
Speaker
Richardson, I think he's got a lot of great potential and hopefully I know he's got a cannon of an arm.
00:38:57
Speaker
Hopefully if they can hone that for the NFL and get him into, into that mold, then he'll, he'll be a good addition for them at some point.
00:39:05
Speaker
But I just don't think quite yet.
00:39:08
Speaker
I would have to agree with that.
00:39:09
Speaker
I think the Colts have a chance to have something solid, but I also think I could walk outside tomorrow and there could be meatballs falling from the sky.
00:39:14
Speaker
So I think those two things are about as likely as each other.
00:39:20
Speaker
So yeah, 14 and 15, that adds up.
00:39:24
Speaker
You've got to be careful when you make these like grand statements like this, you're always the next week like, oh man, I can't believe I said that because the Colts came out and won.
00:39:33
Speaker
Like when you said you're going to get a Houston Texans tattoo all over your back and then the Texans won.
00:39:39
Speaker
I never said that.
00:39:41
Speaker
I recall it.
00:39:43
Speaker
Show me the audio and I'll believe it.
00:39:46
Speaker
I'll find the receipts.
00:39:47
Speaker
I'll find the receipts.
00:39:48
Speaker
Zencaster keeps them, so I'll find the receipt.
00:39:51
Speaker
No, you don't have to.
00:39:52
Speaker
No worries.
00:39:54
Speaker
I'll watch my mouth moving forward.
00:39:57
Speaker
No, that's okay.
00:39:58
Speaker
Don't.
00:39:58
Speaker
I think everybody prefers when you don't watch your mouth and you just say whatever's on your mind.
00:40:03
Speaker
In that case, I'll continue doing so.
00:40:05
Speaker
Please do.
00:40:06
Speaker
Okay.
00:40:06
Speaker
Moving into the next game, we have the Bucks versus Vikings.
00:40:12
Speaker
This is going to be a fun game, I think, to watch.
00:40:16
Speaker
There were a lot of losses on defense for both of these teams.
00:40:20
Speaker
I was looking into it today.
00:40:21
Speaker
Vikings lost six starting defenders since last year.
00:40:26
Speaker
The Bucs lost three starting defenders.
00:40:30
Speaker
One of them being Akeem Hicks is a very large name, a great defensive lineman that does a good job for the Bucs.
00:40:37
Speaker
Just some big losses on both sides of this game.
00:40:42
Speaker
Also, I think that's extremely scary for the Vikings, considering the number of one possession games that they were in last year.
00:40:51
Speaker
They ended up tipping the scale.
00:40:52
Speaker
They ended up winning a majority of those games, obviously ending with about, I think it was 13 wins last year.
00:40:58
Speaker
So they did a great job.
00:41:00
Speaker
That's a little scary, though, when three out of the four starting like
00:41:04
Speaker
Secondary members are either rookies or second years.
00:41:08
Speaker
And when you're losing these veterans, that's scary when you're already in close, tight games.
00:41:15
Speaker
All that to say, I think the reality is the Vikings have the better roster put together.
00:41:21
Speaker
They did add some additional pieces at defense, some other names that are going to help fill some of those voids.
00:41:28
Speaker
It's just a concern when you see, I think, long-term players.
00:41:32
Speaker
If they're going to be able to hold that standard of winning those close games, not so sure.
00:41:36
Speaker
I think they're going to have a ton of shootout games throughout this year, high scoring games, potentially they've got a solid offense full of weapons.
00:41:44
Speaker
It's just their defense.
00:41:45
Speaker
I'm a little bit concerned about holding out for the long run.
00:41:49
Speaker
Like I said, all that to say, this weekend coming up, I think they've got the better roster.
00:41:53
Speaker
I think Vikings are going to take this one.
00:41:55
Speaker
Baker, I just don't think he's got what it takes overall.
00:41:58
Speaker
So I'm going Vikings, keeping them in the middle.
00:42:00
Speaker
I've got them at seven.
00:42:02
Speaker
You bamboozled us again.
00:42:04
Speaker
You did it.
00:42:07
Speaker
I'm kidding.
00:42:07
Speaker
I'm just giving you a hard time.
00:42:09
Speaker
Oh, because I was talking all about their weaknesses?
00:42:11
Speaker
I know we always joke about that, that we're all like hitting on the weaknesses.
00:42:14
Speaker
I know.
00:42:15
Speaker
We really do do that.
00:42:16
Speaker
But I think we're still going to go with them for middle of the road.
00:42:19
Speaker
For whatever reason, yeah.
00:42:20
Speaker
You're like, the Vikings lost this and this and this, but I'm still going to go seven Vikings.
00:42:24
Speaker
I tried to say overall their roster, I think, is stronger, even though they lost those pieces.
00:42:29
Speaker
I was more so trying to touch on them long term.
00:42:32
Speaker
But I think overall for this weekend against the Bucs, especially when you look at quarterback play, a fun nugget that I always love to share with you is that Kirko Chains, as they're calling him now because he was dancing in the airplane with his
00:42:45
Speaker
chains around his neck with his shirt off.
00:42:47
Speaker
They call him Kirkwell Chains now.
00:42:48
Speaker
He, I mean, he is a sneaky, good quarterback.
00:42:52
Speaker
He has a completion percentage of higher than Patrick Mahomes.
00:42:55
Speaker
I think people forget that.
00:42:57
Speaker
I love to throw that nugget at you, but it's just, yeah, overall the roster is better in Minnesota than down in Tampa Bay.
00:43:06
Speaker
A big part being because they lost TB12.
00:43:09
Speaker
Let's be real.
00:43:10
Speaker
You do like that nugget a lot, and I like it that you like that nugget a lot.
00:43:13
Speaker
I do like it.
00:43:13
Speaker
Because it is very juicy.
00:43:14
Speaker
You like that?
00:43:16
Speaker
That's what Kirk says.
00:43:17
Speaker
Another little Kirk shout out there.
00:43:19
Speaker
Go Mr. State.
00:43:20
Speaker
Go Kirk.
00:43:23
Speaker
Man, he might go white.
00:43:25
Speaker
He might be one of our favorite players heading into the season.
00:43:28
Speaker
It sounds like even though he is in the wrong division because – no, he's going to get second place, as I said last week in the division.
00:43:35
Speaker
Correct.
00:43:35
Speaker
Yeah, he is going to get second to the Lions.
00:43:38
Speaker
A lot of shouts out.
00:43:39
Speaker
I never imagined you saying that one.
00:43:41
Speaker
A lot of shouts out for Kirk O'Chain's.
00:43:43
Speaker
Love it.
00:43:44
Speaker
I will say I really do like Kirk Cousins.
00:43:46
Speaker
I know we're supposed to hate the Vikings, but I really don't hate the Vikings.
00:43:50
Speaker
I hate the Packers, and I really strongly dislike the Bears.
00:43:53
Speaker
What the heck?
00:43:54
Speaker
Possibly hate.
00:43:56
Speaker
But...
00:43:58
Speaker
Oh, my God.
00:43:59
Speaker
But I actually don't mind the Vikings.
00:44:01
Speaker
I like Kirk.
00:44:01
Speaker
I think he's a cool dude.
00:44:02
Speaker
And I loved watching him on that quarterback Netflix documentary.
00:44:06
Speaker
He just seems like, you know, a down-to-earth good man.
00:44:09
Speaker
Sorry.
00:44:10
Speaker
I'm still a little stunned that you just said the H word before my team's name.
00:44:13
Speaker
No, no, no.
00:44:14
Speaker
I said hate the Packers.
00:44:15
Speaker
I said I strongly dislike the Bears possibly hate.
00:44:17
Speaker
You said possibly hate.
00:44:18
Speaker
What?
00:44:18
Speaker
I didn't say that.
00:44:20
Speaker
Yeah?
00:44:20
Speaker
Oh, I got the receipts.
00:44:21
Speaker
This is live.
00:44:23
Speaker
Okay.
00:44:23
Speaker
I'm going to send a couple texts here real quick.
00:44:25
Speaker
That was – that was –
00:44:27
Speaker
Before you send those texts.
00:44:28
Speaker
That was egregious.
00:44:30
Speaker
Before you send those texts, any thoughts on the Vikings this weekend?
00:44:33
Speaker
I chose them at seven.
00:44:35
Speaker
The only thoughts I have is I can't believe that you just said that.
00:44:37
Speaker
And I'm a little, I'm a little shell shocked to be honest.
00:44:39
Speaker
Did you choose the Vikings this weekend?
00:44:42
Speaker
I'm trying to think straight.
00:44:43
Speaker
Let me have a couple of blueberries.
00:44:45
Speaker
Yes, I do have the Vikings beating the Bucs.
00:44:49
Speaker
Oh my God, she said possibly hate.
00:44:51
Speaker
And I do think they're going to win at home.
00:44:53
Speaker
I think Kirko Chains is going to get the job done.
00:44:58
Speaker
think that the Bucs lost too much and they're going to miss the goat.
00:45:03
Speaker
And I have the Vikings winning at home at 10.
00:45:07
Speaker
So we have 10 and seven.
00:45:08
Speaker
Oh, double digits.
00:45:09
Speaker
Okay.
00:45:09
Speaker
And I'm just making a note to... Double digits.
00:45:13
Speaker
I mean, honestly, I was using your analysis from last week to tamper my expectations a little bit because you were touching on, and you made some really great points about the Bucs still having a really solid defense.
00:45:25
Speaker
So yeah, I was kind of using that to tamper my expectations down to seven, but you're still going 10.
00:45:31
Speaker
Okay.
00:45:32
Speaker
I think the whole Baker Mayfield thing kind of is getting in the way a little bit.
00:45:36
Speaker
And it's in Minnesota and they have the best wide receiver in the game.
00:45:41
Speaker
So I think that's why they'll win.
00:45:43
Speaker
I think it's going to take Baker a couple of weeks to figure it out in Tampa Bay.
00:45:47
Speaker
Thank goodness the Bears played in week two.
00:45:49
Speaker
But yeah, I just think the Vikings are still going to be a solid team.
00:45:52
Speaker
They're still going to be a playoff contender.
00:45:53
Speaker
I do not think the Bucs will be.
00:45:54
Speaker
So seven and 10, two pretty high, high rankings there.
00:45:59
Speaker
Middle of the road to high.
00:46:00
Speaker
All right, fair enough.
00:46:02
Speaker
Moving on down, we've got the Tennessee Titans at New Orleans Saints.
00:46:08
Speaker
And this is your game, my friend.
00:46:10
Speaker
Yes, it is.
00:46:11
Speaker
We got the Titans at the Saints.
00:46:13
Speaker
This is kind of a weird game.
00:46:16
Speaker
So I had a weird score on it because this is two teams that I think are going to be middle of the road.
00:46:22
Speaker
It's in Narlins and they have a new quarterback.
00:46:26
Speaker
Titans have had a lot of changing pieces in the off season.
00:46:32
Speaker
And I did say just last week, the receipts are there.
00:46:36
Speaker
I do remember what I say, Wave Riders, that the Saints are going to win the division.
00:46:41
Speaker
I think they're going to win the South.
00:46:42
Speaker
I did say I think the Titans are going to be trash.
00:46:46
Speaker
in the AFC South as well.
00:46:49
Speaker
So between a first place team, excuse me, in the NFC South and a third-ish team,
00:46:54
Speaker
place team in the AFC South put two and two together.
00:46:58
Speaker
I've got the saints winning this game.
00:46:59
Speaker
Okay.
00:47:01
Speaker
I think they're going to be one of those sneaky teams that might make some moves towards winning a lot more games than they're supposed to.
00:47:07
Speaker
They've got a pretty easy the road, you know, or middle, middle of the road, easiest, easy ish type schedule.
00:47:13
Speaker
So that's why I have this as a middle of the road type confidence.
00:47:18
Speaker
Okay.
00:47:18
Speaker
So I have the saints, right?
00:47:19
Speaker
beating the Titans and Derrick Henry, King Henry, all rise.
00:47:25
Speaker
I have them at eight.
00:47:27
Speaker
Okay.
00:47:27
Speaker
Yeah, no, I think that was a great analysis there.
00:47:30
Speaker
I think we're really on the same page with this one, just in terms of both of these teams.
00:47:36
Speaker
I think this is a close opportunity, but I agree.
00:47:38
Speaker
Saints defense, I think is ultimately going to win this one for them.
00:47:42
Speaker
And I think Derrick Carr is going to be a good
00:47:44
Speaker
good addition to the team and a spark that they have been looking for for a little bit.
00:47:48
Speaker
So I agree.
00:47:49
Speaker
I also have the saints and I've got them just slightly lower at six.
00:47:54
Speaker
Six.
00:47:55
Speaker
Okay.
00:47:56
Speaker
We are, we're kind of on the same wavelength here.
00:47:58
Speaker
Wave length.
00:48:00
Speaker
I like it.
00:48:01
Speaker
Let's hope that continues on in this next game.
00:48:04
Speaker
We have the 49ers at Steelers.
00:48:09
Speaker
Ultimately, this one for me comes down to the playmakers in this game.
00:48:15
Speaker
I think that Pickett, Kenny Pickett and George Pickens of the Steelers are going to take a big jump this year in what they have been working on.
00:48:25
Speaker
I see that little hand signal you did there for small hand Pickett.
00:48:30
Speaker
Nice.
00:48:31
Speaker
I just don't think it's going to be enough specifically against this team.
00:48:37
Speaker
The 49ers, we've got Brock Purdy coming back and presumably very healthy.
00:48:42
Speaker
He suffered that elbow tear or whatever it was last season late against the Eagles.
00:48:50
Speaker
Presumably he's healthy.
00:48:51
Speaker
He obviously won his starting rollback, which I don't know if you'll remember.
00:48:55
Speaker
I predicted that last year.
00:48:58
Speaker
You did?
00:48:59
Speaker
I do not remember that.
00:49:00
Speaker
I did.
00:49:01
Speaker
And I remember you were like, what?
00:49:02
Speaker
Purdy's getting over Trey Lance?
00:49:04
Speaker
And Trey Lance is now gone to the Cowboys.
00:49:08
Speaker
And Brock Purdy won the starting job.
00:49:09
Speaker
So, hey.
00:49:11
Speaker
I don't remember that.
00:49:11
Speaker
Maybe there really is a script.
00:49:12
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:49:14
Speaker
Maybe there – do you actually have it?
00:49:16
Speaker
Did I write the script?
00:49:19
Speaker
No.
00:49:19
Speaker
If I did, the Lions would have won many Super Bowls by now.
00:49:23
Speaker
Great.
00:49:23
Speaker
The Lions are going 17-0 this year?
00:49:24
Speaker
The Lions would not be this bad.
00:49:25
Speaker
Yeah.
00:49:27
Speaker
Did you write the Bears-Eagles playoff game a couple years ago?
00:49:30
Speaker
That was probably my favorite work of art was that double joint.
00:49:35
Speaker
She's making a lot of enemies this episode, folks.
00:49:39
Speaker
I don't know.
00:49:40
Speaker
I think Big T's still on my side.
00:49:42
Speaker
Shout out Big T. Go Eagles.
00:49:43
Speaker
I don't think so.
00:49:44
Speaker
I've heard crickets from him.
00:49:45
Speaker
I don't even know if he's listening anymore, but he's still going to get shout outs.
00:49:48
Speaker
Well, he's still getting shout outs.
00:49:49
Speaker
Anyway, back to the game.
00:49:51
Speaker
Comes down to playmakers.
00:49:52
Speaker
The 49ers have more than the Steelers.
00:49:56
Speaker
I know we talked about this last week.
00:49:58
Speaker
more is better than less 49ers especially now that I know that Nick Bosa re-signed his contract he'll for sure be playing that is huge that is big I made this confidence pool before I knew that so I'm fully willing to move this one up a little bit but I have 49ers and I only had them at five again I was assuming that Bosa was not playing and I was assuming also that Kittle was not playing so I'm happy to move that one up but that's where I'm at at this current point in time
00:50:27
Speaker
Okay, so you have 49ers at five and you're not willing to move at all.
00:50:30
Speaker
I feel like you need to have a little bit more flexibility.
00:50:33
Speaker
Yeah, I'm just like really firm in my stance here and I'm not going to change.
00:50:38
Speaker
It's a little disappointing because 49ers were in the NFC Championship game last year and Mr. Irrelevant is a starter.
00:50:44
Speaker
I don't know if you heard that.
00:50:45
Speaker
So we'll talk offline.
00:50:48
Speaker
But if you're going to be so inflexible with your competences, this is going to have to change.
00:50:52
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, you probably just want to stop doing the podcast at this point.
00:50:56
Speaker
Probably.
00:50:56
Speaker
If I'm going to be like this.
00:50:58
Speaker
If you have the script and you already know what's going to happen, then might as well.
00:51:01
Speaker
Cause I'm going to have to go to the end of the season.
00:51:06
Speaker
I do agree with you that the 49ers are going to win.
00:51:08
Speaker
I have the confidence level a little higher because I did put these confidences in after I saw who was playing and who was not.
00:51:16
Speaker
So as one may guess, it's a little higher than five, but I have the Niners and a little nugget.
00:51:24
Speaker
Speaking of the Steelers, hope you're hungry.
00:51:30
Speaker
Speaking of Heinz Field.
00:51:33
Speaker
Speaking of Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, put a little ketchup on that nugget.
00:51:38
Speaker
Oh, yum.
00:51:39
Speaker
Heinz.
00:51:41
Speaker
I think the nugget.
00:51:43
Speaker
I forgot about it.
00:51:44
Speaker
Yeah.
00:51:44
Speaker
What is the nugget?
00:51:46
Speaker
I know.
00:51:46
Speaker
He's so focused on the Heinz and the field.
00:51:51
Speaker
We just do that for 30 seconds.
00:51:52
Speaker
I don't even give the nugget.
00:51:55
Speaker
Sorry, Norway.
00:51:55
Speaker
They're probably like, what the heck is going on?
00:51:59
Speaker
I know this nugget has never been said on the podcast, but Mike Tomlin and all the years that he's been a coach, they have never had a below 500 record.
00:52:08
Speaker
Oh my gosh.
00:52:09
Speaker
This is the first time I've ever hearing this.
00:52:12
Speaker
Unbelievable nugget, Bob.
00:52:13
Speaker
Really good research.
00:52:14
Speaker
Thank you.
00:52:15
Speaker
It's almost like that was like the first nugget of the season.
00:52:19
Speaker
Almost.
00:52:20
Speaker
Almost, but obviously it wasn't because I wouldn't say a nugget that was already said.
00:52:24
Speaker
Right, right.
00:52:25
Speaker
I hope everyone did listen to week one or else we're going to be very confused right now.
00:52:28
Speaker
But if you haven't, go listen to week one.
00:52:30
Speaker
Yeah, go take a peek.
00:52:32
Speaker
Go take a little peek-ski.
00:52:33
Speaker
But all that to say, I think the Niners are going to go into Heinz Field.
00:52:38
Speaker
I think they're going to win and I have them at nine.
00:52:40
Speaker
That was like the worst analysis ever.
00:52:42
Speaker
It was great.
00:52:43
Speaker
It was great analysis.
00:52:44
Speaker
A lot of talk of nom nom nom and Heinz ketchup.
00:52:46
Speaker
But yes, I agree with the 49ers and more than happy to look at moving that one up a tiny bit.
00:52:54
Speaker
I think the Steelers are going to be OK.
00:52:55
Speaker
They've still got Najee in the background.
00:52:57
Speaker
But yeah, I don't know.
00:52:59
Speaker
We'll keep there and we'll we'll decide offline.
00:53:03
Speaker
I like the sound of that, my friend.
00:53:05
Speaker
Perfecto.
Packers vs. Bears and Other Key Matches
00:53:06
Speaker
All right, this next game, we have the Arizona Cardinals at Washington Commanders.
00:53:14
Speaker
Yes, this game is strange because I didn't realize that.
00:53:21
Speaker
What's his face?
00:53:22
Speaker
The defender on the Commanders that you just said from Ohio State.
00:53:26
Speaker
Chase Young.
00:53:27
Speaker
I didn't realize that he was possibly out.
00:53:30
Speaker
That's a huge loss.
00:53:31
Speaker
But I did just see, as you alluded to earlier in the episode,
00:53:37
Speaker
Kyler Murray is not playing.
00:53:38
Speaker
So that's a huge, huge, huge L for the Cardinals.
00:53:43
Speaker
So yeah, I think there's no chance they're going to win this game, especially in Washington, even without chase.
00:53:48
Speaker
I think this is going to be pretty lopsided, even though the commanders, as we were saying last week, don't really have like a, a, uh,
00:53:54
Speaker
I don't know, like a household name at quarterback as well.
00:53:58
Speaker
But I think the commanders with that defense, they've got some really good weapons with two solid running backs with Robinson and Gibson.
00:54:05
Speaker
And then they've got a scary, Terry McLaurin.
00:54:08
Speaker
And I think if Howell or who, just listen yesterday, the other quarterback that they have, it's either Howell or,
00:54:18
Speaker
So it's going to likely be, I believe, Howell is their starting quarterback for the Commanders.
00:54:23
Speaker
And then I was just looking, and it looks like the Cardinals went with Joshua Dobbs for their quarterback.
00:54:28
Speaker
Yes.
00:54:29
Speaker
Perfect.
00:54:29
Speaker
Okay.
00:54:30
Speaker
So it is Howell.
00:54:31
Speaker
I think he's going to be kind of like a Mack Jones, like a game manager, not make the big mistakes.
00:54:35
Speaker
And I think that's perfect for that offense with Ron Rivera.
00:54:38
Speaker
So I am going to keep my confidence.
00:54:40
Speaker
I feel pretty good with what I have.
00:54:43
Speaker
And I have Commanders.
00:54:45
Speaker
holding down the home fort at 11 to start the season.
00:54:51
Speaker
All right.
00:54:51
Speaker
Yeah.
00:54:51
Speaker
I was kind of nervous with the number that I put next to this one, but I really do.
00:54:57
Speaker
I unfortunately think the Cardinals are going to be the worst team in the NFL this year.
00:55:03
Speaker
I think we both said that last.
00:55:05
Speaker
I know.
00:55:05
Speaker
I honestly think we both said that last week.
00:55:08
Speaker
Yeah.
00:55:09
Speaker
They've got Joshua Dobbs playing right now.
00:55:11
Speaker
Kyler Murray's nowhere to be found.
00:55:13
Speaker
I don't know that he'll be back for a while.
00:55:14
Speaker
Obviously he's got that injury.
00:55:16
Speaker
Zach Ertz, I believe is questionable as well.
00:55:19
Speaker
Who's like probably their biggest playmaker.
00:55:22
Speaker
Other than that, they've got Marquise Brown, but I don't know.
00:55:25
Speaker
I just don't think it's going to be a good year for the Cardinals.
00:55:29
Speaker
Unfortunately, commanders on the other hand,
00:55:32
Speaker
I think they're going to be middle of the road.
00:55:35
Speaker
I don't think they're going to be anything special, like you said, with Sam Howell.
00:55:37
Speaker
He's not really a household name yet, but if he can be a game manager, they do have some other weapons with Scary Terry.
00:55:43
Speaker
Jahan Dotson's set to take a big leap this year as well.
00:55:47
Speaker
So I went with the Commanders.
00:55:48
Speaker
I think they've got a somewhat solid defense to be able to shut some stuff down.
00:55:54
Speaker
Kind of went then at a scary high of 14.
00:55:59
Speaker
14 commanders.
00:56:01
Speaker
Hey, I mean, 11 and 14, not that far off.
00:56:04
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, it's not so much a testament to like how good I think the commanders are going to be.
00:56:08
Speaker
It's unfortunately my belief that the Cardinals are going to be pretty piss-bore.
00:56:16
Speaker
Okay.
00:56:17
Speaker
Not only did you just make so many enemies first in Arizona, but you also just made enemies in Washington.
00:56:22
Speaker
And you could have just said, commanders are going to have a great win.
00:56:24
Speaker
You said, it's not because I think the commanders are good.
00:56:27
Speaker
I think it's because the Cardinals are so bad.
00:56:29
Speaker
We are screwed.
00:56:30
Speaker
Our views, our viewing numbers are going to be, as you said, our viewers are going to plummet.
00:56:36
Speaker
Oh, no.
00:56:37
Speaker
It's all right.
00:56:38
Speaker
Stick with us, folks.
00:56:39
Speaker
Stick with us.
00:56:40
Speaker
I do agree, though.
00:56:41
Speaker
Hey, yeah, you agree?
00:56:43
Speaker
Okay, thank you.
00:56:44
Speaker
No.
00:56:44
Speaker
Hey, if you're a true fan of, you know, the Cardinals or the Commanders, stick around and make me eat my words with my pants around the ankles.
00:56:51
Speaker
So call me a sicko for all I care.
00:56:53
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
00:56:54
Speaker
Make her eat her words.
00:56:56
Speaker
Make her eat waffles.
00:56:57
Speaker
Throw egg on her face.
00:56:58
Speaker
But stick with us because it's going to get juicy.
00:57:01
Speaker
It's going to get good.
00:57:01
Speaker
Stick with us.
00:57:03
Speaker
Okay.
00:57:04
Speaker
So now that we both agree, Commander's in that one.
00:57:07
Speaker
And we both said that the Cardinals are piss poor.
00:57:10
Speaker
So let's move on to the next game.
00:57:12
Speaker
The Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens.
00:57:16
Speaker
This one for me was, spoiler alert, the easiest one of the week.
00:57:22
Speaker
I have Ravens at 16.
00:57:24
Speaker
Despite my co-host's best effort to pitch me on the Houston Texans last week, telling me they're coming second in their division.
00:57:32
Speaker
I'll believe it when I see it.
00:57:34
Speaker
I also think pigs will be flying outside.
00:57:37
Speaker
In this offseason, Lamar finally got his big payday.
00:57:41
Speaker
They signed OBJ.
00:57:43
Speaker
They have rookie Zay Flowers, who I think some people are high on, going to have a good complementary role there for the offense, for the Ravens.
00:57:53
Speaker
If Lamar can stay healthy, I think we're in good shape.
00:57:56
Speaker
We haven't seen a healthy Lamar in a long time.
00:57:59
Speaker
I'm hopeful the Ravens pull this out.
00:58:01
Speaker
I'm hopeful they have a good, steady season.
00:58:04
Speaker
And yeah, I think they're going to start it strong here against the Texans.
00:58:06
Speaker
And I've got them at 16.
00:58:09
Speaker
Well, I am a little embarrassed now because...
00:58:12
Speaker
Ding, ding, ding.
00:58:13
Speaker
I also have Ravens at 16.
00:58:17
Speaker
And you just reminded me that not seven full days ago, I was singing Houston's praises about how they were going to get second.
00:58:27
Speaker
And Houston, we don't have a problem.
00:58:29
Speaker
This doesn't mean I don't think you're going to be vying for the division title.
00:58:34
Speaker
I just think that it's going to take CJ Stroud a little bit more than a couple weeks, maybe one or two weeks,
00:58:40
Speaker
to hit the ground running and I also know that he's not the opening week starter in Houston um so I think it's just not who is man you really put me on the freaking spot here sorry uh wait let me um just calibrate I'm not looking this up yeah yeah so I agree I think you know obviously as he gets started what is he the starter
00:59:03
Speaker
Like I said, CJ Strout is the week one starter, but it's probably going to take him a week or two to hit the ground running.
00:59:10
Speaker
And the Ravens kind of have all the pieces right now.
00:59:13
Speaker
They've got Mark Andrews, who's healthy.
00:59:15
Speaker
They've got, like Max said, Zay Flowers.
00:59:18
Speaker
They've got Odell coming in, a healthy Dobbins.
00:59:22
Speaker
So just a lot of good pieces.
00:59:24
Speaker
I think Harbaugh is a great coach, a lot better than his younger brother at Michigan.
00:59:29
Speaker
I also think the Ravens are going to win.
00:59:31
Speaker
I have them for 16.
00:59:32
Speaker
The first ding, ding, ding, ding of the season.
00:59:35
Speaker
Finally.
00:59:37
Speaker
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
00:59:38
Speaker
We have a match.
00:59:39
Speaker
Oh, I forgot about that.
00:59:41
Speaker
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
00:59:43
Speaker
First of the season.
00:59:44
Speaker
First of hopefully many.
00:59:46
Speaker
And yeah, folks, the one thing that we know for sure that you also know is that we're going Raven 16 this week.
00:59:51
Speaker
Everything else, we'll let you know.
00:59:52
Speaker
Yeah, we'll let you know.
00:59:54
Speaker
And...
00:59:55
Speaker
Sorry to interrupt.
00:59:56
Speaker
I know, like I said, I never do that.
00:59:57
Speaker
No, you're good.
00:59:58
Speaker
We're actually, though, about to move into our afternoon games.
01:00:01
Speaker
Oh, I know.
01:00:02
Speaker
And it's time for a quick question.
01:00:05
Speaker
And that's why I wanted to cut in.
01:00:08
Speaker
I didn't want to be rude.
01:00:09
Speaker
I wanted to very politely interrupt you.
01:00:12
Speaker
And since we are heading to the afternoon and the most important game of the entire week, I wanted to make sure to keep my promise because I said Mac's going to be doing two weeks.
01:00:22
Speaker
Two ads this week.
01:00:23
Speaker
So number one ad from Mac.
01:00:24
Speaker
Take it away.
01:00:25
Speaker
Okay.
01:00:26
Speaker
I'm not doing two ads this week, but I will do one.
01:00:29
Speaker
And you will do one.
01:00:30
Speaker
Don't you worry about a thing.
01:00:32
Speaker
No.
01:00:33
Speaker
Any day.
01:00:34
Speaker
Oh, sorry.
01:00:35
Speaker
I lost you for a minute.
01:00:36
Speaker
You're back.
01:00:37
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
01:00:38
Speaker
I just said any day.
01:00:39
Speaker
Oh, any day.
01:00:40
Speaker
Okay.
01:00:40
Speaker
Sorry.
01:00:40
Speaker
No, you completely left the screen.
01:00:43
Speaker
So I was waiting to let it recalibrate and figure it out.
01:00:46
Speaker
But now that you're back, the first advertisement of week one NFL 2023 season is up and up hand sanitizer.
01:01:04
Speaker
If you're feeling sick and you gotta cough, cough, go and pump a little up and up.
01:01:10
Speaker
Gotta feel better, keep it clean, wipe your hands with the hand sanitizer.
01:01:21
Speaker
$3.99 at your local Target.
01:01:23
Speaker
man he's back folks with her 60s inspired jingles oh man i'm crying you were trying so hard to make that rhyme and it just wasn't gonna happen with that word it wasn't gonna happen so i had to change the word to hand sanitizer oh when you said clean i thought you were gonna wrap it into a nice little bow and then it turned it hand sanitizer what's
01:01:47
Speaker
That was a very good.
01:01:48
Speaker
Pretty close.
01:01:49
Speaker
Pretty close.
01:01:51
Speaker
Pretty dang close.
01:01:52
Speaker
Really good singing voice, by the way.
01:01:53
Speaker
I don't know if it's because you saw Taylor Swift twice in the offseason, but that was definitely not to expose your summer plans.
01:02:04
Speaker
I am not ashamed.
01:02:06
Speaker
Oh, I didn't think you were ashamed.
01:02:07
Speaker
I didn't want to expose your offseason, what you were up to, but hey.
01:02:10
Speaker
No, give it away.
01:02:11
Speaker
I'm not ashamed.
01:02:12
Speaker
Honestly, I'm proud.
01:02:13
Speaker
I'd see her again in a heartbeat, a million heartbeats.
01:02:16
Speaker
I'd see her again.
01:02:17
Speaker
You'd see her in a million heartbeats?
01:02:19
Speaker
That's so many.
01:02:20
Speaker
I just got to say, arguably the best thing that I've ever seen in a football stadium.
01:02:25
Speaker
Oh, that's crazy.
01:02:27
Speaker
It's not crazy.
01:02:28
Speaker
If you've seen Taylor Swift, you know what I'm talking about.
01:02:31
Speaker
Would you consider yourself a Swifty?
01:02:34
Speaker
Absolutely, I would consider myself a Swifty.
01:02:36
Speaker
Taylor, if you're listening, reach out, girl.
01:02:39
Speaker
I just want to be your friend.
01:02:40
Speaker
Do you think we should send her some swag?
01:02:42
Speaker
I feel like maybe that would be a good starting point.
01:02:44
Speaker
Send her some swag.
01:02:45
Speaker
I bet Taylor Swift would be a wave rider.
01:02:48
Speaker
Not only do I think she would be a wave rider, I think she'd be a massive Chicago Bears fan, which is why I love Taylor.
01:02:55
Speaker
She's actually a Philadelphia Eagles fan because she's from right outside of there.
01:03:00
Speaker
So she's a bandwagon.
01:03:01
Speaker
See, I'm a Swifty.
01:03:03
Speaker
She likes the Eagles?
01:03:04
Speaker
See, I'm a pretty big Swifty.
01:03:05
Speaker
I could answer some trivia about Taylor Swift.
01:03:08
Speaker
I know she was born in 1989.
01:03:11
Speaker
She was.
01:03:11
Speaker
Great job, Bob.
01:03:13
Speaker
Really good album.
01:03:15
Speaker
One of my favorites for sure.
01:03:17
Speaker
Absolutely.
01:03:18
Speaker
I think that and Shake It Off are her best two albums.
01:03:21
Speaker
Shake It Off.
01:03:23
Speaker
Oh, that's not an album.
01:03:24
Speaker
I know you know that that's just a song.
01:03:27
Speaker
That's not an album.
01:03:29
Speaker
Of course.
01:03:30
Speaker
Of course.
01:03:32
Speaker
We love Taylor Swift here at Making Waves.
01:03:35
Speaker
We do.
01:03:35
Speaker
We love you, Tay.
01:03:37
Speaker
And yeah, great advertisement.
01:03:39
Speaker
Taylor would be very proud of the singing voice there.
01:03:43
Speaker
Oh, I hope so.
01:03:43
Speaker
I hope so.
01:03:44
Speaker
She's about to hear yours, though, here shortly.
01:03:47
Speaker
So I'm in for a treat with that one.
01:03:49
Speaker
But we'll jump into the Sunday afternoon slate, 425 p.m.
01:03:55
Speaker
I see.
01:03:55
Speaker
Yeah, you're getting giddy over there.
01:03:57
Speaker
We have the Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears.
01:04:03
Speaker
Woo!
01:04:04
Speaker
Oh, baby.
01:04:05
Speaker
Yikes that hurt my ears.
01:04:07
Speaker
Oh, sorry.
01:04:07
Speaker
I'm a sicko.
01:04:08
Speaker
Drum roll, folks.
01:04:13
Speaker
The game we've all been waiting for.
01:04:15
Speaker
Oh, my gosh.
01:04:16
Speaker
No, it's not.
01:04:18
Speaker
Geez, what if I can take the helium out of my balloon?
01:04:21
Speaker
I am getting giddy just thinking about it.
01:04:24
Speaker
I know that the terror of the Green Bay over Chicago.
01:04:28
Speaker
Are you did I really hurt your ear with that?
01:04:30
Speaker
No, no, I'm good.
01:04:32
Speaker
Oh, I thought you were just going like that with your, I thought I just, but the terror of green Bay over Chicago is about to end a new Chicago over green Bay tears about to begin.
01:04:44
Speaker
I'm so excited to be here in the city for that game.
01:04:47
Speaker
I can already feel the buzz.
01:04:48
Speaker
I don't know if it's the Chicago Cubs, how hot we've been the last couple of weeks or the bears, how the expectations are so high or a little bit of both mixed up, but the air just feels so right here in Chicago.
01:04:59
Speaker
The last couple of weeks it's green Bay week.
01:05:02
Speaker
It's Packer week.
01:05:03
Speaker
F the Packers.
01:05:04
Speaker
Here we go.
01:05:05
Speaker
Obviously it goes without saying that I think the bears are going to win this game.
01:05:09
Speaker
I think any, any football fan that knows anything about anything would think that the bears are going to win this game.
01:05:15
Speaker
And I'm going to tell you exactly why one, we have DJ more this year to it's at soldier fields, which is one of the biggest home field advantages in the NFL three.
01:05:24
Speaker
We have an offensive line led by Darnell, right from Tennessee, our rookie to protect the,
01:05:29
Speaker
our number one asset, AKA Justin Fields for, we have a three headed running back monster with Khalil Herbert Foreman and Roshan Johnson.
01:05:39
Speaker
Five.
01:05:40
Speaker
We, Oh, something to say there.
01:05:41
Speaker
You seem a little, I'm waiting.
01:05:43
Speaker
Sorry.
01:05:44
Speaker
I was about to, but I'm, I'm waiting.
01:05:45
Speaker
You were very respectful of letting me say my piece for the Warren.
01:05:48
Speaker
So go ahead.
01:05:49
Speaker
Thank you very much.
01:05:50
Speaker
I really, really appreciate that.
01:05:51
Speaker
Number five, our defense is totally revamped.
01:05:54
Speaker
Number six, there's no more number 12 in the, uh,
01:05:58
Speaker
in the yellow and the yucky green.
01:06:02
Speaker
And because of all of that, the bear is going to be so loud.
01:06:05
Speaker
The weather is going to be beautiful on Sunday.
01:06:07
Speaker
We're going to start off one and O. And honestly, I don't think it's going to be that close of a game.
01:06:11
Speaker
I think the bear is going to win by double digits.
01:06:13
Speaker
You heard it here first.
01:06:14
Speaker
Did he just say double digits?
01:06:15
Speaker
He just said double digits.
01:06:17
Speaker
I didn't want to get crazy with my ranking.
01:06:19
Speaker
Because I don't want to start off on the wrong foot and have Max say it's going to be a long season.
01:06:25
Speaker
I can't deal with Bob and his head in the clouds mentality.
01:06:30
Speaker
So I was very good here.
01:06:32
Speaker
I have Bears at four.
01:06:34
Speaker
Wow.
01:06:35
Speaker
Bobby's 30 now.
01:06:36
Speaker
He matured.
01:06:37
Speaker
Well, we'll see.
01:06:38
Speaker
But I have the Bears at four.
01:06:40
Speaker
Well, we'll see.
01:06:43
Speaker
I will accept some of those reasons.
01:06:48
Speaker
The biggest being that number 12 is no longer there.
01:06:52
Speaker
You use a lot of adjectives to describe the Bears that I don't necessarily think most people would use, like monster in the backfield.
01:07:01
Speaker
Would you really consider Herber and Foreman?
01:07:03
Speaker
And who was the third one that you said?
01:07:06
Speaker
Rojan Johnson, who was Bajon Robinson's backup at Texas.
01:07:09
Speaker
If it wasn't for Bajon, he could have been a stud.
01:07:11
Speaker
Oh, really?
01:07:12
Speaker
Okay.
01:07:13
Speaker
Yeah.
01:07:14
Speaker
Oh, darn.
01:07:15
Speaker
If only he wasn't a backup.
01:07:17
Speaker
If only he was better.
01:07:19
Speaker
Okay.
01:07:20
Speaker
Sorry.
01:07:20
Speaker
This is going to be a long season.
01:07:22
Speaker
Sorry.
01:07:23
Speaker
Sorry.
01:07:23
Speaker
Sorry.
01:07:23
Speaker
This is going to be a really long season.
01:07:25
Speaker
Okay.
01:07:25
Speaker
Sorry.
01:07:27
Speaker
Yeah, so anyways, there are some things that I agreed with here.
01:07:30
Speaker
Ultimately, I don't know that there's going to be many games all throughout the year that we're going to go with the Bears.
01:07:38
Speaker
So this is one.
01:07:39
Speaker
Again, week one, we don't know what's going to happen.
01:07:43
Speaker
So sure, of course, yes, I like the Bears better than the Packers.
01:07:46
Speaker
I will admit that.
01:07:47
Speaker
Do I like them that much more?
01:07:49
Speaker
Debatable.
01:07:50
Speaker
But... Oh my gosh, so much truth is coming out tonight.
01:07:54
Speaker
I can't believe this.
01:07:55
Speaker
But I think... Say you're kidding about that.
01:07:59
Speaker
Oh, I definitely like the Bears better than the Packers.
01:08:02
Speaker
Okay, okay.
01:08:04
Speaker
Is that good?
01:08:05
Speaker
Yep, that was good.
01:08:06
Speaker
Okay, I'm not going to tell you how much more, but...
01:08:11
Speaker
I will say, though, I am slightly concerned.
01:08:15
Speaker
I have read, again, you said there's a lot of news articles and reading out there.
01:08:20
Speaker
I've read a lot of stuff talking about the Packers winning this weekend.
01:08:24
Speaker
And I hope that's not true.
01:08:25
Speaker
I genuinely do hope your Bears beat the Packers on Sunday.
01:08:28
Speaker
I love when either of our teams beat them.
01:08:30
Speaker
Thrilled about it.
01:08:32
Speaker
I just want to tamper our expectations slightly.
01:08:35
Speaker
And the reason being is because we saw a flash in the pan of Jordan Love last week.
01:08:42
Speaker
year, we saw him one time.
01:08:44
Speaker
And when you go back and look at his stats, yes, it was one single game.
01:08:48
Speaker
But he actually did pretty well in terms of game managing.
01:08:52
Speaker
He wasn't electric in terms of deep throws or anything like that.
01:08:57
Speaker
But he actually did pretty good in terms of his completion percentage, moving the ball down the field, and just managing the game.
01:09:04
Speaker
So I think a full offseason with the team, he knows he's the starter now.
01:09:09
Speaker
He's not just sitting in the backfield waiting for something to happen to Aaron Rodgers.
01:09:13
Speaker
I think that's going to help him maybe more than we think.
01:09:17
Speaker
I am still hopeful that the Bears are going to win this weekend.
01:09:21
Speaker
I am rooting for them against the Packers.
01:09:22
Speaker
I'll tell you that much.
01:09:24
Speaker
I just think we need to tamper our expectations.
01:09:26
Speaker
But who knows?
01:09:26
Speaker
Maybe I'll be surprised.
01:09:27
Speaker
Maybe the Bears are going to absolutely stun and shock me and win by 50,000 points.
01:09:32
Speaker
But I have them, and I only went with two.
01:09:36
Speaker
Sorry.
01:09:36
Speaker
I'm sorry.
01:09:36
Speaker
I was just asleep.
01:09:37
Speaker
Were you still talking about Jordan Love?
01:09:39
Speaker
Sorry.
01:09:39
Speaker
Yeah, I was.
01:09:40
Speaker
Good morning.
01:09:43
Speaker
I appreciate you choosing the Bears, and I heard you say them at two.
01:09:48
Speaker
Also, where are you reading that the Packers might win?
01:09:50
Speaker
Are you reading BS Times?
01:09:52
Speaker
Or what newspaper are you reading that in?
01:09:54
Speaker
ESPN, CBS Sports.
01:09:58
Speaker
You know, just a couple of names.
01:10:00
Speaker
Probably not household names.
01:10:01
Speaker
I don't know if you've ever heard of them.
01:10:03
Speaker
Take out the C, and then it's BS Sports.
01:10:05
Speaker
That would be a little bit more appropriate.
01:10:08
Speaker
We'll see what happens.
01:10:10
Speaker
You know what?
01:10:11
Speaker
I'm talking a big game, and let's just hope.
01:10:14
Speaker
that the Bears are as good as I expect them to be.
01:10:16
Speaker
Because if they are, this game is going to be easy peasy.
01:10:19
Speaker
And the Packers are going to be heading this way.
01:10:21
Speaker
And the Bears are going to be heading this way.
01:10:23
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, like I said, I hope that the Bears win this weekend.
01:10:26
Speaker
I just want to tamper some expectations that we're not picking them like super high.
01:10:30
Speaker
Because I think at the end of the day, the Packers still have Matt LaFleur as their coach.
01:10:35
Speaker
They still have a lot of their weapons.
01:10:37
Speaker
They've just lost Aaron Rodgers, which granted, that's a big weapon for them to lose.
01:10:42
Speaker
And cannot be...
01:10:44
Speaker
cannot be overstated, but I just want to, yeah, just throw that out there, throw a little bit of rebuttal.
01:10:50
Speaker
I still went with the Bears.
01:10:52
Speaker
Thank you.
01:10:52
Speaker
I appreciate that.
01:10:53
Speaker
You threw it out there and the expectations have not been tampered at all, but I do appreciate you throwing it out there.
01:10:57
Speaker
It's fine.
01:10:58
Speaker
I figured as much.
01:11:00
Speaker
That was really good.
01:11:01
Speaker
I appreciate it.
01:11:02
Speaker
And wow, we did not spend that much time on the Bears there.
01:11:04
Speaker
That was pretty good.
01:11:06
Speaker
Yeah, that was pretty good.
01:11:07
Speaker
That was only like 25 minutes.
01:11:08
Speaker
Only.
01:11:09
Speaker
Yeah, yeah.
NFC and Super Bowl Predictions
01:11:11
Speaker
All right, moving into the Raiders v. Broncos on Sunday afternoon.
01:11:20
Speaker
I went with the Raiders in this game, made some changes in the offseason.
01:11:25
Speaker
They now have Jimmy Garoppolo as their quarterback.
01:11:28
Speaker
They still have one of the strongest weapons in Devontae Adams, who used to wear the ugly green and yellow, but has now moved to the silver and black.
01:11:38
Speaker
Don't mind seeing him out there.
01:11:40
Speaker
That's fine.
01:11:41
Speaker
Stay out in Vegas.
01:11:42
Speaker
They also have Josh Jacobs, who just re-signed finally his contract.
01:11:46
Speaker
He knows he's playing for the Raiders.
01:11:48
Speaker
They know he's playing for them, and they're going to put him to good use.
01:11:51
Speaker
He had a strong showing, a strong season last year.
01:11:54
Speaker
I think he's going to continue doing that, especially when he has better quarterback play behind him in Jimmy Garoppolo, in my opinion, and just an opportunity to manage the game a little bit differently, utilize the run, and things of that nature.
01:12:08
Speaker
So ultimately, I'm going Raiders in this one.
01:12:12
Speaker
A couple things against the Broncos.
01:12:14
Speaker
They did just get Sean Payton, who is a legendary coach.
01:12:18
Speaker
I think he's going to have the potential to turn some things around there, but it already seems like there's maybe some rifts in the water.
01:12:25
Speaker
Jerry Judy has not been healthy once this year since he started in his career.
01:12:33
Speaker
They obviously had this big payday for Russ.
01:12:36
Speaker
There's already some tension you've seen in the news articles, I'm sure, with Sean Payton and Russ and
01:12:41
Speaker
Sean has basically called out Russell Wilson and said, stop kissing babies.
01:12:44
Speaker
Like we're here to play football.
01:12:46
Speaker
Stop trying to like worry about your image.
01:12:48
Speaker
So I don't know.
01:12:48
Speaker
That's going to come through at some point.
01:12:50
Speaker
Ultimately I'm going Raiders in this one and I've got them at nine.
01:12:55
Speaker
Oh, okay.
01:12:56
Speaker
Way higher than me.
01:12:57
Speaker
Okay.
01:12:58
Speaker
Okay.
01:12:59
Speaker
This might be our biggest difference.
01:13:02
Speaker
Wow.
01:13:03
Speaker
All right.
01:13:03
Speaker
I'm curious to hear your, your thoughts.
01:13:06
Speaker
I do agree with who you think is going to win.
01:13:08
Speaker
I think Laos Vegas is going to go into Denver and win, but the Broncos are just, I don't think they're going to be good, but I don't think they're going to be terrible.
01:13:20
Speaker
I know I said, I think they're going to finish last in the AFC West.
01:13:24
Speaker
I did say that.
01:13:26
Speaker
I do remember saying that, but the Raiders also have a lot of weaknesses.
01:13:29
Speaker
We'll see how Garoppolo does that offense.
01:13:30
Speaker
Like Mac was saying, which he alluded to, but I,
01:13:34
Speaker
Yeah, Sean Payton could be a huge difference.
01:13:36
Speaker
I think Broncos are going to be one of those teams we've got to wait a couple weeks to see how Payton and Wilson click on offense.
01:13:44
Speaker
I know Javante Williams is back.
01:13:46
Speaker
He got hurt early in the season last year, so that could be a good addition to the Broncos.
01:13:51
Speaker
Cortland Sutton, he seems like he's healthy.
01:13:52
Speaker
And then they have a couple other pieces as well.
01:13:55
Speaker
So I do think the Raiders are going to win, but it's in Denver now.
01:13:59
Speaker
I know a lot of weird stuff happens in the altitude, so who knows if some weird kicks or just someone has a huge passing game.
01:14:08
Speaker
I don't know.
01:14:08
Speaker
I feel like that's kind of a tough place to start the season in the Mile High City.
01:14:13
Speaker
So that's why I kind of tampered –
01:14:15
Speaker
the number on the Raiders here a little bit.
01:14:18
Speaker
I have them at three.
01:14:19
Speaker
So yeah, three and a nine.
01:14:21
Speaker
Ooh.
01:14:22
Speaker
Oh yeah.
01:14:23
Speaker
That is our biggest part.
01:14:25
Speaker
It looks like so.
01:14:27
Speaker
Okay.
01:14:27
Speaker
Well, we'll, we'll discuss that one.
01:14:29
Speaker
I mean, you make good points.
01:14:30
Speaker
Obviously that's a very difficult place to play.
01:14:34
Speaker
It's hard.
01:14:34
Speaker
Like you said, when we really don't know what either of these teams are going to do.
01:14:40
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know.
01:14:41
Speaker
I ultimately just leaned heavily on the weapons that I think the Raiders have the clear advantage.
01:14:49
Speaker
Yep, for sure.
01:14:51
Speaker
Gosh darn it.
01:14:52
Speaker
You know what I just realized?
01:14:53
Speaker
I forgot to mention my NFC champion as we passed him.
01:14:57
Speaker
Oh, you can back up if you'd like.
01:15:00
Speaker
shoot.
01:15:01
Speaker
I was just looking at, we only have a couple more games.
01:15:03
Speaker
I have the 49ers in the Superbowl winning the NFC.
01:15:07
Speaker
Sorry, San Francisco.
01:15:08
Speaker
I also do.
01:15:08
Speaker
Whoops.
01:15:10
Speaker
Oh, look at us, man.
01:15:11
Speaker
San Francisco fans are probably like, what the hell?
01:15:14
Speaker
I have them winning the NFC.
01:15:15
Speaker
Yeah.
01:15:16
Speaker
As well.
01:15:17
Speaker
A little, little anticlimactic.
01:15:18
Speaker
So that's more like a little, a little drop in a puddle.
01:15:21
Speaker
Not a cannonball playing with torpedoes underwater, but there you have it folks.
01:15:26
Speaker
We both have the 49ers winning the NFC.
01:15:29
Speaker
Oh, and you said you have them winning the Super Bowl?
01:15:33
Speaker
Oh, no, no, no, no.
01:15:33
Speaker
I just have them winning the NFC and going to the Super Bowl.
01:15:36
Speaker
Okay, sorry.
01:15:36
Speaker
I thought you said winning the Super Bowl.
01:15:38
Speaker
Gasp.
01:15:39
Speaker
Who's going to have winning the Super Bowl?
01:15:41
Speaker
I guess we'll have to wait to find out.
01:15:43
Speaker
Nils.
01:15:44
Speaker
Yeah, you do not know that, ma'am.
01:15:48
Speaker
Okay, moving down to the next game, Eagles at Patriots.
01:15:54
Speaker
Eagles fans are probably sitting there like, what the hell?
01:15:57
Speaker
Eagles fans are really, you're going to drop that bomb right before our game?
01:16:01
Speaker
They're like, they're probably thinking that we were both going to say them.
01:16:03
Speaker
Sorry, Eagles fans.
01:16:04
Speaker
You got your Superbowl.
01:16:06
Speaker
No, you got to your Superbowl.
01:16:08
Speaker
Zip it.
01:16:09
Speaker
You got your, you said, Oh no, that, that hurts.
01:16:12
Speaker
That hurts too soon.
01:16:13
Speaker
All right.
01:16:14
Speaker
Good thing.
01:16:14
Speaker
There's no Eagles fans listening to this podcast at all.
01:16:17
Speaker
Shout out big T. I know you listen.
01:16:18
Speaker
I think the Eagles can be great again, but anyways, is this, do I start off with this game?
01:16:22
Speaker
Yep, this is you.
01:16:23
Speaker
Okay, Eagles versus Patriots, the Super Bowl 2018 rematch.
01:16:29
Speaker
Both of these teams look a little different.
01:16:30
Speaker
One is better, one is worse.
01:16:33
Speaker
Sorry, New England, you're way worse in 2018.
01:16:35
Speaker
Spoiler alert, you're not going to go back to the Super Bowl.
01:16:38
Speaker
Spoiler alert, you're not going to win week one.
01:16:41
Speaker
Gasp.
01:16:42
Speaker
Yes.
01:16:43
Speaker
Gasp.
01:16:44
Speaker
Yes, I do think the Eagles are going to go into –
01:16:48
Speaker
I almost said Arrowhead into Gillette and win this game.
01:16:51
Speaker
I think they're going to win pretty handedly.
01:16:53
Speaker
Yes.
01:16:54
Speaker
Going into new England is a tough way to start the season.
01:16:57
Speaker
Usually bill Belichick having a whole off season to prepare for your offense.
01:17:02
Speaker
Not great.
01:17:03
Speaker
Bill Belichick having an entire offseason to prepare for your team, not great to scheme, not great.
01:17:10
Speaker
So I do think it might be a little closer score-wise than some people might expect.
01:17:16
Speaker
But ultimately, it's going to come down to who's on the field.
01:17:20
Speaker
Patriots don't have Jalen Hurts.
01:17:22
Speaker
They don't have DeAndre Swift.
01:17:24
Speaker
Sorry.
01:17:24
Speaker
They don't have Devontae.
01:17:27
Speaker
They don't have
01:17:28
Speaker
Brown, they, I mean, they don't have Goddard.
01:17:30
Speaker
So the Eagles are just absolutely stacked.
01:17:32
Speaker
Their defense might be the best in the NFL.
01:17:35
Speaker
Yeah, I think they're going to have an unbelievable season.
01:17:37
Speaker
And if they make it back to the big one, the granddaddy of them all, the Super Bowl, I don't think anybody would be surprised.
01:17:44
Speaker
That's how good they are.
01:17:45
Speaker
So that's why I have them beating my lesser of the two Macs, Mac Jones.
01:17:51
Speaker
And I have them winning at a dozen in New England at 12th.
01:17:56
Speaker
All right.
01:17:57
Speaker
We are not far off there.
01:17:59
Speaker
I also have the Eagles for all those reasons and more.
01:18:02
Speaker
I have them at 13.
01:18:04
Speaker
I won't add too much to that just because, you know, I know we've got some other games here to get through.
01:18:10
Speaker
But yeah, I totally agree with what you said.
01:18:12
Speaker
And I'll dive in, I'm sure, a ton on the Eagles as they continue a great winning streak throughout the season.
01:18:19
Speaker
Heck yeah.
01:18:20
Speaker
Heck yeah.
01:18:21
Speaker
Moving into arguably one of the more exciting games of this upcoming weekend, in my opinion, two electric offenses that we're looking
Chargers vs. Dolphins and Other Anticipations
01:18:31
Speaker
at here.
01:18:31
Speaker
The Miami Dolphins at Los Angeles Chargers.
01:18:36
Speaker
This is going to be a fun one, I think.
01:18:38
Speaker
Like I said, they're electric offenses.
01:18:40
Speaker
They both have some hotshot, star-studded names on their teams.
01:18:45
Speaker
We've got Justin Herbert, who I think is going to have a great year.
01:18:48
Speaker
We've got Tua Tungvaluwa, who also, if he can stay healthy, also will have a great year.
01:18:54
Speaker
Two of the, I think, probably the best pair duo of wide receivers on the Dolphins.
01:19:00
Speaker
Jalen Waddell and Tyreek Hill.
01:19:02
Speaker
So fast.
01:19:03
Speaker
They're hard to guard.
01:19:04
Speaker
I mean, you see them absolutely running laps around professional defenders out there game after game after game.
01:19:11
Speaker
So I think the Dolphins are going to have a great season coming up.
01:19:16
Speaker
I did give a slight edge to the Chargers in this one for two reasons.
01:19:22
Speaker
First being it is in Chargers home turf.
01:19:25
Speaker
They're in L.A.
01:19:27
Speaker
Dolphins had to travel for the first game of the season.
01:19:30
Speaker
I think that gives the Chargers a slight advantage there.
01:19:34
Speaker
Second would be the defense for the Chargers.
01:19:37
Speaker
I mean, going up against Joey Bosa, you got to hand it to him in Khalil Mack.
01:19:43
Speaker
The Chargers are coming into this week looking healthy for the first time than they have in a long time.
01:19:49
Speaker
It's seeming like they're going to have a pretty full roster as to what they were hoping for, what they've been building on.
01:19:56
Speaker
I've gotten a slight edge to the Chargers.
01:19:58
Speaker
I've got them low because I think the Dolphins absolutely could pull this out.
01:20:02
Speaker
But I think they're going to need to really protect Tua and give their weapons a good opportunity downfield if they're going to want to win this game.
01:20:11
Speaker
I just think Joey Bosa is going to put it on a little too much pressure.
01:20:14
Speaker
Chargers at three for this game.
01:20:17
Speaker
I thought we were going to have a ding, ding, ding, ding.
01:20:20
Speaker
Very close.
01:20:22
Speaker
I do have two.
01:20:24
Speaker
Sorry, Tua.
01:20:27
Speaker
Didn't we both do that at the same time?
01:20:30
Speaker
Oh my gosh.
01:20:31
Speaker
Two, unfortunately for Tua, and very good pronunciation on the last name.
01:20:36
Speaker
That was super impressive.
01:20:37
Speaker
I was listening and waiting for you to mess up and you didn't.
01:20:39
Speaker
That sounded like it was spot on.
01:20:41
Speaker
Thank you.
01:20:41
Speaker
Yeah.
01:20:42
Speaker
So very nicely done.
01:20:43
Speaker
Appreciate that.
01:20:44
Speaker
Tua Tugavailoa.
01:20:46
Speaker
I think it's actually like Tungavailoa, like tongue.
01:20:49
Speaker
Tonga.
01:20:51
Speaker
Tunga Bailoa.
01:20:52
Speaker
Tunga Bailoa.
01:20:53
Speaker
Yes.
01:20:53
Speaker
Thank you.
01:20:54
Speaker
Good job, Bob.
01:20:55
Speaker
Thank you very much.
01:20:55
Speaker
That's what I've heard on other like shows and podcasts.
01:20:58
Speaker
Not that I listen to any other shows or podcasts.
01:21:00
Speaker
Well, they probably would want to listen to us because they know that we're right.
01:21:03
Speaker
We're the, we're the one.
01:21:03
Speaker
I'm sure they are.
01:21:04
Speaker
Yeah.
01:21:05
Speaker
So we'll go with whatever you said.
01:21:06
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We'll go with that.
01:21:07
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So Tunga Bailoa.
01:21:09
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I agree with Mac.
01:21:10
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I think on paper, other than obviously Mac's most excited for tomorrow night, I'm most excited for Bears, Packers.
01:21:16
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Just the non-biased NFL football fan, I think on paper would be most excited about this one.
01:21:22
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Just with like all the star-studded power with Eckler, Herber, you got Mike Williams, Keenan Allen.
01:21:28
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And then you got, obviously like Mac said, the duo of best receivers in the NFL,
01:21:35
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And just, yeah, so much offensive firepower.
01:21:37
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I could see it being 30-something to 30-something.
01:21:40
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I could see it being up in the 40s.
01:21:42
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It's indoor in the Dome in L.A., and I think this is going to be an awesome way to end Sunday afternoon.
01:21:49
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I agree with Mac.
01:21:49
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I think the Chargers, just based off of the fact that they have a little bit more pressure on them this year,
01:21:54
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We were saying last year, we were kind of giving Herbert a little bit of crap.
01:21:56
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They have not won a playoff game yet.
01:21:59
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And they've had a lot of expectations.
01:22:00
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They haven't done much with it in the last couple of seasons.
01:22:02
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So they're coming in with a lot of expectations as are the dolphins, but this is in LA.
01:22:07
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This is in a bolt territory.
01:22:10
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So I think they're going to win.
01:22:11
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I had them at two just because I think both teams are playoff teams.
01:22:15
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I think both are explosive.
01:22:16
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So yeah, I think this is our, our closest agreed game.
01:22:23
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in terms of like low confidences.
01:22:25
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So that shows how unsure we are about that one, but glad we agree on Los Angeles.
01:22:32
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All right.
01:22:32
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Yeah, that sounds good.
01:22:33
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And to wrap up the Sunday afternoon slate, we have the Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks.
01:22:44
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Gino didn't write back.
01:22:47
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He got paid.
01:22:49
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Give him that green, baby.
01:22:50
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This is in Seattle, the 13th man.
01:22:54
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What a tough place to start the season.
01:22:57
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You've been to that stadium.
01:22:58
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You felt the, the electricity.
01:23:01
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Tell the, tell the fans.
01:23:03
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Is it, does it make a difference?
01:23:04
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Oh yeah, it definitely does.
01:23:05
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It's loud in there.
01:23:07
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I mean, the stand shake, they hand out earbuds when you walk in.
01:23:11
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It's, it's legit.
01:23:13
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It's really loud.
01:23:15
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Well, Rams, I hope that you are ready to get some earbuds on the sideline because it sounds like it's going to be loud.
01:23:20
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Seahawks have some really lofty expectations.
01:23:23
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I think some Seattle fans would say they hope to win the division.
01:23:26
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I think they're going to be a wildcard team.
01:23:28
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But all that to say, the Rams, as we said last week, they got their Super Bowl.
01:23:33
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Staff, he got his Super Bowl.
01:23:35
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Matt got to see her boy with the ring holding up the Lombardi Trophy Cup.
01:23:40
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as she said at the start, hitting the IR.
01:23:43
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Aaron Donald seems like he's just kind of been a little bit more pedestrian since getting that ring.
01:23:49
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And other than Higby, who's kind of an older tight end, the Rams don't have a lot of, I keep saying firepower.
01:23:56
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That's the word of the day.
01:23:57
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They don't have a lot of firepower.
01:23:59
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So do I. Firepower.
01:24:00
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Fire.
01:24:01
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Fireball.
01:24:02
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Explicit.
01:24:03
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I do think the Seahawks have a lot of firepower.
01:24:06
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DK.
01:24:07
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They got Smith and Jigba from Ohio State who is playing.
01:24:10
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It was confirmed today.
01:24:11
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He is healthy.
01:24:12
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They got Kenneth Walker.
01:24:13
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Go green.
01:24:14
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So I think between it being in Seattle, between Geno just getting paid, he has a year under his belt.
01:24:22
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I have them winning and I have them at 13.
01:24:23
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So pretty, pretty confident.
01:24:27
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All right.
01:24:28
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I'm honestly not far off.
01:24:29
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I have them also in double digits high up there.
01:24:33
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As you said, I mean, last year it seemed like it was potentially going to be a lightning in the bottle type of a thing with Gino and,
01:24:39
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They've really built around him and built confidence, I think, in having him as their starter.
01:24:45
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And Rams, unfortunately, have taken a bit of a dive.
01:24:48
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Obviously, a big hit with a lot of those injuries, as you mentioned.
01:24:51
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So completely agree.
01:24:53
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And I also have Seahawks, and I have them just shy of 13 at 12.
01:24:59
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Oh, my gosh.
01:24:59
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We are so close.
01:25:00
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We are just one off on all these.
01:25:02
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So stinking close.
01:25:04
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All right.
01:25:05
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Finally, moving into Sunday night.
01:25:08
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I know we're really over time, but we just have to do it.
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The second advertisement of the day.
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Not even to make me explain that.
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I saw it on your face.
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Your face just absolutely fell to the floor.
01:26:04
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You know what?
01:26:06
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I need to tell the wave riders that this is not easy.
01:26:08
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I'd like to see anyone who's judging me right now.
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It's not easy.
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Any of our listeners, and why did I have to trump yours in terms of just, yours was good, but mine was just like, made no sense.
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So now yours is just like gold.
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I was making fun of yours because it didn't rhyme at the end.
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I'd be very, very excited to hear.
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01:26:41
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Hey, I liked it.
01:26:48
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The chips threw me off a little bit.
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But other than that, it was great.
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Thank you.
01:26:53
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And now I just have so much more respect for the ones you do, Mac.
01:26:56
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You're always just spot on.
01:26:57
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I'd say you are the... No, I just change words to make them sound like they rhyme.
01:27:01
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I'd say you're the ad queen and I have some work to do to catch up.
01:27:05
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No, because mine all sound the same.
01:27:07
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I've got to at least try and switch up my tune.
01:27:08
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It's hard to do, though.
01:27:10
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Like you said, it's hard.
01:27:11
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And you just go back to the same one over and over again.
01:27:14
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Over and over again.
01:27:15
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I got to go back to the 60s.
01:27:16
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Are you?
01:27:16
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Oh, my gosh.
01:27:17
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Are you eating that?
01:27:18
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Speaking of blueberries, Mac is eating her.
01:27:20
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She's eating her cord over there.
01:27:23
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I'm a little worried.
01:27:25
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I'm not eating it.
01:27:25
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I think it's already thinking about tomorrow.
01:27:27
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Geez.
01:27:28
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Okay, Sunday night, Cowboys, Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants.
01:27:35
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First and foremost, Eli, love you, man.
01:27:39
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Amo, love you, sis.
01:27:42
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Ivy, love you, baby girl.
01:27:44
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But unfortunately...
01:27:46
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Oh, we got to go with the Cowboys this weekend.
01:27:49
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The defense for the Cowboys is what did it in for me and turned me on to the Cowboys.
01:27:55
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I'm not even a big Cowboys fan.
01:27:57
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I really don't even care for the Cowboys that much.
01:28:00
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Blood is not thicker than water, folks.
01:28:02
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Blood is not thicker than water, apparently.
01:28:05
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But ultimately, the reality of the situation is the Cowboys have a solid defense.
01:28:12
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They have an efficient enough offense in Dak, in CD, in Tony Pollard.
01:28:18
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I think they're going to do just fine.
01:28:20
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Do I think they're bound for the Super Bowl?
01:28:22
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No.
01:28:22
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Sorry, Dallas fans.
01:28:24
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But I think that they're going to do okay.
01:28:27
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Giants, on the other hand, yes, they added some pieces, certainly.
01:28:30
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They won a playoff game last year.
01:28:32
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Let's not forget that.
01:28:34
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But I just don't know that they –
01:28:38
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have like the long streaks in them to really stack up against some of these teams.
01:28:43
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This is an interdivisional one.
01:28:44
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Those go any which way.
01:28:46
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I don't care if you're the Chiefs and the Broncos.
01:28:49
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Those really could go any which way because they're interdivisional.
01:28:53
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There's a lot riding on them and things happen.
01:28:56
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Crazier things have happened.
01:28:57
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But if we look at, you know, if we put our pen to paper, if we look at the rosters here, we're going with the Cowboys and I have them at 10.
01:29:06
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I'm so sorry.
01:29:08
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Oh my God.
01:29:09
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Eli earmuffs.
01:29:10
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I also love that.
01:29:11
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You said, sorry to Ivy as if she's sitting there in her.
01:29:16
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She is.
01:29:17
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I got her giants.
01:29:18
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I got her giants gear.
01:29:19
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I guarantee she could be wearing it on Sunday.
01:29:21
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If she fits.
01:29:23
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In that case, I apologize because she probably, if she's wearing her little onesie, her little giants onesie, she definitely does care.
01:29:28
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Okay.
01:29:28
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If she's wearing her giants onesie, then you know what?
01:29:32
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Maybe switch giants.
01:29:33
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She's so damn cute.
01:29:34
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I gotta do it.
01:29:35
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She's really, she is so damn cute.
01:29:37
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Explicit.
01:29:38
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Unfortunately, this game is a little bit more lopsided.
01:29:40
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I don't think that even cute baby Ivy in her onesie can change the outcome, but that would be pretty stinking cute her wearing that.
01:29:46
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Also, unfortunately, I think Amo is going to be offsetting that because she has to wear Cowboys gear because she lost in fantasy last year.
01:29:55
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The loser had to wear, has to wear gear from their least favorite team.
01:30:01
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And they have to wear it every single Sunday.
01:30:03
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So I mean, where's the allegiance here?
01:30:08
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That's a rough one.
01:30:10
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That's a rough one for week one.
01:30:11
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Just got to say.
01:30:12
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Can you imagine baby Ivy being so brand new in this world and then looking up and seeing dad and giants and mom and cowboys?
01:30:18
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She's going to be so confused.
01:30:19
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She's going to be so confused.
01:30:20
Speaker
What's she going to do?
01:30:21
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Oh my gosh.
01:30:22
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House divided.
01:30:23
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The good thing about this is I'm not confused about who's going to win this game.
01:30:27
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Good transition, Bob.
01:30:28
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Wow.
01:30:29
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Good one.
01:30:30
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Thank you.
01:30:30
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Thank you.
01:30:31
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I also agree, unfortunately, for Eli Amo and baby Ivy that the Cowboys are going to win this game, but I'm not as confident as Mac.
01:30:39
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You were having fun with that court over there.
01:30:40
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Holy smokes.
01:30:42
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She is going for an hour and 31 minutes.
01:30:44
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51 minutes.
01:30:45
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We said we were going to be under an hour.
01:30:47
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So I agree with Mac.
01:30:49
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I think the Cowboys are going to win this game.
01:30:50
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I have them at seven.
01:30:52
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I think the, the Josh can put up a little bit more of a fight, but I agree that they're going to win.
01:30:57
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Okay.
01:30:58
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Sounds like plans, Dan.
01:31:00
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And finally, the last game of week one.
Final Predictions and Season Expectations
01:31:05
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We have Monday night, 8.15 p.m.
01:31:07
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Eastern Standard Time, the Buffalo Bills at New York Jets.
01:31:15
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And I got to say, this is also probably one of the more exciting ones on the docket for this week.
01:31:22
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I think this is one that's going to really tell us a lot.
01:31:25
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You know, I know we were talking about how week one can be a liar.
01:31:28
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Week one can tell us things.
01:31:29
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Week one can be a flash in the pan for some teams.
01:31:32
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I think this is going to tell us a lot.
01:31:33
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When we get these two teams out on the field actually for a full game, the Jets, obviously we've talked about them, revamped their entire structure all around Aaron Rodgers.
01:31:45
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The Bills, a solid structurally sound team that has stuck together.
01:31:51
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We'll see what happens Monday night.
01:31:54
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I'm excited for this one.
01:31:55
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And this is your analysis.
01:31:57
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So I apologize.
01:31:58
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I would say thank you so much for plating that up for me.
01:32:01
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Now I'm really ready to just dive right into it.
01:32:03
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I'm so sorry.
01:32:05
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No, that was great.
01:32:05
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I was thinking, wow, she's really, she's just, she's just going right at it here, eating the cord and just going right at it.
01:32:11
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And thank you.
01:32:11
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You plated it up for me.
01:32:12
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You dress it nice.
01:32:13
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Thanksgiving dinner table.
01:32:15
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I can just eat now and I don't need to,
01:32:18
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you know, lead into it.
01:32:19
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But I do need to say that one of these two teams is the team that I have winning the AFC.
01:32:24
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And it, what are you smirking at?
01:32:25
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Cause you already told everybody and they are the team that I have winning the super bowl.
01:32:31
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Can you not do that?
01:32:35
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And the team that I can't concentrate on because of what my co-host is doing on the other side.
01:32:41
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So I need to look at my paper.
01:32:44
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And what I have here is this team has been on the precipice for a couple of years.
01:32:49
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They've got maybe the best quarterback in the league, maybe the best receiver in the league.
01:32:53
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And I think this is going to be the year they got a guy who, who is such an inspiration in Hamlin.
01:32:59
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Damar, he's... His last name, is it Hamlin?
01:33:02
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Yeah, Damar Hamlin.
01:33:03
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Yeah, Hamlin.
01:33:04
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He made the 53-man roster again, and I think the Bills finally going to get over the edge and win the AFC and win the Super Bowl over the 49ers.
01:33:14
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So that is my prediction there.
01:33:16
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And in terms of this game, I...
01:33:20
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This gal is unbelievable.
01:33:22
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She was just wrapping the corner around the bill of her hat.
01:33:24
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She is ready for this episode to be completed and for the Lions to get on the field tomorrow night.
01:33:29
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But yes, all that to say, I got the Bills beating the Jets.
01:33:32
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Aaron Rodgers, welcome to New York, biatch.
01:33:35
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He's going to lose this game, and he's going to lose it bad.
01:33:42
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He's going to get the Boo Birds bills.
01:33:44
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I got them winning.
01:33:45
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I got them at six.
01:33:46
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Okay.
01:33:48
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Welcome to New York, biatch.
01:33:51
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He's going to love that one.
01:33:54
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Oh my gosh, that's too good.
01:33:56
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I also have the bills.
01:33:57
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I have them a little bit lower, but I have them at four.
01:34:02
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Okay.
01:34:02
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Bills at foe.
01:34:03
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Yes.
01:34:05
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So whoo-wee, that's a doozy of a week.
01:34:08
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Obviously, it took us quite some time to get through all of that just because there's so many good storylines to talk about.
01:34:13
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And the reality is we're talking about all this, but nobody knows what's actually going to happen week one.
01:34:18
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That's what makes it so exciting.
01:34:21
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I think we'll really start to get an idea of who these teams are come week two and week three.
01:34:26
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Week one, anything can happen.
01:34:28
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So let's just hope what happens is exactly what we decide to pick.
01:34:32
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Exactly.
01:34:33
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And yeah, thank you so much, y'all, for hanging with us.
01:34:36
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I know this is two straight weeks of over an hour and a half.
01:34:38
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We promise.
01:34:39
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Promise.
01:34:40
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Cross our heart.
01:34:40
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Hope to die.
01:34:41
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This is week one.
01:34:42
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Last week was a prediction episode.
01:34:44
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We're excited.
01:34:45
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We'll get back into a rhythm.
01:34:46
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We'll keep it around an hour, maybe less, but we'll get into our rhythm.
01:34:49
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So just hang with us.
01:34:50
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We promise.
01:34:52
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But yes, stay tuned.
01:34:53
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We'll let you know how we did week one.
01:34:55
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Hopefully we're talking about Bucco Bucks next week.
01:34:57
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Hopefully at least one of our teams is 1-0 heading into week two.
01:35:00
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So we got a lot of exciting stuff, folks.
01:35:02
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And we can't wait to have you along for the ride.
01:35:06
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Yeah, NFL is back tomorrow, baby.
01:35:08
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Let's go.
01:35:09
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We'll see you all next week.
01:35:11
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Peace.
01:35:25
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Go Bears.